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I need it because I only need high sampling rate for the first few hours. While the experiment can last several days. Therefore, if I used a very high sampling rate, there will be to much data and might consumed to much space on the computer hard disc. by having different sampling rate and block it will be more efficient.
In that case we need to use different criteria and averaging to reduce the sample rate and frequency.
The easiest way would be to use different files for the different sample rate but could be done with ASCII files as well as DDF not sure if you can with other types.
Which file format were you planning on using?
You really need to talk to your professor to upgrade to V12 I'm sure that your local rep would have something for Universities discounts
I used ASCII.
Ow, how do you use different criteria and sample averaging?
Currently I used a different file by using 3 write module. But, If I stop one of them(from writer module option or using stop module), the whole program would stop....is there anyway to stop only one of it?
yeah...I think I'll try to talk to him about that tomorrow...Is it easier to do that in V12?
I feel rather strongly that my proposed solution will resolve your problem, and that it's very likely to work with DASYLab V5. It's similar to an example that we included in our original Getting Started guide, and works independently of your sample rate. Your base sample rate (where you collect and display the data on the screen, before reducing it for the file) should be at least twice, and probably 5-10 times faster than the fastest storage rate. That ensures that the Generator module can actually pulse.
This is an image of the pulse signal that you specified.... The very dark at the left is the high speed, then the lighter area is the moderate speed, followed by the very slow rate. The dark lines are an artifact of the aliasing that is happening on the image, and not a reflection of the data rate.
I've attached the data file that this produced. I ran for a simulated 10 hours, so that you have a few data points at the end to show that it slowed down to one sample per hour.
My raw sample rate was 100 Hz.
You can find the DASYLab 6 QuickStart, which should apply to V5, at www.dasylab.com in the Downloads tab, under Information, on page 2.
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In my daisy lab, when I click the generator, there are several options that I have to choose (without modulation, amplitude modulation, frequency modulation, etc). Can you tell me what type of generator that you used?
the signal switch module is the same like time slice right? isn't this module only changes the chanel that I used?in which part the sample rate is altered?
I tried to see generator module under "read global variables" option. How to control the sampling rate by using global variable?
I have read the module that you reccommend to me, but I still a bit confused because in that book, they ussually adjust the sample rate based on the amplitude instead of duration.
Martin Wijya
If you go back to my original post,
Generator01 is generating a constant. It is an ordinary generator, without modulation.
To use Gl. Variables, you can change the Generator to read Global variables.
The constants are the desired RATE in seconds (1, 30, 3600, etc)
Arithmetic is Arithmetic 1 channel, and is doing the "Inverse" or "Reciprocal" function, 1/input
The channel value at this point is a frequency in Hz.
Signal Switch is the Time Slice module, time based. Each channel defines the duration of the step (30 minutes, 5 hours, forever = 999999 hours). It selects which input to send to the output.
The Generator00 is a FREQUENCY modulated generator, where the mode is "Pulse" or "impulse" and the amplitude is 5 (TTL High). This will create a timing signal, with a pulse at the specified RATE, using the frequency computed above.
The data reduction is done by the RELAY module. It releases one data point for each TTL High pulse that the Generator00 outputs. Otherwise, it discards the data.
The output of the Relay is the reduced data stream... no averaging or separate needed.


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American rock and jazz band drummer whose career highlights included spots with Frank Zappa (1975-1978) and "Missing Persons" (1980-1986). Bozzio launched his career as the drummer for Frank Zappa's backing band, but would go on to become one of rock's most skilled and versatile session men, forming one of new wave's most visually exciting bands, "Missing Persons", along with then-wife Dale Bozzio.
Bozzio was born into a musical family in San Francisco, CA, to Italian-American parents and has a sister, Carol, who is a song writer and singer with the group Chatterbox. He began by playing on makeshift drums at age six, and started formal lessons (after convincing his father) at age 13. His biggest inspiration was the Beatle's infamous appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964. Bozzio's father, a salesman, had been a talented accordion player and his mother had sung in her own high school jazz band. Bozzio majored in music at Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo, CA, where he earned a musical scholarship. He then graduated with a musical degree from the College of Marin, CA. He filled in his spare time by playing in various local garage bands during the mid-late '60s. In the early '70s he landed gigs in such rock musicals as "Godspell" and "Walking in my Time," in addition to playing in several jazz-fusion bands. Backing trumpeter Luis Gasca, he appeared on his first record with the 1972 release, "Born to Love You." In 1975 Bozzio got his biggest career break when he auditioned for and got a spot drumming for Frank Zappa's "Mothers of Invention" band. During the three years with Zappa he was featured on ten albums and in countless tours, also appearing in the Zappa concert movie, "Baby Snakes."
After leaving Zappa in 1978, he tried spots with various other bands including "Group 87" and hard-rocking "Thin Lizzy," but things just didn't work out. In 1979 he joined progressive rocker group "UK," recording a couple albums before quitting to form his own group in Los Angeles, "Missing Persons," with ex-Zappa guitarist Warren Cuccurullo and vocalist Dale Consalvi. The group recorded several successful albums, touring the U.S. and Europe from 1980-1986. They achieved Gold Record status for "Spring Session M." Bozzio was married to singer Dale Consalvi, a former Playboy Bunny of the Year, from 1979 to 1986. After leaving "Missing Persons," he recorded an album with Andy Taylor of "Duran Duran" while working on his own solo pop music projects. During this period he recorded "Solo Drums" his first instructional video for Warner Brothers.
In 1988 Bozzio met and married Ev Kvamme, an attractive and soulful woman he met while she worked for Capitol Records. Their son Raanen was born in 1990. From 1990-1995 Bozzio improved upon, and later became noted for, creating the melodic ostinato (a musical phrase or rhythm consistently repeated) for the drum set. He also became known for creating orchestral compositions on the drum set by playing polyrhythms and polymeter while utilizing his large custom "Drum Workshop Kit," in which the tom toms are tuned to specific notes to create the atmosphere that is Bozzio's signature sound. The period 1995-2002 saw numerous tours of the US, Australia, Canada & Europe as a "Solo Drum Artist" and the recording of two solo CDs: "Drawing the Circle" and "Chamberworks" (for strings, winds, drums & orchestra).
Among the numerous awards he has received in his long career are the Modern Drummer "Hall of Fame" award, the "Clinician of the Year" award (twice), the Drum Magazine "Drummer of the Year" and "Best Clinician" award (twice). He also invented several new types of percussion instruments including the "Beater Ball Enhancer," "Piccolo Toms" and "Radia" cymbals, bells and gongs for the Sabian company as well as designing his own signature drumsticks for manufacturer Vic Firth. In his late fifties Bozzio is still an in-demand sessionist, performance clinic instructor, drum set designer and album-video recording artist.
- business associate/partner relationship with Bozzio, Dale (born 2 March 1955)
- business associate/partner relationship with Zappa, Frank (born 21 December 1940)
- spouse relationship with Bozzio, Dale (born 2 March 1955)
- Social : Joined group 1975 ("Mothers of Invention")
- Social : Left group 1978 (Zappa's group)
- Social : Joined group 1979 ("UK," a musical group)
- Relationship : Marriage 1988 (Ev Kvamme)
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- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Group/ Duo
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist


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One Hundred years after his birth, Ernest Hemingway's proud and painful legacy endures.
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Ernest Hemingway either had placed the double barrels of a 12-gauge English shotgun in his mouth, as he once had demonstrated for uneasy friends at his home in Cuba ("Look, this is how I'm going to do it.... The palate is the softest part of the head."); or he had put both barrels to his brow, just above his dark brown eyes.
However Hemingway had positioned the weapon (which he had bought years before at Abercrombie & Fitch and used for shooting pigeons), when he tripped both triggers early on the morning of July 2, 1961, the result was devastating: blood, brain, bone, teeth, flesh and hair, splattered all over the small, oak-paneled and tile-floored foyer of his home in Ketchum, Idaho. He simply blew away his entire cranial vault.
In doing so, Hemingway, then 19 days shy of his 62nd birthday, slew the demons of depression, insecurity and alcoholism that had tormented him for decades. And instead of just ending a life of immense literary accomplishments, admirable military and sporting exploits, and considerable personal mythmaking, Hemingway's suicide provided a tragic counterpoint to the ongoing celebration of a man acknowledged then and now as the most influential--and imitated--prose stylist of the twentieth century.
Winner of the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes, Hemingway in death also gave birth to an industry of Hemingwayana--not merely an ever-burgeoning bookcase of biographies and analyses, but multiple municipal festivals and museums in the places where he lived, as well as merchandise that trades on the marketability of his machismo. His popularity remains as powerful as ever this year, the 100th anniversary of his birth.
Books about him--and by him--continue to sell. In July, what is being called the last of Hemingway's novels, True at First Light, will be unveiled, culled from a mammoth, unfinished manuscript about his final African safari in 1953-'54. (The book has sparked a literary controversy--notably Joan Didion in The New Yorker and Jonathan Yardley in The Washington Post--questioning the propriety of the posthumous publication of an uncompleted work.)
Hemingway's sons, John, Patrick and Gregory, formed Hemingway Ltd. in 1992 to license the use of his name, image and signature. (Each son has long earned up to $100,000 a year in Hemingway-related royalties.) They came in for some heated criticism when one of the first items they authorized was a Hemingway shotgun. They protested that their father really had loved such a gun. Less controversial was the licensing of a $600 limited-edition Mont Blanc fountain pen--even though Hemingway himself wrote his books in pencil. The market for Hemingway first editions and autographs "continues to be very strong, depending on the item," says Chris Bready of the Baltimore Book Co., a dealer in rare books. Some first editions in their original dust covers command sums "well into five figures," Bready says.
In the cigar world, Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia. has produced a Hemingway line of cigars since 1986, with different sizes carrying literary-themed names such as Short Story, Best Seller and Masterpiece.
The Cuban government reverentially maintains Hemingway's 21-acre estate, Finca Vigía (Lookout Farm), situated on a hilltop 15 miles from downtown Havana, as a shrine-like museum. He lived there for 22 years--his longest residence anywhere. His birthplace in Oak Park, Illinois, also is a museum, as is the house where he lived for a decade in Key West, Florida. Competing municipal celebrations of Hemingway are held annually in Key West and Sanibel Island, southwest of Fort Meyers, Florida.
Places he visited and events he relished remain popular attractions. The running of the bulls through the streets of Pamplona, Spain, during the fiesta of San Fermin--a centuries-old ritual given international recognition in Hemingway's 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises--still draws thousands of revelers who strive each year to experience his daredevil enjoyment of it. Visitors to the Bahamas are directed to Hemingway's favorite fishing spots for giant marlin. Travel guidebooks almost always list his favorite watering holes--Harry's Bar in Venice; the Ritz Bar in Paris; Chicote's Bar in Madrid; Sloppy Joe's in Key West; El Floridita in Havana--so that untold numbers of tourists can hoist a few where so many were downed by "Papa" (the nickname he gave himself at the age of 27).
Why this fascination for where Hemingway lived and played; for what he ate and drank? What is behind the enduring power exerted by his personality and writing?
"I think it's the celebrity culture in which we live," says Kenneth S. Lynn, professor emeritus of history at the Johns Hopkins University and author of the monumental 1987 biography Hemingway.
"Hemingway was early into the field as a celebrity writer and was larger than life. A generation of college students who may never have read a line of Hemingway are all set for the Key West bar. They can't wait to get to the Floridita. That's the Hemingway they're remembering."
All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you.... If you can get so that you can give that to people, then you are a writer. --Ernest Hemingway, "Old Newsman Writes: A Letter from Cuba," 1934
It is, of course, the writing that is the foundation of Hemingway's appeal. Although he wrote prodigiously, his reputation rests on a small but extraordinary core of work: exceptional reporting about the Spanish Civil War; novels such as The Sun Also Rises; A Farewell to Arms (1929) and For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940); short stories such as "In Another Country" (1926), "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" and "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" (both 1936); and his last great effort, the lyrical novella The Old Man and the Sea (1952)--beloved by many but scoffed at by many others.
In his riveting journalism, short stories and novels, Hemingway created "a body of work that has changed the course of storytelling and given new cadences to the language," wrote critic Charles Poore in his forward to a 1953 anthology, The Hemingway Reader.
Hemingway's prose, shorn of the stylistically convoluted Victorian filigrees of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century writing, evoked an intense appreciation of life's perils--and pleasures. Few have ever equaled his skill at writing about war's horrors--or the wonders of food and drink. He "actually makes you hungry and thirsty for the fare he describes," Lynn wrote in Hemingway.
"I think he's one of the masters on all sorts of levels," Lynn adds in a telephone interview from his home in Washington, D.C. "In detective fiction and Hollywood movie private eyes, the Hemingway influence is very strong, even today. In On the Waterfront, the exchanges between [Marlon] Brando and his brother [Rod Steiger] seem very Hemingwayesque to me. That kind of dialogue in which an awful lot is packed beneath the surface of the monosyllabic prose--I think that's got Hemingway's brand on it."
Indeed, "he may be the strongest influence in literature that this age will give to posterity," Poore contended.
Yet Hemingway's personal style also inspired as many detractors as admirers--and with good reason. His charm, charisma and zest for life were immense and contagious, but his boastfulness, boorishness and bigotry were well documented. Although he could be a gracious host and generous to old friends, he cruelly disparaged writers who had been his mentors or whom he saw as rivals. He was anti-Semitic. With compulsive competitiveness, he exaggerated or lied about his athletic, amatory and wartime exploits. He often was brave, yes, but not quite as heroic as he wanted people to think.
"I thought he was a bully," says legendary New York Times theatrical caricaturist Al Hirschfeld, now 96, who knew Hemingway in Paris in the 1920s.
"I met him in 1924. There was a little gym where a lot of the artists and writers used to come, and Hemingway was there and he was boxing all the time. And he would always pick some fellow about half his size and knock him down," Hirschfeld recalls with a chuckle. "He was a kind of sadist in many ways, I thought. I never saw him box anybody his own size.
"I don't want to denigrate him in any way, but that was my first impression of him in that boxing ring. I wasn't unfriendly with him, but I just had no regard for him, except as a writer. I didn't think he was very much as a human being."
Within a few years of his death, much of Hemingway's work fell out of fashion. His suicide cast doubt on the stoicism he had championed; his overblown masculinity rang hollow; his passion for blood sports struck a sour note.
Yet the impact of Hemingway's best writing remains undeniable; and controversial though it was, the exhaustive biography by Lynn showed that Hemingway's personality and life were just as complex as his supposedly simple sentences. In many ways, he was a tormented man, a tragic figure who overcame enormous personal problems to produce literature that will last.
We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell before you can write seriously. But when you get the damned hurt use it--don't cheat with it. Be as faithful to it as a scientist. --Ernest Hemingway, May 28, 1934, letter to F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hemingway hurt like hell, either psychologically or physically, for most of his life. He was wounded in wartime and accident-prone in peace, suffering numerous concussions and other injuries that were exacerbated by his alcoholism. His major emotional wounds he obliquely but decisively attributed to his mother, Grace Hall Hemingway. Novelist John Dos Passos, once a close friend, would later say that Hemingway was the only man he knew who genuinely hated his mother. Evidently he had ample reason.
It also is clear that Hemingway often suffered from clinical depression and found comfort in the bottle. (In For Whom the Bell Tolls, the character of Anselmo says of drink: "That is what kills the worm that haunts us.") His capacity for liquor was gargantuan, but eventually--inevitably--he became what he often disparaged, "a rummy," although he always fiercely denied being an alcoholic.
Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois. His father, Dr. Clarence Edwards "Ed" Hemingway, was an obstetrician who may have suffered from manic depression. Ultimately, in 1928, Ed Hemingway placed his own father's Civil War revolver to his temple and put a bullet through his brain.
The suicide of his father haunted Hemingway until the day he followed his example. Indeed, depression and suicide plagued the Hemingway family: two of Ernest's sisters and his only brother also killed themselves; two of his three sons received electroshock therapy for emotional turmoil; his granddaughter Margaux, a supermodel and sister of actress Mariel Hemingway, died in July 1996 in what was deemed a depression-related accident. (Margaux and Mariel's father, Hemingway's eldest son John, now 75, has said with grim humor: "My brothers and I are determined to see just how long a Hemingway can live.")
The residents of Oak Park a century ago might not have witnessed Ed Hemingway's mood swings, but they could see that he was henpecked. Grace Hemingway was a melodramatic, extravagantly self-indulgent person. In Lynn's words, she was "the dark queen of Hemingway's inner world."
Shortly after Hemingway's birth, his mother began acting out a bizarre fantasy that her new baby boy actually was the "twin" of his 18-month-old sister, Marcelline. She alternately let their hair grow long and dressed them as girls--with flowery hats and dresses--or closely cropped their hair and dressed them as boys, putting them in overalls. In one family scrapbook, she put the caption "summer girl" beside a photo of the two-year-old Ernest, dressed in a little girl's gown and flower-covered hat. It was not until he was six that Hemingway's mother at last let him be shorn for good of his girlishly long hair.
With what Lynn calls her "baffling inconsistency," Grace Hemingway also delighted in Ernest's early feats of masculinity, such as his skill at hunting and fishing with his father. She proudly wrote in her diary that if she asked him as a toddler if he was afraid of anything, he'd shout defiantly "fraid a nothing!" Yet she also noted that right before Christmas in 1902, Ernest "was quite fearful...as to whether Santa Claus would know he was a boy, because he wore just the same kind of clothes as [his] sister."
As Lynn pointedly observed: "Caught between his mother's wish to conceal his masculinity and her eagerness to encourage it, was it any wonder that he was anxious and insecure?" He would spend the rest of his life desperately "showing the world how manly he was." And yet his writing, for all of its tough masculinity, often features a sensitivity to the feminine viewpoint and a curiosity about androgyny. It is far from laden with the unalloyed misogyny of which Hemingway often is accused.
Hemingway's immense charm counterbalanced his often overbearing egotism. Friends from his teenage years recalled his infectious enthusiasm for baseball, boxing and books; his wit and humor. As an adult, the force of his personality was such that it heightened the impact of his physical presence. Darkly handsome, broad-shouldered and muscular, he always impressed people as being taller than he was. Actually 5 feet, 11 inches, he often was described as being a "huge man, over six feet tall."
Graduating from Oak Park High School, Hemingway landed a job as a cub reporter on the Kansas City Star. He was forced to write short, spare sentences, absent almost all adjectives. "Those were the best rules I ever learned for the business of writing. I've never forgotten them," he told an interviewer in 1940. "No man with any talent, who feels and writes truly about the thing he is trying to say, can fail to write well if he abides by them."
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Alternative NamesNuclear medicine scan; Positron emission tomography
Definition Return to top
A positron emission tomography (PET) scan is an imaging test that uses a radioactive substance (called a tracer) to look for disease in the body.
Unlike magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) scans, which reveal the structure of and blood flow to and from organs, a PET scan shows how organs and tissues are working.
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How the Test is Performed Return to top
The health care provider will inject a small amount of a radioactive material into one of your veins, usually on the inside of the elbow. The substance travels through the blood and collects in organs and tissues.
You'll be asked to wait nearby as the radioactive substance is absorbed by your body. This usually takes about 1 hour.
Then, you will lie down on a table that slides into a tunnel-shaped hole in the center of the PET scanner.
The PET machine detects energy given off by the radioactive substance and changes it into 3-dimensional pictures. The images are sent to a computer, where they are displayed on a monitor for the health care provider to read.
You must lie still during the PET scan so that the machine can produce clear images. How long the test takes depends on what part of the body is being scanned.
How to Prepare for the Test Return to top
You must sign a consent form before having this test. You will be told not to eat anything for 4 - 6 hours before the PET scan, although you will be able to drink water.
Tell your health care provider if you are pregnant or think you might be pregnant.
Also tell your health care provider about any prescription and over-the-counter medicines that you are taking, because they may interfere with the test.
Be sure to mention if you have any allergies, or if you've had any recent imaging studies using injected dye (contrast).
During the test, you may need to wear a hospital gown. Take off any jewelry, dentures, and other metal objects because they could affect the scan results.
How the Test Will Feel Return to top
You will feel a sharp prick when the needle with the radioactive substance is inserted into your vein. You shouldn't feel anything during the actual PET scan.
Why the Test is Performed Return to top
A PET scan can reveal the size, shape, position, and some function of organs.
This test can be used to:
Several PET scans may be taken over time to determine how well you are responding to treatment for cancer or another illness.
Normal Results Return to top
There are no problems detected in the size, shape, or position of an organ. There are no areas in which the radiotracer has abnormally collected.
What Abnormal Results Mean Return to top
Risks Return to top
The amount of radiation used in a PET scan is low. It is about the same amount of radiation as in most CT scans. Also, the radiation doesn't last for very long in your body.
However, women who are pregnant or are breastfeeding should let their doctor know before having this test. Infants and babies developing in the womb are more sensitive to the effects of radiation because their organs are still growing.
It is possible, although very unlikely, to have an allergic reaction to the radioactive subtance. Some people have pain, redness, or swelling at the injection site.
Considerations Return to top
It is possible to have false results on a PET scan. Blood sugar or insulin levels may affect the test results in people with diabetes.
Most PET scans are now performed along with a CT scan. This combination scan is called a PET/CT.
References Return to top
Beller GA, Kramer CM. Nuclear cardiology and computed tomography. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 54.
Ettinger DS. Lung cancer and other pulmonary neoplasms. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 201.
Hackney D. Radiologic imaging procedures. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 419.Update Date: 2/23/2009 Updated by: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.


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Chancellor DiStefano signed the new campus No Smoking Policy on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. The policy, which mandates a no smoking campus beginning Aug. 19, 2013, has a transition period that includes deployment of campus signage, facilities considerations, and the promotion of policy awareness and resources for those who wish to quit smoking.
As part of the phased implementation, there also will be a limited number of designated outdoor smoking areas away from public activity, for use through the end of December 2013.
"Smoking," as used in this policy, means smoking any substance, including but not limited to, tobacco, cloves, or marijuana. "Smoking products" include but are not limited to all cigarette products (cigarettes, bidis, kreteks, etc.) and all smoke-producing products (cigars, pipes, hookahs, etc.).
The campus has chosen to implement this policy to promote a healthy campus and to support and improve the health and wellness of our students, faculty and staff. Over 1,100 colleges and universities have adopted a smoke-free policy (including the Anschutz Medical Campus), so CU-Boulder is not alone on this initiative.
A number of resources will be available to individuals who wish to quit smoking. The Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP) is hosting a series of "Getting Ready to Quit: Smoking Cessation" workshops, support groups and individual counseling sessions throughout the spring semester. For more information and to register, visit the FSAP Work-life Workshop and Group website or call the FSAP general number, 303-492-3020.
Community Health offers free, confidential, one-on-one tobacco cessation counseling to students. Through counseling, students will be able to assess their tobacco use, create a plan to quit including setting a quit date, establish coping strategies, and get support throughout the quit process. To receive free tobacco cessation counseling, please contact the Community Health office at 303-492-2937 or email@example.com.
Further cessation resources and implementation details will be shared throughout the spring and summer.


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Here is more madness from Gieskes. You could say the Voicerec1b is sort of a toy Phonogene? Ok well maybe not but someone out there is collecting all of Gieskes work for what will be an interesting live performance I am certain.
"On the start of a recording there is a beep sound." – gieskes.nl
For more info: gieskes.nl/eurorack/?file=voice-rec-1


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Well they got stamped up with a sweet Will S stamp and sent to my homeboys shop he's posting them on his onlIne store to help will sell them. Will is gonna use this money to help him on tour I imagine, sooo if you want the last of the flat champ PDs, click the link in my sig. They are hopefully up right now. If someone would be kind enough to pm me their email i could fwd pics if they would host them, im at league :/
Coupon codes will not be eligable for these discs, all the proceeds go to Will, the shop is just movig them for him.


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Russell A. Carleton author archives.
September 21, 2012
by Russell A. Carleton
Is there a scenario where it might make sense for a team not to try to win a playoff game?
September 18, 2012
How reading a pitcher is like reading a book, and why being self-conscious can make you bad at baseball.
September 10, 2012
What can the staff psychologist/stathead learn from the way our prospect expert describes players' problems?
September 5, 2012
Russell puts the conclusions of last week's attention-getting article in The Atlantic to the test.
August 27, 2012
Do teams like the Orioles that excel in one-run games do so out of skill, or have they just gotten lucky?
August 20, 2012
Closers are unusually erratic when they're faced with an unexpected save situation, but are they any less effective?
August 6, 2012
You think you have what it takes to be a major-league manager? In that case, Russell has several assignments for you.
July 30, 2012
What happens to closers when they don't know a save situation is coming?
July 24, 2012
When we say that certain stats "stabilize" after a certain point, we don't mean that they'll stay stable.
July 16, 2012
Russell reruns the numbers to determine when hitter stats stabilize.
July 9, 2012
A former BP author returns from his adventures in baseball consulting with a slightly different perspective on sabermetrics.
May 3, 2010
Many factors contribute to lengthy games but none more so than the number of pitches.
April 26, 2010
More research is needed before we can truly know the effects of sleep on player performance.
April 19, 2010
A player's sleep hygiene can factor largely in how he performs and develops.
April 12, 2010
Attempting to assign credit and blame around the diamond when the ball is put into play.
April 1, 2010
Famed Mudville Nine slugger admits to steroids use during April 1 press conference.
March 29, 2010
Who is more responsible for a strikeout, the pitcher or the batter?
March 22, 2010
Hero worship has a large role in how teams are built.
March 15, 2010
Getting ahead in the count is not necessarily all it's cracked up to be.
March 9, 2010
Here's what Joe Nathan-ness means to the Twins in 2010.
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CONCORD, N.C.—Ryan Newman will be in the Chase for the Sprint Cup as Michael Waltrip Racing's Martin Truex Jr. was among those penalized 50 points for MWR driver Clint Bowyer intentionally spinning to bring out a caution flag Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway.
Bowyer's spin with seven laps left in the race began a chain of events that allowed Truex to earn the final wild-card spot in the Chase while Newman, who was leading the race at the time, failed to qualify for the 12-driver playoff field.
MORE: Newman's new start at RCR | Chase field | Richmond chatter
But NASCAR changed that Monday by issuing penalties, including 50-point penalties—in effect before the Chase re-seeding—to Truex and Bowyer. It also issued a record fine of $300,000 to MWR and indefinitely suspended MWR Executive Vice President Ty Norris.
Because of the penalty, Truex's regular-season point total was 691, dropping him to 17th overall. Newman, being higher in points, earned the second wild-card spot for those drivers 11th-20th with the most wins.
PHOTOS: NASCAR drivers behaving badly
NASCAR penalized MWR under its "actions detrimental to stock-car racing" rule and made the decision based on an overall conclusion that MWR attempted to manipulate the results, according to NASCAR Vice President of Competition Robin Pemberton.
"Our responsibility is to collect the facts the best we can," NASCAR President Mike Helton said at a hastily called news conference Monday night.
"(We) make our decision based on facts as good and sound and solid for the garage area, the fairness on the racetrack across the board and for the future of the sport. … It's a message from the league or the sanctioning body saying, 'You can't do this.'"
The penalty does not impact Bowyer, who remained in the top 10 in points even with the 50-point penalty. Brian Vickers, the other MWR driver, does not get points in Cup so he was not docked points. All three teams were also penalized 50 owner points.
"This wasn't a master plan or about a spin," MWR co-owner Michael Waltrip tweeted. "It's about a split-second decision made by Ty to try to help a teammate. I stand by my people."
Helton said the decision was to penalize MWR as a whole and not focus on any driver because there was no conclusive evidence that Bowyer spun the car on purpose. There was additional evidence from Norris, Vickers' spotter, telling Vickers to pit and lose positions when the race resumed to allow Joey Logano to gain spots, which in turn allowed Truex to earn the final wild-card berth.
"More often than not, you don't know exactly what happened, but the collection of all the information we collected from Saturday night led us to the team-wide reaction as opposed to an individual car," Helton said.
"I am proud that NASCAR took a stand with respect to what went on Saturday night at Richmond," Newman said in a statement. "I know it was a tough decision to make."
MWR, whose three crew chiefs were placed on probation through the end of the season, will not appeal the penalty, and team co-owner Michael Waltrip focused on Vickers being told by Norris to pit as the crux of the penalty.
"What occurred on the No. 55 radio at the end of Saturday night's race in Richmond was a split-second decision made by team spotter Ty Norris to bring the No. 55 to pit lane and help a teammate earn a place in the Chase," Waltrip said. "We regret the decision and its impact. We apologize to NASCAR, our fellow competitors, partners and fans who were disappointed in our actions. We will learn from this and move on. As general manager, Ty Norris has been an integral part of Michael Waltrip Racing since its founding and has my and (co-owner) Rob Kauffman's full support."
Logano will remain in the Chase, while Jeff Gordon, who missed the Chase after being in position to make it prior to the spin, remains out.
Helton said NASCAR did not try to find a way for Gordon to get into the Chase.
"We don't react with a ripple effect of an occurrence because I don't think there is any way we can reasonably do that," Helton said.
Gordon reacted on Twitter and wanted Bowyer to suffer more of a penalty.
"Feel bad for Truex," Gordon tweeted. "He got in under controversy now out due to it. But the guy who started all of this not effected at all??? Don't agree!"
It is against NASCAR rules to intentionally cause a caution. Typically, NASCAR hands down penalties for that during a race, holding a driver in the pit stall for up to five laps.
But it wasn't immediately clear to NASCAR officials that Bowyer spun on purpose. Radio transmissions — Bowyer was asked if his arm hurt and to "itch it" after being told that Newman was in the lead — and in-car video footage gave credence to the theory that Bowyer spun on purpose.
"Obviously, we're very pleased with NASCAR's decision to provide Ryan Newman's rightful place in this year's Chase," said Newman team co-owner Tony Stewart.
"NASCAR was put in a very difficult position Saturday night at Richmond and we commend the sanctioning body for taking the time to do the necessary due diligence to ensure that the right call was made."
Earlier in the day, Newman said he believed Bowyer manipulated the outcome of the race.
"I was extremely disappointed to see and hear some of the things that went down," Newman said. "I think that's relatively obvious to any fan or non-fan of our sport.
"It kind of goes without saying what happened."
The biggest fine in NASCAR history previously was a pair of $200,000 for engine violations – one when Carl Long an illegal engine for the 2009 all-star event and another this year when Matt Kenseth had a lightweight part in his race-winning engine for Kansas.
"Remember, it's a sport and it's got a lot of fun attached to it," Helton said. "Every now and then it gets out of bounds and we have to bring it back in order to maintain credibility."


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But abortion numbers overwhelm by far these massacres, holocausts and wars. An article in Life News dated Jan. 18, based on an analysis through 2011 by the National Right to Life Committee which drew from statistics available from the Guttmacher Institute and the Centers for Disease Control, estimates there have been more than 55.7 million legal U.S. abortions from 1973 through 2012, an average of over 3,800 abortions per day. Over the last six years, Fort Wayne has averaged 567 abortions per year.
Embryos should be precious to us because they are precious to God, who creates them (for some examples, see Jeremiah 1:4-5; Isaiah 43:1, 44:1-2; Job 10:8-12; Psalm 51:5, 119: 73, 139:13-16; Luke 1:39-44; Exodus 21:22-25). The Bible offers forgiveness for those who have had abortions; it teaches us to be caring and have compassion.
Medical textbooks and scientific reference works overwhelmingly agree that life begins at conception. Each of our lives begins at conception as a one-celled embryo called a zygote, whose genetic code differs from our mother's. Our hearts start beating at three weeks. At six weeks, we have a sense of touch.
Jan. 22 was the 40th anniversary of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. When will we finally end this Roe v. Wade holocaust of the most innocent and defenseless humans?
Dennis BrinkAn article in a Fort Wayne newspaper recently extolled the life of a person who was greatly involved in the destruction of 28,000 innocent lives in our city. The honoring of this person by several so-called Christian organizations is an example of what God has said about false prophets. Those who condemn the righteous and those who justify the evil are both an abomination to God. What is more of an abomination to the giver of life, than the destroyer of life? I cannot believe anyone can sanction the killing of the unborn and consider it pleasing to Christ Jesus. I am calling upon those organizations that have been misled to ask Almighty God for his forgiveness and to publicly confess their sin.
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A COUPLE have appeared in court accused of fraudulently claiming £170,000 in benefits after entering the country illegally.
Mohammed Zakariya Wadiwala and his wife Zenabbibi Wadiwala appeared before Blackburn Magistrates yesterday charged with several immigration and fraud offences.
The pair, of Oaklands Terrace, Blackburn, are alleged to have fraudulently claimed benefits since they illegally entered the UK in 2007.
He is charged with entering the UK without leave, fraudulently claiming financial and other support for himself and their five children and possessing false documents, including a National Asylum Seekers Service card, fraudulently obtaining a UK driving licence.
He is also charged with deceptively seeking leave to remain in the UK by claiming he was called Jakir Sheikh, the dependant of Shabnam Sheikh.
His wife is alleged to have claimed she was called Shabnam Sheikh, the dependant of Jakir Sheikh, and possessing improperly obtained identity cards and fraudulently trying to obtain financial and other support.
Blackburn bakery worker loses fingertips in pasty-making machine accident
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Stolen Asian heritage gold from Blackburn recovered by police
Mohammed, 41, and Zenabbibi, 43, were sent on bail to Preston Crown Court where they will appear on May 21.
The case comes as the Home Office is carrying out a crackdown appealing for people to report anyone they suspected of being in the country illegally.
Karen McDonough, assistant director at the Home Office, said information from the public was a 'huge help' to workers tackling illegal immigration.
She said: "I would urge anyone with information about suspected immigration abuse to get in touch."
Anyone with information about suspected immigration abuse can report their suspicions in confidence or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.


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Not sure if it's another polar vortex or not, but it's damn cold at the Casa this morning. A whopping 8F. DS, 60 miles north, is getting up to 0F with some wind chill to boot. Fortunately winds are calm here, but that will change as the sun comes up. I'm somewhere between vampire hours and real hours, CVB, which basically means I sleep about four hours at night and then need an afternoon nap. Before I get that nap, going out for 10-12, hopefully when it's a lot warmer. Like in the 30s maybe.
Good morning,
Below zero AGAIN! This has happened more often this winter than the first four winters we spent up here combined. Tested the knee on the TM with 10 at MP. Not what I intended as I wanted to go for 15-16 at LR pace. That's me on the TM...no discipline
Wore VFFs which I can't run fast in. So, my calf tightened up and felt like a heel blister was coming on. Stopped before things got worse. On the plus side, no knee pain! Off to work in a bit.
Spider--hope you squeeze that run in later
Morning, slept in until a whopping 5:30. I coughed all night
I'll just squeeze in 4 miles instead of the 6. I was too tired to get up, that's rare. I hate coughs more than colds I think.
G'morning gang!
Brrrrrr! Looks like a good day to be a rest day! It's only 11 degrees this am but on the positive side at least the sun is shining. The rest should help with tomorrow's 16 with 10 at MP. If the weather stays on this trend, we may be in for a race day nor'easter.
Stay warm! It's a perfect double-fister coffee day!
Good Morning
Well the race was today, and the short and sweet of it is - I suck...Ended the day with a 3:45:27 and walked a lot. Lessons learned 1. Don't trust the weather man 2. Don't ever underestimate humidity. 3. Control your temper when you start 4. If you have a plan stick to it and don't try to make it up as you go. 5. Under-trained will end bad
So the quick run down is we got to race a bit late due to heavy fog in the area. Tried to pop into a restroom prior to the start, but ended up using some bushes. When leaving the area where the restrooms were there was a major bottle neck and the 10k'ers (seemed like all 20,000 were standing there) blocked everything up. Ended up pushing and shoving our way through only to find a fence that we had to crawl under. By the time we got to the Marathon Coral, yes only one, we had 10 min to the start. So no warm-up and we were stuck behind just about everyone. First 3k was a total cluster of weaving and dodging ended up with about a 7:30 pace. Because I felt rushed so when I broke free I just hammered it too hard. By the time I rolled into the 20k I knew the humidity poor pacing, and warmer start I was done. I ran up to the 25k and the started walking .5k and running 1.5k. Should have done a 1/2 marathon to start the training for Boston and not a full, but this was a once in a life time event. In the end I still had fun and I am not too sore because I saw the writing on the wall early on and did the only smart thing I did today and shut it down and just cruised in The event was not very well organized but seeing a pack of 15 elites running by at sub 5 pace is amazing.
Hope everyone has a great weekend. I will be starting Boston training on Monday.
Good morning fellow freezers,
It is 12 here with a 0 wind-chill. Although a perfectly timed SRD, the next week doesn't look much better. We get above freezing Saturday, then not again until at least next Wednesday, with the coldest being Tuesday for my first track day (of course). I'm determined not to run my 800s on a TM as I really need to baseline. I might go balaclava shopping over lunch today. Work's also backed up so I was the first person at the office today, which very rarely occurs post-DD.
Mongrel: Sorry to read about your race. However, as you aptly stated, it was fun and due to you walking some, you are less sore. Perhaps this will be like a really good LR (in that it's early into training) and a benefit that you didn't overdo it and get injured. Eyes on the prize...
Maureen: If you sleep in until 5:30, you MUST be feeling bad. Bad time of year to get rid of gunk but better than April.
Thanks for the start Spider Vamp. Hope you and Marco can find a way to stay warm.
There are no high temperatures now, just less-lows.
Time to get to work. Have a good one, all!
Good morning! Left 90 degree temperatures yesterday to return to 8 degrees this morning. Vacation is OVER. We had a great time in Costa Rica. I'm not going to bore you with all the details, but the highlights were touring a volcano, sailing at sunset and walking around the central market in San Jose. Lowlight was DS getting sick and puking all over our room. Despite that, we had an excellent trip and we were really impressed with the resort we stayed at and plan on going back next year, or possibly December. They do have the San Jose marathon in December.
I managed to get in a few runs while I was there. My outside runs were at the resort. My GPS watch was screwy, so I just ran for an hour. It was definitely a cutback week. I've got 12 miles lined up for today. I'm going to wait until temps warm up this afternoon to get out. In the meantime, I'll be doing laundry until the end of time.
htt- I bought a balaclava a couple months back and it's the best investment in running gear I've made in a while.
Mongrel- I'm sorry the marathon didn't play out like you intended, but at least you had fun. I hate congestion at the beginning. Very frustrating.
drbart- Enjoy your rest day!
Maureen- Sorry to hear you are not feeling well.
marco59- Glad to hear that you have no knee pain. TM runs are always difficult for me.
spiderpig- Waiting on the warmer temps to arrive before the run, too.
I've got a lot of catching up to do on the forum. I know there were a few races last weekend that I need to read about.
Morning gang. Back at it last night as the calf was feeling better. Got in 7 on the TM without incident. My hope is I avoided something bad by taking the URD on Wed. Best case scenario is this is just something I will have to manage during the next 12 weeks. Worst case scenario is that my calf is a ticking time bomb waiting to be pulled again. The joys of marathon training.
Ona side note, ever since I saw my running doc, I have been taping my calf as he showed me. I had an extra roll of KT tape lying around so I used that. Could barely get 3 days out of it. Last time I saw him he had switched to Rock Tape and it was amazing how much longer it lasted. I had to pull it off after 5 days. I will be switching once I run out of the KT tape. And, no, I am not a paid endorser for Rock tape RWOL MB overseers.
Spider - that would take some getting used to, not sure I could do it. A lot of my clients are in the medical industry and have similar shifts. Makes it convenient for them to meet with me, though.
Marco - hooray for no knee pain!
Maureen - sorry about the cough.
DrB - I assume Zola wore shoes? Good luck with the MP run
Mongrel - sorry about the race. Glad you still had a good time. Had to be interesting to run a marathon there
H2T - we are close to 0 here. On the bright side, the sun is out.
Good morning everyone. Haven't put in a whole bunch of miles in lately. I am worried about my groin feeling strange. It is not painful, just not normal. I will go out for a test run today. Also, in exciting news for south Louisiana, we got a little snow last night and it is currently snow/sleet/rain till noon today. All major overpasses are shut down and accidents are plentiful. Schools and government offices are closed and we have no idea how to drive in these conditions. I expect a high birth rate 9 months from now.
Spiderpig - Hope it warms up for your run.
marco59 - That's great new on the knee.
maureen221 - Hope you get the cold under control soon.
DrBart - I want it to be cold come race day, but don't wish that upon us. With the exception of today, I won't have any training in icy/snow conditions. It would make for a interesting run, but I would be at a huge disadvantage.
Mongrel - Sorry to hear the race did not go as planned, but congrats on completing the run anyway.
Soonerstef - That's a big temp change. Sounds like you had a good time and welcome back to the cold.
Baker Buckeye - I feel your pain on the worries of a injury. I can't make up my mind if this is something I want to go away then start training, or run and hope it doesn't get worse and blows up. Either way, I am unhappy about the situation right now.
Have a good weekend everyone!
Good morning. Bed magnet totally won today. I must have been kidding myself on the sleep I needed. The good news is that no matter what time I get up, it will be cold out. So, I guess there's that darn silver lining.
Spider - sounds like you're into a good routine.
marco - I was thinking the other day how awful this winter has been, then I began to wonder if this is a typical winter, and I've just experiences mild ones in NE OH for the past couple of years.
Maureen - I would rather be stuffed up (as awful as that feels) than have a cough. Hope you can take some meds to ease things a bit.
DrBart - let the record show, I was not the first to mention a nor'easter. I have been thinking it might be a possibility, but hopefully the weather will improve before April.
mongrel - sounds frustrating, so it did not go as planned.
HTT - I keep looking at the forecast, hoping it will magically get warmer. I can't believe how long this is lasting.
Stef - nice to see you back, glad the trip was good despite the DS puking.
Baker - I noticed that with Rock Tape, too. Glad the calf is feeling better. I'm wondering if it what smoke said, maybe some fibrous/scar tissue breaking down a bit. When I strained my calf I would have little events that I thought was scar tissue breaking down. But I agree, I still feel like there is a bomb waiting to explode in there.
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multi - I had the same thought about a race there. I'll look into it, but I need to figure out what dates I can go. At the very least, I would look forward to running on the trails around there.
Have a good day. I need to get some coffee.
We've gone from 3F to 11F so I think I'll head out for my run.
Will have to shout later
Stef,,, I like as many details about the trip as you like. Sounded great (I had a bad vomiting episode in Costa Rica. I remember it 25 years later).
Morning all - welcome back stef!
cvb - I see a couple of races in late March. A 5k on Sun 3/23 (separate men's and women's events) and an 8k obstacle challenge / mud run on the 30th.
Baker - glad the calf is feeling better.
Mongrel - sorry the race wasn't what you were hoping for. The start sounds like a cluster.
Another easy 6-8 for me again tonight. First day with no noticeable post-race pains.
Good morning, I stayed out late, slept in until 9 and decided at 10 "to heck with the recovery run today". I have run 18 straight days so I am not feeling very guilty. It will be nice to maybe have a couple of the little aches go away. I have to get up tomorrow in the 3am something to LR because #3 has a track meet at 8am. It is very windy here too so that helped with my decision.
Mark: How are you liking the snowfall?
Baker: Nice to get back on the winning track. Maybe they can climb out of the pit now.
CVB: When I was growing up we always had snow from November to March, more than they get now, but we did not get the long lasting bitter cold as much.
LSU: High birth rate, haha. Certainly sounds like a good day to stay off the roads. After having some visible snowflakes the last couple years we missed out this time around.
Stef: 90 to 8 is some serious culture shock. Hope your blood did not thin out too much.
Toe: You can probably get a nice camouflage one at the local Bass Pro or Cabelas. They might have something in Gortex too.
Mongrel: Sorry the race did not go as planned but nice experience. My brother has ran that a couple of times while over there on business. He really likes it.
Bart: no rain, no headwind, no freezing temps is my positive spin.
Maureen: Take the day off. Most everyone else is.
SpiderVamp: I have never liked sleeping in shifts. Eventually it will just wear you out. Have you darkened your room and put some white noise in to help you sleep during the daylight?
Marco: 10 with no pain is good progress. I wonder why you can get that far on the road without blister issues but not on the treadmill.
JBC: Funny how some of those events stay with us forever. I can vividly remember ones at age 11, 15, and 28. I think those were enough to cure me. 3 day hangovers are the worst and I never want another.
Multi: Sounds like you are right on track after the effort you had.
Thanks for the start Spider and hope you get your run in.
I have joined what seems like about 2/3 of the forum in a RD today. I did think about an easy 4, but it is cold, rainy and windy and I can do with a rest day before tomorrow's XC race. In answer to your question Dr Bart yesterday, my older fell shoes are Innov8 X-Talon 212s, which weigh 7.5 ozs - a little heavier than XC spikes but lighter than many running shoes except for racing flats. This company is UK based, but they have a US division based in MA, so there is probably a running store in your area that sells them. http://www.inov-8.com/New/Glob...f%20Trail&G=Male
Mongrel - while I can understand your disappointment with your time today, from what I can see, you still finished in the upper 25% of the men's field in some tough conditions. I saw what I thought were your splits and you looked pretty nippy in the first half given the hot, humid weather - probably on pace for 3.10 -3.15. It looks like the wheels only came off in the last 10k when it must have been even hotter than Boston 2012. That race is not on my bucket list!
Marco - nice 10 on the TM at MP and no knee pain!
Dr B/HTT/Smoke - enjoy your RDs
LSU - you mention a high birth rate in 9 months and your 'groin feeling strange' almost in the same breath. This condition may not be running related!
Maureen - hope your cold improves and your 4 went well
Baker - sounds like you're continuing to make progress - your mixed schedule of running and biking seems to be working
Stef - enjoy the laundry.....and your welcome home 12
CVB - enjoy your easy day and the coffees
Well my 4 miles were done at MP because I had very little time before it was time to get the kids off to school. But I made it.
I just hate this coughing, as CVB says, I'd rather a few other illnesses. It aggravates me so much being sick, like I want to blame someone. I just don't have time for it!
I will still do my LR tomorrow, though I may cut a few miles off the prescribed 17, or I may not. Coughs are kind of weird too in that I don't feel sick all over, just can't stop with the hacking.
Mongrel - That does sound like an adventure, good call to shut it down when you knew it was a lost cause. Sometimes when I am going slow I notice so many more things that I never would have seen if I were racing. It's a little consolation.
Spider - How are you managing the time change for your new job? Are you adjusting?
Htt - I know, I'd rather be sick now than April, but dangit I better not be sick in April too!
Stef - The parties over eh?
Marco - Wow 10 at MP, you beat my "easy" 4 that wound up at MP.
Baker - That is the problem too often, injuries give no warning, they just slam you.
LSU - That is probably as exciting as San Diego getting a bit of snow, it just doesn't happen too often.
CVB - Bed magnet totally won today for me too. I was surprised at how strong it was, I don't usually give in. Must be the season.
JBC - Ouch, that hurts just thinking about it.
Multi - A mud run on the 30th? that would be a fun run, not even a tune up race, you could totally justify that.
Smoke - It's true, today seems to be everyone's day off.
BB - I hear you, though truthfully the easy 4 is my goto distance. When all else fails I know I can knock out 4 miles in a half hour.
Smoke--I wasn't paying much attention to form in the VFFs and paid for it. I never run anything near MP in VFFs whether it's outside or on the TM. No blister, but I would've had one had I gone much longer.
Wound up doing 11.2 this afternoon. It was about 40 and sunny, and by the last five miles I'd determined that long sleeves and tights was overdressed. Oh well. Good run though with a decent progression; last 6+ was at low-9 pace.
Maureen -- I handled the vampire hours just fine. My adjustment problem has been with going back to normal hours this week. It's screwed my sleep pattern up royally. Smoke, I sleep just fine in the daylight, hence the afternoon naps, so no need for blackout drapes and white noise (although I have a space heater in my bedroom which provides some white noise). I'm waking up before dawn and when I'm awake I'm WIDE awake; no chance of dozing back off. At this point I'm about ready to get back to my overnight shifts so I can get some decent daytime sleep. Before then, my race Sunday afternoon, though. We'll see if I have any speed at this point, and if I can hold that speed for an hour. It should be in the 60s for the race, so definitely shorts and singlet.
Stef, sounds like a nice trip. It's been a long time since I went anywhere that didn't involve either a medical meeting or a marathon. Boston will involve both.
Its fun to run in a cold weather. Does not make you feel tired. - Marla Ahlgrimm
Another 8 mile recovery run done. Proud to have a friend jokingly post on my Strava: "You're really good at recovering." Times have been slowly coming down this week, while the effort has been consistent. Almost down to non-race-recovery recovery pace if that makes any sense. One more easy pace run tomorrow and then a LR with friends on the coast on Sun.
Still debating on whether or not to jump back into 18 week plan or start fresh with 12 week on Mon. 12 week will start off easier which I may still need. I'm afraid to look at the volume on the 18 week.
Burglar - good luck in the race tomorrow.
Spider - nice job with the progression.
Multi, I checked out that loop around the lake. Looked like a nice place to run. The satellite seemed to show a dirt path around it as well? On street view there were a lot of runners and bikers. I'm always curious where people run whether it's a gorgeous, interesting, or mundane route. Thanks
I'm starting the 12 week program next week. I looked at where I would have been if I were doing the 18 and I felt a bit discouraged, though I have to keep reminding myself of where I was last spring and summer. Hope your foot/toe is ok.
Sorry I never got to shout out to everyone. Got busy with work and family.
Off to sleep here on the east coast.