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The RESULTS are OUT and without boring you with the details, are as follows:
*The number of births to single mothers is on the DECREASE, as single women between the ages of 15 and 49, are having less children today than six years ago.
*More than 63% of births in the country are outside of marriage.
*The survey also revealed the number of "common law" households was on the increase.
The study was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC)- pretty much the Census Bureau for Costa Rica.
I'm a natural cynic and skeptic- I can't help it. I believe the times in which we live DEMAND it, or variations of 'Animal Farm' or 'Brave New World' just may be possible. (They aren't yet are they?)
I've been leery of statistics for a long time since statistics, surveys, numbers etc, tend to have an agenda and somewhat of a pre-determined outcome. Back in the '70's, Pepsi ran a HUGE ad campaign called the Pepsi Challenge, basically a head's up taste test against Coca-Cola, was their ever a doubt who would win? And Pepsi is trivial, what about when RESEARCH and STATISTICS matter- like in the areas of medical, political and environmental issues etc? We can't even agree on the harmful effects of Aspartame. (if you don't know this one, research it, it's SCARY).
Take the Costa Rica results. They fail to mention that over 4,000 pregnancies in the last 10 years occurred in girls 14-years old and younger, instead, starting their numbers at 15 years of age. There are so many variables and considerations that could change this data... I just don't have the time or inclination...but that's not my point.
I collect data also- empirical data and I see this;
Young pregnant girls in La Fortuna are almost the NORM. They're everywhere. I don't know if they're married, single, common law or what, I just know they're OUT, pregnant and pushing their baby carriages around the park and through the shops- seemingly PROUD to be pregnant at 16 or 17. Many times if there's a 'man' in tow, but it's difficult to know if they're the father of the child, or merely the brother or friend of the young mother. I would venture to say, outside of San José, most girls in Costa Rica are 'STILL' destined to become homemakers. Here, you either go to University or you don't. If you don't, normally you're working in a menial job with very little chance of advancement to supplement the family income or you're pregnant starting a family- there really is no between. Not that being a homemaker is a BAD thing, but options are limited and SEX begins at an early age here- not a whole lot of condom use going on in Costa Rica I would say.
I still maintain and although it's DEFINITELY changing, Costa Rica has the mentality the United States held back in the '50's and '60's- A woman's place IS in the HOME… barefoot, pregnant and worrying about what to make for dinner.
I know the Roman Catholic Church LOVED the '50's and '60's in the STATES… when they still meant something, but in Costa Rica they continue to wield influence – Espousing, Defining and PROTECTING, in their minds, the very essence of what marriage and family IS supposed to mean to a Costa Rican- and so far, so good. Which probably accounts for the lack of condom use in Costa Rica. They don't mind a 16-year old pregnant girl- it's almost a SUCCESS, start having kids EARLY and don't STOP… BIG, uneducated, Catholic families- the likely hood of them ever venturing far from the 'dogma' is greatly reduced. Keep them Big, close and uneducated, while providing HOPE… I dare say they'll never run out of alter boys... or sheep always HAPPY to sign a petition or two to ensure that marriage and family values are well protected.
If only there were more emphasis on teaching sex education, self-esteem building through 'taking responsibility' and the importance of having a college diploma- then a 16-year old's raging hard-on wouldn't become such a life-altering consequence because after all, that's what condoms DO best- provide experiences (not always good mind you), but without life-altering consequences. And then maybe, just maybe, young Tico's could make it into their early 20's with 'possibilities' around every corner....... instead of Jose Jr., Mario, Alejandra and baby Fernando.
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Dedicated to responsible, sustainable mountain bike tourism.
Dedicated to communities: we have a sense of responsibility to the communities whose trails allow us to earn our livelihood. As such we have a number of programs in place to give back to those communities: hiring local guides, sourcing local suppliers, and donating a percentage of annual profits to local development and environmental projects.
Ranked among the top adventure holiday companies in the world by leading magazines such as Explore, Outside, National Geographic Adventure and numerous other publications.
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Try It Tuesday - Trying out the local waterslides at Splashdown Vernon with new Covid procedures.
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Does this pineapple hack we have been seeing on the internet work? April tries it on Try it Tuesday!
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Jerhett & Betty were at the Hair For Harper head-shave fundraising event at The Beauty Bar in Vernon.
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Cindy and the crew from Little Italy Market & Deli hooked April up for Try it Tuesday - couldn't try everything in one visit, so stay tuned for part 2 later in October! Check them out at: https://www.littleitalyvernon.ca/
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Try it Tuesday featuring 'nose twerking'! Thanks, MisMacK Clean Cosmetics for the awesome makeup job!
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Try it Tuesday with Okanagan Beach Club - Tiki Bar (Featuring Dane Rupert - Big Brother Canada 7) #beachresort #westsideroad #hiddengem #tikibar #covidfriendly #danerupert
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Harper Head Shave
Jerhett met with Tanis Marquette. She and her friend Bree have agreed to shave their heads in October, in support of 1-year-old Harper. Harper suffers from Type 1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy. The treatment is incredibly expensive and she needs to get the treatment before she turns two, next July. You can donate to the head shave here https://www.gofundme.com/f/fq478-hope-for-harper
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European contemporary artist Nedko Solakov has produced a wide variety of drawings, paintings, performances, and installations in which he uses humor and absurdity to critically question art institutions and practices, as well as societal norms and expectations. Trained in classical mural painting, Solakov combines his traditional education with conceptual practices to create sharp-witted works. In a seminal piece and cathartic act of disclosure, titled Top Secret (1989), Solakov filled a small chest with cards detailing his collaborations with the Bulgarian secret police as a youth. Reacting to the controversy that arose over the work and the shocking confession it contained, Solakov wrote, "Only he or she who can overcome his or her fears can be a true artist."
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The Reverend Mr. and Mrs. Francis De Simone Library Endowment Fund
The purpose of the Endowment is to purchase library and other materials for the Comparative Religion program.
Janet and George Beckmann created this endowment with Janet's parents, Jack and Dorothy Pitts, to honor Beckmann's maternal grandparents, The Reverend Mr. and Mrs. Francis De Simone. Francis De Simone was born in 1881 in Italy and moved to the United States in 1901. He served as a pastor in churches in Wisconsin, Ohio, Iowa and Pennsylvania.
The late George Beckmann was a Provost of the University of Washington from 1978-1988. Janet received her Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1974. She served as Dean of Nursing in the University of Alabama system in 1978 and was the youngest person to become a dean of an American nursing school.


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Recently, they had a fun time causing a little mischief with their trainers. Pax constantly took Talon's place while Talon pretended he didn't notice. Due to how excited the trainers, crowd, and dolphins were, there were a few times that nobody noticed they had switched places. It was comedic gold.
At the end of the session, it was time for Talon to get his water, a medical behavior we train all of the dolphins which allows us to give them extra hydration. His trainer, who was having a blast answering questions from the audience, wasn't paying full attention and didn't realize at first that Pax had taken Talon's place. She went along the usual routine; let Pax sit on her feet and sprayed his mouth with teeth cleaner as she chatted on about dolphins. It wasn't until she looked down again to show him the tube that she realized she didn't have Talon. She had Pax!
Pax must have thought the switch was hilarious because he couldn't help but blow a raspberry at her once she figured it out. Talon acted as if he had no idea what was going on, but we all knew he was in on the joke too! As his trainer got ready to water the correct dolphin, she gave Pax a smooch to show there were no hard feelings.
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As part of Xbox Live's birthday celebration, a handful of us from Bungie were online today with streamers and noisemakers as a part of Microsoft's Game with Fame promotion. We played for a little while this afternoon, personally witnessed some awesome sportsmanship and some sad reminders of how folks behave on the Internet. Hot Pockets AND chocolate milk were demanded by some of the folks we played against, but none of that found its way into this week's Humpday Challenge.
We deleted millions of messages each and jumped in for some Matchmaking – where we deleted millions more messages, ignored chat requests and got down to the business of Halo 3. Since there were five of us, Social Slayer seemed like a delicious mix, but our Moderate NAT at the supremely secure Bungie Towers had other plans.
Bungie Team:
Evil Otto – Dave Candland, UI wizardSke7ch – Brian Jarrard, Community/Franchise overlord, also AFK cookies for most of todayThug Larz – Lars Bakken, Multiplayer Designer, Peaceful, kindred spiritChee Yeez, Raj Nattam, 3D Artist, Fellow NPD SuperfanTJ Scoot – Lukems, Content dude, the Bungie version of Rick Mahorn (making New0001 Bill Laimbeer)
Game 1
Shotty Snipers on The PitTone of Game: Bullish
With Social Slayer in our sights – our fearsome fivesome (not rly) set out into the Internet'z chilly waters, seafaring amongst the Matchmaking community. Somewhere between the forming our merry crew and getting into our first game, we lost Evil Otto. Moderate NAT was foiling our fun and IT ninjas were dispatched.
Down one man, it Lars, Raj, Sketch and I would have to desperately scramble to eek out a win on The Pit in a mode we're admittedly terrible at, Shotty Snipers. Ske7ch began the game on a disasterous streak, prompting all kinds of horrible jabbing and mouth running on my part. Have you ever read the book The Jordan Rules? It was a lot like that, with me in the role of Mike and Ske7ch playing the part of Bill Cartwright.
Like Bill Cartwright, some folks around here talk about how good Ske7ch used to be. The glory days, he calls them. This was his first game in over a month – he's been on vacation and he had a lot of rust on his training wheels. But in this battle, his fingers moved with the dexterity of the Ske7ch years past. Once Ske7ch got into a groove we rode the wave to victory.
Final Score: 50-31, Bungie wins (we were almost headed to Outback)
Game 2
Team Slayer, NarrowsTone of Game: CQC
We had the same FAIL on joining as a group and lost Candland again, and this time we were sent to the frigid Forerunner bridge where the opposition relentlessly zerged with the Mauler. Relentlessly. Zerged. Mauler rushing was a really powerful tool at the very beginning of Halo 3 and maybe we're technically still in the early phase of Halo 3 so folks are still using it, however, backing up and just loading up foes with rounds from the Assault Rifle is a pretty handy counter to the mauler. Better come up with new strategies, folks.
Weiner Cake and his merry band of adventurers met justice swiftly, largely due to Lars and I being shocked at Ske7ch's performance in the previous match. Ske7ch cooled down and played like he'd just returned from an island get away. Raj doesn't really have any excuses beyond Paul Bertone standing over him and critiquing his performance. And by critiquing I mean mocking, chiding and humiliating him.
Final Score: 50-40, Bungie wins
Game 3
Multi Flag CTF on ValhallaTone of Game: See-sawing with sadness and AFK
In between this game and the other 5v5 games we separated to sort out the NAT issues. The whole point was to play 5v5 not play shorthanded like Sidney Crosby in a Penguins game. When we reconvened, Ske7ch moved us into the Objective hopper – he can't get enough CTF – and lo and behold the first game to come up was Multi Flag CTF on Valhalla.
In a surprising show of teamwork, a rarity for Bungie Humpdays (especially ones with slapdash and hastily put together teams) we used a little bit of coordination and a dollop of strategy in Multi Flag. Ske7ch, and I stayed at the base at the beginning of the round, but when he started to go AFK to get snacks, talk to other dudes and lose his situational awareness, Bakken heard my plight and came back to play defense. Raj and Candland kept making flag runs and once Ske7ch was back at his console I moved out to the middle of the map and attempted – sometimes with great success, other times with all of the skill of an armless monkey to control the center of the map.
Somehow our "strategy" and "teamwork" found great success and after the game we all agreed that it'd be nice to be able to get more Flag games out of our Halo 3 experience.
Final Score: 3-1, Bungie wins
No Humpday next week, as we'll all be stuffing our faces full of turkey and time off.
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Is Hooking Up Dangerous or Liberating?
Just came back from the gym and heard an interesting piece on NPR – The Hookup: Dangerous or Liberating?
Like any reasonable debate, both sides have merit. I don't think we'd want to go back to the repressed '50s, however, I think it's clear that there's something damaging about the frequency and availability of hookups. Some combination of post-feminism, technology, and societal mores has taken its toll. Witness all the letters from women who can't find a guy to commit.
Yet let's think about it from the male point of view – if there's always an available hookup out there, and most men don't have the desire to settle down until their mid-30's, and most men lose big-time in divorce, why SHOULD they commit?
I'd like to challenge the women reading this to put yourself in the shoes of a man and ask yourself why HE'd make a commitment – not why YOU want a commitment or why you want HIM to make a commitment. You may be surprised to find that it's more desirable for men to stay single…which is exactly why they so often do.
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Saturday's Birmingham - Aviva Indoor Grand Prix *Results
Top Indoor Meet Of Year
Eliud Kipchoge 8:07.4 2-Mile Defeats Mo Farah This was a tremendous race with 4 guys, Kipchoge and Farah plus Uganda's Moses Kipsiro and Tariku Bekele, battling on the final lap. Kipchoge, the 2003 World 5,000m champ, got the win and World Leader. If you think this makes him the best Kenyan right now, think again. Kipchoge was 4th in the 3,000m in Germany last weekend. In other action, Genzebe Dibaba blasted another fast 1,500 (4:01, Anna Pierce 4:11), Liu Xiang ran a PR to beat Dayron Robles, Jamaica's 8th-fastest 100m man last year, Lerone Clarke, ran a national record in the 60 ahead of Asafa Powell, Meseret Defar ran 8:31.56, Jessica Ennis had 2 PRs and a world best in the hurdles, and Bernard Lagat was well beaten at 1,500m. 8,000 fans in attendance. This is what track and field needs.
- Mo Farah Unable To Explain Loss In Birmingham Telegraph
- "Plastic Brit" Shara Proctor Breaks UK Indoor LJ Record And Ignores Criticism She's from Anguilla, which is not recognised by the IOC, so she would not be able to go to the Olympics if she competed for them.
- Jessica Ennis Smashes Two Personal Bests, Gets World Leader In Hurdles Guardian
- NY Times On Liu Xiang Beating Dayron Robles
- Brilliant Day For Jessica Ennis
- Athletics Weekly Recap
- Video Of Sick 3,000m In Germany Last Week Where Kipchoge Was 4th
- Interesting: Emiel
Puttemans Reflects On His 38-Year-Old European 2-Mile Record, Talks About How He Could Have Broken 10,000m Record In 1972 Olympic Heats Puttemans says he could have broken the world 10,000m record in the heats of the 1972 Olympics. *Discuss Here
Birmingham On The Boards: why was uceny dq'd??
- Kipchoge over Farah
Other Weekend Results
- Christophe Lemaitre Wins 60m At French Meet In 60.59, But Says Will Not Compete In World Indoor Champs France's Renaud Lavillenie set world lead in PV with 5.93m; Jamaican Patricia Hall ran 200m WL of 22.88.
- Victor Kipchirchir Wins Close Race At Unep Half Marathon In 1:00:27 Over Kamiu Wanjiku's 1:00:28 Mercy Chemta won the women's race in 1:12:51. The article doesn't say much about it, but the more interesting race if they ran hard would be the 5k, as it included Paul Tergat and Patrick Makau along with other past elite Kenyans.
- US HS: Dallin Farnsworth Gets Simplot Games 3,200m Record With 9:10.34 This was at altitude and broke the previous record of 9:11.05 held by Josh Rohatinsky, who went on to be an NCAA XC champ in 2006. *Full Results *Preview
- Asian Indoor Champs: HJer Mutaz Barshim Sets World Lead And Asian Record At 2.37m
- Good Story: Former Rugby Player Thom Evans Running Fast In The 60m 2 Years After Spinal Injury That Almost Killed Him "I thought I would die there on the grass."
- Dwain Chambers Has Poor 60m Showing
- Stephen Mokoka And Rene Kalmer Break CRs At Pretoria Half Marathon With 1:04:35 & 1:13:09
2012 RAK Half Is In The Books *Photo Gallery Of Winners *Top Results
LRC Mary Keitany & 17-Year-Old Dennis Koech Win 2012 RAK Half Marathon Windy conditions slowed down the winning times considerably (60:34 and 66:42), but Mary Keitany did still produce the 8th-fastest 13.1 in women's history as a 17-year-old Kenyan dispatched the 2012 world leader and a 2:03 marathoner in the men's race.
*IAAF Recap Geoffrey Mutai Withdraws With Sore Foot And Then Fast Times Are Blown Off Course The IAAF is saying that Koech is 18.
*Pre-Race Photos *Race Previews
Out Of Work? The IAAF Is Hiring And Looking For A "Whereabouts" Asst. It looks like a perk of this job won't be that you get to look at Track & Field stars' private parts - it's more of clerical help. *Job Offer
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Ken Goe Thinks That Bring Back The Mile Idea Isn't A Good One We disagree with Goe's overall argument but agree with him here: "The rest of the world isn't going to give up the metric system because it's uncomfortable for the U.S. geriatric set." The thing that all BBM detractors seem to don't get is - we aren't saying BBM will save the sport - we're just saying it can only help and won't hurt. The sport needs to make every incremental improvement it can. As Meb said Thursday, "Well, in running or track and field there's three prime events, there's the 100 meter, the mile and the marathon."
Bolt Update: Glen Mills: "Usain Bolt Is Not Injured" According to this, Bolt has scheduled visits with "Healing Hans" several times a year for treatment for his scoliosis, so this is just a routine thing. Mills could have avoided the speculation by saying that from the start instead of trying to cover it up with a faux "business trip."
Week That Was
LRC Rupp's Record Vs. Lagat's Record, Down Goes Rono, Miles Batty, Chris Derrick And Ryan Hill?, Plus Katie Flood, Marathoning, White Dudes In The 4 X 400, Some Canadian Coaching Advice And More Just in time for Valentine's Day, the track and field world came afire with some sizzling action and records galore. We got the meat (what you expect) and the potatoes (what you wouldn't expect) of the track and field world covered. We guarantee you won't be disappointed. If you are, complain here.
Interesting Read: Patrick Makau Speaks On Being Self Coached, His Half Marathon Loss In Spain, And His Two Newborn Twin Sons He gives great training advice, as he talks about listening to his body and says that he could have won in Spain, but he decided to save himself for other things ahead. Good read from Mutwiri Mutuota.
*10-Minute Video Interview With Makau From Same Story
Sprint News
Recommended Read: The Telegraph's Ian Chadband Catches
Up With Yohan Blake After His 2012 Season Opener - Blake Still Plays Cricket Every Sunday With Glen Mills' Blessing Can anyone in America imagine a college coach letting a sprint star play pickup games on the weekend? Yet Blake, who comes from a tough background, is super-fast. "I wasn't born with a golden spoon in my mouth; it was a really tough life. So many times, we had no money to even get to school. I'd have to find empty beer bottles to sell and spent hours carrying water on my head because we
had no water at home. It gave me strength which helps me today."
Boltgate Day II
*Despite Denials, Sportsmail Says Bolt Visited Doctor In Germany
*Meet The German Doctor Bolt Went To See Instead of Running 400m Last Week - The Doctor They Call "Healing Hans" In December, ESPN did a long profile of Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt - the doctor to the stars - including 5 of the 8 Berlin 100m finalists, plus people like Bono. He swears by Actovegin injections - calf's blood.
Previous: Bolt Doesn't Run 400m Because He Has "Business Trip"
*Coach Says He's Stunned That People Think Bolt Is Hurt But Yohan Blake Admits He Went To Get A "General Checkup"
USATF Classic *Results *Photo Gallery
LRC Galen Rupp's American 2-Mile Record Is Highlight Among 5 World Leaders Pre-race, we pondered if this was the best men's indoor mile in the US since LetsRun.com was founded and it lived up to the hype, as Silas Kiplagat edged Caleb Ndiku in a world-leading time, but it was Galen Rupp, running to honor the late Geoff Hollister, who stole the show with an impressive American record at 2 miles. In other action, Brenda Martinez took on some of the world's best in the mile, Jamaica's 8th best sprinter beat all the Americans, and Tianna Madison (a long jump world champion most of you have forgotten) shocked VCB and Allyson Felix in the 60m.
- USATF Recap
- Silas Kiplagat, Caleb Ndiku, Russell Brown And Leo Manzano Talk About Their Miles
- Galen Rupp Interview
- Register Guard: Bernard Lagat Hints At Eventually Taking Back His 2-Mile Record
- IAAF Recap Says Salazar "waived a post-race workout" as a "reward" for the record, but we doubt either Salazar or Rupp would skip a workout unless it made sense.
- Ciarán Ó Lionáird Cites "Poor Tactics" As Cause For Disappointing 6th Place Finish
- On The Boards: Rupp gets AR
- Was This the Most Stacked Indoor Mile in the US Since LetsRun.com Was Founded?
- Galen Rupp Has NO CHANCE At Lagat's 2 Mile AR
USATF XC *XC Results *Men's Photos *Women's Photos
Molly Huddle Celebrates Too Soon, Sara Hall Wins XC On Lean, Bobby Mack Beats Aaron Braun Great races in the chill of St. Louis, as Molly Huddle and Sara Hall battled to the line. Huddle put up her hands thinking she won, but Hall leaned and got the win. Photos here. On the men's side, Mack pulled away from Braun the final 600m. More coverage here. Photo finish photo here.
- DyeStat Coverage Of Junior Race
- Quick Photos Of Finish
- Men's Photos
- Women's Photos
- OTB: 2012 USA XC Nats
- Is Bobby Mack the Jeremy Lin of Running?
- Why does Sara Hall still compete?
Friday Action 12:58! For Thomas Longosiwa
- Duusseldorg Results (Nixon Chepseba 3:35, Thomas Longosiwa 12:58, Adam Kszczot Crushes Boaz Lalang, Lolo Jones Wins Hurdles, Jimmy Vicaut Wins 60) Dayron Robles got beaten by Kevin Craddock of the US. Logosiwa was Kenyan Champ in 2007 and ran 12:51 that year. He was 6th at Worlds last year.
- On The Boards: 12:58 indoor 5K for LONGOSIWA
A Sad Day In The World Of Track And Field
Geoff Hollister, An Original Nike Employee And Former University Of Oregon Track Runner, Dies At Age 66 Hollister was a legend at Nike and the sport of track and field and Nike wouldn't be the same without him. He also was the producer of Fire on the Track, which was voted the best running movie ever on LetsRun.com. Members of the Oregon Project
wore special singlets at NB supporting
him as he was critically ill at the time.
(Photo by Jeff Johnson via Walt Chadwick Larger Here)
Bank Of America Chicago Registration Full
LRC Abdi Talks Olympics As He's In Chicago For Launch Of Registration For 2012 B Of A Chicago Marathon Abdi talked to LRC's Wejo via phone. Abdi discussed the Chicago launch, his track plans, his training group, and gave us an update on drug cheat Martin Fagan. Registration was over 18,000 as of 4pm.
London Marathon Goes To Iten
Virgin London Marathon, Which Made 2012 Athlete Announcements In Kenya, Is Giving Back To Iten, Eldoret Communities
LRC Photo Of The Day: Virgin London Marathon Fields Announced From Iten, Kenya We didn't realize London was in Iten to announce its 2012 fields. Very cool.
Bring Back The Mile Officially Launches For years, we (and many in the sport) have wondered why the mile isn't the #1 distance event in the land and why it's not run instead of the 1,500 or 1,600. Finally, someone has decided to do something about it.
*Bringing Buzz Back To The Mile *Discuss *Like On Facebook
Recommended Read: NY Times Article On Australia's LJer Mitchell Watt, Who Quit Track For 5 Years But Came Back And Got 2nd At The World Champs Apparently he was convinced to keep competing by a "12 page email" from his coach.
US Men's Olympic Trials Marathon News *LRC Vote Totals *Men's Results *Women's Results *Mile-By-Mile Splits *Yahoo Flash Photos
LRC Men's
Marathon Trials Analysis And Reaction The 2012 Trials race was a classic. We throw some love to the top 3, ponder Ritz's future in the marathon, tell you who had the best debut, and tell you who that guy you never heard of was. Plus we talk about Meb's 74-year-old badass dad and look at the fortune of some old timers who didn't make the team, Josh Cox and Dan Browne, in addition to the ones who did (Meb and Abdi).
Race Recap: Meb Keflezighi Captures 2012 Olympic Trials Marathon Title
NY Times Recap: Meb Over Hall, Abdi Grabs 3rd Spot The race lived up to the billing as the top four all broke 2:10, whereas previously there had only been one sub-2:10 in OTM history. After a blistering first half (63:25), Meb Keflezighi got his 2nd PR in 69 days, as he ran 2:09:08 to win over Hall (2:09:30). A resurgent Abdirahman (2:09:47) hung on for the final Olympic spot in 2:09:47 over Ritzenhein, who broke 2:10:00 for the first time (2:09:55). In the process, Meb became the first American to make an Olympic marathon team 8 years after making it previously. Abdi had no idea until we talked to him that Martin Fagan, whom he trained with some this winter, had reportedly tested positive for EPO.
LRC Trials Live Thread Here
Trials On The Boards:
Lance And LIVESTRONG
Outside Magazine Article Accuses LIVESTRONG Foundation "If Lance Armstrong went to jail and Livestrong went away, that would be a huge setback in our war against cancer, right? Not exactly, because the famous nonprofit donates almost nothing to scientific research." *MB: Livestrong expose in Outside magazine
2011 ING NYC Marathon *Men's Results *Women's Results *Viewing Info *Flash Yahoo Photos
LRC 2:05:06!!! Geoffrey Mutai Caps Year In Style An unbelievable year in men's marathoning had an appropriate finish, as the Kenyan man who had the most unbelievable of all years, Geoffrey Mutai, smashed the previous NYC Marathon record by a stunning 2:38 - that's two minutes and 38 seconds. If it wasn't the
greatest 2nd-greatest men's marathon performance
ever, you'll have to tell us what was. American Meb Keflezighi hung with the leaders for 20 miles after a blistering 63:16 1st half and ended up with a much-deserved PR. Mutai picked up $200,000 by winning, but the big financial winner was runner-up Emmanuel Mutai, who won $635,000 ($500,000 for the WMM title).
LRC Mary Keitany Beats Herself The women's race was full of gut-wrenching drama, as Mary Keitany went out in a crazy 67:56. The problem was she came back in 74:42, as unheralded Firehiwot Dado (Rome Marathon champ) got the win.
LRC Post-Race Interviews: Meb And His Coach Bob Larsen Talks About His PR Despite Throwing Up Plus the winners - Geoffrey Mutai, Firehiwot Dado, men's and women's top 3, Ed Moran, Molly Pritz, Lauren Fleshman and Bobby Curtis.
Sydney Track Classic *Results
Kiprop 1:45.9, Rudisha 45.61, David Torrence 3:35.6 Wins The Australian season got underway in full force with the two best mid-distance runners, Olympic and World 1,500m champ Asbel Kiprop and World 800m champ David Rudisha, both dropping down in distance. Rudisha ran 45.61 at 400, while Kiprop got the 800m win in 1:45.9. Kiprop dropping down let American David Torrence win the 1,500 in 3:35.6. World hurdles champ Sally Pearson did the hurdles/200m double. Nick Symmonds did not have his kick and was a well-beaten 6th in 1:47.44, which is a pretty good opener.
- Valerie Adams Wins SP
- On The Boards: Kiprop Wins it in 1:45.96, Riseley Kicks Hard for Second
- Rudisha 45:82 at Sydney!!!!
- David Torrence 3:35 WL in Sydney today
LRC Track Talk Live From Kenya LRC Employee #1 talks about meeting Kiprop and Rudisha. Did you know Rudisha was doing the decathlon for a while?
Kenyan XC Champs
Bedan Karoki, Joyce Chepkirui Win The Toughest XC Race On The Planet Karoki is the Japanese-based athlete who won the Stanford 10,000m last year. Chepkirui had a breakout year in 2011, running 30:38 on the roads (prior to last
year, she had never broken 33 minutes) and ran 31:26 to win the Zatopek 10k. World and NYC Marathon champ Edna Kiplagat was 3rd, while former World XC Champ Joseph Ebuya was 49th.
*Bedan Karoki Says Kenyan XC Was Part Of Buildup For Fukuoka Marathon (Which Is In December)
*Over The Flu: Vivian Cheruiyot To Race World's Best 10km This Saturday She missed out on Birmingham with the flu.
*Pre Classic Update: Meet Director Tom Jordan Comments On Kenyan 10,000m Trials Being At The Pre Classic Says it looks "promising" but not "confirmed yet." He only spoke of the 10k and wouldn't comment on the possibility of the 5k being included too.
*Kenyan 5,000m And 10,000m Trials To Be At Prefontaine Classic This is big news. The details clearly aren't out, as Chris Solinsky is trying to figure out what it means for him (i.e., whether the races will be Kenyan only). More here.
LRC Track Talk Live From Kenya Employee #1 has been in Kenya for 2 weeks, meeting with many of the sport's stars. In this 45-minute broadcast, get the inside scoop.
Talk About A Comeback: Philip Mosima, Who Competed In 1988 Kenyan Olympic Trials As A 12-Year-Old, Is Trying To Make A Comeback At Kenyan XC Champs He ran 12:53 in 1996 when 12:53 was unbelievably fast.
1 Month & 1 Day From Friday
Meb, Ritz, Kara And Desi To Run 2012 NYC Half Also sponsorless man Scott Bauhs will run as will a bunch of other Americans, including 2009 WChamps 5,000 team member Julie Culley in her
13.1 debut.
*Transcript Of Meb, Bob Larsen & Mary Wittenberg Teleconference (Word document) Meb reveals that his wife ran a 5k in 26:05, officially eliminating their children as #1 prospects for the class of 2030.
*Denver Post Catches Up With Ritz, Who Is Excited To Get Back To The Track - Ritz: "I still think I'm one of the best runners in the world."
*Ritz Blogs About His Recent Training: "I got out my spikes for the first time in two and a half years."
Interesting Reads
- Recommended Read #1 5 Minutes With Southern Utah Coach Eric Houle - The Man Behind Cam Levins' (And Jess Baumgartner's Success) Learn from the man who designs the workouts for LRC sensation Cam Levins. Houle talks about training at 160 mpw and says that Cedar City, US is one of the hidden gems in terms of location in the US, as it's within a short drive of 10,000 and 2,000 feet of altitude.
- Recommended Read #2 Science Of Sport's Ross Tucker Looks At Alberto Contador, Lance Armstrong, Jan Ullrich & Oscar P Cases Says it's a shame so few people truly understand science. Even though Contador was banned for 2 years, he disagrees with their assertion that a blood transfusion was "very unlikely to have occurred." We also loved this quote: "The general public, and therefore the general media who cater to them, do not want to peel back layer after layer of scientific explanation to truly understand a case. They want simple answers, black and white, and science is incapable of providing them. PR, on the other hand, thrives on simple answers."
- Interesting Read Bloggers encourages track meets to be intimate affairs that "cater to a sophisticated, microbrew and/or wine drinking, nationalist" We agree that each track meet must be unique and specific to a particular audience if the sport is to survive and we also agree that each meet director needs to think about why he or she is putting on the meet. We don't understand why it starts with total vitriol for super-agent Ricky Simms.
- Want To Be A British Olympian? You Have To Agree To This Code Of Conduct: Selling official kit, criticising team-mates, betting on events and political tattoos are banned in Olympics 34-page code of conduct.
Some Good Interviews
- Brief Chat With Lawi Lalang After His 13:08.28 Collegiate 5k Record Talks about plans to go for the Kenyan Olympic Trials 5,000m, training with Bernard Lagat, and some ambitious goals which include sub-13 outdoors and a shot at either the mile or 3k collegiate record sometime in the next couple of weeks.
- Running Times Interview With Ricky Flynn Flynn ran 2:13:41 for 12th place in his debut marathon at the Olympic Trials and is the guy we noted as "least moving backwards over the last 5k." Some interesting talk about his move to high-volume training.
- Q&A With Canada's 2008 Olympian Taylor Milne, Who Is Trying To Qualify For The 2012 Games In The 1,500 Apparently he has "Beijing 2008" tattooed on his chest.
- Bernard Lagat Says He Wants To Run World Indoors And Would Like To See Galen Rupp There Too Also includes quotes from recent AR setters, Jillian Camarena-Williams and Jenn Suhr.
Fast Times In Lieven! *Website/Results
- Olympic 800m Champ Pamela Jelimo Sparks Back To Life In Lievin It was her first sub-2 since the Trials for the 2009 Berlin World Championships.
- Poland's Adam Kszczot Runs 1:44.57 And Moves To 3rd On World All-Time Indoor List Ethiopia's Mohamed Aman (the man who beat David Rudisha) was 5th in 1:46.80. Olympic bronze medallist Edwin Soi ran 7:32.56 for 3k to beat out 12:53 5k man
and 20+-year-oldIsiah Koech (7:32.89). Koech's time got him the world "junior" record. World indoor silver medallist Abdelaati Iguider won the 1,500 in a WLing 3:34.10. Mariem Alaoui-Selsouli ran 4:03.67 to win the 1,500 (Brit Steph Twell was ninth in 4:11.65).
*IAAF Recap Lievin
- Jamaica's Lerone Clarke Beats Christophe Lemaitre To Set The WL In The 60m At 6.50 Seconds Lemaitre went on to win the 200m in 20.92. Morocco's Malika Akkaoui set a world-leading time of 1:59.01 in the 800, beating Olympic champ Pamela Jelimo (1:59.10). Yelena Isinbayeva is rounding into shape as she won the PV in 15 feet, 9 1/4 inches and made three attempts at a WR mark of 16-1 1/4 (Jen Suhr has current WR at 16-0.)
- Elsewhere: Daegu HJ Bronze Medallist Trevor Barry Goes 2.30m To Win Brno HJ Competition
*National Records Go Down At Chinese Indoor Meet China's Zhang Jun set the Asian indoor shot put record at 20.16m and Xue Fei set a 1,500m NR at 4:09.71.
More Recent Action We Want To Make Sure You Realized Happened
- Sunday: Karlsruhe, Germany: Genzebe Dibaba Runs 4:00.13!!! - Augustine Choge & Edwin Soi Run 7:29.34 (Choge Wins) For 3,000 As Yenew Alamirew Is 3rd in 7:31.23 The 21-year-old Dibaba, who was 8th in the 5k at the last two WCs, became the 5th-fastest woman in history at 1,500 indoors thanks to her 4:00.13 win. In the 3k, Mariem Selsouli destroyed WC silver medallist Syliva Kibet (8:36 to 8:43). *Karlsruhe Results
- 23-Year-Old Russian Yelena Kofanova Is 1st Under 2:00 In 2012 With 1:59.80
- Bronze Medallist From 2010 World XC Juniors, Japheth Korir, Wins Luxembourg XC Meet - Canada's Reid Coolsaet Is 4th (43 Seconds Back) Ethiopia's Almensh Belete won the women's title.
- IAAF: Ennis double win the highlight in Sheffield - UK champs wrap
2012 Millrose Games *Results *Lagat, Wanamaker Mile Video
- LRC: Lagat Smashes American Record, Collegiate Record Books Rewritten Bernard Lagat ran 13:07.15 and smashed Galen Rupp's American indoor record, but the most impressive achievements may have been the rewriting of the collegiate record books. Lawi Lalang (13:08) not only obliterated the old indoor record but he ran faster than Henry Rono's nearly 34-year-old outdoor record. Chris Derrick got beaten badly but becomes the 5th-fastest collegian in the US indoors or outdoors. In the Wanamaker mile, Matt Centrowitz reminded us why he won the bronze medal at Worlds and Miles Batty broke the collegiate record.
- NY Times: Centrowitz Makes It Look So Easy (3:53.92) - American, Collegiate & HS Records Fall In 5,000 Centrowitz is one of the world's best milers and he showed it on Saturday as he totally schooled the collegians who were lined up to challenge him, although the top collegian didn't care, as Miles Batty got the collegiate record with a 3:54.54. In the women's 1,500, world champ Jenny Simpson beat Shannon Rowbury as both ran 4:06. LaShawn Merritt came up way short of the WR in the 500.
- Miles Batty Reacts To Collegiate Record
- Post-Race: Bernard Lagat Reacts To Galen Rupp Getting His 2-Mile Record
- RRW: Lagat Shatters American Record, Centrowitz Wins Wanamaker Mile
- Daily News: Lagat breaks U.S. record in 5,000 meters at Millrose Games
- IAAF Recap
- DyeStat Coverage Of HS Action
- MB: Lagat AR (13:07) Lawi 2nd in 13:08 CR, Cheserek 13:57 and Derrick 13:19!
- MB: Centrowitz just jogged a 3:53
- MB: Batty destroys CR
- MB: Ajee Wilson mixes it up with the pros, gets 4th to beat Vessey
2012 Boston Marathon
LRC Boston Marathon Releases Elite Fields For 2012 2011 champs Geoffrey Mutai & Caroline Kilel will try to defend their titles against a field that includes 5 sub-2:05 and 2:23 competitors.
Dubai *LRC Recap *Results
LRC Hello World, Meet Ayele Abshero (2:04:23 Debut!) The 21-year-old former Jr. World XC champ's marathon debut was super-special, as his surge with just over 3km remaining decimated
the deepest
marathon field in history, as four
men broke 2:05 in the race, eight broke 2:06, 10 broke 2:07, and 17 broke 2:10 - all records as fastest-ever times for places were recorded in spots three through
17. 2011 belonged to the Kenyan men, will 2012 belong to Ethiopia? The women's race was super-fast and super-deep as well, as 3 women broke 2:20 in the same race for the 1st time, as Aselefech Mergia ran 2:19:31 to win and a record 9 women broken 2:25. Martin Lel was a DNF, Ramaala 2:12. *AP
*Butcher: Ethiopians Strike Back
*MB: 4 guys I've never heard of go sub 2:05 in Dubai
Wejo Speaks: LRC What About The Sport? Wejo, an outspoken critic of Millrose Games moving to the Armory, says don't celebrate USATF sticking it to Millrose. Celebrate the sport being on ESPN.
Be Inspired By These Two Olympic Trials Breakthrough Performers
- Recommended Read! The
Ultimate Blue-Collar Runner: Meet Jimmy Grabow - The Guy With A Full-Time Job Who Ran 2:12:29 At The Trials In His First Marathon If this piece doesn't inspire you, then we don't know what will. The guy gets up every day at 5:30 and bangs out 15 miles + a core workout before going to a real 40-hour/week job before running 5 more miles after work.
*MB: Jimmy Grabow - The Ultimate Blue Collar Runner Do you know about the blue collar or yuppie debate - it's one of the greatest in LRC history.
- 5 Minutes With Alissa McKaig She PRed by 5+ minutes to finish 8th at the OTrials in 2:31.
US Women's Olympic Trials Marathon News *LRC Vote Totals *Men's Results *Women's Results *Yahoo Flash Photos
Flanagan Over Davila, Goucher Gets Third As Top 4 All Break Old OTrials Record Flanagan (2:25:38) pulled away from Davila (2:25:55) and Goucher was third in 2:26:06. Amy Hastings broke the old Trials record at 2:27:17 but didn't make the team. Deena Kastor was 6th in 2:30:40.
- New: Amy Hastings Reacts To Fourth Place Finish Obviously disappointed, but a good run for Amy.
- Post-Race Reaction None of the four former Olympic marathoners in the race made the team. Hear from the top 3 and them.
- Women's Results
- Goucher: "I never imagined myself winning this race based on the short period of time I had to train." Oregonian
- Washington Post Recap Of Trials
- Deena: "I have no idea. This was not in my plans ... I really thought I was going to book my ticket to London today." MB Thread: Will Deena Kastor retire now?
Great Marathon News
- Defending Champions Geoffrey Mutai And Caroline Kilel Will Try To Defend Their Crowns At The 2012 Boston Marathon
- 2012 ING New York City Marathon Will Be Broadcast Live On ESPN2 ESPN/NY execs, please let us consult and help you with your broadacst. We will do it for free in year 1. Our first advice will be to tell you who not to hire as broadcasters. It's amazing how little info has been shown when Boston has been on ESPN. Email us here.
The Big Interview: Dathan Ritzenhein
LRC Ritz Reflects On The Trials, His Years With Alberto, And Looks To The Future 24 hours after Dathan Ritzenhein just missed making the 2012 the Olympic Marathon team, a frank but more upbeat Ritz sat down and talked with LetsRun.com. He looked back on the Trials race ("I ran pretty good. It just was not enough.") and back on the last three years with Alberto ("He is a very smart, very passionate guy more than anything. He will find the way." and "There's been many times when we've screwed up.") before looking ahead to both the immediate future ("The Olympics is everything.") and farther down the road ("I do love the marathon, but I think I love being good better ... I want to succeed at what I'm going to be best at."). A confident Ritz has big plans for the future. A must read (or watch) if we can say so ourselves. Plus we give you splits of the last 3.2 miles in Houston.
Save Millersville XC/T&F
Millersville University Men's Cross-Country And Track Programs Being Cut This program has the school's only NCAA title. Sign this petition to save it. Ato Boldon already has (#3,485 on list). *News Video
Other News
*Interview With Jenny Simpson To Air On ESPN Radio Today Starts at 5:00 p.m. EST. Go here and click "Listen LIVE." Jenny will come on around 5:15.
*Interesting Look At Running Siblings And How Coaches Deal With Their Different Levels Of Talent Looks specifically at Chris Derrick and his younger brother Mark, who even though he has a 9:14 3,200 PR, is still far under his brother's shadow.
*Toni Reavis Blogs On "The Culture Of Running In East Africa"
*Tyson Gay Still A Threat To Jamaican Sprint Dominance Gay: "Last year, for me to run with basically one leg, I ran 9.7. I can be a lot more dangerous as long as I stay healthy."
College Corner (More In Our College Forum)
Big East Results Most of the conference meets are next weekend. More college results here.
LetsRun.com Track Talk Live From Kenya: Friday's Live Show Is Now Available On Demand In The Player Below (Or Download It Here)
The Super-Fast 3,000m From Germany Where Kipchoge Gets 4th
News Of Note
- Chat With Chris Derrick
- High School: How A Quarterback Won The Mile At The Millrose Games
- CNN Catches Up With Tyson Gay, Who Believes 2012 Is Going To Be A Speical Year For Him
- Kiwi 1,500m Star Nikki Hamblin Has To Prove Fitness To Make New Zealand Olympic Team As She Comes Back From Achilles Injury
Rupp's 2-Mile American Record From Arkansas (Last 2:20 Or The Full Race)
Friday's RAK Half Marathon Photo Gallery
Assorted News
*Galen Rupp Says It's Looking Like He Will Race Bernard Lagat At US Indoor Champs
*Tokyo University Hakone Ekiden CR Setters Kento Otsu & Yuta Shitara To Run NYC Half On Mar. 18th They have PRs of 1:02:35 and 1:02:43.
*DI Rankings: Arkansas And Florida Still 1-2 For Men (Texas A&M Jumps From 8th To 3rd) Oregon still lead for the women; Clemson and LSU swap 2-3 positions.
*Sydney Olympic 800m Champ Nils Schumann Under Investigation For Blood Doping Was among those named in German doping scandal.
Final 400 (Or Full Race) Of Lagat's American Record (Wanamaker Mile Video Here)
Photo Gallery: Rupp Makes History (Interview Below Or Here)
USA XC Photo Galleries *Women Here *Men Here
Help Us Pick The Final Winners In The LRC Puma Faas Challenge
We Want Your Votes We've got roughly 20 pairs of Puma Faas shoes still to put to the test and we want your votes. Voting has been going on on the message boards, but here it is for everyone else. See the amazing entries from LRC nation.
Week In Review
LRC 5 Thoughts On NBIGP, Patrick Makau Gets Beaten, Drug Talk, A Crazy Half Marathon In Japan And Minnesota Mid-D We give you more thoughts on the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix and tell you who really won the 800, then turn to the roads and talk about Patrick Makau getting beaten and a crazy half marathon in Japan, plus an update on Minnesota's great middle-d program, plus some training advice.
Osaka Marathon Photos
Trailer For "ITEN - The Town Of RED Dust"
NCAA Women's Photo Gallery
NCAA Men's Photo Gallery (500+ Photos)
Joanie Inspires
Training Corner (More In The Training Forum)
- Anyone else run hard workouts in the very-early morning?
- Stitches, breathing, and racing
- Anyone ever made a comeback after something serious (cancer)?
- I lost the spark between me and running
- How to develop speed endurance
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If nothing is done, $85 billion in spending cuts -- called sequester -- will go into effect March 1.
"Our top priority must be do everything can to grow economy and create good middle-class jobs. That has to drive every decision we make," Obama said. "It's troubling that just 10 days from now, Congress might allow ... automatic, severe budget cuts that will do just the opposite."
The across-the-board cuts were put into play by the last-minute debt ceiling deal reach in August 2011 and the "fiscal cliff" agreement enacted at the beginning of this year.
Obama said Tuesday the government can achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction economists say is needed, but for that to happen, there must be a balance of tax reforms and spending reforms.
"If Congress allows this meat cleaver approach to take place, it will jeopardize our military readiness ... [and] eviscerate job-creating investments in education and energy and medical research," he said. "It won't consider whether we're cutting some bloated program that has outlived its usefulness or a vital service that Americans depend on every single day. It doesn't make those distinctions."
Obama said the sequester would result in, among other things, reduced border patrol staffing, degraded first response capability in emergency situations, a furlough of FBI agents, layoffs of teachers and educators, air traffic and airport security cutbacks and loss of access to healthcare for hundreds of thousands of Americans.
"These cuts not smart ... not fair ... [and] hurt the economy," Obama said. "People will lose their jobs."
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, issued a statement in response to the president's remarks saying Obama "offered no credible plan that can pass Congress -- only more calls for higher taxes."
Boehner -- calling the scheduled spending cuts "the president's sequester -- said Obama was advancing "an argument Republicans have been making for a year: his sequester is the wrong way to cut spending."
He said the House -- which passed the sequester in the last session with overwhelming support from Republicans -- "has twice passed legislation to replace it with common sense cuts and reforms that won't threaten public safety, national security or our economy."
"Replacing the president's sequester will require a plan to cut spending that will put us on the path to a budget that is balanced in 10 years," Boehner said. "To keep these first responders on the job, what other spending is the president willing to cut?"
Congressional Democrats and Republicans have come up with plans to avert the sequester, Obama said, but "so far at least, the ideas the Republicans have proposed ask nothing of the wealthiest Americans or [the largest] corporations," he said.
"It's wrong to ask the middle class to bear the full burden of deficit reduction," the president said.
If such a bill reaches his desk, "I won't sign it," he said.
Congressional Republicans face a "simple choice," Obama said. They either are willing to compromise or put jobs and the economy at risk "to protect few special-interest tax loopholes. That's the choice."
Obama said, as he did in his State of the Union address last week, deficit reduction alone "is not an economic plan."
He said his door is open and that he's put tough cuts and reforms on the table.
"None of us will get 100 percent of what we want," he said adding that "nobody should want these cuts to go through" and inflict pain on the economy and the public because of "partisan recklessness and ideological rigidity."


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King of the Corner?: A room right for rockin'
The Vacationers, Travis Elliott, and the New Jenkins
at the Satellite Ballroom
Friday, December 3
Located in what must be one of the best locations for live music in Charlottesville, the Satellite Ballroom, an extension of Michael's Bistro, could be the next big music venue in town.
It couldn't have come at a better time. This town has been crying for a cheap rock-centric venue that can pull in major acts since Trax closed. And the Satellite Ballroom– snuggled up behind Littlejohn's on the Corner like a large box with a stage at one end and a bar at the other– is well suited for live music.
Friday night was the first evening of rock at the club, and things went off with only one thing missing: an ABC license. This led to the amusing necessity of going up to Michael's for a drink, then back to the club to watch the show, then repeat, repeat, repeat.
Seated except for the bassist, the Richmond-based Vacationers were on first– the group had a kind of '50s vibe combined with the catchier parts of Radiohead's first sojourn into the recording world.
"Kelly's in a Coma," the first number I heard in its entirety, was either a metaphorical or literal story-song, the theme of which is captured in the title. "I don't know what she said / Can't read her mind" sang the group's singer/guitarist using his flexible vocal chords as the rest of the group (bass, drums, and keys) played their professional sounding instrumental work.
After a 20-minute stop at the watering hole, I came down to see Travis Elliott, whose band I've been trying to catch since witnessing one of his solo performances this summer. Combining the catchiest of hooks with a group as tight as any I've seen, Elliott sounds like he has come into his own in the last eight months. Indie-pop crescendos rang out into the night as one song after another left the audience humming the tune long after the ephemeral moment had passed.
In a great set, my #1 favorite was Elliott's "You don't know what you're missing" vocal break, where the lead guitarist followed the vocal line's melody. This little nugget is still in my head.
Last up was the New Jenkins, and though I was pretty tired by this point, I did notice the crowd seemed to swell. The group's pop (with more than a pinch of ska) seemed to get the kids going beginning with "Farewell Song." The five-piece (singer/guitarist, trumpet player, lead guitarist, drummer, and bassist) had a good-time vibe– lighter than the first two acts' straight rock– which the audience seemed to dig.
I was never sure of the actual crowd size as people flowed upstairs and down in search of the drink of the gods or a little musical distraction. But even with this continual crowd movement, things looked spiffy inside, the bands were hot, and it was clear that once the Ballroom finally gets everything together, it'll be the place to be.
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NEW YORK (CBS Local) – What if you could take a picture of the New York skyline today, 10 years after 9/11, and see the Twin Towers where they once stood?
Brian August, a business development professional with an online video company, has gotten funding through public donations to build an app called 110 Stories to do just that.
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First the app will let you know if you're within a distance from which you could see the buildings where they had once existed.
"It uses augmented reality, which allows a computer-generated model to orient the towers and draw in the silhouette of the towers," said August. "It asks you to say something about why you felt motivated to do this. What's your story — 110 Stories."
This has been on his mind since the towers collapsed, August told CBS New York.
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He believes people will be drawn to the app so that they could remember the iconic buildings and conjure up memories of a time before 9/11.
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Gift in a jar: Chocolate-Nut Cookies
Layers of flour, brown sugar, coconut, chocolate pieces and peanuts appeal to the baker who receives this gift in a jar. Include a cookie scoop for an added touch. Vary the color of candy with the season: red and green for Christmas, red and white for Valentine's Day, and orange and black for Halloween.Click ahead to see what these cookies look like when they're baked -- and to see five more recipes for tasty gifts in a jar. For each recipe, we show you both stages: the gift and the cooked food. You can also download a PDF of recipe labels and directions.Gift in a Jar: Chocolate-Nut CookiesClick here to see our how-to video on layering food gifts in jarsDownload a PDF of recipe labels and directions
Cook it: Chocolate-Nut Cookies
Coconut adds to the slightly chewy texture of these chocolate chip cookies. Honey-roasted peanuts impart nutty flavor and crunch.Gift in a Jar: Chocolate-Nut Cookies
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See how to layer eye-catching, tasty food gifts in jars.
Assemble it: Spicy Three-Bean Soup
Here's dinner in a jar, the perfect gift for busy people. Give along with a bag of corn chips or tortilla chips.Gift in a Jar: Spicy Three-Bean Soup
Cook it: Spicy Three-Bean Soup
Dehydrated veggies rehydrate when cooked with beans and seasoning. This hearty soup makes a good slow cooker dish.Gift in a Jar: Spicy Three-Bean Soup
Assemble it: Cranberry-Bran Muffins
This gift in a jar has stripes of flour, whole bran cereal, apple pie spice, almonds, brown sugar and cranberries. Seal the streusel topping in a small sturdy plastic bag and enclose at the top of the jar. The jars/gifts keep at room temperature for up to a month.Gift in a Jar: Cranberry-Bran Muffins
Cook it: Cranberry-Bran Muffins
Tangy dried cranberries keep this muffin recipe from being too sweet.Gift in a Jar: Cranberry-Bran Muffins
Assemble it: Blueberry-Ginger Hotcakes
Add a bottle of real maple syrup when you give this layered pancake mix in a jar. The hotcakes are more flavor-packed than traditional pancakes.Gift in a Jar: Blueberry-Ginger Hotcakes
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The cornmeal in the recipe adds a slightly grainy texture that you'll love. Using two kinds of ginger boosts flavor.Gift in a Jar: Blueberry-Ginger Hotcakes
Assemble it: Fudgy Snack Cake
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Cook it: Fudgy Snack Cake
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Assemble it: Fruit and Nuts Oatmeal
Toasting the oatmeal before layering is worth the effort for added nutty flavor. Give with a small jar of honey.Gift in a Jar: Fruit and Nuts Oatmeal
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Nuts, dried fruit, spices and wheat germ all add to the flavor of this robust oatmeal. Be sure to microwave in a large bowl because the mixture boils up as it cooks. Gift in a Jar: Fruit and Nuts Oatmeal
Assembling your gift
Once you've selected a recipe, you can make several jar gifts at a time.
The right jar Our dry mixes fit in a 1-quart glass jar or a 32-ounce food canister or container with a tight-fitting lid. Use new or antique canning jars.
Layering tips Form a funnel with waxed paper to ease pouring dry ingredients into the jar. Tap jar gently on the counter to settle each layer before adding the next. It's OK if layers don't fill the jar to the top. Just avoid shaking container and mixing up the layers.
Mini bags Some of our food gifts have a separate bag holding a portion of the recipe. Use a small plastic bag, or a square of plastic wrap closed with a twist tie.
Cooking directions Print directions for how to use the mix, and attach them to the jar. They include other ingredients needed. Use ribbons and labels to decorate the jar.
Storage If you like, add a "best by" date to the jar. These all keep at room temperature for up to 1 month.


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I doubt very much that the "nationality" of your CELTA, as it were, would be an issue with employers. To be approved as official CELTA centers schools around the world need to get annual check ups and approval from Cambridge who run the course. So, on paper, they all have the same status as what matters most is the fact that they are officially approved centers.
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V-Mart gets another go behind dish at Citi Field
NEW Y0RK -- Jim Leyland doesn't want to make too much of this. He's having Victor Martinez catch Sunday against the Mets to keep his bat in the lineup in a National League ballpark. That's it.
"I'm putting him in there, because I think it gives us the best chance to win the game," Leyland said. "And he's totally healthy."
Martinez was the Tigers' starting catcher on Friday for the first time since Aug. 4, 2011, before he suffered a knee injury and missed all of last season recovering from surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
On Sunday, he was back behind the plate again. Leyland said he doesn't want it to become too big of a deal.
Martinez was clearly excited to catch again before Friday's game. Torii Hunter joked about how Martinez was trying on all of his catching gear on Thursday in anticipation of returning to his old position.
While Martinez called a good game working with Doug Fister on Friday, he said he didn't feel the need to prove he can still catch.
"I don't think I have to show anything to anybody," Martinez said. "First of all, I know my role. Since I got here, I knew I was going to be mainly a DH, catching once in a while when Alex [Avila] gets an off-day. Unfortunately I had a bad injury, missed the whole year."
Leyland said he understands Martinez's excitement to get behind the plate again, but knows he's not an everyday catcher anymore.
"He's fired up. He likes to play. He's getting smarter," Leyland said. "Normally, he'd say he could still catch every day. He can't. He's figured that out. He can't do it every day on an everyday basis. Victor's really a bright guy. He loves to compete."


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A rich old lady believes there's a secret of eternal youth to be found. She hires a Sam Spade clone to find it for her (this takes place in the thirties) and he discovers there really is such a secret. The story and characters are delightfully ridiculous. I don't think there was a page that didn't make me laugh. There's parody here of Dashiell Hammett, Charles Dickens, and several literary genres in general. Even the title is part of the grand joke this...


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Côte d'Ivoire : Sixth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement and Requests for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criterion, Augmentation of Access, and Twelve-Month Extension of the Current Arrangement »
Volume/Issue: 2014/358
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 December 2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498349741.002
Keywords: debt, monetary fund, market, investment, external debt
All end-June performance criteria and indicative targets under the ECF arrangement were met, and all structural benchmarks were completed, albeit with minor delays. However, there was a nonobservance of the continu...