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The Action Is About To Heat Up
New Balance Boston To Feature LRC Fans' Dream Mile
*Willis, Webb (And Verzbicas) To Battle In Mile In Boston *LRC MB: Webb vs Willis vs Verzbicas at New Balance Indoor
A Great Mile Matchup In Europe: 2010 Outdoor Sensation Silas Kiplagat To Race World Indoor Champ In Lievin, France On February 8th; Kaki Also Running
Tokyo Marathon: 27:01, 59:50 Guy Gideon Ngatuny To Make His Marathon Debut In Tokyo, Taking On Gebrselassie The marathon is
March 9th February 27th. We like the clever website name: www.tokyo42195.org
Shoe News
Asics To Make Custom Shoes For "White Lightning" Christophe Lemaitre is now training in Miami after getting the royal treatment in Japan. Apparently his feet have some sort of flaw and the hope is the spikes can help
Speaking Of Shoes ...
NY Times: Do Orthotics Really Work? Maybe but people have no idea why. "As biomechanists, we really do not know how orthotics work."
The Future Of The 2012 Stadium - Does A Promise Mean Anything Anymore?
- Fans of Soccer Team That Wants to Take Down Olympic Track After Olympics Don't Want to Move There
- British Column #1: We Can't Become Liars & Demolish Stadium The Brits promised to leave 2012 with a stadium capable of hosting a world champs in athletics and that promise helped get them the Games.
- Column #2: The Olympic Stadium Is Not Hotspur's To Knock Down
- If They Hadn't Promised To Keep It, LetsRun.com Might Agree With This Guy, But A Promise Is A Promise: British Column #3: "No one in this country can seriously believe athletics needs an arena with 60,000 seats."
- Consultant: If 2012 Olympic Stadium Isn't Demolished, It Might Become A "White Elephant"
- Recommended Click Photo Album: What's The Legacy Of Previous Olympic Tracks?
European 1,500m Gold Medallists Arturo Casado And Nuria Fernández Named Spanish Athletes Of The Year *Yes, Fernández is one of the athletes implicated in the doping scandal, but the voting was done prior to the doping scandal breaking.
Very Long Excerpt Of Unbroken Appears In British Newspaper
Road/Track Action
More From Arizona: IAAF Recap Points Out Goucher Actually Lost Race By Wide Margin Goucher: "I don't like to lose and I don't like to not run fast." *Matt Fitzgerald: The Benefits Of A "Bad" Race Goucher was more than 7 minutes from her PR - but given her pregnancy, we wouldn't
call it bad at all.
PF Chang RNR Arizona: Kara Goucher 1:14:02 In Return From Pregnancy, Josh Cox Wins Marathon (2:17:32), Sets American 50k Record Cox missed the soft World Record for 50k by an agonizing 7 seconds.
*Sally Meyerhoff Wins Hometown Marathon *More On Cox From Arizona Republic
*Shawn Forrest, Madai Perez Win Halfs *Top Results All Races
*Message Board Thread On RNR Arizona
Naples Half Marathon: Desiree Davila Runs 1:10:33 To Finish 2nd To Honolulu Champ Belainesh Gebre
*Men's Recap *Results
Mumbai: Girma Assefa Wins Mumbai Marathon In 2:09:54 Indian All Comers Record, Koren Jelila Yal Sets Indian All Comers Record In 1-Second Victory
UW Indoor: Koll 8:53, Flanagan DNF Flanagan apparently was only trying to pace a few laps.
*UW Results Maggie Vessey opened 2011 with a 2:09.14 800m. Andrew Bumbalough 4:00.14 mile.
PSU Runners Run Fast In 1k Caitlin Lane gets school record of 2:45.95 as Ryan Foster runs 2:19.96.
Spanish News
- Spain Calls For Doubling Doping Bans From 2 To 4 Years
- (She's Implicated In The Doping Scandal) Nuria Fernandez Voted Spain's Top Athlete In 2010 The vote was before the doping scandal came out and at least the Spanish officials didn't hide the results.
African Ladies In The News
- 2007 World Steeple Champ Dorcus Inzikuru Can't Get $10,000 To Go To Britain To Train If she was an American (for sure) or maybe even a male, we'd bet she'd get the money from an agent.
- New York Champ Edna Kiplagat Wants To Win World Champs & NYC To Win WMM Title
News From Europe
- Column: London's So Organized - The Only Controversy The Media Can Create Is What Happens To Stadium After 2012
- Two-Time Olympian & 1:45/3:35 Guy James Nolan Is Manager for Ireland's Paralympic World Championships T&F Team Nolan: "Before I got involved with them last year I was probably like a lot of people and didn't really appreciate the level they're training at."
Interesting (But Not Quite Recommended) Reads:
- Trevor Dunbar To Run Mile Race On 240m Track At Halftime Of Portland Basketball Game The race is all part of UP's effort to make their track and XC teams more accessible to the public. We think alll schools should open up their facilities and reach out to the public like UP.
- Sally Meyerhoff Borderline Hated Herself After NYC Disappointment But Has Refound Love For Running While Winning Trail Run Championship The interesting young lady is now training for the Ironman, which is 14 weeks before the Olympic Marathon Trials.
Distance News
Galen Rupp Racing Paul Koech Over 5,000m In Dusseldorf, Germany On February 11 Rupp no doubt will be trying to regain his American record from Bernard Lagat (13:11). Koech ran 13:02 last year in Dusseldorf to become the 4th fastest ever indoors.
*Message Board Thread
- Colt Goucher's Illness And Hospital Stay Delays Kara Goucher's Trip To PF Chang Rock N Roll Half Marathon The good news is doctors have diagnosed the problem and Colt is doing better.
- Sally Mayerhoff, An Olympic Marathon Hopeful, Now Planning To Do Ironman Triathlon 14 Weeks Before Olympic Trials
- Desiree Davila Running Naples Daily News Half Marathon This Weekend
- Vivian Cheruiyot (World 5k Champ) And Linet Masai (World 10k Champ) To Get Edinburgh Rematch This Weekend At Police Champs In Kenya Masai easily turned back Cheruiyot over the snow in Edinburgh last weekend.
- Deena Kastor Hasn't Run In Months And Is Expecting A Baby Girl
- Carmen Douma-Hussar Talks About Coming Back From Pregnancy (18 Months Ago), Looking Forward To 2011 Indoor Season
- First 4 At Kenyan Trials To Be Automatically On World XC Squad
- National Bank Of Kenya To Sponsor Athletics Kenya For $400,000
Week In Review
LRC Week In Review: Naked High Mileage XC This week, we've got it all covered - from the exploits of Joseph Ebuya to the winter XC racing of Galen Rupp and Linet Masai in Edinburgh to an academic analysis of some of the nude photo shots in our sport. Plus, we tell you to run more miles, but we guarantee half of you click through to see the Playboy cover with Amy Acuff. Sad on our part and yours.
New Balance In The News
- Reebok Boston Indoor Games Becomes New Balance Indoor Grand Prix New Balance, with former Nike exec Josh Rowe as running marketing manager, appears to be getting more into the pro level of the sport to show their shoes aren't just for your parents. *More On New Balance's Rescue Of Boston Indoor Games
- New Balance Games At Armory Next Week To Feature Stacked Women's 800 And 1,500 The 800 features Maggie Vessey vs. NCAA champ Phoebe Wright, whereas the mile features Jenny Barringer vs. Canadian Olympians Carmen Douma-Hussar and Megan Wright, Ireland's Ciara Mageean (the reigning IAAF World Junior Championships silver medallist at 1,500m), Serbia's Marina Muncan (the 2009 World University Games 1,500m champion) and Americans Frances Koons, Lindsay Gallo and Brenda Martinez.
- LRC MB: New Balance is getting hard into the running game
Cross-Country News
- Matt Gabrielson Is Pumped With His XC Performance In Scotland - Will Skip US Half In Houston And Run US Cross Instead He's been battling side stitches and was pumped not to get any.
- Did You Know?
The European Junior XC Champ Charlotte Purdue Easily Beat Senior XC Champ Jessica Augusto In Scotland
US Distance News
- Brief Chat With Kara Goucher She's running Rock N Roll Half this weekend and will run US Cross, but the focus is on Boston. Husband Adam Goucher tore an ACL and his helping train her through Boston.
- Galen Rupp Running 2 Mile, Queen Harrison Also Running At Millrose Games
- Galen Rupp Writes In Oregon Paper About Auburn-Oregon BCS Game (Before The Game)
Non-Distance News
- Usain Bolt Commits To His 1st Diamond League Meeting Of 2010 He'll run the 200 in Oslo on June 9th. But once that came out, the people in Rome said he'll actually run there on May 26th.
- Pole Vault Queen Isinbayeva Is Pumped To Return To Action In 2011 She hasn't vaulted since finishing 4th at last year's World Indoors.
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XC News
- World XC Champ Joseph Ebuya Crushes Field In Spain 12:51 5ker Vincent Chepkok, Olympic 10k Bronze Medallist Micah Kogo and others were among his victims at the Amorebieta XC race in Spain.
- World 5k Silver Medallist Sylvia Kibet To Skip Indoors To Try To Make Kenyan World XC Team For First Time This year's women's team could be truly incredible (last year's champ Emily Chebet, Linet Masai, Vivian Cheruiyot).
- Kenyan Coach Says Athletes Must Compete Twice Locally To Be Considered For World Cross Team
- First African XC Champs To Be Held 2 Weeks Before Worlds This Year
Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross-Country *International Individual Races Results *Team Results *LRC Race Photos *LRC Course Photos *Race Website
LRC International Races: Kipchoge Over Kiprop, Masai Over Cheruiyot Snow blanketed Edinburgh overnight but it did not keep Eliud Kipchoge and
Linet Masai from dominating the individual races at the 2011 Edinburgh XC Races. Kipchoge won over Olympic 1,500m and World junior XC
Champ Asbel Kiprop, while Masai won over World 5k champ Vivian Cheruiyot.
*BBC Recap With Video For UK Visitors
*LRC Race Photos
LRC Saturday Course Update: Snowfall Blankets Course Definitely not a Rupp-certified course, but the American star is in Edinburgh to race. Couse photos
Shalane Flanagan Has Big Goals For 2011 The marathon is her focus but this article says she wants the 5k record back.
Three-Time Olympic Champ Peter Snell Says Coaches, Not Administrators, Are Key We agree but go a step further and say athletes, not coaches are the key. Snell is irate some canoeing coaches were canned in his native New Zealand. Snell: "The administrators thought they were the most important people; that the sport couldn't exist without them."
Not So Fast, Sammy
Sammy Wanjiru's Wife Says She Hasn't Reconciled And That She Wants A Divorce She also claims her mother in law is a royal pain in the ***.
Sad News: Former JMU Runner & Sub-4 Miler Jason Long Dies In Plane Crash At Age 32 The JMU school record holder in the 800 and 4-time All-American was a very accomplished pilot who died doing what he loved as his plane hit a medical helicopter.
More: *Fellow Runner Remembers Long As "Good, Loyal"
*Wing Was Sawed Off After Collision With Medical Helicopter
*Crash Victim Loved To Fly
*Friends Remember Men Killed (payment required)
*LRC MBoard Talk About Long's Passing
A Legend Passes
Olympic Legend Bud Greenspan Dies If anyone did more to spread the greatness of the Olympics, we'd like to know who it was. Greenspan's documentaries brought the Olympics to life for millions. Not familiar with Bud? Check out his work here.
*NPR Obituary On Bud Greenspan *AP Obituary Of Greenspan
On The Boards: Bud Greenspan RIP
Sorry, Ladies
David Rudisha Gets Married 2010 will be a year Rudisha never forgets. 2 world records and now he has married his long-time girlfriend Elizabeth.
Congrats to David and Elizabeth. 2010 also saw Galen Rupp and Alan Webb get married.
More News From Kenya: Sammy Wanjiru Focused On World Record, Ndereba Wants Another World Title
Train Smarter
- I have very low back kick and knee lift, how can i change this
- Workouts to suggest sub 15 minutes for 5km
- Interesting article about coaching form featuring Mahon
- Marathon Training Thread -- Week Ending 1/16
London & Boston 2011
Incredible 2011 Virgin London Marathon Field Announced: Wanjiru Vs. Kebede Vs. Makau On Men's Side Director Dave Bedford is calling the women's field "undoubtedly our strongest ever," but we once again are amazed with his men's field. London's got the top 3 men's marathoners in the world Sammy Wanjiru, Tsegaye
Kebede and Patrick Makau going head to head to head. This year's Chicago marathon with Wanjiru vs. Kebede duelling to the finish was incredible and left Sammy Wanjiru exhausted (photo above). Now throw Makau (Amsterdam and Berlin champ) into the mix. *Message Board Thread On London
*European XC Champ Jessica Augusto And Hayley Yelling To Make Marathon Debuts In London
American Hopefuls Kara Goucher And Desiree Davila To Run Boston 2011 Davila has come a long way in her career, as she got equal billing with Goucher in the press release. Last week it was announced Ryan Hall is running Boston.
On The Boards: Desi will kick Kara's butt this April
Sports Illustrated With More Drug Allegations Vs. Lance Full article now availableThe hearsay evidence versus America's greatest cyclists continues to increase. SI has allegations of Lance getting access to drugs in clinical studies, using a private jet to get drugs past customs and more. *Snyopsis of Article *Science of Sport Blog Post Cycling forums say much has been removed from the article due of threats of litigation but what remains must be pretty solid.
*Message Board Thread On SI Story
Floyd Landis Gives Up Comeback In Cycling
Comebacks Of A Different Sort
- Caster Semenya Still Has Back Injury
- Olympic 100m Champ Shelly-Ann Fraser's First Race Since Drug Suspension Will Be January 29th
- After Three Injuries, Catherine Ndereba Declares Herself 100% And Says She's Fit For Comeback
Dubai Is Friday
Preview Of World's Richest Marathon (By Prize Money), Which Is This Friday In Dubai 2:05:39 man Eliud Kiptanui, who was too good of a rabbit in Fukuoka in December, is the biggest name going for the $250,000.
More Action From Over The Weekend Or More Info On Stuff We Already Covered
- Bay Area XC Challenge: *Molly Huddle Wins, Ben Bruce Wins 3-Way Sprint (link fixed) *Results $9,000 in prize money
at this USA XC tuneup.
*Message Board Thread *More Photos
- More From Arizona: IAAF Recap Points Out Goucher Actually Lost Race By Wide Margin Goucher: "I don't like to lose and I don't like to not run fast." *Matt Fitzgerald: The Benefits Of A "Bad" Race Goucher was more than 7 minutes from her PR - but given her pregnancy, we wouldn't call it bad at all.
- Desiree Davila Runs 70:33 PR In Naples Congrats to Zac Hine for his 63:54.
- Bermuda: Luke Watson Loses Photo Finish In Mile But Comes Back And Wins Marathon After Leaders Take Wrong Turn *Marathon Recap Here *Mile Recap With Great Photo Here Shadarck Biwot won the half marathon and marathon. *Video Of Mile Finish
- 12:51er Thomas Longosiwa Wins Comfortably In Italy 20-year-old Fente Alemu Birtukan, the world junior steeple silver winner last year, won the women's race.
- Juinor European Champ Charlotte Purdue Wins By 58 Seconds In First Senior Race In Britain
- Lisa Koll's 3k Of 8:53.14 Broke Jenny Barringer's Facility Record Race video should be here.
- Inter Prefectural Ekiden Recap: Kayoko Fukushi Leads Kyoto To Victory Kyoto was only 16th after stage three but they won for the 6th time in 7 years, as Kayoko Fukushi, the Japanese national record holder at 3k, 5k and 13.1, dominated the anchor leg as expected. *Video Highlights From Japan Running News
- NCAA Dual Meets: Ohio State Men 88 - Michigan 74 *Ohio State Women 83 - Michigan 78 *Texas Vs. Arkansas *Illininois St. Vs. Indiana St. *Missouri Vs. Kansas *Rider At Monmouth *Indiana At Purdue *More NCAA results here.
News From Kenya
- Abel Kirui Wants The World Record In Berlin - Will Not Defend World Title In Daegu
No one had better give him crap for not going, as he is also gearing for 2012.
- Only In Kenya ...
Unknown Wins Local Road Race The "little-known" runner (Julius Kogo) is a guy who was 4th at the 2010 Boston marathon.
- After Three Injuries, Catherine Ndereba Declares Herself 100% And Says She's Fit For Comeback We say Father Time is probably catching up to her, as the two-time Olympic silver winner will be 40 in 2012.
Monday's News
Verzbicas To Oregon! The original story on trackfocus.com saying Lukas had verbally committed to Oregon has been retracted.
XC Action
Seville: Down Goes Ebuya, Cheruiyot Turns Tables On Masai Leonard Komon, the world 10k and 15k road record holder, lost to World Champ Joseph Ebuya last week but won here as Ebuya was only 5th. In the women's race, world 5k champ Vivian Cheruiyot lost to world 10k champ Linet Masai last week on the snow of Edinburgh but Cheruiyot triumphed here. This race had a $420,000
budget and got the stars.
Kenyan Police Champs: 2:04:55 Marathoner Geoffrey Mutai Wins Kenyan Police XC Champs, Says He Will Only Run World XC If He Can Train In His Own Training Camp Paul Koech, the guy who is racing Galen Rupp next month over 5k, wasn't in the top 10. The Kenyan officials should let Mutai train wherever he wants. He's on fire in the marathon and XC.
Pro Distance Profiles/News
- Nick Willis Wants Sub-3:35 1,500m In New Zealand Next Month, Will Try To Go Sub-3:30 In Paris This Summer He also reveals he still has not received his Olympic silver medal from 2008. He'll be running the New Balance Boston Games February 5th.
- Leo Manzano Rejuvenated And Focused On 2012 He had a tremendous 2010, pushing Kiprop to the line twice. Austin American-Statesman
- NCAA Champ Angela Bizzarri Running 50 Miles A Week, Trying To Choose Between Gags Group And Mammoth Track Club
- Kenyan XC Coach Worried His Men's Team Won't Be Strong Enough After Ebuya, he's worried.
Sprint News
- Veronica Campbell-Brown Had Top 100 And 200 Times In The World In 2010 But She Doesn't Have A Coach For 2011 She's changed coaches a lot and still performed well.
- Charlie Moore To Donate 1952 Olympic 400m Hurdles Gold Medal To His High School, Mercersburg Academy Moore never lost a 400m hurdles race in his career and held the Cornell school record until a few years ago.
Mary Wittenberg, Close Your Eyes
After Finishing Third In Marathon Debut, Mary Keitany Hoping To Up Game & Win In London Keitany knows London is the most competitive in the world as she says, "London may not be as easy as New York."
Millrose Has So Little Money That ...
FDNY Versus NYPD Being Hyped As One Of Big Events At Millrose
Lukas Verzbicas To Skip Illinois Track Season So He Can Run New Balance Indoor Games And Millrose + He Narrows His College Choice To 4 The lucky four are Oklahoma St., Colorado, Oregon and UP. Verzbicas seems to think he can wait until May or early summer to decide - we say that's ridiculous.
2009 NCAA XC Angela Bizarri Choosing Between Gags & Mammoth Track Club For Pro Home It won't matter what group she's in unless she can get her mileage up from the high 50s, as she'll never be world class running that little.
Replay Of Online Chat With Ryan Hall & Magdalena Lewy Boulet 1 Year Out From 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials
- Thanks To Yet Another African Govt. Screwup, Ghana Banned From 2012 Olympics
- Organizing Committee For 2010 African Champs Closes Shop In Kenya Without Paying All Debts
Madonna's Charity Picks Drug Cheat Dwain Chambers As Goodwill Ambassador
Sprint/Field News
- Aleksandr Shustov, Russian High Jumping Stud, Wants Russian Qualifying System For Big Events To Be Like USA - 1-2-3 At National Champs The system is fair and that is what Shustov wants.
- Jessica Ennis Wants European Indoor Gold, May Go For World Record As Well This reminds us ... anyone remember Carolina Klüft?
- Yelena Isinbayeva Competing Next Month In Moscow, Then Targeting European Indoors
Stadium/Organizational News
- Tottenham Hotspur Plans To Revitalize Crystal Palace As A Track Venue And Take Track Out Of 2012 Olympic Stadium So It Can Be Their Soccer Stadium
- IOC President Jacques Rogge Wants A Track Legacy At Olympic Stadium But Will Not Intervene (Because He Can't)
- Malaysian Athletics VP Will Not Seek Reelection, Asks Others Whether They Should Step Down Wish more administrators would ask the question.
- Frankie Fredericks Wants Lifetime Olympic Bans
Drug News
- Now The Lawyers Will Get Involved
IOC Backs Doping Rule That Will Ban LaShawn Merritt From 2012 Games It will be interesting to see if this is ruled as 2nd punishment for a single crime. A German lawyer says it's just a condition of participation - not a sanction. If not going to the Olympics isn't a sanction, we don't know what is.
- False Start: Trial Of Cheating Greek Sprinters Kostas Kenteris And Katerina Thanou Starts & Then Is Quickly Postponed Until January 21
Pre-Trial: 6 Years Later: Greek Sprinters To Stand Trial For False Statements At 2004 Olympics
Want To Know Why Oregon Lost The BCS Game? - Speed Rules
Oregon's LaMichael James, Who Was Third In Heisman Voting, Will Still Run Track This Spring 3rd in the Heisman but only 5th in the PAC-10 100. James' windy PR of 10.52 wouldn't even make the final of the SEC meet and his wind-legal PR of 10.72 would place him 18th.
Olympic News
- Thinking About Driving In "Olympic VIP Lane" In 2012? It'll Cost You $314
- Former Sprint Great Frankie Fredericks Joins Chorus That Wants London 2012 To Honor Its Bid To Promise And Retain The Running Track At The Olympic Stadium After The Games
News From Kenya Or Involving Kenya
- 1st Four Across The Line In Kenya Will Go To Worlds The other two spots will be picked by the federation. We still think it's a disgrace that World Cross isn't at least five scorers and seven runners.
- David Rudisha To Begin His Season Outdoors In Australia On March 3 & 19th Six times last year, he went 1:43.00 or faster.
- A Kenyan Shines In Last Edition Of Asahi Ekiden In Japan
- Athletics Kenya Receives $369,000 Gift From National Bank Of Kenya
International Distance News
- Kim Smith Runs 14:59 Road 5k, 5 Seconds Behind A 2:16 Marathoner
- Former Iona Runner Stephen Chemlany Runs 2:10 Marathon In Israel And Wins $20k
- Chris Thompson Wants UK 10,000m Record On April 30th At Stanford
- David Rudisha To Start Season In March In Australia
- Doping Historian To Study Doping, Attitudes Towards Doping But of course Kenyans would never dope. They are saints.
6 Years Later: Greek Sprinters To Stand Trial For False Statements At 2004 Olympics
Alberto On Galen
LRC: Update On Galen Rupp's Training: Two Distinct Seasons For Rupp In 2011, More Mileage Alberto Salazar has done a tremendous job crafting Galen Rupp's career despite the critics (we specifically remember pro athletes who saw Galen train as a high schooler saying he'd burn out). Alberto says 2011 will be a bit different for Galen than 2009 and 2010, with 2 distinct peaks (and time off in between) and that there is still a lot of room for improvement in terms of training mileage. Plus, we take a look back at Galen's incredibly long and consistent 2009 and 2010 seasons.
Ritz Running London
LRC Dathan Ritzenhein To Run 2011 Virgin London Marathon Alberto Salazar told LRC that his marathon pupil Dathan Ritzenhein will take on the world's best this April in London. Alberto also talked about Ritz's NY run, Ritz's mileage, and more (a lot more on Galen coming tomorrow, but you can watch the interview).
*More Americans In London Americans Jason Lehmkuhle (9th at Boston this year), Mo Trafeh (1:00:39 half marathon, debut), Patrick Smyth (debut, runner-up at US Cross last year), Stephan Shay (brother of Ryan), and former Kiwi Michael Aish running as well, plus 27:29 Aussie Collis Birmingham.
*Ryan Hall Running Houston Half This Month So is Abdi.
Field/Sprint News
- 1996 Olympic Discus Champ Ilke Wyludda Loses Her Leg To Septicemia She was faced with losing her leg or her life.
- Olympic 100m Champ Shelly-Ann Fraser Gets Married
Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross-Country Team Race *Team Race Results *LRC Race Photos *LRC Interviews *Video Highlights (Available Worldwide - They Show Snow And Huge Hill)
LRC Team Race: Mo Farah Over Galen Rupp
Mo Farah
prevailed over Galen Rupp
on an officially non-Rupp-certified snow course. We recap the action, have photos, and talked to Galen, Mo, Alberto, and some of the American studs, including Scott Bauhs, who puts an end to "Rupp certification" once and for all.
*Video Of Farah's 2:00 Win Worth a look to see hill and snow.
*LRC Interviews With Alberto, Galen, Scott Bauhs, Stephen Furst, Bobby Mack And Matt Gabrielson
*LRC Race Photos
*BBC: Video Highlights Of Farah's Dominant Win A post-race interview of Farah is included as well.
And To Think We Thought Rabid Dogs Were A Sign Of Rural Poverty
Paula Radcliffe Attacked & Bitten By Dog On Training Run In Monaco
Ryan Crouser Picks Texas Over Oregon Due To Academics The discus star was a top priority of the Ducks, who were hoping his desire to unite with cousin Sam would sway him, but they lost him as Texas has an engineering program while UO does not.
Matt Tegenkamp Q&A On His 2010 Season - He Hopes He's Found Cure To His Injury Woes The highlight came off the track as his son was born in May. Injuries derailed his season but he's now working on "trying to re-pattern the firing sequence of muscles" on his right side as his right side was dysfunction from his ankle to his lower back.
3 Recommended Reads
- RR#1: Meet Former World Beater Adrian Royle The scrawny Brit shocked the world when he won the 1981 US XC title over more famous stars like Alberto Salazar, Steve Scott and Henry Rono. The 27:47 performer then suffered a mysterious illness that wiped him out for 18 months. *Wikipedia Page Here
- RR#2: Chris Solinsky Sees Himself As A Serious Medal Threat This profile on Solinsky by Parker Morse is a must-read and full of great quotes.
- RR#3: Unbelievable: Runner Who Was Whistle Blower On Leonid Shvetsov Being Eddy Hellebuyck's EPO Provider Was Repeatedly Threatened By A Man With Russian Accent Before NYC Marathon Canadian Bruce Raymer ended up not going for the Canadian masters national record and running another race instead. In our (and many people's) minds, he's a hero. Our apologies for not getting this up before Christmas.
It's Not This Easy In America
Olympic Marathon Champ And Accused Attempted Murderer Sammy Wanjiru And His Wife Supposedly Reconcile Press reports are indicating that the families of Wanjiru and his wife got involved and urged a reconciliation which may result in charges being dropped, although his wife was a bit coy in her responses to the press (as we're
sure $$$ is still being negotiated). *Updated
LRC MBoard Talk: "He is now officially qualified to be a professional American athlete. Can some of the women on this board tell me why abused women stay with their abuser. Often, until they are beaten to death?"
*Sammy Wanjiru Arrested For Attempting To Kill His Wife And A Domestic Worker
Worth Reading
- A Must Click Track With A Hill On It Is Built
- A Recommended Read Discoverer Of EPO Dies Eugene Goldwasser never patented EPO and never got fame or fortune. Rather, Amgen is the one who reaped billions off of it.
- Interesting Read The New York Times Looks At Why We Feel Warm For Hours After A Workout Good news also comes from the article, which reveals intense athletes burn more calories hours after exercise is done, whereas average athletes do not.
All That Is Great About LetsRun.com
LRC NCAA And Foot Locker Contest Recaps: The Greatness Of You Recapping our contests always reminds us what is greatest about LetsRun.com - that is you, our incredibly loyal, smart and interesting readers. This time our contest winners impress as usual. Not only do we have acts of sportsmanship, but we have a runner with MS who can no longer run anymore but it still super-dedicated to the sport, a college coach who nearly pulled off the NCAA D1, D2 prediction double (and btw went to high school with the rocket scientist who has won two of our previous contests), a guy who watched malmo win an NCAA XC race, and a guy who issued a challenge to Aaron Braun before he won last week's club XC champs.
The 10 Best High School XC Runners Ever
LRC Week That Was: The 10 Best High School XC Runners Of All Time, Verzbicas, Tribute To Gary Reed, The NY Times & The NE Patriots And More We've got the entire running world covered from San Diego to Japan, from the high school ranks to the pros, and even talk about the NE Patriots and the NY Times.
The Stars Of Track And Field Party In Monaco *Wejo's Photo Gallery 1 *Pro Photo Gallery 2
Drug News
- Kiwi Author Rips LaShawn Merritt Over His Drug Positive We wanted this to be quote of the day, just so the word "penis" could be in the quote of the day, but decided against it: "In other words, LaShawn Merritt has been banned from the Olympics because he took a pill that he thought would give him a bigger penis ... Surely there's no shame in being forever known as the medallist who wanted a bigger gong. Seems to me, this is one rap where you hide the truth and say: 'I took steroids because I wanted to be even faster.'"
- As Career Comes To An End, Armstrong Not Losing Sleep Over Doping Investigation
Training Corner
- What is considered "junk mileage"
- intervals question?
- Lost motivation to run
- What is your favorite marathon?
- Galen Rupp only averaged 80 miles a week
- How far can you run in 1:11:11 on 1-11-11?
Alberto On Rupp And Ritz's Training
Galen On Edinburgh XC And 2011 (if you'd like to see a video of the conditions he ran in Edinburgh, click here)
Scott Bauhs Ends The Rupp Certification Debate ... Or Does He Not?
Logan Vs. USATF
LRC Exclusive USATF Strikes Back With Charges Of Tax Evasion, Expense Report Abuse And The Real Reason Doug Logan Was Fired We're far from lawyers and most of you aren't either, but this is worth a read, as USATF has filed its response to former CEO's Doug Logan's lawsuit. USATF hurls some serious charges at Logan and some dirt (improper gifts to a
female athlete), but none of them are the real reason Logan was fired. We've got it covered, plus news who on the USATF board Logan referred to as Fantasia and Opie.
*Message Board Thread
Training Corner
- How to deal with depression caused from injury?
- plantar faciitis will not go away! Any tricks you used to get rid of it?
- Sets and Reps for Lifting Program for High Schoolers
- Most Mileage You've Ever Done in a Week
- More In Our Training Forum
Recommended On The Boards: The Legend Of Steve Jones Grows
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Relive Men's NCAAs: *Recap *Results *Photos *New (2nd Photo Album Added Here)
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According to STR, the hotel industry in Dubai, recorded strong occupancy levels during the first quarter of 2017 despite continued and significant supply growth.
According to STR, the first half of Ramadan 2016 indicates that Mecca, Saudi Arabia, was the only major hotel market in the Middle East to experience an increase in revenue per available room (RevPAR) during the first two weeks of the holiday.
With the official start of summer this Memorial Day weekend, are you looking for an out-of-the-ordinary summer escape, away from the crowds? Well...there are some great ones!
A newly published report by the prestigious Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews shows there are 34,011 golf facilities in 206 countries.
According to STR Global, the Middle East-Africa region reported positive year-over-year performance results in two of the three major metrics during January 2015 when reported in U.S. dollars.
French Minister of Culture and Communication, along with a French delegation visits Saadiyat.
Master developer of major tourism, cultural and residential destinations in Abu Dhabi, announced today the full installation of the Louvre Abu Dhabi dome structure.
According to STR Global, the Middle East and Africa region reported mixed performance during August 2014 when reported in U.S. dollars.
In the fall of 2015, The Residences at W Tel Aviv - Jaffa is set to become the centerpiece of an extensive preservation and redevelopment project.
Hotels in Dubai performed nearly in sync during Ramadan 2014 compared with Ramadan 2013.
According to the July 2014 STR Global Construction Pipeline Report, the Middle East-Africa hotel region reported 630 hotels under contract totaling 147,754 rooms.
According to STR Global's preliminary May 2014 data for the Dubai hotel industry, the market enjoyed positive revenue-per-available-room performance.
According to the April 2014 STR Global Construction Pipeline Report, the Middle East/Africa hotel development pipeline comprises 581 hotels totaling 137,799 rooms.
While demand for Dubai's hotel rooms has been increasing in 2014, and positive revenue-per-available-room has grown, new supply has been outpacing it.
Nakheel, one of Dubai's leading developers and a poster child for the debt crisis in 2009, expects to have nine hotel projects under development by 2016. The developer plans four new hotels on Deira Island.
A property developer has started work on a large resort complex, the first big project to start in the man-made archipelago off Dubai's coast. Kleindienst, a Dubai-based international developer, will begin work on the "Heart of Europe" project.
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(Deje Selam, June 9/2010):- The Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod rejected the unchristian decision passed by the Egyptian Islamic court. An Egyptian court issued a controversial ruling on Saturday, May 29, which deprived the head of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church of the control over matters of divorce and marriage, giving the civil courts the authority to oversee affairs which the Church considers are in its core religious competencies.
The Supreme Administrative Court's ruling compels HH Pope Shenouda III, Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church, to give a license for marriage for the second time to a divorced Coptic man, rejecting Pope Shenouda's appeal and upholding the ruling by a lower court.
The Supreme Administrative Court, headed by Justice Mohammed Husseini, based its ruling on the "right to family formation is a constitutional right, which is above all other considerations." It went on to say that although the court respects religious feelings, it has to govern in accordance with the law. The provision of the Supreme Administrative Court is final and no further appeals are possible.
The verdict comes on the heels a lawsuit filed by Hani Wasfi Naguib against Coptic Pope Shenouda, challenging the grounds on which the Church refused to grant him a license to marry again after his divorce from his first wife.
Declaration of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Church
The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church, gathered on 8 June 2010 at the Papal residence and chaired by His Holiness Pope Shenouda III along with the attendance of eighty-one Metropolitans and Bishops and the endorsement of nine fathers who did not attend, declares that the Coptic Church respects the law, yet it cannot approve rulings that are against the Bible and against the religious freedom that is promised to us by the Constitution. The church also declares that for us Matrimony is a holy sacrament and a purely religious matter, not a mere administrative procedure.
The Islamic Sharia declares "govern them according to their beliefs", likewise, the word "according to their tenet" appears in all legislation pertaining to the Personal Statute. Law 462/1955, rulings of the Court of Cassation, the Supreme Constitutional Court and the Criminal Court, all mentioned that the Patriarch is not a public official.
As for imposing on the Church, religious matters that are against our laws, i.e. against the Bible and the church canons, this is something that our consciences cannot approve and we definitely cannot execute.
For the re-marriage of divorced people, it is a strictly religious matter that is governed by the Bible.
Metropolitan of Damietta, Kafr El-Sheikh and Barary
Secretary of the Holy Synod
Pope Shenouda III
Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St Mark
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Over the verge of the sundown, The beauty that is to be.
Bliss Carman
Dr. Kazem is a board certified and licensed optometrist and has been practicing in the Lawrenceville area for over twenty years. In 2017 he was the recipient of the Cooper Vision Best Practice Award for the advancement of the eye care profession through innovation, leadership, and patient experience. He is among the first optometrists in the country to complete the rigorous requirements and examinations to become a diplomate of the American Board of Optometry. In order to maintain this elite status, he is required to complete additional courses every year and take an examination every few years.
Dr. Kazem specializes in hard to fit contact lenses for patients with astigmatism, post surgical corneas and Orthokeratology (corneal reshaping). As a result, many contact lens companies have called on his expertise in evaluating their contacts and rely on his recommendations to improve their products. Another area of great interest to Dr. Kazem is glaucoma, one of the leading causes of blindness in the world. He is dedicated to the early detection and treatment of glaucoma by attending numerous seminars each year in this area. He is also involved in a co-management of cataract and refractive surgery (LASIK).
Dr. Kazem received his undergraduate degree from Columbus State University and his Doctorate from UAB Medical Center/School of Optometry in 1993. At the same time he pursued a graduate degree in physiological optics studying effects of different solutions on the corneal epithelium with Dr. Graem Wilson, one of the leading experts in this area. He later completed his externships in treatment and management of ocular disease under the tutelage of Dr. Paul Ajamian at Omni Eye Services in Atlanta, one of the premier externship sites in the country. At this multi-specialty center he was trained by glaucoma, cornea, and retinal specialists gaining valuable experience in managing patients with glaucoma and diabetic eye disease. Dr. Kazem has been a member of the American Optometric Association, Georgia Optometric Association, and the Orthokeratology Academy of America.
Dr.Kazem lives in Lawrenceville and enjoys traveling with his wife, Maryam, and his two daughters, Leila and Ava. He has been involved in his community by providing humanitarian eye care through the Lions Club clinics in Athens and downtown Atlanta. Dr. Kazem has shown his real commitment to the community by performing eye health screenings and lectures about the eye health at local schools, colleges, and nursing homes.
Becky is a native of Florida and has been in the optical business for over 21 years. Becky is our Insurance and Marketing Coordinator. Becky joined Lawrenceville Family Eyecare in April. Becky's lovely smile and can do attitude brings excitement and energy to our practice. However, do not let her calm and cool demeanor deceive you. She is very serious about her job and knows it all from the details of your insurance plans to helping you choose the best frame and lenses. She has an uncanny ability to identify problems and come up with ways to resolve them to satisfy our patient's needs. Becky has four beautiful daughters and loves to spend most of her time with them especially with little Bella. Bella has stolen everyone's heart at our office.
Elvia is a native of Guatemala, speaks fluent Spanish, and loves to interact with people. For six years, she has worked with Dr. Kazem as his primary tech: verifying insurance, performing pre-tests and attending to the needs of all patients. She graduated from Gainesville State College where she received an Associates degree in Science and is currently attending Georgia State University pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Neuroscience with a minor in French and Psychology. In her free time, she enjoys working out and spending quality time with family and friends.
Maria is from New York and of Dominican descendant and speaks fluent Spanish. Usually Maria is the first to greet you with a big smile when you enter our office. She will make sure that your visit is pleasant and expedited by obtaining authorizations from your vision and medical insurances before you see the doctor. She is always very eager to answer your questions and help you with the paper work. Maria is pursuing a degree in Management at GGC and loves to spend time and travel with her family in her spare time.
Karen is a native of Colombia and has over ten years of experience in the optical industry. She works the patients up for the doctor and is a very able and experienced optician. In her spare time, she loves to spend time with her husband and two beautiful children, Bryan and Nicole.


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Manngchi's most popular recipes
Here is my mini interview with Brigitte and a photo of baechu doenjangguk (cabbage soup with fermented soy bean paste) that she made. ya ya ya! I have an elementary student fan! : ) She can cook Korean doenjangguk! When I was her age, I also cooked a lot for my family. I never thought I was too young to cook! She reminds me of myself.
What is your name and where do you live?
My name is Brigitte Papadakis and I live in Montreal,Canada!
What do you do and how many family members do you have ?
I am an elementary school student going to High School next year and I live with my dad.
How often do you cook Korean food following my recipes?
I cook Korean food every weekend because I don't have time on other days.
What are your favorite Korean dishes? Choose 3, please!
Thats hard to choose only 3, but I think I would have to say yachaejeon, gimbap, and jabchae.
What's your best Korean dish, the one that everybody compliments you on when you make it?
A lot of people compliment me on my Baechu doenjang guk.
baechu doenjangguk and rice (Korean cabbage soup and rice)
ojingeochae muchim (seasoned dried shredded squid)
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Last updated on June 9, 2010.
Tagged: Brigitte Papadakis, Canada, Cuisine, Divided regions, elementary school, Fermented foods, Food and drink, Guk, High School, Hospitality/Recreation, korean food fans, Korean recipes, Leaf vegetables, Maangchi's fans, Montreal, South Korea, Soy products, Video recipes, Youtube recipes
I was sooo ugly in that picture o.o
I grew now lol im in high school now :)
ooops,I meant without the persimmons!
Thanks Brigitte
Hey Brigitte, I live in Montreal too so since you posted a comment once on the Sujunggwa recipe, I was wondering if you were able to find dried persimmon somewhere in Montreal, I've been searching for a long time with unfortunately no results. I wanted also to ask you where do you find the most suitable ingredients for Maangchi's recipes, I tried Chinatown but there's many korean ingredients that I don't find over there. Thanks in advance
Hey Roy!I'm not so sure about the dried persimmons,I usually make only the tea part without the juice,lol!However there is this Krean store on decarie near sherbrooke.You could probably search it on google maps.I find everything I need there so you could go there!You could maybe even find dried persimmons there!Good luck!
Great result Brigitte! This dish is one of my favorites too!
: ) This soup is my favorite, too. healthy and low calorie food.
Yum!I love it too!I try to take pictures of the dishes I make but I eat them too fast!Hee!Hee!
Thank you Reinier,your food makes my mouth water lol!
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In this report I will show you my views on Marijuana, if it should be
legal, for medical and/or recreational purposes.
Marijuana has many names: Dope, Marihuana, Ganja, Pot Mary Jane,
Cannabis Sativa (Scientific) to name a few.
Marijuana originated in the middle east (Taiwan, Korea). China plays
an important part in Marijuana's history. Hoatho, the first chinese
physician to use Cannabis for medical purposes as a painkiller and
anesthetic for surgery. In the Ninth Century B.C., it was used as an
incense by the Assyrians Herbal, a Chinese book of medicine from the second
Century B.C., was first to describe it in print. It was used as an
anesthetic 5,000 years ago in ancient china. Many (*) ancient cultures
such as the persians, Greeks, East Indians, Romans, and the Assyrians for
many things. These were what they used it for: the control of muscle
spasms, reduction of pain, and for indegestion.
Imagine that if they still
practiced this, instead of taking an Alka Seltzer after you had mom's Chili
or Tacos, you might be sitting in the living room on the LAY-Z Boy, smoking
a joint or however they would take it. The folk medicine of Africa and Asia
have used it as an herbal preparation. A 'mythical' and 'legendary'
pharmacist and emperor Shen Nung thought using it as a seditive was all
right. In 2,700 B.C. that same 'mythical' emperor said it helped female
weakness, gout, rheumatism, malaria, beri-beri (?), contipation, and
In 1979 (A.D.) Carlton E. Turner visited China and found marijuana was
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by Richard Nixon
Honors Biology
Mrs. Linda
December 19, 1994
There are thousands of cases of sex linked and sex influenced diseases worldwide. These diseases can range from a social inconvenience, to a fatal ailment. In sex linked diseases, like Muscular Dystrophy, hemophilia and color blindness, only males are affected. When a man infected with a sex linked disease has children, all his sons are normal, but all of his daughters are carriers. When a carrier woman and an uninfected man have children, half of the sons are normal, and half of the sons are affected; half of the daughters are carriers and half of the daughters are normal. Only males are affected because the sex linked diseases affect the X chromosome. Males have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome, so they need to use that X, whether it is flawed or not. Females on the other hand, have two X chromosomes, so if one is defective, they can use their second X chromosome. Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy(DMD) is defined as "a genetic disease characterized by defective muscle cells that can not produce a protein called dystrophins (Science News 380). In patients of hemophilia, there is a deficiency of a protein needed for blood clotting, causing this hereditary bleeding disorder. In red/green color blindness, the broadest form of color blindness that affects six percent of the population, the cones in the retina that receive green light do not function properly. Unlike sex linked diseases, sex influenced diseases are not reserved solely for the male. However, the diseases occur in males much more frequently than in females. This is because sex influenced diseases occur from imbalances in testosterone, much more highly concentrated in males. Baldness and gout are two diseases that are a result of these hormonal imbalances. Baldness is defined as the lack or loss of hair. Permanent baldness strikes on a hereditary basis because the hormonal imbalances tend to be passed from generation to generation. Gout is a hereditary metabolic disorder that involves recurrent acute attacks of severe inflamm ation of joints.
Sex linked diseases are born when sex genes, that compose two of the 46 chromosomes, are mutated by an error in copying genes in reproduction. One of these sex linked diseases is Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy. DMD is a disease that has rightfully been gaining some headlines recently, as the disease is taking the lives of young children. Several cures have been brought up recently in the medical society, but none have paid any dividends. According to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, one in every 2500 boys are infected with muscular dystrophy. The defective gene is found at the top of the X chromosome. This gene is the largest known to exist. In patients of DMD, this gene is either missing or severely mutilated. The symptoms of DMD are fatal. By age eleven, the victims weaken fast. Normally, muscle deterioration begins in the lower legs and then moves up the body of the patient. Generally, victims are in their early twenties when they die from either heart failure or diaphragm failure.(The diaphragm is the muscle that makes breathing possible.) One mother of a Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy patient says succinctly, "Eventually these kids get bedridden and then they die."(Grady 87) It is imperative to find a cure for Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy so we can save the lives of thousands of innocent children.
One of the major researchers working on a cure for DMD is Dr. Peter K. Law of the Cell Therapy Research Foundation. Law has been in the field for over twenty years and has made many discoveries. In 1972, Law's doctoral thesis proved that dystrophic muscle cells have abnormal cell membranes. This showed that the disease was caused by a muscle defect, not a nerve defect as was previously thought. Since it was clear that it was a muscle defect, Law tried to transplant...
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transplant treats dystrophy." Science News 16 June 1990:380 Grady, Denise.
"One foot forward." Discover September 1990:86-93 Massie, Robert., and Massie,
Suzanne. Journey. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Norton, Peter B.
"baldness." The New Encyclopedia Britannica. 1994 ed. Norton, Peter B. "gout."
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I knew there was a generic Czech Metal thread somewhere...
Here's something cool I found when working on Ye Olde Metal World Map:
IRAS Live (just a streamed reunion show but still great!)
Uncompromising war on metallic modernism under the dictatorship of The Corroseum!
You're right, I read that somewhere. I tend to use "Czech" as an abbreviation for Czechoslovakian, since I'm seldom referring to anything metallic from these countries from beyond the 1992-mark. Maybe not 100% correct terminology, but I've added a footnote about it...Herkus Monte wrote: ↑Wed Dec 12, 2018 10:18 amThese are all great reads, many thanks! Don't let us forget though that Toxic Trash were not a Czech band but. Many a Slovak metalhead might get really rozzúrený upon reading that.
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Freaks Under Fire
Book 3 of the Freaks series by Maree Anderson
For a cyborg like Jay, life was never going to be simple.
Jay's still reeling from her encounter with a rogue cyborg assassin when she discovers she has a twin—a severely damaged Beta unit. Jay is determined to find the Beta, and help her if she can. Now all she needs to do is convince her boyfriend Tyler that it's best for him to stay behind. But Jay's not the only one searching for her twin. With enemies who'll stop at nothing, and Tyler and his family caught in the crossfire, Jay's life is about to get a whole lot more complicated… and a whole lot more dangerous.
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By Maree Anderson
The guard at the gate flashed a cursory glance at her ID badge before waving her through. She kept her expression pleasantly neutral, while inwardly sneering at his incompetence. At the very least he should have phoned through to Reception to verify that she was expected. The "hiding in plain sight" tactic meant there were a number of storage units available to carefully vetted members of the public, and if one of those carefully vetted people discovered what was in Unit Twenty-Six there'd be hell and all its minions to pay.
Before she'd even released the handbrake, the guard had resumed The Position—planting his substantial ass back in his chair and propping his boots on the desk, exactly as he'd been lounging when she approached the facility. Considering she'd had to blast the horn twice to get his attention, she suspected he'd been napping as well as lounging.
She drove off at a crawl, keeping her speed to a minimum until a glance in the rearview mirror confirmed the guard had remembered to lower the barrier arm. Hah. If Average-height Balding 'n Forgettable back there was an indicator of the caliber of the rest of the staff, just as well she'd been dispatched sooner rather than later. The whole place was a security leak waiting to happen.
Her stomach performed a lazy roll, acknowledging the true nature of the task she'd been dispatched to complete… and the toll it would take on what remained of her principles. She'd been required to do some distasteful things for Evan Caine—highly illegal things that would get her locked up for the term of her natural life if she were caught doing them. Some of those things bothered her in the dead of night when she drifted on the edge of sleep, but in the bright, uncompromising light of day, she found she could live with them. She could get out of bed each morning and stare unflinching at her reflection in the bathroom mirror, because she'd not crossed a personal line drawn in the metaphorical sand. The line that involved harming kids.
Until now.
She gave herself a mental smack upside the head, followed by a mini-lecture. Distance yourself from the task. Stop letting your emotions get in the way. Quit personalizing the target, and thinking of her as a kid.
The target wasn't a child—wasn't even human. "It" was a potentially dangerous machine that was incapable of empathy, didn't have a conscience, and operated on severely flawed logic… if that recent display from Caine's current pride and joy was any indication of typical core programming.
She stomped on the brake pedal, jerking the sedan to a halt alongside the main storage complex. Ingrained caution had prompted her to park where her vehicle couldn't be seen from the reception area, and now she was thankful for the privacy the spot afforded while she took a moment to get her shit together. Her hands tightened on the steering wheel until her knuckles whitened. Bill had been a decent guy, one of the rare colleagues she'd wholeheartedly respected. In a rare moment, he'd confided to her that he was contemplating retiring because he was "getting to old for this fucking crap". And then, against the advice of his techs, Caine had unleashed his shiny new pride and joy upon Bill and his team, and in the space of seconds it'd been all over bar the agonized screams of dying men.
That unholy thing had ripped through six men—Caine's most experienced security unit—like a knife through butter, leaving them broken and bleeding. Poor bastards. A shitty way to die—and for what? To prove a fucking point?
She quashed that thought before it took root, forcing herself to relax and focus. She had a job to do. But she would miss Bill's gruff manner and monosyllabic responses. Not to mention their sparring sessions. None of the other men had the guts to go one-on-one with her a second time after she'd wiped the floor with them, but Bill hadn't given a shit about being bested by a female. He'd never fully recovered his peak fitness after being injured in the field, but he'd still taught her a thing or two.
Yep, she told herself, you'll be doing the world a favor. This girl—it—is a ticking bomb, and it's your job to defuse it before someone else gets killed.
Exiting the car, she grabbed her kitbag from the trunk and slammed it shut with unnecessary force.
She knew from security footage that the cyborg they called Beta was defective—incapable of moving, let alone defending itself. Beta could swallow food, but couldn't feed itself. It responded to aural stimulation with a blink, but otherwise stared fixedly at nothing until one of its minders got around to closing its eyelids. It was the cyborg equivalent of a vegetable. And, according to Caine's latest stable of techs, today's task was simple: play the digital recording that Caine had entrusted to her, and get rid of the evidence.
She scowled, recalling how her boss hadn't even bothered with a convincing lie. As he'd handed over the recording he'd looked her in the eye, curled his lip, and said, "I trust you implicitly."
Yeah, right. They'd both known that was a crock of shit. The recording was of Caine's voice speaking a command sequence to permanently shut the cyborg down. "Trust" had nothing remotely to do with anything, because it wasn't like that recorded command could be scrambled to, say, recalibrate the cyborg's programming so it would respond solely to someone else's voice pattern.
Not that she would consider attempting such a double-cross—
Well, that wasn't entirely true. If this cyborg had been functional, and she'd been handed the means to control it, she would have given serious thought to commanding it to locate Caine's fully functioning killer cyborg and have at it. With any luck, both cyborgs would have destroyed each other beyond resurrection, and the world would be a much safer place….
Until Caine built another one of the godforsaken things.
Gravel crunched beneath her boots as she marched to the entrance. Putting on her "Don't fuck with me" face, she shouldered through the doors into the small reception area.
No one was manning the desk. Voices drifted from a room out back—the break room, at a guess. Huh. Why did it not surprise her that security was so lax? Not that it mattered. She had a duplicate key to the unit, so there was no need to hang around waiting for anyone to escort her.
Get in, do your job, get out—good advice for people of her ilk. It was better this way, without any witnesses to her dismantling a thing that looked like a helpless young human girl.
A helpfully marked "This Way to Storage Units" sign on a side door led her to a concrete path running alongside each row of units. She took a right at the third row and halted in front of Unit Twenty-Six. A decent-sized sturdy padlock secured its roller door. At least some effort at security had been made.
Her key stuck in the padlock, and she had to wrestle with it to get it to turn… and then fiddle with the lock mechanism to coax it open. Hmm. Anyone could be forgiven for believing this unit hadn't been accessed in a while.
She pocketed the padlock. Only idiots left an opened lock hanging outside a storage unit—it was just asking for some asshole to lock you in. She heaved the roller door up and squinted, adjusting her eyesight to the interior gloom.
Strangely, the unit was bare save for a large canvas bag dumped in the corner by the right wall. And from what she could see, both security cams were down. Whoever had set up the feeds reckoned there was no further need to monitor this unit.
She snatched a scant moment to dampen growing unease before fishing a flashlight from a side pocket of her kitbag. And she was about to thumb the switch when some deep-seated instinct prompted her to pivot on her heel and close the roller door behind her, blanketing the interior of the unit in darkness again. She'd learned to trust her gut, and if her gut told her it was prudent not to advertise the fact she was here, then so be it.
Switching the flashlight to the lowest setting, she approached the bag, playing the beam over the stained canvas.
Not empty. Whatever had been stored inside was lumpy, and took up the whole interior of the bag. The fine hairs on the back of her neck rose. Damn, but she was getting a bad feeling about this.
She reached for the zipper and, in one swift, decisive movement, opened the bag.
Her torch beam limned chalk-white, almost skeletal features, haloed with a tangle of limp dark curls. It—the cyborg—lay on its side, stick-thin limbs curled tight against its torso.
She swallowed the bile that had surged up her throat and flicked the flashlight beam over that gaunt face again, both hoping for and dreading a response.
Nothing. Not even the merest twitch of an eyelid.
Her hand shook as she reached out to check for a pulse. And the instant she pressed the cyborg's carotid artery, those paper-thin eyelids opened.
Whoa. She had never seen such incredibly blue eyes—eyes that sucked her in and ripped through her defenses.
Horror warred with a wave of hot fury that stained her vision a bloody red… and all possibility of professional detachment died. The hollow emptiness she'd endured for so long it was now a part of her, filled with steely resolve, because she knew without a doubt that Beta wasn't like Caine's current pet. And there was no longer an "it" lying at her feet—some inhuman "thing" to be "dealt with". There was only a defenseless, disabled child.
Sweet God Almighty. Beta was conscious and sentient and they'd zipped her into a bag, tossed her in a corner, and left her there to waste away, helpless, trapped in some nightmarish half-life. What they'd done to her…. It was unimaginably cruel. And Beta had suffered. Terribly.
Who were the inhuman monsters here?
Speaking the command that would shut this miraculous but flawed creation down, reducing this child to a lifeless machine, might be construed a mercy. But in this moment, right now, it smacked of murder….
And this time she didn't have it in her to commit murder.
She stroked the cyborg's hair. "Well, Beta, looks like it's just you and me, and we're up shit-creek without a paddle because that bastard Caine is gonna pin big-ass targets on both our backs."
Her soft bark of derisive laughter bounced off the walls. And when the echoes of it had faded, she started making plans.
Chapter One
The cab driver performed an inept three-point turn and zoomed off with a wince-inducing screech of tires, leaving Sam Ross in Nowheresville. The jury of his peers was still out as to whether this was a good career move, but right now, as the sky blushed rosy pink with the birth of a new day, and some nearby feathered denizen warbled a cheery welcome, Sam told himself he didn't give a crap what his colleagues thought of his decision. No one had said respite care was going to be easy and he'd gone into it with eyes wide open. But lately, the chinks in his armor had become gaping holes and he'd not been able to maintain the distance he felt he needed to perform his job. He was burned out.
Bottom line? When you glanced at yourself in the shaving mirror each morning and barely recognized the hollow-eyed stranger staring back at you, it was time for a change of pace.
He hoisted his pack onto his shoulder, inhaling crisp country air deep into his lungs, holding it until tiny glowing sparks zinged through his headspace. And, as he exhaled, he cast off the last of his doubts. He'd been right to make this change—he felt it in his gut and his heart and his soul.
Coarse seal shifted beneath his feet as he approached the gate barring the cobbled entranceway. He pressed the buzzer on the speaker and leaned in to announce his arrival. "Samuel Ross."
As he straightened, a flash caught his eye. A tiny security camera, barely noticeable amid the thick foliage poking through the gaps in the fence bordering the property. Which drew his attention to the fence itself, its sturdy metal palings colored a shade so close to the deep greens of the hedge plantings, he hadn't even noticed a fence until now.
The gates shooshed smoothly, almost noiselessly, apart.
Disquiet feathered Sam's spine but damned if he'd turn back now. He walked briskly through the gates… and fought the impulse to glance over his shoulder as they shut behind him. It was hardly unusual for an affluent property-owner living in relative isolation to install some stringent security measures, right?
Rolling the tension from his shoulders, he marched up the meandering pathway, determinedly admiring the freshly mown grass and bright, cheery flowerbeds with their neatly clipped borders. He passed two bent figures, diligently plying secateurs to a bed of standard rose bushes. Fulltime gardeners, perhaps? Not surprising given the extent of these grounds. Right now, he could be forgiven for imagining he was taking a stroll through carefully maintained public gardens. Fingers crossed the house wasn't some drafty old mansion full of dusty antiques, with generations of stern ancestors glaring down their noses at him from the walls. Still, given the salary he'd been offered, he could put up with small inconveniences like OTT security measures, clanking plumbing and uninviting décor.
Besides, money hadn't been his primary motive for accepting this position—though it'd certainly helped when he'd weighed the pros and cons. This placement was long-term. His patient was young and healthy—physically at least. And if her mental state left a lot to be desired, well, he could deal with that. So far as he'd been able to ascertain she wasn't suffering. And for Sam, that was pretty much a win any way he looked at it.
He blinked as he caught sight of the house.
Nice. More than nice, in fact. Another win, for sure. The modest two-story, built of cream brick with a red tiled roof, was almost eclipsed by the addition of a huge conservatory. Bi-folding doors had been pushed back to take advantage of the balmy temperature, revealing a substantial swimming pool. An undercover pool—heated, too, at a guess. With a bit of luck he could wangle permission to use it on his days off.
Sam's gaze lingered on what he guessed was the garage. He'd bet his next paycheck it housed some seriously sweet cars. But as much as curiosity pricked him to be nosy and peer through the side windows, he ignored the impulse and continued up the path to the front door. There were bound to be cameras secreted here, too, their feeds manned by someone noting his every move, and it wasn't a good look to be caught nosing around on his first day.
He was reaching for the plain brass doorknocker when the door was yanked open, leaving him confronting a tall woman with short-cropped white hair and cold gray eyes. She wore light, flowing black pants, a loose black tunic, and black sneakers. Sam estimated her age as anywhere between forty and fifty—a polar opposite to the housekeeper-cum-guardian who'd interviewed him a month ago, and professed herself delighted to offer him the position. That woman, one Sally Bridges, had been short and plump, with dimples and a kind smile. She'd worn a floral dress, a pink cardigan and matching pink low-heeled pumps. She'd chatted away, immediately putting him at ease. She'd appeared friendly and harmless, the kind of woman who would sit you down in the kitchen with a plate of fresh-baked cookies and a glass of milk.
This woman? She was all lean muscle and coiled strength. She possessed the sort of watchful stillness Sam recognized from a stint training with a martial arts expert—the kind that told you here was a person who could explode into motion, and take you down before you could blink. His spidey-senses warned him to proceed with caution. Apparently this job was not going to be as straightforward as it had appeared.
He met her cool, assessing gaze with his best bland expression, and waited for her to make the first move.
One slash of an eyebrow arched. "Mr. Ross, I presume."
She didn't offer her hand, so Sam responded with a curt nod.
The other eyebrow joined the first before returning to neutral. "If you'll follow me, Mr. Ross, I'll show you to your quarters." She turned her back on him and strode away, obviously expecting him to follow like a good little lapdog.
Sam figured he might as well start as he meant to go on. "It's Sam, not Mr. Ross," he called after her. "And getting settled in can wait. Right now I'd prefer you introduce me to Miss Smith."
She halted and pivoted, the full force of that steely gaze boring into him.
A lesser man would have backed down, stuttered an apology. But Sam was made of sterner stuff. "Please," he added, keeping his tone firm and to-the-point, while making it obvious the effort at politeness was a token afterthought.
Her lips quirked ever so briefly, and as she strode toward him she stuck out a hand. "Marguerite Danvers."
Sam noted the slightest nostril-flare accompanying that announcement, and hazarded a guess she was less than thrilled to be named after a flower—a fact he only knew because marguerite daisies had been his grandma's favorite bloom.
"You can call me Marg." Although she pronounced it with a soft "g" her tone was anything but soft, suggesting dire consequences if he dared call her Marguerite.
Sam managed not to wince when she gripped his hand so tightly it felt as though his bones were grinding together.
She released his hand and, when he manfully showed no inclination to flex his crushed digits, her gray eyes sparkled with amusement. She'd won the dominance challenge, and they both knew it, but he'd also earned a modicum of her respect. "You and I are going to get along just fine, Sam. Let's go check what Bea's up to."
Sam frowned, mentally scanning his employment documentation, but could only recall his patient referred to as "Miss B. Smith." Nor could he recall Mrs. Bridges mentioning the girl's first name. He took a punt. "Bea as in… Beatrice?"
"Yes." Marg's lips compressed to a grim line. "Though it might interest you to know that Bea's previous guardians referred to her as 'Beta'."
Beta. The second letter of the Greek alphabet.
Sam blanched, rocking back on his heels as the full import of Marg's explanation smacked him upside the head. They hadn't believed this girl deserved a name—only a designation, like she was some freaking subhuman lab-rat instead of a human being. "Jesus Christ," he muttered.
Marg must have had exceptional hearing, for she folded her arms over her chest, and gave him some truly superb cold hard bitch that was at odds with her conversational tone as she said, "When Sally came on board, she decided on the name Beatrice. Sally adores the English royals," she added by way of explanation. Followed by a little shake of her head and an eye-roll, as if to convey fond exasperation, but those gray eyes were still cold and hard and watchful as she observed his reactions. "Most of us think that's a bit of a mouthful, though, and shorten it to Bea."
Sam swallowed the myriad questions clamoring in his head and said quietly, "Bea, it is, then."
Marg rewarded his ready acceptance and disinclination to pry with one of her clipped nods, and beckoned him to follow.
Sam trailed her through to what turned out to be a spacious kitchen, dominated by a huge, solid wood table that could have sprung fully formed from the pages of Country Living.
None other than Sally Bridges, resplendent in be-ruffled floral apron, stood at the counter, kneading bread dough. She glanced up as Marg and Sam entered, and greeted them with a smile. "Oh good, you're here. How do you like your eggs, Samuel?"
"Please, call me Sam," he said, his gaze sweeping the room. "And I like my eggs however you care to cook 'em. Thank you for the offer of breakfast, by the way. I'm starving."
He shucked his pack and leaned it against the wall. Ignoring the glances Sally and Marg were shooting at each other, he visually assessed the girl seated in the wheelchair at head of the table.
Her head had tilted to one side until her chin almost rested on her collarbone. Her shiny mane of naturally curly hair hung over one shoulder in a loose, fat braid. Her complexion was clear and smooth, pale but healthy-looking. Good muscle-tone—no atrophied muscles that he could detect beneath the shapeless gray sweatpants and loose black long-sleeved tee she wore. Surprisingly, there were no support straps to prevent her slipping out of the wheelchair. A good sign. Likewise that neither her hands, which lay relaxed atop her thighs, nor the sneaker-clad feet resting on the footrest of the wheelchair, were twisted—
His gut swooped. He'd been told Bea was in a persistent vegetative state. PVS patients were awake but unaware of what was happening around them. Some could open their eyes, even track objects. Others could move their limbs slightly, though such movements were reflexes rather than reactions to external stimuli. Bea's eyes were closed—nothing unusual in that; PVS patients had regular sleep-wake cycles. But instinct prompted him to approach her—the same visceral instinct that insisted he drop whatever he happened to be doing to check on a patient he'd left only moments before, because he knew something was wrong.
He needed to see her eyes—gaze into them to gauge what it was about her that disturbed him.
He strode forward, peripherally aware that Marg and Sally had stilled and were watching him like hawks. He dropped to his haunches before Bea and took her hands. "Hi, Bea. My name's Sam."
Save for the slow, even rise and fall of her chest, there was no response.
In the back of his mind, Sam noted her hands were cooler than he'd expected given the sun pouring in the windows and the warmth of the room. "Bea," he said, firmly and clearly. "I need you to wake up now."
"Open your eyes, Bea."
He waited. Still nothing—not that he'd expected any response to his command… had he?
He mentally shook himself, trying to shrug off a sense of foreboding so powerful that the fine hairs on the back of his neck were standing at attention. He reached up, and with the pad of his forefinger, gently pushed up her left eyelid…. And was confronted by an orb of breath-stealing, far-too-intense-to-be-natural blue.
He inhaled sharply. "Whoa." That was… unexpected.
There was a muffled protest—from Sally Bridges, at a guess—that was quickly shushed.
Sam ignored his audience of two. Interesting. Bea's left eyelid had remained open after he'd removed his fingertip.
He carefully opened her right eyelid and eased his hand back.
Ditto with the right eyelid.
He backed off. "Well done, Bea," he said, smiling to convey approval, even though all the approval and encouragement in the world wouldn't make an iota of difference to a PVS patient like Bea. And then, as he gazed into those inhumanly blue eyes, the smile froze on his face.
What the—?
He cupped her face in his palms, tilting her head.
No. He hadn't imagined it.
He watched the telltale moisture form in the duct of her right eye. "How long has Bea been PVS?" he asked, without taking his gaze from that glistening teardrop.
"I took over as her primary caregiver five years ago," Sam heard Marg say.
With a bent knuckle, Sam oh-so-carefully caught the plump tear tracking down that perfect cheek and held up his hand, knowing in his gut both woman would understand exactly what he was showing them.
"PVS patients can shed tears," Marg said. "It's not unheard of."
She was right, of course. But this? This was more than the spontaneous crying, moaning, laughing, and even screaming, considered within normal parameters for a PVS patient. Sam knew it absolutely. He knew it in his heart and soul and the very marrow of his bones.
And then, as if she'd read his mind, Bea's pupils dilated and those remarkable blue eyes were focusing… on him. And damn him to hell and back if he couldn't almost feel the emotion pouring from her in waves. Determination. To… to….
To make him understand that she was… she was… trapped? Inside in a physical shell that refused to function as it should?
Sam had to lock his muscles to prevent himself recoiling. Jesus, Mary and Joseph. There was awareness in those inhumanly beautiful eyes. "I understand," he blurted. "I'll help you however I can, Bea, I promise."
If he'd hoped for some miraculous physical reaction from her, some acknowledgement of his outburst, he was sorely disappointed. He knew Bea had understood him, though—believed him, too—because a breath sighed from her body, long and slow, heavy with some unnamed emotion.
He stared at her, fascinated and horrified in equal measure, as that spark of awareness was extinguished, leaving only gloriously blue, chillingly blank orbs.
God— Sam caught the thought before it could fully form, for it seemed the worst kind of travesty to importune the very deity who'd condemned a thinking, feeling human being—a girl who'd barely begun to experience life—to such a fate.
As he straightened from his crouch, he distinctly heard Marg declare, "You don't understand a damn thing, Samuel Ross. But you will."
He turned to the two woman, questions bubbling on his lips, in time to witness Sally Bridges hug Marg, and for Marg to pat the shorter woman on the shoulder before extricating herself and smoothing her tunic.
Marg glanced up, caught Sam's gaze, held it. "Sal," she said, "you were right: He's just what she needs." And although Sam was one-hundred percent certain he'd caught the glimmer of tears before Marg strode from the kitchen—because from the stricken expression on Sally's face, she'd caught them, too—well, neither he nor Sally were brave enough to broach the subject.
Sally cracked three eggs into a bowl and began to whisk them vigorously. Sam planted his butt on the chair nearest Bea and stared into her unseeing eyes, willing that spark of awareness to return.
Freaks Under Fire by Maree Anderson
© Copyright 2015, Maree Anderson


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With the Homebuilder Sentiment Index at its highest level since January 2006 due to low interest rates, improvement in employment and consumer confidence, and declining foreclosed and short-sale home inventories, many builders are finding that it's time to plan for increased consumer demand by building the right team. And many are finding that building the right team means hiring veterans.
Major homebuilding companies have hired nearly 550 veterans through Orion International, the nation's largest military recruiting firm. And these companies continuously find that veterans succeed in a variety of roles including:
- Construction Managers
- Customer Service
- Estimators
- Field Managers
- Land Development/Acquisition
- Leadership Development Programs
- Project Engineers
- Project Managers
- Purchasing Managers
- Sales
- Superintendents
One of those veterans is James Bailey, a former Army First Lieutenant. During his time in the military, Bailey served in as a Cavalry Scout Troop Executive Officer, which entailed managing over 100 employees and 26 vehicles and associated equipment. He is now a Field Manager for Wayne Homes, a custom homebuilder.
"All the intangibles that I developed as a Army Cavalry Scout Troop Executive Officer will come into play in this new position. Logistics, resourcing, relationship building, and accountability are the final four that I see connecting my previous experience with my new career," explains Bailey, "Also, the military background prepared me by the constant coordination for major operations, anticipating the points of friction and verifying what needs to get done, does."
Specifically, veterans, particularly those that were in the Corps of Engineers or a Seabee in the Navy, with technical degrees, project management skills and leadership experience perform well as Project Engineers. Many homebuilders draw on veterans' ability to calculate statistical data, as well as use material price lists, cost per man hour, historical data and equipment costs to estimate projects and future developments by hiring them for Estimator roles.
Veterans' strong leadership, excellent communication skills, and understanding of how to drive timelines, resources, and manpower make them excellent candidates for Superintendent roles. Finally, many homebuilders find that creating Leadership Development Programs helps them to attract, train, and retain military talent for their key leadership roles.
David Crowe, National Association of Home Builders Chief Economist, states "Builders are seeing more motivated buyers coming through their doors as the inventory of existing homes for sale continues to tighten. Meanwhile, as the infrastructure that supplies homebuilding returns, some previously sky-rocketing building material costs have begun to soften." Optimism like this coupled with expectations for single-family home sales for the next six months accelerating to 67 points from a revised 60 point to a bright future for veterans in home building.
To learn more about Veterans in Homebuilding, please click here.
To learn more about Veterans in Homebuilding, please click here.


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Shane and Rick finally face off… and Rick makes a very tough decision.
But isn't that what this show is all about?
The creators of The Walking Dead are providing more answers and more closure each week as we approach the Season 2 finale. This episode helped wrap up some of those dangling plot points. For example, I was glad to see Lori and Shane resolve things at one level- especially knowing now that it was their last chance to make things right.
Episode 12 also cemented the fact: walkers don't just come from the folks that were bitten- seems like everyone is infected!
This episode forced the viewer once again into the ethics of taking lives in the name of safety or self-preservation, but this time in a showdown between two of the major characters. It's rapidly becoming evident… no character is safe in this show.
Water cooler discussions will quickly reveal that people's ethics differ about these kinds of tough decisions. To me, Shane is a murderer and Rick was trying to protect himself and his family; but in talking with some of my friends about this topic, there are many ways to look at the deaths of Randall and Shane.
Apparently Rick, Carl and the rest of our beloved characters are struggling with these mixed feelings as well. It's intriguing being a fly on the wall of so many of these conversations the show offers.
I was particularly moved by the scene at 19:26 with Rick and Carl when Rick is essentially giving Carl a 'rite of passage' speech:
Rick: What happened to Dale had nothing to do with you.
Carl: He—he died, Dad.
Rick: Yeah, yeah. Feels like there's a lot of that going around. That's why I need you. No more kid stuff. I wish you could have the childhood I had, but that's not gonna happen. People are going to die. I'm going to die. Mom- there's no way you can ever be ready for it. I try to be, but I can't. The best we can do now is avoid it as long as we can, keep one step ahead. I wish I had something better to say, something—something more profound. My father was good like that. But I'm tired son.
1. If you were Carl, would this talk have helped you? Why or why not?
2. What wisdom was Rick trying to impart to Carl?
3. What 'rite of passage' talks have you experienced with the adults in your life? Did they help?
4. What was Rick missing from his chat with Carl?
Read the following passage from Scripture:
When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity.
(1 Corinthians 13:11-12 NLT)
5. What does it mean to 'put away childish things'?
6. What childish things have you put away in the last few years?
7. Why was it important for Carl to mature in his world?
8. Why is it important for you to grow in maturity in your world?
9. What does this verse mean, "but then we will see everything with perfect clarity"?
10. How does the hope of seeing Jesus face to face help us grow in maturity?
Wrap up
Most people probably wish they could remain in the innocence of childhood, but it is critical that we push on to maturity for the sake of our loved ones and ourselves. This week, think about what 'childish things' you are still holding onto, and how Jesus is calling you to focus on the future and what His calling to adulthood looks like for you.