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From what I've read in the previous topics, I'm trying to establish the right protocol to take tender care of my precious gloves. You've all written many articles about this particular detail or another, but none I think have gathered THE advisory method for true beginners like me. So could anyone of you guys add whatever may be necessary to the following list?
1. Clean the glove, with leather CPR for instance.
2. Apply at least a coat of lanolin to soften and nurture the leather or preserve it.
3. Toss a ball against the wall every other day and catch it again to make sure the cow the glove is made of is not really dead.
But still I have some unanswered questions:
- How often do you apply lanolin on the glove? Once a week, a month?
- And what sort of towels do you use to apply leather CPR and lanolin ? I mean cotton towels ? (I know this one sounds a little silly, but why not asking...)
- And as for the seams, near the wrist band, how do you keep them from deteriorating? Is there any product I could apply on them to fix them as they are today, any kind of varnish, or are they bound to disintegrate little by little ?
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Hello Moda Bake Shop readers! I'm Anjeanette and I am so happy to be back with you, sharing this adorable new quilt. Come visit me anytime at byAnjeanette.blogspot.com. When I saw this new line from Bonnie and Camille, I knew it had to be made into something fun and whimsical. Enter a 3 dimensional pinwheel to fit the bill.
1 Fat Eight Stack
3 3/4 yards Penny White 55065-19
1 yard Penny Lime 55065-13
4 yards Hop Navy 55062-17 (Backing)
1 yard Red 55064-11 (Binding)
Starch your fabric first. We are sewing on the bias and it will help to keep the fabric stabilized. We are also going to end up with a really dense seam in the pinwheel with all the layers of the fabric. Normally I use a scant seam, or skinnier than 1/4". But for this throw, I suggest to sew with a larger than 1/4" seam. The seams in the pinwheel have many layers of fabric and I find that it is easier to get a nice flat pressed seam when there is more of a seam to press.
From the white, cut:
10 WOF (Width of Fabric) X 6″
Sub cut into 6″ squares total of (56) 6″ squares cut in half diagonally
Sub cut into 5″ squares total of (112) 5″ squares
From the green, cut:
Sub cut into 6.5″ squares total of (28) 6.5″ squares
From the fat eight stack you will need to cut (28) 9″ squares.
There are two blocks for this throw, a square in a square, and a dimensional pinwheel.
To make the square in a square block you will need four white triangles and one green square.
Fold your green square in half lengthwise and then again in half width wise. Press to get your center markings. Alternately, you could pin the center of each side if you prefer. Fold your triangles in half and press.
Matching your pressed lines, match two side triangles to the sides of the square and pin in place.
Sew side seams and press towards the white.
Flip over and trim off the excess corner points.
Layer the last two triangles, sew and press towards the white again.
Trim your square to 9 1/2" There shouldn't be much to trim off.
To make the dimensional pinwheel block:
Start with two contrasting 9 X 9" squares cut from your fat eight stack. Layer together, right sides together. Draw diagonal lines from corner to corner in an X and then from top to bottom and side to side like a +. Sew 1/4" on both sides of the line from the X. With your rotary cutter, cut directly on the lines of the + from top to bottom and then from side to side. Then cut along the diagonal lines.
You just made 8 HST or Half Square Triangles.
To make your pinwheel block, take four white 5" squares and two sets of triangles.
Layer your triangles on top and in the corner of each white square. The right side of the white squares should be facing up/the triangles. Pin the right side. Take the bottom of the triangle and fold it over to the right lower corner. Topstitch with 1/8" seam along the right side and the bottom of the triangle.
Press. I found that I wanted my pinwheel pressed quite flat because it helped when I got to the part with all the layers of fabric.
Lay out your four squares to make the shape of a pinwheel.
Sew the top two pieces together (remember we are using a seam that is just a bit bigger than a regular 1/4" seam here.) Press the seam open. It is going to be a chunky/thick seam.
Sew the bottom two squares the same way and press well.
Layer your top and bottom together, right sides facing. I placed a pin in the center of the top seam and matched it with the bottom seam to hold it in place. Because of the bulk of the fabric, clips like the one you would use to bind, are very helpful to hold the layers together.
Make 28 of these blocks.
Alternate your square in a square blocks with pinwheel blocks. Sew into rows. Sew rows into your top.
Quilt and bind.
*Because of the dimension of the pinwheels, when you are quilting you may find it easier to pin each pinwheel flap back.
My boys think this is the perfect quilt to lay on the grass and read. I think it is the perfect quilt for a picnic.
Either way, I think the dimension of the pinwheel makes for a fun quilt.
If you decide to make one too, please remember to share it with me. I'd love to see it!
A roughly 63" X 72" Epic Summer 3 Dimensional Pinwheel Throw
Anjeanette Klinder


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Here another interesting Question.
Is it not true that your Qur'an mentions in Surah Maryam, Chapter 19 verse 33 that Jesus (pbuh) died and was resurrected?
It is mentioned in Surah Maryam, Chapter 19 verse 33
"So Peace is on me the day I was born, the day that I die and the Day that I shall be raised up to life (again)".
[Al-Qur'an 19:33]
The Qur'an mentions that Jesus (pbuh) said "Peace is on me the Day I was born, the day that I die". It is not stated "the day that I died". It is in the future tense and not in the past tense.
The Qur'an further says in Surah Nisa, Chapter 4 verse 157-158:
"That they said (in boast), 'We killed Jesus Christ the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah' – But they killed him not, Nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not –
Nay, Allah raised him up unto Himself; and Allah is exalted in Power, Wise."
[Al-Qur'an 4:157-158]
Does not your Qur'an mention that Jesus is Kalimatullah –"The Word of Allah (swt)", as well as Ruhullah – "The Spirit of Allah", indicating his Divinity?
The Qur'an mentions in Surah Ali 'Imran Chapter 3 verse 45
"Behold! The angels said: O Mary! Allah giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him: his name will be Christ Jesus. The son of Mary, held in honour in this world and the Hereafter and of (the company of) those Nearest to Allah.
[Al-Qur'an 3:45]
Jesus (pbuh) is referred in the Qur'an as a word from Allah and not as 'the word of Allah'.
"A word" of Allah means a message of Allah. If a person is referred to as "a word" from Allah, it means that he is a Messenger or a Prophet of Allah.
Different titles are given to different prophets (pbut). Whenever a title is given to a prophet (pbuh), it does not necessarily mean that the other prophets do not have the same characteristic or quality. For e.g. Prophet Abraham (pbuh) is referred to in the Qur'an as Khaleelullah, a friend of Allah. This does not indicate that all the other Prophets (pbuh) were not the friends of Allah. Prophet Moses (pbuh) is referred to in the Qur'an as Kaleemullah, indicating that God spoke to him. This does not mean that God did not speak to others. Similarly when Jesus (pbuh) is referred to in the Qur'an as Kalimatullah, "a word from Allah", it does not mean that the other Prophets were not "the word," of Allah.
Yahya (pbuh) i.e. John the Baptist (pbuh) is also referred to in the Qur'an as Kalimatullah i.e. a word of Allah in Surah Ali 'Imran, Chapter 3, verses 38-39
"There did Zakariya Pray to his Lord, saying: "O my Lord! Grant unto me from Thee a progeny that is pure: for Thou art He that heareth prayer!
While he was standing in prayer in the chamber, the angels called unto him: "Allah doth give thee glad tidings of Yahya, witnessing the truth of a Word from Allah, and (be besides) noble, chaste, and a Prophet – of the (goodly) company of the righteous."
[Al-Qur'an 3:39]
Jesus (pbuh) also never referred to as Ruhullah "a spirit of Allah" but as a spirit from Allah in Surah Nisa Chapter 4 verse 171
"O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: nor say of Allah aught but the truth. Jesus Christ the son of Mary was (no more than) a Messenger of Allah, And His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a Spirit proceeding from Him: so believe in Allah and His Messengers. Say not 'Trinity': desist: it will be better for you: for Allah is One God: glory be to Him: (Far Exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belong all things in the heavens and on earth. And enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs."
[Al-Qur'an 4:171]
A spirit from Allah does not indicate that Jesus (pbuh) is God. The Qur'an mentions in several places that Allah breathed into the human beings "His Spirit" in Surah Al-Hijr, chapter 15 verse 29 in Surah Sajdah, chapter 32 verse 9
Surah Al Hijr Chapter 15 verse 29
"When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed into him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him."
[Al-Qur'an 15:29]
Surah Sajdah Chapter 32 verse 9
"But He fashioned him in due proportion, and breathed into him something of His spirit. And He gave you (the faculties of) hearing and sight and feeling (and understanding): little thanks do ye give!"
[Al-Qur'an 32:9]
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Here is another Answer to George about the copies of the Quraan being burned etc.
There were many versions of the Qur'an all of which were burnt by Usman (r.a.) except for one. Therefore is it not true that the present Qur'an is the one compiled by Usman (r.a.) and not the original revelation of God?
One of the most common myths about the Qur'an, is that Usman (r.a.), the third Caliph of Islam authenticated and compiled one Qur'an, from a large set of mutually contradicting copies. The Qur'an, revered as the Word of Allah (swt) by Muslims the world over, is the same Qur'an as the one revealed to Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). It was authenticated and written under his personal supervision. We will examine the roots of the myth which says that Usman (r.a.) had the Qur'an authenticated.
1. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) himself supervised and authenticated the written texts of the Qur'an
Whenever the Prophet received a revelation, he would first memorize it himself and later declare the revelation and instruct his Companions (R.A. – Radhi Allahu Taala Anhu) – May Allah be pleased with him who would also memorize it. The Prophet would immediately ask the scribes to write down the revelation he had received, and he would reconfirm and recheck it himself. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was an Ummi who could not read and write. Therefore, after receiving each revelation, he would repeat it to his Companions. They would write down the revelation, and he would recheck by asking them to read what they had written. If there was any mistake, the Prophet would immediately point it out and have it corrected and rechecked. Similarly he would even recheck and authenticate the portions of the Qur'an memorized by the Companions. In this way, the complete Qur'an was written down under the personal supervision of the prophet (pbuh).
2. Order and sequence of Qur'an divinely inspired
The complete Qur'an was revealed over a period of 22˝ years portion by portion, as and when it was required. The Qur'an was not compiled by the Prophet in the chronological order of revelation. The order and sequence of the Qur'an too was Divinely inspired and was instructed to the Prophet by Allah (swt) through archangel Jibraeel. Whenever a revelation was conveyed to his companions, the Prophet would also mention in which surah (chapter) and after which ayat (verse) this new revelation should fit.
Every Ramadhaan all the portions of the Qur'an that had been revealed, including the order of the verses, were revised and reconfirmed by the Prophet with archangel Jibraeel. During the last Ramadhaan, before the demise of the Prophet, the Qur'an was rechecked and reconfirmed twice.
It is therefore clearly evident that the Qur'an was compiled and authenticated by the Prophet himself during his lifetime, both in the written form as well as in the memory of several of his Companions.
3. Qur'an copied on one common material
The complete Qur'an, along with the correct sequence of the verses, was present during the time of the Prophet (pbuh). The verses however, were written on separate pieces, scrapes of leather, thin flat stones, leaflets, palm branches, shoulder blades, etc. After the demise of the prophet, Abu Bakr (r.a.), the first caliph of Islam ordered that the Qur'an be copied from the various different materials on to a common material and place, which was in the shape of sheets. These were tied with strings so that nothing of the compilation was lost.
4. Usman (r.a.) made copies of the Qur'an from the original manuscript
Many Companions of the Prophet used to write down the revelation of the Qur'an on their own whenever they heard it from the lips of the Prophet. However what they wrote was not personally verified by the Prophet and thus could contain mistakes. All the verses revealed to the Prophet may not have been heard personally by all the Companions. There were high possibilities of different portions of the Qur'an being missed by different Companions. This gave rise to disputes among Muslims regarding the different contents of the Qur'an during the period of the third Caliph Usman (r.a.).
Usman (r.a.) borrowed the original manuscript of the Qur'an, which was authorized by the beloved Prophet (pbuh), from Hafsha (may Allah be pleased with her), the Prophet's wife. Usman (r.a.) ordered four Companions who were among the scribes who wrote the Qur'an when the Prophet dictated it, led by Zaid bin Thabit (r.a.) to rewrite the script in several perfect copies. These were sent by Usman (r.a.) to the main centres of Muslims.
There were other personal collections of the portions of the Qur'an that people had with them. These might have been incomplete and with mistakes. Usman (r.a.) only appealed to the people to destroy all these copies which did not match the original manuscript of the Qur'an in order to preserve the original text of the Qur'an. Two such copies of the copied text of the original Qur'an authenticated by the Prophet are present to this day, one at the museum in Tashkent in erstwhile Soviet Union and the other at the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul, Turkey.
5. Diacritical marks were added for non-Arabs
The original manuscript of the Qur'an does not have the signs indicating the vowels in Arabic script. These vowels are known as tashkil, zabar, zair, paish in Urdu and as fatah, damma and qasra in Arabic. The Arabs did not require the vowel signs and diacritical marks for correct pronunciation of the Qur'an since it was their mother tongue. For Muslims of non-Arab origin, however, it was difficult to recite the Qur'an correctly without the vowels. These marks were introduced into the Quranic script during the time of the fifth 'Umayyad' Caliph, Malik-ar-Marwan (66-86 Hijri/685-705 C.E.) and during the governorship of Al-Hajaj in Iraq.
Some people argue that the present copy of the Qur'an that we have along with the vowels and the diacritical marks is not the same original Qur'an that was present at the Prophet's time. But they fail to realize that the word 'Qur'an' means a recitation. Therefore, the preservation of the recitation of the Qur'an is important, irrespective of whether the script is different or whether it contains vowels. If the pronunciation and the Arabic is the same, naturally, the meaning remains the same too.
6. Allah Himself has promised to guard the Qur'an
Allah has promised in the Qur'an :
"We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly Guard it (from corruption)."
[Al-Qur'an 15:9]
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Muslims believe in the theory of abrogation, i.e. they believe that certain earlier verses of the Qur'an were abrogated by verses revealed later. Does this imply that God made a mistake and later on corrected it?
1. Two different interpretations
The Glorious Qur'an says in the following verse:
"None of Our revelations do We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, but We substitute something better or similar: knowest thou not that Allah hath power over all things?"
[Al-Qur'an 2:106]
A reference to this is also made in chapter 16 verse 101 of Surah Nahl. The Arabic word mentioned is ayat which means 'signs' or 'verses' and which can also mean 'revelations'. This verse of the Qur'an can be interpreted in two different ways:
a. The revelations that are abrogated are those revelations that were revealed before the Qur'an, for example the Torah, the Zaboor and the Injeel.
Here Allah (swt) says that He does not cause the previous revelations to be forgotten but He substitutes them with something better or similar, indicating that the Torah, the Zaboor and the Injeel were substituted by the Qur'an.
b. If we consider that the Arabic word ayat in the above verse refers to the verses of the Qur'an, and not previous revelations, then it indicates that none of the verses of the Qur'an are abrogated by Allah but substituted with something better or similar. This means that certain verses of the Qur'an, that were revealed earlier were substituted by verses that were revealed later. I agree with both the interpretations.
Many Muslims and non-Muslims misunderstand the second interpretation to mean that some of the earlier verses of the Qur'an were abrogated and no longer hold true for us today, as they have been replaced by the later verses of the Qur'an or the abrogating verses. This group of people even wrongly believe that these verses contradict each other.
Let us analyze a few such examples.
2. Produce a recital like the Qur'an / 10 Surahs / 1 Surah:
Some pagan Arabs alleged that the Qur'an was forged by Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Allah (swt) challenges these Arabs in the following verse of Surah Al-Isra:
"Say: If the whole of Mankind and Jinns were together to produce the like of this Qur'an they could not produce the like thereof, even if they backed up each other with help and support."
[Al-Qur'an 17:88]
Later the challenge was made easy in the following verse of Surah Al-Hud:
"Or they may say, "He forged it." Say, "Bring ye then ten Surahs forged, like unto it, and call (to your aid) whomsover ye can, other than Allah, if ye speak the truth!'."
[Al-Qur'an 11:13]
It was made easier in the following verse of Surah Yunus:
"Or do they say, "He forged it"? Say: "Bring then a Surah like unto it, and call (to your aid) anyone you can, besides Allah, if it be ye speak the truth!'."
[Al-Qur'an 10:38]
Finally in Surah Al-Baqarah, Allah (swt) further simplified the challenge:
And if ye are in doubt as to what We have revealed from time to time to Our servant, then produce a Surah like thereunto; and call your witnesses or helpers (if there are any) besides Allah if your (doubts) are true.
But if ye cannot – and of a surety ye cannot – then fear the Fire whose fuel is Men and Stones – which is prepared for those who reject faith".
[Al-Qur'an 2:23-24]
Thus Allah (swt) made the challenges progressively easier. The progressively revealed verses of the Qur'an first challenged the pagans to produce a book like the Qur'an, then challenged them to produce ten Surahs (chapters) like those in the Qur'an, then one Surah and finally it challenges them to produce one Surah somewhat similar (mim mislihi) to the Qur'anic Surahs. This does not mean that the later verses that were revealed i.e. of Surah Baqarah chapter 2 verses 23 and 24 contradict the earlier three verses. Contradiction implies mentioning two things that cannot be possible simultaneously, or cannot take place simultaneously.
The earlier verses of the Qur'an i.e. the abrogated verses are still the word of God and the information contained in it is true to this day. For instance the challenge to produce a recital like the Qur'an stands to this day. Similarly the challenge to produce ten Surahs and one Surah exactly like the Qur'an also holds true and the last challenge of producing one surah somewhat similar to the Qur'an also holds true. It does not contradict the earlier challenges, but this is the easiest of all the challenges posed by the Qur'an. If the last challenge cannot be fulfilled, the question of anyone fulfilling the other three more difficult challenges does not arise.
Suppose I speak about a person that he is so dumb, that he would not be able to pass the 10th standard in school. Later I say that he would not be able to pass the 5th standard, and further say that he would not be able to pass even the 1st standard. Finally I say that he is so dull that he would not even be able to pass K.G. i.e. kindergarten. One has to pass kindergarten before one can be admitted to school. What I am stating is that the person is so dull as to be unable to pass even kindergarten. My four statements do not contradict each other, but my last statement i.e. the person would not be able to pass the kindergarten is sufficient to indicate the intelligence of that person. If a person cannot even pass kindergarten, the question of him passing the first standard or 5th or 10th, does not arise.
3. Gradual prohibition of intoxicants
Another example of such verses is that related to gradual prohibition of intoxicants. The first revelation of the Qur'an to deal with intoxicants was the following verse from Surah Baqarah:
"They ask thee concerning wine and gambling say: 'In them is great sin, and some profit, for men; but the sin is greater than the profit'."
[Al-Qur'an 2:219]
The next verse to be revealed regarding intoxicants is the following verse from Surah Nisa:
"O ye who believe! approach not prayers with a mind befogged, until ye can understand all that ye say" [Al-Qur'an 4:43]
The last verse to be revealed regarding intoxicants was the following verse from Surah Al-Maidah:
"O ye who believe! intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones, and (divination by) arrows, are an abomination of Satan's handiwork; eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper."
[Al-Qur'an 5:90]
The Qur'an was revealed over a period of 22˝ years. Many reforms that were brought about in the society were gradual. This was to facilitate the adoption of new laws by the people. An abrupt change in society always leads to rebellion and anarchy.
The prohibition of intoxicants was revealed in three stages. The first revelation only mentioned that in the intoxicants there is great sin and some profit but the sin is greater than the profit. The next revelation prohibited praying in an intoxicated state, indicating that one should not consume intoxicants during the day, since a Muslim has to pray five times a day. This verse does state that when one is not praying at night one is allowed to consume intoxicants. It means one may have or one may not have. The Qur'an does not comment on it. If this verse had mentioned that one is allowed to have intoxicants while not praying then there would have been a contradiction. Allah (swt) chose words appropriately. Finally the total prohibition of intoxicants at all times was revealed in Surah Maidah chapter 5 verse 90.
This clearly indicates that the three verses do not contradict each other. Had they been contradicting, it would not have been possible to follow all the three verses simultaneously. Since a Muslim is expected to follow each and every verse of the Qur'an, only by following the last verse i.e. of Surah Maidah (5:90), he simultaneously agrees and follows the previous two verses.
Suppose I say that I do not live in Los Angeles. Later I say that I do not live in California. Finally I say, I do not live in the United States of America. This does not imply that these three statements contradict each other. Each statement gives more information than the previous statement. The third statement includes the information contained in the first two statements. Thus, only by saying that I do not live in the United States of America, it is obvious, that I also do not live in California nor New York. Similarly since consuming alcohol is totally prohibited, it is obvious that praying in an intoxicated state is also prohibited and the information that in intoxicants is "great sin and some profit for men; but the sin is greater than profit" also holds true.
4. Qur'an does not contain any contradictions
The theory of abrogation does not imply that there is a contradiction in the Qur'an, since it is possible to follow all the verses of the Qur'an at the same time.
If there is a contradiction in the Qur'an, then it cannot be the word of Allah (swt).
"Do they not consider the Qur'an (with care)? Had it been from other than Allah, they would surely have found therein much discrepancy (contradictions)."
[Al-Qur'an 4:82]
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If no more reply what a waste of my time of pasting!
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I know this is waaayyyy old, but I wanted to respond anyway.
Yshwe taught... when He was asked what is the greatest commandment, Yshwe answered.....
Thou shalt love the Lord with all your heart
and the second is like it,
thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself
36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Is the first part, at least, not the very same as what muslims follow?
He also taught His Disciples, when they asked how to pray, to say thus;
Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed by Thy name,
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven...
Thy will be done, is the same as submitting ones will to God.
Let us seek Truth together
Blessed be God forever
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DE PERE - For the first time ever, both St. Norbert College basketball teams are ranked in the pre-season D3hoops.com Top 25 poll.
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Both teams finished 23-4 last season, won Midwest Conference championships with 14-2 records and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament before losing to UW-Stevens Point.
The men return all five starters from last year's squad, and open their season on Monday, Nov. 15 at Marian University.
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2015 Cross Country: Posted a season-best time of 27:38.7 at the JSU Foothills XC Invite...Ran a 30:00.6 time at the Commodore Classic...
2015 Track and Field: Placed sixth in the 800m at the A-Sun Outdoor Championships with a time of 1:54.57...Placed eighth in the 800m at the A-Sun Indoor Championships with a mark of 1:58.13...Competed in the DMR at the A-Sun Indoor Championships...Placed 17th at the UT Challenge in the 800m with a time of 1:56.01...Finished 20th in the 800m at the Alabam Relays after posting a 1:56.92 time...Ran the 1500m in 4:10.47 tio finish 20th at the Georgia Invite...
2014 Cross Country: Ran a season-best 28:08.5 in the Greater Louisville Classic...Posted a 17:23.4 time in the 5K at the Frontrunner Invite...
2014 Track and Field: Competed in the distance medley relay at the Emory Crossplex Invitational placing first with a time of 10:19.93… Placed second at the TSU Invite in the 800 meters (1:57.91)… Posted a personal best in the mile (4:28.40)… Placed second at Hoosier Hills in the DMR (10:11.38)… DMR team finished third at the A-Sun Indoor Championships with a time of 10:12.11… Took second at the Rhodes Open in the 800 meters with a time of 1:56.22… Recorded a personal best at the EIU Big Blue Classic in the 800 meters (1:52.76) placing second… Recorded a personal record in the 1500 meters (1:52.76) at the Vanderbilt Black and Gold… At the University of Tennessee Challenged, placed second in the 4x400-meter relay (3:21.98) and set a personal record in the 400 meters (52.06)… Placed sixth at the A-Sun Outdoor Championships in the 800 meters (1:54.57).
2013 Cross Country: Competed in the 5K at the Frontrunner Invitational finishing in 16:10.5s.
2013 Track and Field: During the 2013 track and field season, competed in the distance medley relay, 1500m, 800m, 400m, and 4x4... Placed second in the 4x4 with a time of 3:24.14s at the TSU Invite... Also at the TSU Invite, finished second in the distance medley relay finishing in 10:52.97s and sixth in the 800m crossing the line in 2:03.87s... Finished seventh in the distance medley relay at the Samford Multi and Invitational with a final time of 10:59.21s... During the outdoor season at the Samford Multi and Invitational, finished sixth in the 1500m in 4:11.33s and seventh in the 800m with a time of 1:57.82s... Posted a first-place finish at the Margaret Simmons Invitational in the 4x4 with a time of 3:33.45s.
2012 Cross Country: Competed in three races… Finished 32nd at the Tennessee Tech Invite in 30:22.18… Finished 72nd at the Belmont Opener in 17:37.40… Placed 144th at the Louisville Classic in 29:10.93…
High School: Ran for Mike Shierk at Arlington High School… Honorable Mention All-State 2012 in 4X4… Second Team All-Region in 4X4 in 2012… Named team captain for junior and senior seasons in cross country and senior season in track… Set a school record in 4X4 with a time of 3:23…
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Dear Vanessa,
A wise friend said I should ask your advice on the decisions and challenges I face in the next four (or eight?)years. I'm thinking about dusting off Jimmy's solar panels — Ronald stashed them in the basement — and putting them back on the roof. What should my other priorities be?
— Barack Obama
Wise friend, indeed! As always, I have plenty of advice, but it won't be pretty.
No one wants to be the bearer of bad news. Scientists and activists who try are dismissed as pessimists, and truths are ignored because they may induce shame or guilt. Oh well ... that's why they call me the Green Monster, though I really am an optimist.
You have been entrusted with the welfare of a nation that is on a fundamentally unsustainable path – a deadly, if not suicidal, trajectory. We have become bondsmen to our own fossil fuel-driven economy, borrowing billions of dollars every week to buy oil and shelling out a trillion dollars in subsidies every year to oil and coal producers. We have gone into financial and moral debt in order to keep alive a paradigm that is, in fact, killing us. While we chase buried, limited fossil resources, we are wasting the best of our resources: tenacity, faith, ingenuity and innovation, a populace ready and wanting to work, and the capacity of the country's youth to carry us forward.
As you have said, we are living on a planet in peril. Tipping points in Earth's climate are rapidly approaching, and we are facing a world that will be defined by devastating "natural" disasters, unbounded disease, rising sea levels and global food and water shortages, all prompting millions of environmental refugees. You will need to convey to the nation what the scientists — and I hope you — already know: the extraordinary nature of the perils before us.
We have a fleeting chance to take action that is commensurate with the menace of global warming. You have the power to vanquish our environmental and economic predicaments with a single strategy: a Green New Deal. The Green New Deal would include:
• An immediate moratorium and phase-out of coal plants. Coal emits as much carbon dioxide as all other fossil fuels combined. "Clean Coal" is how my 9-year-old son learned the meaning of "oxymoron."
• A tax on oil, gas and coal. One widely supported scenario gives pollution tax revenues directly to the populace and creates stimulus projects for clean energy, while potentially doing away with the income tax. There is a wide consensus — conservative and liberal, economist and ecologist — that shifting to pollution taxes would improve the economy, even if we weren't concerned about global warming. I know the word "tax" isn't politically popular, but cap and trade options are not the best solution.
• Serious efficiency standards in transportation, construction and technology.
• An update to the nation's power grid. We need efficient systems for the transmission of wind, solar and geothermal energies. Reconstructing the power grid should be one of the main investments of a green New Deal. It will create jobs that can't be outsourced, economic stimulus, technological innovations and energy independence, and it's a first step toward curbing pollution, health crises and global climate change.
• Regional food systems that protect biodiversity while supporting conservation, worker's rights and sustainable energy as well as humane, natural farms. The way we grow, process, transport and eat food is at the base of most of our troubles. In order to avoid food and water shortages; the pandemics of obesity, cancer, diabetes and heart disease; global warming; pollution; and topsoil loss, we need to drastically revamp our food systems.
The good news is the changes needed to deflect catastrophic climate change can also be the changes that pull us out of our dead-end economic strategies: high unemployment, disastrous health conditions, war, and global isolation. As Robert Kennedy Jr. puts it, "We cannot drill and burn our way out of our present economic and energy problems. We can, however, invent and invest our way out."
You have energized us and renewed our optimism. My hope lies in my sense that you can ask people to sacrifice, and they will rise to your call. America has been at its best when we have been asked to take responsibility and to participate in our state of affairs. The New Deal and the war effort of WWII are prime examples of what we are able and willing to do when called upon. I think your constituents are longing to be an active part of building a nation and a future that we can all be proud of. Put us to work.
Know that I am always available to discuss the future of life on Earth and fate of the human race. Give me a call anytime; I'll catch the first train up to D.C. In the meantime, gather everything written by Van Jones and Lester Brown — and not just because I have huge crushes on both of them — Paul Hawken, Bill McKibben, Thomas Berry and Vandana Shiva. They will keep you inspired and ready to tackle the greatest of perils.
Let's make our daughters proud. Better yet, let's make their children proud.
Keep it Green,
About the solar panels: Shame on Reagan for taking them down, and by all means dust them off. But technology has come a long way in the last 30 years. You would do well to invest in new panels — oh, and look into geothermal heating and cooling for the White House. That, finally, would be a good use of my tax dollars.


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There may be B.C. Lions fans as passionate as Monique Gendron, although that's extremely doubtful. But there is little doubt she is the most successful Lion fanatic when it comes to winning contests.
For the third year in a row, the 28-year-old British Columbia Institute of Technology student is off to the Grey Cup, and she hopes her favourite team will join her next week in Toronto.
Gendron won a trip for two to the 100th Grey Cup, Nov. 25 at Rogers Centre, through Nissan Canada, which asked CFL fans to post videos of themselves reciting the official team chant on Facebook. The "most passionate fan" in the video submissions, as determined by a viewers' vote, won. Gendron did.
But this is nothing new. Earlier this year, Gendron, with fiancé Jeff Green behind the video camera, represented the Lions at a CFL Players' Association fantasy camp in Barbados. Her video was selected as the most imaginative entry from the West Coast, earning her another football trip - this time to the Caribbean.
And, two years ago, in yet another video contest, she won the grand prize, sponsored by Gibson's Finest, of a trip for two to the 98th Grey Cup in Edmonton. She posted a video of her Halloween costume: Gendron dressed up as Empire Field (the Lions' temporary home while BC Place Stadium was being refurbished) complete with turf, goalposts and the team's fight song, "Roar, You Lions, Roar," on her back.
She got to award the rookie of the year trophy to Lions' linebacker Solomon Elimimian at the CFL awards gala that year.
"I like to enter contests, but I never enter the same one twice," Gendron explained. "Somebody's got to win them, so I figure I might as well enter. It's just me being creative and goofing around. But I don't want to win them all. I very much encourage others (Lions fans) to enter and win."
Hooked on a career in television and radio production, she originally enrolled at BCIT for that purpose. But Gendron later did a 180-degree turn, and switched to the medical radiography program because of her interest and fascination with cancer treatment. Her older brother, Roger, was stricken with lymphoma and she was part of the family's journey through the experience. He has been in remission for the past 10 years.
Gendron was captivated by the Lions and the CFL early on. As a young girl, Monique accompanied her dad, Garth, to games at BC Place and quickly developed a love for the team. Garth Gendron had season tickets for the Lions, extending from their time at Empire Stadium, the team's original home.
Monique is at the centre of a boisterous group of loyal fans which occupies Section 229, in the end zone seats at BC Place. And they're not difficult to miss. Section 229 is identified by its "Arland Bruce, No. 1 banner" and the group's inclination to rise from their seats, en masse, and imitate the referee's signal whenever the Lions record a first down.
Gendron hopes the section will be constantly undulating throughout Sunday's West Division Final against the Calgary Stampeders.
"Calgary is a good team," she said. "I feel like it will be a tougher game than if we were playing Saskatchewan. I know it will be close. It will be tight. But I feel like we're going to win."
For that to happen, the Lions must limit the damage done by Stampeders' running back Jon Cornish, a double nominee for the CFL's most outstanding player and Canadian player of the year.
Cornish, by chance, grew up right across the street from the Gendron home, on Fourth Street, in New Westminster.
"We talk on Facebook and joke around," she explained. "I think he's pretty funny. Definitely, I haven't liked seeing his bum every game (Cornish can't seem to keep his pants on). He needs to get a smaller sized pair of pants. It's hilarious. But he's a really nice guy. I'm so happy he's doing well."
Earlier this season, Gendron posted a video of herself on a road trip to Calgary, in her Lions get-up, fraternizing with tailgating Stampeder fans.
The sort of vitriolic, angry, usually inebriated CFL fan who wears his underwear too tight and takes the game way too seriously might regard it as a sellout, consorting with the enemy.
But the uniqueness of CFL fans - at least the great majority of them - is the sense of camaraderie, playfulness and good-natured needling they exhibit, when supporters of rival teams are in one another's company.
The Grey Cup game is about a championship trophy, but Grey Cup week is about a fan convention, with thousands of representatives from all eight CFL cities mingling together.
"It's such a cool experience," Gendron said. "Being a student, I probably couldn't afford to be there if it weren't for these contests."
Two years ago, in Edmonton, she was accompanied by Jeff, who was then her boyfriend.
Next week, it's dad's turn to go with the repeat Grey Cup contest winner.
"He's (Garth Gendron) over the moon about it, except for Justin Bieber (teen heartthrob featured in the halftime show)," Monique said.
"He's not a big fan of the Biebs."
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The Captain's Spiced Pumpkin
I thought I would share a nice recipe today to help everyone get in the mood for Halloween. It's not in the vein of a scary spooky recipe, rather its in the vein of the Season of Harvest. After all the connection between pumpkins and Halloween was firmly established that first time Linus hid in the pumpkin patch waiting for The Great Pumpkin.
The Captain's Spiced Pumpkin
1 ½ oz Captain Morgan's Original Spiced Rum
¾ oz Bols Pumpkin Liqueur
¼ oz Agavero (Licor de Tequila)
½ oz. Apple Cider
½ oz. Lemon juice
sprinkle of *pumpkin spice (see recipe below)
Pour all the liquid ingredients over ice in a shaker
Shake until well chilled
Strain into a chilled Martini Glass
Garnish with *pumpkin spice
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Another bad start for Zimbabwe - btw, Dave Houghton predicted on Sky last sunday that Zim's tail would struggle against Gayle - and he was right - so what on earth will Murali do to them? CARNAGE ALERT!!!
Another bad start for Zimbabwe - btw, Dave Houghton predicted on Sky last sunday that Zim's tail would struggle against Gayle - and he was right - so what on earth will Murali do to them? CARNAGE ALERT!!!
Fair spot. It did appear the way Marc read it to me as well but that explains it I think.Originally Posted by Samuel_Vimes
You can only play against what is put in front of you.Originally Posted by Xuhaib
Exactly, I mean he can't exactly get out with a low score just because he is playing a weak side. Good innings by him, I can see him being one of the best ODI openers after the WC.Originally Posted by Jungle Jumbo
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Well he's failed when he's played India, South Africa, Australia and West Indies. However, he hasn't played those teams enough (except India perhaps - 6 matches) to judge much.Originally Posted by Jungle Jumbo
Bangladesh all out for 161 against the WI. Bangladesh started well but suffered a massive collapse thanks to some brilliant bowling from Bravo (14/3 from 10 overs) in particular. The WI are the darkhorses for this tournament, they bowled really well in their first two matches (admittedly against weak opposition) and certainly have the batting ability (Lara, Sarwan, Gayle, Chanderpaul) to make it to the semis. The only problem with the West Indies is consistency but if they can overcome that they are definately contenders.
Typical Bangladesh - start well, threaten to make a game of it, then once the good partnership is over - COLLAPSE! - and why didn't the captain and most expericenced player come in at 4? Wonder what Windies will do with batting order - stick with Gayle, Chanderpaul and Lara and risk them knocking off the runs or change batting order to give middle order practice before SL game?
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Ian Botham, Freddie Flintoff, Kevin Pietersen, Brian Laudrup, Gazza and Daniela Hantuchova....a fan of you all FOREVER!!!
Can't wait to see Australia field a crap leg-spinner like Hollland or Hohns again.....
Congratulations to Daniela Hantuchova on her 3rd career title....
Bob Woolmer 1948-2007..farewell to the best coach England never had...
Arise Sir Beefy....
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Chanderpaul to get out pulling.
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I think Bangladesh Cricket is also e,really really e.Originally Posted by Poker Boy
10 wicket win for the Windies, another Gayle ton...allrounder extraordinaire, taking cheap wickets and scoring...uh...cheap runs.
Very impressed by their bowling unit...Collymore and Bradshaw are excellent ODI bowlers, they've got the raw pace of Taylor and Edwards, and quality back-up in Bravo, Smith and Gayle.
President of RTDAS - Ryan ten Doeschate - The Freddie Flintoff of Associate Cricket
Member of DNAS, ESAS - Dirk Nannes, Edgar Schiferli. Dutchmen can bowl.
Originally Posted by Pedro DelgadoOriginally Posted by Matt79
Good stuff by Chanders to give Gayle his ton. If only I didn't have money on Chanders to score the most runs for WI this tournament. Only Gayle has more than him.
Oh well, many more matches for the WI to come.
"I am very happy and it will allow me to have lot more rice."
Eoin Morgan on being given a rice cooker for being Man of the Match in a Dhaka Premier Division game.
Enjoying Big Chris Gayle ATM, West Indies have been playing well of late, hopefully they dont get into the group with Australia and England.
Still undecided who you support.Originally Posted by aussie
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Can anyone who saw the game tell me how Bangladesh bowled. I think the scorecard tells the batting story well enough: flashes of brilliance ruined by the inevitable collapse.
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In similar fashion to the tournament's opening day, Day #2 of this year's Bluefin Blowout also ended with two large Bluefin Tuna being landed. The Osprey and the Tonno (Italian for tuna) both brought fish to the dock.
This year's event was fantastic and it is safe to say, with such enthusiasm from organizers, participants, vendors, and spectators, it is only going to get better. I'm already looking forward to next year. This tournament provides a new take on the already rich summer schedule that Cape Ann offers and I hope it continues for years to come!
In all, 53 boats were entered and four scored some pretty phenomenal bluefin tuna!
The Miss Fern's fish weighed in at 805 pounds
Tuna.com tipped the charts with a 913 pounder
The Osprey's fish showed 497 on the scale
and a 588 pound fish was brought in by The Tonno
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Updated Cashew Cheese for Pizza and more…
Well, that was a false start for Fall. I thought I would have time to get back to writing regularly with my last post, and just haven't had a spare moment. I'm going to make up for it today though. Our most popular post is one I did for Cashew Cheese Pizza, so I decided I wanted to post my updated version of this recipe with ideas on what else you can make with it. I make a large batch that can last in the refrigerator for up to two weeks and be used in a myriad of ways. Here I used some in a calzone with broccoli and potato (as requested by my husband).
Here is the new recipe I came up with:
5 cups raw cashews, soaked
1 cup unsweetened coconut milk (or unsweetened milk of your choice)
3 tbs. canola oil
2 tsp. nutritional yeast
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. white pepper
Blend all together in vita mix (or whatever appliance you use) until smooth. You can add salt and pepper to taste, but I recommend keeping it a bit neutral to be able to transform depending on what you are using it for.
I use this cheese as is on pizza and in the calzone pictured above.
Other uses include:
adding a tablespoon or 2 into tomato sauce to make a creamy pink sauce for pasta
adding a little lemon juice and making sour cream
adding cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and thinning with a bit more milk for a great french toast batter
using it as is as a spread on sandwiches and bagels
I used it in every way I listed above in the two weeks it was in my fridge.
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The Asia and the Pacific region has among the poorest development indicators for women and girls. Deep-rooted gender inequality and discriminatory norms and practices reinforce patriarchal systems. Women in the region have the lowest rates of political representation and suffer from a high prevalence of gender-based violence.
Harmful practices, such as child marriage and genderbiased sex selection due to son preference, reinforce gender inequality across the region.
Child marriage and early motherhood can severely curtail educational and employment opportunities for adolescent girls and young women, while threatening their survival and well-being.
Gender-based violence is endemic in the region. Women and girls are frequently subjected to all forms of violence and abuse. There is a lack of adequate data to inform policy and programme interventions, and insufficient monitoring to address impunity and provide protection. During conflicts and natural disasters, social structures are further destabilized, leaving many women and girls vulnerable to increased sexual violence, exploitative labour and trafficking.
UNFPA works in close partnership with Governments, other UN agencies and civil society networks to address violence against women and girls by strengthening national capacities to gather evidence to guide policy and programme responses, and to deal with it as a public health issue by making a wide range of services, including counselling and safe spaces, available for victims and survivors.
UNFPA has consistently promoted gender equality and the rights of women and adolescent girls through evidence-based advocacy and policy dialogue with government officials, civil society organizations, and community and religious leaders to ensure that these perspectives are integrated into national policies, development frameworks and laws.
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text: Studies show that money lessons have to be relevant to kids' immediate experiences. By Janet Bodnar, Editor-at-Large June 27, 2011 Lately, financial education for kids and adults seems to be right up there with Mom and apple pie as a crowd-pleaser. Nearly everyone acknowledges that financial literacy is a worthy goal, and more than a dozen states require some form of personal-finance education in high schools. There's just one problem: It doesn't seem to be working. That was the sobering conclusion of a panel of experts at a conference on lifecycle saving and investing that I recently attended at Boston University. The problem, the participants agreed, is that broad-based efforts to improve financial literacy don't hit people when they really need it. The best time to provide financial education, says Annamaria Lusardi, director of the Financial Literacy Center sponsored by the Rand Corp., Dartmouth College and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, is "when people actually have to make financial decisions." (At Dartmouth, for example, new employees are given a simple, one-sheet walk-through of the retirement plan during orientation. The handout is then supplemented by short videos that explain such principles as compounding and diversification and offer profiles of real people telling how they save and invest.) Sponsored Content The same is true of personal-finance curricula aimed at kids, says Lewis Mandell, a professor at the University of Washington's Foster School of Business. After a career specializing in consumer financial behavior, Mandell has concluded that financial education doesn't have a lasting impact on financial literacy. He ticked off a number of problems: Lessons aren't "sticky," to use the Web vernacular. Classes are generally one-offs that aren't reinforced. And the subject matter isn't relevant to kids' immediate experiences -- not unlike trigonometry. Paul Solman, economics correspondent for The PBS NewsHour, noted that a long-term study in New Zealand has shown that adult financial habits can be determined as young as age 3. Children with the least amount of self-control at that age have the most difficulty managing their money as adults. Advertisement To improve self-control among kids, the study's associate director, Terrie Moffitt, of Duke University, recommends -- guess what? -- giving them an allowance, along with help on how to manage it. Good advice. All of this was fascinating but not that surprising. In fact, it was encouraging to get academic backup for the real-world advice I've been giving for a long time. For example, it makes sense to me that lessons about life insurance and Social Security wouldn't be "sticky" for high school students. But sticking them with the responsibility of paying for their own clothing or cell phone does make an impression. That's why I've always been a big advocate of an allowance that's tied to financial responsibilities (see 7 Tricky kids-and-Money Challenges to Anticipate). Based on what I heard at the conference, I'll stick with some other good advice: Advertisement Don't rush things. Children, like adults, operate on a need-to-know basis, so teach them lessons that are age-appropriate and don't overwhelm them with information (see 6 Key Questions Before You Teach Kids About Money). If you begin an allowance around age 6 or 7, which is a good time to start, keep it simple by giving kids one financial responsibility (perhaps purchasing their favorite collectibles) that you can build on later. Nothing beats a first paycheck for giving teens a crash course in taxes. And high school students may not care much about retirement, but when your college grad gets her first job and has to sign up for the 401 (k) plan, I guarantee you'll get a phone call asking for help. Make it fun. In my experience, the best way to get students interested in learning about money is to entertain them. Mandell's research shows that playing a stock market game is far more efficient at promoting financial literacy than taking a class in personal finance. In the classroom, I'd also recommend other hands-on games that let kids make real-world decisions about choosing a career, buying a home and paying the bills. And any kind of competition (like a raucous game of financial soccer that I recently witnessed) gets them pumped and increases the chances that they'll remember the lesson even after they've taken the exam. Follow Janet's updates at Twitter.com/JanetBodnar.


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Tried to spell the month correctly so I don't embarrass myself.
Got tired of trying to run 10mi every day, but hopefully will get back excitement soon. Definitely want to continue MP runs at least once a week, Hanson plan style.
Happy New Year!
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
I looked briefly at the Hanson plan, and it looks kinda low mileage to me. But like I said, it was only a brief look. I actually got the book for Christmas, but haven't opened it yet -- all I know is from looking at a plan on their web site.
Still plodding along on the Pfitzinger plan, not sure what week I'm in, but we're starting to ramp up a bit.
Finished the year well, with 2449 miles -- some of you probably saw this on my FB page.
So where did all the RWOL folks disappear to?
Lou, (aka Mr. predawnrunner), MD, USA | Lou's Brews | firstname.lastname@example.com
The Hansons plan that I saw on some website had a ratio next to each week -- I gathered that you picked your max mileage week, and then used the ratio to determine the mileage for each week.
So if you chose to peak at 90, and the week said 0.90, then you run 81 miles that week.
I hadn't seen one like that before.
PS: No snow for us, Lou. Which is fine with me.
Hey guys! Happy new year! Things were rocking around here in December but seem to have quieted down a bit in January, although it's just the 3rd. This is a short work week for me, but so far it seems like it's been loooonnnggg. Waah. At least the temperatures aren't bad and should stay nice for the weekend.
Haven't looked at Hanson plans, and have heard about the Pfitz plans (mainly from Lou and others) but haven't looked into them. I've had great success in the past just fiddling with the basic format of the Higdon Intermediate II plan, adding some miles and variety such as hills and tempos, but keeping the basic structure (Tues/Thurs are similar length, shorter runs, Wed/Saturday are harder, longer runs with Long run on Sunday) because it seems to have worked for me. Now in my new job I'm finding it difficult to get in that longer mid-week run, especially in the winter, so might have to adjust yet again.
We've had a really warm end to December/start to January so that's been nice with all the carpy cold we've had this winter. I ran 13.1 on Monday and 12.1 on Tuesday to get me to 1,900 for the year (and first 25 mile "weekend" since before Equinox). Had to do something on the 1st to start the year off so ran 6 and change on the hilly roads by my house. Took yesterday off but put in 10 hours at work (bleh). Hope to run 5 or so tonight.
Looking at a marathon in Colorado in May because DH will be there for work meetings and I still need CO for my collection.
On the road again...
Lost a week of running to the flu, but my first run back was yesterday and went well. Glad to be out on the road again.
I have a love/hate relationship with running. I do it, but sometimes I love to hate it.
MP (marathon pace) runs: (My goal MP is 6:53)
Today did 8mi @ 6:41 avg (after 2mi w/u)
I thought today was my longest, but misremembered - two weeks ago did 8.5 @ 6:48 avg after 7mi w/u.
Tired afterward, but I could have pushed it out some more -- good thing, as I want to try 10 next, probably next week.
Recovering from the flu as well. Was pretty sick from about Dec 23-27. Still very congested but finally getting energy back. Hated not getting a good start to the year--but hopefully I can do well the rest of the month. Plan on getting a few miles in starting tomorrow.
Hi everyone! Happy New Year! I (one of the RWOL folks) joined this group a while back and introduced myself, then I didn't post again for a while. So, hi again! Sorry to hear some of you were sick. I had a cold before Christmas but not enough to keep me from running (I also had a horrible black eye from a faceplant I did during a tempo run.). Glad to here y'all are feeling better.
I'm now training for the Georgia Marathon on 3/17. I wanted to finally try a Pfitz plan, but I had committed to some group runs that didn't seen to mesh with his schedule. So I made my own plan. It's visible in my log in case anyone would like to comment or offer suggestions. I've had to build the schedule around the existing plan for the Saturday group runs, so this plan has fewer 20+ mile runs than I've typically done (which this time I'm ok with, since I think last time I did too many, which maybe wasn't good for the rest of my training).
As far as the Hanson plans, I have not read the book yet, but I got the impression they have plans at different mileage levels, especially the ones you purchase on the website.
evanflein, which marathon in CO are you looking at, the one in Fort Collins that a lot of people PR at?
I will be better at posting now that I'm actually training for a marathon.
PRs: 5K: 21:25, 10K: 44:05, HM: 1:38:23* (downhill), M: 3:32:09
Funny, I only missed one long run due to the flu, but it felt like it had been months since my last one. Today's plan called for a bit over 2 hours, and it was nice to finish it still feeling good. I think I'm finally back from the sickness.
Welcome back, NTS, and don't worry about posting sporadically. We're really good at that, so much so that weekly threads became monthly threads. Now, if they become yearly, we've got a problem.
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Hi, guys. Happy New Year! I've been too busy for the past week and I forgot to check in here. Boo hiss.
Running has been going well. My first marathon for 2013 is this weekend during the Disney Goofy. So I'm excited about getting 2013 started!
Today is an SRD for me.
Hope everybody is doing well.
Good luck, DR. Have fun!
What's an SRD? (Some type of running day)
And, have fun at Disney!
Did 5mi w/u and 10mi at MP tonight.
DW did 7mi of the MP with me - not contiguous, but still, that's 7mi with breaks at faster than her 10K PR pace, I think, so clearly she has a 10K PR waiting for her. Her 10K PR is at a fun 10K we did last autumn which is run on a (small) mountain - up, then down - guaranteed negative split
Perry, SRD = Scheduled Rest Day
Some people schedule them, others just have them happen to them!
How'd you do at Disney, Docket? I enjoyed that marathon even though it's my infamous "forgotten timing chip" marathon. Well, I enjoyed it once I got over the trauma of realizing I'd forgotten my chip at the hotel. The only problem with the race itself is it starts so damn early and it's dark and crowded in the beginning miles. I stumbled on rough asphalt a few times.
Nice running with DW, Perry. When's the next race?
Not much running for me lately. I've been sick. Bleh. "Just" a cold, but it's really knocked me for a loop and I just feel wiped out. And coughing. Like I said, bleh.
Yeah, DR -- how'd it go?
Next run for me will be in San Diego, Sunday morning. Heading out there to help take care of the 3 month old grandkid so mom (Harriet's daughter) can get back to work and keep him out of day care for another month. I'll be coming back after 2.5 weeks, but Harriet will be there for the month.
E: I'm targeting our local marathon in March. DW hasn't picked any targets, except she is supposed to start training for ultra running sometime before this summer. Hope you bounce back from that cold shortly.
L - hope you get some fun grandkid times, and some running in - should be nice weather out there, right?


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Unrest In The Middle East.
The Associated Press has a summary of unrest in the Middle East:
Syria's vice president calls for a transition to democracy in a country ruled for four decades by an authoritarian family dynasty, crediting mass protests with forcing the regime to consider reforms while also warning against further demonstrations. Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa was speaking at a national dialogue. Key opposition figures driving the four-month-old uprising boycott the meeting, refusing to talk until a deadly crackdown on protesters ends.
Army troops firing in the air clash with stone-throwing protesters in the strategic city of Suez after crowds block a key highway to push for faster reform efforts, including probes of alleged abuses during the uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak. Suez has been hit by days of unrest over calls for swifter action against Mubarak-era officials. In Cairo, protesters block access to the Egyptian capital's largest government building and threaten to expand sit-ins to other sites.
Elsewhere the Torygraph reports:
"In scenes that would have been remarkable before four months of protests and violent suppression, the regime of President Bashar al-Assad allowed public criticism to be aired at a televised conference and promised "multi-party democracy" in response.
"The bullets are still being fired in Homs and Hama," said one participant, the writer Tayyeb Tizini, of two major cities that have seen repeated demonstrations. "Laying the foundations for a civil society requires the dismantling of the police state.
"That's an absolute prerequisite, because otherwise the police state will sabotage all our efforts." He also called for the freeing of "thousands" of political prisoners, some who he said had been in prison for years.
But the convention was boycotted by many more leading dissidents and opposition figures with links to the street protests, calling its final purpose into question. "I thought 1,500 people died for more than a dialogue between the regime and itself," one activist wrote on Twitter. "
UN Hands Over Protesters To Bahrain.
Officials at the UN offices in Manama, the capital city of Bahrain, have handed over human rights protesters to the Bahraini security forces according to information coming out of Twitter and Demotix:
"Three Bahrain women, Asma Darwish,Sawsan Jawad and Zainab Alkhawaja have been arrested as they began a hunger strike calling for immediate action to be taken by the UN, on political prisoners in Bahrain. "
So instead of helping the women, the UN officials hand them over to the very people they should be protecting them from. Despicable.
In Bahrain, The West's Ally, Prosecutes Medical Staff.
As the regime in Bahrain puts medical staff in the dock, they've managed to do what only the worst dictatorships, mad monarchs and authoritarians do, lock up a poet.
Reuters reports:
"MANAMA — A Bahraini court sentenced a young Shi'ite poet to one year in prison on Sunday for taking part in illegal protests and incitement against the Gulf state's monarchy.
Ayat al-Qurmouzi, 20, was arrested after she recited a poem mocking the Bahraini king and demanding he step down, during protests led by the country's Shi'ite majority that gripped the kingdom in February and March.
A relative confirmed her sentence, saying Qurmouzi's family had feared for her safety in detention.
Bahrain, a U.S. ally that hosts the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet, called in troops from its fellow Sunni-led Gulf neighbor Saudi Arabia to help it crush the pro-democracy protests in March.
Qurmouzi is one of about 400 people, most of them Shi'ites, who the Shi'ite opposition party Wefaq says have been put on trial for their roles in the protests.
Some 50 people have already been given sentences ranging from short prison terms to execution, the group says.
The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights said in a statement on Sunday that Qurmouzi and others had been ill-treated in custody. "
The Guardian covers it here.
On top of that, Bahrain's rulers are prosecuting medical staff, in direct contravention of the Geneva Convention:
"Manama, Bahrain (CNN) — Dozens of doctors and nurses went on trial Monday in Bahrain, accused of taking control of a hospital during anti-government protests, storing weapons and keeping people prisoner.
The doctors, their lawyers and international human rights activists say the defendants were tortured to extract confessions against a background of demonstrations in the kingdom.
Eleven male doctors appeared in court Monday, their heads shaven, alongside at least five female doctors. They appeared stressed and anxious.
One of the doctors tried to tell the judge that his confession had been extracted under torture, but the judge told him to stop and that he would be able to give evidence later in the trial.
Human rights groups have accused the government of widespread attacks on doctors and other medical workers.
"We documented a systematic attack on medical staff in Bahrain including the beatings, torture and disappearances of more than 30 physicians," said Richard Sollom, deputy director of Physicians for Human Rights.
"We found doctors were simply providing ethical and life-saving medical care to patients whom Bahraini security forces had shot, detained and tortured," Sollom said.
Physicians for Human Rights, a group that shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to ban landmines, says it sent investigators to the Persian Gulf kingdom and interviewed 45 patients, doctors, nurses and witnesses.
The report details attacks on "physicians, medical staff, patients and unarmed civilians with the use of bird shot, physical beatings, rubber bullets, tear gas and unidentified chemical agents," the group said in an April report.
Its report echoes those released earlier by Human Rights Watch and Doctors Without Borders.
Another Weekend Of Assortments.
The world is a busy place and events move on at a pace, so here are a few assortments I nearly missed:
Colonel Qaddafi sends a thank you note to some members of the US Congress.
Andy on the Australian Defence League.
Tel Aviv's Gay Pride is very colourful, according to the Guardian.
Blogger arrested for filming a Council meeting.
And for the Polyglots amongst you, the EUMC Working Definition of Antisemitism in many, many languages, including, but not limited to Mongolian and Estonian.
Jen Campbell's blog is enjoyable. Book lovers will like her series, weird things customers say in bookshops.
The Atlantic Wire has picked apart many of Palin's emails and it is as you might expect, stunning!
Top 10 trends on Twitter, not sure about this.
Washington Post finds that Palin had a third email account, which is amazing. It shows a hitherto hidden aspect to Palin, dexterity with a PC, who would have thought it?
Are the Iranian Revolutionary Guards helping to kill Syrians?
In Japan, an anti-nuclear protest.
Syria And Assorted News.
The news coming out of Syria is terrible, Left Foot Forward covers it.
Amnesty International highlights the plight of medical staff in Bahrain that are scheduled to go on trial on Monday.
It seems that the Iranian state is getting people accustomed to the idea of a nuclear test, or at least that is one plausible reading coming out of this piece in the Guardian.
This extract is for Sally Hunt, UCU General Secretary lest she forget what institutional racism means. [Thanks to Flesh Is Grass.]
Apparently, a Tory MP has sexually assaulted a woman, and guess who he blames? The woman. Then he proceeds to cast doubt on the veracity of the victim's account of the assault. I am sure if UCU members read the Indy article with a critical eye they will see a message there.
Another EDL thug.
An eyewitness account from Syria.
Finally, the Washington Post has a page on the Palin emails. I liked this bit, Sarah Palin emails hint at her governing style.
Paid To Get Shot?
I think anyone that follows the Middle East would appreciate how the despots and dictators in that region have manipulated, exploited and used the Palestinians as a political football, for their own purposes, but even I was surprised at this story in the Guardian:
"Israeli troops have clashed with protesters on the Syrian border for the second time in less than a month, with several dozen reported injured and claims that up to 20 had been killed.
The violence had been widely predicted after organisers called for a symbolic March on Israel to mark 44 years since the beginning of the six day war in 1967.
However, the clashes were smaller in scale than the last time pro-Palestinian activists confronted Israeli soldiers along borders with Syria, the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon.
The Syrian village of Majd al-Shams was again the focal point with an estimated 1,000 Syrians and Palestinians surging to within 20 metres of the fenced off border over six hours. They threw stones and molotov cocktails at Israeli troops as snipers fired rubber-coated bullets and live rounds at some activists,
One demonstrator who was wounded that day told the Guardian the Lebanese militia Hezbollah had given him $50 to turn up at the border and $900 to have his gunshot wounds treated by physicians. He said he had been planning to return to Maroun al-Ras yesterday until the rally was cancelled.
But as the Syrian government's brutal crackdown on protests show, protesters are only allowed to gather when the state allows them. The Golan area of Syria is off-limits without state permission."
Over In Syria, Hamza Ali al-Khateeb.
The situation in Syria is still very serious, yet in the West comparatively little is heard of Syrian's dire circumstances or the true level of State organised murder.
In the Western media, the regime's violent is under reported and not given the prominence that it should have.
This is another example of how the dictatorship in Syria treats people:
"BEIRUT — The boy's head was swollen, purple and disfigured. His body was a mess of welts, cigarette burns and wounds from bullets fired to injure, not kill. His kneecaps had been smashed, his neck broken, his jaw shattered and his penis cut off.
What finally killed him was not clear, but it appeared painfully, shockingly clear that he had suffered terribly during the month he spent in Syrian custody.
Hamza Ali al-Khateeb was 13 years old.
And since a video portraying the torture inflicted upon him was broadcast on the al-Jazeera television network Friday, he has rapidly emerged as the new symbol of the protest movement in Syria. His childish features have put a face to the largely faceless and leaderless opposition to President Bashar al-Assad's regime that has roiled the country for nine weeks, reinvigorating a movement that had seemed in danger of drifting.
It is too early to tell whether the boy's death will trigger the kind of critical mass that brought down the regimes in Egypt and Tunisia earlier this year and that the Syrian protests have lacked. But it would not be the first time that the suffering of an individual had motivated ordinary people who might not otherwise have taken to the streets to rise against their governments. "


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LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Lipscomb men's golf team looks to wrap up the regular season on a strong note as the Bisons travel to Lexington to take part in the Bluegrass Invitational hosted by the University of Kentucky.
The two-day, 54-hole tournament will begin Saturday, April 12 and wrap up Sunday, April 13 at the University Club. The first 36 holes will be played on Saturday with a shotgun start at 7:30 a.m. The final 18 will be played Sunday. The University Club is a par-72 course that stretches 6,992 yards.
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