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(Proud coach! Hem, hem.)
Friday, 31 March 2006
Thursday Part Two
(Proud coach! Hem, hem.)
Lessons From Geese #3
Fact #3: When the lead goose tires, it rotates back into the formation and another goose flies to the point position.
Lesson #3: It pays to take turns doing the hard tasks and sharing leadership. As with geese, people are interdependent on each other's skills, capabilities, and unique arrangements of gifts, talents, or resources.
Application #3: Can I step aside from organising training sessions from time to time and let others take a turn? Can I encourage some of you who train with me to register as "contributors" to this blog and write posts every now and then? I hope so.
Thursday was the day I felt sick with severe stomach ache for the second day in a row, making me wonder whether this, as well as the sore achilles, was going to be too much for me to run the marathon in a week's time. But another few days should fix that! I am very glad my goal this week was "run as I feel" cause I sure don't feel like running.
Thursday was the day I watched the Pennington 1500m race, won deservedly and by a huge margin by John Morton. Good on Maria for finishing fourth over all.
Thursday was the day I saw more than one member of my training group excel themselves in pace judgment as they ran excellent even splits in the same 1500m. Extraordinary effort guys. You CAN teach an old dog new tricks!
Thursday was the day I saw Tony run an extra lap for the spiral 8 because he forgot to move out on one of the laps; which is really funny because it was Tony himself who originated the spiral handicap concept. And he chose the longest spiral race for this brain explosion.
Not a bad day in all but I am feeling very nervous about next week!
Postscript. Heh, certain people are doing the iron man this weekend AND the marathon next. How do you do that?
Thursday, 30 March 2006
Lessons From Geese #2
Fact #2: When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of flying alone. It quickly moves back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird immediately in front of it.
Lesson #2: If we have as much sense as a goose, we stay in formation with those headed where we want to go. We are willing to accept their help and give our help to others.
Pennington finale tonight
Here's tonight's program
6.00 3000M, Weight (Lower Throwing Field)
6.15 200m (B)
6.30 1200/2000m Walk (Last Pointscore)
6.45 Long Jump (QA)
7.00 1500M (P), Javelin, Shot
7.15 High Jump
7.30 100m
7.45 Javelin, Shot, 200m Hurdles, Triple Jump
8.00 4x200m Relay
8.15 8 Lap Spiral (Adler)
Wednesday, 29 March 2006
Lessons From Geese #1
Fact #1: As each goose flaps its wings it creates an uplift for the birds that follow. By flying in a V formation, the whole flock adds 71 percent greater flying range than if each bird flew alone.
Lesson #1: People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going quicker and easier because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.
Application #1: And you thought running was an individual sport? My observation over the years has been that when we work together, training and racing, with shared goals, much more is achieved than if we work separately.
Tuesday, 28 March 2006
Running the Jurassic Marathon
Monday, 27 March 2006
It's a beautiful day
It's funny, both my PC and the cat have adjusted for the end of daylight saving. Yesterday the PC changed its time by an hour automatically (one week early, for Queensland & WA readers who don't have to keep track of such complexities) and Riki the cat is sleeping an extra hour, head firmly tucked under tail and paws. Daylight saving actually ends next Sunday, the day of the Women and Girls Fun Run.
last week's target 100 km, achieved 95 km
this week's target whatever I feel like
weight 64 kg, weight loss -0.5 kg, total weight loss 3 kg
quote of the week What you don't have you don't need it now
song of the week "Beautiful Day" by U2, also by Sanctus Real on a new album, In the Name of Love - Artists United for Africa
I ran a good Vets Handicap race yesterday - parts of the run were quite fast, and even though I backed off and jogged down some steeper bits I am pleased with the run. The good thing though is that the constant variety of niggles I have been experiencing went away for the race, which means that by the time the marathon comes along and with good management I should be niggle free.
Oh, and a funny thing. I got to the start line and pulled off my track suit to discover I had left my singlet in the car. So I ran topless. I probably ran better for having no singlet, but I just hope there were no photographers around.
I still plan to run long this week but I will monitor it day by day this week and ease right back next week for the big one.
Team Moore results - long course 7.5k
9 Charlie McCormack W40 36:44
14 Tony Booth M65 36:51
24 Geoff Moore M55 32:37
29 Mick Charlton M50 38:50
30 Christopher Lang M55 40:11
31 Jill Brown W55 44:06
39 Rod Lynch M45 31:09
43 John Alcock M60 38:06
63 Alan Duus M60 38:19
75 Roger Pilkington M45 35:08
85 Neville Madden M50 37:48
86 Geoff Barker M60 40:35
93 Peter Hogan M55 41:09
Team Moore results - short course 3.5k
10 Charmaine Knobel W50 17:52
12 Katie Forestier W40 15:23 - bronze medal
14 Sarah Pau W30 17:23
21 Gary Bowen M45 14:48
27 Ken Gordon M40 14:38
35 Cathy Montalto W50 18:08
39 Michael Roche M60 22:10
Sunday, 26 March 2006
When the drums stop
Yay! I survived the Kowen Forest Vets race. I will be OK for the marathon now. The big run was from Katie who won the bronze medal in the Frylink race, she just keeps improving!
A description of the anaerobic set we did at Aranda the last two weeks - a 20 second sprint, a 15-20 second jog/stride, and repeat. Then wait until 80 seconds are up and repeat by ten.
One of my friends from the ABS died last week after a long illness, his funeral is tomorrow. John Paice was a participant and organiser at the Lake Ginninderra monthly handicap run. He had many friends in the wider community, as well as family.
...by Karmin
A man (call him Horace) went on a safari in darkest Africa with a bunch of other people and some native guides. They traveled on foot, going deep into the jungle where they could hear the screeching of birds and howling of wild cats and other fierce wild animals.
After a few days of travel, Horace came to notice that there was a constant drumming noise in the background. He asked the leader of the guides what the drumming was. He got no answer, just a stony silence. The drumming continued all day and all night for the next several days. In fact, as they traveled deeper into the jungle the drumming got even louder. Horace tried again to find out what the drumming meant by asking the other native guides, but he still got no answer.
Finally one morning, after days of marching to this drumming (which by now was sounding quite ominous), the drums suddenly stopped. The native guides screamed and ran into the jungle to hide in the undergrowth. The leader remained behind with his charges, but he was trembling with fear. Horace asked "What is wrong? Why have the drums stopped?"
The native guide replied "Very bad."
"What?" asked Horace, who was expecting the worst. The guide answered "When drum stops, very bad - next comes bass solo!"
Saturday, 25 March 2006
Even Pace
Running is far more than just putting one foot in front of the other as fast as possible and slowing down when you get tired. Or, expecting with training that you will be able to go flat out all the way when you get enough fitness together.
Now I have a dislike of a mechanical, same-pace-all-the-way kind of run. I think real running is racing along enjoying surging, easing back, striding out, playing with tempo and pace.
So when I talk about even pace I really should call it good pace judgment. It is the knowledge of what your pace is, especially early in a long race. It is the ability to go out and run at a predetermined pace, and be spot on to the second. It is a feel for how fast you are going and a sense of how your body is responding to that.
The first thing a novice who plans to race and wants to improve times, needs to learn is good pace judgment. The second thing to learn, which must be added to good pace judgment, is the ability to surge. And with it, the fitness to be able to recover from the surges and continue on at an even pace still.
Very few middle and long distance runners in the Commonwealth Games who won heats or finals went fast early and slower later. An exception was the 400m, but that is a sprint at that level and a very different event from the longer ones.
So what are we going to do about it? All our interval training has been about learning good pace judgment. But as a training group we haven't been too good converting that experience to races. So I will be doing more monitoring of intermediate splits in future races and time trials. Secondly, we need to learn to surge. So I will be racking my brains for some fun ways of doing that around the tracks at Parliament House and on the oval at Dickson.
We have finished training at Aranda for the time being. Dickson starts on Thursday 20 April. Be there!
Start at YOUR optimum pace!
Friday, 24 March 2006
What Team Moore?
I should add, I have just this week culled the Team Moore list to exclude people who have not trained with us in 2006.
This means some who trained with us loyally for years, and have not reappeared recently, have been removed; also missing are others who have come out a few times and promise they will be back.
Still, there are 50 names on the new list!
I should also add, I only list events I coach! So no walks, throws, jumps. (Athletics is really four sports, not one! A very strange mixture.)
3000m early
M40 Colin Farlow 10:15.57
M45 Amalendu Edelsten 9:55.23
M45 Roger Pilkington 11:11.08
3000m late
M45 Roger Pilkington 12:12.55
M55 Mick Saunders 12:54.56
W40 Katie Forestier 12:12.39
M55 Mick Saunders 33.38
W45 Vicki Matthews 30.49
W55 Maureen Rossiter 32.59
What's It To Be?
What Relay Happened
Charlie 5:43 {84, 91, 97, 71}
Helen 5:45 {85, 95, 97, 68}
Gabe 6:01 {89, 97, 101, 74}
Katie 5:39 {84, 93, 95, 67}
Final time 23:08.08 - an ACT and Australian record.
The final race in the Daniels Series left Vicki in front of the women's field. In the men's, Craig Edwards came through to snatch the win, with his .5 second win over John Burns earning him the extra points he needed to pass John.
Still three Moore 3000m races to go and in the women's results the fat lady is singing with Margaret McSpadden having the series sewn up although Rosemary Parker is theoretically able to catch her. In the men's the fat lady is warming up and stretching; Michael Leahey should win from Paul Considine with only Colin Farlow a threat - that is, if Colin can improve by a minute in his last two 3000s. He might be more interested in the Pennington 1500m this Thursday.
Thursday, 23 March 2006
Funny Man
So probably the two most important components of my marathon preparation have been a waste of time - with the realisation that I won't win, all the practicing I have done raising both hands in a victory salute over the finish line - and now with this letter, practicing grabbing a drink off the drink table at speed without knocking over any of the other drinks.
Good on this guy for exposing once and for all how nasty we runners are because we rubbish our city.
I do wonder however if Mr Ellet has ever gone out and observed the post-marathon cleanup gangs removing not only the cups, sponges etc left by the runners, but also the other rubbish that was there at the start such as KFC containers, chocolate wrappers and other debris discarded by the non-athletic, sedentary, obese members of our wonderful community.
Wednesday, 22 March 2006
Lauren's run 2006
Can't wait for 2007, 2008, ...
Wild Geese
You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
Love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting -
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.
--Mary Oliver
Tuesday, 21 March 2006
In case you missed it.
** I didn't know there were "mountain running" form guides (just click on an event to start navigating around), which include marathon and half marathon, as well as lunch time, cross country, and the now defunct Vets form guides.
** A cutting from a Canberra Times earlier this year. Michelle is of course and esteemed member of Team Moore.
Monday, 20 March 2006
Twenty Days
last week's target 110 km, achieved 110 km
song of the week Belter, Powderfinger
I feel like dropping bombs between your eyes
But not today
Too slow
I feel like sinking arrows in your mind
You're all the same
You don't have to reveal it
You get trouble concede
You don't have to reveal it
Are you feeling right
Are you feeling right
A defeated sight
Are you feeling right
You go
Soaking up your public appetite
The war you wage
Too slow
I tell you once again you're not my type
You're all the same
Something come along gonna make a change
You don't have to reveal it
You get trouble concede
You don't have to reveal it
Are you feeling right
Are you feeling right
A defeated sight
Are you feeling right
Sunday, 19 March 2006
From Dave Mackenzie
Saturday, 18 March 2006
Goose Bumps
A gaggle of runners can be expected to attend the Team Moore end-of-season dinner in May. Still a fair way down the track, no arrangements have been made but the date has been set at Monday 15 May. The thinking is that many will be recovering from the Canberra Half Marathon the day before, so instead of training we will meet for dinner and present any track season Team Moore prizes. Put it in your diaries; more information to follow.
How to run faster
Pictured is a Team Moore member learning to run faster by turning up late at Parliament House and racing to the "ladies" to get changed.
Why did I post this? Just wanted to see if I get any MSN search (or other search engine) hits on "how to run faster". If that is you, sorry! Appreciative comments are welcome.
Don't forget that we train at Parliament House year round. Come May, we will be starting some hill sprints for strength and co-ordination.
Big relay day this Thursday
Get your teams together for the 4 x 1500m relay runs this Thursday. Plenty of vulnerable age group records to go for! Go the W40s - Katie, Gabe, Charlie and Helen. What a team! I get goose bumps just thinking of it.
Friday, 17 March 2006
M45 Roger Pilkington 39:46.26
W55 Margaret McSpadden 52:55.51
M40 Colin Farlow 10:18.82
M45 Rod Lynch 11:11.31
M45 Richard Faulks 11:26.82
M45 Gary Bowen 12:35.75
M45 Roger Pilkington 12:44.22
M55 Mick Saunders 12:27.73
M65 Tony Booth 13:39.51
W45 Helen Larmour 12:43.89
W45 Pam Faulks 15:17.46
M40 Colin Farlow 2:22.06
M45 Rod Lynch 2:39.97
M50 Neville Madden 2:33.87
M55 Gary Bowen 2:37.69
M55 Neil Boden 2:42.63
M55 Mick Saunders 2:54.95
M65 Tony Booth 3:00.50
W40 Katie Forestier 2:48.25
W50 Kathy Sims 2:56.70
W55 Jill Brown 3:10.49
W55 Maureen Rossiter 3:12.83
M45 Rod Lynch 69.1
M55 Geoff Sims 61.3
M60 Michael Roche 81.6
W50 Kathy Sims 81.3
W55 Maureen Rossiter 73.0
M60 Michael Roche 15.38
W45 Pam Faulks 18.69
W55 Maureen Rossiter 15.36
W55 Jill Brown 16.97
Thursday, 16 March 2006
Too many koalas, too few ducks
Ruth Baussman, ACT, 55, 3:58:44, 2003
Gary Bowen, ACT, 49, 3:27:03, 2004
Peter Hogan, ACT, 59
Geoff Moore, ACT, 57, 2:26:58, 1978
Cathy Newman, ACT, 45, 3:40:11, 2005
Roger Pilkington, ACT, 47, 3:24:57, 2005
John Stoney, ACT, 40, 3:53:00, 2003
David Webster, ACT, 54, 3:14:27, 2005
Everyone else, come along and cheer!
Go here for the full list of entrants including 5k, 10k, and 50k.
Wednesday, 15 March 2006
Jilly Jogsaw
Training on Curtin Mountain
4. Katie Forestier W40 24:10
19. Caroline Campbell W60 30:37
20. Richard Faulks M45 22:07
43. Mick Saunders M55 24:21
50. Roger Pilkington M45 25:15
64. Mick Charlton M50 27:24
86. Geoff Barker M60 37:16
Where We Train
Here's the latest information on training venues, as we transition from summer to winter training.
Mondays - We will continue to train at Parliament House. Not on Easter Monday however as that is the day of the AMA 8k cross country.
Thursdays - The last Vets track is 6 April, then it's Easter, so we will be starting at Dickson Oval on 20 April.
Saturdays - The ACT Cross Country Club kicks off its winter season on 1 April, and we will stop meeting at Aranda then. I intend to resume there on 9 September. So the last sessions at Aranda for the time being are 18 and 25 March.
Tuesday, 14 March 2006
Geese Fly South
Many Northsiders including a few Speedy Geese flew South of the lake to the Irish Club on Sunday to race in the annual Weston Creek Half Marathon.
It is usually a hot day for the run once the clouds burn off and Sunday was hot despite the clouds staying put.
It is a great day for runners and non-runners alike, with many family, friends and other spectators coming down to the course to have a gander at the runners.
Have one start time!A great day; the only complaint I have is the not-slow runners who abuse the early start privilege extended to the very slow. It is quite unfair for a handful of runners to start early and run out the front in potentially better conditions. This needs to be policed or eliminated altogether. To defuse complaints from the runners involved, I would suggest starting everybody at the early start time, 7:00am.
Monday, 13 March 2006
Four Steps Forward One Step Back
last week's target 100 km, achieved 75 km
this week's target 110 km
weight 64.5 kg, weight loss -0.5 kg, total weight loss 2.5 kg
song of the week Mountain's High, Delirious - World Service. "This mountain's high, too high for us"
I could only shuffle around this week, with a very sore muscle in my right calf. However, the masseur said I could still run the half marathon yesterday, so I gave it a go despite considerable discomfort. I backed well off from my target pace. What I have found is that, when I am injured, it is just as hard running slowly as it would be running faster. I kept having to ease back, especially down hill, but it seemed just as hard as if I had raced down the hills. Anyway, the calf only got a bit worse during the run, and I ended up passing a few people up the hills in the second half who were suffering more than me. Despite all that, I was very pleased with my final time of 93.40 for the Weston Creek course, still within the range of times I was hoping for; I now know that Canberra Marathon at over a minute per km slower should be no problem; and I am confident of running 87:30 in the Canberra Half in May, more injuries permitting.
My form over the years
This graph shows how I rate my form over the years I have been running. It is "seasonally adjusted" for age, so for example a 2:30 marathon at age 30 would be equivalent to a 3:00 marathon at age 60. The X axis is year from 1962 to present. The Y axis is percentage fitness. I estimate I have improved to about 70% fit this year so far. A 100% fitness now would be about a 37:30 10k. "Zero percent" was when I could "only" run about 46 minutes.
The interesting thing about the chart is the plummet from 100 to 0; the change was overnight, the reason was never discovered.
I was at my peak for about fifteen years, an achievement I am proud of. Most people can expect about ten years. It was probably mostly luck considering my high mileage through that period; being light on my feet may have helped. I had almost no injuries.
Sunday, 12 March 2006
Woke up.. fell out of bed... dragged a comb across my head
It was an early start for the Six Foot Track run yesterday and the Weston Creek Half Marathon today.
Six Foot Track
Team Moore results
200 Geoff Barker 5:15 (2nd M60)
Carol Baird and Geoff Barker at a previous event. Two very speedy people indeed. Carol, one of the race favourites for the Six Foot Track, hurt her foot and was unable to finish.
Weston Creek Half Marathon
A hot Sunday morning for the half marathon - it had cooled down very little overnight - saw the biggest field for a number of years. Age category winners from Team Moore were Cathy Newman, having her first win as a W45, and Caroline Campbell W60. "Speedy Geese" comprising three Team Moore runners was the first women's relay team. Speedy Goose 3, Maria, won a barrel draw prize too. Have I forgotten anyone? Official results to come.
There is a new link on the sidebar of this blog, a link to ACTVAC News. The news page is a new service recently appearing on the ACTVAC website. It will be updated weekly, every Monday. Something I have volunteered to do. If you have news you would like to appear there, please email me!
Saturday, 11 March 2006
Friday, 10 March 2006
Thursday Night Track Results
Canberra is gearing up for the conduct of another fabulous AMA Track and Field Championship weekend at Easter, an event which comes to the ACT about every seven years. Full details are available on THIS website but be quick, entries close very very soon. In fact if you are reading this after 16 March 2006 you have missed the boat. Don't despair; you can help out by being a volunteer this time, then train up for next year's in another state. And perhaps there will be the odd Sunday night dinner ticket still available.
Team Wimp
Is this you? Come and run track! Only a few weeks to go and it is all over for another season.
Track Results
For the few who attended track last night, the performances were quite outstanding… here are our results.
M40 Colin Farlow 10:20.18
M45 Amalendu Edelsten 9:56.64
M45 Gary Bowen 11:51.46
M55 Neil Boden 13:12.08
M65 Tony Booth 12:51.58
W40 Katie Forestier 12:14.14
W50 Kathy Sims 12:50.11
M60 Michael Roche 15.67
W40 Katie Forestier 15.98
W40 Gabrielle Brown 16.07
M55 Geoff Sims 27.06
M55 Kevin Chamberlain 30.27
M60 Michael Roche 33.37
M45 Roger Pilkington
Long Jump 3.14
Javelin 23.73
200m 37.68
Discus 17.06
1500m 7:46.24 (?? surely not!)
total 808 points
W40 Gabrielle Brown
Long Jump 3.05
Javelin 16.00
200m 34.04
Discus 17.41
800m 3:04.50
total 1514 points
W45 Vicki Matthews
Long Jump 3.71
Javelin 21.14
200m 30.16
Discus 21.55
800m 3:08.52
total 2424 points
W45 Alex Lloyd
Long Jump 4.00
Javelin 23.33
200m 32.35
Discus 18.38
800m 3:17.85
total 2263 points
Thursday, 9 March 2006
Summer Series Results Boathouse 5k
16. Thea Zimpel 22:35
17. Annette Sugden W40 22:38
35. Margaret McSpadden W55 26:28
36. Ruth Baussmann W55 26:53
Men – David is improving again
29. David Webster M50 20:25
51. David Baussmann M55 22:37
58. Roger Pilkington M45 23:17
61. Bob Harlow M55 23:26
66. Mick Charlton M50 24:18
69. Geoff Barker M60 24:22
83. Graeme Small M60 28:36
Lauren will need to do a Steven Bradbury to win the 400m hurdles final. Lauren will need to do a Steven Bradbury to make the 400m hurdles final. Go Lauren!
Commonwealth Games Women's 400m hurdles heats - midday session, Wednesday 22nd March
Commonwealth Games Women's 400m hurdles final - evening session, Thursday 23rd March
Quote of the Week "Be more like a child today, for children sing whether they sound good or not."
Song of the Week "If You Could See Me Now" - P.O.D., Testify
Wednesday, 8 March 2006
For every proverb there is an equal and opposite proverb
It is birthday time for
**Cathy Newman, 45 last Saturday. Welcome to the new age group.
**Annemarie Calnan, 50 last Monday. She only lasted two days in Cathy's age group before moving up.
**Christopher Lang, 55 next Monday. Welcome into the elite group, Chris.
Others of note to have birthdays are
*Rosemary Longstaff, 55 last Thursday (and turned up at track to see if she could break Maureen's 800m record. She didn't. She ran 2:55, just over Fran's old record.)
*Mick Dando, 72 last Monday
*Alex Osborn, Kathy Sims' grandson, 1 this Thursday
*Gary Bowen, 49 next Tuesday
Happy Birthday To You All!
Tuesday, 7 March 2006
For The Record
There are so many people changing age groups, I thought I would publish the official ACT middle distance records, as of 31/12/2005. Quite a few of the records are held by people who were part of "Team Moore" in the dim and distant past, but I have highlighted just current members. The complete list of records is on the ACTVAC website. An * indicates a current Australian Record.
800 Metres
M30 1.56.71e Vince Craig 2000
M35 1.55.9 Jeff King 2000
M40 1.57.6 Tony Murray 1988
M45 2.01.0 John Morton 2004
M50 2.05.9 Kevin Chamberlain 1997
M55 2.16.2 Kevin Chamberlain 2002
M60 2.21.82e Lindsay Hooper 1987
M65 2.41.2 Keith Perroux 1991
M70 2.51.9 Merv Collins 1996
M75 3.01.91e Rad Leovic 2005
M80 4.47.6 Hal Dalheim 1998
M85 4.24.84e Allan Sherriff 1999
W30 2.11.4 Stacey Quitzau 1993
W35 2.14.07e Jenny Brichacek 2003
W40 2.15.3 Elaine Cooper 2000
W45 2.30.41e Kathy Southgate 2005
W50 2.35.2 Maureen Rossiter 2003
W55 2.54.9 Fran Harris 1997
W60 3.04.83e Fran Harris 2003
W65 3.12.00e Cory Collins 2002
W70 3.53.1 Anne Young 2005
1500 Metres
M30 3.58.7 Mark Silins 1995
M35 3.55.43e * Gerard Ryan 1996
M40 3.56.2 Tony Murray 1989
M45 4.12.0 Garry Hand 1991
M50 4.21.1 Kevin Chamberlain 1997
M55 4.39.4 Kevin Chamberlain 2002
M60 4.43.81e Lindsay Hooper 1987
M65 5.32.2 Keith Perroux 1991
M70 6.05.05e Merv Collins 1997
M75 6.58.38e Rad Leovic 2003
M80 9.34.4 Hal Dalheim 1998
M85 8.45.67e Allan Sherriff 1999
W30 4.27.4 Susan Hobson 1990
W35 4.33.0 Elaine Cooper 1995
W40 4.47.5 Elaine Cooper 1999
W45 4.57.95e Kathy Southgate 2002
W50 5.28.49e Maria O'Reilly 2005
W55 5.59.1 Anne Young 1991
W60 6.16.5 Anne Young 1996
W65 6.46.57e Anne Young 2001
W70 7.50.92e Anne Young 2005
W75 9.45.36e Juani O'Reilly 2003
3000 Metres
M30 8.54.3 Colin Neave 1992
M35 8.47.3 * Geoff Moore 1984
M40 8.36.0 * Tony Murray 1987
M45 9.07.4 Frank Green 1985
M50 9.46.9 Bernie Millett 1992
M55 10.15.0 Bernie Millett 1997
M60 10.36.0 Peter Kallio 1997
M65 12.11.0 Keith Perroux/Michael Freer 1991/1995
M70 12.39.0 Michael Freer 2000
M75 14.23.0 Hal Dalheim 1994
W30 9.05.93e * Susan Hobson 1989
W35 9.51.0 Elaine Cooper 1995
W40 9.54.0 Elaine Cooper 2000
W45 10.44.81e Kathy Southgate 2002
W50 11.47.0 Kathy Sims 2002
W55 12.31.0 Anne Young 1993
W60 13.03.0 Anne Young 1996
W65 14.15.0 * Anne Young 2002
W70 16.23.14e Anne Young 2005
Monday, 6 March 2006
David Palmer
For those in the training group who don't know them, Rae was a regular at Parliament House training in the last few years, and David did join us there on one occasion last year.
David's brother-in-law, Rae's brother, David Webster presently trains with us, and our sympathy goes to the Webster family too, as well as to others in the extended family.
This comes as a shock as David Palmer was a fit bicycle rider and was seen each week at the Vets Tuesday group with Rae.
progress continues
this week's target 100 km
weight 64 kg, weight loss 1.0 kg, total weight loss 3 kg
As well as running my longest week for a long while, I also ran a couple of races well.
BBQ Stakes 6k 25:13 (pb by 1 second)
Customs 5k 19:43 (pb by 8 seconds)
My BBQ Stakes times for the last three weeks have been 25:15, 25:14 and 25:13. The first of these was a thirty second pb. Looks good!
My Customs run was the first time for ages I have strung a couple of sub 20s together. So it looks like things are going well. The only trouble I have had was pain across the bottom of my left foot - which went away completely when I loosened my shoelaces!
This week I will be easing off to race the Weston Creek Half Marathon.
Sunday, 5 March 2006
Try Something Challenging
The six foot track is on this coming Saturday? Ho hum, I will be pleased when it's over and we don't keep hearing about it all the time. Try something challenging! See http://www.raidsahara.com/.
It is on this coming Sunday. Entries close tomorrow and you can enter on-line now at https://www.registernow.com.au/sports/SportsRegister.aspx?EventID=151. I told David Webster I would pace him for a 90 minute time. I hope he co-operates because he will run much faster if he can learn to run evenly. As for myself, somewhere between 90 and 95 minutes is the expectation, and I will give sub 90 a shot, but really I am just running it to see what I can do early in the year prior to getting fitter, and to try out the shoes I will be wearing in the marathon.
It's official! I have just learned that I have been accepted into the 4 hour patcarrollpacers group. I will have the patcarroll singlet and helium balloon and will run an even 3:59 whatever the weather.
Fantastic run from Helen today. And it was good to catch up with Michelle Wells, who is going very well indeed, into her fifth month of pregnancy.
Approximate times for today's jogalong
Helen Larmour 27:02
Katie Forestier 27.15
Sarah Pau 31.05
Caroline Campbell 35.20
When we return to track training on Thursdays after the marathon is over, we should go back to Dickson oval do you think, rather than the AIS? That's my thinking. Feedback welcome.
Saturday, 4 March 2006
It doesn't get any easier
Why? Because as achievable as the times seem that older people are running, when you get there yourself, it's darned difficult to do anywhere near as well, let alone better.
Here's proof. On Thursday night at track, Merv Collins ran the 100m, 400m, and 800m races in new ACT records. The 800m was a record by 63 seconds. He ran 3:44 for the 800m, 91 for the 400m, and 19 for the 100m . Merv is a new M80. He was nowhere near last in each race.
Fifteen years ago I eyed the M50 and M55 records, thinking "I will break those". Ten to fifteen years later, the records are faster, and I am much slower.
My new plan is to wait until I am 85. But the problem is, Merv gets there first.
Thinks. "Merv was a 300m hurdler ten years ago." Hmmm.
What do you think of those times? You can say what you like; no-one of Merv's age would ever read this blog. Surely?
Friday, 3 March 2006
Track Thursday Night
M40 Colin Farlow 10:13.81
M45 Rod Lynch 11:13.94
M45 Richard Faulks 11:25.87
M50 Neville Madden 12:20.86
M55 Mick Saunders 12:10.36
M60 Mike Worsley 13:42.36
M60 Geoff Barker 13:48.53
M65 Tony Booth 13:03.59
W45 Helen Larmour 12:09.16 **20 second pb
W55 Margaret McSpadden 14:52.92
M40 Colin Farlow 2:12.12
M45 Rod Lynch 2:36.72
M60 Mike Worsley 3:25.92
M60 Geoff Barker 3:43.41
M65 Tony Booth 2:51.94
W40 Katie Forestier 2:47.19
W40 Gabrielle Brown 2:58.88
W45 Helen Larmour 2:57.26
W50 Maria O'Reilly 2:52.47
W55 Margaret McSpadden 3:40.93
3000m Turkey Handicap
M45 Roger Pilkington 13:22.74
M55 Mick Saunders 12:56.79
M60 Mike Worsley 14:12.04 ** turkey winner
M60 Geoff Barker 14:59.82
M65 Tony Booth 16:14.72
W40 Gabrielle Brown 14:47.36
W50 Maria O'Reilly 13:24.09
W55 Margaret McSpadden 16:08.71
400m Boag Event
M45 Rod Lynch 77.72
M45 Roger Pilkington 78.05
M55 Mick Saunders 74.46
M55 Geoff Sims 61.46
M60 Geoff Barker 105.81
M65 Tony Booth 76.32
W40 Katie Forestier 74.86
W40 Gabrielle Brown 80.18
W45 Vicki Matthews 72.10
W45 Alex Lloyd 82.98
W50 Maria O'Reilly 77.06
W50 Kathy Sims 79.18
W55 Jill Brown 80.91
M60 Michael Roche 15.98
W40 Katie Forestier 16.29
W45 Vicki Matthews 15.44
W45 Alex Lloyd 16.10
W55 Jill Brown 17.23
When you're on a good thing ... stick to it!
I wonder how many runners chop and change their training from month to month or even from week to week?
Assuming they even have a plan. The place where I worked had a whole lot of runners who trained most lunchtimes. In the change rooms it was commonly heard "where will we run today?" No plan. Just a wish to get out of the office and run. As a result, every run was the same; little variation in distance or intensity, and no progress made towards improving fitness.
In December I outlined a simple plan here which I have since been translating into monthly, weekly and daily goals. It was just to "build up to 110k per week and maintain all current speed sessions". This plan has been working really well as my times are finally starting to improve!
The key is (a) have a plan (b) make sure it is a good plan (c) stick to it.
It is often the stick-to-it part people have trouble with.
Give running close to the plan a reasonable priority. And don't get at all discouraged when you don't see results or when you plateau . That's normal, it's not just you! Stick to it and the results will come.
Even one bad day can discourage some people and they give up straight away. Hang in there! Put the bad days behind you and see what tomorrow brings.
Have a training plan – just ONE plan - with plenty of variety so you won't get bored – then stick to it.
Thursday, 2 March 2006
Another hot 5k run
43. Margaret McSpadden W55 26:12
45. Ruth Baussmann W55 26:31
47. David Webster M50 20:45
65. Mick Saunders M55 22:13
71. Bob Harlow M55 22:47
77. Mick Charlton M50 23:59
78. David Baussmann M55 24:03
82. Geoff Barker M60 24:57
98. Roy Jones M60 29:25
Why I wasn't there
Wednesday, 1 March 2006
Canberra Connect
Roger Pilkington writes:
"I would like to thank all those people who helped on the day at the Vets Stall on Canberra Connect day. Ken who helped me set up, Peter M, Jenny, Charmaine, Phil, Pam, Peter H, Katie and Gary attending at the stall and the last three who also helped pack up.
"I thought the stall looked good, we had a very good position by the Canberra Centre. Next time I won't worry about trying to sell any Vets clothes, but having some gear hanging up in the tent was good. I would be happy to hear from anybody with suggestions for next time.
"On the day we probably had about 30-40 people stop and have a chat at the stall, most people took a Vetrunner & Brochures about the Club, I felt myself and what others had said that most people seemed very interested in the club.
"It was good to see people were also getting info for relatives including sons, daughters, mums & dads. I would be hopeful that we get 4-5 members out this promotion. In the future I would like to have some stalls set up at different shopping centres including Dickson, Canberra Centre, Belconnen, Woden, Tuggers and Coolamon Court. It be great if we could get club support for this as well."


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Understanding Contract Law when Negotiating Business Deals
Negotiating deals in the business world requires a fundamental understanding of contract law. For starters, in the United States, unless you have a specific arrangement to the contrary, no deal is closed until the parties reach an agreement on all the points under negotiation. As long as some point is under discussion, the deal remains open and subject to adjustment by either party.
Even if an agreement on various pieces of the deal seems to be in place, the deal isn't final until both parties reach an agreement on all points. Backing off a previously agreed-to point doesn't happen often, but it does happen, even to experienced negotiators.
To have an enforceable contract, you need agreement on four elements:
Description of the product or service to be delivered
Cost of the product or service
Term of the agreement
Names of the parties responsible for delivering elements of the agreement
Here are some specifics of U.S. contract law that apply to most negotiations:
Offers and counteroffers: When a party makes an offer and you make a counteroffer, you legally rejected the initial offer and put a new offer on the table. The other party may allow you to accept a previous offer but is not bound to do so. After you put a counteroffer on the table, you have no legal right to demand that an old offer stay on the table.
Written versus oral contracts: Contrary to popular belief, oral agreements are generally enforceable. The law requires a few types of contracts to be in writing, including those relating to employment and the sale of land and contracts extending for more than a year; but generally, oral contracts are valid but tough to prove if you get into a dispute unless you have something other than your own memory to establish the agreed-to terms.
Pre-contract legal protection: If one or both parties begin to carry out the terms of an agreement before a fully enforceable contract is signed, the courts usually support acts performed in good faith. That is, the party who performed a service or provided goods typically receives the fair market value for that service or product even if a contract is not signed.
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Second bombing in 2 days in Baghdad district kills 7
BAGHDAD — A deadly explosion in Baghdad's Shiite district of Kadhemiyah on Wednesday was the second in a row in the same area and occurred on the eve of the sixth anniversary of the U.S. overthrow of Saddam Hussein's government.
A bomb placed under a vendor's stand went off at about 11 a.m. on Bab al Dirwaza Street, a busy commercial alleyway where merchants peddle clothes and shoes. A well-known Shiite shrine stands nearby.
The explosion killed seven people and wounded 23, police said. Tuesday's car bomb killed at least eight people and wounded 20 more.
Iraq, and Baghdad in particular, has witnessed a steady uptick in explosions in recent weeks. On Monday a series of seven bombings killed dozens.
Some Iraqis have speculated that this week's violence is the work of Baathists still loyal to Saddam Hussein. Thursday marks the sixth anniversary of the fall of his regime and the day his statue was torn down in Baghdad's Firdous Square.
"It is clear they are targeting the Shiite areas," said Mohammed Mahdi, a 20-year-old merchant who witnessed Wednesday's explosion. "These things are done by the Baathists, for revenge."
Other witnesses blamed Iraq's new government. "If the politicians are all still disagreeing, how will we have peace?" asked 18-year-old Mohammed Salman.
Another bystander, Ehsan Hadi, 32, said he thinks that Iraq's security forces aren't prepared to protect the people. "In general the security forces are not good enough," he said. "Their training is weak."
A baby boy who survived Tuesday's explosion has been placed in his uncle's custody, witnesses told McClatchy Wednesday. Both the child's parents are thought to have died in the violence.
The child's rescue was widely reported by Western media, though accounts differed as to exactly where he was found and who rescued him.
Two different men claim to have saved the child, but witnesses refuted both of the men's claims, saying that another man wounded in the explosion pulled the baby from the wreckage.
One thing is certain, however: The 6-month-old, named Qais, is safe.
(Hammoudi is a McClatchy special correspondent. Reilly reports for the Merced Sun-Star.)
Infant survives Baghdad car bombing that killed 8
7 blasts in Baghdad add to Iraq's worries of renewed war
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Thanks to NEEKNERAJ for hosting MindLoveMisery's Menagerie Photo Challenge this week.
Twilight fades and darkness overtakes the sun. It's difficult to see at night in the winter when there isn't much snow. Those glistening piles such as frozen clouds, usually manage to catch the moon's radiant glow. But tonight the only light outside is a crescent moon and far above, the glimmering stars.
The lights on the dashboard flicker on and I gaze at you behind the wheel, humming softly to yourself as you continue our drive in an ink dark night. I can see from your face you're exhausted.
"Please let me drive for you? At least a couple of hours so you can sleep, Tye?"
You roll your eyes at me in the relative darkness in the inside of our car, "You don't drive well enough. You only drive to the grocery store and a short distance to work. You don't have experience driving on icy highways at night, Cara" Tye looks at me waiting for me to respond.
Finally I peep, "When I took my drivers lessons, we drove on icy snowy highways. I drive all around the city," I inform him. "Highways aren't my favorite but you're falling asleep at the wheel and I can handle driving until we reach Red Deer. The roads are deserted and I'm going to be driving straight and making sure I stay a good distance behind any other vehicle I come across."
Tye nods and bites his lip. I can tell he has no energy to argue with me. "I do need the sleep badly. When we get to Red Deer let's stop and stay at a hotel for the night, okay Cara?" I smile at Tye in agreement and watch him pull the car over to the side of the highway to trade seats wih me.
I start to drive and at first I can see he's a bit frightened for me and frankly so am I. But eventually Tye realizes I can keep up the speed on the highway and that I'm driving well, keeping my eyes on the road.
At one moment I feel the car wiggle and slide over an ice patch but I pump the breaks and I drive the car without incident again. I wonder if he noticed my dangerous slip, but peering to my side I see Tye is sound asleep.
My poor guy, I think running my one hand through his hair as we reach Red Deer. I park the car near a decent hotel. The Best Western appears newer and well taken care of. Tye rubs his eyes when I gently shake him awake.
When we are finally in our room I shower and I'm surprised when he joins me. "So, we're talking again I guess? You're not mad at me anymore?" I ask Tye.
He holds me from behind, curving his body into mine and sighing in my wet hair. He kisses my cheek, "I don't want to fight with you Cara. I want us to us again. I don't like that your ex kissed you, but I thought about it the entire time we've been driving home from the mountains. You didn't initiate the kiss and your friends said the same thing. My buddies agreed with them too. The whole situation made me so angry, I can't even explain it."
I nod and rest my head back on Tye's bare shoulder, "I would never, you know that? But I can't explain things to you if you won't communicate with me. We could've solved this back in the mountains and skipped the tense ride home. I didn't mean to make you jealous. I punched my ex for hitting on me after you went back to the hotel still foaming at the mouth," I say with a proud smirk.
Tye strokes my cheek and kisses my lips, "Punched him, hey? I'm so happy to hear you did. I wanted to more than punch him before I cooled down. It's all forgotten, Cara. But I think we could both use some extra distractions just in case."
I giggle and turn around so I'm flush against Tye, "Okay, let's completely wipe our minds clear of the past couple of days."
The night became one of our most memorable nights together.
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Interactive whiteboards, heralded as a breakthrough in teaching, have come under fire as possible risks to eyesight. While the claims that TV and computer screens would ruin people's eyesight have largely not been shown to be the case, it is possible that there is a risk here.
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Program Student Learning Outcomes
The graduate of the MSN-MBA Dual-Degree program will achieve the program outcomes of both the MSN and MBA programs.
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Upon successful completion of the MSN program, the graduate will be able to:
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5. Collaborate with other health care professionals, consumers, and other key stakeholders to effect needed change in health care delivery systems.
6. Function effectively in the advanced professional nursing roles of leader, advocate, educator, and researcher.
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AQUINO, João Emiliano Fortaleza de. Spectacle, communication and communism in Guy Debord.Traducido porMarli Warde. Kriterion [online]. 2007, vol.3Selected edition, pp. 0-0. ISSN 0100-512X.
The present work is oriented by the hypothesis that Guy Debord's reflection on language and criticism of the commodity fetishism are inseparable aspects of a single and same point of departure of the critique of "the society of the spectacle", centred on the criticism of language and commodity-form. Debord holds the view of a transition, concerning the horizon of the aesthetic and social reflection on language, which is the transition of the concept of expression to that of communication or dialogue. He seeks to compile and maintain, but also surpassing, the critical characteristic of uncommunicative expression (and, therefore, refractory to the "pseudo-communication" of the bourgeois society), as it was conceived and experienced by modern art and the vanguards of the beginning of the 20th century, formulating the social critical perspective of the direct communication.
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Photo Challenge: The Number 11
And so it goes—the passage of time. Another year is about to begin, and we mark it with another number. But the year 2011 is different, as we like to believe each upcoming year will be.
The number 11 is special, though, possibly because it's a prime number, but maybe due to its symmetry. As visual people, let's celebrate the number 11 by looking for it and working it into our photographs!
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
The Three Cycles of My Research
Here's how I would describe what the mean:
This is the chase. I've got my mind on a specific goal. Usually I'm chasing after a gravestone carver, an 18th century African American in New England or a specific historic house. I do wide surveys of documents and record groups in my attempt to locate something, anything on my target. This often involves creating a research plan so that my chase is focused and efficient. All the while I still get lost in the effort and can spend days or weeks on end chasing after my goal.
Background Reading
Often referred to as the literature search. I typically circle around a topic, reading what seems to be relevant, and then later expanding my circle. This summer has been an intensive background reading phase for me. In the past I have read many genealogical works on New England as they related to my research. This summer I decided I needed to read everything related to New England. This has been a serious literature search. I realized I couldn't move forward until I really understood everything that has already been published and what the gaps are in published works. I started on this to achieve two things: 1) to fill in the gaps of my own knowledge and 2) to provide direction for my own research so I wouldn't waste time researching something that has already been done. Clearly trying to read *everything* will take me a very long time but I've made great progress in the last few months.
There is where I take everything that I have learned from the research and background reading phases and turn it into something that can be shared. Most of my efforts to-date have involved preparing presentations or articles. I'd like to shift that in the future to include books, newsletters, webinars and maybe even a podcast. Output takes just as much, if not more focused effort than the other two phases. Often this is when I need my "alone" time, particularly for writing. Output also takes the most discipline. I need to give myself deadlines and try to stick to them. Planning for the output stage typically starts in September, which for me, is a time of renewal and re-energizing. But it can also be strongly influenced, not surprisingly, by conference proposal deadlines.
Yes, the three phases do overlap. It's not realistic to think that I can do one activity exclusive of another. But each phase seems to take a predominance over the others for awhile.
I'm sure that my research phases are directly related to the cycles of my family life. I imagine most researchers do all three things on a more daily basis. Perhaps some researchers have other influences that are impacting the way their cycles work.
Let me know how it works for you.
Photo Credit: Photo by sonictk used under the Creative Commons license.
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- AnonymousAugust 24, 2011 at 10:05 AM
Absolutely excellent article! Great job!ReplyDelete
I very much identify with what you are saying. It seems like I may research a topic, all of a posts. I'm just not motivated until I can get something to really sink my teeth in.ReplyDelete
sudden be blessed with a lot of new material, and then want to write like crazy. Right now, I'm sort of in a drought. I have about six posts I could write, but they are unconnected and related to older posts. I'm just not motivated.
I'm with you as well, Marian. The individual "cycles" of my research do have a tendency to predominate one another. I'll get really active with one part, right now it's the chase, and then the literature search will start and I'll be completely focused on that. I am admittedly a bit lax on the output portion, as you described it, but that is something I'm working on. Great post!ReplyDelete
Great explanation and I know what you mean.ReplyDelete


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Lonely old Mann
A group of prominent paleoclimatologists has written a paper rebutting one of Michael Mann's recent contributions to the scientific literature. The new paper was announced on the ITRBD Forum by Rob Wilson. The list of authors of the new paper is very long. Almost looks like they are ganging up on him. ;-)
In February of this year, Mike Mann and colleagues published a paper in Nature Geoscience entitled, "Underestimation of volcanic cooling in tree-ring based reconstructions of hemispheric temperatures". Their main conclusion was that a tree-ring based Northern Hemisphere (NH) reconstruction of D'Arrigo et al. (2006) failed to corroborate volcanically forced cold years that were simulated in modelling results (e.g. 1258, 1816 etc). Their main hypothesis was that there was a temporary cessation of tree growth (i.e. missing rings for all trees) at some sites near the temperature limit for growth. This implies Dendrochronology's inability to detect missing rings results in an underestimation of reconstructed cold years when different regional chronologies are averaged to derive a large scale NH composite.
We scrutinized this study and wrote a response to Nature Geoscience. We are pleased to announce that our comment, along with a reply by Mann et al., was finally published on Nov. 25, 2012 (http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/index.html) -- 8 months after submission. Our comment focuses on several factors that challenge the Mann et al. (2012) hypothesis of missing tree rings. We highlight problems in Mann et al.'s implementation of the tree ring model used, a lack of consideration for uncertainty in the amplitude and spatial pattern of volcanic forcing and associated climate responses, and a lack of any empirical evidence for misdating of tree-ring chronologies.
We look forward to a continued discussion on this subject.
Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Petra Breitenmoser, Keith R. Briffa, Agata Buchwal, Ulf Büntgen, Edward R. Cook, Rosanne D. D'Arrigo, Jan Esper, Michael N. Evans, David Frank, Håkan Grudd, Björn Gunnarson, Malcolm K. Hughes, Alexander V. Kirdyanov, Christian Körner, Paul J. Krusic, Brian Luckman, Thomas M. Melvin, Matthew W. Salzer, Alexander V. Shashkin, Claudia Timmreck, Eugene A. Vaganov, and Rob J.S. Wilson


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A: Going to HK would be the best bet I reckon, especially if you were loo
A:Going to HK would be the best bet I reckon, especially if you were looking for a church wedding. Chinese weddings are pretty grim IMO - you go to a barren govt dept with souless officials and navigate red tape so some guy can give you a red stamp and a marriage book. You get expensive pictures taken of you both posing in places you'd never go to in everyday life that is somehow supposed to represent your wedding, then a while later it's off to a restaurant where a game show host kind of guy makes sure it's as tacky as possible while the guests eat as fast as they can so they can leave as soon as they finish eating and gave you money. Hell, I'd go to Thailand or the Philippines and get married in Paradise. -- Stiggs
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Whole Foods Hillcrest arranged a bus tour to Mendenhall Ranch on Saturday June 2nd. A few Slow Food Urban San Diego board members tagged along to see where some of our locally raised, grass-fed and finished, certified-humane beef came from and to meet the dedicated people who are responsible for it.
With the urbanity of Rancho Bernardo twenty minutes behind us and oak-dotted golden hills in front of us, our bus arrived at Lake Henshaw. Joel Mendenhall, a sixth generation San Diego County Rancher, Thad Benshoof and Peter Morris (of Homegrown meats) met our group at the 17-cabin resort on the lake owned by Mendenhall's parents, Frank and Janice.
Our next destination was the weaning corral, where eight-month-old calves were being gradually weaned from their mothers' milk so they could develop a taste for grass. Here, Joel, Thad and Peter explained how Mendenhall Ranches and Homegrown Meats produce their Black Angus, grass-fed and finished beef: Nothing but mother's milk and grass for about two years until the animals reach a weight of 1,100 pounds. When the cows are heavy enough, they are processed in a certified-humane facility and nary a bit of them is wasted.
Next, we set out on a brief hike for a view of Lake Henshaw and an explanation of the "American Grassfed" and "Animal Welfare Approved" Certifications: both certifications HomeGrown Meats proudly displays on its products. Dan explained to us that both of these certifications are carried out by third party organizations and that there is no cost to the producer (which means the certification can not be bought.)
We finished our day with a lake-side BBQ featuring HomeGrown Meats' hot dogs and hamburgers.
All in all, it was a great day!
Many thanks to our wonderful tour guides, Carolyn and Ray at Whole Foods Hillcrest; our gracious hosts, Joel, Frank and Janice Mendenhall and Thad and Peter of HomeGrown Meats!
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Resilient Ideas: Get Off The Grid
The little town of Feldheim, Germany (population: 145) has made big strides in energy independence. Wind, sun, and biogas sometimes produce more annual electricity than the town even needs. Feldheim's 43 wind turbines churn out 170 million kilowatt hours each year on average. The biogas plant uses silage and farm manure to generate heat and electricity for 41 homes, three farms, and a factory. And the 40-hectare solar park, on a former military training ground, generates an average of one million kilowatt hours per year.
With technical investment from Energiequelle GmbH, the town set up its own grid and cooperatively-owned energy company. In return for an initial investment of approximately $4,000, stakeholders are guaranteed that the price of their energy won't rise for the next two decades.
Regina Gregory wrote this article for A Resilient Community, the Fall 2010 issue of YES! Magazine.
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A new documentary currently in production seeks to explore the fertile punk and hardcore scene of Washington, D.C. in the late 1970s and '80s.
Filmmakers Paul Bishow and James Schneider are seeking funding for their documentary Punk the Capital, Straight from Washington D.C. via Kickstarter. The film is more than 10 years in the making and will explore how the hardcore movement began and why it has such staying power, focusing on the period from 1976 to 1985.
|Ian MacKaye
The filmmakers say they conducted more than 100 interviews with key figures in the hardcore movement, collecting more than 200 hours of archival footage along with flyers, pictures, zines and more paraphernalia from the time. The film includes interviews with and footage of such hardcore luminaries as Alec and Ian MacKaye (the latter from Minor Threat, Fugazi, The Evens, The Teen Idles and Embrace), Henry Rollins (Black Flag), Jeff Nelson (Minor Threat), Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys), Tesco Vee (The Meatmen, Touch & Go), Cynthia Connolly (photographer, Dischord), Joe Keithley (D.O.A.), Sharon Cheslow (Chalk Circle) and more.


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Stephens County Sun (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 48, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 29, 1939
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Date: June 29, 1939
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In the UK "spelling" a word in a number plate is difficult as there are numerous different rules to UK plates and you have to mix letters and numbers.
Enter the Number Plate Translator – the first and only app to take words and "trsnslate" them into actual UK number plate combinations.
The app is owned by Smashing Plates Ltd – the company that brought the UK's first number plate classified website – numberplateclassifieds.co.uk.
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George Harrison, our yin-yang king of rock and roll, the dark horse who searched for the inner light, proved in many respects the hardest of the Beatles to figure out. So it's fitting, like an old brown shoe, that fans aren't quite sure exactly when to commemorate what would have been his 70th birthday.
For much of his life, Harrison believed he was born on Feb. 25, 1943. The Beatles were long over when it emerged that he arrived late on Feb. 24 that year.
There's no such confusion, though, over how much fans miss him, even if the milestone hasn't generated a Beatle-sized hoopla. The 70th birthday of the so-called "Quiet Beatle" is something to shout about.
Harrison indulged in off-stage excesses during the height of Beatlemania, but became intensely spiritual, embarking on a personal and public journey that merged East and West. He enjoyed the perks of fame, but eventually turned intensely private. He possessed a strong of sense humor – he was a pal and producer to the Monty Python crew – but could be preachy at times (even if he couched lyrics like "Chanting the names of the lord will make you free" in a masterful pop tune like "Awaiting on You All").
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Round 2 Team | Round 2 Individual
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Indiana State finished with a team aggregate score of 632 (311-321) to win the 2013 BSC Ann Rhodes Southern Shootout at the Par 72, 5802-yard Oxmoor Valley Golf Course on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.
Birmingham Southern finished fifth carding 675 36-hole total. Methodist and Harding University tied for second with a 653 followed by Montevallo in fourth with a 667. Catawba College (694), Jackson State (704), Spring Hill College (731) and New Orleans (742) were sixth through ninth, respectively.
Jesse Lawley was BSC's top individual with 164 (80-84), tying for 11th. Kaleigh Toole tied for 12th with a 166 (86-80) and Michelle Morris was 29th with a 177 (88-89). Sara Dolomvich and Rachelle Struthers tied for 30th with a 179 (95-84).
Harding's Brittany Marquez shot the tournament's low round of 71 on Sunday and shot a final round 81 to claim medalist honors. Indiana State claimed second through fourth individually with Christopher McCall (77-79) was second with a 156 followed by teammate Reece Feducia (75-82) with a 157. ISU's Emily Dixon (78-81) and Methodist's Kelsie Carralero (86-73) tied for fourth.
The Panthers return to the links in a dual match versus Centre College on March 3 at The Bear Trace at Harrison Bay in Chattanooga, Tenn.


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Lincoln College announces Alumni Reunion Weekend events
grand opening and alumni awards program among highlights
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Lincoln College's 2014 Alumni
Reunion will be during the weekend of April 25-26. All Lincoln
College alumni and friends are welcome and are encouraged to return
to the Lincoln campus for the reunion as the college celebrates the
25th, 50th, 70th and 75th anniversary years for the classes of 1989,
1964, 1944 and 1939. Three alumni and three local friends of Lincoln
College will be honored at this year's awards program, which will
take place in the Jack D. Nutt Arena in the Lincoln Center on April
The 2014 Alumni Award recipients
Marc Kalman, Class
of 1964, of Plymouth, Minn. —
Alumni Achievement Award for
Nathan Englehardt,
Class of 1999, of Washington, Ill. —
Young Alumni Achievement
Don Vinson, Class of 1957, of Lincoln —
LaVeta Zurkammer Alumni Award in
recognition of his years of service to Lincoln College as a
volunteer at the Lincoln Heritage Museum.
In addition to the regular alumni awards, the Rev. Glenn Shelton,
Les Plotner
and the late Joyce Kinzie
will be recognized
as Honorary
Alumni of Lincoln College for their work to establish and support
the Martin Luther King Jr. Minority Student Endowed Scholarship.
Kinzie's daughter Cathy Tiffany will accept the award on her behalf.
Other scheduled activities:
Wine and cheese reception, featuring Kickapoo Creek Winery of
Edwards, will be on Friday, April 25, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the
Lincoln Center. This event is open to all alumni and friends of the
college. Tickets are $10 and include light appetizers and three
complimentary wine tastings.
The Lincoln College Jazz Ensemble will perform at 7:30
p.m. Friday, April 25, and Saturday, April 26, on the main stage of
the Johnston Center for the Performing Arts. Admission is free;
donations will be accepted.
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The Lincoln Heritage Museum will reopen to the public with
a grand opening ceremony beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 26.
The ceremony will include remarks from Lincoln College President
John Blackburn, trustee Dan Weinberg, state Rep. Rich Brauer and
museum director Ron Keller and will feature a special musical
performance by Lincoln College students Cody Garretson, Nicole Ker
and Derrick Spiker, followed by a ribbon-cut with the members of the
Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce. As part of the grand
opening festivities, a special living history music presentation
will be given at 1:30 p.m. in the museum's first-floor gallery by
Lincoln College music majors Jeff Arbisi and Allen Mendez.
The museum will be open for visitors to walk through free of
charge until 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, after which the
museum will conduct timed tours of the second-floor gallery at the
reduced fee of $2. The timed tours, featuring audio-video
presentations, take approximately 75 minutes and will start
approximately every 35 minutes. A limited number of tickets will be
available, so visitors who want to take an afternoon timed tour
should request tickets at the museum welcome desk after the opening
ceremony. The museum will also be open from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday,
April 27, with the reduced admission fee.
Beginning Monday, April 28, the museum will return to regular
hours of 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 1 to 4 p.m.
Saturdays. General admission will be $5 for adults, $3 for children
and seniors.
On Saturday, April 26, Dr. Dennis Campbell will conduct tours of
Creekside, the college's new Outdoor Center for Environmental
Education, located along Sugar Creek north of Lincoln. Tours will
depart from the parking area in front of the Davidson-Sheffer
Gymnasium at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. These tours are free
and open to the public. Guests are welcome to ride the college bus
or drive themselves. Each tour lasts about one hour. The tours will
be given weather-permitting, and boots or tennis shoes are
The Lincoln College baseball and softball teams will be
playing at home on Saturday, April 26. Starting at 1 p.m. the
baseball team will play a doubleheader against Illinois Central. The
softball team will play against Spoon River College at 2 p.m. Both
teams will wear pink and sell T-shirts to raise money for breast
cancer research.
Registration information and the complete list of all
and events (PDF), including bookstore hours, are available at
For more details, contact the alumni relations office at
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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Business Insider recently released a list of the 25 richest neighborhoods in America with sections of Rye, Scarsdale and Harrison making the cut.
Rye's coastal neighborhood of Greenhaven, known for its Tudor and colonial style homes, ranked 10th on the Business Insider list. The mean household income for Greenhaven residents is $540,403, according to the study.
The Murray Hill-Heathcote neighborhood of Scarsdale ranked 14th on the Business Insider list. The mean household income in the neighborhood that has been home to people like Susan Lucci, Linda McCartney and Liza Minelli, is $516,671, according to the study.
Purchase in Harrison just made the cut, coming in at 25th on the list. The mean household income for Purchase residents is $464,955, according to the study.
The so-called "Golden Triangle" neighborhood in mid-country Greenwich, Conn. was ranked the richest neighborhood in the country, according to the study.
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Ballot Initiatives - Frequently Asked Questions
1. What is an Initiative?
The Initiative is the power of the People to directly propose and enact state laws and amendments to the California Constitution.
In order to be placed on a statewide ballot for consideration by voters, an initiative petition must be presented to the Secretary of State, certified by local election officials to have been signed by a specified number of qualified registered voters. An initiative measure may not address more than one subject. (Cal. Const., art. II, § 8, subds. (a) & (b).)
2. What is a Referendum?
The referendum is the power of electors to approve or reject statutes, or parts of statutes, enacted by the Legislature. However, the referendum does not apply to urgency statutes, statutes calling elections, and statutes providing for tax levies or appropriations for usual current expenses of the State.
In order to be placed on a statewide ballot for consideration by voters, a referendum petition must be presented to the Secretary of State, certified by local election officials to have been signed by a specified number of qualified registered voters. A referendum petition must be submitted to the Secretary of State for certification within 90 days after the enactment date of the statute. (Cal. Const., art. II, § 9, subds. (a) & (b).)
3. I have an idea for an Initiative but am not sure how to write the text. Where can I get help?
For a general explanation of the procedure and requirements for preparing and qualifying an initiative measure, we recommend that you review the most recent edition of the Secretary of State's Statewide Ballot Initiative Guide which is available for download free of charge from his website at: http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-measures/how-qualify-initiative/. You may request a printed copy of the pamphlet by contacting the Secretary of State's Office, which is located at 1500 11th Street, in Sacramento, California. The telephone number of the Elections Division is (916) 657-2166.
4. I have the text of my initiative, and would like to submit it to the Attorney General's Office for a Title and Summary. How may I submit the request, and what do I need to provide?
Title and summary requests may be submitted to the Attorney General's Initiative Coordinator as follows:
Initiative Coordinator
Office of the Attorney General
1300 I Street, 17th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
Only printed documents will be accepted. Requests submitted by e-mail or facsimile will not be processed.
A title and summary request must include all of the following:
- A written request that a circulating title and summary of the chief purpose and points of the proposed measure be prepared. This request must contain the proponent's original signature.
- The complete text of the initiative measure.
- An original signed, dated certification for each proponent stating that:
"I, (insert name), declare under penalty of perjury that I am a citizen of the United States, 18 years of age or older, and a resident of (insert county), California." (Elec. Code, § 9001.)
- An original signed, dated certification for each proponent stating that:
"I, (insert name), acknowledge that it is a misdemeanor under state law (Section 18650 of the Elections Code) to knowingly or willfully allow the signatures on an initiative petition to be used for any purpose other than qualification of the proposed measure for the ballot. I certify that I will not knowingly or willfully allow the signatures for this initiative to be used for any purpose other than qualification of the measure for the ballot." (Elec. Code, § 9608.)
- A $2000 fee, payable to the State of California.
5. How do I make amendments to my proposed initiative measure once it has been submitted to the Attorney General's Office for preparation of a Title and Summary?
Amendments will be accepted until close of business on the 35th calendar day following receipt of the proposed measure by the Attorney General's Office. After the 35th calendar day, if the proponent(s) want to make additional changes, the proponent(s) must submit a new proposal with the appropriate changes. This would require the proponent(s) to start the process again – See Q&A #4 above for the five requirements.
Proponent(s) may submit amendments to the measure that are reasonably germane to the theme, purpose, or subject of the initiative measure as originally proposed. However, no amendments are allowed if the initiative measure as originally proposed would not substantively change the law. (Elec. Code, § 9002(b).)
In order for the Attorney General to prepare a circulating title and summary using the amended language, the amendment must be submitted with a signed request by all the proponents to the Attorney General's Initiative Coordinator located in the Sacramento Attorney General's Office via U.S. Postal Service, alternative mail service, or personal delivery. (Elec. Code, § 9002(b).)
6. How long will it take for the official circulating title and summary to be issued?
Initiative Measures
Under new law effective January 1, 2015, there is a 30-day public comment period that begins upon receipt of the proposed measure by the Attorney General's Office. Additionally, the proponent(s) may amend the initiative until close of business on the 35th calendar day after receipt. Before issuing a circulating title and summary, the Attorney General must first request the preparation of a fiscal impact analysis from the Department of Finance and the Legislative Analyst's Office. These agencies have 50 calendar days after receipt of the proposed measure from the Attorney General's Office to prepare such an estimate, and this timing runs concurrently with the public comment period described above.
The Attorney General's Office will issue an official circulating title and summary to the proponent(s) within 15 calendar days following receipt of the fiscal impact report. Typically, the Attorney General issues an official circulating title and summary approximately 65 calendar days (50 plus 15) from the date the proposed measure is originally received by the proponent(s). A copy of the official circulating title and summary is provided to the Secretary of State, and the Legislature on the official summary date, the same date it is sent to the proponent(s).
Referendum Measures
The Attorney General issues a circulating title and summary within 10 calendar days following receipt of the text from the proponent(s). A fiscal impact estimate is not included in a referendum title and summary.


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(Adds approved mergers)
BRUSSELS, April 26 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:
— Belgian metals company Viohalco and Belgian holding company Koramic to set up a joint venture (approved April 25)
— UK private equity group 3i Group Plc to acquire a 35 percent stake in ferry operator Scandlines after selling the company to infrastructure funds First State Investments and Hermes Investment Management (notified April 25/deadline June 6/simplified)
— Japanese electronics company Alps Electric Co to acquire Japanese car infotainment systems maker Alpine Electronics (notified April 25/deadline June 6/simplified)
— Canadian pension fund OTPP and asset management company Carlyle Group to jointly acquire French campsite operator European Camping Group, which is now solely controlled by Carlyle Group (notified April 24/deadline June 5/simplified)
— Germany's BASF to acquire businesses from Bayer (notified March 7/deadline extended to April 30 from April 16 after BASF offered concessions)
— U.S. auto parts retailer LKQ Corp to acquire German peer Stahlgruber (notified March 9/deadline extended to May 3 from April 18 after the German national competition authority requested to take over the case)
— U.S. aerospace and industrial company United Technologies Corp to acquire avionics maker Rockwell Collins (notified March 12/deadline extended to May 4 from April 19 after UTC offered concessions)
— U.S. wheel parts supplier Accuride, which is controlled by private equity firm Crestview L.L.C., to acquire German peer Metro Wheels (notified March 12/deadline extended to May 4 from April 19 after Accuride submitted concessions)
— Italian cable company Prysmian to acquire U.S. peer General Cable (notified March 28/deadline May 8)
— Swiss logistics company Panalpina and Dutch Flower Group to acquire joint control of Panalpina's Dutch perishables business (notified April 3/deadline May 14/simplified)
— German rolling stock and train financing company Mitsui Rail Capital Europe GmBH and Germany's Siemens to set up a joint venture (notified April 3/deadline May 14/simplified)
— U.S. cable company Liberty Global to acquire Dutch peer Ziggo (notified April 4/deadline May 15)
— Apollo Capital Management to acquire Cyprus Cooperative Bank (notified April 11/deadline May 23/simplified)
— British paper company Mondi to acquire Finnish corrugated case materials maker Powerflute (notified April 11/deadline May 23)
— Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal to acquire Italian steel plant (notified Sept. 21/deadline extended to May 23 after ArcelorMittal offered concessions)
— Global asset manager The Carlyle Group to acquire Accolade Wines Holdings Australia and Accolade Wines Holdings Europe (notified April 13/deadline May 25/simplified)
— U.S coatings maker Axalta Coating Systems to acquire wire enamel manufacturer IVA's European and Chinese operations (notified April 16/deadline May 28)
— U.S. agricultural merchant Archer Daniels Midland and agricultural trading house Cargill to set up a joint venture in Egypt (notified April 16/deadline May 28/simplified)
— Asset management firms Avenue Capital, Pemberton and private equity firm Permira to jointly acquire luggage bags maker Delsey (notified April 17/deadline May 29/simplified)
— Global asset management company Carlyle and U.S. investment company TA Associates to jointly acquire sales marketing company Discoverorg which is now solely controlled by TA Associates (notified April 18/deadline May 30/simplified)
— Swedish bank Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB) to acquire lamp maker Aura Light International AB (notified April 19/deadline May 31/simplified)
— Private equity firm Advent International to acquire British electronics and technnology company Laird (notified April 19/deadline May 31/simplified)
— Swiss engineering company ABB to acquire General Electric's industrial solutions business (notified April 20/deadline June 1)
— Japanese chemicals company Kuraray, Thai petrochemicals group PTT Global Chemical Public Company and Japan's Sumitomo Corp to set up a joint venture (notified April 23/deadline June 4/simplified)
— French prepaid meal voucher and card provider Edenred to increase its stake in fuel cards issuer UTA (notified April 24/deadline June 5/simplified)
— South African chemicals company Tronox to acquire the titanium dioxide business of Cristal, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia's Tasnee (notified Nov. 15/deadline extended to June 21 from June 7)
— German industrial gases group Linde to merge with U.S. peer Praxair (notified Jan. 12/ deadline extended to Aug. 9)
— iPhone maker Apple to acquire UK music streaming service Shazam (notified March 14/deadline extended to Sept. 4 from April 23 after the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation)
The European Commission has 25 working days after a deal is filed for a first-stage review. It may extend that by 10 working days to 35 working days, to consider either a company's proposed remedies or an EU member state's request to handle the case.
Most mergers win approval but occasionally the Commission opens a detailed second-stage investigation for up to 90 additional working days, which it may extend to 105 working days.
Under the simplified procedure, the Commission announces the clearance of uncontroversial first-stage mergers without giving any reason for its decision. Cases may be reclassified as non-simplified - that is, ordinary first-stage reviews - until they are approved. (Reporting by Foo Yun Chee)


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Wasn't that a thriller last night?? Ukraine V Switzerland. Couldn't sleep afterwards it was so exciting. Or perhaps not, so to rid that atrocity from our minds, let us recall and remember our favourite World Cup matches. They can be all-time classics, or matches that are memorable for you for one reason or another. there is enough people in this forum to have a wide range
The first WC I remember is USA 94, and vague parts of Italia 90, but as a youngster I was a keen student of the game and as such I have watched many greats on video. Off the top of my head here are a few favourites of mine:
England 1-1 West Germany
1990, semi-finals, vaguely remember watching it with my sister, but my memories of this game come from watching it on video. It always annoys me when Waddle hits the post, although I don't think it would have counted anyway, because the ref blew up at that moment....
Bulgaria 2-1 Germany (USA 94)
England 2-2 Argentina (France 98)
Despite the bad result, a classic encounter, and what a goal from Michael Owen. When he scored that goal, i think we all thought we would win the World Cup. Hopefully, in four years he'll round off his World Cup career by scoring another one just like it
Brazil 3-2 Denmark (France 98)
Absolute belter of a semi-final, this was international football at it's best and most exciting, how good was Laurdrup???
Holland 1-2 West Germany (West germany 74, final)
How the Dutch never won this is beyond me. Johan Cruyff....
Mexico 2-1 Ireland (USA 94)
Not a classic, but for personal reasons I will never forget this match. My hero, John Aldridge, became the only Tranmere player to play in the World Cup, and then in this match scored, to put us on the map. The cross was supplied by McAteer as well, who signed for us ten years later
England 4-2 West Germany (England 66)
'nuff said


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