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Postalby Larry Becker and Lee Earle
You begin with a sackful of high quality, 4 x 6-inch picture postcards - except for their identical dimensions, each and every one of them is unique; no duplicates.
When the bag is emptied into a participant's hands, he is asked to look them over and then to mix them - getting nearby people to help if he chooses - to guarantee a thorough shuffle.
Then, to ensure a random, blind selection, the cards are returned to the ungimmicked brown paper bag. As you avert your gaze, your helper is directed to reach inside and grab a few, "More than a couple, perhaps as many as a dozen. Bring them out together as one packet and conceal them in your pocket for the time being." A second participant is requested to take one more postcard from the sack next, keeping it out of sight as well.
"Oddly, the number 8 pops into my mind," mentions the performer. Turning to the first helper he instructs, "Reach into your pocket and bring out single postcards at random, showing each to the audience, until only one remains concealed." He shows a total of 7 different postcards - the 8th remains hidden in his pocket.
You instantly can describe the picture on his postcard, do a 'remote viewing' of the scene, or sense the subject matter perfectly. And with no hesitation whatsoever, you immediately do the same with the second helper. If you wish to present POSTAL! as a prediction, you have the option to exercise 100% control of the final postcard - not the same each time - with no suspicious counting, moves, or other absurdities.
POSTAL! is an easy, one-man routine. Lee Earle's extensive graphics and computer skills have produced a series of postcard images that have the sneakiness Photoshopped into the subject matter and layout! There are no angle problems and you can leave everything out for inspection if you wish (i.e. - no flaps, no compartments, no duplicates, no sleights, no cribs, no questions asked, no fishing, etc.). In addition to the 16 custom cards, your set of high-quality professionally printed, scenic color postcards will include 20 assorted 'indifferent' postcards to get you started. We'll even toss in the ungimmicked sack! Included is a 'secret something' that makes this a baffling yet easy routine! For an even more impressive performance, augment POSTAL! with more of your own postcards.


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If the U.S. disengages from the Middle East conflict, it risks war, the King warns!
Dead Sea, Jordan (CNN) -- No one has any idea how to deal with what's happening in Syria, Jordan's King Abdullah told CNN, saying he has "great concern" about how things will develop there.
"I don't think there's anybody in the region or outside who knows how to tackle the Syria issue," Jordan's ruler said of the country that has seen thousands killed in anti-government demonstrations over the past eight months.
The king has reached out personally to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad, he said, with little result.
"I've spoken to Bashar twice. I have sent the chief of the royal court to see him on several occasions," he said, to outline how Jordan is trying to implement its own political reforms.
"Not that we've got anything perfect, but you know, national dialogue and outreach -- and they're not really interested in what we have to say," King Abdullah said.
"So we're trying to keep the channels of communication open and watching with great concern how things are going to develop there," he said.
Speaking to CNN on the sidelines of a World Economic Forum meeting on the shores of the Dead Sea, the king also expressed serious doubts that Israel was serious about making peace with the Palestinians.
"I am one of the most optimistic people you'll meet in the Middle East, and for the first time I am very pessimistic about the Israelis and Palestinians moving forward," he said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says all the right things about how to reach a solution, the king said, but he sighed deeply when asked if Netanyahu was sincere.
"From what I have seen of the political system in Israel.... Israel is not really interested in a two-state solution," Abdullah said.
"And what's the other option? I think the one-state solution has tremendous negative implications on all of us, including the Israelis," he said.
And he pleaded with the Americans not to disengage from the region during U.S. election season, warning that to so do risks war.
"That would be disastrous because whenever there is a vacuum, whenever there is a status quo, there's usually a war. And so we're missing a tremendous opportunity," he said.
The focus has to remain on the Israelis and Palestinians because they are the central issue in the region, he said.
"I think the Arab Spring was a good opportunity for some to ignore the core issue that's always been here, that is, the future of the Israelis and Palestinians," he said.
Jordan itself is moving on from the Arab Spring, he suggested, preparing for national elections next year. "We're going from the Arab Spring to the Arab Summer," the king said.
-King Abdullah says he has reached out to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad
-"They're not really interested in what we have to say," the king says of Syria
-Abdullah doubts Israel is serious about a two-state solution
-If the U.S. disengages from the Middle East conflict, it risks war, the King warns!

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PALM BAY, Fla. – No arrests were made after a student being beaten by two others on the Eastern Florida State College campus shot and injured one of the attackers, according to police.
Police said the shooting occurred on the Palm Bay campus, located at 250 Community College Parkway, at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Campus officials said the student was in his car when he was approached by two men in another vehicle.
Palm Bay police said 24-year-old Landrick Hamilton, who was being beat with a pool cue, grabbed the gun from his car and shot Amado Contreras in the chest. Amado Contreras was taken to Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne and is in fair condition, police said.
Hamilton, a full-time student since 2013 studying chemical technology, was also taken to the hospital for injuries that occurred prior to the shooting, police said. Contreras' brother, Landyer Contreras, was also involved in the incident and wasn't injured.
WKMG-TV reports all three men are claiming self-defense. Police said the fight started as a verbal argument and escalated to physical. Evidence will be sent to the State Attorney's Office to determine if criminal charges will be filed.
An alert on the school's website stated, "Shooting reported in parking lot of Palm Bay Campus. Campus is locked down. Remain indoors, with doors locked until further notice."
Less than two hours later, the school tweeted, "EFSC Palm Bay campus safe, lockdown lifted. classes cancelled after a 3-person parking lot fight ended with 1 shot & 1 student injured."
No other schools in the area were locked down. Police said the scene was secure and an investigation was ongoing.
Eastern Florida State College was formerly known as Brevard Community College. The Palm Bay campus hosts a University of Central Florida regional branch.
Classes have been canceled for the rest of the week at the school, including the UCF-branch classes.


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The Sitka office of Southeast Alaska Independent Living Inc. (SAIL) has announced its next Senior Hiking Club hike will be from 9:15-11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3, with guest hiker Molly Johnson of the Sitka Conservation Society. This is the first of two Senior Hiking Club events in September (the other is Sept. 17). Seniors should meet at the Swan Lake Senior Center for transportation to the trailhead.
Normally, the group usually picks the trail on the day of the hike, but occasionally a trail is picked before the event. SAIL makes trekking poles available for hikers to use (trekking poles are great on ice or uneven terrain, and they help seniors keep their balance), and hikers are encouraged to bring ice cleats such as YakTrax during the icy months of winter.
SAIL offers Senior Hiking Club events for those age 60 or older once a month, usually on the second or third Thursday. There is a $5 fee, but nobody will be turned away because of finances. The hikes are open to people of all abilities and fitness levels. To learn more about the Senior Hiking Club, check out our January 2013 post introducing the club.
To learn more about the Senior Hiking Club, senior and adaptive kayaking trips, senior cycling events, and and a variety of other outdoors skills and survival classes, contact SAIL ORCA (Outdoor Recreation and Community Access) program coordinator Claire Sanchez at 747-6859 or email her at email@example.com. The calendar below includes hiking, orienteering, kayaking, and other events for seniors, youth, and the disabled.


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The Free Beacon is reporting that President Obama's nonprofit Organizing for Action is considering a merger with a left-wing group with financial ties to Palestinian terrorists and Central American Marxists.
The Common Purpose Project website bills the organization "founded to bring together progressive leaders and organizations in an effort to collaborate on effective public policy messaging," but its accounting details tell a more complex story.
The Free Beacon has found through public disclosure forms that CPP's donors, Sandor and Faye Straus, are founders of a left-wing group named the Firedoll Foundation. Following the money trail doled out by the Firedoll Foundation connects the Straus family to Nicaragua's Marxist Sandinista government and the Holy Land Foundation, an Islamic charity that federal law enforcement authorities closed down for financing Palestinian terrorist groups.
The Free Beacon tried to follow up with the Common Purpose Project, who refused to comment.
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Coveted Hip-Hop journalist dream hampton, a major taste maker in the industry has developed a new blog. The column which you can check out here http://ebonyjet.com/culture/music/index.aspx?id=8558 caters to the unsigned and independent talent who use platforms such as MySpace, FaceBook and other 'new' ways of marketing to promote themselves and their music. Aptly titled The New New Things, the column which kicked off yesterday talked about Jay Electronica, Niki Minaj and The DirtBombs.
dream hampton has written for The Village Voice, The Source, Vibe and she was also an associate producer on VH1s Behind the Music: The Notorious B.I.G which won the channel an Emmy.


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THE CAT'S BAG: If you had to name the most famous story in the world with "hat" in the title, chances are 10 out of, oh, 10 that you'd likely land upon "The Cat in the Hat." It's a book that's been translated into dozens of languages, inspired cartoons and a live-action film, and it has helped millions of wee ones drift off to sleep at night, comforted that mischief can indeed have its day (if the house is cleaned up by the time mom gets home, that is). The creator of this known-by-everyone-everywhere story is not only in the pantheon of Great Children's Authors, he practically designed and built the pantheon itself. It's Dr. Seuss, of course, or Theodore Geisel knew him personally. (If you've lived in La Jolla for much of your life, you might have.) Mr. Geisel -- or, er, Dr. Seuss -- was a fan of hats, it probably won't surprise you to learn, and it was no accident that his most famous feline strut about in a rather tall example of the fashion. The author and artist owned quite a few head-toppers himself, some that likely inspired the rather fabulous creations we've seen in his pages; think ladies with wild feathers springing from their heads and the red stove pipe from "Green Eggs and Ham." Now those chapeaux are hitting the road for a multi-city tour, the first time Dr. Seuss's private hat collection has been exhibited.
CALIFORNIA STOPS: The man, the legend, and the drawer of whimsical things was a Golden State resident for a good while, so the fact that there will be several stops along our long state make sense. (Actually, now that we think about it, California rather does have the same shape as the Cat in the Hat's hat.) San Francisco's up first in March, then Menlo Park in late April, then onto Laguna in mid-May, with La Jolla and San Diego stops later in the summer. The hats'll run the gamut, and while they won't be quite as outlandish as what you've seen in the illustrations, you know that Dr. Seuss has a flair for fantastic fashion in his personal wardrobe. Some "Secret Art" will also be exhibited alongside the 26 hats, meaning fans'll be making the journey to see this show, some, perhaps, over several stops.


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Yadier Molina has three goals for this season.
"I'm looking to win a World Series, try to hit .300 and try to win another Gold Glove," said Molina recently at the St. Louis Cardinals winter fan festival.
On a Red Bird team where Albert Pujols is "El Hombre," many players tend to go unnoticed.
The young Molina should not.
In five seasons, he has won two Gold Gloves, caught one 20-game winner, caught one Cy Young award winner, and was elected to start in last year's All-Star Game at his own home turf.
"Yadi", as known in the Gateway Arch city, hit the home run shot that gave the Cardinals the lead in Game Seven of the 2006 National League Championship Series.
In the same game Molina was who called for Adam Wainwright to pitch the the change up to fellow Puerto Rican and Mets outfielder Carlos Beltran, setting the stage for Adam Wainwright's curve ball for the final out and a trip to the World Series.
Last season, he was a key player in their National League Central Division championship.
In a few interviews during the winter, Molina said similar words about his goals but he emphasized on winning his third National League Gold Glove in a row.
Possibly nowadays some players do not give real importance to the Gold Glove Award, which is given annually for those who have shown a superb individual performance in their fielding position.
The award, presented by Rawlings, is given in both the National League and American League.
For Molina it is really important. He wants to prove that he is the best catcher today in baseball.
Not that he has anything against his older brothers, fellow major league catchers, Giants Bengie Molina, and Yankees Jose Molina.
He just wants to be the best.
Not an easy task when he wants to emulate his hero, future Hall-of-Famer Ivan Rodriguez.
Molina knows his baseball history and particularly that defensively, "Pudge" Rodriguez has won the most Gold Gloves as a catcher in Major League history with 13 career awards in the American League.
Molina also knows that since 1988 catchers from his native Puerto Rico have dominated the Gold Glove Award, except in the 1991 and 2005 seasons.
Those names are Rodriguez, brother Bengie, Benito Santiago, and Sandy Alomar Jr., and he wants to keep on the tradition.
Manager Tony La Russa has said publicly that he has a lot of confidence in Molina and expects him, once again, to have a great 2010 season.
As for Molina, he knows he is not Pujols, but he is the gold glove "hombre" behind the plate.
Latino Winners of the most Gold Gloves at his position:
Catcher-Ivan Rodriguez / 13
Latino Winners of the most Gold Gloves at his position:
Catcher-Ivan Rodriguez / 13
First Base- Vic Power / 7
Second Base- Roberto Alomar / 10
Third Base- Adrian Beltre / 2
Shortstop- Omar Vizquel / 11
Outfield- Roberto Clemente / 12
Pitcher- Joaquin Andujar; Johan Santana; Fernando Valenzuela / 1


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"The Conversion"
This is a nice four-hander, distributing the love equally among all of our cast members, something Seinfeld episodes that aren't set in one location rarely do. Obviously, George's conversion to Latvian Orthodoxy and Jerry's obsession with a girl's fungus cream are the major stories, but everyone gets something about their relationships with the opposite sex, their strengths (in Kramer and, I guess, George's case) and weaknesses (Jerry and Elaine).
George deciding to convert to a religion to get a girl is obviously nothing surprising. That he's doing it to keep a girl is a little more surprising (particularly since, as usual, she's one of his one-and-done girlfriends that we never see again), but, OK, let's say her particular mix of cuteness and dumbness really hits George's sweet spot. But it does raise the troubling issue of George's mysterious religious background when Estelle and Frank find out about his plans to join the Latvians. Obviously, Estelle Harris and Jerry Stiller are both Jewish. Jason Alexander is also Jewish. The problem, I guess, for Seinfeld was that Jerry Seinfeld is also Jewish; so is Julia Louis-Dreyfus (her name makes me think of the Dreyfus affair). Michael Richards, as far as I know, is not. But this show just couldn't be too Jewy (I, by the way, am also Jewish, so I can just say that shit). Even with episodes called things like "The Bris" and Jerry's parents in Florida, they keep everything a little toned down on that angle.
I have read on the Internet that, officially, Frank is supposed to be Italian (hence Costanza) and Estelle is Jewish. Maybe that's explained in a future episode; I, myself, don't remember. But it's too bad that they don't bring it up in this one because it would make their fury at George's conversion even funnier. But hey, it's funny as it is and also very kinetic for this show, since Frank and Estelle are such whirling dervishes of upset, running around the room and saying things like, "Wait, is this the group that goes around mutilating squirrels?" and "You're not performing any rituals in this house! And stay away from those squirrels!" It's a little terrifying to see them so animated.
George's strength here, then, is the lengths he will go to get a woman. He'll buy her lobster at the restaurant (until she says she's leaving him), and he'll become Latvian Orthodox even if it means writing apostles on his palm. He really goes through with it. As that tag scene shows, the conversion was completed, and for the rest of the show, he's officially Latvian Orthodox, I guess. His weakness, of course, is the tissue of lies that goes along with his schemes, but this time around that's not what befalls him; the general lack of character his girlfriend has in this episode is probably the biggest problem. We never get what he sees in her or what makes her so damn flighty.
Kramer's strength, which ties into George's plot, is his animal magnetism, which wins over nun-in-training Roberta as it has won over so many women in the past and future. I like that the show acknowledges this "skill" as both a blessing and a curse, but from the early episodes, it's always just made sense that women gravitate to Kramer because of his confidence and how free he always feels (especially compared to George and Jerry). His weakness is that women are constantly throwing themselves at him, making him a mythical "Kavorka" to the Latvians, who gasp and point at him in one of my favorite parts of the episode (because Kramer is sort of Frankenstein monster-y all the time).
In the non-Latvian world, you've got Jerry freaking out about fungus and Elaine second-guessing her boyfriend's career as a podiatrist after Jerry plants a seed of doubt in her mind. Jerry's obsessive nature, especially when it comes to cleanliness, is well-documented. Elaine's pitfall is a little more obscure, but it's something she does all the time (and I love watching her do it). It's that sort of passive-aggressive need to highlight insignificant details, like the boyfriend who hated exclamation points and then pick away at them endlessly until she's left with a bleeding wound. That's why it makes so much sense that she's an editor!
Anyway, I dunno. I like this episode; it's funny and slapsticky and bounces between its plots, all of which are connected very well. It's not a stunning example of the form, but it's a great 22 minutes.
Grade: A
"The Stall"
This Larry Charles script is a little less wacky than some of his works but definitely still operates on a slightly heightened plane of reality, what with the cartoon character Elaine dates and his rock-climbing accident and the obsessive focus on squares and plies of toilet paper. Also, in his first scene, Kramer goes into Jerry's bedroom and calls a phone sex line. Why does he do that? Can he only jerk off in Jerry's room? What the hell is going on there? That's one of the times I definitely identify with Jerry being grossed out by something.
Everything hinges on Jerry's girlfriend, played by Jami Gertz, who'd actually been around for a long time in teenager stuff (like TV series Square Pegs and classic 80s flick The Lost Boys) and continued showing up on TV for a while before dwindling out a bit; one definitely sees less of her now. She's often playing characters that, as Kramer defines so well, are "flinty," but this is an especially good role. She's perfectly believable, both as someone mean enough to deny you toilet paper and darkly sexy enough to drive men wild on a phone line. Oh, another segue: I also love Kramer's phone sex fantasy, which involves splitting a cab. His fear when she asks him about it in real life is just hilarious.
In my opinion, Elaine's in the right here, and her triumph over Jami at the end of the episode is deserved and not at all crazy. Maybe others differ (the sight of her fleeing the bathroom with a dozen rolls in her hand is a slightly crazy one), but you gotta help a brother (or sister) out if he needs help, right? But Jerry, of course, has to side with both of them and resorts to putting gum in Jami's mouth so Elaine won't realize who she is (from her flinty voice). An even bigger masterstroke is that he tries to use that as an excuse to break up with her and never have her see Elaine again, although he doesn't follow through with that. I almost wish this episode had pushed those farcical angles a little further, but it might have gotten tiring seeing Jerry try to hide his girlfriend's voice in too many different ways.
On the George end of things, you've got his man-crush (before the word even existed) on the supposedly perfect-faced Tony. Now Tony is just a comic sight in and of himself. I don't know that Seinfeld ever really had its finger on the pulse, so whether we should actually consider Tony at all cool is beyond me. His fluorescent clothes and Fabio-like hair (covered by a backwards baseball cap) are just too funny for words. The actor playing him (Dan Cortese) went on to be in a bunch of stuff, but he isn't exactly what I'd consider perfect-looking. He does have a hell of a jaw, I suppose.
But George's crush on him is hysterical, in that it basically turns him into a cross between a giggling elementary school kid and an 80-year-old mother, obsessed with sandwiches (tuna and salmon salad!) and terrified of rock climbing. Well, it's believable that any iteration of George would be terrified of rock climbing. But his general regression is great to watch, and his freakout on the remarkably fake-looking (but with a backdrop trying to convince us it's real) cliff face is a tour de force by Alexander. Everything kinda peters out after that, just to get to the end and Elaine's final triumph; the episode's construction is not particularly tight, and the plots really both deserve to be B-plots in other episodes, but the individually strong elements pull it all through well enough.
Grade: B+
Stray observations:
- "How'd you get in?" "Kramer." "What's that!" "Lobster."
- "This was the only woman I never lied to. Well, that's not entirely true."
- George still has Brylcreem in his medicine cabinet.
- When Kramer runs out of the subway, there is a real shot of New York City (rare for this show aside from the establishing shots) and what looks like a stunt double running out of the Essex St/Delancey St station on the F and J/M/Z trains (the Williamsburg Bridge is in the background). Maybe shooting that was cheaper than building a subway exit?
- "Bowling is INSANE; bowling is CRAZY TIME!"
- George is going to have a boil laced mañana.
- "Tony, it's going to be too many sandwiches."
- "Am I so sane that you just BLEW your MIND?"


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This week brings great things for our family. This week is the last week that my oldest will walk the halls of the elementary world. That's right you are reading that clearly. My oldest moves into MIDDLE school next year. Ummm, I'm flipping a bit. She is still so little, so cute, so young, so naive, my little girl and I don't want her to walk those bigger, longer and confusing hallways of middle school. This is tough. Brings back the memories of my middle school days. Most of those days were wondrous. I made amazing friends. I found a love of volleyball. I found my true competitiveness. I feel in love with Tweety. I grew up. I learned to love school. I hope she enjoys it as much as I did.
For me, I am 10 days from completing my very first college degree. It is huge for me. This has been a very difficult and highly emotional journey but I see the light and it is shining so brightly and given the drive not to just walk to it but to run as fast as I can to it. I'm almost there.
Looking forward to a great week as we begin to enter into summer. We head off to our first Midwest mini-vacation this weekend in Chicago. Looking forward to visiting the windy city and watching Zeus run through the miles of mud sprinkled with obstacles. I think he is crazy. He thinks it will be fun. I will be sure to post the MUDDY pictures.
Blessings to all of you,
Haskins House
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Big week
This week brings great things for our family. This week is the last week that my oldest will walk the halls of the elementary world. That's right you are reading that clearly. My oldest moves into MIDDLE school next year. Ummm, I'm flipping a bit. She is still so little, so cute, so young, so naive, my little girl and I don't want her to walk those bigger, longer and confusing hallways of middle school. This is tough. Brings back the memories of my middle school days. Most of those days were wondrous. I made amazing friends. I found a love of volleyball. I found my true competitiveness. I feel in love with Tweety. I grew up. I learned to love school. I hope she enjoys it as much as I did.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Long time "NO" see
I have a very dear friend that my husband worked with when we were stationed in Georgia, 2000- mid 2005. He was a single guy "Longhorn" who grew up in the same state as I. I had an instant bond to that. Anyways he became a good friend and started hanging around pretty often. NFL Sundays became our traditional Steak dinner night with baked potatoes. He always brought the hand cut steaks and I cooked everything.
All in all we had a fantastic weekend with our friend. The kids really do like him a lot. One of them however, has a very special bond with Longhorn, I'll let you guess which one!! Maybe next time he won't wait 5 years to come visit.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Brother's & Sisters
OH BOY, this morning while I was drinking my coffee trying to wake up I decided to watch a couple of my DVR'ed shows from the last few days. I have been watching Brother's and Sister's on ABC since it's birth. Today's show hit me like a ton of bricks. Actually it was really hard to watch without someone here with me over the age of 21, if you know what I mean.
I am a pretty emotional person to begin with before any shows. So if you haven't seen the show it is about a family a dead husband, wife and 5 kids. The kids are all grown adults and many of them parents themselves. The mom had an affair with her high school boyfriend and the oldest child ended up being the boyfriends and not the dead husbands. The show this week highlighted the DNA testing, daughter confronting the boyfriend and her reactions during her daily life as she planned her wedding.
So, many of you know my story from September 2008, if not here it is MY STORY . Recently I have been dealing with the emotional effects of losing friends, moving away from other friends, letting go of dreams and wishes, moving heartaches and all that junk.
As I watched the show this morning I identified with Sarah, the oldest daughter more than I have identified with someone in a long time. I felt the raw emotion that was flowing through her veins. I understood her loss of self. The tears in my eyes just starting flowing down my cheek as I watched how this shocking news. What's strange was here I was all alone again just like that night in September 2008. Except my kids are in school today instead of sleeping. I went back and reread my own story. Oh gracious, that was a bad idea. It brought everything back. The sadness, the anger, the heartbreak, the disappointment, the self-loathing "why me's" and tons and tons of tears.
Although it is several years later I'm not sure I have processed the feelings yet. I wonder if I will ever process those feelings. Today, I have gone numb. I want to love and be loved but I don't want to hurt anyone else. I am hurting. I am really not sure any of my family understands one ounce of the trauma and heartache that I am feeling. Brothers and Sisters opened the can again. It showed me that I am not OK with this situation. It showed me that there is still work to be done for me to begin to heal. It showed me that there are other people out their that quite possibly are walking through similar storms as me.
I never realized a television show could be as extremely emotional for people like ABC's Brothers and Sisters was for me today. I could go on and on but for now I must focus on my college research paper and preparing my house for a visit from a LONG TIME friend. Talking today is probably a terrible idea. I will try to avoid it at this point. Prayers are always welcomed as I continue to walk through this massive, life altering storm that does not seem to show signs of calm.
Haskins House Out
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Monday, May 2, 2011
OK, So all the headlines are basically the same today, Osama Bin Laden is Dead. So how do we feel?
Then I start digging and reading all over the internet and I am reading way more negative reaction towards this news than I ever thought existed. People freaking out about all the jubilance and so called immaturity. But then I stop to digest it all for a minute and realize Wait a minute, less than 2% of you will ever don a uniform and pledge allegiance to the United States in a military position. No wonder there is so much negativity. They are clueless.
I am really sad that people feel like bashing our Armed Forces or the Commander In Chief today. I am really sad that people can not be happy we accomplished a major feat today. I am really sad people cannot celebrate without stupid comments. The lunatic has been hunted for far too long. There must be consequences for our actions and the wrongful actions of others. We can not maintain a peaceful world if we let everyone do it the way they want to do it. Could you image no speed limit, no stop signs, no street lights and no driver training? Just a free for all on the roads. Talk about a war zone. We would have so many dead people from accidents we would not have enough burial ground for all of them. So yes, you decide to be a jerk and kill 3000 people you must face the consequences. Sorry.
Today I am grateful and over joyed for those 3000+ families including all the Gold Star families as they can sleep tonight knowing that justice was served. That their family member did not die in vain. I also can be excited for the future of our wars as one of the biggest hurdles in completing these wars was successfully jumped yesterday. I am a military wife. I am a veteran. I am a military friend. I am a military sister. So today all of my friends are one step closer to coming home. Today all of my friends can be proud of their efforts. Today our country defeated a major enemy. I understand most of you do not know what it is to not know if your loved ones will walk through the front door or if that dreadful black vehicle will arrive at your house with news. But I say this, today is the day to celebrate our military. Today is the day to support our Intel officials. If we didn't stop him, who was going to?
Many people do not feel they were personally attacked so they do not feel that deep sense of loss or hurt that so many families have been dealing with the better part of 15+ years. Be happy for those families today.
We aim for prevention. You spray your house to prevent bugs. You mow your yard to prevent snakes. You wear a bike helmet to prevent head injury. You wear a seat belt to prevent major injury. Today we sprayed a bug, a big, ugly, hairy, intrusive, venom filled bug. Agree or disagree with me. That's your call. But today you have been given a gift from the "United States Military", what you chose to do with it is up to you. Until you don that uniform and walk into battle your opinion is just that, an opinion.
Today I stand with all those serving, those who served, those who have given all and all the 9/11 survivors. You are amazing. Today I hope you run and jump with joy in the streets. Today I hope you smile from ear to ear. Today I hope you feel a little more relieved. Today is a GLORIOUS DAY in American history. Ignore all those people that have no clue what you feel or have endured.
To all my brothers and sisters still fighting the battle, keep up the good work. Persistence has proven itself today and you have an army of people loving and supporting your cause and your efforts. Go Forth young soldiers.
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Up against 43 other entries in the Scotch Ale category, Bear Republic's brew team took home a bronze medal for Heritage Ale.
Bear Republic was one of 13 Northern California breweries to win a medal, and one of 3 in Sonoma County. Locally, Third Street Aleworks took home two medals and Russian River Brewing Company took home one medal. These 3 breweries solidfy the strength of brewers in wine country and continually put Sonoma County on the map.
About Heritage Ale
Description: Heritage is Bear Republic's Scottish Wee Heavy. The bulk of the grain bill is made up of Golden Promise malt from the UK, backed up by a blend of specialty English caramel malts. Fermented with our house strain of Scottish yeast at cool temperatures to extract a clean, yet fruity ester profile. Lightly hopped with East Kent Golding hops, this big and malty ale is true to the Norgrove Family's Scottish Heritage, the "North Grove" of Sonoma County.
Pairing Suggestions: Smoked meats, roasted vegetables, savory desserts, beef & pork dishes, blue cheese
Availability: Specialty kegs
Hops: Goldings
ABV: 7.0% – IBUs: 17 – Scottish Wee Heavy
The 2013 Great American Beer Festival® winners were selected by an international panel of 201 beer experts from 11 countries from a record number of 4,809 entries received from 745 breweries. "The Great American Beer Festival® is the premier beer competition for the American beer industry," says Nancy Johnson, Festival Director. The 2013 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition awarded 252 medals to some of the best commercial breweries in the United States, including GABF Pro-Am medals. Presented by the Brewers Association, GABF is the largest commercial beer competition in the world and a symbol of brewing excellence.
The Back Story, the Story Behind the Beer
The Norgrove family are fourth and fifth generation Sonoma County residents, whose first and second generation family owned property in Sonoma proper. After many struggles the third generation sold that property in what is now known as Glen Ellen. It became the goal of the fourth and fifth generation to maintain a sense of pride as Sonoma County locals. We are continually working towards this goal with the founding of our brewpub in Healdsburg, CA and our production facility in Cloverdale, CA. Bear Republic's recipes and their final formulations were developed over a period of several years. Originally starting with wonderful homebrewing sessions and the lessons learned from trial and error, we established the solid foundation for each recipe's commercial equivalents. It's been the Norgrove goal to continually develop new recipes using our time tested methods.
We first saw the name Heritage on a trip to the UK. We originally thought of Heritage as the name for our brewing company, however, there was already a Heritage Brewing Company established in the UK. When the Heritage brand went out of business, our Brewmaster Richard "Ricardo" Norgrove decided that our Scotch Ale would now be called Heritage AleÔäó. When he was developing the original homebrew recipes for BRBC, he kept going back to Scottish-style beers because of their desirable flavors. "As a homebrewer, I took the first few Scottish recipes and developed several of our core brands. Red Rocket Ale┬«, ApexÔäó and later Racer 5 IPA┬«. Heritage is our foundation beer," states Norgrove.
It's been on Ricardo's bucket list as a brewer to win a GABF medal in the Scotch Ale category. Over the years, we've won 19 different medals in multiple categories from the GABF. Those categories range from lagers to ales to hoppy beers. Norgrove adds, "English-style brewing practices are the base of my passion. To have a Scottish recipe that won for us at GABF is amazing and a fulfilment of a family goal!"
Over the last 15 years, the Heritage Ale recipe has been an ongoing quest to define the Scottish style. Tami and Ricardo Norgrove took several pilgrimages to Scotland and the Traquair House Brewery, which defines the Scotch Ale style. As guests, they stayed at the inn associated with the Traquair House Brewery. From these travels to Scotland, they visited family ancestral lands in Douglas County and learned of the amazing courage of the Black Douglas from the North Grove. The Norgroves brought home specific ingredients from Scotland in an effort to understand and re-create the Heritage style you can drink today. This quest has had many turns, many recipe tweaks and many heartfelt discussions with brewers who exemplify the style and have won previous medals.
All of that research-visiting England and Scotland and trying to understand their brewing process-led us full circle. Norgrove continues, "My wife's favorite beer has always been Heritage, because that was the base for Red Rocket Ale. The only request that she gave me when our daughter was to be born was to have our Scottish ale "Heritage" at the birth at the hospital. After much debate about a strong name for our first child, Dad wanted to call her Caravienne, but Tami was not keen on naming her after a grain or ingredient.
Tami didn't think Caravienne was a strong enough name for a Norgrove, so we went with Ryleigh Athena Norgrove." Dad nicknamed her Rye, winning a small victory. If you know BRBC beers, Rye is a key ingredient for one of our most popular beers and is a base for our future distilling projects.
Year after year we have continued the quest to win a medal win for Heritage AleÔäó, to no avail. After many recipe changes along with modifications to the brewhouse to replicate the breweries seen on trips to Scotland, we went back to the original formulation that was brewed when Ryleigh was born. Tami concluded, "Why are you chasing it? Go back to the original formulation from Rye's birth." After much lamenting, we did and finally won the medal. Tami was right all along. Mom is always right.
If you were to think about what Bear Republic® could represent to California and to Sonoma County, and you think about American heritage, you have to ask yourself, what's the definition of a true American? America is truly the melting pot. The Norgrove family name is Scotch-Irish, but our family makeup is Scottish, Nicaraguan-Latin American, Greek, German and Native American. Bear Republic fosters this family mindset by creating beers that we believe are representative of our heritage and truly defining what a California brewery should be.
What is our heritage, you ask? "We are proud to call ourselves California Americans." A beer like this is establishing for us what Bear Republic's heritage is. It's a heritage of quality, a heritage of being true to craft beer, and a heritage of family. A family whose American history dates back to the Civil War, with a Richard Norgrove buried at the Presidio, who served in the Civil War. A family whose military legacy extends to all branches of the service from Grandpa who served in World War II with the Flying Tigers to Dad serving in Vietnam to the sons who served in the army and local fire services. Our personal goal was to create beers within the industry that could become our family's legacy, and Heritage AleÔäó is one of those that does just that and if you research our other medal winners, you'll see that the back story continues on.
This truly is a family business, with family members working in our brewpub and on our brew staff.
About Bear Republic Brewing Company
Bear Republic® develops hand-crafted ales and lagers brewed and aged using the traditional "art" of the masters. All ingredients are hand selected for each batch. Bear Republic works hard to foster a sense of loyalty and tradition from eras gone by.


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Deutsche Lufthansa AG has the management and supervisory structures typical for companies in Germany. The Executive Board is responsible for managing the Company and defining its strategic direction. In doing so, the aim is to increase Company value sustainably. The Supervisory Board appoints, advises and supervises the Executive Board. Deutsche Lufthansa AG is the parent company and the largest single operating company in the Lufthansa Group. The individual business segments are run as separate Group companies, with the exception of the Lufthansa Passenger Airlines. They have their own profit and operating responsibility and are monitored by their respective supervisory boards, in which members of Deutsche Lufthansa AG's Executive Board are also represented.
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For all the complex, multi-stepped recipes that give French cuisine its daunting reputation, everyday French home cooking is filled with countless utterly simple dishes as perfect and impressive in their own way as the hautest restaurant cuisine.
Wini Moranville's new book, "The Bonne Femme Cookbook: Simple, Splendid Food That French Women Cook Every Day," proves this with recipe after recipe. La bonne femme is French for "the good wife," the introduction tells us, but in French cuisine, "it refers to a style of cooking – namely, the fresh, honest, and simple cuisine served at home, no matter who does the actual cooking, femme, mari (husband), or partenaire domestique (significant other)."
Dorie Greenspan says, "It's les bonnes femmes who keep the culinary traditions of France alive. Cooking the simple classics and the daily meals that form the canon of the cuisine." And, she adds, "Wini has given us everything we need to do the same, whether our table is in Paris or Peoria."
Flipping through our review copy of "The Bonne Femme Cookbook," I could see exactly what Greenspan means. One recipe after another caught my eye, both as something wonderful to eat and something totally doable in the kitchen, honest and non-fussy. I've said in the past that if we get one really good recipe out of a cookbook, it's earned its place on our bookshelves. I can already tell that we'll be cooking many dishes from this one.
As we slide seriously toward winter, the recipe I decided to make first was of course a summery salad, with room temperature cooked lentils, Belgian endive, watercress, butter lettuce and a mustardy vinaigrette, topped with warm roasted shrimp. I winterized it, though, serving the lentils hot and dispensing with the vinaigrette and most of the greenery (I kept the Belgian endive for its nice bitter edge). The result was a warm, satisfying, season-appropriate dish. No one flavor took over, but occasionally, a bit of tarragon or the crisp greenness of a scallion matchstick would make its presence known, then meld with the other flavors in the dish.
We've proselytized for lentils on these pages in the past – most recently when Marion made Turkish Style Red Lentil Soup with Chard. Besides being healthy and quick cooking, they're just plain good to eat. To cook the French green lentils (Lentilles du Puy) that form the base of this dish, I sautéed some garlic in olive oil, then added the lentils, some water and some salt to the pot and simmered everything. That was it – no stock, no herbs, no onions or other root vegetables. I expected nothing much when I sampled a forkful for doneness from the pot, but they were already delicious.
Roasted Shrimp and Green Lentils
Serves 2 generously
Adapted from "The Bonne Femme Cookbook"
2 cups lentils (preferably French green lentils)
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 cloves garlic, minced, divided
4 cups water
salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
3/4 pound large shrimp, shelled and deveined
1-1/2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh tarragon leaves
3 scallions, divided
1 large head Belgian endive
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Rinse, drain and pick over the lentils. Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in a medium-sized saucepan over a medium flame. Sauté half the garlic until fragrant, about 45 seconds. Stir in lentils and add water to the pan. Season with salt and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, partially covered, until lentils are firm but tender, about 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, roast the shrimp. Toss shrimp with the remaining tablespoon of olive oil in an 8-inch square glass baking dish. Slice the white portion and some of the green top of 1 scallion thinly and add to shrimp, along with tarragon and remaining garlic. Season with salt and pepper and toss to combine. Roast shrimp until just cooked through and opaque, about 8 to 10 minutes.
While lentils and shrimp are cooking, slice the 2 remaining scallions into matchsticks, using the white portions and some of the green tops. Trim the root end of the Belgian endive and halve lengthwise. Cut out tough core and slice the endive crosswise into 1/2-inch slices.
When lentils are done, drain and return to the pot. Stir in the sliced endive and adjust seasonings. Divide lentils between two shallow serving bowls and top with scallion matchsticks. Using a slotted spoon, divide shrimp between serving bowls, spooning over lentils. Serve immediately.


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NYAUMWE, Lovemore J and MTETWA, David K. Developing a cognitive theory from student teachers' post-lesson reflective dialogues on secondary school mathematics. S. Afr. j. educ. [online]. 2011, vol.31, n.1, pp.145-159. ISSN 2076-3433.
This article describes phases of post-lesson reflective dialogues that were enacted by secondary school mathematics student teachers with their peers. Five pairs of student teachers on 12 weeks of teaching practice provided data through lesson assessments, post-lesson reflectivedialogues, and end-of-teaching-practice reflective interviews. A cognitive theory of collaborative reflection with a peer that encapsulates phase characteristics of a post-lesson reflective dialogue is proposed. Dialogue at each of the phases of the theory may not easily change student teachers' conceptions of teaching, but could provide a platform and structure for reviewing, modifying, or even maintaining teaching cognitions. While the older and more familiar 'apprenticeship' models are based on an expert teacher coaching a novice student teacher instructional skills, this fresh 'social' model is based on novice student teachers and their peers coaching each other teaching skills. An important implication of this observation is that current discourse on strategies for improving the quality of student teaching may move towards a consideration for a fresh school attachment model.
Keywords : cognitive theory of teaching; collaborative teaching; post-lesson reflective dialogue; reflection; reflective practice; student teacher pair; teaching practice.


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I found the thread to add units if they are not listed "on our Units Deployed list", but where is the "Our Units Deployed List"?
I haven't gone through 100% of the site, but I would think that might be something to stand out to check.
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Learning online is transforming today's classrooms. More than 1,000 schools are using Chromebooks, opening the door for their teachers and students to take advantage of the web's vast educational resources. Today, our newest partner Lenovo has announced a Chromebook based on their popular ThinkPad laptop. Meet the new Lenovo ThinkPad X131e Chromebook.
Classrooms have unique hardware and software needs and this new Chromebook combines the hassle-free experience of Chrome OS with the ThinkPad's rugged design for the classroom environment. With specialized features like a rubber bumper around the top cover, stronger corners, reinforced hinges and hinge brackets, and a high definition (HD) LED anti-glare screen, the Lenovo ThinkPad X131e Chromebook is ready for schools. Lasting up to 6.5 hours* with a latest-generation Intel processor, the ThinkPad Chromebook will keep up with even the most active students and teachers.
Like all Chromebooks, the ThinkPad Chromebook delivers a simple computing experience with built-in security and automatic updates. It's a fast computer that's easy to share among multiple students with Google Apps for Education, and it includes over a thousand web-based educational apps from the Chrome Web Store.
Chromebooks can be managed and deployed centrally through the Chrome management console so schools can easily setup and manage users, apps, and policies across an entire school or district.
The new Lenovo ThinkPad X131e Chromebook will be available for $429 in the United States starting on February 26, 2013. Schools can add management and support from Google for a one-time cost of $30 per device. If you'd like to learn more, contact the Chromebook for Education team or visit our Google in Education booth (#1109) at FETC in Orlando from January 28-31, 2013.
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PORTLAND (AP) -- Police say a car with Massachusetts license plates has crashed in Connecticut, killing four people and critically injuring a fifth.
Sgt. Scott Cunningham tells The Associated Press that the crash occurred at 2:45 a.m. Saturday in Portland. Police tell WVIT-TV that the car slammed into a metal guardrail and spun out of control at the corner of two roads.
The dead include two men and two women. A third woman is in critical condition.
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Chris Seguin, Associate Producer of CineMuseum's upcoming BLUE COLLAR BUSTER Blu-ray & DVD release, has penned another a great article about famed producer, director, and animator Gerald Potterton, Keaton's 1965 short subject THE RAILRODDER -- and our lad Buster's unmatched authenticity.
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Success in negotiation, according to Professor Robert H. Mnookin, Chair of the Program on Negotiation, depends largely on being capable of managing each of the three tensions that he defines as being inevitable within almost any negotiation process. These include the tension between how to expand value and how to divide it, the tension between empathy and assertiveness, and the tension between principals and agents.
In this video, Mnookin, author of Bargaining with the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to Fight, also describes how important it is for all of us to learn how to "de-demonize" each other and that in most cases it is better for all to negotiate rather than fight.
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The Audi Q3 is now available with a 1.4 TFSI engine, which lowers the starting price for the range to £23,870.
The 148bhp petrol engine has 184lb ft of torque and is offered with either a six-speed manual or seven-speed S tronic automatic gearbox. Like the 138bhp diesel model, it's available only as a front-wheel-drive car, and you can spec it in either SE or S line trim.
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Audi has also announced a new S line Plus specification for all Q3 quattro models, which costs around £2400 more than standard S line trim. The extra spend adds 19-inch alloys, tinted rear windows, leather and Alcantara upholstery, cruise control, park assist and sat-nav.
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The British Special Air Service (SAS) is widely regarded as the ultimate elite fighting unit. Many of the worlds' top special forces utilise tactics employed by the SAS: the original elite fighting force of the modern age.
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I agree to carry out arduous duties with no recognition, no rewards, no promotions, and no medals
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There are four SAS 'Sabre' Squadrons (labelled A,B,D & G) each contains around 64men, the squadron is composed of four troops called Special Projects Teams each with 16 men which are further sub-divided into 4 four-men assault teams.
Each troop has its own speciality: boat troop (all aspects of amphibious warfare); Mobility Troop (Land Rovers, fast attack vehicles and motorcycles); Air Troop (freefall parachuting); and mountain troop (mountaineering and winter warfare operations.)
All soldiers are rotated through different troops during their three-year service with the regiment. This ensures that each man has at least two troop skills in addition to his patrol skills. This cross-training guarantees that each four-man patrol contains a broad cross-section of military expertise. In addition each sabre squadron is periodically rotated through CRW duty forming the anti terrorist team.


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In my lifelong quest to tell you about every demo that's available (the giant silver mermaid that gave me this quest gave me special permission to not have to include every single casual game in this task), I bring you word of Flight For Fight. The backwardsly named aeronautic combat sim is an… oh, I already said. A weeny 25MB demo is here, but unfortunately it absolutely does not work on my PC. Demos, eh?! If it runs properly on yours, tell everyone else how it is below. Do my job for me, and I'll keep all the money.


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Guillaume Apollinaire (Wilhelm Albert Vladimir Apollinaris Kostrowitzky) was born in Rome on August 26, 1880. He purposefully kept his parentage clouded in speculation but was most likely the illegitimate child of Angelica Kostrowitzky, a Polish woman living in the Vatican. Apollinaire was raised in the gambling halls of Monaco, Paris, and the French Riviera; during his education in Cannes, Nice, and Monaco, he assumed the identity of a Russian prince.
In his twenties he worked for a Parisian bank and kept company with artists such as Picasso, Braques, Chagall, Max Jacob, Eric Satie, Marcel Duchamp, and his lover, Marie Laurencin. During this time, he published a number of semi-pornographic books, proclaiming that the writing of the Marquis de Sade would gain prominence in the new century.
Apollinaire's first collection of poetry, L'enchanteur pourrissant, appeared in 1909, and his reputation was established in 1913 with Alcools, a melange of classical versification and modern imagery. Apollinaire had a reputation as a thief—he was detained for a week in 1911 on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa—and decided to become a French national by enlisting in the infantry during World War I.
He was stationed on the front in Champagne until 1916, when he suffered a head wound and had to be trepanned. He outlined his poetic and political beliefs in L'esprit nouveau et les poëtes in 1917. In 1918, after a series of short-lived affairs, he married Jacqueline Kolb. War-weakened, Apollinaire died shortly after of the Spanish Flu on November 9, 1918, in Paris. Calligrammes, a collection of concrete poetry, was published a few months after his death.
Apollinaire was an important part of several avant-garde movements in French literature and art at the start of the twentieth century. His influences include the Symbolist poets of the former generation: Victor Hugo, Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Jules Laforgue, and Tristan Corbière.
His work is often concerned with the clash between the modern and the traditional, often juxtaposing drastically different stylistic elements: it exhibits gritty modern imagery in traditional forms, for example. His book Peintres cubistes (1913) expounded on the theory behind cubism and analyzed the work of important cubists. His play La mamelles de Tirésias, which was made into an opera by Francis Poulenc in 1947, is one of the earliest examples of Surrealism—a word he is credited for coining.
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Approximately $875,000 raised for Nationwide Children's Hospital in first-ever partnership
(COLUMBUS, OH – Oct. 21, 2012) – Near perfect running conditions, 25 patient champions from Nationwide Children's Hospital, 100-plus bands and entertainment along the course and a first-ever trip through Ohio Stadium for marathoners highlighted the 33rd annual race today.
"The partnership with Nationwide Children's Hospital has brought a whole new level of engagement and meaning to this race. We heard from many of our athletes today that the patient champions at each mile gave them motivation to keep pushing forward," said Darris Blackford, Race Director of the Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Marathon. "This is just the start of many more great things for this partnership."
Each mile of the race was represented by a patient from Nationwide Children's Hospital. The patients and their families were along every mile of the course to cheer on athletes and serve as a visual reminder of how the marathon is helping ill and injured children.
When the partnership was announced in February, the Columbus Marathon issued a "call to commit" and offered a participant match of $100,000 to be directed to the Nationwide Children's Hospital. That match has multiplied and to date, approximately $875,000 has been raised for the hospital through the Columbus Marathon.
Craig Curley of Tuscon, AZ won the Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Marathon in 2:19:01, ending five years of Ohioan dominance in the event. The 33rd annual race featured the largest marathon field in event history with 5,470 finishers.
Lauren Woodring of Bethel Park, PA won the female full marathon in 2:45:29.
Additionally, an event record of 1:13:32 was set in the female 1/2 marathon by Katie McGregor of Savage, MN. Julius Koskei, of Kenya won the 1/2 marathon in 1:03:44. An event record of 9,931 finished the 1/2 marathon.
A sold-out record field of 18,000 athletes registered this year, up from 17,000 in 2011. The combined events have sold out for six straight years and the marathon continues to be the largest marathon in Ohio.
In addition to the partnership with Nationwide Children's Hospital, a key enhancement to the 2012 marathon was the inclusion of Ohio Stadium as part of the racecourse.
The 34th annual Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Marathon and 1/2 Marathon will take place Sunday, Oct. 20, 2013. For more information on today's race and full race results, visit www.columbusmarathon.com.
|Craig Curley
|Tucson, AZ
|James Boitt
|Philip Lagat
|Lauren Woodring
|Bethel Park, PA
|Renee High
|Virginia Beach, VA
|Heidi Greenwood
|Cleveland Heights
|Julius Koskei
|George Towett
|Philemon Terer
|Katie McGregor
|Savage, MN
|Mariska Kramer
|Maura Lemon
|Vandalia, OH
|Josh George
|Champaign, IL
|Aaron Pike
|Champaign, IL
|Travis Dodson
|Champaign, IL
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