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Before becoming a Funeral Director and / or Embalmer you must:
Make application to the State Board and meet the following qualifications:
Be 18 years of age or older
Be of good moral character
Be properly protected against communicable diseases
Have a high-school diploma or equivalent (GED) thereof
Funeral Director - successfully complete a program of study in Funeral Service Education consisting of not less than thirty (30) semester hours from a school accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education and evidenced by an official transcript.
Embalmer - the candidate must obtain an Associate of Arts Degree by successfully completing a mortuary science program consisting of not less than sixty (60) semester hours with a program accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education and evidenced by an official transcript.
Complete an apprenticeship under a licensed Tennessee funeral director and/or embalmer depending on what type of license you are pursuing.
Your apprenticeship may be completed in one of two ways:
Two (2) year apprentice for funeral directors
One (1) year apprentice with mortuary school for funeral directors and / or embalmers.
Note: If you attend mortuary school, you must register with the Board as a student to obtain credit
Quarterly reports must be submitted for each quarter of your apprenticeship. Rule 0660-04-.02 requires that an apprentice shall submit a quarterly report of apprenticeship training on a form prescribed by the Board. Such report must be received no later than sixty (60) days following the last day of the quarter for which credit is sought.
Upon completion of apprenticeship, submit a "Completion of Apprenticeship" form (provided by the Board) that has been prepared by the licensed Tennessee funeral director / embalmer that you apprenticed under.
Depending on the type of license you desire, complete the appropriate application form and submit along with the required application fees.
When we receive your completed application, approval for testing will be sent to the testing center. Afterwards, you should contact the testing agency for scheduling to take the State Board Examination(s), Art and / or Science, and the Tennessee Laws, Rules and Regulations Examination (whichever exam is applicable).
Some individuals may have taken the National Board. If so, have an official transcript sent to us by the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards. If one has successfully passed the National Board Examinations, it is not necessary to take the state funeral director or embalmer examinations.
We must have all required attachments that are requested on the application prior to approving you to take the applicable exam.
The State Board Examinations, both Arts and Science, and the Tennessee Laws, Rules and Regulations Examination are given Monday through Saturday as scheduled by appointment with the testing agency. It is the responsibility of the applicant to schedule the date, time, and location of the examination(s) directly with the testing agency.
After you take the examination(s), the testing center will notify our office of your score(s). Those individuals receiving a passing grade will be notified by mail to appear, if necessary, before the Board.
The Board normally meets the second Tuesday of each month. When requested to appear before the Board, you will be interviewed and the Board will decide whether to approve the requested license(s). If approved, you will be directed to the cashier's office to pay the appropriate licensing fee(s).
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Immunoglobulin Subclass IgG4, Serum
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
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Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
The most abundant immunoglobulin isotype in human serum is immunoglobulin G (IgG). IgG immunoglobulins are comprised of 4 subclasses designated IgG1 through IgG4. Of total IgG, approximately 65% is IgG1, 25% is IgG2, 6% is IgG3, and 4% is IgG4. Each IgG subclass contains structurally unique portions of the constant region of the gamma heavy chain.
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International Polar Year 2007–2009
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Understanding our world
The major international scientific research effort that is International Polar Year (IPY) was launched in March this year. As a world leader in Antarctic research, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is playing a major role. Our scientists are involved in 50 IPY projects, making it by far the biggest UK player in IPY. These projects will come together to create a unique snapshot of the state of our planet at the start of the 21st century.
Today's society faces unprecedented changes to our global environment. It's vitally important that we have the best scientists available to understand the big global issues like climate change and biodiversity.
Polar research is crucial in understanding how our world works and our impact on it, especially in relation to climate change. "The polar regions are an integral part of the machinery of planet Earth. If you want to understand the global carbon cycle or the global water cycle, you must understand the polar regions", says former BAS Director, Professor Chris Rapley.
Climate change is one of our greatest global challenges. Dr Rob Larter from BAS is involved in one of the many IPY projects investigating the role played by the polar regions in the global climate. The BIPOMAC project will use ice cores to delve into previously unexplored records of climatic processes uniquely stored in the ice, in an effort to unravel the intertwined roles of bipolar ice, oceans and the atmosphere. The data gathered will provide a pulse of information needed to better understand the global climate and to help focus our responses to the environmental challenges we will face in the future.
Though the polar regions have a profound influence on the global environment, the rest of the planet also impacts the poles. Man-made pollution reaches both Antarctic and Arctic ecosystems, with potentially dire consequences for species who live there, including humans. Dr Anna Jones from BAS is working on a Norwegian-led project to examine the sources and transport systems of these pollutants and investigate how climate change will have an affect. Involving scientists from different fields, including biologists and atmospheric chemists, the project exemplifies the interdisciplinary nature of IPY.
Dr Eric Wolff from BAS is involved in five separate IPY projects, from the stability of the Greenland Ice Sheet to the effect of air pollution on the atmosphere and climate. The collaborative ethos of IPY means data can be collected beyond the scope of individual investigators or disciplines, helping to produce a step-change in our understanding of key issues such as climate change.
According to Dr Wolff, "Because of their remote location, we are normally able to get only limited snapshots of important processes that are occurring in the polar regions. IPY allows us to organise sets of co-ordinated measurements at different sites in both polar regions that will help us to understand the underlying principles behind what we observe. This in turn will allow us to estimate how the atmosphere, ocean, ice and biota will alter as climate changes."
International cooperation is a hallmark of polar science. As well as strong links with other UK research institutions, such as the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) and the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI), BAS is part of a truly global network, working with scientists from around 40 other countries — including China, India, the USA and Russia — on IPY projects. For most of our 60-year history British Antarctic Survey has engaged in a dialogue with the public. There is a national need to attract young people into careers in science — and to keep them in it. For IPY BAS formed partnerships with world leading organisations to develop resources for teachers and students and to develop events and exhibitions to enthuse young people in our science and operations. Many of the children using these resources or visiting this exhibition will become scientists, citizens and policy makers who will ensure that not only do we continue to get the best scientific research but that we also help future governments make informed decisions about adapting to global change.


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Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
No doubt thousands of statues still remain to be unearthed at this archaeological site, which was not discovered until 1974. Qin (d. 210 B.C.), the first unifier of China, is buried, surrounded by the famous terracotta warriors, at the centre of a complex designed to mirror the urban plan of the capital, Xianyan. The small figures are all different; with their horses, chariots and weapons, they are masterpieces of realism and also of great historical interest.
Mausolée du premier empereur Qin
Sur ce site archéologique qui ne fut découvert qu'en 1974, il reste sans doute des milliers de statues à mettre au jour. C'est là que Qin, premier unificateur de la Chine, mort en 210 av. J.-C., repose au centre d'un ensemble qui évoque le schéma urbain de sa capitale Xianyan, entouré d'une armée de guerriers en terre cuite devenus rapidement célèbres dans le monde. Ces personnages, tous différents, avec leurs chevaux, leurs chars et leurs armes, sont des chefs-d'œuvre de réalisme, qui constituent aussi un témoignage historique inestimable.
ضريح الإمبراطور الأوّل كين
في هذا الموقع الأثري الذي لم يُكتشف حتّى العام 1974، آلاف من التماثيل التي لم يخرجها التنقيب بعد إلى النور. ففي هذا الموقع يجثم كين، موحّد الصين الأوّل الذي توفي عام 210 ق.م.، وسط مجموعةٍ تذكّر بمخطط العاصمة كزيانيان المدني يحوطه جمعٌ من المحاربين المصنوعين من الطين والذين ذاع سريعاً صيتهم في العالم. وهذه الشخصيّات المختلفة عن بعضها بأحصنتها ومدافعها وأسلحتها هي تحف عن الواقع وهي أيضاً شهادة تاريخية لا تُقدّر بثمن.
source: UNESCO/ERI
source: UNESCO/ERI
Гробница первого императора династии Цинь
Тысячи статуй этого археологического объекта, обнаруженного только в 1974 г., все еще остаются под слоем земли. Цинь Шихуанди, первый объединитель Китая (умерший в 210 г. до н.э.), был похоронен здесь в окружении знаменитых терракотовых воинов в центре комплекса. Этот комплекс создан по такой же планировке, что и столица страны – город Сяньян. Непохожие друг на друга фигуры с лошадьми, колесницами и оружием – это шедевры реалистичного искусства, представляющие огромный исторический интерес.
source: UNESCO/ERI
Mausoleo del primer emperador Qin
En este sitio arqueológico, descubierto solamente en 1974, quedan sin duda miles de estatuas por desenterrar. Aquí yacen los despojos mortales de Qin –primer unificador de China, muerto el año 210 a.C.– en el centro de un conjunto monumental que reproduce el trazado urbanístico de su capital, Xianyan. El emperador estí¡ rodeado por un ejército de guerreros de terracota que se han hecho célebres en mundo entero. Estos personajes, todos ellos diferentes, y sus caballos, carros de combate y armas, son obras maestras del realismo y constituyen un testimonio histórico de valor incalculable.
source: UNESCO/ERI
source: NFUAJ
Mausoleum van Qin, de eerste keizer van China
Het mausoleum van Qin Shi Huang is het grootste bewaarde mausoleum in China. Waarschijnlijk zijn er nog duizenden standbeelden die opgegraven kunnen worden op deze archeologische vindplaats, die pas ontdekt werd in 1974. Qin Shi Huang († 210 voor Christus) was de eerste keizer die China verenigde. Hij is begraven, omringd door de beroemde terracotta krijgers. Zijn graf ligt in het centrum van een complex dat het stedelijk ontwerp van de hoofdstad Xianyan weerspiegelt. De kleine figuren zijn allemaal verschillend; met hun paarden, karren en wapens vormen ze ware realistische kunstwerken van buitengewone historische waarde.
Source: unesco.nl
Outstanding Universal Value
Brief synthesis
Located at the northern foot of Lishan Mountain, 35 kilometers northeast of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, Qinshihuang Mausoleum is the tomb of Emperor Qinshihuang, founder of the first unified empire in Chinese history during the 3rd century BCE. Begun in 246 BCE the grave mound survives to a height of 51.3 meters within a rectangular, double-walled enclosure oriented north-south. Nearly 200 accompanying pits containing thousands of life-size terra cotta soldiers, terra cotta horses and bronze chariots and weapons - a world-renowned discovery - together with burial tombs and architectural remains total over 600 sites within the property area of 56.25 square kilometers. According to the historian Sima Qian (c. 145-95 BCE), workers from every province of the Empire toiled unceasingly until the death of the Emperor in 210 in order to construct a subterranean city within a gigantic mound.
As the tomb of the first emperor who unified the country, it is the largest in Chinese history, with a unique standard and layout, and a large number of exquisite funeral objects. It testifies to the founding of the first unified empire- the Qin Dynasty, which during the 3rd BCE, wielded unprecedented political, military and economic power and advanced the social, cultural and artistic level of the empire.
Criterion (i): Because of their exceptional technical and artistic qualities, the terracotta warriors and horses, and the funerary carts in bronze are major works in the history of Chinese sculpture prior to the reign of the Han dynasty.
Criterion (iii): The army of statues bears unique testimony to the military organization in China at the time of the Warring Kingdoms (475-221 BCE) and that of the short-lived Empire of a Thousand Generations (221-210 BCE). The direct testimony of the objects found in situ (lances, swords, axes, halberds, bows, arrows, etc.) is evident. The documentary value of a group of hyper realistic sculptures where no detail has been neglected - from the uniforms of the warriors, their arms, to even the horses' halters - is enormous. Furthermore, the information to be gleaned from the statues concerning the craft and techniques of potters and bronze-workers is immeasurable.
Criterion (iv): The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is the largest preserved site in China. It is a unique architectural ensemble whose layout echoes the urban plan of the capital, Xianyang, with the imperial palace enclosed by the walls of the city, themselves encircled by other walls. This capital of the Qin (to which succeeded on the present site of Xian the capitals of the Han, Sui and Tang dynasties) is a microcosm of the Zhongguo (Middle Country) that Qin Shi Huang wanted both to unify (he imposed throughout the land a single system of writing, money, weights and measures) and to protect from the barbarians that could arrive from any direction (the army which watches over the dead emperor faces outward from the tomb).
Criterion (vi): The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is associated with an event of universal significance: the first unification of the Chinese territory by a centralized state created by an absolute monarch in 221 BCE.
The Qinshihuang Mausoleum features a high level of integrity; the grave mound, mausoleum constructions, burial pits, sites of ritual construction and overall setting in the property area and the buffer zone are well preserved, and fully reflect the structure and ritual system of the whole mausoleum.
The grave mound, sites of constructions, burial tombs and burial pits in Qinshihuang Mausoleum truthfully maintain their original location, material, formation,technology and structure, which authentically reflect the constricting regulation of the Mausoleum and palace life and military systems of the Qin Dynasty. The numerous unearthed cultural relics reflect the highest technical level of pottery, chariot assembly, metallurgy and metal processing in the Qin Dynasty.
Protection and management requirements
The Qinshihuang Mausoleum has been listed a State Priority Protected Site and thus is under the protection of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Cultural Relics. In July 2005, the Shaanxi Provincial People's Congress passed the Shaanxi Provincial Regulation on the Protection of Qinshihuang Mausoleum and established a protection body: Qinshihuang Mausoleum. In 2009, the Museum of the Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses of Qinshihuang was upgraded to the Qinshihuang Mausoleum Museum by the Shaanxi Provincial Bureau of Cultural Heritage, taking charge of the overall planning, management, archaeological excavation, scientific research and daily maintenance.
In order to respond to the pressure of urban development and tourism, the Shaanxi provincial government approved the Conservation Plan for Qinshihuang Mausoleum in July 2010, which clarifies the borders of the protection area and the construction control zone around the mausoleum and prohibits the development of Lintong district from infringing on the mausoleum. The measure has effectively protected the mausoleum and its settings, prevented destructive activities, and ensured the authenticity and integrity of the proper
Long Description
The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is the largest preserved one in China. It is a unique architectural ensemble whose layout echoes the urban plan of the capital, Xianyang, with the Imperial Palace enclosed by the walls of the city, themselves encircled by other walls. The mausoleum is also associated with an event of universal significance: the first unification of the Chinese territory in a centralized state created by an absolute monarch, in 221 BC.
The first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang (Ying Zheng: 221-210 BC) arranged for his burial place long before his accession to the seat of supreme power. When he became king of Qin in 247 BC, Zheng had his geomancers choose a favourable site at the foot of Mount Li. Work was commenced and was carried out more energetically with each new political and military success over his rivals Han, Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yan and Qi. Following the proclamation of the Empire of Ten Thousand Generations in 221, work at the burial place took on extraordinary dimensions.
About 700,000 workers from every province of the empire toiled unceasingly until the death of the emperor in order to construct a subterranean city within a gigantic mound. The place was a veritable scale model of the palace, the empire and the world. Its treasures were safeguarded by automatically triggered weapons designed to thwart tomb robbers.
After Qin Shi Huang's death, the principal craftsmen of the hypogeum were walled up on the orders of the second emperor, as a precaution against their betraying their secrets. The mausoleum, 35 km from Xian, is still landmarked by an imposing mound 43 m high. The interior is built within a first square enclosure, with doors in the middle of each of the four walls corresponding to the four cardinal points. This in turn is surrounded by a second rectangular enclosure running north-south.
The mausoleum's superstructures have disappeared and there remains only a wooded knoll resembling a truncated pyramid on a 350 m square base. While sinking a well 1.5 km from the exterior eastern wall of the mausoleum's inner room, three peasants from the small village of Yangeun-West came upon a pit in which there were lifesize terracotta statues of warriors. Excavations were begun immediately. Pit 1 contained a veritable army of 1,087 warriors, the infantry and cavalry corps standing in battle formation with archers protecting the flanks. Today it is estimated that there are a potential 6,000 statues of warriors and horses in that one pit alone, which has floored galleries 230 m long. It is now entirely enclosed by the site museum.
Two other pits were discovered just north of Pit 1 and were found to contain similar items - 1,500 warriors, carts and horses in Pit 2, and 68 officers and dignitaries and a cart with four horses in Pit 3. These pits were provisionally backfilled and the objects extracted from them displayed in exhibition rooms flanking the north and south ends of the great hall of the site museum. Other finds were made on the western slope of the mound; these included notably two half-life-size cast bronze quadrigae.
According to current estimates, the statue army of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum must have represented the exact number of the imperial guards. Over the past thirteen years, discoveries have revealed the dimensions of the mausoleum, and the site constitutes one of the most fabulous archaeological reserves in the world.
Because of their exceptional technical and artistic qualities, the terracotta warriors and horses and the funerary carts in bronze are major works in the history of Chinese sculpture prior to the reign of the Han dynasty. The army of statues also bears unique testimony to the military organization in China at the time of the Warring Kingdoms (475-221 BC) and that of the short-lived Empire of a Thousand Generations (221-210 BC) The direct testimony of the objects found in situ (lances, swords, axes, halberds, bows, arrows, etc.) is evident.Source: UNESCO/CLT/WHC
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(Lots of pictures and the recap of the first part of my trip are all in this post here).
I woke up on marathon morning feeling remarkably calm and relaxed. I got to sleep until a little after 5am (and got 7 full hours of sleep!) I took a shower and got dressed and ready, and took my time packing my gear bag and a bag for my dad to carry for me. I got a wonderful email from Josh and got a text from Jennifer that helped me feel even better. My Dad snapped a couple of pictures quickly, we made a plan on where he would be when during the race and where we would meet up afterwards, and then I was on my way!
I really was feeling good, and excited but calm. I had decided that the weather would be what it would be, I would do the best I could, and enjoy as much of the experience as I could. I knew that freaking out or stressing out would not help anything and I wanted to soak in and enjoy my first Boston Marathon. I also wanted to keep a positive attitude (which I did).
Rick picked me up at 7am. We drove out to Hopkington, and in a cool twist, we ended up right behind the police-escorted motorcade of the elite athletes. Pretty cool!
We parked and got on a school bus for a short ride in to Hopkinton, and after a short walk we were in the Athlete's Village.
I was trying to ignore how hot it was just sitting on the grass two hours before we were to even start running. I am always, always cold, and I didn't even need any warm ups or throwaways. Any last hopes that the weathermen were wrong went out the window. The sky was clear and blue and the sun was HOT.
I waited on a LONG portapotty line, and then I lubed up with Aquafor and sunscreen, mixed up my Perpetuem, changed into my racing shoes, and was ready to roll. I headed down towards the corrals. I got down there and we had to stand and wait until the first wave was gone. We were standing in the sun (there was no shade) and it was HOT. After about 30 minutes they filed us into the corrals, and again, we were standing around in the hot sun. I was already feeling overheated and we hadn't even started to run yet!
I was right at the front of Wave 2 Corral 3, and right on time (10:20am) we were off! I knew the first four miles were going to be crowded and steep downhill, and my goal was just not to go out too fast. I was pleasantly surprised to find that although it was crowded, it was not difficult to run at the pace I wanted and that things thinned out to a comfortable level of "congestion" within the first mile or so (totally different from my NY experience).
My legs felt good, but it didn't take long for me to feel hot, and to realize how difficult a day it was going to be. As we passed mile three and the sun was beating down, I remember truly wondering if I was going to be able to run another 23+ miles in that sun and those temperatures. It is not good to be doubting at mile three of a marathon!!
Splits for the first four miles were -
7:30, 7:19, 7:17, 7:12
I have never walked in a marathon, but I realized quickly that the only way to survive was to stay as cool as possible. So I started walking through the aid stations. At each one I got two waters (one went over the head, one went down the front) and then I got a third water to sip. I drink Hammer Perpetuem, and that only lasted me until Mile 16 and then it was gone! (It usually lasts me until mile 23 or 24). Because of running out of my drink I had to start taking Gatorade on the course, which only added to my stomach problems.
Splits for miles 5-8 were -
7:36, 7:34, 7:16, 7:30
It was right around mile 9 that things started to get rough. My stomach started to feel SICK, and my head started to get fuzzy. Rick had given me some Hammer Endurolytes to take every three miles. I took them at mile 3 and miles 6, but I looked down at my Garmin at mile 9.2 and honestly could NOT remember if I had taken the Enduroytes less than a quarter of a mile earlier! And taking them involved unzipping my handheld pouch, opening a container, and swallowing two pills. (I do think the Endurolytes helped).
I also honestly could not have told you how many portapotties I ended up in before looking at my Garmin splits, even though I normally could tell you the exact mileage I stopped at and for how many minutes/seconds. My mind got very fuzzy!
Splits for miles 9-12 were -
8:46 (first pit stop), 7:38, 8:00, 8:53 (second pit stop)
Running past the girls at Wellesley was as cool of an experience as everyone tells you. Oh the screaming! :)
At the half-way point I was still pretty happy with how I was running and the potential for a decent time (and a PR), although I could feel that the sun and the close to 90 degree temps were taking it's toll on me.
Splits for miles 13-16 were -
7:46, 7:42, 8:28 (quick pitstop), 7:37
I kept telling myself "just get to mile 15 in good shape", because that is what Coach Rick had told me to do, and that was where he was waiting for me. I knew seeing him, and hearing his voice and getting a quick pep talk would be a big boost. Sure enough, right at mile 15 I saw him standing on the course looking for me, and he quickly spotted me and jumped in. I tried to soak up his energy and positive words.
I have to say that it was the people along the course that really saved the day. There were so many spectators out with water, ice, cold washcloths, sponges, wet paper-towels, hoses, water guns, buckets, sprinklers, etc. The fire departments had some fire hydrants open and some "hydration tunnels" set up you could run through. I ran past every drop of water I was able to. Coach Rick had given me a sponge that I kept tucked in my top, and I used that to squeeze water on my neck as often as I could too. I was SOAKED. I was more wet than I was when I ran Top of Utah Marathon in the pouring rain/hail. My feet were sloshing in my shoes and my shorts kept sliding down because they were so wet/heavy. But being wet and cooling off (even if it only lasted a short time) was the only way for me to survive and keep running.
The Newton Hills actually weren't as bad as I expected. In different weather conditions I think I would have really ran this section of the course well. I am a decent hill runner and I really loved the Boston course.
Splits for miles 17-20 were -
8:19, 9:20 (pit stop), 8:11, 8:17
At this point part of my brain was saying that we were definitely going to finish and was very relieved and happy about that, and part of my brain was wondering how on earth we were going to run another 6+ miles. My stomach was just so so sick and my body felt so weak. There was no relief from the sun - I felt like I was baking - and it was just pretty dang miserable. Brutal. Brutal is the right word. It didn't help that so very many people were walking, being carted off, falling down, throwing up, going in to the medical tents, etc. It felt like a war zone at times.
Some fun things that happened during the race -
- I had two different people recognize me from the Runner's World article while I was running
- I had THREE friends in the crowd recognize me and get my attention
- For about half a mile people kept cheering for "Wyoming!" and I kept thinking, "how the heck do they know I am from Wyoming?" I even looked down a few times to see if I was somehow wearing something I had forgotten about. After a bit I realized that a man running next to me was wearing a Wyoming shirt. There were only 23 runners in the race from Wyoming. What are the chances I would end up running right with one of them?
- My new favorite marathon sign, "You aren't Crazy, We are just Lazy!"
I found myself walking longer through/after each aid station trying to cool myself down, get fluids in slowly, and settle my heart rate a bit. I hated walking (and it was very hard to start running again each time I walked an aid station). I felt like I was quitting and giving up. I felt wimpy. I knew I had to do it, but I hated it. I had stopped looking at my Garmin because I knew it would just make me feel discouraged, but by the course clocks I knew roughly what my time would be by about this point and I knew a PR wasn't happening. I did realize that a BQ was still possible if I held it together and didn't fall apart any further, and so I made that my goal.
21-26.2 were -
11:36 (pit stop, had to wait to get in), 8:00, 8:28, 9:43, 8:48, 8:50 and an average 7:01 pace for the final .2 (or .57 on the Garmin)
I saw that Citgo sign and knew I was getting close. I kept telling myself "two miles left" and picturing where I would be on my road to home and how easy of a distance that was. I kept telling myself I would be done running in less than 20 minutes. I knew my Dad would be right around mile 26, and I let that thought pull me in. I kept thinking about still being about to BQ in Boston, and let that push me.
I turned onto Hereford street, and heard my Dad yell loud and clear! I was so happy to see him and hear him (and I was so happy he was standing in the shade. I had been worrying about him being out in the crazy hot sun, especially since I was taking longer than hoped/planned). He didn't have an easy time spectating though. He watched one runner go down right in front of him and saw lots of people being carted off by EMT's, so of course he was very worried. He also did a lot of walking. Hearing him cheer for me was a big boost. He was great!
I made that final turn on to Boylston St., and really tried to soak in the crowds, the finish line getting closer and closer, the fact that I was finishing (and was BQ'ing), and the fact that I had survived and done it, when it was so terribly hard and it had seemed almost impossible at times during the course.
I crossed the finish line and my final stats were -
Time - 3:37:48
Overall - 4184/21554 finishers (top 19% overall)
In Gender - 729/8966 women (top 8% of women)
In 18-39 age group - 592/4580(top 13% of age group)
As I walked through the finish area I got water, the heat sheet, medal, and a snack bag, and we got funneled out toward the street where the family reunion area was. There were people in bad shape everywhere, and there was even a line of wheelchairs waiting to get in to the medical tent. I was grateful I was feeling ok physically (very exhausted, but ok).
As I started walking towards the Westin Hotel where I was going to meet my Dad, I let myself have a good cry. I knew that no one would want me to feel disappointed and I don't like crying around people, so I kept my sunglasses on and just cried while I walked. To be honest, I was feeling disappointed, and I was frustrated and doubting myself and my abilities. I felt like I had taken a big step backward instead of forward.
I got close to the Westin and pulled myself together. I looked around out front and there were lots of other people, but not my Dad. I borrowed a phone and sent him a text to tell him I was going in to the hotel, and just before I did I noticed a family face. It was Merhawi Keflezighi, Meb's brother! I knew him from running on Meb's charity team last year in NY, as he is Meb's agent (and he is one of the nicest people you could ever know). I called out his name and he turned around, and surprisingly he recognized me immediately. We started talking and I realized that there was someone standing off to the side waiting for us to stop talking. I looked up to be polite and realized it was Meb! He recognized me as well and I gave him a big hug and congratulated him on his Olympics Trial win and wished him luck at the Olympics. I told him all the kids were routing for him when the race was on TV (except for Shorty, who loves Ryan Hall). :)
Meb asked about Josh, the kids, and my Dad and it was just a really nice moment. My one regret about the expo was that I hadn't gotten to say hi to Meb, so it was such a neat twist of fate to run in to him and Merhawi.
I went in to the Westin and got a round of applause when I went in to the suite for Rick's runners. My Dad found me and we headed upstairs to one of the two hotel rooms that they had set up for runners to use to shower. It was a beautiful room and it was heavenly to get out of my damp uniform, take a shower, and put on clean, dry clothes.
My body was the worst it has ever been after a race! I was sunburned in quite a few place (despite putting on a TON of spf50 sport sunblock), my feet were like raisins from being soaked for so long (although miraculously I didn't have any blisters) and the Aquafor was no match for the heat/water because I chafed like I have never chafed before. (And chafing hasn't ever been an issue for me). The shower was pretty painful! The worst sunburned area I have is my right hand. It is puffy and swollen today even. Ouch!
I talked to Josh and Pam quickly and got some texts and Facebook messages from Jennifer. If you didn't see this post of hers, you need to go see it. That is the kind of friend she is! On top of that, she was texting with Josh throughout the race. I am not sure who was keeping who calm (or who was getting who more excited???) but they both had a lot of fun. :)
ALL of the Facebook messages, blog comments, emails, etc. were so very uplifting and mean more than I can say. THANK YOU to all of you who took the time to say something. I am very, very grateful for all the kind words and encouragement and very humbled by the outpouring of support.
When all the runners had made it in, the suite had cleared, and everyone was packing up and leaving, my Dad and I said good-bye and went to dinner. I had a burger and fries and then some fabulous bread pudding (my favorite treat). Since I hadn't eaten before the race and had just had some fruit and pretzels afterwards, I was STARVING.
|This is the bread pudding. Yes, it was ridiculously big. Pam loves to get a "happy picture" of me eating something good after a race, hence the extra big smile ;)
I actually slept really well, and was pleasantly surprised when I got out of bed feeling pretty good this morning and not nearly as stiff as I usually am. I went for a short, slow, easy, three mile run and felt better and better as the run went on. It always hurts me to take a deep breath the night/morning after a marathon and after I go for a short, easy run that disappears. My body feels very tired overall, but nothing specific hurts (besides the sunburn!) and my legs feel pretty dang good.
I enjoyed a slow morning with my Dad, we went and had some delicious Ethiopian food (and ate way too much), and then he dropped me off at the airport.
It was an incredible weekend and experience. I love the city of Boston and I love the Boston Marathon. I am hooked! The time spent with my Dad and Pam was wonderful and uplifting. Meeting so many inspiring runners was a very special experience. Seeing Amanda and Robin was great! And, I got Ethiopian food and bread pudding. :) Next year I want to do it all over again, and bring Josh. :)
So how am I feeling now? I know that the conditions were brutal. I know that everyone's times were slower than they hoped and that everyone had to adjust their strategies/goals. I know that my time was decent considering the temps and that just finishing yesterday was an accomplishment. I am not going to feel disappointed anymore, and I am not going to feel discouraged. I had worried about letting a lot of people down, but that doesn't seem to be the case. I can't help but wonder if I could have pushed myself harder, stopped less, walked less, and done better, but I guess I will never know. I did learn a lot yesterday, and can now say I have run a marathon in just about every weather extreme possible! I will certainly never forget my first Boston Marathon and look very forward to running it again and again.
I am going to take what I learned in Boston and add it to the training I have done and the training I will do and keep moving forward. I have just under 8 weeks until the Utah Valley Marathon. :)
Congratulations to ALL of the runners in Boston yesterday. I was amazed at the spirit, heart, and determination I saw in all of the runners out there.


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Also, you said that non-young Earth Christians are inconsistent. Inconsistent with what? I'm sure you realize that the Bible contains both documented history and metaphors. Who are you to decide what is story and what is real. You don't have special powers, it is only your belief that the story of Adam and Eve took less than a week. To say that any Christian who doesn't believe the Bible to be exactly how you interpret it is being inconsistent is just comical. In your world it is only black and white. "Christianity is the only true religion, why...because that's what I believe", "Young Earth is the only consistent Christian belief, why....because that's what I believe." My guess is if you were born in Pakistan, you'd be saying, "Islam is the only true religion."


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Allan McNish is the latest former British F1 driver to weigh in on the Mercedes debate and he believes Lewis Hamilton is the team's clear number one driver.
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Spacecraft Mass: Flyby Spacecraft: 601 kilograms (1,325 pounds) at launch, consisting of 515 kilograms (1,135 pounds) spacecraft and 86 kg (190 lbs) fuelImpactor: 364 kilograms (802 pounds)
Spacecraft Instruments: 1) High-resolution telescope and camera
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Spacecraft Dimensions: Flyby Spacecraft: 3.3 meters (10.8 feet) long, 1.7 meters (5.6 feet) wide, and 2.3 meters (7.5 feet) highImpactor: 1 meter (39 inches) long, 1 meter (39 inches) in diameter
Spacecraft Power: 2.8-meter-by-2.8-meter (9-foot-by-9 foot) solar panel providing up to 92 watts, depending on distance from Sun. Power storage via small 16-amp-hour rechargeable nickel hydrogen battery
Total Cost: Primary Mission: $267 million total (not including launch vehicle), consisting of $252 million
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Launched on a clear winter day in January 2005, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft spanned 268 million miles (431 million kilometers) of deep space in 172 days, then reached out and touched comet Tempel 1. The collision between the coffee table-sized impactor and city-sized comet occurred on July 4, 2005, at 1:52 a.m. EDT. This hyper-speed collision between spaceborne iceberg and copper-fortified, rocket-powered probe was the first of its kind. It was a boon to not only comet science, but to the study of the evolution of our solar system.
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The Deep Impact spacecraft, history's most traveled deep-space comet hunter, provided many significant results for the science community. Here are the top five, according to the mission's principal investigator, Michael A'Hearn of the University of Maryland, College Park.
(1) First determination that a comet's surface layer (few to 10 meters or so) is very porous (greater than 75% empty space)
Studies of imagery showed that that the luminous flash created within a fraction of a second after Deep Impact's impactor was atomized by comet Tempel 1 was much fainter than expected. Comparison with experimental impacts at the Vertical Gun Range at NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., showed that such a faint flash was consistent only with a surface layer (depth a few times the diameter of the impactor) that was more than 75 percent empty space. This surprisingly high porosity was in contrast with theories that predicted comets were armored with a stronger, solid crust that impeded outgassing.
(2)First direct evidence showing chemical diversity of outgassing associated with different parts of the cometary nucleus
Observations of comet Tempel 1 by Deep Impact's spectrometer instrument showed that water was arising primarily at longitudes near noon and peaking near the equator, whereas most of the carbon dioxide was arising from far southern latitudes, not too far from comet Tempel 1's south pole. This could be due to seasonal effects (southern hemisphere just going into winter darkness) or due to differences in the chemical composition in different parts of the nucleus. During the mission extension, the EPOXI observations of comet Hartley 2 showed that the comet's smooth waist was emitting pure water, while the small end was emitting excess carbon dioxide, regardless of time of day. This was a clear sign that chemical diversity was the important factor in a comet's chemical makeup.
(3) Discovered that "hyperactive" comets (5-10 percent of all comets) are driven by carbon dioxide and that the observed excess water is from icy grains in the coma. The processes of hyperactive comets are very different from those in normal comets.
For many years we have known that a handful of comets (fewer than 10 percent) produced more water vapor than should be possible by sublimation of nucleus of water ice, in which the sizes of the nuclei are known. The flyby of comet Hartley 2 showed a large number of icy grains in the coma are driven out of the nucleus by the outgassing of carbon dioxide. These icy grains are plausibly the source of much of the water coming from the comet.
(4) Observations have led to re-thinking where in the solar system comets formed. Contrary to all thinking, for the last half century, the Jupiter family comets must have formed closer to the sun than did the Oort cloud comets.
Observations of Hartley 2 by the Deep Impact spacecraft showed the importance of carbon-dioxide ice relative to carbon-monoxide ice in comets, and led to reexamination of all previous observations of these two ices in comets. The relative abundances in short-period and long-period comets imply that the short-period comets formed under warmer conditions than did the long-period comets. Thus, the short-period comets must have formed closer to the sun than their longer-period brethren. This is contrary to popular belief in the astronomical community (for many decades) that the short-period comets formed in the Kuiper belt beyond Neptune, while the long-period comets formed in the vicinity of the giant planets. The new model fits well with measurements by other astronomers of heavy water in Hartley 2, and with
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(5) Enabled the subsequent exciting results from Stardust NExT mission on how comets evolve.
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This second set of measurements of Tempel 1 surface features showed that much of the evolution was in discrete, large areas, i.e., there was not a small, uniform erosion of the all parts of the surface, but rather large changes in a few places. Thus, comets evolve in a manner anaologous to erosion - most erosion takes place in discrete events (floods that make large, local changes) rather than as a slow, continuous process.
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Integration of the food system, linking production, distribution and consumption
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A sustainable community food system is a collaborative network that integrates sustainable food production, processing, distribution, consumption and waste management in order to enhance the environmental, economic and social health of a particular place.
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UC SAREP links farmers to communities to help increase the viability of regional food systems. We partner with communities to assess the effectiveness of local food programs, and help farmers increase their success through access to markets and communities in search of fresh, local food.
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Preseason Underclass All Americans
Perfect Game All-American Classic
PG Pro Shop
Perfect Game Spring Swing
PG Super25
Perfect Game National Showcase event videos
PG shortstops go 1-2-3
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Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League
Baseball Web TV
MLB Pitch, Hit & Run
Atlanta Braves Tickets
Perfect Game High School Showdown
Skillshow online video ACT profiles
Minor League Baseball
LakePoint Housing – Experient (all Georgia events)
Lee County Sports Organizing Committee (all Fort Myers, FL events)
GroupHousing (all other events)
High School Baseball Web
Car Rental for PG Events
Cedar Rapids Kernels
Florida Sports Foundation
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