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"Creative Minds" Lecture Series
6:30 p.m. April 7, Savannah Country Day's Jelks Auditorium, 824 Stillwood Drive. Jon Meacham, managing editor for Newsweek, will speak. Cost: $5-$10. Call 961-8828 or go to www.savcds.org.
Covenant Care Services Fundraising Banquet
6 p.m. April 7, at the Savannah Riverfront Marriott, 100 General McIntosh Blvd. Miss USA 2000 Lynette Cole will speak. Covenant Care Services is an adoption organization that places children into two-parent Christian homes. Free, but reservations are required. Call 1-800-226-5683.
Travel Presentation
5-6:30 p.m. April 8, Edgewood Travel, 105 Wheeler Court. Dave Herbert, founder and owner of African Travel, will speak. Presentation includes a glass of South African wine. Reservations requested. Call 351-0570 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Book Symposium
April 11, Kennedy Fine Arts Center, Savannah State University campus. Discussions and interpretations of "Fahrenheit 451." Part of the Big Read. For the symposium schedule, go to www.liveoakpl.org.
A comedy by Jack Heifner that chronicles three bubbly Texas teens from cheerleaders to sorority sisters to housewives, liberated women and beyond. 7:30 p.m. April 11-12, 17-19 and 3 p.m. April 13 and 20, at Savannah Community Theatre, 2160 E. Victory Drive, Crossroads Shopping Center. Tickets: $10-$25. Call 898-9021 or go to www.savannahcommunitytheatre.com.
Vintage Trailer Tour
11 a.m.-1 p.m. April 12, River's End Campground and RV Park, 915 Polk St., Tybee Island. Cowgirl Camp lunch served after the tour. Cost: $12, to benefit the St. Michael's Scholarship Fund. Tickets are available at Seaside Sisters, 1207 U.S. 80, Tybee Island, or River's End Campground. Call 786-9216 or 786-5518.
Savannah Concert Association
Charles Wadsworth and Friends will perform. 8 p.m. April 12, Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. Tickets: $12.50-$35; student discounts available. Call 525-5050 or go to www.lucastheatre.com.
Strawberry Festival
Pick fresh strawberries, taste homemade strawberry ice cream and more. April 12-13, Ottawa Farms, Bloomingdale. Cost: $8 adults; $5 children; free for children age 2 and younger. April 13 will feature an open car show; for registration call 912-826-5914. For the festival, call 748-3035 or go to www.ottawafarms.com.
Bigge Memorial Poker Run
9 a.m. registration April 12, Augies Pub, Pooler. Sponsored by Horsin' Around, a local nonprofit therapeutic riding program for special needs children. Door prizes, food, live music and more. Call 661-0210.
Jepson Gospel Brunch
12:15 p.m. April 13, Telfair Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 W. York St. Eric Brack & the Perpetual Praise Chorale will perform. Cost: $15, includes catered buffet brunch. Other dates for Jepson Gospel Brunch events: May 25, June 22, July 27, Aug. 24, Sept. 28, Oct. 26, Nov. 23, Dec. 14. Call 790-8800.
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Because I have several new readers, I wanted to take a second to catch you up so that you do not have to start from the beginning.
I created this blog to detail our cooking journey, a journey that has many twists and turns. When it started, we had just found out that our middle child has some severe food sensitivities, which meant that we needed to eliminate some foods for a few months before re-introducing them.
My very first blog post, as I tried to figure out how to even begin…is here…http://cookingformykids.com/2011/07/20/our-cooking-journey/.
The little boy at the center of the food sensitivities is Ethan. His story is here…http://cookingformykids.com/ethans-story/. I have known for awhile that he had a story to tell, and I knew that I wanted to be the one to tell it. I just needed the time to be right. Getting the food sensitivity results and deciding to make some serious food adjustments, seemed like the perfect time to start telling his story. I hope that you will find (or have found) his story to be as beautiful as we do.
And, we have two other children, as well. Gabriel is the oldest, and Summer is the youngest. They appear in the blog quite frequently, as well. In addition to being super-amazing children, they also just so happen to be Ethan's biggest fans, and they support and encourage him every step of the way. http://cookingformykids.com/about/.
The blog is kind of a little food/family journal for me. I love my family, and I love to cook. So, I try to share as much of a combination of the two as possible. And, along the way, I give updates about Ethan in his weekly Progress Reports. I want to be honest about what is working, what is not working, and how we are balancing our meals and our lives so that we can all be as healthy as possible. You can find all of the recipes that I have blogged about on the Recipes tab at the top. http://cookingformykids.com/recipes/
I cannot tell you how happy it makes me to get to tell Ethan's story, share stories about my family, and create recipes. Thank you for reading. Thank you for sharing. And, thank you for going on this journey with us.

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I am happy to announce the winner of our latest Giveaway sponsored by GingerLead®. The support and rehab harness will go to:
Marcia H.
And her sweet dog
Congratulations from Lessons From A Paralyzed Dog!
Marcia was thrilled to hear that she and Smiley were the winners of the Giveaway.
"I am SO excited I couldn't wait to write you back," said Marcia. "This will be so very helpful for both my sweet, sweet girl and me!! You can see from the picture that Smiley's right front foot is not quite right. It will be exciting for us to be able to use a harness that works to help her regain her strength and mobility.
I have MS and this might be the right kind of harness for me to be able to help Smiley go outside to do her business when my husband is not home."
Marcia shared how Smiley was rescued as a puppy along with her brother after they were found living on their own in an orchard in Yakima, Washington. Smiley's brother loved people and was soon adopted, but it took a long time for Smiley to warm up to having a family of her own. Then she met Marcia and her husband.
Since that time there have been several health challenges for Smiley. She nearly lost her vision due to severe cataracts. Her family drove 6 hours to get her the surgery she needed, but sadly the procedure was successful in only one eye. Then a couple of years later the dog needed two different surgeries to correct an issue with her stomach.
Earlier this year, Smiley began to have weakness in her hind legs. That led to her slipping on some ice on a bridge which caused an injury to her back and hips. Smiley was put on bedrest and recovered from the injury, but her back legs continued to get weaker. Now she is having trouble with a front leg as well. Her veterinarian has ruled out Degenerative Myelopathy, but thinks Smiley is suffering from some form of an autoimmune disease. Marcia is now taking her for acupuncture and rehab therapy. And soon Smiley will receive a full support quad cart that is being donated by Mango on a Mission.
You can follow Smiley on her new Facebook page: Sweet Sweet Smiley
"I have to say I have spent a lot of time crying in the last few months but in this last week my tears have been for joy," said Marcia. "Thank you and GingerLead for adding to that!"
Coupon Offer: Until August 31, 2016 GingerLead is offering a 10% discount to all readers. Enter the code LPD2016 on the GingerLead website.
The GingerLead Story
The founders of the company started GingerLead after their Golden retriever, named Ginger, was diagnosed with severe hip dysplasia. The dog underwent surgery and was given a sling to use during recovery. The harness didn't give adequate support for the dog and her owners worried she might reinjure herself so they set about to develop a better product. That led to a whole line of comfortable and sturdy rehab and support slings.
Click to learn more about GingerLead support and rehab harnesses.
I want to thank everyone who participated in the Giveaway. We had a great response from readers. Lessons From A Paralyzed Dog sends our appreciation to GingerLead for sponsoring their second Giveaway with us and for all the hard work they do to make quality products for our handi-capable pets.
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My most recent order included some of these cute bows.
One was a gift for an OSU fan.
Another one for a Green Bay fan.
The larger purple one was customized to match a dress for a family photo.
And the rest were just random "girl" colors.
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Zurvived: Episode 28 – Zurvived Is the Official Zombie Research Society Webcast!
Posted on 25. Nov, 2011 by Zurvived in Full Episodes, Zurvived Podcast
Our special news we have been teasing is our partnering up with Zombie Research Society (http://ZombieResearch.org) as their Official Webcast. Expect new segments in future episodes as we research the modern Zombie.
For this episode we have Matt Mogk visit our studio to join in our conversation for our FOTW, WOTW, and VOTW! We also are inducted as the Hollywood ZRS Chapter for the Society
00:36 Happy Thanksgiving
01:12 FOTW: USS Alabama
05:00 WOTW: Airborne Axe
06:38 VOTW: Knight XV Conquest Vehicles
11:56 Win Your Crovel
14:13 Comic Review with Michael Holmes : CDC Zombie Epidemic
16:46 Zombie Safehouse Winners
23:24 Zombie for a Cause
24:49 CDC's Graphic Novel
29:29 Zombie Research Society with Matt Mogk
25:10 Zurvived Becomes Hollywood Chapter and the Official Webcast
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Marvel First Look: UNCANNY X-MEN #2
Your First Look At UNCANNY X-MEN #2!
After a critically acclaimed first issue, Marvel is pleased to present your first look at Uncanny X-Men #2 as X-Men: Regenesis continues! The fan-favorite creative team of Kieron Gillen and Carlos Pacheco pull out all the stops as Cyclops and his new Extinction team go head to head against the deadly Mr. Sinister. And with Sinister controlling the all-powerful Dreaming Celestial in San Francisco, his destruction has no limits.
Can Cyclops pull his team together in time to take out Sinister? Will his mission statement fail right off the bat? Find out in Uncanny X-Men #2!
Written by KIERON GILLEN
Pencils by CARLOS PACHECO, JORGE MOLINA & RODNEY BUCHEMI
Cover by CARLOS PACHECO
Inks by CAM SMITH
Colors by FRANK D'ARMATA
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Nordic Casemix Conference
Nordic Casemix Conferences are arranged every second year.
Our last conference was held in May 2016 in Reykjavik, Iceland and it was the 7th Nordic Casemix Conference. Our next Conference will be held in 2018 in Riga, Latvia and it is the 8th Nordic Casemix Conference.
The Nordic Casemix Conferences:
7. Reykjavik, Iceland (2016)
6. Tallinn, Estonia (2014)
5. Oslo, Norway (2012)
4. Helsinki, Finland (2010)
3. Stockholm, Sweden (2008)
2. Copenhagen, Denmark (2006)
1. Oslo, Norway (2004)
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Congratulations! You're the proud owner of an iPad.
You've ripped it out of the box, you've set up email, loaded pictures, music, surfed the web, and now you're ready to tackle the App Store.
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Arcadia Florida is the kind of town that takes you back in history to old Florida. With its downtown area and antique district, you will literally feel like you stepped back in time when you visit.
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Submitted by fluxrider on Sun, 19/11/2006 - 12:19am
In 2007 the MRRDA together with its partner clubs New South Wales St George Motorcycle Club Victoria Hartwell Motorcycle Club Queensland Motorcycle Sportsmen Motorcycle Club Governing Body Motorcycling Australia will host a 5 round series aimed at the development of motorcycle racing and young racers. As such the classes will be Junior, 125GP, 250GP, 250 Production and Formula 400. The series wil go beyond pure race meetings, extending to a number of seminars held in NSW, QLD and VIC covering the topics of media awareness and Sponsorship, together with training for the Junior Class riders. Paul "Woody†Edwards President - MRRDA FAQ Who is running this Series? The series is being run by the Motorcycle Road Racing Development Association (MRRDA). This is a not for profit organisation with all money raised going back into the Series for either promotion or to help the riders. The individual meetings will be operated by Motorcycle Sportsmen, St George and Hartwell Motorcycle Clubs. MA is in full support of the Series. No individual will profit from the running of this series and the organizers are providing their time for free in the spirit of developing road racing and securing a future for the sport. Who are the Series sponsors? There are a number of sponsors already on board. The major Series sponsors that have signed up so far are Honda, Red Bull, AMCN and Bondi Worldwide Online Print. Funnily enough, none of these Sponsors have opted for naming rights, so the series continues to hunt down other Sponsors. We need just 1 more big one to be able to afford to take the series to TV. When and where will the races be run? The series will be run over 5 rounds starting in March/April and finishing in September. The rounds will be 1 in Queensland (Qld Raceway), 2 in New South Wales (Oran Park and Wakefield Park) and 2 in Victoria (Winton and Phillip Island) with the final round at Phillip Island. Full details will become available on the website. For the record Eastern Creek has had to be excluded as Red Bull are not allowed there due to a Coca Cola contract with the Creek. What sort of meeting will it be? It is expected to be sprint racing and that the meetings will be run over 2 days. Saturday being practice and qualifying in the morning with a race in the afternoon. Sunday will be morning warm up and racing. All classes should get at least 4 races in the weekend so there will be no shortage of track time for all. It should be noted that each class can dictate what suits it best. For example if the 250's want to have 2 sprint races of 6 laps and a long race of 12 laps instead of 4 sprint races, then if that is what the rep tells the committee, that is what the committee will try and make happen. Is this a National Championship? At this stage the short answer is no. As this is the first year of the Series financial constraints will not allow for this – but there is no reason for the Series not to be in the future. MA has indicated however, that good results in the Series will go a long way in assisting any Wildcard applications for the Aust GP. Is there any prizemoney? Again the short answer is no. However, entry costs will be similar to those of a normal club meeting and there are plans to offer a free or subsidised transport service for bikes and gear from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane (depending on available sponsorship dollars). There are also plans to provide a "border rebateâ€, to further reduce your weekends costs. The concept of the Series is to make racing as affordable as possible for all, having prize money only means that everybody pays extra, so a handful get prize money. Typically its the handful that are the ones that least need the money! Trophies will be awarded to the to 3 place winners for the meeting with additional trophies at the end of the year. At least one of the Sponsors have indicated that they would like to give end of year prizes, but these are yet to be agreed upon. So do I have to do all the rounds? Obviously, competing at all the rounds will improve your chances of winning the series but even if you only enter some of the events this will help in keeping the class viable. What sort of media exposure will the Series be getting? The agreement with AMCN is for them to do a promotional piece before each round, a write up for each round and throughout the year feature riders from the series. At this stage TV coverage is still up in the air (pun) mainly due to the high production costs. Securing additional sponsorship is being targeted to take the series to TV. What about individual sponsors? Whilst it is the responsibility of riders to secure their own sponsorship, the MRRDA will be providing seminars in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne on how to approach and secure potential sponsors including preparing your proposal, how to approach potential sponsors, your obligations to sponsors etc and how to deal with the media. These will be evening seminars run by a promotions company specializing in obtaining sponsorship for motor sport. The cost of the seminar will be $250, however you will receive a rebate of $220 with your first entry to an MRRDA meeting. This way it will only cost MRRDA meeting entrants $30. Those who have no intention of doing an MRRDA meeting are welcome to attend but it will cost them full price. At the end of the seminar you will not only be equipped with the knowledge but you will also get a pack that includes a letter of support from each of the major series sponsors and a CD with a professionally prepared sponsorship proposal that you will be able to use to go and get your own sponsorship. How is running the 250GP and 250 Proddies together going to work? If the numbers are there, we won't have too! However as it is expected that initially there will not be enough of either class to fully fill individual grids and these classes will run together. 250 Proddies will start 2 rows behind the 250GP with a delayed start. The same as the last time these classes raced at a National level. If sufficient entries are received then the grid will be split into 2 separate classes. Is there anymore info I can get? There certainly is. There is a website up and running with more details and it will be regularly updated as more information comes to hand. The address is www.mrrda.com . Also, keep an eye out on AMCN and watch coverage of the MotoGP at Philip Island. The 3 Clubs listed above also have information and the contacts listed below. Wow this sounds really good, So how do I get involved? Firstly, let me know that you are interested. The success of the class will depend on getting bikes on the grid. My contact details are: Peter Brown Ph : (02) 6294 5685 (AH please) Email : email@example.com Or Paul Edwards Ph : 0409 606 175 Email : email@example.com Secondly, if you know any other 250GP or 250 Proddie riders pass this information along and ask them to contact either of the above if they are interested. Thirdly, send an email so we can start to get a mailing list together so we can keep you updated with how this is going. We know you guys are out there but we just don't know all of you yet. What can I do to support the Series? Initially, if you know any 250 riders out there who are itching to race their bikes with other 250s let them know that the Series is starting. Just entering the race meetings will be huge help. The Series needs competitors to make it viable and to keep the class alive. If you know of any sponsorship opportunities to help with the financial aspects with running the Series please pass the contact details on. We are only too happy to talk with potential sponsors to keep growing the Series. At race days the Clubs (and riders) always appreciate help race administration, flag marshalling etc so if you can volunteer family and friends to assist this would help the Series. The proposed calendar for the MRRDA 2007 Series is: *PLEASE NOTE THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN THE QLD DATE* Rd1 - 31st March and 1st April 2007 Oran Park Rd2 - 12th May and 13th May 2007 - Winton Rd3 - 7th and 8th July 2007 - Qld Raceway Rd4 - 25th and 26th August 2007 - Wakefield Park Rd5 - 27th and 28th October2007- Philip Island These dates are subject to track availability. Right now we are still waiting on the tracks to confirm our required dates.


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Northern Guam geospatial information server
Sandy beaches
About this map:
This map shows the extent of Holocene beach deposits along the coast of northern Guam. The geospatial information was extracted from the detailed geologic map of Guam, produced by Guam by Siegrist, H.G. and Reagan, M. (2008) as a reinterpretation and revision of the Geologic Map of Guam by Tracey et al. (1964).


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Plutus PowerGen has arranged a £3m asset financing facility for one of its indirect investment companies with Lombard North Central plc ('Lombard'), a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (the 'Facility'). PPG is also participating in ongoing discussions with Lombard for the provision of additional asset financing facilities of up to £22m on behalf of the other eight Rockpool Investments LLP ('Rockpool') funded companies which are 45% owned by PPG ('Rockpool Companies') and with which it has management contracts which generate revenue of £1.35m per annum for the Company. The Facility is for £3m and has been committed for Attune Energy Limited. The continuing dialogue with Lombard is in respect of a further facility of up to £22m to fund the other eight Rockpool Companies. The Facility is for a term in excess of five years. Funds drawn down will be secured against the assets of Attune Energy Limited. The Facility attracts an annual interest rate at a fixed premium to one month LIBOR that is typical for secured asset financing of this type in the UK and is payable monthly in arrears. To date, PPG has arranged funding of around £34m from Rockpool and, if current negotiations are successful, it will have raised a further £25 million from Lombard, totalling a potential £59 million for nine 20MW flexible generation sites. Work is currently being undertaken at four of the nine sites being developed with Rockpool. At 9:58am: (LON:PPG) Plutus Powergen Plc Ord 0.1 share price was +0.03p at 1.55p


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These days, it can feel like caring is in a downward spiral—especially when it comes to our ability to care for those who are outside of our immediate circles of friends and family and those who look, worship, or vote differently than we do.
Indeed, Making Caring Common research suggests that caring hasn't been a priority for young people or their parents when compared to personal happiness or achievement. In our 2013 survey of 10,000 youth, 80% told us that achievement or happiness is their top priority, while only 20% identified their top priority as caring for others. Youth we surveyed were even more likely to say that their peers valued achievement and happiness over caring, and they were three times more likely to agree than disagree with this statement: "My parents are prouder if I get good grades than if I'm a caring community member."
Read our five tips for helping children care more about others in our guest post on The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation's Kind Blog →


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Fireball Breather Dragon Costumes
This costume is completely home made. Some materials that were used are as follows: dense foam, airbrush, window sealant, hot glue, padding, pvc pipe and various fabrics. The head of the costume is made primarily from dense foam carved into the shape you see. This costume took the family four days to make and took a lot of hard work.
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17 th Century England Power, Money and Religion. Divine Right of Kings Secular and Religious Power in the Monarchy Disputes- Monarchy v. Parliament War, Taxes and Religion Demand for More Rights - Petition of Right Power of Religious Strife English Civil War
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Leviathan- Sea Monster
All Powerful Monarch
(what American city was named for James II??? Hint: Before he was James II he was the Duke of __ ___ ___ ___). Because there was already a city with the same name in England this American city's name begins with the word "New")
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Lantern House
A wonderful North Devon holiday home in Ilfracombe, Lantern House is perfect for families and large groups, comfortably sleeping up to 12 people with ample living space, stunning sea and harbour views, a delightful enclosed, sheltered garden and secure on-site parking for 3 to 4 cars. Pets welcome.
- Sleeps 12
- Bedrooms 6
- Bathrooms 2
- Activities
- Child Friendly
- Dog Friendly
- Independent
- Large
- North Devon
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We bought Lantern House in November 2007, as a family holiday home and have set the house up with friends and families in mind. We hope guests find Lantern House to be comfortable, relaxing and well equipped for a variety of ages.
Groups, families and pets are welcomed but the house is non-smoking and we would not recommend the house to people who struggle with the stairs as there are steps down into the house and the living quarters are on all levels of the four storey property.
With 6 bedrooms Lantern House comfortably sleeps 12 people with the 3 main double rooms enjoying spectacular sea and harbour views.
There are two large sitting rooms, the "grown up" living room is situated on the first floor with large features windows looking out to sea and the "den" is on the ground floor and kitted out for fun, with a pool table, wii and playstation, toys, games and books and access to the private, enclosed garden.
Next door to Lantern House we have the Coach House, which is set up for you to park 3 to 4 cars safely and securely. The Coach House also houses our table tennis table - great for a wet weather afternoon.
Lantern House was built in 1826 for a Sea Captain's Widow, so that she would be able to sit and look out to sea, where she lost her dearly beloved.
Lantern House is named such because of the fantastic view of Lantern Hill and St Nicholas' Chapel – the oldest working beacon in the British Isles.
The house is a classic example of Regency architecture. You will notice the distinctive period features throughout the house.
The cantilever staircase is an engineering feat and has been admired by architects and structural engineers.
Coronation Terrace is one of the oldest and was one of the grandest streets in Ilfracombe. Lantern House was built as a residence and the rest of the terrace included The Assembly Rooms and the Masonic Lodge. In its heyday, Coronation Terrace had a smart promenade that ran the length of the terrace , where the back gardens are now, so the back of the properties were in fact the front.
Ilfracombe is the perfect location to be based for a wonderful North Devon holiday. Ilfracombe offers award winning beaches, stunning coastal scenery and old fashioned Victorian charm, on the edge of the Exmoor National Park and only a 15 minute drive away from the golden sands and surf of the famous Woolacombe and Croyde surfing beaches.
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Jay Kimmelman
Co-Founder, Bridge International Academies
Bridge International Academies is a private network of nursery and primary schools educating the poorest students in developing countries including Kenya, Uganda and India. Bridge charges families roughly six dollars per month for a pupil to attend school and uses economies of scale to keep costs low across its more than 400 academies.
Jay speaks with Jessica about how he and his wife Shannon are building their network of schools, from scratch.


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This event is of even more importance for Intel as its role in the chip technology development has largely defined the current acheivements of computer industry. From the Intel 8080, used as a CPU in Altair computer far back in 1974, by Intel 8088 with 4.77 MHz clock rate, that became a base for IBM PC in 1981, to the current 2.53 GHz Pentium 4 the company processors have made a really long way.
Having started humbly, in eleven years in 1982 U.S. News and World Report included Intel´s processor into the list of the 12 most important inventions in the history of USA (along with electric bulb, telephone, and plane).
According to Gartner Dataquest analysts, the second-billion level will be reached faster then the previous: calculations show that PC industry will achieve two-billion point already by 2008. If it´s to be true, the nearest years will bring the worldwide sales of about five PCs per second!
The buyers of the next billion of PCs are to belong to much wider society strata, that is more than 6.2 billion of people now.
We congratulate Intel Corporation as well as all other companies in this industry with the remarkable event; we also congratulate everyone who participated in the first billion of PCs, send our regards to those without computers, and hope they´ll join us in the second billion!
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"Admitted after fainting"
About: The Royal Victoria Infirmary The Royal Victoria Infirmary Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4LP
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I am a young male in my early 20's that has known cardiac issues. I have been admitted into the chest pain unit via A+E on multiple occasions due to fainting/severe chest pains etc. I collapsed at home late one night after feeling unwell and having terrible chest pains, I was drowsy, short of breath and so on. My mother called 999 and the paramedics who took me to the RVI were spot on, couldn't fault them.
Once I arrived I waited 5 HOURS! to be seen, I understand that A+E is a hectic place and the staff are overworked but that does not excuse the treatment I received. I was finally taken into a small room by what I can only assume was a junior doctor, who was incredibly dismissive of how I was feeling and after reading through my files decided to tell me I shouldn't just call 999 because I feel unwell and my chest is sore! I was foaming and eventually seen a doctor that was brilliant, they were great with me, they are an absolute credit to the hospital! They told me I was right to come in, I wasn't wasting anybody's time and that with my condition I shouldn't take any chances with chest pain. They did everything they could for me.
But things then took a turn for the worse, I overheard them speaking to the chest pain nurse. They had asked them to hook me up to telemetry and monitor me closer until I was moved to a ward. They refused, point blank. Said I was fine, and didn't need to be there, what was the point in monitoring me? It was a waste of their time. They were then rude to me for the rest of the night and refused to even speak to me when I voiced concerns about pain etc. I wish I could remember their name as I would happily name and shame. I was so relieved when the day shift staff arrived and made me feel so welcome, I was then moved onto ward 49 and spent 2 weeks there, the staff on this ward were brilliant and I couldn't thank them enough when I was sent home.


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What I find most ridiculous about people like the writer of the Aug. 28 letter to the editor, "Liberals seeking change with other people's money," is their twisted set of priorities. The writer bemoans liberals for being generous with, as he puts it, "other people's money" - and of course, to him that's meant in terms of raising the minimum wage and increasing social benefits for Americans, such horrible things that those are.
However, not a word from him, or most conservatives, about spending "other people's money" - in the hundreds of billions of dollars - on a disastrous war in Iraq. In fact, most conservatives will boast of spending my tax dollars on building infrastructure in Iraq, while much of New Orleans right here in the good ol' U.S.A. rots, and they say nothing.
At least I, as a liberal, can make an argument for spending tax dollars on social programs that benefit Americans. Conversely, those like the letter writer condemn such spending here, but have no problem with this same American largesse being liberally spent in Iraq.
Conservatives should be the last people carping about spending other people's money, since they've championed this very same thing, but just not in this nation.
Neal Blasedale
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Weekend Fun: The SkateSlider
Transform your in-line skates into mini skis!
It took long enough for someone to figure this one out: slap on some mini skis to your rollerblades, point 'em downhill, and see what happens! Apparently, hilarity ensues…
The company claims that you can take these puppies out on a real ski slope, but we're thinking cross country applications may be a better bet if you don't want to visit your orthopedist on a gurney.
All you need to do is screw the runners to the front and rear axles. The runners can attach to most inline skates, and the mechanics are reportedly quite similar to skating. Made of easy-gliding 8mm (1â"3″) thick plastic, which fits most rollerblades with interchangeable rollers.
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Jockey Club reissues Red Lancer charges
CHARGES brought by the Jockey Club against Shaun Keightley, the trainer, and Pat McCabe, the jockey, over the running of Red Lancer in a selling race at Wolverhampton in October 2003 have been modified and reissued.
The Jockey Club now alleges that prior to the race, Keightley either communicated information to Christopher Coleman, a disqualified person, to the effect that Red Lancer would not win or be placed, or communicated information that was not publicly available. Keightley is also charged with instructing McCabe not to ride Red Lancer on its merits and associating with an excluded person. A preliminary Jockey Club disciplinary hearing has been arranged for July 29.


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Champions for Children with Disabilities
Dispute Resolution Project Overview
Helping your child with disabilities receive an appropriate education is one of the most important jobs you have as a parent. You and your child's Individualized Education Program (IEP) team may or may not agree on everything. Disputes and disagreements do occur.
This Web site can help you learn how to manage those disputes in a positive, productive way. Use the information here to increase:
- knowledge of your special education rights and responsibilities
- understanding of educational planning and your child's IEP
- communication, self-advocacy, and conflict resolution skills
- awareness of conflict resolution options and how to use them
- ability to advocate for your child
Having these skills will help you keep your eyes on the prize: an appropriate education for your child.
What's New?
See our latest Dispute Resolution article in the PACESETTER Fall 2016
Updates to Minnesota's Due Process Options
Look for updates to the Minnesota Due Process Options – along with highlights of what Parents Need to Know – on the Due Process Options page.
Pacesetter Article: Creative approach to mediation helps one family resolve a special education dispute
When disputes arise between a parent and a school district, mediation is not unusual. It is rare, however, for a young child to be directly involved in the process, as was the case with Susan, a mom from Minnesota whose 13-year-old son Bradley was at the table when an agreement was reached about his Individualized Education Program (IEP). "I really wanted Bradley to see how many people cared about him and how hard we were all working to resolve things," said Susan.
After usual efforts to reach an agreement among members of the IEP team have been exhausted, mediation is one of the voluntary dispute resolution options available to families. In mediation, a neutral third party provided by the state helps parents and their child's school district resolve disputes over identification, evaluation, educational placement, or the provision of a free appropriate public education (FAPE). At least one parent and a district staff person with authority to resolve the dispute (usually the special education director) must attend the conference. …
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Checklist : Preparing for and Attending Mediation
A Creative Approach to Mediation in the Pacesetter Fall 2014 Edition
After usual efforts to reach an agreement among members of the IEP team have been exhausted, mediation is one of the voluntary dispute resolution options available to families. This article takes a look at one family's creative approach at resolving a special education dispute.
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Conciliation Article in the Pacesetter Summer 2013 Edition
Conciliation offers families a practical way to resolve special education differences.
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Dispute Resolution Article in the Pacesetter Winter 2011 Edition
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Mumbai, Oct. 18: Tata Consultancy Services and the UKs Pearl Group will set up a new BPO company that could bag orders worth $847 million (Rs 3833 crore) over 12 years.
The single-largest alliance in terms of the size comes close on the heels of the multi-million-dollar deal under which ABN AMRO will manage Tata Teleservices IT systems.
TCS and Pearl, a closed fund group in UKs life insurance and pensions industry, will float a new subsidiary to oversee the entire array of end-to-end business process outsourcing related to four million policies.
The deal validates our strategy of pioneering the next-generation business process outsourcing opportunities, said TCS chief S. Ramadorai in a message from the US, where he was holding meetings with clients.
TCS, like its rival Infosys, is concentrating on transaction-based BPO activities, which are considered more high-end compared with voice-based services such as call centres. The move will pole-vault the TCS-Pearl firm to the second place in the local BPO pecking order.
The firm, planned as a subsidiary of TCS, will specialise in BPO services for life insurance and pension businesses, starting with Pearls own clients. Later, it will tap other companies that farm out such functions.
The joint venture follows a year-long selection process at Pearl, which pored over tenders from leading companies before settling for TCS. The new firm will have 950 of Pearls 1100 employees; the rest will stay back.
S. Mahalingam, chief financial officer of TCS, said Pearl manages four million accounts through 13 different legacy systems. TCS will endeavour to implement a new system that will slash these to just one.
In the company to be floated, Pearl will remain a passive investor, though the final position will be known only after negotiations now under way are through. Its stake could fall if other insurance majors wanting to outsource back-office work join the TCS subsidiary.
TCS ties with Pearl go back 14 years. Analysts say that played a big role in influencing the UK majors choice.
Our extensive experience in the insurance industry, together with our excellence in technology, will help us emerge as a significant player in life assurance and pensions administration services. This will keep our growth momentum strong, Ramadorai added.
Last week, the countrys largest software maker reported an 81 per cent increase in its second-quarter net profit at Rs 620.32 crore against Rs 342.19 crore in the corresponding period previous fiscal. The spurt came on the back of a 22.3 per cent rise in total income, which went up to Rs 2,515.73 crore from Rs 2,056.90 crore.
The significant client acquisitions we had in the previous quarters have resulted in excellent ramp-up and growth during the quarter, Ramadorai had said after the results.


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The Crown Story
First Ever Crown
The world's first crown sized coin was issued in about 1484 at Joachimsthal in Bohemia, using silver from local mines including Annaberg, Schneeberg, and Altenberg. Joachimstal is now in the west of the Czech Republic, in the Erzgebirge (ore mountains), close to the German border. The Czech name is Jachymov. It should not be confused with the other Joachimsthal near Berlin in Germany. (Thanks M.S.)
The coins became known as Joachimstalers, and shortened to Thalers, which in turn became dollars.
Collector's Choice
Because the crown is the largest silver coin issued during most reigns, it is often the first choice for collectors. Large format coins make it easier to appreciate the artistry of the engraver, and silver is an attractive metal which takes a good impression from the dies, but without being as expensive as many gold coins. Crowns were often struck in sufficient quantities to enable them to be purchased today at reasonable prices.
The name crown comes from the French gold couronne, the denier à la couronne, issued by Philip of Valois about 1339, which featured as its obverse design, a large crown; and the écu à la couronne issued by Charles VI of France about 1384, which had a shield surmounted by a crown.
The first crown (that of the double rose) of Henry VIII had a reverse similar design to the "ecu d'or au soleil", a shield topped by a large crown, and for its obverse, had a double rose also topped by a large crown.
"Crown" had become the common English name for the French écu, and for other European coins of similar value.
The First British Crowns Were Gold
The Crown first appeared as a British coin denomination in 1544 under Henry VIII. This was a gold coin with a value of five shillings.
Perhaps we should count as a crown, two other slightly earlier coins of Henry VIII. The "Crown of the Rose" was issued in 1526, at the strange sounding value of 4s.6d (four shillings and sixpence). Its reverse design was a rose. It was intended to compete with the French écu au soleil. It was not popular, and was discontinued within a few months, and replaced with another coin known as the "Crown of the Rose", with a value of five shillings. The reverse design was a Tudor double rose. This coin is historically interesting in being the first British gold coin to be made from gold of "only" 22 carat, rather than the previous standard of 23 carat. 22 carat is, of course, the standard now used for all British gold coins.
Gold crowns continued to be issued until 1662 under Charles II, when all the previous denominations of gold coins were replaced by milled guineas.
The First British Silver Crown
The first silver crown was produced in 1551 under Edward VI. It was one of the first British coins to bear a date, which was in Arabic numerals. Since then the silver crown has always been the largest regularly issued British silver coin.
From 1551, crowns were issued in both gold and silver, until the gold crown was discontinued after 1662.
1658 Over 1657 Overdate Crown of Oliver Cromwell
1662 Silver Crown of Charles II with Interlinked C's in AnglesVictoria
1741 Crown of George II with Roses in Angles
1820 Crown of George III with Pistrucci's St. George & Dragon on its Reverse
1741 Crown of George II with Roses in Angles
1820 Crown of George III with Pistrucci's St. George & Dragon on its Reverse
There were four different crown designs issued for Queen Victoria.
The first design carried a youthful portrait with a bare head, the reverse design being a large shield bearing the Royal Arms, crowned and within a laurel wreath. This "Young Head" design was issued from 1939 to 1847, although the 1939 was issued as a proof only, and is very rare.
The second Victorian crown type was the Gothic design, with a large bust of the queen wearing a crown and an ornately embroidered dress. The reverse design is cruciform shields, with roses, thistles and shamrocks in the tressured angles. he inscriptions on both sides are in Gothic script, and are unusual in being in lower case, except of course for the capitalised initial letter V of Victoria.
Coin inscriptions, like tradesmen's signs are more frequently designed using all capital letters.
The Gothic design was only issued in two years, 1847 and 1853. The latter was issued only as a proof and is very rare.
As with all the silver and gold coinage, the crown was changed in 1887 to the new design for Victoria's golden jubilee, and this design continued until 1892.
The final design change for Victoria was to the "Old" or "Widow" head design in 1893, and this continued until the final year of her reign 1901. The edges of the Old Head crowns are letter with the regnal year, starting with "ANNO REGNI LVI" in the first part of 1893. There are two regnal dates per calendar year, as this changed at the anniversary of the queen's accession to the throne.
1845 Victoria Young Head Crown
Edward VII
The only crown issued during the reign of Edward VII was in 1902, his Coronation year. Although this is a scarce year, many of the surviving Edward crowns show considerable wear, which is clear evidence that crowns were still used in everyday circulation. It is the last date of crown to have seen normal use in circulation.
George V
Unusually, no crowns were issued in 1911, George's Coronation year, and we are not sure of the reason. Shortly afterwards, the first world war created massive inflation, and most countries reduced their issue of silver and gold coinage about this time. From 1920, the silver content of British "silver" coins was reduced from standard or sterling silver (925 parts per thousand) to half silver (500 parts per thousand).
It was not until 1927, when a redesign of the entire coinage was in progress, that a Crown was issued. This had a crown within a garland or wreath as its reverse design, and is generally known as a "Wreath" crown. This design was issued for collectors, in small numbers until 1936, except for 1935 when a special design was used to commemorate King George's silver jubilee.
George VI
A crown was again struck for the Coronation of George VI in 1937, and one other was issued in 1951 on the occasion of the Festival of Britain. This was the first crown to be issued in cupro-nickel, which had replaced silver in the "silver" coinage from 1947.
Elizabeth II
Again a Coronation crown was issued in 1953 for Elizabeth's Coronation. This had the unusual design of the Queen on horseback, but reflects the first silver crowns issued for Edward VI in 1551, through to Charles I.
A second crown issue was made in 1960, with a young head of the Queen, and the same reverse as in 1953, except for the changed date. This was issued for the British Exhibition in New York.
The third crown, and the last with a value of five shillings, was issued in 1965 to commemorate Sir Winston Churchill, a great honour richly deserved by a great man.
Crowns have maintained their face value as five shillings throughout their life until decimalisation in 1971. The decimal issues from 1972 to 1981 inclusive also maintained the equivalent value of 25 (new) pence.
Modern Issues in Modern Times
Since 1970, the Royal Mint have been busy creating and marketing collector's coins, and crowns have increasingly featured in this programme.
Change of Value
A new Five Pounds coin was introduced from 1990, and as this has inherited the same dimensions as the crown, it also is known as a crown.
The expression "crown-sized coin" refers to any large format coin with the same approximate dimensions as the British Crown, i.e. about 37 to 40 mms. in diameter.
Although we remain slightly cynical about the sudden revaluation of the crown upwards by a factor of 20, it can be accurately argued that it only recognises the diminished purchasing power of the crown's original five shillings value. Inflation has caused a decrease in sterling's value, or an increase in prices, of between about 40 to 50 times, during the twentieth century, and several times during the 350 years before.
There has also been a worldwide trend during the last few decades, for coins to be reduced in size. To have made the crown smaller would have proved a contradiction because the expressions "crown" and "crown-sized" have long been associated with large format silver (or silver coloured) coins.
Gold & Silver Crowns Reunite
For the 1990 issue, the Royal Mint produced not only a cupro-nickel version of the crown, but also a proof silver and a proof gold version. With this issue, the original five shilling gold crown, discontinued after 1662, and the large five pound coins, first issued in 1668, merged to become one and the same coin. We should add that the 1668 coins were five guinea pieces, but as the guinea's original value was twenty shillings, not twenty one shillings at the end of its life, these were in fact the first five pound coins. Guineas and five guineas were replaced in the major recoinage of George III's reign, which took place in 1816.
There is still a difference between the traditional gold quintuple sovereign type five pounds and the newer gold versions of the five pound crowns. firstly the diameters are slightly different although the weights are identical, secondly the quintuple sovereign types usually retain traditional historic definitive design types, and the gold crowns are now generally designed as commemorative coins. For more information about guineas, five guineas and gold five pound coins, please see the appropriate pages of our website.
The Future
The future of the crown appears to be secure. Since 1996, crowns, in various versions have appeared every year, and in 1999 and 2000, there have been two different crowns designs in each year.
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Silver Britannias
Although Britannias were introduced as a gold bullion coin in 1987, this was extended in 1997 to include a silver one ounce crown-sized silver Britannia coin. You may be interested in viewing our Silver Britannias page.
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On Sunday, I ran the Detroit Free Press Marathon. It was my 7th marathon since starting in October 2013, and my 7th state. I chose it because it was close to the time of the Chicago Marathon so I could still train with my friends, I hadn't done a Michigan race yet, and they had the added attractiveness of running through Canada for a bit.
I spent the summer training with Clocktower Runners. We met every Tuesday morning for speed workouts led by the FANTASTIC Bob Horowitz and then I led a pace group on Saturdays.
Tuesday morning speed work with Clocktower was my favorite part of this whole experience because A) they're totally awesome and B) I really improved my training and was getting PRs in all the races/workouts I was doing over the summer. I actually looked forward to waking up at 4:45am every Tuesday morning to meet the group by 5:30, even as the weeks progressed and the sun didn't rise until halfway through our workouts. This is seriously a great group of people.
Starting in the middle of July I began going to physical therapy 2x a week. Initially it started with really severe foot pain, and then the injury kind of traveled around for a while, sometimes in my knees, other times in my hips. I learned a lot of great core, hip, and glute strengthening exercises that I will definitely continue to follow when training for future events. In my last few sessions, I felt really strong and injury free and I stopped a week out from the marathon to make sure I didn't feel fatigued.
I always have multiple goals for a race because you never know what you will encounter on race day. I usually have one "if the stars align" goal, one "reachable" goal, and one "no matter what I will have this goal." For this race, my initial goals looked like this: Goal A: 3:12, Goal B: Anything under 3:18:08, Goal C: Don't get stopped by Border Control. My training was going SO well and I was nailing each workout/race. Based on what others were saying I got it into my head that my A goal was actually more like a B goal, so I revised my strategy. Now my A Goal was to run 3:10, and that was the number I continued to focus on for the week leading up to the race. Boy did I get too cocky.
I convinced my mom to come with me so I would have a friendly face on the course. We had a lot of fun at the expo and exploring Canada…
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UGH STUPID MOTHER NATURE. My ideal temperature is 70-80, and the weather at start time was 30 degrees, felt like it was in the 20s. My body is ALWAYS cold, and given that I hadn't run in those temperatures in a while, I had NO idea what to wear. I brought at least 6 different potential running outfits when I left on Friday night to drive out there.
Saturday morning I woke up early to test out a few items on a shakeout run and settled on capris, a long sleeve and tank with arm warmers, gloves and a hat. For the warm-up and start corral, I bundled up in throw away clothes and had my foil wrap from the Flying Pig earlier in the year (PRO TIP: save those foil wraps at the end of your race to bring as a throw away for the next one!).
On the bright side, there was very little wind, about 5 mph for most of the course, except for Belle Island when it was about 10mph or so. The wind was coming from the southwest, which, story of my life, meant a slight headwind from mile ~19 onward.
Mile by Mile
Miles 1-4: Getting to Canada
I did a quick warmup and gave my mom a big hug before heading off to the start corrals. The wheelchairs started at 6:58am and we started at 7, but the sun didn't rise until 7:48 so it was pretty dark for the first few miles. When we ran over the start line, we were blinded by the photographer's floodlights, and then plunged into a dark, poorly unlit street for the first two miles. I kept my eyes on the ground to make sure I didn't step on a crack, pothole, or knock into someone, all while trying to follow Pacer Mike and the 3:10 group. I heard plenty of scuffling, sorrys, and oooohs during this stretch- Hey Detroit, time to upgrade your streetlights! At mile 2 we turned the corner and begin a mile long incline up the highway ramp towards the Ambassador Bridge into Canada. I was feeling chilly and not very warmed up, and as I saw the looming hill I was wishing that I hadn't tossed my last layer, but I was worried about being stopped by the police at the crossing.
Once we reached the middle of the bridge and began out descent into Canada, all the wheelchairs we passed on the way up ZOOMED past us- their biking race crew blaring a whistle shouting for the runners to get out of the way. They probably should have had them start sooner than 6:58 to give them more than a 2 minute head start…. (splits: 7:13, 7:09, 7:13, 7:10)
Miles 5-8: Canada
Um, are those flurries?!? In my head I punched the sky in the face. I still felt cold and not entirely loosened up. However, I must say, the crowds in Canada were great! They had my favorite signs of the race: An arrow pointing to the runners with the word "awesome" and an arrow pointing to the spectators reading "lazy ass mutha*******." Her friend had a sign reading "The only marathons I do involve Netflix." I gave each of them a huge thumbs up and smile.
In a short few minutes we said farewell to Canada (the police on their side of border control seemed so much friendlier) and entered into the Underground Tunnel. It was much warmer in there, albeit a little deceptive because there was a gradual decline/incline but you couldn't really tell. I was pleasantly surprised to see that my Garmin still worked. Coming out of the Tunnel was another steep incline and a sharp turn back into the chilly weather. I made sure to wave at the Border Patrol cameras as I ran through the gate! (Hey, are those security pictures included on FinisherPix?) And with that I achieved my D goal. I saw my mom among the crowds ringing her cowbell and cheering and that gave me a big boost. (7:03, 7:06, 7:11, 7:15)
Miles 9-13: Neighborhoods
I quickly noticed that there were no clocks at the mile markers. At first, I thought that was just because we were running into Canada and there might be a security problem and/or coordinating problem with having clocks in Canada. I thought they'd be there when we got back to Detroit, but there weren't. I was not a fan of that.
We split off from the Half-ers at 12.5. My body had warmed up but my hands felt cold, even through the gloves and the hand warmer I had shoved in there. Ate some Honeystingers when we exited the tunnel at mile 8.5, but because my hands were numb I fumbled the water cup and only got a tongue-wettings worth of water. I don't like taking gels without water, but oh well. Made sure to grab more water at the next stop. Not much else to report on this stretch. (7:10, 7:12, 7:09, 7:10, high-five for consistency!).
Miles 14-18: More Neighborhoods
The run became much less congested. With the very light wind at our backs, we ran through some gorgeous neighborhoods who knew Detroit had such elegant houses? Fans were sparse, but I was busy looking at all the cute Halloween decorations to notice much. My legs just felt kind of funky- I thought I was still cold and didn't pay much attention to it. Took another few Stingers and water at mile 15 and had to remove my glove from my hand in order have enough dexterity to grab the pack- warm up hands! After mile 18 we turned on to Jefferson the main drag to head over to Belle Island and that "funkiness" I had felt earlier really started to manifest in my right quad/IT band. I attempted to refocus my attention to my breathing and posture and just tick away the rest of the miles. The wind was now in our face. (7:03, 7:11, 7:13, 7:15, 7:06)
Miles 19-23: Belle Island
Well, my quad did not like being ignored. One minute I'm cruising with Pacer Mike feeling fine, next minute I'm on the struggle bus. A muscle spasm went off in my quad as we were crossing the bridge into Belle Island forcing me to pull back the pace, and then my foot started to cramp. My left foot's toes wanted to curl up and I had to change my gait a bit until they relaxed. Once my brain recognized these pains I couldn't force them out of my head and go to a zen place like I usually can. I watched Pacer Mike get further and further ahead and it was all I could do not to cry as I saw my A Goal go out the window. At mile 20 I went to take more Stingers but had to just shove the packet near my face and use my teeth to grab the blocks because my hands were too cold. The wind picked up on the island now that we were surrounded completely by water, and there are no houses to block it. Needless to say, Belle Island began my miserable decline. My mom was supposed to be at the entrance to Belle Island, so I was looking for her, but I'm glad she wasn't there because I might have dropped out. (7:06, 7:24, 7:34, 7:45, 8:17).
Miles 24-end: The Riverwalk
I exited the island and headed along the Riverwalk back downtown. I went to grab a cup of water at the fluid station just past mile 23 but fumbled it causing my to stop for a second. It was a fast downward spiral from there. Walking mentally breaks me, if I do it once it's that much more tempting to do it again. I started playing mental games and talking to myself, "Bec, just get to the tree… no not that tree the next one… if you make it to that group of spectators then you can walk… but now you can't walk because you're in front of people…" Those worked a bit, but I still found myself walking. My feet were cement, I could hear how heavily I was plodding along, and my quads were screaming at this point. I stopped to stretch them against a lamppost around mile 24.5 but it didn't help much, and only made want to keep stopping to stretch. I saw the 3:15 pacer pass me and had the irrational idea to hop on his back for a piggyback ride to the end. He wouldn't have minded right? Then like a gut punch, I realized that I was in danger of not getting a PR. My lofty expectations for this race were slipping through my fingers, and I was internally screaming at myself.
You've been there, right? In your head you are yelling "JUST MOVE FEET, COME ON YOU ARE FASTER THAN THIS!!" while you just feel yourself moving slowly along the street like the concrete suddenly turned into sand and you are a baby learning how to walk? That was my mental state at this point.
I turned the corner after mile 25, saw a hill, and moaned aloud. A spectator on the side was encouraging and yelled, "You may not think it but you are kicking ass, don't let a hill break you." I could hear my mom cheering from a block away and that helped me push through those last dreadful blocks.
Finally, after much mental and physical anguish, I crossed the finish line at 3:17:49, a PR but only by the skin of my toes. I have never bonked that bad before, and I felt totally crushed given my expectations. (8:23, 9:03, 9:22)
I gave myself a day to mope, and MAN did I mope! But then I woke up Monday morning and realized that this race was a big learning experience.
- The marathon is nothing to trifle with. Don't get cocky about training because you never know what will happen on race day.
- Relax more the week before a race and don't obsess over a time goal.
- After analyzing the race, I realized that I should have taken in more electrolytes at the aid stations. In the past, I've just stayed with water, but I should have paid more attention to that "funkiness" I felt early on in the race by drinking Gatorade.
Of course, come next race I'll have to re-read this post over and over and over to get these lessons stuck in my head, but that's a different story.
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