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CAIRO — Egypt's military-backed government on Wednesday ordered the police to clear two Cairo protest camps packed with supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, saying they posed a threat to national security and were "terrorizing" citizens.
The move signaled an imminent crackdown against the heavily barricaded sit-ins — one outside a mosque in eastern Cairo and another on the other side of the city near the main Cairo University campus — and raised the prospect of more violence after clashes broke out during previous action against the mainly Islamist protesters.
More than 260 people have been killed since Morsi was ousted by the military on July 3, leaving the country between those calling for his reinstatement and millions who marched against him and his Muslim Brotherhood in a show of support for the new political order.
Police have been instructed to end the protests "within the law and the constitution," Information Minister Dorreya Sharaf el-Din said in a televised statement, although she did not specify a timeframe.
Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim, who is in charge of the police, said the disbanding of the sit-ins will be carried out in gradual steps according to orders from prosecutors. "I hope they (Morsi supporters) resort to reason" and leave without authorities having to move in, he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
In a parallel move, prosecutors also referred three top Brotherhood leaders, including its fugitive spiritual leader Mohammed Badie, to trial for allegedly inciting the killing of anti-Morsi protesters last month.
The other two, who already are in detention, are Badie's powerful deputy Khairat el-Shater and senior Brotherhood leader Rashad Bayoumi. They are accused of inciting the killing of at least eight protesters outside the Cairo headquarters of the Brotherhood on the night of June 30 and early the next day. No date has been set for the trial, which will be held before a criminal court.
Morsi was overthrown after just one year in office by the military on July 3 after mass rallies in which millions of Egyptians calling for his ouster took to the streets. Last week, millions of Egyptians rallied on the street again to give military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi a mandate to deal with violence and "potential terrorism."


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Spanish Judge Gets It: Pirated Copies Not Necessarily Lost Sales, May Boost Purchases Later
from the the-tide-is-turning dept
Against that background it's heartening to hear a Spanish judge dismissing the idea that pirated copies are necessarily lost sales, and suggesting that they can act as a kind of marketing that promotes later purchases (original post in Spanish):
it is not possible to determine the damage and corresponding compensation due to loss of benefits to the rightsholder, for the simple reason that customers of pirated copies of music and movies, when making the purchase of pirated copies, externalize their decision not to be customers of music and movies as originals, so there is no profit that could have been gained. In other words, those customers either buy a pirated copy at a low price or they don't buy an original at a price between 15 and 20 Euros.It's only one judge, and in a not very important case, but it's another welcome sign that an increasingly broad swathe of people have realised that the simplistic economic analyses of piracy offered by the copyright industries just don't stand up to scrutiny.
In any case, reversing the legal argument, it is conceivable that a customer, after hearing or viewing the pirated copy, may decide to purchase the original, finding it to their taste, so that the sale of pirated copies, far from harming, benefits the market for original items.
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One hour after the 2007 Oktoberfest opening the streets between the beer tents are already crowded.
Munich is the capital of the German state of Bavaria and is Germany's third largest city, located on the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps. Black and gold - the colors of the Holy Roman Empire - have been the city's official colors since the time of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – After five days in Florida for its annual Spring Break trip, the MIT softball team returned to Cambridge and to conference play with a pair of games against Babson College on Friday afternoon at Briggs Field. The Engineers dropped a pair of games, 10-4 and 12-3, to fall to 2-11 overall and 1-3 in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) play. The Beavers snapped a four-game skid to improve to .500 overall and in conference (9-9, 2-2).
Babson took game one behind a pair of solid offensive efforts from Jessica Pashos and Catie Funk, who each had three RBI's in the opener. Funk gave the Beavers a lead they would not relinquish with a three-run home run in the first while Pashos reached base in all five of her plate appearances, including three hits.
Tech used a three-run fourth to get back into the game, after falling behind early on. Keri Dixon reached base on an error in between doubles by Jessica Oleinik and Jenny Li, with Oleinik scoring on the second two-bagger. Dixon came home on Jessica Iacobucci's ground-out and Michelle Dion plated Li with a single to right to bring the Cardinal and Gray back within two runs at 5-3.
Babson struck back for five runs in the fifth, capitalizing on a pair of Tech errors to put the game out of reach. Pashos capped the big inning with a two-run, two-out double.
The Engineers tried to mount a comeback in the seventh, as Li and Iacobucci hit back-to-back singles but Christina Miquel, on in relief, struck out Leah Alpert and induced a game-ending foul out by Dion.
The Babson offense picked up where it left off early in Game Two, scoring a pair of runs in the opening frame. Pashos and Funk hit consecutive doubles and Nicole Latini tripled into the left-centerfield gap. Lisa Wojnar picked up two of her five RBI in the fourth with an inside-the-park homerun with Latini on base.
After a leadoff triple by Dixon in the home half of the fourth, Li provided a spark for the Cardinal and Gray with a monster blast over the centerfield wall. Li added to her program record total with the seventh round-tripper of her career.
After closing out the opener, Miquel earned the win in the nightcap, surrendering just five hits and three runs over five innings while striking out four.
Pashos finished her afternoon six-of-seven from the plate with three runs and three batted in. Jenny Li paced the Tech attack with a 4-for-5 effort, including four RBI and a pair of runs.
Both teams will return to action tomorrow afternoon, as MIT hosts Smith College in a doubleheader and Babson welcomes WPI, beginning at noon.


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Robert Morris University was founded in 1921 in downtown Pittsburgh as the Pittsburgh School of Accountancy. The school's founder, educator and accountant Andrew Blass, rented classroom space in the Blackstone Building. In 1935, the school's president, Richard Khuen III, changed the name of the institution to the Robert Morris School of Business in honor of the founding father popularly known as the financier of the American revolution. After leasing space at several other Pittsburgh locations, including downtown's famed William Penn Hotel, Robert Morris purchased a building of its own in 1959, the Rust Engineering Building at 600 Fifth Ave. in downtown Pittsburgh. Three years later, Robert Morris acquired the estate of Oliver Kaufmann in Moon in order to build its first residential campus. The first students on campus lived in the Kaufmann mansion, where today sits Massey Hall. A record 2,070 students are living at the Moon campus during the 2013-14 academic year. In the fall of 2013, RMU welcomed 980 new freshman students, the largest incoming class in its history. In 1961, Robert Morris became a nonprofit institution so that it could become a junior college, a change necessitated by a decision of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants to require candidates for the CPA exam to earn a college degree. The following year, the name of the school changed to Robert Morris Junior College, and then in 1969, it became Robert Morris College.
Robert Morris continued to grow throughout the next three decades, expanding to include graduate degree programs and adding more bachelor's programs as well. In 1977, Robert Morris joined the NCAA Division I for interscholastic athletics. In 2002, following approval by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the school became Robert Morris University. In 2010, RMU sold the Pittsburgh Center – the former Rust building – to Duquesne University. In 2011, Robert Morris opened a new School of Business Building at the Moon campus, and the next year the university unveiled the Wheatley Center for the School of Communications and Information Systems. RMU also offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs at RMU Downtown and select other locations.


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April 3, 2010
Boise, Idaho - UC Santa Barbara had a big win today against Boise State, taking away the Broncos' undefeated home record (10-0) by a score of 4-3. The Gauchos are now 9-9 this season and are ranked No. 67 nationally.
UCSB tallied the first point as they won two of three double matches. Alex Konigsfeldt and Taylor Chavez Goggin defeated James Meredith and Jeff Mullen in No. 1 Doubles, 8-6. Freshmen duo Lucas Sudow and Benjamin Recknagel then beat Boise State in No. 3 Doubles 8-2.
The singles matches went down to the wire. After Taylor Chavez Goggin won his No. 6 Singles match in two sets, the Broncos answered back with a win in the No. 1 spot. UCSB's Lucas Sudow then took down Harry Skinner in No. 3 Singles, but Boise State fought to win the next two matches in the No. 4 and No. 5 positions.
With the match tied at 3-3, freshman Benjamin Recknagel faced Boise State's Vicente Joli. After splitting the first two sets, Recknagel sustained a sprained ankle, but that did not stop him. He fought through the injury and completed the match, winning in the third set by a score of 7-6 and sealing the victory for the Gauchos. Recknagel has now won his last six singles matches and leads the team in wins.
"It was a great win," said Coach Marty Davis. "We have had a lot of close matches this season and we finally won one."
The Gauchos will head home and compete against Oregon at home on April 8 at 1:00PM.
Complete Results
#67 UCSB 4 - #42 Boise State 3
1. Konigsfeldt/Chavez Goggin (UCSB) def. Meredith/Mullen 8-6
2. Joli/Pogostkin def. Hohenstein/Jurgensen (UCSB) 8-5
3. Sudow/Recknagel (UCSB) def. Bothe/Sheldon 8-2
1. James Meredtih def. Philip Therp (UCSB) 6-2, 6-3
2. Benjamin Recknagel (UCSB) def. Vicente Joli 6-7, 7-5, 7-6 (1)
3. Lucas Sudow (UCSB) def. Harry Skinner 6-3, 7-5
4. Filipp Pogostkin def. Alex Konigsfeldt (UCSB) 7-5, 1-6, 6-3
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KALAMAZOO, Michigan (AP) — When a boy told his mother he didn't want an 11th birthday party because he had no friends to invite, she created a Facebook page to ask for well-wishes — and the response was overwhelming.
Colin was the guest of honor Friday at a surprise bash on the set of ABC's "Good Morning America" TV show in New York, where he learned that the Facebook page had drawn more than 2 million "likes." He also received tens of thousands of cards, so many that his mother had to purchase a post office box.
Colin said he was "really surprised." His family, who live near Kalamazoo, asked that their last name not be used.
Colin has a condition similar to Asperger's syndrome that makes it difficult to relate to peers. His mother, Jennifer, said previously that classmates pick on him and he eats lunch in the school office.
The Facebook page went online Feb. 2.
"I created this page for my amazing, wonderful, challenging son who is about to turn 11," she wrote on the page. "Because of Colin's disabilities, social skills are not easy for him, and he often acts out in school, and the other kids don't like him."
Messages were posted from around the world. The family managed to keep the page secret from Colin until it was shown on a big screen in the "Good Morning America" studio. He'd been told they were visiting the program to test a new video game.
His on-air party featured the Rutgers University marching band and a huge cake. Afterward, the family was headed to Disney World, where Colin will celebrate his birthday Sunday.


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A Game of Thrones is the first book in A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of epic fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin. It was first published on 6 August 1996. The novel won the 1997 Locus Award, and was nominated for both the 1998 Nebula Award and the 1997 World Fantasy Award. The novella Blood of the Dragon, comprising the Daenerys Targaryen chapters from the novel, won the 1997 Hugo Award for Best Novella.
The novel lends its name to several spin-off items based on the novels, including a trading card game, board game, and roleplaying game. In November 2009 HBO completed filming of a pilot episode for the television adaptation. This was followed by a ten-episode full season, which premiered in April 2011.
On 2 January 2011 the novel finally became a New York Times bestseller, hitting the paperback list at #25.
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The last of Royal Caribbean's Vision-class ships to launch, Vision of the Seas was introduced in 1998. In addition to new staterooms and a new family suite being added, upgrades to the ship in 2013 includes an outdoor movie screen poolside, Asian and steak-house specialty restaurants, digital signage, lounges for elite past passengers, and a new nursery.
The first Royal Caribbean ships to offer balconies in a number of categories, these Vision-class vessels, named for sister ship Vision of the Seas, have acres of glass skylights that allow sunlight to flood in and windows that offer wide sea vistas. The soaring central atrium at the heart of each ship is anchored by a chic bar that fills with music after dark and is the ideal spot for watching the daring aerial performances overhead.
Big, bigger, biggest! In the early 1990s, Royal Caribbean launched Sovereign-class ships, the first of the modern megacruise liners, which continue to be the all-around favorite of passengers who enjoy traditional cruising ambience with a touch of daring and whimsy. Plunging into the 21st century, each ship in the current fleet carries more passengers than the entire Royal Caribbean fleet of the 1970s, and has amenities—such as new surfing pools—that were unheard of in the past.
All Royal Caribbean ships are topped by the company's signature Viking Crown Lounge, a place to watch the seascape by day and dance at night. Expansive multideck atriums and promenades, as well as the generous use of brass and floor-to-ceiling glass windows, give each vessel a sense of spaciousness and style. The action is nonstop in casinos and dance clubs after dark, while daytime hours are filled with poolside games and traditional cruise activities. Port talks tend to lean heavily on shopping recommendations and the sale of shore excursions.
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Although everyone can go for a little rest and relaxation, not every vacation needs to focus on this. Take for example the young adults featured recently in the Catholic Courier newspaper of the Diocese of Rochester, N.Y.
These folks use their vacation time to go on mission trips or to help those in need. The souvenir, of sorts, that they bring home is a deeper sense of what others are going through and increased knowledge about themselves.
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On Thursday I have a short presentation slot at Biggerplate Unplugged London on "Search Friendly Mind Maps". By which I mean maps that can be found by the internet search engines and be used to promote your business, organisation or passion. This blog is to prompt discussion prior to the event and an opportunity for you to improve my presentation by criticism and correction. As my research focusses on the Mindjet world, I would also be interested to hear how valid my conclusions are for other mind mapping software vendors.
Search engines are looking for indexable text, so how can they see your map?
An image or Flash file on the web is indexed by its file name and the text in the meta tag "alt". Some Flash files do present more meta text to the search engines but I have no evidence the map exports from e.g. Mindjet make use of this feature. Adding these images and Flash to a PDF file will not help.
Briefly Mindjet's web exports convert a map into:
- Outlines
- Clickable Image Maps
- Mini web sites where notes become web pages and the map is the navigation
The first and third produce text, and the second can have alt text on every link. These "maps" are visible to the search engines. However the HTML is archaic (developed 10+ years ago), the ability to add social tools e.g. Tweet this map, requires too much work compared to modern web publishing tools and coordinating more than one map into a multi-map web site is a pain.
There two significant map hosting sites for Mindjet maps Biggerplate and Maps for That. When a map is uploaded to Biggerplate, the main topics are extracted as keywords. You can add and subtract from this list. You can write a description but I doubt whether are many uploaders to Biggerplate that describe the full content of their map. Mindjet's "Maps for That" does not have the keyword extraction.
For a couple of years I have been recording and publishing maps about presentations and speeches which are followed by the full text outline of the map. This has two benefits:
- Visually impaired people or their text readers came read the map
- and so can the search engines
And more recently I have published the maps within a WordPress website.
Last Wednesday I attended a presentation about "Mobile Apps" given by a software house in my home town. I mapped it and published it in ConferenceREACTION, Biggerplate and Maps for That. Yesterday I asked some friends in the UK, Canada and The Netherlands to search for the event using a generic search and a very specific search term. Here are the results:
It's surprising that ConferenceREACTION is in the top ten for the generic terms! If you want your maps to be seen by people who don't use the catalogues i.e. the non-software mind mappers, then perhaps you need to post them on other sites. Obviously and unfortunately text is important. If you want your maps to be found (and maybe understood) I believe they need to be fully described.
What is your experience and your suggestions for making maps appear more frequently in search results for the non-mind mappers you want to see them?
Okay map pickers, an update on the Top 100 for "matt clarke firstthing apps" 4 Feb 2013
The UK chart: Google.co.uk
- ConferenceREACTION remains at No. 1
- Biggerplate are creeping up at No. 25
- BUT the new entry at No. 2 is MindMeister (the map was only posted on 30 Jan)
- Maps for That are not in the top 100
The US chart: Google.com
- ConferenceREACTION remains at No. 1
- A repeat new entry at No. 2 is MindMeister (the map was only posted on 30 Jan)
- Biggerplate are hanging back at No. 44
- Maps for That are not in the top 100
The Mindjet Map part for Google searches chart: which I presume is via Google.com
- ConferenceREACTION is at No. 1 and 2
- Biggerplate are straight in at No. 3
- MindMeister and Maps for That are not in the top 65 (the maximum Mindjet Google map part will report on)


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Confession time, fellow readers, fellow bibliophiles, fellow bookaholics. Over the last month or so I've been reading my favorite book-centric publication (you're reading it) and holding back a rising tide of panic.
This piece first ran in Printers Row Journal, delivered to Printers Row members with the Sunday Chicago Tribune and by digital edition via email. Click here to learn about joining Printers Row.
As summer turns to fall, it brings the changing of the colors, and also, far too many books by big-time literary writers being released one on top of the other. My pile of purchased books to read is actually not a pile. It is three piles in three different rooms in order to hide my shame.
It happens every September and October. Fall has been long viewed as the proper debut season for literary fiction and the Big Five publishers – Penguin Random House, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, and Hachette – roll out their heaviest hitters, week after week. It makes me feel like Lucy and Ethel in that candy factory except it's impossible to cram an entire Thomas Pynchon novel in my mouth.
In addition to Pynchon, the Sept. 15 issue featured former National Book Award winner Alice McDermott ("Someone"), former National Book Critics Circle Award winner Jonathan Lethem ("Dissident Gardens"), and "Enon," the first book from Paul Harding after he won the Pulitzer for "Tinkers."
Sept. 22: Stephen King with "Doctor Sleep," his sequel to "The Shining," which I read secretly as a 12-year-old and which made me too frightened to get up to use the bathroom at night, forcing me to relieve myself outside my bedroom window. Don't tell my mother.
That same issue brought news of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri's "The Lowland," which I've been anticipating for years.
Sept. 29: books from Elizabeth Gilbert, Nicholson Baker and Jamie Ford. The season has also seen new releases from Donna Tartt, Dave Eggers and "MaddAddam," the final book in Margaret Atwood's "Oryx and Crake" trilogy. I mean, I read the first two. What am I supposed to do, just ignore the concluding episode like it's "Godfather III"?
While we can be thankful for fall's bounty, I think it comes with some downsides, especially in today's era of shrinking book coverage in major media outlets. All these Goliaths suck up the oxygen that might be able to breathe an unheralded David to respectable sales life.
Speaking of "David and Goliath," mega-selling journalist Malcolm Gladwell has a new book by that name. I can't even think about adding the desirable nonfiction to my list, so let's not go any further down that road.
This is one of those practices rooted in tradition, the same way summer is action blockbuster season for films, but neither of these traditions makes much sense upon examination. Why do we release the most anticipated movies during the months when it's actually pleasant to be outside?
As a reader of all of these writers, I have no real interest in seeing these books compete with each other, except there they are, in my pile(s), vying to see who gets my attention next. All I want is a little breathing room, some space to savor one feast before the next arrives.
Publishers should remind themselves that there's no specific publishing month for possible prizewinners. Last year's Pulitzer winner, "The Orphan Master's Son," by Adam Johnson was released in January, a month tailor-made for cozying up with a good book.
Biblioracle John Warner is the author of "The Funny Man." Follow him on Twitter @Biblioracle.
The Biblioracle offers his recommendations
1. "The Dirt — Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band" by Mötley Crüe
2. "Dogwalker: Stories" by Arthur Bradford
3. "A Sport and a Pastime" by James Salter
4. "The Singing Wilderness" by Sigurd F. Olson
5. "How Music Works" by David Byrne
— Luke J., Hometown
With this list, the recommendation is a bit of a no-brainer for me. Luke must, must, must try out Don DeLillo's strange meditation on rock 'n' roll fame, "Great Jones Street."
1. "The Well of Ascension" by Brandon Sanderson
2. "All That Is" by James Salter
3. "The Dinner" by Herman Koch
4. "The Tenth of December" by George Saunders
5. "Life After Life" by Kate Atkinson
— Megan P., Santa Cruz, Calif.
We've got a four-book overlap here of books both Megan and I have read, which usually fills me with confidence, except "The Well of Ascension" is a bit of a wild card that's messing with my reception. I'm going to go with the sardonic humor of Francine Prose's "Blue Angel."
1. "Love All" by Callie Wright
2. "The Virgins" by Pamela Erens
3. "The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P." by Adelle Waldman
4. "My Ántonia" by Willa Cather
5. "Beautiful Ruins" by Jess Walter
— Lori T., Lisle
On a recent flight, I was accompanied by Lauren Grodstein's new novel, "The Explanation for Everything." I've recommended her previous effort, "A Friend of the Family," in the past, and I'm pleased to say that I can offer a similar endorsement for her latest effort, and enthusiastically recommend it to Lori in Lisle.
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Don't fear the Web. These Internet companies can assist clubs in building their business.
Had your fill of the Internet? Then you probably aren't aware of these sites, all of which are helping to build a better Web for the health and fitness industry.
As a club operator, what is your perception of the Web? Are you worried that, instead of signing in at your club, members and prospects may sign on to the Internet in search of free fitness information and training tips?
If you think that Web sites will steal your business, never fear. Yes, the Internet brings competition to our industry, but it also brings allies. The following dot.coms - all exhibitors at the upcoming Club Industry 2000 show in Chicago - are harnessing the power of the Web for the benefit of health clubs. Here is a sample of the services that the Internet brings to your business.
Healthclub.com Booth 164 Over the course of the last four years, Healthclubs.com has compiled a database of 15,000 health clubs. The purpose? The creation of a club directory that fitness consumers can search.
"In essence we're developing a worldwide yellow pages of fitness providers, organizations and connecting services and products," says Marti West, president and CEO of Health-club.com.
At its basic, Healthclub.com provides the address and phone number for each club in its directory. However, the company also sells subscriptions to clubs which entitles them to more information in the directory. In addition to an address and a phone number, a subscriber gets a Web page that includes photos of the club, a brief description of services, and health and fitness content created by the professionals who comprise Healthclub.com's board of directors. If the subscriber has an existing Web site, the Health-club.com Web page will link to it. Finally, subscribers get a dedicated e-mail address (e.g., email@example.com).
Besides the enhanced Web presence, subscribers also get preferential treatment in a search. For example, if a visitor searches for health clubs in a subscriber's ZIP code or city, the subscriber's information would appear at the top of resulting list. Subscribers also are included in a special locator that allows visitors to search by amenity (e.g., swimming pool, childcare).
Not only does Healthclub.com do what it can to drive visitors to its subscribers, the company gives the subscribers the opportunity to make money from these visitors. The company has formed relationships with several e-commerce partners so subscribers will receive a commission for any purchase that originates at their Healthclub.com Web page.
The cost of a subscription depends upon the subscriber. A trainer pays $9.99 per month. Clubs can expect to pay approximately $19.99 per facility, although discounts are available for multiple facilities.
In addition to the search engine, Healthclub.com includes a section called Global Connections. Health-club.com currently has relationships with 20 different international organizations, according to West, and as the Global Connections section grows, the site will provide listings that will alert visitors to these associations and their upcoming events.
"For an industry to grow, we need to have better connection between country to country," West emphasizes. "It's a global world now."
And, in that world, Healthclub.com intends to close the gap between consumers and providers, according to West. Nothing less could be expected of a site bearing the domain Health-club.com.
"We really consider it a responsibility having a large category name," West says. "Our goal is to help grow the world of fitness, so we hope to be able to connect consumers to the appropriate trainer or fitness facility."
Isignupnow.com Booth 682 If you are looking to add more functionality to your Web site, Isignup-now.com may have the service for you. In 15 minutes, the company can add features that will allow site visitors to sign up for a membership, change membership, make an appointment with a personal trainer, reserve space in a class, etc. Best of all, the visitors don't even have to know that a third party is handling the process.
"We private label our engine to our customers," says Tom Patterson, Isignupnow.com's CEO. "They have a choice of a seamless interface if they want."
And there's more to the system than registration. Clubs typically contract with Isignupnow.com for three years. During the first year, the company collects demographic data that can be interpreted and used in subsequent years. For example, Isignupnow.com can help clubs match services to past participants who, in turn, can be targeted with e-mail marketing campaigns. Or clubs can determine which classes are winners and which ones may be slipping in popularity.
"We can help them determine if they should charge for their classes or we can recommend that they don't charge for those classes," Patterson says.
While some Web-based companies generate revenue through advertising, Isignupnow.com makes its money through transaction fees. (The company does charge more for customized service - such as programming that integrates online data with a club's in-house accounting system.) Specifically, the company gets a percentage for anything that members sign up for that has a price attached - meaning everything from personal training to monthly membership charges. Patterson describes the percentage as low, adding that the convenience is worth the cost.
"We take a big administrative burden off of the club," he says.
Stayhealthy.com Booth 582 Stayhealthy.com combines measurement devices with Web-based data tracking for a powerful Internet tool. The devices are the BC-1 (for assessing body composition) and the CT-1 (for monitoring the number of calories burned). The devices come with proprietary hardware and software that enable the units to connect to a computer. This, in turn, allows the devices to upload the user's calorie expenditure and body composition to a personal Web page at Stayhealthy.com.
Password-protected, the personal page will store and track lean body mass, body-fat percentage, activity level, etc. And since this information is secure in Stayhealthy.com's server, only the user dictates who can have access. "It's the pentagon of fitness assessments," jokes Petra Robinson, vice president of new business development for Stayhealthy.com.
While Stayhealthy.com assesses body composition and tracks calories, it is not meant to substitute interaction with a personal trainer. If anything, users and personal trainers should meet regularly to download and analyze the data stored at Stayhealth-y.com, according to Robinson. "We need the trainers," she says. "Our products assist the trainers in the professional services they provide to clients."
Not only can Stayhealthy.com enhance a trainer's assessment services, but the company can provide health clubs with a new profit center. Cur-rently, the BC-1 and CT-1 come as a combination unit that costs $330. (Access to the personal site is currently free, but, after the first year, it could cost $50 a year.) Stayhealthy.com is looking at ways for health clubs to sell the BC-1 and CT-1 through pro shops - perhaps even with a club's private label on the devices. "One of our goals is to have the products at their facilities where they can resell," Robinson notes.
Even if clubs don't resell Stayhealthy.com products, they can buy them as amenities for members. For example, a club could purchase the CT-1 units (a club discount is available) and loan them to members entering an aerobics class. The point is that Stayhealthy.com products and services are designed to complement clubs, not replace them.
"The main thing is that we are a brick and mortar entity and a manufacturer of product that health clubs can utilize anyway," Robinson notes.
TimeTrade Booth 180 Picture this: A member calls your club hoping to book an appointment with a personal trainer. Nobody answers the phone. The member hangs up and never calls back. Your club just lost money. So did the trainer.
TimeTrade hopes to prevent that scenario from ever happening. The company provides a Web-based scheduling solution for the health and fitness industry, allowing people to register for services 24/7. "There are versions for single practitioners, such as personal trainers, through multi-thousand-member health clubs," says Scott Steinacher, director of business development.
Generally, TimeTrade will add the booking service through a club's Web site, although a site isn't necessary. The company can provide customers with a welcome screen that acts as the portal for the registration service. Say, for example, Ed Jones, personal trainer, wants to take advantage of TimeTrade, but he doesn't have a Web site. The company will give Ed his own domain name (www.edjones.timetrade.com) where his clients can book his services.
For clubs and trainers already on the Web, the appointment service will launch right from their Web sites. TimeTrade will customize the application with various colors and logos so that the service looks like it is part of the site.
Not only can visitors make appointments, the TimeTrade service enables them to look at trainer certifications, see pictures of instructors, read new course descriptions, etc. "It's a really informative application," Steinacher says.
To make appointments, members go through a simple registration process, which includes providing their e-mail addresses. The reason for this is two-fold. First off, TimeTrade will send messages to members, alerting them of their appointments. Secondly, the clubs can gather these e-mails for electronic marketing messages, opening a new line of dialogue with members.
"E-mail is a very noninvasive way to communicate with someone," Steinacher reminds.
TimeTrade charges clubs based on the number of resources scheduled through the system. A resource is anything that can be booked: an aerobics instructor, a massage therapist, a squash court. Generally, the cost is $20 per resource. On average, a club pays $200 to $300 per month, whereas an individual practitioner may only pay $20.
Before deciding if this service is worth the price, check out the system in action. You can give it a try at www.timetrade.com/testdriv.htm.
WinningHabits.com Booth 1347 David Michel, president and CEO of WinningHabits.com, knows that the Internet isn't your business. It's his business. And even if you don't have an e-mail address, he claims his company can show you how to develop a profitable Internet strategy.
Naturally, this strategy begins with a Web site, and WinningHabits.com will design, build, host and maintain a unique one for your club. "The look and feel of the site is customized to match the club's brand and culture," Michel says.
WinningHabits.com's work doesn't end once a club's site goes live, however. Each site gets an account manager, and content is refreshed daily, if not hourly, according to Michel. "We maintain about 98 percent of the content on our club partners' sites," he says.
In addition to fresh health and fitness content - which comes from Win-ningHabits.com's 90 content sources - club sites include a myriad of interactive features. For example, visitors can register for classes and even buy a membership over the Internet. Members can even track nutrition and fitness activities they perform outside of the club.
"We enable the club to travel with the member outside of the walls," Michel notes.
Since even the best site is useless unless it draws hits, WinningHa-bits.com also helps drive traffic. "We take the responsibility for registering the site with all the major search engines," Michel explains. "We coach our club partners on what they need to do to generate traffic for the site." Furthermore, WinningHabits.com provides a proprietary recruitment tool that captures information from visitors, allowing a club's salespeople to market to prospects.
To further help its customers, Win-ningHabits.com is partnering with a software company to offer back-office functions, such as accounting, that club employees can access via password at the club's Web site. Why? "You don't need a Web site," Michel answers. "You need more."
What does more cost? Well, Win-ningHabits.com builds the sites for free. The company gets its money by selling a number of limited banners to national advertisers, which are posted on each site. The company also charges each club customer a monthly service fee that varies depending on the number of locations. (A typical single club can expect to pay $499.)
If you think that's too high, keep in mind that clubs can generate revenue through their sites. Clubs can sell sponsorships to local businesses, and they get to keep 100 percent of the money they earn. Furthermore, Win-ningHabits.com sells sporting goods through the sites and splits the e-commerce transactions with customers. "As we make money, the club makes money," Michel says. "It's a shared revenue stream."
Worldpass4fitness.com Booth 382 Imagine being part of a global network of clubs with shared members and profit opportunities. That's exactly the type of network that Worldpass4fitness.com is creating.
Here's how it works: An annual fee of $79 entitles people to use the clubs within the Worldpass4fitness.com network. "It offers them a travel fitness pass, opening doors to affiliated health clubs around the world for one low annual fee, as well as discounts off of local memberships and fitness products," says Steve Diamond, Worldpass-4fitness.com's vice president.
Sounds great for the pass holders, but what's in it for the clubs? First off, each club receives an exclusive territory (the area within a 15-minute drive of the facility). Clubs get a 20 percent commission for each pass they sell, and they also get a 20 percent discount for each pass sold in their territory. That means a club can make money without doing anything. For example, if someone from a club's territory purchases the pass through Worldpass4fit-ness.com's Web site, the club earns the commission. And speaking of the Web site, participating clubs can access their password-protected account at Worldpass4fitness.com to track their commissions.
To market the network, World-pass4fitness.com is advertising the pass through major airline publications and travel sites. The company also gives clubs all the information they need to push the pass: posters, decals, etc.
Diamond believes that clubs which aggressively market the pass can gain clout when selling a membership to their own facilities. That's because, by adding $79 to their annual membership fees, they can offer prospects and members a pass to hundreds of clubs around the country, plus some in other countries.
This perk can be attractive to frequent travelers. For that reason, the pass has been a great way for clubs to get their feet in the doors at corporations, Diamond reports. After all, some corporations reimburse employees for guest gym passes they purchase while on the road; buying the passes and distributing them to business travelers can ultimately save a company money.
The passes can save the travelers money as well. "It's the only pass that gives free access to the traveler, unlike some passes that give discounted guest pass fees," Diamond says. And clubs don't have to drop other pass programs to join the Worldpass4fitness.com network. Furthermore, there is no contract for the clubs - they can be in the program for as long as they wish.
Naturally, Worldpass4fitness.com would like clubs to join and stay. Thus far, they are. "It's to our advantage that we have 400 clubs," Diamond says. "We are growing 100 to 150 clubs per month."


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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Ode to knitters
I pretty much missed my first blogiversary, but I realize that this week has felt more to me like an anniversary of some sort for my blog, as it was almost exactly a year ago that we were up here, visiting with Grandmom, and I had just started the blog. During that trip, Grandmom got severely dehydrated, and we had to postpone leaving so that we could be here with her. I kept writing on the blog, deviating from the planned knitting content perhaps a little sooner than I might otherwise have, under the strain of sitting with a delerious Grandmom while managing the reactions of two young children. And people checked in with me and commented. And people have done that since, and been incredibly encouraging when I most needed it (I couldn't possibly link to everyone who has helped me through some rough spots this last year, but you know who you are, and how much I appreciate you, I hope).
What I love about knitters is the combination of practical and caring natures. I think that it goes with the craft. We knit for the people we love for practical reasons: to keep them warm, so often. But because we love them, we also try to knit for them what they want, and to make it beautiful. This combination of practicality and empathy makes our craft a pretty wonderful one, if you ask me. Yesterday at the deYoung Museum, we went to visit the Turkmen textile exhibit, and I was, as I so often am, completely awestruck by the beauty of handmade, practical items. One might think, and I think that a lot of people do, that people who were, by our standards, impoverished, who were living on the edge, might just throw together the textiles that they needed for everyday use (many of the weavings we saw were meant as storage containers), but they didn't. Each and every one of those weavings was a work of art in itself (and each one started with handspun fiber, which was only mentioned in passing once, but which I thought should have been the central theme of the exhibit -- every one of those rugs involved not only the time-consuming weaving, but the spinning of the fiber to do the weaving, and all of it was done by nomadic women on the move).
You might think that, given how much time people were spending on these things, they'd want to get them finished quickly, but in fact, just the opposite is true, I think. It seems to me that if you're going to spend that much time on something, you will be using it for a long time, and given both of those factors, it seems that many people historically have chosen, and continue to choose, to spend the extra time (relatively little, in the grand scheme of a project like that) to make each object beautiful, an exemplification of art and skill, something that will delight the eyes and please the spirit.
To me, knitting is like that. Eminently practical, worthy of the effort of beauty. And knitters reflect their craft: practical (after all, I got my pattern when I needed it most), and beautiful in the way that they move through the world. Regard yourselves with love and admiration in the mirror today, my dears - you are art.
10 comments:
Oh,Thank you! and Happy Blogiversary to you, we are lucky you decided to start this here blog :)
- July 24, 2008 at 9:55 AM
- KnitNana said...
Happy Blogaversary!
I'm so happy to have met you here...and I love to read your thoughts...and experiences!
- July 24, 2008 at 11:14 AM
- FUZZARELLY said...
I had no idea that you've been blogging only a year! Good job!
About the textiles, here are my disjointed thoughts:
Skills were learned at an early age, either by being taught outright or by watching. Kids weren't packed off to daycare.
There may have been a competitive aspect to doing one's best work.
Not everything was perfect or lasted. The examples were well made and lucky.
And, there was time available to do the task. No TV, no radio, no restaurants. It may likely have been a cooperative environment where child rearing, cooking, etc were shared, this freeing up time for one or two Individuals to weave.
- July 24, 2008 at 12:07 PM
- Marianne said...
What a beautiful and sweet post.
Happy Blogiversary and SO glad you're here!
I've had to take a few minutes to sort out some thoughts on this also.. it's that 'impoverished' thing.. certainly their lives were completely different, choices slim, but what a wealth of time... that there are pieces that have survived for us to see and appreciate the beauty, has me convinced they weren't 'really' impoverished..
or I could just be nuts :^)
I enjoyed fuzzarelly's thoughts also.
SO glad you're HERE!!!
- July 24, 2008 at 2:41 PM
- EGunn said...
Happy Blogiversary! We're glad you're here!
- July 24, 2008 at 8:54 PM
- Bea said...
Wow I love this little essay. HAPPY BLOGIVERSARY!!! I'm happy to have met you so I'm glad you decided to be a blogger!
- July 25, 2008 at 3:40 AM
Happy Blogiversary!
You've come so far this past year in your fiber knowledge and abilities. I love how you are a thoughtful knitter/spinner. I've learned much from your posts and observations.
At the spinning conference in Salem last month a woman (said she's an anthropologist) claimed there's no way ancient spinners would have taken the extra seconds necessary to throw or remove a half-hitch because of their need to produce everything they used. It was sad that she didn't seem able to step away from modern mentality of faster, yet faster. The artistry of many of the old samples shows there was more to life than "saving time". (What ever that means.)
- July 25, 2008 at 8:12 PM
- twinsetellen said...
Happy Blogiversary! Ditto on Fuzzarelly's comment about surprise at the short time you'd been blogging.
It would be interesting to see what the textiles of beginners looked like compared to those who were highly experienced. As I think of that woman working to supply her family with needed household items, I imagine that her first piece might be simple - just learning how to make the piece. Her second might be a more beautifully executed version of the first, and maybe her 3rd or 4th would start to incorporate elements of gratuitous beauty, as much to keep her interest in the work once she had mastered the craft as anything else.
I know my work takes on more and more technical and design challenges as I master new elements. Of course, I'm not doing sustenance crafting, so I may be all washed up on this.
- July 27, 2008 at 7:30 PM
- mehitabel said...
Was it William Morris who said you should have nothing in your home that you did not find to be useful, or think to be beautiful? And don't we all really enjoy using tools that are beautifully made? I'm thinking of my favorite crochet hook, a Brittany walnut with lovely graining and a turned knob on the end. It's just as easy to have something beautiful as something ugly...
- July 28, 2008 at 2:20 PM
- Alisha said...
What a sweet post.
Happy Blogiversary!
- July 31, 2008 at 8:21 PM


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The UK is in the grip of an IT skills crisis as the number of people choosing a career in computing continues to lag far behind demand from business.
This shortfall needs to be addressed, warned Paul Coby, chairman of the CIO board of the IT skills body eSkills UK and IT director at retailer John Lewis, speaking at the Digital London conference in London.
eSkills estimates the UK will need an additional 110,000 new IT workers to enter the workforce each year, and the number of people entering the profession is still below what is needed, he said
"I think we have a bit of a crisis. Demand for IT professionals is growing every quarter, so it's really important that we as a nation produce all sorts of IT professionals and skilled users," said Coby.
Overall the number of applicants to computing courses in the UK is only about one third of the new intake that the IT industry needs. And the disparity between supply and demand looks set to continue, with the proportion of new jobs in the IT sector growing nearly five times faster than the UK average.
Coby believes that many pupils are turned off IT between the ages of 11 and 16, thanks to a secondary school curriculum that teaches children general computing skills that many find boring.
"I asked my son 'Why aren't you doing an IT GCSE?' and he said 'It's because it's about spreadsheets isn't it?'," he said.
"We really need to address this issue because this is when our young people move away from technology."
In contrast to the UK, students from countries including India and China are embracing careers in technology Coby said, adding that while 44 per cent fewer UK nationals are applying to higher education computing courses than in 2001, applications from overseas students remains "very high".
"In Bangalore or Beijing technology is a really cool thing to do," he said: "We really need to get over why IT is cool. It is not a problem that people have in other parts of the world."
The government has acknowledged that IT teaching needs an overhaul, and has pledged to drop the primary and secondary school IT curriculum this September and leave it up to schools to decide how they teach IT.
But the lack of an IT curriculum will leave a vacuum that it is unclear that schools will be able to fill, even with the help of industry association that are drawing up guidelines for teaching IT and GCSE qualifications.
Coby said that the IT GCSE that is being developed by eSkills and its partners will focus on areas such as programming, games design and web and mobile app development.
He also stressed progress made through eSkills-backed schemes like ITMB course, which teaches university students the IT skills that businesses want, and the Computer Club for Girls, which is designed to address the shortfall in girls involved in IT. Only 18 per cent of IT professionals in the UK are women.
Large tech companies are also backing initiatives to get more people into the IT industry, with Cisco using the Digital London conference to pledge to build another 30 Networking Academies, which provide elearning courses in ICT and networking. Cisco's UK MD for London 2012 told the Digital London conference that 5,000 people will pass through the academies over the next five years.
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Portland squads earn wins over Haslett
The Ionia boys bowling team put up a fight in their final home match of the season Tuesday afternoon, earning a 15-15 split with the Trojans of Owosso.
The Bulldogs won the first game 996-821 to take an early lead, but the Trojans took the second by a score of 998-841. Ionia took the points for highest series (1,837-1,819).
In the Bakers, Ionia (7-3-1) won the first 176-154 to take a 15-9
lead. However, Owosso won the second (185-131) and picked up the final two points for highest Baker total (339-307) to tie the match.
Tyler Evans led the Bulldogs with a 247 game, which was part of a team-high 409 series. Brandon Linderman finished with a score of 226 and a 402 series, while Tyler Jones bowled a 212.
In the girls match, Owosso won both regular games and the first Baker en route to a 19-14 win.
The Trojans won the first game 775-763 and the second 825-800. They also earned the final two points by earning the highest total (1,600-1,563).
In the Bakers, Owosso took the first (162-146) while Ionia won the second (184-133). The Bulldogs (9-2) took the points for best Baker total (330-295).
Brianna Thurlby led Ionia with a 210 game and a 382 series. Courtney Burgess earned a 187 game.
Ionia will travel to Haslett on Thursday.
Portland 21, Haslett 9 (Boys)
Portland 21, Haslett 9 (Girls)
PORTLAND — The Raider boys and girls squads each picked up wins Monday afternoon against the Vikings.
The Portland men earned a 981-934 win in the first regular game and a 1,035-958 victory in game two.
In the Bakers, Portland won the first game (189-178, but Haslett took the second (201-156).
Trenton Schaibly led the Raiders with a 235 game, while Karl Newman bowled a 223 and 222 game for a 445 series Adam Simon earned games of 222 and 215 for a 437 series.
Marcus Zinn bowled a 205.
In the girls match, the Raiders won the first regular game (890-765), but lost the second (774-759).
Portland swept the Baker points with games of 194-140 and 157-151.
Allison Peabody bowled a 202 game to lead the Lady Raiders, while Lily Whitford earned games of 184 and 181 for a 365 series.
Portland will travel to Corunna on Thursday.


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Hood River will have two fewer kite schools next year.
At Tuesday's Port Commission meeting, the commission directed staff to move forward with a plan which calls for eight total waterfront school permits, with a maximum of five kiteboarding schools.
"It's the recommendation of port staff, the waterfront rec committee and majority of kite schools that we go to five permits for kite schools," Port Waterfront Coordinator Liz Whitmore told the commission.
Of the eight permits currently issued for the waterfront, seven include kiteboarding while one focuses just on windsurfing and stand-up paddleboarding.
The debate over the proper number of schools on the waterfront has been going on for sometime. Some kite school owners wanted to see the number of schools restricted to as few as three while others wanted the market to sort out the proper number of schools.
The port opened up the submission process Friday and schools have until Oct. 26 to submit their proposals for schools for the 2013-15 cycle.
An evaluation committee consisting of one member of the port commission, a port staff member, a member from either Hood River Parks and Recreation or Community Education and one each from the windsurfing and kiteboarding community will then review the proposals over the following month before submitting their recommendations to the port commission on Dec. 4.
Unlike in previous years the RFP process will cover kiteboarding, windsurfing and SUP inclusively, meaning that schools will not have to submit separate proposals for each sport.
The seven schools operating with kiteboarding permits on the waterfront are currently New Wind Kiteboarding, Kite the Gorge, Gorge Gradients, Gorge Kiteboarding School, Cascade Kiteboarding, Hood River WaterPlay and Brian's.
The eighth school, Big Winds, operates under windsurfing and SUP permits.
During the prior permitting process in 2009 the commission had also intended to reduce the number of kiteboarding schools, then eight, to five. However during the evaluation process the committee determined that six schools were close enough in the scoring criteria that they should all receive permits.
That resulted in returning schools New Wind Kiteboarding, Kite the Gorge, Hood River WaterPlay and Gorge Kiteboarding School receiving permits along with new schools Cascade Kiteboarding and Gorge Gradients.
Brian's, a longtime operator in Hood River, was not granted a permit during the initial process.
After several members of the public spoke up on behalf of Brian Shurton, who operates the school, the port eventually granted a kiteboarding permit to that school as well, bringing the total up to seven.
The commission wanted to ensure the process would not drag out again and decided that there would be no appeals once the commission makes its decision on the concession permits for the three-year cycle.
Commission President Jon Davies also added that he wanted to take the applicants' personal experience into account during the process.
"The committee ought to be able to take into account personal experiences because that wasn't possible the last time," Davies said. "I don't know how to work that in there but the last time if it wasn't contained in the packet when it arrived on the desk you were not allowed to use it as criteria."
Commissioner Rich McBride added that the committee needed to find windsurfing and kiteboarding representatives who did not have a bias toward any particular school.
"We want to find neutral parties for those two spots," he said.
Attending the meeting were Gorge Kiteboarding school operator Mark Worth and Kite the Gorge co-owner Carlos Cornieles, which both operate out of The Spit.
Worth asked the commission to reconsider having the permits be non-transferable and to allow all of the schools to have some presence at the event site.
"It is critical for my business to be able to maintain my presence there," he said of his small sales office at the southern end of the cruise ship dock at the event site.
He said the event site could be even more critical if construction of the hotel planned for the southern end of the Nichols boat basin disrupts access to The Spit in any way.
"I would like to have the option to work out of the Event Site part of the time," he said.
Worth added that not having the permits be transferable could make it difficult to sell a kiteboarding business in the future if a current owner wants to move on.
"Ten years from now I'm going to be 64 and there is going to be a time I would want to sell this business ... I understand the concerns the port has to make sure the new owner is safe. But as an organization which has helped start business all around the community I would like you to leave me the option to sell my business if I want to," he said.
Both Worth and Cornelies said they were in favor of the shorter process this cycle — three weeks instead of four — as it would allow business to know whether they would still be in operation next year.
"If any of us are going to be out of business ... at least it gives us time to do a marketing or an investment in what direction we are going to continue going," Cornelies said later in the week.
Cornelies said he was not opposed to reducing the number of schools, because the market was becoming increasingly saturated.
"There is a certain market; how many more schools could we have?" he asked. "I think it's necessary even if it does cost people their livelihood."
Earlier this month the port indicated it was leaning toward an alignment which would see five of the eight water sport concessionaires operating out of the event site with the other three having locations at the Marina, Hook or Spit.
The new permit plan would also change the permit fee structure. Previously permit fees have been $2,000, regardless of location. However, under the new plan, three large spaces at the Event Site would be $3,000 per season; the two smaller spaces at the Event Site would be $2,500, as would locations at the Spit, Hook or Marina.
Additional locations would be $1,500 each.
When the applicants submit their proposal they will be required to include first and second choices for their preferred primary locations.
In her memo to the commission on the matter, Whitmore wrote that "(r)educing the quantity of kite schools will ease congestion at the Event Site, increase safety on the water and allow for improved communication and coordination between kite schools and port staff."
Cornieles said that the crowding at the sandbar, which many of the schools use for lessons, is going to have to be looked at even if the number of schools is reduced.
Several of the schools, as well as port staff, see "friends teaching friends" as causing a crowding issue on the sandbar, and a potential safety issue.
"What makes the situation for us teaching at the sandbar challenging is the people who are teaching friends or the instruction that is happening there without any safety for the other users," Cornilies said.
Ultimately, the port and school owners hope the situation will be resolved quickly so that all of the school owners, regardless of whether they are selected to continue operating in Hood River, can get on with their lives.
"I'm here for teaching kiteboarding," Cornelies said. "I'm not here for the politics of it."
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The morning started at the Joplin Athletic Center which is on the west side of Joplin, Missouri. I got there about 5:00 a.m. and just chilled in the car for a while, then slowly got outfitted for the race. There was a series of buses that left from there to go the approximately 26 miles to the starting line in Commerce, OK. They started leaving about 5:30 a.m., and one left every 20 minutes or so up till about 6:45 a.m. I skipped the 6:00 bus and got on the one at 6:20, since it was chilly outside and I didn't want to just stand outside at the starting line until the 7:30 a.m. start. The bus ride should have taken about 25-30 minutes.
As far as the course was concerned, for the first 5 miles from Commerce to just outside of Quapaw (pronounced "O-Gah-Pah"…it is an American Indian word) the roads were completely closed so we had the entire highway. From there, we had probably a six foot shoulder to run on the vast majority of the time up till the 16 mile mark, where we had the shoulder of the highway AND a full lane. The shoulder was really good for the overwhelming majority of the race, free from rocks, holes, and other debris (at least for the most part). Back to the bus ride though.
We were happily tooling along toward our destination when, just on the other side of Quapaw, there was a police car blocking the road. No worries I thought (as did the rest of us undoubtedly)…they closed the road the first five miles specifically for the runners, and WE were the runners. They would simply let the buses pass on to their destination, and we would be good to go.
Au contraire.
But thankfully the situation didn't escalate, and to the best of my knowledge, the officer did not have to fish the bullet out of his pocket.
At the conclusion of this discussion, the bus drivers decided to execute a three-point turn using a narrow gravel road and find another way to the start line, which ended up being a little over 15 miles away from that point based upon the way we had to go. We arrived at the starting area about 7:20, which in retrospect was just about perfect. I walked the three blocks to the line, used the facilities, stripped out of the throw-away sweats I had on, listened to the National Anthem, and 178 of us started at 7:35 a.m.
The air was nice and cool, and everyone seemed relaxed and happy. The clouds had some amazing morning colors, and we were at mile 2 before the sun crested the horizon. The first couple of miles were easy and very pleasant. From about 1.8 to 3.7 it was a very gentle and steady incline, gaining about 50 feet. It was so gentle, it actually seemed flat. I was a little concerned that I was moving too quickly at this point, averaging 8:47 minutes per mile. I had planned on being more in the 9:15 to 9:30 range. I kept trying to ease off a bit by just taking slow, deep breaths and relaxing, but I seemed to be on auto-pilot from a pace perspective. I averaged 8:46 per mile through the first 6 miles, and things still felt nice and relaxed, although I was still concerned about the pace. This same type of thing happened to me at Cowtown in February (back then I was aiming for 9:30 and my average pace through 6 there was 9:03), so I wasn't overly concerned at this point.
The next few miles were uneventful and fairly flat, with just very gentle rolling hills all within about 20 feet of elevation. From mile 9.5 to mile 11 the course gained another 50 feet. Shortly after that, there was a short, abrupt downhill and uphill right about the 12 mile point, but it wasn't bad. About this point I tried to make a more conscious effort to slow down, since I had a growing concern that I was going too fast. I was averaging an 8:50 pace up to this point, so had slowed down only slightly. As a point of reference, at Cowtown I was averaging an 8:59 pace at this point, so while there was some concern, I wasn't freaked out or anything. I passed the half-marathon point at 1:56:40, just shy of three minutes ahead of my Cowtown halfway mark.
Then, the wheels started to come off.
At the 13.9 mile mark, I just simply ran out of gas seemingly all at once. I felt like I had to take a walk break…I just felt drained and out of breath. At this point, the participants had really spread out, and that was very different from Cowtown, where there were people around all the time. From this point forward it wasn't uncommon for me to be able to not see another runner in front of me, and then turn around and not see another runner behind me. I didn't look back more than a few times (wasn't going that way ), but it was a bit lonely. It wasn't that way at all times by any means, but there was certainly never a crowd around me, and no one on the side of the course except at the aid stations every 2 miles. I did a run / walk type of thing, running whenever I felt the energy return and power walking when I couldn't.
At a little past the 17 mile mark, I started to have muscle spasms in my calves and quads. Since I'm definitely NOT a fan of full-on locked up cramps, I would switch to a power walk whenever the muscle spasms would start (never in more than one leg or location at a time thankfully), and run when I could. Unfortunately, this is also where the elevation profile of the course really banks up, rising from about 800 feet at 17.6 to 1040 feet at 25.8. It was a real challenge to keep going at this point, because I REALLY would have preferred to just keep running, and the walking breaks would normally have been a bit demoralizing. However, for some reason I seemed to just switch to an ultra-running perspective (walk the uphills, try to run the downhills and flats, and keep moving forward), and just kept making the best forward progress I could make. I averaged 11:20 per mile from 17 through 22.
Just shy of the 23 mile mark I once again attempted a run segment but my body shut me down immediately, like within two or three steps, with rolling spasms in my calves (and sometimes thighs). I got the message loud and clear. I could either power walk it in, or lay on the ground in a full-on cramp. My body didn't seem to care which one, and left the decision to me. Being the chicken that I am, I chose the less painful course of action and just focused on walking. I did try twice more over the next 3+ miles to lightly jog, but was shut down just as quick. It really felt weird to be walking across a finish line, especially when at Cowtown I really put the hammer down and sprinted across the line, but it was a true battle to just keep up the walking pace at that point. Even at that, I did manage to average 13:04 per mile over the last 3.2 miles of the course, and finished the race with a time of 4:29:30.
This was my third marathon, but I have to say that I just may be the most proud of this one. I actually ran a marathon distance in training by myself on December 29th of 2011 in 4:12:45, and I ran my first official marathon at Cowtown on February 26th of this year in 3:56:06. My second official marathon was on April 1st of this year, but I had to DNF that race at a little over the 12 mile mark due to heat exhaustion. Rolling back spasms and disorientation was just something I couldn't work through. So this one was my third official marathon, as well as the third time I've covered the marathon distance. The difference here though was that it really felt like a true struggle on the back half, almost like a war at times, and I'm quite proud to have risen to the challenge. I honestly feel like I put forth the best effort possible for me that day.
I know that I left it all out on the course on Sunday, and there wasn't any more to give really, so I'm pleased that I was able to rise to the challenges this race offered. After all, I knew going into it that it would be a challenge, having to deal with a sinus infection that started a week prior to the race, as well as not being able to train consistently due to a chronic calf strain that hung on for 8 solid weeks and that prevented any long runs not to mention cutting my mileage by a good third. I also didn't get the best possible rest the night before the marathon, since there was a lot of yelling, door slamming, laughing and talking till nearly midnight outside my door.
Based upon my fitness, I could have and probably did go out too hard in the first half. Dialing it back in early might have at least staved off the run/walk segment for a mile or several, but that is just a guess. I felt well hydrated throughout, and drank plenty over the course of the run, so I don't think dehydration played any role.
I placed 52nd out of 156 total finishers (top 33.33%).
Out of 83 male marathoner finishers, I came in at 40th place (top 48.19%).
There were 11 men in the 50-54 age group that finished, and I placed 4th among them (top 36.36%).
These were my splits...
Thanks for stopping by, and Happy Running Everyone !!!


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Finally got round to starting Kiting after 15 years Winsurfing & Wakeboarding & love it, but It seems to put a lot of strain on one's back. Indeed 2 of my friends have already had back Ops within a short time of starting & another complains of back pain. Obviously they all claim no connection.
However I am concerned I will meet the same fate, any experience/views on this?