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No. 94,881
1. To lawfully stop a moving vehicle for an investigatory detention, a law enforcement officer must have a reasonable and articulable suspicion, based on fact, that the person to be stopped has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime.
2. Reasonable suspicion, like probable cause, is a fluid concept that requires an assessment of probabilities in the particular factual context. Reasonable suspicion is something more than an unparticularized suspicion or hunch but something less than the probable cause required for an arrest.
3. Both the content of the information possessed by the law enforcement officer and its degree of reliability, i.e., the quantity and quality of the information, must be considered in the context of the totality of the circumstances.
4. Any of the detaining officer's subjective reasons for stopping a moving vehicle which do not pass the objective, reasonably-cautious-person test, must be excluded or discounted in the totality of circumstances analysis.
5. A law enforcement officer may be reasonable in suspecting that the registered owner of a vehicle is the driver of that vehicle, absent evidence to the contrary.
6. The rationality of any inferences to be drawn from an officer's knowledge that a registered owner of a vehicle has a suspended driver's license or that the registered owner is the subject of an active arrest warrant must be viewed in conjunction with all of the other information available to the officer.
Appeal from Pratt District Court; ROBERT J. SCHMISSEUR, judge. Opinion filed March 3, 2006. Reversed and remanded.
Ernest H. Richardson, county attorney, and Phill Kline, attorney general, for appellant.
Kathleen W. Rein, of Stull & Rein, L.L.C., of Pratt, for appellee.
Before CAPLINGER, P.J., JOHNSON, J., and KNUDSON, S.J.
JOHNSON, J.: The State takes this interlocutory appeal from the prosecution of the drug case against Judith A. Hamic (Judith), specifically challenging the suppression of evidence. The district court found that the initial vehicle stop was unlawful. Finding that the totality of the circumstances provided the arresting officer with legally sufficient justification to effect an investigatory detention of the vehicle, we reverse and remand.
On January 20, 2005, while on early evening patrol in the City of Pratt, Officer Wayne Cline passed a green Jeep Cherokee, which he believed might belong to Jena Hamic-Deutsch. Hamic-Deutsch had been stopped twice in the preceding 2 months while driving a green Jeep Cherokee, once by Officer Cline on December 19, 2004, and once by fellow officer, Robert Walker, on November 17, 2004. On both occasions, Hamic-Deutsch was cited for driving on a suspended driver's license and having no current proof of insurance. During Officer Cline's previous stop, Hamic-Deutsch displayed an insurance card indicating an expiration date in October 2004. Officer Cline also knew that Hamic-Deutsch was wanted on an active arrest warrant for probation violation issued out of municipal court.
Officer Cline followed the Jeep and checked its license tag through dispatch, confirming that the vehicle was registered to Hamic-Deutsch and her husband or ex-husband, Michael Deutsch. Although the officer could not ascertain who was operating the Jeep, he then effected a traffic stop. He discovered that the vehicle was being driven by Judith Hamic, the mother of Hamic-Deutsch, and that Hamic-Deutsch was a passenger in the vehicle. Officer Cline was aware that Judith did not have a valid driver's license, and he detected a strong odor of alcohol emanating from the vehicle. Further investigation, which is not relevant to this opinion, resulted in the arrest of Hamic-Deutsch on the outstanding warrant and the arrest of Judith on charges of possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, obstruction of legal process, and no proof of insurance. Subsequently, Hamic-Deutsch was also charged with having possessed the drugs and paraphernalia.
Hamic-Deutsch's motion to suppress the evidence obtained as a result of the traffic stop was granted by a magistrate. On appeal by the State, the district court conducted a de novo evidentiary hearing on the suppression motion. Therefore, in this case, the parties stipulated that Judith's suppression motion would be submitted to the district court upon the transcript of Hamic-Deutsch's suppression hearing, upon Officer Cline's affidavit describing the circumstances leading to Judith's stop and eventual arrest, and upon a copy of Hamic-Deutsch's outstanding arrest warrant.
In its memorandum decision, the district court found that "Officer Cline made a traffic stop without having observed a traffic violation or having other public service or safety grounds for the stop." The court opined that "[t]he fact that the officer knew the vehicle did not have insurance in November and December of 2004 does not amount to reasonable suspicion that the vehicle did not have insurance on January 20, 2005." Therefore, the court found that "the lack of reasonable suspicion before the stop controls under the stipulated facts before the Court" and granted the suppression motion.
On appeal, the State presents two issues, the gist of which we perceive to be that Officer Cline had reasonable suspicion that the crimes of driving while suspended and operating a vehicle without proof of insurance were being committed in the Jeep, and that, separately, the outstanding warrant for Hamic-Deutsch's arrest justified an investigatory stop of the vehicle owned by the fugitive.
As noted, the parties stipulated to the documents upon which the district court was to decide the suppression motion, and we are unable to perceive any material dispute as to the relevant facts contained within those documents. Therefore, our review of the suppression order is a question of law subject to unlimited review. See State v. Ramirez, 278 Kan. 402, 404, 100 P.3d 94 (2004).
"The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, made applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment, and Section 15 of the Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights prohibit unreasonable searches and seizures." Ramirez, 278 Kan. at 404. The stopping of a moving vehicle by law enforcement is always considered a seizure. City of Norton v. Stewart, 31 Kan. App. 2d 645, 647, 70 P.3d 707 (2003).
However, our courts consider a moving vehicle seizure to be an investigatory detention, as originally defined by Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 20 L. Ed. 2d 889, 88 S. Ct. 1868 (1968). Kansas has codified the parameters of a permissible Terry stop in K.S.A. 22-2402(1), which provides:
"Without making an arrest, a law enforcement officer may stop any person in a public place whom such officer reasonably suspects is committing, has committed or is about to commit a crime and may demand . . . the name [and] address of such suspect and an explanation of such suspect's actions."
To lawfully stop a moving vehicle under Terry and K.S.A. 22-2402(1), a law enforcement officer must "'have a reasonable and articulable suspicion, based on fact, that the person stopped has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime.'" State v. DeMarco, 263 Kan. 727, 734, 952 P.2d 1276 (1998) (quoting State v. Epperson, 237 Kan. 707, 712, 703 P.2d 761 [1985]). "Something more than an unparticularized suspicion or hunch must be articulated. United States v. Sokolow, 490 U.S. 1, 7, 104 L. Ed. 2d 1, 109 S. Ct. 1581 (1989)." DeMarco, 263 Kan. at 735. However, reasonable suspicion is something less than the probable cause required for an arrest. State v. Slater, 267 Kan. 694, 697, 986 P.2d 1038 (1999) (quoting Alabama v. White, 496 U.S. 325, 330, 110 L. Ed. 2d 301, 110 S. Ct. 2412 [1990]) ("'[r]easonable suspicion is a less demanding standard than probable cause'").
Both reasonable suspicion and probable cause are dependent upon the "'content of information possessed by police and its degree of reliability,'" and "'[b]oth factors--quantity and quality--are considered in the "totality of circumstances,"'" i.e., one must evaluate the whole picture. Slater, 267 Kan. at 697 (quoting Alabama, 496 U.S. at 330). Our Supreme Court has cautioned against "evaluating each suspicious factor in isolation and asking whether there was an innocent explanation for the activity." Ramirez, 278 Kan. at 406-07.
Thus, determining where a case fits onto the continuum from unparticularized hunch through reasonable suspicion to probable cause appears to involve more art than science. The analysis is not amenable to an easily applied mechanical test. Cf. State v. Patten, 280 Kan. 385, 122 P.3d 350 (2005) (adopting a mechanical elements test for multiplicity without regard to the factual scenario of the particular case in order to achieve ease of application and certainty). As stated by the United States Supreme Court, cited with approval in Ramirez, 278 Kan. at 407:
"'[P]robable cause is a fluid concept--turning on the assessment of probabilities in particular factual contexts--not readily, or even usefully, reduced to a neat set of legal rules.' . . .
"The probable-cause standard is incapable of precise definition or quantification into percentages because it deals with probabilities and depends on the totality of the circumstances." Maryland v. Pringle, 540 U.S. 366, 370-71, 157 L. Ed. 2d 769, 124 S. Ct. 795 (2003) (quoting Illinois v. Gates, 462 U.S. 213, 231, 76 L. Ed. 2d 527, 103 S. Ct. 2317 [1983]).
Obviously, the same fluidity and imprecise quantification of percentages applies to the reasonable suspicion standard, as a lesser degree of probable cause. "Where one or two factors may cause a reasonable suspicion, a combination of several factors may create probable cause." Ramirez, 278 Kan. at 407.
We decline the State's invitation to consider whether Officer Cline's knowledge of Hamic-Deutsch's outstanding arrest warrant provided a separate and independent lawful reason to effect an investigatory detention of the Jeep. The outstanding warrant for Hamic-Deutsch's arrest merely provided an additional reasonable suspicion that she "has committed" a crime, supplementing the officer's belief that she was then committing another crime. Therefore, we will look at the outstanding warrant factor as a sub-part of our totality of the circumstances evaluation.
Prior to effecting the stop on January 20, 2005, the content, or quantity, of Officer Cline's information was: (1) approximately 2 months previously, on November 17, 2004, Hamic-Deutsch was driving a green Jeep Cherokee; (2) at that time, her driver's license was suspended; (3) at that time, she had no proof that the vehicle was covered with liability insurance; (4) approximately a month later, on December 19, 2004, Hamic-Deutsch was driving a green Jeep Cherokee; (5) at that time, her driver's license was still suspended; (6) at that time, she still did not have proof of current insurance, but rather displayed proof that her insurance coverage had lapsed in October 2004; (7) the municipal court had issued a warrant for Hamic-Deutsch's arrest because of a probation violation; and (8) Hamic-Deutsch was a registered coowner of the moving green Jeep Cherokee that Officer Cline was following. The content of the officer's information did not include a visual confirmation of who was actually operating the green Jeep Cherokee.
The officer's information was of the highest quality, i.e., reliable. Knowledge of the prior two traffic stops was obtained either first-hand or from another police officer. See State v. Campbell, 24 Kan. App. 2d 553, 555, 948 P.2d 684, rev. denied 263 Kan. 887 (1997) (finding collective knowledge of police officers as to defendant's suspended driver's license to be reliable information). Further, the existence of an active arrest warrant is reliable information supporting the reasonable suspicion that the subject of the warrant has committed an offense justifying detention.
Although we are not to isolate the individual factors for the purpose of inquiring into possible innocent explanations, a discussion of those factors is necessary to put the totality of the circumstances in context. One cannot get the whole picture without assessing the legitimacy of the factors ostensibly relied upon by the detaining officer. Any of the officer's subjective reasons for the stop which do not pass the objective test of a reasonably cautious person must be excluded from or at least discounted in the totality of the circumstances analysis.
The district court opined that it was unreasonable for the officer to suspect that the Jeep was being operated without insurance on January 20, 2005, just because the officer knew that it was uninsured in November and December of 2004. We disagree, albeit not solely on a temporal basis. Hamic-Deutsch was caught driving in November 2004 with insurance that had expired the previous month. A month later, Hamic-Deutsch was again caught driving without having rectified the October 2004 expiration of her automobile liability insurance. The knowledge that Hamic-Deutsch had twice, in recent months, chosen to drive in violation of our mandatory automobile liability insurance laws created an objectively reasonable suspicion that she is a driving without proof of insurance recidivist. Further, one would surmise that most of us would suspect that multiple arrests for driving on a suspended driver's license and driving without proof of insurance would impair the culprit's ability to obtain affordable automobile liability insurance coverage.
The district court did not address the officer's knowledge of Hamic-Deutsch's outstanding arrest warrant or her multiple previous driving while suspended arrests. Perhaps the court did not think that information was relevant, given the officer's admission that he had not visually confirmed that Hamic-Deutsch was the driver of the green Jeep Cherokee. Nevertheless, that information is part of the totality of the circumstances.
Again, we decline to suggest any temporal bright lines on the question of whether knowledge that a driver had a suspended driver's license a month before creates an objectively reasonable suspicion that the driver's license is currently suspended. Cf. Campbell, 24 Kan. App. 2d. at 555 (information obtained within the week before the vehicle stop considered sufficiently reliable). Here, Officer Cline knew that Hamic-Deutsch had been cited for driving on a suspended license but had nevertheless continued to drive while suspended. He certainly was not required to ignore this individual's propensity to illegally operate a vehicle on a suspended license, even after having been arrested for the offense. Likewise, he was free to consider that driving while suspended convictions normally result in an extension of the violator's period of suspension. Thus, Officer Cline was objectively reasonable in suspecting that Hamic-Deutsch had not regained her driving privileges a month after her second driving while suspended arrest.
Judith contends that Officer Cline could not have reasonably suspected that a crime was being committed without knowing that Hamic-Deutsch was the Jeep's driver and could not have reasonably expected to serve the arrest warrant without confirming that Hamic-Deutsch was an occupant of the vehicle. She points to the fact that the officer's check with dispatch informed him that the Jeep was coowned by Michael Deutsch and contends that Officer Cline knew the coowners were in the process of divorcing. Apparently, Judith is suggesting that a reasonable person might suspect that Michael was in sole possession of the Jeep.
Kansas has no published case dealing directly with the question of whether a law enforcement officer is justified in suspecting that the registered owner of a vehicle is the driver of that vehicle. Other jurisdictions have opined that an officer may rationally infer that a vehicle owner who has a suspended driver's license is likely to be driving his or her owned vehicle, unless other evidence or circumstances put the officer on notice that the driver may not be the suspended owner. See, e.g., State v. Howard, 146 Ohio App. 3d 335, 340-41, 766 N.E.2d 179 (2001); and State v. Panko, 101 Or. App. 6, 9, 788 P.2d 1026 (1990); see also People v. Barnes, 152 Ill. App. 3d 1004, 1006, 505 N.E.2d 427 (1987) (when a car owner is known to possess a suspended driver's license it is reasonable to infer that the owner is driving because the owner does the vast amount of driving); State v. Mills, 458 N.W. 2d 395, 397 (Iowa App. 1990) (reasonable to infer a vehicle is being driven by its owner absent evidence to the contrary).
Perhaps it is more a matter of common experience than a profound legal maxim to declare that a law enforcement officer is reasonable in suspecting that the registered owner of a vehicle is the driver of the owned vehicle, absent evidence to the contrary. One presumes that it is common for a reasonably cautious citizen to honk or wave at a moving vehicle that is owned by a friend without first having identified the vehicle's occupants, and in doing so, rationally expect that the friend will receive the greeting. Further, the caveat, that the owner-is-the-driver inference may lose its rationality where the officer possesses contrary information, is simply another way of saying that we must look at the whole picture. Therefore, the rationality of any inferences to be drawn from an officer's knowledge that a registered owner of a vehicle has a suspended driver's license or that the registered owner is the subject of an arrest warrant must be viewed in conjunction with all of the other information available to the officer. Such knowledge is definitely a factor, but it will not always be determinative.
Here, all of the information that Officer Cline possessed when he stopped the Jeep rationally supported the inference that Hamic-Deutsch was either the driver or an occupant of the vehicle. The officer's knowledge that a divorcing husband was a coowner of the vehicle did not contradict, destroy, or even mitigate the inference. The officer personally knew that Hamic-Deutsch had been driving the Jeep on two separate occasions within the past 2 months, supporting a reasonable presumption that Hamic-Deutsch was the Jeep's principal operator.
Under the totality of the circumstances, the facts and circumstances within Officer Cline's knowledge were sufficient, both as to quantity and quality, to warrant a person of reasonable caution in the belief that a crime was being committed by the Jeep's driver or that a crime had been committed by a fugitive who was an occupant of the Jeep. Therefore, the initial vehicle stop was a valid investigatory detention, and the district court's ruling to the contrary is reversed. The matter is remanded for further proceedings.
Reversed and remanded.


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Written by: Lennon-McCartney
Recorded: 9, 10, 21, 23 March 1967
Producer: George Martin
Engineers: Malcolm Addey, Geoff Emerick
Released: 1 June 1967 (UK), 2 June 1967 (US)
Paul McCartney: vocals, rhythm guitar, bass guitar, piano
John Lennon: backing vocals, handclaps
George Harrison: backing vocals, lead guitar, tambura
Ringo Starr: drums, congas
George Martin: piano, pianette
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Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
With lyrics co-written by Lennon and McCartney and music mostly by McCartney, the idea for Getting Better came from a favourite phrase of Jimmie Nicol, The Beatles' stand-in drummer for eight days of their 1964 world tour.
According to Beatles biographer Hunter Davies, the phrase popped into McCartney's head one day in 1967 while he was walking his sheepdog Martha in Hampstead.
Getting Better I wrote on my magic Binder, Edwards and Vaughan piano in my music room. It had a lovely tone, that piano, you'd just open the lid and there was such a magic tone, almost out of tune, and of course the way it was painted added to the fun of it all.
It's an optimistic song. I often try and get on to optimistic subjects in an effort to cheer myself up and also, realising that other people are going to hear this, to cheer them up too. And this was one of those. The 'angry young man' and all that was John and I filling in the verses about schoolteachers. We shared a lot of feelings against teachers who had punished you too much or who hadn't understood you or who had just been bastard generally.
Many Years From Now, Barry Miles
It is a diary form of writing. All that 'I used to be cruel to my woman, I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved' was me. I used to be cruel to my woman, and physically – any woman. I was a hitter. I couldn't express myself and I hit. I fought men and I hit women. That is why I am always on about peace, you see. It is the most violent people who go for love and peace. Everything's the opposite. But I sincerely believe in love and peace. I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence. I will have to be a lot older before I can face in public how I treated women as a youngster.
All We Are Saying, David Sheff
Much like We Can Work It Out, Getting Better explores the differences in personality between the two songwriters.
I was just sitting there doing 'Getting better all the time' and John just said in his laconic way, 'It couldn't get no worse,' and I thought, Oh, brilliant! This is exactly why I love writing with John... It was one of the ways we'd write. I'd have the song quite mapped out and he'd come in with a counter-melody, so it was a simple ordinary song.
Many Years From Now, Barry Miles
In the studio
Recording began on Thursday 9 March 1967. Seven takes were recorded of the rhythm track, being made up of guitars, bass and drums, plus piano from George Martin – played by the strings of the instrument being directly struck.
The following day George Harrison added a droning tambura, McCartney overdubbed his bass part and Ringo added more drums.
Getting Better received its vocals on 21 March. Hunter Davies was at the session, and noted how the backing vocals sounded "flat, grainy and awfully disembodied. I remember thinking, 'Why am I such a big fan of theirs, why do I think they're good singers? They're completely out of tune!"
It is not known whether the out-of-tune vocals were left in the final mix – certainly some of the harmonies are off-key, though these may have been deliberately varispeeded. Either way, perhaps The Beatles had bigger things to worry about: a short way into the session, Lennon announced he was feeling ill and was taken onto the roof of Abbey Road by George Martin.
I was aware of them smoking pot, but I wasn't aware that they did anything serious. In fact, I was so innocent that I actually took John up to the roof when he was having an LSD trip, not knowing what it was. If I'd known it was LSD, the roof would have been the last place I would have taken him.
He was in the studio and I was in the control room, and he said he wasn't feeling too good. So I said, 'Come up here,' and asked George and Paul to go on overdubbing the voice. 'I'll take John out for a breath of fresh air,' I said, but of course I couldn't take him out the front because there were 500 screaming kids who'd have torn him apart,. So the only place I could take him to get fresh air was the roof. It was a wonderful starry night, and John went to the edge, which was a parapet about 18 inches high, and looked up at the stars and said, 'Aren't they fantastic?' Of course, to him I suppose they would have been especially fantastic. At the time they just looked like stars to me.
In 1970 John Lennon recounted the incident:
I never took [LSD] in the studio. Once I did, actually. I thought I was taking some uppers and I was not in the state of handling it. I took it and I suddenly got so scared on the mike. I said, 'What is it? I feel ill.' I thought I felt ill and I thought I was going cracked. I said I must go and get some air. They all took me upstairs on the roof, and George Martin was looking at me funny, and then it dawned on me that I must have taken some acid.
I said, 'Well, I can't go on. You'll have to do it and I'll just stay and watch.' I got very nervous just watching them all , and I kept saying, 'Is this all right?' They had all been very kind and they said, 'Yes, it's all right.' I said, 'Are you sure it's all right?' They carried on making the record.
Rolling Stone, 1970
The song was finished on 23 March, when new vocals were recorded, along with congas played by Ringo Starr.

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MLK memorial work to be finished for anniversary
WASHINGTON (AP) — Refinishing work on the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial should be complete by the upcoming 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, officials said Thursday, allaying earlier concerns that work wouldn't be done in time.
Work began in late July to remove an inscription that had caused controversy because critics said the quote had been taken out of context.
But officials ran into problems earlier this week. Sandblasting work to complete the project was left out of the repair contract, and the main contractor, Worcester Eisenbrandt Inc. of Baltimore, didn't have the insurance required to sandblast the surface with an aggregate material called "black beauty." Workers then tried an alternate process to blast the stone using walnut shells, but that left a slight yellow stain.
On Thursday, National Park Service spokeswoman Carol Johnson said a solution had been found. The sandblasting work will be completed by preservation workers from the Park Service's Historic Preservation Training Center in Maryland, under the supervision of the monument's sculptor. Officials have also found a new material for the sandblasting work that satisfies the memorial's sculptor.
Workers experimented with using glass beads to sandblast the surface but have now settled on an aggregate called "jetmag," Johnson said, which looks like a fine powder. The sandblasting is expected to take at most a few days.
The monument's executive architect Ed Jackson Jr., who saw the results of the work that began early Wednesday, said the resulting finish looks the same as when the monument was completed and dedicated in 2011.
"I think it is outstanding. It reminds me of what we achieved two years ago," he said of the work.
Jackson said he believed there was movement toward a resolution of the issue this week because the problem was made public Monday.
The fact that a solution has been found means not only that the work should be completed for commemoration ceremonies surrounding the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington on Aug. 28, but also that it will be done before the memorial's creator, sculptor Lei Yixin, has to return to China. Lei traveled to the United States to do the corrective work and had been concerned he would have to leave before it was finished.
The now-removed inscription was a paraphrase from King's "Drum Major" speech. It read, "I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness."
Critics, including the poet Maya Angelou, argued the quotation was taken out of context when it was paraphrased and shortened. Angelou said it made King sound arrogant.
Associated Press reporter Brett Zongker contributed to this report.


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In 2002 I was in love with running enough to start my Running Log. It lasted up until today - when I decided to let it go. Now, mind you, it does NOT mean I don't plan to run anymore, or enter a race, or train hard from time to time - hell, no! I plan on all of those, I mean to continue on, may be go back to some short road races, do some trail mid-distance ("mid" by ultrarunning definition), do a lot - A LOT - of hiking and backpacking, some ski trips, try rowing next summer, may be finally take a horse-riding lessons...and yes, run, run, and practice yoga.
But the obsessiveness of entering it all in a log was wearing off. For the last couple of years I kept lagging, often over 2 weeks behind, trying to remember what I did and what were my times. I didn't need the accountability system anymore, or inspirational quotes, or to make sure I follow the plan - I created the plans, I knew what to do, how to do, and how to not use excuses (I never did anyway).
Through those years I moved, Gosh, 8 times! And I packed my log books with me every time, as I would dispose of clothes, household items, even books, merciless. Running logs had to be with me at all times.
Until they didn't.
And today was the day I went through the pages, figuring out if I want to keep anything at all - any data, any numbers, any memories...
The Texas years were easiest to go. Not to be mean, but little inspiration - training, numbers, routes, 99% by myself, no specific notes.
Portland years were more fun to live through. So many various routes, abundance, friends, some conversations recorded, PR's, lots of travels, lots of goals, lots of soul - and hard work.
Then it was all the way to the NY - Bronx and later Dobbs Ferry. The Beginning of insanity. So hilarious! I pasted pictures from Fitness magazine to make sure I did glut exercises, stretches, exact notes how I felt...various calculations of paces and predicted race times. So fun! What great times.
Feeling grateful. So awesome to have seen all I had so far - and be able to plan and hope to see more. So many people to have met and still yet to meet. So many lessons, so much strength in so many ways...
The stats. I figured I might a well take at least the stats of the yearly running. Lets see the trend.
2013 - 2250 so far and will probably get another 100 for sure by the year's end...
The facts:
I always cross-trained quite a lot. Stairmaster was my first love - I lose weight working this machine back in 1997. Spin classes too. Always weight training and yoga (the years 2005-2007 lacked yoga very badly, too much running and reaching out for race results). I always seem to be running a hell of many miles into June, when my first goal 100M would be placed, then taking some back, ramping bit up, and taking all of October off (why in the world do I keep being surprised for the last couple of years when my body shuts down in the Fall??!! It knows the deal better than I do, and there is a reason people keep logs - to learn from mistakes and good things happened!). Then I'd run more miles in November and December, but always easy, before jumping back into new year's training.
I used to be fast. Not "wow, fast!", but heck, fast for me! And I used to do real workouts. Not 6x800 being the "biggest hit", or 3x1M, but stuff like 2000k-1600k-1200k-1000k-800k-400k-then back ladder. In solid times too. Crap, aging is lazy! Texas is lazy too, not having partners who strive to get better and encourage is lazy. Truth hurts. That's the truth. I train, but my intensity and volume is half.
Speaking of volume. My biggest week was at 121 miles, and my biggest month at 413 miles. Those were the days. Huge vertical too. The last 3 years my "peak" never went over 65 miles (may be 70 once or twice). Too many roads since moving to Texas. Too little elevation gain.
Lots of injuries. I am extremely prone to injuries, despite natural gait, good flexibility, incredibly high bone density, weight training and cross-training. WTH? Who knows, but here I am, facing the truth, always battling something, one or another.
The memories. Great races, some fast and solid, some fun with friends, some both. No regrets of any. I'll have separate write-out on that part, I've been thinking about it anyway.
Took down some local routes numbers, in case I ever run fast enough to hit those:) Tore off some body composition numbers too - yep, that obsessive. I am getting back into stricter eating plan these days anyway, my intestines and colon demand some care.
Inspirational quote popped up: "Obstacles are those frightening things that become visible when we take our eyes off our goals". Henry Ford.
So true. Whatever your goal(s) are - focus. It's possible.
I still have goals, not to worry. In many more ways than one. Racing too. Running. Country scouting. And I do have one dream which, God knows, I want to fulfill before I really go off this trail ultra scene.
But for now - it actually wasn't nearly as hard as I anticipated. Bye, logs. It's been fun. It's been real. Lets save a tree. Hello, life.


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It's an unseemly request by a movie, to ask us to root for the lying, scrambling but extremely well-coiffed hedge fund billionaire weasel played by Richard Gere in the new film "Arbitrage." But there it is. The movie does ask, and to varying degrees, we comply.
The website Investopedia defines "arbitrage" this way: "The simultaneous purchase and sale of an asset in order to profit from a difference in the price. It is a trade that profits by exploiting price differences of identical or similar financial instruments, on different markets or in different forms."
Did you know that's what "arbitrage" meant? I did not. And yet I enjoyed it, even as I hustled here and there to keep up with its Wall Street argot. The writing's juicy and effective, and the actors have fun with it.
Writer-director Nicholas Jarecki treats most every character as a smart person with something to say. His film is full of tense, vicious dialogue spit out by rich and poor alike (the middle class goes missing here, as is its wont in the country itself) while under extreme financial and legal duress.
Gere is the centerpiece in "Arbitrage," and his preoccupied, distracted air as an actor (which can lead to pure laziness when he's not engaged by the material) works extremely well in the role of the Wall Street investor who is having a fraught 60th birthday week. His investment in a Russian copper mine has gone bust. Hundreds of millions, kaput. His cocaine-addled mistress is making demands. His auditors are getting wind of possible large-scale fraud. His own daughter, the company's chief financial officer played by Brit Marling, doesn't like what she's finding in her own internal audit. The wizard's wife (Susan Sarandon) can't seem to get a check out of him to pay for a pet charity cause. What is happening here?
A lot: "Arbitrage" kills off one character, necessitating a coverup. This brings into the story a police detective played, or rather, sneered, by Tim Roth, wondering if Gere's smoothie is hiding a thing or two. Of course he is; we know he is, right from the start. Part "Law & Order" morality play, part "Wall Street" with a dash of the more recent and topically pertinent "Margin Call," "Arbitrage" hums along, complicating its narrative without tying itself in knots.
Gere delivers one of his most quick-witted performances; if it were any less astute, in fact, you'd be rooting for his character's violent comeuppance 30 seconds into the picture.
'Arbitrage' -- 3 stars
MPAA rating: R (for language, brief violent images and drug use)
Running time: 1:40
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RIO DE JANEIRO, June 20 (UPI) -- A draft green-development text that U.N. Earth summit delegates agreed on before world leaders arrived Wednesday is trivial and empty, a European official said.
"[It is] telling that nobody in that room adopting the text was happy. That's how weak it is," European Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard wrote on Twitter. "And they all knew. Disappointing."
The 53-page statement -- containing no defined "sustainable development" goals and no defined time horizon for setting them -- was greeted with boos by some delegates when it was unveiled at a preparatory gathering Tuesday, the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail reported.
"[It has] too much 'take note' and 'reaffirm' and too little 'decide' and 'commit,'" Hedegaard wrote on Twitter. "Big task now for U.N. nations to follow up."
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev said Monday the plan appeared to backslide on commitments for deep cuts in emissions of carbon-dioxide and other greenhouse gases -- reductions scientists say are needed to avoid tipping into a danger zone of climate-related floods and droughts.
More than 115 presidents, prime ministers and other officials, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Francois Hollande, were to arrive Wednesday at the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, the biggest U.N. conference ever, with about 50,000 delegates from 190 countries.
Delegates also include development experts, bankers, academics and activists.
U.S. President Barack Obama, preoccupied by domestic politics and the global financial crisis, did not plan to attend the conference, the White House said.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was to lead the U.S. delegation, along with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson and Special Envoy for Climate Chang Todd Stern.
British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel also planned to stay away for similar economic- and political-crisis reasons, their governments said.
Summit delegates said global economic constraints not only dampened summit hopes but also refueled conflicts between industrialized and developing countries, The New York Times reported.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has been pushing to move beyond political promises and begin accomplishing genuine goals, said, "This is a once-in-a generation opportunity."
"If we don't completely rethink and radically accelerate the plans to reverse global warming, we will, in all likelihood, create catastrophic climate change in our lifetime," State of the World Forum President Jim Garrison told United Press International ahead of an earlier conference on developing "climate leadership."
"For the first time in history we must take personal responsibility for our climate," he told UPI. "We are all responsible for global warming. We must all share the leadership to solve it."
The U.N. summit is popularly known as Rio+20 or the Rio Earth Summit 2012 because it commemorates the 20th anniversary of a landmark U.N. Earth Summit that produced a global framework on climate change and an agreement to protect biodiversity.
Both agreements were binding but have yielded results that most scientists and environmental groups consider modest at best.
The 1992 summit also paved the way for the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gases, which is to expire this year.


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Fans likely will debate the ending of "Breaking Bad" with a meth-high-like intensity for years to come. But there's little doubt about the power packed by the final scene's soundtrack – Badfinger's "Baby Blue," a song that epitomized the band at its best: haunting and hummable.
The show's deadly climax gave new life to a star-crossed, underrated group trailed by tragedy. "Baby Blue," reportedly sold 5,000 copies in the hours after the finale aired and hit iTunes' Top 20 – very good signs for Badfinger's legacy.
The Badfinger story might not make for an epic TV show, like "Breaking Bad," but it's a far more compelling cautionary tale than most "Behind the Music"-type melodramas. The UK band, which started out as The Iveys, got their big break from the Beatles, who signed them in 1968 to Apple Records. Paul McCartney penned Badfinger's first major single, "Come and Get it." The tune, catchy with an edge, set the tone for the Beatles-influenced songs the band produced, including "No Matter What," which, before Sunday night, probably was their most recognizable recording.
Badfinger's initially little noticed "Without You" later became a hit for Harry Nilsson, and much later for Mariah Carey. The sweet and plaintive "Day After Day," benefited from guitar work by George Harrison, who recruited the band to play on his classic "All Things Must Pass" triple album.
"Baby Blue," produced by Todd Rundgren and released in 1972, marked a culmination of all things Badfinger – tight harmonies, a weaving guitar line, great hooks, uplifting with more of a hint of sadness in both melody and lyrics ("Guess I got what I deserved. Kept you waiting there too long, my love, all that time without a word"). The melancholy song about a doomed love affair oddly fit Walter White's ultimately fatal obsession 41 years later with another kind of baby blue.
Like the Walter White drama, the Badfinger story didn't end well. Primary songwriter and singer Pete Ham, apparently depressed over the band's financial travails, hanged himself in 1975. The group's Tom Evans, who co-wrote "Without You," followed suit eight years later amid more music industry-related strife. Band member Joey Molland still keeps the music alive – and now he's got some unexpected help from "Breaking Bad."
The "Breaking Bad" conclusion comes six years after the less well-received final episode of "The Sopranos," which ended with "Don't Stop Believin'." The tune choice helped revive Journey, which got another lift in 2009 when the song capped the first episode of "Glee." The rock gods, no doubt, are having a laugh over the "Breaking Bad" finale arriving sandwiched between a two-part "Glee" salute to the Beatles, the group that both boosted and overshadowed Badfinger.
The current Badfinger boom hopefully will grow from a spike in "Baby Blue" downloads to an increase in album sales. There's plenty more Badfinger to choose from – it's time to come and get it.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is also the author of "Raising a Beatle Baby: How John, Paul, George and Ringo Helped us Come Together as a Family." Follow him on Twitter.


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TNT has shut down its middle-aged male dramedy Men Of A Certain Age after just two years. The show featured an ensemble cast of veteran actors and garnered two Emmy nominations in as many seasons.
While the show won its fair share of fans among TV critics (Screen Rant not withstanding) it just couldn't keep up the numbers necessary for TNT to pick it up for a third season.
For their part, the network had nothing but good things to say about Men Of A Certain Age: "TNT has been proud to be a part of Men of a Certain Age for two seasons... [but] the audience simply hasn't built to the point where we can continue the series."
The numbers support the statement, while the 2009 series premiere netted more than 5 million viewers, the second season never even broke half that. Even more damning, the latest crop of episodes averaged less than half a million viewers in the key demographic.
It's a disappointing turn for Ray Romano, whose star power after the nine-year run of Everybody Loves Raymond helped gain the show some early notoriety. His co-stars Andre Braugher (Homicide: Life on the Street) and Scott Bakula (Star Trek: Enterprise) won't be thrilled, either.
Emmy voters will be dismayed: the announcement came just one day after series star Andre Braugher received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor, an honor he also achieved last year. Men of a Certain Age won Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series for director Millicent Shelton at the 2010 Image Awards, among various other nominations.
While the show's small but loyal fan-base may be upset, it's not hard to see why TNT would drop a series with only average ratings. The cable landscape is becoming more and more competitive every year, and the network needs to make room on the schedule, and in the budget, for more lucrative shows like Falling Skies and the upcoming Dallas revival.
At least two of the leads have upcoming film projects to look forward to. Romano will reprise his role as Manny the mammoth next summer in the fourth Ice Age animated movie, Continental Drift. Braugher will appear in the southern comedy The Baytown Disco opposite Billie Bob Thornton and Eva Longoria.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The makers of a planned film about rock icon Janis Joplin have tapped recent Tony Award winner Nina Arianda to play the part of the 1960s singer in a biographical movie directed by Sean Durkin, a spokesman for the director said on Tuesday.
The independently-produced film, titled "Joplin," looks at the last six months in the life of the raspy-voiced singer who died in 1970 of a drug overdose following chart success with classic rock hits such as "Down on Me" and "Piece of My Heart."
Producer Peter Newman told show business news website Deadline that "Joplin" would have a production budget under $20 million and it would be in production early next year.
Arianda won raves in "Venus in Fur," a sex comedy in which she portrays a struggling actress named Vanda who staggers into an audition late then proceeds to put on the performance of her life. The role won her Broadway's Tony for best actress, and she recently appeared in Woody Allen movie, "Midnight in Paris."
Durkin is best known for making 2011 independent film "Martha Marcy May Marlene," which led to the director's award at last year's Sundance Film Festival.
Joplin, who died at age 27, had a short career but lived a full life and was iconic for the Woodstock generation.
She gained rock stardom as the lead singer of the psychedelic-acid rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, then cemented her fame with backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band.
Newman said Arianda will sing all the songs in the film.
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Continuing this line, Linmouth in Northumberland was an ancient family seat. "This township, which comprises about 300 acres, derives its name from its situation near the influx of the river Line into the ocean. In 1240, John, son of Robert Rue, held the place by military service; and in the 11th of Edward III. the Countess of Pembroke conveyed it to John de Denton, burgess of Newcastle." [3]CITATION[CLOSE]
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Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6) of the name. The name Denton literally means "farmstead or village in a valley" derived from the Old English "denu" + "tun." Accordingly, there are many listings in the Domesday Book of the name with various spellings including Dentone, Denetun, Danetone, Dentuna, Dentun and Dodintone. [5]CITATION[CLOSE]
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Further to the north in Scotland, the family claim descent from "the old barony of Denton in Dumfriesshire. Alan de Denton was juror on an inquest held at Gerwan (Girvan) in 1260. In 1329, Elizabet de Denton received a legacy from the crown. [6]CITATION[CLOSE]
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At PhotoPlus Expo last week I was introduced to Roxanne Benton of Pixel2Canvas by one of my favorite people in the world, Bobby Davis. Bob uses Roxanne's prints for his weddings, and that frankly is enough of an endorsement for me! Then on Tuesday at "Real Time Community" with Dane Sanders, Scott Bourne was talking about his print sales, and it frankly seems like a silly idea not to start selling some of my best images this way, too.
Next week I'm going to visit Roxanne's studio and make some selections on just what print types and sizes I want to offer, but suffice it to say these will be stunning prints, and sold large. As much as I love computers, there's nothing better than seeing a photo in print, and printed BIG. It's what all those pixels were created for.
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How do you feel about your end of life scenario? The reason I am asking is because things I have seen with my own eyes. I work in an ICU, and I see people kept alive when they have conditions that would end in death if not for medical science. And I'm not talking about a temporary condition that will resolve. I'm talking about someone who has cancer in every system in the body. Or end stage respiratory problems, kidneys, etc. I have also done this in my personal life, kept someone on life support when I KNEW better.
More Americans are living with chronic diseases than ever before, due to advancements in medical science. From app. 90 million in 1995 to 120 million today. Conditions that will not get better. Do you want everything done to "not go gently into that good night"? Or are you willing to let nature take its course?
This is not talking about euthansia, death committes, or such. Just how you feel about it for yourself. And if you've made a promise to a loved one. Can you stand strong, or let your fear hold onto you? Thanks.
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This good topic is timely for some of us.
I agree especially with David Philip Norris and Tony Carroll.
I have so much to write---major books to finish and others to start and finish because the research is largely done---that I need to live into my 90s to achieve this. As long as my brain is functioning, I want to stick it out---even if it has to be like Stephen Hawking, except that my problem (prostate cancer, in remission thanks to the excellence of medical research) is minor compared to his.
Important to me is to complete a very full autobiography, for the benefit of my descendants---particularly the unborn ones of future generations. I wish that family members from among my ascendants had done this.
The other matter is to ensure that my funeral is performed as I wish. I am a man of the chalk downs of Wessex. My known ancestors of 350 years are all from Wiltshire villages close to the Neolithic stone circles of Stonehenge and Avebury. Thus, most of my genealogically traceable ancestors of these centuries were buried in the sub-surface chalk rock, which means that their bones and grave goods will survive for many thousands of years. I am asking for the same. My DNA is I1b2a which suggests ancestry by post-Ice Age hunter-gatherers who travelled into Britain when Britain was attached to mainland Europe.
My wife and I and one of our daughters will be buried in a natural woodland cemetery that is highly suitable for atheists. We have reserved our spots.
Thank you, Dr. Meaden for your thoughts. That connectedness, that common thread, that makes us feel like we belong, is priceless. It ultimately connects all. I'm from mostly Irish stock, which means we probably share some DNA in common, yet we are thousands of miles apart. What a glorious species we truly are. These end of life issues seem important to us and our ancestors, as we find funerary scenes thousand of years old. Our personal choices illuminate and inform us. I would be extremely proud if 5,000 yrs. from now, some archaeologist [preferably a student] were to dig me up. If I did have a soul that survived, I could see myself smiling. Thank you, sir, for your thoughts. Peace and long life.
Yes, indeed "we find funerary scenes thousands of years old."
In archaeology we encounter the bones of Neolithic people perfectly preserved in the Wessex chalk. If I am dug up in many thousands of years time, there will be a sealed lead casket to open too, its contents a time capsule of the period in which we are living.
As for the funeral I have recently decided how it should end--the only bit so far prepared for my children to do: thus
Play, "May the Long Time Sun Shine Upon You"
My favourite is sung by Snatum Kaur---hers is a golden voice.
"May the longtime sun shine upon you
All love surround you
And the pure, pure light that's within you
Guide your way home."
So play this first (4 minutes)
followed by this as the mourners walk away and disperse
Thank you for that. Wonderful choices. Never heard of Snatum Kaur before, but now I know. Thank you for bringing her to my attention.
As for me, I'm somewhat irreverant. My two must have songs are" O Fortuna" by Carl Orff and Monty Pythons "Look on the Bright Side of Life", which I want everyone to have a copy of the lyrics and sing at the close of the funeral. A sing-a-long. I want them smiling as they walk away.
Carmina Burana is my favourite choral work, and O Fortuna tops it.
No way, man. In Taberna Quando Sumus and Were Diu Werlt Alle Min, all the way.
We played the whole thing in Wind Ensemble. Those two were the best.
I still remember the first time we got to the part at 1:42 in 'In Taberna Quando Sumus'. One of the Euphoniums stopped and just shouted out, "POLKA!!!"
We played some of this in high school and college. Great stuff. But the saxophone parts were transcribed in, as they were minimal in the original.
Off topic slightly, but I preferred Aaron Copeland, who actually wrote parts for the saxophone. Don't know if it goes with a funeral, but wouldn't 'Appalachian Spring' be glorious for a sendoff.
Still want Monty Python, though. Thanks for responding Joseph. Really appreciate it.
Because I had 3 family members die of cancer within 3 years and my wife has had cancer 3 times I went on a rampage to find out what the hell is going on with all the disease and it turns out it's all preventable because of what people are eating. Somehow society got the notion to keep pushing people into being carnivores and because of all the meat and dairy products we now have rampant cancer, diabetes, heart disease, etc. I've mostly been "vegetarian" all my life until I actually looked up the real definition and then read about all of this and then went right to being vegan after finding out all this information especially about the brainwashing done in advertising of how anything is good for you if a company says so. They're out to make money no matter what. That's sad. Not every company certainly. Meat and dairy are just acid foods we're trying to jam into alkaline bodies not to mention the damaging processed foods. Lots of evidence for being healthy and looking youthful well into hundreds and just dropping dead of natural causes for vegans and I'm experiencing all kinds of that evidence in my body and in my life (my wife too).
And training is the same; just information being passed down from one doctor or nutritionist to the next without people questioning. The biggest and most important lesson I've learned is "who am I taking advice from?" and "question EVERYTHING". Not just religion, but food too. Everything. I've been studying religion, nutrition, quantum physics, psychology, law of attraction, and everything else along those lines for almost a decade now and seeing the world in a whole new light I wish I had seen a long time ago. One of the most important things I did in all of that studying was taking responsibility for my actions; which includes everything in my life. I'm responsible for it all. Everything that happens to me and everything that doesn't. I accept that because I've seen hard evidence for it. I looked at religion and finally saw it for what it was; just superstitious garbage handed down because of lack of education and peer pressure not to mention the greed and power struggle part of it! LOL I looked at nutrition and found the same thing going on. Greed, power struggle, and misinformation. Doctors running around like gods telling people they're going to die when it's just not true. They don't know. Saying things are "incurable" when they really mean their drugs won't help. The majority of diseases are caused by what people eat. Try to tell most people that. LOL You'll get all kinds of responses from denial, to not caring, to disbelief, to anger, etc. Whatever. I still like helping people but I try to choose more carefully now and only offer info in someone is actually interested in a solution in their life instead of just bitching and whining. According to Abraham-Hicks/law of attraction we all make things happen in our life with our minds. Makes sense and I've seen lots of things happen with this train of thought as well although not everything I had hoped for. But it is interesting when someone says something is going to happen whether "good" or "bad" and it does happen. Like when someone actually believes their doctor and says they are going to die, they have basically made up their minds they are. And the people that say they are going to live and actually mean it and only concentrate on living usually do. A belief is just a thought a person keeps thinking after all but most of us tend to make them out to be much stronger than that don't we?
I'm very glad we invented the internet to get information going all over the world and hopefully soon everyone will have access. Life is an illusion, the world is an illusion, we seem to be some kind of spiritual (for lack of better word) being inside of physical beings that are walking around doing things supposedly for the experience of doing them. The holodeck on Star Trek TNG actually did a good job explaining it. I'm still studying and still questioning; wish I had all the answers....I'll keep studying and stop rambling for now....
I think that's the essence of atheism: Taking responsibility for your life, and not abdicating to some "higher power" or deity. Of course, there are certainly atheists who abdicate responsibility in other ways, and we all do it. But this is a great exhortation to be more responsible. I have been a strict vegetarian for nearly 10 years now and don't regret it at all.
Speaking of cancer, I just saw an article on Facebook this afternoon: http://www.moneytrendsresearch.com/scientists-cure-cancer-but-no-on... Does this ring true with what you've researched?
You're supposed to be a freethinker and able to trust science. Even given that science is incomplete, there is abundant evidence from all over the world that early humans were meat eaters. We were evolved to eat meat. Why do you think there are pictures of animals all over the Lascaux caves and elsewhere?
The people who tell you that meat and dairy cause cancer are not taking into account that perhaps there are pollutants in ALL our foods, including vegetable foods (ever hear of pesticides?) and in our air, and changes in our lifestyles (do YOU walk to work?) that may be contributing to the diseases you mention. You are trying to take complex problems and looking for simple answers, and it just doesn't work. No, the scientists have not found all the answers, but at least they're looking for them in an honest way. And some of what they're saying now will be proved wrong (remember "healthy" margarine?). But I'm willing to wait for their answers, and meanwhile operate on incomplete information, rather than accepting snake-oil screeds from people who merely want to get rich.
Interesting question, Tony. I haven't looked at the question from your perspective before.
For myself, I prefer that for as long as my mind is viable, I would like to live as long as there is quality of life. If, however, my mind is gone, I don't care. I won't be there either way.
But if I were to experience a "long good-bye", I would want quality of life to prevail in my decision-making process. If I know that the end will be ugly and difficult, I won't wait for natural causes. If the choice is taken away from me before I know it, I have no choice but to rely on my loved ones to carry out my wishes, which are explicit. My husband (theist) knows what I prefer and will carry out my wishes for me, despite his theism. He, fortunately, feels the same way as I do about end of life decisions. Its almost funny that his theist upbringing and "survival of the fittest" mentality just happen to fall into line with my preferences on this subject.
The unfortunate thing for others not so prepared is that their families often disregard "living wills" because they can't take the emotional pain of letting go. This, to me, is selfish. I certainly understand it, but in my mind, my loved ones count on me to do as they have asked. Letting go is ultimately for the benefit of the loved one. How can we withhold that final truth of love?
Thanks, Ivy. I agree with you. But as the saying goes, reality bites. And sometimes painfully so in a situation such as this. Yes, they are being selfish. But as you said, it is understandible. Most ultimately come around for the benefit of their loved ones, but I have seen it turn out that family members have not spoken afterwards. Period. Never again. Very sad, and upsetting to all. It truly diminishes all it touches.
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Wild and Tough and one of the most difficult 100-mile races with 67,984 feet of elevation change over extremely rugged terrain, the Hardrock 100 Endurance Run attracts hundreds of veterans and newbies who vie for its 140 coveted spots each year.
Local ultra runner Leah Fein, who will run the Hardrock for the first time this year, knows it has the reputation as the hardest 100.
That sparked my interest, Fein says. It became a goal of mine to get enough ultra experience to enter Hardrock. It feels like the Holy Grail of 100s, being the hardest.
Fein has been training all winter and, because of the mild weather, has had ample opportunity to run trails. With three 100s and numerous 50-mile races under her belt, she feels ready for the challenge. The arrival of springtime will shift her focus to big mountains and high altitude.
More than any other 100, this kind of specificity will be most important, Fein says.
Durango runner Drew Gunn became interested in the Hardrock three years ago.
Not really a runner then but coming from a mountaineering background, the 34,000 feet of elevation gain just blew me away, says Gunn.
Having done some long-distance mountain-bike rides, Hardrock became his next big challenge. In 2011, Gunn completed the Bighorn and Bear 100-mile races, and he plans to do one or two 50-milers this spring.
The most beneficial training for Hardrock will just be long days in the mountains, Gunn says. The best training is to power-hike up a mountain and run down over and over again. Its all about strength, endurance and, perhaps most important, will.
Boulder transplant Megan Finessy began volunteering at Hardrocks Cunningham aid station after moving to Durango in 2008 and then paced a runner over 47 miles of the course in 2009.
The course is just spectacular; the places it takes you are just phenomenal, Finessy says. I wanted to be a part of that special group of people and take on the challenge of being a Hardrocker.
Although each of these ultra runners trains a little differently, they all emphasize the need to get up into the mountains and train at altitude as critical to having a successful race. Running, skiing, snowshoeing, yoga and weight training are some of the many activities that keep them in shape throughout the year with more high altitude-specific training as the weather and terrain allow.
Come July 13, these runners will be on the starting line in Silverton hoping to join the ranks of first-time Hardrock finishers.
Hardrock seems less like a race and more of a celebration of the profound beauty of the San Juan Mountains, Gunn says.
It is arguably the most beautiful 100-miler, and its in our backyard, says Fein. I dont think I will be satisfied until I go for it.
In four short months, these first-timers will be trained, tuned, tapered and toughened up for the challenge ahead and will have earned the privilege of kissing the Hardrock at the finish line.
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StellalunaBook - 1993
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This is very much a classic style book. If your child is used to iPads and learned their alphabet from an electronic device rather than a parent... you probably won't appreciate this type of story. Think of going camping (the classic social interactive) versus playing a video game (device dependent isolation). Personally, my toddlers were so engaged about what was happening to the bat, whether she would be OK with the birds, and thrilled with the happy reunion. It was a life story that made them think about independence, adapting to new environments, learning from others, finding happiness, and reassurance about how much a mother really loves her babies!
A cute story and solid resource for helping children learn about the differences between bats and birds.
A gorgeous book about individuality and belonging. The art is comedic and beautiful. The story sweet and touching. It's a book we return to again and again.
When our family was younger, this was one of our favourite story time books. Sensitive and sweet.
After an encounter with an owl, Stellaluna is flung loose from her mother into the world. By chance she lands in the nest of some birds, who immediately adopt her. There is one problem though, Stellaluna is a bat, but her new mother expects her to act like a bird. By struggling to do it the bird way, to some comedic results, she finds out that their perspective is not best for a bat. In the end, Stellaluna is reunited with her original family, then taught their ways.
In a nice sentiment, her differences do not prevent her from remaining friends with the bird family. Every individual is different, whether these are physical or personal traits should not mean that we should judge others as "wrong". It is more important to remember the similarities we all share.
Bats and birds are excellent substitutes for this lesson. The art is realistic, however there are some instances of levity where it departs from this to portray the animals doing uncharacteristic actions. To make this truly great teaching material, the author gives this moral lesson in a way that incorporates information about the animals within the story. Additional information on bats is included in the back.
I know I've read this one before, but it had been a long while, so I was happy to give it another look. The artwork is beautiful and there's lots of sneaky learning about bats and birds, disguised behind a cute story. I am still very afraid of bats, but I can deal with Stellaluna.
to be honest - with all the hype I expected better... not at all what I thought it would be... neither my 5.5yo nor I were 'awed'...
My favourite book as a child. I've read it over and over :)
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Rogers' 51-yard score was the highlight of an impressive game by the 49ers' defense, which held the short-handed Jets to just 145 yards and nine first downs while forcing four turnovers.
His score came off a fourth-quarter fumble by New York receiver Santonio Holmes -- who appeared to suffer a serious leg injury on the play -- and gave San Francisco (3-1) a 24-0 lead.
Frank Gore picked up 62 rushing yards and a score on 21 carries and Alex Smith completed 12- of-21 throws for 143 yards in the win.
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4 Saving Solutions for Buyers on a Budget
Most folks do all the math they can find online about how much house they can afford. Then they think about what they are currently paying in rent and how much they'd be comfortable going up from there, if any. Finally, they hit up the mortgage broker, have them run the numbers and get some final, definitive answer on what the bank will allow them to finance and spend.
Somewhere among all those numbers they pick a price that sits well in their heart, their mind and, hopefully, their monthly budget, as a maximum home purchase price - complete with its corresponding monthly expenses like taxes and insurance.
Unfortunately, there are a few critical line items that commonly slip through the cracks of one or more of these calculations. Our mortgage pros only know what they have in front of them, which is mostly based on expenses that show up on our credit reports or loan applications. Additionally, when it comes to our DIY budgets, we often create our household spending plans based on our idealspending patterns, vs. our actual ones.
One critical exercise to do before you lock in a price range is to look back at your bank statements and spending breakdowns from the preceding few months to see how your actual spending measures up against what you think it should be. Find the places where you need to either adjust your spending or your budget to reflect reality before you buy a home. The other critical exercise is to understand what expense categories should be factored into your calculus on how much house you can afford, even though they are commonly viewed by budget software and banks as discretionary or even luxury line items.
According to Trulia, here are four of those overlooked expense buckets to make sure you consider:
1. Essential "Extras"
Sometimes what we say is important to us is slightly different than what is really important, but I believe you can tell what someone values by what they invest their time, energy, love and money in. So, it's no surprise that there are lots of meaty expenses that some home buyers-to-be see as essential which a bank or even a financial planner might not have on their radar screen.
Just a few of those items include:
- Charitable giving and religious tithes, dues and offerings
- Expenses related to caring for an aging parent
- Non-western health cares and therapies that are not covered by your insurance, like acupuncture, massage and chiropractic.
I call these out in particular because they are categories which millions of Americans spend hundreds or thousand of dollars on every month - and because there might be no place to even enter such an expense on a loan application or budget software. If you invest a great deal of cash into these items and value them enough to keep doing so after you close escrow, make sure you factor them into your own decision making about what you can afford. It's permissible - even advisable - for your personal price max to be a lot lower than what the bank deems your top dollar.
2. "Superfluous" Cushion Stuffing
Ding dong, the recession's over, folks! And we made it through. But during those long, dark years, many people cut back on investing and saving for rainy days and retirement days alike. If that's you, and your personal economy has recovered enough to support buying a home, congrats! Just make sure you circle back to those recession-era cutbacks and correct for them before you increasing your monthly housing spend. You might want or need to save more than traditional financial guidelines would suggest in order to reposition your retirement or to fluff your cash cushion back up to your personal comfort level.
Make sure you don't overextend yourself on a home without accounting first for stuffing the cushion(s) you'll need in the future.
3. Enriching Experiences
Buying a home is one of the single-most high ROI (return on investment) life enriching experiences a person can have, if it's done smartly and sustainably. But lots of us also invest lots of dough into other enriching experiences, and want to avoid being so cash poor we can't afford any of them after escrow closes.
Some of the big-ticket items that you might be expending cash on to engage in include:
- Travel, vacations and family outings
- Trainers, coaches and therapists
- Yoga and mind-body wellness activities
- Retreats and workshops
- Schooling, conferences, basic and continuing education
If you decide you're willing to cut back on these sorts of things or forego them entirely to redirect those funds into your home, that's fine. Just make sure you go into that decision with eyes wide open, while you still have time to decide to spend less so you can continue to engage in these enriching activities.
4. Kid-related Cash Outlays
The honest-to-goodness truth about kidlets is as follows: they cost. Sure, the rewards of parenthood are well worth the cash expenses, but the costs are considerable and are often overlooked when it comes time to list out the line items relevant to how much you can afford to spend on housing. The big ones generally get on the list, like monthly child care for very young children and private school and college tuition for the older ones.
Lots of others get lost in translation of your ideal spending categories and allocations against where your money really goes on a monthly basis. Items that often get underestimated or flat-out omitted in this category include:
- Extracurriculars - language lessons, music lessons, clubs and classes
- Gear and equipment - all the gear they need to engage in the above, but also things like pricey school books and educational electronics
- College Savings - Whether or not you have a formal 529 plan, if you have children you hope to help pay for higher education, you should be allocating some level of regular savings for this.
This article originally appeared on Trulia.com
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The context
Economic growth in Pakistan is constrained by the ongoing regional instability and conflict, which contributes to domestic instability and violence in much of the country. Rates of tuberculosis (TB), maternal and child mortality, and malnutrition are some of the highest in south Asia. Better governance remains a critical need for equitable development.
Our work
- Emergency response: Provided basic supplies and rehabilitated damaged water and sanitation systems after massive monsoon flooding in 2010 and 2011
- Agriculture & Food: Helping dairy farmers increase their incomes by keeping their animals healthy
- Health: Increasing access to TB treatment; training health workers and midwives to improve maternal childbirth and newborn health
- Economic opportunity: Providing training in key skills and connecting trainees with local employment opportunities
- Disaster preparedness: Working with local authorities to develop long-term disaster prevention efforts like reducing soil erosion to mitigate future flooding
Pakistan: Rushing Medical Aid to Earthquake Survivors
Mercy Corps is rushing medical aid and emergency supplies to isolated villages affected by last week's 6.4-magnitude earthquake in western Pakistan, which killed at least 215 people and left about 120,000 people homeless in the remote province of Balochistan.
Pakistan: Medical Camps Key Part of Flood Reponse
As Mercy Corps continues to deliver emergency kits throughout flood-affected parts of southwest Pakistan, agency health teams are treating outpatients at three rapidly erected medical camps.
Pakistan: Fighting Tuberculosis, Village by Village
Larkana, Sindh Province, Pakistan — It was the eyes that struck me most. Deep, dark, penetrating, yet not wanting to reveal too much. But they could not hide Mrs. Hussna's weariness from battling a debilitating disease.
Pakistan: Rebuilding Pakistan, One Year Post-Quake
Pakistan: Mercy Corps Receives 'Star of Sacrifice' Award From Pakistan President
Pakistan: South Asia on the Big Screen
What was it like to live through the violent separation of Bangladesh from Pakistan in 1971? Has recent communal violence in the Indian state of Gujarat soured relations between young Muslims and Hindus? How has Sri Lanka's on-and-off civil war affected everyday life there?
Pakistan: Shifting from Relief to Recovery
Mercy Corps aid workers are winding down the agency's extensive shelter-building effort as recovery takes center stage in the mountainside villages in northern Pakistan, where residents struggle to recover from October's 7.6-magnitude earthquake.
Pakistan: Blankets Aid Wintertime Survival
Pakistan: My Journey to Pakistan
At the beginning of January, Mercy Corps program officer Jackie Lee traveled from her Hong Kong home to Pakistan to get a firsthand look at our efforts to help earthquake survivors recover from the devastation.
Pakistan: A Beautiful Mind
On my last day in Mansehra, Jill, our community revitalization program officer, took me to do something fun.