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Crescent City, CA sits on the northern California Coast just south of Oregon. It's a cute little town with a population of 7,000…which is less then the town I live in yet they have many more amenities. It was the closest town to the campground that we stayed at.
There's a cool little place called "Ocean World" there. Yes it's a place that has wild animals held in captivity but the good news is that most, if not all, are rescues brought to them my various people who find them. Some that most likely wouldn't have survived in the wild due to their injury.
The day we went had followed a previous day to the beach where someone forgot to bring the sunscreen. And rather then hopping in the car and driving her happy arse across the street, from the beach, to get some, she sat, visiting with friends, all while her skin was gradually starting to resemble that of a cooked lobsters. Below is me that same night. It just kept getting redder and redder and the sun had been gone for hours.
When I awoke the next morning to go put something in the car the sun shined on me and I felt like what probably a vampire feels like when the sun rises! Ocean World was all indoors…Ocean World it was.
When you arrive you are greeted by lovely ladies behind the desk that inform you when the next tour will be and gladly take all the money out of your wallet. Then they point you in the direction of the gift shop while you wait, where there are toys and sweatshirts, and nick nacks of all kinds of glorious dust collecting entities. We escaped there just in time to start our tour.
First stop is the tide pool…
The kids got to touch a starfish and some sea urchins all while the guide gave us an informative speech about what all was in the tank.
Next the guide led us into an old barge type ship and to the depths of it where the tanks full of sharks and other sea creatures were. She also informed us that these sharks swim in 3 feet of water. So if you are "wading" around in the water…so are they. Good news is that they don't bite…much. Below is one of them. He looks just like JAWS to me.
Beautiful stingrays. Little bit of info for you about stingrays. The females are much larger then the males. When I saw two in a tank I thought that it was a mother and her baby. Nope just her mate…oops. Napoleon thought he had it bad.
And here we are to pet the sharks. Oh did I say we? I meant my kids and my husband. You were't getting my hand in there. I like my shark cooked on a plate with a nice red wine.
For some reason my youngest daughter chose this pirate to sit next to for a picture. He's a wee bit creepy looking if you ask me.
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looking being funny…
And the best part of the 45 minute tour was the sea lions. They were so cute and the kids thoroughly enjoyed watching them perform all their tricks.
Now remember in the beginning when I said we escaped the gift shop? Well of course at the end of the tour you go through a door that leads you right back into the gift shop. We each got a sweatshirt and let the kids pick one toy each. Out of all the beautiful sea related toys what does my 5 year old son pick? A Minecraft toy! **shrugs**
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Judge: Christie ex-aides can withhold documents
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Two former associates of Gov. Chris Christie do not have to hand over documents to a legislative committee investigating the traffic jam scandal engulfing the governor, a New Jersey judge ruled Wednesday.
Former Christie loyalists Bridget Kelly and Bill Stepien had been fighting subpoenas calling for them to turn over documents regarding the plot to create traffic jams in Fort Lee to retaliate against the town's Democratic mayor. The legislative panel asked for the court's help in getting the two to comply.
Calling the decision one involving "complicated and untested jurisdictional issues," Judge Mary Jacobson expressed reservations about using judicial power to compel the production of documents.
FILE - In this Tuesday, March 11, 2014, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's former Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Anne Kelly waits in court for a hearing, in Trenton, N.J. Kelly and Bill Stepien, two former associates of Christie, do not have to hand over documents to a legislative committee investigating the traffic jam scandal engulfing the governor, a New Jersey judge ruled Wednesday, April 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, Pool, File)
"The fact that the committee has the power to enforce its own subpoenas through orders to compel and grant immunity in return, and the lack of a clear jurisdictional basis for this court to intrude upon that power, raises serious questions concerning the exercise of judicial power," Jacobson wrote in the 98-page opinion.
Her ruling is almost certain to be appealed. Assemblyman John Wisniewski, the investigative committee's Democratic co-chair, said he and his colleagues would consult with their attorneys on any further moves.
"The committee felt it was very much in the public interest to seek to compel the production of these documents, but as we've said before, there's more than one method to gather information in an investigation, and we will consider alternatives," Wisniewski said Wednesday. "We will continue exploring every avenue to find out what happened with this threat to public safety and abuse of government power."
Kevin Marino, an attorney representing Stepien, called the ruling "a complete vindication."
"In its zeal to achieve a blatantly political goal having nothing to do with Mr. Stepien, the Committee disregarded the fundamental constitutional rights of this innocent man," Marino said in a statement. "In the process, it wasted the taxpayers' money — and the nation's time — on a frivolous lawsuit to enforce a clearly invalid subpoena. That lawsuit has now been properly and roundly rejected."
Kelly's lawyer, Michael Critchley, said in a statement that the ruling provided a lesson for "all the naysayers who criticized Ms. Kelly for asserting her constitutional rights."
"The decision is thorough and well-reasoned and is a complete rejection of the committee's attempt to strip Ms. Kelly of her constitutional rights," Critchley said.
The case has become a major distraction for Christie and is threatening to derail any plans to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.
A report that exonerated him has done little to quell critics because it was written by lawyers he hired and did not include interviews with key figures such as Kelly, Stepien and David Wildstein, the political operative who is believed to have dreamed up the scheme.
Attorneys for Kelly and Stepien have asserted that the pair's Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination due to an ongoing federal criminal investigation into the September traffic jams.
The legislative panel's attorneys argued that the law does not entitle Kelly and Stepien to blanket protections from such subpoenas. They maintain that exceptions would have to be argued case-by-case.
In her opinion, Jacobson noted that the case presents a unique legal challenge because the vast majority of Fifth Amendment cases involve criminal proceedings, not legislative subpoenas issued while a federal probe is under way that could lead to criminal charges.
Wednesday's opinion didn't confirm or deny that either Stepien or Kelly have been subpoenaed by the U.S. attorney's office, but it noted that federal prosecutors have contacted both of them, as well as Kelly's family and Stepien's landlady.
"Mr. Stepien and Ms. Kelly could face prosecution for official misconduct in either State or federal court, and the conduct that could form the basis for the prosecution is exactly the type of conduct being investigated by the Committee," the judge wrote. "Under these circumstances, it is reasonable for Mr. Stepien and Ms. Kelly to fear that they currently face the hazard of prosecution in the concurrent federal investigation."
Christie fired Kelly, who was a deputy chief of staff in the governor's office, and cut ties with Stepien, his former campaign manager, after learning in January that Kelly set the lane closings in motion with the message, "time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee."
Though no evidence has been made public that Stepien knew of the plot in advance, Christie said he lost confidence in his adviser's judgment after reading emails in which he refers to Fort Lee's mayor as "an idiot" and appears to shrug off the traffic chaos the plot was causing.
Christie has said he had no knowledge of the planning or execution of the lane closings until well afterward.
Wildstein says he talked to Christie about the traffic jams on Sept. 11, the third day the lanes were blocked, but Christie says he doesn't recall the conversation. Stepien and others were forwarded an email from the mayor complaining about the gridlock on Sept. 12, the fourth and final full day that the lanes approaching the George Washington Bridge were blocked. The executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the agency in charge of the bridge, ordered the approach lanes reopened the morning of Sept. 13.
Stepien has since found work with a Republican consulting firm based in Minnesota. Kelly, a single mother of four, is unemployed.
Their lawyers contend that the legislative panel could grant Kelly and Stepien immunity from prosecution in exchange for the documents. Reid Schar, the panel's lead lawyer, says the joint legislative body has no such powers.
Other people and organizations close to Christie, including his re-election campaign, are complying with legislative subpoenas. The first to do so was Wildstein, who turned over documents the committee requested but later invoked his Fifth Amendment right when called before the committee to testify.
AP writer Geoff Mulvihill in Fairfield contributed to this report.
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This map by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre examines the travel times from any spot on the globe to the nearest city of 50,000 or more inhabitants by land or water. The surprise?
As NewScientist observes, less than 10% of the world is more than two days away from a major city using ground-based travel. That stat only jumps to 20% when scaled to the Amazon, where river and expanding road networks have made even jungle terrain semi-assessable.
Also, nobody fucks with the cold climates.
On one hand, the map is a testament to human advancement and expansion. On the other, well, there are a buncha roads in what was once pristine jungle. (Yeah, I saw Avatar twice.) [Flickr and NewScientist via Neatorama]


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Welcome to the January Carnival of Natural Parenting: Learning from children
This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama. This month our participants have shared the many lessons their children have taught them. Please read to the end to find a list of links to the other carnival participants.
If you would've asked the pre-motherhood-me about how I'd communicate with my future children, I'd have almost certainly said that any kid of mine would be speaking in complete sentences by age one. Like I did. Like my mother loves to recount. There's a cassette tape of my first birthday that features a newly one year-old Stefanie saying things like, "I hold it!" (the microphone) and singing You Are My Sunshine, reciting the ABCs. That same me, pre-George, thought baby sign language was -- you know -- cute, but unnecessary if your hearing-capable child simply got the amount and type of attention required to teach said child to talk. HA HA. I know, I know!
Fast forward to the first few months after giving birth, when I would've hacked my own arm off ala Aron Ralston just to extricate myself from the frustration of being unable to effectively communicate with the tiny new love of my life. Baby sign language? Hell yes, please. I opened and closed my hand during every hours-long nursing session, hoping that George would pick it up. Hoping that the next time he cried like his heart was broken, a lightbulb would appear over his little head that meant, "HEY WAIT! I can tell you what I need, and what I need is to nurse," and his fist would open and shut, the Halleluia chorus would sound and we would go out for a celebratory drink. Oh. Um, anyway.
One day, it happened. Five months in, my screechy little grump learned how to talk. Sort of. He was nomming away and reached up to sign right under my nose: Nurse. Milk. Nom nom. In my face, as if to say, "Mama, you better not miss this." I didn't believe it. I took video and posted it on Facebook, hoping for confirmation, which came quickly from other parents, along with hearty congratulations, the likes of which only come from people who know the magic of that Baby-English Dictionary. And with that, the game changed. He told me when he was hungry, which was more often than I'd realized. More often than "they" say babies are "supposed" to eat. I could stop trying everything else before feeding; he just put that little fist to work and I complied. Happily. No -- ecstatically. A month or so later came 'all done,' then 'more.' Like Which way to the train?, Where is the bathroom? and excuse me, the all-purpose phrases of international travel, these three signs covered a multitude of situations (I am all done with this stupid diaper change; More of those sweet tunes! Get out of my face -- you aren't funny [which can be conveyed with surprising unambiguity with 'all done']). We had a different child. The ability to tell us what he wanted made him happy and proud, and our ability to understand him came as such a relief. That crabby, misunderstood little guy was replaced by the communicative George we have now, and my stock in baby sign language went through the roof.
He began using a verbal vocabulary in what I like to consider a recreational way, because he wasn't forced to hurry up and learn to talk about his needs. Cat, dog and meow were his first words (besides Mama), and continue to be the ones he uses most frequently, almost always while pointing out an animal and grinning a grin that asks if you are getting a load of this(?!). At almost thirteen months, he is definitely nowhere near singing You Are My Sunshine or reciting his ABCs, but what I've learned from parenting my son is something that I've had to learn and relearn many times before this final (I hope) sinking in: everyone goes at their own pace, and intelligence means different things in different situations. If my six month old had been able to do what I (not so) lovingly call baby tricks -- the motions to Itsy Bitsy Spider, "SO big" (which is really freaking cute; don't get me wrong), etc., but didn't have the tools to express his most basic needs and wants, he might still have been considered "smarter" than other kids his age. But would he feel empowered, understood, validated? George won't be a Billy Collins-reading Youtube sensation anytime soon, but I know which is more important to me.
If you had asked that pre-kid Stefanie to prioritize feeling validated and the appearance of intelligence, I'm sorry to say that she would've had some difficulty deciding before arriving, in all likelihood, at looking smart being more important. I'm delighted to report, however, that a really, really clever baby has shown her the error of her ways.
Visit Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama to find out how you can participate in the next Carnival of Natural Parenting!
Please take time to read the submissions by the other carnival participants:
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- Affection — Alicia at I Found My Feet has finally become a hugger and kisser, now she has someone sweet and small to snuggle with. (@aliciafagan)
- Learning from Daniel — Amy at Anktangle hopes that she and her husband will always be open to learning from their son. (@anktangle)
- Kids Cultivate Awareness of Universal Truths — From forgiveness to joy, Amy Phoenix at Innate Wholeness has become aware of deep truths that come naturally to children. (@InnateWholeness)
- What the Apple Teaches the Tree — Becky at Future Legacy has learned about imagination, forgiveness, and strength.
- A Lesson in Slowing Time — Bethy at Bounce Me To the Moon revels in the chance to just be with her baby.
- Learning From My Children: I Am So Honored — WAHM Chante at My Natural Motherhood Journey is learning to choose tea parties over work. (@MyMotheringPath)
- P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E — Now that she's a mother, Danielle at born.in.japan is finally learning about a personality trait she lacked. (@borninjp)
- Top 5 Homeschool Lessons My Children Taught Me — Deb Chitwood at Living Montessori Now shares what she learned from homeschooling her (now grown) children. (@DebChitwood)
- Learning to Live in the Present By Looking to the Future — Dionna at Code Name: Mama finds the patience to be a gentle parent, because she knows how fleeting childhood really is. (@CodeNameMama)
- The watchful Buddha boy — At Dreaming Aloud, they are learning to cherish their thoughtful, sensitive child in a action-driven, noisy world. (DreamingAloudNt)
- What My Children Taught Me — Dulce de Leche's children have taught her to value herself for the wonderful person and mother she is.
- Lessons from the First Year — Having a child made Emily at Crunchyish Mama realize that her decisions affect more than just herself. (@CrunchyishMama)
- Lessons from Loss — Erica at ChildOrganics learned so much from the love — and loss — of her sweet Bella, five years ago. (@ChildOrganics)
- The Socratic Baby — Erin at Multiple Musings has so-called "identical" twins to serve as a daily lesson in nature vs. nurture. (@ErinLittle)
- Learning to be a Mother — Farmer's Daughter learned the type of patience that enabled her to calmly eat one-handed for months and change clothes seven times a day, before noon. (@FarmDaughter)
- A Few Things Being a Mom Has Taught Me — Heather at Musing Mommy shares the curious, hilarious, and sometimes Murphy's Law-like tidbits we learn from our children. (@xakana)
- I Feel You — Motherhood has taught Jamey from At the Bee Hive empathy, and it extends beyond just her child. (@JameyBly)
- Lessons From My Child… — Jenny at I'm a full-time mummy shares the inspiring ways she's learned to expect the unexpected — and have a camera ready! (@imaftmummy)
- My child is my mirror — Jessica Claire at Crunchy-Chewy Mama has seen herself in her children – and it's not bad. (@crunchychewy)
- There is enough to go around… — Kellie at Our Mindful Life learned that love doesn't diminish when it's shared.
- Learning From Our Children, Every Day — Kimberly at Homeschooling in Nova Scotia, Canada is continually inspired by her children. (@UsborneBooksCB)
- Life Lessons From My Children — Kristen at Adventures in Mommyhood has learned that every slug is fascinating, doing the dishes is fun, and sharing a banana is a delight. (@crunchymamato2)
- Things I've Learned From My Children — Kristin at Intrepid Murmurings uses pictures to share what she has learned from her children. (@sunfrog)
- Beyond the questions lies the answer — Lauren at Hobo Mama stopped wondering and started knowing — loving and liking our children comes naturally. (@Hobo_Mama)
- Learning from Children — Lily, aka Witch Mom, finds out just how enchanting balloons can be. (@LilyShahar)
- Life-long Learning — Lindsay at Living in Harmony has learned that what works for one kid might not work for another. (@AttachedMama)
- Walking alongside my daughter — Lindsey at Mama Cum Laude is learning to give the clock less power over her family's life.
- Things my baby taught me about me — Luschka at Diary of a First Child is proud of how she has grown as a mother. (@lvano)
- From my children, I have learned — Mama Mo at Attached at the Nip has a litany of beautiful lessons, from selflessness to sleeplessness.
- The Little Things in Life — In a simple and lovely prose poem, Mandy at Living Peacefully with Children shows how adults worry about the wrong things and forget the little, important ones: watching ladybugs, jumping in leaves, cherishing each moment as it comes.
- The Virtues of Motherhood — Melissa at The New Mommy Files has had opportunities to learn from children as both a teacher and a mother. (@NewMommyFiles)
- My Kids Have Taught Me That It's Time To Stop Blogging — Melodie at Breastfeeding Moms Unite! has learned that childhoods fly by too fast to blog. We'll miss your wonderful online presence, Melodie, and we wish you much peace and happiness. (@bfmom)
- Having Kids Has Taught me a Thing or Two — Michelle at The Parent Vortex learns all day long — from fun facts about hedgehogs to tying a complicated wrap with a screaming child and an audience. (@TheParentVortex)
- We Could All Learn from the Children — Momma Jorje takes time to get on the floor and play so that she can see the world through her child's eyes.
- Teaching Forgiveness — Mrs Green at Little Green Blog has a daughter who's taught her unconditional love — even when she feels like she does't deserve it. (@littlegreenblog)
- Parenting as a joint venture — Olivia at Write About Birth appreciates watching the astonishing way her children learn. (@writeaboutbirth)
- Beginner's Mind — Rachael at The Variegated Life learns from a child who builds bridges to nowhere, calls letter magnets his numbers, and insists dinnertime is truck time. (@RachaelNevins)
- A baby's present — RS at A Haircut and a Shave presents a short poem on the differences between a baby's mindfulness and ours.
- Self-Confidence Was Born With My Daughter — Sara at Halfway Crunchy learned to trust her instincts by responding to her child's needs — and saw her self-confidence bloom.
- From the Kids — Seonaid at The Practical Dilettante has one list of earnest and one list of silly things she has learned as a parent. (@seonaid_lee)
- Lessons my children have taught me — Sheryl at Little Snowflakes learned that attachment parenting was the best way to meet the needs of her child and herself. (@Sheryljesin)
- Till the water is clear — Stacy at Mama-Om has learned that her energy can affect the weather patterns of her house. (@mama_om)
- I Hold It — Stefanie at Very, Very Fine has learned that the ability to communicate is much more important than the number of words a child knows.
- What My Children Taught Me About Letting Go — Summer at Finding Summer is learning from her kids to laugh in the face of heartache. (@summerminor)
- Finding My Tools — The Artsymama has applied some of what she's learned as a mama in the classroom, with great results!


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I had to confess that I was curious about something happening on the Enterprise-Record's website recently.
A short announcement about a Chico manufacturing company giving tours one day became one of the top 10 most-viewed articles on the E-R website.
This was not a tour of a top-secret military installation or some place that money was minted, so I was a little mystified about the interest.
I checked in with WARREN JOHNSON, an executive at TRANSFER FLOW, which was the welcoming Chico company.
It makes and sells after-market gas tanks and other items at its Chico Municipal Airport Industrial Park plant.
Johnson, who handles marketing among other jobs, said they were delighted by the turnout of about 60-70 people who dropped in during the day.
Celebrating local companies at the airport is a good thing, especially when there are residents in the area who have never been out to the facility or the industrial park there.
Perhaps they were motivated to visit to job hunt.
The company decided to give the tours because of an affiliation with a national manufacturing association that encouraged the event, as well as pride in their company.
I find the airport and business world out there to be fascinating. It's definitely one of our underestimated assets.
MARILYN WARRENS of Chico dropped by the other day to update us on her fundraiser for Save Bidwell Mansion.
She arranged to have a photograph of the mansion created into a jigsaw puzzle, based on a photograph from PAULA BEEHNER, a local professional photographer.
If all the puzzles sell, $10,000 will have been made for the mansion effort.
And it seems most have sold. She just put in an order for 500 more boxes since she's been getting calls from stores about restocking their shelves.
Warrens said she chose to do this because of her love of the mansion, as well as a willingness to help out.
Besides, puzzles are fun.
Puzzles are still available, for $20, at Bird in Hand, Chico State University bookstore, Chico Museum, Chico Art Center, Hubbs, Made in Chico, Mecca Salon, all UPS stores, and Zucchini and Vine.
The second shipment should arrive just about Christmas shopping time, she said. Some from this batch will be sold at the Bidwell Mansion gift shop too.
Toward the end of last year, NUVOLASE was one of the Chico companies cited for its innovation and growth.
That company manufactures the PinPoint FootLaser that zaps toenail fungus.
NuvoLase president STEVE DUDDY announced that his company has received an ISO 13485 certification for its quality management system.
The certification specifies requirements for a quality management system where an organization needs to demonstrate its ability to provide medical devices and related services that consistently meet customer and regulatory requirements, he wrote.
Duddy said the certification is "a significant achievement and a major milestone for an emerging company such as NuvoLase," which is celebrating its first-year anniversary.
NuvoLase was created after Duddy purchased the rights to the laser, which was invented by a team headed by JOHN STRISOWER of Chico, lastly of Patholase.
Speaking of Strisower, his name was in the news recently because of a fundraising effort for his new product, MUVICHIP.
Strisower signed up for crowdfunding through Indiegogo, a web-based fundraising tool. Strisower hoped to raise $100,000 through private pledges over a period that ended Oct. 7.
The effort didn't raise the required amount — pulling in about $15,000. But Strisower had originally told me he was more interested in the marketing of the invention, which allows mobile device owners to view movies.
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The US dollar has recently risen significantly against many currencies. When I arrived in Bali to begin my Kiva Fellowship with DINARI Foundation, I received 10,295 Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) for each of my US dollars. This is 10% higher than a year ago, when the US dollar was worth 9,350 IDR.
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Sunday, 23 May 2010
Copenhagen Marathon: Oops! I messed that one up big time.
That night we met Justin and Jackie from La Crosse, WI for dinner. Justin had been moved up to elite status in the run because his wife happened to meet the elite athlete coordinator for the marathon in their hotel lobby. We had a great dinner at Pasta Basta, but every bite I ate the more my stomach bothered me. I tried to put it out of my mind. We walked back to Justin and Jackie's hotel and, whoa, there was Colleen De Reuck, who holds the US Female Masters Marathon record of 2:28. She already knew Justin so she got introduced to SR and me and we just started talking like old friends.
After the interlude with Colleen, I began vomiting again (we were out of her sight by that point). And then all night I was holding my stomach in pain. Stupid nerves. I ended up sleeping almost 6 hours, so that was fine. But then in the morning I started having diarrhea. And I was just too nervous and sick-feeling to eat and thus also forgot to drink. By the time I was standing by the 3:15 pacer balloons with a friend from our track club, I realized I was thirsty and hadn't peed in a long time. And I had no water with me. After the first km, I was so thirsty, I started considering steeling a sip out of a water bottle from someones water belt (but of course didn't). It was so extremely crowded that it was unpleasant. By the time we got to the first aid station, it was nearly impossible to get anything to drink, but eventually I did. And then sprinted back up to the 3:15 pacers. We went through the 5k in under 23 min., so I realized they were ahead of schedule and likely going for official 3:15 time and not chip time, which would be about a 3:13 time for those who started with them.
To make a long story short, I kept the 3:15 balloons in my sight through the half marathon, which I ran in 1:38. But every moment of the race was torture. I felt sick and dehydrated. I ate two of the gels and they tasted terrible. My music annoyed me. Other runners annoyed me. The running surface annoyed me. I was not having fun at all. I started to feel dizzy and very tired. My muscles were cramping and I didn't know if I could make it to the next aid station for fluid before I fainted. I ran mile 15 at over a 9 min/mile pace and there was no aid station in sight. I could not go on. I walked off the course and it was a huge relief. But then I leaned against a wall and started crying. It was also a huge disappointment. I guy who dropped out just ahead of me saw me and gave me a hug. He said his name was Hans Andersen and he was from Australia but born in Denmark. He reminded me that at least I didn't fly all the way from Australia to run the race. I reminded him that we had at least just gotten a good 16 mile training run.
I walked back to the start/finish which was luckily just 1 km away. I saw the first place man (from Aarhus Denmark) come in in 2:20 and then there was my old buddy Colleen just 10 minutes behind. Justin was disappointed with his 2:32 finish and 11th place. And SR was also disappointed with his 2:49, but it WAS a PR. We ended up leaving right away after that, both feeling terrible. So I didn't even get to congratulate anyone else. I'm sorry I missed Mette (who I talk about all the time). She DID get under 3 hours and took 5th for the women.
Well, it's back to the drawing board for me. I'm sure part of my problem was that I started out too fast, but with the dehydration, I have trouble knowing how fast to start next time. At least my legs aren't sore and I can resume regular training again. There will be more races and in fact, the 24hour relay run is in just two weeks and the the Aabenraa mountain marathon is in just three weeks. I think I will just have to refrain from categorizing anything as a target race from now on if it's going to result in a DNF! So, yes, my first (and hopefully last) DNF.
Thank you to everyone for your comments and advice. It meant a lot to me. And even if nothing helped me on this run, I'm sure it will come in handy in the future. To Piccola Pinecone: I'm sorry this makes it difficult to determine who won the contest as everyone was infinitely far from my actual time :).
24 comments:
- Danni said...
That sounds awful. Good thing there will be other races :-)
- 23 May 2010 at 23:16
- Ewa said...
Considering your stomach problems no wonder you were dehydrated and felt weak. It is amazing you were able to run 16mi.
Hope there is something you can do to calm you pre-race jitters.
Big, big hugs.
- 23 May 2010 at 23:34
- mmmonyka said...
Pretty hard core! Running 16 FAST miles in such conditions! Awesome training run for upcoming races:)
I did not go to sleep and instead waited for this report, because I was too curious to learn what happened when I could not find you in race results.
- 24 May 2010 at 00:28
- Barefoot AngieB said...
I must say that I am impressed with 16 miles under those conditions. So sorry it turned out this way for you. Have you looked into some kind of homeopathic remedy for tension and stress?
Glad you can just keep going with training though :)
Hang in there and cheers from BAB!
- 24 May 2010 at 01:08
- olga said...
I am going to be blunt, because that is me. You are not an elite runner. You should not wrap yourself into "I want to do this time, or else". It's ok to shoot for the time. It's not healthy to put so much at stake for the sake of this time, that it's the only thing that occupies your mind, to the point you vomit and poop like crazy. It is also called "self-sabotage". You were so afraid to not live up to your own expectations (because, frankly, nobody else would be disappointed), that sub-conciously your body gave a reaction to provide a perfect excuse.
Now, to the rest of the comment, or nicer me. It's ok to DNF, when you're sick or injured. You were sick. Could you have finished in 4 hrs after taking time to walk and re-hydrate? You betcha. Did you need to? Hell, no. There certainly will be other races. I just hope you learn from this one what not to do, rather than focus on what speed you should be going out. Because that is secondary to taking care of your body, one that carries you through.
Take a deep breath. May be a vacation from blogging about paces and intervals. By next marathon you'll be in perfect shape to go slightly sub-3:20.
BTW, this is why I don't like to call things "goal races".
- 24 May 2010 at 01:15
Chalk that one up to a learning experience. Its all you can do - learn from it. I did the same thing during a half marathon and never forgot the mental and physical anguish... and I never want to go back to feeling like that again. It can only get better from here!!!!!!
- 24 May 2010 at 01:57
- Amber Dawn said...
wow Olga nailed it. That is the entire reason I decided to take a year off 'racing' triathlon and do ultra running. I was putting so much pressure on myself to get certain results that I would make myself sick! It was no longer fun.
It is no accident that your 'pr' times come during longer distance runs when the pressure to achieve those prs isn't at the forefront.
- 24 May 2010 at 05:32
- sea legs girl said...
Thanks everyone. And yes, Olga did nail it. Not only am I not elite, I am still a novice. The best evidence of this is I went out at a pace to set a 12 minute PR without any real evidence that I could do it.
From now on marathons will be more about listening to myself and less proving something. It is the only way.
- 24 May 2010 at 07:27
Tracy, I too messed this marathon up. My asthma wasn't in control before the race. The first half and a bit went fine, but them I started coughing, and it led to an attack. My lungs just closed in, and after 29 km, I walked slowly back to start (but that was quite a long way)
I saw you coming back from Vesterbro, and you looked really tired.
See you in Holte. And we will have a great time there.
- 24 May 2010 at 08:09
- PiccolaPineCone said...
most important, i am sorry you did not have the race experience and outcome you were seeking. i'm glad you understand exactly what went wrong but it is disapointing nonetheless. On the other hand your ratio of great races to disapointing races this year has been pretty stellar.
I think that in a perfect world, the concept of training towards a goal race is the ideal way to optimize performance as it allows training, tapering etc. to be designed in a perfect way for a given race on a given day. In the real world, of course, there are nerves and the psychology of the athlete and some athletes will not react well to racing goal races. And yes, it comes with experience to a certain extent. So if goal racing is not for you (at least not now) then trust your instincts and continue to do what you have been doing... you're producing awfully good results in your "non-goal" races.
Finally I really hope my prediction contest did not add to your stress & anxiety and if it did I am hugely sorry.
Big hug!
- 24 May 2010 at 08:15
- sea legs girl said...
Hellen, I just wrote a strangely similar comment on your blog at the same moment :).
Piccola, I think it was wearing the socks you sent that did me in, now that I consider everything.
- 24 May 2010 at 08:23
- May-Britt Hansen said...
I totally agree with Olga. You put way to much pressure on yourself by making statements about finishing times that will satisfy you, and (unfortunately) we backed you up :-(
There´s only one thing to do: when the disappointment is gone in a couple of days, do you self the favour and sit down and think it all through. The time before the race and the race. So it was a lousy race but something good can come out of it, if you learn from it. That includes your decision on going on despite feeling sick and serverely dehydrated.
On with the shoes towards new goals! Better luck next time :-)
- 24 May 2010 at 09:03
- Diana said...
I wish I could offer you some more advice, but I think the other comments have that part cornered. Just wanted to say that I'm so sorry you had such a disappointing day. I still can't believe you ran so far feeling the way you did!
Even if you're feeling down about this particular race now, it sounds like you have some great races in the near future to look forward to.
- 24 May 2010 at 10:57
Hej Tracy.
Øv, det er trist at læse, at du måtte udgå igår. Jeg synes jo, at du er en vanvittig sej kvinde, men May-Britt har ret i, at du lægger for stort pres på dig selv. Det var et hårdt løb - med alt for mange brosten og lidt for langt mellem depoterne (her kunne man lære noget af Albertslund) - men jeg synes det var en fed oplevelse, dog savnede jeg dig i mål ... men nu forstår jeg jo hvorfor.
Op på hesten igen (som vi si'r i DK)- det kommer masser, masser, masser af andre løb. Og vi ses om to uger i Holte. Bli'r så skægt.
God dag og TILLYKKE til Rasmus med en fantastisk flot tid. Han burde være meget, meget stolt af sig selv.
- 24 May 2010 at 12:35
- Gavin said...
Nice seeing you in CPH at the Scandic hotel. Don't stop aiming for pace achieved targets, simply learn to cope better with the pressure. Pressure afterall is the expectations you put on yourself, even elite athletes have to deal with pre-race nerves. You are not the first and will certainly not be the last. One thing you have is the experience of this ordeal and now you can look forward.
Keep believing, have a different approach and work from there.
Good Luck for the future and do drop me an email for some assistance if you want.
From the tall one from outside the hotel with Colleen and co. (ask Jackie for reference)
- 24 May 2010 at 15:03
- Marie-Aline said...
Sorry to hear it did not go as you expected... maybe it is my fault (together with PiccolaPineCone's socks) and I should not have sent good vibes!
More seriously, I think I agree to a large extent with Olga, at least as far as the pace/goals blogging goes. It does put a lot of pressure on yourself. That's why I don't do it (oh, and also because I am a wimp)... that, and because I think not posting about it helps reminding myself that I run because it is FUN (ok, painfully fun sometimes, but still, fun). So that's what I am going to wish you for next time: a fun race... no matter the time!
Big hug!
- 24 May 2010 at 15:16
- SteveQ said...
Everyone else has covered the essential points, so I'll just add what to do if you never get over the "jittery spews": drink a ton of water before the race - you'll lose a lot of it vomiting and you'll feel waterlogged at the start, but it at least makes you feel you're doing something productive and may distract you from thinking about the race itself (especially if you have to hunt out port-a-potties all morning).
- 24 May 2010 at 17:18
- Danni said...
I don't think your problem was your goal. It's totally achievable, you just need the experience to be able to execute. No biggie.
- 24 May 2010 at 17:58
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- 24 May 2010 at 18:53
- amy said...
I have to agree with Olga, especially if nerves and pressure cause you to puke the entire day leading up to an event. You will never run a good marathon after puking for an entire day beforehand. And if calling a race a 'goal race' leads to anxiety and nerves, you may continue to have this problem in future 'goal races.' You started the race completely dehydrated and running a PR under those conditions is unlikely. But I think you can run a 12 minute PR. I ran a 20 minute PR at Boston, which was my 3rd marathon, which is not hard to do if you haven't run many marathons. If you've run 20 marathons, then it's a different story, but if you've only run a few, than it is likely you haven't come close to what could be your PR. I think I've got another 15 minute PR in there somewhere (I've only run 4 marathons and don't plan to do many more).
I got into ultramarathons because I don't like to race, and used to get really nervous before races. The longer the distance, the less it seems like a race (to me). The joy (and sorrow) of ultras is that so much could happen out there that one shouldn't place too much emphasis on any single day. Doing so leads to unrealistic expectations and feelings of failure if we don't have it on race day. My best races have come on days when I didn't plan to 'race' and just went out to enjoy the experience. From your description of the race, besides being dehydrated, it doesn't sound like you were having much fun out there, and were concentrated more on staying with your pace group than enjoying the experience.
- 24 May 2010 at 19:00
- Helen said...
Hey girl - sorry to hear it was a miserable experience. But you were right to drop - take what you can from the race and then move on. A change of focus will be good. I've felt nerves on almost every start line but I've rarely been ill so I can't imagine how awful that is. You're training has been great and the PRs will come.
Congrats to SR. Awesome time even if not his goal. You guys are allowed to be miserable together for just a little bit and then it's onto the next goal!
- 25 May 2010 at 04:39
- sea legs girl said...
Thanks to everyone who commmented. Why am I so lucky to have so many talented, educated athletes reading and commenting on this blog? Well, I learn a lot from you guys. And, yes, May-Britt I also think I have learned a lot from the race.
Helle, I'm sorry I called you Hellen! Just a typo.
And Gavin, Wow. You are internet savvy. It was great meeting you, too, but how on earth did you find me on this blog? I'm (slightly) freaking out at the unlikelihood of that. But also think it's cool. I have spent the last few days with Justin and Jackie and will get your contact info from them :).
- 25 May 2010 at 13:57
- Gavin said...
I also work with the internet and one the things I develop is a running information portal
Justin has my email
Keep on looking forward the past is a platform to better performances
- 25 May 2010 at 20:27
- OrangeBlossom said...
((Hugs)) I know you were disappointed in a DNF, but I'm glad that you did. I'd rather you stay healthy and run more so that I can read more of your running on your blog.
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China and Russia have vital and growing energy and economic interests. France recently opened a military base in the Persian Gulf. The US has troops deployed in the heart of the region. Proliferation and war in the Middle East will affect every region of the world. The major powers understand the need for agreed-upon security rules to promote Middle East stability.
Getting the parties to the negotiating table won't mean they'll see eye to eye.
To prevent yet another failure of Middle East diplomacy, the US has a crucial role to play in the organization of the proposed 2012 conference. It must steer the parties of the region toward a process that is incremental and continuous, encouraging initially modest and reversible commitments to build confidence and security along the way. A conference to discuss a WMD-free zone is only the first step in a long process. Israel will need particular reassurance from the US to move forward.
The scope of negotiations must be broad and include not only regional arms control and disarmament, but also nonproliferation and peace-process issues. The goal should be no less than a settlement of territorial disputes involving Israel, diplomatic relations between Israel and the rest of the region, and the creation of a zone free of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons and their delivery systems. The results of negotiations must include a verification regime for monitoring compliance with disarmament commitments, and region-wide acceptance of the strongest possible safeguards to ensure that nuclear energy development in the Middle East remains peaceful.
Israeli leaders might prefer not to talk about their country's nuclear arsenal. But when pressed, they say regional peace must precede disarmament. Arab states and Iran want to see the sequence moving in the reverse order. The only way forward is to deal with both issues beneath a single negotiating framework.
Martin B. Malin is the executive director of the Project on Managing the Atom at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.


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To be honest, I'm really looking forward to some papers based on the new Simons Genome Diversity Project dataset. Unlike the 1000 Genomes, it includes samples from a wide range of West Eurasian populations sequenced to at least 30x coverage (see here). But for now, open access at Nature:
The 1000 Genomes Project set out to provide a comprehensive description of common human genetic variation by applying whole-genome sequencing to a diverse set of individuals from multiple populations. Here we report completion of the project, having reconstructed the genomes of 2,504 individuals from 26 populations using a combination of low-coverage whole-genome sequencing, deep exome sequencing, and dense microarray genotyping. We characterized a broad spectrum of genetic variation, in total over 88 million variants (84.7 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), 3.6 million short insertions/deletions (indels), and 60,000 structural variants), all phased onto high-quality haplotypes. This resource includes >99% of SNP variants with a frequency of >1% for a variety of ancestries. We describe the distribution of genetic variation across the global sample, and discuss the implications for common disease studies.
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Caravanning can be a low-cost holiday option, but fuel economy inevitably suffers when your car has to pull a 1.5-tonne white box. The same applies to owners of horseboxes and any other kind of trailer so just how much does towing hurt a car's fuel efficiency?
To find out, we sent members of our True MPG team to the annual Tow Car Awards tests, where they assessed the fuel economy of four cars with and without a caravan attached.
Each was hitched to the same Swift caravan at 85% of the car's kerbweight.
We chose the Volkswagen Golf 2.0-litre TDI as a typical front-wheel-drive diesel hatch, while we also tested the Mazda 6 2.0-litre saloon to find out if average economy of petrol cars is hit harder than it is for diesels when towing.
Smaller 4x4s were represented by the Dacia Duster, while the Land Rover Discovery was there to test the theory that fuel economy of heavier, more powerful cars holds up better when hauling a trailer.
Volkswagen Golf 2.0 TDI GT DSG 5dr
First, we drove it into town to assess its urban economy, then took an A-road and motorway route for the extra-urban test. Without a caravan, the Golf set benchmark figures of 40.6mpg for town driving and 53.6mpg on the open road, with an average economy of 46.2mpg.
Heading back into town with the caravan, the 2.0 TDI engine felt strong, easily coping with the additional weight it was hauling. There was no sense of having to work the engine hard to drag the car and its load up to speed, and the DSG automatic transmission changed gears with unobtrusive efficiency.
On faster roads, the Golf felt stable and controlled. Again, although the engine was working harder now, it didn't seem a struggle to pull the caravan up to 60mph on the motorway.
With the caravan, urban economy was down to 27.1mpg and extra-urban to 23.7mpg. The average economy was 25.3mpg, a drop of 45%. That means a 500-mile journey when towing would cost 127.40 in fuel.
Mazda 6 2.0 165 Sport
With less mid-range pulling power, petrol engines usually have to work harder than their diesel equivalents to keep up with traffic when towing. This should mean a bigger decline in economy when towing.
Around town and with the caravan, the Mazda 6 saloon needed a heavier right foot than the Golf when pulling out at junctions and roundabouts. It's not that the 6 felt underpowered, but more revs were needed to persuade car and load to shift with any urgency.
On faster roads, more gearchanges were required to maintain speed on hills with each shift taking a toll on fuel consumption. However, the 6 felt comfortable at a steady 60mph on the motorway, with no sense that the engine was straining.
The 6 posted impressive economy figures in regular driving: 44.1mpg around town, 51.0mpg on the open road and average economy of 47.3mpg slightly better than that of the diesel Golf.
However, towing reduced those figures to 23.0mpg around town, 22.3mpg in the country and an average economy of 22.7mpg. That's a huge 52% fall in economy, giving a fuel bill of 137.08 for a 500-mile trip with a caravan in tow.
Dacia Duster 1.5 dCi 4x4 Ambiance
The budget-priced Dacia Duster is clearly great value and our tests proved it's also kind on your wallet when towing.
As with the VW and Mazda, we drove the routes without a caravan first. For each test the car's four-wheel-drive system was left in auto, so despite it being a 4x4, power was going to the front wheels unless the car struggled for traction.
Around town, the Dacia achieved 39.9mpg, on A-roads and motorways it returned 48.8mpg with average economy of 43.9mpg.
With the caravan hitched, the Duster's 1.5-litre engine didn't need as many revs as the Mazda's 2.0 petrol to build speed, although you wouldn't know it from the volume of engine noise in the cabin even at a steady cruise on A-roads and motorways. Otherwise, though, it was a capable tow car.
Once the data was processed, the Duster looked even better; returning 28.1mpg around town, 27.4mpg on the open road and average economy of 27.8mpg. That's just 37% down on its caravan-less economy which, at 115.94, is the lowest 500-mile fuel cost of all four cars tested.
Land Rover Discovery 3.0 SDV6 HSE
The Discovery was an overall winner at the Tow Car Awards two years ago, so we had no doubt it would haul well, but what about its fuel economy?
Without a caravan, the Discovery achieved 24.6mpg in town and 29.6mpg on the out of town route. The average economy figure was 26.9mpg. As expected, given its bulk, it was much thirstier than the other cars on test.
Hitch a caravan, though, and the Discovery was totally unfazed. The 3.0 engine has so much pulling power that even an unwieldy load such as this seemed to make little difference to its performance. Whether dealing with traffic on the urban route, or holding speed uphill on an A-road, the Discovery made towing seem easy. From the driver's seat, the engine didn't seem to be working hard at all.
The overall impression was that economy suffered less when towing with the Land Rover than with any of the other vehicles. The data backed this up.
Fuel economy dropped to 17.9mpg in town and 18.0mpg out, giving average economy of 18.0mpg. That's 33% down the lowest figure of all four cars. However, the 500-mile fuel bill of 179.07 is, unsurprisingly, the steepest of the four here.
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We expected a big, powerful car to have enough muscle to make hauling a caravan less of a strain, and so it was. The fuel economy of the biggest of our quartet was affected least by towing, but if you want the best economy a small diesel is the best compromise.
The Dacia Duster's average economy of 27.8mpg is nearly 10mpg better than the Discovery's, a saving of 63.13 over 500 miles.
The petrol Mazda 6 seemed to be working hardest when towing, and the True MPG data backed that up. The 6's fuel economy fell by a huge 52%. Without a caravan, however, it was the most economical car here.


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Art enthusiast, handy man, community builder, husband to a really smart chic.
Why am I writing about some dude named Bob, who is apparently a 6 foot guy eatin' chicken? Thank you for asking. I'll be happy to fill you in!
Last Saturday (3/29) as I was on my way to the laundry, it was a really nice day and I wanted to get out of the house so I decided to go to the laundry rather than doing it at home, I passed what appeared to be a little gathering or party of sorts at Mobile Memorial Park. If you live in or are familiar with Mobile, it's where Airport & Government meet. There was a band on stage, tents set up and people milling about what appeared to be art on display.
I love art and music and it was also absolutely gorgeous outside so I pulled into a nearby parking lot and walked over to check out what was going on.
What I found was Art @ Peace Park
Bob is one of the cool guys who helped organize Mobile's Art @ Peace Park.
Heather Pettersen is the gal responsible for organizing Art @ Peace Park. She is also the mastermind behind Alabama Art with Heart, a really cool non-profit organization that among other totally fantastic things, holds free creative workshops for schools and promotes local artists and assist other non-profits in raising money through the arts.
There were numerous booths displaying the work of various local artists. The artists themselves were present, manning their booths/tents and creating new works of art for our viewing pleasure. I took pictures and will introduce some of them throughout this post, but first I want to share some other interesting stuff!
Notice the soap boxes? Bob's one pretty fart smeller. I mean smart feller.
Next to the 6 foot man eating chicken (Bob), visible from the road, were these signs.
I love how it says 9ish-6ish. That cracked me up.
I wish I could find more info online about this park. At the top of the stage it says something about in honor or memory of mother's of soldiers. It was beautiful. I'm sorry I wasn't able to get a better picture so you could see.
Here is the fountain in the middle of the park. You can see the tents set around the park where artists were painting and displaying their art.
This picture is of a little girl who was just sitting by the fountain trailing a stick in the water. For some reason the image seemed so sweet and peaceful.
Ha! Until I just put up this pic, I didn't even notice the lady to the right trying to hold down her skirt that's blowing in the wind. How funny!
This... I just don't even know what to say about this next picture. Fried WHAT?!?
I visited Boston a few years ago and walked through Boston Common. It was like something out of a movie. People were laying out on blankets listening to music, sitting under trees reading & doing homework, walking their animals and feeding the squirrels. It was beautiful. I've been trying to think of what certain areas of Mobile reminded me of and that's it. I'm sure anyone who's from or lived in Boston would call me crazy but there are places in Mobile that have the same feel. Granted it's on a much smaller scale but living here I've found a similar ambiance that I felt in Boston. It's a very community oriented place. Here are a couple photos that show what I'm talking about.
Here's a couple walking their dogs next to the park. This is something you can see pretty much any time of day. It may be no big deal to most, but to me it's really neat.
This is a guy just laying out on the grass enjoying the weather and the music. As I was walking by him he called out "Beautiful weather isn't it?".
This is Lucas. Lucas is 3 and loves Nemo, but Bruce not the shark. Bruce scared him. He was swimming in the fountain.
Now on to the artists.
I have pictures of most of the artists and am linking their names to their e-mail (per their permission). If you like what you see or would like to know more about them or where/how you can purchase their art please send them an e-mail. Or just drop them a note to let them know you saw their art on my blog & want to compliment them on their extraordinary talent!
Artist Leah Nichols. You can see more of her art on her MySpace
Leah has an undergraduate degree in Psychology from University of West Alabama. She's currently working on her masters in Liberal Arts at Springhill College.
Lee Stockman - Abstract Art (251) 583-9658
This is Terrell
Terrell can do some extraordinary things with aluminum foil! I asked him how he got into molding tinfoil as an art form, he replied "Just a gift God blessed me with"
He said as a kid he used to take the tin lining from his mom's cigarette packs and twist them into people figures to play with, then he discovered that aluminum foil was more pliable and maintained shape better. He's been creating works of art ever since!
One of the coolest things I saw there were kids showcasing their drawings and sketches.
This is Zach DePolo, artist & art instructor with 3 of his students.
One of these young men's name is Darius. He had a table with sketches and drawings. If his work is any indication, Zach has some extremely talented young artists in his classes!
Dorothy Parker quilting extraordinaire.
In addition to being a needle working diva, Ms Dorothy is an organizer of the First Annual Southwest Alabama Antique and Art Fair being held in Uriah, Alabama June 7, 2008 from 9am-4pm. Artists from all over Southwest Alabama and Northwest Florida will be showcasing their art. There will be handcrafted quilts, antiques, original fine art, folk art & pottery. The fair will also feature a bake sake, auction, music, classic car show and BarBQ! Proceeds from the fair will be used to build a memorial for Servicemen from South Monroe County who gave their lives in WWII. Contact Dorothy at 251-377-4667 for more information!
Crandell Brock from Noug Screen Printing
I didn't get a photo of his work, he was just so sweet & funny I took a picture of him instead. But if you need something printed on a t-shirt, he's the guy you should call! 251-454-1289
and last but not least
Jim Maurer - The Jimini Collection
Shadows of Greatness
Jim and his wife Naomi are also the hospitable owners of MY Victorian Bed & Breakfast in the heart of Historic Downtown Mobile. Built in 1899, MY Victorian Bed & Breakfast is a classic Victorian "Painted Lady", tastefully decorated to reflect an era of days long past.
excerpts from http://www.myvictorianbedandbreakfast.com/
I have to say it's events like this that only add to my enjoyment of living in Mobile and act as a balm to soothe the sadness I feel from missing living in Michigan so much.
I love art, I love music, I love nature, I love history and movie'esq neighborhoods. I love seeing families walking with each other and couples biking together and knowing you can expect to see neighbor Joe out walking his dog at the same time every morning. I've found all of those things aplenty in Mobile, AL. I'm not saying it's perfect here, no place is, but if I have to live in the south I think here is where I'd choose to be.
Be sure to check out some of the artists pages that are linked above or if they don't have a link drop them a line to let them know how much you enjoy and appreciate their talent. I certainly did!


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Duke University School of Nursing was once again the No. 1 program in the nation for its Doctor of Nursing Practice degree, according to the U.S. News & World Report 2019 rankings released this week.
The Duke nursing school's Master of Science of Nursing program was also ranked among the best, at No. 2 out of 296 master's programs rated by the magazine.
Several nursing specialty areas were also included among the magazine's top 10: Nurse Practitioner-Family (first); Nurse Practitioner-Pediatric (second); Nurse Practitioner-Adult/Gerontology, Primary Care (third); Nursing Informatics (fourth); Nurse Practitioner-Adult Gerontology, Acute Care (sixth); Nursing Administration (eighth).
"The outstanding work being done today, coupled with our legacy of excellence is what allows us to be counted among the elite nursing schools in the nation," said Marion E. Broome, dean and Ruby Wilson Professor of Nursing, Duke University School of Nursing. "We aren't one of the best nursing schools because of our rankings, we are one of the best nursing schools because of what we do."
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