Rambles: Commitment in Higher Education
Array Circles and Light â 12/026. Internal Disarmament â 1/037. Naming What Stands Between Us â 2/038. Taking Sides, Taking Stands â 5/0311. A Big Wind Blows â 7/0313. Taking up Space â 2/0419. Finding Common Ground â 11/0428. Brand Names â 3/0532. Sacred Spaced â 8/0536. Access to the Fast Lane â 9/0537.
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This will probably turn into a rambling post, but Iâll try to do my best.Bear, Iâve been running most of my solo runs this winter in the 8:00 to 8:30 range and have been known to run the first few miles at 9:00 pace before warming up. When Iâve run with others, weâve probably run 7:00 to 7:30 pace. I still find it amazing, as I âstruggleâ with 8:30 pace that I can run 2:00 per mile faster for 13 miles.My (Dawsâs/Lydiardâs) program actually takes into account running faster once you are confident that you can handle the mileage. I have started to sprinkle in some stronger paced runs and will continue to do so over the next few weeks, leading to a hill phase. As Lydiard says, you can âget thereâ with aerobic runs, it just takes longer than if you include the stronger paced runs.Yvonne, well I can only speak for myself and my experiences in this sport. He ran 2:57 on 55 mpw, 2:47 on 70 mpw and sub-2:40 on 100 mpw. I think Iâm the type of runner that could run well just based on miles and strong aerobic runs. I was running 40-50 mpw and doing a lot of speed and ran 39:02 for 10k on a pancake flat course in ideal conditions.
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Of the first 100 finishers this year, 33 of them ran last year. On average, for every person that ran 30 seconds faster this year, I found two people that ran 2:00 slower. To keep the statistical integrity of this very meaningful analysis intact, I threw out anyone whose time changed by more than 5 minutes over last year; including a guy that went from 1:30 to 1:19 â wow - and a guy that went from 1:18 to 1:29 â ouch.Since only a third of the first hundred finishers repeated from last year, I found it eerie how closely times and places corresponded from year to year. Jenna won by nearly 7.5 minutes, with a time of 1:21:20 or 24 seconds faster than last year.
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During this period several planned attacks which might have led to significant loss of life have also been prevented, most notably a planned attack on Strasbourg Christmas Market in December 2000 and other attacks planned a year earlier against targets in the US and Jordan.26-Feb-93 USA (New York) First World Trade Center bombing planned by Ramzi Youssef. Attacks on the Paris metro, the Arc de Triomphe and outside a Jewish school in Lyon.13-Nov-95 Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) Car bombs at military compound.18-Sep-97 Egypt(Cairo) Gunmen attack a tourist bus. c.21 killed.8-May-02 Pakistan (Karachi) Bomb attack against bus carrying French engineers near Sheraton Hotel.14-Jun-02 Pakistan (Karachi) Truck bomb attack against US Consulate. 12 killed, 51 injured.6-Oct-02 Yemen Boat bomb attack against French oil tanker MV Limburg off Ash Shahir port. 12 killed, 100 injured.8-Nov-03 Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) Major vehicle bomb attack against residential compound housing mainly expatriate workers from other Arab countries. 17 killed, over 80 injured.15-Nov-03 Turkey (Istanbul) 2 vehicle bomb attacks at Jewish synagogues.20-Nov-03 Turkey (Istanbul) 2 vehicle bombs at HSBC Bank and British Consulate. Together with 15 Nov attack, over 60 people killed (including 2 Britons).11-Mar-04 Spain (Madrid) Bomb attacks against 4 trains. 6 foreign nationals and 1 Saudi killed.30-May-05 Saudi Arabia (Al Khobar) 4 attacks in Al Khobbar target oil companies and compound.9-Sep-04 Indonesia (Jakarta) Vehicle bomb outside Australian Embassy.
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After he retired from UCLA he began a project with the Templeton Foundation to assess spirituality in higher education - what are the attitudes of students and faculty to spirituality and religious experience? He then spoke from the heart - like many congressmen not in an especially polished way - but with real substance. He seemed like a great guy.We also presented an award to a friend from Massachusetts for his work in higher education lobbying. The award is named after a guy who worked in New York. My friend did not know him - his name was Henry (Hank) Paley. He then went on to a series of things that I would not have had the patience for - there is a federal advisory committee on student aid that Clare now chairs and a lot of minutae negotiated rule making.
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Array Circles and Light â 12/026. Internal Disarmament â 1/037. Naming What Stands Between Us â 2/038. Taking Sides, Taking Stands â 5/0311. A Big Wind Blows â 7/0313. Taking up Space â 2/0419. Finding Common Ground â 11/0428. Brand Names â 3/0532. Sacred Spaced â 8/0536. Access to the Fast Lane â 9/0537.
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This will probably turn into a rambling post, but Iâll try to do my best.Bear, Iâve been running most of my solo runs this winter in the 8:00 to 8:30 range and have been known to run the first few miles at 9:00 pace before warming up. When Iâve run with others, weâve probably run 7:00 to 7:30 pace. I still find it amazing, as I âstruggleâ with 8:30 pace that I can run 2:00 per mile faster for 13 miles.My (Dawsâs/Lydiardâs) program actually takes into account running faster once you are confident that you can handle the mileage. I have started to sprinkle in some stronger paced runs and will continue to do so over the next few weeks, leading to a hill phase. As Lydiard says, you can âget thereâ with aerobic runs, it just takes longer than if you include the stronger paced runs.Yvonne, well I can only speak for myself and my experiences in this sport. He ran 2:57 on 55 mpw, 2:47 on 70 mpw and sub-2:40 on 100 mpw. I think Iâm the type of runner that could run well just based on miles and strong aerobic runs. I was running 40-50 mpw and doing a lot of speed and ran 39:02 for 10k on a pancake flat course in ideal conditions.
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Of the first 100 finishers this year, 33 of them ran last year. On average, for every person that ran 30 seconds faster this year, I found two people that ran 2:00 slower. To keep the statistical integrity of this very meaningful analysis intact, I threw out anyone whose time changed by more than 5 minutes over last year; including a guy that went from 1:30 to 1:19 â wow - and a guy that went from 1:18 to 1:29 â ouch.Since only a third of the first hundred finishers repeated from last year, I found it eerie how closely times and places corresponded from year to year. Jenna won by nearly 7.5 minutes, with a time of 1:21:20 or 24 seconds faster than last year.
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During this period several planned attacks which might have led to significant loss of life have also been prevented, most notably a planned attack on Strasbourg Christmas Market in December 2000 and other attacks planned a year earlier against targets in the US and Jordan.26-Feb-93 USA (New York) First World Trade Center bombing planned by Ramzi Youssef. Attacks on the Paris metro, the Arc de Triomphe and outside a Jewish school in Lyon.13-Nov-95 Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) Car bombs at military compound.18-Sep-97 Egypt(Cairo) Gunmen attack a tourist bus. c.21 killed.8-May-02 Pakistan (Karachi) Bomb attack against bus carrying French engineers near Sheraton Hotel.14-Jun-02 Pakistan (Karachi) Truck bomb attack against US Consulate. 12 killed, 51 injured.6-Oct-02 Yemen Boat bomb attack against French oil tanker MV Limburg off Ash Shahir port. 12 killed, 100 injured.8-Nov-03 Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) Major vehicle bomb attack against residential compound housing mainly expatriate workers from other Arab countries. 17 killed, over 80 injured.15-Nov-03 Turkey (Istanbul) 2 vehicle bomb attacks at Jewish synagogues.20-Nov-03 Turkey (Istanbul) 2 vehicle bombs at HSBC Bank and British Consulate. Together with 15 Nov attack, over 60 people killed (including 2 Britons).11-Mar-04 Spain (Madrid) Bomb attacks against 4 trains. 6 foreign nationals and 1 Saudi killed.30-May-05 Saudi Arabia (Al Khobar) 4 attacks in Al Khobbar target oil companies and compound.9-Sep-04 Indonesia (Jakarta) Vehicle bomb outside Australian Embassy.
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After he retired from UCLA he began a project with the Templeton Foundation to assess spirituality in higher education - what are the attitudes of students and faculty to spirituality and religious experience? He then spoke from the heart - like many congressmen not in an especially polished way - but with real substance. He seemed like a great guy.We also presented an award to a friend from Massachusetts for his work in higher education lobbying. The award is named after a guy who worked in New York. My friend did not know him - his name was Henry (Hank) Paley. He then went on to a series of things that I would not have had the patience for - there is a federal advisory committee on student aid that Clare now chairs and a lot of minutae negotiated rule making.
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