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stodgy aloc likes the bruno walter stuff, which has an air of authenticity about it. has anyone read walter's biography of mahler?

thanks for the info. the olympics, just what the overloaded airports and hotels need!

{for many years, the lasalle bank has considered this race a PR bonanza. it has really blown up on them. of course, folks who take off to run a marathon at 88 degrees have to respect their own bodies.} chicagotribune.com Man dies in heat-shortened marathon By Josh Noel, Andrew L. Wang and Carlos Sadovi Tribune staff reporters 11:13 PM CDT, October 7, 2007 Click here to find out more! The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon was cut short for the first time in its history Sunday as hundreds of runners laboring across ovenlike streets were treated for heat-related illness. The stoppage happened about 3 ½ hours after the start gun on an abnormally sweltering autumn day, amid complaints of insufficient water for more than 35,000 runners who had come from around the world to compete in one of its preeminent marathons. One runner, a 35-year-old Michigan police officer, died after collapsing in the race's 19th mile, but it was not clear whether the death was heat-related. Chad Schieber, of Midland, Mich., collapsed about 12 p.m. at 1500 S. Ashland Ave., and was pronounced dead on arrival at a West Side hospital at 12:50 p.m., the medical examiner's office said. An autopsy will be performed Monday. Despite the heat, executive race director Carey Pinkowski said race officials never considered canceling the race before it began because they believed the number of people running was manageable and that they could be cared for. "In most cases they have trained for 25 weeks," he said. "Marathon runners are tough people. They train in difficult conditions." Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said about 315 runners were taken from the course by ambulance with what he described as heat-related conditions. He said city and suburban ambulances took 146 people to hospitals, most in good condition, and the rest were taken to hospitals or medical aid stations along the route by private ambulances. Five people remained hospitalized in serious or critical condition Sunday night, Langford said. Runners described chaotic scenes of racers throwing up, passing out or being carted away on stretchers. "There were people falling all over the place," said Rob Smith, 40, of Naperville, who was running his first marathon. Though Schieber's death was not the first fatality in the race's 30-year history—the last was in 2003—it was the first time the event was cut short. Of 35,867 runners who started the race, just 24,933 finished, and by Sunday evening, the marathon's message board, along with Chicago hotels and restaurants, was buzzing with dissatisfaction. "It was poorly done," said Mike Katz, 61, who has run 31 marathons, as he sat in the lounge of the Congress Plaza Hotel. Chicago officials "just didn't have it together," he said. With temperatures heading toward an Oct. 7 record 88 degrees, officials enacted a contingency plan about 11:30 a.m. to end the race early, Pinkowski said. He said there was precedent for such action. In April, officials at the Rotterdam marathon in the Netherlands cut that event short, also because of warm weather. Runners who had not reached the halfway point were diverted back to the start at Grant Park while the rest were told by police and firefighters that they should walk to the finish. Some racers simply went home and others caught rides, but the majority walked on, some with bags of ice on their heads or dousing each other with the contents of their water bottles. A few stubborn competitors kept lumbering along. Some runners chalked up the aborted race to bad luck, but many others seethed about a lack of fluids along the way. "I had no water until Mile 8," said Blayne Rickles, 57, of Denver. The most welcome relief came in the form of spectators buying bottles of water near Mile 13 and handing them to exhausted runners, she said. "The city was fabulous, but the race was horrible," Rickles said. Those complaints were echoed again and again, especially from the slower racers. They also said that on such a hot day, drinks should have been made available every mile along the 26.2-mile route, instead of only at the 15 stations sprinkled in every mile or two. "The water stations were really depleted," said Nestor Benanidez, 40, of Maryland. "As much as they might have planned, it wasn't enough." Erin Johnson, 24, of Kansas City, Mo., said the first several water stations "were out or really low" and that she ran with her wax cup because competition for fluids was so fierce. "You're running thinking, 'Oh my God, I really need this water to get through this,' " she said. Runners also said stations were not ready when runners came through; even if there was water or Gatorade, runners had to serve themselves. "I had to open a bottle and pour my own," said Karen Orner, 42, of Minneapolis. But race officials said they found no such problems. Each of the aid stations was outfitted with 50,000 to 70,000 servings of water and 37,000 servings of Gatorade, said Shawn Platt, a senior vice president of LaSalle Bank. "We checked with all the aid stations and the amount of water was adequate," Platt said. "We had thousands of thousands of gallons of water." He said there might have been distribution problems as runners created a bottleneck at the tables dispensing water and Gatorade, with runners taking two or three cups at a time, faster than volunteers could fill new ones. Many runners learned of the race's stoppage about noon, near Mile 20 at Halsted Street and Cermak Avenue. As firefighters sprayed runners, a paramedic repeated through the speaker in his ambulance, "Attention runners, the marathon has been canceled. You can stop running, now." Most competitors heeded the advice amid streets flowing with water from open hydrants and littered with cups, sponges, bottles and discarded T-shirts. Stephen Blight, 43, of Ware, England, costumed head to toe as the "Star Wars" character Yoda, said he had raised $22,000 for children back home with leukemia. He had also learned the previous night that his father had died of lung cancer. "It's been a very emotional experience," he said. "I'm so very disappointed, but they have to look out for the safety of the runner. That's most important." George Chiampas, the race's medical director, said Schieber was apparently unresponsive after falling. "It sounds like he lost his pulse very fast and died on the racecourse," he said. Schieber's father-in-law, Ken Dodge, said by phone from Midland that Schieber had been a police officer there for about 10 years and was named officer of the year this year. He and his wife, Sarah, had three children and led a marriage ministry in their church, Dodge said. "Just a wonderful man," Dodge said, his voice wavering. "He was more of a friend to me than a son-in-law." Schieber had trained with his wife for six months, following a strict program. Sunday marked his first marathon, which he ran with his wife, brother and sister-in-law. "Shocking is not the word," Dodge said. "I just cannot imagine this." jbnoel@tribune.com alwang@tribune.com csadovi@tribune.com Copyright © 2007, Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/c...479,print.story

thanks for pointing article out. havent seen.

that being said, the mention or thought or sound of mahler does excite many of our souls.

we may not agree on threads, but we sure do on sounds.

you are a piece of work, MG. be well.

aloc's = early belichek aloc only dresses(well) for the symphony, opera, weddings, and funerals.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MISHANDLING_GERMS

me, too. they are going to do it anyway.

So all of the work I've done on my opera-in-progress, Titty Twister: The Further Adventures of Alban Berg's "Lulu", has been for naught? [To Wm. Tell Overture] Tittie bump, tittie bump, Tittie bump bump bump, Tittie bump, tittie bump, tittie bump bump bump, Tittie bump, tittie bump, tittie bump bump bump, Tittie bummmmp, tittie bump bump bump. Just adding a touch of class. presumably, the godivaish heroine will be mounted on a horse or giraffe or elephant or ostrich or something.

she couldnt handle money, either. the crashing ang burning of a human being is a tragedy generally difficult to watch. i wish the media agreed.

a half dozen wendy's jr. bacon cheeseburgers is heaven. may just lay in a few for sunday football.

http://www.alternet.org/story/64214/?page=entire

there's one 'slide' still worth something. had he played the valve, would he have been 'valve' hampton?

remember those books of logs and trig functions and formulas? i misplaced this awesome huge book of functions and formulas. great reading!

anyone still own a slide rule? took one of mine for a spin last week. god!

Good idea...too much too fast could be a problem! 1/49=0.02040816326.... 1/97=0.010309278... etc ... Ain't it beautiful :-? I've looked at that three times already (once for each posting) and I've only just seen it. Does it really go on like that forever? MG Unfortunately not, the retains (?, retenues in french) has to be taken into account when multiplication exceeds 100. For example: 1/49= 0. 0204081632642856122448... 00000000000102051020... (1 of 128, 2 of 256 etc...) = 0. 02040816326530612244... beautiful!..positively brahmsian

"Ginevan was charged with fleeing while driving under the influence." that wont stand up in court.

'Jenkins caught up to the lawnmower after a short chase but Ginevan allegedly wouldn't stop so the deputy pulled him off the machine. Ginevan refused to take a field sobriety test and was arrested. Jenkins then found a case of beer strapped to the lawnmower's front, court records show.' a classic paragraph

this sort of books remind me of tribute albums. that book money would be better spent on a couple trane cd's. who needs a tribute when you can hear the real stuff?

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...sp&c_id=mlb

the suckers just drilled another big hole in that boat today.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A man accused of drunken driving tried to outrun the police but his vehicle wasn't up to the task. Michael Ginevan of Bunker Hill was driving a riding lawnmower on Runnymeade Road about a mile from his home when a Berkeley County sheriff's deputy attempted to pull him over. Ginevan, 39, allegedly sped away and Deputy J.H. Jenkins stopped his cruiser and gave chase on foot, according to magistrate court records. Jenkins caught up to the lawnmower after a short chase but Ginevan allegedly wouldn't stop so the deputy pulled him off the machine. Ginevan refused to take a field sobriety test and was arrested. Jenkins then found a case of beer strapped to the lawnmower's front, court records show. Ginevan was charged with fleeing while driving under the influence and obstructing an officer. He was being held Tuesday at the Eastern Regional Jail on $7,500 bond. A person who answered the phone at the jail did not know whether Ginevan had hired an attorney. There was no telephone listing for Ginevan in the Bunker Hill area. _________________

sounds like a must not read.