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running quote of the day: "If you can't win, make the fellow ahead of you break the record."

Our Lauren will be representing Oceania in the IAAF World Cup in Athens this month:

"The competition is on 16-17 September, and features straight
finals in all events, with athletes representing continental teams from Asia,
Africa, Americas (Canada, Central and South America and the Caribbean) Europe
and Oceania. In addition, the USA and the top two teams from the European Cup
(France and Russia for the men and Russia and Poland for women) joining host
nation Greece in the nine team competition. Athletes compete for points based on
placings to determine the best teams in international athletics. To add further
interest, athletes will compete for a significant prize pool – with US$30,000
delivered to the winners of each individual event." - from the press
release at the Athletics Australia web site.

Last month Lauren and family were in China. They were amused by this notice at the great wall.....

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I only hope they paid attention to the items, particularly item 3.

WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD?
Mark Twain: The news of its crossing has been greatly exaggerated.