Time to send in SASE for 7-Mile Bridge Apps:
Seven Mile Bridge Run is slated for saturday, April 17th.
To receive an application, send in your self-addressed stamped envelope to
Marathon Runners Club, P.O. Box 500110, Marathon, FL 33050.

BOB's PLACES TO RUN, WORLDWIDE

South Florida Striders:

Boca Raton Road Runners:

Northwest Broward Road Runners formerly Coral Springs Parkland Road Runners and West Side Road Runners - merged early 2008)

West Side Road Runners

South Florida Racewalkers

Palm Beach Roadrunners

Miami Runners Club

Miami Feet

Wellington Runners (Palm Beach County)

Weston Striders

Key West Southernmost Runners:

They are strong supporters of our sport and everyone is active in the sport. They'll look after you. Check out their site!.

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	Promenade Shops 2233 S University DR, Davie, 954-474-4074 SouthPort Plaza, 1489 SE 17th ST Causeway #1-E, 1/4 mi. E of Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale (954)-712-9951 Aventura, 20335 Biscayne Blvd, Promenade Shoppes · 305/931-3939 Coral Springs, 5679 Coral Ridge Drive, Shoppes at Heron Lakes · 954/575-2090 Vero Plaza East, 436 21st Street, Vero Beach, (772) 569-7364 Shoppes at Heron Lakes, 5679 Coral Ridge Drive, Coral Springs, (954) 575-2090 Renee Grant opened the original store September 15, 2000. Gold Coast Runners Club founded July, 2004. Visit their website.
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	3195 N. Federal HWY, Boca Raton FL, PH#561-361-1950 Fax 561-361-9311. They are active with the Boca Raton Road Runners. New web site.
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Sports Corner	SPORTS CORNER is a new store opened by Tom and Carol of "Runner's Edge". They also cater to other sports areas including soccer, baseball, basketball, football, team uniforms, cheerleading, volleyball, and in infant and childrens' shoes. Address is 1283 W. Palmetto Park Road, and phone number is 561-361-1981.
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	The Athlete's Foot, NE corner of University & Wiles Roads. This is also the base for the Coral Springs - Parkland Road Runners Club Call 954-757-4544 or Email Howard for more info.
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	Premier Running and Soccer, 10341 Royal Palm Blvd., Coral Springs, 33065 No website or email that I know of. Phone 954-340-7600.
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	Blue Wave Apparel and Shoes 620 SE 10th Street, Deerfield Beach, FL 33441, 954-421-3888. Visit their site
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	Footworks Miami 5724 Sunset Drive, South Miami, FL, 305-667-9322. Visit their site
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	The Runner's High , 11209 S. Dixie Hwy, Pinecrest, 33156. Phone 305-255-1500. Visit Their Website.
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Run and Roll	Run And Roll, 6207 S. Dixie HWY, WPB, between Southern and Forest Hill BLVD's Visit their website at www.runandrollfl.com.
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Feet First	Feet First, New running store located in the polo club shoppes at 5030 Champion Blvd., 17, Boca Raton, 33496. Phone 561-995-8585 or 561-995-8506 fax. Visit their website.
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Fleet Feet Boca	Fleet Feet, New running store to open in West Boca in the Shoppes at Boca Greens, 19635 N State Road 7 (US 441), Unit #37, Boca Raton, 561-441-4453. Email Matt. WWW FLEETFEETBOCA.COM presently takes you to the national site, but should take you to the Boca Store once it opens.
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	FootSolutions national site Local stores at: Plantation, 8277 W Sunrise Blvd, Jacaranda Plaza, 954-474-0416 Coral Springs, 2135 University Dr, Coral Palm Plaza, 954-340-0910 Boca Raton, Lakeside Centre, 8220A Glades Road, 561-483-8404 Cooper City, Countryside Shops, 5556 S Flamingo Rd, 954-252-6720 For other South Florida and nationwide locations, go to www.footsolutions.com and use their store locator.
	Brooks Shoes Great supporter of local races. Visit their website.
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	The Framed T-Shirt can take the shirt, bib and medal from your favorite race and frame it for presentation. Visit their website.
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	Liquid Advertising Inc.provides an avenue for businesses to put their own labels on bottled water. In addition to giving out these bottles of water to their own customers and clients, they also donate water (with their business's logo etc.) to charitable and not for profit events such as running events. Visit their website at http://www.liquid-advertising.com

Yahoo! South Florida Page.

Lycos City Guide for Fort Lauderdale

Sun Sentinel Newspaper

Broward County Governmental Sites - links from Proprerty Appraiser's site

RoomSaver coupons

CheapRooms.Com

RoomSaver.Com

GoBahamas.Com and BahamasNet.Com

Discovery Cruise Lines

Discovery Cruise Vacations

MyFlorida.Com

J.R. Dunn Jewelers . . . . Requires "Flash".

Weather and Hurricane-related

National Hurricane Center in Miami Weather Underground - Ft. Lauderdale weather info National Weather Service in Miami Colorado State University Links:(Dr. Gray) Tropical Meteorology Project Dr. Gray's Forecasts Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training RAMSDIS Online FEMA Hurricane Info FEMA's Independent Study Course List Pompano Beach C.E.R.T. Program Pompano Beach Hurricane Page CERT of Deerfield Beach Broward County Hurricane Preparedness Page 1. Before the storm, print the Home Damage Assessment photos and keep them handy for reference. 2. After the storm passes and it's safe to go outdoors, survey the damage to your home. 3. Compare your home to the four homes pictured on the page you printed out, and select the one that best represents the condition of your home for damage level and/or flood level. It doesn't matter if you live in a single family home, condo, townhouse, apartment, duplex or mobile home. 4. Call the Broward County Hurricane Hotline at 3-1-1 to phone in a damage assessment report. If you still have power and access to the Internet, return to this page and click on the Report Your Damage below. 5. You will be asked to provide your street address, city and zip code, and the number of the picture that best represents the level of damage to your home. Remember, you must have access to the photos to make a report, as Hurricane Hotline call takers will only be able to accept numbers "1-4" as damage levels and "5-6" for flood levels. Resident reports will provide a critical early indication of where major damage has occurred. These reports do not constitute a request for individual assistance and do not replace the normal grid-by-grid assessments performed by County assessment teams. Report Your Damage Florida Disaster.Org on MyFlorida.Com website. Florida CERT Homepage From Florida Disaster.Org CERT contact info and links to local CERT webpages Florida CERT Association Another FL CERT Page Know Your Stuff.Org Home inventory software FAA Ft. Laud. FSDO Eye of the Storm hurricane tracking software CITIZENCORPS.GOV Broward County Chapter of the Red Cross SATERN.ORG Salvation Army amateur radio site - can help locate missing disaster victims via "health and welfare info. request" key Freddie Ill - official site Schoolmate and NYC Fire Captain who lost his life in 911 Amateur Radio Links: FCC Universal Licensing System Call Sign Search ARRL.ORG ARRL Member Login Page FCC License Data Search ARRL.ORG - South Florida Page Southern Florida ARRL-affiliated amateur radio clubs. Pompano Beach ARC on ARRL's site WWW.QRZ.COM Great amateur radio site with practice exams Ham Stop Amateur Electronic Supply Pompano ARC on ARRL site: My home club W4BUG on QRZ.COM - Gold Coast Amateur Radio Club - Broward Co. W4BUG.ORG - Gold Coast Amateur Radio Club Dade Radio Club, Miami, Great Links Broward Co. FL Amateur Yahoo "Hits" Internet Repeater Linking Project Yahoo "Hits" Florida Repeater Council Echo Link, worldwide communication via computer Dick Long's Weather Station South East Communications - Ireland Local Broward County Nets: Broward County Emergency Preparedness Net Pompano Beach Amateur Net 7PM Tuesdays for emergency communications, 145.510 simplex Broward County Emergency Net, 7PM Mondays, 146.910 on BARC Repeater, (-) SEFTN Traffic Net, 6PM Daily, 146.79 on MARC Repeater, (-) and 146.910 on BARC Repeater, (-) Technical Net, 7:30PM Thursdays, 146.79 on MARC Repeater, (-) Princeton (N. Miami)Repeater, 147.000 (-)* *(Must manually select negative offset) Unknown Repeater at 146.995 (-) possibly military. Boynton Beach repeater at 147.22, + Information Net,West Palm Beach repeater at 146.670, - (seems to broadcast Satellite Radio HAM programming) SATERN.ORG Salvation Army amateur radio site - can help locate missing disaster victims via "health and welfare info. request" key	Pompano Beach C.E.R.T. Program East Coast Specialties, CERT shirts, promo products
International Amateur Radio Union
Irish Radio Transmitters Society EI4LRC Limerick Radio Club
Commission for Communications Regulation in Ireland
Federacion de Radioaficionaos de Cuba
Haband.Com, source for LED lighting Search for "lanterns"
Sun Electric, Miami... Source for alternative energy

Free-Nets - Great sources of community information:

The Naples Free Net Florida's Gulf Coast.

The Sun Coast Free Net Tampa Bay area. Check out their E-Mail page for freemail sites and sites allowing you to access your own email from anywhere.

Other Florida sites of interest:

National Parks Service Lighthouse Site . . . See links to lighthouses in Florida

Florida Lighthouse Association.

Hillsboro Light, Pompano Beach

Hillsboro Lighthouse Preservation Society

Cape Florida Light, Key Biscayne

Ponce Inlet Lighthouse Daytona Beach area

Florida State Parks

LighthouseFriends.Com Lighthouses nationwide

Other Misc. Sites

Pompano Pelican Pompano Beach Newspaper

FLSENTRY.COM Sentry, Pompano Beach newspapers

Pompano Beach HS

Web page for the CLASS OF '69

Mexico Vacaton Travels . Check out the Links Page

Visit Split Second Timing's website where you can find a past race and see great photos from them. Pictured at right is Split Secondtiming's crew hard at work scoring the St. Paddy's 2002 Event with The Champion Chip. They do an excellent job! From left:Barbara, Rick, Linda and Nancy

Some Sun-Sentinel Photos from A1A Marathon

Winner, Sylvia Corbett approaching finishline	FF John Fickers of Davie running with "Old Glory" entire full-marathon course from The Miami Herald
GFLRRC Water Stop with Karen Smith handing refreshments to participants.	Hash House Harriers Wally O'Sullivan and Robin Melloy

Palm Beach Post Photo - Marathon of the Palm Beaches, 12/3/2006

GFLRRC Club pres. Cynthia Raes-Barnard running the 1/2 at the 2006 Marathon of the Palm Beaches

Volunteer photos from 7-Mile Bridge Run

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MISC. and OLD ITEMS:

) on CONELRAD's site. Jane's also has an article at . Apparently, this started back in 1955 when a young boy misdialed a phone number and got the unlisted number of CONAD (NORAD's predecessor or part of NORAD) by mistake. The commander (or director) whose number the boy called, realized the mistake and carried on a long conversation with the boy assuring him that NORAD (or CONAD, whichever) would guarantee Santa a safe trip. Thus, an idea and tradition was born. Don't recall if and how this info got to the public before the internet. In 1964, there was an LP (vinyl record) about the journey that also included some songs on the flip side. Today, the operation is run by a team of volunteers from Cheyenne Mountain and Peterson Air Force Base, who, supported by donations, hosted an estimated 100 million visits last year.

American Stroke Association Marathon Training Group:
Training for Disney and Bermuda Marathons and Half-Marathon, and the Palm Beach Half Marathon. They'll meet at Running Wild on saturday mornings at 6:30. For information, call Running Wild at 954-565-9400, and ask for Liz. She is there mondays, tuesdays and wednesdays from noon to 4 PM, but if you call at another time, anyone in the store will be happy to help.

Stroke Awareness... Is it a stroke?
The SAT - smile - arms - talk
The stroke victim may suffer brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke. Now doctors say any bystander can recognize a stroke asking three simple questions:

Ask person to smile

Ask person to raise both armes

Ask person to speak a simple sentence

If he or she has trouble with any of these tasks, call 9-1-1 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher. After discovering that a group of nonmedical volunteers could identify facial weakness, arm weakness and speech problems, researchers urged the general public to learn the three questions. They presented their conclusions at the American Stroke Association's annual meeting last February. Widespread use of this test could result in prompt diagnosis and treatment of the stroke and prevent brain damage."
PASS IT ON...............

Is It A Heart Attack?
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people, can bet that at least one life will be saved.
Read this... It could save your life!!
Let's say it's 6.15 PM. and you're driving home (alone of course), after an unusually hard day on the job. You're really tired, upset, and frustrated. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home.
Unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself.

HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE
Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.
However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.
A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.
Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm.
In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital.
Tell as many people as possible about this. It could save their lives!!

IDENTITY THEFT ISSUES:
Some subscription services will return social security number of a vehicle's registered owner. Key code also available by inputing VIN. Suggest you cover the VIN plate on your vehicle's dashboard.

OTHER SECURITY ISSUES:

Put your purse in the trunk BEFORE you leave home, not at the jogging site, and keep valuables out of sight.

Photocopy contents of your wallets, specifically credit cards, as they usually have contact numbers imprinted on the cards. (Thanks for the suggestion, Meg).

Carjacking Threat: I hear there is a new scam where potential car-jackers stick something on your rear window to obstruck your view when backing up. When you leave the car to remove the paper, they jump in and take off with your car and purse. Solution: back up anyway and remove the paper at a distant location.

STATE OF FLORIDA UNCLAIMED PROPERTY:
The State of Florida has a website where you can search to see if you have any unclaimed money due to you. Address is: http://up.dbf.state.fl.us/_search.cfm and it is maintained by the Florida Departmet of Financial Services, Bureau of Unclaimed Property. Totally legitimate. At the moment, I am pursuing a claim for a small amount.

Digital TV Conversion Help:

Transition to Digital TV has been made. There are still a few UHF stations you may be able to receive on your analog set (such as channel 56 in Miami), but practcally speaking, you can now view stations either through cable, satellite, using a TV with a digital tuner, or using a converter box on an older analog TV.
You also need a proper DTV antenna, even if new-type rabbit ears.
Darren Alline of WPLG, recommends Antennaweb.org to assist in antenna selection specific to your own street address. Great find! That site is aimed at selecting an outdoor antenna. If indoor rabbit-ears work, great! Otherwise, plan on an outdoor antenna.

A very-well informed friend personally uses and recommends a Winegard HD7697P antenna available at Amazon.Com for about $120 or less. It covers VHS upper-end frequencies, while many antennae don't.
While channels 2-6 have been shifted to UHF, channels 7-13 remain in the VHF band so an antenna covering upper vhf band is needed if you still want to receive channels 7-13. This specific antenna is designed for fringe areas, up to 60 mi., and is directional.
My friend also recommends (as does Antenna Web) including an antenna amplifier if you use splitters or have long cable. Also, don't chintz on quality of cabling. RG6U coax is recommended.

http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/tvq.html is a site with very technical information from FCC about specific stations. May be above heads of most of us.

See The Government's Digital Transition site. You can purchase converters at various retail stores such as Radio Shack and Walmart, but linking on to the above website will allow you to apply to receive coupons good for $40 toward purchase of each of two converter boxes per household.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_CECB_units for comparison of Coupon Eligible Convertor Boxes. Thanks much to the article's author!
See this hulu TV clip for DTV info (humorous).


Email myself.
I maintain this site and can probably answer general information type inquiries.
More detailed questions should be directed to the particular club involved.
I try to keep this page simple, yet accurate. If anyone finds any of my info to be in error,
PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO THAT I CAN CORRECT IT.
Thanks

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