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Judging the Royals
The Royals win one of the most entertaining games of the season
Bottom line: if you didn't watch the Royals beat the Pirates 3-1 on Tuesday night, you screwed up — it was one of the most entertaining games of the season. Games like this are why you become a Royals fan, games like this are why you become a baseball fan. This was like watching two skilled boxers dance around each other for nine rounds and then start throwing haymakers in the 10th.
Let's start at the beginning.
Ventura gets sent down
Tuesday afternoon the big news was Yordano Ventura's demotion to the minor leagues. Ventura had another mediocre outing on Monday, Jason Vargas was coming back and the team needed to make room on their roster. The Royals chose to send Ventura down and keep Joe Blanton for long relief. And even though keeping Blanton was ridiculed by some of the geniuses that share their baseball wisdom on the internet, Royals fans should thank God and Dayton Moore that Blanton was available on Tuesday.
After Monday's game I wrote a piece about Ventura's reliance on his fastball; I'd been told one of his keys to success is establishing secondary pitches early. If Yordano can't throw his curve and change-up for strikes, he will go to the fastball when he's behind in the count and hitters will be ready for that. Falling behind in the count and then trying to blow fastballs by big league hitters who are looking for fastballs is not much of a game plan.
The other issue is Yordano Ventura's temperament.
If they have a choice, players, coaches and managers will not throw a teammate under the bus. They could hate a guy and still call him a great teammate when the media's around—and they should. You do your laundry in private.
The media was fed a bunch of BS about Ventura being unflappable and poised and confident and we swallowed it because we didn't know any better and it made for a great story.
But the real story is even better.
Yordano Ventura is a very emotional player and if you take the blinders off you can see it. Yordano had a meltdown after he had a bad outing in the Wild Card Game, he tried to confront Mike Trout for no particular reason, he set off a brawl in Chicago, he just about killed Eric Hosmer's love life when he threw a billion mile-an-hour pickoff throw over to first base because he was frustrated. Ventura will play with "bling" when he's feeling good — he's not above showing off a bit and other teams don't like it much — and he'll walk around like his dog just died when things aren't going well.
Nobody has said a thing to me about it, but I wouldn't be surprised if part of what Ventura was supposed to work on in the minors is emotional control; find a level that keeps you competitive without trying to start fights with guys who would kill you.
Let's face it; if it's Trout against Ventura, my money's on Trout.
Vargas gets hurt
I'm not a doctor, but when a pitcher throws a pitch and then walks off the mound biting his glove because he's in pain I'm going to go out on a limb and say that's a bad sign. Jason Vargas is going to have his arm checked out today, but the news probably isn't going to be good.
If it turns out Vargas is completely healthy I'll give back my medical degree.
So once Vargas left the field Joe Blanton came in and saved the day. The guy that was getting ridiculed on the internet about an hour before the game began, struck out two batters with runners in scoring position and then went on to give the Royals three more shutout innings.
Once Blanton did his job in long relief and got the ball to the sixth inning with the game still tied, Ned Yost could start bringing in his other relievers; Ryan Madson, Kelvin Herrera and Wade Davis.
Wade Davis is the Terminator
Before the game I was talking to Clint Hurdle about the Royals bullpen and Wade's name came up; Clint made it clear he did not want the Royals to get the lead and hand the ball to Davis—right now, nobody in either league wants to face Wade Davis.
Madson had thrown a scoreless sixth, Herrera had thrown a scoreless seventh and for whatever reason—and I'm sure there is one—Ned Yost sent Herrera out for the eighth. I don't know what that reason is because I've been going to Hurdle's post-game press conferences and skipping Ned's. I promised Clint I'd try to ask obnoxious, dumb questions and Clint said he'd expect no less of me. (The dude knows me pretty well.)
In the seventh inning Herrera threw eight pitches and seven of them were fastballs. Relievers have a better chance of getting away with blowing straight heat because hitters will face them once; there's not much time to adjust. In the eighth inning Kelvin started switching it up a little more—18 pitches, 13 fastballs—but with the game still scoreless, had runners at first and second and two outs.
With Andrew McCutchen at the plate, Ned went and got Wade Davis.
It's kind of like getting into a playground fight and bringing your big brother along to protect you—which actually sounds like a great idea. Davis struck out McCutchen and stalked off the mound to one of the loudest ovations I've ever heard in Kauffman Stadium.
P.S. For all those young pitchers out there who want to look like a bad-ass (I figure I can say bad-ass cause no editor is actually going to read this far into a story), study Wade Davis. No fist pump, no scream, no bling; just a guy who looks like he figured he was better than you and isn't overly surprised to find out he was right.
The best was yet to come
So now we're heading into the bottom of the eighth inning and the game's still tied 0-0, but the tension dial was being turned up. The Pirates starting pitcher, Gerrit Cole, had been brilliant — the Royals bullpen had matched him.
Salvador Perez began the eighth inning by lining out and Omar Infante hit what appeared to be the second out to Pittsburgh second baseman, Neil Walker — until the ball went right through Walker for an E4. I'm not sure how the ball got past Walker and I'm guessing he was in the same boat: he did everything but build a brick wall at the edge of the grass and somehow the ball still ended up in right field.
Omar Infante was on base and in a game so evenly matched, the Royals had the break they needed.
Alex Rios singled, Infante went first to third and Rios moved up to second base on the throw in from the outfield. With a runner on third base and one down, the Pirates had to bring their infield in.
So when Jarrod Dyson got jammed and flipped the ball just beyond the infield, that made a difference; maybe the ball still gets caught if the infield was back, but by playing in, the ball was sure to drop. The Royals went up 2-0 and Dyson moved up on an error by right fielder Gregory Polanco — and that turned into another run.
It didn't take long for Dyson to steal third and once again the Pirates had to bring their infield in. Another Royals hitter—this time it was Alcides Escobar — hit a soft liner to just about where the second baseman would normally stand and the Royals were up 3-0 and headed for the ninth inning — what could go wrong?
Holland comes in to close
In his previous 14 appearances before Tuesday night Greg Holland had thrown 13 1/3 innings and given up four runs — not bad. But we're so used to seeing Holland be untouchable, when he scuffles at all, people get concerned.
And even Holland feels like he's a bit off.
I talked to him after the game and he said it was mechanical, not physical. On some pitches when his front foot hits down, his arm is not in the right position and that can cause a number of problems. One of those problems is aiming for the outside corner and having the ball leak back over the heart of the plate. So Holland was protecting a three-run lead and because he was not at his best, things got interesting.
The Pirates get in their own way
Starling Marte led off with a single and then Jung Ho Kang hit a ball over Lorenzo Cain's head. Cain broke the wrong way and then had to chase the ball down on the warning track.
The Pirates had already made two errors in the eighth inning and now in the ninth, they'd make another.
Down by three runs with nobody out, third base coach Rick Sofield sent Marte home — and Marte was thrown out at the plate. The Pirates needed three runs minimum, taking a big chance to score one run made no sense. The game is based on risk and reward: what do you risk, what's the reward?
Sofield risked losing a runner in scoring position and one of the three outs his team had left. The reward was losing a game by two runs. Risk did not match reward and Marte should have been stopped at third.
After the game Clint Hurdle was asked about the Pirates mistakes and he described them by saying the Pirates were getting in their own way; a gentler way of saying we screwed up. But he also said when you make mistakes you go over them the next day and figure out what you'll do differently next time.
When asked if he'd talked to his third base coach, Clint said right then was not the time; the third base coach was already kicking himself about his decision and didn't need to have someone in his face right away.
Responses like that are part of why Clint Hurdle is considered a good manager. It might feel good to yell at someone who screwed up — let everyone in the stands know you're unhappy — but it isn't going to improve the situation. Let the guy think about it and talk in private when things have calmed down.
But the game still wasn't over
After Sofield's mistake Holland struck out Pedro Alvarez, but anyone who left the park thinking there were two outs and it would be a good idea to beat the traffic was dead wrong.
Pinch hitter Travis Ishikawa singled and Kang scored; Royals up 3-1. Chris Stewart walked and the tying run was on base. Sean Rodriguez hit a ball so weakly Mike Moustakas had no play and suddenly the Pirates had the tying run in scoring position and the winning run on first base.
The K was rocking.
Gregory Polanco was a base hit away from tying up the game, but Greg Holland struck him out on four pitches. There were 38, 163 people there; I don't know how many were Pirates fans, but the ones who weren't, heaved a sigh of relief.
They'd just seen a great ending to one of most entertaining games of the season. If you didn't watch it—to quote Clint Hurdle — you got in your own way.

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Dear Barb,
Here is an exciting testimonial that when properties are Staged and Priced properly they DO sell. This house has been on the market for well over a year maybe even two, it was vacant...28 days ago I staged it and here is the email I received today from the owner. Staged Homes DO Sell!!
Jeanne Conroy Monaco, ASP
Staged to Perfection, LLC
I guess we have good news, we have offers very close to our latest asking.
Dropping the price seemed to be the only way to get people to move on this though once inside the staging kept them engaged and excited about their own possibilities.
Home inspection this morning and then hold our breath till we get the results and then waiting for closing on April 16 . . .
Laura Rogers,ASP Home Staging and Design Surprise Arizona
Tracy Susick ASP Room Works, Meadville , PA
Gail Alexander, ASP Snohomish, WA 98296
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Dawn Brigman Star Quality Staging, LLC Baltimore Maryland
Erica Ishijima, ASP Staging Touches, Inc. Los Angeles (Brentwood) Condo
. Shae Leighland, ASP Washington DC and Northern Virginia
Kristin Gilbertson ASP, Minneapolis
Carina Slepian, PMP, AMR, Realtor Vienna, VA
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Staged Advantage by Karen McKinnon,ASP Ponte Vedra, Florida
Kate Jahnson ASP# 21126 West Linn, Oregon
Kelly Townsend, ASP, IAHSP Santa Rosa, CA
Brit Brown, ASP, IAHSP Chester, NJ
Susan Martin, ASP, Rhode Island
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Kay Dixon ASP Realtor, ABR, CRS, GRI Saint Charles, Missouri
Mariagrace Welsh, ASP Home Stage Home Lincroft, NJ
Jan Lawrence, ASP, IAHSP Home Stage Coach - Denver, CO
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Julie Jones ASP Realtor Columbia, Tn.
Lisa Shuster- ASP Prudential Florida WCI Realty Coral Springs, FL
Jodi Spickler ASP, Feng Shui Consultant Hagerstown, Maryland 21742
Barbara R. Cluck-Miksits ASP, IAHSP owner of BCMHomeStaging.com Ridgewood
Staging Works Laura Rogers, ASP
Renee Felts ASP Stager Phoenix, AZ
Deb Johnson, ASP Jackson, TN
"I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to collaborate with Sherwin Williams. It has really added an extra value to my staging service along with saving my clients money! My Staged 4 Living client just saved $384.67. Also, agents are more apt to call me when they FIRST get the listing before their clients start preparing their home for sale as they should!
Thank you for everything!
I can`t wait to find out what you will be offering us next!
Staging Hugs!
I had to write you with an update to MY Christmas Blessing Story.....I am so moved by this whole "staging experience". Although I am exhausted beyond reason, I wanted to share my staging story with you. I admit I was a little nervous at the task at hand. After all, how does a novice stager like me (who just completed the ASP course in October) get asked to stage a home for the RedCRoss/Volunteerrs of America project in southern Alabama? The only explanation needed is God Power!!! All I can say is Wow!
This morning I ventured out in my U-Haul truck headed with a "sleigh" of blessings. I hadn`t met the lady who will live in the house, I hadn`t even seen the house. All I knew is I needed to furnish a 2bedroom, 1-bath house for a lady who lost everything and has remained homeless since Hurricane Katrina.
I must admit as I pulled up to the house this morning and saw all of the progress, I wondered how my staging abilities would measure up to the beautiful construction of this little cottage. I walked in armed with my "caddy" and went room by room and asked God to guide me and Voila!!!! It was like I was in class again and I could hear "bring the beauty of outside inside, things are always better in threes, work with what you have.....
Bette, it was the most amazing thing when I went outside and starting gathering my "greenery". I needed some accent greenery for the yellow tulips I bought without reason this morning!!! I didn`t know why I picked yellow at the time.....As I made my way back into the back of the house, I was reminded by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina when I walked a weather-beaten shed in the back yard. I look further and noticed a yellow painted cast iron water can lying in the rubble. IT was just what I needed for the "Barb arrangement". As I walked in the house, I realized that this was not just an ordinary can, but a reminder of hope, a reminder of rebirth. I am will send a picture of the sweet arrangement tomorrow.
I just wanted to say thank you, thank you, thank you.....You inspired me more than you will ever know. I am so proud to be a part of this profession. We do make a difference! The seed was planted. This IS my calling.
P.S. http://wkrg.com/news/article/early_christmas_gift_a_new_home/7981/ This is the link for the story on this awesome project. The house was completed in 6 days!!!! We will give the keys to the house tomorrow! I will forward you the news link tomorrow along with the pictures of the final product.....
Jenae Wilson, ASP, IAHSP
(Reprinted Letter from a Staging Career Seeker to an ASP Stager)
Hi Jason,
I hope you don't mind this email but I stumbled across your company website and it's just beautifully done.
I am a stay-at-home Mom looking to start my own staging business. I live in the mid-cities and have been decorating for friends and family for years…for free… and now that my youngest is in high school I want to make a little money doing what I love.
I have done a lot of research on the subject and my BIG question is "Do I need to become accredited"? It's not like I will be performing brain surgery on anyone. I see that you and your partners are certified stagers. What are the benefits to getting certified and what is the best course to take?
Thank you for taking the time to read this rambling email. Any suggestions you can give me is greatly appreciated.
G Trahan
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How exciting to finally be able to make money doing what you love! It is certainly a big step to start your own business, and you are starting off right by contacting people already in the business for professional advice. As the owner of the largest and most successful Staging company in north Texas, I feel it is extremely important for Stagers to be Accredited. Granted you will not be performing brain surgery on anyone, however you will be helping them during a very stressful and important time during their life. You need to be equipped to handle questions and objections carefully, while still stressing the importance of changing the way they live in their homes. As the way you live in your home and the way we market and sell properties are two very different things. Staging is not decorating or design. In design you are making the furniture and accessories reflect the homeowners personality and style, whereas in Staging you are depersonalizing the property to turn it back into a house and make it appeal to the broadest market segment as possible.
I have watched as many people take on Staging without the proper tools and they have hurt their clients more than helped them. Many times my company will get called in after a decorator has attempted to Stage a property and it still sat on the market for months longer than it should have. Just remember it is not about getting jobs for yourself, it's about helping the client sell their largest asset for top dollar, and in the quickest time possible.
So the long and short of it, is YES PLEASE GET YOUR ASP DESIGNATION.
Please visit the Stagedhomes website at www.StagedHomes.com to find out more about the Staging industry, as well as information on how to obtain your certification. I believe that there will be a class here in the Dallas area in September.
Another reason it is so important to obtain your certification is so that you can participate in the Dallas Chapter of the International association of Home Staging Professionals (IAHSP). This organization is a valuable resource to Stagers, as it gives you a support system and people to depend on when you need help. As you begin Staging more houses and larger houses you will find that you need help to implement your Staging design. As a member of DIRC and IAHSP you will find many other Stagers ready to help you. The organization also is important because of our community service projects, and its ability to promote professionalism and ethics throughout our community. I also feel that in the next five to ten years you will see the State and local government regulating the Staging Industry, just as you see them regulating the Design and Real Estate Industry now.
If you have any other questions please feel free to email or call me.
Good Luck and Best Wishes on your new business endeavor!
- Jason Maxwell, ASPEquity Enhancers Home Staging & Design, Inc.
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Rudi returns to Power
GEORGETOWN — If it looked like Rudi Johnson was just a shade of his former self last season, it's because he literally was.
After posting more rushing yards (4,221) and rushing touchdowns (36) than any other Cincinnati Bengal in a three-year span, a smaller, lighter Johnson struggled mightily in 2007.
In an attempt to gain speed and take pressure off his knee following surgery in 2005, Johnson lost weight in back-to-back off-seasons. In between battling a hamstring injury last season — which limited Johnson to 497 yards, his fewest since 2002 — and running with less bulk, Johnson took a different approach.
Gone was his ability to knock over defenders. With it went the chants of "Rudi, Rudi, Rudi," as well as Cincinnati wins.
Three days into Bengals training camp at Georgetown College, it appears Johnson has regained his old form. The eighth-year player out of Auburn reported about 15 pounds heavier than last year. Now at about 230 pounds, Johnson looks bigger, stronger and just as fast.
"He's on a mission," offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski said. "He looks like the Rudi of old, and that's exciting."
If the Bengals are indeed getting back the Rudi of old, they'll get a player who can carry the ball 30 times a game for 120-plus yards and milk the clock for every second it's worth.
The Rudi of old is "a very productive player," Bratkowski said. "Rudi gained a lot of yards, made a lot of tough yards and was a player that at the end of the game actually became a stronger runner. And that's what we hope to get back to with him."
Johnson might even be better than ever. Though he put the weight back on, Johnson adhered to the same strict diet he always had and worked with strength and conditioning coaches Chip Morton and Ray Oliver to strengthen his lower body.
"I still have a six-pack and all that, so I'm still in shape," Johnson said.
With Johnson at tailback, the Bengals realize they're never going to have a guy that blazes past defensive backs in a trail of dust or shakes linebackers out of their shoes. They've always known that.
But it took last year's setback for Johnson to realize it himself.
Asked if he was ready to revert to his old bulldozing, yet durable style of running, Johnson said: "No doubt. That's me. That's what I do."
Johnson said his running style has never changed, but it was evident last year that he struggled to pummel defenders like he used to.
"I was a little less powerful than normal," Johnson said. "Now I'm just back to what I do and back to the basics. The good thing about it is everything is proportioned the right way, everything is put together the right way."
When Johnson had that weight, he often carried the Bengals to wins — the Bengals are 18-1 when he carries the ball 25 times or more.
But Johnson was rarely able to do that last season. Hampered by the hamstring injury, he carried the ball 25 times only once. And though his 2.9 rushing average marked the first time he's struggled in his pro career, he feels like he's out to prove himself all over again.
"It was a tough time as far as just being on the sideline not being able to contribute the way I always have in the past," Johnson said. "Having to sit there not being able to run full speed or make cuts definitely took a toll on me. That was last year, that's behind me now."
Coach Marvin Lewis has made it no secret that the Bengals plan to run the ball more in 2008. Johnson obviously fits into those plans, but Lewis has hinted that they might employ a running-back-by-committee style.
Veteran running back Kenny Watson and the return of a healthy Chris Perry fit into those plans and will probably lighten Johnson's workload, but he's willing to accept a reduction of carries for an increase in wins.
"It means winning football," Johnson said. "If you're able to run the football, control the clock, keep the ball in your possession, that's all about winning football."


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"Love does not exist anymore!" This is the feeling and the thinking that everybody usually faces at least for once in their lives. Some face it at a minor level, while some reaches to the ultimate ending where they believe that there is no turning back and your love is gone forever.
What I believe that love can never be lost if you are willing to look for it and hold it back. If you choose to accept that you have lost it, then do not expect it to be returned. The very first thing is to believe and have a strong faith that you want your love back, and surely you are going to get it back.
We usually get so much caught in our routines and businesses to notice that the best of our lives started to slip away through the cracks and the distances are created. So, instead of working hard later on, in getting the love of your life back, it is better not to lose it at the very first place. Take the support of communication and appreciation and your love will always stay. Communication in any relationship is the key to open the door of love, trust, and respect. While the beauty of love and romance can be enhanced and boosted through the sprinkle of appreciation very often.
Now let us check out the different tips that will be helpful in getting your lost love back and spark the feeling that you used to have at the start of the relationship. It will not happen overnight. You need to put a lot of efforts and by implementing the following practices to your daily routine; your love will start to rekindle.
- The very first step in getting back your love is to apologize. Tell them you are sorry for what has happened, and it should not have ended like this.
- If you apologize, then take responsibility for what has happened and give assurance that you are going to set back things right. Even if it was not your fault, be open-hearted, you must be responsible partially, so there is nothing wrong at all in making the first move.
- Admit when you are wrong. Getting into arguments will take you nowhere.
- If there are some issue that needs to be discussed then, just do it. Get to the bottom line, repair the damage.
- As mentioned earlier, the key is the most important key to holding on to. Talk to them about your day, share your problems, take out time and listen to them.
- The appreciation should be shown on a daily basis. It boosts up the morale and fills the differences.
- Surprise them with small gifts. No need to be expensive. A bouquet of flowers, tickets to a movie show, a pack of chocolate, or a surprise dinner can say it all.
- Remember the love feeling you first had when you saw your better half for the very first time. What makes you feel this way? Recalling that time and feeling will help you take the fresh start and get your lost love back.
When you lost your love, it is definitely very disturbing but getting it back is not something that is impossible. Don't be hopeless and follow the tips to get your lost love back.


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Camping in Comfort
Camping needn't be the soggy tented, carbon-coated-dinner nightmare of your childhood where the only entertainment after dark was your Mum's warbling and Dad's fear inducing stories. No, today there aren't just camps, there are five star luxury camps, where the only comfort you're giving up is a proximity to the incessant hum of the city, and in many cases your tent will be more luxurious than the home you left behind. These are the World's Most Comfortable Camping Experiences.
Camping Safaris are some of the first examples of camping with the kitchen sink. In most cases if you could afford to go on safari you were well and truly used to the finer things and not expecting to have to give them up just because you wanted to go out to Africa and see an elephant or two, by jove! And those luxurious traditions prevail in some camps. The ten vast tents of the Gumeti River Camp in the Western Serengeti, are in prime position for the Great Migration, with their wooden floorboards, dinky wooden bathrooms and wide, hand built beds, all arranged over looking a private stretch of the hippo filled Grumeti River. Palmwag Rhino Camp goes one step further, furnishing its eight tents with full en-suite bathrooms. Despite the luxurious appeal of this style of camping it's still the rhinos spotted on the game drives, and the zebras, giraffes, springboks, lions and cheetahs seen strolling the spectacular desert panorama from the dining tent that will make a stay here.
The Paperbark Camp in Australia's Booderee National Park borrows from these luxurious traditions, setting up vintage African safari tents in an Aussie bush setting. As well as the privately arranged and carefully presented vintage tents on their raised platforms, and rustic, but carefully chosen and restored original furnishings, this site has 88 acres of National Park land running to the coast at sandy perfect Jervis Bay to explore.
While these safari tents may not quite be the definitive lap of luxury, Pansea Ksar Ghilane, a drive out of Djerba, is definitely five star. This Saharan desert oasis camp has built its 60 canvas tents on a site where there once stood a Berber castle. The paradise-landscaped pool is fed by a natural spring and the air conditioned tents are decked out with four poster beds and wrought iron furniture – perfect for playing desert princesses and warriors.
The fact that you sleep in what is referred to as a tent at the Oberoi Vanyavilas, in the Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, and Baja Camp, on marine reserve Isla Espiritu Santo, is the only thing that really makes these 'camping experiences'. At the Oberoi the en-suite bathrooms are made of marble and each tent has its own sun deck and walled garden, and after the guests at the Baja have finished snorkelling with sea lions they retire to their luxury tents to sleep in proper beds, after eating proper meals cooked by proper chefs, then sip proper after dinner cocktails.
Le Brévedent in Normandy couldn't have a more different view from the desert vistas and panoramas of quiet bush used as comfortable camping backdrops so far on this list. This is one of chic France's classiest campsites, on the green grounds of one of Louis XVIth's hunting lodges, just back from the historic house between the apple trees, glassy pond and a little wood. For the kids there's a maze, a stylish, in the French way, pool and facilities wing, and for grown ups there's quiet, beautiful surrounds and a whole lot of history.
For comfort in really remote locations these camps are the only way to go: Mowani Mountain Camp in Damaraland has its luxury tents nestled between huge red granite boulders, all with priceless views across the vast, game and elephant inhabited plains. One of the highlights of staying in one of these lux tents is the open air bath tub - great for stargazing while shampooing.
Whitepod eco-camp may look like a group of nine giant gold balls planted in the snow half way up a hill in the heart of the Swiss Alps, but these golf balls are comfortable "pods" and at an altitude of 1400 meters, Whitepod is only accessible by foot or ski, so very private. Each pod is supplied with organic bedding, oil lamps and sheepskin throws for that rustic feeling, the views are amazing and all kinds of snowy entertainments are thrown in.
Camping in comfort doesn't have to mean five stars, and doesn't have to come with a five star price tag. The Otter Creek Tents is a campsite with only three tents sleeping a maximum of two people each - in muslin draped four poster beds - but it has its own private beach lined with coconut trees and an onsite cook. Guests do have to share with the resident sea turtles but at less than £20 a day many people will be able to make the sacrifice. And while the Pyranees might not be as romantic a location as an Indian beach, the four tipis in the Tipis Indiens Campsite are quite reasonably priced considering the décor – American Indian but with the addition of fluffy duvets – the views of the Saugué Plateau and the Cirque de Gavarnie, and the fact that kids are welcome and will think it's a million dollars!
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Gosh, Advent Season is flying by! Where does the time go?!
Well, I have to admit that I didn't go straight home after the wonderful Spirit of Christmas Past Show...
There is an antique mall right off the highway in Gurnee, IL that I always wanted to stop at, but never had.
I decided now was the time!
Aren't the angel ornaments above awesome?!
I had forgotten how wonderful it is to visit an antique shop at Christmas time!
I knew that I should be going home to do chores, so I hurried through just stopping to take a few pictures...
Now looking at the pictures I wish that I would have taken the time to check prices on some of these treasures ;)
Who doesn't love German Putz sheep?!
And look at this wonderful collection of Santas!
This picture is blurry, but too cute to exclude...
I may have hurried, but I did find a treasure or two to bring home...
Two German metal deer - I've been thinking about these since I saw several at the Primitive Shows last month and have an idea for their display...
And a poinsettia pyrography box to add to my collection as the price was too good to pass up!
Stitching is slow this time of year with so many holiday preparations.
But here is a finish:
"Deck the Halls Sewing Tray"
limited edition kit by Stacy Nash
The little candles on the feather tree just make my heart sing!
I only made one small change to her apron switching the stripes to snowflakes.
It will be hard to put her away when Christmas is over...
And I finished this fun towel kit that I purchased at Country Loft in La Mesa, CA.
I'm so happy to finish something from my major spending spree in California!
I am behind in my posting and hope to be back to share a quick trip that I took before Thanksgiving!
"Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign:
The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son,
and will call him Immanuel."
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So you think bunnies are cute, huh? This might change your mind;
As is likely painfully apparent by now, I spent most of my childhood watching terrible "revenge of nature" flicks (although I have yet to see Food of the Gods, In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro, and a few others). Night of the Lepus was one of the most unforgettable, however, being that it featured herds of bunnies on miniature sets and men in rabbit suits smearing red fluid ("blood") on their "victims." Why this one never ended up as MST3k fodder, I don't know, but if you can find the humor in movie-cheese it's great fun.


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The race officer of the day was Lyn RAPLEY while ISAF International Judge David DE VRIES officiated on protests.
The first race of the day started with bad weather conditions and a strong gust causing mayhem within the fleet with most of the boats capsizing and only four finishing the race. After a short recuperation in the club house at the St. Maarten Yacht Club and some repairs to the boats the fleet was back on the water with the weather conditions improving constantly through out the day.
LOOSER was the overall winner of the day with JORDIL beating out his countryman HARDELAY for second place. HARDELAY's performance was more consistent in the afternoon earning him the third place. GILDERS capsized in race three but by the end of day was much closer to the front of the fleet to take fifth place. The most improved sailor of the day was Jasmijn VAN DER BURG whose consistency and coolness at a young age makes her a sailor to watch. She took seventh place behind MAXIME who fell ill during the final races.
Many parents and well wishers were in the spectator's fleet to watch the action as the young sailors rounded the racing buoys located between Port de Plaisance and Palapa Marina.
Although the St. Maarten Yacht Club has had a youth programme for many years, not much racing has taken place. The energy and hard work of Ernst LOOSER on the available equipment at the Yacht Club has resulted in great improvements to facilitate this racing and the new focus on racing is creating greater interest.
St. Barths availability of coaches and good equipment was evident from the day's results. The St. Maarten Yacht Club is working to raising the standard of youth sailing on St. Maarten.


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For the first time, a team of researchers at the HZB led by Dr. Roland Mainz and Dr. Christian Kaufmann has managed to observe growth of high-efficiency chalcopyrite thin film solar cells in real time and to study the formation and degradation of defects that compromise efficiency.
To this end, the scientists set up a novel measuring chamber at the Berlin electron storage ring BESSY II, which allows them to combine several different kinds of measuring techniques. Their results show during which process stages the growth can be accelerated and when additional time is required to reduce defects. Their work has now been published online in Advanced Energy Materials.
Today's chalcopyrite thin film cells based on copper indium gallium selenide are already reaching efficiencies of more than 20 percent. For the fabrication of the extremely thin polycrystalline layers, the process of coevaporation has lead to the best results so far: During coevaporation, two separate elements are evaporated simultaneously, first indium (or gallium) and selenium, then copper and selenium, and, finally, indium (or gallium) and selenium again. This way, a thin film of crystals forms, which exhibit only a small number of defects. "Until recently, we did not fully understand what exactly happens during this coevaporation process," says Dr. Roland Mainz of the HZB's Institute of Technology. The team of physicists worked for three years using on-site and real-time measurements to find an answer to this question.
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Photo Project Shows How AC Unity's Paris Compares to the Real City
Photo Project Shows How AC Unity's Paris Compares to the Real City
Photo comparisons show how accurate Ubisoft's video game recreation of Paris is next to the modern-day city.
Assassin's Creed Unity may have its share of problems, but one area in which its developers at Ubisoft succeeded was bringing the virtual city of Paris to life. Assassin's Creed fan Damien Hypolite set out to see just how the real Paris compared to Unity's version by traversing the city and taking photographs. The result is side-by-side comparisons of Unity's locations and the iconic landmarks that inspired them, and it's a pretty impressive sight.
Obviously, there are bound to be some differences--Unity takes place during the French Revolution in the late 1700s and these photos were taken in 2014, and modern-day France probably doesn't have a ton of stealthy Assassins in hooded cloaks running around. Still, Ubisoft's world-building is commendable, and has always been one of the series' strengths; Assassin's Creed II's Renaissance Italy was also noteworthy.
Having grown up in the United States, the idea of structures that are more than a few decades old, let alone centuries, is pretty foreign to me. Playing the Assassin's Creed games has helped me realize just how young my country is compared to others, and how amazing it is that this centuries-old architecture still exists elsewhere in the world. Plus, tickets to Europe aren't exactly cheap, so Assassin's Creed Unity might make a nice substitute until I can make my way to Paris for real. Then again, maybe not.
France has really improved it's frame rate and resolution since 1790.
Maybe it was a resolution revolution.
That looks quite cool, and good job on both Ubisoft on creating the well detailed game and the guy for traveling around and taking the pics.
Well played good sir!
I hate to disappoint you but most of central Paris only dates from the 1850s. There are some key building left over from the 1790s but everything else is from the second empire period. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haussmann's_renovation_of_Paris
I was over there recently and the number of French peasants that appeared out of thin air right in front of me was bizarre. I saw a guy levitate over a balcony and I fell through the world twice. The level of authenticity Unity achieved was spectacular.
No, they wear hoodies.
Growing up in New England, there's tons of stuff here that's at least a century or two old. It's still kind of humbling to think of buildings that were around for hundreds of years before that, but not necessarily so much foreign. Especially here, because of the correction albino pointed out. I mean we preserved everywhere George Washington ate, slept, or blew his nose.
No points for the reference.
The old guard felt that it was more cinematic that way.
I um... I feel like these pictures didn't really line up... was that just me? Like I appreciate what they were trying to do here, but 4 out of 14 of these were really interesting... like maybe a side by side would have been more useful...
Those are pretty spectacular locations, and there is no denying the art team made a great work...
Which kinds of makes it worst that Ubisoft (a french company) wasted such a cool location as revolutionary Paris is a game like Unity.
Some of these look pretty great, others (like 9), should have gone with a side by side comparison as the game photo is covering too much of the real scene to actually compare anything.
Paris IRL has barely any glitches and most of the residents have fully featured faces
Excellent attention to detail. Pity that didn't extend to changing some of the player models to match half of the demographic back then (or even now) too.
This made me laugh harder than it should have.
OT: One thing that AC games have always done really well IMO is exactly what these pictures are showing: they build believable worlds that line up very nicely with history. Obviously they're not perfect, but they do it pretty well. That's why I kind of hope they never have a futuristic one. It might lose the only magic it has left. I'm still passing on this one, I tend to only buy one of these games every few years. The last one I played before IV was II.
That's great and all, but how about the gameplay. You know, the game part?
Or to making sure that the faces of the models showed up, or that you weren't randomly eaten by the ground and spit into Blue Hell, or the collision/parkour mechanics, or....
Poor gameplay feels more cinematic. I mean, think about the best movies. How many of them have great gameplay?


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LONDON — Car makers Ford, Vauxhall and Mitsubishi Motors, along with Britain's biggest high street lender Lloyds and billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Holidays, have dropped advertising in the News of the World due to allegations of hacking by the newspaper.
British lawmakers will hold an emergency debate on Wednesday over a phone-hacking scandal at the top-selling newspaper that has prompted calls for the resignation of a well-connected Rupert Murdoch executive and provoked a public outcry that could damage the paper's sales.
Revelations that the News of the Worldmay have accessed the voicemail messages of crime victims — including an abducted 13-year-old girl later found murdered — have caused outrage in Britain and brought to a head a long-running saga previously thought to have targeted celebrities and other high-profile figures.
Three hours of parliamentary time has been cleared for the debate on Wednesday where some politicians have said they could call for a national boycott of the News of the World.
News International, which publishes Murdoch's stable of British newspaper titles including The Times and The Sun, said new information had recently been provided to police.
"Full and continuing cooperation has been provided to the police since the current investigation started in January 2011," it said in a statement.
"Well understood arrangements are in place to ensure that any material of importance to which they are entitled is provided to them.
"We cannot comment any further due to the ongoing investigations."
The BBC said the material passed to police related to a trail of emails appearing to show that payments were made to police in the past for information and that were authorised by former NoW editor, Andy Coulson, later David Cameron's head of communications.
Coulson resigned as News of the World editor in 2007 and has insisted he knew nothing about the phone hacking.
It is not the first time a News Corp paper has been linked to police payments. In 2003, Rebekah Brooks, then editor of The Sun, told a parliamentary committee that her paper paid police for information. News International later said this was not company practice.
Following are comments from major advertisers, many of them responding to a barrage of messages on Twitter from consumers calling for boycotts of News of the World and other UK titles belonging to Rupert Murdoch including The Sun and The Times.
Bourne Leisure (Butlins, Haven Holidays, Warner Leisure): "We review all our sources of advertising regularly and we will not be advertising in NoW (News of the World)."
Coca-Cola: "We have no advertising currently running with the News of the World and none scheduled for the future. We are shocked by the new allegations that have been made."
The Co-operative Group: "The Co-operative Group has taken the decision to suspend temporarily any further advertising and promotional activity with the News of the World until the outcome of the investigation is known. The Group is a consumer-owned business which adheres to strong ethical standards. These allegations have been met with revulsion by the vast majority of members who have contacted us."
EasyJet: "EasyJet understands the concerns raised by the public, including many of our own staff and passengers, about these serious and shocking claims. We will actively monitor the situation and await the outcome of any investigation."
Ford: "We are awaiting an outcome from the News of the World investigation and expect a speedy and decisive response. Pending this response we will be using alternative media within and outside News International Group instead of placing Ford advertising in the News of the World."
Halifax (Lloyds Banking Group): "In recognising and responding to consumer reaction,Halifax has cancelledan advertisementin this Sunday's News of the World. This was a tactical decisionin the short term whilstwe carefully consider our longer term position and its implications."
Marks & Spencer: Company says it advertises in The Sun, The Times and Sunday Times but not News of the World: "It's something that we'll keep a close eye on to see how things develop. We're watching what's happening and following the developments. At this stage we do continue to advertise with them."
McDonald's: Says it has not advertised in the News of the World since 2010 and has no plans to do so. It will continue to advertise in The Sun.
Mitsubishi Motors Corp: "Mitsubishi has now suspended its NotW (News of the World) media spend while the paper's being investigated regarding the Milly Dowler phone hacking allegations … Based on a Facebook user suggestion, Mitsubishi is donating its NotW ad spend to the Childline charity."
Morrisons: "We won't be changing our advertising policy."
NPower: "We note the concerns which have arisen on the back of fresh allegations of phone hacking against the News of the World. We are currently reviewing our options."
Procter & Gamble: "We are very aware of the situation and share the growing concern amongst the public. We are monitoring it closely and will be reviewing our options. We will wait for the outcome of official investigations before commenting further."
Renault: "Renault acknowledgesthe concerns raised regarding the allegations of phone hackingby the News of the World. We can confirm that wehave no media advertising planned with the News of the World."
J Sainsbury: "We advertise in hundreds of newspapers, magazines, and TV and radio stations. The views and practices of any of organisations that carry our advertising do not represent those of Sainsbury's. That said, it would be prudent to await the outcome of the investigation."
T-Mobile UK: "We are currently reviewing our advertising position with News of the World, following the recent allegations, and await the outcome of the ongoing police investigation."
Tesco: "These latest allegations will cause huge distress to a family which has suffered enough. It's now a matter for the police; like everyone, we await the outcome of their investigation."
Thomas Cook: Says it has no advertising planned with News of the World at the moment.
TUI Travel: "Thomson and First Choice advertise from time to time with News of the World depending on what campaigns we have. We have no plans to advertise this week. Without wishing to prejudice any investigations in progress, we are reviewing the options, as is reasonable in such unusual circumstances.'
Vauxhall: "Vauxhall has suspended advertising in the News of the World. It will reconsider its position pending the outcome of investigations into the allegations of phone hacking."
Virgin Holidays: "We have reviewed what we had booked for this Sunday (adverts in the News of the World) and have decided not to go ahead with those bookings. We will review what we have booked for the future at a later date."
Vodafone: Says it is reviewing the situation.
William Hill: "We are currently reviewing our commercial arrangements in light of the current situation."
© Thomson Reuters 2011


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Time Lapse Series #1 (I-V), 2014
Wet-spun white linen thread and pins on panel
85.125 x 49.125 inches each
Time Lapse Series #1 are drawings created from metal pins and white thread. Through a digital and handmade process, Shotz presents various views of three-dimensional computer-generated animated objects in motion through time. Evoking Eadweard Muybridge's early stop-motion imagery, these works utilize technology to freeze individual moments and reveal what is often unseen by the human eye. Like Muybridge, Shotz connects the technological advances of our era to slow down time and capture the elusiveness of natural phenomenon. These stop-motion thread drawings begin as a virtual planar surface or tube that Shotz assigns surface material properties like mass, resistance, and friction. She then places the digital object in a virtual environment with assigned properties such as gravity, air density and wind speed. The last step is capturing stills from the animation—the templates for the thread drawings. By taking a digital image and weaving it out of thread, Shotz utilizes technology but also returns to a handmade, slow tactile process that brings the drawings into real space. Within this involved process, there is a constant play between two and three dimensionality. The virtual template, although flat, is captured from a three-dimensional digital object. Once it becomes the thread drawing, it is lifted off the wall, which allows the shadows made by the threads and pins to create a sense of mass through the use of negative space.
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Twin sisters, Chisato and Kuu, lost their parents, and they were adopted by an old man. Then they met Shoma. Shoma was living with his grandfather because his parents were going to get divorced. Chisato was a tomboy, while Kuu was a crybaby. They both liked Shoma.
10 years have passed since then. Shoma gave up his dream to become a violinist and worked as an editor of a music magazine office. To hear the grandfather's death, he went to the house and he had a reunion with the two girls who had become beautiful women...
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The look on the faces of the bride, groom and their guests of real weddings are priceless as 'strangers' barge in and begin setting up a small stage. However, once these 'strangers' start to play their song, all the nervousness reappears as excitement as they realize it's Adam Levine and his band Maroon 5 playing one of their latest hits named 'Sugar'. That's the actual premise of the band's latest video of Sugar and fans of Maroon 5 seem to love it. The video for Sugar was just released on YouTube today on January 14th and we're pretty sure that it will soon easily have several million views, if not more. Not only is the video great, but so is the news that Maroon 5 is on tour this 2015 year with their Maroon V Tour. Check out our Maroon 5 Tour page for the band's latest tour schedule, links to get tickets and some cool Maroon 5 videos and pictures. You can also check out their Sugar video below.
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Phoenix Online Studios™ Announces Their New Indie-Driven Publishing Label02/20/2014
Phoenix Online Studios™, the award-winning developers who brought us Cognition, and The Silver Lining, are looking to further increase their influence on the indie game market by introducing their new publishing label, Phoenix Online Publishing™. The new publishing label...Learn more
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The PCGA recently sponsored The Khronos Group's BOF event at SIGGRAPH Anaheim 2013. Guests were treated to a kick-ass booth of gaming computers, free to use and loaded up with gear from PCGA's members: Intel and Alienware computers with Intel's latest processors and AMD's...Learn more
World of Tanks hits 60 million registered players06/20/2013
Wargaming just revealed that its online multiplayer tank shooter just crossed the 60-million registered-players mark. The free-to-play game continues to attract new players around the world thanks in part to the developer's constant efforts to promote it.Learn more
PC Gaming Alliance Releases Two Member-Exclusive Reports covering PC Gaming Industry03/27/2013
The PC Gaming Alliance, a not-for-profit industry consortium, is pleased to announce that yesterday in San Francisco they delivered annual custom research results to the PCGA members, and that they shared portions of these findings with the press at a subsequent news...Learn more
2013 Member Meeting and Press Conference03/15/2013
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With visions of sugar plum fairies dancing around in his head, Lance Ford greets lover Gunner in the kitchen on this frosty holiday morning. Breakfast can wait as the two of them, resplendent in their tackiest Xmas sweaters, commence to building a gingerbread house. Gunner is fine with the activity but keeps getting distracted by Lance's naked ass hanging out of his apron. As Lance finishes up with the icing, Gunner has visions of coating something else with his 'frosting', and luckily for him, Lance says he's been a good boy all year and so he deserves to open up just one present early. Gunner knows exactly which gift to unwrap, as he rips off Lance's apron and has his way with him in the kitchen.
Lance proves that naughty things come in nice packages, as he sucks Gunner off to the base of his gay bareback cock, working the head with his tongue as Gunner gets rock hard. He plunges his bareback cock deep inside Lance's holiday hole and proceeds to fuck him all over the kitchen, before moving to the living room to finish each other off. Once there, Gunner pounds the cum out of Lance, who spits his load all over himself as Gunner pulls out and does the same, squirting a festive batch all over Lance, thus ensuring that it will be a white Christmas after all.


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snuck (oops, SpellCheck alert) sneaked up on me today. Mondays and Wednesdays are usually my busiest days, and they also happen to be the days for memes. EEP!
Well, I do try to squeeze in Meet Me on Monday, even if I am late. 🙂 Here goes!
1. What is your favorite kind of fudge?
Huh. Last time I ate fudge was…. years ago. Weird. I haven't missed it. UNTIL NOW OH THANKS A LOT, JAVA!!! *hee*
OK, well, I guess any fudge is OK as long as:
a. I don't have to make it.
b. It does not have nuts. I'm plenty nutty as it is! BWAHAHA! :jittery:
2. Is there snow outside your window?
Yyyyyeaaaaahhhh. Kind of a lot.
It was also cold today, woke up to -14. Yep, that's a "-" there in front of the number. Honestly, I didn't think it was cold. I enjoyed going out. It was about 3 degrees the other night– I had to walk to the corner store to get milk, and it was a lovely stroll. The air was so crisp and clean, the snow was very crunchy under my boots. I like winter. It helps to have a good layer of insulation, too, which I have.
3. What is your favorite meal of the day?
Lunch. I skip breakfast (even the smell of food makes me nauseous then). I like lunch because it's full of the foods I like to eat: raw florets of broccoli, a salad with Greek olives (YUM) and raw garlic, mozzarella cheese, leftover pizza, nuts, etc. I dislike the big meals during dinner (and I dislike cooking these days, too). I'd much rather snack, and for lunch, I get to do just that.
4. Do you text on your cell phone?
I much prefer email and texting to yakking on the phone. It must come from all that discipline, writing letters as a child. Unfortunately, the rest of the family are yakkers, and so we don't communicate long distances very well.
5. Waffles or pancakes?
Um, whatever. As long as it's for lunch. 😀
Thanks for reading! Please leave your link in the comments so I can visit your MMoM. I was quite the slacker last week when it came to blog reading (I was WORKING, honest!), but I promise I will set aside time to visit everyone this week. AND I'll leave smashing comments, too. 😀
Have a wonderful week!


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How To Lose Weight in 3 Easy Steps!
Just like any other process burning fat and losing weight requires you to take certain steps to produce the desired result. And based on the thousands of clients that I've worked with in my gyms and online this process can be broken down into 3 major keys that determine whether you will be successful with losing weight and body fat or not. So in today's video, I want to give you these 3 keys so you can unlock your bodies full-fat burning abilities. If you make sure that you do all three of these things you will burn fat faster than ever before and keep it off permanently.
Let's start with the first key. The model for burning fat has always looked like this. If you take too many calories in from food and you don't burn enough calories from exercise you gain fat and vice versa if you have fewer calories than you burn you'll lose fat. Everyone knows that we've been told that over and over again since we were little kids. That means that the traditional model suggests that the reason you have excess fat or your carry extra weight is that you have too many calories. And the unspoken reason behind this model for why you have too many calories is because of a lack of willpower. You have excess body fat because it's your fault for not having enough self-control and willpower to just consume fewer calories.
However, this doesn't match up with your experience. Based on your own personal experience you know that when you have fewer calories you lose a couple pounds and then you usually get stuck. You continue eating fewer calories and feeling like your starving yourself eating bland boring foods you hate, but you never hit your target weight. This goes on for a while…you get discouraged…and then you quit because no one can stay on a restrictive low-calorie diet for the long haul especially when it's not producing results. Well, guess what I'm here to tell you its not entirely your fault. And I don't mean that in some cliche cheesy way, I mean quite literally it's not only because you don't have enough willpower or self-control even though for some of you that may be a big contributing factor. Make no mistake you will need the willpower to burn fat, but this isn't the only cause. In reality, if we only look at calories in and calories out your not addressing the core cause of the problem. You see burning fat and losing weight is not just about using willpower to starve yourself by eating less and exercising more, because your body is way too smart for that. Within just a week after decreasing calories coming into your body will automatically decrease calories coming out.
Many people refer to this process as your body entering into a so-called "starvation mode." This is where your metabolism will slow down causing your fat loss to slow to almost nothing. Not only does your body slow your metabolism and this is proven over and over again in study after study, but it also increases the production of a hormone known as ghrelin. Ghrelins role is to signal your brain to make you feel hungry. So to sum up this whole torturous dieting process up you now have fewer calories coming in, fewer calories coming out due to your body responding with a slower metabolism, you're hungrier because of ghrelin, yet you're not burning much fat.
In fact, the situation begins to feel like you need to keep cutting calories just to maintain your current body fat rather than to lose more. And that's ultimately what discourages you and causes you to quit. Starting the whole cycle over again months later when you're probably in even worse shape than you were before. So what are we missing? Well, it turns out your willpower is actually not the core cause of this problem it's actually also a hormonal problem rather than just a calorie problem. Once you understand this fat loss becomes easy and keeping it off is even easier. People think that when calories come in they keep going out until you eat too many calories and then your body starts storing those excess calories as fat. Even though this is part of how fat loss works, unfortunately, it's not so simple. When calories come in your body chooses whether it will store a portion of those calories even if you didn't cross over your total daily calorie allowance. Also once your body stores fat
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Does that Frozen Lemonade Pie look delicious or what? I found it in the July/August issue of Diabetes Self Management magazine. Kathy says she will make one when fall comes because neighbor Sue is also diabetic…too hot to turn on the oven now. Wonder if I could use one of those prepared graham cracker crusts from the store?
I take several digital and print magazines and newsletters published by various organizations, including various schools of medicine around the country. Mostly my interest in these publications has to do with helping David manage his Diabetes, which he doesn't take seriously and me to understand my various complaints.
At present David is treating what he calls a "heat rash" with powder. I've used it for years he says. It doesn't help, but he sure has spread powder everywhere. Meanwhile, I made another appointment with his GP.
More worrisome in some ways are David's memory lapses. Everyday, I must remind him of several things including the need to take Diabetes seriously. When you hear the old saying 'second childhood' believe it. Many older folks do become extremely forgetful.
Aunt Marge forgot what her own mother looked like. I have had a portrait for years of a beautiful woman I believed it was my paternal grandmother Edna. I also believed Aunt Marge had given me the photo. When I showed Marge the photo, she said, "that's not grandma."
However it was Edna, and I proved it to myself. Working on Edna's tree, I found her college graduation photo, and guess what, it was my photo. Edna was a Latin teacher in Milwaukee Wisconsin in the early nineteenth century which explains why my Dad knew so much Latin and used it on us kids.
The moral of this short vignette is talk to your older relatives before they fade as many of them do.
I am at present sharing things with his daughter that David told me. While he was still in his 70s, at my urging, David began writing his autobiography, so there is some written material to share. However, he grew bored with the project and gave up.
A few weeks ago, David gave Julie a photo taken in Narva Estonia, where he lived as a child. Although he can't recall many things about it, fortunately, he had shared some memories with me, thus I can relay to her that he remembered "looking across the river at the castle in the photo."
Every now and then another memory bubbles up.
That happens to me too.
My GP's office called today, and I am "okay" off the Lipator…..hooray! At the same time, I was advised to take iron, which I detest, and vitamin D3, the sun vitamin. Apparently as we age, we don't absorb as much D3 as we did when we were younger. Darn.
Between us, David and I have pill bottles everywhere, in our bathrooms, on the kitchen table, on the pie safe. No pies in the pie safe, but pills on top. The dog's pills are next to the microwave and on the hutch. Yes, they are getting older and taking pills too.


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make it yours: famille summerbelle
Today I am so pleased to pull looks from the beautiful Paris home of Famille Summerbelle. Julie and Simon make a great duo — their paper-cut designs are absolutely stunning, and after taking a peak inside their home, it's no surprise that the entire family is a creative bunch. Inspiration is everywhere! The walls remain white, and gorgeous color combinations can be found in their furniture and décor. I especially love the colors of the glasses on the dining room table — perfect for fall! The bright, delicious pops of color in the upstairs studio have me wanting to purchase colorful office accessories. Take a look at the original sneak peek here. — Lauren
Palette 1 (Dining Room)
A. Stone Fence (Behr), PMS 7543; B. Willow (Pratt & Lambert), PMS 577; C. Venetian Blue (Pratt & Lambert), PMS 326; D. Samovar (Pratt & Lambert), PMS 142; E. Early Morn (Pratt & Lambert), PMS 2905
Roundup 1 (Dining Room)
1. Vintage Silver Tray, $150; 2. Penelope Dinner Candle Holder, $19; 3. Springing Sprigs Candelabra, $38; 4. Dimpled Drinkware, $16+ 5. Bentwood Oak Chair, $170; 6. Soda-Lime Pitcher, $28
The second room image and roundup continues after the jump…
Palette 2 (Studio)
A. Lemon Zest (Behr), PMS 102; B. Startling Orange (Behr), PMS 165; C. Tutti Frutti (Behr), PMS 232; D. Azurean (Pratt & Lambert), PMS 298; E. Kelly Green (Benjamin Moore), PMS 7480
Roundup 2 (Studio)
1. Magenta Ruler, $5; 2. Letter-Size Paper Box, $8; 3. Octopus Ribbon Tape, $13; 4. Pool Blue Stapler, $8; 5. Paper File Flags, $5; 6. Jonathan Adler Pencil Set, $10; 7. Children's Chair, $20; 8. Pantone Postcard Box, $20; 9. Green Tape Dispenser, $8


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Mustard Seed Meeting
Are you aged between 13 and 18 yrs old? Do you have a lot of unanswered questions boggling in your mind? Are you interested in knowing more about our Lord Jesus Christ and our precious Coptic Orthodox Church? Would you like to hear a variety of interesting and intriguing topics about subjects that affect your everyday life; and participate in heated debates on a variety of exciting issues? Are you energetic, enthusiastic about your spiritual, social and professional future?
You came to the right place; This IS the meeting for you. Bring your friends and come try us. We'll shake you, we'll jolt you and we'll blow you away and when you say this is interesting; we'll do it all over again!
If you are over 18 we welcome your participation in our Facebook group with thoughts & ideas or in our meeting with talks & debates - to benefit the youth for the Glory of God.
Facebook Group: The Mustard Seed Friday Meeting
Meeting Time and Place
Friday 8-9:30pm, St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church, Allen Street, Kensington W8 6UX


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Coming off a career-best season in 2015, Kiaran McLaughlin is happy to revel in the past, but only to a certain extent. The trainer is equally keen to see what 2016 holds for his stable, which will be graced with many returning stars from last year.
McLaughlin, 55, trains the undefeated Mohaymen, who is among the early favorites for the Kentucky Derby. The colt won a pair of Grade 2 stakes at Aqueduct, the Nashua and Remsen, as part of his 2-year-old campaign, and was among the finalists for an Eclipse Award in his division. The son of Tapit is scheduled to make his 3-year-old debut in the G2 Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Saturday (Jan. 30).
McLaughlin (pictured) says Mohaymen, who is owned by Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Shadwell Stable, is his brightest prospect to date for the Kentucky Derby.
A native of Lexington, Kentucky, McLaughlin's best finish in the first leg of America's Triple Crown came with Closing Argument, the 2005 runner-up. Last year, Frosted finished fourth in the Derby for McLaughlin and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Godolphin Racing and went on to place second in the Belmont Stakes and win the Pennsylvania Derby.
Frosted, also a son of Tapit, is currently being prepared for a tilt at the Dubai World Cup, a race McLaughlin won in 2007 with Invasor, also owned by Shadwell Stable.
McLaughlin, who is in his 23rd year of training horses for the global juggernauts of Godolphin and Shadwell, spent 10 years working in Dubai for the royal family, and it was there that he saddled his first career winner, Lead The Dance, on Dec. 31, 1993, at Jebel Ali Race Course. The prosperous relationship continued when the trainer returned to the United States in 2003 and opened a public stable.
Known for his quick wit and friendly demeanor, McLaughlin was diagnosed in 1998 with multiple sclerosis. While the disease has compromised his gait to an extent, and requires medication, McLaughlin has not let his MS stand in the way of his passion — training racehorses.
His optimism and the hard work he and his team put forth have led to many successes on the racetrack, including Breeders' Cup victories, namely the 2006 Classic with the eventual Horse of the Year, Invasor. McLaughlin also won the 2006 Belmont Stakes with Jazil.
He entered 2016 with more than 1,300 career winners in North America, with stable earnings topping $94 million.
Via telephone from his winter home base in South Florida at the Palm Meadows Training Center, McLaughlin participated in a Q&A with KarenM. Johnson on Jan. 6 to discuss myriad topics, including Mohaymen, his stable's 2015 season, his views on Lasix, and the importance of family, both at home and in the barn.
Part two of this interview will be published on Friday.
Q: What do you think was the most important factor in your stable that led to a personal best season in 2015?
A: "I would say it was a lot about the horses. We had a great group of horses, and we were in the right spot at the right time with several of them. Frosted winning the Wood Memorial; second in the Belmont; fourth in the [Kentucky] Derby; third in the Travers; and winning the Pennsylvania Derby. He had a huge year — almost $2 million in earnings. That was a big part of our year.
"Then Cavorting and Sentiero Italia, and so many others, we just had a great group of horses. I'm always giving my team credit, too. I have a great team of people with me who work hard. My brother, Neal, has been with me for 23 years now, and his wife Trish.
"But you always need the horses. It all worked out in 2015."
Looking back on last year, what moments provided you with the most satisfaction?
"Winning the Grade 1 Test at Saratoga for Stonestreet with Cavorting. With her being by Bernardini, who is owned by Godolphin, I had two happy owners at the end of the day.
"The Pennsylvania Derby was a big win for Frosted. He had been chasing American Pharoah so often. To get away from him that day and be able to win that day was huge for us.
"Also, Sentiero Italia winning a couple of graded stakes was great. Obviously, Jess's Dream, even though it was just a maiden race, was a lot of fun and provided a 'wow moment' of the day and the year. We put a lot of time in on Jess's Dream, training him and getting him to the races. And the way he did it was pretty amazing.
"The Remsen for Mohaymen was huge because we had been there with seconds and thirds, but never won that race. That was a huge and important win for Shadwell."
You've said that Mohaymen is the best prospect you've had for the Kentucky Derby. Outside of the fact that he is undefeated, what other reasons lead you to believe this?
"[Winning] is the biggest reason. He's three for three, and he won going a mile and an eighth in the Remsen the right way. He took dirt. When asked, he split horses and went on and won.
"He has a great pedigree and mind. He just doesn't get tired. It's hard to describe. He rarely blows hard at all. He recovers quickly after a work and after a race. With everything combined, it's a huge edge for a trainer going forward to have a well-bred horse, who has won going a mile and an eighth in November as a 2-year-old, and who doesn't get tired. He has it all. He's the whole package."
Is there greater pressure on you when you receive a $2.2 million horse to train, such as Mohaymen, compared to an impeccably bred homebred that comes into the barn?
"We treat each horse as an individual, but when a horse costs $2.2 million and is a sales-topper, everybody in the organization — the owners, the racing managers, the breeders, the people that sold him — are watching and paying attention. But, luckily for me, the Maktoum family is great to work for and trust me. It has been a great run; for 23 years I've worked for the Maktoum family — Godolphin and Shadwell. We put enough pressure on ourselves every day to try to get the most out of our horses and do the best by them. But [Mohaymen] is special because I trained the mother, Justwhistledixie and she won five in a row for us. To have a quality son of Tapit, out of a mare I trained, is just fabulous."
What are your recollections of Mohaymen when he first arrived in your barn on June 23, 2015?
"Kevin Kahkola, who breaks the horses in Camden [South Carolina] for Shadwell, told us Mohaymen had immature knees and they weren't quite closed on the x-rays and that is why he was kept behind [in Camden].
"When he came into Belmont, we put him in the first stall [near the office] to keep him close by and to keep an eye on him. He did everything right, and that was the beauty of it. Being by Tapit, sometimes the [progeny] can be a little tricky to train. He went right out to the track to train and showed us how nice of a mover he is. So, we started working him soon after he came into the barn — he had his first three-eighths only a couple of weeks later. He was great at the gate, and did everything right. He was impressive from the beginning."
He was fractious in the paddock before the Nashua, and was reluctant to load that day, but behaved well the day he won the Remsen. What do you attribute his antics on the day of the Nashua to, and what steps did you take in between those two races to correct the behavior?
"He won his first start at Belmont, so for his second start [the Nashua] we did have to ship him to Aqueduct. He's a really gentleman to be around, but that day in the paddock he reared up twice while saddling him, which was a first for him. Then he was very reluctant to go into the gate, which I don't like to see, nor does Sheikh Hamdan or [racing manager] Rick Nichols, or anybody else involved in Shadwell. We were disappointed he behaved that way, and we were going to do whatever we could to correct for the [Remsen].
"We went to the Belmont starting gate in the morning, a week after the Nashua. He acted up again, which I was glad to see because it's difficult to correct an issue if they don't exhibit it again. The gate crew did a good job, getting after him a little bit with a shank over his nose to make him pay attention. We went again to the gate to school before the Remsen, and he was great.
"On the day of the race, we did ask for the pony to be close by him in the paddock while we saddled him. He was great. I think and I hope that it was just a one-off deal with shipping to a new place; his second start and he was pumped up because he knew what [the race-day experience] was all about. He's been great here at the gate at Palm Meadows — a perfect gentleman. We continue to school him at the gate because we don't want to see those issues again."
As the Holy Bull will be the first time he has run at Gulfstream Park, are there any concerns about how he will react to the new surroundings?
"It's always a concern how a horse will react anytime you're doing something new. But we feel like he is a class colt, and we hope all goes well, and he behaves well.
"We've talked about shipping him to Gulfstream to school him. But he is a light-framed horse, and I don't want him to go and get upset and sweat-up and lose five pounds just to school him. We'll make a decision on that before the 30th." [Note: On Jan. 18, McLaughlin told Karen Johnson that Mohaymen would not school at Gulfstream before the Holy Bull as his schooling sessions at Palm Meadows have all been satisfactory].
Mohaymen was placed on Lasix for the first time in the Remsen. What circumstances led to that decision?
"We try to start our 2-year-olds without Lasix because you're not supposed to put horses on Lasix 'just because'. In the rules of racing, they are supposed to bleed before you sign them up for Lasix. He never bled in any of his workouts. He didn't bleed in his first race. In his second race he had just a trace of blood [detected by scoping]. That was enough for us to sign him up for Lasix."
Have you noticed changes in Mohaymen, both mentally and physically, since the Remsen?
"Not really. We just tried to take it easy with him after the Remsen because he is a little bit light-framed. But that is probably a plus. [Being light-framed] might help us going a mile and a quarter on the first Saturday in May, rather than having too heavy of a horse. He's a well-built colt, but I just wish he would carry a little more weight."
What type of effort do you hope to see from him in the Holy Bull?
"We hope he wins and keeps his record undefeated. If he loses, there will be some reasons for it — whether it be post position or an unlucky trip. A mile and a sixteenth at Gulfstream — short run [into first turn] and [finish line] is at the second wire — there are a few things you have to work out and worry about. Hopefully, he handles the track well and we have a good position draw. When we bring him over there, we want him to win."
How many times do you plan to run him before the Kentucky Derby, and where?
"We just have to take it race by race. We'll see if he wins really impressively, does it easy, and then we might want to run in the Fountain of Youth or just point to the Florida Derby. If he doesn't run a big race, we might want to go a different direction, and look at the Wood Memorial because he has won twice at Aqueduct. It's hard to make plans so far in advance and when you do, you end up having to change them. Provided he wins and runs well down here, the Fountain of Youth would be the next logical spot."
Does the point system to get into the Derby field force a trainer's hand too much, and would you like to see it changed?
"I've been pretty outspoken about this and I don't agree with most of the point system [components] for different reasons. But, I've learned to live with them, and I know it's not easy on the Kentucky Derby people. There has to be a system in place and if the horses are good enough, we will get our points and everything will be fine.
"But there are things I don't agree with. For example, winning the Nashua — it's a no point race, but it's a prep for the Remsen, which has 10 points. I win the Nashua and then I have to give everyone five pounds in the Remsen because I won the prep for it, but I didn't get any points. The way they write the conditions of the races — if they are trying to get the 20 best horses in the starting gate for the Kentucky Derby, it should be equal weights. That's one thought.
"Another thought is: What if one of your favorites only has 10 or 20 points? You win the Holy Bull, but in the next race you stumble out of the gate, your rider comes off, and you don't get any points. Still, the horse is one of the Derby favorites, so maybe there should be a loophole like there is in the Breeders' Cup, where two, three, or four are selected to run by committee. For instance: A freak filly who comes on good in the spring, but hasn't run in any colt races for the necessary points to get into the Derby."
What have you learned about training a horse for the Kentucky Derby since sending out your first, the 71–1 Closing Argument, the runner-up in 2005?
"I think each horse is a little different, but I've always felt that you want to point to the first Saturday in May, and back-up from there, by identifying your best prep race. You want to see if you want your last race before the Derby to be three, four, or five weeks earlier, because those are your options. Probably, ideally, I'm a four-to-five week guy — I like a little bit more time in between races.
"Another thing you look at is when do you want to ship to Churchill Downs, and how many times do you want to work there? It's hard to make a plan like that so far in advance because of the weather. Weather is a big factor. We've had decent luck training for the Derby at Palm Meadows, and going into Churchill [closer] to the race. But, again, each horse is different. If we find we would like to go into Churchill and work once or twice there, we will look at the weather and if it's stormy, like it can be in Kentucky in April, it will be hard to leave perfect conditions, either in Florida or New York.
"As far as learning from my Derby experiences — you need to draw well, have a good trip, in order to win the Kentucky Derby, and we haven't done that yet. It's hard to do. With each attempt, you just have to hope everything falls into place."
Many trainers say winning the Kentucky Derby is their ultimate dream. Is that true for you?
"It's definitely been a dream since I was 12 years old and growing up in Lexington.
"But to me, the equal dream is the Dubai World Cup, because there is nothing greater than running a horse in that race for the rulers of the country, and winning their race on their home track in front of them. I've done that once for Shadwell with Invasor, and we are going to try to do it this year for Sheikh Mohammed and Godolphin with Frosted.
"I put the Kentucky Derby and Dubai World Cup as 1 and 1A, as dream races to win."
Besides Mohaymen, which other horses are you looking forward to running in 2016?
"Right now we're planning on sending Frosted to Dubai [on Jan. 23]. He may have one or two preps for the World Cup. The first being Feb. 4, the Maktoum Challenge, and then March 5, there is another Maktoum Challenge. Frosted just does well with racing, and less time between starts is good for him. He thrives on training and racing.
"Annual Report had a slight fever and missed the Mucho Macho Man, and we're taking it easy with him. We'll pick out our spot as he tell us he is ready. He is a nice colt.
"Marking is a very nice colt. He was just second to Runhappy in the Malibu and we look forward to him running a 4. He's beautifully bred — by Bernardini out of a Grade 1 winner for us, Seventh Street. Watershed was fifth in the Malibu, and we hope he will improve. Cavorting was third in California in the La Brea, and we hope to have a good year with her. Sentiero Italia was sent home for a break but she is coming back.
"We got really lucky and picked up Lady Shipman, who is very talented. [Her previous trainer] Kathleen O'Connell did a very good job with her. We just hope to keep Lady Shipman as good as [O'Connell] had her all of 2015. She will point for a race in February and then be pointed to the [Al Quoz] in Dubai."


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"Lower East Side Rooftop" Mike Savage
Size of the photograph: "8 x 8"
Year: 2015
Location: New York, NY
Paper type: Lustre Resin Coated Paper
Mike Savage is a musician and photographer living in Brooklyn. Born in Virginia, he spent several years in Boston before settling in New York City. A long time fan of Diane Arbus, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Garry Winogrand, and street photography in general, it wasn't until Mike started receiving a lot of positive feedback on the pictures that he was taking with his phone that he decided to buy a camera and work towards taking his photography to the next level. He spends a lot of his time roaming the streets of New York City, taking pictures of the city and the people who live there.