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It was quite a weekend for David Beckham.
On Saturday he scored his first-ever goal against Chivas USA, giving the Galaxy a 1-0 win over their rivals, then on Sunday he flew off to England to join his National Team ahead of their upcoming friendly against Slovenia on Saturday and World Cup Qualifier against Croatia at Wembley on the following Wednesday.
Finally, to make things better, his goal has now been nominated for the MLS Goal of the Week award.
Watch the goal below and click here to vote.
Now check out the same goal from a different angle...
Lastly, what are you more impressed by, David's goal from Saturday, or this?
Monday, August 31, 2009
Beckham Winner Nominated for Goal of the Week
It was quite a weekend for David Beckham.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
We Got the Cup
Bruce Arena's first piece of silverware arrived tonight with the 1-0 win over Chivas USA that gave the Galaxy the Honda SuperClasico crown.
Here's what the guys had to say after the win...
Overall thoughts on the match…
That was a hard earned three points. Chivas played well. They came at us real hard. They were really aggressive the first half, but in the second half, we played better. It was a great goal by David Beckham, and a well earned victory. It's nice to win at home, if you can call this a home game. Our opponent played well tonight. They deserve a lot of credit coming back from their game earlier in the week. Once again our team continues to make progress, we are getting better. We have to win games like this. This was a tough game. I think our concentration and discipline over 90 minutes was real good. I'm pleased with the win. Every point is critical.
On Landon Donovan playing in the midfield…
I think he likes being able to face opponents and not playing with his back to the goal. He gets more involved in the game when he is playing in the midfield than he does up top as a striker. Obviously, he's work rate and pace are special, and in those positions you can take advantage of that. I thought in the first half [Jonathan] Borstein played him well. In the second half, we started him out on the left. We had success with that. Landon's been great this year. He's really grown as a player. The things he does in the locker room and off the field are special as well. He's having a great season, and we hope it continues. And we wish him the very best for the next ten days with the U.S. National Team.
On David Beckham's role…
He's a very experienced and talented player. He has to find different places on the field to be effective. Tonight, [Jesse] Marsch and [Paulo] Nagamura did a good job trying to get around David when he was sitting in a central position. I prefer him going wide or going high instead of coming back to get the ball, and we saw a lot more of that in the second half.
On the improvement of the Galaxy's defensive compared to last season…
It's what we are trying to do with this team. To make it a real team you have to win games 1-0. This 4-3 stuff, this 5-4 stuff, I think its nice. I was a part of a 5-4 game when I was with the New York Red Bulls, was maybe one of the worse games I've ever been a part of. It was a horrible performance defensively by both teams. For some reason, I read it was one the best games in MLS history, but it was a horror show in terms of defending. We have to learn to play in games like this and we have.
On the win…
It's huge. The breathing from Chivas and the breathing room from the rest of the League is really important. We've played more games that everyone and we are off next weekend. Now they are going to start catching up, so it's nice to have a little bit of cushion. It's still going to be tight.
On the importance of that last few games…
The last three or four have been really crucial. Just because of whom we've been playing. Chicago is right with us, DC who is a team we are trying to keep away from the playoffs. Tonight was huge because Chivas has a few games in hand from us. We did a good job.
On switching to the left side during the second half…
Borstein's a good player. He does a good job. He knows my strengthens and weaknesses, and did a good job not letting me go at him. And, it helped when I was able to switch sides. I like both sides with [Marcelo] Saragosa playing with a yellow card it was going to be hard for him. I wanted to put him under pressure. Eddie [Lewis] did a good job on the side controlling those two—a lot better than I did. I was able to make it a lot more difficult for Chivas.
On his scoring his first goal of the season.…
It's always nice to score a goal, but it's always nice to win a game, especially when it's against your rivals.
I anticipated the ball bouncing and going through where it did. And obviously it did on a wet night and a wet pitch, I had to hit it down because it was bouncing awkwardly. Sometimes they can end up in the back row, luckily this time it ended it the back of the net. It wasn't the prettiest thing, but three points is three points.
On the team's performance…
They kind of controlled the game in the first half. Our passing was terrible. We just kept giving the ball away, but sometimes that happens and you just have to persist. In the second half, we picked it up a bit. We knew if we could get the ball to Landon and get the ball through midfield, we would be able to create chances. We started passing a little better and creating chances.
On achieving his third consecutive shutout:
It's always good to keep a clean sheet, it gives the team confidence, and it gives us a foundation. So, it is always good.
On the game
The pressure was on us in this game, it was important to get the points today, and we did the job. The bigger picture is the important thing in this situation…winning the trophy, winning two out of three games, and not conceding any losses, is a great result. That's good and it sets us up for the playoffs, and that's really our goal at this point, and it really put us in a good position now.
On Donovan Ricketts' third consecutive shutout:
The biggest key of our turnaround is the team focus on defense, and now we have three shutouts in a row. It's always a working progress. And again, tonight, Donovan [Ricketts] made big saves whenever we need him, and for the most part we kept them out off our ending, and limited their chances, and I think that was the key of our success.
On David Beckham's goal…
As soon as it dropped out, and you saw David step up to hit it, I think everyone thought he would at least get in on target and he did. I don't think it was the cleanest connection, and he'llprobably admit it. But, I don't think he is bothered by it at all. He's got another goal, and especially at this time, when he is getting a hit of criticism. I think it's good for him that he is playing and getting goals, and hopefully, the England Manager can see it.
On the game…
It was a good game. There was a lot of passion in the game. You can see both teams wanted to win, but we were a little cautious because we didn't want to give anything up. It was a typical derby game.
On playing physical aspect of the game…
I think this game is always difficult because of all the emotions, and then add where we are in season and where both teams are on the table. It was a pretty physical game. As the game went on, we didn't give up a lot. We were able to get a really, really big game win for us.
Finally, for those who did not see this in the pregame, check out Leo Griffin's video from last week's training in D.C. where David took a challenge from Alan Gordon and showed the same pinpoint accuracy that he did with tonight's goal, except this time it was putting a ball into the press box from field level.
Check it out.
Beckham Goal Gives LA 1-0 Win and SuperClasico Title
LA Galaxy 1, Chivas USA 0
Saturday, August 29, 2009
The Home Depot Center — Carson, Calif.
Scoring Summary:
LA – David Beckham 1 (Omar Gonzalez 1, Todd Dunivant 2) 80'
Misconduct Summary:
CHV – Marcelo Saragosa (Yellow Card) 26'
CHV – Maykel Galindo (Red Card) 82'
LA – Chris Klein (Yellow Card) 90'
CHV – Paulo Nagamura (Yellow Card) 92+
LA Galaxy: Donovan Ricketts, A.J. DeLaGarza, Gregg Berhalter, Omar Gonzalez, Todd Dunivant, Stefani Miglioranzi, Eddie Lewis (Chris Klein 68'), Landon Donovan©, David Beckham, Mike Magee (Chris Birchall 86'), Jovan Kirovski (Alan Gordon 75').
Subs Not Used: Josh Saunders, Leonard Griffin, Tony Sanneh, Bryan Jordan.
Chivas USA: Lance Parker, Marcelo Saragosa, Yamith Cuesta, Carey Talley (Eduardo Lillingston 81'), Jonathan Bornstein, Jesse Marsch© (Bojan Stepanovic 84'), Paulo Nagamura, Jesus Padilla (Chukwudi Chijindu 88'), Sacha Kljestan, Maicon Santos, Maykel Galindo.
Subs Not Used: Kevin Guppy, Ante Jazic, Shavar Thomas, Michael Lahoud.
• With the win, the Galaxy are now 9-4-11 on the season, giving them 38 points. LA remains in second place in the Western Conference, two points behind first place Houston and four points ahead of third place Seattle.
• Bruce Arena made no changes to the team that drew 0-0 at D.C. United last weekend. Arena used the same starting 11 and began the game with the same seven available substitutes as he did in that game.
• The Galaxy were without five players for tonight's game, with Edson Buddle, Alecko Eskandarian, Sean Franklin, Dema Kovalenko and Julian Valentin all missing the game through injury.
• The win gives the Galaxy the Honda SuperClasico title with a 2-0-1 record on the season against Chivas USA. This is the fourth time in the five years of the competition that the Galaxy have won the title.
• Donovan Ricketts made three saves for his fifth shutout of the season and second straight. Ricketts was not credited with a clean sheet in the 2-0 win at Chicago on August 19 because he did not play the full 90 minutes.
• The shutout was the Galaxy's third straight clean sheet this season, their longest stretch without giving up a goal since June 24-July 15, 2006 when they went five straight games without giving up a goal.
• LA has now gone 306 minutes without giving up a goal, dating back to the 54th minute of the 2-0 loss to Seattle on August 15.
• The Galaxy now have eight clean sheets on the season, three shy of the club record of 11 set in 1999.
• David Beckham's goal in the 80th minute was his first of the season and first-ever against Chivas USA.
• The Galaxy did not allow a goal in any of the three games that they played against Chivas USA this season. It is the first time that the Galaxy did not allow a goal against a team in an entire season since 2001 when LA shutout Dallas and D.C. United in both games that they played against those clubs.
• Chris Klein entered the game in the 68th minute, replacing Eddie Lewis, stretching his MLS record consecutive games played streak to 139.
• Landon Donovan did not record a goal or an assist against Chivas USA this season for the first time in his MLS career.
• MLS League Pool Goalkeeper Kevin Guppy was the backup for Chivas USA on the night in place of the injured Zach Thornton. A former starter at Cal State-Northridge, Guppy typically trains with the Galaxy and was on the club's backup goalkeeper for two games earlier this season, including LA's 1-0 win over Chivas USA on July 11, while Donovan Ricketts was away on international duty at the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
• The attendance for today's game was a sell out of 27,000. This was the Galaxy's first home sellout this season.
• The Galaxy are off next weekend but return to action on Saturday, September 12 when they host FC Dallas at The Home Depot Center. The game kicks off at 7:30 p.m. and can be seen on tape delay on FS West starting at 10 p.m.
• For more about tonight's game, please visit www.lagalaxy.com.
First Trophy of the Year is on the Line
The Honda SuperClasico trophy is up for grabs tonight at The Home Depot Center as the Galaxy host Chivas USA. A capacity crowd is expected in Carson where a Galaxy win or draw will give LA their fourth SuperClasico in five years, but a Chivas USA win will give them their second title in the last three years.
Here is how Bruce will line up his team, with no changes from the 0-0 draw at RFK Stadium last weekend.
Subs: Saunders, Griffin, Sanneh, Birchall, Klein, Jordan, Gordon.
And here is the team that Preki will put on the field.
Subs: Guppy, Jazic, Thomas, Lahoud, Stepanovic, Chijindu, Lillingston.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Set for the SuperClasico
In what might be the biggest game of their season so far, the Galaxy host Chivas USA at The Home Depot Center on Saturday night in the finale of the Honda SuperClasico.
A win or draw sees LA retain the SuperClasico crown while a Chivas win sees the trophy move down the hall.
We caught up with a few of the guys to see what they had to say about this all important game.
Check it out.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Hot Hot Heat
The summer heat wave has officially hit The Home Depot Center. With temperatures reaching nearly triple figures the club continued their preparations for Saturday's SuperClasico against Chivas USA.
But this wasn't just your ordinary day of training. The work that Bruce and Co. put the guys through was standard for a Thursday afternoon, what went on before and after the session gave the day an added level of importance.
Everything started around 9:30 this morning when the team gathered on the stadium field in front of team photographer Robert Mora for the Galaxy's official 2009 team photo. The only one who was missing from the shot was Tristan Bowen, who remains on loan with Miami FC of the USL-1. But besides him, 25 players, along with 14 coaches and staff were on hand for the shot which will be available later this year.Once the shot was done, everyone was back inside to change into training gear before getting out onto the field for an intense session that featured an extended game of 6v6 to go along with the usual crossing and finishing drills, fitness work and everything else.The players then made their way over to a very special group of guests, as the newest members of the LA Galaxy Youth Academy were on hand to watch training and get an inside look into what they hope to become, members of the LA Galaxy.After the guys met with the Academy Players, Landon and Bruce stuck around to chat with them and welcome them to the program while also letting them know what they are in for as they begin the path toward hopefully becoming professional soccer players. After his welcome, Landon stuck around to take a photo with the kids for a memory that they will not soon forget.Finally, after all that was done, it was time for the guys to address the assembled media and look ahead to Saturday's Battle for Los Angeles.
David, Landon and Bruce were all popular with the press as they always are...
while Mike and Todd also stopped to answer a few questions.
Here is what they all had to say.
Landon Gets the Call
No surprises here, but Landon Donovan was called into the U.S. National Team for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers against El Salvador (Sept. 5 in Sandy, Utah) and Trinidad and Tobago (Sept. 9 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad). Both games can be seen live on ESPN Classic and Univision.
Click here to see the full squad.
Landon has a National Team record 41 goals in 116 career appearances with the Red, White and Blue, including 11 goals in 31 career World Cup qualifiers.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Stadium Shots
With the final repairs being put on University Field #1, their standard training field, the Galaxy trained on the stadium field at The Home Depot Center this morning. This was the first time all season that the guys had practiced inside the stadium, but it did not change the intensity or speed of the session as the guys remain focused on Saturday's game.With Chivas USA in action tonight at Real Salt Lake, Bruce put the team though a series of short field possession games that were designed to get guys as many touches as possible in small spaces.
While that was going on on the field, Edson, Sean and Jules were all running along the endline, going through an extensive, hour-long workout that is part of their continued rehab.All three guys have had foot or leg injuries so they are just now starting to be able to get their fitness work up to where it needs to be in order to return to the field.
After the session, some of the guys worked did some additional fitness work on their own...while most of the guys joined Dave for some finishing drills, much to the delight of a group of Herbalife distributors who were in attendance and were sitting on the field behind the goal.After not training inside the stadium all season long, the full team will be back inside there tomorrow morning, but not for training. Instead, the club will take the official team photo before training. We'll have some background shots from that and more tomorrow as we move one step closer to the SuperClasico.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Tuesday Notebook
The Galaxy were back on the field this afternoon for the first time since the 0-0 draw at D.C. United on Saturday. The team was split into two groups with the starters and those who played significant minutes staying inside for a gym workout, while the reserves were out on the field playing some small-sided games.
Yesterday's off day was the first weekday, day off for the full team since the start of August. Between travel, international duty and training session, it has been a busy month for the guys. But with the SuperClasico on Saturday, everybody is focused squarely on the task at hand, which is getting three points and closing the gap on Houston.
Here are a few notes from the past couple of days and today...
- Donovan Ricketts was outside this morning for the small-sided games despite playing 175 minutes last week without surrendering a goal. Ricketts was sporting a new Spongebob band aid over the stitches that he received last week.
- Gregg Berhalter also made his way outside to get some fitness work in.
- Edson Buddle, Sean Franklin and Julian Valentin were all outside today doing some work with the training staff. Franklin has been working his way back to fitness for the last month, while Buddle and Valentin, as well as Alecko Eskandarian, began some light work last week while the team was on the road.
- With the college season back upon us, the numbers at training were smaller than they had been recently. Players from UCLA, UC-Irvine, UIC and more had spent time training with the Galaxy at various points this summer.
- Tristan Bowen was also not in attendance. He spent the start of last week in training with Miami FC of the USL First Division and they elected to sign him on loan for the remainder of the USL season. Bowen made his Miami debut on Saturday, playing 90 minutes in a 3-1 loss to Portland, while also coming off the bench the following night in a 2-0 loss at Vancouver. The Blues have seven games left in their season and are currently six points out of the seventh and final playoff spot in the USL. Bowen will rejoin the Galaxy at the conclusion of the USL season.
Don't forget that if you want to have a chance to see the LA's next opponent, Chivas USA, they are in action on Wednesday night at Real Salt Lake. Jesse Marsch and Eduardo Lillingston are each one booking away from suspension, meaning that a yellow card for either of them at Rio Tinto Stadium would rule them out of Saturday's final leg of the SuperClasico.
The Galaxy enter that game with a 1-0-1 record in the series this year following a 0-0 draw on April 11 and a 1-0 win on July 11. That means that a Galaxy win or draw would see LA win the SuperClasico trophy for the fourth time in five years. Chivas USA can only win the crown with a victory.
Monday, August 24, 2009
The Narrow World of Sports
A few weeks ago, we told you about famed writer Peter Mehlman coming out to a Galaxy training session to catch up with Landon Donovan.
We were skint with the details at that time but now we are ready to give you more.
Mehlman, has partnered with Google, Youtube and Berman Braun productions to create Peter Mehlman's Narrow World of Sports. In the show, Mehlman meets with athletes from across the United States including Kobe Bryant, Tony Hawk, Kevin Youkilis, Danica Patrick and many more, to discuss some of the finer points of their chosen sports and give viewers a peek inside the mind of their favorite athletes.
Click here to see all of the past episodes (new ones premier every Sunday night) and be sure to check out Landon's episode below. As you'll see, Landon discusses everything that goes into being the best soccer player in the United States and the responsibilities that go with it, the differences between the game here and abroad and much more...albeit from a decidedly different angle.
Speaking of Landon, his goal from Wednesday night at Chicago has been nominated for the MLS Goal of the Week award. Click here to vote .
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Postgame Wrap-Up
In case you haven't seen them, here are the Galaxy's highlights from Saturday's 0-0 draw in D.C.
Watch the full-match highlights on MLSnet.com.
After the match, large groups of reporters gathered around Bruce, David and Landon. Here's what they said...
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Galaxy Get 0-0 Draw With D.C.; Finish Two-Game Road Trip With Four Of Six Possible Points
LA Galaxy 0, D.C. United 0
Saturday, August 22, 2009
RFK Stadium — Washington D.C.
Scoring Summary:
Misconduct Summary:
DC – Ben Olsen (Yellow Card) 10'
LA – Landon Donovan (Yellow Card) 31'
LA – Mike Magee (Yellow Card) 54'
DC – Rodney Wallace (Yellow Card) 68'
LA Galaxy: Donovan Ricketts, A.J. DeLaGarza, Gregg Berhalter, Omar Gonzalez, Todd Dunivant, Stefani Miglioranzi, Eddie Lewis (Bryan Jordan 85'), Landon Donovan©, David Beckham, Mike Magee (Alan Gordon 60'), Jovan Kirovski (Chris Klein 65').
Subs Not Used: Josh Saunders, Leonard Griffin, Tony Sanneh, Chris Birchall.
D.C. United: Josh Wicks, Marc Burch, Dejan Jakovic, Bryan Namoff, Ben Olsen© (Chris Pontius 69'), Clyde Simms, Rodney Wallace, Fred (Andrew Jacobson 84'), Christian Gomez (Jaime Moreno 51'), Santino Quaranta, Luciano Emilio.
Subs Not Used: Milos Kocic, Julius James, Avery John, Devon McTavish.
• With the draw, the Galaxy are now 8-4-11 on the season, giving them 35 points. LA remains in second place in the Western Conference, three points ahead of third place Seattle and four points behind first place Houston, who are tied for the MLS lead with 39 points on the season.
• Bruce Arena made two changes to the team that beat Chicago 2-0 at Toyota Park on Wednesday night. David Beckham and Eddie Lewis each returned to the team after missing the previous game through suspension. They replaced Chris Birchall and Dema Kovalenko.
• Kovalenko did not dress for the game because of a right heel injury.
• In addition to Kovalenko, the Galaxy were without four players, with Edson Buddle, Alecko Eskandarian, Sean Franklin, and Julian Valentin all missing the game through injury.
• Donovan Ricketts made three saves to record his second consecutive clean sheet. Fourth of the season.
• Chris Klein entered the game in the 65th minute, replacing Jovan Kirovski, stretching his MLS record consecutive games played streak to 138.
• The Galaxy are now 6-0-5 against Eastern Conference teams this season, including a 4-0-2 mark on the road.
• The attendance for today's game was 22,134.
• The Galaxy are back in action on Saturday, August 29 when they return to The Home Depot Center for the final leg of the Honda SuperClasico against Chivas USA. That game can be seen live on ESPN2 starting at 8 p.m. (PT).
• For more about tonight's game, please visit www.lagalaxy.com.
Wet and Wild
It's a warm and wet one here at RFK Stadium as the LA Galaxy prepare to take on D.C. United. LA has just one loss in their last eight league games, while United has won just once in their last seven in the league.
David Beckham and Eddie Lewis are back in the starting lineup following their suspensions, replacing Chris Birchall and Dema Kovalenko.
Here is how the full team looks...
Subs: Saunders, Griffin, Sanneh, Birchall, Klein, Jordan, Gordon.
The home side, is without their head coach, Tom Soehn, who misses the game with flu-like symptoms, leaving Chad Ashton in charge. And here is the team that he puts on the field.
Subs: Kocic, James, John, Jacobson, McTavish, Moreno, Pontius
This Week Inside the Galaxy - Episode 14
Join This Week Inside the Galaxy as we look back at the loss to Seattle, the win over Chicago and ahead to the game with D.C. United.
We also catch up with a number of superstar fans such as DJ Spinderella, R&B legend Brian McKnight and World Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko following the loss to Seattle to get their thoughts on the Galaxy and the Beautiful Game.
Enjoy all that and more, This Week Inside the Galaxy.
Friday, August 21, 2009
UPDATED: Bring on United
After two training sessions in the nation's capital, the Galaxy are in the right mindset to make it two wins in a row on Saturday night against D.C. United.
The team travelled to D.C. on Thursday afternoon, where they were joined by David and Eddie, who had flown in from LA earlier in the day. Shortly after arriving at the team hotel, it was back on the bus for everybody as we made our way over to RFK Stadium for a very light training session on a day that could best be described as oppressively muggy.
Cobi led the first team players from Wednesday on a jogwhile Dave got the rest of the guys together for some small-sided possession play between the young guys and the old guys (won convincingly by the old guys team of David, Eddie, Chris, Tony and Gordo) that featured a virtuoso performance as a neutral field player by Josh Saunders.
Following the possession game, Dave broke his group into two teams for a series of relay races that worked on fitness and also gave a few of the guys some bragging rights for the evening.
The players were given the rest of the night off and reconvened for a lunch and video session this afternoon, which was followed by the players meeting with the press.
As is typically the case, Bruce, Landon and David were all popular with the press, as were players with local ties, such as A.J. and Omar.
Below is a sampling of what they had to say...
On the injury front, the two players who left Wednesday's game against the Fire look to be healthy, with Dema working to overcome his sore heel...and Donovan (seen here resting before Thursday's practice) sporting 10 new stitches above his right eye following his collision late in the win over Chicago.
If you want some more notes about tomorrow's game betwen the two best teams in MLS history, be sure, to download the game guide and read this preview from MLSnet.com.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Bruce, Landon and Mike React to 2-0
The guys were on a high last night after the 2-0 win at Chicago, but they were also aware of the task that was still at hand with Saturday's game at D.C. United.
Here is what the guys had to say last night.
Los Angles Galaxy Head Coach Bruce Arena:
On the win:
Our guys have played well over the last seven or eight games, it's put us right back in the thick of things. Coming here and playing solid defensively and getting the first goal of the game was critical. I think our guys, tactically, played a really good game.
We were solid for 90 minutes and really limited Chicago with their chances. Chicago is a very good team.
Both teams were coming off weekend games, and it's never easy. I give our team a lot of credit for recovering after a disappointing loss on Saturday and ready to play in Chicago on Wednesday. That's a great win for our team.
On his goal and assist
"It's a great feeling, after a 2-0 loss at home. Being from the Chicago area to come home and play in front of friends and family on a nationally televised game is special, but to get a win is the most important thing."
On his goal:
"The ball was cleared and I jumped over Logan [Pause] and got a little touch to Jovan [ Kirovski] brought it down to Mike [Magee], I kept my run going and Mike played a great ball into me and I just wanted to get into a good spot, and hit it hard on goal."
On scoring against the run of play
"At home the Fire does a good job of keeping possession, but they were never dangerous. They can have the ball if they want but if they are not threatening our goal, that's fine."
On his 200th game
"I'm very proud of it. At the end of day, it doesn't mean a whole lot, I'd like to have 200 more but I am proud that I've been able to stick around that long."
On bouncing back from the Seattle loss:
"We expect to win every time we play. We were fairly disappointed after the Seattle game so this was a big game for us and an important win for the team."
On playing without Beckham:
"Not having David on the field hurts us for sure. The guys that played tonight did a great job, we kept them from having a shot on goal. It was a good day for us."
And from the other locker room...
"We needed to shoot – we had zero shots on goal. So,that sort of sums up the night. You can't win a game when you don't have shots on goal."
"Tonight was not our best night all around. For whatever reason, big game, big crowd, we weren't sharp from the get go – there was no sense of urgency. There's some credit to LA – they came in and were well organized and got behind the ball and waited for us to make some mistakes. The first goal was a classic - they caught us on the counter. We had a chance to make a play with Wilman [Conde] and Dasan [Robinson], and we didn't. They get their first goal, once they got that, they sent in a wave to let us make a mistake."
"We talked about coming in and being organized. I thought the back five did well tonight. We just needed to play with some urgency, use the flanks. We just didn't play with urgency. Overall, it just wasn't our night. We're not going to feel sorry for ourselves – we have a game on Sunday and that's going to be important."
On the Galaxy Defense:
"They stopped us from playing our game and getting anything going. Unfortunately it wasn't our day."
On the loss:
"We just played right into their hands. They came up with a game plan and stuck to it; they pinched us and we couldn't alter our game and played straight to their hands."
On the team's performance:
"It just wasn't good enough. Front to back, I don't think they created too many chances, but they waited for us to make mistakes. They took their chances well. 1-0 we're still in the game, and you have Landon who can run from midfield and score a goal from nothing. Aside from the result, we're all disappointed with the performance tonight.
On the match:
"We were all off tonight. Bottom line, it wasn't good enough. Big players need to step up in games, and none of us did."
On the team's performance:
"We didn't play effective soccer – that's what wins games and what LA just did to us. That's what got us 3 points in Kansas City. Tonight wasn't effective soccer. It's plain and simple. If you can't get up for big games like this, I don't know what the problem is. It doesn't have to be fancy soccer; it has to be effective soccer."
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Galaxy Win at Toyota Park; Beat The Fire 2-0
LA Galaxy 2, Chicago Fire 0
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Toyota Park — Bridgeview, Ill.
Scoring Summary:
LA – Mike Magee 2 (Jovan Kirovski 1) 23'
LA – Landon Donovan 10 (Mike Magee 6, Jovan Kirovski 2) 54'
Misconduct Summary:
LA – Stefani Miglioranzi (Yellow Card) 43'
CHI – John Thorrington (Yellow Card) 61'
LA – Donovan Ricketts (Yellow Card) 72'
LA Galaxy: Donovan Ricketts (Josh Saunders 85'), A.J. DeLaGarza, Gregg Berhalter, Omar Gonzalez, Todd Dunivant, Stefani Miglioranzi, Dema Kovalenko (Chris Klein 46'), Chris Birchall (Tony Sanneh 68'), Landon Donovan©, Mike Magee, Jovan Kirovski.
Subs Not Used: Leonard Griffin, Kyle Patterson, Alan Gordon, Bryan Jordan.
Chicago Fire: Jon Busch, Austin Washington, Dasan Robinson, Wilman Conde, Brandon Prideaux (Mike Banner 64'), Logan Pause (Justin Mapp 64'), John Thorrington, Chris Rolfe (Stefan Dimitrov 78'), Marco Pappa, Cuauhtemoc Blanco©, Patrick Nyarko
Subs Not Used: Andrew Dykstra, C.J. Brown, Peter Lowry, Calen Carr.
• With the win, the Galaxy are now 8-4-10 on the season, giving them 34 points. LA is now alone in second place in the Western Conference, two points ahead of third place Seattle and five points behind first place Houston, who are tied for the MLS lead with 39 points on the season.
• The win is the first at Toyota Park in four tries for the Galaxy, who had previously lost three MLS games and the 2006 U.S. Open Cup here at the Bridgeview, Ill. stadium.
• Bruce Arena made four changes to the team that lost 2-0 to Seattle on Saturday at The Home Depot Center. Chris Birchall, Landon Donovan, Dema Kovalenko and Mike Magee were all drafted into the lineup in place of David Beckham, Alan Gordon, Chris Klein and Eddie Lewis. Beckham and Lewis each missed the game while serving one-game suspensions for red cards that they picked up against the Sounders while Gordon and Klein began tonight's game on the bench.
• In addition to Beckham and Lewis, the Galaxy were without four players, with Edson Buddle, Alecko Eskandarian, Sean Franklin, and Julian Valentin all missing the game through injury.
• Chris Birchall made the first start of his MLS career in tonight's game. His first two league appearances had come as a second half substitute.
• Landon Donovan was also back in the starting lineup as the Galaxy captain after starting Saturday's game on the bench. He made the 200th regular season appearance of his MLS career in the game.
• Dema Kovalenko made his first appearance in a regular season game since the 2-0 loss to Real Salt Lake on June 13. He has missed the last eight league games while recovering from a left calf injury.
• Kovalenko left the game at half time with a right heel injury.
• Mike Magee's goal in the 22nd minute was his second of the season, with both coming on the road. A native of Chicago, Magee has four career assists against the Fire, but this was his first goal.
• Jovan Kirovski assisted on the goal for his first assist in an MLS game since August 26, 2007 when he set up a Conor Casey goal for the Colorado Rapids in a 3-0 win over the Galaxy at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
• Kirovski also assisted on Landon Donovan's goal in the 54th minute for his second assist of the game. This is the second time in his MLS career that Kirovski has collected two assists in a game and the first since May 28, 2005 in a 2-0 Galaxy win over Chivas USA.
• Donovan's goal in the 54th minute was the 10th of the season, placing him in a three-way tie with Guillermo Barros Schleotto and Fredy Montero for second place in the league in goals this season, one behind the MLS leader, Conor Casey of Colorado who has 11.
• The goal was the 94th of Donovan's MLS career and he now has 10 or more goals in five of his nine seasons in the league.
• Mike Magee also assisted on Donovan's goal for his team-leading sixth assist of the season, setting a new career-high.
• Donovan Ricketts, who played 85 minutes, recorded his first clean sheet since June 28, when the Galaxy shutout the Houston Dynamo at The Home Depot Center 1-0. Ricketts did not face a shot on goal. Saunders came in off the bench to replace Ricketts. Saunders did not face a shot on goal either in his five minutes on the field.
• Stefani Miglioranzi was booked in the 43rd minute for a foul on Cuauhtemoc Blanco. It was Miglioranzi's fourth yellow card of the season, placing him on official warning. If Miglioranzi gets a yellow card in any of the Galaxy's next three games he will be forced to serve a one-game suspension.
• Chris Klein entered the game at halftime, replacing Dema Kovalenko, stretching his MLS record consecutive games played streak to 137.
• The Galaxy are now 6-0-4 against Eastern Conference teams this season, including a 4-0-1 mark on the road.
• The attendance for today's game was 20,000.
• The Galaxy are back in action on Saturday, August 22 when they continue their road trip with a visit to RFK Stadium to take on D.C. United. That game can be seen live on Fox Soccer Channel starting at 4:30 p.m. (PT).
• For more about tonight's game, please visit www.lagalaxy.com.
Game Time in Chicago
With midfielders David Beckham and Eddie Lewis serving their one-game suspension due to the red card they received in last week's game, the midfield has two new components to it: One of them is making his return to the starting XI while the other is getting his first ever start in MLS.
Here are tonight's lineup.
Subs: Saunders, Sanneh, Griffin, Patterson, Klein Jordan, Gordon
And here's how the Fire's starting lineup looks:
Subs: Dykstra, Brown, Banner, Dimitrov, Lowry, Mapp, Carr.
And if you have a few minutes before the game, check out some scenes from the club's training sessions at The HDC earlier this week.
Training Day at Toyota Park and a Special Visit
We showed you yesterday how a few of the Galaxy players and coaches met with the media at our team hotel ahead of today's game against the Fire.
After speaking with the media, the team made its way to Toyota Park for a final training session prior to the game. The session was closed to the public, but our photographer was there to snap all of these shots of the guys in action.
Finally, we looked a bit closer at the last photo of Mike and discovered something incredible that you can see below.
Yes, the wildly famous photo squirrel made his way down from Canada to Galaxy practice yesterday to get a closer look at the guys. If you'd like to add the little scamp (the squirrel, not Mike) to any of your photos, click here.
That's it for now, but we'll be back prior to kickoff with complete lineups for both sides.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
UPDATED: Talking Fuego
Bruce Arena and Landon Donovan talked to members of the Chicago media earlier today ahead of Wednesday's game against the Fire.
After the media avail, the guys jumped on the bus and made their way to Toyota Park for training. We'll be sure to post a recap about tonight's training session either tonight or tomorrow morning.
A.J. Gets a Nomination
Donovan Ricketts has won it twice, Josh Saunders claimed the prize once, and now A.J. DeLaGarza has been nominated for the MLS Save of the Week award.
Take a look at A.J.'s save below and click here to vote for him.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Galaxy React to 2-0 Defeat
Here is what the players had to say following Saturday night's defeat.
On the team's performance:
"Simply, it is not a good performance for our team tonight. Obviously, the initial red card put us behind the eight ball, and we had to battle for seventy-something minutes with 10, and then eventually nine, and all of that. Disappointing was our start of the second half, and conceding the second goal was highly disappointing; a bunch of guys standing around, watching the Seattle guy making the play. Not a good night tonight, didn't deserve more than what we got."
On Landon Donovan's performance:
"It is certainly wasn't easy for any attacking player, at that point when you are down with a player, he drew a number of fouls and the second yellow on [Tyrone] Marshall. There were spurts that he played really well, not an easy game for the attacking players with this circumstances that they had to deal with."
On his availability for the game:
"I actually felt really good. In hindsight, I wish I could've started the game because I had a lot of energy, but it's frustrating that I couldn't play more. He [Bruce Arena] asked me how I was feeling, and I said I thought I could play 45 minutes. Maybe in hindsight, I would've tried to start the game and see how I felt at halftime, but in an ideal world, maybe we are winning and I don't have to come in until even later, but that is how it went tonight."
On him getting the H1N1 flu:
"Having experience it, it just like any other flu like I ever had, there is obviously a lot of serious cases, but I did a lot of research, and learned a lot about it and the majority of the cases are just like any other flu. The realities and the perceptions are very different, that being said, from what I understand, there is not a lot they know about it. From my experience, it was just a normal flu."
On David Beckham's red card:
"In games like that, you rely on the ref to do a good job of keeping things under control, and when the first bad tackle is given a red card then the rest of the game follows. And that is the unfortunate part; it is too bad it has to go that way."
On his red card:
"Pete [Vagenas] is one of my best friends. I think it was a hard tackle but by no means is it a red card. I've never gone into a tackle wanting to hurt someone, but the referee saw it different. It was a hard tackle, but not malicious."
On the game:
"I think the guys battled. It's always hard when you go down to 10 men and lose a man. It was a tough night for us. We went into the game in such a good position and in such good form, but you can't win every game."
On tonight's game:
"I never want to blame a game on the referee I never want to do that I think that we thought with our attitude and our effort from the beginning and normally we are a team that react conceptive we are disappointed with our effort tonight."
On tonight's game:
"It is pretty disappointing I thought we prepared well. We have gone on a pretty good streak some pretty unfortunate events, some calls didn't go our way and we didn't regroup after well enough or as we would like."
On trying to bounce back into the game:
"We over came a lot of adversity and played without a lot of different guys we are not to worried at this point. Well obviously we would like to get a home win before we go to Chicago and DC but I am sure we will be alright."
On the two upcoming road games:
"This is a tough stretch of the season. I think we are going to see what we are made of and this will be a good test for us."
On playing without Beckham and Lewis in the next game:
"We are going to have to deal with it. It is the reality of the situation we are in, we played early in the year with guys missing and we are going to have to do it again it is always going to happen. Guys are going to have to step up and that is why we have a deep squad it is not easy but we cannot make excuses."
On the two upcoming road games:
It is going to be a tough week, those are two tough places to play but we have proven that we are really tough on the road. It is time that we grind our teeth again and get out there and hopefully get refocused on this game. We put ourselves in a hole early on and we didn't respond well and when you do that it makes it real tough to get any points out of the game I think all of us could have done a better job tonight and hopefully we could refocus for next week.
On the how tight the Western Conference is:
"It is tight, it is really one big table at this point if you look at the top nine teams they are all really tight it is going to be a tight run through but we put ourselves in a good position now and we are going to keep playing games and keep getting results. This week will be big we have done well up till now but one game is not going to throw us out of it. We will pick up and be ready for Wednesday."
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Unbeaten Streak Snapped at Six; Fall to Seattle 2-0
LA Galaxy 0, Seattle Sounders FC 2
Saturday, August 15, 2009
The Home Depot Center—Carson, Calif.
Scoring Summary:
SEA – Steve Zakuani 3 (Brad Evans 2) 22'
SEA – Fredy Montero 10 (Nate Jaqua 7, Peter Vagenas 1) 54'
Misconduct Summary:
LA – A.J. DeLaGarza (Yellow Card) 14'
LA – David Beckham (Red Card) 17'
SEA – Tyrone Marshall (Yellow Card) 65'
SEA – Tyrone Marshall (Yellow Card/Red Card) 76'
LA – Eddie Lewis (Red Card) 79'
SEA – Fredy Montero (Yellow Card) 81'
LA – Jovan Kirovski (Yellow Card) 94+
LA Galaxy: Donovan Ricketts, A.J. DeLaGarza, Gregg Berhalter, Omar Gonzalez, Todd Dunivant, Chris Klein (Bryan Jordan 58'), David Beckham, Stefani Miglioranzi (Landon Donovan 46'), Eddie Lewis©, Alan Gordon (Mike Magee 61'), Jovan Kirovski.
Subs Not Used: Josh Saunders, Tony Sanneh, Chris Birchall, Dema Kovalenko.
Seattle Sounders FC: Kasey Keller©, James Riley, Patrick Ianni, Tyrone Marshall, Leo Gonzalez, Brad Evans, Osvaldo Alonso, Peter Vagenas, Steve Zakuani (Sebastien LeToux 74'), Fredy Montero (Zach Scott 81'), Nate Jaqua (Sanna Nyassi 88').
Subs Not Used: Terry Boss, Nathan Sturgis, Tyson Wahl, Freddie Ljungberg.
• With the loss, the Galaxy are now 7-4-10 on the season, leaving them with 31 points. LA is now alone in third place in the Western Conference, one point behind second place Seattle, who jumps to 32 points and one point ahead of fourth place Chivas USA and Colorado, who each have 30 points.
• Bruce Arena made one change to the team that beat New England 2-1 in their last weekend. Chris Klein returned to the lineup in place of Landon Donovan who entered the game at the half despite suffering from the flu.
• The Galaxy were without four players, with Edson Buddle, Alecko Eskandarian, Sean Franklin, and Julian Valentin all missing the game through injury.
• David Beckham's red card in the 17th minute was his first red card in his MLS career. He will now miss Wednesday night's game in Chicago through suspension.
• Seattle's goal in the 22nd minute is only the 10th goal the Galaxy defense has allowed in the first half. The last time they allowed a first half goal was on July 25 when the Galaxy came back to tie Kansas City, 1-1, at CommunityAmerica Ballpark.
• Donovan entered the game at halftime for Stefani Miglioranzi. It was just the 15th time in his MLS career that he entered the game as a substitute and sixth as a member of the Galaxy.
• The loss snaps the Galaxy's six game unbeaten streak. It is their first loss since a 2-1 loss at San Jose on June 20.
• The Galaxy were shutout for the first time since a 2-0 loss at home to Real Salt Lake on June 13.
• Eddie Lewis was sent off in the 79th minute. It was his second red card of the season. He will now miss Wednesday night's game at Chicago.
• The Galaxy have now had two players sent off in a game twice this season. Gregg Berhalter and Alan Gordon were both sent off in the 0-0 draw with Chivas USA on April 11.
• Beckham and Lewis' red cards were the sixth and seventh red cards against the Galaxy this season.
• Former Galaxy defender Tyrone Marshall was sent off for Seattle in the 76th minute after picking up two yellow cards.
• Chris Klein started the game on the right side of midfield, stretching his MLS record consecutive games played streak to 136.
• The attendance for today's game was 20,162.
• The Galaxy are back in action on Wednesday, August 19 when they travel to play the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park at 6 p.m. (PT) in a game that can be seen live on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes.
• For more about tonight's game, please visit www.lagalaxy.com.
Bring on the Sounders
The teams are in and kickoff is on the horizon at The Home Depot Center as the Galaxy prepare to take on the Seattle Sounders.
The big story of the week has been the health of Landon Donovan and he starts the game on the bench for LA. Chris Klein starts in his place on the right side of midfield.
Here is how the rest of the team looks.
Subs: Saunders, Sanneh, Birchall, Kovalenko, Donovan, Jordan, Magee
Former Galaxy head coach Sigi Schmid sends his Sounders, who are without their designated player Freddie Ljungberg, through illness, will lineup.
Subs: Boss, Scott, Sturgis, Wahl, Nyassi, Ljungberg, LeToux.
This Week Inside the Galaxy - Episode 13
Relive the Galaxy's 2-1 win at New England, highlighted by Landon Donovan's wonder goal, and look ahead to the all important Western Conference showdown between LA and Seattle.
All that and more, This Week Inside the Galaxy!
Also, don't forget to check out Mark Rogondino's View from the Booth.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Welcome to the Newbies
The newest MLS team is in town for tomorrow night's game and Bruce Arena and Co. have the Galaxy ready. LA is unbeaten in their last six games and will look to make that seven straight against the Sounders.
These same two teams met on May 10 in Seattle, with Alan Gordon scoring in a 1-1 draw. But this time, the Galaxy will be looking to go one better and earn the full three points.
Landon Donovan played the full 90 minutes on that day in Seattle, but he may not be available this time out after being diagnosed with the H1N1 flu virus. Landon is listed as questionable on the official injury report and is status will be re-evaluated before the game on Saturday, with Bruce hopeful that his captain will be cleared and ready to go.
Here is what Bruce had to say this afternoon...
Todd Dunivant also discussed Saturday's all important Western Conference clash...
To go more in depth with this game, be sure to check out the game preview at lagalaxy.com and be sure to download the game guide.
We'll be back tomorrow with This Week Inside the Galaxy, the View from the Booth and all of the action from The HDC.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Let There Be Grass
Full plaudits to the HDC grounds crew and everyone else that has helped to get the new playing surface down and ready to go for Saturday's game.
The maintenance and grooming of the field has already begun and will continue all the way up until gametime on Saturday, ensuring that the field is in optimal condition for the game against Seattle and straight through to the end of the season.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Win Some, Lose Some
While it was not the best day for the Galaxy captain, he did get a bit of good news as his goal against New England was voted the MLS Goal of the Week. He is the first Galaxy player to win the award this season.
The Galaxy will be looking to make it a perfect sweep of awards with the Save of the Week Award still up for grabs. Donovan Ricketts, the only two-time winner of the award, has been nominated for this save from the win over New England.
Click here to vote and don't forget that voting ends at 11 a.m. (PT) on Thursday.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Transformation Back to Field of Dreams
Since the X Games ended on Sunday, August 2, the personnel at HDC have been working extremely hard to get the stadium field back to normal. In five days, the HDC removed 17,000 yards of dirt from the facility, including the northwest and northeast stands. Overall, it took more than 750 truck loads to remove all of the dirt.
In addition this feat was completed in between and during the seven-day LA Women's Tennis Championships tennis tournament that ran here from August 3-9.
Beginning on Wednesday morning, the stadium grounds crew will oversee 601 rolls of beautiful and plush Bermuda sod being brought in to the stadium via 30 semi-truck loads. Each roll is approx. 150-175 sq. ft. of sod.
The field will be completely sodded by late Thursday afternoon. Our hats go off to the grounds crew, who will transform the stadium back to the cathedral of soccer that we all know and love.


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In a couple of days Art Pharmacy will be hosting the 'So Far So Good' exhibition at Vandal Gallery in Redfern. The show, which is curated by Amy Roser, is bringing together a stylistically broad range of artists to share their art and stories, and stimulate dialogue on a range of mental health issues, as well as raise funds for mental health services.
Below we have a conversation between ceramic artist and painter Claire Johnson, who will be featured in the exhibition, and contemporary Indigenous painter Otis Carey – sadly Otis is unable to feature in the exhibition. Nonetheless their interview gives us some great insight into how they view themselves, their art and mental health.
Otis: I think for me the transition was more of a spiritual transition into opening up an avenue for me to express how I felt. Surfing for me is more of a release. Painting is my way of expressing myself through storytelling without having to talk about it and allowing how I feel to tell a story that I can share in a different light.
O: Painting is definitely my way of sharing my culture and my connection to country. It really fills me with joy and endless happiness to be able to share something that is who I am and where I'm from not only physically but spiritually on so many different levels.
O: It's actually really fun to paint when the kids are around. It gets them asking questions which then opens up the conversation of sharing culture. It's definitely a big motivator to paint while the kids are around. But at times it's also very therapeutic to paint of a night while everyone is asleep.
O: I suffered severe depression for a long time, I was put on antidepressants as a last resort as I was really just not coping with anything at all. When we're suffering mental health issues It's something that we don't speak openly about enough because we feel we'll be a burden on the ones close to us and that fucking sucks, we need to break that barrier. I've also lost a very close friend to suicide so I hold this subject close to me as I understand both sides of the spectrum.
For me this show holds more importance than we all know, it could save someone's life or save lives. Things like 'so far so good' let people know whore suffering that it's ok to feel shit, it's ok to feel helpless and it's ok to put your hand up and need someone to talk to. I'm fucking pumped to be apart of this.
O: I think it's everyone's responsibility to shine a lift on mental illness. I feel like there's this weird concept right now that it's up to creatives or professional sports people to shine a light on mental health, why can't we all shine a light on it regardless of who were and what we do? Why does it always have to come down to certain people having to do that? Fucking oath I have a responsibility, especially with the suicide rates in the Indigenous communities at the moment! An Indigenous person is 7 times more likely to commit suicide than a non indigenous person so being Indigenous I have a huge responsibility being in my position and I'll do everything I can to open up any kind of dialogue I can.
O: For me painting is my way of sharing not only who I am as a person but sharing my peoples culture. That's my biggest drive. I can see every piece of art I paint in my head before it's on a canvas, everything I paint has a story, a meaning and a place.
Claire: Red, definitely
C: That's a hard one because I jump between working with ceramics, ink and pastel…. But if I had to pick my ultimate it would be my true love, clay.
C: I am a massive night owl so I always feel like I do my best work late at night, putting my insomnia to good use.
C: I work out of my parents garage at the moment and my beautiful mum is an avid gardener. She's always leaving me flower arrangements on my work bench which seems to do the trick. A tidy workspace helps too, I can't work around clutter or chaos which is pretty difficult as a ceramicist but it's important for me, I'm more productive then.
C: Tracey Emin, John Waters and Ed Ruscha. 48 hours with these three would definitely include a boozy lunch, some reading with John Waters finished by a portrait taken by Ruscha. I'd probably just spend the whole time fan girling over Tracey Emin to be honest
C: I would love one day to collaborate with various mental health units across Australia to make these environments more welcoming and inspiring for patients. I've been through the system as a patient myself and I always thought I would have found hospital a bit less depressing if the walls weren't all different shades of pewter.
C: Jenny Holzer, Lawrence Weiner, Tracey Emin, Justin Williams and Rhys Lee
C: Probably carbon freeze myself into a sculpture because I can't imagine not ever being able to make art
C: Is wine a food?
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After his talk at the conference, Peter Kydd was interivewed by RSPB's Mark Robins.
Just how big the energy prize is in the Severn?
"The ultimate prize in the Severn is upwards of sixteen to twenty terawatt hours a year; how much of that can be exploited is is really the key question because I think it's important that the realistic assumption about energy from the Severn need to be those which are unconstrained."
You've been thinking a lot about how we might do that exploitation in the way that kind of unlocks opportunity for the industry, unlocks the opportunity for other stakeholders to engage. Say something about that.
"Yes, we've been looking at a more incremental approach so that you sustain an energy industry on the Severn over multiple projects, starting at a fairly small scale but still big in energy terms. So six hundred megawatts producing 1.2 terawatts hours per year for example. Learning from the experience of operating that, that then informs the the subsequent larger scheme which might be a larger lagoon, or it might be a tidal fence; it also allows time for the development of more innovative technologies which we all know take time, but you could see a picture of the Severn say in forty or fifty years time, of a number of different projects, different technologies, really bringing and delivering that sort of fifteen to twenty terawatt hours a year of electricity production from the Severn."
Did I hear you say the kind of proposition for the stepping stones project would be the largest tidal lagoon in the world?
"Yes, the very first one that we're proposing although there's also Swansea Bay which is 250 mega watts, but if you started, let's say Swansea Bay started and you did stepping stones at six hundred megawatts, stepping stones would be the largest tidal energy plant in the world.
It would be a great symbolic value value to the UK to have a tidal power scheme of that size in the estuary knowing that there is further potential to develop other lagoons and tidal fences and tidal stream arrays in that estuary."
The marine energy technology communities on the industrial side is ready for this?
"Yes, we had a meeting with industry a couple of weeks ago drawn from all sectors of the tidal power industry, and they certainly saw great value in a more incremental approach. I think the industry has all seen the fact that we do numerous studies on the very large barrage schemes, but nothing ever gets built, because the challenges of doing a very large project like a barrage which placades an estuary you know, is problematic. It's problematic
from a fish perspective, It's problematic from a navigation perspective and also doing something so large as a first step means that we do not give ourselves an opportunity to learn from the experience of developing tidal power schemes. So there is much more merit we feel and then the industry group that we got together agreed with this that have much more merit in in starting off with some smaller schemes and then building using that evidence for the evidence base that they create, and forming subsequent designs and building larger lagoons and tidal fences thereafter."
So, if we get this right, the next step is really exciting for the Severn Estuary for renewable energy for industry and for jobs?
"Yes, absolutely and most importantly of all, all of this needs to be done in tune with the environment, in tune with the environmental interests, in tune with the commercial interests of the Severn.
So really what we are trying to do is to deliver a potential solution, that all stakeholders interests are aligned and the chance then of something being done is very much greater."


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You might have seen me around town–at the store, the park, the library, or the zoo–with 4 kids in tow…during regular school hours. We might have passed, shyly smiling at each other and thinking, "I wonder if their family homeschools, too?"
Let me introduce myself. I'm Angie. I created this website as a way to bring Prescott area homeschoolers together in an online forum. In the last few years, I've come in contact with many homeschooling parents who want to be a part of a local homeschooling community. As I waited for "someone else" to build it, I realized that the "someone" could just as well be me. However, I would love to build a team of homeschooling parents to post to and manage this blog. If you're interested in joining the team, comment below or shoot me an email (firstname.lastname@example.com).
We moved here 3 years ago after we had fallen in love with the Prescott area after visiting my SIL and her family a handful of times. My husband, aka Dr. Rob, is the owner and orthodontist at Patterson Orthodontics. I have 4 kids ranging from 8 to 1 1/2, and I decided a couple of years ago to really homeschool.
My SIL that lives here has always homeschooled her children. Per her example and a great one-week homeschool experience in high school, my husband planted the idea that we could homeschool our children. I resisted. I flopped back and forth. I studied many books and websites on educational philosophies and homeschool systems (I still do). How could I do it? What would I teach them? How would I do it? When would I find time for myself? What about class plays, school choirs, band, orchestra, school sports? On the flip side, what about the wrong kind of peer pressure? What about watered down textbooks? What about the inability to customize education to a child's needs/speed of learning/style of learning due to class sizes and mandated topics of instruction (aka common core)? What about teaching history without God and teaching life skills without morals?
What about the 1+ to 2+ hours I would spend in the car each day to take my kids to my favorite charter school and back (because I figured I would have a Kindergartener every other year for awhile) and the limitations on family vacation time?
This may sound silly, but it was that last question that really tipped me onto the side of homeschooling. I just love having more flexibility and freedom with my schedule.
Since then, I have only added a dozen other reasons why I'm glad I homeschool.
Now that I've introduced myself, I would like to get to know you better. Especially why you chose to homeschool. You can either share right here in a comment or share with me at one of the activities you might see us attend.
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I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume everyone reading this has had a relationship-gone-bad somewhere in his/her past. In the beginning, you seemed to be in complete agreement when it came to world view, passions, dislikes, etc. When other things were getting you down, this person could make you feel great again. Your contact intensified, consumed more and more of your time, and you didn't notice for a long time that the slow and stealthy cycle of self-destructiveness had begun.
It started with little things – maybe a smug quip that rubbed you the wrong way. You began to notice how they repeated the same words and phrases and stories. You got tired of rants about the unprecedented outrageous-ness of others. Then lying became an issue. You suddenly recognized how they felt superior to – and simultaneously put upon by – the entire world. If you didn't watch your step, you might just fall out of favor, too. At some point, the last straw dropped and you realized it was time to get out.
That's where I am now. I've made my decision.
I am breaking up with MSNBC.
(You thought I was talking about the disillusioned Twump voter, didn't you? I admit, the description would probably fit . . . )
Something snapped in my brain while listening to the coverage of Twump's rosy garden speech on the Paris climate treaty. The MSNBC commentary dutifully pointed out his relentless string of lies, and yet, it was . . . lacking. I care deeply about this issue and it seemed to me that they cared more deeply about something else . . . exactly what, I am not sure – righteousness? ratings? I started surfing for something more . . . something more real . . . and there he was – my dream man:
You might think I am kidding, but I am not. I listened to this discussion four times and was moved each time: (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/shields-brooks-trumps-climate-pact-consequences/ ). It seemed to me that, in 12 short minutes, they cut to the core of everything that is wrong with the current administration and the world right now. And they did it in a serious, honest and heartfelt way – two people coming from different perspectives, in mutual respect, agreeing on essential core truths:
people who think and feel differently from us are not our enemies,
we may disagree on the best method, but helping other people to do better is good, and
there are very, very, minuscule-ly! few people out there who are truly "out to get us".
When it comes to following political developments, it is time for me to shift gears. I now believe that a couple of hours of PBS each week is all I really want and need.
It is not like I want to cut MSNBC out of my life entirely. A part of me will always love them. I sincerely hope that we will stay good friends.


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Army Officer Insight Day
Public Services students and staff were invited to the Army Officer Insight Day at The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst this week where they had the opportunity to watch the Commandant's Parade and take part in a series of talks and discussions with current Officer Cadets and permanent staff including academic, pastoral and training personnel. They were then treated to lunch which provided a further opportunity to chat to Officer Cadets, Staff and Army Careers Advisors followed by a tour of the grounds and training facilities. To close the day, they had a presentation on the Commissioning Course, the selection process and army career paths. An inspiring and insightful day enjoyed by all.
Public Services - RMA Sandhurst Sovereign's Parade from alton college on Vimeo.
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Who would you rather trust with your teeth? A dentist whom you have known all your life or someone you have just met? The former is the most likely choice. However, we find ourselves without that choice when we move out from our childhood homes and settle somewhere new. Eventually, we have to find a new dentist; something that isn't always easy. But if you know what to look for in a dentist Brookline, then your mind will be at as when you are on their chair. This article will provide with a list of qualities that will enable you find a good dentist.
Experience and qualifications
Above all else, these two are the most important considerations that one should make when choosing a dentist who will work on their teeth. You want someone who has been around and knows a thing or more about fixing teeth. It is more peaceful for you that way. When looking for a good dentist Brookline, then these qualities should be at the top of your list.
Work ethics
The dentist Brookline should live by a strong code of ethics while they are working. When they make guarantees to you, they can back them up; when they make concessions to you, they do so with the full knowledge of they can come through.
Emergency care
If they dentist Brookline is available 24/7, then you should be his client. This is because most dentists don't want to offer that something extra to their patient. This one, on the other hand, cares about you and your well-being.
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Thursday, June 9, 2016
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Tonbridge is well connected on the railway network and it is possible to travel direct to the following destinations:
- London: Charing Cross, Waterloo East, and London Bridge (during peak hours some direct services to Cannon Street)
- East Kent: Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone and Ramsgate
- North Kent: Maidstone and Strood
- South West Kent and East Sussex: Hastings and Tunbridge Wells
- Surrey and South London: Edenbridge, Redhill and East Croydon; change at Redhill for trains to Gatwick Airport
Unfortunately, since December 2008 it is no longer possible to travel directly to Gatwick Airport. One of TLC's goals is to get this direct link to Gatwick Airport re-established. We encourage you to write to your MP to get this line re-instated. In past times it was also possible to travel direct to places such as Reading and Brighton.
Timetables for all the above routes except for Edenbridge and Redhill are available from Southeastern. The timetable for the Redhill line is available from Southern.
Tonbridge has a reasonably well established bus network. Older travellers can travel on buses free of charge – see information from Kent County Council to see whether you qualify. A summary of the routes is given below:
- 7: Tunbridge Wells – Southborough – Tonbridge – Hadlow – Maidstone
- 77: Tunbridge Wells – Southborough – Tonbridge – Hadlow – Kings Hill
- 202: Tonbridge Local Service – Hildenborough
- 204: Tonbridge – Hildenborough – Underriver
- 205: Tonbridge – Paddock Wood
- 208: East Peckham – Tonbridge – Pembury
- 210: Tonbridge – Hildenborough – Leigh
- 211: Tonbridge Local Service
- 218: Tunbridge Wells Hospital – Tonbridge – Higham Wood – Willow Lea – Tonbridge
- 219: Tunbridge Wells Hospital – Tonbridge – Willow Lea – Higham Wood – Tonbridge
- 222: Tunbridge Wells – Tonbridge – Shipbourne – Borough Green
- 401 (Sun only): Tonbridge – Hildenborough – Sevenoaks – Westerham
- 402: Tunbridge Wells – Southborough – Tonbridge – Hildenborough – Sevenoaks – Dunton Green
- 435: Tonbridge – Weald – Sevenoaks
Bus timetables for all these routes are available from Traveline.
A summary of the buses to catch to several towns is given below:
- Hadlow: 7, 77
- Hildenborough: 202, 204, 210, 402
- Maidstone: 7
- Sevenoaks: 402, 435
- Tunbridge Wells: 7, 77, 222, 402
The majority of the bus routes listed above are operated by Arriva, primarily from Tunbridge Wells bus garage.
Tonbridge and its environs has some beautiful cycling routes, including the dedicated Tonbridge to Penshurst cycle route. There is motorcycle and cycle parking at the station.
There are many car parks in Tonbridge:
- TMBC car parks: car parks operated by Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
- Train station car park: the official station car park run by Indigo parking on behalf of Southeastern


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Spring in my French ManicureHi Roses, how are you? I am feeling all spring these days, while in other part of India people are already sweating in summer, so I don't know what to say and what to do on my nails. Hence the safest option is do what you feel like. I wanted to some neat French on my nails, like after long time. I just wanted to do some nail art yet get the feel of bare nails. So I did this.
I usually don't wear French mani inspite of my liking towards it because the tips of the right hands nails stain from white to yellow in no time because of the turmeric in Indian Food. It is so annoying. You cannot wear a white polish on your right hand!! Since I have a chip on my nail hand nails, I trimmed them and am not painting shorties.
I thought why not use this opportunity and do some French since only left hand was to be painted. But I also wanted some delicate flowers, twigs and leaves to decorate my French.
So I did some freehand with acrylic paints to decorate them. It did not take long to do this, trust me. I was very happy with the result and the time it took.
I find this nail art very delicate and classy. Also it is girly and floral at the same time. Every time I look onto them, I feel I am in park with flowers and twigs. I know I am carried away but those are my feelings irrespective.
What do you girls feel? I don't know why I had not being such twisted French for so long. You know how we feel when we have been ignoring something right in your face that could make you happy so easily. I am having so many ideas of twisted French nails right now. I must do them more often, I guess. So in the time ahead, you should be seeing more of frenchies.


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Saturday, April 9, 2016
IHMN: Baron Maupertuis
From the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes as written by Dr. James Watson:
"It was some time before the health of my friend Mr. Sherlock Holmes recovered from the strain caused by his immense exertions in the spring of '87. The whole question of the Netherland-Sumatra Company and of the colossal schemes of Baron Maupertuis are too recent in the minds of the public . . ."
That's right. Baron Maupertius is here . . . The figure is the "Mr. Grimm" figure from Reaper Miniatures. He will definitely have a steam powered fist and one never knows what his walking stick is capable of in the world of In Her Majesty's Name.
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Thursday, April 7, 2016
If you are going to play Dragon Rampant . . .
. . . you might as well have a dragon! Several years ago I purchased at a Schleich plastic toy dragon for $12.00 US with the intent of using it for gaming. Now that I have a copy of Daniel Mersey's Dragon Rampant it was time to get the dragon ready.
The dragon before any work is down; it is extremely detailed, sturdy and well painted.
A 28mm Gripping Beast hard plastic Viking for scale.
It looks like the unfinished ECW Regiment have their pikes ready!
The dragon is mounted on a plywood base with a hot glue gun. The bases come 8 to a pack and can be purchased from Hobby Lobby in the USA for $2.99. I then painted on a few highlights for the horn, claws, teeth, tongue and under scales to make them look more realistic (I know, it's a dragon!). That took me all of maybe 10 minutes. The original colors are really good. Add some sand, paint the base and cover liberally with static grass and Ta - Dah: A dragon fit for battle.
The fairest of them all and her seven companions take on the dragon rampaging through the kingdom.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2016
I'm the Doctor
"I'm the Doctor. I'm a Time Lord. I'm from the planet Gallifrey in the Constellation of Kasterborous. I'm 903 years old, and I'm the man who's gonna save your lives and all six billion people on the planet below. You got a problem with that?"
I have yet to find another show that can switch so quickly from cheesy and absurd to epic and chill-inducing. Nobody does it like the Doctor. It was only a matter of time before he and a companion showed up on the tabletop for our adventures in the world of In Her Majesty's Name. I'm still working out the rules for the good Doctor and I am looking forward to getting them into a game. Figures are from Crooked Dice and the Tardis from Reaper Miniatures. I have not worked up a profile for him yet but I imagine some of the possible talents will be Erudite Wit, Immortal, Engineer, Fearless, Inspirational and Leadership with a low Pluck roll! He will cost many points but after all, he's the Doctor.
Here are the photos of the work in progress as I am experimenting taking pictures with my Iphone:
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Labels: Crooked Dice, Doctor Who, In Her Majesty's Name, Reaper Miniatures, Steampunk, Victorian Sci Fi
Sunday, April 3, 2016
What a Great First Quarter of 2016!
At the beginning of the new year I set my painting goals for the year. I am actually amazed at how much progress I have made. So here is the update based on the order I posted my goals:
1. Finish my last English Civil War regiment of foot. Nope. Still sitting on the painting table:
1. Finish my last English Civil War regiment of foot. Nope. Still sitting on the painting table:
"We're still waiting . . . "
On the gripping hand, I did finish the brigade commanders I wanted to do:
The Cromwell brigade command stand and a Scotsman with a stomach ache.
2. I wanted to have some more companies for In Her Majesty's Name and by George, I did get some painted and ready to go:
Scotland Yard.
Lord Raglan's Imperial Chinese Army.
I love the Reapers Miniatures Yeti.
More Adventurers in Deepest Darkest Africa.
Protecting the obelisk from those that would do good people harm.
On the India - Chinese border.
Teddy Roosevelt leads a stalwart band of heroes including Special Agent Thomas Sawyer and Colour Sergeant Bourne.
3. Dux Bellorum. No progress on my King Arthur army yet but the shields for the Vikings are finally done.
4. Anglo-Zulu War. I have finished my first unit for the Anglo-Zulu War for use with the upcoming rules by Daniel Mersey The Men Who Would Be Kings.
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Labels: Anglo-Zulu War, Dux Bellorum, ECW, In Her Majesty's Name, The Men Who Would be Kings, Victorian Sci Fi, Victory Without Quarter
Saturday, April 2, 2016
Great Deal at Hobby Lobby
I was picking up some materials for my wife to put together some corsages at our local Hobby Lobby. As I passed the flower section I caught out of the corner of my eye the "Fairy Garden" section on the aisle. Lo and behold there is a bridge that will be perfect for skirmish gaming. The best part is that it is $2.99.
28mm Gripping Beast Viking Character for scale.
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Friday, April 1, 2016
Men of Harlech
Men of Harlech, march to glory,
Victory is hov'ring o'er ye,
Bright-eyed freedom stands before ye,
Hear ye not her call?
Victory is hov'ring o'er ye,
Bright-eyed freedom stands before ye,
Hear ye not her call?
The first unit I have done for Dan Mersey's upcoming The Men Who Would be Kings is complete. The unit is based on the 24th Regiment of Foot for the Anglo-Zulu War. This will not be the final composition of the unit as I am sure a bugle will eventually replace either Chard or Bromhead.
The figures are from the following Empress Miniatures/Warlord Games range: British Infantry Standing - To ZWB05, British Infantry Standing - To ZWB21 and The Heroes of Rorke Drift Hollywood version ZWB29. The figures are mounted on wooden bases from Litko.
Thou, who noble Cambria wrongest,
Know that freedom's cause is strongest,
Freedom's courage lasts the longest,
Ending but with death!
Know that freedom's cause is strongest,
Freedom's courage lasts the longest,
Ending but with death!
Upon their soil we never sought them,
Love of conquest hither brought them,
But this lesson we have taught them,
"Cambria ne'er can yield!
Love of conquest hither brought them,
But this lesson we have taught them,
"Cambria ne'er can yield!
In addition these fine chaps will find themselves serving as The Queen's Own African Rifles as part of the universe of In Her Majesty's Name.
"You heard The Doctor! Protect the strange blue box at all costs!"
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Labels: Anglo-Zulu War, Empress Miniatures, In Her Majesty's Name, Litko Game Accessories, The Men Who Would be Kings, Victorian Sci Fi, Warlord Games
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Andrea and Steve Walsh are the clever minds behind The Grass Roots Bakery. They wanted to finally be able to eat bread that wouldn't make them feel wonky, and after a bit of detective work they realised that it was the preservatives used in gluten free foods that was the culprit. Andrea took matters into her own hands, quite literally. She began baking their own bread using her own bread mixes and her oven at home, so every morning there would be fresh loaves ready for the children to take to lunch for the schoolday. Soon it dawned on them that others might be having the same issues that they were having, and putting their heads together, started their own bakery, based in Surrey, built bespoke by Steve, an engineer (very handy). Everything is still done by hand, as it was back in Andrea's kitchen, but there's now Soil Association and Coeliac UK accreditation to go along with it all.
Potato Flour*, Tapioca Flour*, Flaxseed Flour*, Sugar*, Yeast, Salt, Xanthan Gum * = produced to organic standards. For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold.
Nutritional Information per 100g/ml Energy (kJ): 1460 Energy (kcal): 350 Protein (g): 14.2 Carbohydrate (g): 59.8 of which sugars (g): 3.0 Fat (g): 5.7 of which saturates (g): 1.0 Salt (g): 1.8
Add bread mix into a large mixing bowl and add 250 ml (tepid water (100ml boiling water + 150ml cold water). Add 1 egg (if using, 30ml water if Vegan), 1 dessert spoon of oil (sunflower or olive oil to taste). Use an electric whisk, slowly combine and then increase the speed until the bread mixture is a smooth, thick batter. If making a loaf, transfer at this point to a lined loaf tin and cover. If making bread rolls, cover the bowl. Leave to prove for 40 minutes. Preheat the oven to 200C/400FGas 6. Very gently stir the risen bread mixture either in the bowl or the loaf tin to knock back. Spoon out into 6 equal rounds directly onto a baking sheet covered with baking parchment . Bake for 60 minutes. Remove & cool completely on a wire rack.


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So there's this girl that I've been talking to/meeting. Everything was going the right direction or at least I thought so (fe. when we where hanging out we would give each other a quick kiss for goodbye), until I asked her the big question "do you want to be with me". She said that she just recently has been out of the relationship and doesn't want to get into another one just yet, she needs time and she want to be friends for now. I was okay with that and understood that she needs time. But since then our relations changed. From a kiss for goodbye it went to a high-five for goodbye. She started calling me "friend" more often, etc. But still she would say "i love you" or say some sweet sometimes even nasty/sexual things towards me. So after I while I started feeling uncomfortable in this "friend zone" situation. So I told her that I still have feelings for her and would like to be with her. But she replied with the same thing as before, that she doesnt want to be in a relationship and it's better of if we stay just "best friends". Now I told her that I don't know if I can do that, because I know my feelings will get in the way (which they do) and it will make it painful for me. So she just said that "You don't love me, you're just attracted to me" and after I tried brining up the topic again she was just ignoring it, trying to change the topic, etc.
So now idk what to do. From one side I can't stand when we're not talking and when she's not writing to me I am writing to her, because the thought of her being out of my life is painful, but on the other hand I don't want to be her just "best friend" because I constantly have feeling for her and talking to her, whilist knowing that we won't become anything more is extremely painful for me. So one way or another it's painful for me. And I just don't know what to do, that's why Im asking for advice.


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Because every network needs a show about spies (and because "Rubicon" is no longer on the air), AMC is going back to the beginning and releasing their Revolutionary War-set drama "Turn" this spring.
While no air date has been set, AMC has released the first trailer today.
Penned by "Nikita's" Craig Silverstein and executive produced by Barry Josephson from Josephson Entertainment, the series revolves around the Culper Ring spies who, in the summer of 1778, affected America's fight for independence. It stars Jamie Bell, Kevin McNally, Burn Gorman, Angus MacFadyen, JJ Feild, Seth Numrich, Daniel Henshall, and Heather Lind.


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There are many benefits to having kids. One of them can be inspiration for leading a healthier lifestyle! Check out today's guest post by Dixie Somers who goes over some of the basics in teaching your kids to live healthier through what you do on a daily basis.
Teaching your children the importance of living a healthy lifestyle is something that can best be done by example. When they see you making healthy choices in all areas of your life, they'll be more likely to develop those same healthy habits. Instead of forcing your kids to live a healthy lifestyle, you can show them how to be healthy and by the time they are an adult, these healthy practices will be second nature to them.
The following six healthy living habits provide a good foundation for teaching by example.
Eat Breakfast
Mornings can be a hectic time for any family. As the adult in the group, you may be inclined to skip breakfast. Your kids should see you taking time to eat breakfast or at least leaving home with a healthy pack-and-go breakfast food. Whole grain muffins, healthy cookies, healthy cereal, smoothies and breakfast sandwiches are just a few healthy quick breakfast foods.
If you plan on having a healthy breakfast, you need to get enough sleep so that you'll be able to wake up in time to eat a proper meal. This will also assist you in teaching your kids healthy sleeping habits as well. If they get in the habit of eating breakfast every morning, then they will continue the practice once they are on their own.
Less Sedentary
You can set a good example for your children by limiting your personal TV and computer time and getting involved in outdoor activities. You can't just order your kids to go outside and play while you sit inside (even if you are getting important work done.) You need to be the one to show them how fun the outdoors are and how beautiful nature can be.
You can make these outside activities a family affair. You can do things together such as grow a garden, take daily walks together, go biking together or frequently visit a park and play soccer or catch. As a parent, it can be tough to keep up with your kids because they have far more energy than you do. This is why it can be tempting to sit your kids in front of the TV so that you can relax or get work done. Watching movies isn't the worst thing in the world, but if your kids are never active, this could create a dangerous pattern for adulthood. Show them the way by planning fun activities that get you outside and moving as a family.
Healthy Snacks
Keep food for snacks, such as fruit, yogurt, carrots, celery and other healthy items on the kitchen counter or in the refrigerator. Keeping only healthy snack food in the house sets a good example for your kids, and they'll get used to eating nutritious snacks instead of loading up on junk food. Show them how to prepare their own healthy snacks so when they have to get their own food ready they will make a healthy choice. If you keep junk or candy in the house, your kids will eat it. If their options are fruits and vegetables, they will get used to eating healthy food. Instead of making them eat fruits and veggies plain, you can make the snacks more kid-friendly and interesting. Pinterest has tons of fun ideas for kid snacks that will get your children to eat healthy if you need inspiration.
Sleeping Habits
Establishing a pre-bedtime routine is a good habit for you and your kids. This routine might include some quiet time for reading or some other relaxing, non-technology related activity. Getting a sufficient amount of sleep each night is part of a healthy lifestyle, and as your kids get older, they will see the value of sleep. Growing kids need plenty of sleep, so even as your children become teens, try to enforce some rules, even if you don't have a strict "bedtime" per say. A great way to encourage healthy sleeping patterns is to create a regular bedtime routine with your kids—starting when they are young. Changing into pajamas, brushing teeth, perhaps some reading before bed, are all things your kids can do every night. Once they get into a routine, they'll be able to fall asleep easily and get good rest. Going to bed at the same time every night will also help to create a healthy, established sleeping pattern.
Taking Responsibility For Your Health
You also need to show your kids the ropes when it comes to being in charge of their own health, especially as they grow into teenagers. Educate your kids on the importance of personal hygiene and teach them about deodorant, shaving, and showering regularly—once your kids reach a certain age, they might not realize that no one is going to tell them to brush their teeth or take a shower, they need to do it on their own.
Another part of staying healthy is having annual check-ups, regular dental appointments, and seeing a doctor when any abnormal issues arise. The orthodontic professionals in Naperville at Pasha Orthodontics suggest that you encourage your kids to make their own doctor and dentist appointments starting at age 12 or 13 in order to teach them responsibility. This way, they learn the responsibility of setting an appointment, marking it on the calendar, and remembering to make a follow-up appointment for the future. It's never too early to teach your kids responsibility, especially when it comes to their own health. You don't want your child to get to college and not know the first thing about making a doctor's appointment when they get sick. Teach them the necessary skills now that will help them maintain their health in the future.
Being active is an important element of staying healthy, as mentioned above. However, being "active" and exercising isn't always the same thing. Being outdoors and getting off the couch is necessary for a healthy lifestyle, but you also need to have a semi-regular exercise routine that gets your heart pumping and builds strong muscles. Enroll in a yoga class, aerobics class or exercise program that allows your kids to be active participants. Seeing you commit to an exercise program can be inspiring to them.
Everyone's body is different, so every individual person prefers and enjoys different forms of exercise. You don't have to be a fitness maniac—just display the importance of exercise to your kids, and show them that it can be fun. Whether you run marathons, or just use a Pilates DVD at home, make sure your kids see you exercising, because it will become a normal part of their lives as they get older. If it's tough to drag your kids away from video games to get them active, consider playing Wii Fit games together to get the blood pumping while doing an activity that will hold the kids' interest.
Adopting a healthy lifestyle requires a commitment. It likely involves some changes in your family's eating habits and in how they spend their leisure time. Once you set the example for eating well, exercising and respecting the need for sufficient sleep, your kids will have a role model to follow. You can be the inspiration they need to make healthy choices in life, so start setting a good example today!
About the Author
Dixie Somers is a freelance writer from Arizona. You can find her on Google+.
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