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The New York Times
The Comeback Seasonby Jennifer E. Smith
The last place Ryan Walsh should be this afternoon is on a train heading to Wrigley Field. She should be in class, enduring yet another miserable/i>
Baseball brings them together—but will his secret keep them apart? Find out in this heartbreakingly beautiful novel from Jennifer E. Smith, author of The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight.
The last place Ryan Walsh should be this afternoon is on a train heading to Wrigley Field. She should be in class, enduring yet another miserable day of her first year of high school. But for once, Ryan isn't thinking about what she should be doing. She's not worried about her lack of friends, or her suffering math grade, or how it's been five whole years since the last time she was really and truly happy. Because she's finally returning to the place that her father loved, where the two of them spent so many afternoons cheering on their team. And on this—the fifth anniversary of his death—it feels like there's nowhere else in the world she should be.
Ryan is once again filled with hope as she makes her way to the game. Good luck is often hard to come by at a place like Wrigley Field, but it's on this day that she meets Nick, the new kid from her school, who seems to love the Cubs nearly as much as she does. But Nick carries with him a secret that makes Ryan wonder if anyone can ever really escape their past, or believe in the promise of those reassuring words: "Wait till next year." Is it too much for Ryan to hope that this year, this season, might be her comeback season?
Editorial Reviews
The New York Times
This is a story that touches difficult subjects the way we gingerly touch a sensitive tooth; and the difficult subjects are the biggest ones: death, grief, illness, loneliness, loss. Smith uses an analogy of loss and hope we can all understand--the Chicago Cubs. Ryan is 15 years old, still grieving for her father who died five years before. He was a good father who enjoyed his family, and he had a special relationship with Ryan as they shared their love for the Cubs. So, for Ryan, following the Cubs is a way to keep her father near her. Smith tells this story in the third person and in the present tense. Perhaps it is because of the lesson that eternity is in the present moment. Ryan is a lost, lonely 15 year old until she cuts school on opening day of the Cubs season and meets Nick, a new boy at school, who is also cutting. As their extraordinary friendship evolves over the summer, we learn more about Nick. We find out that Nick and his family moved to Chicago to be near the best oncology doctors because he is fighting bone cancer. Ryan's experience losing her father means that she doesn't know how she will be able to face Nick's struggle and the possibility that he will die. Oddly enough, with Nick she is able to weep and cry and grieve for her father, to open herself up to feelings once more. There is nothing sentimental about this story; nothing trite. And the cover of teenage couple silhouetted with Wrigley Field in the background will attract readers. An unusually poignant story. Reviewer: Claire Rosser
March 2008 (Vol. 42, No.2)
Gr 9 Up- Buried beneath the weight of a wholly untenable premise is a deeply moving, often beautifully rendered story of a girl who endures the loss of both her father and the boy she loves, and finds strength and hope as a result. High-school freshman Ryan Walsh still misses her dad terribly five years after his death in a boating accident. He was a sports reporter who instilled in her his love of the perennially disappointing Chicago Cubs. Ryan, who has grown away from her childhood friends, is lonely and miserable until she meets Nick, who shares her passion for the team. A recent transfer to her school, he is vague and evasive about the reason for the cast on his arm. It is eventually revealed that he has bone cancer. When Ryan suspects that he is seriously ill, she strikes a fateful bargain (with whom, it is never made clear) that the Cubs could continue to fail, as long as Nick is all right. As the team's fortunes improve and Nick's condition worsens, Ryan comes to believe that she is responsible. This central conceit of the novel-that a bright, sensible 15-year-old could believe that events are affected by this kind of irrational superstition-strains even the most willing suspension of disbelief. Nevertheless, those readers who stay with the novel to the end will be rewarded (in the last third of the book particularly) with scenes of genuine emotional power and language of sometimes breathtaking beauty and clarity. While her novel is less than a total success, Smith is clearly a writer with extraordinary gifts, from whom great things should be expected.-Richard Luzer, Fair Haven Union High School Library, VT
"Jennifer E. Smith has taken the themes of young love, deep loss, and professional baseball in the form of the hapless Cubs and turned them into a terrific read that overflows with passion and insight. Lessons about the saving nature of hope pervade this story of memory and yearning. Here's one old sportswriter who calls The Comeback Season a leadoff homer by an All-Star rookie." -Rick Telander, senior sports columnist, Chicago Sun-Times
"In a deeply touching and profound debut, Jennifer E. Smith sensitively explores the parallels and intersections between the game of baseball and the game of life. Smith is a writer and a fan who understands the details and depth of the great American pastime and of the human heart as well." Bob Krech, author of Rebound
"The Comeback Season is a warm and brave, if heartbreaking, story about first love. It will make you cry and laugh and cry again!" Melissa de la Cruz, author of The Au Pairs and Blue Bloods
"The Comeback Season is one of those books that breaks your heart and can't be put down. It is a beautifully written story about loss of innocence, the strength of the human spirit, and why there is nothing quite like being a Chicago Cubs fan." John Feinstein, bestselling author of Last Shot, Vanishing Act, and Cover-up
Product Details
- 9781416996071
- Publisher:
- Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
- Publication date:
- 02/23/2010
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- Format:
- NOOK Book
- Pages:
- 256
- Sales rank:
- 808,021
- Lexile:
- 1070L (what's this?)
- File size:
- Age Range:
- 13 - 17 Years
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OPENING DAY AT WRIGLEY FIELD ISN'T ALWAYS APRIL 8. It's not like Christmas or the Fourth of July, with their dependable calendar slots, the reassurance of a fixed number. So that it should fall on April 8 of this year—the first of Ryan Walsh's uneven stint in high school—seems reason enough for her to be on a southbound 'L' train at the exact moment she should be taking her seat in science class. The day is beautiful, blindingly bright and faintly breezy, and the Chicago skyline looms a startling shade of silver in the distance. Ryan clutches her backpack as the train lurches from side to side, her forehead pressed against the thick plastic window.
A man in a Ryne Sandberg jersey wafts a foam finger in her direction, and even as she scoots farther toward the window, Ryan's heart beats fast with excitement. There are college kids drinking sweet-flavored vodka drinks from plastic bottles, old men with sweat-stained blue caps, a group of boys trading blue and red markers to finish up a cardboard sign. At each stop, as they collect more fans, as the noise level grows, as they wind their way along Lake Michigan toward the center of it all, she feels it: the fluttery hope, the tentative promise. It is game day in Chicago, the first true day of spring. There is, before them all, a whole new season.
Ryan is not typically reckless in this way. She is, in fact, feeling slightly nauseated at the thought of her impulsive departure after third period. Across the packed train car, she thinks she spots a boy from her math class, the shock of white from a cast on his arm peeking through at elbow level in the crowd. But at the next stop, when the doors open and a new surge of people presses their way inside, he's suddenly gone, and Ryan decides she's only looking for a reason to feel guilty and to think of school.
"Next stop, Addison," the conductor calls out, and the train erupts in wild cheering. Ryan tugs at the drawstrings of her hooded sweatshirt and smiles to herself.
This, after all, is where she feels closest to him. Not when she sits at what had once been his seat at the dinner table. Not when her mom unwittingly sings their song under her breath while she does the dishes. Not when she looks at her younger sister, whose eyes are his: gray-blue and swimming.
No, right here, with the stadium fast approaching and all the possibilities of these nine long innings laid bare: this is where it's easiest to imagine her father still beside her.
She'd been just ten when he was killed in a rafting accident while on a trip to Colorado. Soon after, Mom sold their season tickets—two seats on the third base line, just eight rows back—to help save money while she looked for a job. Emily had always been too young anyway, and Mom was never interested much beyond the novelty of the festival-like atmosphere of Wrigley Field.
But the ivy-covered back wall is the background to most of Ryan's memories of him. She can see his face most clearly when she thinks of him at the ballpark. It was here he'd taught her to keep score when she was only six, patiently helping her fill in the tiny diamond grids across her playbook, and it was here—however unknowingly—she'd begun to prepare herself for his absence. Where better to learn of heartbreak and loss than Wrigley Field? What better place to harden your heart?
At the games, he'd throw an arm across the back of her seat and lean in. "If the Cubs win," he'd say, "I'll give up chocolate for a whole week."
"It has to be something more important than that," Ryan would say accusingly, as if he didn't care enough to negotiate with something better than candy.
"Not for this game," he'd protest. "It's not even our division."
She'd pull her blue cap down low and frown until he reconsidered.
"Okay, fine," he'd say with a grin. "If the Cubs win, I'll eat only vegetables for the rest of the week."
"How about if they win, you have to give me five piggybacks a day?"
"Five a day?" he'd say, laughing. "You drive a hard bargain."
"It's for the good of the team," she'd insist.
It was a dangerous bargaining tool, this team of theirs. There was always the chance they'd be left with nothing.
Since her dad died, Ryan has only been to three games. The first two with her mom and sister soon after the accident, where they got lost amid the thick crowds and the too-cheerful organ music. Ryan had barely been able to watch the game, instead working to split open peanut shells the way he'd taught her, but they felt dry and dusty in her mouth. Emily cried when someone in the row behind them spilled beer at their feet, and Mom held her close, looking out over the top of her head with a dazed expression, even when everyone else rose for the national anthem. They'd left at the top of the fourth inning, and on their second try a few games later, made it only to the bottom of the fifth. It was soon after that when Mom sold the tickets.
A year later, sitting with a friend and her parents at the third game, Ryan realized she'd forgotten how to keep score the way her dad taught her. She sat with her pencil poised over the scorecard and blinked back tears.
That was five years ago. She hasn't been back since.
But today is different. Today is April 8.
When the train slows to a halt, the passengers shift restlessly until the doors open. Over their shoulders, Ryan can see the huge wall of the stadium rising up against a cloudless sky, and she draws in a breath. The air smells of that peculiar combination of hot dogs and springtime, leather mitts and freshly cut grass, and all of it blends into one scent, one thought, one thing: Dad.
"Opening Day programs," a man in red calls out, waving the glossy booklets high in the air. "Cubs programs here!"
Ryan steps off the platform, swept toward the stadium along with the rest of the crowd, and just briefly, she closes her eyes. April 8 may not always be Opening Day, but it is always—without fail and without end—the anniversary of the day her father died. And this, she thinks, peering up at the pennants waving lazily in the spring breeze, is reason enough.
Ryan had woken this morning with a dull sense of loss, and when she rolled over to glance at her clock, she remembered and burrowed deeper beneath the covers. Five years ago on this day, she'd been pulled from her fourth-grade classroom and made to sit in the nurse's office until her mom arrived, red-eyed and stunned with her three-year-old sister in tow, to tell her what she knew—that in the chaos of the Colorado River, on the trip her dad had been planning with his college buddies for years, the raft had overturned. Of the group, it had been her father who was tossed in the worst possible direction, where the water was quicker, the river bottom rockier. It was the school nurse who leaned in to clarify the message: "He's gone, honey," she said, and Ryan began to cry.
Sometimes, it seems she hasn't stopped crying since.
This morning, when she came downstairs for breakfast, Emily was already sitting at the table singing to herself, her legs swinging from the chair as she picked at a blueberry muffin. Her younger sister loves dolls and horses, stickers and puppies, and is so far from what Ryan had been at eight—or ever—that she often has trouble believing they could have been raised in the same family.
Though in a way, they haven't been.
Emily had been too young to remember Dad, and for that, Ryan can't fault her. But her sister's allegiance to Kevin makes Ryan feel like the last survivor of a long-lost era. Their stepfather is a nice enough lawyer who Mom met at the driving range when she decided to take golf lessons a couple years ago. At the real estate agency where she'd started working after Dad died, golf was apparently more than just a hobby. It was the common language. "It's a sport that's actually useful," Mom said, looking pointedly at Ryan. "It's good for business."
Dad had been a sportswriter, and even he didn't consider golf a real sport.
Kevin—wearer of ties, believer in rules, hater of baseball—had joined the family shortly afterward, and it is with him that Emily has grown up. Because of this, it's impossible to blame her for not understanding that you don't flip the television channel when the Cubs are on.
This morning, Ryan had looked on wearily from across the kitchen table as Emily folded and refolded a muffin wrapper like a study in origami. Twice, she opened her mouth to say something—to offer some small reminder of the day—but her sister was bright-eyed and ready for school, waiting for Kevin to drive her, waiting for Mom to kiss them good-bye, and Ryan didn't have the heart to draw her into this awful anniversary, no matter how much she wished for someone to share in her sorrow. When Mom came downstairs, she would—as she did each year on this day—hug Ryan just a little bit tighter, linger just a moment longer when she kissed her forehead, smooth back the tangles of hair from her face. They would exchange watery smiles, and without having to say anything, without making any sort of fuss, they would sit down to a breakfast of slightly burned bacon and scrambled eggs—Dad's favorite. Anything more to commemorate the day would be too difficult; anything less, heartless.
But today, Mom came down holding Kevin's hand, the two of them hiding smiles and practically giggling. They stood before the table, Kevin adjusting his tie, Mom with a hand on the back of Emily's chair.
"What's going on?" Ryan asked, frowning. She sat Indian style on the kitchen chair, her arms tucked up inside her sweatshirt. Mom stooped down to place a hand on top of Emily's, and behind her, Kevin shifted from one foot to the other, bobbing his head of thinning hair and grinning stupidly.
"We only just found out for sure," she said. "I'm pregnant."
Mom looked to them both, smiling hesitantly, until Emily squealed and hopped up from her chair, clapping her hands, and Mom's smile broadened. She raised her eyes over Ryan's shoulder to Kevin, and with that look—the flecks of light in her eyes, the faintest hint of joy—Ryan's heart dropped. Of all days, she thought, as she pushed back from the table and pounded up the stairs to her room.
Later, when she heard the knock, Ryan simply tucked her face into her pillow and grunted. She looked up when the door creaked open, and Mom poked her head in.
"Mind if I join you?"
Ryan said nothing, but curled into a ball to make room at the foot of the bed.
"I didn't forget," Mom said, resting a hand on Ryan's ankle. She tilted her head thoughtfully. "I think, in a way, he'd be happy about it, actually. A new beginning on a day like today. It's just the kind of thing he'd find meaning in if he were here."
"If he were here," Ryan said, staring fiercely out the window, "this wouldn't have happened."
They sat quietly on the bed together, the sounds from the cars outside rising up through the half-open window. Ryan waited for Mom to say something more—to suggest they go downstairs for bacon and eggs, or to tell her she'll never love anyone more than Dad, not Kevin and not even this new baby—but they both remained silent.
Finally, Ryan eyed her stomach. "When's it due?"
"October," Mom said, placing a hand on her belly, obviously pleased by the question. Ryan shrugged, watching the Cubs flag on her closet door flutter in the breeze from the window. It wasn't as if she'd have anything else to do in October.
© 2008 Jennifer E. Smith
Meet the Author
Jennifer E. Smith is the author of Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between, The Geography of You and Me, This Is What Happy Looks Like, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, The Storm Makers, You Are Here, and The Comeback Season. She earned her master's degree in creative writing from the University of St. Andrews, and her work has been translated into thirty languages.
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Ryan Walsh is a girl who loves the Chicago Cubs. It's not just about baseball to her, though. It's more about her dad, who passed away when she was ten years old, who sparked her love for the team. She's a freshmen in high school now, and the year didn't turn out quite how she wanted it to, with her drifting further apart from her grade school friends, Kate and
Everything changes for Ryan on Opening Day, when she goes to Wrigley Field to try and scalp a ticket. Though she ends up having to enjoy the game outside of the stadium, it's all worth it, for that day is when she really meets the new kid at school, Nick.
From then on, they have a relationship that builds quickly based on things like baseball and knowing when to just be silent together. Things are finally starting to look up for Ryan, when it all starts to get out of her control again. The feelings of helplessness. The fear. In the end, Ryan will have a hard lesson to learn. How to move forward, without forgetting the past.
THE COMEBACK SEASON was an amazing story about getting through the tough times in life to make it to the other side. The friendship between Ryan and Nick is warming and hilarious at the same time, reflecting the lives of friends all over the world. Jennifer E. Smith mixes life...love...death...strength...and baseball in a beautiful way that will keep you flipping the pages and ready to tread through the journey alongside Ryan. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be happy, you'll be mad. But most of all, you'll love this book, whether a fan of sports or not, because more then that, it's simply a story of learning how to live and thrive during the good and bad times.
This is a very good book. Its not all about baseball and no all about love. It's a teenage girl's life and its very interesting. When I started reading it, I couldn't see myself getting into the book but after I got done with first couple chapters, I couldn't stop reading it. Jennifer E Smith is a wonderful author. I havent read much of her books but I would love to in the future. I recommed this book, and hope hey enjoy is as much as I did.
i love this book. one day i went to the book store with my grandmother and there was a lot of books on sale. this was one of the books. i started the book one night when it was storming and i did not have power. once i start reading it i have to force my self to put it down.
It was funny, happy, sad, and all qualities a good book should have! I wish there was more to the end, or a sequel! I recommend to any teen looking for a good read
I would recommend this to anyone in their teenage years. I loved this book. I cant wait to read more of Jennifer Smith's books!
If tragedy for the sake of tragedy is your thing, this is your book! Personally, I feel jerked around by this type of author. It's too formulaic for my taste: Something bad happens, something good happens, something worse happens.
This book is actually really outstanding, despite it's bittersweet ending. I think the author did a good job putting it in present tense third person and the writing is something to appreciate. It has a good combination of love, relationships, everyday struggles, and baseball. This book has become one of my favorite books. Some people might think places were slow, as I have read some places, but you have to understand writing and how hard it is to get a book like this and perfecting it. Writing in present tense is not an easy thing, and it's something a person who understands writing appreciates. Never the less, it's definitely worth reading and people who have struggled through death and the hardships of having friends, it's a book that you would definitely appreciate.
im a person who likes happy endings. if you are to don't read this book. some parts were so boring because there was too much detail. and if you dont like baseball dont read it. and it was really confusing. i mean i think i know how the book ended, but still not positive.
this i must say was cute but to be honest it was kinda slow. like i did read it. but i kept skipping paragraphs at times. but then there would be some parts were i would read it and love it. but at the ending i have to say i did cry. i do love the ending soo maybe if she took some things out of the story it would be better. but it was ok but like i said it had a good ending.
Everyone loves a happy ending...right? Okay, maybe yes, but The Comeback Season is twisted with a friendship of love until death takes over half of it. It's a heartbreaking story, but it's got something to teach. Not every ending is happy. It's a small comeback for reality which people seem to ignore these days. This book was written well and with problems of everyday high schoolers, social groups, and relationships along with things that could be very real with a twist of baseball, this book is one of the best books I'll ever read. A personal number one favorite.
One of the best books ever!! I couldn't put the book down it had me hooked from the first page!! I definitely recommend this book to others!!


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V8, 4-cycle,2800 RPM, turbo-charged and after-cooled, freshwater cooled, marine diesel inboard; Transmissions - ZF IRM 280A-2; 1.483:1 reduction - ZF HSWE 110TS two-speed transmission available only with Yanmar engines Interior - Ice maker, 110V, installed under helm seat - Stereo, AM-FM-CD, 12V with six speakers - TV - VCR mounted in salon - Teak & holly sole in lieu of carpet - Alternate color Corian countertop Fabric - Ultra nylon simulated leather sofa - Leather sofa (finest full grain) Sportfishing - Bait tank, 40 gallon, molded into transom - Refrigerate helm deck icebox, 12V system - Freezer plates, 110V system, in helm deck icebox - Refrigeration plates, 110V system, installed in cockpit fish box Generators - 7.6 kW freshwater cooled diesel generator with seawater strainer, remote start and gauge panel, water muffler, safety shutdown system and 70 amp deep cycle battery - Generator is not intended to supply power for all standard and optional accessories. 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Orange is The New Black Season TWO Photos!!
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Marking my calendar now… June 6th= nothing but binge watching.
I finished season 1 in two days. (Sorry I'm not sorry)
Since Netflix announced the premiere date of season 2 I've been searching the Internet for anything to latch onto until June. And finallyyyy, new still images and a short (whopping 15 second) tease have been released.
The photos include the cast dancing, participating in a surely hilarious "job fair", and hopefully picking back up after the OMG last scene of season 1. Spoiler alert: it's gruesome.
Check them out here!
Is anyone else not-so-patiently waiting for June? Who's planning a watch party?!


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Officer who kicked K-9 had dog in backyard
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RALEIGH, N.C. — After a cell phone recorded video of State Highway Patrol Sgt. Charles L. Jones kicking his police dog, Ricoh, officials said the dog would be retired to another trooper's care.
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Get an overview of this hotelHotel in Greensboro with free breakfast and outdoor pool
Popular property highlights
Situated in Greensboro, this hotel is 0.9 mi (1.4 km) from Four Seasons Town Centre and 1.9 mi (3.1 km) from Greensboro Coliseum. Airbound Trampoline Park Greensboro and White Oak Amphitheatre are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Hotel Features
Along with an outdoor pool, this hotel has a fitness center and coffee/tea in a common area. Free continental breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a seasonal outdoor pool, a business center, and a meeting room are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 121 rooms provide conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves, plus free WiFi and TVs with cable channels. Pillowtop beds, coffee makers, and free weekday newspapers are among the other amenities available to guests.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Baymont Inn & Suites Greensboro/Coliseum
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Baymont Inn & Suites Greensboro/Coliseum features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. Business amenities consist of a business center, limo/town car service, and a meeting room. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Event facilities measure 1040 square feet (97 square meters). This business-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, coffee/tea in a common area, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- One meeting room
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- Free WiFi
- 24-hour front desk
- Number of floors - 2
- Business center
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free breakfast
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Fitness facilities
- Computer station
- Laundry facilities
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 121
- Conference space size (meters) - 97
- Conference space size (feet) - 1040
- Free self parking
- Outdoor pool
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Television in common areas
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, Free RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free WiFi
- Premium TV channels
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Cable TV service
- Desk
- Television
- Free weekday newspaper
- Free local calls
- Hair dryer
- Pillowtop mattress
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10 AM.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 2 children 18 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 15.0 per night.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 10 per pet, per night, plus a deposit of USD 10.00 per night
- 2 per room (up to 100 lb)
- Specific rooms only
- Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Service animals exempt from fees/restrictions
No cribs (infant beds) available
No elevators
- Cash deposit: USD 100.00 per stay
Optional extras
- Pet deposit: USD 10.00 per night
- Pet fee: USD 10 per pet, per night
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 15.0 per night
Hotel Name
- Baymont Inn Greensboro/Coliseum
- Baymont Inn Hotel Greensboro/Coliseum
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- Baymont Inn Greensboro/Coliseum Hotel
- Baymont Inn Greensboro/Coliseum Greensboro
We should mention
Up to 2 children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. Some facilities may have restricted access. Guests can contact the property for details using the contact information on the booking confirmation. This property allows pets in specific rooms only (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can request one of these rooms by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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The deal
- 3D2N stay for 2 for $1,578 (rrp. $2,950)
- 4D3N stay for 2 for $2,368 (rrp. $4,425)
- 5D4N stay for 2 for $3,148 (rrp. $5,900)
- 6D5N stay for 2 for $3,928 (rrp. $7,375)
- 8D7N stay for 2 for $5,488 (rrp. $10,325)
Hotel at a glance
Guests in search of a quiet stay away from the hustle and bustle of the popular and thriving Bali scene make their way to a private getaway within the district of Uluwatu. Le Nixsun Villa & Spa shelters solace-seekers under the hut-styled roofs of 11 elegantly appointed villas, each equipped with its own private pool and modern decor with nuances of quintessential Balinese design. Make the most of one's time at this establishment located in amidst lush greenery and ocean by riding the temperate waves on a surfboard, frolicking along the beach, or spending hours getting pampered at a number of nearby spas.
1-Bedroom Pool Villa
- Max. occupancy: 3 adults OR 2 adults and 1 child aged 10 and below per room. 3rd guest subject to additional charges.
Hotel facilities
- Restaurant
- Spa
- Private swimming pool
- On-call doctor
- Candle light dinner
- Balinese afternoon tea
- Complimentary Wi-Fi
Add-ons (payable to hotel)
- Extra bed with breakfast for guest aged 11 and above: IDR 400,000 per person per night
- Stay without extra bed with breakfast for guest aged 10 and below: IDR 100,000 per person per night
Bali, Indonesia: What to see and do
Go through your bucket list of Bali's mainstay beaches of Kuta, Legian, and Seminyak as you suss out your favourite surfing and tanning spots in Indonesia before continuing on with CNN Travel's list of the best 5 hidden beaches nearby. Fascinating swimmers and sand-strollers alike with their green-blue waters, black volcanic sands, and inclinator-equipped cliffs, TripAdvisor's favourite island destination in Asia, which is second only to Thailand's Ko Tao is your destination for adventure as well as relaxation. Consider an exhilarating ride around the grounds of the multi-award winning Kuta waterpark of Waterbom, where up to 12 rides carrying their apt monikers like the Smash Down, Climax, and Race Track, come complemented with the Euro Bungy ride, which catapults brave souls up in a graceful and stomach-curdling arc. Then, re-enact a scene from the best-selling paperback by Elizabeth Gilbert as you experience an authentic treatment at the many luxury spas which pepper the in-lands and coasts.
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Does anyone know if this crack was done before or after filming?
Any ideas?
Has anybody tried to replicate the ESB visor crack on their buckets?
I will be adding it to mine, replicated of coarse, not going to actually crack the bucket though.
I will probably scribe it in and smear a little epoxy over it too look like it has seeped out of the edges and on the surface like in the pic, the epoxy will yellow on it's own in time.
Lets see your pics if anyone else has tried it.


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Skullforce v1.1.1 Android Game APK for Phones and Tablets
Android Game – Skullforce v1.1.1 APK for Android Phones and Tablets (Android Gamers favourite choice)
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Beautiful Games
Every week for nine months, Simon Di Principe photographed the Sunday league football at Hackney Marshes and found himself immersed in a series of photographs that depicted the Marshes as a footballing league of nations
Maddi Masterson is a children's book writer and illustrator who has been following – and drawing – snooker since she first saw Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins
There have been plenty of dodgy records made by footballers down the years, but what if some of the game's greatest players had ever been immortalised in vinyl? New York-based graphic designer James Taylor wondered exactly that when he created these imaginary record sleeves
You wouldn't think it would be possible to cram the entire history of football into a single illustration, but Alex Bennett gave it a go. He selected almost 500 incidents from the past 150 years of football and melded them together in one image
The rather self-deprecating title of this series of illustrations, 'Badly Drawn Footballers', doesn't do them justice. These two-minute doodles are the best caricatures we've seen in ages
At first glance these look like legitimate designs for European football kits from the 1990s, but in fact they're cigarette packets torn and folded to look like the real deal
These remarkable photos of professional ice-climbers tackling huge frozen waterfalls and icefalls in Eidfjord, Norway, were created by photographer Thomas Senf
With the Sochi Winter Olympics just days away, Bristol-based creative agency Fiasco Design have come up with this neat interactive map to guide you through the basics of the 2014 host city
These illustrations by Daniel Nyari are remarkably simple and yet remarkably uncanny.
Philip Haynes has seized the expression of each cross-fit participant as they begin a squat-lift, at the exact moment their muscles tense and their faces contort
It's 123 years since basketball was invented in a gymnasium in Massachusetts, USA, and its enduring popularity has made it one of the cornerstones of American culture. Basketball courts and makeshift rings are scattered about the landscape at almost every turn, as the award-winning photographer Robin Layton displays in this photographic homage to the sport
With his waterproof camera and pioneering approach, John Witzig was one of the most forward-thinking surf photographers of the early 1960s – the so-called golden age of the sport
Fanzines - those eccentric, no-holds-barred publications which spoke our minds are far from dead, as State of the Zine shows
If you're looking for sheer thrills — not to mention the added element of danger — this grass kart racing circuit in Kurrajong Heights in Australia looks to be the place to go. The footage was shot by film-maker Devin Graham, aka devinsupertramp, whose videos capture all the joy of extreme sports
Swiss photographer Thomas Kneubühler photographed these eerie images of artificially-lit ski-slopes after moving to Quebec, Canada. Having grown up in the Alps where ski-slopes are traditionally used in the day-time, Kneubühler was both perplexed and engrossed by the vast, glowing mountains which confronted him
These simple football posters by John Paul Stallard and Rob Duncan use a limited colour palette and a bald, reductivist style to rather striking effect
These colourful ping pong bats raised more than £1,000 for charity this month. Fashioned by 10 designers and illustrators at the request of the London-based creative agency Fivefootsix, the bats range from the bizarre to the beautiful
This unusual photographic essay on the Dutch football team from 2004, shot by German photographer Claudio Hils, explores the seldom seen environment surrounding a professional football match
These marketing proposals for an all star Premier League match are rather fun. The idea is a simple one - divide the teams north and south, allow fans to vote for their prefered players and let intense regional rivalries take hold
Back in 1872, Eadweard Muybridge's ground-breaking studies of motion provided decisive proof that, at times, horses have all four feet off the ground as they gallop. Almost 150 years later, the lure of sequential photography remains as great as ever
Sometimes you don't need a fancy camera to capture the flavour of football. Having travelled Europe to watch teams little and large, Danny Last, the gallery editor at In Bed With Maradona, has amassed an interesting set of pics using simply his phone and a pocket camera
Football Type, by Rick Banks and Sheridan Bird, is an ingenious book which traces the rich and beautiful history of typography in football
Intrigued by the line between success and failure - and the potentially catastrophic consequences of the latter in extreme sports - film director Sascha Köllnreitner is about to start cutting a movie which we can't wait to see, focusing on a wingsuit flyer, an extreme cyclist and a freediver
Named after the Collie who sniffed out the lost Jules Rimet trophy prior to the 1966 World Cup, Pickles magazine, like the Jules Rimet, is a satisfying find
Harry Beck's schematic tube map has undergone many revisions down the years, but this one, using iconic footballers, has the power to make a rush-hour journey on the Central line seem remotely bearable
A simple design for a classic game - it's hard not to like this flatpack foosball table made almost entirely from cardboard
Arguably the most beautiful bikes we've ever seen, these creations by Derringer Cycles hark back to board track bikes which were all the rage in the US in the 1920s. What's more, they're about to release electric models
Built to a 1/100th scale, these papercut models by Japanese artist and designer Naoki Terada are wonderfully minimal and delicate representations of sport.
Referencing El Lissitzky and the Bauhaus school of design, these collages by Blair Frame explore the realm of professional sports psychology from positive mentality to self-awareness.
Prefab77 is a Newcastle-based art collective with a particularly keen sense of heritage, as shown in these laser-etched cricket bats.
Shot on some of the most remote slopes in the world, including those of Antarctica, these unrehearsed images of wilderness skiing by American photographer and adventurer Jim Harris are rather spectacular.
If there's such a thing as the perfect wave, there must surely also be the perfect board? American duo Shanon Marks and Mark Laughlin reckon tailored design and 3D printing can provide a smarter, more enjoyable ride.
The aftermath of an Olympic Games is sometimes eerie, sometimes surprising and often altogether depressing. From venues turned into prisons or churches, to huge derelict stadia, photographers Jon Pack and Gary Hustwit have captured the stark remains.
Eliza Southwood has created a range of screen-prints and digital illustrations which trace competitive cycling from the present day to its illustrious past.
Fixated by the colours, smells, sounds and movement of motor racing, Alex Wakefield has produced a range of paintings which are vibrant and energetic.


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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' SOCCER: Indiana runs mark to 8-1
NORTH VERSAILLES — Indiana improved to 8-1 by defeating East Allegheny, 3-1, in a WPIAL Section 1-AA boys' soccer match Tuesday.
Jem Bailey-Orchard, Braydon Sharbaugh and Cole Rosenberger each netted a goal for Indiana. David Zimmerman added two assists, Bailey-Orchard had an assist, and goalie Corey Denlinger made two saves.
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The Tycoon Who Fell To EarthChristine Hill
Malaysian tycoon Tajudin Ramli had no experience in the airline business when he staked his fortune to buy the country's struggling national carrier in July, 1994, when it was privatized. But he had plenty of confidence. Even though Malaysian Airline Systems (MAS) eked out a mere $3.4 million profit on $1.6 billion in revenue in 1994, Tajudin boasted in the annual report that he aimed to turn it into "the largest, most successful, and most respected carrier in the world."
It hasn't taken long for Tajudin to come down to earth. Despite an initial rebound, profits are sliding again because of intensifying competition from such formidable rivals as Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. That has made it difficult for Tajudin to raise financing to pay off the $728 million loan he took out for the takeover. What's more, a bevy of government regulations is limiting Tajudin's ability to reduce the airline's bloated workforce and shed money-losing routes. Says Lawrence Lye, a Singapore-based airline analyst for BZW-Pacific Union: Tajudin is a good businessman, "but he's not God."
INSIDE TRACK. Some analysts see MAS as another Malaysian example of how not to privatize. Tajudin bought into the airline when Bank Negara Malaysia, the central bank, unloaded its 32% stake to make up for losses in currency speculation in 1992 and 1993. As often happens in Malaysia, Tajudin's connections apparently helped him land the deal. He is a business associate of Daim Zainuddin, a power broker in the dominant party, the United Malays National Organization.
The men grew up in the same village in Kedah. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad also hails from Kedah. Despite having no experience in telecoms, Tajudin in 1989 won the license to operate Malaysia's first private cellular-phone network when demand was soaring. The deal helped make him a billionaire. His 38% stake in Technology Resources Inc., which now owns the cellular provider, is worth $695 million.
But MAS could deal a blow to his net worth. To buy his 32% stake, Tajudin took out a personal loan backed by his Technology Resources Industries stock. Another of his holding companies, Malaysia Helicopter Services, took over his MAS investment. That should have enabled Tajudin to pay off the loan. But Malaysia Helicopter's efforts to raise funds fell short when the Malaysian market plunged last year. And the value of the TRI stock used as collateral has shrunk.
Some analysts calculate that Tajudin may still be left with more than $550 million in debt for MAS. Until he finds the cash to pay off his loan, his TRI shares are sitting in a vault at his bank. Tajudin and other MAS executives declined BUSINESS WEEK's requests for interviews.
Tajudin has sketched out a plan to turn the airline around. Through restructuring and expansion, he hopes to more than double annual profits, to $140 million, in fiscal 1996. Already, he has spun off catering and ground services. Despite government meddling, he thinks he will save $20 million this year through efficiency.
To boost revenue, Tajudin is enlarging the airline's international network by signing cooperation agreements with Britain's Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. and Australia's Ansett Airlines. He also wants to expand the airline's routes to North America. And MAS plans major increases in its cargo business.
Most analysts are skeptical. For one thing, Tajudin's freedom to slash jobs is limited because the state retains veto power over major business decisions, and several government officials sit on the MAS board. MAS must also operate domestic routes that now lose $40 million to $80 million a year as part of its "social obligation." In the second half of fiscal 1995, pretax profits were down 55% from the first half.
Meanwhile, overcrowding and operating snafus at Kuala Lumpur's Subang International Airport hobble MAS's expansion plans. Simply put, says the managing director of another regional airline, "Kuala Lumpur's airport is the pits." A new and larger airport isn't scheduled to open until 1997.
If Tajudin is worried, he isn't letting on. He's sticking to his forecast of boosting MAS's revenue sixfold, to $9.5 billion, within five years. Unless he gets more help from the government and his lenders, however, Tajudin will be lucky to keep MAS flying in the black--and his own financial woes from deepening.


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CHAKRA SYMBOLS – This set of the traditional chakra symbols also includes a new age 'thymus chakra / ethereal heart' in the set, completing the set of 8. Each symbol is rendered with three slightly divergent variations in form.
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Also, if you would like to make modifications to the chakra symbols, here is the working file which also contains a host of leftovers from the symbol construction process:
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In case it's a mystery to you what chakras are, read on :
WIKIPEDIA – The chakras are wheel-like vortices which, according to traditional Indian medicine, exist in the surface of the subtle body of living beings. The chakras are "force centers" or whorls of energy permeating, from a point on the physical body, the layers of the subtle bodies in an ever-increasing fan-shaped formation. Rotating vortices of subtle matter, they are considered focal points for the reception and transmission of energies.
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Tascam CD-301 MkII
I have a Tascam CD301MkII sitting around. These are quite robust units aimed at the lower-Pro or semipro market. The player is working OK, but the cable remote is a PITA. The remote itself does not have an IR diode installed, - an easy fix, but does the player have an IR receiver ??? ( I cannot find the user manual...and I would prefer not to disassemble it just to find out...no help searching the net either)
Does anyone have any experience with this one??
I got the cd-301 myself and I bought a new-old stock remote for it and found out the you have to have the remote wired cause there is no IR receiver in my model...unsure about the MK2 though...
Hope this helps.Cheers
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Working somewhere around 4,000 right now for REDBEE...more on the way!Scott
Crikey, ML, that sounds like the very first hive you had with the SHB trouble.By the way, I have 2 hives now after giving a small split away this week. One hive is in town and was nearly kaput until it superceded, and now is booming. (Booming for me is surviving with the potential for getting some capped honey sometime in the next couple of years). The hive at home is a tough queensland survivor which has to live in the harsh conditions like every other creature here.Lone
what are you going to do with them?


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Psychology Support
Psychology Support at The Credit Valley Hospital provides a variety of limited specialized psychological services to meet the needs of its community. Issues addressed include:
- Mental disorders
- Neuropsychological conditions,
- Developmental disorders, as well as
- Psychological factors associated with illness and disability
Individuals and their families, ranging from infants to the elderly are served within programs which meet their needs. Psychology support provides assessment and treatment as well as consultation to other hospital staff, physicians and community agencies.
All psychologists and psychological associates in Psychology Support are regulated health professionals. They are registered with the College of Psychologists of Ontario and are licensed to diagnose and treat a wide range of problems.
Adult Mental Health
In-patient Services:
Psychological evaluation and diagnostic services are provided to psychiatric in-patients in order to assess their emotional state, personality style, and at times, their ability to remember, concentrate and solve problems.
Out-patient Psychological Services:
Anxiety Disorders Programme:
Diagnostic evaluations as well as individual and group therapy sessions
are provided to individuals with a wide range of anxiety problems (eg.
panic attacks and social anxiety), in order that they may understand
and manage their anxiety symptoms more effectively. The treatment
provides an alternative, or adjunct to medications.
Depression Group Programme
Psychoeducational groups are provided for depressed patients using
the cognitive behavioural therapy model.
S.T.A.R.T. (Short Term Active Reintegration Therapy) Program:
The program provides individual and group therapy sessions to
individuals with psychiatric conditions. Treatment is designed to
enhance social, emotional and occupational functioning through
psychological interventions.
Eating Disorders Program: see program page »
This program provides assessment and treatment for adults with
anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and eating disorders not otherwise
specified. Services include consultation, patient and family education
groups, patient therapy groups, nutritional assessment and
rehabilitation, and medication and symptom review clinic.
Contact: 905-813-4505 (more »)
Health Psychology
Psychology staff work to help people with health problems adjusting to living with illness, coping with significant lifestyle changes and promoting healthy lifestyles. Service is provided to the following in-patient areas: cardiology, oncology, palliative care, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, rehabilitation, complex continuing care and renal services.
Treatment interventions may involve:
- Helping cardiac patients to stop smoking and to alter lifestyles that contribute to risk of heart disease.
Learning to reduce stress and relaxation skills to improve health.
- Helping individuals cope with complications arising from life events such as pregnancy and childbirth.
- Helping patients and families cope with anxiety, depression and losses that can occur as a result of chronic or terminal illness.
- Assisting children and their families adjust to coping with medical diagnosis such as cancer.
- Objectively identify cognitive or memory changes, as well as emotional changes that may result from neurologic events such as stroke and traumatic brain injury, and from neurologic diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease.
- Help patients and families to understand changes to an individual's functioning resulting from brain injury and to make appropriate adjustments to home, occupational or family life.
Child and Family Services
Psychology staff provide assessment, treatment and consultation services within both the children's and adolescent teams of child and family services program.
Children's Team serves infants, pre- schoolers and school aged children (ages 11 and under) and their families.
Adolescent Team serves adolescents (ages 12 to 18) and their families.
Psychology staff assess and treat children and adolescents presenting with a wide range of issues and problems including:
- Developmental disorders and issues
- Adjustment issues of childhood and adolescence
- Behaviour problems and parenting issues
- A wide range of mental health problems including anxiety disorders and phobias, depression and suicide, dissociative disorders, etc.
- Emotional, behavioural and other factors which may contribute to learning and school difficulties.
Services provided:
- Diagnostic evaluations of children and adolescents and their families
- Limited Neuropsychological assessments
- Individual, family, group and parent/child therapy
- Consultation to other professionals and agencies
Adult Mental Health Services and Health Psychology Services:
Out-patient psychology assessment, treatment or consultation are initiated
upon receipt of a formal written referral from a physician.
In-patient services are initiated upon receiving physician's request on an in-patient chart. These requests should be sent to secretary in writing.
Child And Family Services:
For referrals to the child and family services psychology staff, please contact the children's team secretary at 905 813-4426 or the adolescent team secretary at 905-813-2396. Fax: 905-813-1594
Author: Helen Anderson, Program Director and Sandy Beckett, Acting Director of Rehabilitation Services, Social work and Psychology


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Combining the winning elements of proven training approaches, motivational stories, and innovative recipes, ,No Meat Athlete is a unique guidebook, healthy-living cookbook, and nutrition primer for the beginner, every day, and serious athlete who wants to live a meatless lifestyle.
Author and popular blogger, Matt Frazier, will show you that there are many benefits to embracing a meat-free athletic lifestyle, including: - Weight loss, which often leads to increased speed - Easier digestion and faster recovery after workouts - Improved energy levels to help with not just athletic performance but your day-to-day life - Reduced impact on the planet Whatever your motivation for choosing a meat-free lifestyle, this book will take you through everything you need to know to apply your lifestyle to your training. Matt Frazier provides practical advice and tips on how to transition to a plant-based diet while getting all the nutrition you need; uses the power of habit to make those changes last; and offers up menu plans for high performance, endurance, and recovery.
Once you've mastered the basics, Matt delivers a training manual of his own design for runners of all abilities and ambitions. The manual provides training plans for common race distances and shows runners how to create healthy habits, improve performance, and avoid injuries. No Meat Athlete will take you from the start to finish line, giving you encouraging tips, tricks, and advice along the way.
About the Author
Athlete and competitive runner, Matt Frazier runs several marathons and 50-mile ultramarathons each year. He is the author of the hugely popular blog, No Meat Athlete, which attracts 170,000 unique visitors a month. His newsletter has 20,000 subscribers, and his Facebook page has received 23,000 "Likes." He has self-published marathon and half-marathon training eBooks, and is featured regularly in running magazines, websites, and books, including Thrive Foods by Brendan Brazier. He lives in Asheville, NC.
"If you've been waiting for the inspiration to turn your life around (by changing what you eat), here it is. It might not make the industrial food complex happy, but you'll be glad you did." - Seth Godin, author of The Icarus Deception"Matt lays down a foundation for thinking about and moving in an important direction. His guidance feels safe and challenging. His wisdom and insight comes not a moment too soon." - Sean Astin, actor"Matt Frazier has done us all a great service by answering many of the questions asked when athletes are either curious or doubtful about changing to a vegetarian or vegan diet. Matt's the guy to listen to." - Danny Dreyer, co-author of ChiRunning, ChiWalking, and ChiMarathon"From basic nutrition to cross-training to what to eat for breakfast, everything you need to know to be a happy, healthy, and active vegan is here, no matter what size or shape you are!" - Isa Chandra Moskowitz, author of Isa Does It: Amazingly Easy, Wildly Delicious Vegan Recipes for Every Day of the Week and Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook"As a runner who began competing in the days of the traditional steak training meal, I welcome this book's enlightening confirmation of my own experience: Athletes who pass on the meat can perform at the highest level and still enjoy their meals to the max. The human future will depend on a far more plant-based diet, and top athletes are showing just how rewarding that will be." - Ed Ayres, founder, Running Times magazine, and author of The Longest Race: A Lifelong Runner, an Iconic Ultramarathon, and the Case for Human Endurance"No Meat Athlete will not only power your strength and endurance, it will give you an extra edge in every aspect of your life." - Neal Barnard, M.D., author of Power Foods for the Brain"Matt Frazier is a rising star in the world of vegan athletes. Covering the mechanics of diet and training as well as the transformative nature of a whole foods-, plant-based diet, he demonstrates that a body running on plants is probably the one ahead of you at the finish line!" - Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, author of The Vegan Table and The Joy of Vegan Baking"Anyone can become a No Meat Athlete, and Matt Frazier provides the roadmap to wellness and performance no matter where the journey takes you." - Scott Jurek, world-renowned Ultramarathon champion and author of Eat and Run
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 256
Published: 1st March 2014
Publisher: Fair Winds Press
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 22.8 x 19.1 x 1.4
Weight (kg): 0.44
Edition Number: 1


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Events vs. Christ
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However high the waves may rise, there is no drowning of His love and thoughts towards us. The test is to our faith. The question is, Have we that faith which so realizes Christ's presence as to keep us as calm and composed in the rough sea as the smooth?
It was not really a question of the rough or the smooth sea when Peter was sinking in the water, for he would have sunk without Christ in the smooth sea, just as much as in the rough. The fact was, his eye was off Jesus and on the wave, and that made him sink.
If we go on with Christ, we shall get into all kinds of difficulty, many a boisterous sea; but being one with Him, His safety is ours. Our eyes should be off events, although they are ever so solemn, and surely they are so at this present time—but I know all is as settled and secure as if the whole world were favorable.
I quite dread the way many dear saints are looking at events, and not looking at Christ and for Christ. The Lord Himself is the security of His people, and, let the world go on as it may, no events can touch Christ. We are safe on the sea if only we have the eye off the waves, with the heart concentrated on Christ and on the interests of Christ. Then the devil himself cannot touch us. —J.N. Darby
"For I am persuaded, that neither … things present, nor things to come … shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:38,39).


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With Rachel Berry off to follow her dreams in New York City, a new ingenue of the McKinley High choir room emerged on Thursday night's "Glee" Season 4 premiere - Marley Rose -- played by Melissa Benoist.
It's the first big break for the actress, who originally hails from Denver, Colo., and she was introduced in a big, big way when the show pitted her up in a near-duet on Billy Joel's "New York State of Mind" with Rachel (Lea Michele), who was singing the same song at NYADA.
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"[It's] an honor," Melissa told AccessHollywood.com's Laura Saltman on Wednesday of doing the tune - Marley's New Directions audition number. "It's such a classic, iconic song and never in my dreams did I think that, that was going to be my entrance to the show and it's amazing."
Before "Glee," Melissa's TV career included single episodes of "The Good Wife," "Law & Order: SVU" and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," and two episodes of Showtime's "Homeland," all the result of applying her talents in New York City. But being on the FOX show is something else entirely.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Glee: Season 4
"[I'm going through] a melting pot of kind of every emotion," Melissa said. "You work for so long and when it finally comes to [fruition], it's kind of almost like a dream, so I'm just going day by day."
With her sparkling "Glee" debut now behind her, expect the budding New Directions member to bloom.
"I think that you're definitely going to be able to see Marley break out of her shell and blossom," the actress revealed. "I think she's a girl that doesn't really quite know exactly who she is yet. A bit of a wallflower, and I think she's going to make some changes."
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And one of those changes will definitely include some romance.
"Isn't there always?" she laughed.
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"Glee" returns next Thursday at 9/8c on FOX.
-- Jolie Lash
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Parties will launch their campaigns on January 7
PM had chosen to prolong instability – Muscat
The two main parties are expected to officially launch their electoral campaigns on January 7 in the lead-up to a widely touted March 9 general election, The Sunday Times has learnt.
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi has said he will call on the President to dissolve Parliament if his Government loses the crucial Budget vote tomorrow, and that will most likely take place this week.
Nationalist backbencher Franco Debono has repeatedly said he will vote against the Budget unless Transport Minister Austin Gatt resigns from Cabinet.
However, sources close to the Nationalist Party said party officials have held talks with Dr Debono during the past days to try to convince him about the importance of voting with his party.
"We still expect him to vote against the Budget, but as far as the party is concerned, the door for Franco Debono remains open. The country needs this important Budget to go through," one senior party source said.
"The country needs to start implementing it rather than leaving it hanging in the air. It will ultimately make little difference to the election date."
Party officials dismissed suggestions that the Prime Minister would make an attempt to prolong the uncertainty and in his speech tomorrow he is expected to confirm the Budget vote will be tied to a vote of confidence.
"The Prime Minister will make a political commitment that he would go to the President if the Budget vote isn't carried through."
The President's engagements for this week show a scheduled a meeting between George Abela and Lawrence Gonzi on Tuesday at 10am.
The make-or-break vote is taking place at the start of the festive season though the two main parties have agreed to postpone all electioneering until after the new year so as not to disrupt business during the Christmas season.
Sources from both parties yesterday said their electoral campaign would officially kick off on January 6, though Labour's could start a day later. Should the Budget fail to make it through Parliament tomorrow, the Prime Minister is expected to name a March 9 election, making it the longest electoral campaign since 1987. The Constitution states that an election must be held within three months of Parliament's dissolution. Local elections have also been slated for March 9.
The standard Monday Cabinet meeting is not being held this week. Ministers are expecting an urgent Cabinet meeting on Tuesday before Dr Gonzi goes to the President, should the Government lose the vote.
Contacted yesterday, Opposition leader Joseph Muscat said the Prime Minister had chosen to prolong the instability even though he was well aware there was a good chance the Budget might not be sanctioned in Parliament. Confirming his party would vote against the Budget tomorrow, since it was effectively a vote of confidence, Dr Muscat insisted that a new Labour government would still carry through the 2013 Budget to ensure stability.
The Chamber of Commerce has warned of the economic repercussions should the Budget be voted down. It insisted that tax and duty collection, for instance, may be thrown into disarray to the detriment of public coffers, fiscal morality and the reputation of the country as a stable business destination.
Government sources said that during his speech tomorrow, Dr Gonzi is expected to highlight his administration's handling of the economy during the past five years in the midst of financial collapse around Europe, forcing a number of EU states to ask for a bailout.
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Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has signed a proclamation declaring Nov. 14-18 as "Winter Weather Awareness Week" in the Commonwealth.
As the winter weather season is approaching, Harrison County Emergency Management, Kentucky Emergency Management (KYEM), the National Weather Service (NWS) and the Kentucky Weather Preparedness Committee (KWPC) would like to remind you to "BE AWARE - Be PREPARED – Have A PLAN!"
District Court Judge Charles W. Kuster, who serves serves Harrison, Nicholas, Pendleton and Robertson counties, participated in the 2011 Kentucky District Judges College that took place Oct. 18-21 at the Administrative Office of the Courts in Frankfort.
The AOC provided the judicial education program for the state's District Court judges.
Two Cynthiana authors, Rose McCauley and Debbie Cooper, will be at the Cynthiana-Harrison County Public Library on Thursday, Dec. 15 at 6 p.m. to meet with library patrons.
Plan to attend and visit with two of Cynthiana's wordsmiths.
On Nov. 10 approximately 55 people enjoyed the music of Thunder Ridge Bluegrass Gospel Band at Central Christian's midweek bible study.
A high point in the evening was when Greg Adams, a member of Central Christian, was temporarily made a member of the band.
The class meets every week on Thursdays at 6 p.m. At seven-week intervals the class consists of jubilee music guests and shared supper. The public is invited.
Menus subject to change due to weather and delivery.
MONDAY: Muffins or cereal choice or yogurt, fruit, juice choices, choice of milk.
TUESDAY: Sausage biscuit and hashbrown or cereal or yogurt, fruit, juice choices, choice of milk.
WEDNESDAY: Donuts or cereal or yogurt, fruit, juice choices, choice of milk.
THURSDAY: No School
FRIDAY: No School
MONDAY: Egg on English Muffin or PopTart/Yogurt or Cereal/Toast
Manuel Castillo, a native of Guadalarjara, Mexico, will be the featured entertainer at Cynthiana Christian Church on Thursday, Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m.
I recently watched an episode of "Our America with Lisa Ling" about a faith healing ministry in Fort Mill, S.C.
Ling, a television journalist, took a camera crew to document the very Pentecostal healing meetings to which hundreds of people came, some traveling hundreds of miles.
Two sisters came with their mother who had terminal cancer, as did Steve, a man in a wheelchair, paralyzed from the waist down.
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If diet and exercise have not provided you with the bottom you want, a Brazilian buttock lift may be the answer for you. Buttock augmentation allows you to enlarge or reshape your buttocks, contouring them and compensating for low amounts of fat in the area.
Women and men who add volume and roundness to flat or small bottoms can enjoy a more voluptuous and perky profile. Augmentation can be achieved through fat injections of your own body fat (fat grafting) or with silicone implants.
Dr. Kevin Tehrani has many years of experience providing his patients with successful buttock lifts. During your consultation with him, you will tell him how you wish to look, and he will customize your surgical plan in order to provide you with the size of buttocks you desire.
Who is a Candidate for a Brazilian Butt Lift?
This procedure is ideal for people who are unhappy with the shape of their rear end and wish to enhance the natural curves of the body. Body builders are often interested in this procedure in order to create better body proportion.
Before and After Brazilian Buttock Lift Photos
The Buttock Augmentation Procedure with Fat Grafting
Fat grafting or fat transfer is the preferred method for a butt lift. It involves using liposuction to collect fat from areas of the body that have excess. That fat is then purified, and hundreds of tiny injections deposit the donor fat into the buttocks in order to lift and contour them. The most popular areas for fat collection include the lower back, waist, love handles, thighs, and abdomen.
This technique is sometimes called large-volume buttock augmentation because a significant amount of fat must be harvested in most cases for a pleasing result.
Special attention is given to the upper buttocks so that the entire rear looks youthfully and naturally lifted.
The Buttock Augmentation Procedure with Silicone Implants
If you do not have enough body fat for fat transfer, a silicone implant can be inserted in order to provide you with the curvier buttocks you want.
Buttock implants are made for each individual patient based on her body characteristics. They are made of soft silicone, which provides a firm, smooth, and natural feel. They are placed away from important nerves, as well as away from the bony area on which you sit.
Incisions are made inconspicuously in the depression between the buttocks.
Gluteal Implants
Composite Buttock Augmentation
A composite buttock augmentation uses both an implant and fat grafting to achieve your desired look. Dr. Tehrani will make a recommendation for you based on your anatomy and the outcome you want.
Recovery from a Brazilian Buttock Lift
You will not be able to sit directly on your buttocks or lie on your back for 2-3 weeks. We may give you a compression garment to reduce swelling.
You can expect some soreness, bruising, and swelling for a couple of weeks. You can return to work in about two weeks and resume exercise in about four weeks. It may take up to six weeks for all swelling to subside. Then, you will be able to see the final look of your new bottom.
Real Patient Results
*Individual results may vary
RealSelf Q&A with Kevin Tehrani, MD, FACS
Every patient is unique and at Aristocrat Plastic Surgery, we strive to create a personalized experience to help each patient feel and look their best. For information on pricing and financing, please contact us at 516-498-9790.
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By Chris Harris
Liverpool was tricky, Manchester United was tough, but Saturday's trip to Everton could be Arsenal's sternest test of the season so far.
Arsène Wenger's side have a pretty mediocre record at Goodison Park while David Moyes' side are one of the Premier League's form horses. Their only defeat in 14 matches was an ill-deserved, last-gasp loss at Old Trafford before Christmas.
Everton have pace, power, creativity and, since the signing of Yakubu and the return to fitness of Tim Cahill, a real cutting edge. If any team is going to break into the 'Big Four' this season, you suspect it will be them.
We spoke to Dominic King of the Liverpool Echo ahead of Saturday's game at Goodison Park. Read on for his take on Everton's season so far, the influence of Cahill, the impact of the new signings and the tactical approach of Moyes.
"They have been in terrific form. Whether the Merseyside derby defeat was the thing they needed to jolt them into life I don't know but it certainly seems that way. The run of form has been fantastic. This is comfortably the best squad David Moyes has had. The significant thing now is when he takes one of his big guns out of the team he's got quality to replace them with. They say you need two players for every position and it's definitely getting that way. The top four and the Champions League will certainly be the aim. Christmas is a hugely important time so they need to keep their run of form going with some tough games ahead."
"The goals that Tim Cahill brings from midfield are absolutely phenomenal. He's got the knack of being in the right place at the right time which is absolutely priceless for a manager to be able to call upon. But not only that, people underestimate the drive and determination Cahill brings to the team. He can make things happen in games when things might be going a bit flat. Mikel Arteta is also important to Everton but the pressure has been taken off him a little by the form of Steven Pienaar, who's on loan from Borussia Dortmund. His influence has grown and grown with every game he plays."
"Leighton Baines has been terrific, I think he'll be England's left back in a couple of years, maybe even next season. He's got everything you want from a defender. Jagielka is settling in and in recent weeks he's looked like he's got to grips with things. Yakubu's goals have been a huge bonus, he's right up there with the top scorers in the league and I think this will be the season where he'll finally get 20 goals. There aren't any obvious areas which need strengthening in the Everton squad but the manager has made no secret of the fact that he wants to bring in another midfielder, maybe someone with a bit of stature, someone with strength who can pick a pass. He might be after a left-sided midfielder as well but I don't think there's a pressing need to bring players in as there was a couple of years ago."
"David Moyes will set Everton up the same way he always does. He favours a 4-1-4-1 formation with Lee Carsley sitting deep in midfield and Arteta, Cahill, Pienaar and maybe Thomas Gravesen and then Yakubu up front. As usual Everton will be difficult to beat and they will try to cause problems if and when they can."
"I think the view of Arsenal on Merseyside is the same around the country. They are a fabublous side, comfortably the best in the league to watch. Arsène Wenger has done an absolutely magnificent job, they have a really impressive team developing. It's always good to see Arsenal at Goodison because you know they are going to play good football."


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The father of Vine's most followed person says his 16-year-old son will work to educate himself and others about HIV to make up for a "stupid and immature" Vine video clip that went viral this week where he linked the spread of HIV to 'fags.'
Chad Grier claims his son Nash Grier, posted the homophobic clip in April 2013, sharing the clip with his millions of followers. Nash is currently followed by 8.7 million Viners.
Chad says his son made the clip that opens with a commercial that shows two men saying "Testing for HIV. It's not a gay thing." The clip then cuts to a close-up of Nash Grier yelling, "Yes it is," adding the slur "fags."
Call me and people like me, 'fag' all you want, but spreading false information about deadly diseases is next level. https://t.co/W6X9MUrgUK
— Tyler Oakley (@tyleroakley) July 6, 2014
YouTube personality and LGBT advocate Tyler Oakley, shared the deleted Vine on Twitter Sunday. "Promoting a false stereotype that HIV only affects gays to his millions of teen fans is extremely dangerous," Oakley said in the tweet.
We also uncovered several tweets from 2012 and 2013 in which Nash Grier used gay slurs:
is there any way to delete this pile of shit from the internet pic.twitter.com/LSAjLcrZU4
— dean winchester (@philsadelphia) January 20, 2014
Earlier this year, MTV paid Grier to produce a Vine in fancy dress in order to advertise its show, Teen Wolf. Vine 'celebs' can make over $10,000 for a six-second clip endorsing a brand or product. AwesomenessTV, a channel focused on teen-created content acquired by DreamWorks last May, recently announced a movie deal with Grier and his sidekick Cameron Dallas.
"Nash is not a hatemonger or a homophobe," but there's no excuse for posting a six-second spoof in which the teen yelled a slur against gay people, said father Chad Grier of Davidson.
According to the Charlotte Observer:
"He's a 16-year-old kid living in LA trying to figure out this new world he's in," Chad Grier said.
He said his son plans to use his celebrity to spread the word about the dangers of posting things that can hurt people. He will also educate himself about HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and help spread accurate information, Chad Grier said.
"My goal is to educate myself and do something positive with what I learn," Nash Grier tweeted Wednesday. "Again to anyone I offended, I am so, so sorry."
— Nash Grier (@Nashgrier) July 9, 2014
Our hope is that Nash will use his 'celebrity' status to educate others about HIV with a PSA ad or a series of Vines about safe sex.


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For the sleekest look, blow dry your hair straight with a rounded brush (this does take some skill, though). And then go over it with the flat iron. Apply lots of anti-frizz serum.
If I ever get my scanner to work, I'll post my graduation pic in my photo album. My mom did my hair and it looks very straight.


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This is a discussion on Motorcycle ban??????????? within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Originally Posted by SelfDefense So, you think it is fine to infringe on someone's rights because you feel someone else's rights were violated, even when ...
Glock 27,Hi-Point .380, S&W 3913, RIA 5" Tactical
NRA Member/Supporter
"Government is not the solution to our problems; government is the problem." - President Ronald Reagan
HOA's aren't bigger than the constitution. Maybe you should learn that before posting that as your avatar.
My sister had a problem with her HOA. They got mad at her and wrote her violations for bringing home the company vehical.
Where is there a right to ride motorcycles enumerated? And how as the Federal government infringed on that right? Many want a national government, tyrannically imposed by robed oligarchs. I am old fashioned. I think the local communitiy should determine the laws of their particular community, respecting the individual rights outlined in the Declaration of Independence and state constitutions.HOA's aren't bigger than the constitution. Maybe you should learn that before posting that as your avatar.They got mad? Or did she violate an agreement she voluntarily signed?My sister had a problem with her HOA. They got mad at her and wrote her violations for bringing home the company vehical.
TucAzRider was right, you are a waste of time. By your thinking, you agree that a community as a whole can infrindge on individual right of others. If it is good for the community.
Let me guess , you moved to AZ from KALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, CHICAGO or some other community based communist state.
When your HOA, Says you have to register your guns. Because there is alot of kids in the neighborhood and is good for the community, The will line up to do so.
No Thanks, Have a good day in your own little world, Opps sorry I meant HOA.
You should have told her that if she ever sprains her ankle, life is going to be Hell with only one leg.
"First gallant South Carolina nobly made the stand."
Edge of Darkness
What I do believe, unlike what you think I believe, is that the people should be able to determine how they choose to live. You seem to want the heavy hand of government to force people to live the way YOU want them to live.
No thanks. I prefer freedom and liberty.Not surprisingly, you are wrong. I support the Founders intent of self governance, ESPECIALLY at the local level.Let me guess , you moved to AZ from KALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, CHICAGO or some other community based communist state.I thought we were discussing motorcycles.When your HOA, Says you have to register your guns.
Personally, I find a ban on motorcycles offensive. I would definitely support any noise ordinance, which would include any source of unwelcome sound, including some motorcycles and ghetto blasters, as well.
I really don't understand how people that claim to support individual rights have no concept of others' rights. Your 'right' to ride a motorcycle ends when the sound infringes on my 'right' not to listen to your excessive noise. Get it?
What about my Dad's whisper quiet Gold Wing? Sounds like they're painting with a broad brush and need to address specific troublemakers instead of lumping everyone together.
Treat me good, I'll treat you better. Treat me bad, I'll treat you worse.


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National Anthem From Boston Hockey Game Will Give You Goosebumps [VIDEO]
With the Bruins hosting the Sabres in Boston's first professional sporting event since Monday's marathon bombings, it figured to be an emotional evening at TD Bank Garden. And so it is.
Just as he's been doing at Bruins games for nearly 40 years, Rene Rancourt came out to sing the national anthem. He soon let the rest of the building take over.


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Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 47 / Number 1 / January 2005 / Pages 60-72
Technical Paper
The Physics-Engineering-Cost (PEC) code has been updated to include blanket-shield design data, a new cost structure, new unit costs, and improved algorithms. It is used here to estimate component masses and costs for heliotron reactors, which have continuous helical coils like the Large Helical Device.
Relative to a "base case," we study how the cost of electricity (COE) varies with various parameters: central electron temperature, coil width/depth ratio, plasma-coil distance, plasma profile shapes, beta, maximum magnetic field, neutron wall load, net power output, plasma impurity content, plasma aspect ratio, and blanket lifetime.
The COE decreases strongly with increasing beta but tends to level out at beta values >6%. At a fixed output power, higher beta values make the reactor smaller, which decreases the energy confinement time, making ignition more difficult. The resulting COE estimates are compared with that of the Stellarator Power Plant Study.