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There may have been a couple of reasons for Joe Johnson to leave Atlanta, but he ended up with around 119 million reasons to stay. Many are unhappy with the size of the contract, but the Hawks only had two choices, really. Either pay your only established star player, or go in another direction with less overall talent. The Hawks knew it. Joe and his agent knew it. Then again, how many choices did Joe really have, that he would have been happy with? What if the Hawks hadn't offered him the max? Where would he have gone, and been comfortable? Personally, I think it was posturing more than anything else. After all, Joe would have been second fiddle almost anywhere else he could have gone, his destiny partially (and maybe largely) dependant on somebody else. A co-star at best, and paid like one. Were there any contract offers made by other teams, or did they talk more about signing him and then getting him to recruit somebody else? Considering things like that, it's probably no small wonder that Joe jumped on the Hawks' contract offer within a day or two of it being made.
We could debate the merits of what the Hawks have done with this max contract, and we probably will to an extent. But let's examine some issues and questions that must follow his signing. As these questions won't cover all topics on the table, do feel free to add your own.
1) Can Larry Drew get more out of Joe Johnson?
Maybe we're not looking for merely "more" as much as we are "better." Joe has proven to be a 20 ppg scorer from one season to the next, but a combination of talent and being your team's #1 offensive option gets a lot of guys to that level. Keeping that level of performance is no mean feat, however, when defenses key on you. And despite the fact that having the ball in your hands all the time helps you to 5 assists per game, you can't get there without the ability to make good passes. Joe gives you 20, 5, and 5 every season, but the Hawks can do better things with him. What Larry Drew and the Hawks need, is to find a way to get Joe back to the form he had in 2004-2005 with Phoenix, or his 2006-2007 season with the Hawks. In other words, put him in a position to take better advantage of the shots he gets, so he can shoot a higher percentage. If Joe shoots around 47% from the field and at least 38% from 3-point territory, watch out. We're talking closer to 25 points per game, with even more 30+ point outbursts. If this works out, look for it to carry into the postseason as well.
2) Is Joe serious about recruiting?
Arn Tellem is a sports agent, which puts him right up there (or down there, depending on how you view it) with politicians. His suggestion that Joe is going to recruit for the team is…well…I don't know what word should be used here. I never knew Joe cared that much, and the idea of him helping to snag Lebron is a joke, in my mind. Who has he recruited before? Who does he talk to? With a payroll ready to burst at the seams, what's his pitch going to be? I'm having a hard time going for this one. Not necessarily because of Joe himself, but because of where the words came from. Does Joe even know who the Hawks might be targeting, and does he agree with the acquisition of such players? Does a max contract deal include provisions for recruiting and influencing decision-making processes (I thought they hired some guy named Bob to handle personnel stuff)? I can see Kobe with that kind of pull. Lebron, definitely. Wade, even. But Joe? Maybe he's been tabbed as Hawks pitch-man to whomever they decide to try and sign, as part of his bangin' new contract (insert mildly sarcastic tone here). Should we even take this seriously? Maybe we shouldn't give this another thought until we hear something from Joe's mouth.
3) What about those chemistry issues?
Love conquers all. Oops, maybe that's supposed to be money.
If I'm Joe, and there are real, live issues in the locker room, I'd be on the phone discussing that with Larry Drew. Better yet, make it a "dinner date." Then, I'd be on the phone with my teammates. Joe is getting paid like a mega-superstar and he is the team captain. Forget recruiting, how about reinforcing the idea of buying into whatever it is that Larry Drew is selling? How about helping to forge the team into a more serious, hard-working unit? How about working with guys like Al Horford to cultivate a winning atmosphere, rather than one where serious adversity results complete implosion? Sure, this is going to be Larry Drew's job, but team leaders have to take on a role. Joe need not be the guy sounding the rallying cry on the court, or the fist-pumping and chest-thumping rah-rah type. But he does need to be a steadying, polarizing force. Help get the guys to work hard and serious in practice, everybody already knows how to have fun and act up. Help guys to stay focused in the locker room and in the huddle. Do the behind-the-scenes glue work. Isn't that what "quiet" guys do?
4) Can Marvin Williams be salveaged?
Big question. Sund and Drew have to think hard on this, because there may be a deal right around the corner where Williams would have to be involved. Can Drew turn Williams into a viable offensive option? Some say Marvin's problems begin and end with former coach Mike Woodson. Others say that he has never had the talent to be effective. Both lines of thinking tend to be on the far end of either spectrum, and neither has anything to do with his rebounding and defensive production. It does bear noting, however, that Marvin's shot attempts have declined since the '07-'08 season. And before you say it, yes, he had more shot attempts this past season (664) than he did in '08-'09 (622). But you would be forgetting something. Marvin played in 81 games last season, as opposed to just 61 in the season prior to that. His shot attempts per game went down by 2 per game from '08-'09 to '09-'10. Still, this doesn't explain his frequent hesitation to drive the ball without an open lane, his awkward angles to the basket, or his pedestrian shooting from the arc. Can Marvin remain a viable part of the core of this team, or is it time to move on? Any deals that come to the table involving a bigger player to help Al Horford in the post may only serve to complicate things.
5) What will happen with Josh Childress?
The Hawks lost Childress' services for two years straight, but now he wants to come back to the NBA. Or so it's being reported. Count me among those who think Childress won't wear a Hawks uniform again in this lifetime, but I could be wrong. There have been reports that the Wizards and other teams are interested in him. Should the Hawks try to bring him back to the fold, or should they try to move him for other players/assets? When he was here, Childress was the perfect glue guy on the court by playing smart and hustling all the time. No doubt the Hawks could use that now. However, he may want to ply his trade elsewhere. With Joe back in the fold, the Hawks should be able to get moving on this front, and see how they can make it work for them. As unlikely as it may or may not be, Childress could come back and play for the one year qualifier of $4.8 million, just to get his foot back into the NBA door. Or, the Hawks could find a way to peddle him off for something else.
Summer is in full swing.
July 8th, 2010
3:17 pm
Melvin, can you post info about this 4-way trade?
July 8th, 2010
3:38 pm
I can't post the link at this time. Check MC blog. I think someone posted it there or check hoopshype. I should add that it was a rumor trade that could happen.
July 8th, 2010
4:06 pm
Melvin, I found it, but to your point, it doesn't appear to be a likely scenario:
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July 8th, 2010
4:10 pm
I couldn't understand why teams would help Miami with their cap situation by taking Beasley off their hands? That would only improve their chances of landing Lebron.
July 8th, 2010
4:31 pm
Melvin, yeah, I'd have to be getting back a ton of value to help out Miami at this point. And Beasley ain't it.
July 8th, 2010
5:22 pm
Michael Beasley, Tyrus Thomas and Stephen Jackson coached by Larry Brown? That sounds like a reality show. And Boris Diaw sitting in the corner in a deep depression because no one is actively managing his self-esteem. No way LB would support that trade. That's a job for a sports psychologist, not an NBA head coach.
July 8th, 2010
7:42 pm
Am I the only one who thinks Lebron goes back to Cleveland for a 3 year deal?
Is his ego that big, and his disregard for Cleveland so much so that he will announce on TV that he is leaving?
Although he is not a fan of Cleveland teams (he roots for Yankees and cowboys), it will be interesting to see fan reaction in Cleveland if he leaves.
July 8th, 2010
8:06 pm
Although he is not a fan of Cleveland teams (he roots for Yankees and cowboys), it will be interesting to see fan reaction in Cleveland if he leaves.
Their entire economy pretty much exists of LeBron billboard sales companies. They'll be too busy figuring out how to avoid becoming the new Flint to hate him.
July 8th, 2010
9:29 pm
Miami it is. I'm just glad its over with so other teams will move on and make their signings and trades (including the Hawks).
July 8th, 2010
9:45 pm
The three amigos are in Miami. Now what will the Hawks do? You still want to talk 53 wins from last season.
July 8th, 2010
9:47 pm
OB, I was convinced that he would return to Cleveland. That's about the 10,000th time I've been wrong so far this year. How will I ever live with myself?
July 8th, 2010
9:48 pm
How dumb is Cleveland for giving away Big Z expiring contract for Antwan Jamison terrible contract…
July 8th, 2010
10:25 pm
Take this you Acie Law haters….:
"Alex Kennedy: What are the Cavaliers doing two hours before The Decision? Meeting with Acie Law and giving him tour of facility, according to sources. Twitter"
July 8th, 2010
10:35 pm
It doesn't matter what the Hawks do, can they beat Orlando with the same team? With Dwade, Bosh and Lebron James, Miami is the team to beat. Who can Joe Johnson recruit to make the Hawks better? Give me a break!
July 8th, 2010
10:36 pm
Why would the Knicks take Randolph, Turiaf, and Azubuike for David Lee? Do they really think they will get Tony Parker or Carmelo next year?
I thought they would have asked for Ellis. That would have generated some excitement (him and Amare in D'Antoni's system), and he would cost 4 years, $44 mil.


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What The Caribou Coffee Acquisition Means For Panera Bread
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When Joh. A. Benckiser followed up its Peet's buy with a purchase of Caribou Coffee, (NASDAQ: CBOU) JAB posed a bigger challenge to Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) in the United States coffee shop business. The Caribou Coffee acquisition has implications for a well-known Starbucks competitor as well. Both Peet's and Caribou Coffee also competed with Panera Bread (NASDAQ: PNRA) for coffee drinkers. This acquisition helps demonstrate where Panera remains strong, and even highlights some opportunities for this bread and coffee seller.
Both Peet's and Caribou Coffee offered premium coffee blends in environments where coffee drinkers could sit and relax. JAB's purchases suggest that the upscale coffee shop concept still has growth potential in the United States, which is good news for Panera. Panera has a broader food menu than a traditional coffee shop, offering a variety of sandwiches and prepared meals, but it retains coffee shop appeal by offering a location for diners to chat with friends, study, and hold meetings. Peet's and Caribou Coffee both had some success with this model, although neither coffee shop chain achieved Panera's national presence.
Peet's and Caribou Coffee had limited funds for expansion as independent chains. JAB could develop either chain into a national powerhouse to compete with Starbucks and Panera. Caribou Coffee and Peet's territories didn't overlap much, so JAB could also expand while keeping the chains relatively separate. Panera has three store brands itself, which include its namesake stores, the original St. Louis Bread Company brand that it still uses in some stores around St. Louis, and the Paradise Bakery and Cafe brand.
Panera currently has a wider reach, with stores in 44 states, than either Peet's or Caribou Coffee. Caribou Coffee has stores in 21 states, while Peet's has stores in six states. Both Peet's and Caribou Coffee have stores in Colorado and Illinois, so JAB gained retail stores in 25 states with these acquisitions, which leaves 25 more states where JAB can expand. Bringing Peet's and Caribou Coffee to other states isn't JAB's only expansion option, though.
Acquisition Possibilities
JAB demonstrated its willingness to spend big when it bought Peet's and Caribou Coffee. Leslie Patton and Tom Jarvis, at Bloomberg, reported that Peet's cost JAB $941 million and Caribou cost JAB $340 million. That adds up to $1.28 billion for the acquisitions alone, without considering any more cash that JAB invests in the chains.
Panera had a market cap of $4.9 billion on Dec. 19, 2012, so an acquisition would cost a lot of dough. With Peet's and Caribou Coffee gone, though, companies that want to buy coffee shops have fewer options. A Panera acquisition doesn't offer as much for Starbucks, because Starbucks already has stores that can sell bread from the La Boulange bakery it bought this year. A Panera buy makes a lot more sense for JAB, although JAB hasn't announced any plans to buy the bread maker. JAB would have to pay a premium right now because of Panera's growth prospects.
Going by the PEG ratio, Caribou Coffee's 1.12 PEG looks cheaper than Panera's 1.46 PEG even after including the acquisition premium, but this valuation prices in substantial growth for Caribou Coffee. Caribou Coffee has a higher forward P/E, at 29, than Panera's 24 figure. A company with a similar line of business offers a cheaper deal for an acquirer right now, though. Einstein Noah Restaurant Group (NASDAQ: BAGL) has a 1.10 PEG and a 15 forward P/E at the moment, and its $273 million market cap is less than what JAB paid for Caribou Coffee. Either Panera or JAB could buy Einstein Noah, but again, neither company has announced any plans to buy the bagel shop.
Both Caribou Coffee and Peet's shared many business model advantages with Panera, and Panera's growth history suggests that it may have benefited even more from these advantages. JAB does pose a larger competitive threat to Panera now, but Caribou Coffee and Peet's didn't stop Panera from growing before. Finally, the price that JAB paid for Caribou Coffee suggests that paying a premium for Panera makes sense. JAB's recent acquisitions support the Panera bull case.
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He was last seen at his home located at 10266 130th Street North in Seminole.
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Private basis: Upon arrival at the airport, our transfer is waiting to take us to Puerto Natales. On the way, we will visit the penguin colony at Seno Otway (between November and march). Overnight in Puerto Natales.
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One of the problems with travelling is that we're not able to have pets of our own. Normally that's fine because, as house sitters, we have other people's dogs and cats and farm animals to hang out with. Sometimes, though, it can be quite distressing: especially when you meet an animal in need.
We were enjoying a much needed break in the Algarve, when a stray dog wandered onto the property. The owners tried to chase it off, but for a week it just kept coming back. It was a friendly little thing, but obviously it's not good to have stray animals wandering around when you're trying to run a business.
The B&B owners didn't really have any options. After phoning around every animal sanctuary in the area and checking all of the missing dog websites, it seemed like this was another sad case of an unwanted pet being abandoned. They ended up making an appointment to have the poor thing terminated.
We helped them to catch the dog, and chain her up so that she wouldn't go begging for food. We tried to be strong, but this little pup melted our hearts and we knew that we had to do something.
We spent a few hours getting in touch with the local sanctuaries again, and sending photographs: when finally an angel named Jan from the Goldra Dog Sanctuary replied and said that she knows someone looking for a small dog to adopt, and her husband would be happy to collect the dog from us if we could meet him in a nearby town the next morning.
Oh, did I mention that this was 20 minutes before the dog was about to be taken to the vet?
I was over the moon! The B&B owners were happy, the vet was happy, and the little dog was definitely happy!
After that, we took responsibility for the little lady. We took her for a couple of nice long country walks, and fed her some tasty rice which was left over from dinner. It was hard getting her in the car the next day (I still have scratch marks down my arm), and even harder saying goodbye, but it's all worth it to know that she could be happily en route to her new forever home!
I know that there are hundreds of stray dogs hurting in the world and that we can't save them all, but just a little bit of action made all the difference in the world to this dog. If you want to find out about the great work that Goldra do, or if you want to make a wee donation to help our dog and others like her, you can find them on Facebook here.
We're reaching the six month mile stone of our lives as house sitters in France, and with three months left to go I thought now would be a great time to look back on some of the awesome experiences we've had (not to mention a few things we've learned about life, love, and looking after animals)!
One thing we've really enjoyed is the long, country walks.
Nothing clears your head like a 3km walk first thing in the morning. Of course, a 40 minute walk in the late afternoon is fine by us too. Different dogs need different levels of exercise, and James and I do enjoy a good ramble through the woods or alongside farmland. We've learned loads from our country walks; for example, that you should probably wear bright clothing on certain days of the week to avoid being shot by the chasse!
We have bumped into the chasse a few times, and they've been lovely (despite the big shotguns). We were gutted to miss out on the hunter's dinner in October; but maybe in 2013?
The best thing about being house sitters in France is learning the lingo and discovering French culture
When we moved to France, I only had a couple of words of French. Now I can confidently walk into a restaurant and order a meal without being presented with a plate of gizzards and tripe. Being house sitters in rural France means speaking to French people. If we lived here permanently, it would be easy to relax and join in the expat crew: but we're usually only in a place for a few weeks and don't have time.
Instead, we end up chatting to supermarket assistants, postmen, car mechanics, and farmers. As a result, our French has improved ten-fold.
My mission for the next few weeks is to bite the bullet and get a haircut from a French hairdresser: I'll let you know how that goes!
We've also learned that animals can be *almost* as fussy as people!
I thought it was difficult cooking for James when he decided to embark upon a low carb diet… and now I think about it, actually, it was trickier than making sure our furry charges eat properly.
One thing we've learned from being house sitters in France is that everyone has their own ideas about pet nutrition, and that's fine by us. We've been given diet plans by everyone we've met- and we always stick to them. None have been as crazy as James's fad dieting yet, however!
Some dogs get a specially prepared bone from the local auberge in the afternoon, to keep their teeth healthy. Some aren't allowed leftover carbs like pasta, rice, and potatoes but do get a tin of sardines every couple of days to keep their joints in order. Some cats get a third of a packet of wet food every day (along with a splash of medicine), others get through three packets because they can't handle dry food.
We did make the mistake once of giving a bone to a dog who lived with a vegetarian. The effect was similar to giving a small child too many sweets and he became very hyperactive! Although we had been told that doggy could have leftover meat if we were eating it, we decided from then on to be more cautious.
Put your mind at rest: the petcare in France is brilliant!
For anyone considering a move to France, but wondering whether or not the vets are up to scratch, let me put your mind at rest: they definitely are. We spent a few weeks helping out on an alpaca farm, and helping to mind the seven cats who also lived there. We went along to the vet a few times for their booster shots and were impressed by the cleanliness of the practise, and the knowledge of the vets. They even tried to help a little bird that the alpacas stomped on. Back in Scotland, I reckon they'd have just rung the poor thing's neck without a second glance.
It's always sad saying goodbye…
For us, house sitting in France has been about much more than getting free accommodation in a gorgeous part of the world. We genuinely love and care about all the pets we've looked after. The most bittersweet part of house sitting is when we have to say goodbye.
No matter how long or short the house sit, I always start tearing up when I know that it might be the last time I ever see the pets that I've laughed with, cared for, and loved.
I'll never forget the wonderful animals that we've looked after, so this post is dedicated to the furry friends we made as house sitters in France: Rossco, Ralph, Gadget, Ruby, Rabbit, Roxy, "the turtles", Alfie, Mia, Lucy, Tiger, Little One, Mini Me, Alpha, Bravo, Mobil, Annee, Angela, Babycham, Beverly, May, Storm, Riverstone, Sunrise, Echo, Breeze, Guinevere, Amber, PC, Warrior, Aramis, Dartagnan, Spartan, Elvis, Falko, Cassie and Thomas.
A bientot!
We talk about ourselves a lot on The House Sitting Couple. It's not something that either me or Jemma are used to but it's starting to become more natural. That said we feel like we need a break and have decided to reach out and chat to other house sitters who are doing similar things to us – minding pets, cleaning pools and hopefully, seeing a lot of what the world has to offer as well.
Teresa Roberts is someone whose blog have read inside out and so when it came time to decide who we would pick on to interview first she seemed like a very obvious choice. I will admit I haven't read her book yet, but it's high up on my list of books to read over the next few months.
Teresa RobertsFirst things first, how long have you been house sitting and how did you get started?
I have been house sitting for six years. It came about quite by accident, however. I was in the field of education in the United States for 28 years. When my last child graduated from college and had started her career, I began doing some serious thinking about how I wanted to live the rest of my life. I knew that I wanted to travel, not just a little, but a lot. In fact, I wanted to live abroad. I wasn't looking to be an expatriate though. I didn't merely want to move abroad and then settle into a routine in a new location. I was far too restless for that to become my new life. I wanted adventure, I guess. Eventually, I decided to retire early, at age 54, and reinvent myself. "Reinventing myself" is a buzz phrase that has become a bit overused in the United States, but I can't think of a better way of describing the changes in my life that soon followed my retirement. My current lifestyle hardly resembles my former lifestyle at all.
I convinced my husband to quit his job and go abroad with me for a year. We thought it was going to be a one-time experience for us, something that we could remember well into old age as our "adventure year". At the time, I didn't know about house sitting. We rented holiday houses in Europe, instead. We lived in four different countries for 60 to 90 day stretches. We weren't tourist. We enjoyed Spain, Ireland, the city of Prague and Malta. We were hardcore dalliers. We like to dally. We think we excel at dallying. We never consider ourselves to be tourists, wherever we land.
After our adventure year ended, we returned to our former lives, but the bug had bitten me. I was hooked on the idea of living without borders, experiencing life as a citizen of the world instead of being restrained and contained by manmade geographical boundaries.
I stumbled across the house-sitting concept and the rest is history. I decided to see where this idea would take me. For about a year, off and on, I went on the road by myself. My husband was working again. I did my first house sit in England and a series of spectacular house sits in Mexico that year, ending with a boat sit in a marina in Baja California. We realized that this could become a sustainable way of living and traveling. So, we stepped out on a limb and sold all of our personal belongings including house and cars and headed out for another year abroad via house sitting.
Several years later, we are still at it. We do it differently every year as our personal needs dictate. It is a fabulous way to live our lives. I feel more in control of my own destiny.
What makes you a good house sitter?
The number one thing that makes anyone a good house sitter is developing and cherishing a good reputation. That is all that we have really, our reputations. When people allow us into the sanctity of their homes, often to care for their beloved furry families, they need to know that we can be trusted. I develop relationships with people that I house sit for and expect to be called back whenever they need me. It is a win/win situation for both of us. I get to return to some of my favorite places in the world and they get to go away knowing that I will look after things and respect their privacy, giving attention to all those little details that make for a solid reputation. When done properly, it can be one of the most rewarding jobs in the world. That can only happen if you are serious about the manner in which you conduct business.
What are some of the main (and more unusual) reasons you've found that people need a house sitter?
I think the reasons for needing a house sitter can vary tremendously, but I have clearly defined for myself the type of assignment that best suits my needs, so I largely attract clients who need someone for no less than 30 days and no more than 90 days. I can usually stay in most foreign countries for 90 days on my American passport. Generally, these clients have pets, gardens, pools, and such which need looking after while they are gone. I am a major animal lover, so most animals fall head over paws in love with me. I fancy that I am a decent gardener as well, so I am comfortable with that aspect of house sitting. My husband does the pools. However, we have been in situations where we have had gardeners and even housekeepers which left us primarily with the responsibility of loving the family pets and providing a measure of security for the home.
You've house sat all across Europe and even on a moored 57 foot yacht in Baja California. What are some of the highlights of your housesits so far?
For me, the highlights of house sitting all over the world are centered around finding assignments that are located in areas of outstanding natural beauty. I like to look out my window and see grand vistas, the sea or mountains. I like to be able to strike out on a daily walk, drinking in the spectacular beauty of this amazing planet. For a professional dallier that is the perfect perk. Thus far, I have not been disappointed.
Size of house and posh amenities are not my top requirements. I need to be inspired by what I see in the natural world as well. I have taken care of small bungalows and grand estates, yet all have provided me with what I call the WOW factor of outstanding natural beauty.
Finally, where are you planning to be over the next few months?
I just got back from Lisbon, Portugal. We have a little granddaughter that just turned two years old. Since she was born we have curtailed our travel a tad. She is getting older now and has the ability to remember who we are even if we are away for several months at a time. I expect to be gone a lot more in the near future. In june, I will be doing a new house sit in a recycled part of the world, Spain. We are unabashedly in love with Spain and have spent so much time there that by now we actually have many good friends that we just adore being reunited with whenever we return. San Miguel de Allende, Mexico is a lot like that for us, too.
Actually one final question.. When it comes to finding house sitting assignments do you have a website of choice (e.g. housecarers, mindmyhouse) or do you promote yourself independently?
When I first started house sitting, I used a few websites like HouseCarers.com and the Caretaker Gazette. Now a days, I rely on return visits. Also, many of my clients refer me to their friends and family. I did a house sit in England a while back and shortly after that they referred me to their relatives in France. And, so it goes……
Bio: Teresa Roberts likes living on the edge of who she is while anticipating who she is becoming. She has reinvented herself more than once in life. From teacher/principal to world traveler/international house sitter to author and travel journalist, she simply loves being on a learning curve. Her first published book, Finding the Gypsy in Me – Tales of an International House Sitter, was written to appease the multitude of people who wanted to hear more about her adventures abroad. She hopes it is at once inspiring and practical. Teresa constantly seeks creative routes to freedom. She could be the poster girl for finding adventure at any age and on any income.
Visit Creative Paths to Freedom at www.findingthegypsyinme.com and subscribe to Teresa's website where the topic of creative living is continually being explored.
Buy Teresa's Book, Finding the Gypsy in Me – Tales of an International House Sitter. Find out how she travels the world as an international house sitter and how you can, too, at www.findingthegypsyinme.com or at Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005I0B5VK
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I think it's quite obvious from our posts about pet sitting that James and I love all animals: big and small. Taking some time out from our hectic work as freelance writers, we headed into the countryside for some horse riding lessons.
Like most girls, I love horses, and ever since I was a child I've wanted to try my hand at horse riding. I went to high school in the outskirts of Edinburgh, where most people were priveleged enough to have horses of their own. Long summer days during the school holidays were often spent helping my friends to muck out stables and groom their beloved horses, but until last weekend I had never once taken the chance to get up in the saddle.
When we arrived at the stables, we were all assigned horses. Well, I say horses, but the term pony is probably more accurate. As my pony, Whisperer, was led out of the stable I started to feel a little nervous. Once I straddled her the first thing that struck me was how high up I was. James was lucky enough to be given a slightly smaller pony than me: Gizmo, who was a bit of a biter and did have a go at a couple of small dogs as they ran past! Perhaps he was just a little peckish, as it was approaching lunch time. Thankfully he didn't nibble on my other half.
Our lesson lasted just over an hour and in that time we learned how to communicate with a horse through the reins, how to steer, and how to trot. I was a little nervous about kicking my horse in the sides or smacking her with a stick to make her go: I certainly wouldn't want anybody treating me like that.
It was explained to us that horses have thick skin and don't feel the pain the same way as humans do, but I couldn't help thinking of this scene from one of my favourite Jim Carrey films, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
I was assured by the teacher that it wouldn't hurt poor Whisperer if I gave her a wee tap on the bottom, and my horse loving friends agreed. As an amateur rider who adores horses and enjoys spending time around them, I would love to know more about the art of riding.
So what do you think? Is it okay to smack a horse to get her to move, or are they more sensitive than some riders believe?
Personally I'm inclined to believe that all horses are different, and depending on the way that they have been trained and raised different techniques are required.
That's why James and I undertake a comprehensive handover of both home and pets when we house sit: we want to know all about your animals little quirks. We want to know what they like and what they don't, because we want to give them five star treatment in your absence. We're not just pet sitters: we're pet nannies! And if your horse doesn't like getting her bottom spanked, that's fine by me…
Although we're not big followers of the Royals (we spent the Royal Wedding last year outside of the country) we have seen quite a few headlines about the latest Royal acquisition – a lovely cocker spaniel for William and Kate.
Although he's not yet ready to be named, or the Royals aren't yet willing to reveal the name, William's already gone off galavanting to the Falkland Islands to carry out his deployment as a RAF search and rescue helicopter co-pilot.
Kate is getting left behind. Perhaps RAF search and rescue duties is code-name for lad's holiday on the islands, or perhaps it's their new canine commitments that's stopping Kate from being able to join. Of course there's the other option that William is simply there on work, but that's not as much fun as the others. No sir!
So Kate if you want to join him, as pet sitters, we're happy to step in and look after your new puppy! Oh, did I mention that we provide a live-in house and pet sitting service. Yep, so we would be happy to mind the dog at Buckingham Palace if you like. We haven't done any house sitting in London yet so this would be perfect.
If you want to get back to us, email is fine. We're also on Twitter and Facebook if that's your thing, being young'uns like ourselves and that.
We can provide some general house and garden upkeep as well as the dog feeding and walking duties. Does he have any special dietary requirements? Caviar, maybe? Just let us know in advance and we can make sure this is kept up while your're away.
With the home and garden maintenance we realise your royal home is quite large, so we'll need to discuss this in advance. If we're minding the farmhouse in Anglesey this will probably be much easier and so we will probably be able to do it as part of our 'fair exchange'.
Anyways, let us know what you think,
James & Jemma
Everyone's pet and house sitting career has to start somewhere, so before deciding to embark on house sitting as a career we decided to do some work close to home: for my parents, Carol and Ronnie. They don't get the chance to go away very often, as they have a very temperemental lhasa apso called Ziggy who is definitely not kennels material.
Ziggy's Little Quirks
Ziggy being brushed: his favourite!
The star of the show, Ziggy. He came to live with my parents when he was six years old and his previous owner was unable to take care of him anymore, and my word was he spoiled! Ziggy is quite the little gent, and many people find him difficult to live with. James and I embraced his quirks: which included barking whenever we left the house! Of course it broke our hearts to see him upset, but we made sure never to leave him alone for more than a few hours and gave him extra love when we got back.
Ziggy is a very fussy eater. He won't eat regular dog food, or cat food (hey it was worth a try!). Instead, we found that we had to resort to making our own dog food especially for him, to ensure that he gets a balanced diet to keep his nose wet and his coat shiny. Ziggy loved our specially cooked chicken livers.
Ziggy loves being brushed, and whenever we picked up his own comb he would get excited the same way that other dogs would about their leashes. We made sure to groom him at least once a day: this kept him happy and also comforted him whilst his mummy and daddy were away.
While we were there, we also did a bit of general household maintainance.
Carol's Beautiful Garden
My folk's place might be modest, but my mum is an avid gardener. The garden is bursting with life: from petunias to fruit trees, and daffodils to tomatoes.While my parents enjoyed the sunshine in Barcelona, I enjoyed the Scottish sunshine as I spent an hour each evening watering the garden. Just because they wanted to go away for a week shouldn't mean that their beautiful plants should have to suffer: or the bumper crop of tomatoes that were on the way.
Hot Tub
The main feature of the garden is the outdoor hot tub. Because the tub is outdoor, it usually needs cleaning once a month or so. I decided it would be a nice treat for them getting back if the tub was cleaned fully. Once the tub was drained and wiped down (never with soap: that's a big no no in a hot tub) I refilled it and kept the chlorine and alkaline levels up to scratch each day, by testing the water and adding the required chemicals. This meant that if they wanted to have a soak when they arrived home, everything was prepped and ready.
Note: This was a house/ pet sitting project for James' family who live and work in the Algarve. All photos (and the contents of this post) have been posted with permission.
When you offer a house & pet sitting service, and most importantly when you tell your family and friends about it, your services are always in high demand. We're always happy to housesit for friends and family, but it definitely makes things a lot easier when those friends and family live in Portugal's beautiful Algarve region.
I'm lucky in that I know the Algarve well. I grew up in the North of Portugal, near Coimbra and later near Porto, but more recently my family moved to the Algarve to open a bed and breakfast.
Everyone needs a holiday, even B&B owners who having shared in everyone else's holiday spirit for many, many months are no doubt drained and in need of somewhere quiet and relaxing to go and recharge the batteries. In the past the problem taking these breaks has always been difficult as Sasha, their chocolate Labrador, needed someone to feed her, walk her and tuck her in at night. No jokes on the last one!
Better than a kennel? I think so!
Kennels are always an option of course, but kennels are expensive, and they quickly shoots up the cost of a quick weekend break for two.
More importantly than that though, Sasha doesn't like Kennels. I can't imagine many dogs that do but Sasha really likes a lot of the personal touch – think: getting tucked in at night – that most kennel services are unlikely to ever provide.
We understand that though – it's one of the reasons we got started as full-time pet sitters and has shaped the pet sitting services we offer today. And so began a week of looking after Sasha, taking her for long walks, feeding her, playing with her, tucking her in at night – basically providing those million and one personal services that a kennels would never even think of providing. Best of all, Sasha never had to leave the home to go anywhere else, we came to mind her on her territory – much less stress for her which in turn makes in much easier for us.
Like most medium-sized dogs, Sasha enjoys a good walk and the Algarve offers plenty of beautiful walks, especially where my parents are based just outside of Silves. I had been here plenty of times before, so knew the area quite well. We were able to take Sasha on quite a few different walks throughout the Algarve countryside as well as play with her in the gardens.
Walking in the orange groves
For most of the year, dogs (even friendly ones like Sasha) aren't allowed on the beaches in the Algarve. Thankfuly we knew of a nearby reservoir where Sasha liked to swim whenever she was taken up there so when things got warm, we took her up there for a dip.
Reservoir dog
Special Diet
Sasha has a particular fondness for fruit and there's a lot of fresh fruit in the Algarve countryside. Most of all though, she loves figs and these grow in abundance in the area we were in. Unfortunately for Sasha, the figs are very high in sugar and don't help with her figure. Thankfully, us being there managed to distract her from the figs and those nice, long walks in the countryside hopefully helped to tone those thighs!
House Minding Benefits
Apart from looking after Sasha, which is obviously one of the main benefits, another important benefit to my parents was having us look after the house, water the gardens and clean the pool.
In rural areas like the Algarve, there are lots of unoccupied expat homes, often second houses or holiday homes, which are left vacant for many months of the year. These are naturally at risk to break-ins and having someone living in the house helps to prevent this. You don't need William Wallace minding your home; even just the simple act of having the lights switched on and off regularly, having a car in the drive and having obvious figures wandering about the house and gardens is enough to put most burglars off – and the plants get watered too!
Gardening & Pool Maintenance
Regardless of the time of year, the plants and grass in Portugal nearly always need watering. While this is great when you're living there, it obviously makes things quite difficult when you decide to take a holiday. We were given a plant-watering schedule which we carried out each day, as well as ensuring the grass was regularly watered as well. The grounds of where we were staying were quite large and often this meant more than just turning the sprinklers on – a full irrigation system was required to ensure all of the fruit trees were properly watered and cared for.
While one of us was watering the plants and grass, the other was usually cleaning the pool and handling smaller errands like collecting the mail and organising deliveries. As the one with the most pool-cleaning experience, this was usually me, but I didn't mind – it's quite an easygoing job being honest.
Future Algarve Housesits?
One satisfied client
Definitely. We've obviously got an invitation to return to the Algarve and I'm sure Sasha will be very happy to see us again. Both Jemma and I really love Portugal and would be happy to take on more house and pet sitting opportunities there in the future. It helps that we already know a bit of the area and culture, but even still it's an area of the world we're still very keen to see more of.
If you're looking for a house or pet sitter in the Algarve, or anywhere throughout Portugal, don't hesitate to get in contact with us. We're definitely very keen to return and plan to be in the area again very soon.
It's 2012, can you believe that? We're barely a few hours into the new year and already it's looking to be a very exciting year ahead – and that's before we start talking about things like the Olympics or the Mayan calendar.
For us the start of the year is all about planning. We're starting the year on the lookout for any house or pet sitting opportunities. We're currently based in the UK and so have easy access to mainland Europe and the UK but are happy to consider house and pet sitting opportunities anywhere worldwide.
You may not have planned your holidays or when you're going to be away yet – that's no problem. We realise that many people's house and pet sitting requirements are spread out across the whole year, a holiday here or a weekend away there. If that sounds like you, don't hesitate to get in contact with us now – it's a good time to introduce yourself and for us to introduce ourselves as well. Then, once you know what's going on in your calendar a little better, you can get in contact with specific dates to house sitters that you already know - hopefully – quite well.
Anyway, happy New Year and good luck with all of the resolutions! Don't forget you can drop us an email any time, even if it's just to say hello. We're also on Facebook and Twitter as well if that suits you better.


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After a tough start at the beginning of this 2013 racing season, RRD tip rider Julien Kerneur is raising back at his usual shape and shows his better form with a good second place in very rough racing conditions.
Good performance also for Italian rider Simone Santoni, 8th overall and First in Master Division.
Julien and Simone faced the event riding their RRD K-Rapida and RRD Addiction MKIV.
Official KTE Press Release:
Hyères/ Alamanarre – With the two first days of wind, sun, 95 riders from over 14 countries coming to the South of France – Almanarre Kitemasters finished with a full freestyle event and 8 counted course races. The tour starts with 46 racers – 39 men and 7 women – as well as 49 freestylers – 37 men and 12 women. The first edition of the European tour stop on the Côte d'Azur, was a great event with a parallel execution of the two disciplines.
Focusing on course racing, the first two competition days were quite eventful. Racers entered the water early, hungry for days full of racing action. With regard to the rough sea, the course provided tactical challenges that made not only spectacular for racing, but excellent spectating as well.
On day one, French rider Maxime Nocher won three of four races following by Julien Kerneur (RRD), also from France. British race women Steph Bridge from UK, holds first place positioning, while Dutch rider Katja Roose followed her on second place. The riders were always quite close and handled out arresting battles. The second day was a smoother running. Some kites moved in perfect synchronization alongside one another. With the fleet on bigger kites, Maxime Nocher, Julien Kerneur (RRD), Blazej Ozog and Florian Gruber were riding closed to each other in rotational positioning. Day three and four, brought a bout of very light, or better, no wind.
In a nutshell, ten races were sailed, with two discards in total. French riders Maxime Nocher and Julien Kerneur (RRD), managed to achieved top placements, with Maxime on first, Julien on second and Blazej Ozog on third position.


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Joel Combs is the football captain loved by everyone. Well, almost everyone. Benji Madden couldn't stand the sight of him at first, but things changed. The past was rocky, but who's to say that the...
Fiction Title: Get Mine, Get Yours
Chapter Title: 01 I Learned From the Best
Pairing: Benji/Joel
Rating: PG-13
Genre: AU, BDSM, Twincest
Warnings: Language, Violence, Sexual Reference
Summary: Joel Combs is the football captain loved by everyone. Well, almost everyone. Benji Madden couldn't stand the sight of him at first, but things changed. The past was rocky, but who's to say that there aren't blue skies after the storm? SEQUEL TO WICKED TICKLES. AU/BDSM/Twincest.
Disclaimer: I do not own anyone or anything except the plot. The title, /Get Mine, Get Yours/, is the title of a Christina Aguilera song off her album /Stripped/.
Days without Benji turned into months and the months into nearly a year. Our senior year of high school had come and it felt almost as if it had snuck up on us. Senior year is supposed to be the most memorable year of high school, but I didn't want to remember it. I was still a wreck from the previous year, though I hid it well. Part of me loved Benji regardless of how short a time we were together for, but most of me hated him for what he did to me.
I sat at my desk listening to my teacher drone on about trigonometry. I hated math because I didn't understand it. I always got answers wrong and failed tests. Math just brought down my GPA and every year, the football coach would scold me about it and threaten to cut me from the team. He and I both knew that if he did that, the team wouldn't be as good, so instead, he settled for making me run around the block of the school three times. I'd take off at a run and as soon as I knew I was out of his sight, I'd walk the rest of the way.
Once, when I was taking one of my runs, I passed Benji and his friends sitting on one of the benches in the park just behind the school. He looked like hell. Lately, he had been coming to school with messed up hair and smelling slightly of body odor, but not so much that you'd be compelled to stay five feet away from him at all times. I heard that his family wasn't doing so well after his dad left. I had also heard that he took on a job to help out his mom financially; whether it was true or not was beyond me.
I looked at the clock and sighed, watching as the second hand ticked past the nine and then snapped back on it, only to do the same thing again. Damn school clocks were so fucking cheap. What the hell/ was this guy going on about?/ I thought as I looked at my teacher with tired eyes. It was getting harder and harder to keep my eyes open; every time I meant to blink, my eyelids were getting the message to stay down. My head started to droop down and the next thing I knew, I felt this total state of relaxation come over my body.
I woke up about an hour later to the bell ringing; freedom had come as I headed to my locker for a quick pit stop. Kids I knew saw me and tried to start conversations with me; some just waved at me as they made their way for the parking lot to go home. By the time I got to my locker, I was alone. I loved my friends, don't get me wrong, but sometimes I wondered if having so many was a blessing or a curse.
"Joel!" someone exclaimed and leaned up against the lockers next to mine. Without even having to look, I knew it was Trent.
"Hey Trent." He started babbling about some amazing play the Steelers made the night before the Super Bowl. I shut my locker and looked at him as he was staring dreamily at the ceiling, reminiscing in the memory.
"You should have seen it." he finished.
"Don't you ever get sick of football?" I asked. He laughed and looked at me as if I were putting him on.
"Don't you ever get sick of football?" I repeated. "I'm sick of playing it, talking about it, thinking about it. Football, food, and sex is all we ever talk about." I sighed. "Don't you want to talk about something else? Like music, or cars, or how our days were or something?" Trent started laughing again.
"I think someone's been mixing up steroids with estrogen pills." he joked.
"You know I don't touch that shit." I snapped. I just wanted someone I could actually talk to again whether they were a friend or not.
"I know you don't, man. I was just kidding." he said, amusement turning to worry. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just sexually frustrated I guess." I lied, making my way to my car. "I'll call you later." I shouted over my shoulder to him. When I was outside, someone else had called my name and when I looked to see who it was an acknowledge them, I bumped into someone.
A pretty blonde girl wearing paint-stained overalls and carrying three pails of paint tried catching the top one that was about to fall off her pile. I jumped to catch it as well and fixed it so it wouldn't topple over again.
"I'm so sorry." I said as I helped her. "I wasn't looking where I was going at all."
"It's fine. That happens a lot."
"I'm Joel Combs."
"Erica Becker." she replied. "I'd shake your hand, but mine are pretty full."
"Do you want some help with those?"
"No thanks," she said with a smile. "I've got it." I moved out of her way and watched her walk into the building before I continued my route to the car. Out of my peripheral vision, I saw Benji and his friends lounging on the grass as they usually do, but today Benji saw me and jumped up to follow me to my car.
"Hey Joel! I haven't seen you around, man." he said, trying to get me to look at him. I looked over at the Staff Parking to avoid his gaze. "Don't be like that, Joel."
I squinted against the sun as I unlocked my car and opened the door.
I tossed my bag into the passenger seat and slid into the car.
"Don't be like this."
I closed the door and started the engine. As I pulled out of the parking space, I saw him run his hands through his hair and drop them to his sides in frustration. He's not your problem anymore, Joel. I told myself. A bit down the highway, a car pulled up next to me in the wrong lane. I looked over to see that Trent was driving and one of his friends was hanging out the window. I rolled down my window so I could hear him.
"Do you want to do something tonight?" he asked.
"I can't. My mom's sick." I shouted back. He told Trent and Trent signaled that he got it before he sped off to his house. I rolled my window up and turned on the radio.
I didn't really have anything to do for my mother, but I didn't want to hang out with his friends either. At a particularly long stop light, I decided that I didn't want to go home, so I took the next turn lane and found the fastest route to the park. After finding a nice patch of grass, I laid down and stared at the clouds floating above me, thinking about everything that had been bothering me. God knows how long I was there for. Dusk was starting to set in when Erica, the blonde from school, laid down next to me.
"It's kind of surprising to see you here." she said with a smile. I looked over at her in curiosity.
"What are you doing here?" I asked.
"Every other day or so, I come to the quieter side of the park and do yoga and meditate. I saw you as I was finishing up the meditation bit and decided to come say hi."
"So how come I've never seen you around before?"
"You have a lot of friends, Joel. I'm not surprised you didn't see me among the masses. I'm new this year as well, so that's another reason."
"I understand completely. I always feel bad when I can't meet new faces because I'm too busy keeping up with the old ones." There was a short silence between us. "So is there a boyfriend in the picture or is it just you?" She laughed.
"It's just me. I'm so caught up in school work that guys get too depressed that I'm not paying enough attention to them." I looked over at her.
"Blonde, beautiful, and smart; this must be my lucky day." I teased. "What do you say to coffee this weekend? Ten in the morning?" She smiled.
"You're on." I got up and helped her up as well, only to brush grass off the both of us.
"It's getting late now, but I'll see you tomorrow. I'll get your number when I actually have a pen on me." She grinned and nodded, returning the wave I gave her as I headed for my car.
School wasn't a place I hated, unlike most other kids. I liked it because I had friends there, good friends, and some of them were even my teachers. After I found Erica, I introduced her to my core group of friends and her and Meg seemed to have hit it off really well; as it turned out, Erica wanted to be on the cheering squad. I draped my arm around her shoulders and felt her return my touch by wrapping her arm around my waist. Smirking to myself, I tuned back into the conversation my friends were having which was, to no surprise of mine, about sex and football.
"Watching the Super Bowl and having a quickie every other commercial; that would be the best Sunday of my life." Trent exclaimed, giving one of his friends a high five. He tried to get one from me, but I returned it half heartedly. I would have left, but I had no where better to go; sure I have a lot of friends, but none of them had as much in common with me as my main friends did.
"What about you, Joel?" Trent's friend asked. I met him only five minutes ago and I've already forgotten his name.
"I'm sorry?" I asked. "I spaced."
"What would your best fuck be?" I sighed.
"You all realize that we sound like virgins talking like this." I said.
"You mean you're not?" Meg asked.
"I'm a teenage boy in my senior year of high school, Meg." Trent jumped up and down in excitement.
"Oh man! Why didn't you tell me?!" he exclaimed.
"Because it's not something I shout about." I replied.
"Who'dya tap?" he asked, hitting my shoulder. "Come on! Who did you bone?"
"I'm not going to drop names, you asshole."
"Well if you're not going to tell us who, then tell us what it was like." I rolled my eyes.
"The first time was gentle, obviously, and after that, it was hard, rough sex."
"Rough sex as in like, just hard fucking? Or do you mean like all that freaky shit?" Trent asked. I paused.
"Can you define 'freaky shit' please?"
"Like, with all the toys and getting tied down. That shit. What's that called again?"
"Bondage?" I asked. "Yeah, it was bondage." Meg laughed and hit my arm playfully.
"I didn't know you were a freak, Joel." she said with a smirk.
"Me neither." I replied. "But it was good."
"So were you the one tied down or what?" Trent's friend asked.
"We took turns."
"Did you ever get whipped?" he asked.
"A few times, yeah, and before you ask, yes I liked it. Pain really is pleasure." Trent jumped up and down again laughing.
"Joel's a freak! Oh man...this is some good shit."
"And none of you are going to say anything or I'll pull in resources that'll pull out your teeth." I threatened. They all nodded.
"Nothing leaves this circle." Trent said with a smile. I looked over at Erica who looked to be enjoying herself, which brought a smile to my face.
At the end of the day, we exchanged numbers and promised to meet up at Bick's Coffee House downtown.
I showed up at Bick's before Erica did, so I snagged a table by the window and looked around the shop. It looked the same since the last time I was there, but this time, there was a familiar knot of kids standing by the station where you cream and sugar in your coffee. I looked above them at the menu to decide what I wanted to get and tried to ignore the kids. As they were leaving, Benji stopped when he saw me.
"Joel? What are you doing here?" he asked. I looked him up and down quickly; he looked worse than yesterday.
"I could ask you the same question." I replied. He gave me that damn half grin that I used to love about him and pulled a sugar packet out of his pocket.
"It's Sarah's birthday and Mama wanted to bake a cake for her." he said, waving the packet slightly and then pocketing it again. "We had enough money to spare for most of the ingredients; the only ones we're lacking are sugar and butter. We're off to the bagel shop around the corner for the butter." I felt a pang of guilt hit me, but Benji smirked. "Don't look at me like that."
"Like what?"
"Like the Welfare people look at me and Sarah." he replied with that same stupid, forced optimistic smile. He knew his family was doing badly, but he was sure that he could fix it. I felt so bad for him.
Before I could reply to what he said, Erica walked in. I jumped up and greeted her with a kiss on the cheek and pulled out a chair for her to sit down.
"I didn't mean to intrude on you two." she said. "I'm sorry." I shrugged with a grin.
"He was just leaving anyway."
"That I was." he said, forcing another smile and heading for the door. He threw me a hurt glance before he left and I brushed it off. He ruined it for himself. I got the coffee and sat down in my seat, giving her a cup which she took gratefully.
"So tell me all about the amazing Joel Madden, star of the football team, most popular boy in school, and then tell me why he would take any interest in an art freak like me." I laughed and shrugged.
"Well..." I started.
I pulled into my driveway after dropping Erica off. We had spent the whole day together and, in my opinion, were really hitting it off. As I was walking up the driveway to the front door, I heard a familiar voice behind me; "So who was she?" I spun around and saw Benji sitting on the edge of the driveway in the shadows, tearing up blades of grass.
"A girl." I replied. He nodded and tore up another blade.
"So things are going pretty good for you." he said. I nodded stiffly. "Listen Joel..."
"I'm really tired, Benji." I interrupted. He stopped mid-sentence and nodded again.
"Right. Sorry. So I'll see you around then." I shrugged and went to my room where I threw down my stuff.
"You can't let him get to you, Joel!" I whispered to myself. I ran my hands through my hair in frustration and closed my eyes. How did you get so far away? I mentally asked myself. I sighed and took off the hot, nasty shirt I had been wearing all day and heard a tap at my window. I paused with the shirt in my hand and looked at it for a few seconds. Thinking it was just my imagination, I started to undo my belt. I heard the tap again. I went over to my window and opened it.
"I just wanted to tell you that I was sorry before I left." Benji called up to me. I sighed.
"You know I can't believe that, Benji."
"I'm not lying about this."
"I really don't want to talk to you."
"Now look who's lying."
"Well then I learned from the best, didn't I?" I retorted without much energy. I closed my window and shut my curtains again to finish changing into close more suitable for sleep.
Wooing Erica proved to be easier than I thought it would be. We were fucking within the second week of unofficially dating. She didn't even notice Victoria, Ashley, Allie, Trish, and even Mark, Harry, Steven, and so on. None of them noticed to be honest and I'm not sure how I pulled that off, but I did. I didn't even know why I was doing it.
I was hanging out with Trent, Greg, and Meg in our usual spot after school when I saw Benji motion for me to go over to him from behind Greg. I ignored him and went on with my conversation with Trent. "Patriots own over the Seahawks." he said. I nodded.
"But the Steelers own over the Patriots." I said.
"Fuck off, Combs."
"You have the worst case of denial I've ever seen, Trent." He flicked me off in response and all I could do was laugh. "You know you wish you could, bitch." I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned to see Benji standing there. Today was one of the days he looked like hell with his faded eyeliner and limp spikes and the faint smell of body odor.
"I need to talk to you."
"Fuck off, man." I said.
"No. I really need to talk to you."
"Benji...go away, man. I've got nothing to say to you, okay?" I went to turn back to my friends, but Meg stopped me.
"Talk to him, Joel. He looks really troubled." she said. I shrugged.
"That's his problem." She looked surprised.
"Joel! You never pass someone up if they have a problem. Not even Greg."
"Greg wouldn't come to me with a problem anyway." Greg nodded in agreement.
"Just talk to the kid." she said as she nudged me to him. "If you don't, I won't let you hear the end of it." I groaned and turned back to Benji who was giving Meg a look of thanks.
"Come on, Joel." he said. I followed him to the edge of the parking lot and folded my arms across my chest.
"What?" I asked.
"I heard Zack talking about you, man."
"What did he say?"
"He's saying that you're with him and that you fuck him. I heard Ricky saying the same thing. What are you doing, man?" I shrugged.
"I don't know."
"Don't make my mistakes, Joely."
"I don't get you Benji. I really don't get you. First you say you don't give a fuck and now you're watching my back like my god damn mother. What is the deal with you?" I hissed.
"I can't talk about it here."
"When can you talk about things, Benji? Can you even talk about things?" I paused and shook my head, fed up with him and all the drama he's causing me. "You're such a pussy."
"I'm the pussy?" he asked.
"Yeah, you're the pussy." I replied.
"You're a fucking hypocrite." Benji snarled.
"How am I a hypocrite?"
"You're running just as scared as I am! You're living the life I did and making the same stupid fucking mistakes I did! You're acting like I did when I broke your heart! That's how!"
"Shut up." I spat.
"You're lying to yourself, Joel. You don't have the heart to do that to all those people." he said. "You're going to overwhelm yourself and it's going to bite you in the ass."
"I'm not the liar here."
"Now you're just as much of a liar as I am." Without another word, he turned and walked away. I stood there for a few minutes watching him go. Was I really just like him now? Of course. I was doing exactly as he had done. I went back to my friends and grabbed my stuff saying quick goodbyes to them. When I got back to my car, I threw my shit in the back and pulled out of the parking lot. I took the back roads and saw Benji starting to walk home. I slowed my car to a crawl just like I did when we first met.
"Get in." I said.
"I thought you didn't want to talk to me."
"Get in the damn car, Benj." I said. He stopped and got in the car. I picked up my normal speed and headed for his house. "So what's your deal, man? What's up with you?"
"Don't worry about it. I'm not worth your time." I took a turn down his road and soon turned into his driveway. I sighed and leaned my head back on the headrest.
"Grab some clothes and you can come shower at my house." He stared at me for a second before doing just that. He came back with something else though, a piece of paper.
"Shit." he whispered. I glanced at the paper, but couldn't quite make out what it said.
"What is it?" I asked.
"We just got evicted." he muttered. He cursed quietly to himself and it looked like tears were forming in his eyes. There was the Benji that I found so hard to turn down; my Benji.
"If you need a place to stay, my house is free." He shook his head.
"My aunt lives not too far from here. Just...let me get that shower and I'll be out of your hair. I know I probably smell."
"Not that bad." I said with a smirk, trying to lighten the mood, but failing miserably. He just averted his gaze to the window and sighed.
"I knew this was going to happen." he whispered. I pulled out of his driveway and headed for mine.
Before he hit the showers, Benji pulled me in my room to talk. "So what's really going on with you and all these people, Joel?" he asked.
"I honestly don't know, Benji. Go take your shower."
"Just know that I'm truly sorry for what I did to you."
"Take your damn shower, man. You reek." I said, forcing a small laugh. I turned my back on him and started to busy myself with something - anything - other than our conversation. When I heard the door shut behind me, I let out a sigh and tears sprang to my eyes. "He's no good, Joel." I whispered to myself. "You can get through this."
I cleared my throat and started to work on my homework to pass the time. I was just finishing up my Chemistry when he reappeared in my room fumbling with some bracelets. I put my homework down and got off my bed. "Let me help you with those." I said, walking over to him. He snatched his arms close to him and shook his head.
"No thanks. I've got it." he said. I grabbed one of his arms and pulled it towards me.
"Don't be such a stubborn ass." He struggled again and I just stared at him, hand firmly clasped around his wrist. "What the hell is your problem? I'm just trying to help..." I started, but faded out when I actually looked down at his arm. Wounds covered the length of his arm; some new and some old scars, but there nonetheless. I grabbed the other wrist and saw the same thing. He snatched his arms away and held them close to him. "Benj...baby, what are you doing to yourself?" I asked, my throat tightening with every word. He wanted to die and I didn't even know.
"Don't worry about it. It's nothing."
"Nothing? Benji! You're trying to kill yourself! Why?"
"Joely, listen to me, okay?" I nodded. "It's nothing. Don't worry about it. I'm fine." He snapped on the last of his bracelets and forced a smile for me. "Besides, we're not here about me, we're here about you. Pretend like you never saw what you did and don't say anything to anyone." No words could make it past the tightness in my throat. /Please don't die/, my mind cried to him. I tried to blink away the tears, but was failing miserably. "I've said all I needed to say, Joely. I'll see you around."
He left my room and there was nothing I could do to stop him. My body was in full shock shutdown mode. Poor Benji.


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Police were called to a house on the 600 block of N. 2nd Street just after midnight Monday morning and found a 23 year old man on the ground with a severe head wound.
Paramedics took the man to an area hospital with life threatening injuries.
Police say the 21 year old brother took off in a car right after the fight. Police later arrested him in Toppenish and took him to the Yakima county Jail for 1st Degree Assault and Domestic Violence.


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The History:
I had no desire to see this 3rd installment of the billion dollar toy advertisements in the theater. I was a fan of the first film which I thought did a decent job considering the source. Then I waited in anticipation for the second film which turned out to be one of the worst sequels ever. It was so bad that Director Michael Bay and Producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura have pretty much apologized for that film. So why didn't I wait for eventual Blu-ray release? Well I've been on vacation visiting family and it was something to do on a Friday night in a small town.
The Setup:
Although the story is much less convoluted than #2 it's way too long. They've taken the time to rewrite the history of the 60's space race hence the "Dark of the Moon" title. In pure Michael Bay fashion it's completely over blown and totally preposterous which would be fine if it wasn't taken so seriously. Do we really need an overlong, drawn out back story that rewrites history just to watch a loud crazy action spectacle? Especially since the film ends up exactly where you expect it to in the first place: a major finale' battle royale…
The Execution:
And what a battle it is! If you're looking for pure summer spectacle 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' delivers. Unfortunately it really doesn't show up until two-thirds of the way through the 2.5 hour running time. What is delivered however is quite spectacular and mostly makes up for the boring earlier stuff.
Two highlights being:
1. A car chase that features a super cool moment when Bumble Bee transforms from car to bot while Sam is riding inside.
2. A truly thrilling sequence when Sam and the gang are trapped in a skyscraper that is being devoured by Shockwave's Cybertronian Driller (that's the giant "snake" bot seen in the previews).
On the plus side 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' shows that Bay and Co. did listen to some of the complaints generated by #2. There's a lot less stupid humor and they made the action much easier to follow. Now if he could just get a really good editor and learn to how to portray levity 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' might have been more fun and comparable to the first installment.
The Bottom Line:
Way better than #2 but still not all that great. This 3rd installment was a surprise to me mostly because I enjoyed it despite itself. That said I really have no need or desire to sit through a 4th, which given box-office performance I have no doubt will be made.
Rated PG-13: In theaters now.
Note: I saw the non-3D version of the film. If you're wondering to 3D or not, I say go for it. I imagine the action is even better in 3D. Plus this was actually filmed in 3D so I have no doubt it looks great.


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Grand Canyon as old as the dinosaurs: study
People can be startled at the depth of the Grand Canyon. Now, scientists say dinosaurs may have been, too -- the mighty gouge in the earth is that old.
Grand Canyon as old as the dinosaurs: study
Scientists have long argued over the age of the multicolored canyon, which is over a mile deep (nearly two kilometers) as many as 18 miles wide (29 kilometers) and 280 miles long (450 kilometers.)
Most believe it was carved out about five or six million years ago, based on the age of gravel washed downstream by the ancestral Colorado River.
But new dating methods which harness the radioactive decay of uranium showed it is far, far older, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.
"Our research implies that the Grand Canyon was directly carved to within a few hundred meters of its modern depth by about 70 million years ago," said co-author Rebecca Flowers of the University of Colorado Boulder.
Researchers believe the canyon was likely carved at different times and paces.
Flowers and her colleagues has previously shown that parts of the eastern section of the Grand Canyon likely developed about 55 million years ago and have subsequently eroded much further.
This latest study examines mineral grains from the bottom of the western part of the canyon.
"An ancient Grand Canyon has important implications for understanding the evolution of landscapes, topography, hydrology and tectonics in the western US and in mountain belts more generally," Flowers said in a statement.
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