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Here are some commonly asked questions about Spanish income tax which might help you. You may also be interested in our page Spanish income tax rates 2015.
We operate a free query service (contact us) if you are unsure of what to do in your current situation. Note that priority will be given to clients during the busy tax return season, but we will try to answer your query promptly.
Learn more about our fixed fee tax return service here.
With very few exceptions, anyone resident in Spain for tax purposes and with any income or capital gains anywhere in the world has to file a tax return. Non-resident property owners are also obliged to file tax returns (see separate page for non-resident tax return information).
In the first year of your tax residency there are no exceptions, even if you have no income you must file a declaration to that effect. Subsequently if your income from all sources is less than Ōé¼8.000 you can normally avoid having to file but there are other conditions, e.g. no more than Ōé¼1.600 of investment income and Ōé¼1.000 of rental income. Also if you are an employee earning less than Ōé¼22.000 and have no other sources of income, you will not have to file a return (tax will already have been deducted from your salary). Finally if you receive a pension from abroad that has already been taxed then you may be exempt depending on the terms of the tax treaty between Spain and the relevant country.
To clarify your position further take a look at our guide Do you need to do a Spanish tax return?
The short answer is that living longer than 183 days in Spain (including occasional trips out of the country) during any one calendar year makes you tax resident, but so too can basing your family and/or business interests in Spain even if you yourself are absent. Note that failing to declare that you are resident for tax purposes does not alter the fact that you are in fact tax resident and liable to be taxed accordingly. Do not confuse obtaining a Spanish residency certificate with tax residency; this shows you are on the register of foreigners kept by the Police and does not equate to tax residency, although the tax authorities may see it as evidence that you are tax resident if it is ever a matter of dispute.
You should register your tax resident status with the Spanish tax authorities (La Agencia Tributaria) as soon as you become tax resident. Theoretically this is as soon as you are settled with the intention of staying more than 183 days but certainly after this period is up. There is a simple declaration called Modelo 30 (download here) which you complete, sign and take to your local tax office. If you want Advoco or another tax adviser to become your fiscal representative this is the time to appoint them. The fiscal representative will file the declaration on your behalf with their details on the form so that all communications from the Tax Office go directly to them. The first return will be made during May or June of the year following the first year of tax residency.
Worldwide income and capital gains. So for the declarations residents are making in May/June 2013 they will need to include, from the 2012 calendar year:
- Income from employment and pensions
- Gains and losses from assets disposed of, such as property, businesses and shares
- Investment income such as dividends and interest
- Rents received
There are many and varied credits and exemptions but the main ones are:
* Tax deducted at source in Spain (e.g. ŌĆ£retencionesŌĆØ deducted by banks on interest or by employers on salaries), and abroad if there is a tax treaty in force
* Payments into the Social Security system
* Calculation of rental income and capital gains on property sales
* Your main residence (see below)
* Pension contributions (subject to limits)
* The first Ōé¼1.500 of dividend income is tax exempt
Spain has some generous deductions for housing costs. The main ones are:
- the cost of buying, renovating or extending your main residence
- the costs of financing your house (mortgage)
- rent of your main residence if you earn less than 24.020Ōé¼
The amount of the deduction can be a fairly complicated calculation but in general a maximum of 9.015Ōé¼ mortgage costs can be offset against income at a rate of 15% and a similar amount of rent at 10.05%. Each autonomous community can add other deductions (e.g. Andalucia allows under 35 year olds to claim more for their rent than the national allowance).
Donations to charity are tax deductible in Spain. If the charity is recognised as an official charitable body then you are allowed to deduct 25% of your total donations from your tax bill i.e. your tax bill is directly reduced - it is not a deduction from taxable income.
One condition is that you must produce a certificate from the charity concerned showing that the donation was made. Most charitable bodies hand out certificates to regular donors automatically.
There is also an unusual feature of Spanish tax law that allows you to divert a small proportion (0,7%) of your tax to good causes (fines sociales) or to the Catholic Church. You just tick a box on the tax return and they will benefit from your action without you paying any more tax. In fact you can tick both boxes. Here is an explanation:
What tax rates are payable?
Every taxpayer has a personal allowance of 5,151Ōé¼ that is not subject to tax. There are additional allowances for dependents, the amounts varying with age, disabilities and other factors.
After this the tax rate begins at 24,75% for income up to Ōé¼17.707 and rises to 52%.
They can either submit a joint return or file separate returns. Your tax adviser will calculate the most beneficial option by doing two separate calculations of the tax due if necessary.
The declaration must be filed by the 30th┬ĀJune during the year following the relevant tax year. So in 2012 everyone will be filing their 2011 tax returns in May/June. The tax is payable by the 30th┬ĀJune also. Normally the taxpayerŌĆÖs bank details are included on the declaration and the tax is automatically taken from their account.
Failure to pay tax can result in penalties of between 50% and 150% of the tax owed, plus interest. Late payment can result in penalties between 5% to 20% of the tax involved, plus interest. ┬ĀThere is a more detailed guide on this here:┬ĀSpanish Tax late reporting and fines
If you think you should have been regsitered to pay tax in Spain or are registered but are late with your returns, then contact us for some advice. Depending on the situation you could be able to put things right quite easily and cheaply and it will certainly be better to take the initiative yourself than wait for the tax authorities to come to you. ┬ĀNote that there is a statute of limitations of four years after which unpaid taxes cannot be collected by the Agencia Tributaria (unless they have already made a claim for the tax).
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Happy weekend, everyone! This week I've been back home, juggling my three work hats – mom, lawyer, and blogger – while hubby has been away on the last of his residency interviews. I am so tired. I hate to admit this, but I had no idea how heavily I rely on him for so many things. I nearly cried when I realized no one was going to make me a cup of coffee on Monday morning. Luckily, my knight in shining scrubs comes home on Saturday, and we have so much going on this weekend to make up for time lost. My BFF is adding a new sweet baby to our crew (Early congratulations, B!), my sissy is coming to town (#reunited), we have two really exciting photo shoots for the site on Sunday, and to top it all off, the Super Bowl on Sunday night. Any fun weekend plans? Will you be heading to a Super Bowl party? (Or throwing your own?)
And with that, a few little love notes …
Dear fellow coffee addicts (because you know it's getting me through the week!), coffee marble … the prettiest take on coffee you ever did see.
Dear February, decorating my desktop with this Valentine background (that doubles as an adorable printable Valentine postcard.)
Dear inspired, this photographer spends his days capturing dancers in their natural element and it is incredibly beautiful.
Dear good reads, why foodies and food bloggers don't talk about weight.
Dear everyone, the world's coolest teacher choreographs a dance to to "Uptown Funk" and performs with his high school students.
Dear motivated, you have to check out Oh Joy!'s "The Art of Being a Goal-Getter" series.
Dear little black dress, a mini velvet version on sale at under $75; yes, please.
Dear last-minute party planners, Everything You Need for an Epic Super Bowl Party. Throw in our Nutella chocolate-covered strawberries for dessert and you've got a party!
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Nice heavy gauge metal work benches on wheels. Most have a built in power strip. Measures 36" wide and 25" deep. Height is adjustable and top shelf is removable. Several to choose from but not for long at this price.


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I'm all about cheap, but in a good way....as in doing something yourself to save some money. Most of the walls in my house have art hung that I made myself. Now as an interior designer, I'm not totally proud of that but as a crafter I am! One day, when budget permits, I'd like to collect some fine pieces of art but for now these will do.
This paper map is from Martha and it was a little time consuming to cut all those small northeastern states but I love how it turned out. If you have a Cricut machine, they have a cartridge called 50 States that you could cut out in snap to get the same look.
I inherited this frame with some hideous art in it from a design job over a decade ago. When my kids started producing art, I knew what I wanted to do with it. I change it out every year, I love looking at their masterpieces and so do they!
I call this modern art. My sisters and I about eight ago had this obsession with making our own art out of old canvases we found at the local secondhand stores. My husband dislikes this one, I love it! You could probably have your kids do some and they would turn out better than this. hahaha! Just use acrylic paint and top it off with a clear gloss. These are SO easy and fun to do!
Let's talk canvas some more but this time, fabric wrapped! If you have painted a canvas and ruined it (I ruined a few!) then just cover it up with your favorite fabric. Easy peasy and makes for something different on your walls!
These are just a few of my cheap decorating tricks, I'll share more later!


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The Pan Am International Flight Academy in Eagan, Minnesota called the local Minneapolis FBI office regarding its new student — Zacarias Moussaoui — in August 2001. Until the spring of 2005, the employees involved in making the call remained silent. In the spring of 2005 local Twin Cities media identified the employees as Tim Nelson and Hugh Sims as well as flight trainer Clancy Prevost.
The suspicions of Nelson, Sims and Prevost were raised on the first or second day of Moussaoui's training. In one of the local articles, Prevost was quoted asking Moussaoui if he is a Muslim. Moussaoui was reported to have tensed up and answered, "I am nothing." Greg Gordon's Star Tribune story reported that on the day after Moussaoui started his training, Nelson asked two pilots training for a Syrian airline how Moussaoui's Arabic was. (Moussaoui had described himself as coming from the south of France.) When told that Moussaoui was a native speaker of Arabic, Nelson thought to himself, "Oh great, one more strike."
The second day after Moussaoui began his flight training at the Eagan facility, both Nelson and Sims called the Minneapolis office of the FBI and shared their concerns. Agents promptly followed up and responded by arresting Moussaoui, detaining him on an immigration charge. Although the Minneapolis office sought permission to search Moussaoui's laptop computer, permission was not granted to seek a warrant before 9/11. (For the rest of that story, see "Who is Coleen Rowley?")
Tim Nelson was a passenger on yesterday's Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Mumbai that was turned back to the airport shortly after takeoff. Twelve passengers were arrested as the result of security concerns arising from weird behavior. The Star Tribune's Greg Gordon tracked down Nelson by phone in Amsterdam and got his eyewitness account of the goings-on.
Nelson speaks highly of the several several federal flight marshalls who materialized in front of the cabin to keep order. Nelson said he watched Dutch police come aboard and escort a dozen men, 10 of them appearing to be of Pakistani or Middle Eastern descent. Nelson harks back to the sixties for a description of one of the two others: "One guy was a white guy, with a tie-dyed shirt, a beard and dreadlocks. He looked like a hippie."


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Ouch. Another wine bottle tossed into the kitchen trash can. Another empty cracker box, plastic milk jug, soda can, margarine container, folded newspaper. It's Christmas and the amount of trash we produce during one single family dinner is enormous. Nothing gets recycled and nobody seems to care.
Then my mother-in-law makes a remarkable and unexpected statement: "One of my New Year's resolutions is to start recycling," she declares. She has barely finished her sentence before I get to work, digging wine bottles out of the trash. "We'll keep them in the garage for now," I tell my surprised in-laws.
This is what Sweden does to you. It turns you into a recycling zealot. Once a week, the garbage truck showed up in our Stockholm suburb to weigh our garbage. The more garbage we produced, the higher our monthly bill would be.
Those of us who separated our organic food waste and stuck it in biodegradable bags in a special trash can paid less than those who would throw everything in the main trash can. And those who produced less garbage by bringing paper, plastics, cans and glass to one of the many recycling stations in our county paid even less.
Recycling, to Swedes, is a lifestyle.
Every weekend, I would fill our Honda Combi with bags of waste. Green glass was separated from clear glass, plastics from newspapers, soup cans from milk cartons, and thrown into large green containers. Plastic soda bottles and beer cans, however, would go in a special bag destined for the grocery store.
There, people lined up in front of large machines that swallowed the cans, crunched them up and spit out a receipt. We'd give the store cashier the receipt and the bottle redemption was deducted from our grocery bill.
A small incentive, but it worked – just like the threat of a larger garbage bill did. No wonder, only 4 percent of Swedish garbage ends up in the landfill.
Although the country of 9 million produces nearly 24 percent more waste today than a decade ago (4.7 million tons), nearly 50 percent of all Swedish trash is recycled. Another 46 percent is incinerated at high temperatures to produce heat for apartment buildings in metropolitan areas. By comparison, more than half of all municipal waste in the United States still still went to the landfill in 2007, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's latest report.
This is not rocket science. Give people a financial incentive and efficient recycling programs and they do the right thing. So why don't we?


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GoblinX 3.0 "G:Noblin" Released
GoblinX is a Slackware based Linux distribution that consists of a Live CD and provides a simple functional desktop. Since version 3.0 the GoblinX distro comes in several editions. This release, GoblinX 3.0 "G:Noblin" is for GNOME desktop users and features latest packages of GNOME 2.24. While other editions of GoblinX include "G:Standard" features KDE while "G:Mini" features XFCE and "G:Micro" features Fluxbox. While GNOME is the default desktop on this most recent GoblinX 3.0 G:Noblin release it also comes with a specially prepared Netbook interface based on the Ubuntu Netbook Remix model with some ideas provided by the Foresight distribution.
The major changes in GoblinX 3.0 "G:Noblin" include:
- New bootsplash theme
- Upgraded Netbook interface
- Wireless devices updated
- xorg upgrade
- Java JRE and Vuze added
- Added Slackware xz package format extension support
- Added Flash Player plugin script for easier install
- Packages and libraries upgraded
- Bugs and errors corrected
Buy GoblinX on CD in our cart or you can download GoblinX.iso and burn it to a CD and boot from it as a Live CD. This way you can see if its for you or not before installing. Users wanting to install on a USB download the .zip file and unzip it to your USB device. Then run bootinst.sh if you're on Linux or bootinst.bat if you're on Windows to make it bootable.
September 9, 2009 at 9:54 pm
I'll burn GoblinX to a CD and give it a spin. I doubt it would pull me away from Ubuntu, but it's nice to be familiar with what's out there.
September 16, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Every time I read one of these reviews, it reminds me that there are more distros to try. *Adds another to the list*


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How Stories Help You Connect with Readers
THE RORY VADEN SHOW Rory Vaden and I talk about the power of telling a story. In this show, we discuss the critical elements that make up a great story and the most common mistakes people make. Interview Highlights: • People want authenticity and connection. Stories create that connection. –@ErinKCasey • If you're writing, you need to have a hook–something that draws peopleRead the rest of this page »
Pure Genius by Don Wettrick
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Most of my book coaching and editing clients write because they have a message to share or an idea they want to express. When I ask clients why they're writing a book, I often hear statements like: "I have to get this out of my head." "People need to know how (fill in the blank) can help them."
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Everyone has a story to tell, a message to share. What's yours? Are you telling it well? Your book represents you and your business. Done well, it can introduce you to new clients and media contacts, and help you secure lucrative speaking engagements. Done poorly, a book weakens your image and your brand.


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A new theatre lit entirely by candles officially opens in London on Wednesday (January 15), transporting audiences back 400 years to the kind of performances seen on winter nights in Shakespeare's time.
Fashioned from oak, the building sits alongside the established open-air Globe theatre on the south bank of the Thames - but it offers a very different experience by replicating an indoor playhouse of the early 17th century.
While the Globe's thatched amphitheatre is breezy and holds more than 1,500 people, the new Sam Wanamaker Playhouse - named after the American actor and director who came up with the idea for both venues - is intimate, with just 340 seats.
The reconstruction architect who helped design the Playhouse, Jon Greenfield, believes experiencing it is like having the actors enter your living room.
"You don't feel as though you're necessarily going to see a spectacle. You feel as though you're part of it. This is like a big room really. It's like your living room almost. It's as if the actors have come to you and that you're really very much part of what they're doing because it's just so intimate and so close," he said.
The actors perform in close proximity to lit candles, which looks dangerous although they are dressed in fireproof clothes and not allowed to wear hairspray.
"But I had an issue in the technical rehearsal where I...because my dress is so big, I don't feel it. So I swished around to the front of the stage and my God, because there was candles all at the front, so that was my near-death experience in this new Shakespeare's Globe Theatre," said Denise Gough, who plays the part of Julia in "The Duchess of Malfi".
In many ways the small indoor space is an "anti-Globe," according to artistic director Dominic Dromgoole, whose production of John Webster's dark tragedy "The Duchess of Malfi" opened there on Jan. 9.
"It's unrecognisable from any other theatre in the world. It's the only replica this authentic of a theatre of it's own day. It's built with incredible care and detail to be as fully achieved as a Jacobean Theatre as possible. It's all made from beautiful oak as you can see. It's all carved by hand, painted by hand. The paints have all been properly researched. There isn't a bit of it that isn't in some way properly researched and we couldn't find a precedent for in the theatre of its own day," said Dromgoole.
Modelled on drawings that fell out of an old book in the library at Worcester College, Oxford, in the 1960s, the new playhouse offers a wintertime option for Dromgoole and his team.
The second venue builds on the outdoor success of the Globe, which has been putting on shows since 1997 and had its first transfer to Broadway in November. Given the British weather, the Globe can only operate from April to October,
The Chief Executive at Shakespeare's Globe, Neil Constable, is hopeful the new theatre will be a financial boon.
"Of course having an indoor theatre means around 100,000 theatregoers are going to be coming to the Globe. The Globe will be performing 52 weeks of the year and hopefully we'll see a boost in sales in tickets but also in our restaurant, retail and tours."
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In conjunction with the Church's new year study programs, our November LDS nonfiction titles include books designed to help in your study of the Old Testament and with Primary activities.
Of particular interest, "Visions of Glory" author John Pontius, who passed away in late 2012, wrote a series of blog posts on his popular blog, "UnBlog My Soul," that his wife, Terri, has compiled into a book. "Journey to the Veil" is that book and is among our November releases.
Watch for these titles in your local LDS bookstores throughout the month or, if you can't wait that long, pre-order them right now through Amazon.com, BarnesAndNoble.com, or BooksAndThings.com.
"Tiny Talks, Vol. 14" by Heidi Doxey
Take the pain out of preparing for your child's next talk. With a focus on the 2014 Primary theme, "Tiny Talks" has got you covered. On each page you'll find a gospel story, a corresponding scripture verse, and a list of visual aids, making this the perfect resource for talks, sharing time lessons, or family home evenings all year long!
"Families Are Forever"
by Kimiko Christensen Hammari
Make Mondays the best night of the week! With a full year of easy family nights that correlate directly with the 2014 Primary theme, this book is the perfect solution for busy families everywhere. For each week you'll find a complete lesson written for you, plus songs, scriptures, ideas for treats, and activity options for younger and older children.
"The Ready Resource for Relief Society 2014" by Trina Boice
Preparing for Relief Society has never been easier with this invaluable book. For each week, you'll find a lesson summary, quotes from General Authorities, hymns that match the topic, and a beautiful handout you can copy for each sister. With all the prep work done, you can focus on personalizing your lessons to fit the needs of your dear sisters.
"The Old Testament Explained"
by Dan Barker
Don't let the Old Testament intimidate you! Modern revelation has provided the tools we need to understand and apply this timeless scripture. By citing prophetic revelation, Dan Barker helps you reach past strange customs and difficult descriptions to feel the power of the promises in the Old Testament. This indispensible study guide will change the way you feel about this important book of scripture.
"Using the Signs of the Times to Strengthen Your Testimony"
by David J. Ridges
The return of the long-lost ten tribes, a new Jerusalem being built, heavenly messengers from beyond this life—according to the scriptures, all of these things will really come to pass before our Savior comes again. David Ridges combines current events with ancient prophecy to illuminate how the signs are already being fulfilled. Read this book and gain the peace of mind to take a positive approach to life in the last days.
"Journey to the Veil" by John Pontius, compiled by Terri Pontius
When doctors gave him six months to live, John Pontius (author of "Visions of Glory") created a blog to leave his testimony with his children. However, thousands of followers of "UnBlog My Soul" were touched. Share in the journey as Pontius expresses his love and understanding of the gospel in a clear, beautiful way. This book compiles the most compelling blog entries and weaves the narrative of his journey to the veil.


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Seeds for the Parish is the resource newspaper of the ELCA. Each issue contains articles that provide congregational leaders with insights, ideas and tools to assist them in a variety of ministries including worship, Christian education, stewardship, evangelism, youth ministries, social ministries, leadership and more. Seeds Monthly is an electronic email you can sign-up for and receive directly in your email box.
To subscribe to the quarterly newsletter or get more information please email us. To subscribe to the Seeds Monthly email, click here.
Downloadable copies of past issues of Seeds for the Parish are available for only the most recent years since many resources, programs and events are time-sensitive.
Search Seeds for the Parish articles. Be sure to include "Seeds for the Parish" AND your search term in the search field.


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This was our hotel room. I really liked it because it was nice and comfortable.
My birthday is Jan. 26. On that morning we got breakfast in bed. I had some jet-lag, so I haven't slept very well, and I was kind of tired through out the day.
The Eiffel Tower!!!!!
We walked up the Eiffel Tower because the line for the elevator was so-o-o-o long. It was 700 steps! The view was incredible!
We ate lunch in the restaurant inside the Eiffel Tower. I picked out this cheese cake as my birthday treat. They didn't have any candles..but that was okay. It was delicious!
We took a boat ride on the Seine.
The golden gates of Versailles.
We went to several different museums...
...and saw lots of paintings.
My trip was amazing!


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Sinsational Spring Awakening was HOT! And I mean literally: we´ve had a heatwave in Finland, +30C for a week so every place is *steaming*. The venue was at the oldest restaurant still in use in Hellsinki so I´m guessing the AC is not really up-to-date (everything else is wonderful!) and the backstage was crazy hot! You had sweat running down your body even before you took one step! I was dying in my outfit - a full-sequined dress and that glorious Star Boa made by Fannie Annie (all fantastic 3 meters of it) and had to give up on my tassel glue: they just kept popping! Thank you Pepper for lending me your mat tape...but not even THAT could keep my tassel on during the crazy twirling in the cats-duo :D
One thing I have learned is that whatever happens on stage you just have to own it and keep on going. So I did, -boobs galore and just ripped the other one off as well in the end. Trying to cover it with one hand would have just made the whole coreo a mess. Besides: it´s just a breat right? Fun part was my mother and my step-dad were in the audience as were a lot of my colleagues from my day-job haha! Got a lot of cheers for a good attitude and I wan´t the only one who popped that night, my girl Tinker Bell and some others joined that club as well! WOOP!
Started packing for Vienna since me, Pepper and Lola fly out this Tuesday. CRAZY! I´m really nervous but very very excited! Right now I´m mostly worried that my bags will get lost on the way since we have a flight change in Riga...yikes.
Thank you Bettie Blackheart for last night! You´re one amazing power house of a woman <3
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Communal Table
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We must be on the same foodie wavelength! I posted about the book first thing this morning, too. Can't wait to get a copy, it's so well-done!ReplyDelete
Wow, love this! I absolutely love cookbooks, I collect them. I feel they all bring something different and this one is so cute! Thanks for finding these, must get immediately!ReplyDelete
You're so feeding my foodie addictions. I can't wait to check out this book.ReplyDelete
I think I have a lot of dreaming to do this weekend... Hope you do some too.
I so can't wait to buy a copy of this!!ReplyDelete
This is my kinda cookbook. Good food with lovely illustrations. Can't go wrong, unless I botch up the meal.ReplyDelete
i want it!!! sounds so great!!!!!ReplyDelete
I watched Julie&Julia just hours ago so I came here just in time for a cookbook post ( and to become a 701 follower. :)ReplyDelete
Gorgeous Cook Book! I love the illustrations! :) xReplyDelete
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Now that the clocks have gone back and those long summer days are behind us, the colder, crisp mornings and shorter days are here to greet us. Autumn is one of the most beautiful and fun filled seasons that we can be graced with in the year – an assortment of crunchy golden, russet, and red leaves adorning our local parks and the beautiful morning dew glistening in the autumn sun.
Slower paced exercise such as walking, pilates, and yoga can be a great way to get moving even when you don't feel like you can and will melt away your stress whilst gently build your strength.
But the transition from summer to autumn can be rather challenging for some, often resulting in autumn allergies, a general lack of motivation, and a feeling of tiredness and lethargy. And let's be honest – being active is probably the last thing on your mind. Don't worry there is a solution!
Here are five ways to make sure that even when your body and mind are telling you to curl up in that duvet, grab a cuppa, and hibernate, that you can still stay healthy and active no matter what the weather might bring you.
5 Tips to Staying Healthy This Autumn
1. Sleep Early, Rise Early
I'm the first person to suffer from the dreaded autumn insomnia and often or not this leaves me feeling exhausted, disorientated, and miserable – it's also the reason why I start to become so inactive too. If you think about it your body is kind of going through a temporary bout of jet lag – you're waking up before your body is ready to, you are most likely still in a deep sleep, and you inevitably wake up groggy. To read more about your sleep cycle and how it all works, click here.
So how can we change this? Sleep early and rise early – easier said than done I know!
Gradually start going to bed just that little bit earlier than you normally would every night and wake-up at your regular time. By the time the week is over your body clock will almost be back to normal. If you feel the urge to hit the snooze button on your alarm clock make sure that you fight it as you could end up waking up in a deep sleep and feeling even more groggy than you were before, instead jump up and tear those curtains open to let the daylight work its natural magic.
If an alarm is proving to be too painful in the mornings try purchasing a daylight wake-up lamp that will gradually illuminate, waking you naturally. The Lumie Bodyclock and the Philips Wake-up Light are my personal favourites.
At least an hour before you go to bed be sure to turn the lights off and use a dim table lamp to light your room as this will suignal to your brain that it is night time and time to wind down. Also avoid blue light devices at least 2 hours before bed as they release the same hormones to your brain as daylight does, tricking your brain into thinking that it's still time to be awake.
If you're still feeling a little too groggy take yourself outside and get a big dose of daylight and fresh air, this will wake your brain back up, so try walking or cycling to work rather than simply jumping in the car.
For some more tips on how to improve the quality of your sleep just click here.
2. Top-up on Vitamin D
It's safe to say that pretty much everyone in the UK is at least a tiny bit vitamin D deficient as we don't get much sunlight in these autumn and winter months and the majority of us work in offices and buildings with minimal window space making it almost impossible for your body to absorb enough Vitamin D. You simply can't get all of the vitamin D that your body requires from food, although every little helps so still snaffle up that oily fish. Taking a supplement is an absolute must – vitamin D helps to boost your mood, support your immune system, and it is also essential for calcium absorption within the body, thus protecting bone health and reducing the risk of osteoporosis.
Buy a high quality and high dosage vitamin D3 supplement such as this one.
3. Eat Seasonal Food
This one is a little bit of a no brainer – with apples, Brussels sprouts, mushrooms, pumpkins, root vegetables, and squashes in absolute abundance get down to your local farm and grab some seasonal fruits and veggies to reap their immune boosting benefits.
Apples are packed full of antioxidants and vitamin C, Brussels sprouts are packed full of iron, folate, and vitamin K, mushrooms contain an antiviral substance called lentinan that stimulates your immune system, pumpkins are high in B vitamins, fibre and potassium, root vegetables such as sweet potato are high in vitamins A and C, iron, and possess great anti-inflammatory benefits, and last but not least squashes are full of omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin A.1,2
So as you can see autumn brings us not only those super tasty fruit and veggies but also health boosting ones too!
Drop the mug cake and drink plenty of warm clear fluids which will help you to avoid binge eating on those tempting comfort foods and curb your sugar cravings! (I have to admit that I am the absolute worst for this!)
4. Keep On, Keepin' On…
That's right, keep moving even when it's bitterly cold. Slower paced exercise such as walking, pilates, and yoga can be a great way to get moving even when you don't feel like you can and will melt away your stress whilst gently build your strength. Make sure that you exercise in the first half of the day as the shorter days will make you feel tired earlier on, which means you'll risk skipping a workout altogether and from then on in it could be a slippery slope.
Once you feel like you'd like a bit more of a challenge take advantage of the beautiful crisp air and go for a jog round the park or hit the trails. Just make sure that you're wearing the correct layers; a breathable base layer with wicking (to ensure moisture evaporates), a second warmer layer, and a third layer such as a waterproof jacket or windbreaker. I'm a big fan of the Buff which can be worn as a hat, headband, or neck warmer and can also be used all year round!
If you still don't want to venture out into the great outdoors try mixing it up at home with a skipping rope or a HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) workout to really get that blood pumping! But most importantly find something that you enjoy – even if it means trying something new!
5. Protect Your Skin
The weather in autumn is much colder and dryer than it is in the summer which results in rough, dry, and dull looking skin. Don't forget that the summer sun could also have been damaging your skin too. You'll need to concentrate on moisturising and protecting your skin as well as preparing it for the winter!
Start by using a gentle cream cleanser or cleansing balm which will moisturise your skin whilst cleansing, or try out the oil cleansing method (OCM) using an organic and nourishing oil such as avocado or jojoba. This will help to protect your skin from whatever the autumn might throw its way. Remember to be gentle when washing your face and exfoliate gently using only a warm, damp muslin cloth.3
Even though the weather isn't hot it doesn't mean that you aren't absorbing the sun's damaging rays – don't forget to wear a moisturiser with an SPF 15 such as this one.
Be sure to drink plenty of water and try replacing your beloved morning coffee with a cup of matcha or warm lemon water to flush out those nasty toxins. Don't forget to top up on those antioxidant, omega-3, and vitamin A and C rich seasonal foods, that I mentioned above, as they'll help to protect your skin whilst nourishing from within.
How do you survive the transition to autumn? Care to share your own tips to staying healthy this autumn by dropping a comment using the comments box below?
- Dworkin-McDaniel, N. (n.d.). Foods That Make You Feel Better. In Health. Retrieved from http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20752367,00.html
- Harding, C. (n.d.). The autumn foods that will improve your health. In Mail Online. Retrieved from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-143486/The-autumn-foods-improve-health.html
- Drake, K.S. (2005). Autumn Skin Care Tips: Renew & Recover. In Dr. Frank Lipman. Retrieved from http://www.drfranklipman.com/autumn-skin-care/


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Best Caribbean Cruise Ports - Don't Miss These Beautiful Places
The Fun Of A Caribbean Cruise Vacation
Cruising in the Caribbean is one my favorite vacations and in doing so I have visited most of the best Caribbean cruise ports. The water of the Caribbean is such a beautiful shade of turquoise blue. Cruising along the pristine waters has got to be one of the best vacations ever.
Cruising is an all in one vacation. It is a traveling hotel where you stop and see what the beautiful ports have to offer. A week long cruise will usually stop in 3 different ports. A nine day cruise stops in five ports. The other days you spend at sea enjoying the exotic atmosphere of a cruise ship sailing the blue waters of the Caribbean.
A cruise vacation includes your meals and entertainment. There are shows every night, the food is bountiful and the scenery outstanding. I would like to share what I consider to be the best Caribbean cruise ports.
St. Kitts
St. Kitts is a tropical and exotically beautiful Carribbean cruise port. The blue sky, sparkling water and white sand are all part of the St. Kitts experience.
The snorkeling on the reefs was outstanding. The tropical fish were plentiful and it is so beautiful to be part of the underwater ocean experience especially at St. Kitts. The tour operators were very friendly and helpful while we were out on the snorkel boat.
Within walking distance of the port is an area of quaint little stores. Just walking amongst the colorful stores and taking in the atmosphere is fun. There were some locals that brought monkeys so we could take pictures.
There is so much duty free shopping available here. You can get great deals on cigarettes and alcohol. The prices were amazing compared to the United States prices on the same items.
One of the best cruise ports in the Caribbean is stopping at Tortola for the mere fact that you can access some beautiful spots in the British Virgin Islands.
When we docked in Tortola we took a ferry to the British Virgin Island of Virgin Gorda to visit a famous area known as the Baths. What an experience that was! Giant boulders are nestled all over the beach and there is a cave that you can explore. The walkway through the cave is quite a challenge with tight places and cave pools that make for an exciting trek. At the other end is another beautiful and quiet beach. The snorkeling in and around the huge boulders is fun but be careful of the wave action.
Another great place to visit when in Tortola is Cane Garden Bay which is rated one of the top ten beaches in the Caribbean. It is located on the north shore of Tortola and it is beautiful but because of its reputation most cruise days it is extremely crowded.
St. John Island
St. John's Island is a small island in the U.S. Virgin Islands Chain. Some ships can anchor off shore and ferry you into the island but you can also easily catch a ferry from St. Thomas which is a common port of call for cruise ships in the Caribbean.
St. John's Island is where one of my favorite all time beaches is located and that is Trunk Bay. I have visited there several time and the beauty of the area is outstanding. The ride into Trunk Bay is awesome. You are far above the beach and the views are so captivating.
The beach is white sand and the water is so clear. You can snorkel right of the beach at Trunk Bay. They rent snorkel equipment at the beach and you simply swim out to the trail. There are plenty of tropical fish to see and it really is a beautiful spot in the Caribbean. Don't miss it if you have the opportunity to visit Trunk Bay at St. John Island.
Ocho Rios Jamaica
Ocho Rios is a beautiful stop in the paradise known as the Caribbean. Very tropical with lush greenery and colorful flowers, Ocho Rios is one of the gems of the Caribbean.
The port of Ocho Rios in Jamaica offers one of the best shore excursions in the Caribbean which is a trip to Dunn's River Falls. This outstanding one of a kind place offers a 1000 feet high waterfall which is terraced in steps that you can actually climb. You can climb solo or with a guide that often uses a human chain to make the climb up the falls. The Dunn's River Falls is set in the lush tropics and is perfect place to visit while cruising the Caribbean.
St. Thomas
Charlotte Amalie in St. Thomas is one of the most visited cruise ports in the world. There are a variety of things to do in St. Thomas. At any one time there can be six or seven cruise ships docked and the area can handle the influx of visitors.
The shopping on St. Thomas is easily accessible from the cruise dock. The duty free shopping is outstanding and you can get some really great deals.
Besides a ferry trip to St. John Island one of favorite stops was the St. Thomas skyride to Paradise Point. Its a great way to take in breathtaking views of the island and surrounding areas.
If you like beaches, Coki beach and Sapphire beach are great locations to visit. Sapphire Beach faces St. John and offers stunning views. Coki beach offers access to Coral World which is fantastic place to visit. It is a marine park with an underwater observatory of fish and other creatures of the sea.
The Caribbean cruise port of Antigua is known for its beaches. In fact it is said to have 365 beaches, one for every day of the year.
The beaches offer all kinds of water sports such as snorkeling, windsurfing and even horseback riding on the beach. My favorite beaches on Antigua are Dickenson Bay and Half Moon Beach. Spending the day on what of Antigua's beatiful beach is a great way to relax with a tropical drink and soak up the sun and the sights of the Caribbean.


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The Wire, November 2002. Vol. 32, No.9.
1.) Colombia: Town abandoned to it's fate; 2.) Russian Federation: Justice denied;3.) Afghanistan: An opportunity to help build a better furture; 4.) Iraq: Human rights in the balance; 5.) UK: Human rights violations in the UK after 11 September attacks; 6.) Worldwide Appeals: Ethipia: Oromo detainee 'disappears'; USA: Another child offender faces the death penalty; Belarus: paying the price of opposition;7.) Updates: Kuwait: Women granted pardon; China: First visit in four years; Malaysia: Prisoners of conscience still held despite winning appeal; 8.) Small arms proliferation leads to big crimes; 9.) End the death penalty worldwide; 10.) Sudan: eighty-eight sentenced to death; 11.) International law; 12.) USA: executes child offenders; 13.) Philippines: Suspends executions.


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Capital Brewery
"No one can pronounce the name, so that's half the fun of watching people order one," says Kirby Nelson. The Capital Brewery brewmaster himself endorses two ways of saying Manoomator: mah-no-mator or ma-new-ma-tor. It's all part of a play on words with Capital's latest seasonal, a doppelbock made with wild rice.
In the Ojibwe language, wild rice is called manoomin, prounced mah-no-min. Now add to that the historical name monks gave their doppelbocks -- "Salvator" or savior, so many modern brewers add "ator" to the end of their bock beer names. Stitched together into a portmanteau leaves us with Manoomator, which is even trickier to say after having had a couple. This dopplebock is the latest in the brewery's limited release Capital Square Series.
What is it? Manoomator by Capital Brewery of Middleton, Wisconsin.
Style: The doppelbock is a full-bodied, deep amber to dark brown lager. The flavor should feature a solid malty sweetness, and an especially fresh and lightly toasted caramel malt character. The hop bitterness is evident but a minor part of the profile. Fruity tones (esters) may be common, but not overwhelming. The doppelbock will have a strong alcoholic strength ranging from 6.5% to 8% ABV.
Wild rice gives Manoomator a slightly sweet, nutty flavor, nearly opposite the effect big breweries look for when they substitute domestic rice as an adjunct for malted barley.
Background: Manoomator was originally developed last winter by Kirby Nelson as Wild Rice Doppelbock. The initial batch was made for the Map Room, a legendary beer bar in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood that caters to beer aficionados. The Map Room's owners, including Laura Blasingame, came up to Middleton to join Nelson when he made the first batch in December 2010. Capital split the first batch with the Map Room and offered Wild Rice Doppelbock to select draft accounts last winter.
This year Nelson tweaked the recipe just a bit, reducing the amount of wild rice by a small percentage. He buys the wild rice from North Bay Trading of Brule, Wisconsin. Wild rice (manoomin) grows naturally on stocks in three to eight feet of water in the many marshes of northern Wisconsin in Minnesota surrounding the Great Lakes. This variety was grown in northern Minnesota wetlands. Nelson mixed the wild rice with two- and six-row brewers malts, Munich, caramel and Victory malts. A light amount of Liberty hops are used for mild bittering.
Capital Brewery made about 200 cases of Manoomator this year. It finishes at 8% ABV, and sells for around $11-12/four-pack.
It's the height of bock season, but more is on the way. Later this spring Capital plans to offer Dark Doppelbock, a beer that's been in hibernation for several seasons. Then, its Weizen Doppelbock will return this summer.
Capital's new annual editions of Blonde Doppelbock and Maibock will be unveiled at the brewery's Bockfest celebration on Saturday, February 25. VIP tickets were sold out weeks ago, but general admission tickets are $10, and a limited number will be available to patrons who get in line. Access is limited to about 3,000 people in the brewery's beer garden at any one time.
Tasting notes:
- Aroma: Firm malty nose, with a light grain background.
- Appearance: Deep, clear dark copper color with a thick, soft, tan head.
- Texture: Full bodied and very smooth.
- Taste: A light nutty sweetness of the wild rice.
- Finish/Aftertaste: Malty sweet, lightly nutty and fruitiness.
Glassware: The Willi Becher is a great glass for the doppelbock because it shows off the brilliant color while focusing the nose with its inward taper in the upper third near the lip. I like this beer chilled slightly to sharpen its balance between the wild rice, malts and light hoppiness. However, to really taste the contributions from the wild rice, allow Manoomator to warm up to room temperature.
Pairs well with: The distinctive sweet, nutty flavors from the wild rice are a nice complement to beef stews and mildly sweet wild game. It also goes well with a mildly sweet cheese.
Rating: Four Bottle Openers (out of four)
The Consensus: Manoomator has not received enough ratings to be evaluated at BeerAdvocate or RateBeer. The previous version, named Wild Rice Dopplebock, has not received enough ratings to be evaluated at BeerAdvocate and received an 81/88 (overall/style) at RateBeer.
The Verdict: Capital Manoomator is a beer I like for the distinctness reflected in wild rice as an ingredient. It's much different from what you'll currently find from other breweries and brewpubs with their doppelbocks. I certainly do not put it next to Capital Blonde Doppelbock, or even Great Dane Dominator without considerable qualification -- because it's not supposed to be within either's ranks. The doppelbock usually amplifies the caramel and biscuit flavors from the malt to the edge of becoming a malt-bomb. Manoomator goes in a different direction. The wild rice offers body and a sweetness that has hints of nuttiness, with raisins and a grape-like fruitiness. It's just a wonderful twist on a seasonal treat.


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Perched on 26 acres of plush green land on the serene Bolgatty Island, Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty is a waterfront urban resort overlooking the backwaters of Vembanad Lake.


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Biola University is committed to the development of its employees. One way an employee grows is through promotion -- increased job responsibility and supervising others. These job changes can occur because of transfers within or without an employee's current department. Therefore, Human Resources posts open positions on the Human Resources webpage for employees to view open positions and seek growth opportunity. The Human Resources webpage is biola.edu/HR.
A qualified employee within a department with an open position should be given priority for promotional consideration. Therefore, an exception to standard job posting practices can occur for the following reasons: when departments with an open position chooses to pick from qualified employees from within the department or when the department head determines an internal promotion would be appropriate.
If, however, a qualified employee within the department is not apparent, the position is posted for employees outside the department to express interest. Once a position is posted, consideration will be given to all applicants. Although current Biola employees will receive special consideration, a position will be filled with the candidate whose skills, experience, education, and other qualifications best match the position requirements and needs.
The addition of new responsibilities to an employee's present job or the transferring of an employee to another position, whether in the same department or another department, could qualify as a promotion and initiate changes in one or more of the following areas: job title, classification and level, pay, and benefits. The determination of a position's proper level is the responsibility of Human Resources and is based on an evaluation of the position description.


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Hunter Trial
…..is a Straight forward, confidence giving course!!
This years Burton Hunter Trial will take place on Sunday 23rd September 2018. This years event will once again take place at Hackthorn Hall by kind permission of Mr & Mrs Cracroft-Eley.
New Timed Section for 2018 and minor course adjustments
Following the feedback we received from our online survey after last years event, we have listened and made some important changes. The timed section has been changed to improve the rate that riders can get through this section and some of the skinny fences have been removed. Our course designer has also made some improvements to the course and has moved one troublesome fence along with some other minor changes. We hope these changes will make you enjoy your day even more.
The Burton Hunter Trial also include qualifiers for The Horseware National Hunter Trials Championships which will be held at Eland Lodge, Ashbourne, Derbyshire on October 1st. This will be the last qualifying event before the finals in October so please enter at the earliest opportunity
National Hunter Trial Qualifying Events
- Class 4 – NOVICE PONY (14.2 and under) – 2'6" max
- Class 5 – NOVICE HORSE (14.3 +) – 2'6" max
- Class 6 – INTERMEDIATE PAIRS – 3'0" max
- Class 7 – INTERMEDIATE INDIVIDUAL – 3'0" max
The Joker Fence
In every class, there will be a Joker Fence.
This will be a knock-down fence that WILL be higher than the other fences on course. It is completely optional and if you clear this jump successfully on the first attempt, you will save 3 seconds in the time section.
Entries close 17th September 2018 or when the field is full
Please enter as soon as you can. The 2016 & 2017 events were over subscribed and over 80 entries were returned in the final two weeks of 2017. In 2016 we returned over 60 entries
Please keep a close watch on this web site for entry details.
In our main ring, which is situated on the higher ground surrounded by trade stands, refreshments and sponsors hospitality, we are running a Gate Jumping Competition with a cash price for the winners. This year we will be running two classes in the gate jumping. The first class will be for horses that have not jumped over 110cm unaffiliated and the second class will be those who have jumped over 110cm affiliated.


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Despite a bloated tide that marred the opening heats, conditions proved to be contestable enough for the Quik Pro France at La Graviere to complete the opening round.
Setting the bar for the morning, Brazil's Jadson Andre opened up Round 1 with an impressive multiple-section right-hand tube to the tune of a 7.5. Entering the European leg of the tour seated in 15th place, Jadson was looking for a solid start to build momentum through France and Portugal. And with his Round 1 win today over Joel Parkinson and John Florence, that's exactly what the young Brazilian did.
"I was really looking to get a good start out here," said Jadson, "but I try not to think about it too much. I just want to do my best and pick the best waves in each heat."
Statistically one of the most dominant surfers in the event, Mick Fanning redefined precision surfing in his opening heat against Brett Simpson and Tiago Pires. Seamlessly mixing tuberiding and high-speed rail work to a convincing Round 1 win, it was easy to see how Mick became a three-time event champion here in the past. To boot, he posted the day's highest heat total with a blistering 18.20.
"You have to be able to adapt in France," Mick told the ASP. "The wave changes so much and shows you so many different faces. I have a great board now that Simon (Anderson) shaped for me, and it felt really good out there. Looks like there will be waves throughout the waiting period and I'm looking forward to the next heat."
In what was perhaps the most-anticipated-but-lackluster-heat of the first round, Dane Reynolds once again donned a jersey to face Owen Wright and Chris Davidson. Having been on a hiatus from competition for the season, Dane was said to be competing today on injured ribs. With the collective eyes of surf fans around the world honed on Dane and expecting fireworks, the lineup had other plans and flatlined, forcing a restart to the heat. When a set finally materialized, it was Owen Wright who proved to be the aggressor, catching nearly twice as many waves as Davo and Dane. And although Owen didn't look quite as lethal as he has in the past few events, he still managed to put a decent heat together and convincingly took the win. As hungry for a win as Owen looked in their match-up, Dane appeared equally nonchalant. Had it not been for a Hail Mary of a full-rotation slob air in the dying moments of the heat that earned him an 8.33, Dane would have finished a much-more distant second to Owen.
"I'm riding a bigger board than I rode at Trestles and New York," says Owen, "and I think I was having trouble biting into the wave. The heat was a little slow, but I caught some waves, but I just kept falling. I guess I'm just a little bit rusty, but it feels good to get that opening heat out of the way."
Also competing with a rib injury, South Africa's Jordy Smith surfed his first World Tour heat today since sustaining an injury in Tahiti last month. In fine fashion, Jordy took the win over wildcard Marc Lacomare and Kieren Perrow in Round 1.
"It's so good to be back," said Jordy to the ASP. "I'm not 100 percent at the moment—about 75 percent. It still hurts to lie down on my board and paddle, but it's time for me to be back in the water. I want to be here and I'm happy to have come away with a win in my first heat back."
By noon, the high tide had completely filled in, leaving fat, shifting lefts and rights in its wake just in time for Slater, Fred Patacchia, and Moroccan wildcard surfer Ramzi Boukhiam's Round 1 heat. Even for Slater, the conditions proved to be nearly too difficult. But despite the trying tides, the current World Tour No. 1 still managed to pull off a win.
"It was a nightmare out there," Slater said. "I wouldn't be surprised if they called it out there. The tide is really high. It was a bummer and not very competitive. That's the way France is sometimes though. Sometimes it's on, sometimes it's off."
Closing out the day, contest officials opted to run three heats of the second round. In his match-up against Adriano de Souza, Dane Reynolds looked to have ironed out some of the kinks from the morning as he edged himself to a convincing win.
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Heat 1: Taylor Knox (USA) 11.06, Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 10.77, Jeremy Flores (FRA) 10.57
Heat 2: Jadson Andre (BRA) 11.17, John John Florence (HAW) 9.13, Joel Parkinson (AUS) 8.00
Heat 3: Mick Fanning (AUS) 18.20, Brett Simpson (USA) 15.33, Tiago Pires (PRT) 12.33
Heat 4: Owen Wright (AUS) 12.60, Dane Reynolds (USA) 12.26, Chris Davidson (AUS) 2.50
Heat 5: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 10.10, Marc Lacomare (FRA) 9.83, Kieren Perrow (AUS) 2.93
Heat 6: Kelly Slater (USA) 10.00, Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 9.00, Ramzi Boukhiam (MOR) 2.00
Heat 7: Taj Burrow (AUS) 11.53, Raoni Monteiro (BRA) 10.83, Kai Otton (AUS) 6.83
Heat 8: Julian Wilson (AUS) 15.43, Bede Durbidge (AUS) 6.80, Dusty Payne (HAW) 3.16
Heat 9: Travis Logie (ZAF) 13.03, Adriano de Souza (BRA) 10.26, Gabriel Medina (BRA) 7.60
Heat 10: Adrian Buchan (AUS) 11.26, Daniel Ross (AUS) 9.39, Heitor Alves (BRA) N/S
Heat 11: Michel Bourez (PYF) 16.00, Alejo Muniz (BRA) 11.53, Miguel Pupo (BRA) 7.83
Heat 12: Damien Hobgood (USA) 11.90, Patrick Gudauskas (USA) 5.93, Josh Kerr (AUS) 4.33
Heat 1: Ramzi Boukhiam (MOR) 9.20 def. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 8.84
Heat 2: Jeremy Flores (FRA) 12.67 def. Marc Lacomare (FRA) 7.50
Heat 3: Dane Reynolds (USA) 14.06 def. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 10.60
Heat 4: Josh Kerr (AUS) vs. Tiago Pires (PRT)
Heat 5: Alejo Muniz (BRA) vs. John John Florence (HAW)
Heat 6: Heitor Alves (BRA) vs. Kai Otton (AUS)
Heat 7: Gabriel Medina (BRA) vs. Dusty Payne (HAW)
Heat 8: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. Daniel Ross (AUS)
Heat 9: Raoni Monteiro (BRA) vs. Miguel Pupo (BRA)
Heat 10: Matt Wilkinson (AUS) vs. Patrick Gudauskas (USA)
Heat 11: Brett Simpson (USA) vs. Fredrick Patacchia (HAW)
Heat 12: Chris Davidson (AUS) vs. Kieren Perrow (AUS)


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LAHAINA - Popular recording artist and performer John Cruz will be featured at Lahaina Restoration Foundation's free monthly Hawaiian Music Series concert this holiday season on Thursday, Dec. 28, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in front of Baldwin Home Museum at the corner of Dickenson and Front streets in Lahaina.
Born into one of the great musical families of Hawaii nei, Cruz is a ki ho'alu (slack key) master known for his soulful vocals and unique acoustic style. He has released two Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning albums, "Acoustic Soul" (1996) and "One of These Days" (2007).
He was named the Best Singer-Songwriter by Hawaii Magazine in 2008, and Honolulu Magazine recognized his second album as one of the Top 25 Greatest Hawaii Albums of the New Century in 2012.
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John Cruz has performed for the president, is a favorite stage partner of Jack Johnson and continues to perform with his musical siblings as well as a Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning group, The Rough Riders, with Henry Kapono and Brother Noland. PHOTO BY TOR JOHNSON.
His hit song, "Island Style," was recently released as a medley with "?Oiwi E" in an all-star, intergenerational collaboration by Mana Maoli, featuring the Cruz 'Ohana and more of Hawaii's Mana Mele Collective artists along with 1,000 Hawaiian Charter School youth. It was recorded live in 15 locations around the islands.
Get a real "Lucky I Live Hawaii" moment during this laid-back outdoor concert. Limited seating is provided; blankets, mats and low beach chairs are welcome.
The ongoing Hawaiian Music Series program is sponsored by Hawaii Tourism Authority, the County of Maui Office of Economic Development and Outlets of Maui with support from KPOA 93.5 FM.
For more information, call the Lahaina Restoration Foundation office at 661-3262 or see LahainaRestoration.org/events. For updates, visit Facebook @LahainaRestoration, Twitter @LahainaRestFnd or Instagram @LahainaRestoration.


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Facebook just unveiled its App Center, a directory of apps which use Facebook's social graph on both Web and mobile.
At an event for developers at the Bluxome Street Winery in San Francisco by the train station, Facebook executives Doug Purdy and Matt Wyndowe gave a brief presentation of App Center's features. Facebook has been previewing App Center for a while, so there weren't many surprises.
But there were some interesting tidbits. Purdy gave a shoutout to social-games makers King.com and Wooga. Path, Stitcher, and Voxer are some of the partners Facebook's Matt Wyndowe highlighted.
So clearly, the App Center is a chance for Facebook to highlight some of the apps and app makers it likes best.
Here's what it looks like:
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text: Turn the sound off on the top video, and the turn on both videos at the same time, watching the top one. It's not a perfect fit or anything, but it does make the Rocky montage feel different with Bronski Beat playing. And there are also occasional moments when Stallone's movements are in time with the music, and those moments make me happy.


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Toys for Tots Tournament
Hear ye hear ye to all that read these words.
On the day of Midreign December 13th I will be hosting the 2014 Toys for Tots tournament.
The tournament will consist of three categories, short sword and shield, random draw, and open weapon. The format will be best to out of three single elimination.
To fight in the tournament you must donate an unopened toy worth at least five dollars.
Now the way this is going to work we will be auctioning off the fighters.
In order to bid on fighters you must donate an unopened toy worth at least five dollars.
Then we will be auctioning off the fighters to the highest bidder.
Now for the prizes!!
Guild renown will be 10pts per tournament win for whatever class they signed in as.
Prize purse will be 60 coins total, divided among the top 3 fighters and top 3 sponsors
15 each for 1st, 10 each for 2nd, 5 each for 3rd.
Also I will tool a leather belt favor for the fighter proclaiming them the Pegasus valley 2014 Toys for Tots Champion. All toys and money raised will go to Toys for Tots.
Copyright 1999-2016 - Amtgard, Chapter of Pegasus Valley - Mail Admin


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|Early 1870s fashion
Mid-Victorian MannersIn 1872 Etiquette of Good Society was informing its readers that good manners were an essential part of 'a pleasant and agreeable member of society'. Learning, having a good character or any manner of accomplishments were not sufficient. In 1903 the mantra was unchanged and the book still proclaimed that;
'A true lady will be quite natural and easy in her manners, and this will have the effect of putting those at their ease who are in her company, whatever their station in life.'[i]Although we must suppose that the lady would not be allowing her servants their ease until their daily 10 or 12 hour toil was completed.
The Etiquette informs us in the introduction that the manners of previous generations did not measure up to the standards of today and foreigners too did not make the grade. Were these codified manners the result of a need to put lesser mortals in their place? The 1872 codex of formality was an addition to the unwritten informalities of Georgian society. In Victorian times far more people aspired to the gentilities of the rich and aristocratic.By 1893 things were not much changed and the February edition of the Lady stated
'It is a good thing for everyone that there are rules by which Society…..is held together and enable to work smoothly and easily.'[ii]Fin de Siècle Uncertainty
|Lady Colin Campbell
Lady Colin Campbell[iii] became editor of the Etiquette of Good Society and revised it in August 1880, some years before her 1886 lurid trial for a divorce from her husband, Lord Colin Campbell a son of the Duke of Argyll. Lady Colin failed to follow the need for discretion as both she and her husband were reputed to have had several lovers[iv].Nearly 100,000 copies of the guide to manners had been sold and it was not alone; a rival publication, Manners for Men, was first published in 1897 and there was a companion volume for women. The fast increasing middle class brought uncertainty to its newer members and these guides were a way to negotiate the shibboleths laid down by those who had always belonged.
The question of who to know was almost as complex as who not to know; and naturally these dilemmas found their way into fiction;
'He did not know enough of Tom's people, while to have the acquaintance of the right people and of no one else was part of his creed…….these people, of whom he knew nothing, might not be the right people.'[v]
Meeting the Right People
|1880s fashion
Even more complex was the art of visiting; visits were to be paid on occasions requiring congratulations, commiseration, courtesy calls and then general calls. And then there was the vexed question of leaving cards and who left them and whose were left and where they were left and how they were left. A card leaving was to be returned within the week; a lady would sit outside in her carriage while her footman left the appropriate number of cards.Most upper and middle class Victorian women were acutely conscious of the number of cards left on the tray in the hall. A decrease in their number could be attributable to rumour and a woman's sexual virtue was an imperative. A woman like Lady Colin Campbell would not have been received in the best society due to her sexual misdeeds[vi].
A follow on from the art of leaving a card was the formal call, to last no more than 15 minutes. It was the precursor to a return call from a prospective acquaintance. Only then could an invitation to visit be proffered. These obligations were of course for ladies only;
'Men, as a rule, do not pay these visits of ceremony; and it would appear that they have always shirked their duties in this respect.'[vii]advises the Etiquette of Good Society. Meeting the right people was essential for a mother with daughters to marry off; easier if you were one of the Upper Ten Thousand as the aristocracy were called. And for a woman almost any man was better than the prospect of being a spinster at the elderly age of thirty.
Formal Etiquette
|1890s fashion
The etiquette manuals advised on matters great and small; a publication like the Etiquette of Good Society advised not only on how to behave, but also how to organise events like balls, marriages, christenings and funerals. The book, with an eye to a monied audience, advises that weddings should preferably be held in the country in the summer;
'We advise them to decide, if possible, upon summer as the season, and the country as the place. Winter weddings and those in town are alike profoundly dispiriting.'[viii]All the celebratory events had their own rules as did having guests to breakfast, lunch, dinner, and even supper,
'Supper tables can be made to look nice and tempting enough by the bestowal of a little care and ingenuity upon them. The garnishing of dishes adds greatly to the general appearance of the table.'[ix]
We are informed that leftovers can be swiftly turned into hot savoury dishes for an informal supper; the remaining pieces of chicken can be fricasseed while the rabbit leftovers can be turned into a curry, oysters can be scalloped and an omelette cooked. These dishes are to be followed by tarts and cakes and other dainties.The ordering of balls, garden parties, field sports, excursions, picnics and even private theatricals are detailed for those who were not brought up to manage such affairs. New money meant that penniless aristocrats might marry American railroad heiresses.
|Consuelo Vanderbilt
And while a girl like Consuelo Vanderbilt might have been schooled in etiquette, ready for her marriage to an English aristocrat, even she might be afraid of committing a faux-pas in highly critical aristocratic circles. But many of the Dollar Princesses did not possess the social acumen required.
The Etiquette of Good Society even has a chapter on attending court; a pleasure surely denied all but the most august of its readers.
'Any lady who proposes to be presented must leave at the Lord Chamberlain's office……two clear days previous to that on which the Drawing Room is held, a card with her name written theron, and one with the name of the lady by whom she is to be presented.'[x]
Everyday Etiquette
For the upwardly mobile male desirous of avoiding social pitfalls there was Manners for Men, which included advice on etiquette while driving;
'A gentleman driving a mail phaeton in the park with a lady by his side must, of course, acknowledge all salutes by raising his hat, if he is sufficiently expert to admit of his doing so without risk. It is not everyone who can emulate the Prince of Wales, who, when driving a coach, can take a cigar from his lips and raise his hat with the whip hand.'[xi]
The book's more laid back approach is in contrast to the formality of the Etiquette of Good Society and includes expectations in regard to smoking;
'It is now no uncommon thing to see a man in evening dress smoking in a brougham with a lady……This is going rather far, for a woman's evening dress…..become as much impregnated with the odour of tobacco as if she had herself been smoking.'[xii]
And Manners for Men even has a chapter on using the omnibus, a method of transportation resolutely ignored by Etiquette of Good Society.
The Important Matter of Dress
|Mrs Hugh Hammersley 1892
Not only what one did but also the way one dressed was a minefield;
'There is no easier method by which to detect the real lady from the sham one than by noticing her style of dress. Vulgarity is readily distinguished……..by the breach of certain rules of harmony and fitness.'[xiii]
The lady desirous of producing a good impression would spend a lot of her time dressing in the appropriate garb;
'The costume for paying calls when on foot differs from that which should be worn when driving in a carriage……It may be light or dark, according to the season; but it must not be gay………..Carriage dress has much more licence. Handsome costumes, made of rich silken materials…..are suitable when driving.'[xiv]
As a finale to its chapter on dress Manners for Men concludes;
'"What all men should avoid is the 'shabby genteel.' No man ever gets over it…..You had better be in rags."'[xv]
|John Singer Sargent
The books advise not only on what it is appropriate to wear at what venue (the Etiquette of Good Society going so far as to advise its readers as to the wedding attire of Richard Coeur de Lion)[xvi], but also what it should be made of;
'For sea-side and country use, a complete suit of dark-blue serge or mixed tweed is found the most suitable wear.'[xvii]
Desperate to conform, how many people overspent their income enabling them to be seen as the right sort?
Etiquette of Good Society – Lady Colin Campbell (Ed), Cassell & Company Ltd 1903
The English Illustrated Magazine, Macmillan & Co 1884Love and Marriage in the Great Country Houses – Adeline Hartcup, Sidgewick & Jackson 1984
Manners for Men – Mrs Humphry, Webb & Bower (Publishers) Ltd 1979Victorian High Society – Stella Margetson, BT Batsford Ltd 1980
The Social Calendar – Anna Sproule, Blandford Press 1978www.wikipedia.en
[i] Etiquette of Good Society - Campbell
[ii] The Social Calendar - Sproule
[iii] Born Gertrude Blood, Lady Colin was a writer; her husband was a brother-in-law of the Duchess of Argyll, one of Queen Victoria's daughters
[iv] Lord Colin contracted syphilis and passed it on to his wife
[v] The Story of a Courtship – Weyman, from the English Illustrated Magazine
[vi] This did not of course apply to men
[vii] Etiquette of Good Society - Campbell
[viii] Etiquette of Good Society - Campbell
[ix] Ibid
[x] Ibid
[xi] Manners for Men – Mrs Humphry
[xii] Ibid
[xiii] Etiquette of Good Society - Campbell
[xiv] Ibid
[xv] Manners for Men – Mrs Humphry
[xvi] Allegedly a rose coloured silk tunic with a silver cloak and a rose coloured bonnet embroidered with gold
[xvii] Etiquette of Good Society - Campbell


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Road Trip–Arkansas: From the Bird's Nest
I tried something new.
In this, my 20th season of covering the Cajuns on the radio, I made a road trip with the men's basketball team.
No, really. First time.
Normally, I travel independently from the team. Always have. Now, in the early years, I flew with the team and, in that regard, travelled with them.
But never, never on a drive trip. I always drove myself. I almost always stay at the same hotel with the team, but on a drive trip, that was it.
And, that includes the Arkansas swing. I would drive to Jonesboro on a Wednesday, drive over to Little Rock on Friday and drive home Sunday morning.
But this time, the trip was reversed. The team would play in Little Rock on Thursday, Jonesboro on Saturday. And, the thought of making an eight hour drive on Sunday, alone, didn't do much for me. So, I decided to ride the team bus.
That option has always been available. Coach Bob Marlin and his predecessors and baseball coach Tony Robichaux have always offered. But I've always declined. Part of the reason is I've kind of felt as though I was intruding. Part of the reason was simply self-serving. I like keeping my own schedule.
Because the team wasn't going to be able to practice at the Stephens Center (the women were playing Wednesday night and even the auxilliary court was unavailable), the team didn't leave until Wednesday afternoon. We were scheduled to leave at 3:00, but by the time practice ended at the Moncla Indoor Facility and the team showered, it was nearly four by the time we left for Little Rock. I wasn't the only "civilian" on the trip. Coach Marlin's wife, Jenny and their daughter Saylor were on the bus as well. We were on the Calco bus owned by the University. Our driver, Ray Duhon was a veteran and the plan was to stop for dinner in Shreveport.
We got to Picadilly in Shreveport after seven for dinner. I don't know why I don't eat at Picadilly more often. The food is good and it's not expensive. We were there about an hour and then it was back on the bus to finish the trip.
You might think a ride on a big bus is a comfortable one. Nope. This particular bus is pretty old and the suspension is shot. As a result it was a pretty bumpy ride. Having satellite television was a good thing. We got to see some basketball on the way up but by the time we got to Little Rock at around 11:30, we were all ready to get off the bus. We checked into the Embassy Suites (really hard to beat that chain) and got settled in. But, by the time I got unpacked and wound down from the trip, it was pretty late by the time we got to bed.
Thursday was gameday and I awoke around eight. It's pretty normal on the road that I wind up eating breakfast with the coaching staff. We talked about lots of things, including the matchup with UALR. After breakfast it was back upstairs to do some writing for the website and some game prep. I even got a brief nap in.
At 3:00, it was time for pregame meal. I don't always eat with the team, but did on this trip. Pregame meal is always pretty good. There was plenty of pasta, chicken breasts, mashed potatoes, salad and veggies. The best part for me, though is getting to watch some film as the coaches go over the scouting report with the players. Each player gets a copy of the scouting report, which goes over the opponents strengths and weaknesses, player by player. They give me a copy as well and it's very helpful in preparing for the game.
We left for the arena just after five. It was about a ten minute bus ride to the Jack Stephens Center. I really like that arena. UALR used to play at the old Barton Coliseum, which reminded me a lot of Blackham. It was on the State Fairgrounds. Then, for a few years, they played at Alltel (now Verizon) Arena, a great facility that was much too big for UALR's needs. Their crowds, which were rarely over 2000 or so, were swallowed up in that facility, which seats close to 18,000. Finally, benefactor Jack Stephens gave the University 26 million dollars for an on-campus arena the Trojans so desperately needed. They got a lot of bang for their buck. While the arena isn't fancy, it has exactly what the program needs. It seats 5,600 which is perfect. They have suites for donors and chairback seats everywhere except the end zones.
My only complaint about the arena is the vantage point. The radio crew is at the top of the first level all the way to one end. When you're used to being courtside, sitting up there takes away from the experience and, at times, keeps you uninformed if there's a controversy during the game. When we got to the arena, I went up the steps to the top of the first level and set up equipment. Then I went back down the stairs and visited with UALR Sports Information Director Joe Angolia who had my press credential. I was ready to head to the locker room to record pregame with Coach Marlin, but realized my mp3 player was at the scorer's table. So, it was back up the stairs to get it.
After recording Coach Marlin's interview, I ran into Coach Steve Shields in the arena and we chatted for a few minutes. Coach Shields is in his ninth season. His team was 5-0 and playing well. We chatted about our kids (both of us are adoptive parents) and then he left to go back to his office. I then saw another guy I wanted to visit with.
Robert Lee spent 14 years at UL, the last six as head coach. Things didn't work out for him and a coaching change was made two years ago. But even his harshest critics understand that Coach Lee is one hell of a guy and he remains well-liked by Cajuns fans. He's in his first year on Shields' staff after a year at ULM. He got up when he saw me and we hugged each other. He said the family was adjusting well to their new home. It's the first time they've ever lived outside of Louisiana. He told me his daughter Jourdan had a bit of an adjustment. She started high school this year and her school has nearly 4,000 students. But after about a month, he said, it was all good. We talked about the Cajuns' bowl win. Somehow, I believe that wherever he goes, Robert Lee will always be a Ragin' Cajun in his heart.
It was getting close to airtime so I made the third walk up the stairs to my table and finished getting ready for the broadcast. I had done all of the prep work and had the scouting report, so there wasn't much to do.
I then got treated to the best road performance in recent memory by a Cajuns basketball team.
The Cajuns held the division leaders to 25 percent shooting. Their big three scorers were held to 7-34 shooting. They made only two shots from beyond the arc. The Cajuns outrebounded them by 17. Louisiana took a 16 point lead into the locker room. But the home team usually makes things interesting in the second half and we waited for the Trojans to make a run.
It never happened. The Cajuns dominated in the second half as well and cruised to a 19 point win.
After the game, it was back on the bus for the ride back. I wasn't in my seat very long when I was handed a pizza. Everyone on the bus had one. Back in the room, I wrote up the game story for the website and ate before turning in for the night.
I didn't sleep very well, probably because I ate so late. I was up before seven and went downstairs and drank coffee and read the paper. Coach Kevin Johnson joined me pretty early and the rest of the staff followed later. The team was getting together after breakfast to watch video of last night's game. Departure time was going to be 12:30, which gave me plenty of time to go upstairs, make a post on the website and shower and pack.
I didn't see Coach Marlin at breakfast, but got a chance to talk with him before we left for Jonesboro. He was, as you might expect, pretty pleased with the team's performance. Raymone Andrews played only eleven minutes after injuring his hip against FIU, but the rest of the team stepped up. Just about everyone had a contribution to the win and Coach Marlin likes it that way.
We stopped for lunch before getting on the road for the two hour ride to Jonesboro. We checked into the Hilton Garden Inn around 3:30. The team was going to head to practice right away and I went upstairs to the room and looked up some things on the computer. At about 7:15 I went downstairs to grab some dinner. One of the things that would be considered a down side to riding with the team is the lack of mobility once you get to the hotel. It would be a pretty good walk to get to a restaurant so I decided to just eat at the hotel. But when I got downstairs the coaching staff was in the lobby. I asked assistant coach Neil Hardin where the team had eaten and he said they hadn't. They were getting ready to go to O'Charleys for dinner. Perfect timing. It was back on the bus.
When we got to the restaurant, it was packed. Jonesboro is technically in a dry county, but in the last year or two, most of the restaurants have started serving alcohol. (You still can't buy it in stores, though.) But it's kind of strange, in that most restaurants are divided. Remember when the waitress would ask "Smoking or non-smoking?" Here it's "drinking or non-drinking." We had made reservations and our tables were ready so we didn't have to wait. As we walked to our tables, we heard "GEAUX CAJUNS!!!" There was a woman seated with her party near us and, as it turned out, she's originally from Ascension Parish but has some ties to UL through relatives. Tara Babin lives in Jonesboro and was really excited to see home folks. She posed for pictures with some of the players.
I suggested to Brock Morris, director of basketball operations, that he invite her to be at the game. The team gets a certain number of complimentary tickets to road games and there would be plenty left over. And, he thought it was a great idea. He asked if she was going to the game and she said yes, and was bringing her family. There would be six in all. Brock told her he would have tickets for her at will call and that made her night. She made sure she posed in front of the team bus for pictures when we left.
At dinner, I sat with our bus driver, Ray, along with trainer B. J. Duplantis and coach Nikita Johnson. Nikita is really an interesting guy. He's lived in a lot of places and there's more to him than basketball. His favorite tv channel is Turner Classic Movies. He loves old black and white movies and 60's TV shows. He's made a road trip with DVD's from the old "Rat Patrol" series. I think he and I were the only ones who remember that show. Nikita also told the story about the night he saw a ghost. I'll save that for a live interview one day.
Gameday was pretty much the same as it was in Little Rock. But something a little strange happened. My phone rang around 12:30. The lady at the front desk wanted to know who I was since they had no record of anyone being in my room. I told her and she thanked me. But that had never happened before.
Since we were leaving right after the game to head home, I went to the front desk to check out about twenty minutes before departure. (The team makes my reservations, but I pay my charges separately.) The lady, once again, had no record of me. She asked if I had put down a credit card and I said yes. She asked for the card and put in the number and my name came up. But there was no room assignment. She looked at me and said "Congratulations, you got a free night. There's no charge."
The way things were going, all I needed to make it a perfect trip was a win at the Convocation Center.
It was the 21st time the Cajuns and ASU had met at that arena, and it was the 19th game I had done from there. I went through the usual pregame routine, including a visit with ASU play-by-play man Matt Stoltz. He told me about his whirlwind around the godaddy.com bowl. ASU had a basketball game on Saturday night, which he did. He then had a private plane fly him to Mobile for the game. He said he got to the stadium about three hours before gametime and then flew back on Monday morning for a basketball game against FAU on Monday night. Not exactly what you'd call a bowl experience.
The Cajuns came out blazing against Arkansas State, but I didn't feel great about it at halftime. In fact, I said before the second half began the Cajuns probably wouldn't shoot 59 percent in the second half, nor would they have only three turnovers. Those were the first half numbers. I felt if the Cajuns were going to win they'd have to do some things better, especially in rebounding. As good as they were against UALR, they were that bad against ASU. And, if they didn't rebound better, they'd be in trouble.
I was a prophet. The Cajuns didn't shoot nearly as well and they turned it over eleven times in the second half. And, the rebounding woes continued which gave the Red Wolves too many second chances. The Cajuns were outscored by fifteen in the second half and took a crushing 79-74 loss. Despite a good offensive night, Kadeem Coleby didn't have a single defensive rebound in the game. And, seniors Josh Brown and Darshawn McClellan, who combined for 51 points in the win against FIU a week ago, combined for exactly two points in the second half against ASU.
Bob Marlin was about as frustrated as I've seen him after the game. Only one other time have I seen him visibly upset after a loss, and that was at Houston a year ago. He kept things even keel during our post-game interview but I could tell he was about to spit nails.
After the broadcast I changed clothes and got on the bus for the long drive home. There was food waiting for me on my seat, but I didn't have much of an appetite. This one hurt. A lot.
Sleep didn't come for the first half of the trip, although I tried. The frustration of the missed opportunity, combined with the bumpy ride, kept me awake. Ray stopped for gas just past Jackson and I got off the bus. I visited with Coach Marlin and he was still pretty frustrated. He's used to winning, and winning a lot. The Cajuns are two games below .500 after a year and a half and he's not liking it much. I think he believed the program would be a little farther along even though he knew it would take some time.
But the most frustrating thing for him is the Cajuns have given away two games in league play he felt they should have won. The Cajuns won't get those games back.
Back on the bus, I finally dozed fitfully the rest of the way home.
I got back to my house at 6:30am and then, finally, got some sleep.
I'll probably ride with the team again when we go to Troy. That is, provided I'm not considered to be bad luck.


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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPR Korea) Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS 2009) was carried out in 2009 by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of DPR Korea with financial and technical support from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
MICS is an international household survey programme developed by UNICEF. MICS provides up-to-date information on the situation of children and women and measures key indicators that allow countries to monitor progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and other internationally agreed-upon commitments.
MICS 2009 is part of the fourth global round of MICS surveys (MICS4). It follows the national nutrition survey in 2004 and previous MICS conducted in DPR Korea in 1998 and 2000. For the first time, MICS 2009 surveyed all 10 provinces of DPR Korea.