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This weeks topic will discover the ins and out of the triple play. One, the hardest play in baseball the unassited triple play, and the standard triple play, the unassted triple lay is the new sherriff in town in terms of uniquness and difficulty, because its dealing with obtaining two of the three out deriving from a triple play from one individual and only charging two players with duties. The hit is on a line to the third basemen, there is a runner, on third 0 outs. the runner think its will mosie past the out stretch wickets of the third basemen. The runner begins to hightailit home. the third basemen captures the ball on a impeccable stab, (out,1) and the third basemen notices that he has time to bolt up to his feet and scurry toward third. he graces his foot across third for out number 2. He catches a glimpse towards firsts and realizes the hitter has not made it halfway toward first base, he tosses a fasetball to first and the first basemen coralls it it for out number three. to it core the unasisted triple play means, a single players garnering two out on his own and only asking for help from a player on third. This happens so rapidly at game speed that its hard to aquire because there is a prgression. the position of the baserunner and the position of you in correlation to the base and how far you are from the base? The same goes for the runner, back to the bag, once you make and intial stab its then parlayexd into a foot race between you and the runner whether it back to the bag, or to make a tag or to avaoid a tag in the middle of the baseline. Baseline is the imaginary line that is drawn from the center of one bag, drectly to the next bag. Grated the runners do have to stay with the parameter of the baseline, posiblilly help make easy pickings for the fielder, because the runner has to scoot in a straight line. The runner is granted a little leeway sometimes by the umpire to run outside the baseline on rare occasions. Now the runner can stop, juke and jive to avert and mess with the fluitdity and timing of the play, timing is crucial, because game speed is rapid, blink of an eye, things can spring up , that you may miss. Now the conventional triple play is a little less heart pounding, the standard triple play involves three outs in one play, but uses mutiple players to record the outs, the conventional has numerous ways of completeing it. the most seen play is around the diamond- third to second to first thriple play. this takes a few seconds to develope depending on ball speed Galavanting to the first ball handler on the play. and then tanfer time to throwing spots. and recieving time its extremely difficult to obtain a triple play. A triple play is a phenominal feet and is a rare ocaasion to witness. when undertaking a ctriplle play knowing everyone is one the same page definatly increases you chances of induces a taylor made triple play.
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Diamond of Tranquility
Hunker,down saddle up, and delve into our pastime, baseball has capitivated me and has been surging. My heart has alys found elation, peace, and comfort, through Baseball. This Excurision through America's Greatest pastime derives from my heart and will emcompass the inner works, in and out, of baseball. It will also unleash a healthy dose of commentary on my humble comentary on different scenario's, rules, edicate, plays and the whole nine yards as it pretains to Baseball. please enjoy!
Thursday, September 29, 2011
3 of a kind
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twin killing (double dose)
We broke the surface and hit the tip of the iiceberg with double play scarios in our last installment, the delve depper into this puppy. Double plays encompass situation where an occasion arises that you have the opportunity to garner putible out in one play. A double play has enlisted many aliases over the years in the sport, double play, also recognised as Twin Killings, or to lighten up the mood a wee-tad a Pitcher Best Friend. there are a plethora of situations that a twin killing can be obtain. let venture back in time, remember how we discussed numerical position pretaining to the positions in baseball. Any intertwining of two fielding position can result in a double play. I.E a 4-6-3 double play, that is involving the second basemen the shortstop and the first basemen the first number is the first fielder to garner the ball. The second number is the second fielder and the third number in final player in a double play to reieve the cowhide (ball). In any instance a double play could walk on the suspension bridge to destruction. Meaning that a double play could entertain being a break up artist break up, just send it flowers and chocalate along with fireworks and yall may strive to patch things up. The brake-up could be a hard slide that bucks the the second basemen or the first recieving player off the base or off track. Via, the running on his horse from first to sencond, lack of concetration from the aspect of the fielders. The runner stop to beak up the stream of the play, disrupting the transfer from glove hand to firing hand, horrible and indecisive throws with not any mustard or cheeze on it. A horrible safe or out calls that diverts the player attention to the umpire. The hardest double play to complete in my opionion is the 3-5-3 , that first ifelder is firing it over to third and then the third baemen shooting it back over to first, its the hadest because there are an cermountable amount of errors that could appear, like wind has its own trajectrory path it parlays the ball on rather then the players trajectory path. or hittin a flying object(I.E. Randy Johnson in 1994 hit an oncoming bird with a 99 miles an hour fastball,the bird exploded into a million pieces and it change the pathway from and inside a 17 inch striikezone to a that picth ending up in the dugout. Not to mention when completing a 3-5-3 your throwing the ball 180ft. as oppsed to 90 feet. Also, crowd nosise can be a crucial factor as well. It also depend on how fierce the ball is crush or how soft in relation to how far the first fielder has to traverse to aquire the hit ball. That is also subjected to timing as well. numerous play we will embark on has a juice up to time as a major factor. You can reduce the time by manuevering fielders to shift positions( not the position themselves but the players) to different ranges of the postion, due to the tendancies of the batter.to complete the double play please be advised not to look ahead, please concentrate on one step cat a time, like a clean tranfer from the glove to the throwing hand. Please! See you hand into the glove and feel your hand grasp the ball. Concentrate on releasing vyour hand extract you hand from the glove, hawkeye the the next target and fire the ball like a bullet from an ak-47 to the next base or player covering the base. Please be accurate because if there is and errand throw that could possible result in a run that could be preveted. when throwing process commences please follow the ball while in hand and continue hawkeye it after you release to proceed with a impeccable throw.
Double plays also helps the defence tremendously because it shortens the amount of time the defence has to stand on the field, also having and effect of saving there energy; which quite possibly, may help out there offence as well, there stamina will increase also as well.
Thank you for reading, until our next installment
So long,.
Double plays also helps the defence tremendously because it shortens the amount of time the defence has to stand on the field, also having and effect of saving there energy; which quite possibly, may help out there offence as well, there stamina will increase also as well.
Thank you for reading, until our next installment
So long,.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
traversing the path of extintion
Imagne on a pristine night, elation intertwined with adrenaline as you garner front row seats entertaining sports massive rivarly, Yanks vs Bosox at historic fenway park in Boston Mass. 400 feet in centerfield; before they elevated the dimensions. Joe Damggio crushes a screamer too deep centerfield. tracking the ball, you notice that its just on the yellow line( distingushes a home run or ground rule double)as you view it shooting you way, you would like to garner the baseball, to appease and seize jubilation from your family, in the moment, and the crowd breaks the decimal level or frequency level, hoots and hollars; all the way to the bank the rest of the night. by the same token on the flip side you notice that the ball is entrenched in the field of play and traverse the path of extinction, and gun at the risk of being chaztized for the rest of you life in the city you grew you grew up in and the folks in boston perception of you is engraved as a local hero. or even thrown out of your own city or even death,( ok i know that is a little disparinging but also take into consideration that to some people a game of elequents and happiness is a matter of life and death. That is how serious some people look at sports Passion cosistency is an awsome thing, but this is over exuding and overextending passion to the point where its not passion any longer. intense malice or distain) there have been massecre's at the end of games resulting in murder. anticipation for the decision is inching a little more closer, as yo notice that the trajectory of the ball is dead even with the ellow line. taking all of this into account, How would approach this,and what would you do? This is the same scanario that calamity emmerced on the scene in 2003, the game was Marlins vs Cubs in the infamous game that change theh landscape of Chicago sports and something that c\ubs fans wont ever in thier lifetime forget. Eons down the road. bottom half of the seventh inning Luis castillo lifted a tree topper foul over in two shallow left field, near the brick front of the stands in left field. Moises Alou; a veteran, mosied over to the stands and jump to see if he could corall the stab. Ball traversed on the fringe of the stands and still in play while Alou glove traveled in the stands and at that pint its the fan has the right to that ball once its crossed into the stands and a fan who name with be edge in the annuls of Baseball history but as well as Chicago history, Steve Bartman, collided with Alou glove the ball was too close to tell even on zoom replays whether it was in play or entered the stands. Alou did not not make the catch and became irate, bezerk, poed, infuriated, any angry discription word you would like to throw in, Alou was. He chastized Batmen and the fans wanted in on the act on an already unforgiving aports city. they berated Bartman, letting cuss words fly, throwing food, pouring alchohal on him, Punching him, and spitting on him. His tormentation did not stop there as he lost his job, recieved death threats, he had cops watching his house 24/7. He s being worngfully chatized because the perception of hum costing the Cubs a Chance to enter the World Series for the first time since 1916. Granted this was The second stage of the playoff in Game six of the NL Championship series, but that breaking bundance on a accusation he did not commit, it was the cubs play on the field that severed there chances at a World Series. He had to migrate out of state to protect him and his family. 8 years later in 2011 the same situation happen again, just not as imperitive or detrimental. The Phillies were on the road to (south beach) Miami, Florida to go head to head vs the Marlins. Botttom seventh a dart is lasered into deep right field the bsll trajectory is even with the line. This instance the fan reaches over the fence to capture the ball and interferes with the catch. the fan does not have any reprocussion from this at all and it is determined a gound rule double. Delve bakc into the first scenario the Yanks vs. Sox What would you do would you run the risk of altering your life for the ball and jubilation of your family, and risk death warrents, or chatizing and traverse the path of extinction or would you make that decision on the trajectory of the ball and be seure that it was hghtailin it for the stands.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
diamond of bodies
Exploring the positions of baseball and and thier ranges can be enticing. There are 9 primary staionary positions that with the rithe diamond encompasses, 1st is the picher's position 2nd is the catcher spot, the first basemen holsters in the third position, the second basemen ganer the 4th position, the shortstop occupies the 6th position, the 5th is spotlighting the third basemen, the 7th is the left field, the 8the is contain by the general in the outfield the center fielder, and the 9th the left fielders holds down the reigns, therecare also two position that the right and left fielder occuy indirectly and are not stationary but the're not considered as part of the prominent nine position, and these are, left-center fiel and right-center field these two position divaricate in size, adjunsting to the dimensions of the ballpark. Each ballpark has there own unique features that they bring to light.Broadcasters frequently enlighter viewers of the play using numerical position. The numerical position 1-9 encompass vitality when a Broadcaster describes a scenario or play. I.E a double play may be depicted as 5-1 double play, this is when there are runners on second base and first or the bases are jacked with runners, a grave digger (ground ball) is tasered to third. Where the 5-1 comes in is the third basemen drags his foot on third (5 ) and then fires over o first to garner the second out (1). The same concept thrives within the most common double play ( 2 out in same play) is the 4-6 -3 & 6-4-3. The ball is lazered to second (4) he coralls and flps it over to the shortstop for out number numero uno (6). Shortstop parlays the ball to first (3). If the ball was crushed to the short stop simular situation, The number would switch out (6) to the shortstop, where the ball is hit, the toss to second (4) and the laser over to first (3). If a batte nails a tree topper to right field, what would the recrded out be? the batter lifts a flyout to right field. The out would be recorded as F9 Flyout to position nine= Right fielder. The psotions are drenched n concrete, but that does not mean that the player is not allowed to switch positions. Players frequently switch positions, the left fielder may migrate to right field to allow a brand spankin new left fielder into the game which aso has an effect on the right fielder, the original right fielder is removed from the game to make way for the transitioning player, this can happen at any time depending on the situation and matchup, of pitcher going toe to toe with a certain hitter, also take into account both parties tendencies. I.E. Redsox Designated Hitter David Ortiz loves to pull the ball his strenght is immence to where he hts rockets on the ground. the manager might take out the original second basemen and put in speedy Gonzalez over at second. he also has an option of an shift. shift is were you move position to there max range. This case the second basemen is on the fringe of the grass as far to his right as he can mosie Also called shallow right field. the shortstop would manuver behind the second base bag. the depth of the shift depends on the range of the fielders. you caould have the shortstop playing second base and the third basemen playing short or sometimes in an extreme shift second. please understand and let me reiterate that it is not the position being manipulated the position is stationary, rather it is the players being manipulated and the manager or they will postion themselves based of o the batteres tendancies. you can have numerous shifts using different position. there are outfield shift, infield shifts, infield and outfield, shifts intertwining,and there are numerous shifts for each. You can have unever shifts, Where one player is lower and one is higher than the other on the diamond. this can appen with a single player or numerous players. the fielding positions are only stationary according to the field, now when a team is up to take its hacks you have have the left fielder, batting 4th one night and then batting 8th the next. its changing orderss or lineups not the position, and the batting order 1--9 doesn't involve a strict order to it. Manager mix and match, interchange the batting order all the bloomin time. Although managing may be a picnic or fun or a walk in the park, not one dern person said it was easy. it may take some getting used to but hopefully see how numerial positions are used and the different aspects they can provide and unpreditable they can be in ,real, live games hopefully the terminolgy and plays you will be able to decypher clearrly.
Thhank you for gandering at this blog and thank you for taking the time out of your day to read
see ya on the flip side,
Thhank you for gandering at this blog and thank you for taking the time out of your day to read
see ya on the flip side,
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Monday, September 26, 2011
Shadow Guardian
a Resonating Break from tradition of the diamond of tranquillity to elaborate on an gargantuan opportunity, ya know the old biblical text of David vs.Goliath and how a small town boy defeated one of the most fierce warriors in the history f the world. In this sense it unveiled as David entertaining Goliath. Boondocks Country entertaining a massive Goliath, in the form of News Channel 6 deriving in Augusta, Georgia. This broncoe did buck, but a combination of smoothness and Rigidness,and a persevering internest colliding with an unsatiable thirst for unquenching knowledge, help this Buckylotus, entertain one hell of a ride. even though the nickel was scarce, i exuded 1200% percent into to this, i had the opportunity to delve in cohones to the wall(all out ) for this life altering experience, in my birthday suit:,( there was a mention about driving the pedal to the metal). Providing humor enhances the scene and helps with providing full pictures. Decked out in dressy garmets, buttoned up callored shirt caki shorts, there were heart attacks all over the campus that mornin because, not a dern person could believe that a country boy, ususally wearing t-shirts and gym shorts 24-7 woud dress like a kingsman. mosie on over to the news station, my emotions and my sysmpathetic system were running rampid, Estatic only nic's the beginning of cloud nine on this day. We caught up with Mrs. Mongomery at the News station( Downtown Augusta) and by tis time i was soarin internally, my body was like an eratic basketball and pinball lighting up on all sides and shooting off to the next destination, this was a dreamscape reality that came to fruition, Another student traversed with me student in my communication 210: Intro to Mass Comunication Marcea Martin. one of the frist thngs we both partook in was a Q and A session. delightful, engaging, encouraging, and a plethora of more decrption words can be shot in there. the only thing with that was; and to scout this out well have to galavant back in time into my high school Anchoring period. there was a tendancy on my part to levi questions on the interviewie that did confumble them (confuse and stump them ), the confusion aspect happened rarely but if i could illicit and I don't know or i don't have an answer for you right now it would show my intellegence and we would be cooking with Criscoe. thank Goodness that tendancy did not rear its ugly head here, exept on the first question i threw to Mrs. Montgomery. The television rating system garners ratings based on per household and how many folks per household watch a particular show, and that's based; on any tv show, movie or staion out there The question entailed the following: how does the ratings system for television per household for for peaople watching the television at a buissnes? would that count as a Household? Or numerous people (ratings per person watching) watching the program on in an individual basis, in this case the ratings would skyrocket. After numerous questions and equivilant to 30 min in Q&A Mrs.Mongomery then divided us up into two, and sent Marcea into the video editing room, while she was learning about that Mrs. Montgomery graciously allowed me to shadow an editor of the show for about and hour. My mouth was watering in amazement. the knowledge I obtained from this was astronimical, and this is crucial to my Future career as a anchor and any other carrer in communications. My Goal is to help people and i would love to prtake in all facets of television and or radio, Anchoring, Video Editing, Video Production, Directing, Editing, Sound Production and the whole nine yards as my feeling is the more you can help people and make in an impact is to be as well rounded as you possibly can. had the privledge to learn about the different blocks and how the blocks are pertinet to the show. the show surges from block to block and transition into the next. Now you may not see these blocks on the visual aid for broadcasters the teleprompter because when the blocks transition into the next block it has already been set up in the telepromter by blocks and that displays is black and white and the words to help the anchors if theylose progresssion or lose thier place. they also served up some tech terms suh as VO (voice over) the anchor reads as the video is played. SOT (sound byte) (this is when there is live video shooting and the live anchor in studio is parlaying the message over the video). Pkge ( is a correspondant reported reports on a intruiging story that entails a soundbyte Following his first couple of sentences. On Set Appearance happens where the anchor introduces another reporter or anchor for a short period of time segways to thier story. Live shot/Live report where there is an anchor on sight what we call remotes to divulge a story a the feed is live from that location. i honestly felt like a kid in a chocalate factory with the stipulation of free chocalate for life. this was a phenominal experience .Mrs ontgomery was very guinine and kind, /and i cannot honestly, Thannk her enough for allowing us to be her shadow guardians, for the day. We have been invited back to thier new lovcation starting in November on Augusta West Parkway. This has rest for fire sure that i would love to do this for the rest f my life The Good Lord Willing
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Sunday, August 28, 2011
Interchangable Trojains
As we mosie on into the Greatest Game on Earth; Let's Bring to light Roster Parlaying.(Roster Moves). Baeball has ventured into levitating to a year round phenomenon with the various leagues around the world that; like a pheonix, has punctuated growth, each league thrives with its own intracacies that allow it to flourish, there is one that has intrigued me throughout my tenuure of viewing baseball, Major League Baseball, (MLB). The MLB season junps the gun by opening its doors, dwelling in the month of Late Feb, Or Early March, with this Being said: The various position players, ( expounding on this with the nxt incerpt) Have Divaricating arrival Times, Pitchers and catchers commonly take the Graceland a week or two before the psition players and the skyliners ( hitters) ; let's elorborate; Players during the offseason , meader on diverse wavelenghts; when it comes to offseason traing, most player will Extend a month or two off before kicking up the bricks. these players or to little leaguers (heroes) and fans alike , have divergent regimends of training, depending on the player and how he or she feels. some players also, will partake in a winter league that is offered down in the dominican republic and puerto rico called Winterball. Winterball allowsx players to thriive in what we call baseball shape. These two months Feb and March are Basball'S preseason and What we call Spring Training, now lets therow in and conjure up roster moves. during the 6 month Regular Season, roster position, abate to 25 players, Take in mind that teams Have a distinct amount of players they are presumed to carry ( 5 starting picters also known as the rotation and 9 position players) and the rest of the unfilled posutions are handed to the team on how they would like to formulate the rest of their roster. If You don't mmind lets embark on strategics,. with the aformentioned requirements, you do have some roster spots left availible, please place the General Managers hat on for pleasure as your in the drivers seat, you have distrubuted 14 players opportunities of a lifetime, there are 9 more positions to refill, there are a plethora of ways You as the Gerenral Managers can adequetly procceed, one ways is to have a strong contingent bench, Meaning that if there were a opportunity to allow a player time off the more rested player off the bench would play the game to help out the club and allow the starter time off , heed this in mind as well , that you would also like a durable bullpen, ( picters to back up the starter,) which can cosist of how ever many picters you would like. if you have logevity dwelling in your rotation then you may want minute bullpen help, especially; if the rotaion can go 9 innings (complete game) . now as GM you may want the best players on your club, and that entails in dept scouting that we will cover in later pposts, in terms of the bench, if you could mustar up a prolific bat and a mutiple position position player, also know as utillity players, these players are over the top in value, hightailig it back to the diffferent seaasons, there are two instasnces, where; you can exspand the rosters to 40 players and those intervals are Spring Training and the last month of the regular season in Sept./Oct.. alot of manager will intertwine with GM and work cohesively ; some like to entertain the idea of Allowing the Bench and position players more training time and "Game Experience." others will entertain the idea of evaluating there farm system (Minor Leagues). Alot of these player make excellent impression, those who make phenomenal impreessions may garner a roster spot out of spring training or furing the post season in Sept. The ladder is not probabale but; has come to frution for players; and dreams have been realised. Throughout the farm system, consisting of AAA, AA,A, Class A, INTernational, all partake in the same layout as the Major Leagues, in spect of roaster moves. Class A is the introductory level to professional baseball, now there is a stipyulation that if a potentail player has participated in college baseball the they can bypass Class A, AAA equates to the highest rank in farm systems, and is the Closet step to the Majors, Depending on how players progress through syestems they mnay honestly skip classes, And shoot to the majors. A player may get called up into the Major from AA, Single A, ect;;, Now once theslots have dissapated to 25 then you may embark on a roster moves for various circumstances to he;p your team, if a player is injured then you may place him on the 15,60,90,or indefinate DL list (Disable lists) during that time you can call up or purchase a contract from your mionor league system to play in his place if you like his productiviillty then you may decide to keep him and send the player on the dl to the monor leagues. You can also place a player on the inactive roster list and immobelise him and keep him on your team while you elect to call someone up, there is also a option of the 40 man roster throughout the year if you desinate one of your minor for the 40-man roster you can only call them up to your Major league team. now you can still manuever the ones not on the 40-man roster team through your classes in the Minors; You just do not have the option of calling him to the majors until you place him on the 40- man roster, so any man who is apart of the 40 man roster can enter the majors when called if he is not on the 40- man roster then he cannot be called to the Majors.Teams can also trade players. not stringent on claass designation or Major League status. You can trade a major leaguer for three minor league players now there are numerous things to go into to trades but that will be at a later posts, For Starters players can be traded freely without going therought wwaivers from the start of Spring Training shooting to July 31of that season. You Can still trade After the deadline. There is another way to aquiore players after the trade deadline the player is place on the Waiver Wire. Waiver Wire is wwhen the teams place a players on this wire to all 32 Major League teams and all 32 Major League teams have an opprtunity to claim him. if a claim is placed them he is a players for the teeams that put the claim on him. Alll this is confusing and may confumble you but: please feel free to come back and look at this throughout your time whenever you would like.. Thank you guys for reading . hoprfully this helps you understand the fromt office and the rostyer moves that can take place.
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Sunday, August 21, 2011
Diamond of Tranquillity
Dreams, resonate with profound thunder, Imagination fires at the sound of millions and millions creating an enshrinment encompassing memeories, and enchanment, graces over the elated. the "Diamond of Tranquillity" captivates the palpatating soul. The elaborate encryption of the most elegant diamond, permeates the will of infinite mortals, excreating 1200 percent and laying there bodies and lives on the line. Carved in a field of illustrious elegance, sorrounded by majestic blades of greenery, offering impeccable serenity in a captivated complexion. The game is predicated and embalmed in tradition, this constititues a timeless masterpiece engraved in immortallity as "America's Greatest Pastime". The Diamond reflects a correleation between family and sports that unifies the immence bond that connects families on an intrinsic level. The diamond allowacates for an unrellenting amount of heart parlayed in sweat, endurance, cohesion, and a whole plethora of exuding actions, all of these culminate into a single vessel that traverses several seas and has kindled flames of passion in other parts of the globe. The diamond has transcended second hands on an hours glass and has composed a dream invented into a reality for players, all across the globe, a true World Series is unleashed upon a clamoring audience, "The World Baseball Classic". Well, shoot this into the gun a little later in other blogs. The "Diamond Of Tranquillity" is a play on words deriving from how Baseball soothes and capitvates my soul. my intrigue enlighten me when my parents at a fruitful age of 2 noticed my tendacies to with star gazing stares at Baseball on the television. Love kindled almost at inception, it was like baseball was infiltrating my mother wound and there was a television in there. Baeball haseball has been a lifesaver through some pewtrid times and along with my faith of Christianity and Baseball extricated me from commiting suicide a little later on. there was an opportunity on the table for me to play baseball as a delinquite (often young meaning) and boy was that exhillerating. My exuberance showed and all that emcompaased me was a student of this masterful of fundalmentalists life. through my dad, my hero, Broadcaster Skip Caray, and a plethora of coaches, one of whom i have learned from and have a exhilerating friendship with Mr. Pete Meadows. its an honor and a Gregarious feeling feeling, when i can talk baseball with anyone and Great baseball minds intertwine. There are a bevy of fundalmentals, plays, scanarios, situations and fun . This sport may make englishmen have a hairball, and feel discombabulated, major hairday. The time on the field allowed my knowledge and intution to cultivate and flourish and have a in depth or more cultivated knowledge of the game. the pogression has not yet maximaized as my craving for baseball knowledge rages as my maturation commences and a thousand warriors never quenches in faltering. To be honest; my knowledge is vast and i have noticed in my elder 22 yrs. that the abillity to think on my feet and se mistakes and has progress ed my basebal has helped me garner a better understanding and appreciation for how complex our sport is. Under my baseball playing days; we did win a championship, that was centripetal, with everything we had put in the works for the season, heart, blood,sweat, tears, gut wrenching, blows, that helped us grow. Please do not rush to the gun and blow this out of proportion but i honestly cant to alleviate my distain for how the beginning stages of the game is being portrayed, my inclination is why have we started to award all players even in losses, my feeling is it inhibited growth within the sports of baseball as it pretains to growing within the sport. When my little league days were in its prime the ways we learend was to take a hit with the losses learn from our mistakes and worked our kiesters off to overcome adversity which fortified us as ball players. Now adays; we tenure a loss as if it the key to the yellow streets of gold. How will they Grow without exsperiecing pain in loss? how will they learn to conquer any adversity if we award them for a grea heart in performance, but; its ok hunny you want some sweet tea? How will they learn if you levitate them towards rewards for horrible performance? my tenure came to an end, at thirteen, and my tutaledge as a student was just reaching its prime. Since those days my knowledge has vastly grown and culminated into indepth thinking and reasoning in the game. Now 22 yrs, of being a fan of the "Diamond of Trranqullity" ascending to the prescipass of having a voice, "The Diamond of Tranquilly" Through beauty and grace has had an gigantic impact on my life, there is a ton more that i could eloborate on ,but; to be concise which,you may realise has never been a strenght of mine. with baseball having a major impact and indluence on The life of a southern gentleman.How much of an impact will baseball have or have already had on your life? What is your favorite"Diamond of Tranquillity" monent.
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UAlbany Tennis Wins First Conference Match of 2013 in Weekend Sweep
ALBANY, N.Y. – The University at women's tennis team won two matches in 14 hours to raise their record to 5-5 on Saturday, March 9. First they defeated crosstown rival Siena, 4-3, before winning their first America East Conference dual match against Hartford, 6-1. Junior Rocio Lopez and sophomore team co-captain Kirsten Scott went undefeated on the day, teaming up for two doubles victories and winning both of their singles matches. The No. 1 doubles duo has now won three straight.
Siena: The Great Danes quickly dealt fatal blows to the Saints (2-3) No. 1 and No. 2 doubles teams to take the doubles point. Three of the singles matches were tough battles. Graduate student Irene Santos fought off multiple set points and came back to win the first set. The Spaniard, Santos, led 2-1, in the second when Lopez clinched the match and Santos was pulled off for health reasons.
Co-captain and sophomore Fran White nearly got her first win of the spring as she turned in a stellar performance at No. 6. White played a solid first set, narrowly losing.
The Great Danes proceeded to romp Siena in the three singles matches needed to clinch the win. Scott got the win first, followed by freshman standout Cat Crummey and lastly was Lopez winning easily.
Hartford: UAlbany (5-5, 1-0 AE) turned around after match one to battle Hartford at Tri-City Fitness. In their first America East dual match of 2013, the Great Danes were victorious. Their only losses were No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles due to default.
UAlbany went into doubles play with a default loss, therefore needing to win both matches to take the first point of the night. UAlbany took care of business as Lopez and Scott showed veteran leadership at the top spot. They shutout their opponent, 8-0. Crummey returned to the court from injury with freshman teammate Mireille Hermans defeated Jessica Galik and Hannah Goldman, 8-3, to clinch the first point.
In singles play, the Great Danes won their matches in order to cruise to victory. Lopez advanced to 9-1 in singles play on the season with a 6-2,6-2 win over Katina Zampas. Scott and Crummey, both recently off injury, also had strong performances. They won 6-1, 6-0 and 6-0, 6-1 respectively. Crummey clinched the match with the win.
"It was a long day, starting at 7:30 a.m. and ending at 10:30 p.m. It was a bit of a mental gut-check for everyone." said coach Gordon Graham. "The team responded well with lots of positive energy. We will be fighting hard to keep that rolling."
The next match for the Great Danes is Wednesday, March 13 as they host the Sacred Heart Pioneers at Tri-City Fitness in Latham. Match time is set for 2 p.m.
UALBANY 4 SIENA 3 (9:00 a.m. at Sportime, Schenectady, NY)
Sports Participation Trophies: A New Perspective by Brad Jubin of APIVEO
From Dr. Larry Lauer's Blog –
Sport psychology consultant to:
USA Hockey's National Team Development Program in Ann Arbor, MI;
Michigan State University Men's Tennis team;
East Lansing High School Girls Varsity Basketball,
St. Stephens Tennis Academy in Austin, Texas,
Professional Tennis Player Marcio Torres,
and many other athletes from youth to professional.
I would like to begin by saying that I am not in favor of "participation" trophies for youth athletes. The reason is not that we are giving out trophies to every player; instead, it's the lack of creativity in what we call them and the meaning behind them. After coaching dozens of youth teams, I know that an eight- year-old player who came to practice, worked hard, played in the games and cheered on his/her teammates is not excited to be recognized as a "participant." As parents and coaches, we have to be able to come up with something more meaningful than "participant."
Kids love getting trophies and adults love handing them out. Trophies are a good thing. However, there is something missing here: the sense of accomplishment.
Original Article from Blog
- Sports Participation Trophies: A New Perspective by Brad Jubin of APIVEO (larry-lauer.com)
Andy Murray Interview
"The Slice" blog came up with this You Tube video of an Andy Murray interview with Green carpet hosts Colin Fleming and Jean-Julien Rojer
Tweet, Tweet – March 7, 2013
Posted by Coach Craig Cignarelli: Since no one seems to have any research to determine which one is better, over the last few years, I've done the following. I've trained a group from age 7 to 9 with ROG and another group from age 7 to 9 with yellow balls. Here's what I've found: The kids who trained with ROG are consistently beating the yellow ball kids when they play with the green ball. The kids who trained with the yellow ball are consistently beating the ROG kids when they play with the yellow ball. Tactically, the ROG kids have a better sense of angles and coming forward. The yellow ball kids hit with better depth and can adapt to different ball heights much better. The ROG kids have much better drop shots. The yellow ball kids have more power. After almost three years of doing both, I'm sticking with yellow balls. If you are going to master a saxophone, it's probably better to just start playing the sax than to start on a kazoo.
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Mirka Vavrinec – Mrs. Roger Federer
The last in the series of the Women behind the Men of the ATP from "The Tennis Space" blog.
In recent years, she has become Mrs Federer and then a mother, giving birth to twin daughters in 2009. But her commitment to Federer did not slow down one bit; instead she just upped sticks, packed a few extra bags, hired some nannies and continued to accompany her man around the world. In the near four years since they got married, Federer has won four grand slam titles and continues to hang around the very top of the game, winning his record 17th grand slam crown at Wimbledon last summer.
"It is just incredible that she's willing to make all of that effort. I'm happy that it's this way, because anything else would make it more difficult to compete and to play at the highest levels. It would basically be impossible."
Read the whole article – HERE
What is Mental Toughness – Coaching and the Zone
Brian Lomax of Peformance Xtra in Marlborough, Mass writes:
If you're a sports fan, you have certainly witnessed a coach seemingly losing his mind on the sidelines. He's yelling at his players, he's castigating officials, or he's just throwing a tantrum. Why do some coaches behave this way? Does this behavior motivate players? Does it help them play better? Does it help them get in the zone? And what is the job of a coach anyway?
Coaches can have a tremendous effect on the body chemistry of their players in both a good and bad way. When a player makes a mistake during an event, and a coach immediately screams at him, what do you think happens to his body chemistry? Does it get closer to being in the zone or does it move away? In all likelihood, it moves away. Being yelled at instills anxiety and fear in many athletes which will induce the body to release stress hormones to deal with the threat. Were fear and anxiety in our list of characteristics of the zone? No, they certainly were not because those things don't help you play better. Stress hormones reduce our ability to make good decisions and they also affect our ability to control our motor skills and balance.
Read the whole article – HERE
- Saturday, March 9, 9:00 a.m. vs. SIENA @ Sportime, Schenectady, NY
- Saturday, March 9, 7:00 p.m. vs. HARTFORD @ Tri-City, Latham, NY
Proposed Expansion at the National Tennis Center
Borough residents have had mixed reactions to the USTA's expansion plans at Flushing Meadows Corona Park since they were first announced last June.
The expansion plan, which will utilize an additional .68 acre on top of the 42 acres the USTA currently sits on, includes construction of two new stadiums and two parking garages and is in addition to other proposed projects at the park which include a new soccer stadium and retail mall near Citi Field.
Proponents of the tennis center's expansion, including Mayor Bloomberg and Borough President Marshall, say that the project will be a boon to the local economy while providing additional jobs. The USTA says that the annual US Open tournament creates 6,000 seasonal jobs with about 585 full and part-time positions for Queens' residents.
"The USTA has created an extremely lucrative business utilizing this public parkland that last year made $ 275 million while giving just $ 2.5 million back to the city," said Geoffrey Croft, of NYC Park Advocates, a nonprofit group dedicated to improving public parks.
"The USTA is a wonderful organization but the impacts to the park are well known and should not be increased."
Read More – HERE
Related articles
- Everything But the Roof (blogs.tennis.com)
Safin's Mom and Murray's Mom
More of the Women behind the Men series with Marat Safin / Dinara Safina's Mom and Andy / Jamie Murray's mom.
You wouldn't mess with Marat Safin. And you certainly wouldn't mess with his mum. Rauza Islanova was a good enough player to be ranked in the top five in the former Soviet Union but it is in her role as coach that she came to prominence, with Safin, his sister Dinara Safina, Anna Kournikova and Elena Dementieva all coming through the famous Spartak Club in Moscow, where Marat's father happened to be the director. Islanova used to take Marat along to the club when she was working and coached the future world No 1 between the ages of six and 13, before sending him packing to Spain, where facilities were much easier to come by. Famed as a hard task-master, she knew her own mind and was never afraid to speak it.
Needless to say, there were times when he children didn't listen to her but her track record is second to none. Both Safin and Safina became No 1 and many, many more made it thanks to her coaching and moulding.
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Judy, a former Scottish national champion (she was the tartan Chris Evert), did not take kindly to past suggestions by Boris Becker and others that she was too closely involved with Andy's career. "The apron strings stuff is ridiculous – Andy lives in Surrey, and lived in Wandsworth, South London, for a number of years before that. I have always lived in Scotland. But there are people who really think I travel with him around the world telling him what to do. I only attend six or seven competitions a year. There have been times when I have been around more often, but that has been when he is having a tough time and needs support."
As Steve Bierley, the former tennis correspondent for The Guardian, once said, "Judy Murray should be held personally responsible for the ills of British tennis; she stopped producing children after she had Andy."
Read the Whole article on Rauza Islanova – HERE
Read the Whole article on Judy Murray – HERE
More Women Behind the Men
"The Tennis Space" Blog is down to it's #5 and #4 Women behind the Men of the ATP. #5 Jelena Gencic, Novak Djokovic's first coach and #4 is Olga Lendlova, Ivan Lendl's mother.
It was back in Kopaonik, Serbia's most prominent ski resort and the place where the Djokovic family ran a local restaurant, where the two first met; Novak a young boy trying to get the ball over the net and Gencic looking for her next star. As a former national tennis champion (she also played handball for Yugoslavia), Gencic became Fed Cup captain and then as a coach, she discovered Monica Seles and Goran Ivanisevic; now she had a third superstar on her hands.
Read More – HERE
Olga was fierce. To help you understand Ivan Lendl's relationship with his mother, Olga, have a flick through back issues of Sports Illustrated magazine. According to one old profile of Lendl, when Ivan was a boy Olga would strike him with her left hand if he talked back, until she broke her wristwatch with one of the blows, and she then had to remember to hit him with her right. Another issue told the story of the time he initially refused to eat his carrots and peas, and so she set a timer for ten minutes and left the room – he knew then to clear his plate. Olga, who was once the second-ranked female player in Czechoslovakia, was always tough on her son. He was just six years old when she told him at the courts: "If you're going to cry, go home."
Read More – HERE
Youtube Video Against 2014 Changes in the National Junior Schedule
Here is what the video description says:
USTA President & National Junior Competition Committee Members passed changes that will eliminate some National Tennis Events. In others it will reduce draw sizes. One of these is Kalamazoo. This event is Little League World Series of Tennis. Help us save these events. Tennis sections will vote on this soon. Get involved and make your voice heard. Protect Junior tennis and it's future professional and college stars.
Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Names 2013 ITA Men's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame Inductees
The Class of 2013 to be inducted on May 22 in Champaign, IL
SKILLMAN, NJ (Mar. 1) — The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) announced today the 2013 inductees for the ITA Men's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame. The 2013 class consists of seven inductees: Coaches – Bobby Bayliss (University of Notre Dame), Dennis Emery (University of Kentucky), and John Peterson (Tyler Junior College); Players – Paul Goldstein (Stanford University), Kelly Jones (Pepperdine University), and Harold Solomon (Rice University); and Contributor – Alan Schwartz (Yale University). The 2013 honorees will be inducted at the 2013 ITA Men's Collegiate Hall of Fame Enshrinement Banquet, which will be held on May 22 during the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Tennis Championships at the University of Illinois in Champaign, IL.
Bobby Bayliss, head men's coach at the University of Notre Dame, will be retiring at the end of this season, ending a 26 season stint at the helm of the Fighting Irish men's tennis program. Entering his 43rd season as a Division I head coach, Bayliss owns 746 career victories, the most by any active tennis coach in the nation which also places him sixth among all-time tennis coaches. He is a three-time ITA Midwest Region Coach of the Year and was honored in 1992 as the Wilson/ITA National Coach of the Year after guiding the Fighting Irish to the NCAA finals. Bayliss also helped the United States win a gold medal at the World University Games in Sheffield, England in 1991.
Dennis Emery was a men's head coach at two institutions during his 35 year career, spending 30 of those years at the University of Kentucky. He finished his coaching career with 655 wins, 568 of those during his time with the Wildcats. Emery guided Kentucky to two SEC championships (1992, 2012), finished in the Top 25 of the final ITA National Men's Rankings 23 times, and led the Wildcats to 11 Sweet 16 and four Elite Eight appearances. He was also honored as the SEC Coach of the Year on three occasions, the last coming in 2012.
John Peterson coached the men's and women's teams at Tyler Junior College from 1987 to 2011, finishing with an unprecedented 25 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) tennis championships. With 828 career wins, Peterson is already a member of both the NJCAA Men's and Women's Tennis Hall of Fame, the Texas Tennis Coaches Hall of Fame, and was named the Wilson/ITA Junior College National Coach of the Decade.
Paul Goldstein, a 1998 graduate of Stanford University, helped guide the Cardinal to the NCAA Team Championship each of his four seasons from 1995-98. He was a four-time ITA All-American in doubles and an ITA All-American in singles. In 1998, Goldstein reached the NCAA singles final and was named the Pac-10 Player of the Year. He finished his collegiate career with 84 singles victories, fifth most in Stanford history, and three All-Pac-10 selections. Goldstein is an ITA/Rafael Osuna Sportsmanship Award winner and is a two-time recipient of the ITA/Arthur Ashe Jr. Award for Sportsmanship and Leadership.
Kelly Jones, a 1986 graduate of Pepperdine University, played for the Waves from 1983-86. Jones was a three-time ITA All-American in doubles, an ITA All-American singles, and claimed two NCAA Doubles Championships in 1984 and 1985. He also helped guide the Waves to an NCAA finals appearance in 1986. Jones went on to have an outstanding professional career, reaching the mixed doubles final of Wimbledon in 1988, the men's doubles final of both the Australian and US Open in 1992, and reached the No. 1 spot in the ATP Doubles Rankings.
Harold Solomon played at Rice University from 1971-72, earning ITA All-American honors before turning pro. During his time at Rice, Solomon led the Owls to back-to-back Southwest Conference team championships, while also claiming the 1971 Southwest Conference singles title. In his professional career, Solomon was ranked as high as No. 5 in the world, won a total of 22 singles titles, and reached the finals of the 1976 French Open as well as the semifinals of the 1977 US Open. He was also a member of two winning U.S. Davis Cup teams in 1972 and 1978. He would eventually go on to coach champion players Mary Jo Fernandez, Jim Courier, Jennifer Capriati, Monica Seles and Anna Kournikova, among others.
Alan Schwartz, the former Chairman of the Board & President of the USTA, has played an integral role in developing the growth of tennis throughout the years, and has always been highly supportive of collegiate tennis and the ITA. He served two terms as the president of the National Indoor Tennis Association (NITA), from 1973-74 and again from 1978-79. Schwartz also co-founded the Midtown Tennis Club in Chicago, which is the largest indoor tennis club in the world. Since 2003, Schwartz has represented the USTA internationally through the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is credited as the co-author of the National Tennis Ratings program. A three-year letterman of his varsity team at Yale, Schwartz served as the captain of the team during his senior year.
About the ITA Men's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame
The ITA Men's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame, housed at the University of Georgia's Dan Magill Tennis Complex, was inaugurated in 1983 and has inducted more than 200 players, coaches and contributors. The ITA Hall of Fame museum displays over 2,000 rare photos and memorabilia. Its members include the late Arthur Ashe (UCLA), Jimmy Connors (UCLA), John McEnroe (Stanford) and Coach Dick Gould (Stanford). The ITA Women's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame is located at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va. For a complete list of the Hall of Fame Inductees, please visit www.itatennis.com
The UAlbany women's tennis team takes to the courts again this weekend. Following the pattern of last weekend's opposition, the Danes take on an Ivy League team on Saturday, followed the next day by a team that beat them 6-1 last year.
- Saturday, March 2, 9:30 a.m. vs. CORNELL at Ithaca, NY
- Sunday, March 3, 1:00 p.m. vs. UNIV. of RHODE ISLAND at Sportime in Schenectady, NY

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Friday, March 29, 2013
Mona Lisa Seems To Swoon Over The Moon!
Let's bombard the moon,
From evening to noon.
It is such fun,
Wasting money by the ton.
Let's send a digital house,
For a digital mouse,
Who runs from a digital cat,
Who lives with digital humans at his mat.
Then some digital trash.
Some digital cream for a digital rash.
A digital Mount Moon would be grand.
Faces looking out across the moon's land.
But with this day in age,
It would be all the digital rage,
To have the faces be,
Bieber, Vampire, Pitt and Clooney.
Arnold would try to buy his digital way in.
Sadly his digital votes would not let him digitally win.
But with a digital pyramid as well,
He would chop of his nose and find that digitally swell.
Maybe some Digimon would try,
To digitally go to the moon through the sky?
Makes just as much sense as this crap.
This idea should quickly take a nap.
Better yet,
One perk found by this pet.
Let's beam all the brains of those,
Who bring forth reality tv woes.
Those that want us to believe the news.
Those that pray for us to lose.
Those that create war,
Let them all get beamed to the moon's shore.
Other than that,
The meaning eludes the cat.
Whoopdi friggin doo,
I can beam things to the moon for no one to view.
I suppose the man in the moon might like such crap. Or there could be an alien there taking a nap. They may laugh at what is done on this globe, finding us too foolish to even bring out the probe. So ends my digital sass. I will now go wiggle my digital little rhyming ass.
Experience spring, have a fling.
78 comments:
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Well in for firstDelete
With your burst
I've just called the dickhead Ray a head cock, he's confused!ReplyDeleteReplies
i rather like hands to the face than the digital block red numerals, its all the rage though, the digital age, and plenty things to keep you occupado, i will say though that when beaming becomes reality sign me up...that way i can get up and be at work in like 10 minutes...extra sleep time, making the digital monsters early morning yell a crime...ReplyDeleteReplies
haha that type of beamDelete
I'd take at my stream
Send me along with no fuss
Would not even have to cuss
Digital, diggery, dooReplyDelete
It all amounts to poo
I just wanna see Clooney's full moon
That would surely make me swoon!!!Replies
LOL you can keep that sightDelete
Give me a fright
They said the man on the moonReplyDelete
Can well give a lovely swoon
A form is due
Any song will do
Creating a grand digital boon
He could swoonDelete
With a toon
At noon
If it is dark over a lagoon
Another waste of moneyReplyDeleteReplies
Complete waste indeedDelete
At any feed
I wonder who is paying for all this stupidity?ReplyDeleteReplies
Tax payer more than likely isDelete
With this stupid biz
I often look up and swoonReplyDelete
At the awesomeness of the full moon
But I refrain form letting out a howl
For that might cause some people to scowlReplies
That it mightDelete
Unless a mutt is in sight
Then blame it
For the howl as you sit
Sending things to the moon in digital form,ReplyDelete
please do not tell me this is becoming the norm.
While time and money could be spent doing something worthwhile,
Mona Lisa is floating in space with her smile.
Reality this and reality that
nothing is real, ask any old cat.
Stars are made in the little black box
of people who truly are quite the new pox.
If man would spend half his time figuring out
a way to do good things instead of this bout.
Just think of the wonderful things we could see,
and how much better all of mankind surely would be.Replies
Yeah but sadly they do this crapDelete
As they digitally send stuff to fill the gap
Just some the moon can embrace
Her stupid smiley face
Always doing dumb things
Instead f worthwhile at any wings
Then they whine when no money is found
Need to throw these idiots in the pound
a ton of money to put her on the moonReplyDelete
Nasa wastes so much for just a swoonReplies
That they surely doDelete
When aliens they could have in their view
Pretty soon we will be leading digital livesReplyDelete
cutting meat with some digital knives
cats will be digital, and dogs will too
and we will be able to visit a digital zoo
countries will be involved in digital war
with digital counters to keep the score
our bodies will indulge in digital sleep
and for adventure we'll ride in a digital jeep!
Have a digital day; be glad it's almost May!!Replies
Glad it is almost MayDelete
Then the snow will fully go away
And yeah all digital crack
To the digital pack
I hope your weekend rocks and I hope nobody moons you!ReplyDeleteReplies
Yeah a moon would be badDelete
We get one all the time from that Pat lad
Oh Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! "Auntie" can not abide with any messin' with the moon. Certainly no projecting of images on the Moon. Eeeek!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -spit- -hack- -cough- -belch-ReplyDelete
In case you aren't sure, I don't like the idea. -grin-Replies
Isn't an idea I fearDelete
They beamed to the moon her rear
Was Mona Lisa'sReplyDelete
smile bigger than
a mile
projected way
up there
where no one's
there to care?
What of the Cat
why not send him
with his Pringle
cans of poo?
What of him
would aliens make
with mind so
dim they'd surely
Whoopdi Friggin Do.
Yeah, this is a serious waste of money. They've been piping audio from various things like old tv shows and speeches from JFK and such. The Spawn told me the other day that those radio waves have just now left our galaxy.Replies
haha yeah it is sadDelete
As if contact with et is had
They will come as hippies to our shore
Thinking it is how they should look when they explore
And pfft the cat would sit up there
And drop pringle cans on all below without a care
Let's send crackers and have a feastReplyDelete
Since we all know the moon's a big ball of cheese!Replies
Or just a spotlightDelete
Not really there one big conspiracy on site haha
I wonder if she found her eyebrowsReplyDelete
or saw the jumping cow!Replies
Better chance of the jumping cowDelete
As the eyebrows would really wow
Whoa. I come overDelete
and see tile over your shoulders.
Hands over my eyes
as looking could be my demise.
Need to know if that's the kitchen or your shower there
before opening my eyes I dare.
hahaha the other one went kaput from the site I got it fromDelete
So this is the first one I found to give a hum
So are we really all crowded in the looDelete
with you?
hahaha just maybeDelete
But you went there, not me
Ha, hey diddle diddle, Betsy made me think of that riddleReplyDelete
People should take more care of where they digitally fiddle.Replies
That the shouldDelete
As many have digital heads of wood
Have you ever seen a Wallace and Grommit episode about going to the moon to get cheese? If you haven't, try to find it. Nick Park is brilliant.ReplyDeleteReplies
I thin I saw it a long time backDelete
Vaguely remember it at my shack
Very soon moneyReplyDelete
will be funny
as we start traveling by beam
with happy grin :)Replies
Totally believe in Man in the Moon,ReplyDelete
Too soon to believe that we're the only goons...
In town.Replies
Yeah sure more out thereDelete
At each lair
Not enough money to fly people to Mars,ReplyDelete
Or cold cash available to circle the stars?
No sweat. If we can't do something smart,
We'll dazzle the moon with our digital art.Replies
And like the moon really caresDelete
Of course may ruffle the man in the moon's hairs
Digitally punching the moon? Will putting out the sun with water become a reality soon? Great rhymes at your shop, this definitely wasn't a flop.ReplyDeleteReplies
haha not sure there is enough water for thatDelete
At any planatary mat
The moon has something to hide,ReplyDelete
she only shows her good side.
People hope to find alien spawn,
Well I say "screw you, you wannabe deceptacon."Replies
haha a wannabeDelete
At ones sea
That would be fun
To throw the deceptacon in the sun
While I love to gaze at the moonReplyDelete
especially when she glows full face
she has mystic powers,so beware the hour
I'd rather see the fork run away with the spoonReplies
A fork and a spoon on the runDelete
Would make for tons of fun
Wish I could rhyme,ReplyDelete
So many do,
Guess I'm one of a few!
With no time!
Happy Spring!
So you sayDelete
With no rhyme at play
That's all I need . . . a Bieber moon!ReplyDeleteReplies
One bad fateDelete
Get lots of hate
My cat just came back from the moon. He said he didn't see a man up there. Just footprints and a flag. (And a few hundred craters.)ReplyDeleteReplies
Can count to a hundred tooDelete
My what a smart kitty at your zoo
The famous dog who lives with meReplyDelete
Went out to see
A glowing moon
And not too soon
She tells me you're quite some trick
Somewhat like a lunatic...Replies
That is fineDelete
By the feline
Crazy as can be
Here at his sea
Some dayReplyDelete
Pretty soon
I'll send my Human
To the Moon
But I don't wanna be real dumb
I gotta wait till I grow a thumbReplies
haha yeah those thumbs are hard to come byDelete
Until then we can't make them fly
Mona Lisa's smileReplyDelete
Will certainly beguile
Leonardo, what a master
But moon landing was a disaster
Mona ended up all alone
On a crater-only zone
No one to keep her company
She felt very lonely
So back on earth she went
And paid very high rent
In a NYC loft with a view
Of the moon in a sky so blueReplies
Such rentDelete
Would make be vent
More than some make in a year
For one month to peer
Prob cheaper to go to the moon
And live in a sand dune
Sending Mona Lisa to the moon is whack!ReplyDelete
Those Nasa folks must be on crack!Replies
Must be good stuff tooDelete
As they've done it with a few
I didn't know that...sounds kinda ridiculous.ReplyDeleteReplies
In every wayDelete
Any day
But when it comes to digital bucks....ReplyDeleteReplies
That is fine by meDelete
As long as they can be turned to cash at my sea
I know advertisers have been scheming.ReplyDelete
To advertise on the moon they have been dreaming.
How demeaning!Replies
That it isDelete
With this moon ad biz
monalisa n moon..ReplyDelete
combo is not bad at all :DReplies
Except waste of doughDelete
At any show


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Did you tune in to watch "The Ultimate Fighter" on Friday night? Probably not, according to ratings from cable shows on Friday night. 947,000 people tuned in to the show's two-hour debut that featured preliminary fights.
Those numbers are not good. It's the lowest-rated premiere in TUF history. In the last few seasons, ratings drop after the premiere that draws in viewers because there are so many fights.
[More UFC: Dana White's breakneck lifestyle not going to stop anytime soon, health be damned]
A few caveats to remember with this data:
-- The ratings listed are for 25-54 year-old adults. The UFC aims to bring in viewers who are male and between 18 and 34 years of age. These ratings leave out a major chunk of the UFC's demographic.
-- Nielsen ratings don't take into account time-shifted views, or watching via your DVR. Because of a trip out of town and NFL football, I didn't see the show until Monday morning. I doubt I'm alone in not watching the show live.
-- It also doesn't take into account online views, social media discussion during the show, or any of the other metrics that measure the buzz of a show. Young people don't watch television like their parents did, but Nielsen ratings have not caught up with those changes.
Still, Nielsen numbers are important to television executives, and these numbers won't make the fine people of FX happy.
Judging by coming attractions, this season will be no different than previous seasons. It will be filled with smack talk between coaches Roy Nelson and Shane Carwin, pranks in the house, tension between 16 men forced to live and train together for six weeks, and fights. There were exciting moments in the prelim fights, but it's hard to judge real talent in those fights because we know little about the competition level or preparation of the fighters.
Little was shown in the premiere that made me excited to tune in this week. Did you watch Friday, and do you plan to tune in again? Speak up in the comments, on Facebook or Twitter.
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This morning Tom and I woke up at 6:15 with plans to see the inauguration ceremony at the Parkway Theater in Oakland. We got dressed, brushed our teeth and headed out the door at 6:45 knowing that the doors opened at 7:00 am. Well, by the time we got there (on time) there was a line stretching around the block - and even though we lost the desire to fight for a seat in that big crowd, it was amazingly gratifying to see so many excited humans coming together to celebrate the beginning of a new era. We called our friends BZ and Margaret and headed up to their house to watch the celebration in their living room.
I didn't watch the inauguration of George Bush 4 years ago, but 8 years ago I caught a little bit of it. This morning I was recalling that bleak day on which I gave birth to my song, If You Tell a Lie. My enduring memory of Bush's first inauguration was his closed limo riding down Pennsylvania Avenue surrounded by security vehicles on a bleak and rainy day. I'm sure there was more to it than that, but that's what stays, and the horrible feeling that our democracy had just been hijacked by a bunch of liars.
Today, as we sat together with our friends and their two small children, we felt pride, joy, hope and trepidation, (will this man be able to fulfill the promise of a different future)? And we felt connected to the country in a way that I'm not sure I've ever felt before. Incredible to know that over 80% of the people believe that the right man is leading us, that we may actually be entering an age that is not defined but fear, greed and callousness.
I heard that a few people booed as the soon to be ex-president Bush made his last presidential entrance, and one of the CNN commentators remarked that it was in bad taste. I must say I'm probably a little more in the camp of the shoe throwers - I mean, what's a little bad taste compared to the millions of lives that have been destroyed because of the actions of Bush and Company?
Now I'm watching TV again, back at home - Barack and Michelle were just walking down the avenue - crowds of people waving and cheering and I'm smiling. What a difference 8 years makes.
A songwriter's view of her little world - cats, friends, art, slippers and lyrics have so far received equal billing on this page.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
2 comments:
- Christel said...
I share that feeling and I'm not even American. But this day (and those leading up to it) really make me feel part of American society. It tells me I am where I should be right now: home.
- January 20, 2009 at 3:22 PM
- Robin said...
I got teary-eyed watching Michelle and Barack get out of the limo that day. Such a beautiful moment. Things aren't easy now but it's like a giant weight's been lifted off all of us. YES. :-)
- February 20, 2009 at 12:43 PM
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April 24, 2014 18:00 ET
Member of Parliament Laurie Hawn announces support for arts and culture in Edmonton
EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - April 24, 2014) - Department of Canadian Heritage
The Government of Canada has provided $148,888 to Edmonton's Citadel Theatre through the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund and the Canada Arts Presentation Fund.
The Honourable Laurie Hawn, Member of Parliament (Edmonton Centre), announced this support today on behalf of Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages Shelly Glover.
An investment of $123,888 through the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund enabled the Citadel to purchase and install a multimedia projection system and a hear-back monitoring system for the 686-seat Shoctor Theatre.
Additional funding of $25,000 through the Canada Arts Presentation Fund has allowed the Theatre to present the Beyond the Stage series. The series features folk, cabaret and jazz music and includes elements of theatre and comedy. Community engagement activities, offered in conjunction with the series, include panel discussions and artist talks.
Quick Facts
"Theatres provide an opportunity to connect with people and communities across the country through music, dance and theatrical performances. The Citadel Theatre plays an important role in supporting a network of artists while promoting and strengthening arts and culture in Edmonton."
-Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages
"Edmonton is home to a flourishing arts sector, and by supporting institutions like the Citadel Theatre, we are ensuring our community can continue to enjoy live performances. The Citadel has been engaging audiences of all ages for nearly five decades, and we are pleased to contribute to its future success."
-The Honourable Laurie Hawn, Member of Parliament (Edmonton Centre)
"Over the years the Citadel has been encouraged and supported through various Canadian Heritage programs. We are absolutely thrilled to be the recipients of these grants. The Canada Cultural Spaces Fund is allowing unique projection capabilities to be used for the first time on a world premiere of a Citadel original, Make Mine Love, this spring. The Canada Arts Presentation Fund grant is helping us bring Canadian artists to the Citadel as well as develop new audiences through our Beyond the Stage presentation series."
-Penny Ritco, Executive Director, Citadel Theatre
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Parker Ann made her debut yesterday, February 26th at 5:31pm. She weighed in at 7lb 7oz, which ironically is the exact same weight as Ella and Grant and 2oz less than Paislee. She is 20" long, as you can see her hair is NOT red but a light brown/dark blond.
We came to the hospital at 7am planning on having my water broken and seeing how things progressed from there. At 9am the Dr came in and did just that, after 3 hours I had had only one contraction and so we decided to start some "pit" almost immediately the contractions began and within two hours I was asking for the epidural.
First family photo.
I was at an 8 almost immediately following the epidural (thank goodness I asked for it with time to spare) and then the day sort of took a "slow motion" route. Every 20-30 minutes I would have my position changed and we kept that up for 3 hours. At 4pm I was ready to push put the Dr. was with another patient. At 5:10 he arrived to the room and we discovered that her face was up (which is why things were moving so slowly) and we started pushing. With each contraction he rotated her ever so carefully and slowly she inched her way out over the next 20 minutes. It was a wonderful labor and delivery, even though it seemed like such a slow process in comparison to our other children's births, it was perfect!
Her first bath which occured at 1am!
It was funny, when she was first born she looked a lot like Ella. By the time we were upstairs she resembled Grant and this morning she is completely her own little person.


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Unfortunately, though, there are some limitations.
- Your View Model cannot be abstract.
- Your View Model will only get POSTed back as itself.
The first point is fairly simple. Everything works until you POST back your view model e.g.
[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)] public ActionResult Update(MyAbstractViewModel model) { // Clever bits go here... }
Calling this action will result in the framework throwing a MissingMethodException: Cannot create an abstract class.
The second point is a little more complicated. Let's say you have 3 classes:
public abstract class MyAbstractViewModel { } public class ViewModel1 : MyAbstractViewModel { } public class ViewModel2 : MyAbstractViewModel { }
Now you create a simple GET Action that returns a View (strongly-typed to MyAbstractViewModel).
[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Get)] public ActionResult Index() { MyAbstractViewModel model; if (something) model = new ViewModel1(); else model = new ViewModel2(); return View(model); }
The view will render successfully. Unfortunately, our original POST Action will not receive either of the concrete classes - only the one the view is explicitly typed against (i.e. MyAbstractViewModel).
These are, obviously, not major issues but it does limit developers' creative freedom and the most elegant solution may have to be foregone in order to fit the framework.


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Thursday, 31 March 2011
Livvie - A superstar in the making....
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
Some of My Current Favourite Blushers...
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
NOTD Collection 2000 Swizzles
Monday, 28 March 2011
A Good Moisturiser v A Bad Smell
In the end, I think her review comes down to whether you can put up with a Really Bad Smell for a good product.
Day One – Face cream only
Smell is disgusting had to wash my hands because I couldn't stand smell on them! Went on like thick gulp – yuck! Thoughts - I won't be using this again. However that evening my skin felt so soft. Not sure if I'll last week.
Day Two
Decided to preserve - just need to get passed the smell and gulp! I have used Olay since I can't remember when, but Lucura is having much better results in just a few days.
Day Three
Used serum first then the face cream – much better the cream seemed to sink in better and smell better... not sure if I'm just getting to it or the serum helped! My skin feels lovely.
Day Four and onwards
Results – put up with down sides of face cream because the results are so good.
Haven't said very much about serum... leaving the best till last, amazing absolutely love it. Beats No 7 Prefect and Protect for me – not often I really like a product. I'm a 'well I've bought it now and waste not want not type of girl'. But this is good, I will still use my No 7 Serum up but this is the best thing EVER.
No breakouts, just soft skin, my skin feels better each day.
The Serum is my must have product and I really don't rave. As for the Face Cream, I'll see how I feel by I get to the end of the jar! (Not sure I'll make it though) Still on the fence! But don't think I'll buy it again.... still need to find my prefect face cream on a budget.
Saturday, 26 March 2011
Beauty Blog Link Love
How is everyone? We hope you all have a great weekend, we are off to Chester for L's Hen Do tonight.
Here are this week's Beauty Blog Link Love for your reading.
Miss Beauty Nerd dishes on Asia's hottest and most coveted product - BB Creams!!
Jellyminx shares a Jessie J inspired makeup tutorial.
K from Beautifully Addicted To gives us a look at ELF Mineral Glosses.
Anita over at Pleasureflush sorts through her stash of mascaras to find out which ones are keepers and which ones are heading for the bin!
Fee at Makeup Savvy takes on this year's Spring/Summer key fashion trends with a series of inspired nail art tutorials!
Phyrra's Indie Spotlight for March is Epically Epic Soap Co. Learn all about Allison!
Getting downright Dirty with LUSH makes for one very clean-smelling Lipglossiping!
Lisamarie from Beauty Crazed swatches spring blushes and tries to decide between Givenchy and Yves Saint Laurent!
Ooh, shatter! Musicalhouses shows you an awesome black and silver shatter NOTD with Barry M Instant Nail Effects!
Krasey Beauty hobnobs with makeup royalty, and learns of new beauty releases, while she's at it!
Beauty's Bad Habit shares her favourite eyeshadow bases and primers for vivid, 'life proof' eye make-up that lasts.
Checked outELF's black bottles yet? Queen of Turquoise has!
Welcome to your new addiction - Alyson reviews the NYX Soft Matte Lip Creams at The Gloss Menagerie.
Tracy at Beauty Reflections gets a 70s makeup vibe with Rimmel Glam'eyes Quad Eye Shadow that fits right in with the 70s fashion trend!
The Pink Sith won't be able to kill your lemming for this new Armani Beauty Eyes To Kill Intense Silk Eyeshadow in # 4 Pulp Fiction.
Who said neutrals can't be dramatic, Madame B Fatale shows you how!
Kimberly takes the Dare To Wear Charity Challenge: For Japan Are you up for the challenge?
Hop in the car for a roadtrip with My Lips But Better and OPI's Fall 2011 collection, Touring America.
Are you a Kate or a Vanessa? You'll find the answer at Musing on Beauty, by comparing Chanel Rouge Coco Shine and Dior Addict lipsticks.
The Chantecaille Sea Turtle palette came swimming into Cindy's life, see if she thinks it's worth the $79 price tag.
Did you hear? BarryM may come to Canada!! To celebrate Spiced Beauty is giving away a huge 5-piece prize pack.
Want to win 2 NARS blushes + other goodies? All you have to do is be a follower of StealMyHeartLovee's blog for a chance to win.
Music and Makeup has been going for 2 years! Jo celebrates with a giveaway of some of her favourite products.
theNotice is giving away a ridiculously glittery Honeycat Cosmetics lipgloss. Whether you're a cat lover or a glitter girl, you *need* to check it out!
Thursday, 24 March 2011
Feeling all Demure....
So I wanted to show you a lovely polish I stumbled upon in Superdrug - MeMeMe in Demure
It is darker than London but I LOVE the shade against my skin.
It goes on easily altough I did have to go for 3 coats as I could still see a bit of nail in places. It also last well. 3 day on and only minimal tipwear and no chips :)
Going to go back and have a lock at the other shades!
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Wednesday, 23 March 2011
New George at Asda Make-up
Well guess what I spotted when I was doing my food shopping on Saturday morning....some new lines in the George Make-up range. My first though was to have a look and see what additions they had made but all I could notice was that they had slightly ripped off Benefit Cosmetics.
The new items that I could see first were two new shades to there Matt Finish nail polish, in a pink and red. I am still not a convert to matt nail polish, so far I have a black but haven't really used it.
Then I spotted that they had released a tinted moisturiser which reminded me of You Rebel (especially the packaging shape). They have also released two cheek tints (dupes of Posietint and Benetint) and a highlighter (High Beam)
Then I noticed the lipglosses, which are dupe for the Benefit lip glosses, these retail at £3.75 and come in 11 shades. I actually picked up two shades in Grrrrr and Pucker Up. Both apply well, are pigmented and none sticky. But the first thing I noticed is that Pucker Up (bottom pic) is a complete dupe for Benefit Nookie Nookie.
Monday, 21 March 2011
More No7 Nails
I just wanted to show you two more nail polishes I have picked up from the No7 Range. I have ended up buying some more as I still had some of the £5 off vouchers left (they are valid till the 27th March).
The two I got are Betty Blues from the Stay Prefect range (you can see more here) and Hot Pink from the Speed Dry Range (you can see more here).
Now I don't think I would ever pay the full price of these nail polishes which is £7 but as these work out to £2 with the voucher I don't mind picking them up. You can see my other shades here, which are in Beanie, Damson Dream and Totally Teal . I still quite fancy picking up Violetta from the Speed Dry range but other than that I am not sure I fancy any other shades. Though they do have some other great bright shades Pink Grapefruit, Salsa, Vivid Violet, Cherry Tang, Coral Kiss, and Poolside Blue.
What purchases have you made with your vouchers?
Sunday, 20 March 2011
Round-up of the Week
How is everyone? We hope you have had a good week!
Again both L and myself have been quite busy, and we both have busy weeks to come! I have had the last week off but we had a busy week scheduled. We had taken our Little one to Whipsnade Zoo for the day, we choose the day that was really foggy but we still had a great time.
We also painted our Little ones room in the lovely shade of Sweet Pink and decorated some of her existing furniture. Then finally L has come to mine this weekend for a visit which was nice.
As I said we have both been busy and L is trying to finalise a lot of her wedding plans as she now has 11 weeks to go!! So she was at mine this weekend to try her actual wedding dress on, as it had arrived in. She looked Amazing!!!
- K showed you her cheap and cheerful lipglosses versus her new MAC lipgloss - Lipglosses:Cheap & Cheerful vs MAC
- We had a NOTD featuring 3 new ELF shades - ELF NOTD:Dark Purple Glitter, Desert Haze and Innocent.
- K showed you a NOTD featuring Barry M Pink Flamingo.
- We had another ELF product featured on the blog - ELF Mineral Lipglosses.
- Then K showed you some of the new products and treats available from Benefit Cosmetics - Finding Mr Bright, Mad Hatter Tea Party, & b.right! Radiance Skincare.
- L showed you her yummy cupcakes that were made for Red Nose Day.
Hope you have a good week!
Saturday, 19 March 2011
b.right Radiance Skincare
As I said yesterday I have another Benefit treat for you! As most of you maybe aware Benefit will be launching a new skincare range b.right Radiance Skincare.
The first hit of the range will contain 5 items Its Potent! Eye Cream, Refined Finish Facial Polish, Triple Performing Facial Emulsion SPF 15, Total Moisture Facial Cream and Foaming Clean Facial Wash.
The whole range is designed:
- for radiantly refreshed, hydrated skin
- for a brighter, more youthful-appearing complexion
- it's simple, luxurious & provides brilliant results!
Foaming Clean Facial Wash - (£16.50) effectively cleanses the skin, removing make-up & impurities with a soft, gentle lather.
Refined Finish Facial Polish - (£17.50) gently exfoliates to purify the skin & help minimize the appearance of pores.
Triple Performing Facial Emulsion SPF 15 - (£19.50) hydrates, protects & comforts the skin with an oil-free, lightweight formula.
Total Moisture Facial Cream - (£26.50) provides concentrated immediate & long term hydration.
It's potent! Eye Cream - (£23.50) fades dark circles & helps smooth fine lines for brighter, younger - looking eyes.
We got to try out some of the first five items and I have to say they all seem lovely, it'll be good to give them a proper go! But the ones that really stood out for me was the Refined Finish Facial Polish and the Triple Performing Facial Emulsion. I love a face scrub so the facial polish seems right up my street, it was a cream texture with tiny particles in and didn't feel drying once removed. The Emulsion also is my my thing as I don't tend to like creams to thick and the emulsion is more like a lotion feel and its oil free! I never really get eye creams but this did really seem to brighten the eye area. The cream was nice and could be introduced to my regime as a night cream (which was suggested at the event). Finally the face wash was nice and again didn't feel drying but I personally prefer the scrub.
I think this range is a great step for Benefit into skincare, the bottles and packaging is great (it would look nice out on the side of your bathroom). Also the part I like the most about the range is the smell, just fresh and clean not overpowering at all.
The range will be available in Debenhams, Boutique and online from 1st April and launches nationwide on the 16th April. You can find out more about the range here and sign up for the newsletter to get more information.
Friday, 18 March 2011
Mad Hatter & Make-up Party!
Just two little bits of information for you about some lovely events that Benefit have running at the moment. First up is a Make-up Masterclass with Benefits Head Make-up Artist Lisa Potter Dixon and Interntaional Make-up Artist Renton Wade.You can learn tips and tricks from the two, the class is the 7th April 6.30pm - 8.30pm and is £50 (Price redeemable against products). It will be at the Benefit Boutique Spitalfields Market and you will receive a complimentary goodie bag. You can register for your spot on http://blog.benefitcosmetics.co.uk or email@example.com .
The second event is the Mad Hatters & Make-up Party!


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I signed up for another on-line class, "Painterly In Pink" by the very talented artist, Jodi Ohl. I really wasn't prepared to take another class since I haven't finished all of Joanne Sharpe's classes but this one offered $30 worth of Luminarte paints and I also needed the paints for Joanne's "Bling It On." So....I couldn't pass up a bargain like that...now could I? Plus, I have one year in which to complete the course. This seemed doable!
"Painterly In Pink" is about drawing and painting faces using Luminarte Silk glazes. Jodi taught us how to draw the faces first in pencil and then glaze them with color. We could be as realistic as we wanted or make them whimsical. This is a class for all artistic levels and is a great one if you wish to learn how to draw faces. To see Jodi's beautiful art or to learn more about her classes, visit her blog, Sweet Repeats.
Anyway, I was off to a great start....I drew my girl in pencil, painted the background of my canvas, glued the pencil drawing to the canvas and then it happened....the painting looked finished without the face glazed. To add color by glazing the face would only fade it into the background where it would be lost. At first I thought that I would go ahead and add the glaze and see what happens and maybe make adjustments as I go along but the very first brush stoke of paint on her face told me that I was making a BIG MISTAKE! What to do??? I posted my canvas on the class Facebook site to get feedback from my classmates where my suspicions were confirmed....DON'T PAINT THE FACE! Jodi was very kind and said "that sometimes happens" and that I may have found my style. I definitely will explore this further as I love to draw faces in pencil and I also love to do collage. It just may become my style.
|Made some of my own collage papers
|Finished canvas
I guess that part of being an artist is knowing when to stop. At least I feel pretty good about that but now I still need to paint a face with glazes. Back to square one!!!
I'll keep you all posted on where this takes me!


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Hey guys! Hope you're having a great start to your weekend :)
A Saturday for Runners
I woke up to a bright sunny morning here in Canada's capital city, and was instantly inspired to switch up my schedule a bit and make it a Saturday runday!
The air definitely has the crisp feeling of fall. In fact, as I sit out here on my balcony writing this post, my fingers are getting a bit chilled...it might almost be time to bust out the mittens.
Almost time to bring the plantitas back inside
Its jacket season already. Crazy cray!
Anywho, I love this time of year when I don't feel disgustingly hot and out of breath when I go for a run, so I'm going to bust out my fall running gear and head over to the canal for a nice little jaunt by the river and enjoy this beautiful day!
Barre Mat Workout
Don't feel like getting out for a run today? Check out this barre mat workout from Lydia at YFA Fit.
I worked with Lydia during my time at lululemon athletica in Montreal, and she is the cutest, peppiest, most positive person ever. She also knows how to make your legs, core and arms tremble with her pilates-style workout videos ;)
Question of the Day:
- Do you have any plans to get active and enjoy this beautiful fall day?
I'm thinking of meeting up with a friend to go for a walk this afternoon as well. Nothing like enjoying a beautiful fall afternoon while strolling along with a friend :)


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Self-Portrait as a Bohemian Woman, 1896
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. with His Parrot Eli in the White House Conservatory, 1902
Sioux Indian Chiefs with William Jennings Bryan at the Pan American Exposition, 1901
Lower Falls of Yellowstone, 1903
The Veiled Woman, 1896
A Miner, 1903
Frances Benjamin Johnston was one of the earliest female photographers in America. She was well-known for her portraits and documentary work. In 1895, she opened her own photographic studio in Washington D.C., taking portraits of the rich & famous of her time such as Susan B. Anthony, Mark Twain, and Booker T. Washington. Her self-portrait shown above, Self-Portrait as a Bohemian Woman, is one of her most controversial portraits, showing three symbols of rebellion. Back in 1896, proper Victorian women were not supposed to smoke cigarettes, drink beer, or show off their petticoats.


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12. The Building
by Will Eisner
Published by W. W. Norton & Company
"Especially troubling to me was the callous removal of buildings. I felt that, somehow, they had a kind of soul … And I wonder what is left behind when a building is torn down." —Will Eisner, The Building
This quote from the book captures for me why the book is such an amazing piece of both writing and art. In the stories contained in this graphic novel (or collection of graphic short stories) cut straight to the soul of the building in question. It becomes an extension of the very people who live inside it and call it home. It returns the favor and helps to shape those who occupy it.
In short, it becomes a part of them as much as they become a part of it.
This is another of Eisner's masterpieces of storytelling, getting right to the heart of what makes common people tick, and it should be required reading for anyone who wants to write or draw comics.


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PureVolume.com is a website for the discovery and promotion of new music and emerging artists. It was the first independently run website of its type, allowing for the upload and streaming of music files. PureVolume was created by Unborn Media Inc (Brett Woitunski, Nathan Hudson, Mitchell Pavao) in Dec 2003.
C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. Developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell Labs.
An open source license is a copyright license for computer software that allows the source code to be freely, that is by anyone for any purpose, used, modified and shared.[1] This allows end users to review and modify the source code for their own customization, curiosity or troubleshooting needs.


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The National Corvette Museum has named the entire month of December "Dollar Days" for residents of Kentucky who visit the Museum. All month long, Kentucky residents can tour the Museum for a $1 admission per person, and will only need to show a Kentucky drivers license or other proof of residency to take advantage of the special offer.
Children will be admitted for $1 with adults presenting the Kentucky identification.
Imagine keeping a secret as big as being in a Steven Spielberg film to yourself for a year.
Dr. Reese Land, associate professor of music/trumpet in Campbellsville University's School of Music, did just that. And he is now able to talk about his role in the newly released movie "Lincoln" starring Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis and directed by Steven Spielberg, who has been called one of America's most popular and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema.
Tracy Lynn Pearcy and Donovan Ray Copley of Hodgenville, announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage.
The private ceremony is Dec. 12, 2012, at Ovesen Heights Baptist Church. They will be attended by their children and grandson, Ciera, Kayla, Konner, Tyler and Ray.
The calendar says that Christmas is coming. Many signs point to its approach, but will Christmas come this year? Dec. 25 will arrive, but I fear that Christmas will not come in the hearts of many people.
Granted, the commercial side of Christmas is already here. Billions of dollars were spent the day after Thanksgiving.
The social side of Christmas is here with all the parties and the travel - despite the gasoline prices. Christmas is being celebrated in churches too. The decorations, carols, dramas and music programs tell us the Christmas season is here.
Caregiving can be stressful, and these stresses can be exacerbated around the holidays as you are faced with added responsibilities and obligations. Whether this is your first holiday season as a caregiver or you have been providing care for years, you can do several things to make the holidays easier on you, the person you're caring for and your extended family and friends by following the recommendations below.
"The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" will be performed Dec. 7-16 at the Bardstown/Nelson County Civic Center, 321 South Third Street, Bardstown.
Performances are at 7 p.m. on Dec. 7, 8, 14 and 15, with 2 p.m. matinees on Dec. 9 and 16.
Bardstown Community Theatre's production of Barbara Robinson's play will showcase "some of the brightest youth and adult talent in the area," according to Tony Paulin, producer.
Gene Enlow, a longtime Kentucky Baptist pastor with family ties in the Hodgenville area, has penned a memoir A Legacy of Faith: The Enlow Papers.
Enlow, now retired, shares stories like the night a man burst into his study, threatening to kill him because of the pastor's opposition to legalizing sales of liquor by the drink. As Enlow pondered what to say, the Holy Spirit prompted him to pray that God help him love this man the same way He did.
Leslie Fender doesn't get in a hurry.
At 54, the lanky Texan is retired from careers as a butler and a restaurateur, and like many men, he's finally getting a chance to travel.
But he isn't jetting from city to city or hurtling down the highway in an RV. He's taking the back roads with his traveling partner, Angel.
Together they've traveled 4,200 miles this year, and they have many miles to go before they reach warmer country for the winter.
Hodgenville city worker Ronnie Cruse installed a snowflake light on Lincoln Square in preparation for Lighting Up the Square.
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