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As many of you, I have those days when my thinking is fuzzy. That's a kind and understated way of saying I feel my years of this compromised life, am distracted by daily pain and have done something to confuse myself. That something is often forgetting to eat, resulting in low blood sugar. Other days I run around in a fog for no reason at all, because I'm trying to do too much too fast or haven't slept well the night before. Today, as I was refilling my medicine containers into those weekly plastic containers I realized how often I use basic counting to prevent mistakes and to promote many of the other forms of therapy I use in my life of chronic pain.
I'm certain many of us have tricks, gimmicks and reminders as we find our way through this strange life we have been given. We write notes to ourselves to do a chore or a shopping list so we don't stand in the middle of the market saying to ourselves, "what was it I needed?" I use a great deal of elementary counting. It's not out of compulsion, actually, it's a way of policing myself to make sure I "cover the bases" in my life. Please, let me share a few basic and very simple methods I have discovered and use which help me.
Medications: I like to use the weekly medicine containers. I found, some time ago, when you take as many pills as I do, it's much easier to reach for a handful of pills from a container labeled for the day I'm taking them than it was to stand at the medicine cabinet, sleepy-eyed, while opening and closing bottles of prescriptions and supplements. It also comes in handy if, in a half-awake state, you can't remember if you took the days pills. I choose to fill them three weeks in advance and while I'm filling them, since so many of them look so much alike, I count out seven pills into my hand to be sure I fill each space with all those medications. By counting them, I cover myself for mistakes. By doing it three weeks at a time, it allows me a chance to know when I'm running low on medications; especially the ones I order through a mail order pharmacy which dispenses a three months supply. This method has saved me from having to drive to the pharmacy at the last minute to pick up medications. I fill vitamin dispensers in the same manner, using the seven day containers for me and for Jim. He would never take a vitamin if he had to walk into the cupboard and take it out of the bottle.
Maintenance on this unfriendly body: Life's most basic hygiene is easily overlooked when your health is compromised and you have low energy and pain. Rough elbows, rough and dry skin anywhere on our bodies, particularly our feet can all cause us problems. Physically as well as mentally, it's a good idea to stay at our best. It can also be beneficial to retain muscle mobility and strength. I realize some of these ideas may sound shallow and unimportant, but our appearance is important. It's also important to keep our skin in good condition to prevent infections and sores, cracked skin, break-outs and or general immobility. It's harder to walk comfortably with cracked feet.
There are many great products on the market, some of them with pumice stone in them, to rub on your feet. Many are available with all natural ingredients, such as ground pits from fruits and walnuts as well as softening properties from papaya, plums and the soothing properties of peppermint or various oils. I like Australian tea tree oil products which are available at the health food stores for healing feet and softening the skin. It's also a natural anti-fungal. Warning: tea tree oil does have a very strong odor, much like a double dose of camphor, so you will probably want to put on your socks and use it only at night. All of the exfoliate products work well on the elbows as well as the old standbys of pumice stone, fiber sponges and the newer foot "shaver" made by Dr. Scholl and other companies. You feel a bit like you're grating cheese. So get out a towel and while you're watching your favorite movie you can "shave" your feet. Just be careful and whatever you do, please don't go out and buy a Dremel electric hand tool to grind away your calluses on your feet. Don't laugh. SIL owns a hardware/lumber store and he sees folks buy them all the time. I love my Dremel for crafts, etc. I just think they whirl much too fast to be trusted with living tissue. Leave the motorized equipment that you may use on your skin for the skill of the podiatrist. As long as we're being honest, please, whatever you do, guy or gal, pull those hairs out of your nose, ears and get rid of that one long eyebrow. It will help you feel better about yourself and life.
When do we stop caring about our bodies? It doesn't have to occur if we continue to make an effort.
I use counting in this whole body maintenance department as well, while sitting on the bed or in the bath; you can get good arm exercise by counting as you rub cream, pumice or even Vaseline onto your skin. Trade off so you are using both arms and getting an equal work out. You're "killing two birds with one stone," albeit a pumice stone, because you're strengthening your arms as well as caring for your outer organ, your skin.
Exercise: There are some basic stretches and light exercises I perform, several times a week. Lately, I've been slipping and have lost some strength. Yes I've been ill with a terrible virus and talked myself into thinking I wasn't up to it. Maybe I wasn't, but a muscle that isn't used becomes weak and does not fulfill its purpose in life. Whether your problems lie in the bones, tendons, ligaments or circulatory system, you have to move or you'll lose function.
For many years I've been lifting a pair of 2.5 lb. weights each night. Lately, I've noticed the grocery bags feel heavier and my fatigue greater; therefore I returned to lifting, weights, legs, etc. As I'm lifting them I count. It's usually best to start out slowly whether you're lifting a light weight or just a can of peas. I usually lift my weights one hundred times on each side. It may take me a half hour to do it. If you have neck trouble you can also use a broomstick as a tool, while using both arms to pull back those shoulders; just hold a broomstick or yardstick with both hands, out in front of you. Then lift it over your head and your shoulders and bring it forward again. Start out with a low count until you're used to it but it will help your posture. Generally, it's not a good idea to do too many exercises above your head. Many of us know that cramp in the neck if we've painted a ceiling or lifted something too heavy for us above our heads. This week I started weight lifting again and tried for the one hundred count goal but didn't quite make it. I awoke with a stiff neck the next day but got into a hot shower, did a few stretches and am gradually working my way back up.
Unfortunately, most weight lifting for those of us who live compromised lives only builds some muscle for function. Our goal is not to look like Arnold S. These exercises don't do much for the "hang down" arm flab which comes to us as a gift via our DNA. Blame it on your grandparents if you have to blame anyone. Just thank the Lord you're not the Queen and don't have to wave in any parades.
I perform the same counting when walking on the treadmill or doing leg lifts or pulling on the stretchy bands. It helps your feeling of self-worth to know you're improving from 10 leg lifts to 20, etc. I personally find it easier to walk on good old terra firma than on the treadmill and can walk further. I guess the difference is that I am in charge on a sidewalk or path whereas on the treadmill, the machine is definitely the boss.
Exercise can be found in the most surprising places. When you lift a bowl, a bag of fruit or groceries, why not lift it five times with each hand? When you're drying off after a bath, do it a bit longer than usual. Repetition is good and can be done in increments and often with very little effort once you've given those muscles some practice.
Count your blessings: As long as we're counting, don't forget to count your many blessings. I know, some of you are thinking "What blessings?" They're there, trust me. You just have to take the time, put yourself and your pain aside for a moment or two and look for them. Open your eyes and look out the window. Today I discovered my huge crimson camellia bush is starting to bloom and saw a red-headed woodpecker working away on a tree. If that tree falls on our house, I may appreciate him a bit less. Try looking at all your family pictures or read something inspirational like a positive book or the current Guideposts, online or off. It also helps to call a friend. Others usually have their own problems and blessings to share with you. Counting your blessings takes away your misery for a little while, changes your perspective and allows you to get back in "balance." Losing our balance by concentrating too heavily on our pain and disease can cause the scales to tip, hide the joys in life from our view and rob us of a day of happiness. Life will eventually end so let's count the moments as blessings. Count the days of your life and count the joys. Count the people you love and who love you. It isn't a popularity contest. Five people who love you and you love are a crowd and a blessing. Count on your body helping you if you treat it well. Count on tomorrow being better than today. Have faith in life and it will heal you. You may still have pain but you'll be "on top" because you took charge and didn't just lie there and take it. Fight back and count the many ways you can do it. I'm counting on you and you can count on me.
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The latest sighting followed reports by an Australian crew over the weekend of a floating wooden pallet and strapping belts in an area of the icy southern Indian Ocean that was identified after satellites recorded images of potential debris.
Flight MH370 vanished from civilian radar screens less than an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing with 239 people on board on March 8. No confirmed sighting of the plane has been made since and there is no clue what went wrong.
Attention and resources in the search for the Boeing 777 have shifted from an initial focus north of the equator to an increasingly narrowed stretch of rough sea in the southern Indian Ocean, thousands of miles from the plane's original flight path.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said it had been advised of the Chinese sighting and will use other aircraft scheduled to search the area on Monday to relocate the objects.
The Chinese Ilyushin IL-76 aircraft spotted two "relatively big" floating objects and several smaller white ones dispersed over several kilometres, the Xinhua news agency said.
China has diverted its icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, toward the location where the debris was spotted, Xinhua said. A flotilla of other Chinese ships are also steadily making their way south. Over 150 of the passengers on board the missing plane were Chinese.
In a further sign the search may be bearing fruit, the United States Navy is flying in its high-tech Black Box detector to the area.
The so-called black boxes - the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder - record what happens on board planes in flight. At crash sites, finding the black boxes soon is crucial because the locator beacons they carry fade out after 30 days.
"If debris is found we will be able to respond as quickly as possible since the battery life of the black box's pinger is limited," Commander Chris Budde, U.S. Seventh Fleet Operations Officer, said in an emailed statement.
Budde stressed that bringing in the black box detector, which is towed behind a vessel at slow speeds and can pick up "pings" from a black box to a maximum depth of 20,000 feet, was a precautionary measure.
The Chinese aircraft that spotted the objects was one of two IL-76s searching early on Monday. Another eight aircraft, from New Zealand, Australia, the United States and Japan, were scheduled to make flights throughout the day to the search site, some 2,500 km (1,550 miles) southwest of Perth.
Aircraft flying on Monday were focused on searching by sight, rather than radar, which can be tricky to use because of the high seas and wind in the area.
"It's a lot of water to look for just perhaps a tiny object," Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss told Australian Broadcasting Corp. Radio before the Chinese report.
"Today we expect the weather to deteriorate and the forecast ahead is not that good, so it's going to be a challenge, but we will stick at it," he said.
Australia was also analysing French radar images showing potential floating debris that were taken some 850 kms (530 miles) north of the current search area.
"We only recently got this information and we are still examining it," an AMSA spokeswoman told Reuters by telephone. Malaysia said it received the images on Sunday and passed them on to Australia.
Australia has used a U.S. satellite image of two floating objects to frame its search area. A Chinese satellite has also spotted an object floating in the ocean there, estimated at 22 metres long (74ft) and 13 metres (43ft) wide.
It could not be determined easily from the blurred images whether the objects were the same as those detected by the Australian and Chinese search planes, but the Chinese photograph could depict a cluster of smaller objects, said a senior military officer from one of the 26 nations involved in the search.
The wing of a Boeing 777-200ER is approximately 27 metres long and 14 metres wide at its base, according to estimates derived from publicly available scale drawings. Its fuselage is 63.7 metres long by 6.2 metres wide.
NASA said it would use high-resolution cameras aboard satellites and the International Space Station to look for possible crash sites in the Indian Ocean. The U.S. space agency is also examining archived images collected by instruments on its Terra and Aqua environmental satellites, said NASA spokesman Allard Beutel.
Investigators believe someone on the flight shut off the plane's communications systems. Partial military radar tracking showed it turning west and re-crossing the Malay Peninsula, apparently under the control of a skilled pilot.
That has led them to focus on hijacking or sabotage, but investigators have not ruled out technical problems. Faint electronic "pings" detected by a commercial satellite suggested it flew for another six hours or so, but could do no better than place its final signal on one of two vast arcs north and south.
The lack of solid news has meant a prolonged and harrowing wait for families of the passengers, who have complained in both Beijing and Kuala Lumpur about the absence of information.
A Malaysian statement said a "high-level" team briefed relatives in Beijing on Sunday in a meeting that lasted more than six hours.
While the southern arc is now the main focus of the search, Malaysia says efforts will continue in both corridors until confirmed debris are found.
"We still don't even know for certain if the aircraft is in this area," Truss said earlier on Monday of the southern Indian Ocean search.
"We're just clutching at whatever little piece of information that comes along to try to find the place we can concentrate the efforts."


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LANSING, Mich. (AP) - All 83 Michigan counties could choose to allow off-road recreation vehicles on road shoulders under legislation nearing final approval in Lansing.
Current law lets eight counties in the Lower Peninsula and every county in Upper Peninsula authorize off-road vehicles on road shoulders.
A bill approved 27-11 along party lines Wednesday in the Republican-led Senate could allow the vehicles on more roads if municipalities pass an ordinance. Another bill would let local governments ask the state Department of Transportation for permission to allow off-road vehicles on highway shoulders.
Republicans say the legislation would boost tourism and complain that the state's off-road vehicle trail system is fragmented and riders should have more freedom to travel limited distances. Democrats have safety concerns.
The bills are expected to reach Gov. Rick Snyder soon.


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Elton John's life story is too fantastic for a down-to-Earth biography. Rocketman casts Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service) as the celebrated 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' singer in an uncensored story that reveals all the grand highs and difficult low points of John's five-decade career.
If you were enraptured by Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman will take you even further into the stratosphere, as Elton John's story becomes the fuel for musical fantasy sequences that break the bounds of reality. Dexter Fletcher, who worked on the Queen biopic, directs. Jamie Bell, Richard Madden and Bryce Dallas Howard co-star.
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- James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe were considered to play Elton John.
- Reg Dwight chose his stage name after his band-mates Elton Dean and Long John Baldry, but the movie implies his new persona's surname honors John Lennon.
- John Reid: There are moments in a rock star's life that define who he is and how people perceive him as he ascends into the heavens. You lit the blue touch paper. Now we can all see you shooting light and color into the night sky. Where there was darkness, there is now... you, Elton John. You could do anything you want. You can be anyone you want. And it's going to be a wild ride.
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Great movie, but often a sad one, and often because people who think homosexuality is an abomination ARE an abomination themselves.
What a great movie. Almost as good, but I think better than Bohemian Rhapsody. Music was great and the actors were spot on. A definite must see movie!!!!
As a fantasia on the making of Elton John, Rocketman at the very least commits wholeheartedly to its flashy eccentricity, and for many, that will be more than fun enough.
Rocketman is so energetic that it's possible to be swept away by its enthusiasm for putting Reg on a pedestal. Too often, though, the film just flattens you, demanding fealty to Sir Elton.


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LONDON — People who use marijuana before driving are nearly twice as likely to cause a car crash as those not under the influence of alcohol or drugs, according to a Canadian analysis of previous studies.
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Experts at Dalhousie University in Canada reviewed nine studies of more than 49,000 people involved in accidents on public roads involving one or more motor vehicles, including cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles. Marijuana use was confirmed by blood tests or self-reporting.
Researchers found drivers who had used marijuana within three hours of beginning to drive had nearly double the risk of causing a collision, especially those that were fatal.
Marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug worldwide and rates of its use in drivers are increasing. A 2007 study in Scotland found 15 percent of 537 drivers aged 17 to 39 had used marijuana within 12 hours.
Some experts said education campaigns about the dangers of doing drugs before driving wouldn't work.
People "will also need to be persuaded that they are at risk of their cannabis use being detected," wrote Wayne Hall of the University of Queensland in an accompanying editorial.
Hall said more research was needed to prove whether roadside drug testing, as introduced in parts of Australia and the U.S., actually prevents more drug-related car accidents.
The study was published Friday in the journal, BMJ.
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Another treasure I discovered at BOOKSALE. Only 60pesos and no one even seemed to give this one the time of day. I must say, this power I have is definitely to my advantage, to know a good book when I see a good book.
August Brill, a 72-year-old man, narrates a story to himself every night due to insomnia. The activity, he claims, is the only thing that gets him through the dark when his mind is at its most active.
This night, he narrates a story about Owen Brick.
Brick, a magician, sent to another parallel dimension of America in 2007 was given a mission. This America is at war with itself. A secession has happened.
He was ordered to kill the man who is making this universe, this horrible place. The man who was telling himself the story. In order for chaos to stop, Brill must die.
This is absolutely one of the most original stories I've read. Very indie. A book with no target-reader. Just unadulterated literature to the very core.
Paul Auster, a seasoned writer, recipient of the Prince of Austrias Prize for Literature(just one of the many awards he has), changed my perception in the field of selecting books.
Let's face it, everyone gets scared of reading books. The feeling that we might not be good enough or bright enough, the fear of not being able to comprehend a story.
I think as any fear the mind solely creates, there's nothing to be insecure as long as it's on the subject of entering a universe an author created. You will never feel that you're in the wrong place, he is opening this world to you through pages, through paragraphs and set of words.
If it's a book, you are always welcome.
Something I found in the book, very thought-provoking.
Based on this 16th-century Italian philosopher named Giordano Bruno: if God is infinite, and if the powers of God are infinite, then there must be an infinite number of worlds.


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Volunteers from ESPN continued their tradition of giving back by assisting Southington Community Services' Thanksgiving event, held at the Drive-in Pavilion on Monday.
Under the pavilion, volunteers spent the morning sorting and organizing boxes of food for residents who are in need. By noon, residents lined up to bring home their turkeys, mashed potatoes, and apple pies donated by Roger's Orchards.
"Our family believes very strongly in supporting our community," said John Rogers, who donated 88 apple pies and 180 bags of apples from his farm. "We get satisfaction helping people in our community."
Besides food, Community Services also distributed winter coats, all lined up on a rack so residents receiving donations could also keep warm during the winter. By the early afternoon, three-fourths of the coats were already donated. About 15 volunteers from Community Services helped out during the event, bringing supplies over the weekend to make sure that preparations ran smoothly for Monday.
"It feels good to know that you are helping families," said Mark Fazzolari, the assistant director of Southington Community Services.
Janet Mellon, the director of Southington Community Services, said she feels thrilled how the Thanksgiving event turned out, especially with its new location. Last year the event took place at Camp Sloper, which also provided plenty of space.
"This worked out wonderfully," Mellon said. "It is closer. It is right on the main route."
ESPN employees have collaborated with Community Services for at least eight years, calling the event one of their favorite ways to give back.
"This is one of our favorite events of the entire year," said Corporate Outreach Program Manager Don Brooks. "It is the most interaction they get with the community, to see the faces they serve."
The annual Thanksgiving event serves as just one way ESPN plans to lend helping hand this holiday season, since the company's "50 Days of Thanks and Giving" kicked off earlier this month. "50 Days of Thanks and Giving" provides employees with at least 70 opportunities to give back to different communities.
Brooks said "50 Days" serves as a reminder for all ESPN employees that they can engage in a variety of different community service events.
"It reminds employees that they have a lot to be thankful for," Brooks said, adding that volunteering has become a major part of ESPN's culture.
About 100 volunteers participated in the Thanksgiving event, including Andy Lachapelle, a Quality Assurance Architect at ESPN. Lachapelle said the holidays would not feel the same if he did not return as a volunteer.
"It would not be Thanksgiving unless I did this," Lachapelle said. "It makes me feel good."
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President Barack Obama launched an overt charm offensive on Israel, casting himself as a friend of Benjamin Netanyahu in a fresh attempt to revive the ailing peace process and heal sharp differences on Iran.
In a dramatic change of tack from the confrontational approach during his first term as president, Mr Obama acknowledged that he had failed in his goal to achieve progress toward a two-state solution with the Palestinans.
"I have not always been as deft as I could have been," he admitted. "Having tried to achieve peace in my first term, I must have screwed up somehow."
Mr Obama's confession came in a joint press conference with Mr Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, in which the two men's famous mutual antipathy seemed to melt away in a flurry of warm words and jokes at each other's expense.
But the apparent love-in was also interspersed with statements of solidarity on issues such as the Syria civil war and Iran's nuclear programme.
Mr Obama first addressed allegations about the use of chemical weapons in Syria, saying that, if proved, it was letting the "genie out of the bottle".
He said he had ordered an investigation in to the claims.
"Once we establish the facts, I have made clear that the use of chemical weapons is a game changer," Mr Obama said. "When you start seeing weapons that can cause potential devastation and mass casualties and you let that genie out of the bottle, then you are looking potentially at even more horrific scenes than we've already seen in Syria. And the international community has to act on that additional information."
On Iran, the president sought to assuage Mr Netanyahu's fears by insisting that his goal was to stop Tehran getting a nuclear weapon rather than a policy of containment. The two men have frequently been at loggerheads over the issue – and even yesterday, distinctions between the two were clear. Mr Obama said there was still time for a diplomatic solution. The Israeli prime minister insisted that the increasingly tough sanctions regime was not working.
But Mr Obama said he recognised Israel's right to take decisions in its own defence. Mr Netanyahu seized on that acknowledgment to hint that he may launch a go-it-alone strike on Iranian nuclear facilities – although he said he was convinced of Mr Obama's determination to stop Iran building a bomb.
"I really appreciate that," he said. But he added: "I also appreciate that he said that the Jewish people have come back to the land of Israel to be masters of their own fate. Israel has the right to defend itself by itself."
President Obama has cast himself as a friend of Benjamin Netanyahu in a fresh attempt to revive the ailing peace process and heal sharp differences on Iran
More striking than the shared interests was the change of mood. The US president called Mr Netanyahu by his child-hood nickname, Bibi, several times and, in one extraordinary moment, the Israeli prime minister appeared on the verge of tears as Mr Obama paid tribute to his late brother Yoni, who was killed while taking part in a commando raid to free hostages at Entebbe airport in Uganda in 1976.
The scene had followed a moment of levity when the president remarked on Mr Netanyahu's sons, who he said had acquired their goods looks from their mother, Sara. "I could say the same of your two daughters," Mr Netanyahu replied. Without missing a beat, Mr Obama took it in his stride: "That's our job as leaders, to widen the gene pool by finding women better than ourselves."
Mr Netanyahu – whom Mr Obama is reported to have once called a "political coward" – was clearly impressed. "I think people should get to know President Obama the way I have got to know him," he said.
The conversation crystallised a day in which Mr Obama – on his first trip to Israel as US leader – seemed eager to abandon his previous confrontational method in favour of open shows of empathy. He voiced a hope that his visit would help to turn a fresh-page in attempts at resolving the Israeli-Palestinian issue and reaffirmed his belief in a two-state solution.
Earlier, he had declared that the alliance between America and Israel was "eternal" after emerging from Air Force One into brilliant spring sunshine at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport.
Greeted by Mr Netanyahu, President Shimon Peres and a phalanx of Israeli politicians and dignitaries, he drew a round of applause by merely uttering the word "shalom" before delivering a speech that voiced hopes for peace without mentioning the Palestinians by name.
"We stand together because peace must come to the Holy Land," the president said. "Even as we are clear eyed about the difficulties, we will never lose sight of the vision of an Israel at peace with its neighbours."
Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu visit an Iron Dome battery
Before inspecting the Iron Dome anti-missile system partly funded by the US and deployed by Israel against rockets fired from Gaza in an eight-day conflict last November, the poor chemistry between the two men seemed to improve.
"Thank you for unequivocally affirming Israel's sovereign right to defend itself by itself against any threat," Mr Netanyahu said.
Mr Obama took the chance for a light-hearted joke at the prime minister's expense after being told by an official to "follow the red line" in reference to the red carpet. "He's always talking to me about red lines," he said, referring to Mr Netanyahu's phrase for stopping Iran's alleged nuclear weapons programme.
In return, Mr Netanyahu made joking reference to Mr Obama's wish – expressed in an Israeli TV interview last week – to travel around Israel incognito.
"If you get away from your security detail, we've picked out a few bars and cafes in Tel Aviv," he said, referring to president by his first name. "We've even prepared a fake moustache for you."
Then, in a gesture that seemed to symbolise the ice melting, the two men indulged in some awkwardly choreographed body language.
The two leaders walk with their jackets over their shoulders
In near 80 degree temperatures, Mr Obama removed his jacket and swung it casually over his shoulder, before Mr Netnyahu, hesitating momentarily, followed suit.
The warmth of the Israeli welcome contrasted with the expressions of sentiments and outright opposition among Palestinians to Mr Obama's visit.
More than 100 activists in the West Bank set up a protest camp in the sensitive E1 area, where Mr Netanyahu's government last year announced plans to build settlements in defiance of international condemnation that it would damage the chances of establishing a Palestinian state.
A Palestinian activist in Hebron
"We are here to send a message to President Obama, our struggle, our non-violent peaceful resistance will continue until we are free," Mustafa Barghouthi, a Palestinian politician, told reporters at the scene.
There were also protests in Gaza, where demonstrators set fire to pictures of Mr Obama and US flags. "Palestinian blood is on your hands Obama" read one banner. Another said: "Obama, the Hitler of the 21st century."


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Baylor Pounds Tennessee for Final Four Bid
DES MOINES (AP) -- Brittney Griner had 23 points, 15 rebounds and nine blocks before being ejected with less than a minute left and top-seeded Baylor rolled over Tennessee 77-58 Monday night to advance to the Final Four.
Shekinna Strickland had 22 points for Tennessee (27-9), whose seniors became its first four-year class not to reach a Final Four.
The second-seeded Lady Vols now face an uncertain future, as Pat Summitt has yet to say if she'll return for a 39th season as Tennessee coach. She announced in August she'd been diagnosed with early onset dementia, Alzheimer's type.
The Lady Bears (38-0), who are back in the national semifinals for the second time in three years, will face either Stanford or Duke on Sunday night in Denver.
Baylor's Odyssey Sims, who led the Bears with 27 points, tumbled to the floor with 46.8 seconds left, and she and Strickland had to be separated. No punches were thrown, but Griner and teammates Terran Condrey and Jordan Madden were ejected for leaving the bench.
The NCAA says none of the players will be suspended for the Final Four.
Should Baylor win it all next week, it'll become the first men's or women's team in NCAA history to finish a year with 40 wins.
As for Summitt, she was given a standing ovation from Tennessee and Baylor fans alike when she came out roughly 15 minutes before tipoff. But as defeat became apparent, she sat silently on the bench with her legs crossed.
Summitt has 1,098 wins, more than any basketball coach in NCAA history.
But Baylor was too much for her Lady Vols.
Like most of Baylor's games this season, the Bears regional semifinal was more about dominance than drama - until a scrum in the final minute.
Baylor led 35-20 at halftime despite a poor start shooting from Griner. Tennessee made a spirited charge to start the second half, highlighted when Glory Johnson scored a second-chance bucket on Griner and simply smiled when Griner tossed her to the floor.
But the Bears are unbeaten because they're much more than Griner.
Sims followed a layup through traffic with a 3, to help Bears go back ahead 49-38 with 11:12 to go. Tennessee made one final run, cutting a 19-point deficit to 64-53 with 4:48 left, but Griner finished off the Lady Vols with six points in the next minute.
Johnson had 19 points and 14 rebounds for Tennessee, which had a habit of starting poorly.
But the Lady Vols were ready for this one - at least for the first few minutes.
Tennessee double-teamed Griner with center Vicki Baugh and help defenders, and Griner hit just three of 10 shots in the first half. But the Lady Vols missed nine shots in a row after an early lead, and Baylor slowly built its edge to 26-16 on three straight buckets by Sims and a 3 from Hayden.
Baylor's lead grew to 35-20 in Johnson's absence, as Tennessee shot an abysmal 22.9 percent in the first half.
The Lady Vols hung close with Baylor in late November before losing 76-67. The rematch wasn't nearly as close, sending the Bears onto Denver and Tennessee grappling with the possibility that Summitt's career is over after 38 seasons and eight national titles.


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Freeride Tour athletes brave rocky terrain
KIRKWOOD –Hero conditions would have been nice, but they weren't mandatory.
The only things mandatory Wednesday were massive airs and knees of rubber to ride out the boilerplate landings.
That's what separates the Freeride World Tour riders from the rest. They don't need two feet of fresh powder, or try even one inch, to slay The Cirque. They are the elite of big mountain shredding, and on Wednesday they dropped into Kirkwood Mountain Resort to shred some raw and exposed terrain, laden with mandatory cliff drops straight to concrete-stiff landings.
"You pick your line out from down here, but things always look different down on the bottom than when you're skiing off of them," said Josh Daiek, a Kirkwood skier and 2012 Freeskiing World Tour champion. "Sometimes all of sudden you're in the air and the landing doesn't look as good as you thought it did, and you've just got to square up for it and use all your suspension. Flex the knees, ankles, compress some vertebra and hope for the best."
Daiek was among 61 big-mountain skiers and riders hoping for the best Wednesday. The conditions were less than ideal as they converged on The Cirque for the fourth and only U.S. stop of the SWATCH Freeride World Tour (FWT) by The North Face 2013.
The competition was as steep as the terrain, but U.S. athletes managed to claim first in men's skiing, women's skiing, men's snowboarding and podium in women's snowboarding. Squaw Valley skier Jackie Paaso and snowboarder Ryland Bell, who also rides out of Squaw, both took first in their divisions.
Kirkwood snowboarder Casey Lucas kicked the competition off, taking the first run of the day under early-morning, icy shadows.
"The top section on the ridge to get to chicken shoot was boiler plate ice. Up there you're trying to just stay fast and fluid and strong," Lucas said.
Lucas cleanly landed her first air and shot over solid ice to get into her second air. From the spectators' view, it looked like a clean landing, but she landed on an icy bulge and kicked back a little. She road it out, but the judges deducted for the bobble, giving her a 59.33 for fourth place.
Current women's snowboard tour leader Margot Rozies from Pyrenees, France, took first (64.00), with a fast and fluid run despite being sick.
"I woke up this morning and considered not competing actually. However, I managed to get myself pumped for competition," Rozies said.
French snowboarder Elodie Mouthon linked two airs at the top and chose a creative line for second (63.67). Shannan Yates, of Snowbird, Utah, picked the trickiest line among the women snowboarders and landed in third (61.33).
Iris Lazzareschi of Squaw Valley got off to a solid start, but a fall halfway through her run dropped her to seventh.
"I came down into the next gut and hit a cliff on the way out and then tomahawked. My nose just went under the crunchy snow," Lazzareschi said. "After that, I just went through my line and hit four more airs, tried to do some grabs and tried to recover from the tomahawk."
Up next was women's skiing, and team Squaw Valley had better luck in this round.
Paaso toned down her usual massive airs and skied a smart and controlled run. She linked a number of airs through technical sections for a first-place finish (71.67). Paaso fell in the two earlier FWT stops, and needed to earn a podium position to improve her overall ranking on the tour and potentially progress to Verbier.
"Luckily, I had three cliffs that were kind of easy to find, easy to get into, and once I got into there I kind of tamed it down a little, and skied smart," Paaso said. "It feels good to finally stay on my feet."
Rounding out the women's ski podium was Pia Nic Gundersen of Norway in second place (67.00) and Ashley Maxfield of Vermont, who landed in third with 63.00.
The men's skiing competition was up next as the sun started to slightly warm the icy Cirque. It was a fiercely competitive field of 31 skiers, but it came as no surprise that a skier from the East Coast handled the shaved conditions best.
Lars Chickering-Ayers, of Mad River Glen, Vt., was the first skier to navigate through a tricky route in the heart of The Cirque. Once he smoothly sailed through the rocky section, he charged through an incredibly technical chute for a winning score of 75.33.
"I wasn't really planning to win here," Chickering-Ayers said. "I just came out to spend time with family and have fun. I have skied these type of conditions in competitions in the past and knew how to deal with them. The skiing was my favorite part of the day."
Julien Lopez of La Plagne, France, took second place (73.00) with his signature giant back flip. Representing the Southern Alps of New Zealand, Charlie Lyons landed the third podium position (72.00) with a playful run consisting of a big air off the top and several significant cliffs.
Daiek threw down a massive run, but kicked back on one of his landings, dropping him to 12th by the end of the afternoon.
The men snowboarding field wrapped up the afternoon with Bell, a wild-card recipient, scoring 87.67 and picking up another first place for Squaw.
Bell faced the most difficult conditions of the day. The late afternoon shadows cast low light and by this point any give in the snow was firmly stomped out or carved off. Bell left nothing on the ice, throwing a backside 360 at the top of his run, a frontside 360 in the middle and another backside 360 with a grab toward the bottom of the venue.
"This was my first win ever," Bell said. "My stoke level is really high. I wanted to do tricks, try to flow and have fun."
Also out of Squaw Valley, Sammy Luebke finished in second place (80.00), launching a method at the beginning of his run. He maintained high speeds through the run and smoothly navigated the middle rocks, the most technical section of the venue.
The final podium spot in the men's snowboard category went to Emilien Badoux of Valais Alpes, Switzerland (73.67), who threw a 540 rodeo near the bottom of his run.
The FWT will continue on to its final stop at Fieberbrunn Pillerseetal, Austria, on March 9. From their the top three athletes in each field will continue on to Verbier, Switzerland, on March 23. Follow the FWT on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/freerideworldtour.
– Mountain Sports International contributed to this story.


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – As part of National Volunteer Week, Georgia College & State University's GIVE Center and director Kendall Stiles recently released the school's Top 30 Active Volunteers list, with Bobcat cross country standout Heather Raines (Lawrenceville, Ga.) earning a spot.
Raines has logged 400 volunteer hours over the past year, and is listed fifth among all Georgia College students.
National Volunteer Week, a signature event of Points of Light Institute, celebrates ordinary people doing extraordinary things to improve communities across the nation. Commemorating the one-year anniversary of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act and the Volunteer Generation Fund, GCSU's theme -- Celebrating People in Action -- honors individuals who take action and solve significant problems in their communities. April is Volunteer Appreciation Month and the GIVE Center recognizes the top active volunteers from May 1, 2009 until March 29, 2010.
Raines was a two-time Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Runner of the Week, helping lead her squad to runner-up honors at the PBC Championships, the highest finish in school history.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Georgia College prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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What: The Independent Curators International (ICI) Annual Benefit and Auction, this year honoring Miuccia Prada with the Leo Award and Italian art historian and critic Germano Celant with the Agnes Gund Curatorial Award.
When: Tuesday, November 19th
Where: Center548 in New York, which was tricked out with projection screens, courtesy of Artsy, that kept guests appraised of the silent auction bidding throughout the night. (The event raised $600,000 for the organization.)
Who: Agnes Gund, ICI Trustee Emerita who presented the awards; Sofia Coppola, Marina Abramovic, CHRISTO, Dasha Zhukova, Peter Brant and Stephanie Seymour, and Andres Serrano.
Why: Miuccia couldn't make it, but no matter. Celant accepted her award on behalf of the Fondazione Prada.


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Ah, Bleeping Relics, we meet again. The Beligan retro crew with a taste for rad hardware (and a very nice camera) are this episode sitting down with Puck Monster, a rather crude Pac-Man clone.
Which should be a recipe for five minutes of boredom, but this isn't about game reviews, or judging companies who choose to copy other company's games.
It's about appreciating interesting old pieces of video game hardware. Which this certainly is.
#002 • LSI GAKKEN PUCK MONSTER [Bleeping Relics]


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Life with Picasso
Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1964 - 373 pages
Francoise Gilot met Picasso during the German occupation of Paris, she was twenty-one, he was sixty-two. For nearly a decade, Gilot shared her life with this giant of the art world, giving birth to two of his children, working as his model, and sharing his world. This uniquely candid and vivid memoir takes readers behind the Piccasso legend to meet the man.
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We were lucky to snag one of the fancy-schmancy new subway trains with no partitions between the cars. We could see all the way from front to back. As we settled in, a small older woman entered, smiling. I was about to get up to offer her my seat when she started to dance.
She chanted to us, entertaining us with her one-woman evangelical flash mob. Many patrons smiled, and some kept their gaze at their laps. Of course I applauded during a pause, thinking her performance was over. But she kept going for three or four stops before blessing us and leaving the train.
Halfway through her gig, a young man sat across from us. He quietly slid a single Tall Boy of Carlsberg beer out of his LCBO bag and cracked it open. After draining it, he put the paper bag and the can under his seat. The doors opened and a breeze sent the paper bag into the next compartment, and the can tipped over and rolled against his heel. He ignored it. Perhaps he was christening the new subway train in his own way, or maybe he was pre-drinking in preparation for St. Patrick's Day.
We exited at Osgoode Station and walked along Queen Street West to a store called The Silver Snail. I expected a cramped store with stacks of comic books like in The Big Bang Theory, but this place was awesome. Every collectible you could imagine (except Game of Thrones, darn them) were stacked on shelves on two floors.
I couldn't resist the 12" figurine of Simon Pegg as
Shaun of the Dead (you've got some red on you)
and lucky me, it was 20% off.
If I had $450, I could've got one of these.
We walked north on Spadina and happened upon a parade in Chinatown with lots of young people carrying yellow placards and beating drums. I helped an elderly gentleman extract his scooter from a dip in the sidewalk, and we forged on through the vegetable markets.
We waited at the cash register and a family walked in with a boy who looked around twelve or thirteen. His eyes lit, his face flushed. "Whoa! This is awesome! This is the best place ever!"
He looked like he was going to hyperventilate. If I'd brought my kids here at his age, they would probably have reacted the same way. I told his mother there was a guy restoring stuff on the second floor, and she immediately summoned her boy and told him, "Come upstairs! You're going to see something amazing!"
I'll go there again, especially if they have a Wesley Crusher action figure.
As we passed Grossman's Tavern, I noticed that Stevie Ray Vaughan had played the previous night. My brother would have loved that. I also noticed the graffiti in the doorway, which made me pout a little. Grossman's deserves better, and somebody had better get their ass out there and scrub that stuff off.
We skirted U of T and hit a small game store near Bloor. While my daughter scanned the shelves for vintage bargains, I hit the used book store a few doors to the south.
Books! Books stacked to the ceiling! Books piled on the floor! If this store held wands, it would be Ollivander's wand shop. When I entered, I saw one brave soul at the top of one ladder, going through books near the 20 foot high ceiling. At first I thought he was one of the owners, but no, he was a customer, wearing his trench coat and carefully going through the titles.
I didn't have his energy. Wooden plaques graced the shelves, from Anthologies to Zambia. Fiction and non-fiction, paperbacks and old art books. I suffered from sensory overload and every book I ever wanted to look for flew from my head like so many little birdies.
I looked for the proprietor, and as I approached the back wall I saw her wooly white hair floating behind the high counter as she sat reading and listening to the radio.
Our day ended with a desperate bid for street meat (we hadn't eaten for five hours) and a subway ride back to Finch station and a drive home, where the fog hung over our home town, showing a pale disk that was the sun. It looked like we were descending on some dystopian Newmarket. Dinner ensued.
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Firstly the Strawberry Fair
We have a stall down there for so if you are about do pop in and say hello. Maybe make a dragonfly if you like too. I haven't got a massive sound system rigged up so music from the Reggae tent will have to suffice.
Work on the Fen
I haven't blogged for a while as much of my time has been spent managing the paperwork relating to the practical side of weed control. So lots or risk assessments COSHH and so on for me.
We have been getting up to date with our tree care at the Community Wood at White Fen and getting the front of house work like picnic areas up to scratch. Maddy has been working on Burwell Fen,
and Hurdle Hall where we are finally beginning to catch up and get things looking better. Reach Lode Bridge
The tree care at White Fen ties into our weed control. In simple terms we are duty bound to control the spread of weeds such as Ragwort and Creeping Thistle. We do this in a number of ways including spraying and topping. When we are topping we cut the area prior to the nesting season and then keep the sward low to deter birds from nesting during the season. The cutting is then continued to prevent the weeds from growing and seeding. This ties in to the tree care on White Fen as we don't want the saplings to get swamped by the vegetation growing next to them. The gardeners at Anglesey Abbey kindly lent us their Agria so we could get up and down the rows as they are too small for our usual mower.
Today we went out and gave the Wild Campsite some much needed TLC including some new barriers on the toilet ramp and handles for the shutters inside. Lois and Lizzie can been seen here working away.
We then popped down to Tubney Fen to get some front of house work and mowing done.
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Central coast enclave mixes natural beauty with the historic, eccentric
The blubbery hubbub was like a scene from National Geographic TV. Packed flipper-to-flipper on a central California beach, thousands of massive elephant seals noisily fought with each other, brutishly mated, lazily lounged or nursed saucer-eyed babies. Suddenly, one of the bulbous-nosed 5,000-pound bulls of this rare rookery would let out a mad bellow, rise up like a sea monster and slog across the sand to conquer another female for his harem.
"Oh look," the blue-jacketed docent casually said, as we stood on a raised viewing platform staring down at the mesmerizing marine mayhem. "There's a seagull eating a placenta — that seal over there just gave birth." A shiny black pup rested next to a new mom, who soon barred her teeth at an approaching aquatic Lothario.
Watching this colossal colony of pinnipeds — they're called elephant seals because their pendulous schnozzes resemble trunks — is an extraordinary experience especially during mating season. It was first on my to-do list during a trip to Cambria, a picturesque pine tree-shrouded enclave hailed by Forbes as one of "America's Prettiest Towns" and boasting sweeping views of rugged unspoiled coast plus a quaint inland hub of Victorian-motif shops and restaurants.
Cambria is also as slow-moving as elephant seals (who are actually about 14 miles north), so during a 24-hour girls' getaway we had to step it into gear. We were blown away (literally) by spectacular vistas while strolling the boardwalk on wind-whipped cliffs of Moonstone Beach (where you can find the namesake translucent stones that supposedly wield magical powers and crank up your love engine); visited an 1870-built house-turned-museum (where one former occupant, a Prohibition bootlegger, embedded jugs of whiskey in the basement's wall); ducked into a still-serving Wild West saloon originally established in 1866 (now a dive bar); explored specialty shops selling strange stuff (like Confit of Jasmine Flowers and olallieberry licorice); and overnighted in a terrific
I've been to that opulent San Simeon estate before, so this trip I decided to see another registered California Historical Landmark that couldn't be, uh, trashier. Nitt Witt Ridge, which the state recognized in 1986 as "remarkable 20th century folk art," is a trash-created, dilapidating ramshackle residence built over a 50-year span by Cambria's garbage collector, the curmudgeonly recluse Art Beal (aka Capt. Nitt Witt and Der Tinkerpaw), now deceased. Beal bought a 2.5-acre lot in 1928, and wielding pick and shovel, constructed a spectacle from junk like abalone shells, car rims, broken tiles he supposedly lifted from Hearst Castle's rubbish, toilets and Busch beer cans (he enjoyed a "coffee break" every 15 minutes, which explains the gazillion Busch containers).
"This is the anti-Hearst castle," said current owner and plumber Mike O'Malley, after unlocking the vandal-thwarting chain-link fence surrounding the terraced oddity. We soon stood in a creepy rundown kitchen with rotting wood cabinets, falling plaster and dust-covered canned goods, seemingly untouched since bachelor Beal, at age 93, moved to a nursing home in 1989 (the last time the home was inhabited). "Beal's Metamucil is still right there."
O'Malley (who assured that everything is so petrified "even the rats don't want it") ran out of money to fix up the weird wonder but he still gives tours that include Beal's decrepit bedroom with a closet full of his musty clothes and a cheeky two-seater outhouse in the yard.
After this, you'll need fresh air. On the other side of Highway 1 is motel-lined Moonstone Beach Drive, where you can amble along a mile-long ocean bluff boardwalk through fields of mustard flowers and sage. Listen to waves crash and the barking of sea lions on rocks. Take the staircases down to creature-filled tide pools on the pristine beach.
Back in downtown's East Village (the West Village is more commercial), let the friendly docents talk your ear off at the Cambria Historical Museum, once the abode of illegal hooch importer Eugenio Bianchini. Check out ghostly memorabilia discovered when the Victorian-era structure was restored a decade ago, including a partial woman's shoe, circa 1900, from under the home; a 1916-dated Christmas card that had slipped behind the mantle and a doll figurine's leg buried in a barbecue pit.
The docents can also direct you to the building formerly known as the Bucket of Blood Saloon, a post-World War II watering hole nicknamed for its booze-fueled fistfights. That honky-tonk is gone but still open is another relic, Camozzi's Saloon, now called Mozzi's, and touted as "the last remnant of the cowboy bar" in Cambria. On a Sunday afternoon in this Main Street joint — which is festooned with vintage photos, deer heads and cowpoke gear — the clientele looked grizzled. And pickled.
Enough local color. Cruise over to the Cambria Pines Lodge, a relaxing rustic retreat that offers 152 rooms spread over 43 cabinlike buildings and perched on 25 acres of Monterey pines and themed landscaped gardens. In the main lodge, you'll be welcomed by purring house cat Smokey, a huge river rock fireplace, and chandeliers of naturally shed antlers.
It was truly cheap thrills because Cambria Pines often has Travelzoo specials; for $149, my two friends and I had a spacious suite overlooking the forest, dinner for two at the lodge restaurant (we paid for the third), a bottle of wine and a hot breakfast buffet for all of us. We wandered the fun fountain-flowing grounds that include a Herb Garden, Organic Kitchen Garden, Rose Garden, and Succulent Garden.
The best was The Flower Bed, which was a bed (like one you snore in) brimming with plants and anchored by a painted footboard reading, "A Place to Dream." After a busy bizarre day of elephant seals and Nitt Witts, it seemed like a great idea.
If you go
Elephant seal viewing: Along Highway 1 about seven miles past Hearst Castle turnoff. Viewing free. Seals can be seen year-round although not always the entire population. Check website for details; www.elephantseal.org or (805) 924-1628.
Nitt Witt Ridge: 881 Hillcrest Drive. Call for tour appointments. $10 donation requested. Better yet, drive by and see it from the street for free. (805) 927-2690.
Cambria Historical Museum: 2251 Center St. Open Friday-Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m. and Monday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Admission free. (805) 927-2891 or cambriahistoricalsociety.com.
Cambria Pines Lodge: 2905 Burton Drive. Rates for April start at $119 for standard room. But look for upcoming Travelzoo deal. (805) 927-4200 or www.cambriapineslodge.com.


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Soon after unveiling Mexican international striker Nery Castillo as the Chicago Fire's new Designated Player Saturday night, we put out an edict to our fans to submit your questions for an exclusive Q&A with the Chicago-bound forward.
We received many very good questions, relating to his time with the Mexican national team, his club career and even some that were very personal in nature. Check out what Nery had to say below….
Angel Medina asks…
Who has been your biggest professional influence to this point in your career? Why?
I would just say my family, who has always supported me. There is no specific person in soccer that has had a particularly significant influence on me. In general, you learn things as you get older, with experience, in soccer and in life. But my family's support was always constant, and that has always been very important to me.
Manny One asks…
With you coming to the United States, are you planning on getting an English nickname?
Some people call me "Beto," which came from "Alberto," as in "Nery Alberto Castillo." Maybe in the United States I will earn a new nickname.
WATCH: Clips of Nery Castillo throughout the years
Kevin Ortega asks…
How do you see yourself fitting in the playmaking role for the club?
I have played as a playmaker most of my career -- with Olympiakos, with the Mexican National Team. I like to play behind the striker or strikers, and have the freedom to be creative.
Hernan Leon asks…
How did you decide to play for the Chicago Fire instead of all the Mexican teams that were looking for your services?
I could have gone to Mexico. I chose to come to Chicago because they showed real affection and faith in me. Now I have to repay that faith with my performances on the field.
Twitter user CySuBallz asks…
With the huge reception that Cuauhtemoc Blanco received when coming here, how do you feel Mexican fans will receive you here?
I think they will receive me with joy. When I play, I want to make them happy. I want them to say, "Thank you," with goals, wins, and hopefully a championship.
I know there will be many Greek fans as well; obviously I have a history in Greece, and my wife is Greek, and it will feel good to have a relationship with Chicago's Greek community.
I want to have a connection with the fans, but not only the Mexican and Greek fans -- with all those that support the Chicago Fire.
Twitter user Abe_S asks…
Nery have you ever been to Chicago and what do you know and think of the Chicago Fire?
I played for Mexico at Soldier Field in the 2007 Gold Cup Final against the United States, but I haven't yet played at Toyota Park. I had a nice experience in Chicago -- it is a very nice city, and I am very happy to be arriving.
I know [Cuauhtemoc] Blanco was there, of course. I am learning more about the team now. I know it is a good team and I am hoping we can win a championship. When he was with San Luis, my father actually played against Carlos de los Cobos while he was playing for Club America in the Mexican Primera. He was my father's friend -- I think that we share that connection and it will be good for us as we begin our relationship.
Facebook user Craig Tower asks…
How do you see yourself fitting in among the existing (Fire) forwards, especially Brian McBride and Collins John? And did you talk with Cuauhtemoc before committing to Chicago?
I have a good relationship with Cuauhtemoc, we have spoken in the past about Chicago and the United States, but no I did not speak to him while I was considering coming to Chicago, because I was making the decision that was best for me.
Brian McBride is a very good player. I think we can form a good partnership. I think that a player with his qualities would benefit by playing with a player with my qualities -- someone who can play off of him and create chances. I think we can compliment each other very well, but I feel confident that I can play well with all of the Fire players.
Julio Pineda asks…
How have you and your family coped with the loss of both your parents last year?
It is difficult, of course. I am dealing with it. I have my wife, my daughter. I have my brother. Together, we support each other. My parents had to leave for a reason. Now I have to continue on.
Peter Sayers asks…
Could you talk about the shoulder injury you suffered during your time with Manchester City? How long did that take you off the pitch and has your recovery been?
I started well at Manchester City, and then I suffered the injury. I was out of action for a couple of months. It interrupted my experience, my rhythm there and eventually things changed at the club. It was not a serious injury in that it would continue to affect me, I am well past it.
Esperanza Nolivos asks…
I heard that you and your wife are expecting twins. Congratulations! Will she be traveling with you to Chicago?
Yes we are. Thank you! My wife will be traveling with me to Chicago.


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With a potent and natural-sounding mixture of desert groove and classic rock jangle, the mostly-German four-piece Iguana debuted earlier this year with Get the City Love You, a 10-track LP steeped in love of '90s melodicism and post-Queens of the Stone Age lumber. That influence shows up particularly on cuts like "Vague as a Mirage" and "Get the City Love You," which have some of the style of low-end push that made British outfit Crystal Head's first album so engaging earlier this year, but it's only a sliver of the whole breadth of Iguana's work. Even the title-track isn't so limited, winding up in a start-stop that reminds of Primus' "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" as well as the aforementioned desert thud.
Helping any grunge comparison you might want to make, vocalist Alexander Lörinczy (also guitar) boasts elements of classic Chris Cornell in his style, and though it's an easy comparison to make, that winds up adding to the individuality of Iguana, since the music surrounding moves from the dreamy laid-back psych of "Morning Eve" to the Easternisms of "Madinat al Yasmin," the early central figure of which I'd swear I've come across before either from Master Musicians of Bukkake or in one of Siena Root's endearing raags. "Madinat al Yasmin" moves into vaguely-doomed stomp, with Alexander May's bass featuring heavily in the mix alongside psychedelic leads and insistent riffing from Lörinczy and guitarist Thomas May. Even with two guitars, though, Get the City Love You doesn't feel thicker than it should, keeping some space in the recording from the start of opener "New Moon Flyby," which barely hints at the stylistic complexity to come, despite being a solid execution of Alice in Chains-style harmonizing.
There's a lot to soak in on the 48-minute album, and after the eight-minute "Fukushima 50" — which boasts a circuitous rhythm that would make Fatso Jetson proud — the ensuing "Über-Idolizer" has a difficult task in distinguishing itself through a slower tempo. Nonetheless, Lörinczy's easy moves into and out of falsetto and drummer Robert Meier's bluesy kick drum make the track more than an afterthought, and a layered chorus in the penultimate "Down on You" ensure that the momentum carries into understated closer "Freshly Tranquilized," which caps the promising debut with a warm instrumental build, no more or less sweetly-toned than anything Iguana has had on offer prior.
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Hello and welcome to the TRL. Our goal is to provide an up-to-date, comprehensive, straightforward destination where travelers, backpackers, vacations and those preparing for study abroad are able to find the top travel resources by category. Our goal isn't to link to every travel site and resource out there. Instead, we'll work with our readers to create a list of the most popular/useful sites you may have never heard of.
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Hostel Booking
Hostelworld – One of the largest/best 2nd generation hostel booking resources available.
Hostelz – A great hostel look-up site which incorporates reviews and listings from the other major hostel booking engines.
BootsnAll – Excellent community oriented 2nd generation hostel booking resource.
Hosteling International – Far from my favorite this 1st generation hostel network is good in places under-served by 2nd generation hostels.
Couchsurfing – An incredible community that allows strangers to connect. All Couchsurfing hosts host travelers for free.
Air BnB – A social booking engine, like Couchsurfing, except on a pay-to-stay consumer to consumer model.
Home Away – Similar to Couchsurfing except on a pay-to-stay consumer to consumer model.
Global Freeloaders – Same principle as Couchsurfing but with one caveat: new members must host someone within the first six months.
Hospitality Club – Same principle as Couchsurfing. The site has an active community that facilitates hosting travelers and local tours.
Sleeping in Airports – The ultimate guide to sleeping in airports.
Hotel Booking
Booking.com – Has a strong European presence & a best price guarantee.
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Water Saftey
National Travel Health Network– A website that gives reports on a country-by-country basis on water drinkability.
Bed Bug FAQ
Bed Bug Info – General information on preventing, treating, and identifying bed bugs.
Air Travel Resources
Which Budget – A comprehensive list of budget airlines by coverage area.
To and From the Airport – Comprehensive site with information on how to get to/from the airport.
Kayak Explore – Don't care where you're going? See airfare to major airports by price range.
FlightStats – Very useful tool for checking Airport and Airline on-time statistics, with ratings for specific legs to/from specific airports. Know what to expect.
The Art of Travel: Cheap Airfare – A wonderful guide with links to airfare resources.
How Many Hours – Know how long flights take and how many miles are covered.
The Layover Guide – Have a long layover? This site has airport guides.
Seat Guru – Airline based database of plane configurations. Helps make sure you chose the right seat.
Seat Expert – Know what seats are available. Offers the ability to search by airline/flight number.
Sleeping in Airports – The ultimate guide to sleeping in airports.
The Air DB – Fairly comprehensive list, can be used to identify which airlines from from an airport/where they fly to.
Yapta – A travel ticket price tracking site. Allows you to track prices both before and after. Also has options to help you get frequent flyer credits, etc.
General Airfare
Kayak – Powerful airfare search portal. Allows flexible searches/daily e-mail alerts (You can now search Student Universe fares through Kayak).
Hipmunk – Airfare search aggregator dedicated to providing a better user experience. Unique visual interface. Very progressively minded dev. team.
FlightFox – Pay a small fee and have people search for the cheapest airfare within your set criteria. So far, I've heard people are getting good results.
DoHop – Airfare search aggregator with a focus on making searches as comprehensive as possible.
Sidestep Buzz – Owned by Kayak. Allows open ended price oriented searches for flexible travel.
Fly.com – Powered by discount deal finder TravelZoo. A powerful airfare search portal.
Bing Travel – Powerful airfare search portal. Gives quality price predictions for domestic flights.
Orbitz – Airfare search portal. Very flexible search options (month grid, etc.). Excellent for flexible travelers.
Priceline – A booking/bidding service similar to Orbitz but with the "Name your own price" bidding option.
CheapOAir – A comprehensive airfare search engine. Note: Listed prices include fees but exclude taxes.
Mobissimo – A comprehensive airfare search engine.
Momondo – Another up and coming airfare search engine.
Hotwire – Comprehensive airfare search engine with great flexible search options.
OneTravel – Airfare search engine.
Farecompare – A budget oriented airfare search engine.
SkyScanner – A very popular Euro-centered airfare search engine.
Discount Airfare
Airfare Watchdog – Look for airfare specials to/from a city.
TravelZoo Top 20 – A fantastic weekly list of the top 20 deals in Travel.
Last Minute – Just what it says. An aggregator for last minute travel deals.
STA Travel – A student themed airfare search engine. Specials are usually good. General prices merit research.
Student Universe – A student themed airfare search engine. General prices merit research.
Air Miles Resources
Flyer Talk – The web's most popular frequent flyer community.
WebFlyer – A go-to resource for deals, specials and recent news in the airline mileage/frequent flyer industry.
ExpertFlyer – A site focused on flight rewards and upgrade programs.
Flightless Travel – A community dedicated to sharing flightless travel stories, strategies, tips and tricks.
Routes International – While technically a booking site they provide comprehensive line info. Especially useful for ferry travel.
Automotive Travel
RoadSharing – Originally started in Italy, the site has grown to serve all of Europe. It works as a facilitator helping strangers carpool.
ViaMichelin – Comprehensive Europe focused resource for people planning on taking a trip by car provided by the Michelin tire company.
Rail Travel
Seat Sixty One – Comprehensive travel info for Europe and Asia tied to travel from the UK.
Urban Rail – Comprehensive international resource site with Metro maps for major city's subway systems.
Bus Travel
Megabus – UK/North America centered discount Bus line.
Eurolines – European centered discount Bus line.
Orange Ways – Eastern European centered discount Bus line.
By Sea
Go Nomad's Guide – Solid writeup with general information and general pricing estimates.
A la Carte Freighter Travel – General info about travel on cargo vessels.
Crew Seekers international – Similar to Global Crew Network. Puts deck hands/volunteers in contact with captains and their ships.
Sailing Networks – Their slogan "connecting sailors everywhere". Note the crew finder option.
The Float Plan – Site dedicated to connecting crew and volunteers.
Credit Cards
Flyer Guide: Travel Friendly Credit Cards – Hands down one of the best resources for picking a travel friendly credit card/researching foreign transaction fees.
Currency Exchange
Google Currency – View charts of historical currency trends and current exchange rates.
XE – All things currency look-up related.
Travel Resource Sites
WikiTravel – Think of it as a travel guide by the people, for the people, for free. This is the Wikipedia of travel.
TripAdvisor – One stop travel advice. One of the largest community of travelers on the web.
Trip Films – A great resource for finding (or sharing) travel videos.
TripIt – Centralize all of your travel plans in one easy to manage place while tracking past trips and friend's activity.
Tripatini – An active Ning based travel social network with around 3,000 members.
Free Web Travel Guides
Traveller's Point Guides – A wiki-based set of international web based travel guides.
Travelfish – The go-to guide for South Eastern Asia. Provides .pdf guides.
Travel Discussion
Bootsn All Forums – very community oriented backpacker/hosteller themed forums with advice, general discussion and a wealth of information.
Lonely Planet's Thorntree Forums – Backpacker/hosteller themed forums with advice, general discussion and a wealth of information.
Traveller's Point Forums – Backpacker/hosteller themed forums with advice, general discussion and quality information.
Aardvark Travel Forums – Travel themed forums with advice, general discussion and good information.
Travel Blog Exchange – A wonderful travel themed community which is specifically tailored to travel bloggers.
RTW Travel
Perpetual Travel – A round the world guide with a plethora of information.
Round The World Ticket – Powered by Bootsn All this site is dedicated to budget oriented RTW programs.
RTW Ticket Airfare Reports – A thorough and comprehensive report on prices, destinations and potential routes for people considering purchasing RTW airfare.
Teach English
TEFL.com – Stands for Teach English as a Foreign Language. Site with job postings and info.
TEFL.net – Same as above but with a list of job opportunities and programs.
Study Abroad
ISIC – International Student Identity Card. The go to international student ID for stud-abroad.
Institute of International Education – A wonderful resource focusing on study abroad programs.
Go Abroad.com – A resource to help facilitate identifying, researching, and choosing international internships.
StudyAbroad.com – A resource to for identifying, researching, and choosing international study opportunities.
Transitions Abroad – A resource to for identifying, researching, and choosing international study opportunities.
SEA Semester – Spend a semester sailing around the world on a large sailing vessel. Students man and crew the ship in addition to performing research and studying.
Semester at Sea – For those who can't pick a single country to study abroad in. Spend a semester touring the world, while learning and studying on a large cruise ship/floating university.
Live Abroad
Expatriates (InterNations) – A community dedicated to bringing together expatriates and global minds to pool expertise, connect people and facilitate new relationships.
Volunteer/Work-Stay Programs
Grow Food – Connects farmers interested in teaching with people interested in farming and doing work/live exchanges.
HelpX – Help Exchange for organic farms, non-organic farms, farm stays, home stays, ranches, lodges, B&Bs, backpackers hostels etc.
WWOOFING – World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms – one of the largest resources of its kind.
Work Away – A site dedicated to facilitating travel, work, and volunteering exchanges.
Personal Overseas Development – Non-profit organization arranging ethical volunteering opportunities around the world.
VolunTourism – Another Volunteer travel group.
Idealist – A comprehensive directory which connects organizations with volunteers.
International Student Protection – Several international travel and study abroad insurance plans.
iNext Insurance – Travelers insurance also ideal for students studying abroad.
Wallach & Company – Comprehensive travel insurance.
FlightBoard – Helping you track your flight data including departure and arrival schedules.
TripIt – Coordinate your itinerary and simplify planning.
Kayak – Access one of the most popular travel search sites via your phone.
TripIt – App from TripIt to help you coordinate your itinerary and simplify the planning process.
Google Goggles – Translate foreign languages, identify images, you name it. This app is like a swiss army knife.
Kayak – Doubt this needs much explanation. One of our favorite sites in mini-form.
Skype – Voice over IP is always a handy tool to have on hand. Especially while traveling.
FancyTran – An online, multi-translation application.
Kayak – The Blackberry interface for popular travel resource Kayak.
TripIt – Same great travel resource, only designed for the BB.
Travel Resources
Stolen Camera Finder – Lost or had your camera pilfered? This site uses you EXIF data to search the web for photos from your camera.
US Passport Office – For those who need a passport, or need to renew their passport. Passports should be good until 30 days after the end of your trip.
US State Department: International Travel – Visa info, travel alerts, and more. Broken down by region.
Bootsn All Toolkit – Loads of links to resources and guides for just about everything.
Pack A Book – Want to read books set in the destination you're visiting? This site provides what books to read.
Something missing? Post it in a comment, and we'll be sure to review it and consider it for addition. Think something should be categorized differently or doesn't belong? Post a comment and let us know!


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