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ECB, Chinese bank to provide each other's currency
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank and the People's Bank of China have agreed to start supplying each other with their currencies — a sign of increasing trade and investment between the eurozone and China.
The currency swap agreement will last for three years and provide a maximum of 350 billion yuan ($56 billion) to the ECB and 45 billion euros ($60.8 billion) to the PBC.
The deal means the ECB can reassure banks in the 17-member eurozone that they can always borrow Chinese currency if they need it.
The ECB said in a statement Thursday that the deal will also help to ensure the stability of financial markets.
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Have you ever thought about using a serger to apply a zipper? If not, you should! The traditional sewing machine and zipper foot method is always a good way to go, but using a serger can simplify the task and add a decorative touch to zipper applications.
In honor of National Serger Month, here are two different ways you can use a serger to apply a zipper to your next project. Once you see the results, you'll be amazed at how quick and easy it can be!
Lapped and Topstitched Zipper
This is the easiest method to serge a zipper, especially when the zipper ends will be crossed by intersecting seams. Use heavyweight decorative thread to serge the exposed fabric edges next to the zipper.
- Serge-finish both fabric edges next to the zipper with a balanced roll edge or your choice of decorative stitch.
- Use a heavyweight decorative thread in the upper looper with all-purpose or serger thread in the needle and lower looper. Buttonhole twist or lightweight yarn works well as tightly twisted threads are easier to surge and more durable. Be sure the stitch doesn't stretch the fabric by adjusting for a short, medium- to wide balanced stitch.
Zip Tip: Prevent jamming by testing first with a 2mm stitch length, then shorten while serging. If the fabric stretches, adjust for a slightly longer stitch and a plus differential feed setting. This will tighten the looper tensions for a smoother stitch. You might also need to loosen the upper looper tension to allow the threads to overlock exactly on the fabric edge.
- Serge finish the fabric edges from the right side so the decorative upper looper thread shows. Position the finished serged edge on the zipper right side, next to the teeth.
- Open the zipper (to avoid sewing next to the zipper stop). For wide-stitch serged edges, topstitch the fabric to the zipper along the fabric edge. For narrower stitches and rolled edges, topstitch next to the needleline.
Exposed Zipper
Adding an exposed zipper is a great way to dress up a garment with a cool detail. Seam allowance edges are serge-finished in one step when serging a zipper to the fabric. The zipper is exposed, but the serging is on the wrong side of the fabric.
Before serging ahead, here are a few tips:
1. Use all-purpose or serger thread
2. Lightweight coil zippers feed the easiest under the pressure foot
3. Choose a zipper 4" longer than the opening (2" longer on each end) to avoid catching the zipper pull or stops under the presser foot
- To begin, adjust for a wide, medium-length, balanced 3- or 4-thread stitch.
- Open the zipper all the way and with right sides together, put the zipper on the fabric right side with the teeth over the seamline.
- Serge with the zipper on top and wrong side up to avoid hitting the teeth. Serge the tape to the fabric, close to the zipper teeth, being careful not to hit them with the needle.
- Press the fabric away from the coils. Machine topstitch next to the fold, if desired.
- Close the zipper. With fabric right sides together, align the unstitched side with the unfinished zipper edge.
- Open the zipper. Serge the tape to the fabric, trimming both the fabric and zipper tape.
- Press all layers away from the coil and topstitch. Close the zipper.
- To prevent the zipper pull from slipping off the end, bartack across the zipper lower edge with wide zigzag stitch and a 0 stitch length.
- Open the zipper several inches below the upper edge. Bartack at the upper edge for a closed zipper or on both tapes for a separating zipper.
Using a serger to add a zipper is that easy!
Have you ever serged a zipper before? Are you ready to give this technique try? Tell us in the comments section below!

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LONDON -- The Olympic Stadium is in need of a tenant, and London Mayor Boris Johnson thinks the NFL could be the right match.
Just a few days after the NFL's sixth regular-season game at Wembley Stadium, Johnson says he has spoken with the league about playing more games in the British capital.
Johnson says he and his staff have "held a number of meetings with senior executives in the last few days to explore further opportunities involving the NFL and London."
All six NFL games in London so far have been played at Wembley, including New England's 45-7 win over St. Louis on Sunday.
The NFL has a contract with Wembley through 2016, but London is still looking for a permanent tenant for the Olympic Stadium.
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Here with Thanksgiving tutorial number two and this time I'm going to show you how to draw Indians. First I'll give you a few tips and some details about drawing them and then I shall guide you through some steps so that you can draw your own and impress all your holiday visitors with all your awesome artwork.
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Ask Dr. Phil
Dr. Phil answers all of your burning questions!
"It's Driving Me Nuts"
Chet, a carpenter, left his own household projects unfinished. After 10 years without running water in the bathroom, his wife couldn't take it anymore.
Jay Leno, host of the Tonight Show, asks: "Do you think happiness is a right or a privilege?"
Dr. Phil's answer might surprise you.
The Dog or the Daughter
Kelly issued an ultimatum to her husband, Dean: Choose between his aggressive dog or their marriage and 2-year-old daughter.
Avid Reader or Hoarder?
Paula's husband's collection of more than 4,000 books has spilled over into their bed.
Vicki's whole life revolves around the Boy Scouts because that's the only way she gets to spend time with her husband and two sons. She's had it.


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Docter and Kinsella were honored before the match as part of senior night, which concluded with the 250th career win for Weiss.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Freshman Kathleen Wallace registered a match-best 13 kills while hitting .462, and classmate Caroline Holte recorded seven blocks to help lift the Harvard women's volleyball team over Cornell, 3-0, on senior night at the Malkin Athletic Center. The win marked the 250th career victory for Jen Weiss, the longest-tenured coach in Crimson women's volleyball history.
Prior to the game, Harvard (9-14, 6-6 Ivy League) recognized seniors Taylor Docter and Beth Kinsella. Docter finished with eight kills and 12 digs, and Kinsella dished out 18 assists while splitting setting duties with Hannah Schmidt, who finished with 19 helpers. Freshman Jennifer Shults tallied eight kills with classmate Caroline Walters chipping in six. Harvard held a 13-2 advantage in team blocks, as Walters tallied five and Erin Cooney and Shults chipped in four. Kristen Casey also posted 12 digs to round out an impressive defensive performance.
Natasha Rowand finished with a match-best 32 assists and Brittany Kalepa scored 11 kills for Cornell (7-16, 3-9).
The Big Red jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first set, before the Crimson rallied and ultimately tied the score at 11 on the second of consecutive block assists by Walters and Cooney. Kinsella registered a service ace to put Harvard up, 12-11, but Cornell kept the set a see-saw affair. Wallace scored a kill to give the Crimson a 17-16 advantage before teaming up with Holte for a stuff on the next point. Walters tallied two of her four first-set blocks in the final three points, and Harvard won the frame, 25-22.
Docter tallied five kills in the second set to help the Crimson down the Big Red, 25-19, and take a commanding 2-0 lead . Harvard also posted five blocks in the second frame, matching its total from the first set. The Crimson never trailed again in the frame and led by as many as six.
Fueled by three kills from Wallace, Harvard grabbed an early 19-8 advantage in the third set. Cornell came within four twice, 22-18 and 23-19, but kills by Holte and Docter secured Weiss's milestone victory with a 25-19 win in the third set.
The Crimson concludes its 2012 campaign on the road next weekend as it plays Yale Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. before finishing the season at Brown Nov. 10 at 5 p.m.


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Do you know of Adventure Cycling? It's a place where bicycle touring people post their rides and it's a great resource for those like myself who are researching rides, pretty much anywhere in the world. Except Canada. That's probably because of me no doubt. I don't want to seem paranoid, but the world is against me.
The original plan was to drive to Albany, NY, take the Adirondack Amtrak to Montreal and ride to Toronto. From there we would ride around lake Erie to Niagara Falls then Buffalo NY. The Erie Canal route would take us from Buffalo back to the car in Albany. The glitch is that Amtrak does not accommodate bikes from Albany to Montreal.
We looked at the C&O/AT ride from DC to Pittsburgh and also the Natchez Trace from Mississippi to Nashville. Crazy guy journals dissuaded us from both of those rides. Then along came the Adventure Cycling magazine. That's where I saw a couple of rides just around 400 miles. One in Vermont and one in Upstate NY. Both look like they are right up our alley. Also a repeat of the Erie Canal tour of 2008 is a possibility.
I just ordered one of the maps from Adventure Cycling, the Adirondack Park Loop.
Here is a link to a few journals of that route. As you can see, the ride has a few rollers and at least one mountain to climb.
As usual, the plans are constantly changing. We have a route set in stone, then either something about it sours our desire, or a ride more interesting pops up. In 2008, we did not decide on which area to tour till we were pretty close to leaving home. This summer, it's the Adirondak loop. And that's final.
Unless we do the the Green Mountains Loop


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A former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to spy on his gay roommate was sentenced today to 30 days in jail — just a fraction of the maximum — in a case that focused attention on anti-gay bullying, teen suicide and hate-crime laws in the fast-changing Internet age.
Dharun Ravi, 20, was also placed on three years' probation for his part in an episode that burst onto the front pages after his roommate, Tyler Clementi, threw himself to his death off the George Washington Bridge.
"Our society has every right to expect zero tolerance for intolerance," Judge Glenn Berman said in imposing far less than the maximum, 10 years behind bars.
In addition, Ravi was ordered to get counseling and pay $10,000 toward a program to help victims of hate crimes.
The judge said he would not recommend Ravi be deported to India, where he was born and remains a citizen.
The New Jersey gay rights organization Garden State Equality expressed disappointment with the punishment. In a statement, chairman Steven Goldstein said that while the maximum would have been too much, the 30-day sentence was close to the other possible extreme, no prison time at all.
"This was not merely a childhood prank gone awry. This was not a crime without bias," Goldstein said.
Prosecutors had asked that Ravi be sent to prison; they did not say how much time he should get, other than that it did not have to be the maximum.
Ravi, his family and his lawyers left the courthouse without comment. He is expected to appeal his conviction. Prosecutors told the judge they are considering appealing the sentence, but they had no immediate comment outside court.
The case began in September 2010 when Ravi's randomly assigned freshman-year roommate asked Ravi for the room alone so that he and guest could have privacy. Ravi went to a friend's room and turned on his webcam remotely, and they saw Clementi and his guest kissing.
They told others about it through instant messages and tweets, with Ravi tweeting: "I saw him making out with a dude. Yay."
When Clementi asked for privacy again two days later, Ravi agreed, then told friends how to access his webcam. But this time, the camera was not on when the guest came over. There was testimony both that Clementi unplugged it and that Ravi himself put it to sleep.
The next night, Clementi — who had learned he had been spied on — committed suicide at age 18, leaving behind a final Facebook update: "jumping off the GW bridge, sorry."
After the suicide, gay-rights and anti-bullying activists held up Clementi as an example of the consequences of bullying young gays. President Barack Obama himself spoke about the tragedy.
In handing down the sentence, the judge told Ravi that while someone might argue the first spying attempt was a foolish prank, "You cannot make or milk that argument a second time."
The judge also berated Ravi for deleting scores of text messages and tweets and trying to influence a witness. At the same time, Berman said Ravi has spent the past 20 months in "exile" since his arrest. And the judge also pointed out that Ravi was not charged in Clementi's death.
Ravi did not speak at his sentencing. But his mother, Sabitha Ravi, told the judge her son "doesn't have any hatred in his heart towards anybody."
Clementi's father, Joe Clementi, told the judge that Ravi deserved to be punished, saying the young man saw his son as undeserving of basic human decency. The elder Clementi said Ravi "still does not get it" and has no remorse.
Prosecutors had offered Ravi a plea bargain that called for no prison time. He turned it down.
After a trial that lasted four weeks, Ravi was convicted of all 15 charges against him, including invasion of privacy, anti-gay intimidation, and trying to cover his tracks by destroying text messages and tweets and tampering with a witness.
Just as Clementi became a symbol for a complicated cause, so has Ravi. Some have portrayed the case as a tragic lesson in unintended consequences and the dangers of the Internet in the hands of young people.
Several hundred Ravi supporters rallied at New Jersey's Statehouse last week to denounce the way the state's hate-crime laws were being used on someone they said was not hateful.
They were hoping Ravi would not be sent to prison and that the law could be changed so that someone in his situation again would not be found to have committed a hate crime.


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Entering preseason, forward was arguably a deep position for the Houston Dynamo. The Dynamo had a mix of hold-up forwards as well as forwards who could stretch a defense, allowing head coach Dominic Kinnear some flexibility with his lineup choices. But over the past few weeks, the injury bug has struck Houston and the forward line has not been immune.
Cam Weaver has not seen action since April 14, Omar Cummings has been out since March 30 and Giles Barnes missed last Sunday's game against Sporting KC after picking up an injury midway through the previous match against D.C. United.
So with a chance on Sunday to erase the taste of last Sunday's home defeat, Kinnear will have more options to choose from with the return to Barnes and Warren Creavalle (pictured, above), a versatile midfielder who has missed Houston's last three matches. Both players are off this week's injury report, preseted by The Methodist Center for Sports Medicine.
Not surprisingly, both Calen Carr (left knee) and Cummings (right knee) are listed as out on this week's injury report. Cummings recently underwent a second surgery on his right knee and Kinnear told MLSsoccer.com's Darrell Lovell that it will be a couple of weeks before the Jamaican striker returns to training.
Goalkeeper Tyler Deric (left ankle) and Weaver (lower back) are both listed as questionable. Deric did some light workouts prior to Tuesday's reserve game, but was unable to start the match against Chicago.
For New England, the Revolution will be missing defenders Kevin Alston (Disabled List/illness) and A.J. Soares (Right hamstring strain). In addition, midfielder Kelyn Rowe (Right calm tightness) and defender Jose Goncalves (Right adductor tightness) are listed a questionable.


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October, 1964
Disclosure of Departures From Opinions of Accounting Principles Board
To Members of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
The Council of the Institute, at its meeting October 2, 1964, unani-mously adopted recommendations that members should see to it that departures from Opinions of the Accounting Principles Board (as well as effective Accounting Research Bulletins issued by the former Com-mittee on Accounting Procedure) are disclosed, either in footnotes to financial statements or in the audit reports of members in their capacity as independent auditors.
This action applies to financial statements for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 1965.
The recommendations adopted by Council are as follows:
1. "Generally accepted accounting principles" are those principles which have substantial authoritative support.
2. Opinions of the Accounting Principles Board constitute "sub-stantial authoritative support."
3. "Substantial authoritative support" can exist for accounting prin-ciples that differ from Opinions of the Accounting Principles Board.
4. No distinction should be made between the Bulletins issued by the former Committee on Accounting Procedure on matters of account-ing principles and the Opinions of the Accounting Principles Board. Accordingly, references in this report to Opinions of the Accounting Principles Board also apply to the Accounting Research Bulletins.1,2
1This is in accord with the following resolution of the Accounting Principles Board at its first meeting on September 11, 1959:
"The Accounting Principles Board has the authority, as did the predecessor com-mittee, to review and revise any of these Bulletins (published by the predecessor committee) and it plans to take such action from time to time.
"Pending such action and in order to prevent any misunderstanding meanwhile as to the status of the existing accounting research and terminology bulletins, the Accounting Principles Board now makes public announcement that these bulletins should be considered as continuing in force with the same degree of authority as before."
2 The Terminology Bulletins are not within the purview of the Council's resolution nor of this report because they are not statements on accounting principles.


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Holidays prompt outbreak of truthiness
Folks must be feeling goodwill toward their fellow man this holiday season.
Last week, AJC PolitiFact Georgia experienced an outbreak of truthiness.
Washington lawmakers found some accurate things to say about federal programs on the homeless and President Barack Obama's proposed tax compromise that just worked its way through Congress.
We also uncovered some truths about Georgia public higher education and our beloved Atlanta Braves.
We're shocked. And relieved.
Happy Holidays.
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
D-Wright! D-All-star!
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Great stuff on the all star week Joe but I agree let's get down to bussiness and start thinking about our long road trip and let's go get them giants!!! Congrats on making it this far in your book we are all very lucky! Let's Go Mets!!!!! SamReplyDelete
can't wait to start the second half!
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- Expat Mets fanJuly 14, 2010 at 11:02 PM
Hi Joe - I've been following your blog since Ken Davidoff of Newsday linked to it a while back. Your work is fantastic!!! Thank you so much for sharing it with us - it's a highlight of my daily web browsing, and once the season is over, I look forward to buying the book! (And I especially loved Jerry Manuel as R2D2!)ReplyDelete
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I'll let you all know as soon as there is a book deal!
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My First CHA & My First CHA Giveaway
Today I am sharing some photos showing my projects from the CHA Mega Show this past January. This was the first CHA event I had ever attended: not only was fortunate enough to be there, it was the first time I had projects being displayed as well. I had been asked to make cards for Tim's space in the Ranger booth for Idea-ology (4), as well the Sizzix booth (2) and unexpectedly ended up with a couple more in the Idea-ology booth. Tim, Paula, Richele & Mario your kind (and encouraging) words, enthusiasm and support made this a wonderful experience - Thank you all.
CHA for me was a massive hands-on sneak-a-peek. I took a lot of classes; starting with 2 days at Prima's Artventure (6 lcasses over two days) followed by an all day Ranger-a-thon on Friday and then Saturday, Sunday and Monday I collected samples of products and completed every make-and-take I could on the show floor as well as a couple more classes and a the Paper Arts Make & Take Exchange (yes, I had to pay for overweight luggage on my flight home). The hardest part for me since coming home, having seen and touched all these new, and exciting things for real, is waiting for them to arrive on the store shelves. I'm not very good at waiting...patience has never been my strong suit.
It wasn't easy to take grand sweeping photos of the entire booths as they were congested with people watching the demos, making the make and takes and ogling the display racks of new products and the samples that supported them. These are photos the display vignettes followed by photos of my cards, I hope you enjoy my CHA.


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Sometimes it can be fun to run a photo through some of the manipulating wizards in various photo/graphic editing software. The above kaleidoscope pattern was achieved by running this photo through a pattern generating wizard in Corel PaintShop Pro X8
Patterns, while not making the best wall art, do lend themselves quite nicely to other products such as throw pillows, cellphone cases, tote bags, coffee mugs as well as apparel.
Clicking on any of the images above will open a new tab that will bring you to that image's page on my Society 6 site where one could, if they so desired, purchase the image on a number of products ranging from Wall Art to Apparel to Phone cases and Home decor and more.


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This is the first in a week-long series we'll be offering on gifts. We'll focus on charity and local shopping with a new article (or two) every day this week.
by Paula M. Riley
With so much gift giving during this holiday season, it is easy to become overwhelmed and lose sight of the "reason for the season." This year, when you create your list, consider making a donation to a local non-profit organization in the gift recipient's name.
Donations to organizations allow you to personalize your gift in the same way you would pick the perfect scarf, book or necklace. By reflecting upon your gift recipient's passions and interests, you can choose an organization whose mission and purpose best support these passions.
Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels, in its 35th year of operation, provides two fresh, nutritious meals each weekday to homebound individuals throughout Chestnut Hill, Mt. Airy, Wyndmoor, Erdenheim, Flourtown and Oreland. Meals are delivered by caring volunteers, many of whom stay to chat with the clients at each visit, sometimes bringing their young children along. Meals on Wheels clients very much look forward to this daily interaction.
Your gift of $50 provides 10 meals for one week, a $150 gift promises meals for three weeks and $500 provides meals for ten weeks! All donations are tax deductible and donors will automatically receive a receipt for tax purposes. If your donation is a gift, simply provide the name and address of the recipient with your donation, a card will be sent to the recipient informing them that a gift has been made in their name.
The gardeners in your life may want to help Our Mother of Consolation Parish School re-cultivate its School Horticulture Club. Last winter's severe snowstorms destroyed the school's greenhouse. The Chestnut Hill Community Fund awarded a generous grant of $4,000, but another $1,500 is needed to rebuild the greenhouse with a heating system and durable materials able to withstand winter so that OMC students can resume lessons on plant growth and development.
Prior to the demise of the greenhouse, the students had produced more than 300 vegetable plants. Last fall more than 250 flowering cyclamen plants were grown for distribution to the homebound in the Chestnut Hill area as part of the OMC Society of Saint Vincent de Paul's regular visitations. Contributions are tax deductible and a documentation letter will be provided.
A gift of membership not only supports the selected organization, it affords your recipients the chance to enjoy activities associated with the organization all year long. Consider it the gift that keeps on giving.
A membership in the Morris Arboretum is guaranteed to offer seasonal fun and discovery all year long and help maintain 92 acres in Chestnut Hill. Membership provides unrestricted funds to Morris Arboretum that supports virtually every aspect of its operations – staff salaries, public programs and even utilities are just a few examples. Visit The Shop at Morris Arboretum to purchase a gift of membership there, among many other wonderful and unusual holiday gift choices.
American philosopher, educator and editor Mortimer Alder once said, "The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as long as we live." Staff and instructors atthe Mt. Airy Learning Tree have witnessed this growth for more than 30 years.
The Mt. Airy Learning Tree (MALT) offers more than 300 classes, three terms a year. Classes such as "Learn to Swim," for both children and adults, can be a truly life-altering, confidence-building experience. MALT strives to keep quality high and course fees low to achieve the greatest accessibility.
It nurtures and supports not only other nonprofits and businesses in our neighborhood but also many artists and entrepreneurs. A gift to MALT at this time will benefit its "Make This Our Home" capital campaign to ensure that its costs are fixed and its model of neighbors teaching neighbors will endure.
You don't need to have a terminally ill child or even be a parent to know how important it is to help families during life's greatest crisis. The George Fund at Keystone Hospice provides care and support to terminally ill children and their families.
Pediatric nurse visits, creative arts therapy, durable medical equipment and prescription medications all allow children to stay in the comfort of their own homes. The Fund was established in honor of George Hedges Pappert who died in 2008 just eight days before his fifth birthday and 18 months after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor.
Anyone who has watched a loved one suffer from a terminal disease knows how difficult each and every day can be. Donations to the fund will offer young children, their siblings and parents a moment or two of the peace that this holiday season promises.
Find contact information for these organizations below.
Meals on Wheels: 215-233-5555
Morris Arboretum: 215-247-5777 x151
Our Mother of Consolation School: Bruce Hagy, Principal, email@example.com, 215-247-1060
The George Fund, Keystone Hospice: 215-836-2440.


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Thursday was my 21st anniversary.
Some trivia regarding Chuck and I:
- we met in a stereo shop when I was 17 and he was 20
- his boss made him ask me out
- our first "date" was at a party at his house
- within two weeks he had decided that I was "the one"
- Chuck never asked me to marry him. It was assumed.
- Neither of us remember much about our wedding
- Time flies by way too fast
Wednesday I was out shopping for all kinds of stuff for Thursday. Chuck never had any idea what was going to happen and I asked him not to guess. Chuck has a bad habit of reading minds. It's actually a little scary that he can read what people think or feel sometimes.
Thursday comes and it's a busy day as usual. Rachel has a class. I'm home by 4pm and then it's go time.
I packed an overnight bag and a toiletries bag and left it on the bed along with a card that gave instructions:
- Pack for 1 night
- Bring suitcase and toiletry bag
- Put on something nice
- Go to 2500 South Shore Blvd.
- Text me when you first turn on FM 518
- Go to front desk and ask for room key to Kelly Schumann's room
I rushed to the room (there was a lot of rushing on that day!) and got the champagne chilling, set out some Godiva truffles, set out some battery operated candles in the room......
By this time I was sweating from trying to make everything perfect. I turned the AC down to 62* to try to get things chilled down.
Time to get dressed. I bought a little black dress for $22 (love me a good bargain). I wore the earrings, which you can't see in the picture, that I wore when I got married 21 years ago.
I also bought some red heels Wednesday to go with my dress. (sidenote: I had to return those cute little heels because they gave me a very nasty blister. They were so cute!)
Then it was time to wait. The room had a nice balcony.
Finally I receive the text that he has turned onto 518 so I leave a card on the bed that says to meet me at the bar in the lobby.
I go downstairs and take a seat at the bar. I felt a little uncomfortable at first. I was the only girl sitting there with a bunch of men. But after having a Grey Goose martini I felt much more relaxed.
One gentleman offered to buy me my next drink but I declined. Thank you anyway. I chatted with the bartender for a while and he made me a drink called a Starf***er. Raspberry vodka, watermelon pucker, and a bit of Red Bull. Wow!! That's some tasty stuff!
Chuck surprises me. Apparently he caught a glimpse of me at the bar (though I still don't know how!) while he was waiting to get his room key. He says hi then goes upstairs then he's back down and we have our drinks. It was a lot of fun surprising him. He brings back a very sweet anniversary card for me. Thank you, Chuck!
OK. So these aren't the best pictures.
We then headed to Cullen's Upscale restaurant where I had reservations. Another surprise.
We started off with tuna tartar in wonton cups. Oh, these were incredible!
I ordered the special which was 24oz of dry aged beef. Delicious!
Though he's not smiling, trust me he was very happy and impressed with what I went through to pull everything off. We had a great time.
We ended the night with an order of perfect creme brulee and headed back to the hotel in the rain. Apparently we were getting a cold front.
The next morning we got to see a nice view from our balcony while we sipped champagne. It's like a mimosa. We just left out the orange juice.
Then downstairs where we had complimentary breakfast buffet. Yum!
We had a wonderful time. I had fun planning the whole thing. Surprises are so much fun!
And when I got home my anniversary gift was in! I ordered it myself (why thanks, Chuck! It's just what I wanted!) . I guess the 21st anniversary is the year of iron because I got myself a Timex Ironman GPS training watch. I'm a bit excited about this.
I think this was one of our more memorable celebrations. It was a lot of fun to plan. :)
Happy anniversary, Chuck. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.


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How CBD has helped former Bronco Rick Upchurch in cancer fight
For Broncos Ring of Famer Rick Upchurch, cannabidiol (CBD) isn't just an alternative pain-reliever, as it is for many other former players. The nonpsychoactive compound, one of nearly 100 found in cannabis, has helped him counter the side effects of cancer treatment and achieve remission.
"Without a doubt," he said. "Otherwise, I would be in bad shape, I really would."
At the 2015 NFL draft in Chicago, the former receiver and punt returner (1975-83) revealed his battle with leukemia, a diagnosis he received in 2011 after a bone marrow biopsy confirmed doctors' suspicions and tied together the various symptoms he had been experiencing: The fatigue. The aches. The cold sweats at night. The bruising.
Upchurch was ordered to immediately begin chemotherapy treatment. Three pills a day, every day. His energy level plummeted. His immune system was sapped. His appetite disappeared and his food tasted like metal. Boils broke out all over his body — a reaction to the chemo — and soon his hair fell out.
Game of Pain: Why Jake Plummer is leading push for CBD research
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Status Report: Hi! What happened to me! You're probably bitterly disappointed in me because you think that I fell way behind on this whole NaNoReMo deal, given that's it's "ReMo" and not "ReYe" or "ReDe" or "ReCe". But you're wrong to think that, because I actually did Re Lolita in a Mo, I just fell behind on providing my reports. So FuYo.
Part of the reason the reports ending is because I just don't have much to say about this portion of the novel. Frankly, I found it to be a little dull after the pedorollercoaster of Part I. These chapters felt like the middle episodes of a TV show's first season, where they are just trying to fill time between their Awesome Setup and the Big Finale.
So, instead, let's talk about how obnoxious this Annotated Lolita is. Oh, man. It's physically obnoxious, in that you constantly have to flip from your current place in the book to the back, where all the annotations are stored. But it's also intellectually obnoxious, in that many of these "annotations" are remarkably pedestrian. The fact that Dolores and Charlie canoodled next to a body of water called "Climax Lake" is an innuendo of some sort? Really? Wow, I'm so glad I flipped back here to learn that.
I mean, it's nice that he provides translations of all the French phrases, and defines many of the 13¢ words, but some of his analysis–I dunno. In fact, in the introduction the annotator even states that Nabokov openly disagreed with some of the his interpretations. Basically (as I imagine it) the annotator was, like, "so in this chapter where Humbert Humbert gets his hand stuck in a pickle jar, is that symbolic of how women use their metaphorical 'pickle jars' to trap men into confining relationships?" And Vladie's all, like, "uhh no, I just though it would be funny if he got his hand stuck in a pickle jar" and the annotator is all, "welllllllllll I promised the publisher 25,000 words of annotations so yes it is."
Anyway, long story short, I gave up on the annotations except for ces expressions françaises damnées par dieu. It was too much like having a blabbermouth behind me at the movie theater, summarizing every major plot point to his girlfriend in a stage whisper.


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Baja Quiche, Braised Pork With Red Chili Sauce, Baked Goat Cheese With Salad and Veal-Sorrel Stew in Gougere Ring recipes: Helen Dollaghan
Week 38 recipes: Baja Quiche, Braised Pork With Red Chili Sauce, Baked Goat Cheese With Salad and Veal-Sorrel Stew in Gougere Ring
Helen Dollaghan, food editor of The Denver Post from 1958-1993, selected recipes she felt were the best and published them in this 1987 special section called "30 Years of Rocky Mountain Cooking." Most are recipes Helen or her readers developed.
On Fridays we share several of the recipes from her collection.
What a treat in 1983:
Baja Quiche and red
chili-sauced pork at a
Mexican patio party in a
Denver back yard.
Baja Quiche
6 (6-inch) corn tortillas
2 cups (8 oz.) shredded Monterey Jack cheese
1 can (8 oz.) refried beans
1/2 lb. chorizo or Italian sausage, cooked and drained
2 tablespoons canned, diced green chilies, drained
2 eggs
2 cups half and half
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 avocado, sliced
1 tomato, sliced
Cilantro or parsley
Line a deep 9-inch pie plate with overlapping tortillas, extending about 1/2 inch over edge. Springle with half the cheese. Top with layers of beans, chorizo and chilies. In small bowl, beat eggs with half and half and salt. Pour over chilies. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top. Bake in preheated 325-degree oven 30 to 40 minutes or until firm. Top with avocado and tomato. Garnish with cilantro. Serve warm. Serves 6.
Braised Pork With Red Chili Sauce
3 lbs. lean, boneless pork butt
2 tablespoons cooking oil
2 large onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
5 to 6 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
1 1/4 cups water
1 teaspoon sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
3 tablespoons tomato paste
1/2 cup heavy cream
Roasted pumpkin seeds (recipe follows)
Cooked rice or warm, soft flour tortillas
Chopped green pepper
Trim fat from meat. Cut in 1-inch cubes. Brown in wide skillet, a few pieces at a time. Add onion, garlic, chili powder, cumin and oregano. Cook until onion is soft. Add water, sugar, salt, tomato paste. Simmer, covered, about 1 hour or until pork is fork-tender. Skim off any fat. Stir in cream. Cook over moderate heat, stirring, until thickened. Garnish with pumpkin seeds and green pepper. Serve with rice or use to fill tortillas. Serves 6.
(Roasted Pumpkin Seeds)
1/2 cups water
3 tablespoons salt
1/2 lb. raw, hulled pumpkin seeds
Bring water and salt to boil. Stir until salt dissolves. Pour over seeds in a bowl. Let stand, covered, at room temperature 12 to 24 hours. Drain. Spread seeds in shallow pan. Bake in 350-degree oven about 30 minutes or until seeds are dry and puffed. Stir frequently. Makes 1 2/3 cups.
In the early '80s this
was a Denver Post recipe
representing a trend that
said salads do not have to
be fridge-fresh chilly but
can offer a blend of warm-to-cool
temperatures in one dish.
It also gained new-found
respect for goat cheese
and arugula in the Mile
High City.
Baked Goat cheese With Salad
3 to 4 rounds (2 1/2 inches in diameter, fresh goat cheese, each about 1/2-inch thick)
3/4 cup virgin olive oil
3 to 4 sprigs fresh thyme
2 to 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
Salt and pepper to taste
4 handfuls arugula, oak leaf lettuce, red leaf lettuce or greens of your choice
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 cup fine, dry bread crumbs
16 garlic croutons (recipe follows)
Marinate goat cheese rounds 2 to 3 hours in 1/4 cup of the olive oil with fresh thyme. Whisk remaining 1/2 cup olive oil and enough vinegar to balance the vinaigrette to taste. Season with salt and pepper. Toss lettuce with enough vinaigrette to lightly coat. Arrange on four salad plates. Mix dried thyme and bread crumbs. Remove cheese from oil and dip in bread crumbs. Put in lightly oiled baking dish. Bake about 6 minutes in preheated 400-degree oven until cheese is lightly bubbling and golden brown. Place cheese on lettuce, browner side up. Arrange croutons around cheese.
(Garlic Croutons)
24 slices day-old baguette bread, 1/4-inch thick
1 stick (1/2 cup) melted butter
3 cloves garlic, halved
Brush bread with butter. Place on baking sheet. Bake 5 to 7 minutes in preheated 350-degree oven until light brown. Rub each crouton while still warm with a cut clove garlic. (These are larger than usual croutons.)
Sorrel, the pungent
garden herb of Paris, and
Alsace-Lorraine's spicy
gewurztraminer wine are
ingredients that put
pizazz in menus of the
'80s. This elegant stew,
served in the center of a
pastry wreath that looks
like a big cream puff, is a
Sunset adaptation.
Veal-Sorrel Stew in Gougere Ring
2 cups gewurztraminer wine
2 cups water
1 onion stuck with 2 cloves
1 bouquet garni (sliced leek, parsley, thyme, bay leaf, garlic clove tied in cheesecloth)
1 1/2 lbs. veal stew meat
1 1/2 lbs. boneless pork
1/2 stick (1/4 cup) butter
1/4 lb. sorrel, rinsed and stemmed
3 tablespoons flour
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 egg yolks
Salt and freshley ground pepper to taste
Gougere ring (recipe follows)
Combine wine, water, onion and bouquet garni in Dutch oven. Bring to boil. Add meat which has been trimmed of fat and cut into 1-inch cubes. Reduce heat and simmer very gently, covered, until meat is fork-tender, about 1 1/2 hours. Discard bouquet garni. Refrigerate broth and meat separately overnight. Discard fat that rises to top. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in small skillet. Add sorrel. Cook over low heat until very soft. Puree with back of spoon. Set aside to cool. Melt remaining 3 tablespoons butter in large saucepan. Whisk in flour. Gradually whisk in broth. Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer until slightly thickened, about 20 minutes. Stir occasionally. Thoroughly whisk cream and yolks in large bowl. Stir about 1/4 cup of the warm sauce into cream mixture. Slowly pour cream mixture into sauce, whisking well. Add meat. Simmer until heated through. Stir in sorrel puree, blending well. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon into center of gougere ring. Serves 8 or more.
(Gougere Ring)
1 cup water
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter, cut in 1/2-inch pieces
1 cup sifted flour
Pinch of salt
5 extra-large eggs
3/4 cup Gruyere cheese
1 egg yolk beaten with 1 tablespoon water
Combine water and butter in large saucepan. Bring to rapid boil over high heat. Remove from heat. Immediately stir in flour and salt. Place over moderate heat. Beat vigorously until dough pulls away from sides of pan. Cool 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition, until mixture is glossy and smooth. Stir in cheese. Blend well. Dampen a baking sheet with cold water, shaking off excess. (This helps pastry rise.) Arrange large spoonfuls of dough next to each other in wreath pattern. Brush top with yolk mixture, being careful not to drip it on sides. Bake in preheated 425-degree oven 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 375 degrees. Bake until puffed and brown, about 15 more minutes. Slit gougere several places on side. Return to turned-off oven with door ajar for 15 minutes to dry. Serve hot or at room temperature.


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Sylvester Stallone returns to B-Movie badassery with "Bullet to the Head", a straight forward action flick about a hit man who teams up with a cop in order to track down the clients who double crossed him and killed his partner.
It's a decent use of your entertainment dollar, especially if you're a fan of 80s action films, where the lone hero has to shoot his way through a string of underlings in order to get to the big baddie.
Jimmy Bonomo (Sylvester Stallone) is a lifelong criminal and professional hit man. Working with another hitter, he completes a job without knowing who hired them. After killing their assigned target, the two hit men have a drink at a bar and discuss business. While Bonomo heads to the bathroom, his partner is stabbed… and Bonomo himself is nearly killed in a fight.
From Washington DC comes detective Taylor Kwon (Sung Kang), who was working a case involving the target of their hit. After visiting all the carnage in the morgue, he reaches out to Bonomo (after connecting him to his dead partner). When the two meet, Kwon assures Bonomo that he's not interested in arresting him, but rather that he wants to team up to investigate the people who commissioned the job. Bonomo initially refuses, but he notices Kwon being tailed leaving the meeting, and in the process of saving Kwon's life, the tenuous partnership begins.
The trail leads to a lawyer named Marcus Baptiste (Christian Slater), who was part of the team that contracted the hit initially. He's working with a man named Morel (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), an African expatriate with considerable wealth and influence who's been purchasing corrupt cops, judges, and politicians. Most importantly though, in the employ of these two men is the man who killed Bonomo's partner, the aggressive, violent Keegan (Jason Momoa).
As Bonomo and Kwon close in, a showdown with Keegan looms.
The plot is about as straight forward and simplistic as you would ever want… in fact, it's a stretch at times. A hit man and a cop? Cmon. And what are these bad guys up to? The villains are all ill-defined in terms of motives, back story, credibility, etc. There are any number of instances where, if you step back to question them, simply seem ridiculous. For one thing, apparently you can just kill cops with no repercussions whatsoever in Crescent City. In fact, I just think you can kill anybody you want. The only time I saw a cop approach Stallone's character he was asking him to team up. But most of all, this is a movie that takes itself relatively seriously. It's a B Movie no question about it, but it completely steers clear of the camp and comedy of last month's "The Last Stand".
Which is ultimately ok. "Bullet to the Head" is a throwback to the action movies of the 80s, where you have a defined hero and villain, a bunch of obstacles that the hero needs to shoot his way through in order to get to him, and not much else. Stallone is the star of the show, with his dead eyed, world-weary killer and watching him do his thing goes a long way towards forgiving the film its other shortcomings. This is a film that knows what it is, and isn't trying to be much more. Stallone with a new tough guy persona, disposing of a bunch of disposables, until eventually squaring off against his evil counterpart. It's a tried and true formula, that I enjoyed revisiting.


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Amnesty International
Sudanese student detained, at risk of torture
February 8, 2013
Mohammed Osman Moussa, a Sudanese student, has been detained incommunicado for nearly two months following his arrest on his way to university. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
Mohammed Osman Moussa (26) left his home in Omdurman, Sudan at 11am on 11 December 2012. Shortly after leaving, he informed relatives that he was being followed by a car he suspected as belonging to the National Security Service (NSS), and that he feared arrest.
The NSS refuses to disclose details on Mohammed Osman Moussa's whereabouts and condition, and has not granted him access to a lawyer or his family. It is also unclear whether he has access to medical care despite the fact he has a heart condition, for which he is required to take daily medication. He is at serious risk of torture and ill- treatment.
Mohammed Osman Moussa is studying accounting at Eastern Nile University. He is originally from the western region of Darfur and is active in drawing attention to human rights issues, notably as media officer for the Darfur Student Association of Eastern Nile University. In late 2012 he was detained for three months, during which he was reportedly ill-treated.


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The November 2011 issue of Which? Magazine has just been published in the UK and it carries an in-depth review of the UK's online shopping sites. If you don't know Which?, it's the UK's leading consumer protection organization and is highly respected for its work in consumer affairs.
Which? surveyed 14,671 of its members about their online shopping habits and asked them to rate the best and the worst internet retailers.
The top five overall sites, according to the survey, are (along with customer scores out of 100):
- Lizearle.com (92)
- Johnlewis.com (89)
- Amazon.co.uk (87)
- AbeBooks.co.uk (86)
- Lakeland.co.uk (86)
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"A good stock of items was also mentioned by several AbeBooks customers. 'Its choice of books is truly impressive and descriptions of titles are always accurate. A very reliable service all round."
"One member said: 'Having an alert to know when a rare book becomes available is really good – the World War I book I wanted became available in California, and was shipped to me speedily, and at a reasonable cost."
Congratulations to all our booksellers for helping AbeBooks.co.uk become such a highly rated website within the UK. Books from booksellers all over the world are purchased by British customers via AbeBooks.co.uk on a daily basis and very high standards of service are being maintained.
A lot of very famous brands trailed way behind AbeBooks.co.uk in the Which? poll and customer satisfaction is always the most effective measurement of a website's worth.


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I woke at sunrise to the roar of pounding surf and eagerly poked my head out of the tent, like a kid on Christmas morning. I was stoked to see a sizable swell, but the tide was rising toward the campsite. So we gathered our gear, faced the ocean, and took a left.
A decade ago, when a buddy and I hiked down this same 60-mile stretch of Costa Rica's Pacific coast from Tamarindo to Playa Guiones, that was our mantra: "Wake up and take a left." We were trekking down the Nicoya Peninsula looking for perfect waves; when we found them we'd set up camp on the beach and start surfing. If we woke up the next day and the waves were flat or crowded, we'd just keep heading south.
Ten years later, I wanted to recapture the special feelings of freedom and access I got from traveling Costa Rica on foot accompanied only by my knapsack, tent, and board. Surfers call this "going feral," a tip of the hat to animals like the wild pig that roots around dirty and carefree looking for something tasty to eat. By walking every inch of the coastline, I'd have the chance to explore hidden coves and fishing villages, meet more locals, and sniff out uncrowded waves. Still, even die-hard surfers consider it a crazy way to travel. "Why exactly are you doing this?" asked Joe Walsh, the owner of Witch's Rock Surf Camp in Tamarindo, when I told him about my plan.
The answer was simple: That first trip, a two-month odyssey fueled by surf, cerveza, and señoritas, had changed me, convincing me to move to Southern California and pursue the surfing life. Now things were different: I was 32 years old, with a wife, toddler, career, and mortgage. Of course, trying to re-create a memory is a risky proposition. (The popular wisdom: You can never go back.) But I yearned to rediscover that spontaneity of my youth and to see how much the country I loved had changed. So last November I strapped on my knapsack, tent, and surfboard, recruited my friend Ben from New York to join me, and set off to become a wild pig again.
In 10 years, Tamarindo had changed from a sleepy fishing village into Costa Rica's booming surf hub: Internet cafés dot every corner, bars show 'Monday Night Football' live, and there are even a couple of sushi places. I expected to have to walk for a few days before finding vacant surf. But after just three hours we rounded a point north of Playa Avellana and saw something that stopped us in our tracks: peeling rights breaking off a rock reef – with not another surfer in sight. Back home in Southern California, I'd be battling 50 other surfers for waves like this.
Paddling out, I realized the surf was about eight feet, breaking fast and hard. As the first big set marched in, I took four strokes and was screaming along the face. I blasted through three long sections before the wave exploded in a mass of roiling whitewater. We surfed alone for two hours, sharing the break with only a string of low-flying pelicans that glided above the water.
This was obviously a fickle spot: Onshore winds and a rising tide junked up the waves just 10 minutes after we dried off. Had we been here an hour earlier, or later, we'd have never known this wave existed. It was a reward for walking, and, hopefully, a taste of what lay to our south.
As we hiked away from Avellana, the sand squishing between my toes as rough as a cat's tongue, my mind began to wander. For the first time in ages I had the luxury of thinking about absolutely nothing. The steady rhythm of my steps and the gentle tug of the backpack had me almost in a trance. Sometimes Ben and I talked. Other times it was quiet – only the crunch of shells under our bare feet and the shish-shish-shish of the sand. I had successfully broken the tethers of my wired life – no cell phone, e-mail, or fax machine. I had nowhere to be and plenty of time to get there.
Over the next few days the terrain changed from low, cactus-covered bluffs to bright green jungle to steep cliffs where iguanas scrambled up the sun-baked rocks. We awoke often to the screeching howler monkeys who patrol the treetops along the beach, like an eager, hairy cheerleading troupe. We appreciated the encouragement: I had estimated that we needed to do about seven miles a day but failed to account for the distance added by the countless nooks and crannies of the coast. In reality, we were logging close to 12 miles each hiking day – five to seven hours of walking. If the surf was up, we'd have a morning session; otherwise we'd try to make some mileage before the sun started to blaze. As sunset approached we surfed again and searched for choice camping spots. By 6:45 each night, we'd usually be zipped inside our mesh tents.
Along the way, we encountered stretches of nothingness peppered with thatch palapas, old fishermen's shacks, and sometimes a row of newly constructed mansions. After seeing how built-up Tamarindo had become and knowing that tourism in Costa Rica has increased by 85 percent since 1995, I expected the rest of the coast to be more developed. But we encountered a heartening lack of growth. Food and water were touch and go, so we carried granola bars, canned tuna, and water, and gorged on rice, beans, and grilled fish whenever we found a small restaurant. On average, we came across only about a dozen other humans a day – local fishermen, or ticos, commuting to work at nearby resorts, sometimes the odd traveler.
It wasn't long before we found ourselves sinking into a feral state. We realized that our gear was destined to be damp – whether from rain, sweat, or ocean spray – and our arms and legs were like armadillo skin, a composite of bug spray, sunscreen, and sand. Our inner thighs were chafed raw by the salt crystals caked inside our trunks, despite the bottle of medicated powder I'd poached from my son's diaper bag. But those discomforts paled beside the feeling of freedom. Every so often I'd stop and look back at our footsteps snaking along the coastline, and a sense of accomplishment would pour over me:
We'd literally walked as far as the eye could see. The view to the south was mostly the same: just a sweeping curve of sand and rock. Some might find the similarity monotonous – I thrived on it.In the late afternoon of day four we rounded a point and arrived at Playa Coco, about 35 miles from where we'd begun. A thunderstorm rumbled over the dark jungle, but shafts of sunlight broke through the clouds above the sea. The sunset had painted the sky a thick mix of deep orange, maroon, and yellow, turning the froth of the ocean blood red. It looked like a lost world, the Costa Rica I'd stored in my memory bank.
The waves were breaking head-high and freight-train fast. After walking most of the day I couldn't wait to surf this surreal seascape, so I paddled out and waited. Suddenly a large shadow skimmed below my dangling feet. Shark! I quickly laid flat on my board to get my legs out of the water. I scanned the surface for a dorsal fin or any other sign of movement. I noticed my breath – shallow, quick – and did my best to remain calm.
Just then a large set of waves on the horizon diverted my attention. I stroked frantically, hoping to duck-dive under them without getting slammed. The first wave reached me – easily a seven-foot face. I pushed my right foot on the tail of the board and slipped smoothly under. I continued scratching seaward just far enough to slide under the second wave. As I resurfaced I saw a third, even bigger. I turned and took two quick strokes. The peak jacked up and I jumped onto my board and raced along the undulating wall. I could see the water feathering out just over my head as the wave formed a hollow barrel behind me. No time for turns. I began pumping the board with my feet, trying to outrun the falling wall of water. After about five seconds, I pulled out in front of the wave with just enough space to kick out before it detonated in a thundering whoosh.
For the next two hours I rode perfect waves alone, until the sun had set and my arms felt like overcooked linguini. We decided, for the first time since leaving Tamarindo, that tomorrow morning we'd wake up and stay put.
The next day I sat on the beach eating the last of my granola bars when two gringo surfers waded into the ocean nearby. After not seeing another surfer for four days it was jarring.
"Where are you guys from?" I asked, knowing full well they were American.
"From here."
I must have shot back a puzzled look, because one of the guys explained: "I'm actually from the Florida Keys, but I live in Nosara. The waves aren't as good down there, but the real estate business is booming. It's the next Tamarindo."
The small talk continued and we soon found out that one of the guys, a 26-year-old named Brandon, was a real estate agent. He'd buy up large parcels of land from locals, then subdivide them and sell them to rich Americans. Mostly, though, he spent his days driving around with his scruffy dog searching for waves.
With his single-minded obsession for surf, Brandon reminded me of myself 10 years ago. Normally I'd be jealous of a guy like that, but now I, too, was living the dream. Watching the sun rise and set every day had rebooted my system, and I reveled in the raw simplicity of walking the coast. With every step we took and every wave we rode, my desk-jockey shell molted away, and I felt a youthful energy I hadn't sensed in years.
The surf was still pumping at Playa Coco a day and a half later, but we had to move on so Ben could catch his ride to the airport and I could meet up with photographer Corey Rich, who was joining me for the final leg of the journey. Corey quickly fell into my pace and we made good time, although at a crocodile-infested river mouth we had to borrow a rowboat to get across with all his gear.
One day around sunset, as we rounded a steep point near San Juanillo, our way was blocked by a 50-yard-long wall of vertical rock. The tide was coming in quickly and darkness was weighing heavy on the rocks. We had to find another way around.
We backtracked for 30 minutes in the darkness and found a tiny goat trail leading into the jungle. Peeling apart the green, we slipped through the thick vines. The path, singletrack and steep, looked as though it hadn't been used in years, and we got lost several times. The forest was alive with sound and constant movement – frogs croaking loudly, faceless birds screeching nearby.
Finally we found the skeleton of a house in a tight clearing and ducked under a fence and onto a narrow dirt road. I was muddy, sweaty, and bleeding from the rusty barbed wire.
"I can't remember whether or not I've had my tetanus shot recently," I said.
"It doesn't matter," Corey laughed. "It'll be days before lockjaw sets in."
We walked south on a dirt road in the pitch dark for three or four miles. No sign of humanity until, at the top of a steep hill ribbed with thick mud ruts, we saw a mirage shimmering in the distance: a small, warmly lit hotel. Before I knew it, we were soaking in a Jacuzzi, drinking ice-cold Pilsen beer, and peering out across the inky jungle toward Playa Ostional.
The next morning we trekked back to the beach and watched sea turtle hatchlings squirm in the sand and head for the sea. But ironically, we couldn't even surf – the nesting turtles meant ocean use was restricted, and locals and tourists were slowly filtering onto the beach to watch them. It was the highest concentration of humans I'd encountered on my entire journey, and it made me feel uneasy – almost claustrophobic.
Joe Walsh had agreed to pick us up the next morning in his speedboat and bring us back to Tamarindo. It required a grueling afternoon of hiking to get to the meeting spot, and the sand felt rock-hard under my tent that last night. But the hardness was familiar and oddly comforting. I watched a pair of shooting stars streak across the sky through the mesh ceiling, then focused my headlamp on a pair of well-worn photos I carried in my pack: one of my wife, Ilene, the other my son, Luke. Although they were thousands of miles away and I hadn't spoken to them in a week, I somehow felt closer to them than before. I turned off my headlamp and let the waves lull me to sleep.
Around noon the next day Walsh's boat came gliding over the horizon and anchored just beyond where the waves were breaking. We paddled our gear out to the boat – duck-diving under the waves with waterproof packs strapped to our backs. By the time we finished loading the boat, the tide was dropping, and the wind suddenly turned offshore. It seemed the Pacific was offering me one last gift. So along with Joe and his boat captain, Rodrigo, I savored the shoulder-high surf. The bathtub-warm ocean felt thick and viscous, almost embracing me as I paddled.
Later, as we sped toward Tamarindo a couple of hours away, I sat near the bow and gazed at the shoreline that had challenged me over the past nine days. Instead of the obstacle course of rocky points, river mouths, and sandy swatches, it looked almost inconsequential, blended together into a flat green and brown backdrop. The breaks we'd surfed looked like anonymous blurs of whitewater.
"Well, the good news is we just surfed great waves all by ourselves," Joe yelled over the roaring engine. "The bad news is we may not have enough gas to make it all the way back to Tamarindo."
"No worries," I said, chuckling. "We can always walk."
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Lyndsey Fry netted the game-winning goal against Dartmouth Wednesday (Gil Talbot).
HANOVER, N.H. – Down a goal midway through the third period, the Harvard women's hockey team found its stride offensively late in the game as the Crimson rallied for a pair of scores to top Dartmouth, 2-1, Wednesday night at Thompson Arena. The win puts Harvard at 6-4-0, 6-2-0 ECAC on the season, as the Crimson responded after Dartmouth took the first end of the season series a week ago.
After two slow periods, the action picked up in the third with the hosts notching the first goal of the game 2:49 into the period. Kelly Foley broke the scoreless tie with her eighth goal of the season, converting a pass from Ali Winkel that put Harvard in a 1-0 hole.
The Crimson offense got going late, upping the pressure in the back half of the final period, resulting in a goal at the 12:52 mark. Sarah Edney slid a pass to Marissa Gedman, who brought the puck into the Dartmouth zone and fired a long-distance shot on goalie Lindsay Holdcroft. Holdcroft made the save but let up a long rebound and Elizabeth Parker snuck in front of the net and put away the carom for her third goal of the season.
The tie score didn't last long as the Crimson grabbed the lead for good 1:05 later. Jillian Dempsey collected the puck deep in the corner and fed an advancing Kelsey Romatoski near the left faceoff circle. Romatoski flicked a shot on net that was redirected by Lyndsey Fry past Holdcroft for the game-winning score. The Big Green pulled its goalie and put a number of pucks on net, but Laura Bellamy was rock solid, despite losing her stick for much of the final flurry, helping Harvard seal the one-goal victory.
Both offenses sputtered through the first period as the teams combined for just 11 shots in the frame. The Crimson held the Big Green without a shot on goal for the first 11 minutes of the period as the team's traded penalties in the first half of the frame. The Harvard penalty kill was on point, keeping Dartmouth quiet on a pair of power plays and goalie Laura Bellamy turned aside all seven shots she faced in the period.
While the chances increased in the second stanza, neither team was able to break the scoreless tie. The Crimson tested Dartmouth goalie Lindsay Holdcroft on a pair of power plays but Holdcroft stymied a handful of great looks right on the doorstep. Harvard squared the overall shots at 17-apiece after outshooting the Big Green, 13-10, in the second period.
The Crimson wraps up the 2011 portion of its schedule with a pair of midweek contests next week. Harvard travels to Providence Thursday for a 7 p.m., game with the Friars and returns to Bright the following evening for a contest against New Hampshire.


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When searching for a new home, a swimming pool can be seen as a bonus or a curse.
Should you buy a house with a pool?
If the house of your choosing doesn't have a pool, should you build one?
The answer depends entirely on the individual and whether you believe a pool adds value. Forget numbers and calculations. If you believe having a swimming pool adds value to your life, that's where you should start.
There are definitely advantages and disadvantages to buying a home with a pool. When living in a climate where the weather is normally warm, a pool can be appealing and is fairly commonplace. Most of your neighbors will have one, and it's a great source of entertainment at social gatherings with kids, families and friends.
The flip side, of course, is the maintenance of taking care of a pool and the expense. Homeowners can choose to clean and care for the pool themselves, or farm it out to a pool service company, which can be costly.
One last thing to consider is safety. Is the pool fenced? Will you need to install a fence for young children? This also can be an added expense.
If you are considering building a pool, the No. 1 question that arises is "will it add value?
The answer is: yes. Well, slightly 4% to 6%.
The value add is in the eyes of the homeowner. If you enjoy swimming, if you like to entertain, if you have kids, then yes, great memories will be made and that adds value. If you live in warmer climates, having a pool is common; In colder climates – not so much.
If you don't foresee using it regularly, than no, the ROI is not worth the initial investment.
Bottom line, home buyers should always consider the financial costs associated with owning a swimming pool and determine whether it will add value to your life.
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Tokyo and cosmetics: Shiseido The Ginza is the crème de la crème
Tokyo and cosmetics: Shiseido The Ginza is the crème de la crème
Michel Le Bon and Lee Jay Walker
Modern Tokyo Times
Shiseido The Ginza is a store which is located in a stunning part of Tokyo where Japanese fashion companies of extreme quality vie for trade with the most famous international brands in the world. The image of Ginza is one of quality, style, elegance and where panache is visible in all directions in the main areas of high fashion.
Shiseido is a fantastic company which is blessed with a very rich history and in their store in Ginza called Shiseido The Ginza you have floors full of exquisite products. This is fused with high technology and many options are available to clients who want to talk and learn more about what suits them best.
The environment of the store is sublime because Shiseido is clearly focused on providing extreme quality products, high quality customer service, state of the art technology whereby customers can match what suits them best, special booths in order to obtain personal guidance and so much more. Therefore, if cosmetics and beauty products is what makes you tick then clearly you can't go wrong if you visit Shiseido.
The total beauty facility is a wonder to behold because innovation, space, environment, expertise advice, computerization, amazing customer service, and extremely high quality products are on show.
In a earlier article written by the Modern Tokyo Times it was stated that Shiseido The Ginza "….is a company with a very rich history and this can be seen by the store in Ginza because each of the three floors is based on a new experience whereby shoppers can engage themselves amongst the sophistication which is on offer. Of course, this sophistication is matched by the quality of the products on offer and by staff who represent the finest of qualities which befit Shiseido."
"Tokyo ladies and women who are visiting Tokyo will not find a finer place to shop around and enjoy the fabulous layout of each floor. This applies to product sampling areas, beauty parlors, a photo studio and state of the art technology whereby customers can interact and make the most of their visit to Shiseido The Ginza."
On the second floor Shiseido have staff of the highest quality and they will help each individual with their needs. The staff at Shiseido The Ginza listen deeply and they take great pride in working for such a sublime company. Therefore, if clients are unsure or if they want to enhance their beauty or change their style, then highly trained staff will help and cater for the needs of the client.
The products available on the first floor welcome the client or the individual who is browsing and clearly clients will soon be enticed by the products on offer. This is matched by the usage of technology and this shows the natural innovation and care of Shiseido.
Customers simply use the fully interactive digital cosmetic mirrors and then enter the barcode of the selected product or products. After the barcode is entered the customer will see how this looks visually once the technology is matched with the customers face. Also, the state of the art technology will show the various colors, and show the customer how it looks from different angles therefore luxury is being fused with technology and style.
At Shiseido The Ginza you have counselors on standby in order to help people with their skin types or other related areas of care and this all adds to the experience of each individual feeling special. Estheticians of the highest quality are available and with all the knowledge that they have learnt from the Shiseido Academy of Beauty & Fashion; then the customer is bound to get the highest quality of care and attention.
The ethics and care at Shiseido The Ginza on the third floor is matched by the décor and space available to individual clients. Therefore, the third floor is where the exquisite notch is increased even higher and the final finishing touch is available for clients who desire premium Shiseido products.
Counseling rooms are available and cater fully for the customer interested in premium products. The booths have been designed for private customers who want to utilize everything provided by Shiseido and this is the final piece in the exquisite jigsaw.
Shiseido The Ginza provides a unique experience and for Tokyo ladies and women visiting Tokyo, then this shop is a must place to visit if you are interested in crème de la crème cosmetics and other beauty items. The rich history of Shiseido is deep and this company continues to think about new ways of enhancing and furthering the reputation of this sublime company.
Shiseido The Ginza equals panache, modernity, innovation, and exquisite products. This is equally matched by amazing customer service and estheticians who are of the highest quality. All in all, this shop and company is a blessing for the lovers of cosmetics and crème de la crème goes hand in hand with Shiseido.
http://stg.shiseido.co.jp/ – SHISEIDO THE GINZA
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Monday, May 02, 2005
A Major Cleanup Of A Minor Problem
The additions to the blogosphere in both the Angels and Dodgers side of things has become exponential it seems, and it's not getting better now that MLB.com actively encourages baseball bloviation. In the Non-Bloviating Blogger Dep't, Stephen Smith wrote back on April 27 that MLB has taken over stats collection for their minor league affiliates this year, which has led to some improvements in that category, not least of which is a uniformity to the websites. That is, minorleaguebaseball.com is starting to look an awful lot like big brother mlb.com, and that's a very good thing. As well, there's talk about delivering Gameday Internet audio and video. It's all good, and the various teams' affiliates should be grateful the stats have been taken off their hands and given to somebody at least reasonably qualified to do the job.
Don't be so sure about improvements because of MLB taking over the minor-league stuff. They have really done a number on the stats places like Baseball America is able to present.
For instance, when a player moves to a new level, their stats at the old level disappear. Also, you can no longer search for players by name.
For instance, when a player moves to a new level, their stats at the old level disappear. Also, you can no longer search for players by name.
At least they are complete. I recall they weren't giving vital data like HBP needed to calculated OBP.
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Dalemain's rich archives reveal that the Hasell ancestors purchased huge varieties of tea in the 1700s, at that time a delicious delicacy. In honour of this heritage, Dalemain is delighted to be once more selling quality loose leaf tea, with flavours including Rosehip, Lapsang and classic Earl Grey. The perfect gift for history lovers, and anyone who enjoys a superior quality blend, as well as being ideal with our delicious homemade cakes.
*PLEASE NOTE – TUESDAY 17th DEC IS THE LAST DAY FOR PRE-CHRISTMAS ORDERS. Any orders placed after this date will be processed after 6th January, when we reopen for 2020. Thank you for your understanding.*
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Dalemain Breakfast Tea£3.20
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Dalemain Rosehip & Hibiscus Tea£3.60With a pleasantly sour taste and a beautiful pink colour, this tea can be enjoyed hot or cold, and is perfect for anyone looking to branch out and find their new favourite blend.