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Despite the passing of time and the fact that I no longer live near those old train tracks and haven't slept in my childhood bed for several decades, I heard that very same train's distant call. My eyes were open; it wasn't a lost memory or an echo. For a moment, just last night, I was in my long-lost bed in that old house by the river, and that long ago passed Norfolk and Southern called out to remind me of the comfort and peace that I once relied on in the hours before dawn. It was as real as I am, and as real as you are.
"You don't really believe all that stuff, do you?" I was recently asked. Now the asker was somebody that I hold in high regard and respect. Somebody that I would cook a meal for, and that's the truth. And a mountain queen don't cook for just anybody, and you know it's true.
"What stuff?" I asked. I was disappointed that they'd not picked a better word than stuff. I like details. I like to call things by their name. Everything has a name, you know. I'm a scholar, thank you very much. I want to know more things, always. I may talk about old ways and lost notions, but I can back up a case as well as the town esquire. But for the life of me, I can't tell you a thing about stuff.
"You know, the magic stuff. Ghosts and all that. Do you really believe all that?"
Believe. Now that's a loaded word, ain't it? I think we all know quite a few folks that believe just about anything they're told or hear. They're the devil's radio every night of the week, and don't need proof or a witness. No, ma'am. So few of us ever prosper to get loose from the thoughts we were told to think. But I am free, sister. And clear, too, as clear as that nighttime train's distant lullaby.
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Granny looks up from her pot of sweet corn, fresh from the Hunter's Moon harvest and now in the middle of a rolling boil, and points at the kitchen window. "She's out there waitin' for me," she says. Without a hint of disbelief, she flings a handful of sugar into the pot. Seeing nothing myself, I ask her who's out there.
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Oh, yes, I believe in that stuff. Physics or not, I reckon it really is magic. True magic, with a name and all. Everything has a name, you know.
Tonight, after the trick-or-treaters have ran on home to dig through their sugary treasures, Granny will have a Samhain feast of fried chicken and that sweet corn and her famous bad apple pie. She'll pull out a welcoming chair at her table that nobody you can see will sit in, but she'll make a plate just the same.
Granny has a birthday in a couple days, too. She was born in 1896, and she's been spreading that good ol' Granny magic for going on 121 years, I reckon. Those of us with any sort of sense know most grannies don't live even three decades as long as that. Granny knows that, too, but she don't care a bit. She's in there in the kitchen as we speak, frying up chicken livers for Ol' Blondie. Yes, I believe in Granny. Always have, always will.
Believe. Now that's a loaded word, ain't it?
You set that table and pull out that chair. Fry up that chicken. And save the livers. Everything, everybody, that once was, is. And they'll be there. You know it's the truth. A mountain queen don't cook for just anybody.
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Return of the Player
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In The Player, the Hollywood classic that was adapted into the celebrated movie by Robert Altman, film executive Griffin Mill got away with murder. Now Mill is back, down to his last $6 million, and broke. His second wife wants to leave him. His first wife still loves him. His children hate him, and believing that the end of the world is happening, he wants to save them all, with one last desperate plan to save his life: quit the studio and convince an almost billionaire that he has the road map and the mettle to make them both achieve savage wealth. In The Return of the Player , Tolkin again delivers a brilliant, incise portrait of power, wealth, and family in contemporary society gone out of control with greed and excess.
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By Michael Tolkin
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Copyright © 2006
Michael Tolkin
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Chapter One
Griffin Mill was broke, he was down to his last six million
dollars. No one knew he was ruined-not Lisa, his wife;
not June, his first wife; not even his lawyer-but the
$3 million in investments that he made in the late 1990s (on the
advice of his business manager, convinced of a permanent new
economy charged by an expansion of wealth made possible by technology),
having reached $22 million in February of 2001, were now
barely doubled; and what might have been $25 million-if the
Studio's stock had once again reached $80, and he could have
exercised his option for a half-million shares at $30 was now
gone forever, because the parent company had made a stupid merger,
box office was down, it would never return, and the stock hadn't
seen better than $17 in five years. He owed June and their two children,
Ethan and Jessa, $300,000 a year out of his salary of
$1.5 million before taxes, but since his income after taxes was barely
$750,000 a year, that left him only $450,000 to spend after
the alimony. He paid two mortgages. If he sold his house with Lisa
he might clear a million, but where would they go? The distress
of his situation made him impotent, and he was allergic to Viagra.
It was Griffin's impotence and depression that had sent Lisa
to a divorce lawyer, who asked herto secretly make copies of
Griffin's financial statements. Griffin, who loved his second wife
and believed in the strength of their marriage much as he once
believed in the value of Global Crossing (high of $61, low of zero),
had never established a way of hiding his assets, and his prenuptial
agreement with Lisa was generous, so it was a shock to her when
the lawyer wrote some numbers on a paper and showed her how
she could not afford a divorce, since her share of the stock would
be less than $5 million, which, invested at what the lawyer suggested
should be a conservative 3 percent, would generate about $150,000
a year. She might win more stock after a lawsuit, but even with
$300,000 before taxes, she would bump around in coach, collect
her own bags, and never again enjoy Christmas in Maui in a suite
that cost $1,000 a day. The lawyer advised her to stay with Griffin
until he beat her.
"Do you think he will?" she asked.
"Shit happens," said the lawyer, an expression of resignation so
infinitely repulsive to Lisa that in the rebound from the meeting she
located some pity for her husband, who in secret carried his financial
ruin at the cost of his cock.
The lawyer's suggestion that she return to work was ridiculous.
She had been a bad actress, her talent limited by her reflective
intelligence and by a murmur, just next to her conscience, of her
mother's last words, before she had died of lymphoma five years
ago, written in her impersonally elegant cursive on hospital stationery,
expressing dismay that her bright and gracious daughter would
follow a path so pebbled with crushed vanity. Lisa was thirty-seven; she was
old. Griffin was fifty-two; he was old.
After the meeting Lisa went to pick up her daughter, Willa, from
Children's Lincoln, the school founded in 1940 by Hollywood Communists
sympathetic to the Lincoln Brigade, who set their mission
statement on a bronze plaque at the entrance.
During the Spanish Civil War, 1936-19397 two
thousand eight hundred American volunteers
took up arms to defend the Spanish Republic
against the fascists and joined the Abraham Lincoln
Brigade. The "Lincolns" came from all walks
of life and included students, seamen, lumberjacks,
and teachers. They established the first
racially integrated military unit in United States
Children's Lincoln is dedicated to honoring
their selfless example. It is the school's mandate
to raise up children from all backgrounds
who will, with dignity and respect, succeed
where the Lincoln Brigade failed, for lack of
comrades, and fight bravely in the advancing
long struggle against Nazism and Fascism.
Well, things change and in 1992, without ceremony, the
plaque showed up on the wall behind the manual skills shelf of the
library, and though everyone in town now referred to the school as
Children's Mercedes, almost everyone wanted in. The Children's Lincoln
original motto, CHILDREN OF THE WORLD, UNITE!
became WHERE ROOTS TAKE WINGS, as common among
West Side private elementary schools as SHE GOT THE HOUSE
in a yacht basin. Tuition at Children's Lincoln cost $19,000 a year.
None of the school's fathers were lumberjacks, although a few
dressed the part.
Lisa usually sent the housekeeper to pick up Willa, because
Griffin's two children with June Mercator were also, as friends of
the school say, in the Lincoln Community, but instead of graduating
directly to middle and then upper school at Coldwater Academy,
Griffin's first choice for him, Ethan was now in the eighth grade of
a public school program for something called gifted children at the
Walter Reed Middle School in Studio City, along with the children
of gardeners, auto-body repairmen, public defenders, and the children
of the people the public defenders defended. Jessa, though, was
still in Children's Lincoln, a year behind Willa, and June almost always
met her at school, and Lisa didn't like being in the line of cars
with her, and there she was, two cars ahead. She saw June look at her
in the rearview mirror, and nodded.
Willa, from his second marriage, was twelve years old, seven
months older than Jessa, the second child of his first marriage.
Though he still lived with June the year of Willa's birth, the marriage
had already decayed, and it was felt by everybody in town that it
was June who betrayed Griffin by getting pregnant when she knew his
affair with Lisa was serious. He was still married to June when he bought
a house three blocks away and moved in with Lisa.
And their daughter, Jessa, was still in Children's Lincoln. He
had made no promises to June that Jessa would also go to public
school. Griffin surprised June by not calling his lawyer to threaten
institutionalization for her if she persisted in trying to send Ethan
to public school. She expected from Griffin the legal version of a pig
screaming to death, but impersonating guilt, he respected her social
agony and knew or guessed that she felt naked and covered in bed
sores in any room with the wives she held as friends in the years of
her marriage, because they had all known the truth about his affair
and kept it from her.
Forced by custom to carry the burden of decorum, submitting
to the rules, June saw her life twisted by inexplicable geometries
while she saw Lisa, at worst, circle Griffin's needs whorishly
as he moved forward in the world. Other than the second wife's
required public demonstration of restrained benevolence and good
manners (Sherman, this time sparing Atlanta), whenever the two
women faced each other-say, Griffin and Lisa dropping Jessa
and Ethan at June's after a custody weekend, and Lisa is in the car
with Griffin and June comes out to the street because she has to
remind Griffin of some mundane obligation to the kids, and she's
wearing Griffin's old sweatpants and Lisa is dressed for something
that looks like fun with other adults-June might have burned with
the question, What cost does Lisa pay? if she didn't have the one
grand consoling ugly answer: Her rival's only child was a little bit
stupid. No fear that the spawn of Lisa's sin would humiliate Ethan
and Jessa by taking not only their father but also an Ivy League
degree and a smooth ride for the duration. Children's Lincoln would
never have accepted such a dull girl without the pull of connection,
because Willa was darling but slow and-well, actually, not
so darling. Annoying. Willa annoyed the world. Slow shifting eyes
and a crinkle of disgust around her perfect little nose made folks
happy to hate her. Other kids avoided her, and without the Children's
Lincoln's rule that every child in the class must invite every
other child in the class to every birthday party, none of them would
have given her three seconds out of school. Behind her face, the
only part of her body or spirit remotely enviable about her, Willa's
tongue knocked against her palate, and when she spoke quickly, in
one of her frequent rages, the words died in her mouth like a gasping
fish slapping the wet floor of a canoe.
June knew that Lisa did not love her own daughter, and
worse-or better-June knew that Lisa preferred Jessa, in part
because a cruel God had impressed Jessa's face with his opinion of
the father and his crimes, dredging from Griffin's genetic history the
loutish mug of a drunk peasant in the corner of a Brueghel, eyes forced
nickel-thin by freckled porky cheeks. What an awful deity, to give
the stupid one the look of intelligence, and the brilliant one the look
of low brainpower, capable of nothing more than dung-hill feral greed.
In the mirror, each saw the face the other deserved.
Jessa Mill was a strange child. With a fraudulent amiability,
she accepted Lisa's fussy affections, because if she rejected Lisa her
father would blame June. Her favorite phrase in the universe was
"Instant Messenger." She wanted to start a band called The Instant
Messengers of Death. From the murderous current of the age,
she attracted drifting thoughts of assassination.
June did not know this about her, but neither did Lisa. No one
knew much about her.
About Ethan, June knew that Ethan hated Lisa only from loyalty
to his own mother, and she told him not to say how much he
hated the weekends when he left his mother alone while he and Jessa
stayed at their father's hated house.
And Griffin, always difficult to read, probably knew all of this
better than she did and had traded Ethan for Jessa, since he needed
at least one child in the school to use as a tool for his ambitions in
Hollywood. Griffin was on the board of Children's Lincoln, where
an active role in the parent community served as another front in the
battle to stay alive in Hollywood. As chairman of the school's annual
fund-raising dinner, he had license to call every parent in the
school and ask for donations to the two auctions, silent and public.
They answered his call with scripts signed by the full casts of a dozen
television shows, bottles of important wine, weekends at a spa in Ojai,
all-access passes to concerts, the free use of a private jet anywhere in
the country, baskets of chocolates, toys, clothes, musical instruments,
records, and a catered dinner cooked by three private chefs. He even
told June that he took this active role in his elementary school's fundraising
to put his children at the top of Coldwater's acceptance list
and also to add a social pretext for work. When the acceptance letter
from Coldwater arrived, a thick packet of medical forms and
appeals for donations, Griffin told her it felt like a film inhaling a
hundred million dollars on the first weekend of release, and then said,
"Look, this helps with the other stuff too," meaning it was imposing
and sexy and helped purge the scandal that was now as old as his
two daughters.
It shocked June that everyone accepted every new social arrangement
so long as two of the three adults in any rearrangement consented
and one of them was powerful or rich, but she tried hard not
to let rage become indignation. There wouldn't be those biblical
admonitions to defend the widow and the orphan if God hadn't seen
the need.
The bell rings in the alley, and the children are called outside.
June wants to resist Griffin's gloomy expectations of a collapsed
world, but the parents she knows are worn out from the
burden of children, and she believes that the death of purpose, the
death of the family as a unit of physical survival in a nature that
yields food only by the work of a group, is the omen of global death,
because the parents feel the uselessness of their efforts. No matter
how much they tried, the children were awful, even the sweetest.
They graduated from high school with the strength of a potato chip,
fried and fragile. The narrow desperate ambition for their children
to get into Brown and Stanford was proof to June that Griffin was
right: The panic about the saving power of a degree from the Ivy
League was the canary in the mine shaft, the best evidence of the
human species' deep sensitivity to impending extinction. The parents
in other countries who raise their children for suicide martyrdom
express the same alert recognition. Better for a child to die
immediately in the name of a cause than waste away slowly in a
world without safe water. Blowing yourself up on a bus on Ben
Yehuda Street is an early acceptance to Princeton.
* * *
What the divorce lawyer told Lisa made her want to throw up,
not so much because of her husband's financial statements as for the
waste of those years in her life when she might have done something
smarter than act, when she might have become a healer like her friend
Elixa, or a lawyer or a reporter or a social worker or an astronaut or
a civil engineer or anything but a bad actress. She wasn't stupid, as
her mother's ghost reminded her too often, and she might yet give
her life a meaning she could look back on with satisfaction when she
was old, but ... but. But what? She thought, I have failed my husband.
He left his wife for me, he sacrificed two children for me, he suffers
for his new family, and in what way have I given him the consideration
a man deserves? In what way have I given up something of myself to
him, given the father of my child, whatever my bad thoughts about
her, a gift of the pain of my own sacrifice, even the sacrifice of my
pride, burnt on the altar of conceit, my disdain for the Hollywood
that rejected me, the Hollywood that was personal when it said It's
not personal-in what way can I help bring his focus back to his difficult
work, give the man the pleasure he needs? What does he need, another
woman or, finally, my ass?
And here comes Willa.
"Hello Wills, get in. Tell me about your day."
Willa opened the back door, and by the sullen refusal to talk
and the disgusted vehemence with which she threw her heavy backpack
to the seat Lisa saw the coming tantrum like a squall line beyond
the reef.
"Do you want to talk about it?"
Willa buckled herself in and said, "They hay me."
"They hate you," said Lisa, with emphasis on the t, stupidly trying
to correct and, instead, affirming.
"Maaaaaameeee. I cahn helh myself. Thass why they hay me.
Thass why they may funna me."
No, Lisa wanted to say, they don't may funna ooh, they just
don't like you, and it has nothing to do with the way you talk because
you only flub your words when you don't get your own way.
Speech therapy didn't help because Willa liked her power; there's
one of her in every class, the spoiled bilingual brat, her two languages
English and Baby. In time she might drop the pre-K act to protect
her marginal place in the group, but the inner baby of this type never
really grows up. Lisa worried for her daughter's future, especially
without a father rich enough to save her from starvation in the world,
because she was of that tribe in Hollywood who either rise to the
top, with their tantrums excused for their genius, or last about five
years before everyone gets sick of them and they're fired and disappear.
Lisa worried that her daughter was nothing more than a pigeon.
You never see old pigeons.
She watched Jessa Mill get into June's car. She wished she knew
more about June.
* * *
She doesn't know that June goes to Goth clubs, sometimes alone,
sometimes with her hairdresser, and doesn't tell anyone from real life.
She's forty-two and not so old for the clubs, but the wives of Windsor
Square were never Goth, even when they were young, and she keeps
her industrial music collection a secret from them. It's too complicated,
she tells herself, to let them see this part of her. She likes the
feeling of being a superhero, playing the role of June Mercator Mill
as her alter ego. That's how she feels about her trips to Goth clubs a
few nights a month. Her Goth self is wrapped up in a weird blend
with Mormonism too, from a forty-five-minute tour of Mormon
Square in Salt Lake City, and whatever Judaism she inhales from the
Jews around her. She's not the oldest woman in the club, and the
lights are low, and she wears spectral makeup, darker than Siouxsie
Sioux, covering the lines around her eyes with delicate gore, so that
she looks like the Mistress of the House of Usher after a raven croaking
"Nevermore" has blinded her, artfully.
Excerpted from THE RETURN OF THE PLAYER
by Michael Tolkin
Copyright © 2006 by Michael Tolkin.
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Download Rush : It's an incredible story, about a couple of incredible personalities, with incredible courage and talent. However, the best part about Rush is that in the able hands of Ron Howard, it's been told in an equally incredible way.The atmosphere, the cars, the detail, the performances – Rush brings back the golden era of F1 racing to you to savor, as an unabridged delicacy. Savor it, I suggest. You'll get a rush you've not experienced in a very long time. I promise! It's probably the best motorsport movie ever made!
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Chuggington - Wilson And The Elephant
Children'sRepeatClosed Captions AvailableRated: G10 mins
6:45am Saturday, November 17 2012
Chuggington, Episode 02 - Wilson And The Elephant
Series Synopsis
Chuggington follows the adventures of three young trainee engines, Wilson, Brewster and Koko.
Episode Synopsis
Episode 02 - Wilson And The Elephant
Wilson is determined to get his Animal Transportation badge by taking Ebo the elephant to his new home in the Safari Park. But the naughty elephant has other ideas!
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Episode 01 - Can't Catch Koko
When Harrison breaks down, Koko volunteers to replace him on the night shift, determined to make the fastest run ever.
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[REVIEW] The Wet Brush VS. Tangle TeezerSunday, May 24, 2015
I may be the only person who never combed their hair wet but it's because I always thought it was really bad for your hair. TURNS OUT I was wrong. If you're using a boar bristle (or anything of the like) those can actually damage/tear your hair follicles and you should absolutely NOT use something like that on wet hair HOWEVER, you CAN use a comb on wet hair. Just as long as it has the right bristles! Today I'll be comparing two brushes specifically designed to comb out your wet hair.
Disclaimer: Nail Polish Canada sent these to me to compare. I was not influenced or paid for this review.
The Wet Brush's Intelliflex™ bristles are super thin, strong and flexible. These bristles will glide through any hair type combing out tangles effortlessly. The bristles' flexibility enables protective and pain-free detangling while the SofTips™ on the very top of the bristles massage the scalp to stimulate circulation at the follicle. They are firm enough to comb through knots, yet flexible enough to be gentle on the scalp. Our IntelliFlex™ bristles bounce back to their original form after each stroke eliminating all the hair breakage and pain that used to be associated with brushing your hair. The Wet Brush can be used on wet or dry hair and works on extensions and wigs. --The Wet Brush
The Wet Brush has these long, strong and flexible bristles that have plastic bulbs at the tips. I know we're used to seeing these kinds of bristles and I used them so often as I child that I strayed from them in my adult years. I never really understood their purpose but The Wet Brush claims it makes for a great head massage (and it's true!). I also image they help with the detangling process as well.
It did it's job well, I combed my wet hair with ease and I must say I love how the matte texture feels in my hands. It felt really great to hold!
The Wet Brush can be purchased at Nail Polish Canada, HERE.
The authentic Tangle Teezer - Made in the UK. The Tangle Teezer brush will break the cycle of broken hair and give tangled locks the brush off. A revolution in detangling hair, it has the ability to flex and not pull upon contact with tangles, gently and effortlessly delivering smooth and shiny hair in an instant. No wonder why celebrities and leading hair salons can't stop talking about it. Winner of the 2010 Cosmopolitan Beauty Awards! Ideal for all ages and all hair types. -- Nail Polish CanadaIn contrast to The Wet Brush, The Original Tangle Teezer doesn't have the plastic bulbs at the tips and has a layer of long and short layers. I quite like this design and prefer without the plastic bulbs myself. THE DESIGN is SO ORIGINAL! It really feels great to hold (and I would give it a perfect if it had the texture of The Wet Brush). It's a very sleek design with a diamond pattern between the bristles and the handle which makes it a little more chic, imo.
They both come in REALLY FUN COLOURS! I opted for black because if I liked them I wanted to be able to use them during work and black is professional, yo.
The Tangle Teezer can be purchased at Nail Polish Canada, HERE.
PREFERENCE: I personally prefer THE TANGLE TEEZER, I thought it combed my hair just a little bit better and I really enjoy how it feels when holding it.
Have you tried these? What were your experiences? Do you have a different favourite than I do?


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All through the ages, the healing properties of gemstones , their magnificence, and magic have been recognised and harnessed. Handcrafted Pandora model beads made by local craftsmen are an important alternative to having the style in your jewelry box without cracking open a protected of cash. I really like wire-wrapped jewelry as a result of it has an artitistic high quality. I found this cool video (it is a quick one, too) that very merely reveals the right way to knot or connect a chunk of ribbon to a soar ring for ending off a piece of handmade beaded jewelry.
I want to know as a result of I'm planning on getting them minimize and two pieces are in all probability going to be set for earrings and the opposite a pendant. Lovelinks has some distinctive beads. I used a easy loop and focal bead to finish several jewelry bracelets.
First up is the best way to clean silver, it will work for rings, necklaces, bracelets, and can even work on some gadgets that aren't jewelry in any respect. Here is a chunky beaded bracelet that I enjoyed placing together. For more views of this necklace and plenty of different pieces of handmade designer jewelry, please go to my jewelry albums on Fb.
The necklace is adjustable from 24″-28″ long and is made of handmade clean inexperienced raku beads, black glass beads, black leather neck pieces, silver bead caps and wire, and the four" extender chain. Jill informed me she loves stone-like pendants, especially after they have initials on them, so that is what I did.
Handmade beaded jewelry can fill the necessities of so many kinds and the color mixtures are just infinite. This sea glass necklace has already been bought, nevertheless, let me know what colour glass you like, combined items like this are OKAY, too, (and size of necklace) and you might easily have one of these treasures from the sea.
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Depressing news about black students scoring far below white students on various mental tests has become so familiar that people in different parts of the ideological spectrum have long ago developed their different explanations for why this is so. But both may have to do some rethinking, in light of radically different news from England.
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Europol probes huge match-fixing ring
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Organized crime gangs have fixed or tried to fix hundreds of soccer matches around the world in recent years, including World Cup qualifiers, European Championship qualifiers and and two UEFA Champions League games, Europol announced Monday.
The European Union's police agency said an 18-month review found 380 suspicious matches in Europe and another 300 questionable games outside the continent, mainly in Africa, Asia and South and Central America. It also found evidence that a Singapore-based crime syndicate was involved in some of the match-fixing.
Europol refused to name any suspected matches, players, officials or match-fixers, saying that would compromise ongoing national investigations, so it remained unclear how much of the information divulged Monday was new or had already been revealed in trials across the continent.
"This is a sad day for European football," Europol director Rob Wainwright told reporters. He said criminals were cashing in on soccer corruption "on a scale and in a way that threatens the very fabric of the game."
Europol's probe uncovered 8 million euros ($10.9 million) in betting profits and 2 million euros ($2.7 million) in bribes to players and officials and has already led to several prosecutions.
"This is the tip of the iceberg," said German investigator Friedhelm Althans, who also said two World Cup qualification matches in Africa and one in Central America were among those under suspicion.
Europol said 425 match officials, club officials, players and criminals from at least 15 countries were involved in fixing European soccer games dating back to 2008, and 50 people have already been arrested.
While the investigation's "focus has been on other countries, not the United Kingdom," Wainwright said, one of the two Champions League matches under suspicion took place in England "in the last three to four years."
Neither UEFA, which oversees European soccer and organizes the Champions League, nor the English Football Association were aware of the probe and seemed surprised by the breadth of Europol's accusations. UEFA said it expected to get more information on the investigation shortly.
"Once the details of these investigations are in UEFA's hands, then they will be reviewed by the appropriate disciplinary bodies in order that the necessary measures are taken," UEFA said in a statement.
Because of "ongoing judicial proceedings," Wainwright refused to name which English Champions League match was being investigated, and the FA is also at a loss to know which one.
"The FA are not aware of any credible reports into suspicious Champions League fixtures in England, nor has any information been shared with us," an FA spokesman said.
A Europol spokesman said he was unable to comment when asked why neither the FA nor UEFA had been informed.
Wainwright revealed the scale of the corruption in Germany, where $21.7 million was wagered on matches in the country with payments of $2.7 million believed to have been paid to those involved.
He said a Singapore-based criminal network was involved in the match-fixing, spending up to 100,000 euros ($136,500) per match to bribe players and officials.
"The ringleaders are of Asian origin, working closely together with European facilitators," Europol said in a statement, but adding that "Russian-speaking" and other criminal gangs were also involved.
Ralf Mutschke, director of security at FIFA, the world soccer body, said the report highlighted the need for soccer authorities and police to tackle corruption together.
"The support of law enforcement bodies, legal investigations, and ultimately tougher sanctions are required, as currently there is low risk and high gain potential for the fixers," he said.
Mutschke said while FIFA can ban players, referees and club officials, it is powerless to sanction people not directly involved in the sport.
"For people outside of football, currently the custodial sentences imposed are too weak and offer little to deter someone from getting involved in match-fixing," he said.
Europol is not a police force but provides expertise and helps coordinate national police across the 27-nation European Union. It said 13 European countries were involved in this match-fixing investigation, pouring through 13,000 emails, paper trails, phone records and computer records.
Wainwright said while many fixed soccer matches were already known from criminal trials in Europe, the Europol investigation lifted the lid on the widespread involvement of organized crime.
"It is clear to us this is the biggest-ever investigation into suspected match-fixing in Europe," he said. "It has yielded major results which we think have uncovered a big problem for the integrity of football in Europe."
Wainwright said the soccer world needed a "concerted effort" to tackle the corruption.
Meanwhile, the Danish FA on Monday banned a player for six months for placing bets on a 2011 cup match in which he played. Kristoffer Wichmann, who plays for second-tier side FC Vestsjaelland, was deemed to have used middlemen to place bets on the match, although he is appealing against the ban.
Previous investigations have found that a World Cup qualifier between Liechtenstein and Finland in September 2009 was fixed by a referee from Bosnia, who UEFA banned for life.
Last year, UEFA expelled a Malta player implicated in fixing a European Championship qualifier between Norway and Malta in June 2007.
Information from The Associated Press and Press Association was used in this report.
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HARTFORD–McDonald's announced a new addition to its menu for the summer at its New England locations.
For a limited time beginning June 27, participating restaurants will sell a lobster roll made of 100 percent North Atlantic lobster and mayonnaise, layered on a bed lettuce, all piled into a home-style toasted roll.
The meal will sell for $7.99, and has just 290 calories.
This is the first time in 10 years that New England-area McDonald's restaurants have offered the seafood special..
"The return of the Lobster Roll is exciting because we have requests for it every summer. It's a delicious sandwich and we are thrilled to offer this regional favorite at a great value," says Nicole Garvey, a McDonald's Boston region spokesperson.


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"Simply graduating from a two-year or four-year aviation program does not automatically make a pilot eligible," said Denise Hobart, chief flight instructor for American Winds College of Aeronautics. "American Winds underwent a rigorous FAA certification process to qualify for the R-ATP. Our students must complete the majority of total flight experience while enrolled in our Associate Degree of Applied Science in Aeronautics."
Hobart explained that pilot hiring has always been market driven, and historically, pilots have been required to possess minimum experience close to the ATP requirements to be competitive for pilot positions.
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track is a travel from germany to nagorno-karabach.
what are the differences, what the similarities in the acoustic environment on a travel across europe? what changes in my reception the longer the travel lasts? which significant statement can i give, when all my experiences base on a single moment at a single point, following a small line through an everlasting changing world.
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Notts Outlaws face a pivotal weekend, with two matches in the NatWest T20 Blast competition.
On Saturday afternoon they host Worcestershire Rapids in a televised encounter, having travelled to play Northants Steelbacks the previous evening.
The Outlaws currently lie in fourth position in the North Group table and both of their forthcoming opponents sit above them.
Michael Lumb has been a prolific run scorer in recent times for Notts and he believes things are starting to look much clearer in terms of which sides will qualify from the group.
"Our fate is in our own hands, in a sense," he says. "We're on a bit of a run, we've played some good white ball stuff, so the boys are confident but these sides are up towards the top of the league for a reason, they've been playing well also.
"It should be a good weekend of cricket. If the weather stays good we'll get a couple of games in, with good crowds and if we can string a couple of wins together we'll be up towards the top of the table."
Lumb is particularly looking forward to playing against Northants again. Four weeks ago, in the Royal London One-Day Cup, the left-hander smashed 182 against the Steelbacks on a day when his side plundered 445 runs in just 50 overs.
"There were loads of records broken and all those accolades are nice," recalls the 36-year old. "But when you go out to bat you don't think about those things. It was a good day for me and a good day for the club, because we got a win but it's in the past and was in a different comp. T20 is a new game and a new challenge. We'll go there with a bit of confidence but we know they are a good side."
There have only been six completed matches between the two sides in the domestic T20 competition but Lumb says the fact that they always spend pre-season together has helped his preparation.
"We've got used to them and know what we're coming up against, so your plans are pretty set. You know who you are going to face and who is going to bat for them and vice versa, so it's good in that regard but it's a different game and in T20 things happen so quickly that you can't take anyone lightly.
"They are a good side in this competition and are up for the challenge but we'll be definitely up for it as well."
Imran Tahir has now taken over from Andre Russell as the Outlaws' second overseas player for this competition and the South African international leg spinner will feature in both matches, alongside Australia's Dan Christian.


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Seattle 100: Portrait of a City
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Seattle 100: Portrait of a City is the culmination of a two-year personal project by renowned photographer, filmmaker, and social artist Chase Jarvis. Both a creative project and an insightful ethnography, Seattle 100 shares—via more than 300 stunning black-and-white portraits and biographies of each subject—a curated collection of leading artists, musicians, writers, scientists, restaurateurs, DJs, developers, activists, entrepreneurs, filmmakers, and more, all of whom are defining and driving culture in Seattle. Some faces you will know, other names you may have heard in passing, and others will have been unknown to you until now.
With this book, Jarvis has created a snapshot of a city's culture through its people. And it's inclusive. Descriptive rather than prescriptive. It's a 100, not an exclusive the 100, and it invites each of us to survey our own surroundings, our lives, our friends—and those not yet our friends—that make up the place we live, whether that's Seattle or anywhere else. Individually, the images and words here introduce you to 100 engaging and important people. Collectively, this portrait of a city tells a fascinating, interwoven story about a unique and vibrant place.
Beyond the photos and commentary by Jarvis, there are pithy musings by a select handful of subjects on the topics of art, food, community, region, culture, and film. In addition, many of the subjects share their favorite things, places, and doings in and around the Seattle that they have explored, discovered, and rediscovered time and again.
Chase Jarvis is donating 100% of his artist proceeds from this book to the amazing arts and culture organization www.4culture.org.


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Editor's note: Real estate commissions once again are at the center of debate after a recent "60 Minutes" segment on online discounters and a federal report on industry competition. In this three-part series, Inman News looks at recent research on commissions, the mystery around what agents and brokers can and cannot legally discuss, and how the new discount entrants are collaborating to add pressure to price.
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The Consequence Of Caring: Veterinarians Grapple With Mental Health
On a fall weekday, Chessy the kitten weighs in at just over 4 pounds and is ready for her latest round of vaccines.
"Are you ready? Be brave," Dr. Rebecca Johnson cooed to the spindly black and gray tabby-colored kitten.
Chessy voices a tiny mew of protest.
This morning Dr. Johnson's clients at the Goodyear Animal Hospital have included a Shih Tzu, a kitten and a sugar glider that needed a nail trim.
"The majority of how we spend our day is trying to help people how to figure out how to solve the problems that they are worried about with their pet," Johnson said.
Over the years, Johnson has seen firsthand how serious the consequences can be when animal caregivers take that stress home with them.
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One of her favorite professors died by suicide. So did a traveling surgeon who worked closely with her clinic.
A study of U.S. veterinarians found they're almost twice as likely as the general population to experience psychological distress like depression and mental illnesses. It suggests one in six might have contemplated suicide since graduating.
"Being kind of obsessed with the troubles of other people, that piles up," said Dr. Charles Figley, a psychologist who's pioneered the study of what's called "compassion fatigue."
It's a secondary trauma that impacts people who are constantly helping those in pain. Combating compassion fatigue and addressing the mental health risks in the profession is becoming a priority for veterinarians and the schools that educate them.
"I don't know what the answer is, I don't know how to fix it, but I know that we need to talk about it more," Johnson said.
'What If I Made The Wrong Decision?'
The Goodyear Animal Hospital is primed for almost any kind of care, from grooming to emergency surgery.
"Dogs are not known for making very good life decisions when it comes to putting things in their mouth, so we take a lot of things out that shouldn't have gone in," Johnson said smiling. "Lots of golf balls and shoes and underwear and stuff gets removed in this surgery suite."
Johnson graduated from Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University in 2007.
Most vets spend at least eight years in school. Competition for spots in one of the country's 30 veterinary medicine program is tough. For comparison, there are almost six times more medical school options for aspiring doctors.
Dr. Johnson graduated with book smarts and enthusiasm for her new job, but that was balanced by unexpected anxiety.
"I would go home and I would replay all of the patients that day and wonder did I do everything I was supposed to do," Johnson said. "What if I made the wrong decision?"
A vet might put an animal down and then see a happy new member of the family like Chessy in their next appointment.
It's emotional whiplash.
On top of that, veterinarians carry significant student debt. The American Veterinary Medical Association reports the debt average for 2016 graduates is $167,534.89 — one in five graduates had more than $200,000 in debt.
Johnson said another stressor is the daily decisions about providing care. Unlike public hospitals, clinics can be forced to turn away clients if they can't pay for services.
"It takes a lot of practice to reassure yourself that you've done the best that you could with the information you had at the time," Johnson said.
Dr. Charles Figley compares this stress to secondhand smoke. You inhale troubles that aren't your own.
"They have no way to get around looking into the eyes of their clients to try to figure out how to help them."
People who work in medicine and law enforcement are also at risk for compassion fatigue. Symptoms can include anxiety and trouble sleeping.
Figley said to combat compassion fatigue with self-care and support.
"If they can transform that into lessons and learning from their struggles, then they can transform it into stepping stones," Figley said.
'You Are Going To Have To Carry The Weight'
Before any transformation happens, people have to recognize there's a problem. Veterinary schools have historically not addressed mental health in their coursework, but that's changing.
"A lot of our students are high achievers. They haven't dealt with failure before," said Dr. Carla Gartrell, an administrator at Midwestern University in Glendale, home to Arizona's only veterinary school.
She said when she was in vet school 30 years ago, there were no classes outside of science. Like Dr. Johnson, she's known people in the profession who took their own lives.
It's different for today's students. Lessons on communication, mental fatigue and suicide are baked into the Midwestern curriculum from year one.
"You are going to have to deal with these heavy issues and you are going to have to carry the weight of your owner's emotions and help them through it," Gartrell said.
Creating A Solution
In Goodyear, Dr. Kelsey Bradley is one of the younger vets at the practice. She noticed her anxiety mounting six months out of vet school.
"A lot of what we do in the hospital there's not a lot of time to process it," said Bradley.
Her solution was a monthly meet-up for the doctors and techs. At someone's house over food and drinks, they discuss the hardest cases and the euthanasias.
"I thought that we could try to make a place outside of work, a place where everyone does understand," Bradley said.
Support groups can help people process feelings they might otherwise repress.
"We want to focus on feelings. Be vulnerable. Say it really hurt," said Patricia Smith, founder of the Compassion Fatigue Awareness Project.
Bradley ends each meeting with a discussion of the best things that happened in the last month.
It's a reminder that, in addition to healing animals, veterinarians can help each other.


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Experience Mercedes-Benz at the IAA Cars 2015.
Gazing at new stars.
Not long to go now before the IAA Cars 2015 in Frankfurt/Main gets under way. From 17 September, Mercedes-Benz will be presenting a show in a class of its own for all fans of the brand with the three-pointed star. Over 70 vehicles will be on show in more than 9,000 square metres of exhibition space, including the first public appearance of the GLC and the new-generation A-Class. The C-Class Coupé will celebrate its world premiere – and this is just one of the highlights from Mercedes-Benz that will be unveiled for the first time at the world's largest motor show. The countdown has started!
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What is your company's primary focus? Before you respond with an automatic "why, the customer, of course," stop and formulate a completely honest reply. Many businesses sincerely believe that they are customer-centric--focussed on the customers they serve--when, in fact, they aren't at all. Once … [Read more...]
Creating An Effective Call To Action
Let's shoot from the hip here: if any part of your job or business uses the Internet for marketing purposes and you don't include a Call To Action (or CTA for short), then you're wasting your time online. You can create the pithiest tweet, the most compelling blog post, the most awesome article, but … [Read more...]
Is your value proposition this strong?
Every company, including your company, needs a strong value proposition. At the core, the value proposition is why a customer should do business with you and not somebody else. If you don't have this differentiation, your business is doomed to struggle or die. Take a look at this email I … [Read more...]
How to Properly Celebrate Your Customer's Birthday
I recently had a birthday and was surprised to see my email inbox flooded with birthday greetings from companies I've done business with. The problem was that many of these emails were a total waste of time. Are you sending useless birthday emails to your customers? Let's find out. I got … [Read more...]


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Review – Soul Maze
Our time as a Soul Mate has just concluded – making me realize that I left out a review for my favourite and very first Soul wrap – Maze. I purchased Maze before becoming a Soul Mate, hoping to find a new brand recommendation to offer new wearers. I was looking for a wrap line … More Review – Soul Maze


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Solar Cost Grand Terrace
With the reasonable amount of sunshine in southern The golden state, solar powers are an all-natural method to assist Grand Terrace residents minimize the price of cooling and heating. Government motivations and city efforts make solar panels much more appealing than ever before, and a lot more affordable. Solare Power has economical solar power remedies to assist home owners lessen power prices, in addition to their carbon impact.
Solar panels use the bountiful all-natural lighting below in Grand Terrace to transform sunshine into power. Solar energy is fed into the electrical device at the house and in fact creates the meter to run in the opposite direction when it is producing much more energy compared to the home owner requires. Home owners who have Solare Power solar powers set up in Grand Terrace report they have reduce their energy expenses by as much as 80 %!
Grand Terrace has actually introduced a major effort to lower power needs. All brand-new city centers and significant structure project tasks are needed to achieve LEED Silver credentials, a high specification of environment-friendly construction. New city buildings additionally must create a minimum of 10 % of the electric power making use of eco-friendly technologies, such as solar panels, in Grand Terrace. On top of that, solar powers will certainly aid Grand Terrace satisfy its Power Plan for a Lasting Future. The strategy includes a goal to lessen electricity usage 10 % by 2012, and enhance the quantity of renewable energy utilized at city centers by 2020.
Solare Power deals with California State agencies to recognize and execute solar and power effectiveness job opportunities. Solare Electricity assists finance solar jobs via third-party solar Power Purchase Agreements.
Numerous customers think solar installations are pricey, yet the truth is that Solare Power can set up solar panels in Grand Terrace for a practical price. In fact, the upfront costs are usually paid back within 8 years, leaving you with complimentary electricity for years.
Now, Solare Energy supplies a pre-paid Purchasing Power Agreement that enables property owners to go solar for less than ever, with complete Twenty Years tracking and performance coverage. The home owner pays beforehand for the electricity to be produced by the solar system. The device is set up by Solare Power and possessed by the funding firm. This is a wonderful way for home owners in the Grand Terrace area who want solar panels to obtain them installed at a reduced upfront expense.
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History of Boxing
Boxing is one of the most popular contact sports in the world, in many ways it is iconic with household names like Mohammed Ali and Mike Tyson. From the olympics to the famous boxing venues the sport is part of our national heritage.
Boxing on a basic level has a lot more to offer than just top level sport, it builds hand speed, footwork, reaction, fitness, and much much more. It also is fun to learn. In the context of the academy, boxing gives you that refinement like no other in terms of using your hands in combat.
Boxing at DSD Academy
We have put together a pro boxing team who love what they do, so whatever your motivation, fitness, hand craft, footwork or self defence you will enjoy our classes. We also provide one to one training and children's classes.
James Costanzo and Angelo Bevilacqua are both pro boxers who are passionate about their sport, this gives them amazing insight allowing them to pass on their knowledge to you the student.
Ricardo Edwards is a highly qualified boxing coach with an amazing ability to motivate and inspire you to greater understanding of the fine art of boxing.


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Original paintings, hand-made jewellery, knitted stuff and anything else I try to create. Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com - All art works remain the copyright of the artist and cannot be reproduced without permission
Monday, 31 March 2014
Friday, 28 March 2014
Not Coming To A Store Near You...
This was a fun painting to do - subject matter that I really like plus the surprise to find that I could achieve such depth of colour with watercolour pencils.
Currently on the needles - ducks!
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Labels: Derwent Watercolour pencils, painting, toucan
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
On Going The Extra Mile...
So, despite the trials and tribulations, it's turned out pretty well. It needs a bit more embellishment on the control panel but by late evening I'd had enough!
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Labels: animation, knitting, washing machine
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
Still Feeling A Little Sheepish....
I couldn't resist this little pattern from this month's Molly Makes magazine. It wa a smidge more complicated than I first thought, but still a fairly simple make.
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Monday, 24 March 2014
Mummy Knows Best...
On the needles now....a washing machine. Is it OK that I am kind of excited to make a small washing machine? I have plans for the door and interior to make it look as realistic as I can - I'm hoping they will work!
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Thursday, 20 March 2014
What Do You Think?
But at least it is all down on paper and out of my head, so I am free to get on with some serious work!
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Labels: sheep, watercolour
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
Open For Business!
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Labels: cat, Derwent drawing pencils, dog, horse, pet portraits
Friday, 14 March 2014
Watch Out, She's Coming To Get You!
My next task is a stained glass window....in wool....no, I'm not sure how I'm going to do that either but it will be entertaining to find out! Knitting dull? Never!
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Thursday, 13 March 2014
Not good today, I'm poorly.....annoying, as it is my daughter's birthday and the idea of eating cake makes me want to.....hurk...hurk......perhaps I'll give that a miss....
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Labels: animation
Tuesday, 11 March 2014
Masterpiece in Miniature
The company who made this for me are Stern Design Works - I can thoroughly recommend them!
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Monday, 10 March 2014
Sheep, Sunshine & The Undead...
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Labels: garden, painting, sheep, watercolour, zombie
Friday, 7 March 2014
So Much Grass.....
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Labels: animation, painting, sheep, watercolour
Tuesday, 4 March 2014
A Slightly Sheepish Obsession....
The past couple of weeks it appears sheep have entered the mix. Needless to say, I have been working with their wool for most of my life in some shape or form. But recently sheep themselves have come to the forefront. Perhaps it was when the local farmer decided to go into sheep farming rather than arable and my daily dog walks have turned into sheep avoidance exercises - the idea of my saluki let loose in a field of stampeding sheep doesn't bear thinking about! (You must have seen this clip - this is what I have looked like during dog walks more often than I care to mention.)
I've recently sewn a lamb toy, knitted numerous sheep related items for the animation, bought a sweater with a sheep on the front, eaten lamb stew (does that count??) and now I have an idea for a painting that just won't go away. So hopefully today I can start to get it down on paper and out of my head. Does this happen to anyone else, a subject that emerges from the sub-conscious and won't go away until it has been exhausted? Just me then......ok, I'll go quietly......
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Labels: creativity, sheep
Sunday, 2 March 2014
Necessity is the Mother of Invention...
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Our last day in Spain, we both want a final taste of our favorite foods. Check out those sandwiches, or "bocodillos" in Spanish. In the U.S. you would buy a paper cone of French fries to accompany your sandwich. In Spain you get a cone of different kinds of sausage slices! They are crazy for meat and seafood here, haven't seen a green vegetable or salad in weeks. And whole grain bread? Forget about it.
In this shop you choose the ham, "jamon iberico" for your sandwich. The longer the meat is cured the greater the depth of flavor and the price. I have trouble looking at those hooves…. Since Gary is asking so many questions, and the server doesn't understand a word he is saying, we both get a tiny sliver of each to taste. Delicious! Gary ordered the expensive one– hey, it's our last day. Just wishing for some lettuce, tomatoes, onions, mustard and mayo on mine tho.
Gary is looking longingly at these hams for sale. Don't even think about it unless you want to gift the Customs Agent at the airport. Even if it was possible, that hoof is not going in my suitcase.
While The Carnivor is in ham heaven, I'm heading for desert. Oh my gosh! The gelato! I need another week to work my way through all the flavors.
I always go for the straciatella, vanilla with shaved chocolate bits.
The way they display the ice cream is so pretty. I intended to get a picture of my dish, gelato scooped into a flower shape, but I started devouring it before I remembered.
We walked down La Rambla, looking into the expensive shops, people watching, listening to music from street buskers, playing cello and flute, enjoying our last tastes of Barcelona.
To cap the evening, we went to a flamingo concert. The stage and audience was small and intimate, the performers intended to represent members of a gypsy camp, singing, clapping and stamping feet, playing drums and guitar. The guitar music was just amazing.
The dancers! It was impossible to capture a photo, their feet moved so fast but mostly because I was completely mesmerized. I kept thinking, the next dancer, I'll take a picture, then I was enthralled and too caught up in the passion and music. I even tried to take a video but I kept watching instead of filming.
A perfect end to our trip to Spain. I have had a wonderful time in this fascinating country and I hope I can return someday.
Adiós España. Muchas gracias. Ha sido fantástico.


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Justin Hornsby, who transferred from Rancho Verde to West Covina, while moving into the South Hills area of the Covina Unified School District, has been ruled ineligible by CIF to play varsity football until Aug. 2012.
Hornsby, a junior defensive end, figured to be one of the better defensive players in the area. When Covina Unified would not let him leave their district, he went to the county and got clearance. But CIF was another hurdle that Hornsby could not clear.
No word yet whether he will appeal the decision. West Covina opens the season on Sept. 3 against Covina.
Aram's take: Big blow. The Bulldogs and Hornsby looked to be in the clear on this one, but CIF had other ideas. I imagine Hornsby will appeal and will need to come up with something good to gain eligibility. Remember, Charter Oak's Chris Gilchrist and Aaren Vaughns, were originally ruled ineligible last season before winning their appeals. It's not impossible. We'll see how this plays out …


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Athleta Iron Girl training guide
Late this afternoon I made a quick trip to the Beach Trek Store to drop off some equipment to Karel, for Retul fits. We had a 110% Play Harder event to attend later that evening, where we celebrated raising over $110,000 for breast cancer research! Thanks again to all who donated...there's still time if you wish to donate to 26.2 with Donna.
I am loving my Oakley Women Overtime glasses which fit perfectly on my small face. Sometimes I feel silly in large glasses, despite them being "in". The Overtime is the right size for my face and I still feel sporty, with just enough style :)
I also can't get enough of my Oakley Women's Fly Fleece Short sleeve Dolman, which is a great relaxed hoodie to sport any time of the day.
Now that we are getting closer to racing season, I'm sure many of you all are setting your eyes on a few upcoming races in order to test out your training or to enjoy all the fun that comes with pushing your body and testing your limits.
If you are looking for a FREE training guide to help you get ready for an Athleta Iron Girl Event or need a little motivation, inspiration and education to jump start your fitness routine....I've got just the thing!
For over 6 years, I have been working with Iron Girl. I have been given so many amazing opportunities to speak and write for Iron Girl but my most amazing memories and experiences have come during the races. As a female, you will never experience anything like an Iron Girl event...I highly recommend signing up for one, TODAY!
You can join me in Clearwater for the Iron Girl Half marathon if you want a beautiful challenge? Or check out the other Iron Girl races at Iron Girl.com
I am so happy that I had the opportunity to collaborate with Athleta, on behalf of Iron Girl, to help create an easy-to-follow training guide for 5K, 10K and half marathons, along with sprint and intermediate distance triathlons. You can visit any Athleta store to pick up this free guide or you can download a soft copy at
Athleta Iron Girl Training guide
Happy National Nutrition Month!
Doesn't this picture make you smile? If only we could all feel the same way about our body and diet. Ask yourself, when was the last time you felt confident, strong and proud about your lifestyle choices?
The theme for National Nutrition Month (NNM) is "Get your plate in Shape."
As a newly credentialed RD, I am so proud to be part of a fantastic community of registered dietitians as well as be part of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. But take away my credentials and all that is left of me is a body that absolutely loves the life that I am choosing to live.
When it comes to National Nutrition Month, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (Formerly known as American Dietetic Association) doesn't add a lot of complexity to the theme.
The pictures above remind me of an overall theme as to how we should be eating and living. Each picture is colorful, bold and simply beautifuly to look at. Food in it's real form, natural, wholesome and pure.
When it comes to nutrition/diet and the opinions of many, rules and guidelines over-complicate such a simple idea.
Take a moment and think about 15 people in your life. 5 of those people are training/fitness buddies, 5 people are family members and 5 people are friends and/or co-workers. Now, consider having all of your friends join you for a workout OR perhaps take your least or most fit friend/family member and join him/her for a workout. For when it comes to differing fitness levels, it's so easy to understand that we all differ in fitness ability yet we can all share similar lifestyles as to how we approach physical activity. For we all don't have to be Ironman athletes to be active. It doesn't matter if you are a basketball player, ballet dancer, gymnast, tennis player, snowboarder, runner, triathlete or cyclist - life presents countless outlets to be active, be involved in the community, to enjoy free drugs (thanks to endorphins), to achieve goals, overcome obstacles, be competitive and to test limits.
So when you consider that there are countless ways as to how one can approach physical activity, why is that so many people strive to do what others are doing when it comes to food, nutrition and/or diet? Because a body image doesn't always tell the true story, following the rules of a person who is screaming at you via internet blog posts, facebook posts and magazine articles is no way to help yourself discover your own individual strengths and weaknesses when it comes to your individual diet.
Get your plate in shape
When I read the 2012 NNM theme, I think POWER. As an athletic woman, there's nothing more invigorating than feeling powerful. For with power comes strength and a sense of confidence.
A balanced lifestyle that emphasizes whole food can be powerful. For with a varied diet, one increases the chance of being well nourished. With adequate nutrients in the body, one is more likely to live a quality life. Certainly, while diet and exercise make up a large part of improving the value of your days here on Earth, it is important to recognize that diet and exercise merely enhance how you spend your days here on Earth.
With thousands of tips and guidelines as to how you should be living your life, reflect on your daily choices and decide on a few key areas that will be the driving reasons that you choose to "get your plate in shape". Maybe you want to train for a half marathon, travel the world when you retire or simply control your diabetes or reduce your risk from cancer (or recurrence of cancer). To get you started on your journey, here's a good starting point:
1) Identify the strengths in your lifestyle that you feel are helping you reach your diet, exercise and lifestyle goals.
2) Identify the weaknesses in your lifestyle that you feel are helping you reach your diet, exercise and lifestyle goals.
3) Decide on a plan of action as to how you can modify a few of your individual "weaknesses" and work on this for the next week. Don't aim for perfection, aim for progress.
Perhaps as you start this journey, you may also want to identify your relationship with food, your exercise routine, your sleep and stress habits or your resources that have an influence as to how you choose to live your life.
Rather than targeting that small serving of ice cream or cereal that you choose to indulge in at the later hours of the evening or perhaps that mid morning snack of a granola bar, be honest with yourself as to what you feel are your personal limitors as to why your life is not in balance...or perhaps, the most realistic ways of getting your "plate in shape".
Oakley Women Laguna Retreat - Oakley Headquarters
Perhaps you don't expect a metal spike to drop directly on your eye, but how many times have you been hit by a small object when running, biking, walking or driving? You only have two eyes and although accidents happen (to some people more than others), there's absolutely no reason that any active individual should be saying the following "Sunglasses are too expensive". More so, if you find yourself spending money on glasses that are not Oakley, I highly encourage you to do some research as to how the company spends their money in terms of design, product development, testing and customer service.
Testimonial: Karel has crashed many times in cycling and mountain biking races and never has he broken a pair of Oakley's. Karel has been wearing Oakley glasses and gear for over 12 years. Sadly, back in Czech Republic, Karel had a major surgery when he was a teenager when he was riding his bike, showing off his skills on a bike ramp. Karel overshot the ramp and ended up in the hospital with his eye, ear and side of his face in need of major surgery. Now a day, Karel and myself never leave home without our glasses.
When I took my first trip to Napa Valley, with Oakley Women, I had the opportunity to tour the Rolling O lab. If you ever get a chance to tour the O lab, I HIGHLY recommend this life-changing tour...well, life-changing in terms of what glasses you choose for both lifestyle and athletic wear.
Having had the opportunity to learn a wealth of information from Oakley, specifically in terms of anti-bacterial clothing (beyond just "wicking), UV-A, UV-B and UV-C protection in gear, purpose of polarized vs non polarized glasses, quality of glasses to avoid slipping, headaches and to provide total clarity and comfort when wearing them, I have also had the opportunity to wear many different types of glasses on a daily basis. What's great about being an Oakley Women ambassador is that the Oakley Women line of active and stylish clothing is new, so they want our feedback. In terms of the glasses, we all know that one size doesn't fit all so for someone like me who is seeks a more sporty pair of glasses on my small face, will differ from someone who wants a more stylish pair of glasses. But the idea is that no matter what style of glasses, article of clothing or gender (male or female), Oakley is more than just a brand..it's a lifestyle.
I will be blogging more often on my feedback/testimonials with the
Oakley Women line of clothing and sunglasses so for the ladies, if you have any questions on specific glasses or clothing, please let me know. For the guys, if you have any questions, please let me know and I will do my best to answer or I can relay your message to my contacts at Oakley.
I can't say it enough but Oakley is a family and it is amazing to feel the energy around other like-minded individuals.
On the last day of our retreat, the time FINALLY came and all of us 10 ambassadors were grinning like little kids, excited to head to the Oakley headquarters in Orange County, California.
According to the Oakley website:
Based in Orange County, California, our 600,000-square-foot headquarters is a statement for all things innovative. Everything we produce, we design here. Most innovations we produce are manufactured here. Our headquarters is home to creative people who find equal time for work and play. Sports and Mad Science define our culture, and our employees live both every day. We open our doors to people who embrace work and life with equal passion.
Entering the Oakley headquarters....
(I wasn't allowed to take pics in the testing rooms or manufacturing section. However, I can say that these places were amazing and HUGE! I also didn't take pics of the dogs that are allowed to go to work with their owners, as well as the cubicles that look like a high schooler's locker...covered in everything "athletic". The dress is casual and several dozen employees have been with Oakley for over 20 years. I guess it's hard to leave a company that treats its employees like family)
Life is About Creating Yourself
Thanks Francesca for sharing! Check out the other motivating quotes and share with others! Everyone needs a little inspiration.
Life is About Creating Yourself
Life is About Creating Yourself
Top 10 Ways to Improve Your Work Out Routine
Ready to take your training to the next level? Train smart with my top 10 tips.
Top 10 Ways to Improve Your Work Out Routine
Top 10 Ways to Improve Your Work Out Routine
Oakley Women Laguna retreat - Day 2 in pics
Marni Sumbal, Triathlete & Coach from Mark Woods on Vimeo.
The term addiction is often applied to activities that are non-substance related, particularly referring to individuals who "engage in some specific activity, despite harmful consequences, as deemed by the user themselves to their individual health, mental state, or social life. There may be biological and psychological factors contributing to these addictions." (Source: Wikipedia)
Life presents many opportunites to feel as sense of accomplishment. Whether it is crossing your first running or triathlon finishing line, turning in a proposal, giving a presentation, passing an exam or putting together a community or volunteer-related event, I believe this quote says it the best:
"The person determined to achieve maximum success learns the principle that progress is made one step at a time. A house is built one brick at a time. Football games are won a play at a time. A department store grows bigger one customer at a time. Every big accomplishment is a series of little accomplishments." -David Joseph Schwartz
Far too often in life, we (health conscious individuals) overlook the importance of progress and consistency and become obsessed (or addicted) with our actions and strive for immediate results. For at one time, you felt accomplished at the end of your long journey but when desiring more (which is completely normal) you proceeded to forget about the initial journey that required multiple and multiple actions to trigger a positive end result. Ultimately, many athletes and fitness enthusiasts lose focus of the importance of balance in order to achieve long-lasting results.
I can't tell you how many times I have heard "I'm too busy to work on my nutrition," "this isn't the best time to start an exercise routine" or "I'll start working on myself in a few weeks when life becomes a little less hectic". Tomorrow is never a good time to start on changing habits for if you expect too much out of yourself when life appears "easy", you have missed vital opportunities to develop positive behaviors when life is a bit too tough to handle.
As a triathlete, there are times when the waves in the ocean are choppy, the wind is in my face on the bike and for every downhill on a hilly run, there appears to be double or triple the uphills.
My addiction to triathlons, running and competitions is fueled by my desire of feeling accomplished at what I set my sights on and what I become during the process. For without balance, it is easy to continue doing the same things, all while experiencing the same results. As athletes, most of us are always teetering on the edge of injury, burnout, illness or fatigue. If we weren't, well perhaps we'd just be "exercising" and not pushing our limits.
Although life presents many opportunties for accomplishment, as well as to feel addicted to the process, it is only through a balanced lifestyle that one can truely recognize what it feels like to live life and enjoy all the tiny moments that make up the bigger picture.
Sure, you've heard it over and over again that you should find balance in your life....but it is only up to you, to make the decision NOW as to how you will work on your life, in order to feel what it is like to live a life of balance.
As I share my pics from Day 2 of the Oakley Women Perform Beautifully retreat, I can't help but reflect on how it felt to surround myself with the other 9 ambassadors who all inspire me on a daily basis to perform beautifully. Each one performing beautifully in their own way on a daily basis, I can't help but be reminded that calling yourself a "triathlete" or "runner" or "cyclist" is only a title. Ultimately, your sport of choice is your lifestyle and like anything in life, you may be training for an upcoming event or have your eyes set on qualifying for an upcoming race but at the end of the day, your love for x-sport or activity is your passion and something you want to continue for a lifetime.
Take a moment today (or a few) and reflect on the many opportunities in your life to find balance and be sure to recognize what it feels like, once you find "it".
Stay tuned....the pics you have been waiting for are coming soon!
Inside the Oakley Headquarters!
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