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Draco Malfoy
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Draco Lucius Malfoy is a fictional character from the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling. In the Harry Potter movies, he is played by Tom Felton. He is an antagonist. He is a Slytherin student in Harry Potter's year who is Harry's main rival in school.
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He is described as having a pale, pointed face, sleek white-blond hair and light gray eyes that seem cold.
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Draco Malfoy is shown as a manipulative being to get what he wants. Not to mention his cunning use of magic and ambitious attitude. Though, his character is much understood, labeling him as the "villain".
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He is the only child of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy. Narcissa Malfoy is a member of the Black family, whose cousin is the godfather of Harry Potter. Also to add, later in a stage play towards the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 he is shown to father his one son (Scorpius Malfoy.)
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Draco is mainly trying to bully Harry and his friends Ron, Hermione and Neville Longbotton, as he was raised to do so by his father. In the sixth book, he becomes a Death Eater to make his father proud soon realizing the mistake he made. Voldemort asks Malfoy to murder Professor Dumbledore, but he is unable to; leading Severus Snape to do the job instead in an attempt to protect Draco. Malfoy becomes the master of the Elder Wand (a powerful wand) from the death of Dumbledore until later on he is disarmed by Harry Potter in the seventh book.


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Yunus advises China to follow different development path to avoid wealth concentration in the hands of the few
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Photo Caption : Top executives of key financial institutions of China with Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus in Beijing.
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I'm sure my washboard abs are in there somewhere.
Too bad I can't just go to the fridge for that 6-pack…
I'm in the homestretch for my next figure competition. My abs have 5 weeks to make their appearance. They are always, always fashionably late. Today's Work It Out is a quick overview of my new ab strategy (it's working!!!).
Let me bring by giving you my top ab secret: abs are made in the kitchen. There is no way around this. You're diet must be on point unless you are one of those naturally blessed people
who I want to kill. I was not blessed. I have a short torso. When I gain, it's always in my stomach first. Why can't it go to my boobs quads?!
We'll come back to the kitchen in a bit. First, let's talk exercise.
I lack the patience to do a ton of dedicated core work back-to-back. I also lack the patience to rest between sets (except on leg day when I'm begging to rest). My solution is to combine them!
Every other day I work core moves into my upper body workouts. Rather than stand around between each set, I drop to the ground and do 25 ab reps. My arms rest while I do core, and my core rests while I do arms! Yes, you do use each as a secondary muscle, but it's not so much that you're sacrificing quality.
If I do 6 exercises, 4 sets each, I've done 600 core exercises by the end!
While I plan you workout, I select 4 core moves to perform. After weight set 1, I do core exercise 1. After weight set 2, I do core exercise 2, and so on. Here's a "how to" for the group of 4 that I've been loving lately:
Body Rocks (thanks to Heather for this idea)
Note: Don't do this every day. Your abs need time to rest and recover just like any other body part!
Back to the kitchen. There are several foods that are particularly guilty of being junk food in healthy clothing. Flavored yogurts (sugar bombs), deli meat (infested with preservatives and sodium), and granola (again with the sugar) are big ones.
For today's "Favorite Things Anniversary Week Giveaway," I want to share my favorite granola with you. I was first introduced to Muesli Fusion at Blend last spring. Always the skeptic, the first thing I did was read the label. Lo and behold, it's not a junk food in disguise! Bonus: they have gluten-fee option!
I love using it to top my post-workout protein smoothie bowls. It gives my the carbs I need to refuel and adds some texture to my smoothie.
Athlete's Fuel is my favorite – it has 7 grams of protein and only 3 grams of sugar per serving!
Want to try it for yourself? Muesli Fusion is offering a $50 gift code to one of you.* With that much money, you can try a few flavors!
*Again, this is not a sponsored giveaway. I reached out to my favorite brands and
begged asked nicely for a giveaway opportunity so you can try them out too.
Don't forget – there's still time to enter the NuNaturals giveaway! And, speaking of birthdays, happy birthday to Lisa!!!
What is your favorite granola flavor?
Do you have the patience to do dedicated core work? Which moves are your favorite?


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Amazing weight loss transformation highlights importance of diet, exercise
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Chris Gremillion before and after his 160 pound weight loss.
According to a poll released last year, Louisiana has the fourth highest incidence of extremely overweight residents, which can lead to chronic medical conditions and early death. While many of those who are overweight may have thought about getting in shape and shedding pounds, few actually put in the work to do so.
Dr. V.N. Devarajan is a internist with the St. Charles Community Health Center and St. Charles Parish Hospital. He said more than 20 percent of the patients he sees are extremely obese, which results in several other health problems.
"They get all of these co-morbidities like diabetes, heart disease, sleep apnea and joint deterioration because there is only so much the knee and hip joint can carry. So that is the price," he said.
Although pharmaceutical companies offer weight loss medicines, Devarajan is hesitant to prescribe them due to side effects that can make an already unhealthy person's health even worse.
Instead, Devarajan orders his patients to balance the amount of calories they intake with the number of calories they burn each day.
"If a person is obese he can diet, lessen calories. You don't have to be too greedy. You can probably spend 250 calories more than you take in and over a period of four days that is 1,000 calories, which is one pound," Devarajan said. "So every four days you lose one pound. You are not greedy, it is achievable and the goal is realistic."
Devarajan stresses that a necessary part of any weight loss strategy is exercise.
"The power of exercise and doing the diet will achieve the result. For the majority of patients this is possible," he said.
He said through a balanced lifestyle people can experience health benefits gradually, but the main problem he has experienced is patients who do not stick to the program.
"What you accumulated in 30 or 40 years you cannot lose in one week, but if you take one or two years the goal is achievable and you can sustain it," he said. "You cannot just do it for two weeks and give up on it. A lot of people that is just what they do. They are really enthusiastic, they start and after three or four weeks they just run out of gas and give up and it is the same old story."
Devarajan said the biggest part of changing your body and health for the better is first changing your mindset.
"There is a difference between champions - they are the ones who persevere and sustain it and take that extra step," he said. "I wish we could modify our mind and get that willpower."
Chris Gremillion, 39, knows about obesity first hand and how to combat it. The St. Rose native used to weigh 350 pounds.
Despite his obesity and corresponding health problems, Gremillion never saw a doctor about his weight issues. "I was too scared to go to the doctor. I knew I needed to, but the fear was really big," he said.
Determined to do something about his weight on his own, Gremillion began working out.
"For eight or nine years I worked out, but I would still eat anything I wanted. I got down to about 250 and I stopped," he said.
In 2010, Gremillion joined the Snap Fitness located on Almedia Road in St. Rose and finally dedicated himself completely to losing weight.
"I guess I wasn't as serious and educated as I should have been before that. Once I joined Snap Fitness I got focused and honed in on fitness," he said.
Now, less than four years later, Gremillion's weight is under 190 and he has lost more than 160 pounds since he first began his journey to wellness so many years ago.
He said the secret to his weight loss seems simple.
"Move more and eat less, that is my motto," Gremillion said. "It is not easy. I tell people all the time it is a process. You can't wake up one day and be the weight you want to be. It is a marathon not a sprint."
To share his story with others, Gremillion created a flyer he posted at the gym showing his transformation.
"I had people come up to me and they are convinced that is not me," he said. "I strictly did it on blood, sweat and tears. I was amazed that I was able to do that."
Kim Rodriguez, owner of the Almedia Road Snap Fitness in St. Rose where Gremillion works out, said right around the beginning of the year the fitness center began to receive an increase in calls and customers stopping by to sign up.
"It has picked up since the New Year," she said. "You do see a trend of more people coming and calling and I am guessing New Year's resolutions are why."
According to Rodriguez, there are different types of people who work out at her facility. Those who are committed to getting in shape and come numerous times per week, those who come only occasionally and others who sign up for memberships and quickly quit coming after a few days in the gym.
"I think some people come sign up just to make themselves feel better, like they are doing something and then you never see them again and then later on they cancel," she said.
For people who are not self-motivated, Rodriguez suggests teaming up with the gym's personal trainer. She said that is the push that those looking to get into better shape sometimes need.
"We do have a trainer now. She has a couple of clients that she works with and I can see that if they weren't being pushed they couldn't accomplish their goals," she said. "Training does help for some people. People that need that extra push that need to be told what to do."
Gustavo Martinez, 31, of St. Rose, is one of those new gym members who started working out since around the New Year who needs that extra push, but he uses technology as his motivator.
What got him to buy into the gym was being introduced to a smartphone application that provides workout instructions and motivates him when exercising.
"I got motivated by some videos on Youtube for Freeletics. It is an application I downloaded on my iPhone. It kind of motivated me to start coming here," he said.
Ten years ago Martinez used to workout often and was in good shape, but he said his life has gotten increasingly hectic and he lost the drive to exercise after getting married.
After he began to experience some health problems last year, he knew it was time to get back in the gym.
"I was struggling with my respiration," he said. "I want to get in better shape and be healthier."
Three weeks into his gym membership, he has been coming five times a week and has already lost six pounds.
"I feel stronger and more focused," Martinez said.
Martinez said he feels good going after his goal of self-improvement, but it remains to be seen if he will stick with it.
Good thing he has a model to emulate. Even though he has lost over 160 pounds, Gremillion also works out and continues to exercise before work five times a week. He said maintaining that lifestyle is the most important thing when it comes to staying healthy and keeping the weight off.
"I go before 3 a.m. It is tough, but it is that lifestyle. There are times when I can't get up, I am tired and so frustrated, but it is just that mentality to do it," he said. "You've got to have that will and that drive."
For Gremillion there is no other choice.
"It is either that or you will die," he said.
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Fixing Canada's environmental assessments
The Liberal government is trying to patch holes in the environmental assessment process. But just what changed under the Conservatives?
The Liberal government is trying to patch holes in the environmental assessment process. But just what changed under the Conservatives?
Environmental assessments are supposed to guard against pollution, but changes to key pieces of legislation have crippled the process. To fix it, the Liberal government has to pull up the floorboards and retool several laws — a months-long endeavour that only began recently, with public consultations on how to restore trust in environmental assessments.
"Our natural heritage is hugely important to Canadians," says Karen Campbell, an environmental lawyer at the non-profit Ecojustice. "With Canada's 150th anniversary coming up, we need to think how we are going to maintain that heritage for the next 150 years and beyond."
Until 2012, any project involving federal lands, permits, money, or jurisdiction required an assessment by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA). This is no longer the case. Now, only major projects such as mines and quarries face this scrutiny. Canada's Commissioner for the Environment and Sustainable Development concluded in 2014 that the rationale for determining what kind of developments required assessments under the new Act was "unclear."
Since the summer, a four-person panel of experts, assembled by the federal government, has been gathering information from across the country, holding consultations in each province to find flaws in the system. When their tour wraps up this month they'll hand over recommendations to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change.
The Conservatives tore holes in many of Canada's environmental laws in 2012 when it passed the omnibus bills C-38 and C-45. Bill C-38 alone (dubbed "Environmental Devastation Act" by the Green Party) made changes to 70 of those laws, including the National Energy Board Act, the Navigation Act, and the Fisheries Act. The changes ranged from the withdrawal of protection for 99 per cent of Canadian waterways to the repeal of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, which was replaced with a new piece of legislation under the same name. "It created a real mess that the Liberals now have to clean up," Campbell says.
Just 19 assessments have been conducted under the 2012 Act, according to Anita Szerze, communications adviser for the CEAA. She adds that from April 2008 until the new Act came into force, decisions were issued for 17 comprehensive studies and seven review panels, two different types of assessment. But thousands of screenings — a third type — were initiated in that time as well, with 2,807 in the 2011–12 fiscal year alone. The Conservatives eliminated screenings, which were used to assess a wide variety of projects, when they adopted the new Act. "We've hit a new low," Campbell says. "We are conducting fewer environmental assessments than we ever have."
Read more:
- No turning back the clock on energy policy
- The Agenda: Guiding Ontario's energy system
- The Agenda: Piping eastward
Today, federal environmental assessments look only at a proposed project's effects on fish and other aquatic species, migratory birds, federal lands, and Indigenous communities. Under the old Act, its potential impact on all aspects of the environment — land, air, and water — as well as on living organisms were typically assessed. "What we are seeing is a narrowing of scope," Campbell says.
Moreover, time limits were introduced with the 2012 Act, which stipulated a completion window of one to two years for each assessment, no matter how large or complex the project in question.
In some cases where federal environmental assessments are deemed necessary, the CEAA does not conduct a review — instead, a third party is tasked with looking at the project. Such has been the case with major oil pipeline projects including Energy East and Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain proposal. Since 2012, the National Energy Board — Canada's federal energy regulator — has been responsible for conducting environmental assessments of pipeline projects, and that's been the source of some controversy.
"Environment and Climate Change Canada or the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency should be doing environmental assessments, not the National Energy Board," says Teika Newton, executive director of the advocacy group Transition Initiative Kenora.
Environmentalists and other critics have censured the NEB for examining a limited number of potential impacts in its assessments, and particularly for refusing to consider the cumulative effects of greenhouse-gas emissions associated with pipelines. "The NEB doesn't take climate change into consideration when it makes major decisions," Newton says. "We cannot justify new infrastructure like pipelines that is clearly not in line with the Paris Agreement." (The NEB contends that it is not responsible for examining the overall impacts of pipeline projects on climate change.)
Trudeau's promise of a new "nation-to-nation" relationship with Indigenous communities adds an additional layer of complexity to the government's review of the environmental assessment process. The touring panel of experts will hold a separate day of consultations for Indigenous presenters in each city it visits, but there are differing points of view on how those consultations should be conducted.
"First Nations will support this [review] only if consultation processes are in line with Free Prior and Informed Consent as outlined in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples," said Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day in a statement.
"The federal government's recognition of First Nation environmental jurisdiction must be honoured before we can commit to any high level discussion at a Nation to Nation level because frankly, we are apprehensive of more broken promises," Day said.
The UN General Assembly adopted its Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007. The underlying principle is that the consent of Indigenous communities for developments that could affect them must be procured before those developments can go forward. The federal government has pledged to implement the declaration, but it's unclear whether it will become part of Canadian law.
Stewart Myiow, a Mohawk wolf clan member from Kahnawake First Nation near Montreal, says the review's Indigenous consultations are counter to the whole idea of a nation-to-nation relationship. "Nation-to-nation means you talk to me, not my people," Myiow, who sits on his clan's traditional council, says. "We are not Canadians."
Derek Leahy is a freelance environmental writer.
This story has been updated from an earlier version to reflect that thousands of screenings were initiated in 2011-2012.
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|07 Aug 2011
question about prefetch
i have a question about prefetch
well xp , after booting and after 1 or 2 minutes ,create the file NTOSBOOT-*.pf and after with this file and others optimaze the boot and the programs that start up
about w7 , i did notice that after some time of idle , w7 start to work and edit these files inside the folder prefetch AgGif*.db and a file *.bin
does somebody how does it work ?
i mean super prefetch starts to work after X (minutes) of idle ?
or start to work after X (minutes)
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|07 Aug 2011
You can read more about superfetch which is the same as prefetch in Windows 7 here to answer you questions:
SuperFetch: How it Works & Myths
Windows Vista I/O technologies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|My System Specs
|08 Aug 2011
You can read more about superfetch which is the same as prefetch in Windows 7 here to answer you questions:
SuperFetch: How it Works & Myths
Windows Vista I/O technologies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
but is not all clear
after some mintues of idle , i can see w7 scans for many files and after update the files i mentioned
|My System Specs
|08 Aug 2011
Windows 10 Pro (x64)
And? Why is that a concern? If your computer is idle or in other words you are watching paint dry, should it not get some actual work down? Unless watching paint dry is actual work?
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Windows 10 Pro x64
I would have to second Logic's question - specifically why is this an issue? You have posted about it, so something has piqued your curiosity.
|My System Specs
|08 Aug 2011
Windows 7 Profession 64-bit
I would have to second Logic's question
i mean super prefetch starts to work after X (minutes) of idle ?
or start to work after X (minutes)
Superfetch is a very good thing. Dinking with it is sure to have a negative impact on performance.
|My System Specs
|11 Sep 2011
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit 6.1 Build 7601 (SP1)
Anyway, once when this happened I stumbled-in to the Prefetch dir and noticed that the very large AgGl* files therein had been modified at the exact time I'd had the couple minutes of HDD activity & lockout. On a hunch, I stopped the Superfetch service and moved-out all of the Prefetch files (not however the Readyboot folder), changed my Registry settings for Prefetch & Superfetch to "boot files only" i.e. DWORD of 2, and rebooted, and the problem is gone! Clearly, something in the Prefetch folder was corrupted somehow.
There were two odd things about my Fetch settings, which according to other W7 PCs I have should have looked like this:
Instead of the above, my key had EnablePrefetcher as 2, and EnableSuperfetch as 3, and there was another bizarre entry there called "SuperPrefetch" which was 0. I deleted that (could find NO reference to such a thing anywhere) and put both the other settings to 2, and as I said all is working properly now.
My questions: Can anyone speculate where the "SuperPrefetch" entry came from? Also, what might the implication of my settings being DIFFERENT have been? I can find no discussion of this aspect of the registry key i.e. the difference between Prefetcher and Superfetch and what-if-they-are-set-differently.
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why is my C:\Windows\Prefetch empty?
Hi i run w7 ultimate 64bit and my C:\Windows\Prefetch is empty i used total commander to see hidden folder and file , empty I enable Show hidden files, folders and drives and system file is empty again
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prefetch folder
hi.i have WIN 7 64bit. i just get the attention from tune up program that some files in the prefetch folder is deleted by me or a program. idon't know if it is dangerous? if yes please tell me what should i do for repairing.THX!!
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How to relocate prefetch location?
Greetings to all experts, still noob here. Anyone knows how to move the prefetch location on Windows 7 from C:\Windows\prefetch to another location or drive? I'm thinking to relocate all write activity from C: to the ramdisk. So far I only found the prefetch, temp and installed application that...
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Prefetch and SSDs
My understanding from reading the MSDN blog was that prefetch and defrag were to be disabled for SSDs with "good performance." I have a second generation Intel X25-M 80GB as my boot drive which I believe qualifies as a "good performing" SSD. I do see that defrag is disabled for my SSD (C:...
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Prefetch? On, Or Off?
Prefetch? On, Or Off? Dumb Question.. Is It Best To Have Prefetch Service On? Or Off? Does It Make Any Difference In Speed? Thanks
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How do I delete prefetch files in 7?
I XP I would type prefetch in run and then delete. I cant even find run in 7.
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text: Best of Hong Kong, Macau and Disneyland - 4 Nights | 5 Days Overview Inclusions Itinerary Reviews Inclusions: Airport TransfersAssistanceBreakfastSightseeingVisa Fee This holiday package 'Best of Hong Kong, Macau & Disneyland' is fully customisable before you embark on a Hong Kong vacation with visits included to Macau and Disneyland from Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Guwahati or any other part of India for a honeymoon trip or a holiday tour with family and kids. It is a perfect way to rejuvenate and experience the best of Hong Kong, Macau and Disneyland. Hong Kong, one of the most popular holiday destination from India offer fun, entertainment, unlimited shopping opportunities, outstanding city skyline view, cruises, Theme parks like Ocean Park and Disneyland, beaches and probably everything else you need for a perfect holiday in any of the destination in the world. Join this 5 days holiday tour package 'Best of Hong Kong, Macau & Disneyland' or ask one of our travel consultant to work out a more luxurious or cheapest tour program of your choice. Bon Voyage ! Package Itinerary: 1 DAY Arrival Hong Kong Airport ( Ferry To Macau ) Welcome to Hong Kong. On arrival at Hong Kong International airport, proceed to ferry terminal for your ferry to Macau. Our local representative in Macau will assist you with your comfortable transfer to your hotel in Macau. Relax for sometime before you get ready to start your evening and night adventures in Macau. Macau is often referred to as Las Vegas in the east. Plan your evening in advanced for it is an impressive destination that gamblers and non-gamblers alike love to spend a holiday in. Overnight in Macau. 2 DAY MACAU ( Ferry to Hong Kong, City-Tour ) Enjoy a leisurely breakfast at the hotel before you start your city tour of Macau. Our english speaking guide will take you around the former Portuguese colony of Macau during city tour to see top historical attractions and modern wonders of Macau. This tour is a wonderful opportunity to get to know Macau with some important photo-stops. Later in the afternoon, check into Macau Ferry terminal for your ferry to Hong Kong. On arrival at Hong Kong meet our local representative for your comfortable transfer to your hotel in Hong Kong. Join your evening Hong Kong tour. This evening tour offers a wonderful introduction to Hong Kong while you listen to the information delivered by your expert english speaking guide. Discover important landmarks, learn about Hong Kong's history and understand island's unique way of life. You will also visit Victoria Peak to get the view of skyline and harbour when the city gets illuminated with thousands of neon displays before returning to your hotel. 3 DAY Hong Kong ( Disneyland Theme Park ) Enjoy a leisurely breakfast at your hotel before you start your tour of Hong Kong Disneyland theme park. Hong Kong Disneyland theme park is for the young and the young at heart. Your full day tour of Hong Kong Disneyland theme park includes full day admission ticket to Disneyland theme park where all Disney characters come to life. Read full details of this tour..... Return to Hong Kong, Overnight stay in Hong Kong. 4 DAY Hong Kong ( Optional : Ocean Park Tour ) Enjoy a leisurely breakfast at your hotel. This day is free for you to explore Hong Kong on own. You may choose from a list of Sightseeing and Activities in Hong Kong which La Vacanza Travel offers or may be spend the day to explore unlimited shopping opportunities in Hong Kong. Recommended Tour : Ocean Park full day excursions is a tour suitable for all ages. Join a Full day Ocean Park tour starting in the morning from your hotel and visit the theme park directly, your ticket allows you to skip the line and enjoy both areas 'The Waterfront' and 'The Summit'. Read full details of this tour.... Overnight stay in Hong Kong. 5 DAY Hong Kong ( Departure ) Enjoy a leisurely breakfast at your hotel. The tour ends after breakfast this morning and rest of the day is free for your own activities. Meet our representative at the hotel on time for your departure transfer to Hong Kong International Airport. Get the Best Holiday Planned by Experts ! Subscribe to our newsletter Customer Review WRITE A REVIEW Akanksha Ahluwalia Sector, Chandigarh, India Akanksha Ahluwalia Sector, Chandigarh, India Disneyland is a must in your Hong Kong holiday Feb 15, 2016 It was a dream come true for kids to visit Disneyland in Hongkong, we all have great memories of this visit. If at all we go back again we would like to stay in Disneyland hotel itself.Hotel in Hong KongWe stayed in Sheraton in Hong Kong, it is a lovely hotels. The location serves all your purpose for it is a short walk to all important shopping areas, also harbour is just across the road. It made easier for us to visit harbour almost every night and watch Symphony of lights show Hong Kong is famous for.Hotel In MacauIn Macau also we stayed in Sheraton, also a very nice hotel, with swanky rooms and surroundings.Sightseeing and Tours Our recommendation would be as below :- Take minimum 5 nights as Disneyland only takes 01 full day.- Ocean Park also requires approx a day.- Victoria peak is a nice place, spend half a day at least in this place. Eating, taking pictures and visiting madame Tussauds takes minimum half day.- We missed tram, but it is a nice experience I suppose.- Harbour cruise was excellent but food is mostly seafood.- We love taking long walks, I recommend you also keep sometime for this activity, it was a nice experience taking long walks in Tsim Sha Tsui road in Kowloon - We should have gone to Lantau Island to see giant buddha, hotel told us that cable car is a nice experience, but we were short of time.- If we had another day we would have liked to go to the beach as well.Ours was a very memorable holiday. Thank you La Vacanza travel , you people are best. Bhushan Singh Mayur Vihar, New Delhi, India Bhushan Singh Mayur Vihar, New Delhi, India Great Holiday with Hong Kong & Disneyland. Apr 03, 2016 Disneyland is really a great option for kids though we enjoyed shows at Ocean park, rest of Hong Kong and Macau too. Our Holiday to Hong Kong, Macau and Disneyland was a memorable trip for me and my family. Right from the hotel selection, to excursions, guide and all the assistance La Vacanza Travel did a great job. Thank you and good luck to you. Surabhi Mishra Swaroop Nagar, Kanpur, India Surabhi Mishra Swaroop Nagar, Kanpur, India Lovely Hong Kong Holiday, Thank you Oct 24, 2016 Our tour to Hong Kong was wonderful, there was no problem at all anywhere. Great hotel, Good Guide, swanky vehicle for transportation and best services here at La Vacanza Travel. Thank you and we sincerely look forward to have more trips with you..Cheers Picture Gallery Customer's Questions & Answers Note: Please click here to submit a question. Q. What is the best time to travel to Hong Kong and Macau on a Holiday? A. Anytime is a good time to travel to Hong Kong and Macau. There is no low season or high season for Hong Kong and Macau holidays. Q. Is it advisable to travel to Macau First? A. Most of the direct flights from Indian cities like Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Banglore etc arrive at Hong Kong international airport early in the morning. To utilise the time in hand during your Hong Kong and Macau Holiday it is advisable to travel to Macau by ferry straight from airport. By afternoon you reach your hotel in Macau. This gives you enough time to relax after an overnight flight and later enjoy evening in Macau. Alternatively, If you are staying in Hong Kong first, you can travel by ferry from a Hong Kong ferry terminal to Macau Ferry terminal. After your stay in Macau you may take a ferry back to Hong Kong ferry terminal or directly to Hong Kong International airport from Macau Ferry terminal. Q. Which is the easiest way to Travel to Macau? A. Easiest and most economical way to travel to Macau from Hong Kong is by a Ferry. Ferry services are available from the ferry terminal located in city of Hong Kong as well as Hong Kong International airport. If you are planning to take ferry to Macau from HKG international airport it is important that you inform your airlines of your plans during check-in for the necessary tagging of your luggage. At Hong Kong airport you must proceed to ferry terminal directly ( Not to HKG immigration) the immigration is done at Macau Ferry terminal only. Your luggage also reaches directly at Macau Ferry terminal. Q. Is one day enough for Disneyland? A. A same day excursion to Disneyland from Hong Kong is a very popular tour, however many families also choose to stay inside the Disneyland park ( there are hotels inside the park ) to be able to spend more time in Disneyland and spend up to 2 days or even more in the park. It all depends on you. Q. How do we apply for Hong Kong Visa ? A. For Hong Kong, Visa is 'on arrival' for every Indian traveller | tourist carrying a valid Indian passport. Q. Macau also has 'visa on arrival' facility for Indian travellers ? A. Yes, every traveller with Indian valid passport is allowed 'visa on arrival' in Macau. Q. What is the cheapest option of flight to book with this holiday package to Hong Kong, Macau and Disneyland ? A. Air India, Dragonair, and Cathay Pacific offer convenient direct flight connections to Hong Kong airport from India. Thai airways, Singapore airlines, China eastern also offer good flight connections with one stop to Hong kong . Many cities in India like Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Varanasi, Guwahati, Lucknow, enjoy convenient flight connectivity to Hong Kong. If you are plan your vacation in advance it is very easy to secure the cheapest or promotional fares. Q. Can you book Venetian hotel in Macau if we book this holiday package 'Best of Hong Kong, Macau & Disneyland' ? A. Venetian is one of the most popular hotel among the Indian tourist, visiting Macau during their holiday in Hong Kong and Macau. 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April 26, 2011RATTO ARCHIVESHARKS PAGE SHARKS VIDEO
Ray RattoCSNBayArea.com
Hockey people hate the concept of style points. Always have, always will. They prefer the starker and more basic view -- Survive and advance. Fall and play golf.Well, tough. They can be correct with that as far as it goes, but there are different standards for different teams in different years. That is every bit as true as Survive and advance.RECAP: Sharks survive, oust Kings on Thornton's OT goal
So it is with the Sharks, triumphant in a manner of speaking over the Los Angeles Kings in a series that, for the Sharks liking, took too long, demanded too much exertions and exposed too many flaws to be an unqualified triumph.
I mean, the whole idea wasnt to stand glorious over a fallen seven-seed and howl, Hurray! Look what we did! The idea was, and is, to nuzzle up to the Stanley Cup, or in the alternative to at least closer than ever before.It was not to show Chicago, or Detroit, a potential goaltending issue, an ongoing defensive problem, or remind us all of the Sharks proud history of making their job more difficult than it needs be.RATTO: Sharks win it their way, the hard way
Indeed, as series victories go, this was among the least satisfying in Sharks history, rivaled only by the seven-gamer over Calgary three years ago when San Jose was also a two-seed, and a more comfortable one than they were this season. That went seven games, and the Sharks had to catch up twice and then get run in Game 6 before surviving and advancing in Jeremy Roenicks last fine moment as an NHL player.But this series, as much as it may have done to temporarily elevate Joe Thorntons reputation as a goal scorer, also took a toll on San Joses position as a Cup contender. Oh, they outshot the Kings, as they always seem to do, and they won the faceoff battles, as they always seem to do, and they showed just enough of what made them good in the second half to make one think they could do it again.But they also needed three overtime wins to advance. They got hammered on a night when the Kings were missing the very important Jarret Stoll. They got choke-slammed with a series clincher staring them in the face. They found cracks in Antti Niemis armor and cement in his leg pads, for all the long-distance rebounds he allowed. The defensive six only performed in fits and starts, and Dan Boyle, the best of them, struggled more than he ever has since arriving here. And their two worst games occurred at home, likely due to being overamped and less attentive to the details that separated them from the pack to begin with.They were, in short, not inspirational in victory. And maybe thats just the way they need to be -- this close to ignominy and rebuke. As comfortable as a fellow lounging on a razor-blade lounger. Always one bad turn away from another summer of finger-pointing and recrimination.Of course, thats what Sharks fans would like to think -- that their favorites are at their best when theyre at their worst. Its a nice fantasy, one that covers a multitude of sins.But logic demands another view -- that they spent too much time with the Kings for their own good, and that they have an awful lot to remedy if they are to stand an even chance against Detroit, or a better than average chance against Chicago. The arrogance of thinking your worst game somehow strengthens you is always dangerous, and the Sharks need humility now more than ever.In short, they did survive, and they did advance, but they didnt do it the way a champion does. They can still be considered one, but they have to be significantly better, dramatically more efficient, and hugely more receptive to the knowledge they fought for three months to obtain.That skill does not come before persistence or discipline, but after it. Learn that and live it, and they can survive and advance again. Ignore it, and live with the harsh consequences.Now those are style points.


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Right-hander Robert Benincasa had a very successful season in the Nationals organization. He has done so well, his season continues now in the Arizona Fall League.
Benincasa was promoted from low Single-A Hagerstown to high Single-A Potomac. Along the way, he totaled an impressive 27 saves and a 3.00 ERA. He walked only 14 batters and punched out 64 over 51 innings in 45 games.
In Arizona with the Mesa Solar Sox, the 23-year-old Benincasa has gone 0-0 in eight games with a 4.50 ERA. But numbers are not of paramount importance in this type of environment. It is about learning, getting stronger and staying healthy.
The former Florida State product said it was a long season, but the value of getting through the season without a major injury and pitching well was the best reward.
"Being my first year, I knew I couldn't let my first year kind of slip away and say, 'Oh, I have next year,' " Benincasa said. "I wanted to come out of the gate swinging. I ended up racking up 27 saves. That wasn't just me. That was my team putting me into those situations.
"It was a great year. Most importantly, it was a healthy year. Being a pitcher, and especially with it being my first full year, I haven't thrown that many innings since never, really. My first three years at Florida State, I didn't throw that much. To be able to come out of my first professional year healthy (in) 140 games without going on the DL was really important to me."
Because that was not the case in 2012 while pitching for short-season Single-A Auburn.
A bothersome knee injury limited him to just 16 games, and he was worried that he might need to have surgery as the inactivity wore on.
"In Auburn, I had bursitis in my knee, similar to what (Bryce) Harper had," Benincasa said. "They put me on the DL. It was just a bunch of inflammation, something that bothered me in college. One day, it just gave out on me. It swelled up pretty bad. At first the doctor thought it was torn meniscus and the MRI showed it was just bursitis."
Benincasa took anti-inflammatory medicine along with ice and treatment. He started to feel and see results as the strength returned to his knee.
"I came back from that, my (velocity) started to creep back up getting to where I wanted to get," he said. "I was a lot stronger, I was able to squat, I was able to workout the right way. Really (went) into the off season healthy, which was great."
Healthy and reinvigorated, Benincasa started 2013 with Hagerstown. Even with an injury the prior season, Benincasa still knew what it would take to be a closer in pro ball from his experience with the Seminoles.
"My first two years of college, my numbers were subpar," Benincasa said. "I wasn't going after guys. I was trying to strike everybody out with the first pitch or two, which is impossible. I was getting myself behind in counts and my numbers were affected by that.
"At the beginning of my junior year, I wasn't even the closer. They made me the closer after two weeks. And with that role, I kind of saw it as I am only out there really a little amount of time, let's make it as short as possible.
"Try to get ahead, - strike one is big. The pressure is already on the hitter before the at-bat starts. If you can get ahead 0-1, which should happen most likely, unless they ambush you. If you can get ahead 0-1, it almost doubles that pressure. Hitting is already hard enough, so it makes it a lot harder on them.
"That has kind of been the reason I have been successful. I can get ahead 0-1 with my curveball, my slider or my split (fingered) fastball either side of the plate, righty or lefty."
Benincasa's repertoire was pretty basic at Florida State. He had one go-to pitch that was effective to getting batters out. It worked in the Atlantic Coast Conference, but he found out quickly he wouldn't be able to sustain success with limited pitches in professional baseball.
"When I first came into pro ball, I threw all sliders," Benincasa said. "At Florida State, we didn't call pitches, (head coach) Mike Martin called pitches, which was good. I was throwing slider after slider after slider. Obviously, in college the numbers were great because of that. It worked then.
"But when I got to pro ball, all I wanted to do was throw my slider. You throw it too many times, they are going to sit on it. There was a little bit of adjustment period there. So I started kind of altering my slider to make it almost one of them like a curveball and then one like a slider. Really depends if it's a righty or lefty, depending on the count."
He said the biggest step in his pitching came when he pitched one summer in the Cape Cod summer league with other talented and well-known hurlers. That is where he added a split-fingered changeup.
"I picked it up going into my junior year playing in the Cape from (pitchers) Mark Appel and A.J. Vanegas, two Stanford guys," Benincasa recalled. "One showed me the grip and one showed me the process on it. I kind of mastered that. If I didn't have this pitch, I would struggle to get lefties out. This year, my numbers were actually better against lefties, actually."
That pitch has been a game changer for him in the pros.
"My split-finger was great for me this year," Benincasa said. "Learning that split-fingered changeup kind of saved my career. I think it was the reason I was able to excel my junior year. I certainly continued to do that this year."
Benincasa has also been able to work on another pitch as he gains experience in Arizona. When he got the call in September that he was invited to pitch in the AFL, it was a joyous surprise.
"Unbelievable, unbelievable," Benincasa said. "(Nationals assistant general manager) Bob Boone and (Nationals director of player development) Doug Harris actually came to town in Potomac, (and) they told all of us pitchers right before we went out to stretch. I was ecstatic. It was hard to kind of hold it in. Being my first year, it wasn't something I wasn't really expecting. I am extremely happy and thankful. It couldn't be any better. The most important thing out here is about learning. Taking this time as a learning process."
Benincasa was able to get guys out by not throwing strikes while in Hagerstown. In high Single-A and in the AFL, you can't do that and survive.
"When you keep going up levels, you learn something new at each level," Benincasa said. "Here, you are not going to be able to miss with those pitches. Even with lefties, you have to have a ball that is going to run away from them.
"I am trying to (refine) my two-seam fastball. I am trying to alter it to get a little more sink on it. You learn something from every level. That is the biggest reason I am so happy to be out here."


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Has British gold medal star Jack Laugher solved mystery of green Olympic diving pool?
TEAM GB's gold medal diving hero Jack Laugher has blown the mystery of Rio's emerald green diving pool wide open.
The puzzle of the murky water has been rumbling on since Tuesday, when sports fans watching the women's synchronised 10m final were stunned to find the pool had changed colour overnight.
Speculation as to why the water turned from blue to green was rife yesterday, with some claiming algae had been allowed to grow, while others mused over whether one of the divers had weed in the pool.
But after his fantastic springboard win with partner Chris Mears, Laugher has come up with a simple theory to the mystery boggling everyone's mind.
"We think maybe a load of ink has run into the pool potentially."Jack Laugher
The 21-year-old believes green ink from the plastic hoardings around the pool that have possibly contaminated the water.
Laugher said: "We've got some big plastic boards that go into the water just for decoration and effect.
"But you can see on the waterline that they're blue when below the waterline, and above the waterline it's green.
"And we think maybe a load of ink has run into the pool potentially.
"It's safe and the doctors have given it the all clear or whatever.
"And it's different as well, you know, it's another one of those added different conditions."
Ermmm...what happened?! pic.twitter.com/pdta7EpP2k— Tom Daley (@TomDaley1994) August 9, 2016
Rio 2016 officials confirmed on Tuesday the pool was safe for athletes.
A spokesman said: "It's very important to the Rio 2016 organising committee to ensure a very high quality field of play.
"Water tests at Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre diving pool have been conducted and there was found to be no risk whatsoever to athletes.