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Zoopla continues to paint the town purple
Zoopla is continuing to paint the town purple with its latest billboard advertising.
New posters can be seen in some of the most high profile advertising locations available, including two double-sided tower screens on the A4 Hammersmith flyover.
This section of the A4 sees large volumes of traffic, including daily commuters and people from overseas travelling between Heathrow and Central London.
The iconic digital gateway to the UK's Capital regarded as the UK's best digital advertising opportunity
More adverts can be seen in the City and on the prominent Holland Park roundabout.
Have you seen one of these outdoor adverts? Did it inspire you into prose or poetry?
Let us know by leaving a comment and you could win some Zoopla goodies.
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UK Planning permissions reach new highs
The number of new homes granted planning permission has soared to its highest level since 2008, figures showed today.
A total of 43,926 homes were given so-called outline planning permission during the first quarter, according to the Home Builders Federation.
The group said a total of 177,731 permissions were granted in the year to the end of March, the highest level since 2008.
But it warned that with house building activity increasing on the back of rising demand, driven largely by the Government's Help to Buy scheme, it was vital that the number of planning applications granted continued to rise.
The HBF added that although the number of individual properties that received planning permission rose during the first quarter, the number of sites that received consent actually fell.
A total of 679 sites were granted the first stage of planning permission during the three months to the end of March, down from 885 in the previous quarter and 807 during the same period of 2013.
The group warned that the planning permission process needed to be sped up if it was going to be able to meet growing housing demand.
"we are facing an acute housing crisis that will only be solved by building substantially more homes"
It said many sites became stuck in the planning system, with an estimated 150,000 plots currently at the outline permission stage, waiting for full sign off by local authorities.
Outline planning permission is only the first stage of the planning process, and usually means that while planning permission has been granted in principle, there are a number of conditions that need to be met before work can begin on a site.
The HBF called on local authorities to ensure that their planning departments were sufficiently resourced, and applications were processed efficiently and speedily, so that developers could get to work on new sites.
It also urged the Government to urgently implement measures outlined in the Autumn Statement to speed up the planning permission process.
These measures included introducing legislation to remove 'blockages' in the system by imposing a limit on the pre-construction conditions local authorities can impose.
Stewart Baseley, executive chairman of the HBF, said: "All political parties and commentators now agree we are facing an acute housing crisis that will only be solved by building substantially more homes.
"The Help to Buy Equity Equity Loan scheme has led to a big increase in sales of new homes and the industry has responded and significantly increased output.
"Existing sites are being built out quicker and we now desperately need new sites to come on stream if we are to see increases in house building sustained. All builders are now identifying the planning system as the biggest threat to further increases in supply."
House prices are currently being driven higher by a combination of strong demand and a shortage of supply.
Recent price growth has left the average home in England costing £265,612, according to Zoopla.
In 2007, the Government set a target of creating 240,000 new homes a year by 2016 in order to meet rising demand.
But recent figures showed that just 133,650 properties were started during the 12 months to the end of March.
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House staging tips – making every room have a purpose
Have you been to view a house recently? Were you walked into a kitchen and told – somewhat unnecessarily – 'this is the kitchen'? It is common practice for those showing people houses to announce the title of each room as it is entered, writes house staging expert Anna Hart. But when showing buyers a house, it is usually best to keep quiet and let the room speak for itself.
It is best to make it as obvious as possible to buyers what the purpose or identity of each room is – in your photographs, your floorplan, and when they visit the house for a viewing. This is especially important if your house has more than four bedrooms, or its floor plan is unusual in any way.
When we search for a new house there are a few basic parameters that we type into Zoopla to narrow down the available options so the search only returns those we're likely to be interested in. Location, price and number of bedrooms are the three major criteria, and number of bedrooms is the common way to judge how large a house is.
While there are dozens of uses for a bedroom other than for sleeping, when you're selling, my rule is that you're best to give buyers what they will feel comfortable with, what they expect, and what they can understand.
That means if you're selling a house that is listed or described as having a living room, dining room and four bedrooms, then you need to show your buyers a living room, a dining room and four bedrooms – not a living room, an office, two bedrooms, a gym and a storage room.
Many people find it difficult to imagine things any other way than how you present them. So if they're looking at photos expecting to see four bedrooms and they only see two, the first thing they have to do is work out which of the other photos are the dining room and the missing two bedrooms. This makes extra work for buyers, and that's never a good idea if you want to wow them and keep them happy. You want to tick their criteria boxes immediately, not make them work.
Anna's top 5 tips for presenting easily identifiable rooms:
- If a room counts as one of your advertised bedrooms, put an appropriately sized bed in it. It means double beds for double rooms, avoid king size unless it really is large enough to take it, and use single beds for smaller rooms.
- If you've got a downstairs room that's not a kitchen, utility room or lounge, then put a dining table and chairs in it and call it the dining room.
- Try to define and present a positive use for extra rooms, such as rooms upstairs that are not listed as bedrooms, or additional living spaces downstairs. Office, studio or library are far more attractive than 'dumping grounds' or storage areas.
- Always have a floor plan on your internet listing, and make sure the room names match up with the image you're presenting in the photos for each room.
- Ask your estate agent to name each photo on your internet listing appropriately, such as using the terms 'master bedroom', 'family bathroom' and 'en-suite'.
This four bedroom semi-detached house in York has room names on the photographs, which is especially useful in pictures eight and nine where they identify the ground floor bedroom and shower room. The third bedroom is named but has no bed in and so putting a single bed in this room would help buyers be confident that a bed would actually fit into this small room (provided of course that a bed will fit). The floor plan is useful as well, but would be even more helpful if the ground floor bedroom was named as such to match the photographs, instead of simply 'reception room'.
Anna Hart is an expert in staging homes for sale, working with house sellers to maximise their chances of selling as quickly and as profitably as possible. Anna's ebook 'How To Sell Your House For Top Price, Fast' brings her practical and proven house sale preparation strategy to sellers across Britain, and there's a special offer on her books for Zoopla blog readers here.
Nearly 50% of young homeowners fear interest rate rises
Young homeowners are storing up problems for the future by resorting to "desperate measures" to get on to the property ladder, a study warned today.
Seven out of 10 homeowners aged between 25 and 34 admit they relied on non-standard routes to buy a house, according to the HomeOwners Alliance.
Some took out a mortgage with a term of more than 25 years, while others opted for an interest-only loan, took out a mortgage with a very low interest rate or put down only a small deposit.
Young homebuyers also turned to the 'Bank of Mum and Dad' for help, or took advantage of Government schemes such as Help to Buy.
But among those who could not afford to buy their home with a standard mortgage, half admitted they were worried about their housing debt.
Around 23 per cent said they were concerned about the size of their mortgage and being able to repay it one day, while 20 per cent said they worried about getting into negative equity.
A further 19 per cent were nervous about how they would afford their mortgage payments over the long term.
Most worryingly, 49 per cent admitted that they feared that an interest rate rise would make it more difficult for them to meet their monthly repayments.
The HomeOwners Alliance warned that while non-standard financing options may help young people to afford their first home, they could also be storing up problems for the future.
Paula Higgins, chief executive of the HomeOwners Alliance, said: "As house prices rise and homeownership levels drop, young people are left with no choice but to resort to desperate measures to realise their dream of owning their own home.
"This goes to show how the housing crisis is giving young people a raw deal.
"Schemes to help make homes more affordable in the short term do little to solve the fact that we need many more new homes, in the right places and at the right price."
The research, which was carried out with conveyancing provider myhomemove, found that young people were more likely to have to take steps to make homeownership affordable than other buyers, with 72 per cent resorting to non-standard methods, compared with 62 per cent of people across the population as a whole.
Taking out a mortgage with a term of longer than 25 years was the most popular option for people struggling to get on to the property ladder, with 28 per cent of young homebuyers doing this.
A further 24 per cent borrowed money from family or friends to boost their deposit, while 23 per cent opted for a low interest rate or mortgage deal.
Around 12 per cent of young homeowners said they had taken out a high loan to value mortgage, and 10 per cent had used a shared ownership scheme to get on to the property ladder.
But despite the challenges they face, the desire to buy a property is still strong among non-homeowners, with 68 per cent saying they aspired to buying their own place in future.
But 52 per cent of potential first-time buyers admitted that they viewed high house prices as a very serious problem.
Doug Crawford, chief executive of myhomemove, said: "Our own data shows that over the past year, the average deposit size has decreased by 1.2 per cent despite house prices rising by nearly 8 per cent – just showing how much schemes like Help to Buy are having an impact."
Hundreds of JCB diggers buried underground – London's property development legacy?
So how do you solve a problem like 'digger'? A small JCB digger that is. Used to dig an increasing number of basements in London and the South East, the challenge is getting them out once the work is finished. Developers are turning to an alternative solution to the problem.
The development of so-called "iceberg" homes has soared across London as homeowners who seek more space have no option but to build downwards due to the capital's planning rules that restrict building upwards.
The luxury basements often include swimming pools, cinemas and studies – and require huge amounts of building work that can only be completed with a small digger.
The difficulty is getting the machine out again as the digger often has to go so deep into the earth that it is unable to drive out again.
Developers would often use a large crane to scoop up the digger from the large hole, but now they are no longer bothering with this approach. Instead, they are simply buried in the ground with a layer of concrete.
One developer has suggested that as many as 1,000 diggers may now be buried in London.
Ed Smith explains in the New Statesman: "A new solution emerged: simply bury the digger in its own hole. Given the exceptional profits of London property development, why bother with the expense and hassle of retrieving a used digger – worth only £5,000 or £6,000 – from the back of a house that would soon be sold for several million? The time and money expended on rescuing a digger were better spent moving on to the next big deal."
"This metallic icon was a special sacrificial gesture"?
"The new method, now considered standard operating practice, is to cover the digger with 'hardcore', a mixture of sand and gravel. Then a layer of concrete is simply poured over the top.
"Digger? What digger? The digger has literally dug its own grave – just as the boring machines that excavated the Channel Tunnel were abandoned beneath the passage they had just created."
He concludes by imagining an archaeological programme chancing upon the diggers many years from now: "What will the explanatory caption say? 'Situated immediately adjacent to the heated underground swimming pool and cinema at the back of the house, no superior London address was complete without one of these highly desirable icons, sometimes nicknamed ;the Compact Cat'. This metallic icon was a special sacrificial gesture, a symbol of deep thanks to the most discussed, revered and pre-eminent god of the age, worshipped around the world: London Property.'"


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Grizzlies host Bengals in Big Sky Conference game Saturday, Oct. 27
Oct. 23, 2012
GAME #9 : IDAHO STATE AT MONTANA: The University of Montana Grizzlies (3-5/1-4 BSC) host the Idaho State Bengals (1-6/0-4 BSC) in a Big Sky Conference game in UM's Washington-Grizzly Stadium at John Hoyt Field (25,217) on Saturday, Oct. 27, with kickoff at 1:40 p.m. (Mountain). UM's Department of Intercollegiate Athletics will be honoring currently deployed Montana soldiers on "Military Appreciation Day" at the game.
GRIZ RADIO: Veteran Mick Holien, who has been chosen "Montana Sportscaster of the Year" an unprecedented 12 times in his career, is now in his 20th season as the "Voice" of Grizzly football. Former Griz (1991-94) wide receiver Scott Gurnsey and Greg Sundberg provide color commentary. The audio streaming is available on gogriz.com, the official web site of UM Athletics.
ON YOUR RADIO DIAL AT: Montana's flagship station is KGVO Radio, 1290 AM/KVWE 101.5 FM. (The entire 2012 Grizzly Football Radio Network is listed on add 6-6-6 of the weekly release).
TV: The Griz-Bengals game will be televised by ROOT SPORTS. For DIRECTV customers it is available on ROOT SPORTS Channel 687 in the Northwest region and Channel 683 in the Rocky Mountain Region. The game will be available on Audience Network Channel 239-1. For Dish Network customers is airs on Channel 426 in the Northwest Region and Channel 414 in the Rocky Mountain Region.
ROOT SPORTS ANNOUNCERS -- UM vs. ISU: Tom Glasgow (play-by-play), Sherdric Bonner (analyst), and Jenny Cavnar (sideline reporter).
VIDEO STREAMING: The Griz-Bengals contest will NOT be video streamed.
MONTANA-ISU SERIES HISTORY: Montana leads the series 41-13. The Grizzlies have won 16 of the last 17 games, and eight in a row. The last Bengal win in Missoula was 31-17 in 1983 at Dornblaser Stadium. (ISU quick facts and Grizzly-Bengals series game-by game scores on add 3-3-3 of the weekly release).
GRIZ LAST WEEK: At North Dakota 40, Montana 30: The Grizzlies had an impressive second-half comeback against Big Sky Conference newcomer UND, but the home team scored all 9 of its second-half points in the final two minutes of the game, as UM has now lost four of its last five league games. UND had two record-setters in the win, as senior quarterback Braden Hanson passed for 660 yards and junior wide receiver Greg Hardin had 333 receiving yards -- both Big Sky records. (Griz-UND game story & stats on add 19-19-19 of the weekly release).
GRIZ OFFENSIVE LEADERS VERSUS UND: Quarterback Shay Smithwick-Hann replaced starter Trent McKinney at the beginning of the second quarter and finished with career highs of 26-39-0 passing for 306 yards and three touchdowns. Redshirt freshman wide receiver Ellis Henderson led Montana's receivers with a career-best of 8 catches for 112 yards, and scored one touchdown. Sophomore halfback Jordan Canada rushed for 91 rushing yards on 14 carries for 1 TD, while senior running back Peter Nguyen had 13 totes for 73 yards.
UM DEFENSIVE LEADERS VS. UND: Junior cornerback Sean Murray and linebacker John Kanongata'a had a team-high 11 tackles each, and Kanongata'a also had two sacks and a pass deflection. The Griz had three picks -- one each by Murray, junior safety Bo Tully, and junior cornerback Anthony Goodwin.
MONTANA'S WEEKLY POW (UND GAME) NOMINEES: Smithwick-Hann, a sophomore from Kalispell, Mont., was the offensive nominee, while Kanongata'a, a junior from Bellevue, Wash., got the nod on defense. Redshirt freshman punter Stephen Shaw, also from Bellevue, was UM's nominee for special teams player of the week. Shaw punted 9 times for an average of 43.8 yards per attempt, and had five kicks inside the UND's 20-yard line.
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"I am innocent and have done no wrong. I have never indulged in any spot fixing," suspended pacer S Sreesanth, who is an accused in the Indian T20 League spot-fixing case, said on Tuesday. In a statement emailed to the media by his lawyer Rebecca John, the cricketer said "I have never indulged in any spot fixing and I have always played cricket in the spirit of the game". Sreesanth, who was today remanded in further five-day police custody by Metropolitan Magistrate Soumya Chauhan, said "As a cricketer, I have learned to take knocks along with accolades, in my stride. I recognise that I am going through a tough period in my life. "I have utmost faith in our judicial process and I am confident that with time I will be proved innocent, and my honour and dignity will be vindicated and restored," the statement said. Dressed in a blue T-shirt and jeans, Sreesanth was apparently unmindful of the huge crowd of lawyers and mediapersons in the courtroom. The police today also invoked section 409 IPC (criminal breach of trust) against Sreesanth, his Rajasthan Royal teammates Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandalia and 12 other accused, including bookies and mediators.
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Huge holes in past performance history make decision making at agencies more difficult. For example, the General Services Administration is missing 87 percent of its contractor performance history. But GSA does have about four times more information on its contractors than it did a year ago. Bill Woods is Director of Acquisition and Sourcing Management Issues at the Government Accountability Office. On In Depth with Francis Rose, he explained how well agencies are adapting to a mandate to improve their records on contract performance.
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The debut of the US Digital Service in the Office of Management and Budget is supposed to push innovation and best practices across Federal agencies. But the announcement about the Digital Service makes some contractors nervous, similar to the rollout of 18F at the General Services Administration. Aneesh Chopra is co-founder and executive vice president of Hunch Analytics, and former federal chief technology officer. On In Depth with Francis Rose, he said vendors selling in the government market shouldn't worry about their bottom lines.
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Shrinking force size and changing force structure are two reasons the Defense Department continues to push for another round of base realignment and closure. The Army will likely shrink the most of any of the services, and they are already returning 21 locations to their home countries in Europe. But most members of Congress still oppose another BRAC round in the States. Katherine Hammack is Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy, and Environment. On In Depth with Francis Rose, she said the Pentagon is making some progress.
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Javier Fortuna and two more fighters are joining Al Haymon's growing ranks.
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Weight Loss & Diet Plans
How to Deal With Diet Saboteurs
How to Deal With Diet Saboteurs continued...
To a husband, say right out: "Honey, I love you. We have been together 15 years. I am not going anywhere. You are my best friend and I need your help and understanding." (This may or may not be the time to say, "You could afford to drop a few, too.")
To co-workers, you can say, "I am still the same person I always was, but I am carrying excess body weight and want to get rid of it. I won't succeed if you don't help."
If someone persists in offering food, say, "It looks great. Maybe later." Make sure later never comes. They won't notice.
What True Friends Can Do
If you know someone who is trying to change life eating patterns, talk about it openly.
- Offer to take a walk instead of going to the sub shop at lunchtime -- make the meeting, not the food, the focus.
- Become a diet buddy and get on board if you want to.
- If you start to say something negative or discouraging, ask yourself why.
- If you are the office manager, get diet sodas in the machine or arrange for discounted gym memberships.
- Plan a fun vacation when a goal is achieved.
Most of all, Ryan says: "Bring flowers, not candy."
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Jayden has had a fun-filled week of Halloween activities, so his costume really got some wear this year.
Loads of photos were taken, but here are some of the best from this morning!
Toddler Mario Costume / Custom cape by Houseful of Stitches / Treat Bag by pinkandblue1 / Minnetonka Chukka
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Black Dave - 5BORO
Artist: Black Dave
Producer: Brady James
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Avg Rating: 2.3 ( 3 total votes )
Black Dave may call the Bronx home, but he's got mad love for each and every one of the 5BOROs. Last featured as a guest on Perrion's New York, New York, the unsigned spitter returns with another fresh cut dedicated to the city that made him the artist and the man he is today. Appropriately, the record's sound harks back to NYC hip-hop of ages past. Beatsmith Brady James layers chopped guitar loops over a clattering boom-bap breakbeat as the headliner flexes his lyrical muscles. When not touting his skills and his devotion to his hometown, he fills fans in on his laissez-faire approach to romance: "Monogamy is just a word and I could write a novel." Like what you're hearing? Then stay tuned; this compulsively head-noddable cut isn't part of a larger set, but we'll keep you posted on Black Dave's plans as further details emerge. While you wait, you can always check out his last project, 2013's Booth-featured Black Bart mixtape.
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A top U.S. lawmaker is expressing confidence that Congress will close the so-called carried-interest tax loophole this year, potentially increasing taxes on hedge fund and private equity managers by billions.
Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.), the head of the House Ways and Means Committee, said the need to find new revenues has added impetus to the push to tax performance fees as ordinary income, rather than capital gains. The measure has been passed three times by the House of Representatives and is backed by President Barack Obama, but the Senate has yet to act on it.
But Levin said that is changing: House Democrats have been meeting with his Senate counterparty, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), and the head of the Senate Finance Committee has been more open to closing the loophole.
If it does pass, fund managers would pay the ordinary income tax rate of up to 35% on their performance fees, rather than the 15% capital gains rate.
"Why should the real estate manager of investment spay 15% or 20% and the waiter pay regular income tax?" Levin asked Reuters.
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NCAA proposes change to targeting rule
The NCAA football rules committee has proposed a change to the targeting rule that would eliminate the 15-yard penalty when instant replay officials overturn an ejection.
Last year, when a targeting penalty was called, the 15-yard penalty stood even if the replay official determined the player should be allowed to stay in the game.
The proposal needs approval from the playing rules oversight panel.
The rules committee also proposed a change to allow defenses to substitute within the first 10 seconds of the 40-second play clock, with the exception of the final two minutes of each half. Offenses would not be allowed to snap the ball until 29 seconds are left on the play clock.
The proposed change is in response to no-huddle offenses that don't allow defenses to substitute.
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These were made at the same time as Marsa's Bedsides. Its as easy to make four as it is to make two you know. These are interesting as they are made out of a new wood for me. Ever use Catulpa? Ever even heard of Catulpa. Me neither, but it was a fun experience. Except that even drilling one hole in this stuff releases an oil in the wood. The shop was filled with a nosteral burning sent that had me in a dust mask for a week.
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Really nice details.
I've turned catalpa a couple of times. It does have an interesting aroma.
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text: One of the biggest roadblocks to achieving goals and realizing success in life is a feeling of helplessness. So many people go through life assuming that they can do nothing about their circumstances and simply wait around until someone else intervenes and make things better. Of course, in the vast majority of cases, no superhero is going to jump into your life and take care of everything for you, and so many people who do not take responsibility for their own lives end up wasting most of their potential and only achieve mediocre success and happiness. Why is this the case? Is learned helplessness really a major problem in our society? A professor from the University of Pennsylvania dedicated over 25 years of study to a syndrome he labeled " learned helplessness." In this study, the professor studied thousands of people and concluded that most individuals in our society (perhaps even 80%) have acquired some level of learned helplessness. Even if it seems that these numbers are exaggerated, it is clear that a large portion of the country (perhaps a majority) have learned to feel helpless about their own situation. No matter what goal they would like to achieve, they always end up telling themselves that they simply can't do anything about it. They tell themselves (either subconsciously or quite consciously) that they cannot do anything to improve their career and earning potential. They assume that they cannot really save money and improve their financial health, and this kind of attitude pervades every aspect of their lives. These people feel helpless when it comes to health and fitness, starting their own business, improving or maintaining a relationship, and just about everything else that is important in most people's lives. The root cause of this symptom is probably an accumulation of failures and destructive criticism in a person's past. At some point in life, a person begins to experience failures in various aspects. These may include failures in relationships, academic work and school, business, and just about any other part of life that we can think of. On top of this, there is often a great destructive criticism that comes from friends or family members at the same time, and this only compounds the idea that a person is no good at doing this or that task. Regardless of the root cause of learned helplessness, it is extremely important for every person to begin taking steps toward accepting responsibility and taking action to achieve goals. We probably all have a sense of this helplessness at some time in our lives, for all of us have been plagued with negative thinking and a failure to act at the appropriate times. However, some people are truly paralyzed mentally or emotionally and never seem to get started toward achieving their goals. It is important for these kinds of people (and probably for all of us) to begin setting small, easily achievable goals. Accomplishing these goals will only lead to confidence, and this will help people achieve more important goals down the road.


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Houston, TX (PRWEB) April 14, 2014
Baker Lee Shannon, a medal winner in the National Senior Games, recently announced that he is planning on moving into The Abbey at Westminster's new retirement community when it opens in August. The new facility will allow Shannon to maintain his active senior lifestyle.
At age 88, Shannon has earned many world-class swimming medals in the National Senior Games. Before participating in the senior games, he never thought much of athletics or competition.
"I learned to swim in the rice canals and the creeks, along with the turtles and the snakes and all the other critters," says Shannon.
Then, one day in 1999 at the Houston Swim Club, he asked a judge to time his lap. He then realized, to his surprise, he had the speed to compete. Since that point, he's competed in local and state swim meets and even advanced to global competitions in Australia and Canada.
"Swimming is great. I've had asthma all my life," said Shannon. "I can't run track or play other sports, but swimming is low impact and I can compete."
Traveling to six or seven swim meets a year, he swims in all styles, including breast stroke, butterfly, back stroke and freestyle (from 50-yard to 200-yard events). He says the breast stroke is his best event, though he likes the camaraderie more than anything.
Shannon, a graduate of Texas A&M, plans to move into The Abbey at Westminster Plaza's brand new retirement community so he can have access to an indoor heated swimming pool where he can practice for the next big swim meet. Shannon became familiar with The Abbey six years ago when The Abbey began hosting monthly meetings for The Alief Chapter of AARP, of which he was the president.
Now he plans to continue his own active lifestyle by utilizing the on-site amenities of a fitness center and gym, complete with cardio, weight and aerobic areas; cushioned indoor track; group exercise classes with personal trainer; water aerobics; and the only retirement community in Houston to offer a hydrotherapy pool for strength training. The convenience of these amenities in the adjacent Health and Wellness Building is the main reason Shannon chose to move to The Abbey at Westminster Plaza. There's even a bistro where he can meet friends or grab a bite to eat or a cup of coffee after an invigorating dip in the pool.
For more information about Shannon, The Abbey at Westminster Plaza and the new retirement community, please call 281-556-6020.
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The Abbey at Westminster Plaza is an all-inclusive luxury senior living community serving the Memorial and West Houston areas. Located at the intersection of Richmond Avenue and Westminster Plaza Drive, two blocks west of the Royal Oaks Country Club, this beautiful community is strategically located within close proximity to shopping centers, restaurants, medical offices and hospitals. This master-planned community for senior adults was developed by Founder's Commercial, Ltd, a family-owned business with a long and distinguished history in health care. For more information, visit their website at http://www.abbeywp.com/.


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Transferring content to a new iPod
Ask iLounge offers readers the opportunity to get answers to their iPod-, iPhone-, iPad-, iTunes-, or Apple TV-related questions from a member of the iLounge editorial team. We'll answer several questions here each week, and of course, you can always get help with more immediate concerns from the iLounge Discussion Forums. Submit your questions for consideration using our Ask iLounge Submit Form. We reserve the right to edit questions for grammar, spelling, and length.
Q: I recently received a new iPod nano and was wondering how I go about transferring my purchased music from my old iPod mini to my new iPod nano.
- Remington
A: There isn't really any direct way to transfer content from one iPod to another. You must first transfer the content back to your computer, import it into iTunes, and then synchronize that content to your new iPod in the same way you normally would.
If you already have an iTunes library on your computer that you've been using with your iPod mini, then this is simply a matter of connecting the iPod nano to your existing iTunes library and configuring the synchronization preferences as you normally would.
On the other hand, if you have been storing your music only on your iPod mini, you will first need to recover it to your computer and either rebuild your iTunes library or reimport it into a new iTunes library. Note that if you are only concerned about content that you have purchased from the iTunes Store, then iTunes itself can handle this for you. Simply connect the iPod mini to iTunes, and choose "Transfer Purchases" from the iTunes File menu, and iTunes will search your iPod mini for any purchased content and transfer it back to your computer's iTunes library. Note that your computer must be authorized for the same iTunes Store account that was originally used to purchase the music for this to work.
Our iPod 201 article on Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer provides quite a bit of additional information on how to do this.
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California Screamin' on Flickr.
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Figaro icons. Feel free to use it.
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Wii U
Which GBA games do you want for VC?
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We know they are set to be added later. Still kinda strange that so far Only Wii U has been mentioned as getting them but whatever. Nevermind the fact they really belong on 3DS. Anyhoo I'll throw out a few suggestions here.
Gunstar Super heroes
Klonoa empire of dreams and dream champ
Mother 3 (Might have to spam Miiverse again for this one)
Kirby's Nightmare in Dreamland
Ninja Five-O
Any Final Fantasy games.
Sonic Advance series
All three Castlevania games
Mega man and Bass
MM Battle network series
Mega man Zero series
Metroid Fusion and Zero mission
Golden Sun games
Zelda Minish Cap
Wario Land 4
Is it just me or did GBA have an awesome selection of games? Best Nintendo handheld ever if you ask me! I'm eagerly awaiting downloading some of these gems!
Advance Wars
Fire Emblem
And Earthbound 3
Also most of the games you listed.
''No copyright law in the universe is going to stop me''-Sonic The Hedgehog
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Besides some of the few already listed, I want Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
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Golden Sun 1 & 2
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Shining Soul 1 & 2
Fire Emblem
Summon Night Swordcraft Story 1 & 2
Megaman Battle Network series
All 3 Castlevania games
Sonic Advance series
Both Metroid games
Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga
Gunstar Super Heroes
Advance Guardian Heroes
Both Kirby games
And some more I can't remember at the moment.
Not changing this sig until Breath of Fire VI gets announced.
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Besides the Golden Sun games, frankly, I'm open to suggestion. And I own the Golden Sun games, I just like them so much I'd buy them again.
The 3DS ambassador thing gave me most of the games I had been missing and wanted to play:
Donkey Kong
Mario Kart
Legend of Zelda (no idea why I skipped this one)
Fire Emblem Sacred Stones (not really, but still, it's nice to have)
Wario Land 4
Super Mario Advance 3 (literally the only Mario Advance I was missing)
Kirby & The Amazing Mirror
I owned Metroid Fusion and Warioware previously and I enjoyed both of them a lot. Due to the ambassador program, I have nearly all of the GBA games I missed and wanted.
However, these are only first party games. I'd be interested in the third party games I missed.
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Playing Bowser on Mario Kart, and Noxus on Metroid Prime. I am not a cookie cutter!
Boktai 1, 2, and localized 3 stupid konami
I'd like Sonic Battle.
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Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2
Donkey Kong Country 3
Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Soul
Kirby & The Amazing Mirror
Kirby: Nightmares in Dream Land
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / Four Swords (well, the original SNES of ALttP would most likely be ported to Wii U VC and I do have TLoZ: Four Swords Anniversary Edition (DSiWare) on my 3DS)
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (even though I already have this on my 3DS for being a Nintendo Ambassador for 3DS)
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Mega Man & Bass
Mega Man Zero series (although I could buy Mega Man Zero Collection (DS) for my 3DS)
Pokémon Emerald Version
Pokémon Ruby Version
Pokémon Sapphire Version
Pokémon FireRed Version
Pokémon LeafGreen Version
Sonic Advance
Sonic Advance 2
Sonic Advance 3
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I think Mother 3 will be released if Earthbound gets enough attention.
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Lack of class
...agreed :)
1. smoking. 2. not being able to leave the cell phone alone. If a girl can't stay off the phone or not text when we're out. I'm gone. I've had that happen with two girls. The exact same thing.

Both couldn't leave the phone alone so I never called either to go out a second time. At the time I thought they might have been bored, but I heard through mutual friends they each had a good time and wondered why I didn't call again. And people always say "it was an emergency". What most of them mean is they need other people's drama.

Don't wonder why guys won't go out with you when the cell phone is your life. Just my take on it.
smoking and drinking more than3-4 drinks in an hour or 10-12 over 3-4 hours

drinking heavily and smoking are big turn offs

if i wanted a heavy smoker or drinker id date a guy

sorry to be sexist but its unladylike
farting and lifting leg up at the same time.
Even during a game of Twister?
hell no thats fine
Playing like if I'm way out of her league.
Willful ignorance or if she's a total b*tch
when shes constantly on her phone!!!!!!
Nothing worse than a lass being up her own backside.
Being ugly or fat(chubby is ok)
I don't
Bi grrrl right here.

My turn off = A grrrrl who has no thoughts, opinion or passion.
being drunk ... ( her being drunk that is )
A cigarette in her mouth.
The fact that she has a vagina.
*the herp
A vagina.
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