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YES, touring Cinderellas Dream Suite was Amazing!+14 Other Magical Days* Meet + Wrap
Look Who's Back......
How do you top staying in the Admiral Suite at the Yacht Club? Well, honestly you don't! But as a consolation prize of sorts we happened to be lucky enough to have a special tour that completely surprised us so I can't wait to share. However... That doesn't happen until day 8 of our trip so you will have to wait until we've completed a Kilimanjaro Sunrise Safari, met up with several wonderful Disers, tested the new Magic Bands with some Fast Pass+ added in for good measure, and been smooched by a Mayor and a Frenchman!
This was another girl only trip that involved my DD Emmy (JustEmmy) and me. Oh wait....I shouldn't assume that everyone knows who I am so please allow me to make proper introductions. I'm Brenda and I truly believe that if I don't have a Disney trip to plan my life would be empty and meaningless. Ok, perhaps that's somewhat of an exaggeration but who doesn't love to anticipate and plan a Disney trip? (Try planning a trip to Gatorland and see how exciting that is. See what I mean now? )
I'm still only in the single digits for the number of WDW proper trips that we've taken; however, if I counted the number of times we've played at Disneyland then you'd be astounded and amazed. Perhaps just slightly impressed? Here's where I should admit that we live 20 minutes away from Disneyland so its hardly impressive now isn't it?
I'm all about building lasting memories with my 17 yr old DD so thats really the reason why Disney shareholders everywhere thank me for yet another WDW trip! In all honesty, time is fleeting and I realize that a year or two from now I may not take as many Disney trips so I am cramming them in while time allows and my baby still actually wants to travel with me to such a magical place.
Other trivial facts that really have no bearing on this TR but I'm throwing them out there anyway since, well, I can. My DH (Michael), although he says he tolerates Disney would rather cruise, camp or fish. He's good for Disneyland park visits but he doesnt get the compulsion to return to WDW as often as possible... he simply shakes his head and asks occasionally when are you going again? I will say this though, as much as he misses his girls being away, he's a great guy and sends us off wiping a tear and warning me against unwelcome advances by the Mayor of Main Street.
I mentioned Em is the baby of the family we have 3 adult sons; our youngest currently serving in Afghanistan with the US Army, the middle who moved to Houston this week for a new job, and my oldest who turned 30 this year. Yikes! I'm desperately hanging onto these last years with Em since I'm not ready to be an empty nester.
With that, let's talk about why we are gathered together here and where did we stay and when and what did we actually do??
Who: As with the last 5 out of 6 WDW trips, this was just us girls. Emily (JustEmmy) and me!
When: August 16th through August 30th. 15 days/14 nights of pure Disney BLISS!!! Heck, if we have to fly 2,500 miles to get to Disney World then I'm going to stay awhile.
Where: Our Feb/March trip involved 3 resorts and I seriously wasn't looking to top that. However, when we (meaning I) kept adding nights to our trip I started to justify trying a new resort. Last time we completed our trifecta of staying at all 3 Epcot resorts so why not start knocking out the MK area resorts this time? With that decision made our final resort line up looked like this:
§ 1 night Wilderness Lodge (courtyard view)
§ 3 nights at Animal Kingdom Lodge (Arusha view) club level
§ 4 nights Yacht Club (Deluxe Room) club level
§ 6 nights Bay Lake Tower 1 bedroom (lake view)
All rooms were booked using the summer room-only discounts. Some had better discounts than others due to the room types booked. In general, the club level rooms had a much lower discount than the regular rooms and for the BLT 1 bedroom I was amazed they offered a discount at all since it wasn't showing on the website the morning the discounts were released. Interestingly, the AP rates consistently mirrored the room only discounts.
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- Our Tables in Wonderland card didn't expire until the end of September so this was our ticket to a 20% discount for most TS dining locations. I successfully squeezed 3 WDW trips out of this puppy!
- Speaking of dining.... We arrived with nearly 40 ADRs for our 15 day trip but we ditched many of them for various reasons not the least of which we weren't that hungry most of the time.
- Premier APs = check! They're still good through mid-October. In fact, we linked our APs to our Magic Bands since 2 of our 4 resorts were testing the bands during our visit. I'll mention this more later in my report but overall I liked the experience.
Is anyone other than me thinking hey, your AP and TiW are still good, why not go back for one more trip and experience Food & Wine?? Yeah, if I hadn't busted my ankle within 48 hours of returning home last week I may try to justify that!
One more thing... I participated in the Live Dining Thread on the dining boards but I will attempt once again to juggle a TR and DR. This may be better in theory than in practice but I've been loyal to the dining boards for so long that I can't quit now! Look for links to indicate a dining review since I don't want to duplicate/bore/annoy anyone with having them in both reports. If Disney dining is not your thing you can skip right past that part.
However, if you want all the details behind where we ate, who we ate with and watch us expand before your eyes - here's the link for you!
Ok, with that, I believe I'm ready to start this adventure with all of you!
Look... we're ready...
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This one's mine!!!
Chapter Index.
Otherwise Known as How Can I Skip Ahead to the Next Installment without reading everyone's comments.
Preamble Part 1: Seven Self Indulgent Must Dos
Preamble Part 2: 10 MUST Dos at WDW (or I must hang my head in shame!)
Day 1: Friday August 16, 2013
Part 1: The drop off, the pat down, and the rowdy section!
Part 2: Disney snacks for a non-Disney movie! And then we landed!
Part 3: A Fort is NOT a Lodge! Check in for Resort #1.
Part 4: A Stacey finish to our day!
Day 2: Saturday August 17, 2013
Part 1: I'm Melting!! But at least I'm in MK while I'm melting!
Part 2: A Splash of Confusion! "These stupid bands don't work!"
Part 3: The Land of Urinals and Hidden Pascals
Part 4: A Resort change to AKL and a Random Dismeet!
Part 5: Presenting an Arusha View room and Dinner with an African Flair.
Day 3: Sunday August 18, 2013
Part 1: Kilimanjaro Sunrise Safari part 1 - no animals yet!
Part 2: Kilimanjaro Sunrise Safari part 2 - You won't see crocs being fed every day!
Part 3 - Kilimanjaro Sunrise Safari part 3
Part 4: Dino Hurl rides and Yeti Coasters
Part 5: Surveys, Drenchings and More Dismeets!
Brief Intermission: Life post Deployment - not mine, I've always been here!
Day 4: Monday August 19, 2013
Part 1: Safari Donald Welcomes Us to Breakfast and Finally Meeting KatMark!!!
Part 2: The Lost Fishy Show and A Tigger Tango!
Part 3: Afternoon on the Savanna with a Dismeet Dinner at G Flo!
Part 4: Dismeet Playdate for DHS Extra MH
Part 5: And we finally end day 4 with a gangster shoot out
December Pre-Trip Plans and a Disneyland Photo Intermission
Day 5: Tuesday August 20, 2013
Part 1: Feeding time for humans and feeding time for savanna critters
Part 2: Not Sure What We are Testing Track and a KatMark appearance at San Angel Inn
Part 3: YC Room #4201 Reveal....Ok, not an Admiral Suite but we'll take it!
Part 4: A Steak, A Beatles Fan, and another encounter with Kathy (KatMark) - What a great evening!
Day 6: Wednesday August 21, 2013
Part 1: This update isn't about my wardrobe malfunction! Let's have some fun at DHS!
Part 2: Toe eating duckies and a vintage lunch.
Part 3: I may not be artistic but I am rather like the Queen of Hearts!
Part 4: Carrot Cake Cookies and Cookbooks. A Stop at Writers Stop.
Part 5: Prelude to a Castle...culminating in a French experience and the food wasn't bad either.
Day 7: Thursday August 22, 2013
Part 1: So much fun in Epcot that you want to be us!
Part 2: The dry part of our Epcot adventures - with another KatMark appearance!
Part 3: Magic Band failure aside we enjoyed our view of Illuminations at dinner and Enchanted on the beach after
Day 8: Friday August 23, 2013
Part 1: Prelude to a Castle.... A glorious sunrise, a lazy breakfast, a crowded bus and a friendly Mayor
Part 2: Meeting up with the Author! And some pre-lunch fun still unaware what lies ahead.
Part 3: The SURPRISE revealed...the Mayor had his own way of helping us celebrate!
Part 4: Dream Suite Tour - Part 1
Part 5: Dream Suite Tour - Part 2 (Breezeway and Elevator)
Part 6: Dream Suite Tour - Part 3 (Foyer and Bed Chamber)
Part 7: Dream Suite Tour - Part 4 (Sitting Room/Salon)
Happy 18th Birthday Emily - A prelude to a Disney birthday weekend celebration!
Part 8: Dream Suite tour Part 5 (Bathroom)
Part 9: Dream Suite Tour - Part 6 Wrap up and Key to the Castle
DL Resort Intermission - Grand Californian Hotel Birthday Weekend Part 1
DL Resort Intermission - Grand Californian Hotel Birthday Weekend Part 2
DL Resort Intermission - Grand Californian Hotel Birthday Weekend Part 3 - The End
Part 10: We're not drunk we just can't walk in heels on the Boardwalk! And the BEST dinning experience of the Trip!
Day 9: Saturday August 24, 2013
Part 1: Solo EMH at Hollywood Studios and boy is it HOT out!
Part 2: We finally don our bikinis and take a dip in Storm Along Bay!
Part 3: Checking into our new "home" - our 4th and final resort
Part 4: It's harder than it looks to dine in a castle - getting there's most of the work!
Part 5: Dining inside the castle followed by a quest!
Day 10: Sunday August 25, 2013
Part 1: Always the Engineer and Never the Commander! What's up with that? Then there's that little embarrassing moment at lunch.
Life Update: Somebody is Engaged
Part 2: Here's where rain is coming so we hasten our exit..hey, where's "Joe"??
Part 3: Check viewing Wishes from the Poly beach off the list even if the finale was on the boat!
Part 4: Hitting up Tomorrowland for some late night fun!
Part 5: A redhead type of night with an Ariel encore!
Part 6: Finishing off EMH with a non-magical portal
Day 11: Monday August 26, 2013
Part 1: Starting the day with a breakfast of epic Disney proportions.... and a little love from Mickey!
Part 2: The attraction where they make the kids sing and dance. If that's not thrilling enough we have a hatchet murderess on the lose!
Part 3: Marking another Must-Do off the list and it's not the Belle that you are thinking!
Part 4: A little rain can't stop our fun... as long as we don't get wet.
Part 5: We are NOT survey cursed so let's celebrate by crossing the Ferryboat off our Must Do List!
Day 12: Tuesday August 27, 2013
Part 1: Keys to the Kingdom Tour Part 1
Part 2: Keys to the Kingdom Tour Part 2
Part 3: Conclusion of Keys to the Kingdom Tour AND... Lifting a Pinkie for Afternoon Tea at the Grand
Day 13: Wednesday August 28, 2013
Part 1: A Blizzard Beach morning
Part 2: Trolls, School Bread and Margaritas - Some favorites and some firsts!
Part 3: The Cretaceous Period Ellen style! Wrapping up Day 13 with a Castle Kiss Good-night!
Rock Your Disney Side - 24 Hour Party Intermission - May 23-24, 2014
Part 1: Disneyland side
Part 2: Disney's California Adventure side
Day 14: Thursday August 29, 2013
Part 1: A New Dawn and a Main Street Barb Sighting!
Part 2: Bowing down to "greatness" followed by a Break Up Moment
Part 3: A Chipmunk "Sandwich" interrupts a quest for a healthy breakfast!
Part 4: Kidnapped in broad daylight!! Those moguls think they can do anything!
Part5: A final farewell to DHS and Epcot - while being shark bait!
Part 6: Dinner and Reflections of Earth from a Boat - Illuminations Cruise.
Part 7: If Wishes do come true then how come this is our last night?
Day 15: Friday August 30, 2013
Part 1: Finally.... our last morning in WDW. Who needs Magic Shots when you have Alex?!
Part 2: Cindy admits that it is hard to dance in glass slippers!
Part 3: See Ya Real Soon!
The Wrap Up:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
DLR Dismeets:
Dismeet Intermission with Smile4Stamps (Paula) at DLR - October 2, 2013
Dismeet Intermission with Vettegirl (Lori) at DLR - October 19, 2013
Dismeet Intermission with Eandesmom (Cynthia) at DTD Disneyland - Saturday April 19, 2014
Dismeet Intermission x2 - Paula (Smile4stamps) and Rachel (Rachel09985) - July 2014
TWO Disneyland DISmeets! Dee (Natebenma) and Alicia (Leshaface) - July 2014
Dismeet with DaveinFallsChurch - August 2014
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#10 for 2013 - Thank you to all the lurkers, peekers, subscribers, and other Dis pals!
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Completed Dining Reviews:
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Completed Trip Reports:
Feb/Mar 2013 10 Day Girl's TR - Admiral Suite reveal post # 222~August 2012 TR~~August 2012 PTR~August 2010 BLT/BC TR
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And this one too since I'm a post hog.. I have plans...
10 Must Dos at WDW
My final results were 8 of my 10 items were crossed off our list. There's always next time to see YeeHaw Bob and make a rope drop for DHS! At least I can now render my opinion regarding the school bread and the avocado margaritas!
1. Sail on the Liberty Belle at MK! CHECK!! See Post # 2110
2. Take the ferry boat to MK from the TTC CHECK!! See Post # 2195
3. Ride any Dino-land rides at AK - CHECK!! See Post # 501
4. Hop on a truck and see some lions and tigers during the Safari - CHECK! See posts # 408, 449, and 455
5. Lift a pinkie and have afternoon tea at the GF. CHECK!! See Post # 2198
6. View WISHES from the Poly Beach - CHECK!! See Post # 2025
7. Indulge in an avocado margarita at Epcot - CHECK!! See Post # 2260
8. See the Yehaa Bob show at POR - Still on my to-do list!
9. Attend DHS park open and try to score some TSM fast passes!! - Yeah.... didn't accomplish this one yet but maybe we'll wake up early next trip!
10. Leave room for some school bread from Norway to try for the first time.- CHECK!! See Post # 2260
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Completed Trip Reports:
Feb/Mar 2013 10 Day Girl's TR - Admiral Suite reveal post # 222~August 2012 TR~~August 2012 PTR~August 2010 BLT/BC TR
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I'm in. I enjoyed your trip reports and your dining reports. Your room at Yacht club was amazing and can't wait to see the suite at Cinderellas castle.
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Love your intros, and can't wait to read all about it.
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Hi Brenda! Here and ready for another trip report! Forget the Cinderella Suite, I'm DYING to find out about the story involving the Frenchmen.
Ok ok. I really do want to hear about the suite as well. Seriously, next time I go to Disney World I'm just going to start dropping your name to every CM I meet and see if I can ride your coat tails and get some major pixie dust!
Can't wait to hear all about your trip!!
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text: Janet Evanovich ups the danger quotient in her 12th Stephanie Plum novel: A delusional man filches the identity of Plum's fellow bounty hunter Ranger and abducts his daughter, drawing Plum into a frantic search while she tracks the usual slippery FTAs (''failure to appear [in court]''). Sexy, junk-food-gobbling Plum still has Jersey-girl wit and occasional nitwit moments, though some recent books suffered from sequelitis. But Twelve Sharp's breezy, plain prose brims with enough notable elements from the growing love triangle among Joe Morelli, Ranger, and Plum to the hoochie outfits of file clerk Lula to supplement Evanovich's already saucy Garden State vision.

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Taxes rising for most people despite fiscal dealJanuary 2, 2013 @ 11:31 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - While the tax package that Congress passed New Year's Day will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increase, most of them will still end up paying more federal taxes in 2013.
That's because the legislation did nothing to prevent a temporary reduction in the Social Security payroll tax from expiring. In 2012, that 2-percentage-point cut in the payroll tax was worth about $1,000 to a worker making $50,000 a year.
The Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan Washington research group, estimates that 77 percent of American households will face higher federal taxes in 2013 under the agreement negotiated between President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans. High-income families will feel the biggest tax increases, but many middle- and low-income families will pay higher taxes too.
Households making between $40,000 and $50,000 will face an average tax increase of $579 in 2013, according to the Tax Policy Center's analysis. Households making between $50,000 and $75,000 will face an average tax increase of $822.
"For most people, it's just the payroll tax," said Roberton Williams, a senior fellow at the Tax Policy Center.
The tax increases could be a lot higher. A huge package of tax cuts first enacted under President George W. Bush was scheduled to expire Tuesday as part of the "fiscal cliff." The Bush-era tax cuts lowered taxes for families at every income level, reduced investment taxes and the estate tax, and enhanced a number of tax credits, including a $1,000-per-child credit.
The package passed Tuesday by the Senate and House extends most the Bush-era tax cuts for individuals making less than $400,000 and married couples making less than $450,000.
Obama said the deal "protects 98 percent of Americans and 97 percent of small business owners from a middle-class tax hike. While neither Democrats nor Republicans got everything they wanted, this agreement is the right thing to do for our country."
The income threshold covers more than 99 percent of all households, exceeding Obama's claim, according to the Tax Policy Center. However, the increase in payroll taxes will hit nearly every wage earner.
Social Security is financed by a 12.4 percent tax on wages up to $113,700, with employers paying half and workers paying the other half. Obama and Congress reduced the share paid by workers from 6.2 percent to 4.2 percent for 2011 and 2012, saving a typical family about $1,000 a year.
Obama pushed hard to enact the payroll tax cut for 2011 and to extend it through 2012. But it was never fully embraced by either party, and this time around, there was general agreement to let it expire.
The new tax package would increase the income tax rate from 35 percent to 39.6 percent on income above $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for married couples. Investment taxes would increase for people who fall in the new top tax bracket.
High-income families will also pay higher taxes this year as part of Obama's 2010 health care law. As part of that law, a new 3.8 percent tax is being imposed on investment income for individuals making more than $200,000 a year and couples making more than $250,000.
Together, the new tax package and Obama's health care law will produce significant tax increases for many high-income families.
For 2013, households making between $500,000 and $1 million would get an average tax increase of $14,812, according to the Tax Policy Center analysis. Households making more than $1 million would get an average tax increase of $170,341.
"If you're rich, you're almost certain to get a big tax increase," Williams said.
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With the plethora of delectable, mouth-waterting brunch destinations spread out through Chicago's neighborhoods, a Cheeky girl always has one top priority on her brunch-going mind: Mimosas.
So we stopped by the Boundary in Wicker Park, which offers brunch every Saturday and Sunday from 10 am – 3pm, to find out more about what we heard was one of the best Mimosa (and Bloody Mary) offers in town.
But before you toast it up, we suggest digging into their dee-lish menu. Healthy options like the Veggie Egg White Omelet with asparagus, artichoke, spinach and feta cheese; not-so-healthy items like Banana Foster French Toast with butter rum sauce and whipped cream; and spicy items like Huevos Rancheros with salsa and pepper jack cheese make up for some of the selections.
But it's really your Sunday morning thirst that has motivated you to get out of your bed and over to the Boundary, which is why we are obsessing over the make-your-own Mimosa Bar with Korbel California Champagne and eight different juices to choose from, plus a Finlandia Bloody Mary Bar with over 15 different items with which to garnish your cocktail. A Cheeky girl's gotta have options.
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BRISTOL, Conn. -- No player in the world is better qualified to formulate a plan for stopping Sue Bird than her former college and current national team and Spartak Moscow teammate.
"Probably a bat and her knees," Diana Taurasi quipped when both visited the ESPN campus Friday in advance of Saturday's All-Star Game (ABC, 3:30 p.m. ET).
BRISTOL, Conn. -- As has been recounted numerous times, Diana Taurasi was arrested following a July 2 traffic stop in Phoenix and faces charges on three counts, including extreme DUI. A new court date has been set for Aug. 21, and she recently served a two-game suspension imposed by the Mercury.
The ongoing legal case limits what Taurasi can discuss related to the incident, but she addressed the toll the last three weeks have taken.
"It hasn't been easy," Taurasi said. "It's probably been the hardest stretch I've had in my life in a long time. It's been hard, to say the least, and it's something I'm going to have to face and get to a point where I have to move on and kind of settle things for myself."
As for returning to Connecticut for Saturday's midseason showcase, she said an opportunity to participate in the All-Star Game outweighed any compunction to avoid what might be a mixed spotlight.
"I guess there's always a part of you that says, 'Maybe it would have been better to stay home and kind of just get back on track,'" Taurasi said. "But that's unfair to the fans who voted, to the coaches. And whenever you get picked to an All-Star Game, it's an honor. And I wouldn't have passed it up for anything, really."
-- Graham Hays
Somewhere, University of Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma is kicking himself for not using the line before his former pupil and verbal sparring partner got to it.
Bird, of the Seattle Storm, and Taurasi, of the Phoenix Mercury, are arguably two of the most recognizable names and faces bridging the league to the mainstream of sports, along with Candace Parker and Lisa Leslie, neither of whom will play in this year's game, Parker after giving birth earlier this year and Leslie after suffering an injury that knocked her out of the West's starting lineup. A majority of sports fans might not be able to tell you who the starting strong safety is for the Seattle Seahawks, but odds are most of them would recognize Bird's and Taurasi's names.
On a weekend that belongs to the stars, they are the two by which many navigate.
And if not unique, their ongoing, concurrent familiarity as teammates and rivals ranks as at least rare. They've won together, a college national championship in 2002 and Olympic gold in 2004 and 2008. They've won separately, Bird with a WNBA championship in 2004 with the Storm and Taurasi three years later with the Mercury. And more recently, they've competed against each other in the United States during the summer and with each other during the winter in Europe.
"In the last seven years, I've probably played more basketball -- she's been my teammate more than anyone else in the world," Taurasi said.
Proximity is a funny thing. Spend enough time around someone, and things begin to blur.
Their paths crossed initially, silently for the first and surely last time in any story that involves her, when Taurasi was a high school junior in Chino, Calif., and went to see Connecticut play at UCLA during the first week of Bird's freshman season. As Taurasi put it, you could tell there was something special in the point guard's game even then. But only in Storrs could she begin to appreciate fully the things Bird could do with the ball or the way she saw the floor, like looking at a slide of a painting and then standing two feet from the original, the brush strokes and colors suddenly jumping off the canvas.
All these years later, past honors and accolades notwithstanding, the best pure point guard in the women's game might be comfortable with that alter ego.
"Now I think she knows how good she is," Taurasi said. "Sue -- and I always tell her -- her weakness is how passive she is sometimes. She has the ability to dominate games, but she's always on the court with some pretty dominant people, so she prefers to kind of be the side part. And I think in the last two or three years, she knows she can take games over single-handedly. And I think she does it more, and she's more confident doing it. And I don't see any reason why she shouldn't do it more."
Bird trails only Cappie Pondexter, Taurasi's teammate and fellow All-Star, in assists per game this season, and at 28, she's playing the heaviest minutes since her rookie season for a team with a limited bench. She has Lauren Jackson and Swin Cash to get the ball to, but in games like the triple-overtime win against the Sparks that carried the Storm into the All-Star break, she was the one who knocked down seven 3-pointers, including three in the third overtime, and didn't turn the ball over in nearly 50 minutes on the court.
It was a display of brazen ownership of a game's outcome on a night when her shot wasn't necessarily falling at will early. In its own way, it was downright Taurasian.
"You get this question asked about a lot of people," Taurasi said of how to contain Bird. "And I think you get to a level where you really can't do much to stop her in a game. You can make things more difficult for her, and even then, sometimes when you make things more difficult for a player, it puts them at a different level. So sometimes you just want to leave them alone and hopefully they don't really feel like doing much that night.
"She's the type of player where if you push her, she's going to play at a level where it's going to be scary that night."
Which makes it that much more interesting to consider Bird's best advice for the seemingly impossible task of slowing Taurasi, a 6-foot guard who is shooting nearly 44 percent from behind the 3-point line on a league-high seven attempts per game this season and still gets inside enough to rank fifth in free-throw attempts per game.
"One thing you can try to do is get in her head a little bit, try to piss her off," Bird said. "I mean, it's something, I definitely talk to her when we are teammates, just the way she reacts toward refs and things. And that sounds almost cheap-shot-ish, but you've got to go with what works, because otherwise, when she's got it going, it's really hard to stop her. I would just try to put somebody taller on her, make everything hard."
In Bird, Taurasi sees a player who now more willingly allows her talents to take over when passion stirs the monster within. In Taurasi, it's a matter of tempering passion.
Bird said there were only two times she has shared a roster with Taurasi when the latter wasn't the best player on the team -- their freshman year at Connecticut and their first Olympic team in 2004. And even in those situations, Bird suggested it might merely have been as much the case that Taurasi simply wasn't supposed to be the best player.
Those were the moments she saw Taurasi take a supporting role, adapting a game made for the boldest superhero gambits and tweaking it with a watchmaker's precision.
The natural beauty of Bird's game is in the detail of some small object in the foreground. In Taurasi's game, it's the sweep of the landscape painted in the distance.
"As time has gone on, I've obviously played with her overseas, and I see her working on her game," Bird said. "She just gets more and more consistent. The things she does add are so small, but they're so effective. This year, overseas, I know she was working a lot on attacking the basket and it's something that she's so big and strong she can do with ease. And her ball-handling, like a step-back 3, things like that -- those are things she's always had, I feel like, but as her career has gone on in the WNBA, she's really mastered."
How do you stop Bird or Taurasi? What makes the two uniquely qualified to answer that question is also what makes it an increasingly impossible task to accomplish.
Well, unless you want to resort to Taurasi's methods.
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Wow, big +1...and agreed, must have been held up - I read every damn post in this thread and I didn't see this one! I've never even seen Cantarelli branded Cantarelli, and that Isaia is straight sickness. Great finds.
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It always has. It began in the Terror, thirsting for blood and violence. Marx promised that we'd all be like Robinson Crusoe — no exchange! — but only after the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, a war that would put all past skirmishes to shame. And then, consider Lenin — a man of peace?
The Left pretended to oppose Bush's wars, but, to put it plainly, because they were Bush's, not because they were wars. The "Antiwar Left" now obediently pants in the lap of their warmonger, wagging its tail, smirking.
These days, Lenin's acolytes populate outfits like the "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace," but don't let words fool you: Stalin wrote a whole book on hijacking language. They want more war, as is demonstrated most recently by one of their "visiting scholars" (whose masters thesis undoubtedly bore the title, "Down is Up"). A senior editor at the New Republic (translated: "a new tyranny at any cost"), John Judis asks the fundamental question — you know, like Socrates! — and then answers it himself: "What will it take to convince the people of the United States that they have to overcome their cultural predilections against big government?"
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Ever since #YogaADay and the #RunStreak, I've been toying with the idea to create my own hashtag challenge.
I love the idea of using social media to inspire, and I truly believe that when we share positive, motivating and inspirational things, it helps spur more positive, motivating and inspirational things.
Put another way, I think inspiration is contagious.
That's why I'm starting a #WYCWYC (What-You-Can-When-You-Can) Challenge.
The idea is to do at least one positive or active thing a day. Think after-dinner walk, trying a new class at the gym, squishing in a jump rope session with the kids after school, cooking dinner on a night you normally order in, running before work, or even walking with co-workers at lunch — whatever you can do whenever you can — it counts.
This is an inclusive challenge that meets people where they are. I want to inspire you to take advantage of the small moments you have throughout the day. No more waiting until you "join a gym" or "lose so much weight" or "have more time." No more waiting for everything to be perfect.
We live messy lives and those who stop waiting for perfect are the ones who reach their goals.
To participate in the challenge, all you need is a Twitter, Facebook or an Instagram account. Share your active moment through words or photos and tag it with #WYCWYC.
Here are some examples I've shared already on Twitter and Instagram.
Just snuck in 2 miles while the car was at the shop! So happy I got a run in! #wycwy
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I mentioned the meaning behind the hashtag on Twitter and already a couple of people have joined in!
See… it IS contagious! And here's the beauty of the #WYCWYC hashtag …
Now we'll be able to search for it and be instantly inspired by seeing all the inspirational ways WE are doing what we can when we can!
Click here to see #WYCWYC Facebook entries.
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My plan is to feature some #WYCWYC posts here on the blog as well. This way, if you are not on social media you still get a chance to see all the positive ways people are getting more active.
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Oct 24 - Cascade Bancorp (Nasdaq: CACB), the holding company for Bank of the Cascades, and Home Federal Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq: HOME), the holding company for Home Federal Bank, have announced the signing of a definitive agreement and plan of merger whereby Cascade and Home Federal will merge in a transaction valued at approximately $265.7 million, payable in a mix of cash and Cascade common stock to Home Federal's stockholders. The combined company will have approximately $2.4 billion in assets, serving communities across Oregon and Idaho.
The transaction is expected to create a premier Pacific Northwest bank with scale in high-growth markets while simultaneously unlocking earnings and efficiency improvements. A hallmark of the combination between Cascade and Home Federal is expected to be its strong core deposit base, which will likely rank among the top banks in the nation. Importantly, the Transaction provides the opportunity to right-size the branch distribution networks and infrastructure of the combined bank.
The boards of directors of Cascade and Home Federal unanimously approved the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval, approval by the shareholders of Cascade and Home Federal, and other customary conditions of closing. The transaction provides for the payment to Home Federal shareholders and option holders of $120.8 million in cash (subject to adjustment based on closing capital and other adjustments described in the definitive merger agreement) and 24,309,066 shares of Cascade common stock, subject to adjustment described in the definitive merger agreement.
Based on the closing price of $5.96 for Cascade shares on Oct. 22, 2013, the transaction would have an aggregate value of $265.7 million. Cascade expects the transaction to be immediately accretive to its earnings per share, excluding one-time transaction expenses. On closing of the transaction, which is anticipated to take place in the first quarter of 2014, Home Federal will be merged into Cascade and Home Federal Bank will be merged into Bank of the Cascades. As of June 30, 2013, Home Federal had tangible common equity of $168.1 million.
Terry E. Zink, Cascade Bancorp president and CEO, commented "We are truly pleased to join forces with Home Federal and to provide an opportunity of unique and compelling value to both organizations. The combination of our two outstanding franchises will result in a strong balance sheet and capital base, attractive margins and good earnings potential. For our customers, we believe the banks are culturally compatible and the combined institution will deliver an expanded product offering and stronger lending capacity. For shareholders, we believe the increased scale of the combined company will position our bank to grow organically while also providing additional strength to pursue future acquisition opportunities. Finally, for our communities, we believe our combined organization will provide increased opportunity to deliver the advantages of community banking and to contribute to regional economic vitality."
Len E. Williams, Home Federal president and CEO, commented, "We are very excited about the transaction. Home Federal and Cascade have similar cultures, complementary geographies, and service strengths that make this transaction a natural fit. Cascade shares our commitment to customers and community, and this transaction is a terrific result for our shareholders. We see great opportunity in combining to create a bank with enormous potential for future success."
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Cascade Bancorp (Nasdaq: CACB), headquartered in Bend, Ore., and its wholly owned subsidiary, Bank of the Cascades, operate in the Oregon and Idaho markets. Founded in 1977, Bank of the Cascades offers full-service community banking through 32 branches in Central, Southern and Northwest Oregon, as well as in the greater Boise/Treasure Valley, Idaho area. The Bank has a business strategy that focuses on delivering the best in community banking for the financial well-being of customers and shareholders. It executes its strategy through the consistent delivery of full relationship banking focused on attracting and retaining value-driven customers.
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Originally Posted by adowcett
Radical dude, that just blew my mind
But in all seriousness, you're going to have to pay attention to some of those things if you want to reach any level of decency, it just sounds like surf4life follows the concon policy
no you don't. just wax up, paddle out and shred.
adowcett, you've seen me surf. am I on any level of decency?
I got a board like that. It feels good when I ride it. I like it in stomach to chest high ground swell.
Originally Posted by conway
no you don't. just wax up, paddle out and shred.
adowcett, you've seen me surf. am I on any level of decency?
Dude you totally shred the gnar gnar, like one time I was paddling back out after some sick barrellage and I saw you drop in and get pitted, like sooooooooooo pitted, and then you came out and smacked the lip, like "whapaw" and there was this gnar gnar dumping of spray like everywhere
dude how about when I went back down and was like apowanxdosskdhh and then rode the barrel and got so pitted man, just totally pitted.
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There's a new controversy surrounding Mel Gibson's movie ''The Passion of Christ,'' and this time, the law is getting involved. The latest flap is over a leaked copy of the yet-unreleased movie obtained by the New York Post, which screened it for a panel and ran their reviews on Monday. Now, the Los Angeles Times reports, federal authorities are investigating how the rough-cut tape was leaked to the paper. Plus, Gibson's lawyer says that the director-actor is mulling a civil suit against the paper over the Aint-It-Cool-News-style stunt.
''Our biggest concern here is that a major media organization would become involved with pirates to concoct a news story to sell newspapers,'' George Hedges, a lawyer for Gibson's production company, Icon Entertainment, told the Times. ''For someone to feel the license to do this is just outrageous.''
Icon has a first-look deal with 20th Century Fox, which, like the Post, is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. After Fox saw the rough cut of the movie earlier this year, however, the studio passed on its option to distribute the film, which is now scheduled to be released next February, on Ash Wednesday, by indie distributor Newmarket.
The Post did not say how it acquired the videotape, but a Post spokesperson told Variety: ''A source provided us with the tape, no copies were made, and we have returned the tape to Mr. Gibson's representatives.''
The tape the Post saw was a rough cut, with temporary English subtitles (Gibson shot it in Latin and Aramaic, for authenticity's sake), no credits, and further edits likely to occur. Its panel of viewers included a priest, a rabbi, a professor of religion, the Post's movie critic, and a reader selected at random. She gave the movie a rave review, while the clergymen, the professor, and the critic all echoed fears raised by Jewish groups that the movie appeared to caricature Jews and slander them as being primarily responsible for Jesus' execution.


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I've just been notified that my second column is up at dLife.com! (meaning they liked me well enough to take the arrangement into month No. 2, whew!) This one's all about self-disclosure: how we feel about revealing our diabetes to friends and strangers, and that ever-present need to educate those not in the know about this disease. Note that Violet and Tekakwitha have some great personal stories on this one — illustrating how we're each dealing with the jitters, frustration, and downright exasperation of self-disclosure in our own special ways
Now, about the Glycemic Index (GI). I've been meaning to post about this controversial measurement system for some time now. The new September issue of Diabetes Forecast features a "guest edtiorial" on why the GI has very limited uses. (This one-pager by Janine Freeman is perhaps the most genuinely informative piece I've ever seen in this mag. Read it on-line, or check page 11 of the print version.)
Note that the American Diabetes Association (ADA) does not endorse the Glycemic Index. The new Forecast article makes a few excellent points about why this is so: the GI value of a food differs tremendously on its type (country of origin, fresh or processed), its ripeness, the length of time it was stored, how it was cooked, and a half-dozen other variables. Also, the effect of GI values vary from person to person, and even in a single individual from day to day. What's more, the GI values are calculated based on 50g/carb portions, which is rarely the amount typically eaten. So heck, does this Index have anything valuable to tell us at all?
Coincidentally, one of my friends who's newly diagnosed with Type 2 just recently emailed to ask me the very same question. I chuckle. Because the answer seems to be yes, and no. If you search for this "health tool that lists fast and slow-acting carbs" on Google, you get about 294,000 hits! So lots of discussion here. The main thing to know is that the GI points out foods that make your blood sugar spike (very sugary and starchy foods) — which are pretty much "bad" for everyone. Diabetics naturally have to use them more sparingly. But please don't get caught up on whether you can ever eat carrots again!
Freeman notes that the GI is now being used as the basis for a new diet fad: the Next Big Thing after Atkins bites the dust?… No, no, no! Yet another utterly imbalanced way to look at eating! As my CDE would cheerfully say, "Don't go there, please."


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Family members and facilitators of family education courses will want to take a look at Diane Marsh's book. Marsh, a psychologist, has long been involved with people with mental illnesses and their family members, especially siblings and adult children, and with the training of professionals. This book, aimed at professionals, is the latest of Marsh's work, written independently or co-authored, that the NAMI Literature Committee has recommended.
Serious Mental Illness and the Family focuses on the competency model of families, a model that "emphasizes the family's strengths, resources, and expertise; defines family-professional relationships as collaborative; promotes a sense of familial mastery; and encourages feelings of hopefulness." The chapters are consistently organized, and each begins with a scenario in which the information in that chapter could be used. The chapters contain a wealth of guidance about the needs of families and the kinds of information that will be helpful to them. Many families will find comfort in learning that their needs are universal and will appreciate knowing about the different ways those needs can be met.
Marsh is to be especially commended for her chapters that acknowledge the special needs of spouses, siblings, and offspring-needs often glossed over in favor of emphasis on parents and their adult children. She is excellent in her discussion of confidentiality, noting the legal constraints confidentiality bears, but also realizing that professionals can help caregiving families get the releases that permit them to obtain the information they need to care for a relative. Marsh is also clear that there is a place for psychotherapy (especially for siblings and offspring), but she defines it carefully and differentiates it from the "family systems" therapy of the past that was, and still is, so distressing to family members.
For those facilitating family education, this book re-enforces the value of these courses and serves as a reminder of the issues that individuals face when mental illness affects one of their loved ones. The book also has a section on family action plans, which is a resource for ways families can successfully cope with an ill relative.
The book's $55.00 price may be prohibitive for some, but this is a book that should be in local libraries and on the bookshelves of our local mental health centers. This reviewer's major regret is the tardiness in which the NAMI Literature Committee learned about the book; the word should have been put out long ago about its value
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While shooting the usual dragonflies in the environs of the Otsiningo pond I saw this oddly marked goose/Gander swimming with the gaggle. It appears to be a mix of domestic goose and a Canada Goose. How it got here is a mystery as it's wings don't appear to be developed enough to allow it to fly.
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Philippines: Provincial Official Cites Cultural Preservation Efforts
Purita S. Licas, 2011
A member of the provincial board of Cagayan has cited the joint efforts of government and non-government organizations (GO-NGO) in reviving and preserving the rich cultural heritage as they staged a cultural presentation of Ilocano songs, poems, debate and dances at the Kammaranan (Nobility) Hall, provincial capitol here.
Board Member Olivia Pascual of the province's 1st district said it is inevitable that the young, especially, today, tend to embrace the modern trends, and so steps have to be taken to preserve the various cultures and tradition of the province and the region.
"Let's not allow our native songs, dances, poems and even the manner by which we debate be brought to oblivion," Pascual said adding that the children today should be exposed to indigenous songs and dances during programs and other cultural activities.
She said through the sponsorship of a colleague in the board, the provincial government is now enforcing a resolution for all public schools in the province to allow students to speak the Ilocano and Ibanag dialects in certain subjects.
"Through these means, we can make the children aware of who they came from, what they have achieved and their aspirations which they now leave as legacy to the present generation," Pascual said during the program which launched the Arts Month of February.
The 'Anasaas Iti Karayan' (Ripples of the River) program which featured poems, songs and dances in Ilocano launched the month-long activities in the province.
Pascual said it is imperative that every sector of society give concrete commitment to promote Philippine culture and arts so that the young generation will know their past and be able to move forward.
The provincial official, who was the erstwhile mayor of Lallo town in the northeastern part of Cagayan, said he caused the creation of the Nueva Segovia Choir and Dance Troupe which performed in the cities of Vigan and Marikina and in the Department of Tourism's Wow Philippines held in Intramuros, Manila.
"We likewise continue to air the 'Daniwan ken Bukanegan' (Poem and Debate) program over our local radio station DWRL for our local residents to participate and listen as we promote our local culture and traditions," she said.
The province, four decades ago, during the term of then Governor Teresa Dupaya, has always been featured in the cultural presentations at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
During those years, the province's museum was likewise filled with artifacts that captured its rich history and the Cagayanos' cultural heritage.
Meanwhile, PrimitivaTalla, provincial museum curator, expressed gratitude that the private sector is taking active part in preserving and promoting the local culture.
She said in other countries and in some parts of the country, the efforts to promote culture have made the people attain vitality and energy.
With the people's participation, there is a feeling of oneness and cultural pride among the people, she said as she expressed optimism that when people are united, development is not far behind.
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Raphael gift set is also available.
Guardians of the Galaxy Blu-Ray Box Art Revealed
Getting an earlier release across the pond.
Guardians of the Galaxy Blu-Ray Confirmed For December 9th With Lots Of Extras
Commentary on the Blu-Ray from James Gunn and more.
Watch: First 10 Minutes Of Amazing Spider-Man 2
Blu-Ray available August 19th.
Transformers: Age Of Extinction Blu-Ray Limited Edition Revealed
Highly detailed collectible figure of Optimus Prime riding Grimlock.
Watch The Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season Six Blu-Ray Trailers (HD)
Witness the Final Frontier as you've never seen it before!
Complete Green Lantern: The Animated Series Coming To Blu-Ray
2-disc set featuring over 500 minutes of footage.
New Thor 2 Blu-Ray Featurette
Composer Brian Tyler and more.
Tom Hiddleston Loki Thor 2 Blu-Ray Exclusive Cover Announced
Retailer exclusives revealed.
Watch First 10 Minutes Of Riddick Right In Time For The Blu-Ray
Stars Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff and Dave Bautista.


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