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Bella Vista Skanes
5000 Skanes, 5000 Hammam Sousse, Tunisia
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Dessole Bella Vista. The 4-star hotel "Dessole Bella Vista" is situated in Monastir. The air conditioning keeps the hot weather outside, always ensuring a comfortable temperature in the rooms. The hotel features both an outdoor and covered swimming pool, where children are welcome too. There are many sports for visitors to participate in, such as waterskiing, aerobics, sailing, tennis, pool, volleyball and golf. Furthermore, there is a gym, a tennis court and a pool table. After your physical activities of the day, the sauna will help you feel refreshed. You can also book a relaxing massage. For a drink after a long day, you will find the bar most welcoming. In the morning, visitors have the option to enjoy breakfast at the accommodation.
The Bella Vista Skanes is a modern hotel with contemporary and Moorish influences, on Tunisia's famous Skanes beach six kilometres from Monastir Marina. The 242 rooms over two floors have light decor and glass doors leading to balconies with garden, beach or pool views. All are equipped with air ...Read more on the website
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- 73 mi The 7th of November stadium:
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- 80.8 mi Estadio Olímpico El Menzah:
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Ice is in this cave year round as water runs down into the cave from the surrounding hills from a small brook. It is accessible when the water dries out around the middle of July. There are two entrances to the cave that lead downward into the cave. It is very cold and contains ice even during the hottest summers.
Although the Paris Ice Cave is not developed, a visit is not very dangerous. An easy to follow track through the cave goes through the cave. Wear warm clothes and bring sturdy shoes and lamps.
The Paris Ice Cave is not a developed area but it was fun to go and see them. They are called ice caves because they have ice in them year round. Part of the cave has collapsed. There is a short area that you hike through and then the area that is open to the air. The road into this area was not bad at first but as we got higher into the mountains, we encountered snow and ice on the road. Our station wagon did okay but it would have been better if it would have been dry roads and no snow. And, if you go, watch out for the cows on the road. Yes, there was an area with ice!
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Appt heart of the Marais Blancs Manteaux
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The apartment is located in the heart of the Marais in the "Archives" area which is one of the most enjoyable of the Marais with its many shops, cafes and restaurants. Nearby: the Pompidou Center, Hotel de Ville, BHV Le Marais.
The neighborhood is alive and connected and there are also many art galleries and shops of fashionable clothes galleries.
There is everything you need nearby.
From the apartment you are 2 minutes walk from the Centre Georges Pompidou (Beaubourg), 5 min. walk from City Hall, 10 min. walk from Forum des Halles, 15 min. walk from Notre Dame and 20 min. walk from the Louvre.
The building is typical of the Marais and date of the end of the seventeenth century. It is very well maintained.
The 1st floor overlooking courtyard, the apartment is very calm and clear.
Semi-open kitchen fully equipped with ceramic hob, microwave, fridge and everything you need to cook and eat: dishes, pots, cups, glasses.
Living room with a sofa bed for an extra bed and dining table for 4.
Bathroom with shower, heated towel rail and WC.
Bedroom with real bed 2 places courtyard, very quiet.
For short term rentals (less than a month), towels and linens are provided, as well as cleaning. An efficient heating system ensures a steady and comfortable temperature in the apartment.
Within 10-15 minutes walk you will find the Museum of Arts and Crafts, the Picasso Museum, the Art and History of Judaism Museum, Museum of Nature and Hunting, Museum of National Archives , the Museum of the History of France, the Musée de la Poupée, the Carnavalet museum.
Within a fifteen minute walk, you can choose between a dozen theaters boulevard and / or "pocket" (eg Déjazet Theatre, Caveau de la République, Théâtre de la Porte St. Martin Theatre Renaissance, Theatre du Marais, Cheerfulness Opera, etc.).. The nearest cinemas are located in Bastille, Les Halles and Beaubourg. And also a variety of restaurants for all tastes and all budgets!
The apartment is easily accessible by Metro from the City Hall station (7 min. Walk, line 1) or Rambuteau (6 min. Walk, line 11). Chatelet les Halles station (Metro and RER) is 10 minutes walk.
From the station Châtelet or Gare du Nord you can take the train to Charles de Gaulle and Orly airport.
A €10 fee is required for check-in between 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm.
A €20 fee is required for check-in between 9:00 pm and 11pm.
A €40 fee is required for check-in after 11pm.
A security deposit of € 200 is required to cover any damages or repairs in the apartment, or key loss, because of tenants. It is taken by VISA or MasterCard with our mobile payment terminal (the amount in question is not charged but "pre-approved", as car rental companies do for example).The security deposit is refunded generally the day after departure, once the flat has been cleaned by our professional cleaner.
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wonderful flat. very nice and helpful landlord.
Merci Alex pour tout votre assistance et votre aide. Nous avons passe quelques jours tres agreable. L'appartement etait ideal pour nous et vous avez vite regle quelques petits soucis. Merci et a bientot j'espere.
Thanks Alex for all your help. We had a fantastic time in Paris. The apartment was just what we were looking for and you were quick to answer and resolve a few minor problems we encountered. Thanks again and I hope to be back soon!
Nice apartment in a quiet neighborhood. Not far from Place de Bastille/ metro station. Suitable for 4 people / small family. I recommend contact with Alex - very nice and helpful to others. It was very nice stay.
The stay was great. The apartment has everything you would need, the bed is very comfortable, the location is great as it is the metro next door and you can walk to the Lovre, Opera ... The area of the apartment is set, as there are plenty of restaurants, shops ... and the apartment is very quiet as it falls to the inner courtyard. I absolutely recommend it, and if I go to Paris, stay in the same apartment.
La estancia ha sido genial. El apartamento tiene de todo lo que puedes necesitar, la cama es comodísima, la ubicación es estupenda ya que está la parada de metro al lado y se puede ir caminando hasta el Lovre, la Ópera... La zona del apartamento está muy ambientada, ya que hay gran cantidad de restaurantes, tiendas...y el apartamento es muy tranquilo, ya que recae a un patio interior. Lo recomiendo absolutamente, y si vuelvo a ir a París, me alojaría en el mismo apartamento.
The apartment has thoroughly enjoyed it. Was very well maintained.
Alex is a very nice and likeable man. We only had a few problems with the Timingt. Upon arrival, we waited over 1 hour. (Apologized), but the same in the return of the apartment. Appointment was 12.00 clock, 13.00 clock we went, Alex was not there yet, we had to go, because we still had an appointment at night in Dusseldorf.
We will book an apartment next year.
Die Wohnung hat uns sehr gut gefallen. War sehr gepflegt.
Alex ist ein sehr netter und sympatischer Mann. Wir hatten nur etwas Probleme mit dem Timingt. Bei der Ankunft warteten wir über 1 Std. (hat sich entschuldigt), doch bei der Rückgabe der Wohnung dasselbe. Terminvereinbarung war 12.00 Uhr, um 13.00 Uhr sind wir gegangen, Alex war noch nicht da, Wir mussten gehen, da wir in Düsseldorf abends noch eine Verabredung hatten.
Wir werden im nächsten Jahr wieder eine Wohnung buchen.
The apartment is located very close to everything. Unfortunately the kitchen is equipped too basic. Lack of utensils, microwave and range hood was defective. Stay rather well.
L'appartement est très situé, près de tout. Malheureusement la cuisine est équipé trop basique. Manque d'ustensiles, le micro-onde et la hotte de la cuisinière était défectueux. Séjour somme toute bien.
Really great, modern, very clean small apartment. Good-away bed with pillowtop mattress.
Kitchenette with all appliances, Nespresso coffee machine etc. Even a small dishwasher, everything is possible here!
2 metro stations are within easy reach, one of them right on the doorstep.
Keys worked out well, Alex was very friendly and accommodating.
We would take the apartment again !!
Ganz tolle, moderne, sehr saubere kleine Wohnung. Gutes Schrankbett mit bequemer Matratze.
Küchenzeile mit allen Geräten, Nespresso-Kaffeemaschine etc. Sogar ein kleiner Geschirrspüler-alles ist hier möglich!
2 Metrostationen sind schnell zu erreichen, eine davon direkt vor der Tür.
Schlüsselübergabe hat gut geklappt, Alex war sehr freundlich und zuvorkommend.
Wir würden die Wohnung wieder nehmen!!
It's a nice, very quiet, actually one room apartment, efficiently furnished, although the kitchen equipment could be better (add tea towels, bread knife and chopping board) and the cleaner should be instructed how to clean/dust a room properly. We stayed 6 nights and it was OK for the two of us. I don't think the space is suited for three persons. The apartment is situated on the third floor at the far end of the building. From the main entrance to the apartment is quite a walk through a long, narrow passage leading to the three staircases. That's not a problem, but what struck me - and somehow worried me a bit - was that there were no smoke detectors to be seen. There is one fire extinguisher on the second floor, but in my opinion that's not enough. The neighbourhood is very lively with shops, restaurants, markets, metro, etc. We enjoyed our stay very much.
Very good accommodation, great location, it was not missing anything and everything worked. Alex is very nice and helpful. We had very nice days in Paris!
Sehr gute Unterkunft, tolle Lage, es hat an nichts gefehlt und alles hat geklappt. Alex ist sehr nett und hilfsbereit. Wir hatte sehr schöne Tage in Paris!
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Runnin' Late is a Delaware based classic rock band with influences from both jazz and blues. Around the core of bass, drums, and guitar, we feature keyboards and saxophone, enabling us to cover territory often untouched by traditional guitar-based rock bands. We mix covers with originals - with a debut CD released in 2014. Runnin' Late was a finalist in the 2014 WMGK Rock MD competition held at the Keswick Theatre.
If you're into groups like Van Morrison, Steely Dan, Chicago, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bruce Springsteen, Supertramp, Joe Cocker, Dave Matthews, and more, come check us out. You won't be disappointed!
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I write to you today to say thanks for bringing to public light Montpelier resident Gwen Hallsmiths thoughtful and visionary work on the Vermont public bank issue, and the disturbing efforts of a few Montpelier city officials to try to shut down her voice behind the scenes.
We live in interesting times, and what we most need is courage, clarity of vision and compassion, even when we may disagree. Freedom of speech and freedom of the press are under siege across the United States and globally it is good to see a Vermont newspaper like the venerable Times Argus stand up and do the right thing.
Heres to free speech, freedom of the press and a public bank for the once and future republic of Vermont.
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I googled this problem a billion times and got an answer that I need to modify the sidebar.php file. I found this within the code: /* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */
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15 yr old Pitcher is in need of a team.
She has played A level softball for 3 yrs. She has been pitching for 7 yrs and has a large variety of pitches that she can effectively throw. She was a varsity pitcher for her high school last year (freshman year) She can play 18u or 16u.
A team going to a world series and focusing on college exposure is preferred. She would be willing to sub if you only need her for a weekend or two.
Time on the mound is a necessity. A coach who is not opposed to calling more than a fastball and a change is a must. She plays 2nd and outfield also. Fast baserunner and all around smart player and a natural athelete. She has a positive attitude and truly loves the game of Softball (so much that it scares me sometimes!) She is all business on the field and a fun girl off the field. Her dream is to play college ball.
Please contact me via email at
She is a very committed player and NOT a team hopper. The circumstances surrounding her being in this position of needing a team, have nothing to do with her, she is the innocent victim of circumstances, but her attitude is positive and she said, "everything happens for a reason". She is truly a drama free kid. So here we are...
we are the Indy Smoke bsed out of noblesville, IN. We are a very young 18U team playing in mostly OPEN tournament with NSA, USFA, and AFA. last week we finished fifth in the USFA open state tournament and played 5 :a:m teams and beat 3 of them and lost to the tournament winner{gold team]. Every girl on the team was a vasity starter for her high school and all eligible for at least one more year of 18U ball. We plan to evaluate the roster at the end of july and get the new team started playing fall tournaments. This year we are winning over 60 per cent of our games and believe that we can play strictly A ball and exposure in 2013.
We might be a good option now and in the future.
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we live on the south side of Indianapolis. We are looking for the rest of this season, but also thinking about next year.
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Lauren really liked the team she played with this weekend, and they liked her too!!! She is set for the remainder of this season. Thank you very much for all of the emails and interest in her! I was so stressed when we had to find her a team to play for in the middle of the season, but, I was pleasantly surprised by not only the emails interested in her playing for teams, but also the emails just offering advice and assistance, I greatly appreciated it! I love the softball community!!!!!
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Nach Baliye 6: Top 8 Jodis Revealed; Ripu-Shivangi, Bruna-Omar Back!
The recent couple to get eliminated from Nach Baliye 6 are Ripudhaman Handa and his girlfriend Shivangi. But, they are eliminated just for an episode as in the wild card entry Bruna Abdullah-Omar Farooque and Ripudhaman-Shivani will be back on the show.
Yes! The news can shock all the Nach Baliye fans. The wild card entry of Nach Baliye will be shown soon. The couples who would try their luck out again in the wild card entry are Yash Sinha-Amrapali Gupta, Raju Shrivastav-Shikha, Bruna Abdullah-Omar Farooque, Ripu Daman Handa-Shivangi and Sara Khan with boyfriend Paras Chabbra.
All these wild card contestants will fight and put their best foot forward to get a place in the top 8 jodis of this season which already includes the dance maestros like Debina and Gurmeet Choudhary, Kanika Maheshwari and Ankur, Rithvik Dhanjani with Asha Negi, Kiku Sharada with wife Priyanka, Raqesh Vashisht and wife Riddhi Dogra and last but not the least Vinod Thakur with wife Raksha.
Sara Khan and boyfriend Paras Chabbra wont be able to make it to the top 8 but will enjoy there time spent on the sets. The Nach Baliye sets would miss the laughter riot of Raju Shrivastav but the show has to go on. The coming weeks of the show will have more of romance, proposals, fun, laughter and tears.
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Another factor not to be ignored is currency. For Canroys who declare the distribution in Canadian Dollars, the fall of the U.S. Dollar has been an added bonus. If the U.S. Dollar rises, the reverse will occur. In any event, you're playing the currency market, something which is inapplicable with SJT.
Yes, this is also a currency play. My feeling is that the dollar will strengthen over time, weakening the canadian currency and making the canroys worth less then respectable other royalty trusts. Right now, sjt divy is 10.5%, I don't see any canroys that can match that, after you adjust for 15% tax loss/currency conversion.
The Canadian tax is deductible so has no effect on your US taxation--unless you've got it in an IRA, which I and many others haven't. The dollar up? Don't bank on it. The best I see is sideways in the long run.


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Hiya! Zephyr here. And what a surprise. I'm writing for yet another fandom. When will it end? *sigh* Oh well. So I guess it's obvious what my latest obsession is, huh? I really hope I have everyone in-character. Alec was especially hard. He kept wanting to be emo, but I had to put a stop to that, huh? Anyway, let the deadly tale begin!
"Hey, Alexander?"
Alec looked up from the book he was reading and found his eyes on Magnus. The warlock was listening to an Indian-sounding Beatles song while painting his nails a rather interesting shade of blue and had apparently gotten an idea. Alec had long-since known the look that came across Magnus' face when this occurred. He knew what these ideas consisted of and he was afraid to know what his boyfriend was thinking.
"What have I said about my name?" Alec said.
Magnus' cat eyes narrowed as he said, "That's not important, love."
"Oh?" Alec questioned, "Than what is?"
"Please don't kill me for suggesting this." Magnus said.
"Magnus, this isn't making me want to hear this any more, you know?" Alec brushed a strand of hair from his icy-blue eyes.
"Just hear me out, okay?" Magnus asked.
Alec sighed and said, "Okay, fine. What is it?"
"I'd like to see you in make-up sometime." Magnus announced.
Alec stared at the warlock for a few seconds. It was official. Magnus had lost his mind.
"Magnus, did you just come back from France?" Alec inquired.
"Not for a while." Magnus shook his head as the song on his iPod faded to a more somber one. "I went to Paris a few months ago, but my last trip was to Lichtenstein. Why?"
"You always get like this when you come back from France." Alec said.
"I think you'd look adorable." Magnus grinned deviously.
Alec's eyes looked Magnus up and down as he thought of some sort of rebuttal. Magnus was always trying to get him to wear some designer outfit or to go shopping with him. Alec could usually tolerate it, but this was going a little too far.
After about a minute, Alec said, "I think I look fine the way I am now."
"I didn't say that you didn't." Magnus said as he opened the jar of nail polish again. "Hmm, do you think I should do straight blue or alternate with blue and purple?"
"It really doesn't matter to me, Magnus." Alec went back to his book.
Magnus stood up and walked across the room to his desk and grabbed a jar of purple nail polish and went back to his squashy orange bean-bag chair.
"So will you give it a shot?"
Alec marked his place in his book and closed it with a slam. Once Magnus got on topic, he rarely let it go easily. Especially when it came to fashion or something of similar nature.
"You aren't going to let this go, are you?" Alec sighed.
"Nope." Magnus grinned.
"I don't think so, Magnus." Alec said. "My parents really aren't too keen on the whole 'guys can wear make-up, too' thing."
"You don't have to keep wearing it." Magnus said as he painted a nail a vibrant shade of purple. "I just want to see you in it sometime. Maybe you could wear it to a party or something."
"Why would I go to a party?" Alec frowned.
"Because it's fun?" Magnus' response was in the form of a question.
"I don't have time for fun." Alec said. "I'm a Shadowhunter, Magnus. I need to protect my family."
"That doesn't mean that you can't have fun every now and then." Magnus pointed out. "Isabelle certainly knows how to have fun."
"What are you implying?" Alec raised an eyebrow.
"I simply meant that she goes out and parties a bit." Magnus finished with the blue nail-polish and moved on to the purple.
"She's a teenager." Alec dismissed the idea.
"So are you." Magnus grinned deviously as he changed the song on his iPod yet again.
"What is this, a marathon of the Beatles?" Alec frowned, noting the song was the third Beatles song to be played in a row.
"Hey, I like the Beatles." Magnus said defensively. "So will you at least think about it?"
Alec frowned, wondering what he was meant to do. He knew Magnus would continue bothering him about it until he gave in. On the other hand, Robert and Maryse still didn't completely approve of their son dating a warlock, and a male warlock, at that.
"I'll think about it." Alec sighed as he reached his conclusion. "Will that make you happy?"
"I suppose." Magnus nodded.
"What, he wants you to do what now?"
Isabelle walked into the kitchen and found Alec and Jace playing a card game at the kitchen table. However, it looked like the game had been abandoned for a more interesting conversation.
"What did I miss?" Isabelle frowned as she walked towards the fridge.
Alec glared at Jace before saying, "Apparently Magnus wants me to wear make-up."
Isabelle stared at her brother for a few seconds before she started to laugh. "Wow, I can't see that happening."
"But he's going to keep bugging me about it until I do it." Alec leaned his elbow against the table.
"You know Mom and Dad aren't going to be happy about this, right?" Isabelle opened the fridge and grabbed a bottle of apple juice. "They still don't really like the fact that you're gay."
"You think I don't know that?" Alec glanced toward his sister.
"So what are you going to do?" Jace asked over the sound of Isabelle pouring juice into a glass and putting the juice bottle back into the fridge.
"I'll probably let him do it just this once just so he'll stop bugging me about it." Alec said.
"This I have to see." Jace smiled.
"I don't think so, Jace." Alec said firmly. "You'll just say how ridiculous I look."
"Does Magnus want to use my stuff?" Isabelle asked "You'd look nice in the purple-"
"That's okay, Isabelle." Alec looked slightly pale. "I don't like the idea of wearing my sister's eyeliner or mascara or whatever the hell you were about to say."
"I was going to say eye-shadow, but okay." Isabelle took a sip of apple juice and walked out of the kitchen.
"You'd better love me for this, you know."
Magnus looked away from the enormous pile of make-up and saw Alec sitting on his bed. The dark-haired Shadowhunter was looking slightly nervous and kept drumming his fingers on his knee.
"Oh, I do." Magnus grinned and turned back to the make-up in front of him. "Don't look so nervous, love."
"And why's that?" Alec frowned
"Because I'm not going to put a ton of stuff on you." Magnus set aside a stick of eyeliner and continued rummaging through the pile. "You wouldn't look good with all of the glitter."
"Thanks." Alec said dully.
"My last boyfriend looked horrible in it." Magnus shuttered at what was apparently a painful memory.
"Do you do this with everyone you date?" Alec asked out of curiosity.
"Just with the ones who I think will look good." Magnus smiled. "Now get over here."
"By the Angel, Magnus, this had better be quick." Alec got off the bed and walked over to Magnus, who had turned on his iPod and was listening to a song by Good Charlotte.
"Oh, trust me." Magnus pushed Alec into the bean-bag chair. "It won't be bad. Now try to keep your eyes open and don't blink, whatever you do." Magnus frowned before saying, "My God, I sound like I'm in Doctor Who."
"Easy for you to say." Alec said as Magnus went to work with the eyeliner. "You do this all the time."
"I still remember my first time, you know." Magnus said, cat-eyes narrowed in concentration.
"W-wait, what exactly are we talking about?" Alec stammered, his cheeks flushing bright pink.
"The first time I put on eyeliner, silly." Magnus said. "And stop blinking! You're making this more difficult than it needs to be."
"I don't exactly do this all the time, you know." Alec tried to glare at the warlock, but failed.
"That's why we're doing this." Magnus moved on to Alec's other eye. After a few minutes, he asked, "Does Isabelle know?"
"She wanted to know if you wanted to use her eye-shadow." Alec shuddered as the song changed to a more upbeat Muse song.
"So you're parents know, then?" Magnus raised an eyebrow.
"I just told Jace and Isabelle." Alec tried to shake his head, but Magnus was preventing the action.
"Why didn't you tell your parents?" Magnus, having finished with the eyeliner pen, grabbed the mascara. "Keep your eyes still."
"Because they won't like the idea." Alec explained.
"Fair enough." Magnus shrugged. "Though I don't see how this is worse than you dating me."
"It's not considered normal which, I think, is what my parents don't like." Alec shrugged.
"Okay, that's done." Magnus said more to himself than to Alec. After thinking to himself for a few seconds, he turned to Alec and asked,"Are you feeling brave enough for eye-shadow today?"
"Let's do it." Alec sighed.
"That's the spirit." Magnus smiled before he walked over to the large pile of make-up and started rummaging through the various colours of eye-shadow.
"Can I at least see what I look like?" Alec wondered.
"Not until you're done." Magnus said.
"You make it seem like I'm a piece of meat you're cooking for dinner." Alec said.
"Not my intent, I promise you." Magnus walked back over to Alec and said, "Now keep your eyes closed."
"First you tell me to keep them open and now you tell me to keep them closed." Alec sighed. "By the Angel, Magnus, make up your mind."
"I couldn't very well do this with your eyes open." Magnus said. "As much as I love those eyes of yours, I need you to close them."
Alec sighed, but he complied. "Better?"
"Much, thanks." Magus said before going to work.
"Just out of curiosity, how long does it take you to do all this to yourself?" Alec asked.
"Just what I'm doing to you or everything?" Magnus frowned.
"Everything." Alec replied.
Magnus thought for a few seconds before saying, "I think it's around two hours."
"Holy crap, Magnus." Alec said in disbelief. "That's insane."
"It doesn't really matter to me." Magnus shrugged.
"Are you almost done?" Alec asked impatiently.
"Yes, I do believe I am." Magnus nodded as he changed the song on his iPod to a song by Trocadero. "You may open your eyes now."
"So can I see myself now?" Alec asked.
"Go ahead." Magnus was putting the make-up away. "My mirror is your mirror."
"Funny." Alec rolled his eyes and walked over to the mirror.
He didn't recognize himself when he saw his reflection. Magnus had used the eyeliner to make his already bright blue eyes look even brighter than normal. The dark purple eyeshadow contrasted nicely with the blue in his eyes and the mascara had somehow made his eyelashes look longer than normal.
"No offense, babe, but I don't think the glitter would have worked." Magnus shook his head.
"I look completely different." Alec said to himself.
"That's what make-up is meant to do." Magnus said. "That, and to accent what you feel are your best features."
"So you like my eyes the best, then?" Alec looked up at Magnus in the mirror.
"Hmm?" Magnus frowned. "What do mean?"
"You just focused on my eyes." Alec explained.
"Well, yeah." Magnus said. "That's the basic stuff."
"Oh." Alec said simply.
"But I do love your eyes." Magnus nodded.
"That's what you're always telling me." Alec said.
"That's because it's true." Magnus said.
"So are you satisfied now?" Alec asked.
"Yes, I do believe so." Magnus nodded.
"Don't expect me to do this every day." Alec said. "It's too much of a hassle."
"Compared to what I do and what I'm sure your sister does, this was nothing." Magnus said.
"And I do have to take it all off before I go home." Alec said. "Mom and Dad won't be happy with me if they see me looking like a girl."
"But you don't look like a girl." Magnus shook his head.
"That's good." Alec said. "Jace would never let me hear the end of it."
"Jace is Jace." Magnus shrugged. "What can you expect?"
"Not much, honestly." Alec shrugged.
"But you do look pretty." Magnus gave Alec a quick kiss.
"If you say so." Alec said with a sigh.
Magnus grinned and said, "And I do.
I absolutely love the conversations between Magnus and Alec. ^_^ So I'm hoping to write more for MI. As this is my first one for the series, I know I've probably made dozens of mistakes, so feel free to point them out. As long as it's in a polite way. No one likes flames, kiddies, and they will be ignored. Reviews equal love! Thanks for reading!


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Operator: Good afternoon and welcome to the Super Middleweight World Championship conference. Your host, Mr. Bernie Bahrmasel, will now begin.
Bernie Bahrmasel: Good afternoon. Thank you very much for joining us for the U.S. Media Conference Call on behalf of HBO Sports, Matchroom Sport and Team Sauerland.
The highly anticipated rematch between IBF super middleweight champion, Carl Froch and WBA super middleweight champion, Mikkel Kessler will be broadcast live on HBO Saturday, May 25 in from the sold out O2 Arena in London at 6 p.m. Eastern time and 3 p.m. Pacific time with an Encore same day presentation at 10 p.m. Eastern time, 10 p.m. Pacific time.
Those of you who remember, the sensational first bout between these two warriors who battled on April 24, 2010 in Herring, Denmark was won by Mikkel Kessler in a hotly contested war awarded by unanimous decision. I'd like to thank Mikkel Kessler and Kalle Sauerland from Team Saulerland for joining us initially on this call. We'll be followed later on in the call by Carl Froch and Eddie Hearn from Matchoom Sport.
At this time I would like to turn it over to Kalle Sauerland from Team Sauerland for his opening remarks and to introduce Mikkel Kessler.
Kalle Sauerland: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen or good afternoon, wherever you are. Well the event itself, I don't think needs much selling. You know, as a promoter you've got to talk about this and that but my advice will be just watch the first fight again to give you an appetite for it.
Certainly, in Europe – obviously, especially in Scandinavia and the U.K. the event has captured all imaginations. It's been a real boost in the arm for boxing, of course. You know, a fight which I believe is not just selling our names but on the product that we bring and that is a great match up, two guys who are eye-to-eye, you know, guys who bring it all in the ring.
And I don't think we'll see much difference on May 25th – we know what Carl is going to bring to the ring and Mikkel has been in an excellent training camp, had some very high profile sparring with the likes of WBO light-heavy king, Nathan Cleverly and George Groves, the WBO number one-ranked super middleweight. So we're in excellent condition. I think Mikkel will talk about that in a minute.
And, you know, from our side, from a promotional side, things going very well. Of course the arena sold out within a day – all 18,000 tickets gone. And we're looking forward to a great night of boxing. And without further ado I will pass it over to the 5-time world champion, Mikkel Kessler.
Mikkel Kessler: Thank you, Kalle, very much and thank you everyone for having me here. I am – what can I say, I am ready for the second fight with Carl. It's been, you know, it's – like I said, I'm 34 now. I've with the best in the world and now I have to the fight of my life.
The only one that was bigger, maybe only in triple of a fact, is the fight against Joe Calzaghe when I fought him and now I want to show them that I am the number one and I'm getting better for each time I have since the last fight with Carl Froch. And I can just feel I'm going to take the IBF title. That's it.
Bernie Bahrmasel: (Alicia), I think we're ready to open the lines for the US media questions.
Operator: Ladies and gentlemen if you'd like to ask a question please press the number 1 key. Again, if there are any questions at this time please press the number 1 key on your telephone.
We do have a question from Dan Rafael with ESPN. Please go ahead.
Dan Rafael: Hey, guys. My first question is for Mikkel. In the first fight you had that great home field advantage in Denmark for the fight. I'm wondering if you could just talk about your thoughts about that going into the lion's den of England to take on Froch who has, you know, just as good a support where he's from as you do, maybe bigger even then where you're from.
What are your thoughts about that?
Mikkel Kessler: I know it's – they have a huge fan base, as you mentioned. And – but, you know, I can say that in my first fight I promised Carl that if the fight should ever happen again I'm going to be on his home turf. And I'm a man – a man of my word.
And of course it's always dangerous to – you know what – I have tried it before – I'm talking Calzaghe against 55,000 people and from this date for me first defense, you know, against Mundine – 33,000 people.
You know, I have tried it before and it was very hard in the start but I feel like I can avoid it now. I don't feel the pressure and I know I have a lot of fans. I don't know. Maybe enough of my fan's coming to England.
So, you know, it doesn't matter that much, of course. You've got to have, in the first couple of rounds you've got to shake it off and then I'll be more ready.
Dan Rafael: Do you figure, Mikkel, that that experience that you mentioned about going to Wales and fighting Calzhage, even though you didn't win that fight but also, like you said, Mundine in Australia in front of, you know, his very vocal crowd – that that experience level will make it so. It's just another fight, that you'll be calm and not over-excited or caught up in the moment of being, you know, in that kind of atmosphere?
Mikkel Kessler: Exactly, exactly. You know, I, like you said, experience – I have tried it before and I know what I am going into. I know I am going to a huge crowd and a great venue – the O2 Arena.
And you know what, I've got to just be cool and do as I'm used to doing. And, you know, Kalle – I listen to Jim Montoya, my trainer, and what we have been training on. And that's – I know it's going to succeed and I have a very good game plan for this fight.
So, you know, I've never been in the best – not be in so good shape like I am now. I am – I feel I am on my peak and nothing that can go wrong.
Dan Rafael: I think what most people remember from the first fight was that last round where most people thought that that fight was sort of on the table at that point, that it could've still been up for grabs for either boxer to win the fight.
Do you figure that this fight will just begin sort of where that left off? Because it was – it was a while ago. Or is it going to take a little bit of time to sort of get to know each other again, so to speak?
Mikkel Kessler: Now of course you can say that the new thing about this fight is we have fought before. It's really three years ago, of course, but I remember we had long rounds and I – that I assumed and there are lots of things, you know. And I've never tried, in my whole professional career, I never tried to fight the same guy again.
So that's why we have to make a different game plan and, as people say. And we're going to take off where we left, of course, it would be stupid. You know what – some people say that maybe it will go over sixty seconds. It can go five minutes or it can go to a round.
But, of course, we both want to win the – both want to win the fight and I think we are still hungry even though we are with our age that it's different than the 21, 22 or 24 when I won the first WBA title. So, of course, it's different but I also think that I have to have more experience.
Of course I also think that Carl's going to come very strong and hard, you know. And so I've got to be prepared. I've got to have a Plan A, B, C and D. So I have a plan for everything.
Dan Rafael: Okay, also just one other thing. You guys, both, in the course of the Super Six Tournament had to drop out because of the injury, but you lost to Andre Ward. Carl ended up losing it in the finals to Andre Ward in the title fight.
I'm wondering, is your – I know you want to win the fight against Carl, unify those titles and get, you know, make sure you go up 2-0 on him from what happened in the first fight. But is your goal ultimately to beat Froch and so you can get another fight with Andre Ward and have a rematch with him?
Mikkel Kessler: No, I don't think about Ward at all. I want to think about Carl, you know. He's the kind of fighter who wants to fight.
It's a very different kind of fight. I wasn't there that day everything went wrong. I also – we also learned about that, me and Kalle. And when you are fighting not on your home turf then you've got to also have a lot of other things clear before you go over.
So it's all – only about boxing for you. You learn that – you learn from, on each fight, what – I've never thought about Ward yet. I'm – my thoughts go to Carl Froch and training for him. And after that fight we can talk about Ward.
Dan Rafael: Very good. Thanks a lot, Mikkel. Good luck on the fight. I'm looking forward to this one. Appreciate it, guys.
Mikkel Kessler: Okay, thank you.
Bernie Bahrmasel: Thank you, Dan.
Operator: The next question is from Keith Idec at The Record. Please go ahead.
Keith Idec: Mikkel, just wondering if you could tell me what your thoughts on the Froch-Bute fight were and were you surprised at how easily Froch – Carl was able to beat Lucian Bute?
Mikkel Kessler: You know, I've seen Bute – a lot of his fights. I was there for his fight with Bute and nothing had – you know what, he has a big crowd, of course and that, you know, then – we make room – I can't explain how it was but it wasn't a complete Bute – he was very nervous.
He had to stand outside until round two, I guess, and he looked nervous. But, you know, Bute is a very good fighter. You can't take that away from him.
And he's smart, he's clever. But you have to fight his game, but Carl did beat him. I thought Carl would have problems before the first round.
But when you don't fight Bute's way it's going to be Carl's fight and that's why there were two rounds. He hit him with the first punch and he never got over that. So I think he's a bit over-rated in some respects, Bute.
But of course he had some good wins too and I'm looking forward to seeing him fight again.
Keith Idec: You've obviously been in a situation where you lost to someone and wanted to fight them again. And obviously Carl is in the situation where he has wanted to fight you again since you beat him. Are you surprised that Bute has kind of gone in a different direction where – in terms of not really pursuing the rematch against Carl which he had a contractual commitment for?
Are you surprised that he went in a different direction and didn't really pursue the fight again?
Mikkel Kessler: Yes, I know how it is – how there have been what they have been talking about – how much of shock it had to come to Bute for the loss there. It can happen to a good fighter. That's how boxing is.
But of course I would have gone after it, you know. Like I would have loved to fight Calzaghe and I want to fight Ward again. Of course it was Super Six and that injury and I thought my career was over after that.
But maybe he knows he can't beat him or something like that and then say okay, I can't beat this guy. Maybe I'm going to go another direction.
I don't know, really, what he is planning so I can't really say too much. But I would have gone after Froch again. Or maybe – maybe it was too early for Bute. Maybe he had some – had to do some more training in a long period.
Keith Idec: Okay. But it worked out for you, obviously. That's how you guys were able to come together so quickly, right?
Mikkel Kessler: What?
Keith Idec: I said here's an opportunity – his not fighting Froch again obviously worked out for you because you were able to get Carl, right?
Mikkel Kessler: Yes, of course. Like I said, Carl needs to have a rematch.
Keith Idec: Sure.
Mikkel Kessler: He came to Denmark, I'm going to come to England.
Kalle Sauerland: Let me say something, as Mikkel's promoter, on – a little bit about Ward.
Kalle Sauerland: Look we spoke to Dan Goossen. We spoke to him about a Ward fight. There wasn't much interest to come to Denmark.
Now the first fight was one of those fights where, you know, Ward had a good night. Mikkel had a terrible night but all three cuts on his face were not caused by punches. You can look – sort of look at the replay to look at that.
Well we're not going to moan and groan about it but the fight out there is the Froch-Kessler fight and that is a fight which has captured imaginations and sold tickets. I don't see Ward selling tickets. And both guys, Froch and Kessler, are, in their own right, stars in their countries.
I think it's time for Ward, you know, eventually to go and travel and to do things that these guys have already done. So, you know, but as I said, we're talking about Froch-Kessler at the moment and, you know, after that we'll see what happens.
Operator: All right. Our next question is from Briggs Seekins with the Bleacher Report. Please go ahead.
Briggs Seekins: Yes, hi Mikkel. I'm wondering what you think has changed for you, as a fighter, in the last three years since the fight and how much, you know, could you speak a little more in terms of a benefit it may have been to you as this sparring with some really young undefeated, you know, hungry guys like Groves and Cleverly.
Mikkel Kessler: Yes, of course. The best experience I had after all these years is one thing and another thing, you know, I thought my career was over when I had my eye injury. And it, you know, it put some thoughts through your head, you know – is it really over, what can I do and when – especially last time when I hadn't boxed for a while.
I had to show the people, and myself and, you know, I had to show them that I know I can do a lot better. And if I'd lost to Froch then I would've said okay, that's it, I'm finished boxing, you know. But I feel like I had so much experience I had to even try to a different trainer.
Now as a chief trainer, you know what – we – every fight I had, like another and this reporter asked me you've only gone 30 rounds and Carl's gone 40 rounds or what it is in those fights. Where you haven't been boxing what – does it scare you? No, it doesn't scare me because we made a good game plan for every fight I fought.
I have to say – I would say the reaction has me concentrating on my new punches. It's 35 to 1. I'd say this experience is a big benefit for me for this fight.
Briggs Seekins: And could you just speak maybe a little bit of what do you feel like as a fighter? What do you think – how do you think it benefits you working with, you know, getting good sparring rounds with the younger guys – these younger up-and-coming fighters?
Mikkel Kessler: Well of course there are many of them. Yes, of course and, you know, those younger guys, they have – they're very hungry and you're just sparring partners but they're just coming first time. They're still very good. They maybe don't have the same hunger that Cleverly and Groves have, you know, and it's great they're undefeated and they want to show me that they can beat me.
And, you know, that – that gives you a lot of energy and it gives you a lot of things to work on. This time with Sauerland – we have to – with my side along with Jim Montoya and they're going to look at my mistakes and what I need to get better at then.
And that's why I say I'm at my peak now and I'm doing everything so good. I feel I'm getting fast on my feet and fast on my hands so I can, yes, I can change my plans now that I couldn't do before. So it gave me maybe – it gave me a lot on that side.
Operator: We have a question from Gabriel Montoya at Maxboxing.com. Please go ahead.
Gabriel Montoya: Hi, Mikkel. I was curious, since this is your first time sparring twice for an opponent, can you talk about the differences? Or do you think that Carl has changed much from the first time you fought him, studying him, to now?
Mikkel Kessler: You know, I really don't think so. He's maybe, yes, a lot I say it – a lot – a confidence side and he has a lot of – he trusts himself a lot, you know, what he's doing and he's basically strong and even in the loss to me and he still worked on it and came back. So that's good. I don't think he really has changed anything in his boxing style.
He's still got the same mistakes and he's still awkward and, in his way, you know, that's his sparring style. But yet he's still got some flaws that I would say that – very bad ones. So you can't say it's a new style. It's just a more confident style.
Gabriel Montoya: Was there anything that you missed the first time that you caught the second time – when you were studying him?
Mikkel Kessler: Yes – no, it's – you know what, I have a trainer here. He watches his – all fights all day long. And we talk about it, you know – what he does there and what he does here.
But he really doesn't change much. But I just have to remember when I fought him the first time that – the first time how I got hit and why I got hit and try to do it different way this time.
Gabriel Montoya: Do you think – I mean, looking at the Super Six, this is all about style. You know, each style kind of matched up differently, that's what boxing is. Because of your – his awkward style, is that what makes him so difficult and why the first fight was so difficult for you guys because he's such an off-rhythm and kind of awkward fighter?
Mikkel Kessler: Yes, he's a difficult fighter, you know, and I said to Kalle, I said he's actually a slow fighter – not so fast but he's – he's so awkward so sometimes, really, that you would stab him and next thing I can have him right here in front of me but then he's gone and then you can't hit him. And then he just holds you you know.
It's, you know, it's – he's difficult in a strange way – if you can say it like that. But now, you know, we've been training and we have for 3 months for him and I'm fit and fast so – and, of course, sparring partners who also have some awkward styles. And then some active tactics as much as possible.
Gabriel Montoya: This being – when you take about this being – and correct me if I'm wrong here – your very first rematch as a professional – can you talk about how that is different from all the other times you prepared for a fight? Is it different?
Mikkel Kessler: Yes, it is. It is. You know, the first time and want to fight the same guy again and you know how he fights. But of course when you're in the fight you don't remember so much of it.
And then you come down, you found out what has been and so we don't remember so much – I don't remember so much of the – only little pieces of the fight. But, of course, you have to go back and see so what did I do there and.
And so it's – its – I remember, he had long arms and I got hit with the left sometimes and I couldn't understand because he had a longer reach than I thought he had. So now I know he had this reach, to take an example. So now I've got to keep my head a little way from that long reach.
Gabriel Montoya: But the difference between going someplace for the first time. And now you have a map insofar as where to go and so forth…
Mikkel Kessler: Yes.
Gabriel Montoya: …this time around.
Mikkel Kessler: Right. Yes, exactly. A kind of…
Gabriel Montoya: Excellent.
Mikkel Kessler: …better game plan than number one.
Gabriel Montoya: Well, excellent. Thank you so much and I wish you all the luck.
Mikkel Kessler: Thank you very much.
Operator: we do have another question from Harry at The Ring. Please go ahead.
Harry Pratt: Hi, Mikkel. How are you doing? I wanted to talk one thing. You've got sort of superstar status back home in Denmark and I was – I was just wondering what tempted you to put it all on the line against Carl once again because he wants to fight because, obviously, he wants to get revenge for what happened last time.
You won – and I'm just wondering how you got zeroed in to such a big fight.
Mikkel Kessler: You know what, I promised Carl that I would give him a rematch and it's, you know, we had a talk about it, fighting again one day. And here we are.
And, of course, also talk about Joe Calzaghe – I'm going to – I never got a rematch. And he took off and I can remember – I just hope he will come back and take that rematch against me, but he didn't.
And like Joe told me, it was my not night tonight. You're not going to get this chance again. And I think it's good – and I lost and it was fine, everything was for that.
I never had the rematch, you know. Of course it's dangerous to give Carl a rematch and – but, you know, I have something in me that I have to show the boxing fans around the world. I know it's going to be tough.
I know it's going to be a tough fight and – but you – I have to show me – I have to be a man about this. You know, how it is and he will probably talk about it, you know, if I put my gloves away tomorrow in boxing he'll say he never gave me that rematch, you know.
I heard it from different places and so it's just like Sugar Ray Leonard and Hearns and so on. I heard about them. And so it's, you know – and this is the fight also – it's a fight I want to fight also, I think.
You know, it's with Carl and he's a new champion. And he took Lucian Bute. People didn't know he was going to do that and it will be a great win for me and one more belt. So it's all for that.
Harry Pratt: Just one more point. Obviously, in London, on that same day we've got this champion's league football finals…
Mikkel Kessler: Yes.
Harry Pratt: …which, I assume you're a big soccer fan, coming from Denmark.
Mikkel Kessler: Yes, I know a little bit but lately…
Harry Pratt: …and we have 80,000 Germans coming to Wembley.
Mikkel Kessler: Yes?
Harry Pratt: We've got at least 5000 from Denmark. We've got another – it's going to be one great big weekend of sports, isn't it, in London?
Mikkel Kessler: Yes. Yes, a lot of people are really excited for the football and for the fight.
Harry Pratt: Yes, I was just – it's great that boxing is such a big part of such a big day, isn't it?
Mikkel Kessler: Yes, well like Kalle told me, let's see how many tickets are going to be sold and who's going to watch the boxing. But, you know, that's, especially when you have football fans and your soccer fans. And you have boxing fans but a lot of them are going to the soccer – to the final and then they want to come straight over to watch the fight.
Kalle Sauerland: That's something we've done before, we boxed last year against Allan Green on the same night as the Champion League final as well.
But let me explain a little bit better the background -the broadcasters love it because you have a – you have this captive sports audience right here in front of the screen and, you know, a real sort of – without being too sexist -a guys' weekend, you know, or a guys' Saturday night.
You know, first of all the Champions League finals followed by the big fight. You know, it's certainly one that's filled this void in the past.
Harry Pratt: Well, I know everyone's excited about it over here, that's for sure.
Bernie Bahrmasel: That's all the time we have for Mikkel and Kalle. I'll thank Kalle Sauerland and Mikkel Kessler for their time. Did you want any last comments?
Mikkel Kessler: Thank you very much.
Kalle Sauerland: Just that we're looking forward to it.
Bernie Bahrmasel: Fantastic, thank you gentlemen. I believe on the line now we have Eddie Hearn from Matchroom Sport and Carl Froch
Eddie Hearn: Okay, obviously, you know, from outside I heard what Kalle and Mikkel had to say and I'm sure a lot of what I say will mirror that as well over here.
Eddie Hearn: But you know, mirroring from what Kalle said, you know, obviously when you're do an event, as a promoter, you hope it's as big as you think it is. And to sell, you know, 18,000 tickets in three hours was incredible.
And you just don't have events at that size in the U.K. anymore and it's a joy to bring it to London and the U.K., obviously a return to pay-per-view for Matchroom Sports anticipating big numbers. I'm sure Kalle has told you over 100 countries taking it live as well and obviously you would like it to be live on HBO.
And I think Mikkel captured something that was very important, which was Carl's confidence, and that's really since the Bute fight I've noticed that Carl has become, you know, a different man really. And I think part of that is because he's been accepted as a real superstar in the U.K.
He's become the number one fighter and he's become a huge star and I think he bounces off that. And, you know, I've never seen him so confident going into a fight as he is for this one. And I think, you know, Mikkel is the same.
You know, everything I'm hearing out of both camps is that both camps have been fantastic. Both guys are in great shape and this is a proper fight. You know, fights like this you don't really see enough of. It's, you know – we can't wait.
Bernie Bahrmasel Again, the times of the broadcast Saturday, May 25 from the sold out 02 Arena in London, England on HBO will be at 6 p.m. Eastern Time, 3 p.m. Pacific Time, with an Encore Same Day presentation at 10 p.m. Eastern Time, 10 p.m. Pacific Time. That's Saturday, May 25 live from the 02 Arena in London, England, the highly anticipated rematch with IBF super middleweight Champion, Carl Froch and WBA super middleweight champion, Mikkel Kessler.
Bernie Bahrmasel: Thank you for joining us Carl and Eddie. First question from Harry Pratt of Ring Magazine.
Harry Pratt: Carl, we've just been chatting with Mikkel. He's been talking about how he's been trying an A, B, C, D plan and I'm just wondering how you're looking at that and do you have the same sort of strategy going in, because obviously you caught it before, and how do you prepare for that sort of thing.
Carl Froch: I don't know about any A, B, C, D plan, but I think it's ridiculous for Mikkel You can change your game depending on what you're opponent's doing anyway.
I mean, if you're a top fighter and somebody's pushing you back and trying to fight you, then you've got to go and you get behind your jab, if you can. If not, you've got to stand and meet him.
I think plan A for every fight is to out jab your opponent. Hit your opponent with shorter range and not get hit back, that's always plan A, and then plan B comes then when, you know, if you need to stand aside. The plan A, B, C, D I'm just saying that is ridiculous. I think – I'm going to do it the way we just did it, which means just hitting him with more shots and getting hit as little as possible, simple as that really.
Harry Pratt: Okay, and I mean obviously, if he comes in with an slightly different strategy or whatever, is that something you adapt to and you're able to as it were.
Carl Froch: It's my job as a fighter to do what I need to do to win. So whatever he does – whatever he brings on the night, then that's what I think – I've got to effectively counter it and do what I need to do so I'll win. But, I mean, all these plans and – Plan A, B, C, and D is kind of rubbish, to be honest.
I don't get involved in all that. I want to box and do the job so I'll win and that's it, simple as that.
Harry Pratt: And Okay, last question for me at the moment. Obviously this is the fight I know you've been wanting ever since, probably, you lost last time. And as the week – next week, it gets closer and everything, it's going to be an incredible atmosphere in the U.K. because of the Champions League and your master fight that night.
How do you as an individual keep yourself composed and not get too pumped up? I mean is there a danger of that?
Carl Froch: No, so I come I'm a professional so I know what to expect. So, I know what I need to do and I'm very sort of cool, calm, and collected and very experienced in this game now.
Mikkel Kessler's very similar. I mean, he's had a lot of fights – a lot of top-level fights but I think he'll be very excited. It's obviously a big occasion, but it's nothing to get all worked up about really.
Harry Pratt: Okay, and it must feel great that boxing is right on a par with the football in the U.K. I mean it shows how big this sport is over here doesn't it?
Carl Froch: Yes, that's fantastic. You've got Champions League final; you've got the British players teams in the final. But obviously we've got – you've got Champion League final in London, which is great.
And then obviously we've got Sky Sports and then we've got Sky Sport box office boxing, the biggest fight of the decade between myself and Mikkel Kessler. It's a big weekend. It's exciting and it's great for sports.
Without sports – I don't think – the world wouldn't be what it is without sports. Sports are just fantastic – all top-level sports are great. Obviously I'm bias towards boxing because boxing is what I do.
So, it's going to be a fantastic weekend and, I mean, the fight with myself and Mikkel Kessler is going to be big. It's going to be a good fight. It's going to be what everyone looks back on in years to come and say remember that one – that was a cracker. That is a proper big fight between two warriors that leave it all in the ring. I'm excited to be apart of and involved in it all.
Harry Pratt: Thank you, cheers Carl.
Carl Froch: Pleasure.
Operator: Our next question is from Dan Rafael at ESPN. Please go ahead.
Dan Rafael: Thank you. Hello Carl, good to talk to you.
Carl Froch: Hi.
Dan Rafael: Carl, I was talking to Mikkel when he was on his portion of the call about the fact that in your first fight, you were the one that went to Denmark to face him in his home country, came up a little bit short on the score card. This time you have the home court advantage. Being in London, you have so many great fans that turn out for your fights.
I wonder if you could talk about the difference in your mentality of having to go into the opponent's hometown and put on your performance as opposed to what you may be feeling or thinking about as you come into your own arena with your own crowd going crazy and trying to control your own emotions and deal with that aspect of the fight.
Carl Froch: I think the mindset needs to be the same. I think being at home or being away from home affects you. If you're away from home it can affect you a little bit negatively.
And being at home affects you in a positive way because you're rewarded for the work you do. So, I think the home crowd advantage in boxing is an advantage. And I'm going to relish in that and take that, you know, with a positive on the night, because when I'm letting my shots go and landing, and backing him up, the crowd will be erupting and going crazy as opposed to hearing a pin drop.
And then when you're opponent is letting shots go, you know, there's no noise as opposed to the opponent throwing shots that miss you and the crowd goes mad because he's pushing you back.
My mindset's going to be the same, my preparation's going to be the same, it's just – it's going to help on the night being at home I think – especially in front of 18,000, I mean I don't know what that's going to feel like because I've never boxed in front of such a big crowd. I'm looking forward to it.
Dan Rafael: Well I was going to say to you, when you fought Lucian Bute, I believe the crowd was a little over 8 or 9,000, and, you know, being ringside for that, it felt like about 50,000 the way that the crowd was. I'm wondering when – you know, this is a much bigger arena, I think probably about double the capacity.
Carl Froch: Exactly.
Dan Rafael: Do you think that – which do you think is going to be bigger? Because when you fought Bute, it was a really, really pumped up excited crowd. I mean it reminded me of, you know – even though with fewer people, it was like a Ricky Hatton kind of crowd when he had his big fights in Las Vegas.
Carl Froch: Yes.
Dan Rafael: Do you think this is going to be a more party like atmosphere? Or what's your take on the way that the fans are viewing this fight compared to when you had the opportunity to win the title you won against Bute?
Carl Froch: I think very similar because when I fought Bute, a lot of people thought that it was going to be a very hard night's work for me and maybe expected me to lost because of what had just happened with Andre Ward. Because I dominated from the start, everybody sort of got excited and thought bloody hell, I didn't expect this, this is fantastic and everyone got in the zone.
Now, obviously they're all excited – I think everybody' that's is in Nottingham, they're going to be at the 02. So you're going to have the same crowd plus probably the non-boxing fan or the crossover fan that's not really that interested in boxing but they're there because it's a big event and a big occasion. So they'll be a little bit more reserved and not so party and not so bias towards me.
So, here are all these cheerers and I fully expect 90% of the crowd to be cheering for me, but I just don't know what to expect. However the atmosphere was in Nottingham, which was unbelievable as you said, it was very sort of electric, it's going to be that times at least bloody two – it's going to be two times that because it's a two times big arena. It's going to be unbelievable-phenomenal, I can't wait. It's going to be electric.
Dan Rafael: Now, the other thing I asked Mikkel about was, if you think back to the first fight that you had with him, I think what most people probably recall was, you know, aside from it being a very good fight, probably the best fight of the entire super six, really with that twelfth round when you guys really let it all hang out, the fight seemed to be up for grabs a that point.
You both really went for just, you know, one of the rounds of the year that year. So, my question is when you step in the ring for the fight on May 25, do you feel like that the fight the start is going to start with a bang right off the get go picking up where that left off?
Or because it's been a few years since that fight, that it'll be another sort of process where you guys get to know each other a little bit better and the fight will build and build and build like it did the first time?
Carl Froch: I think we're going to both stick behind our jab and try and win the battle of the jabs early on because that what any sensible boxer does. If he comes out and tries to steam roll me early on or vice versa, you're in big danger of walking on to a shot so that will be a silly tactic. But I know what you're saying, pick the fight up where we left off, but it was three years ago.
And we could say this is round 13 but it's what you said early on. But it wont be long, Dan, before we're in punching range trying to prove a point, trying to send in a message, and trying to let the judges and everybody know that, you know, I'm here to win this fight, or that's the way that I'm going to be doing it anyway.
And so, I think give it two or three rounds – touchy feely if you like, but I'm going to be sending in big shots like against Bute early on, so it just depends on how he responds. I know he likes to come out and take us into the ring and try and back his opponents up. And that's what he did to me in the first fight because I was flat footed and I was tired, I was letting him throwing the right hand to the body.
But this year is going to be totally different, it's going to be none of that this time, he's going to be shocked. People are going to be shocked.
Dan Rafael: One thing about you guys is that even though both of you talk extremely confident about the way you're going to fight and that you believe you'll win the fight – one thing I've noticed, and not just in this conference call but also in some of the press releases and the comments I've seen in interviews, you guys are very respectful toward each other, not a lot of smack talk between you guys.
I get the feeling, frankly, that you guys kind of like each other a little bit and you guys are really respectful to each other.
Carl Froch: Yes we've got a lot of respect for each other and he's, you know – I've got a lot of respect for him and I'm sure it's equally reciprocated. But that's because we've shared the ring for 12 fantastic rounds and we don't talk rubbish outside the ring about each other and we – there's no slacking match, there's no need to, and there's no need for it anyway, there's.
You know-when you fight other people in the past-I wont mention any names – it starts getting stupid and come across as arrogant and, you know, you fight fire with fire. Somebody told you that and then you tell them no you're not, I'm going to do this to you, and before you know it you've got war of the words going on.
I think that the very fact that we're both fighters and we're both manly men, and we're both honest, genuine, down to earth people, which is what we are.
I think it comes across in our interviews. It comes across in the ring when we fight and you know we're in there just doing our best, trying to win, both of us. And we're both very tough, we can both fight, we can both box a bit, and we both want the same end goal.
So, you know, this could make for a dangerous night for both of us, you know, it's going to be vicious, it's going to be brutal, it's going to be – it's going to be getting nasty in there but there's no real hatred, it's just in the love-in the name of a good honest working class sport called boxing, the sport I love.
Dan Rafael: Have you been preparing for this fight Carl? Have you heard the chatter from Bernard Hopkins about him saying he'd like to fight you in the future if you are successful, to give you an opportunity to fight for his light heavyweight title? And if you have, what are your thoughts about that? I know you got the fight with Mikkel…
Carl Froch: Yes, I've heard that and, you know, I look up to Bernard Hopkins, I think he's a great ambassador for the sport. I think he's been around too long, but he's still doing it so you can't knock him for it. And, you know, one day in the future, it would be an honor to fight somebody like that.
I feel I know how to beat him. But it's one step at a time, but I'll you know, I'm not a light heavyweight, so he's going to have to come down to a catch weight. I don't expect him to do super middle, but don't expect me to do light heavyweight.
Dan Rafael: Got you. Thank you very much Carl. Good luck in the fight against Mikkel, I appreciate your time.
Carl Froch: Thank you very much. Pleasure.
Operator: Our next question is from Keith Idec with The Record. Keith, go ahead.
Keith Idec: Hi Carl, when we had Mikkel on the phone before, I asked him about why he thought that Lucian Bute may have gone in a different direction as opposed to fighting you again, you know, trying to redeem himself from the first fight and he said that he thought that maybe Bute knew that he couldn't beat you. I was wondering what your perspective on that was and if you think eventually that fight might happen – the rematch might happen again or not.
Carl Froch: No, I agree with Mikkel. I think Bute knows he can't beat me. I think he knows I'm too strong or too tough for him and a rematch will only end in the same way. I know that he can't take it; I know that my punches hurt him a lot.
So I think a rematch would probably be an easier fight for me. Especially now that mentally he's a broken man. So, I think he needs to go to light heavyweight and do what he's trying to do now, maybe fight a fight with someone like Pascal.
I know he's injured, which is unfortunate, but he needs to stay well clear of me. And I think that's the reason the fight didn't happen because he didn't want it to happen.
Keith Idec: You've obviously fought Pascal as well, when they eventually do fight, who do you think will win?
Carl Froch: It's hard to call because I wasn't that impressed with Pascal against Hopkins in his return. I thought he was too muscle bulk. I thought he got tired early on because of his skeletal muscle bulk.
Yes, I thought that it was – it was blowing like, I don't know him as a person, I don't know if he lives clean, I don't know if he trains like he should-I know he's got an injury on his shoulder. I don't think Bute is the same fighter he was now after losing to me in such a spectacular manner.
And I'm not sure at all how serious young Pascal is about the game because I've not heard or seen anything from him since he lost to Hopkins. So, it could be an even fight. It could be one to pick.
I wouldn't like to pick a winner to that one. I think given the fight that Pascal gave me in 2008 – back in December 2008, I think Pascal beat Lucian Bute, but that was five years ago – well 4 and a half years ago
So, you know, things change, times change and it's hard to pick a winner if I'm totally honest. If you were going to push me off a cliff – pick a winner and you got to get it right or you're going off that cliff, I'd probably pick Pascal.
Keith Idec: Okay, I won't push you off a cliff. I just want to ask you another question. How gratifying is it for you, you know, to be in the situation that you're in now, Carl, where you've sold out an 18,000 seat building in three hours and you've become the kind of star in England that I know you've always wanted to be. How great has that been for you?
Carl Froch: It feels really, really good and it feels satisfying and humbling as well to finally get the recognition and acknowledgement of the career that I've had for the last 10 years – the last 11 years. And the world title fighter back to back again, such a high caliber of position is now finally being recognized and looked at.
People saw the Bute fight and they thought to themselves wow – that was a good fight, he just beat an unbeaten fighter there. He lost to Ward and then he's gone and done that. Who is it, people that didn't watch Carl Froch before – I don't like to talk to in third person.
But people who didn't watch me before, they're going to say all right, lets have a look at Carl Froch now and then they're going back and they're seeing the Jean Pascal, and the Jermaine Taylor, and the Andre Dirrell, and the Arthur Abraham and they're thinking wow, what a fighter this guy is. He puts it all on the line, he leaves it in the right, he takes on all comers.
And I think that's now why it's spiraled, not out of control, but it's spiraled to the point where I'm getting the love now which is very nice, very nice. But, you know, I don't put myself out there and expect anything, I think I'm just getting what my career demands based on what I've done, and I think I've done a fantastic job with high caliber opposition.
I've not won them all. I'm not undefeated but you know, I bounce back and I come back fighting and stay strong and that's what people love. People love a fighter and people love somebody who picks themselves up off the floor and comes back after a defeat.
It's like Rocky Balboa said, it's not how many times you get knocked down, it's how you get yourself back up and come back and keep coming back. And, you know, I've lost a couple of close fights, one to Kessler, one to Ward, but I've never been out-classed.
I got beat on points by a guy who's now ranked number two in the world pound for pound, and the Mikkel Kessler fight, if that fight would have been on British soil, same punches landed, same fight, I would've got the decision.
And so, you know, I've lost really one fight to a guy called Andre Ward who is kind of clever at winning fights, you know, he knows what he's doing, he knows how to win, he's very effective. Like I said before, he'll put a glass eye to sleep with his style.
Keith Idec: I've just got one last question for you. How long of a drive is it from Nottingham to London?
Carl Froch: Nottingham to London, depending on the traffic, two and a half hours. It's about 110 miles.
Keith Idec: Thank you very much.
Carl Froch: You can Google it if you want.
Eddie Hearn: I just want to say thanks to everybody, looking forward to seeing those coming to London and, you know, we've been on the call for one hour and it's very refreshing to see two guys – no smack talk, no animosity.
They both want to beat each other, a lot of respect for both guys. We're looking forward to, like Carl said, the biggest even in the U.K. seen in many years.
Bernie Bahrmasel: Thank you for your time Eddie and Carl for joining us on this call. Again, thank you to the U.S. media for joining us. This highly anticipated rematch between IBF super middleweight world champion, Carl Froch and WBA super middleweight champion, Mikkel Kessler, will be broadcast live on HBO Saturday, May 25 in the sold-out 02 Arena in London, England.
The live broadcast will begin at 6 p.m. Eastern time, 3 p.m. Pacific Time, with an Encore Same Day presentation at 10 p.m. Eastern time, 10 p.m. Pacific Time. Thank you again very much for joining us, this concludes our call. Have a great day.


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August 2016 was my second time to attend the World Domination Summit (WDS). It's a summit that takes place in Portland Oregon and 2016 was it's sixth year! WDS was started by Chris Guillebeau and his team to foster adventure, community and service for people all over the world. It attracts a lot of creative entrepreneurs who think outside the […]
Simple Vision
Here are my tips and lessons on staying simple, even if you wear glasses and contacts. I got my first pair of glasses at age two and now am soon to be sixty, so I've had a lot of experience with taking care of my eyes. Get an eye exam once every year or […]
What participants have to say about My Best Year
"This program feels great! I have renewed some good habits and started others that fit my new lifestyle as an empty nester. I am getting to bed earlier, getting up earlier, getting more exercise, and reading lots of books on how to develop even more healthy habits. I'm eating at home more and using my time more effectively. Thanks for the inspiration!"Carrie – Portland, OR
"The topics, ideas, and support from everyone in the group has really helped me stay focused and motivated. Each topic has helped me think through my habits and intentions in different ways. I am especially grateful for the stability of this group as it turns out to be a particularly challenging year – my circumstances have suddenly changed twice in the last 6 months. I find myself now in a major transition in life – moved to a new city to live with elderly parents and also just retired. My current life requires a level of patience and flexibility I would not have had. It's been wonderful to have a such a diverse group with similar interests and intentions for life. Kathy does a great job of keeping it interesting, thought provoking, and positive. I really appreciate that."Lynn – San Antonio, TX
"My Best Year has helped me in several different ways: first being a part of a community and having support throughout the year has provided me with the structure I needed. Secondly, I appreciate everything Kathy provided to us, this directly impacted my growth in creating the life that I want. Third, this program gave me the confidence to take more risks, the knowledge I'm not alone, and the belief in myself to imagine possibilities. I didn't envision this would impact me as it has and it has inspired me to go further than I thought I could."Victoria – Las Vegas, NV


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Were about a week into Linsanity. And, in case you havent noticed, the buzz appears to be here to stay.
From Comcast SportsNet
OAKLAND -- Jeremy Lin had 25 points and seven assists against NewJersey on Saturday and then followed it up with a 28-point, eight-assistgame against Utah on Monday.
Four straight wins has the Spurs making a big jump in Matt Steinmetz's latest power rankings, while the Warriors and Kings remain stuck among the 10 worst NBA teams.
New York (1-0) vs. Warriors (1-1)
on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area at 7 p.m.