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Early in life, I made a decision to be in control of my career. I decided I wanted to work for the Foreign Service so I could travel and live an exciting life. I applied but didn't pass the foreign language aptitude test. But I refused to let this stop me from pursuing my path; I wanted to live an exciting life, so I turned my attention toward the FBI.
Within six months I was hired as an FBI agent—a record in speedy recruitment. The average waiting list is three years. I had people walk up to me and say, "You were very lucky." But no, I don't think so.
It's not that I don't believe luck doesn't exist; it's just that I think it can be created and controlled. Luck happens when we seize opportunities to improve ourselves and our situation. It definitely doesn't happen if we silently wait and hope for our lives to change.
I wanted to be in control of where I took my life—not a passive spectator. Things don't always go according to plan. My experience with the Foreign Service is only one example of where life has not always unfolded in the direction or manner that I wanted. When disappointments, roadblocks, barriers, or obstacles kept me from my path, I took them as opportunities to re-evaluate both my plan and my options.
If you are a startup or business owner, it is impossible to be in control of markets, competition, and economic downturns. But this is exactly when you need to be in control of your own emotions, thoughts, and behavior so you can manage them in ways that will allow you to keep moving forward. In other words, you need mental toughness.
Here are 4 ways you can be in control of your own life:
1. Beware Of Goals
We live in a very goal-oriented society. Once we achieve our goal we feel terrific, but then there is the realization that we have just lost the thing that gives us direction. Goals are temporary and temporal; they can be too rigid to change with circumstances. If we're too wedded to them, we won't be able to adapt to those changes.
If I'd continued to beat my head against the closed door at the Foreign Service, I would have gained nothing but blood and bruises. That is not mental toughness; it's being stupid.
Instead, hitch your heart to your purpose. Your purpose will not change, even if your circumstances do. You will always find a way to connect with your purpose: your beliefs, values, and priorities. When confronted with obstacles, keep your eye on your purpose but be prepared to let go of your vision of an immediate goal in order to get there. Other, more expansive goals might become available as you move forward.
2. Remain Positive
Living on a cattle ranch, I had a couple of different options on how I looked at cow turds. Either something to be avoided, or something to be used. When dry, they make excellent frisbees, and they are also dynamite fertilizer for the garden!
If you are positive about the events in your life, you are more alert to the possibilities that whiz around you everyday. People who are positive and in good moods actually take in more visual information, while those in bad moods don't see as much around them.
Always look for opportunities. Luck happens because you're motivated to take the steps necessary to succeed. You make it easier for luck to find you because you are more open to life's forking paths, and see possibilities that others miss.
3. Develop Flexibility
Luck tends to smile on folks who have a more relaxed approach to life. They have clarity of purpose and don't worry too much about the details. For example, rather than aiming to become the top cardiac surgeon at John Hopkins, they vow to be a doctor who helps save lives.
Once you have pinpointed the direction you want your life to go and attached your heart to your purpose, there are many different ways to get there. Goals can be good, but don't let them interfere with the direction your heart is telling you to go.
4. Move Out Of Your Shell
Researchers have found that people who call themselves lucky are more likely to be extroverts. Because they are curious about others, they are more likely to have opportunities present themselves since they not only meet lots of new people, they also keep in touch with a larger group of friends.
Whether or not you are an extrovert, you can still be curious about your environment and the people around you. Inquisitiveness is one of the most important traits of mental toughness. It is having the curiosity to see beyond your current circumstances so you can create your own luck and move forward.
Control your own luck by seizing opportunities to improve your life and situation. The result will either be a lucky break or the regret of a road not taken.
What would you add? How do you take control of your own life?
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Beautiful photo.
I also love the colors and the feeling of freedom it gives…
really beautiful – like a fresh summer morning.
…in the countryside!
Rife with complexity and subtility, the very underpinning of nature. Thanks for the view!
I like the image that your comment suggests! thanks to you fo thinking about that :-*
Very nice photo! Would make for an amazing print on a dress!
mmm, a silk & chiffon dress with that print would be amazing! Let's do that 🙂
Sun, sky, flowers, green. Che vuoi di piu' dalla vita? 😉
hai ragione….ci sono proprio tutti gli elementi!…forse manca un pò d'acqua….dovremmo pensare di aggiungerla
I love it too! ❤
…love it …how did you do it???!!!!! g*
ei grant! all need is an idea + a lot of creativity and that's it! goodnight = buonanotte
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love flowers <3
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I have mentioned my quilting bee, "Bee Happy", many times on here and I recently blogged about the healing quilt we made for one of our members, Yolanda, a few months ago.
I am sad to say that on October 19th, two days before her 48th birthday, Yolanda passed away. She was diagnosed in May with Stage 4 Biliary Cancer, yet was positive and upbeat, determined to kick cancer in the butt. Liberty, another "Bee Happy" member, wrote a beautiful and touching post about Yolanda. I am not as good at putting my emotions and thoughts into words, but I did want to honor Yolanda in my own way, by showing you some of her work.
She always had such a great sense of color and pattern.
Yolanda was also the founder and former presdent of OCMQG and she lead various swaps on Flickr, including "The Tumbler Party". Tumbler Party Too has been started in her memory, if you are interested in participating.
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"I was sponsored by a Company for a 4-year working visa but unfortunately, I lost the job and only worked for a year. I was in a stage of complete devastation when I lost my job, which means I lost my hope to stay, work and live in Australia. At the time that I lost my job, I was given only 90 days period to look for another approved business sponsor who will give me a working visa or else I have to leave the country. The situation I have been through was absolutely not that easy, it was tough and stressful especially if you are starting to count days and you're not ready to go home yet. A week before the 90 days is over, I found a business who is willing to sponsor me with a working visa.
The business is not yet an approved sponsor and quite fresh in the local industry. I contacted Requel, who also processed my student visa and my working visa when I first came here in Australia. Requel organised a meeting with the sponsoring business owner and conducted a thorough discussion on how to sponsor a foreign worker, discussed the immigration requirements, time frame and more. I am thankful and impressed how Requel and her team at Mygration did a phenomenal job in processing my working visa and the business sponsorship. Mygration is very organised in dealing with us and assist us clearly with all the necessary requirements to make the application process easy, fast and a successful one.
Their pieces of advice will make you calm and gives you confident that everything will be under control, and this is why I like most with the Mygration team. Now I got my visa approved, I have no doubt that I will get the service of Requel and her team for my next visa application which is the Direct Entry 186 Permanent Visa. I also would like to thank them for processing my skills assessment with VETASSES and proud to say that I got Positive Skills result. If you are looking for a migration agent that you can trust whether you are onshore or offshore Australia, I highly recommend Requel Ogle and her team at Mygration Pty Ltd."


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Celebrate New Year's Eve 2016 in St. Louis
Goodbye 2016, Hello 2017! If you have yet to prepare for the biggest party of the year, check out all of the fabulous New Year's Eve events below to find out where you want to forget your last hours of 2016 and ring in your first hours of 2017.
Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch is hosting their Ultimate New Year's Eve party with an incredible line-up of live music including Dr. Zhivegas and Groovethang. Enjoy a full dinner buffet, open bar, Champagne toast, party favors and confetti drop at midnight. Party only tickets are $109/person. Buy the Ultimate Package to include overnight accommodations for 2 starting at $349.
NYE Limo Bus Crawl: Bottles will be popping, people meeting new people, and what is better than partying in style on a limo bus! Hop on and hop off throughout the night at venues throughout St. Louis, including Lucas Park Grille, Big Daddy's (Landing & Soulard), Rosalita's, Flannery's, The Archive Music House, and D's Place. Tickets are $45 and include no cover, party favors, Champagne toast, transportation and drink specials.
Spectaculaire! A Grand New Years Speakeasy: Now in their 7th year, Lola Van Ella Studios hosts this fantastic event in the Casa Loma Ballroom. Step inside a vintage nightclub where the madam of the evening introduces you to a variety of international and award winning burlesque dancers, aerialists, fire performers, showgirls and more performing in an immersive and interactive style! The Van Ella Band will play all kinds of jazzy tunes to keep your toes tapping, while our DJ will spin electro swing and modern hits to keep you moving all night long. Enjoy fancy flappers, dapper gents, saucy showgirls, death defying variety acts. All tickets include the show, Rue de Risque antics, and a champagne toast at midnight. Buffet tickets include a delicious midnight breakfast buffet, including options for meat eaters and vegetarians alike. VIP tickets include everything previously listed plus a VIP seat in the front section. A VIP table includes everything previously listed plus a bottle of bubbly for the table. Everyone is encouraged to dress up in their favorite golden era, vintage glamour, Gatsby themed, wild party attire. Tickets start at $55.
1920s Prohibition at Marriott Downtown: Go back in time at one of St. Louis' oldest venues built in 1917. Enjoy 1920s themed decor and spirits and dance the night away as if you were at a real speakeasy. Tickets are $105 and include: Premium Open Bar with Themed Cocktails, Appetizers (8pm-10:30pm), Live performances by Sarah Jane and The Blue Notes and McLovin, DJ set by DJ Big D and DJ Gary K, Champagne Toast at Midnight, and 1920's Themed Decor, Flappers, and more!
New Year's Eve Live! at Ballpark Village: Join the largest global celebration at the greatest downtown destination at NYE Live! 2017 at Ballpark Village. Ring in the New Year in style with your choice of two different levels of packages with access to 5 different venues all under one roof! Party-goers can look forward to an all-inclusive premium drink package, complimentary midnight toast, live DJ performance by DJ Dynamix, confetti at midnight, and the only BALL DROP IN ST. LOUIS! Tickets start at $75.
Boom Boom Room NYE Extravaganza: Enter through red velvet curtains, enjoy a 4-course meal and drinks and a dazzling burlesque show. After the show the best dance party in St. Louis will keep you moving and grooving into the new year. D.J. Alkoholik and D.J. Lady Manhattan will be playing your favorite Top 40 songs. And for the grand finale a confetti-cannon will take you into 2017 with a champagne toast! Tickets start at $80 and include reserved seating, four-course meal, premium open bar, a tantalizing burlesque variety show, post show dance party with D.J. Alkoholik and D.J. Lady Manhattan, party favors (hats, tiaras, noise makers, etc.), 2017 Countdown with confetti drop and champagne toast, and a special gift for all our guests.
Cielo Bar at the Four Seasons: Ring in the new year with an oyster shuck and champagne bar. From 3-6pm, enjoy special pricing on raw seafood, sushi, oysters and champagne. DJ entertainment will be available from 3-7pm. The cost is $65 per person. Starting at 6pm, a seven-course interactive tasting menu will be available for $105 per person. There will also be wine pairings and live music to entertain diners from 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm, and a DJ will have the party hopping until 1:00 am. Stay the night in the Four Seasons and enjoy a delicious New Year's Day brunch from 10am-3pm.
Fun & Fabulous New Year's Eve at Molly's: Get fabulous & ready to party your tushies off at Molly's. General Admission tickets feature Premium Open Bar, complimentary champagne toast, party favors, and balloon drop for $70. Or go VIP for $95 and enjoy two additional hours of our featured premium open bar from 7-9pm, complimentary champagne and an appetizer buffet. Then ring in the New Year with champagne toast at midnight, party favors and a balloon drop. There will be 3 DJs, patio covered by heated tents, and access to 7 full bars, so don't miss out.
Jake's Leg at Old Rock House: Presented by Urban Chestnut, enjoy three sets of music, Champagne Toast, Breakfast Buffet, Memories by Mary Photo booth, and Urban Chestnut specials all night long! Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at door and include live music from Jake's Leg, champagne toast, and breakfast buffet at midnight.
Rock-N-Roll New Year's Eve at Lemp's Grand Hall: The Lemp Mansion at 1817 Cherokee Street is hosting their annual New Year's Eve Party with live music from Farrell Webber and the Outsiders, party favors, a balloon drop with champagne toast at midnight and a Prime Rib Buffet with 4 hour open bar. Tickets are $75 per person.
NYE 2016: Sparkle, Jazz, Love: New Years Eve! What a Year to Celebrate! Yaquis celebrated 2016 with a new baby and endless good music, so we want to celebrate this whirlwind of a year with a sparkly jazzy good night! The The Gaslight Squares will be performing, the fires will be raging, the heat will be blasting, and love will be in the air! Dress your sparkliest and join Cherokee Street for a night to remember! NO COVER! Kitchen open until 1am 2017.
New Year's Eve at the Chase Park Plaza: From a 5-course dinner at The Preston to a Casino-themed party in the Khorassan Room, Chase Park Plaza is making a grand evening to ring in the New Year. Start with a delectable five-course prix fixe dinner that is paired with a fine selection of authentic champagnes from France. Dinner is $125 and includes valet. Then join the party in the Chase Club featuring live music performed by local rock/pop/dance cover band, Kingpin! Ticket is $20 and includes 2 drink tickets, midnight toast and party favors. Or take it to the Khorassan Room for a night of casino fun. Tickets are $95 and include live music from Cheat Codes, passed hors d' oeuvres, Premium Open Bar, live casino games, and a midnight champagne toast.
New Year's Eve in the CWE: Party at Pepper Lounge or Mandarin Lounge in the CWE. with music from DJs, premium open bar, and midnight champagne toast.
Blueberry Hill New Year's Eve: Party in The Duck Room with SuperJam from 9pm-1am. Tickets are $40 (in advance) and include open bar (draft beer and rail drinks), party favors, and a midnight champagne toast. Doors open at 8pm and the music starts at 9pm.
London Calling: New Year's Eve Celestial Vibes: Celebrate New Year's Eve at HandleBar. Dress in your best star sequenced attire as they blaze beats into 2017. DJ sets will be by DJ Trash Talk – Intoxicatingly feel good DJ extraordinaire, DJ Clockwork – Legendary event producer/DJ, and DJ Black Guy – STL's premier video DJ phenom. Plus photo booth and midnight champagne toast. Doors at 8pm-2:30am. Advance tickets: $10 or $15 at door.
Or head across the street to Atomic Cowboy for an 80s Dance Party with a special music and light show designed by DJ Uptown and Dead As Disco. Featuring a tap takeover from two of our favorite breweries, 4 Hands Brewing Company and Longboat Brewing Company to celebrate the release of their newest collaboration, License To Dance! There will be other beers on draft and Jameson specials all night.
Classic Rockin New Years Eve with Mark Klose: Join Mark Klose and Tony Colombo at The Ready Room for Mark Klose's "Classic" Rockin' New Year's Eve. Tickets are only $40 and include draft beer, wine, and soda. You can bring your own food and snacks. This event is 21 and over. With Mark Klose as your host, enjoy live music from the Jason Nelson Band, NYE Dance Party Mix from DJ Tony Colombo, plus great prizes during Klose's Rock-n-Roll Trivia. Have fun and help a charity! Please bring can goods and non-perishable food items for the Jefferson Barracks Military Food Pantry.
New Year's Eve at Clayton Plaza Hotel: Join Dance Floor Riot in the Crystal Ballroom, Lone Rangers in the Clayton Ballroom, and Millenium in the Grand Ballroom. Tickets are $70 and include open bar. Or enjoy a delicious dinner before the party followed by open bar. Add a hotel room and/or brunch in the morning for The Full Monte. Tickets range from $70 to $193 based on package.
Russo's NYE at Spazio: Spazio at Wesport is hosting an all-inclusive New Year's Eve event with a premium open bar, butlered hors d' oeuvres, a delicious dinner menu featuring seated salad service, hand carved entrees, Russo's signature dinner buffet, gourmet dessert station, midnight snack from Russo's Trucktoria & champagne toast, and live music from All Mixed Up and Allegro DJs. Tickets are $90 per person (all inclusive). Enjoy Westport Plaza's fireworks display at 6pm and complimentary carriage rides from 6-9:30pm. Stay the night at the Comfort Inn next door for just $95 and enjoy a New Year's Day brunch.
Jive and Wail NYE Party: The Jive & Wail in Westport Plaza is hosting a New Year's Eve celebration which includes premium open bar, party favors, champagne toast, and midnight balloon drop. Premium tickets include all that plus early entry, a dinner buffet, and reserved seating. Ring in the new year right with awesome live music from the best dueling piano entertainment around.
Very Ninja New Year's Eve: Ring in the arrival of 2017 with The Rizzuto Show at the Sheraton Westport Chalet in West Port Plaza. Party down with Rizz & Burton, tunes from DJ Patrico, a special live performance from Moon & The Teenage Dirtbags, and a night full of Rizz Show festivities, tons of games and giveaways, and much more! Plus your ticket includes open bar, appetizer buffet, champagne toast at midnight, photo booth, and this year's exclusive Ninja Tuxedo T-Shirt!
New Year's Eve Ball at The Marriott: The Grand Ballroom at the St. Louis Airport Marriott will open at 7pm for one of the best NYE parties in STL. Your tickets will include open bar, party favors, ice carvings, champagne toast, and live music from Contagious and DJ Gordon Montgomery. Tickets for the party only are $100. Upgrade to the dinner package for $149 and enjoy a delicious dinner, open bar, and reerved seating in the DJ Ballroom. Or get the VIP with accommodations package for $349. This event has sold out the last 7 years; don't wait to purchase your tickets.
New Year's Eve at Pere Marquette: Ring in the New Year at Pere Marquette Lodge with the overnight party package! This package gives you the opportunity to show off your cocktail attire and indulge with appetizers, three drink tickets and a lavish buffet dinner for two people. Dance the night away with an excellent band, Accolade, a midnight champagne toast and even party favors! Retreat to cozy accommodations and take the elevator home! Wake up to the New Year with a hearty breakfast and wonderful memories.
New Year's Eve at Silver Creek Saloon: No Cover Charge! Come enjoy live music from Throw The Horns from 9pm to 1am, drink and shot specials all night long, and a champagne toast at midnight. Party into 2017!
New Year's Eve at The Weingarten: From 6pm to 1am enjoy live music from the Twilight Band, drinks, hors d' oeuvres, and a midnight wine toast. Tickets are $60 and include 3 drink tickets, hors d' oeuvres, dinner with prime rib, pork tenderloin, seafood pasta and other sides, and cake pops and dessert martini bar, and wine toast.
Happy New Years To All And To All A Fun & Safe Night!


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Boston in the summer is my favorite kind of Boston. I love exploring the city this time of year to revisit favorite hang out spots and restaurants, while peppering in new places like the Shinique Smith Mural on the Greenway Wall at Dewey Square Park. This mural is massive and I absolutely love all the colors that make it up. The minute I saw it
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first ride i've recorded this far north. this was pretty much a pure climbing ride, just 6km out of nan city & you're already climbing mountains.
originally wanted to ride nan-chiang muan (route 1091) but was told that road had some construction on it. so i took the "easy" way out & headed north to thung chang (plain of elephants i guess) on route 1080 instead. turned out it wasn't so easy. the route ran alongside the nan river valley & is heavily dissected by streams running off the mountain into the river. this meant the route ran through a set of short (100-300m) but sharp (alpine grade) climbs--hundreds of them. net result was the battering kind of snuck up on me.
the road from pua to thung chang was pretty rough & the speeds coming down the mountain meant my arms took quite a violent shaking, so much so i couldn't feel my arms by the time i got to thung chang. even worse on the way back down to pua.
all in all, though, an excellent ride. it was through decently forested mountains, mostly good surfaced road (with the exception of the pua-thung chang leg) and little traffic. do it again in a heart-beat.
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thung chang (i can't feel my
arms) 10-dec-2010
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- John said...
Looks like an interesting route. I was wondering if there was any way to ride across from Phayao in this direction
- October 6, 2015 at 1:54 PM
- Paul Hastings said...
google says two routes:
northern route (140-150km) is shorter but has more mountain climbing (and i guess better say just in case you don't already know, that these things are alpine grades in spots).
road construction is almost random so if possible drive the route 1st or check w/somebody who has that you trust. many of my well laid/researched plans have gone up in smoke because of road construction or moonscaped roads.
btw google earth has these routes considerably longer, the northern one at 160km & the southern one at 220km.
- October 7, 2015 at 11:23 AM
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I ordered the Mrs. Santa to sit in a gingerbread house we're making for a charity benefit. Just in case we don't have much luck building a rocking chair out of pretzels, I ordered a ready-made chair as well.
This was on a Friday evening, so I was flabbergasted when the package arrived on Monday!
Sad to say, however, the cute little ruffles on Mrs. C's apron are going to prevent her from sitting in that chair unless we decide to take the arms off it. (Perhaps you might consider adding the width measurement to your description of the doll so other folks can anticipate that problem.)
In any case, I'm really impressed by your website and your service and will not hesitate to recommend Mott's Miniatures.


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Hmmm, if only there was some online kind of contest you could do in preparation for a real show...
Seriously this is tailor made for you exact situation. Always wanted to do a show, are in great condition but maybe need a little something to push you over the edge. And the price is right (contests can eaaassily cost $500+ without any travel expenses)
That's essentially what I have in mind. I'm competing in strongman in March, and I can push my bodyweight all the way up to around 215 if I want to. So I'll be pushing in that direction until then, after which I could do a real, dedicated cut for the last couple months of our contest.
Sweet. Sounds like we are going to have a few people really going for it. Considering its the first year we are doing it, if we can end up with 5 or so real serious transformations it could set the stage really nicely for a second one.
dude I'm really sorry to hear that. Hope you're doing alright
fair enough mate. I'm still a bit worried about @ChickenLittle falling in love with me when I post pics
EDIT: or should I say deeper in love with me...
who've we got confirmed then? Is it:
-Ben-Humoungous-Lonnie-usmccds423-Brady-Littlesleeper (one to watch, I reckon. Dude's got some crazy overhead strength)-DoubleDeuce-dchris
Any others? @max13 what say you? @Chris_Colucci you've been suspiciously silent for a man who's taken up pretty much every other gauntlet ever thrown on here...
I am so fucking sick of eating like shit to try and get my calories in. I'm actually looking forward to dieting
Oh no worries YogiBob. I have been in a long term relationship with my imaginary boyfriend for years now. A girl just likes a lil eye candy once in a while
I'm good man. Things were finalized a week ago. It's quite the burden lifted.
Also, I emailed you awhile back, guessing you never saw it. But I'll be in Edinburgh January 4-6. And Ireland before that. my email address is charlie tipton at gmail dot com.
Ya, fuck it, why not...
I took a special before pic just for you @Yogi1 :badpokerface:
I've had broccoli two meals in a row now, you bitches might as well quit before you even start...
Oh yeah? My salad game is on point. Fuckin fight me
"Salad Game"
Says the guy bragging about broccoli. You're putting little green dicks in your mouth. Who's the homosexual here?
@lord_humongous and @usmccds423 - you guys actually fighting over 2nd place?
You better be careful or you're gonna end up like Nancy Kerrigan
No way, bruh, I had enough of the green weenie when I was in the Corps....
Fuck Flip and Bob, I'm sitting here eating a bowl of brussel sprouts and chicken. I'm actually gaining weight smelling my co-worker's smoothie.
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Report: Suns want a look at Pau Gasol back from injury
The Suns are interested in Pau Gasol. But they want to see him back healthy before they do anything.
The Lakers and Suns were talking a little about Pau Gasol recently, but things never really got anywhere near the side of serious.
Because before talks escalate to something actually happening, the Suns want to see the Laker forward on the court and healthy again, according to ESPN.com:
Sources told ESPN.com that, while there is substantive interest on both sides, it's believed Suns officials want to see how Gasol recovers from a strained groin before deciding whether to take talks to the next level.
Gasol posted on his Instagram account on Monday that he had a PRP injection for his troublesome groin injury.
"Today I got a PRP shot to help the healing of my groin injury. I will work hard to be back with the team as soon as possible."
The trade likely, is one involving Emeka Okafor's expiring deal and probably a few picks, something of which the Suns have four of in the first round this year.
One option for the Suns, by virtue of their $5.6 million in available salary-cap space, is swapping the expiring contract of injured big man Emeka Okafor for Gasol, even though Okafor's $14.5 million salary this season falls well shy of Gasol's $19.3 million. A trade for Okafor's expiring deal would save the Lakers $4.8 million, taking them less than $3 million away from the league's luxury-tax threshold, meaning one more smaller deal before the trade deadline could conceivably be enough to take them out of tax territory completely.
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It's a pretty no-brainer move for the Lakers who have slipped well out of the Western Conference playoff discussion, and are angling for more flexibility in the future. They need youth, they need picks, and they need cap space.
Suns general manager Ryan McDonough has recently said he's after an All-Star caliber player on the open market. Gasol obviously fits that criteria, but the Suns want to make sure they're getting a healthy player back. And with some recent injury issues that he's dealt with, that's only wise.
The trade deadline isn't until Feb. 20, so there's plenty of time to be patient and get a look. But with a name like Gasol dangling out there, and draft picks being so valuable this year, we could see some fireworks come deadline day.
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Last time, we covered some "unique twists" on the kettlebell swing.
(If you missed that post/video, be sure to check it out here.)
To continue with the same theme, today, I have another video for you – with some unique twists on the burpee.
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Hey, Forest Vance from FVT Boot Camp in Sacramento, California here. I've got a few burpee variations for you today. This exercise is kind of tricky for a lot of my clients … so you obviously want to work up to where you are doing a full on burpee as smoothly as possible with no breaks, no getting your feet stuck on the way back and the way forward on the push-up. It takes a little while to work up to that full burpee especially if you are still kind of building up your fitness level so I'm going to show you a couple different progressions.
The first most basic progression of the burpee. You can put your hands on the floor or you can even elevate them on something. You are going to go hands down, take a step back, hold in your push-up position for a second, step forward and stand up. One of the tricky parts is when you get to putting your hands on the floor. When you put your hands on the floor it takes a little bit of flexibility and takes some core strength. When you elevate your hands that can make it even a little bit easier. That's step one of your progression.
Step two you add a little jump to it. You can jump the feet back, jump them forward and stand up. Make sure you tighten up the abs and land in a good plank position. Jump them back, jump them forward and stand up.
Step three, add a little jump at the top. That's your step three.
Once you have kind of mastered that with the hands elevated and I want you build up your core strength and your flexibility, go to the ground. Add your jump to the top. Then if you want to take it to the next level there are all different variations but the most basic variation that we use is adding a push-up to it. So the full burpee with a push-up ideally you just want to kind of jump onto the ground, lower down to the floor and then spring up and go up overhead.
Bonus 10 Minute Swing + Burpee Workout
Thought I'd throw this one in for fun – it's one of my favorite 10 minute "do-anywhere" workouts – and it happens to consists of the two moves we've covered over the last couple of days, the swing and the burpee!
Have a quick look, try the workout, and let me know how 'ya do:
(FYI – this workout is in the "style" of those you'll find in the full 30 Day Rapid Fat Loss Challenge Home Study program)
Okay! That's all I got. Incorporate these "burpee mods" into your programming today for increased results. And keep training hard –
– Forest
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Day two saw clear skies, sunshine and cool air temps of only 36 degrees for the start. It was definitely a crisp one this morning! We wasted no time getting on the water and were fishing shortly after in an east wind of 10 knots. Although the boat control was a bit difficult, I managed to position it enough so that Herm could lock up quickly. As with yesterday, he had the hot hand and brought the first five pounder to the net. It may have only been a hair over, but 5.06 was the starter for today! With the east winds, there came a pretty good chop on the water and I think this made it a little more difficult for them to detect the strikes. Slack line is always the kiss of death and there was plenty of it this morning. So much so that a couple of strikes were had and fish were lost almost before they were on. Eventually the winds did subside some though and they were back in the game. Now they could feel everything and not long after, Craig was locked up on another giant. This thing took him all over, but never really jumped. It just dogged and headed to the bottom several times making us wonder if it was even a bass. After what seemed like forever, I got a shot at her and took it quickly. We were in awe with the girth of this pig and I knew it was even larger than the first one, earlier. It weighed 5.20 pounds and Herm was officially bumped from the top. Two over five pounds in the first hour of the day had me wondering what the rest of the day might produce! Winds had finally died now and with the sunshine getting up higher, it felt great. Clothes were being shed and the air temps were climbing as we shifted gears and moved on. For a change, we weren't in the dark gloomy clouds or wind & rain, or all of the above! Out next stop had Craig hooked up immediately as a 3 pounder came to net. On his next cast, he missed the strike and managed to get snagged in the rocks afterwards. A quick snap out and an instant hit & he was locked again. Into the air she went and I knew it was another giant! Weighed, she went 5.10 and a third five pounder was officially aboard. Several more fish later we were shifting locations again and it was here that Herm took back his lead. After getting snagged in the rocks, he too snapped it out and was rewarded immediately after. Although it was heavy, it didn't really look like a smallie until it was near the boat. We all thought Herm had a walleye but were pleasantly surprised to see another football smallie and I scooped her up. Wow, another big fatty and this one had incredible girth. At over 5.5 pounds, Herm had another giant and the 4th big bass of the day. They may not have been catching high numbers today but they were getting the quality fish they wanted. Along with these fives, there were also plenty of mid to high four pounders taken, making this the best big fish day of the fall so far this season. We finished up in this area and then moved once again, hoping to end with a bang for the day. Unfortunately the bang wasn't exactly what we were looking for as the weather was about to change. The sun had disappeared, the clouds came in and the wind intensified. All that was left was the rain and it arrived sideways! We went from flat calm to 3 footers in less than 10 minutes and now it felt more like the days I was accustomed to! Add to that a bracket problem with the electric and we were paying for the beautiful day earlier. I was forced to remove the motor completely for the run back as the pin wouldn't release to bring it into the store position. Even in all this hell, Herm & Craig still managed to catch a few more fish, with the largest going almost 5 pounds again. It was unanimous, we were done! We ran back in rough water and plenty of rain hitting the windshield, but stayed comfortable all the way. No one had any regrets about today as it was nothing less than spectacular. The only thing that could have made it any better might have been another fish over 6 pounds. I guess they'll have to wait until their next trip at the beginning of the month to accomplish it. Overall, despite the end, an absolutely incredible day on the water was had by all!!


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Phynova Group plc (AIM: PYN), the developer of prescription pharmaceuticals derived from Chinese botanical medicines, today announced the commencement of a Phase IIa clinical trial with PYN17 in the United States.
PYN17 is Phynova´s lead candidate for the relief of inflammation and other symptoms suffered by patients with chronic hepatitis C infection. It is based on a novel formulation of extracts of four plants which individually have been used to treat liver diseases in Asia and Europe. There are no treatments currently available to effectively manage the debilitating disease symptoms suffered during chronic hepatitis C infection such as fatigue, muscle aches, anorexia and abdominal pain.
The randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled study in five sites in the USA will evaluate safety and efficacy in 36 patients suffering with chronic hepatitis C, for whom approved treatments such as pegylated interferon and ribavirin have either failed or are not appropriate. Patients will be dosed over a period of a month and symptoms monitored using a recognized and well validated assortment of quality of life (QoL) scores and liver function tests to evaluate patient response and alleviation of disease symptoms. Preliminary safety and efficacy results will be available by the end of the year and are expected to confirm and extend promising observations already made with PYN17 in a physician sponsored (DDX) safety and efficacy study carried out in the UK.
Robert Miller, Managing Director of Phynova, commented: "This news represents the achievement of an important goal in the development of PYN17 and in the quest to find the first effective treatment for the debilitating symptoms suffered by chronic hepatitis C patients. Establishing clinical activities in the US, one of the world´s largest prescription drug markets also represents a significant corporate milestone for Phynova."
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About Hepatitis C and Phynova´s clinical candidate PYN17
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This makes a good "company" menu as both the meat and potatoes cook at the same temperature for the same amount of time.
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- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
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- 1 carrot, chopped fine
- 1/2 cup finely chopped scallions
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons finely ground fresh black pepper
- 2 teaspoons Worchestershire sauce
- 2/3 cup ketchup
- 1 1/2 pounds ground chuck
- 1/2 pound ground pork
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- 1/3 cup minced fresh parsley
- 3 tablespoons butter
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- OLD-FASHIONED MEAT LOAF Cook onion, garlic, celery carrot, and scallion in butter over moderate heat, stirring, for 5 minutes. Cover, stirring occasionally, until carrot is tender. Stir in Salt, pepper, Worchestershire sauce and 1/3 cup of the ketchup and cook, stirring, 1 minute. In a large bowl, combine all ingredients but the last 1/3cup ketchup. In a shallow pan form mixture into a 10X5 in oval loaf.Spread remaining ketchup over top. Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until internal temperature reaches 155 degrees. SCALLOPED POTATOES In a heavy sauce pan, melt butter over low heat and whisk in flour. Cook "roux" whisking for 3 minutes and add broth in a stream. Bring to a boil and continue whisking, about 2 minutes, until thickened slightly. Remove from heat and whisk in cheese until melted. Add salt and pepper. Peel potatoes and slice about 1/8 inch thick. In buttered baking dish make 5 layers each of potatoes and sauce, beginning with potatoes and ending with sauce. Sprinkle bread crumbs on top and bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until potatoes are tender and top is golden.
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- Fat37 g(57%)
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I would choose End Dayz! Thanks for the great giveaway!!
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Morality. Thanks 🙂
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I have this book, and I cannot wait to finally get a chance to read it. I love the cover, and it sounds sooo stinkin good. Can't wait for your review!
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I'd love Mortality! I've been quite curious about it.
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Last night they showed the five remaining contestants the physical/medical effects of all the dieting and exercise they'd been doing the last 17 weeks. In that time, Helen had lost 103 pounds and the doctor told her that she had taken TEN years off her life. At 48 she's the age when most women kind of "give in" to those extra pounds. It's really inspirational to see her kicking those extra pounds to the curb!
So the question is, what's keeping me from doing what they did? I have a whole lot less to lose than Kristin and I'm younger than Helen. Filipe had asthma, so that's no excuse either. I'm running out of excuses here. Maybe I could say time is the issue. That is actually an issue for me, but you know what? After watching last nights show and seeing how much just WEIGHT can effect your medical issues...and how possible it actually is to turn it around. I am thinking now that I don't have the time NOT to exercise. If I don't do something now then I'm going to be in Helen's shoes by the time I get to 48.
So I finally started exercising last week and I kicked it into high gear this morning after watching last nights show. So couple that with the diet I've been doing the past few weeks, and we'll see if that changes anything. I know it will, if it worked for them...ANYONE should be able to do it.
This week's Notes:
Food: I did excellent. No big calorie splurges. A few nutritional choices that I could have made better, but I can live with it.
Water: I did ok. There is still room for improvement though. I get busy in the garden or doing something in the house and forget to drink.
Exercise: At least I've gotten started. I should be improving each week in this area. I'm getting kind of tired of piddling around with this, it's time to make some real changes.
Successes: I think the turnaround in my attitude is the biggest success so far. Now to translate that into actual pounds.
Failures: Just a few nutritional choices that I could have made better.
Weight Change: No weight change.
How did you do this week? Let me know in the comments. And if you make a post on your own blog, link to me below on Mr. Linky and we can encourage each other to keep it up! If they can do it, so can we!
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Hey Lisa, My Mom went to a heart diet (whole grain or whole wheat foods instead of white flour and less meat more veggies and she also does this walking away the pounds with Leslie Sandsone and she has lost a lot of weight. Like from size 16 to size 8 or 10. But she is really good at doing her exercise cd. She does it every day, even when she is away from home, she does it from her ipod. I know I am bad when I watch the biggest looser and want to have a SNACK! Love ya you can do it. JReplyDelete
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AIBU to want to take my daughter to visit my friend ?(59 Posts)
I have a friend from uni that I have known for over 20 years. We lived together at uni and for about 2 years after when we both moved to London for work. She stayed in London, married and had a child. I moved away and also married and had kids. We don't see each other very often ( mainly at friends' weddings and more recently 40th birthday parties) but we do keep in touch.
At Xmas I put a note in her card saying that we must get together and how lovely it would be to catch up and I suggested a visit to her in London. I can't remember the exact wording but it was something like " would be lovely to see you, we must come and visit".
Just as a bit of background I have a DH who is in the police and so works shifts, only 1 weekend off in 3 and those we try to spend together for obvious reasons as I also work FT. I have 2 teenage sons who can be left during the day while DH is at work and DD who is 9. I am OK with DSs looking after DD for a couple of hours at a time if DH and I want to go out for a meal to a local restaurant say ( 10 min walk) but would not be happy to leave her with them all day for 2 days when I would be 250 miles away and DH at work.
Anyway I get an email from friend saying she would love to meet up and suggesting dates in March. I say "Great, are we better coming by car or train?" ( not sure what parking is like in her part of London). She say "We? Are the whole family coming?" I say, "No, just me and DD." I make a joke about not wanting to inflict teenage DSs on friend and DH is working. I also explain about DH's shift pattern. Friend has a DS who is only 8 weeks older than DD ( age 9) so thought they would get on OK.
Friend then says that she thought I wanted a "girlie" weekend and that she would have to think about where DD would sleep.
I haven't replied to that last email as I don't really know what to say. I have only done 2 "girlie" weekends in the last 15 years since having DS1 ( both hen nights of family members) because DH's shift pattern makes it virtually impossible for me to go away without DCs. Friend has a 3 bed house with only her, DH and DS living in it so I'm not sure why finding DD somewhere to sleep is an issue. DD has sleepovers all the time and she and her friends either sleep together in her bed or on the floor in sleeping bags so I wasn't really expecting her to have her own room or anything. Personally I'm happy on a sofa , but then I come from a big family and when we visit each other we all just sleep on the floor, share beds etc. She's an only child so probably isn't used to this. It all sounds like an excuse and she doesn't want DD to come but then I am back to square one and won't be able to go. DH hasn't got a free weekend off until about July.
FTR whenever I visit family or friends I usually have DD with me ( and until the last 18 months or so both DSs too) and I expect my friends to bring their kids when they visit me. I though that's just what people did at our age until our kids grew up and could be left. Most of my friends have kids much younger than mine so I expect it to be like that for a few years yet.
I'm quite sad that she doesn't want to see DD ( who she has never met) and I thought it would be nice for our kids to meet each other. I had an idea of a lovely couple of days in London seeing the sights etc but I suppose as she still lives there it's less of a novelty for her.
Rereading this post I clearly am BU to expect her welcome DD with open arms when she obviously didn't have a child-centred weekend in mind, so I guess the advice I'm looking for is how to reply to her.
I don't want to just say " Well I shan't come if DD can't," because that sounds petty but it's the truth due to our childcare issue.
If you've read this far thanks very much.
I think she probably just wants it to be the two of you
A boy and girl although the sane age won't necessarily get on
& maybe she is hoping her dh will babysit so the two of you can go to the cinema or a restaurant or something
Why don't you just call and ask her what the plan for the weekend is ?
I think yabu. She wants a weekend with her friend without a child in tow. It really isnt the same when a child is there too. You cant talk freely or have the same fun.
If you have a big family, surely there is someone available who would babysit your daughter.
Also your daughter is 9, not a toddler, so I cant imagine why you couldnt leave her with her brothers for longer than a couple of hours.
You also say dd has lots of sleep overs so maybe you could arrange one for this particular weekend so your sons wouldn't be looking after her?
I expect she was looking forward to seeing you, and to being able to have a really good uninhibited chat about your lives.
When you've got the children in tow, activities have to be geared around them, and conversation has to be geared around them too. Which is lovely, but it's not the same as two adults spending time together, which sounds like what it was what she was expecting.
She obviously had in her head a different idea of what kind of weekend it would be. Sounds like she was maybe thinking you two going out and her DP looking after their child. But just ring her and talk to her. These things are hard to sort out via the written word as it is so easy to misinterpret
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'FTR whenever I visit family or friends I usually have DD with me ( and until the last 18 months or so both DSs too) and I expect my friends to bring their kids when they visit me. I though that's just what people did at our age until our kids grew up and could be left. Most of my friends have kids much younger than mine so I expect it to be like that for a few years yet.'
Er, they might do that with babies and toddlers but dragging a 9 year old (and by the sounds of it older ones until recently) to every meet up with friends is odd.
In all honesty, if it was me, then I wouldn't necessarily mind you bringing your dd. BUT you needed to check and ask first, not assume that she can come. Just because she has a dc of similar age doesn't necessarily mean that it's no hassle for her-she may have alreasy arranged for him to be somewhere else, and I'm not sure many 9o boys would be too impressed by having an 9yo girl they don't know, expected to play with them (or the other way round).
3 bed house = 1 room for her and dh, 1 room for her ds, 1 room for you. When we were in a 3bed, our third bedroom was tiny-only just fit a small bed in, certainly couldn't have managed someone on the floor.
At the beginning, you should have said along the lines of "I'd love to come, would it be okay to bring dd too, as dh's shift patterns mean he can't take her at the weekends".
And if she's 9yo, isn't there a friend of hers you could ask if they could have her, and you do the same another weekends.
I have various old friends that I see occasionally.
We either see each other on an "adult only" basis - obviously the children of whatever house we are going to are about, but the understanding is that they will mostly be under their dad's responsibility so not underfoot.
We also have "whole family" get togethers.
The whole family get togethers are virtually impossible to actually have any adult time together - the last one I had I felt that I scarecly said a word to my friend as the whole time was focussed round practicalities and keeping the children happy.
If I wanted to actually catch up with a friend, no way would I want children in tow. I suspect your friend is thinking along the same lines.
Is it really not possible to organise DD's to go to a friends/DH to juggle shifts/your DS's to do some childcare?
Yes I agree that if her dh doesn't work weekends he was probably going to look after their ds & she was envisaging shopping & cocktails
Not natural history museum & macdonalds with 2 nine year olds
her son might do activities at the weekend anyway - football etc
Yabu I think. You should have made the deal plain at the outset, ie 'DD and I would love to visit you'. Now she's agreed to a visit that turns out to be very different to the one she signed up to.
Ring her up and sort it out.
Give yourself a break and go on your own! You were a 'person' before you had children - and its that person your friend wants to meet up with!
Perhaps you could arrange a get together to meet families another time but for now why not enjoy some 'me' time with an old friend?
You are with your DD all the time - get a break!
I think I would be a bit miffed if I invited a friend for a meet up and they wanted to bring their child or children along.
How they use their spare bedroom isn't really your concern and I know my 9 year old wouldn't want to sleep top to toe with someone they've never met - so I think she's being fair enough there.
Maybe just message back that you'll have to make it a different weekend then (one when your DH is off for childcare).
She wasn't to know that you would assume that she would know and be fine with you taking your DD along, so YABU. She isn't a mind reader.
You could still go along with DD and discuss in advance what plans are,you could rearrange until July or ask one of your DD's friends parents if there is any chance of a sleepover for the Saturday night so you can stick to your original date.
I think you're over thinking it. I wouldn't dream of hosting a guest in a sleeping bag on the floor or my sofa, why not email back to say that she can bunk in with you and you'll bring a lilo?
Shift it to a weekend when your DH is off. Sorted.
A girlie weekend for me would be mooching around the shops, lots and lots and lots of chat, coffees, long lunches etc. I wouldn't want my dc with me - how can you talk freely about all the things you used to get up to or have a good gossip?
Or maybe that's just me?
How on earth was she supposed to know you never go anywhere without your daughter? I'd be a bit miffed if a friend I'd invited for the weekend just assumed she could bring her kids without checking first, tbh - it's an entirely different situation, with kids or without.
To be blunt I wouldn't want you turning up with your daughter in tow.
I wouldn't expect people to enjoy the company of my kids when they were younger so it works both ways and never turned up at friends with them.
Ask one of your DD's friends mum's if she can sleepover at theirs and you will do a sleep over in return a few weeks later.
She probably just had a different sort of weekend in mind, shopping, cinema, adult conversation. I like meeting my friends both with and without the DCs, you can't talk about the DCs when they are with you plus you do have to compromises a bit on where you go, how late you stay out etc. I'd tend to assume it would be either the whole family or you on your own too. Probably just a misunderstanding - why don't you give her a ring and explain that DD would love to see London and as it's so far away you don't go there often and would her and her DS like to show you the sights?
If you want to take DD to London, book a hotel and arrange to hook up with your friend for a couple of hours while you're there. If you want to go to London specifically to catch up with your friend, arrange childcare for your DD and go on your own. Most people can manage night's away without the DC even when they are very little. At age 9, I'd be going crackers if I didn't have the occasional night away not being a mum.
I would also have assumed not bringing your daughter if I was your friend. I think yabu, children being there changes the dynamic. And why would you assume the kids would get along without never meeting just because they are the same age.
There are many options for your dd, her brothers, a sleep over, family or friends etc.
If it were me I'd be thinking of the shopping and cocktails mentioned by Pussycatdoll rather than something moré child friendly.
I think you should call her and sort it out without getting into "Well I'm not coming if my child isn't welcome" territorio.
FWIW, it's my DDs I need To Get away from occasionaly, not my friend's, but as already mentioned the conversación just isn't as free with DCs around.
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