text:
One Mexican silver modelled as a book - 3cm wide x 5.5cm long
One inscribed 'Palace of Manufactures St Louis 1904', with an opening door to take the matches - 3.5cm wide x 7cm long
One decorated with two medallions on each face representing a mask and a dog - 4cm wide x 7cm long
One decorated with flowers in the Art Nouveau style - 4cm wide x 6cm long
137gr of silver in total
>> A very nice collectable set!
The HotLotz saleroom is closing for the holidays. It will re-open at 10am on Tuesday, 8th January.
On behalf of the team here at HotLotz - Thank you for all of your support in 2018. Happy Holidays and we look forward to seeing you in 2019!
Buy Now Prices
HotLotz publishes a Buy Now price for lots in some auctions. This is a fixed price that the lot can be purchased for. If a sale for the published Buy Now price is agreed prior to auction, the lot will be withdrawn from the auction. Only lots that indicate a Buy Now price can be purchased in this way.
Buy Now prices INCLUDE Buyer's Premium fees; the advertised price is the exact price that the customer is charged.
All Auction purchases are subject to a buyer's premium fee of 19.5%. (This rises to 25% for auctions conducted on the-saleroom.com platform).
All Online Timed Auctions (Internet Only Auctions) and Live In-Room Auctions accept bids placed online or on app. Each lot has a published 'minimum bid' amount. This is the lowest bid that the HotLotz bidding platform will except from a bidder. The 'minimum bid' amount is the item's reserve and is a selling price if no further bidding occurs.
Registered customers who have stored their credit card details in their member profile can leave bids online or on app right up until the published start time of the in-room auction.
The HotLotz bidding platform will prompt customers to enter their a 'maximum bid' that fits within the published bidding increments. This is the highest amount that a customer is willing to pay for the lot.
Starting at the lot's minimum bid, the HotLotz bidding platform will automatically bid on behalf of the customer. If higher bids are received, the platform will automatically increase the bidding in line with the published bidding increments. The bidding platform will only bid as much as is necessary to ensure the bidder stays in the lead, and will never go above the 'maximum bid' amount.
The HotLotz bidding platform notifies bidders if a different bidder places a bid that is higher than their maximum bid, so that customers can increase their maximum bid if they wish to.
In the case of Live In-Room Auctions when the lot is called the auctioneer will open the bidding with the highest absentee bid. If there is further competition from customers in the saleroom the auctioneer will bid on behalf of the absentee bidder. The auctioneer will only bid as much as is necessary to ensure that the absentee bidder remains in the lead, up to their 'maximum bid' amount.
Please note, a customer bidding in person in a Live In-Room Auction can always outbid an absentee bidder.
In the case of Online Timed Auctions these take place online only without an auctioneer calling the sale. Online-only auctions have a published 'ending from' time, with each lot closing in sequence every 30 seconds.
If a customer is outbid in the last 60 seconds of a lot's 'end time', the 'end time' will be automatically extended by a further 60 seconds to allow the customer to increase their maximum bid. This will continue until the bidding stops, just as it would in an in-room auction.


text:
Galaxy Abell 1689's "Gravitational Lens" Magnifies Light of Distant Galaxies
A massive cluster of yellowish galaxies, seemingly caught in a red and blue spider web of eerily distorted background galaxies, makes for a spellbinding picture from the new Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. To make this unprecedented image of the cosmos, Hubble peered straight through the center of one of the most massive galaxy clusters known, called Abell 1689. The gravity of the cluster's trillion stars - plus dark matter - acts as a 2-million-light-year-wide "lens" in space. This "gravitational lens" bends and magnifies the light of the galaxies located far behind it. Some of the faintest objects in the picture are probably over 13 billion light-years away (redshift value 6).
Though gravitational lensing has been studied previously by Hubble and ground-based telescopes, this phenomenon has never been seen before in such detail. The ACS picture reveals 10 times more arcs than would be seen by a ground-based telescope. The ACS is 5 times more sensitive and provides pictures that are twice as sharp as the previous work-horse Hubble cameras. So it can see the very faintest arcs with greater clarity. The picture presents an immense jigsaw puzzle for Hubble astronomers to spend months untangling. Interspersed with the foreground cluster are thousands of galaxies, which are lensed images of the galaxies in the background universe. Detailed analysis of the images promises to shed light on galaxy evolution, the curvature of space, and the mystery of dark matter. The picture is an exquisite demonstration of Albert Einstein's prediction that gravity warps space and distorts beams of light.
This representative color image is a composite of visible-light and near-infrared exposures taken in June 2002.
NASA, N. Benitez (JHU), T. Broadhurst (Racah Institute of Physics/The Hebrew University), H. Ford (JHU), M. Clampin (STScI), G. Hartig (STScI), G. Illingworth (UCO/Lick Observatory), the ACS Science Team and ESA;
The members of the ACS science team are: H.C. Ford (JHU), G.D. Illingworth (UCO/Lick Observatory), N. Benitez (JHU), M. Clampin (STScI), G.F. Hartig (STScI), D.R. Ardila (JHU), F. Bartko (Bartko Science & Technology), J.P. Blakeslee (JHU), R.J. Bouwens (UCO/Lick Observatory), T.J. Broadhurst (Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University), R.A. Brown (STScI), C.J. Burrows (STScI), E.S. Cheng (NASA-GSFC), N.J.G. Cross (JHU), P.D. Feldman (JHU), M. Franx (Leiden Observatory), D.A. Golimowski (JHU), C. Gronwall (Pennsylvania State University), L. Infante (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile), R.A. Kimble (NASA-GSFC), J.E. Krist (STScI), M.P. Lesser (Steward Observatory), A.R. Martel (JHU), F. Menanteau (JHU), G.R. Meurer (JHU), G.K. Miley (Leiden Observatory), M. Postman (STScI), P. Rosati (European Southern Observatory), M. Sirianni (JHU), W.B. Sparks (STScI), H.D. Tran (JHU), Z.I. Tsvetanov (JHU), R.L. White (STScI/JHU), and W. Zheng (JHU)

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Amazingly, it's not going to be Yooka Laylee. But Mario + Rabbids coming August 29, 2017.
I just can't imagine that Playtonic starts development on the Switch version of YL and can get it out the door in 2 months.
Zita wrote:I'm not interested in Rabbids and I don't think I've ever been, but the sheer fact that Grant made the music makes me want to try it out.
Damn you Nintendo/Ubisoft, tricking me into buying your games!
Return to "Community Discussion"
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests


text:
If you are looking for chat sex, adult sex, sex dating or lesbian sex then you've come to the right page for free Missouri sex dating! TS Affair is the leading site online for sex dating on the web. If you are visiting or live in Missouri and are looking for sex, we can get you connected with other adult friends fast. have sex and meet for sex, as our adult site is the best place you will get it on and find chat sex, adult sex, sex dating, lesbian sex and more. free.tsaffair.com just happens to be packed with housewives and fuck buddies looking for free online adult hookup sex. As you're probably excited to find a date hookup and other adult friends, get started today on our adult finder site. Sex and dating offerings on this Missouri page help you hook up for hot sex quickly with sexy swingers, singles, housewives, MILFs and sluts in and around Missouri. Find adults for sex today >>
Missouri Adult Members Dating for Sex (10 of 95,305,929 Members)
- bbygrlssn92 37/F Missouri, United States It's just me...don't ask me to chang it!
- mistress20061 31/F Missouri, United States Hello Ladies!!!!!!
- C_Moore314 21/F Missouri, United States Dis ya Cexii GIrl Cici
- mrsbubbles83 26/F Missouri, United States Hello Ladies
- thickness257 33/F Missouri, United States A CLOSE MOUTH DONT GET FED
- baddestchick74 30/F Missouri, United States Beatifull Bicurios women
- haytibrit 21/F Missouri, United States I am the type of female that likes to experiment with new things. See exactly what that means!!
- brattyblueyes74 34/F Missouri, United States Looking to have a little fun
- pussycat5200 38/F Missouri, United States Straight female
- slikklovetre 29/F Missouri, United States Stud looking for love
Join Now for FREE!
Missouri Cities: Find Single and Swinger Sex in Popular Missouri Cities
- East Independence
- Ferguson
- Florissant
- Gladstone
- Grandview
- Hannibal
- Hazelwood
- Independence
- Jefferson City
- Joplin
- Kansas City
- Kirksville
- Kirkwood
- Lees Summit
- Lemay
- Liberty
- Manchester
- Maryland Heights
- Mehlville
- Nixa


text:
|Showing 1 - 12 of 2079
|| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next
Remembering 9/11 | Scholastic News Online
Scholastic News Online | 9/9/2010
This Saturday is the ninth anniversary of the most devastating terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. Many ceremonies and memorial services are being held across the nation to remember those who died that day.
President Obama to Kids: What's Your Goal?
Scholastic News Online | 9/9/2009
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama delivered a back-to-school address to classrooms all over America. His message was the same for all students: Work hard, take responsibility for your education, and set clear goals for the new school year.
Dolphin Tricks for Treats | Scholastic News Online
Scholastic News Online | 9/8/2011
Bottlenose dolphins in Australia may be teaching each other how to catch fish with conch shells.
Rats With a Mission | Scholastic News Online
Scholastic News Online | 9/8/2010
The African giant pouch rat would send cats running: It's about 30 inches long from head to tail. But this special species of rat has been trained save lives by detecting land mines.
Shaking Up Tennis at the U.S. Open
Scholastic News Online | 9/8/2008
Five years in the life of a professional athlete can be an eternity. That's how long it has been since Serena Williams lost her ranking as the No. 1 women's tennis player in the world.
Election 2008: Meet Joe Biden
Scholastic News Online | 9/8/2008
Learn more about the life, family, and policies of Senator Joe Biden, the 2008 Democratic vice presidential candidate.
Remembering 9/11
Scholastic News Online | 9/8/2006
A new study published this week links the dirty air at Ground Zero after the September 11th attacks to lung problems of many rescue workers. In the largest study to date, doctors at Mount Sinai Medical Center found almost 70% of rescue workers exposed to the polluted air at the site soon became sick. The study will be published in the Journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
Special Delivery
Scholastic News Online | 9/8/2006
This is an article about the birth of a giant panda cub at the Atlanta zoo.
Remembering 9/11
Scholastic News Online | 9/8/2006
Student Reporter Nathan Kahn recently sat down with Joe Daniels, the acting president of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation. They talked about construction on the memorial and the Foundation's plan to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
9/11: Five Years Later
Scholastic News Online | 9/8/2006
Last year, Americans all over the world marked the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. This National Day of Mourning paid tribute to the nearly 3,000 people who were killed in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania five years prior.
Bush Adds to Competing 9/11 Legislation
Scholastic News Online | 9/8/2004
After the release of the 9/11 Commission's recommendations, President George W. Bush changed his mind and said he didn't want the newly appointed intelligence director to have complete budgetary powers.
Obama & Biden vs. Romney & Ryan | Scholastic News Online
Scholastic News Online | 9/7/2012
It's official! The race for the White House kicks into high gear
|Results Per Page:
|| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next


text:
New 2018 MazdaMazda3 Grand Touring Sedan
- Stock: SMZ3-708
- Fuel Economy
- 27.0/36.0 mpg City/Hwy
- Exterior Color
- Jet Black Mica
- Interior Color
- Black
- Body/Seating
- Sedan/5 seats
- Transmission
- 6 speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- front-wheel
- Engine
- 2.5L I-4 cyl
Mazda Mazda3
Highlighted Features
- Blind spot sensor
- Leather upholstery
- Automatic temperature control
- Emergency communication system
- Power moonroof
- Wireless phone connectivity
- Exterior parking camera rear
- Front dual zone A/C
Detailed Specifications
KBB.com Consumer Reviews
- 5.0
Early Impressions
By PCG on Saturday, June 02, 2018For those considering this car, heres a few initial impressions after a few days ownership: 1 - This thing is fast, not simply great acceleration but sustained speed and power even uphill. I was driving on a country road with occasional passing lanes and simply swept past other cars struggling to do 40-50 while the Mazda 3 was still ticking up. I cant speak for the 2.0 engine but the 2.5 is simply amazing. 2 - If you can go for the light seats. The dark seats are fine for comfort but I managed to find a much lighter trim which really makes it seem so much larger and cooler (in both senses of the word). With the dark trim it felt a little like staring into a black hole at times. 3 - Go with the Grand Touring option if you possibly can. My 2017 version was around 22,000 with the premium package included while the used sport or touring were going for around two to three thousand less. The extra comfort and ability to drive for longer periods is definitely worth it. The interior looks and feels like something I would expect in a 30-40 thousand Lexus or BMW. 4 - Having previously owned an MX-5 this is the closest you can get in a car which comfortably seats 5. While I dream that some day Mazda will produce a 5 seat convertible, this is a pretty good substitute.
- 5.0
Best Vehicle Iv'e Owned To Date!
By Clocksetbyfeel on Saturday, May 03, 2014To start off I purchased the 2014 Mazda 3 Sport grand Touring. My previous vehicle was the past generation 2010 Mazda Sport Grand Touring. First comes first, this new generation is absolutely fantastic! Everything about the car screams quality, fit and finish, and a company thats dedicated to their customers and really listens to what WE want in our cars. This car has exceeded every expectation I had including ones I didn't even know I should of had. The design is stunning, I get compliments everywhere I go and everyone seems to be amazed when they sit in my car and find out it's a Mazda. The interior quality is best in class, and it's worth every bit of the premium I paid for the GT version. The leather is soft and the red stitching really makes it pop. The dash design is awesome, and it takes queues from Audi, and Bmw. The ride quality is also very good, soft when it should be, and rough when you want to step on the gas. Fuel efficiently isn't something I really worry about since I have a lead foot but according to the car I am already getting better then my "old" Mazda. Now, I had the option to get the Audi or Bmw, but I kept having my doubts about so many complaints owners were having with their cars and it took me about since this car launched to officially decide to do away with the higher end cars and stick to Mazda. I am so glad I did because I know in the long run this car will have cheap maintenance and be very fun to drive without having to give up on those luxury features of todays times. The navigation infotainment system is really nice to use, the car looks great, drives great, is reliable, and will continue to put a smile on my face when I get inside and put it in drive. My suggestion is if you can afford the SGT model, I would definitely go for it you will not be disappointed and it's really worth what you pay for it. Highly recommend this car and I really appreciate whoever takes the time to read this novel of a review! Enjoy your Zoom Zoom everyone!
- 5.0
44,000 miles on in 18 months, and still happy
By nfp on Wednesday, June 22, 2016My automatic transmission 2015 Mazda 3 s Grand Touring is my 5th Mazda, my third 3 after two 6s, and I'm a committed Mazda buyer/driver. I drive a ton, and I can honestly say that the 44,000 miles to-date in 18 months (mostly highway, but lots of dense city traffic as well) have been more-or-less trouble-free with the exception of some niggling issues with the TeleMatics system requiring system re-boots. The ride is just a bit rough as befits a low-slung sporty vehicle, but not uncomfortable. Handling is superb. Pickup is best above 2000 RPM, which means acceleration for passing or emergency reaction while already in motion is excellent; only middling from a standing start. I love the display including the heads up screen on top of the dash in front of the driver. The combo bluetooth hands-free voice recognition phone, and navigation and audio systems' functionality take some getting used to, but then are a breeze. Remote start works but takes a lot of getting used to operationally; could be simpler, I imagine. Safety is a big deal for me; my 2014 identical model was T-boned at full speed on the driver side by an SUV; my side, head and front airbags deployed in a nano-second, and as my phone went flying while my car was doing a full 180, the impact automatically triggered a call to 911 via bluetooth (I had programmed it so, thankfully). I was able to talk to EMS without moving a muscle from under the airbags. I walked away shaken but unscathed even though the car was totaled. I immediately ordered the identical model in the 2015 model year. The car looks great; I got lots of compliments before the 2014-2016 Mazda 3s became more commonplace on the roads (early-on when I had the 2014 -- the first of this current model re-design -- some people regularly mistook it for a luxury vehicle). Good value for the money.
New Arrivals
2019 Ford F-550 Chassis Truck…
- $57,794
- Truck Regular Cab
- Red Exterior
- 6.7L V-8 cyl Engine


text:
Offers on selected dresses
Free home delivery over AED 200
Free store collection
Delivering to over 30 countries
3 for 2 knickers
Buy one vest and get the second half price
Get two luxury shirts for AED 425, three for AED 625
3 for 2 kidswear
We only list UK sizes. If you're not sure what your UK size is, please click on 'Size advisor' or review our size guides.
Keep kids cosy and warm in cold weather with these cuffed children's leggings, made from a comfortable cotton blend. Perfect for wearing under jeans or trousers or simply on their own under a dress, these kids' thermals feature a cuffed bottom to help keep the heat in.
35 days to return - You may return unused products within 35 days of purchase with a valid parcel summary document. Your items don't need to be in the original box or bag as long as they're securely packaged.
How to return
1. FREE returns to select M&S stores
2. Easy returns from home. Simply print the returns label, attach it to the top of your parcel and insert the returns note in the parcel. We will automatically deduct the cost of return from your refund.
To print the returns label and return, simply click here.
Tell me more about how to return items and the returns policy
Standard Delivery: FREE over AED 200 (normally AED 25), 4-7 working days
Express delivery: FREE over AED 500 (normally AED 50), 3-4 working days
Store collection: FREE to collect in select stores, 4-7 working days


text:
Photophobia is eye discomfort in bright light.
Light sensitivity; Vision - light sensitive; Eyes - sensitivity to light
Photophobia is common. For many people, the problem is not due to any disease. Severe photophobia may occur with eye problems. It can cause bad eye pain, even in low light.
Things you can do to ease light sensitivity include:
If eye pain is severe, see your health care provider about the cause of light sensitivity. Proper treatment may cure the problem. Get medical help right away if your pain is moderate to severe, even in low-light conditions.
Call your doctor if:
The doctor will perform a physical examination, including an eye exam. You may be asked the following questions:
Tell your doctor if you have any of these symptoms:
The following tests may be done:
Godfrey WA. Acute anterior uveitis. In: Tasman W, Jaeger EA, eds. Duane's Clinical Ophthalmology. 2012 ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2013:vol. 4, chap 40.
Freidl KB, Troost BT, Moster ML. Migraine and other headaches. In: Tasman W, Jaeger EA, eds. Duane's Clinical Ophthalmology. 2012 ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2013:vol. 2, chap 16.
Steinemann TL, Ehlers W, Suchecki J. Contact lens-related complications. In: Yanoff M, Duker JS, eds. Ophthalmology. 3rd ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby Elsevier; 2008:chap 4.24.
Sharma R, Brunette DD. Ophthalmology. In: Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al, eds. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2009:chap 69.


text:
Hundreds of volunteers, sporting hair nets and rubber gloves, filled the Christ Church Ministry Center in assembly-line fashion Saturday to pack 50,000 meals as part of the Rotary Clubs of New Bern�s Fed Up with Hunger project.
Hundreds of volunteers, sporting hair nets and rubber gloves, filled the Christ Church Ministry Center in assembly-line fashion Saturday to pack 50,000 meals as part of the Rotary Clubs of New Bern�s Fed Up With Hunger project.
At the rear of the assembly hall, an older retiree was busy putting together cardboard boxes. He is Floyd Hammer, who, along with his wife, Kathy Hamilton, traveled from Des Moines, Iowa, to help. The Hammers founded the support program Outreach, Inc., in 2004 after a trip to Tanzania.
�We saw children starving in Africa and my wife said we�ve got to do something about it,� he said.
Hammer, retired for 20 years from a plastic recycling business he founded, said he worked with the food science department at Iowa State University to come up with the food packages that meet daily nutritional recommendations.
�This is my real world now. We�ve produced more than 100 million meals,� he said, talking and working as he reached for a box from his helper Susan Rivenbark.
Two years ago, the program shifted to the domestic level.
�The good news is all the meals here today stay right here in your community,� he said. �All of these people make it happen. It is tremendous to get the people in the community doing something they can feel good about. They will know there will be people who will appreciate eating these meals.�
The volunteers put together the plastic packages, which were boxed and taken to Religious Community Services. One is a vitamin pack and a second bag contains dehydrated vegetables, pre-cooked pinto beans, soy protein and rice.
In a few short hours, the volunteers had finished their work and Hammer and Hamilton were on their way to Raleigh to catch a flight to Florida for a Monday event. The New Bern packaging was one of three in the country Saturday, with similar events in Kansas and Minnesota.
Hammer said that his organization � Outreach, Inc. � supplies different Rotary Clubs, churches and businesses who want to host an event.
He called the local Fed Up With Hunger project a huge success.
�I rate this as one of the better ones we have had,� he said. �It was so much fun. And the fun part for me is watching the people when they leave. I didn�t see anyone who wasn�t smiling.�
Debbie Taggart, Noon Rotary president, also proclaimed the effort a success and noted that the meals were prepared at a cost of 25 cents each.
She pointed to one of the bags and said it could provide six servings.
�They are substantial,� she said. �They could be a meal or a supplement to go with other servings.�
Taggart said recent statistics show Craven County with more than 18,000 people facing the possibility of hunger, the largest group in this part of the state.
In the past two years, family requests for food from Religious Community Services have more than doubled, and the 200,000 meals supplied last year through its Food Pantry stretched RCS resources.
Local Rotary Clubs gave a $5,000 donation toward the $12,500 for the bulk supplies. Another $5,000 has been contributed.
The Ruby Tuesday restaurant in James City offered support through its GiveBack program, donating 20 percent of customers� purchases.
Charlie Hall can be reached at 252-635-5667 or firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
HBO Teases True Detective Season 2, Addresses Future of Game of Thrones
Jul 10, 2014 6:12 PM EDT
As fans get increasingly heated and worried over whether Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin will finish his book series A Song of Ice and Fire, on which the hit drama is based, the powers that be over at HBO aren't nervous at all. Game of Thro… Read more


text:
Raymarine ST70 Instrument
Multi-talented color displays
Designed for simple setup and use, ST70 offers an array of intuitive digital, analogue, graphical and historical display options. ST70 systems are built on Raymarine's SeaTalkNG network architecture enabling simple interconnection of multiple ST70 instruments, transducers and NMEA2000 compatible devices.
Transducer Pods
Note: ST70 pods have now come to the end of production. Please see the iTC-5 transducer converter for connecting ST70 instruments to your SeaTalkng network.
Add depth, speed or wind data to your SeaTalkNG instrument network. The pods connect to the network and host any standard Raymarine Instrument transducer. Transducers are sold separately.
View Raymarine Instrument transducers


text:
Swimsuit season is closer than you might think. Feb. 15 marked 100 days until the official start of swimsuit season. Does beach (or pool) season give you chills? Well, there's good news. You can be happy in your swimsuit in 100 days — if you follow these seven principles:
Swimsuit season is closer than you might think. Feb. 15 marked 100 days until the official start of swimsuit season. Does beach (or pool) season give you chills? Well, there's good news. You can be happy in your swimsuit in 100 days — if you follow these seven principles:
No. 1 — Don't drink your calories: Juice, soda, fruitlike drinks, sweet tea, fancy coffee concoctions and other beverages are all packed with sugar. (Yes, juice is the nutritional equivalent of soda.) Sugar, especially liquid sugar, is the most fattening stuff there is. When you drink it, your brain (hypothalamus, to be specific) doesn't register it as calories in, so it doesn't dampen your appetite accordingly, so you just keep eating or drinking. To make it worse, sugar is more addictive than cocaine. If you give rats the choice between sweet water and intravenous cocaine, 94 percent of the time they are going for the sweet water, so on another level it just makes you want to drink more and more to help your waist line grow more and more.
No. 2 — Train smart: The first thing that most people think of for fat-loss exercise is slow, steady state aerobics ("cardio"). However, trying to use "cardio" for fat-loss is a lot like using bloodletting to cure disease. Both are traditions based on dogma — neither science nor real world results — and both have/had the powers that be endorse them. (When I raised my questions about this advice in college that my professors realized they could not answer they would just shut me up by telling me I was "unprofessional" and disruptive.)
Save your time for what really matters, like metabolic resistance training and interval training. Exercises like squats, lunges, deadlifts, pushups and sprints will get you far better results in less time than jogging ever will.
No. 3 — Wait until Friday or Saturday: It's a rare person who can make it a whole week without a "treat" such as french fries. On average, most people will only be able to get away with two treats (maybe three) per week and still make progress. Where people get into trouble is that they have far more treats than their body can handle — they work hard in the gym, but undo it all by treating too much. If you have your first treat on Monday, then you only have one left for the entire week. That's not going to work and you will end up way over budget on noncompliant food. Wait until Friday or Saturday and your week will be so much easier, and your results so much better.
No. 4 — Use pressure to your advantage: Pressure isn't usually comfortable, but it is always powerful. Tell the positive people in your life what you're doing so they can help you stay on track. Positive peer pressure is a wonderful thing.
No. 5 — Know your numbers: Measure! Every week or two you need to measure your progress or lack thereof. The tape measure beats the scale as a useful measure especially for females. (How much do you weigh in the mirror?) It is oh-so-easy to kid yourself into thinking that skipping a workout or having extra "treat meals" won't slow you down, but it's a powerful wake-up call to see that the little lie you told yourself is not true when you go to check the measuring tape. (I know from repeated personal and professional experience.) Measure regularly. Record the numbers. Adjust your behavior or possibly your perception of your behavior.
No. 6 — Stay in the real world: Measuring will let you know what is or is not happening. It's really important that you keep yourself grounded on planet Earth. Here's what I mean: At the end of every workout phase at my gym in Washington's Georgetown neighborhood, we have our members fill out a feedback form to ensure that we don't miss a chance to do a better job for them. At the end of one member's program he said that the best thing to happen to him over the past month was, "Finding a cinnamon bun the size of my head." The very next question is, "based on your perceived compliance, are you satisfied with your rate of progress?" His whole answer was, "No." It is impossible to be "doing everything right and eating perfectly" and to simultaneously make no progress.
No. 7 — Be realistic: Last but not least, please be realistic about what you are going to get done in 100 days or less. To look like the folks on the cover of a magazine, you need to have their genes and you need to work at physical perfection as a full-time job. On top of that, you then need to use a few tricks for the photo: a tan, professional lighting, a professional photographer, possibly some body makeup, and then a little bit of PhotoShop to boot. The proceeding is not an excuse to just let yourself go and to not try at all. It's just about having realistic expectations for your potential and the amount of time you can realistically invest if you have a career and/or family. You can (and should) still be comfortable taking off your shirt, but you don't need to expect strangers to come up to you and ask if they can wash their clothes on your stomach.
Josef Brandenburg is a Washington, D.C.-area certified fitness expert with 11 years of experience. In 2004, he started The Body You Want personal training fitness program, which specializes in weight loss and body transformations for busy people. Read more about The Body You Want at josefbrandenburg.com.


text:
Houston police kill suspect outside home near Greenspoint Mall
Police shot and killed a suspected armed robber who fired at them after a pursuit that ended in a neighborhood near Greenspoint Mall in north Houston, authorities said.
The unidentified man was fatally shot about 8 p.m. on Thursday outside a home along Joy Circle near Abney, officials said.
Although Houston police fired the fatal rounds, the gunbattle happened within the Harris County lines. Sheriff's detectives are the lead agency in the case.
Harris County sheriff's deputies said the man was a suspect in an earlier carjacking along Greens Road. After that, he was also linked to a robbery of a Subway sandwich shop along Aldine Bender.
Houston police later spotted the man and gave chase. He abandoned the car and tried to flee on foot, officials said.
Deputies said he shot at the pursuing officers after abandoning the car.
Police returned fire then set up a perimeter around the area as they searched for him.
They spotted the man in a nearby backyard. A second gunfight broke out.
"The suspect was shot and killed by two of the (Houston police) officers," said Harris County Sheriff's deputy Thomas Gilliland.
The HPD officers weren't injured. The investigation is continuing, authorities said.