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Whether you're thinking of moving to London or relocating within London, we will share the safest places the capital has to offer.
If you have the money to invest in a good property in London then you are spoilt for choice when it comes to quality areas that are also safe. The latter is of paramount importance especially when you have a family, and there are some beautiful leafy suburbs that are within easy reach of the city centre but offer the closest thing you will get to country living in such a central location. You must bear in mind that you can never live anywhere that is 100% safe and common sense plays a big part in it.
Housing in the following areas isn't cheap, and you would be worried if it was considering the location, but you do get a lot for you money and the ability to walk around without the threat of an unsavoury character appearing out of the shadows is priceless. There are many safe areas to live in London and we have looked at such things as crime rates, public opinion and the general feel of an area to put together the following list of top 10 safest places to live in London.
10 – Notting Hill
This uber trendy area in the prestigious SW1 area was at one time best known for its colourful carnival but is now just about the safest place to live in London. Despite being only a short distance from the city centre there is a laid back ambience about Notting Hill that is hugely appealing. Once heralded as an up and coming area it has greatly exceeded its expectations the variety of beautiful houses in attractive streets has massive kerb appeal.
9 – Marble Arch
This central London area offers a very quiet and relaxing standard of living, but is invariably very expensive. Living in Marble Arch is something many young professionals aspire to and those who finally acquire that much lauded W1 postcode rarely leave. Its well lit, central location is a key factor in its safety and those properties which have been converted into luxury apartments have security systems in place which wouldn't look out of place at Fort Knox.
8 – Kensington
Although the central London area of Kensington is generally considered to be one of the safest places to live in the capital, the west and south suburbs are the areas which bring the greatest peace of mind to their residents. The whole feel of this area is very quiet and upmarket and while you will invariably pay more for property than areas those who live here will tell you it was worth every penny.
7 – St John's Wood
St John's Wood is a highly desirable suburb within the City of Westminster. Safety is a major player here as it is where many diplomats, both foreign and domestic, choose to make their home. This is a beautiful and affluent area as you would expect from the NW8 postcode. It luxury villa housing is a far cry from the uniform terraces you will find in many other parts of London and this is, quite simply, a lovely place to live.
6 – Primrose Hill
An urban village that gives you the luxury of living in a safe environment within close proximity of the city centre, Primrose Hill is particularly popular with families. With wide expanses of green space, including the famous park the area is named of, it is easy to see why Primrose Hill is so desirable. The crime rate is very low, you can walk around the streets at night and it ticks all the boxes as far as safety is concerned.
5 – Warwick Avenue
Few outside of London will only know Warwick Avenue from the hit song, and this leafy suburb is in the Maida Vale area of the City of Westminster. Within walking distance of Little Venice and Notting Hill, Warwick Avenue is a very beautiful but expensive area popular with business people and affluent families. With a low crime rate and
the freedom to walk around at any time of day or not, there are few places as nice to live in as Warwick Avenue.
4 – Bayswater
Bayswater is the epitome of quiet, and safe inner city living. With a border on the north end of Hyde Park and another on Oxford street, Bayswater is diverse, elegant and cosmopolitan. There is a sharp contrast here between the bustling hub that is Queensway and the refined diginity of some of the most sought after garden squares in London. While still not cheap, you get more for your money here than in neighbouring Notting Hill or Mayfair, and the high level of safety makes Bayswater the area of choice for many.
3 – Sloane Square
The spiritual home of the young rich and famous who were nicknamed Sloane Rangers back in the 1980's. One of the most famous residents was the young Diana Spencer before she became the Princess of Wales and the popularity of area surged after it was revealed she lived there. It is a beautiful area of London with exceptional housing and is a very safe area to live a laid back, peaceful life.
2 – Knightsbridge
Wonderful Knightsbridge has just about the most sought after postcode in all of London and having Harrods as your corner shop can't be bad either. You cannot get much more central, or expensive in terms of property, than Knightsbridge. The wide avenues and exclusive apartments are the main types of accommodation here and the combination of this and the safety aspect make it highly sought after.
1 – Docklands
One of the newest, and trendiest, developments in the capital, London Docklands has it all. Suitable for residents of every age and boasting luxury housing, a low crime rate and with residents reporting that all important ambience of safety, it is little wonder this area has become so popular so quickly.


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A Farewell to Arms, novel by Ernest Hemingway, published in 1929. Like his early short stories and his novel The Sun Also Rises, the work is full of the disillusionment of the "lost generation" expatriates.
SUMMARY: While working with the Italian ambulance service during World War I, the American lieutenantFrederick Henry falls in love with the English nurse Catherine Barkley, who tends him during his recuperation after he is wounded. She becomes pregnant but refuses to marry him, and he returns to his post. Henry deserts during the Italians' retreat after the Battle of Caporetto, and the reunited couple flee Italy by crossing the border into Switzerland. There, however, Catherine and her baby die during childbirth, leaving Henry desolate.
DETAIL: A Farewell to Arms is set in Italy and Switzerland during the First World War. The very sparse and unadorned style of Ernest Hemingway's narrator, Frederic Henry, provides a realistic and unromanticized account of war on the Italian front and is typical of the writing style that was to become the hallmark of Hemingway's later writing. Henry's descriptions of war are in sharp relief to the sentimental language of his affair with Catherine, an English nurse he meets while recovering from an injury in Turin.
The novel has been particularly praised for its realistic depiction of war; this has often been attributed to personal experience. However, while there are strong autobiographical elements in the novel, Hemingway's combat experience was more limited than that of his protagonist. He did work as an ambulance driver on the Italian front, but for the Red Cross and only for a few weeks in 1918. Hemingway also fell in love with a nurse, Agnes von Kurowsky; but, unlike Frederic Henry, Hemingway's advances were subsequently rebuffed.
A Farewell to Arms established Hemingway as a successful writer and also as a spokesman of "The Lost Generation," a group of American intellectuals who lived in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s and whose outlook-shaped by the experience of the First World War-was cynical and pessimistic.


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Okay, don't snicker...I grew up on the stuff, okay? And when I moved out here (24 years ago) all you could get was that hideous rubbery part-skim stuff.
Polly-O whole milk mozzarella started cropping up in stores several years ago, but by that time Mozzarella Fresca (and others) were in the market. All well and good, but it just doesn't satisfy me the way Polly-O does. Anyway, Polly-O doesn't appear to have done too well, because now I'm having a very hard time finding it. Last place I could get it consistently was Falletti's, now (alas) a hole in the ground.
I've checked Andronico's and CalMart, as well as the run-of-the-mill Safeways and Calas. No luck.
I'll be eternally grateful to anyone who can help me regain the first love of my life.


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It seems appropriate timing given the current climate, that the last two of my designs dealt with Huey Long, the populist politician, and now Woody Guthrie, who once said famously when accused of being a red..."I dont know about any reds, but I been in the red all my life..."
Politics aside, it is becoming clear the last few years that the most valuable tool in the bindery, apart from the scharfix, has been the large lightbox, found on the street some years ago, close to our first shop in Chelsea. An unbelievable find thanks to PDB CEO Denise Dovey.
I use it to trace patterns and images to make stencils for airbrushing, patterns for tooling and onlaying, to prepare designs using printed goatskins, tracing designs onto templates, and also now, in the production of off-set printed goatskin, and photo-transfer.
Now photo-transfer is nothing new, I first did some at LCP a decade ago, using acetone - but I never got results like this. The latest discovery in printing on goatskin, is quick, easy, and effective...and you dont need to use any plates, you dont need a vandercook, or any toxic chemicals. Its not a new technique, but it works well for goatskin, and has unlimited possibilities when it comes to constructing a cover design based on collage and used with other techniques.
The photo on the front board is from the LOC digital archive, and a famous picture taken possibly by Dorothea Lange(not sure), blown up, cropped, and manipulated in photoshop - sharpening contrast and exposure will ensure a good print. The photo on the back is taken from the opening shot of Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath" which I found fitting to use considering Woody's song about Tom Joad, included in the book "American Folksong", the box for which houses Guthrie's own copy.(that's tom in the distance)When I think of American Folk in that era, I see baptists, hobos, blue jeans, riding the rails, windmills, dirt crossroads, and yes, clearly telegraph poles.
If I had been making this design for myself, I would have completed the design with rows of stormtrooper police, and sprayed anarchist signs all over it, giving it a topical and menacing look, a nod to Guthrie's own politics - "This machine kills fascists"....but its not, and I think using the pictures evokes Guthrie's era, and a sense of american folk, with a much more subtle flavour.
The box was finished with tooled outlines of images of Guthrie, which i decided to keep to the side, so as not to distract from the image. I also decided to just leave it there. It is lettered down the spine as it is a rather large and narrow box.


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Photos by Heather Edwards ©
Photos by Heather Edwards ©
Angela Morley BSc (Hort) Dip. PSGD is an experienced garden designer, horticulturist and artist based near Shepton Mallet in Somerset. During the last 20 years she has run her own business designing gardens and has taught gardening at both Sparsholt College (Hampshire) and Merrist Wood College (Surrey). She works on gardens and commissions across Somerset, Dorset and Hampshire.
Angela's designs are characterized by strong, yet simple, structural form whilst maintaining an environmentally friendly approach. She builds on her in depth knowledge of plants, ecology, wildlife and woodland management to add richness to her gardens, for both wildlife and the enjoyment of its owners.
She is happy to offer one off consultancy and planting plans through to the full design service. Her sculptural willow work make for original garden focal points, they are individual and may be site specific.


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Photo Credit: Gujarat Samachar
Yes, Every one has her/his own hobby in life, through which his/her get true happiness to enjoy.
I have also my own hobbies from childhood which I can start to perform in Younger Age and will complete in elder age.
But, Girish Uncle is still strong to continue his Passion Photography in his 90 Years old Age.
He already clicked over 25k photographs which are relate to Natural, Wild and Architecture from all over India.
His father was one artist, who can paint through his Nail - (Nail Painter). So, son got inspiration about photography art from his father.
Now few lines from his side - Girishsir said that, "I have total 10 to 15 camera." Wherever I was going, always try to find new subject to click. Many youngsters get inspiration from my work and that I feel really very happy.
I get support from my wife also. She is always with me for my passion. Sometime I also try to learn her about take photos. In short, she accepted me with my passion and never complaint.
I read about him at Gujarat Samachar News Paper. Still do not have enough details about him but I will try my level best to contact Mr. Girish Parikh, take little Interview and then publish here also.
So, everyone can read and know about him.
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Director: Daniel Haller and Roger Corman
Writers: Max House
Release Date: March 27, 1968 (USA)
Genre: Action / Drama
Plot Synopsis: Promising young racing car driver Joe Joe
Quillico (Fabian) leaves the stock car racing scene in the United
States in order to persue Grand Prix racing in Europe. After limited
success he manages to win the Spanish Grand Prix. His love life
however, is much less successful and his winning on the track
only serves to alienate the woman he loves - with unhappy consequences.
Runtime: 83 min
Cast (in credits order)
Fabian ... Joe Joe Quillico
Mimsy Farmer ... Katherine Pearson
Alan Haufrect ... Virgil
Judy Cornwell ... Pippy
David Landau ... Ian
Warwick Sims ... Charlie
Talia Shire ... 1st Girlfriend
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fabienne Arel
Kurt Boon
Patricia Culbert
Ron Gans
Mary Jo Kennedy
Dick Miller
Ursule Pauly
Produced by: Tamara Asseyev .... associate producer
Joel Rapp .... producer


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Death and the arrow : Tom Marlowe Adventure Series, Book 1. / Chris Priestley.
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- Publisher: New York : Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2007.
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A gripping historical mystery, full of 18th century atmosphere.Fifteen-year-old Tom lives in the murky city of London where he helps his father run a print shop. Among the customers is wise old Dr. Harker, a retired physician and seafarer, whose patient demeanour and fascinating tales endear him to Tom. Both Tom and Harker become intrigued by a murder in the city where the victim is pierced by an arrow and left holding an illustrated card of "Death and the Arrow." The mystery deepens after more "Death and the Arrow" victims are discovered, and Tom cannot rest until he has uncovered the truth behind the murders. This atmospheric venture into the eighteenth-century will fascinate and engage readers ten-years-old and up.From the Hardcover edition.
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My names Zach Williams,
I have been interested in art since as early as I can remember, I was always fascinated at how a good piece of artwork can stop people in their tracks and just make them look. I am a graduate of Victoria College of art and want to move on to further develop my skills. During my time there I developed a preference for Photography and want to do as much as I can to get my photos out there for everyone to see.
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This little cutie is Cho (Butterfly in Japanese), another of the sweeties that are being released this week in the shop and on the 1st October on the Lili of the Valley website
I have used papers from the Promises paper pad along with lace, seam binding, Flat Backed Scalloped Pearl and flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts. The flowers are cottage rose, baby's breath flowers and 15mm roses. I gave them all a good spritz with Perfect Pearls mist.
And now for the winner of the Marianne Designs die ……
#439 DebraK in Florida
Congratulations Debra, please email me your address so I can post your prize off to you


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ADF Supports Burkina Faso's Priority Action Programme
Tunis,15 December, 2005 – The African Development Fund approved a new loan aimed at intensifying the reforms initiated in 2001 by Burkina Faso with a view to promoting strong and sustainable economic growth.
The Third Poverty Reduction Strategy Support Programme (PRSSP III), approved today by the ADF Board of Directors in favor of Burkina in the tune of 30 million Units of Account* (US$ 43 million or CFA 23.8 billion), will contribute, together with support from the other technical and financial partners, to the financing of the Government's Priority Action Programme 2005-2007.
The PRSSP III will support this strategy through the following components: improvement of the competitiveness of the productive sectors and private sector development; continued efforts for access by the poor to basic social services; strengthening of the fiduciary framework; and putting in place of a monitoring and evaluation system for the strategy.
Resources of the loan will be used to redress macroeconomic imbalances, stimulate the competitiveness of productive sectors and increase poverty reduction spending. Indeed, despite progress made in poverty reduction between 1998 and 2003, recent socioeconomic surveys indicate persistent disparities against rural areas, particularly East-Central and Northern regions where the incidence of poverty ranges between 50% and 60% compared to an estimated national average of 46.3% in 2003.
The PRSSP III constitutes the fourth budgetary support provided by the Bank to Burkina Faso since 2001. Previous Bank operations contributed to stabilizing the macroeconomic framework, increasing resources for social development and laying the groundwork for sustained economic growth during the 2000-2004 period.
The African Development Bank Group operations in Burkina Faso started in 1970. To date, the Bank Group cumulative commitments in the country stand at CFA 442 billion in 64 operations.
* UA 1 = US$ 1.42414 = CFA 793.754 as at 01/12/2005


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Drake 'Headlines' 2012 NHL All-Star Game Entertainment
Hip-hop superstar Drake took to the ice and performed his chart-topping singles 'Headlines' and 'The Motto' at the 2012 NHL All-Star Game in Ottawa, Canada on Sunday (Jan. 29). The rapper was dressed in a No. 12 hockey jersey and told attendees that it was honor to perform at the event.
After performing 'Headlines,' Drizzy then segued into his latest single, 'The Motto,' as the crowd rapped along to the infectious bounce track. "Canada, I love you with all my heart!" he shouted. 'NHL, what's up."
All the NHL players seem to be enjoying Drizzy's performance and some were recording it with their smartphones from the ice. "I think I was the first one to go on the ice on our side. I'm a huge Drake fan, I love his music. I'm a big hip-hop guy," said hockey defensive player Keith Yandle of the Phoenix Coyotes. "I actually asked him to sign a stick. He said it was the first hockey stick he has signed. It was pretty cool."
Afterward, Drizzy went on his Twitter to thank the hockey players and fans for their love and support. "Thanks to everybody at NHL for an amazing night!" he tweeted. "All the players that showed love and all the fans! I got Gino's game stick!!!!!"
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Paul Regnier shared a handy acronym he uses to help students remember the range of considerations that might be relevant to Christians seeking to reflect on ethical issues from a Christian perspective.
The acronym stands for:
Jesus – Are any of Jesus' sayings or actions relevant to the question?
Church – What are the teachings of different Christian churches / denominations?
Obey Conscience – What might an individual Christian's conscience tell them to do?
Ministers & Priests – How might a minister or priest advise a Christian to act?
Prayer – How might praying help a Christian to make moral decisions?
Agape – What is the most loving thing to do?Saints – How might the lives of famous Christians inspire others to behave?
Scripture – What Biblical quotations or teachings are relevant?
I thought I would share it here, as I suspect that the range of Christian and non-Christian readers here may find that aspects of it are worth discussing. Which of these feature in your ethical decision-making, if any? Which are given the most weight?
Do click through and read Paul's post, as well as discussing in the comments section here!


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Outside the Lines: USOC drug allegations
Outside the Lines - How Drug Free is the USA's Quest For Olympic
Announcer: July 23, 2000. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) Dr. Wade Exum, Former United States Olympic Committee drug czar: It's going to be Michael Edy all the way. It looks so easy. (END VIDEO CLIP) Bob Ley, Host: This weekend, the best track athletes in the United States are chasing a spot on the Olympic team and with it the prestige and the profit of a gold medal. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) Dr. Robert Voy, Former Chief Medical Officer, United States Olympic Committee: The least important gold medal in the Olympic games is an automatic million dollars. (END VIDEO CLIP) Ley: Meantime, the doctor who ran drug testing for the U.S. Olympic Committee charges that numerous positive drug tests were overlooked by the USOC. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) Exum: The world perception is that the USOC does not run a doping control program, they run a controlled doping program. (END VIDEO CLIP) Ley: Today on OUTSIDE THE LINES, how drug free is the USA's quest for Olympic gold? Announcer: OUTSIDE THE LINES is presented by 1-800-CALLATT. Joining us from ESPN studios, Bob Ley. Ley: It's pretty much old news that the bloom is off the Olympic rose. But even so, it was not a good week for the Olympic movement. Two men responsible for bringing the 2002 winter games to Salt Lake City were indicted under federal racketeering laws. In China, where a meteoric rise in women's swimming has been accompanied by a drug scandal and global suspicion, world record holder Yu Won Won (ph) was banned by the Chinese swimming federation for four years following a positive drug result. And in Germany, two men, once government officials in former East Germany, were convicted in a court of law for directing the state policy of doping Olympic athletes. Here in the United States, Carl Lewis, now retired, arguably the greatest Olympian of all time, was missing from the Olympic track and field trials. His coach was quoted as saying Lewis was protesting the continuing influence of drugs in his sport. Against that backdrop come the allegations from the physician who managed the anti-doping program for the U.S. Olympic Committee, charges that strike at the very heart of this country's Olympic efforts. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) Exum: I can tell you that there are names. I can tell you that there is proof. Ley (voice-over): Proof that numerous American Olympians escaped any punishment from the U.S. Olympic Committee after testing positive for performance enhancing drugs. Dr. Wade Exum says the cover-up was the bitter fruit of a doping control system he administered for nine years, but did not believe in. Exum: I think it's a sham. I've said I don't know how many times the process is a sham to me. Ley: Exum charges that in recent years absolutely no sanction was imposed on roughly half the American athletes testing positive for prohibited substances, that in his nine years on the job Exum saw scores of positive results for testosterone but has never once seen the USOC penalize such an athlete. Exum alleges that synthetic testosterone is routinely abused by American Olympians and that he has direct knowledge of athletes who tested positive, escaped USOC sanctioning, and gone on to win Olympic medals. Those charges are denied out of hand by the USOC and one of its former presidents. Robert Helmick, Former president, United States Olympic Committee: I'd like to understand how would that go about? Who would be the person that would do it? It would have to be his medical team? It can't be the administration. When I was president of the Olympic Committee is when we were really developing this program. And that was over a period of seven years. I never would have any information. That was all sequestered from me. It was all in the hands of the doctors. Ley: But doctors have been the most vocal critics of the USOC's drug enforcement. Dr. Robert Voy was the USOC's chief medical officer in the 1980s. And while he does not allege a drug cover-up, he sees Exum's experience as similar to his own. Voy: There but for the grade of God go I. I think if I'd have stayed with the Olympic Committee in that position, those were the frustrations I was feeling at the time. And I could foresee myself being in the same situation that he's in. My frustrations of course were what I thought was not a real determination and dedication of the Olympic Committee to put on a bona fide and credible drug testing program that would solve the problem. Helmick: I'd remind you that the worst nightmare for the United States Olympic Committee is to have a positive at the Olympics. The United States Olympic Committee has no interest in covering up a positive test and having an athlete that's not clean go to the Olympics. What we want to do is to make sure that none of our athletes that go on to the Olympics are on drugs or have been on drugs. So it just doesn't make sense that we'd be covering up. Why would we be doing that? Ley: But a veteran Olympic journalist believes the larger question is the testing itself. Philip Hersh, Chicago Tribune: The drug testing is just totally useless because the drug testing can't catch the people taking drugs. The athletes are way ahead. The chemists are way ahead. The new drugs are way ahead. By the time they develop a test, the athletes have moved on to something else. Voy: My six-year tenure and Dr. Exum's nine years, that's 15 years of dealing with this problem, it is not a rocket scientist problem. It's something that can be resolved if there is really a dedication to doing so. Ley: Voy and Exum each maintain they took their concerns to the highest levels of the USOC. But the organization says neither doctor ever produced any evidence documenting a cover-up or official use of banned substances. Helmick: Here is someone who is intimately involved in our program and has been for - I believe we hired him when I was president. So it's been about nine years. And if there was something wrong, why didn't he say something before now? Why is it suddenly after he gets dismissed that it comes out? So I think it's very unfortunate. Exum: I have also had statements from the USOC that says that I have responsibility but not authority. I've had statements from the USOC that says, "This is not a democracy. You will do what I say." I can't tell you that - I mean, they can certainly say to people after the fact that it might have been something I was supposed to have fixed. I was not given the authority to fix much of anything. Ley: After the Sydney Olympics, the USOC will shift its domestic drug testing to what it says will be a new independent organization funded by both the federal government and the USOC. Exum: The words that you read in the paper is that it's an independent agency. I would invite you to look into the backgrounds of all of those who are associated with that agency right now. And I defy you to find any independence. Ley: But it may not matter who is testing whom. Hersh: It's reach the state sadly now, however, where the guilty can't be found guilty and the innocent can't prove themselves innocent. It's like Stacy Dregila (ph), the world record holder in the pole vault, said Friday after her qualifying jump. She said, "I sit in the stands. I hear people when they see a huge performance say, "What are those people on?" She said, "I hope they don't lump me in that group because I've set so many records." Exum: The poor bastard is that guy who finished fourth and who did not even get to go to the games because somebody who was taking something that gave him an advantage over him or her is going in their place. (END VIDEOTAPE) Ley: Exum is hardly alone in alleging official complicity in the national drug testing program. And Italian scientist charges that in the mid-1980s that country's Olympic lab helped track and weight lifting stars evade drug tests. And just this week, an Australian Olympic discus thrower said officials of the Olympic host nation orchestrated a drug cover-up. It's not even clear yet if athletes at the upcoming games will have their urine tested as has been the case for years or whether an advance to blood doping will be implemented. The games in Sydney begin in 54 days. Next, we discuss charges of a cover-up and the entire issue of doping with an official of the U.S. Olympic Committee, an Olympic who broke a record once thought unbreakable, and a journalist familiar with the Olympic games. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) Ley: Our topic, doping in Olympic sports and the charges leveled this week against the U.S. Olympic Committee. We are joined from Colorado Springs by the managing director of media for the USOC, Mike Moran; from Sacramento, Mike Powell, the former U.S. Olympian who broke a 23-year-old record in the long jump -- and his world record is standing now for nine years -- and also from Sacramento, Jere Longman, the chief Olympics correspondent for the "New York Times" and author of the book "The Girls of Summer" about the U.S. Women's World Cup soccer champions. Mike Moran, let me begin with you. You're in charge of media. It's been an interesting week. Why should U.S. Olympic fans have credible faith in the testing given the charges that Wade Exum has put out there in his racial discrimination suit? Mike Moran, Managing Director of Media, United States Olympic Committee: Bob, the suit is farther than just racial discrimination. It's a wide-ranging array of charges. Ley: Well, let's focus on the drugs. Moran: Exactly. Dr. Exum's allegations about the USOC's involvement in drug testing, particularly cover-ups or anything like that, are absolutely untrue. There is no one at the USOC at any level that would sacrifice an athlete's health for the price of a gold medal. There is no cover-up. There is no complicity. His other allegations are either unsubstantiated or not relevant to the central issue. To allege that the USOC and any member of its staff or advisory groups would be involved in this kind of a cover-up is right out of an Oliver Stone movie. Ley: Well, let me ask you this. You're saying that there are no positives on the books that went undisciplined. Moran: Bob, a drug test positive is not a drug testing violation or a conviction. More than 80 percent of the positives that we get are in the ephedrine or pseudo-ephedrine category, the over-the-counter-type stimulants that are involved in cold medicines... Ley: Let's talk about testosterone for a second, though. Are there testosterone positives that went undisciplined? Moran: ... No. No. Most of the positives that were not disciplined involve the ephedrine or pseudo-ephedrine category. And by the way, those are not sanctionable when they're out of competition results. They're sanctionable in competition. And under IF and IOC rules, most of those ephedrine type of positives end up being put aside because of the circumstances, either out of competition or inadvertent use. What Dr. Exum does not explain in his 50 - and we don't know where he's getting his figures. We don't have an idea necessarily where he's getting his figures. But there are circumstances in those 50 percent of drug test positives, due process, appeals, the court system. The bottom line is what happens at the end of that process? And by the way, Dr. Exum sets it up this morning in his taped piece. But the fact of the matter is for nine years as head of our drug control program, he had the responsibility and he had the authority to follow through every drug test positive to its conclusion in the process then by the governing bodies. Ley: Mike Powell, let me ask you. You've been around the block more than a few times in track and field for several decades... Mike Powell, Long jump world record holder: Yes. Ley: ... Do you think there's any chance that there were positives that even if they were clearly violations and clearly should have been adjudicated that went undisciplined? Powell: Well, I've been around the sport at an elite level since 1984. And as most of the athletes, I've heard a lot of allegations. But I haven't seen any proof positive of any wrongdoing. And for myself as an athlete, I think it hurts our sport if people are making allegations without proof. Now if these allegations are true and there are going to be some documents or somebody actually says they've actually been a part of it, then I think it needs to be taken care of. But if it's not going to be proven, I think it just hurts the sport because that seems to be the only time that we get any kind of publicity. Ley: But Jere, isn't the bigger question the fact that the last two medical men in charge of the drug testing, Bob Voy and now Wade Exum, have had very critical things to say about the commitment by the USOC to test the drugs? Jere Longman, Chief Olympics correspondent, "New York Times": Well, I think we can all be honest here. The commitment by not only the United States Olympic Committee, but every other Olympic committee in the world, and the International Olympic Committee, has been extremely deficient. I mean, the Exum case is the sort of - a sensational headline. But there's a far larger issue. And that's that at the Summer Olympics in Sydney you cannot trust one result that you see. And you cannot believe with any certainty that it has been achieved without the use of performance enhancing drugs because the testing is so deficient that there are not tests for drugs that a lot of athletes are believed to be using in large numbers such as EPO, which was at the Tour de France scandal a couple of years ago, and the human growth hormone. So it means nothing when an athlete passes the tests. And as Phil Hersh said earlier in the show, the far worse problem than guilty athletes getting away is that the innocent athletes can no longer prove their innocence. So... Moran: I agree. Bob, I agree... Powell: The thing is we don't, we shouldn't... Ley: Mike Powell, go ahead. Powell: ... We shouldn't have to prove our innocence. I mean, we're out here working hard. And we have a small window of opportunity to show what's the hard work we've done. And for somebody to come out and say a five-second blurb that's going to discredit work we've put in our whole lives, I take personal offense at it. We don't have to prove ourselves. If somebody is doing something wrong, we prove somebody is doing something wrong. Ley: Mike Moran, is the science though deficient? Are the cheaters so far ahead that the tests really aren't that reliable? Moran: Yeah, Bob, I think that's been one of the major problems. And it's one of the reasons, frankly, we're going to the independent agency which includes a large amount of money for research. It's possible even by Sydney there could be a blood test for EPO. And by the way, Bob, there will be urine testing in Sydney across the board as usual. The question is whether there will be an EPO test, which is one of the most abhorrent of the banned drugs. Ley: But they have not even made a determination less than two months out. That's rather late eleventh-hour thinking, isn't it? Moran: No, but I think the IOC feels there's a 50-50 chance or better that this EPO test could be ready. But you're right. The athletes have been ahead of the research. But along with the White House drug czar, General Barry McCaffrey and our new independent - and by the way, Wade Exum impugns the independent agency, which by the way I should mention is headed by Frank Shorter, who was one of the most outspoken athletes for now more than three decades, an athlete who probably lost a medal to a drugged East German in 1976. And suddenly now Frank Shorter's credibility is impugned? I don't believe so. I think this is the answer. We have been accused of being the fox guarding the hen house by doing our own testing. And that's a valid type of appearance criticism. It's the reason we're going to an independent agency. Starting after the Sydney Olympics, the USOC and our governing bodies will not be in the process of collecting, sanctioning, appeals, or the final outcome of any of our drug tests. Ley: That begins after the Sydney games. Moran: It does. Ley: We're going to pick up the pressure to compete and how you of course can be lured into the ability to use drugs. We'll talk with Mike Powell and Mike Moran and Jere Longman about how money and pressure forces athletes to cheat in just a moment. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) Voy: The dilemma here is that to compete internationally today, if you're going to compete, you very likely will have to do something to even the playing field. And that usually means using drugs that do enhance performance. (END VIDEO CLIP) Ley: We continue with the USOC's Mike Moran, Mike Powell, and Jere Longman of the "New York Times." Mike Powell, take me back to the late '80s, early '90s. You're battling Carl Lewis, chasing Bob Beemon's record. The pressure on you to get a little bit of burst down the runway, a couple of more centimeters, must have been incredible. If you wanted to cheat, could you have cheated and gotten away with it? Powell: Well, the thing is, it's been out there in the past. But my coach Randy Heinz (ph) had told me a long time ago that you can offset any kind of illegal things that people are doing by putting in hard work and being smart. So that's the way that I looked at it. And I chose not to look at people as possibly using drugs because I couldn't do anything about it. I just stayed focused on what I needed to do. But I want to tell you something. If somebody were to tell me that all athletes who have world records or who have gotten gold medals have been on steroids, I'm going to punch them in the mouth because that pisses me off. I've been working my butt off my whole career. And for somebody to sit back in their white jacket or something and say that all athletes have been on drugs, that's not fair. Ley: But Jere Longman, isn't it a parlor game when writers, journalists, track observers get together off the record, "Gee, who's on what?" Longman: Well, it's because the testing is so deficient. You cannot if you're - no serious journalist can trust what he's seeing. And that's the shame of all this is that there - it means nothing that an athlete passes a drug test because there are no tests for a lot of these. The athletes have become very sophisticated. And the chemists for using synthetic versions of hormones that exist naturally in the body. Powell: How about saying some athletes? How about saying some athletes instead of saying the athletes... Moran: Some. Powell: ... You're just making a blanket statement. Longman: No, that's what I'm saying is that you can't - that I can no longer trust anything I see. So I, that's what I'm saying, the innocent can't prove their innocence. So when I hear the athletes complaining about each other... Powell: We have don't have to prove our innocence, though. Longman: ... Then I have to be very suspicious. And I can no longer trust anything I see. Neither can the fans. Neither do the other athletes. Moran: Bob Ley, that's absurd. Powell: With all due respect to Jere... (CROSSTALK) Moran: What appalls me this morning is the broad brush being applied to the thousands of American athletes. Are you saying that every weightlifter in the trials in New Orleans, every gymnast, every fencer, every synchronized swimmer when they go to the Olympics should be viewed in a jaundiced way by the American public or by me... Longman: Well, Mike, let me ask you this... Moran: ... as not being able to achieve any results without the use of drugs? That's absurd. Longman: No, I'm not saying they're all using drugs. I'm just saying you can no longer tell who is and who isn't. Moran: I don't believe that. Longman: Mike, if we start from the point that there are no tests for the substances that athletes are using or believed to be using in widespread numbers, if we start from the point that there are no tests for those, then it means absolutely nothing when an athlete passes a drug test. So what I'm saying is I do not believe... Moran: There are no reliable tests... Longman: ... every athlete is using drugs. But I'm just saying you can no longer - you can't tell who is and who isn't. Powell: Just don't use the blanket statements. It's not fair. Ley: Go ahead, Mike Powell. Powell: Don't use the blanket statements because it's people out here who worked their whole lives to realize a dream. And you're destroying it because of your pessimistic thinking. Longman: Well, Mike, I agree with you. I agree with you... Powell: There may be trouble. But let me finish. Let me finish. There may be troubles out there, though. And I agree with you. But those think that there are troubles, then deal with those people and don't paint a broad brush over the whole Olympic movement because some people are cheating. Ley: Mike Moran... Powell: Make sure you specify that point. Ley: ... Mike Moran, Carl Lewis is arguably the greatest Olympian of all times, certainly the greatest living American track Olympian. He's not in Sacramento now. Is he posturing? Or does he know what he's talking about when he and Joe Douglas say, "Well, we've got six names. And I'm not coming back to the sport until it cleans up." Moran: Carl is... Powell: You can't... Moran: ... Carl is arguably one of the greatest living Olympians. And he has a right to express an opinion. Ley: Is he right? Moran: I don't believe he's right. I agree... Powell: It's an opinion. Nobody... Moran: ... with Mike Powell. The broad brushstroke does not work here. If Carl is willing to come forth with names of athletes who have tested positive and have gone on to win medals or anything else, he should do that. As a matter of fact, we have given Dr. Exum that opportunity to come forward with these names. There is a commitment here which I want to repeat over and over and over again. We owe our athletes across the board a level playing field. There should be no reason American athletes should go to the starting line or the blocks or the pool with an idea that they cannot beat their competitors because somebody is on drugs. That absolutely goes to the core of our credibility, our morals and our ethics. And we owe our athletes that level playing field. Ley: In one succinct sentence, let me go around first with Jere Longman, how much confidence that the drug results in Sydney will be accurate? Jere. Longman: Well, you mean the drug results... Ley: Yeah. Longman: ... or the actual performance results? Ley: Well, the fact that the people we're watching are going to pass tests and the tests are... Longman: It means absolutely nothing. It means nothing... Ley: ... (UNINTELLIGIBLE). Longman: ... The testing is so deficient that no fan should trust anything he sees at the Summer Olympics. Powell: Oh, man. Ley: Mike Powell. Powell: I wish you would stop saying that. Man, you're getting me pissed off, and it's not fair to do that. Now if you want to do blood testing, then that's fine. But when you talk about athletes using drugs and stuff, you're putting my name in there. And I told you what I would do about somebody who said that. Ley: Mike Moran. Powell: Be careful what you say. Ley: Confidence in the Sydney testing and clean games. Moran: Yes, we do have confidence in the testing of the Sydney games. And I'm taking apart the EPO thing. I think that you will see good testing. I think you will unfortunately see positive results. But I think that the Olympic organizations and our sports federations are committed to ending the cheating and the unfair use of drugs. Ley: OK, gentlemen, we're going to leave it right there. Thank you very much. Thanks to Mike Moran, Mike Powell, and Jere Longman. Moran: Thank you, Bob. Powell: Alrighty. Ley: Discussing the issue of doping. Why some major league teams just cannot compete for the post-season. That is next on our Sunday morning edition of OUTSIDE THE LINES. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) Ley: Last week, we examined the gap between baseball's haves and have-nots and the commission report suggesting ways to level the economic and actual playing field. 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After April 8, 2014, technical assistance for Windows XP will no longer be available, including automatic updates that help protect your PC.
Microsoft will also stop providing Microsoft Security Essentials for download on Windows XP on this date.
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In Microsoft's parlance, "end of life" means that the company will no longer write and issue security patches for XP. Many of those patches fix newly revealed vulnerabilities within the operating system itself. But after XP's EOL, any unpatched security holes will go unfixed. (See Microsoft's explanation; the April EOL also applies to Office 2003.)
You might think that all the major holes in XP have surely been found and patched by now! After all, XP's been out for 12 years.
Sadly, that's purely wishful thinking. As of September's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft had released, just in 2013, more than 80 system-level patches and updates specifically for XP plus dozens of additional patches for XP-related ancillary software such as Microsoft Security Essentials!
You can see for yourself. Open Windows Update on your XP system and click the Review your update history link (in the window's left column, typically under Options). Note how many new patches there are even 12 years into the game!
Despite extensive patching, XP is still far from perfect. Given its age and the number of XP systems still in use, the OS will remain an attractive target, possibly for years to come. In other words, when Microsoft stops writing patches for XP, it'll be open season for hackers.
Using good third-party apps and tools such as fully current browsers and anti-malware software will help keep you safe but only up to a point. They'll do little or nothing to correct fundamental vulnerabilities in the base operating system.
There's also declining third-party support for XP. Few mainstream software vendors will continue investing in a dying market even if that market is still huge. Moreover, the quantity of tools designed for XP is in sharp decline, a trend that will only accelerate.
There's no way to avoid the inevitable: after next April, XP will be far less safe than any of the more modern Windows versions. XP was truly great, but its day is done.
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(If you already have Microsoft Security Essentials installed, you will continue to receive anti-malware signature updates for a limited time, but this does not mean that your PC will be secure because Microsoft will no longer be providing security updates to protect your PC.)
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For some time, Dania and I had been inviting our friend Josh, who served with us in Guyana (read his Guyana blog here), to come and visit Portland...and he finally did! We had a blast catching up with him after two years. We showed him around Portland, took a day trip to Seattle and arranged to have a Guyana Reunion dinner with some of our other friends who have also served in Guyana. So here are some photos of the weeks activities, and some familiar faces, I hope you enjoy them!
Portland Arrival: Picked up Josh and his brother and hung out and had dinner with Mike and Lara (read their Guyana blog here).
We walked around the city, saw some tourist attractions such a Pike's Market and the pier...
...the Space Needle, Experience Music Project
...Fremont Troll, and of course, the Gum Wall :-)
Our Portland activities consisted of a lot of sights, so I will share the highlights. First off, we took them 'round the city, which I always love to show off to people who visit. It's such a great city! Dania showed off her musical side with singing with Def Jazz at Family Band Night. And because it was ridiculously hot that week, we went out on boat with a few of our friends on the Columbia River.
Oh, and we were easily entertained in a photo booth.
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And finally, Guyana reunion time!
We were all super excited and happy to see each other, but no one was as excited or happy to see each other than Joshua and Michael...
|L-R: Dania, me, Michael, Josh, Lara's mom, Lara, Faith and Abi
There were a lot of pictures, videos, memories and experiences shared, for example Josh telling us about how he and and Tom got lost in the middle of no where Guyana while they were in the ministry only to find their way back by accidentally stumbling onto a cricket field while there was a match in progress.
I, of course, shared the story of Dania on the edge a panic attack (...some where in the background I heard Dania saying "Oooo, noooo!") before boarding the government boat to Orealla. I love that story. (sorry Dania).
Faith and Abi had some really cool photos and unique experiences since they served in the ASL while they were there. All in all it was a great evening!
Michael and Lara go back to Guyana at the end of the month, Faith is in the middle of getting sorted to go very soon and Josh is planning his third trip back for December. Dania and I still have the desire to go back some day soon!
Guyana still needs lots of help so if you are looking to expand your ministry to serve where there is a GREAT need, consider Guyana! It's a beautiful country with lots warm and friendly people.
Guyana still needs lots of help so if you are looking to expand your ministry to serve where there is a GREAT need, consider Guyana! It's a beautiful country with lots warm and friendly people.
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|The aim - bunting decos for our wedding (photo source)
|Pinnock Sewing Machine, similar to the one I've been given
On Saturday I headed to Spotlight, after much perusing of some gorgeous fabric I thought I'd be sensible and just buy some calico to start with to make sure I could still sew, and not ruin expensive fabric. I could also dye the calico different greens if it worked out, and use that swapped in with different pattern fabric.
Armed with 5 metres of Calico, on Monday I set up the machine, and kit of threads, scissors, unpickers, etc on the dining table. I got the machine all threaded up no problem, switched it on, and the light works yay, I put the first strip of test calico in place ready to go, press down on the pedal and the motor starts whirring, but no action.
Uhoh, I try again, no luck, I wind in and out the tension thingo on the end, no luck. So I call Mum, and wouldn't you know it, she actually replaced the machine with a new one 10 years ago, and this one hasn't been used since! Excellent!
So now I have to either put it in for a service, and given it's age it could be pricey, or look at buying a new/used machine.
Extremely frustrating as I had set the day aside for my DIY project, and really fallen for the idea of using bunting as decorations for the hall.
So my DIY project is on hold, until I can get this old girl working or replace her with a newbie! Frustration factor of 10+++!


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By J. Blake
Dull grey skies today, a steady heavy rain, poor visibility. An opportunity to impress the crowd with a textbook demonstration of wet weather riding skills.
Starting with hardware. Motorcycle in good condition, especially tyres, the grooves good and deep to channel away water, no letting them wear flat with constant upright motorway riding, no messing about trying to extend their life because they look okayish. A helmet that won't mist up. Clothes waterproof and breathable, they're four years old now, never had any maintenance, I can ride through a downpour all day and not have a speck of moisture on me, miracle of modern fabrics. No trivial matter, comfort, a safety issue, you can tough stuff out for a while but it wears you down, you need your attention on staying alive not whether your feet are cold. Hi viz belts and bands, you can't tell how many times you stay alive because some unnoticed driver sees you and doesn't mow you down, but over time it'll be quite a few.
Fifty percent increase in the safety bubble in front. Partly to stay out of the spray. Partly because braking distances are longer. Partly because if there's trouble, you don't brake, you accelerate. Braking puts the weight on the unstable front wheel, accelerating puts it on the stable back wheel. So you need space to accelerate into. Also, ride in a lower gear, use it to slow down without braking or accelerate without delaying.
Be real careful changing lanes, cars often leave their headlights off and they're damn near invisible. Otherwise don't worry about what's behind you, let the hi viz stuff protect you there, concentrate on the trouble up front.
Ten mph slower than normal. That's the deal. If you abrogate speeding limits to your own judgement, your position is a lot more compelling if you sometimes go slower, not always faster.
The game is, every time you hold back, you get a gold star. Here's a gap I'd normally take, not today, one gold star. That doesn't mean you have to be cowed and subdued, in fact often in the rain there's an even greater need to filter past stuck traffic, just do it with less relish. Then collect the gold stars. But any rashness or impetuosity, all gold stars cancelled, start again.
Ten minutes later than normal for work, but a half hour margin allowed anyway, just for such contingencies. And about fifteen gold stars. Good start to the day.
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The Daily Shortlist March 6
Back From Hiatus, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Photo Credit: Steve Gullick
Location: Midtown West, NYC
Event: 2008 Plug Awards with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds + St. Vincent + Dizzee Rascal + José González
Venue: Terminal 5
Food: Eatery
Drink: Valhalla
Miscellaneous: Central Park
Terminal 5 hosts the 2008 Plug Awards for indie-music and though this is not the best venue to see shows, it's hard to pass this up as comedian Patton Oswald hosts and performers include Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, St. Vincent, Dizzee Rascal, and Jose Gonzalez. Nearby and delicious, Eatery offers a new American menu that's asian influenced. Try the Red Curry Chicken Breast over roti pancake, with baby carrots and red curry coconut sauce ($16.95). Valhalla's minimalist space is chill, letting the 24 brands of beer from all over the world on tap be the main attraction at this bar. While its warm out, waste a little time walking through Central Park, relax, and get out of the hustle and bustle of the city. Just watch your step. The working horses tend to leave surprises behind them!


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Dating a Man with Trust Issues
Women aren't the only ones with trust issues and men aren't the only ones who cheat on their partners. Regardless of sex, it happens to the best of us. The only difference is the reaction of the two sexes when it comes to being cheated on.
The majority of men are willing to look past an affair committed against them and some even want to save their relationship. The story is a bit different for women. Most women can't look past being cheated upon and an affair is a sure reason for them to end their relationship.
If you are currently dating a guy who has a history with an unfaithful partner, you are dealing with someone who may have some serious trust issues. That alone is kind of hard to work around— he is easily wary about dating women because of his experience. He'll be unlike any other you have dated. He'll be full of insecurities and he may show you some behavior that may be hard for you to understand. But if you truly like him and hope that things will work out between the two of you, then you have to do things that will make trust a non-issue.
So how do you date a guy who's been cheated on? Earning his trust is the only first step. A man with trust issues breeds insecurities, jealousy, and paranoia. If you reversed the situation, what would you want the man you are dating to do in order to make you feel secure with him? Although it may seem that you have to do plenty of things explicitly to instill trust, unfortunately it is the only thing you can do. And if he lets you in, it's just going to be totally worth it because he'll only break down his walls for someone worthy of his trust.
His insecurities
A man who had an unfaithful partner will tend to have a deflated ego. He was left for another man and is probably questioning whether anything's wrong with him and why he may not have been able to give his previous partner everything she needs. Although his personal ego is his own issues, there are some things that you can help in improving his self-worth. Make him realize that the fault doesn't lie with him. Find out what he's great at or really passionate about and ask him to do it with you so he can earn his confidence back because someone appreciates him for what he is capable of— he doesn't have to prove a lot to you.
His jealousy
Although you can give him the "I won't cheat on you like your ex did" speech, it takes more than words to convince him. Actions do speak louder than words. Simply don't give him any reason to doubt you. Introduce him to your circle so he doesn't go questioning the people around you and what your relationship with them is. If he feels included, he won't start thinking that you are trying to hide anything (or anyone) from him.
His paranoia
He might start asking you why you don't reply to his text message immediately, or why you didn't tell him what you were up to last time, or who was that guy that said hi to you. Although it may take a toll on your nerves, just remember that you can be that way too with a man you are dating, whether you've been cheated on or not. Your patience will go a long way in dispelling any paranoia he may have over whether he can trust you or not. He may be generally not clingy, so as long as you assuage his trust issues by being truthful with everything you say or do, chances are they won't nag you about it.
If you think that it's too much work to be around a guy who can't trust you, then probably he's not really worth it for you. Because if you really want him and his commitment, it will not be much of an effort for you to communicate your feelings.


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Interview: Phil Galfond
THE WEEKLY SHUFFLE, 2011-03-27, by OzoneAge: 26
Resides: New York, New York
Best Known For: Playing highest stakes online as "OMGCLAYAIKEN"
One of the game's most accomplished young players, Phil Galfond, was able to free up a few minutes in his busy life to chat with us about some aspects of his poker career. In 2008, Phil won the $5,000 pot-limit Omaha with rebuys event at the WSOP for $817,000 and has accumulated countless more winnings from playing the largest cash games online.
PokerTips.org: How many hours a week would you say you typically spend playing or focusing on your poker game these days and what games/stakes are you focusing on the most?
Galfond: The number of hours that I play is largely dependent on the games that are running. When games are good, I will try to play as long as possible which could be in excess of 90 hours a week but there are times when there's pretty much nothing to play for weeks at a time.
PokerTips.org: What game has been the most challenging for you to learn?
Galfond: Recently, I have been trying to learn triple draw and the HORSE games. It's been much more difficult than any transition I have made in the past. When I began my career, I was mainly a SNG player. The transition into cash games from SNG's was difficult, but at the core, it was still the same game and there were certain fundamentals that transferred directly into the cash games. With limit games, I have been forced to rethink many ideas and take a deeper look at the math of the game than I ever did with PLO and NLH.
It has also been difficult to have to learn at the highest stakes. While there are mid-stakes games that run, I find that I don't have the same level of concentration that I do when playing at the nosebleed stakes. It's been an expensive learning process.
PokerTips.org: Who are some other top high stakes players that get the most respect from you?
Galfond: There are so many great players today that I respect for their success at various aspects of the game. There are quite a few things besides overall skill level that go into making a great poker player and Phil Ivey comes to mind as someone that seems to have mastered all aspects of the game. His ability to succeed both live and online, cash games and tournaments and across all games shows that he is clearly at the top of the game. I also respect a guy like Doyle who has been able to compete at the highest level for decades, even against the internet kids who have played millions and millions of hands, and who have had access to learning tools that he never had.
PokerTips.org: Do you ever get recognized in non-poker settings? If so, what's that like?
Galfond: After my recent appearances on The Big Game and Poker After Dark, I have been getting recognized much more. I somewhat expect it every so often in Vegas or at tournaments but I am always a little shocked when it happens at a random place in New York City. I guess I didn't realize how popular the game is and how it's grown over the last few years. It's definitely a flattering experience to be recognized by strangers.
PokerTips.org: What can you tell us about some of the poker-related projects you're working on?
Galfond: I am the founder and lead pro at my training website BlueFirePoker.com. We launched the site over two years ago and I am very happy with the product. I picked all of the pros myself, and we've tried to keep the team small to keep the quality high.
I also started PokerStatic.com which is a poker media site. We have interviews with a wide variety of people within the poker community and discuss the latest happenings within the poker world. I am also the co-host of a podcast on the website loosely based around poker.
PokerTips.org: What is something that annoys you about poker players?
Galfond: As a primarily online player, many of the things that annoy me have to do with live poker. It can be frustrating when players Hollywood on decisions that they would make quickly online or if it wasn't being televised.
PokerTips.org: Is it true that you put a slide in your Manhattan townhouse?
Galfond: Yes, it is true. I bought two condos, one on top of the other. When I decided on buying them, I came up with the idea for a slide. I thought it was funny.
PokerTips.org: What are some hobbies of yours not related to poker?
Galfond: For 4 years, I was part of a professional improv company. I enjoyed it, but gave it up when I moved. I'm trying to minimize my commitments since I have so much on my plate already. I still go to see improv shows from time to time.
I was never much of a traveler but I have taken a couple of vacations outside of the country in the last year and a half and am considering traveling more often. I mostly just like being at home though, and I love watching TV.
PokerTips.org: Why did Tom Dwan exclude you and only you from being able to accept the "durrrr challenge"?
Galfond: Tom and I have been good friends for a long time. We both started playing poker around the same time and we climbed the stakes together. I am honored that he excluded me from the challenge, but I think it has as much or more to do with our friendship as it does with his respect for my game.
PokerTips.org: Do you think envision poker as a part of your life indefinitely or do you think a day will come where you'll have nothing to do with it?
Galfond: I think that poker will always be a part of my life in some way. Besides being my career, I really do love the game. I am very fortunate that I have been able to derive my living from the game. Ideally, I would like to reach a point in my life where I no longer need to play for the money, though I think that is at least a few years away.
PokerTips.org: Finally, do you think there's still a buck to be made for aspiring pros out there or has poker become so tough that they're better off keeping their day job?
Galfond: The poker landscape has definitely become changed over the last few years. It's become increasingly more difficult to earn a consistent living as a poker pro. There simply isn't the number of recreational players that there was 10 years ago. I think the most important thing to consider when weighing the decision to become a pro is to be realistic and objective in assessing your talent and the lifestyle you want to live. People often overlook costs that are picked up by an employer in other jobs like health insurance and savings plans. Taxes can also be a much larger expense than most people anticipate.
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