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I am excited to have started a little garden at my new home. I have started a lot of gardens, and I this one was blog worthy to me because I put it together in an hour, and spent very little money on it. It is certainly modest, but for anyone out there who has a small space, or limited time and money, this is a great way to go.
My journeys have brought me to an adorable farmhouse called Bluebird Ranch. The owner of this little homestead aspires to create a retreat for those with PTSD. My agreement is to help her around the place in trade for rent.
Today, I worked on a small garden. I chose an open, sunny area on relatively flat ground. This neighborhood is notorious for boulders in the ground because of its proximity to an old goldmine, so tilling was not recommended. Over all, building a garden above ground is ideal because often construction scraps are left in yards, and you have more control over the health of the soil. Untreated cedar is an ideal wood to build a garden bed, but this was not available, so I just gathered some logs from around the property for temporary beds ( pictures below). I took some newspaper and scrunched it up to place underneath the gaps in the wood to prevent water from washing away the soil.
Ideally, I would have used a ground cover like a tarp or bed of leaves during the winter in the area I wanted to grow in to kill the grass, and begin building the soil. This wasn't possible, so I gathered leaves and made a very thick layer of them to start killing the grass. Cardboard would have also been an option, but I think the leaves will do the trick. Over the top of the leaves I put some natural compost, horse manure from our pasture. Any light layer of compost would do, and I have even seen people put food directly into this layer of the garden bed.
The next layer was some potting soil that I did purchase, organically of course. This bed is organic excepting the newspaper. That is basically it, my housemate bought a few starts and I popped them in. I put the tomatoes in the back, since they will be the tallest, and some peppers on the next row since they like a little light shading in my experience. We have more seeds to put in, and will do a few more beds, but that is my simple garden bed. I have also constructed a simple compost to start making soil, if you all are interested I will blog about that next.
The thing I love about this, is that it shows you don't have to spend a lot of time and money to start your garden, and it is super fun and rewarding! I really enjoyed feeling the abundance of the earth offering everything we need to live. It is easy to feel grateful when you realize everything you need is out there waiting to be incorporated into the the garden of life!
*the triangular shape was not fully intended, it just happened. It is ok as long as it is not too big to reach the inside space, but the next beds will be circular or rectangular
*I tried to get the soil/compost about 5inches off the ground, and in my next bed I did a layer of twigs to improve drainage
I will update this post with some pics from our harvest in a couple months 🙂


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How to compare your mark with the objection-conflicting-marks?
This post would try to summarize the technicality of the Trademark's Examination Objection process and how to counter the conflicting marks and support your application.
As a owner of your trademark, you are absolutely right in believing that your Trademark application for registration is distinctive.
You may have found your mark's distinctiveness during your Trademark Search stage. Your Distinctive trademark will not give you any conflicting marks. Otherwise, if your conception is similar or deceptive then there is a high probability that your trademark application will face an objection during the examination.
Therefore, it is highly advisable to fine tune your trademark's adoption as a coined and unique mark during the conception. So that, your Mark is not similar mark or prior used any other party.
Well, if your trademark search did result with conflicting marks;; but you still have gone ahead and filed the Trademark application.
Please note that under such circumstances, and during the examination stage your Attorney or your trademark agent would receive an Objection notice as result of the examination report generated by the learned Trademark Examiner of the Trademark Registry, Objection from the Trademark Examiner alleging that your trademark is violating any one of or all of the following provisions of the Trademark Act 1999
Section 9: Absolute Grounds for Refusal
Section 11: Relative Grounds for Refusal
Section 12: Concurrent use not Eligible.
Please note that the examination report conducted by the designated trademark examiners, who may be a fresh or an experienced examiners. So, it is obvious that, depends on their expertise, their search results vary due to omissions and negligence.
Only the Examiner knows, what keyword he has framed from your trademark and what other conditions like, genericness of the word, class, description of goods, word's language origin, translation, and transliteration words he uses to decide in the KEYWORD. In my guess, most searches may be done using the three letters wildcard search. Ex: ABC*. That could be one of the reasons, why most trademarks are getting objections.
As such, in many cases, the Trademark Examiners do a lot of mistakes, that is the reason they fail to cite objection-conflicting-marks as a result or contradictory report with numerous conflicting marks. This issue would arise up during the show cause hearing. The Hearing Officer itself would surprise to the search report and the efficiency of the examination report. In many cases, the conflicting marks are in-active, either they are abandoned, refused or not renewed.
Well, any case, you are being the applicant, you shall support your Trademark Agent, or an Attorney so that you a detailed analysis report on the examination report. The following elements may be considered while doing your analysis report. This analysis report not only helps you to understand the distinctiveness of your mark, rather details the ingredients of your mark's structure and nature. How the reported conflicting marks can be rejected for their non-identicalness and in-active status against your valid trademark. So, your mark can be Accepted and Advertised by the Hearing Officer.
Comparison of Conflicting marks, consider the following technical elements.
- Application Date: Check the application date of the conflicting mark
- User Details: Check the user detail of the conflicting mark, whether it is "Proposed to be used" or already in use.
- Class Number: Check whether the class number is similar.
- GOODS/SERVICES: Check Whether Goods or Services Category
- TYPE: Check whether Word/Device/Label mark
- Name: Check the name of the applicant, whether company or proprietor
- Market: Check the Address, City and the State. (if State is different, you demand area restriction for your mark. Also, check if the conflicting mark is already restricted to a particular state).
- Status: Check whether Registered/Objected/Abandoned/Not Renewed/Opposed.
- Description: Compare the Goods description to your mark's
- Text: See how much similar the text is
- Genericness: No Exclusive right for prior users, unless it is well-known.
- Look Design similarity, Color, Shape, Prefix and Suffix elements, creativity,
- Details: Check the Record of the Trademark for legal disputes, any abnormal records on the trademark.
- Examination Report: Check their examination report, check for conflicting marks in that trademark. Most importantly, check if the conflicting marks in their examination report are Active, if yes use them for defence and concurrent use argument.
You must assist your Trademark Attorney or Trademark Agent with all use documents so that they are very confident in representing your mark for its use and credibility. Most importantly, the documents which identify your company and the mark; documents, the government issued and certified. User Affidavit, Taxed Invoices, Advertisements and etc..
Trademark Public Search page: https://ipindiaonline.gov.in/tmrpublicsearch/frmmain.aspx (while doing the search here, ensure, you use all the preconditions such as "Start With" "Contains" or "Matches With"
Trademark All Classes Search page until July 2017: http://www.tmsearcher.in
For opinion on Trademark Search Report, objection-conflicting-marks analysis to your Examination Report, you may please feel free to revert.

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Is there a cuter couple out there?
No…the answer is no.
While performing together in Toronto, Shawn and Camila shared one of the cutest moments possible. During "Senorita" Shawn smiled, and gave Camila a very sweet kiss. It's pretty obvious they are totally into each other.
Some outlets had the wrong angle of this moment and claimed they were making out. Clearly that's not what happened. Take a look.
If people were able to get pregnant just by the sexual tension of a situation Camila would be 9 months along immediately.


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City of Keller, TXHome Menu
Cease The Grease
Fat, Oil, and Grease can cause a bevy of problems in our sanitary sewer system. When F.O.G. is poured down the kitchen drain, it can begin to build up in sewer pipes and cause restrictions that reduce flow. These restrictions can cause unwanted back-ups of untreated sewage into homes and the main sanitary sewer system, resulting in health hazards, environmental damage and costly repairs.
Help us out by following a few simple rules:
Properly dispose of fat, oil and grease in the garbage
- For small amounts, pour over newspaper or paper towels and place in the garbage.
- For large amounts, use clay cat litter. Mix the litter, a little at a time, into the oil; when all the oil has been absorbed, pour the cat litter into the garbage.
- After F.O.G. has cooled, pour or scrape grease into a sturdy closed-lid container, like a coffee can, and dispose of it in the trash.
Recycle used cooking oil
- To recycle large amounts of oil, such as what's left over from a fish fry, contact your nearest household hazardous waste collection station.
- Visit Fryer to Fuel for information on recycling used cooking oil to biodiesel, or check the phone book for "recyclers" or "rendering companies."
- Reuse fry oil as many times as you can, and remember to filter it every time.
Clean dishes to protect your pipes
- Before washing, scrape or wipe cooled grease and sauces from dishes into the trash or compost.
- Prewash dishware in cold water.
- Compost foods scraps or scrape them into the trash, not the sink
- Don't rely on a garbage disposal or food grinder. Grinding food up before rinsing it down the drain does not remove F.O.G., it just makes the pieces smaller.
- Don't pour cooking oil, pan drippings, bacon grease or sauces down the sink or toilet, or into street gutters or storm drains.
- Don't use cloth towels or rags to scrape plates or clean oily or greasy dishes. When you wash the towels, the grease will still end up in the sewer.
- Don't run water over dishes, pans, fryers, and griddles to wash oil and grease down the drain. If grease does go down the drain, follow it with cold water.


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On Dec. 1, charities, families, businesses, community centers, and students around the world will come together for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give back. #GivingTuesday is a wonderful day to give back to UMass Amherst, and for UMass to give back to the community!
The more donations we receive on #GivingTuesday, the more hours the Annual Fund Staff and students will spend volunteering. We will be volunteering our time at either Kate's Kitchen in Holyoke to serve the less fortunate or participating in Mass Impact to help better the UMass community. Students' votes will decide!
Here on campus we will be having a tabling event in the Campus Center to provide students, faculty, and staff another way to participate in #GivingTuesday. Contributing will allow them to vote, choosing between our two volunteering locations, and let them be a part of helping the community on this international day of giving!
If you would like to support a specific location on campus of your choice, click here.
EVERY donation will count towards the number of hours of volunteering the Annual Fund staff will contribute. More gifts=more hours of volunteer work!
The Student Philanthropy Committee will give you a personal shout out on their twitter page, so don't forget to enter your twitter handle in the special instructions box on the donation page or email it to email@example.com!
If you donate $50 or more you will receive a picture from anywhere on campus that you decide! Just send a simple request in the special instructions box or email email@example.com and you will receive a picture in an e-mail! We will also post a shout out on our twitter page to thank you if you add your twitter handle as well!


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Global Markets – 1Q18 Review
Volatility is back. Is it a new paradigm or return to trend?
Market Review
Global equities posted mild losses during the first quarter of 2018. While there were no significant drivers behind the pullback in stocks, a lack of new upside catalysts and an increase in market volatility led investors to move to the sidelines. Talk of protectionist policy between the U.S. and China and the resulting negative impact on trade/global growth was an additional uncertainty that weighed on investor sentiment in the quarter. Throughout the current bull market, any decline in stocks has generally been a good buying opportunity, as losses were quickly erased and stocks moved on to new highs. Yet the current environment thus far in 2018 appears more cautious, with loss aversion beginning to outweigh upside potential.
Given where we are in the business/market/valuation cycle, perhaps a more circumspect posture is appropriate. While Cambiar still sees varying levels of upside in the equity markets, the Goldilocks environment is behind us and security selection/avoidance decisions will take on increased importance in 2018. The tightening of monetary policy underway in the U.S. may also spark a rotation in market leadership, as the dramatic outperformance in growth stocks appear poised to give way to their value counterparts. Higher interest rates are also beginning to offer investors an alternative to stocks, while serving as a potential headwind to companies with no earnings and/or leveraged balance sheets.
Volatility – A New Paradigm or Return to Trend?
In considering the investment climate of 2018, a look back on market conditions in 2017 is helpful. Last year was in many ways a near-perfect environment for equity investors: a synchronized global economic expansion, continued low-interest rates, favorable corporate earnings, and generally positive economic and political developments. Entering 2018, change within the market was bound to occur – and as these somewhat inevitable shifts have emerged, so too has volatility. We believe the following considerations will play a role in market behavior during 2018 (and beyond).
- Positive real interest rate. Monetary policy has been the primary tool to promote the global recovery over the past ten years. With U.S. inflation levels running at close to 2% and with the economy having achieved full employment, the Federal Reserve is now raising rates back to a positive real number. Assuming at least two more rate hikes in 2018, the resulting Fed Funds rate in the 2.25% range would be a positive real rate of return for the first time this decade. As the debt and equity markets have become quite comfortable with an extremely low economic cost of capital, the withdrawal of monetary stimulus is bound to exert pressure on asset prices. While many have anticipated this eventuality, it would be naïve to believe that this process after such a long duration will be a smooth one. We believe the rise in interest rates as an explanatory variable for the rise in volatility exceeds most other factors.
- Quantitative Easing (QE) programs outside the U.S. are reaching their limits. QE remains to this day a difficult concept to explain. While it looks like money printing, it is in fact the simultaneous creation of bank reserves and the removal of risk-free instruments from the financial system. The objective is to urge financial participants out on the risk spectrum. In this regard, the QE programs of both Japan and Europe have gone further than the U.S. Federal Reserve. In Japan, the vast preponderance of positive-yielding debt has been bought by the Bank of Japan (BOJ); the BOJ has subsequently expanded their purchase activity into the corporate debt equity (via ETF) markets. In Europe, the European Central Bank (ECB) is bumping up against ownership limits for sovereign issues. The result in both cases is a shortage of risk- free bonds of various durations, an essential source of collateral for interbank liquidity. The resulting reduction in liquidity makes longer-term currency hedging prohibitively expensive for market participants such as major Japanese and European manufacturers – and thus blunts the benefit of QE. We believe Europe's improved economic performance means that the ECB will begin exiting QE in 2018, and raising interest rates back into positive territory in 2019. Japan's situation is uniquely complicated and we don't expect QE to end there in 2018; however, given that the QE program is leading to illiquidity and challenges in basic capital market functions, returns appear to be diminishing.
- Tariffs and Trade wars? – President Trump has shown a clear willingness to approach negotiations through a confrontational style, including the topic of global trade. Tariffs on steel and aluminum, and possibly on select Chinese manufactures, likely represent negotiating tactics to force some kind of "deal" or reconciliation. Even so, for this to be an effective tactic, there would need to be some willingness to implement stiff tariffs in certain categories, just to prove that these are serious threats. As such, there is some risk that these tariffs "reverse" key stimulative benefits of tax reform and the general economic momentum. Global trade linkages have become deeply integrated – broadly speaking, it would take a lot of regressive tariffs to rupture these relationships. At the margin, protectionist policy is not a favorable development. That said, Chinese IP theft, forced technology transfer, and domestic market protections are difficult to defend as reciprocally reasonable trade policies to tolerate in the long term. Outside the U.S., the EU has proposed a transaction tax on internet businesses, reasoning that these are disruptive to local economies and tend to channel revenue and profits into the cloud and the most favorable tax jurisdictions. With locally sourced "profits" difficult to quantify, the EU may tax revenue. Taken in isolation, these may be reasonable responses to the negative externalities posed by online businesses. As it happens, these are mostly U.S. companies, and the largest ones in the global stock market, and they may earn less money than would otherwise have been the case.
- Market Structure – Global equity market ownership is vastly different from the pre-GFC timeframe. Index funds, sector ETFs, and quantitative strategies have come to predominant markets, in some cases owning an outright majority of certain stocks and their free floats. On the other side of the markets, active managers have vastly less firepower to deploy as prices move. The consequence is that small fluctuations in market flows can lead to outsized stock price moves. Not unlike the unintended consequences of QE detailed earlier, true stock market and individual stock price liquidity (i.e., the amount of money needed to move a stock price) is lower today than in the past.
What are the investment implications from a rise in volatility? While low volatility can often suppress stock dislocations and related pricing inefficiencies, larger return differences within and across sectors that often accompany higher volatility markets should result in more opportunities for active stock pickers such as Cambiar.
Certain information contained in this communication constitutes "forward-looking statements". Due to market risk and uncertainties, actual events, results or performance may differ materially from that reflected or contemplated in such forward-looking statements. Any characteristics included are for illustrative purposes and accordingly, no assumptions or comparisons should be made based upon these ratios. Statistics/charts may be based upon third-party sources that are deemed to be reliable, however, Cambiar does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness. Past performance is no indication of future results. All material is provided for informational purposes only and there is no guarantee that the opinions expressed herein will be valid beyond the date of this communication.


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Heysham Obs
Heysham NR Obs Tower pond area
Reed Warbler - singing male on and off during the morning was most unexpected from this reedless location - late arrival or early departee?
Middleton model boat pond
Red-veined Darter - almost mature male showing very well mid-afternoon, then disappeared in duller light - seen at rest and over the water to the east of the spit
Darter spp - one, probably an early Common, along the western shoreline
Black-tailed Skimmer - c5
Emperor - 2 males
4-spotted Chaser - 2
Large catch with the highlight being the third & fourth Blackneck for here along with a load of "year-ticks" including Grass Emerald
Hedgehog - 1 dead by Alder Copse boardwalk.
Common Toad - Huge numbers of minute toadlets swarming on the paths below the Obs Tower area. Great-crested Newt by Middleton model boat pond
Heysham CES
Not particularly brilliant as regards local productivity with the full CES nets and two of the three next to the office producing two juvenile Whitethroat, two juvenile Chiffchaff, one juvenile Willow Warbler and a handful of tits, Robins, Wrens and Dunnock. Also adult Lesser Whitethroat and the surprise in the form of a juvenile Coal Tit
Ocean Edge
Very quick check on the dropping tide saw an adult Med Gull
The observatory was set up in 1980. It involves ringing,'vis mig' counts (including seabirds) and general monitoring in the Heysham Nature reserve/power stations/harbour area. The statutory moth trap is in place and also a daily log for butterflies, dragonflies etc. We share an office, kindly provided by EDF Energy, with the County Wildlife Trust. This is located next to the Nature Reserve car park. Do call in. Please leave sightings in the letterbox, ESPECIALLY 'fly-by' seabirds.
Monday, 27 June 2011
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This post was updated on May 23rd, 2020.
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Photo Credit: Renee Booe Photography
[Original post written about 6 weeks after my competition. This content has been modified from an article that originally appeared on FIToriBlog on July 18, 2010.]
I am so glad I competed.
But I will never compete again.
I learned a ton that I still utilize today. The journey was one that I wouldn't trade because I learned so much about myself and about body image and self image.
My goal was to get on stage before we had children. I did that.
This post is my personal journey. What I learned. What I think. I hope I don't offend my competitor friends.
- I learned a lot about what to do (and what it takes, including many sacrifices) to get in shape and stay in that good of shape.
- I learned about portion control, meal timing and meal combinations.
- I learned how to season my foods without butter or oil but instead, exploring herbs and seasonings.
- UPDATE: This is not how I currently eat. We eat lots of butter and healthy oils.
- Unfortunately, I also learned about adding "diet" foods and "diet" chemical additions into foods which I know is unhealthy.
- I experimented with healthy meals, making healthy breakfast pancakes out of egg whites [now I know I need the yolk too!] and oatmeal.
- I discovered that I can remove things from my diet that I never thought I could!!! Black coffee without the sugar or creamer IS possible. I also gut out salt and caffeine at times. I didn't know I could do that.
- I added in diet soda (bad idea) and then later removed it (after thinking I'd be hooked forever).
- I learned to drink herbal tea. This is a new STAPLE in our diets! We love drinking herbal tea! So glad I discovered this!!
- I learned that cutting out salt and caffeine is possible.
- I learned to listen to my body and truly understand the cues it is giving me. I truly know low blood sugar and hunger and what that feels like. I truly know when it is time to eat and when it is a time that I am just eating to eat. (Don't get me wrong…I am not perfect….this is still a learning process, even for me.) I now know what being tired feels like and how taking a nap is way more beneficial than trying to eat or drink caffeine to become alert.
- I learned that when you are STARVING you have little control over cravings and are much more apt to "binge" than if your body is "balanced"!
- I think I will always have to watch my portions…..for the rest of my life. We all do, right? (At least I think so now, just after contest, when my "maintenance" calories are still well below the average person due to what I've put my body through.)
- I love to eat. I will always love to eat. I even love to eat healthy foods. Food is so fun and exciting……all the great combinations and new tastes and flavors!
- I will always have to pay attention to how much I am eating and be mindful of that or I will gain weight.
I WANT TO EAT HEALTHY NOW. Most importantly throughout this process, I changed my mindset.
When you are forced to eat
- More than ever, I WANT to eat healthy now!
- I choose healthy versions of foods over unhealthy ones, for the most part. I prefer healthier options.
- I don't look at cookies anymore with a "woe is me. why can't i have those cookies? when can i have those cookies? as soon as contest prep is over i can have those cookies." [i.e. I'm not starving anymore.] Instead, I think, "cookies sound good. maybe next week i'll make something similar with oats and raisins." [When you can have something it's no longer forbidden and loses some appeal.] Or, even better, it doesn't phase me or I think about having fruit instead. That is probably the best thing I took from this. I do better without absolutes. Knowing I CANNOT have something makes me want it more. You too?
- I also learned that I am not always in control when I start eating crappy. I have a hard time stopping. I am better off not starting at all! Or picking healthier options that actually fill me up! When I eat garbage (simple sugars that do not trigger satiety) I feel like a bottomless pit that cannot be filled up and since those foods are already calorie dense, I eat a tremendous amount of calories in one sitting. I have to not start. And, that is getting easier.
- UPDATE: This was from starvation. Now that my body is back in balance and I'm not starving or rebounding anymore, I don't have too hard of a time stopping at a proper portion of sweets, for example. Now, I can eat ONE piece of cheesecake. Or one or two cookies. I don't have to eat the whole batch. I also believe it's better to eat REAL, heavy food because that triggers your body to know when it's full. Empty calories from engineered food like store bought cookies don't bit bottom right away. I don't feel full. So I eat more. I keep eating until I feel full. If I make my homemade monster cookies, they are full of fatty peanut butter and oatmeal and I only eat one or two before I feel full. I feel full. I stop eating.
- It is a lifestyle shift that we have had to make in our home to not have those things in the house…at all! And we have learned through trial and error how we feel when we eat crappy foods.
- We enjoy the taste of real foods and we enjoy how we feel when we eat them. Profound, I know! 🙂
- I learned that physique competitions and the world surrounding them is not for me.
- For me, it took too many SACRIFICES. I felt like I was sacrificing everything, for what? To look good? It became a huge conflict for me. I couldn't justify to myself why I was sacrificing so much to LOOK good.
- I felt like I was giving up things that were truly more important than looking good! God. Family. Friends. Work. School. Me.
- It took 2-3 hours a day at the gym that I could be spending with my husband, my friends and family, working, working on my masters, enjoying "me" time, working on my hobbies, etc. That time commitment doesn't include the time to prep, pack and take meals, practice posing, research posing, order all of the products needed for the show, book makeup, hair and nails, etc. It goes on and on. The time commitment was HUGE!
- Even when I had the time, I didn't feel like myself. I didn't have any energy. I gave half of myself to everything – family, friends, work, school. It was a struggle to function.
- I had a trainer tell me at one point that "you will feel bad during this process. It is not normal to push your body this low in body fat." Whaat??!!! I wish I had known what that meant a year ago, but I had to learn it myself by living it….and that I did!
- Money. Ouch. I knew it would cost money but didn't think it'd be that bad! It was really expensive!!! Suits, hair, tan, NPC card, entrance fees, shoes, trainers, trainers, trainers, food, etc. etc. It cost more money than I thought was necessary.
- I missed out on going places with friends because of food or I went anyway and had everyone focusing all on me because it was hard to blend in when you bring your own food or don't eat. Then, I was focused on the food in front of me because my body was literally starving. I tried to blend in not eating or ordering specially prepared food, but it was awkward. Then, I had to talk about the show, which I didn't want to do. I feel, in part, that I lost out on time. I was waiting for the contest to be over so that I could enjoy living my life again.
- Now, I'm enjoying my life and trying to enjoy every invitation I get so I'm overbooking myself a bit trying to make up for lost time! Toward the end, all the signs were saying this is not for me and stop this! It took a lot to finish it out and compete.
- I finished it out but I am glad it's over and I do not want to go back to that time! I felt like I was being untrue to myself to finish that goal. I'm glad I finished it. But toward the end I had a mental struggle where I truly felt as though I didn't believe in what I was doing but I was doing it anyway….just to complete the goal.
UPDATE 2018. I will do a complete post now, in 2018, but for now I have to add this into this post. I have two daughters. Simply put, I cannot find a way to justify to them that I am dieting and working out to that extreme for what goal? IN ORDER TO LOOK GOOD. BUT I want them to understand that looking a certain way doesn't matter. I cannot justify that. Instead, we work out for functional fitness…to be strong. And we eat well to FEEL good and take care of our bodies.
STORY TIME. It was a few weeks before the day of the show and I called my BFF crying. I didn't want to lose anymore weight. I didn't want to push any harder. I didn't want to diet anymore. I didn't want to get leaner. I loved how I looked. I looked strong. I looked lean. I was happy with my body. But my coaches called me fat. They told me I wasn't lean enough. I needed to push harder. I needed to get leaner. Should I continue with my goal to get on stage? Should I quit because it felt right to quit? I'm not a quitter. I don't want to quit. I want to follow through. I want to do what I said I did. But my gut told me to stop dieting. My gut told me to stop exercising. My gut and my heart and my instinct said….it's enough! Enough already!
It felt unhealthy to keep pushing. Keep dieting. Keep doing cardio.
It was a huge decision to make!!! It was an internal struggle. I felt like a quitter to not keep dieting harder and harder yet my body was telling me to stop! Stop dieting. Stop doing so much cardio. Stop starving. Balance. Health. I looked great. I felt horrible. I didn't want to get leaner. I was proud of my progress. I was proud of my body. I was proud of my effort. But I felt like a quitter.
I entered into this competition prep wanting to put my very best package on stage and look like a competitor in Oxygen Magazine. I had unreal expectations of what female bodies are supposed to look like. Everything I do, I try to do to the best of my ability but I was in a conflict with what I felt was best for me and what I had committed to do.
I ended up wanting to put MY very best package on stage, but knew that would NOT look like the girls in Oxygen Magazine because I was not willing to get that lean, not right now, and not that quick.
I ended up competing in a new category called BIKINI rather than Figure. I just didn't get lean enough for Figure. I just couldn't. I got as low as 15.5 % body fat according to the pod needed to get as low as 12% body fat to compete in Figure. I just couldn't do that and stay healthy. I wanted to get pregnant later that year and I just didn't feel like that was the right thing to do.
DO YOU THINK I FAILED? I do not. I think I worked my rear off. I worked HARD HARD HARD for almost an entire year and I'm proud of how hard I worked and the lessons I worked. AND I GOT ON THAT STAGE IN A BIKINI.
- I didn't understand what it meant to get that lean when I originally set out to get on stage. I learned what that meant during this process. By understanding that process, I now have a greater respect for my body. [and for how hard it is for others to get and stay that lean.]
- I no longer WANT to look at those Figure Girls (no offense to anyone)
- I no longer WISH I could look like those Figure Girls. (what a freeing feeling, BTW!)
- My opinion of what I want to look like has changed….probably because I now understand what it takes to get to that level of body fat and I also have adjusted my opinion of what "healthy" means for me.
- I no longer look at those girls and berate myself with internal dialogue…thinking how lazy I am for not looking like them. I no longer look at them and beat myself up for not looking like that.
- Instead, I look at them and I am happy for them!!! I understand (for the most part) what it takes to get there and more power to them! But, it's not for me and that's okay!!
Currently, 6 weeks after competition, I'm trying to figure out what "diet" works for my body. I'm trying to slowly get back to a place where I can eat "normally" rather than on a contest diet. That "normal" diet is a healthy, balanced diet not a "normal American diet." I am still taking what I learned about losing weight and trying to apply it to maintaining weight which is a totally different world that I know nothing about! And my body is not responding all that well….yet. According to my trainer, for me, for now, 1100 – 1400 calories is "maintenance" until I get my body back the way it was….used to the normal 2000 calories. BTW, that is with continued exercise! So….not "normal" and not a whole lot of food. My body will be adjusting back to a "normal diet" for a while!
For more information on this topic do a google search about "rebounding" from fitness/figure competition. If you think about it, this is similar to what many of us go through after dieting. Our body then has to rebound back to eating normally again. If we use extreme dieting tactics our body goes into starvation mode and starts to hold onto all the calories it can, thus making us gain weight when we start eating normally again.
Since the show, I have realized that some rebound HAS to happen due to the extremes we put our bodies through during competition prep. I find this ludicrous!!! This just makes no sense to me. I have taxed my body so hard that I am unable to maintain the body that I worked so hard for without continuing my 2-3 hour workouts and 1100 calorie diet? What's the end goal? What's the point? I couldn't find one for me that made sense. In order to maintain my current weight I need to still be eating around 1100-1400 calories and keep up those workouts. I don't consider that to be a healthy option for me!
I am struggling with this right now. I'm wondering why I did that to my body when this is the outcome. [UPDATE 2016: I competed thinking I was getting into good shape. While I gained muscle and heart health. I lost too much fat and dieted too hard to be healthy and balanced. So while there were physical benefits there were also physical detriments. I have now realized that the benefit to my competition were the lessons I learned through the process about health, nutrition, vanity, and weight maintenance.]
I am trying to maintain my weight, though I'm 10 pounds heavier than I was on stage, and 5 pounds heavier than I'd like. Those last 5 pounds were from my recent travels – I was only home 2 days/week over the last month. UPDATE: I've now realized 5-10 pounds is a minor rebound compared to some competitors. The thought of dieting off those 5 pounds scares me though. I don't want to diet again. I don't know how to do that yet. I don't know what my body will respond to at this point.
I am enjoying eating healthy and balanced. I am enjoying choosing my own foods and not eating on a plan. I will enjoy working out again once I am better. I have been sick every other week since the show and these last two weeks I have been REALLY sick with a cold/sinus infection that is rough, so my workouts have not been the best. (UPDATE: oh how I wish I had discovered probiotics & essential oils back then to help my body get back into balance!) I have been trying to rest and get better and hopefully get my immune system functioning properly again. Being this sick is a sign of what I put my body through, I think.
I want to be a more balanced me and I know I will find that when my body starts responding to treating it with respect again. I am living a truly balanced and happy life now and am letting my body come back to balance when it is ready, hopefully sooner than later!
I took the following quote from a blog entry by Erik Ledin of Lean Bodies Consulting. You can find the article here….Metabolic Mind Games
"As Scott Abel has repeatedly said, 'force the body and it reacts; coax the body and it responds'.
Huge difference. Starving fat off is not the same as burning fat off. Working against your body is not the same as working with your body…"
Food for thought. Thank you all for your continued support.
[This content has been modified from an article that originally appeared on FIToriBlog on July 18, 2010]
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The 2-star Hôtel du Dauphin is a charming hotel located in the heart of Lyon, in the Place Bellecour, near Perrache train station. From here you can walk around the downtown where many areas are listed as World Heritage sites by UNESCO. In terms of public transport, the Bellecour metro station (lines A and D) and the number 99 bus stop is just 100 metres from the hotel.
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Welcome to the Rocket League Power Rankings!
Each week, our committee will be ranking the best teams based on a variety of criteria as well as providing commentary on the teams who make it into the Top 10. The committee is comprised of players, content creators, fans, analysts, & coordinators to help diversify opinions and come to a general consensus. Each committee member has their own method for determining team rankings (ranging from stat-tracking to instinct), but they only count for a single vote since the individual ranks are averaged together. Each member will also list a team that didn't quite make the Top 10, but they feel is on the rise and should be watched.
While we do our best to ensure that we are fair and impartial, it is important to remember that these are just opinions and will most likely change weekly. If you have any questions, thoughts, or suggestions, please send them our way. We'd love to hear from you!
We Dem Girlz
Roster: Remkoe, gReazy, Maestro
We Dem Girlz keep the top spot this week all for themselves. First of two tournaments they played this past week was Friday's GFinity but their only significant result was a series win over JJJ Squad (3-0). They could've gone on to win the whole tournament but they tried to sub in a player who had already played for another team earlier in the tournament which got the Disqualified in the semi-finals.
But the true reason why they keep the #1 spot this week is their impressive RLCS Qualifier 2 win. The first series was interesting, to say the least, when We Dem Girlz managed to reverse sweep Mock-it EU to advance into the online finals final (confusing right?) against Supersonic Avengers. Coming into this game I had We Dem Girlz spoiling SA's dream of making LAN and they did just that. We Dem Girlz showed why you can't mess with them and they're definitely going into RLCS LAN as a heavy favorite.MrLittleThor
Flipsid3 Tactics
Roster: Markydooda, Kuxir97, M1k3rules, mye_bipod_4shor
Ohh Flipside ohh Flipside ohh Flipside. The bad boys of the week come in at 2nd place, after a long spell of sitting in the naughty corner, rubbing the sore wrists they have from ruler smacks. F3 first attempted to play Gfinity on Friday, and weirdly, and totally madly surprisingly, a player didn't turn up, and they 2v3'd, and did terribly… who would have thought. They then played the RLCS on Sunday, and in what the critics of reddit are calling one of the best RL series ever, they lost 3-4 to Supersonic Avengers. This was unexpected and in all honestly, a pretty poor result from Flipside. Yes SA did play quite well in spots, but two insanely dominating games from Flipside, 5-1 in the first game, and a ridiculous 8-0 in the 6th game, really showed who was the better team in the showdown. Losing a series when you showed yourself capable of demolishing the opponent is hard, especially to some players it can really just get a bit much. Flipside went through a lot of turbulence, where they were forced to forfeit their 3rd place game due to not fielding the full roster in the time frame allowed. This furthered on to some awful PR from both the players and the organisation of Flipside on social media, but this was eventually sorted out and handled quite well… it just took a bit of time. It is seeming very likely that the main F3 team will attend the LAN, and in my opinion, and in a lot of the community's opinion, they will stay as the favourites to win it.Alieuzz
Mock-it eSports EU
Roster: Paschy90, Turbopolsa, Sikii
Mock-It have been busy this week with two Gfinitys and an RLCS online finals. They didn't face many particularly challenging opponents in either of their GFinity runs, where they won both of them. Going across both tournaments they beat Cow Nose 3-0, Unspecified 3-1, and newcomers New Archon 3-0. They didn't face any top 10 team along their journeys so it was no surprise they won both events.
Now, moving on to the good stuff: RLCS! It was online finals day last Sunday, and Mock-It faced We Dem Girlz in the semi-finals, and oh boy was it a hum dinger! They began by winning game after game against We Dem Girlz, to everybody's surprise. Eventually it was 3-0 up to Mock-It and it looked like a clean sweep could be inbound for them, but then something clicked with We Dem Girlz and the gears began to turn, and I don't think anybody expected what would happen next. We Dem Girlz proceeded to reverse sweep Mock-It and beat them 4-3. Mental. I guess eventually We Dem Girlz had to show up after playing pretty poorly by their stands in the first 3 games. This meant that Mock-It moved down to the 3rd place match, however there was to be no 3rd place match as their opponents Flipsid3 Tactics forfeited. This gave Mock-It 3rd place by default and they finish as the #3 seed in EU with 1665 points. They're off to Hollywood!Doomsee
Supersonic Avengers
Roster: ELMP, Snaski, Doomsee, Kasabi
Supersonic Avengers remain in 4th position this week, with their only official results coming from the RLCS Q2 Online Finals. These finals were filled with controversy and upsets, in which SA played a central role. Their first BO7 matchup was to be against FlipSid3 Tactics. Many assumed that F3 were going to take this series with relative ease, and prevent SA from qualifying for the LAN finals. This however was not the case, and it became apparent that F3 came into the series unprepared, something that at this point is not necessarily surprising. Not only did F3 lack the edge and dominating, aggressive style that they usually have, but SA managed to put in a great defensive performance against a team that usually scores for fun. It was these two factors which allowed SA to grind out a result and take the series 4-3, and thus keep their chances of qualifying for the LAN very much alive.
In the final, Supersonic Avengers were to face WDG who just barely beat Mock-it EU, having to reverse sweep them 4-3 after going 0-3 down. WDG's comeback against Mock-it demonstrated their power and it would take quite something for SA to achieve a win here. Rather inevitably they were unable to do so and were defeated 1-4. The series was however a competitive one, in which the score-line doesn't necessarily do it justice. Overall SA, despite failing to qualify for the LAN finals, will be very happy with the way Q2 turned out, but may anger them more in regards to their Q1 failure. The Flying Dutchmen finish above them in the final points standings by just 5 points and secure that final LAN spot.Lunation
Crown & Jewels
Roster: Sebadam, Flarke, Scrub Killa, Kaydop
It's been a bumpy ride for Crown & Jewels this week, but they've been extremely active. They entered both GFinitys this week, the greedy sods. They won one of them by beating HyperioN 3-1 in the semi finals and then beating Head's Up 4-1 in the finals. In the other GFinity they lost their third match 3-1 vs. Dutch Sandwich. A key loss for Crown & Jewels isn't great news, but they redeemed themselves somewhat by winning ESL this week after beating Team ENJOY 4-0 in the finals. Thanks to the inactivity of The Flying Dutchmen and other teams, Crown & Jewels actually move up a spot this week. What a crazy world we live in.Doomsee
The Flying Dutchmen
Roster: Dogu, Jessiepinkmaan, PauliepauINL, Vogan
The Flying Dutchmen were inactive this week due to not qualifying for RLCS online finals. But that doesn't mean they weren't watching RLCS. In order for TFD to make RLCS LAN they were hoping Supersonic Avengers lose at some point but SA decided to make TFD nervously bite their fingernails by beating Flipsid3 Tactics in the first round before ultimately falling to We Dem Girlz in the finals which secured Dutchmen's spot at RLCS LAN in Hollywood. They are definitely coming into LAN as an underdog but if other international tournaments are to be believed then TFD could find themselves beating one of the NA teams and shocking viewers.MrLittleThor
Roster: Bluey, Deevo
Absolute savagery bruh. I assume this is what they hear every time they destroy a weaker team in a tournament… elsewise the other team are missing out on a huge opportunity. Savage (with an exclamation point to show that they really are proper mental like) had a pretty 'meh' week, they played Gfinity monday and did quite well, up until playing a team of long standing high level RL players and losing 1-3, not quite the worst. They then went on to lose to the new team of New Archon, in the quarters of ESL, which isn't all too great, but that team have shown themselves to be quite formidable recently. They move to the 7th place spot because the other teams close to them in the rankings have had similar 'meh'-ey weeks. It is looking like the teams of 7th place and below in the power rankings could all change in any one week at the moment, with all of the 7th-16th place teams standing a good chance against any of the others. Who knows what will have changed by next week, the only way to find out is here, on "Top RL Dog Love Island" where teams face each other... and love each other.Alieuzz
Team ENJOY
Roster: Grandmaster Sexay, Friisisch, FreaKi
Team Enjoy have been on a rise ever since their impressive run in RLCS Q2, where they were a game away from qualifying for the groups. It was unsure if after this run they would fall off or continue to pull off impressive results. However, it's safe to say, they have maintained their upwards streak, and have now finally made their debut into the top 10!
This week, team enjoy did not participate in any of the 3v3 Gfinity tournaments, so their climb up the rankings rest solely on their ESL performance. On their run to the final, they did not beat any teams that were in the top 10 last week, but they beat a few teams around them which helped their placing this week. From the round of 32, Team Enjoy played notable teams. In the Ro32 they faced a team consisting of KilEak, Jayless and Seeks, defeating them 3-1. KilEak and Jayless are currently looking for a 3rd to finish of their team, and have played the last two tournaments with seeks, so this team could become official. Next round they faced LowLandLions.RL, and beat them 3-1. After that they faced Kden. This would have been 11th vs 12th in the Power Rankings at the time, so this game would have had a big power ranking impact. Enjoy ended up taking that game 3-1 as well. (A bit of a trend setting here) In the semi final they played Cow Nose, and you guessed it they beat them 3-......0?! This then set them up to face C&J in the final, where they ended up losing 4-0, albeit it all games were close.Woody
Roster: Piksel, Continuum, Metsanauris
Aeriality only participated in the Friday 3v3 tournament this week, where their results were not very impressive. They beat Never Lucky 3-1 followed by a 3-0 win against TILT EU, but then surprisingly went out 3-2 to Cow Nose. It should be noted that Cow Nose are on a rise (shown by their jump from 16th to 11th in the ranking this week) and also that since Kaydop left to join C&J (which is a big loss) Aeriality have only had 2 members on its roster, and therefore played this tournament with a sub. Since this result, Aeriality have officially picked up Metsanauris as their new third, so we shall watch with interest how Aeriality will perform this week. Metsanauris was previously on a team with Piksel called Challengers, so it will be interesting to see how well they perform together.Woody
JJJ Squad
Roster: Krazack, JHZER, Ryuk
There's very little to report on JJJ Squad currently as their only tournament this past week came from Friday's Gfinity, In which there's only 2 series of note. This included a 3-2 win over New Archon and a 0-3 loss to WDG. The series vs New Archon is probably the most telling of the series in regards to their ranking. New Archon are hovering just outside the top 10 this week in their maiden ranking. It's this, as well as their past rankings which give JJJ a 10th position this week. Looking ahead, the teams behind JJJ do appear to be playing more frequently and this may result in JJJ falling even further, and being taken outside the top 10 for the first time in many weeks. I have no doubt however that with the players that JJJ have, they're capable of beating pretty much every team outside of the top 6, so it's their consistency of playing that's letting them down.Lunation
Top 10
|We Dem Girlz
|Flipsid3 Tactics
|Mock-it eSports EU
|Supersonic Avengers
|Crown & Jewels
|The Flying Dutchmen
|Team ENJOY
|JJJ Squad
Teams To Watch
- Alieuzz: Unspecified
- Wrong_Way_Woody: Unspecified
- Doomsee: Valencia CF eSports
- Lunation: New Archon
- MrLittleThor: kden


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At a recent Twitter #mglitchat focusing on middle-grade mysteries, moderator Elissa Cruz asked the group to identify the elements of any good mystery. Although answers varied, most of them seemed to center around the notion of surprise and secrets — of when to withhold information and when to reveal it. Ben H. Winters pointed out that, really, the elements of a good mystery are the elements of any good book. As we read, there's a secret we want to unlock. How that secret affects the characters makes up the bulk of the plot.
With this in mind, today's Mystery Monday prompt revolves around secrets. What is the darkest one you can imagine? The most destructive? What about the most embarrassing? One that a character would do anything rather than reveal?
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Set a time for 5 minutes and list every possible secret that comes to your mind, no matter how absurd or trivial.
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holy crap, ok MONK let me start by sayin damn u kno your s**t. Man i can always can on ur on my post for help, and every other great person within in here. But man look at how u just explain to me the details point and needs of a monitor, i will be honest to u i was just lookin for a monitor, but you just made my choices more difficult and clear at the same time. N what i mean by that is the fact that now im clear on how i should look at them but now is difficult on what to get.
When i reread my options, i did see the difference, like you said apples with oranges. But i most say that i can go for Widescreen at most, which is why i will stick with 16:9. The second reason i was goin really hard on the ASUS HDMI, is cuz it has the capabilties to do 1920X1080, which as i bet that i kno nothing, i though that me having a 260GTX it will be much better for my games. But i kno that i can be wrong. As you might already notice, i wan nothin more than 22in.
Regarding your monitor, man it does look nice. I like it alot, but as you said, it doesnt have HDMI, but as u also said, is it truely needed? i guess not, i bed the picture might look just as good with DVI as with HDMI, but please correct me if im wrong.
So here is the thing, i kno you just gave me a huge and i mean huge help on deciding on a monitor, but man now i dont kno what to pick, lol
Thank you
First off, I appreciate your kind words. I share what I know and research what I am not entirely sure of before I share. My bias is to know as much about a system as I can so that I can more accurately predict how it will serve me, and possibly others.
For instance: HDMI. Most people seem to agree that as far as video quality is concerned, there is no difference between DVI and HDMI and HDMI is backward compatible with DVI. The difference shows up by being able to route an HD device through an HDMI compliant video card to your monitor. In other words, HDMI is more about being able to connect your TV, Blu-ray, PlayStation to your PC. HDMI also carries the audio signal which DVI does not. For me, the bottom line is, if you do not intend to connect any of these devices to your PC, HDMI is unnecessary and, therefore, I am not going to limit myself to only those monitors that are HDMI compliant. Although my gfx cards are HDMI compatible (ATI Radeon HD4830), I purchased the LG L227WTG because I have no intention of connecting external devices to my PC. By the way, one reason for not doing so is that PC LCD monitors cannot hold a candle to TV monitors as far as ghosting is concerned; TVs don't ghost!
What to pick? Your choices will narrow as you decide on the features you must have. In order of importance to me was: 22-inch; fast response time (2ms); glossy screen; dual-link DVI (v. single link).
I think the best thing about knowledge is its ability to slash through hype. Add to this a focus on your intended use (or, conversely what you do not intend to do) and you end up with a device that suits you. Finally, add budgetary considerations. If I am going to configure a Crossfire set up and, if I want Radeon gfx cards, and if the HD4830 is rated essentially as good as the HD4850, why spend an extra $200 for two HD4850s? That, to me, is silly but some folks have to have the latest greatest whether they appreciate the differences or not.
I'm rambling but consider another example: AMD v. Intel. I use AMD processors because Intel prices are bloated: "Intel Inside" - give me a break! Are the differences worth the extraordinary difference in price? I don't think so and I bet the average user could not tell the difference outside of spec sheets.
Anyway, get what you want for your reasons to suit your intended use. Then enjoy.
@ Fast1: We all know lots of stuff just because we have been around computers for a while - some longer than others so they may know more.
My LCD knowledge comes form an extensive search I did before I bought my first LCD; they came with a number of specifications I never heard of! Secondly, I always take into consideration what users say. For example, I am a gamer so I checked out forums at game sites as well as tech sites for reviews.
With the advent of Google, it's like having a research library in your home. I noted in this thread a link to another post I made which is more complete. In that thread I have a couple of posts which reference links that provide a good bit of info - all of which came from Google.


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Box Office Results for September 16, 2011
This weekend, just as it did 17 years ago when the original version first hit theaters, the new updated conversion The Lion King: In Disney Digital 3D opened in first place ruling the North American box office. Doubling industry expectations, the Disney Animation smash grossed more than the weekend's three other new films combined. The action drama Drive generated a moderate debut in third while the thriller remake Straw Dogs and the comedy I Don't Know How She Does It both failed to excite moviegoing audiences.
Families charged into theaters and had no problem paying higher ticket prices driving The Lion King 3D to number one with an estimated $29.3M making it the fifth best September debut of all time. Averaging a spectacular $12,575 from only 2,330 theaters, the G-rated upgrade of the highest-grossing hand-drawn toon of all time sparked nostalgia in parents allowing Disney Animation to reach a whole new generation. The two-week-only run precedes the October 4 release of the film on Blu-ray, but plenty of people were willing to go out and experience the new version on the big screen. Studio research showed that The Lion King 3D played to an audience that was 56% female and 59% 25 and under.
Simba and pals outdid the $12.5M opening of Pixar Animation's 3D upgrade on the double feature of Toy Story and Toy Story 2, which opened in October 2009 ahead of the following summer's third installment in 3D, which became the top-grossing movie of 2010. Despite home video availability, the Mouse House has found success in giving 3D upgrades to top animated films in its library and releasing them as special theatrical events. With a first class brand and no major competition for kids, The Lion King connected with its target audience and generated true excitement, which helped the numbers soar. The original film bowed to $40.9M in June 1994 (the largest opening that year) when the average ticket price was only $4.17.
The virus thriller Contagion enjoyed a solid second weekend grossing an estimated $14.5M falling just 35% in its sophomore frame. The Warner Bros. release has taken in $44.2M in its first ten days and looks headed for a $80M finish.
Ryan Gosling's critically acclaimed action drama Drive opened in third place with an estimated $11M from an aggressive 2,886 theater launch for a mild $3,818 average. While critics fell in love with the violent R-rated pic, paying audiences on Friday were unhappy with what they saw giving it a disturbing C- CinemaScore grade. FilmDistrict marketed Drive with trailers and TV spots that promised a fast-paced high octane thrill ride. But ticket buyers were surprised when what they got was a slow-paced action drama with few car chases. the road ahead is uncertain as word-of-mouth will spread from two opposing camps – those disappointed that they didn't get what they expected and those who enjoy daring cinema with slower European sensibilities. Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn won the best director prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival for Drive.
Sleeper sensation The Help followed in fourth with an estimated $6.4M, down 28%, for a $147.4M cume. The Touchstone release of a DreamWorks production will break through the $150M barrier in the next week as it continues to display strong legs now becoming the only film of 2011 to spend six weekends in the Top 5.
The weekend's two other new releases were rejected by moviegoers. The James Marsden–Kate Bosworth thriller Straw Dogs debuted to an estimated $5M from 2,408 locations for a wimpy $2,076 average for Screen Gems. Females made up 51% of the audience while 54% were 25 and older. Sarah Jessica Parker's new comedy I Don't Know How She Does It failed to pull in fans of the book with an estimated $4.5M bow from 2,476 theaters resulting in a $1,818 average for The Weinstein Co. Critics panned both films.
Dropping 38% to an estimated $2.9M was The Debt, which has grossed $26.5M to date for Focus and Miramax. The well-reviewed action drama Warrior collected an estimated $2.8M, off 47%, for a disappointing $9.9M ten-day sum for Lionsgate. 20th Century Fox's Rise of the Planet of the Apes fared well again dipping 33% to an estimated $2.6M while TriStar and EuropaCorp's Colombiana declined by 42% to an estimated $2.3M. Totals stand at $171.6M and $33.3M.
The top ten films grossed an estimated $81.4M, which was off 4% from last year when Warner Bros. Pictures' The Town opened in the top spot with $23.8M; and down 2% from 2009 when Sony Pictures Animation's Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs debuted at number one with $30.3M.
September 16, 2011 to September 18, 2011 Top Ten
1. The Lion King: In Disney Digital 3D
- $29,300,000
- Walt Disney Animation Studios (Disney)
2. Contagion
- $14,480,000
- Warner Bros. Pictures (Time Warner)
3. Drive
- $11,018,000
- a FilmDistrict release
- Bold Films and Odd Lot Entertainment
4. The Help
- $6,438,000
- a Touchstone release (Disney)
- DreamWorks Pictures (DreamWorks SKG) and Reliance Entertainment
5. Straw Dogs
- $5,000,000
- Screen Gems (Sony)
6. I Don't Know How She Does It
- $4,502,000
- The Weinstein Company
7. The Debt
- $2,946,000
- a Focus release (NBCUniversal)
- Miramax Films (Filmyard Holdings)
8. Warrior
- $2,770,000
- Lionsgate (Lions Gate Entertainment) and Mimran Schur Pictures
9. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- $2,625,000
- 20th Century Fox (Fox)
10. Colombiana
- $2,300,000
- a TriStar release (Sony)
- EuropaCorp
September 17, 2010 to September 19, 2010 Top Ten
1. The Town
- $23,808,000
- Warner Bros. Pictures (Time Warner)
2. Easy A
- $17,734,000
- Screen Gems (Sony)
3. Devil
- $12,289,000
- a Universal release (NBCUniversal)
- Media Rights Capital
4. Resident Evil: Afterlife
- $10,003,000
- a Screen Gems release (Sony)
- Davis Films, Impact Pictures, and Constantin Film
5. Alpha and Omega
- $9,107,000
- Lionsgate (Lions Gate Entertainment) and Crest Animation Productions
6. Takers
- $3,026,000
- Screen Gems (Sony)
7. The American
- $2,673,000
- Focus Features (NBCUniversal)
8. The Other Guys
- $1,972,000
- Columbia Pictures (Sony)
9. Inception
- $1,967,000
- Warner Bros. Pictures (Time Warner)
10. Machete
- $1,756,000
- a 20th Century Fox release (Fox)
- Troublemaker Studios
September 18, 2009 to September 20, 2009 Top Ten
1. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
- $30,305,000
- Sony Pictures Animation (Sony)
2. The Informant!
- $10,464,000
- Warner Bros. Pictures (Time Warner)
3. I Can Do Bad All By Myself
- $9,877,000
- Lionsgate (Lions Gate Entertainment) and Tyler Perry Studios
4. Love Happens
- $8,057,000
- Universal Pictures (NBCUniversal)
5. Jennifer's Body
- $6,868,000
- Fox Atomic (Fox)
6. 9
- $5,563,000
- Focus Features (NBCUniversal)
7. Inglourious Basterds
- $3,818,000
- The Weinstein Company and Universal Pictures (NBCUniversal)
8. All About Steve
- $3,373,000
- Fox 2000 Pictures (Fox)
9. Sorority Row
- $2,500,000
- Summit Entertainment
10. The Final Destination
- $2,388,000
- New Line Cinema (Time Warner)


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Lulus Solar Flare; A 15.2hand dainty elegant chestnut fewspot mare with good solid foundation breeding. She is by Les Chevaux Dijon (Waps Pajamas/Wap Spotted/Wap Spot2) out of Alpha Toby's Dinamite (Dolls Toby), kind gentle lines. This was the first and only mare of this type that we bought to combine with the heavier old fashioned warmblood type and the result was phenomenal.
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Though we're still a few days out from Thanksgiving, the concert announcements are pouring in for the upcoming summer and are even stretching into next fall. For the ambitious types, plan ahead or be ready to snag tickets to some of these shows as holiday presents.
Off The Rails Country Music Fest is returning to Frisco's Toyota Stadium this upcoming spring for another two-day bash. Luke Bryan and Jake Owen provide the headlining entertainment May 4, while Sam Hunt, Luke Combs, and The Eli Young Band anchor the headliner stage May 5. The festival features dozens of additional performers throughout the weekend. Tickets are on sale now at axs.com.
- Critically acclaimed Americana artist Amanda Shires continues her On With The $hit Show tour that began earlier this year. Out on the road in support of her latest album, To The Sunset, the singer/violinist is playing to some of the biggest audiences of her career. Tickets for the Jan. 24 show at The Kessler Theater are on sale Nov. 16 at prekindle.com.
Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives make frequent trips to the Dallas area. They played last winter at The Kessler Theater and were just here last week as part of the Sweetheart of the Rodeo 50th anniversary concert. On Feb. 15, they'll return to The Kessler Theater stage for another headlining performance. Tickets are on sale Nov. 16 at prekindle.com.
- Earlier this year, Lee Ann Womack knocked the doors off the roof of The Kessler Theater with an amazing performance. The native Texan is back again for a repeat performance scheduled for Feb. 8. Expect another fevered and enthusiastic crowd. Tickets are on sale Nov. 16 at prekindle.com.
Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers are Laura Jane Grace, Atom Willard and Marc Jacob Hudson. Grace is a musician, author and activist best known as the founder, lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of the punk rock band Against Me!. Together the trio makes a raucous and glorious noise. Catch them March 17 at The Kessler Theater. Tickets are on sale Nov. 16 at prekindle.com.
10,000 Maniacs also make a return visit to The Kessler Theater for a two-night stand on April 26 and 27. Having brought forth great vibes, amazing tunes and a packed crowd the last time around, the band is likely ready for repeat performances of the same. Tickets are on sale Nov. 16 at prekindle.com.
- Celtic punks Dropkick Murphys have announced another version of their annual St. Patrick's Day Tour taking place in 2019. The 22-date trek stops at South Side Ballroom for a Feb. 24 date. Tickets are on sale Nov. 16 at livenation.com.
Weird Al Yankovic is going wild this upcoming summer. He has planned a 62-date tour that will include appearances with a full-fledged orchestra in tow. The Strings Attached tour will make its way to the area on June 14 for a show at The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory. Tickets are on sale Nov. 16 at livenation.com.
Train and Goo Goo Dolls are joining together for a North American tour that will send them to many major markets. Expect a solid night of gentle rock and plenty of '90s/early 2000s nostalgia. They'll play Dos Equis Pavilion on June 29. Tickets are on sale Nov. 16 at livenation.com.
- And, pop icons Backstreet Boys are back. They'll embark on a massive world tour in 2019 that will be in support of the upcoming new album, DNA. Hear the shrieks of joy yourself when they play American Airlines Center on Sept. 1. Tickets are on sale Nov. 16 at ticketmaster.com.
- Heavy metal pioneers Iron Maiden have announced they'll hit the road again in 2019 for a major 34-city tour across North America. With 90 million-plus albums sold over the course of their career, the band has had quite the journey. Catch them live at Dos Equis Pavilion on Sept. 21. Tickets are on sale Nov. 16 at livenation.com.
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- Indie singer-songwriter Quinn XCII will tour across North America in early supporting his upcoming album From Michigan With Love. The 30-city outing kicks off in February and will visit South Side Ballroom on April 12. Tickets are on sale Nov. 16 at livenation.com.
- Legendary hard rock pioneers Whitesnake will be coming out in full force for the upcoming 2019 touring season. Their new album Flesh and Blood will result in a lengthy tour that brings them to The Bomb Factory on April 15. Tickets are on sale Dec. 7 at ticketfly.com.
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The Chicago Bears host the Minnesota Vikings in a divisional battle this Sunday in Minnesota. The game will be at 1:00 pm eastern time and will be shown on FOX.
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What to watch for: Adrian Peterson has re-asserted himself as the best running back in the NFL this season, after miraculously recovering from a torn ACL in week 15 last season to rushing for 210 yards last week, less than a year removed from the injury. Peterson will hope to find the same type of running room he did against Green Bay. Chicago has been excellent against the run, so this should be an excellent battle of will and ball control. Other than Peterson, the Vikings' offense is not that explosive, so the Bears will be keying on Peterson to stop Minnesota's offense.
Key Matchups: Jared Allen has been one of the most disruptive pass rushers in the NFL over the last few seasons. Though the Vikings defense has had a down couple of weeks, he is always a threat to blow up Chicago's gameplan. Chicago's offensive line has not been very effective, but they did keep Jay Cutler upright for most of the game last week, and will be eager to prove that they can handle the pass rush again. Look to see Chicago use more max protection schemes and use of play action to freeze Minnesota's pass rush.
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We on the wind up or what ?
Linked with two Posh players.
Goes back to what I was saying last night as well, he's one of the only genuine strikers scoring goals outside of the Premier League in the Football League. There will be a lot looking at him.
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More chance of Ainsley Harriott
Can't score, won't score
Take someone like Nelson Oliveira and his pedigree and what he would cost but yet isn't prolific. Never has been and never will be.
Deadly finisher, absolutely brilliant killer instinct, but not sure he does much else. Congo?
Goes back to what J'psych said about the team reshape. Could see it working with us bombing forward from counterattacks, but would require around 4-5 other key players to get it all working.
Maddison will factor in to that. 2 parts of Posh's M & M's setup there.
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Judging by the videos, he seems to have very good positioning and timing in rushing forward, and good, 'sweet' finishes.
Pretty much as Alf said he looks adept to playing on the counter.
I've never seen this guy kick a football but it's good to see we're already getting work done on bringing signings in in the summer.
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The weaknesses to his game are, he's not the biggest or strongest, so often struggles to bring others into play and often makes the wrong choice as he's Assombolonga-level blinkered and will always go for goal even when team-mates are better placed.
Having said all of that, I'm convinced he'll be a big success at Championship level.
Bring him in. Offer them BB on a season loan as a sweetener
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The beast is stirring yet again!! :devil:
it has nothing to do with football or NFFC
Peterborough have had interest from Europe according to Steve Evans...
I believe in socialism because it seems more humanitarian, rather than every man for himself and 'I'm alright jack' and all those arsehole businessmen with all the loot. I made up my mind from viewing society from that angle. That's where I'm from and there's where I've made my decisions from. That's why I believe in socialism
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For all these player sales that Peterbrough make every year they don't progress much do they?
They don't even have a good training ground or stadium. Where does the money go?
It's all about timing. Much like Hart's season, getting a good crop together & adding quality at the right time is that rare golden opportunity which lower sides get to become higher sides.
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The movie Willy Wonka on the Chocolate Factory always creeped me out as a child. I remember seeing it during its first run in the cinema and was enthralled yet frightened of this oddly serene man with the top hat played by the strange Gene Wilder. It wasn't until I was old enough to understand the concept of dark comedy and Roald Dahl's message that I was able to sit back and enjoy the fake candy trees and the plastic looking edible grass. However, those Ompa Loompas will always give me the shivers. Strange little fellows.
That is why last night's episode of The Office, entitled "Golden Ticket" felt like an oddball, strangely exotic blend of realities, where Michael's shenanigans are finally starting to hit the fan. With Dunder Mifflin reeling to stay afloat in this current harsh economic climate, his errors and unprofessional approach, although garnering results, may be building up into a house of cards ready to crash and scatter in the weeks to come. He's already showing signs of unhappiness with corporate, his behavior is fraying CFO David Wallace's nerves, and with the push of his ill advised Willy Wonka scheme, he's fulfilling Stanley's belief (and others) that the boss is definitely a complete idiot. Add pushing Dwight to take the hit and pretend he had the bad idea is rough enough, but to try and take away the credit when the client gave Dunder Mifflin 100% of their business just adds another card to that flimsy tower. It was stupid of Dwight to agree to fall on the sword, but I'm glad he took the credit when the Golden Ticket scheme suddenly worked.
Great jokes. Loved the cold open with the knock knock and ding dong jokes. The tag completed it like a lovely bookened.
Having Kevin get advice from the love embattled (and embittered) Andy was hilarious. Getting advice from the "hot" and "perfect couple" Jim and Pam was a hoot as well. One thing - Pam has only dated Roy, Jim and the cartoon guy from season three, so I'm not sure what kind of experience she is drawing from - but this new improved Pam - the girl who always needs to be loved and has to be right - so whatever.
The Office will air a brand new episode next week at 9:00pm EST on NBC. It's entitled "New Boss". Idris Elba stars as the new hard ass VP who might put Michael's future into a tailspin. Sneak peaks on the episode have shown he's not going to take Michael's interruptions during meetings, nor will he take much of his silliness. (The following week is entitled "Two Weeks" - hinting that Michael may be submitting his notice). Seeing someone actually hand Michael's head to him on a platter will be fun...and I'm sure a little heart breaking too. After all, he's a silly, cowardly man - but his heart is in the right place.
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