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Playing Favorites: To Grow Up (and Stay Young) With a Best-Loved Player
by John Paschal
Adrian (as in Beltre) makes a great name for a girl or a boy (via Keith Allison).
We were in the kitchen, my wife and I, talking about having a child.
"Well, if it's a boy," I said, "I'd like to name him Adrian."
She grinned and shook her head. She knew why.
"And if it's a girl," I added, "I'd like to name her Adrian."
The reason: that 5-foot-11, 220 pound chunk of awesomeness named Adrian Beltre.
Adrian Beltre is my favorite baseball player.
You might have one, too, even as an adult. You probably had one as a child.
Perhaps like me, you find symmetry in the sentiment.
I love Adrian Beltre – the boyish style, the masculine air, the dismissal of convention while embracing what's cool about baseball. Have you watched him play the game? That's the thing: He plays the game, and you have to watch him. His greatness goes past the numbers. Sure, the nuts 'n bolts of his saber-greatness might send him to the Hall, but it's the process that you need to see. Highlights? They are not enough. They are snippets of Sinatra, swatches of Matisse. Yes, they give you a glimpse of this man's genius, a window to the pillow hands, the cannon arm, the cyclone swing. But to rely on highlights is to deny yourself his theater.
He is a singular twin, a player made whole by contradictory halves. The twinship is in the face: That furrowed brow can quickly yield to an honest grin, and vice versa. He is whimsy and gravitas at once, the embodiment of a boy's game that doubles as a man's business. His shtick with Elvis is true legend: They fight over pop-ups and banter constantly, as if mistaking the big leagues for stickball. And yet his wizardry is well established, the leather so grand that four Gold Gloves is not enough. He turns doubles into right-hand turns. He is coolness in chaos. During a ninth-inning tie, he'll jabber with the go-ahead runner on third.
Is he serious?
Well … yes and no. The soundtrack is Stravinsky and Yakety Sax.
He is a talker, a shouter, an ohhhh-sh**ter, gauging no moment too important or routine for words. His give-and-take with King Felix is must-see TV. They talk between pitches, maybe during pitches. On a line drive to the outfield, Beltre will shout at his old teammate while the ball is still in the air, offering play-by-play and off-color commentary at once.
The game within the game – this is his domain.
He is elegance and awkwardness in the same bad-ass form, a hitter who drops to a decorative knee in the midst of a home-run follow-through, and a fielder who throws with a weird, flat-footed, side-arm style, so eccentric that you can't believe it got him here but so powerful that, yes, OK, where else would he be? Where else but on a big league diamond, making plays that dare the writer to describe them?
He is the guy who Groucho Marxes at the camera but who also hits three dingers in a playoff game. Go ahead: Touch his dome. He breaks into laughter now, having turned his hilarious hang-up into light burlesque. More? Interviews reveal that he is a man among men and rookies, the leader by way of actions and words. He is fluent and funny in two languages, key to team chemistry. He is humble, gentle, but tough. A few years ago, only a blitzkrieged testicle could get him off the field. Now, unless he's on the DL, he pretty much tells the skipper that Adrian's playing.
Adrian is always playing. The word is flexible, and it is key to Beltre.
He throws his glove at grounders. He puts up a +WPA of 14.66.
He learns to run with blown hammies. He dances to Happy.
He, like Derek Jeter but to far less acclaim, is Lifebuoy clean, a player whose actions have never so much as passed through a rumor. But something tells me – as it should tell his opponents – that he's the last guy you'd pursue in an on-field brawl.
He's a stud. But listen to his kids chant, "Let's go, DA-ddy!"
He laughs with the catcher and ump in the midst of a key at-bat, but no, not everything is funny. The win is a solemn crusade. Last year, new teammate Lance Berkman joked about the 2012 World Series – the Rangers' devastating loss to Berkman's Cardinals – and if reports are to be believed, Beltre didn't even grin.
It doesn't hurt – OK, it really, really helps – that he plays for my favorite team. I think of the years that I mostly missed his greatness, and they feel like a void. I thank free agency for bringing him to me, just as I thank great fortune for the moment that brought me my wife.
Yes, I love Adrian Beltre – no, not like I love my wife.
I love him like you love your favorite player.
But yes. I would absolutely name my child – boy or girl – after Adrian Beltre.
The "favorite player" – as a man, an idea, an archetype – is something that most fans have in common. Of course, the commonality ends at the denominator. The differences are in the numerator, which welcomes anyone from DiMaggio to Trout, Mays to Cabrera, Mantle to Mark Lemke – huh? – and Drysdale to Darrell Porter. Huh. The reasons are many and motley. He played for your team. He manned your position. He had a certain something. Whatever the case, he ushered you from childhood to adulthood, where you might still look both ways.
Curious, I contacted several baseball writers and asked about their favorites of past and present. Each, to some extent, had a boyhood favorite. And each, to a different extent, still embraces a player or players as the object/s of some admiration. John Thorn, the official historian of Major League Baseball, loved Duke Snider. Michael Bates, of SB Nation, adored Kirby Puckett. Eno Sarris, of FanGraphs and THT, really liked … Mark Lemke? "And Rafael Belliard!" he is quick to add.
The reasons, like the seasons, are connected but far apart.
Bruce Markusen, author of numerous baseball books and articles, gave his boyhood heart to Roberto Clemente. "He was my idol, my hero," he says, "in large part because I share a Puerto Rican heritage." Craig Calcaterra, of NBC Sports' HardballTalk, had a fondness for Alan Trammell – "he hit a home run at the first major league game I remember attending" – while Dayn Perry, of CBS Sports' Eye on Baseball, can draw a direct line from Darrell Porter to Yadier Molina.
"I grew up a Cardinals fan," he says, "and he was of course central to their winning the World Series when I was 10 years old. My father and older brother seemed to adore him for his aw-shucks-ness and his reputation as a clutch performer. All of that was not lost on me…. Porter's glasses, which somehow seemed clumsily dated even in the early '80s, added to his appeal. He was a sturdily built, elite athlete, but those specs made him look like he had no business being out there. That was cool."
Sarris, likewise, valued both blue- and white-collar qualities, though not in the same player. "I liked two different kinds of players growing up: the hustler that got the most out of a lacking package, and the superstar. I always liked Barry Bonds from the moment he came up with those earrings and all the flash…. But I also loved Rey Ordonez, for working hard and playing great defense. Mark Lemke and Rafael Belliard!"
How did he show admiration? "Wiffle ball at-bats."
Sarris wasn't alone in using the stance as veneration.
"I admired Jackie Robinson, but I loved Duke Snider," Thorn says. "Not only would I imitate his cocked-elbow swing before the mirror, I would practice his swing in the house. Once, perhaps in 1955 or '56, while imagining myself to be him, I swung the bat and smashed the case of my parents' Admiral TV."
C. Trent Rosecrans, now the Reds reporter for the Cincinnati Enquirer, adored George Brett. "I'm left-handed," he says, "so I used a crouch for the longest time, plus the one-arm follow-through."
Bates made no such effort. "I couldn't emulate (Puckett), because he was inimitable."
He explains. "To a Twins fan in the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was synonymous with Minnesota baseball. He was billed as everything a ballplayer and a person should be, a lovable round man who smiled all the time, played his ass off, worked hard to turn himself into a world-class athlete, and was nice to everybody."
But just as Perry can draw a line from Porter to Molina, Bates can draw a line – from Puckett to Puckett – that goes to a different grown-up end. "My opinion of Puckett didn't change until after he retired and we started to learn about how terrible he was to women. I still have a lot of great memories of him from my childhood, and I'm grateful to him for that, and my feelings on him remain complicated, even as I acknowledge he was a bad person in many ways. If anything, the best lesson I learned from Puckett was to stop idolizing and romanticizing players."
For other writers, that isn't so easy. "As I grew up," says Thorn, "my ardor for the Duke waned but my admiration for Jackie only deepened. As I said to Ken Burns more than 20 years ago, Jackie was the man who shaped the crowd, which is what a hero does. Of all the players I have seen play, he remains my favorite."
As for Rosecrans, you might say he's a grown-up version of his boyhood self but also a different person, a kid who became a reporter who left some room for nostalgia. "I had a George Brett poster on my wall most of my life," he says. "I still have a framed one in my home office. It's part of growing up, it's me."
But no current player stirs a similar feeling. "There are players I enjoy dealing with. But there's no 'favorite player' feeling. That just seems like something from a lifetime ago.… I'm lucky enough to watch Joey Votto on a daily basis, and I find him fascinating to watch…. I'm happy when the good guys do well. There are people you deal with who are good people, and you're happy for them when they succeed. Like last year… Jonny Gomes and David Ross were always pros and good to deal with, so I was happy for them that they won the World Series."
Others have made a similar shift from sentiment to high opinion.
Calcaterra: "I was around 19 when Greg Maddux joined the Braves, and I just took to his pitching style like gangbusters…. Though really, it wasn't the same sort of thing as a childhood favorite. It was more of an appreciation. I can't say I have a current favorite player. … Yasiel Puig interested me for a few months last year. I'm fascinated by Andrelton Simmons' defense. Tim Lincecum always has drawn my attention. But it's more transitory than anything."
Perry: "These days, I'd count Yadier Molina as my favorite player to watch…. 'Favorite player as an adult emeritus' goes to Pedro Martinez. Obviously, he was a sublime pleasure to watch pitch. Also, one time I interviewed him, and he mentioned something in passing about his kids. I asked him how many he had, and he responded something to the effect of, 'Oh, man, a lot. I've got a lot of kids.' He also got palpably excited when talking about his change-up. You could tell he relished his craft."
Markusen, too, can shift from fan to writer: "Clemente is still at the top of the list, but I would say that I now have a co-favorite player.… Tommy Davis. I tend to like players who have had to struggle and adapt, and have bounced from team to team. I find their stories generally more appealing than the worn-out stories of superstar players.… While in Oakland, Davis became one of the game's great pinch-hitters, a lost art in today's game. He later became one of the first designated hitters in history… For a player who had to adjust and become a front-foot hitter because of the ankle injury, he found a way to hang around for 18 seasons…. I've never interviewed Tommy Davis, but my goal is to do just that."
Bates? He still enjoys a connection – to Johan Santana – but it's less personal now.
"I got so much joy out of watching him pitch for the Twins, and making people look silly with his change-up, and I am holding out hope he can come back and be effective in some form or another. But I'm not invested in him as a person anymore. I don't need Johan to be nice to kids or pets in order to appreciate what he does. I would prefer if he were nice to kids or pets, but that's not important to whether I enjoy him as a baseball player. The whole point of following baseball, no matter who you are, is supposed to be the joy it brings you…. So, as an adult, that's why Johan has been important to me. All that bonus joy."
As much as anyone, FanGraphs' Jeff Sullivan might embody the stages of the coming of age. Growing up, he liked Randy Johnson. Now it's Felix Hernandez.
"He's a link to my most emotional and committed Mariners fandom, in my late teenage years and early 20s. He was supposed to be the savior then, and he was my everything, and though I probably couldn't feel that way about a new player now, you could say Felix has been grandfathered in. With Felix … it's this weird blend of aggressive confidence and over-protectiveness. Like, I think Felix is the most amazing thing, and I love to talk up his achievements, but I also panic at the slightest sign of trouble, like bad command or reduced velocity. I think we all do, because we all live in fear of the day Felix isn't Felix anymore. I'm not prepared for that, and while I'm sure I could and will deal with it, things are going to be different on that day and the following days.
"I enjoy baseball, and as a part of enjoying baseball, I enjoy Felix the most. My favorite baseball memory is watching Felix's perfect game from my living room one weekday afternoon. I know that, most of the time, I feel like an adult. I know that, that afternoon, I felt like a kid. Maybe that's why I love Felix so much in the first place. Adults don't have to act like adults all of the time. Some act like children after drinking alcohol. I act like a child watching a baseball pitcher."
Seasons replace the seasons.
One way or another, the young move in on the old. You are always in the middle of it, gauging the demands of maturity. Perhaps you have found some symmetry there. Mine is reflected in the number 29, a number that Adrian Beltre and Rod Carew have shared.
I loved Rod Carew – the unorthodox look, the exotic air, the dismissal of custom in favor his own approach. Here he was, this otherwordly figure, crouching low and twirling that wand in a weird prolog to a calculated act of violence, ready to flip those magnificent forearms at an inside fastball or outer-half curve. At night in my room, with dreams of rendering Popeye a pitiful form, I'd do forearm roll-ups with a 10-pound weight. Up and down it would go, inching my arms closer to Yankee Stadium, under the lights, in the anxious air of October.
In second-period English I'd search those forearms for signs of cooperation. Alas. Yet even without the piano chords of sinew, I'd still do my best Carew in the box, crouching low and coiling my bat in hopes of the same results – better results, really, since a .360 average in youth ball was no big whoop. Already I grasped the numerical marks of greatness. At the time, batting average ranked as mankind's one true measure of athletic achievement – a metric dispatched from the heavens to distinguish Carew's divine heights from Mendoza's mortal line.
"Stand up straight, hands above the shoulders," my dad would say, gently, as I BP'd.
As directed – as expected – I'd stand up straight.
But in my head? Still crouched.
My dedication had depth and width. One day, confident that loose-leaf tobacco would be the key to extra-base hits, I shoved a Carew-like chaw in my cheek, a bulbous homage to my hero. The result? Let's just say it wasn't a double down the line. Later, having read that Carew had embraced Judaism, I turned from the New Testament to the Old, hoping that Yahweh would do what Jesus might not: allow me to lead the league in hitting (yes!) and to reach the major leagues. (No.)
For the time being, faith would not surrender to the real world, except as it came in the morning paper. Without Internet or cable TV, I'd go to bed sans knowledge of Carew's night, a strange vacuum in a sphere of recorded history. Dreams of 4-for-4s, or, let's get real here, 4-for-5s, would yield to the instant when my eyes found the proof of my idol's performance and its affirmation or destruction of those very same dreams – candy or socks in a stocking, three knocks or an 0-fer in the box.
At times, Carew's successes would even relieve my failures. Frequent were the mornings when his 3-for-4 (with a double and a triple!) served as good medicine for my own goose egg – a remedy, or at least a placebo, for the very ailment that his mastery could make acute: the dread that I might not become him after all.
I never found it odd that my favorite player didn't play for my favorite team. While hardly a birthright on the order of Yankees or Red Sox passion, my rooting interest in the Rangers was still an accident of birth, or of geography, or however you might characterize the bond a boy is born into. But my favorite player? That was personal, a private ownership of a public figure whose peers – many of them, anyway – might have seemed equally viable candidates.
Yes, that was a choice.
Or maybe it wasn't. Maybe you don't choose your favorite player. Maybe the choice is made, as it were, in that mysterious precinct where a guy later finds his love. And if the relationship is long-distance, well, so be it. The heart can bend space if it has to. Mine had to. Carew's team seemed a continent away, a world apart. TV, with its two or three games a week, rarely cooperated. I kept in touch through agate and rare highlights, which in tandem rendered Carew a kind of divinity whose occasional, exceptional appearances only fortified the canon.
Whenever he came to town, I went to see him. One night, as I walked through the lot, I heard the PA guy announce the lineups: no Carew. Some scrub had replaced him, an understudy for Olivier. My heart dropped to my arches. I arrived early the next time, hoping to head off a lineup change with the signs of my affection. And there he stood, near the dugout, signing autographs in the time before first pitch.
Minutes later I stood frozen near the rail, ostensibly awaiting my turn but actually catatonic, a shrunken, motionless figure just five feet distant from the man who for so long had been so far away. I watched his forearms ripple below those perfectly trimmed sleeves while I gripped a ball in my inferior hand, sweaty but still in possession of the object that had brought me so close.
Standing nearby, an usher told us to turn back. Game time was near. I wouldn't ever forget him – the face of censure, the model of disappointment. I stood my ground. I inched closer.
The man shouted, "We need to get these kids out of here!"
I pushed past the usher, elbowed him aside. He was a sideshow to my mission.
Carew glanced up. He had seen me, and issued something close to a smile.
Mine was the last ball he signed that night. It is with me today.
John Paschal is a regular contributor to The Hardball Times and The Hardball Times Baseball Annual.
Comradde PhysioProffe
I was a shy little kid during the Straw That Stirs The Drink days, and Reggie Jackson's brazen self-confidence absolutely captured my imagination. I still admire him to this day, as he is very generous with his time and attention to today's little kids.
John Paschal
Reply to Comradde PhysioProffe
That's awesome, Comradde. Thanks for sharing. I myself have vivid memories of the drink-stirrin' dramatics of Mr. Jackson. And yes, he's proved himself to be a very good dude.
gary lester
Clemente and Marichal were mine – Clemente was the star of my favorite team…and Marichal was just the epitome of cool – how I wanted to be able to replicate that let kick
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I'm not quite old enough to have really seen Clemente play, but here's a cool truth: As a kid, I played against his sons in a national baseball tournament. They played for the Puerto Rican team. That was the first time we as players had ever heard cowbells, horns, drums – you name it – during a game, and we absolutely loved it. After the game, we met the Puerto Rican kids in a room at the hotel we shared and exchanged T-shirts. I traded a Dallas Cowboys shirt for one that included the word "flores." That's all I can remember: the word "flores," in red type. I wore it until it finally gave out.
John, you might have left out the most bad-ass Adrian Beltre fact.
He is the only Dominican-born ballplayer* to actually be younger than his listed age when he signed. The Dodgers were penalized by MLB for signing him at the age of 15.
This meant that Beltre was just 18 when he led the A+ level Florida State League in home runs (1997):
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/leader.cgi?type=bat&id=f7ede64b&sort_by=HR
(Now I know why Chuck Norris and Adrian Beltre have never been seen in the same place at the same time. )
Congrats on your favorite team snagging your favorite player.
Reply to tz
* that I am aware of
Yep, that's a bad-ass fact, indeed – perhaps the baddest in the field of bad-assery.
Oh, and also not seen in the same place at the same time? Adrian Beltre and Steven Seagal.
Nice article. For me, it was Barry Zito. First, because of the gorgeous curve and the whole zen persona. Then, it was because he became an unfair scapegoat for a ton of fan bullshit about the contract. Like it was his fault Sabean outbid himself?
Reply to Rrr
Thanks, Rrr. (By the way, how do you decide which "r" goes first?) But seriously. I like your way of thinking. Obviously, I've always enjoyed players who are a bit different than the rest. And yes, Zito's curveball was a work of art. Mesmerizing.
I saw Mantle's last 4 seasons, and he was a god in my neighborhood when I was a kid. I was 12 years old when Bobby Murcer was labeled "the NEXT Mickey Mantle," and when he homered against the Senators on opening day in 1969, I was hooked! He remains to this day, may favorite athlete, and, next to my dad, my biggest hero. I never rooted for an individual player again until A-Rod joined the Yankees in 2004 (Yes, I actually typed that sentence.) The combination of his incredible talent, and the bizarre and irrational jealousy and scorn heaped upon him by his teammates, hometown fans and New York media since the day he arrived only served to mesmerize me. Even after his career/life disintegrated into a train wreck of epic proportions, his first 7 seven seasons in New York remain, for me, the most exhilarating baseball experience since Bobby Ray roamed the Yankee Stadium outfield.
Reply to RH
Great comment, RH. I love to hear personal perspectives like this one. Thanks!
My favorite was probably Dave Stieb growing up , now it's PUIG!!!!
Mike Scarlett
While growing up, my favorite player was Mackey Sasser for the silliest reason imaginable. I began collecting baseball cards at six years old and Sasser was the lone member of the Mets, my favorite team, whose card I didn't own. Naturally, to me this meant that he must have been a big star if I couldn't have pulled his card by then. This was before chase cards, etc, so it was merely a fluke, but I stuck by Mackey. Every game on Channel 9, I'd be annoyed if he wasn't starting ahead of a Barry Lyons or Charlie O'Brien, I imitated his unfortunate double-pump when I faked playing catcher, and loved his no walks, no strikeouts hitting style (even though I walked plenty myself). Irrationally, I blamed Todd Hundley for chasing the guy who "should" be the team's starting backstop out of town, despite fully understanding Sasser's shortcomings. Those were humanizing, though, and being a fan of a superduperstar was never my style.
After Mackey's retirement, Rusty Greer picked up the mantel even though I cared little about the Rangers and lived nowhere close to Texas. There was something about his all-out manner of play and underappreciated solid play that spoke to me, and I still remember being basically the only person that I could see in a packed Yankee Stadium cheering when he hit a grand slam off of Hideki Irabu in a 1998 game. Since then, I'd say that I fall more into the "admiration" class than having a bona fide favorite, although Hideki Matsui (I have a fondness for Japanese players and the type of ball played there) and Zack Greinke (pitching style, plus personality-wise he's the most similar guy to me that I've seen) are as close as it gets.
I enjoyed this piece, John. Great job!
Reply to Mike Scarlett
Thanks very much, Mike.
By the way, it's absolutely awesome that you copied Sasser's double-pump. That's dedication!
And yes, Greer was an easy guy to root for. It's too bad that his all-out style contributed to the premature end of his career.
Braves fan growing up, Dale Murphy was my hero. Can't say I have a favorite now. With the way players move around, it is tough to grow an allegiance to a player.
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What did you name your child, John?
This is an exceptionally well-written piece. It has a weighted resonance quotient-plus (wRQ+) of 190 (average = 100).
Reply to Meursault
Well, as of now, we have named the twins "Additional Free Time" and "More Disposable Income," if you get my drift. But if and when the bundle comes, "Adrian" will still top the list.
And thank you for the compliment. It's very much appreciated.


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Pay and perks may be reduced, but being a pilot remains a labour of love
In the latest in our ongoing series, Captain James McBride, a Boeing 737 captain for a major European airline, and aviation author, explains why commercial flying is still special.
There's an old joke that goes something like: "How do you know when you've got an airline pilot at a dinner party? Don't worry, he'll tell you!" This incorrectly implies that all airline pilots are braggards, male and overconfident egotists. These days the reverse is true.
Our profession is not what it used to be: there was a time when strangers might have been suitably impressed, but now their reaction is a mixture of pity and diffidence. They know our industry is on life-support and those of us still working are doing so in much reduced circumstances.
Source: Captain James McBride
So, we ask the question: what makes our occupation desirable even now to the younger generation? In the glory days, expat pilots working in the Middle East could rely on their pot of gold at the end of a 15-year stint. They could retire early on their return to Europe. At the legacy carriers of the EU, the situation was similar. At a youthful 55, a well-remunerated mainline captain would close his logbook and with generous pension provision, would hardly notice a difference in his income (indeed, sometimes it would be more than he was earning flying the line!). In Greece, the pilots of the great Olympic Airways used to say they could afford to buy a new car every month.
One of the advantages of having a long career is that you get to see a lot of changes, not all of which are for the better. For instance, the return on investment for new joiners is less sure than it used to be. Yet there is still a queue waiting to hand over the £100,000-plus required for initial training and type rating. That training takes 12 months or more, in most countries without any monetary support from the airline or the taxpayer. Even if the newbie aviator lands the job of their dreams, their salary expectations are minimal for years. There are even some carriers who operate 'pay to fly' schemes – where co-pilots pay their airline for the privilege of sitting in the right-hand seat.
All things considered, it cannot be the money that attracts us. My own story is like that of many others: I always wanted to fly, a passion from before the age of 10. Am I disappointed with my choice of career? Not a bit of it. Is there anything I would change if I had to do it all again? Nothing. You see, it is still a bit special. Not everyone can do what we do, granted, some wouldn't want to, but there are many more who would love to. For whatever reason, it did not work out for them, although they wished it had. Those who fly for a living or who have done so are a little different. It is an odd choice of occupation and although not as glamorous as it was, it remains fascinating for others. So much so, that after a few decades you find ways of avoiding telling people what you do for a living. It is not elitism, trust me, it is just that I find it more interesting to learn about what strangers do; I prefer to listen than to transmit.
Which is why, now when asked by a stranger, my reply is often a vague "I'm in aluminium exports," which usually results in a lack of further questions. But if they probe further, I answer, "Oh, aluminium tubing mostly…" before steering the conversation round to them.
A couple of years ago I met a stranger in a boatyard in Greece. He was a long way from home. An affable Australian with an easy manner who was happy to chat, he was waiting for his immaculate sailboat to be launched. Obviously retired, he was in his late 60s and dressed in scruffy shorts and raggedy tee-shirt. Clearly an experienced sailor, it was a delight to talk to him about his travels in the Mediterranean and beyond.
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Not only that, but something else, he had a certain calmness… I couldn't quite put my finger on it. There came an appropriate moment. "You're clearly enjoying retirement Steve, but what was your occupation?" I asked. He looked at me, smiled and said easily, "Ah well, I was moving equipment around… y'know," as if he'd had the most boring job of all. Then we moved back to boats and sailing, a mutual interest. A while later, he asked me what I did, to which I grinned and said, "Well, I move equipment around… y'know." He laughed, "Yer a pilot aren't ya?!"
It may not be the best paid profession any more but, for some of us, it is still the best job in the world.
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Are you using iCloud on your Apple devices? If yes, this article throws light on strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of iCloud.
Data storage is one of the biggest challenges faced by netizens across the world. Storing data locally on hard drives and computers have their benefits and drawbacks.
One of the major disappointments of using local storage solutions for users is data corruption. If malware or virus attacks the laptop or desktop computer, your valuable data is lost. Cloud storage provides a reasonable solution to the problem of storing big data.
Given the widespread use of Apple devices, people's obvious choice is iCloud as Apple offers strong integration with their devices. Apart from this unbreakable ecosystem, there is a lot that sets Apple apart from other cloud services. But wait! This SWOT analysis also underlines weaknesses and threats to iCloud, and not just its strengths and opportunities.
Time and again, I appreciate Apple's ecosystem that makes its products unbeatable when it comes to safety and security of software and data. Each Apple device is well connected to each other, and your data transfer is as smooth as silk.
The backup of your iPhone or iPad is safely stored on your iCloud, and you can access the data from anywhere. Photos, documents, videos, notes, mail, calendar, reminders, and contacts – everything is synced on the cloud. Use your Apple ID and explore a whole gamut of features. For security, Apple allows you to set up two-factor authentication for Apple ID.
If you consider the pricing of iCloud, Apple has managed to keep it competitive. There are three major rivals of Apple's iCloud service: Google Drive, Dropbox, and Amazon Drive.
Google has an edge as it provides 15GB free cloud space to every user with a single Google account. Moreover, Google allows users to create more than one account; so practically, you can create more accounts to get more space. But then there is a limit.
Dropbox baffles users by its four upgrade options: Plus, Professional, Standard, and Advanced. To get more space on Dropbox, you have to go for its referral system. If you have a few friends (and if they are willing), you can earn nearly 16GB of free space on Dropbox.
Amazon Drive has probably not picked up that pace to outrun other cloud services. The relatively low-profile Amazon Drive is perhaps limited to Amazon users, i.e., Echo Devices, Kindle, Fire sticks, and others.
This is something that makes Apple's iCloud unique. It is a fact universally accepted that people love to store their sweet memories – photos & videos – for a long time. Now when you use Optimize iPhone Storage, it ensures that full-resolution photos and videos are stored in iCloud.
When you are running out of space on your iOS devices, you need to take a few easy steps to optimize your storage: Settings > Photos > Optimize iPhone Storage.
Once your storage is optimized, you will find some space on your iOS device.
This happens when you are backing up photos and videos on your iCloud Drive. It takes a lot of time for high-resolution photos to sync. If your phone doesn't have enough space in iCloud, your iPhone backup will take either too much time, or it will be failed.
Many users never use iCloud backup, and when they use it for the first time, it takes a hell lot of time to back up the phone data. Once the initial backup is done, you should turn on automatic backups; those will be incremental backups and won't take much time.
Windows receives step-motherly treatment from iCloud. With limited browser interface and poor iCloud client for Windows, users would never like to use this service on non-Apple products.
iCloud makes things complicated on Windows; it creates three separate folders on Windows instead of syncing photo library. The three folders are downloads, uploads, and shared.
On the Downloads folder, you won't find previously downloaded photos added automatically. This restricts storage use and makes your photo library incomplete on Windows.
Aside from the above two weaknesses, iCloud doesn't have email support, sharing is still in beta, and there is no file versioning.
With the rising use of Internet worldwide, users have moved from local storage to remote, server-based storing and processing. Earlier, we used to consume music and movies from local media, and now we are streaming our favorite music and movies from services like Netflix, Hotstar, and Amazon Prime.
This is a clear indication that cloud-based storage is likely to increase and will become cheaper. As more companies are investing in cloud infrastructure, the total amount of data stored with service providers will increase. Cisco expects an increase of global storage capacity from 600EB to 1.1ZB in 2018, that's near twice the available storage of 2017.
Small and medium industries can set up customized storage solutions to their advantage of cost efficiency. For giant corporations, they can store big data in the cloud to analyze and derive insights that will help improve their business performance.
Internet of Things allows connected devices to communicate with each other; Apple has already created this ecosystem, and it will add more devices to its kitty. This will naturally increase the use of iCloud.
The Apple devices will not only become more connected but will also become more intelligent. Innovations, complex analysis, and insights stem from the combination of IoT and artificial intelligence, which further give birth to the Internet of Everything (IoE).
Security of data is a major threat for Apple iCloud. A data management infographic reveals, "46% of all businesses identified at least one cyber attack or breach in the last 12 months". This number is likely to increase in the years to come.
All your physical devices are connected to iCloud; this means, they are exposed to the perils of hacking. On the other hand, hackers are developing sophisticated attacks. For Apple, security will be a life-long issue to fight with.
Apple has to invest more money to make sure that its iCloud services have strong protection against complex data breaches.
Do you think Apple will tackle all the threats and weaknesses iCloud faces today? How much do you rate iCloud on the scale of 0 to 10, where zero is the worst and ten is the best?
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To be frank here in the west we need to find ways to treat acid blood, the scourge of modern living and rebalance our body. Acid wastes are not only from food and drink but also from stress and other pollutants that are dumped into the bloodstream and lymph. Keep in mind that an alkaline pH of 7.5 and above is the only range that is beneficial to your good health. An alkaline body is in a healthy state therefore allowing your body to fight bacterial and infectious disease as well as many other chronic and potentially serious conditions.
WHAT MAKES ALKALINE WATER SO SPECIAL?
Alkaline water has an abundance of electrons and a negative charge. This scavenges free radicals and reduces oxidation of your body, in turn slowing down the aging process. Everything you put in your body either increases or decreases oxidation. Therefore, everything we consume either reverses or accelerates the aging process.
Ionized, or alkaline, water has smaller molecule clusters than regular water. Sometimes referred to as reduced water, it gains an excess amount of electrons but the cluster of H2O seems to reduce in size from 10 to 13 molecules per cluster to 5 to 6 molecules per cluster. These small clusters are able to permeate your body's cells and hydrate much more effectively. This makes the water and minerals better able to be absorbed by your body. It also allows your cells to fill up with water and flood out the toxins within.
Alkaline water can help to neutralize acids in your bloodstream, boost your energy levels, increase intracellular hydration and replenish minerals. Additionally the detox effect may slow the aging process and help to prevent diseases caused by extended acidic pH levels. Alkaline water is a powerful antioxidant, helps to improve digestion and metabolism and lowers blood sugar levels.
When we refer to pH we mean (potential for hydrogen). The 'H' in pH is capitalized because the symbol for hydrogen is capital H.
The pH scale reflects the concentration of hydrogen particles called ions in a solution. The varying degree of concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution is represented by a scale, the pH scale.
You can see from the pH scale that a low pH number corresponds to a high hydrogen ion concentration, which makes the solution acidic, and vice versa. So when a substance is added to water and it increases the concentration of hydrogen ions (lowers the pH),it is called an acid. And when a substance that reduces the concentration of hydrogen ions when added to water (raises the pH) it is called a base, or alkaline. It's a bit confusing but all you need to know is as the H+ ion concentration increases, the pH decreases. As the OH- ion concentration increases, the pH increases.
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We recognise alkaline water is new to us in the west but it has been studied in Japan, Korea and China for almost 40 years and is routinely accepted as a powerful antioxidant by doctors and patients.
With this in mind we have done our research and have sourced a complete range of quality, high performance, non electronic, affordable, alkaline water products.
They all produce high pH and negative redox readings in the same way that electronic water ionizers do for a fraction of the price.
They are also simple to use and require little maintenance and some are portable so you can take your healthy water with you wherever you go.
Our alkaline products mimic nature by gently using gravity and capillary action to produce pure sweet tasting healthful water.
All of our alkaline water products have high pH levels, so by making it part of your daily diet it encourages your 'inner pharmacy' to restore its natural balance.
The chemical acid-base buffer systems of the body fluids, (known as the bicarbonate buffering system) which immediately combine with acid or base (alkali) to prevent excessive changes in hydrogen ion concentration (pH level).
The respiratory centre, which regulates the removal of CO2 (carbon dioxide) and therefore carbonic acid from the extra cellular fluid.
The kidneys, which can excrete either acid or alkaline urine, thereby readjusting the extra cellular fluid hydrogen ion concentration toward normal during acidosis or alkalosis.
As well as pH levels being important so to is something called the waters Oxidation Reduction Potential (ORP or Redox).
Many leading water researchers from Asia agree that in ionized water the elevated pH is good, but that ORP is just as important. Alteration to the ORP is what causes micro-clustering, antioxidant and oxygenating effects.
When something is being oxidised, the molecules of the substance are being combined with oxygen. Its the same effect you can see when metal rusts or a sliced Apple turns brown. In essence oxidized cells become damaged and useless.
What the body needs are high levels of antioxidants to protect against this oxidative damage. When something is measured as having a negative ORP, it is healthy for your body. It is an antioxidant. Antioxidants work by calming unstable oxygen molecules called free radicals, which are responsible for oxidising cells. When antioxidants neutralise free radicals, they are on a type of suicide mission. The antioxidants themselves are oxidised or, in chemical terms, reduced. When the reading is a positive ORP it means it is an oxidizer and damaging to your cells. So the relationship between pH and ORP goes like this: - low pH or acid solutions are also [+] ORP, while alkaline solutions in the presence of active Hydrogen contain [-] ORP a vital part of chemical processes in our body as a protective antioxidant.
Ceramic Dome Filter- acts as a physical barrier against pathogenic bacteria and protozoan cysts and has a fine pore size of 0.2 micron (0.0002 mm). Bacteria range in size from 0.2 to 5 micron such as E.Coli, Shigella and Salmonella. Giardia Lamblia, Cryptosporidium, and other Protozoan Cysts are 1-15 micron and are efficiently filtered out. The filter also acts as a pre-filter to the next multilevel filter.
Multilevel Carbon Filter- The Carbon cartridge has five stage filtration: 1. Silver activation granular carbon, traps dirt, rust, silt chemicals such as chlorine and ensures the water has a great taste. 2. Silica Sand a combination of oxygen and silicon. Silica is the mineral which promotes healthy bone and connective tissues and helps prevent premature aging, cardiovascular and Alzheimer's disease. 3. Zeolite a natural volcanic material with a unique ability to exchange cations (positively charged ions). This substitution of ions enables Zeolite to selectively absorb harmful heavy metals such as mercury, lead and chromium. Zeolite exchanges sodium ions for calcium ions which results in soft water. 4. Mineral Sand is composed of many health related elements such as potassium, sodium, calcium and magnesium. It keeps the water fresh. Finally 5. Ion Exchange resin which can remove any traces left of heavy metals.
Alkaline Filter- The Alkaline Filter main purpose is to raise the pH of the water filtered through the ceramic and multistage filters. It contains a predominance of biominerals which do just that. It does not contain the full spectrum of minerals that are contained in the other filters that we sell as it has to raise the pH of a large body of water. It mostly contains Tourmaline but also Water-Soluble Calcium Carbonate Ore, Coral Fossil, Binchotan Charcoal, Maifansi stone and dechlorinating stone.
Tourmaline has a unique pyroelectric effect which generates negative ions on interacting with water. It also reduces water clusters. It contains several silicate minerals.
Zeolite is found where volcanic rocks react with alkaline ground water. lt is negatively charged & absorbs free radicals & viral particles making it a unique antioxidant.
Maifanshi is often found in mountain streams and is commonly used as a health additive. It helps to absorb toxins and supplies trace minerals to the body & helps in cleaning &ionizing water.
Far Infrared benefits the whole body. It is thought to improve blood pressure balance, blood sugar and oxygen flow to the cells thereby increasing muscle strength and acuity.
Muyu Jade is found in marine deposits & contains over 25 different minerals. When soaked in water for several hours it creates high quality mineral water and is prized for these qualities.
Benonite is used to treat skin & internal ailments. It is said to help viral infections, stomach flu & parasites. It enriches & balances the blood & helps with intestinal track disorders.
Nano Silver is antviral, antibacterial & antifungal. Tests show that it neutralises over 650 pathogens & micro-organisms. See Colloidal Silver for more on the value of silver to health.


Facebook recently announced that it will migrate all accounts to Campaign Budget Optimization beginning in September of this year.
This sweeping change means that advertisers will effectively lose control of ad spend at the ad-group level, relying on Facebook instead to direct spend in what it deems to be the most efficient use of spend across ad groups.
Here's what advertisers need to know regarding the migration.
Facebook introduced Campaign Budget Optimization over a year ago, which enables advertisers to set a single budget across multiple ad sets and then allow Facebook to direct the budget for those ad sets based on real-time performance metrics.
Historically, advertisers have always been able to set separate budgets for different ads within a Facebook campaign.
That all will change starting in September, however.
Facebook will begin "migrating" new and existing campaigns to a Campaign Budget Optimization default, meaning that advertisers will rely on Facebook to control ad spend at the ad group level.
With campaign budget optimization, you'll be able to set one central campaign budget for all of your ad sets, and we'll automatically and continuously distribute that budget in real time to your top performing ad sets.
After September 2019, you can still control spending at the ad set level by using ad set spend limits. If you set a minimum spend limit, Facebook will aim to spend that amount. If you set a maximum spend limit, Facebook will not exceed that amount. To learn more, read about campaign budget optimization controls.
To understand how campaign budget optimization distributes your budget, pay attention to the total number of optimization events for your campaign and the average cost per optimization event at the campaign level, instead of each ad set.
"For some advertisers, campaign budget optimization will become the fixed default within Ads Manager beginning in September 2019," explains Lucey.
While losing the ability to direct spend at the ad group level may alarm some, it's worth noting that many Paid Social practitioners have seen improved performance and efficiency with Campaign Budget Optimization since the feature was first released over a year ago.
How Can Advertisers Prepare For The Switch?
While the switch to Campaign Budget Optimization won't begin until September this year, it's always a good idea to familiarize yourself with the feature beforehand so that you can understand how the change will impact your existing and future campaigns.
"Confirm with Facebook reps on the timing of when the switch might occur and begin testing campaign budget optimization now to see how to further implement it across campaigns," explains Lucey.
In the meantime, you can learn more by reading Facebook's official announcement and Campaign Budget Optimization pages.
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Greg graduated from CSU Sacramento with a degree in International Relations. After teaching English to junior high students in Istanbul for four years, he returned to California to pursue writing on tech and digital marketing.


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Living a Faith Worth Talking About
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Senior pastor Brady Boyd draws parallels between the early church at Corinth and today's culture to illustrate how Christians can stay true to their beliefs and live a loving and faith-filled life—demonstrating a new way to interact with the modern world.
Lead pastor of New Life Church Brady Boyd encourages us to look beyond the archetypical pitfalls Christians historically have fallen victim to: Instigators hold an "us-against-you" outlook towards anyone whose beliefs differ from theirs; Isolators go into holy hiding and choose to associate exclusively with those who think like them; and Integrators slide so seamlessly into the surrounding culture that they become ingrained in it.
Instead, as Boyd illuminates here in Remarkable, Paul the Apostle proposes a new approach, one centered on God's wisdom rather than societal temptations and popular culture. Through Paul's teachings, Boyd shows us how we can not only learn to hear the Word, but also live it, reclaiming the peace, the freedom, and the joy that we lost by imitating the modern world. Remarkable reminds us that by embracing the vision Paul held for followers of God, we can begin leading truly remarkable lives by letting love guide us every step of the way.
Praise For Remarkable: Living a Faith Worth Talking About…
"Rousing… Boyd (Speak Life), senior pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, lays out an approach for Christian readers to live out their faith by using the teachings of Paul... Boyd's reiteration of Paul's lessons will appeal Christians looking to strengthen their relationships or congregational engagement."
Howard Books, 9781982101374, 272pp.
Brady Boyd has served as the senior pastor of New Life Church for over ten years. Under Brady's leadership, New Life Church has grown to six campuses, and its unique team teaching method has become a model for churches around the world. Boyd is the cohost of The Essential Church Podcast and hosts conferences like New Life Conference, the Desperation Conference, and The Gathering. He lives in Colorado Springs with his wife, Pam, and their two children.


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~ Cannon Falls Township ~
Cannon Falls Township received its name from the Big Cannon river, and its branch, the Little Cannon, whose sudden change of level forms a falls in the western part of the township, at the point where the city of Cannon Falls is now located. The Big Cannon flows through the northern part of the township, from west to east, and its valley is marked by many changes in topography. The outer bluffs of the river are frequently more than a mile apart and over two hundred feet above the water in the river. In this valley are broad terraces and beautiful farms, and in addition to this the township has considerable timber. Along some of the valleys there is a sandy lightness to the soil, which has the effect of making the roads rather poor at some seasons of the year. For agricultural purposes, however, the soil is excellent and large crops are raised, although dairying is an important industry. The river bottom, from one-half to a mile in width, has a gravelly soil.
It is probable that Dr. W. W. Sweney and Richard and William Freeborn, who made the trip afoot from Peel Wing, were the first white men to behold the falls. The first settler was Edway Stoughton, who came early in 1854. Others were Charles Parks, who settled at the falls, and James H. Payton and James McGinnis. Mrs. Charles Parks was the first while woman at the Falls.
The first death in the township was in August. 1855, when an infant son of David McKune passed to the Great Beyond. The first child was Ellen Hartry, now Mrs. Ellen French, of Dennison, born in October, 1855. The first marriage was that of Robert Fotherby and Sarah Strange, who were united before Charles Parks, justice of the peace. E. L. Clark taught the first school in 1856-57, the sessions being held in a building which he had erected for the purpose, principally of basswood logs; and which, for this reason, he named Basswood Seminary. This building was also used for a house of worship, on Sabbath days for some time thereafter.
Cannon Falls Township is bounded on the north by Dakota County, on the west by Dakota County and Stanton, on the south by Leon, and on the east by Vasa. It comprises one entire government township, No. 112, range 17, and its area has remained unchanged since the township act of 1858.
Among the early supervisors of the township were: William Barton. W. P. Scofield, Lewis Engberg, J. D. Wheat, Abram Mallet, D. H. Knox, George West, J. D. Jennings. H. A. Tanner, D. L. Davis. F. Pentz, C. W. Gillet. James McGinnis, E. E. Chase, W. P. Tanner and G. Slocum.
The first town clerks were: J. T. Moss, Eli Ellsworth. George L. Baker, W. H. Scofield, J. D. Jennings, A. J. Phelps, John Jennings, Frank Slocum. W. P. Tanner served as town treasurer for eleven years, and was then followed by Frank Slocum.
The early justices of the peace were J. A. Wilson. Park Tucker, G. Westman. W. H. Scofield and W. P. Tanner.
The first constables were James H. Peyton, E. H. Klock, George McKenzie, E. R. Steel and George Kinder.
Those who enlisted in the Civil War from Cannon Falls were as follows:
Marion Abbott
Charles J. Anderson
Thomas H. Baker
John Boss
Captain George L. Baker
E. E. Chase
E. L. Clark
Daniel E. Cadwell
George W. Doud
Peter Engberg
Jonathan Flynn
Lieutenant William D. Hale
Henry Hamilton
Nels. B. Johnson
Luther M. Knox
James M. Knox
Charles Klock
Olof Larson Peter Lindberg
George Lewis
William Morrell
George W. Neff
James H. Payton
William O. Stranahan
Mathew Willson
Albert G. Leach
Charles M. Scofield
Marvin Cary
John Hoffstatter
Harlow VanVleit
Captain Ara Barton
George Cook
Samuel Dilly
Samuel Hullett
William Hullett
John J. Hartig James F. Kelley
Stephen A. Penny
Jacob Rhodes
David Valentine
Joseph Blum
James A. Wright
Austin Demming
Cornelius Crown
Lester Bancroft
George Park
Edward Klock
Nels Lindenholm
Matts Peterson
Cyrus Van Vliet
James L. Scofield
Luther Scofield
The present officials of the township are: Elof Johnson, chairman; Edward Lano and Martin Chelson, supervisors; Emil Bloomberg, clerk; Olaf Haine, treasurer; Louis Rapp, assessor.
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Issa Traoré (born September 9, 1979 in Bamako) is a retired Malian footballer who played for Persepolis and Pas.
Whilst at Pas, Traore endured a major injury on his right knee, and was out for a considerable number of games during his career at the club. After having a couple of unsuccessful seasons in the Iran Pro League he moved to the Algerian League and joined JS Kabylie.

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Sharma, Divesh S.; Kennesaw State University -- History.; Universities and colleges -- Georgia -- Cobb County -- History.; Oral histories.; Transcripts.
Divesh S. Sharma is a professor of accounting and is the accounting coordinator for KSU's Doctor of Business Administration program. According to Brigham Young University's accounting research rankings, Dr. Sharma is one of the top scholars in the world in archival audit research. He has been awarded several KSU Foundation Prizes for Publications, and in 2016 he was the recipient of KSU's Distinguished Professor Award.


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Staying involved in dance with college can be done in so many ways, you just have to know what you want to do and start looking. My name is Hannah Johnson, I am 19 years old and am now a dance theatre major at the American Musical Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles.
Like I said earlier there are multiple ways to keep dancing once you graduate. When I became serious about dance in 10th grade I knew that I wanted to become a professional dancer, so I looked for a program that allowed me to major in Dance, as opposed to a dance team or dance club.
All are great options and they all have one thing in common: research. Look up everything about the school and the program, take notes, ask questions, follow them on Instagram and Facebook. The more you know, the better. Also… Start Early! You don't want to find the perfect program and then not be able to get in because you missed the admission or audition deadline.
Once you get to the program or team of your choice, embrace everything; new, old, same, different, unusual. You can learn from every situation, teacher and peer at your school. Dancing outside of the walls of your home studio or high school can be a bit intimidating at first, but just know that things will settle and it will become your second home.
I am in my second semester at The American Musical Dramatic Academy and I could not be happier even though life is hard, I'm tired, sore (especially after midterms this week) and doing things I've never done before like acting and singing. A life with dance is a good life, so I encourage everyone to keep dancing!!
After High School I couldn't imagine my life without dancing. What are my options? I thought about majoring in dance in college, but I had other passions I wanted to pursue as well. I decided to audition for the dance team at MSU Mankato and I made it. I danced in college for 2 years while coaching the fall dance team at the high school I attended.
I then decided to pursue my life-long dream of being a professional dancer. I auditioned for the Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders and was on their training program for 1 year and have been an MVC for 3 years!
My advice to those who are passionate about dance is to make it a part of your life. It's not just a sport, it has defined me and the way I live my life. Put yourself out there, make yourself known. It is a scary step to audition for a team but I promise you will never regret it :) It was the best decision I have ever made!
Dancers tend to think that the only option to stay involved in dance after high school is to dance in college. This is the route that I specifically went, but there are many different options including professional dancing, where you can audition and book jobs, or dance professionally for a pro sports team. After high school you can also enter into the world of choreography, consulting, coaching or even advertising/apparel for dance teams.
I specifically have stayed involved in dance after high school by dancing in college, choreographing for high school and college dance teams, hosting dance team related events through TRIBE 99, coaching, and now by being a professional dancer.
We are so lucky as dancers because as the year go by, more and more doors open for us to continue doing what we love. It's important to realize that some doors might open, some might close, and some might temporarily close but open up later.
The important thing is that we HAVE so many opportunities to stay involved in dance. It took my coaching "door" to shut, for me to have the courage and time to start pursuing my professional dance career.
I am lucky enough now to be in a place where I can pursue my choreography but also able to pursue my professional dance career as well. We have so many options, so its just finding the one's that make you the most happy and then putting all that you have into it.
As a high school senior, I was burnt out right after NDTC. Looking at what my next step was scary. Do I keep dancing? Do I give up the one thing I was super passionate about? So many questions ran through my mind constantly and I am grateful to have had GREAT mentors to guide me throughout my high school years.
Leading up to my senior year, it was either going to college and dancing or dancing professionally in LA. After talking to Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo (NappyTabs) I knew that going to college and finishing school was the path I wanted to take. I chose ONE school, the University of Tennessee. I stalked them, I loved them and I knew I wanted to be a Tennessee VOL. That path didn't work out as anticipated and I was thankfully redirected to the University of Cincinnati. I spent all my years at UC and loved being a Bearcat.
Dancing in college was an experience like no other. But there are SO many other options. Dancing professionally, going on tour, booking commercial jobs, trying out for a TV show like SYTYCD or World of Dance, dancing for a company, being a pro dancer/cheerleader, etc are all such great experiences as well. With dancing professionally, I would always recommend whoever is going that path to go FULL FORCE. Don't wait a year or two before really going for it!
Another option is to be a teacher, choreographer or coach. The educational side of teaching and/or coaching dance can be such a rewarding job and is a great way to stay involved in the dance world!
There is always the business side of the dance world that I think some people forget about. There are some great sales, marketing, social media, brand reps, public relations, fashion merchandising, etc jobs available with dance companies, dance wear companies (like The Line Up!), convention companies and competition companies. This is a great option for dancers who don't want to continue physically dancing but would like to stay in the dance world!
My biggest advice is don't pigeon hole yourself into one option. Keep your mind and heart open. Start looking as a Sophomore and Junior in high school. Don't wait! Go visit LA or NYC and check out what a professional audition is like. Visit universities and see what their dance team or dance program entails. Look into fashion merchandising or business if you want to work for a dance company.
And come to our Combine event this May to understand the college dance team world and what tryouts and what being on a college dance team looks like :) Don't shy away from going for your dreams because you fear failure or rejection. STAND TALL and GO FOR IT!
Looking for more inspiration? Next week we'll have stories from a fitness instructor, dance rep, and two studio teachers and choreographers!


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Different ways of commemorating 11 November, Armistice Day: a cello back from war, dance choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, a concert as a hymn for peace.
A cappella choral music in all its splendour! While Caplet, Ravel, and Poulenc demonstrate the French inclination for short vocal works, Reger and Schönberg are undoubtedly part of the rich German tradition.


The physical fitness business Rock Steady Boxing NOVA gym opened in McLean, Virginia last December.
That was the good news for 75-year-old Neil Eisner.
He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease six years ago.
He finds the boxing a helpful way to fight back against the disease.
Parkinson's disease affects the nervous system and causes people's muscles to become weak and their arms and legs to shake.
Rock Steady Boxing, or RSB, was designed to help people with Parkinson's.
The exercises in the program are meant to build specific skills.
One involves hitting a bag to work on strength.
Another has trainees crawling across the floor.
Eisner says the exercises help him perform everyday tasks like moving around and getting in and out of bed.
Some strengthening exercises work the vocal cords.
Eisner said his trainer is working with him to speak out loudly.
"One of the things interestingly enough is you [Parkinson's patients] tend to have a lower voice. When you have that lower voice, people can't hear you, you don't realize it. So, he asks and is getting us to bring up our voice clearly and more loudly."
Private trainer Alec Langstein likes working with older people because he understands their health issues and the need for them to stay active.
"My aunt has a gym in Westchester, New York, and she does a Rock Steady Boxing program there," he said.
"She invited me up to her gym to check out the program. She thought it would be a perfect fit for what I do. I helped out with a few classes, and it was just, I thought, an amazing program."
The Rock Steady Boxing nonprofit company was created in 2006 by lawyer Scott C. Newman.
He was looking for ways to do physical exercise after being diagnosed with Parkinson's at the age of 40.
Since then, more than 500 boxing programs have been started in the U.S. and around the world.
Langstein went to the organization's headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, to become an RSB-certified trainer.
A few months later, he opened his Rock Steady Boxing NOVA gym.
Langstein said that the RSB program centers attention on teaching balance and coordination between the hand and eye.
It also teaches reaction and foot movement.
"So when I yell out certain numbers, they have to move and react at the same time.So, the brain and the body is working together."
He added that it also helps people release some of the anger they may have from having the disease.
To understand how RSB can help Parkinson's patients, physical therapist Danielle Sequira says it is important to know what causes the symptoms.
She said that Parkinson's affects the dopamine-producing cells in the brain.
Dopamine is a chemical that is important to the operation of the nervous system.
A loss of dopamine can make movement difficult.
Boxing and other exercises do not cure the disease or stop the loss of dopamine.
But, they can improve the patient's life experience.
Sequira said research shows that exercise helps the brain use dopamine better.
She adds that, after working with Parkinson's patients, her goal is for them to start an exercise program out in the community.
RSB seems to have helped Victoria Hebert reduce the symptoms of her Parkinson's.
She has a tremor, or shake, in her left hand, and says some situations can make the shaking worse.
"Being cold, being hot, sitting with a crowd that I'm not real comfortable with, I'll start shaking. I end up having to sit on my hand just to keep it still."
But with this crowd, Hebert feels no need to hide the disease.
"That's the big part of it, sharing experiences with others," she said.
"I have to say...Over eight years of time I've never met another person with Parkinson's. Then, I came here, and it was like a whole class of 20, 25 people with it. It was kind of surprising to me, kind of surprising that I, myself, didn't reach out to anybody before that."
That was the good news for 75-year-old Neil Eisner. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease six years ago. He finds the boxing a helpful way to fight back against the disease.
Rock Steady Boxing, or RSB, was designed to help people with Parkinson's. The exercises in the program are meant to build specific skills.
One involves hitting a bag to work on strength. Another has trainees crawling across the floor. Eisner says the exercises help him perform everyday tasks like moving around and getting in and out of bed.
"My aunt has a gym in Westchester, New York, and she does a Rock Steady Boxing program there," he said. "She invited me up to her gym to check out the program. She thought it would be a perfect fit for what I do. I helped out with a few classes, and it was just, I thought, an amazing program."
The Rock Steady Boxing nonprofit company was created in 2006 by lawyer Scott C. Newman. He was looking for ways to do physical exercise after being diagnosed with Parkinson's at the age of 40. Since then, more than 500 boxing programs have been started in the U.S. and around the world.
Langstein went to the organization's headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, to become an RSB-certified trainer. A few months later, he opened his Rock Steady Boxing NOVA gym.
Langstein said that the RSB program centers attention on teaching balance and coordination between the hand and eye. It also teaches reaction and foot movement.
"So when I yell out certain numbers, they have to move and react at the same time. So, the brain and the body is working together."
She said that Parkinson's affects the dopamine-producing cells in the brain. Dopamine is a chemical that is important to the operation of the nervous system. A loss of dopamine can make movement difficult.
Boxing and other exercises do not cure the disease or stop the loss of dopamine. But, they can improve the patient's life experience.
Sequira said research shows that exercise helps the brain use dopamine better. She adds that, after working with Parkinson's patients, her goal is for them to start an exercise program out in the community.
RSB seems to have helped Victoria Hebert reduce the symptoms of her Parkinson's. She has a tremor, or shake, in her left hand, and says some situations can make the shaking worse.
This story was originally written by Faize Elmasry for VOA News. Phil Dierking adapted the story for Learning English. Mario Ritter was the editor.
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Essays about baseball's past, present, and future—and the wisdom of Ichiro Suzuki
The Only Way Is the Steady Way is a baseball memoir in scorecards and baseball cards, a recollection of the game's biggest stars and outlandish personalities, and introspective letters to a legendary player. These essays examine the meaning of baseball across international borders and at all levels of the game—from Little League diamonds to big league ballparks. Parents learn unexpected lessons at t-ball, cheap souvenirs reveal their hidden significance, and baseball's beating heart is exposed through sharply beautiful observations about the history of the game. Forbes locates peace, reassurance, and a way to measure the passage of time with home run bonanzas, old games on YouTube, and especially in the unique career of beloved outfielder Ichiro Suzuki.
Just as he did in The Utility of Boredom, Forbes shows us how a summertime distraction might help us to make sense of the world, and how a certain enigmatic Japanese superstar offers a surprising ethos for living.
Andrew Forbes is the author of the story collections Lands and Forests (Invisible Publishing, 2019) and What You Need (2015), which was shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, and named a finalist for the Trillium Book Prize. He is also the author of The Utility of Boredom: Baseball Essays (2016). Forbes lives in Peterborough, Ontario.
"You do this for long enough, and you begin to crave originality like a desert wanderer craves cool clear water. Andrew Forbes's essays are cool and clear and may well slake the thirst of any thinking baseball fan."—Rob Neyer, author of Power Ball: Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game
"Andrew Forbes writes so well about everything, with such a keen eye for detail and the texture of life, that you can sometimes forget that the occasion for these essays is baseball. And yet, there he always is, like a nimble infielder, with a fresh insight or deft turn on the game. There is no other writer working now whose baseball writing I admire more. This companion to The Utility of Boredom is a true gift."—Mark Kingwell, author of Fail Better: Why Baseball Matters
"The Only Way Is the Steady Way turns Andrew Forbes loose as a writer, and what emerges is a collage of emotion and clever observation of baseball's larger meaning. His writing is poetic, imbued with nostalgia, and another reminder that baseball is the most literary of sports."—Brad Balukjian, author of The Wax Pack: On the Open Road In Search of Baseball's Afterlife
"Andrew Forbes's love of baseball is the most honest and difficult kind: clear-eyed, thoughtful, willing to see the flaws along with the beauty. This book is a beauty. Through the lens of Ichiro Suzuki's magnificent career, Forbes examines our potential and our prejudices, helping us see the times that make the game and the game that makes the times."—Scott O'Connor, author of Zero Zone and Untouchable
"You don't have to love (or even like) baseball to love The Only Way is the Steady Way. Forbes' writing about baseball, something he's loved his entire life, transcends statistics, standings, highlight reels, and hype, and captures soul—not the soul of the game, but the soul of fandom. If you do love baseball, or have had any fond feelings about the game at some point in your life, you will find your feelings put into writing in the pages of this book. Baseball may not save the world, but this book will remind you that it does indeed matter."—Brendan Leonard, author of The Art of Getting Lost
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A small group of delegates from incentives agencies in Belgium were treated to a wonderful action-packed three-day programme (Feb 27-Mar 1) in Interlaken and its surrounding areas organised by Switzerland Convention & Incentive Bureau (SCIB).
Long reputed as Europe's premier resort destination, Interlaken with its surrounding areas including the Jungfrau region is more than just about sightseeing and skiing. As the journey unfolds, participants found that there's a lot more to Interlaken than the famous Swiss Alps and the pristine lakes – all of which serves as a great backdrop to some of the best meeting venues Switzerland has to offer and a vast array of incentives ideas and activities.
After arrival in Zurich from Brussels, the group of nine were quickly transferred by train to Lake Brienz, one of the two lakes of the Bernese Oberland known for its turquoise blue waters and mountain peaks capped with eternal snows. After a relaxing lunch at Restaurant Steinbock, the group were taken to Jobin, famously known as "the village of carving", where the group carved, decorated and painted their wooden cows with traditional woodcarving tools at the Swiss Woodcarving Museum.
The next stop was the neighbouring Lake Thun, situated west of Interlaken. For their first night, the group checked into the airy and stylish Congress Hotel Seepark Thun, with picturesque views of the lake and mountain.
The second day kicked off with a transfer to the village of Grindelwald where the group built their igloos or snow sculptures against the beautiful scenery of imposing, snow-capped mountains. To further take in the sights and fresh mountain air, adventurous participants snowshoed their way one step after another to Restaurant Ischbodenhütte. While snowshoeing might look intimidating to laymen, the activity is available in different levels of difficulty so everyone can enjoy nature and being active.
The group then headed back to Interlaken where they checked into the elegant Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa, suitable for events for up to 500 people. It was followed by a visit to the newest attraction in Interlaken, Ice Magic, a new ice-skating ring in front of a unique mountain backdrop.
Afterwards, the group walked to the nearby Congress Centre Kursaal Interlaken for a culinary site inspection. The venue features a new auditorium with its innovative architecture and stylish, historic ambiance in the halls of the Kursaal with a total event area of 5,000 m2 and a capacity for over 1,500 people.
On the last day, participants got a good taste of James Bond awesomeness on their visit to the magnificent Mount Schilthorn. First they visited the Schilthorn, a panoramic restaurant at the altitude of 2,970m where the James Bond movie "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" was filmed. The all-in-one venue is perfect for a summit meeting and ideally suitable for a variety of events with great views of the Bernese Alps. Bond fans shall not miss the summit's new attraction "Bond World", an interactive exhibition showing scenes from the movie, artifacts and an in-house cinema.


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No really, watch what you post about Trump. You can definitely go to jail for it.
CultureNovember 18, 2016 By Brian Frederick
Like many around the nation, 24-year-old Zachary Benson got really drunk the night of the election. He took to Twitter in the early hours of Nov. 9 to air out some frustrations and got carried away — tweeting out that his life's mission now is to assassinate the new President-elect. Seems harmless, right? We've all been there ...
Except, he now faces 5 years in federal prison for "making threats against the president and successors to the presidency," or so claims an affidavit included in the criminal complaint.
Per the report, Benson specifically tweeted:
"My life goal is to assassinate Trump. Don't care if I serve infinite sentences. That man deserves to decease existing."
You see, threatening the man Donald Trump like that, while still slightly illegal, wouldn't be of any concern to the U.S. Secret Service. But as a President-elect Trump, it's the faction's sworn duty to protect him by any means possible. Becoming the leader of the free world has perks that go along with it.
So Benson was charged, and could spend an egregious amount of time behind bars for being frustrated. This has nothing to do with a new and impending "police state" either, as this happens quite often in the new age of electronic media.
A 61-year-old Bedford, Oregon, man was recently charged with the same thing by the F.B.I. — quoted as saying he wants to "punch Obama in the nose" if he ever sees him. He's since plead not guilty to the charges of threatening the President of the United States and using an interstate facility to transit threats. His case is pending.
Most threats against people in power have little validity (just eavesdrop on anyone in a Starbucks if you don't believe it), but the federal government has a duty to protect those that are in charge. It's not shy about making examples of people like Benson, either. Best thing to do is keep any emotional rants offline.
Besides, if there's any viable reason we should all wish Donald Trump a healthy and completely alive presidency, it's this very real, very frightening threat to the wellbeing of the United States of America:
The Man-Bear-Pig cometh! Japan takes steps to create real life human-animal hybrids
Juul to lay off 500 people, founders lose billionaire status, company under criminal investigation, and now California is suing them
Musk teases world with first peek at "Neuralink" – the technology that will turn humans into bio-computers
Robots are 400% better salesmen than human beings – trust issues are all that's saving those jobs


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Сергей Геннадьевич Кудрин (род. 7 сентября 1959, Новосибирск) — американский, ранее советский, шахматист, гроссмейстер (1984). Математик, выпускник Колумбийского университета. С 1978 года живёт в США.

Лучшие результаты в международных турнирах: Манчестер (1981 и 1982) — 2-4-e и 1-2-е; Нью-Йорк (1983, 1985 и 1987) — 1-5-е, 1-6-е и 3-8-е; Гёусдал (1983) — 1-3-е и 1-е; Копенгаген (1983), Беэр-Шева (1984), Форт-Уэрт (1984) — 1-2-е; Лондон (1984) — 1-5-е; Валево (1984) — 2-е; Бор (1984) — 2-4-е; Торремолинос (1985) — 1-3-е; Амстердам (1985) — 2-5-е (32 участника); Лас-Вегас (1986) — 1-4-е; Остенде (1986) — 2-8-е (140 участников); Марсель (1987) — 2-4-е; Мартиньи (1987) — 1-е места.

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The Westminster Community is located in southwest Lehigh Acres. Lehigh Acres is located just east of Fort Myers, close to I-75, Southwest Florida International Airport, schools, shopping, and more.
Westminster is a gated, deed restricted community with beautiful lakes, tennis courts, preserve areas and a semi-public championship golf course.