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NBA Training: Ray Allen's Stamina Workout
by Brandon Guarneri | Photos by Brian Babineau
NBA star Ray Allen has shot his last 3-pointer—the former Sonics, Bucks, Celtics, and Heat guard officially retired from the league during the 2016-17 season.
Allen won two NBA titles during his career, one as part of the "Boston 3 Party" super team with the Celtics in 2008, and the other as a member of the Miami Heat super team in 2013 alongside Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, and Chris Bosh.
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Allen basically single-handedly kept Miami alive for that championship with his amazing last-second three against the San Antonio Spurs, showing off why he was one of the best shooters the NBA had ever seen. Allen perfected his skill by going through an intense shooting routine before every game of his career and because he trained to keep his body in peak physical form.
Allen set the all-time record in 3-pointers made while he was with the Celtics, and during his time in Boston he honed a conditioning routine that helped him keep his stamina and endurance at a high level. Here's a look at that routine and how Allen prepared to hit the hardwood each night.
The Routine: Recovering From Ankle Surgery
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"We were concerned about getting his joints to move well again," says Norton, "as well as strengthening his lower body, from his ankle to his knee to his hip." Most athletes, the trainers say, tend to be quad-dominant, so they had Allen train with resistance bands to recruit his glutes when running or jumping.
"When he's on the court," says Doo, "we want him to use all his muscles, not just his quads." The bands also help Allen focus on proper mechanics. "In an effort to get him more explosive, we've had to try and teach him how to land all over again," says Norton.
Allen performs nearly every exercise in an athletic position to simulate how his body moves on the hardwood.
He may have a band around his ankles or knees while squatting, lunging, or reaching.
"He'll train in shoes one day and bare feet the next to change the stimulus," Norton adds.
Allen might stand on one foot while a staff member throws him medicine balls at different heights,allowing him to work on his balance.
"He has to use muscles in his core to slow the ball down," says Doo.
This sort of functional training, combined with Allen's attitude, has kept him healthy and performing at a high level this season. "Ray is a pro," Norton says. "He definitely understands the value of what we do."
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Game Day Routine:
Allen rarely forced a bad shot on the court, so it's no surprise that his discipline extends to pregame training rituals. Before tip-off, Allen sticks to a rigid schedule so he's always ready to rain his sweet jumper from anywhere on the floor.
Wakes up, reads the paper, eats Aunt Jemima pancakes (plenty of carbs) made with blueberries (a superfood rich in antioxidants).
Attends morning shoot-around at training facility in nearby Waltham, Mass., just to get his blood flowing.
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Eats lunch. Usually a lean turkey sandwich on whole-wheat bread.
Takes a two-hour nap. "This is my time to relax and recharge," he says.
Eats pregame meal—generally baked chicken and rice with broccoli. "I ate too many heavy starches when I was younger and it seemed like my legs were always heavy starting games," Allen says.
Arrives at TD Banknorth Garden three hours before tip-off. Runs through rigorous shooting drills, simulating every possible shot he could take in the game. He launches about 200 shots in an hour and on a good day will convert 170.
Stretches and replenishes with two peanut butter and strawberry jelly sandwiches on wheat bread, plus 32 ounces of water.
Game time. Between his pregame work and his off-season workout regimen, Allen knows he's ready for almost anything. "When I'm on the floor, I'm not going to break down," he says. "I'm not going to be breathing heavy or panting. I'm either chasing somebody or they're chasing me. But I can outlast them. When that happens, I'm going to make my move and get my shot off before they can stop me."
Postgame cooldown with his feet in a tub of ice. "Just my feet for 15 minutes," he says.
Bedtime. There's another day of preparation on the horizon.
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Humorous Books
By: George W. Peck (1840-1916)
Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899
Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882
By: Edward Eggleston (1837-1902)
Hoosier Schoolmaster
"Want to be a school-master, do you? You? Well, what would you do in Flat Crick deestrick, I'd like to know? Why, the boys have driv off the last two, and licked the one afore them like blazes. You might teach a summer school, when nothin' but children come. But I 'low it takes a right smart man to be school-master in Flat Crick in the winter. They'd pitch you out of doors, sonny, neck and heels, afore Christmas."
By: Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1870-1944)
Cape Cod Stories
This book (eleven short stories) was also published under the title of "The Old Home House". Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1870 – 1944) was an American author of novels, poems, and short stories, many set in a fictionalized Cape Cod. Lincoln's work frequently appeared in popular magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post and The Delineator.... Lincoln claimed that he was satisfied "spinning yarns" that made readers feel good about themselves and their neighbors. Two of his stories have been adapted to film...
The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights
By: Marietta Holley (1836-1926)
Samantha Among the Brethren
By: William S. Gilbert (1836-1911)
The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. The story concerns Frederic, who, having completed his 21st year, is released from his apprenticeship to a band of tender-hearted pirates. He meets Mabel, the daughter of Major-General Stanley, and the two young people fall instantly in love. Frederic finds out, however, that he was born on 29 February, and so, technically, he only has a birthday each leap year...
By: Bruce Bairnsfather (1888?-1959)
Fragments From France
By: Thomas A. Janvier (1849-1913)
Uncle Of An Angel
In what I have read so far this book appears to be a humorous character study on two levels. That between the uncle and niece and that of polite society in the 19th century. Anything can happen. I for one want to find out what will happen!!
By: George A. Birmingham (1865-1950)
The Simpkins Plot
By: Norman Lindsay (1879-1969)
The Magic Pudding
Bunyip Bluegum the koala sets out on his travels taking only a walking stick. At about lunchtime, feeling more than slightly peckish, he meets Bill Barnacle the sailor and Sam Sawnoff the penguin who are eating a pudding. The pudding is a magic one which, no matter how much you eat it, always reforms into a whole pudding again. He is called Albert, has thin arms and legs and is a bad-tempered, ill-mannered so-and-so into the bargain. His only pleasure is being eaten. The book is divided into four "slices" instead of chapters. (Introduction by Wikipedia)
The Magic Pudding Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and His Friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff
By: Various
Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 1
Volume 1 of a ten volume collection of amusing tales, observations and anecdotes by America's greatest wordsmiths. This work includes selections by such household favorites as Mark Twain, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Benjamin Franklin and Washington Irving.
By: Thomas L. Masson (1866-1934)
Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor
By: Dorothy Scarborough (1878-1935)
Humorous Ghost Stories
Includes: An introduction by Dorothy Scarborough -- The Canterville ghost / by Oscar Wilde -- The ghost-extinguisher / by Gelett Burgess -- "Dey ain't no ghosts" / by Ellis Parker Butler -- The transferred ghost / by Frank R. Stockton -- The mummy's foot / Théophile Gautier -- The rival ghosts / Brander Matthews -- The water ghost of Harrowby Hall / by John Kendrick Bangs -- Back from that bourne / Anonymous -- The ghost-ship / by Richard Middleton -- The transplanted ghost / by Wallace Irwin --...
By: Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936)
Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War
Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen
Mr. Dooley's Philosophy
Mr. Dooley Says
By: George Jean Nathan (1882-1958)
The American Credo A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind
By: Richard Steele (1672-1729)
Isaac Bickerstaff, physician and astrologer
By: Anne Warner (1869-1913)
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
Susan Clegg and Her Friend Mrs. Lathrop
Susan Clegg and Her Neighbors' Affairs
Susan Clegg and a Man in the House
By: Montague Glass (1877-1934)
The Competitive Nephew
By: Martin Ross (1862-1915)
Some Experiences of an Irish R.M.
By: Roger Kuykendall
We Didn't Do Anything Wrong, Hardly
By: John Galt (1779-1839)
The Provost
By: Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald (1834-1925)
Bardell v. Pickwick
By: Artemus Ward (1834-1867)
The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 1: Essays, Sketches, and Letters
By: William H. Mallock (1849-1923)
Every Man His Own Poet Or, The Inspired Singer's Recipe Book
By: Percival Leigh (1813-1889)
The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue
By: Kate Sanborn (1839-1917)
The Wit of Women Fourth Edition
By: T. W. H. Crosland (1865-1924)
The Old Man's Bag
By: Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796-1865)
The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England
By: Barry Pain (1824-1928)
If Winter Don't
Barry Pain's parody takes a sharp knife to ASM Hutchinson's best selling novel 'If Winter Comes'.We follow the professional and marital decline of long suffering (and loving it), Luke Sharper, as his marriage to Mabel flounders while his love for Jona flourishes. It could only end in tears.....Or could it? (
By: Charles Harrison (-1943)
A Humorous History of England
By: Robert Smith Surtees (1805-1864)
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour
By: C. E. (Clara Elizabeth) Fanning (1878-1938)
Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations
By: Donald Ogden Stewart
Perfect Behavior
A humorous guide to manners and etiquette for ladies and gentlemen in a social "crises," published in 1922. (Introduction by Samanem)
By: Don Marquis (1878-1937)
Danny's Own Story
Danny is the proverbial basket-on-the-doorstep baby, found by Hank and Elmira Walters, a childless couple who welcome him into their home because they need a new topic over which to bicker. Bicker they do, and fight just as often, from the day they attempt to settle on a name, to the day eighteen years later, when Danny and Hank come to blows and Danny leaves home in company with Dr. Kirby, bottler and supplier of the miracle elixir, Siwash Indian Sagraw. For years Danny wanders aimlessly--from Illinois to Indiana to Ohio, back to Illinois, then into Tennessee and points south--sometimes in company with Dr...
By: P. Hampson
The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of GirthamCollege in Polemical Science
By: W. S. Gilbert (d 1911)
More Bab Ballads
This is a subset of the first twelve poems from the second collection of Gilbert's "Bab Ballads" – light verses poking fun at the life and people of his time in Gilbert's unique "topsy-turvey" style. The epitaph on his memorial on the Victoria Embankment in London is "HIS FOE WAS FOLLY AND HIS WEAPON WIT", an epitaph amply exemplified in these verses.
By: W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert (1836-1911)
Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs
By: Al. G. (Alfred Griffith) Field (1852-)
Watch Yourself Go By
By: James Parton (1822-1891)
The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe
By: Stephen Lucius Gwynn (1864-1950)
Irish Books and Irish People
By: Will Rogers (1879-1935)
Rogers-isms, the Cowboy Philosopher on the Peace Conference
By: Mark Lemon (1809-1870)
How to Make a Man of Consequence
Mark Lemon had a natural talent for journalism and the stage, and, at twenty-six, retired from less congenial business to devote himself to the writing of plays. More than sixty of his melodramas, operettas and comedies were produced in London, whilst at the same time he was contributing to a wide variety of magazines and newspapers, and was founding editor of both Punch and The Field.
By: Henry Wallace Phillips (1869-1930)
Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters
Red Saunders His Adventures West & East
Mr. Scraggs
By: J. Thorne Smith, Jr. (1892-1934)
Biltmore Oswald
The hilarious diary of a young man's recruitment into, and service in a navy, which, though well equipped and disciplined, remains woefully ill prepared for his arrival and dubious contribution. (Introduction by Nigel Boydell)
By: Thomas Hood (1799-1845)
Workhouse Clock
There were scarcely any events in the life of Thomas Hood. One condition there was of too potent determining importance—life-long ill health; and one circumstance of moment—a commercial failure, and consequent expatriation. Beyond this, little presents itself for record in the outward facts of this upright and beneficial career, bright with genius and coruscating with wit, dark with the lengthening and deepening shadow of death.
By: George A. (George Alexander) Morton (1857-)
Law and Laughter
By: Mary Belle Freeley
Fair to Look Upon
By: F. Anstey (1856-1934)
Bayard from Bengal
The estimable gentleman, Chunder Bindabun Bhosh, ESQ., B.A., travels from his native India to England, with his impeccable English and manners, which immediately mark him as a foreigner, and embarks on an enviable program of escapades. These stories are the product of the fertile imagination of Hurry Bungsho Jabberjee, B.A., a nom de plume for the humorist F. Anstey, which is a further nom de plume for Thomas Anstey Guthrie. Whether rescuing a nubile maiden from a charging bull or falling in love with said nubile maiden, Mr. Bosh, B. A. cannot help but perform with the requisite humor to engage our attention.
By: George W. Carleton (1832-1901)
Our Artist in Cuba Fifty drawings on wood. Leaves from the Sketch-book of a traveler, During the Winter of 1864-5.
By: Clarence Day (1874-1935)
This Simian World
By: Lucretia P. (Lucretia Peabody) Hale (1820-1900)
The Peterkin Papers
By: Henry Walcott Boynton (1869-1947)
The Golfer's Rubaiyat
By: Wallace Irwin (1876-1959)
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Jr.
The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum
By: Heywood Broun (1888-1939)
Seeing Things at Night
This Book is a collection of humorous short stories which describe the comedy in everyday things and situations.
Pieces of Hate and other Enthusiasms
This book is a collection of humorous short stories about ordinary instances in daily life. We learn many interesting things about life, such as how to court women successfully, what it feels like to be a god, and why sometimes it would be a good idea to exchange one's own newborn baby for a better one at the hospital.
By: George V. (George Vere) Hobart (1867-1926)
You Should Worry Says John Henry
Skiddoo!
By: David Ross Locke (1833-1888)
"Swingin Round the Cirkle." His Ideas Of Men, Politics, And Things, As Set Forth In His Letters To The Public Press, During The Year 1866.
By: Metta Victoria Fuller Victor (1831-1885)
The Blunders of a Bashful Man
The Bad Boy At Home And His Experiences In Trying To Become An Editor - 1885
By: James Bell Salmond (1891-1958)
My Man Sandy
By: Knight Russ Ockside (1830-1898)
History and Records of the Elephant Club
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By: H. C. (Harry Charles) Witwer (1890-1929)
Alex the Great
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By: Jesse Lynch Williams (1871-1929)
Why Marry?
Why Marry? is a comedy, which "tells the truth about marriage". We find a family in the throes of proving the morality of marriage to a New Age Woman. Can the family defend marriage to this self-supporting girl? Will she be convinced that marriage is the ultimate sacredness of a relationship or will she hold to her perception that marriage is the basis of separating two lovers."Why Marry?" won the first Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
By: Richard D. Blackmore (1654?-1729)
Essay upon Wit
By: Steele Rudd (1868-1935)
The humorous account of Dad and Dave and the rest of the Rudd clan as they attempt to carve a farming 'selection' out of the Australian wilderness in spite of fire, famine, snakebite, and a loony hired hand.
By: Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier
Marriage, Volume 1
"Love!–A word by superstition thought a God; by use turned to an humour; by self-will made a flattering madness." – Alexander and Campaspe. Lady Juliana, the indulged and coddled seventeen ("And a half, papa") year old daughter of the Earl of Cortland, is betrothed by her father to a wealthy old Duke who can give her every luxury. She instead runs away and marries her very handsome but penniless lover. Very soon, they are forced to travel to Scotland to live with his quirky family in a rundown "castle" in the barren wilderness. Can this marriage survive?(Summary by P.Cunningham)
By: Will M. (Will Martin) Cressy (1863-1930)
Continuous Vaudeville
By: John Wight (1866-1944)
Mornings at Bow Street
This is a collection of various articles found in Morning Herald columns. Some are found interesting, some may be hilarious! The 84 pieces of this book are actual reports throughout the 1870s newspaper written by the reporter, John Wight and Illustrated by George Cruikshank
By: Henry Carey (1687?-1743)
A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726) [and] Pudding and Dumpling Burnt to Pot. Or a Compleat Key to the Dissertation on Dumpling (1727)
By: Christopher Morley (1890-1957)
In the Sweet Dry and Dry
Written just before Prohibition to entail the possible troubles that might happen en route. Both sides of the argument, or battle as the case may be, strike out with various over-top methods like legislating most fruits and vegetables as unsafe or intoxicating large groups with breathable alcohol.
By: Timothy Templeton
The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth
By: Q. K. Philander Doesticks (1832-1875)
The Witches of New York
A humorous account of visits to various fortune tellers, card readers, seers, and other "witches" of New York. Written by Q.K. Philander Doesticks (a.k.a.Mortimer Thomson).
By: James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960)
Why They Married
By: Francis Marion Wing (1873-1956)
"The Fotygraft Album" Shown to the New Neighbor by Rebecca Sparks Peters Aged Eleven
By: Richard Doyle (1824-1883)
The Foreign Tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson Being the History of What They Saw, and Did, in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland & Italy.
By: Robert Fitzgerald
The Statesmen Snowbound
By: Wardon Allan Curtis (1867-1940)
The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton
By: Herbert George Jenkins (1876-1923)
Mrs. Bindle
Herbert Jenkins' most popular fictional creation was Mr. Joseph Bindle, who first appeared in a humorous novel in 1916 and in a number of sequels. In the preface to the books, T. P. O'Connor said that "Bindle is the greatest Cockney that has come into being through the medium of literature since Dickens wrote Pickwick Papers". The stories are based on the comedic drama of life at work, at home and all the adventures that take place along the way. It becomes clear as the stories progress that Bindle would not be who he is without Mrs. Bindle, and this book seeks to tell the stories of the Bindles from the distaff point of view.
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By: John Cecil Clay (1875-1930)
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easyJet in new deal with Luton Airport
By Dino D'Amore March 31, 2014 20:34
London Luton Airport has signed a new 10 year deal with easyJet, which will more than double the number of easyJet passengers using the Airport to over 9m a year.
The agreement, which will see the creation of 2,500 new jobs at the Airport and in the surrounding region, is expected to open up new business and leisure routes as well as adding additional frequency on easyJet's existing 39 routes from London Luton. It will bring immediate growth to the Airport, with plans to grow the airline's capacity by around 20% over the next year.
Glyn Jones, Managing Director of London Luton Airport, said: "easyJet is our largest airline partner, accounting for 45% of all passengers using the Airport. We see this as a real vote of confidence in London Luton Airport and its future, underlining the determination of our new owners, Ardian and Aena, to develop and radically improve London Luton and deliver a better airport experience for our passengers in the years to come.
"The creation of new jobs, the opening up of new routes and the increased frequency of flights to popular destinations is great news for the entire local region. London Luton Airport is of central importance to thousands of people across the Three Counties and London. We are delighted that this exciting new deal with easyJet will mean more choice for our passengers and greater access to new and existing markets for our local businesses."
Carolyn McCall, chief executive of easyJet, said: "This is a substantial, long term deal with London Luton Airport – our first base and the airline's home – which will enable us to double our size at London Luton in the next decade and add an even greater range of business and leisure destinations. We are looking forward to working with the Airport, and the new concession owners Ardian and Aena. Their financial investment and long term commitment to developing London Luton were a key factor in our agreeing to this new deal and will help us deliver our plans."
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The Wine Advocate - Lightly-cooked cherry and beet root tinged with ginger and tamarind on the nose of Mugniers 2007 Chambolle-Musigny follow on a quite sumptuous palate underlain by fine tannins and finishing with admirable persistence. This displays flattering superficial sweetness one doesnt so often associate with Chateau de Chambolle, though it also misses the finesse or intrigue and floral or mineral dimensions one looks for. I would plan on enjoying it over the next 2-3 years.
The Château de Chambolle-Musigny in the Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier has been in the Mugnier family since 1863. Admittedly at one point they had to fight a court case to prove that their house was the Château de Chambolle, as somebody else was (erroneously) claiming the honour. From 1950 the vineyards in Chambolle were contracted out to Faiveley (to 1977) and then Bruno Clair (to 1984), the latter selling the wine in bulk. In 1985 Frédéric Mugnier, the 5th generation of the family on the property, took over, though he combined running the family domaine with his job as an airline pilot until 1998. Now he concentrates solely on the domaine, where consistency has improved as a result, and from 2004 has also taken back the Nuits St Georges Clos de la Maréchale vineyard, on lease to Faiveley since 1950. The Domaine is the second largest owner of le Musigny. Part was planted in 1948 and the remainder in 1962, so this is now an old vine cuvée thoughout. Just 20-25% new wood is used in this ethereal wine which is as sumptuous as any example of Musigny, despite Frédéric's understated handling.
The vines are run almost organically – no herbicides since 1991, no pesticides since 1997 and now only two treatments a year (against mildew) which are not organic. Frédéric is not an enthusiast for biodynamics however. A hint as to his philosophy appears on his website where he draws a parallel between the mature Glenn Gould finding 'too much piano playing' in his early work and the overworked winemaking evident in some Burgundy today.
The grapes are sorted diligently by the pickers before coming to the cellar in small cases. 100% stalks are removed and the whole berries are then conveyed into vats. The wines are bottled after a second winter in wood without fining or filtration. The wines are rarely deep in colour but are brilliantly fragrant in bouquet and notably persistent on the finish.
I mentioned once, while tasting at the domaine, that his wines had a sense of harmony about them. 'That is the nicest thing you could possibly say to me about my wines,' responded Frédéric.


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The MCS now calls Sci-Tech Daresbury (pictured) home. Image: MCS.
The MCS is now calling the Innovation Centre at Sci-Tech Daresbury, between Runcorn and Warrington, its new home having moved from its former base in central London.
Newly-appointed chief executive Ian Rippin will now lead a team from the Daresbury HQ, including a helpdesk function and several other operational roles which will also move to Cheshire.
The move was revealed to be one of a number of measures taken to refit the scheme after it completed its novation process last year, and Rippin said the move represented the "start of the next chapter" for the MCS.
"It is a key stage in our evolution as we realise aspirations to build a successful, standalone company with a strong consumer focus to help shape the future landscape of the UK's small-scale renewable electricity and heat products market.
"It comes at a time when we are seeing record levels of the UK's electricity generated from renewable sources. The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy reported that almost a third of electricity was generated by renewables in 2018," he said.


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A Valami forró...(Red Hot) Szűcs Judith első olyan nagylemeze, amely nem a Hungaroton gondozásában jelent meg. Az album fő alkotója a 80-a évek közkedvelt Voga-Turnovszky duójának egyik tagja, Voga János volt, aki a zeneszerzésen túl a hangfelvételek készítésében is tevékenyen részt vett.

Az album dalai

 Valami forró...(Red Hot)  (Burton-Straker-Voga János-Jankai Béla-Fülöp Csaba)
 Minek ez a nyár (Voga János-Fülöp Csaba)
 Mélyvíz (Voga János-Jankai Béla-Fülöp Csaba)
 Holnap, holnapután (Voga János-Fülöp Csaba)
 Helló (Voga János-Fülöp Csaba)
 Neked csak annyi kell (Voga János-Jankai Béla-Fülöp Csaba)
 Ne kezdd újra kérlek (Voga János-Jankai Béla-Vörös István-Fülöp Csaba)
 Amikor üres az út (Voga János-Fülöp Csaba)
 Miért félsz? (Voga János-Fülöp Csaba)
 Minden hetedik nap (Voga János-Fülöp Csaba)

Közreműködők

 Szűcs Judith - ének, vokál
 Voga János - szintetizátorok, számítógépprogramok
 Szűcs Antal Gábor - gitár
 Muck Ferenc - szaxofon

Források

1991 nagylemezei
Szűcs Judith-albumok

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/*
 * UltraCart Rest API V2
 *
 * UltraCart REST API Version 2
 *
 * OpenAPI spec version: 2.0.0
 * Contact: support@ultracart.com
 * Generated by: https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen.git
 */

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using SwaggerDateConverter = com.ultracart.admin.v2.Client.SwaggerDateConverter;

namespace com.ultracart.admin.v2.Model
{
    /// <summary>
    /// CouponAmountOffSubtotal
    /// </summary>
    [DataContract]
    public partial class CouponAmountOffSubtotal :  IEquatable<CouponAmountOffSubtotal>, IValidatableObject
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="CouponAmountOffSubtotal" /> class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="currencyCode">The ISO-4217 three letter currency code the customer is viewing prices in.</param>
        /// <param name="discountAmount">The amount of subtotal discount.</param>
        public CouponAmountOffSubtotal(string currencyCode = default(string), decimal? discountAmount = default(decimal?))
        {
            this.CurrencyCode = currencyCode;
            this.DiscountAmount = discountAmount;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// The ISO-4217 three letter currency code the customer is viewing prices in
        /// </summary>
        /// <value>The ISO-4217 three letter currency code the customer is viewing prices in</value>
        [DataMember(Name="currency_code", EmitDefaultValue=false)]
        public string CurrencyCode { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The amount of subtotal discount
        /// </summary>
        /// <value>The amount of subtotal discount</value>
        [DataMember(Name="discount_amount", EmitDefaultValue=false)]
        public decimal? DiscountAmount { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the string presentation of the object
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>String presentation of the object</returns>
        public override string ToString()
        {
            var sb = new StringBuilder();
            sb.Append("class CouponAmountOffSubtotal {\n");
            sb.Append("  CurrencyCode: ").Append(CurrencyCode).Append("\n");
            sb.Append("  DiscountAmount: ").Append(DiscountAmount).Append("\n");
            sb.Append("}\n");
            return sb.ToString();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the JSON string presentation of the object
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>JSON string presentation of the object</returns>
        public virtual string ToJson()
        {
            return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(this, Formatting.Indented);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns true if objects are equal
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="input">Object to be compared</param>
        /// <returns>Boolean</returns>
        public override bool Equals(object input)
        {
            return this.Equals(input as CouponAmountOffSubtotal);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns true if CouponAmountOffSubtotal instances are equal
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="input">Instance of CouponAmountOffSubtotal to be compared</param>
        /// <returns>Boolean</returns>
        public bool Equals(CouponAmountOffSubtotal input)
        {
            if (input == null)
                return false;

            return
                (
                    this.CurrencyCode == input.CurrencyCode ||
                    (this.CurrencyCode != null &&
                    this.CurrencyCode.Equals(input.CurrencyCode))
                ) &&
                (
                    this.DiscountAmount == input.DiscountAmount ||
                    (this.DiscountAmount != null &&
                    this.DiscountAmount.Equals(input.DiscountAmount))
                );
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the hash code
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>Hash code</returns>
        public override int GetHashCode()
        {
            unchecked // Overflow is fine, just wrap
            {
                int hashCode = 41;
                if (this.CurrencyCode != null)
                    hashCode = hashCode * 59 + this.CurrencyCode.GetHashCode();
                if (this.DiscountAmount != null)
                    hashCode = hashCode * 59 + this.DiscountAmount.GetHashCode();
                return hashCode;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// To validate all properties of the instance
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="validationContext">Validation context</param>
        /// <returns>Validation Result</returns>
        IEnumerable<System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.ValidationResult> IValidatableObject.Validate(ValidationContext validationContext)
        {
            // CurrencyCode (string) maxLength
            if(this.CurrencyCode != null && this.CurrencyCode.Length > 3)
            {
                yield return new System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.ValidationResult("Invalid value for CurrencyCode, length must be less than 3.", new [] { "CurrencyCode" });
            }

            yield break;
        }
    }

}

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2018 NBA Betting Lines – Celtics Try to Use Ingenuity to Upset Cavs in Eastern Conference Finals
The Boston Celtics have a rich history, obviously, and although a lot of people may not have realized it at the time, when they hired Brad Stevens to be their head coach, they may the absolute best move if they wanted to continue their tradition. Stevens was the youngest coach in the NBA when he was brought aboard, but he has been nothing short of a miracle worker as he has brought this proud franchise into the elite class. And now he has a chance to take them into the NBA finals, although the task is daunting – the Celtics have to beat LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in four games out of the next seven, beginning on Sunday at the TD Garden. BetAnySports customers will have the opportunity to get reduced juice on these games, and that offers a lot of value in the NBA Betting Lines; then they can turn to Live Betting Ultra so that they can place wagers during the game itself.
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When you talk about the Celtics you are talking about a culture of fundamentals and unselfishness. The team concept is absolutely paramount; there is no other way this squad could have dealt with so many injuries to key people and still be among the best in the NBA. To begin with, Gordon Hayward, who came to the team as a prized free-agent, went down with a knee injury after just a couple of minutes of the opening game, and he missed the rest of the season. Kyrie Irving, who had played second banana to LeBron in Cleveland, was top dog with the Celtics, but he went down with an injury late in the regular season. There have been other key contributors who have missed considerable periods of time, and Stevens has very masterfully navigated around all that.
Actually, some new stars have been born; Terry Rozier was a reserve, but since being elevated to the starting lineup he has been dominant at times, on both ends of the floor. Rookie Jayson Tatum is growing up fast, with a string of 20-point games to his credit in the playoffs. When you look at this injury-racked lineup, you would think they had no right to get past Milwaukee and Philadelphia in their two playoff series, but they have done just that, and they been able to hassle superstars on the defensive end along the way. LeBron James, however, is a whole different animal.
One thing Boston is going to rely on, no matter what, is defense. For the season, they were tied for the #1 spot in the statistical category of "Defensive Rating," and this is yet another area where the team concept reigns supreme. In a curious way, the loss of a Irving actually makes them a better defensive squad, especially when Marcus Smart is healthy. Smart, the guard from Oklahoma State who returned to the team during the series against Milwaukee, after surgery on his thumb, is one of those defenders who is all over the place, and a good bet to get on everyone's nerves. He also had some crucial three-pointers in Game 5 of the series against the Philadelphia 76ers.
It's not likely he will be among the players trying to defend LeBron; Stevens will likely rotate a number of people, including Jaylen Brown, Semi Ojeleye, and Marcus Morris, who seems to have had at least some success harassing King James in the past. Another player who will be critical on the defensive end is Al Horford, the All-Star power forward, who has been on the winning side in only one game out of 17 against the Cavaliers in playoff action. But he is averaging over 17 points a game in the playoffs, and usually has some success against Kevin Love, limiting him to just 25% from the field during the regular season.
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Charles Harlan: Trees
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As with the summer swelling of Kudzu that blankets much of the roadside landscape of the Southeastern United States, the physical world is layered and writhing with evidence of the passing of time. In the colder months, the plant goes dormant in retreat, allowing a withered view of the hidden mysteries where few people tramp around. And for all the efforts of herbicide manufacturers and users of landscaping equipment, the vine enthusiastically grows back again with warm seasons, stirring controversy along the paved lines of highways and roadways – the flat, human counterpart to the shapely contours of form Kudzu billows into. The Kudzu plant, a legume prolific in its intricate, rhizomatic system of growth, has been banned by some countries for its invasive tendencies, suggesting a very mixed historical relationship between itself and those humans who have variously propagated it for its beneficial qualities - such as its medicinal and culinary use, potential for soil improvement and so forth - and those who have slashed feverishly at its vigorous new shoots of green in attempts to quell the lush sprawl. Identifying it as a vile weed or a miracle vine might be a question of perspective or semantics, but it does seem the plant illustrates a taut and tightly interwoven link between humankind and the surrounding natural world.
Somewhere beneath all these snaking vines and rhizomes of multiplicity there is a deeper layer of armature – the archetypal tree which through the ages has maintained a more eternal and venerable stature. Charles Harlan's sculptures evoke something lost to time and strange growth, uncovered through a sort of archeology of the organic - that which didn't quickly decompose but managed to cling to the longer half-lives of man-made materials. Set upon and pushing through the Euclidean grid forms of various types of industrial fencing, the tangle of nature persists towards a composition of opposites made to reconcile with one another. Harlan points out that there is no word, as of yet, for the action of a tree growing through a fence. So while we might not be able to quickly pinpoint this occurrence in language, visually and experientially we are drawn into the middle of these pieces; as humans who live in and manipulate the natural world, we are never so far removed that the pendulum of influence won't swing back and forth across the path we tread. In these simultaneous moments of convergence, seemingly halted in a floating, static perpetuity that will somehow eventually decay, the energy still vibrates. These disparate elements twist their way forward, prompting through fusion a process of perception and understanding. And it is a wonderful irony when that which was designed as a form of separation becomes, through time, the instrument that props up the other.


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Two Elk Grant Suspended; Under review by U.S. Attorney
April 16, 2013 by Rone Tempest 4 Comments
By Rone Tempest
A federal jobs stimulus project that paid more than $1 million in salaries and benefits to a wealthy Colorado businessman and his Wyoming representative has been suspended by federal officials for accounting irregularities and referred to a U.S. Attorney for review, WyoFile has learned.
The $9.9 million Two Elk Carbon Site characterization study – funded by a pair of U.S. Department of Energy stimulus grants in 2009 and 2010 — was supposed to drill a deep research well in Wyoming's Powder River Basin to determine if the area had potential as an underground CO2 storage site.
However, by January 2012 when the project was suspended by DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory in Pennsylvania, federal records show that much of the money had already been spent on salaries and benefits for its Colorado promoter Michael J. Ruffatto, his Wyoming representative Brad Enzi, and other employees at Ruffatto's North American Power Group, Ltd. headquartered in Greenwood Village, a Denver suburb.
The exploratory "deep characterization" well that was supposed to be the centerpiece of the Two Elk stimulus project was never drilled. "A contract proposal also was received from Schlumberger Carbon Services for them to drill the deep characterization well," Ruffatto reported to the Department of Energy. "Schlumberger will assume responsibility for the drilling contractor and overall completion of the well."
However, Wayne Rowe, Western U.S. Program Manager for Schlumberger Carbon Services, told WyoFile: "There were initial discussions regarding Schlumberger supervising the drilling but negotiations never started, and no contract to do so was ever offered or signed."
The Department of Energy issued a "Stop Work Order" on the Two Elk project in January 2012, but Rowe said that Schlumberger and other sub-contractors did not receive notice from North American Power, the principal contractor, until several months later.
"In April 2012 NAPG informed Schlumberger that the Department of Energy had halted the project but did not state the reason," Rowe said. He said that Schlumberger, the giant international oilfield services company, was paid in full for the preliminary geological modeling work it did on the project.
Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, and Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana, got less than 30 percent of the $1.6 million they had originally contracted with North American Power Group to receive for coordinating the project's scientific research and analyzing data from the well that was never drilled.
No new jobs were created.
Dr. Sally Benson, who directed Stanford University's participation in the Two Elk project.
"At a certain point, lacking site-specific data, what you can do is only so meaningful," said Dr. Sally Benson, the Stanford University scientist who directed the California university's participation in the Two Elk project. Benson, an internationally-recognized groundwater hydrologist, said the Two Elk site showed "potential," but without a well Stanford could do nothing more and thus ended its participation.
"I've thought a lot about this and I simply do not know what motivated the project to turn out like it did," Benson said in a telephone interview. "It would be unfair to speculate."
Lindsey Tollefson, project manager for the Montana State University Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership, said the Bozeman school stopped its work on the project after its sub-award was not renewed by North American Power Group in late 2011.
"We are no longer involved in the project," said Tollefson. "The last work we billed for was in September 2011."
Both Stanford and Montana State reported that they were paid in full for the partial work they did on the Two Elk stimulus project.
Lindsey Tollefson, project manager for the Montana State University Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership.
North American Power Group CEO Ruffatto did not respond to repeated efforts to get his comments on this story.
The Two Elk stimulus project was one of 46 carbon research contracts awarded by the Obama administration as part of its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
In stark contrast to the Two Elk project, almost identical federal stimulus grants to the University of Wyoming totaling $9.9 million for a separate site characterization study near Rock Springs, Wyo., resulted in the successful drilling of a 12,860-foot well that researchers say looks very promising.
Avoiding high salary costs, the University of Wyoming used almost all of its federal stimulus funds to pay the Houston-based oilfield drilling company Baker Hughes, which also contributed some of its work because it was interested in the research.
"Baker Hughes and the costs associated with drilling our stratigraphic test well comprise over 90 percent of the federal DOE budget," said Shanna C. Dahl, deputy director of the University of Wyoming Carbon Management Institute. According to Dahl, the highest salary paid in the UW project was $110,000 in pay and benefits to a PhD research scientist.
Shanna C. Dahl, deputy director of the University of Wyoming Carbon Management Institute.
Overall, UW reported that 64 new jobs were created, including those involved in the drilling operation.
Like Baker Hughes, Schlumberger was also prepared to contribute 20 percent of the overall total for the Two Elk project as its "cost share" under federal guidelines, Rowe said.
"Had this project proceeded to its conclusion," Rowe told WyoFile, "Schlumberger would have contributed to the non-federal portion of the project in the form of in-kind services. No such contributions had been made by Schlumberger to-date."
The Department of Energy suspension of the Two Elk stimulus project is the latest in a series of setbacks for North American Power Group and its owner Ruffatto, an oil and gas attorney who once dreamed of building a series of seven coal-fired power plants in the Powder River Basin. He envisioned using long-distance transmission lines to serve the needs of Phoenix and the power-hungry American southwest.
Ruffatto's efforts to create a Wyoming-based electric utility have often involved tax breaks and generous awards of state and federal funds.
In a 2008 story, WyoFile detailed how North American Power benefitted from an obscure provision of the Internal Revenue Code to qualify for $445 million in tax-exempt bonds – approved by successive Wyoming governors Jim Geringer and Dave Freudenthal — for a $1 billion Two Elk Power plant it planned to build east of Wright, Wyoming. The state of Wyoming also funded nearly $10 million for local infrastructure to alleviate the local "impact" of the plant's construction. But except for some roadwork, a concrete smokestack apron and a metal equipment building, no construction has taken place at the Two Elk site.
In a 2011 story, WyoFile reported that the IRS had revoked Two Elk's tax exempt status because of lack of progress on the power plant, which remains unbuilt 17 years after it was first proposed. The story also detailed how Ruffatto used stimulus funds to pay himself, his Wyoming representative Brad Enzi, and other employees of his company generous salaries.
A wealthy socialite and philanthropist who has homes in suburban Denver and Newport Beach, Calif., Ruffatto, 66, billed the government at the rate of $214.38 an hour, sometimes reporting 76-hour work weeks on the federal stimulus project, while continuing his full-time position as president and CEO of North American Power Group, which owns and operates several small power plants in California.
Michael Ruffatto's home in Corona del Mar, California, is worth approximately $2 million. (Sarah Tempest/WyoFile)
In 2009, Ruffatto sold one of his Southern California homes for $12.1 million to Los Angeles Angels baseball team owner Arte Moreno. Ruffatto's 6,000-square-foot home in Cherry Hills Village outside Denver is appraised by the Arapahoe County Assessor at $9 million.
According to federal pay invoices obtained by WyoFile under the Freedom of Information Act, Ruffatto was compensated with the federal jobs stimulus funds at a rate exceeding $500,000 a year.
Enzi, 37, son of Wyoming U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi, was paid $80 an hour through the stimulus grant, earning as much as $17,363.72 in one month, according to the federal invoices. His father, Sen. Enzi, has been a consistent and vocal critic of the stimulus program, which in 2009 he called "bailout baloney."
Federal officials would not say if Ruffatto and Enzi's big paychecks were a factor in the January 2012 suspension of the Two Elk stimulus project.
Other invoices received by the Department of Energy from NAPG included $2,791,103 in payments to North American Land & Livestock for "heavy equipment mobilization; drilling pad and mud pit construction; drilling water procurement; layout area preparation."
But according to Rowe, Schlumberger, the company that Ruffatto told federal officials would supervise the drilling of a deep characterization well, "has no relationship of any kind with North American Land & Livestock."
"No representative of this company participated in any project meeting, conference call or discussion that Schlumberger was present for," Rowe said.
North American Land & Livestock is a Wyoming limited liability corporation created in 1996. Ruffatto is listed on incorporation papers as the manager and only officer.
Dan Tracy, a cattleman whose large ranch borders the Campbell County, Wyoming, Two Elk property, says he is puzzled by the lack of activity by North American Land & Livestock.
"They did a little land leveling out there a few years ago, but they ain't done nothing since," said Tracy. "I'm right here by them. I got cows running right there where that damn thing is, and there is nothing going on."
All questions to DOE officials about the Two Elk project are now directed to the U.S. Attorney's office in Pittsburgh, the federal jurisdiction that includes the National Energy Technology Laboratory.
"We've turned it all over to the U.S. Attorney's office," said John Litynski who, as former technical manager for carbon sequestration at DOE, supervised the Two Elk project. "We can't talk about it. I'm sorry but I can't talk about it any more."
The assistant U.S. attorney in charge of the case, Paul Skirtich, declined to comment except to confirm that he had instructed DOE officials to refer all inquiries to him.
A former Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, assistant district attorney, Skirtich is responsible for the federal civil prosecution of fraud and the recovery of public assets for the Western District of Pennsylvania. An expert on the federal False Claims Act, he is a frequent lecturer on the law before federal investigative and civil organizations.
The False Claims Act, also known as the "Lincoln Law" from its origin during the American Civil War, is used by the federal government to impose liability on federal contractors who defraud government programs. It carries severe financial penalties of up to $10,000 for each false claim, and treble damages for the overall fraud. Penalties and damages often run into the millions of dollars.
Although prosecutors and DOE officials decline to talk publicly about the Two Elk case, many of the details may have been revealed in a March 2013 audit report by the DOE Office of Inspector General. The DOE inspector general audited 15 out of 46 industrial carbon capture and storage stimulus projects, and determined that four had "questionable and/or unallowable" costs.
Although not identified by name, one of the highlighted cases in the audit report fits the facts of the Two Elk project including the dates, the award percentages, and the amounts of money involved:
"The Department reimbursed a third recipient about $3.7 million, or 74 percent of the award, even though documentation submitted to the Department lacked evidence that the costs claimed corresponded to the items in the approved project budget. Although the recipient had not responded to a prior request by the Department for detailed documentation concerning the project's progress, additional funding through the Carbon Program was provided in September 2010 to expand work under an existing award. After receiving the additional funds, the recipient did not respond to numerous requests from program officials for documentation or questions related to the scope of work. Notably, officials suspended the award in January 2012 because the project was behind schedule, and the recipient failed to meet key deliverables. Department officials indicated that they were working with the recipient to recover unallowable costs. Until such time that all of the questionable costs have been repaid, we continue to question approximately $3.7 million in costs reimbursed by the Department."
Rickey Hass, the DOE assistant deputy inspector general for Audits and Inspections who supervised the report, declined to comment. However, a spokesperson for the Inspector General's office said "we stand by our report."
The DOE's abrupt decision to suspend the Two Elk stimulus project came only six months after R. Paul Detwiler, chief counsel for the DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory, told WyoFile that the project had been reviewed and audited by the DOE for 2009 and 2010, and said "no issues were identified during the audits."
Detwiler, based in Pittsburgh, said a "cost/price analysis" by DOE "determined that the costs charged to the project were appropriate, based on the involvement of these individuals with the project, and the size of the company."
"The recipient, NAPG (North American Power Group), provided documentation verifying the wages for its director. The salary and benefits being paid to Mr. Ruffatto and Mr. Enzi are appropriate for their skill set and the work they perform."
Contacted by WyoFile to explain what had changed in the six months between these statements and the DOE suspension of the project, Detwiler responded by e-mail: "I regret that I cannot."
Like the other DOE officials familiar with the project, he referred all questions to the assistant U.S. attorney, Paul Skirtich, in Pittsburgh.
— Rone Tempest is a former national and foreign correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. From 2008-2010 he was WyoFile's editor. He lives in Lander.
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About Rone Tempest
Rone Tempest was a longtime national and foreign correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. In 2004 he was part of a team of reporters to win the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the massive wildfires in Southern California. From 2000-2007 he was a lecturer at the Graduate School of Journalism of the University of California, Berkeley. One of the co-founders of WyoFile, he served as its editor from 2008 to 2011.
Thanks for the excellent reporting.
Fascinating. Troubling.
The Fourth Estate lives on!
Connie Wilbert says
What a story! Next question: when will the State of Wyoming, Industrial Siting Council, come to its senses and pull the plug on this boondoggle project? Thanks for a great report, Rone and WyoFile.
DeweyV says
I'm relieved the US Attorney's office in Pennsylvania is all over this… NOT!
Sounds like the rancher next door has the best bead on this boondoggle.
Chris Merrill says
Thanks, Rone and WyoFile for reporting on this. Makes me a little sick to read this paragraph:
After reading this fact:


Colombian guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), has vowed to respond to any military intervention by the US against Venezuela.
Guerrilla leaders have stated they are drawing up a strategy to repel an imperialist invasion of Venezuela.
The group's comments demonstrate the serious problems the US may face if it chooses to use force in South America. The prospect of a protracted struggle against imperialist forces may drag the US into another long lasting military entanglement.
John Bolton, the US national security adviser, proclaimed this week that "all options are on the table"; a euphemistic phrase justifying illegitimate military adventurism. He was photographed with a notepad stating that "5000 troops to Colombia" would be a possibility for an invasion of Venezuela.
The guerrilla forces are active in Venezuela and, as Beltran stated, have always been there.
The potential invasion by the US will be met with fierce resistance. The possibility of the US being drawn into an insurgency seems more likely. As the US becomes gradually destabilized domestically, and weak internationally, this aggression may prove to be unimaginably detrimental to its international position.


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Seoul is the capital of South Korea and one of the biggest cities in Asia. It's not exactly a tourist hotspot though and finding reliable information about what to do and see in Seoul can be a struggle. Here are our top tips to help you have an amazing time when you visit Seoul.
Korean traditional wooden houses are known as hanok. They are made of natural materials, and feature gracefully curved eaves, sliding paper doors and tranquil courtyards.
Most of Seoul's hanok neighborhoods were bulldozed in the 60s and 70s to make way for shopping centers and parking lots. Fortunately, Bukchon survived and is one of the last neighborhoods dominated by these beautiful old houses.
Many of these old gems have now been converted into affordable guesthouses – you can expect to pay as little as $40 a night for a single room in the heart of the city. They are clean, quiet and comfortable, if a little small. In our experience the owners of these guesthouses are friendly and helpful; often breakfast is provided in a communal kitchen – some places even keep animals like chickens or rabbits which they let wander around the courtyard – this is great if you're travelling with kids. We can't recommend them highly enough. Love.
If you need more information about accommodation options while in South Korea you might find this article helpful.
Seoul's alleys are full of unusual, cheeky, charming, friendly and eccentric characters with almost anything you can imagine for sale.
If you don't know where you are going, Seoul is the kind of city you could spend a week walking around and never find anything interesting. Many visitors to Seoul go to popular markets or shopping districts and all they find are other tourists, crowds, brand-name stores and a clean but sterile concrete jungle. In contrast Seoul's alleyways may look a bit dark, seedy or dirty but once inside you realize that this is where it's all happening. The most interesting alleyways can be found in the area around Dongdaemun Market, Namdaemun Market and Insadong.
Things you might find for sale include fruit & vegetables, bathtubs, doors, dried fish, used books, vast piles of nuts and bolts, rusty garden implements, stained glass windows, car parts, pigs heads, pot-bellied stoves, Buddha statues, snakes in oil, ginseng, old cameras, antique coins, medicinal herbs, live octopus, fur coats, valve radios, records or used military paraphernalia. Have fun.
Hong Yonghee serves lotus flower tea at her tea-house in the countryside near Boeun in North Gyeongsang Province.
You've heard about Korean food and maybe you've even tried it – it's delicious, unique and increasing in popularity all over the globe.
Kimchi – This is pickled cabbage preserved using salt water and chili. It's sometimes made using other vegetables such as radish or carrots and also often contains seafood such as shrimp for extra flavor – vegetarians and those allergic to seafood, consider yourself warned.
Korean-style fried chicken – This is similar to American style fried chicken but for a uniquely Korean experience ask for the "yang-nyom chicken" which is smothered all over in sweet spicy sauce.
Bibimbap – Sticky Korean-style rice mixed with a combination of fresh and pickled vegetables (many of them gathered from the wild) plus an egg and chili sauce.
Korean BBQ – This is a blanket term for meat, which is served raw, and then you cook it yourself on a hotplate in the center of your table. The Korean way is to cut it into bite sized pieces and then eat it dipped in sauce and wrapped in a lettuce leave. There are actually many types of meat available, prepared in a variety of ways including pork ribs (Galbi), thick bacon (Samgyeopsal) and duck (ori).
Galbitang – A hearty pork broth soup swimming with meat on the bone and chunks of vegetables. It's delicious and strangely familiar, like something your grandmother used to make.
Doenjangjjigae – This is a thick salty bean-paste stew reminiscent of Japanese miso soup. Like miso, it's also a fermented food and incredibly healthy.
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Seoul has 5 palaces – they are all unique and beautiful.
They are not like palaces you will find in any other country. Seoul's palaces blend the man-made and natural environment perfectly and add beauty to the landscape rather than detracting from it.
Seoul has 5 palaces but I wouldn't recommend visiting them all, it's too much and rather repetitive. The two easiest to find and most impressive are Gyeongbokgung and Changdeokgung. I'd recommend dedicating an entire afternoon to each palace and doing them on two separate days – if you try to do them both in a day you'll get palace fatigue.
If you have time to visit only one, make it Changdeokgung – in addition to the gorgeous structures, it's surrounded by very large and beautiful gardens. Take a tour, it only costs a few dollars and you will get so much more out of your visit.
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Seoul has some of the best public transport in the world.
In fact it's so good it's actually one the city's attractions. The subway has to be one of the best in existence – it's clean, easy to use, cheap, frequent and fast.
The KTX high-speed train will take you anywhere in the country in a few hours for the cost of a meal in a nice restaurant. It travels at over 300km per hour, has an excellent safety record and is quiet and comfortable.
Taxis are plentiful unless it's late at night or raining, they are crazy cheap and while the drivers probably won't speak English, most taxis will advertise an English language translation phone number that you can call for help communicating.
This is the place to go in Seoul for antiques, arts and crafts.
Handmade mulberry paper and fabrics, ceramics, old-books, calligraphy, brush-paintings, ancient coins, antiques, old-style street food, art galleries and tea-houses – you can find all this and more in this small neighborhood in central Seoul. If it's old or traditional they've got it. If it's fake, touristy and made in China – they've probably got that too.
Genuine 500 year-old vases and uber-expensive creations by modern masters can be found for sale just meters away from mass-produced fakes – to the untrained eye it can be hard to tell the difference so be sure to double check the number of zeros on the price tag before you hand over your credit card!
It gets crazy busy here in the afternoons so if you don't like crowds, come in the morning. Also, be sure to explore the side alleys and not just the main street – you can find some incredible little tea-houses and restaurants that just ooze mystical, oriental charm.
Seoul never really sleeps – restaurants, street-food vendors, markets, convenience stores, karaoke rooms, internet cafes, pubs & clubs (obviously) and even bookstores all stay open until the wee hours.
Koreans don't really worry too much about bedtime or sleeping. You can party hard in Seoul and sleep late the next morning without feeling guilty – everyone else is doing it! The down side is, if you are a morning person, in some parts of the city it can be difficult to find a café that opens before 10 or 11 am…. breakfast?
Compared to most western countries, Seoul is an extraordinarily safe place.
You can walk around the city streets at night with very little chance of being mugged or harassed. Forget pickpockets, I've never experienced it in Seoul or met anyone who has. Lost your wallet, cell phone or tablet on the train? Just wait for the police to call you when it is inevitably handed in. Obviously, there is some crime so you should use your common-sense, but in all probability the worst thing you'll be a victim of in Seoul is being over-charged.


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Since she is always on the go, Karlie Kloss has a lot of makeup and beauty tips she loves to follow to keep herself looking fabulous at all times.
Have you ever been in a state when you need to out at night without a change of clothes and makeup? Switching up a look and taking it from day to night is not as easy as it sounds. Your face is either super dry or super oily and there is no way to get the fresh-faced look again without your makeup making your face look cakey.
Supermodel Karlie Kloss shares tips on how she manages to look fresh-faced on the go even late at night!
Kloss prefers to keep a small makeup palette with her at all times. Nothing fancy, something simple with just the basic shades.
- She also prefers to keep things simple. For her, foundation is a total no-no. Instead, she prefers to use concealer on her face! This is because foundation gives a cakey look to her face.
Take concealer and dab it around your eyes, nose and lips to refreshes your look the way she does.
- To perfect her eyes, she takes the help of an eyeshadow stick to draw on a thin line on her upper lids - this doesn't have to be perfect since it is going to be smudged into the eyelid anyway.
- Take some highlighter on your finger and swipe some of it on both your brow bones. You can also dab some on your nose and cupids bow.
- Rather than using any bright shade of lipstick, Kloss prefers the minimalistic look. Which is why she uses a lip liner in a shade that matches her lips. She then overdraws a little above her lips and then fills them in.
- Using a pinkish shade of lipstick or eyeshadow, she dabs a little on her cheeks to add some colour to her face.
- She likes to complete her look with a revitalising spritz that keeps her feeling fresh throughout the day.
Are you set to try out this day to night look? Comment below and let us know.