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As the Canterbury board prepares to meet to decide Des Haslers fate, statistics reveal the Bulldogs could be about to turn their backs on one of the most successful coaches in recent history. Pedro Chirivella Liverpool Jersey .Haslers future will be on the line at an emergency board meeting at Canterbury Leagues Club on Friday afternoon where a possible payout of his contract will be discussed.Despite a stellar record and taking the club to two grand finals, his position appears untenable after board member and Bulldogs great Steve Mortimer promised to resign if he is granted a two-year contract extension.On the face of it, it seems inconceivable that a coach of Haslers calibre would be cut having made the top eight this year and with a year left to run on his contract.Hasler has been involved in 12 straight finals series dating back to 2005. Only in his rookie year at the Sea Eagles in 2004 did he fail to make the top eight.And only the great Wayne Bennett has taken sides to more consecutive finals series - 20 in a row with Brisbane and St George Illawarra between 1992 and 2011.During his 13-year coaching career, Hasler has won 200 of 337 games, a win rate of 59.3 per cent - putting him up there with some of the great coaches of the modern era.Premiership winners Michael Maguire (58.9 per cent), Bennett (62.0) and Trent Robinson (60.0) all have comparable success rates.Only Melbournes Craig Bellamy (65.6 per cent) stands head and shoulders above the others.Even Phil Gould (59.3), Clive Churchill (56.9) and Warren Ryan (56.9) have lesser records.Former Canterbury greats and coaches closed ranks yesterday with many declining to discuss Haslers future when contacted by AAP.Bulldogs chief executive Raelene Castle also did not answer calls.Former Manly two-time premiership-winning hooker Matt Ballin told Fox Sports News that Hasler was the best coach he had worked under.Some board members are reportedly frustrated at Haslers inability to bring a premiership to Belmore - having guided Manly to two grand final wins.There are also concerns about the clubs culture and junior development under his watch. 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HOUSTON -- Lance McCullers couldnt find the strike zone in the third inning and Houston couldnt muster many hits most of the game, which led to a tough day for the Astros.Kendall Graveman threw eight solid innings and Stephen Vogt had three hits, including a homer, as the Oakland Athletics held on to beat the Astros 3-2 on Saturday.McCullers (4-3) allowed three runs on seven hits with six strikeouts and four walks in a season-low four innings. The right-hander had allowed four runs over his previous three starts before Saturday.I didnt see that he was at his best, Houston manager A.J. Hinch said. He was battling himself with three walks in the third inning. He was missing on all fronts. His pitch count had run up and he wasnt hitting the spots he needed to. It made for a shorter outing for him. It just didnt seem like it was his day.Vogt hit a solo home run to left field in the second, an RBI single in the third and came around to score on a Marcus Semien bases loaded walk that made it 3-0. The Semien walk was the third straight walk in the third inning following the Vogt single.Im not going to let three batters define my outing, McCullers said. I had a bad stretch with those three batters, and it hurt me. You take those three batters away -- I mean, you cant, but if you look around those, Im sure my strike percentage was pretty good.Graveman (5-6) allowed two runs on five hits and struck out three in extending his win streak to four games. The outing tied the longest of his career at eight innings, which he set June 13, 2015 at the Angels. He retired the first 14 batters to start the game before A.J. Reed singled with two outs in the fifth.We didnt do much to threaten him in the early innings -- in the first eight innings, Hinch said. We had a hard time getting multiple guys on base, but he did a good job of moving his fastball around.The right-hander was replaced by Ryan Dull after allowing singles to Jake Marisnick and Marwin Gonzalez to lead off the ninth. Marisnick scored oon a Jose Altuve groundout to third. Divock Origi Liverpool Jersey. Dull induced a Carlos Correa pop-up before Luis Valbuena hit an RBI single to cut the lead to one, but Dull struck out Carlos Gomez to earn his first save.Were going to keep fighting and we play until the end, Hinch said. Sometimes when you cant score or you dont hit, theres a dullness to the game and theres a lack of energy or enthusiasm, but our guys dont quit.Coco Crisp had two hits after serving a one-game suspension Friday, and Josh Reddick had two hits, including a triple.TRAINING ROOMAstros: OF Colby Rasmus was out of the lineup for a second straight game due to an ear infection. Hes still not feeling well, Hinch said. 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ST. Chris Godwin Womens Jersey . PETERSBURG, Florida - The business of baseball is raw. It is unemotional. It creates space for feel good stories, some with lengthy enough time spans to reel in a fan base, but if the subject of said narrative doesnt fit with the broader plan he will find himself back on the outside. Todays subject: Munenori Kawasaki, who is packing his bags for a flight to Atlanta and a drive to nearby Lawrenceville. There, he will meet his Buffalo teammates, the Bisons, in the midst of a series against the Braves Triple-A affiliate in Gwinnett County, Georgia. Its the business of baseball. Jose Reyes is ready to return. Kawasaki has options, meaning he can be demoted without passing through waivers. Its the obvious move and the right move. Its also a bold move; surely general manager Alex Anthopoulos knows many Blue Jays fans wont be happy. Neither are Kawasakis teammates. Not to say they disagree with the decision. Its just that Kawasaki left a unique impression. "This is the part of the game that sucks," said Mark Buehrle. "Between the fans and the guys in here I think everybodys fallen in love with this guy. Come up here and done everything everybodys asked for him to do and probably plus more. This is the part, I think every guy in baseball, not what you do on the field but the business side of it, thats what sucks about it." Buehrle went on to add, "I love the guy." Buehrles sentiment is the majority view in the clubhouse. Kawasaki commanded a large presence, one which belied his relatively diminutive stature. He mingled in broken English with those who speak English. He spoke in broken Spanish with the clubs Latin contingent. On the field, Kawasaki will be remembered for his two out, two-run, game-winning double which capped a four-run ninth inning in a 6-5 win over Baltimore on May 26. Weeks later, on June 21, Kawasaki would hit an improbable two-run home run in the seventh to pull the Blue Jays into a 6-6 tie with those same Orioles. Toronto would win the game 7-6 and climb to .500 for the first time this season. Manager John Gibbons, his finger on the pulse of his team, knew this was a delicate situation. He called an impromptu, brief team meeting after Tuesday nights 5-1 loss to the Rays to inform the players of the roster move. Thats atypical. "Its tough to do," said Gibbons. "But the way it sets up, you know we want to keep our pitching intact. In that spot he wouldnt be playing much at all but its tough. You feel for the kid, he did a tremendous job for us, but hell be back." Truth is Anthopoulos had few alternatives. Reliever Juan Perez, 34, is out of options. Were he to be designated for assignment, he assuredly would have been claimed on waivers. Perez has been effective, has experience and is making the major league minimum salary. Its unlikely, due to the money hes owed, Dustin McGowan would have been scooped up had he been waived but, because of service time, McGowan has the right to refuse an assignment to the minor leagues. Given he can still throw a fastball 95 miles per hour after multiple shoulder surgeries, the Jays are eager to see if McGowans a salvageable asset. Neil Wagner was a non-starter. Hes now a fixture in Gibbons bullpen. Its a credit to Kawasaki that on the day of Reyes return to the Blue Jays, an important moment in this rollercoaster of a season, its his demotion that has people talking. Upon learning of the move, Kawasaki addressed the media with a message for his fans. There was nothing broken about the English. "I love you guys," Kawasaki said. The feeling is mutual. Chris Godwin Buccaneers Jersey .Y. -- Sabres forward Drew Stafford has witnessed plenty of turmoil during his eight seasons in Buffalo. Kendell Beckwith Buccaneers Jersey . Then the Pacers gave Oladipo and his Orlando teammates the cold shoulder. Paul Georges buzzer-beating 3-pointer at the end of the third quarter spurred a 21-4 run, finally sending Indiana past the Magic 97-87 in a tougher-than-expected opening night matchup.http://www.buccaneersnflfansstore.com/kendell-beckwith-jersey/ . Having already announced that the race will start May 9 with three stages in Northern Ireland and Ireland and finish in Trieste on June 1, the rest of the route was unveiled Monday. For the last few months, Mohammad Hafeezs selection has been justified because of his contribution with the ball. But his flop-show in the ODIs against Bangladesh, coupled with his lack of form with the bat, pushed him to the very edge. Hafeezs Test career has resembled a zig-zag pattern. He made 197 against New Zealand last year, but had been dropped twice in the last two years. He was first dropped in 2013, after having been the part of the side consistently since 2010, for the South Africa series in UAE, but returned for the corresponding home Tests against Sri Lanka. He was once again dropped for the tour of Sri Lanka last year, but was called back to face Australia in UAE. Since then, he has scored 690 runs from seven innings at 115.Hafeez is back, at least for now. He scored a crucial double-century on Thursday, having missed the landmark twice in the past. He has asserted his case strongly enough to make up for an otherwise idle month.His double-hundred in Khulna was his first, overshadowing his recent record in limited-over cricket where he has only managed to score eight runs in three ODIs. Over the last five months, Hafeez has clearly not been at his best, and he was ruled out of the World Cup over his lack of fitness and inability to bowl in international cricket due to an illegal action.During the training sessions before this Test, Hafeez hardly broke into a smile, and was often seen exclusively training with his assistant coach Shahid Aslam. But today, he entered into the press conference hall with a big broad smile. He looked satisfied, and warmly greeted the media.I was under pressure after the ODI series and I knew I had to do something to regain my confidence and I tried hard, he said. There was a demand for the team to play a positive innings and I am happy that I have been able to do the best for my team. This was not really the best one, but you can say its one of the best one I can remember, and a double-hundred is always something which is special for any batsman in the world.I didnt have to prove anything to anyone with this innings. I know things were taken that way in the past that I had to prove myself after every one or two matches, but I always go with my best efforts for the team and not for myself. My runs are for contribution for the team and are not for my personal goals.Hafeez got to his double-century by sweeping behind square for two. He went down on his knee and pperformed the sajda. Justin Evans Jersey. He then looked up at the sky for a few seconds, holding the bat with the upper blade. All the pressure of expectations was now cornered.It wasnt a completely chance-less innings, though. Hafeez was originally was given out caught behind on 13 in the fourth over of the innings when his square cut missed the bat. However, he reviewed and survived. Later, when on 173, he got another life when Bangladesh reviewed for an lbw, but in vain.The first review I took, I knew I didnt nick and I am sure that nothing happened but I regathered myself and maintained my positive attitude towards my innings. Obviously I had in mind that I had missed out twice in 190s previously, and that was exactly in my mind and I had to ensure that this time I did not miss.I pushed myself hard to avoid any negative thoughts and not panic. I kept my calm stay at ease near the 200-mark. I missed my double in the past twice, and I didnt want to miss it this time so I had to pull myself again after both DRS calls and also I had a strong belief that I could do it this time.Pakistan scored 106 in the first session, though they pulled down their run-rate by scoring only 88 after lunch. Hafeez felt Bangladesh started bowling negatively in patches, forcing Pakistan to a more cautious approach.At certain stages they bowled well and applied some techniques so according to that we had to adjust. They tried some negative bowling to pull themselves back from their attacking mindset, so thats why we didnt want to go with the flow.We didnt want to lose our grip from the match, so we rejigged our plan a bit to avoid attacking. But the way Sarfaraz Ahmed and Asad Shafiq played at the end, that really got our momentum back and we are back on the road where we actually wanted to be.Despite Shakib Al Hasan being Bangladeshs most experienced bowler, Hafeez was relatively more attacking against the spinner, hitting two sixes and scoring 57 off 67 deliveries.As a team we rate Shakib very highly since we know that he is one of the key factors in their team. But we wanted to minimise the Shakib impact by putting pressure on him. He was trying a bit too much, so I had to go with an attacking mindset. I didnt want to leave anything and tried to cash in every ball and this worked for me against him. 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As the first stringers on the Pittsburgh Penguins were being toasted after one fine game, their counterparts on the Maple Leafs have been roasted.
Which should lead to some intense scrutiny when Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin step on the Air Canada Centre ice on Saturday night. While one game in 82 hardly qualifies as valid evidence, there is already talk Hart Trophy winner Crosby and Malkin could be headed for triple figures this year, based on Thursday 6 4 win over Western Conference power Anaheim.
thing we try and do and I think everybody tries is to limit his time and space, crowd him as much as possible, don give him freedom. Leafs, meanwhile, spent more than an hour on Friday trying to work out kinks that allowed the Montreal Canadiens too much room in a 4 3 loss. A glaring part of that was a second period letdown where the top line of centre Tyler Bozak and wingers Phil Kessel and James van Riemsdyk sagged against their Canadiens counterparts.
Despite having last line change again on Saturday, Carlyle knows he have to pull levers and push buttons all night. He must decide between shadowing Crosby and wingers Patric Hornqvist and Chris Kunitz with checkers or letting Bozak unit go head to head and hope they keep the puck on the attack longer. Or use all four lines in a sped up chess game to keep both Pittsburgh top trios engaged. Crosby wasn even the leading scorer on Thursday with Malkin opposite winger Pascal Dupuis enjoying a four point night.
don have to say much, van Riemsdyk said of knock off van cleef and arpels perlee clover bracelet what the Leafs face. with what they have up front. Their back end, too, is smart, they move the puck and have an influence on the game. We know it will be a challenge.
can hold the puck for a minute and a half, but if you make a bad decision with it, it in the back of your net. Riemsdyk and Co. read or heard about Carlyle harping on the line Game 1 effort after Thursday practice, which somehow segued into speculation that Kessel and Bozak were paying for poor use of recovery time from lower body injuries at the end of camp. Kessel is hardly Charles Atlas, but he was a willing participant in summer camp conditioning drills for those watching in August, rarely misses a game and is getting fed up hearing he not in proper shape.
guys look at our test scores, ask (conditioning coach) Anthony Belza and then come talk to me and see where we rate, Kessel challenged reporters. was Game 1 and you guys need to relax a bit. Obviously, we want to be better, but there are 81 more left. It a little too soon to jump on the gun here.
didn feel any rust (Wednesday). It was just one of those games where nothing went replica van cleef and arpels bracelet alhambra right for us. that respect, the NHL schedule won give the Leafs much of a break, back out against the Pens 72 hours later. Crosby had a league best 104 points last year, while Malkin was 15th with 72 points in 60 games. Kessel was sixth with 80 points, just off his career high.
they two of the best players in the league, if not the best, Kessel said. special and, if we play against them, we have to play good defence, for the line of Mike Santorelli, Leo Komarov and David Clarkson to get lots of the coverage duty. Assignments such as these are one of the reasons Toronto brought the sneaky Komarov back from the KHL. Second line centre Nazem Kadri likes to try some disruptive head games, too.
The wild card in the Toronto lineup is right winger Richard Panik, claimed on waivers from Tampa Bay on Thursday and placed on a big shoulders line with Peter Holland and Daniel Winnik on Friday. He will take Matt Frattin spot if Carlyle thinks he can catch up on enough Leaf systems work by Saturday night.
But Toronto defence has to carry its weight, too. It also had some breakdowns against Montreal that the Pens would be even better suited to exploit. It only been one game for Dion Phaneuf back on the left side and two with new partner Stephane Robidas, counting the final exhibition match. Cody Franson is questionable to return from a knee injury that saw Stu Percy make his NHL debut against the Habs.
THIS PEN IS MIGHTIER
Toronto is one of eight NHL teams that Sidney Crosby has played fewer than 30 times, but has recorded at least 30 points against:PANIK TIME FOR LEAFS
New winger Richard Panik has already accomplished something hundreds of Leafs have only dreamed about fake van cleef jewelry since 1967.
He hoisted a pro hockey championship trophy in June in Toronto, and scored in the title game. Okay, it was the Calder Cup and it came at the expense of the Leafs farm team when Panik was a Norfolk Admiral.
But it was a noteworthy feat and his play at Ricoh Coliseum two years ago is where the Leafs first had an inkling they like Panik on their side if the chance ever came.
As the first stringers on the Pittsburgh Penguins were being toasted after one fine game, their counterparts on the Maple Leafs have been roasted.
Which should lead to some intense scrutiny when Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin step on the Air Canada Centre ice on Saturday night. While one game in 82 hardly qualifies as valid evidence, there is already talk Hart Trophy winner Crosby and Malkin could be headed for triple figures this year, based on Thursday 6 4 win over Western Conference power Anaheim.
thing we try and do and I think everybody tries is to limit his time and space, crowd him as much as possible, don give him freedom. Leafs, meanwhile, spent more than an hour on Friday trying to work out kinks that allowed the Montreal Canadiens too much room in a 4 3 loss. A glaring part of that was a second period letdown where the top line of centre Tyler Bozak and wingers Phil Kessel and James van Riemsdyk sagged against their Canadiens counterparts.
Despite having last line change again on Saturday, Carlyle knows he have to pull levers and push buttons all night. He must decide between shadowing Crosby and wingers Patric Hornqvist and Chris Kunitz with checkers or letting Bozak unit go head to head and hope they keep the puck on the attack longer. Or use all four lines in a sped up chess game to keep both Pittsburgh top trios engaged. Crosby wasn even the leading scorer on Thursday with Malkin opposite winger Pascal Dupuis enjoying a four point night.
don have to say much, van Riemsdyk said of knock off van cleef and arpels perlee clover bracelet what the Leafs face. with what they have up front. Their back end, too, is smart, they move the puck and have an influence on the game. We know it will be a challenge.
can hold the puck for a minute and a half, but if you make a bad decision with it, it in the back of your net. Riemsdyk and Co. read or heard about Carlyle harping on the line Game 1 effort after Thursday practice, which somehow segued into speculation that Kessel and Bozak were paying for poor use of recovery time from lower body injuries at the end of camp. Kessel is hardly Charles Atlas, but he was a willing participant in summer camp conditioning drills for those watching in August, rarely misses a game and is getting fed up hearing he not in proper shape.
guys look at our test scores, ask (conditioning coach) Anthony Belza and then come talk to me and see where we rate, Kessel challenged reporters. was Game 1 and you guys need to relax a bit. Obviously, we want to be better, but there are 81 more left. It a little too soon to jump on the gun here.
didn feel any rust (Wednesday). It was just one of those games where nothing went replica van cleef and arpels bracelet alhambra right for us. that respect, the NHL schedule won give the Leafs much of a break, back out against the Pens 72 hours later. Crosby had a league best 104 points last year, while Malkin was 15th with 72 points in 60 games. Kessel was sixth with 80 points, just off his career high.
they two of the best players in the league, if not the best, Kessel said. special and, if we play against them, we have to play good defence, for the line of Mike Santorelli, Leo Komarov and David Clarkson to get lots of the coverage duty. Assignments such as these are one of the reasons Toronto brought the sneaky Komarov back from the KHL. Second line centre Nazem Kadri likes to try some disruptive head games, too.
The wild card in the Toronto lineup is right winger Richard Panik, claimed on waivers from Tampa Bay on Thursday and placed on a big shoulders line with Peter Holland and Daniel Winnik on Friday. He will take Matt Frattin spot if Carlyle thinks he can catch up on enough Leaf systems work by Saturday night.
But Toronto defence has to carry its weight, too. It also had some breakdowns against Montreal that the Pens would be even better suited to exploit. It only been one game for Dion Phaneuf back on the left side and two with new partner Stephane Robidas, counting the final exhibition match. Cody Franson is questionable to return from a knee injury that saw Stu Percy make his NHL debut against the Habs.
THIS PEN IS MIGHTIER
Toronto is one of eight NHL teams that Sidney Crosby has played fewer than 30 times, but has recorded at least 30 points against:PANIK TIME FOR LEAFS
New winger Richard Panik has already accomplished something hundreds of Leafs have only dreamed about fake van cleef jewelry since 1967.
He hoisted a pro hockey championship trophy in June in Toronto, and scored in the title game. Okay, it was the Calder Cup and it came at the expense of the Leafs farm team when Panik was a Norfolk Admiral.
But it was a noteworthy feat and his play at Ricoh Coliseum two years ago is where the Leafs first had an inkling they like Panik on their side if the chance ever came.
Mobile injecting room backed
A MOBILE supervised injecting van should be considered for Melbourne due to the city's geographic spread of drug markets, experts say.
While admitting the issue is difficult politically, experts have renewed their push for supervised injecting rooms following a new report by the Burnet Institute detailing their success at reducing harm in Sydney and overseas.
And they say a mobile facility such as one that has operated in Barcelona could be a cost effective way to provide services in multiple locations where drug users gather including Footscray, St Kilda, Dandenong and Richmond.
The report was commissioned by the Yarra Drug and Health Forum after residents, replica vca bracelet particularly on public housing estates in Collingwood and Fitzroy, complained of drug users injecting on their doorstep and called for a system to get them off the streets.
Forum executive officer Joe Morris said: ''People who live on the estates continually say, 'Why doesn't the government provide an area for these people to go and inject?' It doesn't mean they support drug use in fact, some of them are very conservative in their views about what should happen to drug users but if it's going to happen and if these people are going to inject, then they want a place for them to go.''
Mr Morris said he was aware of Victorian MPs from both major parties who privately supported supervised injecting facilities.
''I'm very hopeful that they will come out, particularly after the election, and stand up for what they believe,'' he said.
Premier John Brumby said yesterday that the government did not support supervised injecting facilities: ''We looked at this issue in some depth some years ago but I think the evidence now suggests it fake van cleef and arpels bracelet alhambra is not the replica bracelet van cleef way to go, and we've got no plans to change our policy.''
A spokeswoman for Mr Brumby was unable to provide details on the evidence against supervised injecting rooms.
A Liberal Party spokesman said the opposition did not support them. The Greens continue their support for the facilities.
Professor Robert Power, of the Burnet Institute, said evidence showed injecting facilities improved public amenity by reducing crime, public injecting and discarded needles.
A MOBILE supervised injecting van should be considered for Melbourne due to the city's geographic spread of drug markets, experts say.
While admitting the issue is difficult politically, experts have renewed their push for supervised injecting rooms following a new report by the Burnet Institute detailing their success at reducing harm in Sydney and overseas.
And they say a mobile facility such as one that has operated in Barcelona could be a cost effective way to provide services in multiple locations where drug users gather including Footscray, St Kilda, Dandenong and Richmond.
The report was commissioned by the Yarra Drug and Health Forum after residents, replica vca bracelet particularly on public housing estates in Collingwood and Fitzroy, complained of drug users injecting on their doorstep and called for a system to get them off the streets.
Forum executive officer Joe Morris said: ''People who live on the estates continually say, 'Why doesn't the government provide an area for these people to go and inject?' It doesn't mean they support drug use in fact, some of them are very conservative in their views about what should happen to drug users but if it's going to happen and if these people are going to inject, then they want a place for them to go.''
Mr Morris said he was aware of Victorian MPs from both major parties who privately supported supervised injecting facilities.
''I'm very hopeful that they will come out, particularly after the election, and stand up for what they believe,'' he said.
Premier John Brumby said yesterday that the government did not support supervised injecting facilities: ''We looked at this issue in some depth some years ago but I think the evidence now suggests it fake van cleef and arpels bracelet alhambra is not the replica bracelet van cleef way to go, and we've got no plans to change our policy.''
A spokeswoman for Mr Brumby was unable to provide details on the evidence against supervised injecting rooms.
A Liberal Party spokesman said the opposition did not support them. The Greens continue their support for the facilities.
Professor Robert Power, of the Burnet Institute, said evidence showed injecting facilities improved public amenity by reducing crime, public injecting and discarded needles.
Now That I Know Why I Want More Fun
Now that I know why I want more Fun, what would be Fun? How can I have Fun? What do you stand for? What are your values? Some of mine are that I want to cherish each day and have great times with friends and my family. To do this, I have to take the time to make the plans. Who do I want to see or call on the phone, maybe an old friend or a grandchild?
Look around at all of the activities that are available places to see, things to do not just within a five minute drive. Look at everything that is an hour or so away. Get a group together; get out there; if you can't drive, pool your funds and hire a driver and van. Or better yet, call a younger friend to join you and let them drive. Create a variety of memories and ways to connect with other people.
Don't just call your usual group of five friends, either, call the ones you always say you want to call!!! It the thinking outside the box and maintaining the desire to focus your energy on Fun that will make the difference.
So how do you do that? Get focused. Get selfish with your time. You decide how you want to spend your days. The things you want to be involved in. You decide who you want to allow into your life and how much time you want to spend with them. Get hungry and curious about the things that are important to you. Get involved with the activities and people you respect and love you definitely don have time for those that are pulling energy from you or are negative. Get focused on the things you have a passion for, the things you've always wanted to do or be involved in. I am going to learn to play boogie woogie/rock n' roll on the piano, even if it takes me the next thirty years!!!
What are the things you love to do if you don't know, then think about what you liked fashion cheap hermes handbags to do when you were ten years old. Building things, replica birkin handbags being outside, dancing, traveling, did you have a hobby, was there a group you belonged to?
What do you want people to remember about you? Stop! Think! Oh, yes, I remember __________, they were always __________! What impact do you want to have on the world, while you're here? Now that I know why I want more Fun, what Hermes birkin bags fake would be Fun? How can you have Fun with family and friends? Where can you find the time? What do you want to plan right now? Who do you to see first? Make a list; call someone now.
"If you don't have any Fun in your Life, then all you have is a bunch of Thursdays?" (Movie Rumor Has It)
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Now that I know why I want more Fun, what would be Fun? How can I have Fun? What do you stand for? What are your values? Some of mine are that I want to cherish each day and have great times with friends and my family. To do this, I have to take the time to make the plans. Who do I want to see or call on the phone, maybe an old friend or a grandchild?
Look around at all of the activities that are available places to see, things to do not just within a five minute drive. Look at everything that is an hour or so away. Get a group together; get out there; if you can't drive, pool your funds and hire a driver and van. Or better yet, call a younger friend to join you and let them drive. Create a variety of memories and ways to connect with other people.
Don't just call your usual group of five friends, either, call the ones you always say you want to call!!! It the thinking outside the box and maintaining the desire to focus your energy on Fun that will make the difference.
So how do you do that? Get focused. Get selfish with your time. You decide how you want to spend your days. The things you want to be involved in. You decide who you want to allow into your life and how much time you want to spend with them. Get hungry and curious about the things that are important to you. Get involved with the activities and people you respect and love you definitely don have time for those that are pulling energy from you or are negative. Get focused on the things you have a passion for, the things you've always wanted to do or be involved in. I am going to learn to play boogie woogie/rock n' roll on the piano, even if it takes me the next thirty years!!!
What are the things you love to do if you don't know, then think about what you liked fashion cheap hermes handbags to do when you were ten years old. Building things, replica birkin handbags being outside, dancing, traveling, did you have a hobby, was there a group you belonged to?
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"If you don't have any Fun in your Life, then all you have is a bunch of Thursdays?" (Movie Rumor Has It)
Publishing Guidelines: You are welcome to publish this article in its entirety, electronically, or in print free of charge, as long as you include my full signature file for ezines and my Website address in hyperlink for other sites.
Carolyn Bates is an International Coach Federation (ICF) Certified Personal Life Coach specializing in successful life transitions and retirement for Baby Boomers and people 50+. Coaching Life Design writes a monthly newsletter, fake hermes bag has an interactive website and continually creates and offers teleclasses focused on the challenges of creating the life you want.
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Our horrendous tax rates are the real reason why petrol is still so expensive
The news has been slightly less miserable of late for motorists and any business that uses buses, lorries or Hermes birkin bags fake vans. It still costs a fortune to fill up one tank, but prices have fallen noticeably, thanks to a large drop in the price of oil.
The average two days ago was 1.24, which means that prices have fallen quite substantially since August. Needless to say, prices remain far higher than they were as recently as early 2009, when one litre was 87p on average.
It is no wonder, therefore, that the critics are out in force again, egged on by vote hungry politicians keen to be seen to be tackling the cost of living crisis, and arguing that the petrol market is somehow rigged or cartelised.
They point to the price of oil, down by around a quarter since June, and compare it unfavourably with the 6pc or so drop in the price of petrol during the same period. They feel that, as a rule, prices at the pump tend not to be cut fast enough whenever the price of oil actually falls, even though prices are (supposedly) hiked immediately whenever the price of oil rises.
Somebody may one day be able to prove or demonstrate this, of course, and anybody guilty of breaking the law would have to be prosecuted severely, but so far the empirical evidence has been entirely lacking. There are just claims and no proof. What we usually see in this debate is lots of emotion and an insufficient understanding of how petrol prices are actually determined.
For a start, what matters is not the price of oil but its price in sterling. That means that fluctuations in the value of the pound against the greenback matter just as much as changes in the price of oil itself, which of course is priced in dollars. So if the pound falls in value, the price of petrol on sale in the UK would go up; and vice versa.
There have often been cases of a weakening sterling cancelling out entirely a drop in the price of oil. In fact, some of this is clearly happening today: The value of the pound has just slumped to a 14 month low against the dollar, partly as a result of strong employment figures from the US, which is always bad news for motorists.
The really big issue is tax. Despite George Osborne best efforts, petrol retailing remains a joint venture between the taxman and the private sector, with the latter merely a minority shareholder. As a result, one ought to expect only a small proportion of any fall in the price of oil to filter through to the cost of petrol.
To illustrate what happens, let go back to this time last year when the price of a litre of petrol was around 1.33 in other words, before the prices fell. At the time, duty accounted for 58p, VAT for 22p, the companies that supplied the crude and refined it got 48p and the distributors (the petrol stations and trucks) got just 5p. Since then, the price of petrol has dropped by 9p, almost all of which has been absorbed by the private sector and very little imitiaton hermes bag (bar a dip in VAT) by the Treasury.
The Treasury is still collecting 58p from duty, its take from VAT has dropped slightly to just under 21p, the oil companies get just over 40p (which means that their revenues are down by around 17pc) and the retailers still make around 5p. Needless to say, none of these figures include the massive tax that the Government grabs on oil companies profits.
It makes sense for the drop in the price of petrol to be a little less than the drop in the price of oil, even excluding exchange rate effects: the latter is a raw commodity, the former a product that requires various extra inputs and costs to turn into its final form.
As I said, it may be that petrol prices could have fallen slightly more quickly, though nobody has yet proved this allegation. But one need not be a radical cynic to see that the real scandal is how the taxman has further increased its share of pie as the price of oil has fallen, and how it has barely cut its tax take despite the big slide in the price of oil.
On current pump prices, tax accounts for 63.4pc of the money handed over by replica hermes handbags outlet motorists. This is a ludicrously high percentage. Yet it is the politicians who are taking the moral high ground, and pinning the blame for high prices on the private sector. The stark reality is that even if there were collusion of some sort and again, that is entirely unproved the worst case scenario probably would be that prices are 1p 2p too high some of the time, a trivial problem compared with 79p caused by taxes.
The best way companies can fight back is by being more transparent. They need to explain much more clearly why they are changing their prices, or keeping them constant, and divulge more information about profit margins. Every consumer that purchases petrol ought to be given an itemised receipt that very clearly shows just how much tax they have paid, and how little money has gone to the retailer. They need to demonstrate, time and again, that the taxman is the only real price gouger.
But the reality is that the market is giving customers what they want, even if the outcome is inefficient: the public would be enraged if it were forced to pay a fee for every bank account and every cash machine transaction. No politician would ever ban banking and introduce fully transparent pricing.
There is also still a case for reforming the payment infrastructure to make it easier for new banks to enter and to ensure it isn biased in favour of the old clearing banks. I have long thought that full bank account portability, allowing customers to keep replica birkin handbags the same account number despite moving between banks, would help.
But the last thing anybody needs is yet more useless, disruptive, top down bank break ups that don really change anything or more inane, demagogic banker bashing. On balance, this latest inquiry is likely to be nothing more than a costly waste of time.
The news has been slightly less miserable of late for motorists and any business that uses buses, lorries or Hermes birkin bags fake vans. It still costs a fortune to fill up one tank, but prices have fallen noticeably, thanks to a large drop in the price of oil.
The average two days ago was 1.24, which means that prices have fallen quite substantially since August. Needless to say, prices remain far higher than they were as recently as early 2009, when one litre was 87p on average.
It is no wonder, therefore, that the critics are out in force again, egged on by vote hungry politicians keen to be seen to be tackling the cost of living crisis, and arguing that the petrol market is somehow rigged or cartelised.
They point to the price of oil, down by around a quarter since June, and compare it unfavourably with the 6pc or so drop in the price of petrol during the same period. They feel that, as a rule, prices at the pump tend not to be cut fast enough whenever the price of oil actually falls, even though prices are (supposedly) hiked immediately whenever the price of oil rises.
Somebody may one day be able to prove or demonstrate this, of course, and anybody guilty of breaking the law would have to be prosecuted severely, but so far the empirical evidence has been entirely lacking. There are just claims and no proof. What we usually see in this debate is lots of emotion and an insufficient understanding of how petrol prices are actually determined.
For a start, what matters is not the price of oil but its price in sterling. That means that fluctuations in the value of the pound against the greenback matter just as much as changes in the price of oil itself, which of course is priced in dollars. So if the pound falls in value, the price of petrol on sale in the UK would go up; and vice versa.
There have often been cases of a weakening sterling cancelling out entirely a drop in the price of oil. In fact, some of this is clearly happening today: The value of the pound has just slumped to a 14 month low against the dollar, partly as a result of strong employment figures from the US, which is always bad news for motorists.
The really big issue is tax. Despite George Osborne best efforts, petrol retailing remains a joint venture between the taxman and the private sector, with the latter merely a minority shareholder. As a result, one ought to expect only a small proportion of any fall in the price of oil to filter through to the cost of petrol.
To illustrate what happens, let go back to this time last year when the price of a litre of petrol was around 1.33 in other words, before the prices fell. At the time, duty accounted for 58p, VAT for 22p, the companies that supplied the crude and refined it got 48p and the distributors (the petrol stations and trucks) got just 5p. Since then, the price of petrol has dropped by 9p, almost all of which has been absorbed by the private sector and very little imitiaton hermes bag (bar a dip in VAT) by the Treasury.
The Treasury is still collecting 58p from duty, its take from VAT has dropped slightly to just under 21p, the oil companies get just over 40p (which means that their revenues are down by around 17pc) and the retailers still make around 5p. Needless to say, none of these figures include the massive tax that the Government grabs on oil companies profits.
It makes sense for the drop in the price of petrol to be a little less than the drop in the price of oil, even excluding exchange rate effects: the latter is a raw commodity, the former a product that requires various extra inputs and costs to turn into its final form.
As I said, it may be that petrol prices could have fallen slightly more quickly, though nobody has yet proved this allegation. But one need not be a radical cynic to see that the real scandal is how the taxman has further increased its share of pie as the price of oil has fallen, and how it has barely cut its tax take despite the big slide in the price of oil.
On current pump prices, tax accounts for 63.4pc of the money handed over by replica hermes handbags outlet motorists. This is a ludicrously high percentage. Yet it is the politicians who are taking the moral high ground, and pinning the blame for high prices on the private sector. The stark reality is that even if there were collusion of some sort and again, that is entirely unproved the worst case scenario probably would be that prices are 1p 2p too high some of the time, a trivial problem compared with 79p caused by taxes.
The best way companies can fight back is by being more transparent. They need to explain much more clearly why they are changing their prices, or keeping them constant, and divulge more information about profit margins. Every consumer that purchases petrol ought to be given an itemised receipt that very clearly shows just how much tax they have paid, and how little money has gone to the retailer. They need to demonstrate, time and again, that the taxman is the only real price gouger.
But the reality is that the market is giving customers what they want, even if the outcome is inefficient: the public would be enraged if it were forced to pay a fee for every bank account and every cash machine transaction. No politician would ever ban banking and introduce fully transparent pricing.
There is also still a case for reforming the payment infrastructure to make it easier for new banks to enter and to ensure it isn biased in favour of the old clearing banks. I have long thought that full bank account portability, allowing customers to keep replica birkin handbags the same account number despite moving between banks, would help.
But the last thing anybody needs is yet more useless, disruptive, top down bank break ups that don really change anything or more inane, demagogic banker bashing. On balance, this latest inquiry is likely to be nothing more than a costly waste of time.