This stunning young lady is NPC figure competitor Jodie Minear. Not only has Jodie got a great physique, but those piercing green eyes could stop anyone in their tracks. Jodie appeared in the 2009 FLEX Swimsuit Issue.
Contest History: 2008 NPC Ronnie Coleman Classic, Figure: Overall, Figure: Class D (1st) 2008 NPC Figure Nationals Figure: Class F (2nd)
Please forgive me if I use any of Barb's pictures for Bryce as my camera had an equipment failure right after the evening shoot at Bryce. I think the loose nut behind the lens caused the card to be jammed in and a pin bent for the CF card. We went to Sunset point and the view is stunning. The features are called HooDoos and look like someone had stacked beautiful rocks to make an endless collection of things that your eye can make up things when you look at them. After the looking up at Zion, it was kind of strange to be looking down. This is really the edge of a Plateau not a canyon. wallpaper
Someone named this feature "Grottos" as it kind of does look like caves in the side of the hill. I'm pretty sure that it would be almost impossible to live in any of them. Hell, it would be tough for a scared cat like me to even repel down to the openings any more. I will just try to remember how interesting they were.
wallpaper Yesterday I went downtown to have a new windshield put in the FORD. It was kind of fun to watch the process. I found out that they wanted me to let it set for an hour after they finished to let the adhesive set. I walked over to the camera shop and talked to the camera repairman. He had no way to straighten out the bent pin.
On the way home I stopped and bought some tools at harbor freight and spent the next half hour trying different combinations of ways to get the one bent pin straight. I think I have it OK for now. I am trying to decide if I want to buy a used D-70 and use parts to try to fix my camera or try to deal Wolfe's out of the D-80 they took in as a trade. There is always E-Bay with a bunch of cameras. What ever I do, I will probably stay with NIKON as we have such a great lens collection. Even if Barb has the wrong lens when she see's something neat.
OH well, Mowing calls so I had better get the mowers sharp and running.
Kristina (Tina) Rojas is an IFBB Fitness pro athlete and personal trainer from McAllen, TX. One of the people that helped train Kristina is Fitness Olympia and Fitness International Champion Adela Garcia. Working with Adela must have payed off because Kristina earned her pro card at the age of 20.
Contest history: 2007 NPC John Sherman Classic Bodybuilding, Figure and Fitness Championships - 1st place 2007 NPC National Championships - 1st place 2008 IFBB 15th Annual Sports/Fitness Weekend and Europa IFBB Super Show - 9th place 2009 IFBB Europa Super Show and Supplement Expo
As I anticipate traveling, I have that feeling like I had when I wanted a cold beer on a hot day. Need isn't enough to describe the feeling of want, anticipation, pent up energy I have before a trip. After two weeks on the road, I have what I can only describe as a mind fog that feels like my battery is about 10 or 11 volts in a 12 volt system. So far all I have been able to do is make a list and work off the items that I need to accomplish. Old retired guys should not have to work off a "TO DO" list.
Perhaps what I really need to do is drink a beer, take a nap and remember all the great stuff I saw on the trip.
I am having trouble understanding a couple of things.
FIRST - There are many people that want to have bigger government to guarantee that the less privileged people have their fair share. They don't seem to mind that as you look at the current social experiments, Centralized Health Care, more Governmental Control, Subsidized Housing and less Local Control, these are mostly failing in the places they have been tried. Europe comes to mind and some of the Health Care issues in Canada. If you need an emergency appendectomy you can generally get in there, but Carol from B.C. said her knee replacement is at least a year away even though she really needs it now. Even the Conservative left want Government to jump in and ban abortion.
SECOND - In Cuba, the centralized control of the value of the dollar is failing fast. One of our Road Scholar friends said that she and a group of friends went on a trip to Cuba. To get approval from both Governments, they each had to take 15 lbs of Medical or Educational Supplies with them as they traveled to Cuba last year. She reported that many of the people that are working in the tourist trades in Cuba can earn tips in a "Convertible Peso" and with that can buy more than is available on the ration system with the Peso available to other workers. Yes, the red beans and rice is fairly cheap, but the pork to go in the beans is rationed and if you want more than a taste, you have to buy it with the convertible Peso. There are Doctors and Engineers working as bell boys to earn enough to feed their family. There is almost nothing in the Capital investment pool in Cuba to allow any building of new homes. Yet, we find Our Government moving towards the most massive debts and central control of the economy.
If you want free medicine, go to Canada. If you want cheap red beans and rice, Go to Cuba. If you really want to be a success, get a good education, work hard, save a little right here in the Good old USA... You might even be able to be the President in Washington, D.C. and make things better but don't send your kids to the Public Schools there.
Yay! I got my other blog back. I have to thank to Google.
I'm really very happy!
I also received this award from Herrad at Access Denied. I will be back later to share it with my blog friends. One of the winners will be my other blog. LOL. YAY!
and last but not least: Ana at justAna comemorating her blog being back to her after having her account hacked. I didn't know how much she inspires me, even thou hers is the Hell side of this Hella Heaven. I'm very close to her I will surelly tell her about other blogs that are dear to me.
Because I wasn't driving, I didn't realize just how easy it was to get to Zion National Park. When I looked at the map later on, I saw just how close to I-15 and civilization it really was. For the first 2 1/2 days we shot Zion in all its glory and splendor. I wish we had spent more time there and that I didn't walk as far the first day. I think my tired legs kept me from walking farther the second day. At the end of the first day there was a walk down the Virgin River walkway that I should have skipped. This is by far my vote for a park to see.
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I have a trick for anyone traveling to an area. Look at the transportation routes and see if there is a shuttle that goes across the park. If there is, get the map and take the shuttle to see if you can really find your way around. On the shuttle, form an overall impression of each area and see if there is any difference to you. Then go back and see the pieces. The shuttle in Zion is free and it would allow you to get off at each stop as another shuttle was soon to come there and take you to the next stop.
Of Zion, Bryce Canyon, and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, I vote Zion the best. I wish we had a week to just go there and enjoy. Perhaps next time.
- Once you've run a virus scan, visit https://www.google.com/accounts/recovery to reset your password. - On this page, enter the username of the account you are recovering. Google will send you a message at your recovery address with a link to reset your password. - IMPORTANT: Do not re-use your old password, or a password you use frequently on other sites. To create a strong password follow these tips: http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=32040."
I didn't receive the message with a link to reset the password. This is very strange to visit your blog without being able to login. I doing this blog for three years and... I don't know what to say. Very strange feeling. I don't feel like posting today. I'll try to make a post about what I did read about how to prevent it to happen so that others don't lose their blogs. But not today.
As I went out on the photo shoots each day last week, I would bring my camera in each day and download the new photos. As I went out on the third day at Bryce Canyon, my CF card died. I lost about 30 evening shots of the beautiful rock formations. I had all the other photos on the card downloaded but that card is dead. The Instructor said that I should down load the pictures each day but then format the card. He said that some of the pictures tend to leave remnants on the card and makes the pictures have blemishes on them. I had close to 300 pictures on the card.
To add insult to injury, I bought a new 2GB card and tested it in the motel room prior to going out to the sunrise shoot. I shot three shots in the Motel room and deleted them. I got out on the morning shoot and for some reason the card "lost" its formatting. I sat there in the pre dawn light and tried to find out how to format the card in the camera. There is no relationship to the real way it formats and what the camera menu said. Reading the fine print in almost no light was a real pain. Add to that the fact that at 8000 Feet, it was about 30 degrees. I did finally get it working but it was at best a pain in the butt. I had the D70 booklet in the camera bag but no light to read with.
We are now home and glad to be in off the road. Most of the trip way fine except the I-70 traffic from Vail to Denver. What should have been at the most a 45 minute drive was well over two hours. It was bumper to bumper at anywhere from 8 to 24 miles per hour. It wasn't until we got into Denver that the roads cleared up and I could drive anywhere near the speed limit.
Maybe it's because I studied medical terminology in college—back before I realized that I didn't really like needles and being in a hospital gave me the whim-whams—that these definitions seem so funny. Or, possibly it's because they are funny that they seem so ... well ... rib-tickling! Regardless of the reasons for my own enjoyment, I know you'll get a kick out of them.
If you get a sec, drop off a comment and tell me which one you enjoyed the most. My favorite was the definition for "benign." I'm still chuckling over it.
The account from my other blog has been stolen and I don't have access to the blog and to Gmail. If you are at my list of this e-mail you might receive an e-mail claiming that I'm at Scotland and need money. It is not me. I'm trying to fix the problem. It's very easy to hack a password as you can see at this video. I hope that Google finds a way to protect us and those who blog should have access to the account with if the account is stolen. I hope it can be fixed as soon as possible.
This is the e-mail that is being sent with my account and my name:
How are you doing? hope all is well with you, I know this might be a surprise to you but I am sorry I didn't inform you about my traveling to Scotland in United Kingdom for a Seminar. I was robbed on my way to the hotel and I lost wallet and other valuable things, I am accessing my email from the internet cafe now and I have limited access to the internet, I will like you to assist with the sum of £1,500 GBP to sort-out my hotel bills in which I promise to refund immediately I return home. I've been to a bank and they said the only way I can get money using my passport is by Western Union, I will appreciate whatever you can afford and and i'll pay you back as soon as I return. Get back to me so I can email you the details you need to send the money
Thank you so much and sorry to bother you.
I've just received an e-mail from Google saying they cannot give this account back.
How am I going to access my blog?
This is quite a situation.
UPDATE
It seems that once you lost your password you lose access to your blog. I have trued all that Google propose and it is impossible. Now what?
This is the Google form yo have to fill if someone hack your account. You have to remember five e-mail addresses, the date of your account creation, date of last successful login, five labels... (what are these?)...
If I knew it I would have copied all the informations necessary and save it in my computer.
I didn't know about the verification code. We have a verification code at Google somewhere.
I didn't lost only an account for e-mails. I lost the account for my blog.
I don't believe it!
The person who stole it can publish at my blog. I can't. Amazing!
UPDATE:
Bob Fiddaman at Seroxat Sufferers received the e-mail and said that he has already got it by the time one of his friends had his account compromised.
I don't understand how can it be that Google don't pay attention at these problems.
We have to do everything to assure security.
The problem is that even if one changes the password everyday these people would have done it anyway.
Those who have accounts with blogs should have a way to access their blogs in another way aside Google's account.
Don't they think about it?
UPDATE
I'm searching a way to get my account, and blog of course, and I found many people reporting the same at Blogger but have no help. This is one of them reporting the same problem I have:
HELP! Someone's hacked my account, changed my password--same gmail account name and password for my blog!
My gmail account was hacked this morning. Someone got in and changed the password and the secondary email address to some yahoo.uk email (I live in the states!) I've filled out the forms from google (twice!), and I've received two responses: "unable to verify I own my account." However, the questions they asked are the exact month and year I created my google account! I have no idea! It was years ago!! They aren't asking questions that allow you TO verify your own account!
Now, I can't access my blogs (yes, PLURAL). No where to turn! No one to call! Nothing. How do I get my blogs back????? Email is one thing, but all my blogs are now in control of someone else in the world? I feel sooooo robbed.
HELP!
It seems I will have to say justAna goodbye. I'm glad I created another account for this one. But I will change for a safer place. I feel so robbed!
Great!
I have access to the Statcounter but cannot access the blog. Kafka would love it!
Awhile back I did a write up on the lovely K.L. Frahn. Well here is her sister, the equally beautiful Allison Frahn. Allison was born on September 27, 1980 in Nanuet, NY. She definitely has a ripped lean look, and if you go to her website and check out her bio, you'll see that this young woman overcame a tremendous obstacle to get to where she is today. It's a very inspiring story. Besides doing figure competitions and being a fitness model, she has a BA in Communication from the University of Delaware.
Contest History: 2004 NBI Tri-State - 1st Place in the Figure Short. 2005 INBF Naturalmania - 1st Place Figure 2005 WNBF Pro World Champs - 3rd Place Figure Short 2005 WNBF Pro World Champs - 2nd Place (Best Body) 2006 WNBF Pro Natural Cup - 4th Place Figure Short. 2006 WNBF Pro World Champs - 2nd Place Figure Short 2007 WNBF Pro World Champs - 4th Place Figure Short. 2008 WNBF World Championships - 2nd Place Figure Short. 2008 WNBF Kansas City Pro International - 2nd Place Figure
Fitness model and fitness competitor Yenny Polanco is an IFBB Athlete, born in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. Like a lot of female athletes, Yenny doesn't just wear one hat. She's an AFPA Certified Personal Fitness Trainer, Licensed Board Certified Cosmetologist, owned a hair salon from 2001 to 2006, Former Public Access T.V. producer (she produced a make-over show "Re-Inventing Yourself" where she did complete make-overs on volunteers) and she's a two time Light Flight weight Golden Gloves Boxing Champion! Believe it or not, when Jenny got to the US from the Dominican Republic at the age of twelve, she couldn't even speak English. And look at what she has accomplished!
Contest History: 2007 INBF Northeast Classic Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Contest - 1st place 2007 INBF Northeast Classic Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Contest - 1st place 2007 NPC New England Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure Championship - 1st place 2007 NPC Team Universe Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Championships - 3rd place 2008 IFPA Yorton Cup Pro International - 2nd place 2008 MuscleMania Fitness America Weekend - 1st place 2009 NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure Championships - 16th place 2009 NPC Team Universe - 1st place 2009 IFBB Ft. Lauderdale Pro Fitness & Figure - 3rd place
Born in Crete Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος (Doménikos Theotokópoulos), went to Venice at the age of 26 years old. El Greco, a nickname in reference to his Greek origin, was recognized last century as a talent of his own without matches:
"El Greco's elongated figures, ever straining upward, his intense and unusual colors, his passionate involvement in his subject, his ardor and his energy, all combine to create a style that is wholly distinct and individual."
Right: Mary Magdalen in Penitence,1585-90 Left: A Boy Blowing on an Ember to Light a Candle,1570-1572
The subject of a boy blowing on an ember appears frequently as a subsidiary element in subject pictures in mid-sixteenth-century Venetian painting.
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wallpaper Yesterday I went downtown to have a new windshield put in the FORD. It was kind of fun to watch the process. I found out that they wanted me to let it set for an hour after they finished to let the adhesive set. I walked over to the camera shop and talked to the camera repairman. He had no way to straighten out the bent pin. 
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HELP! Someone's hacked my account, changed my password--same gmail account name and password for my blog!
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