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Neruda on Dying Slowly

You start dying slowly if you do not travel, if you do not read, If you do not listen to the sounds of life, If you do not appreciate yourself. You start dying slowly When you kill your self-esteem; When you do not let others help you. You start dying slowly If you become a slave of your habits, Walking everyday on the same paths… If you do not change your routine, If you do not wear different colours Or you do not speak to those you don’t know. You start dying slowly If you avoid to feel passion And their turbulent emotions; Those which make your eyes glisten And your heart beat fast. You start dying slowly If you do not change your life when you are not satisfied with your job, or with your love, If you do not risk what is safe for the uncertain, If you do not go after a dream, If you do not allow yourself, At least once in your lifetime, To run away from sensible advice… ~Pablo Neruda

By Sporting Road|July 10th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off

Intercollegiate Polo Officers

By Sporting Road|June 25th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off

Polo is for Kids Too

Polo is for Kids Too It’s never too early to start children on the polo fields or with foot mallets.

By Sporting Road|June 25th, 2024|Categories: polo, Uncategorized|Comments Off

EU Golden Visa Hungary

Does Spain still offer a golden visa? Spain launched its residence by investment scheme in 2013. It allowed wealthy people from outside the EU to obtain residency permits on investing more than €500,000 in real estate or certain types of business. However, on Monday 8 April, the country's government said it plans to scrap the real estate route - which accounts for 94 per cent of applications - to reduce pressure on the housing market. The legal process for ending the visa is still underway. Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the reform was part of his minority coalition government's push to make housing “a right, not a speculative business”. The government says some 10,000 such visas have been issued since the measure was brought into law in 2013 by a previous right-wing Popular Party government as a means to attract foreign investors. The visa can also be gained by starting certain types of business in Spain, holding company shares or bank deposits with a minimum value of €1 million in Spanish financial institutions, or making a government bonds investment of at least €2 million. Hungary golden visa scheme Bucking the trend, Hungary has announced plans to reintroduce its golden visa scheme on 1 July 2024, after having ended it back in 2017. The so-called Guest Investor Program (GIP) will offer three routes to residency, including through real estate investment (minimum €250,000), purchasing a residential property (minimum €500,000) or donating at least €1 million to a higher educational institution in the country. The visa is extended to the spouse and dependent children of the applicant and grants visa-free travel in the EU. Italy's golden visa scheme Italy is another popular destination for those looking to get residence by investment. Introduced in 2017,

By Sporting Road|June 19th, 2024|Categories: Travel|Comments Off

Tubing Colorado Rivers

After tubing in Jamaica, my daughter is hooked on tubing rivers. I grew up with this on the Apple River, so I'm down too. https://www.5280.com/5-places-to-tube-in-colorado-this-summer/?utm_campaign=The%20Local&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--fpPgmxnNquF7AM9VkbJsQYvs8Y6vod9SiUt1lXHHlsshfmnwlzwwAn5J-weyHghjTWueqNjikWlAjWCQmcKkBjlTSig&_hsmi=311394301&utm_content=311394301&utm_source=hs_email

By Sporting Road|June 13th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off

8 Colorado Hotels-Michelin Guide List

The Michelin Keys are to hotels what Michelin Stars are to restaurants. The Michelin Guide isn’t done with Colorado. Late last month, the venerated reviewer announced its inaugural list of Michelin Key hotel winners. (The designation is similar to what Michelin Stars are for restaurants.) In the United States, 124 outstanding hotels across the country were honored—including eight in the Centennial State, spread across Denver, Aspen, and Vail. Colorado’s winners all received one Michelin Key, denoting a “very special stay.” (Two keys represent an “exceptional stay,” and three keys signify an “extraordinary stay.”) Clayton Hotel & Members Club (Denver) Four Seasons Hotel Denver The Crawford Hotel (Denver) Hotel Jerome (Aspen) The Little Nell (Aspen) Mollie Aspen Four Seasons Vail Sonnenalp Hotel (Vail)

By Sporting Road|June 12th, 2024|Categories: Travel, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Padel and Pickleball

From Popsugar If you like pickleball, you're going to love playing padel. We know what you're thinking: first, how do you pronounce it? And second, is padel the same as pickleball? For starters, it's pronounced PAD-el, not to be confused with its homophone paddle, which is a different sport. And no, padel isn't the same as pickleball — but it's just as fun. Padel is the fastest-growing racket sport in the world, while pickleball is "only" the fastest-growing sport in the United States, says Julian Wortelboer, executive VP and chief padel officer of Ultra Club Miami, the largest padel club in the world, and co-host of the Padel Smash Academy podcast with Cesar Caceres. Wortelboer's Ultra Club Miami has 28 courts, and Wortelboer says the club is at capacity for its full operating hours – 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.– more days than not. Padel will be an invitational sport in the Paris Olympics, and a full Olympic sport for the 2028 Olympics held in Los Angeles. In other words, padel is a big deal, and it's only getting bigger. Want to get in on the fun? In addition to Wortelboer, PS tapped padel pros Scott Colebourne, of the United States Padel Association and Victor Perez, one of the top ten padel coaches worldwide, for a padel primer, including how to play padel, tips for beginners, and a break down of padel vs. pickleball. What Is Padel, Exactly? "Padel is a form of tennis that is easy to play, fun and extremely sociable," says Perez. Colebourne describes padel as a blend of tennis and squash that involve lots of strategic, fast-paced play. "Padel is typically played in doubles on an enclosed court that's roughly 25%

By Sporting Road|June 12th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off

Harvey Wallbanger & Gillette Race Track

But, Where is the Finish Line! Energy Downs You will find Energy Downs at the Cam-Plex facility in Gillette, Wyoming. It's your typical Western Fair Track, it features an open air grandstand that seats 3,000 people. The track appears to be a five eights mile dirt oval. One thing that seems to be missing is the finish line. Harvey, by a snout Thanks to instant racing, pari mutual racing returned to Energy Downs in 2015, after a nineteen year hiatus. I have no idea what name the track went by back then. Racing came back for three days in 2015 and has been upped to six days in 2016. If you want to try instant racing or simulcasting, you have to head to the Sundance Lounge. In 1985, Harvey Wallbanger broke his maiden at Energy Downs, he won a 110yd match race against a quarter horse by two and a half lengths. From there he would go on to win 79 of 93 races in the United States, Canada and Mexico against quarter horses, thoroughbreds and standardbreds. Not to shabby for a one ton Bison! The Harvey Wallbanger cocktail, apparently no relation, was created in 1969 as a marketing campaign by McKesson Imports Company, importer of Galliano, as a means of driving sales of Galliano. The campaign was headed by George Bednar, marketing director of McKesson, and a cartoon character was commissioned from graphic artist William J. "Bill" Young in Lima, New York,[1][2] with the tagline that Bednar claimed to have penned: "Harvey Wallbanger is the name. And I can be made!"[3][4][5] The Harvey Wallbanger character was a surfer, appearing in various ads during the campaign, and was mentioned in print as early as 1969,[3]

By Sporting Road|June 7th, 2024|Categories: Foxhunting, polo, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Zongzi at Dragon Boat Festival

Zongzi at Dragon Boat Festival: Significance and Preparation During the Dragon Boat Festival, zongzi, or sticky rice dumplings, take center stage in Chinese households, much like turkey during Christmas. This festival is often dubbed the Zongzi Festival or Rice Dumpling Festival due to its association with this iconic delicacy. On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month in the Chinese calendar, zongzi are ubiquitous. People exchange them as gifts and indulge in their delicious flavors. But why do people indulge in zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival, and how did this tradition originate? Zongzi are parcels of sticky rice with various fillings, wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves. They come in different shapes and flavors, varying across different regions in China and beyond. Traditionally, zongzi boast either sweet or savory profiles. However, modern variations incorporate both sweet and savory elements. Why the Tradition of Eating Zongzi? Qu Yuan's Legacy The most renowned legend associated with the consumption of zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival revolves around Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet from the state of Chu during the Warring States Period (475–221 BC). Qu Yuan, a loyal advisor to the Kingdom of Chu, was exiled for opposing the king's alliance with the state of Qin. Despite his exile, he remained devoted to his country and people, composing immortal poems such as "Li Sao" (The Lament). When Chu's capital fell to the state of Qin, Qu Yuan drowned himself in the Miluo River on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month. Local villagers, unable to retrieve his body, threw jiaoshu (horn-shaped sticky rice dumplings) into the river to distract the fish from consuming Qu

By Sporting Road|May 28th, 2024|Categories: Travel|Comments Off

Costco Olive Oil & Other Stuff

We used to spend a lot of money on specialty olive oils and vinegars. America's Test Kitchen writes: Should You Buy Extra-Virgin Olive Oil at Costco? We wanted to know whether extra-virgin olive oil at Costco stacks up to favorite supermarket and premium brands. By Lisa McManus Published Dec. 25, 2023. Everybody loves a bargain, and the extra-virgin olive oil at Costco is enticingly priced. Costco is the largest buyer of olive oil in the United States and has evidently negotiated some sweet volume discounts. In a recent trip to a Boston-area Costco, we found an aisle teeming with huge 2- and 3-liter plastic bottles of EVOO, selling at about $0.24 to $0.27 per ounce. That’s roughly half the typical price of our favorite supermarket extra virgin olive oil. We also spotted 1-liter dark green glass bottles of premium extra-virgin olive oil from Terra di Bari, a P.D.O, or protected designated production region of Italy. We liked that each bottle prominently displayed a recent harvest date, an excellent sign of fresher, better-tasting oil. (Learn more about shopping for olive oil here.) Surprisingly, it cost just $0.44 per ounce. By contrast, a typical price for one of our favorite premium extra-virgin olive oils was more than $2.00 per ounce. The price is right, but how do they taste? How We Tasted We held a tasting with no identifying information, pitting three of the store-brand extra-virgin olive oils—Kirkland Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Kirkland 100% Spanish Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Kirkland 100% Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil—against our tasters’ favorite supermarket olive oil, Carapelli Original Extra Virgin Olive Oil. We also compared the Kirkland Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil Terra di Bari Bitonto P.D.O. to one of our tasters’ favorite premium olive oils, Castillo di Canena Reserva

By Sporting Road|May 15th, 2024|Categories: Cuisine|Comments Off

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