Achieving a certain image is likely what comes to mind when you think about style, but fashion is also about feeling as good as you look. It's easier to attain this confidence when you understand the rules surrounding certain pieces in your wardrobe. Knowing the rules allows you to follow them with self assurance, and even lets you break them when you feel a little daring. The most basic precepts for dresses focus primarily on their different lengths. A little basic information about minis, midis and maxis can help you wear dresses with ease. Avoiding over exposure is the key to wearing a mini dress. That fine line between looking sexy rather than lewd is easy to cross if you don follow the golden rule of the mini: Choose a dress that is short or tight, but never both. Leave a little extra room in the skirt and the top portion of the dress whenever your hemline is high, and be sure to cover your top half thoroughly. You don have to cover the top of your body completely, but remember that the point of a mini dress is to flaunt your legs. Plunging necklines, open backs and other barely there elements on the top of the dress pull attention away from the very feature a mini dress is meant to highlight. By definition, true midi dresses should stop at the middle of your calf. Different designers, however, make dresses of different lengths and call them all midi dresses. And one woman midi might be a petite woman maxi or stop just below the knees of a taller woman. Always try on midi dresses before you buy them and make sure that the length looks good on you rather than focusing on what the length is supposed to be. Tall women can usually rock a midi without issues. Petite women do best with a hemline that falls just below the knee and should choose solid colors or prints that are not overwhelmingly busy or large. Whatever your height, always choose heels rather than flats with a midi dress to elongate your lower legs. Wearing a maxi dress is all about avoiding a frumpy look. Maxis can be Bohemian chic or formal depending upon the style and accessories, but the wrong combinations can make you look like you wrapped yourself in bed sheets. If you petite, choose a more form fitting maxi rather than a baggy one that can easily overwhelm you. Consider a deep V neck to add length to your appearance. V necks are also a good choice for plus sized figures as are wide shoulder straps. Opt for large prints if you are tall and curvaceous and medium sized prints if you have lots of curves but not much height. Pearls, crystal and gold jewelry dress up a maxi, while beaded accessories lean casual. However you wear it, the key is to make sure the dress complements your figure rather than envelop it. Although more of a helpful hint than hard and fast rule, don't limit your dresses to just one season. Dresses are often thought of as spring and summer attire but wearing them in the winter allows you to spend much more time enjoying your favorite pieces. To wear summery dresses in cold months without suffering frostbite, pair them with thick tights and boots. Bold colors work best in winter. Prints can work as well, but stay away from Hawaiian prints and anything else that skews tropical. Layer the top portion of the dress to provide warmth and change the look a bit a sweater is the fastest and easiest way to do this, but you can also wear a long sleeved shirt underneath. Scarves and beanies also help keep you warm while adding winter flair to a summer dress. 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This will be important in case those youngsters are needed to replace some of the free agents and arbitration eligible players who might not be return in 2012, because the Twins payroll next year certainly isn't going to go higher than the current payroll of about $113 million. Players who didn't start 2011 in the major leagues, including Ben Revere, Luke Hughes, Rene Rivera, Rene Tosoni, Trevor Plouffe, Brian Dinkelman, Anthony Swarzak, Alex Burnett, Jim Hoey and Phil Dumatrait, among others, likely will be needed to step up and fill in to replace players lost as free agents or those the club deems they can't afford because they are due too much in arbitration. Putting together the 2012 roster is going to be a mighty tough job for the Twins front office. There are a number of free agents the team must decide whether to try to keep or let go, including Michael Cuddyer, who is being paid $10.5 million this year; Jason Kubel, $5.25 million; and Matt Capps, $7.15 million. The Twins also have a one year option on Joe Nathan at $11.25 million along with no less than eight players who are arbitration eligible: Alexi Casilla, Glen Perkins, Jason Repko, Matt Tolbert, Delmon Young, Jose Mijares, Francisco Liriano and Kevin Slowey. Every one of those eight players, if they are retained, figures to receive a good raise, as is almost always the case with those who are arbitration eligible. The only regular who isn't either a free agent, arbitration eligible or already signed to a multiyear, multimillion dollar contract is third baseman Danny Valencia, who is in his first full season in the majors. The only reason the payroll is $113 million this year is that CEO Jim Pohlad agreed to increase it so that veteran righthander Carl Pavano could be signed. Rest assured, it won't be any higher next year, and that is why it will be a problem to retain some of the players. With a solid 2011 roster and the strong chances of it being depleted in the future, this might be the best year to win another division title. Merila with Padres Mark Merila was a two time All America second baseman with the Gophers and a member of Team USA in 1993, but as a senior, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Even so, the San Diego Padres still drafted him in 1994. He played two years in the minor leagues, but the tumor ended his playing career in 1996. However, Padres management kept Merila around as a bullpen catcher. In 2005, he was with the team in New York and riding the subway to Shea Stadium for a game against the Mets when he was incapacitated by a grand mal seizure. But the Padres stuck with him, keeping him on the payroll as a part time aide to coach Glenn Hoffman. Fortunately for Merila, even though he has some problems with his right hand and right leg, he still goes to the ballpark daily and is in uniform. This is Merila's 16th year in the Padres organization. He doesn't normally make the road trips, but he was able to make the journey to Target Field and was in uniform on the Padres bench and also able to renew a lot of old acquaintances. No Gophers vs. Buckeyes for four years Joel Maturi pointed out that the Gophers football team isn't scheduled to play Ohio State the next four years. All 12 Big Ten schools have one conference opponent they won't play until 2015 unless they meet in the Big Ten championship game. Iowa won't play Illinois, Michigan won't play Wisconsin, Michigan State won't play Penn State, Nebraska won't play Indiana, and Northwestern won't play Purdue. With Nebraska joining this fall, the Big Ten is breaking into two six team divisions. Every team will play an eight game conference schedule, with six of the opponents already accounted for every year: the five teams in your division, and your "rival" from the other division. The Gophers always will play Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska and Northwestern in the Legends Division, as well as rival Wisconsin from the Leaders. That leaves two other conference games against the other division, and those opponents are set for back to back years. In the Gophers' case, they play Illinois and Purdue in 2011 and '12, and Indiana and Penn State in 2013 and '14. Maybe if there weren't so many Joe Mauer statues around, Twins fans wouldn't be reminded of the catcher's absence so much and there wouldn't be as much pressure on him now that he has returned. Larry Fitzgerald Jr. reports he will continue to have his workouts with NFL and college players at the Gophers track and field complex as long as the lockout lasts. Recently working out with the Cardinals Pro Bowl receiver have been former Gophers Eric Decker and Matt Spaeth as well as 2010 Vikings Tarvaris Jackson and Jaymar Johnson. "It's a good group, and as the summer goes on we'll get more," Fitzgerald said. If you go from downtown to the University of Minnesota and back at least five days a week, you would realize what a traffic jam will exist for fans attending Gophers sporting events this fall, especially football, with Washington Avenue closed indefinitely and University and 4th Avenues backed up with cars all the time. For the fourth year in a row, Gophers baseball had the best academic record of any of the school's men's teams with a grade point average of 3.0 or higher. . Gophers pitcher and Twins draft pick TJ Oakes will pitch this summer for Brewster of the Cape Cod League. Oakes, the son of Gophers pitching coach Todd Oakes, went 5 5 with a 3.26 ERA in 2011. Austin Lubinsky, drafted by the Giants, is pitching for Duluth of the Northwoods League after going 5 6 with a 4.36 ERA for the Gophers. Both athletes have until Aug. 15 to sign pro contracts. Gophers track athlete Ben Blankenship, who at the Prefontaine Classic earlier this month ran a impressive 3:54.10 mile, will be a top seed at the USATF Championship June 23, also in Eugene, Ore. . Alex Brend, the Illinois state high school champion in the 800 meters from Lake Zurich, has committed to run for the Gophers. Men Nike Free Run 2 Grey White Royal Blue,The Lady Bowmen, after suffering through a slow start, rallied late but came up short in a 47 37 loss to Pendleton in a Les Schwab Bracket consolation quarterfinal game of the Nike Interstate Shootout, held Friday at Lake Oswego High School. still a work in process, Sherwood coach Liz Barrett said after the game. seems like we taken one step forward and two steps back, but this was a step forward. The girls didn give up, and that was a big step. Now, we need to take the next step. just let it slip away. But we didn give up. That will help our confidence. We want to keep getting better. With the loss, the Lady Bowmen moved to 1 6 on the season to that point. Pendleton improved to 4 6. Sherwood took a 2 0 lead in Friday game after Hendryx sank a 12 foot jumper with 5 minutes and 25 seconds left in the first quarter. But the Lady Bowmen got only three more points two coming on free throws by Hendryx and the other on a foul shot by freshman Gabrielle Johnson in the remainder of the first quarter, which ended with Pendleton holding a 9 5 lead. The Buckaroos, getting three point baskets from junior Reeghan Lehnert and sophomore Darian Lindsey, scored the first 12 points of the second quarter to up their lead to 21 5 with 5:16 left in the period. But Sherwood came storming back. Lady Bowmen sophomore post Mallory Shields scored on a layup off a full court pass from Hendryx to end the Pendleton scoring spree. Hendryx then scored seven straight points sinking four consecutive free throws and then drilling a three pointer from the top of the circle to cut the lead to 21 14 with 2:01 left in the half. Hendryx got another basket in the period, coming on a layup off a pass from Shields, with 18 seconds left in the quarter, leaving Pendleton with a 23 16 advantage at the intermission. Pendleton pulled away again to start the third quarter. The Buckaroos scored the first seven points of the period to up their lead to 30 16. But a pair of three pointers by Hendryx and a pair of layups by junior Emily Harris trimmed the margin to 32 26 with 2:06 left in the third quarter. Sherwood, which got an 18 foot jumper from sophomore Jennah Stobie with 18 seconds left in the period, found itself trailing 35 28 going into the fourth quarter. The Lady Bowmen then opened the final stanza with a basket by sophomore Abigail Muller, on a drive to the hoop, and a short range bank shot by junior Jaelyn Funk, coming off an assist from sophomore guard Kira Jedan, to climb within three, at 35 32, with 6:41 left in the game. But Sherwood couldn get any closer. Pendleton scored six straight points to up its lead to 41 32 with 6:01 left to play. The Lady Bowmen kept fighting, getting a basket by Funk and another three pointer from Hendryx, but they couldn catch up to Pendleton, which held on for the 47 37 win. improving, Barrett said. we had too many turnovers. In addition to her game high 22 points, Hendryx also had six steals, five rebounds and a pair of assists in the contest. Funk had four points and four rebounds for the Lady Bowmen. Shields had a team high six rebounds and Jedan had three steals and a pair of assists. Muller added three steals. Sherwood, as a team, made 13 of 43 shots from the field. Senior Rayne Spencer, Lindsay and Lehnert each scored 10 points to lead Pendleton. The Lady Bowmen opened the tournament last Thursday with a 37 32 loss to Lake Oswego. Shields led Sherwood in that game with 13 points. Funk and Hendryx each scored eight. On Saturday, Sherwood was edged 56 50 by Sunset. Sophomore Jessica Thiel topped the Lady Bowmen with 11 points in that game. Jedan had 10 points and Johnson scored seven. The Lady Bowmen ended their tourney stay Sunday with a 52 38 loss to Salt River, Ariz. Funk had eight points in that game. Hendryx and Muller each scored six.
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A shoe, after all, absorbs shock and will cushion the blow of an unforgiving surface. The most well known barefoot runners are the Kenyans who are always front of the packers at most international marathons. Inspired by these Kenyan athletes, Josh Stevenson made international news in February 2009 by racing and completing the grueling New Zealand Coast to Coast Multisport event while barefoot. It was his eighth time competing in the race and he went in with the attitude "If I can do it in bare feet, hopefully I can inspire other people to do it in shoes." He also said that he would not compete barefoot again. Such is not the attitude of true barefoot runners. Barefoot runners will run in all weather. Some will wear waterproof socks in cold weather. Others will run barefoot despite the climate or surface. Many boast wonderful benefits of barefoot running, such as injuries decreasing, a visible increase in arch height. There are shoes, such as the Nike Free and Vibram Five Fingers that may be used to either ease people in to running barefoot or providing protection if an environment is just too dangerous to run in while barefoot. Give barefoot running a try if it intrigues you? Well anything in moderation can't hurt. My recommendation is to give it a try on a controlled surface, such as a rubberized track, and see how you do. Barefoot runners will say that such a surface is not good and a smooth concrete surface is best. I respectfully disagree with that. Running barefoot will provide a very significant change in mechanics, so you need to ease into it. Shifting from shoes to barefoot running to quickly will expose you to injury. There are those, however, who should not even attempt barefoot running. People, with diabetes, peripheral neuropathy, or other medical conditions that result in a numbness of the feet or a decreased immune system, should not run barefoot under any circumstances. One of the stated benefits of barefoot running is the runner having heightened sensation beneath their feet causing them to run "lighter." When there is a medical problem that causes a decrease in sensation, these benefits are negated. Furthermore, the inability of a runner to not acutely feel their surface will open them up to injury, as well as the added danger of stepping on a sharp object and not feeling it. This can lead to infection and puts the limb in danger. Runners who have very significant mechanical issues or deformity, such as previous foot surgery on bones, clubfoot, injury to tendons, or even extremely flat or high arched feet should exercise extreme caution if attempting barefoot running. The unique biomechanical conditions that exist in these situations put the barefoot runner at risk of further injury. Serious barefoot runners may disagree, but the mechanical imbalance in such feet will be exacerbated in barefoot running. 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You definitely want an out doorsy strong shoe. Colors of shoe that I prefer for a scarecrow are of course brown. I mean you want colors warmer. Colors of the soil. Colors of the harvest. Even having some of lighter beige colors in there also could work. Also again you don't want too loose kind of like the worker solid sturdy look of your shoe that you are going to be wearing as a scarecrow. Some scarecrows don't have shoes as I have already said. But of course you are not going to be walking around barefoot. That would look a little bit funny. And also you are going to want a shoe which has a higher top to it. Why is that? Low top shoes we are going to have some stuff coming out of the bottom of the pant leg that we are going to go into later. You are going to want a high top to kind of catch that to help hold it. 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