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It’s hard not to envy Mariah Carey’s Hamptons adventures. Last summer she made herself cozy in Tommy Hilfiger’s tribute to the tasteful use of orange and this summer Braden Keil of the NY Post reports that Mariah is renting Stone Meadow Farm in East Hampton for on week for $125,000 (less than half of the reported $350,000 she spent on Hilfiger’s pad but that was for a month).

Like Hilfiger’s place was, this one is also up for sale. Stone Meadow Farm is on eight acres and has a 18,000 square foot house with 10 bedrooms and 12.5 bathrooms done up in white and dark brown with white walls and furnishings and dark wood floors and wood tables. The shingled expanse includes a 3500 sq ft finished lower level with a spa and media room.

The grounds include two separate cottages to house guests or staff as well as stone courtyards, large patios, a heated Gunite pool and a tennis court. The barn can stable five horses and there are ample riding fields. This home is listed for $19.95 million.

For more prime properties and lush locations, see Luxury Homes and Mansions.

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Laurie Lever is a typical rider; he started riding at the age of 10 and he has competed internationally for decades. It just took him this long to find a great horse to help him get to the Olympics. Talk about determination.

Lever is the oldest Australian Olympic athlete in Beijing, and he says he has been surprised that people are noting his age. He says:
“It’s been breathtaking the number of people who have come up to me and said ‘Good on you Laurie, there’s hope for us yet,’” Lever stated.

“… nowadays as you get older we are not getting as unfit. We’re a fitter generation…and you don’t have to be as fit as another sort of elite athlete for show jumping. Experience is very important in this sport.”

I agree. Baby boomers are far more fit than our parents. Even though our bodies sometimes can’t keep up with our minds, we can combine experience and fitness to overcome most obstacles.

I’m pulling for you, Laurie!

Source: newscom.com

Tags: Beijing Olympics. baby boomer athletes, competitors

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Fatigued of losing that e-mail containing the link to an article that piqued your interest? Weary of sorting through your bookmarks and looking for the one-time-read-only links you’d want to delete?

If you want to save yourself the trouble and still get to read that article you saw (but can’t read due to time constraints), then you might want to check out Read It Later. Read It Later is a Firefox extension that serves as a storehouse of the links you want to read later on, sans the cluttering of your bookmarks.

Since it’s just a Firefox extension, it’s straightforward to install. After installation, Read It Later shows up as a easy check mark on your location bar. You simply click the check mark if you come across an article you find interesting. You can also tag your found articles, if needed.  The link is then saved in your Reading List that you can access through the main Read It Later button.

Alternatively, your list is accessible via the Read it Later site using a very special Feed ID and Sync Password, allowing you to access your reading list using any device and any available browser. If you are going on a trip and won’t be on the web for a while, you can also bring your reading list with you with a single click of the Read Offline button. The only thing missing is a scheduled reminder that tells you when you should read specific, time sensitive articles.

Read It Later is compatible with Firefox 3.0.

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Tags: add-on, bookmars, firefox, firefox extension, plugin

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