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1 0.6 A holiday treat: Best home books of 2016 What do two junk gypsies, a Detroit hustler, a couple of HGTV stars and a Japanese organizer have in common? They’ve all some of Homestyle's favorite home and (2.08/3) garden books of 2016 2016-11-24 13:33 10KB rssfeeds.detroitnews.com

2 1.3 Tokyo sees first November snow in 54 years (2.06/3) Snow came as a shock for many residents, because just two days earlier the temperatures had reached a balmy 17C. 2016-11-24 14:54 1KB mwcnews.net

3 1.4 Texan who is last living Doolittle Tokyo Raider to help museum mark 75th anniversary of attack on Japan (1.02/3) DAYTON, Ohio — The national U. S. Air Force museum plans to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders' stunning attack on... 2016-11-24 13:39 2KB www.dallasnews.com

4 1.9 IPS Handa World Cup of Golf: Key Takeaways From Day 1 With day one of the action all wrapped up at the IPS Handa World Cup of Golf, what are the key storylines so far? Although many of the world's very top ranked players decided to skip this week's event, the IPS Handa World... 2016-11-24 15:40 862Bytes article.wn.com

5 0.0 In Japan's Aichi prefecture, geek paradise awaits Toyota's headquarters. Bullet trains. The world's largest planetarium. There's no finer place to channel your inner geek. 2016-11-24 14:26 7KB rss.cnn.com

6 2.4 Japanese ex-militant gets 12 years for 1986 Indonesia attack TOKYO (AP) — A member of a disbanded Japanese left-wing militant group was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison for an unsuccessful 1986 mortar attack on the Japanese Embassy in Indonesia, the Tokyo District Court said. ... 2016-11-24 13:46 773Bytes article.wn.com

7 2.6 Toyota says new technology means longer battery life TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. has developed a new way of observing the movements of tiny particles in batteries used to power electric vehicles — an advance it says will help boost their cruise range by 10 percent to… ... 2016-11-24 13:46 786Bytes article.wn.com 8 2.7 Chinese shop owner buys a £57K Toyota using small change A man in China used over 100,000 coins to pay for a down payment on a brand new Toyota vehicle. Family members helped the man carry the cash to the dealership on November 19. 2016-11-24 13:39 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk

9 1.3 Laura Kenny is back on her bike as she begins her four-year road to 2020 Olympics Laura Kenny has the best cure for those post-wedding blues - but she insists they’ll be no room for complacency as she resets her sights on Tokyo. 2016-11-24 13:04 5KB www.dailymail.co.uk Articles

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1 /9 (2.08/3) 0.6 A holiday treat: Best home books of 2016 What do two junk gypsies, a Detroit hustler, a couple of HGTV stars and a Japanese organizer have in common?

They’ve all written some of my favorite home decor books this year.

Every fall, just in time for the holidays, I dig through the piles of home, gardening and organizing books that come my way throughout the year to dig out my favorites. And if the huge stack about to keel over is any indication, a lot of great books came out this year. Maybe I should keep one of the organizing books for research (if I can find it).

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For the first time, this year’s list includes three made-in-Detroit books. Two are memoirs and one goes behind the scenes of last year’s gorgeous Flower House, an abandoned duplex in Hamtramck converted by floral designers from across the country into an art installation with flowers.

“Detroit Hustle” by Detroit journalist Amy Haimerl chronicles the former New Yorker’s journey along with her husband, Karl, to restore an abandoned house in the city’s West Village neighborhood and turn it into a home. They overcame financing issues, a shortage of contractors and many other challenges to put down roots in Detroit. Their house was profiled earlier this year in Homestyle.

The second Detroit book is by Lake Orion native Nicole Curtis, star of HGTV’s “Rehab Addict.” Her memoir “Better Than New” recently hit the New York Times bestseller list. For the first time, Curtis pulls back the curtain of her life to reveal troubled relationships, how she rose from Hooters waitress to TV star and the lessons she’s learned from the many old houses she’s restored along the way.

If you ever wondered why Curtis kept her second pregnancy a secret or what things were really like behind the scenes as she and Quicken Loans brought the iconic Ransom Gillis mansion in Detroit’s Brush Park back to life in 2015, her book is your chance to find out her side of the story.

Also on the list are some great books by some old favorites, including HGTV star Vern Yip, “Dream Decor” by Will Taylor and “Spark Joy” by the world’s best known Japanese organizer, Marie Kondo. Kondo’s simple advice about keeping or throwing away objects – “does it spark joy?” – haunts me every time I look at the clutter in my basement or closets.

And while clutter may not spark joy, I hope these home decor books do. Enjoy. [email protected]

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Twitter: @mfeighan Written by the editors of domino magazine, Jessica Romm Perez and Shani Silver “domino: Your Guide to a Stylish Home” (Simon & Schuster, $35) is all about honing your personal style, finding inspiration and mixing and matching big and small components. It’s full of beautiful images, but with minimal text. Instead, it’s all tips. It breaks nearly every component of a room – seating, walls, art, flooring, shelves and vignettes – into chapters. It’s inspirational and educational. I especially liked the “style standoff” pages that break down different approaches: for example, using a patterned sofa versus a solid one or creating a symmetrically setup room versus asymmetry.

Country music lovers, take note: If you love home decor too, this book may be for you. Written by sisters Amie and Jolie Sikes of Texas, who’ve starred on HGTV and have also designed for country stars such as Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley, “Junk Gypsy: Designing a Life at the Crossroads of Wonder & Wander” (Touchstone, $25) has a little bit of everything: Do-It-Yourself ideas, road trip advice, a flea market field guide, even recipes. It’s fun, crazy and eclectic, a bit like the Sikes sisters’ style. And while rock stars may be the only people who can afford to hire an interior designer to decorate their Airstream trailer, it’s still fun to peek inside to see what’s possible in such a small space (and I love the title of Chapter 5: “Magic in a Tin Can.”) If you love color, bold patterns and junk with a story, this book has it all.

Author Geraldine James has scoured country estates, urban apartments and seaside retreats to find some examples of what she calls “beautiful living. Her book “The Creative Home: Inspiring Ideas for Beautiful Living” (CICO books, $29.95) is divided into five chapters: Cook & Eat, Relax & Socialize, Work & Create, Sleep & Bathe, and Store & Display. I especially liked the chapter devoted to home offices, an often ignored place that has real possibilities. James visited the offices and studios of several artists, revealing an eclectic array of work spaces. “A work space that is comfortable and personal is as important as having all the right components to do the task at hand,” writes James.

Kirsten Grove is an interior stylist and the editor and creator of the popular Simply Grove blog. Her book, “Simply Styling” (Sterling, $24.95) is all about the tools of her trade. She offers ideas and tips for styling not just rooms but pieces of furniture in each room. A good tip for both coffee tables and mantels? Vary height of the objects on both. And I took note of her advice on throw pillows (which I’m obsessed with): display pillows in odd numbers such as three or five; to create variation, mix pattern with stripes and solids; and group the pillows in odd numbers (two on one side, one on the other, for example).

Vern Yip just has a way about him. The HGTV star who made it big on TLC’s “Trading Spaces” is always level-headed but sunny, bright and helpful – much like his new book. “Design Wise: Your Smart Guide to a Beautiful Home” (Running Press, $27.50) is both informational and aspirational. It’s full of tips on everything from how to choose seating to paint colors. Yip also offers great advice on trim, area rugs and mirrors. This may be the first home decor book I’ve read with detailed measurements on exactly how to hang art, light fixtures and sconces. What’s the optimal height for hanging pictures and mirrors on walls without other architectural features? 60 inches, writes Yip. There are wonderful sidebars throughout the book with Yip’s advice, appropriately titled “Learn from Vern.”

Amy Haimerl and her husband, Karl Kaebnick, were longtime Brooklyn-ites when they took a big risk: They decided to buy an abandoned house in Detroit and restore it as their home. Drawn to the city’s cheap real estate, the city didn’t make it easy as Haimerl details in her book, “Detroit Hustle: A Memoir of Love, Life & Home” (Running Press, $24). They struggled to find contractors, financing and a sense of place without being labeled as gentrifiers. I really enjoyed going behind the scenes to learn just how much goes into restoring an abandoned home in Detroit.

If it seemed like Lake Orion native Nicole Curtis – star of “Rehab Addict” on the DIY and HGTV networks – was being secretive about her life last year, maybe she was really just saving it all for her memoir. “Better than New: Lessons I’ve Learned From Saving Old Homes (and How They Saved Me)” (Artisan Books, $27.95) delves into Curtis’s life and her many home projects, including three in Detroit. The 240-page book is filled with fun personal photos and chronicles her rise from Hooters waitress and real estate agent to TV star. Curtis writes that she wasn’t trying to be deceptive by hiding her pregnancy with second son Harper, but wanted to “preserve some privacy and protect my unborn baby.” “When you have millions of followers on social media and on television and you’re as outspoken as I am, a lot of people feel free to pass judgment on what you say or do,” she writes.

If you could pinpoint one style and make it your own, what is your dream decor? Blogger Will Taylor of Bright Bazaar tries to answer that questions with his second book, “Dream Decor: Styling a Cool, Creative and Comfortable Home, Wherever You Live” (Jacqui Small, $35.00). Bright and airy, Taylor’s book highlights both dream elements – color, pattern, texture – and 11 dream styles, such as Coastal Retreat, Mediterranean Marvel and Curious Collector. At the start of each chapter, Taylor, who is known for his love of color, highlights the common elements that go into each style. What goes into a Hedonistic Hipster style, for example? Vintage paintings, reclaimed wood, white painted brick walls, flea market finds and copper kitchenware.

“Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up” (Ten Speed Press, $18.99) is as much a philosophy book as it is an organizing One. The follow-up book to author Marie Kondo’s best-selling “The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” Kondo narrows down her tidying-up philosophy to two words. What objects “spark joy” for you? She writes that determining what sparks joy for each person “represents the driving force that can make not only our lifestyle, but our very lives, shine.”

Written by official Flower House photographer Heather Saunders, this self-published book goes behind the scenes of last fall’s Flower House, a large scale art floral installation in which an abandoned duplex on the I-75 service drive. “Flower House Detroit” details the magic that unfolded at Flower House, room-by-room. Primarily a book of photos, the captions delve into the inspiration behind each vignette, the flowers used and what designers were trying to create. The foreword is written by Flower House creator Lisa Waud. And the book concludes with thoughts from each designer on their Flower House experience. “Flower House Detroit” is available at Nora in Detroit and the Pot & Box flower truck. See their websites for more details, including pricing.

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2 /9 2 /9 (2.06/3) 1.3 Tokyo sees first November snow in 54 years Snow came as a shock for many residents, because just two days earlier the temperatures had reached a balmy 17C.

The Japanese capital of Tokyo saw its first November snowfall in over half a century on Thursday.

The snow slowed rush hour trains as residents slogged to work wearing heavy coats and boots.

The snow was wet and heavy, and the ground temperature remained above freezing which kept the snow from settling in most places. However, it did accumulate on pavements and cars in Tokyo's far western suburbs.

The last time it snowed in central Tokyo in November was 1962, so snow at this time of year is clearly unusual.

The city does expect to see snow at least once a year, but it usually falls in January or February.

The snow came as a shock for many residents, because just two days earlier the temperatures had reached a balmy 17C.

Since then, the temperature had fallen steadily.

At midnight on Wednesday the temperature was still 16C, but the temperature dropped throughout the day and by 6am on Thursday, it had dropped to a chilly 3C.

As the temperature dropped, the rain that had begun falling on Wednesday afternoon, started to turn wintry.

Around dawn, it turned to sleet, then later it turned to snow.

Temperatures are now rising in the capital and no more snow is expected to fall…at least for now.

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3 /9 1.4 Texan who is last living Doolittle Tokyo Raider to help museum mark 75th anniversary of attack on Japan (1.02/3) DAYTON, Ohio — The national U. S. Air Force museum plans to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders' stunning attack on Japan with the Texan who's the only one of the 80 airmen still alive.

The museum near Dayton, Ohio, says 101-year-old retired Lt. Col. Richard "Dick" Cole, of Comfort, Texas, plans to return for April 17-18 events expected to include B-25 bomber landings. The Dayton-area native will help pay tribute to retired Staff Sgt. David Thatcher, who died this year at age 94 in Missoula, Mont.

Thatcher joined Cole at the museum in 2015 to present the Raiders' Congressional Gold Medal for display.

They were the last of those who took off in bombers from an aircraft carrier for the daring raid that lifted U. S. spirits and forced the Japanese military to divert resources.

Cole attended Thatcher's funeral in June.

"Mathematically, it shouldn't have worked out this way," Cole told The Missoulian newspaper. "I was quite a bit older, six years older, than David. Figuring the way gamblers figure, he would have been the last man. "

Cole was the co-pilot flying alongside the mission's leader and namesake, Jimmy Doolittle. The Raiders reunited for Doolittle's birthday celebration in 1946 and began holding annual reunions. They also established a tradition of toasting those who had died since the previous reunion, drinking from specially engraved silver goblets and then turning over the goblets carrying the names of those who have died.

The National Museum of the U. S. Air Force hosted several reunions, including a special "final toast" ceremony in 2013.

The museum theater plans to show films on the Doolittle Raid during the commemoration.

US Air Force museum to mark 75 years since Doolittle Raid thenewstribune.com

2016-11-24 13:39 Wire Services www.dallasnews.com

4 /9 4 /9 1.9 IPS Handa World Cup of Golf: Key Takeaways From Day 1 With day one of the action all wrapped up at the IPS Handa World Cup of Golf, what are the key storylines so far? Although many of the world's very top ranked players decided to skip this week's event, the IPS Handa World Cup of Golf still boasts a talented field that should make for......

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5 /9 0.0 In Japan's Aichi prefecture, geek paradise awaits But few realize where the country's important industrial sectors have some of their deepest roots. That place is Aichi prefecture, west of Tokyo.

One of Aichi's biggest claims is a key role in developing the Tokaido Shinkansen, the famed bullet train that changed Japanese business by making day trips across the country possible.

That's not all though, and as more foreign visitors head to Japan ahead of the 2020 , new English-language tours will help Aichi's rich industrial world become a star attraction.

"Aichi has been called 'the center of the manufacturing industry' in Japan, thanks to companies such as Toyota and [ceramic producer] Noritake," says Masaru Suzuki, a Japanese tourism expert and author.

Seeing the value in industrial tourism

Sites throughout Aichi celebrate the area's strong industrial features.

There are museums highlighting traditional creations and factory tours offering a glimpse into the production of everything from mechanical to edible goods.

At some sites, it's even possible to get a glimpse into the future. "Manufacturing is the key to our current economy," says Hiroshi Oda, chief officer of the Distribution and Tourism Division of the Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Aichi's capital.

"Many of these companies establish their own museums to showcase their history and technology. "

As a result, industrial tourism has taken off in Aichi, to the point where the local government launched an industry-focused rally campaign earlier this year.

"We see our industries as a tourism opportunity, so we've been using them to try to draw more visitors to the region," Oda says.

He also says it has reverse benefits for the industries themselves.

"If people come to see the factory, it can help motivate our employees to work better, and also make sure our safety standards are high. "

Aichi's best industrial experiences

The best place to begin any exploration of the area's tech prowess is the city of Toyota, which is a quick train ride away from Nagoya, the country's fourth largest city.

As the name implies, it's the birthplace of the world's largest automaker, Toyota.

Today it houses Toyota's headquarters, along with a production plant and the Toyota Kaikan Museum .

Cars from Toyota's past and present -- along with a few looks towards tomorrow, both via automobiles and violin-playing robots -- are on display in Kaikan Museum.

Visitors can also arrange to take a tour of the plant, where they can see Toyota's automobiles assembled by workers and robotic arms.

It's a rare chance to see the company's celebrated Toyota Production System up close.

Setting up a date and time to tour the Toyota plant is essential as they fill up quickly. You can do this on their website.

MORE: Toyota Kaikan: Inside one of the world's most fascinating factory tours

If you can't make it out to Toyota city, the Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology offers many similar exhibits in the heart of Nagoya.

"That's the most visited spot in Nagoya for tourists," Oda says.

Another tech giant with roots in Aichi is Brother Group, which lets visitors get a taste of the past and present at the Brother Communication Space , in Nagoya.

The company is known for goods such as printers and karaoke song systems, and the Communication Space allows visitors the chance to check out all sorts of takes on these electronic goods, all free of charge. For a real slip back in time, Brother devotes a large chunk of space to antique sewing machines. English tours can be booked online through the Brother Communication Space website .

Trains, electricity and the world's largest planetarium

Moving into the space age, Nagoya City Science Museum includes a variety of hands-on exhibition, but the real draw is its planetarium -- the largest in the world.

Similarly, you can swing by the metropolis' Electricity Museum , which features interactive exhibits educating visitors about all things electric.

The same goes for the Gas Energy Exhibit Hall .

For fans of industry -- and even for those who aren't -- a trip to Aichi isn't complete without a visit to the SCMAGLEV and Railway Park .

Located within Nagoya proper, it's partially dedicated to the nation's railroad history, featuring vintage train cars and locomotives from more than a hundred years ago to the present day.

The park puts its strongest spotlight on the history of the bullet train, as Nagoya has long been a central hub for the high-speed transit system.

Exhibits include a maglev -- magnetic levitation -- technology showcase, which the nation hopes to use to create even faster trains between Tokyo and Nagoya by the year 2027 .

There's also a bullet train simulator for those who've ever wondered what it's like to operate one of the iconic trains.

A village of vinegar and beer

Japan's been using vinegar -- a byproduct of sake brewing -- since the 5th century.

And it all began in the brewing town of Handa, located south of Nagoya on the picturesque Chita Peninsula.

During the Edo Period (1603-1868), Handa was a leader in the export of soy sauce, sake and vinegar across Japan.

Handa-based Mizkan company, founded in 1804, continues to produce vinegar and sake to this day.

Located opposite the Mizkan sake brewery, the Mizkan Museum explains the history of Handa's vinegar brewing and manufacturing process, using traditional tools and techniques.

Nearby is the Kunizakari Sake Museum. Created by Nakano Sake Brewery, which was founded in 1844, the museum is housed in a building that used for sake brewing for 200 years.

Displays include brewing tools and sake samples.

Prefer beer?

There's the Asahi Brewery factory tour, located at the beer producer's Nagoya plant near the Shonai River. Visitors will see the equipment and ingredients used to make one of Japan's most popular brews and taste freshly made beer in the Asahi tasting room at the conclusion of the tour.

Japan's biggest ceramics producer

Right down the street from Nagoya's Toyota Commemorative Museum is Noritake Garden .

The large brick space celebrates long-running ceramic maker Noritake, which was founded in Aichi in 1904.

Visitors can see creations dating back to the company's beginnings and kids can paint their own ceramics.

Indeed Aichi has long been one of Japan's biggest producers of ceramics, especially the area now known as Seto city, just northwest of Nagoya.

Visitors to this town can check out an assortment of ceramic-focused museums, from the Seto- Gura Museum to the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Art Museum, which Oda says is the biggest of its type in Japan.

"For our lives, manufacturing is vital, we can't live without it," says Oda.

"To understand the manufacturing industry through manufacturing tours, it will make people's lives richer. Aichi has the potential to become the center of that. "

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6 /9 2.4 Japanese ex-militant gets 12 years for 1986 Indonesia attack TOKYO (AP) — A member of a disbanded Japanese left-wing militant group was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison for an unsuccessful 1986 mortar attack on the Japanese Embassy in Indonesia, the Tokyo District Court said. ...

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7 /9 2.6 Toyota says new technology means longer battery life TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. has developed a new way of observing the movements of tiny particles in batteries used to power electric vehicles — an advance it says will help boost their cruise range by 10 percent to… ...

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8 /9 2.7 Chinese shop owner buys a £57K Toyota using small change A man in Zhengzhou, China used over 100,000 coins to pay for the deposit on his new car. The flour shop owner brought sacks and bags of coins along with a carton of bank notes on November 19 to pay for his Toyota Prado, which costs 497,550 yuan (£57,734) on average in China. It took four employees 12 hours to count the man's cash, reports Huanqiu , an affiliation with the People's Daily Online. The employees of the Toyota dealership were surprised when the man chose to pay for the deposit of his car using 100,000 coins. The man surnamed Guo runs a flour shop and had saved up his cash to pay for the car. Family members helped bring the cash to the dealership in bags and cartons. Along with the thousands of coins, cartons of one yuan bank notes were also brought to the dealership. A Toyota Prado costs between 369,800 yuan and 625,300 yuan in China, according to Toyota's website. Four employees worked together to count the cash which took them around 12 hours. Many people have discussed the story on social media site Coral. QQ.com. One user wrote: 'Some salesmen reject receiving coins.' While another commented: 'Why didn't they use the coin counting machine.' And one user said: 'The man paid the rest by card! Why didn't he make the full payment by card?'

2016-11-24 13:39 Sophie Williams www.dailymail.co.uk

9 /9 1.3 Laura Kenny is back on her bike as she begins her four- year road to 2020 Olympics Laura Kenny has the best cure for those post-wedding blues - but she insists they'll be no room for complacency as she resets her sights on Tokyo. Kenny's husband Jason has yet to commit to adding to his tally of six Olympic titles - and surpassing Sir Chris Hoy - at the 2020 Olympics. But his four-time gold medallist wife, who'll be 28 at the next Games, is already back on the bike and plotting her journey on the long road to Japan. 'I want to go to Tokyo, I want to be there, but I've got to be re-selected first and I'm going to take it one year at a time,' she Trott, who will be competing alongside fellow Olympic gold medallist as well as 'With the younger girls coming through now, it's going to be tough to get selected because is so good. 'We've got the World Championships in Hong Kong but just because I'm world and Olympic champion doesn't mean that I'm guaranteed a spot. 'It's only a good thing that my place in the team isn't set in stone, because it keeps you on your toes. 'Every training session that you go out and do means that you are focused on it, rather than thinking that you're already selected. You can never take anything for granted.' Kenny will race for the first time since her Rio 2016 double gold at the high-octane Revolution Cycling Champions League at Lee Valley VeloPark on 2 and 3 December - the event is the conclusion of the 14th season of the Revolution Series. After a six-week break to get married, relax and promote her joint autobiography, Kenny admitted getting back on the bike was hard - but not as hard as remembering to sign autographs with her new name. 'I'm getting used to being Mrs Kenny, though I signed an autograph Laura Trott the other day!' she added. 'After Rio I wanted to keep riding and before the wedding I was struggling to let cycling go. However, it was important for me to completely step away from it. 'Doing loads of things, like the book and the wedding, gave us a distraction, so it was actually really good for me. 'I'm into the flow of training and it feels like its pre-Rio again, so I can't wait to race at the Revolution Series. I'm just going to go out there and enjoy it. I don't feel like I'm going to be anywhere near the front of the race, but for me, it's not about that, it's about getting out there and showing my face. 'It's so important to me that my first race is back on home soil and London is where this all started for me in 2012. I've always had people like Sir Brad [Wiggins] and Victoria [Pendleton] to look up to, and so for me, it's about giving back to all those people who shouted at their TV screens this summer.' But Kenny admits the celebrity that comes with success and being half of Britain's most successful sporting couple, who between them have won more Olympic medals than Ireland, comes at a cost. 'We don't mind being in the spotlight and in the public eye when it comes to riding our bikes but when it comes to our personal lives, it's ours and that is the way we want to keep it,' added Trott, who will be part of the first season of the Elite Women's Championship. 'It was so important for us to keep the wedding away from the spotlight. It was one special day for us, and we had been planning it for such a long time. 'We got engaged two-and-a-half years ago, and I knew exactly how I wanted it to run and Jase was the same. 'We wanted our family and friends to feel comfortable; we didn't want them to feel like they couldn't let their hair down because they were going to be in a magazine. 'It's been a really busy few months for us, and I feel like I'm feeling the effects of that a little bit but I think the book really gave us a chance to look back on Rio and the stories we had. 'Rio was so long ago now, and yet people are still talking about it, but I don't even know how to start explaining Rio. 'I can't believe it happened, but then again, I said that after London to Jase. Before, you speak about it and we were talking about how we could both do the double before London, but then going into Rio, we were talking how we could both become the most successful male and female British Olympians. 'But you don't want to believe it, because you don't want anything bad to happen, but then when it does happen, you're like 'wow'.' Tickets for Revolution Cycling Champions League are available to purchase from Sky Tickets with full ticket information on www.cyclingrevolution.com 2016-11-24 13:04 Katie Falkingham www.dailymail.co.uk

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