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Review by oliviaI enjoyed using this as it left my skin feeling super soft and smooth which I wasn't expecting. It did a great job of getting rid of my make up and have found myself reaching for it most days.(Posted on 17/04/2016)
Review by oliviaI enjoyed using this as it left my skin feeling super soft and smooth which I wasn't expecting. It did a great job of getting rid of my make up and have found myself reaching for it most days.(Posted on 17/04/2016)
Review by eKomi UserI love this sponge, so far it has been the only cleansing tool who managed to enhance drammatically my skin. Charcoal contains activated carbon and various minerals that enhance absorptive ability, which is perfect for removing excess oil. Bamboo Charcoal is also a natural anti-oxidant, so will help fight hard-to-reach, acne-causing bacteria. It works. 100% reccomended!(Posted on 07/10/2015)
Review by eKomi UserGreat sponge makes every cleanser work twice as hard, love soft texture and feel on the skin, would definitely recommend(Posted on 26/08/2015)
Review by eKomi UserExcellent product for combination/oily skin. The sponge is gentle enough to be used twice a day, with or without a cleanser. It visibly refines pores and leaves my skin unbelievably soft and smooth. Highly recommended.(Posted on 19/07/2015)
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Hello VIM, or quitting TextMate cold turkey
In my last post I've mentioned my way through VIM. Quiting TextMate cold turkey wasn't easy. But fear not: there are a bunch of plugins that will make it a breeze. Bellow a list of the best ones to fill the gap:
- DelimitMate When in insert mode, will auto balance paired delimiters (parenthesis, brackets, quotes, angle brackets). This is a default in TextMate, when you type a balanced delimiter it inserts the closing one and puts the cursor in the middle. This is a pretty new plugin, I don't think it has received the attention it deserves.
- NerdTree A file explorer thing, similar to the project drawer in TextMate.
- NerdCommenter: A plugin that makes commenting source code dead easy. Supports many languages, and has smart settings (toggle, visual mode, etc).
- Fuzzy Finder TextMate. This was the feature that I missed the most: a quick way to navigate through files (aka command T) also through tags in a source file (aka command shift T). Just brilliant, and also adds some nifty features such searching from the most recently used files. This plugin required ruby support.
- SnipMate: snippets support, much like TextMate's.
- YankRing implements a kill ring for the yank buffer. Pretty much like TextMate's copy and paste history, but more configurable and powerful: VIM style.
With those plugins in place, there aren't any major features missing. Having those plugins for VIM is a testimony of how TextMate has really brought good ideas into the editor scene. It also corroborates VIM's extensibility. Even under primitive constrains (no GUI, terminal only), VIM is able to mimic those features.
Also, other plugins that I've found essential:
- Surround: smartly inserts, changes and removes balanced delimiters including XML tags.
- Taglist: parses and helps you to navigate through structured source code.
- Align: makes source code alignment a breeze (hard to explain, give it a shot).
All in all, with the right plugins, VIM can match most of TextMate's features. Are there any other plugins I should know about?

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Anya and Grant's first international trip was a doozy. This album contains our first destination: Tokyo, Japan. It's somewhere we've always wanted to visit, and it worked as a perfect "side trip" from the Philippines. We had a delightful time in this enormous city, and I took an enormous amount of photos to prove it!
Besides my Tokyo panoramas, the Picasa link below has all the photos:
Main Tokyo Photo Album:
YouTube Slideshows
Tokyo Disneyland's World Bazaar
Shinjuku from hotel window
Marunouchi from Imperial Palace
Marunouchi from Nijubashi Bridge
Tokyo Bay from Odaiba
View from Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building


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Pear Tree Cottage has a slightly elevated position with south facing views over the village green, this Grade II listed property was built in the late 17th century. Offered for sale for the first time in over 30 years this generous detached house has exposed beams, window seats and feature fireplaces.
It also includes a breakfast kitchen, utility room, dining hall, sitting room, six bedrooms, two bathrooms and integral double garage. To the rear there is a split level terraced area, ideal for alfresco dining. Contact Knight Frank on 01423 578919.


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Five Rutgers football players arrested, charged with assault
Five Rutgers football players were arrested Thursday in New Jersey on charges stemming from an April 25 assault.
NJ.com reports current players Andre Boggs, Ruhann Peele, Nadir Barnwell, Rahzonn Gross and Delon Stephenson were charged after allegedly attacking a group of at least four people. A 19-year old male student suffered a broken jaw during the attack, according to police. Also charged are two former Rutgers players: Stephenson's brother Daryl, and Tejay Johnson.
"The students involved are currently suspended from our program,'' Rutgers athletic director Julie Hermann said in a statement. "We continue to monitor the situation. We will have no further comment as this is a pending legal matter."
The players have also been placed on interim suspension from the university, Rutgers said in a university statement Friday. They are allowed to appeal the suspension.
"We have a speedy, but fair, review process that looks at the nature of actions taken by students that are illegal or that otherwise violate our code of student conduct. Our initial review indicates that, in these cases, the alleged behavior warrants an interim suspension until additional information becomes available," Rutgers chancellor Richard L. Edwards said.
Barnwell, one of the arrested players, remains at the center of an investigation into whether Rutgers coach Kyle Flood broke school policy. The coach contacted a faculty member via email about the academically ineligible junior cornerback's grades. Flood reportedly defied academic staff in reaching out to the professor. Depending on the investigation's findings, Flood could reportedly face suspension or be fired.
• MORE: Flood defied Rutgers academic staff, emailed professor
Before the players' charges were announced, Flood told reporters he was confident he would coach the team's season opener on Saturday against Norfolk State.
A press release from the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office also indicates Boggs, a sophomore cornerback, was also arrested on charges of robbery, burglary while armed, and conspiracy to commit an armed robbery after being linked to an April 27 home invasion. Boggs, along with Johnson, allegedly forced their way into a home with a bat and a knife and robbed another student of approximately $900 and an undisclosed amount of marijuana, according to the release.
Boggs was also allegedly involved in a second home invasion May 5 and charged with robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery and attempted burglary while armed. Police say he and Johnson attempted to force their way into a dormitory at Livingston College in Piscataway, N.J.
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I have never liked the look of braids at the base of kinky twist extensions. I have tried several alternative methods of putting Marley twists in and this is the only method that did not result in the extensions either falling out or getting tangled or knotted at the base.
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Shea Twist Butter
This rich and creamy butter can be used to moisturize twists, braids and coils and smooth your ends. You can make it lighter by using an electric mixer to whip the butter. This recipe is really realy easy and adds a long lasting set for yout twists.
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Top 10 Twistout Tips!
Twist outs are one of the most popular styles for natural hair. Twists outs are done when you use two sections to make twists like a rope with your hair. It's a staple natual hair style.
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MIT (Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Music)
Composition, Southeast Asia, Balinese Gamelan
Evan Ziporyn is a composer/clarinetist whose work draws equally from world and classical music, the avant garde, and jazz. As a member of the Bang On A Can All-stars, he has performed at international venues across the globe, including Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, London's South Bank Center, the Holland Festival, Australia's Adelaide Festival, Warsaw Festival, September Music Torino, Oslo Ultima Festival, Estonia's NYYD, Festival, New Music Across America, and the Bali International Arts Festival. He has collaborated with Don Byron, Meredith Monk, Henry Threadgill, Nobukazu Takemura, and Cecil Taylor, and co-produced and arranged Bang's acclaimed recording of Brian Eno's "Music for Airports." He has also recorded and toured with Paul Simon, Steve Reich, Arnold Dreyblatt, Matthew Shipp and Tan Dun. In Boston, he is founder and director of the Gamelan Galak Tika, a Balinese music and dance troupe, for whom he has composed numerous works combining gamelan with western instruments and electronics, recorded on two volumes for New World Records.


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July 17, 2001, Section B, Page 2Buy Reprints
The Third Time Around
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. got another second chance yesterday. Under a plea agreement in his drug case, he was sentenced to a year in a rehabilitation program rather than jail, after pleading no contest to drug charges.
JUDGE RANDALL WHITE of State Superior Court in Indio, Calif., warned Mr. Downey that he could face up to four years behind bars if he violated the terms of the plea agreement. When Mr. Downey, who was nominated for an Emmy last week for his work on the Fox series ''Ally McBeal,'' was asked if he understood, he replied: ''I'm well aware, Your Honor.''
Mr. Downey was arrested at Merv Griffin's Resort Hotel and Givenchy Spa in Palm Springs, Calif., in November. The police said they had found cocaine in his room. He checked into a drug rehabilitation center in April after he was arrested again and was dropped from ''Ally McBeal.''
Real Estate Divestiture
SENATOR ROBERT G. TORRICELLI's personal finances may be under investigation by federal prosecutors, but that has not stopped him from putting his house on the market for $949,000.
Mr. Torricelli and SUSAN HOLLOWAY TORRICELLI bought the Victorian house on a quarter-acre lot in Englewood, N.J., in 1986. He became sole owner after their divorce three years later. The house has a gym, Jacuzzi, library and restaurant-quality kitchen appliances.
Mr. Torricelli's spokesman, DALE LEIBACH, would not say why the house was being sold. Mr. Leibach said the listing was not an indication that Mr. Torricelli had decided to leave the Senate when his term ends in 2003. ''He has every intention of running,'' Mr. Leibach said.
Mr. Torricelli's real estate agent is SEAN STERN, whose mother is Mr. Torricelli's executive assistant. Federal prosecutors have notified her that she is a target of the investigation into Mr. Torricelli's personal finances and the financial arrangements for his 1996 campaign. Mr. Stern works for a firm owned by GERALD CALABRESE, the former Democratic Party chairman of Bergen County. Prosecutors are investigating whether Mr. Torricelli's 1996 campaign improperly channeled contributions through the county organization.
The Kitchen People
JULIA CHILD will autograph almost anything.
At a reception in Sagaponack, N.Y., on Saturday, there were fans who asked her to sign copies of ''Mastering.'' That is chefs' shorthand for her first book, ''Mastering the Art of French Cooking,'' which she wrote with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle.
There were people who asked her to sign copies of the program describing the award the James Beard Foundation gave her at the reception.
Then there was ROMAN ROTH, the winemaker for the Wölffer Estate, the winery where the reception was taking place. He rolled over a wine cask -- a big, barrel-shaped container that will be filled with Chardonnay in September -- and asked Mrs. Child, left, to sign that.
''I signed one before,'' she said. ''The most difficult thing to sign is a wine bottle because it's curved and difficult to sign. I've signed those big bottles, jeroboams. They're more difficult.''
COLMAN ANDREWS was not making any I-sang-for-my-supper jokes about his appearance in Dallas over the weekend with several well-known chefs. Mr. Andrews, the editor in chief of Saveur magazine, performed with DEAN FEARING, the chef at the Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas, and ROBERT DELGRANDE of Café Annie in Houston and their band, the Barbwires.
''We practiced all Thursday night, most of the day Friday and most of the day Saturday when the chef guys weren't cooking,'' said Mr. Andrews, who performed three songs, including one -- ''My Baby Is Dancing With Johnny Rodriguez'' -- that he wrote himself. ''Robert and Dean figured out a long time ago that when you're practicing you have to drink Scotch -- it's something about what it does to your voice -- but when you're performing, it's tequila. I had three hangovers on consecutive days there.''
Sweat at the Net
ANDY RODDICK beat JOHN McENROE at his own game over the weekend.
Playing a World Team Tennis match in Amagansett, N.Y., Mr. Roddick, left, who lost to GORAN IVANISEVIC in the third round at Wimbledon three weeks ago, heard Mr. McEnroe question a line call. Mr. Roddick, who was playing for the St. Louis Aces, strolled to the net, grinned and said, ''You cannot be serious.'' This was followed by what appeared to be a racquet-slamming fit. But the crowd laughed: it wasn't the real thing, only the mock. Mr. Roddick went on to defeat Mr. McEnroe, 5-4. With David Kocieniewski and Florence Fabricant


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The Top Chefs get a higher calling: airplane food. In truth, they don't actually leave the ground. But they do get to wear hair nets. Judge Padma Lakshmi wears hers at a jaunty angle, bangs carefully styled, while judge Tom Colicchio's bald pate is netless.
CJ Jacobsen has to pack up his one remaining testicle and go home. Anthony Bourdain, who takes a shot (one of many) at CJ on his blog for being a private chef, judges CJ's broccolini a complete disaster. (What happened to Gail Simmons? She's either been busy with her day job or kicked aside for catty Ted Allen and Bourdain.)
In this podcast with Jane Goldman, CJ discusses Hung's refusal to help out the team, Casey's growth as a chef, and who might be the next to go.
Listen to all of this season's Top Chef podcasts:
Season 3 Round Table
Hung Huynh
Dale Levitski
Casey Thompson
Brian Malarkey
Sara Mair
Howie Kleinberg
Tre Wilcox
Sara Nguyen
Joey Paulino
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I had a video shoot last week for a certain brand. I know my hair doesn't really look like it came from a shoot but darn wind wouldn't give my hair a break! It was curled and styled so nicely by the hairstylist but the wind ruined it. Wind – 2, Camille – 0. Anyway, I was asked to bring outfits that would match red lips so I just grabbed whatever I thought of putting together and brought them to the shoot. Usually, when I'm asked to bring outfit options to shoots I try to bring one casual and one glam and another one that's sort of in between the two. This is the glam outfit and it's what the brand chose out of the 3 outfits I prepared. It's my favorite as well. It's both daring and modern which describes the brand too.
I love the contrasting textures of my crochet top and mixed material leather skirt. They made my monochromatic outfit come to life instead of looking flat and boring.
Notice anything different with the way I accessorized for my shoot? This is actually the first time I'm wearing statement necklaces AND statement earrings together. I used to think this was a major no-no. It was either one or the other but never both at the same time. Lately though, after seeing K-Pop artists (namely 2ne1) constantly doing this and pushing the boundaries, I came to realize that it doesn't really look bad. Every chance I get, I tried to combine statement necklaces and earrings together but I always end up taking one or the other off before heading out the door. I was about to give up and conclude that it's only Koreans who can pull this off–until finally, I found a look that worked! Such a tricky style!
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My Spirit Inc. crochet top
Nail Spa Lounge By Ellabell lash extensions | SM Accessories earrings
Cornwall Street silver spike diamond necklace | Forever 21 diamond bib necklace (old) | The Ramp silver black necklace
House Of Thrifted red ring | H&M stacked silver rings | Primaluxe knuckle clutch
YSL pumps
H&M leather cropped corset | Topshop leather skirt
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Anime Japan Review
Hi everyone! Deegan Marie here! Normally I just shoot images of a convention and Darth Mexican writes about the conventions but this time I'm doing both! Last week I boarded a plane to Japan for the first time in my life. I planned my trip around Anime Japan because I really wanted to check out an international con and help expand The Geek Lyfe to another space in the world. I really wanted to go to Anime Japan to see how different the anime conventions in the motherland were compared to America.
Anime Japan was held at Tokyo Big Site. I was staying in the Shibuya prefecture so the train ride to the convention was about 30 minutes. Not too bad and the area itself was breathtaking! The grounds were massive, there was a cute little courtyard-like area in between the train station and the actual building. A couple large staircases right in front which makes for a really nice photo with leading lines. The building itself had separate "wings". The anime convention was on one side of the building while another 2-3 conventions were taking place on the other side.
The wing of the con had two massive exhibit halls on each side of the hallway. And something they had that I have never seen at another con, they had a specific cosplay area. It was outdoors for the most part but there was an indoor area as well for cosplayers to change and freshen up.
Since I'm on the topic of cosplay already! So the cosplay in Japan is VASTLY different than it is here in the states. Before leaving for Japan I looked at Anime Japan's website to see the rules to make sure I was better prepared. One of the first rules: you have to pay to cosplay. I believe the amount in USD was $10. Not a whole lot, but still a new thing to me to have to pay to cosplay. Second, you can NOT show up to a con in cosplay. You must bring your cosplay with you, pay, enter the cosplay area and change there. And when you are ready to leave, you must cjange back into street clothes. You are not allowed to leave the con in cosplay. Cosplays can't be too risque, weapons dont get tagged at this con either.
As far as the actual cosplayers went, they were quite good! My favorite cosplays were the BIG Naruto group. A lot of the were characters I have not seen cosplayed. SAO had a pretty big following as far as cosplays went as well. A lot of anime cosplays I didn't know but they were all so beautiful. So much kawaii in one building!
Like mentioned above, there was an outdoor cosplay area. This is where most of the cosplayers gathered. It was in a parking lot so most people would stand in a parking spot and hang out there. There was a MASSIVE amount of photographers. The togs would form a line in front of whichever cosplayer they wanted to shoot with and wait patiently for their turn. Most togs had various speed lights and light mods as well as reflectors. Unlike in America, this area is where photographers did their con photoshoots. Cosplayers didnt have cards to hand out to the photographers either, instead most of them had mini white boards with their social media written on it so the photographer could take an image of them holding it and they would remember exactly who each cosplayer was. I think that is so smart! I know there is many times when I'm shooting at an out of state con and I get a cosplayers card and cant remember what cosplay they belong with unless that cosplay is on the card. So just an idea for our fellow american cosplayers!
I didn't grab anything to eat at the con as I wasn't there the entire day. I did walk through the area where they have the food and it was awesome! The thing I really liked about this con is they had an entire section of the wing dedicated to food/rest area. They have what is essentially a cafeteria. American cons usually have some tables set out in a couple areas but this one had like an entire huge room set aside for it. And it was sectioned off from the busy areas so you could actually enjoy your food and take a break.
Due to me not being able to speak Japanese, I didn't get to talk to any of them really haha! When I got to the ticket area however, everyone was all smiles. Everything about the convention was well organized and efficient from the time I got my pass to when I left.
Oh man this con was CHEAP. Its $18 USD a day for advance tickets and $22 at the door. Even at some of the earliest purchase dates American conventions start at around $25-$35 and buy the time you purchase tickets at the door they can get as high as $90 or more. Purchasing tickets to such a fantastic event at such a low price was incredible indeed!
They had little stages set up everywhere for various entertainment. Some had people demoing games on a big screen, others had cute lolita groups doing a dance skit, there were interviews on big screens and 2 big stages in which you needed to purchase additional tickets to go see the shows on those. There seemed to be something for everyone who attended and the quality of the entertainment felt well worth the price of admission.
There were almost none! Unlike american conventions where the exhibitor hall is almost all vendors, Anime Japan did not have many booths where you could buy things. If any of you have beento Anime Expo in LA, the big booths like Aniplex and Funimation, those were the kind of exhibits they had at Anime Japan. Big companys mostly occupied the spaces and had figures in cases, drawings/sketches from when the anime was being produced, booth babes handing out flyers, life size robots and more at their booths. There also was not an area like artist alley. The exhibit hall was literally just that, exhibits. My favorite booth was Aniplex because they had a really nice Ao No Exorcist (Blue Exorcist) showcase. They also showcased a number of musicians which was really refreshing to see music being promoted at a con.
Overall it was a great first international con. I was expecting a lot more cosplayers than I saw, so that was probably my only disappointment. It was kind of nice to not have a ton of vendors as it was easier to walk the con floor without running into a ton of people. I thought I knew a decent about about anime, boy was I wrong! There were so many anime flyers, booths, cosplays that I had never seen or heard of. Which was really cool because now that I am home I can check them out! According to their site, the weekends attendance was a whopping 145, 453! THAT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE. Although that is a big number, I never felt like the con was overcrowded.
Huge shout out to The Geek Lyfe for letting me cover this con and being so supportive over the last year I've worked with them. If you want to keep up with my photography and cosplay feel free to check out my social media, Deegan Marie Cosplay and Deegan Marie Photography on facebook and deeganmariee, deeganmariephoto on instagram. But you have to follow The Geek Lyfe on social media first 🙂
Until next time my geeky friends, 😀


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Photo: Thomas Dolk
ANE at a concert in Dala-Floda summer of 2009. Mikael "Zifa" Eriksson leads from the front.
After a bit of getting used to the name has stuck and appeared and reappeared on small but dynamic constellations over the years. Here you can hear a track with one of "the ANsembles" with Anna Sahlene as soloist and André Delang backing up:
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-Dazed & Confused, London
Back in 1974, the sexual revolution was in full swing and the adult entertainment business was on the verge of becoming Big Business. Deep Throat had created America's first porn star in 1972, but by 1974 Linda Lovelace was already retired and the industry was seeking the next big thing. Vanessa del Rioshould have been that thing, except in 1974 there were no ethnic sex stars. Undeterred, Vanessa took any role they'd give her, because, amazingly, she was there for the sex more than the money. Fans, awed by her ferocious onscreen sexuality, made her a top box office draw and America's first Latina star. Retired since 1986, Vanessa del Rio remains a sexual icon who cuts across all ethnic boundaries.
What her fans don't know is that her real life was, and is, as wild as anything she did on film.
In this sumptuous over-sized volume, TASCHEN celebrates a remarkably candid, confident and exuberantly sexual woman. Presented through Vanessa's own archive, in her own words, is a life at once shocking, titillating, amusing, and inspiring. And because paper and ink can't do justice to a personality this big, an original 140 minute DVD documentary is included. If you aren't already convinced, this book will end all doubt that there could ever be another woman like Vanessa del Rio.
Standard hardcover edition! An amazing bargain for those unable to afford the original Collector's and Artist's editions!


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Before I had kids, I never used to understand why parents got so frustrated by kids asking so many questions.
Curiosity is good, right? You should be encouraging it and you don't know the answer yourself, then what a great opportunity to introduce dictionaries or Google!
Because everything about raising kids seems so obvious until you find yourself doing it. Now, I understand that:
- Kids often ask you impossible-to-answer questions, and
- Kids sometimes don't know enough about the world to grasp standard explanations, so you find yourself trying to get across extremely abstract concepts using only language and references a young child could understand.
Both of which came into play earlier this evening as I was struggling not to shut down my 4-year-old daughter Brontë's insatiable curiosity while she threw out a truly epic barrage of head-scratchers… she was watching Dinosaur Train at the time:
Brontë: Mom, did you know there are ocean dinosaurs?
Me: Yeah, well.. there were. There aren't any dinosaurs around anymore.
Brontë: Where are all the dinosaurs?
Me: There used to be dinosaurs everywhere, a long time ago. Before there were people. But they're gone now and we aren't sure why… they think maybe a meteor hit the Earth. (I don't think she knows what a 'meteor' is, let alone climate change. Do I mention dinosaurs evolving into birds, or is that just waaaay too much information to process right now?)
Brontë: How do we know there were dinosaurs?
Me (relieved): Because we found their skeletons in the ground.
Brontë (super excited): WOW! Skeletons in their BODIES???
Me: Yep. Big, giant skeletons. From a long, long time ago… we could go see one if you want.
Brontë: I have a skeleton in my body and brains inside my head. Did we find mermaid skeletons too?
Me (wondering whether to break it to her): Umm…
Brontë: What do lizards eat?
Me: Bugs.
Brontë: What are lizards favorite bugs to eat?
Me: Depends on the lizard. You should ask them.
Brontë (irritated): I DON'T speak lizard.
Me: What would be your favorite bug to eat if you were a lizard?
Brontë: GROSS. I don't want to be a lizard. I want to be a bee who eats honey.
Me: Would you want to be a queen bee or a worker bee that gets to fly around looking for flowers?
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Springtime always seems to bring plenty of triumph to Deering. The powerhouse baseball team is coming off yet another Class A crown. The Rams will seek to three-peat behind a new coach. Softball has a seismic change after longtime coach Tige Curran retired. That squad shows promise. Boys' lacrosse is seeking to qualify for the playoffs after a year away. The girls' team faces a brutal schedule, but has some solid athletes. Speaking of which, both track teams figure to produce their share of memories. Boys' tennis welcomes back an old friend at the top, while the girls should be in position to make a run at some hardware.
Coach: Mike Coutts (first year)
2008 Record: 22-0 (Beat Brewer 8-7, in eight innings, to win Class A state championship)
Top returning players: Taylor Candage (Senior), Regan Flaherty (Senior), Luke Hammond (Senior), Jack Heary (Senior), Marc Ouimet (Senior), Matt Powers (Senior), Jack Young (Senior)
Pivotal games: May 5 (H) SOUTH PORTLAND, May 7 (H) WESTBROOK, May 9 @ Scarborough, May 14 @ Cheverus, May 21 @ Portland, May 30 (H) BONNY EAGLE
Coach's comment: "We're under the microscope. I won't put up with mistakes. It's more important that kids learn how to play the game and be good people off the field. There's a lot of talent there. A lot of kids with varsity experience. Our biggest challenge will be ourselves. After winning two in a row, we need to find the fire to go out and win another championship."
The Forecaster's forecast: The Deering program will be watched intently this spring. Not only do the Rams figure to once again be formidable on the field, but they've been in the headlines off the field, which will lead to scrutiny. Dynasty builder Mike D'Andrea stepped down in the wake of last summer's highly-publicized post-championship party, even though he insisted he was not there and did not know of it. Standout pitcher Candage was arrested earlier this year for driving under the influence, but has served a school suspension and is with the team. New coach Mike Coutts inherits all of this and appears to be an ideal man for the job. Coutts played at Edward Little and the University of Maine, coached at UMO for 11 years, in the Cape Cod and Alaska College Leagues and owns Frozen Ropes with his brother-in-law, former major leaguer Mike Bordick. On the field, the Rams appear as daunting as ever and have to be viewed as a legitmate contender to win it all again. On the hill, Deering features Candage (a first-team all-star who was 7-0 with a 2.10 ERA last spring), Flaherty (who missed most of 2008 with injury), Hammond, Powers and Young (2-0 with an 0.84 ERA in limited action last season). The biggest hole to fill is behind the plate. Matt Watson is spending his senior year playing in Florida so Candage (.415 and 12 RBI last year) and Ouimet (a first-team all-star in 2008 after hitting .417 with 16 RBI) will fill in. Candage (bound for the University of New Haven), Flaherty (who will follow his brother Ryan to Vanderbilt), Hammond (Long Island), Ouimet and Powers (USM) will all see the time in the infield, along with Heary (another reigning first-team all-star after hitting .426), who is currently battling a shoulder injury. Sophomore Nick Colucci will fill in at that position. The sparkplug of the offense will be sophomore centerfielder Sam Balzano. Powers, Flaherty, Candage and Ouimet will all do their share of damage as well. Like D'Andrea, Coutts coaches aggressively and will encourage his players to steal, take the extra base and hit and run. With all this talent, it's hard to imagine Deering not being successful. Only Westbrook is likely to stand in the way. In the end, if the Rams are hungry to do it again, you have to believe they will.
Fun fact: Over the past decade, Deering has won seven Class A state championships and has averaged over 19 wins per season.
Coach: Maggie Soule (first year)
2008 Record: 13-6 (Lost 3-1 to Biddeford in Western Class A semifinals)
Top returning players: Heather Dadiego (Senior), Heather Muzzy (Senior), Ellie Winslow (Senior), Netta Brown (Junior), Fiona Densmore (Junior), Annalisa Ferrante (Junior), Kate Pickering (Junior)
Pivotal games: April 27 @ Gorham, May 4 (H) SCARBOROUGH, May 6 @ Biddeford, May 8 (H) PORTLAND, May 11 @ South Portland, May 14 (H) CHEVERUS
Coach's Comment: "We have a lot of seniors. They've been helpful. It'll be fun. It should be a good learning experience for the girls. We're balanced. We have good all-around players. I'd love to make the playoffs."
The Forecaster's forecast: A new era for Deering softball begins as Soule replaces Tige Curran, who coached the Rams for 31 seasons. Soule is from Massachusetts and played catcher at the University of Maine. She spent last season as an assistant at Cheverus. She takes over a team that could be a dark horse this spring. After the graduation of four-year starting pitcher Lesley Warn, Deering was fortunate when senior Melissa Bell transferred from Scarborough. She'll do the lion's share of pitching, with Muzzy (the senior class valedictorian) seeing some innings as well. While Ferrante is battling a bad back, Brown will also see some time behind the plate. Offensively, Soule expects Winslow (a reigning honorable mention all-star at second base), Bell, Pickering (first base) and new sophomore utility player Jen Lynch to wield big sticks. Brown, Dadiego, Densmore and new players senior Rian Powers and sophomore Tina Merrill will also look to contribute. This team should be poised with its senior leadership and be in the hunt for another winning season. By year's end, the Rams could be very dangerous and the type of team no high seed will want to face in the playoffs.
Fun fact: Deering is on an eight-year streak of winning seasons and playoff appearances. In six of those years, the Rams won at least one postseason contest.
Coach: Bob Rothbart (fourth year)
2008 Record: 4-8 (no postseason)
Top returning players: Matt Becker (Senior), Justin Clouatre (Senior), Chris Quattrucci (Senior), Riley Asbury (Junior), Joe Webster (Junior), Carleton Allen (Sophomore)
Pivotal games: April 28 (H) CHEVERUS, May 2 @ Scarborough, May 6 @ Kennebunk, May 9 (H) CAPE ELIZABETH, May 12 @ South Portland, May 22 (H) NYA, May 26 @ Portland, May 30 (H) YARMOUTH
Coach's comment: "It's a young team this year. We're probably a year away from being a real good team. I do have good athletes. Our defense is young, but very good. I have to turn our athletes into lacrosse players. If we get a couple bounces to go our way, we'll be able to compete against the top teams."
The Forecaster's forecast: After falling short of the playoffs last spring, the Rams hope to return to prominence this season. While a difficult schedule, youth and inexperience will make things challenging, there are reasons for optimism. Allen showed glimpses of promise his freshman year and could emerge as a star in the midfield this season. Clouatre is another potential scoring threat on attack. Junior Arjan Nekoie (the wrestling standout) will look to score as well. Asbury also returns at that spot. Defensively, Becker and Webster have experience. They're joined by sophomore Jake Farrell and freshman Karl Rickett, who will replace Willie Joy in the faceoff circle. Nick Sterling transferred to Portland, leaving a hole in goal. Quattrucci, an attackman last year, will step into the void. Deering has a brutal opening stretch then has a formidable three-game run late in the year, but should be OK otherwise. If the Rams can find a way to earn a win or two against a top tier team, they'll be in good shape to return to the postseason. If the newer players come of age quickly and those playing new positions can adjust, Deering could be a team to reckon with come June.
Fun fact: In Deering's 10-year varsity history, it has gone 4-8 on three occasions (2000, 2003 and last year). Those are the only three years the Rams failed to make the playoffs.
Coach: Andrew Gordon (fifth year)
2008 Record: 6-7 (Lost to 18-13 to Gorham in Western Class A prelim)
Top returning players: Shelby Chambers (Senior), Danielle Cusack (Senior), Andrea Donovan (Senior), Louisa Gemmer (Senior), Lauren Maloney (Senior), Natalie Mitchell (Senior), Carly Bobinsky (Junior), Taylor Dean (Junior), Lindsay Dearborn (Junior), Ursula Donovan (Junior), Monique Guimond (Junior), Julie Pallozzi (Junior)
Pivotal games: May 5 @ Greely, May 9 @ Cheverus, May 12 (H) NYA, May 15 (H) YARMOUTH, May 19 (H) WAYNFLETE, June 1 @ Scarborough, June 3 @ Kennebunk
Coach's comment: "We have some talent and athleticism and won't be bad defensively, but we'll struggle to score. We have a couple athletic freshmen. Our schedule seems unfair to my team and others in the SMAA. We only play five teams from our league in the regular season and seven from out of it."
The Forecaster's forecast: Suffice it to say, Gordon is not a fan of the new scheduling system which is based strictly on records from the past couple years. As a result, Deering is lumped in with powerhouses Kennebunk, NYA, Scarborough, Waynflete and Yarmouth and figures to have a tough time in several of its contests. With that said, the Rams will compete and could surprise. The offense will be led by Chambers, Dean, Dearborn and Maloney. Bobinsky and Cusack will also look to make some noise. The defense is paced by returning league all-star Mitchell. She will also take some draws with Gemmer, who missed time last year with a torn ACL, doing the lion's share. Both Donovans and Guimond will also be defensive factors. A trio of newcomers should step right in and help out. Sophomore Zahra Abu and freshmen Veronica Mitchell and Ella Ramonas should see plenty of playing time. While Deering does have numerous daunting challenges on its slate, there are some winnable games as well. If the Rams can take care of business in those contests, they could find a way back to the postseason again.
Fun fact: Deering kept its playoff streak alive last season, qualifying for the postseason for the ninth successive year.
Boys' coach: Dick Kress (27th year)
Girls' coach: Kevin Olson (second year)
2008 Results:
(Boys) 17th @ Class A State Meet
(Girls) T-16th @ Class A State Meet
Top returning athletes:
(Boys) David Hart (Senior), Seth Neuts (Senior), Mike Tifiano (Senior)
(Girls) Anna Apon (Senior), Maria Apon (Senior), Angela Balzano (Senior), Brooke Durgin (Senior), Katrina Ferguson (Senior), Andrea Rogers (Senior), Jane Farrell (Junior), Maggie McKeon (Junior), Claire Ramonas (Junior), Sarah Savage (Junior), Dali Tauwala (Junior), Britni Mikulanecz (Sophomore), Kristin Pollard (Sophomore), Aleeza Stearns (Sophomore)
Top foes: Bonny Eagle, Scarborough
Coach Kress' comment: "We don't have a lot of kids out. We have no jumpers, discus, shot put or middle distance. I hope to improve as we go through the season. We'll have individual goals to meet. We hope to finish in the top half of the conference meet."
Coach Olson's comment: "We have some great leadership on our team and we hope to be a strong competitor at every meet. The kids' work ethic at practices has been great and our goal is for each athlete to improve in their individual events as the season progresses. We're very excited."
The Forecaster's forecast: Deering should make its share of noise this spring.
The boys' team only has a few proven athletes, but could turn heads. Leading the way are Hart (fifth in the javelin last year) and Tifiano (fifth in the 110 hurdles in 2008). Neuts is the top distance runner, he was sixth in the mile indoors. Freshman sprinter Renaldo Lowry (seventh in the 200 in the winter) is an up-and-comer. The Rams will hold their own in conference competition and will hope to find a way to score some points at states.
On the girls' side, two scorers return. Ramonas (second in the shot put last spring) and Mikulanecz (fifth in the 300 hurdles as a freshman) are coming off a basketball championship and will look to keep the good times rolling outdoors. Mikulanecz is joined by the Apons, Durgin (who was part of a sixth-place 800 relay team last year), Farrell (a member of the seventh-place 3,200 relay squad last spring), Ferguson, Savage, and new seniors Jordan Cuddy and Jess Ruhlin in the sprints. McKeon, Pollard, Tauwala and freshman Katie Dolan compete in the distance events. Stearns joins Ramonas in the throws. Balzano (seventh in the high jump indoors) and Mikulanecz will look to score in the high jump, while Rogers is a triple jump threat. The Rams will not lack for athletes this season. An improvement on last year's finish is likely.
Coach: Brendan Conway (fifth year)
2008 Results: 12-2 (Lost 3-2 to Scarborough in Western Class A semifinals)
Top returning players: E.J. Googins (Senior), Jay Weaving (Senior)
Pivotal matches: April 27 (H) PORTLAND, April 29 (H) WINDHAM, May 20 @ Cheverus
Coach's comment: "Five of our top seven graduated. We're starting over. It's a little bit of a rebuilding year. There's a lot of competition for spots. We have good young talent, but we don't have a No. 1 like we did with Neall."
The Forecaster's forecast: While Deering lost a lot to graduation, it does regain Conway, who took last year off from coaching while serving as the school's interim athletic director. The biggest loss was Neall Oliver, a four-year standout at first singles. While the ladder hadn't been determined at press time, Conway does expect Weaving (a second team all-star last year) and Winter Male Athlete of the Year Googins to lead the way. Three newcomers will make an immediate impact as well. Sophomore Jesse Barkin, who played on the JV team last spring, and freshmen Jesse Butler and Noah Finburg, will look to follow in Oliver's footsteps. While the Rams have holes, they should remain competitive. While Deering probably won't approach last year's win total, this team should make a run at a winning record (the Rams haven't been below .500 since 1993) and could be very dangerous come playoff time.
Coach: Gus Goodwin (seventh year)
2008 Results: 13-2 (Lost 3-2 to Kennebunk in Western Class A regional final)
Top returning players: Amy Currie (Senior), Megan Hedrich (Senior), Andrea Cuddy (Junior), Jean McCabe (Junior), Rachel Miller (Junior)
Pivotal matches: April 27 @ Portland, May 6 (H) MCAULEY, May 20 (H) CHEVERUS, May 22 @ Gorham, May 26 (H) KENNEBUNK
Coach's comment: "This is a great group to work with. We had a big turnout this year. We keep knocking at the door. I expect to go far with this group. I think it will be another great year in Western Maine."
The Forecaster's forecast: Including last season, Deering has reached the regional final in seven of the past eight years. Despite three trips to the state match, the Rams are still seeking their first championship in that stretch. This year's team figures to make another run at the top. While exact ladder positions hadn't been determined at press time, Goodwin expects captains Currie and Hedrich, along with Miller, who was first doubles last year, to man the three singles spots. Cuddy and McCabe will likely play first doubles. Freshman Georgia Hutchins appears primed to crack the top seven and has a great upside. There doesn't appear to be a heavy favorite this year in Western A, meaning Deering will be right in the hunt. If the newer players can make a quick adjustment, the Rams won't miss a beat. Look for this team to play deep into the postseason again and perhaps finally finish the job.
Sophomore Sam Balzano will make the Deering offense go this season. (File photo)
Taylor Candage is Deering's ace pitcher. Last season's Spring Male Athlete of the Year anchors a formidable staff. (File photo)
Junior Ursula Donovan is an up-and-coming star for the Rams. (File photo)
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Dr. William Carlos Williams (sometimes known as WCW) (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963), was an American poet, author, and playwright who was also noted for working as a practicing physician his entire life. In his early writings, Williams associated himself closely with the then-emergent movement of American modernism, taking part in that era's upsurge of highly experimental and daring poetry and fiction. He was particularly influential in the imagist movement in poetry. His name is often linked with Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot as among the most influential modernist American poets.
Later in life, however, Williams moved away from the excessively abstract, often bleak poetry of his contemporaries, whom he derided as having become "too European." Williams' late poetry celebrated the beauty and meaning of the commonplace in what Williams' close friend and fellow poet Marianne Moore called "plain English that cats and dogs can understand."
Williams greatest poems, recalling Whitman and Emerson, reflect of the union of man and nature and achieved what John Berryman called his "strange late greatness." His influence spread during the twenties and thirties, and won greater recognition in later decades as younger poets, including the Beats, were impressed by the accessibility and immediacy of his verse.
Randall Jarrell, in his introduction to Williams' Selected Poems (1949) noted "their generosity and sympathy, their moral and human attractiveness." Williams clear and sensuous imagery, making the ordinary appear extraordinary, evokes a lucid, poetic vision of modern American life. In 1963 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for Pictures from Brueghel (1962).
Williams was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, a town near the city of Paterson. His father was an English immigrant, and his mother was born in Puerto Rico. He attended public school in Rutherford until 1897, then was sent to study at Château de Lancy near Geneva, Switzerland, the Lycée Condorcet in Paris, France for two years, and Horace Mann High School in New York City. Then, in 1902, he entered the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. During his time at Penn, Williams befriended Ezra Pound, Hilda Doolittle (H.D.), and the painter Charles Demuth. These friendships supported his growing passion for poetry.
He received his M.D. in 1906 and spent the next four years in internships in New York City and in travel and postgraduate studies abroad (e.g., at the University of Leipzig where he studied pediatrics). He returned to Rutherford in 1910 and began his medical practice, which lasted until 1951. Ironically, most of his patients knew little if anything of his writings and instead they viewed him as an old-fashioned doctor who helped deliver over 2,000 newborns.
In 1912, he married Florence (Flossie, "the floss of his life") Herman, who had been his co-valedictorian at Horace Mann. The newlyweds moved into a house in Rutherford and shortly afterward his first book of serious poems, The Tempers, was published. The couple spent most of the rest of their lives in Rutherford, although they did travel occasionally. On a trip to Europe in 1924, the Williamses spent time with fellow writers such as Ezra Pound and James Joyce.
Williams returned home alone that year, while his wife and sons stayed in Europe so that the boys could have a year abroad as Williams and his brother had done in their youth. Much later in his career, Williams traveled around the United States to give poetry readings and lectures. Although his primary occupation was as a doctor, Williams had a full literary career. His work consists of short stories, plays, novels, critical essays, an autobiography, translations, and correspondence. He wrote at night and spent weekends in New York City with friends—writers and artists like the avant-garde painters Marcel Duchamp and Francis Picabia and the poets Wallace Stevens and Marianne Moore. He became involved in the imagist movement but soon he began to develop opinions that differed from those of his poetic peers, Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot.
Politically, Williams aligned himself with liberal Democratic and left wing issues. In 1949, he published a booklet/poem The Pink Church that was about the human body, but was misunderstood as being pro-communist. This supposed pro-communism led to his losing a consultantship with the Library of Congress in 1952–1953, a fact that led him to treatment for clinical depression. Williams had a heart attack in 1948, after which his health began to decline. Starting in 1951, a series of strokes followed. Williams died on March 4, 1963, at the age of 79.
Williams' most anthologized poem is "The Red Wheelbarrow," considered an example of the Imagist movement's style and principles:
The poem's intense focus on a single image, and its terseness evocative of haiku is considered a model example of the imagist movement's style and principles, summarized by the imagist motto that Williams coined: "no ideas but in things."
As a young man Williams stayed true to this motto and his early poems (most of which he compiled in half-prose, half-verse pamphlet manifestos and published himself) are similarly laconic and focused on things in the world rather than abstractions. However, as he grew older Williams distanced himself from the imagist ideas he had helped to establish with Ezra Pound and Hilda Doolittle, whom he ultimately rejected as being "too European." This break came on the heels of a brief collaboration with Pound on T.S. Eliot's epic poem The Waste Land, which he derided as baroque and obscure. Eliot's poem, despite its genius, seemed to him years later a "great catastrophe to our letters," a work of stylistic brilliance and the learning, yet profoundly pessimistic its description of modern culture as a "waste land."
Imagism, to Williams, had focused so intently on images and things that it had lost its human audience. To combat this trend, Williams became a staunch advocate of American modernism, a magnanimous philosophy exemplified best by the words of Walt Whitman, the great American poet who profoundly influenced Williams:
It is a common mistake to perceive Williams' turn towards Americanism as a curmudgeonly rejection of tradition and the past. In a series of interviews conducted at the end of his life, he admitted that John Keats, a most European of poets, had been one of his profoundest influences. Although imitators of Williams (like imitators of Whitman) would cast off the shackles of verse, Williams himself was deeply concerned with preserving poetic structure in the midst of a changing world. As he would write in one of his most heartbreaking poems, "meter itself" of modern times "has been lost / and we suffer for it."
Williams tried to invent an entirely fresh form, an American form of poetry whose subject matter was centered on everyday circumstances of life and the lives of common people—"poetry of the local"—but which at the same time could retain and renew the structure and machinery of the poetic form. To do this, he invented towards the end of his life the variable foot, a system of measuring poetic lines in time with the rhythms of American speech. To many Williams' explanations on this new system of meter make very little sense. (He insisted, for instance, that "The iamb is not the normal measure of American speech," even though many of his greatest lines, including "The iamb is not the normal measure of American speech" fall into iambic patterns.) However, despite the fact that his theories are somewhat unintelligible, Williams' "loose verses" (as he preferred to call poems written in variable feet) have an unmistakable speech-like quality.
Finding beauty in the commonplace was the goal of Williams' poetry throughout his life, and while as a young man he wrote about common things, as he matured he came to write uncommon thoughts with common words. The ordinary, the local, becomes reinvigorated through the light of the poetic imagination, a feat summarized beautifully in this brief passage from "Of Asphodel, That Greeny Flower":
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By Jim Leonard
Vivation is an extremely versatile technique. People do it for a vast array of different reasons, ranging from "because it's fun" to "because it helps my chronic pain." I do Vivation, typically, for about an hour a day and I have done so for more than twenty years – it's the great passion of my life. Other people probably like other things about it, but I want to express what I, personally, like about Vivation.
I like Vivation because it is physically pleasurable. In Vivation, we produce the result, integration, by enjoying the present moment as much as we can, and then finding a way to enjoy even what seems to limit our enjoyment. Every aspect of Vivation is pleasurable. Certainly every integration is pleasurable, as we feel our stress and negativity drain away. The honesty with which we feel our feelings is pleasurable. Every Vivation session is a fun and surprising adventure inside ourselves. The Circular Breathing that we do in Vivation circulates the energy in our body, which is pleasurable. A complete Vivation session feels very much like we just received a full-body massage.
The pleasure of Vivation is more important than you perhaps realize. Don't get me wrong, I like pleasure for its own sake anyway. But the pleasure of Vivation is more important than the pleasure we receive from eating or from sex. Vivation sessions make a permanent improvement in our quality of life. Integration is permanent. The feelings that we integrate stay integrated and don't come back anymore. So Vivation is both extremely pleasurable and extremely good for us. But imagine if Vivation were good for us, but not much fun to do – then it would be like a lot of other things.
The problem with doing unpleasant things for the purpose of personal growth is that some part of the mind is bound to ask the question, "Why am I doing this unpleasant thing instead of watching television, or partying, or doing any other more pleasant thing?" And the necessary answer is "Because I have to do this in order to be a better person." This Q&A reinforces shame, which is one of the biggest problems that people have anyway. In fact, one of the best things about Vivation is that it makes it easy and enjoyable to integrate shame. When we're doing Vivation, if the mind asks, "Why am I doing this?" we answer "Because it feels good!" Excellent reason. That's exactly what we want more of in life, the opportunity to get excellent results by doing something we enjoy.
I like Vivation because it is extremely efficient. In an hour of doing Vivation we can produce more integration than we can by doing weeks of anything else. We engage in concentrated enjoyment of the feelings in our body for an hour, and we have many integrations, which leave us feeling at peace permanently with our world. Vivation is very direct, focusing on the exact feeling which most limits our enjoyment and feeling that in detail.
The process is led by the body, which makes it far more efficient that any process led by the mind. The conscious mind makes a vigorous, on-going effort to keep unconsciously held feelings suppressed. The body does nothing of the sort. The body is always connected to the unconscious mind through feelings and emotions. The efficiency of Vivation makes it far more enjoyable to do. If we let some fear come up and we integrate it within a couple of minutes (Vivation is often even more efficient than that), it's a pleasing adventure within ourselves. But if we had to feel that fear for hours or days before we had integration, it would be extremely uncomfortable.
The whole point of first learning The Three Points to Remember and then The Five Elements is to make the session as efficient as possible. Even from the very first session, which normally contains the experiential exercises for The Three Points to Remember, Vivation is extremely efficient. Then with each subsequent lesson, generally a lesson for each one of the Five Elements plus a few, the sessions become more and more efficient.
I like Vivation because it is an autonomous skill. I wish to explain what I mean by the words "autonomous" and "skill" Vivation is a skill because we produce our own results and because, with learning and experience, we get better and better at producing them. In this way it's like other skills, like the skill of speaking in public or the skill of painting pictures. Vivation is an autonomous skill, because we learn to do it for ourselves. At the start of the first Vivation lesson, the new client is totally dependent upon her Vivation Professional, because the Vive Pro knows everything about Vivation and the new client knows nothing about it. But with each lesson she develops her skill and her autonomy.
Most Vivation Professionals tell most of their clients to start trying self-Vivation right after their first session. At first this is difficult; we need the coaching of our Vive Pro to stay in the process. But with further lessons and further sessions we become increasingly autonomous, until finally we are able to produce the results of Vivation reliably for ourselves without anyone else being present.
This point is essential for my enjoyment of teaching Vivation. I would much rather teach someone how to produce results for herself than leave her with the sense that her results depend on me. I like to see my clients develop their skills further and further with every lesson. Isn't this the very essence of personal growth?
I like Vivation because it is performance-enhancing. Vivation enables us to do everything better. With any goal, we can focus either on how far we are from it or how close we are to it. It is always much easier to accomplish anything when we are focused on how near we are to attaining it. Vivation makes the shift to seeing the nearness of our goals automatically, at the level of feelings. Without Vivation we inevitably waste a lot of energy on struggling to keep our emotions suppressed. Suppressed emotions put us at war against ourselves. Vivation eliminates the problem. Every integration makes us clearer about what is truly important to us. In this way, Vivation also makes us much better at choosing meaningful goals for ourselves. Because of integration we have a deep new well of energy to draw on to help us do the things that really matter. Vivation also increases our motivation because when we do achieve something, Vivation increases our feelings of satisfaction with a job! well done.
Vivation is also performance-enhancing for another reason-staying focused on our feelings increases our access to our own natural intuition. The feeling nature of our body is like a big antenna that picks up information from everyone and everything in our environment. Practicing Vivation greatly increases our ability to know what other people are thinking and feeling. Vivation makes it possible for us to "think with our entire body". In situations that used to seem particularly difficult, Vivation enables us to perceive the right course of action intuitively.
Vivation also enhances performance by making us more enthusiastic. Enthusiasm is the best source of motivation. The most successful people are the people who are the most enthusiastic. By eliminating internal emotional conflicts, Vivation lets our life-force energy flow freely. Vivation keeps our attention focused on the present moment, where we can feel and enjoy this increased energy flow. This enhanced enjoyment of our own aliveness, combined with the way Vivation makes us more aware of our nearness to our important goals, equals enthusiasm.
Vivation will make you better at everything you do at the same time that it makes you feel a whole lot happier.
I like Vivation because it is completely portable. We learn Vivation at first in dedicated sessions but with a little practice we can do it at the same time we are engaging in any other activity. Viving while engaging simultaneously in another activity is called Vivation in Action. After your Vivation Professional has given you the lessons for the Five Elements, there will come a fascinating lesson in Vivation in Action. Your Vivation Professional might choose an activity that you will find activating anyway, and coach you through a session as you engage in that activity. Or your Vive Pro might just have you try Vivation while you're walking around the block.
With practice you'll get to where you Vive naturally in every situation you find yourself in. When you do Vivation around people who have no training in it, no one will detect that you are doing anything unusual (it's an internal process). You will simply seem like you're a little more alert and positive than most other people. If you Vive in business meetings, you'll find that your normal intelligence is enhanced by your feeling awareness. You'll find that you notice when some idea worries you, but you won't let it get you down.
I like Vivation because it enables us to improve any experience at will. Vivation increases our enjoyment of both pleasant and unpleasant experiences. A huge part of any unpleasant experience is our own negativity about it. We wish that we were having some other experience instead. Everything would be so much better if only it were different. This type of negativity is called "make-wrong" in the vernacular of Vivation. Integration, the result of Vivation, is the exact opposite. It means that we extend our sense of the miracle of being alive to include the particulars of the experience we're having now. Just a few minutes of doing that can change a bad day into a great day!
But naturally this same sense of well-cultivated gratitude can make any pleasant experience even more enjoyable. Vivation is the fine art of intentionally increasing our enjoyment. Feeling the miracle of our aliveness is certain to make us better lovers. If we savor the taste of every bite of food, we'll enjoy it more and get all the benefits of Vivation. Vivation makes it much easier for us to listen to music without getting distracted by our thoughts.
I like Vivation because it increases our freedom as well as everyone else's. Vivation greatly reduces the ability of other people to control us. Whenever someone wants to control us they do it by trying to activate some feeling in us that we don't like. But when we know Vivation, we can simply integrate that feeling and laugh off their useless attempt to control us! We become genuinely self-motivated. We live freer.
And when we do Vivation it also increases the freedom of the other people in our life. It's human nature that when we have an experience we don't like we blame somebody else for it. This blaming process robs us of our power. If someone else is responsible for my results, then I can't just produce better results myself—I have to change the other person first. From the other person's point of view, they feel that we are restricting their freedom. They can't just go through life being themselves, they have to try and behave in the way that we want them to.
Vivation, in contrast, shows us that we are responsible for our own happiness. We can do something simple and straightforward (i.e., Vivation) to increase our happiness anytime we want. We are free to do what we want and to integrate the feelings that get activated for us. We are free from compulsion and we are free from guilt. Our integrations also create freedom for all the other people around us, because our integrations give us the freedom to love these people as they are. We no longer have the perceived need to control them.
I like Vivation because it increases our compassion for ourselves and others. Vivation directly raises our self-esteem, because it allows us to love and appreciate ourselves exactly as we are. What we do in a Vivation session is generate the energy of unconditional love and pour it into whichever part of ourselves needs it the most at the moment. Vivation is the most effective way of integrating shame and guilt, which rob us of self-esteem, because it works at the feeling level. Trying to eliminate shame and guilt mentally is very difficult because the message of the shame and guilt is that we don't deserve something good like a reduction in our shame and guilt. But in a Vivation session shame and guilt resolve at the feeling level in exactly the same way as frustration, fear, physical pain, or anything else. People who do Vive make the positive changes in their lives that go with having higher self-esteem.
The more we practice Vivation the more compassion we have for everyone else, too. Feeling our own feelings in detail naturally makes us more aware of what other people experience when they have feelings. If we struggle, as most people do, to not let ourselves get activated, then when we see an activated person we partly blame them and think "why can't she keep control?" When we do Vivation sessions we find out that we have every emotion that there is, just beneath the surface. In Vivation this is a great thing, because we always have the opportunity to integrate a feeling just as soon as we become aware of it. We cannot possibly judge someone negatively for having anger, for example, when we have had a big integration of anger ourselves! Vivation heals our negativity, and part of how it does this is by making us familiar and comfortable with our negativity. We get the deep experience that other people's negativity is just the same thing as our own, and that deep experience is! called "compassion".
I like Vivation because it is a spiritual experience without any dogma. The essence of spirituality is conscious contact with our own spirit. Vivation provides this experience reliably to anyone, even atheists. The world desperately needs more genuine spirituality, but it does not need more dogma. Vivation goes well with every religion in the world. There is no need to change your religious beliefs in order to do Vivation. Vivation makes Catholics better Catholics, Hindus better Hindus and atheists better atheists. Every religion has a personal growth aspect to it. Reducing our negativity, increasing our compassion, and feeling our own spirit, fits nicely with the personal growth program of every religion.
Vivation is pure experience. You don't have to change any of your beliefs to do Vivation. Feeling our feelings honestly is not a sin in anybody's book. Feeling gratitude for the miracle of our existence enhances all spiritual programs. The words "spiritual" and "inspiration" come from the Latin word for breath. The easy, natural, healthful way we breathe in Vivation brings out the best in everyone.
I like Vivation because it is simple. Vivation is simple enough to teach to little children, especially the modern Vivation process which starts people off with the Three Points to Remember. Each one of the Three Points to Remember automatically maintains all Five Elements. For example, if you inhale through the strongest feeling (the Second Point to Remember), you will relax, feel the details within the strongest feeling, be receptive to it, and know that your willingness is all you need. I can teach anyone to Vive in about an hour. Imagine, a skill that you will use for the rest of your life, learned in about an hour!
The Three Points to Remember are like simple games you play with your own energy, so it's no trouble to teach it to children. The Three Points to Remember also make it easy and natural to stay in our Vivation session even when we're simultaneously engaging in another activity.
I like Vivation because it is not mental. Vivation is a physical process, in the sense that we focus continuously on the feelings in the body and not on the thoughts in the mind. If you are like most people, your mind likes to think it's the smartest part of you. When you do Vivation, you find out that your body is far wiser than your mind. After all, your body is so wise that you can eat a pizza and your body will change it into your fingernails, your liver, your brain, etc. Your mind can't do that. When it comes to resolving emotions, your body continuously seeks integration because every emotion is composed of your life force energy, which is inherently pleasurable. Your mind, in contrast, continuously seeks suppression, because it has the idea that what it doesn't think about consciously can't hurt it. A Vivation session is completely led by the client's body, and this is an important reason why it is so effective.
People are already sufficiently mental. Many people even think that they are their conscious mind, leaving most of themselves out of the equation. What people need is to be more in contact with their honest feelings. This automatically makes people more intuitive, more connected to their own values, and more focused on their natural purpose in life.
I like Vivation because it increases our creativity. I wrote my second book, Your Fondest Dream – How to Master the Power of Creativity, because I observed in hundreds of clients that their creativity increased as a result of doing Vivation. Vivation increases our creativity in at least two important ways:
First, Vivation reduces the barrier between the conscious mind and the unconscious mind. The unconscious mind is infinitely creative – creative enough to generate all of our dreams at night. The conscious mind keeps material from arising from the unconscious because of discomfort with the emotional content of the suppressed material. Vivation makes it comfortable and enjoyable to explore this material. So more creative ideas will naturally arise from the unconscious.
Second, every integration produces a creative breakthrough. Whenever something seems to be a problem, it's because of the way we are looking at it. When we have the breakthrough moment in which we find the solution, we shift context so that we focus on a new use of what we already have. This is exactly the shift that occurs at the moment of integration. When we try to work out a problem mentally, it's often difficult because we are already invested in the old context. Working at the feeling level, simply by feeling the most prominent feeling in detail and finding a positive way to relate to it, creative breakthrough is easy.
The nature of creativity is that it never stays the same. No two Vivation sessions are ever alike because integration is permanent. Once we find a way to enjoy a feeling, we never go back to being unable to enjoy it. So during a Vivation session, all of those subtle feelings that come up and integrate are integrated permanently! The feelings that came up in the first session will not come up in the second session because they are not there anymore. We make steady progress as we keep Viving, going on ever more fascinating adventures within.
Jim Leonard was the originator of the Vivation process. During his life he conducted more than 45,000 Vivation sessions in 22 countries.
For more information on Vivation or to experience it yourself, feel free to contact us on our toll-free number at 1-800-514-8483.


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DVD Review: The Darkest Hour
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I've always been a fan of movies about the European WWII stuff. I just can't get enough. We recently finally saw Dunkirk and I quite enjoyed it. DARKEST HOUR came out on disc this week so I popped in the Blu-Ray last night.
I am pretty familiar with this period of history and even more so having just watched Ken Burn's The Roosevelts. So going into this I had some knowledge of the events. This movie did give a nice look into the turmoil that Winston Churchill was dealing with both personally and with his war cabinet. He was never popular with the people in charge but the people grew to love and respect him and he was the right person for the job of getting while the war raged. I'm not sure how much is based on fact and how much was speculation, but I really like the way the relationship between Churchill and his wife was portrayed. I thought the way they show him talking to the public was interesting as well and I'd love for that to be true.
Bio pics being what they are, films made to entertain, you know that there is some fictionalizing and it's more about getting the feel of these people and setting tone. This is also why these character driven movies need great casts. Gary Oldman blew me away and if I didn't know going in I might not have recognized him. He is truly a chameleon who wriggles right into his role and plays it beautifully. Ben Mendelson as King George VI was also terrific. He played someone used to being royalty but also someone leading as country in crisis and it came across perfect. Lily James played Churchill's secretary/aide Elizabeth Layton and it was through her eyes that we see much of the unfolding of events. It was wonderful to see through her as Churchill became the man people needed him to be. And the real heart of the film for me was Kristin Scott Thomas as Churchill's wife Clemmie. I hope there relationship was a great as it was portrayed to be because here she gave him strength and support and understood who he needed to be.
This is a film worthy of awards and it is a great look at the story behind the amazing speeches and the man that rallied a nation in crisis.
The extra features were a treat as the folks involved with the movie explain the process and concern about getting it right.
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Paratroopers with the XVIII Airborne Corps and the 82nd Airborne Division conducted the first official airborne exercise of Operation Toy Drop here Dec. 1, 2017.
"We do everything that is involved with normal airborne operations; the main difference is (foreign) jumpmasters assigned to us conduct mock door drills and American jumpmasters repeat the American commands," said Sgt. William Stochmal, a newly minted jumpmaster from 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division. "At any given time, we could conduct a jump with a foreign nation, so it's always good to know our partner nations and be familiar with their process when it comes to conducting airborne operations."
Operation Toy Drop, established in 1998 by a U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) Soldier, draws thousands of paratroopers to Fort Bragg each year to participate in airborne operations with foreign jumpmasters. With so many different actors involved, adherence to the fundamentals takes center stage for paratroopers.
"Every time we jump, we go through the same thing," said Capt. Patrick Lee, commander of Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 319th Army Field Artillery Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. "We go through sustained airborne training, individual gridded exits, mock door training; we account for every potential hazard from exiting that procedure … we go through everything."
Despite an established routine, paratroopers still benefit from a chance to hear the commands of foreign jumpmasters during rehearsals.
"Jumpers are used to hearing things a certain way in the aircraft; we're trying to eliminate any confusion," said 1st Lt. Byron Denman, chaplain candidate with the 412th Civil Affairs Battalion, USACAPOC(A) and team leader for the Italian jumpmasters. "It's about rehearsing a few times, letting them hear what the Italian jumpmaster is going to say, translating that into English for them so they can understand the next step in the process."
Denman adds, "It's the psychological preparation. This is an important step; even before American jumps, we go through a rehearsal with a mock door. It's to make sure everybody's training stays fresh in their minds."
After a safe landing, paratroopers agreed it was time well spent.
"They were very professional in the aircraft; they definitely made me feel comfortable being the No. 1 jumper heading out," said Lee. "While the 82nd Airborne Division has its SOPs (Standard Operation Procedures), they're not that much different across the partner nations. When the proverbial balloon goes up, we can have the confidence and fortitude that no matter who our jumpmaster is their commands, practices and safety procedures are not going to be that different."
It's a confidence Denman looks forward to fostering.
"I'm looking forward to the opportunity to work with the foreign jumpmasters," Denman said. "The partner nations have been awesome to work with, and I'm looking to continue that relationship over the next week and a half."
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This weeks theme is "Family". What do you think of when it comes to family? Your siblings and parents? A special grandmother? Cousins that made growing up fun? We hope to see your beautiful creations in gothic arch form here.
Cora Harkins has made a beautiful arch using her own ancestors photo. What is more precious than that? You can read more about Cora and visit her blog from the links below…
Cora Harkins – Ridgefield , Connecticut
Visit Cora's blog: Paper Flowers
Bio: I am married with one daughter. I work full time as a salesperson and stamping is my artistic outlet. My degree is in costume and set design. Though I do not design professionally, I try to bring that training into my art work. I love antique lace, buttons and ephemera. You can often see me lurking at area flea markets trying to find new treasures. I teach classes and sell my cards locally.
I have been stamping and card making for over 15years. One of my first projects was my wedding invitations. Lucky for me we had a small wedding.
My other hobbies are knitting, sewing, felting and papermaking.
Description of Family Arch: This is an old photo of my Dad's family. The older woman looks like my Grandmother but she is actually her Grandmother. I thought the quote was so appropriate. I do feel like I explore my family's past to better understand the present and the future. Photos of family are so precious. They are our links to the past.
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Pump Guard For Fresh Water, 1/2" Hose, Fine Stainless Steel
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This pump guard filter offers inlet protection and stops debris from getting into the pump. Easily fitted in line, it has a transparent filter housing for easy inspection, which unscrews for easy access for cleaning. It is available in 2 sizes for either bilge or fresh water pumps.
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Congratulations to Occorb, whose "Field-Ornate" design won the most votes in last week's contest. For the next seven days you can buy her fabric in the Spoonflower Etsy shop.
Final vote counts were:
- autumn_suns by Lindsey Kennedy: 108
- Field-Ornate by occorb: 678
- childpinkhorsedamask by Charlotte Warner: 259
- Retro by Mallory Cumrine: 381
- heartPlaidBlue_repeat by steph calvert: 295
- Woman by Christy Brock: 260
Get Out the Vote
We've got a terrific batch of designs for you to vote on this week, so be sure to weigh in. From left to right below we have:
- "Pink Bears" by Cate Anevski
- "plane_ocean_fabric_real" by briana miller
- "Floral_BlPkPur_SF" by Annie Dwyer Internicola
- "texture" by Elisa Meneghin
- "colorleaves3" by Nissa Prohaska
- "crosses" by Jinjer
Tough choice this week! Be sure to follow the votes as they are cast here.
Find out how to enter your own design here.
(Please note that submitted designs must already be uploaded to Spoonflower)


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January was full of adventures here at the farm. I continued to work on my perfect goat's milk soap recipe, finally got some patterns written, and have started learning to play the violin !
The sound of the violin has always a favorite of mine. It seems sweet yet powerful somehow. I had played the clarinet in my youth, so taking on a different instrument sounded like something I could do. This violin was a find from Craig's List. It is a student model, but I think it sounds lovely. Some beginner books, DVDs, and many YouTube videos later, I'm actually playing scales and songs after only a few weeks. It is fun !!
My other recent accomplishment has been getting crochet patterns written for my popular roses and bouquet wraps. I had been asked many times if I offered these patterns for sale, so once I had a few weeks to give the task some attention, I finally got them written and posted in my etsy shop's pattern section.
I made this arrangement a few years ago after finding this pretty vase at the dollar store. I thought it was such a pretty ivory color with gold accents. Roses can be put in vases like this, or in bouquet wraps, or even just given as single stem gifts.
Next I'm back to working on soap. I have a good recipe with hibiscus and lavender flowers that I just need to get poured into a log mold and cut. That's my next goal for the winter !


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Recognized by Keep the Promise Coalition
Accepting the Legislative Leadership Award from Keep the Promise Coalition co-chairs Paul Acker and Kristie Barber
I was honored to be presented with the Legislative Leadership Award by the Keep the Promise Coalition for my advocacy on mental health issues. Keep the Promise Coalition does important work throughout Connecticut advocating for improved mental health services. Most of us, whether personally, or through a family member or friend, are impacted by psychiatric disabilities at some point in our lives. I will continue to advocate for all of the supports and services that are essential to the well-being of people living with mental health challenges.
In the 2017 session I sponsored legislation passed by the House and Senate which aims to address shortages in the psychiatric workforce.
Keep the Promise Coalition (KTP) is a coalition of Connecticut advocates, including people living with mental illness, family members of people with mental illness, and mental health professionals dedicated to ensuring that a comprehensive, community mental health system is created and sustained for people of all ages. They advocate for mental health community services, supportive housing, and recovery services.


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Surface Morphing
Course participants learn how to deform surface models based on various morphing rules. After completing the course, they will be able to completely automatically morph surfaces as desired with any combination of all compensation measures based on experience, simulation, measurement records and digitized data.
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