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Sydney Weese
Sydney Weese is a senior pre-med student from Roseburg, Oregon, majoring in human biology with a concentration in speech-language-hearing and minoring in visual art and astrobiology. She is doing visual arts research on campus, and is active in several science centered organizations, as well as holding an Executive Board position for Phi Delta Epsilon. She teaches yoga and aerobics at the KU Rec Center and is an active volunteer in the Lawrence community. Sydney is also an Honors Seminar Assistant, a member of the Honors Alumni Mentoring program, and loves to attend drawing sessions and events put on by the Visual Arts program on the weekends!
Ask me about: getting involved in research, volunteering in the Lawrence community, pre-med life, integrating your passions into your schoolwork, and how to stay active as a college student.


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Shattered Snow
In 2069, time-travel is restricted to observation and research. But Keltson Grammar doesn't mind breaking a few laws. Known only as "The Mirror", Keltson runs an underground empire that rescues unfortunate souls throughout history. However, a single misstep could send an entire agency to reinstate his clients to their original dismal fates.
Lilia Vaschenko is a Russian mechanic surrounded by cinderblock towers, ladders she cannot climb, and a glass ceiling that holds her down like a casket. She'll do anything to escape--- even work for the world's most wanted renegade.
Margaretha is a young countess, destined to be poisoned at twenty-one. But when she discovers a mysterious mirror in the woods that transforms the world into shadows and ice, her future shatters. Chased from her familiar home, will she ever find where she truly belongs?
Shattered Snow is a YA science-fiction retelling of Snow White. It is based on the real-life history of Margaretha von Waldeck, a sixteenth-century countess that may have inspired the Grimm brothers' fairy tale.
Of Fae and Fate
Captain Thrushbeard
While attending a naval party aboard her Father's ship, the Promontory, Adelaide only has harsh criticism for her Father's suggested suitors. Frustrated by her inconsiderate mocking, the fed-up Naval Lord promises to marry her off to the first vagabond he meets. When their ship is attacked by inexperienced French Corsairs, Adelaide fears her father just might keep his promise.
This retelling of King Thrushbeard by the Grimm Brothers is set during the French and English war of 1787. It is set to appear in the Immortal Works anthology: OF FAE AND FATE, a Forgotten Fairy Tales Anthology.
Coming March 24, 2020
Spinning Briar
Charul Shazad was raised to be a time-traveler. Commands run through his skin and bones, directing him what to say and how to act. But when the mysterious Mirror, a time-traveling vigilante, maroons him in a forgotten forest, Charul realizes he must take on the world's most dangerous renegade alone if he ever wants to restore the past to its original, authentic state.
Fleur de Doue was never meant to exist. At least that's what the Mirror's research assistants tell her as they surround her castle in wires and brambles. But, just because the Mirror enabled her birth doesn't mean he has the right to control her fate. Could it be that she was never meant to live in the past and the Mirror made a mistake?
Dorothea Wild is Keltson Grammer's newest right-hand programmer. After ITTA imprisoned her, accepting the renegade's job offer was an easy decision. Working with the Mirror offers Dorothea more freedom than she ever imagined possible. But saving people in the past isn't all she wants. A big enough mission could challenge the authority of ITTA in the future, allowing her sweet retribution on the company that ruined her life.
Spinning Briar is a YA science-fiction retelling of Sleeping Beauty in the Wood by Charles Perrault. It is set in medieval France and is the sequel to Shattered Snow.

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Girls' Generation's YoonA joined many of her colleagues as she wore black to express her condolences for Hara's passing.
The star was seen arriving at Incheon Airport to prepare to leave for Vietnam to perform at the Asia Artist Awards.
Netizens have been reacting, stating:
"Her heart must be so heavy. Travel safely."
"YoonA's heart must be very burdened. I knew they were close."
"It's clear that she's grieving, in her expressions and outfit."
The tragic news of Hara's passing has shaken the Korean entertainment industry to the core not long after Sulli's passing. What are your thoughts on this?


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Viola, Secretary
Delight Maker Elder, at the age of 90, Vi has as much, if not more, delight making capacity as the rest of us put together, dedicating at least one hour a day to singing and dancing.
At 90 she not been through life without experiencing a few challenges and has embraced the ups and downs of a healthy long life. She is a widow, after 60 years of marriage, she has had to let go of three sisters and one brother, and perhaps the hardest of all was the loss of her best friend and daughter, Nina, through Motor Neuron Disease. However, she still remains an incurable romantic with a strong intention to seize each day. She also grabs any opportunity she can to travel, especially if it's Paris.
She holds a wealth of memories and anecdotes on life and passes on passionately the wisdoms of her parents, grandparents and teachers. She is highly creative, artistic and a great storyteller.
Within the team Vi is a provider of good council and sound perspective. She states quite simply that "there is not enough light in this world" and she wags her finger to reprimand anybody who wastes life in self pity and negativity, pointing to the abundant beauty to be seen all around with the good old fashioned reminder of "count your blessings".


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Stacy and Alex celebrated their wedding in the fall of 2018 at the lovely Ramada Inn in Cornwall, Ontario.
Stacy wanted so deep burgundy tones in her florals with pops of blush and lots of texture. We had SO MUCH fun with this design and I'm obsessed with how her bouquet turned out.
Also... can we talk about the Flower Girl, Emma, for a minute? How freakin' cute is she with her adorable crown and her little bouquet?!?!?!
I love when people come to us with a theme and carte blanche on the design interpretation of that theme. Shannon's only instructions for this design were:
"Tuscan Lemon Grove"
"Oh, and also... I LOVE your trees!"
So that was it! And away we went planning the perfect design for Shannon and Pat... a beautiful space to celebrate their engagement with all of their favourite people.
You couldn't ask for a more stunning venue. Le Belvedere is one of our favourite place to work in. I love blank spaces but Belvedere goes beyond "blank space" because the design elements are subtle and neutral enough that they feel like a blank space but they actually serve to elevate everything you bring in.
The wood furniture and wood posts framing the edge of each wall makes it easier to show off the stained barrel and crates we brought into the space. Not to mention the tree trunks of our various cherry blossoms trees.
The large windows show off a spectacular view of the tree-filled mountains and so every piece of greenery we place in the room pulls the outside in and makes the inside feel more like part of the landscape.
Le Belvedere's white chiavari chairs, French country furniture, and warm white lanterns helped us pull everything together seamlessly. Toss in a few fresh lemons... et voila!
This was such a fun event to design... massive thank you to Kim Ing Photography for capturing it!
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just one word... once a day from the Owl (mood, internet and zesa dependent)
"Envy is a sharper spur than pay." (John Gay)
Envy (n.) : a feeling of grudging or somewhat admiring discontent aroused by the possessions, achievements, or qualities of another; the desire to have for oneself something possessed by another.
Synonyms : jealousy, covetousness, resentment, begrudgement, pique, irritation, dudgeon.
E = 1 point
N = 1 point
V = 4 points
Y = 4 points
Envy is worth at least 10 points in the game of scrabble.
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4 Bedroom Detached House For Sale
Cambridge Grove, Leeds, LS25
Guide Price £400,000
Key features
four bed detached family home
extended to the rear
open plan family area
beautiful kitchen
second reception room
open out look
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Guide Price £400,000 - £425,0000
EXTENDED, Impressive family home in Kippax, Leeds.
This beautiful and stylish modern family home has been extended and tastefully renovated to a very high standard throughout. Briefly comprising of entrance hall, Spacious lounge, playroom/second reception and modern open plan kitchen/dining and sitting area. Utility room and downstairs W/C. Four good sized bedrooms two with fitted wardrobes, one with ensuite shower room and all having access to the contemporary four piece house bathroom. Externally there is a large double driveway with neat lawned gardens to the front, raised decked area over looking the lawned garden and far reaching open views .
In addition the property benefits from gas central heating, double glazed windows and doors. Been tastefully decorated throughout the real WOW factor of the home is the extended family kitchen/dinig and open plan social area, ideal for entertaining, with high gloss fitted kitchen units, granite worktops, two fridge freezers and central island.Bio fold doors bringing the outside in.
The property comes highly recommended to fully appreciate whats on offer.
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American Government
American Government
In this class we will be looking at how our government started, elections and the branches of government. You will also gain an understanding of how government affects you as a person.
Turnitin.com enrollment codes
Government- Class ID- 21980988 Enrollment Key- 3AGov
Government- Class ID- 21981014 Enrollment Key- 4AGov
Government- Class ID- 21981114 Enrollment Key- 2BGov
Government- Class ID- 21981132 Enrollment Key- 3BGov
If you are gone you are able to get note from your government buddy when you return. To keep up you may read your book. Below is an outline of our semester schedule, be sure to check the in class calendar as well days may change.
Semester 1- We will have CAP's every Friday so there may be gaps in dates
Unit 1 Origins
8/26/27- D1- Welcome, rule and syllabus, Letter To Self Assignment
8/28/29- D2- Review Syllabus, Better Conversation Assignment Syllabus
8/30 9/3- D3- CAP Project introduction, we will present CAP's every Friday- CAP Packet APA Citation Guide How to write a thesis CAP Outline
8/4/5- D4- Voter registration, Citizenship Review Civics test link is at the top of this page
9/6/9- D5- Is it a state? Origins of a State notes, skits- pg 4-7
9/10/11- D6- Quiz 1.1, present skits, Philosophers organizer, primary source readings, notes pg 7-8
9/12/17- D7- Forms of Government notes, Ice Cream activity- pg 12-18
9/16-19- D8- Create a Government, presentations- pg 12-18 Quiz 1.2
9/23/24- D9- D of I Primary Source
D10-Articles of Confederation, Creating the Constitution pg-55-70
D11- Constitution Research, Constitutional Convention packet, Meet & Greet, Speech Cheat Sheet
D12- Quiz 2.1, Federalist and anti federalists, Convention time pg 68 & pg 90-94
D13- Constitution Persuit
D14- Constitution Scavenger Hunt
D15- Bill of Rights, 6 principles and Unit 1 Study Guide pg 83-88
D16- Unit 1 Test Practice for the Test
Unit 2 Voting
10/15 & 16-D22-Isidewith.com, political parties notes pg 502-517
10/16-23- Project time
10/28 & 29-D23-Quiz 2.1, voting rights and suffrage, Campaign Packet, Lobbyist Packet, Media Packets pg 432-440
10/30 & 31-D24- Voters and Voting behavior, Campaign work time pg 440-457
11/6 & 7-D25- Election Process, campaign work time pg 518-527 & pg 545-554
11/11 & 12-D26- Electoral College, Campaign work time pg 97 & pg 528-544
11/13& 14-D27- Quiz 2.2, Media Notes, Campaign work time pg 458-495
11/18 & 19-D28- Study Guide, Campaign and Debate Day
11/20& 21-D29- Unit 2 Test Unit 2 Study Guide
Make up campaign assignment- Election Alternate Assignment
Unit 3 Executive
D30- Roles of the President read page 200-206
D31- Hats off assignment in class
D32- Qualifications and succession succession assignment pg 200-210
D33- Electoral College in class reading and notes
D34- Formal and Informal Powers Political Cartoon Assignment Quiz 3.1, pg 211-231
D35- Expanding Presidential Powers cartoons
D36- Presidential Trading Cards Trading card assignment
D37- Quiz 3.2 Bureaucracy & Foreign Policy pg. 236-241 & pg 261-293
D38- Taxes, Executive Department and Independent Agencies pg. 242-260
D39- Unit 3 Test
D40- President Trading Card Madness Begins
D41- President Trading Card Finish
D42- EOC Review
Semester 2- We will be doing CAP's every Friday
Unit 4 Legislative Branch
D1- Rules and Syllabus recap, CAP CAP assignment , Congress Notes pg 128-146
D2- Powers of Congress notes pg 147-169
D3- Quiz 4.1, Committees notes pg pg 170-181
D4- How a bill becomes a law notes, EOC Study Guide pg 182-194
Unit 5 State & Local
D5- State Gov pg. 614-644 Legislative Scavenger Hunt Idaho Legislative Expedition
D6- Local Gov pg.645-670 What level of gov pictionary
D7- Letter to a Government Official Write to your Government
Unit 6 Judicial
D8- Structure of Judicial Branch Federal Court ws
D9- Structure Notes pg. 298-305
D10- Justice Research Supreme Court Justices
D11- Justice Presentations
D12- Types of courts pg.313-319 and Where Would the Case Go activity.
D13- Mock SCOTUS Justice Packet Religion_Michelle Case Search_Alex and Mike Case Speech_Lisa Case
D14- Marbury vs Madison Marbury v Madison Cartoon pg. 306-307
D15- Civil Rights and Civil Liberties pg. 326-384
D16- Civil Rights Civil Liberties pg. 326-384
D17- Mock SCOTUS
D18- Supreme Court notes and Landmark Cases pg.308-311
D19- Finish Landmark cases, Study Guide, SCOTUS time, Homework check 6.2
D20- Unit 6 Test, SCOTUS time
D21 & 22-Mock SCOTUS
D22- EOC Study Guide
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A break from my usual life-related blog posts to talk about another big part of my life.
Once, Twice, Three Times Chicago
You don't know what you don't know until you know it.
The Current
Good days and bad days, all the same.
New York is full of lots of things – garbage, concrete, restaurants, money, and humans. Continue reading "HumaNYC"
2017: Transitions, pt. 1
2017 has not exactly been a banner year in m- and d-ental health for me.
A Year-in-Review Year-End Revue
Ah yes, the obligatory 2016 retrospective!
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I've put off writing this post for a long time. I've gone through so many iterations of this post in my head that it has apparently looped back around to writing this post about writing this post.
But anyway. Let's talk about goals.
I had a turbulent summer, and in the middle of it I created a list of goals for my upcoming year abroad. It is an interesting and eclectic list, but it is well-balanced with a few easily-achievable goals and a few stretch goals. I was not in the best place when I wrote it, so even as I arrived in England I wasn't sure if I was going to take it seriously.
Soon after I got back from Barcelona, I opened my neglected, 50-cent Walmart journal and looked at the list once again. It surprised me to see that I had completed a fair few of them since coming to England:
On Sunday the 8th, I said goodbye to my family and friends in Minnesota and left home for the Minneapolis-Saint Paul airport.
For the entire week leading up to my departure, I focused a lot on how sad it would be – to leave everything and almost everyone I knew behind. And it was – but I was kind of disconnected from the fact that nothing's really ending permanently.
In fact, so much is only just beginning.
The 8 hour flight was my first ever airplane experience. I was pretty nervous, but it actually went very well. Aside from the fact that I didn't get much sleep and had very little leg room, I'd say it actually went pretty well. Even the food was
good acceptable. At some point, as I was watching the plane slowly fly over the Atlantic on the small screen in front of me, it hit me that this was the farthest I had ever been from home. I had done it! I finally left!
We were greeted in London at Heathrow by fog and rain. We did just arrive in England, after all. After getting through customs and collecting our bags, we boarded a large coach bus that took us to our eventual destination: Worcester, England.
By the time I finally got to a bed and was able to sleep, about 18 hours had passed. At that point, it still felt like I had just left Minneapolis.
The next two days have been a whirlwind of activity, from registration to grocery shopping to walking many miles around Worcester. I don't start classes until the 23rd of September, and all the weekdays before that are filled with orientation activities. It will be nice to start class and get a routine, but I'm also kind of afraid that I won't like the classes ("modules"). I supposed this is just normal start-of-the-year anxiety!
Looking ahead, it seems like the possibilities are endless. The entire group has been dreaming big about trips around Europe and I can only hope that I will get to make the most of this long trip.


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The World Scholar's Cup is an esteemed academic program involving more than 50,000 students from around the world, each year. Hillcrest joined the program in 2019 and our participating students have enjoyed an exciting and successful first year of competition.
The 2019 Cup began with our College hosting the inaugural Gold Coast Regional Round in April, where we welcomed over 200 students from Gold Coast schools. Our students performed very well and won both the Junior and Senior divisions of the Round. From there, our top three teams were selected to travel to Sydney in August, where they competed in the Global Round against 2,200 students from 30 countries. This was an incredible experience for our students, and a unique opportunity for them to connect with young scholars from all over the world. At the end of the five days of intense competition, our Hillcrest team members received at least two medals each, and our top scholar received an impressive tally of nine medals, across all of the events. As a small contingent, Hillcrest produced one of the best school results out of all the nations represented. Our Junior Team was ranked in the Top 3 schools from Queensland, and the Top 15 from Australia, qualifying for the Tournament of Champions at Yale University in November. Our other two teams also received qualification to this culminating event. We have one team confirmed to travel to this Tournament to represent Hillcrest. Alexis Chau, Samara Ballinger, and Eathan Waters will be heading to Connecticut in Week 5 next term, where they will compete for five days against teams from 70 different countries.
Congratulations to all of our 2019 World Scholars Cup participants, and thanks to our teachers and families who have supported these students throughout this year's competition.
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New favorite dress!
I don't usually like dresses much. I mean, I will wear them for weddings or church, but they aren't my preference. The first day I wore this dress to church, I wore it the rest of the day. Then I wore the other color I bought to work that week! I have even worn it to the park. It's so soft and comfortable. Awesome material. And, yes, you can wear it backwards for more top coverage. It's knee length on my 5'1" frame.
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Photo Credit: jyangphoto.com
Here are the images of the same lens and camera the next day outdoor! I absolutely love the bokeh and how much it separates the subject from the background and to think about it only on a 1.8 aperture. We shot these images in back a coffeeshop building at sunset time, surprisingly for a winter the weather has been so nice that I could be in a skirt and without a heavy jacket. Also let's talk about how the new Lightroom update has made editing so much easier, I couldn't believe how quickly I was able to finished editing this set. To be honest I kind of feel bad for myself for the past many years spending so many hours on the editing by creating presets and tweaking each image light graph etc while all I needed was this new update and I could have saved so much time!
Couple nights ago Josh got his new 85mm lens in the mail. That night I had made chicken curry in the instant pot my new favorite kitchen gadget. While I was serving dinner, he was going through the mail and pulled out the new 85mm lens out of the box and tested it on his Sony A7RIII camera and the result are these pictures. I have used 85mm lens before but the one I used didn't have an auto-focus so after 3 photoshoots I completely gave up on the idea and went back to my trusty 50mm. However it was not until I saw these results that I truly fell for this lens. The next day we went outdoors for a test shot and the images turned out absolutely beautiful . . I will share those image next.
Pop-up Flea Market
Uncommon Objects which is a well known antique shop in Austin, hosted a pop-up flea market in their backyard for Christmas bazaar, these images are from our visit. the images above is what Josh took on his film camera and the ones below are on my Fujifilm XT2 on 50mm 1.4 lens. This Christmas Josh gifted me this generous gift of this lens and I couldn't be any more grateful to him. I have been using a 50mm 1.4 Nikon lens with an adaptor with it, but it was not an auto-focus lens and made it very difficult to shoot for professional work or even out and about because the focus would be all over the place if I didn't pay extra attention which took fun out of the actual shooting process.
Toy Poodle
I absolutely love Toy Poodle breed, before I met them I have never cared about the breed of an animals as I thought that was the silliest thing to shop for a dog breed. While there are many abandoned dogs waiting to be adopted at the shelters, how selfish to think about the breed of a dog? should we not adopt any of them we can connect with? It was not until I met these toy poodles and my heart and soul have fulfilled. These dogs are not only hypoallergenic, won't shed, super smart, not to mention kind and cuddly and they hardly ever bark. In fact I love them so much that I have been in a search for 2 years to find another or two at the shelter and still I have not been successful. The only and the biggest issue that I found is their bad teeth - poor Chien Chien is having almost rotten teeth and one is almost loose and we are in the process of making appointment to take it out. It breaks my heart because she doesn't have that many teeth left in her mouth as is.
Expired Film
Josh took these images on an expired film that his grandmother gave him on his last trip to Lost Angeles. I absolutely love the color and tons of these picture, it is such a beautiful surprise, previously the film that I have seen expired had a pink or red tone but I am not sure how these turned darker shade of yellow. We shot these on a Sunday walking to a coffeeshop at sunset time, this winter has been very stressful because of my job I found myself thinking about work around the clock and spending even weekends and after hours working to make deadlines so after this shoot I worked on woke deadlines till late at night - Sadly I did not get a chance to prepare for Christmas and the holidays this year as much I wanted to.
Winter Season
Photo Credit: Self-portrait with Tripod
This year the winter has been wonderful, it is not the cold that gets to me, but more the lack of sun. This years has been one of the sunniest weather and there is a nice balance between super cold days and 70 degree weather so I am a very happy girl! I took these self portrait on a tripod in our neighborhood park - I remember the weather had just started to get chilly in late November and I was so excited to feel the chilly weather and wear layers and warmer clothes.
Documentry : Sally Mann
I found this documentary [What Remains] about a contemporary Photogrpaher Sallly Mann absolutely fascinating. While her choice of camera is a large format and black and white film, she prefers to shoot where she lives in a ranch in Lexington, VA with her family. What I found interesting about her work is that unlike some photographers she chose not to travel to exotic places, but to capture life as it happens around her. It was in fact the portrait photography of her children while playing about that got her the public fame, I believe she made a book of that portrait series however because some of these photos involved child nudity she faced with heavy criticism for exposing her children and making financial gain from them. That controversy aside I find her portrait work absolutely stunning, and her work has definitely made an impact on me to see and capture the world around me with a different outlook and to connect with life and time as it passes from a different prospective.
Pumpking Patch
Photo Credit: Self-portrait with Tripod
Visiting a pumpkin patch during fall has been a dream! Fall has always been the busiest month for me, when I was in school I couldn't imagine doing anything else but to go to class and work on the weekend and find sometime to actually study and when I started working as a makeup artist and Photgrapher it got even more busy - with wedding season and family portrait and back to back events from Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas I never got a chance for the past 18 years that I have lived in Austin to check out a pumpkin patch field to get in the spirit of fall. But this year finally my long waited dream came true! I have been trying so hardly to slow down everything as my office job has definitely took over my life left very little room for anything else. One weekend in fall when Josh was traveling and sadly because of my job I couldn't travel with him so I decided to check out a pumpkin patch farm on my own! I packed my tripod and drove about a hour outside of the city to Barton Hill Farms in Bastrop, Texas! When I arrived I realized to my surprised the entrance tickets to the farm were all sold out, but since I was only one person I was able to get a ticket and get inside (note to self buy tickets ahead of time). Then I found myself in a heaven of fields of corn and pumpkins - the whole farm was set up as a photoshoot backdrop, sunflower section, hay rolls corner and my favorite corn field, not to mention couple antique cars and carriage decorated festive for the season. They sold food and snacks and had play grounds for kids, games all over the place and a small zoo with baby pigs and goats. I absolutely had a blast and definitely hope that I can go back again every year.
Location Scouting Mission
Photo Credit: Self-portrait with Tripod
I shot these on a Saturday early morning while location scouting for a photoshoot the next day. I rolled out of the bed at 6:30am and last minute decided to bring my tripod to test out some self portrait images - funniest thing is the minute I step outside the house it started raining! Somehow I decided I was still going to check the park out and by the time I arrived there it became sunny again! I am very happy that I didn't give up because not only I found some really nice locations on this walk, this self portrait was very helpful where I got try couple different features of the camera and get more comfortable with them.
Birthday Fruit Pie
This year Josh asked for a fruit pie for his birthday cake, so I bought him one and made him another. The one I made was almost pre-made, unfortunately because of my job I was not able to do more. I bought the pie crust and the filling and cut the fresh fruits and poured a pack of boiled jello over them and set it in the fridge to harden. The result was pretty legit visually, but it didn't taste very good - it tuned very sweet. Hopefully next time I will be able to make one from scratch!


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Body By Science High Intensity Training Review: My 9 Month Experiment
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The bottom line is that a single set taken to a point of positive failure is a sufficient stimulus to trigger the growth and strength mechanism of the body into motion.
Obviously I found that there was a ton of carry over between my HIT training and deadlifting, but would I be able to go and break a personal best using this training? The gist and what does seem well supported bj that our health and fitness are best served by infrequent bouts of high intensity exercise — basically, about 12 minutes of hardcore strength training heavy weights that lead to muscle failure in Loses a star because while most of it seems to be backed up by pretty decent science I'm basing this judgment on descriptions of studies, not on looking up the studies myself, because I'm far too lazyit has some unsupported claims bj in.
Even though the force output from fast-twitch fibers is much greater than the force output from slow-twitch fibers, what you will observe on a molecular basis is that the twitch velocity of fast-twitch fibers is actually slower than it is with csience fibers. I also did a post 15 minute interval on the eliptical although I felt like I had already had a cardio workout after the weight training workout. The idea is 1 to break down the muscles to a significant extent and then 2 to give the body an adequate time to recover.
McGuff and Little are quick to implicate the workout industry in giving false expectations that exercise alone can lead to weight loss.
View all 3 comments. Body by Science does an excellent job at explaining the science of fat metabolism. July 29, at And yes, you do 1 session a week. The approach is to perform a small number of high-intensity resistance exercises for bodt short duration, about once a week. I am not liable for any injury you suffer that seems to be related to anything you read here. So why is this important?
In truth most products fall very short of what they advertise so in truth aside from protein most everything else should be avoided. But I can see myself sciience my rough Body By Science protocol pretty much as-is for the next 20 years without losing strength.
Hi Ben, I am completley addicted to you're podcasts. I am a 28 year old male who has been strength training for bt years now. The other is the recovery of the energy and resources that are expended scienxe a workout. I have already started to put Dr. This book came out in It was also just a flat out interesting read about how exercise works on our bodies at the cellular level. For a summary of the book, see my blog at self help book reports. Complex routine, such as Crossfit, on the other hand, are more likely xcience lead to injury, and other practices like stretching actually can lead to muscle weakness.
Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Mcgfuf 31, Suhrob rated it liked it. The book didn't stop there though it explained to me a lot of other information that got me thinking about how I already exercise.
Does Weight Training Count As Cardio?
I work out once every four or five days, for minutes of actual lifting and about the same amount of rest timewith some Tabata intervals thrown in once in a while for cardio. However, there were sessions when even I caved too soon, finding an excuse to stop early for example.
What I'm trying to get at in a really long winded kinda way, is that you mention above that you did this form of exercise and haven't been back to the gym in 6 days. I found it refreshing for someone with a fitness plan to actually explain to me how things work and why their routine works best rather than j I grabbed this book after watching Sxience McGuff's youtube video hy medical proof of the paleo diet seen here: It involved a style of weight training that was actually very cardiovascular.
Now what happens is you can easy loss 5 pounds of muscle doing steady state exercise and even more if you are stress and do more exercise to burn more fat.


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Date & TimeJul 21, 2015 3:00pm EDT
This webinar is part of our Take Action series, exploring how communities take action on the many factors that influence health. In this webinar, we will be joined by Chris Rodgers, Douglas County Nebraska County Commissioner. Commissioner Rodgers led efforts with the Superintendent of Schools to build a public-private partnership to ensure tracking of inequitable harmful outcomes in the school district. Learn how he also worked with Omaha's Empowerment Network to create policy and systems changes that impact the health of young and old Omaha area residents.


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Take part in creating a peoples' framework to eradicate hunger!
BackgroundThe right to adequate food is a basic human right, but about 30 000 people die every day of hunger and hunger related causes and the number of hungry people is about one billion. About half of the hungry people are peasants and their families, about 10 percent are pastoralists, forest-dependent and fisherfolks. The hunger situation is totally unacceptable, and the financial crises and the climate crises will create more hunger and poverty.
Hunger is not a technical, but a political issue. Most governments and international institutions have been following and promoting policies which have preserved and created hunger. Several action plans and declarations have been made by these institutions and governments to reduce hunger. The latest is The Comprehensive Framework for Action from The High-Level Task Force on the Global Foodsecurity Crisis which was established by the UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon during the food crisis in 2008. This framework has many points which the social movements agree on, but at the same time it promotes more trade liberalization, unsustainable agriculture with high input of chemical fertilizer, agrochemicals etc, and more power to the multinational companies and the World Bank – more of the policies which have created and preserved hunger and poverty.
Our alternatives
People, social movements and other civil society organizations (CSO's) are constantly fighting against hunger and poverty. There are lots of experiences of what is needed to eradicate hunger. Social movements have also developed policies and plans for the struggle and alternatives to the currant dominating policies. Food sovereignty has been developed the last 15 years as the alternative for food and agriculture. A peoples' comprehensive framework for action against hunger must be based on and support the realization of food sovereignty.
The industrial model of agriculture and fisheries is not environmental or socially sustainable. Food sovereignty represents an alternative to the industrialized model, as well as to the policies of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the international finance institutions. There are plenty of experiences to build on for agro-ecological and other sustainable production methods, and for alternatives to the neoliberal trade-model.
Also when it comes to emergency support and social security nets for hungry people, we have a lot of positive and negative experiences to build on.
We need to develop a Peoples' comprehensive framework to eradicate hungerEven if we have the overall policies needed to eradicate hunger and a lot of experiences and concrete proposals, we as social movements and CSO's need to concretize our policies and to develop common policies on several issues. To do that is important to strengthen the fight against hunger and for food sovereignty, and it is important to challenge governments and international institutions.
The International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC) decided therefore in its last meeting, in January 2009, to develop a Peoples' comprehensive framework to eradicate hunger if there is sufficient support from the social movements within IPC to do it. The More and Better Campaign (MaB) which many of the organizations within IPC are taking part in, has already decided to develop such a framework, and wants to work in close collaboration with IPC to make one common framework.
Our framework should contain of both overall general policies and concrete actions. It must be based on food sovereignty and concretize food sovereignty into the context of the fight against hunger. It also has to propose policies and actions for social security nets, emergency relief etc. The documents from Food Sovereignty Forum in 2002, Nyéléni 2007, the sign on letter before the UN High-level meeting on the food crises and the Terra Preta conference in June 2008, should be the base for the framework.
It is important that the organizations of farmers, pastoralists, fisherfolks and indigenous peoples, and, not least, the women within these organizations, play the key role in developing the peoples' framework against hunger. We also need to involve organizations of the poor in urban areas. Also other social organizations and NGOs have important roles to play in developing the framework.
The framework will be developed in an open, inclusive and transparent way where every organization can be heard. The working languages for the international process will be English, French and Spanish.
The process
1. An editing group with five people and a drafting committee with about 20 people from social movements and NGOs have been established.
2. The editing group will make a rough proposal for the outline of the peoples' framework against hunger by the end of May 2009. This will be discussed in the drafting committee and rewritten to be sent out in July for wider consultations.
3. We ask all organizations, networks and people who want to take part in this work to send in as soon as possible their proposals, programs etc about how to eradicate hunger. We also encourage to organize discussions, workshops etc in the coming months to come with more input and comments to the drafts for the peoples' frameworks when drafts are sent out.
4. The drafting committee will meet again in the beginning of September to finalize the framework on the background of inputs from organizations and people.
5. Organizations will be invited to sign on to the framework in the end of September.6. The peoples' framework will be presented in the meeting in October of FAO's Committee on World Food Security (CFS).
Contact peopleNico Verhagen, from La Via Campesina secretariat; firstname.lastname@example.com
Aksel Naerstad, International coordinator of More and Better; email@example.com
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'Blood is thicker than water' indicates that ties to the family come before any other alliances. Yet the 'blood' could also refer to the sealing of a covenant.
With the Bible's first mention of blood, it is metaphorically crying out to God. Later, God says 'But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.'
Martin Collins, wrapping up his sermon series "Back to Life" by focusing on the seventh sign narrated by the Apostle John, the resurrection of Lazarus, reiterates that the statement, "Jesus wept" reveals that Lazarus was precious in God. . .
The meal offering represents the second Great Commandment, love toward fellow man. Our service to others requires much grinding self-sacrifice and surrender.
The meal offering represents the fulfillment of the second great commandment, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Here is how to understand this offering.
Various animals were used in the burnt offering—bullocks, lambs, doves, and goats. Each depicts some characteristic of Jesus that we must emulate as we serve God.
The blood of the Lamb grants us eternal life, as well as entrance to the Holy of Holies, enabling us to come before the throne of the Most High God.
We assess costs and values all the time in our daily lives. We should employ the same process to God's love for us in giving His Son as the sacrifice for sin.
John Ritenbaugh insists that because what we believe automatically determines what we do; it is impossible to separate faith and works. If our source of belief is not grounded in Jesus Christ, we will be held captive to our traditions and our works will be. . .
We need to be sobered at the awesomeness of the cost to set us free from sin—what the Creator endured. We have been purchased, and are obliged to our Purchaser.
Christ's blood does much more than remit sin; it gives eternal life. The Passover wine represents the blood of the covenant, by which we are made complete.
In Israel, sins were symbolically placed on the altar throughout the year. On Yom Kippur, one goat's blood cleansed the altar; the second took away the sins.
The prevailing idea is that the soul is the indestructible part of a human being that lives on after death. The Bible reveals a different reality of life and death.
During the final hours of His life, Jesus made seven last statements to mankind, illustrating His nature and what He considered to be important for us.
Comparing God's true ministers to false ministers—and seeing their fruit—reveals how the church must be revived spiritually. And "sneezing" plays a major role!
The spirit in man is initially good, but capable of being influenced by the spirit of this world, and surcharged with Satan's negative attitudes.
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The bad: Sluggish performance; heavy and bulky; can't use a neck strap.
The bottom line: Performance issues aside, the Canon PowerShot A650 IS combines large, good-looking photos and a generous feature set into a fine midrange shooter.
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Skype is a free program for IP-telephony, the free VOIP from Microsoft. It has now become the most popular means of voice and video communication. The Skype program is very convenient and user-friendly. In order for you to call friends and family, you need to download Skype and install, register, connect communication devices (microphone and earphone or USB phone) and … everything. After performing these operations, Skype technology provides you with a quality connection. Only Skype provides end-to-end encryption, so you don't need to fear for data transmission over the Internet. Download Skype for free on this page. You can download the latest version 18.104.22.168, released on Jun 28, 2019, from the official website.
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In Skype, you can set statuses that allow you to understand whether the contact you need is offline or busy, as well as view contact database information and receive reminders about participants' birthdays. The quality of communication and pictures is achieved thanks to the additional sound and camera settings. We can, however, the basic functions of Skype as follows:
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Leo Tolstoy lacked a firm definition for his seminal work, "War and Peace."
"It is not a novel, still less an epic poem, still less a historical chronicle," wrote the Russian author. "'War and Peace' is what the author wanted and was able to express, in the form in which it is expressed."
Tolstoy's words aptly describe the enigmatic film-theater mashup of "Winter's Cocoon," the senior thesis project of Sabina Jiang '18.5. The last showing of "Winter's Cocoon," which ran January 24 through 27 at the Hepburn Zoo, zigzagged fluidly through its duo medians.
The play tells the story of Ida (Yachao Dai '21), a young actress who begins a love affair with a big-shot film director, Will (Nick Jaccaci '22). Ida's dreams reveal an alter-ego: Tina (Linh Tran '22), also a young actress, who represents Ida's latent insecurities. Eventually, these vignette-reveries become more violent and unsettling, especially when it is revealed that Will is married to a femme fatale insect enthusiast, Christine (Amanda Whiteley '19). By the end of "Winter's Cocoon," the characters Ida and Tina both go from controlled victims to avenging Valkyries, wreaking comeuppance upon all who have done them wrong.
Jiang used both the screen and stage to tell a complex narrative through the relatively unexplored genre of the dream-based-May-December-romance-revenge-thriller-psycho-drama. From decorating a washing machine with Christmas lights to layering a room with used latex gloves and bloodied scissors, the director began with the macabre lever at a solid eleven, and turned it up higher and higher with every shocking twist.
"A dream is a jarring experience," Jiang said. "You are suddenly punched by someone; suddenly someone is chasing you. At a certain point, you just give in."
This deliberate mysteriousness allowed for some scenes to become darkly comedic. For instance, two chase scenes in the play involved an imaginary fish-headed man who craves "sushi and ketchup," a delusion that might have had even Sigmund Freud drop a cigar in bewilderment.
The play's venue often transformed. At one point in the production, the audience followed the cast out of the performance space into Hepburn's basement and were also encouraged to interact with the actors.
The program even gave advice to the audience on how to fully appreciate "Cocoon." In perfect alignment with the show's eeriness, the instructions were from the protagonist's perspective: "You are all free in my dream. You can move around, watch from anywhere … If you hear dance music, you DANCE."
Across the board, the cast was stellar. Jaccaci took dramatic risks to play a seedy and emotionally manipulative Hollywood filmmaker, leering at the camera in all the filmed scenes and snarling at the audience in the play.
Jaccaci reflected on his role that "[Will] represents the worst of the worst in the entertainment industry."
In a smaller but equally great performance, Whiteley played the Scylla to Jaccaci's Charybdis, taking on the role of his wife Christine. Striding across the stage in a Cruella de Vil-style outfit while condescending to the Asian-American protagonist with racial jabs, the role of Christine acted as a great commentary on the bigotry that still lingers in the entertainment industry today.
As the dialogue became thornier and tensions ran higher, Whiteley's Lady Macbeth-esque antagonist displayed a nefarious cool whenever on stage.
Yanchao Dai powerfully portrayed the young actress, Ida. Her every look combined numerous emotions: grief and horror when her character was strapped to a dinner table and gagged, but also dominance and power in the blood-soaked third act. Ida's imaginary alter-ego, Tina, was also characterized with sensitivity by Linh Tran.
Jiang laughed when talking about the violence in her play: "Out of the plays and short films I have done, on the prop list there is always fake blood. I do not go into filming planning this, but it's always red and there's always blood."
She said, "We are all very aware of how the violence could be misunderstood."
The actor made the distinction that several of the murders in the play were with a "finger-gun," implying a level of allegory to the violence rather than the realization of it; the play's gore was more in the spirit of 'Mulholland Drive,' less 'Reservoir Dogs.'
When asked about her plans after leaving Middlebury, Jiang said that she does not want to work in Hollywood, but would like to continue some sort of acting path.
"You have to work in a place where you feel needed," Jiang said.
What exactly is "Winter's Cocoon?"
The director smiled: "I think it belongs to experimental theater, maybe immersive theater … One of my goals for theater is for people not to walk out of the play and say, 'Hah! I've got this!'"