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Alice DiPrima, Personal Trainer & Group Instructor
Alice has been passionate about physical fitness and health for more than 25 years. She has taught mat and Reformer Pilates since 2007, and in 2008 became a Certified Personal Trainer through AFAA. Alice truly loves motivating people and helping them push to achieve their goals, yet it is her warm personality, sensitive nature and work ethic that bring her clients back for more each week. A Windham resident, Alice is married with three children and is an active member of the community.
Jen Leclerc, Certified Pop Pilates & NAFC Group Fitness Instructor
Jen is a certified POP Pilates and NAFC Group Fitness Instructor. She started doing pilates after her daughter was born and fell in love with the fun and challenging workout with POP Pilates. Jen lives in Goffstown with her husband and 6 year old daughter. Jen teaches Pop Pilates at our studio. Jen is an avid runner and has completed three half marathons ,soon to be four in September. She will be training for her first full marathon in January 2018.
Karen Ferren, Certified Personal Trainer, Group Fitness, Yoga and Pilates Instructor
Karen began teaching and training in 2009. She is certified with the NSCA as a personal trainer, AFAA group exercise instructor, Balanced Body Mat Pilates and YogaFit levels 1-2. This exploration of different facets of fitness has helped her to realize her true passion and love for yoga! Karen completed her 200 hour training with Fluid Yoga in 2018. In this Fluid Yoga style, she will create a class that dynamically links the flowing nature of the breath with mindful, continual movement and creative sequencing.
Danielle Risch, Certified Yoga Instructor
With a light hearted, yet dedicated approach Danielle encourages participants to flow with a beginner's mindset, seeking playful new adventures and a willingness to receive what is available in that moment. Forever a student, she continues with studies in therapeutic and structural yoga, as well as certification in Integrated Positional Therapy and other healing modalities to complement and enhance the yoga experience. Danielle is registered with Yoga Alliance at the 500-hour level.
Mary Polly-Berte, Certified Group & Pilates Instructor
Mary is a certified AAAI/ISMA group exercise instructor and AAAI/ISMA Pilates certification. She is also Les Mills Body Step certified. She has worked in the fitness industry since 2007 offering group exercise in the following formats: hi/lo impact cardio, Muscle & Strength Training, Pilates, Step and cardio dance style programs. Mary believes exercise and fitness are essential. She strives to offer instruction that is safe, fun and beneficial. Mary lives in Londonderry. She is married and has 2 daughters. Mary teaches various pilates classes at our studio.
Sharon Mikutel, Certified Yoga Instructor
Sharon began her yoga journey in 2012. She was drawn to the mind-body connection, detoxification benefits, and focus on breath. She is a 200hr RYT, with a separate 100hr trauma-sensitive certification. When not on the mat, she's with her family, riding her horse, skydiving and traveling.
Heidi Weishaar, Certified Yoga & Pilates Instructor
Heidi is a passionate believer in the benefits of Pilates and Yoga and their benefit to the body and mind. With our studio since 2007, she is certified through PHI Pilates and Yogafit Levels 1-4. Heidi has completed her 200 hour Registered Yoga Teacher Training. Heidi has also completed specialty certification for STOTT Stability Core Barre, Yogafit Kids, Seniors, Yogafit Sweat, and Anatomy and Alignment.
Ann Boldrighini, Certified Yoga Instructor
Ann has been practicing yoga since her college years. She loves the feeling of being relaxed and refreshed after spending some time on the mat. She was certified to teach through Yoga Alliance in 2017, and recently had additional yoga teacher training in Costa Rica. During the week, Ann works in the biopharmaceutical industry in regulatory affairs.
Marjorie Dastous, Certified Zumba & TRX Instructor
Marjorie is a certified group instructor, personal trainer, and has both her TRX and Zumba certifications. She is the assistant Track & Field coach at the Windham High School. She also is a successful business owner of Marjorie's Professional Pet Grooming. Marjorie makes every class a challenge, and makes every workout different. .
Kelly Carter, Certified Group Instructor & Personal Trainer
Kelly is a certified group AFAA instructor and personal trainer. She has been teaching for 20 years and teaches BodyShred ,muscle conditioning, spinning, Kickboxing, Pilates and Barre, In her spare time, she enjoys biking ,hiking and skiing with her husband and three teenage children. Kelly is also a nurse at Windham High School.
Erin Russell, Certified Zumba & Group Exercise Instructor
Erin Russell grew up in Windham as a trained dancer competing nationally in classical ballet. She eventually taught ballet, hip hop, and gymnastics. She began teaching Zumba in 2009 at Windham Pilates, combining her love for dance and exercise. She brings her passion for an active, healthy lifestyle to each and every class. Erin is also an elementary teacher in Windham and enjoys being a part of the community.
Noreen Gallo, R.D.
Noreen Gallo, a licensed, Registered Dietitian with a Masters Degree in Nutrition from the University of California at Davis. A practicing Dietitian for over 30 years, she specializes in helping people lead healthier lives by educating them on how to make dietary and wellness decisions that they can live with for the rest of their lives. In addition to being a Licensed, Registered Dietitian, she is a mother of four active boys and a community volunteer.


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Hello Kitty vehicle wraps for the smart fortwo can now be ordered through smart USA's "smart Expressions," a customization program that had its launching last July.
Kim McGill, smart USA's vice president of marketing, said that the company is expanding the smart program by adding licensed brands in its wrap offerings. The North American division of smart has teamed up with Sanrio to offer vehicle wraps featuring Hello Kitty for the smart fortwo.
The Hello Kitty wraps are available in three different full body designs, with each being offered in a selection of color schemes, aside from a range of partial wrap designs and colors.
Customers can choose from a total of 22 full and partial wrap design and color combinations. McGill said that the two companies see this as an opportunity to "bring the two fan bases together," as they both have a "passionate following."
Expect these Hello Kitty wrapped cars to draw in the crowds at numerous Sanrio 50th Anniversary events this fall. These customized cars can be viewed at different stops on the Small Gift mobile pop up tour, which starts in San Francisco on Oct. 23.
These cars will also be appearing at the Small Gift West and East Coast events that are scheduled from Nov. 12 to 21 in Los Angeles and December 2 to 5 in Miami.

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How do you like the communizing of America? All four morally-equivalent systems, socialism, communism, nazism and welfare statism, transfer the property of the individual to the government. The right to property is the right to the ownership of property which is the right of use and disposal of such property. In Russia, the communists simply stole the property and used it for their desires. In America, they order you to use it for their desires. Same thing. Same effect.
The problem: You have a life to take care of - yours. It includes all that you have taken on - and you are either prevented from doing that or you find it increasingly difficult to do that.
Forget their noble purposes. Those are window dressing. They are the means to keep you morally paralyzed while they take over your wealth, your means for you living your life.
Remember, the moral pertains to your life force. To be moral is to take actions which strengthen your life force - which strengthen your will to live.
The Marxists' (Communists, Socialists, Nazis, Welfare statists) means of weakening your life force is moral paralysis. You have to hesitate, freeze, or somehow be unable to stand for yourself in the face of other people. Political correctness is about moral paralysis. In America this is accomplished by two means - beseeching you to care for or act nice to your neighbor and beseeching you to care for the planet.
Anyone who places these values above himself (i.e., can be guilt-tripped by these values) or succumbs to his fear of those who are taking over is ripe for the takeover. The evil Marxists - Obama, Hillary, Pelosi, Reid, Jarrett, Michelle, the NAACP, all of the Soros organizations, the UN (read their communist charter of Human Rights) - are on the march.
This is true. Marxism and its political progeny - communism, socialism, national socialism, the welfare state - are all anti-human being in the name of pro-human being. This murderous ideology has run rampant for over a hundred years. It fails everywhere and has been responsible for the deaths of over a hundred million human beings. It is the single biggest killer of human beings - bar none. It knows no race or nationality. (Don't talk to me about the wonderful health care system of Cuba. It's a poverty-stricken pigsty of a system and that's a first-hand report from a doctor. Michael Moore was duped or is a flat out liar.)
And, either this evil is going to win or liberty is going to win. America is human beings' final hope. People around the world are rooting for us. It is we who have to stand up. So you better be ready to stand up to the guilt-tripping.
What do you say when someone says or implies you ought to take care of your neighbor? What do you say when someone says or implies you ought to take care of the planet?
How about this? I do support my neighbor. He's an individual in his own right. I don't take care of him. We interact as self-respecting individuals and if he needs something, he knows that within the limits of individual rights respecting behavior, he has my support for him to have that. I use my wealth for my life which includes responding to my network of human beings. The only way I can be prevented from that is if you take my means to do that.
Or, I do take care of the planet. I keep my car from belching dirty smoke into the air. I don't poison the ground and I keep my yard mowed and my place tidy. I manage my trash. Thank you very much. Now get the fuck out of here.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
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Studio Liddell is a globally renowned creator and producer of TV animation with a diverse portfolio that includes Cloudbabies, Roary the Racing Car, Let's Play, Raa Raa the Noisy Lion and Fifi and the Flowertots.
A full-service animation studio, we are experienced in taking shows from initial concept to full production and delivery across multiple formats and genres. We have extensive knowledge of worldwide co-productions including recent shows such as Ranger Rob (with Nelvana in Canada) and we have been working with UK animation tax credits since the scheme began.
Our robust pipeline allows us to produce cost-effective animation whilst leaving us to concentrate on getting the very best quality creative work onto the screen, such as our work on the Lego Dimensions Teen Titans Go! special episode for TT Games and Warner Bros.
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The Restart Project is a people-powered platform for change, working with communities, schools and companies to help people value and use their electronics for longer. Their aim is to drive a global movement away from throw-away culture.
They take action to prevent electronic waste through hands-on, learning events where they help people fix their own electronics and build a better relationship with their stuff
Kathryn Packer of Restart is our guest blogger this week, talking to us about how Restart came about and what it has achieved. If you'd like to get involved in the project, check out the website and find an event local to you.
"The Restart Project was born out of trying to find a better way to channel the combination of frustration and apathy we often feel in the face of broken electrical items. The approach takes inspiration from the way people in poorer countries fix and make use of technology, extending the life of scarce resources. In wealthier countries, electrical items are a growing part of the waste we chuck out. Whilst extracting the precious metals from electronics and reusing them is a positive, with a little help many of the items thrown away can be fixed.
Restart Parties bring together people who have broken gadgets, and a fantastic group of volunteers who look to tinker, repair and fix. The focus of the events is on skill-sharing and participants with broken electronic equipment take an active part in the repair.
We call them parties because they have a fun, ad-hoc spirit, where participants bring food and music, and people often meet and mingle. Parties can occur in different types of venues: pubs, churches, community centers, art galleries and typically last three hours. The types of equipment that can be brought for repair are: mobile phones, cameras, music players, headphones and so on.
Here are some of the reasons our volunteers give for why they keep coming back to do repairs:
"I love helping people, I love learning and I love solving a puzzle. At Restart Parties I can do all three at the same time." Faraz
"When I was little I used to dismantle things (even if they were working) to see how they worked (sometimes I never managed to put them back together). I attend Restart Parties because I believe that we have to repair everything we have and not constantly buy new." Orsetta
"I've maintained an interest in electronics ever since my first repair, probably around 50 years ago, which is long since lost in the mists of time! Perhaps best of all [when repairing] is the smile on someone's face when an old piece of equipment and a trusty friend to the owner is brought back to life." Philip
Our 'Restart the Capital' tour of London, supported by Recycle for London, is taking us to new places, as well as to old friends who regularly run Restart Parties in their community. We would love to hear from people who would like to share their technical skills (you can volunteer here) or get the party started in their neighbourhood, or workplace. We have a guide which you can download on how to set up your own Restart Party, and in London there is a strong network of people already involved and ready to help.
So, come along to an event near you or if you like to tinker, look into hosting a party of your own. It's great fun and worthwhile!


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I couldn't help envying the guy. At the IWC stand in the Geneva show SIHH (January 2013), there was a sense of relaxed, cool optimism. From people who know that they have worked hard and have created something worthwhile. The Mercedes AMG Petronas racing team were on hand, with racing cars and components, and above the stand were two gigantic wind tunnel fans.
"Yes, perhaps it's the best job in the world. How did I get here? I trained as a watchmaker, and I took a degree in engineering. Now, every day, you arrive in the office, you don't know what will happen. It's really interesting."
The partnership with Mercedes, it looks like a marriage made in heaven?
"I have to say that I wasn't all that interested in motor sports, but then the guys from Mercedes started to explain the details, how they do research, and how they guarantee the quality of all those parts. It's just the same as we do. Those parallels, those similarities made the project fascinating right from the start."
If you had to single out one watch, which would you choose?
"Maybe the Carbon, I really like the design, it's an interesting product, with all those design elements. I really like it."
The Ingenieur Automatic Carbon Performance has a case made in the same material as used in racing cars, fibre matting soaked in epoxy resin and then cured at high temperature and pressure. This creates a tough, Formula One look, enhanced by the five screws used to hold the case together, and the rubber strap with yellow or red stitching. But it's not just about looks: the in-house 80110-calibre movement has a shock-absorption system that enables it to withstand extreme acceleration. It is a perfect watch for racing drivers. The rotor, visible through the sapphire caseback, recalls pistons in its shape.
Is it a difficult design issue to reconcile the brand tradition with new elements, such as the motor sports content in this year's Ingenieur collection?
"We always look back to what we have done in the past, so that we can keep the heritage and the DNA. Our product remains a mechanical watch, and we've been working on this technology for a hundred years. On the other hand, we try to look to the future."
How does the design process actually work?
"At the beginning there is a small team that develops the initial idea, and then it expands through production and marketing, until almost the whole of IWC is involved. I personally work on movements. That process takes from two to four years from concept to development and production. If the new model uses an existing movement, creating the case takes from six to twelve months. If we start a new movement, we go to the design department and we try to find the best dial layout to express the movement. The two things, dial aesthetics and movement, go hand in hand, lots of discussions over a cup of coffee."
Are patents an important part of development?
"It is not our goal to create a huge number of patents. Everyone can take a look inside, and in five years everyone can use the new idea. We are just interested in creating great solutions. For example, in this collection, the most complex movement is the Constant Force Tourbillon, with a Breguet overcoil. It has a constant amplitude over two days."
The constant-force mechanism increases precision, but needs extra torque. This is offered by the two barrels. The power reserve display indicates how much of the remarkable 96-hour reserve is left. It also has a phases of the moon display, which is so beautifully detailed that the moon's characteristic craters and areas of darker grey can be distinguished. A countdown scale shows the number of days remaining until the next full moon. It is one of the larger watches in the collection, at 46 millimetres.
How is the market developing in terms of the size of watches?
"There is a move away from outsize watches. We have reduced the Ingenieur by 2 millimetres. There is still a lot of interest in big watches, but these are less accessible to certain sections of the market, such as women."
Will you be making watches specifically for women?
"No, they can wear our men's watches! They look really great on a female wrist!"
How have things changed at IWC over the years that you have been there?
"I've been at IWC since 2005. Seven years ago, we were not so well-known worldwide. By means of our products and marketing success, we became larger and larger. Processes changed, and partnerships changed. Today with AMG and Formula 1, it's at a different level. We're moving forwards, getting better all the time, accumulating experience."
Is there another watch in the collection that you particularly like?
"I love the Ingenieur Chronograph Racer, particularly the one with the rubber strap. And the Silver Arrow, the Silberpfeil, which has the same movement."
Gaumann's enthusiasm for the Chrono Racer watch (shown in the photo above) is understandable. It has one of he most efficient movements manufactured by IWC, the 89361 calibre, and a beautiful dial, in which the chronograph hours and minutes are combined in a subdial at 12 o'clock. People who own this watch often use the stopwatch as a second time zone, because the chronograph doesn't absorb more energy when it is running. It also features the flyback function (good for timing pitstops and then the next lap) and small hacking seconds. It looks fantastic, with its unique design, and the sporty styling of case, pushers and strap.
We stepped out of the interview room, and I took a photo of Thomas in front of a vintage Mercedes Silver Arrow. A car whose deceptively simple design has made it a classic. Just like the brilliant 2013 Ingenieur watches.
Read more:
Interview with Christian Knoop, IWC
Interview with Carlo Ceppi, IWC


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There's plenty to keep families entertained at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry this half-term with two colourful shows coming to the venue.
Setting sail for the B2 auditorium is the world premiere production of The Quite Remarkable Adventures of the Owl and the Pussycat, which runs from Saturday, February 18, to Saturday, March 4.
Inspired by Edward Lear's famous nonsense poem and based on the book by Monty Python actor and writer Eric Idle, the surreal and chaotic new musical follows the Owl and the Pussycat on their mission to save the world and defeat the dastardly Firelord, his imaginary dragon, Pyron, and his henchmen, Flicker and Brimstone. With Professor Bosh's help, they seek the magical Bong Tree which will lead them all to safety in the Land of Bong.
Running on the Main Stage from Wednesday, February 22, to Saturday, February 25, is Running Wild, based on the book by Michael Morpurgo and brought vividly to life with a cast of colourful, life-size animal puppets.
The story follows a young girl called Lily, whose family holiday to Indonesia takes a dramatic twist when a tsunami hits whilst she is taking an elephant ride along the beach.
Oona and Lily escape deep in the jungle, miles from civilisation, where there is wonder, discovery and tree-top adventures with the orangutans. As thoughts turn to her mother left behind on the beach, wild tigers prowl, and hunger hits, and Lilly must now learn to survive the rainforest.
Embarking on a UK wide tour in 2017, the show for ages six and above has been created by the team behind the smash-hit production of War Horse with puppetry design and direction by Finn Caldwell and Toby Olié.
Call the box office on 024 7655 3055 or visit www.belgrade.co.uk to book tickets for the shows or for more information.


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MS in Greek on bronze, Lycia, Turkey, 24 July 46 BC, 1 bronze plaque, 88x53 cm, single column (80x50 cm), 78 lines in Greek capitals, within a frame of double lines.
MS in Latin and Middle High German (texts 3, 12, 15) on paper and vellum (text 2), Heidelberg?, Germany, 1433, & Germany, late 13th c. (text 2), 279 ff. (complete), 14x10 cm, single column, (10x6 cm), 24-28 lines in lettre bâtarde by Nicholas d. de H.
MS in Latin on vellum, Southern France, mid 14th c, in a bold bolognese Gothic rotunda book script of medium quality, some marginal commentaries in slightly later glossing book script, numerous initials.
MS in Latin on vellum, Bologna, ca. 1350, text: 2 columns, 5-38 lines; gloss: 2 columns, 63 lines in a rounded Gothic book script in 2 sizes of medium grade and quality, initials in blue or red with contrasting penwork.
MS in Latin on paper, Padua?, Italy, in a hybrid medium quality Gothic book script, 400 painted initials, 18 large initials, 7 pen drawings, 3 historiated initials, 1 miniature anticipating the manner of Bartolomeo del Tintore.
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MS in Latin and Anglo-Norman on vellum, Yorkshire, 1300-1307, 22 lines in a small English court documentary script, headings in Gothic book script, 25 illuminated initials in leafy and floral designs, historiated initial of Edward I.
MS in Latin and Anglo-Norman on vellum, England, ca. 1299, 124 ff. (complete), 25x17 cm, single column, (20x12 cm), 43-45 lines in good English court documentary script by several scribes, 39 large initials in blue with red penwork decoration.
MS in Latin and Anglo-Norman (text 47) on vellum, England, ca. 1310, 241 ff. (-3), 23x17 cm, 1 and 2 columns, (18x12 cm), 24-31 lines in English court documentary script, initials in red or blue with penwork decoration.
MS in Latin on vellum, Milano, Italy, 2nd quarter of 15th c., 86 ff. (complete), 28x20 cm, single column, (17x11 cm), 31 lines in a calligraphic humanistic book script, a sketch of a man apparently making a speech.


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Charlie Sheen Curses, Smokes, Rants in Second Webcast; Apologizes for First Webcast
During the 13-minute "Sheen's Korner," he expresses contempt for his audience and makes bizarre remark to fans about "cutting their throats, and their children's."
On Sunday, Charlie Sheen hosted his second webcast, Sheen's Korner, and it was even more bizarre than his debut.
During the 13-minute show, during which Sheen, 45, mostly chain smoked and cursed, he criticized his first webcast Saturday, saying it was "treasonous to the movement." (1.2 million people watched it.)
He then told fans that he still plans on giving people "the f------ truth" and that he's going to "deliver it in a way that's violent and focused and not like they're used to ever because they're high on vaccines, and McDonald's, and Us Weekly, and TMZ and every other f------ shitty brand of food that they consume…. So I'm just gonna write my sermons. I'm gonna deliver them like truth torpedos and people are gonna f---- take it or leave it. We know they're gonna take it because they can't process it, so they must condemn it. If they can't condemn it, they'll f----- like turn me into a God and worship it and then realize I'm behind them cutting their throats and their children...."
Later, he talked about his 11-year-old pug, Betty, that has died. "Now Betty is dead. Betty had my birthday," he said, dedicating the show to his pet. "So Betty and I had an obvious connection. ... Now she's in another dimension, flashing her razor fangs, making her owner, her master proud."
Before signing off, he also dismissed the phrase "it is what it is": "What it was isn't what you thought it is, because it is what it is, because you claim so, because you confirm it, because you insist that it is what it is," he ranted. "And therefore it ain't what it ain't, which is gold and winning and magic because that's how I roll."


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Path to Chess Mastery
23 June 2015
Ratings can go up as you get older
I haven't included
Dana Mackenzie's blog
until now on my "chess improver" link list, since he's a Life Master rather than a struggling Class player, but I think it's well worth looking at "
Dana 1, Father Time 0
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Edit: his detailed follow-up post "
How I Got Here, and What Comes Next
" also offers a lot of useful practical observations and performance tips.
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Polenta Crostini with Butternut Squash, Ricotta + Sage/
Say hello to your newest showstopper Thanksgiving appetizer.
I say "your" because you are definitely going to make this. I can feel it. Or…taste it?
Prepping the polenta is slightly annoying in the amount of time it takes, but it's not difficult.
AND! You can make the polenta a day ahead of time! AND! I wouldn't be showing you this if it wasn't worth it in the end.
AND (I'll stop now.)! The colors!!!
They're like little bites of fall.
The polenta is cooked then chilled then crisped in the oven to turn into perfect bites of crunchy crostini. Who needs a French baguette for crostini? This is way more fun.
The ricotta is very lightly sweetened with maple syrup to compliment the natural sweetness of the butternut squash and contrast with the savory polenta.
And the texture. I can't stop thinking about it.
Appetizer, or………dinner. The choice is yours.
adapted from: epicurious.com
Polenta Crostini with Butternut Squash, Ricotta + Sage
gluten-free // yields 24-32 crostini
- 1 cup uncooked polenta + cooking water
- 1-2 tablespoons butter or olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder granules
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 3 cups 1/2-inch cubed butternut squash
- 30+ sage leaves
- 1 cup full fat ricotta cheese
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pure maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons refined avocado oil or ghee (or other high-heat safe oil)
- salt + pepper
Cook polenta according to package directions, until stiff in texture. Cook time will vary depending on the brand. After stirring the polenta into your boiling water add 1-2 tablespoons of butter or oil, the garlic, and about 1/2-3/4 teaspoon salt. When finished, stir in the parmesan cheese. Add more salt + pepper to your liking.
Spread the polenta evenly and firmly on a rimmed (unlined) baking sheet 9x13 in size. If you don't have that size pan aim to spread the polenta evenly to 1/4-1/2 inch thickness all over.
Place in the fridge until fully chilled, 30-45 minutes.
After 20 minutes of chilling, preheat your oven to 425° F. Line a baking sheet with parchment and toss the squash with 1 tablespoon of oil and a few pinches of salt. Roast for 20-28 minutes, turning halfway through, until golden brown and tender. Set aside.
While roasting, heat a small pan over medium-high heat with 2 tablespoons of oil. Once fully heated, add about 10 sage leaves to the pan (do not overcrowd) for about 30 seconds until the edges start to curl and barely brown. Place on a paper towel to drain excess grease. Repeat 2-3 more times.
Stir ricotta with the maple syrup and a pinch of salt. Place in the fridge.
Slice polenta into 2-3-inch pieces and place on a greased or parchment lined baking sheet.
As soon as the squash finishes set your oven to broil with a rack in the top position. Place the polenta under the broiler for 3-6 minutes, until crispy to the touch. Flip and broil for another 3-6 minutes. Keep a close eye on the polenta. Let cool for 5 minutes or to room temperature.
Assemble polenta with ricotta, butternut squash, a sage leaf, and a sprinkle of salt. Serve slightly warm, at room temp, or chilled from the fridge.
notes: When broiling the polenta it will feel crisp to the touch but doesn't darken much in color. Test crispness with a quick touch.
If serving chilled, be sure to chill each ingredient separately and then assemble. Polenta can be made 1 day ahead if desired. Cook and spread in the pan then keep in the fridge until ready to broil.
How in the world is it already Friday? Cheers to that!


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Jenna Sousa Singing Sensation!
Jenna Sousa
Jenna recently worked with Kuk Harrell and will be releasing a single really soon. This is great news for Jenna.
Kuk Harrell is the most sought after vocal Producer in the Country. He has recently been working with Justin Bieber as his vocal coach, and part sound engineer. His other music clients read like an A list of top Musicians.
Mr Harrell, 50, has worked with Jennifer Lopez, and Rihanna. In fact Kuk was co writer on the huge hit Umbrella.
As a composer and engineer on Beyonce's 'Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) and the majority writer of the vocals on Mary J. Blige's Growing Pains album, Kuk has definitely made a big name in the music business.
His other clients include, Celine Dion, Chris Brown, Mariah Carey and Usher.
So it seems that Jenna is joining an elite group of Singers/songwriters.
All of Jenna's fans have been waiting for this moment. And we know she isn't going to disappoint them. Its taken lots of hard work and dedication on Jenna's part to reach this stage in her career. Now for the next step which will launch Jenna into the heart of the music business.
Now its time to say, well done Jenna, you go girl!
For Latest Updates Keep Checking Back.
All information supplied by Jenna's mom. Thanks Ann.
Jenna Sousa
In my article Introducing Jenna Sousa I was lucky enough to get an exclusive interview with Jenna, and I asked her what were her hopes for the future. Her answer was to share her music with the world and to make an album. Well it looks as though Jenna's wish is finally coming true. There are so many new singer/songwriters appearing on the scene, but believe me when I say that there are not that many with the same singing talent as Jenna. With her sweet voice, and natural talent she is on the verge of taking the world by storm.
Unlike many singers today, Jenna has been writing her own songs and singing ever since she was a child. Not many kids could say that they have won accolades for their music at such a young age. Apart from winning the Kent County American Idol Junior at five, she caught they eye of Broadway star Pamela Stewart when she was six, and was put in her recital, singing opera! Now that's what I call talent! But opera wasn't the way that Jenna wanted to go. Her interest in popular music has taken her down a different path. She has a great love of R & B, and also performs her own music.
This talented young lady is also a dancer. Her skill of choreography shows in her own dance routines at local events and she even won the Radio Disney dance competition at her local mall twice. If that wasn't enough, Disney asked her to teach everyone her Miley Cyrus's Hoe Throw Down' routine. All this and she is still only 17 years old. Jenna has earned her success, and hopefully we will be able to see her in action very soon.
Big Noise Official Website
So what is the Big Noise Official Website? They are an award winning Music Firm that specialises in artist development and music promotion and Publicity. Al Gomes and A. Michelle have promoted many famous groups and singers over the last 20 years. Through marketing campaigns and hard work they have helped many Artists achieve their dreams, either on the radio, television music industry and print. And of course nominations and awards.
They have some very famous names on their books. Ranging from The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Christina Aguilera, The Beach Boys, and many other great Artists.
Jenna has joined an elite band of artists, and this just goes to show that her talent is something else. She is just about ready to release her first originals, so watch this space. They are going to be well worth the wait.
Jenna appeared on July 20 2012 in Boston at the Hard Rock Cafe as the guest Artist of Christian Beadles, who is an actor and friend of the famous Justin Bieber. He was there with his family, to sign autographs and have photos taken with fans.
Christian is just starting out, but he has already starred in Drop Dead Diva and is a new face of the future.
Keep a eye out guys because any new and exciting news will be posted here. Until then enjoy a couple of video's with Jenna singing the cover versions. These two videos are a just a sign of things to come. The quality of her voice, and her professionalism shine through. We will definitely be seeing her on screen very soon.
copyright nell rose
Once again thanks to Ann Sousa for giving me permission to write this article. And of course to Jenna, without whom I wouldn't have had the pleasure of listening to such a lovely voice. Good luck to her in the future.
Jenna Sousa @
Jenna Sousa Songlover6 @ YouTube
copyright nell rose. Photo copyright Jenna Sousa. With permission.
Read All About Jenna In This Exclusive Interview!
- Introducing Jenna Sousa
Jenna Sousa is a young American singer who has an amazing voice. She has taken YouTube by storm and will go on to be a massive performer in the world of music. All this and she is still only 14 years old.
A great introduction to an amazing artist that you have introduced me to, Will listen to her!
Nell...thanks for the update on Jenna. She has blossomed since you first introduced her. A fantastic career is a no-brainer. She does a great job on the Maroon 5 song! .. UP& awesome.
So good to be introduced to this singer through your wonderful hub. Enjoyed the video and will be looking for her. Thanks Nell. Sharing.
You are so full of surprises Nell. What a great hub about an up and coming talent. I may have missed her without this.
Voted up, useful, and interesting.
Yay!! This is fabulous news for Jenna. I hope she hits it big!! Way to go Nell with your shout-out!!
I had never heard about her. But I know her so well now from this hub. She is very talented singer and I really enjoy the video above. Thanks, my friend for writing and share with us. Voted up. Cheers, Prasetio
I remember your first article on her Nell and Jenna is a wonderful talent. So cool to bet to know them on the beginning of their journey. I write songs and try to sing:) It has always been my dream to have the world listen to my music so I can only imagine how it would feel to be living that dream. Jenna is and I couldn't be more happy for her. Reach for the stars. It shows that hard work always pays off. Nell, you have did a great job introducing Jenna to the world. Best wishes.
wow what a great article.. I really don't know her.. but I will; get to know her now.. thanks for sharing
I didn't recongnize her name but when you said the song by Gotye, I knew exactly who that was. That is an awesome interview! She is going to go places after doing that song. Superb job Nell!!
She is a talented beauty and has a remarkable voice. This is the first I have heard of her, but then I am not really one to keep up with music artists. Your covering her here will make others aware of her music.
I'd never heard of the singer before but am familiar with the song. Thanks for introducing her with this well-written article and the video. Voting this Up and Interesting.
A great article, Nell. I wish this youngster all the best, and she is an upcoming star!
Jenna is not only pretty and talented, she's lucky to have such a great publicist as yourself!
Sounds like a great new talent -- looking forward to more of her work. Best/Sis
Nell.....This young lady is quite an amazing talent. I can assure you, they didn't make 14 year-olds like her in my day. She has definitely begun to make her mark and it will not be surprising to see her shoot straight to the top!
Thank you for bringing her to us. UP++
Great to know the up coming talents, great hub
She really does have talent, I listened to the songs all the way through. Did she write that Somebody That I use to Know? Loved that. Seems I talked to someone at FB like her way back, is that possible? Been so long, probably not. She isn't 14 now is she?
Very good write up! ^
It's always great to read about up and coming talented artists. I enjoyed reading your article - what a talented young lady, and at only 14! Thanks for sharing this! :)


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I Care: Volunteer doula helps with Sacramento-area births
Certified nurse-midwife Djina Ariel gives an appreciative hug to Silvia Goss, a volunteer doula who calmly coached first-time parents Kirstin Oaxaca and Anthony Cochrane through labor and delivery at the Sutter Davis Hospital's birthing center. After 14 hours of labor, the couple's exhaustion was instantly transformed into pure joy at seeing their new baby girl, April Rose.
For new mom Oaxaca, a doula made childbirth less stressful. "Having an extra hand for comfort was encouraging," Oaxaca said. "My husband felt like she gave him more confidence, too."
Goss is one of more than 75 doulas on call at Sutter Davis, the only hospital in the region that supports a volunteer doula program. The service is provided free to women who want a doula present during childbirth.
Sutter's doula program was started in 1994 by a group of Davis women to provide emotional support and labor coaching during childbirth. It now receives about 200 applicants a year. The doulas – all women except for one man – are trained in the labor and delivery process but work with hospital nurses and midwives.
Goss, 34, a native of Germany with a college degree in psychology, has coached 12 births since joining Sutter's program in October. A young mother herself, Goss said she enjoys helping women tap into their own strengths during childbirth. "I want to help them feel empowered."


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Easter and Marriage
By: Donna Martin
Easter is a time when all of creation rejoices. When we see the buds on the trees, the flowers pushing up from the dirt, and the birds busily building new nests we are reminded of Jesus' victory over death and the new life that can be found when we trust in him.
So how does Easter relate to marriage? Because they are bombarded daily with negativity from the media and the world, people sometimes lose sight of the hope and joy that a life in Christ can bring. The world says to give up when the going gets tough – to choose someone else if our mate disappoints us. The world says it's ok to live with someone without being married. It encourages people to seek their own pleasure at the expense of their families. However, to enjoy the marriage that God intended for mankind, we must look to God and invite Him to be at the center of our marriage and our family.
Jesus became and man so he knows the struggles that we face each day. He was tempted, betrayed by friends, surrounded by greed and sickness, experienced grief, and was forsaken. He knows how it feels to be hurt and disappointed. What a difference there would be in our marriages if we followed Jesus' example in the way we lived with our spouse.
1. Jesus persevered – He could have freed himself and walked away from the cross, but he could see past his suffering and endured the cross because he knew that a greater victory was beyond the suffering. So he endured the suffering of the cross until his goal on earth was accomplished and he could say, "It is finished." (John 19:30 NIV)
2. Jesus forgave – As he was on the cross he said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." (Luke 23:34 NIV)
3. Jesus took care of his family even while he was dying – When he saw his mother standing near the cross he said, "Dear woman, here is your son (referring to John, his disciple) and to the disciple (John) "Here is your mother." (John 19:26-27 NIV)
4. He loved unconditionally – He loved those who loved him, and he loved those who wronged him. He told us to "Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this that he lay down his life for his friends." John 15:12-13 NIV)
If you haven't already done so, trust Jesus today. Make him the center of your life and of your marriage. Follow his example of love and see what a difference it can make in your relationship with your spouse.
Share with us about how the love of God has impacted your marriage by responding to this blog.
The Martins currently present "Happy Together" marriages seminars for churches and organizations. To schedule a seminar call Michael at 940-735-1515. They also publish a weekly "Happy Together" Blog about family and marriage issues. You can order copies of their new books Dancing With Death and 366 Tidbits We Have Learned in 14,610 Days of Marriage, read, and subscribe to their "Happy Together" Blog by logging onto the Martin's website at www.happytogethermarriage.com


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Because of our being forgetful in nature, we oftentimes forget the files that we have created. We can only be fortunate if we can still remember the path, folder, or directory where we have stored those missing files. If that's the case, it would never be a big deal then. However, trully this a big problem and even painful if we can not even remember where we have placed the missing files in our computer. "Simple," I'm hearing you … "find it." Yeah, we can find it. But wait, do you know the filename?
Forgetting files and forgetting the filenames are most common in us. I will never believe anyone out there have a photographic memory and has never experienced missing some of the files he had created before. For sure, we all have gone through that frightening experience especially if the file that is missing is so precious to us.
In Windows, this problem can easily be addressed just by using the find or search tool in the Start menu. Can you remember some texts or phrases in the filename? Use "find files with names" and unleash the power of the wildcard character (*). For example, if you can only remember the word "statistic" in the filename, then search for "* statistic *" and that will search for files with the word "statistic" in the filename. "I can not even remember a word in the filename," again I can hear you saying that. Well, I do not think you can not even remember even a single word in the file content itself. If you can not remember even a word or phrase in the filename then go for the file content itself. In Windows, still you can search for files containing some texts that you specify in your "find files containing text" input box. That will absolutely solve your problem of forgetting words in the filename itself.
However, if you are in Linux, the whole thing would be more different and complex than it is in Windows especially if you are just a normal user dependent on the GUI interface. Linux is more on executing commands from a shell.
So if you are a normal user and that you are facing the "missing files" problem in Linux, do not worry, I will show you the most common methods in solving this issue:
Find files that contain a text string
grep -lir "text to find" *
The -l switch outputs only the names of files in which the text occurs (instead of each line containing the text), the -i switch ignores the case, and the -r descends into subdirectories.
Find files containing search terms on Ubuntu
To find files containing keywords, linux has a powerful command called grep, which you can use to find the lines inside any file or a list of files.
grep -i -n 'text to search' *
List files containing text
Used to recursively search a directory for files containing a string, output the names of the files and the line number. This will search all regular files in for.
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When I went to the Notts Alzheimer meet up a week or so ago, we had a talk from a lovely lady who was a representative of Weleda and received a free 30ml skin food to try out for ourselves. Not only was this very generous but also a great way to give us more information about the product and the rest of the Weleda range.
The Weleda skin food has been around since 1926 and the formula has remained the same since then and it is still as well loved as it was back then. The product is described on the website as 'the ultimate natural moisturiser for dry, rough skin everywhere'. This can be used on the face, hands, elbows, knees or anywhere else you get dry skin.
The formula of the product is quite a thick, sticky texture, which I am not overly keen on as I do think it leaves a bit of residue on the skin for a while after you apply it, so although I have only used this on my face, I would be wary if I was to use this on my body and want to get dressed soon after.
After about four days my skin looked more hydrated, well moisturised and smooth. I have to say, I couldn't believe it, a product that had cleared up my dry skin on my face within a few days and I could have used it years ago! Admittedly It wasn't the most severe dry skin, but it was enough to get commented on by my mum, and for my fiance to see why I felt self conscious of it.
The Weleda skin food comes in three sizes, 10ml retailing at 32.25, 30ml retailing at £6.95 and 75ml retailing at £9.95. I have the 30ml and using just a tiny amount on my area of dry skin mostly just on he right side of my face with a little over the rest of my face I can already tell this will last me a long time and is well worth the money!
I am so over the moon with this product, I know it will be a life saver in the winter when I usually get drier skin. The only downside I can ever say is I am not a fan of the consistency, but with the results i had using it I can overlook that!


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Welcome to our Stroke Week section!
This year, Stroke Week runs from 1-6 October 2018.
Like 2017, this year we are focussing high blood pressure. This time, it's to celebrate the 10th birthday of the Big Blood Pressure Check. It's quite a milestone that we feel very proud of. And to celebrate the birthday, we will have a new asset to help New Zealanders keep themselves safe from high blood pressure and stroke. More details on that soon!
Did you know that high blood pressure is a leading cause of stroke? It's called the "silent killer" for good reason! These days, many experts reckon three-quarters of all strokes could be avoided, and maintaining a healthy blood pressure is a big part of that.
This year, as part of Stroke Week we are launching the Big Blood Pressure Van - an awesome resource made possible by Ryman Healthcare. The Big Blood Pressure Van will travel the country over the next year, vising communities and offering free blood pressure checks, which will help save lives!
Stroke Week will culminate with our Big Blood Pressure Check - a chance for thousands of Kiwis to get a FREE blood pressure check at 200 sites around the country. Look for details of testing near you!
What is blood pressure?
As blood travels around our body it puts pressure on our blood vessel walls. Blood pressure measures this. Blood pressure is expressed as two numbers e.g. 120/80. Said as "120 over 80".
The higher number is your Systolic Pressure (e.g. 120). This is the pressure on your blood vessel walls as your heart pumps.
The lower number is your Diastolic Pressure (e.g. 80). This is the pressure on your blood vessel walls as your heart rests between pumps.
Normal blood pressure is around 120/80, but lower is generally better, because the lower your blood pressure, the lower your risk of stroke.
If your blood pressure is consistently over 140/90, you have high blood pressure (hypertension) and will need to see a doctor for advice and treatment.
What is the relationship between high blood pressure and stroke?
High blood pressure is strongly related to stroke. It puts stress on the walls of blood vessels and can cause them to break down, which can lead to a stroke. It can also accelerate common forms of heart disease, or cause blood clots or plaque to break off the artery walls and block a brain artery, causing stroke. High blood pressure is often called a 'silent killer' because people can have high blood pressure without experiencing any symptoms.
How can I lower my blood pressure?
High blood pressure can usually be controlled by a combination of diet, exercise and medication.
You can help lower your blood pressure by:
- Eating less processed food and more fresh fruit, vegetables, wholegrains and lean meats
- Eating less salt
- Not smoking
- Getting active – sit less and aim for at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity most days of the week
If you drink alcohol, keep your intake low – no more than two standard drinks for women and three for men. Aim for at least two alcohol free days per week. And remember to have regular blood pressure checks.
Stroke Week Diary
Why don't you use this week to think about your blood pressure - most of us can do something to improve it.
It might look like this:
Monday: Try a new meal recipe, only using fish, chicken and/or fresh vegetables. Surprise yourself - it'll not only be tasty, but good for you! Try getting the family involved - it's fun.
Tuesday: Go through the pantry - look for packaged foods like soups, sauces, noodles that are high in salt, and throw them out. Healthy foods contain less than 120mg of sodium per 100g of food (don't worry, you can learn more about salt in food and how to read food labels here)
Wednesday: Try a good bit of exercise. It could be a walk, or run, or something new - maybe try badminton, squash, or go for a swim (indoors!) Round up your friends, family or flatmates and get moving! There's a goldmine of information on the Ministry of Health website.
Thursday: If you're a smoker, sit down with a calculator and add up the annual cost of your habit. Think of how you could spend that money on you and your family. Even the Stroke Foundation has former smokers on staff so we know it's not easy to quit - but you'll never regret it. All the inspiration you need is available from Quitline. If you're already smokefree, how's your drinking? The Health Promotion Agency page might make you think.
Friday: Instead of takeaway fish and chips, try making your own! There's a yummy, healthy recipe here courtesy of the Heart Foundation and Nadia Lim.
Saturday: Get your blood pressure checked at a site near you! Most New World and Pak'n Save supermarkets are taking part. If you don't manage to do anything else this week, please get a free check. It takes a minute, but could make a lifetime of difference.
Sunday: If your reading was in the healthy range - congrats! Take the day off and do the Stuff quiz. If you're at all worried about your reading, make a note to ring your doctor on Monday morning. If there's an issue, there's a good chance it can be addressed with some lifestyle changes or medication.


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10th Grade
- Health Careers Academy (HCA) Core: This course provides a firm foundation for students planning to further their education in the health and medical fields. Students receive instruction in career path options, employability skills and general and specific work place skills. Basic health care skills, safe practices and confidentiality are emphasized.
- Communications: This course is designed to help students improve both individual and group communication. Students will be required to engage in activities to enhance their basic communication skills as well as interpersonal, group, public, and workplace communications. Writing assignments, group activities, and projects will also help students learn conflict management, speaking skills, and how to communicate using technology such as email, the Internet, voice mail, and Web sites. A member of Toastmasters teaches a session in public speaking and debate once a week. Upon completion, students receive a Toastmasters certificate.
- A.P. Psychology: This course is taught as a social science and will cover such topics as; history of the study of human behavior, child development, the link between biology and behavior, learning, motivation and emotion, stress and personality, psychological disorders, and social psychology. Emphasis will be placed on learning the different theories behind human behavior and applying those theories to modern life.
11th Grade
- Allied Health Careers: This course will focus on the concepts and principles of the structure, function, and systems of the human body in relationship to human growth and development. Students will learn to recognize problem situations in health care settings as they relate to direct and indirect patient care. Safety issues, ethical considerations, legal constraints and professional codes will be presented and discussed throughout the course. An extensive unit on HIPAA requirements will be taught. Students will use the knowledge of disease prevention for the maintenance of optimal health. Students will learn foundation skills and be certified in CPR and First Aid. In addition, students will be exposed to guest speakers from various health care fields.
- Medical Terminology AH 120 (SBCC): This is an introductory college-level course focusing on common medical terminology. Meets one hour a week.
- Advanced Health Careers: The first part of this course will focus on nutrition. For the remainder of the course, students will continue with studies of health care issues at an advanced level. Students will develop a career portfolio and prepare and develop detailed plans for their post secondary education in the health care field.
- Medical Biology: This is a course in basic biology with medical application for college preparatory students. The laboratory-oriented course will cover concepts in basic biochemistry, cells, cellular energy, genetics, human biology, evolution, and ecology all with an emphasis on health and medicine meeting all the California state biology standards. This course will meet the Life Science graduation requirement.
12th Grade
- Certified Nursing Assistant CNA 101 (SBCC): This class is offered term 1 and term 2 of the senior year by Santa Barbara City College. On completion of this course, the student meets California State requirements to become a Certified Nursing Assistant. Basic nursing theory and nursing skills are taught in the classroom, and students are supervised in giving care to residents in a long-term facility. Content follows the California State approved CNA curriculum. Students also receive 6 units of SBCC credit.
- Kinesiology: This course is designed to offer a 4th year of science credit for the students in the Health Careers Academy. Students will receive core classroom instruction in kinesiology, biomechanics, anatomy, physiology, health processes, injury evaluation, and basic knowledge of sports medicine, personal training, physical therapy and fitness instructor. In addition, students will take part in labs in the classroom that will enable them to use a hand on approach to understanding lecture materials.
- CNA Internship: Upon completion of the CNA program, students are required to complete an internship either term 3 or term 4 of the senior year. These internships are done at Cottage Hospital and the students rotate on a weekly basis through 9 different departments. Areas included in the internship are: NICU, Oncology, Endoscopy, Orthopedics, and Radiology.
- HCA Internship (non-CNA): Students are placed in an internship opportunity for one term during the Spring semester. The goal of the internship experience is to enhance the student's knowledge of a particular medical field or profession. By participating in the internship, the student will obtain a perspective of the skills and tasks that are required of this particular job. As a result of this experience the student will better understand what kind of training and education he/she will need in the future. This experience allows the student to understand the connection between schoolwork and their future career. Sites vary according to the student's interest and space availability. Most students are placed at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, Pueblo Radiology, and an internal medicine site.
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- Anatomy and Physiology: This course is an in depth study of the human body. Students focus on body systems, emphasizing the structure and function of organs; causes, symptoms and treatment of disorders of each system; and diagnostic techniques. Topics to be covered will be: digestive, urinary, endocrine, nervous, skeletal, muscular, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, and reproductive.
- Sports Medicine: This course is designed to help students develop an awareness of health careers within the physical therapy and sport medicine occupations. Classroom instruction covers such topics as: medical terminology; human anatomy; emergency procedure; soft tissue and bone injuries; causes, symptoms, and management of injuries; nutrition; physical fitness; and career opportunities. In addition to the classroom instruction, students will rotate through on-the-job training experiences with local physical therapists, chiropractors, athletic trainers, and physical education teachers.


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The creators of Halo unveil their first new game since leaving Microsoft and going multiformat, but what exactly is Destiny?
Bungie clearly isn't used to having people around to visit. There's a very nervous energy at their Seattle offices, as the world's press assembles to see their new game, but most of the nerves seem to be on Bungie's side of the fence. It's also very clear that they'd much rather we didn't know that the game was called Destiny, and that it was some kind of mix between sci-fi shooter and massively multiplayer online (MMO) game.
But unfortunately for them the Internet got a hold of a number of leaked marketing materials last November, although the cat was first removed from its bag when the legal spat between Activision and Infinity Ward caused the publishing contract with Bungie to be made public. For this is the first new game to be created since Bungie left Microsoft, and their first non-Halo title since Oni in 2001.
Although both companies have kept the whys and wherefores secret Bungie went independent in 2007, and subsequently signed a 10-year publishing deal with Activision. Bungie retains the rights to Destiny though and appears to be calling all the creative shots – with Activision essentially just bankrolling the endeavour.
Before Bungie began their only partially surprise unveiling we're given a brief tour of their offices, which, rather bizarrely, are situated in a small shopping mall and were previously a multiplex cinema and a bowling alley. The lower floor contains a substantial testing room filled not only with consoles but also hidden cameras to record exactly how people respond to each game, including everything from the smile (or grimace) on their face to how they hold the controller.
The testing room is called the Laboratorium, while the Spandex Palace turns out to be a motion capture studio now refitted to allow for performance capture for the first time in a Bungie game. This is essentially a HD version of normal motion capture, which rather than just monitoring the basic movements of a body includes facial animation and subtler movements such as individual fingers.
Apart from a small coin-op arcade (featuring, amongst other things, a trio of Street Fighter machines, Double Dragon, and Joust) the rest of the bottom floor is filled with cabinets containing an impressive mixture of Halo merchandise and Bungie awards. At this point our guide starts to get excited at the prospect of filling these with not just Halo goodies but also Destiny merchandise, pointing towards a lone maquette that is currently the only representative of the game.
Upstairs we're not allowed to take pictures, for this is where all the real work is done. It's a huge open span area where apparently the only person with an office is singled out purely because he has an annoyingly loud voice. On the face of it though there seems nothing obvious to report, just desks with countless numbers of monitors and around 270 people who seem to be thoroughly enjoying the fact that they work for Bungie.
Observing a little more carefully though we notice what seems to be Destiny itself in the internal testing room – the game isn't being played but the screens clearly show a first person shooter of some kind. Peering over the mezzanine we can also clearly see someone that seems to be playing the game using a third person view – which as far as we know at the moment only happens in the social hub of the game.
As (literal) sneak peeks go though it offers little substantial information, which is a complaint you could aim against the ensuing presentation itself. At an hour and a half long it's a fascinating tease that has us hugely excited for the new game – but it is still only a tease.
The game is introduced by a bewildering array of different Bungie people, starting with COO (chief operating officer) Pete Parsons – the guy that's been showing us around the studio. Although the first thing he does is introduce Activision Publishing CEO Erich Hirshberg, who's not the sort of person to usually turn up at a new game unveiling.
He may be a suit but every time we've met him he's given a good impression of being genuinely excited about his job and he certainly seems enthused about working with Bungie. Although being a business guy he's given the job of trying to make sure none of us describe Destiny as being a MMO, even though it's clearly very closely related to one.
'It belongs to a genre that we couldn't quite pin down. It brings different things together in a new way that seems really fresh,' begins Hirshberg. 'It has elements, obviously, of a first person shooter – something Bungie does as well as anybody else on earth. It has elements of an open world sandbox and it has elements of a persistent world. And it brings them all together in a very fresh way.'
'And we realise that to refer to Destiny as any one of these pre-existing genres will almost be to under sell, or under promise, what we think we can deliver to gamers. And we realised we almost needed to coin a new phrase to capture what this game is all about, and what genre we think it belongs to. I think what Bungie has created is the world's first shared world shooter.'
'It's a world that is always evolving, with persistent progression for your character. It's a game of wide boundaries that lets you roam freely and explore. It's a world where, even in story mode, you might intersect with and come into contact with other players who are on their own missions. And who might get in your way sometimes and might team up with you other times, but the world is always shared and inhabited by other players.'
'And of course it offers all of this in combination with the visceral, heart-pounding immediacy of an expertly crafted first person shooter. Now, I can see the thought bubbles all over our heads. I know that there have been a lot of rumours about the business model of this game, and I just used the word 'persistent world' and that comes with an assumption about a certain kind of business model. But I want to just address this up front and tell you that we have absolutely no plans to charge a subscription fee for Destiny.'
'But the thing I'm most excited about has nothing to do with the business model, which we'll have plenty of time to talk about in the coming months. The thing that I'm most excited about is that I feel like Destiny is more than a game. I feel like Destiny is a world. I've been working with these guys for a while now and watching their creative progress and I feel like Bungie's creative process really starts there, it starts with the world.'
'What are the rules here? What are the politics here? What is the history here? What are the mythologies of this world? What do the heroes look like? And I feel like Bungie's unique ability to create worlds that we all want to inhabit, that we all want to explore, and that we all want to be in, is the thing that sets them apart from most other developers.'
It's marketing spiel but it's heartfelt and by the end of the day it's hard not to share the same enthusiasm. Especially as the next thing they show is the video documentary below. Although little do we realise at this point that this is arguably the most revealing thing at the entire event. It's also the only footage that seems to show any in-game action – although we're later told (when we're complaining about the fact that Activision isn't providing any screenshots) that it's not actually live gameplay.
When the viddoc is finished (all 40 or so of us are sitting in Bungie's giant theatre room) Hirshberg hands over to Bungie co-founder and creative director Jason Jones. He gives a brief overview of Bungie's history up until this point, with his comment about how Halo revolutionised the first person shooter inspiring one of our questions in the Q&A session afterwards.
He also mentions briefly that apart from Bungie's own experience with first person shooters the company has also 'learned its lessons' from MMOs and Facebook games. It's never explained exactly what this means and unfortunately even after the Q&A most of the details concerning Destiny are left hanging in a similar fashion. But he does try to summarise the whole game with these three core features:
1. Mysterious new world
2. Grow and customise your characters
3. Co-operative social experience
He then reveals the seven pillars of Destiny, which apparently haven't changed since the game was first imagined back in 2009. At which point we feel like we're taking notes at a university lecture, although luckily there's no exam afterwards:
1. A world you want to be in
2. Bunch of fun things to do
3. Rewards people care about
4. New experience every night (but not necessarily in terms of content)
5. Shared with other people
6. Enjoyable to players of all skill levels
7. Playable by the tired, impatient, and distracted – remember that players don't want to work hard, don't want to read, and don't want to go to the Internet to figure out b*******
We briefly consider that this last point paints Destiny as a sort of anti-Dark Souls, which is interesting because the way Bungie keep describing the interaction with other players seems oddly reminiscent of Dark Souls and in particular Journey. But we'll discuss that again letter.
Bungie are clearly very serious about that seventh pillar and it's apparently led to not just the design of the UI (user interface), and trying to make it is as invisible as possible, but has also seen a number of ideas cut from the game simply because there was no way to make them easily understandable to non-hardcore gamers.
Next on stage is Destiny's writer and design director Jo Staten, who helps to explain the story and setting of the game. Like everything else at the preview there isn't a lot of detail, and most of what there is was previously leaked back in November. So instead he relates a story of what is presumably meant to be a typical co-op mission in the game.
If you don't know though the backstory of Destiny is that it takes places after a golden age of human space exploration, in which seemingly the whole of the solar system has been colonised. But what seems to be several different races of aliens subsequently invade and drive humanity back to Earth and almost to extinction. In the end mankind is only saved by The Traveller – a giant city-sized white sphere that apparently sacrificed itself to save the Earth.
As with everything else there seems to be a lot that Bungie aren't telling us but Staten is adamant that although Bungie has created a world in which any story is possible the most important stories in the game will be the personal ones experienced by the players and their interaction with others.
Staten's story (told in the most ludicrously flowery prose, whose poetic aspirations would shame a Vogon) starts in the last safe city on Earth, built beneath the remains of The Traveller itself. The city doesn't seem to have a name but is implied (particularly by the otherwise non-descriptive press release) as a social hub where you can explore and interact with other players via a third person view.
Each player takes the role of a Guardian, who live in the towers built into the city walls. Staten describes other players there gambling for better gear, simply hanging out, or in his case meeting up with Jason Jones to go on a co-operative mission. Three separate Guardian character classes are mentioned, with Jones being a Titan: 'a serious straight-up soldier'. Staten is a Warlock, which seems to be the equivalent of a mage.
Each player can customise the look of their character with custom parts so that everyone is different (we don't know how many helmet artists Bungie employ, but it must be a lot). Staten is vague about exactly how the magic works, but it's apparently a part of The Traveller's power. 'All I know is that whenever I fire off one of my warlock abilities it's like hitting someone in the face with a piece of the sun', says Staten.
He describes Jones as 'greeting him with an emote', before the pair head off to the hanger to look at their ships. Jones' is apparently the better of the two, which Staten says shows how much he's been reaping the rewards of playing competitively – which is an interesting hint at how the game's economy works.
Taking off for Mars the pair are trying to infiltrate a lost human city that is now held by an alien race called the Cabal – described as 'big armoured rhinos who carry slug-throwers and drive enormous tanks'. Getting into a fight with them Staten and Jones are only saved from an incoming dropship by the intervention of a third player. This female player is a Hunter class armed with an exotic pulse rifle, although it's not made clear what other special abilities she has – other than the fact that she seems to own a cool-looking sci-fi motorbike.
Staten adds her to his 'fire team' and they battle their way into the 'Dust Palace' to try and claim the rare loot on one of the bottom floors. There are a number of clues here as to how the specifics of the game work, with the Dust Palace described as a 'public area where you can cross paths with other Guardians'.
Some will be on the same mission but most apparently will not, but although we try to clarify in the Q&A whether this means that certain areas on each planet are sectioned off for solo, co-operative, and competitive play Bungie were – as you might expect by now – not willing to say. Although they did confirm that the whole game could be played on your own if you want.
However, we do wonder whether one of the secrets they're keeping is that the game does not allow, or at least greatly discourages, voice communication. You'll notice that Jones apparently greeted Staten only with an emote, but Staten also describes how the Hunter, 'Points at the entrance to the Dust Palace and strikes a pose that says, 'Are we gonna do this or what?'
At no time is there any mention of voice communication and afterwards, as we ruminate the day's revelations with other journos, many of us are convinced that Bungie are attempting to avoid the problem of Internet douchebags but not having anyone speak out loud. We could be wrong, but we suspect Journey in particular has been an influence and that voice communication will only be allowed between confirmed friends.
As Staten leaves the stage it's the turn of art director Christopher Barrett to discuss the least ambiguous element of Destiny: that its art direction is extraordinarily beautiful and varied. We're sure Destiny will be a success but even if it's not Activision should make its money back on the artbooks alone.
Unfortunately we can only share the few images Bungie has given us, but what's impressive beyond simply the technical ability is the huge variety of locations and creatures. According to Barrett he sees Destiny as 'mythic science fiction', a game universe where anything is possible and featuring sights no one has seen before.
'Destiny is a world with colour, a world with hope. A place that's fun to visit, from time-travelling robots to derelict ships floating in the rings of Saturn to magic-wielding warlocks with assault rifles, he says. In what may be the most encouragingly ambitious thing we've heard about any big budget mainstream game in years.
Barrett claims that he and his team have created more concept art for Destiny than all of their previous games combined, and we're taken on a quick tour starting with the remains of Earth outside the city limits. Here you can see the ruins of the old world, with car wrecks and half demolished skyscrapers 'on the edge of the European dead zone' and the 'swamps of old Chicago'.
There's the city beneath The Traveller again, and then further afield with 'lost cities buried beneath the ice of Europa', 'shimmering sands of Mars', 'derelict fleets floating in the rings of Saturn', the 'broken Moon', and 'uncharted depths of the Rift'.
Barrett also describes 'lots of surreal, fantastic places', with concept art of strange alien-looking worlds where the laws of geometry and physics seem to have broken down as islands float in the air and at right angles to the rest of the world.
It's not said where these places are though, or what the 'giant city pyramid ships' are but it all looks fantastic. In fact the enemy 'Hellmouth' on the Moon seems to include not just the Mass Effect style remains of a human base, but also weirder alien technology and fortresses. And then on top of that what looks more like the Paths of the Dead from Lord of the Rings than anything to do with hard science fiction.
Barrett carries on describing 'mile long tomb ships and their dungeons' as well as the aliens themselves, including 'planet-crushing warbeasts', 'spider pirates and their rusted machines' (the creatures from the first officially release artwork), the already mentioned 'time-travelling robots', and 'evil space zombies' (not, as Barrett clarifies, their official name).
We're also shown concept artwork of Guardians, as well as weapons with Ian M. Banks style names like 'Super Good Advice'. There's also footage of in-engine models of many of the creatures, although the often untextured designs are relatively unhelpful in trying to imagine how they'll look in the game – which is no doubt exactly what Bungie intended.
The next speaker is technical director Chris Butcher, who confirms that Bungie has already been working on the game for six years, and that it's planned to have an impact for even longer:
'The engine is fully multi-threaded for performance on all platforms, both today and for the next 10 years. We have an entirely new graphics engine and a fully-featured world editor that gives us more expressive power than we've ever had before.'
But rather than talk about the graphics tech he focuses on the networking technology and how the Mars mission described earlier actually works. According to Butcher the game is constantly matchmaking you with other players, but without a single menu screen or progress bar to prove it. He compares it to how a mobile phone works, as they connect and reconnect to cell towers all the time, even though as far as you're concerned you only have one consistent connection.
Butcher predicts that in the future all games will be social in the way that Destiny is, but he soon gives way to senior graphics engineer Hao Chen – who goes into (relative) detail on the game's visuals. Although at first he seems more concerned that he's not allowed to swear as much as usually does when presenting. Considering he still manages to drop a couple of f-bombs we can only imagine the perfect shade of blue he usually turns meeting rooms.
Chen's an engaging, enthusiastic speaker though and when he shows off a real-time landscape and says he still can't believe it's created with his engine we believe him. After all, it is almost unbearably beautiful and almost indistinguishable from the earlier concept art.
But at this point in the presentation Bungie's unwillingness to offer any real details are beginning to limit what the speakers can actually show. As Chen narrates a tech demo showing how the lighting works it's all very interesting but also very abstract. Especially when he repeats an earlier comment about Destiny's graphic engine being one that, 'scales very well to the current generation and the future generation of hardware'.
Technical art director Ryan Ellis then appears to show a short video of level editor Gorgnok, which not only has the best name of any similar tool but is supposedly the most powerful ever created. Although we're sure by now you can guess what the answer was, when it was asked whether it'd be available to players to use ('no comment').
But Ellis is able to give a very short technical demo of the in-game engine running on a PC. It's not the game itself but a quick look around an old human installation on the moon. The graphics here look well in advance of anything possible on the current generation of console and exactly what you'd expect from the Xbox 720 and PlayStation 4, with a stunning level of detail and amazing lighting effects that are almost photorealistic.
We see is Ellis wandering around the surface for a couple of minutes and then that's it, and community manager Eric Osborne appears to complain that his talk about how Destiny connects to smartphones and Bungie.net is never going to be as exciting. Although it's clear that in many ways this sort of social connectivity is just as important to the game's overall appeal.
Finally, Bungie's famous audio director and composer Marty O'Donnell takes the stand to show off snippets from the game's soundtrack. Or rather a soundtrack composed at AbbeyRoad Studios, and with the help of Paul McCartney, to act as inspiration for the developers.
Although many of the tracks will be adapted for use in the game the whole symphony was created without any specific references to moments in the game, which is highly unusual but given the quality of the music seems to have paid off very well. There's plenty of Halo's choral chanting but mirroring the game itself the variety of musical styles is far wider, with a definite hint of a more melodic John Williams style approach.
And that's it. One of the longest, and in many ways strangest, game reveals we've ever attended. We, indeed everyone we speak to afterwards, left hugely excited about Destiny, even as they admitted we still don't really know anything about it. The question of what formats it will be released on and when it will be out are particularly unclear, but we'd be very surprised if the Xbox 360 version wasn't released this year at the very least.
(The contract referred to at the start of the presentation suggests the Destiny will start as an Xbox 360 exclusive this autumn, although in the subsequent Q&A it's implied the current gen versions will be out at the same time.)
We also wouldn't be surprised to find the game heavily featured at Microsoft's, and perhaps Sony's, new console unveils. Although what we're most certain of is that Bungie is hiding an awful lot of very important secrets about the game. And we at least cannot wait to find out more about them.
Formats: Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 (at least)
Publisher: Activision
Developer: Bungie
Release Date: Unknown
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