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Our vision is to create transcendent works of beauty that are offered, without religious denomination, as prayers for the planet. Using aerial techniques informed by classical, interpretive and modern dance, Blue Lapis Light is committed to challenging physical limitations and inspiring our audiences with a sense of wonder.
Blue Lapis Light is a site-specific aerial dance company founded by Artistic Director Sally Jacques in 2005. Jacques' earlier works encompassed social, political, and spiritual themes, and these performances have evolved to explore movement through the air: extending boundaries, defying edges, and suspending graceful athleticism for the risk of igniting ephemeral beauty.
Blue Lapis Light seeks to transform urban environments into inspired works of art, creating beauty that transcends space in their expansiveness, connecting us to a sense of wonder, possibility, and hope. The company's name draws from Ghandi's description of a meditation practice, wherein the soul merges with Eternal consciousness taking the form of blue light.
Blue Lapis' works are mostly large-scale productions, taking place in non-traditional public environments: warehouses, abandoned structures, federal buildings, power plants, or scaffolding at the shores of Lady Bird Lake. The company's first aerial rig was a rope strung across an abandoned swimming pool where a dancer in a net was pulled from one side to the other. With each work, dancers now explore new apparatuses and develop aerial vocabulary complimentary to the possibility and synergy of on-site collaboration.
In June 2006 the company transformed the iconic Intel Shell, an unfinished building in downtown Austin, by creating a tribute to life's transcendence. Requiem featured dancers floating 75ft from the ground, moving in and out of concrete columns and dancing on guy wire salvaged from the building itself. Over 14,000 people attended these performances.
Blue Lapis Light continues to develop large productions on prominent public architecture. Sites include the historic Seaholm Power Plant, J.J. Pickle and Homer Thornberry Federal Buildings, Hyatt and Radisson hotels, Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum and the Long Center for the Performing Arts. With a hope and prayer for transformation, the company seeks to create works of beauty that continue to touch our collective awareness.
Sally Jacques, founder of Blue Lapis Light, creates site-specific aerial dance works that speak to social, political and spiritual dilemmas. Recognized for her international efforts against human rights abuse, environmental endangerment, homelessness, and racism, her activist views inform her artistic journey. A native of England, Jacques' early career included international performances in Munich, Barcelona, Vienna and Costa Rica. She studied dance at The Place and The Contemporary Dance Center in London and attended the Lee Strasberg Drama School in New York to study improvisation and acting. Jacques also studied experimental theatre at the Institut del Teatre de Barcelona and movement at the Oval Theatre in London as a protege of John Trigger. Jacques has been the recipient of numerous grants and accolades, including the Susan B. Anthony Award for Peace, funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Texas Commission on the Arts, the City of Austin/Arts Commission and Art Matters, New York City.
In 2008, Jacques was nominated for a United States Artists Fellowship and in 2007, she was inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame. As part of First Night Austin, 2006, Jacques was awarded the Samsung Signature Peace Award. She was named the 2003 Greater Austin YWCA Woman of the Year for Achievement in the Arts and honored as a lifetime member of the Golden Key National Honor Society. With Jose Luis Bustamante, she was awarded the 1994 New Forms Regional Initiative Grant (NFRIG) funded by the NEA, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation.
Jacques is a featured choreographer in the recently published book "Site Dance" (University Press of Florida). She was included in the 2006 "Faces of Austin" installation at the Austin City Hall. Her work has been cited in publications around the globe and her performances have been featured on PBS. Her own book, "64 Beds and other Site Works", was published in 1996.
For many years, Jacques taught movement to at-risk teenagers, prison inmates, senior citizens, and the differently-abled, making dance accessible for all. Currently, Blue Lapis Light mentors young dancers through the Youth Taking Flight program.
Nicole Whiteside loves dance! During her 13 years with Blue Lapis Light she has served as associate artistic director, performer, choreographer, rigger, and instructor. Her classical ballet training began at age two and blossomed into a life-long love of dance. She has studied at esteemed studios including Houston Ballet Academy, High School for Performing and Visual Arts, Austin School of Classical Ballet, and Marsha Woody Academy of Dance. She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a BFA in Dance and has continued dancing in Austin with local companies, including Sharir+Bustamante Danceworks, Sheep Army/Elsewhere Dance Theater, Austin School of Classical Ballet, Cheryl Chaddick Dance Theater, and Little Stolen Moments.
She has received numerous awards from the Austin Critics Table including Best Dancer in 2007 and 2013 and Best Duet in 2008. The Austin Chronicle awarded Little Stolen Moments Best Dance Company in 2010 and Best Creative Use of Three Small Trampolines in 2007. For New Year's, First Night commissioned her performance, Fabric of the Hour, a silks piece performed inside Austin City Hall. She was nominated Best Choreographer for her aerial choreography with ZACH Theatre's Metamorphoses by the B. Iden Payne Awards. Nicole manages Blue Lapis Light's studio where she teaches the art of aerial dance. She has performed aerial silks since 2005, studying with aerialists at New England Center for the Circus Arts, Air Dance Bernasconi, Aircat Aerial Arts, House of Yes, Liza Rose, and FALL. Nicole is driven by collaboration and is eternally grateful for the unique beauty in all people!
Jessica Nero-Mcarthur is originally from Rome, New York. After years in the financial industry, she decided to pursue her passion for philanthropic work. For the first three years of her nonprofit career, Jessica worked for the AIDS Services of Austin finance department and then with The Arc of the Capital Area as their Operations Manager. At The Arc, Jessica was first exposed to nonprofit arts working with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. After leaving The Arc, Jessica refined her administrative and management skills before joining Blue Lapis Light in August 2017. Since finding her home at Blue Lapis Light, Jessica has fallen in love with the organization and the performing arts.
Jenn Vigh is a recent graduate from the University of Georgia, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies and two minor degrees in Dancing and Public Health. During her years as a student, she danced and marketed for the university dance department's aerial and contemporary dance company, CORE, under the artistic direction of Bala Sarasvati. She also served as the Social Media Expert for the student- run public relations firm, Creative Consultants during her senior year. Immediately following graduation, Jenn moved to Austin to intern and train with Blue Lapis Light for the 2017 Summer Season, wherein the company performed Belonging Part One. She feels privileged to have served as Sally Jacque's Executive Assistant, while also managing all marketing and communication related endeavors. Jenn is excited to continue working with the Blue Lapis Light family!
Anika Jones began studying ballet, tap, and jazz at the age of five and has continuously explored dance throughout her life. She graduated with a BA in Hospitality Management and a Minor in Dance from New Mexico State University, where she was a member of the Contemporary Dance Theatre.
In 2008, Anika began her aerial dance training through Project In Motion in New Mexico. She has had the opportunity to work with exquisite choreographers and perform across the US. In 2012, Anika moved to Austin to join Blue Lapis Light and has had the honor of collaborating on 20+ site-works under the artistic direction of Sally Jacques. She enjoys performing on aerial silks, corde lisse, spanish web, harness, nets, and continues to dance on the ground as well! In 2018, she was honored to be awarded Best Dancer by the Austin Critics Table for her performance in Belonging, Part One (2017).
In Austin Anika finds herself enjoying life through teaching at Pure Barre Austin, performing and teaching with BLL, performing and collaborating with Rapt Aerial Dance and the 11:11 project, and connecting with awesome people/causes. Her passion to learn through both training and teaching allows her to grow and continuously find the beauty in movement and inspiration through the possibilities of the human anatomy.
Susan Harkey began studying aerial dance with Blue Lapis Light in 2011 and joined the company for the production of Heaven Earth One in 2012. Her performance background is primarily stage acting and musical theater. She alway loved dance and acrobatics but did not begin a formal study until adulthood. She has since developed an all-consuming passion for learning new movement forms. Her movement studies include aerial silks, harness, corde lisse, lyra, pole, ballet, modern, hip hop, gyrotonic, and acrobatics.
Susan performed with Blue Lapis Light in the productions of Heaven Earth One, Love's Prayer, East ~ West, In Light, Edge of Grace, and Radiance. She's also had the pleasure of performing in and around Austin with Rapt Aerial Dance and choreographer Jennifer Sherburn. While not in the air, Susan spends her time teaching aerial silks at the Blue Lapis Light studio and working as a part-time web developer.
Kaylee DeMetrotion holds a BFA in Dance from Sam Houston State University. While at Sam Houston, she performed in several faculty and guest artist works including solo and ensemble, and received several awards and scholarships such as The Nancy Gaertner Performing Arts Scholarship. She has danced professionally in Dallas and New York City with the Positive Space dance company and in Houston with Nicolay Dance Works. She has also experienced dance on an international level by attending Dance Italia, a summer dance intensive in Lucca, Italy. She is proficient in various dance styles including ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, hip hop, improvisation, pointe, modern, aerial and Gaga. Currently, she lives in Austin and performs with Lisa Nicks and Blue Lapis Light.
Born and raised in Austin, Lisa is a professional modern dance artist with appreciation for collaborative projects and high energy, athletic performance. Lisa studied at and received a B.F.A. in Dance from UT Austin, and later moved abroad to perform with Transitions Dance Company and complete an M.A. in Dance Performance from the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance in London.
Following her time abroad Lisa moved to Brooklyn, NY to continue leading a creative life, developing ensemble work with Romulus NYC and Semillas Dance Collective, and performing for dance artists/ companies including Kristin Sudeikis Dance and Depth Dance. Upon relocating back in Austin she found herself in the teaching community, instructing Pilates and barre classes at Dancers Shape, studio dance at The Dance Works, and after school youth dance with the non-profit Leap of Joy.
In 2016 Lisa became a company dancer with Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company and took the role of Administrative Assistant for Austin Dance Festival, as well as Co-Producer for ADF's "Dance on Film" events. Lisa is also glad to perform and collaborate in projects with prominent dance makers Shen Jun Movement Effect, Jennifer Sherburn, Rosalyn Nasky, Lindsay Taylor, Ellen Bartel, and Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre.
Lisa is honored to have a place in the Blue Lapis Light family- her premiere performance was in 2017 with "Belonging, Part One" as a window dancer, and continued that role in the 2018 reprise. In May 2019 she was thrilled to join the team for a debut performance in North Carolina for the Charlotte SHOUT! festival."
Kari started her dance training with pre-professional ballet company Gem City Ballet in Dayton, Ohio, dancing classics like the Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and some Balanchine works. She went on to earn her BA in dance performance/choreography and psychology at Hope College in Holland, MI. There, Kari was a member of the resident professional modern dance company, dANCEpROjECt, and also choreographed and performed as a Hope Summer Repertory Theatre cast member. Kari moved to Austin in 2010, and has worked as a freelance performer and choreographer, including with Rick Ross at the MTV Woodie Awards, Kanye West at SXSW, and Weird Al at the Moody Theater. Kari first saw Blue Lapis Light perform "One" on the Long Center and was inspired to start taking classes. She joined the company in 2011 to perform on the Seaholm Water Intake Building in "Devotion." Kari is grateful to perform as a company member and soloist, and sometimes serve as rehearsal director. Kari also teaches Silks I in the studio.
Amy received her BFA in Ballet and Modern Dance from TCU. As a performer/choreographer, she has had the opportunity to present work all over Texas, the US, and Europe with many local companies/choreographers including (but not limited to) Blue Lapis Light, Aeriel Dance Theatre, Ellen Bartel Dance Collective, Ready Set Go, Jennifer Sherburn, Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth, BlipSwitch, Sky Candy, Woven Feet, and Rapt. She has also danced and/or choreographed for several musicians including Kesha, Band of Heathens, Linen Closet, Sorne, Technicolor Hearts, Nightdrive, Walker Lukens, and others. Amy is also a Certified Yoga Instructor, Licensed Massage Therapist, and creator of Amy's Apothecary.
Ivry Newsome received his BA in Fine Art with Dance focus May 1995 from University of Texas at Austin. Already performing professionally with locals dance companies like New Afrikan Dance Company, Kinesis, Mosaic Dance Body and Conservatory Dance Theatre, Austin felt like home. He also began working with Sally Jacques Productions appearing in Probe One: Impossible Destiny and many other productions over the years. In 2001 he joined Pointillism Jazz Consort, a New American Jazz Company based in Washington DC. He currently serves as Executive Director for this UNESCO Cultural Ambassador Company as well as a principal company member. "Dance is a gift that allows the artist to speak and learn more about this human experience and create beauty through movement… I honor The Gift Of Dance in each of us."
Emily is a dancer, choreographer, producer and STOTT Pilates certified instructor. She holds a BA in Dance from the University of Texas at Austin. Since 2008, she has created original choreography as well as collaborated and performed with local artists and companies including Chaddick Dance Theater, Blue Lapis Light, Jennifer Sherburn, BLiPSWiTCH, Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company, Ellen Bartel Collective, Lisa Nicks, Sharon Maroquín and Carissa Fisher. As a choreographer, her work has been seen in various settings including parks and festivals such as Austin Dance Festival and Strictly Seattle Dance Festival. She received a nomination for best dancer in 2018 by the Austin Critics Table for her dancing in Flicker.Burn.Repeat.- a collaborative work with Carissa Fisher and Cody Rushing.
Emily has trained with renowned artists and companies such as Batsheva Dance Company, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, and Deborah Hay. In 2015 she traveled abroad to Australia where she studied Countertechnique and collaborated on dance projects with local dance artist and educator, Gulsen Özer. In 2018, she completed 50 hrs of Flying Low and Passing Through with David Zambrano in Portugal. She continues to find inspiration from this education.
In 2018, Emily co-founded the Seam Project - a community focused artist collaborative. She also is an artistic collaborator for Ready/Set/Go alongside Katherine Hodges and Rosalyn Nasky. Emily is thrilled to join Blue Lapis Light as a company member.
Jun Shen (Sunny) started formal dance training during high school, where he learned ballet, Chinese classical opera dance, and Chinese folk dance. In 2001, he graduated with his BA in dance at Beijing Capital Normal University. Sunny earned his MFA in Dance from UT Austin in 2016. Sunny is the Founder and Artistic Director of Austin-based Shen Jun Movement Effect.
Sunny has choreographed and performed worldwide at dance festivals including Guangdong Modern Dance Festival, Grand Performances (LA), Dance Salad Festival (Houston), Busan International Dance Festival. In his early career, Sunny joined Wuxi Song & Dance Troupe and later choreographed and danced for Beijing Dance LDTX. He has collaborated with many artists and dance companies including Willy Tsao, Scot Putman, Charles Anderson, Hugo Dalton, Wang Jianwei, Hou Ying, Jennifer Sherburn, Ziru production, Alonzo-King Lines Ballet Training Program, Ellen Bartel Dance Collection, Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company. Sunny has also instructed dance locally and internationally. He has taught dance at Sansori High School and April Rain School of Chinese Dance, and currently teaches as an Assistant Professor at Austin Community College.
In June 2017, Sunny formally joined Blue Lapis Light as a principal dancer and choreographer. In 2018, he was awarded Best Dancer by the Austin Critics Table for his performance in Belonging, Part One (2017).
Barry Wilson was raised in Texas and comes to Blue Lapis Light with 28 years of rock climbing experience and 45 years in the construction industry. He served on the Central Texas Climbing Committee (CTCC) for 14 years. The CTCC is an independently chartered advisory committee established to provide guidance and expert knowledge to Texas Parks and Wildlife regarding rock climbing resources and the placement of fixed protection at Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. In 2018, Barry and his team received the Always a Safe Flight Award, a Special Citation from the Austin Critics Table for his rigging design and execution in Belonging, Part One (2017). When not throwing ropes for Blue Lapis, Barry can be found hiking, climbing, biking, and repairing the trails of Central Texas and North America.
When he isn't rigging for Blue Lapis he is a Senior Guide and Director for Outpost Wilderness Adventure. Under the tutelage of Lead Rigger Barry Wilson, James has enjoyed learning the complex setups required for Blue Lapis dancers to perform in unique settings. James is an accomplished climber and mountaineer, having climbed big walls and peaks in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, California and Mexico. He is a certified American Mountain Guides Association Single Pitch Instructor and Climbing Wall Instructor. James is also a currently certified Wilderness First Responder, a 70+ hour wilderness medical course. Over the last several years James served on the Central Texas Climbing Committee and the Board of Directors for Advance Colorado. He enjoys working with all the creative folks at Blue Lapis!
He has collaborated with numerous choreographers and dance companies including Deborah Hay, Forklift Danceworks, Yakov Sharir, Jose Bustamante, and Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth. His work has been recognized with Austin Critics' Award nominations for Best Original Composition and wins in 2007 and 2010 for Best Sound Design. Meadows has been the resident sound designer and technical consultant for Blue Lapis Light since 1996.
Scott Hathaway is a freelance filmmaker with a passion for the arts. He graduated with an English degree from Appalachian State University in 2007, focusing on the experimental films of Jean-Luc Godard and Ladislaz Starewicz. He began working with Blue Lapis Light in 2009 by filming "Impermanence," set atop the J.J. Jake Pickle Federal Building. Creating beautiful, engaging videos that faithfully recreate each site-specific performance has been Scott's greatest challenge and pleasure. When not filming for Blue Lapis Light you will have to look hard to keep up with his travels. He is motorcycling to South America in 2017-2018.
Earl has more than 30 years experience with film and digital still photography. His work has appeared in numerous publications and web sites including Business Week, Rolling Stone, Wired and Spin.
Katrina Repman is the owner, founder, and lead instructor of Austin's only dedicated acroyoga studio: Empowered Acro. An artist at heart, she continues to operate her freelance design business, working only with select clients. Katrina holds her a BFA in Design from the University of Texas at Austin.
Inspired by the vision and passion of Blue Lapis Light, Katrina is thrilled to contribute her strengths to such a creative, talented, and kind-hearted team.
Carol Smith Adams is a non-profit consultant who began her career as Development Director of Austin's historic Paramount Theatre for the Performing Arts. She subsequently became Executive Director for the internationally acclaimed Sharir Dance Company and Capital Campaign Director and Major Gifts Officer at ZACH Theatre. During her professional career, Carol also served as Treasurer of the National Society of Fundraising Executives, Greater Austin Chapter.
Carol has chaired the boards of Animal Trustees of Austin, the Austin Center for Battered Women and the Austin Children's Choir and also served on the boards of the Heritage Society of Austin and the Austin Dance Umbrella. She currently chairs the board of Blue Lapis Light Aerial Dance Company and serves on the Director's Council for the Department of Theatre and Dance at The University of Texas at Austin.
In 2010 Carol received the Jordan Award as Volunteer of the Year from the Austin Community Foundation. Carol and Chris are blessed with two children, eight grandchildren and three rescued dogs.
Diana G. Zuniga is an Austin based developer, investor , and real estate broker. She was a development partner of the Spring Condominium, a 42-story residential point tower valued at over $120,000,000 located at the west end of the CBD in Austin, Texas. In that capacity, she was responsible for sourcing project financing, construction oversight, and marketing and sales of the project's 252 units to sell out. She is the President and Owner of Investors Alliance, Inc., a commercial real estate firm she founded in 1996, which specializes in investment property sales and acquisitions.
As an investor, Ms. Zuniga is the managing partner of several real estate investment partnerships, which own and operate various real estate assets including multi-family and office properties in the Austin and San Antonio, Texas area. She has 30 years of experience as an investor, managing partner and real estate broker.
Ms. Zuniga is a CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member of the Commercial-Investment Real Estate Institute) and a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education. She is past President, Board and Executive Committee Member of the Real Estate Council of Austin, Board Member of the Central Texas Commercial Association of Realtors, associate member of the Austin Area Research Organization, and past President of the Austin Commercial Real Estate Society, as well as a member of the board of the Wilbarger Creek Municipal Utility District #1, and a member of the Advisory Board of IBC Bank, Austin. She is also a member of the Emeritus Board of Zachary Scott Theatre and a board member of Blue Lapis Light, an aerial performance troupe.
Ms. Zuniga has received numerous awards recognizing her abilities. Most recently, Diana was named one of the top commercial real estate practitioners in the country by the National Association of Realtors. She was named Top Woman in Austin Commercial Real Estate for the decade 2002-2012 by CREW Austin, the local chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women. Other recognitions include CoStar's Top Ten Power Broker for 2003 through 2007, Top Ten Commercial Broker for 2004 and 2005, and Texas Monthly's 2005 Super Agent Award. She was a finalist for 2004 and 2013 Profiles in Power awarded by the Austin Business Journal.
During her free time, she enjoys traveling with her husband, boating and all forms of cultural entertainment.
Maxwell Locke & Ritter is one of the largest certified public accounting firms in Austin and has been serving the greater Austin area for over 25 years. The firm has a unique culture and focuses on three things: our clients, our people, and the community. Sarah specializes in high net worth individual and estate planning and a strong foundation in partnership, trust, and gift tax compliance. She is on the Estate Planning Council of Central Texas and a member of the AICPA and TSBPA.
Sarah is an Austin native and a graduate of St. Mary's University with a Bachelor of Business Administration and Texas State University with a Masters of Accountancy. She also volunteers with the Center for Child Protection.
Stefania Tafuro has been a Blue Lapis Light student since 2008 and has experienced first hand how powerful aerial movement can be in allowing individuals to express their inner beauty.
When not in the air, Stefania is a fundraising consultant. She has twelve years' experience in capital campaign management, major gifts fundraising, business development, event planning, and public relations. Stefania has served as Senior Advisor at Corcoran & Co, Assistant Director for Development at the UT-Austin Environmental Science Institute, Capital Campaign Manager at ZACH Theatre, and Outreach and Public Relations Manager at Castle Hill Fitness. She is passionate about providing non-profits with creative and enduring fundraising solutions that foster stewardship, growth, and service. She began her professional career in the non-profit sector in Los Angeles, where she worked at the ACLU of Southern California, the California Women's Law Center, and the Disability Rights Legal Center at Loyola Law School.
Stefania is fluent in English, German, Italian, French, and Spanish. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the Free University of Berlin, Germany and she holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Bologna, Italy, where she is originally from. Stefania currently serves as Secretary of the Blue Lapis Light Board.
Eric Gould Bear has served on Blue Lapis Light's board of directors since 2007, and as board chair from 2009 to 2016.
He is a technology entrepreneur with over 30 years experience crafting and establishing user experience strategies for many well-known corporations. Communication Arts described him as "one of the most thoughtful and provocative interface and interaction designers working in the field." Eric founded Austin's award-winning MONKEYmedia, is a mezzanine co-founder of energy monitoring startup, CURB, and a partner at Capital Factory. He is a former university professor and Fortune 500 executive, named on over 100 software and hardware patents and patent applications. Products based on his inventions are in use every day by millions of people and thousands of companies.
Eric is married to Janna Buckmaster Bear and is father of two amazing adults, once upon a time adopted from China. An enthusiastic and inspirational leader, he provides a blend of business intelligence and audience sensibility critical to the durability and growth of the company.
JLL is a Fortune 500 commercial real estate (CRE) firm that focuses on aligning a company's business objectives with their real estate needs. With over 70,000 employees globally, serving in over 80 countries, JLL is one of the world's largest CRE firms.
Bre has worked for JLL since 2012 focusing on office tenant representation. As a tenant rep, Bre concentrates on site selection, negotiation, and execution of real estate transactions for her clients in the Austin area. With a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Texas at Austin's School of Architecture, Bre has a unique ability to expedite the site selection process for her clients. Bre has successfully negotiated over $10,000,000 worth of real estate transactions through leases, amendments, renewals, and/or extensions. In 2017, Bre won the JLL Culture Award, recognizing her ability as a progressive force within the company.
As the first female in her family to graduate college, the youngest of all brothers, and a woman working in a male dominated industry, Bre has a passion for volunteering to help further women in their careers. As an advocate for the professional development and empowerment of other women, Bre spends majority of her free time volunteering with the Young Women's Alliance whose mission is to help women lead, educate, network, and serve. She has served as the Higher Education Scholarship Chair for the Giving Committee of the Young Women's Alliance (YWA), the Nominations Chair for YWA's Austin Under 40 Awards, and currently serves on the board of YWA as VP of Austin Under 40. In addition to her involvement with YWA, Bre also serves as a mentor for the Seedling Foundation and a volunteer for the Breast Cancer Resource Center of Texas.
Bre has over 14 years of classical training with the Houston Repertoire Ballet and 10 years of training in various other styles of dance, assisting in her role as a board member with Blue Lapis Light. In her free time, she enjoys playing on recreational sports leagues, Krav Maga, spending time with her husband, and working on her upcoming blog, Busy Bre.
Melita Elmore is an environmental scientist who currently works with global clients for British Standards Institute.
Melita has worked as an executive for a Fortune 100 company in external affairs, been a regulatory analyst for a State agency, worked with several national and international engineering firms, and taught science in community colleges and secondary schools. Her undergraduate degree is in biology and chemistry, and she has an MS in Water Pollution Studies. She has also served on several non-profits boards and has worked with the Global Footprint Network the Texas Carbon Capture and Storage Association, Keep America Beautiful among others.
A military brat, Melita has lived in various US states, and in Latin America. She loves to do yoga, hike, and travel, especially visiting her son in Washington DC where he is a technology reporter for the Wall Street Journal. Under the loving guidance of Nicole Whiteside, she has the distinction of being the oldest Blue Lapis Light student!
Sally Jacques, founder of Blue Lapis Light, creates site-specific aerial dance works that speak to social, political and spiritual dilemmas. Recognized for her international efforts against human rights abuse, environmental endangerment, homelessness, and racism, her activist views inform her artistic journey. A native of England, Jacques' early career included international performances in Munich, Barcelona, Vienna and Costa Rica. She studied dance at The Place and The Contemporary Dance Center in London and attended the Lee Strasberg Drama School in New York to study improvisation and acting. Jacques also studied experimental theatre at the Institut del Teatre de Barcelona and movement at the Oval Theatre in London as a protege of John Trigger. Jacques has been the recipient of numerous grants and accolades, including the Susan B. Anthony Award for Peace, funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Texas Commission on the Arts, the City of Austin/Arts Commission and Art Matters, New York City.
In 2008, Jacques was nominated for a United States Artists Fellowship and in 2007, she was inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame. As part of First Night Austin, 2006, Jacques was awarded the Samsung Signature Peace Award. She was named the 2003 Greater Austin YWCA Woman of the Year for Achievement in the Arts and honored as a lifetime member of the Golden Key National Honor Society. With Jose Luis Bustamante, she was awarded the 1994 New Forms Regional Initiative Grant (NFRIG) funded by the NEA, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation.
Jacques is a featured choreographer in the recently published book "Site Dance" (University Press of Florida). She was included in the 2006 "Faces of Austin" installation at the Austin City Hall. Her work has been cited in publications around the globe and her performances have been featured on PBS. Her own book, "64 Beds and other Site Works", was published in 1996.
For many years, Jacques taught movement to at-risk teenagers, prison inmates, senior citizens, and the differently-abled, making dance accessible for all. Currently, Blue Lapis Light mentors young dancers through the Youth Taking Flight program.
John Rosato has been a general partner in over 30 real estate partnerships responsible for the management of all activities of the partnerships including acquisition, development, financing and investor relations. He was a general partner and planning consultant for the 230,000-square-foot Penn Field, named the Best Mixed-Use Development of 2004 by the Austin Business Journal. He manages real estate acquisitions and leasing for Austin Travis County MHMR, a public agency with more than 60 commercial and residential buildings. Mr. Rosato coordinated project management for a $9 million joint public works project for the City of Austin and Travis County, and has provided relocation consulting for those displaced by construction of State Highway 130. He was the Managing Partner for Seaholm, a $150M mixed use development in downtown Austin.
Mr. Rosato earned a Master of Science in Community and Regional Planning from the University of Texas School of Architecture. A licensed real estate broker, he has furthered his education with courses in the psychology of marketing, real estate contracts and appraisal. He served as President of the Heritage Society of Austin and was the Chair of the Downtown Austin Alliance board of directors.
Blue Lapis Light collaborates with teens from local social service organizations to create original dance performances.
These performances are the culmination of twice-weekly semester long classes. Performers explore their lives through words, music, movement and aerial dance.
Our semester-long classes introduce aerial dance techniques and demonstrate the benefits of building strength and body awareness, while teaching safety instruction. Students experience both the joy of flight and its challenges. Youth Taking Flight helps teenagers build confidence and self-esteem through movement.
Sally Jacques brings 30 years of site-specific performance experience to her role as Artistic Director of Blue Lapis Light.
BLL's company dancers have extensive dance training in all forms of dance, which they incorporate into working on structures with an assortment of technical apparatuses. They are highly skilled in both aerial and ballet techniques and perform with graceful athleticism, while suspended at great heights.
BLL works with the same core rigging, lighting, sound, video and costume designers for all of its productions. Their technical skill in their individual fields, as well as their experience in site-specific work, brings BLL's vision to life.
Included in the 2018-2020 TEXAS TOURING ROSTER – Texas Commission on the Arts, 2018
BEST DANCER : Anika Jones & Sunny Jun Shen, Belonging, Part One – Austin Critics Table, 2018
SPECIAL CITATION: ALWAYS A SAFE FLIGHT AWARD : Barry Wilson & BLL Riggers – Austin Critics Table, 2018
TOP 10 DANCE TREASURES OF 2017 : Belonging, Part One – Austin Chronicle, 2017
TOP 10 DANCE TREASURES OF 2016 : Radiance – Austin Chronicle, 2016
BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE : Blue Lapis Light, Heaven-Earth-One – Austin Critics Table, 2013
TOP 10 DANCE TREASURES 2012 : Heaven-Earth-One – Austin Chronicle, 2012
BEST DANCE COMPANY : Blue Lapis Light – Austin Chronicle Readers Poll, 2012
BEST DANCER : Theresa Hardy, One – Austin Critics Table, 2010–2011
TOP 10 DANCE TREASURES OF 2010 : One – Austin Chronicle, 2010
POPULAR VOTE WINNER IN DANCE : Blue Lapis Light – Famecast, 2007
BEST DANCE COMPANY : Blue Lapis Light – Austin Chronicle Readers Poll, 2006-2007
BEST DANCE CONCERT : Blue Lapis Light, Requiem – Austin Critics Table, 2006-2007
BEST DANCER : Theresa Hardy & Nicole Whiteside, Requiem – Austin Critics Table, 2006-2007
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN : Jason Amato, Requiem – Austin Critics Table, 2006-2007
BEST SOUND DESIGN : William Meadows, Requiem – Austin Critics Table, 2006-2007
BEST SOUND DESIGN : William Meadows, Belonging, Part One – Austin Critics Table, 2017–2018
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN : Alex Soto, Belonging, Part One – Austin Critics Table, 2017–2018
BEST DANCE CONCERT : Blue Lapis Light, Radiance – Austin Critics Table, 2016–2017
BEST CHOREOGRAPHER : Sally Jacques, Radiance – Austin Critics Table, 2016–2017
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN : Alex Soto, Radiance – Austin Critics Table, 2016–2017
BEST SOUND DESIGN : William Meadows, Radiance – Austin Critics Table, 2016–2017
BEST DANCE CONCERT : Blue Lapis Light, Edge of Grace –Austin Critics Table, 2015–2016
BEST CHOREOGRAPHER : Sally Jacques, Edge of Grace –Austin Critics Table, 2015–2016
BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE : Blue Lapis Light, Edge of Grace –Austin Critics Table, 2015–2016
BEST SOUND DESIGN : William Meadows, Edge of Grace –Austin Critics Table, 2015–2016
BEST CHOREOGRAPHER : Sally Jacques, In Light – Austin Critics Table, 2014–2015
BEST DANCER : Nicole Whiteside, In Light – Austin Critics Table, 2014–2015
BEST SOUND DESIGN : William Meadows, In Light – Austin Critics Table, 2014–2015
BEST DANCE CONCERT : Blue Lapis Light, Heaven-Earth-One – Austin Critics Table, 2013
BEST DANCER : Nicole Whiteside, Heaven-Earth-One – Austin Critics Table, 2013
BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE : Blue Lapis Light, Heaven-Earth-One – Austin Critics Table, 2013
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN : Jason Amato, Heaven-Earth-One – Austin Critics Table, 2013
BEST SOUND DESIGN : William Meadows, Heaven-Earth-One – Austin Critics Table, 2013
BEST INSTRUMENTALIST : Terry Muir, Heaven-Earth-One – Austin Critics Table, 2013
BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE : Blue Lapis Light, Devotion – Austin Critics Table, 2011–2012
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN : Jason Amato, Devotion – Austin Critics Table, 2011–2012
BEST VIDEO DESIGN : Scott Hathaway, Devotion – Austin Critics Table, 2011–2012
BEST DANCE CONCERT : Blue Lapis Light, One – Austin Critics Table, 2010-2011
BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE : Blue Lapis Light, One – Austin Critics Table, 2010-2011
BEST LIGHTING : Jason Amato, One – Austin Critics Table, 2010-2011
BEST SOUND DESIGN : William Meadows, One – Austin Critics Table, 2010-2011
2008 | United States Artists Fellowship Award Nominee
2007 | Inducted into Austin Arts Hall of Fame
2006 | Awarded Samsung Signature Peace as part of First Night Austin
2003 | Honorary Lifetime Membership, Golden Key International Honour Society
2003 | YMCA Woman of the Year for Achievement the Arts
1994 | Awarded New Forms Regional Initiative Grant (NFRIG) funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation
1993 | Featured Performer, United Nations Conference on Human Rights, Vienna
1993 | Featured Artist, Performance Magazine, Chicago
1993 | Featured Artist, Art and the Public, Nov/Dec '93 by Saundra Goldman, Atlanta
1992 | Awarded funding from Art Matters, New York City
1991 – present | Ongoing funding from the Texas Commission on the Arts
1988 – present | Ongoing funding from the United States National Endowment for the Arts
1988 | Susan B. Anthony Peace Award, New York Mayor Ed Koch
1986 – present | Ongoing funding from the City of Austin through the Economic Development Department/Cultural Arts Division, believing an investment in the Arts is an investment in Austin's future
2019 | Flying High Above the Texas Sky: Aerial Dance Takes off in the Lone Star State by Nichelle Suzanne in Arts and Culture Texas
2018 | Belonging (a short film based on site work Belonging, Part One) filmed by Christopher Kim of KLRU was one of 13 films selected for SXSW Community Screening: 2018 Faces of Austin
2017 | Belonging (based on Belonging, Part One) featured on Austin's PBS affiliate KLRU TV show Arts in Context
2015 | 64 Beds for the Homeless, a documentary, exhibited in New York City, Berlin, and Madrid
2014 | Here and Beyond (based on In Light) featured on Austin's PBS affiliate KLRU TV show Arts in Context
2009 | One of fourteen choreographers featured in Site Dance: Choreographers and the Lure of Alternative Spaces by editors Carolyn Pavlik & Melanie Kloetzel. (University Press, Florida, 2009)
2006 | Featured in the "2006 Faces Of Austin" installation at Austin City Hall
2004 | Featured on Austin's PBS affiliate KLRU TV show Austin Now
1996 | Published 64 Beds and Other Site Works (Plain View Press, 1996)
Based on her site work 64 Beds held at the Jefferson Memorial as well as sites in Houston and Austin. Featuring over 100 performers, 64 Beds raised awareness of the plight of the homeless.
1988 – present | Essays about Jacques' work have been published in Portugal, New Zealand, and in other publications including Atlanta's Arts Papers


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Marjona, a native of Chicago's South Shore neighborhood, currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. She has been a Program Officer at the Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock since 2014, focusing on racial justice and economic equity.
Director of National Community Strategies, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Amoretta leads the foundation's place-based investments which support a two-generation approach to improving academic and economic well-being for children and their families. She is a visionary leader with over a decade of experience shaping policies and programs to improve the lives of youth and families.
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Dr Jonathan McNulty Elected to the Executive Board of the European Federation of Radiographer Societies
The European Federation of Radiographer Societies (EFRS) represents over 100,000 Radiographers and over 8,000 students across Europe through 36 national societies or professional bodies who are full members and 45 academic institutions who are affiliate members. During the EFRS AGM held in Coimbra, Portugal, on the 7th and 8th of November, Dr Jonathan McNulty (Diagnostic Imaging, SMMS) was elected to the Executive Board (2014-2017) where he will be responsible for education, training and research matters and will represent the EFRS in a number of fora including the European Commission, WHO, International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists, European Society of Radiology, European Congress of Radiology and across a number of EU-funded research projects.
Dr McNulty was also appointed as EFRS Treasurer and will be the Board liaison with the HENRE management team (educational wing of the EFRS) where Dr Louise Rainford (Diagnostic Imaging, SMMS) continues to be a member of the management team. Thus both Dr McNulty and Dr Rainford are leading the enhancement of Radiography education at a European level. The role of the EFRS is to "represent, promote and develop the profession of Radiography in Europe, within the whole range of medical imaging, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy and moreover everything that is directly or indirectly related or beneficial to this role, everything in the broadest meaning."
Caption: Dr. Jonathan McNulty is pictured at the recent EFRs AGM in Coimbra, Portugal, with the EFRS CEO and new Executive Board (front row) and representatives of the 81 national societies and academic institutions.


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An entrepreneur is the one who has many income sources to generate his money. He is the one who doesn't work hard like labor but smart like a wise man. He never depends on a single income and his business is everything for him. He is success-oriented, money conscious, and willing to work. An entrepreneur makes a business plan, prioritize his work, hates procrastination, grabs the hidden opportunities, and achieves his goal. He is always hungry for knowledge, hungry for making more money, hungry for improving himself, and that entrepreneur is you who are reading this.
Steps to follow
1. Follow Your Passion: If you make your passion as your career, then you will never feel it as a burden on you. You'll be loving your work and doing it sincerely on time. Your passion will be a money making system for you if you change it to your career or business. Remember, you can not be a successful entrepreneur at doing the work you don't love, either do what you love or love what you do. Your mind will help you a lot in planning for long-term business strategies if you change your passion for business. Ideas will be flowing in your mind. You just need be courageous for it. Show your courage by taking the first step towards your money making-journey. Once you have decided to change your passion for the money making system, then the next step is to gain a specialized knowledge about your work. Go and dig deep into that field, be a master of that specific field, and then take guidance for the quick and definite success from your subconscious mind.
Great entrepreneurs like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and many more business magnets became billionaires because they followed their passion, their love. The next is you, so keep pushing yourself.
2. Always Learning: Successful people are those who never get satisfied with their knowledge, they are lifetime learners. They keep on reading and learning more and more. They know the value of reading books and having wisdom.
Do you guys know, one of the wealthiest men on the planet Warren Buffet once said, "The more you learn, the more you earn." He reads for five hours a day, Bill Gates reads five hundred pages a day, Elon Musk and Oprah Winfrey they all are obsessed with reading. Surround yourself with books, podcasts, motivational videos, business strategies, mentors knowledge, and with encouraging people. As you will improve your learning, your earnings will grow also. Reading books is a great way to obtain knowledge. There are many life-changing books in this world, if you are already a reader then it's great but if you don't then go get yourself a self-help book and start the first day of changing your life. And remember books do change your life, and not just change but make you a better person in all fields of life.
3. Make A Business Plan: If you want to be an entrepreneur then Having a business plan is very important. It makes you think clearly and to focus on important things first. Plan your business for the next five years, it increases the chances of your success. Successful entrepreneurs plan for years, and they work on them. Your business plan will help you and your team to understand your business goals better.
- When the first time an idea of business comes to your mind, take a sheet of paper and write everything that is running in your mind.
- Grab some more sheet of papers and write down clear goals.
- Give every goal, a specific date and time when it's likely to be achieved.
For example, When do you want to see the desired income in your bank account, how much traffic you want to have until this 31st of the month when you want to finish your project and start a new.
- Make deadlines.
- Recruit a team, and divide your work between them. Steve Jobs said,"Great things in business are never done by a one person, they're done by a team of people."
3 Principals From Zero to One book by Blake Masters and Peter Thiel:
- Go from zero to one.
Don't copy from others instead innovate something new and unique. Go through vertical progress.
- Become a Monopoly.
Always try to avoid competition. Competition always results in loses. Become a monopoly with your product and service, become so good that no one will ever think about any other option than your product or service. For example, If you want to watch a video, you go to youtube without thinking for a second, for search, you go to google.
- Startup with a niche market and then dominate.
Start with a small market, provide them a solution to their problems, and then look forward to global.
4. Take Actions: In order to complete your desires or goals, you need to take actions on it. You're half done in achieving your goal by planning and remaining half can be done by taking action. Daily ask yourself what you can do today to make your dream come true?
Prioritize your important work, which work needs more time and more efforts.
"A, B, C, D" Technique from the book, "Eat That Frog" by Brian Tracy.
A = Which work needs most time and efforts.
B = Work which needs less time and efforts than A.
C = Work which needs less time and efforts than B.
D = Work which needs less time and efforts than C.
This A, B, C, D technique is useful for finishing work early. I must recommend you to avail of this technique.
I hope this blog was helpful to you, be sure to like and comment below to share your opinions.
5. It's Never Too Late To Start: Do you know that Colonel Harland Sanders started KFC when he was 40 years old, and later it became the world's largest fast-food chicken chain. It is a matter of decision, commitment and love toward your goal. Once you have decided to do the work you love with a commitment, you're on your way to success. Just stop thinking about rubbish and keep going. Always remember it's never too late to start. It's time to make an empire and have patience because an empire is not built in one night.


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Skies cleared briefly as the Clinton High School Class of 2017 made their way to Yellowjacket Arena, where family and friends packed the seats and stood in the aisles for commencement. The Clinton High School Band performed "Pomp and Circumstance as the graduates marched to the stage. Superintendent Andrew Vining gave the welcome address followed by the senior class president's speech given by Josh Pryor. Superintendent Vining recognized honor students and their parents and counselor Kristen Hensley introduced the Salutatorian and Valedictorian.
Salutatorian Zane Hinchey admitted to the crowd that he didn't know where he wanted to go college until about a month ago.
"Don't wait until it is too late to realize what you should be doing with your life. Life isn't special because it lasts, in fact, it is special because it ends. The rest of our lives we should make the small decisions with our heads, and the big ones with our hearts," Hinchey said.
Alyssa McKnight echoed those sentiments in her Valedictorian address.
"As we leave the comfort and security of our homes, we must remember every single decision we make and opportunity we take, not only shapes the paths of our lives, but those around us as well," McKnight said.
Afterwards Assistant Principal Robert Prince took to the stage to recognize the vocational completers.
Vining and Hensley were joined by Principal Kalyn Evans and Kirk Pryor, president of the Clinton School Board, for the presentation of diplomas. Principal Evans recognized scholarships and parents. To close the evening the Class of 2017 joined arms on stage to sing the Alma Mater and for the traditional tossing of the caps.


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One HEAT Minute: Episode #43 - Travis Johnson
It's the 43rd episode of ONE HEAT MINUTE, the podcast analysing Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT minute by minute (42:00-43:00). Host Blake Howard is joined by friend and human locomotive behind Australia's FilmInk Magazine Mr Travis Johnson. Blake and Travis pucntuate the Don Breedan scene with discussions of morality in Bud Cort's boss character Solenko (a.k.a the kid from "Harold and Maude") and the thickness of Henry Rollins' neck at the time of shooting this film.
Travis Johnson
Cineaste, critic, writer, occasional filmmaker and performer. Find my work at http://celluloidandwhiskey.com and http://filmink.com.au . Occasional radio ringer.


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Tech N9ne just released one of the best hip-hop albums of the year and definitely one of his personal best, Something Else . As like last time, the good people at Strange Music were quick to find some time for me to chat with Tech about his love of my hometown Victoria, the dreams he got to fulfill on the new album and his tenuous relationship with the Black community. Tech proved once again that he's a thoughtful, engaging and humble presence, more than deserving of all the adulation and accolades that have been coming his way. Respect to Technician #1.
(If you see the thumbnail, that's my Tech-inspired war-paint I donned for Shambhala.)
Tech N9ne: I've been out here in New York since Sunday doing press for my album. I've been doing everything – BET Backroom Freestyle for 106 and Park, MTV Rapsix, NBC, just everything, hot 97, power 105.1 – everything you can think to do out here, I've done it. Parties every night. A listening party the first night, know what I'm sizzlin'.
Rags Music: You're fucking everywhere. Do you get super tired doing press and running all these interviews?
TN: Oh my God, man. I'm so tired, man. My eyes are bloodshot red, things pop up like crazy. I was ready to go sleep after the DJ Enemy show, at like 10:30, and the artist Rocco invited me to a party because he wanted to meet me, so I had to go.
RM: Of course, you gotta go.
TN: Yeah man. They're showing a lot of love out here, we got a lot done. I had to talk to Forbes yesterday. I was like, "I'm so nervous to talk to Forbes. They wanna ask me about my money and I hate talking about my money!" But it was good.
RM: Well, I appreciate you slogging through it all and talking to me in the morning here.
TN: Whenever anyone is trying to elevate me through any publication or anything I think it's a wonderful thing. I think it's a blessing and I don't take it for granted. I don't feel shitty about doing an interview while my eyes are still closed. <laughs>
RM: The last time we talked, I obviously wrote an article after, and I think, if I remember correctly, it was the most viewed article we had on the site all year.
TN: For real!?
RM: Yeah, man. Your fans are incredible.
TN: Yes they are, man. Everybody says that and it's such a true thing. They love me so much. I love them back. I know what it's like to have none and now I have some, in abundance. It's beautiful. It's still growing, like a forest fire.
RM: It's an infection, moving across.
TN: It is an infection. An infection of beautiful music.
RM: Is there anywhere you've been where you've been really shocked to find out where your music has made it to. When you hear about it and you just say, "Holy shit."
TN: I'm shocked my music makes it anywhere it goes. <laughs> When I'm going to these places, I mean, you've been to a Winnipeg show, right?
RM: I haven't been to a Winnipeg show. Just over here on the west coast in Vancouver and Victoria.
TN: Ah, where you saying at?
RM: I'm in Victoria.
TN: You're in Victoria?! Oh my goodness! I love Victoria. We have to take that boat over there, right? And we usually do two shows, one for the young ones and one for the older ones. So much love in Victoria. Wow!
RM: It's like stepping into another world when you're in town.
TN: Yes it is. It feels so good. Even though we get on that boat early. We wake up on the bus and we gotta go upstairs and have breakfast or whatever on the little float thing, we go out there and watch the water spray at the back…We love it. And Victoria show have so much love, so many people who love us there. It's a beautiful place. I'm glad you said Victoria, man.
RM: Well I'm glad you like it so much. Looking forward to you coming back out here next month.
TN: Ah man, it's going to be beautiful. I don't know if we're doing two shows again but I hope we are.
RM: I couldn't tell you off the top of my head.
TN: Last time we came and only did one and I was like, "What happened to the two shows?!" Also keep in mind that our show is a show that you shouldn't be able to do twice in one night. <laughs> But we were raring to do it in Victoria. That's the only place we would do two shows in Canada.
RM: We all appreciate it. I know people who have gone to both shows a few times.
TN: Yeah man. Wonderful days, wonderful days. You brightened me up when you said Victoria.
RM: Do you find with so much fan support, do you find the expectations of the fans guiding your music at all?
TN: Yeah, I like to please them. I write what I want and I write what I feel. I know that they want me to be myself. I know that for a fact. I know that I can't do an album without at least one "Choppers" song or the fans will be like, "What the hell Tech?!" I know little things. I have to do "So Dope" for my fans. They want to hear the Technician number 1, they want to hear the reason why they came. I know that deep in my head even though I hate, well I'm not going to say hate, dislike writing the triple-time rhymes. They're so intricate and my brain will never let me rest. It won't stop me from rhyming. I just want to say, "Okay, that's enough." But it'll just keep going. I'll sit there until I can rhyme every word even if it takes hours and hours and hours. My brain won't let me rest. It's so never-wracking. Everyone that calls me wants me to do triple time and I'm like, "Fuck. I'm going to need some time to do this." It's a wonderful thing and I do it wonderful and that's what they like me to do. I always keep in mind that my fans like certain things. I like to give them a variety, different levels, because that's what they're used to.
RM: That "So Dope," man, that song is fire, it's a fucking great song.
TN: I'm so beside myself man. It came out so dope. The beat is so open and the people I chose to be on it. It's just perfect. I don't think nobody would disagree.
RM: Man, you get some amazing guests, do you ever have to twist peoples' arms to get them on there or are people usually pretty stoked to get on a Tech N9ne record?
TN: Only one that I had to kind of twist her arm is Snow (Tha Product) because Snow is a respectable woman and when you call a respectable woman and say I want you to be the only girl on a song called "So Dope (They Wanna Fuck)," she was like, "Ahh, I don't know about that Tech." But she came with it. She came with it even though that's not what she raps about. And she stands by that and I respect her for it. She don't have to sell sex or whatever in order to be dope. And she did it. She talked about people trying to get at her and she said I don't get down like that. She told people in the song. She let people know that this ain't my thing but I'ma murder this shit. She did it for me, know what I'm saying.
RM: That's dope. What is it about you that gets women so riled up. I see females at your shows that I know to be respectable women outside the show but as soon as they get Tech N9ne in the bloodstream they're going apeshit.
TN: I'm like a snake charmer, you know what I'm saying. Snake Charmer. The music and I give directions like, "That shirt came off and show tha, oooh, areola." I was put here for the female species. Sorry. I said it in a song a long time ago. It was an extra song, near the end or maybe an extra song on Everready that was called "Fuck 'em Girl," and I said "I feel like I was put here for the female species…" Something so narcissistic that it's funny. But in my brain, that's crazy.
RM: How'd you get hooked up with Serj (Tankian)? That's awesome, I'm excited to hear that.
TN: Awwww! <laughs> Man. It's like I got a couple of dreams off on this album and Serj was one of them. Ever since I heard that song, "Sugar." I saw that on MTV years ago and I was a fan since that day. I've gotten everything they've done since. I tried to get him back in the Anghellic days, but we couldn't get to him. A different song called, "Straight out the Gate." Me and Krizz Kaliko tinkered on it and we sent it to Serj's brother. One of my people out in LA, Dave Weinhart, the Vice President of Strange Music, he sent it to Serj's brother George. George heard it and sent it to Serj out in New Zealand. Serj heard it and recorded it immediately. I didn't know until he sent it back and I was told, "You got Serj. Serj wants to talk to you. He's going to be calling you from this number so look out for it." I was in the studio and he called me, man. I was so nervous because I think he's such an artist and I've been a fan of his music since day one. He said "Tech, I never heard of you before this. But it was so good, I went and got all your music and now you make me run faster on the treadmill." He said, "I love your music because it's melodic, emotional and I love the way it flows." I said, "I feel the same thing about you." Then we hooked up in LA and shot the video. I met him the night before and had dinner near his home with he and his wife and his neighbor, who's an artist. We just kicked it, man, and did the video. He gave me some wisdom on how he gets better, on being the bread-winner and having to help everybody out. He's such a really angelic soul. It was so wonderful to work with somebody you love listening to and they're even better than what you expected. It was the same thing with the Doors. How did that happen?! What is going on in my life that I deserve all these blessings? I think it's because I gave so much and it's coming back to me ten-fold. Being able to work with Ray Manzereck before he passed and Robbie Krieger and John Dunsmore and have Jim Morrison on the chorus…they're the people that inspired me to do Strange Music. That's only in fairytales, dude.
RM: Hell yeah. The Doors, that's Strange Music right there. That's crazy.
TN: Somebody said something to me that I didn't realize when I was recording it when they were in the studio with me, looking through the window at me as I was recording it, giving me the thumbs up. They said, "You were in Jim's spot." I don't think anybody could take his spot and he was right there, singing, "Strange days have found us…" I was like, "Oh man! I'm right here, for real!?" I got to share that with the fans and put it on my album. Damn.
RM: That's some heavy shit. That's awesome.
TN: I know, man. Those were the two dreams I got off of my album, Serj and the Doors. Slipknot was supposed to be in there, Corey Taylor, I sent him a song and he loved it. I was going to have him write the chorus but his wife had a death in the family. They had to go to Detroit or something and I told him, "Next one, brother. Don't even trip." So I almost had Corey Taylor and got three dreams off there.
RM: Ah, whatever. Gives you something to look forward to on the next one. S'all good, right? I gotta say, it seems kind of cruel to do this interview right before the record drops. I'm going to ask you all these questions and I'ma get the answers again on Tuesday.
TN: <laughs> it's all good.
RM: I love "Fragile," too man. That's a fucking beautiful song, man.
TN: Yeah it is. It's beautiful music inspired by real events and everything. That's the one that everybody's gravitating toward and it makes me feel good because I didn't have to conform to any certain format to appeal to anybody. I just proved you can do real music and it can still be accepted. Kendrick Lamar came through like crazy. Kendall Morgan, with her beautiful angelic voice singing on it. It's just beautiful. I think Johnny Cash did the beat and two other guys were involved. It was just wonderful, so many people came together to make one wonderful song. It's going to last for a long time, you know?
RM: It's a really beautiful song.
TN: It has what I do…speed rap…it has me doing me.
RM: It's always interesting listening to a Tech N9ne song you've never heard before because you're always wondering how he's coming with the flow. Fragile is like, "Okay, this is one of those maybe more laid back raps…" then you just come out and blast it apart. Amazing.
TN: <laughs> I know! The song comes in levels. The beat, sound like jazz. What's Tech going to do that on? And I don't even coming in rapping, there's a singing voice, then the guitar, it's like Whoa! The singing is all beautiful and smooth then this massive Top 40 voice comes in like, "What?!" It's like, "Okay this is different for Tech, but it's beautiful." And then I come in and your brain is fucked. Then Kendrick Lamar comes in angry, so forceful. I'm so proud of it.
RM: What is it about you and your music…you drag the best out of your guests all the time.
TN: I have to. I have to. That's what's going to make it a better product. I give a thousand percent on my half and I sent it to him as a challenge, like, "Okay, if I came in like this and you're coming in second, you gotta go! You gotta really go!" I did the same thing with "Worldwide Choppers" when I sent it to Busta. I want them to push to be the best on the song and all in all it's going to be a beautiful, beautiful collaboration. Now, the fans are always going to try to judge who did better but I ain't tripping on that. My status is forever reserved, like Eminem says. I do what I do and the other people, they do what they do. They do it well when they do it with me because I set the bar high.
RM: Yeah, man, I dig that. I get tired of people trying to compare artists to each other because artists are all so different. It's not necessarily a fair comparison most of the time.
TN: Yeah, man. They always gotta compare, "Who's rapping faster." I don't care who's faster if you can't hear it. It's like, clarity is everything. That's how I show out is I can say these words with lightning speed and you can still hear it. I rhyme like crazy within it, it's not just words stacked upon each other. These are stories I'm telling.
RM: On a complete sidenote, I'd love to hear you rap with Gift of Gab. You two going back and forth would be something else.
TN: Really? That's funny every time you say "Something Else" because it's my album title. We didn't realize how much we said until it was the album title. <laughs>
RM: I say it a lot listening to your music so it makes a lot of sense.
TN: I'm glad that you adore this music because it means it's going to be around for a long time. I haven't done anything to make my fans want to leave.
RM: You seem to have pretty fans that a really open to go with you.
TN: Yeah, that's how I planned it. Because I'm not one-dimensional, I'm three. I've been like that since day one.
RM: It's good because it keeps it interesting for us. With a song like "Fragile," you seem to be pretty good at ignoring critics, so why even bother with them?
TN: I've done it in the past, you just gotta catch it. There's not too many people that say bad things about me so when somebody says something really offensive I gotta write and this guy said, "Though his style may be redundant and gimmicky, his show is tight." Fuck you!
RM: Redundant and gimmicky?!
TN: Yeah! How can you even say "redundant" to Tech N9ne who prides himself on having every flow different? "Gimmicky," okay you don't get the face-paint, but it was painted by my dead homebody Brian Dennis in '94, so it's offensive and those two things were enough to set me off. And thank God he said it because it inspired that beautiful song.
RM: Do you find the face paint turns people off that might otherwise dig you?
TN: Yeah, man.
RM: That seems so crazy because it's got that menacing, African tribal thing going on.
TN: That's what I said! I look more like my ancestors but no one over here is used to that shit. But I don't give a fuck. If you don't like it, I don't give a fuck, that's ME. My face-paint guy can't make it into Canada so that's why my face-paint is kind of so-so over there because he can't make it in. I feel so naked but I still bring it. People don't like what they don't understand, they can't control it. And what they can't control they try to destroy.
RM: Ain't that an old, old truth. I read an interesting comment you made about the disconnect between Black audiences and your music, why do you think that problem exists?
TN: They thought I was a devil worshipper after Anghellic. 2001. They saw the artwork, me as an angel falling into the world of temptation, they saw me accept drugs, liquor and naked women from the demon and if you accept all those things the result is the beast. It was me in a Devil suit. They saw the Devil suit like, "Ah , hell no!"<laughs>
RM: Man, that's just people not listening. I don't get it.
TN: People don't listen if they see something they don't like. It was just me expressing my spirituality. Slowly but surely my people have been coming back and I won't give up on my people.
RM: I'm fascinated by the idea of certain kind of "Blackness" someone has to live up. Being the only black kid in a white family, I sort of understand that sometimes.
TN: I've always been strange since I was a kid. I was always the kid in the gangbang neighbourhood listening to Slipknot. I've always been the little boy so into music in third and fourth grade that teachers would say, "Aaaron! If you do your work like you do this music you'd be an A student." I've always been in my head, imaginative. That's strange to some people. Being me is paying off wonderfully.
RM: Yeah, man. It's great. Everytime you put something up the groundswell seems to grow. I think it's great. I love seeing more people listening to unique, interesting music. What's the common thread running this record? Your records, all the songs stand on their own, but there's a…I don't know if "theme" is the right word, but there's a sound…
TN: Yeah, there's a theme. It's a story inspired by something that scared the shit out of me: When that meteorite hit over Russia. I always thought that's how we're going to all go, asteroids getting through the atmosphere. I saw that, I was laying on my bed and I thought, "Holy fuck, we're dead." We couldn't see it because the sun was blocking it. Oh my god! This is all I needed to know. Asteroid going to fuck our shit up, it's inevitable. So I made it happen over Kansas City on the album. This asteroid came and Boom! It hit right across the street from my house. The thing that was riding it was EBAH, Evil Brain Angel Heart. We don't know where EBAH comes from but it's somewhere out there. When this thing crashes right in Pleasant Hill, MS, there's burgundy mist that starts spreading in the air, changing the sky from blue to burgundy. Through the course of the album when it firsts lands there's fire. The fire songs are the darker songs, more angry and confused. As the album progresses you have the water level, which is more calm. It has things like so "So Dope," "Blam," it has "See Me" in it. The water level is really short, the calm. I guess I'm never calm. Then it goes to Earth, which I made my Heavenly level. It has songs like "That's my Kid" and "Burn the World," Burn the world in a good way. When you hear the song it's not like burn the world and blow it up! It's not that. If you get a lighter in everyone's hand the world will be brighter, the sky will be fire. Brighten up the dark spaces where people do bad things and maybe bad things won't happen. I have a newscaster throughout, narrating. It's so well put together. It goes from bad to good. I made it do that because I knew when people saw the picture of EBAH they'd just say "Devil worshipper!" So I made EBAH divine.
RM: Wow, that's fucking awesome.
TN: Wait until you hear it. It's exciting.
RM: I gotta thank you for paying attention the art of a RECORD. I appreciate that shit. So much stuff just seems completely singles oriented. To have people putting thought into a record and how it all connects is great because I love to sit down and pull records apart.
TN: Thank you, man. I can't wait for the fans to hear it and really absorb it. It's intricate. It's like putting together a movie.
RM: You are the definition of a "road warrior," and you give so much to your fans. Do you ever get to the point where you need to take a long break, get away and have a vacation of some kind?
TN: Yeah man, I feel like I need a holiday right now. After all this running around I've done this week, just a week do all the press, and I'm still doing it. <yawning> I gotta do three more interviews before I get on the plane. And find some time to pack in between there. It's moving, it's moving, The road is my habitat. That's where I belong. The other place I belong is with my children. I'm good, I'm good. I'm just grateful that people want to see and hear what I have to say.
RM: Do you find it's the energy from any given city on any given night that helps recharge the batteries?
TN: Totally, totally. When there's energy out there it's just fire. There's so much love and heat, man, waves coming at you. Then a song like "Riot Maker" comes on and you just wanna fight, dude. <laughs> But lyrically, you know? Yeah, man, then a song like "Einstein" comes on and it's like, "Shit! Let's do this," you know. Fan favourites.
RM: It seems like every song is a fan favourite at your shows. People are losing their minds all over the place. It's great. When do you start Canada?
TN: I leave August 13th.
RM: I gotta ask you before I let you go here…Is the Gathering of the Juggalos as fun and wild as it seems?
TN: <laughs> Hellmotherfucking yes! I always have to do something the day after so I can never stay like I used to back in the day. KK has a show after our show at 5 or 4 in the morning and I gotta go to Chicago for a Comic-Con, a comic festival or some shit like that. We're doing art with Rob Prior. He's taken EBAH and made a story behind it. It's so wonderful. So yes, if you can go to a Gathering if you might want to do it.
RM: I would LOVE to but I'm not allowed down into the States.
TN: Damn. So you a gangsta, then.
RM: I guess. I'm just a weed smoker. That's all that shit.
TN: Ah man, you a gangsta. Can't leave.
RM: I can go everywhere else in the world, just not the States. They don't like me down there,
TN: Damn. That's how they feel about Mad Child.
RM: Yeah, there you go. Another BC boy that can't get through.
TN: You're a hooligan, you're gangsta. There's nothing wrong with that. You're too extreme. I'm too extreme too. They barely let me in when I come to Canada. <laughs>
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Daniel Zeese
Daniel Zeese is an artist, designer and educator. His latest work explores populations, belonging, and identity within an urban environment. Inspired by a history of textiles and the domestic objects that we bring into our home to create refuge, Daniel reveals a way to let our minds return to nature while our bodies inhabit the city. His work investigates what it means to be within civilization while on the edge of the wilderness. Outnumbered, on the fringe of what is accepted in the city, celebrated from a distance, and threatened to exile by the powers of the majority. Daniel reacts to the continuing history of violence within cities against the people who, while defining the cultural identity of a place, are often misunderstood, attacked and objectified. Later we experience the outcome, the resulting martyrdom, through the master cultural narrative.
Daniel received a Bachelors of Fine Arts, Sculpture, from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2010 and a Masters in Architecture from Boston Architectural College in 2016, where he now teaches studios and material studies classes. In 2016 he was named the Emerging Designer Award from the Boston Architectural College Alumni Association. He works internationally directing the design of major installations in the public realm for the art studio of Janet Echelman since 2012.
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Come meet and listen as artist John Ryan Brubaker shares about his work Every Path is Viable, a series of images created from multiple exposures on a single frame of film.
In his artist statement, John Ryan writes: "Each photograph is informed by the unique architecture, culture, language, and visual characteristics of the city in which it was taken. Yet, they are not meant to be representations of particular places, as is so often the case in photography. Rather, they are intended to be vehicles for getting lost in thought or contemplation."
The artist talk will begin at 4:30PM, lasting approximately 15 minutes, plus time for a few questions and answers.
Every Path is Viable will be on view in the gallery September 24 - October 22, 2017. See more of John Ryan's work at jrbrubaker.com.


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I photographed Chloe on the snowiest day of the year. While it was a blizzard outside, we were cozy indoors as we photographed and celebrated Chloe being earthside 6 weeks! This family is just so beautiful inside and out. And I'm convinced Chloe needs to be a little baby model. She's absolutely stunning. Welcome to the world, sweet baby girl!Read More
Welcoming a photographer into your home weeks after you welcome a new baby can feel overwhelming. But it shouldn't! This blog contains tips on a few tasks you can do prior to your newborn session to prepare for the shoot to allow for everything to run smoothly.Read More
Welcome to the world, Miss Reagan! Reagan is just the sweetest, most easy-going baby girl & beautiful baby girl. And can we talk about her nursery!? Patrick and Amanda's dad worked together to create a soft pink accent wall that would make anyone on Pinterest inspired. Can't wait to watch her grow!Read More
Linden is here! Parents Amy and Mitch welcomed their sweet baby girl into the world a few weeks ago. Waiting until she arrived to know the gender, her nursery is BEAUTIFUL, neutral and serene. Their whole session had the most beautiful light and was accompanied with the most genuine love and glee from her parents.Read More
I had the honor of photographing a handsome little boy, his big sister who was FULL of life, and a gorgeous adventure themed nursery. His big sister Poppy (who has the biggest personality!) didn't lack in love and kisses for her new baby brother. Regardless of the chaos of the session, Brody slept the entire time like a champ!Read More
I love when clients purchase a newborn bundle collection. There are no words to describe how lucky I feel when I'm welcomed into these intimate, precious moments with these families. Miss Ava is so sweet and so loved by her parents!Read More
Two things I love in this world: babies and puppies. I have never seen a sweeter puppy / baby duo than Millie and baby Margaret! This session has huge golden grins and sweet, tiny baby toes - one of my favorite sessions to date!Read More
And a little girl makes 5! With two older siblings, newborn lifestyle shoots can get crazy. I love to sit back and capture the true essence of those first few weeks home with the newborn. The result is always beautifully raw. The photos may not be posed perfectly, but they're joy-filled and real.Read More
The Lemon family just welcomed their newest member, little Carter, and I was lucky enough to be able to capture a day in the life of this new family of four! Carter was SUCH a sweet newborn & we captured lots of brotherly love.Read More


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Alana Krug-MacLeod is leading environmental innovation in Saskatoon.
HOMETOWN: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
At the age of 17, Alana from Saskatoon has already made an incredible commitment to environmental issues and sustainability. Her accomplishments vividly reflect her creativity and dedication, and she is an inspiration to all youth, proving to them that even a young person with a shy nature can have a loud voice if they are passionate and committed.
Alana's journey began with the interest she has always had in nature and the background her parents had in environmental work. It was when she travelled to Antarctica on Students on Ice however, that she became determined to take action and make big changes.
She has made award winning videos on sustainability, carbon footprint reduction and resource conservation, published and presented award winning writing at public events on environment and sustainable agriculture and won awards for nature artwork and photography.
Though clearly a talented artist, Alana has also excelled in science. She has been involved in Canada-wide virtual science fairs, winning Summa Cum Laude three times in a row for projects on Risk Assessment, Polar Bear Protection and Bolstering Biodiversity.
Alana has also been involved in four Caring for Our Watershed competitions. Here, her greatest success was her Kickstart Change project to popularize kicksledding as a sustainable and healthy transportation option. This involved grade eight students constructing kicksleds from materials that would otherwise have gone to landfills and decreasing their fossil fuel emissions through this innovative transportation option.
Her hard work and dedication has taken Alana to Finland, Costa Rica and to the seat beside Al Gore at a luncheon during the Global Student Leaders International Summit.
Alana has also been involved in school and community level projects, has inspired children with her stories, and makes an effort to choose sustainable transportation and reduce her personal energy consumption.
Alana's mother says that while while it is easy to despair at environmental situations, Alana has given her hope for the future through her series of committed, positive actions.
Alana is currently at Pearson College which has sustainability focus, and hopes to eventually study climate science or ecology at university.
She would like to thank her generous sponsors and supporters, her parents for sharing their knowledge and perspective, her sister for continuing environmental initiatives that Alana has started, the teacher who first told her about Students on Ice, and everyone else in her community that helped her along the way.
The Starfish Canada's Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25 Magazine showcases the 25 finalists from 2015 with longer articles, new pictures, and captivating stories from across Canada. All proceeds directly fund The Starfish Canada's programming to assist youth in understanding and amplifying the environmental issues they're most passionate about.


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Made with all natural ingredients and paraben-free, Mrs. Meyer's is safe for the whole family. With such a variety of products, all with naturally inspired scents, you'll be reaching for Mrs. Meyer's for all your cleaning needs. With a bit of easy cleaning at home plus Mrs. Meyer's products you'll want to wake up early on the weekends to refresh your whole space!


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Searching for Fashionable Socks Suitable to your Needs
Fashion is constantly changing. Therefore, you should be aware of the latest fashion clothing hitting the streets. What are your chances of being aware of the latest apparels coming into the market? Apparently, you will need to make the most of the technology at your behest. The online realm will provide to your fashion updated news in the best manner possible. You will need to log on to the latest fashion website and know about the rage in the fashion industry. It will help you gain in-depth knowledge on the latest news of the fashion world.
Styles and colours of socks available online
If you explore the market, you may not find a number of colours in the desired socks. This is where you should seek assistance from the internet. The online realm offers a number of websites providing to your style needs in the best possible manner. It will be imperative to mention here that your entire style and fashionable socks needs may be achieved through the online realm. The online realm may offer websites that offer different colours and designs suitable to your fashion needs. Are you thinking of purchasing designer socks? You should look forward to a website that may offer great deals and discounts on high quality socks suitable to your needs and pocket.
Different styles and designs available online
Are you searching for specific size for your socks? You may not be able to locate the one on the market. This is where you may seek assistance from the online realm. The online realm offers different sizes of socks suitable to your needs and requirements. You may even look out for large sized socks with ease online. You may also use various themes and styles of socks available online. WW Socks would add life to your dull and boring routine.


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Drawing Manga – Creating The Basic Structure Of Your Manga Characters
Welcome to the second tutorial on drawing manga. As you know this is the second lesson in a series of manga tutorials.
In this lesson, we will cover the step step of drawing manga and that is to create the basic frame work of your manga character.
The First Step Of Drawing Manga
Our first step to drawing manga is rather simple but very important. We are going to draw super-simplified stick figures to represent your manga character.
To do this, use only circles and lines to form your figure. Use the circles to represent the joints at the elbows, ankles, knees, hips, wrists, and shoulders. And use the straight lines for the torso, neck, arms, and legs.
Stick Figures For Drawing Manga Examples
You figure should look something like this:
Now, once you got that down, it's time to spice it up a little. Draw the stick figure in a variety of poses. Here's some ideas: standing, kicking, sitting, or anything you'd like.
This might be hard at first so feel free to copy the drawings below and use them as practice. Draw them over and over again until you get comfortable and are ready to come up with your own.
Draw as many of these as you can.
By practicing this manga drawing exercise, you not only train yourself to become good at dynamic figure drawing but you'll also get good at keeping your figures in proportion and realistically positioned.
You are also training yourself to use depth and perspective to make your poses more dynamic. (Depth and perspective will be cover in another drawing manga lesson latter on in the series.)
The Proportions Of Your Stick Figures
The size of the head of your figures are very important here as it will act as a measuring tool for the rest of the body. The length of the arms, legs, and torso will be based on the size of the head.
As a general rule, the average mange person will be 7 heads tall. Where as a noble and more graceful character would be 7 and a half heads tall. Taller still are the heroic characters, who will stand at 8 heads tall.
In manga, a character's physical attribute can vary greatly from super tall and slender to really short and stumpy. The diagram below will give you a feel of the different body types.


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Meal preparation and National Nutrition Month go hand in hand, and as March is recognized by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics as National Nutrition Month there is plenty to be said about meal preparation and the nutrition behind it.
Eating healthy is a very important part of every individual's well-being and when preparing meals for the elderly it's especially important to practice preparing healthy quality meals. Just choosing the right healthy foods can make all the difference in how an elderly person feels presently and in the future to come.
Meals you often prepare for the senior age individual are not usually difficult to prepare, however they should contain a balance of nutrients such as fruits, vegetables, grains, proteins, and dairy.
Here are some good suggestions for the main three daily meals:
- Breakfast- For the most important meal of the day you need to include foods high in fiber and rich in antioxidants to help the digestive system as well as boost metabolism and give energy throughout the day. A good example would be oatmeal or cereal with blueberries and/or strawberries. When making eggs always use just the egg whites as whole eggs are high in cholesterol. Unsweetened low-fat yogurt is a great idea as well, and you can liven it up with berries or granola, even both if you like.
- Lunch- For a great lunch idea preparing a baked chicken and steamed vegetable meal can be fulfilling and very healthy. You can also bake fish with the vegetables and have a yogurt desert. Wheat bread tuna fish sandwiches and loose fruit is another idea that is easy, healthy, and tasty. It's always easy to mix things up and switch around with lunch as well as other meals.
- Dinner- This is always an easy meal when you're prepared to prepare so to speak. The main idea is health and nutrition of course, but being pleasing to the eye is important as well. You can use some of the same ideas as for lunch, but add such items such as baked sweet potatoes and sautéed vegetables. Steamed fish and lean meats are essential in nourishing the B vitamins for the elderly. Colorful vegetables are a key to vitamin richness as well.
Healthy Snacks
When caring for the elderly snacks are essential in helping with metabolism, however when serving snacks you need to watch the daily caloric intake. Depending on the diet, you may want to check doctors instructions as we always do here at DPHCS, as a certain diet can require snacks and monitoring such as with diabetes.
Calcium-rich snacks, fruits, and vegetables all take a part in healthy snacks, and the snacks you choose depend of course on the individual you are serving. Some good healthy ideas include:
- Calcium-rich- Snacks such as low fat cheese cubes or yogurt, or tuna fish on wheat crackers. Calcium helps with an array of health aspects such as bone and muscle strength as well as keeping a healthy heart.
- Fruits- Most all fruits are rich in vitamins and minerals to give natural health. They are also rich in antioxidants that fight against inflammation and free radicle damage. Eating two cups of fruits, especially berries helps promote great nutrition.
- Vegetables- The greener and more colorful the better, try to stay away from vegetables high in starch. However celery sticks and dip or steamed vegetables with low fat cheese mixes it up a little.
No matter who the care giver is preparing the meals, here at DPHCS we always keep it healthy and tasteful so that everyone is happy and taken good care of in a way that counts. Now you can be prepared with your meal preparation and National Nutrition Month as well.


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Join The Horse Hospital and the artist George Tobias to to mark the closing of the exhibition By The Skin of Teeth.
Free - All Welcome!
The Horse Hospital is proud to present a new work by outsider artist George Tobias.
With his current assemblage the artist has found 270 worker's saws, both ancient and modern, each with its own impregnated patina of blood, sweat and sawdust, and painstakingly fused them together in pairs, rendering their original use inept. This re-appropriation challenges the spectator to re-assess their perceived view of these common hardware tools which now take on aspects of erotic pairing and rough spooning, and imagine them instead as sacred sculptural artefacts which once adorned the walls of a grand cathedral or masonic hall.
No matter his choice of materials, Tobias continues to create an alchemy of challenging works of art that are not only beautiful, steeped with dark humour, and truly irreverent, but they also contain an underlying element of cutting social comment.
"The idea for this new exhibition came to me fully formed in an instant. Assembling 270 old saws and welding them together mostly in pairs, took a whole lot longer" George Tobias
George Tobias's work has been exhibited and collected worldwide since the late 1970's and is held in both private and public collections. This is the artists 3rd solo show at the Horse Hospital. The first "Bedrock" 2006 was followed by "My little Kingdom" in 2015. What they all have in common is the artist deliberately chose a medium he found challenging to master and then limited all the work at that event to that discipline. First pottery, then painting and now welding. Through stubborn persistence he finally achieves levels of competence enabling him to produce artefacts of a rough and clumsy monumentality and, using a private alphabet - so beloved of the outsider -bestows on them a wealth of detail and distortion.
"The work is impolite, imprecise and flagrantly disobedient of normative values ...it deserves to be seen" Prof Tamar Garb - Art historian


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Maranatha Missionary Outreach
One People, One Call, Touched by God to Touch Others
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An apostolic network proclaiming the Kingdom globally.
Doreen and I have been working with the Filipino people since 1979 from our home base in Cebu city. Throughout the years, we have been involved in many different kinds of work including church work, drug rehabilitation, student ministry, feeding the poor, and working with street children. Basically, all of our work flowed from our theological perspective of the Kingdom of God, which is a theological understanding that God is interested in the whole man - body, soul, and spirit.
Our main focus is to build the Kingdom of God, with people who seek God with all of their heart, and then release them into the world. This is not about building a church, it is about building the Kingdom. We strongly emphasize apostolic doctrine and the importance of seeking the presence of the Lord in all things.
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