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Meet Our Team
Dennis Monaco
Co Owner & Coach
I was introduced to CrossFit by my son, Jared who opened up his box in 2010. After several months of construction, much of which we did ourselves, he convinced me to become one of his first members. My fears soon dissolved into a fierce determination to become a CrossFit athlete. It awakened the competitive spirit I enjoyed as a younger man playing sports. I was 58 at the time and years later, I am in the best shape of my life. I have competed and placed in several Masters' competitions over the last three years as well as competed in the Masters Opens with two top ten finishes. But, that is not what is most important to me as a CrossFit athlete and coach. Rather, it is having the opportunity to meet and inspire others looking to make a positive lifestyle change. Through exercise and nutrition I have seen how CrossFit can alter how you look and feel and how attitudes and outlooks on life change for the better.
I am privileged at this junction in my life to be able to bring my passion for CrossFit to all our members.
Braden Monaco
co owner & coach
Being entrenched in the CrossFit Community for over 5 years before opening CrossFit Amesbury, I have found myself with a true passion for the community it creates. I use my love for people and progress to help those around me flourish as athletes and more importantly as people.
I grew up playing competitive soccer, through college and shortly thereafter used my passion for the sport to coach collegiality. Coaching was a place where I was able to use my love for a sport and my love for people to not only better athletes on the field, but help them understand how hard work and dedication transcend to every aspect of their life.
At CrossFit Amesbury, I am looking to bring the lifestyle and community that I have fallen in love with since I have discovered CrossFit to as many people as possible. I truly believe that it is this community and the human interaction that brings such great success to those who choose to be part of what CrossFit has created.
Jared Monaco
Co Owner & Coach
I was first exposed to CrossFit as an athlete in Fall of 2009 and quickly fell in love with both the sport and the community that it creates. I pursued my CrossFit certification in 2010 to open CrossFit Route 1 in Melrose.
I've always loved being part of a team - I grew up playing competitive soccer and lacrosse throughout high school and college. Following college I became a personal trainer and started coaching high school varsity lacrosse. My experience as both an athlete and a coach provided for a great foundation to coaching CrossFit.
At CrossFit Amesbury, I am most excited about fostering another community and helping our members to experience the benefits of the sport in every aspect of their lives.
Kelli Vossler
head Coach
Living in 4 states within a 5 year span is what attracted me to the badass world of CrossFit. A new town meant finding new friends who cared about living a strong life as much as I did. In 2012, I finally got the guts to walk through the door of CrossFit Portsmouth. Less than a month later, the newly rising sport made it's way into my heart due to the incredible people I found within it.
At CrossFit Amesbury, I am committed to bringing a unique flare to floor and helping each athlete move closer to their goals. I carry the experience of being a collegiate athlete and competitive coach, but am constantly seeking new ways to expand my knowledge within the ever-changing strength and conditioning realm. Whether coaching or throwing down, it is rare I am not smiling as I thrive when surrounded by people who want to better themselves. As a coach, I pledge to stimulate positive change within the lives of others by inspiring, motivating and empowering individuals on a daily basis.
"Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
CrossFit Level 2 Certified Trainer
USAW Level 1 Sports Performance Coach
Certified Functional Strength Coach (CFSC, Level 1, Mike Boyle)
Level 4 USA Hockey Coach
RealRyder Indoor Cycle Certified Instructor
Competitive Girls Ice Hockey Coach: 8 years
BA in Communication Arts & Management
Colette Casey
I grew up playing soccer, softball, basketball, and track, but CrossFit is unlike anything I had experienced. I played soccer competitively in high school on into college where I attended Florida State University. Our team made it to the NCAA DI Final Four 3 out of the 4 years I was there and I was captain of the team my Junior and Senior year. After college, I went on to play professional soccer in Finland for FC Kontu while starting my coaching career. I coached club, high school, and collegiate soccer for ten years while playing semi-pro soccer during the summer for Southern California teams.
Crossfit is special because it teaches us daily to maximize what we have in us for the day. You show up, start moving, sweating, smiling, talking and all of a sudden your days transformed. In a workout you push a little more, face something you thought was other wise impossible, all of a sudden you grew a little bit as a human being because you challenged your comfort zones. I am excited and passionate about bringing my experiences through sport, life, and CrossFit to Amesbury. I am lucky and blessed to have my husband Patrick and my son Bodhi inspire me daily in my career and athletic pursuits.
Crossfit Level 2 Certified
Crossfit Olympic Lifting Certified
Crossfit Kids Certified
USSF C National Coaching License for soccer
2016 Wodapalooza 15th Place
2015 OC Throwdown 25th place
2014 So Cal Regional
Assistant Coach at UC Irvine from 2009-14
Ran OC Marathon, Half-Marathon, multiple 5k's
Best marathon time: 3:39, best half 1:45, best 5k 19:25
Besides that, I love surfing, drinking too much coffee, and eating marshmallows!
"Great things never came from comfort zones"
Casey Fallon
Casey Fallon, originally from Newburyport, MA, graduated from Roanoke College with a Bachelor's Degree in Health and Human Performance and became a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength & Conditioning Association in 2011. While at Roanoke he was an intern at The Parisi Speed School where he developed techniques for coaching running mechanics to young athletes while giving them a fun and engaging workout. Most recently Casey worked as a personal trainer and strength coach in New York and West Virginia where he helped people of all ages and fitness levels attain their health or performance goals.
At CrossFit Amesbury, Casey will be instructing teams and individual athletes to increase their competitiveness through the athletic performance program as well as coaching CrossFit classes. With an athletic background, Casey is passionate about pushing his athletes to become the best versions of themselves through hard work and dedication.
A 4 year starter for the Roanoke golf team, and lifelong athlete, Casey still plays golf and is more recently involved in the CrossFit community . He also enjoys spending time with his wife Katie who is a teacher, daughter, Harper, and dog Sadie.


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His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
(founder of
the Hare Krsna movement)
His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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the Hare Krsna movement)
By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svami Prabhupada
I hope you will not misunderstand the position of the Acarya who is so important a figure in the matter of learning the transcendental science. The Acarya is the direct representative of the Personality of Godhead. And no body can claim to become a bona fide Acarya if he has not strictly followed the footprints of the previous Acaryas authorized in the matter. The whole thing has been disturbed in the set of Sanatana Dharma only by violating this principle of following the Acarya. So far the Bhagavad-gita is concerned every one, let him be a very great scholar in the mundane sense, must be in confirmed position along with the mode of understanding of Sri Arjuna. That is the crucial point of testing an Acarya false or real Sri, Arjuna is the first man to understand Geeta and the mode of his understanding is clearly defined in the Bhagavad-gita. So there is no difficulty in testing an Acarya whether he is false or bona fide.
Letter to: Jugalkishore Birla, Bombay 26 August 1958
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Disability News Service was – almost certainly – the only specialist disability news organisation reporting from the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
From the first story in September 2009 – reporting on claims that the Games provided a "once in a lifetime opportunity" to improve access, inclusion and attitudes to disability – DNS has now written more than 100 news stories about London 2012.
There was the announcement in January 2010 that Channel 4 had won the rights to broadcast the Games in the UK, there were the months of protests over the sponsorship of London 2012 by the much-criticised company Atos, and a string of stories about access successes and failures, both at the Games itself and across the capital.
There were disappointments – the damp squib of the Paralympic torch relay and the shortage of severely-impaired swimmers in the British team – and there were campaigning successes, with Royal Mail backing down and agreeing to produce individual stamps for every British gold medal-winner, and several Paralympians speaking out about how they couldn't have achieved what they did without disability benefits.
Most of all, of course, there were the Games themselves, with the golden successes of Paralympians such as David Weir, Natasha Baker and Danielle Brown; Stephen Hawking, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Spasticus Autisticus and Alison Lapper Pregnant at the opening ceremony; and the gloriously accessible stadiums and Olympic Park, mostly thanks to the Olympic Delivery Authority taking consultation with disabled people seriously.
Below are some of my favourite London 2012 stories, but to find more just put "London 2012" into the search engine.
John Pring, editor, Disability News Service
Paralympian warns DLA cuts could 'jeopardise independence'
Disabled people's independence could be jeopardised by the government's planned cuts to disability benefits, according to a leading Paralympian. 19 July 2012
Paralympians need a disability rights education, says Tanni
Britain's best-known Paralympian has suggested that more should be done to "educate" the country's elite disabled athletes about some of the real-life challenges facing other disabled people. Baroness [Tanni] Grey-Thompson, who has played a leading role in the Lords in the fight to reverse government cuts to disability benefits, said she feared an opportunity was being missed for Paralympians to use their profile at the London 2012 Paralympics to promote a disability rights agenda. 7 March 2012
COMMENT: Zip wires, Stephen Hawking and flying Paralympians
Any ceremony that begins with Mat Fraser and a microphone is ok with me. "Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, we are making history, as the Paralympics are coming home." He had the crowd eating out of his hands within seconds. Please let this mean more MF on our TV screens soon. 30 August 2012
Channel 4's 2012 launch: Paralympics to be 'biggest event' in C4 history
Channel 4 says it wants to make its wall-to-wall coverage of the London 2012 Paralympics the "biggest event" in its history. 9 August 2010
Golden Paralympian says 'I couldn't have done it without DLA'
A British Paralympian has spoken of the crucial contribution disability living allowance (DLA) has made to her independence, and to her gold-medal-winning performance at London 2012. 8 September 2012
Deaf star calls LOCOG 'cowardly and immature' over access complaints
A leading Deaf performer has called London 2012 "cowardly" and "immature" for ignoring his complaints about the lack of accessibility for Deaf visitors to the Paralympic Games. 6 September 2012
US govt advisor says Paralympics can help on DLA fight and inclusive schools
A senior US government advisor has suggested that the London 2012 Paralympics could help disabled people in their fight against the UK government's cuts to disability benefits and its opposition to inclusive education. 6 September 2012
COMMENT: Putting their bodies on the line for precious metal
If it didn't quite match Team GB's Super Saturday in terms of precious metal, the third day of competition demonstratedwhat Britain's Paralympians will put their bodies through for a chance to win a medal. 2 September 2012
Colbourne and Storey kick-start GB's medal machine
Cyclist Mark Colbourne has spoken of the "quite breathtaking" experience of winning Britain's first medal at the London 2012 Paralympic Games in a packed Velodrome. 30 August 2012
Marathon efforts of Weir and Woods bring home final medals
David Weir helped carry the British flag at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympics on Sunday, hours after another astonishing performance to win gold in the T54 marathon, a race he described as his "toughest" yet. 9 September 2012
Trio tell new minister that coalition is jeopardising London 2012 legacy
The new minister for disabled people has been told by a disabled activist, a disabled peer and a Paralympic torch-bearer that her government is jeopardising the legacy from this summer's Paralympic Games. 18 October 2012


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Autumn kicks off with a line of new models in the Pro Hunter collection, including the first non-sports model, the Datejust II.
Available in both baton and Roman numeral dials, the Datejust models are encased in signature Pro Hunter PVD black coating with a shiny finish and available only with bracelet. The 41mm case appeals to men who continue to desire a chunky watch reminiscent of the standard sports models, as well as women with taste for larger watches.


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10 Quick Tips for Social Media Marketing
Social Media Defined: Social media is a phrase used to describe a variety of Web-based platforms, applications and technologies that enable people to socially interact with one another online.
10 Quick Social Media Tips
To be successful in social media you need time and dedication. You can't hurry the process or be slack in participating in the conversation. The following 10 social media tips will help you turn potentially wasted time into positive social conversations.
1. It Takes Time: It can take a long time to build your social media presence. Be prepared to put in time: clear your schedule so you have a small amount of time to spend on social media every day.
2. Be Human: A good idea is to humanize your company. Put a name to your brand and create a sense of intimacy without automating the process.
3. Stop Selling, Start Talking: Stop putting most of your energy into selling products in social. Instead make conversation and talk to people.
4. Build an Audience First: Build an audience first and then promote your business through unique Facebook Tabs or Twitter.
5. Use Social Media Tools: Use tools like Twitter's search to find anything related to your business and jump in on that conversation.
6. Don't Forget YouTube and Blogs: YouTube and blogs are important to your brand in Google search results. You can reach people who don't use Twitter or Facebook.
7. Consider Giveaways and Promotions: Use giveaways and promotions to increase your followers or Facebook Likes but tell people why you're running the promotion (e.g. to gain Likes, to share a specific image and so on).
8. Create Social Content: Social media is not always about the sale. Create good social media content to expand your reach.
9. Sponsor Events: Find unique local or industry-related events to sponsor like a Tweet-up (an event where Twitter users meet in person) or local social media group to reach a group of people who are already connected to promote your business
10. Advertise Social Links: Post your social links everywhere: on your website, shopping cart checkout page, in all email marketing messages and business advertisements or cards.
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Thanks for sharing the tips. In my opinion, Social media marketing is rapidly charming one of the most significant parts of marketing strategy. Businesses all over the world are learning the ways social media can contribute to the success and growth in all areas of their company. According to Hubspot, 92% of all marketers indicated that their social media efforts have produced more disclosure for their businesses, while 80% of marketers directed that their social media efforts increased traffic. With these types of statistics, the benefits of social media marketing can no longer be ignored.
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How many times a day you cross the street and see faces painted to look like a super-expression of the grotesque.
And how often thought that you hope you do not look like that.
These are the tips to make your skin look natural and without blemishes.
For a natural look your foundation must be equal to your skin tone (golden rule). Try several different bases on the lines of your jaw. The best suited will give you the best color because it disappears when placed on your skin.
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When Richard Alpert left Harvard for the Himalayan foothills, he was looking for a guru who could teach him the ancient secrets of attaining self-realisation. A certain Steve Jobs, too, had left for India to look for the guru, Neem Karoli Baba. But unlike Jobs, Alpert found him, became his disciple and decided to share that ancient secret he learnt. He wrote a book called Be Here Now.
That was it. No secret kriya to stoke your inner serpent, no tantric initiation into what is left unsaid. All you needed to know yourself was to Be, Here, Now. In other words, being mindful of one's own existence was the ultimate spiritual practice.
Mindfulness is back in vogue. As one's attention is increasingly demanded at every moment by people, work and gadgets that feed into the information revolution, being alert and in touch with oneself is proving difficult. As a business leader, you try to cope with a changing environment and align the top team for the next level of growth. In this fast-paced environment, you realise that a calm, resilient, non-judgmental inner being is the key to success. You learn that the only corner in this universe where you have full control is yourself. This is the reason for the popularity of mindfulness as a concept, tool, and ' to a few ' as a way of life in the business world.
The popularity of mindfulness as a concept among celebrities and in the business community in the West can be traced to their acceptance of Asian spiritual teachers in the last 50 years. The Beatles visited Rishikesh in 1968 to attend an advanced Transcendental Meditation (TM) training session at the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. They considered this one of their most productive periods. The global popularity of TM grew because of the Beatles. The Maharishi was the first guru to copyright a meditation process that focused on the breath and a mantra, and his disciples included Deepak Chopra and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. In 1967 and 1968, he appeared on covers of magazines such as Life, Newsweek and Time. His popular book, Science of Being and Art of Living, emphasised the "being" and "doing" aspects of human existence.
Almost 40 years later, mindfulness is creating waves in corporate corridors. Time ran a cover story in January 2014, headlined "Mindfulness Revolution". Thousands of people showed interest in meditation, yoga and mindfulness practices at the Wisdom 2.0 conference, which discusses mindfulness, held in San Fransisco in February 2014.
"The truth is that we do not have the luxury to ignore our well-being, wisdom, ability to make good decisions, because the world is moving so fast that we can no longer be in maintenance mode. Right now, the American workplace is largely run on burnout, sleep deprivation, and exhaustion," says Arianna Huffington, editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group. The situation is similar in India, except that many Indian organizations are in a growth phase, and long hours at work are justified as part of growth.
In the West, mindfulness is mostly associated with the Buddhist practice of meditation, although the term spans multiple practices, including yoga, guided meditation, focusing on the present moment and breath awareness. Modern teachings on mindfulness are almost exclusively derived from a peculiar 20th century interpretation of the Satipatthana Sutta, a Pali text. This doctrine, the vipassanavada, says that satipatthana is a practice of 'dry insight', in which the meditator, without previous practice of tranquillity meditation, is 'mindful' of the changing phenomena of experience. This is sufficient for enlightenment, according to the text. But the fact is that mindfulness is taught by almost all religions.
Mindfulness is a generic term encompassing a variety of methods that share some common characteristics. It underscores the importance of being mindful about one's thoughts, emotions and actions. It also talks about being in the present moment, rather than being caught up in guilt from the past or worry about the future. It emphasises the ability to observe one's thoughts and the present moment with detachment.
The tools used are meditation, reflection, yoga, breath work, emotional awareness techniques, and sometimes tools that help you understand yourself better. For example, when General Mills ran mindfulness training for a large number of employees year after year, it used Enneagram to help participants understand their personality type and fixations. Enneagram is a psychological system that describes nine basic personality styles and nine different ways in which people see the world. In India, I have used Enneagram in workshops with clients such as Airtel, Microsoft, and Novartis.
General Mills ranked third in Fortune magazine's listing of the Global Top Companies for Leaders; and 12th in Businessweek's listing of the Best Places to Launch a Career. One reason it has consistently fared well is that it has aggressively pioneered the use and development of cutting-edge leadership programmes. The Mindful Leadership Program is one of the most popular.
According to Jon Kabat-Zinn, who wrote the book Wherever You Go, There You Are, mindfulness is simple awareness of the present moment. It is the practice of paying careful attention to what is happening in the now, whether it is a sight, sound, taste, or smell, and a sensation in the body, thought or emotion. It is observation without attachment or judgment. Jon Kabat-Zinn is Professor of Medicine Emeritus and founding director of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society, at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He and Eckhart Tolly wrote the book The Power of Now, which greatly influenced the mindfulness movement. The popularity of the Dalai Lama, and his teachings and celebrity disciples, also helped popularise mindfulness among business leaders.
What is it Doing in Boardrooms?
Bill George, professor of management practice at Harvard Business School and former chair and CEO of Medtronic, writes, "The practice of mindful leadership gives you tools to manage your life. It teaches you to pay attention to the present moment, recognising your feelings and keeping them under control, especially in stressful situations."
Ambiguity, pressure, accountability, and the need to continuously improve performance forces leaders to look inwards. The insight that the success of an intervention is directly proportional to the inner conditions of the intervener suddenly becomes apparent. Many CEOs I coach believe inner calm, emotional stability, greater self-awareness and resilience are traits that create more fulfilment in life. Indian organizations have yet to officially embrace the concept of mindfulness in mainstream business, but many provide stress management and emotional intelligence workshops for employees.
Dr Michael D. Yapko, a psychotherapist and mindfulness advocate, and author of the book Mindfulness and Hypnosis, emphasised how trance states can help raise awareness and aid personal transformation. Outside the worlds of glamour and business, too, therapists are using mindfulness tools to help patients recover faster.
Many leadership development programmes teach tools for reflection and self-awareness. Consulting firms such as McKinsey & Co have adopted meditation as a tool in leadership development initiatives. Gita Bellin, formerly secretary to Mahesh Yogi, taught meditation and personal transformation workshops for its employees.
Kate Pickert, writing in Time, notes that "we're in the midst of a popular obsession with mindfulness as the secret to health and happiness ' and a growing body of evidence suggests it has clear benefits." Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh perhaps summed up mindfulness the best when he wrote: "The biggest (and hardest) lesson I've learned… is that the external world is just a reflection of the world within."
Steve Jobs was a strong believer in mindfulness. "If you just sit and observe, you will see how restless your mind is," he told his biographer, Walter Isaacson. "If you try to calm it, it only makes it worse, but over time it does calm, and when it does, there's room to hear more subtle things ' that's when your intuition starts to blossom and you start to see things more clearly and be in the present more. Your mind just slows down, and you see a tremendous expanse in the moment. You see so much more than you could see before."
So would Indian leaders and organizations make mindfulness an integral part of leadership development initiatives? Will we see a conference where yogis and CEOs rub shoulders? It's not a lot to ask one to be in touch with oneself. Is it?
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STEM education is the preparation of students in competencies and skills in the four disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). STEAM brings the Arts into these areas to foster creativity, ingenuity, and innovation; innovation that is necessary for creating new jobs and industries in the future. Adding Arts to the STEM framework enables this generation to create our future, not just exist in it. STEAM creates 21st century learners, explorers and inventors.
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This movie begins with the remnants of humanity floating through space, after having been chased off of Earth by Godzilla and scores of other monsters. But with supplies dwindling and no prospects for another habitable planet, the plan ends up being to turn around and go back to Earth. After all, time dilation has caused time on Earth to advance roughly 9 thousand years for the eleven years that the people on the ship have experienced. Godzilla has to be long dead, right?
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The Cloverfield Paradox – Stealth dropped onto Netflix so quietly that I didn't know it was there until a week later. The damn app didn't even give me a suggestion notification. Because Netflix has no friggin' clue what I want to watch.
The third film in the Cloverfield franchise has the most science-related fiction of them all. It is the tale of a bunch of scientists up on a space station who are trying to get a giant particle accelerator to work in hopes of solving the world's energy crisis. Alas, these things never go quite as planned, and the station is drawn into an alternate universe, where parts of the two universes start mingling and causing all sorts of strange phenomena. Also, the tear in space-time apparently causes monsters to invade Earth in the prime universe?
Critics have not been kind to this film. Complaints of muddled storytelling and lacking characterization are abound, and it's got some pretty rough aggregated scores. But… I liked it. It's not great, but it was a fine way to pass a Tuesday evening. I found the main story interesting, though the sub-plot back on Earth was barely a thing and obviously just grafted on to connect Paradox to the original Cloverfield. Even I can recognize something so hacky. But yeah, overall I didn't think it was bad. A little tropey, but there were a couple decent twists. Might have been better if they hadn't killed off quite so many characters just because that's how these movies work.
Gifted – Okay, I didn't really watch this. I just caught the last half hour when I went over to my parents' place one night and my dad was watching it. As I saw it, it was a fellow giving a kid to adoptive parents and then changing his mind a couple weeks later (because her cat was given away to the pound?) and taking her back. I had no idea the relationship between any of the characters, so none of it made any sense, until I looked it up on Wikipedia afterward. Apparently it was supposed to be a comedy to some degree, but I didn't notice anything funny until a couple quips by the little girl at the end. I don't know. It's not something I'd go back to and watch the whole thing.
Vacation (2015) – Ah, unnecessary sequels. But I suppose they're better than reboots. Honestly, it's not really work even writing about. Just your typical dysfunctional family comedy, with many "hilarious" gross-out jokes along the way.
Annihilation – I don't even know where to start. I need to watch it again, and then I want to do a full write-up on it. Short version: I liked it, but it only barely resembles the book.
Fullmetal Alchemist – Live-action. Based on a mange/anime. Netflix original. No, you're absolutely right, this can't possibly end well.
But actually I guess it was okay? I mean, you're distilling a 52-episode series down into two hours. It's going to get a little… scrumpled. I don't know. I didn't have a good word for it. So I made one up. Silliness aside, there's a lot of plot cut out, a lot of detail dropped, a lot of tweaks here and there. Generally, though, it stays fairly true to the original story. Or, one of them, anyway. I can't remember if it was the original anime series or Brotherhood. The point it, it doesn't diverge nearly as much as Annihilation does.
Still, it's a goofy Japanese take on a superhero movie. It's very corny, but not nearly as over-acted as I expected. I thought that the special effects were actually very good, so much so that I had to double-check online that Alphonse's armored body was CGI. All that said, yeah, I liked it. For people who aren't familiar with the anime or manga, the abridged story will probably be more confusing than anything, but it's probably about as good as this type of movie is going to get.


text: E3 in lots and lots of pictures By James Cunningham on June 15, 2012 The traditional pre-E3 feast. I still don't know why they're on the same plate together, but Yum! anyway. The WiiU is life-sized, and Reggie is much smaller than I expected. I have no words. Endless giggling, but no words. There's loads of cars scattered throughout the show, inside and out. Outside the West Hall, one of the two major show rooms of the convention center. There's plenty of room in front of the West Hall, so all sorts of game-related vehicles congregate in front of it. Not usually of the flying variety, though. Despite decorating the escalators with Sonic, they still just moved at standard speed. It was very disappointing. Coming into the West Hall, Atlus has prime real estate. You need to walk past them to get to Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony. Nintendo had a bit of a theme-park style this year. A kid-friendly park where all the rides are super-safe and not a hard edge to be found anywhere, but theme park nonetheless. Inside each of these be-ribboned areas was one of five mini-games from the Ninteno World mini-game collection. Play a game, get the pin that goes with it. I think everyone on the show floor played all five games out of sheer bull-headed collector mentality. The crowds can be a bit intimidating at times. The PSP/Vita section of Sony's booth. In all fairness, it was still early in the morning day 3 when this picture was taken. Papa & Yo, Dyad, Hell Yeah!, and Sound Shapes. One of the most pure concentrations of gaming awesomeness on the show floor. That's.... a lot of people. And that's significantly fewer people. It got busier later, honest. The only way this car could go faster is if it was yellow. Heading out of the West Hall, around the corner just as you start down the councourse, was Indiecade. So much great stuff here! Also, on the other side of that black wall, a live instrumental group was playing video game music, right in the hear of the Into the Pixel art show. Just a lovely, relaxing area. Eating under the watchful doom-filled gaze of Master Chief. I have to admit, I just don't get Adventure Time. A giant inflatable Finn & Jake doesn't make it any clearer. Retro City Rampage, which was in the same booth, is much more my speed. Hands-on ultra-short Retro City Rampage preview- oh god yes more please! The Harvest Moon cow never stops being adorable. This year's model was inflatable, rather than being a giant stuffy. I honestly forget which RTS this display was for, but that's a setup to put you in the mood for nuke launching. Yes, that's me. There was a large rolling ladder you climbed up to sit in there, which they pulled away for pictures. Sadly, the robot wasn't animatronic. The aliens were fine with the Golden Gate Bridge in general, right up to learning of the $6.00 toll. The situation spiraled rapidly out of control from there. Rocking out to Rocksmith. Deep in the heart of South Hall, which stretches on forever and contains an infinite number of people. Say what you will about booth babes, she was a pro. It took three tries to get this to come out right due to glare off the car hood, and she kept on smiling. Square-Enix's booth. Out of frame to the right is Final Fantasy Theatrhythm, which desperately needed noise-canceling headphones to be playable. It's hard to see, but the moogle is saying Kupo! I need that glass in the worst way. Scary from the front... ...significantly less so when looking at her butt. Toot toot stock car racer, toot toot stock car racer! Hell Yeah!? Hell Yeah! Nice as the Borderlands 2 display was, the 2+ hour wait to play the demo was a bit much. Too bad, the t-shirt swag for playing was nice enough to actually be worth wearing. In retrospect, I wish I'd played a round of two of Scribblenauts Unlimited. No matter how well you plan, there's always a game or two you'd like to go back for. Back at the Atlus booth, snagging one of the very popular Persona t-shirts. You can stand beside the booth babe, but thou shalt not touch. The Videogame History Museum corner. So much old and rare wonderful stuff in one spot! Home systems, handhelds, arcade games, peripherals, computers, the works. You would not believe how many of those I owned when I was young. The very last booth babe pic, promise. Another thing to have your picture taken while sitting inside. After a while you can only stand in so many lines, though, so I passed. Giganto-display, go! Although to be fair, a classic JRPG with art design by Studio Ghibli warrants it. Ubisoft had Just Dance 4 all over the show floor. Nintendo, Microsoft, and Ubisoft all had dancing areas. They really didn't want you to forget it existed for more than a few seconds at a time. The Brave area was actually kind of peaceful, although the illusion was broken a bit by the flood of noise from all around. The sign says this was a rare arcade game from the 80s, only 185 made, and anyone with a copy should contact Disney. It looked real enough that it actually inspired some doubt as to whether Disney had bought an actual super-obscure arcade game to base their movie off of. It's does an excellent job of being a very convincing fake. Kinda makes you want to test the suspension by bouncing it over alien terrain, doesn't it? The only possible reward for all that walking was a bacon-wrapped hot dog. My arteries will forgive me someday, maybe, but oh god was that tasty!


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This month a drive-up coffee place featuring women in bikini's (or less) arrived in Forest Grove. A group of concerned citizens wants the business to "close or move." The church was contacted to be a part of a City Council meeting/hearing thingy to complain about the business. It is near a residential neighborhood and near a park (and the church for that matter). As I read the email I had to ask myself what should be the church's reaction to something like this. Do we protest with signs? Do we look down on them as sinful sinners?
As I thought about as response I began to think about the girls (not like that). I thought about them from the perspective of a parent because I'm guessing that some of them aren't much older than my own kids. My thoughts were, "That is someone's little girl. That's a father's or mother's princess. That's one of God's creations. She is more valuable to the Lord than this and she should be more valuable to others than two shots and some eye candy." My thought was, "We should be praying for these girls to come to know who they are to the Lord and their value to Him."
I get that many people don't have an ideal childhood. Many children aren't filled by their parents with positive messages, or expressions of value. Quite the opposite. Many kids are abused mentally, physically, sexually. Sometimes these factor in to people going into jobs like this. In other cases it's much more simple; money. There is money in this. This leads to more money for more services provided in, shall we say, bolder venues. This first step of pouring coffee while in your nickers might not be worth it on its own, but what it can lead to can be considered worth it. In either scenario it is a question of value.
And then there are the men and women who go to these stands to get their fix (take that as you will). You are also facing a question of your own value as well as the value you place on these girls. $3.50 plus tips. Is that it? Is that your price to show some skin? Is that your price to see some skin? Don't you all know that to God Himself you are worth His own Son? Don't you know that the kind of life He has for you is one of genuine love and respect, and that the kind of husband or wife He has for you will (or should) love you the way Jesus loves you, mind, body, and soul?
So, skinny latte girl, not-so-thirsty coffee drinker, where is the value in your life? What are you worth? God really does love you. "But God demonstrates His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8 You might not be able to hear that right now. It might sound stupid. It might sound impossible. But it's true. God looked at you and me and concluded that we are with His own Son's life. What's more, it's a free gift to us.
That is value.


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- Business / Project: Hackney Record Club
- Category: Music
- College: Goldsmiths (University of London)
Focused on creating awareness on club culture, Hackney Record Club is an artist-owned music collective based in London, which gives a stage to emerging DJs and producers in various venues and supports their career development. It will soon provide youngsters with free of charge innovative electronic music production education and elder people with soft electro music entertainment to enhance their joyful socialisation moments. Thanks to its unique organisational structure, Hackney Record Club goes beyond the mere development of new artists and repertoire.


text: Knud Vesterskov—director:Knud Vesterskov was born in 1942. He graduated in graphic design, then in fine art and as a graphic artist. He studied at art colleges in Århus, Paris, Rome, and Istanbul. Knud Vesterskov spent a period in the theatre in Århus and Amsterdam, and in Amsterdam he learned still photography. Nowadays he works mainly on short films and videos, graphic illustrations and book jackets, and photographs major campaigns.For some fifteen years he spent most of his time in the Middle east and South East Asia. He built a house in Bali and visited the head-hunters of Sumatra and the Philippines, where he studied mask dancing and rituals which he later used as a basis for mask theatre in Holland.Since 1983 Knud Vesterskov has been working in the field of film and video. He co-founded "Trekanten", an experimental video group. His productions fall into three main categories—scratch videos with dramatic, rapid, intense sensual bombardment, small faked highlights from splatter movies, and last but not least, poetic, sensual films just as relevant to underground milieus as art video festivals, where he has received a number of accolades.Some of his latest films and videos have been shot in the US, primarily in New York.Knud Vesterskov works mainly in English, as most of his screenings take place abroad, but he also loves working with modern Danish writers, such as Morti Vizki in Stolen Glances (1996, National Film Board of Denmark) and The Mulatto (1834), based on Hans Christian Andersen's play, and shot in the Caribbean, New York and Copenhagen.Katja KeanKatja Kean is the biggest sex star ever to emerge from Denmark, and the biggest Scandinavian sex star in recent memory. She has worked with some of the biggest names in erotic cinema – Andrew Blake, Michael Ninn - as well as appearing in Penthouse Magazine etc. In 1999 she was nominated for Hot d'Or and AVN Awards as best new starlet, and she has continued to be a favourite with audiences worldwide.Constance was Katja Kean's first Danish production, followed by the lead in Puzzy Power's Pink Prison. She has since left adult films to successfully reinvent herself as a mainstream-actress, starring in the weekly sitcom Langt fra Las Vegas.AnaïsFor the title role in Constance, Puzzy Power chose Anaïs (1978) a complete beginner in the sex industry; the bluest thing she had done prior to Constance was a nude photo of her taken by her significant other. But Anaïs had always enjoyed showing off her body, as she did at the Erotica 2000 Fair, where she worked when Puzzy Power noticed her. She has done some modelling, with clients include Stuhr and Esprit, but supports herself with a "normal" job.Mark DuranMark Duran (1969) is an American artist and actor whose work mainly includes film commercials and appearances on the Playboy Channel in Los Angeles. He was Playgirl coverboy in 1991. Constance was his first Danish production, but he has since appeared in many others, including Puzzy Power's Pink Prison.Niels DenckerNiels Dencker is a wellknown photographer, born and raised in Denmark. He worked as a male stripper, and during his military service he was the national spokesman for the conscripts. His hobbies include rowing, and he has a side-line in alternative treatment (massage and healing).


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This Friday, April 6th, at 21:00 MadridBabel proposes a fun tasting of great wines and nice tapas in a special artistic environment, which will take place in the nice location of LARIOS CAFÉ (calle Silva 4 – metro Santo Domingo).
We will drink 4 delicious wines from the prestigious Bodegas Campo Viejo (http://www.campoviejo.com), combined with tasty tapas and advised by an expert sommelier.
For the artistic touch this time we will be accompanied by the painter Lola Esnal (https://www.instagram.com/esnalcheroni/). At the end of the evening a piece of her artwork and several bottles of wine will be raffled off to the attendants.
The price is 20 € and, as the places are limited, we recommend you to book asap by sending an e-mail to email@example.com


text: Northumberland Nocturnal Navigator; Fri 4 & Sat 5 Aug May 18, 2017 17:39:28 GMT Chris M, superteacher, and 1 more like this Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by Admin Team on May 18, 2017 17:39:28 GMT Posted on behalf of the Branch Line Society(BLS).The BLS has arranged an event on the Vic' Line that they think may be of interest to our members. They have kindly agreed to carry our members at the BLS member rate. For further information please contact the BLS using the details below.Northumberland Nocturnal Navigator, Fri 4 & Sat 5 AugThanks to LUL Victoria Line (including a member who works on the line), all available Victoria Line running lines (except Seven Sisters P3, easily done in service); a rare chance to do both Northumberland Park Depot staff platforms - Roads 19 & 60, also crossovers and sidings with 2009 Victoria Line Tube Stock.The tour has to be at night due to the daytime frequency. Walthamstow Central 23.59 Fri 4th Aug; for 00.30 start; finish about 05.30 P4, Sat 5th at Seven Sisters. Includes a Northumberland Park Depot toilet break. NB: THREE STEPS NEED TO BE NEGOTIATED DOWN (AND BACK UP AGAIN); there are no other station stops. Members £50, non-members £62; includes stocklist, souvenir map & ticket. No junior discounts, all proceeds to Railway Children. Bookings to our tour organiser Kev Adlam, 53 Kemble Close, Wistaston, Crewe, CW2 6XN - please mark the outside of the envelope 'Victoria' and include your District Dave username. Cheques payable to 'Branch Line Society' with your email address.


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Trusting God to Provide
I personally wanted to invite you to check out our new Simply Trusting God Through the Christmas Story devotional. This new devotional journeys through each of the characters in the Christmas story, focusing on ways that each person had to trust in the Lord to do their part.
The Simply Trusting God Through the Christmas Story devotional has a very simple format. There are a couple of verses, a short devotional, and some questions to get you thinking about trusting God with your own life.
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The following is an excerpt from the Simply Trusting God Through the Christmas Story devotional:
Trusting God to Provide
Read Luke 1:6-7, 24-25 and Luke 1:36-37
Elizabeth's story is one that causes me to sit in wonder. She is a woman facing many obstacles. She was "advanced in years," she was barren, and presumably, beyond child-bearing age. But here's the part that causes my mouth to drop: Elizabeth still asked.
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In Luke 1:13, we see that Zechariah's prayer had been answered, but I don't think it was just his. I believe this was a prayer that was shared by both Zechariah and his wife. Zechariah would know Elizabeth's desire for a child. Zechariah would have been there all along, month after month, year after year when Elizabeth would share that she wasn't pregnant. Still, they approached God's throne and asked for a child.
What's mind-boggling is that the obstacles they faced, they faced together. They were both old. They were both unable to have a child. Yet, they still asked God to do the impossible! They saw their obstacles and they knew that no matter how things looked that God had the final say.
We catch them at a place where it seems they begin to doubt. They look at the impossible of their situation and maybe they begin to stop asking God to do the miraculous. But when the miraculous happens, Elizabeth trusted that God would provide a child and when she did become pregnant, she couldn't help but be thankful. Where Zechariah had a hard time trusting the message, Elizabeth readily accepted the impossible. She was quick to give thanks to the Lord for this impossible miracle.
Zechariah and Elizabeth's faith was so big that they believed that God could do the impossible through their situation. They believed it so much that they asked God to do the impossible. What are you facing today? Pray that God expands your own faith to ask Him to do the impossible. Remember, no matter how impossible your situation may look, God still has the final say.
"For nothing will be impossible with God." Luke 1:37 ESV
Are you asking God to do the impossible?
Do you truly believe that nothing is impossible with God?