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Five Atlantis swimmers have been selected to represent Sussex at the National Inter County Team Championships at Ponds Forge in Sheffield on 16th October.
The five are senior club captains Cameron Lambourne (16) and Katy Harris (17); junior club captains Sam Carter (15) and Issy Dunlop (16); and Beth Britton (12), who will be making her debut in county colours. Their selection follows a county squad training session at K2, Crawley on 10th September.
Cam and Katy are reigning Open County Champions in 100 free and 100 back, while Issy and Beth are current county age group champions in breast and back respectively.
The Atlantis representation in this years Sussex 25-strong team is the highest ever. The Inter County Championships are comprised of two divisions. Sussex competes in Division 1 and will be pitched against near neighbours Surrey, as well as the traditionally strong counties of the North - Lancashire and Yorkshire. The championship is a short-course (25m pool) competition and is divided into three age groups. Beth will be swimming in the junior section (12/13), Sam and Cam in the intermediates (15/16) and Issy and Katy in the seniors (16/17).
Atlantis Head Coach Bill Penny said: Representing the county at a team event is a nicely different experience for the swimmers. They have the opportunity to mix with another group of team-mates. They also have an early season chance to pit themselves against the best swimmers of their age in the country.
Further Information: Andrew Dunlop - 07710 352023


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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Week #1 Breakfast Freezer Foods Plan + Shopping List
Are you ready to get busy filling your freezer? My goal with this challenge is to erase your fears of freezer cooking and to show you that — no matter what stage or season in life you're in — you can find a way to make it work for you.
In the process, I hope you fall in love with freezer cooking, if you haven't already. It's been a huge sanity-saver to me so I can't help but be a big advocate of it. 🙂
Here's this week's list of Breakfast Foods I'll be making to stick in the freezer along with a grocery list (let me know if you see any mistakes on amounts needed):
Freezer-Friendly Breakfast Recipes
Tuesday — 2 loaves of Our Family's Favorite Banana Bread
Wednesday — 2 dozen Cinnamon Rolls (I'm using and this filling/topping recipe.)
Thursday — Triple batch of Whole-Wheat Waffles
Friday — Double batch of Freezer-Friendly Baked Oatmeal
Monday — One batch of Homemade Baking Mix
Grocery List
(I rounded up on the amounts needed, just to be safe. You probably have many of these items already on hand. You'll want to double-check that you have the correct amounts, though.)
1 dozen eggs
6-8 ripe bananas
One package of butter (4 sticks)
20 cups of freshly-ground flour or two 5-lb. bags of whole wheat, all-purpose, or a mixture of both flours
1 package of brown sugar or raw sugar
1 bag of sugar (You'll need at least three cups — can substitute raw sugar)
1 bag or box of powdered sugar
Cream of tarter
Powdered milk (you'll need 1 1/4 cups)
1 canister oats (regular or quick oats)
Oil (any kind — you'll need at least one cup)
Coconut oil (you'll need around 2 1/2 cups)
Milk (you'll need at least 2 cups)
Baking soda
Baking powder (make sure you have at least 1 cup)
Freezer Storage Items Needed
Plastic Wrap
10-12 large ziptop freezer bags
2-4 glass or aluminum pans (to freeze Freezer-Friendly Baked Oatmeal in)
1 airtight lidded tub (to store Homemade Baking Mix in, if you don't want to use freezer bags)
Something to label packages with (marker to write on bags, labels, and/or tape)
Click on the "Print This" tab at the top of the list to generate a printer-friendly list. (If you're reading via email or a feed reader, you may need to click through to the post to print the list.)
Before you head to the store, make sure to clean out and organize your freezer and check that you have enough storage space for these items in it.
Other posts in the 4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer series
- 4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Week #1 Breakfast Freezer Foods Plan + Shopping List
- Freezer-Friendly Banana Bread
- 4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Cinnamon Rolls (Day 2)
- 4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Waffles (Day 3)
- Freezer-Friendly Baked Oatmeal
- 4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Week #2 Freezer-Friendly Lunch Recipes + Shopping List
- 4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Homemade Baking Mix (Day 5)
- Freezer-Friendly Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches
- 4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Brown Bag Burritos (Day 7)
- 4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Homemade Pizza Pockets (Day 8)
- Freezer-Friendly Ham & Cheese Pockets
- 4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Week #3 Freezer-Friendly Dinners + Shopping List
- 4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Southwest Roll-ups (Day 10)
- Freezer-Friendly Barbecued Meatballs
- 4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Lasagna Casserole (Day 12)
- Freezer-Friendly Homemade Pizza Dough
- Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole
- 4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Week #4 Freezer-Friendly Snacks & Desserts + Shopping List
- 4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Italian Chicken (Day 15)
- 4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough (Day 16)
- 4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Easy Morning Glory Muffins (Day 17)
- 4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Homemade Energy Bites (Day 18)
- 4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins (Day 19)
- 4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Freezer-Friendly Chocolate Banana Bread (Day 20)
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Thanks Crystal. I'll be scouting out my freezer this evening when I get home from work. I don't think I'll be following along exactly but I definitely need the encouragement to get going on it again.
P.S. I think the first instructions I need are to clean my freezer. Yikes!! :0)
The banana bread just came out of the oven! I know you are trying to fill your freezer, but I'm actually trying to empty mine (for a move). So instead of the oil in the recipe I used some pureed pumpkin I had frozen a long time ago when you had a post about roasting pumpkins:) It turned out delicious!
I'm curious about your banana bread recipe…. when you're ready to pull a slice out of the freezer, do you leave it out overnight to thaw? Or can you pop it in the microwave?
Thanks! 🙂
I am so excited that you are doing this! I am 31 weeks pregnant and I had wanted to make some freezer meals ahead of time for those first few weeks. This will keep me motivated and accountable…and you have done the hard part for me (gathering recipes and making a shopping list)! 🙂
You & I are on the same page. I'm 32 weeks and have been thinking of doing this too. I'm a little discouraged as I tried before my 17 month old was born and things just didn't taste right when we pulled them out of the freezer. I'm super excited that recipes are being given as well as instructions for freezing. We were so discouraged about the amount of things being thrown out…and having to run out to eat…that I've been afraid to try again.
I'm in the same boat too! 32 weeks. 🙂
Another good resource is Tammy's Recipes – just google:
tammy's recipes freezer baby
and it will pull up her plans. I used some of her ideas and some of Crystal's to make a list of the things I want to make… now to just actually get them made! 🙂
One good idea I've heard as far as things not tasting right (and we've done it a little) is just to freeze components of a meal, not the whole meal. For example, rather than making spaghetti casserole and freezing the whole thing, cook some ground beef and freeze it. Then it can be added to jarred sauce and dry noodles… might help with the taste, as things will be a little "fresher?"
Alison, Stephanie, and Kelly,
I am only 26 weeks and ready to start this process. I'm a little behind. I am ready to learn and I agree that freezing individual ingredients is the way to go. A friend just gave me a process for freezing chicken and saving money while doing it.
Thank you, Crystal.
I like to make several pies' worth of pie dough, roll it out in a circle and roll it up with plastic wrap in between so it doesn't stick. I put several in a large ziplock bag. I love having the convenience of it.
I am also so excited to be seeing this for the exact same reason as Allison! I'm also 31 weeks and have been wanting to start my freezer stash. Thank you!
Tiffany, when I was expecting my 5th baby, my younger ones and I spent 3 days in the kitchen. They chopped and measured and stirred for me while I cooked and baked and wrapped and froze. I had 30 big meals in the freezer before the baby was born. It was wonderful!!!
I just done up a few batches of Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits! Ahh- this saves SO much time in the morning! (And mess- hate early morning messes! 😉
Check! I already had 2 loaves of banana bread in the freezer that I did 2 weeks ago. I freeze in thirds of loaves and we still have 4/3 left. I had just put them in the oven when a tornado warning was issued on my weather radio. I was home alone and still cowering in the tiny downstairs half bath when the timer went off. I raced out to the kitchen and snatched them out of the oven and back to the bathroom!
I love banana bread! I can't wait to try this recipe. How long is it good for in the freezer?
Yay! LOVE this idea! Can't wait to get started!
I am excited about this! Maybe you could post the list for next week's meals on Friday or Saturday, just so I can make sure I have the ingredients on hand before the work week starts, even if the "assignment" doesn't start until Tuesday 🙂
I am crying right now and will tell you why… I have worked as hard as I can as a teacher to earn as much as I can for my family (additional degrees). Now that I have completed these classes, I have been in search of ideas on how to save my family money. I've even prayed about it. I found your site at the beginning of your cleaning series. I used your site to bring my house back to it's glory. I even learned how to make my own cleaning products and laundry detergent along the way. My next goal was to start freezing meals. I have spaghetti sauce and pumpkin muffins frozen but I wanted to go bigger. When I read your new series today, it was exactly what I need… a list (I am a BIG into lists) to follow and the knowledge that other mothers out there are doing the same tasks gives me a feeling of support. Crystal, you are a blessing to my family. You help make my life more manageable. Know that your offerings mean a great deal to this mom who's eyes are full of tears. I am grateful and appreciative to you and the other followers. Now lets get freezing!
I am wondering if I cut down on the amount of sugar if it will still come out good. (One of our family's goals is to cut down on processed foods and sugar. ) Has anyone tried this?
I made the banana bread recipe today (doubled for 2 loaves) and instead of 2 cups of sugar I used 1 1/2 cups. It was still super sweet so I think I could have cut it even more. Hope that helps!
I don't use her specific recipe, but in quick breads I always use 1/2 c sugar per loaf/12 muffins.
I just my two loaves for the day and it came out awesome!! My mom used to make banana nut bread for me when I was younger and I have always wanted to try to make it for myself! I am concerned about the cinnamon rolls tomorrow though because I do not have a bread maker or a hand mixer so I have to mix everything by hand with a wisk. 🙁 So how would I make the dough like it is described in the recipe? Just wisk until it's well mixed and then knead and shape it on the counter by hand?
Banana Bread thawing, I am trying so hard to decide about whether to make the cinnamon rolls tomorrow, I am so afraid mine will turn out awful since I have bever made them and they are a lot of work without a bread machine. Anyone have any tips for making them wonderful! I have to use spelt flour to bake with due to a wheat allergy. Also, should I freeze everything in foil pans or aluminum?
I was extra motivated to get started today so I made 2 loaves of banana bread, 2 pans of cinnamon rolls & for extra credit made 4 jars of yogurt & a quart of water kefir.
My kids were thrilled to arrive home from school to the smell of freshly baked banana bread. They were even more thrilled when I let them chow down on it!
I'm hoping to post on my blog tonight about all I accomplished in the kitchen today. Thanks for the motivation Crystal!
We love the whole waffles and everyone that I've shared them with also loves them. Last week I used canned pumpkin instead of the applesauce and we all loved them. I sent home a stack of them for my daughter and her family to try and they loved them also. Thanks for all you do.
Made cream cheese pound cake, cut up fresh strawberries and pineapple, made taco meat, put pinto beans in crock-pot, made hamburger helper w/ marinated mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes, and parm. cheese, grilled marinated mushrooms on skewers, and mixed up a salad. Want to make egg mcmuffins and sausage/egg/cheese biscuits for freezer.
We don't use baking mix very often; do you think you could post some links to recipes (even a basic biscuit one)? I usually just make them from scratch each time…
Go to Bisquick's website or do a search for bisquick recipes. That is what I do and you'd be surprised how many recipes there are.
Oh, thanks! I will try that!
I love that you have broken it down into do-able tasks each day. And this week focuses on breakfast items. Can't wait to hear what next week brings. I won't be joining you in freezer cooking this week as I am in a class all week, but it is inspiring.
Can you make the banana bread in a bread machine? With all the bananas in it it might be hard for the paddle to turn. Also it might be too big for the machine.
I make mine in a machine (using a different recipe though). Just make sure you use over-ripe (brown) bananas and then mush them with a fork. Put in the wet ingredients first (such as oil and eggs) and add mushed bananas to that, then add dry ingredients. It turns out perfect every time, with no banana chunks.
I have my bread sliced and cooling right now! My husband stole a piece and LOVED it! Much better than what we've made in our bread machine in the past. I just have one question…when you freeze the slices, do you wrap them individually or something? How do you keep them from sticking together? I've only ever frozen muffins so I wasn't sure how the slices would work.
When I freeze tortillas or crepes, I would stick a piece of wax paper between the slices. It should work for banana bread.
I started cooking after dinner (work full time outside the home). I doubled the recipe but baked 3 smaller loaves. The smell was delightful. I let the loaves cool and sliced one up for the week and to freeze. I decided I will let the other 2 cool over night and decide tomorrow if I want to slice the loaves for freeze as a whole.
I can't believe how well the loaves turned out. We had to try a slice of course and the kids and I thought tasted so yummy!
I am not an experienced cook so I was delighted how well this first day of the challenge turned out. I did not even have to go to the store :).
Thanks, Crystal!
I noticed that the recipe for the cinnamon rolls includes coconut oil, but it is not listed specifically on your shopping list, only oil. Can vegetable oil be substituted equally for coconut oil in the dough recipe? The original author notes that coconut oil is the key to the bread, but will this affect the cinnamon rolls? Thanks!
Hi Crystal… Love your freezer cooking challenges.. Some of your recipes are family favorites of ours now! Just curious, you did not say what your plan was for posting your progress. Do you plan to post once weekly or perhaps daily like your cleaning challenge?? Just curious!
I'm very excited about this series! I have been wanting to give Freezer Cooking a try since I have been reading your blog for a couple of months now. I'm going out of order since I didn't have enough bananas today, so I made the whole wheat waffles tonight with my daughter. They are so good and the whole family is looking forward to having some tomorrow morning. Thank you for all that you do! 🙂
How do you freeze the cinnamon rolls and icing?
Do you HAVE to use the coconut oil? Will the rolls work out with regular oil? I can't use coconut due to allergies, and am wondering whether it's even worth trying to make them, since the coconut oil seems to be so essential to their success.
this couldn't have come at a better time -company is coming and I wanted to make some meals ahead. Ahh but first the freezer had to be thawed out. I did that yesterday and made cinnamon rolls and used the freezer method you mentioned in the comments. You got me rolling -thanks
Once frozen how long do these things last?
Want to let you know that I saw you do a freezer friendly baked oatmeal so I tried freezing my family's baked oatmeal recipe. It worked fine. I also froze it in a bag, not a pan, and just dumped it into the pan (thawed; I pulled it out the night before) and baked it. Thanks for the great idea!
I am making my cinnamon rolls now, but I was wondering how do you freeze them before baking? Is that possible and if so then how do you bake them when I take them out of the freezer? Thanks!
It would be great if on the day of each assignment there was a Q&A session in case anyone had questions before making the items. I've had a few questions on two of the assignments, so the Q&A would be helpful. On tonight's assignment, can we use plain flour instead of wheat flour?
We are shopping for a chest freezer and I was wondering if you have any tips on how to choose what size freezer is big enough for a family. We are a family of four and I'm looking to store at least a couple of weeks of meals along with some basic food ingredients (like pasta sauce and gluten free baked goods). Since we have food allergies in our family – store bought of some things is not possible for us so I would like to store a good amount of food/ingredients so I can get the best prices in things. Thanks for the help! I loved your series in a more organized home…looking forward to the freezer series.
I would not have thought to freeze banana bread or oatmeal – I will have to try both! Thanks for the ideas!
FYI the link you used for bread dough recipe is not working
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Odisha receives average rainfall in July
Bhubaneswar: The state of Odisha has received average rainfall in July compared to the long term average. 5 districts in the state received 20% surplus rainfall this year.
Odisha has received an average rainfall of 340.1 mm against the long term average of 339.9 mm in the month of July this year, an official statement said on Monday. Kalahandi district received the highest rainfall of 510.6 mm during the month whereas Nuapada district received the lowest rainfall of 170.9 mm, said a release from Special Relief Commissioner's office.
The cumulative rainfall of the state in June and July remained 548.5 mm against the LTA of 556.4 mm registering a marginal shortfall of 1.4 per cent.
As many as five districts namely Ganjam, Rayagada, Kalahandi, Gajapati and Nawarangpur received surplus rainfall of more than 19 per cent.
Rainfall in four districts namely Bolangir, Nuapada, Angul and Jajpur remained between 19 and 39 per cent deficient during the period from June 1 to July 31, said the release.
Dhenkanal is the only district where rainfall remained severely deficient, to the extent of a 40.8 per cent shortfall.
On an average, the state experiences 15.4 rainy days in the month of July. There were 15.6 rainy days during July this year. In June 2017, there were 10 rainy days against the normal average of 9.9.days.


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The Willow Tree Festival is in its third decade as a kaleidoscope of entertainment for the whole family with simultaneous performances on three stages. Art and Craft Vendors surround the grounds and "Food Row" offers divine taste treats. There are Children's activities to entertain the young at heart and two museums that are open for your enjoyment. The festival grounds encompass two city parks and the community building. Adjacent streets are blocked off to make the grounds a large, safe area for all day family fun.
The Willow Tree Festival is truly a community event made possible by many volunteers, donors and organizations. Without these people, who number more than 400, it would be impossible to experience the magic of the Willow Tree Festival.
The majority of funding comes from our area businesses and individuals whose continued support is unmeasurable.
The Nebraska Arts Council, a state agency, has supported this arts event through its matching grants program funded by the Nebraska Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts, and The Nebraska Cultural Endowment. Visit www.nebraskaartscouncil.org for information on how the Nebraska Arts Council can assist your organization.


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GRATEFUL: the clouds' "silver linings"
The things I'm grateful for
Now I want to take some time to discuss some of the "perks" that I have discovered since being diagnosed (first with Multiple Sclerosis and then with Fibromyalgia). I know that may be a somewhat irritating sentence to read, but good things have come out of this and I would be remiss if I didn't mention any of them.
I want to start by writing about an online support group for people who have MS that I have found to be incredibly helpful. It is called "Stan's Angels". The URL for the group is http://www.stansangels.com/. The person who started it is Stan Swartz and I was fortunate enough to join when he had just put the support group together so he and I have become very good friends. If I had not discovered his web page, I honestly do not think I would have come out of the diagnosis with the healthy attitude and/or outlook I have now. I also don't think I would have ever thought to write a book about life with MS without his support page.
Stan started the group when he was working with Dr. Timothy Vollmer. Dr. Vollmer is a friend of Stan's and was formerly the head of Neurology at Barrow Neurological Institute. He has since been promoted to another position.
I have made some very strong friendships on Stan's page. I have also received wonderful and helpful advice and, best of all, it is a great place to go and vent to others who I know understand where I am coming from. One of the not-so-great things about MS and Fibro (among other physical problems) is that, by being "invisible disabilities", these conditions lead to a lot of trouble with making the rest of the world believe that we have (serious) problems and that those problems are not within our control.
I am constantly reading about people who have friends, family members, partners, etc. who do not see that they are sick and therefore don't understand why they can't do things a "normal person" could do. They cannot see that something is wrong with us and therefore assume that we are fine (and that we are being unreasonable, uncaring or lazy, etc.) I have written a "side note" to all friends, family members and loved ones of people who have these "invisible" illnesses at the end of the section My MS (and Fibro) "Journey" if you ever need to show it to someone.
This leads to a lot of problems for us and it was really wonderful to find a web page where I knew people would understand exactly what I was talking about. At the same time, this is a support group that I didn't find to be overwhelmingly negative and/or depressing. One thing you will hear a lot if you have a disability is that stress (and/or negativity) should be avoided at all costs. We know how impossible that advice is to follow and it would certainly help us out a lot if we didn't have to constantly defend ourselves to the rest of the world. We are not lazy, stupid, uncaring (or any of the other incredibly hurtful things people call us) and we should not have to prove ourselves to anyone.
We (the Angels) watch out for each other and support each other as much as we possibly can. I have seen Angels turn to each other for advice on a wide spectrum of things. One thing that comes up often is that we give each other online support when someone is having an attack, when someone is in a situation where they aren't being treated fairly, or giving each other advice on things like how to collect disability. In addition, even though this is an online support group some of the Angels have met up with each other in real life (and a few actually got married).
Another item I want to bring up is collecting Disability benefits (SSDI) from Social Security. Applying for and getting Disability is not an easy task at all. Saying it is very time consuming is an understatement. If you try to apply for disability directly through your Social Security office, do not be shocked if and when you get rejected. I believe almost everyone is rejected initially which I suppose is understandable considering our government probably does not want (nor can they afford) to give money to everyone and anyone who comes looking for it.
My advice is that you should not try to do this alone. Also, do not try to act and/or look healthier than you are. A lot of us make that mistake; I certainly did and it worked against me. It took me almost three years to get approved for SSDI and, had I not tried so hard to make myself seem completely normal, I probably would have gotten it a lot sooner. In addition, I used a Disability Law Group after getting three rejections. I should have gone to the Disability Law Group after the first rejection but was not aware of this at the time.
The upside of working with the law group was that they eventually won the case for me and only charged twenty-five percent of the back pay (i.e., the amount of money collected from SSDI during the time from when one first applies to when they are accepted) I received from SS. The downside was that it took an extremely long time to get approved and that I really could have used that extra twenty-five percent. If you don't win, they don't charge anything.
Since I did this I have learned that, depending on income eligibility and local rules and regulations, going through my local Federal Congress people would have probably been faster and would have saved me the money that I wound up paying the law group who won my disability case. It also would have probably helped me avoid the inexplicable delay in getting my back pay (the law group was not able to help me with this so I ended up having an elected official help me get the back pay).
Collecting Disability allowed me to quit two part time jobs I was unhappy doing and also gave me the ability to go back to school full time. I often hear people telling me that getting laid off was "the best thing that ever happened" to them. (NOT something you want and/or need to hear immediately after getting laid off and/or let go).
It took a long time (from 2006 to almost 2012) but I am finally able to say it to myself and/or others. I honestly don't think I would have been able to get my Bachelors' degree (as well as get two certifications, make the Dean's list and then go on to Graduate school) if it hadn't been for me losing my full time job and eventually getting SSDI.
Do I plan to stay on Disability forever? I am hoping the answer to that will be "no" but it is impossible to know what is going to happen with a disease like Multiple Sclerosis. I am not a fan of Fibromyalgia (which causes me pain, "Fibro fog", and fatigue) but I don't believe it is anywhere near as degenerative a condition as MS can be. I could be wrong about that however; remember – I am a patient not a medical professional.
The next item I want to discuss is exercise and "healthful" living. It took me a very long time to get over finding out I had MS and the first few years after the diagnosis did not go very well for me. During this time, I got out of one relationship and into another and I also had bad luck with the first medication I was given. In 1999, however, Montel Williams was diagnosed and he donated money to a hospital I now use (Brigham and Womens' - http://brighamandwomens.org/) so that they could open up their own MS clinic.
I did quite a bit of research on what was going on with Montel and discovered that he used exercise to help promote his well being. I was already exercising and trying to be healthy but, until finding out about how well it worked for him, I had no idea what a huge difference exercise could make for me. I quit smoking (not easy at all), quit drinking diet soda (even harder than quitting smoking, much to my surprise), and started eating less junk food and more vegetables and fruits (also not easy and very expensive). As for the exercise; it was not easy to get into in the beginning. I hated it for about a year, to be perfectly honest.
I am very fortunate that athleticism runs in my family. Even though I was never athletic as a child, I became quite athletic as a result of my workout routine. I am still as active as I can be. I also am in a study being conducted at Tufts Medical School on the effects of Tai Chi on people who have Fibromyalgia. This is a six-month study and I am currently halfway through it. I can honestly say that Tai Chi has helped me out quite a bit (as has my instructor, Ramel Rones).
I would like to include some information about Ramel's training here since he has videos and books you can buy at Amazon. He also has a class you can take online at Udemy (https://www.udemy.com/). If you go to Ramel's home page the best discount you can get for his class is available there: www.ramelrones.com. I took and recommend his Sunset Tai Chi training. You do not have to be an athlete to do this – it is intended for beginners so please do not be afraid to give it a try if you are curious about it.
Another item I am very happy about is having the opportunity to be a "Commonwealth Diversity Fellowship" participant. This was a program launched by the college I attended in 2010. I was in the "first batch" of participants for the program. This involved doing a Fellowship for a State agency.
I wound up getting my Fellowship in the Department of Veteran Services (DVS). This confused me a little bit initially because I was a Gerontology (i.e., the study of aging) major which led me to think I would be put in the office for Elder Affairs. I was initially very confused and worried about this placement decision but it did not take long before I recognized the value of it.
Since the semester I was assigned to this Fellowship I have stayed on. Not only did I figure out why I was put into this department, I found that I had very strong feelings about the type of work I was being asked to do (involving helping Veterans find employment and/or volunteer opportunities) and that I had quite a bit of empathy for the Veterans that work(ed) with this office.
In addition to learning a lot about Veterans, I learned much about Post Traumatic Stress as well as about conflicts in other countries (and the people who have gone overseas to fight for our safety). The woman I report to in the Department of Veteran Services (DVS) pointed out that she does not like the "D" in the acronym PTSD. Her reasoning for this is that if it is considered a "disorder" it can be too easily dismissed (by doctors, counselors, etc.) but if it is looked on as an "Injury" then professionals will be more likely to treat the Veterans who have it instead of just dismissing them as having "mental problems". Based on things I have seen, such as the documentary "Wartorn: 1861-2010" a very hard (for me) to watch but extremely moving documentary, I agree with her.
There is a group who report to this office called the SAVE team. To quote the DVS web page, the Statewide Advocacy for Veterans' Empowerment (SAVE) has the following mission: "'You Give Us the Call…We'll Give You the Answer.'
The fundamental principle of the SAVE program is to advocate for veterans who are not able to obtain the benefits they have earned due to institutional or personal barriers. The program's primary mission is prevention of suicide and mental health distress through the identification of issues facing veterans when they return from service and proactively providing them with access to benefits and services that may address these issues and result in positive transitions back to civilian life." (DVS 2008)
I was privileged enough to watch a training by one of the SAVE Team Veterans called "BATTLEMIND". If you want to learn more please check out the webinar version of Battlemind (you will need Quick time on whatever browser you wish to view/listen to this on): http://tinyurl.com/kpfbsc5
One other interesting thing that has come out of this was discovering a common bond with many of the Veterans that I have come across while working with this office. I have had a few Veterans ask me if I would consider giving talks on getting through dealing with people not understanding why those with invisible pain act the way they do. I was very moved and honored by this request (and it is an avenue I would love to explore, health problems notwithstanding.)
How about you?
Do you think anything good (in YOUR life) has come out of having a disability?
"Official" web page for It's Not as Bad...
- It's not as bad as it Sounds (my life with ms & fibro) - Home
Includes interviews and a video clip I did for Healthline as part of a series called "You've Got This". -Yvonne


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A very common Ayurvedic practice in India, is the daily ritual of ushapan, (drinking one litre of water first thing in the morning). The ideal time to do ushapan is before sunrise, immediately after waking up and before brushing your teeth. Yes, before brushing your teeth is considered very beneficial according to Ayurveda, as the stored up saliva in the mouth has strong medicinal properties.
Ayurvedic Guidelines on Ushapan:
Heat approximately 5 cups of water on a stovetop, not a microwave. Feel free to also store one litre of water in advance (overnight) in a copper vessel to make the water more recharged and easily absorbed by the body.
Depending on your body dosha it's important to drink the water – hot, lukewarm, or room temperature. Ayurveda never recommends drinking cold water. This ritual is giving a steam-clean to our body cells when we do this first thing in the morning and also kindles the digestive fire to keep us energetic and alert throughout out the day.
During these winter months, feel free to drink hot water, (even if you are pitta), and switch to room temperature water during hot summer months. Vata body types can drink it warm and kapha body types can drink to the water at a hot temperature.
If you are pitta dominant dosha and notice that as you are drinking hot water, you begin to see any imbalance in pitta like breakouts or rashes switch to lukewarm water.
Be sure not to season the water with anything. This is stressed in Ayurveda, as water has a subtle genetic pattern that has the power to detox, hydrate, regulate, eliminate and bring our bodies back to nature's rhythm. So to make this process work efficiently it is important we drink plain water with nothing added to it.
The wisdom of Ayurveda also tells us more about the right way to drink water. Taking small sips and enjoying the taste of water in the mouth is the right way to drink it. To make it more beneficial drink your morning water sitting in a sukhasana (cross legged seated position).
For best results, be sure not to eat anything until at least 30- 40 minutes later, as this is the time the body takes to steam-clean our body cells, hydrate and energize the cells, and start removing all the ama (toxins) accumulated in the body.
The top Ayurvedic benefits of drinking one litre of water daily:
1) Removes Toxins
2) Aids Digestion
3) Helps Weight Loss
4) Increases Life-span
5) Preserves Hydration
6) Counteracts Fatigue
7) Radiant Skin
8) Immune Booster
9) Sense of Calmness
If you start to incorporate this ayurvedic practice into your daily routine, you will begin to notice the benefits. Just be patient and consistent.
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Russia Confronts Britain at UNSC: 'You Fear U.S. and Russia Might Cooperate'
April 12, 2017 (EIRNS)—At a UN Security Council meeting called today to debate a slightly-revised draft of the April 5 resolution on Syria presented by the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, which was voted down, Russia's Deputy Permanent Representative, Vladimir Safonkov, identified the United Kingdom, through its Permanent Representative Matthew Rycroft, as the biggest saboteur of any attempts to resolve the Syrian crisis, and of "complicating" the work of Special UN Envoy Steffan De Mistura in the region.
Responding to Rycroft's anti-Russia diatribe, in which he had charged that Russia had lost all credibility in the eyes of the world because of its support for the "barbaric" Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, and had consistently "abused" its veto at the UNSC, Safronkov got right to the point.
"What you are afraid of," he told Rycroft, is that "we might work with the United States. That's what you lose sleep over." As Rycroft looked away, Safronkov told him, "Look at me! I'm speaking to you! Don't look away!" The United Kingdom does nothing to achieve a political solution in Syria, he continued. On the contrary, "you invite illegal armed groups to London," groups that murder Christians and minorities in the Middle East. "You advance their interests. What are you doing" to advance a political solution, Safronkov asked. "Regime-change is more important to you" than what the majorities of the UNSC think.
Rycroft's insulting remarks about Russia were such that Safronkov felt compelled to call on UNSC rotating president, U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley, to enforce the rules of conduct.
"It is unacceptable," he told Rycroft, "for you to insult Russia."
Joining Safronkov in his attacks on imperial Britain was Syria's Permanent Representative to the UN, Bashar al Jaafari, who was attending a UNSC meeting for the first time in three months. This current UNSC session, he said, reminded him of Secretary of State Collin Powell's appearance in this same room 14 years earlier, during which he swore that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction (WMD). It appears, he said, that
This, he added, "reminds us of the criminal role of Tony Blair, his role in the invasion of Iraq 14 years ago after fabricating lies about Iraqi WMDs."
Al Jaafari reported that Syria has sent 90 letters to the UNSC documenting the fact that terrorist groups possess chemical weapons, and providing details on the smuggling of sarin gas from Libya, through Turkey, into Syria, with names, dates, and vehicle identification data. The Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) confirmed in 2014 that Syria no longer had chemical weapons. Moreover, he recalled, "U.S. ships in the Mediterranean destroyed those chemical weapons. What an irony." Syria, he reported, has sent a letter to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), calling on it to send a technical mission to Khan Shaykhun, site of the alleged chemical attack, and also to the Shayrat airbase attacked by the U.S. Tomahawk missiles, to begin a competent investigation.


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Star Trek: Discovery arrives in late September. Set in the Prime timeline (as opposed to Abrams' Kelvin film timeline), the series follows the exploits of a brand new Starfleet crew, going boldly about a decade before Kirk's famous five-year mission. This time around, Lt. Cmdr. Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and her shipmates find themselves on the wrong side of a disruptor as the Federation-Klingon cold war heats up.
The first small screen outing since Star Trek: Enterprise ended its run in 2005, Discovery strives to merge the more cerebral themes of its predecessors while borrowing action-heavy beats from theatrical Trek and other modern cinematic offerings. But Discovery has already courted controversy before even hitting the small screen, due to the show's moderate re-imagining of the franchise. CBS clearly felt the need to give modern audiences something fresh yet familiar – much like J.J. Abrams did with his 2009 reboot.
Despite its connection to the Kelvin films, especially writer/producer Alex Kurtzman, the direction and tone of the CBS show feels more like a call-back to a different Abrams' soft reboot: Star Wars: Episode VII -- The Force Awakens.
For all the fan-shade thrown at it, The Force Awakens reignited a world's interest in and love for Star Wars. It's far from a perfect picture, and fans and critics will debate the merits of Abrams' super-homage to A New Hope until their faces turn blue. Still, it remains an eminently watchable movie and still holds up fairly well to scrutiny, at least if The Last Jedi and Episode IX answer some of the mysteries TFA left in its wake.
After Enterprise's failure to connect, CBS was undoubtedly down to avoid repeating their mistakes. Discovery itself was announced a mere month before TFA hit theaters, so the show's development team probably awaited the film's release (and critical response) with Spock-like eyebrows raised. When Episode VII became a global phenom, the developers, including Bryan Fuller at the time, likely pored over every pivotal moment and plot hole, searching for the proverbial thermal exhaust ports of the film. Much like the Trek reboot before them, Abrams replicated the magic of the beloved series and established the franchise's continued commercial viability without ruffling too many feathers.
So, what can the production team learn from Lucasfilm? Even though TFA is set 30 years in the future – the only easily explicable place to pick up the Skywalker saga with the original actors – and the latest Trek is set ten years before Kirk, both the film and the show convey similar themes: mythology causes conflict (First Order's devotion to the empire and Klingons need to build theirs); generational gaps create friction (Luke/Kylo Ren and Lorca/Michael perhaps); a disconnect from family causes heartache (Rey, Finn, Ren and Michael/Sarek); and naturally redemption is a motivating factor (Luke/Ren and perhaps Michael).
In addition, both Trek and Wars deal with alterations due to in-world and external technological updates. Film, camera techniques, and digital effects have all advanced dramatically, even since George Lucas' innovative if less-beloved second trilogy. For Episode VII, Abrams did his homework, learning that fans loved the lived-in aesthetic of the original trilogy but also enjoyed the stunningly rendered landscapes and vast scale of the prequels. Smartly, he merged high and low tech for his own soft reboot. As evident from the trailers, featuring gorgeous spacescapes and alien species clearly created by physical craftspersons, Discovery took Lucasfilm's blend of practical and CG effects to heart.


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Words of Support and Encouragement Week of March 28, 2011
Good Morning! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. It seems like every week, a new chemical or product is labeled as potentially dangerous to your health. Whether you are trying to conceive or nurture an early pregnancy, it is important for you to feel secure with your choices.
At CNY Fertility Center, we won't necessarily tell you to stay away from a particular beauty product, but our practitioners will often advise you to lean more towards natural skin care. If you have any specific questions, please don't hesitate to ask at your next appointment.
For your own knowledge, the Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database is a great resource. I check it all the time, and I have found it to be incredibly helpful! All you do is search any product you use, and they give you the results of their research and the product's safety rating. Product safety is something to consider for everyone, not only those who are trying to conceive or carry a child.
Have a look, and see how your products compare! There may be a cost-effective and easy change to make, to improve the quality of what you put both on and in your body.
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J. Cole drops his latest project 4 Your Eyez Only, and it's something entirely novel, fresh, and introspective.
When you first hear the instrumentals of the first track, you are welcomed to the wondrous Cole world. Vocals, bells, and sounds surrounding encompass you as you blast the tunes and tones of the music. The American Hip hop recording artist and rapper extremely transformed from his past self and found a new vocal aura to capture via this studio album.
He raises the volume as he incorporates percussion and spoken word/monologues interspersed throughout the entirety of the compilation, a trend, as of late, amongst hip hop and R&B artists.
This North Carolina-born singer similarly includes the assistance and production talents of other Roc Nation & Dreamville music industry moguls such as: Elite and Ron Gilmore for production, Ari Lennox as a vocalist on "Change," Vinylz, Boi-1da ("Deja Vu"), Cardiak ("Immortal"), and BLVK and Childish Major ("4 Your Eyez Only"). What is fascinating is the fact that he did not include any features on this project (something that rappers do left and right constantly and consistently). This really made Cole distinguish himself from the sea of superstars, and he should be commended for that.
He's a big deal, and not many recognize that. He's an artist with a lot of talent and a lot to give, but is also one of the most underrated musicians out there. He's had successful albums since first his studio album Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011), then to Born Sinner (2013), to Forest Hills Drive (2014), to now 4 Your Eyez Only (2016). This is not including his multiple mixtapes including: The Come Up (2007), The Warm Up (2009), Friday Night Lights (2010), and Revenge of the Dreamers (with Dreamville) (2014).
What makes this familiar approach of rap album creation stand out amongst the others (e.g. Life of Pablo– Kanye West, Blonde– Frank Ocean, Coloring Book– Chance The Rapper, etc.) is that it is more low key, less operatic, less aggressive, and more evenly toned. It sounds like our Dreamville Cole, yet with a more mellow, retro vibe.
Nonetheless, I say bravo to this pioneer of his own hip hop domain as he treks into more musical experimentation.
In addition, this new project received a ton of satisfied responses and excited reactions, and to only make this more exotic and enticing, a fan came up with a theory relating to the storyline embedded within the core of Cole's album. The fan believed that the album was truly a story about Cole's own friend who fell in love, reached out to his daughter, and was killed by the street violence of his hometown. Here is the post below:
Give this new production a listen now and support our man J. Cole:


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Young Chris – I'm Alive
Former Roc-A-Fella Records emcee Young Chris will be releasing an EP titled Vital Signs on November 19th, via Division 1 and eOne.
The first single from the Young Gunz,State Property member is "I'm Alive." The single is available now on iTunes.
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This is my son, Trevor and his wife, Lydia's story. They recently lost their second child, Beau, due to stillbirth at 20 weeks. Although it was a very difficult decision for them to share this, they knew their story may help others. They had never heard of this infection. I had not, either. You may not have, either. Their purpose is not to scare other pregnant women, or those wanting to become pregnant, but to educate all on this common childhood infection, and through education, help others. My heart breaks again, but I am so proud of both of them for sharing their story to raise awareness.
See: www.stopcmv.org
****I have struggled with if and how to share our story on what happened with Beau. Our stillbirth was the result of cytomegalovirus infection (CMV). We will not be able to try again until the doctor tells us we can. If you are pregnant or will ever be trying please read all of this!1 out of 150 births have congenitalCMV causing more health problems and deaths than downs syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome,neuro tube defects, and pediatric HIV/AIDs. Yet less than 15% of pregnant woman know aboutCMV and its risks (I had never heard of it before).
CMV is very common viral infection virus that once you are infected stays with you for life. It is estimated that 50%-80% of us in the US have it by the time we are 40. 40% of women that get theCMV infection for the first time during pregnancy will pass it on to their unborn baby.CMV is the most common congenital (meaning from birth) viral infection in the United States. It is known as the "silent virus" because most people will present with no signs or symptoms or harmful effects after birth. Those that do have symptoms are similar to mono. (For example, I remember being fatigued and having night sweats, but thinking that's just pregnancy and hormones.) Permanent health problems and disabilities due to CongenitalCMV are: hearing loss, (#1 cause for non-genetic hearing loss), vision loss, mental disability, failure to thrive, sleeping issues, behavior issues, microcephaly, intracranialcalcifications, and lack of coordination, cerebral palsy, seizures and death. It is the leading cause of mental retardation and disability. Yet no one talks about it? Why it that…well it may have something to do with how I got it.So how did I get it? "CMV is spread from one person to another, usually by close and prolonged contact with bodily fluids, including urine, saliva, and tears. CMV is very common among healthy children 1 to 3 years of age who are at high risk for contracting CMV from their peers. Contact with the saliva or urine of young children is a major cause of CMV infection among pregnant women, especially mothers, daycare workers, preschool teachers, therapists, and nurses. " (www.stopcmv.org ) So most likely, I got it from kissing or sharing food/drinks with my son. I cannot express how disappointing, frustrating and heartbreaking this is to find out. To think that I lost one son by being a mom to my other son, how is that even possible? And honestly, who wants to talk about that, I know I didn't. But if I didn't share I realized I am part of the problem of the silence.So what will I do and what can you do with this information. Well currently, Utah is the first and only state to require OB/GYN's to tell pregnant women aboutCMV and how to prevent it (started in Oct 2013). There is no national awareness campaign to educate mothers, and from what I can find nothing in Missouri. So first there is awareness, tell other pregnant women or women trying to get pregnant, please! Especially if they have or work with young children. I don't want to scare anyone, but just simply say, "I know this is weird but I heard of this thing that no one talks about called CMV…have you heard of it?" I have read that there it treatment if detected early, and even a chance to reverse it (before birth) if detected early. Also, a vaccine is in the works…but they are thinking it is 10-20 years down to road.It was very hard to go what we went through just 7 weeks ago…and I still struggle with it every day. But to find out it was preventable and I knew nothing. It gives me mixed emotions. Because what could someone do or say to convince me back then that this is serious. In reality would I take precautions and get creative with affection (maybe not sloppy kisses but butterfly kisses for a few special months)?. I know our kids are freaking cute and it is very hard to do practical things like refrain from kissing or sharing. But I can share this, sometimes now when I hear Ben's laugh or see how cute he is, sometimes I want to (or do) cry because I realize that Beau was would also have a cute laugh or smile, but I will never hear his laugh or see his smile and neither will his big brother and it didn't have to be that way. So I can tell you this, if you are a parent to two children or are a sibling, think of not having that second child or sibling simply because mommy kissed the other. That's what I live with every day now…I don't want anyone else going through that. And that is why I share our story. June is National CMV Awareness Month. So please share this.
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Hello Lázaro! How are you?
All good, bro. Doin my thang and living my life by God Will.
Tell us a little about yourself, where you are, what do you do, and your daily routine.
My name is Lazaro Paz, a.k.a. "Laz". I'm from Salvador-Bahia-Brazil. At the moment I'm government employee on the city that I live, graduated at Advertising, producer, mc and fingerboarder.
How did you discovered fingerboarding?
Here in Brazil, we got a big "boom" at the country in the begginnig of 2000 decade. Then, the industrial scene over when the money went out. I was very indifferent for fingerskating until 2002, until when a friend give me an old plastic fingerskating with a rail for pay me $5 that I was lend him before. From 2002 to now, I'm still in love with fingerboarding, it's like a marriage. Haha.
Do you think it has changed really much since then?
Fosho. Years ago we didn't have places for buy stuffs. The internet help us at this situation, its true. But now we got the power to invade places all around the world and civilization. We got good stuffs like Evolves, Flat Faces, Low Pro and many more. We got good layouts and graphics to advertise the scene. Very good fingerboarders that practice and give good moments to people who wanna see what is this miniature. Here in Salvador we mix fingerskating with social actions and music. I'm not saying that we are the best, but we are trying to serve the scene like a good example that could be repeated at other places.
What it mean for you?
Many things from over these years: focus, discipline, criativiy, friendship, lifestyle…All this positive kinds of emotions and feeling.
And now, what does fingerboarding mean for you?
Years ago I was Winkler Wheels Brazil team manager and rider, I was 16, the younger member of the team. I could feel me a fingerboard star for the hard tricks and the status that it gave me. But unconsciously I was feeling that fingerboarding scene is much more than this. The good stuffs from Winkler was the dopest tools that I was used, but the attention and respect from a 80's decade fingerboarder like him and the vibe of the demonstrations at schools with smile young people, was much more better. At resume fingerboarding is a contact with angels, it's a spiritual thang, you feel me?
Perfectly. We know that the work you perform for the scene of the Salvador is worthy of admiration, what is cooking there? The finger scene is so based on the Internet as in Europe and the rest of America, or live differently?
We got demos since 2003 and, at 2008, we created a social project called "Skate de Dedo de Volta" ("Fingerboarding is Back"), to figure a new way to show fingerskating, without commercial/industrial ideology, we already visit instituts and places not only in Salvador. We got a art collective called "Manufilia" that we make music and other kinds of artistics jobs with fingerboarding. Everything is cool, the social project is doing his part, the collective is about to launch his first rap album with fingerboarder-rappers. I'm on my third solo album talking about fingerboarding, sang some fingerskating songs on Salvador carnival this year, a book is coming too… Recently I entered to Reb7r Nation Wide crew that is a Bizzy Bone / 7th Sign group affiliated and I intend to talk about fingerboarding when I can. I've turn into a megalomaniac dude with fingerboarding and that's all for you, the guys who wanna see the fingerskate grows and touch the sky. We got no limit to give the people good moments through this blessed miniature.
What think your friends and family about your fingerboard practice?
Usually, they call me crazy, lol. But maybe they feel that I do it with love and force.
When did you started to make songs?
At 2009. I begin to have a will to sing and I didn't know what the songs I would sing. Then I begin to visit a studio on the university that I was studying to watch the people recording and producing. Fingerboarding lyrics was about to come to the paper. I was a joke for some people, haha. I'm still yet sometimes, but I keep it going, cuz that's what I believe and work for.
Mixing rap with fingerboard … How did that daring idea?
Two things that I love: music and fingerboarding. Different things, but they both got the same vibe and it turn into only one beautiful thing, at least for me.
In what do you spend more time, music or fingerboarding?
Difficult question.Haha. Basically, i practice at job intervals and launch time, go to my house, produce some beats and record some fingerboard-song, then I go to practice with neighborhood friends on my slab or at the streets.
What's your current setup?
I got 3 fingerboardings that contains Evolve, Low Pro or Yellowood decks, Flat Face wheels and Fingerstore trucks. Usually I carry the Evolve/Flat Face one on my pocket.
Do you prefer practice fingerboard indoor, or outdoor?
Outdoor, fosho.
Do you have some brands that support you in any way?
Personally I got Evolve and Flat Flat flow team for fingerboarding practice. Usually, at the events we got Low Pro, Yellowood, Fingerstore, FBMag and you. For music I got some tattoo studios, graphical business, and other brands to help me pay the production of the albums.
I guess thanks to the internet you will have discovered the differences and similarities of the scene of the Salvador with the rest of the world, what do you think is missing from the scene of the Salvador, and what you think is missing in the "worldwide" fingerboard scene?
In my opinion, I think its missing the same thing for both scenes: aexchange tour. Imagine: a fingerboarder who live on Brazil visit Spain to help the spanish scene. At the same time a spanishfingerboarder goes to Brazil. Their family or friends is about to support them with food and accommodation. They only need to worry about participe fingerboard events. It'd be a great and positive status for the both places. Showing that fingerboarding got a world wide scene, like at Fast Fingers championship.
In general, what do you dislike of fingerboard?
I support all the kinds of critical opinions, but I feel a little angry when some fingerboarders brothers try to show no respect for the projects. I'm not asking for a good opinion, but some people had to realize that it's not mine or yours, or for me or for you… it's for the scene, and everything that is made with love and dedication has the same value. Even with music, contests or new riders who record a video without learn a high ollie and suffer with bad comments, you know?
And what did you like best?
The different kinds of opinions and reactions from the people. Sometimes they like, sometimes they think it's a shit, they laugh and sometimes they look at your face like "you mad, bro, don't you live your child period?".Haha
Do you practice skate or some other sport?
Sometimes I go to RibeiraSkatepark at Salvador, but I don't practice like before. I practice running too, listen to my musics and think about what can I do to get it better.
Apart from music and the fingerboard, do you have any other hobby that you do in your free time?
Read some good books to inspire me for my projects, study astrology and spirituality.
What music do you usually listen to?
Brazilian and African music, we have good and creative way to make songs. I'm a Bone Thugs-n-Harmony fan and my friends who rap in Brazil, like J.B., Simek, Gutierrez, Yuri Loppo, Vini Costa, Romulo Jr, and many more. I like new-age songs like Visage, listen to 80's decade groups like Alphaville. Oh, i can't forget about the good rock bands like The Cure and Joy Division.
If you had to give some advice to the readers of Fingercan, what would it be?
I don't know if is a advice but… visit this site that you'll get good times with you fingerboarding in front of your PC. Then mix your tricks and projects with something that you love beyond this. If you a singer, sing about fingerboarding. If you aarchitect, make the dopest ramps that a human can ride. Even if you a priest, create the fingerboard mass, lol. That's a good way to maximize the scene, please believe it and don't trust about the priest action that I suggested. Haha.
What do you think about this website, Fingercan.es?
Super dope, clean layout, show opinions, videos and events from different places. Deserve the respect from all the fingerboarders around the world. Real talk.
Would you like to greet someone?
Fisrt God to show me fingerboarding. Family, fingerboarders and the people who believe and work with me on the projects, I feel grateful for ya'll. Sorry if I forgot someone, but at this moment I remembered Alan dos Anjos, Romulo Junior, Vinny Santos, Jader Muller, Martin Winkler, Andre Coral, Mike Schneider, Phillipe, Pablo Montenegro, Jorge André, SoraiaSavitri, Leonardo Tabacow, Renato Taroba, Helga Simões, Cesar Girão, Whodni-Black, DjBranco, Vini Costa, Reinaldo Paz, LazzoMatumbi, Juliana Ribeiro, Tote Gira, and many others. Thank you Fingercan and Jospe to choose me for this interview too.
Thank you for your support for the fingerboard scene, for these words, and for your support to Fingercan. Continue believing in what you do and fulfilling your dreams!


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TEWKSBURY -- For the past seven years, Erin Knyff has been running the non-profit Liam Nation, named after her son -- but she said it's time for a fresh set of eyes to take the reigns.
Bob Gill, who has been the organization's athletic director for the past five years, has stepped into this larger role of leading Liam Nation, which helps special needs children and adults.
"I just think that it was time for a fresh perspective," said Knyff, who is the co-founder of the organization named after her son. "I just feel like it's time for me to step back from being the president of Liam Nation and concentrate more on the fundraising end of it."
Knyff said it was a no-brainer to approach Gill about the opportunity to become president. Throughout his tenure as the athletics director, Gill has grown the program from three to seven sports and the number of registered athletes have increased from 18 to nearly 80. Gill said he was shocked by the interest to have him step into this role, but said his family was overwhelmingly supportive of the opportunity.
"I'm just excited," Gill said. "I'm looking forward to seeing what we can build. I'm looking forward to stretching the bounds of possibilities."
Gill said he has short-term, mid-term and long-term goals for the non-profit. Looking short-term, Gill hopes to expand the athletics program. As a mid-term goal, he wants to increase the size of Liam Nation's biggest annual fundraiser, a comedy show called Laughs For Liam Nation.
"Right now, when mom and dad passes, they end up in public housing and they get put in with people who are drug dealers and things of that nature," Gill said. "I want to build a place where they're living with people like them, where they are taken care of, not necessarily looked after because they can do a lot themselves -- but where they feel safe, where they feel comfortable."
He does not know if that will become a reality for Liam Nation, but Gill said it will require a lot of work.
As of now, Gill is still fulfilling his duties as athletics director, while also balancing his responsibilities as president since April.
"I am looking for an athletics director. I want to find someone to take it over," he said. "I'll always be involved, obviously. That's my baby."
Knyff said Gill is the best person to lead the organization to even more success, even though it has been a little hard for her to take a step back.
"He loves our kids. He lives for these kids. He lives to come up with new ideas for things for them to do and for them to socialize -- ways for our kids to just be like every other kid," Knyff said of Gill. "It's been good. A little hard for me to let go, but I think it's a really good thing for the organization and I always put Liam Nation first. It's never been about me personally."
The families Gill has met and been involved with over the years has been the driving force for his years of commitment.
"When you look into the faces of the kids and the families, everybody's always told them, 'No, you can't do this, you can't do that.' They've given then 1,000 reasons why not," Gill said. "I want to give them 1,000 reasons why."
The organization is also gearing up for its Laughs For Liam Nation comedy event, taking place on Sept. 30 at the Crest View Plaza in Woburn. The tickets are $50 each, include dinner, games and entertainment from Lenny Clarke, Jimmie Walker and Rocky LaPorte. Both Knyff and Gill urge people to come out for a night of fun and community support.
For more information on Liam Nation, visit www.liamnation.org. If you are interested in the athletics director position, email Gill at email@example.com. For general information, email email@example.com.
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Actually, I must raise my sword in defense of the lay Mormons, or anyone who has been indoctrinated (and even "endocrinated") into a religion that tells lies (i.e., pretty much all of them)...
In almost all religions, there are a full spectrum of adherents, ranging from almost complete apostasy to rigid fundies...and it is the latter that cause all the trouble.
Interestingly, the more non-ignorant the adherent is, the less fundamentalist they tend to be.
I have a good friend/ex-boss who happens to be Mormon, but I don't think he's much into the alternate history espoused by said religion. (Or any religion.) In other words, he's not a literalist.
[ Though, I guess I should mention he is a Glenn Beck fan, it has seemed to me that he disagrees with Beck when the latter acts like a screaming weenie.
And even if we doubt Beck's sincerity when he does so, he does "say the right thing" from time to time, such as advocating non-violent protest in the manner of Gandhi and MLK.
But I digress. ]
Then there was my old almost girlfriend, who was raised Mormon...a few years ago, she told my pastor that she was a "recovering Mormon", and he said, "that's okay, I'm a recovering Catholic." Funny to hear that come from a Catholic priest...
So hearing his courageous words helped this one realize that there _is_ that
wide spectrum of religious belief in any religion... AND at all levels of their hierarchies.
There was another time, when the gentleman said -- in a _sermon_ -- "the stars do not always shine on the Vatican." (If Bill Donahue had been in the audience when he said that, I fear we'd have had to put him in 5-point restraints.)
But, this was probably the best way for the man to carry out his pastoral mission. Men and women of conscience know the guy is genuine...as is my Mormon friend...and as are plenty of Mormons.
In summary: religion is a funny thing...and some religious detractors are more "literalist" than the religious adherents.
Indeed, if you were to bring up one of hundreds of Bible contradictions to a mainstream theologian, she would most likely roll her eyes, pat you on the head, and offer to buy you an ice cream cone.
Take care,
(In response to Men with huge forearms holding long, hard, rigid shafts of steel
Thursday, July 16, 2009
My comment in response to the fine work of the Right Reverend JC Christian
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"Pop in disguise"; the kittenish sounds of new singer-songwriter, Fiona Bevan
I was reading the list of 'Most Successful UK Songwriters of 2013' over the weekend, as published in The Independent on February 11th, 2014.
It was Music Week that collated the list and to clarify – the songwriters did not have to originate from the UK as the list was compiled based on songwriters' "shares" of the credit for the UK's 100 biggest-selling singles of the year. The list reads as follows:
1. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
2. Pharrell Williams
3. The Smeezingtons (including Bruno Mars)
4. Ryan Tedder
5. Mike Rosenberg (Passenger)
6. Dan Smith (Bastille)
7. Avicii
8. Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel (Daft Punk)
9. Jeremy Fraites and Wesley Schultz (The Lumineers)
10. Max Martin
I found the absence of any double x chromosomes particularly depressing, especially given the number of great female songwriters that the music industry has to offer. Obviously this is just a snapshot in time and isn't meant to reflect the state of the industry as a whole, but it kind of does…doesn't it? There are clearly several prolific and widely regarded female songwriters on the scene at the moment: Sia Furler (who occupied the number 2 spot in 2012), Ellie Goulding (19th, 2013), Taylor Swift (11th, 2013), Lady Gaga (100th, 2013), Laura Marling and Emile Sande to name but a few, but it would appear that either a. their sales are predominantly album-driven or b. they are co-writing some of their most successful material. Max Martin co-wrote Swift's '22' and 'I Knew You Were Trouble', as well as Katy Perry's 'Roar' and quite evidently has the golden touch when it comes to penning hit records. He gave us 'Baby One More Time' and the wondrous Britney Spears, need I say more.
One such female who is hoping to navigate her way to the top of this list is Suffolk-born, Colchester-raised, Fiona Bevan. Bevan has already established herself as an in-demand songwriter on an international scale. As well as commissions for film, classical compositions, and a Tate exhibition, she also co-wrote 'Little Things' with Ed Sheeran, which went on to become a No.1 single for One Direction. Bevan releases her debut single, 'The Machine' on March 1oth, 2014 on Navigator Records. The track is the first single to be taken from 'Talk To Strangers', Bevan's debut album set for release on April 28th, 2014.
Bevan describes her debut album as "pop in disguise". An accurate depiction of the material I'd say; I hear strong folk and acoustic rock influences coming through which put me in mind of Joanna Newsom, Bella Hardy and Lisa Hannigan. Fine company, folkies amongst me will agree. Bevan's vocals, like Hannigan's, are beautifully hypnotic, perfectly blending her delicate, kittenish tone with the jaunty beats of her acoustic guitar. Bevan's look is as unique and stunning as her artistry and I predict big things for her in 2014.
www.fionabevan.co.uk / www.twitter.com/fionabevan
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In short; A person is intoxicated if their speech, balance, behaviour OR coordination is noticeably affected by the consumption of liquor.
Noticeably is the word that is highlighted here as therein lies the rub. Noticeably means basically that it's obvious, which does sometimes require an experienced eye to discern.*
On a vertical scale where the bottom of the scale is sobriety and the top of the scale is paralytic drunk, in the hospital getting one's stomach pumped kind of thing, the definition of intoxication is just a few rings down from the top notch.
Below the line of intoxication though is "merry", a zone where patrons are having a great time, they're no doubt feeling the effects of the alcohol but are not exhibiting any clearly noticeable signs as per the definition. This is the zone that via right psychological and physiological management of patrons they can be assisted to not go out of in the wrong direction.
We seek to do this firstly because its the law to not allow them to reach intoxication, but secondly because it's generally bad business to do so. Why bad business? Because it's bad hospitality for a number of reasons, one of which is that it leads to probable regrets the next day from over consumption via the effects of hangovers, ultimately leads to burn out i.e. non-sustainability of drinking culture in individuals, and also makes the venue more unsafe as well as the venue's surrounds, which leads to all types of problems as well as pressure on the industry from the community represented by it's government's officials.
But how do we assist patrons from crossing this line without them complaining of living in a nanny state or accusing us of being over-bearing?
With the right knowledge and tools it's quite easy to do. The reality is that most patrons appreciate the assistance, you can tell this cause they say 'thank you' and directly compliment the venue on providing it. The small handful that don't appreciate it usually get managed by their friends or colleagues either by peer example or by them directly instructing their friends. Others who even still don't want to comply just have to be dealt with like anyone else who reaches intoxication. From experience though we do see these people ultimately come around to enjoying the added hospitality they're receiving.
The way in which we provide Special Alcohol Management Service (SAMS) to drinking patrons is to be mindful of their physiology e.g. that alcohol is dehydrating them and the effects of that, and to be mindful of their psychology e.g. that we can control their mood by the way in which we interact with them. By doing both these things effectively then it naturally follows that the benefits to the venue will be forthcoming.
*Some examples of what noticeably affected Speech, Balance, Behaviour, Coordination looks like;
SPEECH – Slur words, talk in rambling or unintelligible sentences, are incoherent or muddled in their speech
BALANCE – Are unsteady on their feet, stumble or bump into people or objects, sway uncontrollably or cannot stand or walk straight
BEHAVIOUR – Become rude, aggressive, or offensive, are unable to concentrate or follow instructions, become boisterous or pester others.
COORDINATION – Fumble to light a cigarette, have difficulty in counting money or paying, spill or drop drink, have difficulty in opening or closing doors


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