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Maria maintains a diverse civil litigation practice that includes the following types of cases:
Before joining Goldberg, Janoski & Maloney, Maria practiced in Philadelphia and Cherry Hill, New Jersey and focused her practice on complex litigation, including pharmaceutical and medical device mass torts, environmental tort cases, and occupational chemical exposure cases.
Born and raised outside of Scranton, Pennsylvania, Maria is a cum laude graduate of Widener University School of Law – Wilmington Campus. While at Widener, Maria was named a Widener Merit Scholar, served as an associate editor of the Widener Law Review, and was selected for membership in the Moe Levine Trial Advocacy Honor Society. She also interned at the Widener University Veterans Law Clinic, volunteered at the Mid-Atlantic Environmental Law Clinic, and worked as a research assistant to Andrew Strauss, Esquire, Distinguished Professor of Law. Maria also was a Wilmington Campus finalist in the Widener University Hugh B. Pearce Mock Trial Competition and represented Widener at the Texas Young Lawyers Association National Trial Competition.
Before law school, Maria worked as a paralegal and legal secretary. She attended night classes during this time and earned a masters degree in criminal justice from Marywood University. Her thesis, entitled Treatment and Punishment: A Qualitative Evaluation of the Lackawanna County Adult Treatment Court, was nominated for the Melvin Medal for Excellence in Scholarly Research. While at Marywood, Maria was selected for membership in multiple honor societies. Maria also holds a bachelors degree in English from Cornell University. While at Cornell, she was named to the National Dean's List and served as president of the Delta Rho Chapter of Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority.
Maria is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and in the United States District Courts for the District of New Jersey and the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania. She is also an accredited veterans benefits attorney and is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. She is an active member of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, the Chester County Bar Association and the nationally recognized Temple American Inn of Court.
Maria resides in Downingtown and is a member of the Board of Directors for The Friends of West Goshen Parks, Inc. In her spare time, Maria enjoys reading, jazz music, running, and hiking. Maria also volunteers with Chester County Wills for Heroes and as a judge for high school, college and law school mock trial competitions.


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Little update for you all. Seen as the world and their wife have updated the inspiring blogs I read on a regular basis I guess I should, like a sheep (as I live in wales, which means by default I have to like sheep), follow suit.
Everything is fine. Generally.
The end.
Well I say everything – but that would exclude the fact that my body seems to generally hate various parts of me again, the niggles remain, the same old issues keep popping up and overall no real progress nutritionally has been made.
But you know, it was my birthday and I had to spend it in Scotland alone – seen as douglas wouldn't come keep me company – so I had a couple of beers and then over the weekend there was cake, chips, burgers, beer, crisps, chocolate, soreen, beer, pizza.
Speaking of which – I have given @SoreenHQ quiet a lot of grief over the last couple of months due to the non-arrival of my goody box. I watched patiently as other less worthy twitter buddies received and gorged themselves on the squidgy moistness of a freebie box. But after 2 months my box finally arrived. Granted 30% of it was out of date due to royal mail screwing it up, but that's one of the joys of it – it still tastes bloody good a few days past its best.
Things sort of just snow balled from Wednesday to the Sunday afternoon – where I felt almost full to brimming with food. Not good full – bad full, the type of full which means serious issues the day after at the long drop. (I don't go into knitty gritty detail about such activities however, safe to say after my run yesterday morning – if you go down to the woods today you will definitely be in for a surprise)
I know I struggle when I have treats – a treat turns into a treat day, which turns into a treat weekend and then before I know it I am a week later and 4 lbs heavier. So for me generally I work better when I don't have anything deemed treat like – chocolate for instance. Beer is fine, I mean Guinness is an essential part of recovery, as we all know.
I have stumbled across a good breakfast though which is keeping me fuller for longer and I think (hope) aiding my recovery after my early morning sessions.
Now if you can get past the colour – which grows on you – the smoothie tastes really good and from a nutrition point of view ticks a lot of boxes. I even got approval from twitter greatness in the form of Nic Whitehead ( @nicsnutrition)
The recipe is as follows; 30g of vanilla protein powder, 30g of oats, ½ pint of milk, ½ pint of water, 2 large handfuls of fresh kale, a teaspoon of honey or peanut butter, ½ frozen banana. Blend for as long as it takes to mash up and drink straight away – makes about a pint and a half. This tends to keep up full till midday and definitely longer than a bowl of porridge.
Hopefully this will aid the timber loss going forward and it makes me feel smug to think I am eating well first thing, after training well. Shame my nutrition often goes downhill after lunch.
I am awaiting with baited breath for my standard kit from 9bar to arrive along with the first batch of goodies from there to keep me training this year. Then later in the week I hope my other non-branded items will arrive, so I can get them branded up and put into use.
One thing which they have already helped massively with is entry into a couple of events. So much so that my list for the year now looks like this;
Snowdonia HM – 6th April
Swimathon 5k – 22nd march
Sport relief 10k – 23 march
Outlaw 70.3 – 1st June
Chester Olympic tri – 8th June
Keswick Olympic tri – 15th June
Outlaw ironman distance – 27th July
Equinox – 21st Sept
Leeds tri – 14th Sept
June looks like it will be busy this year that's for sure.
At the start of the year I made a resolution to not spend any money on triathlon related things within January. Well that lasted 13 days, longer than I thought in fairness, as I acquired a Polar FT7, some new tyres, some inner tubes and some patches. Good to get the balance back of spending!
So I have entered the world of heart rate monitoring, and I am not afraid to admit it has confused the hell out of me. Thanks for all the help and pointers from various folks on twitter I think I will be able to overcome the shortcomings I deem with the process and hope over the coming weeks to have a bit more confidence with what it is telling me I am doing vs. what I think I should be doing.
Who would have thought it would be so difficult – after all it's only a bit of swim, bike, run isn't it?
Also if I train smarter it might mean I can keep up with……………
I think I shall go back to burying my head in the sand. There are no numbers down there.
Quick note – after a joking request to David Akers (@bigdaveakers) I have potentially sourced this master to teach me and a few others the ways of his fish like abilities. The date and time and location haven't been fully sorted, however it will be north wales somewhere – so if you fancy learning from a genuinely inspirational teacher drop me a line as I need a 'few' of us to make it worth everyone's time.
With that in mind, I am planning on actually visiting the pool this week – for the first time this year. Should be 'fun'.

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Dark dating tv show
That's how they get you, those sneaky reality TV shows.It's very rarely a conscious choice; it's more an accident of channel surfing, coupled with a moment of distraction, and then the sudden realization that you've had the same crappy show on for the last 15 minutes, and that somehow you've become absorbed in the banality and part of you actually cares how the episode ends. That's how they get you, those sneaky reality TV shows.It's very rarely a conscious choice; it's more an accident of channel surfing, coupled with a moment of distraction, and then the sudden realization that you've had the same crappy show on for the last 15 minutes, and that somehow you've become absorbed in the banality and part of you actually cares how the episode ends. )If you blinked and missed it, "Dating in the Dark" takes three men and three women and puts them in separate wings of a house.And this is how I met ABC's "Dating in the Dark." Sadly, I caught it on the night of its finale. ) Fortunately — for me and for you — all six episodes are available on Hulu for watching. The only time males and females are allowed to be together is in a pitch black room.She spoke with me recently about her televised dating experience and had some insightful comments on reality TV today, how it got here, and where it should head next.Perl-Raver admits that she had her own reasons for appearing on , in which each episode, three men and three women get acquainted in complete darkness before selecting a suitable match to see in the light.Cruelly, if rejected, the person waiting on the balcony can watch the other flee the house, suitcase in hand.
She wasn't the only contestant with another agenda."Everyone had ulterior motives," says Perl-Raver.They want attractive people who are comfortable in front of a camera." She believes only one person in her episode was truly looking to meet someone without writing or the entertainment industry as added benefits.But ulterior motives or not, Perl-Raver and five other singles entered the house to mix and mingle for three long days."The producers made sure they had something interesting for an hour of television," she says.Have networks and producers skewed reality so much over time that it's no longer about real people and real life, or have we just mislabelled a genre that thrives on manufactured clichés, unreal situations, and good old fashioned voyeurism?"The word people should be looking for is television, not reality," says contestant Sasha Perl-Raver, who was one of six people looking for love in the third episode of this year's new ABC reality romance series.After several minutes, the door to the room slowly opens. My eight years of dating in NYC are memorable, but for all the wrong reasons.My heart racing, I quickly look up and I see nothing. There was the first date at Grimaldi's with the girl in an arm bandage because her pet bird had attacked her.contestant, allegedly murdered his model ex-wife before committing suicide, months after moving to Los Angeles to film the reality match-making contest.So where do these extreme contestants and situations come from?Compared to that, dating someone in the dark seemed like a great option. How many times can you say you've walked into a bar knowing a girl there was specifically chosen for you? The week in the "Dating in the Dark" house was a whirlwind of "blind" dates and fun activities.The show process started with an audition for producers where I detailed my dating life. Men and women were separated in different wings of the house and we only met the opposite sex on dates in the central dark room. Then we had a mix of free-choice dates, and dates with our expertly matched partner.
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Abdul also co-produced a 2001 pilot episode of Skirts, a dramatic series that would have aired on MTV about a high-school cheerleading squad; Abdul was also set to appear as the head coach. It included all her hit singles and other noteworthy tracks.
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Especially for women who are middle-aged and older, it feels nice to be 'seen' at a time when society tells you that you are becoming "invisible" unless you look like Jennifer Lopez or Cindy Crawford.
I've also learned there men actually interested in dating.
Call me a noob, but I don't usually get modern chatting jargons.
And rather than wishing on a star, I will take matters into my own hands, swiping right towards my next romance.
While I've had my share of ridiculous, pointless come-ons, I've also met men interested in real dating.
In the past year, I've dated two different men that I met on Tinder. Our first date was in a left-wing cooperative bookstore and cafe.
I drank coffee, he drank green tea, and we talked for hours about politics and change.
When he told me that he read women writers because he couldn't relate to them, I should have fled then and there.


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Treatment of folk remedies
Since the advent of the first man on the planet takes calculus treatment of diseases of folk remedies. It's safe to say that thanks to mankind, folk medicine has been and will be the most popular in the world. The fact that most plants have medicinal properties, recognized in ancient Egypt and China. Herbal treatments were used by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
For centuries, the popularity of folk remedies has grown rapidly, and thus reached our days. At the present time a very large number of people after asking for help to medical institutions, the disappointment in the traditional methods of treatment and are forced to turn to folk medicine, which is a perennial form of healing, an incredible amount of ailments.
Treatment of folk remedies
The popularity of traditional medicine
Progress tends to be in constant motion forward. Humanity continues to evolve, and with it comes the development of science, medicine and all other fields. Every year people attack new viruses, diseases become more aggressive. To counteract such practices, the scientists developed new treatments, new drugs, the number of items which
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Physiotherapy (from the Greek. phýsis nature and therapy), a branch of medicine studying medical properties of physical factors and develops methods of their use for therapeutic and prophylactic purposes.
Physical factors have an effect on the man throughout its evolution; therefore, physiotherapy treatments have on the body more physiological effects than many medicines. Physiotherapy trigger both nonspecific and specific responses. The latter is due to characteristics of the current factors and the pathological process and provide main therapeutic effect. Task F. – to achieve the greatest therapeutic effect with minimal stress on the body by enhancing specific and nonspecific attenuation of the components of the physical factors. For this last is often used in intermittent (pulsed) mode and in small doses. The choice of the factor, its dose and method of use, and combinations of several factors determined by the form and stage of the disease and the condition of the body. Physiotherapeutic tools are most effective in the initial stage of the disease functional disorders. In the complex of therapeutic measures applied to them also. the stages of treatment and medical rehabilitation with the aim of vozdeystviyna certain processes in the body at different levels, including cellular and molecular. The diversity of factors and procedures used in F. identifies opportunities individualized effects on the body and a directional influence on the pathological process without negative side effect. Continue reading
Hookah: smoke correctly
In the last Millennium, when the Russians had just begun to travel abroad, hookah in Russia was only available if one of the lucky ones, riding the wind in Egypt, returned and brought with him attracted in the country of pyramids is a funny thing. Well, the tobacco took at the same time. Because if the hookah can be, and could be found in antique the East bench that was right next to the Museum of the East, tobacco in the capital and in the afternoon with fire was not to find.
And happy owners overseas diva carried the hookah to all the parties and even took out on hikes, where were lighted in a circle of friends around the campfire.
Whether the case now. Hookahs with tobacco on every corner, in every subway stand. And buy them not only Globetrotters who try fragrant smoke in Turkey and Egypt, but also tourists, never in the East weren't happening. And therefore do not know what this thing is – hookah and what it needs to do.
The origin of the hookah there are many stories, but most often tell you that the hookah was born in India two thousand years ago, and the first of them consisted of a coconut with two holes, one of which is inserted a straw, the second stacked drug or medicinal herbs, and the inside had water or infusion of herbs.
After Asia got tobacco, hookah, while maintaining the basic principle of inhaling cooled and passed through water, smoke, has changed, but only superficially. Continue reading


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August 27, 2013 by tvo320
I have always been a big fan of fashion and having your own personal style. Since this is Queensland's premiere fashion event and most popular one, I was SO fortunate to be chosen to attend the Emerging Designer Group Show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Brisbane. A huge focus is put on launching spring and summer collections and I was tickled to see the reveal of new generation designers such as Erin Hassall Designs, Molly & Polly Swimwear, Playsuit, Peony Swimwear, A Jacksonian Era, Sinead James, Begitta, and Stokes Thompson Designs.
The Emerging Design Group Show was fantastic. My favorite designer was Begitta. 90% of the time, you will find me in dresses so you can completely see why I love this collection. Every dazzlingly gown was ornate with jewels and gold that was inspired by the forgotten free-spirited gypsy princess! I am a big fan of sparkles so the more, the better! There was a whimsical and romantic feeling attached to the collection as well. With such breath-taking gowns, I am not surprised that some took over 100 hours to complete.
All of the Ambassadors were dressed to impressed and we were able to take photos beforehand. Everyone looked gorgeous as we had a mix bright and bold colors and classic black combinations. I cannot tell a lie. I love men in suits and Corey, Remy, and Paul looked so very sharp on this particular evening. I even think there is a website dedicated to images of men in suits but that is neither here nor there. A fabulous and fashionable night that I will never forget! Thank you Study Brisbane for a spectacular evening.


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Careers at Softrip
About Softrip
The Company: Softrip is a premier provider of Reservation and Accounting systems to Tour and Group Travel companies in the US and elsewhere. In business since 2002, Softrip promotes a software package that is constantly evolving. Its software package is installed on premise, hosted or in the cloud. It features front-end web sites and mobile apps as well as back-end applications. It is an ERP system for travel companies. Softrip provides its package on a subscription basis to its customers who may wish to customize the Softrip system to their specific need. Softrip provides such customization as well as on-going training and support.
Entry Level Developer Position
The Job: We are currently seeking an Entry Level
Senior Level Developer Position:
The Job: We are currently seeking an experienced Developer/Analyst in our Fort Washington, PA headquarters office. To be considered senior, the applicant must have several years background of programming and development in a .net environment with experience in Visual Studio. Work history should include experience working with end-users to understand their business requirements and translate them to actionable programming solutions. Applicant must have experience in end to end applications. Specifically, web based clients connecting Middle tier application servers to Microsoft SQL Server. Developer must be able to work independently with a possible supervisory role. After a period of training and based on the developer's abilities and areas of interest, the developer will be assigned a number of clients. The developer will be responsible for leading the support for such clients. Some travel to client sites for a few days at a time is required.
Client Relationship Manager
Job responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Ensure clients are satisfied with the products and services provided through follow up
- Coordinate client requests and development team efforts for project specifications
- Escalate and resolve areas of concern as raised by clients quickly and effectively
- Attend client meetings to build relationships.
- Inform clients of new/other products the Company offers which apply to their business needs.
- Learn the SoftripTravel System and become a subject matter expert
- Understand customer needs and develop plans to address them
- Successfully navigating through complex operational issues and provide solutions to clients.
- Light travel to customer sites may be required
- Associates degree or higher required
- Prior experience in customer relationship management preferred
- Must be detail-oriented person with excellent organization and follow-up skills
- Strong computer skills including experience with Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint, and Word required
- Solid communicator with ability to multi-task and work independently
- Customer-oriented mindset
- Strong Analytical, Teamwork and Leadership skills
- Basic Network knowledge
- Presentation and public speaking skills
- Ability deal with stress and follow up procedures
- Implementing, training, and support of new processes that are adopted by the company
Employment type: Full-time
Experience: Mid-Senior level
Job Function: Customer Service, Administrative, Sales
We are an EEO employer. Please note we only hire non-tobacco using staff.
Administrative Assistant
We are in need of an Administrative Assistant with exceptional organizational and time management skills. The Administrative Assistant will serve as liaison with staff, Management, and Softrip clients.
Job responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Perform clerical and administrative functions of a confidential nature
- Review and Manage Employee Hours
- Compile, analyze and summarize statistics and information in presentation formats
- Company event coordinator
- Data entry, copying, phone management, file maintenance, report creation
- Independently establish, organize and maintain documents and initiate follow-ups
- Scheduling to maintain and manage executive daily calendar and meetings
- May coordinate and track training activities of internal associates
- Provide support to other members of the management and department as requested
- Be able to multitask and change focus efficiently
- Sorting and prioritizing E-mail
- Sorting and prioritizing Mail
- Assisting staff with various projects and special tasks
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- Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) with experience producing high-quality reports, presentations, and other documents
- Ability to handle confidential matters
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Proven ability to work effectively both independently and in a team-based environment.
- Must be assertive, creative and innovative, with proven decision-making skills
- Behavior Characteristics: Can work independently, organized, detail-oriented, multi-tasker, pro-active, outgoing and professional.
- Be a great communicator
Job Function: Customer Service, Administrative Assistant, Office Manager
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Jennifer Beals
Jennifer stars as "Bette Porter" on Showtime's series "The L Word", a lesbian based genre. A thin, naturally attractive brunette with a personable smile and the brains to match her beauty, actress Jennifer Beals was virtually propelled to overnight stardom and fashion icon status with her energetic performance in director Adrian Lyne's 1983 dance drama Flashdance. Though her career would suffer a slight setback when it was revealed that Beals didn't perform all of her own dance moves in the sleeper hit, the talented actress would endure to make something of a comeback in the late '90s. A Chicago native who was traveling in Europe when her publicist called her for a New York audition that the filmmakers were pitching as a "female Saturday Night Fever," Beals booked the first flight back to the states and, despite the presence of thousands of other eager young actresses, somehow managed to stand out from the crowd to impress producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. Beals' only other film work to that point was as an extra in 1980's My Bodyguard, so it was quite a gamble to cast a virtual unknown in the lead. This was especially true, given that, days before the film's premiere, Paramount Pictures sold off 25 percent of the film; however, the gamble paid off and Flashdance became nothing less than a cultural phenomenon. With ripped, oversized sweaters adorning teenage girls nationwide, it seemed as if Beals had the cinematic world at her fingertips -- and then the bottom dropped out. When it was later revealed that Beals impressive moves weren't entirely her own, audiences felt betrayed (as if action stars really do all of their own stunts) and subsequently protested the burgeoning actress without taking into consideration that she was the dramatic core of the film. Opting to continue her education at Yale immediately following Flashdance's production, roles in such efforts as The Bride (1985) and Split Decisions (1988) were squeezed in during Beals' summer breaks. Though neither effort did much to forward Beals' career, the actress would continue to appear in such quirky, low-budget efforts as Vampire's Kiss (1989) and Blood and Concrete (1991) moving into the 1990s. Beals was married to director Alexandre Rockwell in 1986, and in 1992 she would appear opposite Steve Buscemi and Seymour Cassel in Rockwell's comedy drama In the Soup.
If the majority of the 1990s found Beals relegated to mostly unseen independents, high-profile roles in such acclaimed efforts as Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994), Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), and The Last Days of Disco (1998) proved without a doubt that the now-established actress certainly had the skills and endurance to maintain a successful screen career. Though the early years of the millennial turnover may have found Beals on shaky cinematic ground with such efforts as Jim Wynorski's Militia and the tiresomely derivative sequel Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying (both 1990), her reputation as something of an independent darling would solidify with roles in such critically acclaimed indies as The Anniversary Party (2001) and Roger Dodger (2002). Despite her divorce from Rockwell and remarriage to another man unassociated with the film business, Beals would later turn up in the Rockwell-directed comedy 13 Moons (again opposite Buscemi), while preparing for roles in such upcoming features as Runaway Jury and Break a Leg (both 2003). In 2004 Beals took a turn as a lesbian in the made-for-cable series The L Word. In her spare time Jennifer Beals is an avid photographer. Jennifer was born on December 19, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
More fun stuff about Jennifer Beals
Jennifer Beals film debut was as an extra in My Bodyguard which was filmed in Chicago where she was raised. She was 19 when she was chosen for Flashdance, the movie that defined 1983.
Thousands of young women from all over America had already danced away in hopes of getting the role, but it was Beals who impressed producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer enough to let an unknown carry a major movie.
She wasn't looking to be a star. In fact at the time she was far more interested in going to college and that's what she did as soon as they stopped shooting the movie.
During her summer breaks at college, Beals managed to film The Bride, The Gamble, Split Decisions and Vampire's Kiss. She then got married to director Alex Rockwell.
Their marriage lasted 10 years.
Beals has continued to star in at least one movie a year.
Most recently, she was featured in Devil in a Blue Dress, The Twilight of the Golds, The Last Days of Disco and Prophecy II.
Beals has a cameo in the edgy relationship comedy Something More. She filmed the movie in Regina which took five days, but remembers that she laughed the entire time. Her costars include Michael Goorjian, Chandra West and David Lovgren.
In 1998, Beals married a Canadian film technician who she met while filming a movie in Vancouver.
Beals spent another summer in Ontario filming Amanda America, a film which allowed her to explore her African-American roots. Her father, who died when she was 10, was black. Her mother is white.
In the true story Amanda America, Beals plays the mixed-race daughter of a wealthy plantation owner in Georgia in the mid-1800s.
His name was David Dixon and he fathered a daughter with one of his slaves. He raised Amanda, who was the only child in the big house and when he died, he left her his entire estate. Dixon's white relatives tried to contest the will.
Sam Waterston (Law & Order) plays Amanda's father and Lisa Gay Hamilton (Beloved) her mother. Tim Daly (Wings) is the lawyer Amanda hires to help her hold on to her inheritance.
Beals says that if her adult life hadn't started with such a flash, she would probably have become a photo journalist instead of an actress.
She goes all over the world taking pictures and has had several showings of my Haiti collection in New York
in Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), she plays a woman passing for white who is actually the daughter of an interracial couple. In real life, this is Beals's racial background, too.
She put her career on hold to graduate from Yale.
While at Yale, she was classmates with David Duchovny, who suggested her for a part on The X-Files (which went to Gillian Anderson).
She turned down the opportunity to play herself in "It's Like, You Know."
Jennifer Beals returns with 'The L Word'
The spicy series continues to ride the cutting edge. Ask Jennifer Beals what she's learned playing a gay gal on "The L Word," Showtime's sexy melodrama about lesbian life in L.A., and she sizes up the human condition: "There are more similarities among us than differences."
One notable example is how all manner of girls and boys will join in welcoming "The L Word" when, back for its second season 10 p.m. ET Sunday, it reunites the dishy sapphic sisters played by (among others) Mia Kirshner, Katherine Moennig, Erin Daniels and Leisha Hailey. And finds Beals' character, Bette, in a real stew.
This season Bette will face fearsome funding problems at the art museum she runs. Worse, it looks like her relationship with Tina (Laurel Holloman), her longtime partner now pregnant with the child they had dreamed of parenting, is on the rocks.
"What a brutal year! It's awful!" Beals chuckles. "There's this moment in the eighth episode where Bette has one little moment of victory and joy. I burst into tears when I read it. 'Something good happens to Bette, everyone!' I was so excited."
A veteran actress who at 41 appears barely older than she did as the welder/would-be ballerina in 1983's "Flashdance," Beals says she originally came to "The L Word" far less focused on portraying a fashion-forward lesbian than on the challenge of depicting an art museum boss.
A lesbian relationship "is about love and it's about attraction," she reasons. "I understood love and attraction. I didn't know anything about art."
A spicy recipe for success
The art of "The L Word" has been its spicy recipe of girl-on-girl explicitness blended with a hip California lifestyle anyone might fantasize about.
By design, the series is au courant. But thanks to Bette and Tina, with their ups and downs, it has scored a bit of unsought currency: Since "The L Word" premiered, gay marriage has been certified as a wedge issue splitting the nation.
"I'm always shocked that gay marriage is such a big deal," says Beals over coffee in a Lower East Side patisserie she loves visiting when she's in town. "You have to realize how precious human life is, when there are tsunamis and mudslides, when there are armies and terrorists — at any moment, you could be gone, and potentially in the most brutal fashion.
"And then you have to realize that love is truly one of the most extraordinary things you can experience in your life. To begrudge someone else their love of another person because of gender seems to me absolutely absurd.
"It's based in fear, fear of the other, fear of what is not like you," she says. "But when you are able to see lives on a day-to-day basis, rather than reducing it to politics, then it humanizes a whole community of people that were otherwise invisible. I think pop culture is really helpful in letting people see another side of life."
One side of life she had a personal stake in displaying: "I requested that we make Bette biracial," says Beals, herself of mixed-race parentage.
This gave the series another useful twist, allowing Kit, a straight friend played by Pam Grier ("Foxy Brown"), to become Bette's half-sister. "A biracial character is something I would have liked to have seen on TV when I was a child."
A long way from 'Flashdance'
Since she took a break from Yale to make off-the-shoulder sweat shirts de rigueur in "Flashdance," Beals has logged dozens of films. Among those for which she feels special pride: "Devil in a Blue Dress," "Roger Dodger," "Twilight of the Golds" (a 1996 Showtime movie) and "In the Soup," an independent feature released in 1992. Also "Flashdance," which she made, then — refusing to bank on its spectacular success — followed up by heading back to Yale.
"I never wanted to be a superstar," says Beals, flinching. "My heart just did an 'uhhhhhhhhhh' at the thought of it." No wonder. This is a private person who identifies her husband only as Ken, and loves describing the Philosophy of Sanskrit class she's currently enrolled in, but declines to say where.
Hers is a career she's happy with, she says, "and I hope I'll be acting till the day I die. It's something you can never finish, never get to the center of."
Happily, she isn't finished with "The L Word": It's already renewed for a third season, which means the series' sisterhood will reconvene in Vancouver, where it's shot, in a few months.
Then Beals can again rely on one more thing she's learned playing a lesbian: That in their shared state of undress, actresses will protect each other from the camera's prying eye.
"You can say, 'I don't feel so great about this part of my body today. When we roll over, can you make sure your hand is covering that cellulite?' And you can have her augment things: I've had scenes where I went, 'Can you just lift it up, so I look a little bit more ripened?'
"Every guy I've ever done a love scene with has forgotten. But women understand what you mean, they understand how important it is," says Beals, smiling at this case of sisters doing it for themselves: "I'll cover yours if you cover mine."
Jennifer Beals Tackles Issues of Race, Sexuality on The L Word
When Showtime's new series The L Word premieres next month with Jennifer Beals as a lesbian of mixed racial heritage, it will not only be a big step forward for lesbian visibility, but for the visibility of biracial women, as well.
Beals originally came to fame as the welder-turned-dancer in 1983's hit movie Flashdance, a role she landed as an undergraduate at Yale University. She has starred in several movies since then, but most have been small roles in large studio films, like Denzel Washington's Devil in a Blue Dress and the recent John Cusack/Gene Hackman film Runaway Jury, or roles in small independent films, like Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, The Last Days of Disco, Twilight of the Golds, and The Anniversary Party.
Then last year, she was cast in The L Word as Bette, a lesbian museum director trying to have a baby with her partner, Tina (Laurel Holloman), and the rest is about to become history.
Beals is not a lesbian in real life (she was married for 10 years to director Alexandre Rockwell before they divorced in 1996), but she finds it easier to play one on TV because she's biracial, so she has "always lived sort-of on the outside," she told Curve Magazine last December. "The idea of being the other in society is not foreign to me."
With an African-American father and an Irish mother, Beals belongs to the growing group of Americans--seven million, in fact, according to the 2000 census data--who have a racially mixed heritage, but she did not publicly identify as biracial until recently. Prior to taking this role on The L Word, in fact, only two of the dozens of characters Beals played over the years have been biracial; the rest have been white women or women whose race was unspecified but assumed to be white. This likely has less to do with Beals, however, than with the fact that there have been almost no explicitly biracial characters on film or television.
Although there have been plenty of TV characters, including several lesbian ones, played by biracial actresses--like Sonja Sohn on The Wire, Iyari Limon on Buffy, and soon, Karina Lombard on The L Word--there have been few TV characters of any sexual orientation, let alone lesbian ones, who identify as biracial.
Which will make Beals' biracial lesbian character Bette a rarity on TV.
Bette is just one of several characters in The L Word, a series about a group of mostly-lesbian friends in L.A., but she is one of the more prominent ones. Beals describes her character as "a total type-A, multi-tasking, slightly bossy women, who is moved the most by art...and she's biracial. So there's all kinds of things you get to play with. You get to play with the mystery of sexuality and you get to play with race and you get to play with class and all kinds of things."
Bette does indeed struggle with issues of race and sexuality, beginning with the very first episode of the series when she and Tina argue over whether to have a biracial child, prompting a conversation between Bette and her older half-sister Kit (Pam Grier) about how Tina sees--or doesn't see--Bette's racial identity, and Bette's own complicity in this. But even when Bette is not dealing explicitly with her biracial identity, just her weekly presence will chip away at television's restrictive practice of casting race in black-or-white terms.
The L Word has been criticized for featuring a cast that overall is mostly white, and Beals' character certainly does not eliminate this concern. But by exploring some of the issues biracial women face, as well as the intersection between race and sexuality, The L Word broaches topics that are still largely avoided on television. Even on the rare occasion when we see TV characters who identify as biracial or multiracial, they almost never talk about it, nor do the show's writers explicitly explore the impact of the characters' mixed racial heritage on their lives.
Besides simply wanting to bring more authenticity to the series, perhaps The L Word writers are more willing to tackle the "taboo" subject of biracialism because they figure a show about lesbians is already so risque that attacking the sacred cow of racial purity won't have much, if any, negative impact. It also doesn't hurt that some of the show's writers and directors are women of color.
Beals, however, is most enthusiastic about the potential for this role to help break down popular misconceptions about lesbians of all races. "What's so wonderful about [the L Word] is that it will undoubtedly destroy certain stereotypes that people have of the gay community," she told the Vancouver Province in June. "It's incredibly exciting to me that some young woman, who's living in the middle of nowhere and having no access to this kind of community, will turn on the show and be able to relate to the characters and realize that she does have a place in the world--that there are other people like her and her sexual orientation doesn't mean that she should feel as if she is less than. That's a huge reason that I took [the role]."
Bette's sexuality does occasionally become an explicit focus of attention in her life, such as when she unexpectedly finds herself identified as "the lesbian museum director" by an influential art patron, or when her father indicates an unwillingness to fully accept Bette's relationship with Tina. But Bette most often challenges stereotypes just by being a realistic, sympathetic character who happens to be a lesbian.
As an amateur photographer--a "brilliant" one according to The Anniversary Party writer, director and co-star Jennifer Jason Leigh, who had Beals take all the photos that were featured in that film--Beals is very concerned with imagery and representation. With her role on The L Word, she hopes to give the gay community the images of themselves that have been so sorely lacking. "They talk about the fact that history is written by the victors," she told The Windy City Times last summer, "but if you can make yourself victorious by writing your own history and supplying your own images, then you've done yourself and the world a great service."
Although The L Word is getting the most attention for giving lesbians (and to a lesser extent, bisexual women) long-overdue images of themselves, the show's potential to do the same for biracial women--and specifically, biracial lesbians--is also an important contribution to improving the quality of television. While The L Word still has room to develop a more racially diverse cast, its efforts to challenge stereotypes of sexuality and race through Bette nonetheless represent a significant step forward for TV, and for Beals--who is about to show just how far she's come as an actress since her Flashdance days.
A Tribute to Jennifer Beals: Flashdance, Sundance and Beyond
We always hear about an actor leaving school to pursue a dream to be a star. Jennifer Beals made a tough and exceptional choice by evading the lures of Hollywood Celebrity and by choosing a determined path towards wisdom and completeness. Jennifer Beals performed a rare feat in starring in a blockbuster film while still a college freshman at Yale University and then continuing with tenacity to receive a degree in American literature from the school. A chapter complete.
Perseverance is a word that faithfully journeys with Jennifer Beals as she continues to surprise audiences with a fresh and unpredictable approach.She is often associated with her stirring role as the welder-turned-dancer, Alex, in director Adrian Lyne's Flashdance (1983)-a role for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture.
Her exotic looks have made it physically possible for Beals to assume a diverse gallery of roles and not find herself typecast. Since her breakthrough in Flashdance, Beals has mesmerized audiences with such varied roles as the re-animated 18th-Century Eva in Franc Roddam's The Bride (1985), the whimsical Angelica in Alexandre Rockwell's multi-award-winning comedy, In the Soup (1992), and the abused Angela in the anthology, Four Rooms (1995).
Unlike most actors who like to "play it safe" when choosing their roles, it has been a practice of Beals to accept some very unexpected characters, and one can certainly be challenged to find her playing the same character twice. Of particular note in her wealth of adventurous parts is the portrayal of the enigmatic and dark Rachel of the black comedy, Vampire's Kiss (1989), where she lures Nicholas Cage into his self- made hell. Further revealing her vicissitude and drive to challenge herself, Beals has even worked abroad with such celebrated European directors as Carlo Vanzini (The Gamble, 1988), Claude Chabrol (Dr. M, 1990), and Nanni Moretti (Cannes Film Festival winner, Caro Diario, 1994).
Following successes from afar, Beals again focused on American cinema and amassed more critical praise for her depiction of the neglected Gertrude Benchley in Alan Rudolph's Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) and the mysterious beauty possibly involved in murder in Carl Franklin's Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), for which she was nominated for an Image Award as an Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture.
Cinequest's maverick vision is easily defined by an artist such as Jennifer Beals. Through her innovative and creative essence, she has introduced us to many inspiring, sensual and clever characters. From girl-next-door to femme fatale, she always provokes a multitude of emotions in us, while making sure we continually perceive her self-assuredness.
Ms. Beals will be appearing for this special tribute with a screening of the Bay Area theatrical premiere of Twilight of the Golds, also starring Brendan Fraser, Garry Marshall, Faye Dunaway, Jon Tenney, Rosie O'Donnell. In the Soup, another outstanding film in her career, will be screening the following night.
Jennifer Beals on Live with Regis and Kelly
Jennifer Beals appeared on Live with Regis and Kelly on March 31st to talk about The L Word.
They three started out bantering about Jennifer's recent horseback riding trip to Patagonia, in South America. She went on a horse-packing trip with her husband and some friends, where they camped each night. Kelly made a few jokes about camping and why didn't Jennifer stay at a Four Seasons Resort.
Next Kelly mentioned that Jennifer is a photographer. Jennifer pulled out a camera and took a photo of Regis and Kelly. She said she prefers film to digital.
Then the conversation turned to The L Word. Regis and Kelly seemed to get a little uncomfortable discussing lesbians.
Regis: What does the L Word mean? I think it means Leonard.
Jennifer: Leonard. I've never heard that one before. It can mean a lot of things. It can mean love, lascivious. On a bad day it can mean laxative. But in this case I think most of all it means lesbian.
R: Ahh… So, you're playing a lesbian. How did you research that role?
J: Aren't you a funny guy… I researched the role in that the woman is a director of an art museum. She's very focused on her work. I spent a lot of time trying to learn what it takes to run a museum. That's really the research that I did.
R: How many girls are there in this show?
J: There's 6 or 7 or us.
Kelly: Do you all get along?
J: Yes, Very well. In fact I was walking down the street talking with Mia Kirsher the other day, and telling her about all the cute shops and stuff.
R: Here in Manhattan?
J: Yes.
K: Do you have kissing scenes and if so, are they uncomfortable? (giggles)
J: We have kissing scenes and at first it was just strange because it's so different. It's just softer.
R: It was softer, you say?
J: Yes, softer than kissing a man. To Regis: You know what it's like to kiss a woman.
R: It is softer from a woman's point of view to kiss another woman?
J: It's softer than kissing a man. Well, most men.
R: Which do you… Well, I know which you prefer… You prefer a man.
J: Well, I'm married to a man…
R to Kelly: Did you ever kiss a woman in all your acting days? On All My Children, did you ever kiss a woman?
K: No, never. I played a straight character.
R: Did you have any lesbians on All my Children?
K: Yea.
R: Really.
K: Sure.
R: Was that part of the plot line?
K: Not my plot line, but a plot line.
R: What has been the reaction to the show?
J: It's been incredibly positive. It's been incredibly positive.
R: Well, you're back for a second season.
J: We got picked up really quickly, after two episodes.
K: I have to tell you all of our writers over at Hope and Faith love it. It's their favorite show. They love it. Its what they live for.
J: I think what's really interesting about the show is it's about these women's lives and their loves and their ambitions, and work, so, in a way it points out the ways in which we're similar are much more numerous, than the ways in which we're different. So the audience that watches the show is across the board. It's not one group of people. I think everyone can relate to it in one way or another.
R: Let take a look at a clip from the L Word. Here you are being confronted in group therapy.
J: And she hates group therapy.
Break to a clip of Bette & Tina in group therapy.
R: The L Word on Sunday nights at 10pm on Showtime.
Beals' Laundry Mistake Becomes a Fashion Must-Have
Jennifer Beals has let a movie secret slip - the famous grey sweatshirt that became one of Flashdance's big fashion must-haves was a "laundry mistake". The 40-year-old actress reveals the ripped and plunging look the 1983 film pioneered would never have taken off had it now been for the fact she left her favorite shirt in the spin-dryer too long. She says, "The sweatshirt was a total accident. I had a sweatshirt and I put it in the dryer for too long and I couldn't get my head through the hole, so I cut the hole. Who'd have thought a laundry mistake would have made such an impact."
Flashdancer Sues J. Lo
The female construction worker who inspired cult movie Flashdance is suing Jennifer Lopez for copyright infringement claiming her video "I'm Glad" is an unauthorized depiction of her life story. Maureen Marder, who was portrayed by Jennifer Beals in the 1983 movie, claims that Lopez's promo, which recreates scenes from Flashdance, owes both its story and its soul to her. Marder's attorney Robert Helfing says, "My client has received almost nothing for her contribution. Now her life story is on the screen again and other people are profiting from it."
Was "Tribute" a Rip-off?
Jennifer Lopez has acknowledged that her dance number in her new video "I'm Glad" uses the same routine that appeared in the "What a Feeling" sequence in the 1983 movie Flashdance, starring Jennifer Beals. Responding to a legal notice sent by Paramount Pictures to Sony, whose Epic Records company produced the video, a spokeswoman for Lopez said Wednesday that the dance was intended to pay tribute to the movie. A Paramount spokeswoman told reporters Wednesday that Sony has agreed to pay a licensing fee for use of the routine.


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Xing Yu finally gets his shot at the big time! Wrath of Vajra Trailer!!
Former monk Xing Yu has been playing sidekicks to Jet Li and Donnie Yen and more for what seems like years now, and it's about damn time he gets his own vehicle. So far this looks great, add Yasuaki Kurata and Hiroyuki Ikeuchi (Ip Man) to the mix, along with fantastic special effects, and this looks like a winner. Just like Xing Yu. Maybe he's the next big Chinese kung-fu star we've been waiting for? Just in time to talk about him in my next podcast concerning the state of Hong Kong kung-fu cinema.
Thanks to the good folks at Far East Films for the trailer.
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Let's face it: sometimes exercise is boring. There's more to a full-body workout than slaving away on the treadmill and logging a half -hour in the weight room. When you combine cardio and strength training into one workout, you reap the benefits of both while moving at a fast pace.
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Boot camp classes are a lot like gym class from your elementary-school days. Whether you do them indoors or outdoors, boot camp classes combine calisthenic exercise (think jumping jacks and jumping rope) with strength training. Increasingly popular boot-camp variant CrossFit uses drills such as lunges, squats and rope-climbing to get your heart pumping while using your body weight for strength-training resistance.
Look no further than your nearest gym for a Latin dance or belly-dance fitness class. Both work your arms, legs and core to provide a full-body workout. According to "Shape" magazine, one Latin dance class can burn 500 calories or more while giving you a killer ab workout. All that twisting and turning develops your obliques. The distraction power of a dance workout is one of its major pluses -- doing the samba is arguably more fun than doing sit-ups.
Power Yoga
If you think of yoga as gentle stretching, you've never been to a power yoga class. This style of yoga goes by many names, such as Vinyasa, Flow and Ashtanga. Ashtanga usually involves a heavy meditation component, and it can be difficult to find a true Ashtanga shala outside large cities. However, many gyms offer Vinyasa or Power yoga classes, and you're guaranteed to feel the moves all over. You'll use your body weight for resistance and work muscles you didn't even know you had.
Circuit Training
There's no question that circuit training, in which you alternate cardio moves with weight training, tones you all over while torching calories. This is how the U.S. Military trains soldiers, so you know it's serious. A military circuit-training workout involves moving quickly through a set of weighted or body-weight exercises, a burst of cardio and a repeat the circuit. Circuit-training classes at your gym may use aerobic equipment such as steps in combination with barbell or dumbbell exercises.
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"Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples." – John 8:31
Do you know anyone who has never played a game like follow the leader, or Simon says? I am no cultural anthropologist, but my guess is that there are games like this in every culture. These games can be used to teach, to have the followers practice what the leader is doing. However, in my experience, these games tend to get more and more difficult trying to get their followers to lose their way. I guess that is the point of the game.
When we speak of discipleship we are talking about more than a game of follow the leader. The word that comes to my mind is to "abide." When we abide in Jesus the Word, it shapes us we gradually take on its form and shape more and more each day. Unlike the game we this is no contest, this is about relationship, about walking with Jesus, growing to know Jesus as an active part of your life.
The key to this relationship I think is a quote found in my devotions today from Brother Martin; "The chief article and foundation of the gospel is that before you take Christ as an example, you accept and recognize him as a gift, as a present that God has given you and that is your own."
This abiding this being shaped is not of our doing; Jesus comes to us and says I pick you! The good news is Jesus call is not limited to a special few… "For God so loved the WORLD!" Jesus call for us to be shaped by his loving word is for all people. Our call once we have heard this message to is continue in that word and to be shaped as disciples into his image. The good news for us is unlike games of follow the leader or Simon says, Jesus doesn't want us to lose, he wants us to grow into the love the God has for each of us and as we follow.


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Joy, It's Nina
Child in Nigeria from 'Joy, It's Nina'. photo Jane Thorburn
Joy Elias-Rilwan. photo Jane Thorburn
Shot in England and Nigeria this evocative film builds on the lives of African women living in the UK separated from their families.
The stories are based on news reports and Joy's own life, including voicemails left on her answer-machine by the legendary singer Nina Simone, her self proclaimed 'Spiritual Mother'.
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- 2012
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running Time
- 34 mins 20 secs
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- Director
- Jane Thorburn
- Producer
- Jane Thorburn
- Co-Producer
- Joy Elias-Rilwan
- Editor
- Jane Thorburn
- Screenwriter
- Joy Elias-Rilwan
- Director of Photography
- Jane Thorburn
- Sound
- Jane Thorburn, Aidan McCarthy
- Music
- Janes Lascelles
- Principal Cast
- Joy Elias-Rilwan
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The first type of timeshare memberships was those that were separated into weekly time slots. Also, you had to purchase a specific set of weeks at a specific condo or resort. This solution was based on the assumption you would get the same set of weeks of each year, and it worked well three decades ago. However, the modern work world is not as static as it used to be. Therefore, people desiring to use timeshare membership would not choose this solution unless they worked on a job that gave the same set of weeks off for vacation every year.
Floating Week timeshare solution
Instead of reserving a specific set of weeks out the year, this solution allows you to buy a week (or weeks) within a specific seasonal timeframe (like winter, summer or shoulder seasons). That way, you weren't tied to specific dates each year.
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The growth in popularity of the timeshare membership brought with it the desire to trade in reservations at one resort for spots at another resort. This demand led to the creation of exchange companies like the Registry Collection and Interval International (or RCI). Reputable exchange companies like RCI offer timeshare solutions for those who desire to explore resorts in other countries.
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I consider myself to be prettyyyy prettyyyy good about purchasing organic foods, skincare products, and beauty products. One area in which I really struggle in purchasing items that mirror my ethical commitments is my clothing - I almost exclusively shop "fast fashion" and mass-produced brands, particularly when offered a 40% discount (which seems to be every day).
I'm not doing a tremendous amount of clothes shopping at the moment as I am pregnant, but I am committing to changing my habits once I am ready to start shopping for my post-baby body (whatever that looks like) and honoring my values by choosing clothes that fit into the following categories:
- locally produced
- if not local, promotes fair trade policies
- made from organic materials
- sustainably produced
The more of those items that are checked off, the better! The good news is that purchasing ethically produced clothing need not be an excessively expensive venture, as I had convinced myself. I also feared I may be relegated to vintage shopping - something that in theory sounds wonderful, but knowing myself, I just know I don't have the patience to scour the racks for a diamond in the rough. If you are a skilled vintage shopper, call me and take me shopping!
Instead, I did a bit of research and have found the following, reasonably priced brands for clothing ranging from basics to weekend wear and even work wear:
Krochet Kids, International - easy, breezy basics that are created by women living in poverty-stricken regions of Uganda and Peru. Their model increases incomes for those women, empowering them to improve their lives. They have a very cool visual representation of their impact on their website. I'm really into their basic tees, lace top and comfy Saturdays sweater - just ask my husband, I can never have too many cozy sweaters!
Pact - Colorado-based company offering a limited selection of very basic items. They ensure that every step of their supply chain is sustainable, and they have adorable baby onesies.
YSTR - so you've found some quality basics you can feel good about. What about going to a party, out on a date, out with friends? YSTR offers ethically produced clothing, upcycled fabrics. They even offer a monthly subscription service to help women fit sustainable clothing into their budget. Plus, their clothing is very fun. A few of my faves below:
Siizu - This retailer offers luxurious fabrics (you can even get a sample of just their fabrics to feel them!) and a few items that are sufficiently sophisticated and conservative for most office environments. Their focus is on 100% organic, eco-friendly fabrics that are 100% natural and 100% sustainably grown.
So there we have it - with minimal effort, I was able to quickly find these four brands offering high-quality, very wearable clothing at a price point that mirrors Nordstrom. Now who is going to hold me accountable to resist the lure of the 40% coupon in my inbox and shop better??
I'd love to hear from you!
Do you have a favorite brand of sustainable, organic, or locally-produced clothing?
Do you have an area in which you struggle to shop sustainably? Food, clothing, skincare? Let me know how I can help you!


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Since November 2012 and the release 1.9, the Paramiko API allows to use a proxy command when the ssh connection is created. For example:
client = paramiko.SSHClient() sock = paramiko.ProxyCommand(proxy_command) client.connect( hostname=host, port=port, username=username, password=password, sock=sock, )
where proxy_command contains a string with a command line that will be launched as subprocess.
This mimick the ProxyCommand option of OpenSSH and offer a lot of flexibility, but this may not be interesting if you want your code to run reliably across different OSes and configurations. Actually, the OpenSSH ProxyCommand option is often configured to launch another ssh instance and daisy-chain connections, which is probably something that we can't or don't want to do.
The sock argument of the connect method support a socket-like object and so will happily use a real socket if you take care to create one. So let's use it to connect to our proxy, which is quite easy thanks to the httplib and urlparse modules:
host = "mysshsever.com" port = 22 proxy_uri = "http://login:[email protected]:8080" url = urlparse.urlparse(proxy_uri) http_con = httplib.HTTPConnection(url.hostname, url.port) headers = {} if url.username and url.password: auth = '%s:%s' % (url.username, url.password) headers['Proxy-Authorization'] = 'Basic ' + base64.b64encode(auth) http_con.set_tunnel(host, port, headers) http_con.connect() sock = http_con.sock
We can then pass this socket to the connect method :
client = paramiko.SSHClient() client.connect( hostname=host, port=port, username=username, password=password, sock=sock, )
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Bark PsychosisHex
Released 1994 on Caroline
Reviewed by Graveyard Poet, 14/02/2012ce
It is a melancholy and wintry song cycle which is deeply textured and cinematic. It's for those lonely moments in the middle of the night.
Hex opens with plangent piano and hovering strings, a cosmic waiting, the sound of snow falling, in "The Loom". There's a late night noirish neon glow in "A Street Scene" and "Big Shot" which are embellished with narcotic, chilled vibraphones. "Eyes & Smiles" is a stunning climax of icy guitar and glistening brass section where the anguished, moody vocals and lyrics climb to an evocative and haunting peak as Graham Sutton repeats:
"One step further back...."
"And you've gotta go home!"
It appears the album is over.
In a strikingly subtle way, Hex saves its definitive moment for last. "Pendulum Man" is the quintessential winter track--meditative and ethereal. It is a nearly 10 minute long instrumental of trance-inducing vastness. The guitar's metronomic tone resembles a pendulum swinging, the clock ticking, the minutes and hours of the overcast day gliding and passing away in time lapse. Around the 4-minute mark, there is a breakthrough in the drifting clouds--silver blue glow surrounds as lush organ and electronics seep into the soundscape. A stark and echoing guitar cascades ever so slowly while the piano from the beginning returns for a faltering end, sad and sighing notes. The organ drone fades into the distance.
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My Journey in Overcoming
Prenatal Depression
Dear Daughter,
All I could think of was becoming pregnant. Every month as I waited to see if my test would be positive, I'd become like a helium balloon, puffed up with excitement and hope, and in the days following my period, become deflated and weighed down with another missed opportunity. When I finally saw the faint pink line I was in such a state of disbelief that I made an appointment with my OBGYN right away to confirm the result. They did an ultrasound and spotted the embryo–the miracle–that was you. I saw the mass on the screen that looked like scrambled eggs, and tears of joy streaked down my face, because no matter what it looked like, God knew, and I knew what it meant.
We announced your expected arrival in December as the days grew grayer and colder, and my tummy began to swell with you. Members of our church in Sedona learned of our news with a picture of us we put up on the front screen along with our church announcements. The photo showed a happy couple in front of the Christmas tree, with a ribbon tied in a bow around my waist and your daddy kneeling to kiss my bump. That Sunday morning, Barbara, a friend and mentor came up and wordlessly gave me a hug and a squeeze as tears quickly sprang to my eyes. Since we couldn't find the care I needed in Sedona, I had been gone for the last few weeks staying with your Cece in San Diego as we tried to find a psychiatrist who would help give me the extra treatment I needed. I had spent my days as a kid would on Christmas break making gingerbread houses and ornaments, reading books, sleeping long hours, and watching mind numbing TV, as I grasped for the hope and excitement that I couldn't seem to find. My prenatal depression left me listless.
Barbara held my shoulders and looked searchingly into my eyes. "I knew you were pregnant, but I wanted to wait until you shared the news before I said anything." "You did?" I asked, "but how?" "Remember my best friend that I lost? I've told you about her before," I nodded. Barbara had shared with me that in her 30's her friend Candace and her were inseparable. They both had kids the same age and were involved in church together. After she lost Candace tragically to an untreated infection of strep throat, her friend had been appearing to her in dreams. She explained, "Candace told me to pray for you and your baby." As she said this, a warmth filled my belly while a chill crept from my neck and down my arms and legs creating goosebumps. In all the grey clouds, sadness, and apathy, I had forgotten that you weren't just something growing inside me, but a baby; you were my baby, and a child that God cared for enough to send an angel to my friend to seek her prayers.
The months following weren't easy. God didn't give your daddy an extra measure of patience but poured down buckets of love and patience as he shouldered the burdens of work and my depression that seemed to weigh on our house like a musty, woolen cloak. No matter what I did I couldn't seem to find the joy and excitement that had filled me up at that first ultrasound. But, now I had something to cling to. Despite the sadness I felt in my prenatal depression, despite the void of emotions I wanted to feel, I clung to the knowledge that God already knew you as my baby, as His child, and that He had a plan for you beyond the fog of my prenatal depression and desperation.
Child, when you were born, I am not exaggerating when I tell you, you were my bright spot, my sunshine. The grey cloud of apathy lifted when I held your warm body against mine and I breathed in your sweet, milky scent. They say what I suffered from was perinatal depression. What I know is that it was a season that helped me to see more clearly. We don't know what light is until we experience darkness–and although God let me experience the darkness of a mental illness called depression that I had never known before, He also allowed me to see His light and goodness in a way that I would have never fully grasped until I saw your face.
There are many things that can be gleaned from this story, but I think most of all I want you to know who your maker is. Mommy and Daddy dreamed of you and planned for you, but your God knew you by name before you were even scrambled eggs in my tummy. So while I will speak words to you of love and encouragement, I will try to guide you down straight paths, I want you to always know that God is the one who sent an angel for you when I couldn't find you in my darkness. He's given me the wisdom, courage, and strength now to be your mommy, but on the days that I disappoint you, He will never fail you.
If you or a loved one thinks they have prenatal depression, talk to your healthcare professional who can connect you with a support network. Don't endure prenatal depression alone.


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While reading the historical novels by Walter Scott, we can come up with images of medieval knights, long bloody sieges and the brilliance of royal lives. We imagine majestic castles, enveloped in the atmosphere of knightly duels, gloomy customs and medieval passions: massive stone walls, high ceiling vaults and fortress towers, crowned with flags. Nowadays, to visit such a castle is a rare fortune. But this year participants and guests of the World Championship in HMB "Battle of the Nations" will have such an opportunity!
The castle of Santa Severa, where "Battle of the Nations"-2018 will be held, is considered to be one of the wonders of Italy. This majestic structure is an incredible heritage for the history and culture of the country. According to the chronicles, the history of the castle began in the end of the XX century. At this time, the Romans constructed here a powerful fortification, which was named after a girl Severa: according to a legend, she died a terrible death because of barbarians, refusing to renounce Christianity.
The castle had been through a lot: until the XV century it was owned by the most powerful Roman families. Our times also left the mark on the history of Santa Severa: the castle was very damaged during the World War II, and the restoration period took quite a long time. After that, the country leaders and Roman popes stayed in its chambers, and from 2014 the castle was opened for visitors.
When you come here, you`ll be surprised not only by the greatness of the castle, but also by the breathtaking landscapes around it. You will be absolutely infatuated with the sea-breeze and waves of the Tyrrhenian Sea, gently floating on the sandy beach. What is especially pleasant, anyone can enjoy the rest on the beach for free.
There are legends that Severa, tragically killed in this place hundreds of years ago, still wanders around the castle and its environs. Come to touch this legend and plunge into the atmosphere of brilliant medieval tournaments. We are sure that you will never forget "Battle of the Nations"-2018 and the beautiful heritage of the past in the name of the castle of Santa Severa!
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This music video is so cute. Birds whistling and fluttering!
Meaghan Smith covered the Pixie's classic "Here Comes Your Man" for the movie 500 Days Of Summer (Absolutely loved that show!) That's how I discovered her a while back and I think her album, 'The Cricket's Orchestra', is AWESOME!
I really love her song 'Heartbroken', but unfortunately I couldn't find a music video for it so here's the link to the youtube audio version


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It's Not the Children's Fault Thursday, July 3, 2014
Recent news headlines report that unaccompanied children, toddlers to 17 year olds, are crossing the U.S.-Mexico Border in the thousands. President Obama has called it an "an urgent humanitarian situation." Blogs are exploding ranging from humanitarian concern to xenophobic hateful comments. Militia groups have made a call to action (once again) to guard the U.S.-Mexico border, while others are calling for the U.S. military to be sent. Read more
This 4th of July
How many people will be deported on the 'Nation of Immigrants' Birthday?
On the 4th of July, in 2012, at a naturalization ceremony for new Americans, President Barack Obama – seeking a second term in office, called for immigration reform, saying "We have to remain a nation of immigrants".
This 4th of July, the United States remains paralysed as Republicans and the President both claim one another are 'playing politics' with this issue, both trying to gain the cover of bi-partisanship – so as not to be blamed for any future failings of the system.
We need more courage in our politics. That starts by naming the root cause at hand. This is the global corporate exploitation of people and the environment coming home to roost. And as inequality within the U.S. wrecks the middle class and squeezes the working class and poor, the frustration creates fertile ground for those who would deflect the blame from the real culprits and causes, instead blaming the victims.


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Before you see what happened upstairs... I really love you.
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I dont care what anyone says . Yellow labs just do weird stuff compared to chocolate and black. This is so true. We had a chocolate lab and now have a yellow. Yellow Labs are special.
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It's about time for them to come home.
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Global macro economist Catherine Macleod says: "Regardless of the measures that the government puts in place to stimulate the economy, we expect to see a continued retraction of consumer spending as the ultra-low savings rate moves upward and the housing market corrects.
"A sharp decline in business investment is on the cards as are rising business defaults. This is part of an inevitable realignment of the economy and it seems to us unlikely that the government measures will be able to actually mitigate the problems."
But Macleod adds that the report has put forward some positive arrangements to help companies manage their cash flow.
She says: "The difficulty of managing a banking and corporate crisis is that cash needs to flow to companies that are still commercially viable and some measure of adjustment from the previous era will no doubt be necessary.
"By focussing on providing tax breaks and write offs to help companies manage liabilities and hence improve their cash flow situation could well help to ease some of the burdens faced by companies."


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Huey Geronimo
Press Release:
Facts is the first song released from Huey Geronimo's debut ep entitled "Waves" set to drop July 7, 2017. Facts is a high energy, very charismatic record written and produced 100% by Huey G, purposed to defuse any talk of naysayers as well as solidify his spot as one of the best overall creatives to derive from his hometown of Savannah, Ga. Huey released an incredibly unique music video for this record "Facts", complete with trippy camera tricks and japanese anime clips. The music video was directed by OneTwenty for HighGaijin Visuals.
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If we look after ourselves, we have a greater chance of coping with stress and looking after our children well. Healthy parents, healthy children. If we can balance our own health and wellbeing with other elements of our life such as work, pleasure, relationships and personal growth, we have a good chance of dealing with the challenges that are thrown our way. Are we too busy to look after ourselves? Do we put the balance out of kilter by working too much, for instance, and not devoting any time to ourselves? Again, if this is what we show our children, this is likely to be what they will copy. Do we want them to grow up believing work is all that is important? We must make time for ourselves. If we are bringing up children alone, we especially need time out. Ask friends and family to help look after the children when you need time for yourself – and not just so you can do the shopping or complete chores. Sometimes you will just need a break to relax alone.
Keep in touch with friends, join groups and get involved in activities outside the home. If you have a partner, nurture the relationship. Sometimes the best thing a child can have is parents with a stable and loving relationship. Make time for your relationship, as you do for your children. Share the load of parenthood and discuss how you might better cope with the stresses together.
Healthy parents, healthy children
Enjoy parenting and congratulate yourselves regularly for what you are achieving with your children. Share your children's achievements as a family. A Child, Youth and Family booklet called, 'There are No Super-parents' suggests parents who feel good about themselves:
- Play with the children and set aside family "happy times".
- Have supportive family members and community networks.
- Have a goal in life.
- Do some sort of regular exercise.
- Have hobbies.
- Get a good feeling when they do well.
- Accept that small mistakes happen from time to time, and learn from them.
- Provide healthy food for their family.
- Look for ways to get the best out of people, instead of concentrating on their faults.
Get involved
New Zealanders have always been proud of their sporting prowess and "give-it-a-go" attitude. Now more than ever, however, it is recognised that participation in sport and leisure activities is good not only for the individual, but also for the community. People involved in regular sport or leisure activities get fit, generally have healthier lifestyles, meet people, find a sense of value in fair play, set goals, enjoy the outdoors. Though time is often limited, it's well worth the effort of joining a local sports group or just getting some regular exercise out walking with a friend. Such activities give you the opportunity to get away from the stresses of home life, and help you better cope with them when you get back. Make time for leisure. Work out with your partner how much time you will spend away – and whether it will involve social activities after the game or walk. You might have to compromise so you both have a chance to participate. Think about coaching or refereeing sports teams. Most clubs and organisations will provide training. Consider also social and cultural activities. Expand your mind as well as your skills and self esteem by joining a local drama group, an ethnic group or a book club. Ask around or visit your local community centre to see what activities are in your area. Making contacts through community or sports groups can be enormously valuable. You will find new friends, perhaps someone to confide in when you need to, someone who might get you a job or one better than the one you are in now… the possibilities are endless.
How to tell if you're not coping
The Child, Youth and Family booklet, 'There are No Super-parents' says it's normal to have bad feelings every now and then. However, when they seem to be taking over, it's time to talk about them and ask for help. The warning signs that tell us it's time to slow down, take a break or ask for help can be:
- If you have more bad feelings than good, and they seem to be lasting longer and getting stronger.
- If you can't face getting out of bed in the mornings – a real dread of coping with the new day.
- If you cry more than usual and you feel confused about this.
- If you have feelings of anger, panic or despair when the baby cries and you feel like you might lose control and hit the child or try to hurt them.
- If you can't think of any fun things to do with the child. You feel too depressed and exhausted.
- If you feel utterly trapped and alone and can't talk to anyone because no one understands. • If you think the child would be better off without you.
- If you feel anxious and then angry when the baby cries.
- If you and your partner are arguing a lot or fighting.
- If your partner leaves you alone to cope when you have problems with your children.
- If you feel angry when the child dirties a nappy.
- If you feel one of the children is especially bad.
- If you are afraid to be alone with your child.
- If you feel there are times when you can't cope and have no one to turn to.
- If you feel the children demand too much when you get home from work
- If you leave the house when the children are arguing or crying.
Child, Youth and Family also says fathers especially should recognise warning signs such as:
- If you find it hard to show any feelings except angry or sexual feelings.
- If you feel you're only a money machine that must grind on.
- If you'd rather go to the pub than go home and face the kids.
- If you feel it's not your job to help your partner change nappies or do the housework.
- If you feel it's your partner's job to look after the children.
- If you are hitting or hurting your partner or children or finding it hard to control your anger.
- If you always feel frustrated and unimportant after dealing with your boss or other people in power.
- If you feel you have no power over your life.
Alcohol and drugs
Anyone who has been a parent knows it's not an easy task. When things get on top of you, turning to drugs and/or alcohol will not provide the help you need. The effects of drugs and alcohol on your health and the way they affect your judgment are well documented. You are not looking after yourself if you take illegal drugs or overindulge in alcohol. Your ability to operate effectively as a responsible parent can be significantly affected. If your doctor prescribes drugs for a medical condition, ask how they will affect you and your ability to look after your children. If you already have difficulty coping, tell your doctor. If you have a problem or someone close to you has a problem with drugs or alcohol, seek help. Call one of the help agencies listed on this website and take the first step to improving your and your family's health and well-being.