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Michael Summers
Michael Summers is a painter based in Oceanside, California. His paintings are known for their bold color palette and dream-like characters. We had a chance to visit Michael in his studio, where we had a chance to learn more about his career and inspirations.
You grew up near Joshua tree surrounded by artists. How did your upbringing influence your art and your life?
I grew up in Joshua tree. I lived in a couple of places, but that was where I spent the most time. My parents were sort of nomad hippies. My dad's house was 2 miles from pavement and my parents were very much unwilling to buy a lot of plastic toys and shiny things, but always willing to make sure that I had crayons, paper, canvas, and things like that. Our next door neighbor was an eccentric artist who was always working on amazing sculptures and building a kind of ramshackled, iconically "desert" house. It looked like somebody took about 15 different house ideas and smashed it into one. It seemed he was always working on those things. He was one of the first artists I encountered who was always willing to share whatever he was doing and explain the process while he was doing it.
I went to an alternative school for a while during grade school. It was taught by an artist, so the first 3 days per week were actual academic study, then Thursday was entirely dedicated to art, and Friday was usually field trips. On the field trips, we were encouraged to bring sketchbooks and draw what we saw and things like that. Interestingly, when I went back into the public school system, I was about a year ahead of where all the other students were, which I hadn't expected because I spent so much less time on the academic side of it.
What are your biggest influences in your painting, particularly the animals you depict?
It's kind of a long list, some of which is readily and instantly apparent and some of which is not. I've just always loved animals. I grew up surrounded by nature. I remember desert tortoises would actually come into the house because we lived out in the country and didn't even close our doors or lock them. Tortoises would walk in during their migration, waiting for some lettuce. We'd feed them and they'd continue back along their trail. I remember waking up with coyotes, with their noses pressed against the window looking into my room and staring at my cat. I was always fascinated by nature and wildlife.
I feel like painting animals is an interesting way to tell a story. Whenever you paint a person, everyone has all sorts of ideas about who that person is or who it looks like. They often have preconceived notions of "this looks like somebody I know," or "this looks like some famous person," you know? But, when you paint an animal, viewers don't typically have those kinds of biases attached to it, so when you're telling the story, people focus on the image instead of the character.
The bright, shiny toys of the 70's and 80's, I loved them, but they were always a little bit out of reach. I definitely had my share, but my parents were always encouraging the creative side, so I developed this almost neurotic obsession with them. If you look in the toy case in my studio, it's like my monument to plastic and diecast toys from the 70's and 80's. I have always loved the crazy vivid colors and the saturated imagery, along with the Saturday morning cartoons of that era, most of which were designed to sell those toys. I was absolutely in love with that imagery; the cartoons, pop culture, comic books, the art of fantasy, book covers, etc. All of these were the things that really made me want to paint and draw. They were my first inspiration to move into this artistic world.
How did your relationship with your art change, if at all, when you transitioned from painting for pleasure to doing it as a career?
That's a really interesting question. There was most definitely a major shift in my relationship with painting and with artwork when it became a career. For the longest time, this is what I did to unwind, to get away from work. It was the thing I did instead of working or dealing with "responsibilities". When I started showing in galleries, it was still a hobby. It was extra money. So it was still something that I was doing for fun, but all of a sudden, the hobby was paying for all of the remarkably expensive paints and canvases and art supplies, which was awesome. There was a tipping point where I realized that I was probably losing money by going to my day job. I was like, "Hmmm, I think I'm making more money staying home and painting."
So I made the jump, and suddenly I was self-employed, so there were no parameters on when I was working. I felt that since I used to work for 8 hours, then paint for 8 hours, then logically I should be working 16 hour days. The amount of paintings that I was producing at first was honestly a little bit insane. It took me a while to kind of scale back and find balance again and to realize that I needed other hobbies, to realize I needed something that wasn't just work. I honestly still haven't quite gotten that balance down. In years past, I used to have a ton of hobbies, but then all of a sudden I didn't really have any, because all I was doing was painting, which was also my job. When you're just starting, you feel like you have to be continually rushing in order to afford nice things, like food and shelter. So once I realized that I could actually slow down a little bit, and catch my breath and enjoy myself, I feel like my work got better because I was still dedicating a lot of time to it, but I wasn't on the edge of burnout anymore.
What were you doing prior to painting for a career?
I was working behind the scenes for an art publishing company building fine art frames and working in the paint shop. The publishing company also owned and operated an art gallery, and it was an interesting experience because I got to see how the business ran, the good and the bad. I learned so much from being on both sides of it and I honestly think it did me a lot of good. I think that a lot of artists have a hard time understanding why galleries operate the way they do and why price points are the way they are. The experience let me see how much actually goes into the behind the scenes operations. It made it a little easier for me to work with galleries and see things from their perspective.
What kind of materials are used in your paintings and how long does it take to complete each piece?
It depends entirely on the size, subject matter, and whether or not the painting is going to "fight" with me. For example, I've finished a 30x40 sized piece in as little as a week. More typically a piece of that size takes me 2-3 weeks, but I've had some take as much as 5 weeks. Sometimes you start painting and everything runs smoothly and you're instantly in the zone, and sometimes you wake up and look at a piece, and you're just like "ugh," and it's a struggle the entire time.
For about 95% of what I paint, I'm using primarily slow drying acrylics on masonite, which behave a little different than traditional acrylics. I can get more oil-like effects, depending on what mediums I mix them with. I can get wet-on-wet blending for up to 30 minutes. With the old school acrylics, you were lucky if you had 5 minutes. I prefer using acrylics over oils primarily because they're less toxic and I have studio cats. Using oils would wreak havoc on their poor little lungs and mine too. Also, I really like the richness and the saturation of acrylics. They have that really bright, vivid color that I love. And I get really impatient if I'm working with oils.
How do you hope to see your work evolve over the next 5 years?
I don't necessarily have a set goal in mind of how I want to see my work evolve. I kind of let that happen organically. There are times when I'm working on certain themes and I'm really trying to figure out how to portray a specific feel or mood or lighting effect or color combination. But I'm rarely looking towards the evolution, because that happens so organically. The more you paint, the more you see things, and the more you play with different things.
In terms of upcoming projects, I've got a show early in the year in Arizona that I'm really excited about. I'm doing a bunch of found object pieces. Instead of painting on masonite, I've just been scavenging all kinds of odd surfaces, like old sliced tree trunks and old cabinet doors. I have all kinds of weird objects that I'm really excited to start painting a bunch of images on.
What is your dream project to work on?
Honestly, I'm lucky enough to have done a couple dream projects so far. One of my absolute favorite things to do is large scale public work. I love creating really large scale pieces that I am able to share with a huge number of people. The process of creating them is so much fun. I typically work in my studio, which is isolated. But with public art, such as murals, you're working out in the open where people can come up and talk with you about the work while you're creating it. And really people are so nice and friendly. I've had so many people bring me a coffee or a slice of pizza.
I had a funny experience while working on my "Catnap" mural in Carlsbad. Some young "taggers" walked up and talked with me for a little while. They were high school aged kids with skateboards and backpacks full of rattling paint cans. They were super nice, just a bunch of aspiring artists that are into the same thing with public art, they are just not going through official channels with the permit process and all of that. I talked to them for a while, and after chatting for a bit, they said, "If you want, we can set up a look out and let you know if the cops are coming." I was so flattered. But I said, "No, thanks. The city actually hired me to do this." That was one of my favorite moments working on that piece.
If you weren't a painter, what do you think you would be doing for a career?
Right before I reached enough success to begin painting full-time, I made a promise to myself. At that point, I had been gaining momentum, then losing momentum, then gaining momentum once again. So I told myself that I was giving it a year, and if I couldn't make a living as an artist after a year, then I'd go back to school and become a history professor. I've always been a huge history nerd. I'm continually fascinated by the strings of events have have unfolded over the past several thousand years that are still influencing current events and society today. Everything from the way artists create, to the ways we interact with each other, it's all historically connected and endlessly fascinating to me. I figure, regardless of which one is my "job", I'll always be painting and learning, and maybe teaching.
More of Michael's work can be seen on his Website and on Instagram


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As you can see guys, I'm a very productive member of this community. I'll back away now and go glare at the clock to move faster so I can finally eat.
Shanazel here as moderator. I'm moving this thread from Instructors and Students to Beauty and Fitness. Carry on.
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[dropcap]F[/dropcap]or coffee lover, a delicious coffee cake with mocha frosting is swift and easy to make. It tastes delicious like anything you never tasted before. You should try the easy recipe on your own first, and share it with your friends and family.
Ready In: 1 hour
Preparation: 7-10 minutes
- For preparation of Coffee cake you need following gradients:
- Plain or all-purpose flour 2 cups
- Fine granulated sugar 2 cups
- Salt ¼ tea-spoon
- Butter 1 cup (Unsalted softened)
- Coffee mixture 3 table-spoons ( Boiling water 1 Cup + Instant coffee 4 table-spoons)
- Butter Milk or Soured Milk half cup
- Eggs 2 large size
- Baking soda 1 tea-spoon
- Vanilla 2 tea-spoons
- For the mocha frosting you need following ingredients:
- Butter unsalted, softened ½ cup + ¾ cup
- Icing sugar 3 ¾ cups /powder sugar ( more or less according to your consistency)
- Instant coffee 2 tea-spoons
- Dark cocoa powder 3 table-spoons
- Slat ¼ tea-spoon
- Heavy cream 4 table-spoons
- Directions for the cake
- Mix sugar, flour and ¼ tea-spoon salt and baking soda in a large bowl. Keep it on side.
- Melt butter in a pot over medium-low heat.
- When the butter is melting add 3 table-spoons instant coffee in 1 cup boiling water. Set aside.
- Add coffee mixture to the butter in the pot when butter melted. When boiling point reached, turn off the heat for ten seconds. Put this aside for just a minute.
- Take another bowl and add eggs, buttermilk and vanilla. Blend it till it's well combined.
- Pour the coffee/butter mixture into the flour mixture. Mix it together gently. Then add the egg mixture and stir it smoothly until it's well combined.
- Take one big round or two baking pans and grease and flour it.
- Then pour into pans. Bake for 22-23 minutes or until cooked. It takes 35-40 minutes for one big pan.
- Preheat oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit or 170 degree Celsius.
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Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by the size of the world's problems. I don't know how we can heal the divisions in our world, or how to turn hate and fear into compassion. When I get too overwhelmed, I stop functioning very well and just want to hide.
So I was talking with my accountability partner, telling her about hiding and not getting as much done as I wish I had, and she asked me "What's one thing you can do this week to bring your business forward?" I realized I can do one thing. And often, when I do one, I do another, and another after that.
I heard the phrase again at a board retreat over the weekend. The woman running the meeting asked each of us, "What's one thing you are taking from this meeting?" It was a lovely way to highlight something that was important to us. It wasn't necessarily the most important thing – it's hard to be put on the spot to come up with the single most important thing – and sometimes someone else says our thing first – but it was something that we saw from our perspective that mattered to us. It was nice to hear the positive things people took from our afternoon of hashing things out.
I've tried this with my son as well. If he had a conflict with someone at school, "What's one thing you could try to do differently next time?" If he doesn't get a story before bed, "What's one thing you could do faster tomorrow so you'll have time for a story?" It tells him he doesn't have to do it perfectly, he doesn't have to have the entire answer, he just needs to try something. And if that doesn't work, he can try something else.
I like this because there's not the kind of pressure to come up with the perfect thing, or all the things, which can be overwhelming. It's just one thing. I can come up with and remember one thing. I can even get one thing done on the days I can barely get out of bed. Realizing that there's one thing I can do in a situation can help it to shift and change. And once I've done a thing, I often feel motivated to do another thing.
When you are looking for that one thing, what helps you? What is the single thing that can get you started, or that you can commit to getting done? Does it change based on situation? If you haven't done it yet today, go do your one thing now!


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By Colleen Tressler
Consumer Education Specialist, Federal Trade Commission
The holidays are over. Hope you had a grand time! I know I did, but I also know a few people who are experiencing a bit of post-holiday frustration with products and services they bought. But never fear, the FTC is here with some tried and true tips to help resolve your problems. The fact is, most businesses want to keep you happy so you'll keep coming back.
- You can solve most consumer problems by talking to a store employee — or if you shopped online, by checking the website. Retailers have time limits on returns and refunds, so reach out to them as soon as possible.
- You may need to speak to someone at the company's headquarters. Many companies include a toll-free number or email address for their customer service department on the product packaging, warranty, or receipt. If that's not the case, visit the company's website and look for a "Contact Us" link, or call 800-555-1212 for toll-free directory assistance.
- If a call or email doesn't work, use this sample letter to write an effective complaint. Describe what you bought and the problem. Include serial or model numbers, and the name and location of the seller. Say exactly what you want done and how long you are willing to wait for a response. Include copies of relevant documents, like receipts, repair orders, and warranties. Include your name, address, email and phone numbers. If an account is involved, be sure to include the account number.
If these strategies don't do the trick, try an alternative dispute resolution program. You also can file a complaint with the FTC. While the agency doesn't resolve individual disputes, your complaint helps law enforcement detect patterns of wrongdoing and may lead to an investigation. Many other federal agencies regulate consumer products and services. If you're not sure which agency to contact, call 800-FED-INFO for help.
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It's that time of year again it's time to start lining up our calendar models. As always all proceeds from the months sold go directly to help cover the cost of printing the calendar. I donate my time to help keep the shelters cost of creating this calendar as low as possible.
The cost for sponsoring a month is $75.00. You may have more than one pet in the photo if your pets will cooperate together. The photo session will take about an hour.
Sponsoring a month is on a first come basis and anyone who wants in but is too late will be put on a alternate list.
If you would like a spot in the 2017 HCHS-K calendar please e-mail your name, pets name and type of pet to email@example.com . Please do not send messages directly to the shelter as I may not receive them or it may delay you getting a spot.
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The King Stag drinks list
Ice Breaker
Greene King PLC
A smashing beer, perfect ice cold. Dry hopped with CITRA & SIMCOE HOPS (lupulin powder), waves of guava and passionfruit crash with big citrus flavours. This light coloured ale brings a big splash of cool refreshment.
Big Bang
Greene King PLC
Bold & exciting with an explosion of flavour. Dry hopped twice with Perle Magnum & Cascade Hops, herbal & pine notes punch through bitter citrus. Pale & Carapils Malts restore balance with a subtle sweetness. Momentous.
Gamma Ray
Beavertown Brewery
Gamma Ray is a juicy tropical beer. A brew you can sit on and drink all day, rammed with juicy malts and huge tropical aromas of mango and grapefruit.
Neck Oil
Beavertown Brewery
Neck Oil is a light, crisp, punchy, go to beer. Extra pale base malts are used to keep it crisp and give the hops a great platform to dance on.
King Stag Ale
The King Stag
Tring Brewery
The Galaxy hop is arguably the boldest of the Australian varieties. Passion fruit and peach aromas are paired with the spicy flavour of a pale rye malt base. Spring is in the air!
Silver Fern
Aylesbury Brewhouse Co.
Goose Island IPA
Goose Island Beer Co
The result is a hop lover's dream with a fruity aroma, set off by a dry malt middle, and long hop finish.
East Coast I.P.A.
Greene King PLC
Bold, brash American Style IPA with lip smacking bitterness and punchy citrus and tropical fruit flavours.
Becks Vier
Launched in April 2006 for the UK market. Brewed in Bremen, but packaged in the UK. "The Vier brand, whose German name translates as "four", is being positioned at the top end of the standard lager sector.
Camden Hells Lager
Camden Town Brewery Bar
Hells is the lovechild of their two favourite German beer styles - Helles and Pilsner. Clean, crisp and dry.
Estrella Damm
Sociedad Anónima Damm
Estrella Damm is a Mediterranean beer, made with malt, rice and hop, brewed with 100% natural ingredients according to the original recipe from 1876
Noble - English Craft Lager
Greene King PLC
An elegant English craft lager, made with Tettnang hops to produce crisp light, aromatic and refreshing beer.
Rosies Pig Cloudy Cider
Westons Cider
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Mature apple orchard with grassy meadow overtones
Aspall Draught Cyder
Aspall Cyder
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My rose bush has died a thousand deaths, but it has always come back again. When it would be watered has always depended on my mood. Our yard went through a terrific drought in California. It was very costly to keep the sprinklers going. With the severe sun and heat, every blade of grass in our backyard died. But through the Mercy of Allah, a few roses survived and depended on me to water them. The rest of the yard became covered with weeds and dirt, which made me very unhappy. We lost several trees including a red maple, which I loved.
When trees die, even when our neighbor cuts a tree down, I feel a million deaths inside. Trees are a part of me, being from Massachusetts. But I would go through these depressions, and it would cloud my vision inside. I would angrily think, If no one else cares about these my trees and roses, why should I care? Especially, when I get myself into these situations where I have been hurt, and want to hurt something back, watching these roses and trees die hurts me even more.
I think about my relationships with other human beings. I have a difficult time with boundaries and holding back. I lost so much in my life, in losing my family, that I do not want to lose again. I don't want to get hurt. It tends to be one-sided because I am very simple and childlike dealing with my relationships with people in trust. Actually, I just want to feel connected with others and feel accepted and be a part of this world like everyone else.
I lost so much in my life, in losing my family, that I do not want to lose again. I don't want to get hurt. It tends to be one-sided because I am very simple and childlike dealing with my relationships with people in trust.
But as much as I want this, there is a veil between others and myself. I feel that it is difficult to get too close. Although I am very friendly and want to help others as much as I can, I feel very much alone except for my husband and children. I have my own way of looking at things. I could never conform to anything except to what I felt was right. I feel a great sense of right and wrong. I have a stark sense of Reality.
Because of this non-conformity and way of looking at things, I have lost friends along the way. I am very loyal, and it pains me as much as losing these trees. Loss is like the death of a tree once I love someone. If I lose someone, I feel the pain for a very long time.
I am a mix of two cultures. My culture is a mix of being American and Bengali. I cook Bengali food and wear Bengali dress at times, and wear a nose ring. Americans don't know what to make of me. Some think I am a foreigner. My Islamic name is Bushra. My father in law, my Abba, gave me this name; it means "the one who brings the gospel/good news to the people." I proudly use that name. I am a mix…I am not totally Bengali, and I am not totally American. Bengali friends will mix among themselves. Other Americans don't know what to do with me. I no longer fit into my own culture.
So I get hurt, and don't water my roses, and feel a great cloud hovering over me, between me and my relationship with God. I feel very lonely.
But there are times that we are reminded about the true meaning of our existence. For one, my life is now very short on this earth. I will be 60 years old next year. My mother died at my age of a massive heart attack. Among many of my friends, they have major health problems; some are in pain every day. I have several friends with severe forms of arthritis, friends who have to take insulin shots every day. I have friends who have lost their husbands to cancer. Some who are now dealing with it themselves.
Loss is like the death of a tree once I love someone. If I lose someone, I feel the pain for a very long time.
I have to be reminded of my own purpose in life. Not everyone has found his or her purpose. My purpose was to be a good wife and mother, despite a debilitating mental illness, and to break the cycle of abuse that was in my family — that is above all else. My being an artist and writer is all secondary to that. I didn't have a career. The fact that I was able to raise my children was a privilege.
In the same week, I am reminded of both life and death, and loss and gain, and the in-between. My friend's niece had a baby boy. I cry every time I see a newborn. I can just taste the immensity of the miracle, in bringing forth a newborn. I relish it and am in awe of the miracle as I hold the child in my arms, who will also go through gain and loss throughout life, and make peace with it.
With pain in my heart, I realize that I truly do care…. And the problem is that I care too much.
So instead of thinking of loss and gain, of life and death, and feeling sorry for myself, I am at peace at the moment, in being alone. I have gone out to the garden to clean out the dead branches of my rose bush, and the dead leaves. My rose bush is blooming, and we have planted new trees, which I watch as if they were my babies. With pain in my heart, I realize that I truly do care…. And the problem is that I care too much.
Whether we exist in this world alone or with others, God is present. He watches me rake and weed my garden, and tend to my roses.
Stephenie Bushra Khan is a converted Muslim, a poet, and local artist in Temecula, California. She is originally from Winchendon, Massachusetts.
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Welcome to the Velocity Beta Program
Thank you for joining the Velocity Beta program. There are a lot of instructions to follow, YOU MUST READ EVERYTHING CAREFULLY. But once you get familiar with the process of collecting data, it's easy (and maybe a little fun).
You will be using our app to record yourself holding your phone in a variety of positions while reading and watching videos.
Part 1: Install app
This part requires that you install an iPhone app published privately by Concrete Interactive.
Part 2: Record data
This is the real job. It will take approximately 1 hour of your time and we request that you do the tasks from beginning to end in one sitting without interruptions. You will be recording yourself reading and watching videos inside the app while in a total of 6 different body positions to complete the job.
Part 3: Upload your data
You must upload all your data to get credit for the task. To avoid using your mobile data plan, you can use a wifi network for the upload.
Before you Begin
- You must have an iPhone 6 or newer, running on iOS 9 or above, to join the Beta program (there is no Android version, sorry)
- You have to be comfortable submitting your location (during Part 2 only), and your email.
- Read through the rest of the instructions Part1, 2 and 3 before beginning the recording tasks.
If at anytime you are having problems completing this task, have questions about what to do, or can't upload data please email your problem to email@example.com with a detailed description of the issue.


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Guardians for Minor Children
Should the guardians for minor children be persons other than the trustees? - By Kurt Beasley
Parents should seriously consider naming different persons to serve either as guardians or trustees. For one thing, each role requires different expertise. Guardians should have the human skills and qualities best suited for raising children, while trustees should have the abilities and qualities best suited for managing finances.
Even if you know people who combine the "best of both worlds," it would be difficult for them to shoulder the responsibilities of both positions at the same time. Your guardians will be overwhelmed enough with the sudden, added burden of raising orphans and integrating them into their own family without the additional responsibility of investing, making distribution decisions, and filing technically demanding tax forms for the trust.
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"啊!他们死了!" Oh! They're dead!
For the first time in my life in China, I wish I could truthfully say, "我听不懂." I don't understand.
In disbelief and a faint hope that I misunderstood, I ask the translating nurse.
"Did she say they were both dead?"
"Yes, they don't have heartbeats."
As soon as she notices I'm crying softly, she brings me tissue and says, "Don't be so sad."
My prenatal doctor and a party of head nurses are suddenly in the ultrasound room.
I hear my doctor commenting. " 是的. 他们都死了." Yes, they're both dead.
The nurse says, "她年轻对吗?"She's still young, right?
"是的。很年轻和她友两个孩子." Yes, very young and with two children already.
I interrupt the chatter to ask, "他们男性还是女性?" Are they male or female?
The technician says, "我看不见." I can't see.
The nurse says, "They're in a bad position."
The doctor asks, "她什么时候觉得他们动了?" When did she last feel them move?
I respond in English, "I felt them yesterday." The nurse translates.
"不行," That's impossible, The doctor adds, "他们已经死了两个星期." They've been dead for two weeks.
That sinks my heart desperately low. I couldn't even tell when they stopped moving?
Sharon, the nicer and more accurate translating nurse, is by my side in the ultrasound room now, holding my hand. She searches my face, and I search her worried face in return. The flow of my tears pool and burn behind the dam of my eyes, but I fight them, and my face sours in battle. She says, "Don't worry." I only stare in response. Both nurses help me up. I wipe my belly and follow Sharon outside, averting my eyes from the pregnant women waiting for their turn in the ultrasound room, women who have nothing better to do than wait and study the bellies of other patients. I feel shame since my tears give away every pregnant woman's dreaded fear. My babies are dead.
Sharon tells me to sit down in the waiting area and to call my family.
"Don't be so sad. You're still young, you can have another," she tells me.
I gently respond as I hold her hand, "I understand you are trying to make me feel better, but you shouldn't say things like that to mothers. That doesn't make me feel better, that makes me hurt more."
I call my husband. He's about to start a class when I tell him. Dutiful man that he is, he continues through the class. Manager that I am, I start to delegate in the midst of so much body and spirit swollenness. I hang up with him, then call my supervisor, then my friend, then my husband again, then my husband's boss. I cry, dry up and calm down; cry, dry up and calm down with each call. I arrange pick up for my children and emergency time off for us both. I begin to text our Chinese roommates to update them and ask for help with childcare, but Sharon interrupts me to tell me I need to call my insurance for pre-authorization. I call and hand her the phone once I realize explaining so soon to a stranger is too difficult in either language, since I've already cried and dried up so many times now.
Approval is granted, I sign here and there. Sharon takes me to my sleeping room. Our first 24 hours of 96 hours trapped inside the hospital are filled to the brim of sober meetings with Chinese doctors, pestering, mixed-English questions from busy nurses, and phone calls from friends and acquaintances, wanting to express their condolences or visit. In the 25th hour of our stay, I'm scared and grief-stricken as they wheel me on a bed toward the surgical room, where I'll be without a translator and without my husband's hand to hold. I fight back tears as I glance at the nurses' faces from under my blanket. One is an older female, who looks at me with knowing, empathetic eyes. The other is a young man with Korean-style glasses and a shaggy haircut.
At the door of the surgical wing, my husband stops, and another busy nurse continues on with me.
She asks, "哪里是小床?" Where's the baby bed?
The others ignore her.
She calls out, "嘿!别忘了小床!" Hey, don't forget a baby bed!
The old nurse hushes, "他们死了." They're dead.
The loud nurse's eyes meet my eyes and linger as though she wonders if I can understand.
Inside the surgical room, the older nurse leaves me with two young, fresh nurses and a stocky male nurse. I wish that the older nurse had stayed and held my hand, or that I would have had courage to reach for hers.
As everyone waits for the surgeon to arrive, one fresh nurse comes to inspect me.
"你说普通话吗?"Can you speak Chinese?
"一点点." A little.
"你很漂亮." You're very beautiful.
"谢谢." Thank you.
"你不要了是吧?" You don't want them, right?
"他们都死了." They're both dead.
And tears begin to fall down the sides of my face into my ears.
As she tries to wipe my face, she hurries to say, "啊!别哭了!你很漂亮!" Oh! Don't cry! You're so beautiful!
I continue to cry, slowly, quietly whispering to my heart that this is goodbye to my twins. I'm telling them goodbye with this procedure, but I feel like I'm ejecting them from my body. The older nurse returns to the room and comes back to my side for a second. She sees my tears, but she responds with merciful silence.
I cry in my heart, "Oh my dear twins, I want you. I want to hold you. Your daddy wants you. We want to name you. Your brother and sister want you, too. We don't want to say goodbye. We value you and treasure you. You are both unique and special. I cannot have others like you."
The problem hadn't been the language. I understood the business language of most exchanges at the hospital. The sharp, cold words were all very clear. I responded with the same indifference until the pressure in my heart erupted with fury. One of the doctors trembled as she left my room, dismantled by my explosive anger.
No. The actual issue was the first slap of culture shock in the almost three years of living among the Chinese.
My friends have always been so tender, so mild. They understand when things hurt. They perceive when I am hungry or thirsty. They do their best to show honor where honor is due. But a miscarriage? It brings me no honor.
Why didn't I listen to strangers who said not to drink coffee? Why didn't I wear more sweaters? Why did I work on my laptop? There was potential radiation! I could have borrowed a "safe suit" from a friend. Why did I eat this and not that? Was the air too bad? Why didn't I rest more? Why did I go swimming? Twisting might have hurt the babies. These concerns they all previously expressed came crashing down on me in shame. Not because I was wrong in ignoring their triviality, but that I had only death to show as my answer.
Then the doctors, as though nothing was ever whispered to me in the halls of my school or on the side lanes of my neighborhood, tell me it's ok. "You're young. You can have another." Then, for a greater sting, "Take care of yourself."
The chances of naturally conceiving identical twins again now that I've lost them are 1 in 80,000. The chances of conceiving when I'm not sure I can even bear the pain of trying again: unknown. I cannot simply have another.
I later ask a Chinese mother and friend what she thinks about what was said, and other offensive comments made by others later. She tells me she wouldn't like it either. She tells me that these doctors and nurses don't know what to say to encourage me. Especially for the elder Chinese, they have experienced famine, drought, and revolutions. These elder Chinese saw their own family members eat tree bark, or swallow globs of clay so that at least they could die full. These elder Chinese saw a nation full of bloody, murderous change, where neighbor turned on neighbor. They just want me to focus on what I have, focus on the good still in my life.
And for the second time in China, I wish I could truthfully say, "我不明白." I don't understand.
Written by Vanessa Jencks. Vanessa is the incoming Managing Editor of beijingkids Magazine and website. She writes in her free time at vanessajencks.com. A fully extended version of this piece will appear in the book, Knocked Up Abroad 2.


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MEN are cowards who are responsible for the mess that the country is in, UPND national secretary Mutale Nalumango has said.
She made the remarks during a symposium organised by the NGOCC to discuss "women participation in politics and political violence" on the eve of the International Women's Day at Best Western Plus Lusaka Grand.
Nalumango said violence had a negative effect on women irrespective of whom it was targeted at.
She urged women to speak against violence because they were the most affected.
"We are women, we make society, we shape society. Don't worry about the males, they are cowards," Nalumango told the audience comprising journalists, university students and women's rights activists.
She said women had been created as helpers for men to make the world better.
"Basically, when you need a helper, it's because you have failed. God saw that man alone would not make it until there's a woman. It is from this premise that we must stand strong. Men will mess up the world, they will mess up society, they are messing up Zambia and we are watching," Nalumango said.
Nalumango urged the women to fully participate in ending violence because they were equal to the task.
"I am only a woman to my husband, to the rest I am a colleague. If you are going to carry your being feminine everywhere then people will take advantage of you," she said.
Nalumango, a former deputy speaker and information minister in the MMD government, urged women to only submit to their husbands and not all men.
"We are not competing with the men but we are equal to the task of shaping the society," she said.
Nalumango argued that to end political violence, political parties needed to be in the forefront while constitutional reforms were needed to encourage the participation of women in politics.
She said without constitutional and legal reforms to guarantee the number of women in politics, their numbers shall forever remain low.
Nalumango said political violence irrespective of who it was targeted at affected the women.
She urged women to speak out against violence in their political parties.
"How can we even sit in political parties and allow violence?" she asked.
Nalumango said at the moment ending violence was difficult because the violence of the ruling party was not regarded as such.
"We have reached very dangerous levels and we are pleading with those in power to end violence, it is almost as if violence has now been legalised," she said.
Nalumango said as a woman, she felt pain when she saw youths being used as tools of violence or "youth security".


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Jeremiah 4 Good News Translation (GNT)
A Call to Repentance
4 The Lord says, "People of Israel, if you want to turn, then turn back to me. If you are faithful to me and remove the idols I hate, 2 it will be right for you to swear by my name. Then[a] all the nations will ask me to bless them, and they will praise me."
3 The Lord says to the people of Judah and Jerusalem, "Plow up your unplowed fields; do not plant your seeds among thorns. 4 Keep your covenant with me, your Lord, and dedicate yourselves to me, you people of Judah and Jerusalem. If you don't, my anger will burn like fire because of the evil things you have done. It will burn, and there will be no one to put it out."
Judah Is Threatened with Invasion
5 Blow the trumpet throughout the land!
9 The Lord said, "On that day kings and officials will lose their courage; priests will be shocked and prophets will be astonished."
10 Then I said, "Sovereign Lord, you have completely deceived the people of Jerusalem! You have said there would be peace, but a sword is at their throats."
11 The time is coming when the people of Jerusalem will be told that a scorching wind is blowing in from the desert toward them. It will not be a gentle wind that only blows away the chaff— 12 the wind that comes at the Lord's command will be much stronger than that! It is the Lord himself who is pronouncing judgment on his people.
Judah Is Surrounded by Enemies
13 Look, the enemy is coming like clouds. Their war chariots are like a whirlwind, and their horses are faster than eagles. We are lost! We are doomed!
14 Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart, so that you may be saved. How long will you go on thinking sinful thoughts?
15 Messengers from the city of Dan and from the hills of Ephraim announce the bad news. 16 They have come to warn the nations and to tell Jerusalem that enemies are coming from a country far away. These enemies will shout against the cities of Judah 17 and will surround Jerusalem like men guarding a field, because her people have rebelled against the Lord. The Lord has spoken.
18 Judah, you have brought this on yourself by the way you have lived and by the things you have done. Your sin has caused this suffering; it has stabbed you through the heart.
Jeremiah's Sorrow for His People
19 The pain! I can't bear the pain!
Jeremiah's Vision of the Coming Destruction
23 I looked at the earth—it was a barren waste;
(27 The Lord has said that the whole earth will become a wasteland, but that he will not completely destroy it.)
28 The earth will mourn;
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LONDON-The popularity of afternoon tea has London hotels vying to attract a new wave of customers by inventing twists on the classic English indulgence - although with tapas and takeaways on offer, some say the trend is going too far.
London's Sanderson hotel won this year's themed afternoon tea of year award for its Mad Hatter's version, with every item inspired by the "Alice in Wonderland" story.
The K West Hotel and Spa has given theirs a "glam-rock makeover", with tea-infused cocktails and electric blue teapots, served on vintage album covers.
And the Lancaster London has a takeaway version to be enjoyed in Hyde Park just across the road, plus an ARTea, delivered in a painter's box with jam and cream in paint tubes and featuring "miniature edible paintings".
"There is a lot of competition so you have to stand out from the crowd," said Keith Newton, the founder of national Afternoon Tea Week, which takes place in mid-August.
"But you have to be careful because people do want the traditional," he told AFP.
"Sandwiches, scones, desserts: you can be creative within that structure but not stray too far away."
Afternoon tea conjures up a bygone age of English aristocratic refinement, luxury and leisure.
Attributed to the duchess of Bedford in the mid-1840s, it came about as a way for the elite to fill the gap between lunch and increasingly late formal dinners.
It is typically served in three rounds on plates stacked on a holder: sandwiches, scones with clotted cream and jam, and a selection of desserts or cakes - plus, of course, the tea.
"Afternoon tea was all about accentuating the tea: tea was the expensive product," said Max "Mr Tea" Eisenhammer, of the Rare Tea Company, which supplies Claridge's hotel and the Noma restaurant in Copenhagen.
He visits hotels to ensure they are serving the tea properly, through the correct leaf-to-water ratio, water temperature and infusion time for each different tea.
"We provide training. People who go to afternoon tea are expecting the best," he told AFP.
Newton said the afternoon tea sector had witnessed strong year-on-year growth, leading some outlets to try shaking up the formula in a bid to stay ahead.
"For foreign visitors, it's on their list of things to do - but most of our business is actually from people within the UK," he said.
"We've seen a big rise since 2012 when we had Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee and the London Olympics: there was a massive interest in all things British."
Prices can cost from £10 ($13, 11.50 euros) to more than £50 ($65, 58 euros) at the top hotels.
At The Kensington Hotel in west London, the tea selection on offer includes silver tip jasmine tea from China, scented over six days with fresh jasmine flowers.
Customers tend to take around two hours savouring the four varieties of sandwich - including the staple cucumber, smoked salmon and egg mayonnaise, plus the five sweets including an amalfi lemon eclair and strawberry tart.
Fabio Adler, the hotel's food and beverage marketing manager, said part of the attraction was its conviviality - everyone eating the same food at the same pace.
He said afternoon tea was just one of their five meal slots but more than others reflects a London hotel's standing.
"It's a big draw," the Brazilian told AFP.
"It's really fiercely competitive. It can get silly with timings: hotels offering it at 11:00 am defeats the purpose.
"And Spanish afternoon tea with mini tapas; for me, that's going too far."
At The Bridge Tea Rooms in Bradford on Avon, southwest England, the two-time winners of the UK's top tea place award also keep to a tried and tested formula.
They maintain a Victorian theme, with the waitresses wearing period white aprons and mop hats with black skirts.
"The look and feel is very important," owner Alison Hayward told AFP. "Keep it traditional is the best way."


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This year was an epically terrible year on a national and global level. Writers are sensitive creatures, and as this year comes to a close it would be easy to just hide under the covers and binge watch Nailed It, hoping that next year will be better. Despite that, I hope you'll take a moment to take stock of what you've accomplished this year and what you would like to do better in the next.
This blog post is my end of year wrap-up. It turned out to be a much better writing year for me than 2017 was. I chalk most of it up to my depression going into remission. It's amazing how much more time you seem to have when you don't stare at walls.
For this blog I looked up how many books I had read this year, and the number astonished me. I read almost a book a week, even with four out of twelve of my months devoted to drafting.
From November 2017 to April 2018, I drafted my second full-length novel. You can read more about my drafting experience and approach here.
One of the best things I did this year was consistently work on something that helped my career. It wasn't always writing. I took a month-long break after drafting, but in the meantime created this blog from scratch and read to refill my creative well.
However, I also learned this year that I am slow as molasses at revision. I get easily distracted and find myself procrastinating. It's good to know this about myself, and I'm planning on creating a framework to keep myself focused.
This year I:
finished drafting my second novel
went through two major revision passes on my current WIP
participated in Pitch Wars events
built this website
made several new critique partners and friends within the writing community (thank you, CP Match!)
designed book cover and interior for a self-published author
grew Twitter following (around 400 new followers this year if memory serves.)
read 43 published books and 6 unpublished manuscripts
Goals for next year
write a blog post every other week, 26 in total
read 60 published books
finish last revisions of current WIP and query by May
outline next WIP
draft next WIP in five months instead of six
create a bookstagram, mostly to follow other writers
receive first round of CP/beta feedback of next WIP by 2020!
I'd love to hear what you've been up to this year. Please comment or link to your end of year wrap-up! :)


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TSUKINEKO-Staz-On Ink Pad. Staz-on is a solvent-based ink designed for decoration on non-porous surfaces such as glass; metal; shrink plastic; cellophane; aluminum foil; leather and acrylic. You will achieve a beautiful stained glass appearance due to the transparent nature of the ink. Mild smell and safe to use. Acid-free and water soluble for easy clean up. Refill your ink pad or use it straight from the bottle. Stamp pad measures 2-1/2x4x3/4in. Imported.
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Offline? 8 Things You Can Do for Your Business Blog Without Internet
On Monday there was an internet outage in my home office. Nothing worked anymore: answer and send e-mails? Nope. Schedule Social Media Postings? Nope. Listen to the radio? Nope. (I belong to the sort of people who do not have a "normal" but an internet radio at home …)
So after a first hint of panic that cut me off from the outside world, I made a cup of coffee and started to think about it. After all, there are people who survive without internet. And after the first few setbacks (even the tax can not be done easily without the internet, online banking and so on …) I found some ideas. And found that I could often treat my blog more often a small internet-free phase 😉
Offline? You can do these 8 things without Internet for your business blog.
1. Write a blog article
You know that for sure: there is so much to do in your business that writing the blog article is just not enough. Also, if you actually want to blog regularly. And there is such a loss of Internet actually a very nice opportunity. One is not distracted by Facebook, no notifications for new emails fly in at the edge of the screen, … in a word: silence. So perfect to sit down and finally do what you do not have time to do according to the calendar. And you can do the uploading as soon as you have access to the internet again.
No distraction by Facebook & Co? Then take the time to write a blog article!
2. Lead the success journal
I keep a success journal, a kind of diary, in which I keep registering what successes I've enjoyed in my business and in private. Although once a month I have an appointment on my calendar, so I do not forget to fill it, every now and then something comes in between … But what you have achieved everything, you can also without Internet!
3. Listen to podcasts
I'm a huge fan of podcasts. Mostly I listen to science or history podcasts in the evenings before going to bed to get down. But there are also a lot of great business podcasts, some of which I've subscribed to and automatically upload to my smartphone. But I often do not have time to listen to them. Or I have a guilty conscience because I feel like there is so much to do and can not sit still and "just" listen. Such an internet failure is a great opportunity to do it without a guilty conscience. Here are a few of my favorite business podcasts:
- Online Marketing Made Easy(English, by Amy Porterfield)
- The Internet Marketing Podcast(German, by Björn Tantau)
- Elise gets crafty(english, by Elise Joy)
- She Percolates(English, by Jen and Danielle)
Shoot 4th floor photos
I almost always use stock photos from the internet for the pictures in my blog articles. But I shoot the pictures for my Instagram channel myself, and I can do that even when I'm not online. This even has an advantage: This allows me to "batchen", so summarize the individual steps and save a lot of time. Photos are taken first (if all the props are at hand, it works just fine), then they all work in one go, and then I plan them with the Later tool . To publish I have to press only 2 buttons.
You can also shoot photos when you're offline – and save time!
5. Take a break
I am always amazed at how many times I forget to take a break in between. Often I do not even notice how fast time passes. Unfortunately, however, with time I have minor clerical errors, which I later have to repair. Therefore, breaks in everyday work are incredibly important and every now and then a longer break does not hurt 😉
6. Brainstorms
Distraction is more important to me when brainstorming than writing blog articles. Most of the time, I usually do not take enough time for this and do it "by the way" or in my spare time and then annoy my husband with all kinds of ideas at the weekend. What could be so brainstorming? Oh, there are some things:
- Ideas for new blog articles
- Possible cooperations with other bloggers
- product ideas
- Marketing strategies that you could implement
- Social Media Postings (eg questions that you can ask the followers)
7. Revise / elaborate blog strategy
In the best case scenario, before you start your blog, you've come up with a strategy for your blog and written down who your optimal audience is, what problems you solve for them … But I know that blogs are often not started with the intention of making money be, but grow. And then this is a step that is happily left out. And even if you already have a finished blog strategy, it makes sense to question them every now and then and maybe create a new persona. If you need help developing your blog strategy, I'll assist you when you're back online with my coaching program "Blog Booster" when creating your strategy 😉
8. Doing sports / stretching exercises
When I'm sitting at the desk for a long time and / or stressed out, I often suffer from tension headaches. This does not necessarily make working easier, so I've recently begun actively incorporating stretching exercises into my daily routine. Every time I feel a tension creep up my neck, I do a few exercises. On Youtube there are a lot of anti-tension workouts. On the whole, they all consist of similar exercises, which you can remember quite well after a few times and also can reconstruct offline without instructions. This video is one of MY FAVORITE and it is without equipment or lying on the ground feasible (so perfect if you are in the public transport or sitting with colleagues in the office)!
Are you offline now and then (consciously or involuntarily) taking time for your business and things that you would not otherwise get? And maybe you have another point that I could add to the list?


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Adobe After Effects Classes
Develop the skills to create motion graphics and special effects using Adobe After Effects by attending a hands-on class at the Computer Education & Training Center at UMSL. [More on After Effects]
Introduction to After Effects
(Prerequisite: Experience with Windows or Mac OS X.) Learn to use Adobe After Effects for the creation of Motion Graphics and special effects including basic animation and visual effects compositing. Discover how to import footage and create a new project. Understand how to use animations, add visual flair with effects, use audio effectively, and work with masks. Topics include layers, keyframes, masking, and media management. Additional topics include image adjustment, color correction, and output settings for different media. [Course Outline]
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If you would like to register for a course, call (314) 984-9000 or register online.
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Women of Courage
by Wanda E. Brunstetter
Take a three-thousand mile journey with Amanda Pearson as she leaves the disgrace of a broken engagement and enters the work of a Quaker mission in the western wilds. The trip is fraught with danger, and Amanda is near death before reaching her destination. Among those she meets are an Indian woman who becomes her first convert and a half-Indian trapper who seems to be her biggest critic. But love follows her into the wilderness and will determine the course of her future. You are sure to enjoy this historical romance adventure from New York Times bestselling author Wanda E. Brunstetter.
Women of Courage was a bit different than the Amish fiction that Wanda Brunstetter writes, but Ms. Brunstetter can write anything, and she shows it in this book! She has my attention early in the book, and I enjoyed the adventures I experienced throughout this book. Following Amanda Pearson as she takes the three-thousand mile journey will keep you hopping until the very end. And you will enjoy the historical journey, the heartbreaks and difficulties as well as the happier times. I always enjoy stories with Indians, and I really enjoyed the Indians Amanda comes in contact with, and getting to know them. This book covers a lot of miles and a lot of information, but all in all, it is a really good read.
I received this book from Barbour Books to read and review. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 55.


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Are You Ready for Some Football Wifi Stats?
Super Bowl XLIX – the most-watched TV event in history and the most-tweeted national football championship ever – smashed records on and off the field. Meanwhile, CDW was the behind-the-scenes MVP as the official technology partner of the Arizona Cardinals and University of Phoenix Stadium. This infographic was created to show the numbers related to the record breaking bandwidth, access points, and traffic.
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For someone to make it onto our wish list of awesome speakers, they needed to be a little bit badass and be true to themselves.
Each of the speakers we have collaborated with are people who are showing us how to navigate this mental world with courage, grace and a wee bit of rebel.
Through their actions they are lighting the road less travelled.
Turia Pitt
Without doubt, Turia is one of Australia's most inspiring, courageous and downright badass woman.
In 2011, age 24, Turia was an ex-model fitness junkie and successful mining engineer when she was caught in a freak firestorm while competing in a 100km ultramarathon in Western Australia.
She was choppered out of the remote desert barely alive, with full thickness burns to 64 per cent of her body.
Surviving against overwhelming odds is the least of her achievements. Turia has gone on to thrive in the ultimate story of triumph over adversity.
Widely hailed as one of the most adored women in Australia, Turia's "never ever give up" attitude inspires others to conquer their fears and be their best.
Renowned for her pure grit, indomitable spirit and passion for humanitarian work, people from all over the world have taken Turia into their hearts and are deeply inspired by her.
LIzzie marvelly
Lizzie Marvelly may have gained notoriety as a singer, but she has since earned her stripes as an engaging public speaker, feminist and badass.
Lizzie is a passionate advocate for women and often speaks about female empowerment. In May 2015, Lizzie launched Villainesse, an online media project aiming to create smart, 'no-filter' media for young women. Winner of the 2017 Canon Media Awards Best Blog Site, Villainesse is on a mission to empower young women through its mantra of "badass do-gooding".
Her first major campaign, the globally-successful #MyBodyMyTerms, sparked a conversations about victim-blaming, revenge porn, consent and sexual violence. The #MyBodyMyTerms videos have been viewed over 500,000 times, and received press attention from the Huffington Post, Daily Mail, Buzzfeed US, Cosmopolitan US, Bustle, and the New Zealand Herald, among many others.
Lizzie is a columnist for the Weekend Herald and took home the award for Opinion Writer – General at the 2017 Canon Media Awards for speaking out on many divisive and controversial topics; she has passionately weighed in on abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, the pay gap, child poverty and rape culture, among many others.
A writer, businesswoman, speaker and warrior. Fiercely honest, a passionate coach and a woman who knows we are much more capable than we allow ourselves to believe.
With a remarkable career, establishing her first of many successful businesses at the age of 21, it's easy to think Paula has it all.
However, life threw some nasty curveballs her way. Sent to boarding school at eleven, never to live at home again and the victim of a serious sexual assault as a teenager, a decline into hard drugs and alcohol plagued much of her twenties. "I lived a double life, one of a successful entrepreneur, the other a woman in deep pain, relentlessly trashing my body like the worthless object the rape had taught me it was."
In Paula's pursuit of happiness, she spent hundreds of hours sitting at the feet of personal development masters, devouring anything that would help her through her personal pain. She believes if she had been exposed earlier to the principles that now define her life, she would have healed quicker, loved earlier and been able to contribute sooner.
Anika Moa is clever, charismatic and very funny! She's a badass and we can't wait to hear her story of early fame, rebellion, love and motherhood - like it has never been told before.
She began writing pop songs at the tender age of 13 and was spotted by Atlantic Records in 1999; becoming the youngest Kiwi artist to be signed to a major American record company.
Anika has released seven albums so far, she's one of New Zealand's most accomplished songwriters and is a dangerously funny chick to give a mic too.
Her career continues to evolve as a writer, entertainer and performer with the development of her 'Face to Face' series and 'All Talk With Anika Moa', interviewing celebrities and musicians with her hilarious and shameless interviewing technique.
Our CCB platform wouldn't be complete without the quick wit of this badass Kiwi.
Richie Hardcore's fighting career spanned more than 20 years, from martial arts tournaments to Muay Thai titles. He's hung up his gloves and he now fights for social change rather than titles.
A self-confessed pragmatic idealist, Richie channels his energy into doing his best to leave the world a slightly better, healthier and happier place.
Unafraid to talk about his difficult past, he is now an active campaigner and sort after educator and public speaker, dealing with many of the big issues that challenge today's society: domestic and sexual violence, mental health, pornography and addiction.
Few men speak with the empathy and gentleness that Richie does on these subjects; which is surprising and heart-warming coming from a man who used to fight for a living.
Precious Clark
There is something about Precious Clark that makes you stop and listen. She is an extraordinary story-teller; a master of weaving our past into our future to help us understand who we are and what our purpose is.
Of Ngati Whatua, Waikato and Pakeha descent, she is the Managing Director of Maurea Consulting Ltd, an organisation that shares Maori culture globally to shape and inform a modern world and the creator of Te Kaa – a training programme that brings the Maori world to life in a fun, safe and exploratory way. Precious started her professional career as a lawyer who's worked here and in the UK, she is now a sought after company director who sits on five boards and recently had the privilege of lunching with President Obama.
In parallel to her corporate career, Precious feeds her creativity as a singer, songwriter, performer and dancer. In 2011, Precious had the honour of performing the karanga at the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup held in Auckland, New Zealand, touching millions of viewers around the world.
It is this combination of creativity, wisdom and passion that is spell-binding and the reason we had to have her on our CCB Stage!


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The Star Army
Main Article: Star Army of Yamatai
A community for military sci-fi & space opera roleplaying
Main Article: Star Army of Yamatai
The Ke-V7 Bomber, nicknamed "Ginga" (銀河, "Galaxy") is a ground-and-carrier-based interstellar bomber and transport aircraft developed by Ketsurui Fleet Yards in YE 31 for use by the Star Army of Yamatai, originally in raids against the Mishhuvurthyar. These strategic bombers are designed to fly significant distances away from a carrier or static installation, and deliver intense amounts of firepower to major enemy structures or starships.
The Ginga's key features and abilities are:
The Ginga strategic bomber has a somewhat atypical elongated fuselage, centered upon the craft's wings. A majority of the craft's volume is taken by its wings, which are attached to a significant amount of the bomber's length. The wings are triangular, but spread out to a significant distance rather than the typical low-width profile of other triangular wings. The ends of the wings have small, oblong capsule-like structures which support the hardpoints for weapons or extra equipment. On top of the main body of the bomber is a small oblong extension which houses the cockpit.
The following is the general statistics and performance data on the Ke-V7 Ginga.
See Damage Rating (Version 3) for an explanation of the damage system.
Using the Integrated CFS Array system, the Ginga uses a total of twelve CFS arrays to project a conformal, defensive CFS barrier around the bomber. This system also doubles as the standard FTL device when powered as well as a secondary movement device for inertia-less maneuvers and VTOL. Due to the CFS bubble's precise shielding, the bubble is also used to make precise movements while in atmosphere without major use of the primary control surfaces.
The barrier's array of emitters have been split into fore and aft sections, to improve the craft's defensive effectiveness while approaching and retreating from an enemy with the correct management of power.
The Gingas bomber's munitions bay can be modified to store cargo, whcih is often loaded and unloaded from the bottom. In this state, it is often incapable of bombing a target, but can ferry a moderately small amount of cargo around.
The Gingas bomber contains a small fire extinguisher in the cockpit, as well as two in the munitions bay by default. A small compartment mounted above the ladder in the cockpit contains a first-aid kit. There are additionally small compartments on the inside of the munitions bay which contain tools and spare parts for basic in-flight repairs.
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Article was approved on September 27, 2017 by META_mahn


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What a lot of tomatoes! Ripe a week late for the Buffalo-Niagara Taste Fest…. Oh well…. This time our daughter T also helped in the tasting! This year's main ripening time seems to be the 1st weekend in September. Due to the number … Continue reading
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2015 CrossFit Open WOD 15.5/
Coming to our Friday Night Fights for 15.5 tonight? Bring a dish and stay after to celebrate the end of the open as well as Coach Jon's birthday!
15.5 was announced last night, and I am happy to say - I was wrong about the burpees! However, those of you getting your open on today or this weekend don't get to escape the awesome pain cave that 15.5 promises to be. Here is what you are facing:
Open WOD 15.5
27 - 21 - 15 - 9:
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- Thrusters
(RX - 95 | 65 ; Scaled - 65 | 45)
A lot of strategy discussions I've seen focus on proper form as much as they do pacing. Don't skimp on your warm up and DON'T SPRINT OUT THE GATE! Create a mental game plan so you don't go out too hard and hit a wall.
Here is the breakdown from some of our friends:
Good luck! See you today!!


text: 73 Questions for Anna Wintour September 10, 2014 Ever wonder what book the Vogue Editor in Chief considers her favorite? Or perhaps what type of flowers to send after your interview with the Head Honcho herself? Well Vogue Video compiled a list of 73 questions for the fashion mavin and you'll be surprised by some of her answers.video courtesy of Vogue Video.The charming video offers us a glimpse into the famed Vogue headquarters, but more interesting is the sneak past Ms. Wintour's infamous black sunnies. The interview, while obviously rehearsed at points, makes the EIC seem like a normal relatable woman instead of the feared powerhouse many rumors make her out to be. Don't be fooled, Wintour still runs the fashion world, but that doesn't mean she can't also love reading Pride and Prejudice, spending time with her kids, and playing with colors and pattens in her wardrobe. Watch the video to hear more from Anna Wintour's 73 questions.


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TODAY – Vote NO Prop 1
Remember to Get Out the Vote Today and Vote NO Prop 1. Vote down the highest tax increase in the past half century in Michigan. Send a clear message to Lansing that you expect responsible use of your hard earned money. As Benjamin Franklin quipped, the only sure thing in life is, "death and taxes." What legislators in Lansing need to remember is that we pay enough in taxes already, we expect that money to be [Read More ... ]


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A Terrafugia video posted to YouTube on July 20, 2015 has garnered more than one million views in just two weeks. It is easy to see why. The TF-X is Terrafugia's "vision for the future of personal transportation."
"The TF-X will be a four-seat, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) hybrid electric aircraft that makes flying easier and safer than ever before."
Just as I watched this TF-X video, I happened across a photo essay titled, "1890-1968 Flying Cars".
With every technological step forward, we come closer to a "flying car" reality. I just wish the finishing line would stop moving further out as well.


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If you fear that Facebook will turn Instagram into a cash machine now that the Instagram creators are out the door, then you'll want to make sure you're in control of the way Instagram handles your data. That's because Facebook now wants to get ahold of your location history from Instagram to deliver targeted ads inside Facebook.
The news comes from a TechCrunch source who revealed details about unreleased Instagram features in the past that were later added to the app.
Instagram is already prototyping the new privacy setting, which would let it share your location with Facebook. What's disturbing is that your exact GPS coordinates will be collected by Instagram even when you're not using the app.


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