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Since winning the Miss Junior America competition as a college freshman, Alexia has been speaking and training at companies, conferences, colleges and community/professional associations on topics at the intersections of leadership development, public speaking and women's empowerment. Known for her heartfelt and courageous storytelling, infectious humor and boundless optimism, Alexia is a rare breed of speaker who inspires, educates and shifts thinking and behavior.
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Most Requested Keynotes
Step Into Your Moxie
"A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman, but the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult," says Melinda French Gates. But it doesn't have to be. Fusing her own difficult and remarkable journey with her expert advice, Alexia demystifies the top high performing behaviors of successful executive and entrepreneurial women so that audience members can get out of their own way and capitalize on their potential. From learning how to silence critical self-talk, to scoring face time with chief decision makers, to securing champions, to negotiating for what they're worth (in a way that is beneficial to them AND their companies), Alexia will leave audience members knowing how to walk into any room ready to speak with confidence and competence to achieve the results they seek.
Develop Your Female Leadership Pipeline
It's now common knowledge that companies with multiple women serving in senior leadership positions outperform those with less female leadership. So why are women not better represented in senior leadership positions? And how can organizations address the particular needs of high potential women that are often unmet in traditional leadership development programs? Alexia demystifies what emerging female leaders need—with respect to mentoring, coaching and skill development—in order to be competitive and succeed in more senior leadership positions. Presenting research and real-world examples, she provides actionable recommendations for addressing women's perceived lack of ambition, confidence and skill. She identifies which of the top leadership competencies women struggle with most—and how companies (and colleges) can adjust traditional leadership development programs to empower women in these areas.
Cultivate Your 'Secret Sauce' as a Speaker
Public speaking is one of the most effective ways to attract the right clients to your business, position yourself as a thought leader, and make big impact in the world. Unfortunately, most leaders, entrepreneurs and professionals who speak are following tired formulas for how to present and/or sell. As a result, they divorce themselves from their authentic speaking style, fail to connect and built trust with their audience, and ultimately don't move them to take action. Alexia will show you how to leverage the TED speaking style to create presentations that engage your audience with your stories, demonstrate your expertise, share what people want to know NOW, and invite people to take action on your "idea worth spreading." Depending on the audience (i.e., senior leaders, sales teams, or entrepreneurs), Alexia will also include how to ask questions that are a win-win for you and your audience/prospective clients, sell from the stage by NOT selling from the stage, the key components of a hooky offer, and how to lock into the mindset and behaviors, once and for all, that let you see yourself and perform as a heart-centered, high-impact communicator. Each of Alexia's keynotes can be adapted into half-day or full-day interactive trainings or multi-day retreats.
If interested in booking Alexia to deliver a keynote, host an event, facilitate an interactive training or present on a panel, please contact us at email@example.com.
Learn more about Alexia's corporate training and consulting.
Speaking + Media Bio
Alexia Vernon is the author of Step into Your Moxie: Amplify Your Voice, Visibility, and Influence in the World (New World Library and Penguin Random House Audio). Branded a "Moxie Maven" by President Obama's White House Office of Public Engagement, she is a sought-after speaking and women's leadership coach who delivers transformational keynotes and corporate trainings for Fortune 500 companies and other professional groups and organizations, including the United Nations and TEDx. Alexia holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in women's studies and has been featured on CNN, NBC, ABC, and CBS and in publications like ForbesWoman, Inc., Women's Health Magazine, and The European Business Review. Visit her online at http://www.alexiavernon.com.
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Develop a Robust Female Leadership Pipeline
In this article, Alexia Vernon provides actionable strategies for organisations to develop their next generation female leaders. Grounding her recommendations in research and real-world examples, she demystifies what holds women back from positioning themselves for senior leadership opportunities and what companies can do to ensure that qualified women do not leak out of their pipelines by making significant shifts in how they develop their high potential women. Read the full article.
How to Free Yourself from the Pain of High Expectations
During my pregnancy, I was the poster child for prenatal health. From taking my supplements and participating in birthing and breastfeeding classes to doing downward dogs up until three days before my birth, postpartum depression never crossed my mind. Read the full article.
Developing The 3 Habits Of Transformational Leaders
It's a question I get asked a lot, and one I've changed my answer to over the years. As a coach and mentor to executives and entrepreneurs, I thought the ability to transform was an inborn quality for a long time. I thought it was something one could develop his or her skills in, but ultimately did or did not possess an affinity toward. Read the full article.
Best Advice I Ever Got: Keep It Simple and Tell Your Truth
Sometimes, being candid about your weakness is the strongest move of all.
For years I spent too much time and bandwidth proving that, despite my age, I had the qualifications necessary to lead my consulting company and deliver our training programs. While I know that my clients were impressed by media I'd garnered early in my career, they were–and are–far more impressed when I show that the work I ask them to do is work I've sought to do my entire life…even if it's been with mixed results. Read the full article.
Make a Bigger Impact: 3 Success Strategies Entrepreneurs Can Learn from TED Talks
I discovered TED Talks during my first semester teaching public speaking to college students. Although I didn't have an undergraduate or graduate degree in communication and had applied for a job to teach acting and improvisation, I somehow wound up standing in front of 30 college freshman at 8:15 a.m. in the morning, twice a week, hoping to make public speaking half as interesting as their smart phones. Read the full article.
Woman of Influence
Career coach Alexia Vernon wants to help women find their path
Alexia Vernon is holding a mic and surveying a roomful of well-dressed women chatting over wine and juice shots. Only someone who's danced and performed since childhood could stand so tall and relaxed in spiked heels and a short dress stretched over a five-month-pregnant belly. It helps that Vernon, 33, is a professional speaker: She's a career-development coach, and this is her element. Read the full article.
Fearless Females: Alexia Vernon
Career coach Alexia Vernon wants to help women find their path
Recently branded a Moxie Maven by the White House and since winning the Miss Junior America competition as a college women's studies student; Alexia Vernon has been empowering people, companies, campuses, professional associations, and community organizations to build a new generation of heart-centered, high-impact communicators and ethical leaders. Read the full article.
How to Stand Out at Work
The perks of having friends at work are huge, but if you're not careful to set yourself apart from your office besties, your career may suffer. Follow our tips to make your own path.
Grow Your Network
Anytime you can work directly with the boss, you should, but interacting with other senior employees can be just as important (even if you don't report to them). This helps you distinguish yourself and, perhaps more important, gives you a view of the company beyond your pals. Plus, it might provide you with champions in meetings or strategy sessions that you're not a part of. Read the full article.
How to Pull Back the Curtain and Become an Effective Business Storyteller
When I first started my workplace communication and leadership development coaching and training business, I spent hours upon hours striving to design the perfect website, come up with catchiest program names, draft compelling copy and get face time with the "right" people to champion my work. I was busy curating what I thought others would perceive as my greatest accomplishments, and asking happy clients to share their raves as testimonials — unfortunately, all at the expense of sharing my story. Read the full article.
Moxie Maven
Here at the White House, we place a strong emphasis on the needs of women. Since its creation in 2009, the Council on Women and Girls has been advocating for the needs of women, giving them a strong voice within the administration. This council has helped to create policy and initiate programs that empower women by granting them the tools that they need to lead successful lives. However, despite the amazing work this group does, in order to achieve success outside of the White House, advocacy must continue within individual communities. Alexia Vernon is one strong woman helping women to achieve their goals. Read the full article.
Interview: Alexia Vernon
A: I often say that I know I was put here on this equal parts wonderful and wonky earth to create a revolution in women's communication. I want my legacy to be catalyzing millions of women into their "moxie" so that they are speaking their powerful messages and having them lead to the results they seek. Having been sexually abused as a child, I learned at four years old to speak up and out about what was going on. This initial act of moxie both saved my life and laid the foundation for a lifetime of calling out what I see – the good, the bad, and the confusing. Read the full article.
6 Ways to Stay Professional in a Casual Workplace
No one's saying you have to be a stiff, but when it comes to showcasing your personality on the job-or in online networking profiles-there is such a thing as being too comfortable.
Work-life separation? Ha. These days, we meet our best friends and maybe even our future husband on the job. We promote our employers on our personal Twitter pages and decorate our desks with our weekend triathlon medals. But when there's no real distinction between your work and personal selves, it's easy to find yourself being too relaxed about office etiquette, and what's work-appropriate. Read the full article.
Please Don't Call Me a Sexual Abuse Survivor
Since the sexual abuse scandal at Penn State erupted last fall, it's rare for me to go so much as a week without hearing about another similar incident. In media coverage, social commentary, and in my everyday professional and personal conversations, I have heard a lot of well-intentioned people talk about the children involved with disempowering language.
These poor children. My heart breaks that their lives had to be ruined. Nobody should have to survive such an abuse of power. Read the full article.
5 Ways to Use Public Speaking to Build Your Client Base
I'd give anything to travel back in time and tell my eight-year-old self that I'd eventually build a business from public speaking. In third grade, opening my mouth and speaking my mind to a group of people was a recipe for public humiliation: voice habitually quavering, thoughts lost between my brain and my headgear, and shaking so intense that my classmates sparked a rumor that I suffered from Tourette's syndrome. Read the full article.
Making the Leap to the Big Leagues
As big firms cut back during the recession, many professionals found work at small companies. For college grads, small firms became the most promising way to launch a career.
But as hiring picks up again, some of those professionals are looking to break into larger companies, seeking the stability, benefits and resources not always available at small firms. Read the full article.
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Learning by Design
A well-designed course is a blueprint for success. In this session, we will examine the elements of effective instructional design. An emphasis will be placed on how to design your class to meet the needs of the range of students that you expect in the class. We will go through the process of determining which approaches, technologies and techniques will work best for your teaching style, the nature of the subject matter, and the background of the students. We will apply the principles to classes for each of the participants.
Teaching Style
Before we begin our discussion of instructional design, consider your current teaching style.
Four general teaching style types:
Check out this quiz which points out some of the ways these different styles impact students and mesh with their learning styles:
What style do you most often employ in your teaching?
ADDIE and ASSURE
Two models of instructional design prevail at this time.
The ADDIE model is based on:
The ASSURE moded is based on:
Both models have their followers and both are effective.
ADDIE Model
Assure Model
The assure model was designed to be used for teachers in developing their own classes. It is ready-made for those who seek to create an effective blueprint for their online and blended classes.
Analyze learners - Before you begin, you should analyze your learners.
In analyzing your learners, you may want to begin your class by asking students to assess their learning style mix and to report the results to you.
How did you score?
State objectives - make these behavioral or affective objectives
Bloom's Taxonomy verbs. Note that the descriptors for the "new" Bloom's Taxonomy are all verbs. There are some excellent lists of active verbs for the older taxonomy version.
Freshmen English students (Audience) will be able to identify 90% (Degree) of the protagonists (Behavior) when given a list of ten Shakespearean Tragedies (Condition).
Write three objectives relevant to your class - include the elements above.
Select instructional methods, media and materials
Some 25 years ago, Chickering and Gamson posted the Seven Principles of Effective Undergraduate Education:
Pedagogy helps identify methods - for example, social constructivist approaches have proven effective in online classes:
Methods might include such activites as:
Which activity seems most relevant to your class?
Media selection in online classes may include the many cloud-based technologies, for example:
Twitter http://twitter.com
Wikispaces http://wikispaces.org
Diigo http://diigo.com
Google Docs http://docs.google.com
Prezi http://prezi.com
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Utilize the media and methods to deliver the modules.
Be sure to test out the technologies prior to the scheduled use. Make sure that you have support ready, and even consider a back-up technology in case the original selection fails. Monitor the use of the technologies.
Require the use of the technologies.
Make sure that the students are actively participating in using the technologies. Following the constructivist approach, allow your students to build knowledge rather than requiring them to learn.
Build in opportunities for formative evaluation from the students. Make sure you get feedback along the way (not just at the end of the class) through evaluations and within assessments.
Evaluate and Revise!
The class is not done for the instructor until you have evaluated the outcomes and the overall learning experience. These evaluations and outcomes lead to revisions and improvements. The cycle of improvement through instructional design continues!


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SOURCE: Homeland Resources Ltd.
May 12, 2014 09:15 ET
ALBUQUERQUE, NM--(Marketwired - May 12, 2014) - Homeland Resources Ltd. (OTCQB: HMLA), announces that it has initiated a process to review the Company's existing business plan and to identify, examine and consider all strategies available to the company, both near and long term, in order to prudently determine the optimal course of action for the Company.
The nominal success Homeland and its partners have realized through participation in the drilling program at Liberty Ridge Oil and Gas Project has prompted this review. At this time the Company has not identified a new direction, and no specific potential transactions are in place, nor is there any assurance that a new project and or financing arrangement will be concluded in the future. Management intends to evaluate potential opportunities and new projects in a variety of sectors in order to determine if the Company and its existing shareholders will be best served by adopting a new business model.
In the interim, management will continue to evaluate all transactions, opportunities, and activities with respect to its existing oil and gas assets and commitments.
For more information about Homeland Resources including their oil and gas projects, visit www.homelandresources.com. Stay current on all available information regarding Homeland and the energy sector by connecting with them on their social platforms:
About Homeland Resources
Homeland Resources Ltd. (OTCQB: HMLA) is a performance-driven exploration and production company focused on developing relatively low-risk North American natural gas reserves. Homeland's current focus is on the continued exploration and development of their property portfolio comprised of working interests in the Smoky Hill Project (5% interest) and the Liberty Ridge Project (5% interest) in Oklahoma. Homeland Resources is also seeking to expand their portfolio to include additional interests in North America.
For more information on HMLA, please visit www.homelandresources.com.
Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: Statements which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. The Company makes forward-looking public statements concerning its expected future operations, performance and other developments. Such forward-looking statements are necessarily estimates reflecting the Company's best judgment based upon current information and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and there can be no assurance that other factors will not affect the accuracy of such forward-looking statements. It is impossible to identify all such factors but they include and are not limited to the existence of underground deposits of commercial quantities of oil and gas; cessation or delays in exploration because of mechanical, operating, financial or other problems; capital expenditures that are higher than anticipated; or exploration opportunities being fewer than currently anticipated. The Company has no official gas or oil reserves at this time and may not have sufficient funding to thoroughly explore, drill or develop its properties. Factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those estimated by the Company include, but are not limited to, government regulation, managing and maintaining growth, the effect of adverse publicity, litigation, competition and other factors which may be identified from time to time in the Company's public announcements and filings.
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Finlay MacRitchie, "Scientific Research as a Career"
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Carriage Way Bed and Breakfast is located conveniently in beautiful historic downtown St. Augustine. Roughly a 5 minute walk from our Inn, you will find one of St. Augustines best kept secrets: "Uptown" From 5 to 9 p.m. on the last Saturday of each month, experience live music, refreshments, new exhibits, book signings and much more at the galleries, antique stores and unique shop on St. Augustine's San Marco Avenue between Ripley's Museum and the Mission Nombre de Dios. The Mission Nombre de Dios provides FREE PARKING. Info: 904-823-9263.


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"Real Life" happens, and when it does, all of the clichés and tenets by which you have lived or which you have chanted or quoted at others become just so many infuriating and meaningless, empty syllables.
Nothing applies. Nothing explains.
I couldn't go to the gym from last Sunday to this Friday, when I went and spent three hours on the cardio circuit. Yesterday, another three. I am going today, any minute, although each day I have to sort of force myself into clothes in which I am fit to be seen in public, get in my car, I get there and I sit in the parking lot, ten minutes, fifteen, talking myself out of it and into it. I walk in and I don't look up because two people already asked me where I'd been.
I can't begin to tell you where I've been. I keep my head down. I start on the cardio machines. I stay there. I stay there. I stay there. I run. I glide. I pull. I pedal. I rock. I push. I pull. Uphill. Higher resistance. No resistance, all speed. I go. I go. I go. I go.
And I cannot get away from this shit.
Real life.
Nothing applies.
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Another air raid paid for by government money
Another one night stand for God and country
Napalm sun in the midnight sky
Send out the jets to keep the rhetoric alive
Godless dictator bowing down to some new world order
Retire with a pension across some neutral border
Another lesson taught by the fist of democracy
House arrest for misguided aristocracy
Fuck off with your God and state
You're gonna do what you want anyway
And it's gonna go just how it goes
But when I get pissed enough you'll know
Another helicopter in the national forest
Flown by some national guardsmen but he ain't looking out for us
He's looking out for your weed plants
Just cause you live in the land of free it don't make you no free man.
Corporate interest dictates the political climate
Cell block echoes with the cries of the innocent
Another lesson in subjective morality
You gotta justify some judge's salary
Fuck off with your God and state
You're gonna do what you want anyway
And your system will reap just what it sows.
But when I get pissed enough you'll know
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Just before the end of the federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, on September 21, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved three of its outstanding funding bills for FY 2012—Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS-Education); Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies; and Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs. If FY 2012 funding bills for all federal agencies, or a temporary funding measure known as a Continuing Resolution, are not approved by both Houses of Congress by the end of FY 2011, September 30, the federal government will shut down its non-emergency daily operations.
The FY 2012 Labor-HHS-Education bill (S. 1599), which passed the full Appropriations Committee in a party line 16–14 vote, provides $70.18 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Health and Human Services, a reduction of $26 million from the FY 2011 level.[1] Many programs related to sexual and reproductive health, however, escaped cuts—a boon in this time of fiscal austerity. The President's Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative (TPPI), the first federal funding stream for more comprehensive approaches to sex education which was originally funded in FY 2010, received $105 million, equal to its FY 2011 level, with an additional $4 million designated for evaluating funded projects. The Title X family planning program also received level funding of $299.4 million.
HIV and sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevention programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) fared similarly well—domestic HIV/AIDS prevention and research received level funding of $800 million, with $40 million allocated for HIV and STD prevention through the Division of Adolescent and School Health. STD and viral hepatitis prevention programs at CDC also received level funding and the bill included an additional $10 million for viral hepatitis screening. However, some programs improving health care access for lower-income women did receive cuts. For instance, the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant program received an allocation of $600 million, $50 million below its FY 2011 level.[2]
While the Senate protected many sexual and reproductive health programs and programs providing health care for lower-income individuals, the FY 2012 appropriations process is far from over. The House of Representatives, which attempted to eliminate TPPI and the Title X family planning program in FY 2011 and slash funding for myriad programs benefiting middle- and lower-income Americans, has yet to unveil its appropriations bills for the coming Fiscal Year. Given the uncertainty regarding the timing of the House appropriations process, the full Senate has not scheduled a vote on any of its pending appropriations bills.
[1]United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, "Summary: Fiscal Year 2012 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill—Subcommittee Mark," Press Release published 20 September 2011, accessed 26 September 2011, <http://appropriations.senate.gov/news.cfm?method=news.view&id=7f6ba191-8901-402e-86b2-27cd220d14d1>.
[2]United States Senate, "Committee on Appropriations Report to Accompany S. 1599," S. Rpt. 112–84, 22 September 2011, accessed 26 September 2011, <http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CRPT-112srpt84/pdf/CRPT-112srpt84.pdf>.


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Karenlie Riddering is an actress who portrayed the Mexican Woman in Season 3 of AMC's The Walking Dead.
Karenlie was born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. She started acting in preschool, influenced by an aunt who was a drama teacher. She played many roles for theatre and became a radio announcer by the age of 16. She studied Fine Arts and continued working in theatre until she moved to Atlanta in 2006. There she quickly began acting in corporate videos, commercials and films, capturing the attention of clients and production companies for her ability to speak English and Spanish flawlessly.
Riddering is also a business owner and an author and motivational speaker. Her first book, "Puerto Rico Encanto Oculto", published in 2005, was a best-seller in the island that same year. It was a book of her photographs of the least known places in PR, and the product of over eight years of exploring the island. She also wrote many articles for a local magazine, which detailed her adventures across the enchanting island.
In 2012, Riddering published her second book, this time a non-fiction self-help book for teens titled "Your Present Future: Things Teens Need to Know Now About Becoming Adults." Through YPF, she offers seminars for teenagers on how to better prepare for a brighter future and the transition into adulthood.


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Makeup artist Ginika – Rtm Beauty and Makeup Studio and her groom-to-be Okey met in her first year of university, but at the time, a relationship was the furthest thing from her mind.
Five years later they met again and she saw him in a different light. After dating for a while, they knew it was destined, before he popped the question on his birthday, making it their special day.
Enjoy and be inspired!
~ Photography: Lemmy Vedutti
How We Met
by Ginika
Okey started asking me out when I was in 100level – my first year at university… He got to know about me through my roommate. At that time my mind was occupied with so much that I had little or no interest in him. Five years down the line, he paid me a visit. I guess that didn't make any difference with regards to how I felt about him, but he persevered and as time went on, I got to know more about him and we started talking more and more.
I then decided to give him a chance…
The Proposal
On the 23rd of March 2015, I organized a birthday party for him, little did I know he wanted to use the opportunity to propose to me. I had invited friends and family to the birthday party. When we were all done eating, he knelt down in the midst of everyone with the most beautiful wedding ring I've ever seen and popped the question… The joy I felt in my heart knew no bounds… I was short of words and only managed to say the words "Yes I will marry you" I really cannot explain how I felt that fateful day.
Here we are today ready to walk down the aisle…???
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Red Dress: Elizabeth of Marellesheek
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The season premiere of legendary television show Happy Days fifth season was titled "Hollywood, Part 3," and according to a number of television experts and analysts signaled the beginning of the end for the series from a creative perspective. During the episode, Henry Winkler's character, Fonzie, jumps a shark on a pair of water skis, all while wearing his trademark leather jacket.
Fast forward to 1987, when Jon Hein and his University of Michigan roommates were sitting around drinking beer and watching Nickelodeon's Nick at Night. The crew fell into an intense discussion about classic TV shows when one of them asked the question, "What was the precise moment you knew it was downhill for your favorite show?"
Someone said it was the moment when Vicki became part of The Love Boat crew, while someone else said it happened when the Great Gazoo became a regular on The Flintstones. Sean Connolly then spoke some immortal words.
"That's easy," he said. "It was when Fonzie jumped the shark."
And the dictionary was changed forever. Shortly thereafter, Hein and his crew created Jumptheshark.com, a website that listed over 200 television shows and asked fans to pinpoint the moment when each show became irrelevant, or 'jumped the shark." The site's popularity soared and Hein eventually sold the property to Gemstar (owners of TV Guide) before becoming a fixture on the Howard Stern Show.
So why would I proclaim that The Walking Dead has perhaps reached its 'jump-the-shark' moment? Let me explain: Back when I was a pre-pubescent teenager, the bands Metallica and the Red Hot Chili Peppers were just emerging on the scene in Southern California. I became addicted to each, wearing out each band's cassette tapes in my Sony Walkman. "Whiplash!" "True Men Don't Kill Coyotes." "For Whom the Bell Tolls." Even "Damage Incorporated" and the "Uplift Mofo Party Plan"! I was a funkadelic rocker and these were my bands.
Then something horrible happened. Both Metallica and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, my indie loves, became popular with everyone around me. And then the whole world! All of a sudden they were superstars and their music was playing on the pop charts. What once was so cool had become so lame! Suddenly, new songs like "Enter Sandman" and "Give It Away Now" turned me off. At that point, I stopped buying their albums and moved on new indie finds.
This analogy relates to The Walking Dead and to the zombie genre. I have been a lifelong science fiction movie buff, with zombie flicks stealing the majority of my attention. I've watched every zombie movie in existence and could argue for days on end about the merits of a fast zombie versus a slow zombie, à la The Walking Dead.
But something feels funny in my gut in regards to zombies, akin to the feeling I had when my favorite indie bands suddenly became popular.
Not only is The Walking Dead the most-watched drama series on basic cable, American society has gone zombie-mad! Instead of a population of nerds like me watching late night zombie flicks on the Sci-Fi channel, now large swaths of the population are soaking up the living dead.
There's even a new, 2013 zombie-girls-in-bikinis video calendar stealing headlines, released by a New Zealand-based advertising agency in an effort to promote The Walking Dead in foreign markets! The calendar is compelling, for sure, but truth be told the zombies in the calendar hardly resemble the zombies in The Walking Dead. The last thing I want to see is a Walker in a bikini, sprawled on a pristine beach.
Surely our leaders in government and medicine could talk some sense into our zombie-obsessed society? Maybe present some statistics about the reality of a zombie apocalypse? If only that were the case! Just last year, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued zombie propaganda, with its Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse campaign, complete with Zombie Task Force t-shirts available for those who joined the task force.
This zombie madness comes with a price.
Tens of millions of viewers around the world are currently sitting on pins and needles in anticipation of what will happen next when The Walking Dead returns on Sunday. Who will get munched? What will happen to the governor? Some astute viewers, however, will sit through the show wondering, "Is this series showing signs it may become the next 'jump-the-shark' television poster child? Have we seen the best from The Walking Dead? Am I sick of zombies yet?"
Tune in on Sunday to find out.


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I always like to do Christmas related items this time of year, because quite frankly I am a sap for Christmas and because Christmas has great meaning for anyone who believes it marks the birth of Jesus Christ, an event central to every Christian's faith.
This is a a 'Flash Mob' that occurred in 2010 at the South Bay Galleria in Redondo Beach, California performed by singers from the Journey of Faith church there. It strikes me how these songs immediately change the atmosphere of the place. It is a small picture of how the spiritual transforms the secular, bringing peace and joy to the harassed and harried crowds in a way no secular performance ever could. It is a small picture of how the birth of Christ was a transformative spiritual event, and not just a historical one. Enjoy.


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1.5" ChemLight® Mini Light Stick - Green
ChemLight® Mini light sticks are small and compact enough to fit anywhere and are a dependable source of light for military and law enforcement applications. Recommended for reading maps, cockpit lighting, ship board fire fighting, breadcrumbs, identification, and medical kits. Individually foil-wrapped for light/moisture protection.
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Continuing from the events around CNY this year, I visited TheanHou temple and was mesmerised by all the little red stuff hanging from top.
From far, they looked like lanterns!
Upon closer inspection, they were indeed lanterns.
So basically they were everywhere
Cos it was Chinese New Year.
So nice next year must go again lol.


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Katy Perry is tugging at our heartstrings in a new video for her powerful track Unconditionally.
The new clip shows the star working with vulnerable children around the world and it's even more emotional than the original version.
The Roar singer is following in the footsteps of the likes of Angelina Jolie and David Beckham by teaming up with UNICEF to help vulnerable children give themselves a "brighter future".
She said: "I believe young people have the power to change their own lives, with our help.
"I am honoured to join UNICEF as a Goodwill Ambassador, and committed to doing everything I can to help children and adolescents who come from such different backgrounds but want the same thing: a brighter future."
The 29-year-old star visited Madagascar earlier this year as part of a mission for the charity.
The charity's executive director Anthony Luke added: "Katy Perry is already a champion for children, and we look forward to hearing her 'roar' on behalf of UNICEF.
"We are delighted that she is joining us as UNICEF's newest Goodwill Ambassador and lending her remarkable voice to amplify the voices of children and young people around the world."
Katy has been confirmed for this year's X Factor live final, where she will join One Direction, Sir Elton John, Tom Odell and The Killers at Wembley Arena.
The event will take place across two days, on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 December.


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Set the Bar for Disclosure and Transparency
We are honest and open with shareholders and keep them up-to-date with important news and developments. Our goal is to set the standard by which companies in our sector are measured.
Invest Carefully with a Long-Term View
We build a diverse portfolio across business lines and stay true to our methodology. We make sure each investment, whether it's a portfolio or a business, has been reviewed, assessed objectively and priced to achieve appropriate returns.
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In a customer-focused business like ours, it is crucial to provide ongoing employee skill development. This raises each person's performance level and drives PRA's growth and profitability.


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Petunia's Book sells well. It truly does. The book distributor described book sales as "surprisingly good for a newly launched book". Kinokuniya took a few copies at first and this week, ordered 50. Only the Bras Basah Popular branch had a few copies at first... and now, many Popular stores across the island has it. Online, we have sold upwards of 1000 books. These are encouraging figures for a book that was launched without fanfair and barely 5 months ago.
I owe my blog readers a lot for this.
Blog readers were the first to buy the books, read them and recommend them. Without this initial push, I doubt Pet's book would have sold so many copies. Without the initial push by blog readers (especially the many that have become my friends) I also doubt that the book would become so popular that it never gets to sit idle on the shelves of the National Library.
I've checked the NLB catalogue once in a while and Petunia's book is never available... always on loan... always in transit to a reservation ... always reserved.
I really owe my blog readers, and I want to say a heartfelt "Thank You" for being the first to put your trust in Pet's Book.


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So Much For "Distractions" …Obama Blasts Hillary On Tuzla
After whining about unfair media attacks by ABC, and how he was knifed by Hillary Clinton, and how the media was focusing on "distractions", blah blah blah…
The Obama Campaign attacked Hillary on her Tuzla lies today.
They even paraded 3 Bosnian veterans out to do the attacking for them.
ABC Political Radar reported:
ABC News' Sunlen Miller and Kate Snow report: Sen. Barack Obama's campaign has reinvigorated its attack against Sen. Hillary Clinton, today rolling out three Bosnian war veterans to make the case that Clinton was dishonorable when she made inaccurate comments about dodging sniper fire in Bosnia.
Clinton has admitted that her campaign trail claim that she dodged sniper fire in 1996 while landing in Tuzla airport in Bosnia was a misstatement.
At Wednesday's ABC News debate, she said, "I'm embarrassed by it. I have apologized for it. I've said it was a mistake. And it is, I hope, something that you can look over."
But today, it was clear the Obama campaign was not ready to look over this issue, calling a conference call with reporters and offering up veterans who have faced sniper fire to take issue with Clinton's claim.
U.S. Maj. Gen. Walter Stewart called Clinton's misstatement a "dishonor" that showed a lack of moral authority.
Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Michael Kotyk called Clinton's statement a whopper and said, "If she's gonna tell stories like that is as candidate, what will she do when she's standing in front of Congress? … How do you expect your troops to follow you if you're not providing good leadership?"
The veterans argued that the misstatement wasn't their issue. It was what her statement showed about Clinton's honesty level.
"This isn't about misspeaking," Stewart argued. "This is about your character."
Clinton communications director Howard Wolfson shot back (so to speak) on a conference call with reporters.
"Boy when the Obama campaign decides to go negative, they really go negative!" Wolfson said.
The Obama Campaign must have gotten over those distractions by the media.
The Politico says the debate outrage proves media bias.
Meanwhile… The Hillary Campaign is distributing a memo on how the GOP will attack Obama.
MORE Bad News for Barack: The FLDS tipster who was arrested for a false report is an Obama Delegate!!
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John Elliott
John Elliott joined CBS 2 in January 2007 as a meteorologist on "CBS 2 News This Morning" and "CBS 2 News At Noon."
Prior to joining CBS 2, Elliott worked two years at KCBS-TV in Los Angeles. Before that, he spent two years with NBC News and MSNBC, appearing weekday mornings on NBC as a weathercaster on "Early Today." He also handled a wide variety of assignments as an anchor and correspondent on MSNBC. Elliott served as a 2004 MSNBC presidential campaign correspondent in the battleground state of Iowa. He also reported from numerous bases and posts throughout the nation as troops were deployed for the war in Iraq, and spent time onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.
Prior to joining NBC, Elliott worked for XETV-TV in San Diego, where he served as an anchor on the Fox station's morning newscasts. He was also a morning news anchor for KGET-TV, the NBC affiliate in Bakersfield, California. Elliott began working as a weathercaster, first at WRBL-TV, the CBS affiliate in Columbus, Georgia, then at KGET before making the transition to his role as a news anchor in Bakersfield.
Elliott is a recipient of the California Associated Press award for Best Weathercaster, and has received numerous honors for his news features and general assignment reporting.
Elliott received his B.A. in radio, television and film from Wayne State University in Detroit and his master's in communications from Central Missouri State University. He also studied meteorology under Mississippi State University. Before embarking on his career in broadcasting, Elliott was an advertising copywriter and producer and also taught media courses at Mott Community College in Flint, Michigan and Central Missouri State.
Afternoon Forecast Oct. 28, 2014: Warm Temps, September-Like Feel
Tuesday is the perfect day for a stroll outside or exercising. But big changes are on the way.
Vacamas: Summer Camp Scholarships
Join John Elliott this Sunday to help Vacamas raise money for summer camp scholarships for kids in need.
Join John Elliott At Caldwell College's 5K Run/Walk For Autism
CBS 2's meteorologist John Elliott will kick off Caldwell College's second annual 5K Run/Walk for Autism on April 16.
Partly Cloudy Morning To Give Way To Light Rains Heading Into Weekend
A sunny morning will give way to clouds moving into the Tri-State by mid- to late-Friday as a rain system moves in for the weekend.
Bitter Cold Temperatures Grip Tri-State Area
"There will be no snow. It's just dangerously cold," said CBS 2HD meteorologist John Elliott.
Snowstorm To Dump Foot-Plus Across Tri-State
It won't be as bad as the Blizzard of 2010 but the Tri-State area is once again bracing for some significant snowfall.
Blizzard Targets Tri-State Sunday
A blizzard warning will be in effect for the tri-state from 6 a.m. Sunday to 6 p.m. Monday with the heaviest snow falling across coastal and northeast New Jersey, New York City and its immediate suburbs.
Where's Santa? NORAD Tracks Jolly Old St. Nick
Tracking Santa's travels is a celebrated tradition at the North American Aerospace Command, and it unfolds Friday for the 55th year.
Cold Weather Continues Into Christmas Weekend
The weather isn't warming up anytime soon and there's even a chance of snow for the Tri-State area this weekend.
Storm Brings High Winds, Heavy Rains To Tri-State
Winds whipped across the Tri-State on Wednesday as the region wrestled with a day of heavy rain and severe weather that knocked out power and slowed commuters.
Intermittent Showers Expected Throughout Tuesday
Make sure you have your rain gear Tuesday.
Fog And Light Rain On Tap For Monday
Soupy weather was expected to kick off the new work week.
Rain Expected To Last Into Friday
NEW YORK (CBS 2) – Incessant showers are plaguing the tri-state area on Thursday as a low front lingers and pushes its way slowly across the area, CBS 2's John Elliott reports. As of noon, many areas, including JFK, Newark, Central Park and others, had already seen at least half an inch of rain. The […]
New Work Week Brings Hint Of Spring To Big Apple
It's late October, but it sure won't feel that way over the next few days.
Another Powerful Storm Threatens Tri-State Area
Heavy rain and high winds are expected to wreak havoc across the tri-state area into Friday as remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole make a mess up and down the East Coast.


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District Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario, incorporated in 1971, permanent population 60,599 (2016 census), 58,017 (2011 census); estimated seasonal population 85,163 in 2016. Muskoka is an iconic area of Ontario's cottage country located approximately 200 km north of Toronto. A destination for seasonal residents and tourists who have been drawn by its natural beauty since the late 1800s, the district has equally been home to generations of permanent residents.
Located in Northern Ontario, between the Ottawa River and Georgian Bay, Lake Nipissing is the third largest lake located entirely within the boundaries of Ontario. The lake spans 65 km in an east–west direction and drains into Georgian Bay via the French River. Its name derives from an Ojibwa word meaning "little water," likely a comparison to the nearby Great Lakes, which were important trade routes for the Nbisiing (Nipissing), the First Nation indigenous to this region. Fishing is a popular activity on the lake both commercially and recreationally. Unfortunately, walleye, the lake's dominant fish species, has declined drastically since the 1980s as a result of overfishing and ecosystem changes.
Lake Manitoba, 4624 km2, elev 248 m, is one of 3 large lakes occupying the southern half of Manitoba. A narrow, irregular lake, about 200 km long with marshy shores, it is fed mainly from Lake WINNIPEGOSIS, which lies to the northwest, and drains northeast via the Dauphin River to Lake WINNIPEG.
Nettilling Lake, 5542 km2, elevation 30 m, max length 123 km, is located toward the south end of Baffin Island in the Great Plain of the Koukdjuak, about 110 km southwest of Auyuittuq National Park and 280 km northwest of Iqaluit. The name is of Inuktitut origin but its meaning is unclear.


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Three new faces to improve the Anfield squad in January.
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1. Lucas Biglia
After an impressive start to the season, Liverpool have drawn a few too many games recently, and the injury to Lucas Leiva – arguably their best player this season – has rocked the club.
Charlie Adam was forming an impressive partnership with the Brazil midfielder in the centre of the park, and their creator-destroyer balance was the backbone of Liverpool's good form.
When you lose one Lucas for the rest of the season, only another Lucas will prove good enough as a replacement.
Lucas Biglia of Anderlecht has been linked with a whole host of clubs this summer, and the Argentina international could certainly do a job at Anfield.
Likely to cost around £6m, that would be a small price to pay should his signing result in UEFA Champions League qualification.


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A Very Vampire Christmas Moment from the Love Covenant Series!
From the desk of romance author Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy…..
Evergreens have become a symbol of Christmas in most cultures, a symbol of everlasting life and eternity. Maybe some people haven't ever wondered but do you think vampires celebrate the holiday? I don't know about all vamps but mine from my Love Covenant series do.
I love how we can create our own vampire realities and each author does a little different take on our vamps. In my Love Covenant series from Evernight Publishing, my vampire Will Brennan is uber sexy but he's also very sweet, tender, and loving. He loves his lady and bride Cara –and Christmas.
The Love Covenant series didn't begin as a series, just a single novel about the dark, sexy vampire who drove an eighteen wheeler and the sassy mouthed Texas gal he ran across. Their kiss sparked something more and for the first time in centuries, Will Brennan broke down the barriers to let someone else into his heart. At the end of the first edits for Love Tattoo, my editor suggested there might be room for a sequel. I wasn't sure but I thought about it and Cara started talking again (Cara tells the stories in first person). Four books later, my Irish vampire and his lovely lady have found a place in the hearts of so many readers so let's join them for little Christmas cheer!
I longed for an old-fashioned holiday season at home with holly decking the mantelpieces and mistletoe in the hallway. I fancied a huge evergreen tree trimmed with candles, ribbons, and lace. I dreamed about scented candles, garlands wrapped around the stair posts, and packages under the tree. Most of all, though I wanted Will and me, alone beneath a moonlit night with silver stars twinkling down on us like a blessing as we drank sweet Moscato wine together.
Instead, the week before Christmas, I found myself strolling out at Brennan's Irish Stage in beautiful if tiny Branson, Missouri decked out in a dress as green as emerald, the green of those rolling Irish hills in Will's home country. Although it didn't cost half what my black de la Renta did, the green dress featured a plunging neckline and a bodice covered with crystals, each one put in place by hand. The green silk chiffon skirt billowed out around my legs in a very fetching way and so I walked out to sing.
Seamus wanted me to sing Irish songs, not quite my thing, but I managed to get two learned that satisfied me so I did The Wexford Carol and then the one everyone knows, Irish or not, that Bing Crosby made famous back in Granny Riley's day, Christmas In Killarney.
This time no one stared at me from the audience and I felt no vampires out there anywhere.
At the end of the show, Seamus insisted that I come back out and had Will join us to sing Blackbird even though it's not a Christmas carol at all.
From stage right, his lovely Amber watched us with a smile. I didn't know her yet but I liked her and I liked even more what I saw between her and Seamus.
So far, she didn't have a clue that we were anything but eccentric with our nights as days schedule but if things advanced, she'd have to know the truth.
Somehow I figured Seamus wanted me to help with that and I will when the time comes.
For now, though, I'm going to sing on stage and love my Will with everything I've got. I'm going to celebrate the light of this season, the Christmas season in every way because it banishes the shadows away. We've suffered too many shadows, Will and I: so far from Sallie Hawkins to Henri and while there may be more, for now we share the light.
As the spotlight panned in on me as we finished the song, I bowed to the audience. They began to whistle and cheer but I focused on Will and Will alone. His eyes met mine, sweeter than the Moscato that we drank and a more brilliant blue than any sapphires I'd ever seen. He pointed upward and I grinned at the sprig of mistletoe that dangled from the curtain above.
"Kiss me, mo anam cara," he said and so I did.
The audience went wilder at that and their applause echoed off the rafters. When we finished, we linked hands with Seamus and Amber. All of us bowed and together we shouted,
"Nollaig shona duit!"
Then we repeated it in English, "Merry Christmas."
I added, with some silly whim, quoting the end of Twas A Night Before Christmas. My grasp of literature is hardly up to Will's, after all, "And to all a good night."
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Reader recommendation: The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want
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In The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want: A Book About Noise, Garret Keizer explores the definition, history, and mainly the political and cultural implications and uses of noise. But don't pigeonhole him: He admits he loves his chain saw, Manhattan, and the Rolling Stones.


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Donald Cerrone just clinched the 2015 UFC Employee of the Year award. After literally kicking Myles Jury's ass this weekend at UFC 182, Cerrone has agreed to face Benson Henderson 13 days from now (!?) at UFC Fight Night 59: McGregor vs. Siver, January 18th in Boston. Henderson's original opponent Eddie Alvarez has pulled out of the fight due to injury. UFC president Dana White confirmed the switch this evening on Instagram, but didn't provide any details on Alvarez's condition.
Cerrone and Henderson already fought twice back in the WEC, with Henderson winning their first meeting by unanimous decision in a 2009 Fight of the Year candidate (but getting lumped up nevertheless), and Henderson finishing Cerrone with a first-round guillotine choke during their 2010 rematch. Of course, Cerrone is currently on the most impressive hot streak of his career, and has made noticeable improvements to his game as of late. On the other hand, fighting Bendo on a two-week layoff?? My God.
The fight will mark Cerrone's seventh UFC appearance in the last 14 months. Get that money, Cowboy.
Update: MMAFighting reports that Alvarez's withdrawal is flu-related. "Alvarez's sickness resulted in weight loss and stopped him from training. He apparently tried to fight through it, but he felt worse on Monday and was forced to pull out of the bout."


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There is, arguably, always room for another caramel in the marketplace. The challenge becomes setting yourself apart.
Poorboy Candy is a contender, based upon its lusciously creamy caramels infused with chocolate or espresso, larded with pecans, or sprinkled with a few grains of Fleur de Sel. There's also a classic "plain" caramel, honed from years of family gift exchanges being limited to homemade presents.
Kevin Halgrimson, a commercial photographer, had wanted to open a food or brew business for years, but was stymied by start-up costs. Hence, Poorboy.
"It's expensive starting a food business, so I thought the name fit," he said.
He took the plunge in February and opened his Champlin-based company with the aid of business partner and longtime friend Mike LaPoint. The caramels actually are made in Becker, Minn., where a friend who owns a pizza restaurant offered them a state-licensed corner to work in, but they're seeking a facility closer to the Twin Cities.
Poorboy caramels are sold online at www.poorboycandy.com, with prices starting at $8 for a quarter-pound, and also by the piece in counter displays at Mara-Mi and Brine's Market & Deli in Stillwater, Kopplin's Coffee and Caffe Latté in St. Paul, Local D'Lish and Turtle Bread in Minneapolis, Hudy's Cafe in Champlin, Marlo's Haberdashery Too in Big Lake, and Jimmy's Pizza in Cold Spring and Becker, Minn.
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Having an organized and stylish place to keep your weed that you can leave out in plain sight is an option any adult deserves.
One of Ms. Emily McCombs best heartthrobs, the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne, begged my attention on Twitter yesterday by 1) mentioning socks and 2) implying they were of a special and exciting nature by using six of his 140 possible characters for exclamation points.
Duh. SHOW ME THE SOCKS ALREADY. !!!!!!.
Alright, besides being total paydirt for you men-with-painted-nails/calf-and-foot/festival bracelet fetishists, this is a real kawaii shopportunity! Language: I abuse it.
Let's investigate the creator of this striped cat-giraffe rockstar-bait.
Click over to @monstromo and you will find one Michelle Romo of Los Angeles and a link for the Crowded Teeth website.
The landing page welcomes you to a magical universe AND tells you you're great. This is why I work three jobs; to thank kind souls like this with cold hard cash. Mushrooms atop a letter "T" will get you everywhere. And I'm ready to move in to that first "A."
When you find your way into the "shop," there are two sites you are ultimately referred to, www.loungefly.com and www.japanla.com, both equally fantastic, but loungefly seems to be having a big blow-out sale on a lot of must-grab Crowded Teeth stuff. For example, these non-cat/giraffe Donut Man socks marked down to $8.00 from $15.00:
And this Crowded Teeth Owl Necklace, also only $8.00 (was $20, a bahhhhgain):
So thanks, sexy Wayne Coyne. Hit us up for a nail-painting party sometime, we'll listen to your 6-hour song.


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For longtime John Lennon fans, the decor at the April 14 ``Give Peace a Chance Dance`` at Limelight, 632 N. Dearborn St., should be of more than passing interest. One of Lennon`s guitars, the gold record for the singer`s
``Imagine`` album, and an original Lennon poster will be on display at the dance, a benefit for Chicago`s Peace Museum.
The guitar recently was donated to the museum`s permanent collection by Lennon`s widow, Yoko Ono, to ``commemmorate her 53d birthday`` as well as to salute the museum, a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1981 to promote peace through education.