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I watched myself stutter for the first time in June 2001.
On the TV monitor, my face contorted as my voice staggered and stumbled, struggling to push words out, my eyes desperate for anything but the lens. I was ashamed.
As a teenage girl embarking on boys and college applications, I was horrified that this thing I'd tried to stifle for so long not only was an actual disorder -- it had no specific cure.
I am able to hide my stuttering fairly well. I don't always have repetitive blocks, or sharp inhales of air to try to force the word out; sometimes it's just a simple, "SsssssssssSamantha." I could be a brand ambassador for Early Onset Dementia with the number of people who have told me they legitimately thought I forgot my name.
Usually I brush it off and respond with a gentle, "Actually, I stutter." Sometimes I'll tack on a helpful, "So sometimes it takes me a while to say my name," if I feel like the person needs some extra convincing.
This is usually met with a horrified apology or a well-meaning, "Oh, I stutter, too. Don't worry about it." Right.
I started stuttering when I was six years old. Nothing traumatic happened and my parents were super chill about it. Yet eventually I realized I spoke funny, constantly having to substitute words and worrying about if I'd be able to say things.
I began to fear certain situations. I remember sitting in 7th grade English class, working myself into a near panic attack as I waited for the reading turn to be mine, knowing I'd be mimicked. Or at a party in high school, where I'd get a little lax with my avoidance techniques, and the beer would cause me to let out some weird blocks.
"YOU'RE TRASHED!" they would laugh. I didn't protest. Better they think I can't handle my liquor than I talk like a freak.
Words that are expected to come easily cause the most trouble. Fear signals anticipation, which signals physical tension. Stuttering is not caused by fear, but it is sorely aggravated by it. One's own name is a safe bet for being a nightmare in any social situation.
So the thought of actually telling someone that I stutter was a far-off fantasy; hell, I wasn't even sure what stuttering was -- how would I advocate for it? At 15, I didn't realize that therapy, or at least the physical tools of it, were not going to give me the cure-all I craved. But that's what I convinced myself when my mother coaxed me into a three-week intensive speech therapy program at the American Institute for Stuttering in New York City.
The program would end just in time for my Sweet Sixteen soiree. I envisioned myself beaming, in my black and white dress, my words flowing like syrup as my friends sauntered over to light their candles to the sweet sounds of TLC, Eve 6 and the Jackson 5.
But that's not how it went down.
I walked into the first session of that program terrified; I'd tried to hide my stuttering for so long and had never met anyone else who stuttered before.
I learned that stuttering is a neurophysiologic disorder. So when you tell me to "slow down" or "take my time," not only do I want to punch you in the face, it does not help. Instead of the vocal chords opening to produce speech, as they do in "fluent speakers," they slam shut, causing desperate secondary behaviors, which range from facial contortions to strange sounds and breathing patterns.
I was accustomed to avoiding actual stuttering by looking upwards as I spoke to feign thinking, using the filler word "um," and subtly stamping my foot. I was no longer allowed to do any of this.
Just like it would be a pain in the ass for you to have to stutter every time you spoke, consciously utilizing these skills to speak fluently was exhausting. No fucking way was I mastering this in three weeks.
I felt like I'd let everyone down as I watched my Mom read the names of my friends' candles for me at my Sweet Sixteen.
I was leading a double life -- half the time I was advertising my stuttering like an AIS program spokeswoman, and the other half I was still terrified of being outed.
Eager for support, a friend from the program (my bestie to this day) introduced me to a new kind of group. When I walked into my first National Stuttering Association Conference (Do these names sound hilarious to fluent speakers? I have decided they must.), I was blindsided.
Trusty breathing techniques in hand, prepared to "turn on my skills" as soon as I had to introduce myself, BAM! I was ambushed by the teen program volunteer.
"Hi! I'm M-M-M-MMMMMegan. Is th-this your ffffffffirst c-c-conference?" She was stuttering somethin' fierce -- and homegirl did not give a jack shit.
Everyone there was stuttering -- almost joyfully so. People had smiles on as they waited patiently for the person they were chatting with to finish. Sentences like, "Hey, catch ya later!" could take upwards of two minutes, but it didn't matter. Time stopped for them.
I had finally become OK with talking about stuttering with strangers as a way to allow myself more time to use my techniques. But here, it was finally okay to stutter. Period.
It felt like coming home.
Eleven years later, the National Stuttering Association has seen me through college, grad school and most recently a career in advertising. I've told the entire MTV sales team that I stutter and need an extra moment to make my introduction. I even used the fact that I guest appeared on "True Life: I Stutter" as a nice segue, which was awesome (true story).
What I learned from the start, from that first day at the American Institute, is to feel the fear, and do it anyway. The best part is I get to impart that wisdom on hundreds of teens and young adults every year.
I still have fleeting moments where I truly can't imagine how my listener could find me anything other than pathetic: when I'm fighting to get words out on an interview, or totally embarrassing myself at a party (sometimes with a quick, "I stutter, I need a sec" educational interjection), or -- the most excruciating -- striving to maintain eye contact with a guy I'm trying to impress, as the words just refuse to smooth themselves out, eventually resigning myself to talking about stuttering on the first date lest he think I am actually that nervous. (Please.)
But hangups usually make no sense. My girlfriends who stutter are smart, assertive and have great eye contact (that's a stuttering joke). But most of all, they are sexy. The way they handle themselves, when they look the hot bartender square in the eye and say, "I'll have the Sssssssauvignon b-b-b-blanc please," followed by a crushingly hot smile. They are the mirrors that remind me of how sexy I am, how far I've come and how hard I've worked.
I've met many happily open stutterers that will tell you they would turn down a cure if one arrived, because their stuttering has shaped them so positively. Some days I can relate, and some days, I think, "Fuck that." Maybe if the world understood that telling a stutterer to slow down is like telling a blind person to squint a little, I'd reconsider.
But if a magical pill meant giving up everything I've experienced on this adventure, I'd have to say, "N-n-n-no, thanks."
In loving memory of Catherine Montgomery, founder of the American Institute for Stuttering, and the first one who truly "got it."


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Gadhafi's forces drove the rebels out of Bin Jawwad, a hamlet east of Sirte, on Tuesday. Cars and trucks of the retreating rebels filled both lanes of the highway east to the oil port of Ras Lanouf.
Some fleeing rebels shouted "Sarkozy, where are you?" - a reference to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, one of the strongest supporters of airstrikes against Gadhafi's forces.
There were no international airstrikes in Bin Jawwad during the hourslong battle there, possibly because of overcast skies.
A U.N.-mandated no-fly zone and campaign of strikes by the U.S. and its allies helped rebel forces regain territory lost of the past week, when they were on the brink of defeat by government forces.
It is unclear, however, if the international support exists for the deepening of the air campaign to the wholesale destruction of Gadhafi's heavy weaponry that would be necessary
U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said Tuesday there are plenty of "non-military means at our disposal" to oust Libya's Moammar Gadhafi.
France, which has been at the forefront of the international campaign against Gadhafi in Libya, struck a more forceful tone, however, with the defense minister suggesting the strikes could go beyond their mandate of just protecting civilians.
"We, the French and English, we consider that we must obtain more" than the end of shooting at civilians, said Gerard Longuet on France-Inter radio. He also said Libyan politicians could be targeted since they gave orders to the military.
In London, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Arab League, the African Union and around 40 foreign ministers were scheduled to join talks over the future of Libya and to ratchet up pressure on Gadhafi.
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said several nations planned to put forward a deal which would propose a cease-fire, exile for Gadhafi and a framework for talks, between Libya's tribal leaders and opposition figures, on the country's future.
In a sign of emerging ties between the opposition and the international community, a senior U.S. administration official said it would soon send an envoy to Libya to meet with leaders of the rebels.
The official said former U.S.-envoy to Tripoli, Chris Stevens, will travel to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi in the coming days to establish better ties with groups seeking to oust the longtime Libyan leader. The move doesn't constitute formal recognition of the opposition.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal planning, as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with Libyan opposition envoy Mahmoud Jibril in London.
In an open letter to the international community, meanwhile, Gadhafi called for a halt to the "monstrous assault" on Libya and maintained that that the rebels were supported by the al-Qaida terrorist network.
"What is happening now is providing a cover for al-Qaida through airstrikes and missiles to enable al-Qaida to control North Africa and turn it into a new Afghanistan," he said, accusing the international community of carrying out genocide against the Libyans.
The rebels remain woefully outgunned by Gadhafi's forces and it is unclear how they can take the stronghold of Sirte without further aggressive international air support.
NATO has insisted that it was seeking only to protect civilians and not to give air cover to an opposition march. But that line looked set to become even more blurred. The airstrikes are clearly the only way the rebels bent on overthrowing Gadhafi are going to continue their push to the capital.
There was growing criticism from Russia and other countries that the international air campaign is overstepping the bounds of the U.N. resolution that authorized it. The complaints came at a critical transition in the campaign from a U.S. to a NATO command. That threatens to hamper the operation, as some of the 28 NATO member nations plan to limit their participation to air patrols, rather than attacks on ground targets.
Russia's envoy to NATO, Ambassador Dmitry Rogozin urged the alliance on Tuesday not to bomb Libyan ground targets when it assumes command of the campaign, saying NATO should restrict itself only to enforcing the arms embargo and the no-fly zone.
The rebel advance reached Nawfaliyah some 60 miles (100 kilometers) from Sirte on Monday, but the next day they were driven back to the hamlet of Bin Jawwad, a few dozen miles (kilometers) to the east.
In a scene reminiscent of the rebels' rout last week, panicked volunteers jumped into their pickup trucks and attempted to speed away from the bombardment, kicking up dust clouds and choking the narrow coastal highway in a mad scramble of vehicles.
Sirte is dominated by members of the Libyan leader's Gadhadhfa tribe and was used as a second capital by Gadhafi. It's loss would be a symbolic blow and open the way to the capital Tripoli.
"This is their last defensive line they will do everything to protect it," explained rebel fighter Twate Monsuri, 26. "It's not Gadhafi attacking us, he's just defending himself now."
Fighting in such a densely populated area is likely to complicate the rebels' advance and add to the ambiguity of the NATO-led campaign, authorized by a Security Council resolution to take all necessary measures to protect civilians.
Gadhafi forces continued to besiege Misrata, the main rebel holdout in the west and Libya's third-largest city. Residents reported shelling by government tanks of residential areas, with three people killed.
The U.S. Navy reported that two of its aircraft and a guided missile destroyer attacked a number of Libyan coast guard vessels that were "firing indiscriminately" at merchant ships in the port of Misrata, rendering them inoperable.
One of Libya's top officials, meanwhile, abruptly made a "private visit" to Tunisia late Monday, according to the official news agency there.
Government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim in Tripoli insisted on Tuesday that Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa's visit was not a defection.
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I bought this fabric on sale a Tessuti's a couple of years ago and I easily made it into a top. French seams are a must but the fabric is so soft, making the top is just so enjoyable to do.
Don't get me wrong, it's not smooth sailing because the last time I made up this top, I placed elastic on the sleeve so I automatically did the same to this top and the effect was useless.
The top of sleeves didn't match to the top of the front and back views so I breathed deeply and used my scissors to make them match.
The fabric needs very little ironing and I used see-through elastic on the waistline and neckline. Again, I had to be courageous when I placed the wider elastic directly on the waistline. I also had to adjust the neckline elastic so that the neckline fell nicely on me decolletage.
It's steaming hot outside so I'm happy to stay inside with the aircon and sew a few nice summer pieces for the fabric stash contest.
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That looks so cool and floaty, well done. We "cooked" in Swansea yesterday LOL.
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Pharma on LinkedIn? How to Engage Healthcare Professionals Using LinkedIn Showcase Pages
We know that omnichannel approaches allow marketers to deliver the right message at the right time to their target audiences. Pharma marketers and social sites like LinkedIn are starting to take notice.
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With more than 350 million users around the world and 200,000 new users a day, LinkedIn is used by an incredibly wide range of professionals, including healthcare providers. In fact, according to LinkedIn, there are already more than 4 million US healthcare professionals who currently use the platform. Like other professionals, HCPs use LinkedIn to look for employment opportunities, participate in conversations and share valuable news and content with their network.
Given this strong and growing HCP user base, a powerful opportunity has emerged to publish content directly on LinkedIn in order to increase the visibility of a company's corporate narrative and services as part of an integrated marketing strategy that spans paid, owned and earned media. Viewed through the lens of paid, owned and earned media, LinkedIn now offers a complete marketing ecosystem for generating both broad awareness and campaigns and content targeting HCPs.
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2. Establish monitoring rules. Establish protocols to be notified of new comments to posts. This process will likely be a mix of human and technology involvement.
3. Set engagement expectations. Create "terms of engagement" for the HCP community to set guidelines around the types of conversations that should be encouraged on the page. For example, one might set expectations around product conversations, staying on topic and avoiding dispensing medical advice. For example, Incyte created guidelines and best practices for moderating its LinkedIn page.
4. Approve an editorial calendar. Create three months of posts in an editorial calendar. Companies can mine their current website content, videos, partner content and more to help brainstorm post ideas and themes.
5. Understand what works, and evolve. Gather insights as HCPs start to share and content with their networks. Review the analytics from the Showcase Page to help determine which content was the most impactful. Evolve the program's storytelling, materials and services to better meet the needs of the target audience.
Paid media: The nature of LinkedIn's platform allows for a multitude of targeting features. Healthcare marketers can target audiences by job title, function, occupation, industry, skills, affiliations and more. This precise targeting provides pharmaceutical marketers with the reassurance their advertising efforts reach the right audience—a powerful capability for instances in which regulations require advertising to be directed toward HCPs only. Thus, audience targeting proves to be a powerful asset for LinkedIn and is an important factor to consider when advertising on LinkedIn.
Owned media: LinkedIn now offers Showcase Pages, a service for products and brands to create, manage and promote content. A Showcase Page is similar to a Facebook Page for brands but it offers the benefits of audience targeting and the inherent professionalism of LinkedIn. Like all social channels, pharma marketers will need to develop a strategy to increase page followers, such as using advertising to promote the page (via LinkedIn and other channels) and partnering with LinkedIn to build a custom Follower Campaign, for example.
Despite the growing power and reach of LinkedIn, there are currently just a handful of examples of pharma companies using the platform to engage with their HCP target audiences. One such campaign is a Showcase Page that Cadient, a Cognizant company, recently launched for Incyte, a biopharma company. The page aims to extend the reach of the biopharma company's HCP rare-disease content and services directly to its oncology audiences.
Earned media: LinkedIn's growing user base and added functionality provide general users and companies alike the opportunity to share content with their networks. Melina Leone, Incyte's digital and non-personal promotion marketing lead, said, "Every like, comment and share exponentially extends the reach of published content to notonly the Showcase Page followers but also their followers, thereby increasing reach and engagement. LinkedIn is an important channel to increase the reach of our NPP programs." There are very few pharma companies using this key platform. Therefore, a huge opportunity exists for early adopters to take advantage of the low volume of competitive noise currently on LinkedIn.
Where do we go from here? Like other emerging social channels, LinkedIn will gain momentum and acceptance within pharma marketing as new examples and use cases continue to emerge. The platform has the tools needed to drive paid, owned and earned content strategies.
LinkedIn itself is also planning for the future and is adding new services to evolve into a content publishing platform. For example, with LinkedIn's acquisition of Lynda.com, a long-established skills training platform, HCPs could have access to training modules to increase their knowledge in specific skills and further their career development.
For pharma marketers willing to try a relatively untested platform among the pharmaceutical industry, LinkedIn provides myriad benefits for pharma companies. The healthcare industry is already moving toward increased patient engagement. Pharmaceutical companies will need to follow suit—and utilizing networks like LinkedIn will help marketers not only advertise to HCPs but also actively engage with their target audience.
Gene Yuchin Miller is director of commercial strategy and innovation at Cadient, a Cognizant company.


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Former Liberal-Democrat MP Chris Huhne has finally confessed to breaking the law, after ten years of denial Huhne has admitted to lying about a driving offence and has pleaded guilty to the charge of 'perverting the course of justice'.
So yet another Establishment figure is to face the prospect of a prison sentence, just months since the Labour MP for Rotherham was disgraced for false invoicing and fraudulent finances.
These are the figureheads of 'democratic' politics in modern Britain, these are our law makers and legislators, these are the people who condemn racial Nationalism and National Socialism.
Judge them by their deeds and actions not their words when in office.
British Movement believes that the current political Establishment in the United Kingdom,
the 'Old Gang' political parties need to be swept aside and swept from power.
The electoral system they control and jealously defend is a rigged game.
The calibre of the MP's it elects is questionable - how many more of these people will be exposed as corrupt, fraudsters or liars ?
The British Government is anything but 'democratic', it is run by a powerful elite, tied in to
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Unelected Senior Civil Servants wield tremendous power and control in Whitehall, no matter which particular majority party is in power. The Government protects its position, its power and control through the force of the Police and the Security Services.
Political alternatives are harassed, infiltrated and disrupted - the security services and Special Branch have often stated that this is their role. They regard dissent and political resistance as a threat to the so-called 'national interest', but what they really mean is a threat to the power at the top; the privileged, the super-rich, the career politicians.
Career politicians like Lib-Dem MP Chris Huhne, remember what he said when the allegations
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Then yesterday in court Chris Huhne said. " I have pleaded guilty today".
Seems his protectors and friends in high places abandoned him.
This is why the system of British politics needs to be replaced - the only solution is the creation of a New Order - a British National Socialist state.
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All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has signed a new contract through to the next Rugby World Cup, New Zealand Rugby (NZR) announced on Monday.
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has signed a new contract through to the next Rugby World Cup, New Zealand Rugby (NZR) announced on Monday.
Hansen's deal was due to expire in 2017 but the 57-year-old will now stay on until 2019, when Japan hosts the World Cup.
After succeeding Graham Henry in 2012, Hansen guided the All Blacks to back-to-back World Cup victories last year, while tallying a record of 52 wins, two draws and just three defeats.
"It was never going to be an easy decision nor a foregone conclusion that I would extend my contract. As I've said many times before, it had to be right for my family, for myself and for the team," Hansen said.
"In speaking to my family, they've all given me their wholehearted support and I'm very thankful for that, because you just couldn't do this job without that.
"In asking the important questions of myself, I had to be confident, firstly, in my own mind that I still had the passion, drive and commitment to keep pushing this team to improve and be better. The recent Steinlager Series against the Welsh confirmed to me that I still had that internal motivation.
"The second question I had asked myself was: could I improve as a coach? And I believe I can, and must, as I will be asking others to do the same.
"With regards to the team, I spoke to a number of players and management to get their thoughts on what would be right for the team going forward and I received unanimous feedback from them that it was right for me to continue.
"Once I had confirmed all three of those considerations, it really was a 'no brainer' to continue, because, as a coach, there is no better job in rugby than coaching your own national team, particularly one that is as successful as this All Blacks team has been."


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On January 31st, 2012 Lana Del Rey released the darkly glamorous Born To Die (Interscope). Her album debuted at #1 on iTunes in eighteen countries and has totaled over a million in sales worldwide, achieving great reviews such as "stunning" (NME) and "brilliantly realized" (BBC).
Many of her fans' initial encounter with the singer-songwriter was through her DIY video for "Video Games." But Del Rey—who filmed and edited the video on her Macbook—had already been recording music and making moody homespun videos for eight years when "Video Games" was posted on YouTube. Its distressed and disquieting Americana imagery and the vintage sophistication of Del Rey's style was iconically resonant, and "Video Games" has since garnered over 32 million views.
Music blogs took to "Video Games" and influential BBC Radio One DJ Fearne Cotton became enamored with the track. Within weeks the video soared to a million views and by the end of July of 2011 she landed a worldwide deal with Universal Music.
Lana Del Rey was born Lizzy Grant, the oldest of three children, in the quietly rustic environs of Lake Placid, in Upstate New York. "It has an epic, nostalgic feel. It's in the middle of a National Park," she says of her home, Growing up she sang in the church choir. Her formative soundtrack included such diverse sounds as Nirvana, The Beach Boys, Daniel Johnston and Bruce Springsteen
As a teen she discovered the literate irreverence of beat-poet Allen Ginsberg. His lush wordplay made an indelible impression and remains a keystone conceptual influence on Del Rey's music. She told SPIN magazine, "The way I ended up having relationships and living life, it sometimes mimics those more wild relationships." At 15, she found Ginsberg's epic poem "Howl." "It was one of the first pieces of literature that ever resonated with me. The fact that I related so closely to Ginsberg's manic, drug-fueled rantings was a sign of very dark but creative times to come," she said in Fader.
At eighteen, Del Rey moved to New York City to study philosophy at Fordham University and began honing her lushly romantic sound. "When I first got to New York City I was playing acoustic sets. Stylistically, I think my music has kind of stayed the same since then," Del Rey revealed to Papermag. "My songs have always had a darker undertone just because…it came naturally." Her first break was singing in a songwriting competition, which landed her a record deal with the indie 5 Points label. She used the recording advance to move into a New Jersey trailer park where she lived for a year and a half while she made her first record with David Kahne.
Del Rey made her performance debut when she was 19 at an open mic night in Williamsburg. The interlocking sounds of her mesmerizing, hushed voice and the bruised luxury of her music made an impression that night. "Somebody ran out after me and said 'You should come to a night I'm doing next week and play some songs for me.' I was afraid of everything. If they had laughed at me that night I would have never come back on stage. Ever," she reveals. Around this formative period she changed her name. "It's nice to be able to try and build the life you want for yourself. All the things you start off with are given to you by somebody else," she says. "You have to be brave and try to start again. It might be a little scary. Not many people say 'let's start life over and do it again the way I want to.'"
"I wanted a name I could shape the music towards," she specified in a UK Vogue interview. "I was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of Spanish with my friends from Cuba –Lana Del Rey reminded us of the glamour of the seaside. It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue."
In addition to her visual flair, Born To Die's cinematic quality is also due to Del Rey's affinity for classic arrangements. Her ability to fuse mannered torch song balladry with hip-hop bravado imbues the music with a sense of drama that feels familiar yet new. The 12-track Born To Die is dynamically expansive, from the rugged hip-hop flavor of "Off To The Races" to the mesmerizing grandeur of "National Anthem." Del Rey's producers and conceptual co-conspirator Emile Haynie helped her realize her musical vision, with Haynie capturing her sound in his intimate studio filled with vintage vinyl and recording equipment. Born To Die is rife with such contrasts as organic spy-movie guitars and swooning strings, grimy samples and juicy hip-hop beats.
In recent months, Del Rey revealed her gorgeous "Born To Die" video, directed by Yoann Lemoine, a tragic epic with the distinction of being the first ever video the French allowed to be filmed at the majestic Fontainebleau. After making her TV debut on the UK's Later With Jools Holland to great acclaim, she won Q Magazine's Next Big Thing Award and has since appeared on top programs across Europe and the US, including Saturday Night Live, Late Show With David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live, American Idol, Tonight with Jonathan Ross, twice on France's Le Grand Journal, and Germany's Echo Awards. Her refreshingly eclectic style has been praised in UK Vogue and New York Times' T Style Magazine, and she's graced a dozen covers including Billboard, Complex, Q, NME, UK Vogue, Wonderland and Interview Magazine (Germany). By January 2012, Lana won Best International Breakthrough Artist prize at the Brit Awards.
Her next single, "Blue Jeans," was an alternate video to the signature montage-style one her fans discovered last year on YouTube along with "Video Games," this one shot in LA is a beautiful film noir style black and white video. Acting as a prequel to Born to Die, it represents the dangerous beginnings of the relationship that she is reflecting back to in the video for 'Born to Die.' She's currently finalizing her 2012 tour plans, as her loyal fan base grows worldwide. For the 25-year old it's an overnight success eight years in the making.
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Julian Lennon's sensitive and poetic vision of life courses through his exquisite photography, philanthropic pursuits, and his acclaimed music. On June 4th he returns with his first album in 15 years, the stunning Everything Changes (Music From Another Room), a masterwork of powerfully vulnerable and sophisticatedly accessible adult pop.
Julian's melding of uplifting introspection and thoughtful social commentary with refined hooks has made for a compelling six-album body of work. His debut, Valotte (Atlantic), yielded two top ten hits—the title track and "Too Late for Goodbyes"—and was nominated for a Grammy for "Best New Artist." He went on to have #1 singles on the U.S. album rock charts. Internationally, one of his most popular songs "Saltwater" charted successfully around the world, topping in Australia for four weeks and reached #6 in the UK. In advance of its June 4th U.S. release, his latest, Everything Changes (Music From Another Room), is already receiving national airplay and press plaudits nationally and internationally. The Sunday Press calls it a "revelation" and Herald Standard gushes Julian has "returned stronger and better than ever."
Since 1998, Julian has devoted himself to altruistic concerns. He produced the compelling documentary whaledreamers that was shown at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and earned 8 International Film Festival Awards. In 2007, Julian founded The White Feather Foundation whose mission "embraces environmental and humanitarian issues and in conjunction with partners from around the world helps to raise funds for the betterment of all life, and to honor those who have truly made a difference."
He has emerged a renowned photographer, applying the warm candor of his vision in music to producing iconic images. Julian has worked extensively with U2, his brother Sean, and photographed his friend Charlene Wittstock, exclusively for Vogue, prior to her civil wedding to Prince Albert II of Monaco. His debut exhibition at the esteemed The Morrison Hotel Gallery in New York City garnered many outstanding reviews. He has followed this with two successful exhibitions at Art Basel Miami 2010 and 2012, among other venues internationally. He is currently preparing for a collaborative opening with Chinese artist Simon Ma, for the Venice Biennale 2013.
Everything Changes is a stunning achievement. It's stately and intimate, and thoughtfully paced. Lyrically, it covers romance, introspection, and humanitarian concerns with artistic concision, mixing clever wordplay with emotional directness. The poignancy and poise of "Everything Changes" opens the album and sets a universally spiritual tone. The beautifully crafted lead off single "Someday" features mystical Eastern melodic motifs and boasts guest vocalist Steven Tyler. It engagingly combines Julian's lifework as a philanthropist and gifted songwriter. Here, Julian sings pristinely with earnestness the timeless message: "We're all in it together / One love, now and forever." Other album standouts are the mesmerizing piano pop ballad "Lookin' 4 Luv" and the euphoric rocker "Just For You."
Besides Steven Tyler, also guesting on the album is musician/producer Peter Vettese (Jethro Tull, Annie Lennox, Pet Shop Boys), singer-songwriter Paul Buchanan (Blue Nile), legendary songwriter Mark Spiro (Heart, Laura Branigan, Lita Ford), singer/producer/composer Tim Ellis, as well as longtime friends Justin Clayton, Gregory Darling, Matt Backer and Guy Pratt. Julian and Grant Ransom jointly produced the album.
Julian recently sang backing vocals on Aerosmith's critically acclaimed comeback album. He returns to his music fans with new confidence and renewed purpose. Everything Changes has all the hallmarks of Julian Lennon's classic, sublime lifestyle music, yet glows with tender wisdom gleaned from his many life explorations.
Five-time Grammy nominee Joe Jackson began his career in the fertile late 1970s new wave scene scoring hits with "Is She Really Going Out With Him" (1979), "Steppin' Out" (1982), and "You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)" (1984). Early on the English singer-songwriter was positioned alongside Elvis Costello and Graham Parker as pioneering artists cultivating a sophisticated pop-infused successor to punk before Joe Jackson distinguished himself by delving into jazz and classical music.
The smart hooks of 1979's Look Sharp! (A&M)—punk euphoria tempered by a uniquely rich harmonic depth—would be his big break; the album boasted his first single "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" and quickly went gold. But Jackson hit his stride with the refined pop of 1982's Night And Day (A&M). It was a tip of the fedora to Gershwin, Cole Porter, and the classic American songbook. With tunes like "Real Men" about 1980s NYC gay culture and the charting "Steppin' Out" and "Breaking Us In Two", it was both progressive and populistic. The album hit #4 in the U.S. and became a template for his later work—crisp, catchy, jazz-informed tunes with lyrics that balanced wry wit with vulnerability. His next release, 1984's Body And Soul (A&M), featuring the buoyant ""You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)," further mined this richly soulful songcraft. The album's cover was a play on the classic monochromatic Blue Note Records aesthetic and the music celebrated the label's trademark post-bop groove within Jackson's infectious compositional sense. Another highpoint occurred in 1999 when Jackson set his sights on classical music, signed with Sony Classical, and won a Grammy for his Symphony No. 1 release.
While his career trajectory has been admirably introspective and "music first," his impact has been widespread. The thrash band Anthrax covered "Got The Time," Tori Amos covered "Real Men," the pop-rock band Sugar Ray covered "Is She Really Going Out With Him," jazz singer Kurt Elling covered "Steppin' Out," and Inara George of the Bird and the Bee covered "Fools In Love." His career-spanning live records put into perspective the scope of his career and tie all the music together with one Joe Jackson constant—his devotion to jazz and it's playfully mercurial nature. Besides Joe's first live album, Big World (1986)—which he went without a net and recorded – – right in front of an audience— the live-album medium has been a forum for him to revisit and reimagine his catalog.
His latest Live Music will be released June 7th on the NYC-based indie Razor & Tie. It's an elegant trio outing featuring longtime Joe Jackson Band collaborators Graham Maby (bass/vocals) and Dave Houghton (drums/vocals) opening up chestnuts like Night and Day's "Another World" and Look Sharp's "Sunday Papers," as well as evergreens like "Steppin' Out" and "Got The Time." Joe throws in a few surprises, an achingly gorgeous piano and voice version of the Beatles' "Girl," a reverent version of Ian Dury's "Inbetweenies" with a crystalline piano solo, and a playful go at David Bowie's "Scary Monsters." Joe's method of operation is fastidious in the studio and liberated onstage—all twelve of these tracks are purely live with no after-the-fact studio cosmetics. Despite this being Joe's sixth live album, no two tour snapshots are alike. Joe's a thoughtful artist, carefully tweaking arrangements, exploring harmony, rhythm and sharing his explorations and experiments with his fans. This is the latest photo album from his 2008 European tour.


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26Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. . . . 31Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.From BibleGateway.com: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus 19:26, 31&version=KJV
the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after
wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against
that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. . . . 27A man also or woman that
hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to
death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon
From BibleGateway.com:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus 20:6,
rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity
and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath
also rejected thee from being king. . . . 28And Samuel said unto
him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and
hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
From BibleGateway.com:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1 Samuel 15:28,
it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu?
And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother
Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
From BibleGateway.com:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2 Kings 9:22&version=KJV
he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used
enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought
much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
From BibleGateway.com:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2 Kings 21:6&version=KJV
the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and
the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of
Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the
words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest
found in the house of the LORD.
From BibleGateway.com:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2 Kings
Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD,
even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for
asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;
From BibleGateway.com:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1 Chronicles
he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the
son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used
witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he
wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
From BibleGateway.com:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2 Chronicles
when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar
spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a
people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
From BibleGateway.com:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah 8:19&version=KJV
the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy
the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the
charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
From BibleGateway.com:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah 19:3&version=KJV
thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy
speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one
that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall
whisper out of the dust.
From BibleGateway.com:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah 29:4&version=KJV
12And I will cut
off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more
From BibleGateway.com:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Micah 5:12&version=KJV
of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the
mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms,
and families through her witchcrafts.
From BibleGateway.com: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Nahum 3:4&version=KJV


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text: Main Content House Bill 4052 (2011) rss? friendly link printer friendly Friendly Link: http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2011-HB-4052 Sponsors Al Pscholka - (primary)Greg MacMaster, Kurt Damrow, Mike Callton, Bob Genetski, Marty Knollenberg, Deb Shaughnessy (click name to see bills sponsored by that person) Categories Labor: collective bargaining; Public employees and officers: other; Labor: organizations; Labor; collective bargaining; use of taxpayer-funded equipment, supplies, and facilities for union or political activities; prohibit. Amends sec. 9 of 1947 PA 336 (MCL 423.209). Bill Documents Bill Document Formatting Information [x] The following bill formatting applies to the 2011-2012 session:- New language in an amendatory bill will be shown in BOLD AND UPPERCASE.- Language to be removed will be stricken.- Amendments made by the House will be blue with square brackets, such as: [House amended text].- Amendments made by the Senate will be red with double greater/lesser than symbols, such as: <<Senate amended text>>. (gray icons indicate that the action did not occur or that the document is not available) Documents House Introduced Bill Introduced bills appear as they were introduced and reflect no subsequent amendments or changes. As Passed by the House As Passed by the House is the bill, as introduced, that includes any adopted House amendments. As Passed by the Senate As Passed by the Senate is the bill, as received from the House, that includes any adopted Senate amendments. House Enrolled Bill Enrolled bill is the version passed in identical form by both houses of the Legislature. Bill Analysis House Fiscal Agency Analysis Revised Summary As Introduced (09-16-11)This document analyzes: HB4052 Analysis as Reported From Committee (10-07-11)This document analyzes: HB4052 History (House actions in lowercase, Senate actions in UPPERCASE) Date JournalAction 1/13/2011HJ 2 Pg. 46introduced by Representative Al Pscholka 1/13/2011HJ 2 Pg. 46read a first time 1/13/2011HJ 2 Pg. 46referred to Committee on Oversight, Reform, and Ethics 1/18/2011HJ 3 Pg. 59printed bill filed 01/14/2011 9/20/2011HJ 71 Pg. 2215reported with recommendation with substitute H-1 9/20/2011HJ 71 Pg. 2215referred to second reading


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MELVILLE, N.Y., Jan. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dazzle Daily is a one-of-a-kind online store, and recently launched its new website. This online jeweler offers customers a wide range of the most popular, classic, and trendy jewelry, all for under $20.00. To celebrate the launch of their website, Dazzle Daily has set aside 100 Swarovski Pendants on a Sterling Silver Necklace to be sold for only $10. Online, this very popular pendant and necklace usually go for $65 and up plus shipping, and can be marked up considerably more at local jewelry retailers.
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We made a video with a proper film star and a bloke off the telly! This project was for a partnership with EE and Google. EE wanted to promote watching video on 4G while Google wanted to promote watching longer videos on YouTube – so we decided to make a genuine piece of YouTube video content that illustrates this rather than your usual advert.
(See it here if you're outside the UK)
I wrote and Creative-Directed it, with some writing help from Mark Bushnell who came up with the "no this is a bacon sandwich" line, much loved by the YouTube comments. We worked closely with Jamie's team to design the 2 sandwiches, and make sure the content we were creating felt like a genuine Jamie Oliver Food Tube episode – the video only exists on Jamie's channel after all, not EE's.
It was a pretty hectic half day shoot, but Kevin is of course an absolute pro, and Jamie did a great job getting Kevin and crew excited. It's hard to believe but the chainsaw was actually Jamie's idea, not mine.
For the close-ups, we worked with a great chef who's hands and arms (after some shaving and hair dying) matched Kevin's perfectly, we even got a double for Kevin's wedding ring for him. My proudest moment was stepping in as the stunt man (or the only person stupid enough) to hold the loaf while it was being chainsawed in half.
The video reached 2.5 million views within 2 weeks, and is Jamie's most watched YouTube video by quite a margin. I know we're not supposed to read the YouTube comments but it's great to see so many like "First ad on YouTube I haven't actually skipped".