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Today I'm going to get a little introspective on the blog, but hang in there... I promise it'll get somewhere.
Let me let you in on a little secret. I am not the most disciplined person in the world. For those of you who know me well, you are nodding in agreement. Don't get me wrong, I can keep a schedule and color coordinate a calendar like it's nobody's business & I work hard when given a task, but being consistent in things that are hard or that I don't feel like doing... well... I'm not awesome at that.
I also am an idea person. I love a good idea and setting goals and dreaming big. And I also am the type of person who is ok with failure. We've all heard the phrase, "Shoot for the moon, maybe you'll hit the stars." Well... I've always taken that to heart. Failure doesn't scare me most of the time, so setting big goals doesn't bother me either.
So let's pause for a second an analyze the information I just gave you.
I am... a selectively undisciplined dreamer who is ok with failure.
Not the greatest combo for success if I've ever seen one. :)
Yet here's the great thing about this life. We get choices & we can change.
One area that I've had an extremely difficult time becoming disciplined in after the girls' birth is running. I mean... I'm hot then I'm cold... I'm yes then I'm no... I'm in then I'm out... I'm up then I'm down... (Don't try to pretend you didn't go all Katy Perry on me when you read that). But you get the idea. Some months I'm all in. And the next month I won't touch my running shoes.
But I believe it is important to be disciplined, because I believe that once you allow laziness to creep into one section of your life it can easily spread into other areas.
And here's the thing. I know that I have every excuse to not do anything. I have two babies and they alone keep me busy enough to never leave our house. I have a marriage and it's important. I have friends that I like to see and church commitments that I can't show up to smelling like a gym bag. There are books to be read, shows to watched, movies to be enjoyed, recipes to be cooked. There are 1,000 different excuses I can come up with to not be consistent, but the truth is there is something to be said about being disciplined.
One "self-help" way that I've learned to help myself when i'm trying to grow in an area is community. Seriously, my most successful running seasons were when I had a training partner. The same can be said for spiritual growth.
So I've been dreaming lately of what I want this season of life to look like. And there are a things that I'd like to be more intentional in with our family and then there are few things I'd like to be more intentional in on the blog. I won't list them ALL here, but two areas that I'd that we'll be talking bout a bit more are (A) running AND (B) spiritual things. No worries, motherhood and twinsies posts happen so naturally that I don't have to be intentional about posting them. HA! So those aren't going away, we're just adding a few more aspects to The Sassy Salmon.
So over the next few weeks, we'll be unrolling some new projects. One of which will be Truth for Tuesdays. Every Tuesday, we'll be addressing a Truth from Scripture that impacts the way we live our lives. A lot of these posts will be directly aimed at women, but I'm pretty sure we'll be having The Mister guest blog on some of these days as well! So stay tuned and sign up for our email updates to get notified of these posts and have them directly sent to your inbox!
There's no better community than the Body of Christ, but another one that I absolutely adore is the blogging community. I'm excited to start some of these new projects with you and see which ones stick, which ones flop, and what new projects and opportunities come our way!
Have a great weekend yall! See you next week!


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Being an entrepreneur has taught me many lessons. Many of them were painful. I often found myself frequently saying or thinking "a-ha". I am a serial entrepreneur and I have been in my current business since 2009. I took me a while to finally decide that I was willing to do whatever it takes to grow a profitable business so I could do the work of my heart. I was longing for freedom of expression and something that allowed me to live a fairly simple life with lots of time in nature. I imagined that it would be easy to put myself and my transformative gifts out into the world. I thought if I built it, they would come.
My entrepreneurial journey started off full of a passion (and naiveté). I look at what I have since learned along this journey that would have been good to know when I optimistically hung my coaching shingle and waited eagerly for my clients to show up. Instead, I stumbled around, listened to more trainings than I can possibly recall, tried this and that strategy, learned plenty of nuggets from multiple (and often conflicting sources), purchased home-study programs, participated in many coaching groups and invested in one-on-one coaching.
In this post I am sharing a bit of what I have learned to help you smooth your journey of growing a booming business. I think that it can save you some time, money, and frustration along the way.
Be a B.O.– not a H.O.
A B.O. is a Business Owner who invests, takes risks and does whatever it takes. A H.O. is a Hobbyist Owner who loves to dream and believe; however, does not take massive action. You will need to spend the bulk of your time focused on running your business. Once you accept that truth, you can decide with open eyes whether entrepreneurship is really right for you.
When your business grows big, you can delegate a lot of the day-to-day things of running the business and focus your creative energies on visioning and doing that thing you love to do. Until then, it is probably just you—wearing multiple hats first and foremost. Lucky for you, there are several business models and ways to creatively design how you deliver your gifts to the world and one of them will be a great fit for you.
Being an entrepreneur will grow you in ways you could never imagine.
Whenever you care deeply about anything, that relationship changes you if you allow it. Think of it like a marriage of sorts.
Your business will bring you up against all the places in you that are small, scared, constricted, and unconsciously rooted in scarcity. You will be tempted to run away, go into hiding, second guess your calling, and become consumed with mindless distractions. You will jump from one bright shiny program to another, hoping it will give you the secret ticket to overnight six-figure success and rescue you from having to do the challenging inner work. It is a journey of becoming and, if you stick with it, you will overcome many limiting beliefs and blossom into a wise and powerful woman.
Growing a business takes longer than you anticipated.
Most women aren't able to grow a solid sustainable business overnight, no matter how many affirmations you cite or how many hours you work. With a good deal of mother wit, you may reap a considerable payday here and there. But generating a random lump of income does not a sustainable business make. And following another person's proven blueprint for success will only carry you so far. There are so many puffed-up promises in the online business world regarding how if you just think big, set heroic goals, execute this one secret strategy, and sprinkle fairy dust on the whole thing, and you will move into the diamond lane and surpass all the unenlightened women on your way to accelerated business success. Right.
Think of how an oak tree grows from an acorn to a tree. It's journey is slow so that it can sink deep roots into the earth–roots that will eventually support a solid trunk and an abundance of branches. If the tree grows too rapidly, it ends up lanky and top heavy and subject to toppling over when the winds blow. Give your business the time, attention, and love it needs.
Businesses require a monetary investment.
Big businesses have access to capital, investors, or deep pockets. You need access to financial resources if you want to progress. Be willing to invest financial resources to grow your business. This could be a chunk of savings set aside to help you get your business going or friends/family willing to loan or gift you the money you need. You are likely to invest your money toward learning and support that will actually help grow your business and generate ongoing income.
Unfortunately, it is easy to throw money at the wrong-for-you support, only to be disappointed and with less cash, in your pocket. Eventually, many entrepreneurs discover their financial resources have run dry. Things can then either turn hopeless or you get infused with a new level of commitment that inspires you to get very creative and resourceful. You realize how important your work is to you and you realize that you are willing to do whatever it takes.
Focus on and invest for the various business stages.
We do not expect a toddler to know how to run a marathon when still figuring out how to walk, right? Yet, many emerging entrepreneurs attempt to emulate what mature businesses are doing because it seems to be working. When they are unable to produce the same results, they take it personally. As it turns out, there is nothing wrong with them. They simply used a good strategy at the wrong time (for them).
There are stages of business growth and it is important that you know which stage you are in. Knowing this will save you money as you pursue business support programs that are akin to trying to teach a 5-year-old how to drive. If you are an emerging entrepreneur, your business is going to look quite different from someone who has been in business for five or ten years. The way you promote your business, your offers, the way you enroll clients into working with you, your focus, the support needed all significantly vary depending on where you are in your business growth. I would have saved myself several thousand dollars had I just known this when I started my business.
Seek help from mentors.
You can bootstrap some of your learning and business growth in the early stages. But you will never get a full, integrated, and individualized map by consuming an endless stream of bite-sized free trainings. Think of it like you are at Costco trying to piece together a satisfying and nourishing meal simply by devouring enough of their free samples.
Working with a mentor shortcuts the laborious trial-and-error process. There are a lot of moving parts to being an entrepreneur. I didn't believe this initially and I spent tons of money on both home study and group programs where the person leading it didn't know me from the other program participants. Without individualized attention, I spun in place for three years…even though I have a MBA degree. I burned through far too much money.
Do your due diligence and then invest in the very best mentoring and right-for-you support that you can.
Take action sooner rather than later.
Learning and researching are useful up to a point, yet you won't advance in your business if that is all you do. You must take action–messy, fractional, less-than-perfect, inspired, focused action. Even when you believe you are not ready. Especially when you don't believe you ready. You will learn lots from doing that. It is only within the context of an on-the-ground, action relationship with your tribe that you learn how to really serve them. They will tell you what they hunger for and how you can best help them.
I've been told by clients that they felt as though I knew what was going on for them so well, it was as if I had been a fly on the wall in their homes watching them struggle to birth their business. I would not have been able to get to that level of deeply knowing my tribe if I had planted myself in front of my computer every day checking out what everyone else was doing.
Plus, perfection is overrated. Most people are turned off and even intimidated by people who seem perfect. Why would you put all that effort into being someone who your tribe cannot relate to?
Master the art of marketing and selling.
It is a very crowded marketplace. In the saturated blur of products, programs, and services available, clients will not just show up on your doorstep simply because you do fabulous work. Your survival in business depends on how you stand out authentically and draw the right people to you in a way that is full of heart, caring, and integrity. Of course, marketing can be manipulation and selling can be sleazy; however, you cannot afford to indulge yourself by succumbing to that belief. You won't be able to delegate these essential marketing and enrolling tasks to anyone else, until you have a good handle on them yourself. Learn the best, most heartfelt, and most natural-for-you ways to market your business. Open your heart to how selling can be about inviting someone to say yes to themselves by way of working with you, assuming it is a good fit. Selling can be an act of sacred service.
I could continue for quite a bit longer, but I think that I have given you enough to chew on for now. As my grandmother would say, "being an entreprener takes more than a notion".
What bit of sage advice can you offer to emerging entrepreneurs?


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If you have ear eczema you might be wondering what you can do about it. It can be a real problem, causing itching and irritation most of the time. This can wake you from sleep and distract you when you are trying to work. It is embarrassing to be scratching your ears and people may be self-conscious about the rash and skin flaking which occurs.
So what can you do about ear eczema?
There are two approaches to this. The first is prevention, the second is treatment. With a bit of time and thought you may be able to work out what is causing the problem. Even if the eczema appears on its own, then may be things which worsen it once it's set it. Shampoo and soaps are prime suspects. When you have a shower or bath soap and hot water will go in your ears. Sometimes even a tiny amount of perfumed soap can be enough to flare eczema in a sensitive person. Soaking in the bath with your head under the water is not a good idea as inflammation can be triggered. Avoid this and your eczema may settle down. You could try wearing moulded earplugs whilst washing to help prevent soap and shampoo getting in your ears.
Swimmers ear is infection of the outer ear canal. Going swimming with eczema in your ear can result in worsening of the eczema and infection of the ear. Avoid swimming if your eczema is flaring as a result. You could try wearing earplugs for swimming to keep water and germs out of your ears.
Treatment is available from your pharmacist and your doctor. There are several alternative remedies you could try. Simple creams ointments such as Vaseline may help by stopping the skin drying out and reducing irritation. Your GP may prescribe you a steroid cream or drops to get the problem under control. You may not need to use is continuously, only to get the problem under control. After this point you may be able to get away with just preventative measures or simple cream.


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I would like to present a game played in the Insei League between Ilya Shikshin vs Artem Kachanovsky. The game was cloned to Russian room and provided with live audio commentary in Russian by breakfast. For the vast majority on KGS who does not understand Russian I decided to translate major comments by breakfast (all variations in the game were shown by breakfast; I only added comments which I remembered so please excuse me if I made somewhere a mistake).
Let's see the current standings in group A (http://insei-league.com/league.php?l=A). Danigabi has a clear lead with perfect score 13-0 (player who gets the first place in A group gets 250$). Artem has already one loss so even if he wins all remaining games (not including games vs danigabi) he still will be only second as the minimum amount of games to be played is 12 and then a player with higher % win/loss gets the prize. So 12-0 score is better than 31-1, I believe we will some changes in the next month (Alex promised to make them) The tactics of only playing weaker opponents seems to be working as you can get the first place avoiding playing equal or stronger opponents. This should be changed in the next month in my opinion.
The game turned out to be very exciting, Ilya once again showed his powerful reading ability getting a clear lead in the yose after beautiful tesuji. Along with live audio comments by breakfast I really enjoyed the game and 2 hours were like 15 minutes :-). Breakfast promised that in the future he will try to arrange the same event with live audio commentary in English by one of the teachers in the Insei League. So don't miss it!


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It all began back in 1989...
As an avid outdoorsman growing up in western Michigan, I began collecting knives when I was a kid. Most of the knives I had bought back then didn't come with sheaths, and just before deer season of 1989 I decided to make a sheath for my favorite hunting knife. I bought a few of the basic tools from Tandy Leather Company, along with a thick piece of vegetable tanned leather. The sheath was very basic and functional, but not too pretty. Since I had the tools, I started making more sheaths for my other knives and subsequently got better and better at it.
That's how my passion of leather crafting began, which has now turned into an obsession. Just ask my wife! She's always complaining about the newest leather tools I buy, as well as the expense of the high quality leather I stricktly use.
Most everything I make is completely handmade and hand sewn, or Saddle Stitched. I do use an industrial leather sewing machine on a few of my products, such as belts and my custom placemats, however these are more decorative perimeters that are not binding two pieces of leather together.
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Lukas Danek is a talentedskateboarder. He just placed eighth at the national championships. "Nowadays I am taking it more as fun and inspiration for young people," he explains. Lukas found an organization the Ride For Happiness, which is dedicated to youth (www.facebook.com/RFHappiness/). Most of the time he spends with his wife in Poland, they are trying for a baby andthey travel regulary to Prague. His wife is also involved in the nonprofit sector–she is the founder and president of the organization Ternype International Roma Youth Network, which is dedicated to Roma youth.
We have for you his memories of the magical journey to Brazil. "Crail Trip to Brazil happened in 2012, when I was a professional skateboarder and I made a living from it. I am riding for the Crail company www.crailtrucks.com, which manufactures trucks – chassis for skateboards, for several years, says Lukas." The trip to Brazil was part of a video shoot named Crailers and I think it was my best and most inspiring skateboard trip in my life. "
BrazilTrip, part 2
Pedro woke me up –we are goingfor breakfast.
In the second floor there is a wonderful place: Colors are playing everywhere and flowers are scattered all around, rain falling on them.
Meanwhile as its still raining, we are watching the Day Breakers movie.
Later we go for a lunch and then to the Art Museum on the Paulistastreet.
Sun began to shine, after two days of cloudy sky; Suddenly everything looks completely different.
We go by subway, my first ride in Brazil.
The metro is quite new, it has no driver, so that one can watch, as the train passes through the tunnel.
We are on the Avenida Paulista, sitting in the same restaurant as yesterday and we are waiting for Eric.
We talk with Pedro about the homeless and generally people on the streets. I ask if it is possible to help them out somehow - after all Brazil has quite a lot of goods - but, not!
The government has banned giving any belongings and food to people on the streets. Crazy.
When finally, we are all together, we go to the museum, the entrance is free today.
The museum is interesting, there are paintings by famous artists (Sandro Botticelli, Giovanni Bellini, Vincent Van Gogh, Pierre Auguste Renoir)
After tour all over the museum, we go back to the Crail House.
Jani needs sylemblosks (bushings) and tracks, for sure he will get it here fromthe guys.
Finally, in the Crail HouseI am meeting the office team, all young people, two girls and the boss, Sergio.
Jani got everything he needed, so we go, skating the streets to the Roosevelt plaza.
We are quite weary, since the morningwe are moving around the city on skateboards, and the day is far from over.
We're going to eat and see what`s next.
With Jani we have huge fun, we laugh all the time.
Jani: "Dude, here I feel more at home than in Finland !!"
We talk with Jani about Quiksilver for whichI ride for many years now, they finally moved me to the European team, but I still feel that they dont have to much of interest in me. Jani knows the main photographer for Quiksilver Anton, who's photographing also for Flip Skateboards!
Jani says the whole skate business starts to go crazy, and that he knows that I love skateboarding with all my heart and will always make it on my own. This gave me quite a boost, because Jani is one of the top European riders, but still I have to pay the rent and regular bills.
We set out on a night session at the Roosevelt Plaza.
Roosevelt plaza is full of people, children and skaters.
We are starting with Jani to playthe skate game, so we go all around the Plaza after eachother - a good warm-up.
After half an hour of riding we're going to film on the bang- bang, as we call the lifted platform.
Super, the night session with Janie has been successful, I made some great tricks. The day before, I would have said that I wont make a thing here, the bang is very steep.
Jani made on the first attemptthe finger flip :) I followed with nose ollie big spin. I then thrown in back flip bs nose ollie, ollie nose fs heel flip, ollie flip nose and then nose ollie flip shov it. Jani still made a nose ollie heel flip and a nose ollie 360 flip. Super skateboarding.
Pedro has to go home, he has to catch the last metro.
Me, Jani and Eric we are having a spliff. Eric goes home, too.
We're going with Janie to my room, the the hotel. Jani is trying to persuade me, to go out somewhere. He talked me in to it. After shower we go out from the hotel, I am feeling much better.
We are trying to stop the taxi and there we meet our friends, local skaters - Veneziuse and Thomas, who tells us that today is ``HIPE Hopi`` (hip hop) night, and they invite us to go with them.
We go to the club Clash.
Everywhere lots ofbeautiful girls and people drinking on the streets.
After standing the queue I had to give my passport,they take down the numbers and address.
It is massive venuewith large-screen projections in the whole club.
Reggae concert follows - the band Pyntagono.
After a few drinks I am getting tired from the long day. I say goodbye to Jani and I take a taxi to the hotel.
With a little headache I crawl out for breakfast.Afterwards for the first time since I arrived, am calling through Skype with parents. I am sharing with them how it is all here. I¨m Glad to hear them , after all, I am only soooo far away.
Pedro arrives, I m telling himabout our experiences from last night and I am getting ready to go out.
We set out for the Roosevelt Plaza, on the way it¨s starts to rain.
Again, another strike of fate happened atthe Roosevelt Plaza, I ve met another friend, Sven Kilchenmana from Switzerland.
He said that as he never was in Brazil, he decided to go for a trip :)
He heard from local skaters that I was in the city, so he came to theRoosvelt Plaza, because he was certain he will see me here.
I am meeting many skaters here every day.
It keeps on raining and thundering.
The same as us, they do not have in Sao Paulo an indoor park, so we go to the hotel.
Jani also returned and again he trys to drag me to the party, but today I refuse, I need to recover and gain some strenght.
I am getting up for breakfast. After food I feel better right away.
Meanwhile Jani wakes, and as always,we have laugh since the morning.
When he came from the party last night, he woke me up to tell me that he had met the most beautiful girl in the world and he is meeting her tomorrow at 5pm.
I told him to let me sleep, and that he can tell me allabout it in the morning.
Since the morning we talk about yesterday listening to Lil Wayne.
Pedro comes, we are getting ready and we are going for a barbecue.
We arrive at a house where already the whole Crail crew is, including people from the office. We were invited by Helga, in the garden she has a cool mini ramp.
There are over twenty people here, meat is grilling, people are skating, drinking beers and music is playing .
Helga and Magda interviewed meforthe ESPN earlier.
When skating the mini ramp, doing the bs disaster, I stabbed myself in the hand with bamboo stick, that's nothing nice, I opened my hand a little. I will tie it up and it will be fine :)
I think skaters are the best community in the world, similar like Roma/Gypsies. Of course, I ve met some bad ones, but those good ones, who many times do not get a chance in life, which I had, are the most hospitable, kind and friendly.
Everywhere they will welcome youand get you fed, it's amazing how they stick close together !!
That's why I could meet Jani and Sven, because we have unlimited possibilities.
Crakilatti Henrique, who's riding for Crail, has a very beautiful style. Sergio says that's why he is in the team :)
The evening starts coming to an end, the sun sets and I am beautifully stuffed and tired.
After breakfast, I went to the laundry to wash my things, I can pick them up during the day.
I am going tothe Roosevelt Plaza where I'm meeting with Pedro.
There's a lot of people and children here with cameras, they are from a film school and they learning how to film skateboarding here :)
They filmed me talking about the Roosevelt Plaza.
Later we go to the office of skate magazine "100% Skate", where I am supposed to do an interview.
Everyone in the office is very friendly, including the owner Douglas. We did a great interview and went for a lunch together.
After lunch we set off to the Ibira Puer. It's a huge park with a lovely lake and a walkway.
Everybody is riding on longboards here.
I found a great spot, it's a roof with waves and no one rode there yet : )
I climb on Pedro¨s shoulders, and get myself up there to try few tricks- finally I did a flip and a 360 flip over the wave, the picture looks awesome !!
We are moving to another spot. There's a guy here, freestyler, the oldest skater and one of the first who started to skate in Brazil - Temistocles Shiguaki Tumon. He is 47.
I filmed a line here: kick flip through the barrier, with nose ollie sw bs flip and flip through the basket, it looks nice, the whole spot is under the bridge.
We set out for Down Town.
It's Friday and what is happening in the public transport, is insane. Thousands of people go home from work, we have to wait until the third subway train to which we eventually just so so managed to squeez in.
Finally we are out of this hell and we go to pick up my laundry.
When I came back to the hotel the door to the room is locked, so I bang on the door. Jani opens me in a towel,saying he is just showering with some girl :))
I'm pretty pissed off, after the whole day, I was looking forward to the shower and bed. Instead I have to go for a beer.
When I returned, there was nobody in the room, so I went to sleep.
Every day I drink fresh juice, it costs four reals per liter, which is 32 crowns.
Today Pedro wants to buy some new shoes. We go to a mall that is full of Skateshops, great. Uff but I almost boiled up there, there was so many people there.
When we arrived at Roosevelt Plaza, the sky clouded over and a terrible downpour began, with hail and huge wind, I would say it aroused a lot of people sleeping on the street.
I'm going back to the hotel, Pedro is going home to study (he studies at the Univeristy) and I'll chill and get in touch with my family.
Thanks God for Skype :)
Later Im meeting Sven, we talk a while.
He says that last night he was in the favelas, and it's very dangerous there. One of his friends took him there for a screening of a video about children living in the favelas.
He bought there some weed, after which he was pretty sick, and then he learned that apparently in some parts of favelas they spray weed with heroin so that people come back to them for more:) This sounds more like an urban legend to me.
Finally, it is a beautiful day.
With Eric, I arranged to meet at 13:00 on the Roosevelt Plaza to finally shoot the switch flip.
I made two lines, the second one was more interesting. Almost everyone stopped skating and came to watch.
I did a monster flip from the bang.
We are waiting for the photographer and getting ready for the switch flip.
Meanwhile I look at the place, there is pretty bad landing, it might be better to do switch fs flip.
Photographer still nowhere, so we went to try it for now.
I make the run for it a couple of times, but there's an awful lot of people.
After a moment huge truck arrives, on which a lot of people are dancing.
It is a protest against the policies of the state.
On the roof of the truck the best DJ of Brazil, Carlos Capslok is playing.
Music is so loud that I can not concentrate on the trick, I rather let it go.
I need to save myself up for Rio.
Skaters hereride in the cap, under which they stick a phone and are listening to the music while riding.
Today we spend chill out day, because tomorrow we are going for the Crail trip to Rio De Janeiro.


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Being white is more than just the colour of your skin, it's an inherent awkwardness that manifests around absolutely anything and everything on a day to day basis. This is never more apparent than in music. I don't want to come across as a race traitor, but black people will always be cooler than white people; they have an inexplicable natural rhythm that makes them genetically pre-disposed for a career in the arts or DDR championships. While some whiteys are able to give them a good run for their money, even the really talented ones end up looking goofy as shit half of the time.
In this list I've attempted to compile the five strongest examples of white people in music videos doing what they do best: embarrassing themselves.
Cliff Richard – Wired for Sound
Cliff Richard is what happens when the only women you have contact with on a regular basis are over sixty and attached to breathing apparatus. With each year that he clings to life, Cliff has begun to look more and more like a waxwork displayed in the Museum of History's Saddest Lesbians, but even in his prime he looked like he'd been designed by the British Society of Christians Afraid of Sex or, as I like to think of him, then: Chinese Bootleg Elvis.
Yes, life has been tough for poor Cliff: he's now older than most continents and, despite releasing at least four hundred albums, has never been able to gain the credibility and approval he so desperately seems to crave. Maybe if you stopped releasing horrible mashups of classic songs and recorded another Devil Woman we'd be more sympathetic to your plight, Cliff.
But before he was making a fortune from exploiting the elderly, there was a beautiful day in the early 80's, when Cliff sat up and said, 'fuck this,' put on his best leather suit, and recorded Wired for Sound. For today's historians it stands as one of the greatest examples of what happens when a man old enough to have served in the Napoleonic war tries to look cool and/or sexy.
The video I linked has sadly been edited to remove the fantastic intro of cliff water-skiing while crammed into a tiny pair of shorts that no one is going to convince me he didn't buy out of a catalogue for paedophiles. Also, he's screaming, 'I'm wired for sound!' Oh Cliff, this is just sad…If Paris Hilton had ended all her sex tapes by wiping the jizz from her eyes and screaming 'DO YOU LOVE ME NOW, DADDY' it still wouldn't be as desperate a cry for approval as Wired for Sound.
Anyway, since the intro is missing, you're thrown right into the thick of it; you are getting the full brunt of Cliff's raw sexuality as he slowly floats toward you through ethereal mist…on roller-skates. This is one of those things that, before Youtube, if you tried to describe it to any of your friends they would insist it was all in your imagination and it's so fucking insane you'd start to believe them.
What parts of the video that aren't devoted to the roller disco Cliff threw for his tri-centennial instead focus on him walking in circles around a fountain doing absolutely everything in his power to avoid the gaze of the several nubile young women in leotards still skating next to him. Then he jumps in the most stylish car a 1981 music video budget will allow and speeds off the local shopping centre where the roller-women have somehow managed to catch up to him. Cliff is no less terrified of them and throws his arms up in defence as he skates past (he's back in skates too now, by the way) accompanied by his own troupe of….leotard-clad black men.
You know what, I'm going to give Cliff the benefit of the doubt here and say he actually only made this video to document the strange phenomenon of people following him in roller-skates everywhere he went in 1981.
Boney M – Daddy Cool
Boney M were an experiment to see how much sexually devastating black man you could stuff into a pair of ladies size 8 leather flares before the first five rows of women got a contact pregnancy. They are an industry standard in the genre of 'Oh I didn't know it was them who did that' and they have used every single appearance on television to scare the shit out of white men.
Their performance of Daddy Cool on whatever show I'm about to link is one of the most incredible things you will ever see, and I've seen enough of their other performances to know that it's not a one off: the guy in Boney M either has a severe case of ADD or he is literally addicted to dance. He can't stand still for more than three seconds and adds a pirouette or the splits to every single thing he does, meaning it takes him four hours to get dressed in the morning and three minutes and twenty two seconds to make every white man in the audience wish they were dead. Check it:
About half way into the song, his shirt comes off and things start to get tense. There's a lot of nervous laughter and staring at the floor, but shortly after lord of the dance starts grinding on his microphone stand –carving the memory of his phallic outline into the retinas of everyone present– any veneer of 'not a homophobe' that the white men in the audience may have been keeping up evaporates instantly. Their jaws clench and you could not get them to turn their heads toward the stage without breaking their necks.
I've seen murderers in court throw up better poker faces after the prosecution shows a photo of them elbow deep in the victim.
Sparks – All You Ever Think About is Sex
Best case scenario: Most of you who even know Sparks only recognise them as 'the ones who sang This Town Ain't Big Enough and the keyboard player looks like Hitler.' In actual fact, the band have been going for forty odd years now, have released twenty one albums and, having seen them myself twice in the last five years, can still pack more energy into a two hour set than the most bands half their age could in a single Radio 1 Live Lounge performance.
Now that I've got my fanboy speech out of the way, let me be clear: the 80's were not a good time for Sparks. Statistically speaking, no musician came out of the 80's smelling of roses, and the main reason for that was the rise of the synth. Before the synth became prominent, you had to rely on your instruments sounding like instruments. If you wanted the sound of 50 cats screeching, you either went down to the shelter with a dictaphone to distress some animals or you were shit out of luck.
Then synths went mainstream and suddenly you could make a song about fire engines driven by cats on their way to the factory where all the bells are made. I mean literally all the bells; jingle to tubular. Some artists experimented with this concept: Sparks released three or four albums based solely on the premise. Luckily, the fact that they are exceptional musicians meant that the tunes were still listenable, but the 1,001 sound samples Ron now had at his disposal meant we got songs like All You Ever Think About is Sex.
The video starts with Russell (the singer) doing his best impression of a rape face, but his adorable perm and guyliner just make it look like he'd cry afterward and want to cuddle. Then, just as the awesome and not-dated-at-all synth gets into full swing, we are treated to this at 0:20:
This is what I like to call the 'Pimp on his day off' look: a little bit casual, but still all business. Let's talk about the dancing, though. First of all, Russell is an incredible singer, I know this song doesn't make that readily apparent, but he has the vocal range of ten men which almost makes it excusable that he has the dancing skills of a lonely gay boy in clogs.
I think context is important here, too. This is a song about a nymphomaniac girlfriend who is constantly on the verge of getting them both arrested (and killing her father) because she won't stop having sex and he's doing the Leo Strut and…oh yeah, I guess I see it now.
Also, given that this is a song about sex and no one in 1983 had heard of subtlety, Ron is constantly blasted with pies throughout the video, covering him in cream and I honestly don't think anyone told him it was going to happen because he looks genuinely upset and at one point he falls over and can't get back up. This was officially the saddest music video about sex until Madonna stole that Abba song and waged a one-woman war on erections.
Fun Bonus: Stick with the video for a fucking sweet Sonic the Hedgehog solo at 2:42 and a happy smiley Ron…then he gets hit with pies and falls over and you remember that any joy to be had in this world is only fleeting; misery eternal. Enjoy!
The Osmonds – Crazy Horses
The first time I heard this, I thought it was a joke. Hypothetically speaking, do you hypothetically remember when you first started using Napster, hypothetically, and you'd search for a song like Stairway to Heaven and get results like 'RARE LIVE RECORDING ELVIS JIMI HENDRIX THE BEATLES SINGING STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN'? Well that's what I thought was going on here: I found it so hard to believe the Osmonds could write a song that rocked as hard as Crazy Horses I thought Youtube was taking the piss out of me.
For context, the Osmonds look like this:
And Crazy Horses sounds like this:
Of course, I had to watch the video for everything to become clear: they might have been singing a rock song with an awesome scream as a hook, but they were still white as a racist's bedsheet. Also, this song is apparently about pollution. So, whereas Iron Maiden might write a song about horses that was a metaphor for the massacre of Native Americans, the Osmonds used their own shot at being cool and edgy to write a song that basically amounts to 'Just cool it with the cars, okay, guys? We've only got one Earth! Yeah!'
That's not the whitest thing about this video, though –it's not even the singer's attempt at a gruff voice that's supposed to convince us he's imbibed copious amounts of any alcohol other than communion wine– it's the glorious moment at 0:45 when, well I'll his actions speak for themselves:
Right before the chorus, some careless motherfucker off-camera opens the box from Hellraiser and it starts trying to pull apart the singer by his knees and elbows. I can actually see their PR manager watching this performance from the green room, after spending months convincing the band that a grittier image will help them shift records…
"Yes boys, that's it! Headbanging on the keyboards, I'm loving it. Spinning round at the microphone, little bit fruity, but I'm sure Robert Plant does the same. Okay and now we're gonna kick their ass with the chorus and…and…What the fuck are you doing!? You're singing a rock song not 'My Old Man's A Fucking Dustman' STOP HAVING A COCKNEY WALKABOUT YOU CU-' then he was tackled by security, removed from the premises and never heard from again.
Toto – Hold the Line
This is it, the band every group of overweight forty-somethings aspires to be; the kind of music you put on to let your victim know it's personal. Best described by Ricky Gervais as, 'when session musicians get together!' there isn't a single member of Toto who doesn't look like he should be receiving treatment for some form of mental detachment. If I really had to choose my favourite, it would be the future star of a murder investigation they've got on piano.
There's nothing more I can say that this video doesn't say for itself so, I bequeath unto you the whitest music video that has ever existed or, indeed, ever will.
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By Mario Hannah
Summary: Immigration laws are extremely inflexible and must be followed to a tee. Authorities can use any excuse to turn down a visa, often with no appeals process. Mario Hannah explains.
When it comes to applying for a visa, there is no margin for error. The slightest mistake could lead to visa rejection, and even minor infractions can result in lengthy bans from a country.
Immigration laws are extremely inflexible and must be followed to a tee. Authorities can use any excuse to turn down a visa, often with no appeals process.
So just how easy is it to be rejected by a country? The following are some of the most common, simplest reasons for a rejected visa.
Just one mistake
Misspelled a word? Ticked the wrong box? Bad luck. Visa rejected. Even a miniscule, insignificant mistake can result in a rejection. Very rarely will you be given the opportunity to correct your error. More often than not, your application will be turned down, forcing you to start the entire application process again.
A slip of the tongue
Many visa applications will involve a face-to-face interview. The applicant is asked tough questions as the interviewer studies their every word, looking for any signs of doubt. The process is designed to scare fraudsters into admitting a lie, but many genuine applicants will fall down at this hurdle. All it takes is one slip of the tongue to put doubt into your interviewer's mind.
Miscalculated funds
Most visa applications require the applicant to show they have enough money to support themselves when they arrive. When you factor in exchange rates, calculating funds can become very tricky. A visa will be refused even if the applicant is one dime short of the threshold.
Missing documents
Forgot to include a simple bank statement in your application? Bad luck. Visa refused. Immigration authorities don't waste time. Often they will not give you a chance to correct your mistake and send in the correct documentation. Your visa will be refused and you will be forced to re-apply and pay your application fees again.
Fraudulent documents
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Took two hours, including 40 minutes going to the bank to pay the fee - a walk in the park - but then, I had EVERYTING needed and in perfect order. He even gave me three cups of coffee and apologized for the delay 'cause the boss who had to sign was occupied. I suppose I have to be quite honest about it. The guy in immigrations had a grandmother from my home country and he spoke a few words in my native language. Probably wouldn't risk telling granma' "I threw one of your countrymen out today!", getting an ear or an arm torn off immediately afterwards. I have had two similar experiences a few years back, getting a BIG smile, handshake and on one occasion the visa stamps in a split second from one newfound "brother", on the second occasion an (almost) countryman did his very best to have his boss ignore the fine for a tourist visa overstay of a few days, but "it's in the computer, so ...".guest
Hi It might be difficult but not to that extent told in the article. To me It went rather easy. Before turning in the application have the officer in charge look it through to see if everything is properly filled in. Regarding the ammount in your account to proove u can support urself. It hasnt to be money to support you forever I moved to the Philippines only 10 000 pphino pesos in my account. My oppinion is that the article is scaring away many foreigners from applying at all. Also, if you are married to a pphina it hasnt to be that expensive either. If you are prepared to visit all the authorities by yourself, about 10 000 P. But NOT recomended. Anyway the cost for my permanent visa was about 40 000 P and i didnt have to lift a finger, and didnt have to go anywhere. Only signing documents handed to me, now and then. Welcome to the Philippinestony1948
I am an American living in the Philippines and applying for my wife's passport right now. she is going to Cebu this week to attend the CFO seminar which is a requirement. after her passport I do not know what type of visa would be good to get. I hear going to America to visit is very hard. We live in the Visayas, and Manila is a long and costly trip to take so I don't want her to be rejectedLADDIED
My wife is from the Philippines. We needed a transit visa to change planes in Los Angeles on our way to Ecuador. Most countries, just issue you a transit visa at the airport you are passing though. The US makes you go though the whole visa process including the interview at the embassy in Manila. Between filing fee of $168 and air transport, and hotels, we spent about $1000. She had all the documents she was supposed to bring and was prepared for the questions she should have been asked. She was denied for reasons that she was never asked about. She was told she could not appeal (a lie) but could apply again. She was given a paper that said she was denied because she had no family ties that would give her a reason to return to the Philippines. She was never asked about family ties. She owns home in a community with 100 close relatives. She was questioned as though she was planning to live in the US. She only wanted to be in a US airport for one hour. Because of this we had to fly across Asia, Africa, and Europe to Amsterdam, Where they handed her a plastic transit visa as she got off the plane. Then from Amsterdam to Quito Ecuador. A total of 37 hours and $3600 just because she was not allowed to spend one hour in a US airport. She has a clean criminal record clearance. When we got to Ecuador they handed us a 90 day visa, $5.00 no problems. We have found out that 80% of the Philippine's who apply for a transit visa in Manila are arbitrarily turned down, after spending days and much money to go though their ridiculous process.
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Leigh Anne Tuohy, Racism, and the White Saviour Complex1
December 26, 2014 by JImbo
When the antiracist crusade becomes itself racist.
Which to be honest us MOST if the time because simply pointing out color constantly instead of personal merit us itself racist. When someone keeps pointing out "African this" or "White that" then that's racist, identifying only on color, even if their intentions were goidm Is accidentally incidental racism acceptable?
Leigh Anne "That Nice Woman Sandra Bullock Played In The Blind Side" Tuohy recently posted the following picture and caption on her Facebook and Instagram accounts:
"We see what we want! It's the gospel truth! These two were literally huddled over in a corner table nose to nose and the person with me said "I bet they are up to no good" well you know me… I walked over, told them to scoot over. After 10 seconds of dead silence I said so whats happening at this table? I get nothing.. I then explained it was my store and they should spill it… They showed me their phones and they were texting friends trying to scrape up $3.00 each for the high school basketball game! Well they left with smiles, money for popcorn and bus fare. We have to STOP judging people and assuming and pigeon holing people!…
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Trans-Siberian Railway: Three days in Mongolia
People are always surprised when the ask me about Mongolia and I tell them that it's full of the most collectively beautiful people I've ever seen, speaking what is probably the most incomprehensible language I have ever heard. That it's not just flat expanses of grasslands, but that they have forests, mountains, glaciers, and deserts. There aren't just horses, but camels, eagles, vultures, and herds of livestock. I think I too had fewer preconceived notions going into Mongolia than any other place on my trip. I didn't know at all what to expect.
Day 1
Ulaanbaatar was probably the most fascinating city on this entire journey. Right from the beginning, riding in on the train from the plains through the flat districts — miles upon miles of green, blue, and orange roofs balanced on weathered wooden huts, studded with the occasional white cloth of a Ger. There are demarcations for the plots of land that certain dwellings have, family units use their allotted land to erect their temporary structures and keep a grasp on their nomadic heritage, sharing family and livestock. Every Mongolian is legally entitled to their own piece of land.
Then all of a sudden, the train arrived in the contemporary city center. Escaping the train station, we made our way through the epically clogged streets, through traffic that slows down the commute to three times longer than it should to get even the shortest distance. In the center of town is the main square and parliament buildings, decorated with a huge and rather squat statue of Genghis Khan. There's a haze hovering above the city from the traffic and coal burning, settling into the nook where the city lies between grassy Mongolian hills.
Day 2
Our drive extended back into the hills the next morning, heading out to the countryside. We weren't 20 minutes outside of the city when we came upon a cherub-cheeked bald man in a striped shirt, holding up a huge eagle. Next to him perched on a makeshift stand was an even bigger vulture. The birds were trained for photo ops, immense animals with fierce faces who would perch on your should, or on your arm where they would spread their wings if you moved them up and down. They were also trained to hunt on command, a tradition that goes back 2,000 years.
To properly begin our day, we stopped next at an Awl, a structure created by piling stones on top of one another and covering them in prayer flags. Before starting a journey, you must walk around
the Awl three times, and place three rocks of your own, for good luck. I think the luck worked, because the rest of our day was amazing, following the road through the grasslands of Gorki Terelj National Park and spending the night at a Ger camp.
Next to the camp, there lived a nomadic family composed of two brothers, their wives, their mother, and a couple of children. The older of the brothers had a pack of horses that he used to lead guests from the camp on very slow horse-back riding excursions. The other brother was a saddle-maker, sitting on a stool in the sun all day long working with leather and wood to create one-of-a-kind saddles. The three women maintained a herd of cattle, milking them twice daily for milk to create yogurt, a staple in their diet.
We had a free afternoon, and our guide led us up to a stream behind the family's camp which one of the brothers had told her about, supposedly the water was good for curing ailments the stomach. On the way down, we encountered the women of the family herding the cows for the night in by the pen where the calfs were held - it was time to milk. In exchange for our help in herding, they let us watch the process. One by one, they brought a calf out and matched it with it's mother, first milking the cow and then letting the calf drink what was left over. They then invited us into their hut for yogurt, which we shared for about five minutes before a paying arrived at the camp came in to get their own glimpse into a real life nomadic experience, and we were quickly hustled out and back to our camp, overrun with yaks.
Day 3
On the third day we made our way back into Ulaanbaatar, to visit the city's temples. Mongolia's religious history has blended Shamanism with Tibetan Buddhism to create a complex and fascinating set of beliefs, as well as a collection of religious icons in the city that are definitely worth a visit.
The Gandan Monastery is the biggest and oldest in the country. It's a huge complex with beautiful buildings, but is well used and well worn, teeming with pigeons encouraged by the peddlers selling grain packets to visitors, who can feed the pigeons for luck. Making our way through the complex took us through waves and waves of the birds, moving with the tides of human currents.
This wasn't entirely encouraging until we entered the main temple, a tall and thing building holding an 87-foot-tall Boddhisatva, a statue covered in gold and containing sand from every region of Mongolia. A square path allows you to move around the structure, walking through the cool and quiet atmosphere while turning the golden-covered scrolls with your hands, helping to release the souls they contain up to heaven. The inner space feels bigger than the size of the building itself, reaching up to the skies, and sacred in a way that not a lot of places I've been before have felt.
The second and final monastery of the day felt much more earthly. The Choijin Lama Temple Complex was built in 1908 for the younger brother of Bogd Kahn, the last King of Mongolia, who was the state oracle. Starting with the protector gods that flank the entrance of Buddhist structures, you move into a complex of temples each with their own vivid imagery. There are fierce masks and statues painted like skulls and animals and snarling men. One temple is sculptured to look like the inside of a cove, filled with Buddha's disciples. There's even a sutra temple for tantric meditation, with a very limited guest list as to who was allowed inside.
In the end of it, we only got to spend a couple of days in Mongolia and it was probably the place where I most wish we had been able to spend more time. The best part of it was the stories told to me by our 19-year-old guide Anu, which I'm working into a subsequent blog post and will link to soon.


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The end of October brought me candy, good weather and a fun time over at Crossfit REDZONE!
As I approach my 6 month mark of Everyday Lifters, it dawned on me that the world of Crossfitters, Weightlifters and "Strongman" is pretty small. Photographing this local competition was quite nice, since many of the athletes were repeats.
Over the last few months I have met so many people who I have had the pleasure of photographing several times. Slowly, I am starting to learn their names, where they train out of and even when they are competing again! The website, Everyday Lifters, could never happen without your stories. Again, thank you for not shying away from the camera and approaching me at competitions!
Enjoy the photos guys!
You can find the photos under YOUR ALBUMS in the MENU tab. Or by clicking here. If you post a picture, a tag would be so awesome so I know who you are! When I post pictures on social media, I like to be able to tag the person behind the smile and muscles. :) Again, don't forget to use coupon 50OCT16 which is valid until 11/14th (with a $10 minimum purchase).


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What a lovely day it was yesterday at the Woolley Hall Wedding Fayre. Thanks to everyone that came over for a chat and to make enquiries
I would like to say a massive thanks to my three models who gave up their Sundays to be there with me!
Anyone who saw me there will know I am running a competition to win a wedding hair and make-up package. The competition is still on and the winner will be notified on Monday 30th May 2011.
To be in with a chance to win, pop down to see me this weekend at the Riley Smith Hall Wedding Fayre on Sunday 27th March.
Look forward to seeing you all :)


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This week Sue and Meagan discuss the past week's training, as well as their triathlon training fears.
Season 5, Episode 15: Flying Pig Recap (Audio)Podcast
This week Katie, Sue, and Meagan are together to share their recaps of the Flying Pig race series. Check out our FB page for the video recap!
Season 4, Episode 32: Never SurrenderPodcast
This week Sue shares some exciting news, along with her recap of the 2016 Baystate Marathon.
Season 4, Episode 31: For the GirlsPodcast
This week Katie is back and fills us in on what she's been up to these past few months, plus Meagan shares a recap of her first marathon.
Taper Thoughts: Eat All the CarbsBlog, Sue Cloutier
This week I've been working on the carb depletion/carb loading strategy I mentioned in an earlier post. The purpose is to achieve "glycogen supercompensation", which means that after being depleted, the muscles store even more carbohydrates then they would usually hold (normal glycogen compensation). I've been reading a lot about how to avoid hitting the wall, and in addition to fueling during the race, it doesn't hurt to have as much glycogen as you can physically carry in your muscles on race day to get you to the full distance. Apparently, the only thing limiting the amount of glycogen you can actually hold is the size of your leg muscles.
Looks down at my tiny legs and frowns. Ruh roh.
In the past when carb loading, I just ate extra carbs the day before the race. This time I am trying to be a lot more precise because honestly, I need all the help I can get. I ran a long run, ate very low carb for four days, and am now on day 2 of "eat all the carbs". Okay, technically I have to take in about 450 grams of carbs each day to properly fill my glycogen for the pace I plan to run in the marathon. How did I come up with that number, you ask? I used this handy dandy Endurance Calculator. Isn't the internet a wonderful place? I gotta tell ya, after two days of trying to eat at least 400 grams of carbs, I am realizing how much less I had consumed pre-race in the past. Considering that the body apparently only absorbs about 25 grams of carbs per hour, taking in 450 in a day is nearly impossible. I would have to eat 25 grams every hour for 18 hours a day! I am doing my best, but since sleep is still a priority in the days leading up to the marathon, I won't force myself to stay awake that long. I am also getting sick of carbs. I would love to eat some fruit, but another thing that I learned is that fructose is not easily converted to glycogen by the muscles. I read that AFTER consuming 3 large glasses of apple juice and eating a banana. Whoops.
I'm not sure how much glycogen my tiny legs will actually hold, but I'm going to fill them up as much as I can. I will also be fueling very well on race day, taking in at least 120 calories every hour in the form of cornstarch for the first 3 hours (to cut down on the number of gels), then Gatorade and energy gels every 3-4 miles after that, as much as my stomach cooperates. By the end of the race on Sunday, I will really be looking forward to going back to my low-carb lifestyle!


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French full-back Serge Blanco holds the French national record for most tries, he is a legend in Biarritz, and his name is synonymous with great
Major teams: Biarritz
Country: France
Test span: 1980-91
Test caps: 93 (93 starts)
Test points: 233 (38T, 6C, 21P, 2DG)
The Eighties were the halcyon of French rugby, where players wearing le coq would play with careless abandon, verve and a certain je ne sais quoi. Fitting the bill perfectly was Serge Blanco.
Born in Caracas to a Venezuelan mother, Blanco was nevertheless raised in the rugby hotbed of Biarritz where, as a proud Basque, he stayed for his entire career, going on to become the president of the club. Blessed with the pace of a wing, ability to counter from anywhere on the field and a fiery temperament, Blanco was a dangerous adversary who went on to win 93 caps.
Not the most vigorous defender, he routinely turned defence into attack, scoring 38 Test tries – still a French record 24 years after calling it a day. After winning Grand Slams in both 1981 and 1987, his most famous score came in the first World Cup against Australia where he smoked – he did like his Gitnes – the covering Australian defence in the dying minutes of the semi-final to go over in the corner and put France into the final.
Another Blanco classic was as the catalyst for one of the greatest tries ever witnessed. With a typical cavalier attitude, he broke out from behind his try-line at Twickenham to spark a move that finished with Phillipe Saint-Andre sprinting in under the posts, 100m upfield.
Blanco's Test farewell, however, was a disappointment as France lost to England in the RWC 1991 quarter-finals with Blanco as captain. Post-rugby, he still has a huge influence on French rugby as an administrator. He was a long-term president of the Ligue National de Rugby (LNR) and recently joined Saint-Andre's coaching set-up as an unofficial adviser to help the misfiring French back-line.
Commerce, too, has been kind to him as the former mechanic now boasts a business empire that includes a clothing range, and a luxury hotel chain. Mercurial and enigmatic, Blanco had a presence few could match.


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Earlier this month, I attended Creative Kitchen's Woman in Tech discussion. Featuring three different speakers, this looked at inspiring more women into technology. I was interested in attending this event, as I am keen to see more women get involved with the industry.
The speakers included Amanda Follit from Amaze, Debbie Edwards from FDisruptors and Clare Rogerson from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA). Each speaker had an excellent story to tell, overcoming many challenges and obstacles, to not only become successful in their careers, but also to give back and show others, that anything is possible. This takes several qualities, which I recognised from each speaker's personal journey. These included mental and physical resilience, authenticity, empathy, teamwork, confidence, putting people first and having passion for what you do.
With technology integral to every aspect of modern society, more needs to be done to inspire and encourage women into technology. This needs not only education and self-learning with enthusiasm, but also crucially inspiring and giving them the confidence, to pursue their technological passions. By showing them the magic of technology, this can arouse their interest and curiosity, to inspire them to become tomorrow's engineers, developers and programmers. All the above can also be applied to every other industry, including science, engineering and manufacturing.
I would like to thank Creative Kitchen, all the speakers, and everyone involved with organising the event. I am glad I attended, as I was impressed with all the speakers, and their inspirational stories. If I have come away from the event with anything, it is that everyone deserves the same opportunity to pursue their passions.
In conclusion, I support anyone striving to change attitudes for the better. This is not just in technology, but in any aspect of life. Therefore I will be playing my part in the future, by giving a helping hand.


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Stronghold Kingdoms holds onto #2 F2P spot on Steam, releases new tutorial video
In case you weren't aware, Stronghold Kingdoms is still the #2 most popular free-to-play title on Steam. In celebration of the continued success of the popular castle simulation game, developer Firefly Studios has released a tutorial video that is the first in a series for newcomers.
This installment covers the in-game map, and if you're interested you can check it out below, enjoy!


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Old Guys Gaming - Game Server
Mark, the creator of Old Guys Gaming, a small but growing online gaming community that caters to gamers over the age of 30, contacted us when he was ready to take his organization to the next level with a custom website. He also desired a game server site where his members could gather and see who was online and what game they were playing. This would help his members engage with each other and encouraged more gameplay.
Envision Core included customizations:
- Font, color and spacial customization of the Divi theme by Elegant Themes on the Divi Framework
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- Custom UI Interface containing custom frames and dividers to match desired aesthetic
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- Interactive message board setup
- Creation of a dedicated "Rules & Regulations" page
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FS17 Borki Agro Map v1.0
A small cozy Belarusian map.
The map has 19 fields, one of them in the possession, the culture is standard + oats, alfalfa, standard animals.
There is a possibility of selling milk.
The dirt, straw spraying, snow mask (for fashion season) is prescribed.
From the manufactures on the map there is a sand pit.
Oleg Zayats (Prophet89), конверт в FS17 Miraculous (Krug) Олег Заяц
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