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Food: Meal prepping and planning discovery
The last two weeks my meal planning has gone down the toilet. I didn't realize it until the other day when I was wondering why I felt so off, all I could think about was oh I'm just tired from the past three weeks. While that may be true, it didn't account for the reasoning behind my stomach rebelling against me. Then I realized that due to my lack of meal prepping my lunches resembled an array of random snacks pulled from the cupboards throughout the house.
Over the last year I have really discovered the joys of meal planning and prepping, acquired due to my realization that food is a good thing when you are training hard (a realization I will delve into in a minute). Through my research for competing I discovered a lot of articles on meal prepping and planning ranging from the mantra of IIFMM (if it fits my macros), to carb cycling, and just plain old macro counting.
DISCLAIMER Before I go any further I want to make clear that I am not telling you how to eat, or what diet to go on. I am not a certified nutritionist (though I would LOVE to be) nor am I an expert. I am merely telling you about my journey (as per the basis of WhereYourFeetTakeYou) and what I found to work well for me.
My food journey has been an interesting one ranging from always eating everything in sight, my mom used to pack me lunches that weighed a couple of pounds I swear, to anorexia, coming out of anorexia, the whole living on my own and having no money diet, to learning how to appropriately feed my body so that I can continue doing the things that I love.
This journey started the end of freshman year of college and hasn't stopped since then. I wish I had a picture at the "height" of my eating disorder, cause I would love to be able to compare that young, scared, naive girl to who I am now; and not compare for judging sake but to show myself how far I really have come. But all the pictures from that time period are either no longer existing or I am very much clothed as I tried to hide my figure a lot by wearing baggy clothes.
Anyways, despite my eating disorder I did learn a lot about clean eating during that time because I was so in tune with what I was putting in my body. I stayed away from simple carbs (well truth be told basically away from carbs in general) and when I did eat them they were complex carbs, I learned that eating multiple times a day was a great way to keep your metabolism high, and that not having enough calories gives you a constant headache ALL THE TIME. My issue was that I was not eating much, my dinners would be half an apple with peanut butter, or half of a can of soup, a small salad with no dressing, you probably get the picture. Calorie count was minimal and with all my exercising my weight began to drop quickly. I went from about 128 (which was the heaviest I had ever been) somewhere in my freshman year (gotta love freshman 15) to a mighty 100 lbs at the end of my sophomore year and still dropping. Thankfully I have amazing parents who were able to give me some tough love and threaten to either send me to the hospital or get therapy (I had a choice) as this was not a road they were going to allow me to go down.
That being said I entered my Junior year having gained 12 lbs and joined the cross-country and track team, something that probably saved me from spiraling back down as I had no choice but to eat or I would not have performed. I would love to say these were some of my healthiest years during cross-country and track post eating disorder but I would be lying. While I ate healthy for the most part I wasn't taking care of my body the way I should have been, I just figured I could do what I wanted and the body would come.
Next comes graduating college and moving out on your own. This is when life got interesting, and I went through a whole lot of growing experiences. I started lifting again during this time frame and experimenting with different food plans. However, living on your own and not having a ton of money related back to a very simple meal plan.....hardly any food.
Is what a little over year ago that I really began to research the importance of meal planning and different types of meal plans. My fiance had really dove headfirst into the "fit life" world and due to changing our meal planning around he was down a couple of pounds and I had leaned out to a body weight that I LOVED.
I found that for me personally my body did not handle simple carbs well, they leave me bloated, sluggish, and uncomfortable. Yet I was having a hard time finding a diet that fit well with my endurance training as well as high level lifting; the "recommended" diets for these two activities can be so different. What resulted through all of my researching, personal dieting, experiences, and following of other athletes was my current meal plan for a high protein and fat diet with smaller amount of complex carbohydrates.
Here is what a typical day is for me: Breakfast: Oatmeal created in a wide variety of ways Mid-Morning snack: fruit, trail mixes, hard-boiled eggs, etc Lunch: around 6 oz chicken and a half an avocado Mid-afternoon snack: Protein balls, protein bar, and fruit snacks (all doesn't happen at once) Dinner: Salad with rice, chicken, eggs, cheese, small amount of dressing Dessert: chocolate power bar, or a bit of chocolate
So where do I get my protein, fats, and carbohydrates from: Proteins: chicken, beans, pork, ham, fish, nuts, and sometimes lentils, eggs Carbohydrates: rice, oatmeal, fruit, quinoa, whole wheat breads (when I do eat breads), vegetables, sweat potatoes Fats: cheese, avocados, peanut butter, nuts, olive oil
The past couple months I found that meal prepping makes a huge difference in how you eat. By the time we get home from the gym in the evenings the last thing I want to do is cook, so if it isn't already made it's probably not going to be eaten resulting in us eating a lot of bagels with PB or a quick sandwich thrown together. It's not my favorite thing to do but by making sure that we have the basis of a meal all laid out for the week on Sundays has helped to ensure that both of us are following a plan that works well for us.
What meal plans do you follow? Do you meal prep?


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Fry sausagemeat, drain well and combine with the other ingredients. Stuff turkey or chicken. Cook extra mixture in a loaf tin at 350 degrees F for approx. 30 minutes. I usually add a little extra butter to the top of the mixture in the cake tin. This also works well with vegetarian ground.
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Meditating in the Kitchen- and a Peach, Berry and Chocolate Smoothie Parfait
As I've mentioned before, being in the kitchen and cooking keeps me calm. It keeps me present. It keeps me grounded.
I have always, to a certain extent- gravitated towards the kitchen. 🙌🏻
Food styling came later- the concentration on colors, plating, textures and angles. Food became not only about taste and smell- but the visual aspect as well. It's double the work, double the prep, but double the fun.
Food art, so they say!!
The more time I spend preparing my plant based meals, the longer I am in the kitchen and therefore, the calmer my mind.
Cooking, for me, is meditation.
And if anyone says that meditating is only done by sitting still and concentrating on one's breath, is mistaken.
Simply put.
Mindful cooking...
Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with the classic form of meditation. In fact, I've tried very hard for many years to accomplish a meditative state in stillness but it just isn't for me.
Therefore, THIS ⬆ is my meditation.
This breakfast consisted of, if you're wondering:
A parfait layered with (from bottom up) chopped peaches and blackberries.
A chocolate smoothie made with:
1 frozen banana
1/2 cup almond milk
1 handful spinach
1/4 cup homemade rawtella (raw cacao , maple syrup, hazelnuts, vanilla bean, walnuts, coconut oil, Himalayan salt and a bit of water blended in a vitamix )
1 tbsp hemp seeds
3 tbsp raw cacao
And the final layer is a simple strawberry and white chia jam (boiled strawberries with white chia seeds!) My daughter added a few dried rose petals and there ya go.


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A string is a group of characters, usually letters of the alphabet. In order to format your printout in such a way that it looks nice, has meaningful names and titles, and is aesthetically pleasing to you and the people using the output of your program, you need the ability to output text data. Actually you have already been using strings, because the second program in this tutorial, way back in Chapter 2, output a message that was handled internally as a string. A complete definition of a string is a series of char type data terminated by a null character.
When C is going to use a string of data in some way, either to compare it with another string, output it, copy it to another string, or whatever, the functions are set up to do what they are called to do until a null, which is a zero, is detected. Such a string is often called an ASCII-Z string. We will use a few ASCII-Z strings in this chapter.
An array is a series of homogeneous pieces of data that are all identical in type, but the type can be quite complex as we will see when we get to the chapter of this tutorial discussing structures. A string is simply a special case of an array, a series of char type data.
Example program ------> CHRSTRG.C
The best way to see these principles is by use of an example, so load the program CHRSTRG.C and display it on your monitor. The first thing new is in line 6 which defines a char type of data entity. The square brackets define an array subscript in C, and the 5 in the brackets defines 5 data fields of type char all defined as part of the string variable. In the C language, all subscripts start at 0. We have 5 char type variables named, name[0], name[1], name[2], name[3], and name[4]. You must keep in mind that in C, the subscripts actually go from 0 to one less than the number defined in the definition statement. This is due to the original definition of C and these limits cannot be changed or redefined by the programmer.
The variable name is therefore a string which can hold up to 5 characters, but since we need room for the NULL terminating character which counts as one of the five characters, there are actually only four usable characters. To load something useful into the string, we have 5 assignment statements, each of which assigns one alphabetical character to one of the string characters. Finally, the last place in the string is filled with the numeral 0 as the end indicator and the string is complete. (A define would allow us to use the symbol NULL instead of a zero, and this would add greatly to the clarity of the program. It would be very obvious that this was a NULL and not simply a zero for some other purpose.) Now that we have the string, we will print it out with some other string data in the output statement, line 14.
The %s in the format portion of the printf() statement is the output definition used to output a string. The system will output characters starting with the first one in the string name until it comes to the null character, where it will quit. Notice that in the printf() statement, only the name of the variable which happens to be name needs to be given, with no subscript since we are interested in starting at the beginning. (There is actually another reason that only the variable name is given without brackets. The discussion of that topic will be given in the next chapter.) It is important to realize that name by itself refers to the entire string, but name[] with some value in the square braces refers to only a single character in the string.
The printf() in line 15 illustrates that we can output any single character of the string by using the %c and naming the particular character of the variable name we want by including the subscript. Notice that the term with the square brackets refers to only a single character in the string, so we output it with the %c notation which is used to format and output a single character. The last printf() illustrates how we can output part of the string by stating the starting point by using a subscript. The & specifies the address of name[1]. We will study this in the next chapter but I thought you would benefit from a little glimpse ahead, so don't worry about this construct yet.
This example may make you feel that strings are rather cumbersome to use since you have to set up each character one at a time. Strings would be very difficult to use if they had to be defined like we defined the string in this program, but we only did this so you could see the internal structure of the string. The next example program will illustrate that strings are very easy to use. Be sure to compile and execute this program.
Example program ------> STRINGS.C
Load the example program STRINGS.C for an example of some ways to use strings. First we define four strings in lines 7 and 8. Next we come to a new function that you will find very useful, the strcpy() function, or string copy. It copies from one string to another until it comes to the null character in the source string. Remember that the null is actually a zero and is added to the character string by the system. It is easy to remember which one gets copied to which if you think of them like an assignment statement. Thus if you were to say, for example, x = 23;, the data is copied from the right entity to the left one. In the strcpy() function, the data is also copied from the right entity to the left, so that after execution of the first statement, the string variable name1 will contain the string "Rosalinda", but without the double quotes, they are the compiler's way of knowing that you are defining a string. The term "Rosalinda" is actually a string constant in exactly the same way that 23 is an integer constant as used in the expression index = 23. It should be clear that line 10 is copying a string constant into a string variable.
Likewise, the string "Zeke" is copied into name2 in line 11, then the title string is copied into the string named title. The title and both names are then printed out. Note that it is not necessary for the destination string to be exactly the same size as the string it will be called upon to store, only that it is at least as long as the source string plus one more character for the terminating null.
The next function we will look at is the strcmp() or the string compare function illustrated in line 18. It will return a 1 if the first string is larger than the second, zero if they are the same length and have the same characters, and -1 if the first string is smaller than the second. One of the strings, depending on the result of the compare is copied into the string variable mixed using line 19 or 21, and the largest name alphabetically is printed out in line 23. It should come as no surprise to you that Zeke wins because it is alphabetically larger. Length doesn't matter, only relative position in the alphabet. It might be wise to mention that the result would also depend on whether the letters were upper or lower case. There are also functions available with your C compiler to change the case of a string to all upper or all lower case if you desire. These will be used in an example program later in this tutorial.
Lines 25 through 28 illustrate another new feature, the strcat(), or string concatenation function. This function simply adds the characters from one string onto the end of another string taking care to adjust the null so everything is still all right. In this case, name1 is copied into mixed, then two blanks are concatenated to mixed, and finally name2 is concatenated to the combination. The result is printed out with both names in the one string variable mixed.
Strings are not difficult to use and are extremely useful, but they do require some care in their use. It is an error to copy a string into a string that has been defined as shorter than the source, but the compiler will perform the copy and will overwrite a portion of your program or some other data. There is no way for the compiler to warn you of this, so you must be careful when using strings.
A quick check of the documentation for one compiler revealed about 18 string functions available for use. Some are used for copying strings with upper limits on how many characters can be copied. There are string functions to search for certain characters in a string, and others for adding characters to the front, middle, or end of a string. And of course you can remove characters from anywhere also. It would pay you to read your compiler documentation to see just what string functions are available for your use. It could greatly simplify something you will be doing in the near future if you know what is available. You should spend some time getting familiar with strings before proceeding on to the next topic. We included the file named string.h in line 3 because it contains prototypes for all of the string functions. A little time spent examining this file would be time well spent.
Compile and run this program and observe the results for compliance with this definition.
Example program ------> INTARRAY.C
Load the file INTARRAY.C and display it on your monitor for an example of an array of integers. Notice that the array is defined in much the same way we defined an array of char in order to do the string manipulations in the last example program. We have 12 integer variables to work with, plus one more named index. The names of the variables are values[0], values[1], ... , and values[11]. In lines 9 and 10 we have a loop to assign nonsense, but well defined, data to each of the 12 variables, then print all 12 out in lines 12 and 13. Note carefully that each element of the array is simply an int type variable capable of storing an integer value. The only difference between the variables index and values[2], for example, is in the way you address them. You should have no trouble following this program, but be sure you understand it. Compile and execute it to see if it does what you expect it to do.
Example program ------> BIGARRAY.C
Load and display the program named BIGARRAY.C for an example of a program with an array of float type data. This program has an extra feature to illustrate how strings can be initialized. Line 4 of the program illustrates how to initialize a string of characters. Notice that the square brackets are empty leaving it up to the compiler to count the characters and allocate enough space for our string plus the terminating null. Another string is initialized in line 11 of the body of the program but it must be declared static here. This prevents it from being allocated as an automatic variable and allows it to retain the string once the program is started. There is nothing else new here, the variables are assigned nonsense data and the results of all the nonsense are printed out along with a header. This program should also be easy for you to follow, so study it until you are sure of what it is doing before going on to the next topic. Once again, the float array can corrupt a program if it is used to write past the end of the array.
When you compile this program, you may get a few warnings of type conversions. You should have enough knowledge of C at this point to eliminate the warnings by including a few casts at the right places. If you desire, you can safely ignore the warnings.
Example program ------> PASSBACK.C
Back in chapter 5 when we studied functions, I hinted to you that there was a way to get data back from a function by using an array, and that is true. Examine the program PASSBACK.C for an example of doing that. In this program, we define an array of 20 variables named matrix in line 8, then assign some nonsense data to the variables, and print out the first five. In line 16 we call the function dosome() taking along the entire array by putting the name of the array in the parentheses as the actual parameter.
The function dosome() beginning in line 25 has a name in its parentheses also but it prefers to call the array list internally. The function needs to be told that it is really getting an array passed to it and that the array is of type int. Line 25 does that by defining list as an integer type variable and including the square brackets to indicate an array. It is not necessary to tell the function how many elements are in the array. Generally a function works with an array until some end-of-data marker is found, such as a null for a string, or some other previously defined data or pattern. Many times, another piece of data is passed to the function with a count of how many elements to work with. In our present illustration, we will use a fixed number of elements to keep it simple.
So far nothing is different from the previous functions we have called except that we have passed more data points to the function this time than we ever have before, having passed 20 integer values, the entire array. We print out the first 5 again in lines 29 and 30 to see if they did indeed get passed here. In lines 32 and 33 we add ten to each of the elements and print out the new values. Finally we return to the main program and print out the same 5 data points. We find that we have modified the data stored in the calling program from within the function, and when we returned to the main program, we brought the changes back. Compile and run this program to verify this conclusion.
We stated during our study of functions that when we passed data to a function, the system made a copy to use in the function which was thrown away when we returned. This is not the case with arrays. The actual input array is made available to the function and the function can modify it any way it wishes to. The result of the modifications will be available back in the calling program. This may seem strange to you that arrays are handled differently from single point data, but they are. It really does make sense, but you will have to wait until we get to pointers to understand it.
Another way of getting data back from a function to the calling program is by using a pointer which we will discuss in the next chapter. When we get there we will find that the name of an array is in reality a pointer to a list of values. Don't let that worry you now, it will make sense when we get there. In the meantime, concentrate on arrays and understand the basics of them because when we get to the study of structures we will be able to define some pretty elaborate arrays.
Example program ------> MULTIARY.C
Load and display the file named MULTIARY.C for an example of a program with doubly dimensioned arrays. The variable big is an 8 by 8 array that contains 8 times 8 or 64 elements total. The first element is big[0][0], and the last is big[7][7]. Another array named large is also defined which is not square to illustrate that the array need not be square. Both are filled with data, one representing a multiplication table, and the other being formed into an addition table.
To illustrate that individual elements can be modified at will, one of the elements of big is assigned the value from one of the elements of large after being multiplied by 22 in line 17. Next big[2][2] is assigned the arbitrary value of 5, and this value is used for the subscripts of the assignment statement in line 19. The assignment statement in line 19 is in reality big[5][5] = 177; because each of the subscripts contain the value 5. This is only done to illustrate that any valid expression can be used for a subscript. It must only meet two conditions, it must be an integer (although a char will work just as well), and it's value must be within the range of the subscript it is being used for.
The entire matrix variable big is printed out in a square form in lines 21 through 26 so you can check the values to see if they did get set the way you expected them to.
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A camping holiday in Ile de Ré without cycling ? Did you know that Ile de Ré boasts no less than 120 km of cycle lanes so cycling is a family-friendly activity in safe condtions away from the traffic.
And you can tour the island without going up a single hill !
To make things easier for you, the campsite offers a bike hire service.


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I am heartened that the silent majority roared with a vengeance on Polling Day ("PAP wins big with 69.9 per cent of vote"; last Saturday).
For too long, general public sentiment and opinion have been drowned out by the strident online minority.
Even political pundits and the opposition appeared to have been obfuscated by the online clamour in their predictions for the results of the recent general election.
Mr Lee Heng Fatt, in his letter yesterday ("Netizens may not represent the majority"), rightly cautioned that we need to be more circumspect when interpreting what is said on social media.
He also urged the Government to maintain a sense of perspective on what the majority of Singaporeans believe in. Indeed, to discount this broad swathe of the populace is to do so at its peril. After all, the majority represents the real socio-economic concerns on the ground.
Opinion editor Chua Mui Hoong, in her commentary ("Silent majority's roar of support for PAP"; last Saturday), astutely analysed the motivations of the silent majority in supporting the People's Action Party.
Many voted for the tried and tested.
The opposition's tactic of urging voters to elect more of them into Parliament to pressure the incumbent backfired.
The pushback was a clear signal that the majority is leery of a seismic shift that will destabilise the country, especially in view of the economic and political headwinds buffeting the region.
Moreover, the opposition has not proven itself to be either a creditable or credible alternative.
Nevertheless, as what Ms Chua has warned, the PAP Government should not regard the resounding mandate from the people as a given.
Humility is a virtue that will stand it in good stead with a citizenry wont to punish the ruling party at the polls if it so much as loses touch with the ground.
To its credit, the PAP Government has realised its missteps and has been indefatigably addressing grievances that bedevilled it in the previous general election.
I believe this was one of the reasons voters were won over this time.
The party should keep this up, but be mindful of caving in to populist pressures.
A forward-looking and prudent government adopting a more inclusive and consultative approach is still what most voters want.
Marietta Koh (Mrs)
This article was first published on September 15, 2015.
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We welcome back the Choir of St Mary's, Wimbledon for this performance of Brahms's dramatic German Requiem, heard tonight in Iain Farrington's skilful arrangement of the accompaniment for chamber ensemble, which features Andrew Lenon on the piano alongside musicians of the Brandenburg Sinfonia. Also in the programme, Finzi's substantial anthem Lo, the full final sacrifice, with its stunning 8-part Amen conclusion.
Gerald Finzi | Lo, the full final sacrifice
Johannes Brahms | Ein deutsches Requiem (in an arrangement for chamber ensemble accompaniment by Iain Farrington)
Choir of St Mary's, Wimbledon
Max Barley — Conductor
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Keeping Life in Balance
By David B. Capes One of the people I like to follow is Michael Hyatt. He is a Christian leader, mentor and, at one time, the head of Thomas Nelson Publishing, Inc. Some of you may know that I have published a number of books with Thomas Nelson, so I have had the chance to work with Michael and his staff. I've had the privilege of being on his podcasts too. More about that later. Michael is an amazing person, someone you ought to know.
Michael writes a blog regularly ,and it often helps me think about life and leadership. Recently, he wrote about keeping life in balance.
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tissue plasminogen activator
noun Biochemistry.
an anticlotting enzyme, naturally occurring in small amounts in the blood.
Pharmacology. the same enzyme, produced in large amounts by genetic engineering techniques for use in dissolving blood clots. Abbreviation: TPA
Nearby words
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Medicine definitions for tissue plasminogen activator
tissue plasminogen activator
An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of plasminogen to plasmin, used to dissolve blood clots rapidly and selectively, especially in the treatment of heart attacks.
A preparation of this enzyme that is produced by genetic engineering and used to dissolve clots blocking coronary arteries in heart attack and cranial arteries in certain cases of stroke.
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Science definitions for tissue plasminogen activator
tissue plasminogen activator
An enzyme that dissolves blood clots. It can be produced naturally by cells in the walls of blood vessels, or prepared through the use of genetic engineering. Tissue plasminogen activator is used in the coronary arteries during heart attacks and in the cranial arteries in certain types of strokes.
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WHEN: Sunday 22nd July
TIME: 2.30 pm - 5 pm
WHERE: Ardlethan Memorial Hall
CONTACT: Karen Wood, Advance Ardlethan, 0432095744
Local designers from across the region will parade their unique range, from op shops far and wide. Local identities will be perading their collections, as well as static displays. Glass of wine and canapés on arrival, afternoon tea provided at interval. Judge and voting cards decide the winners in several sections. Prize for best dressed (op shopped) patron.
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With graduation quickly approaching for more than 3 million high school students in America, scholarships are top of mind for not only the kids, but also their parents. "How did you grow up so fast?" is often followed immediately by "How am I going to pay for your college tuition?"
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- By 2025, our country's workforce will need 11 million more postsecondary credentials than are in the current education pipeline.
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- Low income students are 30% less likely to go to college, when compared with their high income counterparts of equal merit and talent.
So what can you do? If you are one of the millions of people in America who gives to charity each year, consider a gift of a scholarship as part of your portfolio of social impact activities.
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What do you think? As the last day of school approaches, are you ready to add scholarship giving to your list of social impact activities? That's an A+!


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ACADEMICS | The Bard gets his spotlight at Loyola Marymount University.
LMU will present free, outdoor performances of "Othello" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at its inaugural Shakespeare on the Bluff, a summer festival planned over six nights in June and July.
Presented by the College of Communication and Fine Arts' Theatre Arts Program, the festival will feature professional actors as well as LMU alumni, faculty members and current students performing at three venues: LMU's Westchester campus, Playa Vista's Concert Park and the Central Park Bandshell near the new LMU Playa Vista Campus in Silicon Beach.
"Our mission is to enrich the Westside communities by presenting accessible, interesting and innovative theatre experiences that educate, inspire and entertain," said Kevin Wetmore, professor and chair of the Theatre Arts Program at LMU, and the festival's artistic director. Wetmore, who specializes in Shakespeare as well as Japanese and African theatre, and Asian cinema, was also the founding artistic director of the Unseam'd Shakespeare Company in Pittsburgh.
"We're doing this in an accessible style – free to the public in an outdoor setting – while also providing a training ground for the next generation of artists by allowing them to experience and perform classical theatre with working professionals," he said of the inaugural LMU event.
The 90-minute performances are free and open to the community. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" plays June 29 and 30 in LMU's Lawton Plaza and July 1 in Playa Vista's Concert Park, Pacific Promenade and Seabluff Drive; "Othello" plays July 27 and 28 in Lawton Plaza and July 29 in the Playa Vista Central Park Bandshell, 12045 E. Waterfront Drive, Playa Vista, 90094.
"This new performance series is an important commitment by the college to bleeding the borders between campus and community," said Bryant Keith Alexander, dean of LMU's College of Communication and Fine Arts. "Whether in Lawton Plaza on the LMU campus or in the outdoor performance spaces in Playa Vista, audiences will be able to engage and witness the power of performance that addresses and explores the human condition." Families are encouraged to bring picnics, blankets and low chairs and enjoy Shakespeare in natural, outdoor settings.
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Tree Peony - Van Vleck Gardens
Tree Peony - Van Vleck Gardens
One of my springtime rituals is visiting the beautiful Van Vleck Gardens in Montclair, New Jersey. Artists come from miles around to photograph or paint their legendary wisteria flowers that bloom each May. Not to be upstaged, a tree peony grows nearby, adorned with enormous blooms that fill the air with the sweetest fragrance.
This painting celebrates the joyful exuberance of spring and captures the warmth and beauty of the a springtime garden.
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· Adalatpishe, M., R. Abasdokht, and N. Montazari. 2009. Halo priming and priming on germination of maize under drought and salinity stress conditions. Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources Golestan. 2: 79-67. (In Persian).· Akpan, U.G., A. Jimoh, and A.D. Mohammad. 2006. Extraction, characterization and modification of castor seed oil. Leonardo Journal Science. 8: 43-52.· Akramghaderi, F., E. Soltani, and A. Miri. 2008. Effect of seed priming on germination response to temperature in cotton. Journal of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources. 15(3): 51-44.· Ashrafi, E., and J. Razmjoo. 2014. Effect of seed hydropriming and irrigation regimes on grain, biological yield, harvest index, oil and protein content of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) cultivars. Agronomy Journal (Pajouhesh & Sazandegi). 103: 61-68. (In Persian)· Azizi, M., A. Soltani, and S. Khavari. 2008. Canola, physiology, agronomy, plant breeding and biotechnology. Publications Jihad Mashhad University. 220 pages.· Bradford, K.J. 1995. Water relations in seed germination. In: J. Kigel and G. Galili (eds.). Seed Development and Germination, pp. 351- 396. Marcel Dekker Inc. New York.· Derya, O. 2012. The effect of different priming treatments and germination temperatures on germination performance of lentil (Lens culinaris Medik) seeds. Journal of Agriculture and Biology Sciences. 7(12): 977-981.El Tayeb, M., and N. Ahmed. 2010. Response of wheat cultivars to drought and salicylic acid. American-Eurasian Journal of Agronomy. 3 (1): 01-07.· Farooq, M., S.M. Basra, and A.N. Ahmad. 2006. Imporoving the performance of transplanted rice by seed priming. Plant Growth Regulation. 51: 129-137.· Farooq, M., T. Aziz, S.M.A. Basra, M.A. Cheema, and H. Rehman. 2008. Chilling tolerance in hybrid maize induced by seed priming with salicylic acid. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science. 194(2): 161-168.· Gaderi, A., B. Kamyar, and A. Soltani. 2008. 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Cold Pursuit
A snowplow driver seeks revenge against the drug dealers he thinks killed his son. Based on the 2014 Norwegian film 'In Order of Disappearance'.
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Stars: Liam Neeson, Laura Dern, Michael Eklund, Tom Bateman, Bradley Stryker, Wesley MacInnes
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Country: International
Rating: 6.8/118 min
Release: 2019
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The Struggle – Endless
Pirates Press Records and Contra Records
Written By Mark Jones
Formed in 2015 The Struggle started off as a side project by members of some of the North East of England's finest bands including Gimp Fist, Crashed Out, Major Accident and Geoffrey Oi!Cott and released their debut single 'Core-Tex Selector'. Two years on, the band are back with 13 tracks on their debut album 'Endless' that are influenced by different elements of the underground scene.
What I liked the first time I listened to the album was the diversity of the songs which are all played brilliantly well by experienced musicians. The album kicks off with 'Expose The Truth' after just over a minute of an excellent intro the song kicks into a hardcore sounding song taking a pop at government corruption. 'Break Out' is next up which is more of a melodic street anthem before 'Want A War', a harder sounding street punk song than the previous song but it is still as good. The album continues with the excellent 'Just Like You', 'Starting Out', and 'Tear and a Smile', a fitting tribute to friends that have been taken before their time such as the unforgettable Mickey Fitz.
Next up is 'The Struggle', a short and in your face hardcore song about dealing with inner demons which is quite possibly my favourite song on the album. The album continues with gems like 'Take It Or Leave It, 'Geordie Aggro', 'Addiction' and 'Different Name', another song about the government corruption.
'Endless' is an album played by four talented musicians bringing together different influences and styles to create one of the albums of the year. You need this album in your collection.


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Raw Strawberry Syrup
No strawberry left behind
You know that moment? When you have eaten your box of strawberries just half way thru and suddenly they are already way too ripe? There's lots of things that you can make with super ripe strawberries before throwing them away, like adding some to your smoothies or throwing them over a buttery pie dough for a quick galette. But if you want to have that summery strawberry flavor every day you should make this sweet strawberry syrup.
Since the strawberries were not cooked, the flavor of this syrup is more floral than sweet. This strawberry syrup will last for weeks thanks to the sugar and lime juice, because it's kind of a pickling liquid. That means you can make a second batch and mix it with the syrup you have after it's done.
After that ruby red syrup is done you can pour it in almost anything! Over ice cream it's definitely a must; over pancakes or French toasts for a mellow Sunday breakfast; or to dip donuts or biscuits at any time of the day!
Raw Strawberry Syrup
Strawberries, leaves removed – 2 cups
Raw sugar – 2 TBSP
Freshly squeezed lime juice – the juice of half lime
Lime zest – zest of half lime
Mix all the ingredients and chill in the fridge for two days for an extra thick syrup. Discard the strawberries and reserve any leftover syrup to mix with a new batch.


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Life #002
Daphne and I had our 2 year anniversey on the 10th April we took her for an extra long walk around bradgate park (a beautiful park in Leicestershire), time has gone so fast I can remember the day I brought her home like it was yesterday. Not really been up to much else really, mainly just spending time with my family in the sun...
My dad nipped to symths toy shop to get 3 bags of sand for H's sandpit and came back with a load of goodies for the boys, so we spent the hottest day of the year so far having water fights and making sand castles.
Stef and I were invited to two parties which both fell on the same weekend, which was knackering when having to look after the boys the next day haha. Harrison had his first 'over' at Nana's, we call it an over as he was a monkey and hardly slept!
Im sure ill have more to up date you on next time as its currently half term, although Jacob (other half boy) has gone on holiday with his mum for a week :(


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Sometimes in social media marketing, it can feel like you're preaching to the choir. Or worse, preaching to an empty church. If you feel like you're doing everything right– creating great content, implementing strong photos and videos and posting everything at the best times– but still not seeing the engagement you want, it might be time to consider paid social media advertising.
In October 2013, a brand could reach between 11% and 13% of their followers through completely organic (read: free) posts. As of the beginning of 2016, that number had dropped to 3% or less. And that was before Facebook changed their algorithm again at the end of June to make it even harder to get content in front of anyone who's not a friend or relation.
What's a social media-savvy brand to do? Capturing attention and engagement on social media posts is simple, but it does require a budget.
The era of free advertising on social networks might be over, but your social media strategy doesn't have to be. Here are a few quick and easy steps you can take to get more eyes on that great content and get more results.
Keep posting to your social media channels. Surprised? Even if your content only reaches 100 people or just 1 person, it's important to have a presence on social media for your credibility as a business and to serve as a resource for people who want to learn more about your company.
Pick your best content to promote. Another reason why it's important to keep posting new content. It'll give you an idea of what your audience will respond to so you can boost it. Boosted or promoted posts are also great ways to get the word out about sales, events and the highly complimentary news article you were featured in.
Identify the people who keep coming back and ones who are leaving. Build a remarketing audience using the Facebook pixel or use the analytics tools available on all social media platforms to identify the different segments of your audience and target them with new content based on what you learn.
Narrow it down. Have specific people you already know you want to reach? Apply behavioral and demographic filters on your audience when creating ads or promoting posts.
Get conversions. Now that you've put some money behind quality, targeted ads, the conversions will start coming in, whether it's sales, leads or clicks.
Tweak your strategy and do steps 1-5 again. The whole process doesn't take a lot of work and it doesn't have to take a lot of money. Start with just $5 and see where it takes you.
With these steps, you'll be on top of the next big thing in advertising while everyone else is still figuring out that display ads are really truly dead.
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Rihanna will reportedly release her eighth studio album 'Anti' on November 27, meaning she will go head-to-head with her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown.
The 'FourFiveSeconds' hitmaker has not yet confirmed the release, but several insiders have revealed she plans to put the album out to compete with her ex-boyfriend's new record 'Royalty', released on the same day.
An insider told The Sun newspaper:"Everyone expects it to be out next Friday. Strategically it's clever as it means she avoids a chart clash with Adele and Coldplay.
"She'll have no problem competing with Chris."
The 27-year-old singer also shared a link on her Twitter and Instagram accounts on Thursday (19.11.15) to a new website, ANTIdiaRy.com, which has a teaser video of the album showing a sequence of shots of the star with a distorted audio file.
The star has teamed up with Samsung to release the new record in a £25 million deal for the website, which sends mobile phone users to a cryptic message, which reads: "You'll know when it's time."
And Rihanna also tweeted how overjoyed she is to share details of her album.
She wrote: "Excited to share this with you!! #ANTIdiaRy (sic)"
More information on 'Anti' is expected to be announced during Sunday's (22.11.15) American Music Awards.


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A combination of low home prices, interest rates at near-negative levels and climbing home prices and rents means this may be a good time to become Mr. & Mrs. Roper.
After all, there are still a slew of homeowners displaced by a foreclosure, short sale or bankruptcy, who mostly won't be able to get a loan for a number of years due to tight credit market restrictions.
So landlording can be a profitable endeavor, but more in some areas than in others.
RealtyTrac compared the median home prices and the average rent across the country to find the most profitable places to become a landlord.
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RealtyTrac offers an interactive heat map that shows where median home prices and average rental rates make for good — and not so good — returns on rental properties. Click here to go to their page and use the heat map.
(Notably, if you're a renter in one of those areas, you might be better off buying a home there.)
To see the list of the 20 best and 20 worst markets for landlords, click below.


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Today's stitch is a great way to add direction to your space. While the theme of nature carries over from last week, this more subtle stitch is on a much smaller scale.
There's a certain elegance to it that I love. Let's start with going up (left diagram)!
Going down is just as pretty (diagram on right). I love how the alternating stitch widths (over two or three rows) add a gentle directional element to this stitch. I skipped a row between columns to add definition but it would certainly work with no skipped rows.
As this is a smaller stitch, I didn't add compensation stitches (unlike other #whimsicalwednesday diagrams). This allows the pattern to be clearer.
As I look at the diagrams, this is a great stitch for mirror patterning, such as wings on opposite sides of an angel. It would also work for a tail. (Am I the only one who sees a whale tale in the second diagram? If not, please know this was not intentional.)
I played with some Mandarin Floss on 18-mesh for the stitched sample. It would be fine to add a metallic or contrasting color on the rows in between but it is also pretty just by itself.
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Whether you're feeling nostalgic or completely new to it all, join Eric and a friendly group of folks for an afternoon of character sheets, fistfuls of dice, and collaborative storytelling.
This month, we are continuing our Classic World of Darkness scenario, run by Joe. If you are interested in joining the group, PLEASE EMAIL ERIC FIRST (at dankoe [@] wccls.org). The story is already in progress, so we will need to get a character made for you beforehand.
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How to Clean a Cement Patio
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Also referred to as a concrete patio, cement patios are made of a durable material that can withstand a good amount of wear and tear over a long time. Unfortunately, because of their porous nature, cement patios can get dirty and aren't the easiest thing to clean. If you stay diligent, you can maintain your cement patio by cleaning it regularly with soap and water. However, if your patio has stains or is old, there are other methods of deeper cleaning that include power washing and creating an acetone paste to absorb stains.
Performing a Simple Cleaning
1Remove the furniture from the patio. Clear off your patio of any tables, chairs, and any other furniture that makes contact with the ground. Having an empty patio while you clean will enable you to wash the parts of the patio that are usually under furniture.[1]
- Don't forget to move plants, decorations, and lighting fixtures that might get in your way.
- If there are things you can't move off the patio, cover them with a tarp so they don't get wet.
2Sweep the floor. When dirt gets wet, it becomes sticky and is harder to clean. Before you get your patio wet, use a push broom, leaf blower, or vacuum to expel dirt and dust. Make sure to remove all debris like sticks or leaves.[2]
3Rinse the surface with a garden hose. After you've gotten rid of the majority of dust and dirt, you can start to get the surface of the patio wet. This will help wash away any initial dirt and any leftover dust.[3]
- If you have a pressure washer or a high-pressure nozzle for your garden hose you can use them to rinse down your patio.
4Mix dish soap and warm water in a bucket. Fill a five-gallon bucket half way with warm water and put two to three squirts of a degreasing dish soap into the bucket. Mix the water together until bubbles start to form and the solution starts to create soap suds.[4]
- Look for a dish soap that says it's non-acidic on the label.
- Look for a pH-neutral dish soap when doing a simple cleaning of your patio.[5]
5Clean the patio floor with a wet mop. You can purchase a wet mop at most department or hardware stores. Dip the mop into the bucket and get it completely saturated with the water and soap solution that you created. Move the mop onto the floor, working in a back and forth pattern to clean the floor.[6]
- Use a hard-bristled brush to scrub tougher stains.
6Let the patio dry. Wait 24 hours to let your patio completely dry or use a leaf blower to dry your patio faster. If your patio is still dirty, you can either repeat these steps until it's clean or you may have to use a more intensive method to clean it entirely.[7]
- Once your patio is dry, add a patio sealer if you want to protect it from stains and regular wear and tear.
Removing Grease and Oil Stains
1Blot oil and grease stains as soon as you see them. The longer that a grease or oil stain sits on the concrete the harder it will be to remove. Blot any stains that you see immediately with a paper towel so that it isn't as difficult to remove later on.[8]
- Concrete is a porous material and absorbs oil and grease very easily.
2Combine acetone with kitty litter to form a paste. Put on a pair of gloves and dump 10 ounces (283.49 grams) of kitty litter into a bowl and add a couple of drops of acetone or nail polish remover to the bowl. Mix the solution together and then continue adding acetone until it starts to form a paste.[9]
- If the paste is too dry, continue adding acetone to the bowl.
- If your paste comes out too watery, add more kitty litter to the solution.
- This combination of an absorbent material and a solvent is called a poultice.
- You can use shredded paper towels, old newspapers, or sawdust as an alternative to kitty litter.
3Spread the paste over the stains. Put on protective gloves and use your hands to spread the paste over the stains. Cover the paste with plastic wrap and allow the paste to oxidize for two hours. It should absorb some of the oil and grease stain.[10]
4Sweep up the paste. Once you've allowed the paste to sit and oxidize, you can remove it from the patio. Use a broom to get the initial paste up.[11]
5Rinse off the patio. Rinse the patio off with buckets of water or use a hose. Make sure that all of the kitty litter paste is removed from the surface of your patio before allowing it to dry.
6Let the patio dry for 24 hours. Allow your patio to dry from the sun for 24 hours. Alternatively, you can use a leaf blower to help dry off the concrete faster. Assess the results once you're done. If the stain has faded but is not completely gone, you can repeat the steps to continue reducing the appearance of the stain.[12]
- Coat your patio with a patio sealer once it's dry to help prevent future stains.
Using a Power Washer
1Rent a power washer from a hardware store. Some chain hardware stores will offer rentals on power washers if you don't have one and don't want to purchase one. Make sure to talk to the representative about options for attachments as well as different detergents made specifically for your washer. Explain that you are power washing concrete so that they can give you their recommendations.[13]
- A surface cleaner attachment is the best attachment for cleaning concrete.
- To clean cement you'll want a pressure washer that runs at least 3000 psi and can pump at least 4 gallons per minute.[14]
2Remove any furniture from your patio. Obstructions could get in the way as you clean and make it harder to reach different areas of your patio. You'll need to move all of your furniture out of the way before you start using the power washer.[15]
3Rinse down your patio with a garden hose. Use a garden hose to do a once over of your cement patio. Get the cement saturated with water and remove any initial debris like sticks or leaves.
4Apply detergent to the surface of your patio. Use a detergent made specifically for the power washer that you have. Sprinkle the detergent over the entirety of your cement patio and let it soak in for five minutes.
5Attach a surface cleaner attachment and hose to your power washer. The surface attachment will help prevent you from damaging the concrete and is the most useful tool for cleaning it. Either screw or push the attachment onto the end of the power washer before you start to spray.[16]
6Turn on your power washer. Some power washers will have a rip cord that you need to pull in order start it while others will have switches. Make sure that your power washer works by testing it in a small area on your patio.[17]
7Blast the concrete with your power washer until it's clean. Start by blasting the edges of the concrete in long, straight lines, before moving into the center. Work in small 4x4 foot (1.21 x 1.21 m) sections until your entire patio has been blasted by the power washer.[18]
- Be careful not to get to close to your patio with the power washer. If you hold the power washer too closely to the patio when you're spraying it, you could damage the cement.
8Rinse the patio off with your garden hose. Rinse off the patio with clean water from your water hose. Remove any left over detergent that may have been left over by cleaning.
- After your patio is fully dry, add a patio sealer if you want to protect it from future stains and damage.
Community Q&A
Things You'll Need
- Push broom
- Bucket
- Dish soap
- Water
- Kitty litter
- Acetone or nail polish remover
- Garden hose
- Plastic wrap
- Pressure washer
- Cement safe detergent
- ↑ http://www.grandviewoutdoor.com/general/how-to-clean-a-concrete-patio/
- ↑ https://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/cleaning/how-clean-deck
- ↑ https://www.concretenetwork.com/concrete-patio/maintenance.htm
- ↑ http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects/cleanpave.htm
- ↑ https://www.concretenetwork.com/concrete-cleaner/
- ↑ https://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/cleaning/how-clean-deck
- ↑ https://www.concretenetwork.com/concrete-patio/maintenance.htm
- ↑ http://www.installitdirect.com/blog/concrete-stain-removal/
- ↑ http://wri.usace.army.mil/remr/technical_notes/concrete/CS-MR-4-4.pdf
- ↑ https://www.concretenetwork.com/fix-concrete-cleaning/removing-embedded-oil.html
- ↑ http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/house-home/housekeeping/cleaning/how-to-remove-stains-from-a-driveway-patio-or-concrete-surface
- ↑ http://www.pavingexpert.com/stains.htm
- ↑ https://www.familyhandyman.com/tools/how-to-use-a-pressure-washer/view-all
- ↑ https://www.concretenetwork.com/concrete/cleaning_concrete/equipment_options.htm
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2lUad8jQKg&feature=youtu.be
- ↑ http://pressurewashr.com/how-to-pressure-wash-your-concrete-or-brick-driveway/
- ↑ https://www.familyhandyman.com/tools/how-to-use-a-pressure-washer/view-all
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbm2Ak1s3_8
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A very strange event unfolded during a Phillipines Basketball Association game Wednesday when Barako Bull forward Rico Maierhofer lost his shoe on a driving layup. Rather than quickly putting it back on, or ask for a stoppage in play, Maierhofer proceeded to hustle back on defense and use his shoe to try to block San Miguel Beer player Gabby Espinas' layup — missing, but ultimately causing a turnover.
Maierhofer initially loses his shoe here ( h/t Bleacher Report):
After running back on defense and seeing Espinas about to get an easy layup, Maierhofer jumped up and used his shoe to try to swat his shot away:
PBA operations director Rickie B. Santos told SPIN's Richard Dy that officials most likely have never seen such a play occur in the league's 40-year history, but said a technical foul still should have been called on Maierhofer since he was using a "foreign object" to help defend the shot.
Maierhofer has been summoned to the league office for a disciplinary meeting on Friday.
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Fun Facts About Wellington/
Yes another blog dedicated to Wellington. There were just so many fun facts about Wellington that I've been itching to tell that I learnt during my travels there that I just couldn't contain it. This will be a rather short blog and maybe you might learn a thing or two.
Fun fact number 1:
Wellington is known as Windy Wellington. This is because of the strong gusty winds that are always blowing over the city. Regardless of which season you go to Wellington, you need warm attire. Don't get blown away!
Fun fact number 2:
There are a number of houses that are on top of hills that cars can't get to. Do you know how residents get to their houses in those cases? Or what to do when someone who lives in one of these houses invites you for dinner? Simple. You park you car on the street. Each of these houses has their own private cable car that can carry at the most 2 people per journey. These will be sent down, and you can hop into them and it will take you up to their house. If you've been to Wellington, yes those green lines that you see by houses, that's what they are, the lines for the private cable cars!
Fun fact number 3:
The restaurant Monsoon Poon in Courtenay Place is quite famous. Do you know why? David Beckham once dined at this restaurant during his travels to the country. To this date, his plate hasn't been washed and it hangs on their wall (…of fame) and yes a lot of customers have licked that plate since then!
Fun fact number 4:
The bar called Motel is rather famous, do you know what for? Well let me tell you. Liv Tyler and Elijah Wood have both been denied entry at this bar when they were in New Zealand during the filming of The Lord of the Rings. The bouncers didn't recognize who they were and they were denied entry!
Fun fact number 5:
Weta Workshop engaged in the project to put characters from The Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit all over the Wellington airport. So the giant Gollum that you see hanging at the airport, Weta Workshop especially made that for display at the airport!
Fun fact number 6:
Mount Victoria tunnel is the only tunnel in New Zealand that allows pedestrian access i.e. you can walk through that tunnel along side the traffic.
Fun fact number 7:
Mount Victoria tunnel is also known as the tooting or honking tunnel. This is the only tunnel in New Zealand where drivers can honk their car to celebrate the end of the working week and the beginning of the weekend. On a Friday at 5pm, it is quite normal to go a bit tone deaf from the honking. You do not want to be a pedestrian walking through the tunnel at 5pm on a Friday. The honking starts to take place from about Wednesday afternoon. If you do it on a Monday or Tuesday, mate what is wrong with you?
Fun fact number 8:
Peter Jackson's private jet is now parked in a hangar at Wellington airport. Earlier it used to be in Melbourne. When he wanted to fly somewhere he'd have to give his pilots a 3 hours heads up, so they could fly to Wellington to pick him up.
Fun fact number 9:
Wellington sees many celebrities come and go, but they hardly ever get publicity. This is because Peter Jackson usually flies them over on his private jet and being located so close to the airport, these celebrities usually directly go to his studio to get working on their current projects.
Fun fact number 10:
Did you know that the Windy Wellington sign was initially proposed to be Wellywood? The sign is located in Miramar which is the film central of New Zealand. Peter Jackson lives in this area and his workshop and studio are also located here.
These were 10 fun facts about Wellington. I'm sure I came across more, but they are escaping me. Do you know any fun facts about Wellington? If so, leave them below!
Until next time,


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Romans 12:1,2
I. (Eph 4:17-20)
A. God did not create losers – defeated, discouraged, quitters
B. He created conquerors, soldiers, kings, priests, saints, and servants when He made us His children by our faith in Jesus Christ!
C. Basically, God made mankind to be successful – God made Adam and Eve to be in control of this world – to dominate it
D. What happened? Man believed a lie
1. His spirit died.
2. His soul became lost.
3. His mind became darkened!
4. His body decayed until death!
E. God immediately took two lambs, and right before Adam and Eve's eyes, He slew those two lambs, and let their blood pour out onto the ground. He then took the coats of skin and handed them to Adam and Eve to cover themselves – replace the fig leave fashion, for imputed righteousness.
F. Those lambs were the price of sin – they paid, so Adam and Eve would not have to pay
G. That sacrifice, when accepted by two condemned sinners, it restored the relationship between them and God
H. It was their faith that re-generated, made alive again, their spirit inside them
I. But now that they were restored to God, they were forced to start all over – they were like children now needing to grow, and grow right
J. That's where our success as Christians begins – in going back to the basics, and doing things right from the start, in the simple things
K. One of the most important things for a Christian to maintain is their mind (Rom 12:1,2) – everything in your life is connected with how you think, and what you believe!
L. So, What does it mean, "Renewing of your mind?"
1. Recharging, Re-aligning, Restoring, Refreshing
2. Our mind is under the hardest of attacks of all time:
a. Visuals like MTV
b. Everything spoken has at least two meanings – one superficial, the other sexual
c. Newspapers are filled not with truth, but filth
d. Churches are all a pipe-dream, of fairy-tales
3. Jesus did not come and WOW everybody. He took the time, to speak in human language, and teach, and show, and explain, and reason with us
M. Renewing your mind is more important than eating – I will show you
N. Four Steps to Renewing of your mind
1. Evaluation
2. Elimination
3. Memorization
4. And Meditation
O. It HAS to be made mandatory, and daily – no exceptions! Your mind desperately needs this! The world desperately needs Christians who in mind are sane, and stable, and strong – not ill-prepared in the battle of souls!
II. Message
A. Evaluation – Compare what you are on the inside with what Jesus was like on the inside – that is our only basis for comparison – not each other, or religions
1. Take inventory of your spiritual condition
2. Focus your attention on your spirit – that part of you that relates to God
a. Not your outer-man, or your physical life
1) People have been deceived into looking at PICTURES of Jesus – the outer imaginary ideas of what people think He looked like
2) And they have missed His Inner Man – His spirit as shown in the Scriptures
b. You need to ignore also the emotional aspects of your life as well
c. They are all interrelated, but the inner-most part of you is the spirit
d. It is the foundation, or the centre-piece of your life
1) Your spirit is what holds you up – source of your attitude (Pr 18:14)
a) Good or bad attitude
b) Full of joy, or full of sorrow
c) Full of God, or full of sin
d) It is all because of the condition of your "spirit"
2) Your spirit is what you really are like (Pr 20:27; 1Cor 2:11)
e. It is in your spirit that you see whether there is emptiness or not – you may have all the money, all the girls, all the praise, all the potential – and yet be absolutely empty
1) If there is no Holy Spirit, or even the fullness of the Spirit
2) Only religious activity, and busyness to cover emptiness
3) No personal relationship with a spiritual Being in heaven!
f. It is in your "spirit" that you really worship God (Jn 4:24)
1) Your emotions don't matter to your worship – praise God anyway, rejoice in the Lord ALWAY
2) Your wages don't matter – poorest man alive, yet happiest
3) Your "lot" in life doesn't matter – have a home in heaven!
4) Your loneliness doesn't matter – Christ in you, greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world
5) Your losses don't matter (Philp 3) – just so that you can get to know Jesus more!
6) You may be in prison, and on death row, and yet you sing, and praise God, and preach and win souls, and live above the world (Act 16)
7) All because, IN YOUR SPIRIT is success, you have arrived already to God's place of blessing – in your inner man!
g. If your "worship" is dry and empty, you need your mind renewed
h. As a matter of fact, if you have not had your mind renewed on a daily basis, you are in deep need for renewing! The worse we are getting, the longer we go without it!
3. Now, How do we take this first step – Evaluation?
a. List out your spiritual needs as of this moment
b. Prioritise them in an order of importance
1) Maybe it is to get born again – quit putting it off – highest spiritual need of all mankind – the reason why Jesus came!
2) How about Rest from worry and anxiety, "fretting", and fear?
3) Victory of temptation's power over your life
4) Ability to lead a soul to Christ – that is only a spiritual ability
a) Courage to witness
b) Ability to Draw the net – not just ramble on
5) Having a VIBRANT relationship with God Almighty
c. Alright, have you got a list?
B. Elimination – Purge out (1Cor 5:7; 2Cor 10:4,5)
1. Remember the parable of the sower and the soil
a. All four soils had good seed – can't complain, or should stop complaining about the kind of seed God uses – the word of God
b. But all four spoils were not prepared, or ready for the seed, only 1
c. The best soil was
1) Plowed
2) Weeded
3) AND cleared – purged from stones and other things that would interfere with the growth of the plant
d. Every heart and spirit must be prepared for the soil to take root, and to bear fruit – this is where the work begins! The first step is faith. The second step is work!
2. We live in such an age that we think it strange to be commanded to "do without" things – but it is so that we can RECEIVE some things!
a. God asks us to fast on occasion – do without food, and pray
b. And to separate ourselves from things that should not be in a Christian's life – period (2Cor 6) so that we can shine as lights
3. Part of our evaluation therefore has to be to see what is in our life that is blocking the Lord's working in His Vineyard (which is US)
4. We have to be able to
a. Burn the things that are demonic – Oui-Ja boards, Tarot cards, etc
b. Break the hold of this world on our hearts and minds – like MTV, love of money, family control, and specific sins that enslave us
C. Memorization.
1. Start with single verse of Scripture that answers you spiritual need
a. Salvation – 1 John 5:12; Rom 6:23; Acts 16:31
b. Sorrow – 1 John 1:4; John 15:11
c. Temptations – 1Cor 10:13
d. Tiredness – Pr 19:15
e. Worry – John 14:1
2. No easy way – just go over and over verses of Scripture, reading them, and trying to retain them in our dim brains!
3. Expand it to larger portions of Scripture – don't be satisfied with just a few Scriptures
a. Psalm 91
b. Psalm 19
c. Psalm 23
d. James 1
4. Why is this important?
a. It is by means of the Scriptures, saturating your mind and heart and spirit with them that your mind and heart and spirit are CLEANSED (Jn 15:3)
b. The Scriptures, and only the Scriptures build your faith, one line at a time (Rom 10:17)
D. Meditation (Josh 1:8; Ps 1:3) – This is where we want to get
1. There is no short-cut
2. You have to first: Evaluate, then Eliminate, Memorize
3. THEN, you can Meditate – think, ponder, muse, contemplate, study, chew on, discover the strength, and spiritual resources that are in the eternal word of the Almighty God (Job 23:12)
4. Wrong Concept about Meditation
a. Turning OFF your mind – always calling it RESTING
b. What is meant is that you yield your mind to something called "nothingness"
c. The problem is, when you give up control of your mind and spirit, to anything but the Lord Jesus Christ, you are inviting demons and powers in to TAKE control – nature abhors a vacuum
5. The Right Way of Meditation (Gen 24:63)
a. First, Minimize – minimize all the distractions of life for a while
1) Take a portion of Scripture
2) Get alone – no TV, radio, kids, family, work, phones, etc
3) Relax – at the end of a day (Ps 63:6)
4) Walk slowly, or sit with a good outdoors view
b. Then, Begin to Visualize
1) Picture the Scriptures (Ps 51). See the agony, the remorse, the cleansing of confession of sin to God
2) Put yourself into the shoes of the one speaking, or the one hearing God speak
3) Ask yourself questions (Ps 23)
a) Is Jesus MY Shepherd?
b) Why is it that I always seem to lack or want?
c) When the Lord tries to get me to lie down, do I yield?
4) Fill your choices with the right choices as presented in Scripture (John 6:66-69)
c. Then Personalize - Make the Scriptures speak to YOU (Ps 91:14-16)
1) Make the Bible written just for you!
2) Learn to trust the Author of the Bible
3) If the Bible is a study book, a textbook, a catechism, or a religious exercise, then it is a millstone around your neck
4) It HAS to be something that is alive, and part of you, because you have lived in it, and it lives in you!
6. It is at this point, that all that you do, will be a success – not always monetarily, but spiritually!
III. Conclusion
A. God was not going to allow the devil to destroy what God had started. So He provided a substitute for sin – first lambs, then His very own Son – THE Lamb
B. THAT one event bruised Satan's head
C. But Satan is not dead yet – he is not be able to hurt your soul, but he can hurt your mind, and drag you and me down – most effectively by dulling people's spiritual awareness – making them think they are ok when they need to be born again, or making Christians they can get on without renewing their mind
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