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thank you its good to know my wife patty and i were gambling at mountaneer and it was time to come home she said hey lets stop here this place looks friendly boy im glad we did we make special trips down here and bring our friends to eat here the food is very reasonable and good portions and like its home made wow what a find get dinner for 2 for under 20.00 [email protected]
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After shopping in nearby Calcutta, OH, my sister & I decided to have lunch at Connie's, in the heart of Chester, WV. Located downtown along State Rte. 2, the eatery is owned by Bob & Connie Hissam, and is always busy at mealtime. Limited parking along the side of their building, but parking is free along Carolina Ave. & the side streets. Street-level entry. Country kitchen decor, with seating for about 75 at tables or booths. A nice variety on their menu, to please virtually any taste. Known for their breakfast buffet on the weekend. Catering service available. Meals are served on Fiestaware, manufactured at the local Home Laughlin factory in nearby Newell, WV. Cash or plastic accepted. Connie's is a main draw for local folks who are bored with the fast food fare. (While we were there, members of Chester's police force and clergy were having lunch.)
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Although I've enjoyed items from their dinner menu in the past (excellent roast turkey dinner), my sister & I came for lunch at the noon hour — one of Connie's busiest times. Although there were lots of customers (totalling about 40), there was plenty of wait staff to meet, greet & satisfy everyone.
I ordered their grilled hamburger with a side order of chilled, cinnamon applesauce, which was served first. Then came the fresh ground beef grilled patty (quarter-pound size) with lettuce & tomato on a toasted potato bun. The burger was juicy and tender — no prefab frozen stuff here. Serving of rippled potato chips included on the plate.
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Sister ordered one of Connie's Corner's lunchtime features, the Connie club sandwich. This is a club sandwich on toasted white bread that's sort of a combined grilled ham & melted cheese and crisp, fried lean bacon-lettuce-&-sliced tomato with a fried egg in the middle. Very delicious and satisfying. A serving of rippled chips included. With tip, lunch for the two of us totalled less than $12.00.
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Hope had a couple of trial runs through the hospital in June so she could settle into her environment, said Gary Zavoral, spokesman for the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region.
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"When they were pushing me out and I saw her, the pain kind of just dissipated and went away," Leigon said. "She puts people at ease."
Hope and Leigon reunited Tuesday at the hospital, and the minimare seemed to remember the former patient.
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The volunteers and their therapy pets strive to relieve patients' stress, said Kathy Montgomery, Paws on Call pets therapy coordinator for Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento.
"It brings a lightness into the hospital room," Montgomery said. "We are simply there to alleviate some of that stress and take their mind off of the hospitalization. Some patients say it's like bringing a little bit of the outside in."
The therapy animals are a hit at the hospital, said Dr. Lisa Guirguis, a breast cancer surgeon who supports Paws on Call's mission. Kippy, her King Charles spaniel, is a therapy dog who visits patients frequently.
Patients often ask her to write a prescription for a one-hour pet therapy session, she said. Guirguis has seen how the animals can benefit the patients' health.
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Schaeffer, who has trained horses for 35 years, adopted Hope with the intention of her being a therapy horse, she said. Together Hope, Schaeffer and her husband, Ken, are the Comfort Team.
"This is what we were called to do," Schaeffer said. "I can't even begin to explain how wonderful it is. It's probably the best thing I've ever been a part of."
The Comfort Team also visits assisted living facilities and special-needs children at her church, First Baptist in Elk Grove, she said. When Hope isn't visiting patients, the elderly or children, she frolics in her paddock that is 50 feet by 50 feet or relaxes in her stall that is 12 feet by 24 feet, where Christian music plays all day.
Although most horses travel by trailer, Hope commutes place-to-place in the back of Schaeffer's SUV, where she rides around with her head sticking out, Schaeffer said.
Schaeffer hopes that her minihorse provides comfort and happiness to patients and people in need, she said. Her aspiration to please patients has been fulfilled so far.
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Shailene was able to upload the message following her release from Morton County Jail in the US State on Tuesday.
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Location of Amagasaki in Hyōgo Prefecture
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As of April 2017, the city has an estimated population of 450,765 and a population density of 9,100 persons per km².[1] The total area is 49.77 km².
During the Edo period, the Amagasaki Domain had its administrative headquarters at Amagasaki Castle here.
Notable residentsEdit
Amagasaki is the hometown of comedy duo Downtown stars Masatoshi Hamada and Hitoshi Matsumoto. It is also the hometown of Formula 1 driver Kamui Kobayashi, Chiyu, the bassist of SuG, author Koushun Takami and Heath, bassist of X Japan. Hideki Irabu, an ex-MLB pitcher and Toshiaki Nishioka, a former world champion boxer, is also from this area.
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Politics of AmagasakiEdit
On 22 November 2010 Kazumi Inamura became the first popularly elected Greens Japan Mayor as well as the youngest popularly-elected female mayor of the city with 54% of the vote.[2]
Amagasaki is a major part of the Hanshin Industrial Region. Businesses headquartered in the city include manufacturers such as Osaka Titanium Technologies.[3] The value of manufactured goods shipments in Amagasaki was 1,288 billion yen in 2004.[4]
See also Hanshin Industrial Region.
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2015)
The city has a North Korean school, Amagasaki Korean Elementary and Middle School (尼崎朝鮮初中級学校).[5] It previously had a second school, Amagasaki East Korean Elementary School (尼崎東朝鮮初級学校).[5]
Sister citiesEdit
- ^ "Official website of Amagasaki City" (in Japanese). Japan: Amagasaki City. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "Kazumi Inamura receives 54% of the vote to become the first Green mayor elected in Japan". Global Greens. 2010-11-22. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
- ^ "Company Outline." Osaka Titanium Technologies. Retrieved on March 28, 2014.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2007-03-30.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
- ^ a b "Archived copy" ウリハッキョ一覧. Chongryon. Archived from the original on July 26, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2015.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)()
External linksEdit
|Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Amagasaki.
- Media related to Amagasaki, Hyogo at Wikimedia Commons
- Amagasaki City official website (in Japanese) English machine translation is available on the site.


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In my career as a Systems Administrator, when confronted with yet another overgrown and mismanaged file share or email server I would often use the term 'organic growth' as a negative. The mess it leaves signals an IT Department that is at best struggling; at worst, being ignored by the business they support.
I'm a technician at heart. I'm confident in my systems and my processes, and I build them to support the budget and direction of my employer. I was sure that organic growth occurred because the people who caused it were being ignorant, selfish or stubborn.
I was wrong. About my process I mean, not the people. Most of the time they were being difficult, but from the flip side of the same coin I was on. I was missing the point to how my employer wanted to use technology, no one had explained the rules to me.
The building of computer-human interface has been a hotbed of activity ever since Douglas Englebart designed the first mouse. Behavioural science, user interface and experience design, cognitive psychology and computer-human augmentation studies all push to understand how humans use technology.
In regards to the experience of detrimental organic systems growth, one simple observation can be made:
"A negative pressure upon an individual to conform will not moderate that individuals adoption of a tool."
In short, if your technology puts rules in place that don't make sense and are not in line with how your people believe your business should run? Good luck trying to get them to use it. If you force the issue you'll see the organic growth I was talking about, as your staff seek to work around the issue and drive your IT Department insane.
What should a healthy system look like?
For technology to work it needs rules that dictate it's use and connection to value. The same is true for a pencil as it is for a laptop. Obviously there are a few more steps to 'sharpening' a laptop, but the analogy works.
Currently, the top three characteristics of rules for easily adopted systems are:
Elasticity. Rules must be flexible with a tendency to return to its original shape. When defining what it is that your business does to make money, don't attach those rules to any technology. The rules should be able to bend to encourage experimentation but eventually technology you adopt should be able to support your businesses 'original shape'. If that technology is not there already? It's time to innovate!
Weight. There must be an inherent importance to the rule for an individual. This value can be economic (I get more done following the rule), cultural (The rule makes sense) or social (I feel connected to others when I follow the rule). This weight is transferred to the technology used; if it is positive weight individuals will persist even if the tool is flawed. If it's negative weight, that's obviously going to cause problems.
In Process. The rule has to be included within the typical activity for the individual, or be engaged naturally as an expansion or addition. The true indication that a rule has been adopted is that no one notices it any more. There are no hurdles, no savage learning curves and no one needs to 'buck' the system. A rule that just clicks can provide enhanced cognitive absorption (the sense that "time flies when you're having fun") and greatly emphasize the individuals active involvement in a process.
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Jason! see the samsung..it has much more phones at the same category, and those are more expensive than nokias' and I wont be happy without 7210/7250..and the 5xxx is for the siemen m-class..
There are just way too meany phones that are too similar: Nokia 2100, 3315, 3610, 1100 & 2300 are all entry level handsets couldnt nokia make just one or two of these with all the features combined which are very similar and basic anyway?
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Almost a pure copy of the 3100 with hardly any features, 4 chord polyphonic ringtones, 4K colour screen. Manifacturers should stop pumping out brand new phones every week...instead they should spend more time designing a few really good ones than heaps of really crap ones. It will be easier for them to have only a few production lines open at once and leaving them open for longer & it will also help us customers by having fewer to choose from. Does anyone here agree with my comments?
Ok Nokia, enough is enough.
Your friggin phones all look the same, all the same specifications, same crap screen (year 2004, 4096 just isn't real). There is no variety in what Nokia offers. BORING. UGLY. Get a better marketing plan, cuz you guys are going down.
drop those low-cost phones and start producing some real ones, with a better display-screen and camera.. the 6230 is brilliant, but they really have to make a new menu/interface!
why 4 096 colors. why go back in time when we are in the future? Sorry nokia but you have stuffed up big time!
Another low-cost phone made by nokia, but only 4096 colors??
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The joint Cass Business School in London and New City Agenda Think Tank (which is cross-societal and counts Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, as a board member) has conducted a recent study into banking culture, published in the FT, questioning how effective large scale culture change programs really are and suggesting it could take a generation for real change to take hold. The effectiveness of major change programs that a number of banks are invested in called to question because most of the cultural messaging is "getting lost in the middle" the study claims.
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Second, if I learned anything from "Rocky IV," don't trust the Eastern Bloc.
And third, nothing makes my ears sing like the melodious crashing of heavy barbells.
But here I am, penning (er, typing) exactly a post on that. How did I get here?
It's easy to cite many of the pro-kettlebell reasons you'll find on Google: they're small(ish) and versatile; they're great for being efficient with your time; with proper instruction they can build strength, mobility, and improve your conditioning; every exercise with a bell is a full body exercise.
But after 5+ years in the industry and coaching hundreds of people, I'm going to try to boil it down to two main points.
1. Kettlebells allow for alternating and reciprocating movements.
People will often ask if there's any exercise (or modes of exercise) that I hate. I truly believe that there's no such thing as a bad exercise. But there IS such a thing as a bad exercise for you, based on your movement, mobility, goals, athletic and injury history. Let me explain.
With a high prevalence of desk jobs - and Netflix constantly putting out several different reasons to stay on the couch - many people don't get as much movement as they require. Add in someone's likely list of previous injuries and mobility restrictions, and it creates a lot of rigidity in our bodies, particularly in someone's thorax. This problem can often be exacerbated by traditional, gainz-seeking exercises - back squatting, bench pressing, and dare I say, deadlifting? Our bodies adapt to these movements by making our rib cage and thorax even stiffer, contributing to back and shoulder problems, neck pain, and even lower limb and hip issues.
Many of the main kettlebell movements - especially those with only one bell - avoid this trap by allowing the rib cage and our thorax to move. The Turkish Get-up, Single Bell Racked Squat, One Handed Deadlift, Single Leg Deadlift, and Kettlebell Windmill are the first few to come to mind and there are plenty more. These movements allow for multiple planes of movement and introduce alternating patterns, rather than what one typically gets from a barbell.
At the same time, kettlebells and barbells are not mutually exclusive. They work together in building a more resilient, stronger body. We have 136 joints in our thorax. It IS designed to move. But sometimes we need to take a step back before we take a giant leap forward.
2. They encourage skills, not a workout.
I still remember the first time I saw a beautifully performed kettlebell swing. It looked simple, athletic, powerful, and graceful. It was devoid of inefficient movement. But most of all, there was a mystique about the kettlebell that I couldn't shake.
Then I tried the kettlebell swing. Monkey see, monkey do. And, well, this monkey was a massive failure.
And while I'm thankful I don't have video of my first few swings - with absolutely no instruction, of course - I've greatly improved since. Through this continual improvement, the biggest lesson the kettlebell has taught me is to chase your skills, rather than chasing a workout.
Because if you're just chasing a workout, you'll end up with a workout. You may not know if you're actually improving any qualities. But you'll sweat and sweat, and if you've been in North Carolina over the past few weeks, you'll sweat some more.
But if you chase your skills - a more efficient and safer swing; prioritizing what you can squat, press, or TGU - you'll still get your workout, but much more. You'll develop the strength, conditioning, athleticism, and grace it takes to master the basic movements. You'll know if you're making progress. If not? You'll know what you need to clean up, as kettlebells teach with a big stick.
And that's when the fun begins.


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parties + toddlers: a survival guide
first off, i am clearly no expert here. so feel free to continue to read way more mature blogs and credible sources for advice. however, i do have a lot of experience in this department! we drag our kids to a lot of parties and we are often the first ones to arrive and the last ones to leave (i blame josh. the man just does not know how to say goodbye) of course there are those times when no matter how hard we try to do everything right, plan every nap and wiggle time out, sometimes things just go their own way. that said, today i am sharing a few things that can really help get you get through the day and still have fun. that is the point after all!
i highly suggest researching the event location!! if it is at a museum ask yourself, do they allow strollers? if at a park find out if parking is free or cash-only. that kind of thing that seems like no big deal until you have two tiny humans in the back seat of your car and are like dude, what's the hold up.
for a recent wedding we attended with the boys, the ceremony was held at a church. since there isn't a whole lot you can do to entertain a little person in a house of deity, you kind of pray for the best, lol. especially in our case since josh and i are not religious and our kids do not attend church. that said, i knew there would be outdoor space so josh and i took turns taking the boys outside to run around. a pen and paper also helped bide the time. also, just telling myself that all i could do was my best helped me mentally prepare for whatever happened. but man. that was a tough one. people at the reception came up to us later and said how well-behaved the boys were and i was like really? so it's always worse in your head. remind yourself of that!
another tip: find something to read! then hunt down a pen and let your kid scribble all over. probably not the most responsible advice here but hey, it works.
playing peek-a-boo with your seat neighbors! or video games on your iphone. hrmph.
have a place to take a breather. perhaps give yourself a pep talk in the mirror.
have a drink and try to look as cool as josh savoring it.
lose the pants. just kidding. unless you're knox's age then GO FOR IT.
keep your hands full. looking busy makes people think you somehow have supermom powers and think, "wow, how does she do it?"
always remember to smile.
and just go with it.
then ditch 'em and hang with your friends.
look amazing. people couldn't care less how rowdy your tribe is during cocktail hour when toddler suiting and suspenders are involved.
choose your battles. let them run around and be kids.
hopefully by dinner the will be tired out. yea right that never happens.
lastly, try not to lose them. or your mind. oh, and don't forget to have fun!


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Date: Saturday, June 22, 2019
Time: 12:30 to 2:00 pm; 1.5 hrs
Location: Pavilion Building, The Homestead Resort as part of the Solstice Flute Festival
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China's software and information technology service sector keeps growing fast, taking advantage of the huge opportunities offered by the digital economy.
Statistics from the Ministry of Commerce show that the software sector's income in 2017 reached 5.5 trillion yuan ($854.32 billion), up 13.9 percent year-on-year, and the annual R&D investment of companies in the industry was nearly 11 percent.
"In the digital economy era, new technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data have injected new momentum into the software industry," said Wang Bingnan, vice-minister of commerce.
"Digital trade will become the main type of trading in the future," said Wang.
He made the remarks in a keynote speech at the 2018 China International Software and Information Service Fair, which was held from June 12 to 15 in Dalian, Liaoning province.
The fair attracted more than 750 companies from over 30 countries and regions including Israel, the United States, Canada and Japan. The fair's organizing committee said that more than 700 agreements had been made at the event, worth a total of 814 million yuan.
During the fair, the ministry issued the China Digital Trade and Software Export Report 2017, which showed that although the growth of China's software exports has slowed since 2016, its scale had increased significantly, and the value chain continued to be upgraded.
In 2017, China's software exports totaled $37.556 billion, 2.6 times the amount in 2011, an increase of 9.72 percent year-on-year.
Sun Wei, a professor of computer science and technology at Dalian Neusoft University of Information, said that domestic software companies' independent innovation continues to get stronger.
The report showed that China's software copyright registration volume has been growing significantly-from 100,000 in 2011 to 400,000 in 2016, and 700,000 in 2017.
Despite that, Sun said China's software industry and exports face many challenges, such as a lack of independent innovation of basic software tools and increasingly fierce global competition.
According to Jin Guowei, vice-mayor of Dalian, the city is a microcosm of China's development of software industry. With 20 years of development, the city now boasts nearly 3,000 software and information service companies, more than 200,000 software professionals, and the industry's annual operating income exceeds 100 billion yuan.


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A Course In Creating
This 5-week course is an information-packed practicum in consciously creating what matters to you so that your life becomes an ever-greater celebration of your divinely human creative spirit.
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At this site we maintain a list of the 5000 Largest Known Primes which is updated hourly. This list is the most important databases at The Prime Pages: a collection of research, records and results all about prime numbers. This page summarizes our information about one of these primes.
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Verification status (*):PRP
Official Comment:Lucas number
Proof-code(s): (*):DK : Keller, Dubner, Cruncher
Decimal Digits:3020 (log10 is 3019.66241397194)
Rank (*):87900 (digit rank is 9)
Entrance Rank (*):1840
Currently on list? (*):short
Last modified:3/3/1995
Database id:29473
Status Flags:Verify
Score (*):28.7208 (normalized score 0)
There are certain forms classed as
archivable: these prime may (at times)
remain on this list even if they do not make
the Top 5000 proper. Such primes are tracked with archival
Lucas Number (archivable *)
Prime on list: yes, rank 12
Subcategory: "Lucas Number"
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The Top 5000 Primes is a list for proven primes only. In order to maintain the
integrity of this list, we seek to verify the primality of all submissions.
We are currently unable to check all proofs (ECPP, KP, ...), but we will at least trial
divide and PRP
check every entry before it is included in the list.
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notesPFGW Version 20020311.x86_Dev (Alpha software, 'caveat utilitor') Running N-1 test using base 11 Primality testing V(14449) [N-1/N+1, Brillhart-Lehmer-Selfridge] Running N+1 test using discriminant 17, base 6+sqrt(17) Calling N-1 BLS with factored part 2.98% and helper 1.84% (10.81% proof) V(14449) is Fermat and Lucas PRP! (123.100000 seconds)
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Hell gallery headed for London
A gallery set up in a spare room has been invited to show its alternative approach at the Tate Modern in London.
Source: 7.30 Victoria | Duration: 6min 50sec
Topics: contemporary-art, arts-and-entertainment, visual-art, australia, melbourne-3000
JOSEPHINE CAFAGNA, PRESENTER: A Melbourne gallery that is challenging traditional notions of how art should be presented and viewed has won an invitation to exhibit at the Tate Modern in London. Hell Gallery was set up by two Melbourne artists in a spare room under their apartment. It's only opened one day a week, but has a growing following among Melbourne's alternative art scene. Matthew Stanley went along to have a look.
JESS JOHNSON, HELL GALLERY: So to make people feel relaxed we created all these distractions like having DJs, having this side room where we have bands play. We have these outdoor monitors where we show movies. We have the barbeque.
JORDAN MARANI, HELL GALLERY: The footy goes on at 8:30 if the footy's on.
JESS JOHNSON: There's usually dancing later on. There's all these things that you're not really supposed to do in an art gallery environment.
MATTHEW STANLEY, REPORTER: When Jess Johnson and Jordy Marani decided to turn a spare downstairs room into an art gallery; they set out to ignore just about every rule and tradition of the industry.
JESS JOHNSON: We wanted to build something we had control over and we could show work that we found interesting and not really have to answer to anyone. We didn't want to have to charge artists a rental fee to exhibit here.
JORDAN MARANI: Yeah, we didn't want formal proposals.
JESS JOHNSON: We didn't want formal proposals.
MATTHEW STANLEY: The result is Hell, a gallery that's almost an artwork in itself.
JORDAN MARANI: A bit like being in a theme park ride.
MATTHEW STANLEY: The focus is on offering alternative artists the chance for their first solo show.
JESS JOHNSON: We tend to be attracted to troublemakers and people who don't quite fit in doing something a little bit left of centre or a bit edgy or - we're not very - we don't like art that looks like art in magazines.
NAT THOMAS, ARTIST: Last year I had a show called Let's Get Boweryed, looking at the work of Leigh Bowery. He's a famous artist from Sunshine. It was about dressing up and the impact that costume can have on how people are responding to a party, I guess.
MATTHEW STANLEY: Are we repeating the theme?
NAT THOMAS: Yeah, I guess I am!
FANNY BROWN, ARTIST: I made a little miniature island that was about to be destroyed by this giant octopus - or octopussy - with tentacles and stuff with a massive kind of vagina, basically.
MATTHEW STANLEY: Nice.
FANNY BROWN: Yeah. ... It's just like going to a barbeque at someone's house, but you get to see art and music and have a great time and there's no pretentious kind of thing going on like where you might find at other institutions.
MATTHEW STANLEY: Is it still serious art then?
FANNY BROWN: Well, yeah, I think so. I mean, I know a lot of the artists who exhibited here and I know I'm a serious - very serious artist.
MATTHEW STANLEY: Both artists themselves, Hell's curators, pay the bills working as art installers at some of the city's biggest galleries. They come home to their apartment beside the railway tracks in Richmond to one of the smallest. No-one's getting rich in Hell.
JESS JOHNSON: I'm not so interested in that side. I think we're making our own fun and our own community here. There's a perception that I think is taught at art school where students will get a degree and then they will go show at certain artist-run spaces and hope to get noticed by a commercial gallery and then, you know, it's their dream to get represented and then they live happily ever after and that doesn't really happen for hardly any artists that we know. No-one really makes enough money to survive on it. So it's a lifestyle choice, I guess.
MATTHEW STANLEY: But people are taking notice. Its openings attract the sort of numbers commercial galleries dream of.
JESS JOHNSON: If we made an environment that we would feel comfortable in and have fun in, then hopefully other people would see us having fun and come and join in, and they have.
MATTHEW STANLEY: It's been so successful that for the last month they've been working on their first international show, having won an invite to the Tate Modern in London. 'No Soul for Sale' will feature 50 artist-run galleries from around the world that are challenging the traditional approach to presenting art and attracting an audience.
Given 25 square metres of some of the world's most prestigious gallery space to work with, they're planning to recreate Hell in cardboard.
For Jess Johnson, it's a return to familiar territory, but in a dramatically different guise. Before setting up Hell, she worked briefly at the Tate Modern as a gallery attendant.
JESS JOHNSON: You didn't get to talk to a lot of people as a gallery attendant apart from answering questions about where the bathroom was and telling people not to touch things.
MATTHEW STANLEY: But you'll be going back there as a curator. Curator? Is that what we're calling you?
JESS JOHNSON: Gallery directors.
MATTHEW STANLEY: Gallery directors.
JESS JOHNSON: Or galleryists. Is it galleryist?
JORDAN MARANI: Galleryist? Gallery director sounds more powerful though.
JESS JOHNSON: OK. World domination.
JORDAN MARANI: World domination is our aim, yep.
MATTHEW STANLEY: But unlike its namesake, Hell won't last forever. Some openings are now so crowded people can't get to the barbeque and its creators are predicting an early demise. After all, what's the point of an art opening if you can't get a snag with sauce?
JESS JOHNSON: I think it probably will outgrow itself. It's got a finite amount of time.
JORDAN MARANI: Yeah. And it is about here as well, I think. I mean, name-wise and all that, it's all - it's kind of rooted in this place in a sense.
JESS JOHNSON: And other things will pop up to take its place.
JOSEPHINE CAFAGNA: Matthew Stanley with that story.


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Stop Being Distracted
How we get distracted.
I've discovered that the biggest things that derail productivity in my day are those things that
We have the skill, experience, voice and access to do the thing that only we can do. But when we get focused on something else – with anything else – we've stepped out of the realm of high performance and are now hanging out with a group that could only be called "distracted."
We're stealing opportunities
It's not just that we're distracted. The truth is that we're also robbing our downline of opportunities to learn and grow. When we do it all we're naturally limiting the opportunities that we could have been creating for others to learn and grow. We know it's not good, but we keep doing it.
So how do we get past it? How do we ensure we're creating opportunities for our downline (to learn and grow) while also focusing on successfully advancing our Nu Skin business?
Easy. Create a NOT TO DO list.
My NOT TO DO list
I love playing with technology and creating new online tools for our downline. But I shouldn't be messing with any of those. There's no need. So until I hear of a need, it's on my NOT TO DO list.
I could go on with all the things on my NOT TO DO list, but that's not the point. I think you get the concept. That's the easy part. The hard part is creating your own list. Because only you know what gets in your way. Only you know what derails you. Only you know what woos you, even if it shouldn't.
So go get started. Define what you aren't willing to do, and find others who will do it (even if they take longer).
What's on yours?
Go ahead, comment below and tell me what you're putting on your NOT TO DO list.
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A Second Warning to Humanity
In the original warning, scientists noted concern about damage on planet Earth such as ozone depletion, freshwater availability, marine life depletion, ocean dead zones, forest loss, biodiversity destruction, climate change, and human population growth. Scientists spelled out the steps we had to take to begin halting this damage including increasing conservation efforts, decreasing dependencies on fossil fuels, stabilizing the population, eliminating poverty, and giving women rights over their own reproduction.
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To put it simply, the statistics are devastating. Since just 1992, the human population has increased by 35%, or 2 billion people. Population growth itself is the driver for much of the ecological impact. We are pushing the earth to its capacity to handle life.
The chart below, from the publication, shows the exponential changes that are occurring in recent history. This is having devastating effects on food scarcity, clean water, and animal life.
Source: World Scientists' Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice
However, what this second warning also tells us is with a concerted effort it is possible to begin slowing and reversing our impact.
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We can make a change.
Scientists noted that there has been progress made in reducing poverty and fertility in third world areas due to advancements in women's education. Women are gaining power over their own reproduction and the ability to educate themselves. These two pieces were part of the suggestions in 1992 that scientists said would be crucial to begin to change.
Renewable energy industries have also grown, demonstrating the effects of advocacy and societal pressures on changing our ways.
"With a groundswell of organized grassroots efforts, dogged opposition can be overcome and political leaders compelled to do the right thing. It is also time to re-examine and change our individual behaviors, including limiting our own reproduction (ideally to replacement level at most) and drastically diminishing our per capita consumption of fossil fuels, meat, and other resources."
How can we respond to this warning?
While it is important to donate to worthy causes, recycle, and participate in local elections to support leaders that will support the environment, the key piece that is wreaking havoc is our obsession with consumption.
Related Post: 20 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day
Gone are the days of buying clothes when it was needed and using products until they were gone, the retail industry has surged on the notion of keeping up with trends. The clothing industry itself is the second largest polluter in the world only to oil.
Those $10 shirts at mega retailers like Old Navy and H&M are having an incredible impact. There is an extraordinary amount of resources needed in cotton farming (toxic pesticides and dyes), to extraction, harvesting, manufacturing, and shipping. I recommend watching The True Cost documentary, available on Netflix, to get an idea on the harrowing impact on not only the earth but human rights that the retail industry is having.
Small changes to habits can have exponential impacts on your personal finances and environmental footprint. However, changing these habits clearly means changing our mentality and pushing back against industries that are marketing to you.
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I love the 90's throwback style Emma Roberts wore with her latest outfit with on-again boyfriend Evan Peters (who adorably still looks very sheepish in front of the paparazzi) in LA the other day. The couple was seen taking a stroll after grabbing some coffee, and Emma wore this navy lace babydoll dress with bell sleeves.
But my favorite part about this look has to be the shoes. Half grunge combat boots, half slip-on mules. They look so comfortable, but still have that edge to them. And there's some serious hardware on them…absolutely love them!


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The only thing I really don't like about Spotify... is that it publishes the music that you're listening to to Facebook.
Unless you change your settings (which I always forget to do), it automatically tells all your friends which songs you're listening to!
Now, maybe I'm the only one who feels this way, but I can get a wee bit self-conscious about my music tastes.
I listen to a lot of classic stuff- like Tracy Chapman, Bruce Springsteen, The Beatles, Led Zep- stuff that nobody can dispute is damn fine music. But, like most people, I've also got my cringe-y music that I don't want anyone to know about.
Well, screw it. If Spotify's going to tell everyone anyway, I'd at least like to beat it to the punch. Here's all my cringe-y music, exposed to the world!
I know, he's "not cool", but I don't care, okay! His music makes me happy, and yes, it may be cheesy, but he's also a really great musician, so just SHUSH.
2. Taylor Swift
I think most teenage girls have been through a brief Swifty phase. I was about thirteen, and I still sometimes come back to her music if I'm feeling a bit low!
I like ABBA. I don't think I should really have to defend this one, they're the only good thing to come out of Eurovision... ever.
4. Eminem
As a middle class white girl from North London, I always feel a little self-conscious about the fact that I like rap. I feel like its somehow uncool or weird for me to know all the words to Eminem songs, which is stupid I know, but I can't help it!
5. Avril Lavigne
Okay, so I wasn't a happy thirteen year old (who was??) and Avril Lavigne was my angsty music of choice for that period of time. Occasionally, I still play 'Girlfriend' if I'm feeling nostalgic!
So judge away, NAAB NUTTERs. Or, if you're feeling equally betrayed by Spotify's decision to publish my music choices, comment your cringey music below. Of course commenting is anonymous, so go for it! I look forward to reading about all of your most embarrassing teenage albums!