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About Life Shaping Bowls
Life Shaping Singing Bowls is about using the tones from Crystal Singing Bowls and Guided Imagery to harmonize you with your unique personal frequency which creates positive change and promotes love, prosperity, health and wellbeing! It is about using highly charged sound to shape your life.
How It Works:
You are made of Energy. Energy is always in motion. That constant motion of energy is called Vibration. You Vibrate!
Your vibration is like a radio station sending out a unique signal. I call it your unique Frequency.
Many things effect the creation of your unique frequency… Your attitudes, beliefs, perceptions, emotions and culture all lend to an individual set of vibration you cast out, which culminate in a very unique vibrational pattern. Your unique frequency!
Your unique frequency has magnetic power.
Your unique frequency has the power to influence energy and magnetically bring forth into your life situations and opportunities that match your unique frequency.
In other words your unique frequency is shaping your life.
When you lose the awareness that you are vibrating, creating frequencies, and shaping your life, you start feeling stuck, confused, unhappy or unwell.
Hidden within you already exists the code and secret potential for you to vibrate at the frequency of your greatest wellbeing. When you are tuned to that frequency you flourish, thrive and experience fulfillment! You get results! You feel good, … even when bad things happen.
Life Shaping Singing Bowls is about bringing your unique frequency back in tune with your greatest wellbeing.
Sound has been used all the way back to Lemuria and in every ancient civilization to enhance healing. Its underlying purpose is always to utilize sound vibration to bring oneself in to harmony with their unique frequency of wellbeing.
Experience this unique blend of sound and imagery as the Life Shaping Crystal Singing Bowls shift you into wellbeing.!
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I have been working in the field of body, mind and soul since I was a teenager. I grew up in a home where the supernatural was natural so I found myself immersed in metaphysics at a young age. At the age of 18 I was doing professional Intuitive Readings and had my Hypnotherapy certification by the time I was 22. I was hooked and have been ever since. It is my joy to continue to serve people doing Intuitive Readings and sharing many other methods of healing mentally, emotionally and physically with my clients.
Through the years I have studied Reiki, Nutritional Microscopy, Sound Healing, NLP…and the list goes on. I developed a very special course that delivers the most important keys to creating your reality and designing your future called the Life Shaping Program. It is my gem to share with all who are interested in shaping their lives.
I began to receive messages and images about shifting some of my healing techniques to include tuning forks. Divinely led I ended up in a store in Sedona that sold fusion crystal singing bowls and fell in love them. I walked out of that store with my first set of tuning forks and a new calling to the sound of singing bowls.
Within six months of my first encounter, the Universe led me to my second encounter with crystal singing bowls and there was no turning back. I was battling some severe health issues and discovered the bowls and forks improved my condition by 50% in the first week of working with them.
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Less Is More: Simple Tools To Get Things Done
I love getting things done.
But just like you, I battle interruptions, multi-tasking, stress, and procrastination on a daily basis.
One way I know to combat this is to set up systems to make productivity as easy as possible.
The only problem?
With so many tools and apps out there that promise to boost your productivity, it's easy to get overwhelmed. Productivity apps themselves can be a major distraction.
That's why I want to share four simple productivity tools that I use to get things done that are really working for me.
Let's jump right in.
1. Trello
Trello is an effective, handy way to stay organized.
I use it as a goal-setting tool for my blog because it's the easiest project management system I've found online.
It's basically the online version of the typical cork board where you have cards (like sticky notes) that can be dragged and dropped onto lists.
My favorite feature? The checklist —an extremely useful way of keeping track of subtasks within a card.
It really is that simple.
2. Google Calendar
Gcal eats all other to-do list apps for breakfast.
It's the easiest way to quickly schedule meetings, and get reminders about upcoming tasks.
In fact, you want all your tasks to appear on it so you can see when a task should be started, and completed.
The secret is to plan several days, even weeks in advance, where you can immediately find free blocks of time in your calendar.
And you're set!
3. Productivity Planner
What's your most important task of the day? If this was the only thing you did today, you'd be satisfied?
Such is the premise of the Productivity Planner.
It's a wonderful journal that helps you prioritize and accomplish the vital few tasks that make your day satisfying.
And the best part?
Not only is the planner goal-oriented and career-driven, but also very aesthetically pleasing.
4. Good old-fashioned notebooks
I confess I'm a notebook addict. And living SO close to the lovely On Paper store doesn't help me in my recovery.
Part of my productivity routine is writing down (by hand), takeaways from books, podcasts and videos that provide insight into my goals, or ways of thinking that I'd like to remember to employ.
Fact is it's a nice, seamless reminder of tips that really means I don't have to reread the same articles, or rewatch the same TED talks.
Don't you agree?
Bringing it all together
Regardless of the tools you use, the key to productivity is to do what works for you.
Using a combination of Trello, Google Calendar, the Productivity Planner, and old-fashioned notebooks works really well for me.
But the bottom line is this:
The complexity of the system doesn't really matter — what's important is that it helps you finish what you need to do.
Now make it happen. :)

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In Mark 9:24 a man says to Jesus "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!". Today Steve helps unpack a little about what it means to believe and what we can do with our doubts and unbelief.
Small group meetings this week will develop this conversation further by posing some questions.


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The mere mention of body fat conjures images of overweight, beer-bellied men or women with their jelly bellies and thunder thighs.
This is why you'll find thousands of articles about losing body fat, or magazines loaded with front cover headlines that promise to get rid of x amount of body fat in x days.
But what if it's not that simple? What if there's more to body fat than just burning it?
Body fat is something everyone has an opinion on, but is not always clearly understood. As it turns out, there's more to this conversation than just "X steps to lose body fat." Your body requires some to be healthy, but it also requires you to keep those levels in check.
Let's get to it.
What is Body Fat?
It seems like an obvious question: what is body fat? You're probably thinking that it's "the fat you can see and point at." Yes, that's true - but that's only half the picture.
Body fat can be broken down into smaller components, and to have a better understanding of how to manage your body fat, you first need to know how to talk about it.
The first thing to understand is that just as food laden in fat doesn't automatically make you fat because not all dietary fats are created equal, the same goes for body fat.
First off, there's essential body fat. It plays a significant role in your overall health and as its name implies, it is essential for survival.
Present in organs, bone marrow, nerve cells, and the brain, your essential body fat helps you:
- Have sufficient energy reserves by acting as a metabolic fuel
- Conserve body heat by acting as an insulator
- Protect your internal organs and joints by acting as soft, fluffy cushion
- Reproduce; body fat and fertility are heavily linked to each other
Normal essential fat values are pegged at 3 percent and 8 to 12 percent for men and women, respectively. The higher fat ranges in women account for female-specific fat needs due to childbearing and similar reproductive functions.
Meanwhile, nonessential or storage fat is fat that accumulates as energy reserves.
While there's no official standard for acceptable body fat values, the ranges 10-20 percent for males and 18-28 percent for women are good ranges to set goals around. These are slightly less forgiving than those set by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) - which acknowledges a range of 10-22 percent in men and 20-32 percent in women - because they're centered around an average PBF of 15% for men and 23% for women.
If you're figuring out the right body composition goal specific to you, these ranges are excellent starting points. It's worth noting that body fat percentages should not be confused with BMI (body mass index) values.
Going one level further beyond essential and storage fat is the fact that storage fat itself can be further divided into two: subcutaneous and visceral.
Although they're both components of storage fat, they're quite different from each other. So different in fact, that these two types of fat have different gene expressions. This means they are literally different and function independently from each other.
Deposited underneath the skin, subcutaneous fat is fat that you can see, touch, and pinch. Because it's visible and impacts body shape, this is the type of fat that typically motivates men and women to improve their body compositions.
This is also the type of fat pinched with skinfold calipers to determine body composition.
The skinfold test via fat calipers was once considered the standard in obtaining a general estimate of the amount of subcutaneous fat you have in the body. However, the usefulness of using body fat calipers has been called into question because, among other concerns, they aren't able to accurately account for or report the second, more dangerous type of body fat.
This, of course, is visceral fat. It is invisible to the eye and comfortably snugs itself between your abdominal organs. Visceral fat is recognized as a worse health threat than subcutaneous fat. In fact, it's considered a strong, independent predictor of all-cause mortality in men.
And then there's metabolic obesity.
It happens when individuals have too much visceral fat (regardless of whether you're lean or obese), increasing their risk for developing conditions like cardiovascular disease.
The mechanism behind visceral fat's role as a health threat is largely attributed to the following:
- Visceral Fat as a Secretory Organ
Visceral fat used to be to thought of as an inert (inactive) tissue. However, it turns out that it's a secretory (active) organ, capable of pumping out proteins just like your liver does, or your pancreas.
Again: visceral fat doesn't just sit there. It's active, and it contributes to poor health.
The proteins visceral fat produces are called cytokines, and they're one of your immune system's "foot soldiers."Excess visceral fat pumps out much more of these cytokines than you need. Just like you wouldn't want soldiers always patrolling your neighborhood, you don't want more cytokines in your body triggering inflammation and putting unnecessary stress on your healthy organs.
While cytokines are normally helpful proteins, too much can potentially increase your risk of diabetes mellitus, hypertension and atherosclerosis — conditions that characterize metabolic syndrome.
- Visceral Fat's Location
Visceral fat's location near the portal vein (the vein that blood from the stomach, pancreas, and spleen uses to travel to to the liver) triggers the release of inflammatory cytokines that can potentially find their way to the liver too. As a result, these stealthy cytokines will influence lipid production in the liver and cause a ruckus in the form of insulin resistance and steatosis (fatty liver).
Genetics may influence how you store fat in the body. Hereditary influences aside, the following are a few factors have been shown to increase your likelihood of increasing visceral fat accumulation:
- Excessive alcohol consumption
- Sleep deprivation
- Inadequate aerobic (cardio) activity. This systematic review of previous studies on the subject found out that aerobic training of moderate or high intensity has the highest potential to reduce visceral fat among overweight individuals.
How You Gain Body Fat
So how do you gain and store body fat?
First off, let's take a closer look at the evolutionary origins of obesity.
In The Scientific American, psychologist and science writer Jesse Bering described how storing fat helped our ancestors survive food shortages. However, it wasn't until the Industrial age (which led to the industrialization of the food industry too) where societies or environments that tend to promote obesity began to take shape.
With no food shortages to worry about and an increasingly sedentary lifestyle, fat stored by the body isn't put into good use anymore. In short, excess fat just kept on piling up.
This detailed look on the origins of obesity also supports the idea that storing too much body fat and obesity is not primarily the result of one's "internal biology" but rather how you respond to your "external environment," which in many parts of the modern world, is characterized by an abundance of convenience and little need for exercise.
Put simply: How hard is it to find high-calorie foods? How much exercise is required to acquire it? On the other hand, how many of us have chronic stress from the hustle and bustle of daily life? Your response to the convenience as well as the stresses of the modern world has an enormous impact on your risk of gaining excess body fat and obesity.
Fortunately, you still have some control over how you respond by making choices regarding your diet and lifestyle.
It's a common assumption that individuals with a supposedly "slow" metabolism gain body fat quickly.
While there is indeed a connection between metabolism and body composition, you don't gain body fat because you're a slow burner. As mentioned earlier, genetic influences may be at play in how your body stores fat, yet it's the caloric imbalance over time that's often responsible for your love handles and spare tires.
Overall, your metabolism doesn't slow down because you're getting older and have consumed more birthday cakes in your life. Rather, it's largely due to two things that tend to happen as you age, but not because of it - a loss of muscle and a tendency towards a sedentary lifestyle.
This is good news for you because unlike the aging process - which is irreversible - you do have some control over both your muscle loss and your lifestyle habits.


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When visiting Frankfurt, you'll surely be amazed by the city's many interesting sights. If you're on a budget, however, it may be best to check out the cheap things to do in Frankfurt. There are so many of them. In fact, by simply walking along the city streets, you will already be impressed by the many beautiful sights that you'll come across with.
Frankfurt may not be a cheap city to visit but there are absolutely so many free things to do in Frankfurt, depending on your interests. If you are someone who is into museums, then there are free museums in Frankfurt that are waiting for you to discover, such as the Museum Embankment. Of course, you'll also find the many free attractions in Frankfurt truly entertaining. Among these are the Cathedral of St. Bartholomew, St. Paul's Church, Romerberg, Berger Strasse, Waldspielpark Goethe Tower, and the Freibad Stadion.
The best thing about Frankfurt is that there will always be some interesting activities to enjoy regardless of the month of your visit. For example, one of the free things to do in Frankfurt this summer is to explore the historic heart of Frankfurt's Old Town, the Römerberg. This beautiful square has lots of interesting sights for all visitors to enjoy, especially in the summer when the weather is great.
If you're taking your kids on your trip, one of the free things to do in Frankfurt with kids is to explore the Waldspielpark Goethe Tower. This 43-metre high tower is completely made from wood and your kids will surely have a great time discovering this iconic landmark.
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The Art Walk of Lexington, located at the Icehouse Amphitheater, was held on September 22, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. This venue is for aspiring artists and local vendors who showcase their abilities. As artists were setting up, they were also walking around seeing if anyone needed anything. They were supporting each other.
Columbia College student, Breanna Norton, a studio art major, showcased her artwork at this event. When asked why she chose that major, Norton explained that she is also minoring in psychology and wants to be able to help special needs children through art therapy. Norton also gave a bit of advice for her fellow aspiring artist, "Don't ever let someone tell you that you aren't an artist. Find a way to like your art. I forget that people like my art because I don't."
This statement did not shock me, seeing as how many artists tend to believe their artwork is not the best that is can be. Norton had several pieces for sale, including framed art and small gift boxes.
Another local vendor, Charlotte Jackson, showcased her unique handmade jewelry. Jackson talked about how she made jewelry throughout middle and high school. While in college, she learned about "Wire Wrapping" and has been doing that ever since. Some of her pieces involve resin and flowers. Other pieces are wire wrapped stones. Jackson has also exhibited her work in Soda City.
All the proceeds from the Art Walk of Lexington benefit Godspeed Resources Connection (GRC), "An independent faith based organization dedicated to enabling global workers to thrive," according to their website.
Most of the artists I saw at this event were middle aged or older. While some of the vendors were younger, like Norton, the rest seemed to have been at their craft for quite some time. Overall, the event seemed to be a warm and inviting place for people to come and view great art, see different types of crafts and enjoy the food provided. Not only that, visitors are also supporting local vendors.
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An avid Air Force 1 fan since high school, Bryson Tiller has long known how to make his style his own. Tiller's music – hip-hop and trap inspired R&B – show his gift for putting an original spin on a classic. His appreciation of heritage paired with his keen aesthetic sense lend themselves perfectly to mixing up an icon like the AF1. To design his hometown-inspired AF1, Tiller teamed up with Nike Sportswear at New Yorks' Bespoke iD Studio at NikeLab 21 Mercer.
In matters of art and style, Tiller always stays true to himself. "I wore a uniform to school, so the white-on-white or black-on-black Air Force 1 Low was the simple sneaker to wear, but it was the standard. You were cool if you had on a pair of Air Force 1s," said Tiller. "It's still a staple for me while on tour."
At the NikeLab 21 Mercer design studio, Tiller worked with the leathers, colors, customizable labels and special glow-in-the-dark details to create his perfect sneaker. Elements like a full-grain leather upper in university red and tour-yellow eyestays nod to the look and feel of boxing gloves. Metal gold dubraes, an off-white midsole and gum outsole give the shoe a premium, city-inspired foundation.
To Tiller, anything is possible in music, design and life.
"Whenever you fly into Louisville, you see a sign that says, 'It's Possible Here.' I remember my first time seeing it – I think I was coming home from the studio in LA – I was working on my debut album, and I just thought, 'Wow, it is possible here.' Everybody always thinks you have to move out of the city and go where the music industry is, but it's possible in Louisville, and it's possible anywhere. You just have to believe," he said. "So, I put 'POSSIBLE' on them as well."
Tiller found the process of building a sneaker a lot like writing a song.
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George R.R. Martin has said that a primary reason that he abandoned the "Five Year Gap" in between A Storm of Swords and Feast Dance is that some plotlines reacted poorly to the time skip. Basically, he was going to skip 5 five years of action inbetween A Storm of Swords and the next book, A Dance with Dragons.
Other characters, it didn't work at all. I'm writing the Cersei chapters in King's Landing, and saying, "Well yeah, in five years, six different guys have served as Hand and there was this conspiracy four years ago, and this thing happened three years ago." And I'm presenting all of this in flashbacks, and that wasn't working. The other alternative was [that] nothing happened in those five years, which seemed anticlimactic. SSM 2013
As he says, does anyone believe Cersei could hold together King's Landing for five years? Or that Jon would be Lord Commander of the Night's Watch without major incident in that time? It'd be incredibly heavy on exposition and missing out on seeing important character development. One of the plots that really goes off the rails is Brienne "the Beauty" Tarth. At the end of A Storm of Swords, Jaime Lannister entrusts Brienne with the valyrian steel sword Oathkeeper, a letter bearing Tommen's seal giving her royal protection, and one mission. Find Sansa Stark at any costs and return her to her family.
"You say Sansa killed him. Why protect her?"
Because Joff was no more to me than a squirt of seed in Cersei's cunt. And because he deserved to die.
"I have made kings and unmade them. Sansa Stark is my last chance for honor." Jaime smiled thinly. "Besides, kingslayers should band together. Are you ever going to go?"
Her big hand wrapped tight around Oathkeeper. "I will. And I will find the girl and keep her safe. For her lady mother's sake. And for yours." She bowed stiffly, whirled, and went. – ASOS Jaime IX
With this mission in mind and a five year gap planned, you lose almost all of Brienne's story and it's amazing humanizing elements. Her travels through the Riverlands, bonding with Podrick, Nimble Dick Crabb (some say losing that character is a positive), Septon Maribald and his famous broken man speech, Brienne's fight at the Inn at the Crossroads, the parallels with her ancestor Duncan the Tall, etc. Her plotline in Feast Dance is critical to showing readers just how devastated and savage Westeros has become from the warfare. Instead, with the five year gap, you pick up on a Brienne who has failed at finding Sansa and likely broken mentally by failing her oaths to Jaime and Catelyn Stark.
And you have the problem of where do you pick up her story? Has she been just wandering for five years aimlessly in Westeros? How can she not have found Sansa or Arya in five years? None of it works well. As we can see from her plot in AFFC, George was not planning on being kind to her.
Brienne's chest was burning, and the storm was behind her eyes, blinding her. Bones ground against each other inside of her. Biter's mouth gaped open, impossibly wide. She saw his teeth, yellow and crooked, filed into points. When they closed on the soft meat of her cheek, she hardly felt it. She could feel herself spiraling down into the dark. I cannot die yet, she told herself, there is something I still need to do.
Biter's mouth tore free, full of blood and flesh. He spat, grinned, and sank his pointed teeth into her flesh again. This time he chewed and swallowed. He is eating me, she realized, but she had no strength left to fight him any longer. She felt as if she were floating above herself, watching the horror as if it were happening to some other woman, to some stupid girl who thought she was a knight. It will be finished soon, she told herself. Then it will not matter if he eats me. –AFFC Brienne VII
Brienne likely would've had to give up her quest from lack of money and shame over that time, perhaps join an army or sellsword company scarred and feeling like a failure. Maybe head to Essos, try and follow Arya's trail from Saltpans like Brienne actually tries to do in AFFC.
If she were highborn, command would come naturally to her, and deference to them. Brienne wondered whether Willow might be more than she appeared. The girl was too young and too plain to be Sansa Stark, but she was of the right age to be the younger sister, and even Lady Catelyn had said that Arya lacked her sister's beauty. Brown hair, brown eyes, skinny . . . could it be? Arya Stark's hair was brown, she recalled, but Brienne was not sure of the color of her eyes. Brown and brown, was that it? Could it be that she did not die at Saltpans after all? – AFFC Brienne VII
She could hope to make enough coin as a mercenary to make another attempt at finding Arya and Sansa. Brienne would end up disillusioned, scarred, hardened inside, and morals stripped, similar to the treatment George gives Tyrion in his adventures in Essos. And wouldn't you know it, there's a character that fits that exact description. Meris of the sellsword company the Windblown from AFFC.
That last gave Quentyn pause. Pretty Meris frightened him. A Westerosi woman, but taller than he was, just a thumb under six feet. After twenty years amongst the free companies, there was nothing pretty about her, inside or out. –ADWD The Windblown
Quentyn glanced back to Pretty Meris. When her cold dead eyes met his, he felt a shiver. I do not like this. – ADWD The Windblown
When Daario brought them forward, she saw that one of them was a woman, big and blond and all in mail.*
"Pretty Meris," her captain named her, though pretty was the last thing Dany would have called her. She was six feet tall and earless, with a slit nose, deep scars in both cheeks, and the coldest eyes the queen had ever seen. – ADWD Daenerys VII
"Meris is no man. Meris, sweet, undo your shirt, show him."
"That will not be necessary," said Quentyn. If the talk he had heard was true, beneath that shirt Pretty Meris had only the scars left by the men who'd cut her breasts off. " –ADWD The Spurned Suitor
Six feet tall, imposing size, blonde, scarred across her face (particularly her cheeks), Westerosi, has cold dead eyes, almost all morals gone, and either cut off or very small breasts. Those descriptions are a dead ringer for Brienne of Tarth after five years of failure, cruelty, and misery.
Brienne is well over six feet tall, but not close to seven, no. Just off the top of my head, I would say Brienne is taller than Renly and Jaime and significantly heavier than either, but nowhere near the size of Gregor Clegane, who is the true giant in the series. Shorter than Hodor and the Greatjon, maybe a bit shorter than the Hound, maybe roughly the same height as Robert. SSM 2001
The horsemen had surrounded them while their captain questioned Brienne, but in the end he'd let them continue on their way. "Be wary, woman. The next men you meet may not be as honest as my lads. The Hound has crossed the Trident with a hundred outlaws, and it's said they're raping every wench they come upon and cutting off their teats for trophies." – AFFC Brienne III
Brienne broke off rowing. Sweat had stuck strands of her flax-colored hair to her forehead, and her grimace made her look homelier than ever. "You are under my protection," she said, her voice so thick with anger that it was almost a growl.
He had to laugh at such fierceness. She's the Hound with teats, he thought. Or would be, if she had any teats to speak of. "Then protect me, wench. Or free me to protect myself." – ASOS Jaime I
Even down to the warning Brienne received about the outlaws cutting off breasts and Meris supposedly having that happen to her. Is Meris a time traveler like a certain fetus? A lost twin? A magical doppleganger ?! No, I propose that Meris is the abandoned future of Brienne's arc, a casualty of the five year gap that George couldn't bring himself to discard entirely. Meris even has the same mocking style of a nickname.
"Daughter?" Catelyn was horrified.
"Brienne the Beauty, they name her . . . though not to her face, lest they be called upon to defend those words with their bodies." -ACOK Catelyn IV
Pretty Meris frightened him. A Westerosi woman, but taller than he was, just a thumb under six feet. After twenty years amongst the free companies, there was nothing pretty about her, inside or out. –ADWD The Windblown
George couldn't make her plot work smoothly in transition from Brienne to Meris. He never lets good stories go, constantly thinks of and adds new ideas outside his outline, borrows heavily from many different writers and media. His nature as a narrative collector got the better of him and made a compromise. Makes perfect sense with his style in mind that after thinking of this tragic and horrifying future for Brienne that he would find a way of keeping it somewhere. A couple of minor changes, like eyes going from blue to grey and the implausibility of the two characters being the same based on age and location is enough to mask their clear connection from readers.
The decision to have this broken version of Brienne, given up on being a hero and her dreams of being an honorable knight, come face to face with Quentyn Martell is a masterstroke. She's a walking symbol of how Quentyn should turn back before it's too late. Planetos is no place for the knights of summer and heroes from stories. Nobody knows better than world-worn Pretty Meris.
Makes you wonder, what other futures from the five year gap did he repurpose into new characters or re-assign to characters that could better accommodate his scrapped ideas. The Windblown or any other new groups/characters in Feast Dance could all possibly be orphaned plotlines that George made room for after cuts. Make for a fun re-read and exhaustive wiki search I'd think.
George originally planned to have Brienne the Beauty become the physically and mentally scarred Pretty Meris but was forced to abandon that future when he gave up on the five year gap. Instead he took that version of Brienne, renamed her Meris, and stuck her in the Windblown rather than give up his idea. No character escapes George's creative and cruel mind for long.


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How do you satisfy the hustlers?
Let me tell you a story,
A friend of mine, who is a successful entrepreneur, said this to me on Sunday, "Entrepreneurs are really bad employees, because they know this world is not as scary as everyone thinks." I have thought about that for the past two days and wondered about its truth. In other words, how can you satisfy the hustlers?
It all seems to come back to action and progress. Shakespeare says, "Action is eloquence." The more people I meet who have started their own businesses, there seems to be a common fire in them that yearns to do things differently. I am sure this is not a universal truth, but to find your inner hustle is to embrace and bring to life your call-to-action. Maybe that gets manifested in starting a business. Maybe it is becoming an activist. Maybe it is being a great parent. Whichever it is, that fire roars on the kindling of accomplishment that at one time was intimidating. Success is taking the subsequent warmth and using it to power even a few more minutes of work.
Burning your fears with accomplishment (success or failure) as an investment in furthering yourself again and again - that is the hustle.
I have something I call toddler elbow which is the enormous pain that has developed in my right elbow from carrying my kids so much. It's from carrying them on hikes to vistas I can't wait to share with them. It is carrying them on freezing cold dog-walks because they want to be with me no matter what I am doing (and I love that). It is the pain from repeated workouts with heavier weights because they are getting heavier and I have to keep up to keep them up in my arms. There are days where my elbow hurts so bad I cringe all day. I secretly love this pain because it is symbolic of the warmth of the accomplishment of raising great kids. Even better, it is only part of the wounds of our specific hustle in raising great kids.
We need to empower more hustle. Train more hustle. Embrace the hustle, feed its fire and watch the progress as we warm the world with its accomplishments.
Here is to great stories,


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The theory of growing muscle mass is pretty simple – get proteins, train, watch muscles grow – that's pretty much the equation right? Well, in reality, it's not as simple as that. It rarely is. You need something to keep you motivated! Something that gets you the visible results you need to keep going. You need it to work faster! That is amino acids enter the frame. Amino acids help you absorb protein and recover from your training. That means you get the protein into your system faster, and that you're able to train sooner. GAT Muscle Martini is a supplement that helps you with all those aspects of training. It is everything from building muscle and burning fat to staying energized during your training. In that sense, you're dealing with a great all round products. In this review, I will do my best to highlight the pros and cons of the GAT Muscle Martini package. Hopefully, you will find that helpful.
BCAAs are great for muscle size and strength. It has been scientifically proven that amino acids help you build muscle mass. First of all they improve your ability to absorb protein, which is what your muscles are made off. Secondly, BCAAs reduce the muscle breakdown during training, meaning fewer muscle fibers are destroyed when you train. Finally, Amino acids speed up your muscles' recovery after you've been training. That is pretty much the holy grail of supplements right there. Amino acids are probably one of the most efficient types of supplements you can use to boost your training performance and the effect you get from it. They are, in other words, awesome sauce.
A problem that can't be helped no matter how well you can grow your muscle is lack of energy. Having bigger muscles is not enough to solve that issue. You simply need a source of energy to do that. GAT Muscle Martini contains herbs that give you more energy and reduce your urge to eat. The benefit of this is that you can keep training for longer and that you won't regain the weight right after you've lost it. Binge eating after training is probably one of the most destructive actions you can take. Still, you'd be surprised by just how often people do this to themselves.
The truth is GAT Muscle Martini is a clinically developed product. That isn't always a guarantee of quality, it is, however, a guarantee that the conditions are somewhat scientific in nature.
My experience with the product is really good. I knew BCAAs would be beneficial, having looked into the science of them, and I couldn't wait to see them in action. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by the effects. It's always hard to know what to expect. I liked the fact that GAT Muscle Martini gave me more than just what I could expect from the BCAAs component of the supplement.
In my book GAT Muscle, Martini is a supplement that is well worth the investment. I definitely got my money's worth.


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Tax Lien Lady Presents 3 Stealth Strategies for Profits in Tax Lien Investing
East Stroudsburg, PA, April 03, 2014 --(
)-- Some investors believe that tax lien investing is dead and that the small investor just can't compete anymore.... The truth is that tax lien investing is not as profitable as it once was, the way some experts are teaching investors how to do it. For example....
· Bidding at the tax sale is dead. Lately interest rates have been bid down to minuscule percentages at tax sales and premiums at some tax sales are bid too high for investors to make a decent profit.
· Over-the-counter liens and deeds are dead. Some experts teach that investors are better off buying the left over liens or deeds directly from the county so that the maximum interest rate on your tax lien or buy a tax deed can be gotten without having it bid up at the tax sale. But what they neglect to say is that there is usually nothing but junk properties left on these lists.
· Buying houses at tax sales for pennies on the dollar is dead. "Experts" teach that investors can still buy a house that's worth 6 figures at a tax sale for back taxes. But what they don't communicate it that the competitive bidding at the auction usually goes up much higher than that.
These strategies aren't as profitable as they once were... but it doesn't have to be that way!
Joanne Musa, The Tax Lien Lady, has put together a webinar that shows the investment strategies that she is currently using to make double digit returns and what she is teaching her clients. These are strategies for making money with tax liens and tax deeds without doing a lot of work and without bidding at the tax sale. And these are strategies that let investors profit faster than the methods that everyone else is teaching about. Joanne calls them her Stealth Strategies for making huge profits with tax liens and tax deeds, and until now has only revealed them to her coaching clients and students. But now Joanne is willing sharing them in this video that she has put together.
Here is what Joanne has to say: "If you are currently investing in tax liens or deeds, you are about to get re-educated, re-inspired, and re-assured that you are on the right track? I'm going to show you how you can continue to get huge returns on your liens or deeds as the market gets tougher by changing a couple of little things you do. And I'll show you how one of my clients made 30% on his money in less than 9 months. I will show you exactly how he did it!"
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I've been in the hair industry for 3 years.
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Selena Gomez. Her hair is gorgeous!
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My favorite hair trend is a lob. It's the perfect balance between short and long hair. Of course for weddings I love beach waves or any form of a braid!
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After washing my hair, I love using Argan Oil to condition my hair and highly suggest it to everyone!


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The People's House: The White House
There was no ceremony in 1792 to mark the construction of the White House, but on October 13th of that year, the building of what is today, the most ceremonial place in America began. The first President to live in the White House was John Adams of Quincy, Massachusetts. Three other sons of Massachusetts, John Quincy Adams, John F. Kennedy, and George H. W. Bush have lived there as well. Today, October 13th, we celebrate the building of the White House.
The original design for the White House by French architect and civil engineer Pierre Charles L'Enfant called for it to be modelled after the Palace of Versailles, but after a six year war for Independence from England and yet another war with England thirty years later in 1812, the White House, the future home of the Presidents would, not even remotely, be based on a "palace" design.
The original design for the White House by French architect and civil engineer Pierre Charles L'Enfant called for it to be modelled after the Palace of Versailles, but after a six year war for Independence from England and yet another war with England thirty years later in 1812, the White House, the future home of the Presidents would, not even remotely, be based on a "palace" design.
Built in 1792 on a very swampy part of Washington, DC. The White House has survived a massive fire, the British set it ablaze in the War of 1812, and a near natural collapse, by 1949, the load bearing timbers in the building had rotted out.
While on a tour of the south, the neoclassical design of the court house in Charleston, South Carolina caught the eye of George Washington. It had been designed by Irish born Thomas Hoban so Hoban was given the nod by Washington to design a similar looking building in Washington, DC that would become the home of our future Presidents.
It took 5,000 laborers eight years to build the White House. Construction was started in 1792. Porous sandstone from a quarry near Aquia Creek 45 miles south of Washington, DC was used to construct it. When we look at the White House today, we are only seeing 20% of the original building. The building has been added onto throughout its' 200 year old history.
After British Troops set it on fire in 1812, a fire that gutted the interior and the roof, President James Monroe had it rebuilt right away. The South Portico where Marine One, the President's helicopter lands, was built in 1824. The North Portico in 1829. The only original part of the White House are the window frames. President Theodore Roosevelt along with President William Howard Taft had the West Wing constructed in 1901. The iconic symbol of America has six floors, 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and is 55,000 square feet which sits on eighteen acres. It also has 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, eight staircases, 3 elevators and 5 full-time chefs. It cost $232,371.83 to build the original White House, $3,196,252.00 in today's dollars.
The current real estate value, according to Zillow is $319 million. A low estimate to be sure. This reporter thinks it's more along the lines with the credit card commercial: Priceless, given the history of the place
Why is the Oval Office in the shape of an oval?
The Oval Office is oval for a very specific reason, to draw all eyes and attention to the President, not very democratic, but very effective in getting visitors and staff give the President their full attention. These days, 1700 people work at the White House. This does not include the President's political appointees. 400 of the workers are office staff.
What was originally used to paint the White House?
The porous sandstone was whitewashed with a mixture of lime, rice glue, casein, and lead. After British Troops ransacked the building in 1812, the White House was a charred mess. The whitewash was used to cover the burn marks the fire had left all over the outside walls.
There were five previous homes for the Presidents as the vital center of political power in America moved from New York, to Philadelphia, and finally to Washington, DC. There were three homes in Manhattan, two homes in Philadelphia and the one now in Washington. The name White House was first officially used when President Teddy Roosevelt started adding it to White House stationary.
In 1949, it was discovered that the load bearing wooden timbers that held up The White House had rotted out. The White House was in imminent danger of collapsing. The Army Corps of Engineering wanted to level it and build a new White House, but Harry Truman said no. Truman had the timber beams replaced with steel ones. He then moved to Blair House across the street during the major renovations. Truman also had the original timber frames saved. The timbers were turned into paneling for the Vermeil Room, the Library, the China Room and the Map Room.
These days, no parts of the White House, outside of the First Family's private quarters can be renovated. Each President is given a budget of $100,000 a year to be used for any improvements they would like to make to the private quarters. There is also a full Solarium on the roof of the White House which is much used by the first families. Hillary Clinton grew vegetables in it. President Eisenhower grilled steaks. Each first family who has occupied the White House has left its mark. Teddy Roosevelt had a tennis court built; President Eisenhower had a putting green put in; Clinton added a running track and a hot tub; JFK had an indoor swimming pool added complete with a Cape Cod wall mural; Truman, a horse shoe pit; Nixon, a bowling alley; Gerald Ford had an outside swimming pool constructed. Some of the beautiful rooms in the White House rooms are named after colors: There is a formal Green Room, a Red Room, a Blue Room, and a Yellow Oval Room. Outside the White House there are two official rose gardens; one of them is named the Jacqueline Kennedy Rose Garden.
Just 17 miles from the White House in Washington, DC is a private home that is almost an exact duplicate of the President's home. It is one fifth the size of the White House in Washington and was built by a recent immigrant to the United States. When asked why he had his smaller White House built which is accurate in almost every detail, and yes, it does include an Oval Office, he simply said,"I wanted to show my appreciation for America."
As a former reporter and social studies teacher, I have always thought of the White House as a fascinating place. All reporters hope to be assigned there one day to cover the most important events that affect all Americans. I didn't get the chance to work there as a reporter, but, in 1981, I was lucky enough to be a press officer to former Massachusetts governor Edward J. King and went to the White House when he had to meet with Edwin Meese, Ronald Reagan's Chief Counsel.
When I saw the Oval Office, I just thought of all the history that happened in that room, JFK watching John John and Caroline dancing; Franklin Roosevelt having his intimate meetings with the press; Richard Nixon excoriating his staff during Watergate; Harry Truman deciding how to end World War Two; and so much more history involving other Presidents. It all happened there in the Oval Office. The White House has always been a special place to me as, I'm sure it is, for so many millions of other Americans.
Air Force One.
FDR as Secretary of the Navy in 1903.
President Truman in the Oval Office announcing the surrender of Japan.
President Nixon faces the press in October, 1973.
US_Navy Capt.Kevin E. O'Flaherty, Commanding Officer of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush escorts former President George H.W. Bush on January 9, 2009.
Charles Collie is a Holliston resident and former reporter for a CBS television station in Ohio.
Very interesting and well researched article. Your appreciation of the history of the Whilte House and your personal connection to it make it all the more interesting.
- Sheila Adams | 10/14/15 4:16 PM
Great article -- I've always wanted to know more about the 1947 reconstruction. You can see from the photo that virtually nothing was left inside. Kind of sad when you think about it -- the actual rooms and corridors that Lincoln and TR knew are gone, replaced with modern reconstructions. In many ways it's really no longer a 200 year old historic structure, but a less-than-70-year-old replica. Of course, much the same can be said about our Town Hall, which was altered significantly (and before anyone gets mad at me, for the better, in my opinion) during its last renovation. Gets you thinking about the nature of public buildings and how we keep them useful as times and needs change, without losing our history in the process. Thanks Charlie.
- Frank Chamberlain | 10/14/15 9:01 AM
Wow. Great article came away with a lot of good information thank you
- Anthony Stefanini | 10/13/15 6:48 PM
Thank you once again for such an interesting article on the beautiful, majestic White House. I always come away with more information and understanding of the topic you are writing about.
Thank you,
- mary patch | 10/14/14 4:44 PM


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Mark your calendar for the official debut of the VUE Collection model home on Saturday, September 14th from 2 to 4 p.m.
Tour the model home to get a glimpse at your future lifestyle and enjoy "A New Level of Luxury"
With an enviable location close to it all inside the coveted 610 loop and a walkable streetscape of European-inspired architecture, Somerset Green is urban living like none other. This innovative community, situated just minutes from Downtown Houston, will soon offer the stunning VUE Collection by Darling Homes. Ideal for those seeking an active, low maintenance lifestyle, the VUE Collection is a series of upscale three- and four-story urban dwellings that offer an uncompromising combination of sophistication and luxury.
Located in the heart of Houston, Somerset Green provides a unique urban location close to popular destinations. Easy access to I-10 and 610 puts employment centers, shopping, fine dining, recreation and a night out on the town conveniently within reach, whether driving or going by Uber or Lyft.
The VUE Collection of homes is specially designed for this exciting and innovative new home community. Sophisticated yet inviting and livable, the VUE homes offer a premier blend of urban style and convenience conducive to luxury living on the go.
This new home community in Houston, gated with a manned entry, exudes a sense of place. The look and feel reflect European influences, with inspired architecture, walkable streets, immaculate formal gardens, canals and other water features. Residents of Somerset Green enjoy access to premium lifestyle amenities, both within the community and outside the gates. These include an amenity center with resort-inspired pool, ideal for lounging and entertaining, multiple dog parks, waterside walking paths and a secure entrance.
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Product #: G20-3PC-PW
Short Description: G20 LED Bulb, 25-Pack, Pure-white
Walk into a winter wonderland, surrounded by a cool, pure-white sparkle! Perfect for roof lines. The cord used is not twisted, enabling bulbs to be pointed in consistent directions with the help of clips. This gives a much cleaner, professional look.
NEW! G20 LED retrofit bulbs are a great alternative to C7 faceted LED or incandescent bulbs. They are 4 times brighter and more closely resemble light emitted from incandescents. This is due to the lens behaving like a magnifying glass. The small clear lens cover also makes it less noticeable during daylight making it perfect for year-round use.
- G20 LED retrofit bulbs are direct replacements for C7 (E12 base) incandescent bulbs. LED's use 92% less energy than incandescents, give off little or no heat, and allow for longer runs.
- Save in both energy, maintenance, and replacement costs. LEDs last up to 15 times longer than incandescents.
- Durable coloured plastic lenses resist breakage and fading.
- Faceted lens creates sparkle and high visibility.
- Perfect for roof lines because cord used is not twisted, enabling bulbs to be pointed in consistent directions with the help of clips. This gives a much cleaner, professional look.
- The wire used with these bulbs can also be cut to size to fit structures perfectly.
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Meetups This Week
Steven Jonas
November 30, 2014
There's a great group of Quantified Self meetups occurring this week. The original QS group will be convening in Mountain View. The event will include talks on tracking punctuality and measuring heart-rate variability during an n-back test. If you live in the Bay Area, be sure not to miss it!
Tuesday, December 2
Bay Area, California
Wednesday, December 3
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Located in a 5-minute drive from Berawa and Batu Belig Beach, The Royal Bali Villas Canggu offers a luxurious getaway with private outdoor pools and fully air-conditioned accommodation. This 4-star property features free WiFi access throughout.
The villa will provide you with air conditioning, a balcony and a terrace. There is a full a kitchen with a dishwasher and a microwave. Bathroom facilities are complete and include a bath tub in some units. Featuring a shower, private bathroom also comes with a bath and a bath or shower. You can enjoy pool view and garden view from the room. Guests can order from the 24-hour room service provided by Canggu Deli, which is located a 2-minute walk away.
At The Royal Bali Villas Canggu guests will find a garden and a terrace. The 24-hour front desk can assist with laundry, dry cleaning and ironing services. Vehicle rentals, shuttle service and airport transfer can be arranged at additional charges. Other facilities offered include a tour desk, luggage storage and safety deposit box. Guests can enjoy relaxing massage at an added fee. The property offers free parking.
Address : Jl. Tegal Asri No 9, Br. Tegal Gundul, Pantai Berawa, 80361 Canggu, Indonesia
Check-in : From 14:00 hours
Check-out : Until 12:00 hours
Children and extra beds : All children are welcome.
One child under 6 years is charged IDR 450000 per night when using existing beds.
All children under 2 years are charged IDR 250000 per night for children's cots/cribs.
All children under 6 years are charged IDR 550000 per night for extra beds.
All further older children or adults are charged IDR 550000 per night for extra beds.
The maximum number of extra beds in a room is 1.
Any type of extra bed or child's cot/crib is upon request and needs to be confirmed by management.
Supplements are not calculated automatically in the total costs and will have to be paid for separately during your stay.
Pets : Pets are not allowed.


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Over 30 of Canada's leading children's authors, illustrators, musicians and storytellers are selected to participate in the Telling Tales Festival. The festival celebrates stories with performances, readings, book signings, costumed characters, book swap, children's activity centre and music stage. Presentations are offered throughout the day at our free, outdoor children's literary festival. The Telling Tales Festival is one of Canada's leading children's literary festivals.
Meet Melanie Florence at the autograph area at 2:15 and hear her read from Stolen Words at the Canada Stage at 3:00pm!


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PARIS — In another in a video series of designers in their offices, we go behind the scenes with Rick Owens, an American in Paris who lives and works in his own building. Here, he discusses renovation, responsibility and the importance of rocks. And that's just the stuff that didn't make it into the video. (The conversation has been edited and condensed.)
Q. How long have you been in this building?
A. Twelve years now. When we first moved in, it had drop acoustical tile ceilings with fluorescent lights and carpeting and wallpaper, and we ripped it all out. We did it right before a show period, so we hadn't had time to seal anything, like the concrete or the walls or anything, so the bottom floors were filthy and everybody, all of the buyers, knew who had been to the Rick Owens showroom in Paris because they would be walking in the streets covered head to foot in dust. Nobody really complained. I think they were delighted a little bit because it was such an extreme experience and they probably felt like they had an adventure. As well as some asbestos poisoning or something.
Q. Was it weird to move from Hollywood Boulevard, where you started your career, to the Seventh Arrondissement in Paris? You are right behind the Assemblée Nationale.
When we first moved to Paris, we lived in the Marais, and there's just too many parties with all of those kids running around. Here, it's just embassies and old families. Everybody in this building has some kind of aristocratic name, and I am this nouveau riche American that's ruining the neighborhood. One of my favorite things is going to sleep at night, and we can hear the footsteps on the gravel of the guards patrolling the garden. It's just the most delicious sense of security.
Q. Why did you decide to come to Paris?
I was manufacturing in Italy, and going back and forth between Italy and Los Angeles just didn't make sense, and since I'd started showing in Paris, it made sense to move everything here. It doesn't really make a difference. There were times that I kind of forget I am not still in Los Angeles, because I kind of create the same triangle here: the couple of restaurants I eat at, my house and office, and the gym. It's just that now I walk through the Jardin des Tuileries to get to the gym, which is very different than Hollywood Boulevard.
Q. Has the office changed a lot since you've been here?
This room just recently changed. It used to be very destroyed, and the ceiling was kind of falling apart. It was a little bombed-out looking. It's only very recently that I plastered it all up and made it all extra shiny white. As I get older, I need more organization. It's not because of the pace of fashion or anything, because to tell you the truth, I'm so addicted I don't think I would want it any slower. I'm fine with it being fast. I'm fine with the deadlines and stuff. It gives me a silly little sense of purpose.
Q. Did you make the chair and the desk?
Yeah. When we first moved in here, we needed a lot of stuff, and that would have been a fortune. So I just faked it with what we had in hand. The chair is just a box with pillows. I like reducing everything that I do to a rock and a fire and a fur in a cave. So I'm thinking, What are the essentials? We need a couple of benches, we need a bed. What else? Light switches. Light switches should be great because you have to touch them every day.
Q. So you keep most of the materials on your desk, or do you sketch?
I don't sketch. I mainly do it with draping. What I do every season is order toiles of past styles that we've done. Then I manipulate them here and take photos and sketch over them, or I do a line, or paste them up together, and then they send me another toile and I manipulate that, and that's how we work here. Right now I'm trying to figure out how to make tulle look like concrete. Fashion is just a fresh combination of elements that we all connect with.
Q. There's very little other than tulle on your desk.
There are some crystals. I just like how they seem kind of spiritual even though I'm not at all. Kind of spiritual and prehistoric. I like to think about the grandest scale possible. When I see things that are a little too traditional or things that I can define too easily, it makes me react and want to do something that is more a summary of our experiences instead of just one facet.
Q. Do you like working where you live?
I do. I have this incredible advantage of being independent and this being kind of my personal indulgence. I really do stay in my own world. There have been times when we were growing where I did feel a sense of responsibility, and I started to think about what do people want, what are people responding to, what should I do next? And I learned that that was a mistake. I learned that listening didn't work for me. I couldn't interpret well enough. I hadn't developed the social skills to filter what was valuable and what was distraction. So finally I learned that I really had to be completely selfish and just think about what amused me, what I enjoy. Because people seem to respond to the things that I connect to the most.


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Summer time means one thing, Summer holidays – or at very least, dreams of them! If you're going on holiday or even just want to look like you have been on one then this new Summer Style palette is the ideal partner for that. If you're travelling – this palette is a compact all you need Summer beauty. In typical Aerin style, it's simple but totally beautiful.
Starting with the lip shades – there are four colours, two gloss and two sheer lip colours. The two lip glosses have a subtle shimmer. The pale nude is lovely for anytime and the paler shimmer will add a gorgeous light-catching pop to the lips. Then the two sheer lips colours – the top one (the pretty coral pink) is my absolute favourite. It's a gorgeous shade that adds a really fresh sheer wash of colour to the lips, then there's the more sheer nude shade that offers the much-love 'my lips but better effect' with a very sheer nude effect.
The palette also comes with a tiny lip brush to help with application – although personally I'm more of a fan of using the a finger to apply sheer colours.
Then onto the eye and cheek shades. Firstly the cheek shade – a super flattering shade. With enough pink to keep it as a happy hybrid between a bronzer and a blusher – leaning more towards the bronzer, but with enough warmth and pinky-ness to keep it healthy and like a sun kissed wash of colour.
Then the two eye shadow shades – to think of two shadows that would cover all occasions and these are the two I would go for. A pewter-toned gold, for a wash of colour over the lid and then a deep bronze-brown for a summer time smokey eye or subtle definition.
Again, the eye colours come with a little applicator – again, like the lip ones – I prefer to use my fingers for this. It's just that little bit easier!
The combination of shades in this palette really work – there's not one in there that I wouldn't use – a rarity in palettes. As even the best neutral palettes out there tend to have a shade or two that are left un touched! But not this one – it will be joining me on a rather fabulous trip I have coming up in a few weeks (and will be blogging about)!
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Greg Jaynes says Tax Cuts are specious
Giovanna Larrea
Our Greg Jayne of the the Columbian was very clear on May 27, 2018 as to the benefits of the so-called "tax cuts". They mostly provide tax cuts for the wealthy and serve to raise the national debt dramatically. Greg supplies some talking points for our use in conversation. Read the Editorial


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Common Online Debate Tactics of Mindless People
In honor of some of the absolutely useless people we've argued with online (in the "Flame Community"), I've compiled their list of shared tactics. Creative? No, not in the least. These are the tried and true methods of people who go out of their way to fallacy out of an argument.
Direct Combat a.k.a. Prolonging Your Inevitable Defeat
D1: What you can't refute, ignore. If your opponent insists on bringing it up, dismiss whatever they are talking about as briefly and obtusely as possible.
D2: What hurts your case, "misunderstand." Faking confusion or playing semantics can be the key to pretending you hadn't lost shortly after hitting "Submit."
D3: When in doubt: hit quote, break up the oppositions' comments into paragraphs, then write anything under these paragraphs to pretend like you're addressing the comments.
D4: When having no ground left to stand on: requote entire post without reading it and write response underneath. Try to be brief with your dismissal, lest you draw attention to your lack of a good response.
D5: Remember the axiom, "Repetition is better than being right." Repeating yourself is the same as proving your points.
D6: Large amounts of text are an ideal substitute for proof. Make a point, then follow it with a paragraph of rambling and/or insulting nonsense. Done enough times, your post will look like it has a valid argument in it (until someone actually reads the thing)
Evasive Maneuvers a.k.a. "Abandon ship! Abandon ship!"
E1: Ramble about your qualifications. Any challenge for you to prove your qualifications should be met with claims you don't understand what someone is asking you for or claiming they're not qualified to compete with you. Lather, rinse, repeat ad nauseum.
E2: Never outright say anything that you can smugly imply. If someone calls you on your implication, accuse them of making things up because you didn't say it word-for-word. Similarly, refer to any instance of someone paraphrasing you or making a rational conclusion from your comments as "misquoting you."
E3: Always lay the groundwork for your retreat before running. This can be anything from claiming someone isn't "worth your time" to repeating their observations of your obtuse behavior back at them and claiming they're just trying to get the last word.
E4: If you don't want to be seen as retreating, try to get yourself banned. If this is impossible, just claim you were banned.
E5: Claim any proof against you, no matter how damning or indisputable, is false. Never stop saying it's false nor explain how it's false, no matter how stupid you look.
E6: Invent rules of conduct that go against your opponent's behavior and berate them for failing to follow said rules. Ignore the fact there's no justification for your opponent to follow your rules in the first place. Used in conjunction with E3.
Gaining the Advantage a.k.a. Trying To Frustrate Superior People
G1: To avoid problems with these methods, create a group of like-minded back-patters and encourage them to do as you do. Even your failures as a group will be lost in the deluge of text supporting each other. You can also utilize them to frustrate opponents into quitting when you're attacked with things you can't handle, such as logic, reason, and The Forbidden E-word (evidence).
G2: Ban anyone you can't shout down, and feel free to move or delete posts whenever you're feeling emotional. Remember that you answer to no one and everyone else answers to you (according to you), so you don't even need to make up an excuse for this hypocrisy. Used in conjunction with R1.
G3: When someone has your number, claim what they proved was true of you is actually true of them. When asked to demonstrate how it is true of them, claim they proved it for you but never, ever attempt to show how. Especially when it's pointed out that you're a hypocrite.
G4: What you can't justify, claim has been settled already. Used in conjunction with R5.
G5: Blatantly lie about the distant past to put your opponent on the defensive. This will keep them busy disproving your claims about the past instead of proving how what you're doing in the present makes you look stupid. Call any response you get desperate, or the lack thereof as an admission of guilt. Never follow any links they post or read anything they quoted, but indicate that they haven't proven anything to keep them on the defensive. Used as a follow-up when R6 fails.
G6: Never take a real risk. If anything you do has official results, be sure you control the officials making those results.
G7: Represent your forum as the premier [whatever] group of the internet, while purposely obfuscating exactly who or what makes it "premier." Only make vague references to your group's/site's aptitude as a whole when "proving" how good your site is at [whatever], and openly admit the highest ranked members of your group are elevated solely out of favoritism. This will make it harder for people to attack the proof behind your reputation (since you haven't actually presented any).
Non Sequiturs of Fury a.k.a. Desperate Flamers Call for Desperate Measures
N1: When challenged, make up rules on the spot which your opponent(s) would be an idiot to accept, put you at a grotesque advantage, and completely replace the original challenge with another one. Claim anyone not accepting your rules is cowering away from the challenge they made, even though it's no longer anything like the challenge they made. Used in conjunction with G6.
N2: Claim that someone's actions indicate the opposite of what they do. If someone draws attention to a point you're making (asking you prove it, directly offering proof to the contrary), claim they're deflecting. If someone demands to be part of a fight, claim they're making up excuses to stay out of it.
N3: When applicable, claim you were being diplomatic or sparing someone's feelings when you run out of plausible excuses for repeatedly changing your story. Feel free to do so regardless of how long you'd been insulting them before you confess about your "sensitivity for others."
N4: Answer damaging questions with counter-questions that neither make sense in the same context nor answer the original question. If asked if you're using a sock puppet, reply by asking if your inquisitor was afraid of that sock puppet.
N5: The amount of gloating you do in regards to how well you're winning should increase proportionally with how badly you're losing.
N6: When attempting to prove your case, provide links to earlier posts you made on the same subject. Do so regardless of if these previous posts contain refuted evidence or are nothing more than earlier instances of you making the same unproven claims you're making now. Used in conjunction with D5.
N7: Ignore your responsibility in how events unfold. Overreact with righteous indignation no matter how reasonable, predictable, or deserved the response you get for your behavior is. If you attack multiple people and more than one retaliates, claim they ganged up on you. If you take jabs at someone and they respond in kind, act as if you were viciously hit with an unprovoked attack.
Posturing a.k.a. Living in a Fantasy World
P1: Act as arrogant as humanly possible, despite lacking the wits to back any of it up with skill or real intelligence. Don't worry; arrogance is often confused with skill and confidence. Always preface a potential engagement with unsubstantiated chest-beating, but avoid actual combat at all costs. Note that posturing may continue during retreat.
P2: Accuse others or doing things that are morally wrong while disregarding all the fucked up things you do. Should someone point out your hypocrisy, do whatever it takes to avoid admitting they're right.
P3: Use smilies to hide your distress. The worse your emotional breakdown, the more happy/laughing/eye-rolling smilies you should bombard your posts with.
P4: Say anyone who makes you look stupid or laughs at you from another site is a victim.
P5: Laugh at other people from sites they aren't posting at and say they are owned. Ignore the fact that by your own definition (P4) you're a victim for doing so.
P6: Never let shame, double-standards, hypocrisy, or inadvertently insulting yourself keep you from posting a response. You already know you can't win, so your goal should be to have something to say, no matter how ridiculous, for as long as possible.
P7: Pretend your stupidity and ineptitude are all an act, and therefore anyone pointing out your weaknesses has "fallen for your act." Then pretend you're winning because "your act" is so convincing, much in the same way that whole "gravity act" the universe pulls is convincing. Never, under any circumstances, should you attempt to demonstrate that your idiocy really is just an act.
Rewriting History a.k.a. So You Fucked Up Hard, Eh?
R1: All administrative action is abuse when someone does it to you. When you do something so stupid you can't feign ignorance about breaking the rules, play the oppressed rebel leader merely "pushing the rules to show the other posters they are oppressed," or some similar nonsense. Used in conjunction with G2.
R2: When all else fails, cry, "TROLLED!" or "OWNED!" until the bad people go away.
R3: When in doubt, and in absence of anything to reply with whatsoever, just ask for proof, then ask for more proof. Just never stop asking for proof.
R4: When your known plans have backfired or made you look like an idiot, claim everything was going according to your secret master plan.
R5: Depending on the degree of your loss, do not post again for a few pages, days, in the same thread again, or ever on that forum again. When you do post, pretend nothing happened.
R6: When losing badly to an opponent, shift focus away from your screw-ups by summarizing the fight [and what lead up to it] in a manner that supports your position and insults your opponent or discredits their position. Do not, under any circumstances, actually attempt to prove things happened the way you implied. Rampant disregard for the facts is vital to pulling this off. Best if used prior to G5 (if you're trying to conceal your desperation).
Spin a.k.a Licking Your Wounds
S1: Anytime you fuck up say it was troll. In fact, any time you get any reaction, claim it was a troll. There is no situation that is inappropriate for claiming you trolled someone.
S2: When people DON'T attack you on your home board after running you off of theirs, call them cowards for not chasing you after forcing you to retreat. Play dumb in regards to points they make about your cowardice or your need for the homefield advantage your board gives you.
S3: When people DO attack you on your home board after running you off of theirs, call them obsessed victims for chasing you after forcing you to retreat. Play dumb in regards to points they make about your cowardice or your need for the homefield advantage your board gives you.
S4: When people accompany you to an attack it's a coincidence. When people accompany your enemies its a tardpile (even if your side outnumbers theirs).
S5: Call any variation in posting style a meltdown. Particularly when the post in question cows you so thoroughly you leave the thread.
S6: Refer to any action (or inaction) by your opponent as a sign you're getting to them, particularly if it's a double-standard that embarrasses you if applied to your own behavior. For example, you could claim retaliating in any way proves someone is upset, ignoring the fact you are making this observation while retaliating.
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Vero: An App Similar to Instagram That Turns Out to be Terrible
March 15, 2018
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Social media app Vero, released in 2015, allows for users to have an ad-free experience with the joy of seeing posts in chronological order, pleasing the many Instagram users who are fed up with Instagram's latest updates in their algorithm.
In recent weeks, a new app has come to surface that may be the solution to frustrated Instagram users…except it's not all that new.
Vero strives to create a more authentic feel for its users. They don't want to stress the preoccupation with "likes" and strive to remove the "media" aspect from social media. This photo-sharing app allows you to do more than just picture sharing. Texts, URL's, TV recommendations, TV shows, and movies are all types of sharing that are available for you to add to your feed.
Though it was released nearly 3 years ago, it just recently skyrocketed to be the #1 app in the social media category in the IOS App store. Vero has gone from fewer than 150,000 downloads to about 3 million users in a week, but are the new users satisfied with what they have come to find? Wanting to figure Vero out for myself, I downloaded the app.
Though the layout of the app is clean and appealing to the eye with the dark theme, there are still some things about it that throw me off. I could barely find my way around the app due to the confusing icons. The icons weren't the only piece that seemed strange. Searching for people was increasingly more difficult than it should be. The results that showed up were the same nearly every time. I was agitated by the app and, consequently, haven't been on it since.
The main quality that set Vero aside from Instagram is the fact that there are no ads, bugging your feed every few swipes. I have to say, that part of it is pretty nice. But there's a catch; where does the money needed in order to run the app come from? That's where things get a bit rocky.
The co-founder and CEO of this new platform of photo-sharing is Ayman Hariri, a Lebanese billionaire based in Saudi Arabia. As of right now, his fortune from being the son of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is what has been supporting the app. But the concern about how much longer this will go on is prominent. With the Hariri name having a reputation for unpaid wages, bankruptcy, and "unhumanitarian" ways, why would anyone support the app?
Pertaining to the question of funding, Vero has announced that there will eventually be a fee for subscription that users must pay in order to keep the app alive. It's understandable that as a startup, you don't want new users to pay for your product right away, but there has to be other options because this won't keep people content for long. Vero is the one who made the move to compete with the already mainstreamed Instagram. If they request that people now pay a fee in order to use their app, then they will likely fail at making a reign at the top of the app store ever again.
Vero will end up in the neglect pile with other hot apps such as Ello, Mastadon, Peach, and Yo that never made a lasting impression on people. Though this newly recognized app is overwhelming the news right now, it won't take long for users to figure out the downside to it.
P.S. Be warned that if you want to delete your account, its not as easy as pressing a button. You will have to submit a formal request through the Vero website and most likely won't hear from anybody for a good week or so.
Heyo, it's your girl Emma, back at it again with some journalistic writing. This will sadly be my third and final year writing for the Central Scene....


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SO, Art Fair on Walnut was a complete success, in more ways than a usual trip to an Art show is! The crowd was amazing, the weather was perfect, my hotel was in walking distance, historic and cool. All things that don't always come to pass. ha!
The best surprise happened after I finished setting up. I realized at the Shriners Mosque across the street from my hotel had a concert going on. NOT just any concert, the AVETT BROTHERS! Such a great surprise. So, for the first time in my life I took myself to a concert. It was such a great time. Great end to a long day of driving and setting up.
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Effective White Label SEO Models for Non-SEO Agencies (Rescheduled)
Kris Jones and Chris Boggs return for another informative webinar! They will talk through some of the models in place in 2016 as increasingly more marketers are thinking about asking their web design firms about organic rankings. Some topics that will be explored include: *White label or partnerships? the pros and cons of pretending to be part of another firm *Pricing - how much should SEOs charge in 2016 for hourly work? Is it a blended rate and do some SEO tasks deliver more pure business value? *The business side of things MSAs and SOWs FTW *Client Communication *Ongoing SEO vs One Time Audits *Serving specific SEO needs such as link-building only


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Spice Retail , the multi-brand mobile and technology retail chain has announced the acquisition of 'Global Access', a well-known Karnataka-based mobile retail chain. Global Access has been a strong regional brand in Karnataka with more than 20 retail stores in the state's capital Bangalore. With this acquisition Spice Retail will be able to mark its strong presence in the state of Karnataka.
Hotspot has been actively increasing its footprint in the country. Spice Group had also acquired the Indian operations of a Dubai-based mobile retail chain Cellucom last year. Cellucom India had close to 120 retail stores and after the merger; Spice Retail has a network of more than 700 Hotspot stores at present. The company is looking forward to its second acquisition in Southern India this year.
After taking over Global Access, Spice Retail is pursuing further expansion by adding new products in categories like imaging, gaming and various other novel products and services.


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NZ Airports purpose is to:
- facilitate co-operation, mutual assistance, information exchange and educational opportunities for Members;
- promote and advise Members on legislation, regulation and associated matters;
- provide timely information and analysis of all New Zealand and relevant international aviation developments and issues;
- provide a forum for discussion and decision on matters affecting the ownership and operation of airports and the aviation industry;
- disseminate advice in relation to the operation and maintenance of airport facilities;
- act as an advocate for airports and safe efficient aviation
Membership of NZ Airports is in four categories:
- Category 1: Airport owners and operators - with three sub-groups representing different sizes of airport
- Category 2: Aviation-related organisations
- Category 3: Individuals employed in, or having an interest in, the aviation industry
- Category 4: Honorary Life Membership
Executive Committee
The governing body of NZ Airports is the Executive Committee, known as ExCo. Membership of ExCo is shared among category 1 and 2 members to ensure appropriate representation of the sector. Current ExCo members are:
- Stuart Ainslie, Hawke's Bay Airport
- David Hayes, Masterton Airport
- Dean Heiford, Marlborough Airport
- Richard Holyoake, Beca
- Malcolm Johns, Christchurch Airport
- Colin Keel, Queenstown Airport
- Adrian Littlewood, Auckland Airport
- Steve Sanderson, Wellington Airport (Chair)
- Wayne Wootton, New Plymouth Airport
Chief Executive
Kevin Ward
Level 8, 45 Johnston Street, Wellington
PO Box 11 369, Manners Street, Wellington 6142
Telephone +64 4 384 3217
Mobile +64 21 384 524
NZ Airports has 34 airport members ranging in size from a few thousand to 13 million passengers per year. The full range of airport ownership structures are represented, including privately owned, council-owned, joint ventures between councils and the Crown, airport companies and public companies.
There are 28 non-airport members including consulting and engineering firms, and other aviation-related organisations.
Attached are the Rules of NZ Airports Association


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