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Late last month an old friend offered me the opportunity to visit a secluded island in northern Michigan. This place is a beautiful tourist haven in the summer, however its mere 300 year-round employees are all that inhabit the island come winter (save for the wildlife). In fact, the only way to reach the island once the Great Lake Huron freezes over is by a 4-6 mile trek across ice, by foot or snowmobile. This was the setting of our grand adventure, and I want to share with you why I think this was such a valuable opportunity for my growth as an artist.
I believe you should never quit and never settle. This mindset can be very useful when paired with a spur of the moment personality! Lately my schedule has grown ever full while trying to balance self-employment, family, friends, personal space, and more; however, I believe that an ever-changing schedule and willingness to jump at the whim of an opportunity can truly lead to the greatest experiences and growth. Although I sometimes feel too tired to continue or want to quit, I know that always striving for the best will push me to my fullest potential, wherever that may lead!
So, back to the scene of a 4 mile trek across the ice, there were definitely moments of that bone-chilling walk that I started to question what in the world I was doing; I mean, this was basically a vacation weekend, a chance to get away from home and create, however I was probably the most uncomfortable and cold I had been all winter. Clearly California would be a better destination later that month! But as I walked and saw the wonder of the beauty around me, and the exasperated but excited expressions on my friends faces, I knew this weekend was going to be well worth it for many reasons, not to mention it'd be a great story for the grandkids!
The goal of this trip, besides getting to share experiences with some wonderfully wild friends, old and new, was to take photos inside the glorious Grand Hotel, one of the top 10 historic hotels in the world and a place I've always dreamed of getting inside. The decision to come here was entirely a personal need to create without a reason or money or outside perspective interfering. Despite being a "busy person" I could sense that I needed a break from responsibilities to let my soul rest and breath. As I often share with my students at workshops and mentoring, the best art is born from a healthy, reflective spirit; you have to let yourself process the world and experiences around you before you can successfully create something powerful. My parents always told me "You can't help others until you help yourself", and I whole-heartedly believe that applies across the board. I have to reflect within my own mind before I can create something worthwhile to inspire others! So, despite the -15 degrees and cutting winds, my friends and I stopped at nothing to explore the forests, rock formations, and icy trails of Mackinac Island, leading up to our chilly day inside the winterized Grand Hotel.
3 days into our trip it was finally time to set foot inside the Grand. Our time was limited, and as an effort to preserve energy throughout the closed winter season, the Grand Hotel was powerless and almost as cold as the outdoors. These factors definitely posed some limits, but we were determined not to stop for anything. Despite the shivering, our amazing models Danielle, Zach and Michael changed into thin outfits for Jennifer Ilene, Jo Cook and myself, musing for anything we asked! I am happy to say I was able to create a few successful images to create a short story, despite my fingers feeling like they might fall off, and the others had a blast shooting their concepts as well. I have yet to edit the full set, but you can see the process of transforming my first image from the Grand below.
I guess the point of writing this blog is to say this: never settle or quit for the sake of ease or fear, always jump into every worthwhile opportunity instead. Life is going to be full of "busy" and "scary" and "tired", however we have the ability to rise above that and become more than ordinary. We each have been given gifts and talents that make us unique on Planet Earth, and the things we long to do are achievable if we work for them at all cost. Sometimes that means taking time away for yourself or jumping at a random opportunity like this trip.
I will continue to grasp every Grand opportunity I get, and I believe those moments are what will continue to make me a happy, successful artist and person. So what is it that you need to push yourself towards overcoming walls in your life? Have you taken time to reflect lately, and are there any sporadic opportunities worth pursuing this week? Whether you can do this internally or need to write it out on paper, I encourage you to just do it. No busy schedule or fear of committing is worth putting off your potential, only opportunity awaits!


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Music promo / animated photography / client Underworld / commissioned by Tomato.
Exhibited at The National Pushkin Museum, St Petersburg, Russia.
A study of life and death, this piece documents the cycle of the oriental Dynamite Lillie. A formally lit still life composition, 24 000 frames were recorded over six weeks. The bulbs open and move responding to the ambient light, the temperature of the studio and to one another's presence.
They bloom, sexually interact, die and decay. The full six minute version can be seen here.
TVC / chromatography & timelapse photography / client BBC / commissioned by Red Bee Media & Tomato.
Paper chromatography is the process used to animate the typography. Black ink dissolves in water which carries it through the paper via capillary action. Distinguishable by their variety of colour, the separate compounds within the ink separate and travel through the cellulose base at differing rates.
An experiment in form, context and visual metaphor. An iterative process has led to this series of still and moving images, as the work evolves it's meaning and the contextual approach evolve, revolve and dissolve.
Exhibited in London 2011, Brisbane & Philadelphia 2015
Awards Best In Category, Commissioned Design Series, The Photographers Awards 2011
In collaboration with Guerrilla, and some fabulously talented performing artists I creatively directed, produced, photographed and post-produced this identity collateral for the Bleach* Festival 2017.
Australian Marketing Institute – Awards for Marketing Excellence / Not for Profit Marketing Award. See the backstory here .
Code / animated photography / client Wired UK / commissioned by Wired.
A symbiotic relationship exists between sound and image.
The moving image is created by sampling pixels of the still life photographs of audio output components, then re-organising their spatial co-ordinates in a virtual three dimensional workspace. Electronic sound is generated by sampling the colour, tonal and spatial data values of the images. Those values are used to create a histogram which synthesises the spectrum of an audio signal waveform which in turn reorientates the x, y and z co-ordinates of the extracted pixels. New frames are created from each original frame and are then linearly sequenced.
Analogue lensless large format plate photography / large scale silver gelatine prints / 6 in a series of 24.
To remove the lens is to see without eyes.
Lenses create distorted representations of three dimensional scenes by rendering them onto two dimensional surfaces. The vanishing point provides us with a point of reference, useful for spatial perception and for understanding our relationship with the environment. It doesn't exist other than to be an approximate representation of what we think we see.
In the face of nature's overwhelming dominance, living can be a process of ritualistically basic activity.
At great altitudes and in some of the most isolated regions of the Argentine and Chilean Andes - often only accessible by air, horse or all terrain vehicles - people tell stories of great tribulation. Their meagre possessions are those of need, utilitarian and transportable. The extremes in temperatures, blisteringly cold winds and the continuous lightning storms that blast at the earth's surface have shaped their lives. One might wonder at how and why these locations were chosen for founding their communities.
Large format analogue photography / C-type and silver gelatine prints / 6 in a series of 35.
A pilgrimage to my country of birth.
These photographs are from the journal that I kept on a trip that took me across Mexico and Guatemala. Memories of my early childhood in Mexico are some of the most vivid. Recurring dreams and the mental images inspired by my father's stories of that time have left their impression on my psyche and imagination. These characters are both mythical and real, they are the protagonists of my curiosity and the reason for returning to Mexico.
35mm analogue photography / silver gelatine prints / 6 in a series of 325.
Treasure in the heart of Buenos Aires.
Argentina a land of seemingly infinite wealth and possibilities, the land of milk and honey. 'As rich as an Argentine' a common turn of phrase throughout the 20th century. During the 1940s food commodity exports totalled more than any other nation in the world, including the United states.
These abandoned salons have transcended the decades since 1914. Evita Peron, Argentina's icon to the poor and working classes, would spend small fortunes here indulging herself, preening on the marble stair cases and dancing upon the mahogany parquetry floors. Now, much like herself, the intricate detailing lies buried beneath the stories and the dust.
35mm analogue photography / giclee prints / 6 in a series of 16.
The sculptural nature of these landforms is heightened by the ambiguous scale within their environmental context, only evidenced by the subtle juxtaposition of nondescript vegetation. This work is a reflection of the romantic notions of the pictorial movement in photography. It makes reference to the F64 club and the work of Ansel Adams, the sublime nature of landscape painting and photo-realist charcoal drawings made from photographic images.
Large format analogue photography / silver gelatine prints / 5 in a series of 18.
Glaciar Upsala / Austral Andes, Argentine Patagonia / silver gelatin print 100 × 127 cm. The brittle top layer or 'fracture zone' of the glacier moves as a single piece over the lower more plastic flow deforming it under pressure. The terminal moraine, at the base of the glacier, is formed by the deposition of glacial material and left exposed as the glacier retreats.
Stromatolite / Chilean Patagonia / silver gelatin print 150 × 124 cm. Formed by the sedimentary layering of microorganisms. Early microbial stromatolites date to 2.724 billion years ago and recently discovered stromatolites extend as far back as 3.450 billion years.
Tres Cruces diptych / silver gelatin prints 160 × 404 cm. Landforms situated in the Quebrada de Humahuaca 'cracked mountain range' of the Andes in northern Argentina.
Los Castillos / triptych / silver gelatine prints 65x 251cm. Created as a result of the tectonic shifts of the oceanic crust of the South American Plate which drove it upwards and out of the ground. As precipitation is sporadic with severe temperature oscillations, the cracking at the rock surfaces of this site is compounded. The valley's history is culturally rich with 10 000 years of inhabitants, being a caravan route to the Inca empire in the 15th Century, the passage from Peru to Argentina and Chile for the Spanish imperialists and the setting for many battles of the Spanish War of Independence. The Rio Grande roars by it's base in the winter and the riverbed, dry in summer, facilitates the whiplashing winds with sandy ammunition to carve fissures into it's faces.
La Sophia / triptych / silver gelatin prints 90 × 285cm. Torres del Paine, Chilean Patagonia. Exposed granite contrasts with the remnants of the landform's eroded sedimentary stratum.
With the great folks at Guerrilla, I made this identity collateral for the Bleach* Festival 2016, the annual multi-arts festival of the Gold Coast which aims to connect art with the community through the expression of music, theatre, dance, visual arts and outdoor events.
A wonderful gift to the City of The Gold Coast !
Studio based commissions for food and lifestyle magazines, advertising for consumer brands, chefs and supermarkets.
Texture, colour & composition.
Adidas Germany / Content for Interactive wall installation for flagship retail store in Berlin.
This collaborative piece draws upon the life and work of Edweard Muybridge's human motion studies and stop frame animations.
Each frame is of UHD resolution suitable for multi-platform usage from large format print and digital OOH to online and mobile.
Custom code / 360 º motion capture / animated photography.
Inspired by the organic beauty of the Phalaenopsis Blossom (orchid) and the design philosophy of Scandinavian collective Muuto.
Jakob Wagner's Flow Milk Jug and the blossoms are photographed in a 360º range of rotation, creating a three dimensionally mapped image sequence. The data is encoded and re-sampled. In effect, the object can be unwrapped and spread across a two dimensional horizontal plane. Time is spatially compressed from it's multi-dimensional and temporal nature.
muutos : noun - change, modification, new perspective.
Studio based advertising commissions for retail brands and supermarkets and editorial commissions for fashion, food and lifestyle magazines.
Conceptual form & organic abstraction.
UHD Digital OOH / in-store installations / online / print / digital facades / client UNIQLO.
D&AD 2014 Award / In-Book Branding, Brand Experience & Environments
A challenging multi-platform project, with the team spread across the globe in London, Paris, New York, Barcelona and Tokyo. My delivery involved creating the visuals and a design management solution to the complex workflow, from pre-production and production, through to post-production.
The LED installations went up in the flagship store on 5th Avenue, and the SoHo, West 34th St, Paris and London stores.
In NYC at the time, I popped by to document the installation process.
Studio based commissions. Directional advertising for premium, luxury and consumer brands, distributors and magazines.
Form, desire & simplicity.
Greenpeace / Arctic Global Day of Action / outdoor projection mapping / commissioned by Greenpeace UK / curated and edited by Immersive.
A global movement to stop the largest companies in the world from destroying the Arctic for profit.
I created a short piece, briefed with the keyword of 'hope' to map to the facade of Friends House, the office of Quakers in Britain. Other contributing animators were Jordan Foster, Chris Stoneman, Matt King, Tom Wall, Bruno Costarelli, Sipos Mihály, Daero Ra, Clive Shaw, Daniel Wiedemann, Alexander Andrew Boyce, Sunghwoa Gong.
2014 News flash, from Nic and all the Arctic defenders at Greenpeace UK...
"Prepare yourself for some BIG news".
"Shell's new boss, Ben van Beurden, has scrapped Shell's 2014 Arctic drilling plans".
"This is a major result for everyone who has fought for the Arctic and presents a huge opportunity to protect the Arctic for good".
"Right now, Van Beurden is deciding Shell's strategy for the future, and he's under a lot of pressure to make some big changes".
"Just two weeks ago, in the face of falling profits, Shell had to release its first profit warning in ten years. And thanks to a broad range of environmental groups, a US court ruled that Shell couldn't drill in Alaska this year".
"Investors are really nervous, and vast amounts of money have been wasted on fines, leases and equipment. Shell's $5 billion Arctic experiment has been a failure".
Send an urgent message to Shell's new CEO telling him to rethink these reckless Arctic plans.
"Ten years ago, when Shell first decided to gamble on oil in the melting Arctic Ocean it might have looked like a good investment. Fast forward to 2014 and Shell have nothing to show except financial loss and reputational disaster. The world has changed and big oil is not the future".
"It's time to move on. Let's make it happen".
These projects demonstrate an approach to creating stills + motion image solutions that have a cohesive aesthetic.
Imagine the possibilities of each frame of the moving image having the potential to be used in print.
The inherent colour rendition, sharpness and resolution of high end digital photographs is unsurpassed. Video, even at 4K, cannot match the aesthetic perfection.
Ultra High Definition moving imagery made here with digital photographs can be displayed at the highest resolutions on the best screens available without visible loss.
The production value is very high and the process extremely efficient and cost effective. The value added result is beautiful photography + moving images made in one workflow, from the same assets, with the same technology.
Gucci Guilty / animated photography & CGI / Procter & Gamble / online promo for fragrance launch.
Black / animated photography / National Magazines / digital promo.
Bushmills Irish Whiskey / animated photography & CGI / Kessels Kramer / TVC and cinema spot.
Bleu / animated photography & CGI / a treatment for online + UHD display.
Studio based commissions for fashion magazines and directional advertising for designer and luxury brands.
Concept, style & identity.
Convergence of media, as a social and cultural practice and through consumer demand, has had an astounding impact upon the processes and business models within the creative industries.
These R+D projects are my exploration of that space.
VR testing sessions
Video documentation of the experimental interactive Eyecanfly project user-testing sessions / a concept & prototype.
Eyecanfly is research into the relationship between immersive visual arts and interactivity. Inspired by the paintings of Mark Rothko and the phenomena of phantom stereopsis, the development and testing of a prototype for an immersive virtual flight experience was tested using stereoscopic 3D photography, micro drones, virtual reality gaming technologies and the Oculus Rift head mounted display.
I was invited to present the findings and the prototype of this research as a delegate to EVA 2013, the Electronic Visual Arts Conference at The British Computer Society.
The work was experienced by a broad range of randomly selected users from the public domain and also by other EVA delegates from the international academic community and led to further invitations by Dr James Hemsley, the founder of EVA Conferences and also by Professor Vito Cappellini from the Media Integration and Communication Centre at the University of Florence, to present a paper on 2D and 3D image acquisition at EVA Florence 2014.
A BIG thanks to all who took part in my user-testing sessions.
A lot of fun and games !
British National Maritime Museum Installation
Ships, Clocks and Stars: The Quest for Longitude / Installation prototype.
This collaboration with the NMM, to test the viability of large scale and multi dimensional immersive projections within the entrance pavilion to the NMMs' major Summer Exhibition in 2014 of an atmospheric seascape depicting significant ocean swells, provided a great opportunity for me to further develop my immersive media interests.
Upon examining the proposed design and floor plans for the exhibition, I created, tested and adapted a set of prototype simulations to determine the parameters for a comfortable user-experience for the final piece. This provided very useful data for the museums's design studio for briefing and commissioning the detailed and costly CGI artwork.
The most significant variables in the simulations are camera elevation, field of view, wind speed, wind direction, swell size and the camera's orientation relative to the horizon. The moving horizon is a key factor in causing sea sickness. User-testing inside of an Oculus Rift HMD, for when it was not possible to test large scale projections within the installations' actual environment, was again a very useful testing tool.
Custom code / 360 º motion capture / animated photography / CPB Group.
This treatment, using a time slice technique was used to illustrate the magical Milka chocolate spirals for integration into the Milka 'Nudge' campaign. This approach was taken to satisfy the clients' imperative of photographing real chocolate rather than generating it with CGI artwork.
Highspeed macro imagery / hydrogen 2 + oxygen 1 / a concept for an interactive data visualisation
Water is created through the formation of stars and has been in existence for as long as the Universe. In it's liquid, gaseous or solid forms it is vital to every life form on Earth. Spiritually and philosophically it is considered a purifier. Physically, for the most part, it is what we are.
With just a little twist of my arm I can be convinced to shoot editorial commissions that combine three of my passions - food, travel and photography.
Salvador de Bahia, Brazil.
The first colonial capital, known as Brazil's 'city of happiness'. European, African and American Indian cultures converge here at the spiritual home of Samba, Capoeira, Cachaca and Carnival - the largest party in the world.
Erg Chebbi, Sahara.
In the Saharan interior of of North Africa the Tuareg, a Berber people, are the principal inhabitants. With a traditionally nomadic pastoralist lifestyle they lead an extremely minimalist existence where everything has a use. Their camel's feces is so dry that it is used to fuel the stove.
Malaga, Spain.
On Andalusia's Costa del Sol Malaga stands as one of the oldest cities in the world, with a history spanning 2800 years. Breakfast at Antigua Casa de Guardia, the oldest bar in town and frequented by Picasso, consists of a couple of glasses of Moscatel sweet fortified wine and tapas of freshly caught oysters, prawns and squid. All for a handful of change.
A Community Project
These children are the face of Harlesden in North West London, the most ethnically diverse community in the world. I was asked to make their portraits to raise funds for the school. With more than a hundred images in this series, created in just 20 minutes, I am fascinated by the individually unique qualities of each child's face.
They are wearing the Easter bonnets that they made in class and demonstrated at one of their school's assemblies, which are as diverse as the community itself, celebrating and honouring Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Christian and Pagan festivals alike.

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For a 18"x18" square pillow, I cut 1 front 19"x19" and 1 back 20"x20" ( I always cut the backs of pillows 1" bigger than I cut the front) I'll explain why later. and then cut a zipper stop approx 9"x1 1/8".
I use my serger/overlock machine to finish off the bottom edges of the front and back. I do not serge all 4 sides of the pillow, just the bottoms so no frayed edges get caught in the zipper.
As a professional I use nylon zipper by the yard. Here's a great source for zipper by the yard.
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You can use a regular zipper, just purchase one that is the same size as your pillow (in this case 18") and you can still use this zipper method and you will not have to worry about sewing around the metal zipper stops.
Turn the zipper around and stitch back and forth against the teeth on the other side.
It should now look like this at the bottom of your zipper.
Lay your pillow back, bottom serged edge, right side down on top of your zipper aligning the edges. Stitch close to the zipper teeth that you can feel and see under your fabric.
Pause when you get approx 6" from the edge.
Fold under 1/2" of your other fabric zipper stop and lay it next to the unstitched zipper section.
Unzip your zipper so the zipper pull is above where the new fabric zipper stop aligns with the pillow. Trim the top of your zipper 1/2" beyond where the fabric zipper stop will connect.
Place the fabric zipper stop 1/2" beyond the top of your zipper, lay the remaining back pillow down and continue stitching to the end.
This is what your zipper should look like at this point.
Now it's time to join the front to the back of your pillow at the bottom zipper edge. With the pillow front right side up, lay your pillow back right side down along the bottom zipper edge. Extend the back 1/2" past the front (remember we cut the back 1" bigger than the front)
Making sure you have the zipper flap pushed back out of the way, stitch along the zipper teeth. You may end up with more then 1/2" extending past your pillow front at this edge, that's OK.
Now we just have to close up the other 3 sides of your pillow.
With the back of your pillow on the bottom facing up, push the zipper flap flat against the zipper. Lay the front pillow piece over the top (remember the front will be 1/2" smaller than the back on the 3 remaining sides.
Using the fronts raw edge as your guide and using a 1/2" seam allowance stitch this edge.
Trim off the extra 1/2" from the 3 edges you just stitched.
Now for stuffing....Here's how us professionals stuff pillows and cushions.
I then usually add a little polyfil stuffing to the corners to fill them out a little. Close your zipper and you're done!
The reason we cut the back 1" bigger than the front was to allow for the extra fabric to be folded over for the zipper flap and to keep lining up the edges from being an issue. If you've ever sewn 2 squares that are the same size together, then you know that sometimes they won't line up perfectly around all 4 edges. The cause of this is technical, but I will try to explain. The pressure the machine foot tends to put on the top layer of fabric tends to stretch it out and the feed dogs that feed the bottom layer of fabric tend to gather them up (or shrink it) So by allowing extra fabric on the back piece, you don't have to worry about anything lining up. I promise your pillow will still come out appearing perfectly square.
I'm hoping these instructions aren't too confusing! That's why I included lots of pictures, if my wording is too hard, just follow the pictures. Happy Pillow Making!!Pin It


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Hwy 87 resurfacing scheduled for May 29-30
Current 7-ton load limit will be lifted when complete
BEMIDJI, Minn. — Motorists can expect delays on Highway 87 between Highway 71 and Hubbard County Road 13 as crews repave the road surface on May 29-30, weather permitting.
Highway 87 is currently under a 7-ton load limit restriction which will be lifted when the two-day resurfacing project is complete. A more in depth construction project is tentatively scheduled to take place in 2023.
During this work, flaggers will control traffic and motorists should plan for lane closures in the area where crews are working.
MnDOT urges motorists to always drive with caution, and reminds them to slow down in the work zone and never enter a roadway that has been blocked with barriers or cones. For real-time traffic and travel information in Minnesota, visit 511mn.org or get the free smartphone app at Google Play or the App Store.


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United Level Sound Presents:
Javier & Los DishDogs
The Lost Weekend
Soldiers of Solace
Slim Francis
Fri, June 22, 2018
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Javier & Los DishDogs
Javier & Los DishDogs deliver rock n' roll with clever elements of a musicologist's mood swing. With recent addition of two female backup singers, their stage presence craves for audience participation in chorus sing-a-longs. Focusing on lyrical humor, Javier & Los DishDogs' stage persona is charismatic and positive. Supported by Boston's independent label, Teenage Heart Records, their new e.p "KILLING YOURSELF TO LAUGH" was just released in June 2014. Check it out.
The Lost Weekend
An independent alternative rock band based
out of central and southern CT. Formed in
Summer 2013.
Influenced by The Smiths, The Cure, Interpol
Tears for Fears, David Bowie, The Foals, Wild
Nothing, Led Zeppelin, Joy Division, The Killers,
The Ocean Blue.
Just released our first full-length LP "Denial"
recorded over the last three years.
14 original songs.
Produced by The Lost Weekend.
Singles: "Nothing Concrete" and "Different
Than You Are".
Soldiers of Solace
"Soldiers of Solace" is signed with German Record Label, "Rock N' Growl Records", which is a division of "Rock N' Growl Promotions". Soldiers of Solace is an all original, hard hitting, American heavy rock band, comprised of five members: "Jason Longo" on vocals, "Ron Therrien" on bass guitar, "Luis Cubille" on rhythm guitar, "Jeff Fahy" on lead guitar, and all the way from Italy, "Francesco Daniele" on drums.
Since their birth, a little over a year ago, "Soldiers of Solace" has shared the mainstage with national acts such as: "Nonpoint", "Jamey Jasta" of "Hatebreed", and "Scott Stapp" of "Creed". With poignant lyrical content, driving riffs, thundering beats, and powerful live performances, "Soldiers of Solace" is quickly making their mark on the international music scene, and gaining fans and supporters worldwide.
CT based heavy rock band, "Soldiers of Solace" was chosen by "iRockradio", (The World Headquarters of Rock), as "The Gale Toyota, Unsigned Artist of the Month", for July 2016. Soldiers of Solace is played in regular rotation, alongside legendary and iconic rock and metal bands like: "Five Finger Death Punch", "Shinedown", and "Metallica". As part of this exciting honor, "Soldiers of Solace" also filmed a live performance, music video, in studio courtesy of "iRockradio", as well as filming a a video on site, at Gale Toyota.
Soldiers of Solace has gained the respect of rock and metal fans and DJ's across the world and they are being played regularly on stations like: BostonRockRadio.com, NewEnglandRockandMetalRadio.com, and victorylaneradio.com.
Soldiers of Solace will be releasing a full length, debut album, through their record label, "Rock N' Growl Records" in 2017.
If you would like to show your support to this CT based, heavy rock band, who is taking the international scene by storm, or to check out show dates, and get other band info, you can visit them at www.facebook.com/soldiersofsolace and give them a like.
Slim Francis
Slim Francis is a hard-hitting blues/rock outfit from Brooklyn, New York whose hard-driving rhythms and raunchy guitar textures will move through you like a freight train on meth-amphetamines. The Brooklyn based band is led by Aric Carroll, an extraordinary songwriter and vocalist, whose eclectic guitar stylings and soulful vocals tell haunting tales of life and love in the big city. As a backdrop for Slim Francis' guitar onslaught, Aric provides a steady pulse with his right foot on an oversized kick drum while bassist Jim Miades lays down thumping low-end grooves on his P-Bass, providing a trashy back beat with hi-hat and tambourine.
The Band has been building a loyal following in the U.K. and U.S. through a steady schedule of touring. On their most recent U.K. tour, the band sold out of their highly regarded "On With the Show" and "Everything Is Just Perfect" albums. To rave reviews, Slim Francis is currently touring in support of their latest and most rockin' release yet, "Talk To Animals."
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What people are saying about "Double Threat: Canadian Jews, the Military, and WWII":
"Double Threat is an important book. More than 17,000 Jewish Canadians fought in World War II. Many never came home and instead lie in the ground of Canadian war cemeteries across Europe with the Star of David carved into the stone above them. They fought the Nazis with a passion that allowed them to move past the antisemitism they had faced, first at home, and then, too often, right beside them on the battlefield. Bessner's writing brings this part of our history out of the shadows. All of us owe it to those remarkable men and women to read their stories."
Peter Mansbridge O.C.
"Like a million of their fellow citizens in World War II, they put life aspirations aside, left family, friends and lovers behind and departed the relative safety of Canadian shores. The difference? Canadian Jews in the armed forces faced antisemitism in the ranks, politicians and commanders who doubted their effectiveness, and feared certain death if captured in Nazi-occupied Europe. In victory, they bore the sting of neglect by their nation's historians. Until now. In Ellin Bessner, these Canadian-Jewish servicemen and women have found a documentarian who understood their faith and has dug deep, listened long and fought hard to tell their stories."
Ted Barris, author of The Great Escape: A Canadian Story
"One of the first books to be released by the Toronto-based New Jewish Press may turn out to be one of its most impressive. Double Threat by Ellin Bessner, leaves no stones unturned in its telling of the full-blooded saga of the heroic participation of Jewish men and women in the Canadian military during the Second World War. It's a worthy topic, and one that, surprisingly, has never been covered in such depth before. For that reason, the book has the feel of a popular Canadian Jewish classic, comparable, say, to None is Too Many (Irving Abella-Harold Troper) or Canada's Jews: A People's Journey (Gerald J.J. Tulchinsky)."
Bill Gladstone, Canadian Jewish News.
"This book is an important contribution for several reasons. Here at last is a single authoritative reference. "Double Threat" fully vindicates against any naysayers who doubt or would impugn the accomplishments of that Great Generation of Canadian Jews. Ellin gives a voice to the veterans and more particularly to those who could never return to Canada. Her technique to achieve this is reminiscent of Pierre Berton's "Vimy": lead in with some of their background, an anecdote or two, and perhaps even a quotation or words attributed to them. It is only later that we learn if they were amongst the fortunate ones who returned to Canada to complete their lives or if they perished overseas. When we meet yet another personality, the anticipation of learning whether they survived or not is almost palpable."
Major General Ed S. Fitch, OMM, MSM, CD (Ret'd)
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Ellin Bessner is a professor and journalist who has written an interesting book on the history of Canadian Jews who served during World War II: Double Threat: Canadian Jews, the Military, and World War II . In all over 17,000 Jewish Canadians served, and Bessner provides a good overview as well as personalized stories of those that served.
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Here are the Missionaries and Mission Organizations in the Greater Toronto Area we support:
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship
Daniel & Jamie Jones
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF)'s purpose is to be shaped by God's word and led by the Holy Spirit, as well as facilitating the transformation of youth, students and graduates into fully committed followers of Jesus Christ.
Youth Unlimited - Young Parents Ministry
Melat Hailu
Youth Unlimited's approach is to "show concern for the whole person." They offer parenting tips, life skills development, mentoring relationships, social interaction, financial counseling, aid and Christian spiritual formation. Ann is a part of the Young Parents Ministry.
PAOC Mission Canada
Ejay Tupe
Many care about the state of a city yet due to daily busyness many are not able to positively influence those who find themselves either on the streets or in challenging life situations. For this reason, it is crucial that Mission Canada place workers in these gaps of our nation - people who know the city well, have the networks, and can bring life-transforming change to those who need it most. Ejay is here... in Toronto... because we must.
Toronto City Mission
Toronto City Mission exists to share the love of God and to break the cycles of poverty in Toronto. We are committed to integrating the word and deed of the Gospel; understanding and breaking cycles of poverty; and partnering with local churches.
David Burke and Jazelle Nicholson
LifeLine is a community of students on a journey to Find, Follow and Serve Jesus Christ at Ryerson University. Whether their first choice or last resort, students can grab a hold of LifeLine and be pulled out of darkness and into the presence of God. At LifeLine students find solid teaching, deep prayer, meaningful outreach, powerful worship, and a family where they can feel at home.
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Yonge Street Mission
Yonge Street Mission is called to demonstrate God's love, peace and justice to people living in economic, social and spiritual poverty in Toronto. As a not-for-profit Christian faith community, we acknowledge that every person is created in the image of God and has inherent value and dignity.
The Arctic Hope Project / BPEA
Bill Prankard and Steven Carleton
The Arctic Hope Project is a groundbreaking project designed to stop suicide and develop community leaders among Inuit youth in Nunavut, Canada. They focus on providing a holistic approach of both culturally specific counselling and emotional resiliency training, as well as facilitating youth and elder round tables with local leaders to help develop a collaborative vision for community development.
With the support of community stakeholders, local pastors, a culturally specific trauma and addictions counsellor and one of the founding fathers of Nunavut, this team is beginning to see both individuals and communities impacted by the love and transforming power of Jesus.


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So, this upcoming First Friday I will be having new work up at Fraction Print Studios alongside Ash Miyagawa and Avery Fowles. I'm pretty excited, not only because of the beautiful work that I will be hanging (out) with, but also our vision for the show: an installation of art and hanging flowers. It will be beautiful.
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Closing: June 30th
This new work has been really cathartic. I've been trying to spend some extra time in details, but also revisiting my old paintings from 2012, 'Containment'; a body of work that reflected on inner struggles and ignoring our animalistic feelings fearing mental illness because of them. This time around I decided to make things personal (insert action movie reference). 2017 can kind of go kick itself, with all the struggles, trying times, and life challenges that it's getting a laugh out of. So, why not make a body of work to go with it? I've always been fascinated with the idea of irony, like death just being a next step in life like becoming an adult and acquiring debt: something to be celebrated. Our view of death is skewed because our culture (and religion) but maybe this irony applies to other things in our life as well? We plenty of times have a separation between the actuality of a situation and reality. For example, eating meat but then angered when animals are killed; driving cars but then complaining about fossil fuels; stereotyping but then angered when labeled ourselves. Look beyond what you see in front of you. This is irony.
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Every summer Jubilee Church sends a team from our community to one of the village of Indonesia. This will be our second year ministering in the village of Matobe in the Mentawai Islands. This trip includes a children's VBS, a separate youth ministry, and training and equipping church leaders.
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A friend of two Ireland and Ulster rugby players accused of perverting the course of justice and withholding information about an alleged rape has begun giving evidence at Belfast Crown Court.
Rory Harrison, 25, from Manse Road, in Belfast denies the charges against him.
He described being "fairly drunk" and could not remember getting back to Paddy Jackson's south Belfast house where the rape is alleged to have happened on June 28, 2016.
Answering questions from his defence barrister Gavan Duffy QC, he described being "good friends" with rape accused Jackson.
"He's a good friend of mine, I would not get to see him very much until this had all begun," he said.
Ireland and Ulster rugby player Paddy Jackson (Niall Carson/PA)
Asked about his relationship with Stuart Olding, who is also accused of rape, he answered: "I am friendly with him but I would not see him very often, and any time I would have it would be through Patrick."
Blane McIlroy, who is accused of exposure, has also been a "friend" since school days at Belfast's Methodist College, the court heard.
Harrison spoke of memory gaps in the night due to alcohol consumption.
He drank six cans of beer, four pints of Guinness, a few gin and tonics, four or five vodkas and lemonade and a few shots during the course of the night in question.
Asked about his memory of leaving Ollies nightclub, he replied: "Not a huge amount."
Stuart Olding arrives at Belfast Crown Court (Niall Carson/PA)
When he returned to Jackson's house, he spent the bulk of his time beside a speaker playing music, the court heard.
Jackson, 26, from Oakleigh Park in Belfast and Olding, 24, from Ardenlee Street in the city deny raping the same woman on June 28, 2016.
Jackson denies a further charge of sexual assault.
McIlroy, 26, from Royal Lodge Road in Belfast has pleaded not guilty to exposure while Harrison has pleaded not guilty to perverting the course of justice and withholding information.
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1. Looking for influential people from all the parts of the community affected by our initiative (e.g., from churches, the school system, and community leaders).
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The Action plan is to reach people to Jesus Christ, and reducing the amount of homeless and unfortunate children in our community by educating them, creating a recreation center, and supporting them to create a better future.
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We refer to your letter dated XXXXXX, regarding whether Company A is required to remit Employer Health Tax (EHT) for remuneration paid to its construction project employees currently working in Alberta.
EHT is payable by all employers on remuneration paid to employees who report for work at a permanent establishment (PE) in Ontario, and to employees who do not report for work at a PE of the employer, but who are paid from or through a PE of the employer in Ontario.
An employee is considered to be reporting for work at a PE of the employer if the employee comes to the PE in person to work. If the employee does not come to the PE in person to work, the employee is considered to be reporting for work at a PE if he or she may reasonably be regarded as attached to the PE.
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Most of the Indonesian Islands are mountainous and have a tropical, wet climate that produces abundant vegetation. The Indonesian islands' animal life is equally abundant, with several species of beautiful exotic birds found in the thick rainforests. Today, more than 1,500 children are being assisted through 12 child development centers.
Halmahera Island
Geography & Climate
Indonesia's economy centers on agriculture and industry. The main agricultural products include rice, coffee, sugarcane, palm oil, poultry and pork.
Indonesia's largest industrial products include petroleum, plywood, rubber, textiles and cement.
Indonesia's economy is helped by its strategic location along major sea lanes from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Today Indonesia is a growing tourist hotspot because of its tropical landscape in places such as Bali.
The child labor (ages 5-14) rate stands at 7 percent.
The average annual household income is U.S.$5,000.
The population living below the poverty line is 11.7 percent.
Throughout the country, 16 percent of the population lives on U.S.$1.25 per day or less.
Homes of impoverished families in Halmahera are typically made of wood or cement blocks, with metal or thatched roofs.
These houses usually must accommodate several members of an extended family.
During the religious-based conflict between 1999 and 2000, many homes were burned, with ruins still visible around the island today. Since then, families have largely restored their lives, and stability has returned.
Countless homes of Christians and more than 400 churches were destroyed. Many Christians of Halmahera fled to other islands for safety.
By the end of the conflict, there were more than 500,000 refugees and 6,000 deaths.
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Most of Halmahera's children are from families that live in poverty and cannot adequately meet their basic needs. Their fragile homes are under constant threat from natural disasters.
Domestic violence
Children frequently suffer from neglect and abuse.
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People have limited access to medical assistance.
A lack of post-secondary schools limits educational opportunities.
In partnership with local churches, Compassion strives to meet the pressing needs of Halmahera's impoverished children and provide them the resources and learning opportunities to rise above poverty.
To fight malnutrition, children are provided nutritious meals.
They also receive the health checkups and medical attention their parents can't afford.
All children are provided the uniforms, fees and supplies required to attend school. Center workers provide the children with extra tutoring, which encourages them to stay in school and excel in their studies.
The children's formal education is supplemented by Compassion's own curriculum, which addresses all facets of life: physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual.
In monthly meetings, center staff discuss with caregivers the importance of children completing their education. Parents also learn valuable childrearing skills.
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In partnership with local churches, Compassion is bringing help and hope to children in need on Halmahera Island, providing them with:
Compassion believes that God's purposes on Earth are accomplished through the church, including bringing justice and mercy to the world's poor and oppressed. That's why on Halmahera, our programs are carried out through local churches.
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Spirit led thoughts from the Canon to the Ordinary
There are many approaches to what the prayer book calls The Burial of the Dead. Some think the shorter the better. Others turn it into a so-called Celebration of Life which is often just a series of eulogies tearfully offered by family and friends. As Anglicans, our understanding is that the service is to be focused on Jesus and the fact that He is resurrection and life and that those who believe in Him shall never die.
A case in point is the service we just held at St. Mary's for Tom Sather who died unexpectedly at the age of 52. Last September 8, during lunch at his house with his wife Janet and my wife Susan, it came up that despite being raised in the church neither of them was sure of their salvation. After some discussion, I led each of them in a prayer of salvation. Little did we know what lay ahead. Tom died June 27,2016.
Last week we held a Celebration of Eternal Life for Tom at St. Mary's. The focus was on salvation. The scriptures and the homily's application of the scriptures ministered to those present. Referring to John 14:1ff I noted that it is believing in Jesus that makes it possible for our hearts not to be troubled. A little later I said we are right there with Thomas wondering where we go and how we get there. Jesus assures us he prepares a place for us and he comes and takes us there. I noted that this promise is for all who believe in their hearts and confess with their mouths that Jesus is lord as Tom Sather did.
After the service, a man I'd never met followed me into the sacristy. He had tears in his eyes. He said he was a mess and hadn't been to church in years. He said something I said really touched him and he wanted to know if he could talk to me about getting God back in his life. I prayed with him right there. I arranged to meet with him on Sunday to continue his journey back to Jesus. Celebrations of Eternal Life are incredible teachable moments if Jesus is the focus. God is great and does amazing things when we least expect it. Actually, I expect it all the time.
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Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 mystery: Jet's door may have been found, officials say Update May 10th.. Not plane debris.
"We lost tracking for it pretty early on," a spokesman for FlightAware told FoxNews.com.
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 with 239 people on board, departed Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia on March 8 at 12:43 a.m. local time en route to Beijing, China, according to FlightAware, which published a minute-by-minute tracking log of the flight. The plane was at 35,000 feet at 1:01 a.m. Saturday morning.
One minute later, the site's data ends.
- Vietnamese aircraft spotted what they suspected was one of the doors belonging to the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on Sunday, as troubling questions emerged about how two passengers managed to board the Boeing 777 using stolen passports.
An authority told Reuters that it was too dark to be certain the object was part of the missing plane, and that more aircraft would be dispatched to investigate the site in waters off southern Vietnam in the morning.
Meanwhile, Interpol says no country checked its database for information about stolen passports that were used to board the Malaysia Airlines flight that disappeared with 239 people on board Saturday less than an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, bound for Beijing.
European authorities on Saturday confirmed the names and nationalities of the two stolen passports: One was an Italian-issued document bearing the name Luigi Maraldi, the other Austrian under the name Christian Kozel. Police in Thailand said Maraldi's passport was stolen on the island of Phuket last July.
Interpol said in a statement it was investigating all other passports used to board the flight and was working to determine the "true identities" of the passengers who used the stolen passports.
A U.S. official told Fox News that a key priority is clarifying the status of the passports, whether they were lost or stolen, and determining through airport security screening and video who got on the flight under those names.
"I can confirm that we have the visuals of these two people on CCTV," Malaysian Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said at a news conference late Sunday, adding that the footage was being examined. "We have intelligence agencies, both local and international, on board."
A U.S. official told Fox News that a key priority is clarifying the status of the passports, whether they were lost or stolen, and determining through airport security screening and video who got on the flight under those names.
The statements came as officials said finding the wreckage of the flight is "the utmost priority."
"There is still no sign of the aircraft," Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, director general of the Department of Civil Aviation, said during a news conference in Kuala Lumpur.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/03/09/malaysia-airlines-loses-contact-with-plane-carrying-23-people/?intcmp=obnetwork
Fox News' Catherine Herridge and Dan Gallo, as well as The Associated Press contributed to this report.
And: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/03/10/real-time-flight-trackers-seek-missing-malaysian-air-flight-370-find-only-holes/Blogger note:
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Details concerning the sudden, Saturday disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight 370 continue to trickle in. Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, the head of Malaysia's Civil Aviation Authority, said the missing Boeing 777 carrying 227 passengers an "unprecedented mystery."
Here's what we do know: The flight disappeared on Friday night/Saturday morning en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The plane was at cruising altitude (35,000 feet) and weather was more or less clear. Air traffic controllers in Vietnam say contact with the crew disappeared about 120 nautical miles east of the Malaysian town of Kota Bharu, and radar signals suggest the plane may have turned around before losing contact.
And yet, nearly three whole days later, there are still no signs of the jet or its passengers. And an oil slick spotted in the South China sea originally thought to be a clue turned out to be a false lead.
Two Italian passengers said to be aboard the flight turned out to be safe on the ground, when they told authorities that their passports had, in fact, been stolen earlier. Someone aboard the flight was said to be using them, one of whom resembled a famous soccer player.
Adding another wrinkle to the case, the Wall Street Journal reports that airliners "such as the Malaysian jet also carry emergency beacons to transmit the aircraft's location in the event of a mishap so that rescue teams can reach the site."
The frightening part about all this is not that we will find the debris of Flight 370; but rather that we won't. If we never find the debris, it means some entirely new, mysterious and powerful force is at work on our planet which can pluck airplanes out of the sky without leaving behind even a shred of evidence.
If there does exist a weapon with such capabilities, whoever control it already has the ability to dominate all of Earth's nations with a fearsome military weapon of unimaginable power. That thought is a lot more scary than the idea of an aircraft suffering a fatal mechanical failure.
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I am excited to join in the Blogger's Quilt Festival hosted by Amy at her blog! I meant to get this up yesterday but alas, more internet connection issues. We had a horrible wind storm and I think that might have had something to do with the problems.
This is my entry into the Home Machine Quilted division. I named it "September" because I made in September. It is made by a quilt as you go method. I have wanted to try out this technique and so I had a wild couple of extremely wonderful sewing days and this quilt just flew together! Except for the 1/2 yard of black for the binding, it was "free" from my stash. Including the batting and backing. I used strips from my 2-1/2 inch strip scrap bag to piece the blocks.
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(JollofNews) – A Gambian man who is working as pub kitchen manager has scooped the UK's biggest ever scratchcard jackpot of £4 million while on his dinner break – but then went back to finish his shift.
Dedicated Amadou Gillen, 46, bought two £10 scratchcards from a newsagents during a 12-hour shift at Wetherspoons. He lit a cigarette and scratched the first to win £10 – but the second one revealed he had become a multi-millionaire.
But shocked father-of-two Amadou did not tell anyone, and went on to work for another four hours with the card in his pocket before finishing his shift last Wednesday.
He only broke the news to his family yesterday and while he has splashed out on a new wardrobe, he shopped at TK Maxx because he 'still loves a bargain'.
The former McDonalds apprentice from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, is going to spend the cash on trading his one-bed rented flat for a modest three-bed home in Bristol. He also wants to learn how to drive with a week-long intensive course, but intends to buy a Peugeot while he gets to grips with being on the road.
Speaking today for the first time about his win, delighted Amadou said: 'When I saw the number '4' on the card I knew they didn't pay out £40, so I knew it had to be £4million.
'I scratched off the rest and oh my, I was so excited – but I put the card back in my pocket, and went back to finish the rest of my shift. It was certainly a long shift that day. I didn't finish until 11.30pm or 12 that night, so had to work for almost four hours knowing I had won. I don't know how I did it. People say when they win the lottery they will feel like this, or that, but when you do, you feel different. I wanted to celebrate, but I couldn't. It was a feeling I can't express.'
Single Mr Gillen, who has two daughters, aged 19 and 22, moved from his native Gambia more than 20 years ago to Wiltshire.
He has always worked in the restaurant industry, initially as an apprentice at McDonalds, before starting at The Albany Palace in Trowbridge nearly five years ago.
He was working a 12-hour shift last Wednesday when he bought the cards from a nearby McColls, alongside a packet of cigarettes, at around 8pm.
Mr Gillen sat in a staff-only outside area to scratch the cards, and phoned his family in the Gambia at the end of his shift to say he had 'got lucky'.
'I was so excited, but I didn't tell them about the win,' he said
'I just said I had got lucky and would let them know how lucky in time.'
He put the card – which offers a 1 in 3 chance of winning – in a briefcase back home, until it was verified by lottery officials on Tuesday.
Written by Gaby Bissett
Courtesy of Mailonline


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In the Austin Chamber Music Center's school concerts program, ACMC is able both to educate and perform by presenting interactive performances of chamber music to Austin's students. Our concerts take place in the schools, and each of our professional ensembles offers a unique presentation in what it means to play and listen to chamber music.
Benefits of School Concerts
ACMC's performances give students an opportunity to learn about…
- instruments that make up the ensemble
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Ensembles available for performance
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Usain Bolt garners triple-triple Gold with win in 4x100m relay
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Clinching the Gold for the third straight time in this race, Bolt has claimed the ninth Olympic Gold of in his career
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has scripted history in Olympic by carving his name in record book as he adds another Gold medal in the 4x100 relay final on Friday.
Clinching the Gold for the third straight time in this race, Bolt has claimed the ninth Gold of in his career in Olympic Games.
Bold won the 100 meters, the 200 meters and the 4x100-meter relay in Beijing in 2008, London in 2012 and Rio in 2016.
He grabbed the first Gold in 100m and 200m on Thursday evening.
With the historic victory, the ace sprinter tied American sprinter and long jumper Carl Lewis and Finnish distance runner Paavo Nurmi as the only other track and field athletes to win nine Golds.
U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps, who upped his record to 23 with five golds in Rio, is the only Olympian to win more than Bolt.
"I told you guys I was gonna do it," the never-modest Bolt told NBC. "I've set the bar high. That's what I came here to do. I'm extremely proud of myself."


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I look on with dread, waiting for the next minute to click by. I have been staring at the clock for hours. The soft red glow of its numbers offers me little comfort. In fact, it serves as an ever-present reminder of the precious minutes and hours of sleep that are slowly slipping away. My mind again begins to race. I start thinking about why we even have a clock. It has no purpose. My wife and I long ago gave up using its dual alarm settings to wake us in the morning. We rely on our iPhones, which my mind recognizes is linked to my FitBit, and together, they're currently tracking this crappy night's sleep. I shake my head in hopes of stopping my thoughts from spinning, sigh in frustration, and try in vain to fall back to sleep. Within seconds, my mind is off and running. This time, though, I have a secret weapon, NPR. I put in my earbuds, so as to not wake my wife, and hope that the current program proves to be enticing enough to distract my mind so my body can sleep. But, it doesn't work.
The soft red glow of its numbers offers me little comfort. In fact, it serves as an ever-present reminder of the precious minutes and hours of sleep that are slowly slipping away
It started at 2am, it always does. That's my witching hour. A story, which likely germinated in a dream state has met my wakeful mind and has morphed into something that feels very real. The content of which, just a scant twelve hours later, I no longer can recall. I am, however, certain that whatever its content, it was neither as pressing nor as dire as my mind made it out to be at 2am. When my mind starts spinning out these stories, there are very few arrows in my quiver. I try active questioning, I ask myself, is this fact or fiction. But, I rarely find the clarity at 2am to make that discernment. I move on to distraction, music, podcasts, or NPR. Yet, only occasionally do those do the trick. Unfortunately, in most cases, the stories take over, and the only way to get them to release their grip is to wake up and start my day.
I am, however, certain that whatever its content, it was neither as pressing nor as dire as my mind made it out to be at 2am.
I used to greet those early mornings with anger. I was robbed of needed sleep. I was mad that this day would now be filled with too much caffeine, too little focus, and far less productivity than needed. I was also disappointed at myself for not being able to tamp down the foolish products of my own mind. But, that is not how I look at these nights anymore. Instead, I see them for what they are, warning signs. A night like this only comes when something is out of balance. Our mind is like a baby after it is fed, it needs to be burped. If you continue to cram in thoughts, ideas, and problems all day without any release, it's not going to sleep through the night. My burps come in the form of exercise, meditation, music, reading and disconnection. When I don't make enough time for those things, my mind is uncomfortable, it gets irritable, and is likely to wake me in the middle of the night.
Our mind is like a baby after it is fed, it needs to be burped.
So last night was a warning sign. I was, in fact, on my laptop, while glancing up at the TV, right up until the time I went to bed. My exercise has been interrupted by travel in the past few days, and I have made no time to just play music or read a book. This morning, rather than greeting the day with anger, I simply got dressed went to yoga, had coffee with a friend, and took 20 minutes to read at lunch. This evening, I am meeting my wife and daughter, who is home from college at the movie theater to watch Finding Dory. I am sure that I will sleep like a baby tonight, I just needed to be burped.
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Marcel Wanders New Antiques for Cappellini
Mmmm. Marcel Wanders. I love the glam he's given to an otherwise traditional look here with his 'New Antiques' collection for Cappellini in black and white. It released last year, but the look is so in tune with 2007 trends, isn't it? Combining old world charm with modern sensibility, New Antiques adds just the right touch of yesterday without looking like it should go back, and stay there. I'm thinking we'll continue to see soft lines, old world appeal, lacquered furniture, and lots of polished finishes for '07. And that's fine by me. If you're interested in this collection, visit Unica Home online.
Psst: I know that some of you (me included) cannot afford a toothbrush designed by Marcel, nevermind what is featured above. That's okay. Use these over-the-top luxury posts as inspiration, to gather ideas, to spot trends, to inspire. You may find a chair with similiar characteristics in your attic, on the curb, or at your local antiques store for $100. Grab it, wash it with soapy water, let it dry, lightly sand, wash again, and when it's completely dry, paint it with a lacquered paint in white or black to mimic the above. Or, go completely color crazy and introduce teal or coral. Remember, just because you cannot afford to buy everything you see doesn't mean you cannot use what you see to generate ideas and create your own designs on a budget. Remember, you don't always have to buy to decorate - use what you have or what you can find that suits your budget.
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This is the Byron J Mosier Building on the NE corner of Chestnut and Main Street. The building was a tobacco shop in the earliest days. It was also a bakery. Presently it is Leo's Malt Shop, another favorite place to enjoy a lively, good and quick meal. Photo credit, Mr. John Runk, courtesy of the Stillwater Public Library. The tobacco shop was famous for the wooden cigar store icon, which now resides in the Minnesota History Museum.
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Discovering Your Giftedness
A Step-By-Step Guide
More examples of Circumstances
Remember: Circumstances are about the environment in which you did your activity and the conditions affecting how you did it. Circumstances may not be as easily discernible in your stories as abilities and subject matter. But as you evaluate each story, ask, yourself: what were the surrounding conditions in which i was operating?
• "The place was packed. I was really nervous to have to get up in front of all this people, but once I started speaking, I just relaxed." (audience)
• "It was down to the final sixty seconds of the game and we were trailing by seven points. I knew I'd have to get a three-point basket right away if we had any chance of making a comeback." (competition)
• "So there I was. A busted ski, dusk coming on pretty rapidly, and at least a mile of heavy snow to wade through to get off that mountain." (difficulties, obstacles)
• "The instant I delivered the punchline, the whole class burst into laughter. I loved fit!" (immediate response)
• "As a team we met daily for two weeks. Every day we added new sections to the curriculum, with everyone making recommendations and all of us evaluating everyone's ideas. By the end of that time we had it all put together, and when we presented it to our boss, she loved it. The company's been using it ever since." (team, project, finished product)
• "It was very buttoned-down shop, I guess you'd say. Everyone knew their role and responsibilities. The schedule was strictly followed. You knew exactly what you were supposed to do, and when. You knew who to report to. I think we had very few problems as a result, and that made it a lot easier for me to get my work done, since I didn't ever have to worry about someone messing up the plan." (structure, order)
• "I would have never understood it without Professor Glenn. He was this brilliant teacher who knew how to make the material interesting and engaging. I used to spend a lot of time outside of class interacting with him, in order to get my mind around the material." (a modeling individual, a mentor)
• "My folks had this clock that didn't work anymore. They were talking about buying a new one, but I thought, 'Hey, I can fix this.' So i took it apart and fixed it." (problem)
• "We were all out there in the town square singing Christmas carols as the snow was falling and they were lighting the tree. It just felt great to see everyone—children, parents, grandparents, young and old—all joining together in one big moment of joy." (community)
• "I let Frank and his guys do all the announcements and shaking hands and such. I was just fine being back in that tent answering the phone, counting the receipts, and keeping track of the schedule." (behind-the-scenes)
• "Well, I mean, you had kids without coats or mittens, and parents without underwear or socks. Some of them didn't even have shoes. We just had to do something!" (needs)
• "Well, once I'd implemented the system and the new standards, things turned around right quick. Customer complaints trailed off,. wait times plummeted, and satisfaction ratings went through the roof." (effectiveness, improvement, things working)
• "I knew what nobody else seemed to understand, which was that within five years that sleepy corner was going to be at the center of activity. So what else could I do but buy some land there." (potential)
• "Once I and the other candidates were nominated, we had to run our campaigns and hold a debate. When the votes came in, I and another guy had the most votes, but neither of us had what we needed to win outright. So it went to a runoff." (political)
• "Well, you see that property wasn't owned by just one party. It was actually a whole bunch of owners who each owned little pieces and segments of the property. One guy owned the building, but someone else owned the parking lot. There was someone else who had a contract saying he held sway over the easement. Someone else had twenty-five square feet where a shed had once stood. It was a legal nightmare, that's for sure! And it took me a year to untangle all of those pieces." (complexity)


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The Crab Orchard Kennel Club will host its 60th annual AKC Dog Show in Marion on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 4 and 5.
Hours for the show are 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. both days, at the Pavilion in Marion, 1602 Sioux Drive, behind the Illinois Star Centre Mall.
More than 600 dogs representing more than 150 different breeds will compete for the coveted title of Best in Show. It's just like the dog shows you see on TV, with group judging to start early afternoon. There will be a large selection of vendors carrying all types of dog-related products, and concessions will be available. Sponsors include Central Hospital for Animals, Visit SI and River Radio.
Spectators can meet a variety dog breeds, see young owner-handlers compete against their peers in the Junior Showmanship Competition, see puppies get started as show dogs in the Puppy Competition, watch owner-handlers compete in the National Owner-Handled Series and get a good look at some very rare breeds.
A judging program with breed ring times is available online at www.onofrio.com.
"We are delighted to welcome spectators back to our annual AKC Dog Show in Marion," said Show Chairman Bryan Helvey.
"Not only is this a fun activity for families, but also it is the perfect place to talk to breed experts about topics such as training, grooming and the right breed for your lifestyle," he said.
An AKC dog show is also a great place to start your research for a responsible breeder, Helvey added.
Admission is $5, although children 10 and under are free. No strollers or baby carriages will be allowed in, for the safety of children and dogs, and only dogs entered in the show will be allowed.
For more information go to www.craborchardkennelclub.org or contact Crab Orchard Kennel Club President, Rodney Jones, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
• Established in 1958 as a nonprofit, Crab Orchard Kennel Club is the only AKC club licensed to serve the southern 20 counties of Illinois. Their mission: to promote, advance and protect the interests of purebred dogs by educating the local community about responsible dog ownership.


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Donnerstag, 8. Januar 2015
If you are about, or already have jumped on the annual band wagon of embarking on a fad diet, think again...
You probably have started any form of crazy, fad diet regime for several years by now.
Think of how long you have been able to stick to it. Mid January? February? The more determined ones among you maybe till March. But after this? It is likely you have blown the diet and binged on cakes or indulgent treats, which resulted in gaining everything back, in some cases leaving you with more weight then pre diet.
You think you lack in willpower and discipline. And you think "This time it will be different. I will be determined and stick to the Gwyneth Paltrow Detox /Dukan Diet etc because it is new and innovative... this will definitely work for me."
Don't fool yourself. And don't think a new diet, which basically includes similar calories and rules as the previous ones at the end of the day, will miraculously turn your life around and make you a healthy, perfect human being over night.
First of all, don't panic if you have overindulged over the holidays and gained a few pounds. Remind yourself that you are not doing this everyday and your body is smart enough to naturally gravitate to your previous weight by itself. You don't need a detox to cleanse your body. If you eat the right balance of nutrition without restricting. Your body is amazing and you should not discount that fact. It is able to rid itself of toxins and redundant fat storages if you just give it some time.
Respect your body by being gentle to it and giving it what it craves - overall you will find that without dieting you will probably even crave healthier foods than on a diet.
Ironic, right? This phenomena is called Reverse Psychology. Basically your mind tricks you by thinking or making you do the opposite of what you 'should'.
Use this knowledge and nourish yourself properly. Of course, your meals should focus on balanced, filling meals that cover most nutrient groups, so that ideally you don't get massive sugar cravings. Usually, those are a sign that your body is missing particular food groups or vitamins.
So if you think you are craving this bar of chocolate or this slice of pizza, think about what nutritients you didn't have enough of lately. Did you drink enough water and eat enough fruit, vegetables and starches? In many cases, sugar cravings indicate a lack of chromium (found in broccoli, potatoes and bananas), carbon phosphorous (found in animal products such as fish and pork), sulfur (found in leafy green vegetables and nuts or poultry) and tryptophan (found in seafood and dairy products)These nutrients stabilise your blood sugar levels, so when you consume enough you shouldn't have any unnormal cravings. ( Source: livestrong.com)
For example yesterday, I hadn't had fruit all day because I ran out of my regular fresh stock and had no opportunity to repurchase anything. I had eaten about 3 portions of vegetable over the day, which was okay, but at about 8 o'clock I suddenly felt depleted of energy and not really myself.
I had a piece of chocolate and found I felt even worse. Suddenly I saw an image of blueberries on a television show about health and sensed an powerful craving to have as many berries as possible. In this case I was clearly lacking in Vitamin C and the sugary chocolate made my blood levels spike up and down, leaving me tired and weak.
So I whipped up a berry spinach smoothie and afterwards I felt amazing.
Give your body what it wants and craves for, and you cannot go wrong really, as long as you keep a good balance between healthy and indulgent foods. The ratio where I feel the best is usually 80:20.
So think again, before starting any crazy regime , but focus on wholesome and fulfilling meals instead. On a low calorie diet, you get in danger of messing up your efficient metabolism because you basically make your body think it will not get enough food so it starts storing everything it gets. You will miss out on important nutrients and if you indulge (which is sure to happen after a while on an unrealistic plan that doesn't provide sufficient energy), your body will hold onto these extra calories even more, thinking it will go into starvation mode again.
An important question to ask yourself about your current diet is, "Can I see myself eating exactly this way in a year's time, in two years, longer?"
Many people make the mistake of focusing on a short-term fix instead of finding something they are able to do long-term. So if you think this applies to you, don't waste your time and ditch that diet!
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A Brooklyn inventor is retrofitting baby strollers with fancy features such as iPod docks, global positioning devices, and flashing lights.
"It entertains the child and uses lights to prevent drivers from injuring mothers," Fraizer told the Brooklyn Paper.
That's one way to look at it.
Our vision is a little different. How about an armored stroller retrofitted with portable artillery?
Suitable for Brooklyn's mean streets, we could call it "Le Stroller de Park Slope."
Now you're talking Stroller Wars. (Instructions for building here.)
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"We organized a master training workshop for all the trainers from 7 partner organizations, 27 trained were trained from 8 different cities and they planned to do 6 trainings in different locations.
Please continue to mention this - as different partners train more coaches and develop strategies to people and communities, help disciple children and teenagers and to help correct the problem of fatherlessness.
We trained in country - there were some PE teachers from the school who highly appreciated the training and said, "I have been a PE teacher for the last many years but for the first time I learned how I can use the opportunity God has given me to transform the young lives." Our young trainers are very excited and passionate to train more coaches, PE teachers, and athletes to broaden the impact.
Please continue to mention us in your prayers and for the start of a discipleship movement in this region."


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As Gerji Kale Heywet Church in the sub city of Gerji, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has grown, they have made new efforts to provide education and opportunity for the children in their World Orphans Home-Based Care Program. With about 500 attendees and a growth rate of about 10% each year. The church rents a residential home and has converted the outside compound into a tent church. It is quite remarkable and resourceful.
As part of the church's effort to care for the whole child, they are funding field trips for the children in their program. They took two trips to the Ethiopian National Museum in Addis Ababa. The church supported the activity by securing the transportation, chaperones, entrance fees, and lunch for all the children, as well as a few of the mothers whose children were too young to go without them.
Here's a picture of the children during the May 2012 trip. They were very excited and learned about many different animals indigenous to Ethiopia. They saw the famous remains of world renowned 'Lucy' and other fossils. They saw mammals, birds, turtles, and crocodiles---all native to their homeland. They learned about trees and plants and how to care for their environment. It was a wonderful time for all who went. The church is planning to go to a different museum this year, and the children are looking forward to it!
The children and their families were so touched that the church would provide such a wonderful opportunity. This type of care reinforces the Sunday messages about God's love and care for them; how redemption and salvation are found at the cross of Jesus--the only mediator between Man and God; and of the greatest hope, of eternal love, and of complete forgiveness and grace.
One boy has been so moved by the true care and love of this local church, he is there every Sunday, and always on time. He is now helping and involved with the other children and loves to serve. He is happy. He has found God and a place where he belongs.


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Shock Wave produces a mounded, spreading plant that is similar in shape and just as easy to manage as Easy Wave. These excellent outdoor performers offer strong fill and season-long colour that the Wave family varieties are known for. Petite-flowered plants perform equally well in small spaces, hanging baskets, containers and mixed combos.
Blooming Season: Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Late Summer
Plant Habit: Mounded, Spreading
Water: Medium
Fertilize: Once a week
Spacing: 25 – 40 cm
Height: 15 – 30 cm
Width: 75 – 90 cm
Exposure: Sun
Ideas & Tips: Avoid wet foliage going into night. Keep well fed for best performace. Occasional cut back will rejuvenate plants.