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By Jim Colton
"Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still." -- Dorothea Lange
Capturing moments in time; at its core, that's what photography is really all about. Eadweard Muybridge did it with his motion studies. Harold "Doc" Edgerton did it with his stroboscopic work, allowing the naked eye to see what was previously invisible…like a bullet as it pierced an apple. Both of these concepts were considered benchmark moments for our industry. And as our profession evolves, the advent of new technology offers us a window into unseen worlds.
The single frame captures a moment in time in a fraction of a second, preserving it as history. Longer exposures are sometimes used to allow enough light to penetrate the frame or for artistic effects in pans and blurs….generally within a few seconds. But what if you were to compress time to allow for not only seconds…but minutes or even hours…to be illustrated in a single frame? That was the genesis for "Day to Night" by Stephen Wilkes.
The idea came to Wilkes 18 years ago when photographing the set of the movie Romeo and Juliet for LIFE magazine. Wilkes was asked to get the entire cast into a single panoramic frame stylistically similar to the single image "big picture" tableau of the 1940's Hollywood epics. Wilkes instructed hundreds of the cast and crew to remain still and used a large mirror to reflect the set. He then told the two leads, Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, first to embrace and then to kiss. He took over 250 images which he would paste together by hand, Hockney-esque, at a later date. The embrace was centered in the frame but the kiss was used in the reflection. What Wilkes discovered was that he had changed time within that final single image.
Wilkes' photographs have been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide. His images have graced the covers and pages of New York magazine, Time, Sports Illustrated, Vanity Fair, and the New York Times Magazine to name a few. His commercial and advertising campaigns include many of the world's leading companies like American Express, Nike, Sony and Verizon and agencies like McCann Erickson and Ogilvy & Mather among others.
His work is in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress, the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, the Jewish Museum of New York and the Griffin Museum of Photography as well as numerous private collections.
Wilkes' photographic honors include the Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Magazine Photography, Photographer of the Year Award from Adweek and a Lucy Award for Fine Art Photographer of the Year. He is on the Board of Directors of Save Ellis Island and on the Advisory Board of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and donates his time to endeavors like the Eddie Adams Workshop.
Wilkes is continually thinking out-of-the-box...always coming up with new ways to illustrate his stories. To capture the effects of the BP Gulf Oil spill, he did studio lit portraits of crabs and birds dripping in oil! His cocktail of fine art and photojournalism is a magical elixir. And now, with Day to Night (exhibition opening at the Peter Fetterman Gallery in Santa Monica, September 27th…see link below) we'll be drinking out of, what Wilkes calls, his "giant soup!" This week, zPhotoJournal takes a ride through the wormhole as we have a visit with Stephen Wilkes and his Time Machine!
Jim Colton: How did you get started in the photography business? Who or what were some of your earliest influences?
Stephen Wilkes: My first photographs were taken through a microscope at the age of 12 but I guess my real introduction to photography came when I was 13. I was photographed by a great photographer named Rene Aresu who did a portrait of me and my identical twin brother for our bar mitzvah. He shot us side by side by candlelight. The photograph blew my mind and I remember telling my mom, I want to work for that guy and learn from him. So every Saturday, my folks dropped me off at Queens Bridal Center in Jamaica, Queens, and I began assisting Rene for over 2 ½ years. Rene would always tell me, "Stephen, they only throw the rice once…so you always have to be ready!" He taught me how to be a pro and he became my first mentor.
After a few years of working with Rene, I began to learn how to do all the classic wedding shots – double exposures in the champagne glass, etc., -- and by the time I was 15, I was ready to start my own business. I started in my local neighborhood and my first printed cards read, "Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Special Events." My motto was, "Take advantage of me, while I'm young and innocent."
I've been incredibly blessed by having several mentors in my life. I remember meeting Bob Adelman who I took a class from when I was 16. I was seriously interested in photojournalism and Bob gave me one line that changed my life and my direction as an artist. I wanted to go on to a technical school to learn photography and when Bob looked at my work he said, "Hey kid, you want people to have an emotional connection with your photographs? Then go get yourself a solid Liberal Arts education. Understand the world you plan on photographing and your work will communicate to a larger audience." He added one other detail, "And study business, because most photographers are lousy businessmen."
So with that knowledge I applied to Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. I found a dual major of Communications and Photography & Business Marketing. It was there that I met my next mentor, Professor Tom Richards…or TR, as we lovingly call him. TR inspired me to become a color photographer and I believe the focus he gave me in those early years really helped define my craft and see color on a deeper level. TR was instrumental in inspiring a number of young, and soon to be great, photographers all who came through the Newhouse photography program; Eric Meola and Joe McNally for example.
During my junior year of college I was glued to the TIME/LIFE series on photography. I remember stopping at one guy's works constantly. And as I thumbed through page after page, the credit always read: Photograph by Jay Maisel. I had to meet this guy! I did, and he has been my dear friend and mentor for 35 years!
Jay redefined so many things about photography for me. I realized when I was drawn to his imagery it was as if we were sharing a visual language. I had the passion and the drive and I thought I worked hard…until I met Jay. He inspired me to take my work to another level. And his first lesson was, "Talent means nothing if you don't outwork everyone…every day. The more you practice the luckier you get!"
JC: One of your early projects; Ellis Island, was when I first became familiar with your work. The photos reminded me of a land that time forgot. Can you tell our readers a little about that project? How you came across it? How long it took to shoot?
SW: The Ellis Island story came to me through an editorial assignment from Bob Ciano, formerly at LIFE magazine. LIFE had folded and Bob was working in Chicago at Encyclopedia Britannica. He called me up out of the blue and said, "Stephen, I've got this project called the 'South Side of Ellis Island,' and it reminded me of you because I know you love old texture and patina so I thought you might be interested in going out and doing some pictures for us." So I said, "What is this place?" And he said, "It's some giant old hospital on Ellis Island."
I didn't know of any hospital on Ellis Island. Like most people I've always thought of Ellis as a single Island and the Great Hall and that was the immigration point. As it turns out, there are two other islands. So Bob said, "The only problem is that they are only going to give you one hour." I said, "One hour? What can I do in one hour?" I said the heck with it and I went out and when I got to the island I remember feeling like someone raised the Titanic and they gave me the first ticket to go through it and see what it looked like.
The hospital had closed 50 years earlier…the government basically left with the windows open. So what I was seeing was this perfect moment where nature and the physical architecture were in a 50/50 dance with each other. I remember walking through the building and I couldn't even pick up my camera because I so overwhelmed with the overall feeling I had. As I was walking, I saw a gentleman outside who was wearing a hazmat suit and he was doing some construction on one of the old laboratory buildings.
He saw me, walked in and took off his white helmet and a suit that looked like it was something you'd wear for the Ebola virus, and I'm saying to myself, "What's wrong with this picture?" I'm wearing a tee shirt with no mask and he's totally protected. He asked me what I was doing and I told him I was taking pictures for the Britannica and I asked him what he was doing, especially in that suit! He told me he was working with the New York Landmarks Conservancy and they were trying to stabilize the area as a living ruin.
I was so fascinated that I asked if there was some way I could be involved in it. After a short conversation he invited me to meet with the folks at the Landmarks Conservancy the following week. They asked me if I could also do some video for them as they were trying to raise money to show Congress that for a minimal amount of money they could stabilize and save this place as a living ruin. I told them I was totally in, but I would need unlimited access; 24/7, sunrise, sunset, whatever I needed to do. And they agreed!
So I had five years of unlimited access. I was enchanted with doing these large format color pictures and if I shot 3 pictures during an entire day, it was a great day for me. To give you a comparison of how it was then to how I shoot today; I shoot more pictures for one of my current Day to Night images than I did during the entire five years of shooting at Ellis!
It changed me in a lot of ways. It was the first time I had ever shot architecture. It was the first time I ever made pictures in empty rooms but there was something else I was feeling in those rooms. My fundamental roots are with street photography so I have developed an instinct. I can smell a picture coming. I can anticipate and read body language and I can feel energy from people. So when someone is open to being photographed I can feel it and when they're not interested, I get it right away.
But at Ellis, I would walk into these empty rooms and I would feel a similar energy that I was feeling on the street...except there was nobody in the rooms. I became completely addicted to the place. I had no financing; I did everything on my own, including hiring assistants and spending a ton of money on film. My wife Bette (Who is also my executive producer and business manager) was saying, "You're out of your mind…when is this ever going to end?"
JC: Didn't the work lead to some substantial funding towards restoration?
SW: Yes, we actually raised about 6 ½ million dollars! I remember taking the story to Director of Photography Kathy Ryan of the New York Times Magazine and she said, "Oh my God, we have to do a story on this!" And that was huge because when Kathy brought it forward and published it, now the whole country knew about it…how this incredible piece of American history was essential disintegrating.
When you think about Ellis Island and the history, a lot of people just don't realize that this side had infinitely more interest historically than the Great Hall did. It was really known as the "forgotten" side. One of the things that Ellis taught me was that photography can actually force social change.
JC: After hurricane Katrina in 2005, you did some aftermath images of the area. A few of the images actually reminded me of your Ellis Island work...but the damage was over a much shorter period of time. What was that assignment like?
SW: I was totally distraught seeing the images of what was happening to this great city of New Orleans. After the mainstream media dropped the story, which was about six months after the storm, I wanted to go down and see firsthand what was happening. Prior to my trip, I had lunch with an old friend from the Ellis Island story who was now working with the World Monuments Fund and told him I wanted to document what was happening in New Orleans.
He told me they we're doing a project down there on an area right outside the lower 9th ward called "Holy Cross," where there are row houses that are architecturally unique. It was an area that was hit badly but many of the structures were salvageable and they were trying to save them. He suggested that I document that area and perhaps they could do an exhibit of the work when I came back.
When I first got there, I was so overwhelmed with what I saw and I thought that no single image could really do it justice. I became drawn to these individual stories which I called "Heroes," because nobody was talking about these people. They not only lived through the storm in their houses but were rebuilding their lives without any kind of assistance. So the work became about these very personal stories which highlighted how important they were in the process of rebuilding their community.
There is one photograph in particular of a man named Mark Hounan, who was in his seventies and was literally gutting two of his rental houses by himself. He had no insurance. He was a repairman who used to fix classic cars like Volkswagen Beetles. I photographed him with one of his green Beetles and you could see that the water level covered his entire car! It looked like somebody had just fished it out of the ocean! And there was one moment where he let his guard down and I managed to capture the emotion.
The print in the exhibition was seven feet tall; almost life-size and when you walk up to the print and look into his eyes, you can see everything that he went through. And that, to me, was the only way you could really tell the story of what happened in New Orleans.
JC: And speaking of other natural disasters, you also covered the aftermath of hurricane Sandy but took a longer view with a "before and after" approach resulting in some stunning diptychs. Tell us a little about the research and production that went into that effort.
SW: A German business magazine called me after seeing my coverage of the aftermath of Sandy and they were interested in going back and seeing what it looked like one year later. It was a big expense for a magazine to do something like this, but to their credit they went ahead with it. I had to do a lot of research and hire the same helicopter pilot I used to take my original aftermath pictures so we could get the same angles, altitude, etc.
It was fascinating to see the changes, some dramatic, some more subtle. It's amazing to see how the earth reclaims things. When I do this kind of documentary work, I try to make images that are intrinsically beautiful because there's so much to look at in the world today that's painful. And we have so many choices; we have the ease of changing the channel or flipping the page or even swiping the iPad. So how do you get somebody to look at something today? How do you engage them? I've found that beauty is a means to get to people.
JC: Two other series you produced, one of which was also a diptych approach, was "Burned Objects" and the other on aftermath images of the BP Gulf oil spill. Both involved more of a "still life/fine art" study rather than traditional coverage of a news event. Please tell us a little about each of those projects.
SW: With the Gulf oil disaster, I was originally commissioned by Kira Pollack, Director of Photography at TIME magazine and I wanted to take what was happening there and take it completely out of context. This allowed me to get into the figurative aspect of what a bird or crab looks like dripping in oil. So when you look at it you might think it's an illustration for the Audubon Society…until you realize they are covered with oil! A lot of effort went into photographing that story. I had to do covert things like set up a still life studio in an area where BP representatives were looking to have people arrested.
The Burned Objects/Plastic series was interesting on a lot of levels because it's the only time where I've ever been involved where the simplicity of an object actually spoke to both sides of the issue. The burned objects are remnants of fire aftermaths from all over the country.
The everyday plastic objects we use are all derivatives of petroleum. And the irony is that they were strewn all over the beach and in the state of Louisiana, they don't have any recycling laws! To me, great art and great photojournalism, provokes questions and makes people reflect on their daily lives and choices.
JC: One assignment, which I had the privilege of being tangentially involved in, was the Field of Dreams/Broken Dreams cover of Sports Illustrated. I remember the end result was nothing like the original concept. Can you recall how it started...and how it finished...and what transpired in between?
SW: Sports Illustrated Director of Photography Steve Fine called me up and said they needed a picture of a baseball field, but it had to be nondescript. I had to try and shoot something that evoked an iconic field that didn't connect it to a specific team, but would capture the concept of the game of baseball. I went up to Yale and did some scouting but it didn't feel right and the field wasn't in great shape. So I went to SI to show Steve some of the location pictures and he said, "We have an editorial meeting in a few minutes, why don't you come in and we'll hear what Editor Terry McDonell has to say?"
So I went into the meeting and we all talked and as I walked out of the meeting I was walking next to Terry and I asked him if he had ever seen the movie "Field of Dreams." He said, "Yeah, this is exactly what this is about." And I said,"Well, I actually photographed that field," and we proceeded to go to a computer, logged on to my website, put the image up on the screen and Terry yelled, "That's the cover!"
So much for all the planning and meetings and discussions; sometimes things just happen. I tell a lot of young photographers, that sometimes, you just have to live in the moment. You can do all your homework, have the greatest ideas…but when you get out there, you just have to let go; because if you don't let go, you're going to miss what could be infinitely better than what you imagined!
JC: You did a story for Vanity Fair on Bernard Madoff's World. And years later, you were assigned a tangential story in Butner, North Carolina. To prove the point that not ALL assignments go the way one wants, can you tell us a little about what was supposed to happen...and what didn't?
SW: I did a story on Bernie Madoff for Vanity Fair and Mark Seal. We did a number of major pieces in the magazine on the whole Bernie Madoff story. So when Bernie was convicted and sent down to the federal penitentiary in Butner, North Carolina…the big question was, "Oh my God, do you think you could get a picture of Bernie in prison?" We found out what Bernie's routine was at the prison through some connections that the writer had with inmates that had just come out and they knew his daily schedule including what time he would be outside to walk on the track which was right by the barbed wire fence.
I dressed in a hunter's camouflage suit and manned with an 1,800mm lens in the 100 degree plus heat, we parked in a bird sanctuary/waterfowl impoundment area across from the prison. I was sitting in an "ocean" of poison ivy, to which I am extremely allergic, and we sat from early morning until evening hoping to catch a glimpse of Bernie on his daily walk. Unfortunately, he never came out. What had happened was that New York magazine broke a story ahead of us using illustrations of what Bernie would look like at the dining hall in prison (no actual photography)…so when the prison found out about the story, they figured the press would be coming and they put Madoff into "shutdown" mode and he never left his cell!
This was all unbeknownst to me, so the next day I went up in a helicopter with an 800mm lens mounted on it which from the ground probably looked like I had a bazooka. We got up in the air and when the inmates saw what they thought was a helicopter with a bazooka, they thought it must be a "hit." So all I saw were people fleeing; a lot of Bernie's associates, but no Bernie. I never did get a picture of Bernie in prison, which everyone tells me would have been a million dollar picture!
JC: I am totally fascinated with your latest ongoing project "Day to Night." It's a combination of technical mastery with a brilliant concept. Please tell us about how you first came up with the idea...and as much as you can about the intensely time-consuming effort it takes to produce just one image.
SW: The idea came to me almost 20 years ago. I was doing a story for LIFE magazine, photographing Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet. I was completely fascinated at that time with David Hockney's book where he was doing photo collages. LIFE wanted a gate-fold which would pay homage to the "big picture" similar to the 1940's where you would get everybody in the cast and crew into one photo.
So I flew down to Mexico City and got to the location which I was going to turn into a big panorama and when I got to the set, it was a square! So, I'm pulling my hair out saying how am I going to make this a panoramic and then Bingo, I started thinking about Hockney. I decided to shoot 250 images and paste them all together so that it peels open into a panoramic shape.
I had Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio in the center, and the whole cast and crew behind them and told Danes and DiCaprio to embrace and as I panned to the right, I saw a beautiful 25 foot mirror on the ground and you could see the whole crew reflected. So I instructed everyone to stay exactly where they were but then told Claire and Leonardo to kiss.
When I put this whole thing together 4 weeks later, I realized something that I had never seen or felt before; that when I put them all into a single image, I changed time within the picture. That concept stayed with me for many years and then with the advent of Photoshop, this process became infinitely easier.
Years later, I received a phone call from Jody Quon from New York magazine who said she wanted the definitive photograph of the Highline that was just opening up in New York. So during scouting, I realized that the Highline looked really cool at noon…and really creepy at night. So I said to Jody, "What if we did it Day to Night, south to north." And she said, "Are you kidding me? All in one picture…you would change time?"
So that image really established the "Day to Night" look, which contains both an intimacy with the people as well as the breadth and scope of the cityscape. The reaction was extremely positive. Later, I was up at NYU where my son had just been accepted and my wife kept elbowing me to pay attention because all I was doing was looking at this beautiful view of Washington Square Park.
I got a call again from Jody Quon who said, "Stephen, do you think we could do this "Day to Night" treatment as a vertical? We have a Christmas issue coming up and I'd love to come up with something for it." And I told her, "Yes…and I've already got the location for you….Washington Square Park!" After that, it exploded!
I tapped into something. I describe it as, in my own way; I'm putting a face on time! If you look at the history of photography…and you look at Eadweard Muybridge and Harold Edgerton and their contributions to how we see the world…those were moments in photography where our point of view changed because of technology. In a strange way, I feel Day to Night is going to do that because it collapses time into a single image.
I feel like I've created this giant soup. I'm still very excited about photography and right now, it's probably the most exciting period in the history of the medium. What we can do today as photographers and artists is really up to your imagination.
JC: How many images/frames does it take and/or how long does it take to produce just one image?
SW: The longest one I did is the most recent one on Yosemite which was 26 hours of photographing! It included waiting several hours for the moon to get high enough at 3:30am to light El Capitan. I'm literally grabbing moments throughout the day and into the night. On average I shoot for 15 hours…which translates into about 1,500 to 1,800 images. They are all taken on large format which I edit down to the 50 best moments which we use to create a "base plate," which allows us to layer them seamlessly together into a single photograph.
I go over every single detail with a really great retoucher, but to me it's all about the narrative. I'm a story teller and this is taking my street photography to a whole new level. I'm invisible really, 50 feet up in the air and all these people have no idea I'm taking their picture. And the really fun part is, at the end I get to decide, who's in and who's out. I have no control over these photographs, but I like to say I get to play God at the end of the day!
When I was a young man I took an art history class in the eighth grade and my professor took us to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. And I remember seeing a painting called, "The Harvester," by Pieter Bruegel and it was life changing. I remember walking up to the painting and seeing these little people he had painted in the field and I felt as if I could feel the sweat dripping off their heads even though they were so small within the context of the landscape…but the depth and the detail just blew my mind. So in a lot of ways, my inspiration has come from Bruegel in my Day to Night work.
And when you see my Yosemite shot, you might think of a painter named Albert Bierstadt who was of the Hudson River School. When I was shooting the morning light on Yosemite I was saying, "Oh my God, we're channeling Bierstadt." I even had his painting in my pocket which I referenced as my inspiration. You feel an enormous weight when you shoot in a place where so many great masters have already photographed like Ansel Adams and others but it was my first time ever being at Yosemite. I remember looking at it and thinking, of all the places I have ever been in the world, this was one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen in my life. There's something about the scale that is so extraordinary. And it made me realize just how insignificant we are as a species.
JC: You make a much defined distinction on your website between fine art and editorial (commissioned) work...as well as advertising. With an ever shrinking editorial market, speaking in terms of percentages...what is your breakdown between editorial, commercial and personal work?
SW: Right now, I'm doing about 25% editorial and 25% commercial projects (that pays the bills) and about 50% on my own art. I am currently working on the Day to Night project having done about 30 of them, and I'd like to do 50 before creating a book. But these projects take a lot of time, research and clearance and the post production that goes into making these pictures is just enormous!
JC: Lastly, for those who may want to follow in your footsteps...what wisdom gained from experience...or advice...would you offer? Are you positive about the future of our industry in both print and digital forms? Any last thoughts you'd like to share?
SW: Set your goals. What's success to you? What do you need to live on? Everyone is different. If you want to have a nice house, three kids, send them to college, live a good life, and go on vacation…then you're going to need more money. If you don't plan on getting married and you live simply and you're a modest guy then you need a lot less money.
You also can never replace passion in this equation. Passion leads to success and that's the single driving force for me...why I don't get bored, why I don't take anything for granted...it's because I still love doing it! In a lot of ways Day to Night was created as a response to people saying that video was going to overtake still photography…and that stills were dead and nobody was going to do that anymore. And I took great offense to that concept. While I can appreciate video, the single image is what people remember. There is a power that the single image has that transcends any video done at the same time. You think we've gone far enough with stills? Look again…we're just scratching the surface of what you can do with the still photograph!
I see a lot out there and what I see is people who have talent and work hard…or think they work hard…but the priority they need to get to that special place is going to escape them. They don't understand that the level of passion and drive that you have to have to be really successful in this business today is amplified. Everybody has a camera and it's incredible who you're competing with. So my advice is something Jay Maisel once told me, "You gotta eat, sleep, breathe and drink it. And if you don't do that, find something else to do!"
Peter Fetterman Gallery Exhibit: http://stephenwilkes.com/news/day-to-night-tunnel-view-yosemite-2014-peter-fetterman-gallery
New York Landmarks Conservancy: http://www.nylandmarks.org/
Save Ellis Island: http:/www.saveellisisland.org/
World Monuments Fund: http://www.wmf.org/
Burned Objects: http://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/21/magazine/burnt-things.html
Twitter: @swilkesphoto
Instagram: @stephenwilkes
Facebook: Stephen Wilkes
Jim Colton
Editor www.zPhotoJournal.com
Editor-at-Large ZUMAPRESS.com


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"You won't have any free time, so use it now."
If you have ever been pregnant, these statements might sound familiar. These are the types of remarks I received when I was expecting the birth of our daughter last year. I was amazed at the amount of negativity that was associated with having children. Along with the (unsolicited) advice I received came warnings of nightmares to come. Even now that my daughter is 15 months old, I still receive those warnings from other random parents in the grocery store: "Enjoy it now! Just wait til she starts talking!"
Over and over the message I hear is this: children are a burden and an inconvenience. How sad that one of the most exciting adventures we are privileged to embark on is often clouded with pessimism. I think the main reason children are viewed so negatively is they keep us from being able to do what we want when we want to do it. Before our daughter was born, my husband and I could pick up and go wherever we wanted to go at a moment's notice. It didn't matter how late it was or if was naptime or not, we just went. If I wanted to go shopping for a few hours just for fun, I could do that. I didn't have a heavy car seat to carry around, and didn't have to fit all of my shopping into the few hours in between naptime. I could visit friends or work an extra few hours and it wasn't a problem. Now that has all changed.
But as I look to the Bible, I am left with only one option as to how view children: they are a blessing. Psalm 127:3-5 says "Behold, children are a gift of the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth. How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them; they will not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate." I think the very reason many people consider children a burden is actually the very reason they are a blessing!
God is in the business of conforming us into the image of His son, Jesus, (Rom 8:29) who gave up His rights as God to serve and save mankind through sacrificing His very life (Phil 2:3-11). What better way to become made into the image of Jesus than to become a parent? This gift of a little child forces us to give up our right to what we want for their wellbeing. All those long nights of rocking her to sleep and the way she limits my freedom to go do what I want remind me that this life is not about me and what I want. She allows me to daily practice the command to "do nothing from selfishness, but consider others as more important than myself." (Phil 2:3) As a follower of Jesus, I am grateful for how becoming a parent has accelerated the process of dying to myself.
In addition to practicing self-sacrifice every day, being a parent has caused me to depend on the grace of God in a deeper and more constant way. Whether Lively is screaming in the grocery store because she is teething, or struggling to fall asleep at night, I am forced to run to God in prayer for patience, guidance, and peace. These small inconveniences keep close to Him on an hourly basis. And anything that causes me to depend on Him more is a blessing. It is much better to do life dependent on God than on my own resources. That is why 2 Corinthians 12:9-11 tells us that we are strongest in our weakness because it is God's grace we are depending on.
But more than anything, what most excites me about parenthood is the ability I have to change the world. No one influences a person more than his or her parents. For better or for worse, our parents have affected and influenced our lives in such a deep, profound way that it has shaped the trajectory of our life. Any therapist can tell you this is true. The most powerful and long-lasting impact I will make on this world is how I invest in and raise my children. If I raise them to be confident men and women who know the Truth of the Word of God and have their eyes set on Jesus as the greatest privilege and priority of their life, this world will be a different place. How I raise them will also affect what kind of parents they will be one day to our grandchildren, and then to their children after that. The impact is exponential!
I see no greater privilege and honor than to invest myself in raising our children. And that starts with these early days of little sleep and little time for myself. What an infinite blessing our little daughter is. Through her, God is bringing death to my self-centeredness, drawing me closer to Himself in dependence on His grace, and allowing me the opportunity of a lifetime to bring about world-change. Is it more fun to do what I want when I want? Of course. Is it easier to not have to depend on God so much? Sure. But I have the great blessing and honor of becoming conformed into the likeness of my Savior and True Love, Jesus, while making an impact on this world for His Glory. Not to mention the conduit of these things happens to be the cutest, sweetest, most precious little girl I have ever laid my eyes on. How could life get any better?! Children: an inconvenience and a burden? Not a chance. There couldn't be a greater blessing in my life!


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Tuesday Night Project presents:
The 1st & 3rd Tuesday Night Cafe
The Food Ghost Show
Tuesday Night Project continues its month centered around Food through an experimental Tuesday Night Cafe! TNC is excited to partner with Yumi Sakugawa and Erin O'Brien on an exciting show that looks at Food Ghosts and Food Memories.
Now the longest currently running Asian American mic series in the country, TNC highlights new work in visual and performing arts from the Los Angeles and Asian American artistic community in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo. Join us for our 19th season at one of the longest running free public arts series' in downtown Los Angeles.
- A special collaboration by Yumi Sakugawa and Angie Wang
- Erin O'Brien
- A collaborative piece by Mary Rose Go, Vicky Luu, and Eddy M. Gana Jr. featuring Jayson Joseph
- MC Lemon Drop and dA aZn fLy gUrLz
and The Open Mic
Open Mic sign-ups and lottery at 7 pm
(You must arrive before 7pm to sign up)
Three 5-min open mic slots are available
Open Mic Lottery Guidelines can be found at:
Transport and Accessibility:
Public Transit:
The venue is close to the train stops for Gold Line Metro, and bus stops for the DASH Downtown A, and Montebello Bus Line Route 40.
Available street parking is free after 8 pm.
Parking is also available at:
Aiso Street Parking Lot
1st and San Pedro/Judge John Aiso
$3 Flat Rate after 5pm (lot open until midnight)
Japanese Village Plaza Parking Lot
1st and Central Ave
Max rate of the plaza parking is $10
$7 if parked after 4 pm.
Seating options:
There are a limited number of chairs in the center of the courtyard. There are also benches in the Jist Cafe outdoor seating area. There are rails near the side benches. Wheelchair users can be accommodated to be placed near the front. People with mobility issues are not in any obligation to stand.
Bathroom Access:
There are two gender-neutral bathrooms located inside the theater on the first floor. It can be accessed both by the stairs upstage and the ramp on the house left of the courtyard. Both the ramp and stairs have rails.
Food availability:
Food is provided for featured artists, organizations, partners, as well as staff and 5pm setup volunteers. Food and restaurant venues are located throughout the Little Tokyo neighborhood, with the closest on 1st street, between Judge John Aiso St/San Pedro St and Central Ave.
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Live broadcast begins at 7:30 PM at:


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Veterans celebrate The Victory Day, May 9, in Sevastopol. It is a very brave town survived two horrible defenses in 19th and 20th centuries. This year, 2015, the celebrations was unusually triumphant as Crimea became Russian.
Mikhail's work has appeared in New York Times, The Washington Post, GEO, Spiegel, Le Monde, Liberation, Newsweek, NG Poland, BBC, Spiegel, Le Monde, Die Zeit, Forbes, Foreign Policy, The New Times, The Prime Russian Magazine, Russian Life, DailyBeast, The Boston Globe, Brand Eins, The Calvert Journal, NZZ, Berliner Zeitung, Die Zeit, Die Presse, Les Echos, Expressen, Journal Du Dimanche, Russian Reporter, SNC, Meduza, TimeOut, Glamur, Ogoniok, Lenta.ru, RBTH, Gazeta.ru, Vedomosti, Expert, Kommersant, RBC
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2015 2nd place in Stenin Contest, "Crimea", Moscow, Russia.
2015 Phodar Biennial, Diploma for Humanistic photography, «Crimea», Bulgaria
2014 Sony World Photography Award – ProfessionalCurrent Affairs, shortlisted
2014 3nd place in IPA, Photo essay and feature story, "Sochi"
2011 Award of The National contest "Sporting Russia", Moscow, Russia
2010 2nd prize of The National contest "The best photographer", Moscow, RussiaBACK TO PHOTO


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Things to know
- Our Vodka is distilled in the Midwest 6x from Non-GMO corn.
- We infuse whole Madagascar vanilla beans & partner with Up Roasters for our espresso beans. They work directly with their farmers, going beyond Fair Trade to grow local communities while selecting the best beans.
- Every bottle is slow infused in small batches (really small) and filled and labeled by hand.
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The Air Squadron playing cards are designed by LIOE Design and printed by the United States Playing Card Company. Made in the United States. One deck has 56 uniquely designed playing cards plus custom tuck box and seal.
This deck of cards has artwork of modern jets and aircraft. The inspiration was to create a deck of cards unlike other cards, the Kings and Queens are B-2 Bomber and SR-71. The Jokers are the A-10 and F-22. Every card is unique creating the perfect deck for an aviation enthusiast or card collector!


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By: Natalie Rubino
July 20, 2015
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Former Florida governor Jeb Bush made his way back to Tallahassee Monday. He spoke to a crowd of supporters at the FSU Turnbull Center and outlined the changes he plans to make if he is the third Bush elected president.
Nearly 400 people filled the room at the FSU Turnbull conference center to hear him speak.
It was a morning of nostalgia for both Bush and many of the people who attended the event. Bush spent 8 years in Tallahassee as governor from 1999 until 2007.
Bush spoke about how he was nicknamed "Veto" Corleone while governor because of his constant vetoes on spending polices. He said he plans to do the similar cuts to government spending if elected president.
The former Florida governor also said he's going to implement tax policies similar to the Reagan era, hoping to make the government shrink and the economy grow.
Many people who worked with Jeb in Tallahassee attended today's event--including FSU president and former house speaker John Thrasher.
Bush also received a round of applause after commenting that John McCain is a true war hero.
The comment was in response to Donald Trump's remarks in which Trump recently said McCain was only a war hero because he was captured.


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Cows on the side
Look at these bovines just going about their humdrum workaday livestock business, patiently waiting their turn at the community watering hole. They're probably gossiping about how Janice lost her pin money on the slots last night and cried herself to sleep. Again. Aww, Janice. You'll get 'em next time.
We ran in the Rockefeller State Park Preserve this morning, which is outside of Sleepy Hollow. THE Sleepy Hollow, of Ichabod Crane fame. On our way through town we drove past a restaurant called The Horseman. I looked for heads but found none (lol, Jay Leno-type topical humor). We saw three deer on the trail and many cows in the pasture, lyme disease TBD. It was hilly and quiet and serene, in spite of its official designation as an IBA (Important Bird Area). You should go, if you have a car. If you don't have a car you're screwed. That's the lifestyle tax you pay to be American, ding dongs.


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In baseball, if you can Catch, Hit, and Throw, then you can make millions of dollars every year. In network marketing there are at least 3 core actions that explode your business.
The famous line from the movie Wall Street is what will make the information product business in high demand. Now, these information products are filled with the tactics and strategies that if you implement them can make you serious money on the net. The problem is that most people will buy these information products and then don't take action to implementing them. This is the main reason why there is a 97% failure rate in the home based business industry.
Seriously, many website owners miss it here. They write really good article, but do not encourage the readers to take a look at their website or what they're selling. In cases where they do so, they do it in a manner that isn't compelling enough.
Video Marketing has become one of the latest marketing features on the Internet. It allows you to get your message out to clients, while directing them to your website for review. Compared to search engine marketing, videos can get high search rankings. While there are many online marketing strategies on the internet that are costly, using video services are free.
7,) Call to action – How have I been able to sell My Internet product and service business? By having a call to action. Make sure that you at least tell your customer base what you want them to do. Its important at the end of the video provide your URL where they can visit your products and services. I highly recommend also including your telephone number should they have questions.
So where do you find a mentor? The question you should be asking is how much a mentor is going to cost you. There are mentoring programs you can join that can cost up to ,000 just to get started. Some of them even offer financing to qualified buyers. Makes you feel like you are on an used car lot doesn't it.
It's better to bid for a lower spot at first and then slowly move higher when you start getting more traffic. If you have links on other internet websites it will also increase your websites credibility and ranking on Google or other search engines.


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Cleansing the grout between tiles has alwasy been a time consuming excercise for my cleaning workers. Just several weeks ago a neighbor put out loads of plastic gardening containers for the garbage pick-up and these had been the sort bought in nurseries for $30 to $50 and more! Fitness mantra for good health since ages………. eat inexperienced greens and go gardening !!!!!!! I accepted this full-time non-paying job with the proviso that he would proceed to remain involved and reply any and all questions, to which he readily agreed, since gardening was his life's biggest love (just ask his wife, Mildred). For those who're lucking sufficient to have a yard, even if it's small, you must choose between Vertical Gardening and Square Foot Gardening. Although books and magazines can present tons of helpful info, many growers nonetheless turn to hydroponic videos to provide them the sting that they need. In addition to recording reminiscences, it saves the great ideas that such gardens present.
Why We Make this Organic Backyard Grow — Brenna at Virtually All The Reality shares her causes for gardening with her three babies. Blotanical is the place to be you probably have a gardening blog (and even in case you're no a blogger).It'll undoubtedly enhance readers of your weblog. Gardening could be very therapeutic, stress-free and a novel solution to unwind from the very busy and hectic world we live in. The train one will get from gardening is enough to get your blood flowing. Dwelling Gardening Ideas for Biginners and Senior Citizens at RAMASASA ENTERPRISES, INC. Via this weblog I hope to offer one method to receive info and a method for stroke thrivers to speak with each other.I encourage you to jot down about your individual experiences and cross alongside your tips for survival.
Share your love of gardening, your ideas on back pain and gardening and any hints and suggestions which have labored for you in your backyard. It is advisable that one spends good amount of time on internet to do extensive analysis on hyroponics gardening. They used to take a look at me unusually once I made such requests, but they now understand that May is all the time about gardening at our house. Gardening books advocate that you simply throw nets over fruit bushes, but I do not feel competent to perform this operation in my old age on a tree that is ten feet tall. Some analysis means that the bodily activity related to gardening may also help decrease the chance of growing dementia. Other units might be included afterward as you broaden your gardening actions.
Choose one which has probably the most useful ideas for you, and subscribe for ongoing natural garden help. If you happen to discover it comfy on you and your back to kneel at the least for some of the time you are gardening you might wish to consider knee pads. The final time I really helpful gardening books, I seemed back at my history with gardening and love for crops. Factor to recollect is this: Purchase the perfect system you possibly can handle for the sort of gardening you may be doing.
Each section is rigorously written that will help you start or proceed gardening with a disability, and gives prime ideas for each job, advice on find out how to take care and useful info on probably the most suitable tools and tools.


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If you're brave enough to pit yourself against fellow photographers, the following competitions have made calls for entries recently. We try to feature only competitions that don't appear to attempt nasty rights grabs from their entrants, but please do read the terms and conditions carefully prior to entry.
Sony World Photography Awards 2015
With categories for professionals, amateurs, students, and young people, the Sony World Photography Awards have somewhere for any type of photographer to submit their images. Prizes include kit and cash, as well as a glitzy awards ceremony held in London.
- Professional – 15 categories judged on a series of work
- Open – 10 categories judged on a single image
- Youth – three categories for photographers under 20. Judged on a single image
- Student Focus – for higher education photography students aged 18-30
The Open and Youth competitions will close for entries at 23:59 GMT on Monday 5 January 2015. The Professional competition will close at 23:59 GMT on Thursday 8 January 2015.
All details and entry instructions can be found on the World Photography Organisation website.
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2015
We're not overly keen on paid-for competitions here at Photocritic, but the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year competition has an excellent young people's competition that's free to enter. And we love encouraging kids and teens to get out with their cameras. Under 18s can enter three photos free of charge into their age category, they just have to be of food. The competition closes on 8 February 2015 at midnight GMT.
All details and entry instructions can be found on the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year website.
FXB 'Framing Hope' competition
The NGO FXB is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a photography competition. It is asking entrants to capture the concept of hope in one image. All entries will be displayed in an online gallery, with the five most-voted for by the public, shortlisted for judging by our expert panel who will select the overall winner.
The prize for the winning entry will be an exclusive half-day photography masterclass with photographer Jillian Edelstein and the opportunity to have her or his photograph exhibited alongside Edelstein's at London's gallery@oxo in August.
Entries can be submitted until 25 July 2014 and submission details can be found on the competition website.


text: Come check out some students from the Highland Park HS Orchestra who are playing at OQ Friday from 6-9pm. These students are performing at Lincoln Center in NYC later this year and are raising funds to offset the costs. 10% of sales will go to supporting these students. Come and show your support!


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DOB: January 8, 2016 AKC: pending
In late August 2016, we were asked if we could provide temporary foster for a Belgian Malinois that was in a local animal control shelter….and we did. We were initially evaluating him for other potential adopters. It became clear that he came to us sick and probably injured. And while he seemed to have the drive to be a nice working dog, the extent of his injury and the effect that it may have on a working career wasn't clear. Ultimately we adopted Indy from the Malinois Ranch Rescue.
Indy has an amazing temperament and is a quick study. Currently he is in obedience training for the AKC CGC title, American Temperament Test Society's TT test, SDA's Family Obedience and IPO Begleithund (BH).
All of the test that he hopes to pass in the near future are obedience and temperament tests. The most challenging is the BH test. The obedience of the BH consists of on and off leash heeling exercises and a long down stay. During the temperament portion of the test, the dog's behavior is evaluated under distractions including automobile traffic, joggers, and bikers passing by, a group of people crowding the dog, another dog walking by with the owner out of sight, etc. This assures that nervous, shy, or aggressive dogs are excluded from competition and from breeding. This also ensures that the tested dog possesses a stable, healthy temperament and is not a danger to humans.
Indy has been feed a mostly raw diet since coming to live at Rott'n Manor. In addition to the meat & veggies, he receives a natural herbal supplement consisting of vitamins, amino acids, enzymes, antioxidants, trace elements, essential fatty acids, chlorophyll, fiber, proteins, carbohydrates and other nutrients that occur naturally in the herbs. Nearly all of Indy's leashes, tugs, & toys were purchased from Horton's Quality K9.


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In-flight talk gives strangers a glimpse of a world at peace
When the conversation goes right, it opens to a vision. We catch a glimpse of a world at peace, a world that knows to celebrate human kindness and generosity in any form. It is the world we long for.
I crave that world. I look for opportunities to speak to people about what our world needs from all of us, regardless of faith or affiliation, regardless of ethnicity or language.
You never know who your conversation partners might be. You cannot know what they will teach you or what you might gift to them. But find one, and it can shift what you know about this world. Truly, it may change your life.
I was on a plane back to the Piedmont. It was just after Charlotte-Douglas International Airport opened again after the first snow-and-ice storm of the new year. I sat down with my book on "Lamentations," a short collection of poetry from the Hebrew Bible.
I wore my "kippah," a traditional Jewish head covering.
A man sat next to me in the aisle. I am not sure if it was the book or the kippah , and I honestly don't remember his first question. But it was a first question that led to one of the deepest conversations I have ever had about matters of faith.
We spoke about our backgrounds. We compared and contrasted his Christian sense of being born in sin with my Jewish sense of a broken humanity contending with a broken world. The outcome of either belief was not dissimilar from the other: Both of us longed to reach out for grace and healing. We knew it was our obligation to try, again and again, to act in a way that could invite goodness.
"Be a 'mentsch'," I said. "A good person."
"Love Christ," he said.
I mentioned the way atheist friends of mine aspired to exactly the same goals. We could recognize the basic humanity of all who strove for goodness.
All the time we spoke, I felt that the man beside me was on some kind of search, questing after some kind of truth. I was impressed at how articulate he was in explaining his own beliefs. I was even more impressed that he never once spoke as if he had to convince me that his faith was superior to mine.
He didn't try to change me. He listened.
I didn't try to change him. I listened.
Finally, he pulled out his Bible and told me which passage he'd been studying.
We looked at the passage together. We explained what we both saw in the passage.
And then, as we landed and taxied on the tarmac, this man told me he had been thinking of becoming a minister.
He had been struggling for a long time with the idea. He has a good job, and his children are young. Life was stable as it was.
I asked him whether he could simply go inside and ask himself: What did he long for? What did he feel God longed for?
He said he could hear the phone ringing.
"I haven't picked up the phone," he said.
"Well," I said, "if you decide to pick up, remember it's a local call."
It is now weeks after this conversation, and I admit I am hoping and praying that whatever he decides, this young man listens to his heart and feeds his soul.
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Hayward, CA — A woman was arrested Saturday after she allegedly jumped on stage and attacked singer Lester Chambers after he dedicated a song to Trayvon Martin.
Chambers, lead singers of the 1960s soul rock group The Chambers Brothers, was performing at the Hayward Russell City Blues Festival around 5:15 pm when he dedicated the Curtis Mayfield song "People Get Ready" to Martin. According to Chambers' wife, Lola, the 73-year-old told the audience that if Mayfield were alive today, he would change the lyrics from "there's a train a comin'" to "there's a change a comin.'"
That's when 43-year-old Dinalynn Andrew Potter jumped on stage and yelled "It's all your fault" before shoving Chambers.
"She must have been an acrobat. She did it in one leap. He didn't see her coming," Lola Chambers said.
"She had a crazed look in her eye," said Kurt Kangas, a friend of Chambers. "I saw the devil there."
People on stage with Chambers helped subdue Potter, who was arrested on suspicion of battery. She was cited and released, but could face additional charges, according to Lt. Ruben Pola. Chambers was taken to the hospital, but has since been released. He is now using a cane to walk, and his son, Dylan, said he had a "bruised rib muscle and nerve damage and he is sore all over." A photo posted to Facebook shows Chambers with a long welt on the left side on his back.
Police are still investigating the attack and are trying to determine a motive, but the family believes it was racially motivated. They are pressing police to file hate crime charges.
The night Lester Chambers was attacked, a Florida jury found George Zimmerman not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The day after the verdict was delivered, the NAACP posted a petition formally requesting that the Department of Justice open a civil rights case against Zimmerman. At the time of this writing, the petition had received 323,224 signatures.


text: September 20, 2016 Honoring Your Need for Replenishment September 20, 2016/ Carolyn Shields By Maria KoshuteWe have all heard the old adage, "You can't give what you don't have." If we are tired and worn down, it is very hard to fully give to those around us, and it is difficult to be fully present and joyful. However, in our fast-paced society, it's easy to forget the need to be still, the need to be silent, the need to be replenished. Sometimes we don't necessarily forget about this need, but we recognize it and we often feel guilty about it. Thanks to America's puritan roots, our culture continues to tell us that sitting still, resting, and leisure is a waste of precious time when we should be doing something "productive." But trying to exist on excessive amounts of caffeine and small amounts of sleep as we pack in as many activities as possible in one day isn't exactly a recipe for joy either. The tasks and responsibilities of each day can weigh us down to the point of exhaustion. Yet we refuse to slow down and to fill our weary and empty souls with even a moment of peace. So how do we find replenishment in the midst of our busy days?1. Recognize and honor your need for replenishmentIf you feel extra drained and worn down, stressed and downtrodden, acknowledge the state of your weariness. Don't just slough it off and try to power forward. The exhaustion will only multiply. The more overwhelmed you feel, the less you will be able to be truly present in your work, with your family and friends, and in your attempts to serve others. It's okay to need rest, in fact, it's completely normal. Do not ignore or downplay this. Honor this need.2. Identify the things that make you feel most replenishedIs it a long walk on a beautiful nature trail? Is it a deep conversation with a dear friend over a glass of wine? Is it a massage or pedicure? Is it time for prayer and meditation? It might even be as simple as devoting one hour a day to not looking at any screens (iPhone, computer, television, etc.) and focusing on the present and being mindful of the simple gifts in front of you.3. Reach out to othersBuilding in time for replenishment might mean asking others for their help. It might mean asking others for their time or their help to alleviate excessive commitments or asking friends for help with childcare. Asking for help doesn't signify weakness: it signifies that you recognize your limitations and gives others the opportunity to help you in ways that your friends and family may not have even known you needed. (I am happy to help my mommy friends watch their children when they need a much deserved evening out - single ladies, ask your mommy friends on a regular basis if you can do this for them! We tend to have a little more flexibility to do this. Moms can also swap childcare to help one another get a reprieve once in awhile. We need to be there for each other!) Moms can repay the favor in creative ways: for example, a homemade meal or leftovers is always very welcome "payment" from my friends for helping with their kids as is their willingness to help me move large items in their minivans when needed. Serving one another is what friendship and family is all about.4. Don't be afraid to say "No"Not every single party, event, or committee needs your help. It's okay to say no in an effort to leave more time in your life for replenishment. You don't need a fabulous excuse to appease them. Thank them for the invitation, and politely say, "I actually already have a commitment Wednesday night." Because you do: a commitment to yourself.5. Intentionally plan your replenishment time in advanceIf you are finding that you have "no time" for rest and relaxation, intentionally plan it into your schedule, whether it's 15 minutes of prayer time every morning, two walks a week, or some time on a Sunday afternoon playing the piano. Like many things in life, if you don't intentionally plan it, you won't make it a priority.6. Savor the stillnessWhen you are able to "get away", whether you are on a long walk, reading a book in a comfy chair, or painting in your studio, try to allow your mind to settle. Try not to spend your time thinking of all the things you need to do when you are done. Instead, relish the opportunity to rest, and to simply be. Seek to enter a state of contemplation. As Josef Pieper says so eloquently, "The ultimate meaning of the active life is to make possible the happiness of contemplation." When we make daily replenishment a priority in our lives, we are able to restore a sense of wholeness to our hearts. Our daily cares and responsibilities can tear us into a hundred different pieces, spinning in a million different directions. Replenishment allows these pieces to find their center once more, so that tomorrow, with a whole heart and a peaceful mind, we can face the world.


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As a parent of a couple of picky eaters I'm always struggling to find lunch box ideas that will actually get eaten. The fact is my kids don't like sandwiches. They never have. When I do send them they usually come back with one bite taken out of the centre and soggy from having sat in a lunchbox all day. The same holds true for thermos meals. While there are a few items I can send in a thermos that may get eaten, most of the time they don't.
Over the years I have come up with a few ideas that are a smash hit. I have discovered the key to getting picky eaters to eat a lunch is to provide a ton of choice in their lunch box. I know, it may seem obvious, but I had to learn the hard way. Kids love to have options! Both my husband and I are high control personalities and my children are no different. As miniature control freaks in the making they love to pick and choose what they eat and what goes into their lunchbox. Not all of it will get eaten, but at least they have options. What doesn't get eaten can always be kept for another day or eaten as their after school snack. No more soggy tuna fish sandwiches coming back! These are some options I have discovered that work well with my picky eaters.
My kids love items they can dip, food on a stick, food they can play with, anything taco or pizza flavoured, and anything with cheese! I also find they are more likely to eat foods they have helped make so they will often help me prep freezer foods on a Saturday afternoon so they know what their options are for the week. My kids, for the most part, make their own lunches the evening before as a part of our bedtime routine. That way they know what to expect in their lunch boxes and there are no arguments because they chose what went in there. These are our favourites!
- Diy lunchables provide plenty of choice for the picky eater. Provide an assortment of items like cheese cubes, crackers, sandwich meat (or cut up pieces of last nights roast for cold cuts) fruit and veggies with dip, or anything you can think of that you know your child loves. No need to buy expensive ready to go kits. Just fill a bento box with your own healthy options!
- Kids love anything smothered in cheese. Quesadillas are great for this. The wrap doesn't get soggy like bread does if it happens to come back at the end of the day. I usually make a bunch on the weekend and toss them in the freezer. In the morning I quickly warm them, wrap them in tin foil and toss them in the lunchboxes. Send along some salsa and sour cream if your kids love to dip.
- Meat pockets are another great option to replace a sandwich. I use a pizza dough folded over calzone style and stuff the centre with taco, farmer sausage or pizza flavours. They can be eaten cold or warm. Like the Quesadillas I usually make a big batch on the weekend and toss them in the freezer so they are handy to pull out on weekday mornings. They are also great for dipping in salsa for the taco flavour or sweet and sour sauce for the farmer sausage ones.
- Pigs in a blanket are a classic but easy snack item and easy to send along to school. My youngest loves hotdogs, sausages and smokies and this is an easy way to send one along in her lunchbox. Buns can get really soggy by the time the lunch bell rings and nobody likes soggy bread. Using a wiener wrap or biscuit dough solves that problem. Roll them with bacon and cheese alongside the wiener for an extra tasty treat! Ketchup, mustard, queso or cheese whiz can be sent along for dip. Like the previous two items these can be made ahead of time and put in the freezer for rushed weekday mornings.
- Anything on a stick is always fun. Similar to a DIY lunchable, chunks of meat, cheese, fruit and vegetables are quick and easy to prepare the night before. Instead of putting them in a bento box, slide them on a toothpick or skewer. They can be stored in the fridge and ready to go for lunchbox prep the next morning.
- Pizza flavours are always a hit in my family. They never come home so pizza buns are good option. Simply spread pizza sauce, and place your favourite pizza toppings and a slice of cheese on an english muffin. Toast until the cheese is melted and wrap them in tinfoil. Again these can be made ahead of time and placed in the freezer. If your kids have a microwave available to them at school they can be warmed there.


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In an effort to get back to South Korea at minimal cost to both my finances and the environment, I took a long flight to Hong Kong (香港) with the intention of subsequently catching the train up into mainland China and then the ferry service to Incheon (as the overland trip from Europe and flights to both mainland China and Korea were shockingly expensive). I arrived right in the middle of preparations for Chinese (Lunar) New Year, the chaos surrounding which stranded me for over a week (I had planned on staying only a few nights). This did give me a lot of time to explore, though, and I took advantage of the clement (if cloudy) weather to walk most of the area from Causeway Bay (銅鑼灣) in the east to Central (中環) in the west. The streets were far more crowded and chaotic than I remembered (from my last trip in 2002), which could have been New Year shoppers but might just be what the place is like. I was glad to escape into the comparatively deserted Hong Kong Park (香港公園), a planned oasis in the heat and bustle of the central business district.
Left: Bali mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi). Below, left to right: Greater green leafbird (Chloropsis sonnerati), blue-winged leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis), emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica), the aviary.
The main feature of the park (aside from the "Fighting SARS" monument, of course) is the Edward Youde Aviary, a giant walk-through cage containing all kinds of birds found in the Asian ecoregions. The public viewing area is an elevated walkway that winds through the tree canopy and thus prevents ground- and water feeders from being disturbed, though it does place some of the interesting specimens quite far away. Fruit-containing feeding stations are strategically placed along the route so that the canopy feeders come quite close to the visitors (but not so close as to invite touching or risk territory defence).
Left: Alexandrine parakeet (Psittacula eupatria). Below, left to right: Yellow-faced mynah (Mino dumontii), Alexandrine parakeet (Psittacula eupatria).


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With all the trolling that Kojima has done surrounding Metal Gear Solid V the past year, it's hard to keep it all straight, but at this point it seems like "The Phantom Pain" is the main game and "Ground Zeroes" will serve as a prologue, both part of the same "Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain" package. After that it all gets a bit hazy and hard to know exactly what each portion will offer.
Kojima has shed some more light on the matter in a recent Japanese interview with Game Watch, however, stating that Ground Zeroes will be 1/300 the size of The Phantom Pain. From what we've seen of The Phantom Pain so far, it seems to offer a sizable world, so this news either means that Ground Zeroes is tiny or The Phantom Pain is enormous. More likely than not, however, it's the latter as a 300% increase is a large figure to throw out.
We'll keep our eyes peeled for the latest MGSV information coming out TGS and keep you posted.


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Depression: The Sadness Disease In our never-ending quest for happiness in our life, is some of the joy taken away? Have our thoughts for what we always want turned astray? Why has the quest for happiness left us more vulnerable and sad? Are we a society of melancholy people that are all looking for happiness and disappointed with what we find? Leaving us in a state of depression and unstableness. Turning us into not only a society of dismal people, but people that are left spiritless and melancholic? In today?s society depression is referred to as the ?common cold of the mental health problems.? More than 5 percent of Americans have depression, that equates to an astonishing 15 million people. It is said that 1 out of every 6 people has had a ?major? depressive episode in their life. It is estimated that it costs the nation a sum of 43 billion dollars a year in medication, lost school days, lost workdays, and professional care for depression.
Tens of thousands of people out of the 15 million attempts to commit suicide because of depression and about 16,000 of those people succeed.
Depression loosely defined is a disorder marked by a state of deep and pervasive sadness, dejection and hopelessness, accompanied by feeling of fatigue apathy, and low self-worth (Bourne and Russo 1998 p. A-24). Though that seems like a very comprehensive definition it is characterized by many different symptoms to combine to one effect on the psyche. Depression itself is not only widespread but also associated with many other psychological conditions, with many physical diseases, and most certainly, with social and external factors (Schwartz and Schwartz, 1993, p. 1).
There are several major causes of depression that may occur in people. The first causes are the biological causes are thought...


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Gold Stained Mug // 'Meet Me Under The Mistletoe' Pullover // Barefoot Dreams Blanket // Cinnamon Scented Pine Cones // 'Naughty Not Nice' Ella + Mila Nail Polish
While I like to do my best to keep my cool and take things one step at a time, it is almost inevitable avoid the stresses that come with the last week or two of the semester. Despite these stresses, I am still able to find some relief and joy in the little things. I recently continued with my apartment decorating in leu of the holiday season. Adding to the previously hung pine wreath (which smells lovely), the string lights on my balcony, and the poinsettia plant I so proudly put on display in my living room area, I added a few more little decorative pieces! I placed cinnamon scented pine cones around my apartment, hung more pretty string lights on my balcony, was gifted another poinsettia plant, and probably my favorite addition, with help, set up a silver aluminum tree for my bedroom. Amidst a busy week, it is important to find motivation and happiness in the smallest things. I took Friday evening off from school work and enjoyed much needed time with some girl friends. We decorated cookies, a gingerbread house, listened to holiday music (see below for some of my favorites!), and talked for hours. Every now and then, that is exactly what you need.
Anyway, I can say with much relief that I am feeling less overwhelmed and have successfully finished most of my classes. I even had time to get lunch as well as a manicure pedicure with a girl friend of mine – much needed!
As the final week of the fall semester comes to a close, I look forward to sharing more of my holiday plans. Stay tuned! For now I'll leave you with some of my current holiday favorites…
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Sam Smith
Last Christmas – Wham!
Christmas Time Is Here – Vince Guaraldi Trio – A Charlie Brown Christmas
I'll Be Home – Meghan Trainor
Santa Tell Me – Ariana Grande
Jingle Bell Rock – Bobby Helms
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – Jackson 5
Blue Christmas – Elvis Presley


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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
A Burrowful Of Boots:The Groundhog Day Album (remaster)
Happy G-hog Day Ever'body!
Here's 2007's long-unavailable
G-Hog Mashup album
fresh from being re-mastered.
Thanks to all the creators!
Full Album Link-
8 comments:
- djpetrushka said...
Love this album, so glad you remastered it. I loved this when you first made it, and it's even better now. Thanks!
- February 2, 2011 at 1:48 PM
- DJ Useo said...
You are most welcome.Thanks for saying so.All my best to the husband & kidneys. :)
- February 12, 2011 at 11:46 PM
- Dr.Flay said...
the file is long-gone :(
Can you re-post it somewhere more permanent ?
- October 11, 2012 at 9:32 AM
- Konrad Useo said...
Hey there, Dr. F! Great you dropped by. I'll have this re-hosted for you by tonight my time. Thanks for the notice.
I've been going through my blog from the oldest posts to the present updating links.
It takes a bit of time, but I'm making good progress.
This was a fun project & just about my earliest. Most of the mixers had never heard of ground hogs day aside from that old comedy mmovie.
- October 11, 2012 at 12:01 PM
- Konrad Useo said...
There ye be, Dr.Flay. That cover was painted by the talented Barbara Hilal from a sketch by me. We loves ya,B.
- October 11, 2012 at 11:18 PM
- Dr.Flay said...
I was actually wondering about that while I was typing :D
Well now I'm home and looked at the original copy, I notice the remaster is lacking one of the original bonus tracks.
I'll be grabbing a copy of the revisit, or did I already ?
...Did I already ask that ?
I'm from an old town that still celebrates the slaying of a dragon, so I'm used to daft old traditional events with the locals!
- October 12, 2012 at 10:50 PM
- Konrad Useo said...
Hey Dr.Flay- It's been so long I don't remember what happened to that bonus track. I couldn't find it for the remaster, & the mixer didn't have it either.
If I believed in smalltown customs, I'd suspect a groundhog. Rofl.
I'm updating all the comp links this week, I hope you find more you enjoy. :)
- October 15, 2012 at 2:46 PM
- mazanga said...
killing it on kopimi radio
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Biographical entry Casey, Richard Gavin Gardiner (1890 - 1976)
- Born
- 29 August 1890
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Died
- 17 June 1976
Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
- Occupation
- Science administrator and Governor-General
Richard Casey was the Minister in charge of CSIRO 1950-1960, Minister for External Affairs 1951-1960 and Governor-General of Australia 1965-1969. He first joined the Federal parliament in 1931.
Born Brisbane, 29 August 1890. Died Berwick, Victoria, 17 June 1976. Educated University of Melbourne (studied engineering 1909) and Cambridge (BA 1913, MA 1919). MC 1917, DSO 1918, Companion of Honour 1944, Baron cr 1960, GCMG cr 1965, KG cr 1969. Mount Morgan Company 1914; war service, chiefly as a staff officer, 1914-19; various company boards, including Mount Morgan, small steel-manufacturing firm, unsuccessfully tried to sell a new kind of car engine designed by A.G.M. Michell (q.v.) 1919-24; Australian political liaison officer, London 1924-31, MHR for Corio 1931-40, Assistant Federal Treasurer 1933-35, Treasurer 1935-39, Minister in charge of Development & Scientific & Industrial Research 1937-39, Minister for Supply & Development 1939-40, Member, Australian Delegation, Imperial Conference & Coronation 1937, Australian Representative, Imperial Conference on Conduct of War 1939, first Australian Minister to USA 1940-42, UK Minister of State for Middle East and member of British War Cabinet 1942-43, Governor of Bengal 1944-46, Federal President, Liberal Party of Australia 1947-49, MHR for Latrobe 1949-60, Minister for Works & Housing 1949-51, Minister for Supply and Development (National Development from 1950) 1949-51, Minister in charge of CSIRO 1950-60, Minister for External Affairs 1951-60, Governor-General of Australia 1965-69. Privy Councillor 1939. Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1966. A research station and several geographical features in Antarctica were named after him.
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Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Cornelius Gavin Casey - Records, 1820 - 1978, MS 6150; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Green, F. C., 'Casey, Richard Gardiner (1846-1919)', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 3, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1969, pp. 366-367. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030342b.htm. Details
- Hudson, W. J., 'Casey, Richard Gavin Gardiner (Baron Casey) (1890-1976)', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 13, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1993, pp. 381-385. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130426b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- White, F. W. G., 'Casey of Berwick and Westminster, Baron Richard Gardiner Casey, KG, PC, GCMG, CH, DSO, MC, KStJ, FAA, MA(Cantab.)', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, vol. 3, no. 4, 1977, pp. 54-83. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9770340054.htm. Details
- White, F. W.G., 'Robert Gordon Menzies (1894-1978)', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 1, 1980, pp. 68-102. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9800510068.htm. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/29660810. Details
- 'Casey, Richard Gavin Gardiner (1890-1976)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464911. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of person CP 24; Richard Gardiner Casey', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CP+24. Details
- Ward, C., 'Lord Richard Gavin Gardiner Casey', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Casey-Lord-Richard-Gavin-Gardiner. Details
- White, F. W. G., 'Richard Gardiner Casey 1890-1976', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, http://www.science.org.au/fellows/memoirs/casey.html. Details
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- Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/index_c.html. Details
- Rees, A. L. G., 'Ian William Wark 1899-1985', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 4, 1987, pp. 533-548. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9870640533.htm. Details
- Sherratt, Tim, 'CSIRO', in Graeme Davison; John Hirst; Stuart Macintyre (ed.), Oxford Companion to Australian History, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1998, pp. 164-165. http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/articles/tps/csiro_history.htm. Details
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Jim Byrnes
Jim Byrnes
Every now and then, if you're lucky, you'll hear a voice that changes the way you think about music. It's that rare kind of voice that can take you out of yourself to a place where a song that you've heard a thousand times becomes brand new again. Jim Byrnes' voice has that quality, and even though he's been winning over audiences with his soulful vocals for more than fifty years now, he's never sung like he does on 'Long Hot Summer Days', his newest album on Black Hen Music.
At age sixty-nine, Jim Byrnes has recorded a career milestone, which, given his history with numerous Juno Awards and Maple Blues Awards, among many other accolades, is saying a lot. But, if you listen just once through 'Long Hot Summer Days', it's easy to be convinced that there simply isn't anyone alive today who loves a good song more than Jim does. It's an amazing thing to hear a performer who, well into the fifth decade of his career, the veteran of thousands of live performances and dozens of recording sessions, continues to approach creating a new album with the dedication and enthusiasm of a twenty year old.
Jim has collaborated on 7 album releases now with Steve Dawson, the award winning guitarist and producer. It's a partnership that had its genesis in 2004 when Jim and Steve got together to record the critically acclaimed 'Fresh Horses'. Since then, they have played countless shows and sessions together across Canada and around the world.
'Long Hot Summer Days' is an album that reflects everything that Byrnes looks for in a song. As he points out; "Most blues fans are on the lookout for the sound of a tasty blues guitar, but for me what makes or breaks a song is the singer." As anyone who's ever heard him before can attest, Jim's always been an exceptional vocalist, but for this album he wanted to take his performances to another level. Byrnes explains, "All of the singers I've ever loved have known when to hold back. I've finally learned to work with restraint, and that if you don't throw it all out at your audience, you can work with what you don't reveal. And, sometimes what you can suggest without actually singing it overtly gets pretty interesting. I think with this record, I've finally learned to sound like myself."
With a love of music as vast as Jim's, it's not surprising that 'Long Hot Summer Days' covers a lot of territory. From the spare and haunting rendition of Willie Dixon's 'Weak Brain, Narrow Mind' captured to tape with one microphone 30 feet away, to the rich full band sound of 'Ninety-Nine And A Half', 'Long Hot Summer Days' is a master class of song interpretation.
When Steve and Jim began to choose songs for 'Long Hot Summer Days', Jim kept circling back to things he first heard on the radio while driving around his native St. Louis during his high school days. On the top of his list was 'Something On Your Mind,' a soul hit by Bobby Marchan. 'Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City' recalls the relaxed, assured style of Bobby Bland, and Jim's interpretation of 'Out Of Left Field' would do Percy Sledge proud. For blues purists, there is a riveting single-take version of Elmore James' 'Something Inside of Me' that should put to rest any doubts that Steve Dawson is one of Canada's greatest guitarists.
Two original songs co-written by Jim and Steve - the sultry Nina Simone-influenced title track, 'Long Hot Summer Days' and the delightful Van Morrison-style groove of 'Deep Blue Sea' - are rounded out by a Dawson original, the rollicking 'Anywhere the Wind Blows'.
Understandably, there aren't many musicians capable of rising to the demands set by the music chosen for 'Long Hot Summer Days.' So, it was a very special group that came together at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver to record for a week last spring; Steve Dawson (guitars), Chris Gestrin (keyboards), Geoff Hicks (drums), Jeremy Holmes (bass), and a horn section containing some of Vancouver's finest – Malcolm Aiken, Jerry Cook and Dominic Conway. Guest appearances by The Sojourners on harmony vocals and Monkeyjunk's Steve Marriner on the harmonica, virtually guaranteed that a very special recording was in the works.
Steve Dawson has always been an innovative producer, and for this project he decided to record Sinatra-style with all of the musicians in the same room, facing each other without headphones on. This allowed the musicians to hear each other naturally and play at a lower volume. This made it possible to pull richer tones out of the instruments, giving the whole album a warm, vintage sound.
Warm and weathered. Soaring and bright. 'Long Hot Summer Days' is a masterwork from one of Canada's best-loved musical icons. Records like this don't come around every day. Listen and be taken away.
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A consistent voice of fiscal discipline, he was the first Pittsburgh official to call for the city to apply for strict state oversight of its budget, and as mayor, he pushed the city to adopt a fiscal recovery and five-year plan designed to lead Pittsburgh into long-term solvency. He is one Pittsburgh's leading voices for sustainable growth and the "triple bottom line" of people, planet and profit.
Since taking office, Mayor Peduto has lead a collaborative effort to make Pittsburgh a leading 21st Century city. The Peduto administration has partnered with the White House on numerous initiatives, resulting in direct access to federal support related to affordable housing, education, economic development, energy efficiency, immigration, manufacturing, community policing, workforce development and technology.
As mayor, Bill Peduto continues to champion the protection and enhancement of Pittsburgh's new reputation - maintaining fiscal responsibility, establishing community-based development plans, embracing innovative solutions and becoming a leader in green initiations.
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2/24/17 Jennifer And Scott
Congratulations to Jennifer and Scott! We were so honored to be apart of their special day! They are honestly a one of a kind couple. There was not a moment where they were not smiling or laughing!
These lovebirds met four years ago in Newport Beach, CA. Their love blossomed from there and Scott proposed at Glen Helen Parkway in San Bernardino during the Lost Highway Festival. He proposed right before they walked into the concert...in the parking lot! They both have this witty, sarcastic humor that keeps them smiling and laughing all day long.
Their wedding was amazing. The night was cool and but the party was non-stop! So much dancing, singing and lots of smiling faces. Jennifer and Scott were also dancing the night away!
The most special part of the night was finding out that the father of the bride hand made the LOVE sign you see in the collage below. He mentioned that love described them and their lives. It not only brought tears to my eyes, but the the crowd as well!
We cannot thank this marvelous couple enough for sharing their day with Serendipity. From the tender moments they shared after the ceremony to the constant partying during the reception, the day was full of gorgeous moments. It was an honor to witness and share their day!


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I am beyond excited to share this gorgeous wedding with you all!
Sandra and Ryan are such a beautiful couple and we absolutely adored capturing so many funny, happy, loving and heartfelt moments of them and their awesome family and friends on their big day at St Patricks of Nulkaba and Circa 1876.
Although the rain did not go away, despite us singing "rain, rain, go away" loudly enough for mother nature to hear - these lovely newlyweds and their epic bridal party embraced the crazy weather (such troopers!) and the resulting photographs are stunning. They were all so much fun and we are so grateful that they had us there to capture every moment as it unfolded.
The rain came to a halt and the afternoon was filled with lawn games thanks to our wickedly talented friends over at Peonies Boutique Weddings. The styling and florals for Sandra and Ryan's Reception at Circa 1876 (also by Darlene, Brooke and their fab team at Peonies) was simply BEAUTIFUL!
Later into the night we found ourselves photographing - quite possibly - the coolest guests on the dancefloor. There was lifting, jumping and some serious arm waving actions, which were then shortly followed by the most beautiful portuguese music and a dancing circle surrounding Sandra while she got her boogie on.
We cannot thank Sandra & Ryan enough for having Popcorn there as part of such an incredible day, we hope that these images bring you such big, happy cheese grins and happy tears!
Big love & squishy cuddles,
Laura & Mere x