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The blog of an over-excited, over-anxious twenty-something with plenty to rant about and even more to be happy for.
Saturday, 19 June 2010
VCB 11: Favourites with a U
Q. Who was your favourite teacher?
A. Hmm, tricky one. I had a high school art teacher called Mr Jenkins who was pretty cool. He let us spend lunchtimes in the art room and we introduced him to the canteen chocolate cake. Whoever got to the snack trolley first had to buy everyone else one! Apart from the I guess my first ever teacher, Mrs Montague. I can't even remember why I liked her so much though!
Q. What is your favourite number?
A. I don't really have a favourite number but at a push I would say 7. I mean it *is* the most magically significant number (I am a Harry Potter nerd). I also like the number 129 because it is James' birthday and seems to pop up everywhere in our lives. For example when we first went to London our hotel room was 129! Plus James' favourite is 29 so I see it everywhere.
Q. What is your favourite fruit?
A. I LOVE strawberries in summer with a sprinkling of sugar or a dash of cream. Yumalicious. I also really love dark cherries - Blackforest Gâteau is the yum. See image below.
Q. What is your favourite holiday?
A. Well I think we would call these bank holidays in the UK as holiday to us is what people in the U.S. call vacation. Without a shadow of a doubt it is Christmas. I am a BIG Christmas person. I absolutely love it and we always have a fantastic one. This last one was the best ever because James' was there to share it with my family. He cried with happiness. He will of course deny this.
Q. What is your favourite store?
A. I don't really have a favourite high street shop but if I had an endless amount of money I would probably buy everything on Etsy. If you haven't heard of it; it is an online store that sells handmade goods from furniture to jewellry. It is well worth a look. You can find some really fascinating products. I just wish they would open a UK only store so I can view things in pounds not dollars! Click here to check it out.
Q. What is your favourite day of the week?
A. I guess I like Fridays because it can be either the end of the week or the beginning of the weekend to suit your plans. I don't like weekends when I have no one to share them with (big aww) which is most weekends. I end up sitting wasting my time! I actually look forward to Monday just to have something to do! This will change when James and I are together again of course!
Q. What is your favourite board game?
A. Settlers of Catan. I particularly like the Seafarers edition. If you haven't heard of Settlers of Catan (or have only heard of it because it is also Wheezy Waiter's favourite game) then the basic idea is to collect resources and use them to build towns, cities and connecting roads. It is highly addictive and once you have played it you get hooked.
Q. What is your favourite food?
A. Steak cooked medium. Fucking yum. And chocolate. Not with the steak of course. And when I say chocolate I mean anything other than Hershey's because Hershey's wouldn't know decent chocolate if it danced in front of its face singing "I am real chocolate"... naked.
Q. What is your favourite Disney channel singer?
A. I don't know any?! I don't have the Disney channel. And I'm... y'know... 24 years old! I'll go with Miley. No idea if she is Disney but she probably is.
Q. What is your favourite drink?
A. My favourite drink is tea. Proper English tea with milk. Really strong. No sugar. Can't beat it. If I don't get my cup of tea in the morning (double size with 2 teabags) then I can't function. I also really love milk. It is great when eating cheese, marmite on bread or chocolate. I used to love dry white wine but it gives me migraines a lot now - sad panda.
Q. What was your favourite subject at high school?
I really enjoyed art but not until Sixth Form when I was actually decent at it. Apart from that I enjoyed history, especially when we studied the history of medicine as well as the American West. I remember once playing a wagon trail game: we all had to write a list of things we would take on our wagon trail. Then the teacher read out different scenarios (such as bear attack or broken wheel) and we had to solve the problem using only what we had written down. It was really fun. I would have continued my studies of history into Sixth Form but you had to do boring stuff like the history of the Catholic church. I wanted to get stuck into Ancient civilisations!
Q. What is your favourite colour?
A. Purple or green. Short and sweet answer.
Q. What is your favourite season?
A. Winter! Because it is the season with Christmas in it! I also love snow and ice. It is a pain in the arse but it is so beautiful. This winter was a particularly cold one and the whole country came to a standstill (we only have one salt mine I think and no one has tyre spikes). James and I walked my mum to and from work and the trees and streets were so magical. It was like a fairytale.
My answer: I of course love the Vlogbrothers and Vlogtag (my collab channel - link to the left) but if I had to pick another one it would, without a doubt, be Wheezy Waiter. That guy cracks me up. You can check him out here.
4 comments:
- A.J. James said...
eh hem, I am sure I didn't actually cry.
As far as my favorite youtube channel you mentioned three really good channels, Though you should really check out itsjustsomerandomguy he does these mac/pc marvel/dc parodies that are awesome.
- 20 June 2010 at 00:58
- Helen E. Abbott said...
@JooJoo - You probably had something in your eye ;-)
- 20 June 2010 at 08:28
- PinkPixieDF (Heather) said...
for my favorite youtube channel I'd have to say Vlogrelay or CommunityChannel. Natalie Tran is just a brilliant film maker, but my best friend is on the VlogRelay channel and anyway, I love watching all of their videos. Molly, Barry, Paul and Bill just live really interesting lives and they are all great at making entertaining vlogs.
- 21 June 2010 at 01:37
- Beth said...
Sorry, I always seem to get behind on your blog and comment a couple of days later. I hope you know I still read it and find your blogs very interesting.
As for my favorite YouTube channel, I would say it would be hard to pick just one. I really love vlogbrothers, vlogtag, and wheezywaiter, too. I also really love Joe's (disneykid1) work, and I agree with Heather, CommunityChannel is one of my faves. For helping inform people about issues in the LGBTQ community, I have been an avid watcher of the BeaverBunch for a couple years now. And I'll quit rambling now, but yeahhh. :)
- 21 June 2010 at 08:02


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Join Casey O'Leary from Snake River Seed Cooperative to learn about harvesting and saving seeds.
Did you save any seeds from your garden last year? Bring your seeds and bring a friend! We'll be swapping seeds on Saturday, February 17th.
This year we have a special guest: Thumbs Heath! He has been stewarding and breeding seeds in and around the Gospel Hump Wilderness in central Idaho for over 30 years. He was a PhD candidate in plant breeding at UC Davis when he made the decision to step away from the often money-driven modern plant breeding apparatus and instead focus his breeding efforts for the public good. He specializes in garlic, amaranth, and heritage grains, as well as in purple crop varieties.
11am: Swap opens for people who have seeds to share.
12:30pm: Swap opens for everybody.
12:30pm - 1:30pm: Seed saving 101 class (You don't have to bring seeds to attend this class! Everyone is welcome!)

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Data Sheet—Friday, July 7, 2017
I wrote a feature in early 2015 about a peculiar "unicorn"—a private company valued at more than $1 billion—called Jawbone. Jawbone was peculiar for several reasons. At 16 years of age, still private, still essentially a startup in that it didn't make money, the company already was on its third product line. It pioneered Bluetooth headsets for phones. Then it created a niche for Internet-connected speakers. Finally, it made stylish "wearables," a step counter masquerading as jewelry.
Jawbone had all the elements of Silicon Valley legend. Its CEO was a larger-than-life fellow named Hosain Rahman, who talked big and was a master at raising (and spending) money. Its top designer was a Jony Ive wannabe named Yves Behar, a stylish guy popular on the conference circuit. It products were popular in conference schwag bags and on retail shelves.
Jawbone had great investors too: Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz. They remained publicly enthusiastic, despite Jawbone's inability to convert its buzzy products into profits. "It's a unique company that has a unique set of capabilities," Ben Horowitz told me. As an example, he offered Jawbone's intellectual property assets, a strange attribute for a would-be high-growth prospect.
In the end, neither brash talk nor savvy investors were enough for Jawbone. It spent too much, paid its bills too infrequently, missed too many product deadlines, and entered too many faddish markets where bigger players reaped whatever gains were to be had. In a move first reported by the scrappy subscription newsletter The Information, Jawbone has begun to liquidate its assets. Its $3 billion-valuation is now a thing of the past. Equity investors likely will be wiped out.
This startup thing is harder than it looks. What's more, execution is as important as product innovation. Jawbone deserves credit for lasting as long as it did. Now it joins a long list of Silicon Valley might-have-beens that will be forgotten relatively quickly.
|Adam Lashinsky
Scary times. The prime suspect in a series of hacking attacks on a dozen or more U.S. power plants, including the Wolf Creek nuclear facility in Kansas, is Russia, Bloomberg reported. The hackers only cracked administrative networks, not operational controls at the plants. But Russian hackers notoriously took down parts of Ukraine's electrical infrastructure in 2015.
Scary headlines. A double dose of bad news for Apple, the world's most valuable tech company, today. First, Qualcomm escalated its legal battle against Apple by seeking to have imports of some iPhones and iPads banned from the country. And then came word that rival Samsung will report a larger operating profit for the second quarter than Apple.
Redundancies. It was more than just bad headlines for another tech giant. Chatter earlier this week of a restructuring at Microsoft proved true and the company is laying off 3,000 to 4,000 sales and marketing employees, according to the New York Times.
Mechanized chitchat. Thursday marked a new level of credibility for months-old rumors that Amazon was talking to Dish Network about doing something together around wireless networks. As had been written earlier, the Wall Street Journal now reports that Amazon might help Dish finance the network it is building, not for phones and people, but for machine connectivity. Dish has to build out something by 2020 or risk having its airwave rights revoked.
Less red ink. Music and podcast streaming startup SoundCloud said it's laying off 173 people, or 40% of its workforce, to cut costs as it seeks to attain profitability. The company was facing a cash crunch earlier this year and could now be fodder for an acquisition by a larger company like European music service Deezer.
Virtual taxation. The Internal Revenue Service started probing the popular digital currency exchange Coinbase, which has half a million active users, after only 802 people in the entire country declared capital gains or losses related to bitcoin in 2015. But after asking for every customer's login and password, the agency is backing down under criticism and says it will now seek more targeted information to uncover possible unreported income.
Why Are There More Potatoes in My Blue Apron Box? by Leigh Gallagher
Uber Enables Tipping for Drivers Across the U.S. and Canada by Kirsten Korosec
Toyota Just Tested Its New Robot With a Disabled War Veteran by Jonathan Vanian
Apple Could Make Change to Its News App Ads by Don Reisinger
'CopyCat' Malware Infected 14 Million Google Android Devices by Robert Hackett
This Sports Streaming Service Aims for the Mainstream With Football Games by Tom Huddleston, Jr.
Apple Might Have Big Plans for the 2018 iPhone Line by Don Reisinger
Never charge your phone again? Sounds great, too good to be true—almost. Researchers at the University of Washington say they've built a working prototype of just such a dream handset. Shyam Gollakota, an associate professor at UW and one of the phone's creators, says the device can be powered by wireless electrical transmissions, among other means, but has also has been re-engineered to use less electricity:
We've built what we believe is the first functioning cellphone that consumes almost zero power. To achieve the really, really low power consumption that you need to run a phone by harvesting energy from the environment, we had to fundamentally rethink how these devices are designed.
A few interesting longer reads I came across this week, suitable for perusing over the weekend:
The Story Behind the World's Most Famous Desktop Background
It was this vision of Sonoma County that flashed by Charles O'Rear's car window as he drove down Highway 121 in 1998. Although he was a professional photographer, with work featured in National Geographic and the Los Angeles Times, O'Rear wasn't on assignment that Friday afternoon. Instead, he was headed to visit his then-girlfriend (now-wife) near San Francisco.
Death By Bitcoin
When Portland Police Bureau detectives arrived at Aisha's townhouse, they were initially stymied. Their investigation would eventually lead them across the country and into the deepest recesses of the Internet: places where the common currency is Bitcoin, and where buyers and sellers are anonymous and far removed from each other.
Slow Crash: Economist Michael Hudson on the Future of the Stock Market
I'm not sure it'll be an explosion. It's more like a slow crash. It's more like people are getting desperate. They're having to live off their credit cards, not to buy luxuries but just simply to break even. They're falling further and further behind, and as they fall behind the interest rate rises, the penalties rise, so people are getting more and more squeezed.
In 1947, A High-Altitude Balloon Crash Landed in Roswell. The Aliens Never Left
Major Jesse Marcel, an intelligence officer from the base, returned to the site to investigate more thoroughly and collected all of the "wreckage." As they tried to ascertain what the materials were, Marcel chose to make a public statement. On July 8, Marcel's comments ran in the local afternoon newspaper, the Roswell Daily Record, alongside a headline stating "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer on Ranch in Roswell."
David Bowie famously wondered if we'd ever know, in his 1973 hit, if there's life on Mars. The data this week isn't good. According to a new study published in the journal Nature, several substances found in the martian soil combined with high levels of UV radiation hitting the red planet's surface would be deadly for bacterial life. Or as the authors note:
These data show that the combined effects of at least three components of the Martian surface, activated by surface photochemistry, render the present-day surface more uninhabitable than previously thought, and demonstrate the low probability of survival of biological contaminants released from robotic and human exploration missions.


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Top Wedding Venues in Atlanta, Georgia & the Southeast
Simply Charming Socials has worked with some of the top wedding and event venues in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Southeast, as well as select locations in New York City and beyond. We are able to transform any location into the perfect setting for a wedding or social event. From cityscapes to destinations, ballrooms to barns, mountaintops to lakeside, here are some of our top wedding venues.
Summerour Studio
Atlanta, Georgia
With its industrial interior, grand wooden staircase, and iron-clad windows, Summerour is a favorite Atlanta wedding venue. But it's front courtyard is the showstopper. We've planned & designed many events at Summerour including Ashley & Mike's wedding featured on Pretty My Party, Rachel & Rob's wedding featured on The Knot and Style Me Pretty, Christine & Jackson's Wedding on Snippet & Ink, and our famed Velveteen Rabbit editorial as seen in French Style Magazine, Occasions Magazine, and Style Me Pretty Living.
Atlanta History Center
Atlanta, Georgia
Famed in movies and the picture of elegance, The Atlanta History Center, also known as The Swan House, has become the backdrop for some gorgeous affairs. The setting for our Studio Aesthete (featured on Wedding Sparrow and in Utterly Engaged) and New Southern (as seen on Magnolia Rouge) editorials, we're always inspired by this grand venue.
The Foundry at Puritan Mill
Atlanta, Georgia
With its sky-high ceilings, expansive windows, and blank slate appeal, The Foundry is the Atlanta venue for a couple seeking versatility. The setting for our very memorable Hindu-American wedding of Sejal & Narayana, as seen in print in and on the web by Martha Stewart Weddings.
The Stave Room at American Spirit Works
Atlanta, Georgia
Adjacent to the American Spirit Whisky Distillery, The Stave Room is a very cool space. Its roll up garage door, tree lined hallway, and neutral draping are lovely, but the large chalkboard which boasts personalized artwork for each event is a showstopper, just like at Allison & Matt's wedding.
The Roof at Ponce City Market
Atlanta, Georgia
High above Ponce City Market, the renovated landmark that used to be the Sears building, sits a magnificent new venue with sweeping views of the Atlanta skyline. We love Skyline Park for pre-wading festivities - akin to a boardwalk carnival. We loved planning Liz & Zach's wedding here.
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
Atlanta, Georgia
The interior is an art gallery featuring of-the-moment Atlanta artists, while the entrance boasts an open-air pavilion just rusty enough to look like an urban ruins. The ACAC is the perfect setting for art lovers looking for a blank slate wedding venue with a lot of character.
Ambient+ Studios
Atlanta, Georgia
If you're looking for a super cool studio space with expansive white walls, factory windows, and the rep of being a photo shoot favorite / rap video setting, look not further than Ambient. We have designed weddings and editorials alike in this space, including BotanicATL.
Atlanta Botanical Garden
Atlanta, Georgia
With it's flora and fauna, botanical creations, and impeccable lawns, this Atlanta institution is a beautiful backdrop for a wedding. We have enjoyed every event at this venue, especially Natalie and Jake's stunning wedding as featured on Style Me Pretty.
The Fox Theatre
Atlanta, Georgia
All the theatrics that perfectly pair with a wedding venue, The Fox Theatre is fabulous. From The Marquee to The Eqyptian Ballroom, it's iconic features make anyone hosting a celebration there, like Clara & Tanner, feel like a star.
Historic Dekalb Courthouse
Decatur, Georgia
Located in the Dekalb History Center, this quaint but stunning ballroom is a marble-lovers' dream. No matter the season, this location set in the heart of downtown Decatur is filled with culture and style, which is why it has been chosen by many of our clients, including Sydney & Dustin, whose wedding was featured in The Knot.
The Georgian Terrace
Atlanta, Georgia
One of our favorite hotels in Atlanta and the site of pure glamour and elegance, The Georgian Terrace is fit for the most formal and chic of events. It's suited for a black tie affair, with it's grand ballroom, interesting architecture, stone terraces, and sweeping staircases.
JUST OUTSIDE of ATLANTA
Dunaway Gardens
Newnan, Georgia
Breathtaking outdoor amphitheater and gardens with lots of celebrity history. The setting for our A Winter Affair editorial as seen in Weddings Unveiled and Lauren & Austin's wedding as seen on Style Me Pretty and Mod Wedding.
Foxhall Resort & Sporting Club
Douglasville, Georgia
With its notable stables, various venues, and expansive lawns, this is the perfect setting for any equestrian or country club-goer. The setting for our The Great Escape editorial as seen in Weddings Unveiled and on Wedding Sparrow, as well as Kenzie & Ward's wedding as featured on Style Me Pretty.
The Brickyard
Marietta, Georgia
Nestled in the heart of Marietta, right near the Square and adjacent to many shops and restaurants, is The Brickyard. A venue known for it's indie cool weddings (read: plenty of room for a food truck) and large hanging metal hoop which is just begging for a hanging installation, we have enjoyed working here.
The Hilton Atlanta Marietta Conference Center
The Reid Barn
Roswell Historic Cottage
Table & Main
Sugarboo Farms
Blairsville, Georgia
The first time we set foot on the property, we were taken aback by the quaint farm of animals and vegetable garden, the gorgeous red barn (with lovely sleeping accommodations and farmhouse chic kitchen) and especially, the row of the cutest white cabins. When we planned and designed Sarah & Casey's wedding weekend in the mountains, we realized how much fun guests have at this retreat, just like at summer camp with your very best friends.
The Clubhouse & The Chimneys
at Big Canoe
Jasper, Georgia
There are so many incredible spots to get married in the North Georgia mountain community of Big Canoe. From the Clubhouse overlooking Lake Sconti, the site of Brittany & Nelson's wedding, to the cabin-like Chimneys, any lake-lover or outdoorsy couple can find a venue. Also check out their quaint Chapel.
Montaluce Winery
Dahlonega, Georgia
A personal favorite (Kristine and her husband Ken said "I do" here!), Montaluce Winery is the closest you'll find to Napa or Tuscany in the Southeast. We adore their views, the incredible villas on property, and the high-end restaurant, which also serves as the caterer for an unbelievable wedding meal.
Gibbs Gardens
Juliette Chapel
5 Star Lodge & Stables
Yonah Mountain Vineyards
The Ritz-Carlton, Reynolds
Greensboro, Georgia
When you're puttin on the Ritz, but still want a weekend at the lake with your friends, The Ritz-Carlton, Reynolds is the resort for you. With every water amenity you could ever want, high end accommodations, and a stunning property, we know why this is a favorite for lake lovers to wed.
Georgia Museum of Art
Athens, Georgia
Located right on the University of Georgia's East Campus, the Georgia Museum of Art is a modern gallery, perfect for hosting a wedding or gala. It's two story foyer, clean lines, and marble floors allow guests to step into the museum after hours to celebrate. When throwing a sophisticated affair in Athens just like Emily & Jon, definitely consider the GMOA.
Harbor Club on Lake Oconee
Greensboro, Georgia
Another Lake Oconee institution, the Harbor Club is another fantastic option to consider in the area. What used to be a members-only club, known for their golf, is now open to the public for weddings and events, still with an exclusive feel.
Fair Weather Farms
Monroe, Georgia
The site of over a dozen Simply Charming Socials weddings in our founding years of business, we have a very special place in our hearts for Fair Weather. This private property in Monroe allows couples to welcome guests into the grand lodge, say their vows in front of their old oak tree, and party into the night in the barn. Our work here has been featured in countless publications, most notably, Maggie & Greg in Martha Stewart Weddings in print and online.
Lowndes Grove Plantation
Charleston, South Carolina
With all of the Southern Charm expected in one of our favorite cities, Charleston, this venue is perfect for belles and beaus to exchange their vows. We love the countless salons, each with their own fireplace, the spiral staircase, and the checkerboard floor of the foyer.
Old Edwards Inn & Spa
The River Cafe
The Osprey's at Belmont Bay


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return Visit
This summer I am working through my scraps. Not only because it's incredibly satisfying to make something from leftover bits and pieces, but also as a sort of deep cleaning. I've had some of my scraps for... a long time. Do you know scraps actually get dusty just sitting in a drawer or basket? Yep. And you can't wash them without creating a massive unraveling mess, so here's to putting them to use and then washing them!
I designed the Lake Cabin quilt to target a particular scrap population, used up my pieced scraps in Love in Butterflies and cut up some larger scraps for our Rainbow Picnic Blanket. Now I'm making a return visit to Lake Cabin for a baby quilt. And - good news - I'm writing a pattern for my Lake Cabin quilt at the same time.
This time I'm starting with an inspiration print. This Mod Corsage print by Anna Maria Horner has a soft, sophisticated palette. I see mint, one of my current color crushes, plus dusty blue, aqua, golden yellow and a soft lavender. I rarely use lavender, but I have this cut of Freespirit Designer Solid in Orchid that would be a lovely and bold choice for sashing. It feels right!
With my color palette clearly established by the inspiration print, I pull a great big pile of coordinating scraps quite quickly. I'll have to narrow these down to my favorites! I want the inspiration print to be loudest in the quilt, so I start by cutting a variety of pieces. Mod corsage will make an appearance in most of the blocks.
This Lake Cabin design cuts and sews up so fast that I was tempted to make a larger quilt. But I'm holding back since I only have enough lavender for a baby size and I'd like to add that quilt size to the pattern.
Oh, how lovely! I could stare at these pretties all day. I think if sewing were a sundae, scraps would be the whipped cream and cherry on top. They make the process that much more delightful!


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Ancient Greece had patricians, plebians, freemen, and slaves. India had its caste system. The feudal society in 12th century Europe had lords, guild masters, journeymen and serfs. The capitalist society of 19th century England had capitalists, landlords, petty bourgeois. peasants and wage laborers. And in the modern law firm in the United States, there are three main classes: partners, associates, and support staff.
This week's theme deals with the class structure seen within law firms, and how that affects relationships among partners, associates and staff.
Since we are nearing the holidays, I'd like to begin this week's posts by talking about the firm holiday party. You may already have received your invitation to this year's party. Ostensibly, this is a time for everyone at the firm to get together in a social setting sans the stress, drama, and pressure of the daily job. The reality is more like a weird psychology experiment.
Let me explain. If you work at a large law firm (a.k.a. BigLaw), you likely have experienced the class structure on some level firsthand. Partners are the rulers; they have the power to hire or fire associates and staff, so you generally do what you're told. The jobs of the staff (secretaries, paralegals, IT, WordPro, receptionists) are to support the attorneys–both partners and associates. While they take directions from both partners and associates, they know that the people really with the power are the partners. Associates occupy a weird middle ground. On the one hand, they follow partner's orders just as support staff do; on the other hand, they also give their own orders and have a say in staff reviews (which translates into staff bonuses).
At BigLaw, this class structure allows partners to get what they want, when they want it, any time they want it. Support staff generally try to do what they can to keep the partners happy. Associates try to do both: get the support staff to do what the associate wants in order to keep the partners happy.
This class division can be especially pronounced at some firms. There's no better symbol of this than lunch. At certain firms, partners generally only lunch with other partners, associates with associates, and staff with staff. Part of this has to do with simple behavioral science: human beings tend to bond with other human beings who are in similar situations and who face similar challenges as they do. But there's a darker side to all this. At these firms, there is a clear, although unstated, protection of image. Junior partners are always looking to be associated with senior partners. Senior partners want to lunch with the managing partner who wants to lunch with the founding partner. Associates are looking to get into the good graces of a powerful partner to pave their way to partnership. Staff look to influential associates and partners to protect them and achieve job security. Everyone is looking at relationships as a way toward upward mobility. The converse is also true: no one wants to lunch with a leper.
Naturally, this type of social distancing causes increasing gaps between the classes. Associates who are disappointed in partners who reject their social invitations find themselves doing the same to staff. Partners distance themselves from associates and staff as a way to maintain an unbalanced power relationship that they believe is essential for control and authority; essentially, they are unwittingly serving as "role models" for associates to behave in similar fashion with staff. In the process, a culture is created that condones the walls erected between the classes. It's not right, but that's what happens.
Back to the holiday party. All of a sudden, the tacit understanding of expected behavior between partners, associates, and staff is turned on its head. Partners can't bark orders at associates and staff; associates and staff aren't expected to run to the beck and call of partners. The holiday party assumes, and requires, that for a few fleeting hours, that there be social parity among three distinct classes of people. Partners, for the first time ever, are at a loss for words. Are they really expected to socialize with associates and staff? What do they say? Staff, who are accustomed to viewing lawyers as their supervisors or bosses, are now seeing an uncomfortable vision of partners and associates acting like drunk partygoers instead of authoritative figures. Needless to say, it's weird.
This year, when you go to your firm's holiday party, look around, observe the interactions between the classes. If it all seems really bizarre, like some Tim Burton film, or just plain awkward, you know that you work at a firm where the hierarchy of classes is strictly observed. On the other hand, if partners, associates, and staff intermingle freely and naturally, and you can't differentiate who is a partner and who is a secretary, you know that firm has managed, despite the odds, to achieve a different culture. It's rare, but those firms do exist.
Happy holidays.


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Tacoma Nature Center
1919 S. Tyler St.
(253) 404-3930
Landscape your yard with plants that are native to our area. Planting natives ensures the conservation of our precious water resources and provides habitat for local birds, mammals and insects. Native plants require less water and care than other plants.
If you can't make it to one of the plant sales, stop by the Native Plant Nursery at the Tacoma Nature Center May through September and find an assortment of native plants, shrubs and trees for your yard.
A list of available plants will be posted the day before each sale.
For more information, go to: Tacoma Nature Center


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As we celebrate the tenth anniversary of the hashtag today, Donal O'Keeffe looks how the Irish have used it to highlight important cultural and social moments online
The hashtag is ten years old today.
If you're not on social media, that sentence will be meaningless to you. If you are on social media, then Happy #Hashtag10.
A hashtag is a word (or series of run-on words) preceded by a #, in a Twitter post, making your tweet immediately searchable and identifiable with other tweets on the same subject.
"Hashtags are hugely beneficial in that they allow us to develop user-driven ways of classifying content," says James O'Sullivan, UCC lecturer in Digital Arts and Humanities. "So when there's some big event or incident to follow, you can see what people are saying using relevant hashtags.
"They're basically how people filter content in a riot of information. Social media without hashtags would be chaos, they provide an intuitive and democratic means of organising people's contributions."
Sinead McSweeney, Twitter Ireland's Managing Director, says "Ten years ago, the hashtag was created by a Twitter user and has since evolved from a way to categorise Tweets, to a fun way to add commentary to a Tweet and to a powerful tool in creating global conversations and connecting people to form movements." James O'Sullivan concurs.
"Hashtags have been a major force in various cultural and social movements. Just look at the role of social media in things like Black Lives Matter, or in response to terror attacks or the rise of the Alt-Right. Hashtags bring people together, they allow individual responses to form part of a more powerful collective. They're a simple way of aligning ideas that go together in a very vast space."
Pretty much anything worth talking about online – sporting event, political happening, tragedy, festival - will quickly earn a hashtag and most TV and radio shows have one. Here in Ireland, some of the most prominent television and radio shows have their own tags, and viewers and listeners are seldom shy about venturing opinions.
A look at the #LateLateShow tag most Friday nights would show you pretty clearly why Ryan Tubridy deactivated his Twitter account.
Ironing shirts and watching Johnny Logan on the #LateLateShow in an empty apartment. My pain is that Russell Crowe is too old to play me now— Donal O'Keeffe (@Donal_OKeeffe) May 5, 2017
The #Liveline tag is usually worth a look, especially when Joe Duffy is giving someone the frog-in-slowly-boiling-water routine. (Pro-tip: If you're on Liveline, struggling to justify something and Joe is reassuringly urging you to stay on the line, it's too late. You're already done.)
The guy on #Liveline talking about killing ravens poses a threat to the entire telecommunications network of Westeros. Shame. Shame. Shame.— Donal O'Keeffe (@Donal_OKeeffe) August 21, 2017
For many fans of the dearly-departed Tonight With Vincent Browne, much of the show's attraction was in Vincent making a hames of reading out tweets, glowering out from under his eyebrows even as he encouraged viewers to "send the tweet at #vinb".
A Garda friend texts me: "Sick of all this Garda bashing. We're not all bad. It's just the 90% who give the rest of us a bad name." #vinb— Donal O'Keeffe (@Donal_OKeeffe) July 13, 2017
Browne's show had a symbiotic, interactive relationship with Twitter, even if the host clearly thought the Tweet Machine was infested with alcoholics, insomniacs and/or the generally unemployable.
One of my own happiest Twitter memories is the night Vincent splutteringly read out one particularly snarky tweet of mine. That night's programme had featured a clip package from shows across several years. Commenting on Vincent's – er – somewhat inconsistent colouring, I tweeted "Tonight on 'Tonight With Vincent Browne': Hair-dye Through The Ages. #vinb". That earned me a particularly terrifying version of what Mario Rosenstock calls "The Eye".
Favourite Twitter memory is Vincent glowering at me as he splutteringly read out my tweet about his somewhat inconsistent colouring. #vinb https://t.co/XCrfIvzvEW— Donal O'Keeffe (@Donal_OKeeffe) August 19, 2017
"We Irish own Twitter from time-to-time, particularly around the Rose of Tralee or the Toy Show," says James O'Sullivan. "There's a real humorous element to hashtags, in that they tend to get hijacked by people all competing to share the funniest remark. They're great in that sense, adding some entertainment to otherwise boring and outdated affairs, showcasing the best of Irish wit."
Some of the funniest people in Ireland are on Twitter. I apologise that I cannot include even a fraction of them here, but you'd not go far wrong by following people like @TaraFlynn, @RubberBandits, @RuthePhoenix, @OwensDamien, @colmtobin, @amyohconnor, @JayRow and @johnmoynes.
It's interesting that the funniest people on Irish Twitter tend to be politically savvy and engaged with current affairs and popular culture. Perhaps that reflects a particularly Irish interest in the public life of so small an inter-connected island.
A look at some of trending hashtags for 2016 acts as an antidote for Twitter-brain – the worry that constant information overload and outrage fatigue renders one forgetful – and offers a reassurance that people online are no different from anyone else.
We are interested in politics, public discourse and daily life. We gather together our thoughts around key-words and group ourselves around agreed phrases. We are clever, kind, funny, decent, silly, opinionated, occasionally cruel, sometimes obsessive, often stupid but always interesting. We are chattering around the fire and we have done this ever since first we came down from the trees.
Happy #Hashtag10.
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Innovation Needs Explanation
My great grandfather said one of the stupidest things I've ever heard.
He was a farmer in Renmark, South Australia.
During the 1950's, South Australia saw an influx in Italian migrants, who then opened their own businesses, such as restaurants.
Seeing this for the first time, he infamously declared:
"I don't think I'll like these Pie-zzas"
Every time I think about it it makes me smile.
Who doesn't like pizza?
But that's our natural response to things we don't understand.
We presume that change will make our lives worse, not better.
And the description (a hot circle of dough, with tomato, cheese and basil) doesn't convey the joy and satisfaction of a good authentic pizza.
The same thing happened to me.
When I was in Normandy, France, our hosts offered us a choice of desserts at a cafe:
We could have Nutella crepes, or a "gofre" – which they said was like a light, crumbly cake.
Easy decision – crepes won by a landslide.
But on our way back to the car, we saw a photo of this "gofre" – delicious Belgian waffles.
The description didn't do them justice, my scepticism won out, and I was poorer for it.
I may be an idiot, but I'm not alone.
The fact is, anyone who's selling a new creation needs to tell a compelling story – to convey why customers should overcome their hesitations and "do themselves a favour".
There's a great show on Netflix called Everyday Miracles, which explains the story behind how vital technologies were invented.
It's a captivating documentary, which looks at various products we use every day.
These include foam rubber, disposable razors, reinforced concrete, synthetic fibres, plywood, bridges, bicycles and light bulbs.
What's interesting is the long gap between a new discovery and it's acceptance in the market.
Sometimes this is due to technology – maybe we couldn't produce enough of something to distribute it far and wide.
But more often the issue is that we didn't know how to pitch the benefits of the innovation, and therefore convince customers of why this is worth embracing.
This is the gap between What and So What?
People don't care about innovation because they can't process what it means.
They need a translation – a story they can tell themselves about what this does for me.
For example, the disposable razor doesn't necessarily offer a superior shave, but instead it gave people time back into their day.
No more sharpening and cleaning blades means your morning routine is now shorter.
The invention of kerosene was similar – it offered people the chance to do more in the evenings – be that work, read or socialise whilst also staying safe.
As technology increases the pace of innovation, this challenge is more relevant than ever.
Many companies discover ways of improving products and services, but then fail to communicate that to their customer.
In fact, they're starting from a position of disadvantage – their improvements initially sound a lot like drawbacks.
Do you remember the first time you heard about Airbnb?
What was your first impression?
The idea of paying to stay in someone else's house is unappealing, until you realise the underlying benefits – like lower prices, convenient locations, human engagement and unique experiences.
What about Uber?
Jumping in a car with a stranger?
Again, this seems weird and confronting, until someone explains the impact of their technology; like how the ratings system forces drivers to be accountable for their behaviour, how the GPS keeps you safer than in a taxi, the arrival tracker means you know exactly how far away your ride is, or just paying lower fares in general.
Netflix and Spotify each sounded undesirable because of the lack of content ownership – we liked owning physical media which are guaranteed to work even when your internet is down.
With streaming, you don't own anything, which seems uncomfortable.
That is, until someone explains the benefits of trying new shows without having to pay for them, binge watching an entire season of a new show in a weekend, receiving recommendations based on what you've liked so far, being able to access content from anywhere in the world, etc.
Each of these companies have huge benefits that aren't immediately understood from their descriptions.
So much of the heavy lifting was done by the early adopters, who tried it for themselves and raved about the benefits, rather than the technology.
They told stories that were infectious:
"Hey, there's a new thing called…it helps me to…and now I can…"
This is too valuable to leave to chance.
Companies and entrepreneurs need to help frame up these stories from the beginning, and reinforce them at every stage of the journey.
Apple did this with their first iPod, they crafted the story of 1,000 songs in your pocket.
Not the circuitry, not the battery life, not the screen resolution.
This is the difference between outputs and outcomes, and forms the basis of every good value proposition.
What would it be for your business?
How do your customers describe what made them take a risk on something new?
And how will you convey this explanation to the rest of the market?


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KEVI in region's top 10 for results
Morpeth's high school is among the cream of the crop in the North East when it comes to exam results.
The Sunday Times' Parent Power guide rankings are determined by the percentage of entries gaining A* to B grades at A-Level, which is given double weighting, and A*s and As at GCSE last summer. King Edward VI School is the eighth best state school in the region and its national rank is 332, moving up from 403 in 2016.
Head of school Mark Simpson said: "These rankings are especially pleasing as we have a highly inclusive Sixth Form, taking students with five passes at GCSE, and deliver over 700 A-Level results.
"This shows that all departments support students exceptionally well at this level.
"We would like the Sunday Times to also take into account Value Added scores at A-level, which measures how every student performs given their GCSE starting point.
"Once again, KEVI did exceptionally well in this regard.
"Whilst achieving well at GCSE and A-Level is important, education is about far more than exam results.
"The opportunities we provide aim to develop accomplished students who have the skills and attributes to go on and do well at anything they choose."


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No More Empty Pots has been chosen by local artist and NMEP advocate, Shirley Neary for a featured window display in Midtown Crossing's Miracle on Farnam this holiday season. She is in need of over 1,000 JELL-O boxes to create this masterpiece.
What is Miracle on Farnam?
Miracle on Farnam is held each holiday season on the main strip of Midtown Crossing. Local artists are given storefront windows to create exciting visuals. From November 17th to January 1st, the community is invited to do a walking tour and vote on their favorite display!
This year's theme is "The Perfect Gift."
Help Shirley's Vision Come Alive!
Shirley's design is inspired by a recipe book that she's had for a long time. "The Joys of JELL-O 11th Edition" debuted sometime in the late 1960's or early 1970's. During this time, JELL-O dessert making was at an all-time high. Making and sharing JELL-O with others was a way for neighbors to spread happiness and joy. With this display, Shirley hopes to do just that.
What Shirley Needs:
- 1,000 RED, YELLOW and GREEN flavored
JELL-O boxes
- 3oz. or 6oz. in size
- NO pudding boxes please
Boxes can be dropped off at the No More Empty Pots Office (8511 N. 30th St) or Prairie Life Midtown (200 S 31st Ave #4101).
Looking to get even more involved? Shirley could really use the help of six volunteers to design and build the display. For more information on volunteering, please contact Shirley at email@example.com.


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Battle of the Covers: Avec Sans x Penguin Prison x Say Lou Lou
To end the summer, New York City's Penguin Prison releases a cover of Sade's "Hang On To Your Love" and is giving it as a free download. This will be the second of a series of covers leading up to his forthcoming sophomore LP.
After announcing their latest single "Games For Girls" and debut album 'Lucid Dreaming,' the band have recorded a mesmerizing cover of Daft Punk and Julian Casablanca's track 'Instant Crush' as a thank you for the amazing support they've received. Taking Daft Punk's fantastic single 'Instant Crush' they've put the now trademark Say Lou Lou spin on it, transforming the original into another dream-pop sensation.
To honor the wonder that is a Kate Bush tour in the year 2014, Avec Sans have paid homage to the first lady herself and covered her track Running Up That Hill. It's a shimmering contemporary electronic rendition of the classic and it's available for free download!


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Personalized Wedding Favors
Our individual-sized bags make the perfect favor for wedding receptions, bridal showers and hotel welcome gifts. Add a personal touch to wedding favors by adding a custom label that includes: bride & groom's names, wedding date, wedding colors.
Contact us to create unique favors for your big day!


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Annual ArtsCenter Instructor Exhibit Opening and Launch of Emerging Artist Series
Friday, Sept. 12 at 6-8pm
CARRBORO, NC: The ArtsCenter is proud to announce that its Annual Instructor Exhibit is on display now! Come check out an incredibly diverse and creative mix of artwork--paintings, drawings, photography, jewelry, ceramics, stained glass and more! Our instructors are not only wonderful teachers, they are talented, working artists whose work will delight you. Some work is for sale.
The opening also includes the first artist in our Emerging Artist Series Donna Stubbs and her show "Estranged Family Tree - Selected Works by Donna Stubbs."
Both exhibits will be on display September 2-30. The opening receptions will be on Friday, September 12th 6-8pm and coincide with the 2nd Friday ArtWalk.


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Join us for a tasting with Sloane Farm! This lovely local gem is located on several rolling acres in Washington, and is owned and solely operated by Debra Sloane. Debra uses intense production and organic methods to offer a highly nutritious product. She offers two seasonal salad varieties each month at The Smithy, from late June into October, and plans to end the year with several new salads based on fall crops.
EARLY SUMMER SALADS - Late June/July
Beet and Goat Cheese Salad
Local goat cheese,walnuts, red beets, shell peas, chives, red and green salad mix with a balsamic vinaigrette.
Asparagus and Grilled Chicken Salad
Chicken breast, pumpkin seeds, asparagus, radish, spiralized carrots (in July), scallions, red and green salad mix with a red wine vinaigrette


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Whether you're a fan of facial fuzz or not, you'll have hours of fun with Crazy Beard Salon, the latest makeover sim from Unit M Games. This beard makeover app puts players in charge of a whole host of facial hair, with countless ways to style and spruce up even the unruliest mass of facial fuzz.
Players start off with a model in full Grizzly Adams mode, before they're unleashed upon the inventory of a barber shop, letting them groom their model to within an inch of his life. Once the original beard is shaved clear, it's time to opt for a more sensible alternative. Take your pick from stylish facial hair designs, or more elaborate styles for a one of a kind beard.
This latest version of Crazy Beard Salon features a festive theme just in time for Christmas. With holiday inspired wallpapers, accessories and add ons, you can celebrate the season in style. Put the perfect finishing touch to a newly groomed goatee and add a Santa hat and shades, or keep it cosmopolitan and oh-so stylish with a beard any hipster would be proud of. Made for touchscreens, it's easy to get to grips with the game basics, with simple swipes and taps putting in total control of every aspect.
Free to download and install to your device, Crazy Beard Salon comes ready loaded with plenty of fabulous features to set you on your way. Create dynamic salon styles you've never seen before, or stay right on trend with designer stubble inspired by celebs and A-listers. Rated PEGI 3, this makeover app is suitable for even the youngest of players, with nothing untoward for parents to worry about little ones stumbling upon.
There's hours of entertainment at your fingertips when you download this must-try salon title, with bags of extra features to unlock, and even more add-ons to purchase for when you're looking to stretch your creativity even further. Once you've put the finishing touches to a particularly impressive design, be sure to take a snapshot of your hard work and share the image with friends to get them inspired to create their own fantastic facial hair designs.


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I almost died in high school. Twice.
Let me back up.
As a freshman in high school, I was a pretty normal kid. I played a lot of sports, and worried too much about my grades and what other people thought of me. I organized my days around which sport I was playing, so by winter of my first year of high school, my schedule looked like this:
Daily Schedule
7AM-1PM: School
1PM-3PM: Advanced Conditioning
3PM-5PM: Volleyball Practice
5PM: Eat?
5:30PM-7:30PM: Travel Basketball Practice
8PM-10PM: Volleyball Personal Training
10PM-Midnight: Homework
With slight variations for games and tournaments, this is what my schedule looked like every day. It doesn't take long to figure out what my priorities were. I wanted to play sports. Everything else was secondary. (I also wanted to get perfect grades because I have a history of debilitating perfectionism so….)
So, on February 21, 2004, I was happy to have a night off to go snowmobiling with friends. I should mention this was my first time snowmobiling. I should also mention these were very fast snowmobiles. We're from Michigan and we don't mess around. Other things I should mention: it was very dark, we were on the river, and the brain's risk assessment capability isn't fully formed until you're 25 years old.
So that's how I found myself flying (literally, probably 8 feet off the ground) towards the woods going about 80 miles per hour. I'd love to tell you how I managed the magnificent feat of not decapitating myself, but I blacked out. The last thing I remember is flying towards the woods thinking, "I'm going to die."
And then I woke up, or whatever it is you do when you've lost your memory. My snowmobile (Boyfriend's snowmobile? Oops?) was about 15 feet away from me, and I was on my back, and I had no idea where my helmet was. (They found it a week later, very far away. It had grass stains. I do not know how I managed that, either.)
My back hurt. I thought, "I should check if I'm paralyzed." So I wiggled my hands and they moved and I thought, "That's good." So I wiggled my feet, and they moved, but one of my feet was not where it was supposed to be. I thought, "That's definitely broken."
That's when my friend Cally found me. She'd been on a snowmobile ahead of me, but turned back when she realized I wasn't there anymore. I was like, "Oh, hey Cally, I think my leg's broken." And she was like, "OHMYGOD I AM GOING TO GET HELP" and I was like, "OK cool I'll stay here LOL." I was a very funny dying person.
So I stayed there while Cally went to save my life. Time is weird when you're in shock and dying. I should mention the break in my leg was a compound fracture, so I was rapidly losing a lot of blood.
But I remember laying there, staring up at the sky as the snow gently fell, thinking, "You know what? I have lived a really full life, and it would be OK if I died right now."
I had just turned 15.
Cally got help, because she's a hero. And then my youth pastor saved my life, because (how convenient!) he also happened to be EMT trained. So while my boyfriend held my hand and repeatedly said "OMG ROBYN OMG OMG OMG" and I said, "It's OK. You need to calm down," (again, I am so funny) my youth pastor set my leg back in the right place and held the wound. I remember being really tired, and just wanting to sleep. Which I now recognize as dying. But all these annoying people were around me keeping me awake. Like, it's cool that you guys are saving my life and all, but do I really have to stay awake for this?
Two fire trucks and the coroner showed up. They couldn't figure out what to do or how to get me out, but my youth pastor yelled at them to form a circle so they could lift me up, put me in a back brace, and stabilize my head in case of spinal or brain damage. They put me on the brace, put the brace on a snowmobile, and rushed me to the ambulance and then to the nearest hospital.
That's when my parents showed up and I started crying and apologizing because I had told them I didn't think I'd be snowmobiling that night. They basically said, "Robyn, you are currently dying, so maybe now is not the best time to worry about that."
The local hospital couldn't handle it. They had to rush me to Hurley Hospital in Flint, the closest hospital with a first class trauma center.
Is this where I run down my list of injuries? I had broken my left leg in five places—the hip, twice in the femur, once in the lower leg, and my ankle. My left shoulder and right arm were broken. My lung had been punctured and had collapsed, and I was bleeding into my chest. That's why my back hurt. My spleen was also bleeding. They let my mom ride in the back of the ambulance with me to the hospital, which I now recognize was because they weren't sure I would make it.
I can't say enough good things about Hurley Hospital and the multitude of doctors who operated and cared for me. I was in surgery all night, and then in pediatric ICU for 10 days. The days are kind of hazy, but I remember everyone was so kind, and my friends brought me flowers and stuffed animals, and I was on a lot of drugs so I remember thinking I was PRETTY HILARIOUS the entire time.
They waited until I had been discharged to the pediatric unit to give me the bad news. I would likely be in the hospital for at least two months, and I would never play sports again. With a lot of work, I would be able to walk again, but possibly not without a limp. But I was alive, and I should be thankful for that.
To which I responded, "MY ENTIRE LIFE IS OVER BECAUSE I CAN'T WALK AND SPORTS ARE EVERYTHING TO ME," because I was still a teenage girl, even though I had just survived the impossible, so my capacity for drama was really at its peak.
But that is how it felt. I always thought I'd go to a small school on a volleyball scholarship—that was my dream, at least. I was probably too short for that, but I figured I'd make up for it by jumping twice as high and working twice as hard.
But I had to say goodbye to that dream. And that was so hard. But it got worse.
Some people say breaking a femur is the only thing more painful than childbirth. I don't know about that, because I don't have kids, but I can tell you that I have lived through years of level 12 pain on a 1 to 10 scale. Every day I went to physical therapy, where my fantastic therapist would push on my leg until I screamed and cried, and I would learn how to separate myself from my pain so that I could keep existing. I did this for eight months.
But something was wrong. I got really sick, and I still couldn't walk, and I was so tired. I was not the kid at peak physical condition who entered the hospital the first time.
I was dying.
They performed emergency surgery to control the raging infection they found inside my leg, but it was being trapped by the metal holding my bone together, and the bone hadn't healed at all. They couldn't figure out what the infection was, so they had to treat it with broad spectrum IV antibiotics, which meant I had to have a permanent IV inserted. They thought it might be six weeks before they could operate again. Instead, it was eight months.
Eight months that I couldn't walk or go to school or just…be a normal kid. At a time when body image felt so important, my body could best be described as "wasting away." At a time when friendships were cementing and everyone was changing, I felt trapped—immobile. It was a time when I was supposed to be gaining independence, but sometimes I had to wake my mom up to flip me over in the middle of the night, because I couldn't do it myself.
They told me I had to be really careful, because the infection could burst at any moment and go into my blood stream and kill me instantly.
But I decided to live.
I decided I was going to do whatever I had to—inject my antibiotic four times a day, go to physical therapy six times a week, go to the doctor three times a week, let the people take care of me who needed to take care of me even though I just wanted to be able to do it myself. I decided I was going to do my homework and take the ACT and go to prom and go to Disney World, because hell, if I'm going to die at any moment, wouldn't Disney be a great place to go?
And in the midst of all that living, you know what I did?
I lived.
I came through the third surgery, though, and I had to really start over. I was 17, and I had to build all my muscles back up from the beginning. It took years. I didn't walk without a limp until close to my graduation day. I didn't run until shortly after.
But I did it. I ran.
And then I ran more. I ran a mile, and then a 5K, and then a half marathon. And 10 years later, when I was 28 years old, I ran a 30K.
And you know what? I don't think I ever would have learned how to push myself that hard if I hadn't almost died twice—if I hadn't been told I couldn't. If I didn't know what hard work looked like. If I didn't know what a gift it was to walk, to run, and to live.
So, you don't have to run a 30K. You don't even have to run at all. But you should decide today to be bold enough to dream the impossible dream. You never know—you may be stronger than you think.


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S.1924 - Technical Workers Fairness Act of 1998105th Congress (1997-1998)
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|Sen. Mack, Connie, III [R-FL] (Introduced 04/02/1998)
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|Senate - 04/02/1998 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions)
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Technical Workers Fairness Act of 1998 - Amends the Revenue Act of 1978, as amended by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, with respect to the standards that a taxpayer must apply to treat certain individuals as not being employees for employment tax purposes. Repeals the exception to such standards for an individual who, pursuant to an arrangement between the taxpayer and another person, provides services for such other person as an engineer, designer, drafter, computer programmer, systems analyst, or other similarly skilled worker (technical worker) engaged in a similar line of work. (Thus, restores the standards used for determining whether technical workers are not employees as in effect before the Tax Reform Act of 1986.)


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North West region news
Rafa Nadal Tour coming to NSW
Do you have what it takes to play in the Rafa Nadal Tour coming to NSW!? The Rafa Nadal Tour is a junior tennis circuit originally launched in Spain in 2014. The tour will…Read more
Tony Podesta, owner and operator of Tony Podesta School of Tennis will celebrate 30 years as a tennis operator in the Cumberland Council LGA this month. During this time, Podesta…Read more
Active Kids Announcement with Minister for Sport
This year has been a great success for the Active Kids program, with an announcement in July 2019 that two x $100 vouchers can be redeemed for school aged children. Aimed at…Read more
Game Set Match for Pansy Ostler, 87
Eighty-seven year old and regular competitor Pansy Ostler from Pappinbarra is hanging up her racquet after a respective tennis career. Pansy grew up playing through her school…Read more
Nomination to the Board of Directors – EOI Now Open
Expressions of Interests are now open for the nomination to the Board of Directors. The Board has identified a skills gap following recent resignations and is seeking to…Read more
2019 Country Championships underway in Forster
The 2019 Country Closed Championships are underway in Forster, with the Australian Money Tournament (AMT) completed on Monday the 8th, and the Junior Tournament (JT) also…Read more
Country Championships location confirmed for 2020-2022!
The home of the NSW Country Closed Championships has been named for the next three years, from 2020-2022. The highly anticipated event will return to the scenic coastal town of…Read more
2019 NSW 14/U State Team Championships
The 2019 NSW 14/U State Teams Championships were held in Gosford on 11 & 12 May 2019. Seventy-two players from six regions across NSW and the ACT made their way to the…Read more
Forster Senior's Tennis Tournament 2019
The Forster Senior's Tennis Tournament will be held Friday 2nd August to Monday 5th August. Forster Tennis Club supports local businesses and restaurants offering discounts for…Read more
2019 NSW 12U State Teams Championships
The 2019 NSW 12/U State Teams Championships were held at Bathurst Tennis Centre over the weekend, with 96 participants from all seven NSW regions, as well as the ACT taking part…Read more


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Georgia Fields (VIC) and Naomi Keyte (SA) - Co-Headline Show
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Naomi Keyte (SA) and Georgia Fields (VIC), each their own compelling voice in evocative alt-pop, come together to present a special co-headline show.
On stage with her full band, Georgia will unveil brand new material from what will be her third full-length release, as well as share songs from her critically acclaimed albums. Brimming with an intoxicating melodicism, Georgia's critically acclaimed songcraft draws on influences as far-reaching as Greek mythology, lunar folklore and the succulent anatomy of citrus fruits. Her 2016 album 'Astral Debris' featured on ABC and community radio nationally, and was awarded four stars by The Sydney Morning Herald who declared, "Georgia Fields dreams in fantastic Technicolor".
Naomi is celebrating the release of a new live music video for her much-loved song 'Company'. The "entrancing" (AU Review) artist creates a compelling blend of folk and alt-pop music that is distinct both sonically and lyrically. In 2016 Naomi won the National Live Music Award for 'Best Live Voice SA' and in 2017 was nominated for three South Australian Music awards: 'Best Release', 'Best Folk', and 'Best Female Artist'. Following the release of her debut album 'Melaleuca', Naomi has toured nationally, supporting the likes of Megan Washington, Olympia, Paul Kelly, Laura Jean and Aldous Harding, and recently performed at WOMADelaide 2018.
With both artists exploring the terrain of indie-folk and alt-pop in melodically rich and vivid ways, this is a rare opportunity to catch two of our finest independent singer-songwriters onstage together in an intimate setting. Support comes from dream-pop artist Sandy Hsu.
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Thu 3 Oct 2019, 8.00pm | The Gasometer Hotel, VIC
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Dr. Jennifer Walden in Austin, TX, shares the benefits of using temperature-controlled radiofrequency heat for feminine health and rejuvenation. One of her patients shares her personal success story with ThermiVa®.
Cosmetic dermatologist Dr. Talia Emery at Veronica Spa in Malibu, CA shares her secret weapon — ThermiSmooth® Face, which targets problem areas on the surface of the skin using temperature controlled radiofrequency and thermal imaging.
Dr. Red Alinsod explains and demonstrates the benefits of tempereature controlled radiofrequency technology for feminine rejuvenation with the non-invasive ThermiVa® treatment.
Dr. Jennifer Walden is the first in Austin, Texas to offer ThermiVa® at her practice. This non-surgical treatment helps women reclaim, restore and revive their vulvovaginal youthfulness and well-being.


text: March 03, 2017 visceral responses March 03, 2017/ Nya Alemayhu photo credit: james jackson i have long believed that visceral responses are guidance from the divine. it took me a very long time to tune in, but ever since, i have not looked back. in fact, if i do not receive a visceral response from my everyday life experiences, i have been programmed to believe that whatever it is, it needs further exploration. when i reflect on the months before i moved to DC six years ago, it was a visceral decision to leave Boston in search of something bigger --- deeper. and to trace back even to the move from Addis Ababa to Maine, while it wasn't a solo choice, it was a shift that was motivated by something deeper. thus, i have come to rely heavily on my biofeedback and what it has in store for me.there has been a lot of rumbling in my soul, and i imagine it is so for the collective conscious. the world is so traumatized by an orchestra of events ranging from rights to our bodies, to terminal illnesses that claims lives seemingly over night. every day, headlines are taking our attention away from the virtues we want to cultivate such as compassion, gratitude, and loving-kindness. now is the time to tune in. to sharpen the vision. to listen more. and to walk fully into our light. if you have yet to feel a ***shift*** within wait, it is coming for you.what are you being called to do?practice tuning in and listening to your biofeedback through asana practice. i am teaching at georgetown yoga on tuesday's march 7, 14, 21, and 28 from 7:45-8:45pm. and hosting satsang in my home on sunday, march 19 from 10:30am-12pm.if you have yet to attend satsang, i invite you to join in. you can liken it to a relaxing sunday morning with good coffee, sagacious discourse, friends, food, music, and some yoga. we'll be covering backbends from cobra to wheel. reserve your spot here, space is limited.also for the month of march, i am offering 20% off a 5 class pack for private instruction. if you are new to yoga or want to deepen an existing practice, private instruction is the best compliment to your every day activities. the great thing is that you do not have to do this alone, you can share the 60 minutes with up to three other friends. if you would like to take advantage of this offer, send me a note. i wish you love and light from the depth of my heart and hope that at least today, you find the courage to walk fully into your divine light. big love,Nya.


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Dragon Boating is becoming an increasingly popular sport for city dwellers. But its origins go back hundreds of years to a Taiwanese poet who attempted to drown himself. Jeremy Torr attempts to untangle myth from reality.
Singapore, 30 April 2018. Back towards the end of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty, around 300 BC, an imperial poet called Qu Yuan blotted his copybook with the emperor by making friends with the wrong folks. Worse, he rubbed several of the other court mandarins up the wrong way with his denunciation of corruption. As was the way at that time (with aristocrats, anyway) he was banished, although not sentenced to death.
Nonetheless, despite being spared, Qu Yuan was so aggrieved he decided to make a point by tying a rock to his body and jumping into the Mee-Luo river. But because he was apparently a respected and admired poet - with almost everybody, not just posh folks with a grudge - local fishermen attempted to rescue him by rowing their boats in superfast style to where he vanished, in an attempt to pull him out.
Sadly for poetry, he was very successful and drowned. But luckily for rowers across the world today, the high-speed rescue attempts spawned a new sport called dragon-boating. Teams of up to 22 paddlers sweat and strain over designated courses, usually on rivers, as they try to knock each other out of heats and win the fastest boat prize, judged by grabbing coloured flag from a buoy at the end of the course.
The Taiwan Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year; this year it runs from 16-18 June 2018. With more than 5500 rowers in over 200 teams, the festival is the biggest of its kind in Asia, and attracts visitors from all around the world.
There are several Dragon Boat festival locations, with the Lukang event on the Fulu River in Changhua County being judged the longest-running and largest event. Other big races are held in Taipei, Hsinchu, Badouzi Fishing Port at Keelung, the An-ping Canal in Tainan, the Love River in Kaohsiung and at Magong Third Port on Penghu island. If you are looking for a bit of variety, the races at Erlong are unique first because the rowers stand up, and second because there is no set start and finish – just a crowd-voted winning team.
Luckily for unfit types, Taiwan's Dragon Boat festivals are not all about rowing. Another legend surrounding Qu Yuan tells that the unsuccessful rescuers dropped rice packets into the water to try to stop fish from eating his lifeless body. These became known as zhongzi, and have become inextricably linked to the Dragon Boat races.
Consequently, local traders do a roaring trade in selling the rice dumplings, along with watching plenty of fireworks shows, making artistic portraits to hang in doorways, and generally taking time off work to enjoy the festival atmosphere.
With crews of 20 highly-muscled and straining rowers spurred on by a traditional drummer in the bow beating time, and a sweep steering the boat as close as possible to the competitor's boats without hitting them, the Dragon Boat races are stunningly photogenic and thrilling.
Both boats and crews all dress up in brilliant costumes and sponsors colours as they zoom over the water in short bursts at up to an incredible 15km/h. If you haven't been to a Dragon Boat race, go to Taiwan this year – you will definitely thank Qu Yuan for his firm moral stance and ability to galvanise rowers in support of a great day out.
Other links: https://www.travelking.com.tw/eng/tourguide/taiwanfestivals/dragonboat-festival.asp; https://www.klcg.gov.tw/en/About/SpecialEvents#event7


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I'm guessing more than a few of you are looking at this vault selection crossways. Why would I pick Step Up? Simple, I'm trying to understand the enigma that is Channing Tatum's acting career. His recent comedy, 21 Jumpstreet, releases on DVD today and another of his films, Magic Mike, opens on a limited number of screens this weekend. He's blowing up and I decided to turn to his first lead role to appreciate his talents.
After being bounced out of a party, Tyler (Channing Tatum), Mac (Damaine Radcliff), and Skinny (De'Shawn Washington) break into the Maryland School of the Arts and play around in the theater, wrecking the place in the process. When a security guard nabs Mac, Tyler helps him out, but gets caught in the process. His punishment for the damages done is two hundred hours of community service at the school. Tyler graduates from changing light bulbs and mopping floors when Nora (Jenna Dewan) can't find anyone one else to replace her partner in her Senior piece. Though naturally talented, Tyler's got a lot to learn about dance, and himself.


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A French court ruled that Google is not responsible for filtering content on YouTube, dealing a blow to French broadcaster TF1 which sought damages for copyrighted sports and movies which ended up on the video-sharing website. TF1 claimed 141 million euros in damages but was ordered to pay 80,000 euros of Google's legal fees.
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Resonant drives innovation through design
The idea of a design-driven innovation approach is not new.
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Roja Slams CM Chandrababu
YSRCP MLA RK Roja has alleged that Chandrababu Naidu's government failed to protect the women. Addressing the media in an event, Nagari MLA has hit out at the ruling TDP alleging that it acted harshly towards the women victims of the Acqua Food. Roja has slammed the Chief Minister alleging that he is focussing on the double-digit growth on paper only leaving aside the concerns of the women and other girls, who have become subjected to face the atrocity against them.
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New Ford Aspire Ambiente 2018 Price, Mileage, Specifications And More
Ford Aspire 2018 has been launched on 4 October 2018 in India. The 2018 Ford Aspire has priced in the range of Rs 5.55 lakh to Rs 8.49 lakh (Delhi Ex-Showroom).
The new Ford Aspire 2018 comes in five variants: Ambiente, Trend, Trend+, Titanium, and Titanium+ with both diesel and petrol engines.
The latest Fort Aspire features updated aesthetics and new petrol engines. The new Ford Aspire 2018 is powered by a 1.2-litre, 3-cylinder petrol (96PS/120Nm), 1.5-litre petrol (123PS/150Nm) and a 1.5-litre diesel (100PS/215Nm) powerful engine.
The significant change on the inside of new Ford Aspire is the addition of a 6.5-inch touchscreen with Ford Sync 3 system on the top-of-the-line Titanium+ cars.
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Osceola County Catholic schools in the Diocese of Orlando proclaim the Gospel message within an academic environment of excellence that challenges students to be creative and critical thinkers who integrate faith, moral leadership and compassionate service in order to create a more just and humane world.
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Choosing the best St. Cloud or Kissimmee private school for a child is a big decision for parents. You want your child to have all the opportunities possible for a successful, meaningful life. The "Good News" is that knowledge, skills, values and faith foundation acquired through a Catholic education have the power to impact young people in a positive way for a lifetime.
In keeping with the mandate of our Orlando Diocese, Osceola County Catholic Schools aim to cultivate the mind, energize the body and expand their hearts while fostering the capacity for right judgment and developing a strong sense of relationship with Christ.
Our St. Cloud and Kissimmee Catholic schools are committed to promoting a love of learning in order to prepare students as life-long learners and stewards of this world. Osceola County Catholic Schools serve students in Pre-K3 and VPK4 through 8th grade and are feeders to our local Catholic High Schools. Our schools are dedicated to academic excellence and teaching tolerance and social justice principles.
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Meet Taylor's VERY sexy bikini-clad pals… and see the eye-watering amount each of them is worth
Karlie Kloss, Gigi Hadid, Cara Delevingne, Ruby Rose and Blake Lively are all part of the 26-year-old singer's inner circle
JULY Fourth is her favourite day of the year.
And for her 2016 celebrations, Taylor Swift pulled out all the stops – from installing an American flag-themed water slide at her Rhode Island home to throwing a firework party – to keep her A-list pals entertained.
The 26-year-old pop princess' inner circle includes a bevy of Victoria's Secret models, highly-acclaimed actresses and loyal school friends.
After the gorgeous girls donned skimpy bikinis and posed for a group shot, we reveal the lowdown on Taylor's besties – and the eye-watering amount each of them is worth.
Introducing, from left to right...
Indie singer Alana is one third of American pop rock band Haim - her sisters Danielle and Este are the other two members.
The 24-year-old LA-based brunette has been a close friend of Taylor's since October 2014.
Haim cemented their position in the Shake It Off hit maker's squad after they opened for her on her 1989 World Tour last year.
Thanks to their chart-topping melodies, the insanely cool group have raked in a cool £21.6m.
Blonde beauty Britany is Taylor's childhood pal and one of her closest confidantes.
The Blank Space songstress acted as her maid of honour earlier this year and her tear-jerking speech went viral.
On their close bond, Taylor said: "She was my partner in crime at Brownies sleep-away camp, and she was my date to the Grammys.
"And little did either of us know that Prince Charming for Britany would be the kid that sat next to me in class with a bowl cut and a Lego lunch box."
Victoria's Secret Angel Martha Hunt is famed for flaunting her flawless figure in racy undies.
The 27-year-old American model, who has a tidy £2.7m in the bank, has walked the runway for a number of luxury designers including Balmain, Chanel and Versace.
Blonde Martha met Taylor in 2013 and was one of the (many) famous faces in her Bad Blood music video.
Hollywood actress Halston has starred in a number of cult films including Paper Towns, The Bling Ring and The First Time.
The 23-year-old Californian is a newbie to the Swift Squad and was first spotted hanging out with Taylor in April.
The rising starlet, who will be busy promoting three new movies this year, is worth £2.3m.
Brit model turned actress Cara Delevingne has been pals with Taylor since 2013.
The 23-year-old Vogue cover girl has racked up £4.6m thanks to lucrative campaigns for the likes of Yves Saint Laurent and Burberry.
One-time Victoria's Secret model Cara has previously hooked up with One Direction hunk Harry Styles – who once famously dated Taylor.
There was clearly no 'Bad Blood' between the girls and Cara went on to make a cameo in one of Taylor's videos.
This bikini babe needs no introduction.
When she's not dating the world's most eligible men, Taylor is busy topping the charts with her pop anthems.
The 26-year-old girlfriend of Tom Hiddleston's talent has seen her earn a fortune of £154m.
Flame-haired beauty Abigail is another of Taylor's school pals.
The porcelain-skinned stunner recently hit the headlines after she sent the singer a sweet card following her break up with Calvin Harris.
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On their friendship, Taylor once revealed: "We met when I was 15. First day of school freshman year we sat next to each other in English.
"She wanted to be a swimmer and go off on a college scholarship for swimming and I wanted to be a singer."
They both got their wish.
Orange Is The New Black actress Ruby Rose was spotted partying with Taylor on New Year's Eve.
The 30-year-old Australian model and DJ was reduced to tears in April after the pop star made a surprise appearance at the GLAAD Awards to present her with a gong.
Ruby, who is worth £1.5m, gained notoriety in the UK after dating author Roald Dahl's granddaughter Phoebe.
Harley has been dating actress Ruby Rose since June.
The tanned beauty works as a model and co-founded Truly Organic, a company that sells naturally derived hair and body care products.
Harley, who is 24 and is based in Miami, also has a degree in creative writing.
Former Gossip Girl star Blake Lively flaunted her blossoming baby bump at Taylor's beach side bash.
The pair have been pals since last year when they were spotted joking around in Australia together.
The 28-year-old American actress, who has a daughter called James with husband Ryan Reynolds, is worth a whopping £12.3m.
Like Taylor, Blake has starred on the cover of a number of high-end glossy magazines including Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan.
When she's not hanging out with her on-off beau Zayn Malik, Gigi can usually be found partying with Taylor.
The 21-year-old American bombshell has been spotted at Coachella, a host of exclusive fashion parties and hitting the gym with the Grammy Award-winning artist.
Gigi, dubbed one of the 'new supers', has earned herself a tidy fortune of £3.8m thanks to lucrative deals with Victoria's Secret, Tommy Hilfiger and Topshop.
Gigi has also been a loyal shoulder to cry on for Taylor during her many break ups.
Karlie Kloss is one of Taylor's best friends and is often round at her mansion whipping up a batch of her famous cookies.
The 23-year-old American stunner met the singer three years ago at a Victoria's Secret show.
Karlie, who is worth £3m, cemented her BFF status with Taylor after they appeared on the cover of Vogue together in 2015.
Karlie has previously gushed about Taylor saying: "We're the same age and she's so inspiring — she's so talented and she's true to who she is. She's a cool girl."
1. Alana Haim
Singer, £21.6m
2. Britany LaManna
Taylor's childhood pal, unknown
3. Martha Hunt
Model, £2.7m
4. Halston Sage
Actress, £2.3m
5. Cara Delevingne
Model, £4.6m
6. Taylor Swift
Singer, £154m
7. Abigail Anderson
Taylor's childhood pal, unknown
8. Ruby Rose
Actress, £1.5m
9. Harley Gusman
Ruby's girlfriend, unknown
10. Blake Lively
Actress, £12.3m
11. Gigi Hadid
Model, £3.8m
12. Karlie Kloss
Model, £3m
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Are you curious about the lunar calendar and the Moon's position in the sky? Ever thought about how that may affect or inspire your yoga practice?
Lunar enthusiast and senior yoga teacher Rachel Gibson presents our first Guided by the Moon Series, a monthly yoga class designed to move your body and fuel your spirit in accordance with the Moon's current position in the sky. Expect postures and sequences that harmonize your body's natural strengthening and regenerative abilities with the Moon's natural rhythms and influences. Meditation and other energy work will also be explored.
In preparation for the next Guided by the Moon class, Rachel shared some recent moon wisdom with us and how this series came to be:
The Moon has been getting a lot of attention lately. Notably last week's Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse and China's successful Yutu-2 rover mission to the far side of the Moon at the beginning of the month.
Regardless of whether you follow the news or the skies, you cannot argue that humankind throughout history has been drawn to the Moon. Countless cultures and creeds have placed spiritual significance on her phases and impulses. The Buddha was born on a full moon. His renunciation was on a full moon day. He became enlightened on a full moon and finally left his human form under a full moon. (Source: elephantjournal.com) Beyond the spiritual relevance, I believe there is a connection between humans and the Moon's rhythms and cycles, even though most of the scientific evidence out there relates to the patterns of sea creatures. We originated from there, right?
How the Guided By the Moon Series Came To Be
In the last few years, I have felt a strong urgency to discover my path in life and the answer I kept unearthing was to keep teaching yoga and building inner understanding for myself and others. Today, this fusion of passions comes through in my monthly Guided by the Moon series.
Each month's workshop will follow the same design: A specific yoga practice based on the Moon's position that night. In this way, we prepare the body for the self-reflection portion of the workshop, which will also be specific to the Moon's current phase. Expect to have all the senses activated; smell, sound, sight, touch, taste and perception/intuition. And to gain deeper knowledge of the Moon's influences in each sign of the zodiac, no matter where the Moon is in your natal chart.
To give you an example, for the January workshop the Moon was in the sign Pisces which rules over the ankles, feet and pineal gland. It was a waxing Moon, meaning that it was building up to its full phase, rather than waning down to its new phase. During the waxing Moon, exercises that build strength and endurance are more favourable compared to detoxifying and releasing which are more favourable during the waning Moon. It was for this reason that we worked on movements that created strength in the ankles and feet.
Upcoming Workshop Details
Coming up in February's workshop, the Moon will be in a waning crescent phase in the sign of Capricorn - the sign that rules the skin, knees, joints and hair. Because it is in a waning phase, the practice will be a slower, yin-style practice focusing on repairing and releasing the above mentioned body parts.
There are a few spots left for Friday, February 1st from 7-8:15pm. All levels are welcome and you may sign up online through MindBody here or in person at the studio. Stay tuned as April, May and June dates will be announced shortly!
I will leave you with these final words by authors Johanna Paungger + Thomas Poppe:
"Our ancestors knew about these ideas. Priest-physicians, shamans and medicine men, skilled in the art of healing, acted on the knowledge that we humans are not machines; that we are more than a system of bones, nerves, muscles and organs held together by evolutionary chance; that body, mind and soul mutually influence each other and form an inseparable unity with everything around us - with other human beings, with nature, even with the stars."
-Rachel Gibson
More About Rachel
Rachel's teachings come in the form of a playful curiosity towards one's body, heart and mind. When we acknowledge that we are not the same person we were the last time we came to our mat, that understanding paves the way for deeper Self acceptance, compassion and trust. Yoga provides a framework to experience this Self discovery through. Breath, Asanas, Visualization and Meditation all lend themselves in Rachel's classes to remind students that they are more than the thoughts in their head. She loves to infuse other metaphysical teachings, too!
Rachel desires to create a class for her students that grounds them in the present moment until they roll out of Savasana. Once class is over she hopes they feel a greater sense of connection to Nature, the Universe and each other. Rachel currently teaches a unique Sunrise class that blends Vinyasa, Hatha and Tai Chi as well as hosting the Guided by the Moon workshop series.