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Gay Talese on a New Illustrated Edition of Frank Sinatra Has a Cold
On the second floor of the 21 Club, behind the phalanx of painted lawn jockey statues that line the balcony of the restaurant, a speakeasy in its youth, the writer Gay Talese stood bidding his dinner guests good night. A silk scarlet square jutted from his pocket. The emerald color of his cuff links echoed the green stripe of his impeccably tailored suit, beneath which he wore a pale striped tie and white-collared shirt the color of azure. When Talese is in a room he is generally the best dressed person in it, except when his good friend Tom Wolfe also happens to be in that room, in which case there is a draw. In which case, the elegance factor in the entire room is amplified exponentially. In which case, it is evident that some sort of occasion is likely taking place. On this night it was the celebration of a lavish, new, heavily illustrated publication of Talese's best known story about one of the best known figures in the world. The story for which he was denied an interview with the subject in question, yet managed to render what is still regarded as not only one of the most revealing portraits of that subject, but of what it means to be a celebrity. Talese captured the sun at the center of the orbit of managers and yes-men and awestruck fans, the outsider in the inner sanctum of fame: "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold."
The headlines in the news at the time were alleging Sinatra's Mafia connections, and the singer was understandably leery of the press. So Talese spoke not to Sinatra but to Sinatra's mother. He spoke to the woman who carried the singer's bag of toupees. He spoke to the valet who cooked Sinatra dinner on the occasions "when he finds himself alone by night, and not by choice," and to everyone, anyone in Sinatra's world who would talk, who could talk. He spent a month in Los Angeles on Esquire's tab and handed in a draft that clocked in at around 15,000 words and ran at that length. He was in the NBC studios when Sinatra, through his cold, shouted, "Why don't we tape this mother?" And he was there in Vegas when Sinatra, ringside, watched the Clay–Patterson fight. He was at Jilly's bar in New York when patrons who had traveled from New Jersey and Queens lined up to lay eyes on their idol as if they were having an audience with the Pope.
The book is part of a new series of reissues by Taschen—next year's planned titles include works by Wolfe and by James Baldwin. It arrives just in time for the Sinatra centennial, the 100th anniversary of the day Francis Albert Sinatra was "born and nearly died, on December 12, 1915." It is a lavish book, slipcased, the blue on its cover matching the ol' eyes of you-know-who. The type was set letterpress in Italy. The photographs, by Phil Stern, some before never published, feel as insider-outsider as Talese was. "I was never part of his inner circle, but for some reason Frank trusted me," Stern wrote. Stern photographed Sinatra and Mia Farrow, a happy blur; Sinatra and his daughter Nancy, just before her hit with "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"; Sinatra shaving; Sinatra in a sauna (warding off future colds?); Sinatra, brow furrowed, huddled deep in conversation; Sinatra in rehearsal; Sinatra on stage with the Rat Pack; Sinatra on set; Sinatra eating a hot dog. The edition contains the complete text of "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold," split up into scenes as Talese initially envisioned it. He has always thought of himself as a film director. He relied then, as he still does, on an elaborate outline process similar to the storyboarding with which his friend Francis Ford Coppola approaches a script, only Talese, the son of a tailor, writes his out on shirtboards. "I've seen the creation of clothes, the choice of fabric, the picking through. I've watched that unfold, stage by stage," he said. "It's like research. It's the way I try to put stories together." The shirtboard outlines, drawn in Japanese pen, are tipped-in inside the book in full color. The shirtboards are part of the Talese lore. Like the lace-up two-tone oxfords he wears, they are custom made, in this case scissor-cut by Talese himself, so they fit neatly inside the inner pocket of his jacket. Talese's Italian father learned his trade from the tailor Cristiani in Calabria, where, his son writes in "The Brave Tailors of Maida," "men could assess in a few seconds the craft of another man's suit," where one customer, a noted criminal, once requested that the cut of his jacket be altered to accommodate his holstered pistol. Talese's shirtboards fit just as invisibly inside his.
The clothes are important, not simply because this is a story in "Vogueland" (the title of Talese's essay on this magazine circa 1961, when editors could "speak in italics and curse in French"), but because they are central to the fact of Talese, posing after dinner for photographs in his suit alongside Wolfe in his white suit. Is it any accident that two of the foremost pioneers of the New Journalism—characterized by its narrative bent, unorthodox methods, and distinctive prose styling—would also happen to have a highly acute take on their own personal style?
"I'm in a pretty damn honorable profession," Talese said later. "I'm in a business that tries not to lie about life. I would dress in a suit and tie whether I was going to interview a dirt picker or the city mayor."
A glass of Coca-Cola was being cleared away from Talese's place—there is almost always a glass of Coca-Cola nearby when he is around—where it had accompanied the wine and the water. Earlier around the dinner table he had traded toasts with Wolfe, with whom he counts 55 years of friendship (Wolfe is 84; Talese, 83), from when each was a newspaper reporter who was just about to break loose of his job at the major New York City dailies and dedicate himself to long-form nonfiction, borrowing techniques of fiction. Wolfe, in a book on the subject, would define this as the New Journalism. "I didn't have a wife. I didn't have an apartment," said Wolfe of those early days, raising a glass before dinner. "But Nan and Gay would have these parties . . . "
"And after those parties, Tom would write the most elegant thank-you notes, which we then framed," Talese said moments later, across the table. It wasn't a Tuscan table, someone remarked later, half-seriously; it was a few too many inches wide to talk across, unless you were delivering a toast. Half the people seated around it were old enough to have been alive when Esquire first published "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" nearly 50 years ago; many of them were Talese's close friends. The publisher Nan Talese, Gay's wife of 56 years, was there. Frank Stella was there. Michael Bloomberg was there, with his girlfriend Diana Taylor. Wolfe was joined by his wife, Sheila, and their daughter, Alexandra. The photographer Lawrence Schiller was there, and his wife, Nina Wiener, editor of the Taschen edition of Frank Sinatra Has a Cold. By the time the hour had grown late and the room thinned to just the Wolfes and the Taleses and the Taschen crowd, word had spread: Gay Talese had a cold. Not that anyone would have known this, and not that Talese would have mentioned it. And not even a cold, he corrected, but the flu, and he was getting over it besides. And not that Gay Talese with a cold sounds the kind of alarm that it did for Frank Sinatra in Los Angeles half a century ago, about to tape a national special:
Sinatra with a cold is Picasso without paint, Ferrari without fuel—only worse. For the common cold robs Sinatra of that uninsurable jewel, his voice, cutting into the core of his confidence, and it affects not only his own psyche but also seems to cause a kind of psychosomatic nasal drip within dozens of people who work for him, drink with him, love him, depend on him for their own welfare and stability.
Gay Talese with a cold—a flu on its way out, whatever—meant that he would ask around for a lozenge. It meant that at the bar downstairs he would order a water before he was ready for a martini. It meant that he was not ready to call it a night yet. "Why don't you go on home, darling? Is there a car? Tell Nan to take the car home. I've got some things to do here," he called down the length of the non-Tuscan table, after he had spoken to the last guest. "Have the car come back for me." Nan gamely offered that she was fine to hang around for a bit, but it was clear that Talese did not want her to wait. "I don't want to feel the pressure," he said. Even to those who were just getting to know the Taleses, it was a familiar scene: the negotiations and rituals of a long-term marriage. Eventually Nan decided to go, but not before Talese rose to gather their things from the coat check: another ritual. "First my wife's coat, please," he said, which he placed around her shoulders. Then he collected his own and his dove gray fedora, custom made by a haberdasher in Miami, and then he left a large tip on the counter.
Downstairs, in a dark corner of the bar: some Talese lore, first person. "Even when you write about a celebrity you don't learn anything new about them," Talese said, brusque and laconic at once. "They're so interviewed out, they're so spent in their explanations. Their fear—which is quite a legitimate fear—of being quoted, especially on tape, inhibits them. I don't use tape because I don't want direct quotations either. The way I do it, no matter who it is, I go over and over the quote with that person several times. I'm not getting the first take. I'm not interested in what they said. I'm interested in what they think."
With Sinatra, there was not that opportunity—not in a direct way. "You look at that piece, and I was angry," said Talese. "The editor, Harold Hayes—the Sinatra story was his idea. Did you notice, in that colorful outline, where I wrote 'FUCK HAYES'? I thought, Well, this prick Hayes, I didn't get a chance to see Sinatra, and if this doesn't work, he's going to blame me, so fuck Hayes. I didn't want to do the story in the first place. And Esquire published that outline. Hayes published that outline. I don't think he ever noticed it." This, also, is Talese lore, familiar to anyone who has heard of his "bunker," the windowless converted wine cellar where he writes, where he stores his vast archives of notes, drafts, letters, receipts, shirtboard after shirtboard.
"Sinatra" was not the first piece of New Journalism that Talese wrote, nor is it his favorite. "I like 'Mr. Bad News,' about the obituary writer at the Times," he said. "I like that piece better than this piece." He has written stories of newspapermen and bodega cats, nudists and masseuses and preachers, criminals and prizefighters. In March, returning to Selma, Alabama, on the 50-year anniversary of Bloody Sunday, he struck up a conversation with a landscaper digging holes in the street and discovered the man had also been in Selma that day, an African-American child kept home out of fear for his safety. Talese has always identified with the kind of outsider, ordinary characters in real life that he found in fiction—the jockey, taunted by horse owners in his favorite Carson McCullers short story, or the moody, besotted caddy of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Winter Dreams." It is why, truly, Frank Sinatra had always resonated for him. Sinatra as a kid, staring into space on the porch, always well dressed, an Italian-American but nonetheless: "He had so many pants that some people in Hoboken called him Slacksey O'Brien." Gay Talese, down the road in Ocean City, in the immaculate attire befitting the son of a dress shop owner and the aforementioned tailor: "Dressing well mattered to my family. It was the late '40s, post–World War II. I was around 11, 12, and I had the feeling of being a marginal American. I'd see these Italians getting rounded up. And I was very sensitive to this, the way I imagine that a Muslim teenager growing up in Dallas or growing up in Queens might be now. Italians generally got very bad publicity. We'd been on the wrong side of the war. Notorious characters like Al Capone or Lucky Luciano loomed in the public imagination. But in that time I was also listening to Frank Sinatra on the radio, on Lucky Strike's Hit Parade. Here was a guy like me, a guy only about 15 years older than me, an Italian-American who was celebrated coast to coast. He was the first person who made being an American possible in my mind. I didn't have aspirations to be a singer, but I had aspirations to be somebody."
If it was not already evident that night that, cold or no cold, Gay Talese—a literary celebrity in his own right, well documented, and self-aware—was the Frank Sinatra in this scenario, it was becoming ever more so. And yet there is a private self that a writer always manages to conceal, by virtue of protecting his or her own sense of outsiderness. The greatest challenge to this, Talese said—jumping seven years ahead from the Los Angeles of Sinatra to the L.A. of 1972, researching Thy Neighbor's Wife, his exploration of sexuality—was giving up the armor that has defined and protected him. "Once you've lived as a nudist in the service of a story! I mean, here I was at the Sandstone Retreat among all these nude bodies and all I wanted to do half the time was put clothes on. I wasn't so signed up for wearing no clothes for days and days." Some days he would sneak out. "I would go to Giorgio on Rodeo Drive and buy these great things." What things? "I bought a beautiful woolen high-style double-breasted suit. It was a dazzling suit. It had these incredible silver buttons and it came with a matching blue blazer, a piece that you could wear interchangeably.
"It was the summertime," Talese continued. "Here we were at the Sandstone overlooking Malibu. And I would, on occasion, abandon my nudist friends. I would drive down the narrow roads of Topanga Canyon and into Beverly Hills, and I would have dinner with friends. We would go to La Scala, which had beautiful red leather banquettes, or burgundy, I think it was, where Jean Leon was the owner and chef. I would leave behind the swingers and the nudists. I might be with Polly Bergen, or Natalie Wood, who was dating Warren Beatty at the time." Talese was as comfortable there as he was back at the Sandstone without a stitch of his dazzling Rodeo Drive suit. "Growing up, I got to know strangers. I learned how to behave in crowds. I have always loved the contrast of lives."
Three nights after the 21 Club dinner: upstairs in the Rare Book Room of the Strand bookstore among the French Les Americains by Robert Frank and the first edition Denis Johnsons. On a platform Talese was seated with David Brancaccio of NPR's Marketplace, with a voice so morning-radio familiar and intimate the sound of it tends to put people in mind of their first cup of coffee or their hair dryer. Talese was outfitted in another impeccable suit. A bottle of water and a bottle of Coca-Cola lay at his feet. Every chair was taken. Nan was there, watching from the third row, her cloche-style hat inside the pocket of her camel coat; it is one of her own signatures. The Taschen crowd was there. A new audience showed up, too—reporters and writers and J-school students for whom certain passages of "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" and of Talese's own biography are known practically by heart. Still everyone listened raptly, as Gay Talese delivered more Talese lore. They had politely silenced their phones, in deference to a man who does not use them, so there would be no ringing, or buzzing, or even the audible snap of a camera. They asked questions.
Someone wanted to know how he figured out how to tell the Sinatra story in the first place. "Well, I write on these shirtboards," Talese began, and the very mention of them was a cue, like the first notes of a favorite refrain. Everyone knew about the shirtboards. Everyone had been waiting for the shirtboards. Talese reached into the inner pocket of his jacket and held one up in the air, the magician's proof. A little hush fell over the room, and then, like a stadium wave, an ovation of cell phones rose reverentially in the air, quietly snapped, and then fell again in a soundless sigh.


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Rob Lee (Senior Pastor)
Hi I'm Rob Lee. I serve as the pastor of Acts Fellowship. I am passionate for people to know how awesome God is, how to develop a relationship with Him, and enjoy everything He has planned for their destiny. Hearing God's voice and having an experiential relationship with God is one of the primary areas I teach. Experiencing all that comes with the Kingdom of God as a lifestyle is another central value for me. I also desire to see people living as a Christian community that is meaningful for each person in our community and relevant to those who are in our sphere of relationships.
My wife Mary is a business owner working in the marketplace. She is also a worship leader and involved in praying for our city, nation, and world. Mary and I were married in 1989. Our 3 children and 7 grandchildren are a source of great joy. We have pursued a deeper relationship with God and each other over the years. We both worked in the marketplace in Southern California, where we experienced a fresh encounter with God in 1994. Subsequently, we changed careers and lifestyles by accepting the opportunity to move to Toronto and become pastors of Acts Fellowship in 1999. It has been a most amazing journey to this point. We're looking forward to what comes next.
Soonil Lee (Children's Ministry Pastor)
Hello, my name is Soonil Lee and I am the Children's Ministry Leader at Acts Christian Fellowship. I have been at Acts since its birth and became staff in 2012. My heart is to mentor the next generation to develop a personal, intimate and growing relationship with Jesus and to equip and empower them to help others do the same.
I grew up in Toronto with the knowledge that God is real. I knew about Jesus but it was not until 1994 when I encountered God and He became my Father and Friend. My life journey is to deepen this relationship. Before becoming staff at Acts, I was a stay-at-home mom who learned more about the parent- heart of God by raising my own two daughters. Also, I have continued to experience more of God's goodness by leading community groups, teaching others how to hear God's voice and counselling people. I am married to my husband, Sokwon, and we live with our two beautiful teenage daughters, Rachel and Susanna.

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RiSE '16: The Art Of Letting Go
Shot on iPhone 6 Plus using Moment Wide, Moment Superfish, and Moment App.
I had never heard of RiSE prior before but setting off lanterns into the sky was always on my bucket list. When my friend Tristan told me about the festival, I just knew I had to go. All of the images were stunning from their social account. This is definitely on the top of every photographers list of things to see and witness.
One thing I wasn't prepared for was the emotional journey of what RiSE stands for. They pride themselves in the mantra "The art of letting go". I really had no idea what that meant prior to experiencing this but it definitely hits home when you are there. Each person is given a small tatami mat, two lanterns, and a sharpie. The premise is to write something on your lantern which can be negative or positive.
You can be letting go of something harsh from your past that has been weighing on your mind, pray for loved ones, wish and dream for something in your future, or simply just because your are thankful. Whatever your reason for setting off your lantern in the sky, one thing is certain, you feel such an emotional connection to that lantern that honestly I can't even put it in words.
Once your fingertips let go, you feel this sense of release, it's simply euphoric. Tears streamed down my face as I saw families writing to their loved ones and releasing their lanterns to the heavens above. The look on everyones face, the energy that we all shared, it was simply magical. You can feel the love and pain in the air, it hit you like 1,000 lbs. right on your head.
I know what you are thinking, ok, so many photos of the lanterns! But man, I couldn't resist and TRUST ME, neither would you if you were in my shoes.
Even getting some out of focus on purpose shots were super cool. Just seeing all of those beautiful hopes and dreams floating off into the dark night sky is so heart warming. I also took some video (all shot on iPhone 6 Plus and Moment) which you can see below if you'd like. It's about 6 minutes long but I highly recommend it. The song in the video is Sigur Ros - Untitled 3, in case you were wondering.
There is something truly magical about the way you feel when you are at RiSE. It's really hard to put it down in writing which is why I mostly choose to share images or video. I hope these photos inspire you to attend RiSE or a lantern festival and experience the art of letting go someday.


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The Achievement System is here!
Enjoy a whole host of all new achievements in Age of Conan. You can earn achievements from every part of the game, and accumulate achievement points to earn sweet rewards.
Get achievements from your number of kills in PvP, from Minigames or from the Festival of Bloodshed events. Stack up monster kills, quest completions or faction rankings.
Collect a myriad of dungeon and raid achievements for completion in all game zones, timed runs with several tiers of difficulty or earn purist achievements for doing lower level dungeons at their intended level.
Explore to find places for Leaps of Faith or special races where you ride from A to B as fast as you can. More exploration achievements will be added later with the special Panoramas, where you discover beautiful vantage points.
There are achievements for virtually everything in the game. Collect as many as you can for great rewards, such as unique archetype pets, special mounts, new titles, Path of Asura cooldown feats, a personal Herald or new racial Rune Stones with handy buffs!
As you earn achievement points you also gain a brand new way to teleport around the world. The Playfield Access panel now allows you to teleport directly to the adventure zones or hubs you want if you have accumulated enough achievement points!
Many of these achievements are awarded retroactively from things you have done in the past, so talk to the Chronicler of Deeds in the hub cities to get your list of achievements updated.


text: The Walkmen's new album Heaven cannot be left off of a "Best of 2012" list. It may be a large departure from their angsty past of We've Been Had and The Rat, but this album has a little bit of magic. It reminds us that adulthood is not a demise, but it may be what Hamilton Leithauser calls "the good years, the best we'll ever know" in the song Heartbreaker. So if you're in need of a pick me up, or just need to know that love and happiness do exist, listen to this album.


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text: Here is one of the new paintings I spoke about. I'd say, it's done, so go ahead Sharyn, put down the brush on this and carry on. There's also another new one on the site and I've begun two new paintings in addition. I'll get them up on there as soon as they're finished. The hunger to paint does not subside, it just grows! After an inspirational painting retreat at a castle for artists on the French Riviera and my deep desire to tell more stories of fascinating people (and animals and maybe even of the landscape and seascape), well, the brushes will never truly go down. There's much inside of me that must come out!


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Breakfast Criminals With Ksenia Avdulova
Ultimately, Breakfast Criminals is a wellness movement that aims to remind us to nourish ourselves– physically through whole foods and movement, and spiritually. The heart bowl is there to remind you of this. And if for some it starts with one of my superfood breakfast recipes, that's great. Welcome to the tribe 🙂
Tell us a little about your journey and who you are?
My name is Ksenia, my friends call me Shira. I'm a creative consultant, blogger, speaker, photographer, writer. I'm the human behind www.breakfastcriminals.com and the upcoming www.digitalgirlboss.com. My mission is to empower my readers to nourish themselves and fuel their dreamiest life visions with delicious colorful foods, positive thoughts and girl boss attitude.
I come from a family where healthy eating and fitness were always part of our daily lives. In my teens I went through a phase where I tried every diet imaginable, trying to achieve healthy skin and find peace with my body (in all the wrong ways). What really changed the game for me, is realizing that "healthy" is different for every single person. Some are better off on a plant based diet, and some just can't operate without meat. For some, gluten is poison, and for some – it's totally fine. You can't find the answer in magazines and health blogs. It can only come from tuning inside and listening to how your body reacts to different foods.
It was in my mid-20s when I figured out what gives me the energy to feel my best. After finishing grad school in San Francisco and moving to New York, I spent a couple of hectic year working in the fashion industry. Even though I was blending pretty much every day by then, I didn't know that I'm better off using almond milk instead of dairy, and that I could add greens to my smoothies. I watched a few food documentaries like "Food Matters" and started experimenting with plant based foods, superfoods and a lot of blending. That's when I got more seriously into yoga, meditation and… Instagram. It's documenting my journey to self discovery through acai bowls that led to creation of Breakfast Criminals 🙂 Not I'm a huge advocate for intuitive, mindful eating and self-love!
I combine my love for healthy eating, yoga and mentorship (girl boss empowerment!) by leading events retreats around the globe. Next one coming up will be on a magical island in Brazil in March 2017 – look out for details on www.breakfastcriminals.com.
What is your health and wellness philosophy?
Nothing can give you a sexy glow and a sparkle in the eye quite like inside-out health, so taking care of yourself first by choosing whole foods and physical movement is vital! It's important to stop looking for answers outside of yourself, and tune into your own body's wisdom. Another very important point that doesn't get enough attention is that our thoughts impact us just as much as our food.
Dissatisfaction and judgment bring us more harm on a cellular level than a piece of cake. It's vital to know what replenishes your body and your spirit aside from food – otherwise you start seeking fulfillment and satisfaction on your breakfast plate.
"Slow Down Diet" book is a total game changer in that sense, a book that anyone looking to find peace with their body and with food should check out!
Breakfast Criminals is inspiring people to eat delicious, nourishing breakfasts everyday. Tell us why breakfast is such an important meal for you?
Breakfasts are the most important meal! How you start your day can set the mood for the rest of it, so why not choose a nourishing, delicious whole food breakfast prepared with love? It makes a difference. Tested by me and everyone who's been a guest at the Breakfast Criminals HQ 😉
For people beginning their health journey, or anyone who feels like they just don't have time to sit and enjoy a meal in the mornings, what advice would you give?
No pressure, but research shows that breakfast makes you a better and happier person 😉 Read about the importance of eating breakfast in this guest blog post by my functional medicine expert friend Klara Mudge.
Make your life easy and just make sure you have simple ingredients in your pantry and fridge – oats, fresh fruit, milk of choice. Maybe a couple of superfoods, such as chia and goji berries or cacao nibs (it's cheaper to buy in bulk!) It doesn't have to be complicated. Start simple. And have your go-to easy recipes (you can find over 100 recipes and tips in the Breakfast Criminals eBook). For mornings when you don't have time to blend or cook, just do overnight oats (aka bircher muesli) or chia pudding. It will take 5 minutes of your time the night before, and you'll have a yummy brekkie to-go in no time.
Breakfast Criminals is known for your beautiful Acai Bowls. What are some of your favourite ingredients to team with the Acai Bowl?
When it comes to acai bowls, I used to be the "more is more" kind of girl as you can see in this acai bowl video. After my trip to Brazil earlier this year, everything changed! Trying "naked" acai with no additives at a traditional acai shop was like meeting my idol IRL for the first time. It's a truly medicinal berry that is extremely potent and powerful. In the west, we tend to dilute it with other ingredients when we make acai bowls. But when acai is top notch quality (my favorite brand is Tambor Acai), all I want to do is blend 3 frozen packs with a splash of water, and enjoy with a drizzle of honey and cacao nibs. Anything else simply takes away the magic.
I'm pushing myself to share more videos as they really capture things I want to share, and I'll be posting really fun video clips from Brazil that I'm calling "hunt for the perfect acai bowl" on YouTube. It's fascinating to see how differently acai is made/served/thought of in its motherland.
Some of my favorite ingredients for the more western acai bowl are frozen banana, coconut butter, coconut water, cacao nibs, maca, and crunchy granola and strawberries as toppings.
Besides eating a delicious breakfast each day 😉 what are your 'non negotiables' when it comes to your own health?
- 8 hours of sleep
- Quiet time in the morning
- Some kind of movement or physical activity, whether it's the class, yoga, walking or dancing in my room
- Asking my body what it needs a few times a day
- Being kind is very important for overall health☺
What does a typical day look like on your plate?
Brekkie: Green smoothie with berries, avocado, coconut butter and protein, topped with cacao nibs and bee pollen
Lunch: A soup and kale salad with protein from Juice Press or sweetgreen.
Dinner: Dinner is usually meetings, I love picking farm-to-table places that serve warm nourishing bowls with roasted veggies and salmon like INDAY NYC or Dig Inn.
We believe that how you spend the first 80 minutes of your day sets up how the rest of your day will flow. Tell us about your ideal way to spend the first 80 minutes of your day?
The ideal situation is to wake up fully rested, meditate, make a superfood coffee or bulletproof matcha and write in my 5 Minute Journal that helps me set intention for the day. Go over my goals for the day and prioritize tasks. Check my social feeds and any urgent emails, then do some yoga at home or in a studio, followed by a delicious breakfast with loved ones.
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I fell in love with Raleigh on the soccer fields almost eleven years ago. Ever since then, I've secretly hoped to marry him, have his babies, and be a soccer mom myself one day. A few weeks ago, he signed the girls up to play in the micro-soccer league and we have been giddy counting down the days until their first game. Well, game day came yesterday and let's just say it was nothing like I expected it to be.
For starters, momma was slammed tired after working all weekend. Being tired hindered my inner-planning self and we weren't as organized as we should have been for this "big" event. We made several mistakes as first time soccer parents.
Mistake #1: Raleigh left early for the coaches meeting and I had to wrestle my children to put on soccer shin guards, socks, and cleats. Let's just say that didn't go very well.
Mistake #2: I had no game day chair. True, this should not be a big deal but when I was already exhausted, I had no desire to stand for two hours. Let's just say that made me a little grumpy.
Mistake #3: Due to my losing battle of dressing my children and grumpiness over my chair we were late. So late that there were no parking spots and by the time I found one, Maralee had already dozed off in the car. So not fun to wake a child from her afternoon nap and tell her to go run in the cold wind. :)
Despite the mistakes we made getting to the game, the sport warmed my heart. Any anger that I had harbored toward my husband about leaving the house early vanished when I saw him in his coach shirt. And, my children looked so stinkin' cute (I know I'm completely biased here and don't mean to brag) that I couldn't help but smile and enjoy myself.
The teams play two twenty minute games each. During the first game, Adeline decided to eat her snacks instead of actually play. Typical, right?
Maralee ran out to the field and during her very first play she got knocked down.
She ran back to me crying and we had our first character talk about when you get knocked down you've gotta get back up again. She played the rest of the game and Adeline continued to enjoy her food. :)
Game #2: Maralee encountered her first giant.
This kid was super sweet and if I were his parents I would already be looking at college scholarships. But, seriously....that kid was playing against my baby? Momma bear might have appeared for a second to guard her young. Just maybe.
Adeline finally decides that she does indeed want to play soccer....just not in the game. She wanders off to play with another kid while her team is actually playing against another team. I think she was chasing butterflies y'all.
We steer her in the direction of the game and lo and behold, she finds a friend.
They choose to eat animal crackers and watch. :)
Finally, Adeline tries one more time to play and she is up against the-boy-with-very-long-legs. Dad tells her to play defense. She stands still and lets long-legs dribble the ball into her. I'd say that was pretty good defense.
At the end of the day, we were tired, happy, and still hungry. But, we were no longer grumpy or playing against each other.
Even though we made several mistakes, I learned three lessons:
Lesson #1: Build your children up, don't tear them down with your own frustrations. I played sports my whole life and I don't ever remember my parents complaining. I want to be that type of example to my own children. Yesterday afternoon was about them, not about me. I've got to learn how to harbor my own feelings of exhaustion and be more energetic and enthusiastic about their activities.
Lesson #2: Sitting on the ground isn't so bad. Nobody thought I was weird for not having a game day chair. I don't need to focus on what other people are going to think; instead I should focus on being a cheerleader for my children and husband.
Lesson #3: My children aren't even three and they are playing micro-soccer against kids a lot older than them. If they just want to eat, let them eat. If they want to play, let them play. Really, at this age, it is about having fun and learning some fundamentals. So, I need to have that level of expectation - nothing more.
How about y'all? Got any crazy stories from your sporting experiences? I'd love to hear :)
Till next time, let your light shine!
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My first blog post for SchoolPage got a wonderful response. Thank you all. Based on your request for more such tricks, here is my next blog, Four multiplication tricks every student should know.
Multiplying even numbers by 5
This may not seem like a huge task when we multiply small numbers, but imagine when you have to multiply large numbers like 34569872678942 by 5. I am sure this could take some time, especially if you have to do it in your head.
Let us take a couple of examples to see how we can do this faster.
Example 1:- 100 x 5 = 500 (Yes this was a simple one and anyone can do it in their head but it will be easier to explain the shortcut with these numbers)
- The first step is to divide the number by 2. In this case we would get 100/2 = 50
- All we have to do now is add a 0 to the result and we get our answer which is 500
Example 2:- 74 x 5 = 370. Now let use the shortcut and see if we get the same number
- We divide 74/2 and get 37
- We add a 0 to the result and get 370
Go ahead try out the method with the crazy long number I gave at the beginning 34569872678942 you will get the same answer.
Multiplying odd numbers by 5
We use the same method as above to multiply odd numbers by 5 with one change. When we divide the odd number by 2 we will get a number with a decimal value. All we will have to do then is remove the decimal and we will have the answer.
Let us take an example to illustrate this further.
Example 1:- 65 x 5 = 325. Now with the shortcut method.
- First we divide 65/2 = 32.5
- We remove the decimal and have our answer which is 325
Example2:- 999 x 5 = 4995. With our shortcut method.
- We divide 999/2 = 499.5
- We remove the decimal and have our answer which is 4995
Try it out with larger numbers, it will surely make it easier when you have to multiply by 5.
Multiplying large numbers by 9
Multiplying large numbers by 9 can take some time but we can save a lot of time if we use this simple method and surely everyone will agree that we can subtract much faster than we can multiply.
The shortcut to multiply any number by 9 is to first add a 0 to the number and then to subtract original number from the result. Let us take a few examples and understand this simple method.
Example 1:- A simple example to start with to make it simple to understand the shortcut. 9 x 9 = 81
- The first step is to add a 0 to the original number. When we do this we get 90.
- Now subtract 9 from 90 and you have 81 our answer.
Example 2:- 7 X 9 = 63
- The first step is to add a 0 to 7, so that we get 70
- Now subtract 7 from 70 and we get 63 our answer.
Example 3:- A large number to make sure this method works. 7022983208 x 9 = 63206848872
- We add a 0 to 7022983208 and we get 70229832080
- We subtract the original number from our result and get 70229832080 – 7022983208 = 63206848872
Multiplying by 99
Multiplying any number by 99 can take a few steps but there is a sure and short method of getting the same result but, it will surely take less time if you are quick with your subtractions.
All one has to do when multiplying any number by 99 is to multiply it by 100 instead and then subtracting the original number from the result.
Let us take a few examples.
Example 1:- A simple one to illustrate the method. 99 x 99 = 9801
- First we multiply the number by 100 instead of 99. So we get 99 x 100 = 9900
- Now we subtract 99 from the result and we get 9900 – 99 = 9801
Example 2:- 349 x 99 = 34551
- We multiply the number by 100 instead of 99. So we get 349 x 100 = 34900
- Now we subtract 349 from the result and we get 34900 – 349 = 34551
Knowing these shortcuts can surely help save a lot of time but there is no substitute to hard work and knowledge. In order to get the maximum benefit of these shortcuts students will have to have a strong foundation of the basics.
Having a strong grasp of the multiplication tables will be essential when using these shortcuts. Most students miss or ignore learning the multiplication tables and if they do so, knowing all these shortcuts will be in vain since the simple calculations that will be needed in these shortcuts will not be possible.


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Again, here's the connection I want to make. More than anything else, it is the synagogue that provides the setting for the establishment and growth of earliest Christianity. Recording the first mission trip, Luke tells us "At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue" (Acts 14:1).
Evidently, Christian assemblies were even called "synagogues." Here I'm referring to the Greek text of James 2:2. Most English translations lose their nerve and say something like, "Suppose a man comes into your meeting . . . " (NIV). But the text quite literally says, "For if a man comes into your synagogue . . . "
When we put the facts together, what seems clear enough is that the earliest Christians wouldn't have blinked at the idea of a female appointee called a diakonos, an official "servant." If we have a problem with the idea, it must be remembered that it is our problem. It certainly would not have been theirs.
One reason I mention this has to do with an objection to my theory. That objection goes something like this: Because Judaism in particular, and the ancient world in general, were so very patriarchal, female appointees among the earliest Christians would have been unthinkable. But in light of the evidence, it should be obvious that this objection survives only by ignoring the facts. To the next point.
I mentioned in the first post that female deacons are known in early Christian history, the New Testament foreground. The earliest and best support for this view can be found in an ancient letter.
In the year 112 A.D., less than two decades after the death of the Apostle John, a Roman governor named Pliny (the Younger), wrote to his boss, the Emperor Trajan.
What I find especially interesting about their correspondence is that Pliny asks what he should do about one of the many odd and suspicious groups in the province he now governs. What should he do with people publicly accused of being Christians?
Trajan had previously sent Pliny to serve as governor of a rough and rebellious part of the Empire, the Province of Bythinia, a region where strange and superstitious clubs were common, one of them being the church. Pliny wants to know if the way he has handled things so far is the right way, or if there something more the Emperor can tell him regarding interrogations, trials, and sentencing.
In one section of his letter, Pliny explains that, in order to enforce his prohibition of political associations (here we must remember that the expression "Jesus is Lord" would have been heard by Romans as political, rather than religious, speech), Pliny had found it "necessary to extract the real truth" from the Christians. He had done this, he says, "with the assistance of torture, from two female slaves, who were styled deaconesses."
The significant Latin word in this passage, of course, is ministrae, rendered "deaconesses" in the standard English translation of the correspondence, and rightly so. Had Pliny wanted to say that these two women were simply members or were a part of the Christian community, he could and certainly would have said so without using what can only be understood as a sort of technical term: ministrae, which means "ministers" or as I would call them, "deaconesses."
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A Bit of Bibliography:
I do not currently have access to a copy of the standard text of Pliny which is found in the Loeb Classical Library. The Loeb series is so nice because you get the Latin or Greek text on one side of an opening, and translation into English on the opposite side. To read, in the Loeb edition, the letter quoted in this post, you would need to get this volume of the series.
In this post, I have quoted from an English translation of Pliny that I found on-line. You can read the letter I'm referring to here.


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After the uncertainty following the development of the legendary Stephen King's Dark Tower series, it may be time for fans to turn their hopes towards a more concrete project. Rose Madder, written in 1995 by none other than King himself, has been picked up for a film adaptation by Palomar Pictures. Naomi Sheridan, who co-wrote and earned an Oscar nomination for In America back in 2002, wrote the screen adaptation. The story follows a woman who escapes from her abusive husband and attempts to start over in a different city. While rebuilding her life, she falls in love with a painting and discovers that she has the ability to actually travel inside the work of art. Shooting is planned to begin in the next 18 months.
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