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MY ACADEMY AWARDS MOMENT: a dedication and giving of thanks
You know how those actors, directors, producers, and set designers get up on that stage and bore us with their long list of people they want to thank? (Back when I used to watch the Academy Awards–in the 70s?)
Well…I get it now.
I haven't done anything broad-reaching and I'm not famous and I didn't rake in several million bucks for my latest movie.
But I achieved a personal goal. One that I felt God was asking me to do and one that many people supported me in: this blebsite (blog and website—I never know which to call it.)
So I just have to. { Give thanks. }
And I want to say there is power in encouraging words. I saved all the cards, notes, and texts that people sent me. Heck, I even transcribed a couple of phone messages of encouragement.
{ I needed a lot of encouragement, folks. }
I suppose that shows my level of insecurity in this arena.
But God, and so many of my friends, and even a few "barely knew them" people, told me to write. And it's a wonderful thing to have people tell you to do the very thing that you love to do. It confirms that you are on the right track.
I must give thanks first and foremost to my beautiful Savior, Jesus Christ. Without You, I would be lost and a nobody. With You, I am so very found and a someone. Thank You for what You did… and continue to do. There really are no words to describe Who You are…
And now to those precious souls:
In 2012, a dear friend of mine entered into heaven. She was the first friend of mine to go to heaven. It was hard to say goodbye. But that's what I had to do because she knew she was dying and we had that "last phone call," those "last words" shared between two people who had become close—who had become friends.
In that final conversation she said something like this: "You know I love your writing and, I'm telling you, you better start writing in a more public way, to share your gift and help people. If you don't, I'll hound you from heaven."
Yes. Marilyn had a bold and strong personality—even with death only a few days away.
About a year after that, I attempted to write a blog, but I wasn't ready—for a lot of my own personal reasons. Back then, it would've been all about the pain. Now I have experienced that joy does come in the morning and that there is purpose in our pain.
But I never forgot my friend, Marilyn's… threat–lol–her kind of encouragement. Actually, maybe she is hounding me from heaven because I could never seem to get away from the blebsite idea. People who did not even know I had started one, and/or was considering another, would take me aside to tell me they had a great idea for me: I should be a writer—and some would even get so specific as to say I should start a blog. It was either amusing to me or I was internally ashamed because I hadn't "answered the call."
So the first person I want to thank and dedicate this blog to is my friend Marilyn. One reason I want to single her out to be at the top of the list is that Marilyn never fully bloomed as she could have.
She had so many talents and passions but was never able to overcome fears and insecurities or discover "her place" to bloom.
{ I saw what this did to her. }
And it created a great desire and passion in me to help other women (including myself!) to learn how to overcome the obstacles to blooming for God.
What Marilyn did know how to do is encourage others to bloom. She was her daughters and my greatest fan.
Thanks for believing in us, Marilyn. This blog's for you. We will reap a harvest of blooms in heaven, in part because of the seeds of encouragement that you planted.
And now I want to thank some more precious souls who, without their support and prayers and encouragement, I would have given up—and not just on this blog but possibly on the hope of having any kind of happy life.
My mom. Oh, the love of a mother. I think her love is as close to the love of God as a person can get. Her love and prayers for me have been going strong since 1958. The year of my birth. She sees in me things that no one else does. She loves me like no one else does. She prays for me like no one else does. She "lifted me up" more times than I could possibly count.
Jesse. The man I married when I was 22 years old. We had a lot of growing up to do together. A husband plays so many roles in a woman's life. Jesse's love for me never wavered. Sometimes it wasn't easy for us to navigate the "two shall become one," but we did it and we are still loving each other and still " in love" with each other. God was the super-glue that always kept us together. Thanks, Jesse, for believing I'm amazing, even on the days when I'm not so amazing. And thank you for being humble and brave enough to change with me—and to help me become all God wants me to become. I need your support. I love you, Jesse Hamilton.
My dearest friend, Mary. You know the friend you made when you were a kid? You had crazy-fun together and you grew up together—physically and emotionally and spiritually? For me that friend is Mary. We know way too much about each other—but, really, it's all good. Because we found Jesus at a young age and we grew and matured in Him as we matured in every other way. Mary is my sure and solid and forever friend. My encourager and my personal prayer warrior. My silly, belly-laugh girlfriend that we all need when life gets too intense. She has been the friend who will help clean cupboards, wash dishes, go for a bike ride, cry with me over a significant loss, or just sit quietly—whatever is needed. She has been there for me. Always. This trip on earth would not have been the same without you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I love you.
Vilma. Yet another forever friend. God introduced us to each other over 30 years ago through a work situation. I can't believe it has been that long ago! Sometimes you meet a person so incredibly special that you have to keep pinching yourself to make sure it isn't a dream. Vilma, you are such a loving, pure-hearted, faithful friend. Whenever I think of you, I get relaxed and happy inside. I feel so loved and secure in your love for me as a friend. Unconditional love. You so underestimate yourself, my friend. There are many in your life who could not make it without you. You have sacrificial, pure love. That's all there is to it. And I am so entirely blessed to be your friend.
In addition to the above, I have three friends who got me through an extremely difficult time: Wendy, Bill, and Diane. I'm not sure how I would have gotten through this particular chapter of my life without them. You all know what you did for me during this dark time. I am forever grateful to you.
Wendy: I've always said that you were my bonus when I married your brother. Though 6+ years younger than me, we became the best of friends at a very young age. You are faithful and fun. Some of my best memories have been with you. In addition to that, you have always, always, always encouraged me in my writing, stating numerous times that I am your favorite writer. Thank you for encouraging me. I do think, though, that I may have stiff competition from my niece—that beautiful daughter of yours. She is definitely a budding writer. I love you, sister.
Bill. Another forever friend. Geometry class. Junior high school. 1972? We are soooo old. I'm not sure anyone can make me laugh as hard as you can. Seems like we barely get started on a conversation and I am in stitches. Everyone needs a friend like that! But…you aren't just "a fun friend." You were there for me during my darkest time—listening to me talk. And talk. And talk. And it wasn't happy talk, either. You always took my calls. You. Were. There. Thank you. I love you, too!
Diane. God brought you into my life during that dark season to take the baton from Bill. That's what it seemed like. We discovered we were kindred spirits in so many ways. Even in regard to some of the trials we were going through. Sometimes we need someone who doesn't just understand from the outside looking in, but we need someone who is right in there with us. That's where you were. In the…pit, too. (Yea. we were in a pit together. Made pit dwelling a bit easier, and best of all, we were able to boost and pull each other OUT of that pit!!). That saying I heard recently was an unspoken motto for us: Judge less. Pray more. Thank you for your prayers and friendship and support during this tough time. I'm glad we aren't in the pit anymore. Would we still be there if God hadn't brought us together for that dark season? But I must say that I am thrilled we have moved on to more pleasant and scenic paths of our journeys. I'm not sure I've ever known of friends who had "a song" but, well, we do:
Take heart, my friend, we'll go together
This uncertain road that lies ahead
Our faithful God has always gone before us
And He will lead the way once again
Take heart, my friend, we can walk together
And if our burdens become too great
We can hold up and help one other
In God's love and God's grace (lyrics by Fernando Ortega)
And as I was nearing an important stage of this journey—a big marker—I had two important people in my life, Teresa and Glenn, who gave me that last push. The words you spoke to me when I was feeling entirely worn out and I was unable to even see if I was close to the finish line, those words were like breath from heaven—wind at my back. You were speaking His words in my ear, telling me not to stop, that I was almost there, that you believed in me and that I had a message to share that would change lives. THANK YOU!!! You really have no idea how much you helped me on the last leg.
And I want to give a special thanks to Beverly and Catherine for your recent input and support into my life. As mature women of God, you are showing me, by example, that's it's never too late to change career/ministry paths in order to become authentically who we are created to be—even at an older age. You are Late Bloomers! You bravely blazed trails to your purpose, people, passion and places. You are my guides, encouragers, and mentors. A short bio from Beverly can be found here on my website: http://www.borntobloom.today/beverly-a-late-bloomer/
I also want to thank someone who must remain anonymous but this person graced me with a gift that has enabled me to pursue some of my dreams. We all have a part to play and without your gift, I would have remained stuck—unable to move forward with the ideas and dreams in my heart.
So now I have to stop or I will start hurting feelings. I have been blessed with so very many incredibly loving friends and family members and I am grateful to every single one of you for your love, prayers, and encouragement. Many smiling faces are popping into my head right now but I fear if I start listing more people I will leave someone special out. I guess these I've listed have been the prime players in my life—and that hasn't always been an easy role to play, so don't feel left out, you others. You most likely got the best of me. These listed saw some of my worst days. So…REJOICE if you weren't listed. Haha.
Like I said, though. We all have a part to play in each other's lives and even in the lives of strangers.
I've read stories of people who were about to give up on a dream, or were even considering suicide, but changed their mind when one kind soul did, or said, something nice to, and for, them.
We can't possibly know how important our words and interactions are with other people.
But there will come a time when we will see and know. And we will be amazed.
So keep loving, giving, and encouraging. And also be sure to be a good receiver, too.
We all–ALL–need help sometimes.
And we are in this together…
Share your God-given gifts.
Encourage and bless someone today…with the amazing one-of-a-kind person He made you to be.


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Damn, Michelle Rodriguez looks fucking great. It's really a B cast if you think about it. Most of these stars are out of their prime and Michelle fucked up her career by being too manly - she got typecast in all her movies. Lindsay Lohan was a rising star and now she has to start from ground zero. Jessica Alba can't act at all - she really brings nothing to the screen but a pretty face. She can be used in silent roles as in Sin City where she makes pretty eyes at the camera, but I never really liked her "acting".
And rest: Savini, Segal, Trejo are faded icons of their working genre: horror, action, etc.
The cast is what it is but without an experienced director I don't see this project going anywhere, and the screenplay isn't all too good to begin with. It's silly fun at best.
i don't mean to bash this film but it was fun to see it as a trailer and we got the point. But I will say that Michelle and Lindsay are women of talent, one day someone will actually write a good indie role for Michelle Rodriguez and be in John Leguazamo type of roles, it fits her.
Is anyone in here gonnna actually buy this movie?
I'd rent it.
A full-length movie about that awesome, badass Mexican who was fucked with? Someone pinch me… I must be dreaming.
… thanks for the pics. i read somewhere on the internet that robert de niro, don johnson and steven seagal are going to be in machete also. brilliant casting …
… robert rodriguez is a titan of cool badass cinema …
Just came back from the movie. Very cool movie. Great jokes, and a lot of blood. A lot.
Padre was quite cool.
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Well, there is no Machete thread. Well, none involving discussion of the movie, so I just made my comment here. ;D
That's fine. You can start a new thread if you want, or we could just talk here.
The "Track your films" thread is a good place too, since more people on here will be seeing it soon.


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Propellerhead has released Reason Compact and Reason 10.4, offering new ways to make music.
Tag Archives | iPad
Music Memos app by Apple: from musical sketch to full arrangement
The new free Music Memos app by Apple is a brilliant way to record musical sketches by using an iPhone/iPad. It allows you to record an audio track which automatically will be analysed on its chord structure.
Interview with Tom Pritchard about designing sounds for Reason devices
Tom Pritchard seems to be a true Thor expert. His technical knob twisting results in some very musical and inspirational sounds for Reason users.
Controlling your DAW with an iPad
It would be super useful if I would be able to control my favorite DAW software (Propellerhead Reason that is) with an iPad. With such a system I will be able to record acoustic guitars, vocals/voices and percussion by myself in my isolation booth without much trouble. And it comes in handy when recording electric […]
My sounds for Propellerhead Thor synth on iPad
Propellerhead has released: a playable iPad version of Reason's massive Thor synthesizer, with all of its features Including my patches for Thor commissioned by Propellerhead Software. For example this patch of mine called Spaced Out which Propellerhead uses as a Thor showcase sound: There's a lot more info on the Thor page at the Props' […]


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Firms 'Own Unburnable Fossil Fuels'
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Some 60% to 80% of fossil fuel reserves owned by listed firms could be classed as unburnable if politicians stick to CO2 emission limits, a report warns.
The research by the London School of Economics and NGO Carbon Tracker says firms spend billions of pounds of shareholders' money on exploration.
It says 200 listed firms spent £440bn in 2012 chasing more coal, oil and gas.
It says if this continues for a decade - and if CO2 limits are achieved - they would waste over £4tn.


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Sunday, October 4, 2020 | 4:30 p.m. CST
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This innovative program will use a robust web-based system that will allow family physician learners from across the country the opportunity to complete the KSA while engaging their peers and an expert content leader from a location of their choosing.
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Here is a paper submitted by Stable Connections Stable Manager, Avi Challinor on the advantages of Therapeutic Riding. Many thanks to Avi for her permission to reprint her paper.
Hello, my name is Aviara Challinor and I am from the Spartans FCCLA in Whitefield, NH. Today I will be telling you about how can we help communicate to the disabled. Have you ever considered how the importance of different society and communal groups affect each and every one of us? Communal groups range from the disabled to the normal to even the socially awkward. One part about these communal groups is the fact that they all need something to make them stand out and help them through life. The normal group goes to school and work, but what does the disabled group do? Therapeutic riding is an important part of helping the disabled community to stand out and feel better about their lifestyle. Therapeutic riding has been around since the 1960's. Unfortunately, therapeutic riding is not well known among all communal groups, but we could make a difference.
Therapeutic riding can create a sense of well being and define organization for those that are disabled as well as many other communities. You may be thinking why this matters and what does it mean to us in the "normal" community? So now I will tell you what therapeutic riding really is. The true definition of therapeutic riding is equine therapy in which disabled individuals ride horses to relax, and to develop muscle tone, coordination, confidence, and social well-being. It can also be used for rehabilitation of those with serious injuries. For example, car accident victims would be most common, as well as those recovering from surgery for joint or muscle issues. Therapeutic riding is an equine-assisted activity with the purpose of contributing positively to the cognitive, physical, emotional and social well-being of individuals with special needs. Therapeutic riding provides benefits in the areas of health, education, sport and recreation/leisure.
As you may have heard, there are many different areas of the body systems that therapeutic riding contributes to. These include cognitive, physical, emotional and social well-being. Therapeutic riding focuses on forming a partnership with the horse. Sitting astride a horse increases balance and coordination, while strengthening muscles and bringing out the body awareness of your surroundings. In addition to this, it decreases the stress on the muscles while gaining more mobility and more brain power with consciousness following. How does therapeutic riding help the other major bodily systems? The physical part focuses on sensory systems. Sensory impairment involves visual and hearing impairment, dyspraxia and sensory integration/processing dysfunction. But the kind of horses to ride depends largely on the type of sensory impairment the riders have. A horse with even, consistent, distinctive gaits and which allows development of their senses is considered for riders with visual impairment. Riders with social integration disorders often have a heightened sense of touch and feel, so they are assigned horses with very smooth gaits. For their comfort, a fleece pad on the saddle is advisable. With physical considerations, you also have Hypertonia and Hypotonia.
Hypertonia is in patients who have had strokes, spastic cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury or traumatic brain injury, characterized by muscle tone increase in the limbs. During rides, the horse's movement naturally mimics a person's motion while walking. In this way, the horse aids in relaxing the rider's muscles and increasing his or her balance and flexibility. Riders increase their sense of control when riding narrowly-built horses with smooth bearings. This experience helps build in them feeling of freedom and confidence through equestrian or equine therapy. In Hypotonia, patients will have decreased muscle tone in the body trunk area. Riders with ataxic, hypotonic cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, multiple sclerosis, or traumatic brain injury are helped in many ways when they are mounted on wider horses. These horses give patients the feeling of stability and with bigger gaits, also helps the weakened muscles that are stimulated. Trainers noticed that during the first few sessions, hypotonia patients are unable to support themselves but after a few months, observable changes can be noted that they are able to hold themselves up! With a person with an emotional disability, you will go to the cognitive side of the therapy – while maybe not having them ride or having them deal with the horse at first but until they feel comfortable with their surroundings. While emotional effects are on the cognitive side of the therapy, working on the social-well-being will contribute with the physical part of therapy as well.
Since I was able to work at the horse barn, and have been riding for 6 years, I have learned to love the way I feel when I help out those in need, while also enjoying my time. My personal experience with these magnificent creatures and those people who either depend on others or need help from others has shaped my life in the best way possible. When I was younger, I never knew about therapeutic riding, all I knew about was horse shows and riding lessons. As I grew up, my knowledge around horses as well as horse related activities has expanded greatly.
Three years ago was my first time seeing someone with a disability that my mom did not work with. He had cerebral palsy and struggled with some of the movements of his body. For example, what if he had trouble with moving a hand and arm. What would you do to help and how can you fix it? These were the questions I asked myself and was too shy to ask the instructor. I regret everyday since that not taking the time to ask there questions. Fortunately, a year passed and I got the job there and I got to work with him and others with the same as well as different disabilities.
My first day there was probably my hardest due to the fact that I was learning how my job worked and what was the best possible way to complete my job. The major part of why it was the hardest is because I did not know how to feel about these people and the way their life has been changed around with the difficulty level rising and the common sense either decreasing or not be able to have normal body functions. Also I just learned about therapeutic riding. As I realized this, I figured out a way that would make me and them happy at the same time. I would soon start to talk to them and listen very closely to figure out what they are saying as well as being able to comprehend and create a conversation with them.
The longer I worked there and learned to communicate better with the people around me, I also came to realize about how this is something I want to do when I get older if my current dream job does not work out of being a Veterinarian. Sometimes I wonder to myself, what if I never did this job, what if I never went to that barn and rode there? What would have been different if I asked that one simple question on my first day? Well, it would have played out differently as well as help me and maybe guide me through life a little better.
As I keep maturing through life and keep on figuring out what paths I should take, I will also choose the path to create a new adventure that involves equines as well as people with disabilities.
As an overview, I have discussed many different types as well as many different features of the body that therapeutic riding helps tribute to. There were four, but only two were the main ones which included under physical part of the therapeutic tribute was social well being and actual physically active with the horse the two not so common and usually under psychotherapy and maybe hippotherapy are the emotional and cognitive which fall under the mental/cognitive type of tribunal help.
As those help tell us what Therapeutic riding is and what exactly can we do to help promote, as well as help the disabled community be out there with more and more people to realize the importance as well as with the huge compact they have in all of our lives.
What we can do to promote is to have educational talks in meetings as well as having talks in school where there are some kids with disabilities and people with emotional challenges or depression. With the younger age groups we will be able to promote and keep this certain part of the equine industry still open and still usable in years to come. So in the end, may you all be on your toes to help put a stand to creating a bigger and well known organization for those with disabilities or with those in need of help to be able to get the help as well as comfort that the "Normal" communities get and have.


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18 Mar Let's Get Visible! How PPC Advertising Helps Boost Your Website Traffic
Only 45% of small businesses invest in PPC advertising. Is the lack of higher use of this strategy because it is not effective?
That's a strong no.
PPC is a very effective strategy. Continue reading this article to learn the benefits of pay per click and how it can help your business.
PPC Advertising for the Win
Your business is your pride and joy, and you don't want to miss out on an opportunity to promote your business. While you don't want to miss out on an opportunity, you also don't want to lose your shirt on a strategy that isn't going to work for your business.
1. Faster Brand Recognition
If you wait around on SEO tactics to get your brand name in front of people, this strategy can take months. Yes, SEO is important and a great way to get in front of people that are searching for you, but if you want quick results, PPC is the better bet.
Waiting six months or more to start getting eyeballs on your brand isn't the best way to grow your brand quickly. PPC will allow you to get in front of people within the first day and with consistency, your audience will start to recognize your brand.
2. More Trust for Your Brand
People love to purchase from people and companies they know, like and trust. Customers say trust is more important than price these days and part of building trust is becoming well-known to people.
When your potential customers see you advertising on a reputable ad network, this is a good sign for them. It makes them feel confident that their dollars are going to a legitimate company.
3. Target Your Exact Customers
While different PPC platforms will allow for different targeting options, in this post, we are focusing on Google AdWords. When you use Google AdWords, you can target keywords your audience searches for.
When you look at the keyword, they type, you can tell what part of the buying cycle they are in. Someone that is searching for "what is?" is in a different part of the buying cycle than someone saying for "how much does XYZ cost?"
When you create your ads, you need to think about how relevant your landing page is so your potential customers can connect and buy from you quickly. The more relevant your landing page is to the PPC keyword, the faster you'll get results from your PPC campaign.
Learning how to target and how to convert leads to customers will allow you to get the most bang for your buck when you're using PPC.
4. Level the Playing Field
No matter how large of a budget you have, you're able to get in front of potential buyers.
PPC levels the playing field so you can start growing your market share. While television advertising, billboards and other types of traditional advertising might be out of your budget at this point, PPC is where you can start to win and recoup your costs in a reasonable amount of time.
5. Cost Effective
Whether you're just getting started in your business or you've been in business for years, it's always wise to pay attention to the ROI. While SEO can sometimes be difficult to monitor and check the exact ROI, it is much easier to tell if your PPC efforts are cost-effective.
Most businesses that use PPC correctly find PPC is a very cost-effective way to boost their business' visibility and sales.
6. Great for Product Testing
Do you have a new product and you're wondering if it is going to sell? You want to know as soon as possible. Waiting for SEO or your sales force to cold call takes too long, but with PPC, you can test quickly.
Put a couple of campaigns together to promote the product you want to introduce to the market. See which one performs the best, and if neither campaign is doing well, the market might be telling you something.
While PPC is just one means of testing to see if your product is going to do well in the market, it is a good way to get feedback early on.
7. Easy to Integrate with Other Digital Marketing Campaigns
PPC doesn't have to work on its own. PPC can make friends with other parts of your digital marketing.
Let's say you have the opportunity to get attention through an online award contest. Someone may have nominated you for an industry award. You could send traffic to the page to get votes or to show people that you're a leader in the industry.
You can drive traffic to your application to get more downloads, funnel people to your Facebook page and more. With PPC, your creativity is the only limit it has.
When Is a Good Time to Use PPC?
You might not be sure if now is the right time for your business to use PPC. It is easy to get a little gun shy when you're thinking about implementing a new strategy.
The best way to figure out if it is a good time to use PPC in your business is to look at your goal. If you can handle more business and you have money for advertising, then it is a good time to use PPC in your business. No matter how big or small your company is, if you generate business from PPC and make a profit from your investment, it makes sense to get started.
If you aren't good with the technical side of things, you don't have to run your own campaign. You can work with us to get the results that you need.
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PPC advertising allows you to get results now when other methods might take some time.
If you aren't sure about how to move your marketing efforts forward online, you should look into PPC. Contact us today to let us help you increase your website traffic through PPC.


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For my close friends and family, they new this blog was coming… eventually. For those of you that only see me through Vous L'avez, you'll have no idea. You see I come across this ultra confident, get up and go, determined girl and although on a good day I am, when I have bad days I find it really hard to only keep them as a bad 'day'. My bad days seem to last quite a while, by that I mean, weeks.
If I have a rocky day it seems to take a while to pick myself up again to carry on because I'm a worrier, a huge worrier.
I worry about everything, whether I'm doing the right exercise, enough exercise, whether my uni work is ok, whether i've done over 10,000 steps a day, whether I'm blogging enough good content BLA BLA BLA.
I know, it bores me too… and worries me… oh Christ, yes as my dad and step mum say… I worry about worrying.
I worry about everything, whether I'm doing the right exercise, enough exercise, whether my uni work is ok, whether i've done over 10,000 steps a day, whether I'm blogging enough good content BLA BLA BLA.
I know, it bores me too… and worries me… oh Christ, yes as my dad and step mum say… I worry about worrying.
Anyway, so after a few weeks of being extremely naughty when it came to food and non motivated… I sat down with my stepdad, who told me to work out why I do the things I do, to go back to the route of everything. Honestly, some of the best advice I have ever received. I sat down and thought why do I exercise? Why do I blog? Why do I eat healthy? Why am I at uni? The answers:
– I exercise because I feel amazing during and after it, I feel powerful and strong and being a huge lover of change, when I see my body change it makes me want to keep going.
– I blog, because when I was first starting out I had no one to help. I was all by myself and actually I just wanted someone to give me ideas that A) aren't trying to get money out it B) isn't a complete body building machine.
– I eat healthy to fuel my body for my workouts and eating healthy makes me feel so much better.
– I go to uni to gain a degree in something I'm interested in, in hope that will it set me up for a great career.
Simply by working out why I do the things I do, I was suddenly ready to start again, I had put myself back in the position of when I was in my best shape and when I was my most motivated.
So, Tuesday morning I got up with the pledge to get back on track… so far, so good, diet is good and I'm training as much as I can in my circumstances (home late and no gym), which makes me mega excited to get home to crack on with a 6 week challenge (more on this to come). I start to worry (pahaa, ironic) about whether my motivation will drop. So I did a few things to help me:
– Made a calendar for when I what I will do each day regarding both fitness and exercise for the rest of the month.
– Wrote down everything I wanted to change and achieve (Exeter's half marathon being one)
– Tried on lovely clothes on Oxford St, being unsatisfied in what I looked in them and how they fitted, simply gave me the motivation to get back. Also, noting what I'm going to buy as a treat when I've achieved my goals.
– Progress pictures. Ew. The devils.
– Write a blog telling you guys about it, studies show if you tell people about your goals you're more likely to do them.


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2019 Holiday Party
We had an exciting night celebrating another year of service and friendship! The night started with dinner and ended with a white elephant gift exchange.
2019 Fall Country Breakfast
Our 2019 Fall Country Breakfast was a great success! Thank you to everyone that volunteered and attended. Many eggs, sausages, and pancakes were had by all!
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Is it based on Corpse Bride? Will Anushka Sharma come back to life in the end? These were a few questions that went around people's mind after they saw the Phillauri trailer. Besides the actress, this March 24 release stars Diljit Dosanjh and Suraj Sharma (Life of Pi fame). Phillauri is the second movie that is produced by Anushka and her brother Karunesh's banner – Clean Slate Films. Sharma was keen on producing movies so that she could promote fresh talent and new ideas. While the Khans, Akshay Kumar, and Ajay Devgn are known to finance movies, here are the other Bollywood actresses who turned producers.
Juhi Chawla
The actress co-owned the production house, Dreamz Unlimited with Shah Rukh and Aziz Mirza. She produced Chalte Chalte, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, and Asoka. After a fallout with SRK, Chawla shut the banner.
Ameesha Patel
Since no movies were on her plate, Ameesha Patel decided to produce one herself. Desi Magic has been in the making since forever and no one knows if it will ever release or not.
After producing the Marathi movie Ventilator, Priyanka Chopra backed the Punjabi film, Sarvann and the Bhojpuri movie Bam Bam Bol Raha Hai Kashi. The actress wants to expand her production house and finance movies of other languages too.
Dia Mirza has only produced two films till date. They are Love Breakups Zindagi and Bobby Jasoos. Unfortunately for her, both the movies didn't fare well at the box-office.
Dishkiyaoon, the 2014 film, which starred Harman Baweja and Sunny Deol, was produced by Shilpa Shetty. She has not financed any movie after that and going by this film's fate, we don't blame her.


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Epic Pictures Group has closed a co-production, co-financing and international sales agreement with producer Wayne Rice (New Line's Valentine's Day) on Darren Lynn Bousman's next project 11:11:11.
Principal photography is set to commence on Jan 4, 2011 in time for global release on Nov 11, 2011 and Epic chief Patrick Ewald is commencing sales here this week.
The project officially launches at this year's American Film Market at Epic's offices in the Loews Hotel.
Darren Lynn Bousman most recently directed Mother's Day and Saw 2, 3 and 4.
11:11:11 draws its inspiration from the movement of the same name, whose adherents believe that the sequence portends other worldly contact. The film plot centres on the imminent arrival on Earth of something from another realm.
"With Saw, my career has been about finding new ways to freak people out - that's what I want to do with this," Bousman said. "We want to take this phenomenon and give it horrific purpose. The film is in the realm of The Exorcist or The Omen or The Ninth Gate, a kind of slow-burn religious movie."
Epic will co-finance along with Barcelona-based producers Canonigo Films. "When producer Wayne Rice came to us with this project, we immediately came on board," Ewald said. "The combination of writer-director Darren Lynn Bousman, the brilliant concept, and the once in a lifetime chance to release a film around the world on this date was too good to be true. Wayne and I closed the deal at 11:11 am."
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Hello everyone!
I haven't written here in MONTHS. Hoping to change that this year!
However, I have still been writing! I have been posting somewhere else: my poetry instagram account! I started this a couple months ago with the encouragement of a friend in order to keep my writing alive despite being super busy with work and life. It has been a success! I have been able to write and post when I can with zero pressure, which has been a big help in my creativity and inspiration. I have created a link to my Instagram in the left sidebar for easy access to any of my latest pieces. I will also be creating a poetry category so that I can post some of my poetry directly into here as well.
I have also started a 30 Day Writing Challenge with Justin and our good friend Caitlynn. For 30 days we are writing for different prompts. There are no limits or guidelines to what we are writing. It could be short fiction or poetry or anything we desire! I am hoping to post a few of my favourite pieces from that as well.
Feeling really, really good about writing and poetry lately! I'm so happy to have found a way to share and put my writing out there. Engaging with a writing community has been so helpful, uplifting, and supportive. Still hoping to eventually put together a second zine as well once I have a wider collection and narrow down a theme.
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Thanks to a new app mariners can now be warned when entering areas where the North Atlantic right whale is known to frequent.This innovative app, created for the iPad and iPhone, can help prevent ships from striking and killing the North Atlantic right whale, whose species number anywhere from a meager 300 to 400 individual whales.
Right whales are large baleen whales that can grow up to 45 to 55 feet in length and weigh up to 70 tons! Since the late 18th century, the right whale has been hunted to near extinction and is listed as endangered by the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The whales were sought after in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries for their oil and baleen, which were used in the making of buggy whips and corsets. Nowadays, entanglement in fishing gear and ship collisions are the biggest threats to right whales. Ships have a hard time seeing the whales, which feed on plankton slicks near the surface of the water. Furthermore, the right whale is often unaware of its surroundings when feeding, creating even more risk of being struck and killed by ships. According to researcher Greg Silber of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, since the 1970s, an average of two North Atlantic right whales are killed annually by ship strikes. Other risks right whales face include climatechange, contaminants, habitat degradation, and noise pollution.
Due to the heavy loss North Atlantic right whales have suffered from hunting, entanglement in fishing gear, and ship collisions, measures and regulations were created in the mid-2000s to help protect the right whale population. These included mandatory vessel speed restrictions in management areas, recommended shipping routes, and mandatory ship reporting systems, to name a few. Whale alerts were also created to help notify mariners of whale restrictions. Before this new app was created, ships received the notifications via fax machines and VHF transmitters, but if ships did not have the right technology, mariners would fail to receive the alerts. However, with the creation of this new app, mariners who own an iphone or ipad are notified when they enter areas with right whale restrictions. Furthermore, mariners can learn specific regulations by simply clicking on the app. In order to obtain the app, vessels must have either an iPad or iPhone, which can run anywhere from $200 to $400. The vessel must also come equipped with broadband service. However, iPads and iPhones are fairly inexpensive technology to have considering the app's many benefits for ships.
Currently, the app works by locating the whales' real-time location using data gathered from special acoustic buoys. The acoustic buoys are able to detect the right whales' location within a 5 mile radius by picking up on their unique songs. For now, the app only works in New England because that is where the 13 acoustic buoys are located. Nevertheless, this new app may pave the way for future technological advances in protecting marine wildlife. However, for this app to make a difference, the maritime community needs to be aware of its existence. Awareness is key. To learn more about right whales and to see what you can do to help, please visit http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/cetaceans/about/right_whales/north_atlantic_right_whale/.
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Cardozo High School
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Dear Mr. Harper:
In its meeting of 21 April, the Commission of Fine Arts reviewed and approved the concept design for the modernization of Francis L. Cardozo High School at 1200 Clifton Street, NW.
The Commission members expressed appreciation for the thoughtful resolution of the programming and historic preservation issues in order to retain the character of the historic property. They emphasized the importance of the site's open spaces and encouraged more careful consideration of these areas as the project is further developed, with particular attention to open space that is not reserved for athletic fields. They supported the development of green roofs where feasible and the effort to restore elements of the original landscape design; they noted the importance of the surviving terraces on the east side of the building and recommended that these be rehabilitated to encourage their use.
The Commission looks forward to review of the final design. As always, the staff is available to assist you with the next submission.
/s/Thomas E. Luebke, FAIA
Ollie Harper, Interim Executive Director
D.C. Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization
2400 East Capitol Street
Washington, DC 20003
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HBO sends a 13-year-old boy to try and buy beer, porn magazines and lottery tickets with no luck. He was, however, able purchase a gun, and people are calling it fake news!
Jack, a young actor who at the time was 13, is at one point filmed trying to buy lottery tickets. "How old are you, you got your ID," the woman behind the counter asks. Jack responds that he's 13, at which point he is refused. But when he goes to a gun show, he apparently purchases a .22 bolt-action rifle easily for a handful of cash. Check it out.
here's a video of a 13yr old getting denied lottery tickets, cigarettes, & alcohol but able to buy a gun. legally. pic.twitter.com/cruPy7gGU1
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Health & Wellness Expo
More than a race, runners get their first taste of the Bay to Breakers celebration at the Health & Wellness Expo, held the Friday and Saturday prior to race day!
The Health & Wellness Expo will be held at Pier 35 and features the very latest in fitness technology, gear and nutrition. Runners will be able to pick up their race packets at the Expo, which is open to the public.
Pier 35 is located on The Embarcadero at Bay Street, along the northeast waterfront between The Ferry Building and Fisherman's Wharf.
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San Francisco, CA 94133
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are for Sale, not Humans: Two Slave Narratives for Remembering the Past
authors frequently avoid the sensitive topic of slavery, but Toni Morrison and
Harriet Jacobs face slavery head-on with stories of oppression. The Incidents of the Life of a Slave Girl,
published in 1861, recounts Harriet Jacob's life as a North Carolina slave to
further the abolitionist cause. Appealing specifically to women, Jacobs' story vividly
illustrates the brutality and trials of slavery while staying true to her own
slave experience. Also retelling the unthinkable horrors of servitude,
Morrison's triumphal novel, Beloved,
however, was published in the early 1980s, appealing to a more contemporary
audience. Although Morrison herself was not a slave, she establishes
credibility by basing her historical novel on the true-life story of the slave Margaret
Garner. Beloved, set after the end of
the Civil War, is a unique literary piece, for it explores more than just the
brutalities of slavery. Her novel focuses on the enduring legacy of slavery to
force its readers to not overlook the cruelties of the past. Morrison's Beloved and Jacob's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl both pass on the painful
stories and horrors of the past, with varying rhetorical methods, to suggest
that America should not and cannot forget about the history of slavery.
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By illustrating how slaves were treated
as animals and as property, Morrison and Jacobs convey how slave owners
dehumanized and degraded slaves to less than human. Slaves were commodities for
sale, "valuable pieces of property" who had no rights (Jacobs 7). Their slave masters had the right "to
rule them, body and soul" and even "moved them around like checkers" (Jacobs
7; Morrison 27). Morrison paints a disheartening image of African Americans,
demeaned to pieces in a game, for her readers. Manipulated and given no care or
dignity, slaves possessed no personal agency. Baby Suggs claims that if a slave
"hadn't run off or been hanged, it got rented out, loaned out, bought up,
brought back, stored up, mortgaged, won, stolen or seized" (28). Portraying
their submissive role in society, Morrison utilizes the passive voice when
stating the possible outcomes of servitude. Unable to control their own lives,
slaves were left to the disposal of their slave masters who monetized them. Slaves,
assigned a fixed value, had their identities stolen and consolidated into interchangeable
numbers. Paul D's price— "nine hundred dollars"—proves that he was no more than
a mere piece of property to schoolteacher and could have been sold at any
moment (269). Powerless and completely lacking freedom, Paul D succumbs to juxtaposing
his lack of liberty to the liberty of an animal. One day, with "an iron bit in
his mouth," (83) he watches a rooster named Mister who "was allowed to be and
stay what he was…and if you cooked him you'd be cooking a rooster named
Mister (86). Paul D, however, "wasn't allowed to be and stay what he was…and
if you cooked him no way he'd ever be Paul D again, living or dead. He
was…less than a chicken sitting in the sun on a tub" (86). While other parts of
the novel stress the dehumanizing effects of slavery by rendering slaves as
sale items, here, slaves are likened to animals. Firstly, Paul D has a bit in
his mouth, allowing his owner to restrain and control him just as an equestrian
steers a horse with a bit. However, it is not just the bit that humiliates Paul
D; it is the Rooster named "Mister," who Morrison portrays with a human
identity to illustrate how a slave could feel less free than an animal. Declaring
them to be only partially human and the rest animalistic, slave owners demeaned
Africans Americans by reducing them to a bullet-pointed list with "human
characteristics on the left and animal ones on the right" (228). A person's
qualities should be much too complex to fit in rigid columns and less black and
white. Both Morrison and Jacobs show that white slave owners, by degrading,
insulting, and demoralizing slaves, inflicted great pain and stripped their
victims of any sense of humanity.
Demonstrating how slaves responded to
the misfortunes of being enslaved/in servitude, these authors depict unification
among African Americans and also reflect on the consequences of failed
communities. Remembering his time spent on a chain gang in Georgia, Paul D
specifically reminisces how the men "chain-danced over the field" and "sang it
out and beat it up, garbling the words so they could not be understood" (128). Connecting
through music, these men sang together which allowed them limited mobility and
agency within their lives. Even though they could not change their working
conditions, the chain gain members scrambled, or "garbled," their words as a
form of self-expression. In a way, the slaves established their own language to
fit their own personal whims and purposes. Besides being connected by song,
they were also physically chained together, meaning cooperation was their only means
of escape. One day, "plunging down through the mud" all at once, the chain
gain members relied on each other to attain freedom (130). Held together in
bondage, slaves created stronger communities over shared sufferings. Turning a
shackle into a positive symbol of liberty, Morrison illustrates the importance
of community when dealing with slavery and its horrors. To cope with the
dehumanization they endured from white people, ex-slaves formed close
relationships with those beyond their immediate family. Leading sermons in the
clearing, Baby Suggs encouraged free slaves to celebrate their bodies; "Love
your hands!…The dark, dark liver—love it, love it, and the…beating heart,
love that too," preached Baby Suggs (103-4). Focusing on physical body parts,
Morrison emphasizes how slavery was a destruction of black bodies, stating that
emancipation comes with loving the same body that was once abused. Whether a
spiritual community or a community of fellow chain gain members, unity is a
necessity for victims of slavery. A lack of community, consequently, results in
misfortune. Jacobs, hiding in her grandmother's attic, heavily relies on her
family members to bring her "food…herb teas, and cooling medicines" for her survival,
yet a neighbor betrays her (108). Aiding Dr. Flint in capturing Jacobs, "a
colored woman, who had been born and raised in their neighborhood" was
"offered…a reward if she could find out anything about Jacobs" (108). Jacobs,
portraying the brokenness within an African American community, illustrates how
a failure to unite endangers a slave's security and jeopardizes one's life. Baby
Suggs' neighbors similarly turn on her, too. She loses the trust of her
neighbors in Cincinnati by "putting Christmas to shame" with her excessive
celebration of her own family (173). As a consequence of placing herself before
the greater good of the community, her neighbors fail to warn her of the four
horsemen's arrival, causing Beloved's murder. This shattered community
represents the need for slaves and ex-slaves to unite and to rely on each other
for strength to endure times of adversity.
While Morrison and Jacobs portray
that slavery was repressive to all its victims, they direct their readers'
attention to the far greater harm women endured, as they were stripped of their
instinctive maternal nature, split up from family units, and separated from their
children. Essentially, slavery did not allow for motherhood. In Incidents, Harriet was "six years old
when her mother died" and, in Beloved,
Sethe holds only the slightest recollection of her mother (7). Remembering that
her mother only "nursed her for two or three weeks," Sethe recounts that they
"didn't even sleep in the same cabin most nights" and that "she didn't see her
but a few times because by the time she woke up in the morning, she was in
line" (72). Not allowing for close maternal relationships, slavery physically
removed children from their mothers and created a loss of contact. Without frequent
interactions, the only way for Sethe to identify her mother was by the "circle
and cross burnt" into her skin (72). The fact that Sethe could not recognize
her mother without this branding mark demonstrates a broken mother-daughter
bond, and that cruel white men made motherhood even more treacherous for slaves.
According to Linda, "on the fourth day after the birth of her babe," Dr.
Flint "took the baby from her arms" (73). Jacobs, appealing to the emotions
of her readers, pulls at heart strings by stating just how young the baby was
when she was unwillingly taken from her mother. Morrison similarly uses pathos
to convey that white men physically violated female slaves in addition to taking
away their physical capability of being a nurturing mother.
They used cowhide on you?
they took my milk.
beat you and you was pregnant?
they took my milk. (20)
robbed of her own breastmilk, cannot feed her baby vital nourishment. By
responding to both of Paul D's questions regarding torture with "And they took
my milk," Sethe indicates that her stolen milk mattered more to her than the
pain she endured (20). While Morrison utilizes symbols—such as the milk and the
mark—to portray the atrocities female slaves experienced, Jacobs implements a
blunter method by stating exactly how it was: "slavery was terrible for men;
but it was far more terrible for women" (73). The simplicity of Jacobs'
narrative explicitly reveals the stripping of motherhood, whereas Morrison
accomplishes the same goal through the subtle use of literary elements such as
symbols and metaphors. Sethe's milk, symbolizing the love and devotion she
holds for her children, is just one of Morrison's example of the conflict
between slavery and motherhood. Morrison's finest example of this struggle to
maintain the status of a mother during the institution of slavery is when Sethe
kills her own baby. Standing with a "blood-soaked child to her chest," Sethe
has both murdered and saved her baby (175). Given Sethe does both of these with
just one action, Morrison effectively depicts the true wickedness of slavery. Since
slavery does not allow for her to be a true mother, Sethe would rather not to
be a mother all. Making a strong statement against slavery, Morrison claims
that death is superior to an enslaved life.
Morrison and Jacobs depict their
characters as being haunted by the past to convey that slavery creates a
horrific situation with devastating consequences and long-lasting effects even
after achieving freedom. Former slaves fail to bury their memories, for the
past simply never goes away. Opening her novel with "124 was spiteful. Full of
baby's venom," Morrison begins with an element of the gothic: a ghost (3).
Sethe's home is literally haunted by the ghost of her dead child, showing how
Sethe's past continues to haunt her. Morrison's main rhetorical vehicle, the
supernatural, incites terror in her reader and makes her novel "a hair-raiser"
(Atwood). While the gothic can be used to excite readers, Morrison uses Beloved
to mirror the haunting nature of the institution of slavery itself. Forcing the
reader to be open-minded from the beginning, she immediately disorients by
commencing with a number instead of a word to parallel the confusing, unpredictable slave life. Jacobs,
too, echoes the burden of her tragic past and the uncertainty of servitude,
lamenting that "no thoughts to
occupy my mind, except the dreary past and the uncertain future" (109). While
Morrison uses the supernatural to convey the haunting nature of slavery to her
audience, Jacobs, on the other hand, directly states the persistence of the
past. Claiming that "it has been painful to me, to recall the dreary years I
passed in bondage I would gladly forget them if I could," Jacobs expresses that
as much as she wishes to forget her painful past, she simply cannot (183). Written
in the first person, Incidents in The
Life of a Slave Girl, gives only one girl's perspective of the lasting
trauma of slavery. Alternatively, Beloved
incorporates elements of the supernatural to embody the universal suffering
of slavery. While Jacobs' message is easier to grasp, she falls short of
Morrison in terms of the scope of the trauma. In Chapter 22 of Morrison's
novel, Beloved recounts "crouching" below deck on a slave boat from Africa
where "the bread was sea-colored" (248). However, this is chronologically
incorrect, for Sethe's mother experienced the Middle Passage, not Beloved.
These fragmented memories, which Morrison rhetorically unveils to the audience
with fragmented sentences lacking periods, suggest that Beloved voices the
miseries of all slaves, including those beyond her immediate family. Slavery's
painful and enduring legacy lingers with those who have attained freedom due to
its oppressive and cruel nature, preventing these women from moving on with
their lives.
While former slaves needed to
forget about their tragic lives in slavery, just as Sethe had to forget about
Beloved to keep on living, there is still value in learning about the past.
America cannot erase the institution of slavery from its textbooks and should
not downplay its horrors. Our nation, instead, needs to embrace the cruelties
man once committed to avoid repeating the past. Attempts to revisit history with
monuments, such as the names of schools, buildings, or highways, however, can
be controversial. With the current push against Confederate monuments and the
recent clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, America struggles with how to
properly acknowledge the past without glorifying its darkest chapters. However,
the issue at hand is much larger than the physical statues. The controversy
serves as a microcosm for the larger social issue of racism, which still exists
today, even though slavery was abolished 152 years ago.