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This past weekend the Curated Vibes Group was invited to attend Daze Summit Spring Break 2017. No not girls gone wild and raging undergraduates binge drinking. But a 7 day stretch filled with panels, business expos and performances in various locations touching Brooklyn and Midtown Manhattan.
Daze Summit was created by Scott Morris as an effort to not only showcase music artist but to also raise funds to provide scholarships for high school students who would like to attend college.
By partnering with The Future Project, Daze Music Summit along with the Deans List Tour was able to provide funds to selected students who showed exemplary leadership and academic skills throughout the year to their teachers, peers and faculty members.
It was amazing to be surrounding by melanin within the media industry sharing insight and experiences that not only inspire but inform attendees. Here are some of our key takes away to share:
Art of Networking - Curated by Multi Artistry Entertainment
Discussion Highlights:
"It's not about networking, it's about building relationships"
Have a goal when attending networking events - focus on quality over quantity when connecting with others
Networking can oftentimes be difficult but if done successfully, those people are signed up for your journey
Embrace the connections that you make, you never know where they will take you !
Be persistent and know your value
Key Takeaways:
Don't ever doubt that you are not qualified to be in a room with powerful people or that you are too young or inexperienced to mingle and hold a discussion with someone you aspire to be
Be prepared before you even get there
Always keep in touch, even if they cannot be of service to you now.
Can't bring everyone with you, you need to know what their goal is for attending the event and what is your goal s and that the two connect or else someone has to stay behind
Do It For the Culture - Curated by
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Discussion Highlights:
Hip Hop has shaped social media
Has hip hop helped or hurt social media and vice versa?
Rapid change and release of music, changes the hip hop standard and has become more business forward, than producing quality art.
Turnover of music is about 3 months and on to the next one
Get it? Jay-Z & Swizz song? Yes we are corny and proud
Using the ways of the hip hop culture to educate children , think of it as Hip Hop nation's Principal
Key Takeaways:
Respect the history of hip hop and its origins and use it as a learning tool for new emerging artists and regarding the culture
- Social media has helped hip hop engagement as well as hip hop has boosted social media greatly
Like A Boss - Curated by Asia Golden
Discussion Highlights:
Defining the definition of a girl boss and what it means individually
How can you be a boss & maintain a romantic relationship?
3 words to tell someone starting off and/or words that hone true to your hustle
Key Takeaways:
Three Words:
I am A Savage
Energy, Endurance, Consistency
Dependable , Passion, Driven
Knowing how to keep your friend group separate from a core support group. Needing people in your life that are going to understand that we aren't going to be able to shoot the shit all day but if we need to vent or if we need someone to assist with a specific skill to make sure you have those key people within your network.
The possibility of love and profession are possible, as women we do not need to sacrifice one of the two but it is a matter of not settling and finding a partner who is compatible and supports either emotionally, creatively or both
As soon as we think of females doing what men have been doing for years, which is being a boss, we are quick to label them as bitch instead of a boss or a respected hustler
- The biggest takeaway and similar language amongst the six panelist is the feeling of connection and support amongst other females. It isn't competition it's community.
"Hear My Voice" - Curated by: Who Did You Meet?
Discussion Highlights:
The ins & outs of developing a successful podcast
Pros and Cons of independent vs a network
What goes into being a good host, co-host and having guests
Key Takeaways:
It's about what people want to hear and what you are talking about. Keeping it genuine.
Podcasts are becoming a saturated market, especially since this is an outlet for the underdogs to have a platform be able to reach the masses. However, if everyone is producing the same material why should a listener give you 45-60 minutes of my time?
Energy Attracts Energy, you will find your tribe, you will find your listeners
Develop and perfect your thirty Second Elevator Pitch
"My Writing My Website" - Curated by: Who Did You Meet?
Discussion Highlights:
How to stay relevant and up to date with the latest news
Make sure your source of information is correct
Follow the publicists and marketing for the field you are writing about and they will reach out to you to release information
Be consistent and organized
It is important to put a face to the brand and network , not just sit behind the screen.
When getting started, sometimes, you have to invest to be at the best event, to get the worthy perspective.
Key Takeaways:
Be Persistent and Tenacious when trying to make a connection. Be strategic email reach out, slide in DM's (professionally! No BM's) Respond 24-48 hours
Important to Market Yourself, Search hashtags, Use hashtags, Advertise, Publicity Opportunities
Dont Claim Negativity - Whose to say you are not qualified? Never put negative thoughts in your head, who is to say you're not disciplined? You teach yourself all the qualities you need to stay focused and driven
Reach out to the right person and perfect your pitch to the point that they can't say no
Although we were unable to attend all of the events or the panels, we still enjoyed the energy around us and overall the mission of the Summit. If you have the chance and opportunity to attend their events or at least donate. Donations and proceed go to assisting a High School Student with dreams of going to college, but does not have the funds to permit it.

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Paris 2013 Maison & Objet Show
I could visit Paris a hundred times, and always have a completely different experience. My second trip to France this year was to attend the annual Maison & Objet Show. Gathering inspiration on upcoming textiles trends and furniture designs, I scurried across the eight gigantic showrooms.
Luckily, the company covered basic expenses and I stayed at the Best Western on the Rue De L`Arc De Triomphe. A five-minute walk to the Champs-Elysees, I had a gracious amount of time to wander the city during my stay (five days, six nights). Nibbling on croissants, museum hunting, and windowing shopping on Avenue Montaigne, were among the few things I did each morning.


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Here are a few updates on our slow decorating:
Last night we added this to the wall above the bed. I got it on etsy for half the price of the last R. I think it works well with our bedding.
We also hung this by the back door as a "landing zone" for keys, wallets, sunglasses, and bills. It's the perfect size and really helps keep the kitchen counter clear. It's from Pottery Barn and I've been eyeing it for years. They finally went on sale last week and I snatched it up.
I also made a Marshall's run to try and fill in some spaces- and i think these turned out well. I used some vases I already had and filled them with fairly cheap balls from Pier One.
Finally, I got new foam for the 2 couch cushions. Anyone who has ever sat on that couch knows that the cushions were terrible. They dumped you into the middle of the couch - which meant it was really hard to sit with 2 people...and to take a nap.
You can see how high the cushions sit on the couch. It really makes the couch look much better. The downside - $147 PER CUSHION!! Crazy!!
{Oh, and the wall behind the couch is where the big new (to us!) mirror will go.}
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Homeowners who prefer not leaving their home unoccupied during stretches of time away seek individuals willing to live in their home in exchange for free room and board. House sitters are expected to be responsible and do whatever tasks are requested to maintain the home. Typical tasks might include minor cleaning and watering plants.
A live-in pet sitter is a house sitter with the extra duty of taking care of the family pets while the owners are away. Duties might include dog walking, changing the litter box, feeding and playing with pets. House and pet sitting opportunities are available on sites such as House Sitters America.
Becoming a nanny is another way to live rent-free in a home. Nannies are responsible for child care duties, and interested individuals can seek positions within the United States or abroad.
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. . . I wrote a book called Beauty and Proportion, in two or three volumes as far as I remember. You know how many there were, O Lord. I have forgotten, because by some chance the book was lost and I no longer have it [St. Augustine, Confessions, iv. xiii (R. S. Pine-Coffin, trans. (New York: Viking Penguin, 1961), p. 83].
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I've been asked to write a blog post on my self-publishing journey, and, more importantly, on my decision to self-publish, why I chose to get out there in the wild wild publishing world on my own. I've written a bunch of posts on publishing before, like about self-publishing platforms (link), how donations make me more money than sales (link), how much it cost me to self-publish (link), and close to 20 posts more. They are all here (link). But I haven't really written in a single post as to why I have plunged deep into this scary thing called self-publishing. I'll attempt to explain.
I'm not very good at math. This is, like, funny and sad at the same time. And right now you're wondering, what the hell does this have to do anything with self-publishing? I'll explain. When I started out writing my first trilogy, I was all excited about it, and I was bravely telling everyone that of course it's not very good because it's my first one, but secretly having these dreams of becoming an instant best-seller (don't tell anyone I told you). The reality was very different. No, it didn't suck like I thought, people loved it and read it, are still reading it, in fact, but it also didn't become an overnight success, because that is a myth, there are usually years and years of work behind those, and I hardly have 2 years of writing full time under my belt. Anyway. Then, while still writing my trilogy, I was approached by three agents who all in the end turned me down. Now, the math part comes in. While in the middle of all this, I read many articles on traditional publishing and self-publishing, and money writers make, and how to price your books if you want to sell them well if you are publishing yourself and all that jazz. For example, Hugh Howey writers excellent posts on data, especially this latest one (link). Now, sadly, I'm not very good at this stuff. I mean, I read it, but it's hard for me to fully understand. So, instead of spending my time on trying to understand what I don't get (I mean, I do know that 2 + 2 = 4), I wanted to spend my time doing what I love doing and what I feel comfortable with, meaning, write. And the self-publishing journey offered me just that, this ability to simply write and not worry about choosing. Weird logic, eh? I know you're scratching your head now. I will explain further why.
I'm not very good at debates. There are these debates going on among writers about what should one do. The publishing industry is changing, everything is changing, oh, what should we do, what should we do? There are blog posts and forums and events and get togethers and writing groups and speakers presenting and stuff, and I'd rather sit at home and write. I know, such a hermit, it's terrible, but seriously, I don't have enough knowledge to have an informed opinion on any of this. I figure, with years of writing I will accumulate the knowledge and then I will have something to share, but not right now. Right now I need to learn how to write better, and that is only possible if I write a lot, every day. So. Instead of spending time to decide what to do, and since I would have to spend additional time trying to break through to traditional publishers, that is IF i decided to go that route, I chose to simply write. I don't go anywhere, well, hardly, only to the post office to ship my books. I try to avoid parties and any kinds of get togethers or debates, only coming out very rarely. In a way, this indecision sort of decided for me. I chose to write, simply write without doing anything else, and the only way to accomplish that was to self-publish. Yes, I know, those of you who are traditionally published, or have friends who are, are rolling your eyes now. It's like, what, is she nuts? Self-publishing takes so much time! Isn't it the opposite? Isn't the idea that traditional publishers do exactly that, take care of the publishing business and give you time to write? Yes. Of course. But you have to be noticed first, to be traditionally published, or get lucky. I happen to have no time right now to break through, and so I chose the other route, which, by the way, does that take all that much time.
I'm not very good at waiting. This is one of those things that I didn't understand until I had to start communicating with the agents. It took them weeks to get back to me, in one case 2 months. AND! People told me, that was faster than they have experienced! Wow. I mean, I can write a 1st draft of a novel in 6 weeks, and I'm thinking I'm slow, I need to speed up, to get to 4 weeks, and even 2 weeks eventually. I mean, the story is cooking in my head and I have to get it out while it's hot. Waiting so long for people to get back to me? And what about publishing times, this whole talk about it taking 1 to 2 years for the books to make it to the shelves? Forget it. I want to write as much as I can as fast as I can, and learn, get my books out, see people's reactions, learn, and move on. Yes, some people tell me I should have researched things better, like publishing a trilogy as three books at once and not spacing them out, or taking longer time to edit, or whatever. But it doesn't matter if my first books are perfect or not, I will write more, and those new ones will be better, and better, and better. It's only by writing a lot that I will master the craft. I don't want to be blocked. I don't want to wait for months for feedback from an editor and then doing changes on a story that is already stale to me. I want to move on. Since I started writing about 2 years ago, it was like somebody opened up a faucet in my brain, I have like 8 more novel ideas, and they all want out. I can barely type fast enough. And the only way for me to push out this many books this fast is to self-publish.
I'm very good at dreaming. That's all I love to do, sit and daydream, and write down what gets in my head, or read, and marvel at somebody else's story. I also love dreaming with other people, like, I love interacting with my readers, love hearing their feedback while I write, and that is not for everyone. I love the connection, I strive on it. For me to wait for a year to hear what people thought of my book would kill the buzz. The buzz is, I can bang out a 1st draft in a little over 1 month, post it on my site, and immediately get feedback, so that within 1 week I will have enough, and I can apply it in my 2nd draft, and so on. I will stop here, otherwise this post will grow into this 10 page long monster. My main motivation to self-publish is the story. If my story is good, it will reach people it needs to reach. If my story is not good, well, I need to write more to get better. How can I do it right now, with the resources and time that I have? Self-publish. I can keep dreaming up stories, keep writing them, keep sending them out into the world, because it's what I want to do, money aside, worries about people reading or not reading my stuff aside, is to be able to dream every day. I love it. Ive done it since I was little, and if I can somehow figure out a way to survive while having enough for rent and food, that's all I want to do, keep dreaming up stories.


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Mangoes, mangoes, mangoes. Eat em for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. Bath in mangoes. Why? Because in Miami, mango season is here. They are so abundant, you can get 'em for free.
Farms, businesses and individuals are taking advantage of the constant flow of these sweet and fleshy fruits, with many roadside vendors popping up and selling them for a buck apiece. But you can get em for free.
Before you head off and start plucking fruit off a tree, know that trespassing is illegal and even if you did not trespass, you could be charged with Florida Statues Title XLVI Chapter 812.014 (2)(c)13(e), or petit theft, in the process. And stealing 2,000 or more pieces of fruit from a citrus tree is considered grand theft. Be aware.
There is no law on the books the specifically addresses the issue of snatching fruit from a tree branch that hangs over your fence line, but in Florida stealing any fruit from agriculturally zoned land is a felony.
"If the branches are hanging over the fence, I would appreciate it if someone would ask me," says Lana Morris, 43, who sells mangoes from her trees for one dollar apiece near Galloway Road in Pinecrest. "When someone would come over and take them off the tree without asking
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then I would have a problem with it because the tree is on my property."
But you shouldn't have to take fruit from trees hanging over her fence, because directly across from her house are three mango trees chock full of fruit sitting along the side of the road beyond any noticeable property line.
Stray banana trees bearing fruit may be a bit harder to find but they are out there. To find a patch of fruit-bearing banana trees like the one in front of the The Falls Shopping Center security office is even harder.
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Below is a list of educational classes and/or workshops available in Massachusetts which can be used as your doula training. If you have decided to become certified, please read the details carefully to determine if they are necessary training for a doula program.
Doula Training in Boston, MA
Organization Name: Holistic Beginnings
Website: http://www.holisticbeginnings.net/
Email: email@example.com
Instructor: Laura DePasquale
Phone: 201-988-6625
Course and Workshop Details
This is a 3 day birth doula training workshop that is required for DONA certification. Included with the workshop are the following classes:
- Childbirth for doulas class is offered on March 31, 2017
- Training workshop is offered from April 1-2, 2017.
Costs and Fees
Birth doula training workshop including the childbirth for doulas class - $475.00
Registration Details
To register and pay online, click here.
Doula Training in Newton, MA
Website: www.bace-nmc.org
Email: email@example.com
Phone: 617-953-3606
Course and Workshop Details and Requirements
- 4 day, 26 hours total Birth doula training workshop (required for DONA certification)
Course and Workshop Topics
As part of your doula training, these courses will cover the following:
- List the benefits of having a doula's support
- Learn how to collaborate with the mother's medical team
- Engage in providing comfort through all stages of pregnancy and labor
- Determine how to build a positive, trusting relationship with the mother
- Breastfeeding overview
- Discuss the ethics and requirements for certification
- Read DONA approved literature
- Have basic understanding of pregnancy, labor, and birth
- Attend a 12 hour Introduction to Childbirth course
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A few of the women who've inspired me, in honour of Ada Lovelace Day.
Heather Champ
Even before I started blogging, I read Heather's blog. I did then, and still (to some extent) do, want to be her when I grow up. I've been inspired for many years by her design skills and photography, and couldn't help but be something of a dork when I finally met her in person at SXSWi 2007, and then again at the Yahoo Open Hack day.
Donna Smillie
Donna started off as my boss, but became a dear friend and mentor, and without her support and encouragement, I probably wouldn't be where I am today.
From writing data analysis programs in the 1970s she took a somewhat circuitous route on her way to RNIB, where she started the Web Accessibility Consultancy and created the See it Right standard for web accessibility, which has more than stood the test of time. See it Right remains a practical and achievable standard and has been used by many organisations across the UK and internationally to make the web better for people with disabilities. She cares deeply about the needs of people with disabilities, but has always had the ability to take the wider view and identify solutions that meet the needs of businesses too.
Bim Egan
Bim and I applied for the same job (that of Web Accessibility Consultant) and thanks to some forward thinking by my manager at the time, we both got it. She is a fantastic example of ability over disability. She has a wonderful way with words and I've learned a huge amount from her over the years.
I have no doubt that she will continue to rock the accessibility world and lead the See it Right standard on to greater heights.
Lynn Holdsworth
You probably haven't heard of Lynn, but her talent as a web developer, willingness to find a solution and determination to get the job done have been an inspiration to me. She is another fantastic example of ability over disability. I'm honestly not sure I could listen to JavaScript through a screen reader day after day after day.
Glenda Sims
Glenda is one of the most positive people I've ever met. Her enthusiasm is infectious, whatever the subject she happens to be talking about. I can't imagine anyone failing to be inspired and enthused after spending just a few minutes listening to her talk, especially about accessibility.
I've learned so much from these and many other women over the years. I could continue writing for much longer, but there's other things I have to do with my day.
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Interview | M. Night Shyamalan Talks Up the 'Tales from the Crypt' Reboot
When talking to M. Night Shyamalan yesterday, my attentions were split. On one hand I was there to learn more about his new kidnapping thriller Split – which had just premiered at AFI 2016 – but our entire conversation was about huge spoilers, and it would be rude to reveal them now, months before the film's premiere on January 20, 2017.
So I used the second half of my interview with the director of The Sixth Sense and The Visit to learn more about one of his most exciting projects, a reboot of the classic horror television series Tales from the Crypt, which will air on the TNT network in 2017. The original show, based on the classic and violent EC Comics series, was a darkly humorous series of morality plays, in which the wicked received ironic comeuppance every week. Many of the biggest celebrities in the world guest starred or guest directed episodes of the original Tales from the Crypt television series, and of course I wanted to know if that tradition would continue.
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What follows is the very conversational back and forth I had with M. Night Shyamalan about the future of the series, what his favorite Tales from the Crypt comic book story is, and what the original show means to him.
Insert the iconic Crypt Keeper cackle, and then let's go…
Crave: Another project I'm really excited about from you is Tales from the Crypt…
M. Night Shyamalan: Oh cool.
I grew up with Tales from the Crypt. The comics, the show and the other movie, and it's an interesting fit for you because we associate a lot of your work with a twist and Tales from the Crypt had a lot of twists. But the Tales from the Crypt twists were very moral.
It was ironic punishment.
Cautionary tales, or comeuppance.
Is that still an important factor for Tales from the Crypt?
Yeah. I mean for me, the Crypt Keeper is kind of a cataloguer of men's sins, and just loves it, and goes "I want you to do this. Come, so I can do this thing." I love that, the dark angel that has all these books of man's sins and tells you another one.
In some respects, as the executive producer who puts the show together, you are the Crypt Keeper. Has there been any thought about you literally being the Crypt Keeper and introducing the show?
[Laughs.] No, no, no. Not at all. What would you say, as I'm thinking about making it, what is the things that you would need to have in there?
For me, I think you do need a Crypt Keeper. I think you do need a host and preferably somewhat familiar to what we've seen before, but that's surface stuff. For me, it's the impish sense of humor. This ghoulish…
Yes, I agree.
…mean-spirited sense of humor. The HBO series was brilliant because they took these big celebrity cameos and it made it seem a little naughtier in some respects, like everyone's getting away with something. Everyone's playing. Everyone seems really eager to be there.
Yeah, yeah.
It wasn't a whole bunch of people stabbing at the dark. There was a sense of real strength, coming out with all guns firing, if that makes sense.
I think I understood the first part. I don't know why, it's a moment that had nothing to do with the Crypt Keeper came to mind. There's a cameo by that sweet kid, but he was in that Seth Rogen movie about the end of the world…
This is the End…?
Yeah. All I remember is the cameo where one of the actors like squeezed Rihanna's butt at a party, and I forgot that actor. You know who I'm talking about?
I know who you're talking about. It's weirdly inappropriate…
Weirdly inappropriate and not who he is. In real life he's actually sweet, kind of…
Michael Cera comes to mind…?
Yes! Michael Cera! Yeah, like that, so getting actors to come and do that on Tales from the Crypt, being absolutely naughty, and deliciously so.
That's something I would like to keep. What is Tales from the Crypt to you? What does it mean to you?
To me, I grew up in an immigrant Indian house so it was very forbidden. Even HBO at that time was like, that's not appropriate. You shouldn't be watching it. So we didn't have that. So I'd have to sneak over to my friend's house, sleep over there. I went over to Michael Popky's house to watch it.
How do you spell "Popky?" I want to get it right.
[Laughs.] I think it's "P-o-p-k-y."
Just checking. I want to give him credit for this.
It's in my phone somewhere. […] I haven't seen him in whatever, twenty years. But yeah, it represents forbidden-ness. But obviously you get that kind of forbidden-ness is so many shows now, from [checks]… yeah, Popky. "P-O-P-K-Y." But I do think that the thing that's solely Tales is this thing you're talking about, this thing. Because you can see it in the stuff I'm interested in right now, right? [Quoting the villain in Split] "Asian people's music helps digestion." You know, that dark kind of, "That was inappropriate!" Funny, scary, weird. That funny/scary mix.
I noticed that in Split. There's a mean streak in your films now. Is there something… are you okay…?
[Laughs.] I've always been like that. I've always been like that but I also have a very soft side, as you can see as well. Those two things I think work well together. One earns the other.
Do you have a lot of Tales from the Crypt ideas? Are you going to write them all, or are you just curating?
Curating. I would try to… well, I'll update them, hopefully.
So you're going to go back to the original well.
Oh yeah!
So you're not just going to do you're own thing.
No, no, no.
You're going back to the original stories.
These are the comics, yeah.
What's your favorite one from the comics that hasn't been done yet?
[Thinks.] There's a bunch. I have a folder of my favorites, like my twenty or thirty favorites. I'm trying to remember them. I mean they're so weird. There's one where there's a bewitching one, where an old lady bewitches and takes the wife, and the husband has to figure it out. He keeps the old lady in the closet but that's really his wife now. They've swapped, you know? And he can't kill this woman but she's now a beautiful woman.
That's weird.
Yeah. Fun stuff.
I get a lot of them confused because there was also Vault of Horror and stuff.
Oh yeah, those are all valid too.
Are those fair game for you?
They're fair game, yeah.
There's one really cool one, I can't remember which comic it was. It was a guy who goes to a motel and the motel owner was draining everyone of their blood and he was convinced it was a vampire, and the twist was, "I'm not a vampire. I'm a ghoul. I eat flesh and I hate the blood!"
It's the same basic thing to the audience but it's still a twist.
"You misunderstood."
That was it. "You just don't get it."
Yeah. The meanness, hopefully it's irreverent and okay with doing taboo stuff.
Is there a limit to what you can do because you're going to be on basic cable, as opposed to HBO?
Yes, definitely there will be a different line, I think. I don't know what that is yet but there will be a different line.
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After three decades of operation, financial troubles caused SeaWorld in Aurora, Ohio to close. The 2010 season was its final in operation; Six Flags Entertainment Corporation purchased the marine park from Anheuser-Busch in 2001.
The Aurora, Ohio park opened its doors in 1970, with the anticipated distinction of being the only marine park in the Midwest. However, while other SeaWorld locations - Orlando, San Antonio and San Diego - were open throughout the year, harsh northern winters meant the park could only fully operate from mid-May through mid-September. With dwindling attendance and the inability to match the success of other SeaWorld sites, the park was sold for $110 million.


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The End of a Golden State Era
When Thomas Coyne passed away in June of 2015 it was a serious and heartbreaking loss for those of us in the California wine industry. While Coyne's winery wasn't a household name, his generosity, commitment, and attention to detail were legendary among those of us in the trade. Thomas Coyne was a rare breed of man—the likes of which have become increasingly rare in this age of specialization. He was a self-starter, a self-motivator, a guy who could teach himself how to do anything and seemed to take even more pleasure in sharing that knowledge with others. Born in Pennsylvania back in 1940, he worked for many years as a chemical engineer while tinkering with home winemaking in his upstate New York basement. But it was in 1977 after moving his family to California that he met up with fellow enthusiast Kent Rosenblum at the Berkeley Ski Club. While sitting down with Coyne's daughter Anne Marie recently to talk about her father, she discussed the importance of that meeting: "They ended up striking up a friendship based on their mutual hobby and would taste each others home brews at the time." Coyne was now making wine in his Livermore garage rather than his New York basement and was happy to have a tasting partner. Ten years later he would leave the corporate world permanently. In 1988, he accepted his friend Kent's offer to join Rosenblum as the cellar master. One year later, he would launch his own wine label using Rosenblum's crush facilities in Alameda.
In 1994, Thomas moved his operation to the Chateau Bellevue estate in Livermore. By that point he had built up a strong customer base in the area and had developed relationships with local growers via his time at Rosenblum. "The local customers enjoyed visiting Château Bellevue, bringing a picnic, buying their wine, and enjoying the view," Anne Marie told me, "He welcomed anyone. Anyone who was interested in trying wine he was interested in talking to." Coyne's passion involved tracking down obscure varietals beyond those of which his local climate was able to support. "I don't think he felt that he could grow all the grapes he wanted to use in Livermore," Anne Marie continued. "The conditions weren't right for a number varietals growing in different parts of California. So he'd drive around to these little vineyards and search out new prospects. He never wanted to limit himself. If there was something else out there to be found he wanted to find it. Limiting himself to Livermore wasn't as interesting—and, remember, this is long before you could find mourvèdre on your typical restaurant menu."
Having left the business world to pursue his passion, the standard commercial routine never resonated with Thomas. "There was a 'craftsman's pride' to what he did," Anne Marie said. "He kept production steady, never going above 5,000 cases. He had no interest in growing too big because that might mean he would miss out on the little details." Coyne had spent years watching other California wineries market mediocre wines in fancy bottles with ornate, almost-gaudy labels. This was the antithesis of what he believed in. Coyne's mindset was to keep his operation hands-on and honest, never growing beyond the point where he couldn't ensure its quality. In 2006, he joined the board of the Rhone Rangers, a group of California winemakers who extolled the virtues of growing varietals like grenache, syrah, and mourvèdre here in the states. Rhone varietals would become a speciality of Coyne Vineyards.
After the unfortunate passing of Mr. Coyne last year his family found themselves with a surplus of back vintages that needed a good home, so his daughter Anne Marie reached out to K&L and put together a nice little tribute to her dad. Thomas Coyne, as you've probably deciphered from this article, was a guy who loved California, loved its wines, and more importantly loved making wine in California. In his wines you can taste the essence of an era—a golden time for winemaking in this Golden State. These are real, no frills, delicious California wines with character and sense of place, and the low prices we're offering are merely a fraction of what they originally sold for. It's only because of Anne Marie's respect for K&L that she offered these wines to us. It's completely out of our respect for her and her father's legacy that we promised to do these last few vintages justice—telling the story, spreading the word, and relating the spirit of Thomas Coyne's passion to the lucky customers who will bring these final bottles home.
Thomas Coyne's wines, however, are a dying breed in terms of their pure, unadulterated style and humble quality. The legacy he leaves behind is irreplaceable. "He was an incredible force of nature," Anne Marie told me. "After he passed my mother and I said to each other: you would need six guys to do the winemaking he did and you'd need another six guys to run the business. Guys like my father were from a different era. They took pride in doing everything themselves."
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After a while, you may need to give your e-cigarette a good clean to prep the atomiser tank ready for a new flavour or even to remove any inevitable gunk that has gradually built up over time. It's also very important to keep your battery as dry as possible at all times, so if you notice any drips then you should look to dry them straightaway.
In fact, cleaning your e-cigarette on a regular basis is essential to get the maximum flavour and longest life from your purchase.
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Disassemble your e-cigarette
The first step is to unscrew each section of your e-cigarette: atomiser tank, battery, mouthpiece and any other sections such as drip protector. Once you've got each section on its own, you can start to clean them individually.
Clean the atomiser tank
Use a lint free cloth or tissue to soak up any excess e-liquid that has built up over time. Avoid using a cheap paper towels because this is more likely to leave random threads and fibre particles behind, especially in the connection area.
Remove any leftover eliquid
A common complaint people have is that unvapourised juice tends to collect in the atomiser, which then needs to be placed at an angle and drained overnight. You can speed up this process by blowing through the hole where the atomiser and battery connect. This should clear any excess liquid from around the heating coil.
Clean the battery and reassemble
Use your cloth to clean both the inside and outside of the battery case, particularly any connection points. Make sure your battery is fully charged before reassembling the e-cigarette. Careful not to overfill with e-liquid and allow a few seconds for the e-liquid to soak into the wick before using.
Charging your e-cigarette
Before you can start using your new e-cigarette, you need to know how to charge it and how long to charge it for. Depending on the product the length of charge can range anywhere from 4–8 hours, but we always suggest to leave the e-cigarette to charge for however long the instructions tell you to. Failing to charge the e-cigarette fully may result in performance issues, and you won't be able to vape for as long.
Most modern e-cigarettes out there now come with a USB charger, which is great for portability. Simply plug in the charger to a USB port (computer or wall socket) and you're away!
Once fully charged, the battery life depends on factors such as how often you use your e cig and the type of battery itself. As a rough guide, small 400mAh batteries tend to last 4–6 hours, whereas larger 650mAh last for around 6–8 hours. You will gain an additional 1–2 hours battery life for each extra 200mAh or so.
A good tip is to buy a second battery so you can use your e-cigarette safe in the knowledge that when the battery runs out you have another one sitting at home ready to swap in.
Refilling your e-cigarette
Unscrew your drip tip from the atomiser tank and fill approximately 1.5ml of e liquid from the side. Be really careful not to pour the e liquid into the airflow tube you see in the middle. It might look like a tempting fit – but don't do it!
Replace the drip tip and tighten all the seals as tight as possible. You're really looking to avoid any mess or spillages at all times.
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Emmy is a photographer from the Central PA area, and her work is currently on display here at Cornerstone! From her artist statement: "Emmy is an outdoor photographer inspired by nature around the world and around the corner." We asked Emmy to tell us a little more about herself so we can appreciate her work all the more!
Tell us briefly about your background and how you first got interested and started in photography:
I grew up in Pennsylvania, and I've been drawing, painting and photographing since childhood, for as long as I can remember. Now I am a scientist doing biomedical research and teaching at the Penn State College of Medicine. So art and music serve as much-needed balance and stress relief.
Did you go to school to study photography or find your own way?
When I was a teen I took art classes in San Francisco. The head of the photography department used a Kodak Instamatic camera. His message – that art is not your equipment but your eye, your perceptions – has stuck with me ever since. My first good camera was a nearly bombproof all-manual Nikkormat with no light meter. I took it everywhere near and far, scaled ocean cliffs with it, weathered storms, climbed mountains, and took pictures of everyday activities. I did all of my own developing and printing as well. So I learned by lots of experimentation on my own and with the help of people who gave valuable feedback.
What drew you to wildlife and landscapes?
While in graduate school in Washington DC, I became involved with various river and land conservation efforts, and provided articles and photos for local and national non-profit organizations and publications. My intent has been to show the great variety and ever changing moods and beauty of nature and our surroundings, with the hope that others will agree with the desperate need to protect and preserve it. If people appear in my photos, it's usually to give perspective to our place within our surroundings.
Have you ever dabbled in other areas such as portraits or weddings?
No. But I've done photojournalistic articles about travels, expeditions, and community events in which I participated.
Do you have a favorite image in your portfolio?
Hard to say. My approach to taking pictures has changed over time and varies with circumstances and intent. For instance, color imaging and black and white imaging present very different ways of seeing. I have a collection of B&W images that are some of my favorites but are not on my website.
A photograph is a microsecond in time, but I try to capture enduring images — a serendipitous moment, a moody landscape, special light. I was a reluctant convert to a digital camera, and many of my favorite pictures were taken with film. To me, there is a certain inexplicable quality to film that cannot be matched by digital. I rarely use a tripod or artificial lighting, and I use PhotoShop sparingly, except for occasional fun with artistic effects or if making a graphic, such as CD cover art. While there are truly stunning photos using such manipulations, and I very much respect that art form, I usually tend to keep it simple.
If you could share one big piece of advice for photographers just getting started, what would it be?
Try a Kodak Instamatic. Seriously. Don't get too hung up on equipment. One of my favorite recent shots was taken with my phone while bicycling. Art/photography is anything you want it to be. Explore. Experiment. Test your perceptions and your eye. Ask for feedback. But mostly just have fun with it.
We want to thank Emmy for sharing her work and story with us, and so generously answering our questions. Please visit her site to see more of her wonderful work, and don't forget to stop in the shop here to see her prints in person – Emmy's work will be on display through May 31st.
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Only twelve humans have ever walked on the surface of another world. Astronaut, Dr. Edgar Mitchell was the sixth man to do so. He was a MOONWALKER and an experiencer of remote-healing and the secret organization that covers up the extraterrestrial presence engaging humanity.
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Gary Cahill withdraws from England squad to add to Roy Hodgson's woes
Roy Hodgson's preparations for England's World Cup qualifying double-header against San Marino and Montenegro suffered a further blow before his squad had begun their first training session when Gary Cahill withdrew with a knee injury this morning.
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October, and Breast Cancer Awareness Month, is not over yet! Better late than never, here is a campaign to benefit breast cancer research for a cure and promote good health for all of us as well as the beneficial relationships between humans and cats!
Actress and Breast Cancer Awareness Supporter Kate Walsh Joins Purina Cat Chow To Raise Funds for Susan G. Komen for the Cure® St.
Louis, Mo., August 24, 2010 — Purina® Cat Chow® continues its three-year commitment to breast cancer awareness by donating $200,000 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and launching the Cat Nap for the Cause campaign. This year, Purina Cat Chow is inviting consumers to visit http://www.Facebook.com/PurinaCatChow to become a fan and register to take a 20-minute cat nap for the cause. For every registered napper, Purina Cat Chow will make a $2 donation, up to $150,000, to Susan G. Komen for the Cure – this on top of Purina Cat Chow's 2010 donation of $200,000.
Cat lover, breast cancer awareness supporter and actress Kate Walsh has joined Purina Cat Chow in its campaign to raise funds and awareness.
"One of my favorite things to do is hang out with my cats Billy and Pablo…and I'm not kidding. I know many people share the same bond with their pets," said Walsh, star of the ABC hit show Private Practice. "As a cat lover and daughter of a courageous woman who has been a breast cancer survivor for more than 10 years, I'm thrilled to support a campaign that empowers cat lovers and breast cancer supporters to make a difference and raise funds simply by taking a cat nap this October."
Inspired by cancer survivors' stories of the important role that their cats played during their battle with cancer, Purina Cat Chow began a relationship with Susan G. Komen for the Cure® in 2008 to honor the unique bond between cat owners and their cats. Purina Cat Chow Brand Manager Rebecca Schulz says, "Purina Cat Chow is proud to support Susan G. Komen for the Cure and to honor the connection between cat owners and their cats."
Purina Cat Chow Cat Nap for the Cause Benefits Susan G. Komen for the Cure®
The Purina Cat Chow Cat Nap for the Cause campaign invites breast cancer awareness supporters nationwide to become a fan of http://www.Facebook.com/PurinaCatChow and register to take a 20-minute cat nap during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Purina Cat Chow will donate $2 for each registered "cat napper" up to $150,000.
All donations will go directly to Susan G. Komen for the Cure®. Walsh will take a Cat Nap for the Cause this October, and supporters can learn more about her participation at http://www.Facebook.com/PurinaCatChow. In addition, Walsh along with other celebrity supporters will donate personalized blankets, perfect for a cat nap, to raise awareness for the campaign. Consumers can register for a chance to win a celebrity Cat Nap for the Cause blanket at www.Facebook.com/PurinaCatChow.
Cats Role in Providing Support
From fighting a disease such as breast cancer to going through a stressful personal experience, cat owners can benefit from their relationship with their pet. According to Dr. Karen Sueda, Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Behaviorists, "Something as simple as curling up for a quick nap is a great way to get much needed rest and spend quality time with a faithful feline companion who will comfort and support you just by being there." In fact, a recent Purina Cat Chow national survey of breast cancer survivors with cats showed that more than 84 percent of respondents felt their cat had a calming effect during their battle with breast cancer and nearly seven out of 10 said their cats were a source of comfort when battling the disease. To further explore the relationship between cats and their owners, visit www.catchow.com.
Purina Cat Chow Packaging Turns Pink This October
The 2010 Purina Cat Chow Cat Nap for the Cause campaign culminates in October with limited-edition pink packaging at grocery, mass and pet retailers nationwide in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Products featuring pink packaging include Purina® Cat Chow® Complete Formula and Purina® Cat Chow® Indoor Formula, both available in 3.5 lb. and 16 lb. bags. The campaign will donate more than $200,000 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and encourages consumers to help add to the total donation by agreeing to participate in the Cat Nap for the Cause campaign and signing up to take a cat nap this October.
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Why Dating On Facebook Is Better Than Dating On Tinder?
Match Group MTCH Some significant concerns the company is going to have to address
PAPER A First Look at User Activity on Tinder
BAD Q2 2016 for Match Group?
The Match Group is only a collection of old and obsolete online dating sites: Match, Meetic, Chemistry, OkCupid, LoveScout24 (FriendScout24), OurTime, HowAboutWe, PlentyOfFish and many more and all of them are past their primes, reached operating ceiling and they are in decadence.
The Match Group is not going to innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry in the next years.
Law article suggests USA FTC goes for Match Group ?
USA FTC: No more automatic rebilling in USA for Online Dating sites?
Soon! No more automatic rebilling in USA for Online Dating sites? Sooner than expected?
Thanks to AshleyMadison scandal (AshleyMadison threatened to expose customers who disputed bills and not its hacking incident) all the Online Dating Industry will suffer an earthquake.
The Match Group overpaid for PlentyOfFish (It was insane, USD575 Million for PlentyOfFish that past its prime 2 years ago). The Match Group had been doing all wrong, acquiring rotten companies to show illusory success to its investors.
Now Match Group is selling USD400M in debt to refinance
Tinder is in war with other online dating application: Bumble backed by Badoo (powered by a Russian Mafia of hackers & spies). Also Facebook's Algorithm Changes Leave Dating Apps Frustrated By Reach Restrictions. (July 2016)
Facebook's Algorithm Changes Leave Dating Apps Frustrated By Reach Restrictions.
The key to long-lasting romance is STRICT PERSONALITY SIMILARITY and not "meet other people with similar interests".
The Online Dating Industry does not need a 10% improvement, a 50% improvement or a 100% improvement. It does need "a 100 times better improvement"


text: The dirt-cheap shares of Mosaic and Potash appear to be pricing in a deep worldwide recession. By Elizabeth Leary, Contributing Editor October 6, 2008 A recession may force consumers to drive less, shop less and buy cheaper items when they do shop, but it won't throw the world into utter starvation.You wouldn't know it to look at the prices on some agriculture stocks. After each surrendered 9% on October 6, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (symbol POT) and Mosaic Company (MOS), two leading fertilizer producers, are now 64% and 77% off their mid-June highs, respectively. Potash, at $86.91, is trading for four times estimated 2009 profits of $21.50 per share, while Mosaic, at $37.16, is going for just three times estimated profits for the fiscal year that ends May 2009. In case you miss the point, stocks with those kinds of price-earnings ratios are cheaper than dirt cheap. The fertilizer stocks seem to be feeling the worst of a broader selloff in materials stocks. The Vanguard Materials ETF is down 40% from its mid-May peak. If the market is truly an accurate discounting machine, then the future of the world looks awfully bleak. At the very least, the market is saying that the earnings estimates for Potash and Mosaic are in La La Land. "These stocks are pricing in a deep worldwide recession," says James Swanson, chief investment strategist of MFS Investment Management. Advertisement But some analysts think the selloff looks like the work of frantic hedge funds facing investor redemptions or liquidation. "Hedge funds are a big portion of the market now, and everyone's trying to raise cash," says Greenwich Consultants analyst Michael Judd. "Now hedge funds are being forced to sell what had been their winners," he says. Indeed, the stocks were high-fliers through the first half of the year. In the year leading up to their mid-June peaks, shares of Potash and Mosaic gained, respectively, 210% and 315%. Driving the companies' seemingly limitless profit growth has been growing wealth in emerging markets. That has led to growing demand for better and more-nutritious foods and that has caused potash prices to soar 300% over the past two years. Standard & Poor's analyst Richard O'Reilly says that, so far, the big picture for these companies hasn't changed: More people than ever need to be fed, and there's less arable space to raise all those crops. That means farmers need fertilizer to up production. "We're not going to be eating less next year and neither are the Chinese or the Indians," O'Reilly says. Bob Froehlich, chief strategist for DWS Investments, agrees that the stock prices seem disconnected from reality: "With these prices, investors are saying that fundamentals don't matter anymore." Advertisement Granted, it's plausible that profit estimates have become a bit overambitious. On October 1, Mosaic reported profits per share of $2.65 for the quarter that ended August 31 -- a 284% profit increase over that same quarter in 2007. Yet investors sold the stock off 40% that day because profits missed analyst expectations by 29 cents per share. It's also plausible that these dirt-cheap shares could still get cheaper. After all, as the credit crunch continues to play out, Wall Street is working through a giant de-leveraging process, and it's unclear how much more selling hedge funds and other investors may need to do. Plus, "emotional investors often don't know when to stop," Swanson says. But Potash and Mosaic could prove to be rewarding long-term investments if you're willing to sit tight should sellers continue to pound the shares. "These are the times when you actually make money," says Froehlich. "This is like another chance at joining the commodity boom."


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#3. Courtney Barnett: Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
Earlier this year Rolling Stone referred to Courtney Barnett as "Jerry Seinfeld with a fuzz pedal." It's an interesting way to describe the 28-year-old Melbourne rocker. At her most verbose, Barnett can take what some would consider myopic topics and spin captivating, amusing lyrics around them. And while her songs are much more than comedy routines about the mundane, she does have a sharp sense of humor than often shines through in her music. But even more impressive than her witty musings about trivialities is the way she can move you to tears through nothing but lyrical subtext.
On one end of her spectrum is the self-belittling mediocrity anthem "Pedestrian at Best," which boasts some of the most compellingly fresh ways to sing about the inner struggle of living with newfound fame. Barnett refers to her "internal monologue" as "saturated analog," and she bemoans "the rats are back inside my head," wanting to "wash (it) out with turpentine." She describes herself as "underworked and oversexed," and quips, "give me all your money and I'll make some origami." Trying to keep up with her quick tongue can make your head swim, but luckily the loping groove laid down by her electric guitar pulls you along comfortably.
Meanwhile, acoustic ballad "Depreston" tells a superficially mundane story about a couple looking to buy a home in the suburbs. Peel back the lyrics and peek in between the lines, however, and you'll find heart-wrenching undertones about mortality and insignificance. The title is a play on the town of Preston, where its story takes place, and the word "depression." Throughout the course of the song, Barnett's mind migrates from the realtor's sales pitch to thoughts of the previous tenants, a deceased elderly couple. The observational lyrics begin to suggest parallels between the old couple who lived out their days in the house, and the singer and her partner as they consider moving into the same home. Suddenly, what was supposed to be the next chapter in her life feels like it could become the closing scene. The last line, "if you've got a spare half a million / you could knock it down and start rebuilding," begins as an innocuous remark from the realtor. But as Barnett chews over those words, knocking down the house starts to feel like erasing the final memory of the elderly couple. By the time the song ends, signing the lease on a suburban home feels like signing one's soul away to terminable banality. The record fades to silence before its closing slide guitar solo finishes all that it has to say—yet another poignant parallel to the ephemeral future that the house in Preston represents.
Barnett is a master juggler, balancing silly observational lyrics with deeper meanings that are nuanced with melancholia and self-deprecation. Her lyrics are what make her so special, but her music is so good that it works even with the vocals stripped away. If you've watched the NFL at all this season, you've probably heard them playing the rock instrumental from "Pedestrian at Best." Her bass-drum-heavy style gives the records less of a bounce and more of a trudge, but somehow they never lose their momentum. This off-kilter brand of rock is the perfect tapestry for her one-of-a-kind lyrics, and it's part of what makes her music so universally accessible.


text: Registration for my summer class at SAIC opened Monday, and I've already heard from a few returning students that signed up. Yahooooooooooo! I'm so excited to be headed back to teach for a month. Can't wait to see everybody and can't wait to catch up with all my colleagues there. Here's a poster of what else is going on at SAIC in the Fiber and Material Studies Dept. this summer.....give it a click to read the course descriptions up close.


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Aaron Davelle Bascomb, 22
Aaron Bascomb, a 22-year-old black man, was shot and killed Friday, April 9, in the 100 block of East Hazel Street in Inglewood, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Ed Winter, spokesman for the coroner's office, said Bascomb was standing on a sidewalk about 11:17 p.m. when he was approached by two people and shot.
The victim was taken to a hospital in Lynwood where he died at 11:51 p.m., Winter said.
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The United States Releases a Climate Assessment/
After a month of filtering through climates science and assessments, I have found that the US has put out its own draft assessment (http://ncadac.globalchange.gov/). While some people are still debating whether climate change is real or not, if the scientists are biased or not, the US government has decided it is time to not only admit the climate science is good and compelling - but they concede in the first lines of the executive summary that climate change is driven by human activities. It is easy to read and sets out some important results that reveal the critical nature of the climate problem in terms we can all understand.
I have not read the entire report yet, but do plan to make my way through it. There is no topic more important to me that understanding climate science so that we can make educated decisions about how to adapt to the changes were are seeing right outside of our windows each day. We are witnessing heavier downpours, extended periods of unusually dry weather, and higher intensity storms.
In my own work I am witnessing thousands of year old trees suddenly dying from drought stress and species long known to inhabit our region (like Western Red Cedar) dying out and stressed throughout the entire Pacific Northwest region. We have more data on climate change than we did on weapons of mass destruction, and this threat is far more ominous. Why do we still have climate deniers?
There is clearly a lot of work to do to look at the climate projections and understand our vulnerabilities regionally. The thing many people are not understanding is that the world will continue to exist through climate change, it is our vulnerable human condition that becomes threatened… maybe not to extinction, but certainly to regional extirpations. Will there come a time when we have to list ourselves as endangered?
While it may be conceptually difficult to comprehend our own suicide, it is an order of magnitude more difficult for me to comprehend how armed with facts at the global, national and regional level, we still are not taking action to understand and mitigate the changes.
Join me as I give in and take on the information available. To those who think the problem is too big, or the costs to great, just imagine what they will be in 5 or 10 years? It's like waiting to buy bottled water at the amusement park when you could have brought a glass from home - the costs, the thirst, the effort is 1000X greater than when we have a little foresight and prepare.


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Much has been in the news lately about Rick Warren being slated to deliver next week's presidential inaugural invocation. As a result, interest in Pastor Warren's best selling book The Purpose Driven Life is no doubt on the rise among Christians who may have not read the book when it debuted in 2002.
What is the Catholic view of this popular non-Catholic book? I've found two vantage points: one advising Catholics to avoid it altogether; the other suggesting that it can be advantageous provided there is Catholic pastoral guidance.
Don't Go There
Catholic Answers' This Rock magazine published a critique titled "Wrong Turn: The Purpose-Driven Life Gives Bad Directions" in its December 2005 issue. Written by Ronald J. Rychlak and Kyle Duncan, the article explains:
Warren is no anti-Catholic bigot. He accepts that Catholics are true believers, and he cites monks and nuns (including Mother Teresa) as Christian examples. …Nevertheless, Catholics should be aware that there are dangers on the Purpose-Driven road.
The article then points out several problems with The Purpose-Driven Life's content, including Warren's view of scripture, salvation, liturgy, sacraments and ecclesiology. The critique concludes with this advice to Catholics under the subhead "Don't Go There":
Whatever helpful personal encouragement Warren's teaching might offer, the use of his books in any catechetical setting is a serious mistake. They are misleading and potentially profoundly confusing to poorly catechized Catholics. Moreover, while seeming to be ecumenical in approach, they actually undermine true ecumenism because they gloss over serious theological problems. …Catholics who follow the Purpose-Driven template are driving blind, and the road they follow is more likely to lead away from the Church than to a deeper practice of their faith.
More Agreement Than Disagreement
A second perspective on Warren's book comes from Father Joseph M. Champlin, who penned a book called A Catholic Perspective on The Purpose Driven Life, published in 2006. The opening chapter begins:
Roman Catholic teaching and practice coincide with some parts of Pastor Rick Warren's message in his book The Purpose Driven Life and clash with other points. There is, however, more agreement than disagreement. (p. 13)
Throughout the book, Father Champlin compares and contrasts the points in Warren's book and Catholic teaching, to "affirm and enrich parts where the two seemingly coincide" and "explain and clarify points where the two apparently clash" (p. 13).
Having read Warren's book when I was still a Protestant, I am finding Father Champlin's book quite helpful (I'm about half way through its 106 pages). I think he does a fine job guiding Catholics who have read or are reading Warren's book. In his Introduction, he explains that his book is ideally read alongside Warren's:
For the most effective use of this study guide, I would suggest following Pastor Warren's day-to-day approach for a particular section, then, after completing that portion, read the corresponding chapter in my book.
Although I'm not reading it in his recommended manner, I am finding it to be a worthwhile resource. Father Champlin is addressing the problem identified by the writers of the This Rock article: that poorly catechized Catholics could be confused and led astray by Warren's book.
Catholic Writers May Be Better for You
If you are Catholic and are considering reading Rick Warren's The Purpose-Driven Life, do so with caution and certainly with guidance. Father Champlin's A Catholic Perspective on The Purpose-Driven Life is a highly recommended companion to Warren's work.
However, instead of reading The Purpose-Driven Life, you may want to consider reading similar spiritual-growth books penned by Catholics. Matthew Kelly is one such writer, and you may find his books such as Perpetual Motivation, The Rhythm of Life, Rediscovering Catholicism, or Perfectly Yourself more enriching than any Protestant book.
Opportunity for Dialogue
Knowing how popular Rick Warren's The Purpose-Driven Life has been over the past several years, I think that Catholics need to make themselves aware of the book's messages in order to effectively dialogue with non-Catholic Christians.
Father Champlin's work offers meaningful summaries of Warren's points, and it provides appropriate Catholic insight, including references to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, scripture and noteworthy Catholic writers.
So, even if you never plan to read Warren's book, Champlin's A Catholic Perspective would be one way to equip yourself to charitably dialogue with those who have read The Purpose-Driven Life — and help show them that God's plan for us all involves being part of the one, holy, Catholic and apostolic church that Jesus established.


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How To Get The Sex Ed You Deserve Part One: The Problem
For most of us, sexuality is something we thought about a lot as teenagers—whether we were deciding whether or not to have sex for the first time, questioning our sexual orientation or gender identity or the things that turned us on, dealing with peer or cultural pressures to act a certain way sexually, or wondering what all the fuss was about. If we were lucky, we weren't left alone to untangle the confusing web of desires, identities and experiences that make up our sexual selves. Maybe we had friends or family who were knowledgeable and willing to talk about sexuality with us. Maybe we had access to books or websites or phone lines that provided us with accurate and non-judgemental info. And maybe—just maybe—we had decent high school sex ed.
The sex education I got in high school—for a two-week block of my physical education class in Grade 9—was far from perfect. Some of the information we were given was outdated, like the advice to use spermicide, which is no longer as highly recommended as they used to be. Our discussion of consent mostly focused on how to say no to sex—as if none of us would want to say yes. We never talked about the existence of queer or trans* individuals, and I remember the teacher getting flustered when I asked about dental dams.
But I was actually pretty lucky. That class taught me how to put a condom on a banana (the teacher searched several different stores to find non-lubricated condoms, so we wouldn't be grossed out from getting lube all over our hands). I learned where the nearest abortion clinic was, and where I could buy the emergency contraceptive pill. The teacher talked about what an orgasm was and assured us that it was OK to masturbate, and she did answer my question about dams in the end.
It's no wonder the information I received in my sex ed class was a bit outdated. The sexual education curriculum in Ontario, where I went to high school, hasn't been updated since the 1990's. An updated curriculum, written in 2010, hasn't been implemented because a small but vocal group of parents object to the inclusion of topics like gay and lesbian parents in a Grade 3 class on diverse families, and an acknowledgement that masturbation can be a healthy way to explore your sexuality in a Grade 6 class on puberty.
But at least I didn't go to a school that taught abstinence-only sex ed. The fact that my teacher was even allowed to talk about subjects like contraception and abortion means my sex ed class was more comprehensive than the sex ed in most classrooms in the United States. Since 1996, 1.5 billion dollars have been given to school boards by the US government for abstinence-only sex education. Much of this funding is provided on the condition that schools do not discuss contraception or sexual activity outside marriage in a positive way. These programs have not been shown to decrease sexual activity, but they have been shown to lower the likelihood of teens using barriers/contraceptives when they do engage in sexual activity.
Actually, I was very lucky to receive formal sex ed at all. Since 2005, Quebec has not mandated any dedicated sex ed unit, expecting discussions of sexuality to be integrated into other classes. Not surprisingly, this means that the extent to which sex is discussed, and the topics that are covered, vary widely across the province. Some organizations, like Head and Hands in NDG, and SACOMSS (that's us!), run workshops on sexual health topics in high schools to try to pick up some of the slack, but how many students these programs reach is dependent on how many schools are willing to let these organizations come in and speak to their students.
Personally, I think that young people have the right to accurate, comprehensive, and non-judgemental sexual health information, and while schools aren't the only place they can get that information, they're a pretty crucial one. Most high school aged folks are in school, and schools are places where—ideally—we should be provided with information on topics that are relevant to our lives, as well as assisted in developing critical thinking skills to decide how we feel and what we believe about this information. It's a pretty big deal that schools aren't doing that with sex ed.
So what to do? Check out part two of this series, on how to take your sexual education into your own hands (no pun intended) and empower other people to do so.


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Ellen June 1 2012 Recap
Who knew Steve Harvey had legs like that? If you didn't see today's episode of Ellen, you missed some great moments with the comedian, actor, TV star, and Think Like A Man author. Plus, he's the man whose songs have been topping the charts for nearly a decade. Jason Mraz was back to sing his newest hit for Ellen DeGeneres and her audience. Check out these links for the full scoop on Ellen June 1 2012.


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