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"I've been using Animoto's video tools for months to quickly and easily create highly shareable video content from our recipes," says Elise. "People like to see things move! And even if we only have still photos we can use Animoto's service to build attractive, animated slideshows. It takes only 10 minutes." In anticipation of the launch square Marketing Videos, Elise was interested in testing how the square format could help her videos become even more shareworthy.
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Thirteen-time major champion Serena Williams has partnered with OPI to sell her own line of nail polish, called the Glam Slam Collection, set to debut in January, 2011.
The Serena Williams Glam Slam collection will become available to the public during the Australian Open in January, with plans to debut two new shades of nail polish during each subsequent Grand Slam event during 2011.
Simply Smashing, a bold gold nail color, along with Black Shatter, a top coat with a crackle effect or "shatter" pattern, will go on sale in January.
Williams, who has been studying to become a nail technician, has expressed interest expanding her business ventures by launching her own chain of nail salons.
WTA CEO Stacy Allaster Highlights Growth in Year-End Address
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Stacey Allaster has completed her first full year as head of the WTA, after replacing Larry Scott in July, 2009. Her strategies for growth and sustainability of the WTA are far-reaching and ambitious. In this global economic downturn, women's tennis has shown significant financial growth via sponsorships, as well as increases in global TV viewership, and event attendance in 2010. Allaster's priorities for 2011 include the circuit structure (Roadmap), nurturing sponsors, digital growth (social media, web, live streaming), marketing efforts in China, as well as the season-ending championships in Istanbul.
Weathering the Economic Storm
During her speech, Stacey Allaster seemed confident that the WTA has been able to weather the challenging economic storm quite well. In 2010, premier events showed a "slight" growth in attendance. Seven tournaments secured new title sponsors, with just one tournament losing its title sponsor.
Roadmap: Is it Working?
The circuit structure (Roadmap) has been a front-burner issue for Allaster. The WTA launched the Roadmap in 2009 in an effort to shorten the season, offer better geographical flow, and minimize injuries. A new tournament in Doha has been added for 2011 to follow Dubai, so players can make an easier transition (i.e., less wear and tear from travel). Allaster has also made it a priority to monitor the overall health and well-being of players, giving them some breaks in between tournaments. Is the Roadmap working? "Absolutely," said Allaster. "Compared to where we were in 2008, withdrawals are down 35%, and our top 10 players are committing at 84% to our top events."
Changes to the Calendar
Four new tournaments have been added to the WTA's 2011 Calendar:
1. Doha: Qatar Ladies Open (Premier) 2/21/2011
2. Belgium: Brussels Ladies Open (Premier) 5/16/2011
3. Azerbaijan: Baku Cup (International) 7/18/2011
4. Maryland: Troy Park Women's Tennis Championships (International) 7/25/2011
WTA Brand: Simpler is Better
The WTA recently unveiled its new logo. In her speech, Allaster went into detail about how they developed the new logo, and reviewed the history of name changes to the WTA since 1973. She and her team ultimately decided to go back to the organization's roots: The Women's Tennis Association. "That would be our hero brand", said Allaster. "Then we would create a sub-portfolio of brands: WTA Tour, WTA Championships, WTA news, rankings, scores, WTA Premier event. We wanted to keep our communication simple, and also create a model for commercialization so we could have revenue growth." Allaster also stressed the need to make the logo smaller to be effective in mobile communication, television graphics, and social media.
Sponsorships Old and New
The WTA lost Sony Ericcson as their title sponsor, but was able to re-negotiate a new partnership, making Sony Ericsson its Lead Global Partner for 2011 and 2012. This new partnership will allow the WTA to pursue new marketing programs that specifically target the young, up-and-coming players in the 30 to 50 ranking category.
In 2010, the WTA secured three new sponsors, with two more in the works. "We had not secured a new sponsor in six years," said Allaster. "I think that had everything to do with the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. Because when you have such a dominant brand [Sony Ericsson], it is much harder to attract other brands to want to partner." Allaster noted that this new commercial model has enabled the WTA to generate more revenue than they had with Sony Ericsson as their title sponsor.
Oriflame, a Swedish-based cosmetics company, will have a presence at a majority of the European tournaments. Peak, a Chinese-based apparel company that also works with NBA China, is part of the WTA's strategic effort to grow tennis and promote the WTA brand in China. In 2011, Peak will launch a WTA clothing line in China in 6,000 retail outlets.
The WTA's third sponsor will be announced in the next few weeks.
Digital Endeavors: Website, Social Media
WTATour.com (formerly sonyericssonwtatour.com) has seen a 40% increase in activity in 2010. Digital innovations include a new mobile website, as well as a Spanish website. Allaster's plan for the website is to eventually change the URL from WTATour.com to WTA.com, but that domain name is currently owned by someone else.
Social Media has been a tremendous area for growth. The WTA has seen an increase of 1.5 million fans via social networks this year, bringing the total to five million fans connected with players and the WTA.
TV and Live Streaming
There are complications in this area, as well as room for growth. Allaster says digital needs to strike a balance with broadcast rights, but is looking forward to exploring the possibilities. The WTA currently shares the TennisTV.com portal with the ATP for live tournament streaming. "As we look to our new TV strategy, it's definitely one of the components that we're looking in. Production values, optimizing our exposure, and reaching more fans internationally." Production costs are also much less with live streaming. In addition, Allaster believes that the streamed matches don't necessarily need to have the same production quality as television broadcasts.
TV Viewership
Allaster reported a 15% increase in global TV coverage of women's tennis. The reason, said Allaster: "I think it's because of that depth of athlete that we've been talking about all year. Eight players from different nations in the top 10. That has created new stars in global markets, and created more demand for WTA."
WTA Working More Closely With ATP
In 2011, 20 of the WTA events will be combined with the ATP Tour, and six of the ATP Masters Series will be combined with the WTA's top, premier events. Having a combined championships isn't so simple. With the men's tour ending in November, the idea of bringing the two season-ending championship events from both Tours together would be impossible. "If they can perhaps achieve their goals to shorten the calendar, that will bring us closer to that potential reality," said Allaster.
International Growth Strategy: China and Its Youth
The WTA has targeted Asia-Pacific (China specifically) as a strategic market with tremendous potential for growth. One of the four Premier Mandatory events (China Open) was placed there specifically with the intention of growing tennis in China. The WTA will be working closely with the Chinese Tennis Association to educate Chinese youth about tennis. "We need to get racquets in their hands and show them our sport is fun through tennis festivals throughout the country," said Allaster. That's created an opportunity for our brand, and also assets for our partners, like Peak." Li Na, China's No. 1 player and first player from China to crack the top 10, has also helped to expose women's tennis to a wider audience in her home country.
Starting next year, the WTA Championships will have a new home: Istanbul. The tournament will be located there through 2013, and will be known as "The People's Championships". Allaster commented, "Rather than it just being those corporate boxes courtside, let's bring the fans and people down. They get to do that at Wimbledon, and there's nothing more exciting that when we see that one section of the stadium with all of fans being totally into the event."
With strong prospects for growth in multiple areas, 2011 is shaping up to be an exciting year for the WTA.
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So here I am... All alone but yet I still try to see the best in things. I am going home (Christmas baby here I come). I can not tell anyone how excited this makes me, but yet there are still things that make me think otherwise. Oh what a tangled web we weave. So many things but so little time to accomplish them now. I did not expect to feel like this and feel the way that I do about someone. I cant express what leaving is going to do to me or him. ugghhh..... I just can't deal with this now. Maybe I will go to bed and see if anything changes. Two weeks apart sucks. I want so much out of life but I feel like I need to be home for something bigger and better. I guess we will see when I get there
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Sunday, April 12, 2009
Not really a post but just a thought..
Hummm... The tangled webs we weave. New roommates are hard to swallow. But even more when one person says one thing to you and another thing to another roommate. I really need to think on this more.
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Friday, April 3, 2009
Really I dont want to go out tonight.
So here I am sitting at home after a really late night or should I say morning.... And I really dont want to go out lol.... Just thought I would share with everyone.
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
Damit your not 21 anymore.
One thing that you have to learn when you get older is that you are not as young as you used to be. You have to own up and take responsibility for your actions. When you make a dumb ass move you better be ready to pay for it. Thank fully I got lucky. One thing that it has taught me tho is I am not 21 anymore. While i may like to pretend that I am, I must face reality and accept the fact that I am almost 30. Damn it scares me even to type it.
(Even though I am still trying to do this) you must learn from the mistakes and accept them. Don't dwell on what you should have done.
Let me get back to you and let you know how i have coped.....
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Almost all the students at Clarksfield Primary School in Oldham are of Pakistani Muslim heritage, and some parents are said to have ordered female teachers to cover their heads. One governor, whose sibling is a convicted terrorist, hosted "Islamic teaching sessions" at the school.
Trish O'Donnell has been the school's head teacher since 2006 and says the intimidation began in 2013. She has emailed the local council saying she had "very strong reasons to believe that… a 'Trojan Horse' agenda [is] being played out", The Sunday Times reported.
A senior national figure in counter-extremism told the paper there was a "significant problem" of Islamist infiltration in Oldham. "It is an absolute model of entryism," he added.
The head teachers' union, the NAHT, said it was "supporting a number of members in the Oldham area with a variety of apparent Trojan Horse issues".
A confidential report on Clarksfield by Oldham council this month, leaked to The Sunday Times, says Mrs O'Donnell claims to have had been subjected to a lasting campaign of "death threats", "threats to blow up her car" and "aggressive verbal abuse". One parent even physically attacked her, the report said.
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The Council report insisted there was no wider 'Trojan Horse'-style plot, but drew attention to the "extremely problematic" behaviour of former governor Nasim Ashraf and his wife, Hafizan Zaman, who tried to mobilise Muslim parents and admit trying to "remove" the head teacher.
Mr Ashraf's sister, Shasta Khan, is serving an eight-year sentence for her part in a plot to attack Jewish targets in Manchester. He is also linked to Tahir Alam, the leader of the Birmingham Trojan Horse plot exposed two years ago.
According to the council report, Mr Ashraf hosted "Islamic teaching sessions" on Clarksfield school premises and his wife "made remarks to Asian staff members that they should, as Muslim women, be wearing a veil and covering their heads".
The couple were not involved in violence or threats, but they organised petitions against the school leadership, opposed Hindu music being played in class and tried to stop "lewd and inappropriate activities" including sex education.
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"It's my duty to keep an eye on things," Mr Ashraf told The Sunday Times. "The school is still a failing school – we need to remove Mrs O'Donnell and replace her with a better head teacher."
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A Northumberland MP has called for Labour voters to unite as the party's leadership race heats up.
Leadership hopefuls Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith have being going head-to-head over the party's top job in recent weeks.
Mr Corbyn insists he could lead Labour to victory at the next general election and rejected claims of a party split if he remained the leader.
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And Wansbeck MP Ian Lavery has now called for the party's supporters to unite as the debates continue.
He said: "The policies from Jeremy and Owen are very similar, with the only difference being what should happen over Trident.
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Speaking in Newcastle on Monday, Mr Smith promised an industrial revolution that would revitalise British industry.
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HOUSTON – The last time the Heat faced the Rockets – the game that kick-started Miami's 13-game winning streak – the Houston was right at its average of 40 3-point attempt but made just nine, about six below its average.
The Rockets enter tonight's game on a streak of 11 consecutive games with double-digit 3-pointers, during which it is averaging 13.8 makes per game.
The Heat's mission tonight is to once again limit the Rockets' makes.
"We try to take away some of the easy ones they are used to getting but not necessarily taking away attempts," coach Erik Spoelstra said. "I thought we did a good job defending the 3-point line the last game. But that's not going to stop them from taking them. They may just go two steps further back or shoot them quicker in the possession.
"But rhythm open ones, there's a rhythm and flow to how they play, you have to try to disrupt that."
The Rockets continue to lead the league in 3-point attempts averaging 39.8 a game. Houston is obliterating several league 3-point shooting records including:
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"Everybody sees they're shooting 40 threes a game," Goran Dragic said. "That's going to be a big thing tonight. Every shot needs to be challenged."
The Rockets have four players among the top 11 in 3-point attempts, including James Harden, who has launched 517, second to Golden State's Steph Curry (529). And while Harden, neck-and-neck with OKC's Russell Westbrook for league MVP, had a triple double with 40 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in Miami last month, he took 30 shots and was just 4-of-15 on 3s.
"He makes so many plays, he's relentless, he's tireless but he has such a poise to his game," Spoelstra said. "You're not going to rattle him, you're not going to speed him up. You have to try to make it as tough on their game as much as possible."
One area that the Heat must do better at is keeping Harden off the free throw line. He had 13 attempts in the last meeting and he leads the league with 10.9 attempts per game.
"That's a tough thing to do," Dragic said. "I think that's going to be key for this game. He had a big game against us, but everybody else we stopped them. Hopefully we can do that tonight. But it's going to have to be a team effort."
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Anniversary of Cuyahoga fires igniting environmental movement
Forty-two years ago today a river in Cleveland burned – and sparked public outrage that became a national tipping point for environmental regulation. Today, the Cuyahoga River is much cleaner, but we're still paying the price for industrial pollution in Cleveland and elsewhere in the Great Lakes.
From the way the Cuyahoga River looks today, sparkling in the sunshine in the middle of downtown Cleveland, it's impossible to imagine it was once one of the most polluted waterways in the country. But locals over age 55 have vivid memories of the sludge and debris that once choked the river.
Wayne Bratton has worked on the Cuyahoga for 58-years. Bratton now gives tours about the river's infamous history.
"The river used to bubble like a cauldron," Bratton said. "It had a unique smell--it was an industrial smell, a lot of it was methane that was bubbling up off the bottom of the river."
Raw sewage floated on the surface as the river flowed past Cleveland's bustling steel mills and chemical plants. In the 1960s, Frank Samsel ran his shipping supply company from the banks of the Cuyahoga.
"We had one major paint company on the river which was Sherwin-Williams. They'd clean out their tanks," Samsel explained. "When they cleaned out the green tank, the river was green. When they cleaned out the red tank, the river was red or blue or yellow – pick a color you like."
Samsel said oil spills were also frequent and few bothered to clean them up. Over the years, that oil fueled multiple fires on the river. Bratton added, by the time of the 1969 Cuyahoga fire, the burning of the river was so common, local media didn't bother to cover it.
"Just another day on the river. It was no big deal, it was just a little fire, up out of the way, it didn't mean anything," Bratton said. "Except that it ignited the environmental movement."
Time Magazine picked up the story and catapulted the Cuyahoga fire into national news. In no time, the Cuyahoga became the symbol for U.S. water pollution. The Cuyahoga River burning was even satirized by singer Randy Newman.
A year after the fire, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was formed. In 1972 Congress passed the Clean Water Act. Federal lawsuits forced Cleveland's industrial polluters to clean up their discharges. And the city of Cleveland invested millions to modernize its sewage treatment plants. Frank Samsel became a contractor cleaning up oil from the Cuyahoga. He designed a 56-foot boat that could suck up flammable liquids and pick up debris, and he named it—"Putzfrau." That's German for cleaning lady.
"It did pretty much what we designed it do to do," Samsel said. "The boat was built to work for about 20-years; and it was out of work in about seven."
Samsel and his 8-man crews often worked sixteen hour-days, six days a week. He says it was filthy work.
"We wore very inexpensive rainwear," Samsel described. "And we'd just take a knife a cut ourselves out of the rainwear because it would be black."
More than forty years later, clean-up of the Cuyahoga River is considered a national success story. It's so much cleaner that rowing teams now share the ship channel with freighters. And about 20-miles south, between Cleveland and Akron, in the heavily-forested Cuyahoga Valley National Park, bald eagles and otters have returned to the river.
Overlooking a dam on the Cuyahoga in the national park, Kelvin Rogers watches herons fish in the shallows. He's witnessed the river's transformation firsthand. A recently-retired Ohio EPA scientist, Rogers coordinated restoration of the Cuyahoga for 20-years. He says when he started, the only fish you found here were a few carp.
"Many of those carp had deformities, like no eyes or missing some fins, so they were pretty nasty," Rogers said. "Nowadays this is considered a steelhead fishing spot by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources."
But Rogers says the work isn't done. Government agencies and environmental groups want to restore the Cuyahoga to its pre-industrial state. So problems that diminish the quality of fish habitat, drinking water, and recreation must be fixed. This dam is one of those trouble spots. It was built in 1827 to feed water to the Ohio and Erie Canal. Rogers says the dam keeps spawning fish from migrating, so the state must take it down.
"Once we get rid of the dam here and dam at Cuyahoga Falls--the Gorge Dam-- we're going to have pretty much of a free-flowing river for like the lower 60-miles of the Cuyahoga River, allowing fish to migrate all the way from Lake Erie into Cuyahoga Falls and back," Rogers explained.
Much of this work is getting a boost from federal funds. Over the last two years, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative has allocated 775-million dollars to local projects that improve habitat and address other critical issues, like new ways to safely dispose of millions of tons of polluted sediment dredged from shipping channels. But other problems remain – from old sewers that overflow during heavy rainfall to spreading algae blooms. Fixing them will take time and money and can only be tackled if the clean up of the Great Lakes remains a priority for the region.


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Hello again, humans! Good to see you all – except the ones I hate, in which case, less so. But even the worst among you can't bring me down now – no, because it's that magical time of year, that Christmas-in-June for gamers called E3 season! That's right, this past week was the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo in sunny Los Angeles, CA. Per usual, there was a veritable smorgasbord of gaming news, announcements, and conferences – and now you can find all my wicked thoughts on the E3 events right here! Aren't you lucky?! In Part 1, I'll focus on the conferences from the non-hardware-producing developers and publishers. Part 2 will feature the Big 3.
So the news kicked off with the EA press conference. Now, I'm not going to go blow-by-blow here – if you want that kind of in-depth coverage, well, you can easily watch all the press conferences at places like IGN or GameSpot. I'm just going to go over my impressions. And when it comes to impressions, well…EA just didn't really make one for me. I mean, you got your requisite sports franchises – Madden, NBA Live, FIFA – and if the yearly iterations on those games is your thing, you already know when they are coming out and have already planned on getting them. Battlefield 1 is also slated to get new DLC, but as I don't play Battlefield 1, this didn't do much for me either.
That's not to say that there wasn't anything in the EA event that caught my attention. Having played Star Wars: Battlefront and finding it enjoyable but sorely missing the lack of a single player campaign, I was quite happy to find out earlier this year that Battlefront II would now include a full story mode. Well, not only will I get to enjoy that when it releases this fall, but EA revealed during their conference that there would be no season pass for Battlefront II – all of its DLC will be free of charge for all players. While the game will feature microtransactions, EA has insisted that these will be cosmetic and quality of life in nature only – they will confer no advantage over other players. Time will tell if this claim holds true, but for now, the concept of not having to shell out money beyond the initial purchase price in order to experience the full game is quite nice!
The other major announcement at the EA conference from my perspective was the unveiling of the new IP from Mass Effect and Dragon Age developer BioWare – Anthem. This was the first look at this game, and I am thus far intrigued. If I could sum up what I've seen of it in one phrase it would be "third person Destiny." This actually excites me quite a bit – as the biggest issue I had with Destiny was it's first person perspective. With BioWare's impressive pedigree behind it, I am anxiously looking forward to what this title has in store.
Another publisher hosting their own conference at E3 was Ubisoft – and boy oh boy, did they hit it out of the park with their conference. There was a lot of news, but since I'm kind enough to parse through all this shit and bring only the best of the best, here is what you need to know!
Ok, this is going to sound insane, or like some kind of joke, but it's some kind of peanut butter and chocolate dream – Mario & Rabbids: Kingdom Battle is a crossover between the Big N's plumber-in-chief and the batshit crazy Rabbids of Ubisoft in an XCOM style turn-based tactics game for the Nintendo Switch. Let that sink the fuck in. Then once it does – go preorder that shit. Right now.
Another game I'm quite intrigued by is Assassin's Creed: Origins. The AC series has been on a bit of a hiatus from its previous annual release schedule, and it looks to be returning in a strong way. Of particular note here is that while the previous entries have been action experiences with some light character building systems, Origins has much more firmly embraced role-playing elements and it shows in its much more deliberate, tactical approach to leveling your character and equipment as well as planning battles. Keep an eye out as this title comes along.
Anyone that knows me knows that I would chuck this entire world to go pirating in a second if it were feasible and not likely to lead to death by scurvy. So it's no surprise that the persistent world pirate simulator Skull & Bones is firmly on my radar. Between this and Sea of Thieves, I'll be even more soaked in rum than I normally am – and that's saying something.
I feel obligated to include this because of how much I adored the Stick of Truth. South Park: The Fractured But Whole was given (yet another) official release date of October 17. It isn't that I don't think this game looks hilarious and fantastic…but since it's been supposed to come out several times already, I'm firmly in "I'll believe it when I see it" mode on this one.
Oh yeah…and a little game called Beyond Good and Evil 2 was given a trailer. Now, this will effect you in one of two ways. Either you are asking "So? I don't remember a Beyond Good and Evil 1." If that's the case, stop right now and go buy and download the Beyond Good and Evil HD remake from the PS or Xbox store. Go. Now. If you're in the second group, with me, you're still wiping tears of joy away after reading the first sentence in this paragraph.
Wrapping up Part 1 of my take on E3 is the conference by Bethesda Studios. Would this finally be where we get some inkling of Elder Scrolls VI?! Short answer: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Hope you're ready to spend more of your time (and money…again) on the fifth entry in the venerable Elder Scrolls franchise, because as far as Bethesda is concerned it's all Skyrim, all the time. As we already knew, the complete edition of Skyrim is on its way to Switch this fall – and now we know that it will feature Amiibo support. As you can see above, this means that you can roleplay a disturbingly realistic version of Link in your own Hylian tunic, shield, and wielding the Master Sword…if that's your thing. From my perspective, they could have added absolutely nothing to Skyrim and just brought it to the Switch as-is and I'd have gladly paid for it…again…to be able to play it on the go. Hiding in the corner at a family reunion to play Skyrim? Uh, yes please.
A bit of a surprise, but a pleasant one for horror fans, underrated survival horror game The Evil Within is set to received a sequel. It definitely looks creepy as all fuck, and it's set for release on Friday the 13th (of October), so all the signs point to a pants-wetting experience!
More up my alley, after several teases recently, Bethesda officially unveiled Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. Wolfenstein was one of my favorite FPS games of the past few years, and the sequel sees longtime series lead BJ Blazkowicz battling in the United States after it has been overrun by Nazi forces. As we all know, killing Nazi's is the only socially acceptable form of murder, so get those trigger fingers ready to go!
Last but not least, Dishonored 2 is seeing a new DLC pack released this fall. This new story focuses on Meagan Foster, the popular NPC from the main game. She seems set to try and take down The Outsider, who is the one that granted powers to the previous protagonists in the series.
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Kick off the holiday season a little differently and head to Eastern Europe for a new take on tradition at the popular and festive Christmas markets. On this Edventure, you'll peruse stall-upon-stall of handmade, heartfelt crafts, perfect for everyone on your list, while stopping to sample fresh local fare like waffeln (waffles) and hot glühwein (mulled wine). And when you aren't shopping, you're exploring the glory of winter in this beautiful Eastern European region.
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About JEREMIE Initiative (the acronym comes from "Joint European Resources for Micro to Medium Enterprises" or "Joint European Resources for Micro to medium Enterprises in") is the name used in the programming period 2007-2013 to define financial instruments co-financed by structural funds. In Romania, the Jeremie initiative has been managed by EIF and has benefited from a total contribution of 225 million Euro from the Sectoral Operational Programme "Increase of Economic Competitiveness" 2007-2013. In Romania, apart from private equity, the JEREMIE initiative has so far supported almost 600 Million Euro in new SME loans through the guarantee facility implemented through three local banks and has recently launched a funded risk sharing instrument operated with four Romanian banks. The financial instruments planned for the programmatic period 2007-2013 have been successfully used. On the official website of the European Investment Fund ( www.eif.org) new instruments supported by different Operational Programmes will be announced (for example the Regional Operational Programme and Competitivity Operational Programme), to present the new available fund-of-funds instruments.
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Over the past 17 years, this tournament has raised over $100,000 for scholarships to Emporia State students from the South Central region. And we've only just begun! Get a team together for a great day of fun. Whether your team is full of Emporia State Alumni or not, there will be plenty of great people to share a good time with. After having fun on the golf course, enjoy a BBQ dinner and awards presentation in the course's Club House. Don't miss out on such a wonderful opportunity to have fun on the golf course while raising money for ESU students from the South Central area!
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John Florio — lexicographer, raconteur, and supposed model for Shakespeare's schoolmaster Holofernes, in Love's Labour's Lost — was born in London in 1553 to an unidentified Englishwoman and an Italian Protestant who'd fled the Inquisition. Later that year Queen Mary I reinstated Catholicism, which sent the family packing for France, Germany, and Switzerland. Florio didn't return to London until the reign of Elizabeth I, and subsequently served as Italian tutor to Queen Anne of Denmark, wife of James I, who gave the Church of England a Bible and so gave English to God. Florio's posterity consists of twin ironies. The first is that despite compiling the first comprehensive Italian–English dictionary, Florio most likely never set foot in Italy. The second is that his most enduring translation happens to be from the French.
Florio's 1603 version of Montaigne's Essayes survives not because of its writing but because of a single reader — Shakespeare, whose initial encounter with the French philosopher was via Florio's "enflourishing" eloquence. Stephen Greenblatt and Peter Platt have annotated selections in Shakespeare's Montaigne (NYRB Classics, $17.95), and the result is a crash course in Elizabethan lit, a multiculti study of the development of English, and, above all, a revisionist biography of a monumental dramatist who not only cribbed the classical education he lacked but also responded to his sources with a fierce and censorious intelligence.
Montaigne's presence behind Shakespeare's scenes was already remarked upon, and lampooned, in the Bard's lifetime. Ben Jonson's Volpone proposed a Florio-like Italian writer from whom "All our English writers . . . Will deigne to steale . . . Almost as much, as from MONTAGNIE." By the time the variora of the plays had been assembled, in the late eighteenth century, the influence was such a matter of record that an unscrupulous party forged the signature of "Willm Shakspere" on a copy of Florio's work and sold it to the British Museum. Emerson, who regarded the signature as genuine, noted that when the museum bought a second copy, for public use, the volume contained the — authentic — autograph of Jonson.
Approximately 750 words peculiar to Florio's style show up in Shakespeare's plays and sonnets after 1603, twenty of them used in the Essayes for the first time (or for the first time in English). In "Of the Cannibals," Florio's Montaigne writes that the just-discovered peoples of the New World
hath no kind of traffic, no knowledge of letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of politic superiority; no use of service, of riches, or of poverty; no contracts, no successions, no dividences, no occupation, but idle; no respect of kindred, but common; no apparel, but natural; no manuring of lands, no use of wine, corn, or metal. The very words that import lying, falsehood, treason, dissimulations, covetousness, envy, detraction, and pardon, were never heard of amongst them.
Compare this with Gonzalo's fantasy after he's shipwrecked on the island of The Tempest:
I'th' commonwealth I would by contraries
Execute all things; for no kind of traffic
Would I admit; no name of magistrate;
Letters should not be known; riches, poverty,
And use of service, none; contract, succession,
Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none;
No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil;
No occupation; all men idle, all;
And women too, but innocent and pure;
No sovereignty; —
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All things in common nature should produce
Without sweat or endeavour: Treason, felony,
Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine,
Would I not have; but nature should bring forth,
Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance,
To feed my innocent people.
Jonson's accusation of theft rings true, but only if the criterion is verbiage. The conceptual usages are crossed. Montaigne's unexplored utopia is meant in earnest; Shakespeare is poking fun at both his character and his source — at the leisurely, moneyed abstractions of gentleman metaphysics. Shakespeare takes the same approach to "Of the Affection of Fathers to Their Children," in which Montaigne directs the aged patriarch to entrust his fortunes to his offspring, who will provide for him, which is precisely what doesn't happen in King Lear. This is the basest element Shakespeare dug out from Florio's Montaigne: an innocence, or naïveté, to react to. Because Montaigne was an essayist, he had to state his ideas, which, if they came into contradiction, he had to either acknowledge or resolve. Shakespeare, writing for the stage, costumed each of his characters in the rhetoric of an essayist, and in their conflicts they dramatized ideas. The playwright, who altered histories, bent time, and insisted on locating landlocked Milan, Padua, and Verona on coasts, plagiarized not out of ineptitude but out of vengeance. Each of his quotations is a commentary.
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About a year ago, I tried to go Vegan for health reasons. While eating a plant-based diet made me feel incredible, I realized it just wasn't sustainable to be a strict Vegan long term. I still frequently eat vegan and vegetarian meals though, because sometimes I just don't crave meat. When I stumbled upon this particular meatless meal on Pinterest recently, it really caught my eye. As always, I had to change around some of the ingredients to suit my personal tastes, and thus my roasted veggie and chickpea salad was born!
This meatless Monday meal was actually incredibly flavorful. I was shocked by how satisfying it was without the use of any animal products! If you're looking for a good meal prep recipe or a light and easy dinner, check this one out!
Roasted Veggie and Chickpea Salad (Serves 1)
- 1/3 head cauliflower
- 1/4 red onion
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup chopped parsley
- 4 medium portobello mushrooms
- Juice of one lemon
- 1 clove of garlic, minced
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1/2 teaspoon dijon mustard
- splash of soy sauce
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- Half of a 15 oz can chickpeas
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/8 tsp cayenne
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Preheat the oven to 400ºF. Chop cauliflower into bite-sized pieces and place them on a baking sheet. Slice the red onion into 1/4-inch strips and place them on the baking sheet. Quarter the portabella mushrooms and add them to the sheet as well. Drizzle the veggies with olive oil and season to taste with salt and pepper and toss until evenly coated.
Roast the veggies for 20 minutes, stir, return them to the oven, and roast for an additional 10-15 minutes, or until the cauliflower is tender and browned on the edges.
Make the lemon garlic dressing while the veggies are roasting. Add all ingredients to a small bowl and whisk together with a fork until well combined. Taste and adjust for seasoning.
Drain and rinse the can of chickpeas. Add half to a skillet along with the olive oil, and seasonings. Stir and cook the chickpeas over medium heat for about five minutes, until they brown slightly and become crispy.
To build the salad, combine the roasted veggies in a bowl with the spiced chickpeas and chopped parsley. Drizzle the dressing over top, toss, and enjoy your roasted veggie and chickpea salad!
If you make this recipe, I'd love to hear your thoughts! Did you make any changes? What are some of your favorite meatless meals? Two of mine are my Kimchi Soup and Black Bean Burgers.


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I entertained myself with some walks in the woods with Mom and the dogs:
Setting up a pimpin sound system:
And Reading some books:
I found myself really tired all the time, even after ten and a half hours of sleep. Dad checked my height, and found I had grown nearly two inches since nationals. "See?" Dad says, "See what your body does when you give it its rest?". For a passionate cyclist, rest can be hard. We feel like we are falling behind, and when we get back on the bike to find we feel like crud, it gets hard.
Rest is improtant though. Our bodies can't keep going and going like some giant energizer bunny on a bike. While I may have regretted it a bit when I got back on the bike and winced at how soft my legs felt, after a week I am glad I have such wise people telling me to park the bike for a little bit.


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Super cute actress Elle Fanning covers 'Teen Vogue' February 2012. Inside the magazine, lovely 13-year-old Elle talks about acting while in school, working with big name celebrities, but also fashion, her crush on Ryan Gosling, and her relationship with her sister Dakota.
Elle Fanning lands
on the February 2012 cover of Teen Vogue. In the
accompanying interview, the adorable 13-year-old actress dishes on
acting while in school, working with big name celebrities, but also
fashion, her crush on Ryan Gosling, and her relationship with her
sister Dakota.
Described by the magazine as being 'down-to-earth, full of energy and life — and one of the sunniest people you'll ever meet', Elle says about attending a regular school that, "It's not a super actor school, which is good. I like being around people who are just kids."
Besides, the lovely actress doesn't think she's that different from other kids of her age. "Some people do piano lessons after school; I do movies," she told Teen Vogue.
In her new film, 'We Bought a Zoo', Elle stars alongside Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson. On working with big celebrities, she admits that, "I always feel like they're just a name — like they're not real at first. Then once you get to know them, you're like, That's Scarlett and Matt! It's not, like, Matt Damon."
In the movie, Elle plays a twelve-year-old experiencing first love. Speaking about her acting method, Elle confesses that, "I never really pull from experience. I just sort of make believe. That's why I like acting. You can create or imagine anything. It's not like I've fallen in love, but I've had crushes and things."
Elle told the magazine that her Hollywood crush is Ryan Gosling.
"Me and my friends saw 'Crazy, Stupid, Love', and we were freaking
out. Everyone falls in love with him after that," the young actress
says. Still, in real life, Fanning is not interested in dating yet.
"In seventh grade, it was sort of a big deal to have a boyfriend.
You're not in elementary school anymore, and you feel a lot older.
But you can't do anything. Your mom has to drop you off! It's sort
of awkward. You're sitting here, and the parents are over there. I
don't know—not for me," she says.
Elle is known for her passion for fashion. "You should see my computer at home," Elle says. Instead of Facebook and Twitter she looks on style.com and street-style blogs. "Even before there's a premiere, I'll know my favorite dress from one of the collections," she explains.
The actress admits that she is very excited about Louis Vuitton's spring collection. "Oh my gosh! They looked like little cupcakes and pastel pastries - so pretty," Elle says.
Her sister Dakota also talked about Elle's big interest in fashion, "She's the go-to fashion person in the family. Elle knows every single model, every single collection, every single piece from every single collection. She has a real passion, and it's not at all in a materialistic way. She genuinely appreciates the workmanship and creativity," Dakota said.
On her relationship with her sister, Elle told Teen Vogue that, "I remember the first time Dakota asked me for fashion advice about what to put with what, I was like, My big sister is asking me?"
Elle confesses that, "I'm always quirkier! If people say something is sort of weird, I'm like, Oh, that's a great compliment!" The actress also says that she's not into looking too adult. "I'd much rather look like a two-year-old than a 21-year-old," she says. "You don't want to do everything right now. You want to wait for that special moment," the actress told the magazine.
Read Elle's full interview in the February 2012 issue of Teen Vogue.
Photos courtesy of TEEN VOGUE


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"Wesieni Wainajat" Cd
After a long silece the Finish shamman act HALO MANASH return with an impressive album dressed with the alchemic transmutation necessary to trascends other planes. "Wesieni Wainajat" consist on 3 ritual phases all of them converging into dense and suggestive drone ritual pieces transmorming from time to time into a piece of hallusinating trance opening in deep levels of your most hidden subconsious realms.The primal portal is opened with "Kwlwsta" , a 10:21 voyage through the use of analogue organ sounds covered with enigmatic passages and subliminal atmospheres. ritual mantras emerging from the shadows of the primal darkness in a evocative and penetrating way. an incredible return from such Finnish ritual ambient masters,due the nature how how each one of the tracks in this album evolves and mutates from time to time. The inner exploration continues its mysterious transformation through "Varjoista" ,more deeper and penetrating than last one.this time the ritual drone trance soundscapes submerged you to the primal waters of a distant stellar tradition. so cold,so mysterious,a primigenian call through field recordings,ritual drummings and the intense drone trance sounds,with almost 10 minutes of pure spiritual exaltation. the last hym released here is called "Tulelle" ,a long deep trance one with almost 19 minutes,in which your inner fire and the lunar seeds are joined creating an alchemical substance to trascends the spiritual planes.the whole album can be considered as an evocative devotional hymn to the lunar-seed mixed with the mercurial essence to create an apotheosis of self in the totally of existence.hypnotic,and deep ,one more time HALO MANASH surprise us with an incredible album full of magnetism and charisma from start to finish.The album will be available in two editions: 350 CDs and 50 cassettes. Both editions include three hand-finished photo prints, an textual insert and silk-screen printed cardboard covers. Total running time: 39:11.
DOLORISM (Fra)
"The J5ils Of Eleyseum " Cdr pro digipack
Dolorism is a project coming from france,focusing into dence dark ambient and experimental music always with a touch foused into gnosis ,quabalah and cosmology. After releases such as "Wandering In Eternal City" 2011 and a split album,this project emerges with an interesting musical exposition called "The J5ils Of Eleyseum " which consist of a 72 minutes album through 10 compositions full of eclectic nature and diverse soundscapes to enrich the total of the album in general. "Empty Halls,Full Of Pain" is the opening track,one built into percussive sounds and sutil thin sounds emerging from time to time. "Battle Over Onyx Fortress" is one of the best peices here.still the percussive sounds emerging but this time as a war sound call.some suggestive industrial machine soundscapes surrounds the track and female voices and cello semms to gather to its call. "Gamaliel's Twisted Broadcast" starts with a radio spoken voices and some industrial touches here and there and ritual chants as background. "La Sapience Des Focus" and "liberates me" follows the path of dense dark ambient atmospheres full of dynamism and creativity. An interesting aspect of this album is the percussive sounds which gives a strong identity to the album."Memories Of Lovely Thing" is a beautiful track built through the use of acoustic guitars and voices .A perfect track very nostalgic one. "Janitor's Playground","Tempus Fugit" continues with the voyage to unknown realms. closing the album is "Remembrance Of Chokmah" and and "Centralia" a track performed by Caldera. a very interesting album worth to check,so for more info check links.
Title Tracks:
1.Empty Halls ,Full Of Pain
2.Battle Over Onyx Fortress
3.Gamaliel's Twisted Broadcast
4.La sapience Des Fous
5.Liberate Me
6.Memories Of Lovely Thin
7.Janitor's Playground
8.Tempus Fugit
9.In Remembrance Of Chokmah
10.Centralia (performed Caldera)
ISOMETRIE SONORE (Ita)
"Collaboration Between Maurizio Bianchi,Massimo Croce;DBPIT and XxeNa" Lp 2013
a very interesting coolaboration release reached my hands weeks ago, ISOMETRIE SONORE is a dynamic deconstructive machine developed and focused by diverse eclectical experimental artist from the wellknown Italian scene.the opening track from side A is "Isometria 01":a composition developed by Maurizio Bianchi know due the great work on the scene using pre recordered filtered sounds and technological since early 1979. and Arianna Degni known as +XxeNa an audio/visual entity which has been cooperating with MB in
several projects.now,both create a very sutil and beautiful composition full of calm ,floating elements and meditative water sounds and thin bells,focused into a really great piece here.next comes "Isometria 02": this time MB is conjoined by DBPT (Der Bekannte Post Industrielle Trompeter) in the head of Flavio Rivabella a maximun exponent of the post industrial scene. both comes with an eclectic adventure focusing on diverse industrial sounds and sugestive channels opened from time to time to offer a piece of surrealistic manifestation.Closing the A side is "Isometria 03": MB and this time under the veil of Massimo Croce a suggestive futuriste visionary exploring the fields of noise and sounds to generate his manifestations,this time a perfect mixture here from colliding ambient atmopsheres carved by diverse hipnotic sounds creating one of the best tracks from this release. on side B we have only a track called "METRIANORA SONISO": MB+XxeNa+Massimo Croce+DBPIT with almost 15 minutes in which each one of them congregates all their talent and creative in order to generate a vast multidimensional paradigm full of layers,voices,electronic sounds and a futuristic atmosphere latent in almost the whole track here. a very interested release here .limited to 300 copies which the first 30 ones comes with a tape copy.
Title Tracks:
1.Isometria 01: MB+XxeNa 5'28"
2.Isometria 02: MB+DBPIT 5'37"
3.Isometria 03: MB+Massimo Croce 4'56"
4.Metrianora Soniso: MB+XxeNa+Massimo Croce+DBPIT 14'56"


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First time wearing a tie pretending he to be a scientist
First time having a whole cup of instant noodles
First time chatting with his friend online
First time drawing on big pieces of paper other than A3
First time meeting of of the director of his favourite site - Brainpop.com recently
First time taking part in a competition. Lego's Build Your World Competition. Too bad, his entry was not selected. Reese built an eco tower.
First time being taught by a real artist from Australia (1 hour) and best of all he actually listen and followed instruction. :)
First time on a local public bus. He was sooooooo happy and excited.


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Settling into your new life in France involves more than finding your way around, improving your French, making new friends and trying out the local cuisine; you also need to familiarise yourself with local bureaucracy and complex tax regime. Do not leave it too long before reviewing your tax and estate planning. The rules are quite different here than in the UK. You may need to make changes to protect yourself and your family and to benefit from local opportunities.
Most British expatriates living in France continue to own some UK assets, whether it is bank accounts, investments or pension funds. So you need to understand how they are all taxed here. You also need to review tax planning that was set up in the UK, as what was tax-efficient there is unlikely to be here.
If you fulfil any of the criteria that make you tax resident in France you are liable for French tax on your worldwide income, gains and wealth. (The rules outlined in this article are those for residents of France.)
Income earned in the UK is in most cases (bank interest being a key exception) also liable to tax in the UK. You need to look at the France/UK tax treaty to establish what happens about double taxation. You should not have to pay tax twice, but the income needs to be declared correctly in both countries.
In certain circumstances the income is not directly taxable in France, but you still have to include it as part of your taxable income. A credit equal to the French income tax and social charges that would have been payable is then deducted from your final tax liability. In other cases, such as with UK dividends and real estate gains, tax paid in the UK may be offset against the tax liability in France.
Remember that with global automatic exchange of information under the Common Reporting Standard now taking place, the French tax authorities will receive information on your UK financial assets and income. Make sure you are following the rules correctly and declaring income in the right country.
For UK residents, income derived from ISAs and Premium Bonds are tax-free in the UK. This advantage is lost as soon as you become resident in France as these investments are fully taxable here. This is a good example of the risks of holding onto UK tax planning arrangements.
Read more about how UK investments are taxed in France
In France, until the end of 2017, investment income was taxed at the progressive rates of income tax. With effect from 1st January 2018, it is instead subject to a flat tax rate of 30%. This includes both income tax (12.8%) and social charges (17.2%). Households in low-income brackets keep the option to choose the scale rates of income tax.
Income tax in France – 2017 vs 2018
There are very tax-efficient investment vehicles available to residents of France that can reduce tax and social charges liabilities. They may also help minimise succession tax and can be useful for estate planning too.
Pension income from UK funds is generally taxable only in France, and is taxed at the scale rates of income tax, up to 45%. There is a 10% deduction (maximum of €3,752 per household).
Government service pensions are a notable exception: If your pension arises from UK government employment, UK tax will always be payable (unless you transfer out before it commences and usually before age 59). Although government service pensions are not directly taxed in France, the income must be included as part of your taxable income. This applies even if no actual tax is paid in the UK.
Whilst UK residents can take a tax free 'pension commencement lump sum' of up to 25% of their UK pension fund, a lump sum distribution received by a French resident will be treated as pension income in France and hence attract French taxes (i.e. there is no tax-free element). This applies whether the monies are paid into a French or UK bank account. There is an exception for withdrawals made because of an 'accident of life'.
That said, if you have not yet drawn benefits and you are resident in France, you may be able to cash in your entire UK pension fund as a single lump sum under 'flexible drawdown'. Providing certain conditions are met, you could benefit from a special tax rate of just 7.5%.
Note that all pension income (including the lump sum) also attracts annual social charges of 9.1%, unless you hold EU Form S1 or do not have access to the French healthcare system.
Download our Guide to Taxes in France
Real estate
If you own property as an investment, whether in France, the UK or elsewhere, be aware that wealth tax now only applies to real estate assets, putting it at a disadvantage tax wise. From January 2018 savings and investments are no longer liable to wealth tax. You will only have to pay this tax, though, if your combined worldwide property is valued at over €1.3 million.
Rental income from UK property remains taxable in the UK. It is not directly taxed in France but you need to include it as part of your taxable income for the year (as mentioned above). If you rent out French property, the income is taxed at the scale rates of tax, plus 17.2% social charges. Rental income does not benefit from the new flat tax of 30%.
It is definitely worth reviewing how you hold your assets once you move here to establish if you holding them in the most tax-efficient way for France. Re-structuring could prove very profitable. French taxation can be complicated enough, cross-border taxation and international tax planning even more so, so specialist advice can be invaluable.
Contact your local adviser for personalised advice
Tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual is advised to seek personalised advice.


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A beautiful villa, peacefully located on the lakeside of LakeComo, in the village of Pognana, half-way between Como and Bellagio. The Villa itself has an access to water or can be reached from the coastal road through approx. 300 steps. One boat space and one sailing boat are available for guests who really wish to enjoy the breeze of our beautiful lake. From the water a little dock gives access to the property through a stone walk path along the immaculate lawn garden with azaleas.
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Chris Evans' Charity Events And A Government Conspiracy
If you're around Fenway on Jan 3rd, come support!! Its for a WONDERFUL organization that I'm proud to work with! http://t.co/6f3tafMmbL
— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) December 14, 2014
Chris Evans' Charity Events Good And Plenty
Seriously with Chris Evans already. No human being can be this perfect. Earlier last month when this came across my desk and Evans sent out this Tweet I passed on writing about the event. I simply can't keep up with all the good this guy does and I'm not a Chris Evans fan site. First and foremost he always supports The Concord Youth Theater where kids learn to be a triple threat. This is the place we owe thanks for coaching our favorite singer/dancer/actor and helping him find the confidence to be the man he is today. Then he held the Pettengill House charity event at his cousin's restaurant where he invited a meet and greet with his fans even extending earlier hours for his under 18 group to visit.
Sorry for the late notice– if you're around, come support my cousin's restaurant!!! pic.twitter.com/E6bZeoEAIn — Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) December 9, 2014
Then this past Saturday it was a beer and trivia night at Fenway Park to raise money for Christopher's Haven; A Home for Kids with Cancer When Cancer Hits Home. Christopher's Haven offers an apartment when you'll be staying near a hospital away from your own home for a long period of time. This way you don't need to stress over lodging (especially the cost of lodging) and where you'll find meals.
Chris even did a drop by the other day to meet with one little boy who was a huge fan of Captain America. He let the little boy tie him up with rope. With rope everyone. Because apparently there just isn't enough on my plate to write about as it is so now I have to make room in my calendar for this.
Check out the video below.
Chris Evans Protects What Is His
So what have we learned from the above? Chris Evans' charity is Boston. He doesn't stand behind anything specific per se. He just wants to see his own city get the help it needs and he's willing to do everything he can to make that happen. Insert big shiny "My dad's a dentist" teeth grin. There might have even been a twinkle there, I'm not sure.
Especially His Family (He's a Mama's Boy)
But wait, if all of this tooth rotting "No really, I'm just like you. Except I'm Captain America. And also I play Captain America in the Marvel Universe." seems to be too much, he has extra icing on his cake. He brings his mom everywhere he goes. Not a swell dame not even a close friend. His mom. Sometimes he brings along his whole family. But at all of his charity events she is next to him. Red carpets, she's his date. Yes ladies and gentlemen, Chris Evans is a mama's boy. Of course as a "mom blogger" this appeals to my heart. She obviously did an excellent job with her children and Chris wants to show his gratitude. I could learn a thing or two from this lady. Obviously we all could.
Except That…
All this said I've decided Chris Evans is a shiny object. He is the distraction. Obviously tied into some huge government cover up Mr. Good Deed is merely here for our amusement. While we are busy Oohing and Aahing as Chris pulls kittens out of trees our government is obviously working hand in hand with an alien species.
They are currently flying their big spaceship to earth and when they land President Obama will greet them and then they will begin taking over our planet. The Obamas have been granted immunity from the alien invasion and will live out the rest of their lives on a private island shared only with the Evans family and few select others. And before you roll your eyes thinking I'm crazy, Chris has actually been known to speak openly about his support of Obama. This idea of mine isn't so far fetched.
Let's Go Over It One More Time
Aliens are planning a hostile takeover of our planet and the President of the United States has no choice but to make a deal that includes safety for very few people. He needs a distraction. Something to keep the American people happy and believing there is good in the world. Who else better than Captain America. A liberal supporter of all things admirable. And most importantly a man who will do anything for his family. So begins a nonstop tour of charity events where Chris Evans will make you fall for him whether in person, through articles or by TV. Because he can't lose and we can't hide from it folks, he is the earth's true weapon of mass destruction.
In Conclusion There Are Two Things I Know To Be True
For Us: If we are going to go it's best to do so with a smile on our face. With that being said I think there is a cat in my tree…
For Them: On that island away from the alien space colony the one thing I know the Obamas and Evans' will have for entertainment will be a tap floor in the basement.