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Meta-analyses of cognitive and motor function in youth aged 16 years and younger who subsequently develop schizophrenia
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Dickson, H., Laurens, K., Cullen, A. E & Hodgins, S. (2012). Meta-analyses of cognitive and motor function in youth aged 16 years and younger who subsequently develop schizophrenia. Psychological Medicine,42(4), 743-755. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291711001693
Previous reviews have reported cognitive and motor deficits in childhood and adolescence among individuals who later develop schizophrenia. However, these reviews focused exclusively on studies of individuals with affected relatives or on population/birth cohorts, incorporated studies with estimated measures of pre-morbid intelligence, or included investigations that examined symptomatic at-risk participants or participants 18 years or older. Thus, it remains unclear whether cognitive and motor deficits constitute robust antecedents of schizophrenia. Meta-analyses were conducted on published studies that examined cognitive or motor function in youth aged 16 years or younger who later developed schizophrenia or a schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SSD) and those who did not. Twenty-three studies fulfilled the following inclusion criteria: (1) written in English; (2) prospective investigations of birth or genetic high-risk cohorts, or follow-back investigations of population samples; (3) objective measures of cognitive or motor performance at age 16 or younger; (4) results provided for individuals who did and who did not develop schizophrenia/SSD later in life; and (5) sufficient data to calculate effect sizes. Four domains of function were examined: IQ; Motor Function; General Academic Achievement; and Mathematics Achievement. Meta-analyses showed that, by age 16, individuals who subsequently developed schizophrenia/SSD displayed significant deficits in IQ (d=0.51) and motor function (d=0.56), but not in general academic achievement (d=0.25) or mathematics achievement (d=0.21). Subsidiary analysis indicated that the IQ deficit was present by age 13. These results demonstrate that deficits in IQ and motor performance precede the prodrome and the onset of illness.
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Set in 1939 Britain on the eve of the Second World War, a middle-aged governess, Miss Pettigrew (Frances McDormand) is fired from her job and ends up cold and hungry in the streets of London.
When her employment agency refuses to offer her a new job, she steals a card of a Delysia Lafosse (Amy adams), to whom she presents her self as a social secretary.
Delysia Lafosse is a flighty but ambitious American actress, desperate enough to sleep her way to the top. Miss Pettigrew finds a man in her bed, Phil (Tom Payne), a producer who is about to cast her in his next musical, and soon learns that Delysia's lavish penthouse belongs to another man, Nick (Mark Strong), the owner of the nightclub where Delysia sings. And Nick is in his way up to the penthouse.
Pettigrew skillfully extricates Delysia from this predicament and gains Delysia's trust and appreciation. For the next 24 hours, she does wonders to Delysia's life, providing advice and comfort that leads her to a true Love with her besotted Pianist Michael (Lee Pace).
I watched this movie with a group of over-70's audience, who giggled and cheered from beginning to end, while I was spinning in my seat aching for the rolling titles.
This is a fluffy comedy, where men and women trade quips, but it won't make everyone laugh. The director tries to invoke comedy by speeding up the pace in the beginning when Pettigrew meets Delysia, which works to some extent and evokes delightful moments, but then later the pace slows down unbearably and looses its momentum. And the ominous sounds of the Nazi bombers circling over London don't inject any new energy into the dying story.
It's not all doom and gloom, the director and his production designers have impressively recreated the 1939 London, with the gowns, the tuxedos, the cocktail shakers, the ladies silk underwear, the taxicab, the ornate spacious flats, the bathrooms and the dance floors. If you lived in that period, like my fellow audience members, then it will conjure up some nostalgic images and perhaps fun memories.
In spite of the messy script and irritating characters, Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Tom Payne, Shirley Henderson and the rest of the cast do their best to keep the story alive. But you also get the feeling that McDormand looks more like the no-nonsense officer from Fargo and Adams like the princes from "Enchanted".
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Saving & Spending
Finding Your Financial Way After Graduation
How to Move Towards Financial Independence After Moving Out
It's getting close to cap-and-gown season. Are you ready to break out on your own?
Here are some ways to gain financial independence and get off your mom's couch. (Don't worry; you can still let her pack leftovers.)
Set a Budget
Before you gain financial independence, it's good to know how much being on your own will cost you. Get a pad and paper and write down every expected monthly expense— food, housing, clothing, transportation, student loan payments and utilities— and be sure to also include things like gifts and other discretionary items that may come up from time to time.
Josh Palmer, CFP, a wealth advisory specialist for Chase Wealth Management, says this is also the perfect time to begin to set money aside for your goals. "Start first with an emergency fund, then list short-term goals like a new car, and then longer term goals like retirement."
Work, Work, Work
Palmer says if after setting your budget, you have no remaining income to set aside for your goals, you have two choices, "either increase income through odd jobs, or decrease expenses to save for your goals."
Before you can save money you have to make money, which makes getting a job your number-one priority before moving out, says Michael Chadwick, an investment advisor representative with Chadwick Financial Advisors. Just don't get hung up on finding the perfect job right out of college.
"Even if you can't get a job in your field of education or choice, you need to be working–two jobs, if necessary," Chadwick says. "Those who are willing to outwork their peers will get ahead, regardless of education level."
Financial Planner Matt Hylland of Hylland Capital Advisors recommends using sites like Fiverr, TaskRabbit and 99designs to pick up odd jobs and supplement your income: "Every extra dollar will get you closer to your own place."
Start Looking for Roommates
Financial experts agree that one of the top ways new grads can save money is by living with friends. With a roommate or two, you can split the cost of rent, utilities, furniture and groceries so that moving out of your parents' house becomes more affordable.
"Make sure your roommate has the same financial savviness that you do. Rooming with someone who doesn't have the same financial mindset of setting budgets and gaining financial independence could do more harm than good," Palmer says.
If you live in a high-rent district like New York City, financial planner Eric Gabor says flex bedrooms may be a good option. "A flex bedroom involves putting up a pressurized wall to add an extra bedroom," explains the founder of Eagle Grove Advisors. "This reduces living space, but can drastically cut costs." Just make sure you have permission from your landlord before you made any renovations to your space.
Limit Discretionary Spending
High-priced coffee, movie tickets and cell phone plans all have a way of eating into the money you're supposed to be saving. Though you don't have to become a cheapskate to get your own place, you do have to carefully consider your spending habits.
"The first thing to do is to really understand the difference between mandatory expense and discretionary expense," Palmer says. "For example, food may seem like a mandatory expense. And while groceries may be mandatory, dining out is discretionary."
"Think of every dollar spent as a percentage of your monthly expenses," says Hylland. So if you're paying $1,000 in rent and bills each month, think of every $50 bar tab as 2% of that, and every $100 clothing purchase as 10%, he says.
"If you're struggling to make ends meet but discretionary spending is approaching a significant percentage of your spending, it's time to rein it in," Hylland adds.
Palmer recommends saying no to impulse buys. "If you want it, sleep on it and see how much you want it the next day."
Build an Emergency Fund
Even when you're living on the cheap, it's important to have money set aside to hedge against the unexpected. Before you move out, financial planner Palmer recommends saving the equivalent of three to six months of rent and living expenses.
"Remember that you build this up over time," he says, "There are a lot of expenses that come up when you first graduate and set out on your own. Just remember to save for this as your first short-term goal and continue to save for both short and long term." Not only does an emergency fund make sense financially, it's also helpful psychologically.
"The emergency fund can go a long way in relieving anxiety if any unexpected expenses come up or your employment situation is not as stable as you hoped for," says Gabor.
Ultimately, moving into a place of your own requires a "saver" mentality.
"Decide whether you will go through life as a saver or a spender," says Gabriel Anderson, financial planner and founder of Crafted Wealth Management. "Savers always have the upper hand."
Robyn Tellefsen is a New York City-based freelance writer, editor and blogger whose work has appeared on MSN, AOL Jobs, Parent Society, OurParents, The CollegeBound Network and others.


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Sandwiches In Cake Push Pop Containers?
Lounge By My_Little_Cake_Shop Updated 7 Jul 2011 , 8:46pm by My_Little_Cake_Shop
Not cake related but I had to ask!
I have a cake shop that has a little kids area and I was wondering if I can use the push pop containers for making sandwich pops? to serve to little kids along with a juice box? Kinda like a "kids meal" thing? Maybe a sandwich push pop AND a cake push pop? Thoughts? Would YOUR kid be interested? and would YOU??
My kids would LOVE a sandwich push pop! They would probably love a cake pop too. This is a little nit picky, but I would go with one or the other, not both. My kids tend to be more interested if there is variety, even if that includes a regular sandwich of cupcake
hmmmm ok noted! one or the other.
probably will do the cake push pops as a walk-in option and have the sandwiches by order


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Greasy hair solutions can be done naturally. Have greasy hair is quite disturbing, hair will be visible limp and sometimes scalp will itch. Excessive oil will also make dirt more easily stick to the hair, so the hair will look dull and would be at risk of having dandruff.
How to care for greasy hair is actually not difficult if we already know how care it. There are various types of hair, if we do not understand the type of hair that we have can-can we go wrong in her treatment, one of them kind of greasy hair, most people who complain because oily hair, especially if you do a lot of outdoors activities in hot conditions , sweaty and dusty makes you feel uncomfortable hair feel dirty and limp.
Sometimes the greasy hair conditions like this can bring the mood feels so hot that can cause anger. Things like this certainly do not want you experience. The solution, you can treat greasy hair in a natural way or use home remedies.
Greasy hair solutions home remedies
– Choosing a shampoo, you should choose a shampoo that is specifically for greasy skin or a mild shampoo such as baby shampoo you can also use.
– Hair tonic, you should washing using shampoo two to three times and rinse. After shampooing wear hair tonic, invigorating scalp but can also be useful to reduce the incidence of excess oil on the scalp.
– Fresh celery leaves that you can use for cream bath. Mashed the celery and massage into your scalp. Besides useful for hair growth, celery is also useful to reduce the excess oil in the scalp.
– You can use lemon after shampooing, how divisive lime cut crosswise and squeeze the lime juice and mix it with warm water, massage on your scalp for 15-20 minutes then rinse with cold water.
Not a bit greasy hair problems in women, but also many men who have this greasy hair problem. Hopefully some tips on how to care for greasy hair naturally can help and be a your greasy hair solutions.


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If you buy that, then Gordon Howie shot an awful lot of characters at last night's Lake County Republicans' Lincoln Day Dinner. He parked this big rig smack dab in front of the shindig at Nicky's:
Dang! Go big or go home... and Gord goes big! Gotta respect that.
I caught Howie's T-RV gassing up at the F&M in the afternoon. I didn't catch a shot of the beastie parked out front of Nicky's, but I'll say this:
- The T-RV was darn good advertising, parked right there on Highway 34, in front of all those cars at Nicky's. Anyone driving by would have thought, "Wow! Nicky's must be hosting a Gordon Howie rally! Or maybe a Tea Party!"
- The T-RV make Munsterman's lettered windows look awfully small. At least I think they were Munsterman's; I couldn't tell from the highway. Item #1 on Team Munsterman Wednesday briefing: Never ever let Gordon Howie make you look small.
- Gordon at least knows how to lose a primary in style!
- Daugaard has a million bucks or more on hand—where's his shrink-wrapped RV?
- Heck, Gordon just cut his travel budget 80%: he can skip Super 8 and camp in the state parks!
- Life and Liberty Tour... hey, what happened to Pursuit of Happiness? Or just Lockean Property? (Say, while I'm thinking of it, where do Gordon and his compatriots stand on property rights, eminent domain, and the Keystone pipelines?)


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Five of Michael Jackson's siblings have claimed that the late singer never actually signed his own will and have labeled the will as "without question, fake, flawed and fraudulent".
The siblings, Janet, Jermaine, Tito, Randy and Rebbie Jackson, all claim that the will, which was created on July 7, 2002, is a fake as on the day it was allegedly signed by Michael in Los Angeles, he was actually in New York.
The will specifies that the singer's estate should be looked after by his lawyers until his children, who are 15-year-old Prince, 14-year-old Paris and 10-year-old Blanket, are old enough to look after it themselves and put all his assets into a trust benefiting his children, his mother Katherine and his named charities.
In a letter to the estate's lawyers Branca and McClain, the five siblings wrote: "We know there is most certainly a conspiracy surrounding our brother's death and now coarse manipulation and fear are being used to cover it up. Your heartless pursuit of wealth, fame and power is at the expense of our family, whose deepest desire is to give to the world a gift of hope, love and unity through our music."
They continued: "Our brother told us, in no uncertain terms and without hesitation in the months prior to his death, that he despised both of you and that he did not want either of you to have anything to do with his life or estate for that matter. We know that and you know that."
The siblings also claim that the stress of managing the estate is affecting their mother's health, adding: "Your actions are affecting her health, and on top of that, we've just found out she recently had a mini-stroke. Please understand, she's not equipped to handle the stress load you are putting on her. She too knows and acknowledges the will was forged. She wants to do the right thing, and move in the direction of justice for her son and family, yet she fears the powers that be."
Jackson's other siblings, LaToya, Jackie and Marlon have not signed the letter and have yet to issue any comment about the will.
Michael Jackson passed away in 2009 from a heart attack.


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Saturday, April 29, 2017
James's Crappy Podcast
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- AnonymousApril 30, 2017 at 11:17 AM
Great thoughts in all of these episodes so far. I would just like to add a caution on the idea of institutional repentance; I think there could be value in that, but danger as well. Anyone involved in evaluating the history of the LDS Church, deciding what needs collective repentance and what doesn't, would have to have the Spirit with them to a great degree (I'm not confident I could make that call myself). Otherwise it would be easy to take ANY baffling or uncomfortable aspect of our history, like plural marriage, and say, "Well, that doesn't make sense to me, so God must not have commanded it. Let's call it a sin."ReplyDelete
Right. There's a difference between things that aren't right before God and things that are just in tension with our current culture.ReplyDelete


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I dwell on dreams because reality frightens me a great deal. I live in those dreams. I love to write fantasy fiction so you might say I love the escapism of dreams. We can fly in dreams.
Not so much in this pained reality.
But with our pain load that consumes so very much of us we often get to this place where we consider our lives to be mere existence and not living at all.This survival mode of making it through and pain. Which explained me aptly when I was working.
Now even when I went on leave from work there was still the daily migraines. Just less desperation and rawness to it because I didn't have to function through the pain all the time.
But our capacity to cope with chronic illness and chronic pain is dependent on our capacity to Live in there somewhere. Because mood is dependent to some degree on us having a life in there somewhere in the midst of this pain.
I want to yell to myself 'Live, damn you'. But there is only so much pain gap in the day isn't there? And pain is so very draining to live through. But have a life with it we must.
I fundamentally believe that our care of self cannot just be about diet, life style changes and things like biofeedback and meditation, along with medication of course. I believe it must also be about doing things that you enjoy. Hobbies are important not just because they are pain distractions but also because you are doing something you enjoy, for yourself, just for the sake of pure enjoyment.
I know one thing I always have troubles with is being a hermit. It is difficult to want to leave the house and go into a bright and noisy enviroment. However, I think fundamentally socializing is another thing we can ignore too much, especially when pain rules too much of our times and we are introverts to begin with. I make the effort to visit with my family and a few friends to get some quality social time in. Definitely isn't about quantity, since not like I can handle that and you lose a lot of people over time.
Often when I socialize I will go to a friends house and play cards. I find it to be enjoyable to relax with a few friends. It isn't taxing or strenuous on my senses. Yet I get to enjoy good conversation, laughter and people. A few times we have invited some people to our place and had a fire on the lawn (we have a fire pit) and that isn't so bad either, although the smoke bothers me a bit but I like the fact it is dark and again good company and nothing too bothersome to my senses. I would not be able to go out to a club or a bar or a loud concert.... or any number of things... but I do have some choices.
We can can live, gently and slowly and within moderation. We can make the choice to do something, because We Want to, knowing it will result in pain, but prepare ourselves for it. Like go to a movie or a play. We can go on vacation and know that will cause problems, be prepared for every possibility, have to be moderate in our activities and still have the capacity to enjoy ourselves for the duration.
Pain definitely has the capacity to prevent us from doing things. When I was working my capacity to do anything beyond work was severely limited and this caused a lot of depression... because it is extremely depressing to know all you have is this immense pain while working and then being drained from that after, and still be in pain for the rest of the night. Too much pain, therefore is very unhealthy. Which either means you cannot work or you need some sort of pain management. One or the other, or both.
But when you have the slight capacity to manage the pain then you want to be able to fill the gaps with life because to cope, we need more than just the pain. We need more than just our dreams of a life. We need something to fill the void. And I think it is just as fundamental that we get out of the house and do a little socializing with friends and family, have hobbies we enjoy, listen to music, read books, take a nice walk in the woods or on the beach... do whatever it is that makes us happy as it is to do relaxation therapy, biofeedback, meditation, take medication, exercise and whatnots.
The more life we fit in there the easier this pain will be to live with I figure. Helps combat the suffering you see. Suffering is that side effect of pain that just comes with it. And we need to do anything we can to combat that.
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Here's another excerpt from "Dixieland," my National Novel Writing Month project that has reached 14,676 words. Tonight I wrote a scene that is, so far, the most difficult scene I've ever written. Unfortunately, that's both a confession and a tease, because I can't reveal that scene until the novel is finished.
I followed that challenging effort with something more light-hearted, and I have to admit that I'm having a blast making light of Sondra Ramsey's pretentiousness. Sondra is Edna Mae Ferguson's mother, and after Edna Mae's hubby, Alvie, goes off to war, Edna Mae begins taking in strays. Her mother is present when the menagerie of cats and children begins.
In this excerpt, three of the children living in sharecropper shacks on the Ferguson Homestead have shown up at Edna Mae's front door with a momma cat and two kittens. I realize I've referred to her mother as Sondra Ramsey AND Mrs. Ramsey. These inconsistencies will live at least until Dec. 1. (Inner editor, bound and gagged with duct tape, is going mad). Keep in mind: it's an unedited work-in-progress. Comments, critiques, questions are not only welcomed but encouraged.
Dixieland, from Chapter 3 …
The raggedy little children kept their heads down but their eyes raised toward Mrs. Ramsey, who had called on her daughter in a in a tightly-wrapped, floor-length white dress. She wore a cream-colored hat – sort of resembled a nurse's cap – on her head and two-inch high heels on her feet.
"I'm sure you were expecting guests, Edna Mae, because, I declare, it would be positively rude –indeed – to just show up uninvited." She crossed her arms and looked down at the children. The momma cat was trying to get free. "Positively rude." Mrs. Ramsey raised her eyebrows with the last "rude."
Gertie Leeper, the middle child, finally spoke, never taking her eyes off Mrs. Ramsey.
"Miss Ellie, who is this lady?"
Edna Mae grinned to herself.
"I'm going to look at these poor felines," she injected, completely dismissing her mother's lesson in Southern etiquette and disarming her unapproving gaze.
"But, dear, you must give a reply to the invitation." Mrs. Ramsey sidestepped the Leeper children and handed Edna Mae a press-printed, personally signed invitation to the Natchez Garden Club's spring pilgrimage tour planning social. In addition to the where, when and what time neatly arranged on a pink-tinted card, it also bore the signature: "Dear Edna Mae, please come. Respectfully, Sondra (Mrs. G.E.) Ferguson."
The momma cat jumped from the oldest child's arms and dashed up the stairs.
"What impudence, Edna Mae. Really!"
Edna Mae just shook her head. "Really, mother? You couldn't have just signed it, 'Mom?'"
"Well it's quite the social event, and requires …" Mrs. Ramsey sidestepped again to avoid stepping on a kitten. "It requires a formal request and a formal response."
Edna Mae patted the youngest child's head and thumbed the invitation. She gently directed the oldest child to go retrieve the momma cat.
"Well, they'll just meddle in your bedroom, I just know it …" Mrs. Ramsey's indignation grew. Edna Mae whispered to Gertie, "Go and help your sister find the momma cat," again dismissing her mother's haughty words.
"Mother, could you be a dear and help me make some lemonade for these children?" Edna Mae reached down and scooped up one of the scrawny kittens. She held its nose to her nose then handed it to the youngest Leeper lad.
Sondra Ramsey stomped her foot, barely making a "clink" with a high heel on the hardwood floor.
"Do you not detect the slightest bit of boorish, disrespectful incivility?" She stomped the other foot. "All this carrying on." Edna Mae headed toward the kitchen.
"Come on, mother, let's squeeze some lemons."
"Well, I declare!" Mrs. Ramsey was shouting. "I don't know how to tell your father how you've let this get so out of hand. Wild animals in the house – IN the house! – and colored children coming and going …"
In a flash, Edna Mae turned and was nose to nose with her mother.
"They are children, mother. Children." She wanted so badly to put a finger in her mother's face, in the same way she'd been raised. Edna Mae stepped back and Sondra Ramsey began to speak.
"Ah!" Edna Mae raised one hand, just above waist-level. "You, mother, are the only one who has crossed a line here today."
Incidentally, I realize I've now made reference to "sidestepping" at least a half-dozen times. I take that as a sign that I'm not subconsciously making sure that my theme of racial tension is included in the fabric of the story. (The white folks in "Dixieland" sure do a lot of sidestepping.)


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April 2016: Charlotte Pease
Charlotte takes a netball coaching session.
As a keen sportswoman and a volunteer at the London 2012 Olympics, Charlotte Pease has since developed a thirst for coaching where she is learning new skills all the time that can also help her in her chosen career.
Encouraged by her PE teacher
"Physical activity is something that I love to participate in and something that I hope to engage and inspire people to take up too. I started to engage in sport after my PE teacher at school inspired and enthused me. She created the drive within me that made me want to become a physical education teacher – so thanks very much, Mrs H!
"When I was in year eight or nine at school, she got me involved in sports leadership, in which I loved. I soon became a Young Ambassador for Amber Valley through the Youth Sport Trust.
Persuading an Olympian to attend assembly
"I got to meet Olympic athletes and even persuaded Craig Heap to come and deliver an assembly at school. I delivered mini Olympic events and spoke at conferences such as the Championing the East Midlands 2012 Legacy Conference when I was 17 or 18.
"While at school my passion for sport really grew, and I coached the school netball club in year 11, year 12 and year 13, which confirmed my love for coaching. To receive the Young Sport Leader of the Year award in Amber Valley was a bonus.
"When I was 17, I wanted to further develop my knowledge in netball and completed my level 1 coaching badge through a Coaching Derbyshire bursary.
Charlotte met Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson when she was a London 2012 Games Maker.
Volunteering for London… "an amazing experience"
"In 2012 I volunteered at London Olympics as a Games Maker – I drove golf buggies around the Olympic Park as a member of the Games Mobility Team – which was an amazing experience, and what a way to give back!
"As I completed my undergraduate education at University, I started to play netball for a local Netball club called Queen Bees Netball Club and soon started coaching for them.
"Within a year I had become joint head coach with a fantastic coach called Laura and now I am head coach of the ladies netball club at the age of 22.
Coaching and volunteering experience helped Charlotte secure her place at university.
Coaching helped University application
"As my coaching career continues, I am also undertaking a PGCE in Physical Education at Loughborough University at the moment. The experiences that I have gained through coaching have only developed and allowed me to progress to this part in my career.
"The voluntary work that I have completed allowed me to stand out from the crowd and get into the top university for PE teacher training. Now to get a job!
"Queen Bees Netball Club (based in Ilkeston) is a very friendly netball club, I have been a part of and we pride ourselves on welcoming people into the sport and giving them the opportunity to succeed. We currently have three teams, but are ever expanding and developing.
Charlotte is continuing her personal development, recently attending a Derbyshire FA mentoring course.
Continually learning
"As a coach or teacher, you never master the profession but are continually learning, I have just completed my level 2 netball and I'm always looking for ways to develop my players and coaching style.
"My level 2 was half funded by my club and half funded by Amber Valley Borough Council Sport and Leisure – without this support I could not afford to continually develop and complete more coaching awards.
"Completing coaching qualifications not only develops you as a coach and your knowledge but it's a fantastic way to meet new people and liaise with other coaches that you can bounce ideas off of.
"I also recently a course at the University of Derby run by the Derbyshire FA and Coaching Derbyshire, which was a female coach mentoring event, and I most certainly have been inspired by some fabulous coaches while completing my level 2 Netball."
Overseeing shooting practice.
Coaching gives back in lots of ways
"Coaching is something that gives back in more ways than you can imagine. I coach because I can. I coach because I want to inspire people to be active.
"When you see that look of enjoyment on a child's face, or you see the 'click' in their head as they understand it, makes all the time you spend planning worthwhile."
"I would say to people, be the change – find something your passionate about and run with it."
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Venue: India Garden Restaurant, Blacksburg
Organizations: Joy Tru
Date: Saturday, June 22, 2019
Time: 6:00 - 8:30 PM
Event Types: Music
Cost: Free
India Garden Restaurant presents Joy Tru in concert on Saturday, June 22, 2019.
Joy Truskowski is a Roanoke, Virginia-based singer-songwriter who performs heartfelt, uplifting, honest, and playful acoustic indie folk pop originals and an eclectic variety of covers. Her voice carries the angelic soulfulness of Joan Baez and the exotic edginess of Grace Slick. She performs refreshing and catchy original indie folk pop songs.
"I sing from my heart. I experiment with my voice. I write intuitive, fun, pretty, and silly songs. I also play guitar, flute, percussion, and other things to back up my voice. I perform with a loop station so I can play various instruments, experiment, and harmonize with myself live."
• http://www.joytru.com/
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• https://www.youtube.com/user/TheFlyingDavenports/videos
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November 4th, 2010
NBC developing pilot for Chelsea Handler comedy
Comedian Chelsea Handler's life is just one big joke – which makes it the perfect material for a new TV show.
Deadline.com reports that NBC is developing a pilot for "Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea," an autobiographical comedy named for the second of Handler's three humor books and based on her life in her 20s.
The 35-year-old "Chelsea Lately" host – who is co-producing the new show - won't star in the series, nor will the lead character be a comic, but the storylines will draw from her best-selling essays about dating, sex, family and her everyday experiences.
Besides producing the NBC series, Handler is also keeping plenty busy with "After Lately," an upcoming scripted comedy for E! that will examine what happens behind the scenes at her late-night talk show, and is currently filming the movie "This Means War" with Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy.
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The Grand Presence
"What is it that is so hard for her to understand?" I thought to myself as I was standing right behind her while she was crying in front of her reflection in a long, antique, wooden mirror. She was on her knees, weeping, the way a baby does. It's like she decided to go back... Continue Reading →
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On the path that she was randomly and aimlessly taking down the green hills and in between the blue and white hyacinths there was a river. She stood there in the middle of the glade which was located somewhere she was not familiar with, her eyes tried to encompass everything as she gasped; the kind... Continue Reading →
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I'm interested in sunsets and road trips and people who don't settle for the ordinary and those who believe in myths and magic I'm interested in the ocean not the shore and late-night phone calls discussing life and death and everything in between I'm interested in conversations that discuss the characters in books in such a... Continue Reading →
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Made in game maker, so code is not that same (and that is reason why movement is not that same).
What it has?
-Almost same hud.
-New engine
-You can change everything.
-Level Editor (lets hope it will be here)
Btw, heres some help in controling:
At start select with mouse.
Player controls: Left, Right, Up
Camera control (in level editor): A, D.
To take a block (in level editor): Left click
To place a block (in level editor): Right click
To delete a placed block (in level editor): Left click
To restart a level (in level editor): Just jump into the hole.
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- Director
- Keith Miller
- Studio
- Helix Studios HS26
- Released
- 2007
- Starring
- Aiden Christianson , Andrew Thomas , Angel Reau , Chase Turner , Devon Ford , Jamie Blade , Kyle Shephard , Lucky Thomas , Ryan Sneaux , Zachary Walker
- Categories
- Bareback Sex ⋅ Oral Sex ⋅ Twinks, American ⋅
Devon Ford barebacks all over
Cuties Angel Reau and Ryan Sneaux (Blue Motel Bareback) make out on a bed, light petting, lost in deep tongue kissing, clothes soon stripped away. Sneaux becomes greedy with Reau's huge boner, and gets a sloppy mouth fucking while jerking his own hard cock.
Hot rimming ensues when Reau sits on Sneaux's face, and the pair settle down to some mutual sucking. Then Sneaux straddles his good looking top, taking his raw prick while moaning with pleasure.
Director Miller prefers natural sound over music, and fans of loud sex will love Sneaux's noisy bottoming, as he gets pummeled and pounded in all directions like the good boy he is, till Reau pulls out and covers Sneaux's face with a well earned load.
Blue jeaned blonde Chase Turner does some warming up with an equally good looking Andrew Thomas. Some oral fun sees these smooth twinks losing their clothes, as Thomas gives some sensuous rimming and licking attention to a writhing Turner, who offers his hole like a sacrifice.
Thomas takes the bait, stuffing his rod deep inside Turner with not a condom in sight. We're treated to some hot close ups of Turner's smooth twink butt getting pounded in every conceivable position by Thomas' hard length.
Thomas shoots all over his cute bottom's hungry face (Turner's tongue darting out in hunger) and then fingers the hole he just raw fucked, as Turner spooges all over himself.
Devon Ford Comes Back For MoreThe third scene stars two models from Miller's earlier erotic masterpiece, Candy Ass Bareback 2 who each appeared in different scenes. Horse hung Helix discovery Devon Ford (it really IS huge) gets to pair up with Jamie Blade this time around, an alternative looking twink with a decent length and insatiable desires to take massive raw penis.
A domestic setting sets the scene (eating, then Blade takes a solo shower whilst Ford cleans up), but then it's straight into the action with these tainted twinks. Kissing in the kitchen, Blade swiftly drops to his knees and services Ford's thickening horse meat. He lays on the counter for a blow job and and ass priming (trust me, he needs it with the size of Ford's cock), and then bent over Ford forces his uncovered huge length deep inside.
Fucked in various positions, the hottest is when close up camera work shows Blade lowering himself in a squat onto Devon's monster cock, bouncing up and down on his mammoth erection.
Eventually unable to take it any more, Blade explodes. Ford pulls out and drenches Blade's chest with reams of dripping hot cum. This scene is worth the price of the movie alone.
Ford isn't the only star with a mammouth cock, as scene four proves. Here it's a youthful bleached skinny boy Kyle Shephard who uses his massive length for a taller nipple pierced brunette bottom Zachary Walker.
Heavy petting in the bathroom, Walker worships Shephard's huge hard-on, and rightfully so. It's just as well he can take a deep fucking, because that's exactly what he gets when Shephard barebacks him in all positions imaginable.
By the time the pair retires to the bedroom, Walker's hairless hole is slick and juicy. Riding that length, he shoots over his top's chest, and Shephard returns the favor, creaming Walker's pierced tatted navel from the head of his gigantic prick.
The final offering visits scruffier twinks Lucky Thomas and Aiden Christianson, making out in sexy college boy attire. Darker skinned Christianson reveals pierced nipples and a nice thick cock, soon enveloped in Thomas' cocksucking mouth.
Tatted pierced alt boy Thomas makes sure his partner is big and hard in a hot close up oral session. You'd be forgiven for thinking Christianson's dark curved meat is going up Thomas, but it's the other way around.
His paler cock penetrates that dark ass bare, for a doggy style pounding. Switching positions, we can see Christianson's own hard member straining with the excitement of this raw fucking.
His brown chest is soon spotted with white globs as Thomas continues the onslaught of his hole until Thomas pulls out with a grin, and double splatters his chest with some more hot cream.
Miller's direction, as ever, is faultless. His lack of a soundtrack really makes you feel like you're in the room with these guys who like to Bareback All Over the place. His models are of choice quality and some of the camera work is to die for.
The DVD includes full scene access, as well as individual compilations categorized into oral sex, fucking, and the all important cumshots. As well as this, Helix throws in three hot movie trailers, including Bareback Pick Up.
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Exclusive: CTD Hot for TV Land's 'Hot in Cleveland'
CBS Television Distribution has acquired the domestic broadcast distribution rights from TV Land for its original sitcom, Hot in Cleveland.
"Right now, there's a lack of sitcoms in the marketplace, so we think the marketplace will be ready for this," says Scott Koondel, SVP of corporate licensing and distribution for CBS Corp., and president of distribution for CTD. "The show is really good creatively, has total star-power, gets ratings and is underexposed. The idea is to fully monetize it on broadcast stations."
CTD plans to take the show out for sale to TV stations in the next six or nine months, says Koondel. "If production stays aggressive, the show could be available as early as September 2013."
"This is really a milestone for TV Land and for Viacom Media Networks," says Larry W. Jones, president of TV Land. "To get a scripted series into production, have it hit, and then bring it to the marketplace in syndication is an amazing achievement by any standard for any network."
Hot in Cleveland premiered on TV Land in June 2010, opening to an audience of nearly six million viewers in live plus seven day viewing, the largest in the network's history. It was such an immediate hit that in July 2010, TV Land renewed it for a second season, which premiered in January 2011. Production on season three began in September and began airing on the network last month. By the end of this production cycle, there will be 58 episodes of the show. Ideally, TV stations want to have at least 100 episodes of a series available in order to strip it five nights a week.
Hot in Cleveland stars Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White. On Wednesday (Dec. 14), White, who turns 90 in January, was nominated for her second Screen Actors Guild award for her role in the show.
The series is executive produced by Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner of Hazy Mills Productions and is helmed by Suzanne Martin, who serves as executive producer, showrunner and writer. Lynda Obst also serves as executive producer. Jones and Keith Cox are executive producers for TV Land. Hot in Cleveland is currently seen in more than 165 countries.
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This sketch shows the first reconstruction that Albert Friend, Glanville Downey, and Paul Underwood attempted for a case study on the dome of the Nea Ekklesia, the lost church founded by emperor Basil I (r. 867–886) in the great imperial palace in Constantinople. Their approach, which they also applied later to the Holy Apostles, was to combine textual sources and comparative visual material. Here, Friend notes a sermon by the ninth-century patriarch Photios as a textual reference. Downey translated the text, which then served as the source for the dome reconstruction by Underwood (see here). The notes surrounding the drawing indicate the color and a series of iconographic models for the mosaic reconstruction.
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Sketch from a notebook by Albert M. Friend. MS.BZ.019-03-01-054.
Notes and sketches from a notebook by Albert M. Friend, Spring 1948. MS.BZ.019-03-02-066.
Sketch from a notebook by Albert M. Friend. MS.BZ.019-03-02-063.
Photograph from Albert M. Friend's research material. MS.BZ.019-03-01-049.
Reproduction of a preparatory sketch by Paul A. Underwood. MS.BZ.019-03-01-057.
Conference paper by Paul A. Underwood. MS.BZ.019-03-01-050.


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It has become a sort of self-evident truth that America is deeply and irremediably divided into the conservative right and the liberal left. Pretty much everyone believes this, and most people think that gap is widening. But according to an Esquire-NBC survey, America is not as divided as our political partisanship would indicate. In fact, the majority of Americans actually believe the same thing when it comes down to it.
Assuming the survey actually paints an accurate picture of the average American, I think there are a few reasons for the disparity between the survey and the common perception—why practical solidarity appears like political division.
First, perceived division is the tool politicians use to legitimize their rule. If the truth were out, and people realized that politicians on the left and the right want basically the same things in practice, the myth of choice that so many people still believe in would lose its potency. Right now, it's as if most Americans are watching the political equivalent of a professional wrestling match, but they still believe that Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage actually have a real beef with each other. So they root for their favorite without realizing that the whole thing is a sham. Politics would lose a great deal of its luster if we realized just how staged it is. So the mainstream media outlets (of both flavors), largely fall in step with the political agenda, selling the American public on the reality of the divide. This makes financial sense as well. News thrives on conflict and controversy. If there isn't a real controversy available, the media make one up.
But the second reason for the disconnect between how we are and how we perceive ourselves is the fact that most Americans don't actually believe what they think they do. If the Esquire-NBC survey had focused on ideology rather than policy, they would have come up with the opposite result. Most of the questions they asked had to do with actual policy: legalization of gay marriage and marijuana, offshore drilling, and the death penalty. Though "the American Center" agrees on policy issues, they don't describe themselves by the same terms. As NBC's write up of the survey says:
The people of the new American center aren't united by easy labels. Some are Republicans (28 percent). Others are Democrats (36 percent). Still others are Independents (36 percent). The people of the center self-describe as liberals (20 percent), conservatives (25 percent), moderates (55 percent) — and 15 percent support the Tea Party.
In other words, according to the Esquire-NBC poll, most Americans agree on policy but they describe their policies with different ideological labels and probably believe they have irreconcilable political differences with their neighbors. They may argue over ideas, but, when the rubber meets the road, they all want basically the same things.
This just restates the conclusion of a landmark 1967 study The Political Beliefs of Americans. Things weren't apparently that different then:
The paradox of a large majority of Americans qualifying as operational liberals while at the same time a majority hold to a conservative ideology has been repeatedly emphasized in this study. We have described this state of affairs as mildly schizoid, with people believing in one set of principles abstractly while acting according to another set of principles in their political behavior. But the principles according to which the majority of Americans actually behave politically have not yet been adequately formulated in modern terms …
This is most troubling for the conservative movement. It is not good enough for us to say we believe the right things if, in practice, we vote and live just like our purported opponents. And the Esquire-NBC survey, and other studies like it, indicate that is exactly what is happening. If we are truly going to effect any change in this country, it is not our well-stated ideological platform that needs revamping. No, the real problem is that we are ideological hypocrites. We need a change of affections and a change of actions. We need to start living out the principles we say we believe.


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John Leguizamo's career has gone through multiple stages of artistic transition that it could be hard to keep up with such a dynamic force. As a performer, he has transcended every stereotype in the Latin community by digesting it and spitting it back out for the masses. In turn he's knocked down every door that has oppressed the actors that came before him, while bridging the cultural dividing line in his work.
In the industry, he's a name that's recognizable on every level and in practically every medium. Abandoning the label of comedian early on, Leguizamo honed his craft, as he fleshed out an impressive film career while simultaneously making fearless leaps into theater with his intimately personal and critically acclaimed one man shows like Mambo Mouth, Freak, and his most recent, 2010's Ghetto Klown.
Although Leguizamo could probably take it easy for the rest of his life, he has the energy of an actor just cutting his teeth, and it shows through the evolution of his work, and the talents that work with him. Actor-director Jon Favreau, who pulls triple duty alongside Leguizamo in the new film Chef, highlights his qualities. "He's not just a comedian. He's a really hard worker. He's an actor's actor. Most actor's want to do something else after a certain point but he loves it. He always acts like he's very lucky to be on the set and a lot of people lose that after some time," said Favreau.
Whether he's peeling the layers back on his infectious energy in his one man plays, or stealing the show in films like To Wong Foo, or his most recent role in Chef, Leguizamo's journey as an artist ties all the parts that make his career in one through line — he's unapologetically honest and always in the moment.
In Chef John Leguizamo plays a supporting role as Martin, a sous chef, who joins the recently unemployed chef Carl (Jon Favreau) in an unexpected food truck venture. In doing so he, along with Carl's son, aids his former boss in an attempt to reclaim his creative promise in his work while piecing an estranged father-son relationship back together.
John Leguizamo was kind enough to sit down with The Inquisitr's Niki Cruz for an exclusive one on one interview to speak about his newest film Chef and his expansive career.
THE INQUISITR: Chef really does a fantastic job of connecting food to memories. What are some of your favorite memories that's tied to food that you love?
JOHN LEGUIZAMO: Obviously Latin food has the most memories for me. Chino Latino which is Cuban Chinese food which we used to do at every holiday. We would go to this restaurant and order fried plantains and fried rice, or black beans and sweet and sour shrimp. It's the weirdest combo of food but we loved that stuff. Also, of course pernil, which is the meat we're using in the movie.
You do a mean impersonation of your co-star Sofia Vergara. Has she heard it?
She didn't hear it. I was afraid! I was afraid she wouldn't find it as flattering.
You've had such a varied career what made you say yes to a film like Chef?
Definitely Jon Favreau. He's a master filmmaker. He's made me laugh so many times. I loved Elf, and Swingers. I love his work and I thought it was a great honor to be chosen to be in this movie, and to be given the freedom to improvise. Plus I loved the script and the story he was telling. It's really touching, pertinent and unique.
A relationship between the director and an actor is always very interesting in that it can make or break a movie. Since Jon has the perspective of an actor as well, how was it like working with him?
It is very interesting. He respects actors and he knows the process so he gives you the freedom and the comfort. He's a very nurturing dude, and he's pretty generous himself, so it's fun. Working with a great director, you're always going to look great. It's like working with a great coach, you're going to go to great places when you have somebody who knows how to get the best out of people.
Chef features social media in a big way, which is fairly new for a film. Your bio line on your Twitter right now is pretty brilliant. How often do you update it?
I update the bio all the time! We're always changing, and you discover — "oh I'm more like this, oh wait, now I'm different," which is okay. We all have to evolve. Otherwise you stop surviving.
It's odd that Twitter is looked at as a personal brand. Your twitter line has the potential to represent you as a person. I know you mentioned sitting on a tweet for 24 hours, but do you ever think about the pressures of branding since you're a public figure?
Yeah. Tweeting is actually the most intellectual out of all the social media. When I tweet political stuff I get a lot of love and hate instantly. I get a lot of hate tweets whenever I put something against guns or pro-choice, and the affirmative action ban. The things you put on Twitter can have devastating effects and you have to be careful. I tell my kids, "This is permanent. Don't put anything out there that you're not willing to stand with for the rest of your life." It's unfortunate that they have to grow up with all that pressure but they have to know that it's serious. A lot of people have shot themselves in the foot. You can't treat social media like you're having a conversation. It's just not the same thing. It's not as harmless. It can be incredibly helpful and it can make careers or put forth political movements — it's a powerful thing.
I'm a huge fan of your theater work – I've seen Freak, Ghetto Klown, and Mambo Mouth. You've broken so many conventions in the Latin community as a performer. Did you set out to do that originally?
I went in thinking that things have to change. It couldn't be the same status quo that just existed. It just didn't make sense with the lifestyle or what was going on in America. It seemed like the media was so far behind with reality, especially when I came along during Mambo Mouth. I just started writing my own stuff because I felt like everything was so far behind and I said, "Let me show you what I see. The world in my perspective." And that's why I started creating my own stuff.
What were some of the performers you looked up to as a kid?
Richard Pryor, Jonathan Winters were my favorites. Lily Tomlin's one man show definitely influenced me. Eric Bogosian and Spalding Gray, and Whoopi Goldberg too. They were all their own pioneers in their own way. I definitely took it and created my own hybrid sort of the autobiographical one man play. That's what I helped pioneer.
You also wrote an autobiography, Pimps, Hos, Playa Hatas and All the Rest of My Hollywood Friends: My Life, which borrowed from the material that you performed in your one man show Freak. A lot of your work in the theater seems to inform your other work as a performer. Was that always your intention?
I didn't really think of it that way, but I guess that's what happened in a way. I wrote the autobiography and then that influenced Ghetto Klown, and now Ghetto Klown is going to be a graphic novel, and that's incredible. I love messing the genres up.
In every medium you do you're very frank in all of your work as far as discussing what hasn't worked out in your career. It's easy for some actors to get stuck in a specific period in their career and become jaded. How did you overcome that slump?
I guess because I'm very self generating and I don't rely on Hollywood to further my career. I don't expect Hollywood to get me or understand what I'm about. I create my own stuff and if there's a great movie, and I get to work with great directors that's an added plus, you know? But I'm still going to do my thing on my own schedule.
When you perform work that's very personal do you ever gain a new perspective as you're working through it? Does it add other layers or is it like ripping off a band-aid?
It's all of that. When you go deeper you're definitely going to reach new levels. You're going to regenerate and inspire yourself because you're pushing the boundaries, and all of a sudden you're invigorated, and you feel like you have more courage to try different things. In the process it is like peeling off a band-aid. You're peeling off scabs and opening up wounds, but at the end it just makes you stronger and better. It does have to hurt a little bit for your growth.
It must be so tiring. Your run with performing Ghetto Klown was five years straight.
It was the hardest one to do because it was about my life and my career, and that's a really difficult paradigm to crack. People have tried and it just didn't work. It took me years to figure out what the ingredients were, and then it was inspiring to other people like Mike Tyson who saw it, and has his own show.
Do you separate yourself from the material after all is said and done?
Absolutely. I'm doing something different. My next thing is going to be so different. I don't want to repeat myself and I don't want to go to the personal stuff anymore. I want to go more political, historical and social. It's a history of Latin people for those with ADHD.
Sounds exciting! Can't wait to check that one out.
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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Sunday links, 10/26/14
-Californians, check out the +Market by Domino Dollhouse featuring Tess Munster. It sounds amazing and I wish I could be there!
-Vivi writes about why she's taking a break from Gwynnie Bee.
-These photos from Bombsheller's fitting party are awesome, and I can't wait until their leggings are available in plus sizes.
-New Yorkers, keep an eye out for Lockwood Style, a new clothing boutique in Astoria that will be one-third plus sizes.
-Chubby Cartwheels' Little Black Dress Collection is out!
-I love Rae's Halloween costumes featuring Hips & Curves items, especially the witch.
–12 all black plus size picks for fall.
-Sheri rounds up gorgeous dark floral pieces.
–An awesome plus size show at Portland Fashion Week.
-I love this plus size fashion illustration blog!
–Major fashion labels attack blogger for not conforming to gender roles.
-I've never been to a horse race and have no particular desire to do so, but I love the style of dresses and fascinators that women wear to them. Everything in City Chic's Day at the Races roundup is gorgeous. I wish they had credited the sources for the shoes and accessories, though.
Fat Acceptance
-I have somewhat mixed feelings about #4, but otherwise I agree with this completely: 5 reasons why we need to stop thinking of skinny-shaming as "reverse discrimination."
–On being liked better after losing weight.
-If you've heard that sleep apnea is caused by fat, did you know that belief is based on research that was found to have been falsified?
–Good intentions only go so far in making HAES more inclusive.
–Fatphobia: 5 facts and a guide for the disbeliever.
–Apple's health app: where's the power?
–When is weight a symptom?
-Australian dance company Force Majeure has put out a call for fat dancers to audition for a groundbreaking new dance theater project.
-I've been watching Parks & Recreation, and I want to love it, but there are so many things that bother me about the show–including the fatphobic treatment of Jerry and the portrayal of Donna as the stereotypical sassy fat black woman. This series of posts makes the important point that Donna often talks about her sexual activities, but is never seen with a love interest. It broke my heart a bit when I read this list of 29 reasons Leslie Knope and Ben Wyatt are the most perfect fictional couple around, and realized: this is exactly what fat women, and black women, and especially fat black women, don't get in the media. We/they don't get to see ourselves portrayed as worthy of love, and that needs to change.
Wednesday Fa(t)shion Inspirations, 10/22/14: dark mori/witchy goth edition
OOTD: Adventures in an enchanted forest
On Saturday I went hiking with a few friends through the spectacular mid-October foliage. Since I've been so into dark mori and witchy goth looks lately, I figured it would be the perfect opportunity to dress up in dark layers. (No, I didn't stay dressed up for the whole hike–it was unseasonably warm, so I ended up taking off both my skirts and most of my jewelry and just hiking around in shorts. I also brought sneakers to change into.)
Top and cardigan: thrifted, gray skirt: Target, black skirt and belt: ASOS Curve, socks: Domino Dollhouse, shoes: LL Bean, flower crown and bat clips: Crown & Glory, crystal necklace: from my great-grandmother, gray necklace: from a clothing swap, bangles: Torrid and Deb, spike wristband: Hot Topic, studded wristband: Macy's, skull ring: Torrid, rose ring and earrings: really old
OOTD: Pink leopard, rainbows, and hearts
This is what I wore for my second day at Disney. I spent half the day in the pool, which was wonderful, and when I finally dragged myself out of the water, I had another colorful and comfortable outfit planned out.
Top: Cacique by Lane Bryant, skirt: Dots via The Big Thrifty, shoes: Brooks via Zappos, watch: Amazon, pink wristband: "Magic Band" for hotel and theme park access, rainbow bracelet: a store at Disney, necklace: Betsey Johnson via eBay, earrings: Forever 21, hairclip: Crown & Glory
Sunday links, 10/19/14
–Fashion & feminism: Mateo Guadalupe of Leather Coven.
-I love Maria's reflections on fashion rules and goals.
–Why I refuse to straighten my hair.
–A series of interviews with alt-fatshion bloggers.
-Courtney's hot pink mermaid fatkini is everything.
-Style Vanity interviews Luanne of Weesha's World.
–Instead of banning yoga pants, schools should crack down on harassment.
-I wish I could be in Ohio for Re/Dress' plus size modeling workshop!
–7 badass ladies of Buffy and the Halloween costumes they inspire.
-My new favorite indie clothing shop: LovelyMsLevecks.
Fat Acceptance
-Leah has a great rant about the bullshit phrase "promoting obesity."
–Let's broaden the talk about thin privilege to include the ways it intersects with race and other identities.
–"I'm only talking about myself!" isn't a good excuse for fat-shaming.
–It's time for a ceasefire in the war on "childhood obesity."
–Jenny Trout and Michelle Landriault interview each other about fatkinis, their co-appearance on The Steve Harvey Show, and body positivity.
-Ragen offers tips for dealing with the anger of fatphobia.
–Yoga and body diversity: five ways to be inclusive when teaching or practicing.
Climate and Sustainability
–Money, death, and danger in North Dakota's fracking capital.
–Why waste coffee grounds when you can use them to grow mushrooms? Continue reading
OOTD: Rocking my giant bow at Disney
I picked this giant bow for my trip to Disney both because I will take any opportunity to wear huge things on my head, and because it was the closest thing to the Disney aesthetic I could think of while staying true to my own style. The dress I picked because it's comfortable, fun, and perfect for hot weather.
Dress: ASOS Curve, bow: the Velvet Village, necklace: Tarina Tarantino via eBay, earrings: a small shop in Paris, watch: Amazon, sneakers: Brooks via Zappos, purse: LeSportSac via eBay, wristband: the "Magic Band" that got us into our hotel rooms and the theme parks Continue reading


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February 3, 2018
Do you have any questions for my answers? -- Henry Kissinger
When conducting a media training, I start off with a segment from the 70's Bob Newhart Show. As he waits to be interviewed on a local TV show about being a psychologist, Bob is chatted and buttered up by the host, who signals she'll be lobbing softball questions his way. But the second the show goes on air, she attacks him as a "snake-oil salesman flim-flamming innocent people" who charges too much and doesn't guarantee his patients a cure. Bob is caught totally off-guard and painfully (but hilariously) stumbles his way through the interview, digging his grave deeper and deeper.
This comic version of a media interview illustrates a few essentials: 1. Good preparation for any interview is key, and 2. Don't let the interviewer control the interview—your job is to get across your key points, regardless of what they ask.
Whether you're asked to respond to the latest crisis or explain the long-term direction of your field or organization, you need to be well-prepared and have a game plan for what you want to say—and avoid saying—in every interview.
Media training usually involves a session led by an outside expert with the assistance of in-house communications staff. You refine and practice key messages, learn tips for handling a variety of media, and role play interview scenarios. Although there is no substitute for an actual training, here are some tips and best practices:
Begin with the end in mind
When you decide to do an interview, think not only about what you know about the issue, reporter and publication, but also your target audiences. Then ask yourself:
- What is my game plan for the interview?
- How will I define success?
- How can I prepare myself for the ideal as well as the most dreaded questions?
- How can I control the interview?
Anticipating the reporter's questions and preparing brief, sharp responses will help you control the interview. But your most important goal is to manage your own message—regardless of what questions you end up being asked. Jot down 2-3 concise core messages you want to communicate on note paper or index cards. Add some quotable quotes, compelling stories, or a few examples and facts to illustrate. Then practice your delivery with family, friends, trusted colleagues, or in front of a mirror.
Conducting an effective interview
Media trainees learn two tried-and-true strategies for every interview. The first is called "headlining": Make your most important points at the get-go, and come back to them whenever you can. The second is "bridging": Move from the reporter's agenda to your messages; to use a sports analogy, play offense, not defense. For example, when you're asked about problems, talk about solutions. This doesn't mean you're blatantly ignoring the question—address the topic, but bridge quickly to what you want to say.
As you move from print to TV or radio, how you say it is as important as what you say. Research has shown that only 7% of what we take in is communicated through speech, while 38% is conveyed through vocal quality and tone, and a whopping 55 % through facial expressions, gestures, and movements.
When the going gets tough
Finally, remember these key takeaways when you get caught in a contentious interview:
- Keep it positive—Reject negative assumptions, reframe a negative question, assert the alternative
- Don't drag it out—Make your point and move on
- Remember, their questions don't matter…Your answers do!
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Nearly any remake begins its life in Hollywood with the same moment, as some executive gazes upon an older film, whether classic or c-level, and accurately observes that the biggest problem with the original film is clearly that it is not making them any money. And so a whole enterprise springs up — from cast to crew, moviemaking to marketing — to turn what history proved to be a moneymaker into a new film that, it is hoped, will have the exact same result. I don't care what you re-make, re-boot or re-launch — if Shakespeare had been prohibited from using classic plots and stories, his output would have been less than half of what it was — and my biggest concern about the new-school version of any film comes down to one question: Is it good?
And here, that question's more complicated than you might think. Re-making Paul Verhoven's 1987 perfect storm of '80s paranoia, Me-generation excess, Computerized Reagan-eracorporate crypto-fascism and brutalist action would be a tough task to set for any director; after Bus 174 and the Elite Squad films, Jose Padilha's action-packed but close-to-the-ground style must have seemed like a natural fit. But one of the problems with this new RoboCop is specifically that every time it even approaches an intriguing idea, it immediately drops it to go looking for the next shiny object to bat at. And just as Detroit cop Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman) gets placed in a huge, metallic exoskeleton to save his life as a cyborg experiment, so too does this RoboCop feel like an uneasy hybrid of fleshy, lively ideas and a few charismatic performances hampered and hindered by being wrapped in heavy, dull, inflexible recycled shell. (Paraphrasing what Matt Singer noted, so eloquently, in his review of Old Boy, this is a movie made for an audience that doesn't exist, one unaware of the 1987 RoboCop but also one that knows, loves and venerates it. )
Starting with Samuel L. Jackson's blowhard newshost Novak asking about why Americans will use robot soldiers abroad to keep the peace but not to keep America's streets safe, Joshua Zetumer's screenplay gets at some interesting ideas from the jump — namely, what happens when you ask conquerors to submit to the protection given the conquered, and what happens to American policy when science says that you don't have to risk a single American life in order to kill America's enemies. The evolution of war from something soldiers might die for to something the enemy will decidedly die for, conducted by remote-control, is one of the guiding technological revolutions of the last century, from aerial bombing to the nuclear weapon to our shiny, imprecise drone-warfare program; if RoboCop had been about that, it'd be far more intriguing, and worthy of the nods at Brecht it makes between set-pieces.
But the film steps away from that, instead focusing on how OmniCorp — makers of fine quality peacekeeping robots — can't sell in the U.S. and is leaving $600 billion on the table every year; messianic CEO Raymond Sellars (Michael Keaton, playing either Steve Jobs with a God complex or God with a Steve Jobs complex) realizes that the way to get around a law prohibiting robotic minds from enforcing laws over Americans is to put an American inside a machine. Betrayed by bad cops on the Detroit force with a car bomb, Murphy is the perfect candidate for all concerned — Sellars, his executive team (a wormy Jay Baruchel and a imperious Jennifer Ehle) and his cybernetics genius, Dr. Dennett Norton (Gary Oldman). And so Alex Murphy's life is saved … such as it is.
Bear in mind that nothing in this new RoboCop approaches the squirmy, coke-y majestic sleaze of Paul Verhoeven's original, and its bloodless PG-13 nature can't match the diabolical and deliberate insane violence Verhoeven brought, either. Sure, there are nice smart touches: A riff on a famed The Manchurian Candidate shot, the fact that a variation of Bacon's Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion is behind Keaton as they discuss Murphy's death and resurrection, a great visual where a dazed Murphy robo-stomps through a clean room factory floor right out of Manufactured Landscapes. But they can't make up for a storyline with no consistency or inner logic. Early on, an amputee who's given new robot hands tries to play guitar, but his rising "emotion levels" interfere with his manual control; it's a plot point that's set up, laboriously and then ignored.
But the worst thing in the new RoboCop comes as it shows us Murphy's suffering and terror but then says it was all worth it, complete with a finale in which love conquers all, not the clever logic-conquers-all computer-programming bit that perfectly capped off the original with wit, satire and a torrent of bullets. The first RoboCop felt like an unsentimental film made by cynical people, which made it extraordinary and savage; the new RoboCop feels like a sentimental film made by cynical people, which makes it expected and average. Maybe Padihla will now get the big-studio money to make a big-studio movie he actually can do something interesting with, but this new RoboCop feels like something we, and he, had to endure so that might happen. Kinnaman is functional, Oldman is shouty and contradictory, Abbie Cornish is capable of crying on cue and Samuel L. Jackson can still turn six syllables like "criminal mastermind" into a banquet. But the fault is not in their efforts, but rather in the film. The original RoboCop was a Frankenstein story dipped in excess until it dripped; this version is more like Frankenstein's monster without any animating spark of lightning to jolt it alive, a jumbleof over-played special effects, scavenged musical themes, new 'spins' on old lines and sound effects from 1987 shoved into the hollowed-out carapace of the original film with just a few thread-thin stitches of new, interesting material to connect them. Loud, large-scale and lifeless, the 2014 RoboCop is a dead, blank-eyed doppelganger of the thing it was made to resemble.


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Quavo's new solo album has attracted attention after fans realised that the rapper appears to address his alleged relationship with Nicki Minaj.
On 'Huncho Dreams', the rapper appears to suggest that he was romantically involved with Minaj, after she appeared to hint at their relationship on her own 'Barbie Dreams'.
"She said I hurt her feelings 52 times", he raps on the track – which is a reference to Minaj's previous anger after it transpired that Cardi B also features on Migos track 'MotorSports'.
"I love Quavo, and at the time, on Twitter, I explained how MotorSport'came about, and you know, people were saying that I was lying," Nicki previously told Zane Lowe.
"So I texted Quavo and I said, 'Hey, just, you know, could you back me up on this because I don't want people to think I'm lying. What do I have to lie about? And he didn't back me up…. He texted me, and he was like, 'I would go on Twitter and back you up if you were my girl lol.' And that hurt, because he's somebody—I love him."
'Huncho Dreams' also sees Quavo claiming that he "made her [Minaj] scream" after buying her Chanel handbags.
Is Quavo dissing Nicki or apologizing in Huncho Dreams? He better pick one, because the Kingdom wants all the smoke… pic.twitter.com/zE1aj85P6B
— Wizkid X (@dejimaraj) October 12, 2018
Quavo appears to address his relationship with Nicki Minaj on his song, "Huncho Dreams," from new album #QUAVOHUNCHO. pic.twitter.com/aweHa2DN18
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) October 12, 2018
"Call up queen (Nicki) The queen can't flex on a young bull (Flex) Made her scream (Scream) Chanel, I bought her two of 'em. You can check IG (Hey, IG) 'Cause when she post, it go up (Go). Is she for keeps? (For keeps)".
He later adds: "But I sniped yo ass, No Fefe I skeet skeet on your faces."
Responding to the verse on Twitter, one fan wrote: "Is Quavo dissing Nicki or apologizing in Huncho Dreams? He better pick one, because the Kingdom wants all the smoke…"
Minaj is yet to directly respond to the verse. She released the video for 'Barbie Dreams' last month.


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By DeMarcus Cobb
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Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/yunghiram
Instragram: www.instagram.com/yunghiram/
FB: www.facebook.com/yunghiram
Twitter: twitter.com/yunghiram
Hailing from Houston, Texas, Hiram is paving his own way in the music scene. Formally known as Yung Slutty, the switch to his birth name came with a sense of maturity and growth as a musician. He has been heavily involved in the underground DJ scene for the past six years and his love for music made him pick up production along the way.
Hiram is inspiring young DJ's/producers to follow their dreams and showing them that you can accomplish what you want if you put forth the effort.
When he is not DJ'ing, he gives back to the community teaching music theory and intro to music production full-time at an elementary school (WIDE Missouri City).
"Helping kids who doubt themselves like I always did," Hiram said. "Anything is possible if you TRY."
He's performed at Free Press Summer Fest and Day For Night in Houston.
Part of the "A Really Kool Party" crew , a free DIY monthly that brings Houstonians together with good music and good vibes. Also recently started a livestream party "Open Source" last month with Last1st. You can keep up with his upcoming shows on his Facebook page
Also affiliated with New York City based label, InGoodCompany, that showcases forward thinking music, (think Soulection). He will have an EP released through InGoodCompany and is also working on a Future Bossa Nova collab EP with fellow Houstonian, FiFe that will be released on another label.
Hiram's sound is an eclectic blend of Future Beat heavily influenced by various genres ranging from; Afro beat, R&B, Trap, Jersey Club, Baile Funk, Dancehall, Salsa. His DJ sets are meant to make you dance while opening your ears to music you haven't heard before.
Within the past year, he has played in Houston, SXSW in Austin, London, New Orleans, Denver and Art Basel in Miami. So far he has opened or played with the likes Mr. Carmack, Troyboi, Hoodboi, Promnite, AF The Naysayer, The Whooligan and the list continues to grow in 2017.
He's an example of hard work and dedication to the craft. Houston has a thriving music scene with amazing DJs and producers beneath the surface. But not everyone gets the opportunity to spread their wings outside of their hometown city.
Here are some of Hiram's tracks that have been played on KTSW 89.9-FM Specialty Show "Melodia" by DeMarcus Cobb and Laura Valencia
Lus Mais Escura by Hiram (self-released)
Next Lifetime (Hiram Remix) by Erykah Badu (InGoodCompany)
Brincadeira by Hiram (self-released)
Featured image courtesy of Hiram.


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Virgin Blue bounces and Kingfisher extends gains as Asian stocks have a good day
Asia Pacific airline stocks were mostly higher yesterday, with Qantas (+2.0%), Singapore Airlines (+1.6%) and Cathay Pacific (+2.7%) among the gainers.
Virgin Blue bounced back 6% after a horror 28% fall on Friday related to its profit warning, while Kingfisher Airlines extended its gains after its FY2010 earnings report in which it disclosed it is budgeting for a profit in FY2011.
SpiceJet surged 5.9% and China Airlines gained 4.2%. AirAsia rose 4.3% after it disclosed a 10% increase in revenue and net profit in 1Q2010. See related report: AirAsia's profits hit by rising fuel costs: Near term outlook solid, squeeze in 2011?
At the other end of the scale, Hainan Airlines (-5.8%) and Skywest (-5.2%) fell heavily, while Air New Zealand (-1.7%) lost further ground.
Asia Pacific selected airlines daily share price movements (% change): 31-May-2010


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Pelé: Birth of a Legend is an American biographical film about the early life of Brazilian footballer Pelé. The film is directed and written by Jeff Zimbalist and Michael Zimbalist.
The film stars Kevin de Paula, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rodrigo Santoro, Diego Boneta and Colm Meaney. The film is centered on the relationship between the character Pele and his father.
The principal photography commenced in Rio de Janeiro in September 2013 and later, entirely filmed in Brazil until late 2014.The film was released to negative critical response, film critics pointing out the flaws in narrative, criticising the lacking of depth.
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