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Updated May 27
Details on new program dates and times will be posted on our Recreation page and on our social media pages as they become available. City Hall and VMCC are closed to the public until further notice.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Introducing Recreate Remotely!
Each Monday, Wednesday and Friday through the end of May, watch for ideas for fun fitness and health suggestions and leisure activities you can do while social distancing.
Also, watch for our Recreate Remotely for ideas on staying fit and active during this challenging time, plus sneak peeks into what your Parks and Recreation staff do for recreation in their free time!
View activities on our
- Fitness Page (Fitness, health and wellness-specific)
- Aquatics Page (Aquatics-specific)
- Recreation Page (ALL activities)
Good luck! Have fun! Take care!
8055 Barbara Avenue
Inver Grove Heights, MN 55077
VMCC Building Hours
|Mon-Fri: 5 a.m.-10 p.m.
Sat: 6 a.m.-8 p.m.
Sun: 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
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*Important Note: These are the hours for the VMCC building and Fitness Center. Other facilities , including the Water Park, Pools, Ice Arena and Gym schedules vary. View those facility hours on their respective webpages.
Welcome to the Veterans Memorial Community Center, home of The Grove Aquatic & Fitness Center, two Ice Arenas and the National Guard Gymnasium
Welcome to the Veterans Memorial Community Center, home of The Grove Aquatic & Fitness Center, two Ice Arenas and the National Guard Gymnasium
The Veterans Memorial Community Center (VMCC) is in the heart of Inver Grove Heights, offering a place for fun, fitness and families! Everyone is welcome! We have something for everyone, no matter your age or ability.
We have something for everyone, no matter the age or the fitness ability. Anyone can access the facility at any time during building hours (below) for a daily admission fee (or by purchasing a membership). We also offer a 10-visit pass. Learn more about daily admission rates on each of our facilities amenity pages (sidebar and below).
Anyone can also become a member. Membership includes free access to the facilities amenities, as well as discounts on several programs and activities offered through the Community Center. Learn more about membership rates, benefit and policies.
We want our facility to be a place of fun and inclusiveness for everyone. Please view our Community Center Code of Conduct.
The Grove's Aquatic & Fitness Center
Aquatic Center: Indoor Pool and Water Park
The Grove's Aquatic Center includes an Indoor Water Park, an 8-lane lap pool and a diving well with 1m and 3m diving boards. The Indoor Water Park includes a large play structure with splash features, two small and two large water slides and other great water features. The Water Park offers Morning Swim (water features off) and Open Swim (water features on). A Lifeguard is always on duty during these times.
Visit The Grove's Aquatic Center's page for details on hours (the Lap Pool has different hours than the Water Park), fees, activities and programs.
Fitness Center
The Grove' State-of-the-Art Fitness Center offers a large fitness area with a free weight area, strength and cardio equipment; Three fitness studios, including a group cycle room and a TRX room; Over 60 drop-in fitness classes per week; and an Indoor Walking Track that is 1/16 of a mile long, circling above the fitness center. We also provide locker rooms (Men, Women, Family) and saunas for men and one for women.
Visit The Grove's Fitness Center's page for additional details on hours, fees, activities and programs.
Ice Arenas and Turf
The Community Center offers two sheets of ice (from Mid-October to February; one sheet all year round) and an indoor turf (from early March to mid-October). Open Skate and Open Hockey are available, as well as a Learn to Skate program, an Indoor Walking program (only part of the year) and rentals.
Visit the Ice Arenas/indoor Turf page for details on hours, fees, activities and programs.
National Guard Armory Gymnasium
The Community Center is home to the National Guard Training Center, which houses a 9,000 square foot Gymnasium. It contains two basketball hoops, pickleball courts and the capability to host events with a kitchen, tables and chairs to rent.
Visit the National Guard Gymnasium's page for details on hours, fees, activities and programs.
Become a member and receive free access to all of our amenities any time (during building hours) and discounts on several programs and activities we offer. Learn more about membership benefits, rates and how to sign-up!


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Elmer "Pete" and Abby Gudmundsen were lifelong supporters of agricultural research in Nebraska
The ranch – Rafter C Ranch – became the Gudmundsen Sandhills Research Center and now serves as a 12,800-acre research and educational facility.
The couple retired from ranching in the late 1970s and donated their ranch to the University of Nebraska Foundation to be used by the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
The ranch – Rafter C Ranch – became the Gudmundsen Sandhills Research Center and now serves as a 12,800-acre research and educational facility.
An additional $300,000 endowment from the couple supports the research at the center.
"The gift of the Gudmundsen ranch created a very unique research and educational facility for the university," said Irvin Omtvedt, University of Nebraska-Lincoln vice president and vice chancellor emeritus. "The Gudmundsen Sandhills Research Center has given us the opportunity to do range livestock and environmental research that is very important to regions like this area of Nebraska."
"Furthermore, the center combines the cooperative research efforts of faculty from UNL, the West Central Research and Extension Center in North Platte and the Panhandle Research and Extension Center in Scottsbluff."
The couple has a long giving history with the university. They donated funds for more than 20 years.
They made an estate gift of more than $2 million, which was used to help build the George W. Beadle Center at UNL.
Part of that gift was also used to create two scholarships, which will forever help students.
A $150,000 endowment formed an excellence fund to benefit the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture.
"The support provided by the Gudmundsens points to their vision and wisdom and the confidence they had in NCTA," said Don Woodburn, former dean of NCTA.
The couple was also very dedicated to the region in which they lived.
They provided funding to the Panhandle Educational Center in Scottsbluff, the West Central Extension Center and several agricultural programs in central and western Nebraska.
They also gave $100,000 to support a gallery for western art.
The Gudmundsens died in 1993 but their lifelong support has enabled students at the university to do what the couple loved: researching agriculture in Nebraska.


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COLUMBIA, Mo. – With America's unemployment rate higher than it has been in decades, many people find themselves looking for jobs. The process can be tiring and, in such a competitive climate, receiving that final job offer is challenging. In a new study, researchers at the University of Missouri focus on what job seekers need to get ahead of the competition. The Mizzou scientists found that certain planning activities and positive emotions have a large impact on success in finding a job. "We found it most interesting that metacognitive activities– thinking about a plan, acting on a plan and reflecting upon that plan– were important early in the job search while having positive emotions were important later in the job search," said Department of Management in the MU Cynthia Stevens, associate professor of human resource management and organizational behavior at the University of Maryland, and "Effects of Conscientiousness and Extraversion on New Labor Market Entrants' Job Search: The Mediating Role of Metacognitive Activities and Positive Emotions." The study was published recently in Personnel Psychology. MU News Bureau: http://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2009/0923-mu-researchers-find-planning-positivism-influence-employment-success-at-different-stages/


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Danny Lyon: Memories of Southern Civil Rights (Exhibit on Display)
Thursday, January 31, 2019 to Sunday, March 17, 2019 Based upon Danny Lyon's memoir, this exhibit brings together the photographs he took from 1962 to 1964 while traveling through the United States documenting the Civil Rights Movement. Lyon began his photographic career as the first staff photographer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a […]Find out more »
Black and White in Black and White: Images of Dignity, Hope, and Diversity in America (Exhibit on Display)
Thursday, January 31, 2019 to Sunday, March 10, 2019 Enter the optimistic era of "The New Negro Movement" through the photographs of African American photographer John Johnson. His ennobling portraits, taken from 1910-1925, reveal the dignity and hope of his friends and neighbors during this time of great promise for African Americans. Organized by Exhibit […]Find out more »
International Encaustic Artists 2019 International Open Juried Exhibit (Exhibit on Display)
International Encaustic Artists (IEA) is the oldest and largest professional organization for artists working in the medium of encaustic. Juried by Mat Gleason, acclaimed art critic and curator, our 2019 exhibition features the best of contemporary encaustic art selected from member and non-member submission from across the country and around the world. Through March 16, […]Find out more »
Piece by Piece John Bagley, Jr. (Exhibit on Display)
A found object usually inspires John, as his process is seldom planned. Working in assemblage, mixed media and collage, he loves texture, color and form. Discarded vintage objects are reimagined and reassembled into art. Bringing the past into the present and reconstructing an original art piece is his passion. Through March 2, 2019Find out more »
M M & P Millard Sheets, Milford Zornes, Phil Dike (Exhibit on Display)
Selections from CCMA's Collections Artists Milford Zornes, Millard Sheets and Phil Dike were instrumental in developing the mid-century California Style painting. Millard Sheets helped Helen and Francis Line establish CCMA and participated in the First Invitational Purchase Prize Art Exhibit in 1941. From that exhibit, he donated his painting Mesa Twilight to the permanent collection. […]Find out more »
Young Artist Alcove: Joanna Perez (Exhibit on Display)
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Jerry Weems: Visual Histories (Exhibit on Display)
Jerry Weems is a visual storyteller, highlighting the stories of people and places that had a significant impact on African American life today. Jerry Weems: Visual Histories, on display from Thursday, January 31, 2019 thru Sunday, March 17, 2019, is a reflection of Weems childhood memories. Growing up in the Deep South during the 1960s […]Find out more »
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Zimbabwe has imposed a ban on foamed polystyrene, the packaging commonly used for take-out food in restaurants in the country, amid concern that the trays pose potential health risks.
Businesses will now only be allowed to use the containers commonly referred to as Kaylites until October 17th after which they are expected to adopt safer and environmentally friendly packaging.
The ban is part of measures by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) to help curb health hazards and pollution linked to expanded polystyrene.
We had a report from UZ the University of Zimbabwe indicating that kaylite has a problem in terms of health, because once you put hot food in it, it deteriorates
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They are not biodegradable and are difficult to recycle making them an environmental pollutant.
Conservationists are pushing manufacturers to focus on containers made from natural materials like sugar cane pulp or bamboo, but these weigh more and cost more compared to traditional foam trays.
The ban follows a trend that has seen various countries impose restrictions in the west on use of the foam containers in serving food over the years.
Theo Dos Santos, who runs a restaurant in Harare, says though he does not oppose the ban, it has presented new challenges for business owners like him.
"The problem is that it was done with a short notice and some of us who were caught unaware think we should have been given time for us to prepare ourselves to adjust to the new packaging because even the suppliers are not yet ready to supply us with the new packaging," he said.
The new directive has received mixed reactions from ordinary Zimbabweans.
"These kaylites were now littering the streets. But most importantly I think because of health concerns as the authorities say — they cause cancer, the ban is good for us citizens," said Jordan Erikazi, a Harare resident.
The ban comes after a law that was meant to take effect in 2016. Those found violating the ban could attract a fine of up to 5,000 dollars.
Nondegradable polymers like polystyrene require more than 200 years to begin even partial degradation and cannot be easily incinerated since they emit toxic gases highly.


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New American Writing: Lydia Lunch & Arthur Nersesian
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Lydia Lunch is a musician, writer, and photographer, and was the primary instigator of the No Wave Movement and the focal point of the Cinema of Transgression. Arthur Nersesian's novels include The Fuck-Up, Chinese Takeout, Unlubricated, Manhattan Loverboy, Suicide Casanova, dogrun, and The Swing Voter of Staten Island. He is also the author of East Village Tetralogy, a collection of four plays. He lives in New York City.
New American Writing
A series of contemporary fiction and poetry readings organized by Benjamin Weissman, author of two books of short fiction, most recently Headless, and professor of creative writing at Art Center College of Design and Otis College of Art and Design.
This series is made possible, in part, with support from Bronya and Andrew Galef.
Public programs are made possible, in part, by major gifts from the Annenberg Foundation, Ann and Jerry Moss, and Mimi and Werner Wolfen. Additional support is provided by Laura Donnelley, Bronya and Andrew Galef, Erika Glazer, an anonymous donor, and the Hammer Programs Committee.


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8:45 A.M.-9:00 A.M. – Campers arrive at 104th Street and Riverside Drive
9:00-10:00 – Campers break into divisions and go through a daily stretching, conditioning, footwork and ball handling program.
10:00 – 12:00 – Morning Drill Activities.
12:00 – 12:45 PM – Lunch
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2:45 PM – 3:15 – Full camp wrap up, daily awards and snack.
3:30 PM – Campers dismissed at 104th Street and Riverside Drive.
Each morning drill session of the week highlights a specific aspect of basketball that campers will practice and then apply to the afternoon games. Campers are broken up into small groups for all our drills allowing maximum repetition. The basketball camp is primarily located on our outdoor courts on 109th Street in Riverside Park but the camp also has access to a nearby gymnasium for rain or hot days.


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Dr. Westfall is a graduate of Texas Christian University, Indiana University and the Juilliard School of Music. He received his Doctorate in Musical Arts from The Hartt School, University of Hartford, where he is currently Co-chair of the Keyboard Department and Chair of Accompanying. He has studied with renowned concert pianists Abbey Simon, Gyorgy Sebok, Luiz de Moura Castro, and later with Murray Perahia at the Dartington Festival in England. He also serves as Artistic Director and resident pianist of the South Church Chamber Music Society in New Britain, Connecticut.
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Prior to the implementation of the 51Degrees device detection solution, Team Internet used an established device detection library. However, it was not detailed or granular enough to reliably offer the device details requested by its customers.
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They work with a wide range of advertisers on complex campaigns that deliver anything from online video to full landing page interstitials. Consequently they have developed a powerful targeting system in their platform to ensure that views are provided to the users they are the best fit for.
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PHFE WIC (Public Health Foundation Enterprises - WIC Program) is a US Federally funded program helping low income families in the Los Angeles, California area. PHFE found that only 40% of people accessing the website were from a mobile device. This led Mike Whaley (IT Director, PHFE WIC) to optimise the PHFE online education for mobile devices.
ServiceTick are the leading solution for IVR, web, email and SMS surveys in the UK. ServiceTick had been looking to enhance the SessionCam mobile interface. Their previous solution limited monitoring to different browsers and operating systems. There was also a gap in the device data returned and inconsistencies in the results.
Techgrains Technologies is one of the foremost providers of integrated business solutions and IT services in India. In early 2011 the company was growing frustrated with the tactics other businesses were using to market themselves in the country, in particular the popularity of lengthy radio advertisements and text message 'spamming'.


text: Bengt Kleberg schrieb: > My first job allowed me to work with 2 technical writers. They had spent > 3 years learning how to do technical writing. They where much better at > this than the people that had spent 4 years learning engineering. > > If this was solely because of the education, or a result of wanting to > do the job so much that they took the time to learn it, I do not know. Down with classical technical writing. Most valuable source for a programmer are the comments inside the code written by the original engineers. If these comments were extensively written, precicely showing preconditions, postconditions, motivations and pitfalls, then everything that comes after it is just shelfware. Bye


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Dogs are pretty amazing and one of the most popular pets around. As a domesticated form of the gray wolf, dogs are certainly man's best friend, dedicating their lives to defending their masters and loving them unconditionally. Dogs are generally amazing creatures and every day we're constantly learning much more about them. From the smallest at about 4 ounces to the largest those at about 343 lbs., dogs are very diverse and hence perform several functions for humans, like companionship, protection, and loyalty up to their dying breath.
Moreover, here are 9 amazing dog facts you might not have known:
1. Dogs can fall in love
Puppy love is not just a nice thought or way to describe adults who first fall in love. The idea that dogs can easily fall in love was proposed by a senior anthropologist named Elizabeth Thomas, author of The Social Lives of Dogs. She believed that two dogs named Bean and Sundog were agonized star-crossed lovers that had to stay apart since neither of their owners desired to give them up. But she believed they were madly in love. In addition to this, Professor Paul Zak at the Claremont Graduate University in California, established that the brain releases oxytocin when someone meets and is attracted to another person. This love hormone is released in both humans and dogs, thus helping them to feel love toward each other.


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Photographic memory is the ability to recall text or page numbers in great detail. Eidetic memory is the ability to vividly recall images (or auditory or sensual memories associated with visual stimuli) after a limited exposure with high precision for a brief time. The terms are popularly used interchangeably, but "photographic memory" seems to be a popular culture myth that has never been scientifically demonstrated, while eidetic memory has perhaps been documented in a small number of children (perhaps 2-10% of those aged 6 to 12) and is virtually nonexistent among adults (the results remain controversial). "Eidetic" comes from the Greek word "eidos" (seen). Eidetikers have an almost faithful mental snapshot or photograph of an event in their memory in so much detail, clarity, and accuracy that it is as though the image were still being perceived. They report a vivid afterimage that lingers in the visual field as their eyes scan across the described image, which is externally projected rather than experienced in the mind. However, vividness and stability begin to fade within minutes, vocalization interferes with the memory, and the memory often contains information that was not present in the original visual stimulus. By contrast, photographic memory is the ability to briefly look at a page of information and then recite it perfectly without the use of mnemonics, expert talent, or other cognitive strategies; for example, John von Neumann (Neumann János Lajos), who pioneered the application of operator theory to quantum mechanics, developed functional analysis, and was a key figure in the development of game theory and the concepts of cellular automata, the universal constructor, and the digital computer, claimed he was able to recall from memory every book he had ever read. Chessmasters have often been credited with being able to memorize complex positions of chess pieces; however, from th 1940s to 1960s Adriaan de Groot conducted a number of experiments that showed their recall was no better than for nonexperts in terms of arrangements of pieces that could never occur in a game, suggesting that they had developed an ability to highly organize certain types of information rather than possessing innate eidetic ability. In addition, a condition called hyperthymesia ("excessive" + thymesis, "remembering") is characterized by spending an excessive amount of time thinking about one's past and displaying an extraordinary ability to recall specific events such as whom he was with, what he was wearing, and how he was feeling on some specific date many years in the past, but the ability seems not to extend to non-autobiographical information, and is often accompanied by depression stemming from the inability to forget unpleasant memories and experiences.ReplyDelete


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Smartphone Terbaik 2017 – Pada tahun 2017 ini akan menjadi peperangan kecanggihan antar smartphone terbaik 2016 diantara yang terbaik. But even in these firms' home countries, lower-priced smartphones are adequate and have been so for a cycle or two. Check what parental controls can be found for the specific smartphone; some gadgets may have options for switching off the web browser (see iPhone ideas ). What constitutes a smartphone right now might change by next week, subsequent month, or next yr.
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Streaming shows and films to sharing your photograph library, the new Insta-Share Projector projects an image up to 70" on any floor—from any angle—for entertainment in locations you by no means imagined. Tak henti – henti LG untuk melampau smartphone pesaingnya, kini LG mengeluarkan LG G5 sebagai senjata untuk mengalahkan Galaxy dan iPhone dengan spesifikasi yang tak fundamental – important. Unfortunately, Android does not presently assist any system-degree encryption for smartphones.
Regardless, the Meizu Pro 7 Plus tends to circle around £488 and at that worth, makes it top-of-the-line, and most intriguing, smartphones you can buy in 2017. So, if you haven't upgraded your phone shortly then that is the time as Snapdeal has some lucrative Diwali affords on smartphones. Since the release of the Communicator series many different producers have turn out to be involved out there. Richard Yu, chief government officer of Huawei's client business group, talking in the course of the launch of P10 & P10 Plus smartphones and Huawei Watch 2 smartwatch, ahead of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, on Sunday, Feb.
If optics should not going to be its strong swimsuit, then performance will definitely be, at least when roaming across the realm of Android smartphones. Sales in Huawei's client business group, nearly all of which comes from smartphones, hit a hundred and five.four billion yuan ($sixteen billion) in the first half of 2017. Because the Samsung Galaxy S4 comes with translation, palms-free control, health monitoring, and a far more inventive person interface than the iPhone, it's a pure match for seasoned smartphone buyers, younger Android customers, and people who think outdoors the box with their excessive-tech tools.


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Headsets for Emergency Dispatchers
Do you have headsets for use with Emergency Dispatch systems (such as those found at Police Departments) that can toggle between radio and telephone?
Plantronics makes a number of products for emergency dispatchers that are compatible with nearly every major radio console. These consoles are fitted with jackboxes that are configured for either "4 wire" or "6 wire" operation. Please note that a headset, being a basic audio input/output device, cannot actually perform the toggling between the radio and the telephone. This functionality must be built into the console. 4 Wire Jackbox Use Plantronics model SHS1963-01 with any of our commercial-grade headsets with a quick disconnect (such as the Encore, SupraPlus, DuoSet, or DuoPro family). The SHS 1963 has no receiver amplification. If receiver amplification is required, then use Plantronics model P10. If wireless functionality is required, then any of the Plantronics CS products connected to a modular to plug prong adapter (part number 18709-01; sold by our distributors) will work. Please note that, with 4 wire systems, the user will need to use either a foot pedal or the button on the console to toggle between the radio and telephone. 6 Wire Jackbox Use Plantronics model SHS1890 (comes in three different cord lengths) with any of our commercial-grade headsets with a quick disconnect (such as the Encore, SupraPlus, DuoSet, or DuoPro family). The SHS1890 is fitted with a Push-To-Talk (PTT) button that will send an external key signal to the host console. Providing that the host console is configured properly, this external key will allow the user to toggle between the radio and the telephone. If cordless functionality is required, then we suggest the CA12CD and any headset with quick disconnect. Custom Headset Interfaces Many facilities also have mobile, remote, desk set and base station two-way radios. These systems frequently require custom headset interfaces that differ from those found on the standard dispatch consoles. RadioMate Corporation supplies custom interfaces for these applications. Contact RadioMate at www.radiomate.com or call (800) 346-6442 for more information.


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Unparallel construction uses words, phrases, and sometimes clauses that are inconsistent in form. This inconsistency can result in jarring, confusing, choppy writing. Here are some examples and corrections of unparallel writing.
- Verb forms. The verb forms in a series should be consistent.
Unparallel: We emailed, faxed, and had texted our customers to alert them of the change.
(Verb forms shift from past to past-perfect tense.)
Parallel: We emailed, faxed, and texted our customers to alert them of the change.
(All verbs are past tense.)
Famous example: "I came; I saw; I conquered." —Julius Caesar
- Phrases. The types of phrases used in a series ought to be consistent.
Unparallel: After networking all day, talking to many customers, and then to seal several big deals, the team was tired.
(Verbals shift from gerunds to an infinitive.)
Parallel: After networking all day, talking to many customers, and then sealing several big deals, the team was tired.
(All verbal phrases use gerunds.)
Famous example: "[G]overnment of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." —Abraham Lincoln
- Clauses. When two or more clauses are used to make an overall point, parallel construction can add emphasis and clarity to the message.
Unparallel: The board met every day for two weeks, they would pore over the financial reports, and the members had to make some hard decisions.
(The clauses use different subjects and verb forms.)
Parallel: The board met every day for two weeks, they pored over the financial reports, and they made some hard decisions.
(Using parallel subjects and verb forms unifies the three clauses into a strong point.)
Famous example: "We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." —Benjamin Franklin
Keeping elements parallel gives them equal weight, creating balance and rhythm in your writing, which sends a clear message to your reader.
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There are very few brands that are so well curated and designed that I feel like I could wear their brand and their brand only all season long and be happy. (Random but am I the only one who has these weird thoughts? Like, if I had to pick just one store, what would it be…) J.Crew and Madewell come to mind as high contenders for winning this award. But just wait. I've been dying all over JOIE's collection the past couple of months as new arrivals would spill onto Shopbop and various other favorite sites. But what I didn't realize is just how complete of a collection JOIE itself is. Dresses, blouses, tees, pants, shorts, flats and heels, even the perfect bag. It's just so wearable and perfect. I probably pulled about 25 different pieces for the post, it was so hard narrowing it down`.
I have some JOIE pants and they're super comfy. And I've been stalking the Fori Maxi for quite some time now (haven't ordered it b/c it's pretty similar to another dress that I have). But I think I'm most drawn to the dresses and blouse collection. Much like how Equipment has their widely adored button down top on lock down, JOIE has the silk blouse nailed. I tend to gravitate toward feminine pieces and JOIE most certainly offers that.


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Bankruptcy judge approves sale of Crystal Cathedral for $57.5 million to Catholic Diocese of Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES -- Whenever clergy from Asia, South America or Europe visit Roman Catholic Bishop Tod Brown in Orange County, Calif., they all want to see one church, but not one of Brown's. They want to see the Crystal Cathedral.
For more than 50 years, the architectural landmark -- famous for its 10,000 panes of glass and 236-foot bell tower -- has been synonymous with the Rev. Robert H. Schuller and his "Hour of Power" broadcasts. That is about to change.
Last month, the Crystal Cathedral property became the future home of the diocese after a bankruptcy judge approved the sale for $57.5 million. The Vatican has signed off and diocese officials expect escrow to open soon.
In Orange County, where a third of the population is Catholic, the deal represents both vast demographic change and the rising influence of the church.
"I think the Crystal Cathedral will be, for us, the heart and center for our Catholic community," said Brown, who reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 on Nov. 15, two days before the court victory. He will help oversee the transition because a successor has not yet been named.
In a rare interview, Schuller told the Los Angeles Times that he was not surprised.
"I think it could have happened 20 years ago because I haven't changed," he said. "It's who I have always been."
The 85-year-old minister, who became the pivotal unifying force in the bankruptcy sale, said he has always respected the Roman Catholic faith and considers it the "mother church." Schuller also said he drew inspiration for his "Hour of Power" from Catholic Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, whose own popular TV show in the 1950s paved the way.
"The Roman Catholic Church isn't going to change its theologies," Schuller said. "I trust them."
Still, Brown's tenacious pursuit of one of the most recognizable Protestant symbols surprised many, even Brown himself, who said the idea "never crossed my mind" until several lay advisers approached him. After all, he had long planned to build a cathedral in Santa Ana for an estimated $200 million in response to the booming Catholic population. He even hired an architect last year.
But he quickly saw the bankruptcy as a chance to fulfill his dream in a different way and began a bidding war for the church property with Chapman University.
In the final 24 hours, Brown said that even he thought "it was all over." Then Schuller, who had won over millions of believers through his credo of "possibility thinking," told the court he could not abide the thought that Chapman might someday use the cathedral for nonreligious purposes. The deal was struck.
Diocesan officials were elated, with one attorney calling it a miracle. As Brown put it, "ecumenism has got a shot in the arm."
The acquisition unquestionably raises the profile of the nation's 10th-largest Roman Catholic diocese and could help it emerge from the shadow of the Los Angeles Archdiocese.
"It was a tactical decision," said Father Thomas Rausch, a professor of Catholic theology at Loyola Marymount University. "Here's this beautiful church with a rich history in Orange County and an identity that's already established. It's a bargain for the local church."
It was a bittersweet victory, though, because Brown knew it marked the end of an era for Schuller's world-famous Crystal Cathedral Ministries, which has three years to vacate under terms of the deal, whereupon the Catholic diocese will use the campus.
Sheila Schuller Coleman, the founder's daughter, is senior pastor and continues to preach "possibility thinking," though the philosophy has not brought the $50 million in donations that could have staved off a sale.
"There's plenty of time for God to perform a miracle," she told congregants on a recent Sunday. At the front of the church, a table was set up with sign-up sheets for a "miracle" prayer drive.
Congregant Jillian Carter of Torrance said she still holds out hope.
"I feel like it's not over until it's over. Anything can happen," she said. "This place has its trademark. Nobody can take that."
That trademark is exactly what appealed to the diocese.
When Brown succeeded Bishop Norman McFarland in 1998, there were 600,000 Catholics in Orange County. There are now 1.2 million. That growth can be seen on almost any Sunday. For many parishes, the norm is standing-room-only turnout for Mass; at others, the Sunday crowds spill out the doors. Mass is said in 10 languages, including Vietnamese, Polish, Mandarin, Korean, Indonesian and Spanish.
During Brown's tenure, he dedicated nine churches, bringing the diocese total to 68. He also appointed Latinos and women to key positions and gave a new parish a Vietnamese name, Our Lady of La Vang, a first for a Catholic church in Southern California.
But he never lost sight of building a cathedral, first announcing plans in 2001.
Barbara Nelson, executive director of a Santa Ana shelter for pregnant teenagers, remembers working on the capital campaign for the cathedral from 2000 to 2002. Brown went to her office days before the formal kick-off, she said, and told her it was "inappropriate" to move forward given the clergy sex-abuse scandal that was facing the diocese.
"We had the brochures printed and everything," she said.
The scandal became his priority.
In January 2004, Brown nailed a "Covenant with the Faithful" to the doors of Holy Family Cathedral, a seven-point promise to heal wounds and foster trust within the diocese.
One year later, he became the first bishop to settle all of the abuse cases in his diocese with a landmark $100 million payout to 87 claimants, an average of $1.1 million per plaintiff. The decision not to go to trial placed Brown as a leader in the settlement movement; he also allowed sealed personnel files to go public.
That same year, he established Christ Our Savior parish and deemed it the site of the future cathedral.
But in 2007, Brown found himself under fire.
As part of a separate sex abuse lawsuit, Brown had been deposed. Although diocesan attorneys moved to seal that testimony, the judge allowed it to be read in court.
In it, Brown acknowledged that years before he allowed a priest accused of raping a 15-year-old girl to work at a parish with an elementary school. "A lot of bishops, including myself, were not fully aware of the seriousness of the problem in terms of putting other people at risk," Brown testified.
The deposition also revealed that Brown had been accused of molesting a boy early in his priesthood. Brown denied the allegation when it was lodged in 1997. An internal investigation determined the complaint to be baseless.
The lawsuit, along with three others facing the diocese, were quickly settled for $6.8 million. But Brown then faced contempt of court proceedings, accused of violating the judge's orders for allowing a church official who was to testify to leave the country. The citation was later dropped as part of the settlement.
Through it all, Christ Our Savior, the expected future home of a new cathedral, flourished. The parish once celebrated Mass in a multipurpose room. Now, five Sunday services are held in large modular units resting on concrete slabs. The parish will go on, just not with a grand cathedral.
"I am a little disappointed because I was going to be part of the parish that would be the new cathedral," Nelson said. "But on the other side of the equation, it makes so much sense."
Jeff Urbaniec, chairman of the Diocesan Council and a member of the Pastoral Council for Christ Our Savior, sees possibilities.
"I think, over time there's been a sense of opening up to the idea that we perhaps have a lot more in common than perhaps we realize," he said. "I think we could have a coming together of different faiths and a better understanding of each other."
Not everyone is happy, though.
Amin David, who owns a plumbing supply company in Anaheim, said his family is "disquieted" by the money involved.
Almost two years ago, David's grandson had to switch middle schools because the school at Saint Anthony Claret in Anaheim had closed, he said. And St. Boniface, also in Anaheim, closed its school in 2006.
"This is not the right time to be making these huge outlays," David said. "It just doesn't sit well with my family. We don't remember being asked what we think about it."
Mark Buckles, a parishioner at Holy Family, is among those who wanted a cathedral built from the "ground up," as he put it.
And making the Crystal Cathedral iconic for the Catholic community won't be easy, he said.
"It will be up to the new bishop to make this a reality," said Buckles, 60. "Winning the bid was the easy part."
Father Al Baca, Brown's chief ecumenical officer, said Christian leaders -- including Orange County-based evangelist Rick Warren -- praised the deal and were praying for it to go through.
"These are the kind of things that maybe 25 years ago would have been impossible," he said.
Brown doesn't disagree.
"This was an incredible surprise," he said. "For us, it was certainly the work of a minor miracle."
As for Schuller, what he built in Garden Grove is not about him, he said, but about faith.
"I know when I called it the Crystal Cathedral, they said it's not a cathedral. And I said, 'not yet.' It wasn't yet, but it has become one."


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Factory Berlin and Google for Entrepreneurs partnered up to bring you a series of workshops and lectures aimed to help your startup scale.
In this workshop we'll look at how you can begin using machine learning right now to build extra intelligence into your business or app, without being a computer scientist.
The first part of this session will cover enough machine learning concepts to get you working with the Prediction API, and we will even build a model together live in the workshop.
The second part of this session will cover some other available Google Cloud APIs to really demonstrate how easy it is to get started right now.
Our speaker, Shane Neubauer, is a Solutions Engineer at Google, building automation and analysis tools to help customers scale their business.
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I watched a great video on You Tube the other day of Norah Jones singing one of my favourite songs – Bob Dylan's 'Forever Young' at Steve Jobs' memorial. Search it out after you've read this – it's worth a view. As I listened to the lyrics, it got me thinking, and I had to admit to myself that this notion is at the very heart of my vegan journey.
Many will scoff and say that I am chasing an impossible dream, and in some respects they'd be absolutely right. On the other hand, if you stopped to think about it, most of us would be able to think of at least a couple of people who we describe as being 'great for their age'. What is it about them that we admire? Generally I've found that the old adage of 'growing old gracefully' still sums it up rather well. We may not be able to stop our hair going grey and a few extra wrinkles from appearing over time, but there is a lot that we can do to make sure that we are able to 'build our ladder to the stars and climb on every rung'.
It's a simple concept – 'you are what you eat'. The more I come to understand about the connection between food and health, the more profound that simple statement is. How easy the science of nutrition would become if we considered that advice every time we thought about eating something. For instance, I don't think that many people would dispute that fruit and vegetables are good for us, and that a meat pie smothered in tomato sauce or a sticky donut is not so good. But what if an apple came with a guarantee of a couple of extra hours on the planet and the pie came with a guarantee of a couple less – which would you choose? Silly example maybe, but what I'm trying to say is that everything counts. There are only so many times we can say "just this once", or "I'll start eating better from tomorrow". The cruel reality is that too many people simply run out of chances.
In today's society so much importance is placed on having the right car, or the latest smart phone, or television set, or one of a host of other possessions and gadgets which in most cases, we treat with great reverence. We wouldn't dream about putting the wrong gas in the car. Our bodies on the other hand, which we will never be able to replace with a newer or better model, are often somehow not treated as being deserving of the same attention.
In recent years there has been much discussion regarding 'generic' medicines, with many people insisting that these do not work, and refusing to take them as an alternative to the 'real thing'. If only we cared as much about the food we choose to eat, what's 'real', as opposed to what is more akin to confectionery. It seems that somewhere along the journey to this modern age we have forgotten that the reason we eat is to fuel our bodies so that they will serve us well. Instead, to many people food has become little more than another outlet for personal indulgence, and sadly this has now trickled down to another generation who are paying a high price even faster than their parents.
So, what is it that I want to achieve from my vegan lifestyle? Quite a lot, you're probably thinking, maybe even too much? I would disagree; if youthfulness is one of my quests, I have no doubt that being forever young is as much about remaining upright and strong as it is about having a joyful heart. If we can live life according to the principles of what we believe to be true, and have the courage to defend that truth even when the winds of changes shift, we are indeed fortunate. I have never been more convinced about anything than I am about this: that a wholefoods plant-based diet is the panacea that we have all been searching for.
Reality dictates that no matter how hard we work at looking after ourselves well, none of us are guaranteed to be spared from illness, or from having our lives cut short. However, no matter how short or long, good health will always be a vital component of a happy life.
So back to Bob's 'Forever Young': may the song always be sung. CARRIE STEELE


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Yoga, Health, and the Self by Gregory P. Fields
(State University of New York Press)
Do you remember why you first took up the practice of yoga? I'd be willing to bet that the majority of us (myself included), while surely aware of yoga's spiritual intent, began for more down-to-earth reasons involving our physical and mental well-being: a bad back, a gimpy knee, work-related stress, or even a bulging belly or sagging buns. Some purists may sniff at these seemingly mundane concerns, but many traditional texts claim certain therapeutic benefits for yoga that might have been pulled right out of a modern fitness magazine.
Take the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, a classic fourteenth-century instructional manual. It assures us that, among other things, when our energy channels (nadis) are purified through controlled breathing, the "body becomes thin and glows," and when we practice certain muscular locks (bandhas), "death, old age, and sickness are conquered."
Many people get into yoga simply because they want to have a nicer body or feel better. There's nothing wrong with that. Work on the body often serves as basic training for self-awakening; after all, the first stage of hatha yoga is asana, said to engender (again quoting the HYP) "steadiness of body and mind [and] diseaselessness and lightness of the limbs." It might then be worthwhile, as incarnate beings, to spend some time investigating what we think about our body, the meaning of health and suffering, and the question of how physical health fits into the larger scheme of spiritual practice.
Now a new book by Gregory Fields, an associate professor of philosophy at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, takes on these issues with intelligence and insight. Religious Therapeutics: Body and Health in Yoga, Ayurveda, and Tantra (State University of New York Press) delves into the relationship of body, health and healing, and spirituality filtered through three traditional Hindu systems: Ayurveda, the classical yoga of Patanjali and the Yoga Sutra, and Tantra.
This isn't one of those do-it-yourself yoga therapy books. It's part of SUNY Press's excellent "Religious Studies" series, which means it's pretty serious stuff, although readable enough once you climb over words like "ontological," "epistemic," and "soteriology."
While interest in yoga therapy has been growing recently, the idea that spirituality in general, and yoga in particular, has therapeutic applications for a variety of physical and mental maladies is nothing new. Fifteen hundred years ago Vyasa, Patanjali's first extant commentator, likened the process of yoga to a four-stage therapeutic model.
First, he recognized an "illness" to be eliminated, pinpointed as suffering or sorrow (duhkha) in its most universal sense. Next he identified the cause of this sorrow as self-ignorance (avidya)the misapprehension of the unconditioned, eternal Self (purusha) as our conditioned, limited selfand prescribed the appropriate remedy (in this case correct knowledge of the authentic Self). Finally, he recommended the means to achieve this knowledge: the practice of classical yoga. "Take two asanas and call me in the morning," he might have said.
Fields' idea of religious therapeutics "embraces principles and practices that support human well-being with recognition of the common ground and cooperation of health and religiousness." In his introduction, he cites four major dimensions of this model: religious meanings that inform the philosophy of health and medicine; the religious means of health; conversely, health as a support to religious life; and "religiousness itself as a remedy for the suffering of the human condition." These dimensions translate concretely into eight branches of religious therapeuticsfive of which are based on the well-known eight limbs of classical yoga, which supply an "initial matrix" for the therapy.
Included in Fields' framework is the metaphysical backdrop: "value theory" and ethics (classical yoga's yamas, or restraints, and niyamas, or observances); soteriology (the theory of salvation or liberation); physical practice (such as asana and Pranayama); and the "cultivation of consciousness" through concentration (dharana) and meditation (dhyana), ultimately leading to samadhi (ecstasy), the condition that brings about liberation.
Fields' sixth branch, not surprisingly, is medicine and health care, which correspond to Ayurveda; the seventh and eighth branches, aesthetics (which Fields treats in the chapter on Tantra) and community (the topic of his conclusion), might seem a little odd in a book on religious therapeutics but actually make good sense once Fields presents his case.
Each of us has a mixed bag of ideas about our body that contribute to our body image, which helps us navigate our way through life. While we're conscious of some of these ideas, most are tucked away in our unconscious, and while we acquired many of these ideas simply by rubbing shoulders up against the world, many more were inherited from significant others and the culture at large. Not all of these ideas are useful or accurate, and so our body image may be more or less out of kilter.
Fields begins his study proper by investigating the West's assumptions about the body and how they influence our stance toward health, healing, and religion. Our dominant image of the body is that of a "container" for the self. Depending on whom you talk to, we either despise and reject it as a "prison-house" (Plato's phrase) or honor it as the temple of the Holy Spirit (Christian gospels).
In either case, the body is regarded as a static entity entirely cut off from the Self. Around the seventeenth century, thanks to the metaphysics of French rationalist Rene Descartes and certain discoveries in anatomy and physiology, the body assumed machine-like characteristics, an outlook that still dominates modern mainstream medicine. This body-mind split, says Fields, makes us all "schizoid" and is used to justify the oppression of women, nature, and any group of people judged as "Other."
Fields then contrasts dualistic Western notions with classical Chinese "polar concepts" (in which the body and mind are in a "symbiotic relation") and with "iconoclastic concepts" in yoga, Tantra, and the Hindu medical science known as Ayurveda ("knowledge of life"). In the latter, for example, body is the "ground" of well-being, one leg of a "tripod" that includes the mind and Self; the Tantric body is a vehicle that, as we grow in self-understanding, is transformed by that knowledge and ultimately fully shares in self-liberation.
Once he's fleshed out how the body is understood by West and East, Fields tackles the thorny question, "What is health?" Rather than proposing a single definition, which is nearly impossible, Fields discusses 15 "determinants" of health, based mostly on two key Ayurvedic texts, the Caraka Samhita and its commentary, the Ayurveda Dipika.
Ayurveda approaches health, as we might say, holistically and proactively. It seeks to prevent the onset of illness through a "positive cultivation" of the health of the whole person. The 15 determinants are grouped under four main headings: biological and ecological, medical and psychological, sociocultural and aesthetic, and metaphysical and religious. Some determinants are fairly obvious: We all would agree that a healthy person should live a long time (barring unforeseen accidents), have a capacity to adapt to the environment that is both "self-preserving and accommodating of impinging forces," and be free from pain. Others, like the abilities to relate successfully with the people around us and sustain our "creative being" throughout our lives, are less obvious but nonetheless important.
The chapter on classical yoga as a religious therapeutic presents one of the best overviews of the system I've ever read. Fields opens, in his typically methodical way, with a broad definition of yoga and a brief examination of pre-classical yoga and a few post-classical schools influenced by Tantrism, including Kundalini Yoga and Hatha Yoga. He continues with a step-by-step analysis of the eight classical limbs and their respective therapeutic dimensions.
As I've mentioned, it's Dr. Patanjali's diagnosis that all life is sorrowful because of a special kind of self-ignorance (avidya)at first glance, not exactly an upbeat message. This avidya, literally "not-knowing," plagues everything we do and will continue to sicken us until it's cured through extended, persevering spiritual practice (abhyasa) and "non-attachment to materiality" (vairagya). Interestingly, Fields points out that the words "medicine," "remedy," and "meditation" all stem from the same Indo-European root, med, which means "to take appropriate measures."
Classical yogaa stolid, ascetic, ultimately dualistic systemhas been compared to a reducing diet, in which the Self (purusha) gradually starves itself of matter (prakriti) until it attains a state beyond all materiality, aptly called aloneness (kaivalya). Tantrism's therapeutics, the subject of the last chapter, represents an interesting counterpoint in just about all areas, save that both systems aim at true self-knowledge through meditation. If classical yoga is a fast, then Tantra is a kind of nonstop Thanksgiving feast that celebrates and seeks to integrate all life, including the body, into its dance of liberation. Its central principle and practice is spontaneous activity (kriya), the joyful, free, desireless play (lila) of the devotee distinct from both willful "ethical action" and "neurotic behavior."
Fields argues that Tantra's religious therapeutics has an aesthetic foundation. He uses this word "not only in reference to art, but also in its original sense, pertaining to sense perception [Gk. aisthenasthai, 'to perceive']." Insentient classical matter is divorced from, and subservient to, the Self; the Tantric world, however, is "sacred creation," a vast arena of self-revealed vibratory intelligence.
This means that every sense perception, whether visual, auditory, or kinesthetic, is potentially a direct link to the Divine. While he refers to Tantric art forms such as dance, gesture (mudra), and the geometric patterns known as yantra, Fields concentrates his study of Tantric therapeutics on the resonant healing powers of sound, including sacred music, chanted mantra, and "unstruck" (anahata) or subtle (nada) sound.
The conclusion treats the eighth and final branch of religious therapeutics, what Fields calls community relationality. To him "health influences, and is influenced by, community." Each of us is a small part of an all-encompassing network of life, and we can't truly be healthy as individuals if our interpersonal relations, our natural environment, and our connection to the divine are in shambles.
Admittedly this book won't appeal to everyone. So many people nowadays are looking for quick fixes and easy answers when it comes to health and healing, and so few seem genuinely interested in the broader context and concerns of yoga and spiritual practice. But serious practitioners will find this work well worth the time and effort, for Fields helps us understand the roots, relations, and possibilities of our yoga practice and provides us with clear focus and direction for our self-development and the recovery of our "primal unity" with the Self.
Contributing Editor Richard Rosen is deputy director of the Yoga Research and Education Center, in Santa Rosa, California, and teaches public classes in Berkeley and Oakland, California. His book The Yoga of Breath will be published next summer by Shambhala.


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A few years ago I scanned all of Dave Sim's notebooks. He had filled 36 notebooks during the years he created the monthly Cerebus series, covering issues #20 to 300, plus the other side items -- like the Epic stories, posters and prints, convention speeches etc. A total of 3,281 notebook pages detailing his creative process. I never really got the time to study the notebooks when I had them. Just did a quick look, scanned them in and sent them back to Dave as soon as possible. So this regular column is a chance for me to look through those scans and highlight some of the more interesting pages.
Time for a little something different. Instead of looking at just one notebook, I'm going to look at a theme that runs across a couple notebooks. This entry is on Dave's dream entries. I'm going to show two this week, and one next week.
The first dream diary entry shows up on page 37 of notebook 21, which covered Cerebus #197 to 211. Dave has dated September 4, 1995.
|Notebook #21, page 37
The next dream entry is in notebook #25, which covered Cerebus #227, however you can see where Dave wrote the number box for Cerebus #248.
|Notebook #25, page 36
Jaka on the floor in a drawing room playing with her young son. Making a mental inventory of the toys that he is to have
just"Exactly the ones that Uncle Julius had when he came to..." The toddler unexpectedly throws his arms around her and she wakes up clutching Missy.


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Tough bleedin' month, I've been forced to ante up but I couldn't cut that fool, expanding the formerly 20-track selection all the way to an epic 31 tracks. And 31 is conservative since I'd accrued a hoard of 50+ stupendous songs for you this August and counting as of 8am this mornings (new Guilty Simpson/Eric Lau, MF Doom & Hudson Mohawke jawns in the pocket but too late for the tape, unless I get some light begging in the comments you'll have to wait till next month disciples). Condensation is a bitch.
Audio bombardment has become unavoidable in the digital age so I strongly believe there needs to be protocol in the listening experience: one must take time to let the sounds absorb. So take 31, value them like your first popped cherry all over again, and come again.
And I quote previous paragraphs…
Expect untamed, unrestricted, multi-genre, ear-canal adventures on board my narcissistic sense of selectah-ship; I might throw in a little old shit, rare shit, unreleased shit, random shit, but mostly new + exclusive shit– ultimately rest assured it's always bangers galore.
Usual specifications apply: this is a free, individual, track-by-track mp3 selection all wrapped up pretty in a .rar folder. Just click, download, unzip…
One love + respect to all original sources & connects.
P.S. According to my forseeable schedules, new Common, Murs & Madlib LPs dropping this September. Your Mum, she's major.
>>> Click To Cop Here <<<—- Re-Upped!!!
1. 88 Keys feat. Kanye West – Stay Up (Viagra)
2. Ahu – I Know All The Bitches (Bullion Remix)
3. Asher Roth- I Love College
4. Bishop Lamont – Feel On It
5. Blu & Mainframe – Disco D.Y.N.A.M.I.T.E.
6. Burial – Unite
7. Busta Rhymes – Packin' Them Things (Prod. by Kev Brown)
8. Che Grand – Usain Bolt Rap Demo Shit
9. Hudson Mohawke – ZooO00oO0m
10. Janet Jackson – Would You Mind
11. Jason Mraz feat. Cobie Caillat – Lucky
12. Jazmine Sullivan – Backstabbers
13. Jessica Tonder feat. Proton – The Bee
14. Keri Hilson – Slow Dance
15. Ludacris – Politics As Usual
16. Madlib feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow – The Plan
17. Mr. Oizo – Bruce Willis Is Dead
18. Murs – Me & This Jawn
19. Now On – Tomorrow Already
20. Raphael Saadiq – Oh Girl
21. Scarface – High Powered
22. Steve Spacek – Days Of My Life
23. T.I. ft. Jay-Z, Lil' Wayne & Kanye West- SLU (Swagger Like Us)
24. Termanology – Talking To God Part 2
25. The Cool Kids – Delivery Man
26. The Game feat. Common- Angel (Prod. by Kanye West)
27. These New Puritans- Elvis
28. Tweet – Hey Baby
29. Vandalyzm – Get Dough (Prod. by Flying Lotus)
30. X.O. feat. Wale – Rid'n
31. Yo Majesty – Break Bread
Your Mum's shit right now:
Video: The Game ft. Common – Angel (Prod. by Kanye West)
Fantasticunt mixtape rating:
2,589 mums out of 10
[This is a free promotional release- appreciate free shit.]


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Hester was an only child, born to successful professional parents, both with a history of emotional or mental instability.
Hester came to us at 16 when she entered an acute period of suicidal depression. She was self-harming in a life-threatening way, uncommunicative, distracted, insomniac and refusing all food and drink.
Hester's early weeks with us were a challenge. She was repeatedly taken to the local A&E department having self-harmed, and was placed on suicide watch. But as the weeks went by, relationships began to form with her keyworker and with other young people in the community.
With a highly structured community life, a tailored therapeutic plan, and being the subject of a great deal of attention, Hester began to feel safe. Every detail of her behaviour and communications was subject to consideration by the group.
Hester found such attention and challenge, day in day out, deeply healing. She gradually learned to trust and to rely on the support of others and the insights and feelings which they provoked in her.
Hester attended the on-site school. She had always been bright when she was younger, but her emotional problems appeared to have shut down her ability to learn. As she made emotional progress, so her cognitive functions returned. She began to show exceptional promise.
Hester left us when she was 18, a beautiful and accomplished girl, who always dresses stylishly. She completed GCSE's, A and AS Levels. We shared with her the anticipation of visiting and choosing her university, and supported her in the transition. She is enjoying her course in Engineering, and loves walking in the nearby hills with her friends, with whom she shares a house.
Like many of our young people, Hester comes back to see us two or three times a year at Feasts. This is a chance for Hester to give something back, by presenting to the current group of young people an example of someone who is thriving as a result of her stay with us. This in its turn helps to spark the crucial flame of hope for other traumatised young people.


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Beverley Blackman
Clinical Director, Registered Psychotherapist, Supervisor
I have been working in psychotherapy for over 12 years. My background encompasses both the private mental health sector, and a NHS Mental Health Trust, working both 1:1 and in groups, and includes working in a cutting-edge therapeutic community. I have also worked for a mental health charity and as a student counsellor at an inner London university, so I have seen a diverse range of clients from many differing backgrounds and cultures, and with a wide range of presenting problems throughout my career. I continue to work with a wide variety of clients and presentations. I also work as a supervisor and mentor to other psychotherapists.
I work integratively, meaning that I am able to draw on many different elements of psychotherapy in order to tailor the therapy to each individual's needs. By working this way, the whole of my attention is on you as a person and what your needs may be at that particular moment, rather than on following a set of pre-determined steps. I have an easy, sensitive, relational approach, and I work very much in collaboration with each individual. I focus on each client's present difficulties against a background of their past, looking specifically at their early relationships and environments, and helping them to create links between their past and their present to bring about understanding of why the difficulties they are experiencing may have occurred. I am experienced in weaving CBT and more cognitive elements into the therapy and find that the integration of all these elements of therapy, used appropriately, can make for a life-changing experience for each client, whether the work is short-term (up to 12 sessions), or open-ended.
My previous career as a lawyer has also given me much insight into the high levels of stress, and the weight of expectations, that many people experience in their day-to-day working lives, and the effects that this can have on their relationships both in and out of work, and on their health in general. Hence I also maintain strong connections with other medical and mental health specialists, complementary practitioners, and professionals from the business and legal sectors.
Psychotherapy Qualifications
- UKCP and BACP Registered Psychotherapist
- Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy, School of Psychotherapy and Counselling, RSPP, London
- MA in Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling, School of Psychotherapy & Counselling, RSPP, London
- Certificate in Supervision, The Grove, London
- Certificate in CBT, The Grove, London
- Certificate in Group Analysis, Institute of Group Analysis, London
- Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling, WPF London
- Certificate in Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling, SPCP, Regents College
Professional recommendations:
Sam Jones, Millenial Keynote Speaker, CEO of TwentySomeone: 'Expertise is common within the industry, but real passion is not. That is what Beverley radiates. She is warm, articulate and in turn, completely engaging. Beverley is a diamond and I will be recommending clients to her.'
Dr Maria Luca, Reader in Psychotherapy & Counselling Psychology, Editor, JPCRR, Regents University London: 'Beverley is attentive, clever and highly articulate. Her energy and enthusiasm are positively contagious and her capacity for theorising on complex clinical issues is to be commended. She has the rare talent of moving between realms of thought, negotiating clinical understandings and unpacking client presentations. Without a doubt Beverley is developing rapidly into a very fine therapist.'
Charlotte Fox Weber, Head of Psychotherapy, The School of Life, London: "Beverley is an excellent, dedicated psychotherapist. She is thoughtful, bright, curious, and attentive. She's incredibly competent and skilled."
Philip Karahassan
Psychologist & Psychotherapist
Philip is a registered psychotherapist (BACP) and Psychologist (BPS) with extensive experience of working with people with all issues ranging from addiction and depression, to relationship issues and bereavement.
He has worked in the NHS and mental health charities and now works in the private sector.
His therapeutic style is integrative, meaning he uses many different psychotherapeutic modalities - psychoanalytic, humanistic, phenomenological and CBT to name a few - in order to adapt to the needs of his client, creating a unique therapeutic style to suit each and every client.
Philip specialises in technology addiction (including gambling, social media and computer games) as well as male related issues (sexuality, masculinity and identity).
Poonam Mehta
Psychologist & Psychotherapist
Poonam is an Integrative Psychotherapist who uses an integrative approach to help clients discover and understand their underlying issues. She uses CBT when appropriate. She is an active and empathetic listener with extensive experience in a wide range of issues.
As an integrative psychotherapist, I use different combinations of therapeutic tools and approaches to suit individual needs.
'Integrative psychotherapy' is a more progressive form of therapy than traditional singular forms of psychotherapy, drawing elements from different schools of thought to make it a more flexible and inclusive form of treatment that's suitable for a wide range of emotional health issues.
Poonam previously worked in HR in Kenya with individuals from a less fortunate background which enables her to empathise and fully comprehend people's experiences – a vital part of psychotherapy.
As a psychotherapist working with addiction, Poonam has engaged with clients to help grow their self-confidence and awareness by pinpointing the root cause of their addiction. She works in the NHS in long and short-term weekly therapy with adults suffering from a variety of problems E.g. anxiety, depression, bereavement). Over the course of sessions, a significant change takes place whereby the functionality of day-to-day tasks become more attainable and the belief and will to progress is strengthened
Education & Qualifications
- Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling, Regent's School of Psychotherapy & Counselling, Regents University, London
- Postgraduate in Psychotherapy & Counselling, Regent's School of Psychotherapy & Counselling, Regents University, London
- Certificate in CBT Skills, The Grove Practice, London
- Intensive Foundation Course in Psychotherapy & Counselling, Regent's School of Psychotherapy & Counselling, Regents University, London
- MA Hons Human Resource Management, Westminster University, London
- BSc Hons Psychology, City University LondonRegistered member of the UKCP
Kevin Morgan
Chartered Psychologist & Psychotherapist
My theoretical orientation is integrative, which is a way of working that is informed by, and incorporates aspects of, different types of psychotherapy and counselling such as psychoanalytic, cognitive and humanistic approaches. My training has been based on an integrative approach and I work in this way with adults on an open-ended long-term basis. I provide a safe and confidential space where you can talk about your concerns and hopes for the future. I will work hard to understand your expectations of therapy and to make sense of what is most important to you right now.
In my work as a psychotherapist I see people with a range of problems, difficulties and challenges. I have worked with both younger and older adults including for example many years experience counselling and mentoring University students. As a chartered psychologist I have 20 years experience as a mental health researcher that includes working at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London and the Tavistock Clinic. My research focus has been to seek an understanding of what may put someone at risk for developing a serious mental health problem. I have lectured for over 15 years in the area of clinical psychology and published over 50 articles in the field of psychiatry and psychology.
- Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling, Regent's School of Psychotherapy & Counselling, Regents University, London
- Postgraduate Diploma in Psychotherapy & Counselling (Regent's University London)
- PhD Psychology/Academic Psychiatry (King's College London)
- Intensive Foundation Course in Psychotherapy & Counselling, Regent's School of Psychotherapy & Counselling, Regents University, London
- BSc (Hons) Psychology, Brunel University
- Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education, University of Westminster
Professional memberships
- Registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Chartered member of the British Psychological Society
- Member of the British Association of Neuropsychiatry
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Registered member of the UKCP
Kristina Kennedy
Integrative Therapist
Kristina is an integrative psychotherapist enabling her to unify the major schools of psychotherapy that is appropriate and effective for each client. She works intuitively and empathically helping clients process the work they have come to therapy for which can be disowned, unaware and unresolved aspects of themselves which may be due to previous patterns and difficult experiences. Her aim is to is to facilitate wholeness so that the qualities of the clients being and functioning in the intrapsychic, interpersonal and socio-political space is maximized with respect for each individual's personal limits and external constraints. Previously Kristina has successfully run her own company for 13 years which enables her to also combine coaching and psychotherapy for a more structured approach to those seeking help within businesses be it relational or structural. Kristina offers a non-judgemental, safe and contained space where all presenting issues and feelings are welcomed.


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The Health Lottery Launches Bingo Product
This Promotion Has Expired.
Despite an over crowded market place 2013 proved to be a busy month for new bingo sites. The big event of the year was the arrival of Bingo Godz, one of the first sites to use the new Bede Gaming platform. They were joined by Bingo Stars and it was widely expected that Bet Victor Bingo would be the next resident.
However, it appears that Victor has been pipped to third place by The Health Lottery who have launched Health Bingo. Players to the new site can enjoy 75 ball and 90 ball games, BOGOF games between 8pm and 9pm daily plus guaranteed jackpot games. New players are welcomed to the site with a 200% welcome bonus.
In addition you'll be able to play IGT slots such as Cluedo, Monopoly, Cleopatra and Monopoly. One thing that concerned us is whether Health Bingo would be contributing to good causes. The good news is that they will "give 20% of its profits, not its proceeds to health related good causes". This means Health joins Bingo Giving, Rehab Bingo and Pink Ribbon as sites that raise funds for charity.
The arrival of Health Bingo could well be a bit of a coup for Bede Gaming. Whilst other networks are launching unknown brands, Bede are either going with already known names or with industry experience as in the case of Bingo Godz. This should put them in good stead for 2014 - although a big name bingo site is irrelevant if the platform powering it isn't attractive to players or there's little promotion.
Surprisingly there's no news on either The Health Lottery site or their Facebook page about the arrival of Health Bingo. There is a link on the lotto site and this takes you through to a registration page where you can join using your Health Lottery account. We suspect that you wil not have a linked account - so deposits in bingo won't be accessible via lotto!
2014 is going to be a massive year for Bede Gaming, Bingo Godz and now Health Bingo. Industry observers will be looking to see how these new kids on the block fare. Their success or failure could be a strong indicator of the health of the online bingo industry itself.
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black milk had a big release last night- the nylon wars ep. 1 (ep. 2 to come in a couple weeks) and it was cool cuz that's mostly what black milk is, but i wasn't in love with anything (i fear i might have missed "my" launch. there is a lot of cool stuff that they did in the past but no longer stock that you can see here) except for a pair of shoes that they styled with some of the items. if you peruse the site enough, you'll see that i'm not the only one who has noticed the awesome shoes their stylists choose. there's actually a section that shouts out solestruck.com as their shoe provider, with the brand of choice being jeffrey campbell (of course). black milk actually has a pop up shop, complete with the black milk x jeffrey campbell collabo, that just launched last week at the solestruck store in portland, or. i was muy sad that i couldn't make it. i'd love to try on a pair of leggings to figure out what size i am.
anyways, back to these wonderful shoes. in typical jeffrey campbell fashion, there is a platform and there is a covered wedge. the back off, though, calls out its platform by using a silver material to highlight it. love it! i don't love the photography from the solestruck detail page so i'm using a pic from black milk that features these awesome shoes (and one of the leggings that i actually do like from this launch). it comes in some bolder color ways, but they're all too loud for me. i like the simplicity of the black and silvers because the silver detail that i love so much doesn't get drowned out by a big bold color.