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SDH 197: The Benefits of Having a Co-Founder with Jenni Brown
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If you're starting a business with a partner, how do you find where you'll both thrive and stay productive? How will you be able to navigate your personalities?
We get to hear all about this with Jenni Brown, who is the co-founder of Prim'd Marketing, along with Sophie Davies. Originally, Jenni did marketing for mid-size businesses in her early 20's, and ended up working for brands such as Samsung, Nabisco, and Pepsi. She was in love with the field of marketing and loved that she got to tap into her creative of side of writing, designing, and working on a team. However, she wasn't in love with the practice of working so hard to make these huge brands money, and she said her work didn't feel meaningful. She eventually left her job and decided to get her MFA in writing in order to transfer her creative skills to an artistic forum. She also got a side job handling the marketing sector at a boutique PR firm, which is where she met Sophie, who was in charge of cross promotion and strategy.
The two found their groove with Jenni's ability to come up with a brilliant marketing plan, and Sophie's skill in taking that plan and finding the perfect collaborators, like bloggers and brands, to grow that strategy into a profitable opportunity. Unfortunately, the ladies found themselves without a job just before Christmas in 2013 due to the firm losing some important clients. During the following months, the duo ended up unintentionally freelancing together by recommending each other when hired onto projects. Soon they finally ended up deciding to go into business with each other, and Prim'd Marketing was born.
They began by offering every service under the sun, with Sophie doing jobs like writing newsletters to managing social media accounts, and Jenni designing logos and making websites. Their first year allowed them to see what they did and didn't like, and to build a monetary foundation. They soon whittled their services down to a Brand Plan, which was a plan that helped clients figure out what was unique about their brand and services, who their target audience was, and how to appeal to them in an authentic way. Initially the plan was free since their client's needs tended to change quickly, and to charge for the plan proved to be wasteful for the client and frustrating for Prim'd. Now the Brand Plan has become the keystone to their business and forces clients to think through their ideas thoroughly, stay committed to them, and increase productivity by showing them that their time is valuable.
As they built their business, they also had trouble with role overlap which led to a lot of frustration, and inefficiency. They had to learn how to distinguish their roles in order to effectively hone in on each other's purposes and strengths to lead Prim'd in the right direction. Sophie began to take the lead as the business developer and tended to be the one who handled potential clients. Jenni stepped in as the CFO, and handled the systems of the company because she's more left brained.
Jenni found that her pitfall was that she threw to much of herself into Prim'd because she was so determined to get Prim'd off the ground. Her mind became so consumed with her business that she would be listening to her partner speak, but thinking about her clients. By the end of 2015, she felt fatigued by constantly having her brain occupied by Prim'd, and she saw how it was negatively affecting her business and relationships. They both had to learn how make time for the things that gave their life and brain rest and enjoyment outside of work, like shutting down for a month and traveling to Mexico and Africa!
Here more about how Prim'd Marketing came to be in today's episode!
In this episode you will…
Learn how to distinguish your role in your business when you have a co-founder
Find out how to work with your co-founder by picking up on their habits and behaviors
Figure out the best way to tweak your services to fit your client's behavior and needs
Begin to find the courage to charge for your time and services to show that your effort is valuable
Start to balance your hustle flow with play time
Know how to stay organized as a business in order to stay productive
"We started freelancing…and we found that we kept offering our skillsets together…[Sophie]'s sort of the other half of what I do…we decided to umbrella our skillsets to offer our clients the best of that creative, strategic, whimsical, fun so they could have the whole breadth of what they're looking for." –Jenni Brown
"I think for people that are really just getting out there, there's nothing wrong with putting as many irons in the fire as you can. And particularly if you're just trying to get paid, there's nothing wrong with doing all the things that are within your capacity to do, just to try it on and see what fits and what feels good." –Jenni Brown
"If you're a driven ambitious person, when you have goals that you haven't met yet it can be hard to say 'That's enough.' Even though I may not be making the amount of money I want to be making…I don't have the audience I wish that I had…I'm not putting out the offerings I had imagined…being able say that enough and I'm just going to shut it down for today…[for] whatever your alternative life is outside of your business…learn how to figure out balance in your life." –Jenni Brown


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Oliver Stone uses the backwards motion of the President's head in the Zapruder film (beginning in frame 314) to argue for an assassin on the grassy knoll. As discussed in the previous section, this argument ignores the forward motion of the head that occurs between frames 312 and 313.
But putting aside the initial forward motion, is the backwards motion in the Zapruder film evidence of a shot from the knoll?
The Trajectory from the Knoll
"Back and to the left, back and to the left," intones New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) in JFK.
But look more closely. The President was not thrust "back and to the left"; JFK states it more accurately a few seconds earlier: "This is the key shot. Watch it again. The President going back to his left."(1)
Back to his left. This is what the Zapruder film shows (see below).
A comparison of Z frames 315-318
Does this make a difference? It does. Had the President been thrust to the left, that is, the left side of the limousine, directly into his wife, Jacqueline, this would not be inconsistent with the trajectory of a shot from the grassy knoll.
But that's not what happened. JFK lurched forcefully to his left, almost directly backwards in his seat.
In 1992, author Harrison E. Livingstone became the first conspiracy-oriented author to debunk the myth of the grassy knoll gunman. Livingstone writes:
If [the President] had been hit from the Grassy Knoll or stockade fence, it would have taken off the left side of his head and thrown him violently sideways, and not backward as in the film. The left side of his head was not damaged at all.(2)Author and JFK consultant Gus Russo concurs. He stood behind the camera as Oliver Stone filmed the motorcade scene, and has this to say:
Standing behind the picket fence, it is . . . apparent that if the shot were from the front, then it couldn't have originated behind the fence: the fence is at a 90 degree angle to Kennedy's head -- tilted 34 degrees left of center when hit -- at the time the President was struck. A virtual broadside hit. Such a shot would not have forced JFK's head forward or backward, but side to side, with the bullet exiting near Kennedy's left ear, hitting Jackie. Of course, none of this happened.(3)Note also that in the frames of the Zapruder film following the head shot, the wound is towards the front right of the President's head, not in the back, as Oliver Stone claims elsewhere in JFK.
Compare the following images, depicting the approximate trajectory(4) a bullet would take in order to hypothetically cause the rearward movement of the President, and the approximate trajectory a bullet would take from where Oliver Stone places a gunman on the grassy knoll.
Approximate trajectory of hypothetical shot from the front
Approximate trajectory of hypothetical shot from the front
Approximate trajectory from Stone's grassy knoll gunman
Approximate trajectory from Stone's grassy knoll gunman
Harrison Livingstone is not the only conspiracy theorist to acknowledge the disconnect between grassy knoll gunman theories and the "back and to the left" motion apparent in the Zapruder film.
Sherry Fiester is the former head of the Forensic Investigative Unit for St. Charles Parish of the Louisiana Sheriff's Department. She is a member of the Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction and "has testified as an expert in crime scene reconstruction and bloodstain pattern analysis in over 30 judicial districts in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida." She believes that a shot struck the President from the front, but acknowledges that the President's wounds rule out the possibility that a shot could have come from his right side.
Based on the location of the President's wounds, his precise location in Dealey Plaza, and his orientation within the limousine, Fiester created the following diagram. "The pink area represents possible locations for the shooter of the fatal headshot," she notes. "The pink line near the center of the cone represents the location JFK was facing at the time of the shooting."
Fiester observes, "Since the grassy knoll is not positioned within the possible locations of the shooter for the headshot, the fatal headshot could not have originated from behind the picket fence."(5)
Sherry Fiester's plotted trajectory of a hypothetical shot from the front
Gus Russo adds:
In Dale Myers's meticulous reconstruction of the event, he asked the computer to draw a line from low in the back of Kennedy's head -- where some have erroneously stated a wound existed -- to the wound in the right temple area. Giving the front-shooter theorists the benefit of the doubt, and negating all the autopsy X-rays and photos, Myers then followed the line forward to determine where such a shooter had to be located. It turns out that if the shooter were in front of Kennedy, in a line with his wounds and front-to-back axis of movement, the assailant could only be in one place: [thirteen] feet in the air above the southernmost point of the railroad underpass.(6)
The Cause of the Backward Motion
The simple truth is that, regardless of the trajectory, a rifle shot alone could not cause anyone to be propelled violently in any direction to the degree President Kennedy is in the Zapruder film; the laws of physics simply do not allow for it.
Researcher Joel Grant interviewed Duncan MacPherson, a rocket scientist (literally) since the 1950s. Listing some of his credentials, Grant writes that in 1959, MacPherson "developed a new guidance technique and the equations that were used to guide the Mercury astronauts into orbit on the Atlas launch vehicle. These equations were modified under his supervision to control Gemini and, later, Apollo launches." In the late 1960s, "MacPherson branched into Systems Engineering, relating primarily to trajectory dynamics." Since 1989 "Mr. MacPherson has been an independent technical consultant to organizations interested in space flight activities."
Here is an excerpt from Grant's interview with MacPherson:
Q. It is common knowledge that, as captured by Abraham Zapruder, President Kennedy's head and upper torso lurch energetically immediately following the explosion of his head. Could this movement have been caused by the directly transferred momentum of a bullet? That is, can a bullet "push" somebody like that?
A. No, and no. The movement of a body due to bullet momentum cannot be greater than the movement of the same body if it was holding the gun that fired the bullet. This is a result of elementary physics and is not disputed by anyone who understands physics. The major frustrating feature of the Kennedy assassination phenomenon is the willingness of people to pretend to talk authoritatively on subjects they know absolutely nothing about, especially things related to firearms. This body recoil is one favorite. . . .
Q. If the effects observed on the Zapruder film are not the result of a direct "push" by a bullet, what could account for JFK's movements?
A. In general, body movement in response to nervous system trauma is a result of contractions in body muscles. This is related to movements of your leg when a doctor raps you on the knee with his little mallet; your leg moves because a nerve induces a muscle contraction, not because it was driven into motion by the force of the tiny rap with the mallet. . . . In addition to this effect, simulations have shown that bullet strikes to the skull that result in blowing out a significant hole upon exit result in skull recoil towards the bullet entry direction. The dynamics of this are a little complicated, but are more related to the pressure inside the skull cavity created by the bullet passage than to effects directly related to the bullet movement. The dynamics of this kind of impact were demonstrated independently in testing by Dr. Luis Alvarez and by Dr. John K. Lattimer, et al. . . . The main aspect of the Kennedy assassination that would surprise most people is how uncontroversial the wound ballistics aspects are among the physicians in the country who are most experienced in gunshot trauma. (I am not one of these, but have talked to several.) It is a sad truth that most autopsy reports are full of errors and inconsistencies which are obvious to any careful review; it shouldn't be like this, but it is. The problems with the Kennedy autopsy do not require a conspiracy to explain, they are more or less business as usual exposed to the glare of careful examination.
Some Final Thoughts
Gus Russo began his inquiry into the assassination believing that a conspiracy including several gunmen had taken President Kennedy's life. While he still is not convinced that Lee Harvey Oswald acted without guidance or assistance (see his book, Live by the Sword), he learned long ago that the facts preclude a gunman on the grassy knoll.
Russo writes:
When one first stands behind the picket fence, he/she is struck by a number of sensations. First, there is no clear shot at the middle lane of Elm Street [where the limousine was] until the instant of the head shot, allowing for no earlier shots or tracking of the moving target. It turns out that the intended victim is obscured by road signs and a white retaining wall about ten feet in front of the fence.Such a shooter would have been standing only a few yards to the right of Abraham Zapruder and his receptionist, Marilyn Sitzman, who were perched on a pedestal several feet above the ground. When asked by Gus Russo about the possibility that someone was shooting from the knoll area, Sitzman replied, "That's absurd. I was only a few feet away, and I didn't hear or see anything suspicious."(8)
An even more compelling problem was driven home during the filming of JFK. I was fortunate to be able to stand near the camera as this scene was reenacted. With the street crowd added as it appeared on the day of the shooting, it became clear that, insofar as the first two shots are concerned, a grassy knoll shot was also obstructed by the crowd that lined the sidewalk. The assassin would thus [have] had to shoot through the white wall, the road signs, and bystanders to get to the President. If the assassin shot Kennedy in the head, he had to shoot in the first second the car emerged from behind the retaining wall, again past (or through) the heads of spectators.(7)
In fact, not a single person that day reported seeing anyone fire from the grassy knoll, despite the fact that the stockade fence is only five feet tall. Moreover, such a gunman would have been completely exposed on the sides and in the back, yet eyewitness Lee Bowers, in an elevated railroad tower some yards away, saw no one with a rifle, nor did he see anyone flee the area.(8)
In the end, perhaps it is appropriate that the fabled grassy knoll gunman was brought to life in a Hollywood fantasy; certainly, no such individual has any basis in reality.
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1. Oliver Stone and Zachary Sklar, JFK: The Book of the Film (New York: Applause, 1992), p. 165. All quotations are from the shooting script and may vary slightly from the finished motion picture.
2. Harrison Edward Livingstone, High Treason 2 (New York: Carroll and Graf, 1992), p. 360.
3. Gus Russo, Live by the Sword (Baltimore: Bancroft, 1998), p. 474.
4. As none of the extant films of the assassination other than that taken by Abraham Zapruder depict the motion of the President's body in sufficiently clear detail, I have been informed that a precise, photogrammetric model of the trajectory is impossible.
5. It should be emphasized that Fiester's analysis is based solely on the position of the limousine, the President's location in it, and her beliefs about the President's wounds, not the movement of the President's head in the Zapruder film.
6. Gus Russo, Live by the Sword (Baltimore: Bancroft, 1998), p. 474. Russo states the figure as "thirty feet in the air"; in an e-mail to this author, Myers noted the correct figure to be thirteen. Click here for more information.
7. Gus Russo, Live by the Sword (Baltimore: Bancroft, 1998), p. 474. It should be emphasized that Russo's analysis is based solely on on the position of the limousine, the President's location in it, and widespread beliefs about the locations of the President's wounds, not the movement of the President's head in the Zapruder film.
8. Gus Russo, Live by the Sword (Baltimore: Bancroft, 1998), p. 474.
9. Years later, of course, a few people did come forward to claim they had seen a grassy knoll gunman. One is Jean Hill, who explicitly stated on November 22, 1963, that she did not see anyone fire from the knoll. Another is Ed Hoffman, a deaf-mute who claims he tried to relate his tale of seeing a man fire from the grassy knoll to a police officer, who did not understand him. Hoffman's story remains unverifiable.
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African Swine Fever is a highly contagious disease of pigs that is clinically indistinguishable from Classical Swine Fever. Pigs most often contract the disease from eating food scraps contaminated with the virus, which can survive in frozen carcasses for several years. The African Swine Fever virus can also be spread to pigs through tick bites and is the only DNA virus that is transmitted by ticks. African Swine Fever spreads rapidly from pig to pig through contact with nasal secretions, blood, feces, and ingestion of contaminated meat or contact with contaminated equipment and clothing.
An outbreak of African Swine Fever in the Dominican Republic and Haiti in 1978-79 led the United States to depopulate the pig population of these countries in order to protect the U.S. pig industry. The widespread depopulation of the pigs illustrates the devastating impact that African Swine Fever can have on the pig industry and the U.S. economy.
Africa, Russia, Ukraine and Sardinia, Italy. The United States and Canada are considered free of this disease.
African Swine Fever is not a public health threat.
There is no specific treatment for African Swine Fever. In the acute (sudden onset) form of the disease, the death rate can be as high as 100 percent. Any pig suspected of having African Swine Fever should be reported to State Veterinarians or the USDA Area Veterinarian in Charge immediately.
The entry of African Swine Fever into the United States can be prevented by following basic farm biosecurity procedures including quarantining pigs of unknown health status and feeding only properly processed food. Food waste (plate waste, kitchen or table scraps, garbage) must be boiled for 30 minutes to kill viruses and bacteria before being fed to pigs.
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"We appreciate the Chris Canty Foundation's support of our service members and their families, The Champions Golf Classic will be a very memorable experience for our service members in attendance."
- Brian Whiting, CEO and president, USO of Metropolitan New York
"All New Yorkers can play a role in helping our students achieve their full potential in high school and beyond. I commend the Chris Canty Foundation as one those organizations that gives their time and provides life changing experiences to our city's young people through the NYC Mentoring Program. Mentors not only impact our students' lives—they also encourage everyone to think about how to help our students succeed."
- Dennis M. Walcott, Chancellor, New York City Department of Education
The Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Activities League (PAL) Youth Organization proudly thanks the Chris Canty Foundation for all that they are and endeavor to accomplish both for the community, but even more so, our youth. PAL is very appreciative to the CCF for their commitment to aiding and serving the youth of this and surrounding communities'. Because of their vision and support, communities are being brightened and cleaned, youth are being challenged and directed towards success and strategic partnerships are being formed.
I wish Chris, Joe and the Board of CCF continued success, Jeff Hood, PAL Executive Director
"The Chris Canty Foundation's Historic West End Cleanup for Change was a tremendous demonstration of how an organization can galvanize a diverse sector of people, community organizations and businesses to make a tangible impact on a community that is many times overlooked. The Foundation's investment in the Charlotte's West End speaks volumes to their commitment to helping children, families and communities in need. We were excited to be a partner in this event and look forward to the next cleanup. Thank you Chris and Joe for all you do to make an impact in the West Charlotte community and improve the quality of life for its residents."
- Dr. Ronald L. Carter, President, Johnson C. Smith University.
I would like to express just how proud I am to be a part of what Chris, Joe and the entire Canty family have accomplished with the Foundation to enrich the lives of our youth. I, as well as my company, Hub International Personal Insurance, have had the great pleasure of supporting this amazing foundation for over four years now. As a sponsor and volunteer of the Foundation's many events, I have watched it grow in to an amazing success and have personally witnessed the positive effects the foundation brings to our local children. The recent wine tasting event at Blue restaurant was just simply beautiful. The football camps for children are so well organized and it is such a joy to see the look in the kids eyes when they are inspired to work hard and encouraged to believe they can be anything they dream of. Thank you Chris, Joe and the entire Canty family for allowing me to be part of this truly inspiring foundation.
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A CALL TO MEN is proud to be a national partner with the Chris Canty Foundation. Over the past three years, we have had the honor to witness Chris, Joe and the incredible Staff of the Chris Canty Foundation transform the lives of countless young men and women throughout the United States. Our own work to prevent violence and promote a loving and respectful manhood has been enhanced by our collaborations with Chris and the Foundation. It is rare and inspiring to see such a young organization have such a profound impact on the adolescent boys and girls that it serves. In addition, we have been impressed by the level of professionalism and concern that the Foundation exhibits with each and every program that has at it's core the well being for each and every child. We wish the Chris Canty Foundation continued success and will continue to share the good work as a model for others to imulate.
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Charlotte Latin School values its continued relationship with The Chris Canty Foundation and appreciates the commitment that has been made by the Foundation to the education and welfare of the youth in our community. Our School has been proud to host the annual summer football camp that attracts more than 200 students throughout Mecklenburg County. As an alumnus of Latin (Class of '99), Chris Canty has chosen to give back to our community in ways that go well beyond the classroom. Drawing from his vast contacts in Charlotte and the NFL, Chris and his dedicated staff of volunteers emphasize much more than basic football skills, including teamwork, sportsmanship, communication, and the value of an education. We are excited and honored to support The Chris Canty Foundation and look forward to our involvement in the years ahead as the Foundation continues to grow and spread its positive message of encouragement, hope, and education to the youth of our City.
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Their Foremothers' Daughters
Jewish women have embraced reproductive technology, but some within the community say risks and ethics are given short shrift.
'Give me children or I shall die," said Rachel to her husband Jacob, speaking for many women of the Bible who struggled to have children, and figured out how to do it. [Genesis 30:1]
Rachel ordered Jacob to sleep with her servant; Sarah did likewise to Abraham. Tamar became pregnant by pretending to be a prostitute. And Hannah promised her son to the priesthood, if only God would give her one.
Today, these texts have special significance to the many American Jewish women who similarly do what is necessary to build a family. These days, that often means the latest reproductive technology, said Paul Root Wolpe, a bioethicist at Emory University. Yet even among American Jews, there is a small group sounding a warning about the risks of these technologies, and they root their work in their Judaism.
"There probably are connections to our Jewish identities and values for me, and I think for some others," said Marcy Darnovsky, executive director of the Center for Genetics and Society, a nonprofit think tank near San Francisco. "I got into this work out of concern that new reproductive technology could be used to produce enhanced human beings."
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Darnovsky started to study the ethics of reproductive technology in part because when she realized they could be used for eugenics, the science of breeding to improve human populations, she remembered a terrifying film about the Holocaust she saw in the 1960s.
Most recently, Darnovsky, has written on the risks of a new procedure that would create an embryo with genetic material from one man and two women in order to try to prevent certain diseases passed down through the mother. Unlike all other existing reproductive technologies, she writes, this one doesn't just create a child, it modifies that child's genes — and those of any descendants — and creates the possibility of parents selecting for preferences like hair color.
"Just because we can do something doesn't mean we should," she has written.
Darnovsky's critique is one that American Jews, predisposed as they are to use reproductive technology, don't often hear.
Going back again to the Bible, there's pru u'rvu, the religious imperative to be fruitful and multiply, which are among the first words God speaks to human beings, Wolpe said.
Unlike other religions, such as Catholicism, for whom an unused embryo is a life with theological significance, Jews have few religious qualms about reproductive technology, he added. Even fervently Orthodox rabbis, who resist many aspects of modernity, sanction reproductive technology.
Also, because American Jewish women who are not Orthodox marry and try to bear children later than the general population, they have more need of reproductive technology, which makes them less likely to criticize it.
Miriam Zoll underwent years of fertility treatments for exactly this reason, an experience she recounts in her book "Cracked Open: Liberty, Fertility and the Pursuit of High-Tech Babies," published in 2013 by Interlink. Zoll uses her story of trying in vitro fertilization and seeking an egg donor to raise awareness that reproductive technology is a big business whose practitioners' quest for higher success rates — and profits — can distort their practice of medicine.
Clinics' statistics are often misleading, said Arthur Caplan. A bioethicist at New York University, Caplan said he sees many benefits to reproductive technology, but criticizes the industry for not breaking its success rates down to give individual women facing a variety of problems a better sense of their chances.
"Money is an issue in terms of infertility programs trying to make money," Caplan said. "You may not be the world's best candidate, but you aren't told, because they want you as a patient."
Conversely, some practices reject women with harder cases because they want to keep their success rates high.
Too many women don't realize that their doctors don't pay adequate attention to the mental health risks of fertility treatments or the effects of premature and multiple births on children, women and families, Zoll said.
"There's scientific fervor," she said. "These doctors are legitimately excited with regard to helping couples who are infertile, but what they don't take into account is a full picture of their child who may be born, or the family after they leave the clinic."
Jewish culture appreciates scientific fervor, said several experts, which is another reason why Jews need to know that reproductive technology can have a downside.
"Judaism is a very science-positive and medicine-positive religion," Wolpe said, invoking Maimonides, who was a court physician and the author of several canonical medical and religious texts, in addition to the "Physician's Daily Prayer" a gilt-lettered copy of which can be found hanging today in so many doctor's offices.
Jews are also more able as a group than many others to afford fertility treatments: They are expensive, often not covered by insurance and largely unregulated by the government.
These factors create another ethical issue, which is that the women who are selling their eggs or serving as surrogates are at risk of exploitation, said Jeremy Gruber, the president of the Council for Responsible Genetics.
More regulation is needed to protect those who provide eggs and wombs, as well as for many other reasons, Gruber said.
"We think technology can be a great benefit, but we think it should be used responsibly," he said. "Ethical issues should be addressed. The process should be transparent. With assisted reproductive technology, there's no transparency, because there's no regulation, and no requirement to be transparent."


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Canterbury in England is My Favourite Holiday Destination
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Good morning. This is a blast from the past and it is two of my previous blogs revisited and made into one blog about my favourite UK holiday destination which is Canterbury in Kent, Southern England. These two Canterbury visits were in 2010 and 2017. We did visit Canterbury in the intervening years and still do visit as often as we can. I can safely say that Canterbury in England is my Favourite Holiday Destination. If you have never been there then it is well worth a visit.
I have family living there and they consist of my daughter, son-in-law and my granddaughter. My husband, son and I go and visit them regularly.
Canterbury is a city and has a cathedral which you must visit if you ever go to Canterbury.
The Cathedral is very impressive and there is lots to see when you go inside. There is an entrance fee which is valid for a whole year so you can go there as often as you like. There is also a shop where you can buy souvenirs. We went to a Christmas Carol service when we were there and it was lovely.
There is loads to do in Canterbury itself and in the surrounding areas. There are lots of shops and eating places selling all different kinds of food and you will be spoilt for choice.
If you want to go farther afield and you like castles, then Leeds Castle is roughly a forty minute drive from Canterbury. The castle itself is lovely and the grounds are massive. There is quite a walk to the castle from the car park but it is good exercise and there is lots to see.
This is a picture of part of Leeds castle. There is an entrance fee but it lasts for a whole year the same as the Cathedral.
Canterbury is such a lovely city. There are quite a few Tudor looking houses and the streets are cobblestoned.
If you like shopping then there is a big shopping centre called Bluewater which is roughly twenty to thirty minutes drive from Canterbury, and also the Fashion Outlets (Loads of different shops including Marks and Spencers) which is in Ashford. I have visited all of these places more than once and will definitely be visiting them again.
Whatever you like doing on holiday, I am sure you will find something you like in Canterbury. I have just told you the places I have visited in the Canterbury area but there are lots more for you to visit.
Canterbury is also within driving distance of London and Dover. We visited Dover Castle a few years ago which is also well worth a visit. As well as the castle to walk around there are also tunnels underneath the castle which were used during the war. These tunnels are authentic and have a radar plotting room and a sick bay amongst other things.
This is a photo of the entrance to the tunnels. All of these photos were taken in 2010.
This is a more recent holiday in Canterbury visiting relatives in 2017. We had lovely weather, really hot and sunny, although it did pour down on one day but mostly it was sunny, dry and warm.
We did quite a lot in the week but I am going to tell you about Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Lythe, Kent.
It is the first time I have been there and it is fantastic. We went on the safari first. We had to queue for a little while to get on one of the trucks to take us around the safari park to see the wild animals. This is a photo taken from the truck we were in for the safari.
This is another photo of the wild animals on the safari tour.
After the safari we went into the Dinosaur Forest to see the dinosaur statues.
I did not realise that there were so many dinosaurs that had lived in prehistoric times.
I took quite a few photos of the dinosaurs and this is one of them.
I have forgotten this one's name. There are boards in front of each dinosaur with its name and a bit about them.
There are restaurants, shops, play areas for children and also a hotel in the park. It is well worth a visit and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
We also visited Whitstable which is a favourite of ours. We went to the Castle first where there is a lovely play park and we had cake and coffee in the cafe there. We then had a walk along the harbour and had lunch at one of the restaurants. It was sunny and a lovely day when we went into the restaurant but when we came out it started raining. We were a bit wet when we got back to our car but we soon dried off and then it stopped raining and the sun came out again.
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When TV Land promotes a show, it does so in a big way. Just one day after Hot in Cleveland was renewed for a fifth season, the cable network broke the news the show would stage a Mary Tyler Moore Show reunion. Just in case that's new news to you, we'll give you a second to breathe out your excitement. Now, Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson is also going to guest star in the Mary Tyler Moore Show episode.
That's right, while Mary Tyler Moore alums Betty White, Georgia Engel, Cloris Leachman, Marie Tyler Moore and Valerie Harper all work to get the gang back together in the form of Gorgious Ladies of Bowling, aka GLOB, Ferguson will be busy with a second plotline in the episode. According to TV Line, the actor will play a hot director in the industry that Victoria is really pushing to work with. However, Ferguson's director character may have a different Hot in Cleveland actress in mind to play a big role in his newest work. It's too bad the actor won't get to join the bowling team, but it will still be nice to see the man work outside of his Modern Family role.
Fans still have a while to wait before either of these plotlines comes to fruition. Hot in Cleveland will return to the schedule later this year, with the reunion episode (and Ferguson's!) scheduled for sometime in August. In the meantime, if you want to catch the program in all its laugh track glory, you can always roll with the Season 3 DVD or keep an eye out for reruns on TV Land.


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For thousands of generations humans have looked up at the Moon and imagined a face in its features: the Man in the Moon, smiling gently upon us from his perch high in the heavens. A pleasant thought, right? But maybe also a warning—a warning of a threat from space that we on Earth have no way to stop.
Japanese scientists announced last week in the journal Nature Geoscience that they had used spectral analysis to measure the composition of minerals in the 3000-kilometre-wide Procellarum Basin, the giant flat space that makes up the largest part of the Man in the Moon's face. Then they'd compared those results with rock samples brought back from the Moon by Apollo astronauts. Their conclusion? The Procellarum basin is a newer feature than most of the Moon's craters, and was most likely caused by the strike of one giant asteroid that ripped off a huge portion of the crust and produced a new one, about 3.9 billion years ago.
That's not just an interesting factoid (and a serious romantic buzzkill) but also a reminder that a huge chunk of space rock like that might one day have Earth in its sights.
You can get two fairly similar versions of that scenario in the movies Armageddon and Deep Impact, both released in 1998. The newer movie Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, a quirky but often sweet romantic comedy starring Steve Carell and Kiera Knightley, has just come out on video and is worth a look (but note that Bruce Willis isn't in the cast, and adjust your expectations accordingly). I've explored the killer asteroid idea in some old blog posts and in my short story "Saviour" which you can read by following this link. In "Saviour" the man in charge of the mission to save humankind from the approaching cosmic doom takes a rather unorthodox approach.
"Saviour" was significantly inspired by another movie called Sharkwater in which filmmaker Rob Stewart showed that sharks are on the path to extinction, thanks to the inexplicable human taste for shark fin soup (among other things). Stewart has now produced a follow-up to Sharkwater due in movie theatres next spring that's even more disturbing. Ocean scientists pointed out to him that by the 2040's not only will sharks be gone, virtually every other species of fish and sea mammal will also be wiped out, due to indiscriminate overfishing, pollution, and global warming. The movie goes on to show the forecast consequences of climate change on the rest of the planet. Revolution expresses a message of hope, but its premise is certainly dire. And it's not fiction.
So what's the connection between climate change extinctions and a killer asteroid? For that you'll have to read "Saviour". But consider: if a giant space rock ever is found to be on a collision course with Earth, will it be a terrible twist of fate?
Or the universe protecting itself from us?


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- Motivation – Are you enthusiastic? Do you have a compelling reason to get good grades?
- Strategy – Are you using the best techniques for your brain-type to revise and get the best marks?
- Perspective – Can you see the big picture? Can you see how working hard now will pay dividends in the future?
I want to tell you a story. If you've ever experienced an 'aha!' moment, then you'll be able to relate to it…
A few years ago, I had the opportunity to try out a practice skiff at the River & Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames. I don't know if you know about rowing boats, but sitting in a skiff you have a very high centre of gravity. That means it's very easy to lose your balance and topple over.
It's a good job that this practice skiff was in doors because I found it so difficult to balance that I would have had a dunking in the river – several times over – if we'd have been doing it for real!
After a little while of trying desperately to keep my balance, someone lent forward and suggested, "Relax – let your muscles go limp and imagine all your weight going down through your body and through the seat into the floor below."
Of course I realised at that point I was simply trying to hard. And what was the worst that was going to happen?
So I tried it. And to my astonishment, the tension, the fear and more to the point, the wobbling disappeared! There I sat, smack bang in the middle of the boat, as still as you can imagine!
Learning is full of these 'aha' moments, and the best learning programmes, by teaching you well, will help you learn faster and be more successful than ever before, and to be sure to get good exam results when the time comes.
What's usually in the way for people to get good exam results?
I have found that the trouble with most learning resources is that:
- First of all you don't know which of the suggestions are likely to work well for you so you can waste a lot of time trying stuff that might be great for other people but were never likely to help you.
- Also I've noticed that instructions are often incomplete and so you can waste a lot of time trying to work out how to do something – and of course the danger is you give up before you find out how useful it might be.
- And the other thing is that you don't normally get a chance to talk to the person giving you the advice.
You need to find an online learning programme that will teach you how to get good exam results.
Look for a programme which includes:
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- Advice which is set out step-by-step so you can see exactly how you can convert the information you're trying to learn into a format that works for you.
- The ability to talk to the trainers, perhaps by 'phone or e-mail me. You need a variety of ways to contact them, such
- Online training videos to show you exactly how to revise for best exam results.
- Weekly webinars to allow you to work with the trainer on your revision and answer any questions you might have.
…as a bare minimum. Your exams are important to you. Find a programme supported by people who's mission it is to support you every way that you need it. And then use all the resources available to you. Fully engage and you'll find your results and your confidence along with them, can shoot through the roof.