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Matt Moore's modern worship doesn't rise above the crowd
February 1, 2010
Motivation has been an issue recently. I've listened to tons of music, but I haven't written about any of it. To combat that, I'm putting up short reviews this week to get myself back in the groove. Most of these releases are EPs, so that helps me to not feel like a lame "five sentences and a couple comparison bands" reviewer.
And I'm starting it out with Matt Moore. Matt Moore's No Place Left to Hide is a seven-song modern worship album. Modern worship is a difficult genre to nail in that you have to be immensely singable, simple chord-wise and still creative. Matt Moore's problems stem from the last of the three. These songs are catchy, solid tunes that just suffer a bit too much from sameness. It's not that they're bad songs. It's just that only one of them really floats above the rest of the album, much less the rest of the genre.
"A Thousand Prayers" stands out from the rest of the guitar-driven pop songs by using some neat synthesizers and dropping some of the pop/rock sheen that covers the rest of the songs. There's much more room to breathe for Matt Moore's voice and aesthetic choices. It's also a mood shift from the rest of the album; the pensive, moody song has much more in common with Shane and Shane than David Crowder, Charlie Hall, the ubiquitous Kutless, and the always-somewhat-religious Lifehouse. And that's a really good thing.
Moore's voice is solid and his guitar playing is right there too. It's just that this batch of songs doesn't step above the rest of the pack with a mark that is distinctively Moore's. With some more songwriting, Moore could develop that mark and find a greater measure of success. Right now, there's nothing here to distinguish him from many other talented musicians in the scene.

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The first picture shows the assembled crowd. That's Chapela speaking in the second picture.
Chapela published a disputed paper in Nature asserting that genes from genetically modified crops had flowed into Mexican maize (Nature 414, p. 541-543, 2001), and publically criticized Berkeley's partnership with Syngenta (then Novartis), a Swiss biotech company. A member of the Budget Committee had financial dealings with biotech companies and oversaw the partnership with Syngenta. The Dean of CNR and Chair of ESPM both requested the removal of this member from the committee, but the Chancellor denied that there was any conflict of interest. Shortly thereafter, the Budget Committee decided to deny tenure to Chapela, and the Chancellor upheld the decision.
Today's event consisted of a march to California Hall, following Chapela's last class, to deliver a petition to Chancellor Birgeneau in person. Although the Chancellor received over 200 letters regarding today's event and is present in the building, he chose not to make himself available to hear these concerns or receive the petition.
Update: For more background on Chapela's tenure dispute, see this article. Here is a detailed article on the controversy surrounding the Nature paper. Also, here is a statement by Food First and a response by AgBioView.


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Charlies Corner
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Racing Days
Just A Touch
The Spirit Within
Afraid of the Tears
Five Emotions
Eight Letters
Completion of a Couple
The Weaker Sex
Struggling with Spiritual
In Fear
Y2K Revisited
Healthy Belief
My New Lady Friend
One of Those
Vault 2
Second Coming
For The Money
Turning It Around
Where is God?
Lost In The Fog
Is It Just Another Four-Letter Word?
Whom Do You Trust?
Is There A Silver Lining?
Is Your Frequency in Tune?
What Do You Believe?
What a Dilemma!
Make Love Enjoy Peace
Charlies Round Up
The War Prayer
Do It Anyway
If I Knew
The Choice
Dancing With God
The Wooden Bowl
Powerful Tips
Information Please
A Pink Heart
Ode to My Spell Checker
The Price of a Brain
Banned From Wal-Mart
Middle Wife
Theater 11
As A Man Thinketh
Blind Quilter
Little North Korean Girl Playing Guitar
Don't Bungee Jump Naked
Jack Russell Terrier Gets Wheels
Jackie Evancho
Paul Smith - Typewriter Artist
The Butterfly Circus
Tory Island dog swimming with dolphin
The Jive Aces - Bring Me Sunshine
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Mozart Group - Live In Taiwan
Chooka Parker - Australia's Got Talent
Chinese Girl With No Fingers On One Hand Plays Piano
James Cagney and Bob Hope Dance Routine
Emmanuel Kelly The X Factor 2011 Auditions
Children Go Where I Send Thee
Chinese Balancing Act
A Place in the Choir
Cat On Boat Plays With Dolphins
Theater 13
Homeless Boy Steals The Talent Show
This is impossible
Larry Griswold
The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys
Duo MainTenanT
Surfing Bulldog
Annabel Carberry in A Glass of Red
About 30 Dolphins stranded and saved
How Music Saved Venezuelas Children
Duo Paradise Le plus grand Cabaret du Monde
Charlie Chaplin Dog Dance
4 Year Old Boy Plays Piano Better Than Any Master
Documentaries 1
The Siberian Apocalypse
The Himalayas
Genetic Roulette
An Inconvenient Tooth
David versus Monsanto
In Search Of - Coral Castle
Documentaries 2
Inside Secret Government Warehouses
Blue Gold World Water Wars
The Disappearing Male
A Lion Called Christian
America's Broken Dreams
Baby Born with 12 Fingers and Toes
Girls Eyes Produce Crystals
What's Wrong With Our Food System
Charlie Bit Me
Theater 1
Chris Bliss Juggling
Who I Am Makes A Difference
Animusic Pipe Dream
Top 100 Life Quotes
Who Is On First
Ben Underwood
Special Ballet
Singing In The Rain
Believe In Yourself
Quick Change Artist
Randy Pausch
Partner Equilibristic
Ambassadors of Harmony 2009
Theater 2
Bush Parody
Tale of Two Brains
Landon Shuffet
Esref Admagan
Red's Pledge Allegiance
Redneck Art
Get Service
The Fountainhead
Leo Buscaglia
Flying Trapeze
Two Guys In Coats
Theater 3
Conan O'Brien Pilobolus
21 Accents
Johnny Carson
I Am The Mom Song
Women of Whippoorwill
Nick Vujicic
River Dance
5 yr old Pianist
Boyanka Angelova
Stephen Wiltshire
Jessica Cox
Tenor Singing Voices
2012 Junior II Champs
Die Maiers Comedy Trapeze
Theater 4
Trick Dog
Twin Baby Moose
Crow and Cat
Skidboot the Dog
Dolphins Bubble Rings
Stacy Westfall
Bambi and Thumper
A Pigs Story
Elephant Paints
Elephant Soccer
The Flying Frenchman
Elephant Sanctuary
Crow Intelligence
The First Helpdesk Call
Theater 5
What A Wonderful World
Dear Elliott
Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe
The Ross Sisters 1944
North Platte Canteen
Celtic Women
Baby and Boxer
Kate and Border Collie
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Opera Company of Philadelphia
Theater 6
Big Horn Sheep
Tell Me Why by Declan Galbraith
The Sling Shot Man
Dramatic Acrobat
Kevin Richardson - The Lion Whisperer
L'ours (1988)
Shag-Ra the Miracle Horse
Rachel and Chariot
The Red Sparrows
Laughing Bride
Jimmy Stewart Reads Poem About His Dog Beau
Theater 7
Entertainers-Bike Acrobatics
Life Is Like A Cup of Coffee
The Piano Stairs
US Naval Academy
Silent Monks Singing Hallelujah
Elk Calf Having Fun!
Vadrum - Barber of Seville
The Monkey Man
The Herd
Theater 8
Born Again American
US Soldiers Are Waking Up
Fordson Snow Machine
One Nation Under God
Ode To Forgetfulness
Defending Your Life
Alonzo Clemons
The Real Rain Man
Pigeon Impossible
The Best Cat Video
Sivan Garr Presents - I Love You
Theater 9
Suryia and Rosco
Animator vs. Animation
Sitting on Top of the World
Sound of Music
Dennis Swanberg - Bengy and the Zipper
Dillie The Deer
3 Guitars And A Tractor
Dancin' The Boogie
Mark Vincent
Dolphins Mud Ring Feeding
Great Chinese State Circus
Theater 10
Four Hands Guitar
Tommy Johnson
Libera Cats Duo
Miniatur Wunderland
Patsy Cline - She's Got You
Musical Leaf-Whispering Hope
Howard Drum Show
Breakfast at Ginger's
Free Hugs in Sondrio, Italy
Steven Seagal
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Struggling with Spiritual
In Memory Of Charlie Phillips
"January 14th 1939 - October 6th 2020 - Rest in Peace Charlie"
Struggling with Spiritual
by Charlie Phillips
I have wrestled with this thing called your spiritual side for many a year. When someone would say to me, you need to get in touch with your spiritual side I would close down. I was brought up in a strict religious, church going family. I started rebelling against the church when I was a teenager, so when someone said I needed to get in touch with my spiritual side; to me they were saying go back to church.
Now for me that was not an option. I had tried going back to a few different churches and I could never find one that I felt comfortable with. A few years ago I started re-reading the Bible, it had been at least forty years since I had even looked at one. I guess I picked up one that had been changed, because it was saying things that were different than what I had been taught as a kid. Of course it was the same bible that my folks had given me when I was about fourteen. I guess maybe because I was just reading it without any preconceived notions, or maybe because I read the whole thing and not just the selected parts.
This started me on a quest, which I'll probably be on for the rest of my life. The problem I have with most churches is that they accept the bible as the final word and won't even look at any other evidence of history. If there is anything said that might contradict how they have been told to interpret it, they just say it's not possible. To me that is just not acceptable. I'm sure there are those who say we don't have to look because we know this is the truth. For myself, I have found that a lot of what we thought we knew as truth, turned out to be something entirely different.
About this point your probably wondering ok where is he going with all of this, we've heard all these religious arguments before. True enough, I am just trying to establish where I am coming from. This spiritual thing is a whole new ball game for me.
OK what is this spiritual side? To me it is getting to know and accept yourself. Once you start down that path, then you start to realize, you have to also love yourself. For those of us that have been around for over a half a century that is a little hard to come to grips with. After all, men had to be tough, showing emotions was not allowed. Wonder whom the insidious jackass that came up with that was?
Lets go back to loving yourself, just what does that mean. Like any form of love putting it in words is never easy. I mean, gee whiz I want to be taller, more muscular, better looking, etc. I don't believe that is what this is about. We have to accept our inter-self, how we think, act and react. When someone cuts you off in traffic, can you just forgive them? How about when it happens apologize to them for being in the way. Wow now he's gone off the deep end. Well maybe, but I have read some who say that any negative reaction is caused by our own self and if we apologize to the person that we think created that negative reaction then both will benefit.
If we can't love ourselves then how can we love anyone else? Is love, hate too strong? Well if we are uncomfortable with who we are, isn't that going to cloud how we see others? When you look up the original word for devil in the bible, one of the definitions in Strong's concordance when translated into English is adversary. Now who is our biggest adversary? In my opinion our biggest adversary is our own ego. Does your own ego keep you from loving yourself? I think it does, because we don't want to admit that we are wrong, or something we did caused the problem, no it had to be the other person. That brings to mind a saying I heard years ago, "My situation is myself." Darn I think that means I'm responsible for myself.
Once we can love ourselves, we can begin to love others. Now the bible says to love your enemy, that's a tough one. Well how about when someone does something that we disagree with or is against your core beliefs. What if instead of getting mad or upset with that person or thing you stopped and thought to yourself, that poor person sure must be lacking in love. Put your love out, if you can't direct it directly to that person or thing just put love out to the universe and let it go where it will do the most good. If they will accept it good if they can't then someone else can have the benefit.
If I had heard that a few years ago, I probably have said what in the world is he talking about? Has he become one of those New Ager guys with all kinds of wild ideas? Putting love out into the universe, how can you do that? Maybe that's what this spiritual side is about. Because it makes sense to me now and I can feel love and wish love to go out from me to someone or just out to the universe for whom ever needs it. It's actually a great feeling when you do it and as the old saying goes what goes around, comes around. Now I don't know about you, but for me I prefer to have love coming back to me.
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Aneeta Prem, Freedom Charity: "We've ensured they're in a place of safety"
Three women rescued from a house after allegedly being held as slaves for 30 years were kept in "horrific conditions", a charity has said.
Freedom Charity said it had been called by a woman who said she and two others were being held in south London.
A Malaysian woman, 69, an Irish woman, 57, and a Briton, 30, were rescued on 25 October, it emerged on Thursday.
A 67-year-old man and woman, understood to be married, were arrested in Lambeth and later bailed until January.
Det Insp Kevin Hyland, from the Metropolitan Police's human trafficking unit, said: "These women are highly traumatised, having been held in servitude for at least 30 years with no real exposure to the outside world, and, trying to find out exactly what has happened over three decades will understandably take some time."
'Ordinary street'
The women were found following phone conversations between the charity and the 57-year-old, who had secretly gained access to a phone.
She first called on 18 October and there followed a number of phone conversations over a week.
The three women eventually left the property when the occupants of the house were not around, the charity said.
They were met by police and representatives from the group, and were then moved to a safe location.
Speaking to the BBC, Aneeta Prem, founder of Freedom Charity, said it was investigating how the women had remained hidden for so long.
"In a very busy capital city we often don't know our neighbours. We're looking at people who were kept against their will in an ordinary residential street in central London," she said.
Ms Prem said of the initial contact with the Irish woman: "She said she had been held against her will.
"She was able to use a phone but that was done in a very secret way. The people in the house didn't know she had it.
Det Insp Kevin Hyland: "We have never seen anything of this magnitude"
"It was a process of just over a week where there was lots of phone calls and they gained the trust of the charity, and by doing that they felt confident to reveal enough information.
"Obviously the police were involved, and they managed to walk out of the house when nobody was around.
"We were waiting for them with the police and we managed to get them to a place of safety.
"They have absolutely nothing now and as a charity we're trying to support them.
"It was a very emotional time. When we got the message they were outside the front door, the whole call centre erupted in cheers and there were tears, and everyone was incredibly emotional to know we had helped to rescue three ladies who had been held in such horrific conditions."
'Some freedom'
The 30-year-old had spent her whole life in captivity, police believe, and officers are trying to establish whether she was born in the house.
It is not yet known if the women are related.
Officers said the arrested couple were not British nationals and it was "very unlikely" that the alleged victims were related to them because of their nationalities.
Det Insp Hyland said they had "never seen anything of this magnitude before".
He added that the women had had controlled lives and spent most of their time indoors, but they had some freedom.
Police said the facts were being established slowly with specialist workers assisting the women.
Home Office minister James Brokenshire told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Slavery is one of those issues which people felt had been consigned to the history books.
"The sad reality is that it is still there. We have seen increases year on year in the number of cases reported, and I expect that will continue to increase."
Mr Brokenshire is taking a Slavery Bill through Parliament, which will introduce a maximum life sentence for slave-owners and create a new commissioner to tackle the problem.
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Conceived of by the BBC's then head of drama, Sydney Newman, and Donald Wilson, head of script development, and BBC staff writer "Bunny" Webber in 1962, and delivered by producer Verity Lambert and director Mervyn Pinfield in 1963, he was, and is, and always will be known, in all his regenerations, as the Doctor.
The Doctor is not, in and of himself, a family, but he is very like one. He is, over time, the same but different. He doesn't reproduce, but does regenerate. He may have a different character, wear different clothes and talk differently, yet he is always, somehow, the same. Doctor Who may be television's longest-running science fiction series, with an ever-increasing range of spin-offs and merchandising, but it's also a tale of dynastic succession which raises the most fundamental questions about personal identity. Who am I? Where am I from? And which way back to Gallifrey?
In their just published but already indispensable Doctor Who and Philosophy (2011), Courtland Lewis and Paula Smithka gather together a number of philosophers to tease out some of the important questions posed by the programme, such as Should the Daleks Be Exterminated?, Is the Doctor the Destroyer of Worlds? and most important, Who Is the Doctor? For That Matter, Who are You?
In his essay in the book, Just As I Was Getting To Know Me, Patrick Stokes defines the continuing appeal of the Doctor as "the idea of a greatly extended lifespan with bodily regeneration". The story of the Doctor's regeneration was, in fact, invented by the editors as a way of replacing the first Doctor (1963-1966), William Hartnell, while allowing the series to continue. This neat sleight-of-hand allowed Patrick Troughton to become the second doctor (1966-1969), Jon Pertwee the Third (1969-1974) and Tom Baker as the Fourth and, arguably, the best.
Baker played the part for a record seven years, in a fedora and an unfeasibly long scarf. His doctor was somehow deeply serious, and yet at the same time clearly crackers. In an interview in Doctor Who magazine, Baker admitted: "When I did Doctor Who, there was no question of acting. I'm not very good at acting. What I'm quite good at, I think, is performing." After Baker there came, as in all dynasties, the inevitable decline. Peter Davison played the fifth doctor (1981-1984) wearing celery in his lapel. Colin Baker played the sixth (1984-86) in a horrid patchwork suit. Sylvester McCoy was the seventh (1987-89), in a panama and a pullover, and Paul McGann was the eighth, in a made-for-TV movie (1996).
The doctor's fortunes revived when Christopher Ecclestone returned as the ninth incarnation, in a leather jacket, in 2005, swiftly succeeded by a besneakered David Tennant as the 10th (2005-2010), and now Matt Smith in a bow-tie as the 11th. By Time Lord lore, the Doctor can only regenerate up to 12 times, meaning there can be only 13 doctors in total, leaving us with two more to go.
There have been occasional family get-togethers. In a 10-year anniversary special in 1973, Hartnell, Troughton and Pertwee starred in an episode called The Three Doctors. In 1983, Troughton, Pertwee, Davison and Baker starred in The Five Doctors, with another actor playing the deceased Hartnell's role. And there are his companions – Jamie, Tegan, Sarah Jane, Rose Tyler, K-9. And the moral of this story for students of the family? Perhaps simply this: in the future, our role will be played by others.


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'It'd be nice to have a few vaginas onstage': Psalm One calls out Rhymesayers 20
Rhymesayers will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a massive concert on December 4 at Target Center, one that serves as a retrospective of the dozens of artists it's been involved with over the years. But one name is notably missing from the roster: Psalm One, the "first lady of Rhymesayers," and the only solo female artist the Twin Cities label has signed in its two decades of existence.
Chicago's Psalm One released her first commercial album, The Death of Frequent Flyer, through Rhymesayers Entertainment in 2006. But the real-life Cristalle Bowen has since put out music — including her Woman At Work and Get In The Van series, and full-length projects like 2014's Free Hugs, and her most recent project, P.O.L.Y. (Psalm One Loves You) — and toured the world independently, finding less support from the label in recent years.
The Rhymesayers 20 blowout touts 29 artists from the label's storied history (including no less than three Aesop Rock projects), but represents an issue the label has had since its inception: There is little to no involvement from female artists. Kimya Dawson's appearance as part of the Uncluded stands to be the only female presence on stage.
Psalm One is currently releasing some of the best music of her career, as well as remaining incredibly active in the Chicago rap scene and beyond, which makes her exclusion from the label's retrospective concert a glaring omission. It's also representative of independent hip-hop's woman problem: While in many ways underground rap, as Rhymesayers helped to define it, aims to challenge tropes present in mainstream music, misogyny and erasure continue to play out in the independent realm.
We spoke with Psalm One about her exclusion from the upcoming concert, and her relationship with the label in the years preceding. Rhymesayers declined to comment for this story.
City Pages: How did you get connected with Rhymesayers when you first started?
Psalm One: I'd been touring a little bit super early in my career with a group called Nacrobats, and I was fortunate enough to do a show with Eyedea, rest in peace, for his Oliver Hart album that he dropped. So that was my first introduction to working with the Rhymesayers camp. From that I met Siddiq [aka Brent Sayers, president of Rhymesayers], and of course Mikey [Larsen] and a couple of other people, that night.
One of my first DJs, also he was best friends with J-Bird, who's high-ranking over there at the office, so I'm sure that there was wind of me already, but I think really what did it was me actually linking with Brother Ali when I was down at [University of Illinois]. He took a liking to my music, and just kept showing people my music, and finally I was creating an element they were interested in, so we kinda just made the deal work. It took about a year for the deal to finally go through, but we did it.
I think it was just a combination of having met some of the higher-ups at Rhymesayers, plus having an artist like Brother Ali kinda be in my corner and showing them my music and stuff. That coupled with knowing that I had a good work ethic, and meeting everyone and kinda going to shows, doing that kinda thing, it ended up working out.
CP: Beyond your 2006 album with Rhymesayers, you've mostly been putting out solo records?
PO: I put out [The Death of] Frequent Flyer with them, and I put out a couple of mixtapes here and there, but I was working on music under the impression I was going to be able to work with the label after that, you feel me? That's always what was kind of told to me, from the office. The impression I always got was, we would always be able to work on music. They had the first right of refusal for the material that I would deliver.
Since I signed in 2006, maybe around 2008, is when I started feeling kind of the cold shoulder. Not sure why or how or what or when, but I never felt — other than a few members, a few artists — I never felt completely comfortable over there. I never felt completely comfortable to be myself. When you see some of the artists that have been touted on Rhymesayers ... Atmosphere, Ali, P.O.S, Eyedea, all these artists, they exude an image and a confidence of being very self-aware, and being unapologetically them. And I don't think that that's what was desired for me.
I was almost apologetically me. You know when the little sister is hanging out with all the big brothers, and just wants to kind of be down and be accepted, almost like the girl in West Side Story who was always around, they would never let her fight.
CP: As you moved more in that kind of "unapologetically you" direction with your work, do you feel like that was not met with the same respect or understanding from the RSE camp?
PO: Absolutely, that's pretty much my feeling. Even having this conversation is a little weird for me, because I don't want to sound like the bitter rapper. I feel like I've had a great career. I feel like I could have done a lot more work with Rhymesayers, but I don't feel I was ever given that opportunity or platform to kind of grow, spread my wings, and shine like other artists were. I don't know if it was the gay thing.
I've never been really big on talking about sex period at the beginning of my career [in my] lyrics, 'cause I was always about skill. I wasn't into actually revealing those parts of my character. I definitely didn't feel comfortable being like quote unquote "the gay rapper," because I don't identify with being lesbian, but it doesn't matter. As soon as you do something gay, you're gay [laughs]. So for me, I felt like that part of me was not expected to be talked about. I felt very uncomfortable at Rhymesayers being open about my sexuality. Brother Ali would be the only artist I actually spoke to semi-candidly about that, but you know, some of the people close to him would say things like "dyke".
In the office, I've been called a "dyke," you know what I'm saying? That word to me is offensive. You haven't really heard me say it ever in my lyrics. I don't refer to myself as one. So for me, as a younger rapper, that word was really offensive to me, and being called that word early in my career over at Rhymesayers, it kind of quieted me a little bit about that part of myself. Which was okay at the time, 'cause I wasn't really trying to reveal all that anyway.
CP: What made you feel more comfortable about revealing that part of yourself, both in your work and outside of your work?
PO: Just growing up as a woman and being me, being a rapper and seeing how women are treated. Seeing how, even though rap is almost this grand gesture of "fuck you" to society, it's rebellion and all of that, it's still very oppressive to certain people, certain members of society, whether it be gays or women or certain races.
For me, through growing up and that just being me shouldn't bother anyone, it should actually inspire people. I already know that I have a very impressive flow. I know that I'm intelligent, I come from an academic background ... There's a lot to my story, and I didn't want to just keep pushing this one part of me away just because I'm a rapper. I just slowly found the confidence while I was finding the confidence to put out music independent of Rhymesayers.
Once you get such a big platform, even though I feel like I wasn't pushed like the other artists, it was still the best platform that I could see going with, and it still gave me a great boost to my career. But after releasing a project like that, like The Death Of Frequent Flyer, and then trying to figure out, "How the fuck do I follow this up?" I didn't necessarily want to jump in bed with another label, because I felt like if I'm having problems with my dream label, so to speak, I know I'm going to have problems with another label.
So for me, I never really wanted to jump in bed with other labels. If I was going to do something with another label, it's going to be an artist-run situation, like we all work together to put our hands in the project to make sure it comes out the way we want them to come out.
CP: Rhymesayers give the impression of signing artists that talk openly and honestly about themselves honest in a way than mainstream labels don't, but in your case it was only to an extent and only to certain...
PO: ... parameters, absolutely. Absolutely. And, you know what, that makes sense though, doesn't it? When you're a huge label, they're not considered a mainstream label, they're a huge indie label, there has to be some sort of formula, there has to be something that you know works. You kind of like bottle that up. Some of the things are the condensation, anything that's outside of the bottle might be a little intimidating to try to filter through.
I know I was doing music that was different than anybody when I got signed. Anybody at that label, I was doing music that was different. I'm not from Minneapolis. I don't have the same resources. So for me, that's what I thought they were looking for. And possibly they were. I don't know where things went left to be honest. I have had not as many conversations as I would have liked with upper management; not as many opportunities to get feedback.
I've been actually denied feedback on some of my music, not given much of an explanation about things. I'm sure that this is something plenty of artists have gone through, and to be clear, I'm not here to just talk shit about a label because they didn't put my music out, you know what I mean? It's more about understanding that they have this inclusive demeanor about the company itself, the label itself. We're family-friendly, we're inclusive, but they do things that I see behind the scenes, things that affect me and things that don't have anything to do with me, that aren't very inclusive at all, that aren't very open-minded at all.
For me personally, being bisexual, I was never fully comfortable exploring that in my music. However, you have the certain artists on the label who have done "the gay song": "It's okay to be gay!" But is it really, though? Or is that you just saying that, you feel me? Do you actually practice that kind of politics in your own life? You say women are great, women are wonderful, but the only women, the only solo act that is a woman, me, that you've had in 20 years is not invited to the 20 year anniversary? I'm not dead. I'm out here super active. I just put out a really good album.
For me, I've actually taken the Rhymesayers brand, and without them, still repped it very hard. I get asked every time I step in a venue, I get asked about Rhymesayers. You think I wanna always wax poetic about them, knowing that they haven't treated me as fairly as I've seen them treat other artists? I'll just put it like that. Sometimes, communications get fucked up, people are just busy, I get it. Like, I understand. But there are just basic things, basic human courtesies that I wasn't given.
I will forever appreciate Brother Ali and Siddiq, and anybody over there who has ever been in my corner, especially Eyedea, rest in peace. He was the one that talked to me the most, and was very cool and critical and very honest and very loving about what it was that he was doing and about what I was doing as well. He was very instrumental in having me not have nervous breakdowns, because it is a big platform, especially for an artist like myself who didn't have much preparation.
Where I came from, my homie Overflow, who kind of helped me get my deal with Rhymesayers, we were just kind of babies in this situation. We were putting out good stuff, doing good things in Chicago, got discovered by a much bigger label, and I got an opportunity to shine. And I will forever be grateful for that. It's just certain things that have happened between me and Rhymsayers seem like a slap in the face, and unfair to me.
I don't know if it's because I'm a woman; I don't know if it's because I'm one of the few black artists on the label; and also, is it the gay thing? I was very much just trying to rap and do my best, and I feel like I did. I did a really good job. A lot of the things I learned throughout my career have nothing to do with the label. Some of the moves I make, people still to this day try to attribute those to the Rhymesayers office, and I'm like, no, they didn't do that, I did that. They gave me an opportunity for a few years to really shine on that label, but even that opportunity, I feel, paled in comparison to a P.O.S, or even a Mac Lethal. These people were signed around the same time I was signed.
I don't know, there are plenty of questions. For me, I'm not even gonna front. It hurt when I... I definitely was invited earlier this year. I was told about the Rhymesayers 20th show at South by Southwest, because there was a huge Rhymesayers showcase that I wasn't a part, but I went to that showcase to support, and say "hi" to the team, and I was personally invited to be a part of that show. Once I started booking some — I just got off tour for my P.O.L.Y. album, and I was trying to figure out when that show was going to be so I can open my schedule for it, and wasn't getting calls back from the office, wasn't getting my emails returned ... And then they just came out with the roster, with the bill, and I can't even front. It felt like a slap in the face. Yet another.
Just the latest in a handful of slaps in the face, with no explanation. For me, it was just like, damn, they trying to be all inclusive and family-friendly, and again, the lone female on the label — no diss to Kimya Dawson, she's part of a group, though. Shout out to the Uncluded. Shout out to Aesop Rock, and shout out to Kimya Dawson. Both of those artists have been very nice to me, as people, you feel me? I've got nothing against that. But being a woman and being a strong woman, and being who I am, it just seems crazy to me that you can't invite a chick on the show for one damn song? Like, what the hell?
I don't ask for much, but I'm given less than nothing, you know what I mean? I'm not even really pressing them about the music anymore, because I know the type of music that I'm making isn't necessarily going to fit that mode, and that's okay. That's something I had to figure out on my own. That wasn't something that Rhymesayers even told me. I have an album with Oh No that they were interested in, and then all of a sudden, for some reason, they weren't.
You know what I mean? It's like shit like that. What the fuck? That's why, at one point in my career, I was talking about this Oh No album, that's why I was on Soundset [in 2013], with Oh No. It's all documented, it's all there, but why hasn't that album come out? It has nothing to do with me, you feel me? I know it's not the music or the talent or the skill, because I wouldn't have been picked up by them, in the first fucking place. I'm raw.
There's a lot of years, man, where I'm like, man, am I not raw? Am I not dope? Really second-guessing myself as an artist, as a person, and that's part of the reason I took a hiatus in my career from 2008-2010; I didn't release any fucking music. I lived in the Bay, I was building my mentoring program. I was working with kids. That's why i have [the Chicago Rhymeschool Youth Program] now, and I'm able to do when I'm not touring. Those years when I was really second-guessing my music and all this shit, I was at least doing something worthwhile to help others. So I'm proud of that time in my life, but that really was a time in my life where I was kind of depressed and very much doubted myself. When I got out of that, I realized that the music I'm making is what I wanna make.
I'm not really hellbent on doing something that Rhymesayers is gonna like, because I'm not getting much feedback from them anyway. Even when someone like a Slug [label co-founder, member of Atmosphere] will email me and tell me, "I really enjoyed this music that you sent in,"... motherfuckers will tell me, Ant has told me, "This is some dope shit. I don't know if Rhymesayers is going to put this out, but this is dope." I knew it wasn't necessarily the music. As far as interpersonal relationships, shit was cool for a little while, but shit got weird.
I was pretty much friends with Brother Ali because I went on like three tours with him. Nate Collis, who used to play guitar and do production for Atmosphere, him and me are tight to this day, you know what I'm saying? Me and P.O.S are super tight, we have music together. He worked on my album Hug Life that came out last year. So I still have some connection with the label, but it got weird with people like Slug, with people like Siddiq, with J-Bird, who like, he's like one degree of separation away from someone who's really important to me in my life. But I never really acted weird, I was just kinda being me. I feel like I'm a pretty cool individual. I don't always say the right thing, but who does?
For me, I've always been more than extra respectful about Rhymesayers, and I still am. I'm not walking around saying, "Fuck them." I know I'm a passionate person; [I'm] human, and I'm vulnerable, and I have feelings and all that shit, and I'm very romantic about music. I ain't had to do this shit; I was a chemist, you know what I'm saying? On my way to managing a lab. I ain't do it for the money, you feel me? I certainly didn't do it for the fame, because, you know, that was never my intent. I started making music, I was gonna do that shit anyway. If I never got signed by anybody, I'd still be making music.
I just happened to get an opportunity to get one of the most influential labels in hip-hop period, and that will forever be something I'm proud of, and even though I'm not on that Rhymesayers 20 show, I'm still the first lady of Rhymesayers. Can't nobody take that shit away from me. It is what it is, you feel me? For me, that's something I'm proud of. I've had challenges with the label, but I don't think any artist on Earth hasn't had challenges with their record label.
CP: You definitely seem like you're in a place creatively where you're thriving, and your stuff is better and more personal now than it's ever been.
PO: Absolutely. But think of how weird that is though. That's kind of weird, because the artists on that label are supposed to grow like that. Their audience is damn near half women. So why are you not giving women more of a chance to shine? Why are you not even showcasing the only woman that they've signed in 20 years? Why wouldn't you showcase her for the little girls coming up?
I'm a fucking role model! I run a fucking youth program. I do adult things because I'm an adult, and I'm not ashamed to say them. I'm not doing anything but being me. My sexual orientation, how I identify myself, has nothing to do with the type of person that I am, and what I stand for. For me, what are you saving your fans from, you know what I mean?
CP: I don't hear a lot of hip-hop that deals directly with the type of relationship issues that you talk about on P.O.L.Y., for instance, in a real honest way in terms of your personal experiences.
PO: And guess who I learn that from? Talking about relationships, and sexuality in a real, honest way? Guess who I could have learned that from as a young non-rapper, hip-hop fan? Atmosphere! I mean, come on! He's like the king of that. It's just like weird to me, it's just one of those things. I think it's worth mentioning and worth noting that, a label that is supposedly so inclusive and so open-minded and has so many women fans, to be like, the woman over there getting straight crumbs off the table, and nothing.
And I'm out here super active. It's just wack. It sucks to me, it just sucks. And it's not on some like... I know there are going to be some Rhymesayers fanatics who will just be like, well, you're just not good enough. You're just not this enough ... Eh, maybe, but I don't think that's the reason. That's opinion, and I'm outchea, man. I do have fans, and I don't need Rhymesayers for a career. I didn't in the first place. It was an opportunity that anybody would have taken. Anybody. And I think I thrived in it.
Being actually invited, and then not getting a response, and then ... It would've been dope if they would've just been like, you know what, we overbooked it, we don't have enough time, obviously here's the VIP passes or whatever, you know what I'm saying? Shit like that. It would've sucked to hear, but it would've been decent. Being invited and then being uninvited, and not told, and having everybody be like, "Oh, this show's great, why aren't you on the bill?" I'm getting texts and emails like, "Yo, you're not on this?" I'm like, damn G.
CP: It struck me looking at the bill that they were really trying to represent all the different projects they'd been involved in over the last 20 years, and to not see Psalm One on there kind of shocked me at first.
PO: It is shocking. I agree. Whatever. It's not going to change anything. At the end of the day, it's one show. There's plenty of Rhymesayers shows I haven't been involved in. This particular one kind of hurt a little bit, especially considering I was literally invited by Siddiq, the president of Rhymesayers, to be on the show, and definitely reminded him in August and then in September about it, and did not get a response.
So, I don't know what happened between being personally invited to now. What could I have done or said? I don't do or say anything with Rhymesayers. I'm pretty much self-made. I have this one really cool thing on my resume, but that's not the only thing on my resume. That's kind of how I look at it.
CP: They've also not signed any other solo female artists besides you, which is reflective of something larger.
PO: It's telling. It's very telling that I'm the only woman that they've signed. They haven't signed another woman as a solo act, and the only other woman, her genre wouldn't necessarily be hip-hop. I love Kimya Dawson, I love her stuff with the Moldy Peaches and the stuff that she's done beyond that, the stuff she does with Aesop. She does not necessarily identify with being a female MC. She's more than that. Much respect to her, but the only female MC on the label not being represented very well at all, and there hasn't been another one since.
It's all good. It's not actually fucking up my career at all not being on that show. It's one show, and it's not like I haven't played arenas before. And it wasn't a Rhymesayers show. If I was just sitting at home, bitter about Rhymesayers and my whole career, then I'd be like fucked up about it, but I'm honestly saying it honestly hurts a little, but it's not going to stop anything. I mean, it'd be nice to have a few vaginas onstage. It's all good.


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I sat applying nail polish with exaggerated care. The care was exaggerated on two counts; first, I don't wear it often and paint fingers as well as nails, and second, we were on a ferry. It wasn't moving and it should have been; the second coat of polish was to distract me from that fact. Ten minutes after it should have and ten minutes before we were due to be at the far side of the far peninsula we finally got underway. Still at least the wind hadn't cancelled the crossing completely.
We were the third car off the ferry and first on the road to Eceabat. From there we pushed (ok, completely broke) the speed limit on the deserted road across the Gallipolli peninsula. The last stretch to the hotel seemed longest but we arrived into a nearly-deserted carpark and parked beside a car with diplomatic plates. The hotel was quiet, next to a dilapidated camping ground, paint peeling and sand blown in dust devils. It didn't look suitable for a presidential lunch.
Directed by a group of men sprouted coils of wire from their ears we made our way through an empty restaurant to a temporarily-enclosed veranda beyond. It was filled with tables of pale Irish people, made paler by grey hair in most cases. Offered a table close to the centre of the room we declined and headed for one off to the side, acutely aware that we'd brought, by special dispensation, the only children with us.
For the first time in Çanakkale I saw a priest in collar, at a far table. A nearby table was filled with military men in full uniform, but with the insignia not of the Turkish military but of the Irish Army on their caps. The familiar symbol instantly brought me back to my Granny's house, where the insignia hung on the wall for years, carved in wood by my Grandad. Eventually he presented it to the Curragh barracks and I hope it still hangs there.
There was a flurry of activity, later than our speedy drive necessitated, and the top table arrived. President McAleese looked diminutive and elegant, not the least wind-swept among a group including the Governor and Minister Martin Mansergh. First the Governor of Çanakkale spoke, a short speech that listed the tourist attractions of the state before finishing with Ataturk's famous words about the fallen in Gallipolli. Then President McAleese, the first Irish president to visit Turkey, was introduced by a Turk who repeatedly mispronounced her name.
Her speech wasn't long either, but it was from the heart. She spoke about the devastation of the campaign, the cost to the victor and the defeated. She talked about how Gallipolli is overshadowed in the minds of Irish people by the Somme, though 4,000 Irish men died here. She said for the Irish it became a story lost, suppressed and neglected.
The children were tensely quiet through both speeches but relaxed once the lunch began. Little Boy Blue eventually went exploring, thankfully out towards the garden, and made friends with some soldiers. He even stood to attention for them. We chatted with embassy staff, a nice couple from Donegal expanding their knowledge of WWI from France to Turkey, a very friendly woman who worked for the Minister, overseen by the Detective Inspector presiding at the top of our table.
Dessert was barely served before the top table rose to leave. I went to try and take President McAleese's photo as she left but was foiled by a camera that refused to focus. I got some nice shots of the ceiling, my skirt and the President's Deputy Secretary though.
She would go on to Anzac Cove and lay a plaque in Green Hill cemetery near Suvla Bay where most of the Irish who died on Gallipolli are buried. Everyone else piled onto their buses to continue their tour of Gallipolli. And we headed back to the ferry at a more stately pace.


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Xandikos is a CardDAV/CalDAV server that backs onto a Git repository.
Xandikos (Ξανδικός or Ξανθικός) takes its name from the name of the March month in the ancient Macedonian calendar, used in Macedon in the first millennium BC.
Implemented standards
The following standards are implemented:
- RFC4918/RFC2518 (Core WebDAV) - implemented, except for COPY/MOVE/LOCK operations
- RFC4791 (CalDAV) - fully implemented
- RFC6352 (CardDAV) - fully implemented
- RFC5397 (Current Principal) - fully implemented
- RFC3253 (Versioning Extensions) - partially implemented, only the REPORT method and {DAV:}expand-property property
- RFC3744 (Access Control) - partially implemented
- RFC5995 (POST to create members) - partially implemented, lacks support for the {DAV:}add-member property
- RFC7809 (CalDAV Time Zone Extensions) - not implemented
See [[notes/dav-compliance.md]] for more detail on specification compliancy.
Supported clients
Xandikos has been tested and works with the following clients:
- vdirsyncer
- caldavzap/carddavmate
- evolution
- davdroid
- sogo connector for Icedove/Thunderbird
- aCALdav syncer for Android
- pycardsyncer
To run a standalone (low-performance) instance of Xandikos, simply create a directory to store your data (say $HOME/dav) and run it:
mkdir -p $HOME/dav
./bin/xandikos -d $HOME/dav
A server should now be running on localhost:8080.
There is a #xandikos IRC channel on the Freenode IRC network, and a xandikos mailing list.
At the moment, Dulwich supports Python 3.5 and higher as well as Pypy 3. It also uses dulwich, icalendar and defusedxml.
Commit History
git clone https://www.jelmer.uk/code/xandikos/
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Love handle workout to lose side stomach fat…
It sure sounds cute, but there isn't much to really love about the love handles.
Love handles also called muffin top is another name for the excess fat that hangs over the top of your pants.
Many people try to get rid of their love handles by targeting them with endless side crunches.
But sadly, that's not the most effective oblique exercise that can help you lose the love handles.
Love handles lie on top of the obliques, which are a very specific group of abdominal muscles. To fully work those stubborn stomach fat, you have to specifically go after them.
Simply put, you need oblique exercises that engage the side abs from many angles.
With that being said, it's a myth that you can spot reduce fat. Yes, you can target your obliques to maximize toning, but fat is lost through cardio and diet.
To illustrate further, getting a flat tummy takes almost two actions.
One is to reduce the outer layer of fat, which would be fat loss.
The other is to tone the obliques and abs to bring out definitions in your midsection.
We've all heard that abs are made in the kitchen, and (unfortunately) it's true. To lose the fat around the belly, you need the help of your diet.
Crunches and other abs workouts can help, but unless you get rid of your excess fat with eating, abs won't show.
So to sum up here's the best strategy for kicking your love handles to the curb:
The best strategy combines a good flat tummy diet with some cardio and a good love handle workout.
This post walks you through the best love handle workout that will tone and sculpt your abs and obliques.
We also created a 30-day flat tummy meal plan to pair with the love handle workout.
If you haven't already done so, you can grab our 30-day flat tummy meal plan here.
If you are ready, grab your exercise or yoga mat and let's begin this love handle workout.
10-Minute Love Handle Workout
1. Bicycle Crunch
The bicycle crunch is a great exercise to engage the oblique muscles and burn the side stomach fat.
To do a bicycle crunch, you simply lie face up flat on your back with your hips and knees bent at 90-degree angle. Place your fingers on the side of your forehead.
Start by contracting your abs and glutes. Lift your shoulders off the floor and hold them there.
Now twist your upper body to the right as you pull your right knee in as fast as you can until it touches your chest. As you bring back your arm and leg, repeat the motion on the other side.
Continue alternating from side to side until you complete 15 reps per side.
2. Russian Twist
The Russian twist is a core exercise you can do to work and strengthen the abdominal muscles.
The exercise is simple and doesn't use any workout equipment to perform it so it can be done anywhere.
To perform the Russian Twist, sit on the ground with your knees bent and your heels about a foot away from your butt.
Slowly recline backward until you feel the engagement of your lower abs. It is really difficult to keep your back straight, but it's important you don't let it curve.
Place your arms out in front of you with your one hand on top of the other. Your hands should be leveled with the bottom of your ribcage.
Pull your navel to your spine and twist slowly to the right. The movement is not large and comes from the ribs rotating, not from your arms swinging. Inhale through center and rotate to the left. This completes one rep.
Do 16 full rotations to complete a set.
3. Side Plank with Reach-Through
Side plank with reach through is one of my favorite oblique exercises to target the love handles.
That's because when it comes to love handles, there's no better exercise to tone and get rid of them than this one.
To perform the side plank with reach through, lie down on your left side with your left hand firmly on the floor.
Contract your core and prop yourself up into a side plank.
Stack your right foot over your left, so your body forms a straight line.
Extend your right arm towards the ceiling and then lower your arm in front of you and bring it under your left hip. Bring your right arm back above your head. Do 12-15 reps, rest, switch side and repeat.
4. Crab Reach
This core exercise will set your obliques, abs and glute muscles on fire. Crab reach hits just about every abdominal muscle, even your arms.
To do the crab reach, sit with your knees bent and feet flat on the ground in front of you. Position your right hand firmly on the ground behind you and keep your left arm bent by your side.
Lift your butt off the floor while extending your left arm behind you reaching for your right side. You'll be arching back as you reach out to the opposite side. Return to the starting position and repeat on the left side.
5. Reverse Crunch
The reverse crunch is an ab exercise that targets the muscles of the lower abdomen and lower oblique. From the body shape of the exercise, it's sometimes referred to as v-shape.
To perform a reverse crunch, lie down face up on an exercise mat with your palms facing down.
Bend your hips and knees 90 degrees. Engage your abs to lift your hips off the floor and crunch inward.
Pause for 1-2 seconds, then slowly lower your legs back down until your heels nearly touch the floor.
Repeat 12-15 times to complete a set.


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By Tony Adams
Sports Editor
The Belton Lady Tigers' varsity volleyball team looked to follow up its straight-set victory over Harker Heights with a victory over the Killeen Lady Roos at Tiger Gym on Tuesday night.
Riding the coattails of a great junior varsity triumph and excitement of Lake Belton Middle School Volleyball night, the Lady Tigers handled the Lady Roos in straight sets, 25-18, 25-13 and 25-18.
Belton (10-12 overall, 2-0 District 12-6A) jumped out to a 4-2 lead early in the first set, with attacks from Abbey Morgan and McKinzee Robinson. Killeen broke off a five-point run to take a 12-9 lead.
Following a Roos' service error, the Tigers picked up two Robinson blocks to pull to within 13-12. Audrey Linder had three consecutive digs and pair of Allison Waits' blocks sent the Lady Tigers on a 12-6 run, with Brey York and Kelsey Jones closing out points with key blocks. Belton won the first set by seven points.
The Lady Tigers roared out to 6-0 run, with Robinson earning half those points on kills. York had a pair of attacks to give Belton a double-digit lead at 12-2. Following a pair of Killeen points, the Lady Tigers extended the lead to as much as 14 point at 21-7. York and Waits each had kills and Jackie Wainwright served out the set to give the Lady Tigers the second set by 12 points.
The Roos gained a brief 1-0 advantage to start the third set. Robinson and York had two attacks to give Belton a 4-1 lead. After Killeen reduced the lead to three points at 7-4, Waits block and York's kill sent Belton on a 5-0 run, giving the Lady Tigers a 12-4 lead. The Roos climbed back to within three points at 19-16. Marrissa Heffley had an attack and kill, along with another set of attacks from Wainwright, York and Waits to close out the set and the match with a three-set sweep.
Robinson had 16 kills, 17 digs and three kill blocks to pace the Lady Tigers.
"It's the first time this year that she has taken over a game like that," said Belton head coach Stacy Meyers. "She's building confidence and just now seeing how good she can be."
The game had all indications that it could go the distance. But Belton turned on the pressure and Killeen felt it.
"We came out sloppy and made some space cadet errors," said Meyers. "We weren't focused and there were fluky little balls. Once we got going, we did alright."
York had 17 assists and six kills, continuing to give the Lady Tigers the floor leadership Belton that was quiet a couple of weeks ago.
"Brey controls the floor, no doubt," said Meyers. "I was telling her to get in control with some of the things that she does. But she's such a good setter and sets up great hits. She's a huge part of the runs that we get on."
The Belton freshman A team defeated the Roos' freshman team 25-9 and 25-14.
Lady Tigers pull off straight-set, district opening win over Heights
The Belton Lady Tigers opened up District 12-6A play with a straight-set win over the Harker Heights Lady Knights at Tiger Gym. The scores were 25-13, 25-16 and 25-21.
Junior Varsity Lady Tigers roar back to beat Lady Roos
The Belton Lady Tigers' junior varsity volleyball opened the early-evening action at Tiger Gym Tuesday with an exciting battle against the Killeen Lady Roos.
The action was fierce and exciting, with Killeen taking the opening set 26-24 and Belton took the final two sets and the match, 30-28 and 25-20.
The Lady Tigers got out to a quick 3-0 lead in the first set. The teams traded the next six points before Killeen went on a 7-0 run to take a 10-6 lead. Jamie Janczak, Dana Young and Becca Deeken helped serve the Lady Tigers back to a 16-16 tie and then out to a 23-18 lead. Killeen then went on an 8-1 run to win the first set.
The Lady Roos jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the second set before Brittany Moses had two kills and an attack to help give the Lady Tigers an 8-7 lead. Belton led 12-10 before Killeen swung the lead back in their favor with a 13-6 run for a 23-18 lead.
With the set pushed to the brink, the Lady Tigers shoved back with a 5-0 run to tie the set at 23-23. The teams alternated the next 10 points to make the score 28-28. Deeken and Moses had kills to win the set for Belton 30-28 and the Lady Tigers earned a standing ovation from the crowd that had filed in to see the varsity game.
The teams traded the next 12 points to start the tie-breaking set. Moses and Deeken's attacks sent the Lady Tigers on a 6-0 run to give Belton a 12-6 lead. Belton continued to get great play from Young, Cameron Kasberg, Morgan Callin, Caroline Stegall and Destenne Winkler to get the Lady Tigers to the finish line and a 25-20 win.
"We really needed this win tonight," said Belton JV coach Jordan Petter. "The girls just kept fighting for every point and I'm so proud of them tonight. We have worked on focus and it paid off."


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According to the Yoga Journal, a magazine that specializes in all things yoga, says there is a growing number of senior practicing Yoga to help their daily functional needs and mobility. The journal states, 20% of the 16 Million Americans practicing yoga are seniors
"The benefits of yoga have long been said to slow—or even gently reverse—the aging process… [seniors] practicing yoga can restore mobility and vitality to their lives." -Yoga Journal
Yoga Journal recently released an article on recent scholar scientific studies and research that yoga has become increasing popular in senior and middle-age yogis and because "The benefits of yoga have long been said to slow—or even gently reverse—the aging process… [seniors] practicing yoga can restore mobility and vitality to their lives." Yoga practices has been increasing widespread in yoga and fitness studios, as well as senior citizen assistance living homes.
What are the benefits of Senior Yoga?
It has been proven that practicing yoga can be beneficial to the body, both physically and mentally.
One of the biggest benefits for senior citizens to practice Yoga is the ability to increase vitality, flexibility, and mobility to help them with their day to day lifestyle, as well as, reduce risk and ailment involved with age. In 2014, ABC News released an article stating studies show that Yoga can treat many physical ailments including joint, muscle pain, insomnia, heart rhythm disorder, breast cancer recovery, and high blood pressure; many of which baby boomers tend to develop in their golden years. Senior yoga can help participates regain independence and the ability to function without support.
Mentally is the second benefit for seniors to participate in Yoga exercises because it gives participates the ability to empower themselves and their attitude on life. Frank Iszak, founder of the Silver Age Youth program in Del Mar, California states, "yoga can be as much about connecting with the will to live and will to heal as it is about stretching and relaxing…yoga also helps these seniors feel less isolated."
Are there any special circumstances for Senior Yoga?
When working with senior yoga students, it is important to know that a key element is recognizing that different circumstances are needed to adapt to their physical needs "to reduce fracture risk is the concept of a loaded spine, which refers to the amount of pressure on the spine and represents a combination of the weight of the head and upper body as well as the pull and tug of muscles and ligaments on the vertebral bodies." (Therapeutic Yoga for Seniors, idealift.com)
An important part of senior yoga is understanding that senior students may have some physical problems that make it complicated for them to do some poses, but with props and modifications, they can still achieve success. Modifications are changes in poses for a more comfortable approach to a pose without losing value in physical and breathing exercises. Also, Iszak recommends "including longer meditation sessions in senior classes, as well as frequent breaks—brief moments in Savasana, or Corpse Pose, for example."
Another aspect of senior yoga is encouraging elderly students to use props to help them gain vitality and mobility; as well as, keep them from reaching or stretching too far, too fast. The use of props is important because it helps the students with their different physical disadvantages, balance and support their joints and bones. The Senior Fitness Association recommends "modifications that encourage them to use each other for support and balance, when appropriate, to increase physical contact"
The last important special circumstance for senior yoga is slowing of pace. Due to the different physical ailments, elderly yogis may need a slower pace, in order to adapt to different poses like Plank, Cobra, Cat, Cow or Triangle. Suza Francina, author of The New Yoga for People Over 50, says "slow and gentle allows an aging body to go deeper into the pose." Slowing down the pace is beneficial to the senior practitioner because it teaches them to increase breathing and thoroughly extract all the benefits of the pose.
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You've shopped local under the brilliant palms and soft stars of the EDGE District just outside Intermezzo. Beginning December 5, you can do the very same with 6 select local vendors at Royal Palm's new pop up at 1029 Central Avenue.
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I love doing markets so much! Seeing kids and adults react to my art and hearing them share their impressions makes my heart so happy. This past weekend a wonderful family came into my tent. They were having great conversations together- Dad was kind of quiet but had a big smile. After the kids and mom moved on to the next tent he picked up these two prints and told me that every night at bedtime he tells the kids that they are his sunshine and they respond that they love him to the moon and back. He felt these prints really captured that special tradition in his family and wanted his kids to have the art. This made my whole day! Come visit me at my upcoming markets and chat with me about art and imagination! this Friday I'll be at @royalpalmmarket from 6-10! My mom @valerie.pullman will be with me! And this Saturday I'll be at @localshops1 Shopapalooza from 10:00-8:30 !
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A one hundred mile time trial has always sounded a bit like torture to me. Mental torture, with a side order of back pain and complementary saddle sores. Yet today I finally finished by first century time trial.
Up until 2014, I always had the excuse that I'd never actually ridden 100 miles, but a couple of Majorca trips later and I'm well past that justification. A century ride with the benefit of drafting and coffee stops, however, is something very different to a century ride on your own with an occasional road side bottle swap and the hum of your aero helmet for company, so I still wasn't planning on attempting the 100 this year.
Then when I discovered my boredom busting plans to play the triathlon game this year were going to be punctuated with misery inducing running injuries, I decided to kill the 10-and-25-mile-time-trial boredom with new challenges – namely, assorted open water swims and my biggest nemesis – the 100 mile time trial.
Admittedly, deciding all of this in May probably wasn't ideal. The ideal would be deciding in September, then completing long rides over winter and smashing out some 50s come summer, in the hope of a beautiful marriage between endurance and speed – but ideal and pre-planning is just not my style (look at 2012 – injury, 2013 – road racing attempt, 2014 – back to tri..). What swung it was when someone told me this:
"A 100 is more a mental battle than physical – you'll discover parts of your brain you didn't know were there."
THAT. Exactly that, is what I'm after. I'm never going to be 'the fastest', so I'm really more interested in exploring what I CAN do at the moment.
A crash before 50 mile time trial number 2 of the season meant I didn't have as much racing under my belt as I wanted, and the last few weekends have been mainly about trying to get 70-80 miles in, so at least I'd have the endurance there and a little bit of confidence.
I went to bed the night before the event very much with the mentality of: "This is going to be really tough, and I may not finish it – if that happens, that's fine. Worst case scenario is not finishing, and I reckon that's ok." After spending the last couple of years obsessing over cutting off seconds on 25 mile courses, it's kind of liberating to ride an event with a looming question mark over your ability to finish.
The Race
The forecast had been looking pretty grim all week, and when my alarm brought me into the world at 4am this morning, stubborn rain clouds still appeared from 9am onwards, 2.5 hours after my start time.
Regardless, I ate a large bowl of porridge (it's not often I struggle to eat breakfast), loaded the car and set off- having enjoyed about 6 hours of broken sleep. My bike had seen a little alteration, with a slightly raised front end. Less, aero, I know – but with fear of DNF at front of mind, less pressure on my back seemed a good idea.
My other worry was my lack of support. I arrived at the HQ with a bag of bottles, hoping someone might be able to pass them to me. I've been a bottle-handler at a 100 before, for my other half – and ended up catering for 3 people in the end through similar circumstances befalling them, so I was fairly confident – and with good reason. I spotted a nice looking man supporting his wife, from Charlotteville – and he accepted my bottles and was happy to help out.
The G100/61 course isn't a traditional dual carriageway affair – it accumulates about 2,989 ft of climbing (according to Strava). Admittedly, not a lot for 100 miles – but quite a bit for a time trial. Since I tend to ride a 25 with my heart rate in the 185-190 range, and a 50 in the 180-185 range, I'd imagined I'd be riding at around 175-180. However, from the off I was hovering closer to 165bpm. Somehow, that felt about 'right' for 100 miles. Of course, I'd never done this before, so I wasn't sure – but it seemed correct. I was worried when 21 and 22 passed me in the first 15 miles, but I noticed I was also getting closer to the next lady, who had started six minutes before, so decided to stick with it.
The first 20 miles were fairly up and down, and windey – I was averaging 21mph, somehow I felt a ceiling on going any faster, even for this short period – odd since I'd be at about 25mph for a 25 mile TT – but being conservative seemed like far from the worst thing I could do so I decided to just accept it.
Around 20 miles in I finally caught the woman I'd been chasing – it seems she stayed a fairly close distance behind me for the rest of the event. I stopped briefly to spin my rear wheel, since my bike was making an irritating creaking noise. It wasn't the wheel, which was good – as no one wants to ride 100 miles with a rubbing brake. Still TBC what it was – bottom bracket or pedal bearing, I assume.
After a 20 mile detour through some villages, riders of the G100/61 reach 'the course proper' – a triangle shaped lap which they'll repeat 4.5 times. There's a long drag over the A24, a left turn, a short undulating section, another left, and a longer undulating section which riders will eventually start to memorize via landmarks such as 'The Bit With the Cherries for Sale Sign', 'The Bit With the Craters', 'The Evil Ramp' and 'The Descent That Feels Hairy'.
Usually, I ride time trials humming familiar lines from Slipknot's Duality, and the like. It usually does the trick, but it wasn't going to cut it for 100 miles. Since Maurice had told me: "Think of it like a little bike adventure – you'll be riding long, snacks and drinks with you…" I ended up singing the Chilli Peppers Road Trippin, particularly.
Yes – I swapped "I push my fingers into my eyyess, it's the only thing, that slowly stops the accheeee" for "road trippin' with, my two favourite allies, fully loaded, we got snacks and supplies". I think I also resorted to a few Radio1 style chart hitters at some point, too.
My one pace 100 mile train continued fairly comfortably, if a little too comfortable – for some time. Bottle passes were a case of 'come to a stand still', even knocking on the car window at one point. However, I knew full well it beat leaving my bottles in a layby, so I was very grateful for any help at all. Then, the rain started.
I'd read 'rain' and imagined 'spitting'. By the time I hit 50 miles, it wasn't 'spitting' – it was downpour. It got really bad on my 4th trip down the A24 – the spray was hideous, cars were feeling increasingly threatening and close, and the wind on exposed sections was proving difficult. I distinctly remember shouting some expletives to the invisible crossfire at some point.
Turning off the A24 wasn't much better – the road felt slippery, as did my aero bars, and sitting with my hands on the base bar wasn't much better. A white van overtook me near a verge and I remember imagining the organisers finding me in a ditch somewhere a week later, kid you not – but I do have an overactive imagination like that, and it kept me occupied for a while.
I spent the non-dual carriage way section dreading my return to the A24, and the A24 section pondering on the best way to descend later. I applauded myself when, for the first time in 4 attempts, I managed to get around the pot hole I kept forgetting was there. It was just after or just before the dead hedgehog starfishing the road.
By the time I was feeling genuinely scared of the slipping and the windy and the overtaking, however, I was a good 75 miles in, and I wasn't turning back. Though I did sort of hope to reach a chequered sign with 'SCCU 100' crossed out, and 'SCCU 90' in its place.
From 75 miles, I had just one 25 left, 5 miles until only 20 to go, which was 2 x 10… It was just a case of watching the numbers tick over. I figured with all my stopping for bottles and the slow conditions, I might as well let myself stop and dip behind a bush for a wee, since it would be just one of several standstills. Putting my sopping skinsuit back on, I'll admit, wasn't nice.
At 92 miles, I turned off the dual carriageway for the last time and had an internal celebration. This was dampened slightly when I saw a rider beside the road with a puncture – he turned out the be one of five, and I caught his eye as he solemnly walked his bike to the marshals just 250 metres away. I nodded to show I felt for him, he seemed to appreciate it – that must have hurt.
At this point, the only thing that could prevent me finishing was a mechanical or a crash. Having spent weeks wondering if I was even capable of this solo 100, I was suffering in the conditions but dancing in my head.
When I hit 100 miles and the sign still wasn't in view, I began to despair – but my little groan was answered at the next turn where the snuggly looking timer keepers car came into view. I didn't bother speeding up, in fact I think I slowed down. My heart rate had been low throughout, it hadn't really hurt like a 50 – but I was fatigued in some other, different way.
Ride Stats: Moving time: 5hrs 2mins 20 // Elapsed time: 5hrs3mins // Position: 2nd female (1min off first!) // Av HR: 168 // Climbing: 2,989 ft // Av speed: 19.9mph (took a plunge in last 2 laps with rain!)
The cold started to set in once I stopped. My hands were completely white and weren't actually working very well – the pedal back the the HQ was not a joyous experience. Especially as most of the riders who had support were getting into warm cars and having towels placed over their shaking bodies. Alas, back via the A24, I went.
However, I had in my head a joy. Like the open water swim of May – I'd chosen a challenge I didn't think I could achieve, and done it. It hadn't been that fast, but I'd finished.
Which leaves me with a new question – what else is possible?
What else do I think I can't do, that perhaps I can?
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The decades-old retail tradition known as Black Friday suffered another blow this week after early deals and online shopping robbed the event of many brick-and-mortar customers.
E-commerce orders surged on Thanksgiving, the day before Black Friday, eliminating the need for shoppers to wait in long lines and fight for deals at physical shops.
For consumers who did want to visit shopping centers, many stores were offering deals on Thursday evening.
Online sales surged 14 per cent on Thanksgiving, according to Rakuten Marketing, and websites such as Target.com had their biggest day ever during the holiday. Smartphones and tablets have made it easier for consumers to shop from the couch, and many more of them are now doing just that. Mobile purchases made up 41 per cent of e-commerce orders on Thanksgiving, up from 37 per cent last year, Rakuten found.
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The world's largest retailer has tripled its e-commerce selection to 23 million products this year, aiming to better compete with Amazon.com. Wal-Mart said on Friday that Thanksgiving was one of its top online-shopping days this year and that about 70 per cent of the traffic to its website came from mobile devices.
Target, meanwhile, is offering 15 per cent off almost everything in its stores and website for two days: today and tomorrow.
The aggressive discounts come at a cost. When Target slashed prices last holiday season, its profit margin slipped to 27.9 per cent from 28.5 per cent. The retailer said that Target.com saw double-digit growth on Thanksgiving, driven by deals on electronics like televisions and Apple products.
Amazon said on Friday that mobile orders on Thanksgiving topped last year's holiday and Cyber Monday combined. Black Friday is on pace to beat last year in terms of item orders. Top-selling items include Instant Pot cookers, Hasbro's Pie Face game and Amazon's Alexa devices.
Thanksgiving eve is becoming a bigger shopping day too. On Wednesday, three times as many people were browsing online at retail sites compared with a year ago, according to Rakuten, which tracks online behavior through the e-commerce platforms it provides. This comes after EBay made a plea for consumers to start shopping on their phones that day by christening the event "Mobile Wednesday".
Even so, there are still millions of people willing to brave the cold for a deal.
Ms Olivia Daniels arrived at a Best Buy store in Brooklyn at 5am on Friday, three hours before it opened. She hoped to nab a 40-inch LG television for US$150 (S$214) – an almost 50 per cent discount. The offer was too hard to pass up for the 34-year-old, who currently is not working because she is on kidney dialysis.
The National Retail Federation (NRF) estimates that about 137.4 million consumers will make purchases in stores or online over the four-day weekend that started on Thanksgiving. But the amount that Americans have spent has declined in the past three years, slipping 26 per cent from 2013 to an average of US$299.60 per person last year.
That is a sign that holiday purchases are spreading out over a longer time frame. Spending during the overall season – November and December – is still expected to grow 3.6 per cent to US$655.8 billion, the NRF estimates.
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