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The Power Of Jesus' Blood
by Hazel Straub
Evil cannot be covered up by painting it another color. Even if a house looks good on the outside, it can still have evil inside.
The removal of evil happens when we repent (change mind and purpose of how we live, have a hatred of the sin, turning to God). Our way of thinking must change from evil deeds. The blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from sin, when applied. We can have our mind renewed as we read the Word of God and focus on pleasing him.
Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes! Cease to do evil,learn to do right! Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless, plead for the widow. Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as…
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Our town and its city dwellers, by David Hockney @ LACMA 2
Friend of arts·meme, the arts publicist Caroline Graham, poses with her portrait painted by her long-time friend, the British-born artist David Hockney. Caroline's likeness occupies a prominent corner of "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life," the new Hockney exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). In the photo, Graham wears the elegant ...
L.A. traffic jam inside Caroline Graham's home 2
Super-publicist Caroline Graham's holiday party in Santa Monica last night was akin to the 405 freeway bumper-to-bumper. Navigating the human traffic-jam conjured Blake Edwards's party scene in "Breakfast at Tiffany's." It took a full forty minutes to cross Caroline's cozy living room to greet a friend. It took just as long in the other direction ...
Goldsborough to mine gold for Miami City Ballet
Pictured, on the right, above, is Nick Goldsborough, a treasured member of the Los Angeles dance community. The photo was taken on the opening night of "Windows," a wonderful one-act play about the world of Bill Gates, which Nick produced. Nick is a gentleman whose mother instilled in him the love of ballet, and whose ...
The second time 'round, Liz and Dick kept it simple
I'm starting late, but undaunted, I still aspire to catch up with Elizabeth Taylor in the marriage department (sans Fortensky). Here's Liz's list: • Nicky Hilton (1950-51) • Michael Wilding (1952-57) • Michael Todd (1957-58) • Eddie Fisher (1959-64) • Richard Burton (1964-74) • Richard Burton (1975-76) • John Warner (1976-82) • Larry Fortensky (1991-96) ...
Vidal Sassoon The Movie: sharp man, sharp scissors
Caroline Cushing Graham, founding partner of C4 Global Communications and longtime Sassoon client, contributes this film review to arts·meme: The Vidal Sassoon movie: Five Stars! The movie is great, very poignant and beautifully shot. Startling black and white photography with film clips, creating a vivid portrait of Vidal Sassoon. Nothing too much about wild sixties ...


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Well, last week was a bit better on the workout front. I managed to get in a few days of Beginner Shred and ran both days of the weekend. However, this week has been a bust. Been feeling run down exhausted and people have been passing around the flu at work. I dislike when my body feels super heavy and I have no appetite. I did walk on the treadmill for 30 minutes today, but that's about all I've done this week. Tomorrow I am hitting up Tessa's beginner belly dance class.
I am officially registered for the Red Flannel Run on 2/14. Hopefully I will be ready to pound out 3 miles by then. I have also joined a 90 day challenge at my gym that starts in February. My first weigh in is 2/8. I am doing the body transformation challenge as opposed to the weight loss challenge. Time to kick my muffin top once and for all!


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I was happy to see that the merchants in the West Marshall Street business district are waking up and understanding how this council in Norristown is hurting the town.
No one wants to pay these high prices to park with these meters. Who wants to pay a $28 or $30 extra, just to run in the post office for a few minutes and mail a letter or buy stamps?
What I saw this week was unbelievable; the Verizon truck was working on Logan Street in Norristown. He was parked on the side of the street that had no parking for four hours.I was raking my yard when a found a parking ticket on the ground for $30 dated today. I looked up the street and there was a Chevy truck, Verizon. I walked over tothe truck and hunted up the driver. He was working on a pole. I asked him if he knew this ticket was in my yard. He did not know it. Apparently it blew off his windshield.
This is the kind of stuff we put up with in Norristown.Recently my wife took me to the emergency ward at Montgomery Hospital. There were no parking places in the emergency yard, so she parked on Powell Street, took me inside the hospital, came out in less than 10 minutes, and there was a ticket on her windshield. There is nothing around Montgomery Hospital other than the major concern – the hospital – so when people come to the hospital they have to be afraid to park anywhere on the street as the code enforcement cars are always hanging around waiting to tag someone.
Recently the paper had an article about the large sum of money they have collected from the parking meters and fines. I believe the taxpayers of Norristown are fed up with these Gestapo tactics. It is time for change.
A perfect example of Code Enforcement is 770 Sandy Street. Disaster, and no one was held accountable for it except the owner.What kind of inspection did they did they do?
Just like our church recently had a new roof installed, we were charged over $3,000 for the permit. My next question is, 'What do they do with all this money they are collecting?' Who benefits from it, or is this how they pay for their little cars they ride in to patrol the streets?
The people of Norristown should be aware of all the foolish rules the council has passed in the past few years, like no grilling on your deck. They say it is too dangerous; charcoal could cause a fire or gas grills could have a leaky connection, yet you go up in the West End and people have a gigantic propane cylinder bolted to their house for heating.
Also in 2005 they passed another stupid law: You must have a concrete or macadam driveway, no stones or dirt. The reason:They claim with dirt or stones, when it rains your tires make the streets dirty.That law should have been sent to Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Conshohocken, Ambler, Phoenixville and many other nearby towns are recovering, but not Norristown. What are we going to do about it, or better yet what can we do?If we want our town to survive, we have got to make changes.
Norristown needs help.


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Saturday night my friend Heather held her annual Halloween party. Usually it's a joint effort between her and her roommate, but Julie is literally off sailing around the world as one of the librarians on Semester at Sea right now so it was all Heather this year. There is always a theme to the parties and you are encouraged to dress according to the theme, though that is not a requirement only coming in costume is. This year's theme was Halloween-Con i.e. come dressed as something you would dress up as if you were going to a comic con. Heather planned on being Inara from Firefly and wanted to get a contingent of people together to round out the rest of the cast of characters. I will admit I am somewhat bah humbug on Halloween as an adult. I dislike spending a lot of time and/or money on a Halloween costume I am only going to wear once, especially since I no longer get to come home with a large bag of candy (plus a few pencils or toothbrushes from the lame people) at the end of the night. I figured it would be fairly cheap and easy to put together a Kaylee costume so I jumped at that. I easily found an appropriate shirt and coveralls. Heather kindly helped me with the sewing needed to take the sleeves off the coveralls and add the patches by which I mean she did it while I watched.
We managed to get most of the cast, but didn't quite make it. Our Zoe dropped out at the last minute as she had something come up and couldn't make it to the party. We never got anyone to play Shepherd Book. I'm still giving my husband a hard time about that one because he would not be a team player and do it. He went the lame way out and created a brain slug from Futurama to attach to his head. I say lame both because it meant he wasn't really wearing a costume and because his stubbornness meant we were short a character.
No matter. We still had an awesome contingent with the cutest little Captain Mal ever!
The party also gave me a good excuse to break back out my Booze Cakes cookbook. It's been awhile since I baked anything out of it. I figured it was a great opportunity since there were going to be a minimal number of kids at the party. I decided to try out the rum cake recipe. It was delicious. Seriously you can't go wrong with this cookbook.


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Today's words come to us from American author and humorist, Mark Twain. If I could invite six people (living or dead) to dinner, Twain would absolutely make that list. I still need to thank him (and Huck Finn) for saving me from Beowulf in 9th grade English.
I had to make a trip to the dentist today . . . so I could have a crown re-attached (I really need to stop eating caramels). I love my dentist, but I hate the dentist . . . if that makes any sense. So, as I was driving to the dentist (trying to lighten my mood), I thought I remembered Mark Twin had some words about teeth. He does, indeed:
Got it. From now on . . . bourbon instead of caramels.


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This year again, from the 13th till the 22nd of December, Val d'Isère welcomes skiers and vacationists from all over the world for the 2019 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup – the largest ski competition in France since 1955. The ski resort in Val d'Isère is not only considered one of the birthplaces of alpine skiing but today still is THE place for French and international ski.
Val – as the locals like to call it – has obtained its high status thanks to skiing stars like Émile Allais, Jean-Claude Killy and the Goitschel sisters. The fame certainly also spread through international events such as the 1992 Winter Olympics and the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009. But don't worry, even though professional skiers love to ski here, the resort in Val d'Isère always has been and still is a perfect place to learn to ski.
Just in time for this year's world cup, the team at CheckYeti presents to you the 5 best things you should do in Val d'Isère:
Go up the Rock of Bellevarde
The Rock of Bellevarde ("Rocher de Bellevarde" in French) is so imposing that you instantly want to do one thing when you see it: climb it up. Whether you're an experienced skier or a total beginner, no one can resist going up the peak to find out what the skiing champions feel like moments before sliding down the legendary Face de Bellevarde run.
This Olympic black run can, in fact, be reached from the rock's peak, the Pic de Bellevarde, and will take you to obstacles and difficult passages such as the "Bosse à Catherine" and the "Passage de l'Ancolie". To enjoy this skiing experience to the fullest though, be sure to prepare appropriately by trying out fun little exercises for example.
However, if you don't have the necessary skills for a black run yet or if you'd prefer to warm up prior to sliding down this black run, you can practice on the resort's neighbouring green, blue and red pistes in Tovière for example.
CheckYeti Tip: The best time to slide down the Face de Bellevarde is in the early afternoon as the conditions are usually ideal around this time of day. Between noon and 2 p.m., the snow will have defrosted the ice on the piste and muggles will not have yet been formed from the many runs.
Work on your skiing technique
Together with the ski resort in Tignes, Val d'Isère forms the ski network Espace Killy. Espace Killy offers loads and loads of different types of slopes which help you motivate yourself to push your skills to perfection. The diverse offer of pistes also is great if you want to prepare to take on the challenge of sliding down the famous Face de Bellevarde one day.
For numerous skiing champions like Jean-Claude Killy, the Goitschel sisters and Victor Muffat-Jeandet, Val d'Isère marked the beginning of a successful skiing career. Even if most of us won't be able to compete with these ski pros, you can try and adapt the challenge to your own skills. In order to do that, however, you ought to master the right technique, which is why it's always a good idea to opt for a ski lesson.
The ski resort in Val d'Isère offers lots and lots of slopes of different difficulty levels, meaning that not only experienced skiers but also total beginners can ski in Val d'Isère. The station is home to numerous ski schools and experienced ski instructors ready to help you improve your skills. Just go through all the offers, compare and choose your perfect lessons.
Have a look at all the offered ski lessons in Val d'Isère >
Eat an Ancolie cake
You may remember the name "Ancolie" from the beginning of this blog article, however, we are now not referring to the difficult passage on the Face de Bellevarde run anymore, but to Val d'Isère's culinary speciality. Created by the famous French pastry chef Patrick Chevallot for the 1992 Winter Olympics, this cake is full of good things: Financier dough (Financier is a famous French almond cake; its dough is used for many delicious pastries in France and all over the world), hazelnuts and raspberries. Thanks to this cake, you can be sure to not only enjoy your time sliding through the resort's slopes but also your time off-piste as the local ski huts offer Ancolie cake on their menu.
You may be wondering where the cake got its name from. Well, Ancolie is the name of the famous narrow passage on the Face de Bellevarde which in return got its name from an alpine flower that usually grows on the Rock of Bellevarde. It was decided that the Olympic run should do a detour through this narrow pass which was named after the Ancolie flower in order to protect it symbolically.
Celebrate and support the skiers
The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup comes with a long tradition of popular events constantly exceeding the sportive expectations in order to allow the audience to celebrate properly with the champions.
One of the opening ceremony's many highlights is the race bib draw. The draw always takes place the day before a race, in the heart of the village of Val d'Isère – in the "Avenue Olympique", the avenue, made especially for this occasion. During this event, the biggest ski stars from all over the world are there, waiting in suspense along with the whole audience. But enough said, you can go check out this unique event – the entry is free! We'd recommend going there as no one would want to miss out on this experience, every ski enthusiast should see at least once in their life.
This year, the opening ceremony starts at 5:30 p.m. on the 7th of December. The race bib draw takes place at 6:30 p.m. Get ready for talented DJs, all-night-long dancing and exciting street performances. The organisers offer prices from 20€ for seating access.
Try out ice karting
You're a fan of mechanical sports? Then you'll have fun at the Val d'Isère Ice Driving Centre where you can discover one of the rare outdoor ice karting pistes in France. Drifting, countersteering and sliding are a few things you'll get to do during this activity. Furthermore, you can even try this sport out when it's dark, as the centre is open until 9 p.m. during the winter season.
CheckYeti Tip: If you're interested in other cool winter sports alternatives, we'd recommend watching the SSV Ice/Dirt Tour on the 12th and 13th of January 2019. It's always exciting to see an ice quad race: sharp turns, snowy splashes and chill-inducing situations await you!
As someone who loves going on adventures, I simply love to share my know-how and insight on our outdoor sports offers and tell you everything I'd want to know about all these beautiful places and exciting activities. Whether you're looking for inspiration or tips on rafting, canyoning, paragliding or any other activity, I'm always happy to tell you all about it!


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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Kung Pao Chicken
Newt! Zonk! Kung Pao! It sounds like something out of a Batman comic, but it's actually really tasty! We followed the instructions here, but added a cup of water to … Continue reading
Jamacian Lamb
Our 'J' meal was 'Jamacian Lamb'. This was shaping up to be quite interesting… lamb, banana, coffee liqueur, garlic, chilli, it promised to be a flavour sensation. What came out … Continue reading
Italian Style Lamb Meatballs with Polenta
I love meatballs. A lot. Normally I make only a few very large meatballs, but this recipe called for many small meatballs (this was our 'I' meal). At first I … Continue reading


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The Queen supported EU withdrawal in the run-up to the referendum, it has been claimed.
Laura Kuenssberg, the BBC's political editor, said she was told about the alleged comment months before the eventual appearance of The Sun's "Queen backs Brexit" headline in March.
The front page story caused one of the biggest rows of the referendum campaign, leading to a successful complaint to press regulator Ipso by Buckingham Palace, which said it was "misleading".
The Sun stood by its story, saying it had two sources for the claim that the Queen had "let rip" at then deputy prime minister Nick Clegg about Europe at a lunch at Windsor Castle.
Mr Clegg has named then justice secretary Michael Gove as the source of the story, but Mr Gove has never confirmed the allegation.
Ms Kuenssberg said that her "jaw hit the floor" when an unnamed contact told her that the Queen had told a private lunch that she could not see why Britain could not simply leave the EU.
The BBC political editor told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "In a casual chat with one of my contacts, they said 'Do you know what? At some point this is going to come out, and I'm telling you now and I don't know if the BBC would touch it, but the Queen told people at a private lunch that she thinks that we should leave the EU'.
"Apparently at this lunch she said 'I don't see why we can't just get out. What's the problem?'
And a row ensued. "My jaw hit the floor. Very sadly, I only had one source. I spent the next few days trying to prove it. I couldn't find the evidence.
"Lo and behold, a couple of months later, someone else did. Of course then ensued a huge row between that newspaper and the Palace over what had really been said or not said.
"There were lots of moments in the referendum campaign but for me that was one when my jaw did hit the floor. Very frustratingly, the story did eventually emerge, whether it was true or not."


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It started simply enough. Fifteen years ago Husband was just Boyfriend and Cody and Carter were not even solid thoughts. It was October 2001 and the thought that I had no idea how to make a full on Thanksgiving dinner had lodged itself in my head and would not let go. My parents were coming down from Washington to Arizona to visit us and so I suggested that we host a dinner, a Thanksgiving dinner as a practice. And that was how Practice Thanksgiving was born – more or less.
Last weekend we hosted the 15th annual Practice Thanksgiving. Here are some of the highlights.
A week before the festivities, the linens were washed and carefully folder under the critical eye of Sock Monkey. I think he approved although I can never truly tell.
Cody has always enjoyed helping make the stuffing. This year he did it almost completely by himself. Carter, meanwhile busied himself with setting the table and creating name plates from strips of green construction paper. He created the seating arrangement. And, yes, the plates are upside down – two kittens – need I say more?
The turkey, deviled eggs, and my first attempt at pecan pie. I love the small decorative corn cobs and was surprised the kittens did not like them as much as I did.
Princess Leia looking crafty. She only managed to pull the tablecloth catawampus a time or two resulting in minimal damage. In the living room, standing on the couch arm is Sasha, looking out the window in anticipation for the moment all the guests will arrive.
At the end of the night, after the guests left, there was an "after-party". We blasted INXS Kick album and busted out the disco ball.
It was a great night filled with family, friends, and great food.


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I woke in the night and rose to meditate. My life has been busier than I prefer and I could feel the weight in the bone dwelling over my eyes. I stayed with the weight, sensing and touching the seven bones that come together to surround and support the orbit of each eye.
I knew there were seven but this morning I check their names. What a list.
- Frontal bone.
- Zygomatic bone.
- Maxillary bone.
- Sphenoid bone.
- Ethmoid bone.
- Palatine bone.
- Lacrimal bone.
Knowing those bones come together to protect each eye, I sense all that goes on between my ears. I cleanse in the abundance I am, and offer intention for abundance to swell through the world like waves.
There's more than enough for all.


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How many of you have been settled, albeit uncomfortably, at 30,000 feet enjoying a movie or hastily putting the finishing touches to the PowerPoint presentation you are due to give in a couple of hours when you hear a familiar chime, followed by the flight attendant asking: "Is there a medical professional on board this aircraft?" Every year, more than 500 million people travel by air in the U.S. Not surprising then, that medical emergencies aboard aircrafts occur. In fact, an estimated 1:10-40,000 passengers will experience one. With commercial air traffic increasing, these emergencies are expected to become more frequent, especially as the percentage of older people increases. Although flight attendants are required to undergo initial and recurrent training on aviation medicine, first aid, CPR and automated external defibrillator (AED) usage every 12–24 months, EMTs, paramedics and other medical professionals are still called upon to provide assessment and treatment of passengers who become ill in flight. Now, two U.S. physicians from Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have called for a standardization of the processes and the equipment for dealing with in-flight medical emergencies. Within the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Melissa Mattison, MD and Mark Zeidel, MD, note that the kinds of approaches that have improved flight safety have not been extended to providing optimal care for passengers who become acutely ill while on board airplanes. Each airline has its own reporting system and protocol. And while emergency medical kits are mandated to contain medications and equipment, actual kits vary by airline. As a result, paramedics and physicians responding to emergencies can face a broad array of challenges including cramped physical space, emergency kits whose contents are unfamiliar, inadequate, and poorly organized, and flight crews unaware of how best to assist the physicians. Mattison and Zeidel offer a four-step plan to improve the treatment of passengers who become ill in-flight:
- A standardized recording system for all in-flight medical emergencies, with mandatory reporting of each incident to the National Transportation Safety Board. This approach should include a systematic debriefing of anyone directly involved with the in-flight medical emergency.
- Airlines should create a standard emergency medical kit with identical elements available in identical locations on every flight.
- Enhanced and standardized training for flight attendants, including the clear obligation that a single flight attendant is assigned during emergencies and stay nearby until the patient is safe.
- Standardized flight crew communication with ground-to-air medical support available on all flights when there are no health care professionals available.
As both a frequent flyer and paramedic, I applaud the authors for this long overdue common sense approach. Have you ever helped with an in-flight emergency or perhaps been the victim of one? If so, SRxA's Word on Health would love to hear from you.


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As usual I'm joining with Emily of Nerd in the Brain (and others) for Three Things Thursday'. As she says…
*three things that make me smile: an exercise in gratitude – feel free to steal this idea with wild abandon and fill your blog with the happy*
This week, everything is hand-crafted…
First, a new tea cosy. The old one had started to disintegrate, so I whipped this one up, complete with pompom in a spare hour or two.
Second, lovely new (well, I've had them a few weeks) scissors made by Ernest Wright & Son Ltd. The company only make scissors and they have been doing so, by hand, since 1902.
Third, new purses. These were crafted by a new friend I made when I visited London. I liked them so much, I ordered two, a big one and a small one… she even personalised the small one for this happy snail!
So, those are three things making me smile this week – what about you?


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On the flip side of a dark November New Moon the moon again begins to wax. But only still a small sliver, she sheds little light down onto the Earth tonite. My heart feels the ache of the many struggles of those I know and those I do not know. This Modernist poem by Nicaragua's Rúben Dario resonates and I thought I'd share its own unique medicine. Sitting with the dark before the light can move through…
~ Rúben Dario
You that have heard the heartbeat of the night,
you that have heard, in the long, sleepless hours,
a closing door, the rumble of distant wheels,
a vague echo, a wandering sound from somewhere:
you, in the moments of mysterious silence,
when the forgotten ones issue from their prison –
in the hour of the dead, in the hour of repose –
will know how to read the bitterness in my verses.
I fill them, as one would fill a glass, with all
my grief for remote memories and black misfortunes,
the nostalgia of my flower-intoxicated soul
and the pain of a heart grown sorrowful with fetes;
with the burden of not being what I might have been,
the loss of the kingdom that was awaiting me,
the thought of the instant when I might not have been born
and the dream my life has been ever since I was!
All this has come in the midst of that boundless silence
in which the night develops earthly illusions,
and I feel as if an echo of the world's heart
had penetrated and disturbed my own.
Translated, Lysander Kemp


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Caleb joins me for a nap when he gets home at 5pm and I leave to pick up Princess from Fraser Suites in the Diplomatic Area and take her to base for booze.
Caleb wakes up and I pick him up to join us. This works out so he can keep her company while I shop for Wild Turkey, alcoholic eggnog, and cran-apple Pinnacle on base at 6:30pm. We go to Al Jazeera so she can go shopping while we get iced coffee in Costa. We drive to where she usually stays in Manama to pick up a bottle of tequila before going back to her room at 8:30pm.
We sit on our phones for 30 minutes and then Princess FaceTimes with her brother while he's at the hospital visiting their 71-year-old mom – and they sing her happy birthday; it's sweet. The girls change and head up to the sauna since the pool is closed. It's not on but still warm and we sit until we're sweaty. We were going to go downstairs but I noticed the rain showers and fancy soap – so in we went and off came the swimsuits.
We go back down to her room — her in a robe, me in a towel, and start to watch an episode about a Marvel character with superior strength. Ali shows up at 11pm and orders fried chicken from Pollo Campero because they don't have grilled. We watch an episode of High Castle before it's 1am and Caleb is ready to sleep.


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Kristen Stewart was filming her 2009 movie "Adventureland" when the script for a movie called "Twilight" arrived on her doorstep. She reveals her reaction in a new interview and her response may surprise… no.. shock you. It certainly shocked her.
"Adventureland" was filmed in Pittsburgh, Pa, from October 2007 to January 2008.
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But Stewart actually caught the eye of "Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke because of her role in another film, the 2007 Sean Penn directed picture "Into the Wild."
She played a small role as Tracy Tatro, a love interest of the movie's real-life central character Christopher McCandless, aka Alexander Supertramp, played by Emile Hirsch.
Hirsch, who had appeared in an earlier Hardwicke-directed film, 2005's "The Lords of Dogtown," recommended Stewart for the part of Bella Swan, the conflicted high school teen who falls in love with a vampire.
Kristen Stewart Struggles to Define Herself, And Her Life After 'Twilight'
Hardwicke said she was won over by Stewart's "mixture of innocence and longing." She cast her in the role in late 2007. Pattinson was cast shortly thereafter. The rest is history.
Kristen, however, wasn't really impressed with the script. "Actually, I read the script for 'Twilight' when Jesse and I were on 'Adventureland,'" she told the Toronto Sun in a new interview.
"And I didn't realize anything. Quite the opposite," she says.
How Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart Betrayed Twilight Fans
"I thought we could just do whatever we wanted, and we would never make a sequel, and the book was a jumping point and then we could kind of explore this realm, and move on," she explained.
Indeed, the indie movie was basically a B-level high school coming of age story. It was filmed on a paltry $37 million budget, and critics lampooned the film's elementary special effects.
But the story line, the characters and the especially Stewart and Pattinson, resonated with teens around the world. The film grossed more than $192 million following its release in Nov. 2008, setting the stage for four more sequels.
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Kristen explained the impact.
"And then, all of a sudden, it turned into something. It absolutely happened overnight. It was a huge shock to the systemNot just speaking personally. The whole production and every actor involved was hit with this like a ton of bricks."
The series ultimately grossed more than $3.3 billion worldwide, and made international stars out of Stewart and Pattinson, who still both have a rabid following of fans.
But the success and notoriety came with a price. To this day, they are still hounded by paparazzi and fake tabloid stories. But Kristen has learned to take the fame in stride.
Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart Broke Hearts in Twilight, Off-Screen
"Honestly, if you're going to focus on what you lose, rather than what you gain in a position like this — and I don't mean monetary gain — I'm given so much happiness and stimulation by what I do. It would be silly to focus on the fact I can't go to malls anymore. I'd rather focus on the fact I'm working with incredibly intelligent, driven people who I just want to be around."
Stewart is currently promoting her latest movie, "American Ultra," with co-star Jesse Eisenberg.
"I had just done a ton of heavy stuff and I just wanted something a little lighter. When I got there it was just the opposite — it was as hard as any job I've done!" she said of the film.
In "American Ultra," she plays Phoebe Larson, the stoner girlfriend of Eisenberg's character, Mike Howell, a convenience store clerk who doubles as a deadly sleeper agent.
Kristen Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg Ultra Violent in New American Ultra Trailer
When he's inadvertently activated, he's targeted for elimination by government assassins. But taking him out is no easy task. Both were psyched about playing action roles.
Says Eisenberg:
"To me, the best possible distraction for an actor is to have something physical to do, because it immediately takes you out of your head," "You can't second guess yourself or doubt anything, and it's the best way to invest in your character. So the physical stuff I had to do in this movie was a great help."
"The black comedy hits theaters next weekend. Check out the trailer below, Kristen's new photos and be sure to follow IM on Twitter for the latest Kristen Stewart news you can trust.


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Country overview South Africa
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South Africa offers wide spread ICT infrastructure in the country and adoption is high amongst the population. With greater ICT availability, there is a growing possibility for citizens to hold government accountable, by sending immediate feedback on service performance through digital technologies. The National Development Plan stresses the need to see citizen engagement as integral, supportive and incentivised with mechanisms to allow South Africans to ensure government actions are held to account.
ICT-mediated citizen engagement is still a novelty and in its infancy stage, but there are significant structural transformations within policy that are shifting the ways citizen engagement takes place in South Africa. The implementation of various mechanisms, both online and offline, are attempting to meet policy and constitutional priorities embedded within a democracy such as transparency, accountability, rule of law and responsiveness. The current policies, however, fall short in allowing marginalised citizens to use ICTs to strengthen their ability to persuade government to say implement absent service delivery.
This State of the Art report intends to provide a contemporary picture of citizen engagement in South Africa and the extent to which ICTs are contributing towards citizen participation with government. The paper is broken down into three sections:
- the first section is an overview of government policies around citizen participation and a national overview on ICT-mediated citizen engagement.
- the second section explores some of the emerging ICT-mediated spaces in South Africa
- and the last section uses the theory of structuration to analyse digital state-citizen engagement.
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Theme Citizen engagement and voice Inclusive governance Marginalisation Technologies for transparency and accountability
Country South Africa
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The Netherlands has launched a public consultation (in Dutch) on a draft bill (Google Translate) that updates the country's existing Intelligence & Security Act of 2002. The proposed bill is wide-ranging, covering things like the use of DNA samples and the opening of letters, but a key part concerns the regulation of bulk surveillance online. As Matthijs R. Koot explains in a blog post, under the new law, mandatory cooperation will be required from "not only providers of public electronic communications networks and services, but also providers to closed user groups, including telcos, access providers, hosting providers and website operators."
Importantly, domestic interception is explicitly allowed: "The services are authorized to, using a technical aid, wiretap, receive, record and listen to any form of telecommunications or data transfer via an automated work [a computerised system] regardless of location." However, a new constraint on bulk collection is introduced: all such interceptions must be conducted in a "purpose-oriented manner." As Koot notes, this aims to "limit the hay stack created using non-specific interception to relevant information," although it is not yet clear how broad those "purposes" can be.
Under the new law, providers of communication services would be required to hand over certain kinds of data that the government might regard as necessary to carry out the interception. Koot explains this would include "technical data of for instance the telecommunications network exploited by the provider, and the equipment used etc., which are necessary to—in consultation with the provider—determine what technical provisions that need to be made to carry out the authorized interception."
In addition, the authorities can demand a customer's metadata: "The services are authorized to contact a provider of a communication service to request data concerning the telecommunication of a user that has been stored by the provider as part of the communication service offered." The exact categories of metadata wll be laid down later. New provisions allow "automated data analysis" of that metadata.
There is a further important capability that will be available to the Dutch authorities. Under the proposed law, Koot writes, "the intelligence services are authorized to compel anyone to help decrypt data in [a computerised system] ... or help decrypt conversations, telecommunications or data transfer ... ; either by handing over keys or providing decrypted data. Another option to defeat encryption is the use of the hacking power" to break into systems.


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About AshevilleTucked away in the scenic Appalachians just off the Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville should by rights be an unsophisticated backwater of interest only to adventure travel types and those who just want to get away from civilization. Yet somehow the city manages to combine the homey feel of a small mountain town with a funky, artsy vibe you'd expect to find in a much larger city. Things to see like museums and art galleries, carefully restored buildings and edgy civic sculptures, sidewalk cafés and local restaurants, street performers and a flourishing live music scene—they are all part of the mix that makes this vibrant destination so distinctive.
Asheville has been a vacation mecca since the days when 19th-century doctors prescribed the city's fresh mountain air, mild climate, abundant mineral waters and hot springs as the perfect prescription for rehabilitation as well as relaxation. In the late 19th century, when tuberculosis was still a devastating illness, the first tuberculosis sanitarium in the United States opened in Asheville. Following the arrival of the railroad in 1880, the town became a renowned health resort and the destination of choice for a select group of rich and famous Americans.
Artists, writers, statesmen and socialites have all been drawn to Asheville since rail lines first crested the Blue Ridge Mountains. One of the first well-heeled visitors was George W. Vanderbilt, who accompanied his mother on a trip to town in 1888. Smitten by the mountains' beauty, he envisioned building a magnificent country estate; the following year construction of his dream house began. The 250-room, French Renaissance-style Biltmore was completed 6 years later. To furnish it Vanderbilt traveled throughout Europe collecting expensive artwork and antiques, and hired Frederick Law Olmsted to transform 125,000 acres of farmland into a vast tract of carefully laid out gardens, parks and woodland.
Another visionary who left an early imprint was Edwin Wiley Grove, a medicine manufacturer who visited the area in 1897 seeking relief from a bronchial condition. In 1913 he constructed The Omni Grove Park Inn out of hand-cut boulders hauled by wagon train from nearby Sunset Mountain. The inn was designed to resemble a rustic lodge Grove had seen at Yellowstone National Park, but offering all the comforts and amenities of a top-notch resort hotel. Today it maintains the elegant atmosphere that has attracted presidents, generations of Rockefellers and distinguished guests like Thomas Edison, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Henry Ford.
Despite the massive scale of these twin landmarks, the biggest construction boom was yet to come. By 1930 Asheville's skyline included such impressive buildings as the neo Gothic-style Jackson Building and the distinctive octagonal, terra-cotta tile roof and chevron accents of City Hall, designed by North Carolina native Douglas Ellington. Other Ellington landmarks are the architecturally distinctive S&W Cafeteria building, an ornate eye-catcher on Patton Avenue, and Asheville High School.
Also notable is the Grove Arcade, a Gothic-looking indoor shopping mall at Battery Park and Page avenues. The 1909 Basilica of St. Lawrence, 97 Haywood St., has a tile-and-mortar dome built without an underlying supporting structure. It was designed by Spanish-born craftsman and architect Rafael Guastavino, who came to Asheville to work on the Biltmore and later retired to the area.
Pink granite markers embedded in the sidewalk mark the Asheville Urban Trail, a 1.7-mile loop tour through downtown. The 30 artworks along its length interpret various aspects of the city's heritage and are fun places to go. Free self-guiding tour maps are available at the Asheville Art Museum, the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce/Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Thomas Wolfe Visitor Center, and at many downtown hotels and galleries.
One Urban Trail focal point is the Thomas Wolfe Memorial State Historic Site featuring the author's boyhood home. Wolfe drew from childhood memories growing up in an Asheville boarding house to craft his autobiographical 1929 novel "Look Homeward, Angel." The story was set in a fictional North Carolina mountain town called Altamont, but residents recognized their city and were outraged at the unflattering portrayal. The book was banned for a time from the local library, and Wolfe felt so unwelcome that he didn't travel to his hometown until 8 years after it was published; phone (828) 253-8304.
For many writers, Asheville and the mountains have served as a muse. F. Scott Fitzgerald, a frequent visitor, stayed at The Grove Park Inn while his wife Zelda was being treated at a local psychiatric hospital. O. Henry (William Porter) married an Asheville native and is buried in Riverside Cemetery not far from Wolfe. Station #4 on the Urban Trail features a bronze comb and watch chain set into the pavement, symbols from O. Henry's Christmas story "The Gift of the Magi."
Following the Urban Trail also brings you to Pack Square Park, Asheville's historic center, which encompasses more than 6 acres of green space sprinkled with fountains, food places and specialty shops, all framed by the surrounding mountains and an Art Deco skyline.
Concerts and cultural events are presented at several venues throughout downtown, including the U.S. Cellular Center Asheville (formerly Asheville Civic Center) and Thomas Wolfe Auditorium; phone (828) 259-5544, or (800) 745-3000 for tickets. The Diana Wortham Theatre presents more than 150 performances annually; phone (828) 257-4530. The Orange Peel, 101 Biltmore Ave., is a favorite venue for live music; phone (828) 398-1837. And the Asheville Community Theatre has entertained audiences with homegrown productions since 1946; phone (828) 254-1320.
While Asheville offers many big-city diversions and things for couples to do, the natural setting really stands out. Many heavily forested slopes are threaded by winding roads and hiking trails, bringing outdoorsy types face to face with some of the state's most beautiful vistas. For details about recreational opportunities and travel sites, contact Buncombe County Parks and Recreation Services, (828) 250-4260, or the Pisgah National Forest Ranger District, (828) 877-3265. If you'd rather appreciate nature from the comfort of a car window, three scenic highways beckon: the Blue Ridge Parkway, US 74 and I-40.
Two rivers, the Swannanoa and the French Broad, and a number of lakes guarantee almost year-round rafting, canoeing and kayaking. Fly fishing fans flock to abundant streams and fishing holes. Various adventure travel tours and group travel packages are offered by area outfitters; contact the Asheville Convention & Visitors Bureau for a list of companies.
French Broad River Park, on Amboy Road just off I-240, includes a multiuse track for walking and biking, play and picnic areas and a dog park. In-line skaters and skateboarders find fun at Food Lion SkatePark, Cherry and Flint streets. The park's layouts cater to all levels of expertise and are fun things to do with kids. Safety helmets are required and admission is charged; for more information phone (828) 225-7184.
Visitor Centers Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce/Convention & Visitors Bureau 36 Montford Ave. Asheville, NC 28801. Phone:(828)258-6101 or (800)257-1300
Shopping in AshevilleThe centerpiece of Asheville's downtown shopping district is the beautifully restored Grove Arcade, 1 Page Ave. Finished in 1929, the white, neo-Gothic structure complete with gargoyles was the brainchild of E.W. Grove, a Tennessee millionaire and builder of Asheville's luxurious Omni Grove Park Inn. Used as a government building for decades beginning in World War II, Grove Arcade reopened as a public market in 2002 and offers fun things to see.
Inside the Arcade, skylights bathe spiral staircases, ornate moldings and delicate wrought-iron balustrades in filtered sunshine. The specialty stores and boutiques you'll find here are far from run-of-the-mill, tending to offer rare collectibles and high-end imported goods. By contrast, the colorful Portico Market outside the building's south entrance offers shaded stalls where craftspeople, artists and farmers sell a variety of goods, catching the attentions of both serious shoppers and those just passing by along the sidewalk.
Asheville's downtown shopping district continues along nearby Haywood Street, home to jewelry stores, chocolatiers and such local institutions as Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe. There are also several stores along the length of Broadway/Biltmore (the street is called Broadway north of Patton Avenue, and Biltmore Avenue south of Patton) including Mast General Store, 15 Biltmore Ave., a branch of the famous emporium that opened in Valle Crucis in 1883. Perusing the retro merchandise, which includes cast-iron cookware, pottery, crafts, baskets and folk toys, feels like wandering through a museum, although the store also sells the latest hiking and camping gear, too.
Scattered throughout downtown are more than 20 art galleries, a reflection of Western North Carolina's rich craft tradition. The Asheville Downtown Gallery Association publishes a brochure that includes a map and the dates of periodic art walks. It's available at member galleries and the Asheville Convention & Visitors Bureau (36 Montford Ave.).
A similar brochure highlights the River Arts District, just west of downtown at Haywood Road and Roberts Street. It shows the locations of the working artists' studios housed in 22 converted early-20th-century industrial buildings along the French Broad River. Painting, pottery, sculpture, wood working, glass making, weaving—with more than 200 artists working in all sorts of media—are things to see; the variety here is dizzying.
Adjacent to The Omni Grove Park Inn, the Grovewood Village, 111 Grovewood Rd., offers contemporary and traditional furniture, rugs, glassware, pottery, clothing and jewelry by some of the Southeast's finest artisans. The gallery is housed in restored English-style cottages built in 1917 to house Biltmore Industries, renowned at one time for its homespun wool.
Another one of Asheville's prime shopping destinations is Biltmore Village, on busy US 25 next to the Biltmore entrance. Originally a model community designed in the 1890s to enhance the approach to George W. Vanderbilt's opulent estate as well as benefit the area's citizens, Biltmore Village today is a small, walkable district with tree-shaded lanes, brick sidewalks and historic English-style dwellings housing shops, local restaurants and art galleries. Although the din of traffic rumbling along US 25 may subtract somewhat from the otherwise tranquil setting, Biltmore Village is still a pleasant area to travel and shop for antiques, jewelry, gourmet food and upscale clothing.
Just off the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway, the Folk Art Center is home to the Southern Highland Craft Guild. The center not only interprets Appalachian Mountain culture but also houses galleries selling contemporary as well as traditional crafts produced by guild members. The guild also has a store in Biltmore Village.
Farther afield, the WNC Farmers Market, 570 Brevard Rd., sells mountain crafts, produce and local food specialties. Biltmore Park Town Square, I-26 exit 37, is a modern villagelike shopping center featuring shops, boutiques and eateries.
Things to Do Asheville Art Museum
The Botanical Gardens at Asheville
Chatlos Memorial Chapel and Visitors Center
Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park see Chimney Rock
Gray Line Trolley Tours of Asheville
Mount Mitchell State Park see Blue Ridge Parkway
New Belgium Brewing Liquid Center
North Carolina Arboretum see Blue Ridge Parkway
Thomas Wolfe Memorial State Historic Site
Western North Carolina Nature Center
Recreational Activities
Ziplines Adventure Center of Asheville
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Wedding day in Hull, MA |Brittany & Eric
After a wedding in NH, I was back in Massachusetts for the wedding day of Brittany and Eric.
I met the couple about one year ago for an engagement photo session in Rhode Island…well, time flew!!!!
For their wedding celebration , the lovely couple invited their families and guests to attend the ceremony on the beach in Nantasket beach in Hull.
after a short ceremony , the guests went to the Nantasket Beach Resort where the reception was held…
The couple and the bridal party stayed on the beach for some photos…
Here are some photos of Brittany and Eric 's wedding day in Hull, MA
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1. Farm Sosúa / Los Castillo
Nature Park with Ocean View
The farm, with a total area of 219,741 m² (2,368,080 sq. Ft.), Is very close to the Puerto Plata International Airport - only 4 km as the crow flies, with a journey time of 15 minutes. The distance to the beach is 3 km.
A well developed gravel road makes it easy to pass the 3 km distance from the coastal road Puerto Plata - Sosúa and to get to the entrance of the farm.
With its unique dense location and solid connection, the farm is particularly well suited for ecotourism, in connection with the reforestation of precious woods. A servants' house at the entrance of the farm and a pushed platform for the construction of one or more houses with sea views have already been created. The fertile soil provides all the necessary conditions for agricultural cultivation and self-sufficiency.
The land already contains 2,000 planted and farmed mahogany trees, the variety Swietenia Macrophylla, numerous fruit trees (orange, bitter orange, avocado, mango, cocoa, etc.) and cana palms (the leaves are used as roofing, similar to the thatched roof in Germany).
A river that runs through the whole territory, creates the necessary water supply.
As a highlight the spectacular 180 ° view of the sea, the one obtained from a plurality of viewpoints is considered.
The distance to the nearest international airport is 4.0 km (2.48 miles)


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HOUSTON – Bec Rawlings weighed in heavy, and showed up to fight with a purple pom-pom on her head that made her tough to miss. Tecia Torres came in on weight and with some nifty footwork that made her hard to find.
The result was a one-sided win for Torres (8-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) who used a hit-and-run strategy on the feet to frustrate Rawlings (7-6 MMA, 2-3 UFC) into making mistakes on the mat, resulting in unanimous decision victory with a clean sweep on the judges' scorecards.
The catchweight bout (Rawlings missed the strawweight limit) was part of the preliminary card of today's UFC Fight Night 104 event at Toyota Center in Houston. It aired on FS1 following additional prelims on UFC Fight Pass and ahead of a main card on FS1.
Torres was the visibly smaller fighter in this match-up, but Rawlings' size advantage seemed to grant her no advantages whatsoever. She was too slow to catch up to the fleet-footed Torres in the standup exchanges, and not strong enough to dominate her in the clinch or on the floor.
After Torres spent much of the first round battering Rawlings' lead leg with kicks, Rawlings came out looking to brawl in the second. The problem was that she couldn't seem to catch up to Torres with her straight-ahead punching attack, and often succeeded only in running face-first into punch combos. After an initially successful takedown attempt, Rawlings soon found herself trying to shed Torres off her back, stuck on defense once again.
That pattern continued in the third, with Torres sticking and moving on the feet, then winning the grappling exchanges on the mat. Once the fight went to the judges, it was no surprise that all three gave Torres every round, handing her the unanimous decision with scores of 30-27 across the board.
"I was really excited to get back in the octagon tonight," Torres said. "It had been a long time coming. There was a little bit of ring rust, I thought, but my cardio felt good so I knew I could keep going. There were a couple of points in the fight where I hesitated, so I'm just happy to get back in there and get a win. I've been focusing a lot on becoming more well-rounded. I feel most people know I am a great striker, so I wanted to focus more on my ground game coming into the fight and I felt good in my transitions with Bec."
Torres' victory gets her back in the win column for the first time since her unanimous decision loss to Rose Namajunas last April. Rawlings has now lost two straight.
Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 104 results include:
- Tecia Torres def. Bec Rawlings via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Niko Price def. Alex Morono via knockout (punches) – Round 2, 5:00
- Khalil Rountree def. Daniel Jolly via knockout (knee) – Round 1, 0:52
For complete coverage UFC Fight Night 104, check out the UFC Events section of the site.


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While the idea of flying into Havana and bingeing on rum, cubanos, and ropa vieja sounds pretty satisfying, a long dive by the New York Times into the new situation down there points out there are actually consequences when so many tourists, many of them Americans, arrive en masse on a tiny communist island whose resources are already scarce:
Tourists are quite literally eating Cuba's lunch. Thanks in part to the United States embargo, but also to poor planning by the island's government, goods that Cubans have long relied on are going to well-heeled tourists and the hundreds of private restaurants that cater to them, leading to soaring prices and empty shelves.
Without supplies to match the increased appetite, some foods have become so expensive that even basic staples are becoming unaffordable for regular Cubans.
Things like green peppers, onions, cucumbers, garlic, and even lettuce mostly exist in the country's state-run markets right now as "promises," the Times reports. It quotes locals who call trying to buy tomatoes "an insult," and say they "have to be magicians" to cook a decent meal these days. It's a complicated deal because, besides the government's shortsightedness (not realizing, for one, that 11 million mouths to feed was going to morph into 14 million when the border opened), Cuba's private-restaurant scene also just exploded — from 100 spots in 2011 to more than 1,600 today, the result of widely celebrated free-market reforms. But that's upped demand, and many of these places apparently still face a variety of additional barriers, like laggard state recognition that makes it hard for them to buy in bulk or import ingredients from abroad. "It's true, the prices keep going up and up," one local restaurateur argues. "But that's not just the fault of the private sector. There is generally a lot of chaos and disorder in the market."


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Celebrate the return of The Living Corpse with a special Relics Encore Edition! The Living Corpse's world is turned upside-down when John Romero wakes up human and very much alive in a state mental hospital! Were the past adventures of The Living Corpse merely a hallucination of a diseased mind or something far more sinister? All that and learn exactly what happened the night John Romero died and who was to blame? Plus Lilith makes her escape from the Nosferatu horde, intent on keeping her as their new queen. Horror maestros Ken Haeser and Buz Hasson deliver a heavy metal dose of one of the best indie horror comics being published!
(W) Buz Hasson, Ken Haeser (A) Jeff Dillon, Jordan Grosser, Mike Shipley (A/CA) Buz Hasson, Ken Haeser


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July 23 – what a day…
I'd like to start this blog by acknowledging the tragic and deeply saddening events that have happened in Norway over the past 24hours. It's really too sad to comprehend fully and my heartfelt thoughts go out to the families and friends of those who were lives were stolen so needlessly. RIP.
Well, it's been a horrendous week but I'm very glad to say that I do not have glandular fever! Just a yucky laryngitis so thank goodness for that. A few more days of stinky penecillin I'll be right as rain!
Very exciting news today, I have gained a new corporate sponsor in Freelance World 🙂 who have made a generous contribution to help towards my World Championship event in Beijing! Big Thank you to them!! (New sponsor link in sidebar so check them out)
Aah, Beijing, and your incredibly strict and difficult visa process!
Well, it's a Saturday night and a mixture of having been ill this past week and also being an athlete, I find myself in on a Saturday night. I wonder how many of my other Tri friends can relate to this familiar trend… I do believe that my weekends are hugely productive as I'm not suffering and wasting a whole day on a Sunday due to an over consumption of a highly toxic conglomerate of alcoholic beverages ( <- get me), instead I can work, train, do the shopping, catch up on emails, write my blog, then on Sunday train, race, maybe work (that's not actually fun on a Sunday though) catch up with friends for tea, go the cinema, and enjoy it all! Maybe I'm getting boring but I actually enjoy my 'full' weekends this way. Love to race. Love to train. And when you live in the most beautiful part of the world (when it's sunny) I couldn't think of any other way I'd rather enjoy it than cycling through the rural countryside or running over mountainous terrain with countless breathtaking views.
That's not to say that after Beijing and before I head over to the states that I will be all up for a big party and hope that you all (tri, cycling and running friends included!) will join me in a rather big 'sesh'.
I'd like to also thank my boyfriend Adam for his excellent patience and nursing skills this week looking after me. Never has anyone made so many cups of hot ribena or cheese on toast quite as well. Thank you Adam 🙂
I'd love to hear your thoughts on some of the topics discussed in this post so please comment away 🙂
*post dedicated to the lost children of the Norway shooting*


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#WiseMindFilms linked uo with Actor Tray Chaney to put together his most recent #Actorsreel You know him from the hit show #thewire, the movide Streets(w/MeekMills) and most recently Tray is apart of Bounce TV's hit show Saints and Sinners. Check out the reel below:
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Back To basic! As creators we often fall victim to the shiny new toy syndrome. You know like when you're a kid and you see your friends with a new toy, or video game and we MUST have it. Video creators are the same way when it comes to effects, transitions, and all the other... Continue Reading →
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Lights.Camera.Action! Get your filmmaking hat on and start brainstorming one minute short film ideas! Film Riot is bringing back there short film competition full of new prizes. With four categories to judge this year creators will have more opportunities to win. Judges include Film Riots very own host Ryan Connolly, Along with Shane Hurlbut, Jason... Continue Reading →
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The power of your online presence is your leverage...use it. If you're a creator with a huge audience, why would you release any work outside of the platform you've created? I mean if the situation was right, im sure many creators would. But if you spend years cultivating an audience and building a community, it... Continue Reading →
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Funding is a Filmmakers dream...and nightmare. Luckily we have the good people at No Film School who understand how painstaking it is to gather resources for funding your next project. They took the time to gather a list of grants with a detailed description of what they are for. Most importantly they include the deadlines... Continue Reading →
Trick Meter by Simeon Duncombe
As I was scouring the web for a quick film fix! I went to one of my usual places to search for cinematic treasures (Shortoftheweek.com) and I stumbled upon this gem. At only 4 minutes long, this is another great example of why I enjoy short films so much. The story, albeit not a very... Continue Reading →
Short Film Pick! PROXiMITY by Triune Films
@RyanConnolly and his @Filmriot crew know how to turn a horrible situation into something great! They first set out to make a Zombie short called Outsiders with a $100,000 budget and was planning on taking us, the viewers, for the ride as they go through pre-production all the way down to post-production and ultimately show... Continue Reading →


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When I first bought this vest, my friend Mandie exclaimed "You'll look like a magician!". I have worn the vest many times, without looking particularly magical. So today, I thought that I would have a go at doing an actual Magician-inspired look. Hey Presto!
I am wearing:
– Black sequinned vest from Temt
– Black bodysuit from Remember Me
– Black dress pants from Target
– Black Nine West patent heels
– White gloves from Lincraft
– Cross necklace from Diva
– Amethyst ring.


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Harris Recipient of Latzer Art Award
December 8, 2015
The Labette Community College Gallery Committee has chosen student, Alyssa Harris, as the winner for the John and Bonnie Latzer Student Art Award for the Fall 2015 semester. The Latzer Art Award was established to recognize student achievement in the Fine Arts at Labette Community College. The winning artwork was a ceramic sculpture titled "Spirit Animal" by Harris.
Harris was awarded a $400 scholarship to be used the following semester. The award may be applied to her tuition, fees and/or books. Harris created the piece in John Ford's Ceramics I class.
"I really enjoyed Mr. Ford's ceramics class this semester. I would like to enroll in another ceramics course in the future," said Harris. She is business major and plans to transfer to a university after LCC.
Harris' piece of art will be permanently on display at Labette Community College.
For more information about the Latzer Art Award, contact John Ford at 620-820-1022.


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Batman and Robin Eternal #15
Grayson, Red Hood, Red Robin, and Harper Row have uncovered the full scope of Mother's dangerous operation, and they're ready to spring their trap! But there's one problem: Cassandra Cain has gone rogue, and they may not be able to pull her back from the edge! There's no time to lose, either, because for every mystery they solve about Mother, there are more waiting to be discovered, including Mother's next target, a place that couldn't be more personal to Dick Grayson!
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Hi Everyone,
Reminder that this Monday will be an Open Evening. We are publicising this in the media and hope interested prospective members will come along to meet club members. Do bring interested friends with you, too.
The evening will start earlier than usual at 7pm.
We will have a barbecue, and tea, coffee and juice will be provided.
We ask members to bring a plate of finger food to share, and BYO if you want wine of beer.
Please bring one favorite print each, to have on display. We will also project the digital show from from last year's field trip, to share a club activity.
Looking forward to seeing you all next Monday.


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NEW YORK, 26 April (UN Headquarters) -- Following is the text as delivered of the address made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today to the African Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Other Infectious Diseases in Abuja, Nigeria:
President Obasanjo, our gracious host,
The incidence of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases is higher on this continent than on any other. Of course, this fact is connected to Africa's other problems. Africans are vulnerable to these diseases because they are poor, undernourished, and too often uninformed of basic precautions, or unwilling to take them. Many are vulnerable because they have neither safe drinking water nor access to basic health care.
They are vulnerable, in short, because their countries are underdeveloped. And therefore, the best cure for all these diseases is economic growth and broad-based development.
We all know that.
But we also know that, in the best of cases, development is going to take time. And we know that disease, like war, is not only a product of underdevelopment. It is also one of the biggest obstacles preventing our societies from developing as they should.
That is especially true of HIV/AIDS, which takes its biggest toll among young adults -- the age group that normally produces most, and has the main responsibility for rearing the next generation. That is why AIDS has become not only the primary cause of death on this continent, but our biggest development challenge. And that is why I have made the battle against it my personal priority.
In short, my friends, we are here to face a continent-wide emergency. We cannot afford to treat it as just one aspect of the battle for development, because it will not wait for us to win that battle. The cost -- whether measured in human misery today, or in loss of hope for tomorrow -- is simply too high. We have to turn and face it head on.
First, let us be clear what our objectives are. I believe they can be put very simply, under five headings:
Number One: prevention. Our first objective must be to halt and reverse the spread of the virus -- as all world leaders resolved to do at last year's Millennium Summit -- and so to save succeeding generations from this scourge. Prevention can save many millions of lives, and in several African countries it has been shown to work.
Everyone who is not yet infected must know what they need to do to avoid infection. We must give young people the knowledge and power to protect themselves. We need to inform, inspire and mobilize them, through an awareness campaign such as the world has never seen -- using radio, television and professional marketing techniques, as well as more conventional tools of education.
That campaign must reach girls as well as boys. At present, in sub-Saharan Africa, adolescent girls are six times more likely to be infected than boys. That is something which should make all of us African men deeply ashamed and angry.
And once they know what they need to do, young people must have the means to do it. That means they must have support from their families and communities, as well as access to voluntary counselling and testing and -- when appropriate -- to condoms.
Number Two: we must prevent the cruellest, most unjust infections of all -- those that pass from mother to child. All mothers must be able to find out whether they are HIV-positive or not. And those who are must have access to short-term anti-retroviral therapy, which has been shown to halve the risk of transmission.
In some cases, the risk can also be reduced by alternatives to breast-feeding. But these must be approached with caution, since breast-feeding is the best protection against many other diseases.
Number Three: we must put care and treatment within everyone's reach. Even a year ago few people thought that effective treatment could be brought within reach of poor people in developing countries. Those already infected with HIV were condemned to be treated like lepers in earlier times -- as people from whom the healthy had to be protected, but for whom nothing could be done.
Now, however, there has been a worldwide revolt of public opinion. People no longer accept that the sick and dying, simply because they are poor, should be denied drugs which have transformed the lives of others who are better off.
Earlier this month I met the leaders of six of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies. They now accept the need to combine incentives for research with access to medication for the poor. They are ready to sell drugs to those countries at greatly reduced prices.
This crisis is so grave that developing countries must face it by exploiting all options to the full -- including the production and importation of "generic" drugs under licence, within the terms of international trade agreements.
Everyone who is infected should have access to medicine and medical care. Now we know that that is possible, it is surely an ethical imperative. It is also essential to any successful prevention strategy -- because, so long as testing positive is a death sentence without hope, many people will not even want to know their HIV status.
In short, we cannot and should not choose between prevention and treatment. We must do both.
Number Four: we must deliver scientific breakthroughs. We are still a long way from finding a cure for HIV/AIDS, and a long way from finding a vaccine against it. We must make sure that the search is given the highest priority in scientific budgets, and be ready, as soon as it produces results, to make them available where they are most needed -- not only to those who can afford them.
And finally, Number Five: we must protect those made most vulnerable by the epidemic, especially orphans. Millions of children, because they have lost one or both parents to AIDS, are growing up malnourished, under-educated, marginalized, and at risk of being infected themselves. We must break this cycle of death. And we must not wait for parents to die before we intervene. We must help them secure their children's future while they are still fit enough to do so.
Agreeing on those five objectives should not be difficult. But what are the means we need to achieve those ends?
First of all, we need leadership. And my friends, that must start with you, the leaders of Africa. Only you can mobilize your fellow citizens for this great battle. Only you can give it the priority it deserves in your national budgets. Above all, you must take the lead in breaking the wall of silence and embarrassment that still surrounds this issue in too many African societies, and in removing the abuse, discrimination and stigma that still attach to those infected. The epidemic can be stopped, if people are not afraid to talk about it.
Secondly, we need to involve local communities. It is ultimately at that level that the battle will be fought and won. It is only with the fullest support of their families and communities that young people will be able to change their behaviour and protect themselves. Above all, we must involve those already living with HIV-AIDS in the struggle against it. They, after all, are the ultimate experts.
Thirdly, we need a deep social revolution that will give more power to women, and transform relations between women and men at all levels of society. It is only when women can speak up, and have a full say in decisions affecting their lives, that they will be able to truly protect themselves -- and their children -- against HIV.
Fourth, we need stronger health care systems. This should be obvious, but both governments and development agencies often lose sight of it when setting their budgets and priorities. If our aim is to make care and treatment available to all those infected, we need a far more efficient and extensive system of public health than most African countries even begin to provide at present.
Cheaper anti-retroviral drugs, however vital, will not by themselves provide the answer. Without proper health care, they may even do more harm than good -- for example, if potentially life-threatening side effects are not addressed, or if the therapy is interrupted, leading to drug-resistant forms of HIV. And too many patients still do not have access even to relatively cheap antibiotics and other effective drugs for the many illnesses that prey on their weakened immune systems.
Finally, we need money. The war on AIDS will not be won without a war chest, of a size far beyond what is available so far.
Money is needed for education and awareness campaigns, for HIV tests, for condoms, for drugs, for scientific research, to provide care for orphans, and of course to improve our health care systems. At a minimum, we need to be able to spend an additional seven-to-ten billion dollars a year on the struggle against HIV/AIDS in the world as a whole, over an extended period of time.
It sounds a lot, and it is a lot. Somehow we have to bring about a quantum leap in the scale of resources available. But it is not at all impossible, given the amount of wealth in the world. In fact it is little more than one per cent of the world's annual military spending. We just have to convince those with the power to spend -- public and private donors alike -- that this would be money well spent.
We need to mobilize the widest possible range of donors – who must all agree on the same broad objectives -- and we need to win their commitment for the long haul.
Over the past few weeks and months, there have been several exciting suggestions for a new fund or funds from a variety of people -- governments, private foundations and academics. All these initiatives must now converge towards a common vision of what we are trying to achieve.
I propose the creation of a Global Fund, dedicated to the battle against HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. This Fund must be structured in such a way as to ensure that it responds to the needs of the affected countries and people. And it must be able to count on the advice of the best experts in the world -- whether they are found in the United Nations system, in governments, in civil society organizations, or among those who live with HIV/AIDS or are directly affected by it.
I intend to pursue this idea with all concerned over the next few weeks, and I hope that in the very near future the Fund will be up and running.
The ideas I have put to you today are the fruit of extensive consultations within the United Nations system, with Member States, with philanthropic foundations, with private companies, and with civil society. I believe we can all agree on them, and that they can be the foundations of a common strategy.
I certainly hope so, because this battle can be won only if we mobilize and focus the efforts of a wide range of stakeholders: national leaders like yourselves, donor governments, the United Nations system, pharmaceutical and other companies, foundations, and voluntary groups -- especially those that represent people living with HIV. In other words, we need a complete mobilization of society at large.
Everyone has his or her part to play. Let us now lay aside all turf battles and doctrinal disputes. The battle against HIV/AIDS is far more important than any one institution or project. Our success will not be measured by resolutions passed, appointments made, or even funds raised. It will be measured in the lives of succeeding generations.
In the last year or so the world has begun to realize that HIV/AIDS is indeed a world-scale pandemic, which has spread fastest and furthest in Africa.
So this is a moment of hope, and potentially a turning point. Africa is no longer being left to face this disaster alone. Its plight has caught the attention, and the conscience, of the whole world.
I believe the world is ready to come to our aid. But it will do so only if we convince the world that we ourselves are making the war against AIDS our personal priority, and have a clear strategy for waging it.
In two months' time, delegates from all over the world will gather in New York for a special session of the United Nations General Assembly on HIV/AIDS. They will draw up a global strategy for the war against this global scourge, and I hope by then we shall have firm commitments for our war chest.
Will that strategy respond to the needs of Africa? It depends, in large part, on the signal that goes out to the world from this conference.
For my part, I promise you the full support of the United Nations family. Working together, my friends, we can defeat the scourge of HIV/AIDS. For the sake of Africa's future, we must.
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