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2013 :: Thank You + Good Bye
I've always had a thing for New Year's Eve. Even when I was little, I felt a strange mandatory pressure to stay up until the apple dropped in New York City…while the rest of my family was fast asleep. Alone with the T.V., I would do a little New Year's dance, watch the crowds of people celebrating and eventually make my way to bed, feeling satisfied that I had "properly" acknowledged the passing of another year.
Although I still love a good party on New Year's Eve, it's the days leading up to the New Year that I relish now. I cherish this quiet reflective time nestled between the holiday bustle and back-to-business-as-usual. The calm in the air is like a deep exhale providing time to think back on the year as a whole and set intentions for the twelve months ahead. For some of us, it's also a time to blog
*Admittedly, I wrote this post mostly for myself as a way to chronicle, reflect and honor 2013, and to clear the path for 2014, but I hope you glean some insights too…or perhaps you'll be inspired to write and reflect on your own journey as we move into the year ahead?
To say 2013 was a big year would be a bit of an understatement. My words for 2013 were Collaboration and Ease, and I'm happy to say both were in full effect. Upon reflection, I'm going to add LOVE to the list, another central core message/practice for me this year.
The year started off with a collaborative live painting gig with my dear friend, Lynzee Lynx, in front of thousands of people at the Inspire Truth New Year's party. This was truly a potent experience and one that set the stage for a year of collaborative exploration. I wove the element of collaboration into all of my workshops and was so happy with the results. Watching my students laugh, play and paint together, while letting go of the "preciousness" of "MY painting," made my heart sing and opened the door to a whole new way of approaching the process.
In January, I returned to beautiful San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, for my second year of teaching there. As expected, the retreat was a gorgeous coming together of vibrant women in a magical place. This view of our courtyard pretty much sums it up.
Upon my return home from Mexico, I happily moved into the house I spent a year designing and building. Having lived communally with other artists for my entire adult life, moving into my own space for the very first time was a bit of a dream. I spent months indulging my interior decorating geek and lavishing in the quiet of my own space. Moving into my less than 700 foot square house also proved to be a great way to sort, purge and redefine how much one actually needs to live comfortably. I still wake up everyday grateful for my little cocoon.
In February, I ventured into new territory by entering the world of online dating. I'm pretty sure I could write a whole book about my experience (Brave Intuitive Dating!), but I'll keep it short and say that after *many* awkward dates and misadventures…it happened. We both felt the connection the second we met, and the past ten months have proved initial spark to be true. I'm beyond grateful for finding this kind of love in my life…and with the most adorable middle school math teacher to boot. #lovethatabouthim
If you've been following along here this year, you probably remember my "Thirty Day Blog Love Affair" that happened back in April. I mention it here because it was such a sweet chapter in my year. My intention was to fall back in love with my blog and to re-ignite my relationship with writing and sharing by writing a blog everyday for thirty days in a row. It worked! My final post also turned into my name change "coming out" party, a beautiful and vulnerable experience. You can read about the whole shebang in the most recent edition of Somerset Life Magazine's. Woot!
Another collaborative highlight for me this year was the creation of Soul Shine Studio. This project is the collective coming together of three of my fave art buddies, Kelly Rae Roberts, Pixie Campbell, Lynzee Lynx and myself. Together we share a lovely downtown Portland studio space used for dreaming, scheming, gathering, teaching, creating…and chilling. Our connection has grown so deep as a result of this shared space…a constant source of inspiration, support and hilarity.
I'm also so happy to have connected with Miss Rachael Rice, my rock solid, rock star assistant. I can honestly say I don't know what I'd do without her support.
In May, I had the pleasure of returning to Bali once again (it's becoming a second home of sorts). This time around I taught two week-long retreats in two of my favorite spots: Amed and Ubud. I was joined by a couple of dear friends and the whole experience was deeply heart opening and full of adventure…as Bali always is.
Back on home turf, I taught two Northwest workshops: one at Soul Shine studio in Portland, and one in lovely Pt. Townsend, WA. In the Fall, I journeyed to the East coast where I taught back-to-back workshops in Brooklyn and Boston. Reflecting back on all these gatherings, I'm a bit overwhelmed by the richness of this "work" I am so blessed to do in the lifetime. I have met the most amazing people, witnessed huge transformation and walked away a better person for all of it. I'm truly grateful to walk this path, and so look forward to more next year (I'm leaving for Mexico tomorrow)!
This year also brought together three amazing groups of "bloomers' from all over the world to participate in my Bloom True E-course. I've run my course six times now, improving and changing it each time, and I'm consistently blown away by the impact it seems to have on people and on ME. Every course is truly adventure of the heart and soul, and with each new group, I feel vulnerable, alive, on the edge, empowered, nervous and elated as we move through the experience together.
In September, I released all new videos for the course, along with some reflections on the fear I had to move through in order to film all those videos — stepping out of my comfort at it's finest, and worth every moment.
In closing, I'm happy to report that I managed to spend a decent amount of time painting in my own studio this year…a welcome shift from the past couple of years. I've posted my 2013 collection right here for your viewing pleasure
Thank you so much for following along on this ever-unfolding journey of art, love, life and growth. I am forever grateful. Wishing you joyful moments and abundant love in 2014.
I hope it blows our minds.
xo flora
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What a beautiful wrap-up of 2013! Thank you again for letting me be a part of your 2013 Bali adventure. It was a wonderful, cathartic experience, and it was the beginning of a turning point toward a more positive, authentic version of my life, which I'm continuing to actively work on. THANK YOU for helping to facilitate that. You are truly an inspiration to me, and I'm grateful to know you. Happy 2014, Flora! <3
Wow! Thanks for sharing! Anxiously awaiting the arrival of your new book!
Cheers, dana
Yes the words vulnerable, alive , empowered and elated does say it all. You are probably tired of hearing it… But the ecourse was truly life changing and the connectivity of the group is just amazing. It has made me make changes for 2014 to continue the journey . Can't thank you enough. Blessings in the new year.
Happy 2014 dear Flora, so happy to see you enjoying life everyday x
How wonderful everything that you share with us Flora. Can't wait to take your e-course in February. Thank you for being you.
Happy New Year!
So good article and post . Thanks for sharing
Flora- what an incredible year you have had. You so deserve every success, and you continue to inspire me. I am so blessed to have painted with you in Boston, and I hope our paths meet again. I LOVE that you have 3 creative and extremely talented women to support you and share a studio with. I would love to cultivate that in my life. And your boyfriend is a cutie! I am so happy for your love.
I wish you a very joyful new year! Thank you for opening your life to all of us in such a beautiful and authentic way!!
Love, Carolyn Mackin Watson
Dear dear Flora .. Your Boston workshop at Hitched Studios was a game changer for me and I'm sure for all in attendance. You licensed me to move into even larger canvas and approach them with no fear. I have committed your various steps to memory as I spiral in and out and back in fluidly with my golden fluid acrylics. This New Year post is lovely and Mr. Blue-eyes is a lucky man. Best wishes in the new year and if there is an opening in your next Mexico retreat, I would love to know about it. Thanks for lifting my creative spirit to the moon and back .. Anne *|*
Thank you Flora for sharing you experiences! Best wishes for 2014! Love!
What a great year….I love that we both spent time in Bali and in San Miguel de Allende this last year!!
I learned alot from your post. Its good to look back and see the good and the lessons learned from difficult times. Thanks for sharing. I created my own year in review…Its an amazing process for setting the stage for 2014. Thanks again…looking forward to creating and being inspired in the new year.
A nice wrap-up of a very busy year! I know you get many thanks for your work, and I need to chime in too. I sit here in my studio surrounded by 5 in-process canvases and 3 completed – all large and colorful and making me think I need a bigger studio! This was the change I needed to grow from a style that no longer served my needs – or my soul. I had no idea how to move on until I found your book and knew in a split second that this would change my life. And, oh, has it! The community of the facebook group also taught me even more. Good job, Flora! I do hope you get as much as you give! Thank you so much for deciding to teach!
a great friend bought me your book for Christmas this year and i ADORE IT! I am a professional textile artist who for years has sewn but recently I have wanted to do more painting! I had no space to do it, no idea how to begin! your book has inspired me to claim a space and i am almost ready to start! Thank you! Gosh how i would love to visit Mexico with you all! what an amazing year, wonderful lady you have an amazing soul xxxx


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It's been 60 years since the musical's prime — when Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, those sorcerers of sound, joined forces on "Singin' in the Rain" — so you'll forgive me if this week's theatrical screenings in honor of the anniversary feel less like a celebration than an obituary. The musical is dead at 83, from complications of creative neglect.
Musicals are still being made, after a fashion. Trust me, I know: I was a high school student with a taste for Astaire and Rogers at the time "Chicago" (Rob Marshall, 2002) arrived, hailed in some quarters as the rebirth of the genre. It turned out to be a film that makes mince meat of the frame, a sharp-elbow-in-the-eye of strange angles, quick cuts, sequins, and subterfuge. A movie that can't be resuscitated by Queen Latifah's glorious take on Big Mama Morton may in fact have been dead on arrival.
Since then, I've made a point of seeing nearly every release that even smacks of old Hollywood possibilities ("Hairspray," "Dreamgirls," "Mamma Mia!" and "Sweeney Todd," just to name a few), like a pilgrim standing before the gable of Santiago de Compostela, praying for a miracle. None arrived — the only knockout musical I've seen in the past decade was the swooning, low-fi "Once" (John Carney, 2006), in which song is so fundamental to the world its characters inhabit that it doesn't feel like a musical at all, until you realize that most of what you know about how they feel came through on a three-chord melody.
Truman Capote may have thought that "more tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones," but he never saw "Nine." And here, I think, you'll begin to see a trend. With the exception of "Once," each of the recent musicals mentioned above lacks the key element of the genre — nerve. Mostly unable to muster up the creative energy to make musicals relevant, they dream up a nostalgic past of Dickensian London, 1950s Americana, Fellini's circuses, Motown girl groups, or ABBA. Yet they feel obliged to hedge their bets with sweaty, klieg-lit close-ups and epileptic editing, making just one more version of the comic book superhero: a torso, a leg, and a grimace shoved into a lycra bodysuit or period costume. Musicals once balanced reality and fantasy; now the best they can come up with are dreams.
The exception that proves the rule is Jennifer Hudson's gut-punching rendition of "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going," from "Dreamgirls" (video below). It has the cyclonic force of a close-up, drawing you deeper and deeper into the eye of her storm, but a significant portion of it is a wide shot that captures her from calf to head — a sense of how much power the body can muster, amplified by the mirrors behind her. This is, of course, what the great musicals of yore did so well. In the masterly "Swing Time" (video below), Astaire and Rogers make the overexertion of the modern musical seem a farce, floating harmoniously, effortlessly, across the floor. You wouldn't know their feet were even touching it if not for the click of the tap shoes; their scenes have a mesmeric, fleet quality, a kind of occult magic.
"Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944), Vincente Minnelli's lush take on the dawn of the American century, cut through with sorrow, has since surpassed "Singin' in the Rain" in my mind as the best film musical. But Kelly and Donen's classic, now in its golden years, was my first love: a Technicolor bloom of slapstick and wit, balletic pratfalls and catchy tunes, it remains what I wish musicals could still be, bright and bold but still somehow convincing, bleeding in and out of song as though slipping on a raincoat. Who hasn't screened it one evening and woken up the next day smiling, humming that indelible sound?
Good mornin', good mornin'!
We talked the whole night through,
Good mornin', good mornin' to you!
There is a fantasy here (I mean, what nutcase could possibly be so excited that early in the morning?), but it's woven from aspiration rather than memory: a dream all right, but a dream of the future, less was than will be. "Singin' in the Rain" doesn't cheat the game by putting all of the musical emotion in staged performance, because it understands the instinctive joy of singing in the shower, whistling along to the radio, testing out a few notes before the mirror. This is what I meant by "nerve." The old musicals had the courage of their convictions, and the sure-footedness to float. The new, pugilistic musicals, in losing that grace, have lost their voice, and their pulse. The musical is dead. Long live the musical. Whichever it is, I won't give up the ghost.
In honor of the 60th anniversary of Singin' in the Rain, Turner Classic Movies and Fathom Events are holding nationwide screenings Thursday, July 12 at 7:00 p.m. local time, with special matinees in select theaters at 2:00 p.m.
No | December 24, 2012 2:51 PM
Personally, musicals are my least favorite film genre, and I love music and dancing. Yet I don't miss the musical. The spectacle I can groove on, but the artifice just leave me indifferent. The only one I've liked has been Moulin Rouge, and that bastard of the musical, Glee.
rgm | August 5, 2012 11:26 AM
The disappointing 1971 musical of "The Boy Friend" has just been re-released with cut footage restored. I wonder where you fit this "overweight" musical into your critique; what you thought of that adaptation -- and of this new version. Twiggy was surprisingly good, and who can fault Busby Berkeley effects.... but it just didn't seem to work. Yet "Kiss Me Kate," which is a pretty good musical in my canon, used the same "play within a play" approach.
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VictorG | July 17, 2012 2:23 PM
Where's the mention of Rock of Ages? Good, bad or indifferent it's absence is appalling in an article about musicals. I loved Rock of Ages - the music, the creativity, the over the top performances of Tom Cruise and Alex Baldwin. Every single song rang true and fit the emotional arc of the story. If you haven't seen it you should whether you like the rock music genre or not.
The problem with people who write critiques about how golden yesterday was, how nothing today can match up to the awesomeness of the past, is that these people are living in the past. Afraid to embrace change and open their eyes. They are blind to the creative powers of continual change. Nothing stays the same and this is certainly true in media of any form. The musical is more alive today than it ever was. We will never see another Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers type movie. Just like we will never see another Boogie and Bacall movie. Why? Because they have passed on into the abyss of the past and we live in the today of the future.
Brian | July 17, 2012 12:36 PM
What's bothered me for the last 30 years is the lack of a decent hiphop musical. If any musical form of this period could have been translated into a movie musical, it's this one. And I'm not even a hiphop fan--I just recognize the cinematic possibilities of the form. Yet no one's done it unless you count those early '80s movies like WILD STYLE and BEAT STREET, although neither one is exactly the kind of movie musical I'm talking about. I would like to see a film about an attempt to put on a massive hiphop concert, with lots of different styles of music, including world music and forms of rap from other cultures, with all kinds of backstage melodrama, a diva just begging to be knocked down a peg, some new kids eager for a chance to shine--y'know, all the usual cliches incorporated into an updated story.
I've spent time in recent years tracking down old movie musicals from Japan and Hong Kong and wondering why, with all the Cantopop and Mandopop and J-pop and K-pop stars of the last decade, they're not doing movie musicals anymore in those countries either (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea).
If I disagree with you on one thing, John--I mean Matt--it's about the Jennifer Hudson number in DREAMGIRLS. She uses all this power singing to us that she's not going and then what does she do in the very next scene? She goes! So the point of the song was completely undermined by the drama. It's as if Gene Kelly was to dump Debbie Reynolds right after the "Singin' in the Rain" number and take up with Lina Lamont. If he'd done that, the film wouldn't be the classic it is.
Debra Levine | July 17, 2012 11:03 AM
What a wonderful essay, John. I hope I may share with you and fellow lovers of movie musicals my deep appreciation of a vastly under-appreciated film choreographer who changed my life as a dance critic. It is the brilliant dance maker Jack Cole whose revival I am fostering in three main events. Cole's innovative and to borrow your word nervy dance numbers will be on view in Los Angeles, when star Mitzi Gaynor appears in person at a screening of "The I Don't Care Girl" (Fox, 1953) a bad bio-pic in which choreographer Cole inserted three brilliant dance numbers at the behest of Darryl Zanuck. That screening, hosted by UCLA Film & Television Archive will happen at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum in Westwood on August 4.
On September 10, 2012, I am co-hosting, with Robert Osborne, a tribute evening, "Choreography by Jack Cole" on Turner Classic Movies.
The Dance Heritage Coalition in Washington D.C. just published my significant essay on why Jack Cole matters. The essay addresses his overall career but emphasizes his astonishing contributions to nearly 30 films in the waning years of the musical. Cole was a huge player at Columbia and Fox in the 40s and 50s, famously choreographing "Put the Blame on Mame" for Rita Hayworth and "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" for Marilyn Monroe. By the sixties, the game was over.
I'm a dance critic, so naturally I revere Astaire and Kelly. However, once you go Jack there's no going back.
I'm doing this in a kind of desperate hope that young choreographers will study Jack Cole.
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01-17-2014 17:37:33 | More by richkrull
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07-19-2014 04:04:55 | More by Ashinpaugh
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07-23-2013 20:48:43 | More by kendrahayes
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04-09-2012 20:27:40 | More by mtparty37
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03-29-2014 19:25:29 | More by Snow81
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03-30-2014 01:20:42 | More by Cooper
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05-17-2013 15:22:56 | More by eliz108
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10-08-2013 01:27:26 | More by PatrickKlopfenstein
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Dark amber color with two fingers of head that had good retention before settling to a thick cap. Moderate amount of lacing is left down the glass.
Aroma was a let down with its timid hop aroma. Mild herbal and pine notes. Sweet caramel from the malt as well.
The flavor was equally disappointing. Definitely IPA levels of bitterness, but the hop flavor is very weak. Herbal and mint notes from the hops. Slightly sweet malt flavor. Nothing poor about the flavor, just not one of the better IPA flavor.
Enjoyable texture to the beer. Creamy feel that is unusual for most pale ales. The addition of oats is noticeable and appreciated.
The hops made a disappointed appearance in this beer. Would be a good beer if they could get more out of the hops besides bitterness.
06-01-2014 18:33:13 | More by morimech
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Appearance: The beer pours strawberry blonde with a solid stripe of tin looking white head. You can clearly see the carbonation.
Smell: This one's only got a very faint smell to it. When you get your nose close enough to be in danger of dunking, you can finally sniff out a whiff or two of hops.
Taste: A pretty bog standard and one dimensional IPA, to be perfectly honest. There's a very light taste of orange peel and spice to it, but the prominent flavor is the hops...which isn't horribly strong.
Mouthfeel: The beer has a decent gravity to it, but the carbonation is a little bit higher than I tend to like in IPAs (that last bit is all personal preference, mind you). My problem here is that there is very little hop resin that sticks to the inside of your mouth. I like that. I miss it.
Overall: I wanted to like this beer...I really did...and although this beer certainly isn't bad, it's not terribly good. There's nothing particularly noteworthy about it. MKEBC, if you're reading this: more hops, please.
01-25-2012 02:24:02 | More by AbsoluterZero
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02-24-2013 01:04:01 | More by GRG1313
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09-08-2012 15:29:04 | More by Kunstman
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Another beer courtesy of the legendary woodychandler. Poured from a 16 oz. can. Has a golden/orange color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell has a bit of hops, some malts. Taste is bitter and hoppy up front, some pine, a bit of malts at the finish. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall nothing special, but not bad, your standard, run of the mill IPA.
12-01-2013 15:37:55 | More by tone77
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06-15-2012 15:34:25 | More by LoraxLager
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05-07-2014 00:50:45 | More by beersdmf17
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02-21-2014 16:22:31 | More by Hendrick24
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04-03-2013 15:32:20 | More by Lurkerson
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12 oz bottle poured into a MKE tulip.
A - Faintly hazy, this golden amber beer has a good level of carbonation feeding the excellent, frothy ivory head, which leaves thick rings of lace coating the glass for a picture-perfect IPA!
S - In keeping with classic midwest-style IPAs, there is a predominant hop nose, but immediately apparent is balance. Light citrus cascades down to earthy tones with resin following. Caramel and toasted, earthy amber malts follow leaving this brew smelling pretty simple, but it works.
T - The balance, once again, takes front and center. Plenty of malt backing allows some caramel and toasted amber malt flavor to penetrate the overarching hop profile of English earthy tones; dried leaves, pine resin, and grass clippings with some American-style citrus drops lingering on the finish.
M - Medium-bodied, smooth, and pretty soft from the addition of oats, balance remains key here; a good helping of hops through the boil lets this IPA finish with considerable lingering bitterness but the malt base and style boundry-pushing alcohol even it out with some sweetness.
O - Summed up in one word? Balanced. Hop Happy has plenty of English and American hops that add character and bitterness while smooth maltiness finishes out. Enjoy this IPA with pizza dipped in hot sauce or sprinkled with crushed red pepper for a complimentary zing of spice, elevated by the hops.
05-27-2013 22:15:20 | More by BeerFMAndy
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01-29-2014 02:34:03 | More by DCdevyl78
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11-26-2012 01:43:59 | More by enelson
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Some of the best Mexican food we have ever had. Extensive menu. Super wait staff and service. Went on a Friday evening and did not have to wait.
Great authentic Mexican dishes with huge servings...consider sharing the entrees. Even the half order of nachos would serve two. Go for the Original Margarita..huge serving in an old shaker style decanter.
Was staying at the hotel next door and we love Mexican food. My husband and I both ordered a beer, my bottle of Coors light came warm with a frosty glass, it was so warm the frosty glass didn't even chill it. We're in Colorado, home of the Coors brewing company, IT SHOULD BE COLD!!! I ordered fajitas, the meat...
This restaurant is tucked away behind a major shopping mall and next to a very average hotel chain in a stand alone building that has seen better days. But when you get inside, the food is very good and the service is excellent.
What first caught my eye is that menu with the number of options and selection. So many...
This is one of my absolute favorite restaurants in the Aurora area. It is authentic with high quality food with generous servings. The menu selection is great. The service is quick and responsive. This place never disappoints in anything. Best of all it is very affordable.
Food was very good, - arrived quickly, very tasty, fresh ingredients and served hot unlike many restaurants when the food always seems to arrive at the table luke warm. We were served by a really nice young man and all the staff were exceptional. This is a restaurant that is obviously run by people that care.
Everything we ate was awesome from the chips and salsa to the meal and the drinks. There was a grilled shrimp dish that I had that was out of this world! wish I could remember the name. There is no bar to sit at so you have to get a table. The service was excellent and we will be back.
We were attending a family event in Denver, staying at the LaQuinta Hotel so it was walking distance. We went to "happy hour", and liked it so much we asked about having a family group that evening for dinner. They were so very accommodating and pleasant, and the food was just excellent. I had the shrimp wrapped with bacon -...
Food is always fresh and tasty, service is excellent! Location is close to Mississippi and I-225, next to La Quinta Inn.
This place is next to the LaQuinta hotel I'm staying at so it was very convenient. The chicken enchiladas were great and I had 2 with beans and rice for under $10. I had no room for desert after loading up on chips and salsa.
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You may soon have an excuse to plan a date night on a week day. Due to falling ticket sales the Motion Picture Association of America says it may drop ticket prices one weeknight a week. Last year movie theater ticket sales fell 1.5 percent, and between 2004 and 2013 ticket sales dropped a total of 11 percent. Not helping ticket sales is the fact that ticket prices have steadily risen each year. It's not clear what day ticket prices may be slashed, but some in the industry fear the change will cause people to opt out of going to the movies on the weekends. Then why not just stop raising ticket prices for a while. In my opinion, anything over $10 is too much! I mean by the time you pay for the tickets and get your popcorn, candy and soda you've spent almost $30 bucks. Add kids and a 3D movie to the mix and you'll almost bankrupt yourself. I definitely like the idea of having one night of the week where I can save some money when it comes to going out! How bout you?
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It has one known issue: The wires connecting main switch and driver board should not be too long. "Not too long" as in not more than 4 inches (whatever that may be in the metrical system)
Well, i didn't care and went for a long cable anyway and … to make it worse, used a 4x cable, 2lines for power, 2lines for signal, unshielded of course.
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Greg from taskled suggested to add an 100nF cap, wired parallel to the switch input. I did as told , but it didn't help very much.
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Bride Flight gives a panoramic sweep of lives as they're lived, as there is a lot of beauty in it. show more
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The beauty of the actors and the ravishing landscape of New Zealand goes a long way to make Ben Sombogaart's sudsy film so eminently watchable. show more
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The sort of sweeping romantic saga rarely attempted on our shores these days, Bride Flight should well please art house audiences, especially of older females, starved for this sort of old-fashioned fare. show more
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Bride Flight takes this melodrama and adds details of period, of behavior, of personality, to somewhat redeem its rather inevitable conclusion. show more
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The kind of lush, epic romantic weepie that Hollywood used to deliver on a regular basis for packed matinees at Radio City Music Hall. show more
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A tearjerking romance that belongs to another era, when female moviegoers wanted to be transported, not grounded in grim realities. show more
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Aside from its period New Zealand setting, there is little to distinguish Bride Flight from something you might watch briefly on Lifetime, then change the channel. show more
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An absolutely delightful movie. A wonderful love story. Well put together, well acted, well everything. Go see it and fall in love again.
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wonderful movie.
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A delight for anyone who enjoys historical epics, attractive actors & actresses, gorgeous scenery/cinematography, and soft-core pulpy romance.
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It will be great movie and long overdue for the real life brudes who went on their lifetime journary in 1940s and 1950s for new life in new country
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This is an absolute gem of a movie that tells the storiies of 1 man and 3 women as they emigrate from the Netherlands in the 50\'s to New Zealand because of floods and resulting horrible economic conditions in their country. They meet on the flight and their lives become entwined in intriguiing and unusual ways. The story is at times agonizing,at times uplifting,at times turbulent but always captivating. The actors are great and fully photogenic. So, to experience a very special drama, get on board and enjoy this truly compelling saga.
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0Morgan Freeman did his 'Tonight Show' interview on helium
Morgan Freeman hit up The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday night, where he decided to give his interview while sucking helium from a balloon. The result? Genius. Enjoy!
July 25, 2014 at 8:00 am by Jennifer
0You've Gotta Hear What Morgan Freeman Sounds Like On Helium
Morgan Freeman did a promo for Science Channel's series "Through the Wormhole" in which he sucks up helium from a balloon — and you gotta hear it.
Are you ready for this?
Yeah, it's not super hot celebrity gossip, but how can you turn this down? It's also great hearing his voice morph back to normal. So thank you, Morgan Freeman, for your dedication to science.
May 24, 2014 at 8:30 am by Catherine St. Ives
3Morgan Freeman Narrated 50 Shades of Grey, But You Won't Hear It
… Even though it wasn't Morgan Freeman, anyway, and a comedian named Josh Robert Thompson, the video has been pulled (presumably by Morgan Freeman's people, who also claim that Morgan Freeman is not dead, contrary to some reports that emerged yesterday afternoon). I felt that it was worth mention, anyway, since anyone narrating 50 Shades of Grey is pretty hilarious, and … wait, what's that? You haven't heard many people do it? Well Gilbert Gottfried did it (yes, Iago from Aladdin). The cast of Snow White and the Huntsman did it, including Kristen Stewart, and no—the coincidence of Kristen Stewart reading literary pornography aloud (on the set of Snow White and the Huntsman) does not escape me, either.
Here's Gilbert:
OMG, hilarious. Seriously.
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September 8, 2012 at 7:00 am by Sarah
9Quotables: Morgan Freeman Says President Obama Isn't Black Enough
"America's first Black president hasn't arisen yet. He [President Obama] is not America's first Black president – he's America's first mixed-race president. First thing that pops into my head regarding our president is that all of the people who are setting up this barrier…they just conveniently forget that Barack had a mama, and she was white – very white American, Kansas, middle of America."
So, wait a second. Am I to surmise that Morgan Freeman is claiming that our President isn't *really* black, because he had a white mother? Are we really going to start using the paper bag test to determine how black or non-black someone really is? Because if we are … oh my God, I am so out of here.
I realize that Freeman was, more than likely, referring to the fact that some people use the race card against President Obama and claim that they don't want a "black President," but unless his comments were more tongue-in-cheek (and I don't know, because I didn't listen to the NPR interview on which he spoke), what the hell. I just … I can't even. I have no doubts that Morgan continues to support the President, as he has in the past, but I'm going to go ahead and say that most Americans aren't going to see it that way when they hear what Morgan has had to say about Obama's "true" race and ethnicity.
I mean, come on. Is the President supposed to go around saying, "No, you're mistaken—I'm actually white"? Because really. Yeah, Obama had a white mother and a black father, but if we're going strictly by appearances, President Barack Obama is clearly a black man. And to what end?
I just can't believe we're even discussing this. I can't believe that Morgan Freeman would even open this can of worms, knowing what kind of pot he'd be stirring in saying that President Obama isn't, in fact, the first black American President.
You know, until DNA testing becomes mandatory for every citizen of the United States, up to and including each and every American Presidential candidate, we won't really know who's of mixed heritage and who isn't, you know? If this is the card we're going to play, hell. I mean, even Abraham Lincoln could have been half- or a quarter-black and we wouldn't have known. Damn. Why the hell do we, as AMERICANS (and far less in other countries around the world) have to label ourselves and make sure everyone knows exactly who or what we are in every single circumstance anyway? What in hell is that solving, anyhow?
I'm just going to leave you with one little gem here, an excerpt from an interview that Morgan himself made a few years back about racism in the United States:
… Freeman went on to say that talking about race is what keeps bigotry alive. He said he'd prefer if people called him just "a man" instead of "a Black man," and that the only way to defeat racism is to "stop talking about it."
July 11, 2012 at 7:30 am by Sarah
0Morgan Freeman Is on Team Katie, Too!
From TMZ:
Tom Cruise controlled Katie Holmes like a puppetmaster … making every major and even minor decision in her personal and professional life … and in the end, she felt like she couldn't breathe without his permission … this according to sources close to the actress.
Movie studio-connected sources tell us Tom executed an "Art Kill" way back when Katie was doing "Thank You for Smoking" in 2005 … when the 2 first started dating.
Sources tell us Tom instructed producers to "kill" any promotional photos which showed Katie and Aaron Eckhart engaged in kissing or "anything else compromising."
We're told Tom also imposed his will during "Batman Begins" … prohibiting Katie from flying with the rest of the cast. Instead, Katie would only travel on Tom's private jet. One source tells us Morgan Freeman was "disgusted" by the situation. On the other side, however, one source scoffed and said, "Wow, Tom offered her his private jet. How terrible for Katie."
Ultimately, our Katie sources say she grew sick and tired of playing Pinocchio to Tom's Geppetto … and decided it was time to cut the strings.
We reached out to Morgan Freeman for comment — so far, no word back.
Oh wow, what a shocker! I never would have imagined that Tom Cruise was any kind of controlling, would you? He always seemed like a really sweet, balanced individual with a healthy grasp on reality, or at least that's what I thought. I guess this whole thing just goes to show you that you never really know someone.
But really, this story just makes me really happy because now I can imagine Morgan Freeman calling up Katie Holmes and giving her nice comforting advice in that amazing voice of his. That's really the whole point of me telling you this story. Oh, and also so we can share the mental picture of Morgan Freeman slapping Tom Cruise right across the face. That's important too.
July 6, 2012 at 5:30 am by Emily
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Morgan Freeman looked like he had just found out he actually is God when leaving Radio 1 in London yesterday after talking to Nelson Mandela.


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Figure 2 is a simplified diagram showing how Eucalyptus pulls everything in your cloud together. There is only one cloud controller per cloud. Walrus is the interface to Amazon EC2, so you don't need that if you're keeping everything in-house. A node is a physical server running a KVM hypervisor. A hypervisor runs multiple operating systems, each in its own virtual machine. Each VM is an instance. Each Node Controller controls a physical server. A Cluster Controller controls one or more nodes. SOAP and REST are developer tools for creating Web applications and interfaces.
Goodbye Eucalyptus
Canonical is replacing Eucalyptus with OpenStack in the 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot release. Should you jump to OpenStack? Not just yet. OpenStack and Eucalyptus have significant differences. Eucalyptus supports APIs to Amazon's EC2 platform, and these APIs are well on their way to becoming the de-facto standard. OpenStack is completely open source and always will be, while Eucalyptus includes proprietary closed-source components in its enterprise edition such as VMWare support and better SAN integration. OpenStack does not support VMWare or AWS, though these are on its development roadmap. OpenStack was created by Rackspace and NASA, and has drawn worldwide support including tier 1 vendors such as Dell, AMD, Intel, Cisco, and HP.
A big issue in cloud computing is the unresolved question of APIs. The APIs for AWS have almost become a de-facto standard. APIs are very important, because they control your mobility -- a standard cloud API means you can easily move between vendors and products, and can standardize on the same API for both in-house and outsourced cloud services. Competing APIs mean coding and migration pain. Mark Shuttleworth, the head of Canonical, is advocating for standardizing on AWS APIs. Red Hat and VMWare, two big players in cloud computing, are each pushing their own APIs. My crystal ball is cloudy; all I can suggest is be ready for anything.
Eucalyptus is tested and functional right now, while OpenStack is still a developer's preview. You can grab the latest Oneiric Ocelot release to start getting acquainted. Oneiric Ocelot's final release is October 2011. This will not be a long-term release with a five-year support cycle, but an intermediate release supported until April 2013. Me, I would run this in a test lab and keep Lucid Lynx on production machines until I have a good reason to migrate. No worry, no hurry, and figure it all out at your own speed.


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Klintworth's traffic frustrations could soon be addressed as Grand Haven Area Public Schools officials look into options regarding the 38 acres behind the high school campus that the district purchased nearly a year ago.
Superintendent Keith Konarska said the focus in recent months has been in evaluating options for creating an entrance and exit for the high school campus. Konarska said they hope to improve traffic flow, increase safety and add parking near the baseball complex.
Konarska said the current configuration creates a considerable amount of congestion at the beginning and end of school days, in addition to major events at the high school.
Currently, all traffic flows out to Ferris Street.
Klintworth, whose nephew attends the high school, said they use the driveway closest to U.S. 31 for an easier and faster way to leave the campus. The Spring Lake resident favors an additional driveway.
"Everyone is trying to get out at the same time," he said.
The district purchased the land for $265,000, with a loan at 1.85 percent interest.
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Each year, the district pays about $29,000 from the capital budget for the land.
If the money wasn't used for the property, Konarska said it would go toward other improvements or equipment purchases.
Konarska said the loan will be paid off within 10 years.
District officials had looked at buying the land when the high school was being built in the 1990s, and again a few years later when the athletic complex was being constructed.
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It's a sign of China's growing middle class - in addition to trying to beat the clock before new regulations go into effect. Passenger vehicle sales in China have risen nine percent year-on-year for the month of March. The sudden surge is driven by delayed new model launches ahead of the Beijing auto show. Chinese consumers also want to buy cars before curbs were introduced by the Hangzhou government.
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Keywords: China, auto sales, new regulations, panic buying
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - There were 1,588,792 cars, sport-utility or multi-purpose vehicles and minivans sold in the month of March. Figures from the China Passenger Car Association this week showed sales in the first three months of 2014 increased 9.5 percent to 4.6 million vehicles. This in spite of a weak February owing to the weeklong Spring Festival holiday.
"Passenger vehicle sales dropped a bit in the first week of March," Rao Da, the association's secretary-general says. They "gradually picked up until the boom in the final week when the Hangzhou government announced the purchase restrictions for new vehicles in the city".
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After the government announcement on March 25, more than 70,000 vehicles were ordered in one day in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province.
"More than 10 cities are expected to launch similar limitations on vehicle purchases because of traffic and environmental considerations soon, so panic buying will add at least 500,000 vehicle sales this year," Rao said.
"This points to high growth in China's passenger vehicle market for the whole year," Rao added.
Rao predicted a similar sales number for April. More than 300 new model vehicles will be unveiled at the Beijing auto show, which will likely offset the impact of there being fewer working days this month.
"For the whole year, the association expects an annual increase of 10 percent in China's overall automobile market and 13 percent in the passenger vehicle sector," Rao said.
"Chinese homegrown automakers will be further challenged not only from a continued declining market share, but also shrinking exports to developing countries," Rao said.
Japanese automaker Nissan said this week that sales in China of its premium Infiniti brand grew 2.53 times in the first quarter, to 6,158 units compared with 2,434 in the same period last year.
Sales in China for US automaker General Motors rose to a record in March.
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I needed this after Threshold. Nice Silent of the Lambs feel to it. Though I think throughout I couldn't help but feel that Suder was manipulating Tuvok to the level that Lector does. Maybe it's just the calm or the way the part is played. It seems like Suder knows what he's doing letting Tuvok meld, and is trying to make it worse.
I really enjoyeed Tuvok's obsession and his inability to process humanity's (betazoid in this case) implusive violent tendencies before the meld too. His complete lack of understanding and that response could be said to be quite emotional. His losing it with Neelix was fantastic too. Shame it was on the holodeck.
Also, Tuvok has an office, I love these little shots of proper
What was that whole thing with Paris in the B-Story? After coming to a big realisation of himself post-Threshold he's gone off the deep end. Doesn't ring right, or it needed some better explanation. Hopefully that's coming.
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Aug 2 2014
An interview with Jannine Timms
The first of an occasional series of interviews by Helen Appleton.
When Jannine Timms signed up for the newsletter in January, she was hoping to win the £600 worth of training. She thought it was a bit odd that she hadn't received an email back. It meant she couldn't confirm. "I wonder if it's gone into my junk mail?" she thought. What a good job she checked!
Are you a professional or an amateur photographer?
I've been a professional photographer for two and a half years now. Before that, I classed myself as a "Happy Snapper" but nice comments about pictures of my little boy gave me the confidence to do some of my friends' children too. They were very happy with them but I felt by then that I wanted to improve. I progressed from a compact to a 450D and began doing some of my own research too. I was determined to teach myself. That was the start of it really.
Which courses have you done with Andrew Appleton this year?
I have actually done four workshops and a portfolio builder day. I realised that I was getting a lot out of the sessions so I didn't mind topping up the original prize value. Andrew trains us personally in small groups, the models are experienced and the venues are all great. I did the four full-day courses over a five month period in total, February to June.
Which workshop did you do first?
The Portrait Workshop in February. I didn't have a problem with soft skills but then Zara Watson made connecting and directing so easy anyway. She's amazing! Andrew explained that the other major aim of the day was to gain a greater understanding of how to shape a face with light and to choose the right angle for the subject. I was really proud of the images I took that day. I had been on workshops with other trainers where some of the things went over my head and I was a bit disappointed that I hadn't learnt more about the technical aspect of what we were doing. Andrew's workshops are different and I came away with a real understanding of the process that day. I like to think that the portraits and headshots I have taken since then are proof of this.
How did you feel about the Portfolio Builder Day?
It was at Pipewell Hall and everything about the day was perfect – the grounds, the lighting, the models – everything. We got to shoot the four models (Zara Watson, Fiona York, Amber Tutton and Artemis) in very different locations inside and out and I got some lovely images for my port. It also gave me a chance to put into practice some of the things I had learnt on the Portrait Workshop. I really enjoyed the day and got a lot out of it.
So, what did you try next?
I booked on the Mastering Speedlights Workshop in April. We were taught how to use them with ambient light, exposing the model correctly. What I like about Andrew's training is that you never walk away thinking "What?" He explains a concept well and seems to know when you don't quite get something so he goes back over it. Really valuable. I booked on the Creative Speedlights Workshop as a result.
Where did you go from there?
I did the Boudoir Workshop at Saracen House. It reinforced all the technical skills I learnt on previous sessions with Andrew but aspects of posing, expression and styling were taught, as well as the soft skills. I think being female, friendly and approachable helps. In my business, I shoot ladies who are size 8-18 and can empathise with how women feel about their bodies and how they want to look. They can't look fabulous unless you get everything right. Boudoir is definitely part of what I do so the session was very useful.
Which of the sessions did you enjoy the most?
Difficult. The Portfolio Day was amazing and I got loads of really varied images… But no, it's got to be the Boudoir Workshop at Saracen. Gemma Bortolozzo is a superb model and such a lovely person – plus I just loved working with the Arri lighting set-up.
Which workshop was the most beneficial for you as a professional photographer?
It has to be Speedlights. My technical understanding is so much better now, thanks to the variety of things I learnt in the sessions with Andrew. Yes, from both professional and a creative perspectives, the Speedlights courses have definitely helped me to grow the most.


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COLLECTS OVER 11,000 WEAPONS SINCE 1994, LEAVING PITTSBURGH AS ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN THE RUSTBELT/MIDWEST OF THE USA Background IFC Worcester GOODS FOR GUNS • Sponsored an annual gun buyback program for greater Central Massachuse>s region for 11 consecu9ve years (2002-‐2012) • Goals of this program – 1) Remove unwanted improperly stored guns from homes – 2) Educate the community about the increased risk of gun-‐related injuries in the home and the importance of safe gun storage – 3) Iden9fy individuals possessing improperly stored guns at home and provide them with safety informa9on and alterna9ves Background IFC Worcester GOODS FOR GUNS • Event is held at the Worcester Police and DPH headquarters • Two Saturdays in December • Adver9sements done via – Local newspaper – Radio – Television – SOCIAL MEDIA Background IFC Worcester GOODS FOR GUNS • Yearly funding – IFC-‐W/ UMASS MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM-‐ $5K – Corporate-‐ approximately $5-‐10K – Smaller dona9ons • Department of Surgery • Department of Pediatrics • Department of Emergency Medicine • Individuals • All par9cipants receive immunity and anonymity G4G 2011 Setup IFC Worcester GOODS FOR GUNS • Par9cipants enter the COLLECTION sta9on – Concealed and carry laws suspended by DA to allow for transport of weapons with impunity – Police officers inspect and take the guns – Proceed to the lobby and receive a voucher for each gun • Rifle = $25 • Pistol or Revolver = $50 • Automa9c or Semiautoma9c = $75 – Invited to complete an anonymous survey – Those with remaining guns receive counseling about gun storage and free gun locks Surveys IFC Worcester GOODS FOR GUNS • 17 ques9on survey • Over 2002-‐2009 – 534 total survey par9cipants – 68% learned about the program from the newspaper – 85% survey par9cipa9on rate Results IFC Worcester GOODS FOR GUNS • 2/3 returned their gun for safety reasons – Most commonly ci9ng children in the home – Others were afraid of the gun or had a previous bad experience with a gun – 20% of par9cipants knew someone injured or killed by a firearm • 10% reported wan9ng gi8 cer9ficates Results IFC Worcester GOODS FOR GUNS • 54% admi>ed to having addi9onal firearms at home • Of those with addi9onal firearms – 12% kept the gun loaded – 7% kept the gun unlocked • 36% of homes had children under 14 living there or visi9ng at least weekly Results IFC Worcester GOODS FOR GUNS • Individuals iden9fied with remaining firearms received – Focused discussion about the importance of gun safety – Gun safety educa9onal materials – Gun locks for any unlocked guns at home (OVER 1000 DISTRIBUTED) Results IFC Worcester GOODS FOR GUNS Incidence of Penetrating Trauma by MA City per 1,000 population January - October 2012 Patient's City of Residence Population Estimate € Jan - Oct 2012* Incidence/1,000 pop. Boston 617,594 355 0.57 Brockton 93,810 65 0.69 Fall River 88,857 39 0.44 Lawrence 76,377 51 0.67 Lowell 106,519 43 0.40 Lynn 90,329 28 0.31 New Bedford 95,072 41 0.43 Springfield 153,060 177 1.16 Worcester 181,045 55 0.30 € Source: US Census 2010 * Source: Weapon Related Injury Surveillance System, Injury Surveillance Program, Bureau of Health Information, Statistics, Research, and Evaluation, MA Dept. of Public Health Future Projects IFC Worcester GOODS FOR GUNS • An art project is in development using the metal from the guns collected Guns for Art History " ArVsts of a Different Caliber." 1997. Hewle\ Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University. Pi\sburgh. 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