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Cleanse Our Eyes! A Call to Consecration in the Area of EntertainmentFiled under The Kingdom of God on October 19th, 2009 by Bryan Anthony
"I have made a covenant with my eyes;
How then could I gaze at a virgin?
…. for that would be a fire that consumes….
and it would burn to the root all my increase." -Job 31.1, 12
I understand that many would brand my faith antique and my convictions archaic for approaching this subject, but that is a minuscule risk for me to take. God is too glorious, His Gospel too precious, and the fate of our sons and daughters too much at stake for me to worry about the consequences that these themes bring. I am convinced that we have woefully underestimated the damage that is done to the world and to the Church, particularly with regard to the issue of so-called entertainment.
The Church is largely bored with the Scriptures, unwilling to sacrifice for eternal things, unacquainted with the Spirit of prayer, and is harboring such distorted views of God that it is often difficult to tell if the One she is proclaiming is the same Lord that the apostles and prophets set forth. There may be a litany of reasons for this decrease of majesty, but I believe that one of the greatest of these is that Hollywood has a stranglehold on the hearts and imaginations of God's children.
The pornography epidemic could be driven home here, and to sound the trumpet against that demonic system will require the emergence of a true prophetic voice indeed. Almost 40% of American pastors admit to a current struggle with internet porn, and the numbers are even greater amongst men within our congregations. This is beyond tragic, and we are in need of a massive overhaul of repentance and mercy. Now more than ever are we in need of awakening, and if you are in this category there is deliverance and freedom from this deathtrap. The Gospel of Jesus sets us free "from all sin," and He will give you grace to slam the door once and for all on this terribly besetting sin, when you repent and turn to Him with a whole heart, clinging to the Son of God.
Yet as horrific as the pornography phenomenon is, that is not the primary burden of my heart in this writing.
I am convinced that the Church of America, as a majority, has been removed from, or has never known, the kind of trepidation and tenderness of heart that Job was expressing when he declared, "I have made a covenant with my eyes…."
It was part and parcel with the faith of all the saints of old, that what they allowed to pass through the eye-gate, and what they permitted willingly to go into their ears, would taint their souls at best, and find residence in their lives at the worst. I am suspicious of modern "prophetic" men who commonly cite movies and shows that contain illicit sex, profane lingo and themes, glorified violence, immoral innuendo, or other defiling examples as points in their messages. The only reason these points hit home with so many church members is that they themselves are given over to the same powers and influences.
Our hearts are too taken up with this world, saints, and there has never been a generation wherein the spirit of this age strikes the soul with such color, such special effects, and such mesmerizing power as the one we find ourselves in. Yet we are called to an ultimate holiness nonetheless, and it may be said that one of the distinguishing factors between those who will bear the testimony of Jesus at the end of the age and those who will take the mark of the beast during tribulational times will be this radical consecration of the eyes to God Himself.
In Eph. 5, Paul declares that there should not even be a "hint of immorality" in the lives of God's people. Dear believer, I ask you pointedly, what constitutes a hint? How many of Hollywood's characters, themes and plots can we drink in without receiving a "hint" of darkness?
There is something sleazy about many of our lives, charismatic or not, and while it might not be overtly recognized, I believe there is a residue of immorality resting upon those who have freely given themselves to morally compromised entertainment. There is something flimsy about our religion, and the bright burning of holiness that marked John the Baptist, the prophets of old, and Jesus Himself is conspicuously absent in the sanctuary, where His name is declared "holy" in verbal exercise, but the sense of His holiness has become foreign.
"…. it would burn to the root of all my increase."
While we have boasted in "liberty," and spoken poetically of our spiritual interpretations of Hollywood flicks (interpretations that Hollywood would largely reject and ridicule), we have too often condoned the spiritual pollution of our hearts.
Would the porn epidemic be so far-reaching and deeply-rooted if the Church hadn't dropped the ball in areas of more subtle compromise? We have become arrogant in our boasting. And we wonder why our kids are prayerless and numb to eternal reality, buying into agnosticism and atheism when they graduate high-school and make it to their respective Universities. We wonder why thousands of "evangelical" teens are converting to Islam or diving headlong into the "party" life when they get out from under the wing of a youth group, and into the reality of college life. This may not be the only issue, but it is much more prevalent than we know. It's a battle of ideologies, and hell has no greater method than to slowly dull our hearts to the God of righteousness through cute, subtle, and entertaining displays of hellish ideas. As a friend of mine so rightly wrote:
We have so saturated our minds and imaginations with man-created images that we are bound to those images and therefore subject to the agenda of the men creating them.
It has burned to the root of our "increase" in Christ. It has dulled and blurred the "inner-man" of the Church. We have lost the hunger and thirst for righteousness that Jesus encouraged, for we have given our hearts, minds, and pocketbooks to the broken cisterns of carnal entertainment.
It's staggering to me that when the subject is raised to most believers, the tag of legalism is immediately raised. While there are legalistic souls who lack an understanding of mercy, and who often place heavy yokes upon others, the vehemence and rage of those who dish out accusations that men like myself are "legalistic" is far more widespread, at least in my own experience. I've never heard more warnings against "the religious spirit," "self-righteousness," and "legalism" than I have in the last few years.
In the area of entertainment they say, "Paul said we had liberty in Christ, and we're walking in that freedom." But these modern examples are usually employed in a context that is far different from the situation with the Judaizers in the churches of Galatia. There is not an iota of Scripture that would encourage me to set my eyes, ears and emotions on themes that make light of sin.
The apostles, quite contrary to the liberal ideas of today, addressed issues of righteousness with remarkable frequency and intensity in the New Testament, and I believe they would weep over the Church in our day, that we would be delivered from the murky waters that have tainted and dulled our spirits in the realm of entertainment. Gospel liberty is not license, but rather freedom from the death grip of this dying age. It is a liberty to come into the wonderful reality of communion with the Living God, and to taste of the "powers of the age to come."
This is not about judging our movies based on their ratings. A thousand "PG" movies could be just as detrimental as one "R" movie. Addictions to political news or social networking must also be challenged if they burn up our time and keep us from the place of prayer and worship, diminish our passion for the Scriptures, and fog our awareness of the lostness of humanity. This is about a total consecration of our eyes and hearts unto Him, that we might gaze upon the beauty of the Lord, tremble before His majesty, remain in the loving counsel of His voice, and set Him forth in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation.
Our eyes have been too opened to the lying glimmers of this age. The time is here for an ultimate consecration of the eyes to the Lord, that we would see the increase of Christ Himself in our lives. We haven't got room even for a "hint," friends.
Let us return to Him with weeping and mourning, that so many of us have preferred the fading lights of this age to the glorious light of God Himself. We need not buy into the lie any longer. He longs to pour out mercy upon us, to purify us down to the marrow of our bones, to make us a tender-hearted people, enjoying deep communion with Him, and walking in meekness and holiness unto the day of His return.
Oh God, cleanse and purify our hearts with the fire of Your holiness and love. Catch us up in the Spirit of prayer and the glory of worship, quicken our souls to love the Scriptures, awaken us from fantasy and bring us into eternal reality. For Jesus' sake.
Tags: holiness, Hollywood, John the Baptist, New Testament, pornography, prayer, prophets, purity
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Life Skills Training
We offer life skills training to out-of-school youth in the Weenen area (16-35 years). The training is facilitated by our youth volunteers. A range of topics are covered in the training including goal setting, communication and leadership, volunteerism, healing of the past, savings and budgeting, enrepeneurship, personal development, health relationships, CV writing and job preparation, HIV transmission and prevention, pregnancy, STIs, gender roles, abuse and peer education. The training is over a four week period with sessions four days a week. We believe our life skills training gives these youth the skills they need to reach their full potential and to begin finding meaningful employment.
Community Service
We believe giving the youth a hand up and not a hand out. Many of the youth in the area have no job experience which makes it difficult for them to find work. In order to develop themselves and gain valuable skills, we encourage our youth to volunteer their time to developing their community. Many of our youth volunteer as peer educators through the Stars of Tomorrow program where they visit schools in the area performing dramas and visit community members teaching about sugar daddies, pregnancy, HIV, sexual abuse and alcoholism. Before youth can become an official member of our organization they must volunteer in their community!
Technical Skills
Computer Training
We offer computer trainings at reduced cost to our youth members. The training covers computer basics, Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint and typing. Through our partnership with DLG Communication in Estcourt, we are able to offer our youth SETA certificates at the completion of the course pending their passing of the final exam. Many employers look favorable on computer skills so we are equipping our youth with the necessary tools they need to be ready for the workplace.
Business Training
Small business development is a great way for youth to develop their community and to gain employment. SEDA (Small Enterprise Development Agency) offers small business training with our youth and our staff conduct follow up sessions with the youth to make their dreams a reality for those who want to start businesses.
Job support services
We offer CV assistance, printing and photocopying services free of charge to our members. When applying for jobs, bursaries or further education opportunities, there are many costs including involved. By offering free photocopying and printing we are hoping it lessens the burden of youth hoping to find employment or return to school. We also post job opportunities and bursary information at our centre and encourage youth to apply.
Support Network
We realize the need for the youth to have a strong support system to keep themselves out of trouble and focused on living a positive, healthy lifestyle. Our youth leadership committee holds meetings twice at month at our centre for youth to discuss issues that are important to them, to plan fun events and to find ways to improve the centre. They also play sports outside the centre including football, netball and volleyball. The youth are an integral part to the success of the project.
Addressing HIV/AIDS and pregnancy:
HIV/AIDS and unwanted pregnancy are real issues in our community. In Umtshezi Municipality, 36% of the population is infected with HIV, not to mention countless others who are affected by it as parents die leaving orphans and youth without positive role models, guidance and direction in their lives. In Weenen there are many out-of-school youth who are unemployed, no longer under the support of the education system and vulnerable because of the high HIV rate and high unemployment rate of 70%. Pregnancy is also a major concern in the area as 40% of the youth between 20-24 years have at least one child in our community. We believe our integrated approach which includes life skills, community service, technical skills development and support services reduces the youth's risk to HIV infection and unwanted pregnancy by giving them tangible skills which adds to their development and empowerment and most importantly: hope. Hope for a better life, hope for a better today and hope for a brighter tomorrow.
Proven Success
60 out-of-youth from Weenen area have completed our life skills training in February and June 2012. 20 of our youth have received computer training. 20 of our youth completed the SEDA small business start up training in November 2011. More than 600 community members in Weenen were reached through the peer education sugar daddy campaign in March and April. 1,800 learners at 20 of the schools in the Weenen area were reached from September to November 2012 in our campaign with the SAPS where the youth performed dramas to educate learners about abuse, pregnancy and HIV.
Where we work
Weenen is a small rural town located about 35km from Estcourt in Umtshezi Municipality, Uthukela District of KwaZulu Natal. There are 15 rural areas surrounding Weenen, most of which do not have electricity or running water. The HIV rate in the municipality is 36% and the unemployment rate is 70%. Those living in the rural areas are often forgotten by the municipality and often lack easy access to basic health services and information because of transport issues and poverty. Many people in the community survive off government grants and pensions but are not employed themselves. The youth in the area working on this project are from Ezitendeni, a location 7km from Weenen which started as an emergency camp during Apartheid where Zulus were relocated. Today the community has grown to over 8,000 people but HIV, unemployment, high birth rate, alcoholism, abuse and a lack of hope and opportunity frequently plague those living here.
Home to approximately 200,000 members of the Zulu people, Msinga suffers from an unemployment rate upwards of 80%, illiteracy levels of over two thirds of the population and the vast majority of homes lack running water or electricity. Fourteen thousand of the district's 80,000 children are unable to attend the district's schools, many of which themselves have no water or electricity, let alone sufficient or properly qualified teachers. Compounding the district's struggles is the omnipresent specter of the AIDS epidemic. Msinga rivals the highest rate of HIV rates of any region in the world. Nearly 40% of the population is estimated to be HIV positive, many of whom are co-infected with tuberculosis, including various drug resistant strains of the disease which are accompanied by excessively high mortality rates. Measured by per capita income and employment statistics, Msinga is the second most disadvantaged community in all of South Africa.
Thank you to our partners: Department of Social Development, SAPS, Department of Health, Umtshezi Municipality, More Magic Computers, Macksons, DLG Communications, Siyanakekela Community Care Centre, Expanded Public Works, Meals on Wheels, SEDA, Isibili Projects, Sam-Lyn Training Centre, U.S. Peace Corps.

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Meet Our Team & Guest Choreographers
Fritz Schulte
Annette Schulte
Our teachers are highly trained professionals, excellent role models for children, and dedicated to teach in a friendly and caring manner while emphasizing teamwork!
Teaching Faculty
Nina Jessica Schulte
Artistic Director
Nina Schulte has been in the dance industry for over 20 years. She is an accomplished dancer, teacher & choreographer, who instills discipline and dedication into her students. Her innovative choreography has been recognized on the competition circuit, winning numerous choreography awards as well as National titles along the East Coast. Nina is a well sought after judge for many talent competitions, and also teaches master classes and choreographs for the most prestigious studios all over the United States.
Nina's own accomplishments include several nationally titled top soloist awards, scholarships to study dance in LA and NYC, representation by Clear Talent Agency in LA, as well as the Harlequin Dance Scholarship. She has been a featured dancer in the Showstopper and Superstar Championship televised shows for numerous years, and was featured on the 2004-2005 Showstopper poster.
Nina has studied under the most notable names in the dance industry, as well as the Miami City Ballet. She continues to further her dance training through travels to NYC and LA, taking classes from award winning nationally known teachers and choreographers.
Her own personal award comes from being able to share her love for dance with her students, and see them strive to be the best they can be.
Anna Silvers Bartholomew
Recreational Program Director
Anna Silvers Bartholomew has been dancing professionally for over ten years. As a performer in New York City, Anna studied under some of the most prestigious choreographers in the industry. She's appeared in regional shows, choreographed theatrical productions and appeared in music videos. In addition, she's taught at national conventions, judged major talent competitions and is highly sought to teach and judge at national engagements. Anna's former students are currently enrolled in Julliard, dancing on cruise ships, and performing at Disney World. She continues her training through studying with elite choreographers, attending workshops, and frequently traveling back to NYC. Anna genuinely believes that all students can learn through the art of dance. Although not all students will be professional dancers, all dancers can appreciate the art and take life lessons from class. Anna is most proud of her family, whom brought her to the Charlotte area – her husband, Brad & her sons, Brayden and Landen.
Kristen Erwin
Kristen Erwin is an all around performer and dance instructor with sixteen years of teaching experience. Her personal dance experience started at age six and consists of various styles of dance such as ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, modern, hip hop, and African. As a child, Kristen danced at the competitive level and was also a part of the Chamber Ballet Company. She has won numerous awards and scholarships from conventions such as LA Dance Force. Some influences in her life are Tina Caspary, Dee Caspary, John Crutchman, Debbie Roberts, Alan Sherfield, Stepp Stewart, Tony Gonzalez, and Ray Leeper. Her experience in competing and performing gives her a competitive spirit.
Kristen graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a BA degree in Fine Arts. She was a member of the UNCC dance team for four years; during which she enjoyed traveling and performing with the team. This gave Kristen the opportunity to compete in the National Dance Association Competition (NDA), where UNCC took first place on a national level.
Although Kristen enjoys performing, teaching children to dance is where her passion lies. With a full time career in accounting, she still makes time to fulfill her passion as a dance instructor. She has choreographed many group and solo pieces that have placed in the top ten on the regional and national levels. In addition to teaching, Kristen loves to judge auditions and dance competitions, choreograph for pageant participants, and continue perfecting her own technical skills through formal instruction. Her quote to young dancers comes from Martha Graham, "Great dancers are not great because of their technique. They are great because of their passion."
Lisa DePalo
Lisa DePalo began her dance training at the Adams School of Dance at the age of 3. She made her professional debut at 6 with the Footpath Dance Company. Since that time she has been awarded merit scholarships and has been accepted and studied at the Hartford Ballet School, Nutmeg Conservatory, School of American Ballet, Boston Ballet School, the Rock School, Richmond Ballet, Vermont Chamber Ballet, and the Washington Ballet.
She holds 2 regional ballet titles and was crowned the 2003 National Senior Miss winner of Dance Educators of America with her solo from Pas Classique. Lisa has received numerous awards in competition including 41 first place wins, high score awards, judges choice awards and won the National Platinum competition in NYC.
She performed the role of "Clara" in the Vermont Chamber Ballet's production of the Nutcracker at the age of 10, and has danced the major Nutcracker roles, most noted for her portrayal of the "Sugar Plum Fairy". In 2004, she was asked to be a guest artist in the Fort Wayne Ballet's production of the Nutcracker as the "Sugar Plum Fairy". Other roles include White Swan pas de deux and Black Swan variation in Swan Lake, wedding pas de deux in Don Quioxte, Odalisques pas de trios and act 2 pas de deux in Le Corsaire, soloist in Paquita, pas de deux and waltz variation in Les Sylphides, demi soloist in La Bayadere, fairy variations in Sleeping Beauty and corps de ballet in Flower Flestival.
Lisa was an instructor at the Adams School of Dance for 12 years teaching ballet, pointe, jazz, tap and choreographing for the Nutcracker and annual recitals. In addition, she has produced many award winning pieces for the Adams School of Dance Competition team.
She now lives in Charlotte with her husband, Nick and is very excited about teaching at Carolina Dance Capital and share her wealth of knowledge with the students!
Brittany Hoffman
Brittany started dancing at the age three in Arizona, and began competing in tap, jazz and ballet when she was six years old. She attended National dance competitions and conventions in California and Nevada. She was able to train with several of the top teachers in the industry including, Rhonda Miller, Gregg Russell, Mandy Moore, and Al Gilbert. At age 11, she was able to perform on stage with Gregory Hines.
Brittany continued her training with other industry leaders, like Dee Caspary and Mike Minery, at conventions such as NUVO, JUMP and West Coast Dance Explosion. Brittany started teaching dance classes at age 16, with a focus on tap, but also teaching jazz, ballet, hip hop, tumbling and musical theater. She has choreographed national winning routines. Along with training several dancers that have made dance teams at division one universities.
Brittany moved to North Carolina after taking a job with FOX 46, as their new morning weekend producer. She is excited to continue teaching dance, and sharing her love of dance with her students at Carolina Dance Capital.
Lisa Snyder
Gymnastics, Cheer & Dance
Lisa Snyder is originally from Saratoga Springs, NY where she competed up to level 7 with what is now known as World Class Gymnastics. She was trained by three separate Junior Olympic Coaches of the Year, a NCAA coach of the year, the director of New York State Gymnastics, former national team members and numerous USA Gymnastics and NCAA National Champions and All-Americans. These coaches are what helped shape the profound understanding of gymnastics and is what led her to win state titles on both floor and vault, never placing lower than third on all four events her entire gymnastics career. As a child, Lisa also had the privilege of working with Suzanne Yoculan, head coach of the 10 time NCAA champion Gymdogs. Upon moving to Charlotte, she trained at International Sports Center as a level 7 gymnast before beginning Allstar cheerleading.
Lisa cheered at Charlotte Allstar Cheerleading for six years on the level 5 junior and senior teams. Once she graduated from high school, she became a coach for the organization. She coached levels 1-4 at CAC for 7 year. Because of her knowledgeable gymnastics background, Lisa taught beginner and intermediate gymnastics classes in all four events at International Sports Center, coaching many athletes to team. She also taught the cheer/tumble class and trampoline team for ISC. While coaching at CAC, Lisa worked for CHEERSPORT as well. She was a Head Instructor for summer camps, specializing in choreography for High School and Allstars. During the school year, she traveled around the country judging for them as a safety judge. Lisa also cheered on the Small Coed Cheerleading team at UNCC and was an All-American.
After graduating from UNCC with a BS in Kinesiology she cheered for the Charlotte Bobcats on the Rally Cats coed team.
Lisa currently works with the Marvin Ridge High School Varsity Cheerleading team and the East Mecklenburg High School Varsity Cheerleading team doing personal coaching and choreography. She was the head cheerleading coach at Ardrey Kell High School for 2 years placing 2ndin 2011 and 1st in 2010 at the NCHSAA State Championship in Raleigh, NC. Over the past 5 years Lisa has coached teams to 4 State titles. She has also worked with area schools such as Providence High School, Weddington High School, East Mecklenburg High School, Marvin Ridge Middle, and Holy Trinity Middle School. She has won numerous choreography awards for both High School and Allstars as well.
While cheering, Lisa won 32 National titles by participating in stunt group competitions, team competitions and individual competitions. She currently holds certifications from USASF in coaching Allstar levels 1-6 and Safety Judge Certifications for the 2012-2013 Competition Season for levels 1-6. Lisa has judged both cheerleading and dance for CHEERSPORT, Athletic Championships, WSF, Spirit Sports, Spirit Solutions, Universal Cheerleading Association and Cheer Ltd for over 8 years.
Diana Campbell
Diana, a native from San Juan, Puerto Rico, started her dance journey at the tender age of 6. At age 18 Diana moved to NYC for a Bachelor Degree in Liberal Arts, with a major in dance at CCNY. She studied with top dance instructors like Betsy Haug, Frank Hatchett, JoJo and Phil Black. In addition she studied at Ballet Arts, Broadway Dance Center, Steps, New Dance Group, Alvin Ailey , Ballet Hispanico, among many others. She has over 25 years in the entertainment industry as a lead dancer, adage partner, dance captain, company manager and as an assistant to chorography and production for several Production Shows.
Diana started her professional career as one of the Rainbow Dancers at the NYC Apollo Theater. She has worked in Atlantic City, Las Vegas, on Cruise Lines, Lake Tahoe and the Bahamas. Diana has worked with and alongside entertainers like Merv Griffin, Eva Gabor, Charo, Chita Rivera, Susan Summers, Debbie Reynolds, Tommy Tune, Bob Hope, Latoya Jackson, Donald O'Conner, and many more. She has worked under some of the top chorographers and Producers: Prince Production/ Betsy Haug, Rabco Enterprise/Roger Minami, Bill Thomas, Face Production/Gina Capecci, Miller Reich Productions/ George Reich, Joan Palethorpe, Hardrive Productions/Pamela Bolling. She has been featured in many commercials, ads and TV shows.
Diana has taught children of all levels and professionals throughout the years in Atlantic City NJ, Bahamas and Charlotte. She enjoys teaching children the art of dance and sharing her experience with high energy and enthusiasm.
Diana is married to Douglas Campbell, who was also a professional dancer and met him in Atlantic City while performing together. Diana and Douglas moved to his native city of Charlotte and have 3 wonderful children, Harrison, Isabel, and Sofia.
Their daughters Isabel and Sofia currently dance at Carolina Dance Capital and are part of the Competition Company. Diana continues living her dream through teaching and watching her children grow and become the best they can be in their life through the magnificent art of DANCE. Her vision is to inspire everyone to be creative and passionate about what they do, and ensure that all of her students feel joy while dancing and improving their social skills and self-confidence at the same time.
She absolutely adores all of the students she works with, as well as all the wonderful teachers at Carolina Dance Capital.
Leslie Cossor
Leslie Cossor is a native Charlottean and has been an active member of the arts world since the age of 2. Her passion for movement only deepened with time, leading to degrees from University of North Carolina School of the Arts and University of North Carolina at Charlotte in Dance and Theater.
Her dance background in ballet, tap, modern and jazz has been enriched by her movement studies in Pilates, Yoga, Alexander Technique, Barenieff, Feldenkrais and Laban. She has also studied circus arts with Dikki Ellis, a founder of Big Apple Circus.
Leslie has worked and performed locally, regionally and in New York City. She has also worked as a performer with Cirque du Soleil's Quidam, and has won several scholarships and is a two time winner for Excellence in Acting at the off-Broadway Grassroots Festival. She is a member of the Clown Care Unit and works teaching movement to handicap children.
What free time she has she spends with her loving family, husband Tim, son Gavin and sweet shih tzus Evie and Mara. Leslie truly believes movement is a language of its own, and hopes to help keep the many art forms related to it alive for future generations.
Dale Lam
Dale Lam – IN HOUSE MASTER TEACHER AT Carolina Dance Capital
Dale has developed a very exciting teaching and choreography style combining traditional jazz, ballet, ethnic, street, modern and natural movement. Her high-energy classes and choreography incorporate theatrical elements to teach the importance of emotion in dance and stage presence.
In addition to being artistic director for Columbia City Jazz School in Columbia, SC, Dale is a member of the dance faculty at the University of South Carolina and is an in-demand jazz choreographer and master instructor. She has set choreography and taught at studios all across the United States. She has conducted master classes at the Kiradjiev Cultural Center in Plovdiv, Bulgaria during the summer of 1999, the American School in Singapore and for the Singapore Dance Association at Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore, and was the head of the jazz department at the Summer Dance Experience in Myrtle Beach for two seasons. In addition, she has judged a number of dance competitions, including Nationals in Las Vegas.
Dale received extensive dance training with Frank Hatchett, Mia Michaels, Desiree Robbins, Robin Dunn, Ed Kresley and Joe Tremaine, and has a BA in Theatre and Speech from the University of South Carolina. She also received acting training from Jim Baffico of Carnegie-Melon and training in piano, cello and voice.
She has performed for the King of Norway during an overseas tour of "Godspell" and was a principal singer and dancer in "Hooray for Hollywood" at Carowinds. She was also Dance Captain for the Southeastern Theatre Conference Summer Repertory in Fairfield, Tenn., and lead vocalist and dancer in a Department of Defense Mediterranean tour. She has choreographed for the Budweiser Dancers and has appeared in more than thirty live theater productions and trade shows for companies such as Blue Cross/Blue Shield.
"There's so much more to being a great dancer than just "learning the steps". There's also an emotional element that must be taken into consideration if you wish to give an outstanding performance".
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Guest Teachers/Choreographers
*Caroline Lewis*
Caroline, who is originally from South Carolina, currently resides in New York City. She is a professional dancer, personal trainer, and full-time student at Hunter College. Her dance credits include Britney Spears video "Me Against the Music," the VMA's with NSYNC, Total Britney Live on MTV, the Latin Billboard Awards, a WNBA National Commercial and many others. She currently dances with Notario Dance Company directed by Brook Notary, but has also worked with companies under the direction of Mia Michaels, Dee Caspary, Rhapsody James, and Jason Parsons. Caroline traveled to Seoul, Korea in 2001 to perform with Poz Dance Theatre. She hopes to be performing on Broadway one day soon, but looks forward to opening her own danced studio in the future. She would like to thank her family, friends, mentors and loved ones for their endless support and understanding of her passion for dance!
*Mandy Moore*
Mandy has appeared on numerous television shows including: "Weird Al Comin' Home" for Disney and "The Ned and Stacey Show" for Fox. She can be seen in the movie, "A Time For Dancing", choreographed by Marguarite Derricks and in commercials and industrial films for Nike, Chrysler, Epson, Nexus and Joe Boxer. She performed live with pop diva Kristine W and was featured in the Disney production of "Mulan" at the infamous Hollywood Bowl. She has been a dance coach to U.S. Olympic gymnast Chris Waller and choreographs and teaches nationally for many private studios, Teams, and independent performers. Mandy is the assistant choreographer of "The Shoot" with Dee Caspary and most recently Mandy was the assistant choreographer for the hit show "American Idol"!
*Dee Caspary*
Dee Caspary started his career by appearing in numerous films, videos, and commercials. His video credits include Paula Abdul's Forever Your Girl and Knocked Out. Dee was a three year series regular in Kids Incorporated and was featured in the TV series Hull Street High. His films include Newsies where he played the role of Snitch, and Mac & Me. Dee was a dancer for the world summer tour with The New Kids On the Block and Tiffany. Dee is currently teaching at Edge Performing Arts Center in LA. Traveling all over the country, Dee has introduced his work, with the premier of his own company "IV Dance Company" in LA.
*Mark Meismer*
Mark Meismer grew up in Orange County, California where he trained for four years at the Orange County High School of the Arts. Mark has been dancing professionally for fourteen years. Mark has danced and worked with artists such as Celine Dion, Britney Spears, Ricky Martin, Madonna, Paula Abdul and toured with Reba McEntire from 2000 to 2002. Some of his TV credits include; "Scrubs", "Will and Grace", "The George Lopez Show", "Home Improvement", "Mad About You", "The Hughleys", "The MTV Video Music Awards", "The American Music Awards" and "The VH1 Vogue Fashion Awards" "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno and the Rosie O'Donnell show. Some of Marks film credits include; "Jackass 2″, "Austin Powers 2", "Austin Powers 3 Goldmember", "Starsky and Hutch", "Gigli" "North"and "A Time For Dancing".He has danced in commercials for Dr. Pepper, Reebok, Pepsi, Toyota and Frito Lay.
Mark is also an original member of Mia Michaels dance company "RAW" based out of New York City. He was the assistant choreographer to Mia on Celine Dion's show "A New Day" in Las Vegas and assisted Mia on the FOX TV reality show "So U Think U Can Dance". Mark was a faculty member of LA Dance Magic for 9 years and currently teaches master classes and workshops across the country. Mark has choreographed for the TV shows "Dancing With The Stars", "Scrubs" and "The George Lopez" show. Mark also added the title of Artistic Director to his resume when he started his own Dance Company: "Evolution".
Mark has had a very diverse career in concert dance and commercial dance, however his biggest accomplishment and proudest achievement is being a dad to his beautiful daughter Ryan.
*Jocelyn Dowling*
Joey has been performing, choreographing and teaching in NYC for the past 10 years. She was on Mariah Carey's "Butterfly" World Tour, the MTV Video Music Awards w/ JLo, the VH1 Vogue Fashion Awards w/ Macy Grey, The Victoria Secret Fashion Show, "Sex & the City", "Guiding Light", "CHICAGO the Movie", and "The Producers" (movie). She played Vibrata in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", was a Rockette at Radio City Music Hall, a featured dancer in "The Mambo Kings", was on Broadway in "Dance of The Vampires" and recently in "Sweet Charity" playing Elaine. Currently she is the ass't choreographer for Off Broadway's "In The Heights". As she performs, she continues to choreograph and teach at BDC in NYC. Her versatility in all styles of dance is what inspires young dancers whom she teaches the importance of "Having it All!"
*Sam and JC Renzetti*
Sam Renzetti established Xtreme, a long awaited-goal and dream of his, in the fall of 2002. Renzetti has danced and worked with many top dancers / choreographers in the Hip Hop industry. Since age eight Renzetti has been involved in every form of dance. By age fifteen he found his niche in Hip Hop Dancing. Teaching and choreographing in the Chicagoland area for twelve years now, Renzetti hopes to bring a higher level of Hip Hop knowledge and experience to all of his students and current Xtreme members
JC Renzetti has been dancing since age seven. He has been performing and competing for almost fourteen years. Though JC is trained in all forms of dance his niche is Hip Hop dancing. With his explosive performance style and amazing talent to entertain audiences, JC has made a name for himself with all audiences. JC has the ability to draw all eyes to him when he is on stage. His credits are too many to list. His teaching career began at age fifteen. Since then he has choreographed and taught Hip Hop dance all over the Chicagoland area.
JC has also started his own Production/Entertainment Company called The Shizz Inc. His company will begin to bring in Top recording celebrity acts to Chicago for concerts in the near future. JCs recent choreographed work has won overalls at major dance competitions. Catch JC on the new Fox Series Dance Show, So You Think You Can D*
*Mark Goodman*
Hoofer, choreographer and master teacher Mark Goodman is the artistic director of the Mark Goodman Tap Company, an LA-based dance company that fuses New York swing-style tap with world rhythms and other dance forms to break new ground in tap dance performance.
Mark began tap dancing at the University of New Hampshire under Gay Nardone. After receiving his Bachelor's degree in Theater Arts, he moved to New York where he joined the American Tap Dance Orchestra (ATDO), training with Brenda Bufalino. Mark went on to work with Gregory Hines, Savion Glover, Charles "Honi" Coles and Buster Brown. He proudly acknowledges that his dance style has been greatly influenced by these greats and by the great movie hoofers.
Mark's innovative choreography fuses powerful dancing, percussion, storylines, original music and rhythms. His sense of humor and belief that dance and performance need to be fun — for both dancer and audience — also influence his work. You can expect Mark to joke lightly while his feet fly, and you can expect the unexpected when he pulls out the props — anything from stairs to chairs to jump ropes.
While in New York, Mark was on staff at the Broadway Dance Center and Steps. He performed with various dance troupes and as a soloist nationally and internationally in such venues as: Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Joyce Theatre (with ATDO), "Savion Glover and Friends at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park." Goodman's stage credits include Andy Lee in the European tour of "42nd Street," the Lead Man in "Sophisticated Ladies," "Anything Goes" with Melba Moore and "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". He also has held lead roles in "No No Nanette," "Sugar Babies" and "Over Here." His dramatic credits include "Mother Courage and Her Children" under Pulitzer-prize-winning director Tony Kushner, and "Death of a Salesman."
Following a move to California in 1996, Mark joined the faculty at The Performing Arts Center in Van Nuys. He is currently on staff for SHOCK and travels to 30-35 different U.S. cities throughout the year. His stage extravaganza, "Mark Goodman Tap Company Presents World Tap", made its debut in June 2001 at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood. He recently founded The Mark Goodman Dance Company. He has brought his innovative style to many countries, including Switzerland, Finland, Australia, New Zealand and Guatemala to name but a few.
In 2003, Mark completed work on the feature film "Polar Express" working with Tom Hanks and Director Robert Zemeckis. He is now in the process of developing 2 new shows: "Q" an adaptation of Cervantes' Don Quixote, and an original new show, using the music of Seal ("Seal with a Kiss"), scheduled to make its debut in Spring of 2005.
*Jason Janas*
Jason originally hails from the northern New Jersey area, and more recently from Charlotte, NC.
His dance education is highlighted with training and performing with Tapestry Dance Company and by his tenure as a charter member of the New Jersey Tap Ensemble, where Jason began his rhythm tap career under the direction of Ms. Deborah Mitchell. Jason continues to teach and choreograph from coast-to-coast while he continues to grow as a multiform rhythm tap dancer.
Jason is also the Artistic Director of the Hoofin' Ground Tap Festival in Charlotte, NC and recently performed in Derick Grant's Chicago production of Imagine Tap.
*Billy Larson*
Billy Larson, from Philadelphia, PA, brings a vast array of performing, teaching, and choreographic experience rangin from contemporary jazz to rhythm tap. Most recently, Billy danced the lead role in Mia Michaels' "3 Steps From Heaven" staged for ASH Contemporary Dance Company, where Billy performed as principal male dancer for 4 years. He traveled throughout North America as Funky in Dein Perry's critically acclaimed TAP DOGS and was a dance champion on CBS's Star Search. Other company work includes principal roles with the late Mark Marino's American Dance Company where Billy performed throughout Italy, Austria, Hungary and Yugoslavia. Some other credits include the 2002 Winter Olympics opening and closing ceremonies in Salt Lake City, Carnival Choreographer's Ball NYC, The Elan Awards, Broadway Dance Center's Performance Outlets, and Dancers Responding to AIDS benefit performances. Broadening his career as a choreographer, Billy recently formed Truth In Progress, a contemporary dance company based out of the Philadelphia/NYC area.
*Merissa Gassel*
Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Merissa has trained, competed, and choreographed all over the United States winning numerous awards and gaining recognition. At the age of 14 she began touring with a national convention circuit assisting Dee Caspary for 3 consecutive years. Having since moved to Los Angeles to pursue a dance career, Merissa is now represented by DDO dance agency and continues her training at the EDGE PAC and the Millennium. She has been a dancer in Dee Caspary's IV dance company for 5 years and has performed in "A Time No More", "The Glass Case", "The Best of the Broadway Dance Center" and the Elan Awards in NYC. Merissa has most recently shot a commercial for "Champion" stores that will air in France this coming year. She currently performs with a dance group "The Eddies" at The Edison Downtown in downtown Los Angeles and just finished choreographing for "Velvet Haze", a burlesque group, premiering this Summer. Although Merissa spends most of her time dancing, she finding teaching just as fulfilling. She toured as a faculty member of Starsystems "SHOCK" convention in 2005-2006. Merissa loves motivating, inspiring, and connecting with her students.
*Justin Giles*
Justin began his career training at the Southern Strutt. He was a winner on Start Search as well as Destination Stardom in Hawaii. Justin has worked for such companies as Reebok and Fox TV. In 2001 he traveled to Korea where he worked with Poz dance Theatre and performed along side their company in Seoul. He has introduced his work in SoulEscape his own company. His award winning choreography can be seen in dance studios and professional companies nationwide and abroad. He is also currently a staff member on NuVO!
*Terry Schulke*
Terry is the owner of "Just Plain Dancin' & Co." in Riverside, California. Her studio has been featured in Dance Spirit Magazine as one of the top rated dance studios in the nation. She is an award winning choreographer in Tap, Jazz, Lyrical and Modern Dance in California, New Jersey, New York and San Francisco. She has also been given the honor of "Choreographer of the Year" several times at many National Competitions. She has choreographed videos for companies such as Bournes and Budweiser, as well as choreographing for Star Search, three award winning high school dance teams, and the UCLA Dance Team. Her studio has performed theater productions such as Sleeping Beauty, Evita, Chorus Line and the Wizard of Oz. Her works have been performed at Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm and Universal Studios. Many of her students have done commercials, music videos, TV movies, as well as major motion pictures including "North" and "Coneheads – the Movie".
For the past 20 years, Terry has taught hundreds of dancers the values of technique, the importance of performance, style and creativity. Terry's studio is an all around performance studio specializing in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical and Modern dance. Terry judges at numerous competitions and currently is a lecturer and master teacher for many conventions. Her workshops include teaching skills, technique, Art of Dance, and choreography. She is the co-director of "L.A. meets N.Y." in New York.
As an author, Terry's works include "Dear Mom & Dad", and "Exit Wounds", which have been awarded Top Choreography awards at National Dance Competitions. She is also the master teacher for the video, "Turns, Leaps and Tricks", produced by Mad Degrees Productions.
Terry's personal life includes being the mother of two daughters, married for over 30 years, and is a 11 year Breast Cancer survivor.
*Kevin Inouye a.k.a. TOKYO*
Entering his way into dance through the competition scene, Tokyo has been fortunate to receive many regional and national awards including several national titles. Taking the step from a competitor to a professional status has been an exciting adventure for him. Tokyo has done several musical theater tours, many industrials and guest appearances internationally. Although Tokyo admits he loves the stage, his true passion lies in teaching and choreography. His positive, high energy in the classroom has been the major reasons for his success as a teacher and choreographer. Tokyo has taught master classes and choreography nationally and internationally for many studios, high schools, colleges, companies, artists and clubs. Recently, Tokyo has been offered to choreograph for several recording artists in Germany, Russia, Cuba and France. Another recent notable recognition, Tokyo set a senior piece at the prestigious Juilliard School, his Lyrical/modern/contemporary piece performed in May 2006 at Juilliard's Centennial Senior Showcase. Tokyo recently accepted the position as Co-Director with a national dance competition (Hall Of Fame Dance Challenge). He is extremely enthusiastic about sharing the love, passion and education of life through the art of dance!
* Stacey Calvert*
was born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina, and began her ballet training at the Calvert-Brodie School of Dance, studying with her mother and godmother. In 1980, Ms. Calvert entered the School of American Ballet, the official school of the New York City Ballet (NYCB), remaining there for three years. She joined New York City Ballet's corp de ballet in 1983. In 1992, Ms. Calvert joined William Forsythe's Frankfurt Ballet. She returned to New York City Ballet in the winter of 1993 and was promoted to the rank of Soloist in 1994. Since joining the New York City Ballet, she has danced numerous featured roles including George Balanchine's Apollo, Ballo della Regina, The Four Temperaments, The Nutcracker (Hot Chocolate), Stars and Stripes, Symphony in C, Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 2, Western Symphony, and Who Cares?, as well as Jerome Robbins' The Four Seasons (Winter) and Interplay. Additionally, she has been featured in Peter Martins' Ash and Barber Violin Concerto as well as William Forsythe's Herman Schmerman. During the inaugural season of NYCB's Diamond Project in 1992, Ms. Calvert originated a principal role in John Alleyne's Bet Ann's Dance. During the company's 1994 Diamond Project, she originated principal roles in Lynne aylor-Corbett's Chiaroscuro, John Alleyne's The New Blondes, Trey McIntyre's Steel and Rain, and Kevin O'Day's Viola Alone . . . (with One Exception).
For the Diamond Project in 1997, Ms. Calvert originated principal roles in O'Day's Open Strings and Angelin Preljocaj's La Stravaganza. Additionally, she originated principal roles in Mr. O'Day's Huoah, Dvorak Bagatelles and Badchonim. Ms. Calvert has danced in Europe with a touring group and has traveled extensively in the United States and abroad with the New York City Ballet. In the spring of 2006, 2007 and 2008, she presented for the University of South Carolina (USC) Ballet Stars of New York with principal dancers from the New York City Ballet Company including Wendy Whelan, Albert Evans, Nilas Martins, Tom Gold, Nikolaj Hubbe, and Yvonne Borree and the USC Dance Company. The 2006 star-studded evening included Apollo, Agon, and Tarantella, all works by the legendary choreographer George Balanchine. This gala evening has become an annual event for the USC Board of Dance.
*Marinda Davis*
Orginally from Tampa, Florida now residing in New York, Marinda is a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College with a BA in Dance and a minor in musical theatre. Her performing credits range from dancing back up for Sting in Superbowl 2001 as well as with 98º in Pro Bowl 2001, and appearing in regional productions as Frenchy in "Grease", Cathy Hiatt in "The Last 5 Years", Glenda in "The Wizard of Oz", and Judas' Tormentor in "Jesus Christ Superstar." She was one of Dance Spirit Magazine's first Future Star scholarship recipients, and as a performer, held several regional and national titles. She recently starred in a dance on film work choreographed by downtown choreographer Andrea Gise entitled "Cavaleir Eternal" and performed in Broadway Dance Center's Choreography Showcase in a piece by Sheila Barker whom she presently trains with. She now choreographs for R&B recording artist Trumaine Lamar and has worked as an assistant to choreographers Lisa Allain, Kacy Combs, and Ray Leaper. Marinda currently teaches at several studios within the tri-state area, traveling on weekends setting choreography on various studios across the country as well as judging and teaching on the convention/competition circuit. Her choreography continues to be recognized on a regional and national level, bringing home top scores for her students. In 2005 she was named ADFA'S Young Choreographer of the Year, and recently joined the faculty of Starpower's Power Pak.
*Matt Cady*
(born October 17, 1985) formed Fanny Pak while he was teaching at Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio in North Hollywood, CA. Other than teaching at Debbie Reynolds, Matt choreographed the stage show Grease for the 2004 Fringe Festival in Scotland. He also choreographed a music video and a promotional tour for the independent singer Natalise. His dancing credits include Missy Elliott, ABC Family's "The Life of an American Teenager", Jessica Simpson, Finger 11, and Erin Hamilton. Other than Fanny Pak, Matt is also a member of Collide Dance Company and Unity Dance Ensemble.
Before appearing on MTV, Matt and his fellow crew members performed at Choreographer's Carnival, a monthly performance showcase for dancers/choreographers to perform in front of other professional dancers. He is now teaching hip-hop dance at the Edge Performing Arts Center. He is also a faculty member at Triple Threat, Intrigue Dance and at Monsters of Contemporary dance conventions. He is currently represented by DDO Artists Agency.
*Nick Bass*
Nick performed on the Janet Jackson world tour. he has numerous music video credits, appearing in Janet Jackson "All Night", Brittney Spears and Madonna's "Me Against the Music", and beyonce and Usher's "Naughty Girl". He has also worked with prince and other notable artists, and has performed at The Superbowl, The Grammy's, The American Music Awards, and The CMA Awards. Nick has also danced live on such television shows as Saturday Night Live, Good Morning Amarica, and the Jay Leno show. Originally from Nashville, TN, Nick has performed in theme parks, danced in many companies, and currently guest teachers and choreographers around the country.
*Nick Lazzarini*
Nick Lazzarini was the winner of the fox reality show " So You Think You Can Dance." Nick is on faculty for "Jump" a ground breaking convention that tours the country teaching workshops to students to enhace their dancing skills.
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I can, and I will. I just need some time.
I'm as patient as they come. You may take your time, but any time this year would be nice.
Really need to NOT open MTF 5 minutes after closing it.
I have that problem, too. Even if I'm not posting, I'm usually reading MTF. I need to lock it sometimes and get down to a solid hour's work.
Are you about to get together with someone?
Who is it? What is she like? Tell meeeee.
Whoa. Whoa. You're so eager to know, aren't you?
Why don't you think you'll be as active here next year?
Next year's exams will be much tougher, and I think I might be going away for a long time during the summer.
Maybe I will vote for you.
That depends on how willing you are to help me solve the puzzle referred to above.
If I win this round, I will reveal all. So you better get campaigning on my behalf, if you still want to know.
Seriously, I'm not that bothered by what happens. So there's no need to campaign, in fact, I'd rather you didn't!
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In the style of the great Abstract Expressionists, the Sexy Costume genre is a real boundary pusher when it comes to abstracting costumes so obtusely that the actual concept is barely perceptible. See masterpieces like The Sexy Banana, The Sexy Gold Digger, and The Sexy Shower. These works of artistic genius and should be appreciated appropriately.
Just kidding.
My problem with the popular critique of the Sexy Costume is that it doesn't stop at mocking this absurd by-product of our society, but rather goes straight ahead into mocking (and shaming) the women who chose to wear them.
This image has nearly 50,000 reposts on Tumblr and I think most people would agree it represents a popular opinion on Sexy Costumes. 'Sexy' conflated with 'slutty'; sexuality conflated with immorality. You've heard it before, say it with me: "Halloween is just a chance for women to dress like sluts".
UPDATE: Turns out I took this image TOTALLY out of context. Do yourself a favor and watch Jenna Marbles' awesome take down of girl-hate:
Obviously there are many problems with the Sexy Costume from a feminist perspective: perpetuating the sexual objectification of women, discrediting women's involvement in various occupations, and pressuring women to always have one eye on being appealing, even when you are dressing up as a rotten corpse.
I agree with all of those critiques. The Sexy Costume is a definite by-product of our sexist, hypersexual culture; a by-product that we would all do well to move away from. But the fact remains that we as a society set the scene for the Sexy Costume to flourish, so we don't have a lot of room to act all scandalized that "all these women are walking around like [insert favorite slur here]".
Unfortunately, the opposing argument defending the Sexy Costume as an act of sexual liberation usually misses the point. A lot of people will insist they are dressing sexy ALL FOR MYSELF, DAMMIT. But few people address the extent to which our "fantasy fulfillment" or doing things "because I like it" is informed by the sexist status-quo.
I see Halloween as the Virgin/Whore dichotomy in action. For all other 364 days in the year, women are told to walk that fine line. Most days, women just dress like people who need to get shit done. All days, real women are surrounded by images of sexy fantasy women. Because of this, I want to live out a media fantasy every now and then. I want to reflect the prized images I see around me all the time; I want to play with a sexiness that I'm not actually allowed to do any other day of the year; not when our clothes and actions and sexuality are policed incessantly.
Sometimes it feels good to play into the patriarchy. Sometimes it's fun to wear heels and imagine yourself as the sex bomb you saw in that ad/movie/tvshow. We just need to be cognizant of the underlying (sexist) reasons we derive enjoyment from it. And then we need to remember that it's the patriarchy who deserves scorning, not the women oppressed under it.
Bonus Material: View the Mens category for Sexy Costumes, if you want to feel bad about yourself. Then check out the the MissRepresentation tumblr full of awesome non-sexy costumes, if you want to feel better again.
So anyway, HAPPY HALLOWEEN MOTHERFUCKERS!


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Over the weekend, the boy and I went to dinner at a small but well-established BYO in downtown Philadelphia. We'd had a reservation on the books for at least a week, and arrived with wine in hand, and ready to consume some life-changing-delicious pasta and proteins. 45 minutes after our confirmed reservation time, we had still not yet been seated, as the couple at "our" table had been sitting with their check and drinking and talking. Granted, it was a Friday night, no one wants to feel rushed, and no one on staff had made them aware of the situation. On the flip side, I've also been to BYO's in the city that are notorious for kicking patrons out when the next table comes in, even if they're still eating, and will refuse dessert/coffee, etc - even going so far as to mentioning at the beginning of the meal that another seating is due in at a certain time. So...I have to ask...what is the lesser of the two evils? What is the polite way to handle this?
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It's amazing to which extent the current economical condition of Belgium is not daily frontpage news. Earlier this morning the news came out that Belgian's inflation rate of March went up to 4,39% . This is the same inflation rate as the expection as Brazil for 2008 (4,42%). And it is also where the comparison between Belgium and Brasil stops:
- Brazil will grow 5% this year, Belgium at most 1,4%.
- The buying power of Brazilians is increasing. In January the minimal wage went up 9%. Moreover, with credit to GDP only at 35% (compared to 200% in the US), there is considerable room for increased consumer and corporate leverage in Brazil. In Belgium the real buying power is decreasing drastically.
- Brazil has a positive trade balance, Belgium on the other hand is struggling to keep its trade balance in the black.
- Brazil became a net creditor, the Lisboa reform program will tell you that Belgium aims for a 0,6% budget surplus in 2008 to reduce its massive piles of debt, well let me tell you: not in a thousand years is our country gonna make that.
- And on top of that, we have a freaking Belgian timebomb of an upcoming boom of elderly people which we can only support with a 70% occupation rate (10% more than today) and more productivity. A 70% occupancy rate? Which country can reach that? And more productivity? Are Belgians robots or what? Belgium is already the country in the world where the satisfaction of people with their lives is decreasing fastest. In contrast with Brazil, where that rate is increasing. I'll write more about this soon; I believe this is even more alarming than the Belgian state of the economy.
Read that news again people, Belgium will have a growth rate in 2008 no more than 1,4%. Have you got any idea how dramatic this news is when mixed with the budget problems and the alarm on our greying society?
So, what can Belgium do?
1. Become more productive? Highly unlikeable. Rather the contrary, the possibities of productivity gains in emerging countries is far bigger. Ask Arcelor, Peugeot, Coca Cola or even our own Inbev.
2. A participation rate of 70%? People working until their 68 or what? Comon.
There's only one way, really: we need to drasdtically review our immigration policies.
Belgium has 1 million people with a foreign nationality and a permit to stay. We need to make a cleare public statement what this million people bring back to the Belgium society. I can't understand why this figure hasn't been made public yet. Belgium has 415.000 muslims. How many of them are Belgian, how many of foreign nationality. I want to know what the cost/benefit balance is of those of foreign nationality (the majority). A simple question, why can't we get a simple answer?
Why do those 1 million foreigner with a stay permit get OCMW aid, health care, social housing, free Dutch classes, integration courses,...?
I have no problems with people wanting to start a future in Belgium. I did the same going to Brazil. Brazil has been grown on immigration. But in a 'survival of the fittest' way.
People who want to come to Belgium? Fine, here are the steps:
1. When you arrive, you get no health care, OCMW support, housing support, unemployment beneift. Even not when married to a Belgian.
2. When you get a job, you get health care. When you fall out of work in the first 5 years after arrival in Belgium, you get 3 months unemployment support and free health care. If you haven't found a job within 3 months, too bad.
3. Dutch lessons: ask your employer to pay for you, or learn it yourself. It's not that hard, is it?
4. Integration courses? Open your eyes and read the newspaper.
5. Out of a job longer than 12 months in a row: too bad. Either you invest 50.000 EU in Belgium and start your own business, or you go back home.
6. Nationality? When you managed to stay 10 years in Belgium and as thus proved that you contribute to our society.
Whatever your color, whatever your nationality.
You go to a a Mosque, Umbanda or Macumba temple? I couldn't care less, as long as you contribute to our society and abide our laws.
This is exactly how foreigners are treated coming to Brazil. And I wonder what's so wrong or even undemocratic about it.
Once again, I want to know what the million foreigners in Belgium contribute to our society and when the balance is negative, what the government will do to alter this negative balance drastically. With those gains the Belgian government can lower the company and labour taxes. Maybe Belgium has a future then.


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- The conference paper interprets Spinoza's concept of "sola scriptura" as a reductio ad absurdum of historicalcritical approaches to text interpretation. It shows that despite Spinoza's emphasis on the revelatory function of scripture and despite his claim that there is only one method of reading it, he intently and distinctly undermines this very hermeneutics as unreliable and incompatible with both reason and truth. The text follows the central intuition that for Spinoza, this insuffiency of hermeneutics accounts for its political potential, as a means of uncoupling politics and theology.
- Finnegans Wake as proving ground for theory and agent provocateur in literary studies (2011)
- "Finnegans Wake" has struck many of its exegetes as the epitome of the postmodern text. The oddity of James Joyce's last work has been and still is a provocation not only for literary criticism and theory but for every reader of the work. It provokes us to reflect on our preconceptions concerning such fundamental issues as reading, meaning and understanding. Due to this very quality, the work has been a fertile intellectual stimulus for an illustrious band of thinkers of the ―post-projects. Its singularity has provoked and facilitated the further development of theoretical frameworks beyond the confines of literary theory proper. This essay will trace the elaborate theoretical responses of Umberto Eco and Jacques Lacan to Joyce's grand literary arcanum. Eco's concept of the openness of modern works of art and Lacan's elaboration of his psychoanalytic concepts of the symptom and of the Borromean knot were inspired by their study of Joyce. As an extreme instance of literariness, Finnegans Wake thus constitutes an ideal opportunity to consider the scope and boundaries of the scholarly study of literary texts more generally.


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From the serious to the silly, there are certainly things I've figured out in this parenting gig that I didn't know going into it. My favorite bit of advice that no one bothered to tell me?
Point it Down.
My first baby was a sweet little girl. Perhaps people figured I had it all under control by the time our second, a boy, was born. After all, I am the oldest of 4 children and clear at the top of a long line of 34 cousins, many of whom I babysat for.
Still, it was a few days after bringing our little guy home from the hospital that I finally figured out to point it down, and no longer had to wash his clothes after every. single. diaper. change.
On the more serious side, and I'm a bit embarrassed to admit this one, but when my oldest was a toddler, her favorite daily snack of choice was fruit snacks. You know, the gummy junk that has zero fruit in it? Hey, it said "fruit" and "snack" so it had to be okay, right?!
Fruit snacks are not snacks. They are candy. Worse than most candy, actually. Umpteen cavities later… that was just dumb. I wish someone would have clued me in a little sooner. (And my children wish I never would have learned that one at all!)
What else have I learned? A child will not potty train before he or she is ready to potty train. My first was scary easy. At 16 months she flat out demanded, "My turn!" after watching her 2 year old cousin use the potty. And that was pretty much that.
Her brother and sister? Notsomuch. No amount of rewarding, cajoling, bribing, or punishing (Yes, I went there. It didn't work, and I'll not do it again.) was effective until they were ready. At age 3! And then? Cakewalk.
With our fourth and fifth children I totally intend to avoid the stress and enjoy the cake.
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