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text: Sky Ferreira Shakes Off Nerves, Delivers Engaging Theater Show: Concert Review 11:13 PM PST 11/24/2014 by Emily Zemler FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Makiko Wakita Sky Ferreira Belasco - P 2014 The indie pop singer offers a happily messy performance. TWITTER The singer combined new tunes with fan favorites during one of the final tour dates promoting her debut album Sky Ferreira refused to let her nerves get the best of Thursday evening in Los Angeles, despite several onstage acknowledgements that she was battling her anxiety. The 22-year-old singer, who released her debut album Night Time, My Time last year after excessive delays on the part of her record label Capitol, channeled the fear into an impressive and occasionally chaotic performance at the Belasco. Pulling mostly from her album, Ferreira touched on fan favorites like "Boys" and "24 Hours" early on in the set, dampening her unease behind a pair of oversized sunglasses and billowing white smoke that left the singer visible mostly in silhouette. "I'm a little nervous," she admitted before playing "Sad Dream," a track off her 2012 EP Ghost. "But I'm excited — I'm not going to lie." Seemingly flustered, Ferreira took a false start before asking her band members to begin the number again. "Okay," she said. "Now, we're going to do it right." The songs that followed didn't evidence Ferreira's sense of disquiet. Instead, she allowed her nerves to become raw energy that reverberated through the songs, adding a tangible pulse to the music. It was a far cry from her opening set on Miley Cyrus' Bangerz Tour earlier this year, during which Ferreira felt too far removed from the audience and struggled to connect with a fanbase that wasn't there to see her perform. The crowd at the Belasco, however, presented the singer with a massive bouquet of pink flowers and shrieked loudly for her every move, encouraging her confidence and resulting in the eventual removal of her sunglasses. Read more This Is How to Get Sky Ferreira's Redken Ad Rainbow Braids Ferreira, with her signature blonde hair now a messy dark brown, channeled Dead Weather-era Alison Mosshart, her leather jacket and short black shirt lending a rocker-chic edge to the singer. Her boyfriend, DIIV's Zachary Cole Smith, emerged onstage for three songs with his guitar, including "My Molly," an Ariel Pink track and "Ghost." The couple kissed as Smith exited the stage, much to the delight of the audience. The highlight of the performance was the debut of new material, which will likely appear on Ferreira's sophomore album. The singer remains on Capitol Records, despite her past issues with the label, but has a new manager and new A&R to help helm the tracks she's been working on with producers Ariel Rechtshaid and Justin Raisen. Early in the evening, Ferreira offered a brand new song called "Guardian," an anthemic indie pop number centered on the chorus line, "I want to be free from all the dark that lives inside of me." The singer acknowledged her trepidation in sharing the song. "This is a new song," she noted. "I've never played it in front of anyone. I think two people have heard it, besides my band. It's for my next record." Her nerves were for naught — if "Guardian" is an indicator of Ferreira's new material, fans have much to look forward to. The song felt more emotionally open than some of her previous material, perhaps because Ferreira is finally more in control of her own career. See more American Music Awards: Best and Worst Moments In general, the show, the first of several West Coast dates that will wrap her touring on Night Time, My Time, seemed to showcase a more genuine aspect of Ferreira. Her rattled moments felt sincerely human and urged a sense of camaraderie in the audience, a revelation that even rock stars get scared before they go onstage. "There's nothing more weird than drinking water in front of, like, 800 people," Ferreira acknowledged at one point as she fumbled with her bottle of water and struggled to remove its cap. More of that sort of earnestness should follow as she continues to tour — less smoke, less sunglasses and less reverb covering her voice would all encourage a stronger connection with the crowd. Watching a musician learn in front of a crowd is interesting, probably because it gives us a reference point for our own stumbles. Ferreira doesn't quite have it figured out, like anyone else, and we know that because she doesn't try to mask her anxiety when standing onstage. Instead, she uses it to fuel her performance, which is far more engaging than watching a pop star roll through perfectly choreographed but meaningless motions. When Ferreira messes up onstage, she just starts again with enthusiasm and makes it better, which is a good lesson to all of us. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Emily Zemler firstname.lastname@example.com @thr

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Daily Deals Go Mobile With Ford's New Roximity App
The days of considering a leisurely Sunday afternoon drive as a peaceful refuge from a busy week are clearly over. Now, we expect to be able to take our hyperconnected lives with us on the road, and if we can tell our cars exactly how and who to connect with, all the better.
In the face of this new reality—as well as data that says 50 percent of its customers consider the SYNC platform to be a major factor in their purchase decision—Ford has rolled out apps from Pandora, NPR, and now Roximity that use voice-activation technology to integrate users' smartphones and the vehicles they drive.
Denver-based Roximity is a location-based "daily deals" service. The startup was hatched in 24 hours at last year's TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon, where it went on to win the Ford SYNC App Developer Challenge. That gave Roximity access to Ford's SYNC AppLink API so the team could make its software compatible with the in-vehicle connectivity system.
In January, Ford and Roximity debuted a demo of the new app at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas; earlier this month, the automaker announced Roximity was ready for launch—and it's the first app to have AppLink capability, Ford's hands-free, voice-controlled mobile connectivity technology, at its initial launch.
"The in-car version of Roximity is more like a local search engine—you can tap a button on the steering wheel and look for deals around you," Roximity co-founder and CEO Danny Newman explains. "We'll find the best deals based on your preferences and history."
Roximity is a request-driven system, and when users sign up, they're presented with a list of deal categories to choose from, such as breakfast restaurants and women's clothing. As users pass by a store or restaurant offering a discount they might be interested in, a text message is sent alerting them to the deal. In the car, drivers can connect their smartphones to SYNC, activate AppLink, and, through voice-activation technology, ask which deals are nearby in the designated categories.
Julius Marchwicki, Ford's global project manager for SYNC AppLink, emphasizes that the deal information is only delivered to drivers when it's "safe and relevant," and that the driver is always in control. "I think it's an interesting use of an app—it always knows where you are and what time it is."
Roximity, which was recently accepted to the Boulder, CO TechStars accelerator, has an eight-member team, which Newman anticipates will grow rapidly. Newman admits that Roximity's partnership with Ford makes sales calls a lot easier, and he says the company is focused on going after businesses with a large national footprint. "A year from now, I think we'll be a household name," he adds. "People will want to look at what their car's dashboard says about a restaurant or a store before they stop. It's an amazing opportunity, and we're super excited."


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Just take a moment to imagine the sheer number of your children suffering in silence…
The tightly shut constrictive cage that society has built around the topic of mental health within African communities and spaces has left many people, young and old, feeling much like they're pacing about a tightly spaced room. Without any doors or windows, without any air or light. Without any room to breathe, to be, to feel or to grow. Mama Africa, your children are dying. Please, hear me when I say this, because I say it with every fibre in my body standing firm in conviction and I say this with a heart swelling with a stew of anger, sadness and concern; Depression is a very real thing. Anxiety is a very real thing. Eating disorders are very real things. Addiction is a very real thing. Mental. Illnesses. Are. Very. Real. Things (and no Zambians, it doesn't all boil down to the presence of a possessive demon shimmying around and trying to hijack your soul) Mental health related afflictions boil down to a combination and culmination of biological, psychological and environmental factors. I cannot stress the gravity of there needing to be a shift in the paradigm- a major change in the way that mental health is perceived and dealt with, within our homes and our hearts.
Mama Africa, hear me when I say this, for I say it with trembling hands but a heart made of steel- we are neither weak nor lesser for being the ways that we are.
The pervasive stigmas and pre-existing notions and beliefs surrounding mental health illnesses, not only in Zambia but in a handful of African countries and communities all over the globe, have manifested into big. nasty, mean looking wrought iron barriers that more often that not keep many people from openly expressing their feelings and experiences and thus getting help. It's no secret that the experience as and experiences of members of the African community can be anything short of hectic. For example, I feel there's a widely accepted, socially constructed 'one-size fits all' mould which most of us have been conditioned to think we should automatically fit into. Though, most of us relentlessly tire ourselves out trying to morph into uncomfortable, unfamiliar shapes and squeeze into spaces that aren't made for us. The existence of this mould is incredibly toxic and harmful- it translates into us not being able to fully and unapologetically be ourselves; to love the things, the people and the places that we do. So it's really no surprise a mixture of stresses and strains stir up and build up inside our chests. The cherry on the top of it all- is the lack of vast and open plateaus and channels of communication to which we can let out our cries. It seems it's almost taboo to be raw and honest about the things that matter the most to us but customary to kneel down and respectfully greet rippling echoes of noiselessness. It should not be that way. Mama Africa- you need to turn the dial and attune your ears and hear the waves of tears and fears crashing against your shores.
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The realities facing young men and boys of color (YMBOC) are real. The institutions that have been designed truly does create environments that are indicative of impartiality and equity—which directly contribute to the school-to-prison pipeline in America. But, the question at the center of the debate around racial equity and impartiality is quite fascinating: If we cannot change the systems, how do we change the current perceptions? It is important to note that if you change how young men and boys of color (YMBOC) perceive themselves then the systems will operate in a place of ineffectiveness—in that, these individual perceptions will propagate into positive actions.
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There exists an old idiom that has been echoed in many circles around this country: What are we going to do to save Young Black Men and Boys of Color (YMBOC)? If it was as easy as it was to type those words, I contend that such conversations would not even be necessary. But, I understand that to even consider such a notion is delving in the realm of obscurity. I think it would be appropriate to proclaim that the challenges that lie ahead are those that will be defining moments in the history of this country. It begs to reason the simple notion: What will we do? Hence, how will we respond?
When such queries are posed, I imagine this idea of hopelessness permeating in the minds of so many. I can hear individuals saying with disgust: what do you do and how do you respond? There have been so many that have come before us who have fought this fight. How do we really judge their success? Do we equate their success to the laws that have been passed by Congress and decisions that have been rendered by the highest court of the land as progression? Or, do we try and determine some common ground in the small successes that have been made around this country? On the other hand, you will have individuals that will assert that despite the laws and Supreme Court decisions, the plight of young black men and boys (YMBOC) are still strenuous and insurmountable. These individuals will say that in areas like the Mississippi Delta, where poverty is ubiquitous, young men and boys (YMBOC) are being lost on the highways from school to prison. They aren't engaged properly by those who have been entrusted to lead them and provide life's direction. When they read the newspapers and watch the news on television—what do they see; what do they hear; and how do they feel? It is my distinct pleasure to inform you of that: They feel like the world doesn't have room for their dreams and their aspirations; they hear that they are hopeless and detrimental to society; and ultimately, they feel disengaged and alienated. I believe that is wholly unacceptable and truly unfair to live in such state.
Nevertheless, the Sunflower County Systems Change Collaborative is designed to engage systems (school, juvenile justice, and media) that perpetuate the current narrative of young men and boys of color (YMBOC). When this project was undertaken in August of 2015, our goal was to engage these three systems in evidence-based practices that would alter the narrative of young men and boys of color (YMBOC) in Sunflower County. In altering the narrative, it would be to simply change: what young men see, what they feel, what they hear, how they think, how they engage one another; and ultimately, how they see themselves in the world. When we speak of changing the current rhetoric that surrounds young men and boys of color (YMBOC), I contend that projects of this nature have the potential to incrementally change the trajectory of how the world see young black men and boys of color (YMBOC)—and that alone provides solace to me in my efforts on this project.


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How To Overcome Destructive Habits-Part 1
December 3, 2014
My friend, are you struggling with a destructive habit? Have you tried to quit over and over and over again but failed? The first reason we fail to overcome bad and destructive habits is because we try only in our own strength. We try mentally by thinking positive thoughts about ourselves, we try with good old-fashioned will power and that too ends in defeat.
We strongly desire to overcome our habits and with equal desire we enjoy our habits.
You see we can be what the Bible calls double-minded. James 1:8– "a double-minded man, is unstable in all his ways."
My friend, your hope can only be found in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. He is or can be your strength to overcome the bondage you are in. Instead of thinking it is all up to you, you need to turn it all over to Him. If you are not a child of God that means He does not live inside of you, therefore, you do not have His everlasting and all-sufficient strength and cannot experience His sacrificial and eternal love for you. My friend, this is exactly what you need. Right now, you can replace that drug or chemical that is floating through your blood stream, and right now you can receive God's Spirit into your human spirit allowing Him to completely control you. Drugs and alcohol always wear off and you have to find more. God living inside of you never wears off and He said in His word, "I will never leave you or forsake you."
My friend, this destructive habit forsakes you every single day. Choose God over your habit. Be as gladly surrendered to God as the alcoholic is to the bottle. Today ask Jesus to come into your heart and He will.
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I made bruschetta in an earlier post, but it was made quite differently. My husband thinks this is the superior recipe, so I'm sharing it! Again, this was all about using what I had and buying what I love and pulling it altogether!
Loaf of Italian bread (by the bakery/deli)
2 Roma tomatoes
Small jar of basil pesto spread (by the spaghetti sauce)
Mozzarella cheese (that you slice yourself; not shredded. the best kind is in the gourmet cheese section.)
Garlic salt
Slice the bread into thick pieces. Butter each side and toast each side on top of the stove. I prefer to do it in an iron skillet. This way each side gets crisp, but the center is still soft-- easy to bite and chew!
While toasting your bread, cut the tomatoes into chunks and sprinkle with garlic salt and oregano.
Mix the basil pesto spread with the tomatoes. Use as little or as much as you'd like.
When the bread is all toasty, layer one side with cheese then spoon the tomato/pesto mix on top.
This tastes so good! We made it two days in a row!
It's great for summer because it's not heavy, it's cool, and you can visit the farmers market for your maters!


text: Marvel vs. DC: Superhero Matchups Revealed Through 2020 4:03 PM PDT 10/28/2014 by Pamela McClintock FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME @ZackSnyder/Twitter Ben Affleck as Batman Twitter pic - H 2014 Despite the crush, one month that's now freed up for a superhero tentpole is July 2016 — a prime summer berth for a title like 'Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice' Hollywood's crowded superhero race has come into better focus. On Tuesday, Marvel Studios and Disney revealed their ambitious slate through 2019, less than two weeks after D.C. Entertainment and Warner Bros. disclosed their slate through 2020. Both studios had previously staked out a slew of release dates; now, those dates are filled in with specific titles, including Marvel's just-announced Black Panther, female superhero title Captain Marvel and Inhumans, all part of what it's calling Phase 3. Read more Marvel Reveals Complete Phase 3 Plans One interesting development — Marvel has given up the July 8-10 weekend in 2016. That means there is currently no superhero movie in the month of July, the launching pad of Christopher Nolan's wildly successful Dark Knight trilogy. It's possible Marvel's move could prompt Warners to readjust its summer 2016 slate to accommodate Zack Snyder's Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, currently set to open March 25, 2016. Originally, both Batman v. Superman, starring Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill, and Marvel's threequel Captain America: Civil War, starring Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr., were supposed to open May 6, 2016, but Warners relented and moved Snyder's title to the Easter corridor (Marvel had claimed the May 6 date first). Warners certainly doesn't lack for big product in summer 2016. Tarzan, hoping to launch a new franchise, is scheduled to debut July 1, followed by King Arthur on July 22. And its second superhero film, Suicide Squad, hits theaters Aug. 5. (Summer 2016's other big superhero offering is Fox's X-Men: Apocalypse on May 27.) Marvel Studios announced Tuesday it will use Nov. 4, instead of July 8, to launch Doctor Strange, expected to star Benedict Cumberbatch. That's probably not welcome news for Legendary Pictures and Universal, who had already claimed Nov. 4 for their King Kong origin movie, Skull Island, or for Sony, which is set to open Spider-Man spinoff Sinister Six only a week later on Nov. 11. The race in 2017 gets underway March 23 with Fox's next untitled Wolverine film. The summer boasts four superhero titles in what will be a key test of audience appetite. Guardians of the Galaxy 2 is moving up from July 28 to May 5, according to Tuesday's announcement, with Marvel now using July 28 for Thor: Ragnarok, the newly titled threequel. D.C.'s Wonder Woman rolls out June 23, while Fox's The Fantastic Four 2 hits July 14, only two weeks before Thor 3. Read more Who Is Captain Marvel? A Brief History The year-end calendar now includes Marvel's Black Panther, starring Chadwick Boseman. It opens Nov. 3, followed only two weeks later by Snyder's Justice League: Part 1 (Nov. 17). Warners/DC's The Flash kicks off 2018 on March 23, followed May 3 by Disney/Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War — Part 1. Those two films have plenty of elbow room, but July is jam-packed with Captain Marvel (July 6), an untitled Fox/Marvel film (July 13) and DC's Aquaman (July 27). The year closes out with Inhumans on Nov. 2. Summer 2019 sees the Avengers and Justice League franchises compete for the first time. Infinity War — Part 2 debuts May 3, followed on June 14 by Justice League: Part 2. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Pamela McClintock firstname.lastname@example.com @thr


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When we first designed the Crag Rocket we gave it to Professional Mountaineering Instructor (MIA), Owen Pearce, to use and abuse. Over the past 6 months Owen has used the crag rocket as his 'go to' rucksack, from days at work in the Lake District to Alpine Climbing in the French Alps and ice climbing in Norway.
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The Wall Street Journal recently published a nice, interactive graphic piece called "Battling Infectious Diseases in the 20th Century: The Impact of Vaccines," which contains a series of graphs showing the incidence of selected infectious diseases by state and year. Here's the one for measles.
My first impression was, "Wow, it looks like the country had the measles, and the vaccine cleared it up." To the extent that a visualization should communicate a point, this one succeeds at showing the broad impact of the vaccine. However, I looked at it some more, and a few details bothered me.
Robert Allison ("How to make infectious diseases look better") and Andy Kirk ("Is it the visualisation or the data we like") have also taken critical looks at this visualization. I was more interested in getting the data and trying other ways of visualizing it in JMP.
Getting the Data
I downloaded CSV files from Project Tycho, which was more trouble than I expected. Apparently, there's an easier bulk download, but I didn't find it. More than 100 manual downloads later, I had the raw data files. After getting the data, I encountered two surprises:
I like to make a few quick, exploratory graphs to make sure the data looks reasonable. Here's one of all the weekly incidence rates. Even though I cranked down the transparency, it's still not enough to tell that most of the data is under 10 cases per week per 100,000 persons. You can see the outliers though, and I labeled a few of them. I don't know the subject well enough to know if those outliers are suspicious or not.
Handling Missing Data
Before I could start making real graphs, I needed a plan for dealing with the missing data. The WSJ graph essentially treats all missing values as 0, unless the whole year is missing -- then they show the year as a slightly different color (white instead of light blue). I decided to take a different but still artificial approach. I figured the missing data in the early years is likely unknown, but in the later years it seems more likely that the data is really 0 and just not reported because the disease was so rare by then. So I maintain missingness up to some year (1975) and treat missing values as 0 after that date. That will at least avoid the splotchiness on the right side of the graph.
Recreating the Original
Before I went too far with exploration, I decided to try to reproduce the WSJ graph as it is in JMP. I had to:
The result is pretty close. The state ordering is slightly different because I didn't bother sorting the states by postal code instead of the displayed abbreviation. The colors may differ because I didn't copy the colors carefully. And of course, the missing data treatment changes some missing years to 0.
After recreating the color theme, I could see some of the logic in it. Rainbow color themes are normally bad for continuous values because different hues are perceived categorically instead of continuously. The WSJ color scheme is essentially three different schemes:
I think the greens are what bothers my perception most, so I thought I would try the same idea without the green.
We still have to pick some arbitrary cut-off, but I like it better without the green because there are fewer categories to sort out. This coloring also limits the range to 3000.
Changing the Colors
How about a truly continuous color theme? Robert Allison uses a white-to-red scheme, which seems reasonable. The problem with a single continuous range is that the data is skewed, so a linear color application would only highlight differences on one end of the scale. We can get around that by using a piece-wise linear scale and by customizing the color theme.
Strangely, given the diminished range of colors, the nationwide dip in 1945 is easier to see.
We might also try ordering the states by average incidence instead of alphabetically. This makes it easier to see that the states aren't as uniformly affected as it seemed.
So far, I've been showing the yearly incidence rates, like the WSJ original. However, given the amount of missing data, it makes sense to show weekly averages like Allison does so that we only average the data that we have. Showing the yearly rates is like treating the missing weeks' values as 0. Here is same graph of the weekly rates:
The differences are subtle. One example is Georgia in 1934, where only 27 weeks had data, and those weeks' values were quite high. In the original, Georgia in 1934 looked only average because it got watered down by all the missing values that were treated as zeroes, but here it looks high. The truth is probably in between -- it's unlikely the missing values were either 0 or as high as the non-missing values.
The strict missing-is-missing approach is not without its own pitfalls. For comparison, here is Allison's version showing weekly averages. Note the apparent spike in measles in Vermont in 1997. That's really just one week of data. All the other weeks' data is missing. So it looks like a bad year, but maybe it was only a bad week.
I don't know the best way to address the variable amount of missing data. I tried making the squares shrink when their data was missing. It's a truer representation, but I'm not sure the extra complexity is worth it. Besides, you can barely tell the size difference most of the time.
Exploring Other Views
My original thought was to make a nationwide bar chart over time. This proved to be more complicated than I thought because I needed yearly population values in order to properly aggregate the state incidence rates. The raw data only includes counts and rates per 100,000. I figured I could estimate state populations from count divided by the rate (method 1), but that fails when the rate are 0 or very small. My other approach (method 2) was to interpolate from a few historical population values I found at the Census Bureau site. After trying both, I compared them with a plot:
That horizontal line at 10 (million) is from years with a count of 1 and a rate of 0.01. The rates are only provided to two decimal places. Similar issues cause the outlier at 70: That year, Texas contained several weeks with a count of 1 and a rate of 0.00. I ended up using a formula that mixed both estimates, only considering the computed ratio then the rate wasn't very small.
Here is the national incidence rate bar chart, which makes the original point pretty well and makes it easier to see the year-to-year variation, including the quiet 1945.
I'm not fond of spiky line graphs, but here's one to provide context for the next graph. Each line is a state.
I prefer the less-is-more philosophy that smoothers bring. You lose the range in this case, but you get a better sense of the general trend and of a few outlier states.
Closing Thoughts
For this study, I'm sharing scripts of all processing and graphing steps I took, in the spirit of reproducible research. Measles Study.ZIP is attached to my original version of this post on The Plot Thickens in the JMP User Community. Having the scripts also made it easy to try out different missing value strategies. The ZIP file contains the source CSV files plus my JSL scripts and final JMP data table, which itself contains scripts for the graphs. Run the script called "Measles Study" to recreate the files. You can change the "Missing is zero after" variable to some other year besides 1975 to try a different missing value cut-off, or none at all.
Though it took a bit of work to get this far, I can see more work to be done for a better analysis. For instance, there is a seasonal pattern to the cases which might be used to impute some of the missing values. It might be interesting to look for clusters of states or outbreak patterns. Visually, maybe range bands would be better that lines. I'd like to explore Andy Kirk's idea of trying the color schemes on data without such a sharp drop-off. How about using national data after 2002? ...
However, I have to stop somewhere. Besides, with all the data attached perhaps you, dear reader, will continue the exploration.
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Lisa wrote:
That is a GREAT post, thanks so much for your work!
I guess every reader learns a lot from that post, me included.
Thanks again!
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Chris Glon wrote:
What about a dynamic geo USA map showing your data year after year? It would show how the disease spread, what the hot spots were and how they evolved.
Really interesting write-up! But is the traditional histogram or bar chart still the best? ;-)
Robert Allison wrote:
I haven't done a Measles map, but I created an animated map for Smallpox here:
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[â ¦] http://blogs.sas.com/content/jmp/2015/03/05/graph-makeover-measles-heat-map/ [â ¦]
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Not what I expected. =====Let me start off by saying this has never happened to me before.
This is merely a story I wrote for a friend. This story is completely fictional and I hope that this does not represent a real story in life for somebody. If it does, well suck it up. You got laid. Congratulations; it really isn't that big of a deal.
Now on to the story.===== The drive was unbearable. Seven hours on a deserted highway only to stop at two different gas stations for pee breaks and to stretch the legs. Thank you dad, you made my summer by taking me on the trip I never wanted to go on in the first place. If I had my way, I would be relaxing by our pool in the backyard at home, with a beer and some music. The weather on this trip is the only thing I guess will make up for the next month. It is supposed to be scorching and we are heading to the lake cabin so I suppose the ladies in scantily clad clothing, tanning next to my stretch of beach, will be a major highlight for the month.
However I will give you a bit of a background first. My name is Luke. I am a 17 year old high school student. I am roughly six feet and am pretty decent size for my age.
No; I do not play quarter-back for the school football team, the pitcher for the baseball team, or an excellent student going to Harvard on a full ride. I am just as ordinary as the kid next to me; except for one thing. My 16 year old sister, Chelsea, is the most beautiful woman in the world; but she is still my sister. I don't remember when the feelings started. It might have been when I was around 13 or 14; when Chelsea was just starting to turn into a woman. Ever since then, I have been infatuated with her.
Every time I see her or talk to her, my heart flutters. I sometimes get so excited, I would have to step out of the room and go "relieve" myself in the nearest bathroom.
I would have to be really careful not to be walked in on because our house was quite open with nudity and privacy. Not only have I walked in on Chelsea while she is showering or using the toilet, but she has done the same with me.
She once walked in on me jerking it and stopped dead to watch me before I had the chance to scream and throw something at her to get out.
I don't think of myself as that big, only average; measuring in at 6.5" on a good day and about 3" around. Some days, I wait for her to take a shower just to "accidentally" walk in on her. Now I know that I shouldn't be doing this.
She is my sister for crying out loud. But some days I just can't help myself. Chelsea is a heart throb and always has been. From her cute little cheeks to her glimmering, emerald eyes, there isn't one thing about her that I don't love.
Some of my friends tease me, while others don't care. Some only think of her as pretty or cute, not stunningly beautiful like I do. She is a lovely brunette with radiant long hair that is a bit more than shoulder length. She has sparkling emerald eyes that make me melt, and a smile with perfect teeth that will take the stability out of any man's knees. Her breast size is a full C cup that is very perky while not wearing a bra. She tends to go without one a lot of the time because she says it is more comfortable.
You can sure tell when she is cold though. Her stomach looks so soft and flat, it has a little roundness along with her hips just to show she is a true, curvy girl. Those curves travel all the way down her body to her feet. Her legs and ass are toned like a professional model's legs from hours and hours of her yoga classes with girls just as flexible.
Her ass is so round and perfect, I wish I could massage it all day long. Everything about her is just so unbelievably perfect, I just don't know how I resist reaching out and taking a handful all the time. This whole situation started with the great idea to go on a family trip up to the lake house.
An evil and cruel eight hour drive with little stops made arriving the greatest feeling ever. In the middle of summer, when I am supposed to be relaxing with friends near my pool with some beers, I am stuck on a vacation with my family for a month; just great. As much as I rag on the place, it isn't nearly as bad as I say. We have a boat for water-skiing and wakeboarding.
My dad and I put the dock in last summer so we can go swimming and even use the diving board to flip into the chilly water.
We have a pool table, a dart board, a poker set, and even a great bar that my dad loves to stock every summer. Our sound system is beyond amazing, due to my parents' love of live concert records. My dad had it thrown in when it was built so they could lounge around listening to Clapton or Elton John.
Hey, I am not complaining. They play some great music. The short of it is we have plenty of things to do.
We ride our bikes into town to buy some candy or ice cream, and we even go off-roading in the Jeep if my dad is in a good mood. My biggest problem with coming to the cabin is that I am in such constantly close proximity to my sister. She is always around and I can't seem to find time to be alone. Her intoxicating perfume is just always lingering.
Whether we play board games as a family or she tries to challenge me to another game/loss of pool; I am always spending time with her.
I think she knows I have a slight crush on her. There have been times where I think she just plain teases me. A few times while we play pool, she will insist on changing right before she asks to play. She usually comes out with a short plaid skirt and a white tube top with no bra. I've always wondered if she intentionally leans over the pool table to give me quite a nice look at the golden ass of hers.
But I shouldn't be looking in the first place.
She is my sister and I should not be having these thoughts. Oh well. Through all the teasing and flirting, my sister can actually be a ton of fun.
One thing she loves is going for an early morning wakeboard and this is where the story really starts. One morning, Chelsea and I decided to wake up early for a wake board. Well, correction; she decided to wake me up early for a morning wake board. She gave me a quite rude awakening when she burst through my door and jumped on me. After partly climbing off my recently slumbered body, she glanced down to my crotch to see my morning wood making a fairly large tent in my sheets.
(I sleep with just sheets because of the heat.) Her eyes widened and she gazed at it for what seemed like eternity. Taking a moment to clear her throat, she informed me of the plan for the morning and ran upstairs to whip together some breakfast. Did she just admire my morning wood? Should I say something? I decided not to point it out and just continued to getting dressed and ready for the day. After a delicious breakfast, we made our way to the boat and set off. With a view across the surface of water, you'd think we were looking into a mirror to see the mountains on the other side.
About 10 feet out, I hopped into the water, lifejacket and all; ready to pop my skis on. On the count of 3, Chelsea hit it and we were off. About a 5 minute ride down the road is a slalom course just for use by skiers and she gave me the warning. I wove in and out of the buoys, trying to keep my turns as tight and clean as possible.
We went past the last one and she signalled for the U-turn to make another pass. After three more passes, we decided to kill it and let Chelsea get a turn. As she tried helping me up onto the back ledge of the boat I dragged her into the water. She gave a little yelp as she went head first into the glassy water. Soon after I was back into the boat and she was giving me the signal. She has gotten really good over the years. Ever since we got this place we have been going out with my dad to get some practice.
Now we both could easily be top contenders in local events if we bothered. As it was getting close to her finish, we passed a bigger boat that was making huge waves. I tried to give it some wide birth then take the wake head on to give Chelsea an easier time, but she caught an edge and ate it hard. She did a full cartwheel, skipped a few times and whipped her head onto the surface of the water. I circled back around to find her having a hard time staying upright in the water.
As I pulled her into the boat, she was extremely dizzy and couldn't keep her balance. She must have a concussion.
I looked down and was about to pull her board off but realized she had no bikini bottoms on. They had fallen off her in the fall. Her fully shaved pussy was on display as my concussed sister tried to stand up. I just sat in pure shock at the fact my sister's naked pussy was mere feet from my face. I nearly came right then. I almost reached out and touched her smooth mound. I snapped out of my gaze when my conscience kicked in reminding me that not only was this girl my sister, but she has a serious head injury.
I made sure to wrap a towel around her and after getting her comfortable lying down on her stomach in the recovery position (I heard that was a good thing to do), I took off for home.
She was just crying on the seat; holding her head. "Just hold on; we are almost home!" I yelled back to her. Once I docked, I picked her up and carried her into the house to lay her down on the couch.
My mom, being a nurse, was all she needed to be looked after and we let her rest for the day. After having the same fall a few times, I knew that Chelsea would need to be woken up every few hours to make sure she hadn't passed out.
I sat with her for most of the day. She often asked for a glass of water or a snack and I wasted no time seeing to her every need. When my mom took over as head nurse, I decided to head to bed. The thought of Chelsea's naked pussy had been burning in my mind all day. I couldn't help but think of it every time I looked at my sister. Just sitting next to her; had me rock hard and I needed some relief. I pulled open my most recent playboy edition I snuck from my dad; I got into my boxers and hopped into bed.
My dick had been rock hard all day long from my sister so I didn't need to worry about that. After opening the first few pages, I realized it just wasn't as exciting as it usually was. I knew what was exciting: my sister and I had to have more. I got up and threw a t-shirt on then walked across the hall to my sister's room.
After listening for what seemed like ages, I finally got the nerve to knock on her door. At midnight, she would have been long asleep by then, especially with her head. With no response, I slowly opened the door to reveal her bedroom. It was quite dark but I managed to make out where her bed was.
I walked over to her night stand and slowly flicked on the light. As soon as it came on, her beauty was breath taking. I stood over her slumbering body as it basked in the light.
She had the most peaceful look on her face as she quietly breathed in and out. I kneeled down and gently tapped her shoulder, trying to make sure she was in a deep sleep. After shaking her with no answer for almost a minute, I finally gained enough courage to go further. I slowly peeled back the blanket, revealing the most beautiful sight.
My sister, Chelsea, sleeps in the nude. After revealing her glorious breasts, I paused for a moment to take in the sight. Her C-cup breasts were just lying there, waiting to be played with. I had to feel them. So I leaned over closely, reached out, and lightly caressed her left nipple. Instantly, her nipple became hard. Pointing up like the eraser on a pencil, I reached over and did the same to her other breast.
I gained more composure and started playing with them. I even leaned over and started licking them. I gave them a serious tonguing and all of a sudden, I feel the bed shift slightly and hear a quiet but audible coo.
I paused: in hopes I hadn't gone too far and woke her up. After minutes of waiting, I finally started to play with her breasts again. I continued to play with her breasts until I realized I wanted more. If she wasn't waking up from licking her breasts, I am sure she won't wake up from me doing a little probing. I reached down and pulled back the blanket the rest of the way to uncover her vagina.
There it was in all its glory. Her peachy little shaved mound, just lying there waiting to be played with. Even though I had seen in earlier that morning, I still wasn't prepared for the sight.
I came hard in my pants with the first touch. I jerked around a little and came buckets into my boxers. I looked down and realized I had poked really hard into my sister and hoped she hadn't woken up. She still lay there peacefully as she had been 20 minutes before.
I decided to call it quits in case she woke up again to see a massive stain in my boxers and herself fully nude. Now that was something I couldn't explain. Once I made my way back to my room, I cleaned up and went right to sleep. (Feed back would be lovely and much appriciated. Great rating means I'll definitely add the other parts. I know it is a bit short but I am going to put some more work into the other ones to make them a bit longer.
I am currently working on part 4 so give me a good rating and constructive criticism and I will post the other parts. Thanks for reading!)


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After the dense forests and rugged, misty coastlines of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (PEI) is a real surprise, a land of rich, red earth, gently rolling farmland and neat villages of Victorian homes. Visit in the summer and it really does seems like a rustic oasis, little changed since local-born novelist Lucy Maud Montgomery described the island floating "on the waves of the blue gulf, a green seclusion and haunt of ancient peace". Even today, Canada's smallest province remains thoroughly agricultural, with Islanders remarkably successful in controlling the pace of change. Fish and lobsters are still sold off fishing boats, doors remain unlocked and everyone seems to know everyone else; laws ban large billboards and there are no freeways. The French settled what they called Île-St-Jean in the 1720s, but the British turned them out in the 1760s and renamed the island in 1799.
Charlottetown, the graceful capital, sits on the south coast, its tree-lined streets, wide range of accommodation and fine restaurants making it the best base for exploring the island. On the north coast, Prince Edward Island National Park is the island's busiest tourist attraction, with kilometres of magnificent sandy beach and a profusion of sights associated with Anne of Green Gables. PEI also has a well-deserved reputation for cuisine; the island is home to organic farms, fine oysters, mussels and artisan producers of all kinds, from potato vodka and gouda cheese, to ice cream and home-made pickles. It remains best known for the excellence of its lobsters, which are trapped during May and June and again in late August and September; the catch is kept fresh in saltwater tanks to supply the peak tourist season (this careful management is one of the reasons the lobster population is flourishing). Look out for posters advertising lobster suppers, inexpensive set meals served in several church and community halls during the lobster season.
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...having no traditions SUCKS.
I am by nature a sentimental type of person. I love the structure that tradition lends to time and to events. I love special days commemorated in special ways.
I grew up in a home that did none of that.
My parents, true to their 60s roots, questioned EVERYTHING. Oh, they didn't question it enough to totally quit and move into a commune or become gypsies. They just questioned enough that every piece of tradition that tied them to family and community became a thing of questionable value, and they HAD TO explore ways around it.
The churches they grew up in? Problems. Let's find one that is as far from that as possible. And then become disenchanted and leave it, and do something equally anti-tradition, and again, and again.
Taxes? Health insurance? Investment and savings? Planning? Too traditional. They went for years without paying taxes, or even filing them, with no health insurance, no investments, no savings, and no planning for their retirement.
In addition to these, they frowned on celebrating holidays (any and all), birthdays, or even special achievements. My grandparents wanted to celebrate with us, but often we would end up at home, without any decoration, and usually only presents from the extended family for Christmas.
I am sure that in my parents' heads, all of these things made some kind of sense, but to me as a child, it was just confusing and sad. To not be celebrated as a person, to not be able to celebrate holidays that others take for granted...it left a hole that I really didn't recognize until I started my own family.
When our kids were younger, and we lived closer to family, holiday traditions always involved Jason's family and their love of celebrations. They made a big deal out of everything, and that helped me a LOT. I knew I WANTED to celebrate, but frankly I didn't know how, so they helped.
Now, my children are older....the youngest is 12, and the oldest is 22, and it is awkward not knowing how to celebrate. Birthdays are easy...a meal with the family, and some gift or activity that they want to do. Other holidays are still very, very strange to me. The hard part is that I am the mom, and the mom sets the tone for family celebrations, and I don't know how to celebrate. There are no family traditions to carry forward. The "questioning everything" tone of my childhood is firmly rooted in my head, causing me to wonder about why Christian holidays are celebrated in certain ways, and whether this is okay, or that is verboten.
I wish I could celebrate. I wish I knew HOW to celebrate. Because having no traditions SUCKS, and I don't want that to be what my children remember.


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In the previous post we focussed on getting your home sugar-free, now, let's look at what we can do about the abundance of treats which present themselves at the place we spend the majority of our wake hours during weekdays – work!
The challenges
Work was my biggest pitfall. There was always sugary treats available, in the lunch room, in the kitchen, at people's desks and at meetings. It was hard to resist because:
1) You're addicted, so you crave it
2) You want (need!) it if you are stressed, sad, upset etc
3) You don't want to be rude if someone offers. "No thanks" or "I'm good thanks" (said with a smile) are the shortest ways of dealing with this (if you don't want to spend the next 10 minutes explaining why you have gone sugar-free).
4) You don't want to be seen as the odd one out and you want to feel a part of the group. At work, sugary treats are used as a bonding experience (the boss brings cake, going out for an ice cream, having a drink after work etc).
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1) And 2) are eliminated when you have successfully withdrawn from sugar (you simply don't feel like it). The withdrawal itself though, takes a while and it is hard work. I had almost uncontrollable sweet cravings, head-aches and mood swings to match a pregnant woman (now that I know what that's like!). When I first went sugar-free, I felt a bit like Pavlov's drooling dogs for the first two weeks whenever I sat in the vicinity of the sweet stuff. I crumbled a couple of times, but started resisting all the time with much difficulty. Then I started seeing the first benefits and gained strength and willpower from then on. After 4 weeks I noticed the ease of which I started to avoid sugary things and after 6-8 weeks I didn't feel like it any more at all and reaped all the benefits of a sugar-free life-style.
To make this as easy on yourself as possible, make sure that you bring a lunch from home that will fill you up. Just as important – bring snacks!!! Lots of safe snacks are critical for those in-between meal cravings or if you have just been to a meeting where there was a plate full of delicious chocolates that everybody else was scoffing down. Those first couple of weeks you may last it through the meeting, but then you might feel like secretly sneaking off to a kiosk or vending machine to get a sugar kick (don't judge me, I was an addict after all!). So, look out for my posts coming soon on weekday breakfasts, lunches and snacks (easy to make in and suitable for bringing to work).
I DON'T HAVE THE TIME! If you really, really don't have time to prepare anything from home, educate yourself on the amounts of sugar in food and drinks available at, or near, your work. Ask them which of their products have no added sugar (or the least, low sugar) and are low carb. Give them a call in a break or after work if you don't want to ask in front of your colleagues. Sure it requires a little work at first but then you get to know the menu/offering at you (new) fav places and can make informed decisions on what to pick. If you can't avoid it, it's definitely better to reduce the amount you consume rather than carrying on eating loads of sugar.
3) And 4) – feeling 'rude' and left out – unfortunately won't disappear, you just have to think about how you will deal with it. I don't explain anything to people that I only meet briefly, if offered, a simple "I'm good thanks" will suffice. With work colleagues that I worked with often, I started explaining that I quit sugar and why (health reasons, life-style choice). After that, everything became so much easier as they actually helped. They would stop putting cake in front of me and asking if I wanted muffins, chocolate (or whatever else treat was there that day). Although the "oh you can't have this" popped up a few times – which really just makes you feel annoyed as you want at least to be asked if you want any. After a while though, it will become a non-issue for you as you and your colleagues get used to your new life-style (but they might still think you are a bit odd, but think about all the odd habits your colleagues have, I'm sure it's no weirder in the grand scheme of things). However, if you don't wan't to explain exactly why you are doing this or really don't want to be seen as being different, you could always just say that you are "watching your weight" or that you are "on a diet" – nobody thinks that is weird, after all, most people are doing it on/off which is completely accepted part of society (although, probably not very good for you). Why not make one of the recipes from my blog and bring to your next meeting (try the banana cake – I haven't met anyone who didn't like this). Sorted!
If you have any questions, do ask away in the comments below and keep an eye out for the next post in this series.
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About Shiels
Our Story
Founded in 1945, Shiels is an innovative Australian jeweller with stores in - SA, QLD, WA and NSW (don't sweat, everyone else can still access our amazing range online).
Founded by Jack Shiels, Mr Shiels and his wife ran the family-owned company from Adelaide, South Australia, for over 32 years. In 1977 his company was sold to Albert Bensimon (yes – no hoo-haa) and his wife, Nyra.
Originally, Mr Shiels sold jewellery and giftware, Albert and Nyra quickly expanded the selection to include more precious jewellery, including gold, silver and diamonds. Their dream was to establish a reputation for quality, value and range; especially in diamonds and with a lot of hard work they achieved it - and boy – did they achieve it.
From one store in Adelaide, Shiels has expanded into major shopping centres in metropolitan Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane and Sydney, and has become a leading online jewellery retailer in Australia and beyond.
In 2013, Mr and Mrs HooHaa's son, Toby, took over the reins as Managing Director and is committed to offering expertly crafted jewellery for the best price. Following on from the work of his parents, Toby aims for endless improvement to enrich our customers' experience; this ensures you always receive the latest styles from around the world and the perfect diamonds for today, tomorrow and for the years to come.
With a desire to provide our customers with innovative design, our in-house expert jewellery hunters scour the globe for the latest and most beautifully crafted designs that you won't find elsewhere, and you'll no doubt, adore.
We offer unique pieces that are refined, easy-to-wear, and bring everyone utmost satisfaction. Our prices are so competitive they enable us to maintain our reputation as the leading jewellery retailer in Australia and the perfect destination for any engagement ring. We are not known as the home of the 1-carat diamond for nothing!
Whether it's a shimmering diamond ring, a beautiful 9 Carat gold necklace or a chic silver pair of stylish earrings, we have something for everyone, YES – EVERYONE.
It's not our fault our jewellery looks amazing and our service is exceptional. (Actually it is, it's what we strive for Every. Single. Day.)
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Pet food label modernization discussed at AAFCO meeting
AAFCO's annual meeting highlighted several pet food items, including pet food claims, specialty pets and labeling modernization.
The 2017 Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) annual meeting was held on August 10–12 in Bellevue, Washington, USA. The first order of business at AAFCO meetings is always the Association Business Meeting, where the general membership votes on all matters that have been brought up through the various…


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Bring Me The Horizon has gone Gold!
Bring Me The Horizon's That's The Spirit album, that only just came out on September 11, already has a Gold certification!
It has sold 100,000 copies in the UK alone, and because of that has now gone Gold! We're not totally surprised, the album is rather incredible.
Bring Me The Horizon works very hard and will be playing a ton of shows in the new year all over the world. This includes a bunch of festivals here in the US!
January 28 they will be in Singapore, then will play three different locations in Japan on January 29, February 1, February 2. Then they are off for a bit before heading to Germany, Italy, Spain, France, and England -in that order between April 5 and April 22. They get a short little break before coming over to Florida for Welcome To Rockville and Fort Rock. They then will play Carolina Rebellion, Northern Invasion, and Rock On The Range. Those are all over the US, between April 29 and May 22.
Check out the BMTH official website for further information on all their doing in the new year, and the respective festival websites for more information on those shows.
Lemmy from Motorhead passes away
The rock world is mourning another loss at the moment. Motorhead has been one of those legendary bands since the 1970s, and unfortunately front man, Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister has passed away.
The band spoke up after the internet had some how gotten word, and began to stir, questioning if the rumors were true. They confirmed it, and come to find out the man discovered he had cancer just two days before his passing.
"There is no easy way to say this…our mighty, noble friend Lemmy passed away today after a short battle with an extremely aggressive cancer. He had learnt of the disease on December 26th, and was at home, sitting in front of his favorite video game from The Rainbow which had recently made it's way down the street, with his family. We cannot begin to express our shock and sadness, there aren't words.
We will say more in the coming days, but for now, please…play Motörhead loud, play Hawkwind loud, play Lemmy's music LOUD. Have a drink or few. Share stories.
Celebrate the LIFE this lovely, wonderful man celebrated so vibrantly himself.
Ian 'Lemmy' Kilmister
1945 -2015
Born to lose, lived to win.
Please feel free to post your condolences, well wishes and memories on our official tribute page:
The man did live a very long successful life, though. Lemmy was seventy years old, released twenty two albums, has a family, and thousands of people who loved him dearly. Rest in Peace, sir. You may be gone, but at least now you can look down fondly on the world as they remember you, and you can do it in good health.
The Black -Asking Alexandria!
This March, Asking Alexandria will be releasing their first album with their new frontman, Denis Stoff. The album will be called The Black, and so far does not appear to have a set release date as of yet. The album artwork can be seen below.
This will be the band's fourth album in total, and hopefully there will be some information very soon on the album. Such as a single, release date and track listing.
Meanwhile, starting February second, you can catch AA all over the US with Bullet For My Valentine and While She Sleeps on the British Invasion tour. That tour goes until March 11, and then they go to Australia to perform with Blessthefall and Buried In Venom for just over a week. They head straight back to perform at multiple festivals here in the US such as Fort Rock, Welcome To Rockville, Carolina Rebellion, and Northern Invasion. For more information, head on over to the respective festival websites or Asking Alexandria's official website.
Vegan Bring Me The Horizon Burger!
It may sound like a weird video title or something just to get someone's attention but a vegan burger has been created with Bring Me The Horizon.
Bring Me The Horizon teamed up with the Twisted Burger Company to create their very own burger. Frontman Oli Sykes is vegan, so surely that's where some of this inspiration came from.
The burger will be available for order four weeks from now at Twisted Burger's Harley and Riverside Live locations in Sheffield, as well as at the Vintage Rockbar in Doncaster. All burgers will come with a BMTH sticker and frankl,y it sounds pretty decent to us.
Rob Zombie's sixth studio album!
Its been known for a while now that Rob Zombie was working on a new album that would come out in 2016. No further information was known.....until now.
No release date is currently known, but we do have an album name and album cover!
The sixth studio album from Rob Zombie will be called The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser.
Just as the album cover says -WOW. What a name, right? That's a mouthful, but kind of awesome. It paints quite the picture, if we're honest.
Upon hearing this name, came a rather hilarious comment and comeback on Rob Zombie's Facebook page. One of the top comments says, "Proof that Rob Zombie is actually a hippy." Just an hour after that was commented, Rob responded with, "NOT A HIPPY BUT A TRIPPY!"
Mr. Zombie is clearly still having his fun, and is only going to keep having more! Rob Zombie is currently scheduled to play six different festivals in just May alone. Surely, more shows are going to be scheduled, and he has a movie coming out next year as well.
Wanna check him out at one of the many festivals? He's playing Fort Rock,Welcome To Rockville, Carolina Rebellion, KWR Rockfest 2016, Northern Invasion and Rock On The Range 2016!
You can also read all about him as part of our Fort Rock series!
Fort Rock 2016 ANNOUNCED!
The fourth annual Fort Rock festival will be coming to Fort Myers, FL on April 30 and May 1 of 2016 and this morning the lineup was announced!
Day one will be headlined by Rob Zombie and Five Finger Death Punch, and day two is headlined by Disturbed and Shinedown.
Early bird tickets are on sale now, and they are for the full weekened only. Single day tickets will become available on December 21.
Weekend tickets are currently $79.50, which is the cheapest you're going to get so get them now at that price while you still can. VIP packages are also available for $199, and again that is the cheapest you will get them!
For more information, head on over to the Fort Rock website and get excited because we sure as hell are!
My Chemical Romance POP FIGURES
All over the internet yesterday, My Chemical Romance has trended harder than they have since their break up was announced in 2013.
Too soon? Sorry, Killjoys. Maybe this will make it better! Funko Pop! will be releasing three different MCR related Pop Figures.
For those who have some how missed out on what a Pop Figure is, they're these little figurines often modeled after pop cultural icons. They're primarily fiction characters, but there's also the Funko Pop! Rock collection which has many music legends such as The Beatles, Elvis Presley and many more.
Joining that collection is three different versions of Gerard Way.
Prices or release dates are currently unknown, we're afraid. As long as they stick to normal Pop Figure prices, they should be between $12 and $15. Some do range a bit higher, and given the popularity of MCR, that is a possibility.
We're wondering.....will these be all for the MCR pop figures? If so...why are you not including the rest of the band? They're all highly important members as well, and have very cool styles to play with. They could easily have many versions for each member, and the Danger Days version of Gerard as well.
We're also hoping this is the start of something more with Funko Pop! We are collectors of the figurines ourselves, and would absolutely love to see other bands get turned into figurines. Many people have taken the DIY ones available and turned them into band members, but official versions would be very cool. Get on it, Funko! We want more!
These Pop Figures should be available very soon! The Skeleton Gerard Way is a Hot Topic exclusive and the other two will be pre-released at Hot Topic and then will be available everywhere else. At least, that's our understanding of it. If someone has more insight on that, please let us know.
While you're at it, which one do you like best? Do you plan on getting any (or all) of them? Let us know! Personally, we want the Revenge one the most. The Three Cheers For Revenge album is easily our personal favorite MCR album and we quite like the style of it as well.
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These are just some of the happenings in the music world. There will always be something that Immortal Music did not cover, but here are just some events.
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Support staff and children
In 2003-2009, the Deployment and Impact of Support Staff (DISS) project conducted the largest research study of the impact TAs and support staff have within [UK] schools, and in this research it was found that: "children who received the most support from teaching assistants (TAs) made significantly less progress than similar pupils who received less support" [1]. The results were surprising for many.
The UK government of 1997-2010, had put a huge emphasis (and funded extensively) on the need for support staff in schools. However, despite this increase in manpower, the results from the study found that without the correct training, guidance and experience, support staff can only be as good as their intuition. Some of the key issues that the research authors found were that often support staff would:
- Ask closed questions
- Fill the void by talking too much
- Not give time to pupils to answer questions
- Felt that task completion was paramount to everything else
In response to this study, the researchers worked with several schools to develop practice and found that learning improved where support staff considered 'expansive education initiatives' or 'dispositions for learning'. Expansive education is a concept developed by Claxton and Lucas, which views education as more than just passing exams and includes:
- Developing dispositions which will help children through life
- Having a broader view of intelligence
- Seeing education that happens not just in school but everywhere
- Viewing teachers as teachers and researchers
Dispositions for learning are skills that ensure you're successful. This can include:
- Being able to self-regulate
- Take responsibility for yourself and not blame others
- To have persistence even in the face of challenges
- To see the value of cooperation
- To be constantly enquiring and curious
Staff were given questioning frameworks so they could ask the right sort of questions for the answer they wanted, and children were being supported and given strategies, so they were becoming independent, not dependent on the support staff. Having other adults to support teaching and learning in the classroom is always great, but whatever role you play, you need to be acutely aware of what the teacher requires from you, how you should behave and use lots of resources to aid you in your role.
"Before becoming a TA I had no experience in teaching and this was evident in my role. I would have liked to have known some different teaching techniques, behaviour management strategies and questioning skills. If I would have known some of the above before taking on the role then I would have been able to support the children and class teacher more effectively." – Helen Brewis
"Support staff are there to make sure the teacher's vision can be converted into daily practicalities, without support staff school would just be an idea not a reality." – Bryn Watkinson
In the next Steps, you'll investigate some of the topics which feature in the DISS project and relate to this Week's topics', starting with the importance of asking the right questions. In Step 4.7, you exercised your listening skills where we asked you to use questions that would open a conversation and allow the speaker to talk at length. Did you feel this was easy to do or did it require more practice? How many attempted questions did it take?
- Blatchford P., Russell A., Webster R. Reassessing the Impact of Teaching Assistant: How research challenges practice and policy. 1st ed. Routledge; 2011.
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Watch the Ghostbusters Cast Show Off Their Epic Dance Moves, Talk Chris Hemsworth on Ellen
It was all fun and games when the cast of the new Ghostbusters reboot appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show today. Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones appeared on the talk show and participated in a game of Heads Up!, which they revealed was a staple on the Ghostbusters set.
"Oh my god, such gut-wrenching laughter. Like I had clenched and fell to my knees I was laughing so hard," Jones said.
The star teamed up with McKinnon to get DeGeneres to guess phrases like "wax," "Netflix and Chill," and "Sofia Vergara."
"I thought you were cheating, Ellen," Jones says, but the talk show host was just that good.
Next up, McCarthy and Wiig had to get DeGeneres to identify a type of dance without any words. Despite their killer dance moves, the host had a hard time putting a name to the bump-and-grind and a conga line. One thing DeGeneres was quick to identify? Their incredible running man moves.
The cast also sat down for an interview, where they talked about their eye candy on the set, co-star Chris Hemsworth. The audience cheered at a sexy shirtless photo of the actor, and his female co-stars were quick to say that his looks aren't the only thing that he has going for him.
"He's also smart and lovely, guys," McCarthy said. "He's the nicest and so funny. He's such a good improviser," Wiig added, proving that Hemsworth truly is the full package.
Watch the hilarious videos above to get excited for Ghostbusters to hit theaters July 15.


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Cannon Street closure to cause weekend disruption for Southeastern passengers
PUBLISHED: 08:30 03 November 2017
A reduced service will be in place while trains will not run to certain stations
Engineering work between London Cannon Street and New Cross / Charlton is set to cause problems for Kent commuters this weekend.
During the work on Saturday and Sunday, no trains will run to or from London Cannon Street, causing disruption to several lines.
On Saturday, trains will run every half hour between Charing Cross and Hayes, while another half hour service will run between New Cross and Hayes.
On Sunday, trains will not run along the Hayes line with Cannon Street. Alternative trains will be available between Charing Cross and Lewisham.
Services between the London terminal and Dartford / Plumstead will be amended to run between New Cross and Dartford only, calling at all stations via Woolwich Arsenal.
There will be no train service between Cannon Street and Charlton via Greenwich, with buses running between New Cross and Charlton.
No trains will run between Cannon Street and Orpington / Sevenoaks.
Tickets will be valid on London Underground services.
If you are travelling between Lewisham and Hither Green you will be able to use London Buses on routes 225 and 273 between these stations at no extra cost.
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Fenland combine harvester driver's plea to farming colleagues: 'please don't hold up traffic… we really shouldn't be such idiots'
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A farmer from the Fens is begging his agricultural colleagues to not hold up long lines of traffic as they "shouldn't be such idiots on the road".
George Munns was transporting a combine harvester back from its service on Monday (July 22) and pulled over more than 25 times to allow people to pass.
Mr Munns is warning his fellow farming colleagues that people in the UK may not want to back British farming if they annoy members of the public on the roads.
He said: "I brought our combine back from its winter service at Fenland Agricultural Engineers at Angle Bridge the day before yesterday.
"I got off the road 27 times on the way back. If us farmers would like the UK public to back us and buy British, we really shouldn't be such idiots on the road.
"We must also remember we don't pay a licence fee either. So please don't hold up long lines of traffic. You never really know how many cars behind you need to be somewhere quickly."
Mr Munns' comments were in response to a semi-viral feed on one of the local discussion groups on Facebook launched by farmer Wendy Nobbs.
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She said: "Please people please, we farming folk do not set out to annoy you none farming people, but please bear with us while we move our combines and tractors and trailers.
"I know it can be frustrating when you get stuck behind, but with the weather being contrary as it can be, we need to get it done it won't hopefully be for too long. Thank you."
The post has attracted more than 150 reactions and just over 180 comments from some people disagreeing with Ms Nobbs' statement.
One person said: "It would be nice if you farming folk would have a bit of consideration and avoid driving on our roads between 8am and 9am and maybe 5pm and 6pm.
"We non-farming folk generally have a time schedule to comply by. I appreciate that you have a job to do but that lack of tractors on our roads between them times would make the roads a lot safer."
One man, in favour of the farmers, said: "You farming folk carry on. I don't think people appreciate what an important job you do.
"Not only for the economy but in helping to keep us fed and with low food prices. Your role will become even more important once we leave the EU.
"A few extra minutes on a journey is a small price to pay."
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You are very welcome to drop in any Tuesday morning to Christ Church's coffee morning from 10am - noon. The group is run by the church and members of our local community jointly. Each week someone takes responsibility to bring milk and cakes, serve drinks and wash up. A wonderful group of people come along and there is always information and conversation galore - a great way to get to know local people and places! See you there.
We are part of the Places of Welcome network. See http://www.placesofwelcome.org/.


text: On this day in 1936, the RMS Queen Mary arrived in New York from England and France on her second voyage. The crossing took four hours longer than her maiden trip. According to the New York Times, "She made the passage of 3,158 miles from Cherbourg Breakwater to the Ambrose Channel Lightship in 4 days 16 hours and 13 minutes at an average speed of 28.14 knots."


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Our Famous New Orleans Garden District Tour explores the section of New Orleans known as the "American" section of town. The elegant, lavish and historic Garden District was built in the 1800's to rival the architectural splendor and beauty of the French Quarter. Come see Lafayette Cemetery, the homes of author Anne Rice and rock star Trent Reznor (outside only), the house where Jefferson Davis died and many other antebellum treasures on this unique historical walking tour.
Walking tour.
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Tour departs Daily at 11:30 AM.
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Tour meets and departs from Lafayette Cemetery # 1, 1400 Washington Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70130; 1 block off of St. Charles Avenue.
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The tours are done rain or shine. If people show up in the rain, the guide will be there to take them on a tour.
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Give voucher directly to the tour guide upon arrival.
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Children ages 5 and under are free of charge.
Guest must provide own transportation to and from attraction.
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