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Whether you're a man or a woman, your sexual health and your overall health are intimately connected to each other in more ways than one. A recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, for example, found that erectile dysfunction is often an early indicator of poor cardiovascular health. Researchers followed more than 2,300 men for an average of four years and found that men with ED had a 58 percent greater risk of coronary heart disease. Another study showed that men who reported having three or more orgasms per week experienced 50 percent fewer heart attacks and strokes as compared with those who had less frequent orgasms.
Clearly, you need to be healthy to have a good sex life—and you need a good sex life to be healthy! Diet, exercise, stress management and nutrition all play a role in healthy sexual function. Here's how to cover your bases and attain sexual fitness.
Table of Contents
- Why good health matters
- Get moving to get busy
- The better sex diet
- How stress and sleep affect libido
- Best supplements for your sex life
- Why you should just say "no"
- How your age plays a role
- Your sexual fitness scorecard
Why good health matters
From temporary ankle sprains to lifelong high blood pressure to seasonal hay fever allergies to insulin-dependent diabetes, many of us suffer from health issues that require immediate to long-term treatment and care. It is important to realize that both the conditions and treatment may have some impact on your level of desire and sexual function. Even something as simple as going on the pill can wreak havoc on your libido. But regardless of what particular problems you may be suffering from, you can still find ways to incorporate sexual and emotional intimacy into your life.
Get moving to get busy
Regular aerobic workouts help to keep the blood flowing and the arteries producing nitric oxide. Nitric oxide is the life blood of sexual arousal. Men who don't exercise are much more likely to experience bouts of erectile disorder than those who do; women who don't exercise are also more likely to experience arousal issues. Not only is overall blood flow heightened during aerobic exercise, but feel-good endorphins (natural opiates) that contribute to relaxation and sexual arousal are also released. Exercise also plays a major role in generating positive self-esteem, which is perhaps the most powerful sexual enhancer.
The better sex diet
A poor diet is a major contributor to heart disease, high cholesterol, arterial plaque and high blood pressure, among other conditions, all of which inhibit blood flow to the genitals and impact both desire and arousal. So what's key to the "desire diet"? Eat for the heart, and you're eating for desire. One of the keys to a healthy diet is the idea of nutrient density. In short, when the ratio of nutrients to calories in a food is high—as is the case with most vegetables—fat burns off and health is maximized. Hence, the more nutrient-dense foods you consume, the more you will be satisfied with fewer calories, and the less you will crave more high-calorie foods.
How stress and sleep affect libido
All stressed up with nowhere to go? Stress can take a major toll on your sex life. For men, work-related stress is particularly likely to inhibit desire, while women are often more susceptible to stressors that originate at home. Obviously, our sex lives themselves can be a source of stress and anxiety, all of which can create a vicious, destructive cycle. To have a healthy sex life, you have to be in the sort of relationship that supports having a healthy sex life. Communication, positive sentiment and mutual support are all part of the foundation of a healthy sex life. What happens outside the bedroom affects what happens inside the bedroom, but that doesn't mean you have to let outside stressors put a damper on intimacy. And don't forget about sufficient shuteye: Sleep is as vital to our physical well-being as food and water, and even a single restless night will find its expression in higher levels of stress and lower levels of arousal. Conversely, those who are well rested are more able to have better sex.
Best supplements for your sex life
L-arginine, an amino acid, is a building block of protein and converts to nitric oxide, which, as we discussed earlier, is vital to sexual arousal. Pycnogenol is a combination of many antioxidants extracted from the bark of a pine tree and is known to protect the heart, fight those nasty free radicals and increase sexual arousal. Omega-3s, which are found in certain fish oils, reduce plaque that builds up in arterial walls and impairs blood flow, hence increasing levels of sexual arousal and response. Vitamins C and E are powerful antioxidant supplements that protect against free radicals and reduce fatty deposits in the blood. Most of these vitamins and minerals can be found in a quality multivitamin or simply by eating nutritiously.
Why you should just say "no"
We all know that tobacco contributes to lung and heart disease, but many people don't realize that it seriously affects sexual health as well. Smoking damages the arteries affecting blood flow to the genitals, and it leads to a loss of desire and arousal in both men and women. In terms of alcohol consumption, most of us know that having a drink or two before sex may help us relax and ease our inhibitions. But high levels of consumption can also result in sexual dysfunction. From causing the loss of erections to preventing your ability to get or stay aroused, alcohol disables the natural sexual response of the autonomic nervous system. Other chemical substances, like marijuana and cocaine, also have known links to low sex drive and sexual dysfunction.
How your age plays a role
As we age, both men and women may find themselves taking longer to become sexually aroused or even losing interest in sex altogether. In men, waning testosterone levels can make a guy moody, irritable and depressed. Decreased testosterone also places men at a greater risk for heart disease, as well as making them more prone to injury due to decreasing bone density. For women, changes in sexuality associated with menopause may affect lubrication, arousal, orgasm and overall sex drive. But without a doubt, one of the more pronounced symptoms related to menopause (as well as its early onset during perimenopause) is reduced libido. But even so the capacity to have satisfying sexual relationships does not disappear with age. We remain sexual throughout our lives, and many couples find that sex becomes more intense and intimate as they age. It's not as simple as less hormones equals less sex. It's all about lifestyle: exercise, diet, sleep and a healthy engagement with life.
Your sexual fitness scorecard
Keeping the categories we've just discussed in mind, answer the following questions about your health. The answers can help you determine which areas of your life need work
Now that you've gotten a bead on your health, start keeping a daily journal to track how your health affects your sex life. As you go through your day, think about how each daily activity affects your sexual health and whether it fundamentally helps you or hurts you. Take notes as you go along.
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Once you've gone through your day, take a good look at your list and flesh it out. Are there more hurts than helps? What else could you do that would help? Are there behaviors that could be altered to move them from the hurt to the help category? The insight you'll gain through this process can help give you the motivation you need to make smart choices for your health and for your sex life.
- Do you have a temporary, recurring, or long-term medical condition that directly impacts your general sense of well-being? Have you had one in the past?
- Have you found that during acute periods of affliction your sex life has been affected either by the condition itself or by the medication(s) you take for it?
- How much of this impact is caused by negative emotions surrounding the health condition?
- Are you currently taking any medication? If so, are you aware of any possible sexual side effects?
- Have you talked to your doctor about how to manage them, or asked if other alternatives are available?
- Have you talked to your partner and explained how your condition or treatment is making you feel?
- Is exercise a regular part of your lifestyle?
- Think back on various times in your life when you exercised more or less. Do you see any relation to periods of high and low desire?
- When you exercise more, does it make you feel more sexually confident and desirable?
- If you don't have time to get to the gym, what other ways can you make exercise part of your daily routine?
- Do you make an effort to eat nutritionally balanced meals?
- Do you avoid junk food, saturated fats, and foods high in processed sugar, that is, empty calories?
- Do you consider yourself overweight?
- Do your eating habits leave you energized or lethargic?
- Do you turn to food for comfort or as a response to anxiety?
- Do you often snack between meals?
- Are you relatively happy with your body and fitness level?
- Do you feel as if you're living with chronic stress?
- Can you remember periods of your life when you weren't feeling stressed? What was different about your life then?
- Can you identify the various sources of stress in your life?
- Have you attempted methods of stress reduction, such as yoga or exercise, or meditation?
- Do you overeat or use chemical assistance (alcohol, cigarettes, prescribed or -non--prescribed drugs) to abate stress?
- Does stress diminish your sex drive and/or interfere with your ability to remain aroused or focused during sexual interactions?
- Does sexual release help you relax?
- How much uninterrupted sleep do you get each night on average?
- Do you know how much sleep your body needs to feel well rested and regenerated, keeping in mind that different people have different sleep needs?
- How many nights per week do you suffer from insomnia?
- By the time you go to bed, are you generally too tired for sex?
- Does sex or masturbation help you sleep?
- If your partner is already sleeping, does that make it easier or harder for you to fall asleep?
- Do you take any form of medication or pill to help you sleep? If so, how dependent are you on this source?
- If you're unable to sleep because of racing thoughts, have you tried alternatives such as yoga, deep relaxation techniques, or writing in a journal to help clear your mind of the thoughts that keep you awake?
- Are there any other factors that might be affecting your sleep, such as the adrenal fatigue related to menopause?
- Do you make an effort to eat balanced meals and meet daily -recommended nutritional requirements?
- Do you take a multivitamin or other supplements?
- Do you have any symptoms, such as a tendency to easily bruise, bleeding gums, dry hair, or brittle nails, that might indicate a nutritional deficiency?
- Do you notice a difference in the way you feel emotionally, physically, and sexually when you are eating for health rather than simply to maintain a desired weight?
- Do you smoke cigarettes? If so, how frequently, and for how long have you been smoking?
- Have you noticed a corresponding increase or decrease in desire and function when you've abstained or cut down on this habit?
- Does your partner smoke?
- Do you use alcohol or other substances to help you relax or loosen up? Do you rely on it to have sex?
- Has alcohol or other drug use ever impaired your sexual function or contributed to negative sexual experiences?
- Has your sexual response changed with age? Do you find it takes longer for you to get aroused or reach orgasm? Are you less physically responsive?
- Has your level of sexual desire changed with age? Do you find you are less interested in sex in general than when you were younger?
- How do other physical aspects of the aging process, such as reduced physical strength and stamina or visible signs of aging, impact your sexual confidence and interest in sex?
- If you've gone through menopause, have you taken either prescription or holistic supplements to offset the hormonal shifts of aging? How did they impact your sexual function and level of desire and arousal? If you're a man, have you had your testosterone levels checked?
Now that you've gotten a bead on your health, start keeping a daily journal to track how your health affects your sex life. As you go through your day, think about how each daily activity affects your sexual health and whether it fundamentally helps you or hurts you. Take notes as you go along.
For example:
- Walked halfway to work before getting on the subway and walked all the way home. (Helped)
- Brought a healthy lunch instead of going to the cafeteria. (Helped)
- Skipped afternoon cigarette break. (Helped)
- Grabbed a handful of candy sitting by the copy machine. (Hurt)
- Drank too much coffee. (Hurt)
- Canceled a squeezed-in social obligation to make her day less hectic. (Helped)
- Shut off computer and went to sleep at a reasonable hour, ignoring work e-mails that could wait until the next day, and slept for eight blessed hours. (Helped)
Once you've gone through your day, take a good look at your list and flesh it out. Are there more hurts than helps? What else could you do that would help? Are there behaviors that could be altered to move them from the hurt to the help category? The insight you'll gain through this process can help give you the motivation you need to make smart choices for your health and for your sex life.


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Rupert Grint, best known as Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films, is headed to television in a very different kind of role.
Grint has signed on to the Snatch TV series, airing on Crackle and based on the 2000 film by Guy Ritchie, per Coming Soon. The 27-year-old will play Charlie Cavendish on the series, as well as serve as an executive producer.
Production on the Snatch series begins next week in Manchester. Crackle will air 10 one-hour episodes from the first season in 2017.
Grint recently starred alongside Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane in It's Only a Play on Broadway. He last played Ron Weasley in 2011, but recently met up with the latest actor to portray Harry Potter's BFF.


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Once you have found the perfect property, you then need to decide how to bid for it. Do you put in a high offer to clinch it, and risk wasting money? Or a low offer and risk losing your dream home? What are the best tactics to ensure you get the perfect property at the best possible price? In this mortgage guide we explore your options when making an offer on a property and explain practical tips to help you decide the approach that will best suit you when making an offer on a property.
Before making the offer
When first meeting with the estate agent, downplay the amount you are willing to spend. Estate agents tend to show you homes that are slightly more expensive than your limit, and it will put you in a stronger position when it comes to negotiation.
If you're too obviously keen the seller will know you will be willing to pay more. Play it cool, and ask questions that will set you in good stead for the negotiation process. Maintain close surveillance of the property market, and in particular be aware how much similar properties in the area are selling for, and how quickly they are selling. If they are moving very slowly, and going below the asking price, then you are in a stronger position to put in a lower offer.
Agree with the agent a written list of which fixtures and fittings will be included. Having it in writing reduces the chances of disagreements later in the process.
How do I put in an offer?
Tell the estate agent. By law estate agents have to pass on every offer they receive to the seller, however ridiculous. Some buyers try and unnerve sellers by putting in very low initial offers.
It is a good idea to put the offer in writing (a telephone call followed up by an email will be fine) in order to reduce scope for confusion or argument later.
If the seller is interested in your offer then the negotiations start. These are conducted via the estate agent. Note that this puts buyers at a distinct disadvantage - the seller has a professional negotiator (the agent) working on their behalf, while the buyer is left to their own devices. If are you worried about this, you can appoint a buyers agent
When is a low bid more likely to be successful?
While making an offer on a house can seem daunting, keep in mind that the seller is also probably pretty worried about getting the price they want. Circumstances can be in your favour, making it more likely the seller will accept a bid lower than the asking price - sometimes much below. This is especially the case:
- If the house has been on the market for a long time, which suggests they are having problems selling and other people think it is overpriced. Has the asking price dropped since it was put on the market?
- If the seller wants to sell quickly. For example, this would be the case if they are looking to buy a specific new house but are caught in a chain, or if they are having to move to follow a job
- If you are the only person who has expressed interest in the property - the seller will realise you are probably their only hope
- If you suggest a completion date that works for the seller
- If you can show you can act quickly, and are a more certain buyer. The seller will be less interested in someone who will take a long time, may not be able to raise the funds, and could pull out later. If you have your finances in place with a large deposit, then you will be much more attractive to the seller. Pure cash buyers can normally get a better price than those encumbered by a chain and mortgage.
- Similarly, if you are not in a chain, either because you are a first time buyer or have already sold your home. The seller will then not have to wait for you to sell your house before you can buy theirs, with the accompanying risk it might all fall through.
- If the estate agent is keen to get a quick sale. While the agent works for the seller and is looking to sell for as much as possible, they are often looking for a quick sale without too much effort, so that they can collect the commission and move on to the next job.
- If the seller is using multiple agents. The estate agent will then be more likely to want to persuade them to accept a lower price, to guarantee they get the commission rather than another agent
- Why use a Mortgage Broker?
- Why use an Independent Financial Advisor?
- Making an offer on a property
- What is the Best Mortgage for me?
- Understanding Mortgage Fees
- How do I save a deposit for a Mortgage?
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- Early Repayment Mortgage Calculator
- Mortgage Deposit Saving Calculator
- Mortgage Deposit Calculator
- The Mortgage Guide: Property Insurance
Negotiations and sealed bids
Before making an offer or entering a sealed bid, decide on how much you want to spend and think hard before exceeding that amount. Do not forget the extra costs of buying a property, you can calculate the typical costs using our Moving Home Calculator
What are the best bidding tactics?
This depends on the bidding process - whether they are open negotiations (more common), or sealed bids.
Open negotiations
When making an offer, as with all negotiations, start low. A good rule of thumb though is to offer 5% to 10% lower than the asking price
Don't forget that sellers often take this into account and deliberately put their house on the market for more than they expect or would accept
The agent will normally tell you of any bids that trump yours, and give you a chance to offer a second or even third bid
You should only offer more than the asking price if you know the seller has already been offered that, or if you are really worried about not getting your once-in-a-lifetime dream home and you think there are lots of other buyers
Stay polite and calm at all times. You'll only alienate everybody if you get irritated
Play hard to get, but stay realistic. If you think the seller is desperate, it is not in your interest to appear too keen.
Don't be overly influenced by other things thrown in with the deal. For example, unless very new, second hand white goods are usually worth very little and its often less hassle to sell them with the house than move them
Sealed Bids
If bidding is via sealed bids you will have to write down your offer and seal it in an envelope. The estate agent will give all the bids to the seller who will usually choose the highest
This is designed to get a high price as buyers, worried they will be outbid, put in their highest offer
Sealed bids often result in the seller getting more than they asked.
In some areas where demand is particularly high - notably London and the surrounding counties - sealed bids have become a norm. Bidding via sealed bids can be stressful, especially if certain pitfalls are not avoided:
While it is very tempting to offer an amount over what you would otherwise have paid to ensure you win the bid, it is important to stick to your budget.
If you do end up bidding more than the asking price your mortgage company may not cover you, so make sure you have adequate finances in place before bidding.
But, sealed bids can also be beneficial to the buyer:
There is no pressure from estate agents or seller and, as long as you overcome the temptation to overpay, you only pay what you think the property is worth to you.
If you can find out from the estate agent or seller how many other people are bidding you may be able to make a more educated guess at how much to bid.
While it's not very usual, you can still negotiate if you loose the bid: accepting a bid does not wrap up the sale
Always offer a few more pounds and pence than a round number. For example, offer £375,050 rather than £375,000 just in case another bidder offers that round number
After the offer has been accepted
Even after an offer has been made and accepted by the seller, it is not legally binding on either side (in England and Wales; there are different rules in Scotland). Until the exchange of contracts either party can still pull out (although the buyer might lose their holding deposit).
1 in 10 people have experienced the seller pulling out of the deal after accepting their offer because they have received a higher offer from elsewhere. This is called "gazumping", which is more likely if your offer is on the low side
If you are "gazumped" you can potentially lose hundreds or even thousands of pounds in pointless survey fees, land search fees, and solicitor's fees. You can use our Mortgage Fees Calculator to gauge what you can expect to pay in mortgage fees.
There is not much you can do about it apart from counter-gazump (putting in a higher bid than the gazumper)
Once a seller has accepted your offer, ask them to take the property off the market, which they should do if they are serious about accepting your offer. They do not have to, but if they do this will prevent other potential buyers butting into your purchase. If they don't, then ask why they are still marketing their property, and be careful about spending thousands of pounds on surveys, solicitors and arranging mortgages.
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Dear Amy: My 26-year old daughter waitresses in an upscale eatery in a liberal college town. She has numerous tattoos visible on her arms and legs, which get a lot of attention. I don't like tattoos, but she is my child, and I love her regardless.*sigh*
A coworker's mom, who is Mormon and visiting from out of state, sat in my daughter's section and proceeded to tell her that she was disgusting. She said she could not believe my daughter was allowed to work there, told her not to spit in her food and said that she is going to hell.
I am seething. My religious beliefs teach love and acceptance to all, and I firmly believe that I should not judge others. My daughter treated the offender with kindness, but she was stunned by this spewing. What a perfect way to turn others against religion!
Was there a tactful response my daughter could have given to make the offender realize her behavior was wrong? – Sad Mom (emphasis added).
My first response was to wonder why this offending woman identified herself as LDS, and worse, why she claimed the young tattooed waitress would be going to hell?
This dear sister obviously missed all those admonitions of the Savior to love one another and not to judge one another.
I've spent more time thinking about this than I should, probably, but I've come up with some scenarios:
1. Sad Mom was aware of the visiting woman's religion because the co-worker had mentioned it, not because the visitor had mentioned it. Sad Mom then attributed the awful behavior to the visitor's Mormon-ness rather than to her being a crabby old lady. (This is the best case scenario.)
2. The visitor actually mentioned her Mormon-ness why chastising the young waitress about her tattoos. (Can you imagine that discussion? What do you know about the Mormons? Do you know we hate tattoos, and people who wear them? Yikes!!)
3. The young waitress embellished the story for her mother. (Can you believe what happened to me today? This woman sits in my station and goes off on my tattoos….)
Well, of course we know there are stupid people everywhere. And the church is not immune to that condition. How sad that this LDS woman would treat a waitress the way she did and make claims she has no right in the world to make. (I have to chuckle as I think about a professor I had in college who wore long sleeves every day of the year to hide tattoos he'd gotten as young sailor. This tattooed professor was also a sealer in the temple when I knew him.)
I hope that if I'm someone's sample of the church that I do a better job representing.
(BTW, Amy's response was spot on: "Dear Sad: This isn't about religion, but about rudeness…." She goes on to point out that the waitress did the right thing trying to be polite, and suggested that she could have offered to re-seat the upset woman in a different section of the restaurant.)


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Rev. Erin Wathen serves as the Senior Pastor at Saint Andrew Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the Kansas City suburbs. As a Kentucky native and long-time desert dweller, now living on the prairie, she values a rich landscape of faith in both writing and preaching. Her husband, Jeremy, is stay-home dad to their two young children and a great little wonder dog named Van Halen (who has a pretend cape and a British accent.)
Erin is the 2010 recipient of the Fred Craddock Award for Excellence in Preaching. She's also been recognized for gifts of congregational transformation, creative stewardship, and an evolving approach to worship and community life. In addition to being a family girl, pastor and writer, Erin is an occasional yogi and an accomplished domestic disaster. Which means she cooks a lot, but not necessarily well.


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It's been warm in Knoxville this week, warm enough that when it wasn't raining I was driving around with my windows down. That means that anyone close enough to the car can hear what I've been playing, and all this week it's been Taylor Swift's 1989. (Last week it was Steve Grand's All American Boy, which you should buy both because it is a decent debut album and also because you can hear a man singing pop songs about loving another man's sexy body.) I didn't stop to think about how weird this might seem until tonight when I ran into a friend in the Kroger parking lot on my way home.
"Joel, is that... are you listening to Taylor Swift?"
"I like her."
"You like Taylor Swift now? You?"
I do.
I like Taylor Swift.
Let me take a minute to explain how this happened. I mentioned it once before, when I wrote about how much I didn't like Beck's Album of the Year. I buy CD's, rather than just downloading the album on iTunes or Amazon, because I don't want to download every song on any album until I know if I like them or not. Sure, I could still do that with digital music files, but if I have a physical CD and don't like it I can take it to McKay's and trade it in for store credit, like I did with that crappy Beck CD. I can't do that on Amazon or iTunes. Granted, it's not what I paid for it, but it's better than nothing. With that idea in mind, I purchased Taylor Swift's CD thinking that I wouldn't like it, but also thinking that I should at least listen to it before pre-judging.
On my first listen, I was immediately scornful. After hearing "Welcome to New York", the first song on the album, my immediate response was, "This sounds exactly the way someone who wasn't alive in the '80's thinks 80's music sounded like." It gave me the same feeling that photos of sorority "80's Nights" parties does. It was very synthesizer heavy, sounded a little processed, and even though it didn't have any beats or chords in common with it the song sounded to me like a knockoff of Nu Shooz's "I Can't Wait". It was later pointed out to me that Taylor Swift actually was alive in the 1980's. She was born in 1989. By the time I finished a first listen of the entire album, I believed that my preconceived notion of Taylor was still correct: She was the kind of girl that I would advise a straight guy friend to immediately break up with, because there was a seething undercurrent of "clinging nutbag" to all her songs.
I'm slow to react, though, so Taylor Swift kept playing in the car for the rest of the week.
By Wednesday, I realized that I liked the third song on the album, "Style". It was catchy, moody, and I might have gotten hooked a little by the reference to James Dean, but also it's a song about how you should really stop dating this guy but you keep dating him anyway because you're both a little obsessed with each other and when you're good together it's great but really you should just break it off for real this time because you keep crashing and burning and that's happened to me before when I was younger and Oh my God, I have something in common with a Taylor Swift song.
Taylor Swift and I connected.
It was like a door opened, and I suddenly began to hear all of the songs on the CD in a different way. I understood that yes, Taylor and I can be a little mental sometimes, but we've both dated a lot of guys who are jerks. And we kept dating them. We remain hopeful, but Jesus, we sure can pick them, can't we? By Friday of that week, five days into my Taylor Swift listening experience, I realized that even though Kelly Clarkson is my go-to for music when I'm mad about a man (because every time I hear a song by Kelly Clarkson I want to go find a man who wronged me and kick him right in the junk), there was room in my heart for my girl Taylor.
So yes, I like Taylor Swift now, and I'm not ashamed to admit it.


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Preparation Checklist for Intentional Selling Success
Preparation is the first step in the Intentional Selling 6-Step Process, as it is in any sales system process. Yet, when I work with sales professionals and we do a post-mortem sales autopsy, it's the first place things go wrong – in the preparation, before there's even any contact with the client!
Don't let this happen to you. It's avoidable. You have control over your sales preparation.
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How Did the Landmark Marriage Equality Decision Affect You?
In the novel David Inside Out, David grew up before the Supreme Court declared same-sex marriage legal in all fifty states. Though he was romantically drawn to boys, David never imagined that he could one day marry a man.
David Inside Out Released in Paperback and e-book
After 7 years in hardcover, David Inside Out was released in paperback and e-book in spring 2017. Available in bookstores and on the internet now. The new edition has a bonus section discussing the many positive steps forward for LGBTQ people since the release of the hardcover in 2009. The cheaper price of the paperback will make it accessible to many more teens wanting to read David's compelling coming out story.


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4312 Loma Del Norte Drive
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That's wonderful! I'm stunned by how seamlessly it slots in. They make it look so easy, although it must be horrendously time consuming & fiddly.
So much work and so much talent. This is insanely inspiring and impressive. They've got some great artists working there.
Amazing. It's almost impossible for your mind to watch something like that and not accept that it's all real, assuming that they've found some well-preserved period locations. Things like the ships you'd probably guess at being CGI, but not most of the other stuff. Directors must have to be real visionaries these days - the backdrops for 90% of what they are shooting aren't anywhere close to the end results, so the planning and storyboarding must be monumentally detailed and precise.
wow, as a big big fan of boardwalk empire i knew there was a bit of cgi involved, scenes like the first one with the large boats are fairly easily to take notice of if you're looking, but i had no idea how much cgi went into little things.
90% of the show is beautifully subtle in it's use of the cgi backdrops and this video was brutally impressive.
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90% of the show is beautifully subtle in it's use of the cgi backdrops and this video was brutally impressive.
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AIPAC's Hirelings Rush to Resolution
By William A. Cook
08/07/08 "ICH" --- Perception is often the stepchild of ignorance, especially when controlled by those with the most to gain. It is especially difficult for our Congress to perceive clearly when it grovels at the feet of its master, AIPAC. America's Knesset, servile hirelings of Israel's lobby, rush to pass yet another resolution conceived by AIPAC and authored and co-signed by its most slavish puppets, Ackerman and Ros-Lehtinen in the House and Lieberman and Bayh in the Senate, Resolutions H. Con. 362 and S. 580, the "Iran War Resolution." Virtually all Congressmen with the exception of Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich and all Senators, including McCain and Obama, will vote to support this resolution. Passage provides Bush with power to impose a unilateral blockade on Iran, an act, if done without UN sanction, is an act of war. This resolution, a virtual carbon copy of the resolution that has mired us in Iraq, does nothing for the security of the United States, indeed it does the opposite, but it does secure continued funding of Republicans and Democrats by AIPAC and Israel.
The wise man seeks to see through the eyes of his perceived enemy; only then will he know his perceived failures and the rationale that gives purpose to those arraigned against him. Our Congress is driven, like the horse carriage of old, with blinders that prevent vision beyond that dictated by Israel's interests, not America's. Consider the "Iran War Resolution" from the perspective of the nations that compose the United Nations General Assembly, not the Security Council that is controlled by the U.S. veto.
Let's rewrite the legislation so that it expresses the sense of the United Nations General Assembly regarding "the threat posed to international peace, stability in the Middle East, and the vital security interests of the United Nations by Israel's possession of nuclear weapons and regional hegemony."
Whereas Israel is NOT a party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), has NOT foresworn the acquisition of nuclear weapons by ratification of the NPT, and is therefore able to avoid declaration of all its nuclear activity and defy constant monitoring by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA);
Whereas for nearly 50 years, in clear contravention of the explicit obligations of the NPT, Israel operated a covert nuclear program until it was revealed by Mr. Mordechai Vanunu, who served 18 years in solitary confinement for providing the world information on this deceit, and, recently, by Prime Minister Olmert and former President Jimmy Carter;
Whereas Israel continues to expand the number of illegal nuclear weapons available to its military forces, as has become evident in its most recent invasion of a neighbor in 2006, Lebanon, and continues in defiance of binding UNSC resolutions demanding suspension of all such illegal activities;
Whereas the Israeli nuclear weapons capability poses a grave threat to international peace and security by fundamentally altering and destabilizing the strategic balance in the Middle East, and severely undermining the global nonproliferation regime;
Whereas Israel's overt sponsorship of several terrorist groups, especially those aligned with the Settlers occupation in Palestine, and its close ties to the United States, demonstrates that Israel and the U.S. share their nuclear materials and technology with others;
Whereas Israel continues to develop ballistic missile technology and pursues its capability to field intercontinental ballistic missiles, a delivery system suited almost exclusively to nuclear weapons payloads;
Whereas Israeli leaders have repeatedly called for the destruction of Palestine and Lebanon, respected members of the United Nations;
Whereas Israel's support for its rogue terrorist group, the IDF, has enabled that group to wage war against the government and people of Lebanon and Palestine leading to the invasion of Lebanon in 2006 and its political and physical domination of Palestine;
Whereas Israel's support for its Settlers and IDF has enabled it to illegally seize control of the West Bank and Gaza and to continuously bombard and devastate Palestinian civilians with F-16s, bulldozers, tanks, and missiles;
Whereas through these efforts, Israel seeks to establish regional hegemony, threatens longstanding friends and allies of all nations in the mid-east, and endangers vital United Nations security interests; and
Whereas nothing in this resolution shall be construed as an authorization of the use of force against Israel: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the United Nations General Assembly that the world's international body
1. Declare that Israel disband all nuclear weapons capability;
2. Join the nations of the mid-east in signing the NPT;
3. Remove its troops from the occupied territory of Palestine;
4. Tear down the illegal wall that it has used to imprison the Palestinians;
5. Return all natural resources to the people of Palestine;
6. Pay reparation for its destruction of Lebanon;
7. Return occupied land to Lebanon and Syria;
8. Provide for the refugees illegally prevented from returning to their legitimate homes;
The above document modifies the wording of the House and Senate resolutions to indicate a totally different perspective on world affairs, one built on Justice, the requisite foundation for a lasting peace, not those of Israel alone. Considering the magnitude of the reality that exists in Israel versus Iran relative to nuclear capability alone, the absurdity, the hypocrisy, the sheer arrogance of these resolutions boggles the mind. How can the world respect a nation whose representatives avoid seeing the world from the eyes of those most impacted by the threat that Israel poses in the mid-east? How can the world understand that a nation rejects the testimony of its own CIA National Intelligence Estimate that Iran has not actively pursued nuclear weapon capability since 2003 and the evidence brought to the United Nations by the IAEA's Director, El Baradei, after nine unannounced investigations of Iran's nuclear facilities in this past year all revealing no evidence of weapon development? How can the world respect a Democracy that is led to such acts of vengeance by a small nation more invested in its own interests than those of America as Mearsheimer and Walt's report testifies.
The most evil deceit resides in the conceit of those who pretend to be a friend and achieve their end by flattery, bribery, or coercion; those who fall victim to such evil remain forever the bondslave of their Overseer. They have, in effect, surrendered their principles, their conscience, and their personal freedom to a ruthless, merciless, amoral force, willingly sacrificing in the process the people they represent. Such is the state of affairs in our spineless Congress.
William Cook is a professor of English at the University of La Verne in southern California
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Is the West Doomed for Good?
I ask myself this question. I have never seen anything so mortally, hopelessly on a path of destruction as the west. It's so all encompassing - on so many levels, affecting almost every body - it seems. Like a virus, slowly it spreads, changing those before they know it - coming to accept new ideas which ultimately erode any sense of morality, decency, self - reliance and society.
It just doesn't seem like it's turning around, that it can turn around. I'm even starting to see it here in China. It's eerie and it is depressing.
For example, one of the guys I am training with is a North American guy. He's from Canada. It's nice to have someone else, a friend, to speak English to while I'm here, but everytime we go out; he behaves obnoxiously, like that stereotypical, obnoxious American who has no clue or regard for etiquette or the culture around him. It's embarrassing being seen next to the guy, often he'll talk really loudly. As if no regard for anybody around him. He does not see the Chinese around him look at him with disgust and disdain.
I can see the nasty looks the women give him.
He doesn't even realize it - that's the thing. I asked him about what he thinks people around him perceive us as. He gave some answer like "they all don't care".
This is the state we are in. People are blind to whatever, everything it is they are doing. It seems NO one is raised with etiquette anymore. No ONE. It's like DOA by the time I was born, but my parents still raised me with it, cultured me and taught me respect and the finer things in life. It's depressing to me, that so many Americans are just clueless to this - they have no idea about it. None. They've never been taught respect, etiquette, dignity.
I think the west is doomed. What do you think? I don't see us coming out of this one.
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Consider yourself lucky that your parents taught you well. I hear what you are saying, but you need to be a glass half full type of guy. Don't polarize on the negatives or it will end up driving you crazy. Back to the part about you understanding respect and the finer things in life. Women notice these things. Trust me, they do. So many on this forum complain that they can't meet the higher caliber women. You meet the good ones by having a quiet confidence to yourself and showing them that you have, as the Thai's say, "a good heart."
You don't have any control over how fast the West is eroding. As far as your friend is concerned, that crap would drive me nuts...I'd have a difficult time hanging out with him unless he changed. The goal is to attract beautiful women not drive them away. Sounds like he's a regular chick repellant.
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If Hillary Clinton is elected president, America will be finished that's for sure!
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The West is doomed. That is for sure. The question for me is whether or not this collapse will include the end of humanity.
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You can't have a 1st world country with a 3rd world IQ, so yaa unless things change quick it's done period. It's also being pushed this direction on purpose.
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Some systems are almost too big to fail. They say, the bigger they come, the harder they fall... the West has been falling for quite some time, and will continue to fall for some time longer. Like the Roman Empire, it won't just collapse over night. Hell, it may not even be during our lifetimes.
Like when the Titanic sank, the band kept playing. The West is sinking, the band is still playing. We won't know it's over until the tune stops.
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Your wrong about that, everything moves so fast today. Just like to get around the world used to take months and months and now the shuttle does it in 90 minutes...........
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Common...West is not dommed...WHITE RACE IS
White Race will F**ck up wherever they end up in. Look at Thailand where most White Race Go.
Once an Asian women gets White D*ck..She becomes b*tchy....Thai women in Pattaya are hellish like American Women. Many Filipinas once they go to the west and be with a white man..She becomes B*tchy.
The problem with White Race is FIXING THINGS UP and NOT BEING SPIRITUAL. Christianity and Islam are both religions of Demons which has nothing whatsoever to do with real God and Universe.
Only Indian Spirituality aka Sanathan DHARMA can save the White Race now not the Fake Hindu Religion you see on TV created by the Illuminati to confuse the white race. HINDU RELIGION IS NOT SPIRITUALITY
Go Spiritual....Go Vegetarian NOT VEGAN...DO NOT EAT BEEF< PORK, it wraps your DNA.
Suffering is the only end for white people now. It will get worse as the dark planet black goo awakens and sucks the life out of white race. It won't end once you die, its creating new dimensions to put white race for continuous suffering.
Nothing can save you except GOD. THE TRUE GOD.
P.S > Do not take White Race remark as racism...All races and cultures have different evolutionary paths...Multiculturalism is never good.
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What a load of utter & complete bullshit. First, you say it is the Jews scapegoating the white race - then it's white race is evil and from Mars. Yes, I am offended by your White race comments, because they are offensive. If you had ANY IDEA how much white people have suffered, and try to do good...you'd probably close your mouth of ignorance stated.
I know your heart is good, but your comments are ignorant. If the whites have been under attack by Zionist influences - then we are poisoned. You're taking the behavior of many white people now, and generalizing it to mean that we're "just bad". When you of all people, know that our society has been poisoned.
White Christians used to be really good, loving, caring benevolent people. .....Just like everyone else these days, jump on the "hate whitey" band-wagon that is so easy to jump on, all the underpriveleged minorities with "something to gain a leg up" on do to make them feel better about some injustice they are told to have, to bash white people. We don't care, go ahead. Everyone else does because they are told to. You talk about karma. There will be cosmic karmic consequences for people who attack innocent whites. It's coming, may not come tomorrow or in our lifetimes, but it will come. It will happen, you and any others that take part in it will not get out or off innocently.
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Thankyou Eric.............the spaceman does have some issues!
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The World is in a vise. There is no escape. It isn't just the USA. As of right now, the USA is just the last strong pillar. Once the US goes, it will all be over.
A good man is above pettiness. He is better than that.
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No idea what you mean. The USA as the last strong pillar - for what? And believe me the world will continue to exist, with and without USA.
Financially for sure USA is not in a good condition, and there are plenty of other problems too - there is a huge prison population, a good social network for health services is missing, the legal situation is a total mess, never ending racist BS accusations etc....
USA is not a bad country either, by economic terms about rank # 14 to # 16, just one developed country among others - nothing really so special as you claim it to be.
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The US has the Reserve Petro $ and once that is gone so is the US standard of living that is left..........The drivers have been taken out of the economy and even if put back somebody else somewhere else will do it cheaper.
This all came from what happened after WW2 and that is all being undone now. The worst part is the populace is becoming dumber by the day so any type of recovery will practically be impossible if this continues....
America is cooked and only a miracle found within the people can set it right!
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The US Govt. was pushing for globalization . The media is controlled it's not even funny..it's way too leftist in thinking .
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From a lecture-demonstration at the Bauhaus by Oskar Schlemmer to the Circle of Friends of the Bauhaus (March 16, 1927).
Before speaking about theater proper at the Bauhaus, we should first take a brief look at the way in which it came about, consider the justification for its existence, and observe its path and its goals. In short, we should review its primary endeavor, which is to approach all our material from a basic and elementary standpoint. It is because of this endeavor that the stage here has became an organic link in the total chain of Bauhaus activity.
It is natural that the aims of the Bauhaus — to seek the union of the artistic-ideal with the craftsmanlike-practical by thoroughly investigating the creative elements, and to understand in all its ramifications the essence of der Bau, creative construction — have valid application to the field of the theater. For, like the concept of Bau itself, the stage is an orchestral complex which comes about only through the cooperation of many different forces. It is the union of the most heterogeneous assortment of creative elements. Not the least of its functions is to serve the metaphysical needs of man by constructing a world of illusion and by creating the transcendental on the basis of the rational.
From the first day of its existence, the Bauhaus sensed the impulse for creative theater; for from that first day the play instinct [der Spieltrieb] was present. The play instinct, which Schiller in his wonderful and endur ing Briefe über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen [Letters on the Aesthetic Education of Man, (1795)] calls the source of man's real creative values, is the un-self-conscious and naIve pleasure in shaping and pro ducing, without asking questions about use or uselessness, sense or non sense, good or bad. This pleasure through creation was especially strong at the beginning (not to say the infancy) of the Bauhaus
…….in Weimar
and was expressed in our exuberant parties, in improvisations, and in the imaginative masks and costumes which we made.
We might say that during the course of its development, this state of naïveté, which is the womb of the play instinct, is generally followed by a period of reflection, doubt, and criticism, something that in turn can easily bring about the destruction of the original state, unless a second and, as it were, skeptical kind of naIvete tempers this critical phase. Today we have become much more aware of ourselves. A sense for standards and constants has arisen out of the unconscious and the chaotic. This, together with concepts such as norm, type, and synthesis, points the way to creative form [Gestaltung].
It was due only to intense skepticism, for example, that in 1922 Lothar Schreyer's plan to form a Bauhaus theater failed; at the time there was practically no climate for strong philosophical points of view (Weltanschauungstendenzen), none at least which could be found in the sacral garb of Expressionism. On the other hand, there was a distinct feeling for satire and parody. It was probably a legacy of the Dadaists to ridicule automatically everything that smacked of solemnity or ethical precepts. And so the grotesque flourished again. It found its nourishment in travesty and in mocking the antiquated forms of the contemporary theater. Though its tendency was fundamentally negative, its evident recognition of the origin, conditions, and laws of theatrical play was a positive feature.
The dance, however, stayed alive throughout this period. During the course of our growth it changed from the crude country dancing of our "youth hostelers" [Rüpeltanz der Wandervögel] to the full-dress fox trot. The same thing happened in music: our concertina metamorphosed into our jazz band (A. Weininger). Group dancing found its image reflected on the stage in the dance of the individual. And from this developed our formalized use of color [das Farbig-Formale], and the Mechanical Ballet (K. Schmidt, Bogler, Teltscher). Experimentation with colored light and shadows became the "Reflectory Light Play" (Schwertfeger and L. Hirschfeld Mack). A marionette theater was begun.
While we had no stage of our own in Weimar and had to give our productions on a sort of dubious suburban podium there, since the move
…….to Dessau
we have been in the enviable position of having a "house-stage" of our own in the new Bauhaus building. Although it was originally meant to be a platform for lectures as well as a stage for performances on a limited scale, it is nevertheless well equipped for a serious approach to stage problems.
For us these problems and their solution lie in fundamentals, in elementary matters, in discovering literally the primary meaning of Stage. We are concerned with what makes things typical, with type, with number and measure, with basic law. • • • I scarcely need to say that these concerns have been active, if not necessarily dominant, during all periods of great art; but they could be active only when preconditioned by a state of hypersensitive alertness and tension, that is, when functioning as the regulators of a real feeling of involvement with the world and life. Of many memorable statements which have been made about number, measure, and law in art, I cite only one sentence from Philipp Otto Runge: "It is precisely in the case of those works of art which most truly arise from the imagination and the mystique of our soul, unhampered by externals and unburdened by history, that the strictest regularity is necessary."
If the aims of the Bauhaus are also the aims of our stage, it is natural that the following elements should be of first and foremost importance to us: SPACE as a part of the larger total complex, building [Bau]. The art of the stage is a spatial art, a fact which is bound to become clearer and clearer in the future. The stage, including the auditorium, is above all an architectonic-spatial organism where all things happening to it and within it exist in a spatially conditioned relationship. • • An aspect of space is FORM, comprising both surface (that is, two-dimensional) form and plastic (three- dimensional) form. Aspects of form are COLOR and LIGHT, to which we attach a new importance. We are primarily visually oriented beings and can therefore take pleasure in the purely optical; we can manipulate forms and discover mysterious and surprising effects in mechanical motion from concealed sources; we can convert and transfigure space through form, color, and light. • • We can say, therefore, that the concept Schau-Spiel would become a reality if all these elements, comprehended as a totality, were brought into being. We should then have a real "feast for the eyes," a metaphor come true. • • • If, going even beyond this, we atomize the constricting space of the stage and translate it into terms of the total building itself, the exterior as well as the interior — a thought which is particularly fascinating in view of the new Bauhaus building — then the idea of a space stage would be demonstrated in a way which is probably altogether unprecedented.
We can imagine plays whose "plots" consist of nothing more than the pure movement of forms, color, and light. If this movement is to be a mechanical process without human involvement of any sort (except for the man at the control panel), we shall have to have equipment similar to the precision machinery of the perfectly constructed automaton. • • Today's technology already has the necessary apparatus. It is a question of money — and, more importantly, a question as to how successfully such a technical expenditure can meet the desired effect. How long, that is, can any rotating, vibrating, whirring contrivance, together with an infinite variety of forms, volors, and lights, sustain the interest of the spectator? The question, in short, is whether the purely mechanical stage can be accepted as an independent genre, and whether, in the long run, it will be able to do without hat being who would be acting here solely as the "perfect machinist" and inventor, namely, the human being.4
Since we do not yet have a perfected mechanical stage (the technical equipping of our own experimental stage lags for the time being far behind that of the government-subsidized stages), man remains perforce our essential element. And of course he will remain so as long as the stage exists. In contradistinction to the rationalistically determined world of space, form, and color, man is the vessel of the subconscious, the unmediated experience, and the transcendental. He is the organism of flesh and blood, conditioned by measure and by time. And he is the herald, indeed he is the creator, of possibly the most important element of theater: SOUND, WORD, LANGUAGE.
We confess that up to now we have cautiously avoided experimenting with this element of language, not in order to de-emphasize it but, conscious of its significance, to master it slowly. For the time being we must be content with the silent play of gesture and motion — that is, with pantomime — firmly believing that one day the word will develop automatically from it. Our decision to approach the human word "unliterarily," in its primary state, as a happening, as if it were being heard for the first time, makes this particular field a problem and a challenge.
Since the above was written, we have learned from an experiment along these lines called "House π" that an approach to word development within the dramatic process as suggested above is a thoroughly tenable one. Starting with a prepared stage with its own set of spatial relationships (involving various levels constructed of movable skeletal boxes with flooring where needed), and with experimental light effects, it was possible to obtain through pure chance, inspiration, and the extemporizing of the participants an "extract," which, as it developed, became more fascinating, the clearer the possibility became of giving the action a definitive form. It was demonstrated here, too, that the growth of a scene must follow ultimately a rhythmical and somehow mathematically determinable law, perhaps most closely akin to the laws of music, without, however, its involving music as such.
What has been said about word and language applies also to SOUND and HARMONY. Here too we try in our own way to create out of necessity and need an appropriate aural expression for each experimental production [Gestaltung]. For the time being, such simple "stimulators" as the gong and kettledrum are enough.
A brief word about our series of stage demonstrations: First of all, when confronted with any new thing, we are accustomed to pause and investigate its essence. We generally do this with both skepticism and a kind of buoyancy. • • Let us begin with the curtain and investigate this object as a Ding an sich ["thing-in-itself"], with an eye to its essential and to its particular properties. • • To gether with the ramp, it separates the two worlds of auditorium and stage into two hostile-friendly camps. It imposes a state of excitement on both sides. Out there the audience's excitement asks: What's going to happen? Back here our question is: What's going to be the effect? • • "The curtain goes up!" • • But how? It can go up in any of a hundred different ways. Whether in the matter-of-fact tempo of "now-it's-open, now-it's-closed," or solemnly and sedately rising, or torn open with two or three violent tugs, the curtain has its special vocabulary. We can imagine a curtain-play which would evolve literally from its own "material" and reveal in an entertaining way the curtain's own secret nature. • • • By adding an actor, the possibilities of this sort of play are further multiplied.
Let us now take a look at the empty stage and by means of linear division organize it in such a way as to be able to understand its space. We first divide the square surface of the floor in the middle and then into bisecting axes and diagonals. We shall also delineate a circle. Thus we obtain a geometry of the floor area. Now by following the movements of a man over it, we get a clear demonstration of the elementary facts of its space (illustration 1). By means of taut wires which join the corners of this cubical space, we obtain its midpoint, while the diagonal lines divide it stereometrically. By adding as many such aerials as we wish, we can create a spatial-linear web which will have a decisive influence on the man who moves about within it (illustration 2).
Let us now observe the appearance of the human figure as an event and recognize that from the very moment at which it becomes a part of the stage, it also becomes a "space-bewitched" creature, so to speak. Automatically and predictably, each gesture or motion is translated in meaningful terms into a unique sphere of activity. (Even the "gentleman from the audience," removed from his sphere and placed on the stage, would be clothed in this magical nimbus.) The human figure, the actor, naked or in white tights, stands in space. Before him, the receptive spectator, awaiting every motion, every action. Behind him, the security of a wall; at each side, the wings for his entrance and exit. This is the situation which any person creates who instinctively steps back from a group of two or more curious spectators in order to "act out" something for them. It is the basic situation which produced the peep show. It might even be called the origin of all theatrics.
From this point on, two fundamentally different creative paths are possible. Either that of psychic expression, heightened emotion, and pantomime (illustration 3); or that of mathematics in motion, the mechanics of joints and swivels, and the exactitudes of rhythmics and gymnastics (illustrations 5 ff.). Each of these paths, if pursued to its end, can lead to a work of art. Similarly, the fusion of the two paths can result in a unified art form. The actor is now so susceptible to being altered, transformed, or "entranced" by the addition of some applied object — mask, costume, prop — that his habitual behavior and his physical and psychic structure are either upset or else put into a new and altogether different balance. (The nature of the actor, and of the potential actor, is best revealed in the depth of the transformation of his behavior as effected by these inanimate attributes, a cigarette, hat, cane, suit, or whatever it might be.)
Since, moreover, we are not concerned with imitating nature and for is reason use no painted flats or backdrops to transplant a kind of second-rate nature onto the stage — since we have no interest in make-believe rests, mountains, lakes, or rooms — we have constructed simple flats of wood and white canvas which can be slid back and forth on a series of parallel tracks and can be used as screens for light projection. By back-lighting we can also make them into translucent curtains or wall areas and thereby achieve an illusion of a higher order, created directly from readily available means (illustrations 8, 9). We do not want to imitate sunlight and moonlight, morning, noon, evening, and night with our lighting.Rather we let the light function by itself, for what it is: yellow, blue, red, green, violet, and so on. • • • Why should we embellish these simple phenomena with such preconceived equations as: red stands for madness, violet for the mystical, orange for evening, and so on? Let us rather open our eyes and Jose our minds to the pure power of color and light. If we can do this, we shall be surprised at how well the laws of color and its mutations can be demonstrated by the use of colored light in the physical and chemical laboratory of the theater stage. With nothing more than simple stage lighting, we can begin to appreciate the many possibilities for the imaginative use of color play.
We shall dress one…two…three actors in stylized padded tights and papier-mâché masks. The effect of the tights and masks together is to re group the various and diffuse parts of the human body into a simple, unified form. The three actors will be dressed in the primary colors: red, yellow, blue. If we now assign to each of these actors a different way of walking – a slow, a normal, and a tripping gait – and if we let them measure out their space, so to speak, in time to a kettledrum, a snare drum, and wooden blocks, the result will be the "space dance" (illustration 5). If we put certain basic forms, such as a ball, a club, a wand, and a pole, into their hands, and if we let their gestures and movements instinctively follow what these shapes convey to them, the result is what we can call "form dance" (illustration 6). • • • If we now provide the masks with mustaches and glasses, the hands with gloves, the torsos with stylized dinner jackets, and if we add to their various ways of walking also places to sit down (a swivel chair, an armchair, a bench) and also various kinds of sounds (murmuring and hissing noises; double-talk and jabbering; an occasional bit of pandemonium; perhaps also a phonograph, piano, and trumpet), the result is what we call "gesture dance" (illustrations 7, 10). • • • The intentionally grotesque "Musical Clown" with his bare-ribbed umbrella, glass curls, colored pom-pom tuft, goggle eyes, inflated nobnose, toy saxophone, accordion chest, xylophone arm, miniature fiddle, funnel-shaped leg with a drum attached, gauze train, and floppy shoes, is the winsome and pathetic companion to the other three figures in a quite seriously intended quartet (illustration 12). With these four actors as a nucleus, we now expand into a chorus of gray and ghostlike stereotype figures which, either individually or as a group, will demonstrate both rhythmic and dramatic patterns of motion (illustration 4). • • • Finally, we shall create for the players a universe of walls, props, and other stage equipment which can be easily transported and put up anywhere (illustration 11).
By confining ourselves to one area of that vast complex called the stage, to the area of pantomime and the highly disciplined chamberwork [Kleinkunst],
…….the sense of our endeavor
is to arrive at an art form which will at least try to compete with the "legitimate" theater. This self-restriction does not come from a feeling of resignation but from the realization that by intensifying our work in such a limited area, in contrast to the ambitions of the state-supported opera and theater, we have the considerable double advantage of being free from the external restrictions of the latter (restrictions which often go far toward actually vitiating the artistic) and therefore of being able to give freer rein to imagination, invention, and technical execution. Our aim, further, is to create a different sort of play from those of others with whom we are often com pared (for example, Tairov and The Bluebird). On the one hand, the national quality of our work is to be a native, an inherent one. On the other hand (and in no sense a contradiction), ours is a search for that which is universally valid for the creative theater. If we care to look for models, they can be found in the Javanese, the Japanese, and the Chinese theater, rather than in the European theater of today.
The point of our endeavor:
To become a traveling company of actors which will perform its works wherever there is a desire to see them.


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EVC Multiple Timeframes - Cause I was asked my opinion of it. Cause I like the chart.
EVC Monthly - Here we can see the long term support turned resistance near $7. Also is the shorter term support of $5. There's also some resistance @ $9 and $11.
EVC Weekly - A closer look at the action in the past year. Note the increase in volume on the run-up and the volume falling off as the price consolidates between $5 and $7. We're obviously close to a breakout around $7. I'm starting to like this trade setup.
EVC Daily - Here's the last 6 months. We have the resistance @ $7 and support @ $5. Also, in mid October the price paused in the $6ish area. It happened again not too long ago - expect some short term support here. This stock seems to really like pausing at whole numbers. Of course support and resistance are more price areas than definitive numbers.
EVC 10 Min - In the last two weeks, EVC has formed higher lows, which is a bulllish sign. There's resistance at the $6.70 area before the big $7. There's short term support at the rising trendline as well as $6.50, $6.30, and $5.90-$6 area. Keep in mind that shorter term resistance and support is more fragile than the longer term.
EVC 2 Min - Here's the last 2 days. We can see a triangle forming on Thursday which gapped above resistance Friday. Friday morning it retraced to resistance/support and bounced nicely. A flag was formed during the rest of the half-day of trading. Support from both the previous resistance and rising trendline @ $6.55. Resistance @ the descenting trendline, with $6.70 then $7 next. Above that is the big break.
Yes, I like this setup.


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Lauren Bacall Dead - Legendary Actress Dies at 89
Lauren Bacall has sadly passed away at the age of 89.
The legendary actress suffered a massive stroke at her home on Tuesday (August 12), a family member told TMZ.
Lauren is best known for her roles in the movies Designing Women, How to Marry a Millionaire, and The Mirror Has Two Faces, which earned her an Oscar nomination in 1997. She later received an Honorary Award from the Academy in 2009.
Lauren was married to actor Humphrey Bogart from 1945 until his death in 1957. They had two children together. She was later married to Jason Robards from 1961 until 1969 and they had one child together.
We send out our thoughts and condolences to Lauren's loved ones during this difficult time.


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Myrtle Beach, SC 29582
(Located in the Galleria / Kroger shopping center)
843 449-1160
Hours of Operation
Delivery Hours Monday - Sunday
11:00am - 12:00am
Dine-In and Gaming Hours Monday - Sunday
11:00am - 11:00pm
Dine-in • Carry-out • Delivery
Reservations accepted for parties 10 or more
Casual attire
Full bar with drink specials
Outdoor patio
Payment Methods Accepted
AMEX, Discover, Visa, Mastercard
We are located in the Galleria shopping center, at the corner of Hwy 17 and Lake Arrowhead Road on the northern boundary of Myrtle Beach.
From the South:
Stay on Hwy 17 bypass northbound, or Hwy 17 business northbound. The Galleria Center is 1 mile North of the Carolina Opry theatre, on the right (east) side of the street. There is a stoplight at Lake Arrowhead Road. Do not go past the stoplight.
From the North:
Use Hwy 17 South. Lake Arrowhead Road is approximately 1.5 miles South of Hwy 22, and 2.5 miles south of Barefoot Landing. The Galleria Center is on the left (east) side of Hwy 17.
Is there an admission charge?
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Do you have a buffet?
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Do you have games that appeal to kids of all ages?
Our game room has over 50 interactive video and redemption games. We have a selection of games that appeal to children from 3 to 5 years old, but most of our games are fun for any age!
What is "Lazer Frenzy"?
Lazer Frenzy is an attraction where participants make their way thru a 10 by 20 foot room while they dodge Lazer Beams. Scores are attained based upon the amount of time you use to complete the course and the number of beams you "break". Participants can select from three degrees of difficulty, depending on their age and agility.
Are reservations required?
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Can we just come in to play the games?
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