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Brenda Lezon with 2000+ Wheel Horsepower
Written by James Monday, 10 April 2017 19:01
This is the story of a photoshoot that almost never happened. It was a Saturday night and the eve of our scheduled photoshoot, I was playing poker with the guys when I was contacted by the model we had scheduled to shoot. A family emergency would prevent her from being able to shoot with us. After contacting Nicholas from NJB Photography and all 3 car owners we decided the show must go on. In between hands of poker, I was contacting all of the local models in a mad scramble to find someone available in such short notice. By 1:30 am I still had not confirmed a model and was close to giving up and called it a night. The next morning, I got in contact with Brenda Lezon aka @Brenda_Vi_Britannia. Brenda stepped up with just a few hours to spare and the shoot was on! A few hours later we met up with car owners; Jon Lisinski with his C5Z06 Corvette, Clarence Eskridge with his Shelby GT500, and Cory Jones with his Camaro SS.
We had met Brenda at some of the local car events like Tuner Galleria, and have featured some of her photoshoots on the ShockerRacing Instagram page but had yet to have a chance to work with her. We were extremely lucky that the 20 year old Chicago native was available and willing to shoot. Brenda is not just another model, she is also a true car enthusiast. She rolled up to the shoot location in her Synergy Green 1990 Fox Body Mustang. Her Fox features a 306 with Trickflow Heads, Victor Jr Intake, Anderson Camshaft, and an 8.8 rear with 4.10 gears. Brenda is the kind of girl that likes to get her hands dirty, her dad is a mechanic so she has been around cars her whole life. As she grew older, cars were in her blood so she found herself making friends who were in to cars. From there she has jumped feet first in to the Chicagoland car scene.
The first car Brenda shot with was Jon's Electron Blue 2002 C5 Z06 Corvette. The Vette features an A&A Blacked Out Supercharger Kit, Speed Inc. SI5V2 Cam, Ported Heads, and a set of LG Headers along with a host of additional goodies. This setup built by our friends over at Speed Inc. made 661 Rear Wheel Horsepower and 529 Rear Wheel Torque. You may remember this Z06 from a feature we did back in 2014 with another local ShockerRacingGirl - Chloe Harris. Check out the Z06's full mods list here: Jon's A&A Supercharged 2002 Corvette Z06.
I was waiting at the shoot location for everyone to arrive, suddenly in the distance I could hear the sound of tires screeching, blowers whining, and exhausts roaring... I peaked my head down the street and I could see Clarence and Cory quickly approaching in the bright red Shelby GT500 and Satin Red Chrome wrapped 5th Generation Camaro.
Next up to shoot was Clarence's Air Lift bagged 2014 Shelby GT500. Clarence had literally just finished up his Air Lift install on the car the night before the shoot and aired it out as he pulled into the shop for his turn to shoot. I instantly fell in love with this Shelby... There was so much to take in; the beautiful black Rovos Wheels, the 4" Cervini Cowl Hood, the LED lighting, the custom flip flop roof stripes, and all of the other subtle pieces that made this beast really grab some attention. Then Clarence informed me that the Mustang makes 736 rear wheel horsepower thanks to a laundry list of performance mods!
Shelby Full Mods List:
- Rovos Wheels
- Nitto's all around
- Billet Pro Shop 725 Fender Badges
- Billet Pro Shop Shorty Antenna
- Roush Side Splitter
- Boss 302 Front Splitter
- 3mm headlights, fogs, corner and taillights smoked film
- Custom Flip Flopped Rood Stripes
- Custom Rear Bumper Splitter
- RTR Rear License Plate Bumper Inserts
- MMD Side Louvers
- MMD Rear Quarter Window Delete Kit
- 4" Cervini Cowl Hood
- Black Billet Pro Shop Gas Cover Door
- 15% Tints
- LED Anything Demon Eyes and Light Grill Kit
- 3d Carbon Rear Spoiler Gurney Flap
- JLT Painted Radiator Cover
- JLT Painted Fuse Box Cover
- JLT Painted Cold Air Intake
- Moroso Coolant Tank
- Moroso Supercharger Coolant Tank
- Moroso Brake Reservoir
- Billet Engine Caps
- Custom Red and White L.E.D. Under Hood
- CFM Oil Cap
- Bob's Billet Oil Catch Cans
- Moroso Battery Cover
- 123 mm JLT Cold Air Intake
- Billet Pro Shop Ported Supercharger
- 67mm Ford Racing Billet Throttle Body
- 4" Stainless Steel Magnaflow Full Exhaust
- McLeod RXT Clutch
- 3.4 Supercharger Pulley
- Ford Racing Trans Cooler
- Ford Racing Differential Cooler
- 1 Piece Carbon Fiber Drive Shaft
- Billet Pro Shop Lower Control Arms
- Air Lift V2 Kit
- White Line Sway Bar
- White Line Adjustable Panhard Bar
- Custom 2 Piece Rear Seat Delete
- Red with Black Stripes Shift Knob
- Aero Force Scan Gauges
- Braum Racing Seat Belt Harness
Our third featured ride is a Fifth Generation 2010 Camaro SS that belongs to Cory Jones. The Satin Red Chrome wrapped Camaro made 760 rear wheel horsepower thanks to a forged and stroked 416 LS3 Motor and a Procharger F1R Supercharger with Methanol. The engine also has a Nickey Stage 2 Engine Package with; Trickflow Ported Heads, Brian Tooley Custom Cam, Kooks Long Tube Headers, and Magnaflow Cat-Back Exhaust. He also added a Noweeds exhaust cutout for when he really wants the Camaro to scream! Besides the wrap, one of the first things your will notice is the giant scoop in the ZForce Ram Air Hood. You will then begin to notice all of the custom LED lighting around the Camaro and the deep concave D2 Forged CV2 Staggered Wheels. The wheels are 22" in diameter with a front width of 9.5" and the rears are 11.5" wide.
What you may not immediately notice is the custom red fog nitrous purge mounted discreetly in the front bumper for show purposes only. With the push of a button the nitrous is purged from both sides of the front bumper with a red LED lighting up the gas as it's purged creating a red fog. We had some fun playing with the fog and ended up with a fun video of Brenda straddling the fog along with some dope shots!
Camaro Full Mods List:
- Satin Red Chrome Wrap
- Anvil Spoiler
- Zforce Ram Air Hood
- Custom Billet SS Emblems
- Oracle LED Side Markers
- Night Owl Custom Multi Colored Halos, Headlights, and Fogs
- LED Scanner
- Custom LED Under Glow
- Technostalgia LED Tails
- Custom made Batman Rear Emblem
- Heritage Grill
- Projector Retrofit
- Custom Headlights
- 20% Tints
- ZL1 Fascia
- ZL1 Rear Bumper
- Red Fog Purge
- D2 Forged CV2 Staggered Wheels
- Pirelli PZero Nero GT Tires
- Drilled Rotos
- Powder Coated Brake Calipers
- LS3 Forged and Stroked to 416
- Procharger F1R Supercharger
- Methanol Kit
- Custom Intake Manifold
- Nickey Stage 2 Engine Package
- Trickflow Ported Heads
- Brian Tooley Custom Cam
- Upgraded Rocker Trunions
- Upgraded Fuel Rails
- Ported Throttle Body
- 160 Degree Thermostat
- Kevlar Braided Teflon Fuel Lines
- Nickey Billet Valve Covers
- Oil Catch Can
- Magnaflow 3" Catback Exhaust
- Kooks Long Tube Headers
- Hi Flow Cats
- Noweeds Electric Exhaust Cutouts
- ZL1 Rear End
- Yank 3200 SS Torque Converter
- FLT 4L80 Transmission
- 3.91 Gear
- Transcooler
- DSS Level 4 1000 HP Axles
- BMR Level 3 Suspension Kit
- Pfadt Coilovers
- BMR Level 3 Bushing Kit
Check out the rest of our interview with Brenda Lezon here:
SR: What do you do for a living?
Brenda: I'm an Assistant Manager at Frisky Dog Daycare, a Riding Instructor at Stanley Luke Farm and a Freelance Model.
SR: What was your first car?
Brenda: I had a 2001 Kia Rio.
SR: What is your dream car?
Brenda: It would have to be a 1969 Boss 429 Mustang in red.
SR: If you could take your dream car and go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Brenda: I wouldn't travel far, I would cruise around the green grass hills of Lexington Kentucky in my Boss 429!
SR: If ShockerRacing was going to pay for any one mod to your current Mustang, what would you choose?
Brenda: That's a hard question, I am probably stuck between an Astro A5 Trans or a Dart Iron Eagle Block. I think the A5 would win, it's an insane transmission.
SR: What prior modeling experience do you have?
Brenda: I have been modeling mainly Cosplay since 2012, where I got offers to do fashion shoots. Since then, I have been published in a few magazine, calendars, and online article like this.
SR: Are you single?
Brenda: Taken.... by my car, and he is a jealous type!
SR: What is your favorite food?
Brenda: I could survive off of Mac and Cheese.
SR: What is your favorite pizza topping?
Brenda: Would it be weird if I said I wasn't huge on pizza? I am not picky about what's on it.
SR: What was your favorite part about this shoot?
Brenda: Attempting to have Cory's Nitrous purge between my legs was fun, but I flinched so bad! Also, this was my first time shooting for ShockerRacing but I have shot with Clarence's Shelby 2 other times before!
SR: Leave us with your favorite quote.
Brenda: "We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done."
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Jon's C5 Z06 - IG: @C5Z06SpeedJon
Clarence's Shelby GT500 - @Fear_This_Shelby2014
Cory's Camaro - @SSick_Camaro & @Cojones24
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A couple of years ago, I made a resolution to take the time to read The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman. If you've never heard of the 5 love languages, they are: words of affirmation, acts of service, receiving gifts, quality time, and physical touch (you can take the quiz to find out your love language here). Each person is different and likes to show and receive love in different ways. Sometimes our love language is different from that of our spouse which can make it challenging to connect, communicate, and show each other we care.
From my own personal experience (and from what I've seen in other relationships), it seems that differing love languages contribute to a vast majority of issues that most couples have. Anything from lack of intimacy to being annoyed that your husband doesn't do the dishes. These all fall under a particular love language and if you and your partner happen to speak different languages, then most times it's going to cause some sort of problem or disconnect in your relationship. While this may sound like a larger problem, I promise it's 100% manageable as long as you both know and understand each other's languages.
When Zack and I got married, I spent so much time upset that he didn't hug and kiss me as often as I wanted him to. I was also upset that he wasn't big on sharing his feelings or saying "I love you" or "I appreciate you". In fact, these things are still "problems" sometimes even after three years of marriage. At the time, I couldn't understand what I was doing wrong. I mean, I thought I was pretty lovable. I had never been with someone who wasn't a cuddly person so the amount of frustration and confusion I experienced in those first few months of marriage was insane.
We had eloped just two and a half months into dating long distance which I knew was fast, but at this point, I was starting to wonder if maybe was too fast. Maybe it had been a mistake. This thought completely crushed me as I knew deep down that I was in fact with the man I was supposed to be with for the rest of my life. I just knew it. And choosing to get married was something I took very seriously. I wasn't about to give up on my marriage just two months after moving in with him and only five months of being married. That was crazy to me.
So I starting thinking about it a lot and even consulted a couple of friends and eventually, it led me to the five love languages. After taking the quiz, reading the book, and furthering my knowledge on the topic, I came to the conclusion that we just had different love languages. Our issue had nothing to do with whether or not we loved each other and it didn't mean we were incompatible either. We just weren't speaking the same language in terms of how we showed and received love.
It's important to know how to show your spouse you love them in a way they understand. I sat down with him and told him exactly how I was feeling. I was feeling distant as if I had been doing something wrong. You could tell we had different love languages because to him we were perfectly fine. He couldn't understand why I was feeling that way. And it wasn't because he was a bad husband or I was a bad wife, it was simply because we didn't fully understand each other yet. We didn't know how to show each other we cared.
Even now, three years later, we still check in with one another to make sure all of our needs are met. In fact, we just did this back in November and again a couple of weeks ago. If one of us feels something lacking, then we bring it up and talk about it. We find ways to make it better and we're always finding new ways to connect with one another. And that alone makes such a huge difference.
After taking the love languages quiz online in those first few months of marriage, I had discovered that my love languages are 'words of affirmation' and 'physical touch'. These two languages are so important to me. It makes my day when I can come home and cuddle up on the couch with him or when he kisses me unexpectedly or tells me he loves and appreciates me. So, naturally, that's how I try to show him love too…But it doesn't always work. Zack isn't the super cuddly, lovey-dovey kind of person. So he doesn't need the hand holding or random kisses and cuddles. In fact, he hates them! And that's okay. It's okay that he doesn't show love the same way I do.
I didn't have Zack take the quiz, but in that first year of marriage, I learned that he responds best to 'acts of service' and 'words of affirmation' (thankfully we have words of affirmation in common so that helps!). He likes coming home to a clean house, and dinner ready and on the table, and when I bring him food and coffee while he's at work. He likes when I remember to pick up his favorite snacks at the grocery store or when I take the time to groom the dog. He loves thoughtfulness.
After our most recent check-in, I also discovered that the fact that I'm still here, consistently working on our marriage and continuing to love and support him is enough for him to know that I love him and want our marriage to work. Even though he loves hearing that he's appreciated and loves when I do things for him without being asked, he really doesn't even need those things. All he needs is for me to be here. So his needs love-wise are much simpler than mine are.
Since he's more of an 'acts of service' kind of person, he shows me he cares by helping me with bills or cleaning the house for me when he knows I'm stressed, or cooking dinner for me when I'm tired or busy with work. He'll check in with me on his way home from work to see if I need anything and he'll bring me breakfast or coffee in bed when I'm too lazy to get up. Recently he's given up drinking since I can't drink while pregnant and he's even started getting back into shape and making healthier choices as well. All of those seemingly little things that he does are all things that he does for me. That's how he shows me he loves and cares about me.
While everything he does for me is so loved and appreciated, he also knows how important it is to me that we have that physical connection as well and he goes above and beyond there. I know it's outside of his comfort zone sometimes and yet he still lets me cuddle with him whenever I want and he'll suck it up and hug me when I need it. He's still not a fan of dealing with tears, but what guy is? That one's still a work in progress. But the fact that I can see how hard he's trying makes all the difference in the world.
Understanding the five love languages has made a huge difference in my marriage and the way Zack and I interact with one another. I've learned that it's okay to have a different love language than your spouse. It doesn't, in any way, mean you're not compatible or that your marriage is doomed to fail. It just means you show love differently. Marriage is hard work and this is just one of the many things that contribute to it.
Do you and your significant other have different love languages?

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Mana Itosu (糸洲 真魚)Itosu is very polite and acts more level-headed compared to Ruka who has an opposite personality compared to hers.
She is also very polite in the real world as seen during her meeting with Kuroyukihime and she holds high regards for her master and the rules that he set for her and Ruka.
Itosu became the child of Ruka after she became a burst linker. After becoming a burst linker, she and Ruka are inspired to to increase the number of burst linkers in their community.
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Sometimes when I don't know what to make for lunch I just tell the kids to get whatever they want.
Sometimes they choose a bowl full of cantaloupe slices (Lydia).
Sometimes they invent a new sandwich (Josh).
Jared will tell you...I HATE to make lunch. I don't know why, but it causes a stupor. Maybe because I make breakfast and dinner all the time. I tell my kids the same thing. Our rule is that there have to be 3 food groups in order to make up a lunch.
Is that a Northern California shirt he's wearing?
I bet your kids love it when you tell them to make their own lunch and they made some very yummy choices, indeed.


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Certifiez-vous en tant qu'instructeur de yoga Yoga Alliance International avec Durga's Tiger School et devenez spécialiste en detox et en nutrition consciente. Cette formation sera centrée sur le Tantra yoga, les techniques pranayama, la méditation et la nutrition. Vous vous transformerez en purifiant votre corps et votre esprit.
During this retreat, you will stay in Casa Kiliku, a place in the Andes not too far from the city of Quito and just next to the natural reserve of the Ilaló Volcano. During the teacher training Casa Kiliku will be close to tourists and open as an Ashram where you share meals, spaces, yoga work, and ashram life experience.
The houses are built with materials from the volcano, with bricks or adobe and wood. Every space is unique. You can stay on the big terrace and chat with others. Or just lie in the hammock and read or meditate on treetops dancing in the wind. It is pure luxury to offer a retreat place in a rural environment at the edge of the ecological reserve Ilaló and so close to the center of Quito, 25 minutes by car.
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It is in a third floor apartment. A fully furnished house for short or longtime vacations, sleeps four people. It includes a kitchen, two bathrooms, two bedrooms, an independent open terrace in the first floor, a balcony, spectacular view, large shared terrace, garden, and fire place with amazing view.
Immerse one month in the ashram where you will learn to share with Tantra yoga; an inspiring, intuitive and deeply meditative yoga practice. You will also learn detox and mindful nutrition; the art of healing through food. Discover a new way of eating with an Alkaline and anti-inflammatory nutrition, learn to apply detoxification practices, learn how to make delicious vegan and raw food, and discover a new way to relate with food and your own body.
During the training you will also learn to design and prepare delicious healthy menus including deserts for detoxifying and rejuvenating all your system using food as a tool for health and healing. In the paradise of the Andes you will explore power of self-healing with local products, plenty of vegetables, fruits, and medicinal plants.
Tantra yoga works with deep relaxation. Students will learn the feeling of flowing into the asanas without struggle, developing a deep form of a deep yoga meditation. This technique is completed by the practice of bandhas, pranayama, the mantra chanting, Samadhi, sitting meditation and kundalini kriyas. Students will also learn about Tantra yoga methodology, and together you will discover the ways in which to implement the yoga experience into every day life.
Students also learn about the energetic exchange between Shiva and Shakti, the two polarities, and how to integrate sexual energy into their yoga exploration. During their training, students will explore tantra yogic lifestyle, philosophy and arts.
Kundalini Yoga applies asana (body positions), bandha (body locks), mudra (hand gestures), pranyama (focused breathing), mantra (sound), and meditation in the context of special Krijas (transformation vehicles) in a synergetic and dynamic way.
As a result of this process, a powerful, natural, and organic impulse unfolds in the practitioner that ideally balances their life force. This experience provides a deep sense of self-awareness, unity, and an appreciation for the gift of life.
During the detox and mindful nutrition classes, you will learn what is a detox; the alkaline diet and why to use raw living food for this process?; enzymes and its different types; transitions to a detox time; sprouts and shoots; how to create a garden at home and different methods of germination; wheat grass, introduction and history, properties and beneficial uses; prebiotics and probiotics; what are fermented foods and how to use them, and the various types of vegetables milks and its benefits.
You will also study super-foods; mineralizing the body; green juices and smoothies therapy; relationship with food; nourishing according the bio individuality; how to individualize food according to personal dosha; how to alkalinize the blood and prevent diseases, how do the purifying organs work and how you can help them; auto massage and Ishnaan, and the science of hydrotherapy.
Some of the benefits you will experience is a flexible and strong body, a clear mind and peace of soul, your digestion will improve, get rid of excess waste, strengthen immune system, increase energy levels, your skin will glow, any skin issue clear up, shiner hair, grater connection with your body and soul, eliminate addictions to certain foods or sugar, balance your weight, and prepare your body for a future pregnancy.
In this ancient shamanic ceremony you create your intent for your teacher training and reconnect with nature, spirit, and your centered self. It helps you to leave a lot of old weight behind you and you open the door with your other yogis to new experiences.
Through the dance, the voice work, body expression, clowning, and theatre techniques, students, will explore themselves and do an emotional detox.
Each student will receive a limpia (energy cleansing) a cleansing ritual made with local medicinal plants, made by a native healer woman from the mountain, the Ilaló.
You will learn about Ayurvedic foot massage (related with the tantra yoga practice), reflexology, or a basic abyanga massage from the Ayurveda medicine.
A gentle way to deep more in the tantra yoga asanas. Working with a partner helps to get in contact with the other person using all senses and feeling supported in the practice. It helps to develop trust in the other person and work opening your heart.
The yoga retreat will take place in Casa Kiliku, in the Andes of Ecuador, close to the capital Quito and on the edge of a natural reserve. You will be located three kilometers from the village of Tumbaco, surrounded by high trees and mountains. The Kiliku is a little hawk living here on the volcano, the Ilaló.
For the people, it is the symbol of freedom and as it is seeing the reality from high above. It means that this place helps the yoginis to get a distance from their everyday life to fly into the experience of living in a yoga ashram, enjoying the green garden surrounding with flowers and old trees.
Three daily vegan meals plus healthy home made snacks, green juices, vegetable milks, fruits, nuts, and coconut water are included in the price of the retreat. You will enjoy rejuvenating and immune-boosting meals which includes green juices and smoothies, natural probiotics, plenty of sprouts and shoots, vegetables, fruits, green salads, seeds, nuts, vegetable milks, medicinal Ecuadorian infusions, and much more.
All the food will be vegan and gluten free, during all the training this is important to fulfill the goal of healing and cleansing. Every menu is professionally designed to give you all the nutrients that you need plus healing and cleansing your body. You will make a kind and soft transition to a detoxifying and cleansing diet in which you won't be starving due to the plenty of raw food, juices, and smoothies.
During your free time, you may visit places where the national and international community mingles, like the Café Mare, the Café Arte, La Casa de Rafa, or the bio market. Here you buy organic food and German bread, having a coffee and a chat or enjoy story telling or a concert. Just three kilometers down the road in Tumbaco, you find everything you need; local shops, banks, and shopping malls.
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During this retreat, you may enjoy spa services for an extra fee upon request like Abyanga and Marmas massages; relaxing massages; reflexology; tantric counseling about love, relationships, and sexuality; personalized Qi Gong practices; and zen shiatsu treatments.
Take the opportunity to take a Zen shiatsu treatment. Based on the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Shiatsu is a method of healing and self-discovery in which acupressure along the body's energy channels is applied, as well as stretching and moving of the articulations. The work is done on the energy level in order to regain the balance on physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual level.
Please book your to arrive at Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO).
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On Friday TaTa and I had a date night. I was majorly craving a burger and had a free burger waiting for me a Red Robin cause of my birthday... And who am I to turn down a free burger! But that meant some planning as Red Robin is not the most diet friendly. So we headed to the gym first to get our sweat on, and did an hour of intense elliptical work. Yea baby I burned over 800 cals. there was my burger!
|I kicked some 19 year old butt on the elliptical!!
|My Blue burger, I did lighten it up a bit my subbing
a Boca Patty and Whole Grain bun, and it was so worth the sweat!
|DQ giving Kyra some love.
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Ain't We Got Fun lyrics - Renee Olstead
Ain't We Got Fun Song Lyrics
Bill collectors gather
'Round and rather
Haunt the cottage next door
Men the grocer and butcher sent
Men who call for the rent
But with in a happy chappy
And his bride of only a year
Seem to be so cheerful
Here's an earful
Of the chatter you hear
Just to make their trouble nearly double
Something happen'd last night
To their chimney a gray bird came
Mister Stork is his name
And I'll bet two pins
A pair of twins
Just happen'd in with the bird
Still they're very gay and merry
Just at dawning I heard
Every morning
Every evening
Ain't we got fun
Not much money
Oh but honey
Ain't we got fun
The rent's unpaid dear
We haven't a bus
But smiles were made dear
For people like us
In the winter in the Summer
Don't we have fun
Times are bum and getting bummer
Still we have fun
There's nothing surer
The rich get rich and the poor get children
In the meantime
In the between time
Ain't we got fun.
Every morning
Every evening
Don't we have fun
Twins and cares dear come in pairs dear
Don't we have fun
We've only started
As mommer and pop
Are we downhearted
I'll say that we're not
Landlords mad and getting madder
Ain't we got fun
Times are so bad and getting badder
Still we have fun
There's nothing surer
The rich get rich and the poor get laid off
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cd mixing software
so is there any free software that i can use to mix cds up with, just for making smooooth compilation cds (not like, beatmatching or nuffink)?
not sure this is getting us anywhere!
how horribly true
so, a simple google produced this:
who knows if its any good? but looks good maybe?
I think there's a demo of Traktor out there
that'll do what you want, a version of it comes with most soundcards
Well here goes:
I use Cool Edit Pro in multi track mode. I actually load in all my tracks and then put half in one track (a track can be stereo) and half in another and spread them out.
I then export this to one track and inside Nero I stick the track marks on that one track (helps if you note the times down so you can find them.
The thing is...Why bother? Who listens to CDs anymore? It's really all about MP3s and so that means someone will want to strip it back to MP3 form and unless they know how to set up their player on their PC it'll stick gaps in and make it sound shit.
Or their portable player will definitely stick gaps in and make it sound shit.


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A fascinating conference took place at Harvard Law School on 12th April on the subject of – The Global Legal Profession. The conference focussed on the need for a Global Legal Profession and how to train global lawyers.
Now part of me would love to be able call myself a Solicitor of THE WORLD, rather than the more humble Solicitor of England and Wales. But vanity apart, the idea is rather scary. I can see why multi-national companies who trade across borders might be attracted to the idea of a single legal system that they could rely on.
But for most the world this misses the point of what a legal system is all about. It is to ensure the smooth and safe running of a society. That must be affected by local cultural factors. What might be a major concern in one region will have a different emphasis somewhere else. So how could the laws on divorce in one country be brought into line with another where the philosophy is completely different?
It is true that many of the world's biggest law firms operate across jurisdictions but they have to work within the laws of that country.
I think that that is where my biggest concern would lie. Globalisation, in reality, normally means exporting of the standards of the West and in particular those of the USA. It is interesting that this initiative is coming from the USA's top Law School. I suspect that a global legal system and global lawyers would be heavily skewed in favour of western standards and culture. How would those promoting this idea react if there was a movement to create global laws that did not benefit the West?
Such a move would also make the law and lawyers even more removed from ordinary citizens. Jonathan Goldsmith, Secretary General of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe writes in the Law society's Gazette – '…it is not the global citizen – the person on the street in India who needs a will,, or the abused wife in Brazil who needs a divorce let alone the man or woman on the Clapham Omnibus in the UK – who is talking about a global legal profession.'
The Law is there to protect the rights of all members of society. Any move to take issues to a global stage would undermine that aim and only benefit the wealthiest countries at the expense of local citizens everywhere.


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Think ahead! Here's what's happening next week at Thinkery. Come join the fun!
Sunday, January 29
Plush Pillows, 12:15 pm, ages 4–7
Let's mix and match colors and patterns to make a soft, simple-stitch pillow! Gain access into Space 8 while exploring with needle and thread to stitch together your own keepsake.
Digital Bling, 2:15 pm or 4:15 pm, ages 8+
Explore the basics of sewing while designing your own unique light-up bling! We'll combine older and newer technologies by sewing with conductive thread to construct a working and wearable circuit. Watch your friends' eyes light up as you light up your LED accessory.
Monday, January 30
Light It Up!, 9 am–12 pm, ages 0–3
Are you ready to Light It Up!, Austin? Let's explore the wonder of light and shadow during Baby Bloomers! We'll use our exhibits to experiment with the possibilities of light all month long. On Mondays, we'll highlight our popular Light Lab. Come create a story with shadow puppets, cast magical shadows and design an abstract piece of art!
Wednesday, February 1
Community Night, 4–8 pm, all ages
Every Wednesday, Thinkery stays open late so families can enjoy extended museum hours, exhibits and educational activities. In addition to extended hours from 4–8 pm, admission during Community Night is by donation—meaning families are able to pay what they can. The suggested donation is just $1!
Saturday, February 4
Water Play!, 9–10 am, ages 0–3
In February, we're highlighting Currents and invite you to splish, splash and explore the wonders of water. Join us each week to try something new or build on the previous week's activities!
Soap Making, 11:15 am or 1:15 pm or 3:15 pm, ages 4+
Let's combine art and science by mixing ingredients to make fragrant soap! Choose from oils, herbs and other natural ingredients to create your own aromatic combination, while exploring what's gives them germ-busting properties.


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Tag: TV
Yet *another* way to watch TV
Site has recently come out of beta – numerous TV shows and other material you can view through a flash player. Full screen mode a little jerky, but overall good video quality.
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Daytime Television
I am watching far too much daytime television for my own mental health. About the only thing I can say in my own defense is:
- I am working, for the most part, while I watch this mess.
- I'm not watching soap operas or afternoon "People's Court" clones.
Still, it's of some concern to me. I've gone years without watching a game show or a M*A*S*H rerun all the way through, and now it's a daily event. I can feel my brain slipping away.
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Originally published in THE NEW YORK TIMES
January 4, 1999, Monday
Editorial Desk
Europe's Great Leap of Faith
The euro, the most audacious gamble in the history of currency, has become a reality. What will this crucial step toward unity mean for Europe, the United States and the world? The Op-Ed page asked several experts in economics and observers of European culture to offer their insights.
European monetary union is likely to put Europe on a path to higher inflation, reversing 20 years of progress. Before the start of the monetary union, good monetary policy in the major European countries reduced inflation to less than 2 percent because of the dominant leadership of Germany's independent and fiercely anti-inflationary central bank. With the euro, Germany's dominance will end and central-bank independence may be dead.
Even when other countries had double-digit inflation back in the 1980's, public sentiment in Germany supported the tough monetary policies needed to keep inflation low. Under the rules adopted then, other European countries had to follow Germany's lead or accept the destabilizing consequences and political embarrassment of currency devaluations.
But in the new order, the making of monetary policy and therefore the determination of inflation passes from individual national central banks to the new European Central Bank where each country has equal weight. Without the tough standard-setting by the German central bank, the process is likely to drift to higher inflation rates. Indeed, some non-German politicians favored monetary union as a way to end Germany's dominance of European monetary policy, in the mistaken hope that an easier monetary policy would have favorable long-term effects on employment and growth.
Leading European politicians are now also calling for political controls over monetary policy, a clear violation of the Maastricht treaty that established the union and an equally clear recipe for higher inflation. Although the new left-of-center Government in Germany supports this move, the higher inflation that results will be very unpopular in a country in which the majority of voters doubted the advisability of abandoning the German mark for the untried euro.
How Germany responds to the conflict caused by rising inflation will be a critical issue in Europe's political future.


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The following is written by Ms. Sam Berg, anti-pornstitution activist and speaker.
On March 19th I was invited to a panel debate on pornography at William and Mary College. My contact for the organizing group was Constance Sisk, who told me funding assistance could likely be found to fly me 3,000 miles across the country so I agreed to be penciled in until enough money could be raised. A call for donations among anti-pornography feminist colleagues covered airfare, and I had just enough vacation days earned at work to take off.
On March 24th I confirmed that I would gladly join the two other two confirmed panelists, on the anti-pornography side, John D. Foubert, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the College of William and Mary, and on the pro-pornography side Amanda Brooks, a former escort and sex work advocate.
Constance told me April 2nd that they moved the panel date to the 21st and the rest of April slid by without communication until April 16th when an anti-porn friend informed me that Jill Brenneman and RenEv blogged they would be on the panel. I had received no word from Constance of this and was dumbfounded that wholesale changes were being made to the panel just five days before the event without informing me. I had agreed to do the panel with John and Amanda, and I hadn't gotten any emails saying she couldn't attend or that they were looking for a replacement.
If they had told me Amanda couldn't make it I would have suggested that pornographers and strip club owners are very easy to find through legal channels so they could have been asked to appear on the panel. I would have also suggested that the number of porn-using men on campus should have been able to produce just one pornsturbator willing to defend his porn consumption. Because I was under the impression that Constance & Co. were being honest with me about their intentions, I chalked up the lack of a pornographer or porn-using man on the panel to inept organizing and the extreme amount of publicity given recently to sex work advocacy at William and Mary.
How much sex work advocacy has been given a voice there can be answered with the name Constance. I spoke with John Foubert for the first time Thursday and he told me that Constance is a big pro-sex work advocate on campus and she brought the sex worker show to campus the past three years. A woman named Audrey invited John to the panel because Constance didn't think he would agree if she asked him. Constance was a guest on Jill's radio show a few weeks ago, and Jill did a pro-sex work chat with William and Mary college folks a few weeks ago, but in her emails Constance claimed ignorance of the lengthy pro-porn and radical blogosphere debates on this contentious subject.
Constance. Constance said she was excited to have me coming and offered to let me spend Monday night at her place, where she planned on cooking dinner for a group of people post-panel. How do you think it would feel if a pro-choice feminist were invited to a predominantly pro-life campus by a predominantly pro-life group and the pro-life organizer did everything Constance did without revealing her pro-life politics to her pro-choice panelist and house guest?
Little story: Heading home from presenting at a prostitution conference I was in the airport shuttle with a middle-aged black social worker with her name tag still pinned to her blouse. I'm a young, white, tattoo-bearing woman and at the time I think my hair was blue. We exchanged delicate pleasantries and danced around how we talked about the conference until she sat up earnestly and cut to the chase, "So, are you for or against?" When I replied, "Against," she slouched down and sighed and we grooved on the same anti-prostitution track until we got to the airport.
I agreed to do the panel with John and Amanda three weeks ago. Though it was unethical to make major lineup changes at the last minute like that without telling me and things started feeling really fishy due to the lack of notification about the event anywhere besides pro-john blogs (it's not listed on W&M's events calendar or advertised around campus), I agreed to debate Jill. I could not agree to debate Ren, and I don't suppose I have to tell most of you reading this why but I'll touch upon it a tad anyway.
Here are Ren's thoughts on sharing a panel discussion table with me:
"So serious I am taking it very seriously. And looking forward to it in my uniquely grim and serious way. Planning and preparing with a very serious, serious sneer on my face.
And also laughing like a super villain the whole time. Why?
Once upon a time, I had a wish, a dream, a surely wank worthy fantasy of some anti-porn sex work types having to face down, in a forum, and debate those from the other side. And I wanted to be there."
"And, yes, oh yes, I am seriously looking forward to it. I have so lusted for such an opportunity. Very seriously. And yes, if possible, I will have the whole thing on video. Get your cerebral wanking tissues ready."
Serious serious sneers, super villain mocking laughter, wank worthy fantasies, whole thing on video, get your tissues ready.
Those are the words of a malicious person licking their chops in anticipation of a messy, humiliation-inducing scene they will relish. Those are the words of a person trying to waste my time with personal attacks when my time is best used educating audiences about the facts of human trafficking, prostitution, and pornography. The trash talk began within hours of being surreptitiously offered the spot on the panel, and that sort of smug pugnaciousness and disrespectful engagement was instrumental in prompting John to cancel his appearance on the panel and he suggested to me that I do the same. I believe we were right to cancel. I refuse to pose for the pornographically spiteful scene being painted.
What to do when a woman who says she's happy in prostitution says, "Take me, for example" when you know if you actually do take her as her own example by quoting her own words and deeds she will complain, "How dare you make an example of me?" Say you'll speak with her about prostitution as a global system and of all women's oppression as the core problem but you don't want to talk about her personally and she'll reply, "You refuse to hear my truth." If you talk about her personally like she insists then you're the baddie radfem who makes it personal. It's a lose-lose ruse.
I'd love to debate a porn-user, and there are tens of millions of them. I'd love to debate a pornographer and there's no lack of those either. I'd love to debate a john. They don't want to debate anti-pornography and anti-prostitution feminists. They want women in the prostitute supply pool to subjectively defend them against the objective mounds of testimony and undeniable data that anti-pornstitution feminists can produce proving pornography and prostitution violate women and girls human rights immensely. Most of you have seen how deftly I wield the wealth of information I've collected in my noodle to make the case against men's right to economically coerce sex from others. Some of you have seen me do it before with Ren.
Saturday morning I woke up to an email from a professor asking if I can come speak to a few women's studies classes of hers in May. It turns out I can make the date. Life skedaddles on and so do I.


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After listening to Alec Couros speak so passionately about using technology to help our students find meaning through real-world connecton, the question of how was high on my mind. I have recently been looking for ways to make my students view their learning activities as truely important. Too often, I find that certain students do the bare minimum (just enough to get a completion) rather than investing the time and energy to express their best learning. A Day 2 talk given by George Couros (yes, brother of Alec) addressed that very point.
George is the "Division Principal of Innovative Teaching and Learning for
#PSD70" in Alberta. One of the initiatives that his district has undertaken is ensuring that every student receives and maintains a blog through their academic career. The blog is the primary place that students can share the things they've created with the world. Sharing shouldn't end with students, however. George further advocates the practice of teacher-blogging. He feels that it holds numerous benefits for teachers, including:
- continued modelling of life-long learning
- a greater chance to create an emotional connection to what we do
- self-reflection often brings new learning
- blogs encourage sharing of best practices
- you aren't always a great judge of how talented you are or how revolutionary your teaching is (we often judge ourselves harshly)
I think I find those last two the most convincing. We tend to teach in a one-school vacuum. I have recently adopted highly-engaging teaching activities from teachers who had no idea that what they were doing was at all special. Sharing on a larger stage lets you see the amazing things that others are doing, and encourages you to share the amazing things you are doing as well.
So how do we address the very real and legitimate concerns that teachers may have about sharing? Check back with me next post…


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At Midcoast Senior College's annual meeting and luncheon June 14, Jack Thompson's commitment to lifelong learning in Maine was lauded by independent U.S. Sen. Angus King Jr. and other community members. Thompson was retiring after 67 years of teaching.
Before more than 220 members, sponsors and guests in Thorne Hall at Bowdoin College, King's state director, Edie Smith, read the letter in which King congratulated Thompson for his years of service to the college, which he co-founded in 2000.
Maine Senior College Network Program and Midcoast Senior College also presented a special plaque to Thompson. MSC President Anthony Belmont thanked Thompson for his dedication and his roles as teacher, board member and long-time volunteer. "With more than 500 enrollees to two dozen courses each semester, the College has grown under the guidance of Mr. Thompson," said Belmont.
Co-founder Nancy Wheeler sent a personal letter of appreciation, which was read during the ceremony to express her gratitude and enjoyment of the years she worked with Thompson.
Thompson's long history of teaching adult learners that reaches back to his years as a doctoral student at Columbia. Following that, he worked for the Ford Foundation, served in the American Embassy in Indonesia, and taught modern Russian history for many years at Indiana University. Thompson spent time in Russia as a researcher and traveled the world extensively while teaching history to American undergraduates in overseas programs. With expertise in military history, Thompson also taught at the Air Force Academy and the Air War College
"It is obvious that as we lurch into the 21st century, Senior College helps provide perspective and accumulated knowledge on such issues as the environment, the economy, and human rights," said Thompson.
A Brunswick resident was among a half dozen fourth-year dental students at the University of New England who completed 12-week clinical rotations across northern New England.
Dustin Nadeau was in the inaugural group known as Key Oral Health Scholars, who were the first participants in the Key to Oral Health program, a joint initiative of UNE and KeyBank. The Key to Oral Health program is designed to address the shortage of dental health providers in Aroostook and Penobscot Counties, two geographic areas of demonstrated oral health need.
The Key Oral Health Scholars were chosen for their commitment to serving rural and underserved areas of Maine and their residents. Each awardee received a comprehensive package that included scholarship support, housing stipends, travel assistance and dedicated funding to engage the community in a robust service project. The program's long-term goal is to encourage UNE dental students to return and build practices in these underserved areas upon graduation.
University of Vermont
Alexander Romac, of Bath, Bachelor of Science in business administration
Corinne O'Connor, of Brunswick, Bachelor of Arts in psychology
Bentley University
Meaghan Harper, of Bath
Marist College
Kathryn Eldridge, of Brunswick
Mount Ida College
Michele Richards, a veterinary technology major from Brunswick
Jack Thompson, co-founder of MidCoast Senior College, at left, was recently honored by state and local dignitaries, including College President Tony Belmont. More than 200 people attended retirement ceremonies for Thompson at Bowdoin College.


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