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A Cemetery Shown No Respect-The Orlando Times
A Cemetery Shown No Respect
WINTER PARK - Residents face a battle with a county and city government over the defacement of historically Black monuments in Central Florida.
The Piney Wood Cemetery, a longtime Black cemetery which provided proper burial for many Black residents of Winter Park and Orlando during a period of past and present segregation, is the setting of a battleground that concerned residents have presented over grounds of respect, which they say the county and city have not honored.
Lifelong Winter Park resident Robert Biggins reported that students partook in defacing and making light of a cemetery which functions to honor and memorialize those deceased.
On the morning of May 30, 2017 on my route to work going past Piney Wood Cemetery I witnessed a group of whites (adults and youths) in the cemetery and on the gravesite grounds in formation. Biggins said.
Biggins further recalled the students performing dance and song routines while in the cemetery, as adults pulled up lawnchairs and lounged in the area.
I exited my car and approached the adults and inquired "what in the hell" is going on here. This is a cemetery, a sacred burial ground! One of the adults replied that they have permission to be here.
I asked by whom do you have permission? She replied, by the City of Winter Park. I replied, I don't care who gave you permission to do this because you are disrespecting, dishonoring and desecrating the final resting place of those who are here. I have family, loved ones, friends and respected former residents of Winter Park's African American community in this cemetery and none of you have the right to be here performing whatever it is that you're doing.
Biggins, upon further investigation into the matter, discovered that the students and staff attended Maitland Middle School.
According to Biggins, tempers flared when one of the white females shouted "oh you're making this a racial issue!
I replied yes it is a racial issue especially when a group of white people are dancing and singing on the sacred burial grounds of Black people. She replied, oh there are some white people buried here too.
This cemetery is historically and traditionally a cemetery for African Americans, however, the performance of what you are doing should not be done on any cemetery grounds, period! It is disrespectful and sacrilege.
The students were filming an anti-bullying PSA, yet Biggins contends that the students, staff, school and school board couldve and shouldve chosen a more suitable venue.
I told them Maitland has cemeteries as well, why didn't you go to one in Maitland? No response was given. I also stated that your group went past Palm Cemetery on Webster Ave. in Winter Park.
Poor decisions were made in this sequence of events. Andy Leftakis, principal of Maitland Middle School said of the matter.
While Biggins acknowledges the apology is noted, he also acknowledges that this is but one incident, in a repeated pattern of economic, political and emotional abuse of Black residents in Winter Park.
As for the physical destruction of our community, you can thank Dan Bellows for that. He singled handed (with the help of powerful unseen financial backers, venture capitalists and investors) caused the demise of Winter Park, Florida's Black community. It is a mere skeleton of what it used to be...a vibrant and thriving community.
Pineywood Cemetery has been in existence since the 1890s and was deeded to the City of Winter Park in the 1970s. Stokes Monuments has provided many memorials to families in this Cemetery.
It is perfectly legal, but its highly insensitive what they are doing. Its happening to every Black community in the United States.
In addition to Hannibal Square, the centuries old cemetery is one of many Black based landmarks on the citys west side. The area is also home to many historically Black churches, such as Ward Chapel AME, Bethel Missionary Baptist Church and Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church.
The city of Winter Park would like to apologize for the inconvenience and purported insensitivity that this incident has caused. Mayor Steve Leary. Leary also suggests that the students recorded their film with no ill intentions.
Biggins has allied with the Winter Park Ministerial Alliance and the Orange County Branch NAACP to address this matter. The Winter Park resident has negated to mention additional actions that will be pursued on this matter.
We are maintaining an atmosphere of strategic application, to prevent a situation like this from happening again. He said.


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Definition adolescents according to experts - adolescent phase is a segment of people who are very important development, which begins with the maturation of the organ - the physical organs (sex) so as to reproduce (Syamsu Joseph. 2004: 184).
Adolescence is a period of transition from the child - the child to adulthood that includes mental maturity, emotional, social and physical (Hurlock, Elizabeth B. 1999: 206).
Stage - the stage of adolescence
Adolescence is classified into 3 phases:
Pre teen: 12-14 years
Ie the period of approximately less than 2 years before the onset of sexual ripening real but already there is a development-related physiological ripening several endocrine glands.
Early adolescence: 14-17 years
Ie the period in the range of developmental maturity where there is a tool - a tool of sexual and reproductive capacity is reached.
Late adolescence: 17-21 years
Means grew into adults that include mental maturity, emotional, social and physical (Hurlock, Elizabeth B. 1999: 206).
Traits - traits teen
Physical growth
Physical growth changes rapidly, faster than the time the child - the child and adulthood.
Sexual development
Sexual progressing sometimes - sometimes cause problems and be the cause of fights, suicide and so on.
The way of thinking
Causatif way of thinking is regarding causality. For example teenagers sitting in front of the door, then parents forbid it, saying "abstinence". If prohibited the little boy, surely he would obey their parents, but teenagers are banned it would question why he should not be sitting in front of the door.
Emotion - luap
Adolescent emotional state is still unstable because it is closely connected with the state of the hormone. One moment he can be sad, other times he could be angry.
Became interested in the opposite sex
In the adolescent social life, they are more interested in the opposite sex and start dating.
Draw attention to the environment
At this time a teenager began searching for environmental concern, trying to get status and roles such as through youth activities in the village - the village.
Tied with group
Teens interested in social life in the peer group so that it is not uncommon parents under-emphasized while the under-united group
(Zulkifli L. 2003: 65-67).
Understanding Adolescents
Developmental task of adolescence
Obtaining a number of norms - norms and values - values.
Learn social roles according to gender each - each.
Accept the physical reality and can use them effectively and feel satisfied with the situation.
Achieve freedom from dependence on parents and other adults.
Achieving economic freedom.
Prepare to determine an appropriate job with the talent and ability.
Obtain information about marriage and prepare.
Develop intellectual skills and concepts - concepts of social life.
Have a concept - the concept of social behavior that is necessary for social life
(Sofyan S. Willis. 2005: 8-15).

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Monday, February 6, 2012
A Giveaway and an Interview with Debut Author Jessica Samuels
That's right folks, leave a comment for Jessica after reading her interview with us, follow Labelle Books, and leave your email address. Jessica has promised to give every single one of you a copy of her book.
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Please help me give a big welcome to Jessica and comment, comment, comment...
Short Story introducing the Agency: The people who bullied you in high school could very well be the next dictator bent on the destruction of an entire race. Something people cannot predict until now with the weapon of choice: A powerful bracelet giving you the ultimate power. Salina wields it for the first time to get revenge on the people that bullied her to death.
Welcome Jessica, how long have you been an author?
Jessica: I have been an author since August, and a writer since high school.
Congratulations on your recent success. Being a published author is an amazing accomplishment and I wish you a ton of sales. What is your favourite genre?
Jessica: I have several: Urban Fantasy, paranormal romance, and young adult.
What is the biggest surprise you've discovered about the writing process?
Jessica: The biggest surprise about the process is when the characters take on a life of their own. It completely changes the story, and takes it to more than just a story it breathes life into it making it a real world instead of one on paper.
It sure does, can you tell us about one of your current works in progress?
Jessica: I am working on multiple projects. One of them is a revenge anthology which is a collection of stories that deal with people getting what is coming to them. It will introduce Scarlet Nightshade, and I am creating a novel from her point of view so people can see how she became a vampire. I also introduce Sapphire Stone who is a shapeshifting witch, and she has a psychic vampire boyfriend named Storm. I will release a book that tells her story, and you get to see how she met Storm, and how Jeff's Detective Agency came about. The last one is called Astral Witch, and the main character Ametrine is diagnosed with schizophrenia, but she is really an astral witch that can interact with the spirit world. I got quite a few books brewing, so there is more to come from me.
Interesting, if you had a warning label, what would it say?
Jessica: Warning: Head in the clouds, and prone to run into things.
LOL, if you could choose to time travel, would you go backward or forward, and why?
Jessica: I would go forward instead of backward to see the future, and I would see how technology has changed. I would want to see if the world was a better place. I would want to see all the advances humanity has made so far, and see if laser guns are invented too. It would be cool to see flying cars, and maybe teleporting devices. Maybe the humans in the future have psychic abilities, and maybe the televisions and cell phones are a thing of the past.
I'd like to thank Jessica for joining us today, she's done a great job with this interview and leaves us with a great excerpt. For those of you who would like to learn more about Jessica and her work she can be reach through these sites:
Twitter: @jdsamuels25
Blog: http://wolfdreamer25-myjourney.blogspot.com/
Facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jessica-Samuels/236480403051220
Some people get bullied, victimized, and had horrible things happen to them. The bullies are never reported, and the teachers do not say anything, or do anything, and they never get involved. The parents are like that as well, and even if they do report it nothing happens. They let it continue unaware of the psychological, and physical damage that is done. Sometimes it is too late, and sometimes the victim is allowed vengeance on the people who picked on her especially since THE Contract Killer Agency found out about all the bullying in schools everywhere. They also invented a machine that predicts what people will become when they get older, and if they turn out to be a horrible person when they grow up then they will die before it happens.
It all starts with a girl named Salina, and who is very pretty. She has long dark hair with striking chocolate colored eyes. She is not like other people because she has specialness about her like a unique aura around her, but people look down upon her because they think she is strange or weird. People pick on her because of it, and they treat her badly. The bullies are doing horrible stuff to her such as gossiping about her, lying to her, calling her names, and threatening her life.
However, that is when fate decided to intervene, and brought her a surprise. It was a sunny day in June, and school had just ended for the summer. The smell of grilling and flowers in the air indicated the warm summer day has already begun.
Salina was walking in her neighborhood to clear her head from the mess of her mind full of anger and pain. When she walked along Vine Street she spotted a handsome guy with dark brown eyes, hair and a really nice tan. He was really built as well. He was heading straight for her. She wiped her eyes making sure they are tear-free.
He smiled at her, "Hi, my name is Carter I presume you're Salina right?"
She nodded shocked this gorgeous guy was talking to her because all the boys at school ignored her. The hot guys at least, and most of them were stuck up jocks. The gorgeous guy smelled like heaven to her Japanese cherry blossoms to be exact, her favorite scent. She also noticed his British accent.
She stopped being shocked, and smiled back. She was curious as to why he was talking to her, "That's my name why do you ask?"
"I want to give you a present, and it is something the Powers That Be gave me to help you with your bullying issue." She blinked, wondering how he knew about her troubles. Then replied sarcastically, "Oh, I thought crying for several hours did not do too much to them. I thought they could not hear me," She mumbled, "I thought they did not care about me."
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What an interesting premise- Imagine the bullies being exterminated... oh wait I meant extinct- lolReplyDelete
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- Ashlynne LaynneFebruary 6, 2012 at 6:54 PM
Sounds great! Best of luck!ReplyDelete
Just go to Smashwords here http://bit.ly/sz956y, and type in the code: VC46T. To receive the free ebook. I should have provided the Smashwords link instead of Amazon, but it is published in there too. I hope you guys enjoy it, and feel free to give it a review if you like it.ReplyDelete
What an interesting premise Jessica! I've got a few bullies from middle school I'd like to see "disappear". Best of luck with the new book!ReplyDelete
- Victoria ZumbrumFebruary 7, 2012 at 7:45 AM
I would like some of my bullies to disappear from school too. Please enter me in contest. firstname.lastname@example.com
I love that title Jessica, best of luck with the book :DReplyDelete
This is a neat concept, I cant wait to see how it shapes up in the full story. And who doesnt want to get o get back at some of those people?ReplyDelete
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Miscellaneous Thoughts-Celebrity Edition 2, Happy Memorial Day
If D4L, Rick Ross, Webbie, and Dem Franchize Boyz are his competition, TI truly is the King of the South.
Speaking of the South, Sammie is still alive. Whoda thunk.
Shockingly, Killa Season is actually a pretty decent album.
As is Mobb Deep's Blood Money. Actually, that album is dope as hell, I'm seriously understating. It's not the same slick lyrics and fire lines, and at times the G-Unit presence can be a little heavy, but overall, it's pretty good. (Cocaine in the pot, baking soda, water hot, when the ice cubes drop, look at that, that's crack!)
Now Ray J's first song, One Wish, blew harder than Paris Hilton on videotape in a rented hotel room. But his latest effort, What I Need, is pretty decent. I mean, his voice still sounds weaker than a cup of watery McDonalds coffee (not that I drink it) but the beat and the lyrics flow pretty well together. Not the video so much because I'm not really a fan of birdchests but you all know how that goes.
After watching that new Pepsi commerical, I am sure it is long overdue for Mariah's next breakdown.
Speaking of breakdown, Beyonce is doin the damn thng but is anyone else worried about her mental state? The girl is working overtime. And since she's only "23" eventually, isn't all that jetting about going to get her down?
Did anyone watch Oprah's Legends Ball? I'm pleasantly shocked to report there were actually black people present.
Does anyone still listen to the Dixie Chicks?
I want to be divorced the way Kimora and Russell are.
Juelz Santana will be opening a soda shop in my neck of the woods. Okay, technically TwoFifth ain't my neck of the woods but I'm close enough and its still in Harlem. So there. Every other borough gets to claim niggas so I'm stakin out. This is in addition to his new clothing line and the clothing store he already owns up the block from me called Santana's Town.
Why is everyone acting like Janet Jackson did something special to lose all that weight? "I ate less and exercised more." Oh my God, there is another way?!
Seeing as I am extremely unhappy with the turn of evnets of the Season Finale of American Idol, I am not going to comment on Taylor the Hick. Alls I am going to say is "Ladies and gentlemen, start your Geritol."
How do you name what is going to be undoubtedly the finest baby in the world after a damn dog?
Word has it that there is some trouble in the Jones/Reynolds camp. Now I am not one for the breaking up of marriages, not me at all, but I am against...well, you know. Dane Cook says it best...
Signing off for the evening. I hope ya'll enjoyed your holiday as much as I did bitches. If you like, you can email me, I'm available, and I will answer you back in a day or so. Feel free to give me a call, NO TEXT MESSAGES PLEASE.


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Students in Fisher's Master of Business Operational Excellence cohort are back on campus for their second week together in the year-long program. Senior lecturer Mrinalini Gadkari is on the scene for daily recaps.
In my last MBOE recap, I stressed the importance of "shine" in 5S. Yesterday, Senior lecturer and COE Executive Director Peg Pennington demonstrated how 5S and visual management apply to the workplace with a little help from Mr. Potato Head.
Who knew Mr. Potato Head could be so educational? Organizing limbs, mustaches and hats, it got me thinking about how in hospitals it isn't uncommon for nurses and doctors to hoard supplies so they can have them when they need them and won't be scrambling at the last moment. If the workplace isn't organized it's easy to misplace or even lose things. If you can't find them, you spend valuable time searching, hoard product or order more. 5S removes that waste, eliminates unnecessary items, creates a safer work area with more space – and, of course, saves you time.
Once your workplace is organized and all items have a standard place, what work remains to be done on your processes? Each one of us has ordered something online and gotten the wrong product. Heard of wrong-side surgery? It's easy to see opportunities for improvement in someone else's processes. Our MBOE students, for example, took a trip to the Ohio State University Medical Center to view Central Sterile Supply and Nutrition Services. Some students say their "Aha! moment" came by watching technicians and nutrition aides.
In his lecture on training within industry on standardized work, Fisher Executive in Residence Gary Butler drove it home, telling students that a combination of standardized work and visual management stabilizes working condition, flags the abnormal from the normal and keeps staff on task toward reaching daily goals.
Discuss: Do you have an "Aha! moment" for your own organization, on the shop floor or in the service area? How did that lead you to standardize processes?


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A compendium-style history of the 1960s that searches for obscure facts and convergences from that tumultuous decade.
Chicago-based writer Wright continues his What They Didn't Teach You series (. . . About the Wild West, 2000, etc.) by looking for commonalities among the diverse figures and movements of the '60s. He begins shrewdly by assessing the "sleepy" America of the '50s, finding that, in fact, major sources of future foment originated there (e.g., the civil-rights movement, trouble in Indochina and Cuba, and rock'n'roll). John Kennedy's slim 1960 victory over Nixon seems a precursor to the decade's prominent liberalism: JFK appointed a black astronaut and sometimes met with reporters in his boxer shorts. While Wright does not delve deeply into popular conspiracy theories regarding the killings of Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., he acknowledges that these tragedies, and the violence brought to bear on civil-rights workers like Medgar Evers and against antiwar protesters, hardened the positions of everyone concerned, as evinced by police violence against Yippie provocateurs at the 1968 Democratic Convention, and by radical-left bombing campaigns. Although the author bemusedly depicts the wacky excesses of "Baby Boomer" youth, he ignores how their self-indulgence ushered in a 30-year "backlash" of American conservatism. Like many commentators, Wright is left wondering about the big picture: "The sixties were Highway 80, between Selma and Montgomery. Sit-ins at Berkeley and Columbia. Fighting in Da Nang . . . the burning cities of Newark and Detroit." He's a colorful writer and adept researcher, but this volume lacks the spark of his earlier, more historically rooted works. And many of the stories herein, such as that of the revered Haight-Ashbury scene, have had their drama diluted over and over by now.
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I have recently somehow gotten the Aurora spyware on my computer and it is driving me nuts. I have tried several solutions and tried to do it myself but I am not adept enough at the inner workings of computers. I was wondering if anyone could help me with removing. What reports, etc. do you need me to post.
Along with that, about a week after I got the Aurora stuck on my computer, I have a downloader that is stuck on my computer. When I start up my computer, eveything begins ok, but the "System" process in the Task Manager uses as close to 100% CPU usage at any given time. I have run an antivirus, Spy-Bot, and Ad-Aware. The scan located the file and identified it as a downloader but was unable to delete it becuase the process is in use. I have located the file and it is in the System32 directory under System. I then went and ended the process tree on the exe. All that does is the exe is killed and removed and a new one comes in its place. Here are some names of exe that it is using:
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Serving the North West & Beyond
Mullan Motorcycles was established in 2015 by Stephen Mullan.
Stephen was introduced to bikes at an early age by his father and upon completing his A-Levels in Northern Ireland, Stephen left for London where he studied "Motorcycle Engineering" at Merton College.
Following his graduation, Stephen took a role as technician in a North Kensington motorcycle garage to further his understanding of the trade. During his tenure at the long-established Motorcycle Service Centre, he was fortunate enough to work on every marque of bike imaginable whether in the capacity of technician or MOT tester.
Stephen was responsible for service, maintenance and repair of motorcycles in his day-to-day role but due his skill and creativity, he was often tasked with mapping racing/track bikes and custom fuel set-ups complex rebuilds, overhauls and "project bikes".
Stephen has worked on bikes belonging to celebrities, track racers and stunt drivers, quickly building up a name for himself along with an exclusive and dedicated client list during his time in London.
Following a decision to relocate to Northern Ireland Stephen has this year established his business in Derry / Londonderry with the intention to serve the biking communities in both North West of Northern Ireland and also the provinces across the border in the Republic of Ireland.


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Re: King Moses
I too have high hopes for Marsters, and Aloiai has shown the last 2 weeks he is progressing well, what about Sirro and Rowdy Milky they will be still on contract, maybe a strike centre and winger would be good.Milky wrote:Aloai is really kicking on, as is Sue. Marsters is coming along nicely. I think these three are the future of our backrow and a Taumalolo type backrower isn't really required. Our pack is looking nice for the years to come.VonMiller58 wrote:Milky wrote:We can keep whoever we want, we have around 800k worth of players contracted past next year.GNR4LIFE wrote:If TT is to be believed, we can't keep both the 6 and 7, one will most likely have to go. If that's the case, Brooks has to be sacrificed. Moses not only has to be retained, he should be groomed as the future captain of this club. He's a leader. Brooks, while he might be a very good player, his personality will probably hold him back him a bit. Moses on the other hand is tenacious, a real competitor. I loved how he took the line on last night, and his decision making in defence the last 2 weeks has been flawless.
In 2018, if Liddle comes on as a player, we can get away with a 7 who is there to be a foil for the rest of the spine. One who can provide a good kicking game and can be an organizer, giving Moses and co a blank canvas to paint on. A Jeff Robson type. Nothing flash, but effective.
TT doesn't have a high strike rate and it doesn't take a genius to figure that we will be in a good position (cap wise) next year.
Farah is off contract, 900k
Moses and Brooks, 1.2M
Tedesco, 500k
Lawrence on a reduced 300k
Woods off contract, 700-800k but will be demanding similar money
Nofa is on decent coin
Say Moses gets topped up on current form to 800k, As does Tedesco. Brooks will get slightly less than the two.
I think Im cooling on Brooks a little bit.That money could be better spent on a Taumalolo type.With our current props and an ET and a Taumalolo type in the backrow a spine of teddy, Moses and Liddle plus a journeyman experienced half with a kicking game would more than suffice.To threaten for the premiership we need more mongrel in the forwards.
8. Woods
9. Liddle
10. Sue
11. Aloai
12. Marsters
13. Taylor
14. Ava
15. Paseka
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I was already posting recipes for about a year on my blog when I decided to start YouTube channel to give my recipes more life. On my YouTube channel you will find only recipes that follow low carb, paleo or keto diet rules as this is how I eat 90% of the time.
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We spent dinner doing what we usually do on dates—me asking random "get to know you" type questions and Matt playing along. A few I came up with the other night:
If you took a round-the-world trip with five stops, what five places would you visit?
If you could magically endow our children with one character trait, what would it be?
If you could magically solve one of the world's problems, which would it be?
Yesterday, during our precious few hours at home between morning church and evening church, Kate and I did two fun fall projects, both of which I'd pinned a while ago on my Fabulous Fall board.


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"A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement... [a] clear-eyed vision [and] true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring." ~Rachel Carson
"Like a forgotten fire, childhood can always flare up again within us." ~Gaston Bachelard
"I am often accused of being childish. I prefer to interpret that as child-like. I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things. I tend to exaggerate and fantasize and embellish. I still listen to instinctual urges. I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind. I never water my garden without soaking myself. It has been after such times of joy that I have achieved my greatest creativity and produced my best work." ~Leo F. Buscaglia
"Think what a better world it would be if we all - the whole world - had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap." ~Robert Fulghum
"My childhood may be over, but that doesn't mean playtime is." ~Ron Olson
"...Forget your years to-day and come
As children back to childhood's house."
~Phoebe Cary
"One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination." ~Sam Levenson
"The end of childhood is when things cease to astonish us. When the world seems familiar, when one has got used to existence, one has become an adult." ~Eugene Ionesco
"In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
"Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present." ~Jean de la Bruyere
"We must remain as close to the flowers, the grass, and the butterflies as the child is who is not yet so much taller than they are... Whoever would partake of all good things must understand how to be small at times." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
"Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul but his life." ~G.K. Chesterton
"Every child is an artist." ~Pablo Picasso


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Low & Clear a film by Finback Films in KickstarterPublished by Dave Kile [dkile] on 07/24/2012 (2339 reads)
Tyler Hughen, Kahlil Hudson and Alex Jabonski of Finback Films have taken on a fly fishing film project and looking for some help to complete the project. Their letter below shares their plans. More details about the project can be found on Kickstarter.
Dear Friends,
As many of you know Low & Clear has been a labor of love that's been a long time in coming to fruition. It has always been a very personal project, and one we've had a hard time letting go of creatively.
The good news is, the film is done and we want to share it, however, there are significant costs associated with releasing a film of this caliber, and we are flat broke. Up to this point we have self funded the shooting, editing, music composition, sound mix and professional color correction that has allowed us to produce the HDCAM that has been screening at film festivals.
Moving forward, we have set our goal for exactly what we need to release and self-distribute the film on DVD and Itunes.
We want to be as transparent as possible, here's what we need the money for:
MUSIC LICENSING: $11,500. [This is far and away our biggest fundraising challenge. The film is filled with original score by Doug Major, but there are a handful of songs that we cannot live without. These licensing fees are what we have to pay to the recording artists to use their songs.]
DOLBY 5.1 SURROUND MIX: $1000 [Sounds great, but also a requisite for acceptance to iTunes streaming.]
iTUNES HD FILE PREP AND SUBMISSION FEE: $1,600
Total: 15,500
If you're unfamiliar with Kickstarter–HERE'S HOW IT WORKS. If you choose to pledge an amount–a hold is put on your card with Amazon for that amount. If our target goal is reached by the end of the 30 day campaign, your card will be charged and your reward will be shipped. If we don't hit our goal, nobody's card will be charged, and the project will not be funded. Basically it's all or nothing!
We've brought the film a long way – we premiered at SXSW, where we won an Audience Award and the film continues to screen at prestigious film festivals around the world including Hot Docs, Camden International, True/False, Dallas International, and Telluride MountainFilm, and upcoming film festivals we'll be announcing soon.
People from all walks of life have been connecting with Low & Clear, and some nice reviews can be found here, here and here.
Our biggest goal is to get DVD's out asap to the fans that have been patiently waiting. If our kickstarter campaign is successful, Low and Clear will be widely available–but reserving a copy now will put the first print run in your hands. Needless to say, the support is more than appreciated. We've poured our heart and souls into making this film, funded it by selling cars and maxing out credit cards, and with your help we hope to share this film with as many folks as possible.
Thanks for your time,
Tyler Hughen
Kahlil Hudson
Alex Jabonski
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The future is bright as our starlets continue to shine
There is something special about playing alongside your friends in a young sports team.
For some, it can be the highlight of their sporting careers. For others, it can be the launch pad to huge success in adult life. For all, it tends to be an unforgettable experience.
At the Belfast Telegraph Sports Awards on Monday night at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, one of the most sought after prizes will be the Young Team of the Year for 2016. It is a category never shy of contenders and will be sponsored by Subway.
The Young Team of the Year award will be won by a side whose members are aged 19 or under on December 31, 2016.
Over the past couple of decades, hockey sides have enjoyed a fair degree of success in this category and will be in the running again.
Banbridge Academy Senior Boys First XI, for instance, had a fine year winning the Burney Cup, while the Methody Girls Senior hockey side claimed the Belfast Telegraph Schools' Cup for the first time in 28 years before going on to take home the All-Ireland Kate Russell Cup.
In GAA, St Pat's, Maghera were victorious in the MacRory Cup final and on the same afternoon in March, RBAI's first XV retained the rugby Schools' Cup, completing quite a year for the school with their 2nds, 3rds and Medallion teams lifting their respective trophies.
There was also much joy for the Lisburn Ladies U15 Football team, who were undefeated as they won the IFA U15 League and enjoyed success in a National Girls Tournament. The Sacred Heart Grammar School Under-16 netball squad had plenty to cheer too, lifting both the Northern Ireland league and cup titles, while Portora School Boat Club claimed the junior men's rowing championship of Ireland for the third consecutive year.
These are just some of the impressive young squads that the judges discussed when coming up with a winner and shortlist for this competitive category.
The judges were 1972 Olympic champion and legend Dame Mary Peters, respected former hockey ace Angela Platt, representing the NI Sports Forum, Director of Performance at Sports Institute Northern Ireland (SINI) Shaun Ogle and chairperson of the panel, Belfast Telegraph Group Sports Editor Jim Gracey.
The youngsters will join with the great and good of Northern Ireland sport when the Awards are hosted by television presenters Craig Doyle and Claire McCollum on Monday night.
On sponsoring the Young Team Award, Scot Hayes, Chairman of the Subway NI Marketing Board, said: "Subway stores are delighted to sponsor this award for another year.
"Subway are firm believers in recognising the talents and achievements of young sports enthusiasts at a grassroots level.
"Subway stores are all locally owned and operated by individual franchisees who work in the heart of local communities.
"We believe that the Belfast Telegraph Sports Awards are the ideal platform to recognise and reward the teams and coaches who dedicate so much of their time and effort to their sport."


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The Distillers were an American punk rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1998. They released their first two albums on Hellcat Records/Epitaph Records before moving to Sire, part of the Warner Music Group. The Distillers were originally formed by Australian-born Brody Armstrong (later Dalle), a woman with a distinctively harsh singing voice. Ex-wife of Rancid's Tim Armstrong, Brody changed her name to "Dalle" after their divorce in 2003. Although there were significant line-up changes it was Brody who played guitar, sang, and wrote or co-wrote nearly every song on the band's three albums. Tony Bevilacqua also played guitar and Ryan Sinn played bass.
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When opportunity knocks, answer the bleeping door!
Last Friday Mr Mel's father announced our engagement (adding that we hadn't picked a ring yet) at a group he attends, and after the announcement one of the members approached him and said "You know I'm a retired jeweller? My son is running my shop, if Mr Mel & Mel want to come in and discuss ring options, I'll make sure they get looked after'.
Mr Mel's dad didn't mention anything until the weekend, when we said we'd been ring shopping but had been discouraged by the obviously hugely inflated prices.
While ring shopping we had found a design we love (see earlier post), then went and had a quick chat with a manufacturing jeweller in Newcastle. They advised the cost would be approx 3 times our budget to get the design we wanted with better quality jewels & gold, so we weren't really feeling overly confident.
Last night we drove down to Sydney, and met with Mr Mel's dad's mate, which is where my opening line comes in!
The common saying of 'it's not what you know, it's who you know' rings so true. We knew we wanted a better quality product, but at a better price, and our drive to Sydney certainly gave us both.
We're getting our ring made, it's the exact design as what we picked (earlier post), with 18ct white gold, instead of the 14ct of the one we saw at the 'mainstream' shop, and a D colour diamond, rather than the J of the one we saw.
|The design we're getting made - yay!
So our ring will be ready in 2 weeks, we can't wait!
And another bonus, because we bought our engagement ring there, we get an automatic 20% discount on our wedding bands! Because the engagement ring is quite blingy (well for me it is!) I'll be getting a very plain white gold band, Mr Mel's will have a bit of texture to it.
All in all, we're very happy campers, part 3 of 'The Ring' posts will have a photo of our ring on my finger in 2 weeks! Yay!!


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Bicyclists behaving badly in San Francisco could soon find themselves in a mandatory class to learn the rules of the road.
Officials are paying more attention to safety measures on The City's bustling streets after a fatal collision between bicyclist Chris Bucchere and a pedestrian at a busy intersection in the Castro district late last month. Bucchere — who is currently being investigated by police and the District Attorney's Office for possible criminal charges — wrote in an online post later that day that he "couldn't stop" and instead "laid it down and just plowed through the crowded crosswalk in the least populated place I could find."
Bert Hill, chairman of The City's Bicycle Advisory Committee, said a program is being developed by his group, police and the District Attorney's Office to give first-time bicycling violators a dose of information instead of — or in addition to — a normal moving-violation citation. More details of the program, which could be rolled out by the fall, are still being determined, Hill said.
Hill said he would like the system to be less punitive and more of a community outreach effort.
"The idea is to change the bicycle culture in San Francisco," Hill said. "We need to build a peer interest in the fact that we're all riding together."
The announcement of the bicycling class proposal came during a news conference Tuesday called by Board of Supervisors President David Chiu to bring together bike and pedestrian advocates, and to announce he would introduce a resolution that seeks "a holistic approach" to safer streets by increasing accountability for cyclists, pedestrians and motorists alike. The resolution urges more media outreach, more education programs, the establishment of priority intersections for police enforcement and better record-keeping of collision incidents.
Although the influential 12,000-member San Francisco Bicycle Coalition regards the latest incident as "deeply troubling," a spokeswoman reminded the group Tuesday that most pedestrian-involved collisions — 96 percent of the incidents in 2011 — involve cars not bikes. The incident appears to have sparked defensiveness from the group, which passed out bike safety literature on the Friday morning after reports of Bucchere's questionable online screed about the collision became widespread.
"It is worth noting that just days before this incident — which is drawing so much attention — two pedestrians were hit and killed on the same day by people driving motor vehicles," said Lainie Motamedi, the coalition's board president. "These incidents received far less media attention, and that's a shame because those were no less tragic losses of life."
Stephanie Ong Stillman, a spokeswoman for the District Attorney's Office, said its investigation of Bucchere is awaiting a medical examiner's report on the pedestrian's cause of death, and more witness accounts of the
March 29 rush-hour incident.
Mayor Ed Lee, speaking at the Commonwealth Club of California on Tuesday evening, said responsibility for safety on the streets falls to everyone — bicyclists and motorists. He said there would be increased attention at accident hot spots across The City, including on Market Street, that would begin with education and then include stricter enforcement.
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Anyone wondering why so many mobile developers have Apple blinkers on when deciding which smartphones to support should take a look at the latest research from IHS Screen Digest.
As outlined by AppleInsider, it puts numbers to the sales on the four largest app stores in 2010: Apple's App Store, Google's Android Market, Nokia's Ovi Store and Research In Motion's BlackBerry App World.
Unsurprising: the App Store comes top by a huge distance. IHS estimates that apps generated $1.78bn (£1.1bn) of revenues on Apple's store last year, accounting for an 82.7% share of the four stores' total.
Surprising: Android Market was not the second or even the third most lucrative app store for developers according to this research, which ranks BlackBerry App World second with $165m of revenues in 2010 (a 7.7% share), and Nokia's Ovi Store third with $105m (4.9%).
Android Market is in fourth place with an estimated $102m of app sales in 2010, and a 4.7% share. These figures appear to cover app revenues, which may not include in-app advertising.
Even so, they show why developers are excited about the momentum behind Android, but rather more cautious about the current potential to make money from paid app sales on the store.
Other figures worth noting from IHS's research: it expects mobile apps to generate $3.9bn of revenues this year, and claims that games accounted for 52.2% of all app sales in 2010.
This year will see growth in app sales coming from outside the four stores listed in IHS' research, though. Last week, Amazon published new details about its soon-to-launch Amazon Appstore for Android, flagging up to developers its ability to promote apps across Amazon's site.
"Out of the gate, your app will show up in search results across Amazon.com. That's the no-brainer," explains its blog post. "Amazon has also come up with quite a few algorithms that display items relevant to the browsing customer – meaning, we deliver a more targeted audience to developers and vendors. Simple, right?"
An example is provided of an Amazon customer buying a new Android tablet, then using the store to buy apps and games. "When another customer is looking at the Android tablet in Amazon's tablet store, they may see the apps I downloaded in a section called 'Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought'," explains the blog.
This is the other important thing to consider when it comes to Android, for which Android Market is just the official store. Amazon, along with mobile operators, handset makers and other brands are launching or have launched their own Android-focused stores to sell apps too.
In other words, Android Market will likely provide the largest chunk of Android app revenues for some time, but it won't be the whole pie.


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text: In this manga, Yona and Hak arrive at the village of the Wind Tribe, Hak's home. The Wind Tribe is quite welcoming, and Yona could make a life for herself here – if Soo-won would let them. To be fair to Soo-won, he actually would let Yona live her life there. It is some hot heads from the Fire Tribe that won't. Hak leaves to draw them off, and Yona refuses to be left behind. Also, Yona has been told she might be able to get some direction from the High Priest, who apparently was dismissed years before from the capital. It is well Yona is showing a bit of spine, since of course they run into the Fire Tribe. We see Soo-won maneuvering to be made king of Kouka, and at this point you still have to feel for him. Assuming he is right about his uncle killing his father, he has every right to be upset. And I can't say he is wrong about some of King Il's pacifistic policies. It remains to be seen if he is truly the leader Kouka needs, or if it is Yona who will rise to the occasion.


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Kim Donohoe is a Scottish theatre maker, performer and facilitator. Her work is based in devised contemporary theatre and performance experiences and workshops, most often for children.
Kim works in contemporary performance, early years theatre, children's theatre and youth theatre settings across Scotland. She studied Contemporary Performance Practice at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and since graduating in 2013 has worked with Fish & Game, Platform, The Lyceum Youth Theatre, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Youth Theatre Arts Scotland, Birdsnest Theatre, Junction 25, Urban Roots, Buzzcut Festival, Juice Festival, Imaginate, Tron Theatre, Starcatchers, Strange Town, Platform, Ellie Dubois, Pete Lannon, Emma Nutland and Xana Marwick.
She is a co-director of KOR! Records, a music label that runs experimental music projects for young people with additional support needs and releases their output. She is also a member of Sprog Rock, a band that performs live interactive gigs for 0-5 year olds.
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A masked protester accosted Denver Republicans preparing to take part in Sunday's annual PrideFest Parade, yelling obscenities while attempting to remove a banner featuring a Donald Trump quotation from the county party's parade entry, the party's chairman told Colorado Politics.
"We were prepared for a lot of hateful rhetoric," Denver County Republican Chairman Jake Viano said after the incident, which took place Sunday morning in the parade staging area at Cheesman Park. But Viano said he was stunned when a young woman approached the county party's float, an Audi convertible bedecked with a Trump quotation about "protect[ing] LGBTQ citizens" printed on a rainbow flag background.
"We had just started rolling with the parade and were handing out literature, when all of a sudden this young lady rolls up, all dressed in black and throws her face mask on and starts yelling," Viano said, quoting a near-constant stream of obscenities, "as three others dressed just like her stood on the periphery. Then she grabbed our lit out of the vehicle, along with a black bag and a glass bottle of juice — she grabbed that and threw it on the ground, breaking the glass."
Viano said bystanders helped retrieve the county party's fliers, which reproduced the same Trump quotation depicted on the banners: "'As president, I will do everything in my power to protect LGBTQ citizens from attacks from the violence and oppression of a hateful foreign ideology.' Donald Trump, July 21, 2016, at the RNC."
The woman tried to rip one of the banners from the side of the car but was unsuccessful, he said.
People accompanying a neighboring parade float pulled aside a couple of the women, Viano said, and told them to "stop this nonsense."
Soon the women — "your typical Antifas," Viano said, describing them as white women in their early 20s with short-cropped hair, clad all in blank with bandanas covering their faces — started heading south, away from the parade route. Viano said he had a 911 dispatcher on the phone for roughly 15 minutes as he followed the women while attempting to describe his location but later returned to the parade when the police never showed up.
"We appreciate the police and the job that they do, but we really would have appreciated a response," Viano said. "We didn't see anyone on foot or on bicycle, and they never called me back."
Viano said he plans to file a police report.
"They were trying their best to quash our First Amendment rights, while we were using our First Amendment rights to show that we do not hate them," Viano said.
The Denver Police Department's on-call public information officer didn't immediately respond to an inquiry from Colorado Politics on Sunday afternoon.
Viano said the Denver Republicans' float was received well on the parade route, which traveled along East Colfax Avenue to the state Capitol.
"We had a warm welcome," he said. "There were a couple sneers and jeers, but overall there were a lot of dropped jaws – 'Wow, the Republicans don't hate gays!'"
Colorado Republican Party Chairman Jeff Hays was quick to condemn the incident.
"This thug represents what we oppose: those who would resort to physical violence to take away our God-given freedoms, stifle our expression and rob us of our rights without having the moral courage to show who they really are," Hays said in a statement.
Viano said he the altercation saddened him as much as anything.
"It's sad the degree of polarization we've reached in this country politically," he told Colorado Politics. "Ultimately, Democrats and Republicans equally love their country just as much. We just have different philosophies. I would like to see the American people come together to work in conjunction to move this country forward in a positive way."
He added that the Denver Republicans will continue participating in future parades.
"They're not scaring me off," he said, noting that he was handing out fliers along the parade route and at the PrideFest for hours.
WATCH: Colorado Republicans posted a brief video recorded by a volunteer of a portion of the incident here. Warning: It contains strong language.


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it looks quite nice :) some kind of like leather nail polishReplyDeleteReplies
It is something like a textured nail polish, just not so "rough" :-)Delete
Great shade, I love sand finish :)ReplyDeleteReplies
I adore sand finish and I love this shade! :-)Delete
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Thank you, Natalia :-) I like all shades of grey :-)Delete
This type of grey would make my skin lok like a corpse LOL - fortunately yu can wear it!ReplyDeleteReplies
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text: Travel writer Jessica Eturralde will talk about her project, "Louisville Rediscovered" on VoiceAmerica Talk. A member of the Louisville Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, military wife and transplant from Atlanta, Georgia, she fell in love with Louisville, Kentucky. She calls Louisville the City of Possibilities and she will tell us why.


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John: "I'm John."
Edward: "And I'm Edward."
Jedward: "And together, we're Jedward!"
Celebrities and weddings are two massive TV trends from 2011 which collided together in last night's Celebrity Wedding Planners, a new series from Channel 5 which looks set to emulate the success of C4's Big Fat Gypsy Weddings franchise. Last night's episode featured Jedward, the tall-haired twins from Dublin who bounded about on the goggle box like two oversized kids maxed out on Smarties and Sunny D. If you were to do a quick mental list of celebrities you wouldn't want planning your wedding, Jedward would be on a par with The Chuckle Brothers and Des Lynam.
The show was filled with the twins' Jedisms, "It's gonna be Jepic," said Jedward, "We hope it won't be a Jesaster." And if their appearance on Celebrity Wedding Planners is anything to go by, the pair could also start a sideline in their trademark PVC high-shouldered 'Jedsuits'.
So, what better way to avoid racking up a huge wedding debt than by getting an unbeknown celebrity to plan it for you, and Channel 5 to cover the costs. What could possibly go wrong? This scenario didn't put Beulah and James off, the happy couple who featured in the episode. Beulah is a self-confessed control freak who wears mad glasses that Gok Wan would be proud to sport, and James is a half-Scottish electrician. Beulah wants a 'Princess wedding' in an English country mansion, whereas James, if he's completely honest hasn't given it much thought. Continue reading


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ATLANTA, Nov. 2 - When the Shout Out Louds take the stage on Friday night at the Bowery Ballroom in Manhattan, most of the signifiers of exalted indie-rock status will be present and accounted for. Edgy, crunchy guitars? Check. Hipster fan base? Noted. Angst-ridden lead singer? Of course. Bored, beautiful and blonde keyboard player? Roger that.
But the Shout Out Louds, out of Stockholm and currently touring the United States in support of their first American release, "Howl Howl Gaff Gaff" (Capitol), appear to be a little more and less than the current crush of cool kids. In fact, their songs seem to be written and performed completely without irony -- raw, unfiltered emotion jumps out of every chorus. It appears that the Shout Out Louds sing what they mean. They certainly say it.
On Tuesday night here, the band strode to the stage before an expectant crowd at the Loft, a wide-open rock club on West Peachtree Street. They plugged in and threw themselves into "A Track and a Train," from "Howl Howl." But the planned ignition for the evening generated only horrendous, show-stopping feedback that melted the band's big open. It took only a few songs for memories of the false start to fade, but the lead singer, Adam Olenius, would not let his embarrassment go.
"I am sorry for the terrible beginning of this concert," he said abjectly to the crowd.
Maybe it is the Swedish thing. Because English is his second language, Mr. Olenius appears to lack the words or idioms to obscure his thoughts or feelings, in song or in conversation. After the misfire beginning, he and his four friends began to jump up and down on the rest of the album's songs. The sound careered from a dreamy, Moog-driven majesty to a clamoring hootenanny that had the drunks in front dude-nodding and air-guitaring with all their might.
On "Very Loud," Mr. Olenius promised, "Little by little, you're going to hear me cry."
And so the audience did. They cheered for "The Comeback," a romantic rebound song as close as the band has to a hit, and clapped their way through the B-sides. A critical pet -- Rolling Stone, Spin and Pitchfork have all given them love since they first started touring here in 2002 -- the Shout Out Louds seem poised to enter a rare circle composed of indie fetish outfits like the Strokes, the White Stripes and Franz Ferdinand, bands that have the ability to find audiences beyond people who spend way too much time in record stores.Continue reading the main story
Offstage, they are remarkably polite, apparently with a good word for everyone and a bit of wonder that they are again on tour in America. The music, led by the thunderous drumming of Eric Edman and leavened by twee stylings on xylophone and keyboards from Bebban Stenborg, eventually transforms them into rockers. Mr. Olenius in particular seems susceptible to musical possession, gradually slipping the straitjacket of his Nordic heritage to emit soulful yelps and big Bono-like vocal reaches. Near the end of the show, he began "Please Please Please" and the bassist Ted Malmros shoved his mike over to join the mayhem, while the guitarist Carl von Arbin spun tight circles in the background. "C'mon, let's go, let's break this heart in two." Leaning beard to beard --"Winter is coming," Mr. Malmros had explained at dinner earlier -- they shouted the imperative into each other's ears.
The two were art school classmates in 2001 and found themselves trading records. Then Mr. Olenius showed Mr. Malmros how to play the bass.
"In a way it was good we didn't know that much at the beginning," Mr. Olenius said after the show. "We were naïve and playful, and that's something I want to keep as long as we can."
The band cannot help trafficking in rock clichés, but they seem to ring a little truer with a Swedish accent. "If we make enough money to go out on tour and pay for the occasional hotel room, I'm happy," Ms. Stenborg said.
As they make their way around the country and sit for interviews, they have to deal with obvious cultural references -- the Hives are mentioned and Ikea comes up, as do meatballs and the songs of Abba. None of this has anything to do with the Shouts, they say. They are Swedes, yes, but they have adopted the shoe-gazing, inward-inflected perspective of so many of their musical brethren, with songs that always seem to take place when it's raining, and painted a smile on them.
"I really like pop music," Mr. Olenius said, "but you have to damage it a bit to make it something new."Continue reading the main story


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Definition of Get into
1. Verb. Get involved in or with.
Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
2. Verb. To come or go into. "The boat entered an area of shallow marshes"
Specialized synonyms: Take The Field, Penetrate, Perforate, Re-enter, File In, Pop In, Walk In, Call At, Out In, Take Water, Turn In, Board, Get On, Intrude, Irrupt, Encroach Upon, Intrude On, Invade, Obtrude Upon, Dock
Also: Enter Upon, Move In
Derivative terms: Entering, Entering, Entrance, Entrance, Entrant, Entree, Entry, Entry
Antonyms: Exit
3. Verb. Secure a place in a college, university, etc..
4. Verb. Familiarize oneself thoroughly with. "He really got into semantics"
5. Verb. Put clothing on one's body. "He got into his jeans"
Generic synonyms: Dress, Get Dressed
Specialized synonyms: Hat, Try, Try On, Scarf, Slip On
Derivative terms: Wear, Wearable
Definition of Get into
1. Verb. To move into an object, such that one ends up inside it. ¹
2. Verb. To reach into an object. ¹
3. Verb. To become involved in a discussion or issue. ¹
4. Verb. To enter an unfavourable state. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Get Into Pictures
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Get Into
Literary usage of Get into
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis (1920)
"He beat me badly. He's so strong, isn't he!" "Poor boy, just crazy to get into the war, too, but This Erik Valborg was along, wa'n't he? ..."
2. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1874)
"Patrons find it every year more difficult to get men of eminence to take the livings in their gift Fewer men of distinction at the Universities get into ..."
3. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"... and humiliating dependence as it would have been to get into the strong current of her blooming life the chill sense that her death would really come. ..."
4. Publications by Scottish History Society (1894)
"... by reason of the necessity of groping in order to get into it/ Whatever be the derivation of the word, it is probable that the witty doctor suggested a ..."
5. A Journal Or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian by George Fox, William Penn, Margaret Askew Fell Fox (1839)
"It is a creeping spirit, seeking whom it can get into ; and what it can- 4 not do itself it stirreth up others to do, and setteth their spirits on float, ..."
6. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1807)
"... get into the town ; though by many brave Tallies from within, their quarters were often beaten up, and many valiant men were loft on both fides. ..."


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Mike and I love playing board games together. We are pretty competitive and you can frequently find us playing late into the night after the kids go to bed. We have a large collection in our closet but love to add new games anytime we can. Now that Grace is starting to think about actually playing some games by the rules, we are slowly expanding our games for kids selection as well. I think board games are amazing gifts for all ages and I'm excited to share one of the leading makers of games in today's Holiday Gift Guide post.
Winning Moves was created in 1995 by four game industry professionals including the long-time head of research and development for Parker Brothers (also the leading expert on the game Monopoly), the long-time head of research and development for Milton Bradley, one of the most successful game agents in history for "discovering" Erno Rubik and the Rubik's® Cube in the late 1970's, and one of Europe's most distinguished game inventors. Those are some impressive resumes! These guys obviously know what they're talking about when it comes to games and Winning Moves offers some of the best classic, retro, cool and fun games out there. They are also the exclusive makers of many timeless classics like Pit®, Classic Monopoly®, Classic Clue®, Parcheesi® Royal Edition, and Classic Yahtzee®.
Winning Moves generously sent us Classic Clue, Throw 'n Go! Jenga, and two of their Splash Cards games, Splash Pals and Splashimals.
I have fond memories of playing Clue growing up and I am excited to share it with my kids in a few years. With the classic board and cards, this is the exact version I played growing up!
Jenga was a favorite of mine as a teenager and it is back with new colors and a new rules twist in Throw 'n Go! Jenga . You can play the traditional way or roll the dice to add a fun new element. The dice tells you which colors and how many blocks to remove and even gives you the chance to turn play back to another player.
Winning Moves has a new line of card games called Splash Cards that are waterproof and that float. They are perfect for the bath, pool, beach or hot tub and can easily be disinfected. I chose two of the kid's Splash Cards, Splashimals and Splash Pals.
Each card of the Splashimals set features half of an animal and part of the animal's name. My kids love matching the pieces of the animals and it is a great introduction to animal names for Connor and spelling for Grace. They had a great time playing with them both in and out of the tub and I was impressed by how well the cards stuck to the tub walls.
The Splash Pals set features different body sections of various pals so that kids can mix and match to create their own special pal!
Winning Moves features your favorite classic board games and many new fun options to discover. Games are great gifts for both kids and adults and are the perfect way to spend time together as a family this holiday season. Learn more about Winning Moves and their great games at their website, Facebook, and Twitter pages. For every 10 likes to their Facebook page through December 31st, Winning Moves will donate 1 toy to Toys for Tots of Garrett County, MD so go like their page now to help them beat their donation last year of over 700 games and toys!
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Friday, 21 July 2006
Low Tide.
Here is the river at Low Tide.
High and Low tides are usually 12 hours apart.
But they vary from week to week.
High tide this week can be at 4.52pm, but next week it can be 8:37pm.
Many tourist have been trapped on beaches, unaware of the high tides until it is too late.
It is always wise to keep your eyes on the ocean to see if it is coming in or going out.
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Story of Reluctant Friends
In the year 1549, Europe is going through a great Renaissance, a rebirth of culture and learning. Still, beneath its bright and learned surface, darkness and mystery can be found. Three adventurers, from different walks of life, travel across the countryside. Brought together seemingly by chance, could there be something more menacing at work?


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Online Words: Bido Lito!
Photography: Lee Isserow / leeisserow.com
REMÉE performing Indigo, a track produced with SUEDEBROWN, exclusively for Bido Lito! Remée is one LIMF Academy's Most Ready Artists for 2017 along with Mary Miller and Gazelle. Recorded and filmed at Motor Museum Recording Studio, Liverpool in May 2017.
Filmed and edited by Lee Isserow.
Audio recorded and mixed by Al Groves at Motor Museum.
Bido Lito! members receive this track exclusively as part of the July download bundle also featuring XamVolo, Loved Ones, Bill Nickson and more.


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Dear Grade Eight Students,
Every year, the eight grade students set their photographic skills on the task of making a set of posters for the charity auction in the spring. Every year, there is a bidding war to bring home the grade 8 posters, which brings in a lot of money for students of the Yunnan Education Project and for programs and equipment to benefit Concordia students (the green screen studios, bean bag chairs, and outdoor play equipment, for instance).
Your assignment: Submit two photographs for each of the following categories:
- Year of the Dragon (decorations (big and small), fireworks, etc.)
- Urban China (skyscrapers, crowds, streets, skateboarding, cars, subways, etc…)
- Rural China (farms, produce, livestock, landscape, etc.)
Where to put your pictures:
- Full size, full resolution, vertical orientation pics should be uploaded to the network folder.
- If you want credit for the pic, you must change the file name:
firstname_lastname-1, firstname_lastname-2, etc.
- Follow these instructions to upload your pictures to the server: How to add auction photos to the server
Keep in mind:
- As you travel, please take high quality, high resolution photos. High resolution means at least 5 megapixels (more than most camera phones, so plan ahead an use your own or a borrowed camera).
- These must have a portrait/vertical orientation, not horizontal. That's this ↑↓, not this ↔.
- These should be shots that you make, not just random snaps. Take your time to find the best shot, the most interesting angle. Take your time so that your shots are crisp and richly colored.
- This is a Social Studies assignment that will be Tuesday, February 14
Have fun with this! Enjoy the opportunity to capture your Chinese New Year experiences, no matter where you are.
Below are a couple of great ones from previous years to inspire you
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Note: see video at bottom for ASL version with pix of some of the guys in prison artwork and ellen and nancys
so i havent been able to sleep for the past two nights
this is unusual for me – rare for me to be wide awake and restless. sure ive been busy a doin' running here and there and sure i got lots on my mind but this AWAKE is the type of awake that says – u have someTHING to do. something specific. so what i did last night is i just made to quick sketches and then was able to sleep. Tonight (now morning) the blog calls.
So what is keeping me up?
some Deaf fellows in prison. I only got to know 'em for a short while but clearly they have made their mark. Some good souls (thank you nancy rourke, ellen mansfield, and kc for making this sojourn) and i went to a maximum security prison in western ny to do a De'VIA Deaf View/Image Artwork workshop with some Deaf guys in prison there.
I learned things. Im still learning things – piecing together what i saw and what i feel.
Number one it feels sad / heavy to walk out FREE. im not carefree about it. im just like WOW! 14 years, 30 years, 59 years and counting. it makes me weep
The guys were mighty sweet – nice, funny, engaged.
This i loved
1- how they helped out their brethren who don't know ASL understand us and how they helped us to understand them. I suspect we on the outside dont know the first thing about being collective.
2- how when nancy and ellen explained a few things about their work they were like – OH, Wow, that's good
i especially loved when W figured out Ellen's use of fish in her self-portrait was to represent how a fish as stared at in an aquarium – he came to that interpretation on his own but then looked at me and nodded his head in awe as if to say "she's a clever one, that artist" and i was like yep she is
3. how when W asked Nancy Rourke to serve as his model signing his name sign of W from lower chin to near the ear (indicating a beard) – i thought he just wanted to be able to see it signed so he could then copy / portray it on his own face but instead he was painting red hair and i was like "wow you are painting Nancy!" and he said "yes" and i asked "why did you want to paint nancy signing your namesign W on chin?" and he replied "so she will be calling me name" then he signed it "W on chin W, W" as if someone was calling out to him and i thought that was super cool
4. when H had finished painting his self-portrait, he was struggling to incorporate his name sign (H moved from right to left on his chest) and having someone model the signing for him to look at wasn't helping, nancy rourke decided to paint H with his name sign. He was enthralled. To see his own name. He then added the H handshapes to his own artwork but asked to keep Nancy's work for his cell wall.
5. when KC's eyes glowed with enthusiasm when Ellen and Nancy held up each of their own works to discuss with the guys and when she chatted with each of them as they worked away. I didn't see her writing back and forth with one of the non-signing inmates but she did mention he wrote that he was like a child due to so many years being isolated. "im like a child, im like a child" kept playing in my mind. (this man has some serious art skill by the way) later i found the note and it still really just holds on to me
some things i didn't love
1. that all the staff referred to the different folks in prison by their numbers – not by their names
2. that even thought they do have a few folks to sign with – there days do not have the same level of intellectual stimulation as the Hearing folks in prison do
3. that when they left after our good connection, robust handshakes, great interest in coming back – when it was time for them to leave the room as they passed by the window they all looked straight ahead – normally Deaf folks would look through the opening at us and flash a wave, a smile, something but nothing – just staring straight ahead – ahhhhhh "EYES FORWARD" – they probably learned that QUICKLY and HARSHLY
– especially if they didnt hear it the first time or the second time or the third time…..
4. how mixed i felt as we left. i felt good we had been there and connected but i felt – i cant find the word – i
felt …. im free and they are not. that sucks (and yes i know that if they committed a serious crime they should be deprived of their freedom – i just know that correctional facilities RARELY correct and there is boat load of folks who have caused more death and mayhem than some of these folks – im talking about Corporations who are run by PEOPLE who do HORRIBLE things that cause some folks deaths and they NEVER see a single day of jail time) I also know that the Criminal Justice system leans toward white – they are more lenient and less likely to arrest, beat, incarcerate White folks than they are Black and Brown folks that that simply is NOT cool
we can argue that uneducated poor folks do more crime than educated middle and upper class white folks but really we should look at what types of crime do time and what types dont and we should look at why they system does so little towards REHABILITATION
5. how when Mighty Joe Y…. asked me "What is your number?" and i said "Huh?" and he said "oh i mean what is your name?" i was like whoa
Later when i thought about these artworks they made – three incorporated sign language – two used name signs and another was a painting of wife signing ILY. these men wanted to be called by they name and known and important to someone on the outside.
Its an important question – What is your name?
One that we never think carries any weight or meaning – but for these men to be known by their name is so priceless that that is the dominant feature in the art.
a human by any other name ….
love seems to be the answer and im a studyin' on it


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There is the journal entry from November 2009, for example, written sitting cross-legged on the floor in the baby's room, when I was 7 months pregnant. I had turned on the sweet little lights we had set up, one each in three of four corners; they cast a warm, dim glow that I thought wouldn't be too jarring for the baby if I had to turn on a lamp in the middle of the night.
That November evening, I sat in the baby's room, crying so hard and simultaneously laughing at myself for it. "I miss you so much," I wrote in my journal, the one I had kept throughout my pregnancy, recording all the moments and sensations that I didn't want to forget — my hilariously excessive appetite one night that was my first signal that maybe I was pregnant (somehow I consumed a half-pound of shrimp cocktail as an appetizer, followed by three tilapia fillets, two servings of potatoes, which I normally hate, a pile of greens, six chocolate-chip cookies and a slice of cheesecake; "OK," I remember thinking, "I'm a pretty good eater, but something is going on here"); the first symptoms I experienced; the first time, at sixteen weeks pregnant, that I concentrated really hard and felt the baby's tiny movements, deep inside me. "But how can I miss you when you're right here?" I wrote that night. "In two months, you'll be in my arms. I'll be able to look at you and wonder at how incredible you are."
Well, I did get to do that, for a few hours, anyway.
The feeling I had that night in the baby's room was definitely one of grief, of missing someone who wasn't there, or wouldn't be for long. At the time I just thought it was strange, odd enough to write about in my journal. Now I wonder if it was some sort of deep intuition, an unconscious knowledge of my own body, which included my baby's body: knowledge that the baby wasn't okay and would not be sticking around.
I also wonder about my lifelong propensity for that soul-deep feeling of loss, which I could always access pretty easily, long before I ever experienced any great loss in real life. Growing up, any novel or movie about a character losing a loved one sent me into awful, shoulder-shaking, snot-dripping sobs. In Rilla of Ingleside, the last book of the Anne of Green Gables series, Rilla — Anne's youngest daughter — loses her favorite brother, Walter, when he dies fighting in France during World War I. Rilla's despair hurt me even more deeply than Anne's (well, it was Rilla's story, after all). I wept over that book many times, rereading those scenes again and again and feeling just too much deep, painful empathy for Rilla and her loss.
Another example from four or five years ago: that silly movie P.S. I Love You. I saw it in the theater and embarrassed myself by starting to weep about five minutes in and being unable to stop throughout the movie or even after it ended. I was still shuddering and snorting and wiping my nose as we headed back out to the parking lot, all because Hillary Swank's character had to say goodbye to her dashing charmer of a husband who had some terminal illness and was destined to die.
Sometimes, before August ever came along, I would consider the possibility of reincarnation and past lives. Maybe, I occasionally thought, in a past life, I had had a lover or a close family member who died. Why else would that particular story line affect me so deeply, when I hadn't lived through anything remotely similar in my own life?
These days, since August died, I wonder more whether those long-ago moments of grief and deep empathy, experienced while watching a film or reading a book, were not flashbacks to another life, but flash-forwards to my own life — premonitory emotions, shadows of the enormous, crushing heartbreak I would feel when my son died.


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Dancing With the Stars phenom Mark Ballas and his singing-songwriting wife, BC Jean — who together form music duo Alexander Jean — have yet to go on their honeymoon, a month after their first anniversary.
"We didn't get to go on a honeymoon because I had to come back to [Broadway's] Jersey Boys," Ballas told Yahoo. "We've been thinking about Thailand, French Polynesia, Maldives, Bali, Bora Bora. We're both Greek. Greece would be fun. What we want is a beach and to throw our phones away and just sit there."
But before the two jet off and totally tune out the world, they have other things to take care of, like more shows on their tour and recording another EP. On Tuesday, the band performed the songs from their first two EPs, in addition to some holiday tunes, as they teamed up with Charmin to celebrate the closing week of Charmin Restrooms — a pop-up space during the busy holiday season — in bustling Times Square.
"I was on Broadway for six months last year, every day," Ballas said.
Jean interjected, "He would tell me these horrible stories. Emergencies!"
"I went into a McDonald's — so, the fact that [Charmin] is doing this, it's really nice," Ballas said.
We chatted up the star couple to discuss other (sometimes dirty) details about their life together.
Yahoo Lifestyle: What bathroom products — like cleanser and moisturizers — do you share with each other?
Mark Ballas: We share body wash.
BC Jean: We share Charmin. We honestly have a subscription on Amazon for Charmin.
Do you have any wacky public bathroom stories, like the "spare a square" episode of Seinfeld?
BCJ: The other day, me and a girlfriend hadn't seen each other in forever — and we've been so busy touring — that when we got to the bathroom stalls, we both had to go at the same time. We just started talking about our lives. There was someone else in the stall who was like, "This is really weird. Is this how you guys normally catch up?"
MB: I was going to pee. It was somewhere on the tour, and this guy was like, "Can I get a selfie?" … "Uh, in a minute." I gave him one outside. I was like, "We should both wash our hands first. You should not be so close to me."
What's the best bathroom reading material?
MB: I'm always on UFC.com reading fight stats. Or watching highlights.
BCJ: I'm rereading The Four Agreements. It's actually in our travel bag right now, in the hotel room. It's really good for living, spirituality, being a good human, being confident, not taking things personal — just to reread.
How many bathrooms do you guys have in your house?
MB: Two!
Who's usually cleaning the toilets?
BCJ: Definitely not Mark. It would be me.
Are you guys cool with walking in on each other?
MB: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well…
BCJ: It depends on what number!
MB: Yeah. If it's the second number, I'm like, "Get out!"
BCJ: Yeah. Both of us are like, "Get out."