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When thinking about the beauty standards of today it's hard to ignore that bodies within magazines and television are rarely realistic goals for the general public. With bodies that range from what some may consider skinny to what others may consider thick, it's important that we acknowledge all bodies contain a life within them. Looking at myself in the mirror can be difficult sometimes as I don't believe my body is what society deems as attractive. Attractiveness is different for each gender as what is subscribed for males and females are different though this is changing it still holds today that men should be muscular and that women should be small and hairless. Focusing on the physical aspect of the(more…)
Posts Tagged 'body image'
"The Body I Wear Is Not Perfect"
Posted in beauty, beauty standards, bodies, body, body image, Uncategorized, tagged body acceptance, body image, gender on January 9, 2019| 2 Comments »
The Not-So-Chubby Inquisitor
Posted in fat, fat acceptance, Games, media representation, video games, tagged body image, body types, dragon age, fatness, Games on December 16, 2016| 4 Comments »
In almost all of the video games I play, especially role-playing games (rpg) and action adventure games, there are almost no fat people. Even in games where you can create your own character, there are very limited options. But, these fat bodies are still rather "fit." They're just big and beefy if they're male or big and curvy if they're female. While these bodies do deviate a little from idealized Western bodies, they are still acceptable. In other words, they are larger bodies that "normal" people could still find attractive. In addition, most games that have fat people in them, like The Sims and Saints Row IV, cast those characters, as ugly and/or comical. In all of these cases, fatness is not something to be desired. (more…)
You Must Be This Tall to Ride
Posted in body, body image, body shaming, gender norms, gender roles, LGBT, transgender, tagged body image, dysphoria, gender roles, height, patriarchy, transgender on September 29, 2016| 1 Comment »
Content Warning: Height dysphoria, transphobia
I recently joined the millions of users on Tinder, a social networking app that allows for mutually interested individuals to communicate if they are within a predetermined distance. Tinder functions simply. Users are presented one-by-one with other profiles—which include up to six photos, age, distance, and a brief text description—and are given two options: swipe left to "dislike" and thereby remove the profile as a potential match, or swipe right to "like." If both users have mutually swiped right, the application allows for text communication between the two profiles to occur.
While the app can be used to find friends, Tinder is most frequently used as a dating services app. As I have swiped through profiles and read their short descriptions over the past few weeks, I have picked up on certain trends in the information users present to potential romantic and/or sexual partners. One of the most frequent descriptors used is height, revealing what many view as an important physical factor. This mark of importance ranges from implicit, such as simply listing one's height, to extremely explicit, in which I've seen a profile's description read, "Do not swipe right if you are under 5'10"."
A recent national study showed that 48.9% of the heterosexual women surveyed wanted to only date men taller than them (Yancey & Emerson 62). Height preference was important to the heterosexual men surveyed as well, but not as important, with 1.3% wanting to only date women taller than them and 13.5% wanting to only date women shorter than them.
Height is clearly an important characteristic when it comes to choosing a partner, yet there has been some debate as to whether this is due to biological tendencies (evolutionary perspective) or social expectations. Ultimately, these gendered-height expectations are rooted in patriarchy. The women surveyed in the study often listed protection and security as reasons to why they prefer taller men (Yancey & Emerson 62). Others stated that a taller man made them feel more "feminine." The men surveyed in the study who set upper limits for height were "not considering physical or sexual difficulties but societal expectations" (Yancey & Emerson 66). These men did not explicitly speak on traditional gender roles, but they did convey a desire to avoid possible stigma. Men were "reinforcing societal expectations with their higher height limit just as women reinforced those expectations with their lower height limit" (Yancey & Emerson 66).
Like many gender norms, height expectations have the harshest impact on the transgender community. Height dysphoria, an invasive dissatisfaction and discomfort with one's height, is a frequently seen dilemma among online transgender support forums. Height is very difficult to amend, and because it is wrongfully associated with masculinity and femininity, transgender individuals suffer greatly. Posts in these online forums express a sense of futility. While it can be achievable to possess societally-deemed masculine traits such as hair growth, muscular strength, and body parts, height is nearly impossible to change. Some responders recommend shoes with platforms or boosters. Others simply recommend an attitude adjustment.
This attitude adjustment should not be the responsibility of the trans community, but rather those who have the privilege to actively challenge gender norms free from danger, particularly white, cis, and heterosexual individuals. It is human and understandable to have height expectations, as patriarchy is deeply embedded and can be difficult to unearth, but I ask the reader to truly consider their own expectations and from where they have been created. Just as we work to untangle the mess of patriarchy in our coursework, conversation, and minds, we must also work to distance ourselves from harmful gendered-height expectations.
Works Cited
Yancey, George, and Michael O. Emerson. "Does Height Matter? An Examination Of Height
Preferences In Romantic Coupling." Journal Of Family Issues 37.1 (2016): 53. Publisher
Provided Full Text Searching File. Web. 29 Sept. 2016.
You want a piece of me?
Posted in beauty, bodies, body, body image, body modification, body politics, Uncategorized, tagged beauty, body image, Health on September 29, 2016| 2 Comments »
Every day I question my appearance. I ask myself, what makes me ……. me? If I lose a part of me will I still be me? These questions may not make sense to you but these are some things that I ask myself. (more…)
Just take the complement.
Posted in body, Uncategorized, tagged awareness, body image, Health on September 28, 2016| 3 Comments »
Growing up, I had never been very comfortable with my body, specifically in terms of my weight. Throughout high school I was never the most girly or skinny but I was generally okay with that. Uncomfortable at times yes, but I had friends, I played sports and did generally well in school academically so I didn't have a very unpleasant high school experience. I enjoyed it a lot actually. It wasn't until after l left my home town and would come back to visit friends and family that I started questioning the way I viewed myself as well as how others viewed me then and now. Without a doubt every time I go home and see someone from high school, close friends, and sometimes even parents of friends, that I haven't seen in a while, one of the first things that they comment on is my weight. Usually things like, oh my god, you've lost so much weight or you look so good now, have you been working out a lot? What's your secret? And every once in a while someone will add to the end of the comment "not that you ever looked bad or big, you just look really good now." I tell myself to just take the compliment, but it's hard to just take it when there is an underlying negative aspect that I can't help but to associate with it. These comments really have me self-reflecting a lot because I weigh maybe five to ten pounds lighter than I did in high school, do I really look that different?
Most of the weight loss is not a healthy weight loss. Which took me a long time to realize. More so result of not taking time to eat properly because of stress and anxiety and a general lack of appetite because of it. But everyone responds to my body like I have lost a drastic amount of weight. This has caused me to think excessively about a time in my life that has long since passed. Was I just the funny fat girl who happened to have pretty friends, and that's why people hung around me? Or were people friends with me because they genuinely enjoyed my company? Even my mother has made the comment of "she just doesn't eat anymore" when people comment on my weight loss around her. To everyone else, I have lost weight and that's such a good thing, but for me the weight loss and comments serve as a constant reminder that I have become temporarily incapable of taking care of myself and body because of the stress, anxiety, and depression that I deal with every day. The past couple years have been the most trying for me mentally so having this constant reminder of that adds another layer to the hardship. Work, school, and other obligations are always put first over making sure that my body is healthy and well taken care of, both physically and mentally.
"…Corner of Plus Size Shame"
Posted in Plus size fashion, visibility, weight, women, women's bodies, tagged beauty standards, body, body image, confidence, plus size, shopping on December 18, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Recently there has been a lot of push back in the fashion industry when it comes to using the term "plus size". Plus size fashion in the last decade has become a profitable portion of the industry. Something that I'm assuming came along with the realization that fat people are people too, and as such they need fashionable clothing, and at an affordable price. (more…)
Body image and polyamory: an exploration
Posted in body image, body ownership, love, Uncategorized, tagged beauty standards, body image, marriage, polyamory, self-esteem on December 16, 2015| 3 Comments »
It's endlessly intriguing to me how our view of certain things can be changed completely by new experiences. I have been thinking about this a lot lately, because after 11 years together, my husband and I have taken an unexpected (but very positive) step with our marriage — we are exploring polyamory. Something I took for granted over the course of more than a decade in a stable relationship was how many things I didn't have to think about, especially when it came to my body. (more…)
Warning: Fat Girl Working Out
Posted in fat, weight, women's bodies, tagged beauty standards, body image, exercise, Fat Acceptance, fat-shaming on December 16, 2015| 5 Comments »
I felt like I needed "Warning: Fat Girl Working Out" on a t-shirt when I started working out at my new gym.I stood outside the gym door going back and forth about whether or not I should go through with my workout plan. I have always had insecurities about my weight. I was overweight the majority of my life and have dealt with it day by day, but it wasn't until I studied abroad in the United Kingdom that I really noticed how "big" I was. I had gone back and forth about going to the gym weeks in advance. I was already here so why not walk into the gym, what is the worst that could happen?


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Build 1.0.6 has been released. Download from Google Code
- Issue 3 – Detect magic cast when sharing treasure now works, therefore you can see the magic treasure
- Fixed the function that checks if any team member has a spell, to return the correct team member (and therefore not crash)
- Paladin's can now cure other players from the 'view player' screen
- Issue 4 – combat screen background colour is now gray not black
- Fixed 'Paul's save game E' play problem correctly
- Fixed combat targeting via the Aim sub-menu
- Fixed logic in the remove affect code, that meant they were not being removed
- Translated more assembly, and name/renamed functions and variables as their purpose became clear
- Fixed the clipping of the combat screen. Large monsters were over drawing the board, which is not redrawn
- Implemented video ram save/restore so the missile items draw correctly in combat
- Changed the DaxFileCache to copy data before returning. This slows the game down more, but stops merged pictures from being wrong on second viewings (camp fire in DEMO)
I have a fist full of issue reported by Paul in the 1.0.5 build yet to fix, of which the most annoying is using his Save Game F, the beholder combat does not start due to infinite looping while placing the combatants. This has been the driver for the large volume of function/variable check-ins I have been doing, while I try get my head around what is happening, and what should be happening.
I hope there is enough progress to improve the experience over 1.0.5, for those people giving it a try.

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Sunday is when those gates crash open and the new racing season starts up at Shatin with Wednesday becoming a Happy Wednesday again at Happy Valley Racecourse where, for a $10 entrance fee, there's the chance to have the most fun with your clothes on.
Of course, there are those who try to prove this wrong, but blame that on the heat of the moment and a need to let it all hang out.
If Happy Wednesday were an actor, who would he be?
Some say, Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow- eccentric, erratic, quite mad and damn good fun.
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Others say, a Happy Wednesday is an actress and she is Amber Heard who has a very open approach to life and how to live it by her own rules.
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Who really knows?
Happy Wednesday is whatever you want it to be as with any occasion and any venue- and Happy Valley Racecourse offer any number of different venues other than that playground in the open air that is the Beer Garden- it's all about the people.
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Babs Streisand would break into song about how, "People needing people are the luckiest people in the world" if she ever made it to an HKJC Happy Wednesday.
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On this coming Wednesday, we see Ben Semmens back again from Wales with the singer-songwriter set to join up with some of the best musicians playing in Hong Kong.
There might not be Jun Kung, but there'll be enough musical talent onstage to make a watermelon implode- a real band as opposed to any solo Hello Kitty cuteness to a backing track or old school Hong Kongers playing Crossroads on remote control.
Yes, no musical robots allowed. We have enough robots to deal with in our daily lives.
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So, what would Happy Wednesday be if a song?
Hmmm, to us, it would be one part Walking On Sunshine by Katrina And The Waves though it's all about those Happy Wednesday nights.
Who knows, perhaps the sun will come out to join the party?
There must also be time for a Moondance with Van Morrison singing, and the best song written about Shiny Happy People.
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As every Happy Wednesday Night is about winners being grinners- and there is enough beer, wine and food around to at least make everyone goofy grinners.
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Take in the races and follow whoever and whatever appeals to you at a track that brings the main attractions- the riders and the horses- up close and personal and right to your doorstep. Or at least to the front of the Beer Garden.
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For those who wouldn't know a quinella from quintuplets or a win place and quinella place from any other place in Hong Kong, take in Adrenaline on the course and at the second floor.
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What? Never been to Adrenaline? Don't know about Adrenaline, the home of IBU? Wouldn't know IBU from UB40 singing Red Red Wine?
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Make up for lost time this Wednesday and have a close encounter with IBU, the world's first inter-active racing "Mothership", which has all the answers needed to get you on the winning track.
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As we have said, how to enjoy a Happy Wednesday Night is up to you. There's food, beer, racing, people and Vive Le Difference venues to suit all tastes.
Think of it as a weekly carnival with magic in the air and a different type of magic happening on the race track.
Have some of that magic rub off on you along with some magical good luck.
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APFP (French Association)
Paris, France
In September 2011, he's been asked to become President of APFP, the Association of Publicity Films Producers, which he is still in charge of. He is at the head of all the operations that have been done for the French market. He is still in charge of the office today, and recruits new members every year. Julien is also member of the European Producer union, the CFP-E and member of the World Producer Summit.
The two co-founders of Iconoclast have recruited him in 2012 to run Standard films Production company. He made the company grow through years since then, at an exponential rate. He left the Iconoclast group in January 2018 for new challenges in the advertising business.
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The Department of Finance has scheduled evening and day session Notice of Property Value workshops in each of the five boroughs. This is an opportunity for property owners to meet with representatives from the Department of Finance and the NYC Tax Commission to:
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Return to Work & Leaves of Absence: Understanding & Handling Complex Issues For HR & Risk Management
Are leave and return to work decisions different if your employee has a Workers' Compensation claim? How do workers' compensation and the ADA intersect? Can an employer refuse to return an employee to work following an injury or disability? What happens if the employee can no longer perform his previous job duties? Learn how to effectively return an injured or disabled employee to work and comply with ADA requirements including engaging in the interactive process and determining effective reasonable accommodations.
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Daily Archives: March 31, 2015
There's Time to Discover Another Dimension
"Confusion gives us the opportunity to find clarity's stretched-out hand"
The above quote was inspired by today's Blu-ray release of Interstellar. Fans of the emotional operatic space epic finally have limitless time to watch and re-watch the Christopher Nolan Sci-Fi classic in an effort to connect the dots together.
Have no fear, the nearly 3-hour gargantuan of a film (see what I did there) has a quick, entertaining pace.
The best movies leave the audience thinking about the story and its key message(s) long after leaving the theater. They strike a nerve (see picture above). Movies, regardless of how refined or goofy, need to have a purpose. And it's the films that present something that's larger than life that have the greatest impact and lasting impressions on people. This goes for Jaws, Jurassic Park, Titanic, The Godfather, Citizen Kane, The Sound of Music, Ghostbusters and The Breakfast Club (to literally only name a few).
Think about it: 1, 5, 10, 20, 30, 50 and even 74 years later, modern society still talks about a wide-range of movies and their impact several decades later for a variety of reasons. This timeless fact is why release dates like today are so exciting. Watching Interstellar in your living room will be astonishing with its green screen-free visuals, pulsating soundtrack, excellent acting and exhilarating twists and turns. But, in the big picture, it's the latest example of a great movie's second-life. It will earn itself a permanent spot on people's movie shelves. This is one of those films that will be enjoyed multiple times because there will always be something new (no matter how small) that will be seen with each viewing.
To help with that, Paramount Pictures included "3 hours of bonus features!" and an IMAX film cell with the Blu-ray and DVDs. My film analysis teacher in high school taught me that we need to see a movie 3-4 times to completely see everything the director wanted us to see. The story won't change, but it's fascinating to focus on different things to bring the experience together all the more. Example: Appreciating the intricate detail of the specific books that were placed on the bookshelf in the beginning of the movie. Or when Steven Spielberg recorded how Lincoln's pocket watch would have ticked in the 1860s. And, quite honestly, to enjoy the movie all over again!
"My films, if people go to them worrying about whether they'll understand and approach it like a crossword puzzle, they're not going to get as much out of it. You're meant to go along for the ride," Nolan said.
Thankfully, there's now no line for the epic ride of Interstellar.


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Lack of sleep can slow down your daily functioning and can result in a deficit of concentration, which in turn, makes you prone to making mistakes. Luckily, Ayurveda prescribes several remedies for tackling insomnia and getting a good night's sleep. Sleeping well is a sign of good health by itself, …Read More »
New Age Ayurveda
Is your modern day lifestyle affecting your mental health?
Watch this video to know how when you neglect your spirit, you're likely to fall into the trap of depression and anxietyRead More »
The Gorgeous Glory Of The Goddess Body Shape
I can remember being 12 years old, looking in the mirror and loving my goddess body shape. I had full chick hair, clear skin and a strong, healthy structure. I thought that my big bone size and curvy body made me look like a healthy, strong, vibrant woman. As time went on …Read More »
Be Disease Free With A Drug-Free Approach
No medicine can give you health, health has to be brought through your own elimination of disease causing process and activating your healing, bringing out your own health. Keeping in tune with its enunciated principles and to extend the best of safe health care to each individual, the role of …Read More »
Why Do You Crave Hot Chocolate?
According to Ayurveda, there are certain foods that help ignite the agni in the morning: the fire that you need to get you going.Read More »
4 Tips for Watching Your Winter Weight
Winter is a time when we eat more carbohydrates, fats and proteins to keep us warm. Nothing wrong with that! It is nature's way. The holiday season filled with sweet foods, alcohol and excess portions of foods may have added some weight around the middle of the body or made you feel a …Read More »
How To Consciously Create A Magical, Restful Vacation
My sister just returned from Costa Rica and came back a new woman. She had an inner glow and a feeling of being much more grounded than I usually experience her to be. This was interesting because usually travel involves so much vata imbalance. The irregular routine, new people, new …Read More »
The Habit of Habit for 2016
As we end this year and start a new one, I knew the way I could be of most use to you is to tell you what I've learned about habits. Habits – which are the un-sexy, un-scintillating backbone of their most illustrious comrade: goals. If you set goals in …Read More »
How to Avoid Too Many Cocktails
Oops—too many cocktails?! Well so much for using your wisdom to make right choices, hey? Hehe. Just kidding. During the holidays it's easy to throw caution to the wind as we enjoy an abundance of food and drink with people we love. Because we are so busy socializing and having …Read More »
4 Reasons that Pressure Cooking Rocks
"Pressure…Pushing down on me.. Pressing down on you.." This one of my favourite songs (the Queen and David Bowie version), but it is also one of my favourite ways to cook! This is my new Bacarrat Pressure Cooker… isn't she beautiful? Bright red to stimulate my digestive fire and super …Read More »
How An Oily Self-Massage Can Make You Feel Better After Traveling
Many of us will be traveling this holiday. By the end of travel, we will likely feel exhausted and out of whack, but then need to jump right into the whirl of holiday festivities. At some point during or after our visit, we might be bloated, constipated or even sick. …Read More »
How to balance Kapha Dosha
Kapha are happy-go-lucky, inviting, generous, the best listeners (and huggers!), able to handle a lot of work with grace, peaceful minded, and a curvy goddess-like physique. But when out of balance, Kaphas can also be stubborn and impossible to move, can gain weight easily, have depression (though you probably wouldn't be …Read More »
Balancing Vata Dosha
In Ayurveda, when a dosha is increased (imbalanced), the person will crave foods and habits that will keep increasing that dosha. Meaning, they will crave the completely wrong things! Vata people talk a lot, move a lot, do a lot, lose focus, forget things, skip details, are creative, are dramatic and …Read More »
Ayurveda + Coffee: How To Customize Your Cup O' Joe
Coffee: Ayurvedic Qualities Coffee has a bitter (cold, dry, & light qualities) taste, which is imbalancing for vata, but balancing for pitta and kapha. The bitter taste is a blood purifier (blood ruled by pitta), detoxifies the body, liver tonic (liver ruled by pitta), depletes tissues (kaphas tend to have excess tissues), …Read More »
Mellow the Holiday Madness with Nutmeg
For some, just thinking about the holidays brings about stress. I know for myself just the mere bombardment of ads, sales pitches , the push toward consumerism and to boot the traffic increase in the area are enough to make me want to retreat. Finding the simplicity within the holiday …Read More »
Stress or Ease? You Choose.
Excerpt from Body Thrive, Uplevel Your Body and Your Life with the 10 Habits from Ayurveda and Yoga by Cate Stillman. (Release Nov. 2015.) In the core, you find a seed. At the deep core of every human, you find the seed or orientation towards stress or ease. Each human …Read More »
Relationship Secrets Of The Chakras
Adapted from the book Sex, Love & Dharma by Simon Chokoisky. Any relationship has a hierarchy of needs to fulfill in order to make it functional. The chakras are a body-based, vertical model of human evolution, showing how the building of our life is to be constructed if we are to enjoy …Read More »
The Elements of Your Personal Blueprint
According to Ayurveda five elements provide the foundation for the entire physical world, from a grain of sand to the complex physiology of the human body. These elements—Ether, Air, Fire, Water, and Earth—are the building blocks of all material existence. Ether Ether (akasha) is the space in which everything happens. …Read More »
Flighty Forgetful And Restless? Here's 3 Tips For Balance
Well beloved, as much as we might want it to be summer forever, it is surely fall. I am not sure what this means to people who live in warmer climates like Florida, but in Canada (and other such northerly places) this means it is a bit windier than usual. …Read More »
3 Guidelines To Help You Figure Out Ayurveda
When people are just beginning to try to figure out Ayurveda, they'll often say to me that it can be confusing. My response is that it's not that Ayurveda is confusing. Modern society has pushed us so far away from what is natural that Ayurveda feels like learning a new language. But …Read More »
5 Steps to Attract What You Want in Life
I met with a friend today who has applied the "law of attraction" in her life for some time. Wikipedia decribes the law of attraction as "the name given to the maxim 'like attracts like' which in New Thought philosophy is used to sum up the idea that by focusing on positive …Read More »
Start Your Day the AYURVEDIC Way
The morning is the start to our day, and when we get a good start, it's likely that we're going to have a great day! Yet waking up can be a challenge for some. But following simple routine in the morning will help you start the day on a blissful …Read More »
Ayurveda: Vata Type
Vata-Type people are generally thin and find it hard to gain weight. Because of this, Vatas have very little energy reserve and can tire easily and get themselves out of balance. Vatas need to get sufficient rest and not overdo things, stay warm, and keep a regular lifestyle routine. Vatas …Read More »
10 Simple Ways to Detox Every Day
You may think that detoxing requires investing too much time or money, taking time off work and traveling to a far-off retreat center. Of course a detox retreat like this can be well worth investing inm and a good annual cleanse is highly recommended; however, that's not to say that those who simply …Read More »
Ayurveda: PITTA-Type
PITTA-Type people are generally of medium size and well proportioned. They are more muscular, and athletic. They have a medium amount of physical energy and stamina. They also tend to be intelligent and have a sharp wit and a good ability to concentrate. They make good leaders and businesspeople. Examples …Read More »


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Pregnancy massage is a specialist type of massage therapy adapted to suit the pregnant mother during each stage of her pregnancy. The main focus of therapy is to sooth mother and baby using various relaxing therapeutic massage techniques which are slow and gentle by nature. It is a nurturing and relaxing therapy which can help the mother to cope with the physical and emotional changes which are constantly taking place. Massage works on the muscular, skeletal and nervous systems and has many health benefits both physically and emotionally particularly in the third trimester. Pregnancy can be demanding on the mother, as the body changes and adapts to facilitate the growing baby. Massage can help to ease many pregnancy symptoms such as muscle pain and tired legs, while also promoting a strong sense of relaxation.
Pregnancy massage is soothing positive experience and provides a safe relaxing space for pregnant mothers to switch off from the outside world and connect with herself and her baby."
Pregnancy massage is recommended by midwives and ante natal experts throughout pregnancy and in preparation the labor process in Ireland. Massage can help reduce discomfort and stress during contractions. Research tell us that the more relaxed and mentally prepared we are for birth, the more positive the overall experience with less complications. Pregnancy reflexology is the most popular complementary health therapy during pregnancy as it requires minimal fuss and is very therapeutic.
The Benefits of Pregnancy Massage Therapy
- The immune system is enhanced, decreases stress hormones and corticosteroids.
- Helps muscular and skeletal problems.
- Improves lymphatic circulation which assists the removal of toxins and waste.
- Can help to improve posture during pregnancy and releases aches and pains.
- The production of hormones in positively influenced by massage during pregnancy.
- Increased sense of wellbeing.
- Physical and emotional nurturing during pregnancy.
- Eases many pregnancy symptoms.
- Can help the recovery process post pregnancy in the months after birth.
- A safe space to relax and let go and connect with your body and baby.
- Provides emotional support and reassurance.
What Happens During a Treatment?
Pregnancy massage is a specialist massage treatment which means that each session is tailored to the individual pregnant mother. During treatments, the client is supported in a comfortable side lying position on a warm plinth using various pillows to supports the baby and body or she may be tilted on an elevated plinth supported by pillows. As treatments are tailored to you, you can decide what variation of massage you would like on the day, for example, half body massage, full body, neck, back, tummy and shoulders, legs and feet massage or an advanced remedial massage which is for focusing on specific problem areas. No essential oils, vigorous massage techniques or deep pressure is used on the body during maternity massage. Treatments can be for relaxation, problem areas, labour preparation and post pregnancy.
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BELIZE CITY, Mon. Dec. 14, 2015–There is an ad on the radio announcing that very soon consumers will be able to get rice for 69 cents per pound. This is due to Jitendra Chawla, more popularly known as "Jack Charles,"
a local merchant, importing rice from Guyana, and this has our local rice producers in a state of panic, fearing that they may be pushed out of the market.
Jose Alpuche, Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of Agriculture, told Amandala this morning that Jack Charles has not been given a permit to import rice from Guyana, however.
Also, it has been reported that Guyana is seeking markets for its rice due to the fact that the PetroCaribe Energy Cooperation Agreement between Guyana and Venezuela was squashed as a result of a territorial disagreement between the two countries.
Stanley Rempel, a local rice producer, told Amandala that this is not about getting rice at a more affordable rate; instead, it is about "food security". Rempel added that rice is already one of the cheapest commodities, since at "$1.15 per pound, it can feed 10 people."
Rempel explained that if something like this is allowed in our local market, it will shut down the local rice industry and Government will lose millions of revenue, since imported rice that comes from CARICOM countries cannot be taxed.
In this case, he said, the old adage "cheaper is not always better" is applicable, especially, when we look at the big picture, which would be putting 100 local rice farmers and 5 milling companies out of business, and causing about 2,000 employees to lose their jobs.
Rempel went on to say that Charles had commented that he would continue to sell the rice at 69 cents per pound for two years, which is the amount of time needed to shut down the local market, and thereafter, the price of the imported rice will be raised.
A press release from Belize Agro Productive Sector Group stated, "Rice farmers want lower rice prices on the shelves too. This is why we have been lobbying Government for some of the same subsidies that are available to Guyanese rice growers, and even available here in Belize to big companies such as American Sugar Refinery/Belize Sugar Industry ASR/ BSI and Green Tropics/ Santander; subsidies such as cheaper fuel, duty exemptions, tax breaks and other incentives."
Alpuche said that very soon rice, referred to as 70/30 or Grade C, will cost 80 cents at wholesale and 90 cents at retail.
Well, the ads are still being aired and the last time Amandala spoke to Jack Charles, he seemed adamant about bringing in his rice. We must add that this is not the first time he is causing tension amongst the local rice producers; earlier in March he had attempted to bring in rice, also.
A press release sent out from Charles said that he will be importing only 20% of the rice consumed locally, and it is not his intention to monopolize the rice industry.
The release went on to say that the Guyanese rice is costing him 0.52 cents a pound. It further explained that the Belize Marketing Development Company (Belize Marketing Board) had imported 3 million pounds of the same Guyanese rice, which they repacked in Circle R bags and sold for .94 cents a pound.
The released continued that as a result of the "gouging price," the Belize Marketing Board made a profit of over 1.4 million dollars.


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On the Saturday, June 8th, after the NANFA MS Convention...
The South Chickamauga Creek Greenway Alliance will offer a picnic on the banks of South Chick located on private property. Lots of varied habitat for a great diversity of fish.
June 8, is also Tennessee's Free Fishing Day, though most of the property is in Georgia. In fact the state line runs right through the creek and property.
Sunday i would like to head to the Conasauga River for a snorkel in its clear waters, if others are so inclined.
This is a good opportunity for NANFA members to participate and lend a hand educating folks.
We can camp on site that night or i may be able to put up any members who stay overnight.
The next morning we will head to the Conasauga.
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Proud to say that out of more than 480 submissions, my story "Child Bride" was one of twelve finalists in the Writers' Union of Canada's 25th Annual Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers. Congratulations to winner Jo Hatherly and my fellow finalists! See press release below:
The Writers' Union of Canada is pleased to announce that Jo Hatherly has won the $2,500 cash prize for its 25th annual Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers, for the best story under 2,500 words, with her piece "Running in Circles." In addition, the Union will submit the winning story and the eleven other shortlisted stories to three Canadian magazine publishers for their consideration.
Jo Hatherly is a former journalist with the Times Colonist newspaper whose work has been published across Canada. She is a Canadian Association of Journalism finalist for her coverage on the national DNA databank, a national short-fiction finalist and author of a Swiss travel blog followed by readers from over 150 countries. Born in Manitoba, she has lived in Spain, Australia, the United States and Switzerland. She lives in Victoria and cottages in Ontario. She was a Short Prose Competition finalist in 2014 with her story "The Canal Duckling" and in 2016 with "The Swimmer." She is currently working on a book inspired by cottage guestbook entries and the untold stories behind them. Learn more at www.johatherly.com.
WINNER"Running in Circles" by Jo Hatherly, Victoria, BC
- All for Robby, Barbara Baker, Calgary, AB
- Urchin, Anni Bartlett, Hamilton, ON
- No Entry, Colin Brezicki, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
- Child Bride, Deborah Elderhorst, Toronto, ON
- Served Cold, Stephen Hunt, Battersea, ON
- Beijing Spring, Ivy Lerner-Frank, Ottawa, ON
- Hook an Anger, Tara McGuire, North Vancouver, BC
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- Silver Boxes, Tatiana Peet, Edmonton, AB
- Things I Miss # 12, Suzie Taylor, Harbour Grace, NL
The 25th annual Short Prose Competition is supported by Sure Print & Design.
The Writers' Union of Canada is our country's national organization representing professional authors of books. Founded in 1973, the Union is dedicated to fostering writing in Canada, and promoting the rights, freedoms and economic well-being of all writers. For more information, please visit www.writersunion.ca.
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After three quarters, Houston led 28-22 over SMU, as the Mustangs were looking to improve to 6-0 against the spread this season.
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1. Target The Main Issue
Identify precisely what is bothering you, as it is impossible that you are not able to understand anything in the subject at all. Jot them down making a list of all the issues coming your way while the lecture is going on or otherwise. Also, read the textbook and highlight all those areas you are getting stuck at.
2. Seek Assistance
Take help from a friend or a class mate who is doing better in the subject. Disclose your hurdles and problems to him. Being of your age, he would understand your condition better and would be able to clarify your concepts in a friendlier way making it more comprehensible for you.
3. Talk To A Teacher
If that doesn't work too well, go to the teacher straightaway and speak out bluntly. Do not hesitate at all. The teacher might scold you for not coming up with your problem earlier. Be open to them as they are no one but your well-wishers. Ask the teacher about social studies reference books which are written in very simple language. Inquire them about the feasibility of giving private tuitions to you.
4. Acronyms
To memorize the facts, events and dates in the subject of history, make appropriate links and abbreviations created from the starting letters. This is called making "acronyms".
5. Videos
Many difficult words are used to describe the geography of different lands. Watch videos related to the topic. Reading the same lesson from the book would be less impactful as human brain is designed to preserve more information gained from watching movements and pictures rather than reading words.
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Make timelines. It makes learning dates much easier as they are arranged in a chronological order, which otherwise would be immensely challenging to learn off.
7. Maps
To memorize maps, get a large print out of them and stick them on the wall facing you so that the last and first thing you see before going to bed and after waking up are those maps so that your brain forms virtual images of them. But, this alone would not help. Study the map for a while, then, assess yourself drawing it on the paper. Do this several times to get better practiced at it.
8. Act Out Historical Events
Ask the teacher to let your class perform skits and plays on historical events. Distribute characters evenly and actively participate in it. Observe every character's role carefully. This activity will serve as a great aiding tool to get a better and insightful grip of the subject as it will increase fun factor and hence ultimately your interest.
9. Imagination
The best way to learn anything is by imagining yourself in that scenario. For example, imagine yourself in a place that is described in your geography text book and ask yourself to narrate the features of the place that you are viewing yourself. This will assist you to comprehend the terms used to describe the topography to a greater degree.


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Since the beginning of Zedd's rise to popularity, the now superstar DJ and producer has been known to lend a hand to pop artists, from Lady Gaga to Ariana Grande, by helping them produce and create singles of now anthemic fame. Well it appears that Anton isn't stopping there as was recently revealed by a series of pictures uploaded to Instagram (some of which are now deleted). For the past few days it appears that Zedd has been in the studio with Selena Gomez, helping her out with her Interscope Records debut album (it's her first with Interscope, but this would mark Selena's second solo album after Stars Dance). As of this point it's yet unclear how many songs Zedd will help produce but for now the only teaser of what we can expect are these pictures.
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ServiceNow Reports (Classic UI): See Open Tasks (All)
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- Modifying the report
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Running and making a copy of the report
- Click View / Run under Reports in the Application Navigator menu on the left. A list of available reports in ServiceNow loads, depending on your access privileges.
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Grouping by the Assigned To field
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Changing the report type
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Running and saving the report
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Brenda Iijima
2004 • 104 pp. • $12.00
Purchase from Small Press Distribution
"Elements, moods, poisons, obstacles; Brenda Iijima's poems make use of all four, particularly elements, in forming the core of Around Sea. There is a strange, welcoming warmth to these poems that has nothing to do with forcing a personscape onto the land (though Iijima is starkly aware of that force's inexorable severity): 'a terrestrial in the face of extra.' I feel calm during and after reading Around Sea — not abducted, but included, as if presence could override fate through seeing, and getting it down onto the page."
— Anselm Berrigan
"A brilliant visual and musical work, where the techniques of our times are perfected and abandoned one by one. What goes up, comes down, until the only way out is with it."
— Fanny Howe
"Brenda Iijima's Around Sea is a substantial, beautiful, and manifoldly interesting book of poetry. Her focus shifts smoothly from sonic word-play to informational passages drawn from natural sciences and even metallurgy to ecology and passionate urban sociology, and onwards. Her forms often change radically from one section of a poem to another and her rhythms are constantly changing. Readers are happily kept on their toes."
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"Around sea's surround sound's me. It becomes me being sound being sea. Any me. We. Around Sea's surround sound's we. She sells Seychelles by the sea shore's roar. Will it last. That is this Book's chore. Who could ask for more. Can poetry preserve skies. Yes. A breath at a time."
— Alan Davies
"Neither outline nor shape: this is the molecular flux of idea…in Brenda Iijima's hard-as-diamonds epic. Around Sea plots a threat nexus over a flowering terrain and beneath the serene deep of 'verdure attributed to rain,' bonitos, and species extinction…dividing into quanta of insight: the rock and steel we work and sleep in, as well as the ground we walk, support no truths that are not aerial…Iijima's precision in uncanny exposition, social science apercu, and mercurial jurisprudence."
— Jack Kimball
Around Sea reviewed by Sarah Porter at ASU.
Round About Seeing: Around Sea reviewed by Meredith Quartermain at Jacket.
Brenda Iijima was born in the hilly town of North Adams, Massachusetts. She is the author of Around Sea (O Books), revv. you'll—ution (Displaced Press), and If Not Metamorphic (Ahsahta Press) as well as numerous chapbooks and artist's books. She is the editor of the eco language reader (Nightboat Books and PP@YYL). Currently she is working on a body of work titled Some Simple Things Said by and About Humans—a chronicle of how humans have used animals as surrogates. She is also doing research on women who were murdered in North Adams during the 1970's when she was growing up there. She is the editor of Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs.
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in a blood orange
bed in a membrane
green leaf. Cloning
in low gear. Two eyes
for an engineer. Two
gonads follow the
parsimony of binary.
Wherever there is
redundancy, lay
more eggs. NASA's
low numbers. Buddha's
big toes. Muhammad's
breath. A mote for filling
a potential in massing.
Exponent that acts.
That acts up.
A poem for the land
Corridor after corridor of land
and a pock-marked sky.
The passage is wide
to the solar
Still sister
is in arms
or inward.
Telling this
is like being
tied to a tree
in the garden.
Jungle cleared
Ferruginous cliffs blasted
Upon a settlement
Green palisades
Margin housing
Morning high above head
Tropic to
The last drop
Tepid infested regretted
Burnt paper
Angry protests
Somber paramount
Blood vessels
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I am doing a series where I review ALL the books I read this summer that weren't graphic novels, since I already did those. It will be broken up into four posts, that will hopefully all be posted in the next two weeks. Adult Fiction, Nonfiction, Young Adult Fiction, and Fantasy. The reviews and descriptions will be short.
I am starting with Adult Fiction, which actually has the most books.
Title: The Firebird
Author: Susanna Kearsley
Paperback: 539 pages
Pub Date: Jun 2013
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Rating: +++++
Summary from goodreads:
Nicola Marter was born with a gift. When she touches an object, she sometimes glimpses those who have owned it before. When a woman arrives with a small wooden carving at the gallery Nicola works at, she can see the object's history and knows that it was named after the Firebird—the mythical creature from an old Russian fable.
Compelled to know more, Nicola follows a young girl named Anna into the past who leads her on a quest through the glittering backdrops of the Jacobites and Russian courts, unearthing a tale of love, courage, and redemption.
I LOVED the first book I read by Susanna Kearsley, THE WINTER SEA, and this book was just as good. This book goes with the first and is kind of a sequel, though it could stand alone. Why would you want it to? These are two of my favorite books. I have never been much of a Russian history fan, but this made the history fascinating. The blending of historical and contemporary with the magical realism element woks perfectly. Both have intrigue and great romance.
Title: In the Unlikely Event
Author: Judy Blume
Hardcover: 397 pages
Pub Date: June 2015
Publisher: Knopf
Rating: ++++
Summary from goodreads:
In 1987, Miri Ammerman returns to her hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey, to attend a commemoration of the worst year of her life. Thirty-five years earlier, when Miri was fifteen a succession of airplanes fell from the sky, leaving a community reeling. Against this backdrop of actual events that Blume experienced in the early 1950s, she paints a vivid portrait of a particular time and place—Nat King Cole singing "Unforgettable," Elizabeth Taylor haircuts, young (and not-so-young) love, explosive friendships, A-bomb hysteria, rumors of Communist threat. And a young journalist who makes his name reporting tragedy. Through it all, one generation reminds another that life goes on.
When I saw the Judy Blume had a book for adults, I knew I had to read it. It was really good! Not surprisingly, the voice that I thought was the best was the teenager, yet the voices were all distinctive. I can't believe I had never heard about this story before, but am glad that I got to read this fictionalized version. It was a very fast read, and was often suspenseful (like every time someone got on the plane. Was this the next one???). Overall, a very enjoyable read.
Title: Lead
Author: Kylie Scott
Paperback: 320 pages
Pub Date: Nov 2014
Publisher: St Martin's Griffin
Rating: +++
Summary from goodreads:
As the lead singer of Stage Dive, Jimmy is used to getting whatever he wants, whenever he wants it. However, when a PR disaster serves as a wake-up call about his life and lands him in rehab, he finds himself with Lena, a new assistant to keep him out of trouble.
Lena's not willing to take any crap from the sexy rocker and is determined to keep their relationship completely professional. But when Jimmy pushes her too far and Lena leaves, he realizes that he may just have lost the best thing that ever happened to him.
If you like rock star romances, this is a series you should look at. This is my least favorite of the three, but it was still enjoyable. I didn't like Jimmy as much as the other guys, but loved seeing everyone come back and Lena was fine. It was an enjoyable and very fast read.
Title: Pride and Prejudice
Author: Jane Austen
eBook: 427 pages
Pub Date: 1813
Rating: ++++
It's Pride and Prejudice. You know what it is about.
I have finally read it. And it was unsurprisingly good. I have watched The Lizzie Bennet Diaries a couple times and have read a retelling or two, but now i have finally read the source. Much better if you picture all the characters as the people in LBD, which I did the entire time. I see why it is a classic and look forward to reading my next Austen.
Title: Glazed Murder
Author: Jessica Beck
Paperback: 291 pages
Pub Date: Mar 2010
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Rating: +++
Summary from goodreads:
Meet Suzanne Hart, owner and operator of Donut Hearts coffee shop in April Springs, North Carolina. After her divorce from Max, an out-of-work actor she's dubbed "The Great Impersonator," Suzanne decided to pursue her one true passion in life: donuts. So she cashed in her settlement and opened up shop in the heart of her beloved hometown.
But when a dead body is dumped on her doorstep like a sack of flour, Suzanne's cozy little shop becomes an all-out crime scene. Now, everyone in town is dropping by for glazed donuts and gruesome details. The retired sheriff warns her to be careful—and they're all suspects. Soon Suzanne—who finds snooping as irresistible as donuts—is poking holes in everyone's alibis…
A cute cozy complete with recipes, what more can you ask for? Though you will want to eat donuts while you read it. Solid mystery, fast read. Not the best cozy I have read, but I still recommend.
Title: Go Set a Watchman
Author: Harper Lee
Hardcover: 278 pages
Pub Date: July 2015
Publisher: HarperCollins
Rating: ++
The original manuscript Harper Lee submitted. Somehow, it became To Kill a Mockingbird
I have no idea how an editor saw this and said "this story of Scout in the courtroom, this is what you should write". That editor is a genius.
This book has one great scene (and it isn't that one) and that was about it. And of COURSE it has one great scene, it is a first draft! I could rant on this for a while, but am not going to. Glad we could all have some real conversations about Atticus, but this never should have been published.


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Coach to join line-up at Bluewater
Luxury accessories brand Coach will be launching its first store in the South East at Bluewater this September.
Other openings on the Guildhall in coming weeks will include Belgian chocolatier Godiva and natural beauty brand Neal's Yard Remedies.
The 1,750 square foot Coach store will be situated on the Lower Guildhall, adjacent to House of Fraser.
President of Coach Europe Andrew Stanleick said: "Coach are delighted to open in Bluewater this autumn as it is known as a fantastic shopping destination. We look forward to launching the Coach modern luxury experience and collections to the South East."
Meanwhile, Godiva will be taking a 600 square foot store on the upper level of the Guildhall, opposite Zara, and Neal's Yard Remedies will launch a new 495 square foot store at the entrance to the Village Arcade on the Lower Guildhall.
The brands are the latest in a series of international retailers to join the line-up at Bluewater in recent months. These include the opening of Smashbox's first store in the South East at the centre and the launch of Missguided's first store outside of London.
Russell Loveland, portfolio director at Landsec, co-owner and asset manager of Bluewater, said: "Coach is another great addition to Bluewater's line-up of prestigious international retailers, with their boutique complementing our existing comprehensive range of the very best of brands from around the world.
"Both Godiva and Neal's Yard Remedies are two very popular luxury additions and will have strong appeal amongst our guests, and both brands highlight Bluewater's position as Europe's leading retail and leisure destination."
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Meet Mélat, the twenty-something Austin, Texas songstress who dubs her music "the eclectic soul of R&B." The blonde bombshell just dropped her new EP titled It Happens So Fast, and the project stays true to the songster's musical deliberation. She delivers smooth vocals atop playful springy instrumentals while even implementing throwback samples like Jay-Z's "Girls, Girls, Girls" as seen on her track "Sexy Us." The project proves a unanimous verdict—that Mélat is an industry force to be reckoned with. We sat down with her recently and she dished on the inspiration behind the EP, the process behind making it, and what the future holds.
SB: What was the inspiration behind the 'It Happens So Fast' EP?
M: I wanted to create something that encapsulated the summer vibe but would also be able to transition through the seasons. A lighter, fun feeling that even on a cold November night you could put on and still feel the lighthearted warmth of the summer. Holding a beer or holding a glass of wine, you can feel the vibes. Thankfully I got to work with a handful of producers who were able to vibe with me on that tip and I think we made some really memorable songs that we can cherish for whatever occasion.
SB: What was the process behind making the project?
M: 'You' went through a few evolutions before it became what ended up on the project. The same thing happened with "TwentyTen". "TwentyTen" was written a while back and I've been trying to find the right fit for it. It finally came together on that beat in particular. "Sexy" Us was a feeling I just wanted to portray and with that Jay Z sample, well, you know…the rest is history. "If It's Gold I Love" was pretty much a freestyle based on how I was feeling at that moment. I was stressed out and sung as if all the doctor could prescribe me was a week at the beach with my friends. Daytrip is that beautifully relaxed trip to the beach. No worries and fuck anyone who was trying to push me at any speed besides the one I wanted. It was a fun experience to put the summer into 5 tracks and I'm happy to have shared that with the awesome producers I worked with.
SB: What's next?
M: I am currently in the process of releasing a series of remixes for the anniversary of Move Me, collectively called the Move Me RMXZ. Jansport J and I made such a memorable project that I thought it'd be fun to mess with the vocals a bit and invite a few producers we know to make remixes and to put them out. It's a fun way to commemorate the EP. Besides that I'm working with more and more people now on more and more things that cover many different areas. New merch, new music, new ventures. I'm trying not to limit my expansion to simply one medium.
SB: Are there any artists you'd like to collaborate with?
M: I'd love to work with Kanye, J Cole, Kaytrenada, Kelela, Justin Timberlake are the first that come to mind. Kanye for his wild and boundless creativity. I'm not one for limitations. To be able to create freely with that man and have it be something that still resonates would be amazing. Kaytrenada because he is simply sick! Kelela not only because she's my Ethiopian sister, I just totally vibe with what she's doing. I've always appreciated Justin Timberlake not only for his public persona but the work he has done across all mediums. J Cole for his truth. I think a lot of music lacks the realness of emotion and it's always been something I've been adamant about. I keep true to my emotions when writing and while singing so each song in my library has a true emotional tie. It's possible to make good music that is sometimes fun, sometimes sad, sometimes happy, but all a part of relating the human condition.
SB: Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?
M: Five years from now, I see myself on (not my first) a major tour, with those J Cole and Kanye songs in tow, and working on my philanthropic ventures of helping poor families in America and Ethiopia, where my family is from. Opportunity is hard to come by for some, so I think it's really important to share that wealth once I feel I've obtained it (it hopefully less than 5 years!).
SB: What's your perspective on the state of today's R&B?
M: I think today's R&B has had very limited amounts of variation and a lot of people disowning and downplaying the genre. I love all types of music and I believe that the general masses haven't been that open to the idea of R&B. I've played with the idea of not considering my music R&B but then I was like fuck it, this is R&B music, just maybe not in the traditional sense. Let's let the genre evolve. R&B is bigger than any decade.
SB: What's one question you've never been asked but wish you were asked?
M: How are you doing?—I worry a lot. I'm stressed. I'm human. But I'm happy and I love being able to create music. I feel truly blessed for each and every person listening, sharing, and encouraging me along the way. And I hope all these things, positive and negative, resonate through every note that you hear.
In case you've been hiding under a rock, stream It Happens So Fast below! And be sure to follow Mélat on Twitter and Instagram!
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Chelsea Football Club simply swept aside Sheffield Wednesday in a 3-0 win that sees them into the fifth round of the FA Cup. Indeed, they've lost just one of their past 38 home games, giving the team's passionate fans a reason to cheer at Stamford Bridge.
Yet, the action on the pitch began before kick off with Showforce supporting Event FX with the delivery of the popular London club's pre-match entertainment and services produced by its client Event 360. This has been the case at each of the club's home games since August 2018.
Event FX is a market leader in sports presentation special effects and Showforce's experienced event crew assist them pitch-side; wheeling the pre-loaded pyro boxes on to the pitch 15 minutes before kick-off, then when the competing sides walk on to the pitch, the special effects go off. It's then the responsibility of the Showforce team to swiftly remove the trollies from the pitch.
Showforce also assist Event FX with the two large Chelsea FC flags waved before kick off and help Event FX de-rig after the match.
Although Showforce's skills and services are not needed for a long period of time, precision is everything. All equipment has to be on and off the pitch quickly, with only a couple of minutes to spare before kick- off. Often, the games are broadcast live on Sky Sports or BT Sport so with TV cameras rolling and millions watching, there is no room for error.


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Yolanda Gomez is determined to learn to speak English in a year, before she returns to Mexico.
Gomez, 32, a temporary resident of Greeley, submerged herself in American society three months ago and her older sister, Araceli Galvez, 34, of Greeley is helping her adjust.
The sisters joined a line of more than 100 people at 8 a.m. Saturday outside the Centro de Familia, behind Billie Martinez Elementary School on 14th Avenue in Greeley. The line of Mexican citizens began to form before 6 a.m. They were all waiting for the General Mexican Consulate in Denver to arrive at 9 a.m. The consulate was handing out Mexican ID cards, a Matricla consular.
Gomez waited about three hours to get a place-holder number, because the consulate was only able to serve the first 300 people. She returned to the mobile consulate office in the afternoon.
The ID card, an aide in her transition, will allow her to open a bank account and get car insurance, among other things.
To learn English, Gomez recites ABC's with her sister, reviews colors with her niece and nephew, and reads as much English as possible.
Galvez did not have such a smooth transition into the country 16 years ago.
"When I came here first, I just cried," Galvez said. "I was confused about hours and dates. I said, 'Oh my God, why am I here.'"
Galvez did not know anyone when she left Mexico and moved to Las Cruces, N.M. She didn't have any official identification until she got her green card in 1995. Galvez left her parents, five sisters and four brothers behind in Guanajuato, Mexico.
"When I was a teenager I said, 'When I grow up I'm going to move to the United States and get a job and help my family,' " Galvez said.
She has been able to visit her family, but she hasn't lived near any of them since she left Mexico. Galvez and her husband, Miguel Galvez, moved to Greeley eight years ago and she has been an American citizen for two years. Gomez isn't seeking a permanent home in the United States yet.
She said she misses her family in Mexico and cannot imagine being away from them for more than a year.


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Usuthu Reserves Ready for 2019January 10, 2019
The AmaZulu FC Reserves are ready to return to competitive action this weekend after a six week mid-season break in the Multichoice-Diski League.
Ayanda Dlamini's side host Bloemfontein Celtic at the King Zwelithini Stadium this Sunday at 10am.
Usuthu's Diski Boys currently occupy fifth place on the log with five wins from ten games.
Their opponents this weekend are second, level on points with leaders, Cape Town City.
"Our preparations have gone well. The boys had a long break but they each had individual programmes to make sure they don't lose their fitness over the holidays, Dlamini said.
"They are ready physically, all that is left is for us to do is ensure that we are mentally ready to return,' Dlamini added.
The team spent the last four weeks at the end of last year on the road and Dlamini says he is delighted to start 2019 at home.
"It is always a challenge when you are travelling all the time. We have done well at home and we are ready to compete,"Dlamini said.
The high flying Celtic have lost just twice all season, Dlamini sees the fixture as an opportunity for his boys to push their way back into the title mix.
"They are a good team who are chasing the league title. We lost our last outing against Polokwane City and the boys understand this is a big chance for them to return to winning ways," Dlamini concluded.Share


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Is there a more classic game day dish than Buffalo wings? Maybe football season should be called wing season. I love Buffalo sauce so much, I think I could eat it on just about anything. Every football season, I make Buffalo wings for at least one or two watch parties, and they tend to disappear fast off a buffet table. Most restaurants fry their wings to get them crispy, but if you know a few secrets, baked Buffalo wings can be even better than fried.
This recipe is a follow-up to my Baked Honey Barbecue Wings. The method for both recipes is the same – only the sauce is different. When I make wings, I usually make half Buffalo and half barbecue. If I had to choose one or the other, though, I would choose Buffalo every time.
To get crispy wings, you need to cook them long enough to render most of the fat out of the skin, but not so long that they dry out. There's nothing worse than soggy skin on Buffalo wings. Recently I was at one of those chain wing restaurants, and our wings were underdone with soggy, fatty skin on them. Not appetizing.
If you want your wings to be crispy but not dry, the secret is to parboil them first. It might seem weird, but this step helps get rid of some of the fat you don't want. Place the wing segments in a big pot of boiling, salted water, and bring them back to a boil for about 8 minutes.
Drain the wings in a colander, and put them on a wire rack to dry. After they've cooled a bit, dry them thoroughly with paper towels or a clean kitchen towel. Place the wings on a baking sheet that has been lined with foil and sprayed with cooking spray. Make sure there is air space between them, so they can brown evenly. Sprinkle with your favorite seasoned salt.
Bake the wings at 450 degrees for 25 minutes, then flip them over with a rubber spatula and bake another 5-10 minutes until browned and crispy. These wing segments are pretty big, so if you have smaller wing segments you might want to bake them a few minutes less.
While your crispy baked Buffalo wings are in the oven, you can make the Easy Blue Cheese Dip. Spicy, tangy Buffalo sauce and creamy blue cheese dip are a magic combination, in my opinion. I know blue cheese isn't everyone's thing, though, so if you want you can skip the dip or use my recipe for Easy Ranch Dip.
Make the blue cheese dip by stirring together mayonnaise, sour cream, blue cheese crumbles, lemon juice, salt and pepper. That's all there is to it!
While the wings are baking, you can also make the Buffalo sauce, by combining melted butter, Frank's hot sauce and a dash of Worcestershire sauce.
After baking, the wings should be browned and crispy, with no messy deep frying!
Once the wings are baked, it's time to pour on the sauce. I usually put the wings in a big mixing bowl to sauce them:
I stick with tradition and serve the wings with blue cheese dip, carrot sticks and celery sticks. These crispy baked Buffalo wings are so yummy, you'll want to make them all year long!
You'll love these easy Baked Buffalo Wings - better than restaurant wings and no deep frying required! Perfect for your Game Day party or simple family dinner. Nutrition info is for 1 wing segment with 1 teaspoon Buffalo sauce. One tablespoon dip adds 60 calories, 6g fat, 0g carbohydrate, 1g protein. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.
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You'll love these easy Baked Buffalo Wings - better than restaurant wings and no deep frying required! Perfect for your Game Day party or simple family dinner.
Nutrition info is for 1 wing segment with 1 teaspoon Buffalo sauce. One tablespoon dip adds 60 calories, 6g fat, 0g carbohydrate, 1g protein.
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