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Starr Gave No Hint of Trouble to Clients Day Before Arrest
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by Roger Friedman - May 31, 2010 11:11 am
The Ken Starr scandal is going to be far reaching and affect not just big name celebrities but plenty of small investors.
One producer of more than two dozen "classic" films of the modern era met with Starr, his financial manager, last Wednesday, the day before Starr was arrested. The producer's elegant wife was also at the meeting.
"Everything was fine, we had a nice time," the wife told me yesterday. "He didn't show any sign of trouble."
And yet, the next day Starr was arrested by government agents after the SEC filed a massive fraud complaint against him in Manhattan Federal Court. The SEC puts the value of Starr's misbehavior at $30 million.
Many news organizations have the names wrong of Starr's victims. This couple's name has not yet been revealed. There will be more like them.
The couple is visibly shaken. "Is it possible it was just a mini Ponzi scheme?" the wife asked me.
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A 29-year-old lawyer and her lesbian best friend experience a dramatic shift in their longtime bond after one enters a serious relationship.
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Actors: Abby Elliott, Adam Brody, Beth Dover, Gabourey Sidibe, Gillian Jacobs, Kate McKinnon, Leighton Meester
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Peter makes good on another power outage at home by retelling Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) (2018)
William has failed to kill himself so many times that he outsources his suicide to aging assassin Leslie. But with the contract signed and death assured within a week (or…
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Horrid Henry: The Movie (2011)
When Henry fails yet again to hand in his homework for the umpteenth time, he has no idea that this will set off a chain of events which will see…
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The House of Tomorrow (2017)
The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school.
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004)
When megalomaniacal White Goodman, the owner of a trendy, high-end fitness center, makes a move to take over the struggling local gym run by happy-go-lucky Pete La Fleur, there's only…
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The true story of Jasmine Plummer who, at the age of eleven, became the first female to play in Pop Warner football tournament in its 56-year history.
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The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to find a producer who's willing…
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Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 1 (2013)
Return to the Class of Nuke 'Em High follows a young couple that are up against the school glee club. Unfortunately, the glee club has mutated into a gang called…
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Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the…
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Creativity Center's Phase 1 Renovations Finally Set To Begin
By Ryan Denham • Jan 2, 2020
The Friends of the BCPA wants to transform a former medical building into a "fully accessible, modern Creativity Center."
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The first phase of renovations stemming from a $5 million capital campaign is expected to begin in January at Bloomington's Creativity Center.
Supporters have big plans for the former medical building near the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts (BCPA), on the north edge of Downtown Bloomington. They want to create music rooms, studios, conference and rehearsal space, and a black box theater inside the Creativity Center, which has long been envisioned as the educational arm of the BCPA.
Before any of that can happen, the Creativity Center building needs a new roof and HVAC system. The Bloomington City Council on Dec. 9 approved hiring Springfield-based Henson Robinson Co. for $506,078 in roof and HVAC upgrades—a lower-than-expected price tag for the work, said Friends of the BCPA and Creativity Center development manager Cara Peterson. That work—all privately funded—is expected to begin in January, weather permitting, she said.
"We're really excited about what 2020 holds for us financially in our progress."
The Creativity Center campaign already had around $1 million in the bank, raised back in 2005. With the lower cost for the roof and HVAC work, that leftover money—all privately raised—will be used on Phase 2 of the project, Peterson said. Phase 2 encompasses converting the interior space to the black-box theater, dance studio, music studios, rehearsal space, gallery spaces, recording studio, office space for arts organizations and BCPA staff, and the multiuse rooms, she said.
"That's really the heart and soul of the building, in Phase 2," Peterson said.
The $5 million campaign was announced in April, and it's expected to take 3 to 5 years to achieve. An additional $150,000 has been raised since then, Peterson said. Almost 250 people attended the Creativity Center's kickoff fundraising event in October, called ArtGasm, Welcome to Wonderland. A 2020 version is being planned.
Large-dollar grants are also expected to play a role.
"Right now, we're looking at a couple big grants that might come through this next year, which would get us a majority of the way," Peterson said. "We're really excited about what 2020 holds for us financially in our progress."
Something that could help with that is the new Cultural District designation that the Bloomington City Council approved in May for much of Downtown Bloomington, including the Creativity Center. That designation was expected to provide the city with additional opportunities for grants from private enterprises and philanthropic organizations.
The Creativity Center campaign is targeting two grants that require a Cultural District designation—one from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the other from the National Endowment for the Arts. They've applied for the NEA grants already, and they'll apply for the NEH grant in May, Peterson said.
"We were really excited and hopeful after the approval of the Cultural District as it opens up more opportunity for grants and collaboration with other organizations," Peterson said.
Money may also be available from the state. The state's new capital plan includes $50 million for arts-related facility and infrastructure projects.
Once completed, Peterson said the Creativity Center will fill an important need in Bloomington-Normal. Groups like the Boys & Girls Club and YMCA provide opportunities for kids, and Normal's Activity and Recreation Center caters to older residents, she said.
"This center gets to provide arts opportunities for people of all ages, which is something that Bloomington-Normal definitely does not have currently," Peterson said.
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Programmers for the Bloomington Center For The Performing Arts said the city-owned venue had a full and successful season last year and hope to build on that performance. The BCPA has never turned a profit and was not expected to at its founding. But, Assistent Performing Arts Manager Ann-Marie Dittman said last year gross revenue rose by $200,000. The improvement came after some instability and a lower than usual number of bookings in 2017 following the unexpected death of BCPA Director Tina Salamone. This season, Dittman said the BCPA is revving its engines with an even more full and diverse selection of shows.
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The Broadway musical "Rock of Ages" is a send-up to the outrageous hair and costumes especially favored by 1980s hair-metal acts.
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from myhdl import *

def top(pins):
    counter = Signal(intbv(0, min=0, max=2000000))
    rotator = Signal(intbv(0)[4:])

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Red Lake es un lugar designado por el censo ubicado en el condado de Beltrami en el estado estadounidense de Minnesota. En el Censo de 2010 tenía una población de 1731 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 131,95 personas por km².

Geografía
Red Lake se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, Red Lake tiene una superficie total de 13.12 km², de la cual 12.5 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (4.7%) 0.62 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 1731 personas residiendo en Red Lake. La densidad de población era de 131,95 hab./km². De los 1731 habitantes, Red Lake estaba compuesto por el 0.98% blancos, el 0.23% eran afroamericanos, el 97.69% eran amerindios, el 0% eran asiáticos, el 0% eran isleños del Pacífico, el 0.17% eran de otras razas y el 0.92% pertenecían a dos o más razas. Del total de la población el 1.04% eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

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Two Eastern Mennonite University alumni traveled in early December to Tijuana, Mexico, to assist people seeking asylum in the United States.
As part of a Charlottesville-based group of lawyers, law students, clergy and a clinical psychologist, Alicia Horst '01, MDiv '06 and Brittany Caine-Conley MDiv '14 joined efforts to provide legal and other support for people among the thousands awaiting opportunity to present themselves at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Charlottesville group collaborated with a bi-national nonprofit that provides legal services to refugees in Tijuana.
Horst, the executive director for NewBridges Immigrant Resource Center in Harrisonburg and accredited by the U.S. Department of Justice to practice immigration law, provided legal guidance to asylum seekers. She also served as a witness at some of the 10 weddings conducted by a three-member team of clergy including Caine-Conley, who is a United Church of Christ pastor and leader of Congregate Charlottesville.
In addition, the team of clergy accompanied a group of boys ages 15-17 to the Otay Mesa port of entry where they attempted to present themselves for asylum but instead met militarized U.S. patrols. Mexican immigration police then took away the boys, she said.
The group also observed a queue system improvised by asylum seekers: a worn notebook maintained by a committee and containing a list of names. Each day the U.S. Customs and Border Protection indicated how many people – 60 to 100 – could be called from that list for credible fear interviews, which determine eligibility for entering the asylum process.
If the asylum hopefuls were not physically present in the plaza to hear their names being called, they would miss their chance.
With 5,000 people already on the list when Horst and Caine-Conley arrived, the wait is months long. Members of the migrant caravan that had recently arrived in Tijuana were "not even close" to being called, Horst said.
"It's a very messed-up scenario," she said, as many of the people have fled from dangerous situations and through danger to arrive at the border only to be met with further injustice. Lacking means to meet their immediate or longer-term needs, many feel desperate – the context, Horst said, for events such as the highly publicized Nov. 26 attempt to reach a border fence in which children were among those repelled with U.S. tear gas. Tear gas was again used against migrants on New Year's Day.
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Creating a Sustainable Language Instruction Culture: Supporting subject-teachers to teach with language levels in mind.
As the number of English medium International Schools increases across the globe, institutions and pedagogical leadership teams are seeking effective ways to help students acquire the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in the classroom and beyond. English tends to be the lingua franca most international schools, and the belief that "all teachers are language teachers" is present as a reminder for educators to support students who are not able to speak, write, or access the language at a native-like level. However, not all teachers are trained to be language teachers.
Subject teachers need to be supported to design learning scenarios with students' language levels in mind. What is more, educators need to be supported to understand the role of language in the learning that occurs in their subjects. Likewise, teachers need to be supported to design language-rich learning scenarios that focus on empowering students to develop their linguistic competencies and to use the language they know to engage in thinking, researching, and collaborating in the learning process. Most importantly, teachers must not be guided to design language activities that may cause their students to feel that the sophistication and depth of conceptual understandings and subject-specific knowledge is being diluted.
J. Rafael Angel, polyglot and EFL expert, offers a unique and updated sheltered-language instruction approach that empowers teachers to become sensitized about language levels and that inspires them to transform their approaches to teaching and assessment in order to generate experiences in which students are able to use their language to demonstrate what they are able to do with what they know.
In this workshop, participants will inquire into the following questions:
• How can we support content-based subject teachers to teach with students' language levels in mind?
• How can content-based subject teachers modify their resources and the learning experiences they design in order to meet students' need?
• How can considering macro and micro process while designing learning resources and experiences support language teachers (mother tongue and foreign language) to teach with language levels in mind?
• How can teachers guide students to understand the linguistic competencies demands for each lesson? (What do we want them to communicate and how)
• How can teachers whose students' mother tongue is not English capitalize on students' cognitive and developmental skills rather than spending time making up for their weaknesses?
In this workshop, participants will become acquainted with and will develop a bank of strategies to differentiate instruction and assessment with language levels in mind.
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Sessions are customized depending on group composition, location & needs of organizing school or organisation.
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Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction Trainer & Consultant. Language & EFL support Specialist.
J Rafael Angel started teaching in his native home country, Mexico, in 2000 and has been teaching in International Baccalaureate (IB) Schools since 2005. He has taught Spanish Language & Literature, and Language Acquisition Spanish, and English and French as a Foreign Language in Mexico, the United States, Argentina, Jordan, India, and China. His involvement with the IB includes his collaboration in the design and standardization of the Teacher Support Materials for the IB Middle Years Program (MYP) Next Chapter and his role as part of the MYP Language Acquisition Curriculum Review team. He is a Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction (CBCI) certified independent trainer, a Sheltered Language Support Trainer, and currently serves as Teaching and Learning Director, and MYP and Language Coordinator at Qingdao Amerasia International School in Qingdao, China. He is the author of 3 of the IB MYP Spanish books in the series By Concept, published by Hodder Education. His articles on Approaches to Teaching and Learning skills in virtual environments have been published in the International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning in 2013 and 2015. He holds a BA in Foreign Language teaching and Learning from the University of Guadalajara; and an MA in Education with a focus on Approaches to Teaching and Learning from the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM). Rafael also works alongside Dr Lynn Erickson, Dr Lois Lanning and Rachel French in the CBCI Institute every summer as a Foreign Language Specialist.


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Q: How I can send additional header when configuring RabbitMQ queue? I want to use Single Active Consumer feature of RabbitMQ as described here: https://www.rabbitmq.com/consumers.html#single-active-consumer.

Single active consumer can be enabled when declaring a queue, with the x-single-active-consumer argument set to true, e.g. with the Java client:

Channel ch = ...;
Map<String, Object> arguments = new HashMap<String, Object>();
arguments.put("x-single-active-consumer", true);
ch.queueDeclare("my-queue", false, false, false, arguments);

I couldn't find a way to add custom header at the moment of queue declaration.
I am configuring my endpoints like this:
busConfigurator.UsingRabbitMq((context, rabbitConfig) =>
{
    // ...

    rabbitConfig.ReceiveEndpoint(endpointName, (IReceiveEndpointConfigurator a) =>
    {
        a.ConfigureConsumer(context, consumerType);

        // a.ConfigureSend(...)
        // a.ConfigureReceive(...)
    });
});

With ConfigureSend and ConfigureReceive I can add/read headers to the message, but I need to add x-single-active-consumer when queue is created in rabbit.

A: I found the issue, I was casting endpoint configurator to IReceiveEndpointConfigurator, while it should be IRabbitMqReceiveEndpointConfigurator (which is default type)
Correct code:
busConfigurator.UsingRabbitMq((context, rabbitConfig) =>
{
    // ...

    rabbitConfig.ReceiveEndpoint(endpointName, (a) =>
    {
        a.SingleActiveConsumer = true;
        a.ConfigureConsumer(context, consumerType);
    });
});

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Image classification plays an important role in many computer vision tasks such as surface inspection, shape determination etc. Various 2-D image classification techniques are investigated, assessed and a computational method to classifY the 2-D X-ray images is developed and evaluated in this study. Various pattern recognition techniques are devised for the solution of the image classification. Those techniques may be divided into mainly two groups. First one, is mathematical and statistical model based, second one, is the artificial neural network based techniques. We have concentrated on artificial neural network techniques. In the experiments, both techniques were applied for the classification of the VUR (vesico ureteral reflux) images, in this study. However, according to the experiments performed on VUR case study, neural network technique was more successful than others, in terms of classifier. A hybrid method is proposed in this study, rather than pure artificial neural network solution. Representation of images is performed via transformation invariant mathematical structure called Fourier Descriptors and these structures are used as input to train the neural network for the classification part.The application is performed as follows: Feature extraction is performed first, then extracted features are used as pattern vectors for training the neural network. Representation of the shapes in X-ray images is performed by using Fourier Descriptors. Usage of Fourier descriptors as a method of representation of the shapes, provides the transformation invariant' (translation, rotation, scaling invariant structure) representation of X-ray images. These new vector representation is fed to the neural network. Backpropagation is used as a training algorithm. After training is finished, system is readyfor questioning. The minimum-mean-distance and nearest neighbor rules are also applied for the pattern vectors generated for the experiments. But the multilayer perceptron trained by backpropagation outperforms both of these statistical classifiers.


This festive season, guests at Universal Studios Singapore can make a trip to Santa's Kitchen and have a scrumptious Christmas feast at the park. Read more about it here!
The Christmas Dinner Buffet takes place at Stage 28, where a dining area is specially set up for the Snowy Christmas at Santa's Land event. Dining here would cost $40++ per adult and $20++ per child. Free flow of soft drinks included.
With a sparkling tree as the centerpiece, Stage 28 has completely transformed – from a place where most would remember for exhilarating experiences – into venue for intimate dinners.
A hearty spread circles the Christmas tree, where you can enjoy the lights up-close as you fill your dinner plates.
Of course, you'll be returning to the roast section a few times, for those slices of turkey and ham.
End your dinner with a sweet note: The dessert counter is fully decked with logcakes, festive cookies, and many sugary treats – including Sesame Street cupcakes.
Santa's Kitchen is open for dinner from 5PM during Snowy Christmas at Santa's Land event, which happens for most nights from now till 4 January 2015.


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At Least 48 Dead in Peru as Bus Crashes Over Cliff - Police (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
According to Peruvian police and fire authorities, at least 48 people have died in Pasamayo, Peru, after a bus carrying 57 passengers plunged 330 feet into a ravine.
Families of Missing Argentine Sub Crew to Ask Putin to Continue Search - Reports
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The families of the seamen who were on the missing Argentine submarine ARA San Juan are preparing a letter for Russian President Vladimir Putin to ask him to continue the search for the submarine, the Clarin newspaper reported on Monday, citing Luisa Rodriguez, mother of one of the submariners.
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A prison riot has erupted in the central Brazilian state of Goias leaving nine people dead and 14 injured, local media reported.


Seven years ago, I was a brand new high school graduate incredibly excited to start my next adventure at university. I had decided to live on residence in my first year and tried to prepare myself for independent living. I couldn't wait for a little sanctuary of my own. I thought I was ready to take care of myself. Unfortunately, like many first-year students, living alone my eating and lifestyle habits changed for the worse.
I couldn't be bothered to find time to eat well between classes, papers and keeping in touch with friends both old and new. Over the next six years of my education, I found myself using food as a tool to procrastinate, a treat for doing work I didn't want to do or as a comfort when I felt alone or stressed out. I was so focused on doing well in school that I didn't take time to exercise or sleep. Self-care was put on the back burner while I focused on grades. Unsurprisingly, the pounds slowly packed on. When I graduated from my post-graduate program, I was 90 lbs. heavier than the girl who was so excited to start university seven years ago. I was about to embark on the next phase of life and I didn't want my own wellness to come last anymore.
I've started a journey to focus on my well-being and I've found myself faced with something I never had to think twice about before: clothes. Let me preface this by saying I'm not an advocate for weight loss, weight gain or any sort of "healthy" diet. Instead I want to share my journey to mindfulness when it comes to shopping for clothes at any weight.
When I was at my heaviest weight, I struggled to find clothes I felt confident in that fit my new body. I was also in a new phase of my life, starting my first "grown up" job as an intern at an insurance company. My current wardrobe of sweatpants and leggings wouldn't work at this organization and I was in the mindset that so many of us get into—I felt I needed to look the part to feel the part, especially as an intern wanting to make a good impression. The week before my first day I went shopping looking for business attire.
I was kind of worried, as I headed to the mall knowing I had gained some weight, but I decided to grin and bear it. I ventured into stores I used to frequent and found a very limited selection of items that fit. Anything that caught my eye was typically too small or too tight, even in the largest sizes. In the change room I struggled to get clothes on, asking my mom to find a bigger size, feeling exhausted. The thought of spending even more time looking for things I liked that also fit and feeling embarrassed in change rooms was overwhelming. I started buying anything that fit, whether I actually liked it or not. I wanted to be done with shopping, so I spent money on multiple items of clothing that didn't make me feel good, simply because they were the right size.
When I started my internship the following week, I may have looked the part in business attire, but I certainly didn't feel the part. I was wearing clothing that didn't give me confidence. I felt like an imposter playing dress up in clothes that didn't express who I was or what I wanted to say about myself as a young professional woman. I'm not one who believes in following trends or that an abundance of clothes is necessary for happiness, but I do think what you put on your body should express who you are and give you confidence—not the opposite.
So here I was, trapped with a wardrobe I hated that I had spent money on, all because I was frustrated and overwhelmed with shopping for my changed body. Looking back, I wish I had taken more time to do research and find stores that carried clothes for women of any size, places where I could take the time to find pieces I actually liked. If I had invested time instead of buying the first thing that fit, I would have felt more confident in my changed body.
Fast forward to a year later and I've lost 23 lbs. so far. I'm finally taking the time I deserve to focus on my mental and physical health by eating nutritious, whole, plant-based foods. I'm working with a registered dietician at my doctor's office and my number one goal is to be healthy. I'm trying to be more conscious of the foods I consume, why I'm eating them (am I hungry or bored?) and making space in my calendar for walks in nature and enforcing a semi-strict bedtime. I'm no longer an intern and I'm working at a great company that values work/life balance.
These have all been positive improvements in my life and I feel good to have gotten back on the right track. But I'm still stuck with the same old problem: clothes.
I'm at a point in my journey to health where my clothes are getting loose and I'm feeling the urge to hit up the mall and load up my cart, simply because things will fit better. It's an interesting juxtaposition to where I was a year ago, when the only reason I bought an item of clothing was because it fit. Now, I want to buy things because I know I'll have choices. This is a battle I've been having internally and I know as I continue to lose weight it will only become more difficult.
This entire journey has taught me the importance of mindfulness when it comes to making purchases. Looking back, I wish I had done things differently, but this was an important lesson to learn. I've always thought of mindfulness as an important part of gratitude, but I never thought to let mindfulness influence how I behave as a consumer.
At my heaviest weight, I was making purchasing choices out of fear and insecurity. I was spending money on clothes I didn't necessarily like which also made me feel shame in my spending habits. I felt crushing negative energy from these choices when it didn't need to be that way. There are retailers who sell clothes for plus size women, some with physical locations and many online. There were options I didn't know I had, and if I had taken the time to do some research, I could have empowered myself to make purchasing decisions that I felt good about.
I want to change my mindset by taking a mindful approach to shopping now that I've lost weight. I'm doing my best to wear the clothes I have until they are too big to stay on. My boyfriend's mom is a seamstress and can take in a few items so they'll last longer. I know I'll need to buy new clothes eventually, but I want to make sure I get the most out of these pieces. Wearing these now will give me more time to make mindful decisions when I have to buy clothes in the future.
It's unbelievable how much there is to be mindful about when it comes to shopping! As I head into a weekend away, I realize I have almost no casual clothes to wear that fit. Working two jobs, 6 days a week means I'm almost always wearing business casual attire. Realizing this has helped me recognize a need in my wardrobe. Now when I do decide I'm ready to buy new clothes I know to look for a few casual pieces that are made well.
Do I actually feel good in this?
Am I only interested in this for a fast fashion trend?
Does it seem to be well made?
Will I get my money's worth out of this piece?
I hope by approaching each purchase with these questions in mind, I will feel good about the money I'm spending. In preparation for when I do need to buy new clothes, I've been cleaning out my closet and getting rid of items I've had around since high school that have been taking up physical and emotional storage in my life. I'm ready to move on from the past and embrace this next journey, with the help of empowered purchasing decisions.
At 25 years old, Rachel is still figuring life out. She currently works a 9-5 as a marketing coordinator at a charity, with a side hustle in real estate. She's passionate about animal rescue + putting her hands to work by creating. She lives just outside of Toronto with her rescue dog and two rescue cats. Her number one goal is to move to the country. As for a blog—she's working on it.
Insightful and very well written! It's so important to remind ourselves to be mindful in every aspect of our lives and to ensure that the things we do, say, practice (and even wear) help us in our journey to self love and self awareness.
for many years my salary disappeared in few days then I lost job and must to do a little debt repayment so I understood the importance of budget, dofference between needs and wants and now before buy new things I ask myself some simply questions like: do I already have something similar into my closet? can I combo this with items I already have? How many hours I must to work to pay it? then in some cases I use 24 hours rule,…I love this kind of post because are real and everyone can relate thanks for sharing!
I lost 60 pounds when I had to overhaul my eating habits due to acid reflux. I also tried to make do with the clothes I had but some of it was so ridiculously big that I was left with no choice but to buy some new items. (I did have some things taken in to save money but you can only do that so far before the whole piece needs reshaping, which gets more expensive than buying a new piece and donating the old.) I took the same approach you did. I shopped carefully so I could use each piece in as many ways as possible. In the end my wardrobe is much smaller but I actually like and wear it all and that is money well spent.
Continue enjoying your trip, Cait!
Rachel – thank you for this post. I have been trying to put my thoughts into words regarding clothing and you put it so well – you should wear clothes that express who you are and give you confidence. Perfect.
A really great and honest post. I strongly recommend tailoring. After I lost weight, I discovered a local tailor only charged $12 to take in dresses. They looked so good too! A question for you, that I'm struggling with right now- how do you find affordable and ethically made clothes? Are there brands you recommend? I shop in thrift stores as my happy medium, but certain items, like athletic shoes, I'd like to buy new.
I definitely relate on the college weight gain – my Freshman 15 extended well past Freshman year – and I also had been applying my same eating habits to shopping (i.e. buying things when I was bored or stressed), which meant my closet and I ballooned at the same time. Several years ago I began to reduce my belongings and thinned out my closet, shopping mindfully when needed. Recently, though, those old habits have begun to creep back in, particularly shopping and browsing to avoid other things (even writing my blog, which I love doing). This topic has reemerged on several blogs I consume, so I am grateful for your external inspiration to get back on track. Congratulations on the progress you've made so far in your journey!
Even though my weight has been rather regular (1 shift to 2 sizes up after a nasty divorce plus single mum hood that left me with stress but little excersize options) it took me 30 years to figure out what I like, how to wear it, and where to buy it with seven y to the world. And still learning at 49….
Great post! #1 is my main focus. Do I actually fell good in this? This requires A LOT of honesty. Usually the items is a style that I wish suited me and that doesn't actually feel good. Or its just on sale (big mistake). I have gotten better at recognizing when the item does not make me feel good, and have saved a lot of money this way. But when does the item make me feel good, or even great?
I'm still struggling to find my style. In the interim, I am keeping it simple with black, white and neutrals. Jeans, tank tops and cardigans. Its still a journey.


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It's not a matter of asking my kids what they want. I'm sure they would love the idea of life on a boat. It their mother that's the problem. Unfortunately that's not a court battle I'm likely to win. It's the shared custody agreement that's keeping us in the same municipality at the moment.
Please don't mistake want I was ranting about. I never ment your kids just average kids in America and in general. I totally understand your situation. I guess I get bitter about the way the country is heading and I feel it can change but only with the children.
Sailing is wonderful and I hope your dream stays alive the decade ahead.
This whole "He was gonna ask his kids for permission" was ... imagined by others, not the OP.
Of course. It's one thing to trash a generation in general, but quite another to get specific about a specific person's children.
We're six years away from the "plan." We hope to trade up our Hunter 31 for something bigger and better, rent our downtown Vancouver condo out, retire from the business we co-own, (or sell it) then use the $$$ from the condo rent to finance a cruising lifestyle.
About the same time I will get a small govt pension at age 60, so we could cruise with a decent and reliable income. A lot of things have to go our way for any of this to happen, but damn, the last six years went by in a flash.
Good luck in your 10 year plan, but, as some others have posted, don't wait to long, you can start sailing right away, and involve the kids in a great family activity. Look into sailing Co-ops for a low cost way to get involved in sailing and cruising.
I'm sure when my plan does come to fruition, that my kids will be more than happy to join me on cruises (with their children). We've always been a close family and enjoy sharing such experiences.
If you can find a summer program for them to start learning to sail ... often they don't have the conflicts of band, soccer, etc. in the summer. They don't have to go "all in" to share this experience with you for the rest of your lives.
Thanks for the advice to start early. I think I'm going to look into sailing courses this summer.
I started looking into sailing courses. I think I found one that will suit my needs. It's a 5 day, 4 night teaching cruise on Georgian Bay on board a 24' sailboat. I expect it will have to wait until next summer, but at least I know it's available. I must admit I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed after researching sailing courses.
Don't bury yourself in it. They all teach the same basic skills.
Thanks for the encouragement. I think the 5 day cruise will give me the best idea of what to expect.
I've been reading in many different forums that when choosing a bot it's important to consider what 'creature comforts' you need to make it feel like home rather than camping. I think for me this would be as much above deck space as possible. I think I could comfortably live in a small cabin so long as I have space in the sun to enjoy. I expect or hope to be outside on deck much more than inside. What are your thoughts about this? What boats in the 30-40' range might fit the bill? I'm wondering about whether a single hull or a catamaran would be the best option? I am planning on taking it off shore and possibly transatlantic at some point.
Cats do give you loads of deck space which is handy for hanging out above decks and for fishing.
Center cockpit monos have a better deck space arrangement for cruising than aft cockpit cockpit because of the increased aft deck space (IMHO...lets not derail the thread w a raging debate of aft vs center cockpit...already been done here).
From my understanding a monohull is safer than a catamaran because it will right it's self in the event of a roll over. When my wife and I decide on a boat we picked saftey as a top priority.
That was a full keel mono hull boat with a proven track record.
Dont want to derail the thread into a raging cat/mono debate, but just a comment: Statistically loses of cats and mono work out about the same....search forums here for an analysis of NTSB data on this subject. One flips and floats the other sinks...in the end it works out about the same.
Please just search the forum on this subject so we dont pointlessly derail the thread.
Eeyore0072, We all know that "Eeyore" is known to be a major pessimist among Winnie the Pooh's friends. 'not to rely on that as your demeanor, but skeptics require good plans. I'm a major planner! Some may make light of plans, but I'm more in favor of Bash's comment about careful planning bringing your hopes to fruition. I'll confess that I started making plans to liveaboard, sail and cruise ten years before I bought my first liveaboard boat. During those years I sailed a little daysailor to develop some skills. During those years I developed a career to make some money for my goals. During those years I met a woman that I could talk into the plan. We are now on our third boat and they've all come with avid planning! I won't take anything away from those who don't plan, but you probably already know if you lead with plans or whim.
While making your plans, be sure to not close any doors to soon. I think this is especially true when it comes to the specific boat. Every one is a compromise, but a huge number may be well suited for your cruising intentions and your physical needs. Keep us posted on your progress.


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Do Ho Suh: Wielandstr. 18, 12159 Berlin
DAAD Galerie
September 3 – October 5, 2011
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The South Korean artist Do Ho Suh, who lives and commutes between New York, London and Seoul today, investigates the physical and emotional sides of migration with his large-scale installations. Suh uses architectural elements and references of his immediate surroundings in order to reflect on identity and (his own artist) biography in our globalized world. In the daadgalerie, Suh shows a new room-filling installation made out of fabric which makes reference to specific architectural details of Suh's DAAD apartment in Berlin – and which also gives the exhibition its title. Suh's textile installations provide the viewer with an encounter of certain architectural and psychological aspects of a space through a physical confrontation with a life-sized sculptural abstraction of it.
Additionally, during his stay in Berlin in 2009, Suh developed designs of "extreme bridges" and mobile, ecologically-sustainable houses in collaboration with experts from various fields such as architects, engineers, and designers. Under the title, "The Bridge Project" these initial bridge designs were exhibited in New York in the well-known "Storefront for Art and Architecture" in 2010. This wide-ranging and continually developing project deals with a fictional architectural utopia of an inhabitable bridge, in which the spatial, temporal, psychological and cultural distance between New York and Seoul is quite literally "bridged" —or overcome. In his detailed yet abstract bridge designs, Suh employs the knowledge of various disciplines including ship building industry, the construction of offshore oil rigs, geopolitics, ecology, geometry, and physics. In the daadgalerie, four exemplary types of bridges will be presented in a 3-D slide projection. These bridges cross the terrain between Seoul and New York through various routes, i.e., through the Antarctic across the Pacific or through Japan. A further animation is based on data collected on Suh's personal travel routes—with the help of algorithms and confronted with the oceans water currents. Finally, the complete archive of this ongoing project with further bridge drafts, drawings and research material will be presented on a monitor. Suh's multi-layered project reflects upon, among others, the potential and necessity of interdisciplinary exchange and fundamental questions concerning the awareness of our own living space.
Do Ho Suh (b. 1962, Seoul, South Korea) lives and works in London, Seoul, and New York. He received a BFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design and a MFA in sculpture from Yale University. In 2001, Suh represented Korea at the Venice Biennale and in 2010 participated in the Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition and the Liverpool Biennial. He has taken part in many international exhibitions, including shows at the Hayward Gallery (2009) and Tate Gallery (2011), London; at Albright Knox Gallery in Buffalo (2010/11) and at Storefront for Art & Architecture, in New York (2010) and at the STPI in Singapore (2011). In 2009 Do Ho Suh was a guest of the Artists-in-Berlin programme of the DAAD.
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Most festivals in Ethiopia are religious – either Orthodox Christian or Islamic. Feasting or fasting, traditional dance, music, processions, and flowers are common in the celebrations.
Ledet is the Orthodox Christian Christmas, celebrated on January 7th. People may attend all-night church services on the night of the 6th and there may be all-night processions before the 43-day Advent fast is broken. Genna (hockey) and gugs (similar to polo) are played in some regions, along with horse racing.
Timket, on the 19th, marks Epiphany, and it is one of Ethiopia's most important events. Replicas of the Ark of the Covenant, known as tabots, are blessed before being paraded back to the church, accompanied by song and dance, feasting, incense, and the sound of bells.
Fasika is the Orthodox Christian Easter. Following a service ending at around 3am on Easter Sunday, families mark the end of the 55-day vegan fast with a meal of chicken or lamb.
Eid-Al-Fitr falls some time during the last two weeks of August. This Islamic holiday lasts for three days and marks the end of Ramadan with feasts and prayers.
Enkutatash is the Ethiopian New Year. On the 10th of September (New Year's Eve) there is feasting and celebrating, then on New Year's Day, houses are decorated with Meskel daisies and a traditional song is sung to the rhythm of drums.
Meskel is on the 27th of September. It celebrates the Finding of the True Cross in the 4th Century and also coincides with the end of the rainy season. Traditional Meskel daisies are tied to a cross, which is then blessed and placed upon a bonfire. There is traditional dancing and singing.
Irecha – Sunday after Meskel. Oromo people travel to the shore of Lake Hora, near Debre Zeyit, to thank their god and to request good fortune, health, and fertility for the coming sowing season. Perfumes and butter are smeared on trunks of ancient fig trees.
Eid-al-Adha is the most important Islamic holiday and commemorates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son. An animal is slaughtered, and the meat is shared equally between family, neighbors, and the poor. It falls in late October or early November, when Muslim pilgrims have returned from the Hajj.


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This series was originally due to succeed Tempo '60, beginning 5th August at 7.30pm, but the late-night Music for Moderns appeared instead. Talking to Disc magazine, the show's producer Russell Turner said "'Sugar Beat' is to be a fast moving show, I am not seeking another 'new sound.' I intend to produce a distinctive one, with the appeal on quality, both in the numbers selected and the musicians". "I will use the world's great standards and the best of the current pops. The orchestration will consist of eighteen pieces, fronted by Johnnie Spence, and I will inlcude two vocalists, Paul Hanford, who has recently signed to Parlophone, and Sheila Southern". "At present, I do not intend to regularly use any guest artists, but top stars may be invited from time to time. My basic aim is to try and create my own stars from the series". Talking to Disc magazine about the show's delay he later admitted "because the new, original sound which we wanted has not yet been found".
Hosted by Paul Carpenter it seemed to rely on unknowns, but it did feature Kenny Lynch in the first show. It was intended to be a series, but got no further than a one-off, possibly a broadcast pilot.