For those of you who don't already know, Brennan Massicotte is the Art Director at Blackbird Interactive, who recently launched a Homeworld prequel by the name of Deserts of Kharak. Now, to the Q&A!
Hi Brennan, thanks a lot for doing this interview with us – we're all a big fan of your art (and Homeworld art in general) here at FoH. Can you tell us a bit about your history – how you got into art, how long you've been an artist, and what keeps you passionate about art and space art?
Thanks Mike, it's really awesome to connect with you and the fans. It's that mutual love of sci-fi that got me into drawing in the first place. I used to fill sketchbooks with endless doodles of tie fighters until one day my dad did an isometric blueprint drawing of an AT-AT walker for me; the magic stuck. Around 15 I got my hands on Homeworld for the first time and knew that I wanted to make something like it with my career. Around that time Deviantart had this incredible, thriving space art community which fostered my passion for celestial scenes and learning the digital medium. I took the game design course at VFS so I could pick up industry skills and get noticed with the art I'd been teaching myself.
I understand you're currently an illustrator at Blackbird Interactive – what's a 'day in the life' on the job like?
It's pretty exciting in the office. We've got an incredible group of talented creatives who all bring something different to the table, so there's a lot of respect there. It's a very passionate group, so nothing is really done until we think it's awesome. Typically I'll spend a few hours a day making pictures for the cinematics or direction for the art team. Working with Rob is awesome, he's a super inspired guy so we jam a lot on where we should be taking things direction-wise. I also work closely with Aaron Kambeitz on the concepting side, so we brainstorm ideas and and share painting mojo.
How were you introduced to Homeworld, and what's drawn you to making a career out of illustrating for the Homeworld universe? Tell me a bit about how all that got started.
When I was a teenager I used to steal my friend's computer to boot up HW 1. Half-way through that first adagio I said "hey dude, you gotta come check this out." I think most of us can relate to the trance of that first mothership launch. The magic of Ruskays score, the mind-blowing ship designs, the unique and raw animatics….yeah. Once I found out it was being developed in Vancouver it felt like destiny. Through some turn of fate I landed a gig with Aaron Kambeitz at a studio called United Front Games here in Vancouver that was just forming. Our values and style really clicked in a way that's carried forward to Blackbird. When the time was right I jumped on board and haven't looked back! There are so many cool things we could do with Homeworld.
What are your tools of the trade (software, paintbrush, etc)? Do you tend to prefer digital art or physical art?
I work almost entirely in Photoshop. The breadth of techniques and tools is pretty bottomless. I like to keep up with quick marker sketches to stay in touch with the lines and basics. I'm excited to pick up 3d pre-visualization tools like 3d Coat though. I think that's the way to push the ship designs.
Are Canadians really as nice as everyone thinks they are?
Hah! I think that's sort of a misconception. Canadians are incredibly polite, but we can also be withdrawn and keep to ourselves. That said I'm super proud to be Canadian and where we're trying to take things.
Have fun with your work and don't get too sucked into the competition or pressure to make toil out of it. Keep trying new things and embrace the things that you like instead of trying to look like someone else. If you're looking for work you'll generally get a job because you do something different than the 10 other folks down the hall. You want the clients that dig what you do!


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For those of you who have collaborated with me on any of these projects, I encourage you to get an account at Gitlab with the same username that you have at Github. That'll make the switchover much easier.
Just moving your development activity, or deleting your github repos?
I don't really understand the massive migration. It's not like Gitlab has the cleanest owners, being as their biggest venture capital funder is Google. Still, it's good that there's some heathly competition in the code hosting space.
As bad as Google has become since its founding, I find it a lot cleaner than Microsoft.
In case you decide to leave, I have reserved gitlab.com/i7 for "Friends of Inform7".
One can assume that your new repos's url are the same with "gitlab" instead of "github" ?
Correct. The Inform6unix repo will require some tweaks once the mass migration has calmed down to account for the need to import from two other repos.
Given their two latest disasters, Skype and Nokia, I'm not inclined to believe they've learned any sort of positive lesson.
While I'm glad to see people finally moving on from Github, I always hoped it would be because they were moving on from Git.
I'm pretty happy with Bitbucket - it supports Mercurial, and it integrates nicely with JIRA, which is free for established OSS projects.
I still sometimes view stuff on GitHub, although for my own projects I do not use it. I prefer Fossil myself.
I don't know what would happen when Microsoft owns GitHub; maybe they will require you to convert your accounts to Microsoft.
However, perhaps you could making copies on multiple services, in case of problems with one.
Fossil does sound interesting. However, I'm sticking with Git. I would like Git to add support for bugtracking, wiki, and tech notes.
I'm just shaking my head at all this FUD about Microsoft buying Github.
It's like you're all putting on tinfoil hats.
Nokia wasn't ruined and is anyone really that upset about Skype.
And besides, the people that made those decisions are no longer in power at Microsoft. The ones in power are all open source cross platform proponents.
Does anyone really think Microsoft is going to piss off tens of millions of developers?
It's not FUD. MS actually has done seriously abusive things towards the Open Source community and continues to do so. I was burned by the side-effects of one of these so-called partnerships. It involved Interactive Fiction.
At the end of 2001, I was contacted by a then up-and-coming vendor of "wearable computing" equipment. Microsoft was a big investor in this. They wanted Frotz customized with hooks to allow for speech input and output that went beyond simply putting a speech recognizer and a synthesizer between the user and the Z-machine. The purpose of this was to showcase how speech IO could revolutionize all sort of applications, particularly ones involving workers in an industrial setting. I agreed to do the customization for a fee to be paid in installments on a contract-agreed timetable of deliveries and acceptance. A couple months into this, the company stopped communicating with me, leaving me with several thousands of dollars in work unpaid. For very complex reasons, I was unable to compel the company to pay up in any way. At about this time, I became aware of one of the officers of this company filing lawsuits against people who criticized him and the company. By and by, Microsoft lost interest in the company, pulled out its support, lots of people were fired, people were convicted of fraud, there was bankruptcy, and the company is now gone.
This is why earlier versions of Frotz contain code stubs referring to speech input and output and is why I never revisited the concept. Since then I have been confidentially told many stories of people being burned by similar and dissimilar associations with Microsoft. These stories were told to me by the people who were burned or by friends thereof with one degree of separation. These stories continue to the present day.
So… My aversion to Microsoft is quite personal.
This episode with Github is remarkable because this is probably the first time Microsoft has done something that directly threatens so many people who stand to be directly affected by Microsoft's malfeasance.
2001? That's a bazillion years ago and that's my point. They don't do things like that anymore and haven't in many years. Everyone agrees that MS sucked in the early 2000's. If you haven't been paying attention, they changed dramatically.
As I said, I get stories to this day about stuff like this – stuff that's current.
What Microsoft does in public is one thing. What it does when it thinks nobody is watching is different. Microsoft hasn't changed at all.
That site is the very definition of tin foil hat conspiracy theory.
All it's saying is that MS has patents, buys or acquire patents, then leverages said patents to do business.
Like every other corporation since the invention of the patent system.
That's not trolling. Trolling is the East Texas crap where frivolous lawsuits were filed against companies to make a quick buck.
Odd characterization. Nonetheless, that site not only points out MS's patent activity but also shows that MS is still engaging in bad behavior.


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Gustav Freiherr von Meyern-Hohenberg (* 10. September 1820 in Calvörde; † 1. März 1878 zu Konstanz) war ein deutscher Dichterjurist, Intendant und Dramatiker.

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Gustav von Meyern entstammte dem ursprünglich vogtländischen Adelsgeschlecht von Meyern, das seit 1815 nach dem Gut Hohenberg in der Altmark den Namen Meyern-Hohenberg trug. Er war ein Sohn des Majors und Amtspächters Leopold von Meyern-Hohenberg (1766–1846) und seiner sehr viel jüngeren Frau Dorothea Sophia, geb. von Brandis (1793–1886). Von 1818 bis 1833 war sein Vater Pächter der braunschweigischen Domäne Calvörde, 1833 erwarb er das Gut Schladen bei Krusemark. Seine Schwester Luise heiratete Nestor von Schlözer und seine Schwester Wilhelmine heiratete Georg Ferdinand von Lepel in dessen dritter Ehe.

Er studierte Rechtswissenschaft an der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen und der  Friedrich-Wilhelm-Universität zu Berlin. Seit 1842 war er Mitglied des Corps Lunaburgia. 1843 trat er in die Zivil- und Hofdienste des Herzogs von Coburg Ernst I. 1848/49 war er Legationssekretär bei der Vertretung des Herzogtums beim Deutschen Bund.

Er wurde Geh. Kabinettsrat und am 4. April 1860 Intendant des herzoglichen Hoftheaters, dem er bis zum 11. September 1868 vorstand. Mit seinen Dramen war er wenig erfolgreich.

Seit dem 25. Januar 1855 war er verheiratet mit Clara Bertha (1836–1930), geb. von Alvensleben, der Tochter des Generalmajors und Hofmarschalls Busso XVI. von Alvensleben und seiner Frau Juliane, geb. von Bissing-Kornatowski (1804–1889). Das Paar hatte fünf Kinder, drei Söhne und zwei Töchter.

Auszeichnungen
  Franz-Joseph-Orden, Komturkreuz

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 Ein Kaiser (1857)
 Heinrich von Schwerin, Schauspiel in 5 Akten (1859)
 Ein Kind des Elsaß, Drama in 2 Akten (1873)
 Das Ehrenwort, Schauspiel in 5 Akten (1873)
 Das Haus Posa, Schauspiel in 5 Akten (1874)
 Die Cavaliere, Schauspiel in 5 Akten (1874)
 Welfenlied (1854)

Literatur
 Meyern-Hohenberg in: Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der freiherrlichen Häuser, Julius Perthes, 1860, S.553ff
 Meyern-Hohenberg in: Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der freiherrlichen Häuser, Julius Perthes, 1867, S. 697

 Rolf Kummer: Die Frankfurter Berichte Gustavs v. Meyern-Hohenberg: Mit einem Lebensbild und einer Würdigung seines literarischen Schaffens. München, Phil. I. Sekt., Diss. 1934
 Meyer-Hohenberg, Gustav von in: Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon, Band 1, S. 418
 Friedrich Hofmann: Der Dichter des "Heinrich von Schwerin" und des "Teuerdank", Nachruf und Lebensbild in: Die Gartenlaube (1879), S. 192–196.

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Edward James Olmos shares about Day of the Dead and Coco #PixarCocoEvent
Posted on: November 30th, 2017 by Kate
Disclosure: #PixarCocoEvent was hosted by Disney Pixar.
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Coco is playing in theaters now and has been a runaway hit. It has captured the hearts of so many and brought families closer together. I was so thankful to attend #PixarCOCOEvent and interview several people involved in the making of this brilliant film. We were lucky enough to sit down with Edward James Olmos who voices Chicharron. His insights on the film, the holiday, and relationships are inspiring.
Edward James Olmos has a small role in the film, but it is powerful. He plays Chicharron, a small skeleton who lives in the Land of the Dead. He shows us what it is like to be forgotten on Earth. His character is not on screen for very long, but he is memorable. Audiences will feel as much from his character as they do with the lead roles.
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When asked about how this movie made him feel, his thoughts were so personal, but also universal.
"It just conjures up the reason why, you know, we are who we are. You start to get into your memory of where you come from and who made you that way and especially with your parents. You start with them, but this was very emotional for me."
He was asked how he would like to be remembered.
"Amongst my family; hopefully, they've shared enough time with me and that I shared enough time with them, and remember the times that we spent together."
He was asked what this film means to him, what is the message?
"It's pretty simple….. Everybody has their own way of dealing with their past and where they come from and each culture has their own way of doing it. It's wonderful when you learn about it, but this is the first time that I've ever seen this explained so simply."
When asked if he had any fond memories he would like to share about growing up celebrating the Day of the Dead, he was happy to share. He shared that it is a party and a celebration, but also that there is more crying as you get older. He shared that the closer one gets to death themselves, the closer they are to understanding what life really is.
When asked what this movie means to him he said the following;
"It always has been a part of my family. Day of the Dead has always been an integral part of our family, but in essence, this is an ability to understand that this will live for the duration of humanity. This piece of art will be around as long as any piece of art can be around. It'll be passed on, so I'm very grateful."
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Disney Pixar's Coco is showing in theaters everywhere and is the perfect outing for the whole family!
Thank you to Edward James Olmos for taking the time to share your heart and wisdom with us!
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I still haven't seen this but really want to see it–I hear it's Pixar's best movie yet!
This was such a wonderful interview to be a part of! I enjoyed meeting you there!
This was such a beautiful movie. I loved how well they explained the holiday to children that may never have been exposed to its traditions.


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Fletcher Hotels arrives at Rotterdam The Hague Airport
Fletcher operates over 100 unique Hotels in the Netherlands. But there isn't one hotel in Rotterdam. Until now. With the acquisition Wings Hotel next Rotterdam The Hague Airport and plans to build a Fletcher Hotel Rotterdam-Airport there soon will be two hotels.
An establishment at an airport is new for Fletcher Hotels. The service will be more complete this way. "With this acquisition, Fletcher not only has an airport location for the first time. But also a location in Rotterdam for the first time. As a resident of Rotterdam, I am naturally very proud of the fact that we can now also serve the Rotterdam market. The hotels will make our range a lot more complete, and the long-cherished wish of being represented in Rotterdam will also be fulfilled. This takeover brings the total number of Fletcher hotels in the Netherlands to 108," says Rob Hermans – CEO Fletcher Hotels.
As of 1 November, the Wings Hotel will operate under the Fletcher flag. It has 148 modern rooms, including 10 luxury flats. The hotel also has a sports bar, a breakfast restaurant, an attractive à la carte restaurant and a large fitness room.
Fletcher Hotel Rotterdam-Airport is still under construction and will feature the latest technology. Including a fully automated check-in desk, 116 modern rooms, a breakfast room and a mini-market. The hotel will open its doors this year. Both new hotels have a total of 479 parking spaces available at the airport. No other Fletcher hotel is located so close to an airport.
Both new hotels offer endless business opportunities because of the richly equipped meeting rooms, boardrooms, offices and events hall. The location, next to the Airport and between the A20 and A13, is in the middle of the Dutch business network. It's easy to reach for international business guests.
For leisure guests, too, the location is central in a versatile environment. From the hotel, both the city centre of Rotterdam and the green countryside can be reached quickly.
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"Better Than This" es el cuarto sencillo de Perfect Symmetry, tercer disco de Keane. Se anunció que este sería el próximo sencillo vía correo electrónico a todos los fanes registrados en su web oficial, keanemusic.com.

El sencillo salió a la venta el 16 de marzo de 2009, en formato 7-inch (con unas gafas 3D para ver un concierto en vivo transmitido por Keanemusic.com en 3D) y para descarga digital.

El tema fue compuesto por Tim Rice-Oxley (principal compositor), Tom Chaplin y Richard Hughes.

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7-inch
 Better Than This (Radio Edit)
 Better Than This (Stuart Price Remix)

EP digital
 Better Than This (Radio Edit)
 Better Than This (Stuart Price Remix)
 Better Than This (Tom Neville Remix)
 Better Than This (Sketch Iz Dead Remix)

Artwork y video
El 5 de marzo fue confirmado el artwork del sencillo en la página oficial, al igual que confirmaron que se podía pre-ordenar en internet.

"Better Than This" tiene un video oficial usado simplemente para promoción. El video está grabado durante los ensayos de un concierto en Dublín. El video se usó solo para promoción en Internet y puede verse en el canal de YouTube de Island Records.

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Canciones en inglés


The team of governors are very proud of Holy Trinity and work hard to promote the welfare of the school as a whole and maintain its distinctive Christian character and ethos.
There are 11 governors: 1 LA governor, 2 staff governors, 3 foundation governors (appointed by the Lichfield Diocese), 2 parent governors and 3 co-opted governors. The term of office of all the categories is three years.
We have three formal meetings a year and in addition we all attend committee meetings. There are three main committees dealing with Outcomes and teaching, Learning & Assessment, Personal, Development & Welfare and Leadership & Management.
Governors also support school with various other events throughout the year, spending time in school meeting the children and understanding the learning that happens in the classroom. Appointing new members of staff, completing learning walks in school, and much more. I meet regularly with the Headteacher and other governors have areas of responsibility and link with members of staff.
To be a governor is a vital and rewarding role. If you would like to find out more or are interested in joining us when there is a vacancy, please get in touch.


Sodexo Prestige has moved into the hotel sector for the first time to run the restaurant, bar and room service at the Montcalm on London's Park Lane.
A 10-year contract worth £30m was signed in June between Sodexo Prestige and the Montcalm which entails the event and contract caterer providing all food and beverage services at the 150-bedroom hotel, including the running of its restaurant and bar The Grill which opened last month.
Run by executive chef Andrew Ives and his team, the 90-cover restaurant's menu includes dishes such as foie gras torchon on toasted brioche with honey and pickled vegetables; grilled cutlet of English rose veal, fricassee of peas and potatoes; and spatchcock corn-fed chicken for two with a herb, lemon and garlic baste.
The bar will serve cocktails and the bar and restaurant will also serve afternoon tea. Sodexo Prestige will also be responsible for room service orders.
Although Sodexo Prestige has provided fine dining services at a number of prestigious venues in the past, it has so far remained outside of the hotel sector.
Ramesh Arora, managing director of The Montcalm and Shaftesbury Hotel Groups, said he had been looking for an established caterer to run its F&B services with Sodexo Prestige's 'proven track record of high-end catering' the main reason for the partnership.
"The opening of a new restaurant and large event space demanded the expertise of an established caterer such as Sodexo Prestige. The opening of The Grill at the Montcalm broadens the appeal of the hotel alongside The Montcalm brand. We very much look forward to developing our 5-star food and beverage offering with Sodexo Prestige," he said.


This is a new permutation of Cybotron. In place of original members Richard "3070" Davis and John Housely, Atkins is joined by Laurens von Oswald, nephew of long-time collaborator the German techno aristocrat Moritz, and by fellow Detroiter Tameko J Williams, AKA DJ Maaco. As the moody drone of Industrial Lies thrums, the three come on stage one by one, dressed in matching boiler suits and a sci-fi version of welding masks, as lasers trace out geometrical patterns on the vast projection screen behind. It is a nice summation of techno's roots: inspiration from the production-line aesthetic of Motor City's car plants, and afrofuturist dreams of motherships and technological emancipation.
Early on, the sound and visuals are extremely sparse, reminding us that Cybotron were always a new wave act, bordering on goth; inspired by Gary Numan and Depeche Mode as much as any of their disco or electro contemporaries. And Atkins's voice, even through heavy vocodering, is definitely more punk than funk. All in all, it makes for a serious atmosphere, and the seated audience remain listening intently to classics like Alleys of Your Mind interspersed with new tracks, rather than grooving along. It's not boring – and it's way more focused than Cybotron's sprawling recorded output – but you can gradually see a collective itch for something a little more fun-times.
Thankfully, they're one step ahead. The first Cybotron single Cosmic Raindance slithers in with perfect timing, the archetypal expression of fellow Detroit innovator Derrick May's old adage that techno is "George Clinton and Kraftwerk stuck in an elevator". Cosmic Raindance is barely any more energetic than what has come before, and certainly no more sonically dense, but it is several notches funkier, and the energy of the room shifts accordingly.
From there on in, the connection of Cybotron to all subsequent generations of club music is obvious. As they play Techno City, then Cosmic Cars, all of the old rave lags in the crowd begin to bop in their seats – and then out of them.
The show was always going to peak with the biggest, most Kraftwerk-inspired track Clear (famously sampled by Missy for Lose Control), and the minute it arrives, the transformation from concert hall to rave is complete. There's a sense of relief that the show is as much about the eternal verities of the dancefloor as about high conceptualism or museum-piece reverence. There's an enormous sense of celebration that this collision of black American and European culture is still so viable and valid. But mostly it's just one big, disreputable, hi-tech party.
• Juan Atkins is a E1, London, on 11 May.


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Il singolare del torneo di tennis Prime Cup Aberto de São Paulo 2007, facente parte dell'ATP Challenger Series, ha avuto come vincitore Guillermo Cañas che ha battuto in finale Diego Hartfield 6-3, 6-4.

Teste di serie

 Flávio Saretta (primo turno)
 Diego Hartfield (finale)
 Ricardo Mello (primo turno)
 Guillermo Cañas (Campione)

 Ramón Delgado (semifinali)
 André Sá (primo turno)
 André Ghem (primo turno)
 Adrián García (secondo turno)

Tabellone

Finale

Parte alta

Parte bassa

Collegamenti esterni

Prime Cup Aberto de São Paulo 2007


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L.A. Guns to release new studio album 'Checkered Past' on November 12th
Posted on August 16, 2021 by Olivier in Uncategorized // 0 Comments
L.A. Guns consisting of frontman Phil Lewis, guitarists Tracii Guns and Ace Von Johnson, bassist Johnny Martin and drummer Scot Coogan will be releasing their new studio album Checkered Past via Frontiers Music Srl on November 12, 2021.
The following message was posted on Frontiers Music Srl's Facebook page earlier today (with slight edits):
"Long running hard rockers L.A. Guns have announced the release of their new studio album, "Checkered Past" on November 12, 2021. Fans can get their first preview of the album with the release of the single 'Knock Me Down'. Listen here:
Pre-order/save "Checkered Past" on CD/Color Vinyl/Digital HERE: https://orcd.co/checkeredpast
Written and recorded during late 2020 and early 2021, "Checkered Past" sees Tracii Guns, Phil Lewis, and company continuing with the darker lyrical tone of the preceding studio albums, "The Devil You Know" and "The Missing Peace", while incorporating their classic rock influences into the mix. Heavier songs are mixed with bluesier, boogie inducing tracks and dark, introspective ballads, often harkening back to the first three albums the band made, but also pushing the band forward. When fans absorb the album as a whole, they'll see that the tracklisting is divided up into 'sets' or 'suites', where a sonic style is explored across multiple songs before moving on to the next, making for a remarkable listening experience.
Track List for Checkered Past:
1. Cannonball
2. Bad Luck Charm
3. Living Right Now
4. Get Along
5. If It's Over Now
6. Better Than You
7. Knock Me Down
8. Dog
9. Let You Down
10. That Ain't Why
11. Physical Itch
US Tour Dates:
November 12, 2021 — Indio, CA — Fantasy Springs Resort Casino
November 26, 2021 — San Juan Capistrano, CA — Coach House
November 27, 2021 — Long Beach, CA — Gaslamp
December 3, 2021 — Las Vegas, NV — Count's Vamp'd
December 31, 2021 — West Hollywood, CA — Whisky A Go Go
Feb 9-14, 2022 — Port of Miami, FL — Monsters of Rock Cruise 2022


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We started the week with a lovely long walk early Sunday morning and then The Captain made us a nice breakfast… omelets with lots of veggies and ham, and some ruby grapefruit alongside. I love these Texas grapefruits. They are so flavorful and so juicy, too.
I have to admit it felt pretty good to get back on track food-wise after all the birthday week indulgences.
And on Monday we got back on the strength training bandwagon too. I have been reading some good articles from Nia Shanks lately, and one of them, about how to put together a workout when you don't really feel like it, really hit home with me. I know I need to be strength training regularly and I was quite enjoying it for several months… but little break I took has become extended to a few weeks now and for some reason I just can't face going back to the same program.
So, I put together a very condensed one based on Nia's advice, that hits 3 major muscle groups and can be done in 15 minutes. That will be my re-intro for a couple of weeks and then I will reassess. I am thinking it is better than doing nothing, and yet doesn't wipe me out for other types of exercise during my day.
On Monday morning I had a really odd and somewhat disconcerting thing happen to me. As I was sitting at my computer, reading some email, an odd and ragged shape suddenly appeared in the vision of my right eye. It flashed on and off for about half an hour… and I felt a wee bit nauseous. It scared me a bit but it was too early to call my doctor's office and it did eventually go away so I kind of forgot about it.
So we carried on and both did the new strength routine that morning before showering and going out for breakfast. Then we did a new hike along the waterfront for almost 2 hours. I was quite hungry for lunch by the time we got home.
On Tuesday morning I was determined to get out for a run before the forecasted rain started to fall. I drank my Fermented L-Glutamine and then we had a light breakfast, waited almost an hour, and then headed out. I had a chance to wear a new pair of running capris from Fit Plus Wear – more to come about them – and thoroughly enjoyed the speedy 5 km.
When we got in, I drank a couple of glasses of water and then made us a smoothie to drink while we stretched. These premade mixes by d'vida are sensational – more to come about that too – and I was kinda sorry we had shared one! MMMM…. so good.
After showers we headed out to do some errands in the car. For some reason both of my feet cramped up as I tried to slip on my shoes to go out. My toes were so tightly cramped that it hurt to stand on them. But I ate some mustard and took some deep breathes to relax, and that eased the cramps almost immediately. Then I drank some more water and had a dose of Natural Calm, too. Eventually I could put on some flip flops, so off we went. I noticed that my legs felt really heavy for the next few hours.
One of the errands we did was to trade in one of our digital cable tv boxes for a HD PVR. Whoaaaa! Does this new little gadget make tv a better experience or what? The only reason I like cable tv at all is for the live sporting events it offers because most of the other things I would watch are not on at good times. Now I have recording capabilities! Hurray for modern technology. And The Captain is happy too because I am not talking about getting rid of the cable tv anymore!
Then, later that afternoon, I saw something on my computer about a person experiencing eye trouble - a detached retina - and I recalled my experience from the morning before and realized this was the eye that had the retina surgery a couple of years back, so I called my doctor's office, and spoke with his awesome receptionist. This woman is so helpful all the time… and she very nicely told me there is nothing they could do for me there but that my husband should take me to the emergency ward at a particular hospital because they have the best neurologists and opthomologists on call there. She said 'don't ignore it… go'.
So, we did. And I was lucky that it was not a very busy day at that emergency ward. I saw a doctor after about an hour's wait. A very nice man, I thought, and we talked about what had happened to me. He told me I shouldn't feel silly for coming to the emergency ward and that my doc's assistant had given me good advice. Eye problems should not be ignored. He had me draw the shape I had seen and describe it in detail. Then he repeated it all back to me to make sure he had understood what I told him.
Then he said I did not have anything wrong with my eye, but what I had experienced was called a Visual Migraine. Apparently, not all Migraines come with headaches. He couldn't tell me why it happened or what might have caused it, or even if I might ever have another episode. But he did say that I was lucky that there had been no headache, and that people find it helpful to lay down and sleep if they can, as normally they wake up and the symptoms are gone. Weird, and somewhat upsetting, but better, I think, than having a serious eye problem.
After we got home and got dinner, I realized my legs had normalized and felt good again. Perhaps the long hike and the run were too close together? Perhaps I need to try some new running shoes.
The rest of the week has been somewhat less exciting, thankfully… more strength workouts, more walking, more good eats and today, we are headed to play some tennis after breakfast. Then we are having lunch out…. fresh shucked oysters on a patio overlooking the Inner Harbour. It is a gorgeous day so I need to get out there!
Do you have any experience with Migraines?
Are you an oysters fan?
My eye doc calls them Ocular migraines and I get one about every 6 months or so. Totally painless but my vision is sort of impaired for about 15 minutes with them. I am not an oyster fan. Well I've never had them so who knows?
I just got up from a nap that I had to take because of a migraine. Mine start out visual and my vision gets wavy in some spots and I start to get blind spots. If I don't take an advil and lay down for a nap it just gets worse and worse until I can hardly see. Once it clears up I can see crystal clear but then I have a headache from hell. I feel a bit hungover but the three hour nap helped a lot. I don't get them very often, maybe a dozen since my first one when I was 13, but they really leave a big impression. Glad you are doing good and didn't get the headache! I don't think I wished you a happy birthday so happy belated birthday!
I'm not an oyster fan at all. I had to try them at work one day, because we serve them occasionally, and while I'm always up for trying something once, never again will I have them unless they are deep fried! I have limited experience personally with migraines, although I get them if the weather pattern changes too fast, and when I had my concussion I had them like every darn day. I'm glad your eye occasion was just a minor thing and that the headaches don't cause pain - I'm glad you investigated it!


This book sounds like a good read. Cute cover.
Congratulations on your upcoming release Jamie, the books covers are lovely and best wishes on your book tour.
I like the cover, it tells the story.
I love the cover! Sounds like a must read!


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'Expensive silliness:' Popular Triangle brewer says government shutdown preventing expansion
By DeJuan Hoggard
DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- An unlikely victim of the government shutdown is the craft beer industry.
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, which falls under the Department of Treasury, is closed because of the shutdown. The agency's website reads: "TTB will suspend all non-excepted TTB operations, and no personnel will be available to respond to any inquiries, including emails, telephone calls, facsimiles, or other communications. The website and operations will fully resume when appropriations are reenacted. TTB has directed employees NOT to report to work and they are prohibited by federal law from volunteering their services during a lapse in appropriations."
The bureau is responsible for, in part, reviewing beer labeling applications, brewer's notices (permits), and regulating requirements for the import and export of beer.
In the beer industry, brewers are able to continue creating new beers; however, they are unable to sell the beer in stores and restaurants.
"It's expensive silliness!" Ponysaurus Brewing in Durham, NC says the govt shutdown is preventing it, and other brewers, from selling new beers in stores and restaurants. The division under the Dept of Treasury that handles these applications is currently closed. #ABC11 pic.twitter.com/6RdAebe7yv
— DeJuan Hoggard (@DeJuanABC11) January 9, 2019
"It's unfortunate. It's very expensive silliness," said Nick Johnson, co-founder of Ponysaurus Brewing in Durham. "If what (politicians) want to do is growing the economy, then this certainly isn't the way to do it. We can't innovate. We can't grow. We can't expand the way we'd like to. And that's not good for the folks that work with us here."
In 2016, Johnson introduced what he called "HB2 Beer." The can's label reads: DON'T BE MEAN TO PEOPLE.
Johnson has other products he would like to move out of his Durham brewery, but the shutdown is preventing him, and others, from doing so. But all hope is not lost.
"We're established at this point. We have a line of products in packaging that have been approved that we can continue selling," he said. "But folks that have gambled a lot and really taken a chance to do something great -- if they haven't gotten their packaging approved, then they're just stuck."
North Carolina is well-known for the rising number of breweries across the state. Every one of them is stuck in the same scenario.
"If this had happened to us when we were in the process of having bought the piece of equipment that cans beer that costs as much as my house ...it would be catastrophic," Johnson said. "And I'm sure that is the case for some people. It's not good for anybody."
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I don't know who I was kidding - apparently myself.
This past summer I found out Jamie Martin from SimpleHomeschool.net was having a summer reading club to complement her new book Give Your Child the World: Raising Globally Minded Kids One Book at a Time. It sounded amazing so that was our summer reading plan! You can read about my plan here: Learning About Our World!
A week to explore, learn, and read about an entire continent? Not nearly enough time. It's now January and we are still in Africa (mostly enamored with the wildlife.) Part of me (the type A, former public school teacher part) has a hard time with that since we are no longer "on schedule." Luckily, the homeschool mom part of me is reminding me, "Who cares!?!? My kids are loving learning!"


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Revealed: Billboard's 2019 Top Music Lawyers
By	Newsroom on	 August 27, 2019 Alumni, In the News
Four Fordham Law alumni made Billboard's 2019 Top Music Lawyers list that includes 113 attorneys at key companies and law firms that are on the front of the music industry's legal battles and deals. Paul Robinson '83, Doug Davis '98, Ilene Farkas '93, and Adam Zia '04 were all recognized for their work in areas that span major copyright reform to representing major entertainment clients. Fordham Law School is also listed fourth among Billboard's Top Music Law Schools.
Executive vp/general counsel, Warner Music Group
In his global role for WMG, Robinson, 61, lobbied stateside and abroad for copyright reform during the past year. He represented Warner in successfully calling for passage of the European Union's Copyright Directive and joined industry colleagues in urging Congress last September to enact the Music Modernization Act. Both measures aim to improve royalty rates and help artists and labels fight copyright violations. "It never felt like a sure thing," says Robinson of the MMA. "It was a unanimous vote, which is almost unbelievable, given the divisive politics we have in the U.S."
DOUG DAVIS
Founder/principal, The Davis Firm
Davis, 47, negotiated executive contracts for Ryan Press as president of U.S. A&R for Warner Chappell and for DJ Mormile as executive vp West Coast for Def Jam and also brokered Dionne Warwick's Las Vegas residency. Last fall, Davis executive-produced American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom, a Grammy-winning jazz album that featured 53 musicians who benefited from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. "Finding a way to use clients and their resources to further causes was so rewarding," he says.
ADAM ZIA
Partner, The Zia Firm
Zia, 40, this year marked the fifth anniversary of his firm and last year celebrated client Starrah's ASCAP songwriter of the year honor, as the co-writer of two Hot 100 No. 1 hits, Camila Cabello's "Havana" and Maroon 5's "Girls Like You." "I've worked with Starrah since the start of her career," says Zia, who also represents French Montana, Rich the Kid and Tierra Whack. "Watching Starrah evolve into a songwriting superstar is why I got into this business."
ILENE FARKAS
Partner, Pryor Cashman
For clients Ed Sheeran and Roc Nation, Farkas, 51, mounted a defense against copyright infringement suits involving the singles "Thinking Out Loud" and "All the Way Up," respectively.
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