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3. What is your employment status?
5b. Why or why not?
6. How often do you/ would you be willing to volunteer?
7. (If applicable) Where have you/ do you volunteer?
8. How did you find these opportunities?
9. What causes do you care about?
User testing of the Volunteer United website showed that new users found the number of causes and skills to choose from daunting. To lower the cognitive load a card sort was performed using Optimal Workshop surveying 9 potential volunteers. They were asked to categorize the causes and skills. They were also asked to name these new groupings.
Reduction in cause categories from 29 to 8.
Reduction in skill categories from 28 to 5.
⃠ Match.com: Requires too many (50) questions upfront.
⃠ eHarmony: The sophisticated algorithms are outside our scope.
✔ HiDine: Matches you based on restaurants you like.
✔ Tinder: The UI is easy and fun.
Use Tinder's UI as the skeleton for our app.
Design a recommender system similar to HiDine by matching two parties with a third thing.
Play type is the most motivating so it should have the most points when there is a match, followed by a cause match, then a skills match. I tested this out several times and am happy with Five points for a play match, two for a cause match, and one point for a skills match. This is because since volunteer opportunities can list many skills and causes. This point value seems to balance that out, but this needs to be tested.
I illustrated the eight play personality types from Stuart Brown's book Play for use in the Prototype.
Hi, I'm Joel. I'm a UX designer and host of the UX Whiteboard Challenge Meetup where strangers solve problems together. For a meetup, it's actually a lot of fun.
My background is super diverse. I went to art school for graphic design, then left to study astronomy and join the military. They taught me to become an industrial machinery mechanic and how to manage my ego and a team. The military is actually pretty great.
Because I love science communication, I earned a bachelors degree to teach it in middle school from the University of Minnesota. Then, supervised a call center during a major software upgrade, waited tables in Yellowstone National Park, and drove a big red Peace Coffee van while delivering to grocery stores and restaurants around the Twin Cities. All the while designing album covers, posters, jigsaw puzzles, and websites on the side. I've hosted over a hundred hours of podcasts, and performed on stage in front of thousands of people.
Most recently, I discovered UX and finally found a field which pulled all of these loose ends together. I attended Prime Digital Academy's UX Design bootcamp, was awarded second place at the Twin Cities Startup Week's AI Hackathon, and have been working freelance ever since. It's pretty great.
One of Peace Coffee's goals is to inform the public about Climate Change and the effect on farmers. How do we address this in a grocery store in a natural way? How do we create the space for this, both physical in the store and mental in the customer's minds?
Peace Coffee and it's customers value the environment this is shown in the following customer touch points: Bike delivery, biodiesel van delivery, wording at bulk bins, wording on package coffee bags. What more can they do? They could switch to recyclable or biodegradable packaging. Such a dramatic shift from a premium organic coffee company would highlight how much they care about the environment and create a space to talk about how climate change harms their supply chain. What else could be changed to achieve the goal of informing the public about how Climate Change is impacting coffee farms?
On bulk bins there is space available to add cards. These cards could explain how the supply chain works. They also could have photos of the coffee farms, explain how climate change is hurting them, and link to find out more. Finally, if Peace Coffee were to switch to a different style of packaging this area could be used as advertisement.
This is how we interact with the problem.
This is what we can do about it.
Improve packaging by adding roast level and flavor descriptions to the front of the bag.
Add a tool set consisting of a brush, a pen, and safety scissors, to every store where there is a grinder.
Print cards to attach to the front of the bulk coffee explaining the effects of climate change and educating customers on the supply chain.
Create a website explaining the climate change problem and how Peace Coffee interacts with this problem.
Redesign packaging to make shopping easier.
Add a set of tools to make grinding coffee a better experience.
Use available space on the bulk bins to educate customers about the supply change and how climate change impacts coffee farms.
Create a website detailing where Peace Coffee fits in the climate change issue.
I am an outgoing, positive person who is good at drawing the best out of people.
Here you'll find three client case studies and one about a hackathon.
As you'll see, I love to jump in and learn new things, analyze problems, and build solutions.
Learn about my popular UX whiteboard meetup.
See past visual designs and illustrations.
Watch videos I've helped to make.
Read articles I've written about UX and design.
We proposed two potential apps to our clients.
This app focuses on streamlining the Volunteer United experience. It would do this by replacing the keyword search with a list of causes and skills to choose from.
The recommender system works by assigning points to matches between the volunteer and the opportunity. Matching causes are worth 2 points, matching skills are 1 point. The results are weighted in favor of causes because if you believe in something you'll be more willing to help out.
This app focuses on telling the user about themselves. It uses a casual friendly tone. It determines the causes users believe in and their play type using multiple-choice questions.
The recommender system works by assigning points to matches. We weigh the results in favor of play type. If you find something fun you're more likely to do it. Matching play type is worth 3 points, matching causes are worth 1 point.
Client's response, "Can you combine them?"
Hi, I'm Joel and it's a pleasure to meet you. I love UX Design.
How will they be using this?
Are they already familiar with something similar?
What kinds of feedback should the user receive?
If you're in the Twin Cities check out my hands-on UX meetup.
A mobile app for a tech company to schedule conference rooms.
A mobile app to help delivery people take orders quicker than current apps.
An app for volunteers to find opportunities that match their play style.
Improving store experience by redesigning packaging based on user tests.
A website for teachers and students to reserve equipment and computer labs.
An online service to help aqua therapy patients save money by connecting them with cheaper hotel and residential pools.
A water bottle for full stack developers.
Websites created for clients using the Weebly site builder and custom HTML and CSS.
Working side-by-side with a diverse team of developers and designers is enjoyable.
Using the deep learning Nexosis artificial intelligence API this webapp predicts when you are going to die. Second place winner of Twin Cities Startup Week Hackathon. Built with Hogan McDonald.
This is a website for music enthusiasts who live in the West Bank region of Minneapolis. It automatically generates a calendar of events. Built with Peter Wildberger.
I started a meetup group so designers of all skill levels can come together and do fun hands-on activities together. We aim for peer learning, support, and friendship. This is a good way to build confidence in your problem-solving skills. As well as get ready for a big meeting, or practice for interviews.
Is your team stuck and can't find their way out? You need a designer with a keen imagination to pilot you through unknown skies.
Is your company having a hard time grasping the full picture? You need a storyteller who can show how everything is connected.
Could your team use a burst of energy to get things buzzing again? You need a teammate who spreads joy and enthusiasm.
Peace Coffee is a medium sized coffee company that creates a premium coffee and values paying organic farmers beyond fair trade prices. They value the environment demonstrated by delivering their coffee by bicycle and biodiesel van. The majority of their sales are wholesale (selling to local grocery stores). They are expanding to the greater Midwest with partnerships with Target and Hyvee.
Disclosure: I previously worked for Peace Coffee for 5 years as a delivery person, a production assistant and I named the Morning Glory coffee blend.
Increase transparency around the impact that climate change has on our supply chain.
Increase customer understanding about our supply chain.
First I visited a local Target to see if they were in stock. They were not for sale at this Target store. They are only available at Target stores that have an organic section. While there I looked around at the packaged coffees to look at the competition.
After Target I visited a Seward Community Co-op, I knew that this store is one of Peace Coffee's biggest accounts. While there I interviewed three bulk coffee customers.
"Premium coffees" (caribou, starbucks, peets) all in plastic-foil "tin tie" bags.
Cheaper coffees (folgers, cafe bustelo, maxwell house) in plastic tubs or steel cans.
Peace Coffee beverage available for sale in Deli.
The Co-op emphasizes the bulk coffees on the grounds of: Fair Trade, Locally Roasted, and Co-op Owned.
"This is for my mom, it's the only coffee she'll drink. I always buy in bulk, it's better for the environment and I can get as much as I want. I don't want a lot of decaf because it's only for my mom."
Peace Coffee and it's customers value the environment this is shown in the following customer touch points: Bike delivery, biodiesel van delivery, wording at bulk bins, wording on package coffee bags. What more can they do? They could switch to recyclable packaging. Such a dramatic shift from a premium organic coffee company would highlight how much they care about the environment and create a space to talk about how climate change harms their supply chain. Additionally a new package would change the in-store experience. What else could be changed to improve the in-store experience?
I visited the grocery store and compiled a list of features from the front of coffee packaging as well as different types of packaging materials. My plan was since I'm proposing to change the bag material, what else about the bags can be changed? Is the information on the bags, the information the customer desires? What information does the customer desire?
Participant Led Usability Research is a method developed by Christopher Stephan and Nick Rosencrans where instead of walking the user though pre-scripted steps, the user creates the task themselves and solves it their own way. The goal is to discover the mental models of the customer as they are choosing a coffee that meets their specific desires and to compare the experience between the current and new packaging.
The Current 12oz Label- "At my Co-op, I get bulk beans and it says [the roast level] on there."
Roast level was important to the participants.
When given the bag participants were unable to find the roast level on the back.
The Proposed 12oz Label- "I actually love this! It says the roast right on top."
Positive verbal reactions to prominent roast level display. They were able to locate a variety fitting their desired preferences faster.
One participant thought that roast level and roast date should be next to each other.
Add roast level to the front of the packaging - The current packaging met most of the customers written desired characteristics. However during the testing, whether the participants had written it down or not, roast level came up as a deciding factor in 5 of the 6 trials.
Add flavor description to front of packaging. - All participants commented favorably to the descriptions on the front of the bag. Notably one participant who doesn't drink coffee, but buys it for her household remarked that she liked knowing what tastes her family was experiencing when they drank the coffee.
Test user's reaction to biodegradable packaging. - Update the bags with the standard biodegradeable logo and conduct a desirability test.


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Diablo.es and diablo.de was recently registered by Blizzard Entertainment.
More domain name fun. Ricard sends word that on 24th March Blizzard registered the diablo3.es (Spain) domain. They recently also aquired the diablo3.de domain from a third party. Before announcement of the title they'll want to gather up as many domains and that includes pre-owned ones as is the case with the German one. Whether the announcement is imminenet (E3 in May) or a little way off (Blizzcon in October) we're not sure but betting on either is safe.
You can check out the Spanish domain reg here, you'll need to type in the code printed above the form box to gain entry to show the page.
-- If you go to www.diablo3.es, or www.diablo3.de it brings you to Blizzard's website.
nah proably not, but the acquired one from third party as you can see, I dont know what they are gonna do, but they can't just take away the URL from the owner of this site... lol but they might request if i was the owner i would give it up and name it something else.
-Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's First Law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one, and only, truth.
If you ever meet a hafling and a hungry dragon you dont have to outrun the dragon, you only have to outrun the hafling.
never surender... Allways settle for large sums of money for ur d3 domain name!!
Whats the reason for buying these domains?
Wouldent they just put it on blizzard?
i already made a thread same as this one hommie!
and ohh sorry posted here so late, i got busy alot!
the best BOW of DIABLO2LOD for annoying nubs in the game.......now beat this!
this site will be very popular when/if d3 comes out.
yay some1 agrees with me lol... and no wtf are you thinking??? sell the site, then what will we organize our d3 guild with??
yes, some of us have put a lot of time and sacrifice into this site, i gave up an assigment just to post my unboundless tomes of knowledge for the people of this site, so that they might laern from it. wow i blanked out for a second, what was i talking about.

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They say you can tell a person’s true colors in the darkest of times.
That moment for me was early Monday morning when the Los Angeles earth decided to shake rapidly in the middle of the night. I was mid-crazy dream. I was in the South of France. Amelia and a cat were fighting. I found a Sriracha bottle (how a bottle of Sriracha was just laying on a French country-side road is unknown) and started to throw it at the two of them to quit it. That’s when the earth shook, the doors to my closet trembled and my inner-self went into pure panic mode.
Petrified and confused out of my mind, I jumped out of bed, pushed Josh to wake up and bolted out of the bedroom door. Josh screamed (a very manly scream, I might add), “WHAT IS IT?!?” and him, me and Amelia headed for the bedroom door. Apparently, he thought there was a squirrel in our bed. Why a squirrel, I have no idea…so as we were running out of the bedroom door, he threw the blankets on top of each other, as to try and catch the non-existent squirrel and slammed the bedroom door shut.
Amelia was not to be left behind. She was right there. The trembling stopped and I immediately started doing this weird cry/laugh thing I always seem to do when I’m embarrassed/scared/confused.
Josh explained his fear about the small animal in our bed and I just started laughing hysterically. I couldn’t stop.
There are only a few things that can calm my panicked-self. French toast is one of them.
This recipe marks the first of six recipes of a collaboration with Almond Breeze. I’ve been drinking this stuff for forever; and couldn’t be more excited to use it in so much more than just my morning cereal. Think almond custards, other baked goods and even savory dishes.
But first, Toasted Almond French Toast! The challah is soaked in a delicious combo of almond milk, honey, eggs and almond extract. The challah bread is dipped in almond slices and then pan-fried until the almonds are toasty and the edges are lightly golden brown.
The flavor is rich, satisfying, with a pleasant almond flavor and a bit of crunch for texture.
This is what brunch dreams are made of!
Preheat the oven to 200 degree F. Line a baking sheet with parchment and transfer it to the oven. Since we'll be making this in batches, this is where we'll keep the cooked French toast warm.
To a large bowl or large baking dish (I prefer the baking dish because it's flat and easier for dunking), whisk together the almond milk, eggs, honey, almond extract, vanilla extract and salt.
Dip the slices in batches of two or three and allow them to soak for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, heat up a skillet over moderately medium heat and grease it with a bit of butter or oil. Lift up one piece of bread out of the custard, allowing for any excess to drip off. Transfer it to a small plate and sprinkle the almonds on both sides, pressing the almonds into the bread--they'll stick!
Place the slices of challah bread onto the warm skillet and cook until both sides are lightly golden brown. Be sure to keep an eye on it; the almonds toast quickly. Transfer the French toast to the oven to keep warm. Continue with the process of dunking, soaking, covering in sliced almost and frying, until you've cooked up the entire loaf of challah bread.
Serve with slices of fruit and maple syrup.
Thanks for the Pinterest love, Averie! You da best.
officially starving. I’m 100% trying this recipe.
I guess I need to try out almond milk the next time I’m making French toast 🙂 Looks delicious!
Mmm… delicious! I can not see how someone could not resist this! I am so trying this almond milk combo!
this looks delicious. I just had to comment on the fact that you referred to the earthquake as taking place in the “middle of the night.” that cracked me up. I envy you that 6:30 am is the middle of the night! I was dressed and leaving for work, and my husband and toddler were eating breakfast.
I know. I know. I imagine at some point 6:30am won’t be in the middle of the night. It actually was more like 6am but since the time change happened, it felt and looked like the middle of the night.
There is nothing more jarring than being woken up by an earthquake. Half-conscious wondering “why is by bed shaking?” and then realizing “HOLY $*%& EARTHQUAKE!” I will never get used to it. HA!
This looks stupid good. Going to have to make it this weekend!
ohmygod when we had our little shake up here last week I refused to shower for like an hour in case there was another because I thought nothing could be worse than an earthquake while you shower then I got shampoo in my eyes and realized that would be the absolute worst.
Also I used vanilla almond milk once for french toast because it’s all we had and now I’ve never looked back. It’s the best.
HAHA! Let’s note that you weren’t like, “Oh I’ll have to run out of the shower with no clothes on,” instead you didn’t want to get shampoo in your eyes! HAHA.
hahaha IT WAS THE COMBO. officially the only thing worse than running out of the shower during an earthquake is running out of the shower during an earthquake while there’s shampoo in your eyes.
I’m glad that doesn’t exist because I’D EAT ALL DAY LONG.
Gorgeous photos! I love almond milk too so only naturally will I be adding this to our weekend brunch!
Ha! How would a squirrel get into your bed and don’t you think Amelia would have been all over that little vermin! That is really funny though. French toast is a life saver in any situation!
If a squirrel came into our bed the first one who would notice is Amelia. She would like nothing more than to catch a squirrel. That’s her goal in life.
I love crusting french toast! I’ve had one crusted in oatmeal and nuts sitting in my drafts for a while and this has reminded me of the deliciousness. The trickiest part is not to burn the outside, which I always mess up!
Gorgeous French toast, perfect use for Challah!
ahhh ha ha!! The part of about the imaginary squirrel is priceless.
Like, why a squirrel?! WHY! Haha.
Boo to the earthquake but a major WooHoo to this French Toast!
I love french toast, its my fancy goto brunch.
wow. I live in Seattle and our last earthquake (15 yrs ago) was a 7.6 and totally scary. At least you moved! I just sort of sat there perched on a super old gas furnace with my eye balls bulging out and my mouth hanging open. But I agree, this french toast would calm anyone’s nerves! It looks wonderful!
Challah makes the very best French Toast! I’m super jazzed to try this… I’ve been making your Strawberry Vanilla Bean Baked Oatmeal with the Almond Breeze Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk every Sunday night and we are in an exclusive, committed, passionate relationship.
Oh man, you’re cracking me up with your earthquake story. A squirrel and sriracha, haha! This French toast looks killer. I bet those toasted almonds really send it over the top.
I can’t even imagine an earthquake! I CAN however imagine a French toast quake. In my mouth.

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Murphy distinguishes himself from his predecessor not only in party and policy, but also in his approach to President Donald Trump, who has long relied on Christie as a dependent political ally. Murphy has described Trump as "not my cup of tea," a subtle change for the state that chose Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton over Trump by 14 points in the 2016 presidential election.
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"Together, we will build a stronger and fairer New Jersey for all," Murphy wrote on Twitter.
Christie's final years in office were marked by his unsuccessful 2016 bid for president and the so-called "Bridgegate scandal," in which the governor's team retaliated against a political rival by closing driving lanes on the George Washington Bridge to increase traffic. The move was reportedly punishment against a Democratic mayor who governed the area after he refused to endorse Christie. The top New Jersey lawmaker claimed no prior knowledge of the plot.
Christie dropped out of the 2016 race for the Republican Party's presidential nomination in February 2016 after a sixth-place finish in New Hampshire—the first primary in the nation. When Christie dropped out, he noted in a statement that "speaking your mind matters, that experience matters, that competence matters and that it will always matter in leading our nation." The same month, Christie endorsed Trump and campaigned for him—eventually leading a mock trial of Democrat rival Hillary Clinton on the stage of the Republican National Convention.
Christie would be appointed to lead Trump's transition team to the White House after his election, but eventually he was replaced as coverage of the Bridgegate scandal caught up to him.
Christie told The New York Times earlier this month that he continues to provide Trump with legal advice on how to not drag out special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election, telling him that "you can do lots of things to make [investigations] longer."
Nearing his final days in office, Christie signed legislation to ban firearm bump stocks, increase pensions for some government employees and pardoned 25 people in the New Jersey court system, according to the local news outlet NJ.com. In his final State of the State address, Christie ignored his record leaving office and focused on a high point in his career—his dedicated response to the 2012 Superstorm Sandy, where he worked alongside Democrats to restore power and fix storm damage.
It skyrocketed his approval ratings more than 20 points to 77 percent approval, though he will leave office closer to just 15 percent.
"Whenever I am asked what I am most proud of in these last eight years, I say it very simply: the days, weeks, months and years since Sandy, and the way our government handled it," Christie said in the address. "The results were not always perfect; they never are perfect. What was perfect was the effort, the compassion and the focus of all the people in our administration every day for over five years."

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text: The book presents a novel theory of the origins of mind and consciousness dubbed the Cellular Basis of Consciousness (CBC). It argues that sentience emerged with life itself. The most primitive unicellular species of bacteria are conscious, though it is a sentience of a primitive kind. They have minds, though they are tiny and limited in scope. There is nothing even close to this thesis in the current literature on consciousness. Hints that cells might be conscious can be found in the writings of a few cell biologists, but a fully developed theory has never been put forward before. Other approaches to the origins of consciousness are examined and shown to be seriously or fatally flawed, specifically ones based on: (a) the assumption that minds are computational and can be captured by an artificial intelligence (AI), (b) efforts to discover the neurocorrelates of mental experiences, the so-called Hard Problem, and (c) looking for consciousness in less complex species by identifying those that possess precursors of those neurocorrelates. Each of these approaches is shown to be either essentially impossible (the AI models) or so burdened by philosophical and empirical difficulties that they are effectively unworkable. The CBC approach is developed using standard models of evolutionary biology. The remarkable repertoire of single-celled species that micro- and cell-biologists have discovered is reviewed. Bacteria, for example, have sophisticated sensory and perceptual systems, learn, form memories, make decisions based on information about their environment relative to internal metabolic states, communicate with one another, and even show a primitive form of altruism. All such functions are indicators of sentience. Conversations with a caterpillar function as a literary vehicle Finally, the implications of the CBC model are discussed along with a number of related issues in evolutionary biology, philosophy of mind, the possibility of sentient plants, the ethical repercussions of universal animal sentience, and the long-range impact of adopting the CBC stance.

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Kyle Dluback (Troop 263) built the steps and access ramp at Mable Smith in April 2018.
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Every time a child drinks soda, he's laying the groundwork for a dangerous bone disease. No, fizzy and sugary drinks don't cause osteoporosis. But because they're often a substitute for a glass of milk, kids are coming up short of the calcium and vitamin D they need to build a strong skeleton. Many of them also lead a sedentary lifestyle, so they aren't getting the bone-building benefits of vigorous exercise either. These children aren't just in jeopardy for brittle bones and fractures decades down the road: They could be at risk of osteoporosis at a younger age than ever before.
That's a problem every parent should be concerned about, says Leon Root, MD, author of Beautiful Bones Without Hormones, and professor of clinical orthopedics at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City. "Osteoporosis is actually a childhood disease that manifests itself later in life." The condition causes bones to become riddled with holes, like the frame of a house that's been attacked by termites. That can lead to broken bones, which in turn can cause deformity, chronic pain or disability. Osteoporosis can even be fatal: 20 percent of older people who suffer a broken hip die within a year.
Osteoporosis isn't just your grandmother's health threat. Although it strikes about eight million women in the United States, it also menaces two million men. Another 34 million Americans have low bone mass, yet most aren't even aware that there's an epidemic in the making, says Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona, MD, who released the first-ever Surgeon General's report on osteoporosis last October. "You don't see TV shows about osteoporosis, and it's not in the headlines. But by embracing prevention, we could save thousands of lives."
There's a new medical understanding of the best ways to protect ourselves--and our children. "Simple lifestyle changes can save your bones, which can save your life," says Dr. Root. "And it's never too soon--or too late--to take action."
Contrary to popular belief, the skeleton isn't a rigid and unchanging structure. Each year, our bodies re-place about 20 percent of our bones' spongy tissue, which means that our activities at every age influence their health. Sections of old bone break down, creating gaps to be filled by new bone. Until about age 30, we build bone very efficiently, so making the right health moves, such as exercising and getting enough calcium, helps your skeleton reach its genetically determined peak strength.
Think of your bones as a retirement fund: The more you deposit when you're young, the better off you'll be in later years, when you need to draw on your reserves. But most kids don't bank nearly enough calcium. Only one in five girls ages 9 to 19, and about half of boys, get the RDA of this bone-building mineral. That's frightening, since 90 percent of accumulated peak bone formation occurs before age 20. The effects of being shortchanged on calcium go beyond an increased risk of osteoporosis in the future. There may be a price to pay much sooner: A recent Mayo Clinic study reports an alarming rise in children's forearm fractures, compared with rates 30 years ago.
Giving kids a calcium boost may help ward off painful injuries. In a 2005 study at Ohio State University Medical Center, doctors tracked the skeletal growth of girls, ages 8 to 13, over a seven-year period. All of them averaged about 800 mg of calcium from their diet--far less than the RDA of 1,300 mg for their age group. Half of the girls received calcium supplements, while the other half didn't. "We saw powerful benefits to getting extra calcium, especially at puberty when children have a major growth spurt," says Velimir Matkovic, MD, lead author of the study and director of OSUMC's Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Center. Not only did the supplemented group develop stronger bones, but they had half the fracture rate of the other girls in the study.
Do all children need supplements? Ideally, kids and adults should get their daily calcium quota through a healthy diet. Got milk? Dairy products of all types will do the trick. Other good sources include sardines or canned salmon with bones, leafy green vegetables, soybeans, and calcium-fortified orange juice, cereal, or breakfast bars. Encourage your children to have three to five servings of these bone-builders daily. And if they shun milk because they think it's fattening, let them know the latest research shows the opposite is true: Kids with the highest milk consumption are also the slimmest, while those who drink the most soda or other sweetened beverages, unsurprisingly, are the heaviest.
Since most people don't consume enough calcium, supplements can fill the gap, says Dr. Matkovic. "There are several types, and all of them do a good job. Flavored, chewable tablets are more appealing to children, making it more likely that they'll actually take them." In his study, girls were given 1,000 mg a day, half in the morning and half at night, since calcium is best absorbed in amounts of 500 mg or less at a time. That's also a safe dose for adults whose diets are lacking in this bone-building mineral. Supplements can interact with some drugs, so check with your doctor or pharmacist.
Are you getting enough vitamin D? There's a growing scientific consensus that the current guidelines of 200 IU for adults under 50, and 400 or 600 IU for older people, are too low. That's bad news for our bones, since this vitamin is crucial to processing calcium efficiently, says Robert Heaney, MD, professor of medicine at Creighton University in Omaha. In a 2003 study, he compared the effects of giving postmenopausal women vitamin D supplements one year, followed by one year of no supplements. The result? When the women had higher vitamin D blood levels, they absorbed 65 percent more calcium.
Dr. Heaney and other experts are advocating a rise in the RDA for this nutrient. "Getting too little has been linked to many chronic disorders, from osteoporosis to type 1 diabetes and even cancer, so deficiency is a huge health threat," says the doctor, who believes that the best protection is taking 1,800 IU daily.
Part of the problem is that this nutrient is found in relatively few foods, says Dr. Heaney. And while people can also get the vitamin naturally, through sun exposure, that's not always possible or even a good idea, especially if you're prone to sunburn. "We've just shown that in the northern United States, outdoor workers make plenty of vitamin D in the summer," says Dr. Heaney, "but it doesn't last through the winter, when the sun is lower on the horizon." Studies also show that skin production of the vitamin dwindles in older people, even if they're sun-worshipers, suggesting that a supplement might be the best way to safeguard their bone health.
As you age, you lose bone faster than you produce it. Over the five to seven years after periods stop, women can lose up to 20 percent of their bone mass due to estrogen deficiency. Paying extra attention to bone health can lessen the damage, however. Men are also affected by age-related skeletal loss, but not as dramatically, since their larger frames provide a higher peak bone mass and their hormones don't plunge after age 50. Our skeleton needs regular exercise at every age to stay strong, but we're becoming a nation of lazybones. The Surgeon General reports that about half of adults--and kids--don't do the minimum to keep their bones fit: 60 minutes of physical activity a day for kids and 30 minutes for adults. A combination of weight-bearing routines (such as walking, jogging, stair-climbing, or dancing, plus resistance exercises like weight-lifting) is the ideal recipe for bone health.
For children, jumping is a fun way to bone up, a 2003 study at University of British Columbia found. The researchers contrasted elementary school girls who took gym classes to those who also did ten minutes of high-impact jumping exercises, three times a week. At the end of the two-year study, the exercise group had a nearly five percent jump in bone mass. Other weight-bearing exercises with kid appeal include jumping rope, tennis, in-line skating and team sports, such as soccer.
Getting in shape pays off at every stage of life, says Ethel Siris, MD, director of the Toni Stabile Osteoporosis Center at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. "It's enormously valuable for kids and young adults, because they're still building bone mass. If you're in your 30s or 40s, it helps you hang on to what you have." Research shows that weight-bearing exercise, in part, can undo the bone-damaging effects of menopause. Even at 80, when the risk of fractures is very high, exercise is still worthwhile, because physically fit older people are less likely to fall and break a hip. To get Americans moving in the right direction, Dr. Carmona says, "I'm challenging everyone, the public and doctors, to work together to improve bone health. Millions are at risk for fractures, and it's all preventable. This is an epidemic that doesn't have to happen."

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I finally got my copy. It’s the culmination of my nine years at BJU Press and the one book of mine most likely to actually get read: Biblical Worldview: Creation, Fall, Redemption, a 12th grade Bible textbook for Christian and home schools. But I can’t say the book is “mine,” exactly. For the record (mine as much as yours), here are the chapters, along with a summary and an indication of whether I wrote them or not.
If you like my blog, you’ll like this book. There’s more than an echo of my blog concerns (faithful readers might even recognize a few blog posts; I checked with myself and granted myself permission to use them). I encourage you to buy a copy even if you aren’t a student.
Introduces the concept of worldview using the primary metaphor of lenses.
Defines worldview as 1) a head-heart system that 2) tells a master story and 3) produces the group action we call culture.
Discusses the role of evidence and presuppositions in the acquisition of knowledge.
Argues that truth is ultimately taken on authority.
Critiques the secular view in which the lower story of facts is cut off from the upper story of human values.
Argues that a biblical view of Redemption precludes the two-story view.
Bases creation firmly in the intra-trinitarian love of God, a la Edwards.
Argues that God’s glory is His ultimate goal in all He does.
Explores the meaning and implications of the image of God in man.
Explores the meaning and implications of the Creation Mandate of Gen. 1:26–28.
Demonstrates that culture flows from the Creation Blessing of Gen. 1:26–28.
Examines ways in which the fall is pinned unfairly on elements of God’s good creation instead of on human religious mutiny.
Describes the “creational norms” God built into our universe.
Details the personal, cultural, and cosmic effects of the fall.
Explains the biblical doctrine of common grace.
Contrasts worldliness and asceticism, proposing that believers are properly seen as pilgrims and ambassadors.
Argues that affection drives cognition.
Introduces the concepts of structure and direction.
Explains the structure of sexuality and the evil and good directions in which it is pointed.
Provides an overview of the entire storyline of the Bible, structured by the biblical covenants and culminating in the restoration of God’s good creation.
Urges lives of good works and witness in the gap between the already and the not yet.
Explains the mission of the church in this age.
Explores the biblical doctrine of vocation.
Lays out God’s revealed design for marriage and gender roles.
Discusses the role played by the nuclear family in the biblical narrative.
Discusses gender roles in society.
Exposes the ways marriage, gender, and sexuality are twisted in this fallen world.
Views the “Gay Christian” movement through the lenses of a biblical worldview.
Discusses the topics of cohabitation and divorce.
Lays out a vision for redeemed marriages, families, and gender roles.
Roots government in God’s design as opposed to a social contract.
Argues that justice is the foundational reason for government to exist in a created (not just a fallen) world.
Explores different types of governmental structure.
Exposes the idols underlying various political ideologies, including liberalism, socialism, and conservatism.
Explores the various major models of church-state relations from the perspective of a biblical worldview.
Offers counsel for Christians to act prudently in politics.
Shows how the assumptions that make science possible are rooted in a biblical worldview.
Outlines two major purposes for science: love of God, love of neighbor.
Enumerates creational norms for the practice of science.
Explores the ways science is frustrated by the fall.
Offers an epistemological critique of scientific naturalism.
Offers a moral critique of scientific naturalism.
Explores the way various worldviews interpret Genesis 1–3.
Argues for a view of Genesis 1–3 that is consistent with Jesus and Paul.
Profiles conservative Christians active in the sciences.
Urges students to do science themselves.
Provides Christian reasons for doing the work of history.
Lays out creational norms for history.
Critiques various nationalistic and postmodern historiographies.
Discusses the use of source materials and gives guidance on the construction of historical models and the discernment of providence.
Explores the interplay of truth, goodness, and beauty in culture.
Offers concrete examples of truth, goodness, and beauty in art, literature, and music.
Provides examples of cultural artifacts which idolize truth, goodness, or beauty.
Provides examples of cultural artifacts which attack truth, goodness, or beauty.
Explores the way culture, particularly pop culture, shapes human sensibilities.
Shows how condemning, critiquing, consuming, and copying are wrong as postures but good as gestures when it comes to responding to human culture.
Urges students to be creative cultivators.
That final unit got a ton of help from the best aesthetician I know, Zach Franzen. But as lead author and general editor, I was responsible for the final form and style of the entire text and added a lot of the illustrations and other connective tissue. In other words, this book was a team effort like no other I’ve ever worked on. And that, for me, was a wonderful experience for which I thank the Lord.
Mike Asire, my designer, read just about every word of the text and did a great job designing the book and all the pages and graphics in it. I was slightly skeptical of his choice of Futura for headers and pull-quotes, but I trusted him and I’m glad I did. I think his work looks fantastic.
Chris Koelle contributed fantastic illustrations for the unit openers. Eventually you’ll be able to order some of them at his site for the walls of your own home. I plan to, partly out of gratitude to him.
There were many others who contributed significantly to this book, like the editor and the project manager who would be embarrassed to be named. On such an obscure blog.
A final word about the content: there are many angles, even in Scripture, from which any of the topics covered in this book could be viewed. But I found worldview—application of the entire storyline of Scripture—to be a very fruitful lens through which to view everything from homosexuality to language to music to gender roles to government.
And a final word about the team: this book is really the fruit of the work of Dr. Bryan Smith, the longtime Bible Integration coordinator at BJU Press. It was my goal to fill out his vision in my writing. His combination of exegetical rigor and theological synthesis is unmatched in my experience. He is a gift to the church and a mentor to me, as is my best friend Brian Collins who, you will see, also contributed to this book.
What a privilege it was to work on this project. Gushing done. Buy now.
Doug Wilson promotes a book a month that he likes and thinks helpful. Is it worth sending him a copy?
That’s up to BJU Press Marketing—I hope they will.
Looks great, Mark. Besides being a 12th grade Bible curriculum, how can you envision this book being used?
Congratulations, Mark! I’m putting it on my wish list right now.
I believe this is a book that could be read straight through with profit by any Christian. The format (with study questions, in textbook size) is aimed at 12th graders, and a number of the illustrations are targeted at them. But in my judgment, this is a book that most of our circle needs to read. I say that not because I wrote it but because I “learned” it—I picked up these truths myself through working on Christian curriculum at BJU Press, and my life has been changed.
Finally! I can’t wait to order a copy and read it—this is now at the top of my Christmas reading list. I miss our worldview conversations, so I guess I need to begin conversing with you through your writing. I’ll be especially interested the chapter on culture and the arts.
We had Mark over last weekend for Canadian Thanksgiving. He preached a condensed version of the material for us in three messages. You can find them here: http://www.gbcvic.org/our-sermons/ – apply the filter for Mark’s name and you will see them all easily.
Feel free to send in critical notes, Josh—I may have a say in future revisions.

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Junior High Student Council President Announced!
The results are in! The Springs School Student Council election for president was held on Tuesday, October 11th. Nine candidates held their speeches during the Pep Rally and students in grades sixth, seventh and, eighth voted. The new Student Council president is eighth grader Kevin Chabla. The vice-president is eighth grader Hannah Hartsough. "I was extremely proud of their outstanding speeches and presentations," said Student Council advisor Ray Wojtusiak. "It's not an easy thing to speak in front of nearly 300 kids as a young teenager." Congratulations!


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Evolving from the concept of the Blast Crash, the new Extra Dry Blast cymbals are explosive, but the unlathed surface and the big hammer marks produce a dry and darker sound.
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Because of the rise in interest in splashes and chinas, UFiP has also released a new product range called Effects Collection.
This range combines some existing models with new offerings, making it much easier for drummers to find exactly the sounds that they want.
NAMM also sees the launch of a new printed UFiP catalogue. These will be available in the UK soon after the show.
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A Lagos-based businessman and developer, Alhaji Hakeem Kosoko, has appealed to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, to intervene in what he described as manipulation of legal contract and unlawful demolition of his property located at 23, Breadfruit Street, Lagos, by agents of the State government.
The petitioner, through his counsel, S. A. Oshodi, stated that his company, Mulakee Holding Nigeria Limited was offered an authority to re-develop the said property by the Lagos State Government, in April 2015, but to his surprise, Lagos Ministry of Physical Planning, recently demolished the property.
“All the terms of agreement including the payment of the Premium of N3 million and consultancy fee of N1.5 million were paid into the coffers of the State government and Mulakee Holding commenced re-development of the area in line with specification and drawing of the authority and agreement,” Oshodi stated.
The counsel further stated that in July 2017, “our clients were served with a court process: No LD/5237LMW, in which the claimant, A.J. Missri & Company, claimed ownership of the said property, which prompted the filing of a statement of Defence and Counter Claim of possessory and contractual interest derived from the Lagos State government in the same property.
“While the matter is still pending in court, the Special Adviser, Urban Development, invited our clients to a meeting held in July 31, 2017, and advised to produced all documents relating to the development agreement”.
It was also alleged further that during the meeting, the Special Adviser did not check the documents, rather she boasted and said: “I will make sure that I demolish any structure you have erected there and put A.J.Missri in possession of the property. They have approached me and I have promised to give them back the property. I will instruct the Commissioner for Physical Planning to demolish the property immediately”.
In a bid to forestall her treat, the petitioner stated further that his counsel filed a fresh action Suit No. LD/548lMW/2017 between Mulakee Holdings Nigeria Ltd & Anor Vs. Lagos State Ministry for Physical Planning.
“Despite that the matter and an application for interlocutory injunction are pending in court, the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and A.J. Missri, during the Sallah holidays in August pasted a letter signed by one Akin Tijani on the property stating that the ownership right of the property has been given to A.J. Missri,” he lawyer stated, adding that his clients edifice which already at the second floor has been brought down by a Lagos task force.


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text: Cooke S., Hanson D., Hirano Y., Ornelas-Gatdula E., Gosliner T.M., Chernyshev A.Y. & Valdés A. (2014) Cryptic diversity of Melanochlamys sea slugs (Gastropoda, Aglajidae) in the North Pacific. Zoologica Scripta 43: 351-369.

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And if the practice of that glorious Sayyid is ‘tot it binding proof (hujjah) for you, the practice of the Master of Monotheists (Sayyid alMuwahhidin, i.e. the Prophet [S]) and his infallible descendants is, of course, a hujjah for you. Study the condition of those noble souls and the character of their worship and prayers. At the time of salat the colour of their blessed faces would pale and their bodies would tremble with the fear lest there should occur some lapse in the course of this divine observance, although they were infallible.
It is well-known concerning the Mawla (‘Ali) that ail arrow that had pierced his blessed foot and removing which was intolerably painful for him, was taken out when he was engaged in salat and he did not even notice its removal.
My dear, such a thing is not impossible. Such things occur quite often for people in the ordinary course of life. At times a man becomes totally oblivious of everything in the state of anger or love. One of our reliable friends used to narrate that “Once during a fight with a group of ruffians in Isfahan, I noticed that some of them struck me with their fists and I did not know what kind of blows they were. Later when the fight was over and I came to myself, I realized that. I had several wounds made by a knife with which they had struck me. I was bedridden for several days before I recovered from those wounds.” Of course, the reason behind it is obvious: when the total attention of the soul is concentrated on a certain matter, it becomes totally oblivious of the body and insensitive to its feelings. All its attention is absorbed by that single thing.
In our own fights, encounters or heated debates in a gathering-may God be our refuge from these-we have often noticed that we become totally heedless of everything else that takes place around us. However, regrettably, everything absorbs our total attention except the worship of the Lord, and that is why we tend to regard such episodes (as that of Imam ‘Ali) as improbable.
In any case, detachment of the heart from everything except God is an important matter and one must try to attain it at all costs. The means of achieving it is also possible and attainable. It can be achieved with the exercise of some care and vigilance. One should make effort for some time to bring the flights of the bird of his thought under control and restrain it whenever it wishes to fly from one branch to another. After a period of watchfulness, the mind becomes tractable and docile and refrains from engaging in random thoughts. In accord with the aphorism -goodness becomes a habit with it and, attaining detachment from other preoccupations, it becomes attentive to God and His worship.
Of foremost importance amongst the prerequisites of worship is the attention of the heart, on which depends the soul and essence of worship and without which it has no value and acceptability near God, the Exalted, as mentioned in sacred traditions.
There are many traditions on this theme and concerning the merit of attentiveness. Here we will cite some of them which are sufficient for those who will take lesson.
Al-‘Imam al-Sadiq-may peace be upon him-said: “Dear to me is the believer from among you who attends to God with his heart at the time of prayer and does not preoccupy his heart with any mundane matter. For whenever a devotee turns with his heart to God, the Exalted, during prayer, God turns His face towards him, and turns towards him the hearts of the faithful who regard him with affection, following God’s love of him.


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Yamakita Town is located in Ashigarakami District in western Kanagawa. Town is quite small ant not very popular among tourists, but in surroundings on the town, there are many hiking routes. So, if you like hiking, you should check tourist offer of this area. This time, I decided to go on ‘Around Mt. Ono Course’, that takes approximately 3 houres.
At first, I was walking by 20 minutes to get from the Yamakita Station to the hiking route. You can get there by bus, but courses are very rare and I would have to wait about 3 houres for the earliest one. When I got off the train, I couldn’t see any road-signs, but fortunately, thanks to the local people advices, I got to the proper route. Actually, there are two available routes to the Mt. Ono. I chose the route near Kyowa Primary School, that supposed to be the clearest one. I can say from my own experience, that usually hiking courses start from forests, but in this case, first part of the route goes on asphalt, through the community of small houses. But it doesn’t mean, that route was easy and effortless. In fact, it went higher and higher with every step!
After one hour of hiking, I came into the danse forest. From there, route went through the narrow valley and became much stepper. Walking through a silent and calm forest is always big pleasure for me, and in spite of hard and tiring climbing, I enjoyed it so much! What especially attracted my attention, was large number of wasp spiders on the route. It’s really easy to recognize them, because of characteristic pattern, that seems tiger’s stripes. I don’t feel fear of spiders and every time I see an interesting one, I like to stop and watch it for a moment. Luckily for me, when I was hiking, except of many spiders, I saw herd of gazelles! Suddenly I heared a sound of breaking branches and when I had turned to it, I saw them running away. After running some meters, they suddenly stopped and started to stare at me very suspiciously. I didn’t want to scare them and had been watching them without moving. I really wanted to take a picture, but unfortunately, they were too far from me… Although, I was really excited of meeting such a great herd of gezelles! After 50 minutes of hiking, I started to come up long wooden stairs, which seemed to be never-ending stairs! In general, the best views are watched from the tops of mountains, but in case of Mt. Ono, the most impressive vending spots are placed along the last part of the route. When I finally got on the top, I felt really tired but self-satisfied and fully happy. Getting on the top is actually the best part of hiking because of consciousness, that you made really great effort to get on and you managed to do it by youself, in spite of many moments, when you just wanted to give up and go down. When I was comig down, after having some rest, I was watching completly different lanscapes then during coming up, because the further route was on the opposite site of mountain. When I looked down, I could admire amazing lanscape of Yamakita town.
‘Around Mt. Ono hiking course’ is quite short and easy route. Except of people, who like hiking, I reccomend it for people who are bored by visits in museums and want to spend some time in nature sites. Don’t forget to take on hiking shoes, because the route is full of breaking braches. Also, there are no shops or shelters on the route, then remember to take a bottle of water and some snacks. Ready? Let’s go then!


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You giving so much loot but not neccesarly shared equally, sometimes you get all sometimes you get nothing, sometimes those who don't have auto-loot struggle during fights since loot is constantly on roll. Basically you made many bad choice in once.
I partially agree with you. The autoroll-issue paired with the bug of not being able to roll when more than one box at the same time get's looted is pretty bad. And to make the dungeon a Lv 60+ one... 65+ would be better i guess.
Reason enough for our guild to keep on running this dungeon.
About recipes and temmajin gear turning worthless... they aren't. Good gear drops will still be quite rare and expensive, especially jewelry, and the rest will sell at a moderate price.
I can understand that you are frustrated about it when you are able to farm tomb l1/l2 solo. Dropping one temmajin piece meant that you earned yourself a few k gold with this drop - till now. Never before were good geared players able to make that much gold and i'm glad that it's getting back to normal now.
If you want to keep your earns, learn how to run the new dungeon solo or specialize on farming riventia scrolls.
I personally am happy that now every player out there has the opportunity to drop something nice once a day and improve. That's where the fun comes from - not from top-geared players who are monopolizing rare drops.
I don't need golds really, and it's not frustration, it's just that since this dungeon it's so easy, everyone can be carried and give extra loot to main or any other character.. That's why I said it's better make things bound from LAB. You go with Wiz/Magi? perfect, u'll get things bound for you class. The market will not suffer and those who enjoy crafting can still have fun selling things to those that can't run lab or prefer to buy.
A game should always consider how a drop can affect the market and gameplay experience, what can ruin and what don't. Any choice can be good from one side and bad for another, balancing is the key to keep the game alive.
Riventia it's months that doesn't drop from tomb (i'm glad I already have). Tomb never had big appeal, looks more a waste of time for many players "Why go there if nothing drop?" can't blame them..
We did l1-l5 many times and fun thing l1 looks more appealing since rng drop can give u 2x temma if lucky enough. Not that l5 can't but simply not worth the time for many ppl. NOW that lab it's so easy, many players revived alts which were taking dust, they want to be carried for gearing up main char. It's not good for the game.
Why worthless recipes? Easy to say.. 2400g for hammers, 32 alloy.. You find things at not even 1/4 of this cost on market. That's why recipes aren't worth anything anymore. Exceptions: Crest, Vambrace, Shield, Neck, ring I & II.
Dunno why raising craft at this point if the game keep killing it. I crafted all my set i'm happy this way and I don't care if now it cost less, same for riventia set. it's just that lab is throwing things quite too fast on market.
My earning still perfect, not less than 10k per day in any case so it's not this the thing that worry me at all.
I will be forwarding this post for review to the team!
Is it true that new content move interest from old one, but lv60 dungeon like lab versus lv65 tomb can't be really considered "new". We are not talking about a new level dungeon, it's like an old dungeon that gives 10x (not 2x) the amount of drops that an harder content don't give at all.
Yes Riventia should drop in TOMB.. We were used to drop it months ago (yes 3months ago) but now doesn't drop anymore since it's bugged.
In lab you get all of them except for recipes.
So tell me, u see the big difference?
It's simply too much for a single instance that it's easy as hell since u need 3 well geared players and carry 3x alts just for drop even if they wear exalted and 15k hp with non existent dps. Try to do it in Tomb l5..
New content should be always harder than previous one, not the opposite. That's all.
Even after the nerf, Labyrint still drop too much.
I suggest to add level restriction to 67 and turn it much much more harder.

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America’s Ballroom Challenge focuses on four divisions of competitive ballroom dancing. International Standard and American Smooth are roughly equivalent – both feature what we call the “traveling dances,” in which the couples travel counterclockwise around the floor. The International Latin and American Rhythm dances, with two exceptions, are “spot dances,” that take place in one part of the dance floor.
The different divisions include many dances with the same names. But the same dance looks very different depending on the style in which it is danced. In the international style, dancers are in the closed position, pressed close together – this is classic ballroom dance, taught all over the world. The American style, however, allows dancers to open up – they can separate and use as much of the floor as they like – and is more theatrical, similar to the dances performed by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
Picture Fred and Ginger gliding across the screen, sometimes together, sometimes apart, but always in perfect time. This is American Smooth. Adapted in America from the traditional standard dances of Europe, American Smooth includes four dances that are also performed in the International Standard: waltz, tango, foxtrot and Viennese waltz. While the Standard dancers must remain in contact throughout, American Smooth couples are allowed to separate, and even perform solo moves, before rejoining. This “open hold” gives them more creative freedom and leads to a distinctly different kind of expression than is seen in the International Standard style.
When one conjures an image of ballroom dancing, International Standard is the style that most often comes to mind: sweeping ball gowns, men in tails and formal, regal dancing. With steps that date back hundreds of years to the royal courts of Europe, it is ballroom’s oldest style, its most recognizable and, some would say, its most elegant. The competition includes five dances: waltz, tango, Viennese waltz, foxtrot and quickstep. All five must be danced in the “closed position,” meaning that the man and woman must remain in contact at all times – in contrast to their American Smooth counterparts, who are allowed to separate and rejoin while performing many of the same steps.
Dancing doesn’t get any hotter than International Latin. Dazzling footwork, provocative moves and skimpy costumes define this sizzling style. The couples perform five dances – cha-cha, samba, rumba, paso doble and jive – each one in its own way reflecting the timeless dance of seduction between a man and a woman. The fiercely competitive Latin couples attract the judges’ attention with flamboyant hair and makeup, dazzling accessories, and costumes that leave just enough to the imagination.
Interspersed throughout the professional competition on America’s Ballroom Challenge are six pro-am exhibitions – two per hour. Each pro-am couple is a pairing of a professional teacher with an amateur student. These pro-am couples work just as hard as the professionals, spending countless hours rehearsing. The security of having a professional partner helps students develop confidence and poise they need to perform in front of a large crowd and to be in the spotlight for a solo routine they've worked on for many months. For the truly devoted amateur, competing in pro-am is the best stepping stone to becoming a professional.
Cabaret is the riskiest and most theatrical of all the dance styles. The dancers defy the laws of physics with seemingly impossible lifts, spins and jumps. More than in any other division, the men in cabaret must be strong, and the women must be light, agile and very flexible. Both partners must also have terrific stamina, because cabaret dances run about three-and-a-half minutes – twice as long as a typical routine in the other styles. These dancers also need nerves of steel, because the moves can be quite dangerous. The best of these daredevils of the dance world craft routines with enough risk to keep the audience on the edge of their seats.
The waltz started out as a country folk dance in Austria and Bavaria in the 1600s. When it was later introduced into English ballrooms in the early 1800s, it was denounced as vulgar by both the church and state because this was the first time you saw a man holding a lady so close to his body in public. Of course, that was also what made it so appealing. The waltz has since blossomed into many different forms, but all of them maintain that original romance and wonderful flowing quality.
The tango was born in Argentina, in the late 1800s. In those days, the bars of Buenos Aires were filled with lonely immigrants from all over Europe and Africa, looking for diversion and company. Somehow, out of these eclectic dance traditions, a dance emerged that pantomimed communication between prostitute and pimp. From these crude beginnings came the sexually charged dance we see here.
Since then, the tango has been toned down somewhat, and has incorporated patterns from other dances such as the waltz and foxtrot, but it still packs a powerful punch, translating emotions into dance like nothing else.
The foxtrot is relatively simple and very versatile, giving beginners a great foundation to work with. It can be danced at slow, medium or fast tempos, making it easy to move gracefully across the floor for social dancers of all skill levels.
The dance was named after vaudeville performer Harry Fox, and it quickly pushed aside the other “trots” popular in the ragtime era. The American Smooth version danced in competitions is slower, and was made popular by Fred Astaire. The International Standard foxtrot, slower still, is sometimes called the “slow foxtrot” and was developed in England.
The Viennese waltz is the oldest of all the ballroom dances, danced at the fast tempo that characterized the first waltzes. Later versions, such as the French and Boston waltzes, are much slower. The golden age of the Viennese waltz in Europe was the early 1800s, when Johann Strauss was composing. Its popularity has gone up and down, but it has never gone out of style. It is classic “old-school” ballroom.
The quickstep was invented in the 1920s as a combination of the foxtrot and the Charleston. Bands then were playing music that was too fast for the big open leg movements that the foxtrot required, so the quickstep allows the man to close his feet, and features short syncopated steps. Since then, the quickstep has evolved to become even more dynamic – the dancers charge across the floor on long runs, which include hops and lots of rotation. If anything, the dance has sped up over time, allowing top dancers to show off their technique and athleticism.
The term comes from Haiti and refers to the part of a bell that made a “cha-cha” noise when rubbed, but the dance itself evolved from the rumba and the mambo. Mambo was wildly popular in the United States just after World War II, but the music was fast and very difficult to dance to, so a Cuban composer named Enrique Jorrin slowed the music down, and the “cha-cha-cha” was born. By 1953, several of his songs were hits, and the cha-cha became a sensation.
The samba is the national dance of Brazil, and it is danced in every club, Carnaval parade, and in virtually every home. The rhythms of samba, as well as the word itself, were brought to Brazil by West African slaves. Because it can carry overtones of sadness or regret, samba has often been compared to the blues in the U.S.
The rest of the world started to discover samba after an exhibition in Paris in 1905, but it wasn’t until the 1940s, thanks to movie star Carmen Miranda, that the samba became a sensation in America.
Rumba has a rich history – it started as both a family of music and a dance style that originated in Africa and came to the new world with the slave trade. As a result, rumba is highly polyrhythmic and very complex, and has spawned many different dance styles including salsa; African rumba, which emerged there in the 1950s; Gypsy rumba, popularized with the Spanish “Gypsy kings” in the 1990s; and the Cuban rumba, which was later imported to the States. This became the cabaret dance that flourished in America during prohibition. All of the styles, however, share similar movements that have a wonderfully sensual, rhythmic quality.
“Paso doble” means two-step in Spanish, and it was inspired by the bullfight. It is set to the music played during the bullfighter’s entrance and just before the kill. If you watch closely, you might see that the man plays the part of the matador, while the woman’s movements mimic those of his cape. Because it is so highly stylized, with many rules about what is acceptable, the Paso doble is rarely performed outside of competitions.
The jive is part of the family of swing dances. It started in African-American clubs in the early 1940s, as a variation on the popular Lindy Hop, also known as the jitterbug. American servicemen took the dance to England during World War II. Once they left, the girls they danced with kept dancing it, and later adapted jive to British popular music. English dance studios refined it, giving us the very fast, precise competitive form we see here.
Swing is actually a whole family of dances, all of which evolved from the original swing dance, the Lindy Hop of the 1920s. Since then, more than 40 different versions have been documented, most of them set to that great big-band sound.
The most common swing dance in competitions is the East Coast swing, a style developed by Arthur Murray and others in the years after World War II. With its free-wheeling style and adaptability to new kinds of music, swing has never gone out of style – even disco-era dances like the hustle can be traced back to swing.
The bolero began as a dance form in the late 1700s, to go along with the new Spanish romantic ballads of the day. The boleros we dance today have more in common with a form developed in Cuba a century later, but the themes of love and romantic longing remained essential.
The bolero is a wonderful hybrid of different dances. It uses a slowed down rumba rhythm, has the rise and fall of the waltz, and the contra-body motion of the tango. This makes it a favorite of professionals, who can use this broad palette to create the slow, sensual, romantic dance so many love. And who can resist an excuse to play Ravel’s famous ballet score?


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Just after few days Natalie Portman – the star of “Black Swan” had won Golden Globe Award as the best actress – the newest Darren Aronofsky’s hit finally came to the cinemas of Glasgow. Some might say it’s a coincidence, but we would see it as a sign not to miss it.
It is said that when ordinary girls fight over men, ballerinas fight over parts. That’s exactly what’s happening in the “Black Swan” or at least inside the head of Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman) – “the most dedicated dancer in the world”.
After years of practice Nina finally gets the role of her dreams. Artistic director Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel) casts her for the lead role in the “Black Swan”, but at the same time he keeps questioning her ability to play it. The trick is that prima ballerina has to incorporate both – the innocent virginal White Swan and seductive manipulative Black Swan. Nina is perfect for White Swan, but too innocent and technical for the black one. “You have to loose up” – says the director and prescribes masturbation for homework. But at her claustrophobic apartment Nina has little freedom or privacy. She lives with overbearing mother, ex-dancer who gave up the career because of pregnancy, and so seeks Nina to complete her own unfulfilled ambitions.
As it was not enough, Thomas recruits new ballerina Lilly (Mila Kunis) as Nina’s double. Not surprisingly, Lilly is like Nina’s dark twin – perfect Black Swan. That forces Nina into mental brake down. The movie turns into surreal horror story and it’s hard to tell the difference between reality and paranoid delusions where reflections in the mirror look back at you.
The narrative of the “Black Swan” is based on all kinds of contrast – black vs white, perfection vs failure, saint vs evil and the boundaries that have to be overcome to get to the other side. Dreamlike atmosphere is extremely powerful and fueled with beautifully made body horror moments of skin pealing off and body literally falling apart.
Critiques have a joke that the only ones who don’t like “Black Swan” are ballet dancers, because all they can see are faults of actresses who are not professional dancers. Actually, those who really appreciate ballet should keep in mind that Aranofsky doesn’t. He has used this beautiful visual theme as background only and there is not much of dancing in the movie. As film critic A. O. Scott said: “Black Swan is no more about the behavior of ballerinas than, “Swan Lake” is about the habits of birds.” So, be ready for some wicket frights rather then glossary of ballet.
In a word: surreal story you don’t want to miss, as it is something everyone is going to talk about for a while.


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Nothing gets me in a good mood like knowing the weekend is right around the corner.
I wore this outfit last weekend when the weather was a gorgeous 80 degrees. I can't say the same for today or yesterday for that matter. It was super chilly! It amazes me how in the same week I wear a spring dress followed by a scarf and jacket. Lol, come on weather get it together. I brought out this knitted crop top from last season. I really wore the heck out of it last summer. I love the feminine details and paired well with these high-waisted jeans, giving it a crisp spring look. I added a choker to give the look a fun vibe. I was feeling nostalgic because it serious brought me back to junior high school when these chokers were in style. Total 90s vibe!
The weather really had me feeling summer ready so I finished the look with these coral wedges.
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Perfect World has announced Remnant: From the Ashes. In development by Gunfire Games, the studio behind Darksiders 3, Remnant: From the Ashes is a survival-action shooter featuring dynamic worlds, intense combat, and strategic co-op. The game transports players to a bleak future where Earth has been overrun by extradimensional beings. Humanity’s last hope for survival is to flee to alternate dimensions for safety, and to uncover what these mysterious beings are after. Remnant: From Ashes is scheduled to release in 2019 on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
FIGHT. ADAPT. OVERCOME. – Each world will present new challenges and perils to overcome. Throughout their journey, players will encounter dozens of monsters unique to each environment. Fight tooth-and-nail against creatures both big and small – from towering behemoths the size of buildings to countless hordes of small, deadly terrors. Adapt… or die trying.
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS – The Root are ruthless and deadly. To stand a chance, players will need help – they need a Team. In Remnant: From the Ashes, players can group with up to three other survivors. There are multiple hero archetypes to choose from, each designed with unique skills and advantages to help the group survive.
Learn more about Remnant: From the Ashes at http://www.remnantgame.com. Follow the game on Twitter (@Remnant_Game) and Facebook for the latest updates!