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The Build-On Brick Mug has been spotted in the past, but that arrived in a boring shade of gray which is not exactly the most cheerful of colors to spruce things up, don’t you think so? Having said that, here is the $19.99 Build-On Brick Mug that now arrives in the color blue, and it is not one shade that intends to make you feel the blues, but rather, to add a bit more spice to the entire drinking experience. This is a ThinkGeek exclusive, where it will play nice with most of the other construction bricks out there including the likes of LEGO, PixelBlocks, Mega Bloks, KRE-O or K’NEX Bricks.
You will be able to decorate or dress up the Build-On Brick Mug in any way you like with your collection of building bricks, but do make sure that your creation does not end up being an eyesore, and more importantly, stop you from actually using this as a mug simply because it has been dotted with all sorts of pretty useless add-ons. Do take note that this particular mug is made out of BPA-free plastic, and it is far from being dishwasher or microwave safe.
[ Build-On Brick Mug now comes in a shade of blue copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
The Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A was launched in South Korea last week, touting a QHD display to go along with it, and since then we have also found out that it will not be sold globally. Well, what else do we know about the Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A? It so happens to arrive in the form of a new Special Edition model that will boast of a fancy new rear shell.
The new rear shell will replace the controversial, dotted look of the Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A, where it will now boast of a diamond-shaped texture. Which of the two designs to you think looks nicer? Other than the new rear shell, everything else underneath the hood would more or less remain the same, where it will feature the Snapdragon 805 processor to boot.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A Special Edition will be made available to the masses over in South Korea thanks to mobile carrier KT, and with the Snapdragon 805 processor, it ought to be pumping out a high paced performance without missing a beat, although the battery life would most probably suffer along the way as well. A 5.1″ display with QHD resolution is most probably too much for our eyes to handle, but at least you can feel smug knowing your handset is so capable.
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I spent most of 2013 celebrating my father Stanley Kramer’s Centennial with screenings, retrospectives and film festivals honoring his Legacy across the country. One of the highlights in recognizing my father’s pioneering career was when I presented the North American premiere of Lawrence Johnston’s documentary FALLOUT for the 5th Anniversary of my Cinema series “Kat Kramer’s Films That Change The World.” It explored my father making his classic film “On The Beach” in Melbourne, Australia adapted from Nevil Shute’s famous novel. .
The 6th installment for my series will be filmmaker Jenni Gold’s groundbreaking documentary “CinemAbility.” Gold has already won numerous awards for the film including most recently, the 2014 AAPD Image Award. The doc details the history of how characters with disabilities have been portrayed in film and television. “CinemAbility” is narrated and co-produced by Jane Seymour,
It features high profile interviews with Ben Affleck, Jamie Foxx, Beau Bridges, William H. Macy, Geena Davis, Marlee Matlin, Gary Sinise, Gale Ann Hurd, Geri Jewell,Vince Gilligan,RJ Mitte,Tobias Forrest, Taylor Hackford, Peter Farrelly and others.
Two of my father’s films are featured, “The Men” Marlon Brando’s film debut about paraplegic’s being rehabilitated after the war, and “Ship Of Fools” focusing on little person actor Michael Dunn. Such films as “Ray,” “The Miracle Worker,” “The Sessions,” and “My Left Foot” are featured.
One of the most impactful clips is from Hal Ashby’s “Coming Home” the story of the plight of veterans featuring Academy Award winning actors Jane Fonda and Jon Voight.
When Fonda won her second Best Actress Academy Award in 1979 for this film, she spoke and signed her acceptance speech.
“I’m so happy. I wanted to win very much because I’m so proud of “Coming Home” and I want many people to see the movie.” Fonda continued, “I’m signing part of what I’m saying tonight because while we were making the movie, we all became more aware of the problems of the handicapped. Over 14 million people are deaf. They are the invisible handicapped, and can’t share this evening, so this is my way of acknowledging them.” (End sign language.)
This was I believe the first time an Oscar acceptance speech was spoken and signed simultaneously.
I was lucky to have recently attended both the 42nd AFI Life Achievement Award to Jane Fonda and her inspiring commencement address to the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television class of 2014.
One of the most moving moments during the AFI Ceremony was when former veteran and Anti-war Activist Ron Kovic made a “surprise” appearance. He is also featured in a clip in “CinemAbility” and Tom Cruise portrayed Kovic in “Born On The Fourth Of July.” He was a catalyst for “Coming Home” and he had once told Fonda that his war experience had caused him to realize that “I may have lost my body, but I gained my mind.”
Jane Fonda herself offered words of wisdom to the graduates by recognizing that telling stories requires “the compulsion to capture the moment.” She urged them to “use every tool in their tool box” and stressed that “storytelling can uplift and alter opinions.” And like my father Stanley Kramer, it is easier for audiences to embrace films about tough social-issues if they are entertaining at the same time.
She talked about how many of the films she produced and starred in from “Coming Home” and “Nine To Five,” “The China Syndrome,” and “On Golden Pond” had messages but by using either comedy, romance, suspense thriller or family relationships, the masses were able to accept the issues.
I am proud to be screening “CinemAbility” this coming October for it is a film that according to Gold is “the last great civil rights movement of our time” and it also entertains, educates and enlightens.
Negativity
Negativity, what is that? Why do some of us let this powerful force spiral us downward into a void of darkness and negativity, sucking the very life force from our soul?
Our default mode is to be negative, that’s just the way Mother Nature primed us. However she never meant us to be dark and depressed and lead a life of total negativity. Barbara Fredrickson talks about the positivity ratio in her book Positivity. The positivity ratio founded by Losada using a mathematical equation measured the ratio required to keep our positive to negative emotions in balance. Losada came up with 3:1. This means 3 positive emotions to 1 negative emotion to keep balance in life. Life of course is not a bed of roses and we humans are very emotional reactionary creatures. So remember to be kind to yourself even when you are in a bit of a negative frame of mind. You can take the test on her website www.positivityratio.com
The ratio I found is a good measure for me, my family and friends. It just gives you an indication of how they are travelling. It’s a good monitor. But what is negativity and how do we recognize it? In universal terms negativity is energy; this energy can be both given and received. You know how sometimes you feel you just don’t want to be around a certain person, they repulse you, well that’s their energy talking to your energy and like magnets you are either attracted or repelled. Energy is an invisible force field that surrounds our bodies; it can be captured in special photo imaging. Also known as an aura, the aura is also known as Kundalini energy and the Chakra’s. Each culture has its own interpretation. Jesus and his wife Mary both had a halo and white light as their aura. Other interpretations include the colours of the Chakra’s surrounding a person’s etheric body.
A person with a high negative energy normally experiences negative emotions such as anger, jealousy or fear. They experience a low level of energy. Wellness is affected when people spend too much time in lower energy states; the Chi, Ki or life-force energy in their bodies might slow down or in certain parts of their body or organs can stagnate. This is the manifestation of an illness, eventually leading to any physical, mental or emotional problems.
You are what you say too. Keeping a check on your verbal communication will give you a good indication as to whether you have an optimist or pessimist style of viewing events. Generally speaking optimists are more positive at giving feedback and encouraging. Being mindful of the words you speak, avoiding gossip, bringing positive aspirations into a group or home can really boost your positive energy. Once you get into the swing of things, being a more positive thinker can actually open doors. Doors to healing, both psychically and mentally and as I always say, happy people don’t get sick!
Recently a client of mine came to see me. I let her talk for some time, listening intently to her words, observing her body language and emphatically tuning in to her emotions. My client had opened herself up for negativity. Her ratio would have been 1: 10, way off the Richter scale or should I say the Losada scale! This is where a calming energy comes into play and good therapeutic skills are needed to challenge people about their thinking and behavior.
Negativity is energy; energy can be felt, measured and controlled or healed. Many holistic therapists work on an energetic level; this includes Reiki Masters, Counselors and Homeopaths, to mention just a few. The most ancient of people to work on the body as a system of energy or vibrations are Shaman. In Australia some Shaman are doing some excellent work on healing higher dimensional energy planes that continue to have a direct influence on your daily life here on planet earth! My favourite Shaman is Trudie Ann Moore www.facebook.com/TrudieAnnspiritualhealing
In America I imagine you must have some great Indian Native Healers or Shaman, using their ancient knowledge and connection to mother earth and father sky. No matter what method you use staying positive and allowing the balance to come into your life isn’t such a bad way to live. Lifestyle and wellness is directly connected to the energy you put out and the people you hang out with and attract.
Is it time for you to do some spring cleaning in your life? Is it time to seek out purpose and direction, to rein in as much positive vibes into your life that you will allow yourself? I think so, why? Because you deserve it!
Here’s a video on How To Be Positive Buddhist Society WA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H94Dz4Iq2d4
Mariah Carey’s publicity team might want to consult her before selecting the artwork for her new singles. The Internet cried Photoshop the minute the cover of Carey’s new single, “You Don’t Know What to Do,” arrived, and if there’s anything Carey can’t afford, it’s another excuse for listeners not to buy her music.
The artwork appears to be a replica of the “Me. I Am Mariah … The Elusive Chanteuse” cover, with a new shot of Carey’s face plopped onto the previous one.
Compare it with the “Me. I Am Mariah…” cover.
After fans melded the two images into one handy GIF, Carey took to Twitter to condemn the artwork.
That definitely was NOT my selection for the cover… ugh!
— Me. I Am Mariah (@MariahCarey) June 21, 2014
Yes, I would love for you to send me your art for #YDKWTD (’cause at this point IDKWTD! lol )
— Me. I Am Mariah (@MariahCarey) June 21, 2014
“You Don’t Know What to Do” marks the fourth single from “Me. I Am Mariah … The Elusive Chanteuse,” and the first released since the album hit stores on May 23.
OK, I admit it. I have a bad case of Sweden envy. You should have one, too—even if you are not a fellow working parent.
Raising a child and holding down a job is always hard.
I’ve heard people wax poetic about Idaho’s kind people and ample outdoor adventures, even about Boise’s art and food scene. But I honestly had zero expectations about this state. Until recently, all I knew was that they grew potatoes, had a world class ski scene, and it was fun to say, “I-da-ho, no, You-da-ho.”
But every person we met at the Twin Fall KOA was nice. Like really nice. Popping over to say hi and ask about our campervan.
There was the lady and her midriff-showing daughter, who talked about being terrified when he daughter went to San Francisco on a mission trip (the daughter’s only sentence during our chat was, “San Francisco is SO different than Idaho.”).
There was the chatty older couple on their annual half year RV trip across the USA with their leashed cat, who later invited my older son Kai to watch the NBA finals in their vehicle.
And there was the self-proclaimed nomadic family with a 1 and a 3 year old, and two cats (with the litter box in their Highlander), who were just traveling with no real destination until they found work to get them to the next place. Their kids wandered the campground, tantruming like the best of them, and I saw what we might become, falling into the reverie of a year of exploring this country, passing through all the national parks, all the baseball stadiums, all the major cities. Schlepping my kids to take a train ride through Canada, then down to Mexico to live with a family in Todos Santos and learn Spanish. Heck, maybe we’d be brave enough to motor all the way through Central and then South America, doing volunteer projects to give back to the communities we pass through. Eddie would work virtually. I could write and maybe teach online. I’d roadschool Kai through second grade. Maybe third. He wouldn’t need to settle down, not really, until he got into middle school and needed a core group of friends. We’d have no mortgage, no rent. Not car payments. No obligations beyond caring for ourselves and our children. Teaching them about this world through travel. How easy it would be.
Later that day, we spotted the nomads again at Shoshone Falls, a half moon of water plunging 212 feet to a pool. Our kids rolled down the grassy hills together, and they talked about raising a colicky kid on the road, and trying to potty train from a car, and having to eat fast food more than they wanted. Their kids seemed well adjusted. We can adapt to anything I suppose, watching them take their Ikea cabinet drawers from the back of their trailer, fish around for clothes, then go into the snack bar to buy snacks for lunch. We wished them safe travels. Their mini-nomads toddling up a big hill, then looking back to wave bye.
Afterwards, I took the kids down to Dierkes Lake, a swimming hole populated with teens sunbathing on docks and diving off 20-40 foot rocks into the freezing lake. Kai took in the groups of kids playing and looked lost. At first, I tried to sit both near Nikko in the shallows and near Kai in the deeper section, urging Kai to play with the older boy who also seemed to want a playmate, a boy who apparently knew their lake intimately, climbing from dock to barrier, showing Kai the diving board, and pointing out that kids as young as 4 jumped off those cliffs (yeah, right!).
Kai wanted to play, but he also hesitated.
When I asked him what was up, he said, “I want my friends. I miss my San Francisco friends.” He didn’t want a temporary buddy. He wanted his buddies. Nikko was still at an age that he could become buds with any kid willing to share their sand toys or race down slides, but Kai is at an age that he wants to stay connected to people to build on relationships, as if he knows that small talk and superficial play doesn’t lead to anything.
Was it a rough expectation to have of kids to force them into a car and a life of mobility throughout their baby, toddler, preschool and elementary school years? Is disconnectedness, displacement a gift or a curse?
He sat there on the sand, littered with goose poop, and watched others play together and I wanted more than anything to give him a community, a place he can once again thrive. Trying to sweeten up his sadness, I got him a disgusting shave ice from the camp store and then we headed back to the campsite for a chicken and potatoes dinner (we had to have potatoes in Idaho).
There were the chores of washing dishes and converting the van into beds, which means moving bags and car seats, spreading the couch into a sleeping area, schlepping to the toilet, and then the boys went to bed early and while Eddie showered, I was updating this blog and a bird pooped on my laptop.
Could be good luck. Or just one more chore. Camping is hard work. There is no downtime or resting in all this, other than making Kai sit with Nikko for five minutes while I sprung off the diving board into the frigid water and swam in a lake, invigorated by the sensory plunge into childhood, my day was all about packing and unpacking, cooking and cleaning. I don’t think I sat down all day.
Suddenly I felt glad that we are tourists in this life, and doubly glad that we were heading to Jackson Hole, Wyoming to spend a couple nights at the venerable Wort Hotel. I needed a bath, a thick duvet and some pampering.
For more on our adventure, click here.
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