We Shall Overcome- We will walk hand in hand Pete! RIP

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Dear Pete, May you Rest In Peace, your music was transforming, amazing and life changing.  I just loved it growing up and it's never left me. I've been imprinted for life by it. Especially Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" and so many others.




Pete Seeger at age 88 photographed on 6-16-07 at the Clearwater Festival 2007
 by Anthony Pepitone

Photo taken by Anthony Pepitone from Wikipedia

Peter "Pete" Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer. As a songwriter, he was the author or co-author of "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (with Joe Hickerson), "If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" (composed with Lee Hays of the Weavers), and "Turn, Turn, Turn!", which have been recorded by many artists both in and outside the folk revival movement and are still sung throughout the world.

This too is such a BEAUTIFUL SONG!! If I had a Hammer- Peter Seeger 1956

These are my two favorite verses, just listen to what he is saying here, so powerful and moving...Pete Seeger was a amazing soul.
Lyrics
I'd ring out danger,
I'd ring out a warning
I'd ring out love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.

It's the hammer of Justice,
It's the bell of Freedom,
It's the song about Love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.




If I had a hammer,
I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening,
All over this land

I'd hammer out danger,
I'd hammer out a warning,
I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.

If I had a bell,
I'd ring it in the morning,
I'd ring it in the evening,
All over this land

I'd ring out danger,
I'd ring out a warning
I'd ring out love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.

If I had a song,
I'd sing it in the morning,
I'd sing it in the evening,
All over this land

I'd sing out danger,
I'd sing out a warning
I'd sing out love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.

Well I got a hammer,
And I got a bell,
And I got a song to sing, all over this land.

It's the hammer of Justice,
It's the bell of Freedom,
It's the song about Love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.

It's the hammer of Justice,
It's the bell of Freedom,
It's the song about Love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.

Folk legend and outspoken activist Pete Seeger dies
Seeger's music won him heaps of accolades, among them a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, a Harvard Arts Medal, the Kennedy Center Award, the Presidential Medal of the Arts and a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

In 2006, Bruce Springsteen released We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, an album that introduced a whole new generation to the folk hero’s music.


Bonus: I've never seen this..Going to watch it now

 ..Watch a full-length documentary about Seeger here:

100,000 pageviews!! Only took 6 years ;)

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Well Congratulations to me and my blog and HUGE THANK YOU TO MY READERS!!

My blog hit a little milestone the other day...100,000 pageviews. Now that's an all time count, not a day thing. It only took 919 posts!! Yikes, hard to believe I had that much to share but I did and that is just on this blog.

As some of you know I have quite a few other blogs. 7 to be exact (and I'm trying to migrate them all to the mother blog http://zipolitazstudioz.blogspot.ca/p/blogz.html) but I really haven't been blogging much lately as I am working very hard in my Interaction Design Essentials program right now.

Still I wanted to share this great news!

100,000 pageviews for my Tina Winterlik Blog

Anyways you can read more about my stats and my REALITY CHECK here. http://zipolitazwebdezign.blogspot.mx/2014/01/reality-check-january-2014.html

 It's late and I've got to get to bed but before I go I thought as a little gift to all my readers I would share to of my short films. Enjoy!!

What Makes You Feel Beautiful?

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So something I have never really talked about on my blog is bodyweight.  I have struggled ....oh my God how I have struggled....but mostly in the past...I am happy with my body image for the most part now...but it took years.

The first time I thought I was fat was when I was about 12 maybe and I had a little tiny tummy bulge and a friend of my brother's called it a spare tire..until then it never occurred to me. That started it..I had this friend in school whose mom had a yoga tv show and this girl did fasting and they suggested  try it. Insanity. It started me on this terrible rollercoaster of not eating for a day or two and then of course as soon as you cave I would bing.

My weight fluctuated most of my teens between 5-20 lbs over what is considered "normal" by those stupid charts...

I remember I had all these stupid diaries...they were diet diaries,,...every page was crossed out..tomorrow I will start again...

In my 20's I went on this liquid, chocolate bar diet, you know those dum meal replacement things...oh I lost weight alright, I went down to like 105 and I was so happy, but then something happened, I had to quit my job due to tendonitis  and I was depressed and I also quit smoking(a very nasty habit that I am so glad I beat) and I gained....I was 150lbs. It's hard to believe looking back.

I remember how critical all my friends from back then were of people who were not as slim as they thought they should be. I remember one saying "I would kill myself if I got that fat!!"  What a terrible sad thought...

Needless to say I had to get away from all that and I moved to the Kootenays and started college as a mature student. I met someone and he didn't mine my love handles and with routine of school and being loved for who I was, I did slim down again.

When I came back to the coast and went to school here well living on student budget and packing heavy photography equipment everywhere I got pretty slim again.

And I felt good for a long time about my weight. I didn't diet anymore I just tried to eat healthy. When I got pregnant at 40 with my little cherub I gained about 45 lbs but it was all good...after I had her it took a few years but it all came off.

It was when my mom passed away (we'd moved back to the Kootenays) that I got really really thin, every day I would shovel snow to get rid of the stress of my mom being sick and then when I was in mourning after she passed. I was like a 100lbs.

One day, I think it was Angel's birthday I looked in the mirror ...at my neck and YUCK!! I thought, my God I look awful...my boobs were all saggy and seriously FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE...I thought I am too thin.

When my mom was alive mom would always tease and call me "Ana" short for Anorexia...she was trying to make me recognized in the nicest, gentlest way to cut it out and eat more.

Anyways, that was a turning point. I like to have a little meat on me...and if I gain a bit, hey I know it's okay I can walk it off.  I never count calories or anything...I just try to eat healthy and  walk a lot.

Sometimes things have been tough and I wouldn't eat so well, so that my kid could but hopefully that won't happen any more.

Do I have a tummy, yes, but I don't care anymore. I am so glad to be free of all that ugly stress. It worries me to see so many girls and women still struggling with this...

I am so glad people are talking about it, I've spoken with my daughter about it and I think she understands it all. She is just in her tweens and I've shown her many videos on the topic, just as I will show her this one.

I'm not sure where we are in this battle with the media and our culture it is all still really warped out. How can we teach people to love themselves. With education and talking about it, with videos, and apps about medititation...

It's going to take a lot of work...we have a long long way to go but it's great to see videos like this. Thanks for sharing your stories, thanks for the poem Natalie, thanks Soulpancake....keep up the good work.

Now Repeat After Me. I LOVE MYSELF JUST THE WAY I AM!! I AM BEAUTIFUL!!
Because your really are. We all are!!...

I tried to find some old photos to show you but there's nothing on this computer...so they must be in storage

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SoulPancake partnered with Darling Magazine to have a series of conversations about some of the issues that women face on a daily basis. Our first one is a glimpse into beauty and body image. When do you feel the most beautiful?

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Stop, Breathe and Think App- LET'S SHARE and get it out there!!

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Here's a brilliant idea and very inspiring since I am learning how to build apps!!

Tools for Peace™ teaches people of all ages how to develop and apply kindness and compassion in their daily lives.

MINDFULNESS • MEDITATION • COMPASSION-IN-ACTION

We accomplish our mission by:

• Providing a friendly and accessible curriculum and courses (in-person and online) for those looking for practical methods to cultivate compassion and live more inspired, connected lives;

• Promoting positive and concrete skill development for young people through our Stop, Breathe & Think curriculum, in-school programs and mobile app;

• Facilitating retreats for youth and adults to teach practices of mindfulness and the capacities that support social and emotional intelligence as well as academic and professional success.

It's Free, so let's get it out there!!!





Tools for Peace (TFP) teaches people of all ages how to develop and apply kindness and compassion in their daily lives. Founded in 2000, Tools for Peace is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting emotional and social intelligence as well as academic and professional success. TFP has partnered with over 20 organizations, universities, and schools.Through our middle and high-school programs and Annual Teen Camp, TFP has served over 2,500 youth with instruction and enrichment activities in underserved and underrepresented

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I want to see you be Brave!!

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Oh I just love this video and everything they are working for. Be sure to check out their website.

From Youtube -Published on Jan 7, 2014

The learners of Community Montessori worked for months and months to prepare their amazing rendition of "Brave" by Sara Bareilles. Enjoy! Learn more about their mission by visiting www.bebrave4education.com


About this video: The Brave Leadership Team is from Community Montessori Charter Public School in New Albany, Indiana. We believe that education should be about serving needs of the whole child (social, emotional, physical, moral, intellectual, aesthetics and creative), and we are confident that we are not alone! While assessment has its place, the standardized testing movement is ultimately restricting education in a BIG way. We're taking matters into our own hands. Be brave, and help us bring change from the bottom up.

Go Botlhale! I see the next President, do you?

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Botlhale for President!!! Go Botlhale!!

 I see the next "1st Women South Africa Black President" Don't you? Amazing Child!! Beautiful. I cried so much watching this.





And this was entertaining, powerful and beautiful!! I feel so blessed to her this child speak and performance with such honor, presence and grace.




If they don't choose one soon well this little 11 year will definitely be a excellent choice, she's obviously wise beyond her years.

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On May 24, 1994 Nelson Mandela said: “Freedom cannot be achieved unless the women have been emancipated from all forms of oppression. All of us take this on board, that the objectives of the Reconstruction and Development Programme will not have been realized unless we see in visible practical terms that the conditions of women in our country have radically changed for the better, and that they have been empowered to intervene in all aspects of life as equals with any other member of society.” 

http://www.iol.co.za/sundayindependent/are-we-ready-for-a-woman-president-1.1591171#.UsehYrS81tE

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Let's Close the Gap!!

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Many countries are doing a much better job at protecting themselves than we are. I hope that we can work together and create a Canada we want to live in and can raise healthy children.




From Youtube: Canadians don't have the right to breathe clean air, drink clean water, or live in healthy communities. In over 100 countries these rights are protected by law, but not in Canada.

It doesn't need to be this way. Join us and take action now: http://www.davidsuzuki.org/rights

David Boyd is one of Canada's leading environmental lawyers, an adjunct professor at Simon Fraser University, formerly the Executive Director of the Sierra Legal Defence Fund (now Ecojustice), and a recent Trudeau Scholar at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia.

13th Annual Run, Walk, & Roll for Our Kids

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Save the Date! The 13th Annual Run, Walk, & Roll for Our Kids will be June 1, 2014 at Bear Creek Park!

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Fort McMoney - I didn't know??

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So I finally got to see Fort McMoney today and wow, it looks interesting. 
 http://www.fortmcmoney.com/#/fortmcmoney 

Wish I had more time to watch but I have homework.

Heard some interesting perspective from real people. I didn't know it was like that...I never thought to much about it.  :(


Sad! I'm saying a prayer for everyone there.

But it will be interesting to see how this interactive documentary turns out. Who else will adapt this idea to their town. What world issues could be solved by similar experiments. Could great things be learned and come out of this project.

Time will tell.

Fort McMoney

Fort McMoney looks like a documentary, plays out like a video game, and pushes the boundaries of both. Produced by the National Film Board and the Montreal-based game developer TOXA, the game lets people explore a virtual version of Fort McMurray, Alberta, the face of Canada's oil industry.
http://www.fortmcmoney.com/#/fortmcmoney
http://www.cbc.ca/q/blog/2013/11/28/fort-mcmoney-documentary-video-game/

Info Overload is more about Filtering- Check it Out!!

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Wow, listen to this great talk by Clay Shirky and how information overload has been around since the 1500's but it's how the filters work that mess us up.

Then check out the video below because there's some interesting info shared about the education system and how the information systems are colliding in a serious way and someone needs to figure out how to solve it.

Clay Shirky http://shirky.com/ 
He studies the effects of the internet on society.

Why is Canada backing oil & What's Fort McMoney?

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We really are going to have to stand together and unite against the oil because unbelievably some people think it's a good thing. It makes me sick to my stomach reading this post by Margaret Wente
 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/oil-sands-debate-shouldnt-be-framed-as-good-vs-evil/article15580843/

"Well, oil is not the devil. In fact, oil and other energy resources are the salvation for billions of impoverished people in developing nations. You can’t have human development without energy. "

Are you kidding me lady, how do you think they got impoverished. It's when the oil companies go in they destroy the peoples lives and make them impoverished.  Just shaking my head here. 

http://amazonwatch.org/news/blog
http://amazonwatch.org/

This is what we should be asking?

Why is Canada backing oil over other industries?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/why-is-canada-backing-the-energy-industry-at-the-expense-of-others/article15580839/

We are going to need to defend climate and fight for our lives (in a peaceful way, of course) but it's not going to be easy, even though it is so obvious. Greed is going to give us one hell of a run for it's money. :(

http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2013/11/beautiful-record-of-unity-defend-our.html



And What is Fort McMoney?- nothing happened when I tried but hopefully later. All I saw was a big black screen so I thought maybe it was a hoax...Apparently it's real.

 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/what-is-fort-mcmoney/article15583598

"What’s the scene that greets you when you boot up Fort McMoney, which is a virtual world that went live online Monday. There are many places to see and even more characters you can interrogate and interview. Scores will be kept and leaderboards maintained to reflect actions taken by visitors: the more curious you are the more points you collect. This world is also episodic, new places and people will arrive every week over the next four, and visitors can vote for changes they’d like to see based on what they experience inside Fort McMoney Read More here"

I am super interested in this interactive documentary as it relates to the program I am taking at Emily Carr- Interaction Design Essentials  and more specifically will be very helpful as it pertains to a certain project I'm currently preparing that relates to Vancouver and something called Urbanarium.

 I am curious to see how it all plays out and I am sure many others will be watching to see what can be learned from such a project. 

Here's one more article I found related to this.
This Jennifer Grant makes it sounds like she's for the environment but she not....I can't figure out whose side she's on?


http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/lets-make-responsible-oil-sands-development-a-reality/article15608884/

Do YOU know the LAW? Watch and Think?

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Wow, you have to watch this first video and then think carefully and question what was he saying. Then watch the next video below. The second is almost an hour but so powerful, it will blow your mind. It's all an illusion!!

Beautiful Record of Unity-Defend Our Climate

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This is really beautiful to see everyone coming together!! Over 100 communities came out!! United We Stand!! Way to go Everyone!!

http://www.defendourclimate.ca

"Between runaway climate change from the tar sands and the Rob Ford Toronto train wreck, Canada is getting a lot of bad press these days.

But on Saturday, Nov 16, thousands of beautiful Canadians from coast to coast to coast were determined to change that story. We dare you not to be inspired by this.  
Please share to help grow this movement!"
 Defend Our Climate!!


From the YouTube -about page.
http://www.defendourclimate.ca - On November 16, 2013 Canadians stood up in over 130 events across the country to defend our climate and communities from pipelines, reckless tar sands expansion and runaway climate change.

Together we sent a clear message: Canadians want to turn the corner on reckless, dirty energy projects that endanger our climate and our communities, and create an economy that's built to last with energy that is clean, just and safe.

Find out more and sign the Defend our Climate Petition at http://www.defendourclimate.ca

Film details:
Edited and scored by Shiraz Higgins (madeyoulookmedia@gmail.com)

Footage courtesy of:
Victoria: Pelle Gustavs and Shiraz Higgins
Vancouver: Terry Silvercloud (butchnews.com), Erika Rathje,
Toronto: Matt Kassirer and Yasmin P
Terrace: Jean-Philippe Marquis
Smithers: Dan Mesec
Winnipeg: Ken Harasym
Halifax: Tori Ball
Ottawa: Ben Powless
Langley: Devin Gillan

With heartfelt thanks to the 35+ organizations, hundreds of volunteers, and thousands of people who made this possible.

Stop Shakening your Eyes at Me!!

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Just Watch!!

When Fukishima gets hit with another earthquake where would we go??

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Have you ever seen Silent Running, It's pretty old now, but man someone really looked into the future because we seem to  be totally heading this direction. 

These are a really scary videos, so now what? What can we do? How do you evacute the West Coast of North America...??? Is anyone listening?

Support these Nuns- Stop the Bluegrass Pipeline

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She sums it up perfectly, "as long as we support fossil fuels we will continue on the broken road we are on." Please help Support these ladies. Fight for the environment there and here. Save our Coast, our province and out country from these insane pipelines.

In this day and age...and after all the environmental disasters either man-made or weather related(global warning)(Calgary's , Colorado, Mexico flooding, fires all over, now the devastation in the Phillipines) this is not rocket science.

God did not intend for us to do this to the earth. We are not intended to live like this, that is why there is so much stress, sadness and poverty in the world. There are better ways and we must strive to live in harmony with the earth. Humans have done more damage in 200 years than ever before.

Will we become dinosaurs, we will be wiped out, we will do it ourselves by creating the havoc we have. Or will we stop RIGHT NOW and turn it around. 

We have all the knowledge and technology to do it. We have to be united though, we have to stand together and support each other, we have to do it for ourselves, our families, our children and the children of the future.

We have to do it for all God's creations. Life is a miracle, no one has the right to destroy it in the way it's being done with pollution and environmental disasters(Fukushima)...especially for greed which is what the pipelines, nuclear energy and corporations are.

They are not about people or animals or the environment. They are about greed.  So let's do what we can and stop this mess. Let's stand together hand in hand and say "That's enough!!"

 The solutions are out there, let's focus on them and turn this world around!!

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What you NEED TO KNOW about Fukusima

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Please Watch!! It's 11 minutes but you need to know this.  You'll be shocked. It's very very disturbing.

What we can learn from Burning Man!!

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Mommy, Why is the Foodbank Food Rotten?

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So my little girl, she's really good. She and I have been through a lot of up and downs. We've been really blessed but sometimes things are pretty shitty...to be honest.

Anyways so we went to the foodbank. It took a lot for me to even get to this point. My kid has fond memories of the foodbank,  in Nelson, she remembers them giving out bread and muffins. So she was sort of excited to go last night. But there was nothing like that there. She was happy there was  Macaroni and Cheese dinner, I haven't bought that in a long time as I don't like the yellow dye and preservatives in there. But we took some and I took the granola bars for my snacks/lunch at school. Both Angel and I are hypoglycemic so we have to eat a little something here and there to keep our blood sugar levels balanced. When we don't we feel grumpy, nausea, and lose our appetite, just a whole range of negative things happen.

As mentioned  Angel was excited, I was just happy that I found a place we could go, I had a letter and hopefully it would help.  First we had no bags. They didn't tell us we needed them. We found out from someone in the lineup. Thankfully our friend was waiting in a car, I phone them and they dumped out something and quickly brought them to us. Otherwise we would have had to get out of line and go to a store or something and come back. It was cold dark and raining, not something I wanted to do, especially with my little girl in tow.

You can see what happened next on my other blogpost.  http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2013/11/have-you-been-to-food-bank-lately.html

So I brought it all home and put it away. I had looked at the dates on most of it and cringed but put it in the cupboard anyways.

So you can see that this top one is old. I tried one, but as soon as I opened it, it smelled off, like rancid oil but I bit it anyways...(sort of like that song, "found a peanut, ...it was rotten....ate it anyways...")

Well I spit it out and tossed them all out. I felt bad but they are bad. :(

Maybe that's why there was a big box of them and they guy before us just looked at one and tossed it back. He knew. :(

 Now this stuff, I was sort of excited about, I thought Granola, I love Granola, I never get to eat Granola, but since it has Flax, I'm guessing this will be rancid too, although it's just a bit out of date. But let's address this, the granola bars I bought at No Frills recently were dated for May 2014. So you can imagine when the date is April 2013, well they are pretty friggin old already. So how old is this cereal really?

 This package of Macaroni and Cheese should be okay, the box is torn that's why it was in there. Since I need to boil it, it should be fine.

This on the other hand is the one I made this morning for my kid's school lunch. I cooked it up and thought it smelled off. I put it in her thermos and as I lifted the spoon I took a little taste, YUCK! Definitely off!!  So I tossed it and luckily there was a can of chicken noodle soup that was dated 2015 so I made that for her.

When I told my kid all this, she was disappointed. She asked me "Mommy, why do they give rotten food to the foodbank?"

I had to explain how the supermarkets can't throw it out with out looking bad and people think it's nice to give it to the food banks.

What they don't realize is that maybe people going to the food bank already have a comprised immune system or that they just aren't that well because they are hungry. So then they have to eat rotten food and get sicker and then that adds to hospital and medical costs.

Something needs to change here folks, wouldn't you agree?

I remember years ago reading in the province about some poor mom, she had one child and  was in an abusive relationship. She ended getting pregant and then leaving the man. She spent all her day walking from one soup kitchen and then to the next to try and feed her kids. The thing I remember her saying was there was maggots in Kraft dinner.

We can do better can't we. This is Canada.

Anyways, I'm glad I put on a few pounds in the summer because I would rather lose a few more than go to the food bank. But my kid that's a different story. She's growing and needs to eat well, so I have got to change things around somehow here.

With that I would appreciate your positive thoughts and prayers and to you I hope your not experiencing this and if you are I send you love and light!!

P.S. There were eggs there too, that they gave us before we left. Dated Nov 7. I sure hope there's no stinkers in there. Now that would be awful. :(