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A 3 - Minute Read
Friday is the day I want to share with you some of the great things I cam across this week.
1. Rice – Go with Brown rather than white rice!
Why? White rice is nutritionally deficient. It’s all starch. Brown rice can be sprouted in extreme situations. It is rich in fiber, B vitamins, natural oils, and protein (Not complete protein - add beans or peanut butter for that). If you like white rice? Enjoy, but if you’re a prepper in a short-term SHTF situation? Brown rice is the way to go! - Lewis “the Life hacker at - AskLewisHarrison.com/blog.
2. A Movie I Found Life-Changing: Whale Rider 2002
A film about women, rites of passage, aboriginal culture, biophilia. and shape-shifting.
Plot: Whale Rider is a 2002New Zealand-Germanfamilydrama film based on the novel of the same name by Witi Ihimaera. The film is about Kahu Paikea Apirana, a twelve-year-old Māori girl whose ambition is to become the chief of the tribe. Her grandfather Koro believes that this is a role reserved for males only. In Maoir culture, The leader should be the first-born grandson – a direct patrilineal descendant of Paikea, the Whale Rider – he who rode on top of a whale (Tohora) from Hawaiki. Pai has the making of a great leader but she can never be chief because she is a female. Paikea decides to live with her father because her grandfather is mistreating her. She finds that she cannot bear to leave the sea as a whale seems to be calling her back. Pai's father refuses to assume traditional leadership due to the grief from the death of his wife and other stressful factors. Instead, he moves to Germany to pursue a career as an artist. Pai herself is interested in leadership, and learning traditional songs and dances, but is given little encouragement by her grandfather. Pai feels that she can become the leader (although there's no precedent for a woman to do so), and is determined to succeed.
Koro leads a cultural school for the village boys, hoping to find a new leader. He teaches the boys to use a taiaha (fighting stick). This is traditionally reserved for males. However, Nanny tells Pai that her second son, Pai's uncle, had won a taiaha tournament in his youth while he was still slim, so Pai secretly learns from him. She also secretly follows Koro's lessons. One of the students, Hemi, is also sympathetic toward her.
Koro is enraged when he finds out, particularly when she wins her taiaha fight against Hemi. Koro's relationship with Pai erodes further when none of the boys succeed at the traditional task of recovering the rei puta (whale tooth) that he threw into the ocean – this mission would prove one of them worthy of becoming a leader. With the loss of the rei puta, Koro in despair calls out to the Ancient ones, the whales. In an attempt to help, Pai also calls out to them and they hear her call.
This wonderful film integrates elements of Maori culture, mysticism and feminism in an uplifting tale of spiritual awakening, familial love, leadership, and the power of nature to heal us if we will only listen
Running time: 101 minutes
Language: English
Color: Color
Personal Comments:
The film received critical acclaim upon its release. At age 13, Keisha Castle-Hughes became the youngest nominee for the Academy Award for Best Actress when the film was released. In 2005 the film was named to the BFI list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14.
Producer John Barnett said "This novel was set in Whangara and it would almost have been heresy to shoot anywhere else. There are very physical things that are described in the book – the sweep of the bay, the island that looks like a whale, the meeting houses, the number of houses that are present, and of course, the people whose legend we were telling. [...] If we'd gone somewhere else and tried to manufacture the surroundings and the ambiance, then I think it would have been noticeable in the picture.” The whale beaching was depicted using full-scale models created by Auckland, New Zealand-based Glasshammer visual effects. The 60-foot waka seen at the end of the film was made in two halves in Auckland before being transported to Whangara. The waka was given to the Whangara community after filming concluded
The film has also been discussed, and praised, widely within academia. Anthropologist, A. Asbjørn Jøn, discussed a range of Maori tribal traditions that resonate within the film while noting links between the release of Whale Rider and increases in both New Zealand's whale-watching tourism industry and conservation efforts.
3. About Game Based Strategies, problem-solving, and playing Black Jack (21):
I have a passion for teaching people to observe life like it is a game to be won. I spend some time each day studying and applying game theory and game-based thinking.
Today I came across a great article on a famous mathematician and “card shark” who knows how to beat casinos regularly using ideas drawn from game theory. The importance of this article has to do with how we can make more productive and powerful choices by being able to recognize patterns and predict what is likely to happen
Author: Hey there. My name is Lewis Harrison, and I am a transformational coach, teacher, and prepper. I am a proponent of entrepreneurism and also a writer and seminar leader. The author of over twenty books, and numerous self-improvement, business success, and personal development courses, I am the former host of a talk show on NPR Affiliated WIOX91.3 FM.
“I believe to be more effective, efficient, precise, productive, successful, and more self-aware we need a coach or mentor. I have always had coaches and mentors, usually more than one. If you are ready, willing, and able to give up your unnecessary struggle, consider contacting me about becoming your coach-mentor. We can begin with a fifteen-minute call to see what your needs and challenges are and how I can help you address them”.
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The Course
On Monday, December 5, I will be offering a 2 1/2-hour course on Self Improvement and Personal Development. I will tell you more about the course over the next few weeks. It will consist of five thirty-minute audio lessons. The cost will be $47.
The course will explore how and why we make some choices over other others and how we can learn to make the best choices.
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I can be contacted directly about the course, business and life coaching, and more advanced training in how to win the game of life, at LewisCoaches@gmail.com
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