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Cahill was nearly ready to give up, until one day last spring, she discovered a video on YouTube about hula-hooping. "The woman in the video was so sexy, and the moves she was making with a hula hoop were so cool," Cahill says. "Normally, watching a gorgeous woman like this would make me feel bad. Instead, I wanted to imitate her." (Watch TIME's video about hoopilates...
...woman with the rock-hard body and come-hither hula hoop was Christabel Zamor, author of Hooping: A Revolutionary Fitness Program and founder and CEO of San Francisco based HoopGirl Inc., which offers instructional hooping videos and classes. Inspired by Zamor, Cahill started waking up at 3:15 each morning to clear the furniture from the middle of her living room and hoop to tunes by Beyoncé and Lady Gaga for 45 min. before work. In five months, she lost 46 lb., dropping from a size 20 to a comfortable size 12. "I finally found an exercise that...
...stuff nobody really needs or cares about. FM presents some of the areas where Harvard is still losing money like a trip to the COOP. 15) The Polynesian dancers at the recent Aloha Harvard event. Although apparently we didn’t pay them enough to do the hula. 14) Picking out new couches for the Dunster Library, which is only open from 12-4 on Friday and Saturday. The four people who will notice this say thanks. 13) Boston weather will only permit us to sit in the new chairs in the Yard and the Quad for a combined...
...dystopia.THC: What new projects are you developing?MZ: On display at the Carpenter Center are three watercolors that were based on depictions of Hawaiian women circa 1860. I was interested in what Hawaiian women looked like before races became mixed in Hawaii, as well as this mythology of the hula girl, which is another paradise, a utopian situation. These pictures are masculine and primitive-looking. I’m also interested in the hegemony of the photographers and filmmakers; they took on the role of imperialists coming into indigenous lands to represent people devoid of a personal or cultural history...
...friends are occasional visitors and joined the Obamas for spring break, as they have for the past several years - but this year the gathering took place at Camp David. Among the traditions is a talent show, with everyone required to perform. This year Michelle demonstrated her skills with two hula hoops; Obama and the men sang "You Are the Sunshine of My Life." The visits typically include charades, singing, board games - although now that the Obamas are making use of the White House bowling alley and pool table, the other families tease them by saying they'll refuse to play...