Kellie Loder (born 1988) is an independent singer-songwriter from Newfoundland who plays drums, guitar and piano. Having written her first song at age 16 about a cousin who died in a traffic accident, Loder was studying nursing at the Grenfell Campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland when she released her first album, The Way, in August 2009. Later that year, she won a talent-search contest hosted by YC Newfoundland, a Christian youth conference. As part of the award, Loder was given time with music industry and production professionals who helped her with Imperfections & Directions, her second album, which was released at the 2010 YC Newfoundland. Loder's nursing studies hampered her ability to showcase Imperfections & Directions by touring. Loder was nominated as Female Artist of the Year at the 2010 MusicNL awards, and then as Gospel Artist of the Year in 2011. Imperfections & Directions was nominated as Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year at the 2012 Juno Awards. Loder has asserted that she chose to begin her career in Contemporary Christian music because it gives purpose to her music.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
680:
Hussein ibn Ali, grandson of Muhammad, was killed in the Battle of Karbala by the forces of Yazid I, whom Hussein had refused to recognise as caliph. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Karbala
1846:
English astronomer William Lassell discovered Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triton_(moon)
1933:
In the first proven act of air sabotage in the history of commercial aviation, a United Airlines Boeing 247 exploded in mid-air near Chesterton, Indiana, US, killing all seven people aboard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933_United_Airlines_Boeing_247_mid-air_explosion
1943:
World War II: The Kempeitai, the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army, arrested and tortured over 50 civilians and civilian internees on suspicion of their involvement in a raid on Singapore Harbour during Operation Jaywick. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Tenth_Incident
1973:
United States Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned after being charged with tax evasion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiro_Agnew
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beefcake: 1. (informal) Imagery of one or more muscular, well-built men. 2. (informal) A muscular, well-built, desirable man. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beefcake
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A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon from one to five ruined for him already. --Lin Yutang https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lin_Yutang