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Gregory Sherl never wanted to be a writer.
"I want to ask every poet Do you regret discovering words," he writes in his latest book, Monogamy Songs. "I wake up and they are always under my pillow. I am talking about the words not the poets, but usually a poet is next to me anyway."
Sherl, 28, writes like he has no choice. Devotional, obsessive and erotic, his poems are marked with a sense of urgency. "If I could do anything else I would," he told HuffPost.
Sherl has obsessive compulsive disorder, and many of his poems center around his exhausting struggle with mental health, and his relationship with prescription drugs. "The greatest thing about Vicodin is everything," says one poem, reflecting a common sentiment in his work.
His poems are also consumed with love -- falling into it and out of it -- and focus unabashedly on sex. It's no surprise he's acquired a fan base of teenage girls on Tumblr with lines like this:
"She has so many knots in her hair because we are desperate
in our fucking. Maybe desperate is not the right word.
Think: necessary. Think: éclat. Think the opposite
of mediocre and then continue to think that until you grow bored."
Sherl's work has appeared in The Rumpus, Columbia Poetry Review, diode, Los Angeles Review and Poets.org. In the short time he's been writing poetry, he's published three collections, two chapbooks and recently sold a novel. His newest poetry collection, Glow, is due out in February 2014. Here's some Sherl for you. And more here.
He discussed his latest poetry collection, Monogamy Songs, when reached by phone in Mississippi, where he is currently enrolled in graduate school. Woozy, emotional and frenetic, Monogamy Songs charts a relationship from its ecstatic beginnings to its disastrous end in a series of prose poems.
HuffPost: How would you characterize what kind of writing you do? Are you a poet? Fiction writer? Would you label yourself any of these things?
Sherl: I've been writing poetry for about the last three years. As an undergraduate in creative writing at Florida State, I wrote only fiction. I was, like, poetry? Poetry still exists? Who reads poetry? Who writes poetry? Unless you get into the small community that is poets, it's not really a thing people know about or really read, unfortunately.
After graduation, I went to grad school at Virginia Tech for fiction immediately. During my second semester, I took a poetry workshop as a joke. My teacher, Bob Hicok, is an incredible poet. When I first started writing, it was just prose poems. "Notes On A Candy Cane Tree" was one of the first poems I wrote. It came a little more naturally to me, probably because of where I was mentally too, concentration-wise. It was easier for me to do these short bursts of emotion instead of trying to span out into a story. So I just started writing poetry and stopped writing fiction entirely. It just clicked. My first collection, "Heavy Petting," included many poems I wrote during that first workshop. I dropped out of grad school at the end of that semester, moved home and started to adjunct. I was just writing a ton of poetry. Poetry, poetry, poetry.
HP: Tell me about your most recent poetry collection, Monogamy Songs.
S: The book charts my relationship with the character Z, and I wrote it chronologically as it was happening. There were the happy poems in the beginning, then things start to go, then things go to shit. I'd consider Monogamy Songs part memoir, part poetry. It has a lot of surrealist elements to it, but there's also a lot of truth.
I started the book when I was working at an advertising agency writing ads for local car dealerships. I was terrible at it. But I wrote the ad copy so quickly that I was left with free time, and I'd just spend my work hours writing poems.
There are pieces in Monogamy Songs, especially the beginning, that feel hurried and rushed, there's this desperate speed and need in the poems, and the emotions are the same way, and that's probably because I was writing them that way, because I was at work.
I wrote the whole thing between November and March. The poems were written in order, some of them a couple a day. It was basically things happened this day, and I wrote them down.
HP: Your poems read like a bursts of energy, very vibrant and intense. Is that reflective of the way you write, or do you do a lot of editing and rewriting?
S: I do write quickly. I've written four poetry books since 2009 and two chapbooks. It's kind of this non-stop thing, this obsession. I have OCD. I think I've started to slow down recently, I'm writing much more slowly. This happened with age. I grew into my voice a little more. But I find the idea of something overly polished too much like a computer, like it was written by something not human.
I co-founded a poetry journal at my old school, and called it Vinyl. As you can tell from my poems, I'm very influenced by music, more so than reading other people's writing. I think there's this purity to vinyl. There's the hiss and the pop; it's not perfect, it shows the human fault in the art. I believe that should be the case in writing. There should be faults in it. The hiss and the pop in the vinyl brings you closer to the artist.
Writing should be a little bit grainy, it should be a little bit raw. It should be every single thing flowing inside of us, and most of it isn't pretty. If there is nothing at stake in what I'm reading, if there is nothing at stake for the writer, I am just not interested. You gotta be there. You have to basically bleed for it. If not, why are you trying to put this in the world.
HP: What role do sex and sexuality play in your writing?
S: Sex is awesome. Poetry is awesome. Shouldn't the two go together? When I first started reading poetry, I was confused at the lack of sex poems out there. (The more I started to read, the more I found, of course.)
Still, and I've said this in interviews before: There is never enough fucking in poetry. Less birds, more fucking.
My poetry is very much based in my personal life. Most of it could be considered straight nonfiction. Monogamy Songs is probably 75-80 percent memoir. Sexuality (or, more importantly, sensuality) is a big part of my life. And that comes out in my writing. I write what I like to read, and I like to read about sex.
HP: Have you ever dreamt a poem? Composed a poem in your sleep?
S: I was about to say that I never seem lucky enough to remember my dreams. But now I'm wondering if not being able to remember my dreams actually makes me luckier... What if the dreams are constant terrors, and I'm just saving myself? (I'm already on enough pills, you know?) It's nice to think that maybe there's a force field around me, even if it's only so powerful.
HP: How are your favorite contemporary writers? Who gets you excited?
S: The only two poetry books I've ever read in one sitting are Black Life and Awe, both by Dorothea Lasky. Lasky is a national treasure. She is also one of the sweetest human beings on the planet. I would not be a poet if it weren't for Bob Hicok. Section III of Ginsberg's "Howl" still makes me cry. Wendy Xu excites me to no end. I am jealous of almost everything she writes. I am excited to follow her career -- where will she go? Anywhere she wants. Dennis J. Bernstein's Special Ed should be required reading. Adrian Matejka makes me want to add swagger to every poem I write. I grew up reading Bukowski, and I'll probably die reading him. Monogamy Songs would not exist if not for Ben Mirov's Ghost Machine -- a collection so original and emotionally vulnerable that I wore out my copy and had to buy another.
Since I wrote fiction before moving on to poetry, most of my early influences are fiction writers: Aimee Bender, Bret Easton Ellis, Tobias Wolff, Sandra Cisneros, Nicole Krauss, J.D. Salinger, Barry Hannah, Ryan Boudinot, Amy Hempel -- the list could go on forever. Denis Johnson's Jesus' Son is the book that made me want to write a book. Lorrie Moore made me want to stop writing short stories because I knew I'd never write anything as good as "People Like That Are the Only People Here." Same for Kelly Link's Magic for Beginners (my favorite short story collection).
Below, read an early Sherl poem:
Heavy Petting In Cooper City, FL
We're so young I still look out the window when you cry.
Still, this is how it starts: there is tongue kissing before baby
names. There is forgetting how to sleep alone before
baby names. Sometimes your thighs are too sweaty to hold
before baby names. Lately everything falls right out of me:
a wave having a seizure while someone tries to learn how to surf.
In this poem we are in bed because everyone can guess why.
We are in bed and I say Your tongue is the coldest tap. That is a lie.
You are so fucking warm. You are an electric blanket we keep next
to the icebox. In bed I say You are the equivalent of seven brownies.
You say Prove it. So this is what I do: I bake the sun up.
We forgot to draw the blinds, so I bake the sun back down.
It is pitch black, so I bake some lightning bugs and tie them
to my chest hair. While I bake, you go into the other room and send me
dirty text messages with descriptions of your back spread out like a speedway.
I have to go into the icebox to cool off. I don't turn on the electric blanket.
My blood is milk, skim, thin enough to reach my toes. I have shivered
in my sleep since at least eight years before we met.
There is a timer, and then the timer is done being a timer. I am done baking.
I hold the seven brownies in my lap while you drive us to the doctor's
office. The doctor checks your blood pressure, feels for lumps. Then he checks
the brownies for lumps. I was smooth with the icing, and the doctor
is pleased. He puts his stethoscope to the seven brownies, says
Big breath now. The brownies puff out their chests like muffins.
They sigh like long distance runners. The doctor takes off his latex gloves.
He says Equivalent, like it was a category on Jeopardy! He says
Homologous, synonymous, identical, tantamount, indistinguishable.
The doctor looks at me. He wants to know if the brownies
came from a box. I tell him I picked them from the garden,
that I was turned on by how soft the soil felt between my toes.
He says And her? pointing at you. I tell him I keep an Easy Bake
Oven between the sheets.


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I could use a little inspiration - how about you?
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This month's Creative Conversation guest was the multi-hyphenate, very busy and very lovely Tony Ayres! Tony is a writer/director/producer for film and television. His 2007 feature film The Home Song Stories, premiered at Berlin and won 23 Australian and international awards including 8 AFI Awards. His first feature Walking on Water won the Teddy Award at Berlin in 2002 and 5 AFI awards. In 2008, Tony directed the television movie, Saved, for which Claudia Karvan won the Logie for Best Actress. In recent times he has become a producer of television, producing the comedy series Bogan Pride and the arts doco series Anatomy (the latter now going into series 4). Tony was the showrunner and one of the directors of The Slap, the 8 x 1 hour TV adaption of Christos Tsoilkas' novel. The Slap won 5 awards including Best Miniseries or TV Movie at the inaugural AACTA awards. He is currently working on the upcoming ABC series Nowhere Boys.
During the interview we talked about Asian Australian diversity on television screens, how to get your start as a filmmaker and the success of Matchbox Pictures/NBCU. One of my favourite quotes from Tony is about what he thinks you need to develop a career in the film and television industry:
The most important thing is actually having something to say – having a vision of the world, and having the skills to communicate it. And if you have those two things then I think they're very useful and people will recognize it.
Of course, please let me know of your suggestions for future guests. I can be found in the comments on this blog, the Facebook page, or on Twitter.
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We recently surpassed 5,000 posts here at Plunderbund. It's a meaningless little milestone for the most part but does speak to the strength and consistency of the blog over time. We are, afterall, in our fifth year of bloggy greatness. 😉
Another milestone passed this morning as well. 10,000 comments. Another indication of the interaction among writers and readers here. Somewhat meaningless, yes, but it still speaks to those who engage and comment here and we appreciate it.
Fittingly, the 10,000th comment:
You can support Jennifer Brunner in the Ohio US Senate primary. it's clear that Dems have their best shot at making sure Lieberman never happens again by being active in primaries. Brunner is the candidate who can win in the fall, and will be a solid progressive vote in the Senate. her opponent fails on both measures, miserably.
A quick note on commenting here (seems like a good enough time to mention). We have a pretty fast and loose policy on allowing all types of comments. We do reserve the right to delete comments we don't think add to the discussion or are otherwise unacceptable to us. Our blog. Our rules. We allow – and encourage – dissenting opinion and back and forth debate, but we won't allow things to get out of hand or cross certain lines. You'll know it when you cross one.
Thanks everyone and happy commenting!
the 10,000th comment is a ringer!
I thought so too. Very fitting.
Thanks for being an active part of the blog!
it's a great comment and there's no arguing with the database count, but should such a lofty honor of making that milestone 10,00oth gone to one of the blog's primary authors? i think you should have fudged a bit and cited a comment from someone shooting peas from the gallery! 😉
Is what it is. 😉 Good luck with 15k. I'll give some warning so you can try to hit it. LOL


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A comprehensive, modular treatment of the challenging issues involved in designing high-speed optical transmission systems.
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Fiber Optical Parametric Amplifiers, Oscillators and Related Devices
This 2007 book comprehensively covers the theory, techniques and practice of all types of fiber OPAs and related devices.
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Noise and Signal Interference in Optical Fiber Transmission Systems
A comprehensive reference to noise and signal interference in optical fiber communications Noise and Signal Interference in Optical Fiber Transmission Systems is a compendium on specific topics within optical fiber transmission and the optimization process of the system design. It offers comprehensive treatment of noise and intersymbol interference (ISI) components affecting optical fiber communications systems, containing coverage on noise from the light source, the fiber and the receiver. The ISI is modeled with a statistical approach, leading to new useful computational methods. The author discusses the subject with the help of numerous applications and simulations of noise and signal interference theory. Key features: Complete all-in-one reference on the subject for engineers and designers of optical fiber transmission systems Discusses the physical principles behind several noise contributions encountered in the optical communications systems design, including contributions from the light source, the fiber and the receiver Covers the theory of the ISI for the binary signal, as well as noise statistics Discusses the theory and the mathematical models of the numerous noise components (such as optical noise, photodetection noise and reflection noise) Introduces the frequency description of the ISI and provides new calculation methods based on the characteristic functions Provides useful tools and examples for optimum design of optical fiber transmission networks and systems This book will serve as a comprehensive reference for researchers, R & D engineers, developers and designers working on optical transmission systems and optical communications. Advanced students in optical communications and related fields will also find this book useful.
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Current Research and Development in Optical Fiber Communications in China
In the last decade, China has experienced one of the fastest economic growth in the world. Leading this enormous growth is the development of telecommunications that has a growth rate far exceeding that of its GNP. With such fast growth, China will have the largest telecommunication network with 420 million lines by 2010. The backbone of the national telecom network in China is primarily optical fiber cables today.This book contains a selection of reports reviewing the progress of the research and development in optoelectronics and optical fiber communications in China. The first four papers focus on the current development in optical fiber communications with particular interest in studies of soliton transmission and optical WDM transmission experiments. The next four papers describe the research results on quantum well lasers, bi-stable lasers, electro-absorption modulators and SEED, and photonic integrated devices. Fiber ring lasers using EDFA and the ASE noise in the PIN receiver due to EDFA are discussed in the next two papers, respectively. The last two papers describe the research activities and results of the development of the GaAs ICs for high speed lighwave systems, and their characterization using optical sampling techniques. The contents included in this book may be regarded as the epitome of the current status of research in this field in mainland China.
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Fiber Optics
In June 1978 the University of Rhode Island conducted a three-day short course on Recent Advances in Fiber Optics. followed by a two-day conference on the Physics of Fiber Optics. The course contained over a dozen lectures spanning a wide range of subject matter from fundamental theory to operational systems. presented by well-known scientists from industry. government and academic institutions. The conference. on the other hand. emphasized basic research on fiber optics and related subjects. This volume contains both papers presented at the conference. as well as the majority of the lectures from the course (the written versions were solicited on a voluntary basis for this volume). In some cases the papers in this volume represent expanded or otherwise modified versions of the original presentations. One of the principal aims of the conference was promulgation of novel and/or unconventional concepts. For this reason. the papers in this volume cover subjects such as bistable optical switches. fiber acoustic sensors. extruded infrared fibers. compressively coated glass fibers. and soliton propagation in fibers.
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Advanced Fiber Optics
This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the field of modern fiber optics, beginning with the basics of the field summarized in an introductory chapter. Expert contributors thentopics such aspolarization effects in optical fibers; photonic crystal fibers; highly-doped optical fibers; non-linear effects; amplification and lasing in optical fibers; supercontinuum generation, Rayleigh and inelastic scattering with applications to sensing; optical fiber point sensors, and polymer optical-fiber-based sensors.
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Covering fiber optics from an engineering perspective, this text emphasizes data conversion between electrical and optical domains. Techniques to improve the fidelity of this conversion (from electrical to optical domain, and vice versa) are also covered.
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Optical Fibre Devices
This book reflects the substantial progress made in the area of optical fibers and provides for the first time a systematic description of linear and non-linear fiber devices, including fiber couplers, splices, connectors, multiplexers, switches, and modulators. Primarily aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students in optics, optoelectronics, applied physics, and electrical and electronic engineering, this book serves as a valuable reference for scientists and engineers working in optoelectronics and related fields in industry and academic. Topics include coupling, devices based on coupling effect with non-polarized light, devices using polarized light, devices based on nonlinearities, and devices based on rare earth doped fibers.
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Polarization in Optical Fibers
This essential book analyzes polarization effects, including non-linear effects, and their influence in communications and sensing. You get full details on telecom system degradation caused by PMD, PDL, and PDG and techniques for mitigating it, plus insight into the effects and consequences of polarization on solitons, amplifiers, and switches. Fiber polarization in sensing applications is explained through detailed treatment of such key issues as stress/strain, displacement, point sensing, and distributed sensing.
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Question about Linksys Wireless-G WRT54GS Router (e125894)
Have a B router coonected to a server working fine for years. I got a G router, set all addresses, MACs, WEP key, etc the same as B router.
My 3 laptops cannot map drives on the server like the used to on the B router. They do get internet access though.
Server can see the laptops, but not the other way around. Reconnect the B and everything works fine.
G Router is set as a Router and not Gateway.
Severely perplexed on this one.
Posted by rluzius on
Since you have a server, did you already joined the router's credentials to the domain where the workstation and the server is grouped?
Can you ping the IP address of the server from the laptop computers?
Can the laptop computers see each other?
Gateway set to your servers IP address?
Wouldent they(laptops) get internet conection trough the Server? - not sure, just trying to throw a tought in the air.
Coment, and I´ll be back :-)
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October is Manufacturing Month and SkillsUSA Wisconsin has four events for members to participate in. American Welding Institute (AWI), Blackhawk Technical College (BTC), Fox Valley Technical College, and Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC) will be hosting our Welding Challenge events.
For each of these events, members will have an opportunity to participate in a welding competition (please prepare for GMAW, SMAW, and Oxy-Actelyne operations) and also compete in job interview. Registration will open in early September, 2017.
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Student members will be competing in both job interview and welding. Cost for this event is $10 (lunch will be provided) with all competitors being officially registered SkillsUSA members for the current school year. Gold, silver, and bronze medals will be awarded for each competition. The gold medal welding winner will have a guaranteed seat at the State welding competition in April. The day will start about 8:00am and end about 2:00pm.
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…Rudolf has nothin' on these talons.
I'm a Nerd – I loves me techie-sci-fy looking non-sense… made even more crippling by the silly season. My previous posts touch on wearable, eclectic and kitsch looks for Christmas – this one is no different. Less wearable. More fabulous. Tinsel bit Radical, DUDES!
'Dem Christmas Lights! Good for when you're lost in a forest at night, waiting for rescue or for Santa to rock-up… to mug the Chunky rube. The glows… it goes… and goes. A sack for of goodies, for a good nights bad deeds!
Not that I'm condoning or endorsing theft and/or assault… just that hairy, chunk owes me some… dues… some glittery dues! I was always on the "Naughty List," somewhat of a radical rapscallion.
Christmas is a time for family, fun and radical stunts using your new knick-knacks, on your new
victims friends. I once scored a watch, new pair of Rollerblades, matching matte gunmetal helmet and neon yellow shorts – all of the aforementioned items were catastrophically shredded on vicious, vicious asphalt… on impact… at speed. Merry Christmas… here's some artificial spray on skin to replace the stuff smeared on the road.
Get the look – white opaque base for all talons but the feature (that's red). Scrawl on some Christmas cheer (in black cursive) – affix multicolour rhinestones… Surround with glow in the dark, to simulate Christmas lights. Finish feature, with 3 triangular studs in a nerdy tree (*cough* Zelda Triforce *cough*) formation. Bam – festiveness!
Love this look – super festive, fun and cheerful. I do love me some over the topness – as you well know – and this is truly Radical Look for Christmas! It's very nerdy, fabulous and overall… it represents what this time is all about – Love, Joy, Family and Being Present.
Fabulous, x
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What's your experiences with glowing lights, how long before you tampered your neighbours rig – so you could get some sleep. Those magnificently distracting, sleep disrupting bastards!


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Category Archives: Who is God?
50. 7 Evidences for the Resurrection of Jesus
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If Jesus rose from the grave, Christianity is true. If Jesus did not rise from the grave, Christianity is false.
To make a case that the resurrection of Christ occurred, it needs to be shown that Jesus died, was buried, his tomb was found empty, and people interacted with him alive again.
Robert Bowman of Credo House made a list of fourteen evidences to support the resurrection claim of the apostles and early Christian Church. This episode of reconnect focuses on the first seven evidences Bowman listed. With the help of Ben Fisher, Andy Wrasman provides details to flush out Bowman's brief summaries of these strands of evidence.
Evidences for the Resurrection 1-7
1. Jesus' Existence
2. Jesus' Death
3. A Crucified Messiah
4. Joseph's Tomb
5. Women Witnesses
6. Ancient Theories
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Robert Bowman's "14 Evidences for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ"
Reconnect Episode 7 – "Did Jesus Fulfill All Messianic Prophesies?"
Reconnect Episode 31 – "Tattooing and Flying Drones for Jesus"
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Maybe when you see a fill-in the blank about God not being something, or someone, your mind runs to fill it in with something akin to the title of the 2007 Christopher Hitchens' book, God is not Good. Maybe you'd fill in the blank by saying something like "God is not a merciful, forgiving God." This is certainly what Richard Dawkins thinks, as he wrote in his bestselling book, The God Delusion:
"The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully."
But that's not what this episode is about at all! This episode looks at false views of God emerging from within the Church.
Christians, in our sinfulness, far too often approach God in ways that are contrary to how he is revealed to us in Scripture. Sometimes, these presentations might come from people who claim to be Christians, but are really not! They might be false teachers, or people who think they are followers of Christ, but in reality they are far from God, based upon their confessions of who he is, and, or, their approach to interacting with him in their day to day life.
In this episode, Stephen Puls, joins me again; this time to discuss some false views and approaches to God that we far too often see in the Church.
For instance, we might approach God as a Black Hawk helicopter God. We expect him to swoop in and save us from all of our trials and tribulations. But is such deliverance from all earthly afflictions promised in Scripture? No, it's not. God is not a Black Hawk helicopter God.
Another example of a false approach is treat God as a magic genie! We simply approach him again and again for things that we need and want, and that's it. That's the bulk of our interaction with him. What happens when such prayers are not answered in the affirmative? Will our faith be shaken? Will others who are not Christians, laugh and mock our God for not responding to our prayers as we expect him to?
Sometimes we treat God as a vending machine. We expect to get blessings from him, but they come at an expense! We have to pay in some fashion to receive God's gifts. We treat all of our dealings with God in transactional terms: I prayed; I went to Church; I went on that mission trip; so I expect x, y, or z, from you in return, God!
Stephen shares these and many more false views and approaches to God in this episode. And most importantly, he shares a true view and approach to God: God is an anchor God!
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The Blind Men and the Elephant – The Response!
The following is an excerpt from my book, Contradict – They Can't All Be True (FYI – the spacing doesn't always transfer correctly from my PDF file to the blog):
A popular analogy that depicts an "all religions lead to God" form of pluralism is the story of several blind men touching various parts of an elephant and being unable to agree on a single description of the creature they're touching. This story has connections to Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and even Sufi Islam, a mystical branch of Islam. The story is found in the teachings of the Buddha within the Pali canon of Theravada Buddhism. One of the most popular versions comes from a nineteenth-century poet, John Godfrey Saxe, who rewrote the story in rhyme.
Though there are minor discrepancies among the versions, they all present the same basic scenario: since each blind man is touching a different part of the elephant, they disagree on what the elephant actually is. The one touching the tail might think the elephant is a broom; the one touching the side of the elephant might think the elephant is a wall; the one touching
the elephant's trunk might think the elephant is a snake. Individually, they each know a part of the elephant accurately, but not the sum total of the animal. They fail to grasp what the elephant actually is because of their blindness. Their dispute is futile since they are all mistaken.
It is pretty clear how this story can be used within the framework of pluralistic relativism. Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and the like are all touching the same sacred elephant, God. But because all of humanity is spiritually blind, we are incapable of knowing God as he actually is. Any fighting among religious faiths is thus futile.
On the flip side, the good news within pluralism is that every religion is true based on what its adherents have experienced of the sacred reality. Since all religions have touched the sacred elephant, all religions lead to the same divine truth. Religious pluralists argue that if humanity could only come to "see" this predicament, all religious fighting could stop. We could recognize what each religion has learned about God and, by compiling the parts of the whole, come to a better understanding of who or what the nature and personhood of the sacred reality is.
The view of the divine expressed by the sacred elephant analogy is plausible and worth considering. Before considering the accuracy of its assertions, I want to stress the pluralistic uses of the story. Far from saying all religions are true, the story of the blind men and the elephant takes all religions and throws them under the bus, where they are left broken in their false perceptions of ultimate truth. As hopeful as this story can appear, in reality it just drops the bomb on absolute truth, at least absolute truth concerning God. The blind men show us that truth concerning God is unobtainable due to our limited faculties.
Skepticism toward God doesn't invalidate this brand of pluralism. The problem lies within itself. Nestled within the story of the blind men and the elephant is a self-contradiction that makes the entire claim crumble in on itself. The pluralists claim that God is unknowable; every religion is wrong about its perceived understanding of the divine. However, in making this claim, the pluralists also implicitly declare they have an inside track on who God is. If no one is capable of knowing God due to our lack of sight in the realm of the divine, then what prescription glasses have enabled the pluralists to know the nature of God with such certainty? Pluralists are rejecting all exclusive truths concerning God, but making one themselves.
End of excerpt from Contradict – They Can't All Be True.
In my book, I intentionally wrote with a non-Christian voice for the first six chapters. I first present what religious pluralism is and why its so dominant in our culture and society right now. I then demonstrate how religious pluralism doesn't actually work logically. Responding to the elephant analogy was near the end of that section of the discussion before moving into presenting an evaluation of religious truth-claims and ultimately landing on the trustworthy nature of the person and work of Jesus of Nazareth to save us from sin and death and reconcile us into a right relationship with God! Since I wasn't ready to let it out of the bag that I was a Christian yet in that stage of the book writing process, I didn't respond to the elephant analogy the way I typically would. The following is a more complete Christian response to this popular analogy:
A critique of this parable would contain the following points:
- This parable is actually claiming that all religions are false.
- This parable makes all aspects of life subjective. There is no absolute, objective reality that we can be certain we are experiencing correctly. If absolutes don't exist in a way that we can comprehend them, morals and ethics also become subjective. There would no longer be such a thing as right and wrong.
- Any exclusive religion, such as Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are forced to give up their claims to exclusivity to fit into the inclusive, pluralism which this parable projects.
- With Christianity's exclusive claim that Jesus is the only way to salvation, all other religions would have to be false if Christianity is true, or Christianity could be false and other religions true. This does not fit with the elephant analogy at all.
- The original telling of this legend has a king who sees the blind men groping at the elephant arguing about what they are touching. The king reveals to them in laughter that they are all foolish men that they are all touching the same reality, the elephant! This is very interesting that the original legend has a word from above revealing the truth to the blind men. This indicates that the truth is actually discernible – we might just need some help from someone up above.
- The original ending of this parable lends itself very well to Christianity. Christianity teaches that help did come from above. That God has revealed himself to mankind through what he has created as well as through special revelation from the Scriptures and in particular through the second person of the Trinity, Jesus, taking on flesh and walking amongst us, revealing the truth to us, healing the blind and helping them see. This revelatory claim of Christianity isn't even considered or introduced in pluralistic uses of this parable.
Conclusion: Declare truth where truth is found!
It seems clear that all religions cannot be fully and equally true. There are direct contradictions within the teachings of the world's religions, such as Jesus is God (Christianity) and Jesus is not God (Islam), which eliminate the possibility that all religions are true.
This however doesn't mean that aspects of the truth cannot be found within various religions. Christians would do good to point these truths out from time to time. If Christ's claim is true that he is the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6), then all truth would be God's truth, no matter where it is found. Where truth is found, declare it, use it, put it in its full context of which it is fully and directly revealed from God in the Bible. The Apostle Paul did when he quoted the philosophers of the Athenians (Acts 17). We can do it too!


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During this gap year volunteer programme in India you will teach English to the monks at monasteries. You will also get a chance to learn about Buddhism at the same time. The individuals will be novice monks, some of them children, and aged from 8 to 25.
Each class at the monastery has around 10 to 15 students. Teaching subjects include English, Maths, Science and a subject they themselves choose.
This program is tailored for those who are interested in teaching English and at the same time learning something new themselves! You will be teaching to monks of all ages inside a monastery, which will give you the unique opportunity to immerse in their day-to-day lifestyle and learn about Buddhism.
You will teach primarily English and various other subjects to the monks, both young and old, for around two to three hours daily. You'll be given a teaching timetable for your particular location.
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Back in April, when I first joined the monthly Project Color Swap, I posted the following questionaire and answers. Well, here it is again for my August partner and anyone else who just wants to know!
To my August Colorswap partner, Nicole, here are my answers to the Project Color Swap (not to be confused with the Favorite Color Swap) questionaire:
Are you crafty? I am crafty if it has anything to do with yarn, thread, hooks, needles, embellishments of any kind, and beads!
Would you enjoy things like: Buttons, ribbons and embellishments? Yes!
Do you dye your own wool? I have not tried dying - can you believe it?
Do you like to scrapbook or make homemade cards? Yes, I do! I love paper crafts!
What are your favorite scents? Peony, roses, most flowers, vanilla, apple/cinnamon...
Do you like stationary and cards? Yes! I love to keep in touch with people and write the old-fashioned way...pen and pretty paper.
Do you like to sew or embroider items? Yes. Anything "thread" and "needle", whether it's sewing thread, crochet thread, or knitting yarn!
Do you like beads? Yes! Beads, charms, anything like that!
What kind of candy do you like? Oh my goodness...CHOCOLATE anything! I also like Lifesavers and Peppermint candies.
Do you like hand lotions or soaps? Oh yes, lotions and soaps to make a woman feel and smell lovely.
Do you like to wear costume jewelry? Necklace, earrings, bracelets etc. Not really, but I wouldn't mind a simple necklace (like a chain with a single charm) or simple bracelet. I love the "pearl" look, or flowers, or hearts.
Do you like to make/or use stitch markers? Yes! This is the first year that I've made some and I really enjoyed making them and, of course, receiving them!
Do you collect anything? Besides dust bunnies? I do collect postage stamps (especially "flowers", "LOVE", and hearts, US or anywhere in the world, new or used); postcards (especially of maps, calendars, waterfalls, rainbows, and flowers); stationary; yarn (hee hee); and crochet & knitting patterns (hee hee again). Oh and anything "sheep", "ladybug", "dragonfly", or "green frog" related.
Do you have any allergies?: Smoke, food, fiber, pets, etc. No allergies, though if at all possible, smoke-free items make me happiest.
Do you have any hobbies? LOL! Do the above answers answer this question already? LOL! My hobbies are yarn, yarn and more yarn! Anything crochet and knit related, beading, scrapbooking and other paper crafts, collecting stamps, postcards and stationary, genealogy, reading...
Do you like scented or unscented candles? Either.
Are you a fiber snob? No! I enjoy all types of fibers.
Do you like to play cards or board games? Yes, I do like to play card games and board games. In fact I need to purchase some good games and play them with my children more often! We really like to put together puzzles!
Do you like neon colors, pastel, light or medium ranges in the color of the month? Hmmm...since the colors of the month are "neutral", I like all sorts of "neutral" colors! ha ha!
Do you like kitchen magnets or key rings? Yes to both. Was that an "either/or" question?...
Do you like picture frames? Yes!
Ok, I hope that gave you PLENTY of ideas, Nicole! Anything to make it easy and fun! Can't wait to see your answers to the questionaire, too!


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University of North Carolina Associate Director of Athletics for Communications Steve Kirschner says the Tar Heels' third-leading scorer red-shirted in 2006-2007 season, then played in 92 games over the past three seasons.
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3) Be very careful when someone says "this is standard industry practice." Make sure that is actually the case. More to the point, if it is something you don't feel entirely comfortable with (such as a unilateral NDA during contract negotiations), you shouldn't agree to it unless the other party can give you a valid reason for its existence beyond the generic "standard industry practice" argument.
The typical situation where leverage is an issue for developers is with publisher deals. First, it's important to educate yourself about the typical issues that come up in game publishing contracts. It's also important to figure out what your needs are as a game developer. Will you need large milestone payments to cover development costs, or is your product already in the can? Will you have any other income from other projects to cover payroll and overhead in the event of a late milestone payment? What SDKs do you need, and would it be cheaper for you or your publisher to get them? What systems will you port your game to, and what localizations will be required? What do you need to keep your lights on in the event that the publisher pulls the plug on the project? Is there any technology or software that you want to retain the rights to that are distinguishable from the game product itself (i.e., an engine you can relicense to another developer or publisher)?
You need to have a clear view of what you want. You also need to inform your lawyer of your needs so she knows how best to protect your interests. You also want to ensure that your lawyer's ego doesn't get in the way of a perfectly healthy business relationship—there are many horror stories where perfectly good deals were ruined when the hubris of lawyers taking precedent over the needs of the clients. If you know your lawyer well enough and your lawyer is familiar enough with your business this shouldn't be an issue. However, it is something to pay attention to if you're hiring a new attorney to work on a deal.
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Milestones should always be negotiable and determined primarily by the developer. You should be able to set the pace and income required for the development of your game. Milestone schedules will vary based on the complexity of the project, and the milestone payments should be sufficient to cover costs until the next milestone payment. This is one area where ideally a publisher and developer will work together to come up with the best schedule for the game. It is also where the developer should be extremely assertive and cautious. As there very little I can say that hasn't already been stated far more comprehensively here, I just have one more thing to add: publishers may demand a cure period for delayed payments—make sure that this cure period is at a bare minimum and at least ask that it be removed. It certainly shouldn't be the same as the cure period for a delayed milestone submission for approval. You should also ask your lawyer to make sure that delayed payment is a material breach. It takes very little effort to cut a check. Don't give them permission to slack.
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When you are entitled to contingent compensation, you should also make sure that you are entitled to proper accounting and the right to review books. For more on this, read this article.
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Typically Publishers won't promise much in the way of representations and warranties. However, you as the developer are expected to promise quite a bit. While it's important to limit your own risks, you also may also want the publisher to assume the risks for its contribution for the game product. For instance, if the publisher provides licenses for engines or other middleware, you want the publisher to warrant that the publisher has acquired all of the necessary rights and licenses for the content it contributes. You also want indemnification for any claims arising from that content.
The sampling above is just a taste of the major negotiable issues in a publisher/development deal. The key here is always the same—leverage and position of the parties. Your ability to negotiate depends on your ability to leverage your product against what the publisher is offering you. While your negotiating power with EA may be non-existent, independent game publishers like Gamecock take their developers seriously and work hard to do what's best for the game. If your publisher isn't willing to negotiate and expects you to take the deal as is, there's a very good chance that this is not the publisher for you. There will almost always be unfair clauses in these kinds of deals. That's the industry standard within the entertainment industry as a whole. The people with the money set the industry standards, and they are not often developer or artist friendly. The object of the game is to get the best deal out of what is an inherently bad deal and increase your ability to bargain as you bolster your reputation and increase the value of your product.
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Solid, same colors will work but are not best. It is very dated and causes no one to stand out and doesn't make for an interesting image.
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After three years of operation, the program continues to deliver measurable (and predictable) return on investment for the client, while engaging participants with over 90% redemption rates on points issued. LoyalNation has fixed both the problems of breakage and chaotic results associated with less than full employee by-in.
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Do you believe in the magic of the holiday season? I do! One of my favorite things to do this time of year is to go gift shopping for my family and friends. I don't start shopping until after Thanksgiving and thoroughly enjoy wandering through the mall for hours on end in search of the perfect gift for each person on my list.
When I worked at the HSC Pediatric Center in Washington, D.C. I had the opportunity to incorporate my passion for choosing the perfect gift into my work. One of the departments I supervised was in charge of creating the hospital's wish list, managing the donations, and selecting gifts for all of the patients. We spent hours locked away in "Santa's Workshop" sorting through a sea of baby dolls, toy trucks, and board games. Even though thousands of people from the community donated wonderful gifts, each year we donated more toys that we received as donations to other community organizations due to the unsuitability of the toys for the population of clients we served.
During the 12 holiday seasons I worked at HSC, I learned a great deal of information about choosing the best gift for children with a variety of physical and cognitive disabilities. Here a few tips and resources for helping to ensure you give the perfect gift for the children on your shopping list:
While caregivers and parents know their children best, sometimes educators and therapists are able to match a child's abilities, preferences, and therapeutic goals with specialized technology that may not be available in department stores. My fellow Assistive Technology (AT) team members and I assisted many parents with creating customized gift idea lists for our clients. Depending on the need of the client, we provided general recommendations to specific toy recommendations.
Gift givers want to buy something a child will enjoy and creating a wish list with specific recommendations is a great way to help ensure the gift giver chooses the correct item. There are a number of retailers that allow shoppers to create wish lists on their websites. Some retailers also provide comment sections where the user can write comments as to why the gift is important or desired.
Check-out the HSC Pediatric Center's 2014 wish list for inspiration. Members of the Rehabilitation Services Department wrote comments by a number of the toys on their list to assist donors with selecting the perfect gift for the patients at the hospital.
AblePlay™ is a website that reviews and rates toys for children of all abilities. The website looks at a variety of disabilities categories including physical, sensory, communicative, and cognitive disabilities. AblePlay™ was created to assist parents, teachers, therapists, caregivers, etc. with selecting the appropriate toys for a child with special needs.
Toys "R" Us Gift Guide for Differently-Abled Kids – For 20 years Toy "R" Us has published a toy gift guide designed to assist shoppers with selecting gifts for children with special needs. The toys are categorized by the skills the item targets. There are 10 different skills: auditory, creativity, fine motor, gross motor, language, self-esteem, social skills, tactile, thinking, and visual. The resource not only includes toys, but it also includes an App Guide.
We invite you to share your gift giving suggestions below or on our Zippie Facebook Page.
Thank you for reading our blog! We love hearing from you, so please do not hesitate to reach out to us. We encourage you to leave a comment or send us an email.
Always remember at the end of the day, your client is your number one priority!
- Angie
Disclaimer: The contents of this blog are intended to be utilized as a general resource for clinicians and suppliers to then use clinical reasoning skills to determine optimal seating and mobility solutions for individual clients. Steve and Angie are unable to answer questions from members of the general public including caregivers and end users. Members of the general public should direct specific questions to their own clinicians, medical, suppliers, or other health care professionals.


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Literary demigod Marcel Proust once wrote that The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. Dual Sport Alchemy's website used to have a gallery section, filled with pictures of stunning Central Oregon landscapes and the obligatory motorcycle in the foreground. The intention was to inspire people to … [Read more...]
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Someone smarter than me once pointed out that just because people are passionate about motorcycles, it doesn't necessarily mean they have anything else in common. I always assumed that if someone is as passionate about motorcycles as I am, it was the basis of a great friendship. Turns out I was wrong. However, riding a Dual Sport can offer a safe … [Read more...]
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We shot out of the trees and raced along the shoreline of the reservoir, four riders eagerly looking for moist soil in the dry and dusty summertime. This time of year the reservoir water level was low. Vast areas of the lake bed were exposed, revealing a large hazy ring of minute green flora close to the shore. It was what I imagined a peat bog in … [Read more...]
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Is lack of knowledge about how to start a blog stopping you from writing your first blog post? You've come to the right place, as this article was written with you in mind. Don't be afraid! Starting and maintaining a successful blog has never been easier. This article is filled with the basic information you need to start a successful blog.
Don't overuse plug-ins, ads, keywords or images. If you do this, search engines will flag you, negating all the work you are doing. Instead, write in a conversational tone that flows naturally.
Don't forget SEO work when it comes to blog posting. Since your goal is for individuals to visit your blog, you need to be sure it ranks high in search results. Effective keyword choices and utilization is essential to increasing site traffic.
Commenting on other people's blogs is an excellent method of raising interest in your own blog. Keep a folder in Google Reader for your competition and check it daily. Comment on these regularly, when there is something you want to divulge.
A good way to get more traffic to your blog is by making comments on other's blogs. If you are a user of Google Reader, have a different folder filled with other blogs you want to keep tabs on. Comment on them on a regular basis whenever you want to say something.
Frequently update your blog's content. To encourage readers to return and draw in new readers, you must post fresh content on a regular basis. Without new content, your visitors will not be compelled to visit your blog, or even return! If possible, try to make at least one post per day.
Make sure your posts are brief yet to the point. It is useful to have informative and detailed posts on your blog, but unnecessarily long ones will bore your readers. Most of your blog followers don't expect, or want, you to go on and on about minor details. Your readers will want useful information without the garnishment.
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Feature social media links on your blog that readers can use to follow you. Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are popular and can be used to make you successful. With these portals, you can contact your readers and attract additional followers.
Look for other successful bloggers to guest write on your site. This is a great way to improve the quality of your blog's content. You will also experience a boost in readership thanks to fans of the guest blogger stopping by to take a look at your blog. You can create more content for your blog if you can add several guest writers.
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Embed pictures into your posts. It's often said that a picture is worth 1000 words. This is especially important when blogging. Images are able to add more interest to a post. Therefore, include images as often as you can.
Allow your readers to post comments, and respond to them. This will help you to bond with your readers. This is usually one of the most popular and active features of any blog. If people see that you respond to comments, they will return after making a comment to read your response.
Consider occasionally inviting guests to post content on your site. This builds your relationship with other bloggers, creates backlinks to your website and gives your readers a new point of view to read. Do not underestimate the potential of such relationships. Perhaps that blogger will be able to return the favor one day.
Vary your approach when running a blog. It is better to consider your blog as a professional, competitive product and continue to learn how to improve it. Learn from the pros, and see what seasoned bloggers are doing. Always seek to improve your blog through new methods and techniques.
Make it simple for readers to follow your blog using their favorite social media platforms. Social media networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are very helpful the success of your business. These outlets will allow you to communicate better with your followers and get more people to come to your site.
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Maintaining a healthy blog site is important. This means that it is important to perform regular maintenance and change small features on your blog every now and then. This will help readers from getting bored, and will also ensure that nobody has a problem visiting your blog.
Make sure that you always have fun running a blog! Running A Blog can get boring and be uninteresting to any readers if you are not passionate about your subject. Find the topic you love the most, and really have fun writing about it! Smile, get creative, and have fun writing about fun stuff that you like.
Patience is key while you work to build a following. Building a following for your blog takes time. Additionally, you will have to build up your content so there will be a lot for the readers to view. The longer you stick to blogging, the more content you'll accumulate, and the more readers will be interested in it.
Building up a blog can be accomplished much faster if you use social media to your advantage. This is the newest way to connect with people over the Internet. If you skipping this, you are not getting as many viewers as you can. Connecting your blog to your Facebook and Twitter accounts will really contribute greatly to the success of your blog.
Before starting a blog, find a topic to write about that is meaningful to you. When writing content that you take a great interest in, it is much more interesting to read and you come across as being honest. That way, you will be in tune with your readership and achieve real blogging success.
Before you begin blogging, make a choice about what you hope to get out of it. Is your goal to make your name known, to be seen as knowledgeable in a certain field? Maybe, instead, you want to earn money. Perhaps there are several things you wish to accomplish. Having an understanding of your goals is key to building your blog in a way which will help you achieve them.
Do not just hash out content without thinking about it. Do research on your topic and create an article worth reading. Writing about all the wrong subjects will never lead to success. You must understand that good content is the only way to reach your goals.
Keep track of what other bloggers are doing so that you can stay ahead of the game. They are your competition, and it will only help you if you know what they are up to. Similarly, your blog can be used by others within your industry to learn about topics that are of interest to them.
Various social media networks can be useful in promoting your blog, but make sure you maintain the quality of your content with the use of them. If everything you tweet is a link to your blog, people will not pay attention to them after a while. Intersperse links with interesting, 'stand alone' content.
Each blog you run should focus on a single topic. If you make an attempt to write about a million different subjects in every blog post, it's going to be hard for people to follow. This technique for simplistic writing is easy to implement and will immediately improve the quality of your content.
Strive to create new and interesting posts that relate to your blog in places other than directly on your blog. This can help the search engine spiders find you easily, and it will eventually lead to higher rankings in the search engine results pages. The more people that successfully make their way to your site, the more visitors you will have actually reading your content. The higher your search engine rankings, the greater your readership.
Try to discuss issues that are always going to be relevant. Running A Blog about topics which will always be searched for, such as recipes or how-tos, will ensure that you get a steady amount of traffic from them for the life of your blog.
It is important to make your keywords italicized and bold. This will make the article pop, and also make search engines more likely to notice your site. Setting your keywords apart from other text in this manner attracts people's attention and makes them more likely to read your content.
Since many people are reluctant to commit enough time to reading an entire article, you need to find ways to engage your readers. To make your blog stand out from the rest, use an appealing graphic or heading and embolden any keywords in your post. You can also use bullet points to attract and keep attention.
Do your research before posting on your blog. If you do not know what you are talking about, your posts may be full of errors and falsehoods. You also must know what you're talking about when responding to comments.
The choice to include advertising on your blog is one which should not be made without careful consideration. Most people who earn a living from running a blog do so through advertisements. Of course, the big problem with advertising is that it is exactly that –advertising. It becomes very obvious that you're trying to earn an income, to the readers.
Do not bombard your site with too many links, but do link to relevant articles on your site. This will make your site more easy to navigate and will keep your readers happy. View your site as if you are visiting it yourself keeping in mind that if you were visiting the site you would want to be able to navigate it easily, knowing just what to click on to get where you want to go.
Highlight your best and most popular articles through the use of tabbed zones. The section before your sidebars is another hot spot. You may create your own tabbed zone with important links and categories from your blog. This allows readers to see more of your compelling blog titles, and can markedly increase the click-through rate on these articles.
Focus each of your blog posts on a single, distinct topic. By attempting to cover many topics within a single blog, you will lose focus and begin to confuse readers. Keeping your blog focused on a single topic will greatly improve your blog's readability.
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The Saints did not list any surprise inactives ahead of their kickoff against Carolina at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Sunday night.
DE Glenn Foster (ankle), DE/OLB Keyunta Dawson (calf) and S Rafael Bush (ankle) will miss the game with injuries, the Saints (9-3) said. All three missed practice this week and were listed as questionable.
No. 3 QB Ryan Griffin, backup CB Trevin Wade, backup T Terron Armstead and backup WR Nick Toon are healthy scratches for the Saints.
For Carolina (9-3), WR Tavarres King, WR Marvin McNutt, CB Josh Norman, RB Kenjon Barner, LB Jordan Senn, G Chris Scott and DE Frank Alexander are inactive.
Scott was ruled out with a knee injury. Senn had been doubtful with a hurt hamstring.
Whichever team wins the contest Sunday night will take a one-game lead in the NFC South with three dates left to play. The Saints face Carolina on the road on Dec. 22.


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Feng Shui Master C F Wong, in between keeping a journal (Some Gleanings of Oriental Wisdom) and applying the principles of Feng Shui to solve his clients' living problems, somehow "agrees", as a favour for his boss, to become teacher to a young Australian woman who comes to learn Feng Shui as a "work experience".
He is as bewildered by her as she is by him, but together they travel to clients whose problems need more than a Feng Shui arrangement of home elements. Their team-work is erratic, their mutual confusion is amusing, their resolutions to the crimes upon which they land are as much by luck, coincidence and two different viewpoints as they are by forensics or legal methods.
The book is an amusing read; the author's attempt to portray the Australian patois is a little artificial in places, but that adds to the humour. This was definitely a good bargain book, one I mentioned in an earlier post. I'll be looking for mote on the library shelves.
Publishing: Australian edition, 2008, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest NSW Australia.ISBN: (pbk) 978 1 74175 537 4
This is the first of the series " Feng Shui Detective Novels":
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Front-loaded Savings
Front-load washing machines use less energy and less water (double savings). Plus, because they have faster spin loads, they wring more water out of wash loads. This means clothes spend less time in the dryer (which reduces your energy costs there as well). For a comparable top-load washer versus a front-load washer you can expect to say about $129 every year in lower electricity and water costs.


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CMS too burdened and focused on cost to be the epicenter of long-term care reform, experts sayNovember 21, 2013
Most long-term care reforms rely on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for implementation, but the overburdened agency cannot manage all the needed changes in this area, according to a panel of experts.
LTC Commission is making headway on a three-part report, staff director saysAugust 14, 2013
With about a month to go before voting on policy recommendations, the Congressional Commission on Long-Term Care has drafted the first chapters of its report, commission staff director Larry Atkins said Tuesday.
Three White House appointees complete Commission on Long-Term CareMarch 14, 2013
President Barack Obama has named the final three members of the Commission on Long-Term Care created as part of January's fiscal cliff deal.


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A new study done by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)revealed that the number of legal music downloads tripled to 180 million in the first half of 2005 compared to the same period last year. The IFPI credits part of the surge to an increase in availability and affordability of broadband connections, faster computers, and an increase of ownership of portable media players. Illegal downloads rose by just 3%, from 870 mullion in January to 900 million.
According to a study by American market research firm, The NPD Group, which was released last month, U.S. residents downloaded 243 million songs from illegal sources and bought 26 million songs from online music stores. The reports stated that the main reasons for the decreasing growth of illegal downloads are fear of prosecution and the likelyhood of computers getting loaded up with spyware and viruses.
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Join our candidate for Edinburgh South, Ian Murray, for campaigning on Wednesday 7th June at 2.30pm. Meet at the corner of Gilmerton Road and Walter Scott Avenue.
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