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Heidi Daus "Subtle and Chic" Band Ring
Overview & Details
Sometimes less is more. If you're a Heidi girl, you love bold glamour and standout silhouettes, but every once in a while your look requires a smaller amount of showmanship. Tone it down (just a touch) with Heidi's Subtle and Chic collection, so you still keep your savvy sense of style with just a little less flair.
Design Information
- Band ring features domed, ridged, clear resin stations separated by pavé, round crystal-lined channels
- Tapered shank and end cap lined with caviar-beaded texture
Crystal Information
- This piece contains clear crystals
Good to Know
|Size Choices:
|5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12
|Approx. 1/2"L x 1/2"W x 1/4"H; shank 3/16"W
|Metal Color:
|Polished, oxidized, textured
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|Manufacturer's lifetime limited
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Tres Chic
This ring is perfect compliment to matching earrings, bangle bracelet and of course matching necklace. I am very pleased with entire set. Hope Heidi will do in black on black, love the "lucite" look! Very pleased with my purchase.nonnie88, CAWas this review helpful? 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Just stunning...
I am in total love with this piece, so much so, I came back and ordered the necklace. I have been buying my Lucite pieces from a well-known designer, but the prices are getting out of hand, and I was so glad to see Heidi is branching out to Lucite pieces. This is unique, understated elegance and I truly love the set. I'm truly hoping more will follow.LORELEI45, TXWas this review helpful? 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Heidi Daus
Timeless elegance and heirloom charm imbue these high-end, vintage-style jewelry pieces that offer distinct design and signature color. Each Heidi Daus creation is handcrafted for exceptional beauty, using such treasures as semi-precious stones, crystals and antique gold finishes. Cutting-edge technology combines metals, finishes and textures into antique reproductions and art-deco inspired pieces that are in a class by themselves.
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Things To Do In My Spare Time – Ways toIncrease Your Income Quantity Without A Lot Of Extra Work
Whether you are a hectic mom, a remain at home dad, a college student, or just intend to make some additional money– doing some extra work could assist you make money from home. Things To Do In My Spare Time can assist with this.
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Can we take a quick second to talk about online recipe reviews?
Look, I'm new to this whole food blog thing. And, you know, cooking. But I have to say that online reviews of recipes completely blow my mind.
A lot of them seem to go something like this: "I used x instead of y, and a instead of b, and I doubled c and used half of d and didn't use z. This recipe was terrible. 1/5 stars."
Really? REALLY?
Or there's the reverse: "I used x instead of y, and a instead of b, added 14 ingredients of my own, changed all of the measurements, and I decided to deep fry instead of bake. This recipe was great! 5/5 stars."
I saw one today that made me laugh out loud. Paraphrased:
"I doubled the salt in this recipe. It was WAY too salty. It needs a fraction of the salt. 2/5 stars."
A fraction? You mean, like ONE HALF?!
I guess it just reinforces the idea that you need to take everything you read on the internet with a grain of salt. Or two grains of salt, and then complain that it's too salty. HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR.


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Celebrating Our New Arrival
Hi Veronica,
Thank you and the gang for all your help and the lovely book. We're doing well and are in the depths of potty training! We figured we better work with him on this while we have the time before we go back to work.
Maybe we will work together again when it is time for a brother or sister!
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Create an Heirloom garment with this easy to make cutwork collar. Comes with photo directions and a "how to fit applique for kids embroidery collars".
Collar can be stitched on 1 color, 2 or 3 - your choice.
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I recently read an article, which got me thinking about security (which naturally, is always the first thing that comes to mind).
Mashable.com recently wrote an article, 'Bleak' – study finds young people have trouble with fake news despite digital fluency reporting about 'fake' news and how social media and the flood of any desired information at our fingertips are making it hard for people to identify and read unbiased, credible and informative news. The Mashable article reviewed a Stanford study which found that middle schoolers to college students have a hard time identify 'real' news and largely failed at their respective age appropriate news literacy.
What got me thinking is if this age group failed at identify creditable news sources, then what is stopping them from failing to identifying fake websites, phishing emails, malicious phone calls, or other fraudulent and pernicious activity on their devices?
With an age group that has been dubbed as 'the web savviest generation', how do we change their behavior to better protect themselves from deceivingly real fake news but also, in a related topic protect their personal data?
Now, I do not have an answer for you but maybe a suggestion…
Training technology users (almost everyone) like organization's onboard employees. Every organization has (or should) have an onboarding process for all new employees of the do's and don'ts of the organization's company policies including best practices for internet browsing, identifying malicious emails, what information to share and not to share. But for those outside of the professional realm or too young to have a job, when is a good time to intervene? And who is responsible for enlightening these said individuals?
What if children TV shows like Sesame Street, Mickey Mouse's Clubhouse, Barney, etc. taught children their ABCs, 123s and basic personal information data protection? Or what to share and not to share? What if the public education system included cyber security best practices in all of their computer classes in grade school?
Again, I don't have an answer to those questions, but I do know if we do not take the time to incorporate security best practices in our personal and professional lives, cyber security incidents and breaches will become more frequent and more damaging.
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The 6 Most Miraculous Things Scientology Has Ever Done (According to Scientologists)
From curing dyslexia to solving drug addiction.
According to Alex Gibney's Going Clear, which airs on HBO Sunday night, the Church of Scientology is a vindictive, repressive cult responsible for decades of criminal harassment and abuse. But, as numerous Church members will tell you, that's just half of the story. The other half is the testimony of Scientology's devoted celebrity members, who credit the religion with extraordinary healing powers. Their stories are literally incredible!
According to its adherents, Scientology can ...
Cure dyslexia.
Tom Cruise struggled with dyslexia throughout his childhood, and says he was "functionally illiterate" when he graduated high school. That changed in 1986, when Cruise discovered Study Tech, L. Ron Hubbard's educational method that emphasizes learning through physical representations of subjects. (Educators have called it "moronic," but "fairly harmless.") Cruise credits Study Tech with curing his dyslexia, and has since started the Hollywood Education Literacy Project to recruit others to the cause — of literacy! "It is definitely the most satisfying feeling ever," Cruise told Access Hollywood in 2009.
Cure drug addiction.
According to Beck, Scientology's Narconon program has a "90-something percent" success rate in curing hard-core drug addiction. (The church's official sources use a slightly more modest 75 percent.) Whatever the real number, one of its success stories is Kirstie Alley, who swears that Narconon rescued her from a dangerous cocaine addiction. "Without Scientology," she's said, "I would be dead." The medical community has largely dismissed Narconon as "quackery," particularly its use of sauna sessions to help patients "sweat out" drugs.
Heal Marlon Brando.
In Lawrence's Wright's New Yorker story on Scientology, Josh Brolin recalls attending a Hollywood party with John Travolta and Marlon Brando, who had arrived with an injury. Travolta had apparently just leveled up in Scientology, and offered his services. "I watched this process going on — it was very physical," Brolin told Wright. "I was thinking, this is really fucking bizarre! Then, after ten minutes, Brando opens his eyes and says, 'That really helped. I actually feel different!'" (Travolta's lawyer denies this incident ever happened.)
Provide an inherent mastery of Olympic gymnastics.
In the late '80s, Charles Lakes, America's first black Olympic gymnast, drew the ire of teammates for his abbreviated workout routines. In a cover story for the Church's Celebrity magazine, Lakes explained that he didn't need to practice as hard because he had Scientology on his side. "I am by far the healthiest person on the team," he said. "[My teammates] are actually resentful of me because I don't have to train as long as they do." Lakes placed 19th in all-around gymnastics in Seoul, after which he took a controversial year off, touring the country to promote Scientology.
Rearrange the bones in a person's skull.
One of Scientology's official books includes the testimony of an anonymous Church member who claims they suffered from a mysterious case of sinusitis — until their first auditing session set things right, literally. "Suddenly I felt a crunch — I could physically sense the bones in the left part of my face changing," they wrote. "Right afterwards my face felt as if it had woken up after being asleep ... The huge pressure build-up from my sinuses had completely disappeared — gone ... [It was] a miracle."
Bestow super-senses, telekinesis, and mind-control.
The writings of L. Ron Hubbard are full of elaborate descriptions of the superhuman abilities promised to higher-level Scientologists. Low-level members should expect any vision or hearing problems to vanish after a few auditing sessions, and Hubbard assures readers that their senses will eventually surpass those of normal "homo sapiens." Once they reach higher levels, Scientologists become indistinguishable from superheroes, with the power to read (and eventually control) others' thoughts, perform complex mechanical tasks with their minds, and "always know who's calling on the phone before it rings." Eventually, Hubbard promises in Scientology 8-8008 that the fully-realized Scientologist will become a "godlike" being able to "create his own universe." It is unclear if anyone alive has reached this level.


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'"Excuse me nah-nah-nah-na, Excuse me nah-nah-nah-na.' Remember the brilliantly cynical Daria? She was the coolest cartoon of the 90's and now you can show your love for her with this awesome new pin!" Pin by Amy Blue Illustration.
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Collectors of the 1980 RPG The Morrow Project can look forward to a series of desperate struggles for survival and hope on an Earth long devastated by nuclear war. The Morrow Project offers a series of adventures full of desperation, struggle, and heroism, as a group of dedicated specialists try to restore civilization to a shattered world.
The Morrow Project RPG – What Is The Morrow Project?
The Morrow Project is a post-apocalyptic roleplaying game setting that takes place 150 years after a nuclear war. You play agents of the Morrow Project, a group who couldn't stop the coming war, but they did take steps to help rebuild human civilization in its wake. These agents have been cryogenically frozen for a century and a half, but something happened and your group of characters missed the emergence date by three to five years. Now they must rush to fulfill their mission to rebuild and reconnect with other Morrow assets while trying to survive in the rough new world formed amid the devastation.
Liberation at Riverton
Liberation at Riverton is an opening scenario for a The Morrow Project campaign. Your group wakes up in Riverton without any weapons or equipment. What's worse, the complex is in use by band of soldiers who've called the shots for a long time. The characters have to get on their feet, find supplies, and somehow liberate their staging area from a group of violent tyrants.
Operation: Damocles
Damocles is a described on the box as a "subterranean morgue" in which Recon Team G-9 awakens. This modules contains information on the Commando Scout interior and a new weapons list. It also claims to be the most extensive treatment of computers ever placed in a roleplaying game supplement. Given that this was released in 1982, I wonder whether that still applies.
Operation: Lucifer
Operation: Lucifer requires the group to find an unused Russian nuclear warhead that must be found and defused before it explodes. It's a rush against time, because the Krell are advancing upon the position.
The Starnaman Incident
The Starnaman Incident, written by Craig Starnaman, involves a legend about the people of Starnaman who fought 150 years ago to retain their freedom–and apparently fought 10 years before succumbing. The characters must learn about the truth behind this legend and deal with the lingering hatred among survivors who tell stories of the horrors committed. I've seen this wrongly named "The Starman Incident", so you might search for it under that name, if you can't find Starnaman under its correct title.
Fall Back!
The group faces the wrath of the Kentucky Free State, whose army is on the march. While the agricultural experts of the Morrow Project team get the local civilians to safety, your team have to fight a rearguard action against the Free State Army.
Bullets & Bluegrass
What a great name for an adventure. In this module, the group awakes to find some of their colleagues have been taken hostage. While the group tries to resolve the hostage situation, a "merciless enemy" tries to hunt them down.
The Ruins of Chicago
The players must go into the bombed out remains of Chi-Town to find the enigmatic Fort Morrow while fighting tribes of cannibals and a "City Machine"–whatever that might be. Also, in a nearby university there may exist the sum total of our world's remaining academic knowledge.
The Final Watch
Apparently, the Seattle chapter of the Morrow Project wasn't as well prepared for the nuclear holocaust as other units, and the Prime Base isn't prepared for the developments that have happened in the Seattle area in the 150 years since the fall. The team must get to the Seattle base, resolve the situation, and start the rebuilding process in the Northwest.
Operation Lonestar
Join the Last Cavalry Unit in a last-ditch battle for survival against "merciless savages" as a dangerous storm rages. To complicate matters, masses of refugees dot the landscape. Described as an "impossible mission" for those players who've been "wanting a war".
Prime Base
Prime Base is a scenario for experienced characters and is meant to be the turning point in the Morrow Project rebuilding North America. The Prime Base was the old command and control center of the Project, and it contains the resources needed to take the next step in rebuilding the civilization. But this complex module is bigger, more detailed, and more deadly than any the group has ever faced. The publisher claims beginning characters cannot and should not encounter this place.
Desert Search
The team must find the first power station out in the Nevada Desert. Meanwhile, a mysterious group known as the Syen are active in the area. The players must rescue their allies in suspended animation before either the Syen or the harshness of the desert finishes the heroes off.
American Outback
This scenario involves an exploration of Eastern Nevada, a range war with an Indian tribe, a cattle drive, steam-powered locomotives, six-shooters, and a heap of trouble for the player characters. In the middle of this New West, the players must find an Indian girl key to the resolution, then report back to Prime Base.
Morrow Project Travel Guide
If you want an idea of the kind of devotion this roleplaying game fostered in its fans, take a look at this Morrow Project Travel Guide. Each state has a detailed guide to the cities nuked, as well as Morrow Project assets in all 50 states.


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Most people agree that stress can be dangerous to your health. Even medical doctors cannot deny the havoc that excessive stress can wreak on a person's mental and physical health. And not only does stress affect our personal lives, it also affects our professional lives. In fact, according to a study by Northwestern National Life, one-fourth of employees view their jobs as the number one stressor in their lives.This course discusses how stress can ultimately impact our performance and productivity through the excessive pressures and expectations that our jobs demand. It focuses on how to identify factors that contribute to stress at work, what the consequences of stress are, and how to control and minimize the effects of stress. TARGET AUDIENCEManagers/Supervisors/Risk Management & HR ProfessionalsTIME TO COMPLETE75 minutesPURPOSETo increase managers' and supervisors' knowledge of factors that contribute to stress in the workplace, to demonstrate the consequences that stress can have on your company, and to help you control and minimize the negative effects of stress in your workplace. LEARNING OBJECTIVESAfter completing this course, the learner will be able to:
ACCREDITATION HR CERTIFICATION INSTITUTEThis program has been approved for 1.25 recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute. For more information about certification or recertification, visit the HR Certification Institute homepage at www.hrci.org.(The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of this program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.)
SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENTThe Human Equation is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CPSM or SHRM-SCPSM. This program is valid for 1.25 PDCs for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit www.shrmcertification.org.
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James Rhodes, Easley
James Rhodes, husband of Susan Rhodes, passed away peacefully on March 30, 2017.
Born in Greenville, SC, he was the son of the late Ray and Thelma Rhodes.
Surviving in addition to his loving wife are his two sons, Marty Rhodes (Kristy) and Michael E.K. Rhodes; and seven grandchildren.
He was an avid collector of everything interesting, including coins and baseball cards, but he mostly enjoyed having family fun.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Rhodes was preceded in death by his brother, Jerry Ray Rhodes.
A Memorial service will be held at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church on Monday, April 3, at 2:00 PM. The family will receive friends at the church on Monday, April 3, from 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM.
The family will be at the home of Larry and Sharon Smith in Piedmont, SC
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Mount Pisgah Baptist Church Building Fund.
Mount Pisgah Baptist Church
101 Pisgah Road
Easley, SC 29642
(864) 855-5059
Condolences may be expressed online at robinsonfuneralhomes.com, or in person at Robinson Funeral Home – Powdersville Road, which is assisting the family.
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Fall at our house involves candy and pumpkins! Each child had a pumpkin that they "carved." Micah wanted "Bob" from veggie tales...that was Nate's job. Melissa and Luke both drew faces on their's and then Nate tried to carve them too. This was the first year we toasted the pumpkin seeds. They were really good! The kids thought they tasted like popcorn.
We let our kids go trick or treating in our neighborhood. Luke dressed as Captain Hook. Melissa was Tinkerbell. Which is so appropriate for these two at this time in their lives! And Micah was a dog, or "Ruff" as he would say.
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Link Roundup: Thursday, May 4th
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' horrible healthcare bill today. One of its many potential targets: Medicaid reimbursements for schools providing services to students with disabilities. Another: the ACA's current bar on lifetime limits and employer out-of-pocket annual cost cap.
"When Republicans talk about freedom and choice, they don't realize that Medicaid gives those very things to people with disabilities."
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Academic Achievements
Student-Athletes of the Year for 2015-2016:
Rikki Sargent - 15 individual appearances at the PSAC Swimming Championships with top ten finish every time, 13 relay appearances PSAC Swimming Championships, graduated with Shippensburg University record holder in breaststroke and in all three individual medley events.
Ryan Zapoticky - Started all 11 games for the Shippensburg University football team for an 8-3 season, set school records for single-game rushing by a quarterback (138) and single rushing yards for a quarterback (561), earned two PSAC East Offensive Player of the Week awards by posting highest single-game passing efficiency rating by a Division 2 quarterback in Shippensburg's win over Cheyney. He won the Shippensburg VFW Homecoming Game Offensive MVP award, became Shippensburg's first quarterback to have multiple games in a season with both 200 years passing and 100 yards rushing in the same contest, and Zapoticky earned the John Bay Award from the football team as SU's most outstanding offensive player.
Lucy Kauffman Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient
Women's Swim CSCAA Scholar All-America Designation
Justin Pyle 2014-15 Capital One Academic All-District 1 Team
Lucy Kauffman 2014 PSAC Field Hockey Champion Scholar
D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
PSAC Scholar-Athletes 2014-2015
PSAC Scholar-Athletes 2013-2014
PSAC Scholar-Athletes 2012-2013
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St. Francis' engineering curriculum helps high school students build a strong understanding of how technological systems function. Learners gain the ability to describe how technological systems fail due to design errors or misuse. Students learn how to troubleshoot such problems in order to get various technological systems working as they were intended. A study of electrical systems is undertaken, with students learning how transducers send electrical signals and how to conduct voltage tests. They work on calculating the load placed on technological components to determine static, dynamic, and tension forces acting upon them.
The theatre education curriculum in St. Francis focuses on helping students acquire the necessary skills to engage in theatrical productions with proficiency. In elementary school, students get comfortable with basic acting principles by using their imaginations. Learners pretend to be someone else and create characters for other actors to portray. Basic costume design and construction principles are introduced as well. Movement on stage is discussed, with children acquiring an understanding of how a more dynamic performance is provided by moving to different areas of the stage and engaging with different sections of the audience.
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- St. Francis Music Boosters - The St. Francis Music Boosters is a community organization that helps students who wish to pursue music education and also helps to plan for musical performances in the community. The group raises funds that support the acquisition of instruments, travel to events, and other necessary items for the music program.
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The fact that Christmas is right around the corner and it's gift-giving season is certainly a good excuse to visit Red Hot Robot, but seriously, wouldn't you want to buy these crazy toys for yourself? I dropped by a few days ago and found myself giggling at every turn, from happy, plush donuts to ornery cracked eggs smoking cigarettes.
Mongers come in mystery boxes, so you don't know what you get until you buy it and open it up. I'd like a mean-looking apple or carrot.
Meanwhile, these breakfast-themed keychain toys were just so damn lovable. Hard to resist the cuteness. I want the happy waffle.
Pecan Pals were nutty little wooden figures.
Bacon looks, um, fried, while candy corn looks like he's on meds.
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I'm reluctantly having to consider moving to an IPAQ 214 from using Palms/Sony Clies for many years and would welcome any tips in creating forms that can be used for both OS's without change.
To gain maximum screen space, it looks like I can size my forms to 210 x 160 but need to avoid using the top 20 and bottom 10 pixels because Windows mobile uses this space
I see the IPAQ does not have a scroll wheel, but are there any drawbacks to making longer forms? for example, under PalmOS , text entry fields won't scroll well after a certain point
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Until last week, it was easy to describe relations between the H. J. Heinz Company, the world's largest tuna canner, and environmental groups trying to save dolphins tangled in tuna nets. ''We were the bitterest of enemies,'' one defender of the dolphins said.
But on Thursday, Heinz's Star-Kist Seafood Company said it would no longer buy tuna trapped by nets that kill dolphins. Within hours, Star-Kist's leading competitors, the Van Camp Seafood Company and Bumble Bee Seafoods Inc., announced similar policies of buying tuna from fisherman using ''dolphin safe'' methods. These moves will affect nearly 70 percent of the canned tuna sold in the United States.
Anthony J. F. O'Reilly, the chairman of Heinz, attributed his company's decision to both external influences - lobbying by environmentalists and a consumer boycott of tuna -and an internal corporate debate. ''There was an epic debate, almost theological in tone'' about whether to adopt the dolphin-safe policy, Mr. O'Reilly said in a telephone interview.
The consumer boycott, which included a growing number of schoolchildren, seemed to argue for a dolphin-safe policy.
But Star-Kist's internal marketing surveys showed a risk: only half of all consumers were willing to pay higher prices for dolphin-safe tuna. The other half presumably wanted the least expensive tuna.Continue reading the main story
The furor over dolphins arises because the playful and intelligent marine mammals swim above the delicately flavored, much-prized yellowfin tuna. When tuna fishermen set their nets on the fish, they also drag in the air-breathing dolphins, who often drown before the nets are hauled in.
Star-Kist officials say that under the company's new policy, tuna prices may rise 2 cents to 10 cents a can because of higher freight costs. Star-Kist is likely to buy more tuna from those who fish farther from the United States, where dolphins do not swim with tuna.
Still, ''the negative publicity of doing nothing would probably have harmed Heinz,'' said Pavlos M. Alexandrakis, an analyst with the Argus Research Corporation. ''Heinz would have looked like it was not being run by socially conscious people.''
The history of Heinz's decision is also a story of an unlikely network of people. There is the biologist whose film of dolphins drowning in tuna nets prompted a former fashion model to protest their deaths. There is her husband, a record company executive, who lobbied Mr. O'Reilly. And there is, above all, Mr. O'Reilly himself -chief executive of Heinz since 1979. A former rugby star, he possessed the media savvy that comes from being Ireland's leading press baron, controlling The Irish Independent.
Heinz under Mr. O'Reilly has a sterling reputation on Wall Street for squeezing handsome profit out of relatively mundane products - like Ore-Ida potatoes, 9 Lives cat food and, of course, ketchup.
Over a decade, the Pittsburgh-based company has nearly quadrupled profits and more than doubled sales. In the year ended April 30, 1989, Heinz earned $440 million on sales of more than $5.8 billion.
In the fiscal year ending this month, Heinz's Star-Kist tuna will post pretax income of $160 million, according to William Leach, an analyst with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. That is up more than 10 percent from $145 million a year earlier.
Challenge of Growth
But to keep Star-Kist profits growing is a challenge, said Keith A. Hauge, president of the Star-Kist subsidiary, which is based in Long Beach, Calif. Despite Star-Kist's well-known commercials with ''Charlie the Tuna,'' consumer's brand loyalty is low. Also, preparing tuna for canning, a process that is mostly done by hand, is so expensive that Heinz can do little to fatten margins with productivity gains.
That leaves the brute force of sales volume. On the supermarket shelf, canned tuna retails for about 89 cents for a 6.5-ounce can of chunk light tuna, but retailers often mark it down to 69 cents to entice customers into the store. The practice means that profit margins are so low that for anyone - fishermen, canners, or retailers - to make money, the volume of tuna caught and sold must be high.
Fishermen, who now receive about 44 cents a pound for tuna, have long used high-volume methods of harvesting the fish. In the 1960's they began to use huge circular nets, which also ensnared dolphins.
In 1972, a Federal law, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, set a ceiling of 20,500 dolphins that can be killed each year by American tuna fishermen. Federal observers are posted on the 65 American vessels that catch nearly all of the tuna sold in the United States. But environmentalists assert that enforcement has been lax, especially on foreign boats, 30 percent of which are also supposed to be monitored under the law.
Effect of Consumer Boycotts
Consumer boycotts have rarely hurt a target company's sales. Star-Kist's revenue and profit actually grew during the two years of the boycott called by the Earth Island Institute, an environmentalist organization in San Francisco, and other groups.
For its part, Heinz believed that it was not effectively communicating its commitment to protecting the dolphins. Since 1970, officals said, Star-Kist had been helping reduce the number of dolphins killed by buying only from boats that used special nets and procedures that allowed more dolphins to escape.
Dispute Over Numbers
As much as 90 percent of the 250,000 tons of tuna Star-Kist buys is already dolphin safe, said Keith A. Hauge, the president of Star-Kist. But the American Tuna Boat Association disputes that proportion as being too high.
That the proportion could be disputed was also underscored by a 1988 film made by Samuel LaBudde, a biologist affiliated with the Earth Island Institute. Posing as a deckhand on a Panamanian-registered fishing boat, Mr. LaBudde filmed dolphins drowning in nets, at least 200 over the course of four months, he said.
Last June, Ani H. Moss saw the LaBudde film in San Diego and was horrified. She also met David Phillips, the director of Earth Island. Mrs. Moss, a former model with the Ford agency, asked her husband, Jerome S. Moss, co-founder of A&M Records Inc., if she could use an A&M sound stage for a ''Dolphin Awareness Evening'' for actors, directors and other people in the film industry.
High-Level Meeting Proposed
In the course of planning that event in November, Mrs. Moss urged her husband to meet with Mr. O'Reilly. Mr. Moss, who had only seen Mr. O'Reilly on television, agreed to try. He set up the O'Reilly lunch through Bobby Shriver, for whom A&M Records had produced an album for the Special Olympics International, a charity that was founded by Mr. Shriver's mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Robert Sargent Shriver Jr., Bobby's father and the former director of the Peace Corps under President Kennedy, was a friend of Mr. O'Reilly's.
In early December, in the Heinz headquarters in Pittsburgh, Mr. Moss and Mr. O'Reilly met for a two-hour lunch over Weight Watchers spaghetti, a Heinz product. ''I found him decent, rational and patriotic,'' Mr. O'Reilly said about Mr. Moss. ''Rather than garrison shouting at garrison, lunch was more of a joint tutorial.''
Still, Mr. Moss, accustomed to the quick decisions of the music industry, felt frustrated when weeks passed and there was no word of a Heinz decision. In February, he sent a letter to Mr. O'Reilly with a copy of a Scottish record entitled ''Nothing Ever Happens.''
Board Members Alerted
But something was happening. In March, Star-Kist officials told Heinz's board that at the next board meeting, April 11, they would present proposals for a dolphin-safe policy.
What had happened? Consumer-tracking surveys taken in mid-February had shown a jump in awareness of the dolphin issue to 60 percent, from 50 percent. The ''level of concern,'' on a scale of 1 to 10, had jumped to 7 from 6.
''We had been uncomfortable with the whole dolphin issue for a long time,'' said Mr. Hauge, Star-Kist's president. ''Killing dolphins is undesirable for everyone.''
By April 3, Heinz and Star-Kist officials met with Mr. Moss and Mr. Phillips over possible approaches to a dolphin policy.
By April 10, the completed proposal - a categorical ban on buying any tuna caught in dolphin-endangering nets - was presented before the executive committee of the Heinz board. They approved it; the full board consented Wednesday. On Thursday, Heinz announced its new policy at a news conference in Washington.Continue reading the main story


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7971936711213357074.post5161666915240407135..comments2018-08-17T21:15:14.283+01:00Comments on STONCH'S BEER BLOG: Lads on tourStonchhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7971936711213357074.post-25340988068048947902009-10-20T11:42:38.757+01:002009-10-20T11:42:38.757+01:00I used to be tour manager one of the stag party or...I used to be tour manager one of the stag party organising companies in Prague and most of the groups that came over were no problem whatsoever. We maybe had complaints about groups once a weekend, which when you consider most weekends we had more than 50 groups that's only 2% of them.

Of course though, it makes good copy for certain right wing newspapers to complain loudly about almost anything people do other than sit in the drawing room supping sherry.

Having said that, we also worked with rugby groups coming over on tour and despite their image they were universally well behaved.Velky Alhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7971936711213357074.post-16246579388179778302009-10-19T20:09:51.881+01:002009-10-19T20:09:51.881+01:00The only good stag I know comes served with potato...The only good stag I know comes served with potatoes and redcurrent sauce.

Anyone who chooses to have a stag do with two mates in an Irish bar in central London deserves to be married.Southern email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7971936711213357074.post-80394006741121181842009-10-19T15:13:07.230+01:002009-10-19T15:13:07.230+01:00Live feed from Praha: Having a great time, wishing...Live feed from Praha: Having a great time, wishing you were here. Except for the bitter cunts who thing a good stag involves 2 mates sat quietly in the corner of a soulless 'Irish'-themed central London pub.

PS Will let you know when we've abused some of the local populace and fulfilled the role of typical 'Brits abroad'.

-Dr. Robbles MA(Oxon) MBBS email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7971936711213357074.post-42272314417523867232009-10-19T10:00:10.199+01:002009-10-19T10:00:10.199+01:00One person's good natured "hoonery" ...One person's good natured "hoonery" is another's unwelcome and inappropriate behaviour. Generally I'm not keen on mob handedness mixed with a lot of drink, even if I'm involved. Looking from the outside, it rarely looks good, even if well behaved.

Oddly, I can only find one definition of the word "hoonery" - a word I'd never heard of. Australian in derivation, it is described as loutish behaviour. Oh Well.

And this good article here: http://bit.ly/3cKkN3Tandlemanhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7971936711213357074.post-61075847834481226062009-10-18T14:23:29.667+01:002009-10-18T14:23:29.667+01:00i was in agreement with Jeff until the bit about p...i was in agreement with Jeff until the bit about polo shirts with slogans on. sorry, but they are a bit tacky, sort of enforced jolity... thankfully have never had to wear one on the stag do's i've been on...

regarding drunken brits not handling their drink, the Spanish have a good expression, but i can't remember it exactly, something like "if you can't piss it, don't drink it"michael-jhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7971936711213357074.post-70383960442228809302009-10-18T14:06:05.835+01:002009-10-18T14:06:05.835+01:00My brother and a couple of our mates are regular v...My brother and a couple of our mates are regular visitors to Euopean cities. Without exception there are always a few Brits embarassing themselves due to being unable to know/stick to their limits. At best they look ridiculous, at worst they are rude, ignorant and aggressive towards the local populace.

It's not a case of being a killjoy or a Billy no-mates - you don't need to be in a group of 20 to enjoy yourself in a European city, and you don't have to drink yourself into a vomiting wreck either. These people should never be let out the country - in the same way football hooligans aren't.Southern firstname.lastname@example.com


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The Pre-master's program
The Pre-Master's program prepares for the Master's program in Human-Technology Interaction. Depending on the course you have followed you may be required to follow the Pre-master's program. Most of the courses, given during the Pre-master's program, are obligatory courses from the Bachelor's program Innovation Sciences.
These courses have the goal to expand your knowledge in the social sciences: you will learn how people behave, perceive and think. Therefore courses in psychology, cognitive sciences, perception, human factors, decision making and consumer behavior have to be followed. These courses will give students a profound scientific introduction that is needed to follow the advanced courses offered in the Master program.
In order to do research in the field of Human Technology Interaction you also need to acquire knowledge on research methodologies in the social sciences. Therefore, courses in statistics and research methodology have to be followed. Additionally, you will follow courses in calculus and ethics.
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The flavour of durian flesh is rich and aromatic, it is suitable to be used to make creamy and delicious ice-cream. This ice-cream recipe does not have whipping cream as its ingredient because personally I don't like the strong milk flavor of whipping cream. Also, the strong milk flavor may affect the flavor of durian too.
It is replaced by custard which is made with egg yolks and milk. After the cooled durian custard is churned in an ice-cream machine, it will become smooth and creamy ice-cream. If you don't have an ice-cream machine, you may pour the custard into popsicle molds to make it into durian popsicles. However, the texture of popsicles is icier, not as creamy as durian ice-cream.
Durian Ice-Cream No Whipping Cream (with Ice-Cream Machine) | MyKitchen101en
- 4 egg yolks
- 25 g icing sugar
- 2 1/2 tsps cornstarch
- 700 ml full cream milk (no added sugar)
- 120 g condensed milk
- 250 g durian flesh
1 Whisk together icing sugar and egg yolks until thick and fluffy, add in cornstarch and mix well.
2 Mix together condensed milk and milk, then warm through over medium-low heat (DO NOT boil).
3 Gradually add in half of the warmed milk to egg yolk mixture, keep stirring while adding.
4 Combine egg yolk mixture with the remaining milk and mix well.
5 Stir the mixture over medium-low heat until boiling.
6 Reduce heat to low, continue stirring for 4-5 minutes until custard has thickened (can coat the back of a spoon).
7 Add in durian flesh and cook for another minute.
8 Sieve the durian custard, then set aside to cool.
9 When cooled, transfer to a container and chill for at least 6 hours (or freeze for 2 hours) until very cold.
10 Churn in an ice-cream maker for 40-45 minutes (you may put the ice-cream machine in a freezer bag if the room temperature is high to delay the melting of ice in ice-cream machine).
11 Transfer the soft ice-cream to a container and freeze for 7-8 hours for a firmer consistency. (If the ice-cream is too hard, leave it at room temperature for 5-10 minutes before serving.)
12 You may pour the durian custard into popsicle molds and freeze for at least 8 hours to make it into durian popsicles.


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Mr McMullen – Class Teacher of Sycamore
I have been teaching for eight years and have done so in different schools in Hampshire. I enjoy tinkering with cars– usually making a mess. I enjoy reading and sports of any kind especially Grid– Iron Football. I support the Miami Dolphins. I cannot wait to see what year 4 will create this year and I know they will do themselves and the school proud.
Mrs McGillivray – Assistant Headteacher and Class Teacher of Lime
I really enjoy teaching and have taught across several different schools in Hampshire. Outside of school, I really enjoy singing and Ice –hockey (I am a season ticket holder for the Basingstoke Bison). Most of all I love spending time with my family and friends.
Miss Cartwright/Miss Hawkes - Class Teachers of Maple
I have been teaching for three years now and have a passion for sport and Physical Education. I enjoy playing netball and, before moving house, I participated in a local league and I look forward to helping develop this even further at Merton Junior this year. (Miss Cartwright)
Miss Masson– LSA
I love all things creative. I spend lots of my spare time creating and developing new and exciting projects for home and school. I am very keen on sports and staying active. My favourite sport is swimming– I used to swim for Hampshire.
Miss Rodgers– LSA
I am in my sixth year at Merton Junior School and am really enjoying it. I also work in the library. I have two children, both of whom attended Merton and are now both in the Everest Community Academy. When I am not in school, I enjoy relaxing, watching television and during school holidays going out on day trips and camping.
Mrs Thane– LSA
I'm in my third year of working at Merton Junior School, this being my first year as a Year 4 LSA but I have worked with children for over 16 years and I am thoroughly enjoying being part of the school. I have two young children, so any spare time I may get is usually taken up by them.


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English Only Update II
English Only Bill May Exempt Native Americans
By James Crawford
December 7, 1995
Changes for passage of English-only legislation seemed to be significantly enhanced, following a Dec. 6 hearing before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. Chances also seemed enhanced for amendments that would exempt Native American languages from some of the bill's restrictions, fostering a divide-and-conquer strategy against the legislation's opponents.
The committee heard testimony from eight witnesses in favor of S. 356, a measure that would declare English the nation's official language and severely restrict the federal government's use of other languages for public business. No opposing witnesses were invited to testify. Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), chair of the committee, announced his intention to convene a second hearing at an unspecified date "early next year" when other views might be heard.
Advocates for language-minority groups protested their exclusion from the hearing, describing it as part of a troubling pattern. Raul Yzaguirre, president of the National Council of La Raza, noted that when a House education subcommittee heard testimony on similar "Language of Government" bills Nov. 1, the Republican majority allowed seven witnesses in favor and only one against. "What are proponents of English-only so afraid of?" he asked. "That a balanced hearing will reveal the inherent flaws of this legislation?"
Held on a day when the U.S. role in Bosnia commanded most senators' attention, the hearing attracted only three members of the Governmental Affairs committee. Besides Stevens, two Democrats were present for part of the proceedings, only one of whom, Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), expressed reservations about S. 356. Akaka began by agreeing with proponents' goal of "promoting linguistic unity" but said he worried that an English-only mandate might be disriminatory and ethnically divisive. He announced his plan to introduce amendments that would limit the legislation's impact on Native American languages.
Sen. Stevens expressed his sympathy for the latter idea, noting his earlier support for the Native American Languages Acts and the Alaska Native Languages Act. (These recent laws endorse, among other things, the policy goal of preserving indigenous languages and authorize small grants for that purpose.) It was not clear whether Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), chief sponsor of S. 356, was equally amenable. Testifying before the committee, Shelby asserted that 323 languages are now spoken within the borders of the United States. If some are accommodated by government-sponsored programs, when will "multilingual demands" end? he asked. "The question is that if we choose to perform these federal services in several languages, how can we possibly say no to the individuals who speak Chinook Jargon or Micmac?"
Stevens made it clear that his support for the legislation reflects concerns about the growth of immigrant languages and about bilingual education, which – he charged – has sometimes denied English-speaking children access to schooling in their native tongue. Recalling his close friendship with the late Sen. S. I. Hayakawa, founder of the modern English-only movement, Stevens said: "I share Sen. Hayakawa's aversion to the balkanization of California ... [with its southern half becoming] a Spanish-speaking state. California has tried to resist that, and I think nationally we ought to resist that."
For more than a decade, language-minority advocates have maintained a united front against the English-only movement. While it is widely acknowledged that immigrants are the primary target of this campaign, Native Americans have also suffered from its legal and political fallout. This year, for the first time, some of the latter now believe that they might be wise to make a "separate peace" with language restrictionists. It is tempting to argue that indigenous languages, which predated English on American soil, have a prior moral claim that immigrant languages do not have, and that federal programs for Native Americans should therefore be exempted from any English- only mandate.
Sen. Stevens appears to be receptive to this logic and it is possible that other Western Republicans may be as well – e.g., Senators McCain, Domenici, Campbell, Murkowski, and Hatch. Because these senators have previously spoken out against English-only measures, opponents had felt that chances for defeating the legislation are better in the Senate than the House (where one bill, H.R. 123, now has 191 cosponsors; 218 votes are needed to pass legislation). Now prospects are less clear, especially since no senator has stepped forward this year to stage a forceful attack on S. 356. Still, the Senate vote is likely to be close. It could make a crucial difference if Native American groups drop their opposition in exchange for amendments to mitigate the bill's impact on their languages.
English Plus advocates argue that such a deal would be short-sighted in any case. First, there would be no practical way to exempt indigenous languages from all the legal effects of the English-only bills now under consideration. While it might be possible to shield some Native American programs, S. 356 and H.R. 123 would (despite their sponsors' denials) seem implicitly to repeal the Bilingual Education Act. This could prove devastating to American Indian and Alaska Native schools, which rarely have alternative sources of support for native-language programs. Currently children from more than 70 Native American language groups are being served by federal bilingual education grants. When these grants are terminated, the programs are usually terminated as well.
Second, there would be no way to exempt Native Americans from the political impact of an English-only law. Xenophobes tend not to make fine distinctions. For many if not all English- only advocates, the intent is to harass and denigrate people who look, sound, and live differently from members of the dominant culture. Native peoples meet these criteria as well as Hispanic and Asian immigrants. Even if enacted in a purely symbolic form, with no legal teeth, an English-only law would legitimate and encourage chauvinism toward all minority languages – e.g., when it came time for Congress or state legislatures to appropriate money for language preservation programs. Public attitudes, now largely indifferent to the fate of endangered languages, would likely be harder to change or even become more hostile.
On other issues, the Senate hearing featured familiar arguments by familiar witnesses, including Shelby, Reps. Toby Roth (R-Wisc.) and Bill Emerson (R-Mo.), and Mauro Mujica, president of U.S. English, all of whom had previously testified before the House early childhood, youth, and families subcommittee. As in the House hearing, proponents recruited an array of first- generation immigrants to regale the committee with arguments about the importance of learning English in the United States.
Shahab Qarni, a Pakistani, told senators that, as a world language, "English was the only thing that helped me survive" when stranded in various foreign airports. Sayyid Syeed, a Kashmiri linguist, testified that learning English is now a Muslim "religious duty" since it has become the language of the Koran for non-Arabic speakers. Miroslava Vukelich, a Serbian immigrant, also described English as "spiritually uplifting" and argued that making it official would "empower [Americans] to communicate and interact with one another and [avoid] the problems that confront the country of my birth, Yugoslavia." (She neglected to mention that most parties to the Bosnian conflict speak dialects of a single language, Serbo-Croatian.)
Few challenges were raised to the witnesses' testimony, except by Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) in the matter of demographic claims being advanced by U.S. English. Citing census projections, Mujica said that the number of non-English-speakers is expected to reach 43 million, or 11.5 percent of the U.S. population, by the year 2050. But Dorgan referred to a letter from the Census Bureau, which reported there were 1.8 million non-English speakers (0.8 percent of U.S. residents) in 1990 and denied making any projections about future language use. Challenged to explain where he got his estimate, Mujica responded, "books and articles." Pressed harder, he conceded, "I couldn't tell you."
Without being challenged, Rep. Roth earlier made a more extravagant claim: that one in seven Americans do not speak English. Roth cited as his source the National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education. In fact, according to the census, approximately one in seven U.S. residents spoke a language other than English in the home in 1990.
The latter population increased substantially between 1980 and 1990, as shown by an analysis of census data by Dorothy Waggoner, in her newsletter Numbers and Needs, Nov. 1995 (available from Box G1H/B, 3900 Watson Place, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20016). But among foreign- born residents who speak other languages at home, the percentage who speak English "very well" increased more rapidly – i.e., they are becoming more bilingual.
Editorial note: If this report leads you to sense that the English-only threat looms larger than at any time in the past decade – congratulations – you've gotten the message. Unfortunately, not many others have.
Comments? Email me at: firstname.lastname@example.com
Copyright © 1995 by James Crawford. Permission is hereby granted to reproduce this article for free, noncommercial distribution, provided that credit is given and this notice is included. Requests for permission to reproduce in any other form should be forwarded by email.


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As artists and writers, we look to art and story and lyric to help us understand climate change and to ready ourselves for the impossible years that are approaching. The jet stream is wobbling, the coral reefs are dying, our soil and air and water are contaminated. Island nations are starting to sink below the waves. We may well be one of the last generations of humans to survive on this planet. This issue looks at some of our fears and some of our hopes.
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The Rosh Hashanah the Rabbi Was Not Ready
The Temple – Tifereth Israel
Rabbi Stacy Schlein
September 2014
It was a simple question. I'm not even sure why I reacted the way that I did. A week ago, a friend of mine very innocently asked, are you ready for Rosh Hashanah? I responded with a huge smile, "I will be by next Wednesday."
When she walked away, my heart sank and my smile disintegrated. Deep down inside, I knew that I was not ready. I certainly had a lot to do but truthfully, the list was pretty easy.
- Write a sermon – check
- Create a tot service – check
- Find a story – check
- Create a teen service – check
- Get my haircut – check
- Find my white robe – check
- Make sure I can still fit into one of my suits –check
- Relax – check (well, maybe not so much)
- Take Eliana to get her braces off – check
- Get the tire fixed on my car so that I make to services today – check
A strange thing happened though when I went to take my car in for service. I knew the car was out of alignment, I didn't even need to have them test it. In that moment, I realized my own alignment was off too. No wonder I don't feel like I'm ready for Rosh Hashanah.
How could I be ready for Rosh Hashanah when my own spiritual alignment is off? I know that I am not unique here. We all have responsibilities at home, at school, at work. Some of us have started a new job. Some of us have started at new schools. Some of us have lost a job. Some of us have lost a loved one. When you are asked: "How are you?" Do you respond with "Busy!" Do you feel like you are going in 1 million directions at once?
Truthfully, I do enjoy going a million directions at once, but there is a limit. When I start to feel like a Ping-Pong ball, going back-and-forth flying from thing-to-thing, not able to control the direction that is when I reach a point where daily stresses really affect me.
I always prided myself on being a glass is half-full versus the glass is half empty kind of a person. But now I feel thinking negative thoughts bubbling up. Instead of being proud of myself for completing even half of the things on my to-do list, I think of all the things I did not get done. Instead of saying that the house is three quarters clean, I focus on the one quarter of the house it's a disaster. Instead of being excited with projects around the house, I'm focusing on how long they are taking to complete. All of this misalignment has steered me away from my spiritual self and my relationship with God.
Since I had this revelation – that I had lost sight of my own spirituality and my relationship with God – one week before Rosh Hashanah, I decided to do something drastic.
Ok, I'm just going to say it – no apologies – I love to pray. I love to explore different forms of prayer. I love coming to temple. I love praying when I am exercising. I love to pray when I have a Shabbat dinner and I have my family surrounding me. I love to sit in my house quietly, close my eyes and meditate.
Somehow over the course of this year I forgot how central prayer is to my life. Let that sink in for a moment. A rabbi and Jewish educator who loves to teach and lead prayer, let the daily stresses of life, with all its joys and frustrations, keep her from her relationship with God.
With the clock counting down to Rosh Hashanah, to spiritually prepare myself for the start of the new-year, I decided to try an experiment and FAST so I started reading about a Jewish spiritual practice called Mussar. Mussar is a collection of Jewish methods that were developed over a thousand years ago (although more formally written into practice beginning in the 1800's in Lithuania by Rabbi Yisrael Salanter) to cultivate personal growth and spiritual realization. The idea is to identify qualities or aspects of yourself that you wish to strengthen through the ins and outs and ups and downs of daily life. There is a series of soul attributes that you identify that you feel you need to strengthen. The goal is to identify 13 different soul attributes. You study each soul attributes for one week and by the end of the year, you will have worked on each soul attribute four times. By the end of the year you will have strengthened your understanding and deepened your ability to reshape your own behavior and responses as you intended.
There are four things that I did during the course of the day. First, before even getting out of bed, I read the soul attribute to direct my mind and energy. Second, I meditated. Thankfully, the author of the book I am reading recommended meditating for only four minutes. Third, I read a series of short texts related to the soul attribute. Fourth, at the end of the day, I wrote in a journal reflecting on how I was or was not able to integrate that soul attribute into your life that day.
The first day I tried this was last Sunday. I focused on gratitude so I could direct my energy on the positive and express my gratitude more openly. I began the morning with this phrase: "awaken to the good and give thanks." I found a quiet place, I locked the door, set a timer, closed my eyes to begin my four (4) minute meditation. So what happened? Well…for four minutes my thoughts wandered all over the place – thinking about all the things I needed to do. I counted 10 separate mind wondering moments during that short four minutes. (The next day my mind only wandered 3 times.) Even on the first day, I felt much happier, confident, relaxed, and appreciative of all the wonderful things happening around me, things that on normal days could have sent me into a tailspin of stress.
Proof of that happened Sunday when my PowerPoint program refused to load on my laptop and would not run the beautiful service I had created. Luckily for me and the kindergarten through second graders, I found one of our congregants who happens to be an exceedingly talented computer experts was sitting in the lobby who flew into action and quickly fixed the issue. We not only salvaged the service, we had an amazing experience. I actually enjoyed running our two fire drills that day, noting that we had our all-time quickest exit from the building. I then sprinted to lead another service. That afternoon I ran errands at five different stores. All in, that was a busy day with a lot of ups and downs, but because I had focused my mindset in the morning on gratitude, all of those challenges seemed much more doable and I was much more positive, less stressed and filled with gratitude.
Rosh Hashanah is a time for us to take a deep breath, to pause to reflect about the type of people we are and want to be. We know that the world is not perfect. We know that we are not perfect. We know there are things that we can be doing better in our lives. Rosh Hashanah is an incredible opportunity to take a deep breath evaluate appreciate assess and make a change. I will be continuing my Mussar experiment, at least through Yom Kippur. Depending on how it goes, I may decide to continue doing it longer into the year. Maybe I was ready for Rosh Hashanah after all.
Please note: I am reading the book Everyday Holiness, by Alan Morinis.
He will be speaking at the Mandel JCC Book festival on Tuesday November 11th at 7:30 pm at The Mandel JCC. I will be going to the evening program on Tues Nov 11th. Would you like to join me?
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