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I must have a very full life not to have the time to spend updating the world on the events of it through this blog, huh?
My friend "K" is worried about the lack of time to post on her mommy blog. That is ok, K, don't give it up…just blog when you can…your updates inspire!
Speaking of K, let me tell you of the fabulous couple of weeks I have had, including a weekend in Houston.
I have found that my life at work is never going to slow down it is just going to get busier by the day. The amazing thing is my enjoyment of that. I love the feeling of purpose that I have with in my job…it is so great! There are days that I wish that everyone would just leave me alone to get it all done, but if they all left then I would miss them….silly me!
The highlight of my month was getting to spend the long weekend (thank you Mr. King, jr) in Houston. I made phone calls or texted everyone to let them know I was going to be around. Several answered wanting a peice of my time, so I sat down and figured out exact times that I could meet with everyone that wanted to see me without my be frazzled in the end. It worked out beautifully.
First I spent a few hours with my favorite Cheerleader! My sweet Em is going to be a senior next year…how can the years have gone so quickly? She is growing into a beauty and learning some very important life lessons at an early age. We had a couple of sisterly heart to hearts in my time spent with her and then she made fun of them….yep she is a teenager! She is more like me every day and I think that scares her mother!
That evening, my girl Marianne and I headed down to Kiran II for all you can eat Sushi! (Ha! I never thought I would say those words with joy!) We had a great time and ate and laughed and shared life till we were stuffed! Then we headed over to PF Changs to see my favorite bartender where I indulged in some birthday cranberry juice with a shot of cranberry…yeah I am wild!
Sunday was spent with the Crawford family. They are my treasure! What a gift to walk into a home where as you walk in the door the burdens of of life fall off your shoulders. Where there is unconditional love no matter what the situation and where laughter, a love for Christ and family reign. I am so thankful for this family and this home!
Sunday evening…a rare treasure. Usually on Sunday evening during a "houston weekend" I am making my way back from Houston, tired and a little sad because I did not get to spend any time with my friends from my former TKD school.
This weekend because I did not have to be back until Monday, I got to spend Sunday evening at the home of my friend Maricris!
The evening started with me attending Mass with them. I love their church. When I was at the TKD school I was often called a "religious thrill seeker", because I would show up to Mass with them whenever the kids would invite me. This was said with laughter, but what was really known and felt was that I was/am passionately in love with the same Savior and Jesus that they are. It was important to me then and still is that the kids I taught knew just that. If I could show them by being involved in my own church, I did. I also showed them by attending their church with them and being respectful of our differences in belief, yet our common love for the Savior.
After Mass we made our way back to Maricris' home where after a yummy meal of spaghetti, (and the Giants beating the Packers) we settled down to Majong and I was re-taught how to play! The kids played "Rockstar" and "Guitar-hero" with Fish singing "la-la-la" cause he couldn't read the words!
Two sweet memories bring a smile to my face and both involve Fish..suprise suprise. The first was when Fish walked through the door and saw me for the first time in probably a year, and he ran and wrapped his arms around my legs and hugged me for a good 5 minutes. During the evening we had a couple of conversations…conversations that could only be had with Fish (i.e. the logic behind each of the names of his webkins..I promise it was riviting!) The most bittersweet however, was when the kids were ready to make their leave and Fish clung to my neck and whispered "I miss you all the time." in my ear.
Funny how one can capture another's heart and keep it even at a young age. Fish you capture my heart little one! I am so proud of who you are growing up to be. I promise to come visit more often, I need your influence in my life!
I drove home the next morning having seen some sweet wonderful faces, but missing out on seeing others. Time is so short when spending it with those we love.
For those I did not see…I love you, wish the moments of the day were longer and our distance between shorter! "I miss you all the time."


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The interweb, Photo Division, is all a-buzz, re: the new Nikon mirrorless cameras as well as Nikon's ultimate-image-quality lenses which were introduced along with the cameras. However, for me, it's much a-do about not so much.
Nikon's claim that the cameras are "mirrorless reinvented" is ridiculous advertising sloganering. Mirrorless was invented and introduced in 2004. Since then quite a few mirrorless iterations have appeared on the market, each building upon what came before. That written, the formula remains the same ... compact body (relative to DSLRs) and lenses developed to maximize their application in conjunction with the mirrorless bodies. Various bells and whistles abound, but nevertheless, the basic formula remains the same.
I was an early adopter of the mirrorless camera, starting with an Olympus E-P1 and, over the years, moving up the iteration ladder (E-P2 > E-P5). Along the way, I assembled a nice 6 lens collection, although, 85% of my pictures a made with the same lens.
Would I ever be tempted to move the new Nikon mirrorless world? In a word, "No." But, you might ask, what about those "ultimate" image quality lenses? Don't I want the"ultimate" dynamic range, resolution / sharpness, color accuracy, et al? In a word, "No"
My reason for the word no is simple. iMo, "ultimate" image quality has nothing to do with "ultimate" dynamic range, resolution / sharpness, color accuracy, et al. Those qualities are of a technical nature and, although those qualities might be important in some picture making applications, iMo, those qualities, in and of themselves, do not an interesting picture make.
In today's picture making world, as in the past, the vast majority of really good picture makers, in their picture making, pay little or no attention to achieving "ultimate" image quality in the technical sense. In their picture making, their interests are directed toward other visual qualities which elevate their pictures above mere technical considerations.

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Ballytierney Mysteries, #1
Noreen Wainwright
(99c/99p through 9 July)
Maggie Cahill, a priest's housekeeper, is at a crossroads in her personal life when she receives a letter out of the blue from someone in her distant past. Her peace of mind and her livelihood are at risk as she seeks the truth of what happened to Simon Crowe, and why someone knows secrets she thought she'd buried long ago.
By the end of the investigation, will both Maggie's and Cronin's lives will be changed forever? And will Ballytierney ever be the same?
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In the kitchen, she smoked a Gold Flake and drank a cup of tea. About a half-a-hour they'd be finished the main course, what with the chatter and the sipping of the wine—the best claret from the wine merchant in Cork.
Sometimes, living in a small town made you really happy. There was such a feeling of security in it. It wasn't big-headed, but she knew she was well-respected and generally well-liked, and the two didn't always go together. But, there were times when Ballytierney would make you want to run away. Want to go as far as you could get, from the nosiness and the narrowness and the hardened ignorance you saw sometimes the kind where the person was so ignorant they didn't even have the least inkling of it, and they were accepted or at least tolerated too, in the town.
Maggie would think then of London or Dublin or any of those big anonymous places, where there could even be a solace in the loneliness. If you put one of the ignoramuses of Ballytierney, or any other small rural town in there, well you had to wonder if they would even survive a week.
The telephone rang, its urgent sound making her start, stub out her cigarette and stand up, all so quickly, that she felt dizzy for a second, and had to slow herself down.
Duty was duty, though, and it was hers to answer the telephone unless one of the priests picked it up first, in which case, she would be expected to fade back into the scenery. Well, none of them would pick it up now. They were all occupied in the dining room.
Maggie's heart took uncomfortable leaps around her chest when she heard the gasping and crying tones on the other end of the phone. It wasn't the first time someone had rang the parish house, in dire straits, not by a long chalk, but maybe it was because her own nerves were all on edge tonight, that Maggie actually sat down on the hall chair.
She needed to take a grip of herself. This wasn't going to get them anywhere.
"What is it, my dear?" She made her voice calm, concerned, flattened the worry out of it."
"He's dead, laid there…dreadful, dreadful…oh, God."
The voice rose, and you could hear the hysteria just about to take over.
"Can you tell me who you are?" Keep it simple. That was the best.
"Mary, Mary…oh, I'm sorry…I'm in such a state, oh, oh,"
There was silence and tension tugged at Maggie's throat. She was gripping the telephone receiver so tight that it was making her hand go into a cramp. She made her fingers loosen.
"Mary who?"
There came a loud sigh.
"I'm sorry. I'm better now. It's Crowe. Mrs. Crowe."
They lived in that big place, Inishowen House, and the woman was rarely seen out around the town. He was a bit of a mystery, rarely seen and reportedly in bad health. Young Father Tom went out and visited him.
"Father Lally came out earlier didn't he, anointed your husband, I think?"
It was taking a bit of a chance; overstepping the mark even but she needed to calm the woman and remind her that her husband's death wasn't a surprise. Or was that being harsh? It was well known that death, even when expected, came as an awful shock.
"No, you don't understand Miss Cahill. My husband didn't die of natural causes. Not at all…" The ragged sobbing started again. What on earth did the woman mean? Not die of natural causes? Wasn't she just suffering some sort of shock, surely? The best thing might be to get one of the priests. The canon definitely wouldn't thank her for this, but she was out of her depth. Maybe Father Timothy or even young Father Tom…
"You don't understand, Miss Cahill. He's been hit. On the head, blood everywhere. Someone came in here, with an iron bar and beat a dying man to death.
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Noreen is Irish and now lives in the Staffordshire Moorlands with her husband, a dairy farmer. She works part-time as a mentor at Staffordshire University and the rest of her time is spent writing. Many of her articles and short stories have been published and she has co-written a non-fiction book.
She loves crime fiction, particularly that of the "golden age" and that is what she wants to recreate with Edith Horton's world.
Find Noreen Online:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/noreen.wainwright
Twitter - https://twitter.com/farmerwainwright
Tirgearr Publishing - http://www.tirgearrpublishing.com/authors/Wainwright_Noreen


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Inspired by literature (Ovid's « Metamorphoses »), by cinema (Les Enfants Terribles) or by radio, Helene Delprat develops through a daily practice and using altogether drawing, painting, photography, archives or video, a body of work filled with self-derision, some kind of book of Hours, both dark and sensitive at the same time where fiction and documentary intertwine. She likes the idea of a funny, monstrous, outrageous, melancholic death… Her real or fake interviews, her radio drawings and her collection of articles round up this sort of inventory of a world both fortuitous and deliberate. Her work also explores the questions of recording, memory, identity and travel.
Hélène Delprat will have a solo show at la maison rouge in June 2017, « I did it my way », accompanied by the publication of an exhibition catalogue. Her work was previously shown, amongst others, at the Musée Gustave Moreau, at the Jeu de Paume or at the Centre Georges Pompidou for the Hors Pistes Festival. A monograph will be published in September 2017 by Dilecta.
Her work belongs to great public and private collections such as Collection Pinault, Collection Antoine de Galbert, Centre Georges Pompidou, Fondation Cartier, MoMA or the Stadelijk Museum.


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Facebook is being sued over claims it mines users' private messages to advertisers without their consent.
According to a complaint filed in California, the social network "misleads users into believing they have a secure, private mechanism for communication, when in fact Facebook... mines user data and profits from those data by sharing them with third parties".
The lawsuit, brought by Facebook users Matthew Campbell and Michael Hurley, who are seeking class action status, stems from claims in 2012 that the website scans private messages for information that is used to work out how many "likes" a page has. At the time Facebook said "no private information has been exposed".
On the latest lawsuit, a Facebook spokesman said: "We believe the allegations are without merit and we will defend ourselves vigorously."
It comes less than a month a US court ruled that investors could pursue claims against the social network over its $16bn IPO in 2012.
A group of shareholders left out of pocket by the initial public offering in May last year, have spent the past year arguing that Facebook and its bankers left material information out of the "S-1" document it filed ahead of its market debut.
In particular, they claim that Facebook should have published more information about the impact growing mobile usage was likely to have on revenues at the social network, including internal forecasts which the company passed on to the banks underwriting its IPO.
Facebook and the banks involved in the legal row claim that the information was immaterial, and that it was under no obligation to make such disclosures.
However, Robert Sweet, US District Judge in Manhattan, sided with the investors, clearing the way for them to lodge a slew of claims against Facebook and dozens of banks, including Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.
This is a corrected version of the article originally published on 2 January 2014.


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Andrews Game Day Magnets are now on Sale!
Andrews Game Day Magnets are now on Sale!
|Ten are available as of Monday April 11, 2016 with immediate pickup or delivery option. But, you may also pre-order for shipment and/or pickup/delivery beginning April 29, 2016. Pickup will be available at the SIDesign and Printing Booth at the Expo Center during the Wild, Wild West Fest.Pick up days / times are as follows at the Wild, Wild West Fest.
Friday, April 29, 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Please note that items are for pickup or delivery in Andrews, TX only
Magnets are printed on heavy-duty material and ideally suited for car door signage. Size is 24″w x 9″h
|Option A
(Only 10 left in stock!!)
Option B
Pre-Order For Pickup April 29-30 at SIDesign Booth during Wild, Wild West Fest
Single Magnet – $30.00
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Some people think that writers should focus on one genre and one only (e.g. once a writrer of mystery, always a writer of mystery). That they should become an expert in that particular genre and build a strong following. Does this mean that the writer is branding the genre and not themselves?
Othere people believe that writers should never be tied to one genre but instead they should use their talents and their creative thoughts to write about whatever comes to them and not worry about branding a specific kind of book / audience. These writers would have to have a strong focus on branding themselves and not their work.
Personally, I think I tend to agree more with the latter statement as I believe that writers can cross from writing a thriller to a romance novel. I think writing should be based upon whatever creative thought takes place in a writers mind and that this process shouldn't be inhibited by genre.
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Oklahoma Science, History, and Library Resources
- 1 The Science of Oklahoma
- 1.1 OKWildBirds
- 1.2 Database of Oklahoma Lightning Strikes
- 1.3 Database of Insect and Plant Diseases
- 1.4 Oklahoma Vascular Plants Database
- 1.5 Oklahoma Wildflower Database
- 1.6 Oklahoma Bird Specimen Records
- 1.7 Search DOKARRS
- 1.8 Oklahoma Mammal Specimen Records
- 1.9 Ornithology Online Database
- 1.10 U.S. Geological Survey - National Geologic Map Database
- 1.11 Oklahoma Conservation Commission
- 2 Historical Oklahoma
- 2.1 Oklahoma Historical Society
- 2.2 Film Preservation
- 2.3 Archives
- 2.4 Oklahoma Inventor Database
- 2.5 Native American Language Database of Media and Archive
- 2.6 State Historic Preservation Office
- 2.7 Oklahoma Historical Society Research Center Catalog
- 2.8 Oklahoma Historical Society Research Center Archvices
- 2.9 Oklahoma Historical Society Research Center Library
- 2.10 Oklahoma Historical Society Research Center Newspaper Articles
- 2.11 Oklahoma HIstorical Society Store Search
- 3 Oklahoma Libraries
- 4 GODORT: Oklahoma Home
The Science of Oklahoma
The purpose of this Wiki is to allow Oklahoma birders to share their knowledge of Oklahoma birds with the Oklahoma birding community. The Wiki allows visitors to search for information on Oklahoma birds and to enter new records of interest.
Database of Oklahoma Lightning Strikes
Locations of lightning strikes can be viewed on state maps by selecting the date one wishes to view.
Database of Insect and Plant Diseases
Entomology and plant pathology from OSU.
Oklahoma Vascular Plants Database
The OVPD provides the citizens of Oklahoma, the scientific community, and others with the most current knowledge of Oklahoma plant distributions. The goal of the OVPD project is to database all Oklahoma Plant specimens housed in state herbaria.
Oklahoma Wildflower Database
Search the Oklahoma Wildflower Database. Part of Oklahoma Biological Survey.
Oklahoma Bird Specimen Records
Search Oklahoma's Bird Specimen Records. Part of Oklahoma Biological Survey.
Search DOKARRS
Distribution of Oklahoma Amphibian and Reptiles by Recorded Sightings (DOKARRS). Part of Oklahoma Biological Survey.
Oklahoma Mammal Specimen Records
Search Oklahoma's Mammal Specimen Records. Part of Oklahoma Biological Survey.
Ornithology Online Database
Collection of bird fossils and specimens curated by the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.
U.S. Geological Survey - National Geologic Map Database
A database of highly detailed geological maps of all of the U.S. States, including Oklahoma. The database shows at what institutions maps are available and offers several maps online.
Oklahoma Conservation Commission
A link to the commission dedicated to the care of Oklahoma's natural resources. Includes information about water quality, flood control, and education about conservation.
Historical Oklahoma
Oklahoma Historical Society
Oklahoma has many agencies that help to inform people about the history of the state.
Museums, archives, historical homes, and military sites are just some of the resources one can find by visiting this website.
Film Preservation
Oklahoma Historical Society has 8.5 millon feet of film from 1907 through the 1980s.
The Oklahoma State Archives and Records Management Division houses official papers of the governor's office, House and Senate bills, Supreme Court case files, Secretary of State articles of incorporation, General Land Office survey records and remonumentation filings.
Did you know that the Carl Albert Center has an extensive congressional manuscript collection? It also houses an amazing photograph collection.
Oklahoma Inventor Database
An index of United States patents issued to individuals residing Indian and Oklahoma Territories, 1880-1907.
Native American Language Database of Media and Archive
Database of Native American language recordings curated by the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Includes many tribes native to or relocated to Oklahoma.
State Historic Preservation Office
Provides links to the Oklahoma Landmarks Inventory Database [[1]] where one can search for a historic property, project, or resource by city, county, or address. From this site one can also access the the National Register of Historic Places, complete with Interactive Map, but it should be noted that the Register is not a database.
Oklahoma Historical Society Research Center Catalog
Provdes acess for one to search the Archives, Library Catalog, and Newspaper Articles of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Oklahoma Historical Society Research Center Archvices
Allows searching of the Oklahoma Historical Soceity Research Center Archives by "match a word" or "match any word." One can also search by collection or browse the collections generally.
Oklahoma Historical Society Research Center Library
Allows searching of the catalog of the Oklahoma Historical Society Research Center Library by matching a word or any word, or one can use Advanced Search for a more specific search.
Oklahoma Historical Society Research Center Newspaper Articles
Allows searching of the Oklahoma Historical Society Research Center Newspaper Article database. One can search by first or last name, newspaper title, article title, subject, geographic names, author, date, page number, coloumn number, or notes.
Oklahoma HIstorical Society Store Search
Oklahoma Libraries
Oklahoma Periodicals Index
Oklahoma Periodicals Index is a searchable online index about people, places, history, culture, wildlife, and natural history in the state of Oklahoma. The index consists of four key periodicals: The Chronicles of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Today, Outdoor Oklahoma, and Persimmon Hill.
Oklahoma Crossroads
Contains documents and images from the digital collections of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. It spans more than 100 years of state history. Includes documents, photographs, reports, pamphlets, newspapers, maps, and posters. Also includes an author database covering dates from the late 1800's to the present day.
Oklahoma Department of Libraries Catalog
Allows searching of the catalog of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. Allows basic and keywords searches, and has connections to the Statewide Catalog, WorldCat, and ILL. Also provides contact and location information for the Library, allows you to review Your Account, and provides connections to the Department home page and various online databases.
Allows searching the Oklahoma Union Catalog, Oklahoma Serials Database, Tennessee Database, Tennessee Serials, San Bernardino County Law Library, Kansas Main Catalog, Kansas List of Serials, and the TLC Union Catalog.
Oklahoma Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Catalog
Allows searching the Oklahoma Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Catalog. Available searches include author, title, and subject. The search can also be limited by availability, media, language, age or reading level, and by fiction or nonfiction. It is also possible to use a patron profile when searching.
This page allows for searching of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries website ONLY.
Oklahoma Digital Prairie
Oklahoma Digital Prairie allows access to EBSCO Host, SIRS Discoverer and eLibrary Elementary, Books in Print Professional, ODL Catalog, Statewide Catalog, and FirstSearch/WorldCat.


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Topic: YOUR SEPARATION AND YOUR DESTINY
Text: 2 Corinthians 6:14-18
Minister: Pastor Gboyega Idowu
"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty." 2 Corinthians 6:14-18
v There are things you have to remove from your life or you yourself remove yourself from those things to face your God.
vI want to open our eyes with the help of the Holy Spirit to things that can hinder our destiny and things that can cause the purpose of God to fail in our lives.
v From the scripture, before you can be what God wants you to become, you must come out of these...
6 THINGS THAT GOD HAS CONDEMNED FROM THE SCRIPTURE (2 Cor. 6:14)
1. Believers and unbelievers yoked together. To be yoked is to be bound with the same element, pillar and bars together.
2. Righteousness fellowshipping with unrighteousness.
3. Light having communion with darkness.
4. Christ concurring with Belial. Belial means Satan and Christ is God.
5. Believers and infidel having the same part. Infidel means unbeliever.
6. God's temple being in agreement with the temple of darkness.
v Many have given their lives to Christ but there are separations they haven't done. The separation you don't do will hinder your destiny.
v Separation removes you from impurity, contamination, defilement, pollution and establishes you with God.
Genesis 12:1-3
1. Separation from the place of birth or nativity: separation from the cultural and demonic powers of your father's house and around the land where you were born. Joshua 24:2. Ezek. 16:1
- Your nativity has to do with your destiny. Ezekiel 16:1-4
Ways to Separate Your Place of Birth.
i. Spiritual fervency: I break myself loose from evil powers of the community where I was born, in the name of Jesus.
ii. You have to physically move out if things are not still working. I'm telling you the truth. But if you first get out of the house without dealing with the spiritual first, you are deceiving yourself.
PRAY: Evil powers of my community, that has been monitoring my progress, be paralyzed and die, in the name of Jesus.
2. Separation from his father's house: out of his kindred, relations.
If you don't separate yourself from your father's house, the promises of God become elusive.
3. Separation from Haran. Gen. 11:31-32
Separate from your Haran even if it's your comfort zone. A comfort zone that is not your divine destination will become a zone of bondage.
4. Separation from Lot. Gen. 13:14. Isa. 51:2.
• Ingratitude always kill God's mercy and favour.
Separation from Lot brought divine encounter to Abraham.
5. Separation from Egypt. Gen. 13:1.
• A little famine does not mean you should go back to Egypt. If you go to Egypt, you can't leave Egypt freely without problem. Though Abraham separated from Egypt, Egypt didn't separate from him through Hagar.
* Don't go back to Egypt because Hagar may come out of it.
6. Separation from Hagar and Ishmael.
• Whoever cannot wait for God will receive or take the devil's alternative.
7. The separation from your own Isaac: The most difficult separation is to leave what you love most. Abraham was able to be trusted after being tested by God to sacrifice his only Isaac to God....
v Anything that is so dearly that you cannot sacrifice to God is a source of hindrance to your progress.
NOTE: Revelation from God is progressive; after the first instruction, you have to wait for the next instruction.
In summary, you must separate yourself. The separation will launch you to your greatness. The more separation you do the more closer you are to your destiny.
SING: I surrender all to Jesus...
1. By fire by force, I separate myself from the evil powers of my father's house, in the name of Jesus
2. Every evil attachment to my destiny/life, what are you waiting for? Catch fire and burn to ashes, in the name of Jesus.
SING: Open my eyes Oh Lord, Hallelujah!
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work experience
Czarnowski, Global Creative Director, Cadillac, Farmington Hills, MI April 2015- present
- Creative Director on International and Domestic Motor Show Operations
- Responsible for Global Consistency in North America, Asia Pacific, and Europe
- Responsible for creation of brand strategy and implementation into environments
- Authored and art directed Global Motor Show Standard; distributed globally
- Responsible for art direction and story telling on new digital wheel stand content
- Designed and directed Domestic Sub Major Program Redesign
Czarnowski, Manager Interior Design Department, Farmington Hills, MI April 2016- present
- Responsible for overseeing Creative Development of Czarnowski Corporate Interiors
Czarnowski, Creative Lead, Mercedes Benz, Farmington Hills, MI January 2015- April 2015
- Creative Lead on Domestic Motor Show Program, Events, and Sports Marketing
George P. Johnson, Project Designer, Hybrid Ninja, Auburn Hills, MI 2010- January 2015
- Experiential Designer working on exhibits, events, and presentations for clients including;
FCA, Lincoln, Volkswagen, Nissan, Infiniti, Toyota, Motorola, and CoverGirl
- Worked on new business development, visualizing, and presentation
- Story board Illustrator for IBM Info-graphic animation videos
- Worked on internal client office redesigns including Shoptology, GPJ World Headquarters, and Project World Wide
- Created concepts for GPJ branding and apparel
College for Creative Studies, Adjunct Faculty, Detroit, MI 2012 - present
- Professor of Interior Design Portfolio Preparation
- Responsible for the development and publishing of the studio structure
FORM; Freelance Interior Designer and Owner, March 2012- present
- Designer on conceptualization and execution of overall interior and exterior of existing commercial and residential clientele. Design, color and finish, furniture specifications
Dining By Design, Design Industries Foundations Fighting AIDS, CCS, Haworth, Detroit MI, 2012
- Creation of conceptual idea and execution of design
Dining By Design, Design Industries Foundations Fighting AIDS, CCS, Haworth, Detroit MI, 2011
- Conceptualized and executed a unique dining experience and installation for DIFFA with sponsorship with CCS
- Making its first debut in Detroit; fundraiser benefiting the Michigan AIDS Coalition
George P. Johnson, Design Intern, Auburn Hills, December 2009 - to May 2010
College for Creative Studies, Interior Design Departement, Liaision, Detroit MI, July 2009- April 2010
- Under the direction of Department Chair Sandra Olave assisted in various tasks related to the Council for Interior Design Accreditation including exhibition, preparation, and design
- Represented the Interior Design Department as student liaison
Giffels IBI Group, Design Intern, Southfield MI, April 2009- August 2009
- Assisted with color and finish research, sampling, assembling furniture and material packages and detailing
College for Creative Studies Detroit, MI
Bachelor in Fine Art, Interior Design
Minor, Industrial Design 3.8 GPA
High Honors
2006 - 2010
Wayne State University Detroit, MI
Journalism, Fine Art 3.8 GPA
2004 - 2006
honors and awards
Fast Company's Innovation by Design Nominee, Construct a building toy, 2016
Jalopnik, Featured for Cadillac LAIAS exhibit, 2015
Czarnowski, Highlighted for Cadillac LAIAS, 2015
Event Marketer, Featured for NAIAS JEEP exhibit, 2015
Martha Stewart American Made Nominee, Featured for Construct. a building toy 2014, 2015
Detroit Design Festival, Construct a building toy showcased, 2014
LIVE in the D, Constuct a building toy, 2014
Alumni Show, ReWork, work featured 2012, 2013, 2014
Detroit Home Magazine, featured for DIFFA work 2011, 2012
CCS Online Student Gallery, collection of work showcases, 2008- present
C Magazine, featured for Interior Design, and Alumni Show work 2011- 2012
CCS Artistic Achievement Award; Senior Select, for exceptional merit in the area of Interior Design, 2010
Faculty Select, Interior Design, 3 students selected annually, 2010
CCS Dean's List, 2006 - 2010
CCS Scholarship, award for excellent artistic ability, 2006 - 2010
Target Scholarship, special recognition, 2008
CCS Tuition Grant, 2006 - 2010
CCS Student Exhibition, 2007- 2010
CCS Center Gallery; collection of Senior Work, SAAB Dealership, Retail Studio, 2008 - 2010
Perspective Magazine, featured student, 2009
ninja skills
3D Studio Max, Vray
Adobe Suite
Model Making
Revit Architecture
Rhino, Hypershot
Oil and Acrylic Painting


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Improve Movement Quality with a Functional Movement Screen
The Functional Movement Screen (FMS) is used to evaluate movement pattern quality for clients or athletes. The best part of FMS is that a physical therapist can learn the system and have a simple and quantifiable method of evaluating basic movement abilities. The FMS requires the ability to observe basic movement patterns already familiar to the coach or trainer.
The key to the Functional Movement Screen is that it consists of a series of tests with a grading system. The FMS is not intended to diagnose orthopedic problems but to demonstrate limitations or asymmetries in healthy individuals with respect to basic movement patterns and eventually correlate them with outcomes. The FMS allows evaluation with tools and movement patterns that readily make sense to both the client and the trainer or coach.
What is FMS?
The test is comprised of seven fundamental movement patterns that require a balance of mobility and stability. These tests place the patient in extreme positions where weaknesses and imbalances become noticeable, and stability and mobility is not up to par.
The tests include:
- Deep squat
- Hurdle step
- In-line lunge
- Shoulder mobility
- Active straight leg raise
- Trunk stability push up
- Rotary stability
These tests have certain criteria that must be accomplished in order to obtain a high score. The scoring is broken down into four basic criteria:
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San Diego's Rising Tide Collaborate Shoot in Coronado
I'm excited to share the images from this wonderful shoot that was put together by such lovely creative in San Diego! Over the course of a year, I have gotten to know so many wonderful ladies through the Rising Tide Society. This group has been a huge encouragement for myself, and my business. Each month there is a meeting to go over certain topics relating our small businesses. All around the country and some parts of the world, small groups gather to do the same thing and this shoot was part of that!
Each group around the country/world had different vendors come together to create a shoot that represented their town and group of people. Since we are based out of San Diego, our group went with a Mexican/Boho theme on the beach (Because when you think of San Diego the Beach most likely comes to mind)! This Beach (Coronado) also happens to be my favorite San Diego beach!
Not only did this collaborative shoot give us all an opportunity to display our work for others to see our creativity and what we have to offer to the industry, we we're able to get to know others even more, and connect with each other. I'm so thankful for all the people I have met and most importantly, am able to connect with people in a non-competitive environment. This is the motivation behind what the Rising Tide Society stands for, and if you haven't seen the popular hashtag "CommunityOverCompetition yet, be on the lookout because this mindset is growing continually and you should definitely jump on board! "A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats"
Vendors who participated in this shoot!
TuesdaysTogether Leader: Idealust
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In April 2016, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict escalated to a level of violence not seen since the ceasefire was declared in 1994. The fighting between Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh has calmed but the outcome of the war is still undecided. For thousands in the mountainous republic, life must continue with the everyday needs of people. And in the quiet city of Shushi, a barber cuts the hair of a customer, as he has done long before the war began.


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Lash Looks The MMVA Ladies Love
For stars, false lashes are an essential step to red carpet beauty because of the magic they can work for your eyes. Applying them is one thing- but buying them might be equally as intimidating, especially because of the overwhelming selection of shapes and sizes available.
We've decided to help streamline your lash journey by rounding up four popular lash looks sported by our beautiful iHeartRadio MMVA performers and presenters. Whatever your level of glam is—we've got you covered. Now all you've got to do is get yourself to Canada's biggest block party on June 18 and serve your look.
Dove Cameron
The actor known for her roles in the teen sitcom Liv & Maddie and movie series Descendants is talented and a beauty. If you haven't been paying attention, Cameron's makeup is always on one—flawless skin, perfect shadow and a bomb set of lashes. For a similar look, we would recommend Huda Beauty's classic false lashes in Giselle #1. This pair provides good volume while still looking somewhat natural.
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Camila Cabello
The singer's makeup looks fluctuate from natural to glam on the daily. A big part of her fire transitions are her go-to cat-eye lashes that look perfect with a smoky eye and winged liner. If you plan on Crying in the Club though, you should make sure to secure these with a little extra lash glue. For this dramatic look, we recommend trying Velour's super luxurious mink lashes in #Winging.
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Keke Palmer
We love this bold lash look 100 times over. The Scream Queens star has so many iconic looks, but this neutral makeup look accompanied by full lashes is definitely a favourite. Nothing feels more glamorous than huge eye-popping lashes. This pair from Tarte's Tarteist Pro Cruelty-Free Lash collection in Girl Boss is a perfect go-to for a glam night out.
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Kat Graham
The Vampire Diaries star shows us that although glam lashes are fun for certain looks, sometimes less is more. Individual lashes give you the freedom to add as much volume as you like and to fill in sparser areas. This method can be daunting, but high-quality extensions can make a world of difference when you apply. For a sturdy set, MAC's individual lashes are a great choice and come with enough lashes for trial and error.
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Authorities have given the "all clear" at Newark Airport after TSA employees detected a "positive hit" for possible explosives in a bag during checked luggage screening at Terminal A, NBCNewYork has learned.
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Authorities determined the "suspicious package" was a computer monitor emitting small amounts of radiation, which is normal for that type of device, FBI spokesman Bryan Travers said.
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So what if you were not a metal head and wanted to play something a little more dynamic?
Well I am in a band that pays homage to the up and coming blues legend Joe Bonamassa http://www.dustbowlbluesband.co.uk and as all blues musicians know, the blues requires a lot of dynamics and expression that come from the fingers of the musician so the amp has to respond to every nuance of the player.
I decided to purchase an ID:60 as I wanted a lightweight amp that I could rehearse with and take to drop in gigs. So when I read about this amp and I was excited but I also had dread as I have owned some of the best modelling amps in the business (Fender Cybertwin, VOX Valvetronix etc) and have always been left disappointed as they just don't work in a live environment.
Just for background, my live rig consists of my pedal board running into a DSL 100 2x12 half stack and a Fender Hot Rod DeVille 4x10, I run both amps simultaneously.
After playing an ID:60 at my local music shop http://www.pmtonline.co.uk I found I was happy enough to take a chance on this amp, although I felt that the over-driven tones were not that user friendly for blues and blues rock but as I was going to run my board into it, I just wanted a good clean sound that had that valve like tone and dynamcis.
So lets get to the point. I took my ID:60 to a rehearsal last week and this is what I found:
- Sound? Dialling a sound that works for you can take a while, it took me all of the first hour to get where I wanted to be, but once I got there, boy was I happy!
- Dynamics? Ok, here is the biggie. I am running the amp on the warm clean voice so there should be no noise gate to interfere. I was able to use the volume on my Les Paul to clean the guitar up even when I had my overdrive pedal on full (Rothwell Hellbender with the gain on full), so this was very impressive.
- Effects? I decided to run the amp dry and use my board for all effects, at the end of my signal chain I have some modulation and delay pedals finishing up with a reverb pedal. I have to say, the amp did not like these pedals in the mix, there was some bleeding and general nonsense going on, even when I ran these pedals through the emulated effects loop on the amp (I normally run all mod, dly and verb through the effects loop on the Fender) So in the end I reverted to using the ID:60's reverb, delay and modulation, which worked well.
- Volume? Well, I was running the patch volume around 2 o'Clock and the master volume around 1 o'Clock and this was just perfect and even if it wasn't I had a lot more headroom to go.
- Noise? Ok here is the biggest pain in the arse, there was a distinct mains hum like noise going on the entire rehearsal that I though could be down to the rehearsal room, but after getting home and trying it out, it is still there. I have yet to take it back to the shop and A/B it with another (I am waiting for Insider 1.4 to be released so I can save my patches on my computer as I am running Windows 8.1 and cant right now) There is also a lot of white noise going on in the background which will also be A/B tested. Is this a show stopper? to be honest, when the band is in full swing (even in the quite bits) you really don't notice it, so if the A/B test reveals it to be a feature and the guys at Blackstar can't sort it, I am not sure it would bother me long term.
We all want different things from our gear, and some put more value in a guitar or a set of pedals, but to me the amp is key to a great sound. Many of us never even get close to the sound that is in our head as we either don't have the budget, talent or the know-how. I can honestly say that for me, the ID series amps are absolutely investing in no matter what your style. Providing you are willing to put in the time to dial in your sound it is a very rewarding and versatile amp. I haven't even started on the insider software or the studio recording abilities yet and to be honest I am very excited about them.
I think Blackstar are on to a winner here and I look forward to future developments and firmware updates as we all have niggles about the amps and we all want them to do exactly what we want with no compromise. But we will always have to compromise, such is life.
Hats off to Blackstar, I am not ready just yet to hang up my Marshall and Fender amps, but I am ready to invest in studio time with Blackstar. When you have found the sound that works you, it is very easy to get lost in its brilliance at emulation and I find myself thinking "Wow, I could replace my heavy, expensive rig with two of these babies" but then when I plug back in to my main rig, it is just "Home".
The testament to Blackstar is that I have to remember that this is NOT a valve amp! My ID:60 will definitely be a backup amp for live use but like many, I am not ready to switch just yet.
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Right now we are using a secret tool that has totally revolutionized our homeschool time. It's pretty simple, really and can be implemented easily in your home as well. The huge change that's making all the difference? We call it Morning Time.
I don't know about you, but I've found that my kids drag their feet doing morning jobs. They play and read and lounge about while I'm getting work done and then I end up nagging and pushing and prodding them to get stuff done so we can start on schoolwork. Morning Time flips this struggle on its head.
Our routine looks like this:
A little scripture study and journaling
Read an article from The Friend
Read a quote from Images and Testimonies of The Living Christ
Read a page or two of poetry from Favorite Poems Old and New.
Read two pages of our (favorite, delightful, amazing, best fit for us yet....) Science curriculum
Read a chapter or two from our current read-aloud. These are always based on the historical time period we are studying.
While I am doing all this reading aloud, the kids are drawing pages for their science or history notebooks. Ellie will also diagram a sentence or two and Ethan does Explode the Code and handwriting during this time. Once a week I introduce an art journal page and they work on their pages while I read. They also might color in our favorite coloring books and Ethan plays quietly with legos pretty often.
After morning time, the kids split up and do their independent work. Math, writing assignments and assigned reading (based on the historical time period we're studying) for Ellie, reading practice and math for Ethan all happen during this time.
We are year-round homeschoolers so we'll continue this schedule throughout the summer months, adding it in on Thursdays when our co-op ends for the summer.
I feel like I'm gushing a little bit, but I really can't describe what a difference this simple change has made for us.


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The How to Reach New People Workshop is most effective when followed by a year of cluster coaching to implement your Action Plan.
The year of Cluster Coaching includes monthly phone calls, alternating between pastors and whole teams, email support in between calls, and an in-person tune-up visit to the cluster at the six month mark.
Description of Cluster Coaching Calls:
Many people ask, "What actually happens on coaching calls?" While every group is unique, below is a description of that often occurs on pastors' calls and team calls.
Pastors' Calls:
The most important feature of pastors' calls is "just-in-time coaching," coaching for the issues that are front and center for your church and need timely guidance.
Other issues that are often addressed on pastors' calls include:
- Leadership Style - Often the DISC profile is used to discuss leadership stile and how that affects reaching new people
- Freeing up 20% of time for networking
- Networking strategies and how to begin to invite new people
- The use of time around what is "important" and what is "urgent"
- Developing more leadership for the church
- How to deal with resistance
Team Calls
Issues often addressed on team calls:
- "Just in time coaching" around issues that are front and center
- Building allies for this process of reaching new people
- Developing regular member/guest activities and a culture of invitation
- How to get out into the community and make connections
- How to deal with resistance
- How to celebrate success
The goal of all these calls (and the emails in between calls) is to help you bear fruit in your setting and to make a difference in the lives of the people and the community you serve.
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Miami Dog Training – Tip of the Day
How to train a puppy?
The assumption is that someone calls us to receive dog training and behavior advice, counseling and help with all things dogs and cats. However the reality is, many people do not want behavior advice and dog training, they want us to verify their own belief systems, often times based on myth, conventional wisdom and reality television shows.
What do dog training parents really want?
Because many people want the latter and for us to placate and extol their greatness, it is incumbent upon a professional to understand how to educate and create behavior change for both animals at the end of the leash. Many clients aren't actually seeking solutions, the best dog trainers or a sound successful behavior modification protocol, they have their own belief system or philosophies they have been trying, with little success, and want verification, to be stroked and acquiesced. They would prefer we tweaked their unsuccessful attempts than do something scary such as being vulnerable and learning something completely new, that contradict their theories and methodologies. This is the psychology of the job. Not only are we cognizant of a canine's cognition and ethology, we are also keenly sensitive to people's psychology and beliefs. Change is hard enough, but being contradicted or guided away from old methodologies and myths of force and intimidation is not always easy for people to swallow. Sometimes believing everything you hear on TV or read on the internet is just not sage advice for you or your dog!
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Hodor Can't Hold Off the Lunch Crowd in New KFC Commercial Inspired by 'Game of Thrones'
A new KFC commercial starring Kristian Nairn, aka Hodor from Game of Thrones, has the actor reenacting a scene from the famous "Hold the Door" episode of the show.
In the commercial, Nairn fretfully looks at the clock because lunchtime is coming and he knows there will be crowds. As hungry people file in, all shouting that they want "chicken and fries," it all becomes too much for Nairn, who repeats "chicken and fries" over and over with a faraway look in his eyes, eventually turning the phrase into "chicken and rice." The spot is a play on the heartbreaking revelation on Game of Thrones about how Hodor came to be known as Hodor — and why it's the only word he seems to be able to speak.
This isn't the first time companies have used Thrones actors to hawk goods and services, so we decided to put together a list of the weirdest Game of Thrones commercial tie-ins. From loyalty programs to vodka, we found some of the strangest commercials involving Game of Thrones actors and references.
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Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park
October may just be my favorite season. There might be nothing more beautiful that Fall in Virginia. Earlier this year the husband and I decided that we wanted to make sure we never took where we live for granted. With plenty of great day trips to gorgeous places around us, like Charlottesville which we did in June, we knew Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park was one place we wanted to see. Despite the fact that we are both born and raised Virginians, we've never done Skyline. It was magical, as you'll see from these shots, but I'm begging each of you to go see Skyline Drive at some point wherever you live!
We went at the start of 'leaf peeping' season to beat the crowds and started super early in the morning to catch the fog and 'cloud oceans' that occur in the valleys as you increase your elevation. If you're looking for a day trip, GO NOW, go during the week and go very early in the morning so you can stand in the middle of the road like this.
We jumped on Skyline at the northern most point in Front Royal, Virginia. Beyond the overlooks and hiking, the entire drive is edged by beautiful stone walls instead of ugly metal guardrails. It's the little things like this, and no cell phone service that make the drive great.
At the lowest elevations towards the start of the drive (under 500 ft elevation), it was so densely foggy you could barely see more than 20 yards in front of you, let alone the mountain range beyond a few trees. In the shot right above, you can see a line of trees and then a faint ridge but what you can't see is it goes WAY beyond that...it's just covered in clouds. As you climb the mountains (summit of around 4,000 feet), your view gets absolutely amazing. Some of the fog and the mountains peeking through were just impossible to capture in a picture, but the moment was perfect.
While there are plenty of trails to hike throughout Skyline Drive (It is part of the Appalachian Trail after all), we knew we wanted to do Hawksbill trail to climb to the highest point on Skyline. It's not an easy hike. It's incredibly steep (starting at Upper Hawksbill which is the straight shot but tougher route) but only a two mile round trip. You keep wondering when you're close and then all of a sudden, the trees clear and you have a total panoramic view of the Shenandoah Valley from 4,000 feet.
This view alone is worth the trip. It's absolutely mind blowing. The mountains go off seemingly forever in each direction. With no buildings on the mountain sides it's just beautiful fall foliage. Pretty right?
This shot doesn't make it seem that high....so let's back up the frame and put it in perspective.
There we go. Let's talk about how high this really is for a moment. While 4,000 feet is nothing to you Westerners, 4,000 is bananas for Virginia. For those who like to hike, Bear's Den Trail, part of the Appalachian Trail in Bluemont, VA is less than half the elevation and you can see three counties over. See how I'm leaning back and death gripping the rock? That's because I'm having a minor panic attack waiting to make this picture happen. This is a sheer-freaking-drop over the edge. I am petrified of heights and it took a lot to even put this itty bitty part of my leg over the edge. Growing up in the DC area which is a very flat city, even being in a 20 story building in another city is really uncomfortable to me. But this was worth it. I'll never forget this view.
Mr. Excitement on the other hand was more than happy to dangle both legs over the edge.
We had one more hike we wanted to do before hopping off Skyline and onto our other adventures (the trail goes all the way down South to meet the Blue Ridge Parkway so we went just past the halfway marker). We had heard good things about Dark Hollow Falls which is 1.5 mile round trip hike to the closest waterfalls to the drive.
So...these were the falls. Great quick hike but don't think you're seeing any more than a puddle stream. Not a great hike but a great opportunity for more exercise.
Intrigued about Skyline Drive? DO IT! One of the reasons we bit the bullet and put it on the calendar was because Saveur magazine had an entire feature on eating your way down the drive in the latest issue. We hit The Apple House and Red Truck Bakery for some delicious baked goods. Worth it. Happy hiking, happy eating!
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The Eastern Connecticut State University men's basketball team scored 27 points and committed only two turnovers on its final 22 possessions to erase a five-point deficit with ten minutes left and pull away for a 74-59 victory over Springfield College Sunday afternoon in the consolation game of the Hampton Inn West Springfield/Naismith Classic at Blake Arena.
Behind 14 second-half points from junior guard Jake Collagan (Wethersfield) and senior forward Leonel Hyatt (Greenwich), Eastern (9-3) outscored Springfield) (3-8) 45-26 in the second half in equaling its least points allowed this season and defeating the Pride in this tournament for the second time in the last two appearances. In 2011, the Warriors won, 59-46, in the title game. Springfield was coming off last year's berth in the national semifinals.
Down by four points at halftime and by seven after the first basket of the second half, Eastern played near-perfect basketball over the final ten minutes, outscoring its hosts 27-7 to wipe out a five-point, 52-47 deficit.
In the final ten minutes, the Warriors canned nine of 17 tries from the floor, were 5-of-6 from the foul line and turned the ball over only twice – the second one coming in the final seconds. In the second half, Springfield shot just 24 percent from the field and its eight turnovers allowed Eastern a 12-2 scoring advantage on miscues. On its 20 possessions over the final ten minutes, the Pride missed 12 of 14 attempts from the floor and committed four turnovers (all in the final three minutes).
In that 27-7 run over the final ten minutes, four players carried the Eastern scoring load: junior guard Carlos Gonzalez (Springfield, MA) had nine points on three three-point field goals – two coming on successive possessions on either side of a missed Springfield shot that turned the tide for good and gave the Warriors an eight-point lead with just under four minutes left; Collagan had seven points, kickstarting the comeback by swishing three free throws after being fouled on a three-point bid; Hyatt chipped in six points, and senior guard Donny Craig (Waterford) added all five of his game points, three coming on a corner three-pointer off a pass from senior guard Jaysen Nunez (Hartford) on his first shot of the game that gave the Warriors a six-point, 58-52 lead, with six minutes left.
Collagan represented Eastern on the all-tournament team after totalling 26 points (4-of-8 from distance), six rebounds and only one turnover in 38 minutes Sunday. He had 17 points in Saturday's 79-73 loss to No. 16 Nichols College. Hyatt finished Sunday's game with eight rebounds and a career-high 16 points on 6-of-7 field goals and 4-of-5 free throws. Gonzalez had 14 points (4-of-8 from distance), nine rebounds and four steals and only two turnovers in 33 minutes.
At left: Junior point guard Carlos Gonzalez looks for an open teammate in the second half of Sunday's 74-59 win over Springfield College in the consolation game of the Naismith Classic at Blake Arena. In the game, Gonzalez had 14 points, four steals and three assists against the Pride and sank three key three-pointers in the second half.
In addition to guarding Springfield All-America forward Jake Ross, freshman forward Seth Thomas (Norwich) had eight points and four rebounds in 25 minutes. Craig also had four rebounds (three in the second half) in 15 minutes off the bench.
Ross led the Pride with a game-high 28 points to go along with eight rebounds in 36 minutes, but scored ten of his points from the foul line and turned the ball over seven times. Junior forward Heath Post had 15 points and a game-high 11 rebounds for Springfield, with nine of his points coming from the foul line as Ross and Post combined to connect on 19 of 23 shots from the stripe. Springfield's two substitutes contributed only five points on 1-of-10 field goal shooting and six rebounds in 50 minutes.
In the tournament, Gonzalez and Collagan each averaged 21.5 points. Gonzalez also led the Warriors with 15 rebounds, nine three-points, seven assists and seven steals. Hyatt had 18 points and 12 rebounds and was 7-of-10 from the floor. Gonzalez, Collagan and Hyatt combined to shoot 55.1 percent (38-of-69) from the floor and 93.3 percent (14-of-15) from the stripe. As a team, Eastern shot 84.0 percent from the foul line (21-of-25) and 47.8 percent from the floor and held its opponent to 39.8 field goal shooting.
Eastern hosts Castleton University in a Little East Conference game Jan. 8 at 7:30 p.m. The Warriors play six of their eight games in January at home.


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"There comes a point in your life when you need to stop reading other people's books and write your own."
– Albert Einstein
Primary research is research that a writer goes out in person to collect by themselves. Whether you write fiction or non-fiction, at some point you will have to do research. This type of research is invaluable, as it going to help writers in each of their writing projects.
There are three types of primary research. The first is original documents. Here are examples:
- Diaries
- Autobiographies
- Letters
- Maps
- Government documents
- Historical newspapers
- Conference proceedings
- Interviews
- Speeches
Another type of primary research is creative works:
- Music
- Architectural drawings
- Film
- Audio recordings
- Poetry
- Literary works
- Art
Let's not forget about artifacts and relics:
- Pottery
- Textiles
- Needlework
- Tools
- Furniture
- Clothing
- Decorative Art
Now that we understand primary research, we must understand why we would use it. Many industries across the board use this type of research. Here are a few examples. I'm sure you could think of more.
- An author is writing a historical novel. S/he wants to make the setting and characters genuine and authentic for the reader.
- A police detective is solving a crime. They conduct primary research to find out more about the victim and what may have made them a target.
- A person is a public figure and internationally known. A student may perform public research to write a research paper on them.
Before you conduct research, you have to ask yourself why you are doing it. What do you want to discover? This is your research question. Your subjects are the individuals which you will talk to or observe through interviews or surveys. Likewise, ask yourself what your biases is about the topic. Biases is how favorable or unfavorable you feel toward a topic.
By the time you are finished, you should have plenty of research and data to analyze. How you do this is going to vary in your prewriting. Some prefer to use a program such as Excel, while others use mind maps or Venn diagrams. Outlines, too, are also useful. You have to organize your research in a way that makes the most sense to you. I find the easiest way is to outline by how it will appear within the written form. You don't have to write down everything, but only write down (or highlight) the information which you need.
Finally, when do we use primary research? The truth is, you can use it anytime. Be aware of ethical boundaries, however, that surround this type of research. If you're interviewing people, get their permission beforehand. Ask: May I use your name in my story…book…whatever the case may be. You don't want cause emotional harm to your interviewee so always play on the safe side.
Furthermore, objectivity vs. subjectivity may be of concern. Objectivity is when you remove your biases and opinions from your research. Consequently, subjectivity is when you insert biases and opinions into your writing. You want to remain objective and allow your readers to come to their own conclusions concerning your topic. This means that you present both sides of the argument in a fair and balanced way.
This type of research depends on your purpose. Be accurate in your research; however, keep your research in a file. This makes it possible to utilize the research later for future projects. Keep it in a filing cabinet once you're through using it. File the audio files on the cloud or a CD-ROM. Sooner than later you're going to have your own research library of which you can access at any time. This is going to be invaluable as a writer.


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Dozens of Urban Thinkers Campuses to discuss implementing the New Urban Agenda
From diplomacy-minded youths in Canada to African architects, dozens of organizations around the world plan to host at least 45 gatherings this year to address implementation of the New Urban Agenda, the global vision on the future of cities adopted in October.
While the agenda offers a broad 20-year road map on planning, building and managing sustainable cities, efforts are now turning to its implementation. Seeing the 24-page document into reality on a rapidly urbanizing planet will now require fresh ideas — which U. N. officials hope will come out of the new series of "Urban Thinkers Campuses."
Sponsored by the World Urban Campaign, a special advocacy initiative of UN-Habitat, the Urban Thinkers Campus (UTC) is a flexible concept for daylong or multi-day events built around critical exchange of ideas and consensus toward solutions.
Last year, 26 such global events engaged some 7,850 people in conversations, debates and strategy sessions ahead of the Habitat III conference, where the New Urban Agenda was ultimately adopted by 167 countries. Recommendations from the UTCs were combined in a formal document called "The City We Need 2.0" and fed into the global input process for the agenda.
[See: Unified stakeholder vision on sustainable urbanization lauded, critiqued ahead of Habitat III]
The success of that effort prompted UN-Habitat, the U. N.'s lead agency on urban issues, to put out a call for more such campuses in 2017. These will focus on generating action plans and commitments for the New Urban Agenda.
The initial list, released this week, offers up 45 events in over three dozen countries covering a wide range of topics. (Update: In late Feburary, the full list of approved Urban Thinkers Campuses was expanded to 74.)
Among other aims, professors at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands will come up with lesson plans to teach the New Urban Agenda in universities. The African Union of Architects will tackle slum upgrading in Dakar and infrastructure planning in Johannesburg.
Elsewhere, gender rights activists at the Huairou Commission will agitate for women's access to urban services in Guatemala, Zimbabwe, Peru and Canada. And the World Evangelical Alliance will gather its flock in Indonesia to discuss how faith-based organizations can deliver on the New Urban Agenda.
Many dates are still to be confirmed, and more campuses are expected to be announced. The second round of the call for proposals is open until 10 February.
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But seriously, why can't the inches disappear from my stomach instead of my chest? WHY? Bras are one of those things that you have to try on at the store, too, which means I can't just online shop myself to victory. No, I have to go into one of those fitting rooms with terrible lighting and fun-house mirrors and wedge the girls into spandex and lace contraptions that will make the most of my newly less-abundant bazooms.
So, you know, if you happen by a fitting room in the next few days, and hear a woman softly crying and singing Lift Us Up Where We Belong to her chest, say hi.


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The Wonderlic: Utility & Flaws in Athlete Assessment
Success in the NFL and other sports consists of four core factors: physical prowess (e.g. Julius Peppers' power, Calvin Johnson's quickness), technique (Drew Brees' throwing precision), attitudinal disposition (Ray Lewis' competitive intensity), and cognitive functioning (e.g. Aaron Rodgers' offensive vision and Ed Reed's defensive vision). At … Continued


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I'm greatly burdened for Japan today. Rescue efforts are still underway (my rescuers, VA Task Force 1, are among the rescue teams involved), and casualty estimates are rising. From what I've seen, I'd be surprised if casualties end up less than 10,000.
If you want to join me in praying, please pray for:
- those waiting for rescue,
- those waiting for word from loved ones,
- those who have already lost loved ones,
- for God's comfort and presence for all who seek Him,
- for leaders trying to make difficult decisions in impossible circumstances,
- for so many who are homeless and/or without power.
- Pray that God would intervene and stop the escalation of the crisis, particularly the nuclear concerns.
It is a mercy that Japan is a rich nation, and very well-prepared for earthquakes (particularly their building codes). The human scale of the disaster will be far smaller than in Haiti and other poverty-stricken countries.
That said, the mere magnitude of the quake (1000+ times the 7.0 Haiti quake), the addition of tsunamis, flooding, and a nuclear crisis all make the situation in Japan very dire. Poverty or no, they need our prayers.
For those looking to help:
Compassion International does not work in Japan, or of course I would have links to our work. 😉
Asian Access is one group that is bringing help through its network of local churches (led by one of my mentors, Joe Handley). Learn about their efforts at:
World Vision is mobilizing its response, as is the American Red Cross.


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P. (2013), "Accounting for the influence of management devices in
the evolution of public organizations practices: a sociomaterial
Presented at the 9th International
Management Control Conference, Breukelen, Netherlands, September
Keywords: organizational
change; public organizations; management devices; sociomateriality;
practice studies; healthcare management.
In France, new management devices
and cybernetic control systems are currently being implemented in
public hospitals, in line with New Public Management policies.
How do public organizations like
hospitals respond to the implementation of such control systems?
This question has already been addressed by management control
research. Notably, previous studies have demonstrated that
management control devices can be loosely coupled to the
organization's core activities (Covaleski and Dirsmith 1983;
Lapsley 1994; Pettersen 1995); that individual representations,
norms and values are deeply influenced by management control
devices, thus influencing the way work is performed on a daily
basis (see for example Lowe 2000; Preston 1992; Chua and Degeling
1993); and that management control devices do have an influence on
the organization itself (e.g. Kurunmäki, Lapsley, and Melia 2003;
Lehtonen 2007). While these studies have brought meaningful
contributions to our understanding of the processes that develop in
public organizations when new management control systems are being
implemented, organizing their results in a systematic way proves
difficult. In effect, the conclusions drawn are often based on
quite distinct conceptual frames and analyses; and the devices or
systems' technical features under study are not always precisely
described. Therefore, students are sometimes faced with problems
when they want to compare the results of these studies and draw and
build on previous work.
As a consequence, it remains
difficult to assess the way public organizations and more
particularly hospitals, respond to the implementation of new
management control devices. To tackle this issue, in this paper we
follow recent calls for giving more room to the technical dimension
of management control devices in the study of their impact
(Hopwood, 2007, 2008; Baldvinsdottir et al. 2010).
However, considering management
devices as technical systems remains a debated choice: the design
of management devices is often deemed to be a technical problem,
rather than a theoretical one. Technical systems also are often
considered as pertaining to a materialist approach. Therefore,
dealing with management devices without being deterministic could
prove a difficult attempt (Leonardi and Barley 2008).
In our paper, we aim to analyze
management control practices in a French public hospital from a
sociomaterial perspective (Orlikowski and Scott 2008; Orlikowski
2010; Leonardi 2012). According to this perspective, human and
material dimensions are considered to be deeply entangled in the
current realization of activities. Therefore, they must be studied
simultaneously, rather than being considered as alternatives. And
considering the influence of material devices within the
organization does not preclude from recognizing actors'
voluntarism. In a nutshell, sociomateriality allows to consider
that management devices shape and are shaped by their environment;
and that management practices are not fully determined by
instrumental constraints as for a single device, many different
uses do remain possible.
Our paper is based on a
longitudinal case study of a medium-size French public hospital.
We focus our study on the uses of a new performance
measurement system based on the production of Department's
Operating Income Statements (DOISs), designed for the newly created
departments, which can be considered as Medical Business Units
(MBU). Our field work has covered a 20 months period, from winter
2009 to summer 2011. We carried out 20 semi-structured interviews
with administrative managers and medical managers so as to gather
their interpretations about their work environment and the new
system. One of the authors also stayed with the organization for a
total of 12 weeks in 3 different sessions of participating
observation (by the beginning, middle and end of the field work
period) to collect information about actors' practices: 20 "DOIS
meetings" between the administration and the medical staff have
been attended, and rich observations of different practices have
been witnessed as they emerged.
Our observations indicate that the
DOISs appear to have influenced management control activity within
the organization. DOISs were indeed perceived by actors as the core
device for the management of medical business units. They were used
by managers in the Finance department to monitor expenses at MBU
and organizational levels. They also served as a vehicle for the
institutionalization and legitimization of the hospital's new
financial environment. However, DOISs were not used to assess MBUs'
financial performance. Neither were they used by MBU managers
or managers in the Finance department as tools for decision making.
In addition to that, they could not be used as a budgetary control
device, considering the practical limitations of the DOISs
production process (length of the production time and manipulation
of the underlying accounting data).
In our paper, we illustrate how a
sociomaterial perspective can enhance our interpretation of the
interplay between DOIS devices and actors' practices,
understandings and representations. Indeed, such a perspective is
based on the comprehensive analysis of 1. the technological
apparatus on which the DOISs rely and their enabling and
constraining properties for action; 2. the net of relationships and
control practices which are both previous to and contemporary of
the implementation of DOIS in the organizational context in which
actors have been embedded; and 3. the processes by which
actors develop their understandings and make sense of the new
technology they have been encountering and growing familiar


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