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Charter Amendment Proposals
This week Council Members Ostrow, Remington and Samuels announced that they intend to move forward with three significant charter amendments that they hope will be put before the voters in November. One would eliminate the Board of Estimate and Taxation, one would create a more centralized City Administrator and one would eliminate the independent Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.
Of these three I am most concerned about eliminating the Park Board and especially concerned that we are taking this drastic step without first having had a complete and inclusive community conversation about other alternatives to address the concerns Council Member Ostrow, and others, have raised about the current governance.
In response the Park Board idea and in preparation for a first vote to forward this to the Charter Commission set to come up February 6, Park Commissioner Annie Young and I released the following statement on Friday:
Green Party Elected Officeholders Cam Gordon and Annie Young Oppose Plan to Eliminate Independent Park Board
Second Ward Council Member Cam Gordon and At-Large Park and Recreation Board Commissioner Annie Young were surprised this week to learn that Council Members Ostrow, Samuels and Remington are proposing to eliminate the 126-year-old Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.
Both officials agree that this proposal risks seriously diminishing the nationally-renowned Minneapolis park system. Their concerns are rooted in the Key Values of the Green Party, including Ecological Wisdom, Grassroots Democracy, Decentralization, Social and Economic Justice and Future Focus.
"Ecologically, the Minneapolis park system is a jewel," said Young. "From green space to water quality, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board has protected the natural environment in this city. Our parks, lakes, river and urban forest serves the natural, leisure and recreation needs of adults, children and families alike. This is the legacy of an independent Park Board, and there is no certainty that the City Council will manage the park system with such diligence and success."
Council Member Gordon noted that residents are right to be concerned about an apparent 'power grab' on the part of City Hall. "Grassroots democracy can only be effective when the public has direct access to decision makers. Multiple points of contact offer residents more opportunities to make their opinions known and have their voices heard. Now, just over a year after the elimination of the independent Library Board, is not the time for us to talk about consolidating still more power in the hands of fewer people." Both Gordon and Young agree that decentralization of power is important in order to have checks and balances, increase residents' access to decision makers, foster innovation, and preserve services.
Young and Gordon also warn of the potential impacts this proposal could have on poor communities and working families. "One of the reasons being given for eliminating the Park Board is to 'create efficiencies.' In this era in which schools have been closed in low-income neighborhoods, the City has instituted a hiring freeze and all levels of government may be poised to lay off staff, I am wary of allowing 'efficiency' to mean loss of services to the least well-off and the loss of good paying union jobs," adds Gordon.
"We also need to maintain our focus on the future," said Young. "Over my 20 years of service on the Park Board, I have consistently fought against selling off park assets for development. I fear that the City Council will, in the name of 'streamlining' the system and reducing costs, sell off some of our incredibly valuable parkland. This will become much more likely if parks must compete with other City priorities, like police and firefighters."
Young and Gordon agree that there are significant governance issues that must be resolved between the Park Board and the City. However, they both feel that there are other, as yet unexplored options to preserve parkland, manage public dollars responsibly, and clarify accountability. "One option is to rethink the old 1994 agreement between the City and the Park Board which in effect makes this supposedly independent board dependent on the City for its funding," said Young. Gordon agreed, saying that "there are concerns about the future of our parks and the relationship between the Park Board and City Council, and it is time for the Council, Park Board and people throughout the city to have a serious, open and inclusive conversation about how to address those concerns and figure out all of the options. It is not time to put the question of the Park Board's elimination before the voters in November."

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Anderson Cooper is not good with the laundry. Luckily, he doesn't have a Cristina Yang sort of problem, with piles of clothes littered across the floor. The talk show host admitted on Thursday that he only washes his jeans about four times a year. I wonder if anyone in the past has told him that's not a pleasant fact to share with people.
If you're wondering who managed to pull out Cooper's dirty little secret, it was none other than What Not To Wear's Stacy London, who popped into the Anderson Live studio to talk fashion and her own badly-styled years. The two traded awkward pictures, after which Cooper admitted his "TV clothes" are not the clothes he prefers, instead choosing to pretty much wear the same pair of pants and hoodie whenever he's off camera. He never really even washes the jeans, but he says that's what he was told to do.
"You know they have those jeans you don't have to wash now, or so they say. No, no it's true…I went to the store APC which has really nice stuff, great stuff. And you buy these things and the person said to me, 'Don't wash them for a long time.' They mean like six months, so…I think."
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Easter is coming up and while it's bound to be a weekend of fun, we're urging families to think about kids' safety in the car this weekend.
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Scheffler Gratified to Have Family of Cancer-Stricken Friend in Byron Nelson Attendance
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IRVING — Scottie Scheffler, the Highland Park senior making his PGA Tour debut, met James Ragan of Corpus Christi while playing on the Texas Legends Tour.
Ragan had been diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer, in June 2006, when he was 13. He went on to became a public advocate and fundraising force for pediatric cancer.
When Scheffler won the U.S. Junior Amateur last July, he choked up during a Golf Channel interview when asked about Ragan. Scheffler said he thought about his friend several times during the final match.
Ragan died on Feb. 17. He was 20. Last Friday, Sheffler drove down to Corpus with his father, Scott, and sister, Callie, to play in a charity tournament for Ragan in heavy rain.
This week, Ragan's father, Jim, and sister, Mecklin, drove up from Corpus Christi for the Nelson, where they were joined by a cousin from Fort Worth, Marisol Gongora, and friend Hicks Layton.
They have worn T-shirts with writing on the back. Gongora's shirt says "Go," Mecklin's shirt says "Scottie" and Layton's shirt says "Go!"
"That was pretty cool," said Scheffler, who is T38 after rounds of 71-68-69. "They're usually really busy, doing everything they're doing."
Mecklin Ragan said they wanted to show support for Scheffler, just as his family did for them.
"I can't even begin to tell you how much it meant to all of us," Mecklin said. "We love Scottie. My brother loved him a lot, and it meant so much to have him there with us, especially this year."
Scott Scheffler said the feeling was mutual:
"James taught Scottie a lot. Like Scottie always says, 'Golf is just a game.' James' dad is one of the most positive people I've met in my life."
Ragan's website: triumph overkidcancer.org.
Get up, stand up: Morgan Hoffmann has taken a different approach to have fun instead of concentrating solely on complicated swing thoughts.
"Every practice round, I have a Bose speaker in my bag and we have some jams going,'' he said. "Some pretty weird stuff; it's very random."
Hoffmann and his caddie have been on a reggae kick recently. During his 66 on Friday, he was humming "Here Comes the Hotstepper'' by Jamaican artist Ini Kamoze. "We were singing reggae songs and being as stupid as possible," Hoffmann said.
After his double-bogey on No. 18 Saturday, Hoffman is T6 entering the final round. Might we suggest the Bob Marley classic "Three Little Birds"?
A D-FW Boo-Boo? Ben Hogan is the only player to sweep the D-FW PGA Tour events in the same year.
Boo Weekley, defending Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial champion, has the chance for a backward D-FW slam. He enters the final round three strokes back after rounds of 67-68-68.
Weekley can at least match Hogan's order. When Hogan turned the trick in 1946, he won the Colonial in May and then the Dallas Invitational at Brook Hollow Golf Club in late September.
Global conquests: Over the last 13 years, eight international players have won the Nelson: Jesper Parnevik (2000), Shigeki Maruyama (2002), Vijay Singh (2003), Sergio Garcia (2004), Adam Scott (2008), Rory Sabbatini (2009), Jason Day (2010) and Sang-Moon Bae (2013).
Singh, 51, enters the final round at T15 and Sabbatini is T47. Moon missed the cut.


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Category Archives: Russell Moore
Our Call to Engaged Alienation
One thing I've long admired about Russell Moore, the president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (the public-policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention) is his winsome example of what a Christ-centered, gospel-saturated Christian looks like when they enter the public square. In his latest book, Onward: Engaging the Culture without Losing the Gospel, defining our calling to one of engaged alienated.
Our call is to an engaged alienation, a Christianity that preserves the distinctiveness of our gospel while not retreating from our callings as neighbors, friends, and citizens.
This means our priority is a theological vision of what it means to be the church in the world, of what it means to be human in the cosmos. We must put priority where Jesus put it, on the kingdom of God. But while we are a citizens Kingdom First people, we are not a Kingdom Only people. Jesus told us to seek both the kingdom of God "and his righteousness" (Matt. 6:33). We pursue justice and mercy and well being for those around us, including the social and political arenas. This means that we will be considered "culture warriors." Maybe so, but let's be Christ-shaped culture warriors. Let's be those who contend for culture, but not those who are at war with the culture. We will see ourselves in a much deeper, much more intractable, much more ancient war not against flesh and blood or even against cultural forces, but against unseen principalities and powers in the heavenly places.
We will recognize the necessity of engagement in social and political action, even as we see the limits of such action, this side of the New but Jerusalem. But we will engage not with the end goal of winning with the end goal of reconciliation. This means that morality and social justice, while good, are not enough. We witness to a gospel that seeks nor only to reconcile people to one another but to God, by doing away with the obstacle to such communion: our sin and our guilt. hat comes not by voter blocs or by policy papers but by a bloody cross and an empty tomb.
Over the past century or so, the "culture wars" could be categorized as disputes over human dignity (the pro-life movement, for example), family stability (the sexual and marriage and child-rearing debates, for example) and religious liberty. The intuitions of American Christians on these fronts have often been right, I believe, even if too often unanchored from a larger gospel vision and from a larger framework of justice. We should learn from the best impulses of such engagement, and use our articulation of our views at these points as part of an even bigger argument. These should point us back to a vision of kingdom, of culture, and of mission, rooted in the gospel and in church, even as we work with those who disagree with us in the many ways toward an approximation of justice in the public arena. As we do this, we shouldn't be ashamed of Jesus, and we shouldn't be afraid to be out of step with America. We are marching onward, toward a different kind of reign.
In our present cultural moment, Moore's presentation is exciting and needs to find a wide hearing.
Covenantal Salvation
I apologize for the delay in getting to the next entry in our Theology Memeology series. So other responsibilities feel into my lap. I'll be working to get some writing done this week. In the meant time, here is this golden nugget:
God's cosmic purposes are also intensely personal and particular, seen in the way God has chosen to bring about these purposes through covenant promise and fulfillment, mediated through the line of Abraham. After demonstrating God's creational origin of the whole universe and his salvation of all animal and human life through the Noahic flood, God builds a vision of the end of all things through covenant promises with a chosen people, beginning with Abraham. The Abrahamic covenant promised material land, a name of great renown, and a multitude of offspring (Gen 12:1–7; 17:1–14).
Thus, faith itself is defined as forward-looking and eschatological from the beginning—as Abraham offered up the promised son, knowing God could raise him from the dead (Gen 22:1–19; Heb 11:17–19) and as Joseph pleaded with his brothers to carry his bones into the promised land, knowing that his death could not annul God's covenant purposes for Israel (Gen 50:25; Josh 24:32; Heb 11:22).
With the foundation of the Abrahamic promise, God further reveals the contours of biblical hope. Through the Mosaic covenant he outlines the blessings of an obedient nation and the curses of a disobedient people. In the Davidic covenant he promises a son to David who will build a dwelling place for God, defeat God's enemies, and rule the people in the wisdom of the Spirit (2 Samuel 7; Psalms 2; 73; 89). In the prophesied new covenant God promises to unite the fractured nations of Israel and Judah into one people, a people who all know Yahweh, are forgiven of their sins, and are restored as a nation in the promised land (Jer 31:31–40).
The covenants look forward—past Israel's then-present disobedience—to the day when the vine of God bears fruit (Ps 80:8–19; Isa 5:1–7; 27:6; Ezek 15:1–8; 17:1–24; 19:10–14; Hos 10:1–2), the harlot of God's people is a faithful bride washed of all uncleanness (Isa 54:5–6; Jer 3:20; Ezek 16:1–63; Hos 2:1–23), the exiled refugees are returned to a secure homeland, and the flock of God is united under one Davidic shepherd who will feed them and divide them from the goats (Jer 3:15–19; 23:1–8; Ezek 34:1–31; Mic 5:2–4; 7:14–17). In this coming future Israel will be what she is called to be, the light of the world, a light that the darkness cannot overcome (Isa 60:1–3). In this future God's favor on Israel is clear to the nations because he is present with his people. The repeated promise of the covenants is: "I will be your God and you will be my people." As Joel prophesies: "You shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, that I am the Lord your God and there is none else" (Joel 2:27).
With this in view, the covenants picture their fulfillment not just in terms of inheritance blessings but also in terms of a restoration of Eden (Ezek 36:33–36; 37:22–23), the building of a glorious temple (2 Sam 7:13; Ezek 40:1–47:12), the return of a remnant from exile (Isa 11:12–16), and the construction of a holy city of Zion in which Yahweh dwells with his people in splendor (Pss 48:1–14; 74:2; Isa 18:7; Lam 5:17–22; Ezek 48:30–35).3 The covenants will come to their goal when Israel is judged for sin, raised from the dead, and anointed with the Spirit of Yahweh—a public act in the face of the hostile nations (Ezek 20:21, 35–49; 37:11–27). These eschatological covenant promises are then inherently eschatological and messianic—a truth seen in the fact that the patriarchs themselves died and rotted away without seeing the realization of the promises (Heb 11:13–16). – Russell D. Moore, A Theology for the Church
The Ascended Christ and Kingdom Hope
In the following quote, Russell Moore ties together (as does the Bible) the ascension of Christ and the fulfillment of the Davidic covenant:
Pentecost is tied to the resurrection of Christ because it is the ascended Christ, exalted as the Davidic King, who is given the authority to pour out the Spirit, as exposited in the apostle Peter's sermon recorded in Acts 2. [Sinclair] Ferguson suggests, "The coming of the Spirit is, therefore, the enthronement of Christ, just as the resurrection is the evidence of the efficacy of the death of Christ as atonement."
From here Moore touches upon the relationship of the ascended King to the hope of his Kingdom people the church:
Scripture sees the relationship of believers to heaven as tied to the presence there of their King and Messiah, not as the place of their ultimate abode. This contention bears the scrutiny of New Testament theology, especially the Pauline epistles, in which "heaven" seems to have a present, Christological referent (Eph. 1:3; 1:21; Phil. 3:20-21; Col. 1:5; 3:1-2; 1 Thess. 1:10) and thus is more emblematic of the "already" of the Kingdom than of the "not yet."
Russell Moore, The Kingdom of Christ
(Re)new(ed) Israel In Christ
One of the trickiest, and controversial, topics of New Testament studies is the relationship between the New Covenant church and the Old Covenant people of Yahweh. Are they the same? Are they different? Does the former replace the latter? Here Russell Moore, in The Kingdom of Christ, tackles this hot topic in a way that, to my mind, does justice to the various ways the New Testament speaks of the corporate body of believers united in the Messiah, Jesus:
The "adoption" means that the Gentiles are joint-heirs-with the One who is the true Israel, the "firstborn" of God (Rom. 8:17, 29, KJV). It is not that God has "natural" sons-the Jews-and "adopted" sons-the Gentiles. Rather, both Jews and Gentiles find their identity in being conformed to the image of the Messiah, "in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers" (Rom. 8:29, ESV)… Thus, the New Testament applies to Jesus language previously applied to the nation-the "firstborn" or the "son of God" (Ex. 4:22-23; Matt. 2:15). The first "Israel" himself, the patriarch Jacob, promises preeminence and rule to a tribe of Israel, Judah (Gen. 49:4, 9-12). The apostle Paul applies this language explicitly to Jesus (Col. 1:18). This emphasis is more than incidental or fragmentary. The identification of Jesus with Israel-as her king, her substitute, and her goal-is everywhere throughout the apostolic understanding of the Old Testament promise. When the apostles speak of "promises" being fulfilled (as in, for example, the sermon in Acts 13), they are not speaking of abstract heavenly comforts. They are speaking specifically of promises made to Abraham and the nation of Israel. The old covenant looked forward to the day when the nations would see the vindication of Israel, through Israel's resurrection from the dead and anointing with the Spirit (Ezek. 36:33-36). "My dwelling place will be with them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people," Yahweh speaks through the prophet Ezekiel. "Then the nations will know that I am the LORD who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary is in their midst forever" (Ezek. 37:27-28, ESV). Israel, therefore, did not just long for a "Messiah." The Israelites longed for a Messiah who would reign over a messianic age, the day when the nations would come to Israel (Isa. 60:1-14), when the ends of the earth would be given as an inheritance to the Son of David (Ps. 2:8-9; 110: 1 -7). They were waiting for the resurrection of Israel, the marking out of Israel by the Spirit, the drawing of the nations to Israel. They were waiting, in short, for the Kingdom of God.
Cosmic Christ, Cosmic King
Russell Moore on the cosmic scope of Christ's redemption:
The kingship of Israel, with its Davidic line, is…presented in terms of a Spirit-anointed king charged with subduing and defeating the enemies of the people of God (1 Sam. 8:19-20). Indeed, the removal of the Israelite kingship from Saul takes place precisely because Saul refuses to destroy utterly the enemies of Yahweh (1 Samuel 15), resulting in the loss of Saul's monarchy and the anointing of the Spirit of God, both transferred instead to the house of David (1 Sam. 16:1-3, 12-14). Indeed, as soon as David receives the anointing of oil by the prophet Samuel, he is anointed with the Spirit (1 Sam. 16:13), and immediately David as the "anointed one" leads the nation in the defeat of the Philistine attackers (1 Sam. 17:20-58), an activity that Saul recognizes as inherently kingly (1 Sam. 18:6-9). The definition of Jesus' messianic identity as the "anointed one," the bearer of the Spirit (Luke 4:18-19), is therefore set within this context of the anointed warrior-king.
This means that, contra dispensationalist traditionalism, there is no dichotomy between the "offer of the Kingdom" and the "forgiveness of sins," as though the forgiveness of sins can be anything other than a Kingdom act. Instead, in the Gospel of Luke, for example, messianic salvation is defined in terms of Jesus' promised Davidic kingship (1:32-33); the forgiveness of sins (1:50, 72, 77); the defeat of all enemies (1:51, 71); the crushing of political pretenders-to-the-throne (1:52); the provision of material blessings (1:53); the covenant restoration of national promises to Israel (1:54-55); the redemption of the Gentile nations (1:79; 2:32); and the monarchial anointing of the Spirit (4:18). In Jesus of Nazareth, therefore, salvation is a Kingdom activity whereby the Second Adam, the Son of David, displays His anointing by God and His faithful obedience to His mandate as King by protecting the created order, crushing the head of the ultimate enemy of the Kingdom, the Serpent (Gen. 3:15; Rom. 16:20; Rev. 12:9). The dispensing of the Spirit on those united to Him in faith is possible only because of union with the messianic King who is declared to be the Son of God (Gal. 4:4-7). It is this Christocentric focus of salvation that ties the salvation of human beings to the motif of the Kingdom of God and to the broader aspects of cosmic salvation. The defeat of Satan by the man Christ Jesus is pictured by the apostle John as the establishment of the Kingdom (Rev. 12:10; also John 12:31; Col. 2:15; Heb. 2:14-15; 1 John 3:8). The cosmic extent of salvation is seen as the Second Adam offers up to the Father a created order in which He has subdued every enemy (1 Cor. 15:24-26), and there is nothing unclean in the garden over which He rules (Rev. 21:1-8). Thus, salvation is portrayed in the New Testament as more than simply the salvation of so many individual souls. Redemption is the transfer from the satanic kingdom to the eschatological Kingdom that God the Father has prepared for His Messiah (Col. 1:13), a transfer that is by definition a violent act of subduing "the god of this age" (2 Cor. 4:3-4, NIV) or "the prince of the power of the air" (Eph. 2:1-7)."
– Russell Moore, The Kingdom of Christ: The New Evangelical Perspective
Victory Through Wrath-Bearing
It has often been thought the Christus Victor understanding of the atonement is incompatible with the traditional Protestant model of penal substitutionary atonement. The former teaches that in the atonement Christ defeats death and Satan, leaving Jesus the Messiah as the triumphant champion of his people. The latter teaches that on the cross Jesus took the penalty ('penal') of God's wrath on behalf of his people ('substitution'). There's been a long history of theologians playing these two approaches off against one another, especially over the last century. In my view, this is unfortunate because both are clearly presented in Scripture and work together in tandem. Here Russell Moore shows why:
The historic Protestant understanding of the cross as essentially propitiatory and substitutionary ironically serves as the only way to make sense of the cosmic implications of both redemption and the fall since, in both, the destiny of the created order is tied to the mandate given to the human vicegerents responsible for creation. Indeed, it is the only way to make sense of the "Christus Victor" model itself. Thus, the defeat of the powers of darkness in the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus means that the ancient serpent is indeed defeated, but this defeat comes through reversing human slavery to sin and death (John 8:31-47; 12:31-33; 2 Tim. 2:25; Heb. 2:14-15) by hearing the punishment due to a humanity justly accused by the satanic powers (Col. 2:14-15; Rev. 12:10-12), and thereby restoring humanity as king of the cosmos in the person of the Second Adam (Rom. 5:12-21; 1 Cor. 15:21-28; Heb. 2:5-18).
-Russell Moore, The Kingdom of Christ: The New Evangelical Perspective
Sinclair Ferguson ties this all together quite well:
A comprehensively biblical exposition of the work of Christ recognizes that the atonement, which terminates on God (in propitiation) and on man (in forgiveness), also terminates on Satan (in the destruction of his sway over believers). And it does this last precisely because it does the first two.
-Sinclair Ferguson, For the Fame of God's Name: Essays in Honor of John Piper, 185.
For more on the atonement, see,
The Devil Votes Christian Values
From Between Two Worlds:
A transcribed excerpt below from Russell Moore's excellent talk, "The Devil Votes Christian Values: Why We're Tempted to be Glorified Satanists Rather than Crucified Followers." Dr. Moore shows that in Satan's third temptation of Christ he is willing to broker a deal with the Son of God: Satan will give up his authority over the external rule of the nations in exchange for keeping the power of accusation.
Satan ultimately has a power that is not found most importantly in moral decay or in cultural chaos. His power is in the authority to accuse.The power of accusation.
The power of holding humanity captive through the fear of death and the certainty of judgment.
Satan is not fearful of external conformity to rule. Not even to the external conformity of the rule of Christ–provided there is no cross.
Satan does not mind family values–as long as what you ultimately value is the family.Satan does not mind social justice–as long as you see justice as most importantly social.
Satan does not tremble at a Christian worldview. He will let you have a Christian worldview as long as your ultimate goal is viewing the world.
If Jesus will receive the kingdoms of the world, this crafty serpent thinks, then he can hand them to him apart from the shedding of blood at the cross.
Apart from the overthrow of the demonic powers through the empty tomb.
Apart from a reconciliation between a holy God and a renegade humanity.
If he can just bypass the cross–and get to the kingdom apart from the cross–then he will have everything that he wants.
Pastor: Satan doesn't mind if you preach on the decrees of God with fervor and passion every single week–provided that you do not ever preach the gospel of the cross.
Homeschooling Mom: Satan does not mind if you teach your children all the books of the Bible and all the Ten Commandments and all of the catechism–provided you do not teach them the gospel of a bloody cross.
. . . He will let you get what it is that you want, no matter what it is–sanctity of marriage, environmental protection, orphan care, all of these good and wonderful things–he will allow you to gain those things provided you do not preach and proclaim and live through the power of a cross that cancelshis power of condemnation.
He so fears the gospel of a Christ crucified and raised from the dead that he is willing to surrender his entire empire just to appease the threat of it.
This is a rich and very important message, which I commend to you.


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Love and Other Wild Things by Molly Harper, Amanda Ronconi, Jonathan Davis
Narrator: Amanda Ronconi, Jonathan Davis
Date Read: September 4, 2018
Genre: PNR, Romance
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6 hrs 41 mins
Welcome to Mystic Bayou, a tiny town hidden in the swamp where shape-shifters, vampires, witches, and dragons live alongside humans. The town formed around the mysterious energy rift in the bayou, which helps keep the town's magic in balance. But lately the rift has been widening and destabilizing - threatening to send the town's magical population into chaos.
Energy witch Danica Teel has been sent by the League to figure out what's going on, with the help of bear-shifter Mayor Zed. While working on the case, Zed falls head over paws for Dani, but she's reluctant to engage in anything beyond a roll in his cave. Dani's family is counting on her to get the job done, and she has no time for distractions. But when an ominous presence begins stalking Dani through the bayou, they'll need to band together to make it out alive.
Publisher: Audible Studios
Series: Mystic Bayou #2
Also by this author: Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors, A Witch's Handbook of Kisses and Curses , I'm Dreaming of an Undead Christmas, How to Run with a Naked Werewolf, Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs br> br>
Also in this series: How to Date Your Dragon
NOTE: These are Shout Outs to books that I have read or listened to that I have liked. This is simply a rating, maybe a quick thought (sometimes not), and mostly just a shout out to the Author/Narrator for a job well done!
Listened for Fun (Romance Package)
Overall Rating: 4.25
Story Rating: 4.00
Character Rating: 4.50
Audio Rating: 4.50 (not part of the overall rating)
Quick Thoughts: Oh Zed! This was everything I wanted for him. Dani was the perfect match. Amanda, of course, nailed the narration. I can't wait for more Mystic Bayou.
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Be the Light (+ 28 other pearls)
Today, I am 29 years-old! I have never been this old before and I will never be this young again.
As I grow older I look forward to cultivating greater self-love, traveling to foreign lands, meeting like-minded people, making deep connections and friendships, reading more books, writing and publishing more words, watching my children grow up, acquiring more wisdom and experience.
It is a privilege to be 29. I am young but I am not so young. I have lived, learned and loved well but I have more living, learning and loving to do.
I celebrate today by sharing 29 of my favorite pearls of wisdom, lessons and quotes.
If you feel moved to, please share one of your favorites in the comments section or on Facebook/Twitter.
1. Life is what you make it.
2. This, too, shall pass.
3. The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.
4. Don't take it personally.
5. "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou
6. Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
7. Love is all you need.
8. You can't save people you can only love them. - Anais Nin
9. Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage - Anais Nin
10. Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. - Eleanor Roosevelt
11. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. - Eleanor Roosevelt
12. All good things are wild and free. - Henry David Thoreau
13. Stars can't shine without darkness.
14. Be the light.
15. Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen.
16. Count your blessings.
17. Fear does not stop death. It stops life.
18. Make time for yourself.
19. You are what you eat, so don't be cheap, easy or fake.
20. "My suggestion is that you start with the love and then work very hard and try to let go of the results." - Elizabeth Gilbert
21. "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working." - Pablo Picasso
22. Live simply, love deeply.
23. Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. - Albert Einstein
24. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. - Samuel Beckett
25. Reality is merely an illusion. Albeit a persistent one. - Albert Einstein
26. The best things and the worst things in life are tangled together, making regret impossible.
27. Never give up. - The Dalai Lama
28. There is nothing more artistic than to love people. - Vincent Van Gogh
29. Dreams come a size too big so that we can grow into them.
When I picked up my phone this morning, I headed straight for Instagram for some reason. The first post I saw was a quote from Maya Angelou and the words RIP. I scrolled down to see my feed filled with tributes.
A great woman passed on the morning of my 29th birthday, a woman whose wisdom I have long admired. It only makes sense that I would add an extra quote (you know, one to grow on)--a quote that has been a part of my Facebook profile for years though now somewhat buried, the information too static to be considered interesting.
And I'll resist recalling every other quote of hers that I love. (But google her name if you're a quote junkie.)
30. "Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends." - Maya Angelou
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Forrest Yoga is a powerful and physically intense practice designed to create a transformative experience on the yoga mat that students can then carry back into daily life. Classes focus on developing core strength, both physically and spiritually. The challenging practice motivates students to push through mental and emotional blocks that limit them from becoming their best selves. The benefits of Forrest Yoga include improved strength, posture, confidence, and attitude.
What to expect
While physically challenging, Forrest Yoga does not require great flexibility or strength of its students. Rather, it asks students to cultivate a willingness to learn how to respond to challenges, explore their limits, and experience honest emotions. Students develop an awareness of their own potential and are given a space in which to create new paradigms for approaching challenges, practicing patience, and developing self-compassion.
Ana Forrest created Forrest Yoga based on the notion that yoga is inherently healing and therapeutic, and when the practice is linked with positive language and encouragement, it can transform the way students experience life at large.


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Dok Alternatibo Back to Back Grand Healing and Livelihood Seminar Kidapawan Branch was successfully done last October 20, 2012 and indeed become helpful to the participants. It was held at Dok Alternatibo Clinic at Daang Maharlika, Quezon Blvrd., beside SSS Bldg., North Cotabato. The seminar was attended by almost 250 people including first timers who said that they heard Dok Alternatibo over the radio and got curious so they decided to come for better knowledge about the advocacy. The event started at exactly 10 o'clock in the morning as they become busy buying products especially they had buy 1 take 1 promo for cosmetic products.
The first phase of the seminar was headed by Sir Reher Ybanez, livelihood lecturer of Dok Alternatibo, and at the same time station manager of DXRX 106.3 Malita FM. He tackled various ways of building business with small capital through Dok Alternatibo livelihood program. The creativity and techniques of putting up business is not far especially Dok Alternatibo is now offering program that will be beneficial to the members and communities that are lack of financial support.
Helen Lumugdang, one of the participants, said that she is so much interested in livelihood especially for the foods (naturally made foods) they prepared, "ako interesado kaayo ko sa iyang mga gisulti sa livelihood.. sa pagkaon lami kayo ilahang giandam". Others were also thankful of what they have heard because they have now ideas on how to put up business with small capital and most importantly the products are pure natural. Participants who were not yet members of 1-ASSAPPP Movement avail the membership and got their IDs for they could get fare discounts on PUJs and Buses.
After the livelihood seminar, it was followed by Dok Glendy Sanico as he conveyed the advocacy of natural healing to the participants through grand healing seminar. He tackled different degenerative diseases and the various ways on how to recover those them using the natural crops and products of Dok Alternatibo that can be found in our surroundings.
One of the topics discussed was high blood pressure or so-called hypertension that if it will not be attended in the early stage it may lead to stroke. Dok Glendy stated that one of the best restoration to health for high blood is "siling labuyo" or native chili to be taken as capsule, because it is rich in vitamin C. It is also the best remedy for hemorrhoids or "almoranas". In alternative medicine studies, "siling labuyo" is best for hemorrhoids because it is good as antioxidants. Siling Labuyo when taken as capsule can naturally heal wound due to its anti-inflammatory effect which hasten internal damage and swelling of anal tissue. But it is recommended to drink a lot of water to avoid hot sensation of anal sphincter.
While the lecture is discussing, foods were served to the participants who were made by the use of multi-purpose machine, and juice from the trunk of banana that was also enjoyed by the participants.
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Taiwan's government is a multiparty democracy that consists of five government branches: the Legislative Yuan, the Executive Yuan, the Judicial Yuan, the Examination Yuan and the Control Yuan. The president and members of the Legislative Yuan are elected by popular vote. The Legislative Yuan is a unicameral sect with only one house.
The president chooses a premier who serves as president of the Executive Yuan. Officials are appointed to the Examination Yuan by the president. Members of the Judicial Yuan and Control Yuan are also appointed by the president, but these appointees must be approved by the Legislative Yuan.
The premier selects officials to be the heads of Taiwan's ministries; these heads help oversee the nation's bureaucracies.


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11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
2013 is winding down and 2014 is fast approaching. As we wrap up another year of amazing times on the mountain, we pause to reflect on the work God has done through our experiences at Camp. In 2013 our theme for Camp Greenville was "Defy Gravity" with the Scripture Isaiah 40:31.
More and more the feedback we get from camp participants and camper parents reminds us of the impact that Camp has on a person. In 2014 the Camp staff want to be more intentional about the role we play in the lives of others. We know that God is working out His plan in each of our lives and we are privileged to be a part of that at Camp Greenville.
We look forward to another year of memories that will last a lifetime.


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A son took his old father to a restaurant for an evening dinner. Father being very old and weak, while eating, dropped food on his shirt and trousers. Other diners watched him in disgust while his son was calm."""After he finished eating, his son who was not at all embarrassed, quietly took him to the washroom, wiped the food particles, removed the stains, combed his hair and fitted his spectacles firmly. When they came out, the entire restaurant was watching them in dead silence, not able to grasp how someone could embarrass themselves publicly like that. The son settled the bill and started walking out with his father."""At that time, an old man amongst the diners called out to the son and asked him, "Don't you think you have left something"` behind?"."`The son replied, "No sir, I haven't"."""The old man retorted, "Yes, you have! You left a lesson for every son and hope for every father"."""The restaurant went silent."""Moral: To care for those who once cared for us is one of the highest honors. We all know, how our parents cared for us for every little thing. Love them, respect them,care for them becauze they haved brought u to this unique world."""A great lesson to the children who dump their parents in old age home for their selfish comforts..
A son took his old father to a restaurant for an evening dinner.


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Last night, we headed over to our friends place to play mahjong. It's been years since I've seen a mahjong tile and I wasn't sure how I would do. I considered making some snacks to take along with us but the day turned out to be busy, and I never had a chance to make anything.
I wanted to experiment with choux pastry and make either cream puffs or gougeres. After reading Dorie Greenspan's recipe, it became clear that I could make part of a batch and freeze the rest for future baking. Although I'm a day late with the batch I made tonight, I have some stashed in the freezer for our next mahjong game.
Surprisingly, the pillowy puffs of dough are quick and easy to make. It begins with a mix of milk, water, and butter which is brought up to a boil. Flour is added and cooked for 2-3 minutes. The dough is placed into a mixer and eggs whipped in. Once the dough becomes thick and silky, grated cheese is stirred in. I also added 1/4 cup chopped fresh chives for an extra bit of flavor.
I placed the dough into a ziploc bag and snipped one corner — a quick and simple pastry bag. Pipe dough into 1 tablespoon balls at least 2 inches apart. Bake for 25-30 minutes and you're done!
I used an equal mix of gruyere and smoked caciocavallo. The smoked cheese is quickly becoming my favorite — I've used it on pasta, as a snack, and now in these gougeres. The smokey flavor is light in the puffs and just the right amount.
The gougeres turn out crisp on the outside and filled with air on the inside. I served them alongside some fresh berries to offset their slight richness. I can imagine these would be good filled with a creamy savory filling, like salmon mousse or a bit of pate.
Fortunately, even without these snacks, I did 'ok' playing mahjong. I learned enough of the rules and strategy so I could manage the game for a couple hours. Shockingly, I even won a hand or two – thank goodness though that it was a casual, training session. Next time, we'll be playing for money … so, I made need to make a few more treats to distract and disarm our friends.
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Nov. 19, 2019 - Many students today must decide between continuing their education, potentially accruing debt to pay off for decades, or finding jobs that don't require a college degree. To help with this, Wichita State set aside $1 million to establish the Sedgwick County Access Grant, a need-based financial award for incoming freshmen.
Nov. 7, 2019 - Levi Lowe, a senior majoring in applied computing and psychology is a first generation student who works 40 hours a week. Lowe works to pay for school on his own but was awarded a scholarship to help make ends meet.
Nov. 5, 2019 – The Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic at Wichita State is hosting the first Pediatric Feeding group to help picky eaters and problem feeders.
Nov. 4, 2019 - Eric Harrison is a jack of all trades and has many talents. After dabbling in construction work, being a mason and making stained glass artwork, he realized he was missing an education. For Eric, coming back to school at the age of 66 is the best thing he has done. Currently, he is getting his degree in philosophy and minors in English and psychology.
Oct. 31, 2019 - Star Billingsley, a sophomore studying pre-law psychology, is the recipient of a scholarship that provides aid during the academic year. Star works as an RA, founded the Black Academic Honor Society on campus and works at the Career Development center. Star relies on financial aid and her income to pay for college.
Oct. 28, 2019 - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with business students on Friday to talk about leadership, integrity and service. He also met with Wichita State's men's basketball team at Charles Koch Arena.
Oct. 18, 2019 - Four Wichita State students are studying variable stars. One of their earliest tasks was to choose a variable star, from hundreds of possibilities, to study. The students follow the process that a scientist follows in constructing, analyzing, interpreting, writing and publishing their work. The project is designed to give the students "an experience of the essence of the scientific endeavor while contributing to the actual scientific literature."
Oct. 14, 2019 - River Vista Boathouse is one-year-old and Wichita State rowing is enjoying benefits of its new home with current students and recruits.
Oct. 1, 2019 -- Local journalists tell their story of covering and remember those lost in the 1970 Wichita State University plane crash.
Sept. 27, 2019 -- The annual ceremony of remembrance for those who died in the 1970 Wichita State University plane crash will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, at WSU's Memorial '70, located near the 18th Street and Hillside entrance to the university.
Sept. 17, 2019 – Wichita State University and Kansas State University have combined resources and started the planning phase of a program that will give students the opportunity to earn both a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Health and Human Sciences at KSU, and a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing (BSN) from the College of Health Professions (CHP) at WSU.
Sept 4, 2019 - Sarah Coffman graduated from Wichita State in 2010 with an Integrated Marketing Communications degree. After college, she had every intention to work for an ad agency. But life took her on a different journey.
Aug. 29, 2019 -- Aliyah Funschelle is a junior studying sport management at Wichita State University. She is the campus representative for the American Athletic Conference and provides stories about WSU student-athletes to the network.
Aug. 28, 2019 - Last spring, Alejandro Arias Esparza worked as an intern at FairVote in Washington, D.C., an internship funded by former Kansas governor Mark and Stacy Parkinson. The internship gave him practical experience in research, writing and meeting people that can help him help others vote and grow active in their communities.
Aug. 20, 2019 -- The first hotel on the Wichita State campus is beginning construction. A 106-room Hyatt Place hotel will break ground next week on Wichita State's Innovation Campus, within walking distance of the new Fuzzy's Tacos, the Shocker Store and Starbucks.


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By Audrey Posten, North Iowa Times Editor
Clayton County Development Group (CCDG) Executive Director Darla Kelchen spoke to the Monona Council at its Feb. 15 meeting, welcoming participation in a brownfields workshop CCDG has organized for area communities.
Brownfields include property, like abandoned buildings or old gas stations, that may still contain hazardous materials, pollutants or contaminants.
Juneaver Wilhelmina McNichols, 98, Farmersburg, Iowa, died Friday, February 12, 2016, at the Elkader Care Center, Elkader, Iowa.
Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, February 16, 2016, at 1:00 pm at St. John Lutheran Church in Farmersburg, Iowa.
Visitation will be held from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm before services at the church on Tuesday.
Burial will follow in Farmersburg – Wagner Cemetery, Farmersburg, Iowa.
Chris Bee (left) and Heidi Feuerhelm stand in front of Murphy Helwig Library's new fireplace, one of the many exciting additions from the expansion and renovation project. (Photos by Audrey Posten)
Library director Chris Bee said groups have already expressed interest in utilizing the meeting room, which can be accessed without disturbing other parts of the library and even when the library is closed.
On the left side of the building, a young adult area was added. The space boasts several reading chairs and stools, as well as counter space with some trendy purple and green chairs on which to sit.
The counter is unique, in that it's a dry erase counter, allowing kids to draw, write or work out problems on it with dry erase markers.
A lack of plug-ins was cited as one of the library's biggest issues when planning for the project began. Outlets are now scattered throughout the library's walls and floors. A charging station was also added.
One of the project's biggest changes was an addition to the front of the library building, to house the children's collection and activity area.
The space is three times the square footage of the previous area, allowing for plenty of room for library programming.
The seating works for all—from kids to adults. The furniture is also easy to re-arrange, depending on the day's needs.
Another update was the addition of a study room in the back right corner, giving people a quiet space to do homework, take tests or fill out job applications.
The library's welcome area was also re-vamped, to include new furnishings and a fire place, making for a homey atmosphere.
"The fire place is a big hit," said librarian Heidi Feuerhelm, noting that one person has already fallen asleep there. "We have people sit down and read the paper. It's a place to hang out instead of just going in and out."
Other important updates included energy-efficient heating and LED lighting.
A new circulation desk allows staff to see most every area of the library.
After several years of planning and around eight months of construction, Murphy Helwig Library's renovation and expansion project is complete.
Library director Chris Bee and librarian Heidi Feuerhelm said patrons have been trickling in to check out the enhancements to the building on North Page Street in Monona, which the library has occupied since 1970.
McGregor's Great River Care Center offers art and music therapies to its residents as a way to help combat dementia. One art form residents have explored is painting. (Submitted photos)
"I love the look on their faces, the look of happiness as the painting progresses," stated artist Lynda Coon, who teaches the painting classes. "They're almost in awe because they didn't think they could do it. It gave them a boost in self-esteem."
Great River Care Center residents also enjoy chalk drawing.
"You have to use your brain and you have to think in order to paint, to sculpt and to sing," explained activity director Debbie Johnson. "It's all a good use of your mind."
Great River Care Center was recently awarded the Legacy to Care Award for its therapy offerings. Pictured are activity director Debbie Johnson and administrator Deanna Kahler.
McGregor's Great River Care Center is following the adage "if you don't use it, you lose it," in offering art and music therapies to its residents as a way to help combat dementia.
"You have to use your brain and you have to think in order to paint, to sculpt and to sing," explained activity director Debbie Johnson. "It's all a good use of your mind."
This 266-year-old puzzle purse valentine, passed down through the MacGregor family, is in the McGregor Historical Museum's collection.
MacGregor family valentine in museum collection
By Audrey Posten
Although members of the MacGregor family no longer inhabit the community that bears their name, a token of love passed from generation to generation continues to live on at the McGregor Historical Museum. That token of love is a puzzle purse valentine, dating back to 1750.
Scottie (Butch) V. Slaughter, 72, of Dolan Springs, Ariz. passed away Jan. 14 2016, at Kingman Regional Medical Center, Kingman, Ariz.
Scottie was born Sept. 28 1943 the son of Jessie and Geneva Slaughter of McGregor. Scottie was the baby of his wonderful family, which included his brothers James (Betty) Slaughter, Buddy (Shelby) Slaughter, Bill (Margaret) Slaughter, Clair Slaughter Daniel (Beverly) Slaughter and his sisters Bernice (James) Fite, Emma Jean(Sylvester) Blank, Lulu Belle ( Leonard) Ronnfeldt, and three adopted sisters, Margie, Jeanie, and Barbara.
Keith "Joe" Harold Radloff, 88, of Farmersburg, Iowa died Tuesday, Feb. 2, at Great River Care Center, McGregor, Iowa.
Keith was born Sept. 16, 1927 to Louis A. and Ruth (Matthews) Radloff in Farmersburg, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Farmersburg. Keith graduated from Farmersburg High School in 1945 and joined the United States Army in 1945, served in World War II and was honorably discharged in 1947.
Rogeta Halvorson reads off the results the Mendon Republican precinct. (Photo by Audrey Posten)
Participants gather to caucus at the Mendon Democratic precinct. (Photo by Meaghan Schneider)
Iowans from all of the state's 1,681 precincts met Feb. 1 for the Iowa Caucuses, beginning the presidential nomination process.
With 27.7 percent of the vote, and picking up eight delegates, Ted Cruz was declared the statewide winner. He was followed by Donald Trump, who garnered 24.3 percent of the vote and seven delegates, while Marco Rubio received 23.1 percent of the vote and seven delegates.
Ted Cruz also won Clayton County, where he received 35.2 percent of the vote. Coming in second and third were Donald Trump and Marco Rubio, with 29.4 percent and 12.9 percent of the vote, respectively.
Marquette mayor David Schneider, councilwoman Rinda Ferguson, city manager Dean Hilgerson and city attorney Jim Garrett have all resigned following the council's decision Jan. 19 not to enforce the city's zoning ordinance, in allowing a property owner at the city's Timber Ridge subdivision to live in a mobile home on the lot while he constructs a home.
Rep. Patti Ruff's son, Liam, has joined her at the capitol this session, serving as her legislative clerk. (Submitted photo)
When Rep. Patti Ruff began this year's session with the Iowa State Legislature, she had a familiar—and familial—face at her side, with son Liam taking on the role of her legislative clerk.
"My regular duties are to check the mail, send out the agenda for the education committee, organize her schedule and keep everything running smoothly so she doesn't have to stress about minor tasks," explained Liam of his role.
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If you do, you might just have a chance to win a book!
Over on the Compassion blog today, there are some details on how you can earn a chance to possibly win one of 50 copies of this book, Just A Minute by Wess Stafford. This book includes 68 stories, 68 moments that have changed the lives of children. If you love the mission of Compassion, you will want to have a copy of this book in your home library. Reading this book will inspire you to remember to take a minute, a moment to make the difference in the life of a child.
So go ahead and enter the contest! And if you do, let me know where you shared your picture. But hurry, you only have until February 28th!


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2017 was another wonderful year with great happy memories! Here are some of my best moments of 2017 🙂
- Birthday celebration with Disneyland's Afternoon Tea
- Meeting One Ok Rock
- Attending Pixar Exhibition at the Los Angeles Science Center
February to March:
- I also had some amazing Middle Eastern food for the first time
- Celebrated Cambodian New Year at the Temple with family
- I went to Boston, MA to visit my aunt and grandma for the first time
- I also started this blog in April of 2017 🙂
- Went to Titan Con 2017 in Fullerton, CA, and cosplay as Tomoyo Daidouji from Cardcaptor Sakura
- Tried Philz Coffee and Shake Shack for the first time
- My friend that I've known since middle school got married! She did a traditional Cambodian-style wedding
July to August:
- Cosplaying as Honoka from Love Live for Anime Expo 2017
- I went to 626 Night Market, and ate some delicious takoyaki and almost burning my tongue
- I attended a conference for work in Las Vegas, NV. It was my first time staying at Bally's Resort & Casino
- I went to Curry House in Little Tokyo to try the Gudetama Curry
- I cosplayed as Umaru from Himouto! Umaru-Chan for Halloween
- Took my dog on campus for a walk, and developed my first film roll
- Christmas party and movie night with the girls
- Kbbq/Hot Pot lunch with with boys
That was my highlight of 2017. I'm very thankful to all those who made 2017 a wonderful year. Also, this blog was started in 2017, and it has helped me document all my memories throughout the year. I hope 2018 will be just as great! Here's to a wonderful new year!
Happy New Year!
– Cindy


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2018 Social Media Strategy
Companies were the ones that had a brand, but in this age of influencers, bloggers, and social media experts, everyone is building a personal brand. The ideas, advice, and photos you share all contribute to your overall brand. However, it is necessary for you to strategize to create content that is relevant to your business and content that attracts more engagement.
Here are the steps for how we believe you can strategize this year:
1. Evaluate your past content, engagement, and relevance!
Figure out what you truly stand for and if your posts are actually reaching your target audience. The best way to do this is to create an audit or evaluation for your company social media that your team can discuss. Take a look back at what you've done in the past and see which content had the most engagement. This will help you know what areas you are lacking in and what your audience would like to see more of. This is essential to building a strategy for your content because it allows you to know and repeat the type of content your audience wants to see. You do not want to bore your audience by making content that is not relevant to you or your brand. Remember to always create content that attracts!
2. Always be you!
People love to see original content, especially something that comes directly from you, the business owner or your staff. Growing your company brand requires a personal involvement so remember to gear your posts to relate to you. Being personal in your posts does not require information from your personal life; however, people generally connect more to a post if they can relate to it or if you share your story. Your story could be how you got started in your industry, why you started your business, what you love about your work. This is even more necessary for bloggers or influencers who are targeting a specific group of people or industry such as a fashion blogger. A fashion bloggers posts should be images of their favorite pieces of clothing. Make sure it relates to your industry and don't be afraid to get personal.Enter your text here...
3. Identify your goals!
A great resource is our Social Media Goals for 2018 worksheet in the link below. Use this resource to figure out your goals and know what you want to truly achieve this year in social media. Also, prioritizing them helps you achieve one goal at a time. For a plan to be successful you have to know exactly what you want and how to executing it. Thinking of action steps to achieve each goals is essential to reaching your goals this year. See our LinkedIn example below. Every business owner can benefit from that goal!
4. Showcase what you are good at! Incorporate your talents in different forms of content.
Enter your text here...We all want more ways to connect with our audience on social media. Try changing the content up! Write articles, tips, or blogs to engage your followers. People are interested in learning directly from a person rather than just looking at social media content which is also relevant to your brand. Although social media is a great way to connect to your target audience, you have to do more to keep their attention. Give your followers a reason to come back. Become an expert in your field and give them free advice or tips. Go Live! The biggest way to change up your content and keep it personal, is going Live on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Video is becoming the best performing content and will continue to grow. The best thing about going Live is you don't have to be a videographer or make any edits.
5. Lastly, take your brand offline.
Whenever a business opens its door, the most important goal for them is to build a personal brand on social media which is important in today's times. However, networking at events or meeting people from your industry is quite useful as well. There are groups on Facebook for specific industries and getting to network with the people who are established in your industry is always a great idea. Follow each other on social media and connect with them in person! The in person relationship with your customers and industry partners will set you apart from the competition.
Get started in achieving your goals for 2018. Comment with any questions below!
About Author Juveria Fatima
Juveria Fatima is a junior at the University of Texas at San Antonio majoring in Marketing. Currently an intern at Full of Grace Marketing; she loves to create social media content and spend her leisure time on Netflix!


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Description: This is one of my favorite peppers to grow. Tall dark leaved plants that just loaded up with these superhot pods. They have a shape similar to many of the peach bhut jolokia strains. They ripen from a purple / green to a purple / peach / orange. The fall colors on these are just amazing. Taste is pretty good, somewhat reminding me of the peach bhut. This is an F3 so it is still unstable and variations from this description in future grows is possible.
Species: Capsicum Chinense
Heat: SuperHot
Seeds: Non Isolated / 10+ Per Pack


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I'm dead. Not figuratively, actually. I've had this gnawing dull ache in my chest since I started walking back home from town, and felt a bit sick and sweaty, but I couldn't be bothered to wait on the bus and didn't want to upset the wife. So we kept walking up the hill, and now this. The ache became a pain, like a vice round my chest, and next thing I knew I was looking down on myself collapsed on the pavement by the Commie Pool.
The wife went berserk – can't blame her really, I'm only 53 but a "committed" smoker – and ran into the pool where they got a lifeguard or someone, who sprinted out and started pumping on my chest. It looks really painful but I don't seem to notice. An ambulance arrives in a flash, and the paramedic gets back-up soon after. There are 3 paramedics there, attaching some equipment to me. The machine looks like it's reading my heart tracing, and they place some sticky pads on my chest. The tracing is all over the place, big zig-zag waves. Someone shouts for everyone to "stand clear!" The lifeguard jumps off and they press a button on the machine and I suddenly convulse with the electricity that has just been sent through me.
"Re-start chest compressions!" one of the paramedics shouts. They are all looking at the machine whilst the lifeguard (who looks like he might need the machine in a minute) leaps back into action. A minute or so later they stop him to look at the heart tracing again. Even I can tell it looks better. One of the paramedics puts a tube in my windpipe and starts to inflate my lungs for me, whilst one of the others puts a small drip in a vein in my arm to start some intravenous treatment. I still seem to be completely out of it, but they can feel a good pulse and load me into the ambulance and whisk me down the road to the Royal Infirmary with the sirens blaring.
I can hear the driver pre-alert the team in the Emergency Department whilst driving along, and when we arrive there are 2 doctors and 2 nurses waiting for me in one of their resuscitation rooms. They quickly check my breathing tube, my pulse and the heart tracing, and then hear the story from the paramedics. The timings of all the events are meticulously recorded, and some more tests are organised.
"We have good ROSC (return of spontaneous circulation) but no breathing yet", one of the docs says to someone down the 'phone. "Do you want us to cool?" The reply seems to indicate the affirmative. One of the nurses gets some drugs in syringes ready and the other gets some big pads that look like ice cube holders out of a freezer. They give me some medicines into the drip, whilst one of the docs puts a probe down my gullet to measure my core body temperature. My breathing is now smooth and steady, regulated by (another) machine behind my head, and they start to stick the ice cube pads on my legs, back and front. They are cooling me down to protect my brain, I hear one of the docs explain to a medical student.
Two days later, I surprise myself to wake up surrounded by countless machines and a lovely nurse on the intensive care unit. I am re-united with my body, and it seems, with a bit more care of my heart and myself, I might just make it after all.
The high-stakes relay race
Cardiac arrest happens for many different reasons, but is often due to a sudden problem with the function of the heart. Surviving cardiac arrest depends on treatment starting immediately, right from when someone collapses. Like a relay race, the baton of treatment must then pass quickly and seamlessly between each team that looks after the patient, from the point of collapse to the intensive care unit.
First of all, it is imperative for a bystander to phone 999, and ask for an ambulance. In the 5-10 minutes it takes for help to arrive, bystanders have a crucially important job to do. The thing which probably makes the biggest single difference to the casualty's chance of surviving is good bystander chest compressions. The relay race has begun!
Many bystanders get anxious about having to give "the kiss of life" or start mouth-to-mouth breathing. This is no longer recommended - just get your hands onto the centre of the chest and compress it by about a third of its depth - hard and fast (about 100 times a minute). You may break a rib or two, but you may also save a life. You cannot make things any worse.
In Edinburgh, the important parts of this relay race have been studied by our research team based in the Emergency Departments (EMeRGE group).Working together closely with the Scottish Ambulance Service to optimise all of the stages in the relay, we have been able to double the number of people in Lothian whose hearts have been successfully restarted after cardiac arrest compared to 6 years ago. In addition, your chances of surviving to go home after a cardiac arrest in Lothian have improved tenfold.


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San Diego Symphony in midst of transition
Will it jettison the overture?
Garrett Harris noon, Nov. 8
Josh Cass: Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric) | Steven Bradford: Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric), Vocals | Kevin Martin: Keyboards, Vocals | Isaac Cass: Drums | Patrick Fitzmaurice: undetermined | Chris Wilson: Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric)
Sound description: Sgt. Pepper-era vocal pop, if the Beatles had hopped in a time machine to record on 2007-era equipment. Or Squeeze as produced by George Martin.
RIYL: Beatles, Oasis, Badfinger, Wings
No shows scheduled | Post a show | View show history
Inception: San Diego, 2003
Ex-Band Members: Santino Romeri, Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric)
Current Status: Playing around town and occasionally touring the West Coast.
Influences: Beatles, Beach Boys, Radiohead, Queen, Ben Kweller, Jellyfish, Badfinger
Back when singer/guitarist Steven Bradford was in Waiting for Autumn, it looked like the power-punk band was about to break big, with writeups in Alternative Press magazine and a tour opening for Underoath. Many were surprised when he quit the group in 2003 to form Get Back Loretta, a decidedly more soulful and psychedelic outfit.
"[The breakup] was all about women, and of course the usual creative differences," he says. "I liked that Waiting for Autumn played the all-age clubs, like Soma and Epicentre. That's a great crowd to learn your chops in front of, but I wanted to go in a more funky, layered direction and do more of a Queen-meets-Jeff Buckley kind of thing. And I wanted a beer."
With his band named after a line in a Beatles song ("Get Back"), one may wonder what Bradford's cousin Lars Frederickson (of Rancid) might say of his defection from punk to pop.
"I've only met him twice in my life," laughs Bradford, "and I didn't even know who he was at the time. I doubt anyone will ask him if he's related to me any time soon."
Get Back Loretta won Best New Artist award at the 2005 San Diego Music Awards and the Best Pop award in 2006. At the 2007 awards they won for Best Pop and Best Pop Album (for the record Over the Wall. They won Best Pop again in 2008, and in 2009 their record Where Did You Go won Best Pop Album. Around this time, guitarist Santino Romeri was replaced by Chris Wilson (though both guitarists played together for at least one show at the Casbah, in April 2010).
As of 2010, Get Back Loretta's manager is "Jocko" Marcellino, of '60s greaser rock group Sha Na Na. It was Marcellino who got some of the band's songs into the hands of former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl. After listening to GBL's tunes and liking what he heard, the Foo Fighters' front man and drummer for Them Crooked Vultures suggested the band play a showcase for Hollywood Records and RCA.
In 2011, keyboardist/singer Kevin Martin released a solo album, Throwback Pop. A video for the song "TV News" was shot during the October 2011 Occupy San Diego rallies downtown. The live footage was captured by photographer Steven Brannen using a hand-held camera. The finished video, which was posted to YouTube the same day, incorporates the studio version of the song with footage of the NYC Occupy Wall Street protests.
Former Get Back Loretta guitarist Santino Romeri went on to form the noise act Illuminauts, as well as founding the boutique vinyl and cassette label Kill Quanti. Patrick Fitzmaurice and Isaac Cass cofounded psychedelic electronic band Swambi in 2013, releasing a self-titled debut full-length in early 2014 on the Kill Quanti Label.


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How to Use Call to Actions to Increase Marketing Automation Engagement
Most companies use call to actions (CTA) in the form of links to articles, content, or their website. These CTAs usually provide content, which is great, but you can also use CTAs for other purposes to get more engagement from them. Using CTAs also gives you more ways to mix up content in your nurturing program. Try placing CTAs in the following ways:
Ask for comments on the blog: A great use of nurturing can be to help drive comments to your blog. Comments on your blog give your post more validity and make it more engaging. Getting comments can be tough, so try asking for them through a nurturing campaign.
Ask for feedback: One way to ask for feedback is to send an email follow-up to your white paper. Ask for feedback on how helpful it was. You'll get an engagement, and you'll get feedback.
Ask for recommendations: If you are nurturing current clients, dedicate an email to asking people to recommend your company. This request can help you drive recommendations and give you other engagements beyond just sending content. Also, if clients do make recommendations, make sure to thank them.
Survey people: Surveys are a great way to get new content for articles. Try sending an email with a short survey asking people to help. You can offer them first dibs on the new research you produce, or invitations to a webinar available only for those who give feedback.


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London crawling
April 27, 2015
Can getting to work really be more stressful than actually being at work?
For those who travel into London every day, the answer is an emphatic yes. We commissioned a new survey that shows that commuting is also more stressful than dealing with money matters, moving house, and even a trip to the dentist.
For commuters trying to negotiate London's busy streets, slow underground, and crowded trains, the pace can be frustratingly slow.
Our survey shows that 94 per cent of London commuters set off early – 25 per cent by 30 minutes or more. Over the course of a year that's around five days of personal time sacrificed.
80 per cent are late every month due to hold-ups – and 49 per cent have abandoned trips to work in the past year.
No surprise then that London commuters also said they find journeys increasingly stressful (41 per cent), and increasingly unpredictable (37 per cent).
So how does this compare to other cities in Europe? We actually surveyed more than 5,500 people altogether, in Berlin, Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, and Rome, as well as London – and found more people were late for work in London in a typical month than anyone else.
However, it could be worse. In Rome, 57 per cent of commuters find their trip to work increasingly stressful. In fact, the daily slog is so bad there that the trip to work outranked a relationship breakdown as a source of stress.
Overall, those most likely to be stressed, leave for work early, and arrive late are commuters who use multiple transport solutions, mainly use trains and buses, or are aged 18-34.
So we're all doomed to trudge into work later and later and increasingly fail to make it in at all? Hopefully not…
We presented at the Sustainable Brands Barcelona conference the Ford Smart Mobility plan that is using innovation to address mobility issues and change the way the world moves. In London, mobility experiments are already underway for car-sharing, parking, insurance and a shuttle service.
There's also Handle on Mobility, an experiment which combines electric bicycles with cars and public transport to deliver faster and easier daily commutes.
"Pedestrian walkways, bicycles, buses, trains, vehicles, trams, shuttle buses – all of these need to be connected and integrated to optimise urban mobility in the future," said Andreas Ostendorf, president, Sustainability, Environment & Safety Engineering, Ford of Europe.
* Survey conducted for Ford Motor Company by Opinion Matters April 2015.


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A-Fib Begets A-Fib: The Longer You Have A-Fib, the Greater the Risk
"My advice to other patients: Know that paroxysmal A-Fib becomes chronic. Drugs only work for so long. Get with a great EP or A-Fib clinic and find your cure."
Joan Schneider, A-Fib free after Catheter Ablation
The Longer You Have A-Fib, the Greater the Risk
'A-Fib begets A-Fib.' The longer you have A-Fib, the greater the risk of your A-Fib episodes becoming more frequent and longer, often leading to continuous (Chronic) A-Fib. (However, some people never progress to more serious A-Fib stages.)
Don't listen to doctors who want to just control your symptoms with drugs. Leaving patients in A-Fib overworks the heart, leads to fibrosis and increases the risk of stroke. The abnormal rhythm in your atria causes electrical changes and enlarges your atria (called remodeling) making it work harder and harder over time.
Don't let your doctor leave you in A-Fib. Educate yourself. Any treatment plan for A-Fib must try to prevent or stop remodeling and fibrosis.
To learn more, read my editorial, Leaving the Patient in A-Fib—No! No! No!
Educate Yourself—and Always Aim for a Cure!


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Razec from Esato designs a Sony Ericsson concept phone, you know you're in for a treat… This is also the case of XPERIA X10, a very neat smartphone concept, bearing the codename of Eureka. This is a curved side sliding device, with dual front design, metallic finish and brushed metal finish.When
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 supports quadband HSUPA, GSM, UMTS, EDGE connectivity, but there's also WiMAX on board, WLAN, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and DLNA technology. The handset's display is a 640 x 320 color TFT, a resistive touchscreen with support for handwriting recognition and full finger navigation.
X10's specs list also includes a full QWERTY keyboard, stereo speakers, a 600 MHz TI OMAP 3430 CPU, 192MB RAM, 256MB Flash memory, 16GB of internal memory and the famous Symbian OS. Opera 9.7 handles the web browsing, while the UIQ UI Theme handles the interactions.
What would a hot and new XPERIA handset be without a very cool camera? Enter the 8.1 megapixel sensor featured on the Eureka/X10, coming with autofocus, LED flash, Sony G-Lens, stereo sound video (WVGA 30 fps), 20x digital zoom and a mineral glass lens cover.
The phone's battery is a Lithium Polymer 1500 mAh unit and mobile gamers out there were not forgotten, as Razec's concept also comes with a dual mode QWERTY keyboard, doubling as gaming keys.
Widescreen aspect ratio will make gaming on the X10 a pleasure and there's even a neat accessory for the phone, also in the conceptual stage: the IDC 900 electronic hard case, you can check out below. The case incorporates a a 176 x 36 OLED display, a digital clock and an internal fast port.
I have to say that Razec did a great job with this concept and I'm really curious to see his next device, a QWERTY Symbian phone with a panel/widgets UI on board.
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Jared LeBoldus
Dr. Jared M. LeBoldus joined the department of plant pathology in the summer of 2011. His research interests lie in the areas of tree and turfgrass pathology. His basic research explores the interactions between host and pathogen populations in natural ecosystems and his applied research is focused on developing management strategies for a variety of turfgrass, tree, and nursery diseases. Dr. LeBoldus received a B.Sc. (2003) in Forest Science from the University of British Columbia. He received his M.Sc. (2006) and Ph.D. (2010) from the University of Alberta in the area of Forest Biology and Management. Dr. Leboldus teaches introductory to Plant Pathology with Dr. Gary Secor. Dr. LeBoldus is assisted by Kelsey Dunnell.
Tel: 701-231-7079


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February 20, 2016
The Inner Circle Special with Ryan Mccaffery - Ryan Mccaffery Unlocked & Real
Welcome to our 1st Special of the year, Tic Podcast speaks with Ryan Mccaffery from IGN's Podcast Unlocked. We tackle some controversial topics, like is unlocked supporting enough Xbox Content, thought's on media bias, Ryan's review process & the next Xbox one console. Through it all, the show turns into a wonderful conversation about Xbox and in the end Shows how we as gamer's love what Phil & the Xbox team have done with the brand. As well give you a better understanding of who Ryan is and why he's a true Xbox fan.


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I'm on my phone and too lazy to format. Wrote this randomly at breakfast earlier.
"Where's mama?"
Jiyool doesn't look up from her homework, ignoring her brother as she chews on the end of her pen.
"Yoolie," the tone gets a tad whinier. "Where's mama?"
"Where he always is."
Changmin frowns. "He's not in the kitchen."
Jiyool grunts, still not looking up from her homework. She'd decided to add a first year management module just for the hell of it to her post grad workload, and she's in the same class as Yoochun. Her brother is doing just a smidgen better than her and he never fails to tease her about it so she's determined to get this assignment as close to perfect as possible. Their father will be guest lecturing the following week too, and she already has a bad feeling about it. Half the girls are already moony-eyed over her brother. They're going to be so far gone for her daddy. The man has aged even better than fine wine and she knows it's largely due to her mama. God knows the children probably add white hair to his dark head but their mama manages to even it out somehow. She doesn't put it past the universe to turn her father's hair back to black at a pout from her beautiful mama.
Jiyool finally looks up, exasperation putting a slight edge to her voice.
"Minnie, how old are you?"
"Aren't you too old to be unable to find mama on your own? The house is big but it's not that big that you can't use your own legs to search for him yourself."
"Well, aren't you in a snit?" Changmin observes, scratching behind his ear as he stares mournfully at his oldest sister. She's moved into her own apartment but she still uses JJ's room as her own whenever she visits.
"You juggle a husband, baby, school and working for daddy and you tell me if I don't have the right to be in a snit? I love you, brat, but oppa is going to pick me up in an hour and I want to finish this."
"Then tell me where mama is," Changmin insists.
Jiyool growls as she resolutely drops her chin. She recognizes her brother's tone. He is being bratty on purpose, pushing to see how far he can get before she explodes. He's in one of his moods where even her "mama voice" will get nowhere with him.
The best way to deal with him when he's like this?
Ignoring him.
"I'm going to say this one final time, Minnie. Mama is exactly where he always is. Now goodbye." Jiyool pops earbuds in, but she's not fast enough to miss the irritated huff from her lanky brother. The kid is almost 17, with a boyfriend practically eight years older to boot, and he is still the brattiest child around.
Perhaps that's the problem.
Kazu showers him in quiet affection like no other. The man is touring at the moment but a phone call from him will have Changmin beaming for hours. His tantrums get nowhere with the guitarist who merely smiles a Mona Lisa type smile when it happens and walks away.
Changmin usually goes running after him when that happens.
It's comical to say the least for Kazu is about as soft spoken as they come. The man is handsome but in a very quiet way.
In fact, everything about Kazu is rather quiet. The perfect foil to Changmin's snarky, bratty, whiny side. Her baby brother behaves himself when Kazu is around, something their mama marvels at. She reckons the kid still has hero worship in his eyes and she rues the day it ever ends.
For everyone's sake, she hopes that mild sheen of worship he has in his eyes whenever he looks at Kazu never goes away.
Changmin glares at his sister's bent head.
He's already looked in the kitchen.
AN: There's gonna be a continuation lol cos mama is still missing ;-) Where do y'all think he is? I know exactly where Jung Jaejoong is. Let's see how many of you know cos Yoolie is right.


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Baltimore has enjoyed a number of nicknames, from "Charm City" to the "City of First" to "Ravenstown" — but if you don't have a rental car, you might be calling it quits. Since there is so much to see in Baltimore, you really owe it to yourself to look into reliable Baltimore car rentals before planning your trip.
At cheapcarrental.com, we want you to enjoy your car rental experience. This means making the process of finding and reserving your Baltimore car rental as quick and easy as possible. After all, you have so much to see and do in Baltimore. From the National Aquarium to the boutiques of the Mt. Vernon neighborhood to Washington D.C. itself, you could easily spend days and days doing nothing more than sightseeing.
Get the car you want, save money, and enjoy the best Baltimore has to offer with cheapcarrental.com.


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"Watch out! Don't do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven"
-Matthew 6:1 (NLT)
In a world so overtaken by social media, people feel the need to constantly update the world on what they are doing. Hoping to get many "likes" out of it.
This being said, how often do we read the Bible just for the sake of a "like" or two on Facebook or Instagram? Now, I could hope the answer is always "I read because I want to become closer to Christ," but the fact of the matter is, with a world so obsessed with getting "likes" we are losing ourselves in the midst of it. Yes, I admit, I myself am guilty of this very thing I am speaking against, and as I reflect upon it, it makes me feel the need to repent. For, what good is reading just for the sake of posting? If we do that, then are we really absorbing what we are reading? I would say most of the time not, because we are to busy worrying and wondering about who might have "liked" our post to actually take what we have read to heart.
So, here's my challenge, both to you and myself, next time you want to post that you are reading your Bible or in worship, think about your motives. If they are for self gain, then repent and say "Lord, I want this to be about you. Less of me and more of you," and maybe refrain from posting so that then your heart and eyes can be turned fully on Christ. That way, he can work in you and transform you through the power of his word and the work of his Holy Spirit in you.