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Wow, are we there already? The God post? Yes, my friends, we are there. While I have a long list of topics for the blog which I am currently researching, God is only a recent addition. In my suburban home, this has been a recurring discussion recently among friends and neighbors. And it comes up frequently in the media. All conversations around God and religion are weighty and cumbersome to a degree, unless you are with people you know you agree with 100% and how many of those are there, really? It's an extremely complex and emotional subject and you sense my hesitation in the title. But the conversation is essential and the dialogue, agreements and sparring are par for the course. Because no one really has the answers.
Most people in contemporary American society say they are "spiritual" and not "religious." It's as if we don't really want to pigeon hole ourselves into one thing, we don't really want to commit. And if we do commit to a certain religion, sometimes we are unsure if it's the right church. And if it's the right church, is it being built the way we want it to be? Why, though, the spiritual designation above the religious one? Jonathan Haidt, professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, thinks spirituality is a moment of transcendence, a moment where we are out of ourselves and into a consciousness of greater meaning. We feel lifted, altered somehow and feel completely joyous. He likens our minds-eye to a house with multiple rooms but spirituality is the one where a door appears and takes us up a staircase to a place where our "self melts away." Religion, he says, is bringing others together in community toward the same common staircase. But, importantly, you don't need religion to bring you up the staircase. And that staircase, we want it bad, like crack or sex. Okay, sorry God. Bad analogy.
One of my favorite writers about God is David Goetz who wrote a book called "Death by Suburbs" and runs a website by the same name. He is a Christian writer who mirrors my struggles as a resident suburbanite: How do you live a life of meaning when you are surrounded by wealth and comfort the likes of which other residents of the world can't even imagine? How can you educate your children and yourself about the plight of others when you can go days without even seeing someone who is in trouble or hurting? What does "service" mean to someone like me? How do I get to know my neighbors and let them know I care? Why is it so hard to get out of my car and experience my neighborhood on foot? Why is it we are so busy all the time? Does living in the 'burbs make me more of an individualist? Do I really need to be such a consumer? What do I have to offer that would be productive and valuable vs. consumer driven?
Hey folks, we all know that the suburbs were created to cultivate the American "good life," that little slice of heaven where you could be a short drive from entertainment, work and culture and still have a green lawn to boot. But what did we lose in the process? I believe that is what drives our modern spiritual quest. Rick Warren, pastor and author of "The Purpose-Driven Life," starts with "It's not about me." He surmises the reason for the incredible mass appeal of his book is a spiritual yearning, or emptiness which asks that question. You know the question, the one any person with deep feeling and conviction has: "Is this all there is?" For those of us in suburbia, it's like this: Get up, make kids lunches, drive kids to school, go to work (or volunteer in kid's classroom, or clean or grocery shop, or work out etc.), pick kids up, make family dinner, clean up dinner, read books, watch tv, go to bed. At some point, in the rush of the day, you slow down enough to want. Want what? Something more? Maybe what we really want is something less. Less running around, less complaining, less junk food, less tv/computer/technology, less fighting, less cooking and cleaning, less nagging, less dog hair, less time apart, less bills, less pain, less anxiety, less organizing, less uncertainty, less messes, less moldy lunchboxes from daddy's car, less ants in the bathroom, less worrying about what's wrong with the world *okay Jeanne stop here*. Maybe going to church seems like just one more thing. To do.
Another one of my spiritual champions is Karen Armstrong, who spearheaded the Charter for Compassion. She says that compassion is the true test of all religion and the only thing that God really wants from us. All faiths: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, they all are defined by this one guiding principle. The Golden Rule. You know it. Treat others as you would treat yourself. Well, obviously, you say! I already do that, you say! But do we? Would you cut yourself off in traffic? Would you be rude to yourself on the phone? Would you go to your checkout and not even say hello and smile to yourself? Would you be crabby to yourself after a long day? Would you dismiss yourself entirely because of something you believe? Check it out. We can all use a little help here.
So, here I am, the unchurched. And judging by the numbers, so are a lot of you. For me, my spiritual journey has been long and perilous. I grew up Catholic, immersed myself in Judaism a year before I married my Jewish husband, spent a year studying yoga and Buddhist philosophies and have attended every manner of church I can. I am still trying to find my just right fit, although I have moments of deep spirituality and transcendence without church. When I am around people who have found a spiritual home, I feel envious but not entirely alone. It's clear that others empathize with my struggle and still others who have abandoned the struggle altogether. There is room for all of us.
God, please be patient with me. I have lots of reasons (okay, maybe excuses!) for not going to Church. I hope you understand. You are God after all. Here they are, although this is only a partial list.
I never know when to kneel or turn pages or sing. I feel like I am always behind all the other professional churchgoers.
The songs are boring, too much like rock music or Whitney Houston. Any way, I don't know the words.
Do people really take a day of rest? I know it's a good idea, but do they?
Some of the most judgemental people I ever met were people I met at church. Am I judging here?
I simply don't believe that the Bible is the only divine text. The Torah and the Bhagavad Gita are pretty cool reads.
Of all the churches I have been in, I never felt a complete sense of belonging. Just a yearning to belong, but knowing I didn't.
It's intimidating to go to a new place with new people who already know each other and you don't know the routine or where to park or when to sit or stand (see first excuse, I mean reason)
Some churches are too tied into political ideologies I don't agree with. Please don't put campaign fliers on my car while I am at church. Ick.
Some of the stuff just contradicts science. Like dinosaurs. And carbon dating.
But God, I still want to go to church. I want to be with people so we can fill the void together. I know it's out there for me, somewhere.
I believe.


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All staff have been consistently friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable. They have always promptly accommodated us if any difficulties arose.
Compassionate and professional!
Eric B., Coquitlam
Did you know that not drinking enough water can not only cause you to have a dry mouth, but also bad breath?! Yes, mild to moderate dehydration can cause bad breath! So before reaching for some mouth wash or a mint, try increasing your daily water intake. At least 75% of North Americans do not drink enough water! A good rule of thumb is to drink at least half your weight in ounces. So for example, if you weigh 160 lbs, drink at least 80 ounces - which is approximately 9 - 10 cups of water each day. Not only can water help you have fresher breath by hydrating the soft tissues in your mouth, it can even help prevent and improve conditions like dry skin, dry eyes, fatigue, depression, ADD/ADHD, and chronic stress.
Did you know that smiling can make you feel happy? Of course you already know that people smile when they're happy… but research has shown that it also works the other way around! This happens because the brain senses when certain facial muscles (involved in smiling) are being activated. With this facial feedback, the brain thinks, "Oh I must be happy about something"! It works even better if you get your eyes involved – so you're not just smiling with your mouth, but your eyes as well (which is what happens when you are truly happy and excited about something). So the next time you're feeling a little blue and want to improve your mood, SMILE! :)

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Lip brushes are vital for applying lipstick. Unlike eyeshadow, or blush, where the more blended, the better, lipstick is reliant upon definition and shape.
I used to depend on a retractable lip brush which has since, most regrettably, fallen apart. I bought a replacement from Maybelline, but I had no success with it. The bristles were too malleable, unequal to the task of picking up pigment and applying it evenly.
Silly goose that I am, I figured that there was something wrong with my skills, and simply did without, which left my lips looking . . . eh, okay.
Trying to make a minimum $25 order to make free shipping on Amazon, I purchased for what-the-heck-ness a Revlon Covered Lip Brush.
It wasn't my fault! It was Maybelline's fault!
The Revlon brush is made from stiff, synthetic bristles, which easily picks up pigment and dispenses it. The brush has a cat's tongue tip, making it ideal for precise application. ★★★★★, and a thumb's up.


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Victoria Bautista tackles the issue of under-representation of minorities in media and pop culture with this spoken word performance of an original poem. In her second performance, Victoria Bautista takes the audience "Off The Map" with this spoken word performance of an original poem written for and premiered at TEDxOU.
As a spoken word artist and performance poet, Isabel Victoria Bautista holds words to a high standard. For the last five years, she has used poetry and humor to explore and explain a variety of social, political and personal issues that would be difficult to discuss otherwise.


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Travel Package to Outer Space!
UP Astronomical Society in collaboration with Trade School Manila invites you to
The Travel Package to Outer Space I
A class (for all ages) that consists of interesting presentations about the following topics (celestial sphere, astronomical events and misconceptions, constellation and time telling). Fun DIY experiments await after the presentation!
NO REGISTRATION FEE! Take the class and pay for it with an item from the instructor's wish list: tent, storage box, kiddie/roll up mats, flashlight with red lens, electric floor/box fan, celestial sphere model or celestial globe, Astronomy books (brand new or second hand)
This event is on October 5, 2013, 6:00pm at Liberty Plaza, 102 H.V. Dela Costa Street, Salcedo Village, Makati City.
Directions on how to get to the venue: You can ride the MRT and get off at Buendia Station. Ride a jeepney beside McDonald's and go down at Buendia-Makati Avenue (Petron gas station). Cross the street to get to the other side (Pacific Star building) and walk straight at Makati Avenue until you reach H.V. dela Costa. Walk through H.V. dela Costa until you reach Commune (it's at the corner of Valero and H.V. dela Costa).
Register now at http://www.tiny.cc/astrotrade
Supermoon Misconception
During the past few days, rumors associating the March 19, 2011 "Supermoon" to some recent catastrophes were spreading all over different media like wild fire.
Again, we should not blame this largest full moon of the year for any natural disasters because it has nothing to do with those happenings. Tides will go higher than usual average tides along coastlines as a consequence of the moon's gravitational pull, but nothing so significant that will cause a serious climatic disaster or anything for people to worry about like the tsunamis in Japan. These tsunamis were caused by earthquakes which were definitely not triggered by the Moon's attraction.
The following links features helpful articles which debunks the idea of this junk pseudoscience.
- Did a supermoon cause the March 11 earthquake in Japan?
- Biggest Full Moon in 19 years
- Biggest Full Moon in 19 Years Will Make Your Night Brighter, More Romantic Than Usual
- The Supermoon Illusion
- Is the March 19th Full Moon an "Extreme Super Moon"?
- No, the "supermoon" didn't cause Japanese earthquake
Remember, the Supermoon is not a thing to be scared of rather, it is a spectacle to be enjoyed. 🙂
Watch out as the lunar disk rises above the eastern horizon after sunset at 18:10 UT. This will present a stunning sight with the naked eye, in binoculars, and through the camera viewfinder for those of you lucky enough to have a clear sky.


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Venture funding?
The title's almost clever, see, because there is a city called Venture in Storm Hollow, the world of Story Realms, and the game is trying to get funding on Kickstarter at the moment, and… ahh, tough crowd!
Actually, I say "trying to get funded", but they have now passed the 200% funding mark with (as I type this) 9 days to go, so we're well away and chugging happily through the stretch goals which means that the pile of swag due to arrive next summer (yeah, that's the biggest problem here!) is steadily getting bigger and shinier. I mean, they're doing a colouring book, which is something that had Miss B giggling with excitement.
So sorry for mentioning this again, but we're pretty excited around here about this project and, from an entirely mercenary point of view, would love it if our game sets arrived with extra adventures and cards, and with the books in hardcover.
Oh, and if you looked at the project page previously but haven't done for a while, it may be worth a look. They've been adding more preview material and other updates every day or two, so there's loads to feast your eyes on.
And as for the dice…
The pigs like going in and out of the stall
I bought Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small as a game that I thought would be good to play with the missus, but I also figured Miss B may get on well with it. After all, it has little wooden animeeples and is all about building a farm full of animals. What's not to like?
Actually, the basic mechanic of the game is very similar to the one we are familiar with for Lords of Waterdeep: take it in turns to place a worker onto an action space and then do what that space allows you to do. No problems there, and it makes for a pretty fast paced game, notwithstanding having to give many reminders to the young opponent that it is her turn!
I haven't played the original Agricola game, although I'm sure one day I will be able to remedy that. By all accounts, though, All Creatures Big and Small takes the essence of a big and deep game and distils it into a quick and lightish game that can be played in about half an hour (or closer to an hour so far with Miss B). The original game, apparently, derives a lot of challenge from trying to keep your family fed and healthy, whereas ACBAS gets rid of that and just has you developing pastures and farm buildings in order to raise animals.
As with many worker placement games there is quite a lot to think about as you have to gather resources and then make use of them. In practice, this means that she needs some suggestions most turns as to what to do. The rulebook actually covers this and suggests that if a kid is playing, a parent sits with them and gives them a couple of decent options to choose from each turn. Nice to see that sort of thing incorporated into what definitely a fairly "grown-up" game.
Overall I like this game a great deal so far and hope to be playing it a lot in future. It ticks a lot of boxes for me as a gamer (though I do like a small random element in general, which this does not have) and, stepping away from serious gaming, there is a lot of joy to be had from playing at building a farm containing heaps of cute little wooden animals.
The verdict from Miss B (aged 5¾): "I don't like it because the workers are just big blobs. I like it if they were meeples. I like making the buildings and adding bits to our farm. It's a good and fun game." I'd very much agree with that: with the awesomeness of having animeeples, it's a shame that the workers are just wooden disks; making them meeples would make the whole thing so much cooler. Come to think of it I might get hold of some meeples to substitute in.
The game: Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small (Z-Man Games), 2, aged 13+.
Sixty four squares and fewer pieces than usual
Miss B has just started back at school and in her first week she brought home a list of clubs that were available. Most are limited to children over a certain age, so her choices were very limited. Still, we signed her up for what we could.
One of the clubs she wanted to join was chess, but they only accept kids starting from the year above Miss B's class. That's a shame, but I guess it's probably fair enough. She did ask if I could teach her the game, though, so that she would be able to play when she was old enough to join the club. Marvellous, that's something I can probably do.
I'm only a passable chess player (any club player in the country would be likely to make mincemeat of me) and I've never taught the game to anyone before, so I wasn't really sure where to start. The usual trick of looking on the web yielded lots of advice to spend ages making sure the child can remember the names of the pieces and where to put them, then how the pieces move, then play a game… Aww, nuts to that! I can't remember how I learned the basics, but that sounds extremely dull. Time to think of something else…
So we got a chess set out and chatted about the pieces, their names, and how many there were of each. I got a board and showed Miss B how kings and rooks move before setting up her king and two rooks against my lone king. After a quick chat about "catching" a king, I set Miss B a challenge: see how many moves it takes her to capture my king.
This really didn't take very long, so we swapped the rooks for bishops. Quite a few moves later my king was still evading capture, so I gave Miss B a queen to play with too, allowing her to finish the job quite rapidly from there.
After that, Miss B wanted to know about knights, so we tried something different. This time I set up a row of pawns across the board and challenged her to capture them all with a single knight. This took quite a few hints but eventually this was done. Miss B quite enjoyed this, so she set herself another puzzle with pawns distributed around the board which she steadily managed to hunt down with her knight.
Then it was time for dinner, so we had to stop.
I think we might continue in this vein for a bit, gradually adding pieces on both sides. We'll have to learn about pawns soon, too, and I have a few ideas about asymmetric games we can play to learn about them. If you have any experience of teaching chess to a young'un I'd love to hear it.
I am a leaf on the wind…
I first came across Tsuro only recently, thanks to Wil Wheaton's Tabletop show. This looked a lovely game, but unfortunately I couldn't find it available in this country at anything like a reasonable price, so it just went onto the wish list. Then, whaddya know? Tsuro gets a reprint, I spot a copy in a game shop, and so we now have one. Yay!
Before talking about our experience of the game, I must comment about the presentation. This game is beautiful. The box art is lovely, and when we opened it up the first thing we saw was a sheet of tracing paper with oriental calligraphy on it (I don't know if this is Chinese or Japanese: either way, it looks great). The board has a lovely illustration of a phoenix on it, and the player pieces and the tiles just have elegant beauty to them.
And as for the rules: well, they couldn't be simpler. This may be the most intuitive game I have ever played. It just works. The only thing to worry about is what happens when you run out of tiles, and even that is straightforward. Miss B was happily making her first move before I had even finished explaining the rules (which doesn't take long).
We've played a few games so far, including a couple with Mummy playing too. They have all gone quickly and been lots of fun, though the first game Miss B was a bit disappointed with being knocked out first. Still, she was very much up for playing again and she did far better from then on.
The game has quite a bit of luck in it, but also requires some thinking and planning. With just two or three players there is a lot of space on the board and it is several turns before you need to start thinking seriously about your choices, but when the paths start getting close to each other things can get crazy pretty quickly. This is a game I would really like to play with a heap more players: it can handle up to eight, which I imagine would be glorious carnage! Even without the extra players, this is now well on the way to becoming a firm family favourite. I'm delighted with this purchase.
The verdict from Miss B (aged 5¾): "It was really, really, really good. I like it because it's a short game and if I want to play a game and there's not much time I could ask for Tsuro. I like the dragons following the lines and there's a board that you have to make a board on it because the board underneath doesn't have lines on."
The game: Tsuro (Calliope Games), 2 to 8 players, aged 8+.
But penguins can swim. Why don't they just swim?
A cute little game is Hey, That's My Fish!, with tiles depicting fish piled up on ice floes, and little model penguins who run and slide around the place collecting the fish. Who could resist that? Not me, anyway.
So the big thing in the game is as you collect fish, you remove the tiles (and add them to your score pile), so the playing area gets steadily eaten away and the options for each penguin get reduced. You have four penguins each in a two player game (this goes down to three or two in three and four player games respectively). So you can get them to team up to gather the most fish while trying to isolate the opponents.
We played this for a few turns, then realised that (a) Miss B hadn't initially understood what she was doing and had got herself into a tight spot (not a fun place to be on your first game), and (b) that I had forgotten that penguins could move more than one space at a time. I'm quite happy to call a do-over after a few turns of learning a game, so we reset the tiles and started again and had a pretty decent game of it.
We weren't far into the game when Miss B pointed out the thematic slip from the designer of the game: penguins are very fine swimmers and can jump out of the water, so if they get stuck on an ice floe, why don't they just swim to another one. The only answer I could think of was that perhaps the penguins have agreed that these are the rules of the game and they don't mind. Either that or there's an orca ready to nab any penguin on a small enough bit of ice — though that doesn't really work with the fact that you keep the fish you have gathered to that point. Still, this is an issue that Miss B hasn't quite been able to let go of, so it just goes to show that even a fun game (and this is a good, fun game) can really come a-cropper if there is a thematic howler in there.
We've had a couple of games now and our latest one was a nice, narrow win for Miss B. That's always good for morale.
The verdict from Miss B (aged 5¾): "Hey,that's my fish!was 10 out of 10.it was beter when we foundout that we could slide.it was really good.missb wrote this"
The game: Hey, That's My Fish! (Fantasy Flight), 2 to 4 games aged 8+.
The latest from Storm Hollow
You may remember we previously had a go at a playtest version of a game called Story Realms and I said I'd provide updates. Well, here's an update.
A few days ago, Story Realms got launched on Kickstarter with a juicy range of products you can get for your pledges. Please go and take a look and see if it seems to be something you'd like to support. I'm certainly impressed and want one. And at the rate they are going it looks like they'll meet their funding target within the next couple of days, so fingers crossed for those stretch goals. 🙂
The biggest disappointment has to be that we'll have to wait until next summer to get our grubby hands on the finished product but I guess that means they aren't rushing this out. Plus in the meantime, we have a couple more playtest scenarios to play through. Time for me to get cutting those cards out…
2012 Golden Thingummy Award: The Final
I feel there ought to be some sort of fanfare as we approach the culmination of this year's Golden Thingummy award, this time mere weeks after the beginning of the process (unlike last time!). So, in the red corner we have the delightfully devious deck-builder, Dominion, weighing in at an impressing 500-ish cards. And in the blue corner we have the rollocking and rambunctious Robo Rally, weighing in at six play boards, eight metal miniatures and a heap of cards and counters.
So, seconds out for the gold medal bout…
Our first game of the day was Dominion. Miss B selected the kingdom cards while I made tea. The tableau was layed out, we drew our initial hands and off we went.
This was again a pretty good game. I decided to experiment with just using a couple of kingdom cards (Bureaucrat and Remodel, if you are interested) though I did pick up a couple of other cards later to help cycle through the deck. Miss B was doing nicely largely with Throne Rooms and spies plus some other card drawing actions. Scoring was fairly even through most of the game until the last couple of rounds when I had some good draws while Miss B floundered a bit and I think the game was actually a lot closer than the 16 point gap would have suggested.
Miss B was a bit down over the final scores (our previous game had been much closer) and said it was a bad game this time even though she still thinks it is usually good.
The cards all sorted and put away we had a short break with drinks and snacks before getting our next game out.
I suggested we used two boards again for Robo Rally, which Miss B readily agreed with and chose the two we would use and fitted them together in the middle of the table. She also decided that this should be a three flag race in order to make the game a bit longer, so she set up the flags too (with me suggesting general vicinities for their location).
The game went reasonably well. I took a "pretty route", partly because I fancied surfing conveyor belts and partly because of the cards I had. The rules we were playing were massively cut down: no lasers, no options and Miss B was allowed to program as many (or as few) register phases at a time as she liked, and could change them when the phase came up. To her credit, Miss B usually programmed at least four of the five phases each turn (wanting to reserve her last card until later) and quite often stuck to her choices — though there were a few panics and quick swaps of cards. She was doing well until she got snarled up in a corner somehow which meant that I won this game by a fair way too.
Here is Miss B's assessment, typed by her own fair hands with a little advice over spelling: "Dominion was 10 out of 20 marks so was robo rally in this years competition but was not as good as last time 🙂 They both won the medal.what game do you think is going to win next year? Missb wrote this."
So there we have it: the 2012 Golden Thingummy Award is a draw between Robo Rally and Dominion. I hadn't expected that. Righto then, I expect we'll try this again next year.


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When it comes to being creative at the time of designing, how does one do it correctly? Is there a right way to be creative? I thought about these questions one day after a friend suggested, I could get pay by teaching how to make things like this logo, above, with illustrator. At first glance I thought it was not a bad idea, I did not see the need to get pay for it. Instead, I thought it could be a blog post, so I started writing a post; soon I realized it was a very technical piece of writing, I was writing a tutorial. Stubborn me thought: I do not want to make another tutorial. They are simply too technical, and indeed they often are more about a particular software than the creative process itself. Then I thought why don't I write about the technical and the creative process. So here we are:
I am not the first one to say, art is a form of play. But, indeed I believe its important to play during the design process. So I encourage you to look forward to having fun when designing. First ideas often suck, that's ok. Keep sketching, revising, iterating, and collaging old ideas with new ideas, do all that and have fun. However, have also a right amount of intuition mixed with play. We can see that the two overlap, as it should, the cognitive and the methodical. The chance and the random. That is ok.
Intuition is just a another word to say, do your research. Get into the habit of being exposed to great design. Do you homework and study the design and typography of the past, look into great design forms of today as well. Do not ever stop doing this. This habit will make your taste and skills get use to certain standard. The perfect analogy–for me at least–is be, figuratively; and literally if possible, the bookshelf of a writer. If you know any writer, you'd know they read as much as they write. They are fond of great reading and with time they become eclectic readers. You as a designer should be the nearest thing to a designer's bookshelf. Know what was like to see design in the 80s, in the 40s, the 1800s, who is Paul Rand, what is gestalt, why was Milton Glaser a great designer; do not be comfortable with just knowing he designed the I ❤ NY logo, why Saul bass is admired by people in Design and Motion Graphics. If those people haven't made you wonder yet; soon they will. Look into your contemporaries; find out how people like Dana Tanamachi took Pinterest by storm when she started putting lettering in chalkboards, who knew!–people like to see lettering also in chalkboard.
If you think I am asking you to put your "nerd on", you're completely right. School is going to be a good starting point for tons of information and resources. But, if you really love what you're studying, in our case design, all that stuff I said will come naturally. Also the more knowledge you seek in your own, the better you'll be at describing to your family and others, what is it that you do for living!. I am jus tired of going the easy way and tell "I do logos, graphics" and then they reply "So...you do" to which I respond back "graphics for things like books, posters, magazines, the web, etc." and then, I leave them with the impression that all I do at work is drawings.
What if I can tell them that my profession is not something new that came with computers. I design, because people have always been in need of designers. Design is such part of our nature, we have been designing graphics since the stone age. My work consist of creating the best ways to consume information visually; for visuals–that's to say pictures– are the most natural form of receiving information known to men.
Hey I got all that from this book I quote below, see–see what I did there!. (click the citation to see the book in amazon)
"One theory on how brain functions suggests that the natural state of humans is to receive and process information that is in graphic form. There is an increasing body of evidence pointing to pictorial thoughts—or, thinking in pictures—as representing a natural and comfortable human state. After all, we think in picture, not words; we dream in pictures, not words. While printing and reading are not "natural" forms of receiving information, pictures are" (Harvery Robert 70).
Surround yourself with great design –meaning design you think is great– Also, most of us are lucky to have friends that are as invested in design as we are; pick each others brain, ask them for feedback, whose work they like, etc. To sum it up, know great design, and do not be ok with just knowing what is good. Be aware of what is great out there. When you do that, you'll know the quality, in design, you will want to accomplish; you'll have a better intuition.
What this mean is: be creative. I cannot tell you how to be creative because this is rooted in your personality, in your way of being, your taste. Hell!, your style if you may. There are many ways to go about it, that one approach alone cannot be considered the best route. So, I wont suggest one. As a designer, whether you are aware or not, you know when you are performing at your best, and if not, you find a way to accommodate your mind for work. Knowing the creative process that works, is a task for you to discover. Only you can find out what is the wrong or right way to approach one's own creative process. How do we do this? by simple trial-and-error. Finding the environment that suits to your work-habits.
Ideas don not just show themselves polished and finished, and yes, inspiration can strike and give you great parts of an idea. Nonetheless, inspiration is only the beginning phase of ideas. The sudden rush of energy inspiration gives away, means nothing if is not put into test. One should ask, is it really as great as it seems? can the idea survive an argument? Can I make an argument for it? if the answers for these questions are yes, you might have something. If not, keep thinking.
Now, the more you look to your behavior when designing. The more you'll start to see a pattern in your working habits, and there you go: you have found the first sign of your ideal creative process. With luck and a lot of work you'll be able to pin down those creative moments more often. By the way, please don't think I believe is as easy as I make it sound. I myself still keep track of all the instances when an idea and my creative process intertwine like water drops soaking on a paper sheet; which don't happen often. But, this moments do happen. I track them and record them in my mind, So, later I try my best to emulate them when other opportunities ask for it.
Enough will al the preaching, my point is that the creative process is your responsibility, and only you can know how, when, and what makes you work at your best. That being said, there are few things you can expect from the creative process, how you achieve them is completely up to you.
Few things to remember when designing:
- Get the bad ideas out of your system first. "We have to get the familiar out of our system before the fresh idea begin to flow"–Alex W. White.
- Remember to have fun, that is to have balanced mixed of play and intuition.
- Research, do get acquainted with what concepts inform your goals, other than graphics. These would help you come up with better graphics.
- Edit, ask for feedback. "it takes editing to make a design look good" –Alex W. White
- Finally, find a quiet place, free of distractions, to work at. Quiet enough to hear either your thoughts or your music in peace.
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[Updated for the latest version of Ionic 2]
I've seen a couple of questions in forums recently relating to global variables in Ionic 2 applications and what the "best practice" is. In my Ionic 2 apps I like to handle global variables by injecting some sort of shared-data service into any components that need it.
import {Injectable} from '@angular/core'; @Injectable() export class GlobalVars { constructor() { this.myGlobalVar = ""; } setMyGlobalVar(value) { this.myGlobalVar = value; } getMyGlobalVar() { return this.myGlobalVar; } }
in app.module.ts I would then import the service:
import {GlobalVars} from './providers/globalVars';
and specify it as a provider:
providers: [GlobalVars]
and then it can be injected and used in any component. To see this in action, take a look at the Conference app that the Ionic team are building as a reference project for Ionic 2. Take a look at the user-data provider and see how they use that across the application to maintain data (such as the favourites list).
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Im wearing : ROMWE hat and top / Thrifted white shirt / primark tracksuit pants / ebay boots / glasses Proopticals How in the world is possible to be so contrasting… can I be in the middle? one day I feel like wearing all the colorful garments in my wardrobe, yes, all together! and some
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Our ketone teen makes the most amazing ketogenic recipes! Today, the two of us baked three loaves together. I play with the base recipe and turn it into whatever flavor I am in the mood for that day or week!
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Ingredients for 1 loaf of bread:
- 6 organic free range eggs
- 2/3 c organic sour creme
- 1/2 tsp real salt
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 cups of organic almond flour
- 2 TB swerve
- 1 tsp vanilla extract ( optional - organic alcohol free)
NOTE: You can change the flavor of the bread by adding spices, herbs, etc.
INSTRUCTIONS: We figured out each slice cut 1/2 inch thick is 1 net carb. Yum yum!
- Preheat oven 355 degrees
- Line glass bread pans with parchment paper
- Crack six eggs and sour cream in large bowl - blend together - slowly add in all dry ingredients - mix well
- BAKE for 50-60 minutes or until knife comes out clean
- Let it cool before you slice it
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Three Men Confront Justice, Slavery, and the Responsibility of Freedom:City Theatre Presents Matthew Lopez's Hit Stage DramaTHE WHIPPING MANThe critically acclaimed play in its Austin premiere February 7 – March 2Tied by faith. Bound by secrets. The City Theatre is gearing up for the start of the 2014 Season next monthwith The Whipping Man, Matthew Lopez's award-winning drama that has been recognized from coast tocoast. Under the direction of guest director Stacey Glazer and starring three veterans of the CTC stage, TheWhipping Man runs February 7 – March 2."evocative, poignant and remarkably powerful – an undeniably touching experience" – AltDaily"Suspenseful, searing… The Whipping Man is hard to shake from one's mind" – The Jewish Week"Haunting, striking, and powerful" – The New York TimesRichmond, April 1865. The Civil War has ended, and a badly wounded Confederate soldier stumbles intothe ruin of what was once his home. His family has fled the city's destruction, leaving two former slaves towait and watch. Together they care for the wounded man, and, having adopted the religion of their formerowners, celebrate Passover. They soon discover that, though they are no longer tied by ownership, theyremain tied by faith and history. Deep-buried secrets from the past refuse to be suppressed as the play comesto its shocking climax. It is a story about redemption and forgiveness; about the lasting scars of slavery; andthe responsibility that comes with freedom.Since opening off-Broadway to critical acclaim and winning the Outer Critics Circle Award and the Off-
Broadway Alliance Award for Best Play, The Whipping Man has become one of the most produced playsin the country. It premiered at Luna Stage Theatre Company in New Jersey in 2006 and has been producedin theatres across the nation, most famously off-Broadway by the Manhattan Theater Club at City Center'sStage, with Emmy Award-winning actor Andre Braugher and Tony Award-winning director Doug Hughes.According to Theatre Communications Group, The Whipping Man was the third most produced play ofthe 2012-13 Season in the US, behind Bruce Norris's Pulitzer Prize-winning Clybourne Park and DavidLindsay-Abaire's Good People. Lopez's work was last seen in Denver, St. Louis, Syracuse, Portland,Milwaukee, and now in Austin. Read more on Matthew Lopez."This play takes a look at the most significant part of American history," mentions Artistic Director AndyBerkovsky. With recent films like "Lincoln" and "12 Years a Slave," we see how issues in our culture -race and identity, faith and freedom – come from very deep roots and are still important in the nationaldialogue. The play is superbly written, with such power and insight that, I believe, Austin audiences willwant to experience it." Stacey Glazer directs the premiere production for City Theatre where she last directedHow the Other Half Loves, The Crucible and the critically honored Rabbit Hole. The production featuresthe return of three CTC actors. Andrew Bosworth (Othello) plays Caleb, the injured Confederate soldierreturning home, only to be confronted with devastation and loss. In the role of Simon, the former slavewho clings to an inherited faith and the hope that his family will be reunited, is Robert Pellette (Fences,The Meeting). Completing the trio is Richard R. Romeo (Fences, Topdog/Underdog) as John, also a formerslave, now torn between the opportunities and responsibilities of his new-found freedom. Rounding out the production team is Andy Berkovsky (Production Design), Bert Flanagan (Costumes) with original music written and played by composer/musician Omar Lopez. Throughout the run, CTC will be providing numerous opportunities for audiences to engage in discussions inspired by the themes of the show. CTC is collaborating with Jewish and African-American organizations to present talks about the play following the Sunday performances.The City Theatre Company is an Austin-based, not-for-profit arts organization and is sponsored in part by the Austin Creative Alliance and the Austin Cultural Arts Division. Founded in 2006, the company has been recognized by the Austin Critics Table Awards, the B. Iden Payne Awards and has twice been voted "Best Theatre Company" by Austin-American Statesman's Austin 360. CTC is dedicated in providing quality theatrical experiences and entertainment for Austin artists and its community.
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24 February 2011
I Hate Monday Holidays
The rest of the week I am never sure what day of the week it is. Mostly I hate not getting mail. I still do a lot of business by mail and and a day without mail sucks.
This Monday, there was no mail, it was cold and rainy and I am sure that I have seen every NCIS ever filmed.
Then, in a bit of lovely kismet, I saw that AMC in their salute to Oscar was showing Breakfast at Tiffany's in the very middle of an otherwise dreary (no, especially dreary and mailless) Monday.
I felt a certain kismet because just the day before I had finally gotten a copy of Sam Wasson's Fifth Avenue, 5 A. M. While this book sold many copies, it got quite a bit of criticism. Why? Well my theory is the subtitle: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast At Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman. Well if you put it like that! The rather scholarly subtitle made many a reader think it was a pedantic film criticism. Many a feminist reader thought it was a treatise on well, the ""Modern Woman" and it isn't.
What is it? A slightly bitchy look at the making of Breakfast at Tiffany's including not only Hepburn but Mel Ferrer, Truman Capote, Babe Paley, Carol Marcus, Edith Head, Givenchy, Patricia Neal, Roald Dahl, Marilyn Monroe, and a cat, to name a few. No one loves a big old scholarly tome more than I, but despite the lofty subtitle, this is just a sweetly bitchy little behind-the-scenes look at making of the movie.
So I was especially inspired to watch Breakfast at Tiffany's on Monday with a whole new criteria of bitchy fun. But I still have no idea what day it is.
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If you're looking to see a bit of history, pop along to the stunning Ashmolean Museum of Art and History. It's full of amazing artworks and incredible historical artefacts. Definitely a must-see for any culture vultures. Want to unleash your inner Indiana Jones? Visit the Pitt Rivers Museum. This place has it all, from dinosaur bones to shrunken heads. You know when Indy says "this belongs in a museum!", well, this is that museum! Another good place is the University of Oxford Museum. It's comparable to the Natural History Museum in London, as it's filled with bones and taxidermy. You'd be a fool to study here and miss any of these places!
Looking for a bit of fresh air? Have a walk around the Oxford University Parks. They're absolutely huge and follow lots of the nearby rivers if you're looking for a riverside stroll! Other great parks are South Park and Florence Park. If that still isn't enough for you, travel a little out of Oxford to see the Oxfordshire Cotswolds. It's a stunning part of the country and definitely worth taking a little road trip for!
If you're looking to wet your whistle, Oxford has tons of amazing bars to grab a drink in. Thirst Bar is a great place to go. This place is pretty lively and offers up a wide range of delicious cocktails. Another great place is Raoul's. It's a little pricey, but this place has an awesome atmosphere! If you're looking for something a little cheaper and 'studenty', check out the Duke of Cambridge. It's a little cosier and more "pubby" than the other two, but is definitely worth a visit!
Oxford has got loads of great clubs to go out with your mates in! The Bullingdon is a great place for live music. Definitely worth a visit! JT's Cocktail Bar and Club is a great night for cheap drinks deals and student nights! Oxford might feel quite fancy at times, but this place is perfect for a night out that won't hurt your wallet! The Bridge is in the same vein as JT's, this place is very student-friendly! Fancy a big night out? Check out Atik. It's a huge club with four different floors and has a total capacity of over 1000! Perfect for a messy night out on the town!
Fancy a lovely cup of coffee? Oxford has a whole host of great coffee bars. Check out Brew for a chilled cuppa. Want something a little fancier? The Grand Café has a stunning interior and trained baristas who really know their stuff!
If you're a fan of sport, the obvious event you'll want to see is the famous Oxford and Cambridge boat race. Although the event takes place in London, you can cheer on Oxford (or boo if you're an Oxford Brookes student!). Hey, it's a great excuse to have a few bevvies either way, right? If you're into footy, Oxford United are worth a watch. They may not have the biggest team, but the side does well in League One!
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Oxford has lots of great restaurants to get a bite to eat. Oxford is a decent-sized city, so you'll find all the major restaurant chains here.
For a gorgeous dining experience, go to the Folly Restaurant. It's a lovely restaurant right next to the River Thames. It's got a European feel to it and will make you feel like you're dining out in Venice!
For something a little more casual, check out Oli's Thai. It's a great place to grab a bite with some friends and has a wide range of delicious Thai cuisine.
Want to share a slice with some mates? Pop down to Mamma Mia Pizzeria. Its pizzas are scrumptious!
For vegans and vegetarians, The Gardeners Arms is a great place to check out. It's got a fully vegetarian menu for you to choose from!
Oxford has got loads of great shops you can visit. It's got tons of range, from mainstream brands to quirky vintage shops. Whatever you fancy, you'll be able to find it here!
The main shopping centre in Oxford is the Westgate shopping centre. Another big one is Templars Square shopping centre. These two shopping centres should have most of what you'll need clothes-wise. If you fancy a break whilst shopping, Westgate also has a cinema you can visit!
There are plenty of other shops to explore on the high street as well. The high street is right in the city centre and easy to find.
If you're looking to pick up some vintage clobber, Unicorn is a cool place to check out. Reign Vintage is another great place to check out if you're looking for some old-school gear!
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The National Corn Growers Association partnered with the USA Poultry and Egg Export Council to conduct a study on the benefits of poultry exports to corn. The study, conducted by World Perspectives, Inc., entitled "Corn and Poultry: A Great Partnership," outlined the benefits realized by America's corn farmers from exports of poultry and eggs.
"Continuing to partner with the poultry industry is a key priority for our organization," said Feed, Food & Industrial Action Team Chair Bruce Peterson, a grower in Minnesota. "Poultry producers are a large customer of corn, both domestically and abroad. It's important to grow demand through our partnerships in animal agriculture, which is why we funded the study."
Some highlights of the study include:
Poultry feed utilization:
- 6 lb. broiler uses 8 lb. of corn, 1 lb. of DDGS and 3 lb. SBM
- 28 lb. turkey uses 47 lb. of corn, 4 lb. of DDGS and 18 lb. SBM
- 1 dozen eggs from a layer represents 2 lb. of corn and 1 lb. of SBM
Poultry exports help corn and poultry farmers through additional volume and value:
- Export growth supports flock expansion, driving additional domestic demand for U.S. corn
- Exports provide poultry producers additional value for products that are often undervalued in the United States
Poultry exports value to corn price:
- $.28/bushel with the 2016/2017 season average corn price of $3.36.
- Without poultry exports, corn growers would have missed about $4.1 billion in revenue.
"The partnership between National Corn Growers Association and the U.S. Poultry & Egg Export Council is incredibly important to the long-term success of both organizations," said USAPEEC Senior Vice President Greg Tyler. "The economic impact study, showed that growth in the demand for feed corn is strongly tied to poultry production, as the United States is the largest poultry producer in the world. The study noted that the U.S. poultry industry consumed more than 30 percent of all feed use of corn and estimated that this equated to roughly 1.663 billion bushels. The driving force behind growth in this production is exports. Thus, our industries working together is crucial as we seek to expand exports of our products around the world and invest in market development around the globe."
This week, USAPEEC held their International Marketing and Strategic Planning Conference in South Africa. After 15 years, South Africa recently reopened access for U.S. broilers. Broiler exports to South Africa are expected to utilize about 7.25 million bushels of corn and more than 15-thousand tons of DDGS per year.
During the conference, Market Development Manager Sarah McKay provided a U.S. corn industry update and highlighted NCGA's partnerships with USAPEEC and recent interactions with the United Egg Producers and National Chicken Council.


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It was shaping up to be a perfect night for football as the crowds took to the bleachers to watch the Eagles (3-2) take on Scarborough (4-1) in Windham's Homecoming game last Friday, October 6.
Family, students and spectators had their sweatshirts and blankets and were prepared to root for their Windham Eagles, as it was almost time for Friday Night under the lights. As the clock wound down to game time, excitement was in the air; Windham was fired up and ready. The Eagles took to the field with intensity.
Scarborough scored in the first quarter, which only energized Windham to come at Scarborough with more power.
Windham's defense was tight blocking some key touchdown opportunities for Scarborough.
Scarborough scored a couple more touchdowns in the first half, but that did not diminish the mood of Windham players or the mood of their crowd.
Windham did not get discouraged after a couple Scarborough touchdowns; they were determined to turn it around.
I overheard one Windham player say to his team, "It's not over . . ."
Another Windham player told his teammates, "Let's go! Stop hanging your heads."
After a personal foul on Scarborough at the very end of the first half moved the ball 15 yards in Windham's favor, the tension was mounting as Windham was very close to Scarborough's end zone.
With less than 2 seconds on the clock and the end of the first half, #34, Treva Valliere, scored a touchdown. #16, Liam McCusker, punted the ball to get the field goal. At the end of the first half, the score was Windham 7, Scarborough 52.
You may think Windham might have gotten a little down, but they definitely weren't.
"Let's get fired up!" was overheard from a Windham player, only emphasized that they were not
A quarter later, Windham fought the good fight, but in the end, the final score was Scarborough 66, Windham 7.
"I think the kids played hard, we had a lot of injuries," observed Coach Matt Perkins. "And young guys had to step up and I think they did a good job."
This was a tough loss, but it wasn't for a lack of trying. Keep up the good work, Eagles.
The Eagles next home game is Friday, October 20th vs. Bangor at 7 p.m.


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Eric muhalla posted a topic in General Islamic DiscussionAsalamu Ailakum, There has something that has been bothering me for quite some time about Muslims in general. Which is about all the stories where when some Western cartoonist decided that they want to draw a caricature to make fun of the prophet Muhammad (pbh) and then Muslims all around the world go insane over it. To the point where they want to kill this person and some times hold signs where they want his or her blood. Its just like with Charlie Hebdo who got shot and killed along with six other cartoonists for the cartoons they made of the prophet Muhammad (pbh). Why do Muslims have to go to such violent extents to try and defend their prophet when some one makes fun of them. Its like the infamous book The Satanic verses which discussed three verses that are said to be spoken out of the prophet's toungue but not form Allah which makes them false and the whole Muslim world was in upheavel because of it. So many violent demonstrations happened because of it, the West and middle eastern relationships were getting worse, Ayotallah Khomeni himself issued a fatwa to assassinate the man who wrote the book and other associated with it who were actually killed. Now I'm sure that most of you don't agree with what these Muslims did but I ask as to why does it happen in the first place. Christians barely do anything about it (maybe since they have no choice since they have already lost their momentum in the west and just have to accept it if they want more followers) but we have to go to the point as to kill these people for making fun of our religion when they in fact do the same thing about every other one. perhaps we should react peacufully through demonstrations or just confront that what they are saying is wrong since these people are trying to address some issues about islam through animation instead of words so that it can catch our eye and we can discuss how to deal with it.
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Wat gebeurde er mogelijk voor de Big bang ?
Het enige wat door Gods superbewustzijn geschapen is is een startbeginsel, principe, een idee, template, voorbeeld etc., dus de natuurwetten die de eigenschappen van de materie regelen. Wanneer dit eenmaal in gang was gezet regelde de kosmos, de natuur de rest vanzelf en schept dus ook vanzelf in die zin. De kosmos zit wat dat betreft perfect in elkaar, alles wat mogelijk is binnen het kader van de betreffende matrix van natuurwetten kan en zal mogelijk ook plaatsvinden. Onstaan er dingen die imperfect zijn dan worden ze er vanzelf uitgefilterd en worden niet lang in stand gehouden, maar wie zijn wij om te bepalen wat wel of niet imperfect is alles heeft mogelijk een doel in de kosmos hoe klein het ook mag zijn.
Where does the laws of nature come from anyway and who or what has started that idea ? Those laws had to be there from the start else energys as subatomic particles could not react to it and have been created for that matter so you have to think to the edge to see the logic of this which most people are not capable of doing.
There is indeed no God as religion think of it but there is a ''Creator'' wich has to be a super consious wich created in some way energy or created matter with existing energy wich was already there in the universe. Who says there has to be nothing in the univers before the big bang ? Obviously you can not create something out of nothing do you ? So this consiousnes is not created by something but was always there and will always be.. its pure logic. Its the chicken and the egg paradox, which was first the chicken or the egg ? We can not say there is a God, but who created God or who created the creater of the God and so on ? So therefor there is only one solution to this paradox and that is that there always was a Creator a superconsious spirituel ''being'' without form and all universal. God is a superconsious ''being'' and all we see are aspects of that consious in particles, solid matter, plants, rocks, animals and humans. We as humans have a soul aspect of the creator consious which is spirit. The superconsious spirit has split his consious in a myriad of souls who are connected to other souls and of course the superconsious. I think the purpose of this soul creation is that individuel souls are capable of going into the material world and express themselves as a ''person'' in an unique way to explore the wonders of nature and the cosmos and to co create and experience and to learn in this creation so that the superconsious in which we are a part of can also learn and get those experiences because all consious entities are ultimatly connected to the superconsious. Some say God is all knowing but I doubt that is the case because when humans create something new say a bike which was not there before so God obviously also did not know what a bike was did he, cause it was not invented yet ? By inventing the bike as humans with our own independent but connected consious we also expanded the awareness of the connected consious which is an part and or aspect of God. (note: We dont define God here in the way religion portraits it to be as stated in the bible or other religious documents or thoughts and beliefs.)


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