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Earlier in the week I shared a post telling you all that I would be posting a picture of my kid's snacks every day this week. If you follow me over on any of my social channels I hope you liked them! Just in case you missed seeing them I thought it would be fun to share here and go into each day in a little more detail.
Monday - We went for a pretty simple snack plate on Monday (because Mondays just need to be a little simpler in general right?). We used the Super Yummies breadsticks in Pumpkin and Rosemary flavour which they both can eat so much of. I find that if I mix things like breadsticks in with things like carrots and cucumber they are more willing to try the veg when they might ordinarily shy away from. I also popped in a few blueberries and added a strawberry flavoured Super Yummies dairy pot too.
On Tuesday we went for bananas, Super Yummies breadsticks, grapes (cut in half lengthways!) and a Super Yummies dairy pot in Peach and Pear. I find that the Dairy Pots are a great way for the kids to feel like they are having a 'pudding treat' (as they call dessert ha!) whilst also meaning they are getting a source of calcium. Super Yummies Dairy Pot's also have no artificial preservatives which is great!
On Wednesday we went for a Peach and Pear flavoured Dairy Pot again, this time with breadsticks, celery, strawberry and little chopped up pieces of cheese. As you can see they both couldn't wait to tuck into this one! I like to place the snacks on these fun plates to encourage them to eat a bit more. Mabli often plays a game of feeding the character on the plate first before herself.
On Thursday we went for blueberries, raspberries, breadsticks, cucumber and a dairy pot straight from the cupboard!
Last but not least on Friday they ate cheese squares, the Pumpkin and Rosemary breadsticks, strawberries and a dairy pot too!
I really loved sharing these snackspiration plates with you as it reminded me how easy it is help make sure your kids are getting a balanced diet. Don't forget to try out the brand new The Super Yummies Dairy Pots which are available to purchase only at Morrisons.
I must admit that I'm as guilty as the next for often making the kids the same thing for dinner as I know they will eat it (pasta for the third day running anyone??). However if they've had a balanced snack in the early afternoon then it helps me feel a bit better!
What do you think of the snacks I made this week? I'd love to hear your thoughts and please continue to share your ideas with me using #snackspiration.


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The Profound Effect of Microgrids | Trystate Mechanical Inc
This edition of the blog reviews the impact of micro grids and the significance of Cogeneration or Combined Heat and Power (CHP).
Cogeneration growth in New York City | Trystate Mechanical Inc
For the following guest blog post, we thank contributors Matthew F. Zanzalari, Account Manager, and Ryan Rex, Engineering Designer, at H.T. Lyons. A sister PPL affiliate, H.T. Lyons is a full-service mechanical contractor that partners with Trystate to give clients the advantage of energy independence in a competitive marketplace.
Tree Hugger's Anonymous
Tree hugger. What is a tree hugger? Who are they and what do they do exactly? Let's examine the term. By definition, the Urban Dictionary defines a tree hugger as "an environmentalist or one who believes trees and all living things should not be cut down or harmed. Someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution." (1) It may come as a surprise to many that many environmentalists who embrace energy efficiency would opt to cut down trees on their property for the greater good. Yes, this does happen.
Recently, I saw a gentleman speak about politics and economics. This man, who I'll call, "Ralph," had a wide range of views about the state of the economy and where I should put my money. Ralph, isn't a fan of Clean Tech or electric cars, and strangely enough, Ralph isn't a fan of groups like PETA for hurting the development of windmill fields because of their harm of birds. "Interesting," I thought to myself. Yet, and to my surprise, he went on to explain how he himself is a self-proclaimed tree hugger. It seems as if somewhere along the line there had be someone who had witnessed Ralph holding up traffic to let a family of turtles cross the road. I realized this joke must normally kill in stuffy, mothball scented conference rooms.
To call yourself a tree hugger for denouncing the deaths of imaginary birds or seemingly imaginary turtles may not be the best argument for swaying the investment decisions of your audience, but Ralph's point made me question myself as a tree hugger a bit. I feel the definition of a tree hugger has become too convoluted. People who call themselves tree huggers need to think up a new term, myself included.
I've come to this conclusion because I'm devoting myself to becoming someone who lives off the grid one day. That is my dream for retirement. You can live on your yacht, I'll live in my zero energy house. It's a beautiful dream, and I know if I'm going to accomplish this I'll need to rely on solar power and wind technology to make it happen. So if I wind up killing birds with my windmill, I'll be sure to write PETA a check to cleanse my soul of the murderous rage of a tree hugger, and give the winged beasts a proper burial in a pet cemetery. Solar energy though, is something of a different animal.
I live in the Northeast, if you couldn't tell by my literary accent that is. My town is Blue Bell, Pennsylvania in Montgomery County – a suburb of Philadelphia. As much as people like to say solar power is a waste of money in a town like mine, most of those people are just following the status quo – hang on to what we've got because change is the devil. Well, maybe not the devil, but close enough to raise some hairs. Solar power is alive and well here in the great Northeast. As a matter of fact, companies like, Solar City (2), are even installing panels for free plus a nominal monthly fee, which is offset by your energy savings, in exchange for the return on investment. If you want my opinion the return on solar investments called SRECS are hardly worth it since China entered the solar game a few years back, so the trade off from you getting zero to low cost energy compared to the 20+ year payback depending on SRECs is hardly worth the argument.
One thing you have to realize when installing solar is that shading from trees are the biggest issue. Just 10% of shade can reduce solar output by up to 50% or even shut down panels completely. This factor brings me back to my original statement that by definition, and even though I've devoted my life to living green, if I cut down trees to embrace the magic and mystery of solar power I may by default forsake my old friends with the beeswax crimped dreads. What a depressing thought. I'll definitely get ignored at the next Phish concert. Mental note – don't go to Phish concerts.
"According to American Forests, one tree stores about 0.5 metric tons of CO2 over its lifetime. We'll assume that removing one tree lowers the net reduction of switching to solar by the same amount. Additionally, we also need to factor in the CO2 emissions involved in manufacturing the solar panels being installed. Producing a typical 5 kWh solar system emits about 10 metric tons of CO2, so the total CO2 emissions associated with removing one tree and installing a residential solar power system are about 10.5 metric tons.
For the removal of the tree to make sense, the net CO2 reduction will need to exceed 10.5 metric tons. That seems like a lot at first, but when you calculate the CO2 emissions you will offset by switching to solar from fossil fuels, it isn't much at all. Your solar panels should generate at least 6000 kWh of electricity per year, and should last for approximately 25 years." (3)
So yes, the math is there. If I cut down two or tree trees I can minimize my carbon footprint and begin my journey to live off the grid albeit sacrificing the love and respect of tree huggers everywhere. Now if I do need to cut down trees, what's the best course of action and how much will it cost? I hit up my local friends and tree surgeons at Creative Design Tree Service to find out.
Their website has real information on the actual cost associated with a tree removal. Their online tree removal cost calculator takes into account not only the tree height and thickness but also the trees proximity to power lines, the percentage of the tree that hangs over a house or structure and the distance from the tree to the nearest place for a chipper truck. Creative Design gives you their tree removal pricing right online and you can even choose to have them come out and confirm the pricing (In Bucks and Montgomery Counties in Pennsylvania only). So if one of my readers in California or Brazil wants to know what to look for, the pricing factors shouldn't change from one area to the next. The owner of Creative Design Tree Service, Tremaine, recommends you consider these factors when pricing for tree removal: Tree height, tree thickness, type of tree, power lines, overhang of structures (tree limbs over houses/sheds), distance to truck, time of year, recent storms/icing.
One thing I can suggest, in addition to the process of finding the right contractor, is maybe thinking about sending the trees to a mill. This is a good way to re-embrace Mother Nature and live by the rule established by our forefather Ben Franklin when he said, "Waste not, want not." So hey in addition to solar panels, finding a reasonably priced tree surgeon and the banishment of a non-violent community of Phish fans, you can have yourself a fancy new banister or TV stand courtesy of that annoying oak tree that caused you to spend countless Sunday afternoons raking leaves. So by my count that's a win for everyone.
1. The Urban Dictionary. Tree Hugger by Rick. January 09, 2005. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tree+hugger.
2. Solar City Corporation. 2014. http://www.solarcity.com.
3. RenewableEnergyWorld.com. Ralph Ralf J. Muenster. "Shade Happens". February 2, 2009. http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/02/shade-happens-54551.
This is the soft copy for the August edition of Cooling India, an HVAC trade journal for the country. The editor reached out to me to do a piece for this issue. I chose to research the longstanding relationship between the US and India, the world's two largest democracies, and their impact on building performance standards and energy efficiency. The article begins on page 22.
Furnace Change Out is Just the First Step
This article highlights my thoughts on replacing your home furnace, and how the replacement practice these days goes much deeper than "one out one in." Someone needs to actually look to see if there are large areas of heat loss in the home first, correct those issues, then focus on the furnace replacement. There are a number of ways to do this, and things to look for. If you're in a jam, and need to have an emergency replacement, there are also options.
Whole-House Humidifier Benefits
An article by Aaron Crowe about the benefits of whole-house humidifiers for AOL Real Estate. Aaron included my thoughts on what a homeowner can expect when installing a humidifier on their forced air system.
Converting Constant to Variable Volume
After finding out my work had been profiled in a published case study for ACHR The News back in 2011 (1), I decided to reach out to see if they'd be interested in using some of my written work for their publication. They agreed to give me a shot! This is my first article with ACHR The News. They are a fantastic resource for any contractor looking to beef up their knowledge on the mechanical trades.
This article discusses the benefits of converting commercial package heating and air conditioning units from constant volume to variable volume. My former colleagues at Bes-Tech, Inc. (2) specialize in these conversions, and have earned great success with the practical application of their technology.
(1) http://www.achrnews.com/articles/117756-making-icehouse-a-hot-property
(2) http://www.bes-tech.net/digi-rtu/
This article is about the importance of the continuing education of contractors. This topic is important for all people in the building trades because as technology advances at the rapid pace of modern times, contractors have to educate themselves to stay ahead of the competition. This will enable us to become a more savvy group, allow us to recommend the most advanced technologies and services the market has to offer for our clients thus giving us the edge we need to prosper in a tough economy, also separating us from the "fly by night" guys who give all reputable builders a bad name.
Making Ice House a Hot Property
This article was a case study on a LEED project we performed in the Fishtown section of Philadelphia for the The EnVision Group (1). The scope was to convert and old ice house (literally they sold blocks of ice) to a sustainable condominium complex, which earned a Gold certification. The case study was published in ACHR The News back in 2011.
I find it always makes for an interesting day when you get a random phone call from England asking you to go on the record about the products and services you offer. The people who contacted me, represented Kingspan (2) for their KoolDuct (3) product line, and were great to work with on this project. KoolDuct is an insulated panel product that is used to fabricate ductwork, among other uses, and out performs the competition offering less than a 10% energy loss through their material.
(1) http://www.biaofphiladelphia.com/member
(2) http://www.kingspanpanels.us
(3) http://www.ptmmanufacturing.com/koolduct.html
Green Policies in Action
Lori Kasallis, a writer for the RSES Journal, gave us a nice plug in her expose on Green Innovation back in 2010. She directly quoted one of my previous articles on Indoor air quality "Green Building: The Inside Story (Benefits We Can Breathe In) (1). This is an important topic that can improve the health of occupants and contractors by reducing harmful volatile organic compounds (VOC), airborne allergens, and sick building syndrome.
(1) https://www.rses.org/assets/rses_journal/Green_Building_EXTRA.pdf
My Heater is Blowing Cold Air
If your heater is blowing cold air, chances are it's also the coldest day of the year and you're in the middle of a home emergency. This would be the epitome of Murphy's Law, which states "Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong." This should be the unofficial motto of the service industry. However, a homeowner can protect themselves by being as construction davy as possible.
This article gives a crash course on some types of home heating systems and what people should think about when they're in need of service.
How Do I Light My Pilot?
This article highlights my suggestions on how to go about lighting a pilot on your home heating system of water heater. Although I recommend calling a professional, this is important knowledge for any homeowner. Keep in mind, this article was written a few years bcd when standing pilots were more of the norm.
Can I make My Air Conditioner More Efficient?
New technologies come out every year to improve comfort and efficiency in terms of home heating and cooling. My friend, Jim Fung, created the "Soothing Comfort System" that puts a new spin on the design of split system air conditioners. I interviewed him about his research and saw one of his systems installed at The Plough in the Stars restaurant & Bar in Philadelphia. Jim was able to reduce one of the air conditioners by 50% with his design.
Need a PET/CT Scan? You Deserve Maximum Comfort
A few years back, we performed a LEED certified interior renovation for the Abington Health Care Center in Willow Grove, PA. The project received a Silver certification from LEED and has continued to provide maximum comfort to the people within ever since.

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Provides a student-focused strategy aimed at developing curriculum and assessment design skills that positively impact on learning and teaching. In addition to an investigation of the various pedagogical purposes of assessment, principles and practices for the design, management and administration of assessment will be reviewed. The unit also explores the role of technology in curriculum, learning and teaching.
Unit content
Module 1: An effective curriculum development process
Understanding curriculum
The relationship between curriculum, pedagogy and assessment
Decision making in planning coherent curriculum structures
The link between outcomes and assessment strategies
Critical analysis and research on curriculum development
Module 2: Assessment and reporting
Understanding assessment
Interpretation of assessment data
Assessment for learning, assessment of teaching.
Feedback, moderation, record keeping and reporting learning by using ICTs
Make recommendations for support and intervention.
Module 3: Technology and Education
Digital citizenship and safety (cyber-safety, digital footprint).
Integration of ICTs in the classroom and in society.
ICT in learning - 21st Century Pedagogy (using ICT tools and networks in learning).
ICT in teaching - 21st Century Teaching (learning spaces, inquiry based learning, mobile learning and teaching).
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|On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
|Critically review theoretical perspectives on curriculum development and reflect critically on theories and ideologies that underpin decision making in the process of curriculum development.
|Intellectual rigour
|Knowledge of a discipline
|Critically evaluate the relationship between various purposes and approaches to student assessment, and the subsequent design of student assessment.
|Intellectual rigour
|Knowledge of a discipline
|Identify and apply best practice to: feedback, moderation, storage of data and reporting on student assessment and results.
|Intellectual rigour
|Knowledge of a discipline
|Analyse diverse sources of assessment data and use it to inform teaching and learning.
|Intellectual rigour
|Knowledge of a discipline
|Investigate and analyse the relationship between pedagogy and various ICTs
|Intellectual rigour
|Knowledge of a discipline
|Research, synthesize and evaluate the role of educational technology in curriculum development.
|Intellectual rigour
|Knowledge of a discipline
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Session 2
- Lynch, D., Smith, R. and Howarth, M. , 2016, Designing the Classroom Curriculum: Exploring Curriculum, Assessment and the Incorporation of Technology in Classrooms, First, Oxford Global Press, London.
Teaching and assessment
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|Structured online learning 2 hours (10 weeks)
|Tutorial online 1 hour (5 weeks)
|Online test
|Curriculum plan and presentation
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Friends of the Yampa: Let's work together for our lands and rivers
Friends of the Yampa is dedicated to the protection and enhancement of the recreational and environmental integrity of the Yampa River and its tributaries through stewardship, advocacy, education and partnerships.
There is a concerning level of divisiveness in today's political climate. Recently, that divisiveness has come to the doorstep of our nation's public lands.
We at Friends of the Yampa are concerned about the potential polarization of the conversation regarding public lands. We have written before of the importance of the Yampa River to our community, not only from an environmental and recreational standpoint, but also from an economic perspective.
For example, according to a study by the National Park Service, Dinosaur National Monument generated over $20 million for surrounding communities and supported 244 local jobs in 2016.
The Yampa River flows along and through many different types of public lands whether those are owned and managed by towns, counties, the state, or the federal government. These public lands have distinct and sometimes complex management structures. Each serves varied recreational, agricultural, ecological, mineral, and historic purposes. The lands provide for our community and may be our most precious resource as we consider the quality of life and economic future in the Yampa Valley.
Friends of the Yampa works closely with local public lands managers in an effort to consider the Yampa River in the management of these vital lands. As we have now completed the A-wave/Toots river features project with the support of the City of Steamboat Springs, Friends of the Yampa is spearheading a number of new and exciting projects basin wide.
In collaboration with the Bureau of Land Management and Colorado State Parks, we will be leading volunteer trips this spring in Little Yampa Canyon with the military veterans group Mission Continues to enhance the opportunities for multi-day float trips just downstream of Craig. We will again lead the Yampa River Awareness Project in Dinosaur National Monument to bring community, state and national exposure to the river as it runs through the monument.
We have begun a partnership with the Yampa River Leafy Spurge Project to collaborate with private landowners and county, state and federal agencies to combat an expansive infestation of Leafy Spurge that poses a critical threat to agricultural and riparian lands downstream of Hayden and through Moffat County.
The city of Craig, at the encouragement of the Parrotheads and via funding partnerships with Friends of the Yampa and the Yampa Valley Community Foundation, is considering an exciting project near the intake to the city's water treatment plant to construct an in-stream river feature that has the potential to become a regional destination for kayakers, tubers, stand up paddle boarders, and rafters.
None of this would be possible without the generous support of the community and our partners. These efforts represent exciting opportunities for the economic and environmental vitality of the Yampa Valley. The Yampa River is a centerpiece to how we are vitally linked together. We look forward to strengthening relationships basin-wide in 2018 and beyond.
We encourage those who care about the Yampa River to become involved as a volunteer or supporter. Our meetings are held at 6:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month at Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs. Stay up to date on all the latest happenings by visiting our website, friendsoftheyampa.com and also visit us on Facebook to stay current on our events and opportunities to volunteer.
Pray for snow and see you on the river!
Friends of the Yampa Board of Directors
Kent Vertrees, Ben Beall, Greg Henion, Cody Perry, Charlie Preston-Townsend, Eugene Buchanan, Ken Brenner, Peter Van De Carr, John St. John, Adam Mayo, Greg Hamilton and Jules Poma
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2012 South Carolina Baseball: Lessons Learned from the Clemson Series
The South Carolina baseball team did its job in winning the series match-up with Clemson University. The Gamecocks won Game 1 by the score of 3-2 and won the Game 2 by the score of 9-6. USC did drop the Sunday game to Clemson due to a late ninth inning rally from the Tigers that ushered in a win for them by the score of 6-5.
Goes to show that you just can not win them all but in baseball, it is about winning the series and that is exactly what USC did.
For the series, CU's Richie Shaffer was named the winner of the Bob Bradley Award as Clemson's MVP, and Matthews earned the Tom Price Award as USC's MVP.
South Carolina is now 9-1 on the year. The Gamecocks remain second in the Collegiate Baseball ranking and third in the Baseball America poll.
Takeaways....From this point forward, the Gamecocks need to improve on their defense as there has been some errors that a team like USC just is not suppose to make. With expectations high, the focus needs to be turned up a notch.
It was good to see USC get some pop from their bats as that also needs to get better going forward. USC's pitching is progressing nicely.
Next up....USC will play host to UNC Asheville Wednesday night. The Gamecocks will play their final non-conference weekend series against Princeton beginning Friday night.
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Enjoy unlimited visits to SeaWorld and Aquatica San Antonio for 3 consecutive days on regularly scheduled operating days. 3-day advanced purchase product will be valid for park entrance 72 hours after time of purchase. Please visit Aquatica website for Park Operating Times. Tickets are non-refundable, non-transferable and not for resale. Aquatica is subject to capacity limitations. Entry into Aquatica may temporarily close when at capacity. Park products, hours and services are subject to change or cancellation without prior notice. Ticket void if altered. Parking, taxes, shipping and service fees not included in price. Savings based on full price tickets at the gate to SeaWorld & Aquatica. This eTicket expires September 23, 2018.Visit SeaWorld & Aquatica for just $23/day
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Karin Priem is Associate Professor of history of education and head of public history at the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (University of Luxembourg). A former president of the German History of Education Research Association (2007–2011), she is currently President of the International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE). Karin Priem's research focuses on visual and material history; the history of media and technology; the European history of humanitarian organizations; and the history of entrepreneurship and social-educational reform. She was a member of the advisory board of the Revue Suisse des Sciences de l'Éducation and the Jahrbuch für Historische Bildungsforschung (Klinkhardt). She is co-editor of the book series Beiträge zur Historischen Bildungsforschung (Böhlau) and Appearances: Studies in Visual Research (De Gruyter), and editor of Public History from European Perspectives (De Gruyter). Karin serves as a member of the international scientific board of Pedagogia Oggi (Società Italiana di Pedagogia) and Historia educationis (Armando). She is also a member of the international advisory board of Paedagogica Historica (Taylor & Francis) and corresponding international member of the DOMUS Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Histories of Education and Childhood at the University of Birmingham.
She completed her dissertation on the social history of orphanages (1820-1918) at the University of Tübingen in 1990 and, in 1999, also her habilitation on the intellectual biography of the German philosopher Eduard Spranger. Karin Priem since her early career has won prestigious awards (Landesgraduiertenförderung Baden-Württemberg, Habilitations-Stipendium der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft and Marbach-Vollstipendium der Deutschen Schillergesellschaft am Deutschen Literaturarchiv). She has curated exhibitions on the history of orphanages and domestic servants, and was invited as tutor of many international doctoral and summer schools. Karin Priem is leading an international team and was PI of two FNR funded projects on the industrial heritage of Luxembourg (Fabricating Modern Societies – FAMOSO and FAMOSO-2 ).
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Celebrate the patron saint of Ireland with a coach break to the Emerald Isle itself.
Raise a glass of the 'black stuff', dress in green and wear your shamrock to join the St Patricks Day party with those who do it best.
We offer a number of breaks throughout the Emerald Isle over St Patricks Day so you can experience traditional celebrations of Irish culture and history.
St Patrick's Day is a unique national day. It is celebrated throughout the world, by people who aren't even Irish, and in England is more popular than St George's Day.
Whilst heading to your local Irish bar enables you to join celebration, there's only one place to go to celebrate St Patrick's Day – and that's Ireland to see how they do it!
Across the country on 17th March, towns and cities come alive with parties, parades and celebrations to create a unique holiday experience you will never forget.
It goes without saying that the number one St Patrick's spot is the fair city of Dublin. Help turn the River Liffey a sea of green by joining the crowds who flock to bustling Temple Bar on this special day and sing along to classic Irish and folk songs.
Make sure you head to the Guinness Storehouse, Dublin's number one attraction plus landmarks including Ha'penny Bridge and of course St Patrick's Cathedral. There's so much to see and do in Dublin, which makes it a great destination for a short break.
Equally Belfast is a great destination for a St Patrick's break. As well as joining the celebrations you can head to the historic dockyard and the award-winning Titanic Belfast experience to learn more about the tragic maiden voyage of this historic cruise liner where it was built.
For more traditional celebrations make sure your break includes an excursion to historical town Wexford, which hosts what is believed to be the oldest parade in Ireland featuring over 100 floats and marching groups.
Donegal's parade in Letterkenny is also a spectacle not to be missed whilst Killarney's hosts one of the biggest and colourful in the Southwest of the country.
A visit to Ireland is a heart-warming experience, made all the more special on Paddy's Day!
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This is a post about the video for the Dirty Vegas song, "Days Go By" . Below, at the end of this post, is a link to the Youtube version of the video.
It was released years ago, and I was living and teaching in Florida at the time, at Florida International University.
I was walking through a department store in West Miami, and walked by a bank of TV sets on sale, electronic doodads, cell phones, video games, whatnot, and this video, "Days Go By" was playing on one of the wide screen TVs.
Very cinematic piece: a Black man in a business suit, yet, oddly, also wearing beat up old sneakers (high top 'Chucks'?) with duct tape wrapped around one sneaker, arrives out front of a diner somewhere in what looks like West Los Angeles, California. Palm trees ubiquitous and somewhat cadaverous in the back ground, traffic, sun beating down. It's a lightweight suit. Tie. Suspenders underneath. He's carrying a boom box and a folded up section of cardboard. He lays the cardboard down on the ground. The music from his boombox is a very mournful sort of corrido--a Mexican song of lament and grief. It has a very African beat, driving beat, but not mindless thumping--a heartbeat. Organic. Soulful. He starts to dance on the cardboard--break dancing, the robot, the electric slide, Arabic pirouette. Passersby stop, and watch him, wondering what is going on here, and engaged, made curious by the beauty of it.
A woman says to a man standing there "There he goes again." The looks at her. A sub titular text flashes over the images--"He shows up same day every year, and dances from sunrise to sunset." It is the woman whispering to the man about the dancer. "I heard," the woman and the subtitle (in the longer version of the video) continues as the dancer dances, "It's some kind of ritual. He used to dance here back in the day." Another man walks up, watching. He contributes to the discussion, saying, "They were in love. But he couldn't stop. So one day she left. No one knows where she went. I heard she got struck by lightening." The woman says, "I thought she got hit by a truck." The man says, "Yeah, well, whatever, she just didn't show up." The subtitle then intrudes again, over the image of the dancer: "Now he dances to bring her back. End of story."
All the while the Black dancer is dancing gracefully, with a striking kind of dignity; a ritualized, stylized dancing with elements of break dance, locking, street dance, and Arabic dance. In one startling passage of the video (a wonderfully done transition shot rather than a more conventional cut) he transforms into his younger self in sweat clothes, achieved by the older man jumping backward out of the frame and the younger dancer jumping back in: old, red sneakers with tape repair and the pant legs of a suit are replaced by brand new sneakers, and the legs of sweatpants. Thence, there comes a short flashback sequence of him as a boy with the lost lover.
The lyrics of the song are also being sung throughout all of this (very multi-media):
You are still a whisper on my lips/A feeling at my fingertips/That's pulling at my skin/
You leave me when I'm at my worst/Feeling as if I've been cursed/Bitter cold within/
Days go by and still I think of you/Days when I couldn't live my life without you/Days go by and still I think of you/Days when I couldn't live my life without you/Without you/Without you
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A subtext of the video narrative is the intermittent cut to the members of the group, Dirty Vegas themselves, who are sitting in shadow, under the awning of a bodega, across the street from the dancer, watching. The quality of their gaze is in fact quite intense; it is as if they are seeking an essence, but not in the usual, racist, exoticizing of Black culture that White pop groups indulge. Rather, they seem to be moved by what they see, and are very much watching, and unlike the other watchers who are much closer to the dancer, Vegas seems to also be SEEING. The distinction between WATCHING and SEEING permeates the spiritus of this video, making a profound point about the nature and culture of multiculturalism-- the reality, not the bullshit product of mass media babble. The sense of insight and of compassion that is the gaze of the video itself is the next frame outward from the gave that is the gaze of Dirty Vegas. The gaze of the sidewalk audience is a third level of the gaze, while there is even an intimation that the dancer himself exerts a gaze, and has a POV (his gaze fixes momentarily, upon people in the sidewalk audience as one of them makes a more overtly dumb comment) but he never breaks his reflexivity; he dances and maintains his primary concentration upon that dance, while offering a mask of detachment to the outside world. One other moment of his breaking through that frame of spectation focused upon him, from which he is seemingly detached, is when he suddenly shoots his gaze across the street at the members of Dirty Vegas who are watching him. This is ambiguous, however, for a sudden cut shows him now looking at the younger version of his lost love, whose ghost stands before him. The denouement of the narrative then has him transforming again into his younger self, creating the impression that they two are reunited, but, no. He walks away, as the younger self, carrying the boom box with him, but alone. She is gone.
I remember that I was frozen by the spectacle of this video. I saw it as performance art. It was galvanizing. Everybody in the store around me near enough to see and hear this video stopped like me, watching. This achieved an eerie sort of performance art effect reminiscent of the kind of existential effects of the works of Warhol, Duchamp, or of Judy Chicago: dig, there was a supraliminal frame added to the several frames of spectatorship INSIDE the video, and that was this last frame OUTSIDE the video--the frame constituted by myself and the people in the department store who were stopping to look at the video. I noticed how we were mirroring the sidewalk audience INSIDE the spacetime of the video (Life imitating art?). Like the people inside the video watching the dancer, people in the store watching the video, looked wistful, even touched by the video's spectacle and narrative. Mostly Cuban Americans and Haitians, of course, because this was West Miami.
I felt sort of pierced by it this video. I was in love with and living with an Italian-American girlfriend (Peri Giovannucci) at the time; a very stable long-term relationship, but this image of the dancing Black man made me feel a hollow place in me where I missed Black women I had loved in the past.
Anyway, I recently saw this video again when it became widely available for download on the Internet--it's a cult video apparently.
It still creates in me a surprisingly strong feeling of ennui. Dirty Vegas is as much a performance art group as a pop group, a very interesting group of people. Their presence in the video, in the shadow of a street bodega, is fascinating. Are there intimations of the omniscient POV of the gaze of the ancient dramatist, Euripides, who often appeared as a character in his own dramas, bearing symbolically the gaze of the author?
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Launch of the Brighton Pensioners Campaign.
Brighton has recently established a local National Pensioners Campaign to fight attacks on our pensions, care provision and to ensure a better future for all of us as we grow old. In this launch meeting Dot Gibson, the National General Secretary of National Pensioners Convention will speak on 'Pensioners and the General Election'
Dot is an excellent speaker who featured in Ken Loach's film The Spirit of 45 She will explain the different politics of the various political parties and the impact on pensioners.
The meeting will be held in the Free University Brighton event space on the 3rd floor of Prestamex House. This opposite the west side of Preston Park next to the Travelodge Hotel. It is on the 5, 5A and 5B bus routes and the building has lift/wheelchair access.
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In January 2017, The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), on behalf of the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) released the latest version of CalEnviroScreen. Below is a brief description from their website. On their website you will be able to view the data with interactive maps, read the report in detail, and download GIS data:
"CalEnviroScreen is a screening methodology that can be used to help identify California communities that are disproportionately burdened by multiple sources of pollution. This version updates CalEnviroScreen in a variety of ways. The updates are described in more detail in the New in CalEnviroScreen 3.0 document below.
Major changes include:
- More recent data for all indicators.
- The addition of two new indicators reflecting health and socioeconomic vulnerability to pollution.
- Improvements in the way some indicators are calculated to better reflect environmental conditions or a community's vulnerability to pollution.
- Additional information on pollution along the California-Mexico border.
- The removal of the "children and elderly" age indicator, and replacement with an analysis of age.
- A change in overall scoring methodology that enables each of the four categories of indicators to make a clearer contribution to a census tract's overall CalEnviroScreen score."
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The pursuit of the forbidden warfare is Sarajevo, in form of the siege, facilitated a coordinated, long-lasting, widespread and systematic campaign (military strategy) of shelling and sniping of civilians and civilian populations and civilian objects from the artillery, mortars, and infantry weapons. The intentional shelling and sniping resulted in the death of thousands of civilians, of both genders and all age groups, including children.
Civilians were intentionally shelled in their everyday activities or civilian locations. Namely, civilians were exposed to fire while in the streets, houses, water queue, in line for bread or while they were doing other things, in ambulances, hospitals, trams, buses, at funerals and other locations. Children were exposed to fire while in schools, houses, playgrounds, in the streets, kindergartens, water queues, in line for food and other places.
Around 340,000 residents lived in the town itself, and they were constantly kept under siege and they were permanently exposed to indiscriminate artillery and sniper activities, and all forms of inhumane warfare against civilians and civilian population.
In this strategy of planning, preparation, and execution of genocide and other forms of crimes against humanity and international law in Sarajevo under siege, but also in all other occupied places under siege in Bosnia and Herzegovina, occupied by the great Serbian aggressor, especially important part relates to the strategy of systematic targeting the civilians. A special form of planning, preparation, and execution of the strategy of commission of crimes (targeting civilians) was directed against the most sensitive and most vulnerable part of the population – children.
Great Serbian aggressor applied the tactics of keeping Sarajevo under siege, intentional shelling, and sniping of civilians and civilian objects. Military strategy of shelling and sniping was pursued all around Sarajevo, with the intention to kill, injure, and terrorize the civilians of Sarajevo, which resulted in death or injuring of thousands of civilians of both genders and all age groups, including the children and the elderly.
The great Serbian aggressor intentionally fired at civilians for a distance, using the infantry weapons for direct activity (special sniper rifles with optical aim, different automatic and semi-automatic rifles).


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Jonathan Nossiter says he never wanted to make a film about wine. The American filmmaker and sommelier thought it would be too hard to avoid the snob image that his favorite beverage often evokes. A slick portrait of oenophiles spouting pretentious adjectives as they decant a product the audience can only enjoy vicariously? No thanks. "That would have been worse than the cheesiest porn film," he says. Luckily, Nossiter, 43, overcame his reluctance. Mondovino, his documentary about globalization's impact on the winemaking business, is a quirky, subversive defense of Terroir: the idea that every wine ought to be a unique expression...


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Dhaatri Mother's Milk Bank: Initial Report
A critical study by YFS team, spearheaded by Dr Santhosh Kumar, Public Health Specialist and others including Dr Srinivas Goud and Dr Bhamidipati Satyanarayana revealed the following:
- Telangana has one of the highest incidence of neonatal deaths and infant deaths in South India
- Hospital Mortality Rates at Tertiary care centers are also one of the highest in the country
- Breast feeding rates are abysmally low in Telangana
- Lack of basic medical and general equipment
- Lack of infrastructure, Severe shortfall in basic interventions like Neonatal Ambulances, Breast Feeding Initiatives, Milk Banks, KMCs, etc.
- Lack of enough trained manpower
The Team had noted that Niloufer had seen substantial number of neonatal deaths in 2015-16: both, in-born as well as out-born admissions from Petlaburj, Sultan Bazar and elsewhere owing to asphyxiation, lack of proper feeds, etc with number at an alarming 1700 neonate deaths out of a total of 16000 neonatal admissions in 2015-16.
After extensive consultations with domain experts, the team concluded that an ambulance for the Neonates combined with a Mother's milk bank could prove to be vital to save neonates. As a part of the next steps, the team started working towards stemming this gap through ground breaking interventions.
"Mother's Milk Bank, Dhaatri" stems from the thought that newborns deprived of their own mother's milk can be given donor mother milk.
As a part of next steps,
- A discussion was held with YFS to rope in volunteers to promote awareness on Mother's Milk and how to involve corporates for supporting innovations.
- YFS readily agreed to support and we started pitching in to corporates for their support.
- Wellsfargo India, Cotiviti cares and NTT Data are the donors who have come forward to support the set up of Telangana's First Mother's Milk Bank.
- YFS approached Niloufer Hospital management to set up Mother's Milk Bank, Dhaatri and they agreed to provide us the operation space measuring 2200 Sq. Ft.
A steering committee meeting convened by Dr Santhosh Kumar Kraleti and chaired by Smt Karuna Vakati, IAS, Commissioner of Health & Family Welfare was conducted on May 2, 2017. The team presented updates on procurement, recruitment and launch dates. This meeting was attended by Govt Officials – Director of Medical Education, Dr M Ramani; Superintend of Niloufer Hospital, Dr Ramesh Reddy, Donor Representatives, Technical Committee members and YFS coordinators. We're gearing up for a launch by the last week of May 2017.


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It's with a sad heart that I write this post. Oliver Ray Pack has passed on to an eternal rest. He was a good friend and mentor and has been instrumental in my treasure hunting education. Ray preserved some of Oklahoma's most interesting treasure history. Four decades ago he was able to acquire the remnants of Joe Hunter's treasure maps and the tea kettle watch.
There was much more to Ray than treasure hunting. He was very giving of his time and knowledge and on more than one occasion helped those in need. His sense of humor was something to behold. He also had a great knowledge of history.
Due to health reasons we were only able to share in one adventure together over the past few years. It was a memorable trip to eastern Oklahoma. One that I will never forget. I was sure we were going to have a "deliverance" moment before the trip was over. You had to be there to really get the full experience of the trip.
There is so much more I could write about Ray, but I can't properly do him the honor he deserves on a blog posting.
His memory will live on through his family and friends, but his presence will truly be missed.
The greatest treasures are not the material things, but those people who touch our lives in a positive way.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
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The National flower of Qatar
Did You Know?
The National flower of Qatar, "Qataf" also known as Limonium, was discovered in Qatar a few years ago. This flower grows in clusters along the coast and has pink/lilac flowers from March to May.
The Arabian Oryx is Qatar's National Animal. It is also the logo of Qatar Airways and was the official mascot of the 2006 Asian Games held in Qatar. The mascot was aptly named Orry.
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During these times, it is wonderful that there are groups out there that are ready to defend and protect the civil liberties and rights of every American and which fight to help out immigrants who want a better life for themselves in this country. One example is the American Civil Liberties Union, sometimes simply known as the ACLU. Read more: Michael Lacey | Facebook and Phoenix New Times | Wikipedia
The American Civil Liberties Union is dedicated to protecting the individual rights and freedoms of everyone which are guaranteed by the Constitution. It has over one million members. They have a budget of over one hundred million a year.
They are active in every single state, as well as in Puerto Rico. They do a lot of lobbying in order to advance the rights of individual people. They are against the government taking away rights from people, and they lobby for legislation that would increase personal freedom and help out immigrants. Learn more about Jim Larkin and Michael Lacey: https://michael-lacey.com/
The American Civil Liberties Union also plays a large role in litigation. They represent both individuals and organizations who have had their rights trampled upon by the government or by other people.
The American Civil Liberties Union, while advocating for freedom for all, also focuses on a number of key issues. They help support LGBT issues, and they advocate for women's rights.
They help support immigrants in lawsuits, such as if the immigrants were discriminated against. They oppose all forms of discrimination, and they work hard in courts to fight it. The American Civil Liberties Union is perhaps the most well known organization that provides support for freedom and human rights.
Alongside the American Civil Liberties Union stands the Lacey and Larkin Frontera Fund. It was founded by Jim Larkin and Michael Lacey with the money they won from a lawsuit they filed against Joe Arpaio when he violated their civil rights by attempting to intimidate their criticism of him by arresting them.
The Frontera Fund also works hard to support immigrants. They help support free speech, as the repression of free speech is what led them to found their foundation. They support civil rights and human rights all across the country.


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Andrew Garfield on set while filming The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Which is due out sometime 2014! The more photos I see, the more I know. I will need to be locked in my chastity belt, when I go to see it!!
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Great outfit, I can see why you need that chastity belt. MMMM would love to see you in it then


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Renaissance mathematician Luca Pacioli is seen as the father of double-entry bookkeeping
In 1495 or thereabouts, Leonardo da Vinci himself, the genius's genius, noted down a list of things to do in one of his famous notebooks.
These to-do lists, written in mirror-writing and interspersed with sketches, are magnificent.
"Find a master of hydraulics and get him to tell you how to repair a lock, canal and mill in the Lombard manner." "Draw Milan." "Learn multiplication from the root from Maestro Luca."
Leonardo was a big fan of Maestro Luca, better known today as Luca Pacioli.
Pacioli was, appropriately enough, a Renaissance Man: – educated for a life in commerce, but also a conjuror, a chess master, a lover of puzzles, a Franciscan Friar, and a professor of mathematics.
Today he is celebrated as the most famous accountant who ever lived.
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy highlights the inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world in which we live.
It is broadcast on the BBC World Service. You can find more information about the programme's sources and listen online or subscribe to the programme podcast.
Pacioli is often called the father of double-entry bookkeeping, but he didn't invent it.
The double-entry system – known in its day as "bookkeeping alla Veneziana," or "in the Venetian style" – was being used two centuries earlier, around 1300.
The Venetians had abandoned as impractical the Roman system of writing numbers, and were instead embracing Arabic numerals.
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Venice in the 1300s – when Marco Polo set off on his famous travels to the Far East – was already a sophisticated crossroads of trade and ideas
They may have also taken the idea of double-entry book keeping from the Islamic world, or even from India, where there are tantalising hints that double-entry bookkeeping techniques date back thousands of years.
Or it may have been a local Venetian invention, repurposing the new Arabic mathematics for commercial ends.
Intricate transactions
Before the Venetian style caught on, accounts were rather basic. Early medieval merchants were little more than travelling salesmen. They had no need to keep accounts – they could simply check whether their purse was full or empty.
But as the commercial enterprises of the Italian city states grew larger, and became more dependent on financial instruments such as loans and currency trades, the need for a more careful reckoning became painfully clear.
We have a remarkable record of the business affairs of Francesco di Marco Datini, a merchant from Prato, near Florence, who kept accounts for nearly half a century, from 1366 to 1410.
They begin as little more than a financial diary, but as his business grew more complex, he needed something more sophisticated.
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We can see how Datini tracked his increasingly intricate financial transactions
Late in 1394, Datini orders wool from Mallorca.
Six months later the sheep are shorn. Several months after that, 29 sacks of wool arrive in Pisa, via Barcelona. The wool is coiled into 39 bales. Of these, 21 go to a customer in Florence and 18 go to Datini's warehouse, arriving in 1396, over a year after the initial order. They are then processed by more than 100 separate subcontractors.
Eventually, six long cloths go back to Mallorca via Venice, but don't sell, so are hawked in Valencia and North Africa instead. The last cloth is sold in 1398, nearly four years after Datini's original order.
Fortunately, he had been using bookkeeping alla Veneziana for more than a decade, so was able to keep track of this extraordinarily intricate web of transactions.
Enormous influence
So what, a century later, did the much lauded Luca Pacioli add to the discipline of bookkeeping? Quite simply, in 1494, he wrote the book.
"Summa de Arithmetica, Geometria, Proportioni et Proportionalita" was an enormous survey of everything that was known about mathematics – 615 large and densely typeset pages.
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Amidst this colossal textbook, Pacioli included 27 pages that are regarded by many as the most influential work in the history of capitalism. It was the first description of double-entry bookkeeping to be set out clearly, in detail and with plenty of examples.
Pacioli's book was sped on its way by a new technology: half a century after Gutenberg developed the movable type printing press, Venice was a centre of the printing industry.
Symmetry and balance
His book enjoyed a long print run of 2,000 copies, and was widely translated, copied, and plagiarised across Europe.
Double-entry bookkeeping was slow to catch on, perhaps because it was technically demanding and unnecessary for simple businesses. But after Pacioli it was always regarded as the pinnacle of the art.
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This 1585 woodcut shows a German merchant's accountant doing double-entry bookkeeping
As the industrial revolution unfolded, the ideas that Pacioli had set out came to be seen as fundamental to business life. The system used across the world today is essentially the one that Pacioli described.
Pacioli's system has two key elements.
First, he describes a method for taking an inventory, and then keeping on top of day-to-day transactions using two books – a rough memorandum and a tidier, more organised journal. Then he uses a third book – the ledger – as the foundation of the system, the double-entries themselves.
Every transaction was recorded twice in the ledger. If you sell cloth for a ducat, you must account for both the cloth and the ducat.
The double-entry system helps to catch errors, because every entry should be balanced by a counterpart, a divine-like symmetry which appealed to a Renaissance Man.
Practical tool
It was during the industrial revolution that double-entry bookkeeping became seen not just as an exercise for mathematical perfectionists, but as a tool to guide practical business decisions.
One of the first to see this was Josiah Wedgwood, the pottery entrepreneur. At first, Wedgwood, flush with success and fat margins, didn't bother with detailed accounts.
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Josiah Wedgwood used the insight gleaned from detailed accounts to weather a severe recession
But in 1772, Europe faced a severe recession and demand for Wedgwood's ornate crockery collapsed. His warehouses began to fill with unsold stock and workers stood idle.
Wedgwood turned to double-entry bookkeeping to understand where in his business the profits were, and how to expand them.
He realised how much each piece of work was costing him – a deceptively simple-sounding question – and calculated that he should actually expand production and cut prices to boost business.
Others followed, and the discipline of "management accounting" was born – an ever-growing system of metrics and benchmarks and targets, that has led us inexorably to the modern world.
More from Tim Harford:
How the invention of paper changed the world
The warrior monks who invented banking
How the world's first accountants counted on cuneiform
What tally sticks tell us about how money works
But in that modern world, accounting does have another role.
It's about ensuring that shareholders in a business receive a fair share of corporate profits – when only the accountants can say what those profits really are.
Here the track record is not encouraging.
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Enron's collapse in 2001 was the biggest in US corporate history
A string of 21st century scandals – Enron, Worldcom, Parmalat, and the financial crisis of 2008 – have shown us that audited accounts do not completely protect investors.
A business may, through fraud or mismanagement, be on the verge of collapse. Yet we cannot guarantee that the accounts will warn us of this.
Accounting fraud is not a new game. The first companies to require major capital investment were the British railways of the 1830s and 1840s, which needed vast upfront investment before they could earn anything from customers.
Investors poured in, and when railway magnates could not pay the dividends that the investors expected, they simply faked their accounts. The entire railway bubble had collapsed in ignominy by 1850.
Perhaps the railway investors should have read up on their Geoffrey Chaucer, writing around the same time as Francesco Datini, the merchant of Prato.
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Accountancy did not protect Chaucer's Shipman character from an audacious con
In Chaucer's Shipman's Tale, a rich merchant is too tied up with his accounts to notice his wife being wooed by a clergyman.
Nor do those accounts rescue him from an audacious con.
The clergyman borrows the merchant's money, gives it to the merchant's wife – buying his way into her bed with her own husband's cash – and then tells the merchant he's repaid the debt, and to ask his wife where the money is.
Accountancy is a powerful financial technology – but it does not protect us from outright fraud, and it may well lure us into complacency. As the neglected wife tells her rich husband, his nose buried in his accounts: "the devil take all such reckonings!"
Tim Harford writes the Financial Times's Undercover Economist column. 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy is broadcast on the BBC World Service. You can find more information about the programme's sources and listen online or subscribe to the programme podcast.
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I bought a Journaling Bible two years ago after seeing the nice wide margins that allowed for notetaking. This is the Bible that I have, it is no longer in print but there are a wide variety of journaling Bibles available.
A few months ago I stumbled on Valerie Wieners Instagram account and immediately fell in love with her art. I was slack-jawed that she added her beautiful art to her Bible!
I am not an artist but I am a good copier and creativity is free, or really cheap, anti-depessant therapy. I am also a very visual person so the idea of reading God's Word and mulling over what I've read and putting that into pictures was incredibly appealing to me. So I tried it out.
Then I went back and tried adding some color to some of my existing notes.
I soon learned that this art form has a name, or several names, Illustrated Faith or Documented Faith. I found other Instagram accounts like Stephanie Ackerman, Shanna Noel and Little Bit Funky.
Everybody does it differently. This is my every day Bible but others have a study Bible and just journal and doodle in their Journaling Bible. Some ladies use rubber stamps and stickers, others use water colors and Prisma Inks. Some stick to the journaling margins, others cover their whole page.
There are websites and Facebook groups and Alaskan cruises! Oh my! For me, this is simply my fringe hours with God. Some of my notes are from Bible studies, sometimes I write another translation, sometimes it's just my own interpretation of what I've read.
Other times I'm gifted with more time and I plug in my earbuds and jam out on Pandora. If you see me at McDonald's in full-on worship mode, don't be surprised if I'm raising my arms - just praising Jesus.
Pinterest. My apologies to the original artist for ruining your picture!
I'm so blessed that God put this in my path and is using this to make the Bible come alive in a whole, new way for me. His Word is alive and active in me and I'm so enjoying allowing it to bubble up in whatever imperfect, humble way He allows.
If you're interested in this, Valerie, Shanna, and Stephanie all have much more concise and beautiful descriptions than I could possibly add to. I encourage you to check them out. But even more than that, I encourage you to just get started. Yes, you'll mess up (like the time I wrote Esther/Boaz when I meant to write Ruth/Boaz...still trying to come up with a creative way to cover that up), yes your pens might bleed through or dribble on your page, you might smudge your handwriting or misspell a word. But your Bible is a part of your legacy. I have my grandmother's and my great-grandmothers Bibles. They are full of four-leaf clovers and obituaries cut from the newspaper. I want my children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren to be able to look back through my Bible and see what spoke to me, where I struggled, what verses I was working on memorizing. This, to me, is a great legacy to leave.
If you don't want to doodle directly in your Bible, try buying a journal and seeing what images God's Word stirs in your mind. Above all, don't get caught up in the details. It's about drawing closer to Him and for HIS glory!
Friday, February 20, 2015
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Jenni, you know I have been interested in this whole concept, even though I lack in the creativity dept....but love the thought of all these journaling Bibles being passed down through the years!ReplyDelete
I've always taken notes in my bibles and I have my mothers and grandmother's bibles. I'm constantly reading their notes. But in November I started adding art and I love it. It truly enhances my study time and I spend more time thinking on the Word and how I will visual it. Glad you are enjoying it.ReplyDelete
What a neat and fun idea! I'm not sure I'm artistic enough to pull it off, but I do love lettering!ReplyDelete
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Ah, yes, what is SEO writing? Is it keyword stuffed nonsense that is solely created to attract search engine traffic, or is it masterfully crafted content that incorporates thoughtful keyword selections and surrounds those keywords with excellent relevant content. My vote is for the latter. SEO content writing is essentially the icing on the cake of a solidly built foundation that incorporates clean and well-structured code, and simple and easy to crawl taxonomy and site structure. It takes a lot of planning and a bit of skill to pull it off properly.
What Good SEO Writing Is Not
Let's quickly go over what SEO writing is not, and hopefully this will clear up any misconceptions that you have.
- Keyword stuffed garbage – Some people seem to think that all you have to do is get the right keyword phrase, and only that one keyword phrase, into an article as many times as possible in order for it to rank. This is absolutely wrong. The Algorithm is pretty smart. As long as you get the right keyword phrases in a couple of places, and surround it with relevant content, Google will figure it out.
- A Recipe for Automatic Ranking – No matter how good your keyword selection is, and how well you've incorporated these selections into your content, an article is not going to rank on these merits alone. You have to have a solid (authoritative in your niche) domain, and/or you have to get links to your article. This is done a myriad of ways, but backlinking methods are beyond the scope of this article.
So What Makes for Good SEO Writing?
- Great keyword selection – Good SEO content requires a solid amount of planning with good keyword selection and grouping. I go more into how to write seo articles in the article linked to there, but it's a process of finding semantically related keywords, and grouping them according to similarity. You want to target the phrase you think will be the most visitors or the best, most qualified visitors if you are selling something.
- Including your keyword in the title (and URL) – Once you've planned out your content strategy, you will have 1 main keyword for each article and several secondary longtail keyword phrases. Your main keyword should be incorporated into the title, but the title doesn't have to consist only of the keyword phrase. In the case of this article here, you can probably tell I'm targeting the phrase "What is SEO writing?." This makes for a good title in and of itself, but there are other phrase like "SEO Content" that would make for a pretty lame title. Your URLs should also match your titles. If you use WordPress this is accomplished by using the "Post Name" version of the URLs. More on that at the WordPress website here.
- Thoughtful keyword placement – As a general rule, you want to have your keyword not only in the title, but somewhere in the intro, conclusion, and up to a few times within the content. You don't have to repeat the phrase over and over, and having multiple similar phrase will establish the content piece as being about the keyword you're targeting. Don't follow the old rules of having the keyword in your content at 3 or 4 percent, because this will probably look ridiculous especially if you are targeting a 3 or more word phrase. It would look pretty stupid if I just wrote "What is SEO content writing" throughout this article, wouldn't it? It looks kinda stupid right there, but that's okay, it had to happen.
- Written for people first, the machine second – Despite its apparent omniscience, The Google Algorithm is just a machine, albeit a clever one. You do have to feed it the right information (keywords) in order for it to know how to classify your content. Never remember though, that Google isn't your audience or your customer. You're always writing for your audience or customers first, so be helpful, and interesting while incorporating your keyword phrase. This is a difficult skill to master, but if you're good, like me, you can do it almost effortlessly. If you can't get the hang of it you can always hire an SEO content writer. Me, for example.
Hopefully I've answered that deep burning question: what is SEO writing? If you have any further questions, you can always leave a comment below.


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Narrated by: Simon Bubb
Published by Thomas Nelson on Aug 31, 2010
Genres: Adult, Time Travel
Format: Audiobook from Purchased
Find the book: Amazon, Goodreads
It is the ultimate quest for the ultimate treasure. Chasing a map tattooed on human skin. Across an omniverse of intersecting realities. To unravel the future of the future.
Kit Livingstone's great-grandfather appears to him in a deserted alley during a tumultuous storm. He reveals an unbelievable story: that the ley lines throughout Britain are not merely the stuff of legend or the weekend hobby of deluded cranks, but pathways to other worlds. To those who know how to use them, they grant the ability to travel the multi-layered universe of which we ordinarily inhabit only a tiny part.
One explorer knew more than most. Braving every danger, he toured both time and space on voyages of heroic discovery. Ever on his guard and fearful of becoming lost in the cosmos, he developed an intricate code--a roadmap of symbols--that he tattooed onto his own body. This Skin Map has since been lost in time. Now the race is on to recover all the pieces and discover its secrets.
But the Skin Map itself is not the ultimate goal. It is merely the beginning of a vast and marvelous quest for a prize beyond imagining.
I've had this book on my wishlist for quite a while, so when it went on sale at Audible, I snatched up a copy. I'm so glad I did! This was a fun time travel story, complex yet understandable with lots of interesting parts.
The story focuses mostly on Kit and his adventures, but there are interspersing chapters for his girlfriend Wilhemina, who gets "lost" in time when Kit tries to show her what he did. Her chapters were my favourite. She assimilated into her new location and time so well, and started to make a very interesting life for herself. I was almost sad every time the narration flipped back to Kit because her sections were so intriguing.
Don't get me wrong, Kit's adventures were interesting, but they lacked the smoothness of Wilhemina's story. Kit's chapters tended to be a bit jerky, and sometimes confusing as things happened in fits and bursts, but the overall adventure was fun to witness.
The audiobook was a good way to enjoy the story. The narration was excellent, with great accents. Again, Wilhemina's chapters were the best as the accents and voices fit those characters perfectly. All the voices were fitting for the characters, and the overall feel was very melodious.
I'm so glad I finally moved this book from wishlist to read. It was intriguing and fun. The audiobook was a great experience, and I plan to continue on to book 2, preferably in audiobook format. I love a good accented narration!


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The best business books in 2015 explored a variety of subjects in 2015, according to the numerous "best of lists" that are floating around the Internet. Here are a few:
• Named the business book of the year by The Financial Times and McKinsey & Co., "The Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future," by Martin Ford, looks at the evolution of artificial intelligence from simple task-based machines into programs that can replace service workers, journalists, and programmers.
It not only details what machine intelligence and robots can accomplish, but also urges people to face the implications.
• Topping the list of the Strategy+Business' list of Best Business Books of 2015 in the leadership category is "Every Town is a Sports Town: Business Leadership at ESPN, from the Mailroom to the Boardroom," by George Bodenheimer.
It's a memoir about Bodenheimer, a long-time behind-the-scenes-head at ESPN. It touches on all facets of business leadership and provides practical examples for how Bodenheimer applied state-of-the-art thinking about leadership.
• "Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead," by Laszlo Bock made Fast Company's list of 10 books in 2015.
Bock, the head of People Operations at Google, gives readers a blueprint for attracting talent and ensuring they succeed while also showing how to build a better company from within.
• Do you want to be better at predicting the future? Check out "Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction."
In the book, which made Bloomberg Business' list of best of books of 2015, authors Philip E. Tetlock and Dan Gardner show how good forecasting doesn't require powerful computers or secret methods. Instead it involves gathering evidence from a variety of sources, thinking probabilistically, working in teams, keeping score, and being willing to admit you're wrong and change course.
• In "Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future," technology journalist Ashlee Vance gives a look into the life of Musk, Silicon Valley's most audacious entrepreneur. The New York Times bestseller tells the story of Musk, from his upbringing in South Africa to the pinnacle of the global business world.
Now it's your turn. What was the best business book that you read this year?
Send titles, a brief synopsis, and why it tops your list to Senior Editor Jennifer Woldt.


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By Carl Pepin, SeacoastOnline
BEND, Ore. --- Bradford Perley has been racing mountain bikes for a long, long time. And now after all those races the Kennebunk High grad (Class of 2007) can call himself a national champion.
The 23-year-old Perley won the senior men's 19-29 race on Sept. 15 at USA Cycling's Marathon Mountain Bike Nationals in Bend, Ore.
Perley completed the course in 4:03.36, more than three minutes ahead of the runner-up. He races for Champion Systems/Cannondale out of Banner Elk, N.C.
The former Ram graduated from Lees-McRae College (in Banner Elk) in May with a business degree. When he's not racing, he's coaching at Brevard College (Brevard, N.C.) and has started to coach other cyclists as well.
Perley has had eight top 10 finishes in the 15 races he's competed in this year. Prior to his championship win in Oregon a couple weeks ago, Perley's top finish was a second-place effort at Stump Jump 2012 in Spartanburg, S.C. on April 22.
His other top 10 finishes include: ninth at the 2012 USA Cycling Collegiate Cyclo-Cross Nationals in January; sevent at The Shootout on Anglers Ridge in March; fourth at the Southeastern Regional Championship #2 on April 1; 10th at the Catawba Riverfront Classic in May; fifth at the Southeastern Regional Championship #7 in June; fifth at the Southeastern Regional Championship #10 on Aug. 5; and eighth at The Sizzler on Aug. 12.
Perley raced in 57 events in 2011 and he has a busy schedule planned for the remainder of this year as well.


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: Stop Attack is an assault-response application for your phone. When activated it becomes a virtual witness to assaults (verbal or physical) capturing moment-by-moment details via video and audio recordings, which are sent directly to secured cloud storage in real time. Even if you only capture a few moments of footage before you drop your device or it is broken, those precious recordings can be accessed later and used as evidence. Damage to the phone will not affect the recordings already sent to the cloud.


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All Hopped Up: Drugs In America [rebroadcast]
To date, four states have legalized recreational marijuana, 23 states allow it for medical purposes and at least another five are expected to pass marijuana-related legislation this year. Meanwhile, heroin addiction and abuse of prescription painkillers are becoming a national epidemic. We have a checkered past where drug usage is concerned. Brian, Ed and Peter start this episode by looking at the 19th century, when opium and cocaine were legal. Along the way, we'll explore the influence of the medical establishment, as well as the role of drugs in popular culture.


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Kejriwal vs Jung: HC Judgement Has Created a Monarchy in Delhi
In the ongoing, two-year tussle between the Aam Aadmi Party's Delhi government and the BJP-led Centre, the Delhi High Court judgement on a batch of writ petitions seeking clarity on the role of the lieutenant governor has tilted the balance in favour of the Union government.
The Delhi High Court, in a batch of petitions filed by the AAP government against the Centre, and petitioners challenging decisions of the Delhi government, has held, among other things, that the Arvind Kejriwal's council of ministers cannot take any decisions without the approval of the lieutenant governor. Its decision is based on an interpretation of clause (4) of Article 239AA of the Constitution which prescribes that the council of ministers have to give the L-G aid and advice, but where the L-G disagrees with the minister, the L-G is entitled to refer the matter to the President for a decision.
Establishing L-G's Superiority
In effect, the Delhi High Court has firmly and categorically re-asserted Delhi's status as a "Union Territory" for constitutional purposes – one that is ruled essentially by the administrator (in this case, the lieutenant governor) who is an appointee and agent of the Centre. Unlike the governor of a state, who is largely a symbolic figurehead except in some situations (as the Supreme Court recently reiterated), the L-G, according to the Delhi High Court, has the final say in all executive functions of the Delhi government.
On its own terms, this interpretation is not untenable. It is entirely plausible on a plain reading of Article 239AA. Other Union Territories, after all, are governed similarly and Article 239AA, according to the high court, does not in any way take away from the powers of the lieutenant governor. The high court also contrasts the lieutenant governor's position under the Constitution to that of the governor who has to act solely on the aid and advice of the council of ministers in a state.
Merely because the interpretation is tenable, is it necessarily the right one? I don't think so.
Mini Monarchy in Delhi
The high court's interpretation, carried to its logical conclusion, creates a mini-monarchy – it implies that the lieutenant governor is the one who is the true ruler of Delhi while the chief minister, council of ministers and the legislative assembly merely advise him in the exercise of his powers and the laws that should be passed.
In effect, the National Capital Territory of Delhi is ruled like an erstwhile princely state, such as Mysore or Travancore which also had representative assemblies that exercised no real power. Given that the LG is appointed by the Union government as well, he is, to use a colonial analogy, both the ruler of the state and also the resident appointed by the government as its agent.
What the high court has perhaps lost sight of, and failed to take into account, is that the Union Territories in India are all not governed alike. There are, in fact, two broad kinds – Union Territories without a legislative assembly (e.g. Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep) and Union Territories with legislative assemblies (Puducherry and Delhi).
Who Rules Delhi?
- Delhi High Court, in its recent order has established the supremacy of
the Lieutenant Governor over the Chief Minister.
- A literal interpretation of the court's order gives a sense that Delhi is a monarchy with CM and his council of ministers supposed to
advise the L-G.
- The high court order fails to address the fact that Delhi
is different from other union territories as far as the existence of an elected assembly
is concerned.
- HC's order has resulted in a situation where L-G's authority seems to be overarching.
- Hopefully, the Supreme Court will reverse the decision.
Is Delhi Different from other UTs?
Even Delhi and Puducherry are not exactly alike – while Puducherry's legislative assembly has only so many powers and functions as the Parliament allows it to have, the Delhi assembly's powers to pass laws are directly traceable to the Constitution.
Under the Constitution, all of Puducherry's assembly members need not be elected at all, whereas constitutionally, all of Delhi's are to be elected by the city's voters. While it may not be a state in the strict sense, of all the Union Territories, Delhi is not a Union Territory ruled directly by the Union either.
Supremacy of State Assembly
What the high court's interpretation does not take into account is that the restrictions placed on the powers of the Delhi council of ministers and assembly are by way of exception, keeping Delhi's position as a national capital in mind. On the contrary, it makes the exception the rule by ignoring the purposes for which the Constitution vests an elected assembly and government for Delhi.
Ultimately though, the high court's interpretation goes against the grain of the basic features of our Constitution: parliamentary democracy. The Westminster model of government enshrined in our Constitution was the result of a slow and steady accrual of power in the hands of the elected representatives of the people from an absolute monarch. The high court's interpretation reverses this trend, concentrating all the power in the hands of the L-G and the final say in decision making.
One hopes that in appeal the Supreme Court sees the implications of the Delhi High Court's judgement and interprets Article 239AA differently to restore the democratic supremacy of the assembly.
(The writer is a Senior Resident Fellow at Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. He can be reached at @alokpi)
Also read:
Elections a 'Tamasha' If L-G Has All Power, Writes AAP's Ashutosh
After Delhi HC Order on Jung Issue, AAP Must Focus on Governance
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Should Cats Live Indoors?
Posted on : 12/18/2013 12:37:19 AM
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Should Cats Live Indoors?
From the Editors of
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Cats live happily in many different kinds of homes. Whether it's a mansion or an efficiency apartment, a houseboat or a camper, cats accommodate well.
The strongly conditioned comforts of home include warmth and shelter, food, at least one reliably cleaned litter box, soft places in which to sleep and groom, and a kind, social atmosphere with both human and animal family members. Throw in some good petting and scratching, and perhaps some toys to bat around, and you have the formula for feline contentment. But what about the fun of the outdoors? Do cats need to go outside, perhaps to hunt? What about exercise and sunshine? In fact, cats can have all their needs met while safely indoors.
Safety is the most important issue, and for this reason many veterinarians recommend keeping cats exclusively indoors. It's just simple math: The average lifespan of an indoor cat is 12 to 16 years, while the average lifespan of an outdoor cat is three to five years. Why the big difference? First, cats are among the most frequently killed animals on the road, and this is especially true in rural areas where cars travel particularly fast. Cats may fall prey to neighborhood predators, including dogs, birds of prey and coyotes. The social life of an outdoor cat also includes other cats, and injuries resulting from cat fights are not uncommon. The outside world also harbors many hidden toxins. Although feline taste buds are much more fastidious than those of dogs or small children, cats do fall victim to such poisons as automotive anti-freeze, rodent bait, or metaldehyde, a slug poison. There are also health issues to consider -- susceptible cats can fall victim to feline leukemia virus, feline immunodeficiency virus, rabies virus, parasites and other diseases.
In addition to the risks to safety and health, behavior problems may develop as a result of going outdoors. Cats no longer need to hunt in order to be happy, any more than they need to breed. As territorial creatures, cats are very sensitive to the presence, even the smells or sounds, of other cats in the neighborhood. Once back indoors, they are then more likely to spray urine or pick a fight with other cats in their own home.
Given all these cautions, then, how do we convince cats that it is best to just watch the world from the window ledge? The easiest way is to decide before bringing them home, and to raise them indoors. Cats accustomed to the indoors usually make no attempt to escape because of their innate caution about the unknown. But for cats who have experienced the outdoors, the transition from indoor-and-outdoor to indoor-only takes some planning and a few precautions.
Although some cats appear to accept this change with little protest, for others the transition may be a little more difficult. Owners can help by making the outdoor-to-indoor transition gradual (for example, by letting the cat out later each morning and calling her in earlier each evening). Whether the changeover is gradual or abrupt, some protest is to be expected. Be prepared for escape attempts -- these can be minimized if family members come and go through a different door for awhile. Cats can also be distracted by a dish of delicious food just before owners leave the house.
Cats are creatures of habit who live habitual lives, but habits can be changed. Learning to live indoors is ultimately the safest choice.
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