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As of now, the Minnesota Twins Prospect Handbook – 2011 is now available at LuLu.com. The price for the 170 page book will be set at $14.95. Here is a quick bullet-point version of what you can expect to find inside the book's pages.
- A huge thank you to Brian Henricksen who took a lot of pictures in New Britain the last few years and created what I believe to be a very cool cover for this year's book. See it on the right, let me know what you think. Danny Valencia is on the cover with the question "Which Prospect(s) Will Help the Twins in 2011?"
- An article on the Rochester Red Wings by Josh Whetzel, their radio and TV play-by-play guy since 2003.
- An article on New Britain Stadium by Jeff Dooley, the team's Direct of Broadcasting and their play-by-play guy on the radio.
- An article on the Ft. Myers Miracle by their play-by-play broadcaster Alex Margulies.
- An article on the Beloit Snappers by Jeff Vohs, the team's General Manager.
- Over 160 profiles of Twins minor leaguers from AJ Achter to Alex Wimmers. It also includes my choices for the Top 5 Prospects in the Dominican Summer League.
- From Top Prospect Kyle Gibson to Roy Larson, a University of St. Thomas grad signed by the Twins after the season.
- From Brett Jacobson (acquired in the JJ Hardy trade) to Rule 5 pick Scott Diamond.
- Q&A with Danny Valencia: Major Leaguer – an interview with Valencia after his rookie season came to an end.
- Interviews with Minor League Player of the Year, Joe Benson, and Minor League Pitcher of the Year, Kyle Gibson.
- Stories from the 2010 Draft – article on the Twins draft and what stories on five of the players that the Twins selected.
- Nate Hanson: Minnesota's Own – I wrote an article Chaska native and former Gopher Nate Hanson who had a nice breakout season in Ft. Myers in 2010.
- Winning vs Development – an essay by Twins Minor League Weekly co-host Travis Aune (Travis Twins Talk).
- In the Right Direction – by Josh Johnson (Josh's Thoughts) – an article on the progress made in 2011 by Twins 1B prospect Chris Parmelee.
- An article on the Northwoods League, specifically on Twins minor leaguers who have participated in the collegiate wood bat league.
- Lists and Rankings – includes Top 10 lists from many of your favorite Twins minor league bloggers and other experts.
- Includes my Top 30 Prospects for 2011, and looks back and my Top 30s from the past 5 years.
Obviously the profiles are the meat and potatoes of the entire book. I've been following the Twins minor leagues for the last six or seven years. Over the past years, I've been fortunate to gain several contacts which has really helped fuel my interest in minor league baseball and the Twins system. The fact is that when the Twins had a $65 million payroll, they built from within with a strong farm system. Even now, with a $115 million payroll, that philosophy doesn't, and shouldn't, change. We are seeing that now, as the Twins have lost five free agent relief pitchers and seem content to trust the arms that have developed in their minor league system or other younger players they have received in trades.
I like to consider this a Must-Have for Twins fans. I envision it sitting on your coffee table, so any time that the radio or TV announcers mention a Twins minor leaguer, you can learn more about them. Impress your friends and family with your incredible knowledge of the players throughout the Twins system. Will all 160 prospects get to the big leagues? Of course not, but I believe that they all deserve to be recognized. As I've included in all three Prospect Handbooks:
Minor league baseball players are doing all the same work that the big leaguers do. They are just doing it with far less fanfare, smaller per diems, less luxurious travel and hotel arrangements, and noticeably lighter wallets due to pay checks with far fewer zeroes. These players deserve to be recognized too!
If you are interested in ordering your copy(ies) of the Minnesota Twins Prospect Handbook – 2011, it is available now at LuLu.com.
If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at email@example.com.


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The Transformation of night into day happens once every 24 hours yet half the world probably never see it. A portion of those probably wish they didn't and the rest probably get sick of it. I'm in the later group.
When I was in my late teens/ early twenties seeing sunrise at least once a week was a challenge. The number of times we sat up with two specific intentions, to drink all the beer and see the sun rise, was ridiculous. Sometime we succeeded other times we didn't, but we kept trying anyway.
When I was driving all night that transformation between night and day was always the worst part of the shift. Even without the sun shining into the truck there was something mental (other than the driver) that happened as the day began to dawn. When I've spoken about this with people they often make jokes about it being vampire like behaviour, and in a way it is, expect for me it only last about an hour. But it was usually the worst hour of my shift.
As the day would being to rise and the eastern horizon began to light up, even on a cloudy and wet morning, the brain has to begin to adapt before the head does. It's been in varying degrees of darkness for anything up to eight hours. There may have been street lights, store lights and even car lights but the brain knows they are artificial and before long they will be back in the darkness.
For me sunrise was the absolute worst time to be on the road, not because of the bright sun (although sunset is worse to drive into) but because the brain wanted to go to sleep. I could be wide awake at 4:30am and cruising nicely but at the first rays of daylight my eyes became heavy and I would struggle to stay awake. Annoyingly enough the overnight country music radio station I listened to stopped at 5am and turned to stupid breakfast chit chat which was mind numbing. Smoking and opening the window didn't help, it was just one of those things, as the day dawned my brain wanted to sleep.
Being on the open highway at the time was the worst, a lack of cars, the sun and a tired and weary brain. Not only that as the sun rose so did the animals, kangaroos, wombats, birds, even cows that had escaped their fences. While I was struggling to stay awake they were waking up and looking for feed, not for the big silver bullbar of the truck.
Looking at the data for our company alone (at the time there was 10 trucks and 17 drivers) more than 78% of the accidents we had were in that transformation time. Some were minor, dents and scratches, some were more serious and required repairs, some required tow trucks and one even resulted in a death. But the figures were overwhelming, the hardest time of our shifts was as the sun rose and the brain tried to sleep. The biggest problem was that such things were just the nature of the beast, part of the job. I was lucky in that I was able to change my shift and most days I was parked and often asleep during that transformation time but not everyone had that luxury.
Weirdly enough having given up night shifts on the road that transformation time of day is still a major pain in the butt for me, but for a different reason. These days it's because that's the time I wake up whether I want to or not. I can go to bed at 2am and as soon as the sun rises and those first rays of light begin lighting up the house I am awake. If only it worked that way when I was on the road the mechanics and panel beaters would have been out of work!


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|Meet our tour guide and bus then take a 3.5-hour bus drive through fertile rice fields to Halong Bay. Have a break en-route in Hai Duong City to free your legs.
|Board our Cruise and start cruising among limestone islands and photograph of stunning landscapes of Halong
|Savor your lunch on board while passing by beautiful Stone Dog, Incense Burner Islet.
|Stop at a fishing village to see local fish-men community and know more about their life. Cruising further to take photos of Halong Bay symbol, a "Fighting cock" rock.
|Visit Thien Cung "Heavenly Palace" cave, the most beautiful in Halong Bay. Get back and cruise more around emerald water.
|Stop at the harbor again to catch the bus to Hanoi.
|Arrival in Hanoi.Tour ends
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One Day trip to Halong bay We had the 1 day trip booked through our hotel with Nick, a tour guide from Hanoi. The whole trip is good especially the tour guide. He has very good knowledge of Vietnam and Halong bay. During the trip, We had lunch on the boat, then kayaking and the cave. The only thing that i dont like is that it takes almost 4 hours on the bus to get to Halong bay. And the road condition is not good, quite bumpy actually. But in short, for those who dont have much time, 1 day trip is enough to discover the beauty of Halong bay
We travelled to Halong bay on 27th Feb and had an amazing day. The trip was long but it gave us a chance to see real people at work and a look at real life. The tour guide Mr Hieu or Nick was very entertaining and very knowledgeable. The time on the bay was very relaxing and the food was very good. Even my partner who was a vegan was catered for. The caves and sights were breath taking. Mr zoom the driver was safe and whilst a long drive it was comfortable. Thank you for great memories.
I would like to to recommend daily trips with Mr. trung and his trip company. Excelent organisation, almost perfect English (what is not very common in Vietnam), interesting stories about culture, present and past Vietnam. Everything on time. Even though Mr. Trung's day was very busy and exhausting the smile did not disappear from his face even for one second. Once again we higly recommend!
We took a day trip to Halong Bay. This trip has everything that was promised in the itinerary. We enjoyed every bit of the trip and were amazed by the stunning rocks and mountains even though the coach ride to pier was a bit long. The kayaking in Halong Bay was also fun. A big thank to our tour guide Sunny Nguyen, he is very caring and funny guide
Xin chào! Today we visited Ha Long Bay on a day trip from Hanoi with "The Light Travel". Our tour guide, Hieu (a.k.a. Nick) was really nice and funny, he explained us a lot about the country and the vietnamese people. We enjoyed our trip, and hope to see you and Ha Long again soon! :) Sarah and Sebastian


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Dear Brad,
Thanks for the happy ending.
A lot of enthusiasm and good will went into a video of our kids appealing to you to visit Field Club Elementary. We were delighted with your courteous response, inviting everyone to your free college show.
But as you said, bedtime isn't taken into consideration when you plan concerts. A late-night field trip to another city with over six hundred kids was a security nightmare and a logistic impossibility. Instead, a group of staff members planned to attend the show and express their appreciation.
When a news outlet reported that students had been "denied" non-existent "tickets" to the show, reaction from the community was harsh. Needless to say, it stung. How could our good intentions have been so badly misinterpreted? We felt like someone had shot our dog, Brad.
But the principal and staff at Field Club believe in positivity. They think in terms of challenges rather than adversities, and they carried on–like they do every day–with their mission of preparing kids for college. They planned an end-of-the-week pep rally to highlight school spirit and college pride.
As we led kids in to the assembly, we saw security posted around the building. Exciting rhythms emanated from the gym, and the air suddenly felt electric. As realization replaced disbelief, I saw tears well up in the eyes of your biggest fan. "Is Mrs. D. crying?" one of our third graders asked. "She's crying because she's so happy," I told him.
You rocked the school house, Brad.
Your "country nation grade school gig" ensured you a new generation of fans, but it did a lot more than that. At Field Club, kids learn that with heart and hard work, big dreams are possible. Thanks for driving home that message. Thanks for taking the time to show our kids that they matter. You also boosted the spirits of a lot of caring adults who live every day going that extra mile for kids, so thanks for that, too. Brad Paisley, You're the best!


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This was my HAWMC prompt today: Pick someone else's blog post and write a comment to them, using your blog post as the way to communicate.
This. This is the post I needed to see.
I arrived late to the motherhood part of my life. Not just fashionably late, but the "Hey, there may be a few soggy canapés left on a tray over in the corner" kind of late. Truth be told, if it wasn't for hope (and a hell of a lot of doctors), I wouldn't be spending my evenings breathing in the intoxicating scent of my daughter as we rock to sleep.
So, I'm a big fan of hope. It can be raised up, floated, or have wings. It can sometimes be dashed. But you, Moira, showed me that it's a tangible thing and that I'll be able to touch it one day soon.
I've said before that I'm not holding my breath for a Type 1 diabetes cure. (Blue, while being a big awareness color for diabetes, is not a particularly beautiful skin shade.) An artificial pancreas is not a panacea, but right now, I'm like that girl you see in old footage of The Beatles who passes out when the first strains of Love Me Do waft into her ears. I am swooning on shaky legs.
I want to thank you for this:
All these years of walk teams and gala donations and scraping together what we can for friend's efforts and asking my friends over and over to give and give more?
It's not just pie in the sky. On Wednesday, I looked at what those donations have done for Lauren and the world. It's real. The hope is real. I freaking held hope in the palm of my hand.
All those walk teams? Those donations? What you held in your hand?
You, and all those moms and dads who watch over us?
You never gave up.
You never gave up hope.
And because of that, we'll all be able to hold it in our hands soon.
Thank you.


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text: The father of one of the 37 Prisons Service staff killed in the Carmel Fire said on Tuesday that the state comptroller had failed to give bereaved families the answers he promised about the disaster.Speaking at a special Knesset State Control Committee hearing regarding the state comptroller's recent report into the December 2010 blaze on Mount Carmel near Haifa, David Dayan, whose son Yochai died in the fire, said the government must carry out an in-depth audit of failures that led to the deaths."We divide the first day of the disaster into two things, the Carmel Fire and the bus disaster.The State Comptroller's Report dealt with the Carmel Fire disaster. It did not deal with the bus disaster," Dayan added, referring to the Prisons Service bus that was engulfed with flames on December 2, 2010, in which his son died."[Outgoing state comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss] promised to give us answers within four months and it took over a year and a half – and in the end we are left with no answers at all," Dayan said, adding that bereaved families were now calling on the government to establish a commission of inquiry to probe the failures that led to the bus deaths."There is not a single police officer, Prisons Service guard or firefighter who stood up and said, 'I made a mistake.' Not even their commanders," Dayan said. "We came here today to demand a clear answer to what happened to those cadets on the bus."As Dayan spoke, a young boy behind him – another bereaved family member – wiped away tears.Forty-four people died in the five-day fire, the worst in the state's history. Among them were 37 Prisons Service staff, mostly cadets, who died along with their driver when their bus was engulfed by flames.They were on the way to Damon Prison to evacuate its inmates. Three senior police officers, two firefighters and a 16-year-old volunteer firefighter also died.The fire caused widespread damage to land and property, totaling million of shekels. An estimated 1.5 million trees were destroyed.At the start of Tuesday's packed Control Committee hearing, at which members of around 40 bereaved families were present, the committee stood for a minute of silence to remember those who died.As the meeting opened, committee chairman MK Uri Ariel (National Union) sharply criticized Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz for failing to attend.Steinitz, whom the comptroller's report said should take "special responsibility" for the disaster, sent his apologies and asked his deputy to attend the hearing in his stead."We do not excuse anyone," Ariel said, referring to Steinitz."Everyone named in the report must attend. There is nothing to fear by coming here, we are not a court and God forbid we are not executioners."In a blistering attack on Steinitz, Ariel noted that the State Control Committee has the authority to compel people to attend, and warned he would use that power in future if necessary. "The Carmel disaster could have been avoided, if someone had taken responsibility," he said. "But the most worrying thing is that nobody has admitted error or asked for forgiveness. How can it be so hard for someone who makes a mistake to admit that mistake?" The chairman added that there would be a further meeting on August 7 in which Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu would participate.Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, who also attended the hearing, joined Ariel's criticism of Steinitz, saying the finance minister was obliged by the Knesset to deal with the report's findings and stressed that Steinitz could not disavow himself of that responsibility by sending his deputy.Lindenstrauss's scathing probe into the Carmel Fire, published last month, said Interior Minister Eli Yishai as well as Steinitz should take "particular responsibility" for serious failures in the country's firefighting system.The report slammed Steinitz for making desperately needed funding for the firefighting service contingent on extensive, long-term reforms.Meanwhile, Lindenstrauss said Yishai failed to take responsibility for the firefighting services' operational readiness in an emergency, even though he did press for more funding.Also present at the meeting were Yishai, new State Comptroller Joseph Shapira and Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch.Yishai appeared tense during the hearing, briefly holding his head in his hands as Ariel said the report revealed a "harsh reality of conflict within government ministries.""Sometimes it appears as if [ministries] forgot about their responsibility vis-à-vis the public," Ariel said, adding that there had been "leadership blindness."Yishai admitted to the meeting that the "writing was on the wall" when he began his tenure as interior minister three years ago."I saw a firefighting system that had serious deficiencies, because of the fact that funding had been made conditional on reform," Yishai said. "I saw that this could be a problem, but I never predicted such a serious disaster," the interior minister added.When it was the turn of Aharonovitch – whose ministry oversees the police and the Prisons Service – to speak, Ariel said the report had hid hard at the police's image.Ariel asked Aharonovitch to reconsider whether those in the Israel Police, Fire Service and Prisons Service whom the report had named as having failed in their roles should be allowed to remain in their jobs."It's is untenable that someone the report marked as having failed should be promoted," Ariel said.Aharonovitch demurred, however.He said his ministry was dealing with the issues and suggestions raised in the report. "I am responsible for the police and the Prisons Service, and I have a parliamentary and ministerial responsibility, and recently the responsibility for the fire services was also transferred to me, after the Carmel Fire. I did not wait for the draft [comptroller's] report, from early on we sent investigatory teams out to the organizations [we are in charge of]," he said.The public security minister said that in the Fire Service there were large gaps in procurement, equipment, resources and training.Regarding reform, Aharonovitch said he had made a plan that there would be funding of NIS 1.5. billion every five years to establish the new system, and that on Monday his ministry received NIS 1.1b. to be used over six years."The fire system was neglected for decades," he added, echoing Yishai's earlier remarks.Aharonovitch said his comments came after he, Netanyahu and Steinitz presented a plan on Monday for reform, according to which local fire services would be replaced by a national fire and rescue service.According to the new model, a national fire and rescue service will be established to replace the individual fire services that operate in local authorities.Boaz Aner, director of the State Comptroller's Office, listed a number of failures of the emergency services, including that after the fire broke out in 2010, nobody had consulted with the country's meteorological services to ask what direction the blaze could take.Labor chairwoman Shelley Yechimovich said responsibility for the fire rested with the Treasury, saying that the fire services had "called out for help," and had made it clear that they were unable to function properly or to save lives.Yechimovich slammed as "ridiculous" the finance minister's response to the Carmel Fire report."The minister's argument that [funding the fire service without reform] would have meant the end of fiscal discipline is ridiculous," she said."But we know the power of the Treasury. They dictate fiscal policy for ministries, but when it comes to the issue of responsibility, suddenly they are petty officials."


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This impressive Bugatti Chiron can accelerate from rest to 400 km/h and decelerate to a complete stop in merely 42 seconds! Our normal cars on the expressway travel about 90 km/h and the F1 race yesterday night is about 300 km/h. This Bugatti Chiron is faster than most bullet trains and comparable to the speed of a magnetic levitation train!
Before we look at the video, let's do some calculations:
Let's find the acceleration of the car to reach 400 km/h in 32.6 sec:
Converting 400 km/h to m/s: 400km/1h = 400 000m/3600s =111 m/s
acceleration, a = (v – u)/t = (111 – 0) / 32.6 = 3.4 m/s2
hmmm…. this acceleration doesn't seem impressive… it is way below free fall acceleration!
But we are not being fair here. To achieve the max speed of 400 km/h is not easy due to the resistive force (air resistance and friction) as speed increases. We should compare fairly the acceleration to reach 100 km/h instead like how we typically compare sports car like Ferrari etc.
Let's find the acceleration of the car to reach 100 km/h (27.8 m/s) in 2.4 sec:
acceleration, a = (v – u)/t = (27.8 – 0) / 2.4 = 11.6 m/s2
This is greater than acceleration due to gravity (free fall) and much faster than most sports cars in the market like Ferrari or Lamborghini!
Now, let's find the deceleration of the car when it slows down from 400 km/h to a complete stop in 41.9 – 32.6 = 9.36 s
acceleration, a = (v – u)/t = (0 – 111) / 9.36 = -11.9 m/s2
Take note of the spoiler being activated when it decelerates. This increases the drag (air resistance) to slow down the car, in addition to using the normal brakes. It is the same principle as the aeroplane when it lands and slows down on the runway.


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ATVs: Destroying the Climate and Environment for Fun
another "poker run"
It was a strange meeting of different worlds. Two weeks ago 127 ATVs from a club in the next county tore up our roads on a "poker run" fundraiser for a local volunteer fire department. This isn't legal in our municipality and was incredibly loud and disruptive, so we called the police. Since the local police chief didn't want to arrest the local fire chief, they sent an articulate representative to apologize, sort of.
Because he didn't have much to apologize for, just the use of a short stretch of Muskoka municipal road that he thought was still in his county. The law in Ontario says that Crown land is open for any use; the government, which is owned by snowmobile inventor Bombardier and sublet to the various parties in power, promotes snowmobiling and ATVing as recreation and tourism lifelines for otherwise dying communities, and lots of people up here like their motorized recreation. Politicians don't mess with them if they want to get elected; it is only us summer city types who hug trees, they chop them up here.
On our side we had two local trappers from families working these woods for four generations, who say that every time a new ATV trail is cut, the noise and the fumes drive the animals further away. We had the year round home-schooling family that built a life up here, searching for quiet and peace, (and who lent me the bandwidth to be able to spend two glorious months in the woods this summer) but find it disrupted year round by snowmobiles and now ATVs, jeep clubs and dirtbikes.
The friendly and conciliatory ATV guy says, in the end, that we have to "grin and bear it"- his club has a land use permit letting them ride trails on crown land agreed to not by the Ministry, not by the government, but with HRH Queen Elizabeth II herself and we could suck on that. They won't do another poker run here, but those are nice trails (the FSC loggers just left) and they will be back to ride them.
I get that people need cars to get to work. I even get that our local trapper has an ATV to get to his trap lines.
But does anyone need to burn gas to pound through pristine forests, destroying habitat, wrecking trails and scaring animals and people alike? I don't think so.


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Craig's Mozambique Trip #2, Day 1!
I've begun the long journey back to Mozambique! For many of you, this may be a surprise – I hadn't mentioned it on Facebook or on this blog. It's been a busy several weeks from both a MI perspective and a personal perspective. I will depart Mozambique on May 2nd, arriving back in Missouri on May 3rd.
Before I get into where/what/when I'll be doing in Mozambique, I want to share a few of the happenings from the MI and personal perspective in this post because I do think my current mindset will impact this trip's tones, influences, and observations. The last 3 months have been a whirlwind from the MI perspective. I'll start there.
February, March, and April, brought several things around MI.
February Highlights: I interviewed and hired a fantastic intern (THANK YOU, Amanda!) who has been crafting Annual Conference and doing outreach to churches and their covenant partners that hadn't been done in years. I experienced and got the affirmation from the MidState dCOM to continue pursuing ordained ministry. Ezy and Naftal arrived on February 19 and were in Missouri until March 5.
March Highlights: I began researching issues for future MI growth and impact such as participating in disaster relief grants in partnership with Mozambique and really beginning the application process to Asbury. I also worked on the Giving Kits that we'll debut at Annual Conference.
April highlights: We expanded conversations with ICM Ministry to partner when we build chapels in Mozambique. This could be another growth idea with more to come in the future. I also outreached to partner churches who I'll be visiting in Mozambique to see if I could carry a message to them and began preparing for this trip.
Of course, this doesn't count the routine items including the financial accountability upkeep, responding to requests, and others items. Since February, I have had the opportunity to participate in worship at Hillsboro, Kirkwood, The Gathering, Manchester, Ashland, Belgrade, Rolla, and Waynesville.
Personally, things have arguably been even crazier. Please bear with me, remember, this is for context for the blogs while in Mozambique. Brittney and I trained for, ran in the GO! St. Louis Half Marathon. Brittney and I found out in February that we were going to be welcoming our first child in October.
This news began the planning for transitioning our foster son to continuing his move toward self-sustaining and living on his own. He is eligible today (yes, today) to get his driver's license, is antsy to purchase a car, and takes the HiSET exam next week. Of course, with any teenager, major life changes require lots of attention both from parents as details need to be worked out and transition anxiety sets in. Our household hasn't been immune to this.
We told both of our parents of us expecting during the Easter weekend, which was filled with mixed emotions because Brittney's grandmother passed away on Good Friday. Then, one week ago from today, as we hoped to see a heartbeat of our child, we found out that Brittney was miscarrying and the baby was gone.
Horrific. Disappointing. Feeling of Guilt. Sadness. Angry. Devastation. We are experiencing it all. We are incredibly blessed to have friends, family, and colleagues who have been supportive and loved on us through this process. Amidst the sadness, I have experienced people saying the perfect words but not realize the meaning of what they are saying to me, am working to listen listening, spent time in prayer, and reading "What Was Lost."
I won't bore you with details of how we're working to cope and see God amidst transitions and a hard time. This isn't the place for that. However, I felt that I owed it to you, to know my mindset going in. I'm raw. I'm grieving still. I'm in a place of knowing how precious life can be and is. I'm in a place of noting the importance of relationships in our lives. I'm sure these will be tones you'll hear in my writing over the next two weeks. Honestly, I need to write. I need to reflect. I hope it connects with you in some way.
My schedule over the next two weeks looks something like this – these are the big highlights.
April 21: Visit Queme UMC (No Missouri partner) Center of Hope
April 22: Ngongane Dedication primary school (Manchester UMC)
April 24: Worship at Tete UMC – Men's Conference occurring
April 25/26: Church Visits in Tete province
April 27: Dondo UMC
April 28/29: Churches of Messica, Munene, Makhate, Chimoio
May 1: Gondola Training Center Graduation/Worship
May 2: Depart for USA
Thank you for your prayers for safe travels, commitment to our partnership in Mozambique, and for participating in my journey with me.
One final reminder – I write these free flowing and relatively quick – so please excuse my poor grammar and/or spelling. :)
4/29/2016 04:56:01 am
I'm just now getting a chance to sit with your words, Craig. I'm so sorry for you and Brittany's loss. It must have been terribly difficult to leave! Our prayers are with you both as you journey and work to make these vital connections between churches and partners clearer and more meaningful and seek God's revelations for each experience. Thank you for your steadfast devotion to life-giving practices and loving relationships and your inspiring words! Love you dear ffriend!
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At slow shutter speeds, a blinking orange icon is displayed on the lower left portion of the G1X display. This icon is to warn you that shutter speeds may be too slow and that a tripod is needed. Once you know what it is, you realize that the icon is a shaky camera. So when does the warning appear?
I set up a simple experience in which focal length, shutter speed, aperture, Image Stabilization and ISO were varied and noted the fastest shutter speed for which the shake icon remained turned on. As suspected, ISO and aperture were quickly eliminated as having an effect. The shake icon activation logic is a simple function of focal length and shutter speed; however, Image Stabilization (IS) is definitely a factor.
There is an old rule-of-thumb of 35mm photography that says the slowest shutter speed that should be hand-held is 1/focal length. For example, when shooting a 100mm lens, a tripod should be used if the shutter speed is slower than 1/100 second. This "rule" was developed before the introduction of Image Stabilization. Of course, it is not a law of nature – only a rough guide for pointing to the need for a tripod. A little too much coffee and a tripod is always needed!
In very rough terms, the old 1/focal length rule applies to the G1X when IS is turned OFF. With IS turned ON, the shutter speed can be 3x slower before the shake icon appears. All these "calculations" (if indeed they are done) are then rounded off. Strangely (to me), the effects of digital zoom are not a factor. Also, the IS effect on shake icon activation is identical whether IS is for single shot or continuous. "Power IS" does not seem to matter.
I can remember the simple rule of thumb but here's a chart of the data.


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Volunteering is a valuable experience in a young person's development.
UTC Reading welcomes interest from all students in volunteering for the following activities:
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Taster events and activities for new students – you will give tours, provide support, and talk to prospective students about their interests, to help them.
Free events for young people aged 7-17 where they can learn to code with the help of mentors. These are held regularly at UTC Reading.
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According to a new report conducted by Professor Gordon Hughes, by 2020 the average UK household could expect to be paying a whopping 58% more on their electricity bills because of the Government's 'obsession' with wind power. Taking the average up to more than £300 extra per year, the report throws into question just how much of an impact the Government's green plans will have on the UK.
As one of the leading energy economists in the UK, Professor Gordon Hughes has been an advisor to the World Bank on their energy and environmental policy. Now working at the University of Edinburgh, Hughes warns that if the Government's plans to inundate land in fields, seas and coastlines with turbines were to go ahead, in just 8 years people will be feeling a massive impact through their electricity bills.
He also added that despite this massive wind power investment, greenhouse gases emitted by the UK may not even be seen to fall. With the amount of energy across the world produced by wind energy being at just 2%, there are plans to have it reach 10% by 2020, which is reported to be costing Britain a staggering £124 billion.
Huge commitment in technology that isn't 'green'.
Speaking about the report, Professor Hughes commented; "The key problems with current policies for wind power are simple.
"They require a huge commitment of investment to a technology that is not very green, in the sense of saving a lot of CO2, but which is certainly very expensive and inflexible.
"Unless the current Government scales back its commitment to wind power very substantially, its policy will be worse than a mistake, it will be a blunder.
"The average household electricity bill would increase from £528 per year at 2010 prices to a range from £730 to £840 in 2020."
Published by the Global Warming Policy Foundation, led by former Chancellor, Lord Lawson, the report has been given to the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change study for the Economics of Wind Power Committee.
Gas Cycle Plants would provide a cheaper option.
Hughes is also backed up by Professor Ian Fells of Newcastle University, who suggests that a much cheaper option lies in combined gas cycle plants, being 10 times cheaper at a cost of £13billion. He also went on to say, "Wind energy is the most expensive way of generating renewable electricity.
"It will also cost jobs. We are already seeing some industrial firms packing up and moving abroad. The increasing price of energy is going to be the next big political problem."
Diverse energy mix holds the answer.
Speaking out against the claims, a Government spokesperson said; "Wind power is a homegrown, secure and sustainable source of energy with an important role as part of a balanced energy mix.
"Over-reliance on any one technology could have serious consequences for consumer bills. That's why we want to see a diverse energy mix with renewables, nuclear, clean coal and gas all playing a part."


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Now that November is here the weather has enough of a chill in it to make hot soup a favorite for lunch or dinner. Whether your soup is made from scratch or poured from a can, there are some quick ways to "soup it up."
When making soup from scratch, select ingredients with color in mind. We eat with our eyes almost as much as we eat with our mouth. If all your vegetables are white it will look bland. Try adding sliced carrots, red or yellow peppers, or other colorful veggies.
Even if you are only warming up soup from a can there are several ways to add flavor at home. Add some heat with ground black pepper, cayenne, cumin, ginger, or chili peppers. Even if you're not planning on a spicy soup, just a dash or two can wake up the flavors. Add finely chopped fresh herbs at the last minute. They make everything taste better. And don't forget the dairy. A small amount of grated cheese or a dollop of yogurt or sour cream adds a few calories but a lot of taste.
Croutons aren't just for salad. When sprinkled on top of soup their crunchy texture provides a nice contrast. You can easily make croutons that are fresh and nicely flavored with herbs from your garden
To make croutons, begin with thick slices of flavorful bread. White bread will do but croutons made from sourdough, rye, or multigrain adds an extra dimension of flavor. You can even use leftover bagels. Most recipes call for using day-old bread. This takes advantage of the relatively low moisture content of the bread. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Take eight ounces of softened butter and add 1-2 tablespoons of your favorite herbs (e.g. one teaspoon each of garlic powder, basil, and oregano). Spread the herb butter on both sides of the bread slices before cutting them into bite-sized squares. Then bake them on a tray in a 350 degree oven for 5-8 minutes or just until they begin to brown. Watch closely to avoid burning. They should feel crisp and firm. If not, stir and return to the oven. Cool completely and store in an airtight container until you're ready to sprinkle them on your soup.
And now I'll conclude this post with a few "souper" jokes from the Soup Song website:
What do you call 2,000 pounds of Chinese Soup? Won Ton.
Some of the stuff that stares out of gumbo should not be allowed out except for Halloween.
Good manners: the noise you don't make when you're eating soup.
She makes soup so thick that when you stir it, the room goes round.
A bowl of alphabet soup a day is good for the vowels.
What do ducks have for lunch? Soup and quackers.


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The Philippine economy is projected to grow rapidly this year. Well, there is no doubt that Philippines can be the next tiger economy of the century assuming all other factors are constant. But what if those factors are not constant? Can we make it?
Last year (2012) the economy (real GDP) grew by 6.6%, one of the highest in Asia. The projection in 2013 is that economy will grow by 7%, magnifying our country as the next tiger economy. As a result, our economy moves to the watch list of many investors. If things will continue to be good in the next months beneficiaries will be extended up to the middle and lower class. The increase in investment will create jobs which will fuel consumption and savings, and in turn will translate to higher productivity (GDP).
The projected growth of the economy is supported by different government projects. The projection is that infrastructure development will triple this year. This means that most of the planned PPP projects will commence this year. In addition, stock market value is continues hike, this could indicate that the companies earnings are increasing or there could be over valuation in the stock price. Whichever is true, one thing is for sure, there is big confidence in the financial system of our economy. Recently, Philippines was upgraded to investment grade (BBB-) by Fitch Ratings, a credible global rating agency. This are some of the proofs that our economy is in its upward direction.
Despite of the positive sentiments about the growth of the economy, many issues are still need to be addressed by the government and private sector. It will be a long list if I will try to write them all here. Yet, it is still good to see that we are moving forward. That is what matters most; slowly but surely our economy is growing. This is something we should be proud of. Cheers!


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It usually feels like we live in a toxic world here in Beijing, bombarded daily from the air and what we eat and drink. But what about the other extreme of being too clean? In our zeal to protect our families from toxins and germs, could we be harming as much as helping? This is more than an academic issue, as scientists are starting to realize that not all germs are created equal. In other words, there are good germs and bad germs. There is mounting evidence that an infant needs certain exposures to some germs in the first few months of life, otherwise they potentially could develop some immune-system diseases such as hay fever, eczema and allergic reactions — even obesity as an adult. This is called the "hygiene hypothesis".
For example, a fascinating study published this summer followed 400 families and demonstrated that newborns who had a dog in the house had more than 30% reduction in the common cold, ear infections and antibiotic use during their first year of life. The researchers hypothesize that early exposure to a dog's multiple germs carried from the outside are beneficial boosters for a small baby's growing immune system. Does this mean you should run out and buy a pet? Of course not — many kids are allergic to pet dander, especially. But this is not the first study to find such a connection, and it brings up interesting topics: would that same allergic child be less allergic if they were exposed to more germs in the first few months of life?
As another example, there is mounting evidence that babies born by caesarean-section have a higher risk of childhood asthma and hayfever, and a new study published this summer showed a doubled risk of obesity in toddlers who were born by c-section. The possible reason again fits with this concept of early exposure to germs: a baby delivered by c-section isn't picking up mom's vaginal bacteria and thus may not be triggering an important immune system response. Also, perhaps those bacteria are an essential "starter colony" for baby's brand new stomach and intestines, and these good bacteria are key for keeping a child's weight down.
This brings up an exciting area of research: probiotics. We all know about "anti-biotics" which kill the "bad" bacteria, but our bodies are filled with trillions of good bacteria which actually are essential to our daily lives. For example, everyone's digestive tracts are mostly made of certain bacteria which are essential for breaking down our foods and having healthy bowel movements. Antibiotics, especially the strong ones, often wipe out these healthy bacteria — which is why many people develop diarrhea after antibiotics (many women also develop vaginal yeast infections).
The good news is that mounting evidence shows that taking probiotic supplements while taking antibiotics can greatly reduce this common side effect of antibiotic-related diarrhea. A Cochrane Library meta-analysis published last year showed an impressive 48% decrease in diarrhea when taking probiotics. There are many types of probiotics, but this study suggested that a high dose (over 5 million colony units a day) especially with Lactobacillus rhamnosus or Saccharomyces boulardii was most effective. I think this is was a very impressive study which certainly has led me to encourage more patients of all ages to take probiotics while on antibiotics.
Probiotics are also essential to help recover from any type of infectious diarrhea, as another Cochrane review from 2010 showed a quicker recovery when taking probiotic supplements. It's becoming quite important to always have some probiotics as a staple item in your medicine cabinet!
(This article was originally printed in Beijing Kids magazine, where I am a contributing editor. You can click here to read the rest of my BeijingKids "The Doc Is In" columns.)
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Thursday, December 31, 2015
Not Otherwise Specified Book Review *No Spoilers*
Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz is a YA contemporary novel about a Bisexual recovering anorexic black girl in love with ballet who is strong, flawed, layered, and very much human. Her name is Etta Sinclair.
She has a mother and a sister. She goes to an all girls private school. Her ex-clique is a group of lesbian girls that call themselves the "Disco Dykes". While Etta has never lied about her bisexuality, when she goes out with a boy, they drop her. One thing, out of many, that I love about Etta is that she owns her sexuality, defends it, and isn't ashamed to be sexual and like it.
She isn't "gay enough" for the gays or "straight enough" for the straight people. She isn't "sick enough", partially thanks to recovery, for anorexia. She isn't tall, thin, and controlled enough for ballet (She is quite the free spirit, and it's beautiful). At least that's what she keeps hearing from other people. And one of her dreams is to make it big in NYC, and she is from small-town Nebraska.
She struggles with a mom who isn't quite supportive. With ex-friends and people's Biphobia. With being bullied. With an eating disorder. With being told she doesn't really "fit" in anywhere.
She meets Bianca. A straight christian girl suffering from anorexia. They become friends, best friends. Bianca has a gay brother named Jesse. Bianca and Jesse's parents have a big problem with that. They take him to counseling, try and cry/pray the gay away. Meanwhile Bianca is getting worse and is the one that actually needs help...but gets ignored. She struggles with everything she's been told growing up, about how being gay is wrong, but she loves her brother unconditionally.
Growing up in a religious and using that as an excuse to be homophobic household I really relate to both of them as I realized at 13 (after trying to deny it) that I am Bisexual. I came out...my mom cried. Everyone said it was a "phase" or worse..that I was "greedy", would sleep around with anyone, was confused, couldn't make up my mind, or worse still..that the devil had a hold of me. I was so confused for my young teen years. I struggled with my faith and everything I was told growing up. No matter how hard I tried...I couldn't stop being Bi.
This book had me crying from the very first page and throughout the entire book. It hit me so hard and so close to home. While I am not anorexic and can't really speak from that point of view on it, as i've heard others say and read myself, it is written very honestly and respectfully on it. It is all told in Etta's POV. I love her voice and hearing her thoughts. I related to so much of it.
I read it in 2 days which for me, is fast. I didn't want to put it down. Never has a book clutched at my heart this way...and i'm an easy crier when it comes to reading books. This book came out early 2015....I wish it had come out about 15 years sooner. It would have ment the world to me then, and it still does, and I know it can for many others out there.
This is my favorite book read in 2015 and i'm sure it will stick with me. I recommend it..to everyone really but especially if it sounds like something you might relate to. Diversity in books is very important, and this book shines with it!
I gave it 5 out of 5 stars on Goodreads, I'd give it more if I could, and it's page on Goodreads is Here.
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Lately social media marketing became one of the best means for promoting everything from small businesses to big company brands. Since good analytics is one of the most important criteria for successful social media campaign in this article we'll review some of the best social media apps and tools that can help users in shaping their promotional strategies on some of the most popular social networks today.
Twitter: Social Bro
This is a comprehensive Twitter management tool that helps marketers and community managers to make the most out of their Twitter account. There are both free and paid versions of this app and it is a cloud based service that can be ran from browser of almost any Internet connected device. This app analyzes user's Twitter community and presents its results in colorful and user friendly interface with a long list of filters and nice-looking graphs. If we compare free and paid versions, free one is missing some of the key features such as filtering influential Twitterers for following and ability to analyze rival twitter accounts.
Facebook: Likealyzer
Likealyzer is a free tool that's used for analyzing Facebook pages. The simplest analysis this tool can do is to give ranking to the user's page that can be acquired by simply entering Facebook page link and one click. Users receive the number called LinkRank that represents how likable their page is, after analysis of 40 different parameters. They also get list of things they should change, if they want to improve their score.
This application can also be used for finding out following information:
- All necessary information about the page
- Page performance
- Performance on each post made by page admins
- Performance of posts made by page followers
- Comparison with other similar pages.
This and many other similar tools can be useful when having a Facebook (page) likes drop since most of them are able to diagnose the problem and offer the best possible solution for improving page performance.
Instagram: Iconosquare
This tool connects users with their Instagram accounts and reviews the growth and engagement of their followers through many different metrics. It is a free application and allows users to manage their Instagram accounts, add comments and interact with their followers from their desktop computers, since answering a lot of comments from mobile Instagram app can be quite challenging. When it comes to statistics this tool provides the following information:
- Page Overview- for quick stats check (provides metrics like: Love Rate, Talk Rate, Spread Rate etc)
- Rolling Monthly Analysis- more extensive analysis for the last week or a month period with information about most popular photos, most engaged followers etc.
- Content- provides information about page's admin habits, like: how often do they post, at what time of a day etc.
- Engagement- lifetime overview of page and post engagements
- Optimization- provides comparison between most used tags on the page and the most used tags on the whole Instagram platform.
In Conclusion
Mainly these tools are made for professional digital agencies. It is only natural since social media networks are their business and as much tech savvy you are, it is impossible to run your business effectively and run a successful social media campaign on your own. You have to bear in mind that this process is time consuming and that your business always comes first.


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The rise of containers has led to the microservices paradigm where software is developed and deployed as fine-grained services. Multiple services work in tandem to deliver the expected functionality from the application.
Microservices are managed by container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes and Mesosphere. Developers encapsulate their code in container images that are deployed by the DevOps teams. A container orchestration platform manages the lifecycle of an application and each of its associated microservices. It does most of the heavy lifting by abstracting the compute, network, and storage layers. This enables developers to focus on business logic while letting operators manage the availability of an application.
There are many challenges involved in developing, deploying and managing microservices-based applications. Even though the container management platform tackles most of the orchestration process, developers and operators are expected to implement multiple techniques to get a grip on the current state of the application deployment.
Lack of visibility of the execution environment is a critical issue faced by developers and operators. A microservices-based application is composed of dozens of fine-grained services. At any given point of time, the application would be simultaneously running multiple instances of each service. This execution model makes it hard for developers to understand the chain of events that take place during the runtime. When an application slows down due to a rogue service, it is not easy to identify the culprit to isolate the problem quickly.
One option to overcome this problem is to build a custom software layer that is embedded in each microservice. This layer intercepts the inbound and outbound traffic to provide insight into the environment. The telemetry data collected by this layer is aggregated by a central service which offers insight into the environment.
But it is not viable for an organization to build custom software to handle the communication flow. Microservices developers use a language that's best suited for the functionality of the service. An application may be assembled from services developed using a variety of languages. It's not uncommon to find an application that uses Python, PHP, Ruby, Python, Go and C#.
This heterogeneous approach to software development made it extremely hard to build standard interception layer for each service. It's cumbersome and expensive to invest in agents and SDKs for each language.
The other challenge is the lack of standardization of frameworks and toolkits. Each team working on a service may adopt a different framework and toolkit for service-to-service communication, which makes it difficult to monitor the state of the application execution environment.
Apart from mixing and matching languages, frameworks, and toolkits, microservices developer may use a diverse set of protocols for communication. They may rely on HTTP, gRPC and Queues to send and receive messages from other services.
Load balancing is an integral part of distributed software deployment. Since existing load balancers are not optimized for microservices, there is a need for a lightweight, container-native load balancer for managing the internal and external traffic.
Finally, the lack of integrated security and network policies hinder the adoption of microservices. DevOps teams should be able to apply rules to manage the communication and traffic flow related to microservices. When a newly deployed service fails, they should be able to route the traffic to an older version of the service until it gets fixed.
The challenges involved in developing and deploying microservices led to the evolution of a new microservices software platform called the service mesh. It is designed to precisely address the issues described above.
The service mesh acts as an abstract layer providing the required plumbing for service-to-service communication and managing the network traffic. Service mesh is transparent to microservices since they are unaware of the presence of the layer. It attaches itself to every microservice without the need to modify the code.
Service mesh is an efficient, lightweight networking layer highly optimized for modern workloads. It is designed to be language, framework, and toolkit agnostic layer enabling developers to focus on what they do best – code. The service mesh relieves the organization from developing and maintaining multiple SDKs and agents developed for each of the platforms. Developers get a consistent piece of software that can be attached to a service written in any language.
Service mesh works with any protocol and any deployment target. Developers would be able to integrate it with REST, HTTP, HTTP/2, and other protocols. The mesh works consistently in development, staging and production environments running across IaaS, PaaS or CaaS deployment targets.
So, to put it simply, a service mesh is a standard piece of software that is attached to each service in a transparent and non-intrusive mechanism to provide unmatched visibility and insight into the microservices execution environment.
Istio is one of the popular service mesh implementations based on Envoy, an open source project developed by Lyft. Envoy acts the proxy that runs like an agent inside every microservice. It is Istio that manages multiple Envoy proxies by defining their security, routing, and communication policies.
Linkerd is another well-known open source service mesh developed by Buoyant. The Cloud Native Computing Foundation currently manages both Envoy and Linkerd.
Service mesh is fast becoming an essential component of microservices infrastructure. If your organization is planning to embrace the microservices paradigm, consider adopting the service mesh.
Janakiram MSV is an analyst, advisor and an architect at Janakiram & Associates. He was the founder and CTO of Get Cloud Ready Consulting, a niche cloud migration...


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Finding Time to WriteRead Now
Be honest. Are you called to write prophetically, but find it difficult to schedule the time to write? Have you desired to write a book, but just can't seem to consistently squeeze out any time, not even 10 minutes to start? Notice, the word consistently? Perhaps you find the time to write, but your notes are everywhere. Disorganization makes it even more challenging to finish anything. Well, you may not like what am about to say, but truth hurts until you make the adjustments needed to find relief.
Writing is not easy. And a lazy writing prophet will miss recording the words of the great Commander by not writing it down immediately. Writing, especially prophetic writing, is a discipline that can be developed and strengthened through consistency and ongoing application. Prophetic writing demands a schedule. I cannot tell you the number of times life has pushed me off the path of stewarding God's voice. I would not be truthful, if I told you writing was easy and writing prophetically requires a special discipline. Spending time with God on a daily basis is must, it is not an option. Reading the word of God equips the writing prophet with revelations from Holy Spirit. Take time today to develop a writing schedule. Don't think about it, grab your pen and paper and listen to the advice of Nike and, "Just Do It!"
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One of the most beautiful summer festivals is "Kanto Maturi." The festival is held yearly during August, (3rd – 7th,) in Akita city. "Kanto" is an array of paper lanterns that can be up to 12 meters high with a number of cross poles, supported by a single pole. "Matsuri" means festival. The "Kanto Matsuri" festival was designated as "Japanese Folk Cultural Property" in 1980, for its historic and cultural value. This insures the continued support and subsidy by the government as a vehicle to transmit cultural heritage and values.
This festival, originated in the mid 1700's during the "Edo" era to celebrate bountiful harvests and to prevent or erase disease and illness. Akita prefecture is located in Japan's Northeastern area and has witnessed many historic famines and depends on a plentiful agricultural harvest to sustain the population during winter. The candle lit, lantern array symbolizes rice bales and the bamboo pole is symbol of the ear of rice. A lantern array can contain up to 50 lanterns. The nightly, festival parade may contain up to 250 candle lit arrays.
During the festival, powerful youths dressed short pants, "happi" jacket with "Hachimaki" headbands, and "Tabi"socks, paraded though streets along with Japanese traditional "taiko" drumming, and flute musical bands and performers. Single performers hoist each "Kanto." The performer, without the use of hands, must balance the "Kanto" pole using their hip, shoulders, palm and forehead. At night, the lit lantern arrays coupled with the performer's prowess create a truly unforgettable spectacle.
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1/4 cup guava bits
1/3 cup leftover sauce and/or pulp
1 1/2 cups whipping cream
1 tsp vanilla
In a bowl combine milk and sugar and stir until sugar is dissolved. Add the guava bits and pulp and mix. Next stir in your vanilla and whipping cream. Place in ice cream maker (according to manufacturers instructions) and when done....ENJOY!!


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If vegetable oil comes from vegetables, and olive oil from olives, where does baby oil come from?
Dear Lord, Please Kill Facebook
I'm so over Facebook. It's so clearly a space for self-promotion and exposing yourself to being marketed to by the businesses you "like" that it's lost any and all appeal. (Well, really, it lost all appeal to me a long time ago when my dad joined.) So I just don't post on there very frequently, and when I do, I try to keep it general – I'm not there to share much in the way of my personal life. Especially my personal life involving My Better Half, as he chooses not to have a presence on Facebook and the like, so I do my best to keep him out of it. So when I got pregnant last fall, since I didn't use Facebook much anyway, I thought it would be weird to say "Hey! I'm having a baby!" and never really figured out any appropriate way to share the news there "publicly" with my "friends." Nevertheless, once my girl was born, it was natural to post photos of her so that everyone can see what a cute-ass baby we had made. I kept getting responses like "OMG! I didn't know you were pregnant!" I'm not sure exactly how/when I should have made that announcement, given my "meh" feelings about Facebook.
Officially Uninhabitable
We've just discovered that our daughter is allergic to dairy, and since I'm breastfeeding, that means I have to cut out dairy. So I'm going through the 7 stages of grief in letting it go. But I just can't get to Acceptance. Phoenix is officially intolerable in the summer without ice cream. Yeah, yeah, I know. There's sorbet. Hrmph to you.
Introducing Baby
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Brenna O'Brien gave a great talk recently called JavaScript Community: The Good Parts. I love how much of it focuses on the practical things people can do to fuel a community and technology.
The idea of "well actually" and words to avoid reminds me of these social rules: https://www.recurse.com/manual#sub-sec-social-rules
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CANIDAE® is getting more involved in the growing of some of the ingredients that we use in our pet foods. We're partnering with US farmers to implement integrated farming methods and grow crops like peas, millet, and milo, as well as a variety of vegetables and herbs—instead of typical mass market crops like wheat, corn and soy. We want to help farmers find more ways to partner with nature rather than work against it.
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Using Tried & True Methods While Implementing New Ideas
Some of the integrated farming methods we're implementing include a no-till approach to help preserve top soil and reduce water usage, using sheep to graze and naturally fertilize fields, using natural compost, using greenhouses to grow vegetables year-round, experimenting with beneficial insects to help control pests, and testing robotics to help keep weeds in check.
Our Goals Keep Growing & So Does Our Initiative
In 2017, we sourced hundreds of thousands of pounds from 7 fields. These ingredients included peas, milo, tomatoes, zucchini, sage, parsley, and rosemary. We estimate that in 2018 we'll source even more—including produce, legumes, and grains from 11 fields. We've also had some crop failures over the past few years, but we continue to learn as we try new technologies and environmentally sustainable methods. As we learn, we're adding more farmers to the initiative so they can grow more varieties and harvest much larger volumes.
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Our ultimate goal is to use ingredients that are mainly sourced through the CANIDAE® Farms Initiative, but the volume so far is a small part of our overall yearly needs and we continue to rely on our trusted network of farmers and suppliers in North America and around the world for our wholesome, high quality ingredients.
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We've embarked on a long and difficult journey—and we're a long way from achieving our vision—but we'll keep taking small, but important, steps to get there.
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Center for Synthetic Biology > Meet the Researchers > Britt Wray
Britt Wray
PhD student
Department of Media, Cognition and Communication
Britt Wray is PhD student at Center for Synthetic Biology where she is part of Maja Horst's group at Department Media, Cognition and Communication. In her PhD she will be focusing on developing new methods for interdisciplinary communication and public engagement with synthetic biology using her art and radio practice.
I study science communication from a wide theoretical and practical perspective, and then apply it more specifically to the topic of synthetic biology. That means that I both research public engagement about science and make media for non-specialist audiences about science, with a particular focus on synthetic biology. I look at the interdisciplinary culture in synthetic biology, which brings not only different types of scientists together in collaborations, but social scientists, humanists, policy makers, legals scholars, and sometimes artists, designers and DIY biologists. I study how they communicate about specific issues in the field. For the practical component of my thesis, I am using my professional background as a radio producer to create an interactive documentary about synthetic biology and the communication landscape around it. My project brings the multiple perspectives of a diverse group of scientists, entrepreneurs, social scientists, philosophers, artists and activists to fold in on one another through audio diaries that they have been keeping, as well as interactive platform technology for online sharing.
My undergraduate degree is in biology. During those years of study I was always deeply fascinated with what biotechnology could do from a wider cultural perspective, but I never enjoyed carrying out experiments myself in the lab. I decided to follow my passions for media production (radio) that I developed during those years to study communications, and eventually, fine arts. Whether I was doing radio, or making art, I stayed connected to themes of biology, and often biotechnology in my work. This was during the time that synthetic biology was first getting its footing as the emerging field we recognize it for today, and I began to explore it through media and art projects. For someone who likes to tell stories about science like myself, synthetic biology has proven to be a ripe field for experimentation. It raises far more questions than answers them, and involves diverse groups in discussing its implications.
I would like my work to be applied in the world outside of academic research. In my broadcasting work, I aim for my projects to raise discussion with diverse audiences who do not need to have any specialized knowledge in order to "get it," or hopefully, enjoy it.
I collaborate with many different types of people in my work. Specifically, I have been recently collaborating with synthetic biologists, entrepreneurs, philosophers, artists, policy makers, bioethicists, legal scholars and community organizers. Since I am involved in the mediation and crafting of narratives about science, I often rely on other people sharing their thoughts, beliefs and experiences with me, which then constitutes my raw data. I also collaborate with sound designers, animators and illustrators from time to time, as well as creative programmers who can build my ideas in code for an interactive experience. At the dissemination stage of my research, I work with public broadcasters and networks who air my science documentaries.
I am motivated to bring stories to life for people (through media production and research) that can contribute to their way of seeing a topic or problem in science. I am extremely honoured to have been offered my first book deal by a publisher once they heard a radio documentary I made about the science and ethics of de-extinction, a topic that is largely tied to synthetic biology.
I am grateful to be funded by the bioSYNergy project, which was chosen as one of the 2016 Projects of Excellence at the University of Copenhagen, and is affiliated with the Center for Synthetic Biology and Department of Media, Communications and Cognition.
When not doing science I like to record sounds, write, do yoga, dance and let the Danish value of leisure time rub off on me (I'm Canadian and the sizeable focus on this here is new to me. It's a great thing.)
Get involved
If you're involved in synthetic biology and have interest in the cultural and social implications of the field, she would love to talk to you and perhaps involve you in her PhD research project. If so, please contact Britt at firstname.lastname@example.com or @brittwray on Twitter.
You can find out a bit more about her here brittwray.com


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Sometimes you just need some extra resources, especially for multiplication! It is such an important skill for students to learn! (Especially in third grade!) I created this *Ultimate* Multiplication Pack for just that reason. I needed more resources so I could practice multiplication daily with my students. Take a peek below. Be sure to head over to my store to see a full preview.
These timed memorization drills are available for 0-12. I give them to my students every Friday. They have to answer all 20 correctly in one minute. They start with a x0 test and try to move up to x12 by the end of the year. We make flash cards if students get stuck on any number. This really helps increase their multiplication fluency! (And let's be honest--memorizing multiplication facts in third grade can really make students' lives easier as they learn other math skills! Multiplication is such an important foundation for everything students will do in 4th grade and beyond!) I start these timed tests as soon as I introduce multiplication in mid fall and we do it every Friday until testing. (Want to save paper? Print two copies to a sheet!)
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Did you catch the story today on Amazon new* installment plan for Kindles and Kindle Fires?
Amazon's three month old program is getting a lot of attention today. TechCrunch and many other blogs have noticed that Amazon is repeating the short installment plan pilot which Amazon ran last year, only now Amazon has expanded the program to include all of their ereader and tablet models
(but not the Fire TV - yet).
From what I can see, the terms of the deal haven't been changed. The cost is still spread over 5 payments, with the first payment due when you check out. A credit check is not required, but Amazon does want to see a credit card.
I can't say that I am surprised to see the program is still around, but I am a little surprised that it's been running for 3 months before the blogosphere noticed. That's odd.
It makes a lot of sense for Amazon to offer this program. Once they have maxed out their retail channel by selling to everyone who can pay full price, and lowered the price as much as they can via ad subsidies, the next logical step was to offer an installment plan and lower the purchase barrier another notch. And since Amazon handles their own payment processing, the actual cost (compared to having the stock sitting in a warehouse unsold) is minimal.
What's more, if the reports that Kindle owners spend $443 more per year with Amazon than non-owners then the retailer would be a fool not to offer this plan.
But I wouldn't put too much weight into that report; this installment plan is mainly for people who can't afford the full retail price of a Kindle or Kindle Fire in a single charge. If their funds are that tight then I'm not sure how much they can afford to spend to spend at Amazon.
On a related, Amazon has been trying out a program which lets customers try a Fire TV for 30 days before paying. That program is much more selective, though.


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Assembly of 'Aibo' Robot Dog (5)Jaw
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Continued from Assembly of 'Aibo' Robot Dog (4)
The assembly of the aibo entered the next stage: the jaw. It is the lower half of the head. When the jaw is attached to the upper part of the neck, which has already been assembled, a half of the head will be completed.
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Sunrise Frittata
"My family and friends find this hard to resist. It's an impressive dish to serve to brunch guests and is easy to prepare." Josephine Piro - Easton, Pennsylvania
Total TimePrep: 20 min. Cook: 15 min.
Makes6 servings
- 1-1/2 cups frozen O'Brien potatoes
- 2 teaspoons canola oil
- 1-1/2 cups cubed fully cooked lean ham
- 8 egg whites
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup shredded fontina cheese, divided
- 1/3 cup fat-free milk
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh oregano or 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
- 3/4 cup julienned roasted sweet red pepper
- 3/4 cup salsa
- 1/4 cup minced fresh cilantro
- In a large ovenproof skillet coated with cooking spray, cook and stir the potatoes in oil over medium heat until tender. Stir in ham; heat through.
- In a small bowl, whisk the egg whites, eggs, 1/4 cup cheese, milk and oregano; add to the pan. Arrange red pepper strips over egg mixture to resemble the spokes of a wheel. Cover and cook over low heat for 8-12 minutes or until almost set.
- Uncover; broil 6 in. from the heat for 3-5 minutes or until eggs are set and frittata is golden brown. Sprinkle with remaining cheese; let stand until melted. Cut into wedges.
- Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine salsa and cilantro; heat through. Serve with frittata.
Nutrition Facts1 slice: 213 calories, 9g fat (4g saturated fat), 166mg cholesterol, 817mg sodium, 11g carbohydrate (4g sugars, 1g fiber), 19g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 lean meat, 1 starch, 1/2 fat.
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
I've found myself having a rough week. Just the results of a handful of situations sort of all becoming overwhelming at once. There's nothing like feeling you're failing as a parent, partner or simply as a responsible adult. I found myself sitting down and having a good cry in the middle of the night.
When life gets me down it is often a matter of timing. What can't be resolved today will sit and stress me out until I can't think straight. And as I get older I'm learning that sometimes there aren't happy endings in real life. Sometimes there are only somber ones. Sometimes there are downright ugly ones.
This is when I become really glad that I enjoy reading. You can easily lose yourself in someone else's problems for a while. I get a great sense of satifaction out of thinking the heroine would just get through everything if she'd follow my instructions. But then they never do and there's a certain satisfaction to watching her fall flat on her face for not taking your advice. ;)
So this week I've been butting my nose into the business of Vampire Academy's Rose Hathaway. The latest book is Blood Promise and though I think this is the slowest and most dull book in the series so far a lot of important storyline is happening. I'm hoping I can get it finished this weekend so I can work on a review next week.
I'm also still working on the Sookie Stackhouse series. I can't have my mother-in-law slip up and spoil anything for me so I am alllll over it. Now if only True Blood Season 2 was out on DVD!
And speaking of hot shirtless mens... did you guys see the cover art for The Darkest Lie (the next Lords of the Underworld book by Gena Showalter)? It's been ages since I've seen a cover with an actual head on it!!! Go check it out on her blog. This is the LOTU book I've been waiting for ever since Gideon walked onto the page. :D *drools*
Anywho dear readers... I have a super pile of laundry to fold and I really want to get back to Rose... she's finally found Dimitri! May you all have a terrific weekend without too much horrid weather (we've got freezing fog and frigid temps ugh!) and let me know what you're reading! -- Rhi


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The November 14, 2003, discovery of Sedna marks an acceleration in our knowledge of the outer planet makup of the solar system. At approximately 1,000 miles (about 1,600 km) in diameter Sedna for now is the largest planetary body to be found in the Solar System since Pluto was discovered in 1930, pushing the recently-discovered Quaoar out of that spot. Located in a highly elliptical 10,500-year orbit so far away that the Sun looks smaller than the head of pin, Sedna is the most distant solar system object ever discovered, at least so far, three time further away from the Sun than Pluto is. For astrologers this signifies yet another distant transpersonal planet to join with Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Quaoar, and Orcus. Our whole way of looking astrology is undergoing a fundamental shift, and will reshape the way we think about ourselves, our spiritual evolution, and our place in The Universe.
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Due to the fact that the games industry can combine tax breaks in ways that few other sectors can, it's become one of the most highly government-subsidized industries in the U.S.
The New York Times reports that the American video games industry receives more subsidy from the government than many other sectors. This is due to the fact that video games developers and publishers in the U.S. are able to take advantage of tax breaks for software development, entertainment and online retailing industries to create a very attractive package of incentives.
Tax breaks are often used as a means to subsidize a new or growing industry. Critics believe that the games industry, currently enjoying domestic U.S. sales of approximately $15 billion per year and outstripping the music industry by a considerable margin, should not be subsidized to such a degree when the sector is both mature and proven to be profitable. Advocates, however, argue that without these tax incentives, the U.S. would lose its edge in the technology race, losing out to even more generous countries such as Canada.
Among the many benefits on offer are tax savings for research and development. EA, for example, has claimed tens of millions in savings while other non-gaming technology companies, some of which could be argued to have a greater benefit on society at large, have been denied due to failing to meet experimental requirements.
"The research credit benefits the wrong companies and encourages the wrong kind of research," says Michael D. Rashkin, tax expert and author of the Practical Guide to Research and Development Tax Incentives. "By diverting funding and attention from where it could be most useful, the credit is hobbling American innovation."
Games industry advocates argue that by improving gaming technology, they are indirectly helping society at large, pointing to examples such as the military using video game technology to train soldiers and pilots. Critics, however, believe that the research and development credits favor big companies who would have undertaken the research whether they were already subsidized or not -- and that small startups, who really need these incentives to get up and running, are often left out.
In the UK, games industry trade association TIGA has been campaigning for the introduction of tax breaks for developers and publishers for several years now. TIGA CEO Dr Richard Wilson argues that the UK industry is suffering a "brain drain" to the U.S. and Canada thanks to an altogether more attractive package of incentives.
"Our industry is export focused, R&D intensive, provides high skilled employment and is environmentally friendly," says Wilson. "With the right fiscal environment in place, the UK games industry could provide more high skilled jobs and investment."
If the situation in the U.S. according to The New York Times is anything to go by, however, great care will have to be taken to ensure that the benefits for which Wilson and TIGA are campaigning go to the right companies, not those with executive boards already swimming in Scrooge McDuck-style money bins.
This article originally appeared on GamePro.com as Video Games One of the Most Highly Subsidized Industries in the U.S. Thanks to Tax Breaks
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But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king? / Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem. - Bible
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By Gene Johnson
Associated Press
AUBURN, Wash. (AP) -- The small cul-de-sac of beige duplexes in this Seattle suburb gave every illusion of tranquility on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
Thankful for the reprieve from Pacific Northwest rain, two women cleaned their cars. Their young sons shot water guns in the shaggy grass and dandelion thicket between their driveways. A few houses over, an Indian immigrant named Jaspal Mangat sat on her stoop. Kids played basketball in the street.
Even so, strife-weary neighbors knew the idyll was unlikely to last. The adjacent public housing complex and nearby trailer parks are filled with teenagers, and it seems hardly a weekend goes by that some aren't brawling or getting into public, profane arguments with their parents -- either up the street, or outside the Boys and Girls Club, or right here in the cul-de-sac.
So it was with a mixture of frustration and alarm that residents called 911 that May 1 afternoon to report that yet another fight had broken out. But this one would end much differently -- with a popular middle school coach dead; with his brother staggering on a front lawn, clinging to life; with a completely avoidable tragedy that devastated two families.
"It's a shame it did happen, but it had to happen," said Dave Maun, whose house faces the cul-de-sac. "It's been building up to this. It is not a safe neighborhood."
Shennon Shelton, 22, helped coach basketball and football at Cascade Middle School. He came from a big Samoan family with athletic brothers. One of his younger brothers, Danny, 6-foot-3 and 300 pounds, is one of the University of Washington's most prized football recruits this year. It was a point of pride that promised a new future for the family. He may have escaped harm when the shooter's gun jammed, according to police filings.
The brothers lived in Samoa with their grandparents when they were young, but then moved to California and finally to Washington state. They lived with their mother and their uncle, who started a ministry -- Auburn Samoan Nazarene Church. Their mother was church secretary, and Shennon Shelton also ran the sound system for the choir. Both he and his older brother, Gaston, a soldier at nearby Joint Base Lewis-McChord, mentored youth at the church.
On that Sunday afternoon, Gaston Shelton was visiting a friend, police say, when he tried to break up a fight. One of the aggressors, neighbors reported, may have been a 13-year-old black youth who lived in the cul-de-sac.
Mangat was still by her front door when Gaston Shelton walked down the short street, followed by other youngsters, and tried to find a parent to whom he could complain about the boy's behavior.
A few of those present turned on him, including the 13-year-old's mother and his 18-year-old brother, Olenthis Woods IV, Mangat said. Woods punched Gaston repeatedly, bloodied his nose and wailed on him with a bag of charcoal. The bag burst, sending briquettes and charcoal dust flying in the street.
King County bus driver Mary Hollis was resting in her second floor bedroom when she heard the commotion. She raised her blinds and looked down upon a mass of 20 to 30 people -- a chaotic rumble in broad daylight. "They were really duking it out," she said.
Hollis and other neighbors immediately started calling 911, according to call logs obtained by The Associated Press under a public records request. It was 4:45 p.m.
Gaston soon left -- with a message. "He was saying, 'I'm coming back, I'm coming back,'" Mangat recalled.
In the momentary lull, Hollis asked Woods what the fight was about.
"They jumped my 13-year-old brother the other day," she recalls him answering.
Woods surveyed the charcoal strewn about and apologized for the mess.
"I can clean it up," he offered.
Maun grabbed a broom and told him not to worry about it.
Hollis and Mangat walked to the end of the street, wondering why the police weren't there yet. It was about 5 p.m.
What they saw instead of a cruiser was a fearsome sight: Gaston Shelton in his bloodied white T-shirt leading a small crew of young men -- his three brothers and a cousin -- in a determined, shoulder-to-shoulder march back toward the cul-de-sac. Mangat, a 46-year-old hospital worker, raised her hands in front of them, palms out, and pleaded for them to stop.
"Just wait for the police," she said.
They passed as though she wasn't there. One had what Maun described as a "thousand-mile stare." Hollis heard one mutter, "Just show me which one it was."
The neighbors, more frantic, continued calling 911. A Valley Communications Center log entry at 5:02 p.m. reads: "(Reporting party) doesn't understand (why) the police dept haven't responded yet. RP is aware that several (neighbors) have been calling for quite some time."
The next entry came one second later: "GUNSHOTS"
According to court documents, Woods later told police that when he saw the Sheltons coming, he bolted into his house to grab his gun. The brothers and their cousin made straight for the door and kicked it open, according to Woods and some neighbors.
The pounding on the door reverberated through the neighborhood.
Woods came down the interior stairs to the threshold with his handgun in front of him, loaded and cocked. He saw two of them in the doorway and yelled for them to get out of the house. They complied, but as he started outside, he told police, Gaston Shelton took a half-step toward him. Woods shot him in the chest.
Shennon Shelton tried to grab Woods from the side. Woods shot him in the neck.
"Woods said that he would have shot more Samoans but his gun misfired," an Auburn police officer wrote in a probable cause statement.
Gaston staggered among the throng of people in front of the duplex. A red Ford Explorer pulled up; people tried to load the fatally wounded Shennon Shelton into it. In the melee, someone set off a canister of pepper spray.
Woods tossed the gun, ran behind his house and asked a neighbor to call 911. Police arrived, caught him and brought him to a local hospital to treat facial cuts he sustained in the fight. He was booked for investigation of second-degree murder and first-degree assault.
The bullet just missed Gaston's heart. His uncle, Pastor Steve Leau, said 200 people showed up at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle as he underwent surgery, and among them was UW head football coach Steve Sarkisian.
Students who loved Shennon Shelton wept and called him a great role model. The school is organizing a basketball tournament to raise money for his family.
"We're doing great," Leau said recently. "We forgive the one who did the shooting, and we ask the Lord to do the same."
About two dozen of Woods' relatives showed up for his bail hearing. His mother cried hysterically. His uncle, Mario Peterson, said Woods had been in trouble for minor things before, such as skipping school, but had been doing better recently. He had been spending a lot of time in a recording studio, working on rap music with friends, and he had earned his GED.
"This should not have happened," he said.
The cul-de-sac's neighbors agree: if only the police had arrived sooner; if only the brothers had stopped and waited; if only Woods and his family had behaved like adults when Gaston first appeared.
Woods has been released from custody while prosecutors review his self-defense claims and decide whether to file charges. The police have been driving into the cul-de-sac several times a day, sometimes parking and lingering, but Maun still fears what might happen next.
"After all the attention dies down, it's gonna happen," he said. "The retribution is gonna happen. You just know it."
Published: Thu, May 19, 2011