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Before I get into the meat of this subject, I want to clarify something. You may have noticed that for being a blog which kind of has a gold-making feel and name, I have not written much about the subject. To be honest, part of the reason is because I have felt pretty hesitant to tread on already covered ground, just posting to put words out there and get page views. I want to be as original as I can. In this series that I am starting, Preparing for Mists, I hope to do just that.
If you have done any cooking on the Mists beta, or read about it, you will know that Blizzard is changing the way that buff food is handled. Cooking will have (insert number here) "Ways", or specializations, which focus on making food which benefits a particular stat, with the exception of the Way of the Brew. Each Way will also have its own feast, which gives everyone 250 extra in their primary stat, and a little extra to people who have the primary stat that is associated with that Way. For example, the Banquet of the Pot will benefit Mages more than they will Death Knights, as the Way of the Pot specialization is about intellect.
Additionally, each feast now comes in two sizes, 10 and 25, with a higher material cost to make the 25-person version. Also, feasts are produced in batches of five. As an aside, I originally thought that they were made singly, and when I took a look at what the mats were to make one of them(as I thought) I literally thought that Blizzard was playing some sort of joke. having those same mats produce five makes much more sense, although it is still going to be a higher cost than what we have been used to in Cataclysm. What are the mats, you ask?
Pandaren Banquet (serves 10)
1x 100 Year Soy Sauce
10x Jewel Danio
10x Raw Tiger Steak
50x Pink Turnip
Great Pandaren Banquet (serves 25)
1x 100 Year soy Sauce
20x Jewel Danio
20x Raw Tiger Steak
100x Pink Turnip
As you can see, the 25-person version is simply twice the material cost, save the Soy Sauce, which is purchased with an Ironpaw Token. An interesting thing about the mats here is that they are of four different types. I already mentioned the Soy Sauce. The Jewel Danio is a fish that, from what I can tell so far, is only fished in the level 90 zone(in pools and open water). The Raw Tiger Steaks are looted form tigers you kill, and the Pink Turnips can be looted from Yaungol that you kill, but seems to be much more reliably gained through farming, which I will get into in a bit.
Now, to prepare for your raid's feasting needs, you will have to consider a few variables. First and most obvious, is the raid size. This will set the base cost of mats per feast. Second, you want to determine the amount of feasts that you will need per week, which is a little more involved, but not too much. After these two steps, you will come out with a material requirement that you will have to fill every week. Let me walk you through the process, using my raiding group as an example.
First, my guild raids 10-mans. That part's easy enough.
Second, to determine the amount of feasts we will need per week, I can either spitball it(as in, just guess) and add a little more on top to be safe, or I can attempt at a more educated guess. Let's try the latter. First, I will want to figure out the amount of raiding time spent per week. For our guild, we do four hour sessions, three days a week, which means we raid for 12 hours a week. Now, given that we are not the most hardcore type of guild(although we are pretty good in my opinion), and factoring in that this calculation will be for the first few weeks of content, which means it will be new for us and we will be relatively undergeared for the content, I estimate that we will be wiping a lot. That said, because it will be so new for us, there will probably be some amount of time spent in-between pulls to figure out our strategy. In other words, we probably won't be wiping and running back in to pull in 2 minutes. I would put the in-between fight time at probably an average of 6-10 minutes. The fight time average I would put at about 4-5 minutes, because I am sure we will be wiping a bit on the first couple minutes of a fight, which will balance out the longer times.
Total time for pull+wipe+run back in, buff up and pull again = ~10-15 minutes. As I am a believer in preparing for more than you will need, I will go with the low part of the estimate, 10 minutes.
12 hours/10 minutes=72. As, in, at worst we will need about 72 feasts per week. Now, as I don't trust my estimation skills too much, I like to add a bit more, and so will go with 80 feasts per week needed. If we prepare for that, and end up needing less(or even far less) than it's not like the feasts will go wasted, and we can adjust our estimates accordingly.
Remembering that each feast recipe produced actually makes five, I determine that we will need to make 16 feasts. That comes to a material cost of:
16x 100 Year Soy Sauce
160x Jewel Danio
160x Raw Tiger Steak
800x Pink Turnip
Which, in my opinion, isn't really all that bad, if we make the acquiring of materials a team effort. The fishing and killing part of the equation is easy enough, but the part that I want to get into is the turnips. 800 Pink Turnips a week may seem like a high cost, but it actually shouldn't be too much if people pitch in. My idea is requiring every raid member to take the minimum of time to start their own farm, which takes less than a half hour to do, and require them to grow a certain amount of turnips per week. How many turnips, you ask?
Well, turnip plants, when planted and harvested, provide(from what I have seen in my limited experience, so correct me if I am wrong) 5-8 turnips per plant. If we multiply that number by 10(the number of raiders), we get 50-80, as in, if everyone plants one. This means that to get 800 turnips reliably(as in, only taking the low number, 50, into account), each raider on average will have to produce 16 plants worth of turnips. That means four days of planting for the people who only get 4 plots(the starting amount). Additionally, as you can start farming at level 86, so anyone with a current alt at 85 can take the tiny bit needed to level it to 86 to start farming if they don't want to have to plant turnips on their main. Either way, it is super easy to plant and harvest the turnips, they cost next to nothing for the seeds, and it takes just about the same amount of time as any other daily, so there is no excuse for not taking advantage of it.
Again, the gold that your guild does not have to spend on the hundreds of turnips necessary to produce feasts is gold that you effectively earned. Additionally, it will mean more turnips on the AH, which will mean lower prices for when you do need to buy some. In fact, and here's a trivia section for you, this idea of growing your own crops affecting the larger market has even been the focal point of a famous US Supreme Court decision, Wickard v. Filburn, which helped define the powers that Congress had under the commerce clause. What can I say, I am a politics nerd :P
I hope you actually made it though the long-winded post, and actually gleaned something informative and/or interesting from it(other than my overuse of parenthetical statements, or my irony at doing one now, or my obviousness for pointing out the irony, or the long-windedness of this parenthetical statement). Either way, you can expect another post in the same vein soon, although I haven't quite determined the topic yet. Thanks!


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U/W point & shoot
Posted 31 July 2010 - 12:23 PM
I originally opted for the first version of the yellow Vivitar 5mp Rugged camera, which looked like it could cope with a bit of rough & tumble and the decent size/weight & bright colour seemed an advantage when messing about in the waves (if dropped it would likely be retrievable).
This camera and I started out getting along famously. The images were pretty good quality. Film was basic, but perfectly acceptable for its fun value, though film above water tended to bleach out. It had reasonable sound. The unit was very rugged and I felt confident about its waterproofing.
However, early in its use, it started to power off when I pressed the shutter. New batteries would be inserted and the camera would seem OK, only to power down after just a few shots. I originally put this down to poor batteries, but struggled to find decent ones abroad, so next holiday I went armed with better ones. Same problem. Next holiday I took the best lithium batteries I could find (advertised as powering up to 600 shots)... I got about 15 photos before the problem recurred. After drawn out discussions with Vivitar, they suggested rechargeables or to approach the vendor. Rechargeables wouldn't even power the camera up. The camera was now about 2.5 years old, but I did finally secure a refund from Amazon after a few reminders of the consumer act and laws around "fit for purpose".
having got my money back, I set about see,king a replacement. Noting that others had experienced the same problem as I with the Vivitar (including its 8.1mp successor), I finally settled on the Kodak Playsport, which I bought a couple of weeks before a recent holiday.
I tested it out of the water before leaving and it seemed fine. Used it in the pool and sea on the first day, then downloaded the results that evening (thankfully).
2nd day we went on a boat trip, I jumped into the water with the camera. On getting out, I found the battery compartment had let in water, which had worked its way into the camera. I did my best to dry it out, and visibly it seemed OK after a couple of days, but the camera was dead and has not revived since.
If only I could have a hybrid of the 2 failed cameras, I'd be set... rugged and watertight like the Vivitar..... ability to get power, rechargeability and higher specs of the Playsport.
I want an instant digital, ideally with SD, with 5mp or better, stills and video (with audio), rechargeable battery, rugged and able to withstand some rough waves and waterpark slides etc, I'd be willing to spend up to £150 for this... even £200 if I could be really confident that it could deliver and not let me down. Everything I find that looks possible has a vital requirement missing. Up to now, I've reluctantly accepted fixed focus... but would prefer auto focus
At this rate, I'll be working my way through every low-medium priced underwater camera on the market
Posted 03 August 2010 - 11:02 AM
Both Nikon and Canon have some pretty nice camera's with small housings available. Fantasea provides the Nikon housings and Canon provides housings for many of its cameras. On the Canon website, you can look up the accessories offered and see if an u/w housing is on the list. For Nikon, you can check the Fantasea site for the listing of camera's that match the housing then look up the camera. I think Oly has some good offerings as well but I am not familiar with their product line. Others here should be able to offer thoughts. I suspect you would get results as good (or better) as the other cameras you list with any of the current offerings from any of those companies. You might post your question on the Point and Shoot section as well for additional ideas. Not trying to steer you away from dedicated u/w camera's...just sharing what I know of the other offerings.
If keeping the cost down is important, which sounds to be the case, you can try Ebay, this site's sales section or similar for finding good used equipment. Many people upgrade with nothing wrong with the older model.
A separate comment, there has been debate on this site regarding water entry with a camera. 'Jumping in' with a camera can put higher stress on O-rings and could aid in leaking. Some have others hand them their camera after they are in the water to avoid this. Others enter by holding the camera in the water and rolling off the boat. Some claim to jump in with no problems or issues. Not trying to start up that debate here other than to provide you with some ideas for searching that topic on this site. Just trying to help you find out what entry method works for you and your diving conditions in addition to the camera question.
Nauticam D7000, Inon Z-240's, 60 micro, 105 micro, Tokina 10-17
Posted 05 August 2010 - 05:58 PM
I have the pany TS2, which is fun to play around with, and is good at least to 10 meters.
The pentax w-90 is probably the next best, and quite a bit cheaper, but a slightly lesser depth rating.
Canon's d10 is good to 10 meters also, but the camera is not as good -starting at 35mm wide angle, and slower shutter lag.
nikon n90s/ikelite housing/twin SS-200 canon G2/ikelite/DS-50/optical TTL slave
sony V3/ikelite/DS-51/Heinrich DA2 slave
Posted 29 August 2010 - 11:59 PM
I've previously owned a Pentax Optio W60, which was a pretty good starter. Easy to carry around & keep in pocket, not too difficult to get decent quality shots while snorkelling. It lasted about a year & then broke, but I used it a lot in the water, so I got my use out of it.
I then bought a Pentax W90 & I cant recommend that camera at all. In comparison to the W60 the pictures are undersaturated, it was difficult to capture anything in focus & it broke twice. In fact I only managed 1 session in the water before it broke, both times.
The first time, new camera, about 1 hour in the water it broke. The replacement managed about 3 hours of use before the same problem killed it. I was fuming since i saw several turtles that day & didnt manage to get as many pics as I would have liked.
Just thought to mention, i didnt dive with the W90 just snorkelling & diving under a bit, maybe 2 meters max.
So I have ordered a Canon D10 with the hope of it being more durable. Not sure if i have made the best choice, but it doesnt seem like there is a lot of choice for these type of cameras anyway.
A friend recommended the Olympus STYLUS TOUGH-8010, but I was unable to find it locally.
Posted 02 December 2010 - 11:45 AM
I'm currently looking for a replacement to my Canon SD700 with Canon U/W case. The SD700 is old and needs to be cycled through display modes to get the sensor/screen to turn on sometimes.
I'd rather just have a "normal" looking camera that can go from the beach to snorkeling without a big bulky case.
Posted 02 December 2010 - 12:33 PM
Some waterproof cameras stay dry for a certain period, but this is usually rather short and
without housing the war is lost from the beginning....
The only one i have seen and used is the HERO GoPRO but you have to get used her fisheye lense.
This camera produces fun and surprisingly nice pictures and films and has a very nice housing, but she's still the half of a size of a cigarettes box.http://www.goprocame...hero-camera.php
Going one step up the solution would be a Intova housed camera as they are still small in size or
going more "pro" and get a housed G11/12/S90/S95.
Edited by ChrigelKarrer, 02 December 2010 - 12:34 PM.
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Posted 24 April 2012 - 06:26 AM
Gallery with this camera.
king regards
Posted 24 April 2012 - 01:36 PM
The cameras work great for kayaking and snorkling. Diving is what I bought the housing for.
Posted 08 May 2012 - 12:37 PM
I am researching a waterproof P&S for climbing, crayoning, rafting and other foolish pursuits. The Pany TS4 seems to be the best available today, but check out the new Oly TG-1.
Managed to flood and cripple my Panny TS-2. Hint, don't rinse under a tap. The camera still works but drains the battery in a few days, but it works great for day trips. Have just bought a Panny TS-4 with an Ikelite housing. Hasn't seen water yet, but I assume its good for a dip or 2.
The cameras work great for kayaking and snorkling. Diving is what I bought the housing for.
dpreview Olympus TG-1
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 10:35 AM
The auto focus is the one of the crucial features...
nikon n90s/ikelite housing/twin SS-200 canon G2/ikelite/DS-50/optical TTL slave
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One of the differences I noticed when I upgraded from Family Tree Maker 2010 to Family Tree Maker 2012 is that hovering over a source citation didn't tell me as much as it used to – at least for census citations that I had let Family Tree Maker create after the upgrade.
You'll notice that the individual's name was listed in the "before" example, but not in the "after" example.
To make things even more confusing, census citations generated in my Ancestry Member Tree and subsequently synched to Family Tree Maker showed the additional information. What's up with that?
This week, I finally figured it out!
Apparently the default for a certain little checkbox on the citation screen was changed between Family Tree Maker 2010 and 2012. It used to default to Checked; now it defaults to Unchecked.
By checking this checkbox, I can now see the Citation Detail and the Citation Text when I hover over a citation. This is very helpful for me.
I have issues with the lack of completeness in the auto-generated source citations from US Census records, but that's for another day. This is a Tip, not a Complaint.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
See More of your Census Citation [Tuesday's Tip]
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"Grammy's Daughter",ReplyDelete
I am not sure the the lack of a Check Mark is the default. My experience is that the Check Mark IS the default in FTM2012.
The issue about the completeness of the Citation Information, at the end of a Web Merge, has been noted to the Developers at Family Tree Maker.
You can also report this to this website:
Thanks for the tip. I was just thinking about upgrading my Family Tree Maker program myself.ReplyDelete
Regards, Jim
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Federal Board Islamabad – Annual Result of SSC-I, 2011 will be announced on Friday, 15th July 2011 at 03:00 PM
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Ismailia , the quiet city which people usually go to sleep before 12 AM is awake with thousands of protesters from locals roaming the town chanting anti-Morsi and anti-MB slogans mocking the curfew.
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Attacking Morsi and praising army
and Police !!
Suez also thousands and thousands went to the streets since 9 PM in defiance celebrating with fireworks and chants against Morsi and the Muslim brotherhood as well.
Ironically a man resembles President Morsi was found in the rallies and people took photos with him saying that even the president joined them in breaking the curfew.
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Still the people in Port Said are still angry , they carried banners in the rallies attacking Morsi and the Muslim brotherhood like "I am sorry for electing Morsi" and "Port Said will not bow to anyone except God".
Here is a video for the people in Port Said chanting explicitly "The Curfew is gone you sons of bitch"
2 citizens from Port Said were killed today in Clashes with security forces at Al Arab police station. The city has witnessed another mass funeral for its fallen citizens yesterday.
Even Port Fouad, the small quiet city is awake !!
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Special programme in 2013 to include panel discussions and events in addition to screenings.
The Berlinale has announced the first major focus of its 2013 edition, which will be a spotlight on indigenous cinema.
The special programme, NATIVE, will include milestones of indigenous filmmaking from around the world. Some of the curators and experts selecting the films will be of indigenous descent.
In addition to screenings, there will also be panel discussions and other events.
Other Berlinale sections will also include recent indigenous films in their programmes.
Festival director Dieter Kosslick said: "We wish to reveal the significance of indigenous film for cinematic art and, above all, for indigenous peoples. I'm pleased the Berlinale is taking this initiative and NATIVE will be able to unfold its great potential at the next Festival."


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DALY CITY, Calif. (AP) — Jeanne Manford, a proud mother whose love for a gay son prompted her to found an international organization for parents and relatives of gay men and lesbians, has died at her home in Daly City. She was 92.
Manford's daughter, Suzanne Swan, announced her mother's death on Tuesday.
Manford became an outspoken gay rights advocate in 1972 after her activist son, Monty, was beaten by police during a demonstration in New York City. She went on to found a local support group there for other parents the next year. In those days, many of the group's members were struggling to accept their children's sexual orientations.
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, or PFLAG for short, expanded nationwide in 1980 and now has 350 chapters around the world.
Plans for a public memorial are pending.
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CINCINNATI�A study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati shows that high-fat diets, even if consumed for a short amount of time, can inflame fat tissue surrounding blood vessels, possibly contributing to cardiovascular disease.
These findings will be published in the Feb. 20 edition of the American Heart Association journal Circulation Research.
Neal Weintraub, MD, and colleagues examined adipose tissue�or fat�surrounding the coronary arteries of humans. The researchers found these fat cells to be highly inflamed, suggesting that they could trigger inflammation of the blood vessels, an important component of atherosclerosis.
They also found that the inflammation of fat tissues around the arteries of mice is increased by feeding the animals a high-fat diet for just two weeks.
�This is independent of weight gain or blood lipids�cholesterol levels,� says Weintraub, senior author of the study and chair of the cardiovascular diseases division at UC.
Weintraub says that high fat diets contribute to atherosclerosis�or the hardening of arteries�in a number of ways.
�Elevated blood lipids�or cholesterol levels�can worsen with the intake of high fat diets, and this is known to contribute to atherosclerosis,� he says. �However, many patients who consume high fat diets do not exhibit abnormal lipid profiles but still develop atherosclerosis nonetheless.
�These new findings suggest a direct link between poor dietary habits and inflammation of blood vessels, mediated by the fat cells surrounding the blood vessel wall.�
Weintraub adds that the diet fed to the mouse models was not unlike the diets consumed by many Americans.
�It produced striking abnormalities of the fat tissue surrounding blood vessels in a very short period of time,� he says. �This is a warning to those who say there isn�t a problem because their weight and cholesterol levels are under control. Lipid profiles don�t hold all the answers.
�Bad dietary habits can lead to a number of problems, and this suggests that a high fat diet is detrimental in ways we didn�t previously understand.�
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You have to love any event that is associated with the phrase "the music goes on forever, the party never ends". This is the mantra of the Little Creek Music Festival, this Saturday June 9, 2012, from Noon until Midnight. See The Arkdale Ramblers, Loose Strings, The Heartland String Band, and of course my personal favorite, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, which is such a great name and who else would or could put out their latest CD "Pig Tails and Coffin Nails"! Little Creek Music Festival is held at Steingraber's Farms located at N7098 Bestul Road just outside Manawa. Even some local favorites, Jeanne Bauer, Tammy Drath, Bourbon Creek, John & Cindy Evans. There is "rough camping" available for $5.00 per person, please call in advance if possible 920-596-3607/920-538-2072 or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com. Bring a chair, bring a friend to The Best Little Music Festival and enjoy some wonderful music and time to sit and enjoy the beauty of Central Wisconsin.


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Ti Chape
As posted on Compassion's Blogsite: http://blog.compassion.com/child-survival-ti-chape/
- Mark Hollingsworth // January 18, 2010
After passing by a hazy eastern tip of Cuba, our American Airlines flight banked steeply to the right and within minutes we were passing over the northern peninsula of Haiti, so recognizable due to the heavily rutted landscape.
The French had not been kind when they ravaged the once-lush western half of Hispaniola of all the mahogany trees and shipped the lumber back to Paris to make fine furniture. More than 200 years later, the nation is still 90 percent barren, and what little good topsoil remains is eroding into the Caribbean. We circled over the Canal du Sud strait approaching Port-au-Prince, a teeming city I had not been to in 19 years. As we touched down on the single runway "international" airport, memories began to take focus. Child Survival – What Does Ti Chape Means? I'll never forget that trip. A wiry American with a unique accent was my guide. He had been living in Haiti for six years, assisting with various ministries, and eventually signing on full time with Compassion. His name was Wess Stafford. It was on that trip that I snapped one of my all-time favorite photos: a little child of about 3 with a distended belly, wearing a ragged striped T-shirt and nothing else, proudly hoisting his torn little handmade kite on a 10-foot string made of scraps of twine and wire he had found. The breeze was only keeping the kite about 5 feet aloft, but the boy was as gleeful as any child I had ever seen. Wess was seated next to me in our van, and noticed my fascination with the tiny urchin. "Ah, yes … another little Ti Chape." "What is a Ti Chape?" "It's a Creole phrase that many parents in these poorest areas of Haiti use with their youngest kids. I'm sure you'll hear it often over the next several days as we visit homes. It's a term of endearment … but also a harsh reality that reminds everyone of how devastating each day can be for people living on the brink. Ti Chape means little survivor or one who has escaped death." As a very tenderhearted man, Wess could not conceal his passion, and tears began to well in his eyes. With a catch in his throat he continued: "Sadly, for the majority of the poor here in Haiti, the infant mortality rate is as high as 50 percent for children under the age of 5. "Often parents won't refer to their littlest ones by their birth name until they celebrate their fifth birthday because they know all too well that many of them won't make it that far. "While they are still in this most vulnerable toddler stage, the children are affectionately called Ti Chape. "I guess it is often too painful to consistently call them by their real names for fear of assigning too much hope to their prospects. "This same phenomena happens, by different names of course, in other desperately poor cultures around the globe." I watched intently for a few more minutes as that toddler joyfully tried to keep his tattered toy buoyant on the air. Then we lurched forward in the traffic flow. For the rest of our stay I pondered what that child's chances of survival really were. Even now, whenever I look at that tyke's photo in my collection, it gives me great pause, and those feelings all came back to me as we drove through the packed streets of Port-au-Prince again. On the trip's final day, we drove out the N2 highway along the southern Massif de la Hotte peninsula, weaving past colorfully painted tap-taps (old pickups converted into buses often over-loaded down with upward of 20 people), soot-spewing diesel trucks, and U.N. troop patrol vehicles that help keep the peace in the politically unstable environment. We were headed out to see one of our child development centers — one that had been in existence for 23 years, but had added a new program just a few years before, a program that is helping revolutionize our work: our Child Survival Program. Child Survival – Rescuing, Nurturing and Discipling Little Ones When we arrived in the rural town of Papette where our local church partner had become a real community center over the past two decades, it was obvious that the 1,000 residents had a deep respect for all that the church had helped them with. My group and I were ushered into the sanctuary where 93 mothers and their infants had been patiently waiting. It was amazing how quiet and disciplined the 120 or so little ones were — we commented amongst ourselves that the same scene in America would've been utter pandemonium. There was a look of gentle appreciation on the face of each young woman when we made eye contact. A handful of the moms came forward to give testimony to what had revolutionized their lives. Over Compassion's 57 years of existence, we've always been laser-beam focused on child development for kindergarten-age kids through high school. But in the past five years we launched our Child Survival Program, which supports mothers and children all the way from their pregnancy on into infancy and through the toddler years. One of the young mothers, Irmice, had her little 18-month-old boy draped on her shoulder, fast asleep, as she shared with the crowd. "I serve a living, loving God. If not for Him or Compassion, I, and certainly not my baby, wouldn't be alive today." She went on to explain the loving care and instruction she had received from the Child Survival Program staff, nurses and social workers who showed her how to improve prenatal health via exercise, nutrition and supplements. Then after her son was born, the encouraging practical lessons like proper breast-feeding, preventive vaccines, immunizations and other medicines continued. On a subsequent tour through the child survival wing of the church we saw cribs, tiny chairs, baby swings, scooters, tricycles, a huge supply of learning toys and instruments, exercise mats, building blocks, and everything else you would see in a well-run education-based nursery. They even had weekly classes for social interaction/training and early literacy. For these moms, who come from households where the average monthly income is perhaps $40 at best, this is a sanctuary for their babies in the truest sense of the word. The Child Survival Program center Director, Rose, explained how the tots are regularly weighed, measured and examined to make sure they are within healthy parameters. There was a full pharmaceutical closet with everything a young mother could need for her child. Extensive files are kept on each mom and baby, and they're regularly updated with information gathered from the weekly visits to the homes and the families visits to the center. I was thoroughly impressed. And the results were obvious in the shiny eyes, gleeful giggles, and yes, even the healthy full-throat wails of some little nippers. I saw the wall charts that are proudly displayed showing the progress of each and every infant that had come through the program … and not a single one had died. In fact, once the 3-year-olds "graduate" from the Child Survival Program, they then become eligible for our Child Sponsorship Program, and all of them from four to five years ago were enrolled there! Outside the center, I saw some healthy-looking kindergartners sailing their tattered kites. They were in their school uniforms, with good shoes on their feet. I always like asking these little Haitian dynamos their names. It swells my heart every time to hear them proudly blurt out their moniker: Pierre! Camille! Sebastien! Monique! Alain! Simone! Yves! And when I asked these mothers on to introduce their littlest ones, there wasn't a single Ti Chape in the bunch. Support a Child Survival Program. Editor's note: Mark wrote this post about a trip he took to Haiti in March 2008. He originally published it on his MySpace page and allowed us to share it with you here, in its entirety. The photos are not from his trip, although they are from child survival programs in Haiti.


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Among the many founders of Antioch College, none had more far reaching impact on its subsequent history than the Reverend Eli Fay (1822–1899). Fay came from Cazenovia, New York, near Syracuse, appears to have been largely self-educated, and joined the Christian denomination in the 1840s. A leading delegate to the Marion Convention of 1850 where the idea of Antioch College was formally put to paper, Fay advanced the twin founding principles of nonsectarianism and coeducation that made the College famous even before ground was broken for its campus. Subsequently he became an increasingly influential voice in the composition of Antioch College, best documented in a three-part dispatch that appeared in the April and May 1852 issues of The Christian Palladium called "Our College Faculty." Here he laid out the need for a prominent, scholarly, and upright President that could "carry our College to the mountain height of Literary renown" whose reputation would "at once convince the world that we are truly doing a great work." The person he had already concluded to do that heavy lifting was Horace Mann, then on an extensive lecture tour of New York. The two met for the first time on that tour at the coeducational Genesee College in Lima (which became part of Syracuse University in the 1870s) as Mann reported to his wife Mary in a letter dated 9 March: "A man came to see me this morning who is one of a company engaged in gathering up a similar college, tho' perhaps somewhat of a less Unitarian stamp, at Yellow Springs, in Ohio." This meeting probably led Fay to the conclusions set forth in his serialized letter in the first place.
Fay had probably already submitted the final installment of his missive to the Palladium when he wrote Mann the following letter from his church in Honeyoye Falls near Rochester, the earliest hard copy in Antiochiana of an offer to him for the presidency of Antioch College. It seems that the "favor of the 13th inst," which resides in the Horace Mann Papers of the Massachusetts Historical Society and which Fay quotes liberally, was Mann's first reaction to the proposition he had received dated April 13 through the Reverend Austin Craig, who would later join the Antioch College faculty himself, serving briefly as its president during the Civil War. Apart from his "desire [for] a little further time for reflection" Mann must have had some conditions in his response.
Fay's discussion of Antioch College in the Christian Palladium.
As corresponding secretary of the Sub-Committee on Antioch College, the job of addressing Mann's conditions and concerns would certainly have fallen to Fay. For instance, Mann had likely already picked out the "female Professor" alluded to in the second paragraph, his niece Rebecca Pennell, but it appears that he merely offered that Fay and his friends should consider having a woman join their faculty. Mann must have desired a loyal as well as an accomplished faculty, hence the reference to men "who would be sure to break down any institution with which they might be connected." If this was one of Mann's fears about taking the job, it would be sadly and wholly realized in the person of Professor Ira W. Allen, author of The Rise, Difficulty, and Suspension of Antioch College in 1858 which he wrote in support of attempt by a faction of founders to turn the College into a seminary. Fay would prove Mann's champion in that struggle, both arguing to maintain Antioch as a "literary institution" and answering Allen's book with one of his own, Rejoinder to I. W. Allen's Pseudo-History of Antioch College, published in 1859.
In his very brief discussion of the College buildings, not yet begun in April 1852 and their location decided just 3 months earlier, Fay describes them as "all you would desire." The campus, unfinished though it would be for the first half of Mann's presidency, was certainly magnificent in scale and appearance, but thanks to poor planning and even poorer money management coupled with a builder's grandiose vision, it would also prove to be the main source of the myriad "pecuniary embarrassments" the College would suffer throughout his term.
Having little to report on the facilities Mann had inquired about, Fay waxes poetic by comparison on their location in Yellow Springs. The two conditions at the top of the Christians' list for the town to get their College were access to transportation and healthful climate, the term for the latter often used at the time being "salubrity," and so not surprisingly he leads off with them. Not yet in service ten years, the railroad through Yellow Springs was already fueling its economic boom, making a local limestone industry possible and contributing to dramatic increases in construction and population. And as long as people had been in the area it had enjoyed its healthful reputation, which was prodigiously advertised by a string of resort owners as far back as the first decade of the century. The passage probably speaks to a general cultural hypochondria of the time; many if not most of the historic letters and journals in Antiochiana contain abundant details of and inquiries about the correspondent's health, or lack thereof.
Fay seems to consider the subject untoward, and even pardons himself before dealing with it, but even at that time salary should have been a perfectly legitimate discussion topic for a prospective college president. Anyone who has applied for a position with a less than commensurate rate of pay (in this case $3,000/year adjusts to around $80,000 in 2012 dollars, certainly on the low end for what college presidents make these days) has probably also heard from the potential employer that their money will go further in their new home than it did in their old one.
We can probably assume safely that the "interposition" of Rev. Rufus Phineas Stebbins referred to in Fay's postscript does not mean the asserted right of states to declare federal law unconstitutional, but rather his willingness to serve as an advisor to the planners. Stebbins was president of Meadville Theological School, then still in Meadville, Pennsylvania, but part of the University of Chicago since 1930. A joint venture of the Christian Church and the Unitarian Association established in 1844, Meadville also helped found Antioch College, but in perhaps a less than obvious way. An argument on the Board of Trustees between these two ostensibly liked minded denominations in 1848 over whether or not the Christians might themselves make good Unitarians someday provoked the founders to withdraw from Meadville and strike out on their own with their own college: Antioch College.
Fay converted to Unitarianism in 1859 and held pastorates in Woburn, Newton, and Taunton, Massachusetts before a five year stint in the pulpit in Sheffield England, beginning in 1878. He returned to the US in 1883 for the more healthful climate of Southern California, where he continued to preach at a Unitarian church he built at Seventh Ave and Broadway, the historic main intersection of Los Angeles, on the site of the Loew's State Theater building where Judy Garland sang when she was still known as Frances Gumm.
A photo of the salutation of Fay's letter to Mann.
Honeoye Falls April 24 1852
Hon Mr. Mann
Dear Sir
Your favor of the 13th inst came duly to hand, I was truly glad to receive such a testimonial of deep interest in our educational movement from such a source, and assure you that we are not "disposed to consider the whole matter at an end" because you "desire a little further time for reflection". The multitude of Letters received since I saw you, give unmistakable evidence of an all-prevalent anxiety to secure Your services, if it can be done by the utmost extent of our means. So far as I know there is but one mind upon the subject.
Your suggestion with regard to a "female Professor" though new, meets with universal approbation, and we have a member who are admirably qualified for such a station. Our friends, without doubt will be glad of your counsel in the appointment of our Faculty, but we think a majority of the Professors should be selected from our own people as the college is the fruit of our munificence. And as its character will wholly depend upon the Faculty it is certainly for our interest to select none but the right kind of men. We have already secured the services of two or three, whose connection with the college will be an abundant pledge for the popularity of their departments. We know there are many educated men "who would be sure to break down any institution with which they might be connected" But if our powers of discrimination are sufficiently acute no man of that stamp will find a place as instructor in our college. As we had our eye upon Mr. Mann for president, we have labored to secure such men for coworkers as would procure as little incongruity as possible when brought together. We are proud of our success thus far.
With regard, to our buildings I will only say that they will be all that you would desire as it respects style, capacity, commodiousness, ventilation, etc. etc.
Yellow Springs is in Green Co. Ohio about 70 miles north of Cincinnati, lying upon the Sandusky and Cin R Road. Numerous testimonials of its unparalleled salubrity, have recently been published in the prominent papers of Southern Ohio from the most eminent physicians of the State. They agree in saying that it is far-famed as one of the most healthful localities in the entire country. No malarious disease was ever known here. It has now only about 400 inhabitants, but I have been credibly informed that the location of our College in its very heart, together with the salubrity and picturesqueness of the place, are inducing a very astonishing increase, - 100 new dwellings are being erected there this season.
And besides two triangular parks, forever to be preserved as such, around which the present, beautiful little village is built, the College has 20, acres upon which nothing but its own buildings are ever to be erected, the whole to be arranged and ornamented according to modern & approved taste.
Pardon me for making an explanation with regard to salary. Probably the amount we offer per annum would go further in defraying the expenses of a family there than $3000 would in N.E. Fuel, provisions, rents etc. etc., are plenty at less than one half the N.E. prices. This fact is worthy of consideration.
As we are to have a meeting on the 20th of may next for the election of a Faculty I now enquire if we may place your name at its head. Your services will not be wanted before the Autumn of 1853, perhaps not before 1854. But your name will aid us materially, in accomplishing a great work, and no effort within our means shall be wanting on our part to make all things satisfactory to you.
As I must make out my Report by the 10th of May please answer at your earliest convenience.
I have the honor to subscribe myself, dear Sir,
Your ob't. servt
E. Fay cor. Secty
PS We have expected the favorable interposition of Rev Dr Stebbins of Meadville as he is a warm friend of ours, Has he written you upon the subject.
E. Fay


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I am so happy this week is over! I want to share about what might be one of my busiest yet satisfying work weeks in a very long time. I will write reflections as I (and my students) finish up the projects.
I taught Diigo for the first time to all of the seniors. I set up Diigo accounts for each of the 120 students using Diigo Educator. I chose to use the educator version so that I could manage their accounts, set up groups, and basically be in charge. Our seniors write a thesis paper which they work on for several months, and it is a great culminating research activity of all they have learned in the library. I like to update them with some new research skills or tools though, and this year I chose to add Diigo. Many of the kids seem to like it. In fact, I believe the boys, and not just the highly motivated boys, were very impressed with Diigo and even started using the word as a verb ("Let's Diigo."). I chose to install the Diigolet on Firefox on many of the library computers and taught the kids how to install it from home. I will post an update in about a month with impressions from the seniors, but right now, I am happy with all the preparation I did (setting up their accounts, installing Diigo, making my account as an example for them), and with the interest of the students even though using it isn't required this year. Do any of you Diigo? What grades enjoy it? For what projects?
Moodle Wiki
In a big collaboration effort between the four 8th grade English teachers, one of our educational technology specialists, and me, we created wikis in Moodle to use as a reflection and collaboration component in the big research project. I made a LibGuide to accompany the wiki.
Each class has a wiki similar to the one below.
Each student has a page on the wiki where they are reflecting on the inquiry and research process, adding links to research, and posting comments on other student wikis. I was nervous to start this and teach wikis (and Moodle) for the first time. I am proud to report - so far, so good. Moodle is mostly stable, the kids are getting it, and the collaboration is going well. I am lucky to work with a great educational technologist and a team of teachers who trust us. We have completed 3 of the 7 library related lessons for this project so far, and I will post an update at the end to let you know about how the teachers and students feel about it in the end.
Guest Speaking
I used to work with a friend who became a consultant about issues concerning the Internet and schools. She had scheduled some presenting engagements at another school, and she asked me to cover two of them. I spoke about Internet ethics and cyber-bullying to a group of 8th graders at another local independent school. My Dean of Faculty said it would be great professional development, and it was. I was nervous to present, although my friend had great presentations to follow. I wanted to make a good impression, and I wanted my friend to be proud of me and be able to call on me again for help. I think the days went very well and any practice presenting to strangers is good experience.
All in all, I had a week of new experiences, new lessons, new collaborations, and not enough sleep because I also started reading a new book (The Help) which I love! And, the other librarian also was busy introducing two other major research projects, so some days we had about 230 people (that is one third of the student body) learing in the library throughout the day. A great week, and more to come this week. Look for reflection pieces for each component in upcoming weeks.
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Monday, January 18, 2010
Overview of the Week: Diigo, Wikis, and Guest Speaking
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- AnonymousJanuary 18, 2010 at 4:55 PM
Wow - what an amazing week! And very jealous of all you were able to do and accomplish. Your friend is lucky to have you to step in and take over a presentation (or two); I'm sure you "had them at hello"!ReplyDelete
I need to read The Help, too, as it's our Faculty Read for February... but with all my new ARCs, you can imagine how tough that decision will be.
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General Comments: Futures closed higher, but well off the highs as Nielsen reported increased demand. It remains very cold in parts of the U.S., but Florida remains warm. The state is being protected from the very cold temperatures to the north by a very strong jet stream that will not let the cold penetrate into the Deep South. Traders are expecting USDA to show unchanged production in its estimates this week, but to lower production even more in coming production reports. The greening disease has affected crops in a big way and could cause reduced production for the next few years. Growing and harvest conditions in the state of Florida remain mostly good. It has turned mostly dry, which is seasonal, and reports indicate that crops are in good condition. Irrigation water is available. Harvest is very active. Brazil is seeing near to above normal temperatures and scattered showers.
Overnight News: Florida weather forecasts call for mostly dry conditions. Temperatures will average mostly above normal. Nielsen said that US Orange Juice consumption was 41.47 million gallons for the four weeks ending on November 23, up 1.3% from the previous four week period but 7.9% less than last year.
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I decided to share an embroidery project that is twist on the norm.
I embroidered right on top of a fabric I already loved. This is Sarah Jane's Out to Sea fabric line, and this mermaid is darling!
To start, cut the fabric piece about an inch and a half larger than the hoop you are using.
Another tip is to add a circle of fusible white fleece to the back, this helps your stitches not show through to the front of your project.
I started with a simple filler stitch for the mermaid tail...
I added some stem stitching to her hair, just pieces of her hair, not all. Then I did a handful of frenchknots to the starfish. The texture really stands out. You could be done here if you liked it.
I decided to go on and "freestyle" the fishes. The same style of fish were in a different area of the print, so I basically just copied that idea and added the fish next to her. I really like them.
When you are finished, pull tight, and use a glue gun and glue the fabric edges to the back of the hoop.
You are finished! A sweet, semi-custom, darling embroidery hoop art.
Hope you enjoyed the tutorial, and if you are new from Clover and Violet, we hope you come back more!


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Saturday, February 16, 2013
14 for 14: Meghan Lino, wheelchair curling
From Jan. 2013 to Feb. 2014, the 14 months leading up to the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, "14 for 14" will profile 14 athletes who hope to make the U.S. team for the Games. Visit USParalympics.org on the 14th of each month for the latest "14 for 14".
My name is Meghan Lino and I am a hopeful for the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Games in wheelchair curling. I've been curling for four years, ever since I attended a friend's charity event for the Cape Cod Curling Club (Paralympic Sport Club Cape Cod) in 2009.
I am currently in Sochi for the World Wheelchair Curling Championships, which start Saturday, as the alternate for Team USA and hope to return to Russia in March 2014 for my first Games. Here are 14 things you need to know as I strive toward Sochi:
1. I use to think my coach Tony Colacchio was crazy.
He told me and my four Cape Cod Curling Club teammates, after we had met previous members of the U.S. wheelchair curling team, that we would be them one day. I looked at him like he was crazy. I never dreamed I'd make it this far, but now I am the No. 2 female in the country. I am excited to be a part of Team USA.
2. My biggest fear is being alone.
The scariest thought to me would be not having my family around. I have one sister and we make up six cousins on both sides of my family. We all get together for holidays since everyone is local. It makes for long-lasting time spent together and I would hate for them to not be around.
3. I have a really bad habit.
Ever since I was little, I have been biting my fingernails. I picked it up from my mom, even though she tried to make me quit with terrible tasting nail polish. I wish I didn't do it, but I do. It is my worst habit.
4. I'm inked.
I have two tattoos. The first tattoo I got was in memory of my grandmother. I got the second after a wheelchair curling competition a little over a year ago. My sister found a picture of a line drawing of a wheelchair curler and I knew that's exactly what I wanted. I love curling and I love tattoos. I plan on getting two more after the Games, if I make the team, to represent U.S. Paralympics and the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
5. Good beats pump me up.
Before games, I like to listen to hip hop and rap songs that really have good beats. I can't listen to anything slow before a game, but most of the time the music I listen to depends on my mood.
6. In human years, my dog is old.
Dylan is my 15 year-old mutt. He is Chihuahua, Pomeranian, beagle, lab and Golden Retriever. He's just a little bit of everything. He is small but I love him so much. I love to spend time with him around the house. Whenever I can't sleep, he stay up with me.
7. I love the Food Network.
Anything on the Food Network, I will watch, especially love Chopped and Restaurant Impossible. Food Network is my favorite. As far as movies go, I love The Wrestler and 12 Rounds with John Cena.
8. WWE Monday Night Raw is my favorite.
I am really into WWE wrestling, and I watch it every Monday. My favorite wrestler is The Undertaker. I've always liked him. My second favorite has to be John Cena. I have three autographed photos of his and two wrist bands from him personally. My nurse at the hospital actually went to high school with him, so that was really cool to meet him.
9. I'd rather spend time with my grandparents than a celebrity.
If I could spend a day with anyone dead or alive, I would spend it with my grandparents. I really miss my grandma since she died a few years ago. I had never met my dad's dad, so I think it would be really cool to hang out with him and see what he was like.
10. I want a muscle car.
I don't really like girly things; I'm more of a tomboy. I really like old, classic muscle cars. My dad has a classic '67 car and I think they are just built so much better than they are now. I also go to old car shows during the summer, so if I were to have my dream car, it'd be one of them.
11. I'm not afraid of a challenge.
Before a match, I don't really do anything different than I would before practice, but I do like to concentrate on my strategy for the game right then and there. I block everything else out. I try to do everything to the best of my ability. When I'm faced with a challenge I am more apt to go all in than step aside.
12. Fishing is one of my favorite hobbies.
In Cape Cod, being on the water so often, we do a lot of fishing. I can't wait until it's warm again so my cousins and I can get back out there and enjoy the sun. It's just relaxing and a fun time with family.
13. There's nothing like fresh, Cape Cod seafood.
I love any type of seafood but there is no fresher fish than Cape Cod's. When we fish, it is usually catch and release, but there are occasions where we keep our catches and eat them. There are so many types of delicious fish, not to mention shell fish, to eat in Cape Cod.
14. The curling ice is a great social scene.
The best thing about curling is the camaraderie of being on a team. I absolutely love meeting new people. Curling lets me be myself and be outgoing. I also get to travel, which I had never done before curling.
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In today's increasingly global society, teachers of Spanish are in high demand at all grade levels. The Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish Education prepares a student to teach Spanish in U.S. public and private schools. Students can also prepare to teach English as a second language to Spanish-speaking students if a TESOL minor is obtained.
Spanish Education majors complete a 32-hour major in Spanish, take a methods course and complete the required education courses for certification, which include one semester of student teaching. Upon completion of all requirements, graduates are state-certified to teach Spanish K-12. This certification is transferable to other states. All of Evangel's teacher education programs are accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and are approved by the Missouri State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
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|Methods of Foreign Language Instruction
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- K-12 Spanish teacher in public or private school
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- ESL teacher (if TESOL minor is also obtained)
|Achieve a 3.0 grade point average in content area and professional education courses, while maintaining a 2.75 cumulative grade point average across all courses.
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