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Engaging Science in the Life of Your Congregation
With so many issues to discuss, Christians can easily get the feeling that science is always attacking the faith. It is essential to balance such conversations with positive responses to God's creation. After all, the primary response to the natural world in the Bible is to praise the God who made it.
Why Do More Homeschoolers Want Evolution in Their Textbooks?
"Many homeschool parents contact me or show up at my office and quietly say, 'Is there anything besides Young Earth Creationists?'"
Series: What I Wish My Pastor Knew About... The Life of a Scientist
Andy Crouch examines the life of a scientist based on his experience of walking alongside his wife Catherine, an experimental physicist. That relationship has shown him that a life in science is a journey "into a set of virtues," of cultivating a specific character suited to the particular demands of research and investigation. Crouch's hope is to persuade pastors and others in the church to prayerfully support the scientific endeavor as a reflection of God's image in humankind as well as offers some suggestions for ministering to their needs.
Series: Searching for Motivated Belief
Over the next few months, with permission from Yale University Press, BioLogos will offer edited versions of chapters from John Polkinghorne's best books, Belief in God in an Age of Science and Theology in the Context of Science, in order to help readers delve more deeply into some of his most important ideas.
Meet Jimmy Lin, "Medical and Scientific Doxologist"
In our current culture, we're defined by our jobs. It's having a vocation. I wanted to shift away from that. I didn't want to be a doctor first and foremost, or a scientist, but one who praises God.
Evangelical Homeschoolers Ask for Accurate Science
… whatever their reason for homeschooling, evangelical families who embrace modern science are becoming more vocal about it—and are facing the inevitable criticism that comes with that choice.
The Lesson of Grace in Teaching
I want to talk about my biggest life lesson, that is deep and profound, and continually reshapes the way I approach my students: Your accomplishments are not what make you a worthy human being. And you learn this when someone shows you grace, good things you didn't earn or deserve but you're getting them anyway. Because grace gives people dignity they don't have to earn.
Science and Scientism in Biology: The Origin of Morality
The problem is that as human beings, we know that goodness exists, so it must be accounted for, and if one is a staunch believer in scientism, it must be accounted for scientifically.
Evolution and Christian Faith Grantees Announced
Congratulations to the 37 winners of the Evolution & Christian Faith (ECF) grants competition! ECF is a new BioLogos program designed to support projects and network-building among scholars, church leaders, and parachurch organizations.
A Tale of Two Worldviews: Being a Biology Teacher in a Christian School
The first challenge for me at the beginning of each school year is to clarify the students' understanding of evolution as it has been taught in their Bible and pre-requisite science courses. Invariably, they come back with the same answer: "Evolution is a lie," to which I respond with, "Which aspects of evolution are you talking about?"
Raising Children to Pursue Truth
In this video Conversation, Joel Hunter articulates the importance of raising a child that can garner knowledge from a variety of sources and to be able to study science with integrity—that is, to be able to pursue the truth to where it leads.
Worshiping, Growing, and Learning
Yesterday, biology professors Randy Moore and Sehoya Cotner raised the concern that workshops focused on evolution-related training do not reach not reach creationism-based biology teachers. Today, we'd like to focus on BioLogos' efforts to address that divide through our Biology by the Sea workshops.
Evolution and Creationism in America's Biology Classrooms
High school biology courses have a strong and lingering impact on students' views of evolution and creationism.
Does Evolution Compromise Human Morality?
Once we have a scientific hypothesis for how something exists, it is tempting to make the philosophical inference that this is also why it exists.
Awe in Science
If we can understand the experiences of the people who work every day in the lab, our dialogues concerning science and religion will be far more fruitful.
Series: Harmonizing Science, Ethics, and Praxis
In this three-part series, Cal DeWitt offers insights and examples of why science and ethics must work together to help us make informed, practical decisions within our society. DeWitt's science-ethics-praxis model provides a framework by which we can live more effectively as God's stewards.
Series: To Serve and Preserve—Genesis 2 and the Human Calling
In this series, David Buller pays careful attention to the original language and cultural context of Genesis 2, revealing that our responsibility to care for creation is a sacred task given to us by God, not merely a modern secular activity. By taking Scripture seriously, we learn that we have a God-given mandate to be diligent stewards of His creation.
Katharine Hayhoe: Evangelical Christian, Climate Scientist
As an Evangelical and a scientist, Katharine Hayhoe is already a member of a rare breed. As a climate change researcher who is also married to an evangelical Christian pastor, she is nearly one of a kind.
Science, Christianity, and Homeschooling
Resilient learners and a robust faith can handle challenges. But the faith of the students my professor described was different— strong, but brittle; it did not have the resilience that comes through testing.
Using Film to Catalyze Conversations on Faith and Science
What are the best ways to spark productive conversations about science and faith? Certainly there are books, articles, blogs (like this one), and podcasts. But there are particular advantages to using film.
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A new study shows that the proposed expansion of Medicaid under the federal Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) would dramatically boost Pennsylvania's economy and save the state hundreds of millions but Gov. Tom Corbett remains skeptical and reluctant to support the expansion.
The governor should approve expansion which would provide Medicaid coverage to everyone below 133 percent of the federal poverty level, or about 542,000 more Pennsylvanians, including 25 percent of those uninsured.
The governor so far has balked at Medicaid expansion.
Christine Cronkright, a spokeswoman for Corbett, said the governor has not made a decision on what to do about the proposed Medicaid expansion. She said he was concerned about whether the federal government would allow continuation of the gross-receipt tax now imposed on managed care organizations in Pennsylvania.
Earlier studies by the Rand Corp. and the Pennsylvania Economy League said Medicaid expansion in Pennsylvania could create tens of thousands of new jobs and generate billions in economic activity.
The League report showed that Medicaid expansion would save about $4 billion in state health care spending over the next decade as people receiving state-funded coverage would shift to Medicaid and "uncompensated care" costs covered by the state would significantly drop. The League said Medicaid expansion could save the state $1.5 billion over 10 years.
Now a new analysis by the state's Independent Fiscal Office, a nonpartisan agency, also projects savings and revenue to the state from the expansion of Medicaid.
The IFO report also concluded that the state would save by shifting medical costs of General Assistance recipients to the federal government, and expanding tax revenues as the result of roughly $3 billion in new federal funds going into the Pennsylvania economy.
State Sen. Vincent Hughes said in a meeting last week with the Philadelphia Tribune's editorial board that now three separate independent studies have shown that Medicaid expansion would dramatically help the state.
Hughes pointed out how the money saved and revenue created from Medicaid expansion could be a potential source for funds for the financially-strapped Philadelphia School District, job creation and other pressing needs in the state.
As a former prosecutor and Attorney General, the governor should be used to making judgments on the basis of evidence. Based on the evidence presented Medicaid expansion would be good for Pennsylvania.
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'Hunger Games' and 'The Bible' movie show racism of White Jesus
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(RTNS)--I got the opportunity to go off on a lengthy diatribe to a friend this week about the harm of White Jesus when I found out that History Channel's "The Bible" will soon be made into a feature film. The network, Mark Burnett and his wife Roma Downey will be bringing White Jesus, White Moses and the devil that kind of looks like President Obama to the multiplex to inundate a new generation of children with the notions of White privilege and White supremacy.
(If you want a better understanding of White privilege, the ability to recolor the Messiah and make him in your own image, despite prevailing and obvious factual impediments is a good place to start.)
At this point, most people agree Jesus was not the blue-eyed surfer dude that is consistently depicted upon cathedral walls and in pop culture. But whenever I start talking about the generally accepted notion that Jesus was not White, the typical response is, "Why does it matter?"
The answer to this question was perfectly answered last year when a movie based on a popular book series chose to stay true to its depiction of Black characters, at least the auxiliary ones.
When "The Hunger Games" debuted in theaters – to an insane $155 million opening weekend – in March 2012 with a Black Rue, Thresh, and Cinna, folks took to Twitter and Facebook to collectively lose their minds.
"EWW rue is black?? I'm not watching," said @Joe_Longley.
"why does rue have to be black not gonna lie kinda ruined the movie," said @maggie_mcd11.
"Kk call me racist but when I found out rue was black her death wasn't as sad #ihatemyself" said @jasphperparas.
"The posts go on and on and on. It's not just a coupe [sic] of tweets, it's not just a coincidence," wrote Jezebel's Dodai Stewart, who cataloged the tweets. "There's an underlying rage, coming out as overt prejudice and plain old racism. Sternberg is called a 'black b*tch,' a 'n*gger' and one person writes that though he pictured Rue with 'darker skin,' he 'didn't really take it all the way to black.' It's as if that is the worst possible thing a person could be."
Feel free to look at the tweets yourself, there are literally hundreds of them.
You could call this racism or you could call it the shock of living a life full of White privilege and then going into the multiplex to see heroes that suspiciously don't look like you. You're angry, you're disappointed and you're just so full of apathy for these Black characters, because, you know, "EWW."
This is the harm of a White Jesus. It's part of a theme in American culture that internalizes the superiority of whiteness. That message is imbued to White kids and Black kids and everyone else through the etiolation of all things good and pure. The most well-worn agent of this message is the archetype of an inexplicably White Jesus.
There's a fantastic examination of the history of White Jesus in the book "The Color of Christ" that looks at how the image worked in concert with slavery and ensuing notions of race in the U.S.
"The birth, growth, and evolution of White Jesus imagery dating from the antebellum era and exploding in the twentieth century coincided with the birth of an American empire founded, in part, in notions of race," said Paul Harvey who wrote the book along with Edward J. Blum. "The assault on that sacralization of whiteness through the civil rights years has not, and could not, defeat it entirely, and the depth of religiously-fueled sentiment directed against Obama suggests that as well."
Essentially, it's a lot more difficult to justify overtly heinous bigotry, like enslaving an entire race of people, or even seemingly innocuous racism when the son of the God you pray to before every meal is a Black man and His virgin mother is a Black woman. Conversely, it's much easier to justify when they're not.
Ask yourself the question, why would Jesus be White? The only possible explanation is that a historically accurate Jesus isn't palatable to greater (White) society. That should invite the follow-up question, why is that?
Portraits of White Jesus by Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were created to "honor" the kings of their time who were White, but why have they endured?
"This logic is perfectly cogent," writes Chauncey DeVega in a piece for Alternet, "a racial project of exploitation and enslavement of non-whites by Europeans, one legitimized by a belief in the natural inferiority of people of color, the pseudo-science of the Great Chain of Being, a belief in the Curse of Ham as well as other myths, must, for reasons of practical necessity, be predicated on the existence of a 'White' God."
While I disagree that the paleness of Jesus can be held responsible for the historical misdeeds of centuries of Europeans, it can be reasonably asserted that a White Jesus allows for a spirit of antipathy and degradation of people of color. That spirit can be seen in ritualistic slaughter and inhumane enslavement of historical masses in centuries past or on Twitter today.
Admittedly, no one knows what Jesus really looked like. Despite the depiction of a man with hair of wool and skin of copper from the Book of Revelation, which is actually an ethereal remembrance of Christ after death, not a depiction of his living self, we don't have any descriptions to use. But we do have common sense, which tells us that a boy who was born in the Middle East, raised in Northern Africa and was a member of a group of people that were predominately dark-skinned is probably not going to look like Diogo Morgado, Jim Caviezel or any of the other benevolent Caucasians who have played Jesus over the years.
So, does it matter what color Jesus is? Yeah, it matters a lot.
Reprinted from the Atlanta Daily World
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Mountain Dew releases arguably the most racist commercial in history
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If you've never heard of Felicia the Goat, you'll know about her soon. Felicia the Goat is the main character in a recent Mountain Dew commercial, created in part by Tyler the Creator. The video shows Felicia in a line-up of criminal suspects, all of whom may be charged with a crime
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Is Big Brother coming to your job?
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(CNN) -- How much do you hate it when some meddling boss is leaning way-too-close over your shoulder, micro-checking and second-guessing every bit of work you do?
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SPARTANBURG, SC – The Southern Conference announced Wednesday that UNC Greensboro's Scott Jones, Shannon Donovan and Jasmine Byrd were each awarded SoCon November Athlete of the Month in their respective sports.
Jones, a senior midfielder from Dallas, TX, earned men's soccer Athlete of the Month honors. Jones tallied three goals and two assists in November. He had one goal in the 3-0 win over Georgia Southern in the SoCon championship match on November 5. Jones also scored two game-winners in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament to help the Spartans reach the round of 16 for the third consecutive year. He was named first team All-SoCon for the fourth straight year and also earned his third consecutive NSCAA All-American honor.
Donovan, a senior defender, was awarded women's soccer Athlete of the Month. The Melville, NY, native was named SoCon Player of the Year and also earned Most Outstanding Performer in the conference tournament in November. She had two goals and an assist in UNCG's 3-1 win over Furman in the conference championship match on Nov. 5. Donovan was placed on the Soccer Buzz Team of the Week on Nov. 9 for her efforts.
Byrd, a Dumfries, VA, native, received women's basketball Athlete of the Month. The senior guard averaged 19.7 points per game in November. She scored 20 or more points in four of the Spartans' six games and leads the league in scoring. Byrd was named the UNCG Thanksgiving Tournament MVP after helping the Spartans win their own tournament. She was also awarded SoCon Player of the Week on Nov. 28 for her role in UNCG's two tournament wins.
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A fire broke out early Sunday morning in Albany, leaving one person dead. Officials say they cannot identify the body until an autopsy is completed, because it was so severely burned. Our Maria Valvanis has more.
ALBANY, N.Y. -- "When I first got out there people were saying, 'oh no one was in the house,' and it was a sigh of relief. So it was really heartbreaking to hear someone got hurt," said a neighbor, Heather Eckert.
Officials say it wasn't until after they put out the fire at 12 Arcadia Avenue that they discovered a body.
"Unfortunately during our final stage we discovered a fire victim in a rear bedroom on the second floor," said Albany Fire Chief, Robert Forezzi.
"I spoke with one guy this morning who said he had just moved across the street last week so he was pretty thankful that he wasn't there," said Eckert.
Investigators are still trying to determine what happened.
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Chicago Cubs prospect Albert Almora will be out of action until mid-May after breaking a bone in his wrist.
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Almora broke the hamate bone while taking swings on Thursday.
Almora was the sixth pick in the draft last year and signed a $3.9 million contract with the Cubs. He hit .321 in 33 games at rookie ball with two homers, 12 doubles and a triple in 145 at-bats.
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The Maine Business and Consumer Court in February ruled L.L.Bean owed Harrington-based Worcester Wreath $961,811 for the purchase of components for balsam wreaths that the Freeport retailer never sold. L.L.Bean had sold Worcester's wreaths for 26 years and in 2008 ordered more products than it was able to sell due to the recession.
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Greensboro city staff seems determined to stay with ReCommunity, the recycling vendor that has been ripping the city off for years.
But it is difficult to tell where the
City Council is on the issue. Mayor Robbie Perkins appears to favor ReCommunity, but he may not have the votes to approve a contract.
According to
Field Operations Director Dale Wyrick, the city has paid ReCommunity between $10 million and $15 million for recycling services since 1992, despite the fact that many cities make a profit on recycling.
ReCommunity's current offer in response to
's 2012 Recycling request for proposals (RFP), which would pay the city for recyclables instead of the city paying them, received the recommendation from Joe Readling of HDR Engineering. He gate the city his report at a special work session of the
City Council on Monday, Sept 10 in the council chambers at city hall.
The City Council selected ReCommunity and Waste Management Inc. to advance into a "best and final offer" phase of the RFP after throwing out two other bidders. Representatives from the two companies were scheduled to give 10-minute presentations to the council.
However their presentation time was extended when Perkins made the unusual suggestion that the companies each have additional five- and two-minute rebuttal rounds to address each other's criticisms and Readling's analysis.
Perkins cited the strange "no contact provision" that City Attorney Mujeeb Shah-Khan included in the RFP which prevents prospective vendors from having any communication with councilmembers as a reason for extending the debate to allow the council to hear as much as possible from the company representatives.
"I see these two gentlemen here and one's got the podium, the other wants the podium, and I think we need to kind of figure that out, and that way we can have some clarifications," Perkins said after the initial presentations, as ReCommunity Executive Vice President Jeff Fielkow of ReCommunity stood behind Waste Management's community and municipal relations manager Stan Joseph of Waste Management at the podium.
The meeting began with a presentation by Readling, who claimed that ReCommunity's offer, which included both a per-ton payment to the city as well as a share of net revenue, provided more revenue potential for
. Joseph strongly disagreed with that conclusion.
Readling's analysis focused on the transportation costs associated with Waste Management's offer, which would involve trucking recyclables to the company's materials recovery facility (MRF) in Forsyth County.
Although Waste Management offered to pay the city more for recyclables than ReCommunity, Readling claimed that the cost of transporting the materials, which he estimated at $10 to $11 per ton, would cut significantly into the potential revenue of the Waste Management contract.
During his presentation Joseph said the transportation costs that Readling assigned to Waste Management were far above industry standards and unfairly burdened his company's offer.
Joseph calculated the transportation cost to the city of hauling recyclables directly to the MRF in Winston-Salem at around $7 per ton.
He also said that Waste Management could likely revamp
's collection routes, allowing the elimination of one truck. By Joseph's calculation Waste Management's offer had an annual value of $1 million to the city, while ReCommunity's would only yield $634,000.
Readling also left out several of Waste Management's monetary incentives in his calculations, including an education center at their MRF and the "Recyclebank" program, saying that he felt some of them were "inappropriate" to include in his model. He stated that the reason he left out the education center was because it was something that Waste Management already had, independent of the contract.
Readling also threw out the value of the facility tours and public speaking events included in the Waste Management offer. However, Readling included in his model ReCommunity's offer the cost of a "Recycling Educator" that they estimated to be $35,000 to $40,000 per year.
Joseph said there was no reason to throw out the monetary value of Waste Management's education center or the Recyclebank program, stating that both would bring value to the city in terms of public outreach and participation in recycling.
Fielkow took a different view. Fielkow, who at an earlier meeting said his company doesn't own any trucks, agreed with Readling's transportation cost assumptions and said they were actually on the conservative side, especially when factoring in the cost of fleet maintenance.
Joseph later pointed out that Waste Management was the largest solid waste provider in North America, and was experienced with the costs of transportation.
Fielkow also touted ReCommunity's
MRF, which he said not only saves the city on transportation but provides employment to about 65 people. His associate, Bill Leonidas, estimated the average salary of those positions to be around $20,000 a year including benefits, when asked by Councilmember Dianne Bellamy-Small.
Fielkow also made a point of the roughly $4 million ReCommunity would invest in upfitting their MRF if they received the contract. "Its world class state can pretty much best any facility," he said of the facility the upgrades would produce. The upfits would allow the company to accept a wider range of recyclable materials.
Joseph pointed out that Waste Management's MRF is already able to accept a wide range of recyclables, and was already state of the art. "I'm confident in saying it's probably one of the best recycling facilities in the United States today," he said. ReCommunity has said that they would need until April to complete the upfit of their facility, and until that time the current contract where
pays ReCommunity for recycling services would remain in place.
Before the meeting Shah-Khan had handed councilmembers a memo that stated the city interpreted the present contract, negotiated during the reign of former City Manager Mitch Johnson, to require the city to pay ReCommunity a $598,000 fee to get out of the contract early. However, ReCommunity said the fee would be $1.3 million.
Councilmember Trudy Wade expressed concern over the city's current contract, and asked why ReCommunity couldn't do better than a start date of April 1, which would still leave the city paying for recycling until then.
"This is like asking us to go back into business with someone that's been making money on you and not coming forward and saying, "Hey, let's share here or we've got a better way of doing it,'" said Wade. Although ReCommunity did lower its per ton fee in 2007 from $60 per ton to $21 per ton, Waste Management was already paying Winston-Salem in the late 1990s. Joseph said his company had never charged Winston-Salem a fee for recyclables.
Wade also questioned why, if the contract start date was April 1, that a vendor couldn't be selected after the November election, which may have an effect on the markets and thus the value of recyclables. Fielkow of ReCommunity said that was something his company would be willing to work with if it was awarded the contract now.
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Valentine Heart Topiary's
HOW TO: To make these lovely heart Topiary's I started with some fabric I picked up at walmart. I cut out a 81/2 inch heart from my cricut using a nice cardstock. The Cricut Cartridge I used was the "Platinum Schoolbook."
I then used the paper heart as a stencil to cut out the fabric. I didn't follow to close to the paper heart, because I new I would be stuffing them. So you are more using the paper heart as a guide. When you are done cutting, both will look like this.
Next you will start stapling around the fabric and to the paper.
Then you will stuff the heart with shredded paper, or tissue paper, or cotton, whatever you choose. I used some scissors carefully to push the stuffing toward the sides and bottom. NOTE- don't staple a small hole you want a decent size hole to stuff. When finished stuffing staple the hole closed.
It will look like this when you are all done.
TA-DA both stuffed and ready for more foofing. You could easily stop here and just make some to place here and there on a mantel or table with more V-DAY decor. ;)
I used a "Ink It Up" light pink ink to rub up and down the dowel to paint them.
I sliced two slits one in the back of each paper heart to stick the dowels in.
Stick your dowel in the cut hole and add some hot glue to the bottom tip of the heart to keep nice and firm.
I used a thin satin blue aqua ribbon to lace through two white plastic heart buttons. To act as another layer and embellishment to the center of the hearts......
as well as cute red polka dot ribbon.
I used a small square chunk of styrofoam to hold the dowel in place, along with shredded white paper.
What is more Valentines then "HOT" tamales as a vase filler and fun layer.
and here it is with the ribbon embellishments and the jar stuffed with styrofoam, shredded paper, and hot tamales.
~ALL DONE~ NOTE- the backs of these will be facing a wall, once I get my entry table all decked out for V-day. So no one will see the ugly paper, staples, & glued backs HA!
If you make them or some like them email me, I would love to see your version, and share them. Thanks so much for stopping by. HAPPY CRAFTING!
I am linking up with Whatever Goes Wednesday at Someday Crafts HERE and Skip to My Lou for Made by You Monday HERE.
16 comments:
- ♥ Noelle ♥ said...
these are so cute! love the teal with the red!!
- December 28, 2010 at 7:55 AM
- AliLilly said...
OH MY HEAVENS!! These are SOOOO cute!!! and I LOVE your new blog look too! Now I wanna go change mine!! My sister gave me a ton of valentines supplies for new jewelry so I TOO have valentines on my brain! :)
- December 28, 2010 at 8:28 AM
- Brenda said...
LOVE your new blog look!
I also LOVE your HEARTS!
Have a wonderful week!
Love, Brenda - December 28, 2010 at 8:36 AM
- Kelley said...
So cute....thank you for sharing
- December 28, 2010 at 9:31 AM
- Makalani Adolpho, PLC said...
L.O.V.E., Love this! My kind of craft, no sewing. I can see all kinds of variations of this. I will link back once I have a chance to make some. Thanks for the inspiration.
- December 28, 2010 at 9:35 AM
- Maria Gridley said...
Oh dear, when I saw this post i was like wow V-day stuff Already! I still need to put away my Christmas Decor! hehe
Wish I was on top my organization as you are! LOL
Anywho, this is so cute! I LOVE the colors.. red and teal! Gorgeous! :)
I adore those sweet little heart buttons too. :)
~Maria-Isabel - December 28, 2010 at 9:42 AM
- Erin said...
Jen, those are too cute!!! And no sewing is even better! :)
I had no plans to do any Valentine decorating...and all your crafts now have me thinking I'm going to have to implement a seasonal decor shelf or something in my house. - December 28, 2010 at 9:44 AM
- One Cheap B*tch said...
Oh my goodness! How adorable are those???? I'm gearing up for Valentine's Day crafting too - glad I'm not the only one!
Jeanine - December 28, 2010 at 10:15 AM
- Red's Blog said...
Those are absolutely Darling!!! I love the colors you chose as well! And the Hot Tamales are one of my favorite candies!! Love it Jen you did it again!!
- December 28, 2010 at 10:29 AM
- Martha said...
I love this! What a fun and simple idea. I am going to give it a try.
I also love the new layout. I was wondering if I had subscribed to a new blog... Nope...same great blog just a new facelift. Keep it up!
Oh, and am I the last person on earth to take down their Christmas Decor? - December 28, 2010 at 11:13 AM
- Tanya said...
Really cute! I love Valentine projects :) Seems simple enought too!
- December 28, 2010 at 12:49 PM
- La said...
I think I can do this. My sewing skills leave a lot to be desired, but I can staple with the best of them. :o) La
- December 28, 2010 at 12:57 PM
- Lyndsey said...
I am in LOVe with this idea:)
- December 28, 2010 at 1:33 PM
- Nicki Mc said...
Thanks for posting early... my life is so busy it usually takes a week or two to find all the supplies, then another week or two to find the time. Planning is essential if I think I am going to do any holiday crafts.
- December 29, 2010 at 4:19 AM
- Stephanie Lynn @Under the Table and Dreaming said...
Jen love all your valentine ideas! I saw this on the sidebar while browsing your other links and loved it! Thanks so much for linking to the Sunday Showcase; I greatly appreciate it. Hope you had a wonderful weekend. I'll be featuring this today. ~ Stephanie Lynn
- January 23, 2011 at 2:59 AM
- Lori@KitchenFunk said...
Recently discovered your site and I keep coming back and finding great projects! I love this one and I am going to do it this weekend - I'll link back up to let you know when I've finished it. I know what to do with my V-day fabric, now!!! Thank you! ~Lori
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Sakakibara, Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs in 1997, said right now the Chinese growth rate is at 8 to 9 percent while India is 8 to 10 percent.
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Don't be fooled- there are no negative calorie foods.
I saw this making the rounds on pinterest again.
Don't be fooled- there are no negative calorie foods.
I saw this making the rounds on pinterest again.
I didn't mean to put this off for so long.
Semi-trigger warning. If you're sensitive, you may want to scroll past. If you've known me for over a year, you're probably fine.
Since this is about some unhealthy things I did to lose/try to lose weight, I'm going to skip most of the time when I was gaining.
During "the gaining years" (2003-mid 2008), I tried all kinds of diets. (These aren't in any kind of order.) I tried Atkins for a few weeks and learned that I am not one that can cut out carbs. I felt so weak and sluggish.
I tried "Weight Loss 4 Idiots," and once again felt pretty drained after a week or so, this time because I probably wasn't eating enough. You get 4 meals a day of certain foods in prescribed combinations and are allowed to eat until you are satisfied. I would just get hungry again too soon or satisfied on too little.
I tried another where your main intake was 3 protein shakes a day with unlimited grapes and pickles. The theory was that you needed something you actually chewed. I don't think I lost anything on this one, maybe because I added peanut butter to the shakes.
I tried Slim Fast and the Special K 2 cereal meals plan.
When I finally did start losing from my high weight in June 2008, I wasn't on any plan at all. It was a combination of no more birth control + cutting out secret eating + a little more exercise.
By the end of that year I was down to the low 140s from 170 and my weight loss stalled. I bounced around in the 140s, still struggling with secret eating, but doing better than before and running 1-2 times a week, more in the summer & holidays.
In August 2010, I decided to get back to the old me. I decided I looked gross (then I was 148- not actually overweight) restarting the image problems I had in college. I looked up the Weight Loss 4 Idiots again because it worked last time, if by "worked" you mean made the scale drop. I decided I'd just eat a bit more at each meal to keep my energy up. Since the last time I used it, they had added a plan called "Beyond Calories" where you get to eat 6 mini meals a day. I liked the sound of that, so I purchased the plan and printed it out so I could continue to use it when it expired.
Each day you had 6 meals of foods in different combinations from 4 different categories that roughly were fruits, veggies, proteins, and all of them together. You were supposed to follow the plan for 12 days & take 2 off, but I actually went 5 days on & 2 days off. And it "worked." I'd gain a little back each weekend, but would still average a couple pounds lost each week. I didn't feel totally unenergetic like other times. I had energy to run.
At the end of September, I found tumblr. I found thinspo blogs and "healthy" weight loss blogs alike eating >1200 cals a day and exercising some of the off and thinking they were healthy because it's not like they were starving. I joined myplate on livestrong.com and entered my calories of a couple days on the plans. I found out I'd been eating like those other girls- under 1,000, and I didn't even realize it. I thought I was fine because I didn't feel hungry.
Once I was down to 135, 5 pounds from my then goal of 130, I stopped the plan and switched to counting calories. I set the goal on myplate to 2 lbs/week witch put my net goal around 1000 cal/day. Some days I'd go a little over, but usually I was under that. I always tried to eat at least 1000, so I thought I was doing okay. I looked at others (I won't name names, but most of them have also learned better now) who looked amazing and ate 1000-1200 and worked out more than me, so I thought I was definitely safe.
I didn't actually learn more about what your body needs to sustain itself until the beginning of 2011. That was also around when I hit my "grown up" low weight of 127 and decided I was tired of counting calories.
I wish I could say that all of my weight loss was healthy and hold it up as an example of how you can eat more than you think and still lose weight, but it's not. I'm sorry if I lose respect and lose followers for this. If you choose to leave because of it, please let me know that's why. Normally I wouldn't ask such a thing because I know there are so many reasons for unfollowing.
I am healthy now, and whenever I feel like I may not be eating enough, whether I'm maintaining or trying to get back to maintenance range, I plug in my intake to make sure I'm all right.
So there's my story. I don't know if it will help someone. Maybe it will help you not to judge when someone isn't eating a healthy amount. They may just be uneducated, like I was. Help them out in a kind way. If they accept your help, then that's wonderful. If they blow it off, let it go. Maybe they'll remember in the future.


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Chris Seelbach, a first-time candidate for Cincinnati City Council, has won an endorsement from the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, a national group that could provide a boost in campaign fundraising.
Founded in 1991, the Victory Fund provides strategic, technical and financial support to openly gay and lesbian candidates across the United States, helping them win elections at local, state and federal levels. Most recently, the organization helped elect Mayor Anise Parker of Houston, Texas, the fourth-largest city in the nation.
Earlier today, Gov. John Kasich seemed to come out in support of same-sex civil unions, but Kasich's spokesperson says the governor was using the term "civil union" loosely and the governor is still against changing the Ohio Constitution to legalize same-sex civil unions and gay marriage.
"The governor's position is unchanged," wrote Rob Nichols, Kasich's spokesperson, in an email. "He opposes gay marriage and opposes changing Ohio's Constitution to allow for civil unions. He's opposed to discrimination against any Ohioan and, while he may have used the term 'civil union' loosely in this instance, he recognizes the existing rights of Ohioans to enter into private contracts to manage their personal property and health care issues."
The clarification walked back earlier comments from Kasich, who told Scripps Media, "I've got friends that are gay and I've told them 'Look, (same-sex marriage) is just not something I agree with,' and I'm not doing it out of a sense of anger or judgment; it's just my opinion on this issue." He added, "I just think marriage is between a man and a woman, but if you want to have a civil union, that's fine with me."
The comments to Scripps Media prompted a response from Ian James, co-founder of FreedomOhio, which is pushing an amendment that would legalize same-sex marriage in Ohio.
"I hope Gov. Kasich understands civil unions are banned by the Ohio Constitution as well and they are a cruel substitute for legal marriage," he said in a statement. "We need equal rights and family security in Ohio for same-gender couples. That's why more and more Republicans are making the right choice and stepping up to support marriage equality."
The comments from Kasich, who will run for his second term as governor in 2014 and is seen as a potential
presidential candidate in 2016, come during a period of renewed soul-searching
within the Republican Party. Most recently, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman announced his support of same-sex marriage two years after his son came out as gay. The change means both Ohio senators now support same-sex marriage.
A recent report from the Republican National Committee acknowledged a generational divide on the same-sex marriage issue: "Already, there is a generational difference within the conservative movement about issues involving the treatment and the rights of gays — and for many younger voters, these issues are a gateway into whether the Party is a place they want to be."
Not all Republicans agreed with the report, which sought to establish a new blueprint for Republicans in response to 2012's electoral losses. In a recent blog post, Republican Rep. Steve Chabot wrote, "To me that (the report) sounds a whole lot like accepting things like gay marriage, and being more liberal on abortion. As far as I'm concerned, that's a great way to alienate a lot of our base who are still with us. Big mistake."
Still, the report's findings are supported by recent polling. A poll from The Washington Post in September 2012 found about 52 percent of Ohioans support same-sex marriage, and only 37 percent are against it, with a margin of error of 4.5 points.
Another poll from Pew Research Center found support for same-sex marriage is growing,
particularly because of the younger generations. Among U.S. adults, about 49
percent responded in support of same-sex marriage, and 44 percent were
in opposition.
The Pew survey found a stark generational divide: Millenials — adults born after 1980 — had particularly pronounced support for same-sex marriage at 70 percent, and about 49 percent of Generation X individuals, meaning those born between 1965 and 1980, were also in support. But only 38 percent of baby boomers — those born between 1946 and 1964 — supported same-sex marriage, and only 31 percent of those born between 1928 and 1945 claimed support.
Supporting same-sex civil unions would have made Kasich a moderate by Republican standards. In the 2012 Republican presidential primaries, only former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman supported civil unions, and the rest of the candidates stood against same-sex marriage and civil unions.
In contrast, Democrats are now widely in favor of same-sex marriage. Marriage equality was embraced in the official Democratic platform in September 2012, and President Barack Obama became the first sitting president to support gay marriage in May 2012.
FreedomOhio's amendment could be on the ballot as early as this year. CityBeat previously covered the amendment's potential benefits and challenges, including some opposition from Equality Ohio, another LGBT group ("Evolution of Equality," issue of Nov. 28).
Beyond giving equal rights to same-sex couples, gay marriage could also bring economic benefits to Ohio. A study from Bill LaFayette, founder of Regionomics LLC, found that legalizing gay marriage would grow Ohio's gross domestic product, which measures economic worth, by $100 million to $126 million within three years. Statewide, that would sustain 740 to 930 jobs within the first year of legalization, 250 to 310 jobs within the second year and 170 to 210 within the third year. In Hamilton County alone, legalization would produce $8.2 million in growth, according to the study.
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up same-sex marriage in two high-profile cases next week. The cases will deal with California's Proposition 8 law, which made same-sex marriage illegal in the Golden State, and the Defense of Marriage Act, a law signed by former President Bill Clinton that made same-sex marriage illegal on a federal level.
Update (4:45 p.m.): This story was updated to reflect comments from Rob Nichols, Gov. John Kasich's spokesperson.
With the recent rash of suicides by gay youth who were harrassed, Equality Cincinnati is sponsoring a screening of the documentary, Bullied: A Student, A School and a Case That Made History, at the Esquire Theatre. After the film, a panel discussion will be held.
"These kids don't have to live on the streets and wonder every day where they'll be getting their next meal," DeWine said in a statement.
The grant money, which totals $430,000, will be shared between the Cincinnati organization and The Next Step, another homeless aid organization based in Geauga and Portage counties.
LYS, which helps about 2,200 people in the Greater Cincinnati area each day, will get $137,500 year per year for two years. The money will primarily go to the Lighthouse on Highland facility, which is located in Clifton. Bob Mecum, CEO of LYS, says the facility helps youth between the ages of 16 and 24 that are typically victims of violence.
During the day, Lighthouse on Highland provides nursing, showering, washing, food, shelter, computer and case-management services. At night, the organization acts as a 28-bed shelter. On the average day, the facility helps 10 to 30 people with its street outreach services and 40 to 60 people with its on-site services. On the typical night, 27 out of 28 beds are filled.
"Through this grant from the attorney general offices, the services out of the Highland location will be funded," Mecum says.
On average, LGBT youth face greater homelessness rates. Even though LGBT youth makes up only about 10 percent of the general youth population, LGBT youth makes up about 20 percent of the homeless youth population, according to the National Coalition of Homelessness. LGBT youth are also twice as likely to experience sexual abuse by the age of 12, and they're about 7.4 times more likely to experience acts of sexual violence than heterosexual youth.
LGBT rights are becoming "the new normal" in corporate America, but American Financial Group and Western & Southern Financial Group are apparently exceptions. Both Cincinnati-based Fortune 500 companies received a 0 percent for LGBT policies in the 2012 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).
The index uses LGBT-related corporate policies to determine scores: non-discrimination policies including sexual orientation and gender identity, company-provided domestic partner health insurance, equal health coverage for transgender individuals, organizational LGBT cultural competency, engagement in actions that undermine LGBT equality and other categories. The full rankings, dubbed a "Buyer's Guide," can be found here.
In the Greater Cincinnati area, Cincinnati-based Omnicare, Covington-based Ashland and Highland Heights-based General Cable fared only slightly better than American Financial and Western & Southern. The three companies received 15 points for at least including sexual orientation in non-discrimination policies.
Other Cincinnati-based Fortune 500 companies did much
better in HRC's rankings. Procter & Gamble got a 90 percent, Macy's
got a 90 percent, Kroger got an 85 percent and Fifth Third Bank got an
85 percent. The high scores show some companies are providing more to LGBT individuals than local, state and federal governments through equal access to health care and other benefits that aren't written into law.
On a national level, the five low-scoring Fortune 500 companies in Greater Cincinnati show a surprising level of backwardness. In general, the nationwide rankings were very positive this year. In an emailed statement, HRC pointed out 252 companies got 100-percent scores in 2012, up from 13 companies in 1991. As HRC put it, "For American companies, 100 percent is the new normal."
CityBeat could not reach Western & Southern or American Financial Group for immediate comment. This story will be updated if comments become available.
Cincinnati inched closer to equality after moving forward Monday with a measure that would allow city employees in same-sex and other partnerships to receive health insurance benefits.
With a push by Chris Seelbach, the first openly gay councilman in Cincinnati, the measure passed the finance committee with the support of all council members except Charlie Winburn, who abstained.
The approval came after a city report found that same-sex benefits could cost as much as $543,000 a year if 77 partners took advantage of the benefits.
The report suggested City Council mimic a system already in place in Columbus, which requires partners to prove financial interdependency and that they have been together for six months.
If the measure passes City Council, Cincinnati would be more caught up with other cities, states, countries and companies that already grant health benefits to same-sex couples. Earlier this year, the Human Rights Campaign estimated that 60 percent of Fortune 500 companies offer health benefits to same-sex couples, including Procter and Gamble and Fifth Third Bank.
Altogether, it seems like a small step toward equality. What's unfortunate is none of it would be required if same-sex marriage was legal in Ohio. If it was, same-sex couples could get marriage benefits, including health-care coverage.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine on Tuesday approved the petition language for an amendment that would overturn Ohio's 2004 ban on gay marriage. The new amendment would define marriage as "a union of two consenting adults, regardless of gender."
The amendment now moves forward to the Ohio Ballot Board. If approved, it will then require 385,253 signatures from registered voters and, finally, voter approval.
Ohio banned same-sex marriage in 2004 with a majority vote of 62 percent. But Ian James, co-founder of the Freedom to Marry Coalition, told the Huffington Post that he is optimistic things will be different this time, citing recent polls that show the nation is moving toward support of gay marriage.


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