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Moringa Oil
The seeds of the plant with Latin name Moringa oleifera are the source of Moringa oil. This plant is also referred to as "Drumstick tree". Likewise, Moringa oil has an alternative name: Ben oil (or Behen oil), the reason being that it is rich in behenic acid.
This oil has been used since ancient Greek and Rome for medicinal purposes. Today, Moringa oil is used both as a medical and nutritional source, and for inductrial applications.
Because of its soft flavor, some people use it for cooking, which we actually highly recommend as a replacement for some other usually used high PUFA oils (see below). Its smoking point is around 200 degrees Celsius (390 F), which is higher than most polyunsaturated vegetable oils. However, a much more healthier way is to use it cold to prepare salads and dressings. You can also add some Moringa oil to your green juices and smoothies to help the absorption of oil-soluble nutrients. In addition to culinary uses, another great option is to use it topically on the hair and skin.
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The Origin
The origin of Moringa oleifera are the foothills of the Himalayan region. This tree can be found in other parts of the world as well, such as India, Kenya, and Sri Lanka. Each location gives something special to the nutrition qualities of Moringa oil, so we have different varieties of it. As with the other plant oils, Ben oil is extracted from the seeds of this plant by using pressure. Cold pressed oil is of superior quality to other methods, such as solvent extraction.
The seeds of the Drumstick tree are very nutritious. Even the leaves have high levels of vitamin B and C, and other nutrients which makes them superior to spinach or other green leafy vegetables.
If the solvent method is used to extract Moringa seed oil, it is very important that no harmful solvents are being used. One of them is hexane.
In its natural form, Moringa oil is light yellow in color, mild in taste, and has no special odor.
Some of the beneficial properties of Moringa oil include:
- Antioxidant action – Moringa oil is a strong antioxidant. [1]
- Anti-inflammatory action – This oil fights inflammation when applied topically or internally.
- Anti-aging action – This oil helps prevent skin aging and alleviates aging signs.
- Anti-microbial action –It can be used for water purification as it kills bacteria. [2]
- Disinfection properties – can be applied to wounds.
- Preservative – Can be used to preserve food, as it resists rancidity
- Mosturizing action – Moringa oil has a great moisturizing properties when used on the skin.
- Antihepatotoxicity – It prevents damage to the liver. [3]
- Carrier oli for aromatherapy – Moringa oil is a great carrier oil for aromatherapy.
- Exfoliant – removes dead skin cells from the surface of the skin.
Health Benefits of Moringa Oil
Moringa oil, used topically or ingested, brings a number of benefits for human health.
Benefits for the Skin
This oil is a great moisturizer for your skin. Just apply on your skin for increased glow and excellent hydratation. It spreads well and it keeps the skin well moisturized, however, it will not be too oily. The fact that Ben oil is absorbed well makes it one of the frequent ingredients in some cosmetic products.
This effects of moisturization of this oil is due to the high levels of omega 9 fatty acid, in particular, oleic acid. It has significantly lower levels of behenic acid, but they are enough to give the skin a smooth look. Behenic acid is known to be able to condition the hair and smooth the skin.
Moringa oil may help in case of eczema, psoriasis, or other conditions related to irritated skin. [4]
The strong anti-inflamatory action of Ben oil, it can be used for acne treatments.
Moringa oil helps in treating wounds, bruises, and burns.
Tamanu and Moringa oil together help diminsh scars.
Due to its strong anti-fungal action, Moringa oil helps combat fungal infections, such as athlete's foot, or ringworm.
Moringa oil used regurlarly, alone or in combination with aloe vera, can reduce the appearance of wrinkles and make the skin tight.
Benefits for the Hair
Moringa oil is also very good for the hair. Because of its benehic acic, it can nourish and strengthen the hair roots, wash out dandruff, and reduce the scalp irritation. It is good for damaged or weak hair. When applied as a conditioner, it can help with numerious hair problems. In addition, your hair will become more manageable, more glossy, and as a result more beautiful. Obviously, by strengthening the roots, Ben oil helps with hair loss.
Benefits for the Liver
When used as food, Moringa oil can improve the condition of the liver. A study monitoring the blood serum AST levels has shown that Moringa oil lowers the markers that indicate liver damage. [3]. This may be beneficial for patients whose liver is impaired by toxins, medications, or viruses.
Benefits in case of Arthritis
Moringa oil can help alleviate arthritis pain. It can be applied directly on the sore spot to reduce inflammation and swelling. It can also help with joints pain and gout.
Benefits for the Gums
To improve gum health or to reduce inflamation, massage moringa oil on the gums. It can help in case of swollen or bleeding gums. It has a rather mild taste, so many people find it not irritable or revolting.
Help with Strong Emotions
Traditionally Moringa oil has been used to alleviate hysteria and put one's emotions under control.
Possible Side Effects
This oil is safe to use, topically or internally. To be sure that there is no interaction with the medications you are possibly using, consult your physician.
Nutritional Information
When compared to the other oils, the nutritional value of Moringa oil is very unique. Here is why:
Cold pressed oil and its fat composition
The majority of the fatty acids in Moringa oil are mono-unsaturated (MUFA). This feature is similar to olive oil. The main fatty acid in Moringa oil is teh Oleic acid.
Oleic acid is from the omega-9 family, commonly found in olive oli, canola oil, and sunflower oil. Unlike sunflower oil, which has about 30% of Oleic acid, Moringa oil has as much as 70%, similar to olive oil. This is great, because this fatty acid supports the heart health and prevents multiple sclerosis.
But what makes Moringa oil stand out is its behenic acid. It belongs to the saturated fatty acid variety. The average concentration is about 6 to 7 percent, but it can go even higher. As already indicated, this fatty acid gives the skin the smooth and glossy look.
|Fatty Acid
|% Composition
|Palmitic acid: C16:0
|Saturated Fatty Acid
|Palmitoleic acid: C16:1ω-7
|Mono Unsaturated Fatty Acid
|Stearic acid: C18:0
|Saturated Fatty Acid
|Oleic acid: C18:1
|Mono Unsaturated Fatty Acid
|Arachidic acid: C20:0
|Saturated Fatty Acid
|Gadoleic Acid: C20:1
|Mono Unsaturated Fatty Acid
|Behenic acid: C22:0
|Saturated Fatty Acid
|Cerotic acid: C26:0
|Saturated Fatty Acid
Nutritional and Chemical Properties of of Moringa Oil
The most important nutritional components of Moringa oil are the polyphenols, flavonoids, and sterols. Moringa oil contains some levels of vitamin E, which is a strong antioxidant and helps strengthen the immune ssytem. [6]
The density of Moringa oil is 0.9 g/ml, which makes it very useful as a massage oil. The peroxide value is a measure of the extent to which the oil is rancid. Its initial value is 0.19, rather low. The iodine value, which is the measure of the degree of unsaturation is relatively low, around 66. As a comparison, it comes right after coconut oil and palm oil, whereas olive oil has a higher value (between 80 and 90).
Buying and Storage
The chemical properties described above indicate that Moringa oil is relatively stable. This translates into low randicity. When buying always choose the cold pressed variety. It has superior taste, it is denser and has more color.
Moringa Oil Home remedies and uses
People have been using this oil for preparing various home remedies. Here are some of them:
- Sleep Aid – Add a couple of drops of lavender oil in moringa oil. Gently massage your head to induce sleep.
- Nail Softener – To soften your dry nails just apply some Moringa oil on them.
- Perfume base – Use moringa oil as a perfume base by adding your favorite essential oil to it. The perfume industry uses Moringa oil for that.
- Lubricant – Moringa oil can be used for lubricating machine parts.
- Soap ingredient – due to its cleansing, smoothing and moisturizing properties, Moringa oil is great for soap making.
- Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society: Extraction and identification of natural antioxidant from the seeds of the Moringa oleifera tree variety of Malawi; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11746-002-0542-2
2. River water purification for drinking purposes: http://miracletrees.org/moringa_water_purification.html
3. Indian J Exp Biol. 2012: Moringa oleifera Lam. leaf extract prevents early liver injury and restores antioxidant status in mice fed with high-fat diet. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22734251
4. http://miracletrees.org/moringa-doc/moringa_oil_characteristics.pdf


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Google has announced it will acquire Frommer's series of travel guidebooks from current publisher John Wiley & Sons. The deal will expand Google's investment in local hospitality reviews and ratings, reports The Wall Street Journal. (Google purchased the Zagat brand in September.)
According to Publisher's Lunch, the sale includes "all travel assets." The deal comes after Wiley's March announcement that it was looking to divest various professional and trade brands "that no longer align with the company's long-term strategies."
From PL:
Wiley said recently that the entire collection of trade/professional assets up for sale drove approximately $80 million in annual revenues. The announcement indicates that other sales "may arise from the sale of other consumer assets," and all proceeds "will be redeployed to support growth opportunities in Professional/Trade; Scientific, Technical, Medical, and Scholarly; and Global Education businesses."
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The number of overnight hospital beds available to patients in England has decreased by a fifth in a decade, according to research by the British Medical Association.
The report highlights that across the UK the number of hospital beds per head has fallen at a time when demand on NHS services has increased.
According to the data, in 2000 there were an average of 3.8 beds per 1,000 people, but this had dropped to 2.4 beds by 2015.
In the first week of January this year, almost three-quarters of trusts had an occupancy rate of 95 percent on at least one day of that week, well above the recommended limit of 85 percent.
The findings echo those of a BBC News investigation which revealed that 66 hospital trusts had an average occupancy rate above 95 percent from the start of December 2016 to 22 January this year, figures which Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, described as "worrying".
"There is strong evidence that bed occupancy rates above 85 percent can compromise patient safety, increasing the risk of infection. They also mean that hospitals have less capacity to respond to unexpected demands such flu outbreaks. Working in this way is inefficient," he noted.
Unsustainable pressures
"High bed occupancy rates have become routine in the NHS. But that does not mean they are acceptable. They are an important indicator of unsustainable pressures on the whole health service, which have reached unprecedented levels in recent weeks."
The BMA's report also underscores the current mismatch between the supply and demand for beds, which it says is causing bottlenecks in emergency departments. In November 2016, 15 percent of patients – almost one in seven – spent more than four hours waiting for a hospital bed, it noted.
Further highlighting the point, the data show that between September 2010 and September 2016 there has been a 12 percent increase in hospital admissions, but a 41 percent increase in the number of delayed bed days.
Elsewhere in the system, the current pressures on mental health services are particularly acute, the union warns, driven by a 44 percent decrease in the number of mental health beds since 2000/01. Between March and October 2016, an average of 726 mental health patients had been given out of area placements each month, it said.
"The UK already has the second lowest number of hospital beds per head in Europe per head and these figures paint an even bleaker picture of an NHS that is at breaking point," warned Dr Mark Porter, BMA council chair. "High bed occupancy is a symptom of wider pressure and demand on an overstretched and underfunded system."
"In the short term, we need to see bed plans that are workable and focused on the quality of care and patient experiences, rather than financial targets. But in the long term we need politicians to take their heads of out the sand and provide a sustainable solution to the funding and capacity challenges that are overwhelming the health service."
Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth told the media: "Almost all hospitals have been running over the safe 85 percent mark for bed occupancy while 60 hospital trusts are over 95 percent this winter. The response from ministers is to blame others and bury their heads in the sand.
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However, the Department of Health has dismissed the figures as "inaccurate".
"The figures come from two different time periods when the way of counting beds was different, and so they aren't comparable," a spokesperson said.
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Up until the last year, CBSE did not impose any strict guidelines on what to wear at the JEE Main exam. As of now, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has not issued any such guidelines either. However, general rules are applicable universally on what one should not wear inside any exam center. This year for the JEE Main 2019 January Exam 9.65 registrations has been received.
Frisking and verification are done at the JEE Main 2019 Exam center. Being a national level examination, the frisking is strict. Last year metal detectors were used at several exam centers to frisk the candidates. Thus, the importance of dress code comes into play here. To ease and make the frisking process less time consuming and easy, following a few JEE Main 2019 Dress Codes is advisable.
What can you wear?
Keeping in mind the January month, the weather will be cool and pleasant. Thus, the male candidates can wear full sleeves jackets and shirts however the clothing must have less or no pockets. Wear simple trousers/jeans. For the female candidates, wear anything with no or fewer pockets again. Go for loose and comfortable items of clothing.
What you cannot wear?
Do not wear any fancy scarfs/stoles, goggles, jewelry items are strictly prohibited as there will be frisking and metal detectors will be installed at the exam centers. Avoid wearing caps and watches inside the exam center too. These items make frisking difficult and thus must be avoided to make the process easier and convenient.
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Apart from what to wear and what not to wear, there are other important guidelines that the NTA has officially released about the JEE Main 2019 Exam centers. The first one being about the JEE Main 2019 Admit Card. The JEE Main 2019 Admit Card for the January session is releasing from December 17, 2018.
The JEE main 2019 Admit Card is the only document that can be used to enter the examination centers. The admit card will be available online under the JEE Main 2019 Login. To download the JEE Main 2019 Admit Card, candidates have to log in using their JEE Main 2019 application number and password. The hard copy of the downloaded admit card is to be carried at the centers to be able to appear in the exam.
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the JEE main 2019 January Exam is being conducted between January 06-20, 2019. The paper 1 will be conducted in 2 shifts – 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m and 2.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. However paper 2 will be conducted only on January 08, 2019, in again 2 similar shifts.
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Victory Gardens for Bees
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Market Day
Gotta beat the heat these days by shopping early and shopping late. At the crack of dawn (well, not quite) friends drove us out to UBC Farm where I bought corn, blueberries and sour cherries. We stopped in the Landed Learning Garden and watched hummingbirds whizz around our heads, sipping on nasturtiums and scarlet runner bean blossoms.
Later the same day, after it cooled off, I walked down the hill to the Mount Pleasant Victory Garden Market in an alley off Main and Broadway. I bought some bulb fennel from this cool dude of Barefoot Farms who grows veggies in two local back yards.
This is the reason I headed to the market: Fish from Skipper Otto. We love it!
My son has decided he will only eat Sockeye from now on. Well, lah-dee-dah.
Wouldn't it be loverly to have a trail of weekend pocket markets over the neighborhood so you could stroll and visit and chat and eat and drink? Le sigh. It feels like this just might be possible. Now if only the liquor laws could be relaxed, and made a bit more Euro.
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Every Friday through the end of the year, we're recapping the five stupidest right-wing tweets of 2012, and when we get to the fifth, you'll have a chance to vote on the stupidest.
Our third contestant comes from Right-Wing News' John Hawkins.
So, in calling the President of the United States a racist, Hawkins joined fellow white wingnuts Glenn Beck, Glenn Reynolds and Rush Limbaugh.
The Republican minority outreach program worked wonders in 2012. Keep it up, guys.


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Williston Northampton Convocation Speech
Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum
September 15, 2017
A long time ago I read a disturbing story that had a powerful effect on me and I want to begin my talk today by telling it to all of you. Unfortunately I no longer remember where I first read it, but I believe it comes from the Buddhist tradition. It is a story about a king who wanted to create a large bell that could be heard across the country side, one that would be astonishingly beautiful in tone. He commissioned the most highly skilled bell maker he could find, and the bell maker worked diligently to produce a wonderful bell. The first bell he made was good, but not great. The sound quality just wasn't what the king was looking for. A second bell was cast, and still despite the bell maker's best efforts, it wasn't good enough for the king. Finally in frustration, the bell maker told the king that the only way to get the beautiful tone he was looking for would be to sacrifice a young maiden in the casting of the bell. And so the king ordered his soldiers to find a suitable candidate. In a nearby village they found a poor woman with a young daughter, and snatched her away from her pleading mother. She was sacrificed for the bell, and indeed the bell that resulted was both beautiful to see and had an astonishingly pure and lovely tone. All who heard it marveled at the sound, but the poor mother who knew firsthand its terrible history cried with grief each time the bell rang. There was injustice literally baked into that bell, but those who did not know that history never had to think about that injustice. They simply enjoyed its sound.
When I first encountered that story, it caused me to think about what metaphorical bells are ringing today whose sound I enjoy, but whose continued ringing is, for someone else, a reminder of terrible injustice. Your perspective, or point of view, about the value of the bell and its sweet sound is certainly going to be shaped by your knowledge (or lack of knowledge) about its history.
Sometimes we prefer not to know such history. If we knew, what would we do? What would be our obligation? Would we stop listening to the bell? Would we condemn the king and try to overthrow his rule? What if the king is long gone? Can we just forget about the price that was paid? Would we demand reparations for the poor mother whose daughter was sacrificed? Or would we shrug our shoulders and say "I didn't order that bell. It's not my fault. It's not my responsibility." How you respond to that question, your perspective, is likely to be rooted in your life experience, and may not reflect the life experiences of others. Whose perspective might be missing? Whose history don't you know?
These might seem like theoretical questions, but in fact, they have real implications for what is going on around us today. If we extend the metaphor of the "beautiful bell" to the United States, we must acknowledge that there is injustice baked into our bell.
Jim Wallis, a well-known pastor and publisher of Sojourners Magazine, writes from his perspective as a white European-American man about this embedded flaw in a book entitled, America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America. In it he writes,
"The United States has the most racial diversity of any country in the world. This diversity is essential to our greatness, but it has also given us a history of tension and conflict…Ironically and tragically, American diversity began with acts of violent racial oppression that I am calling America's "original sin"—the theft of land from Indigenous people who were either killed or removed and the enslavement of millions of Africans who became America's greatest economic resource—in building a new nation. The theft of land and the violent exploitation of labor were embedded in America's origins." (Wallis, 2016, p. 9)
The injustice was baked in, and a racial hierarchy created that we still see evidence of today. All of that is part of our American bell. And when we hear the bell's song (the National Anthem) or recite its pledge, some, particularly those at the top of the hierarchy, may hear a beautiful sound while others, particularly those identified with the people at the bottom, feel the pain of past and present injustice.
When I wrote those words originally in the fall of 2016, I was thinking about the controversy surrounding Colin Kaepernick's decision not to stand for the National Anthem as a silent protest. He was using his sphere of influence as a sports figure to remind us of the injustice baked into the bell, injustice that still has not been completely purged from the bell's core, and that is still resonating from the bell today.
A year later, the Kaepernick controversy has not gone away. In fact, it has been added to by the NFL teams refusing to hire him, and others threatening to boycott the NFL because of that. But also, a year later, we could expand our discussion to include other symbols and what they represent – we could talk about the differing responses to Confederate flags and statues, for example.
What do you hear when you hear the National anthem or recite the pledge of allegiance? What do you see when you spot a Confederate flag or a statue of Confederate soldiers?
Recently I came across an essay by Tom Ziller, a sports writer who captured two different perspectives – that of Colin Kaepernick and that of another football player, Saints Quarter Back Drew Brees, who criticized Colin for his silent protest. Ziller writes:
Brees hears the anthem and sees his World War II veteran grandfather and the dozens of soldiers he's met through his involvement with the USO. Kaepernick hears the anthem and sees Philando Castile, Walter Scott, Freddie Gray, Tamir Rice, Eric Garner. These are not mutually exclusive visions. America can be worthy of pride and worthy of disgust. Even World War II provided lessons to this effect: while American soldiers liberated Europe, 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent were rounded up and incarcerated by our government. America can be worthy of pride and worthy of disgust. The examples, from our slave-owning Founding Fathers to the century of Jim Crow laws that followed emancipation, are endless. [1]
As Ziller points out, both perspectives are valid but I would argue that the first perspective is based on an incomplete history, even of veterans and their World War II experience. White veterans and veterans of color were not treated the same. After World War II, the veterans of that war received several major benefits under the GI Bill—providing funding for education, job training, and home loan guarantees, a major factor in the growth of the middle class in America in the 1950s. Yet, during the same period, thousands of black veterans in both the North and South were denied housing and business loans, as well as admission to whites-only colleges and universities. To give you a sense of the degree of discrimination, of the 67,000 mortgages insured by the GI Bill in New York and Northern New Jersey, less than 100 of them went to support home purchases by veterans of color. (Wallis, 2016). When we don't acknowledge this aspect of our history, we fail to acknowledge the pain that was and is still being baked into the bell.
Similarly, people with different life experiences hear different meanings when they hear protestors chant the phrase, "Black Lives Matter" – a rallying cry that began as a hashtag on Twitter in response to the police shootings of unarmed Black men and women. I gave a talk last summer, and an elderly white gentleman told me during the Q&A why he objected to the phrase. He felt excluded by it. When you hear the phrase "Black Lives Matter" does it sound like "only Black Lives Matter" or is it "Black Lives Matter too"?
To me, it is obvious that the phrase highlights the ways that Black lives have been devalued historically and currently, not just because police officers have been able to kill unarmed Black men and women without accountability, but because the health of Black citizens (both children and adults) can be disregarded when water known to be contaminated with lead was allowed to flow from their faucets for months without taking action (meanwhile Flint city offices were being provided bottled water to drink), and predatory lenders can get away with offering subprime loans to Black and Latino borrowers, even when they have credit scores comparable to white borrowers who are being offered more conventional, less risky loans, just to name a few recent examples. Such discriminatory behavior can happen for months, in some cases years, without public outcry, because those lives, it seems, are considered less valuable. But if you don't know those stories, you don't understand what those affected are talking about.
Social scientists know that those at the bottom of any hierarchy usually know more about those at the top than those at the top know about those at the bottom. It's easy to understand why. The maid that cleans her employer's house will know a lot more about the employer's life than the employer is likely to know about hers. She sees the inside of that house and every room in it but it is entirely possible that the employer has never been to the maid's house or visited her neighborhood and may not know much about the maid's life away from her job.
When we don't know the stories of those at the bottom of the hierarchy, our knowledge is incomplete, not just because we don't know the stories of those at the bottom. It is incomplete because if we don't know the stories at the bottom, we can't truly know the stories of those at the top, because the stories are linked.
Consider for example the story of Georgetown University, a very prestigious college, located in Washington, DC. In a very tangible way, those at the bottom of the hierarchy made it possible for those at the top to be educated at Georgetown. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit institution of higher education in the United States. In 1838, facing financial ruin, the priests in charge of Georgetown paid the school's debts by selling 272 of the slaves they owned, netting $115,000, what would be $3.3 million in today's dollars. Rachel Swarns of the New York Times vividly described what happened in an article she wrote, saying:
The human cargo was loaded on ships at a bustling wharf in the nation's capital, destined for the plantations of the Deep South. Some slaves pleaded for rosaries as they were rounded up, praying for deliverance.
But on this day, in the fall of 1838, no one was spared: not the 2-month-old baby and her mother, not the field hands, not the shoemaker and not Cornelius Hawkins, who was about 13 years old when he was forced onboard.
Their panic and desperation would be mostly forgotten for more than a century. But this was no ordinary slave sale. The enslaved African-Americans had belonged to the nation's most prominent Jesuit priests. And they were sold, along with scores of others, to help secure the future of the premier Catholic institution of higher learning at the time, known today as Georgetown University…
More than a dozen universities — including Brown, Columbia, Harvard and the University of Virginia — have publicly recognized their ties to slavery and the slave trade. But the 1838 slave sale organized by the Jesuits, who founded and ran Georgetown, stands out for its sheer size, historians say…
"The university itself owes its existence to this history," said Adam Rothman, a historian at Georgetown and a member of a university working group that is studying ways for the institution to acknowledge and try to make amends for its tangled roots in slavery. (NY Times, April 27, 2016) [2]
We could call Georgetown another beautiful bell – but the injustice of slavery and the sacrifice of 272 pleading human beings is certainly baked in. How can a bell like that be fixed? Last year, on September 1, 2016 the president of Georgetown University, Dr. John DeGoia, formally apologized stating, "There is a moral, as well as a practical, imperative that defines this moment—that shapes the responsibility we all share: how do we address now, in this moment, the enduring and persistent legacy of slavery? I believe the most appropriate ways for us to redress the participation of our predecessors in the institution of slavery is to address the manifestations of the legacy of slavery in our time. Some of the efforts that we began in February 2016—a Department of African American Studies, a new center focused on racial justice, and hiring of new faculty to support this work—are means of engaging this challenge." [3]
Other steps the university is taking include the renaming of buildings – one to be called Isaac Hall, the first name on the list of those that were sold, as well as giving admissions preference to descendants of the enslaved people the Jesuits owned, as well as build a public memorial to honor their memory. These actions were among several recommendations made by a Georgetown Committee called the Working Group of Slavery, Memory and Reconciliation.
How can we fix this American bell we call the United States? Certainly, efforts have been made in my lifetime. I have seen progress. My father was born in 1926. He was 90 when he died last year. He was fortunate to have grown up in a family of educators, and was able to attend college in the 1940s (a time when that was uncommon for an African American). He earned his undergraduate degree at Howard University (a historically Black college in Washington DC) and then a Masters degree at the University of Iowa and become a college professor, first teaching at Florida A&M in Tallahassee and Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (both also historically Black colleges) before moving to Massachusetts in 1958 where he became the first African American professor at Bridgewater State College (now known as Bridgewater State University).
I was born in 1954 when my father was still teaching art at Florida A&M. As I mentioned, he earned his Masters Degree at the University of Iowa, and he wanted to get his doctorate in Art Education. Florida State University, which is also in Tallahassee, had a graduate program in Art Education, and it would have been very convenient to attend since it was in the same city where we lived. Unfortunately, because of the segregation of universities in Florida in 1954, my father was not allowed to attend Florida State. But because of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling, the state of Florida was legally required to give my father access to graduate education. The state of Florida met their obligation, not by admitting him to the school across town, but by paying his transportation to Pennsylvania where he enrolled in the Art Education program at Penn State and earned his doctorate there.
Today we see the foolishness of the state of Florida – instead of trying to keep talented people like my dad in the state, their behavior drove them out. Florida's loss was Massachusetts' gain. My dad had a wonderful 30-year teaching career at Bridgewater State, free of many (though not all) of the constraints of racial discrimination.
Today, I can say that when I applied to graduate school, I did not have the limited choices my father had. I was not prohibited by any segregationist policies or practices from applying to the schools of my choice. Neither were my children. But I will tell you that when my sons became old enough to drive in Northampton, Massachusetts, their dad and I both talked to them about the hazards of being stopped by police and the importance of keeping your hands visible at all times. Because even well-behaved, good-looking, articulate and Williston-educated young Black men living in Massachusetts could fall victim to the racist assumptions of others, and unconscious bias is dangerous when someone has a gun in their hands.
Yes, in my lifetime, there has been progress. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, the moral arc of the universe bends toward justice. And in my lifetime, I have seen it bend. But lately it seems that the arc is stuck.
Progress of any kind is rarely linear. It is often a matter of two steps forward and one step back. Periods of progressive reform are often met by backlash – as others, perhaps fearful of what is unfamiliar, try to return to an earlier status quo. There are many examples in history of that pattern. If we are paying attention, we can see that pattern in motion right now. In fact, I sometimes feel like we are living in the 21st century version of Reconstruction! In case you don't remember, following the end of the Civil War, there was a period of reformation in the South that included the establishment of the Freedmen's Bureaus to help those newly released from bondage. Blacks were given the right to vote, and some elected to Southern state governments. Many social reforms, including the establishment of public schools, were instituted during that period. However, there was also massive white resistance from the former Confederates, which became violent with the rise of the KKK. As Northern law enforcers eventually withdrew from the South (marking the end of Reconstruction), white supremacists reasserted control and "took the South back" through the institution of Jim Crow laws, and the disenfranchisement of Black voters. It was during that period that most of today's Confederate statues were erected, an effort to demonstrate who was in control in the South.
Though as a nation I believe we have moved far beyond that period in our history, I see the logic of legal expert Michelle Alexander's argument that mass incarceration is a new way to exert racialized social control (what she calls the New Jim Crow).[4] I watch with alarm the systematic institution of voter ID laws not just in the South, but across the nation, clearly intended to suppress the voting behavior of historically marginalized voters. It is a tactic rooted in our history. We should pay attention to it.
We are at an important historical moment with regard to our nation's legacy of dealing with race. It is a moment that contains both dangers and opportunities. We can allow the forces leading to greater segregation to drive us further apart as a nation; or we can use our leadership – as active citizens – to make a positive change. We lived through a political season in which we heard politicians saying things like, "We're taking America back." Back to what? Back from whom? What is their definition of a "better" America? What is yours?
As a psychologist, one thing I know for sure is that leadership matters. Fundamentally, we know that human beings are not that different from other social animals. Not unlike wolves, we follow the leader. Yes, we have an innate tendency to think in "us" and "them" categories, but we look to the leader to help us know who the "us" is and who the "them" is. The leader can define who is in and who is out. The leader can draw the circle narrowly, or widely. When the leader draws the circle in an exclusionary way, with the rhetoric of hostility, the sense of threat among the followers is heightened. When the rhetoric is expansive and inclusionary, the threat is reduced. It sounds simple, but we know it is not. It requires courage, and sometimes means we must speak up against strident voices. But that is what leaders do. And everyone here—whether student, faculty or staff—has the capacity to be a leader, to influence others whether they be family members, friends, classmates, or colleagues.
The leader has to ask the question, how is the circle being drawn? Who is inside it? Who is outside it? What can I do to make the circle bigger? We live in a time when anxiety and fear are rising – and us-them lines are being drawn in a way that does not bode well for the health of our society. As Martin Luther King once said, we are caught in a "web of mutuality," and that means we have to know the stories at the bottom of our society as well as at the top. We need a much wider perspective, seeking out the stories, the histories, we don't know. Each of us – everyone here – has the opportunity to broaden our perspective and a learning environment like this one is a good place to start.
Before I became a college president, I taught a course on the psychology of racism for more than 20 years, and as my students learned more about the enduring nature of racism, they often felt overwhelmed and helpless to do anything. I used to say to them, the same thing I will say to you: You have more power than you think. Everyone has a sphere of influence—family members, friends, classmates, co-workers, colleagues in your book club, members of your house of worship – when you think about it, your social network is broad. Use it!
We are all part of a chain of change agents, men and women—white and of color—who in large and small ways have taken action (not unlike Colin Kaepernick), people who asked the difficult question at the meeting, risked some discomfort, and used their social power and privilege to interrupt the status quo – regardless of its source. We must not break that chain of courage and commitment if we want to see continued progress—if we want to fix our bell.
Last year while I was working on the new edition of my book, I traveled to Texas, speaking on the campus of Texas A&M. Something happened there that gave me some hope. By coincidence, the week before I arrived there had been a racial incident. A group of Black teenagers from a high school in Houston were touring the campus. During the tour they were approached by a small group of students who yelled racial slurs at them. "What's hopeful about that?" you might be asking yourself. Nothing. What gave me hope is what happened next. The student body president, a young white man named Joseph Benigno '16, issued a statement on YouTube (just 3½ minutes long), but clear, concise and courageous.[5] Acknowledging that he himself had been silent in the face of racist and sexist remarks, often made behind closed doors, he recognized that his and other's silence gave permission for the hateful remarks to be made publicly. "Our silence fosters hate. Our silence enables the hateful to feel comfortable and welcome…" He urged his fellow students to take responsibility for making a change. I was very impressed with his statement—you can watch it yourself on YouTube. Just type in "the Statement of the Texas A&M Student Body President" and you can find it. His example of leadership was for me a sign of hope.
Is our society getting better? It could be. It's up to us to make sure it is.
I will end with this advice from President Obama to the Howard University graduating Class of 2016: "Change isn't something that happens every four or eight years; change is not placing your faith in any particular politician and then just putting your feet up and saying, okay, go. Change is the effort of committed citizens who hitch their wagons to something bigger than themselves and fight for it every single day."[6]
And, that is what each of us has to do every single day for lasting change to occur—and for ALL of us to hear the sound of a beautiful bell in which we can all take pride.
[1] http://www.sbnation.com/2016/8/30/12708298/colin-kaepernick-protest-drew-brees-reaction
[2] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/us/georgetown-university-search-for-slave-descendants.html
[3] https://president.georgetown.edu/slavery-memory-reconciliation-september-2016
[4] Alexander, M. (2010). The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. NY: The New Press.
[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo9sZlmdzBU
[6] https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/05/07/remarks-president-howard-university-commencement-ceremony


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**I would link up with Supah today, but I can't even remember prom much less find pictures!
Monday, March 15, 2010
It was either Daylight Savings Time or the Bullfrog...
**I would link up with Supah today, but I can't even remember prom much less find pictures!
22 comments:
- Helene said...
I love that you've nicknamed your kids after hurricanes! I hate party places like CEC too. I won't take them anymore...I make Tim do it when they're invited to parties at places like that!
You are the Party Hostess Queen!!
- March 15, 2010 at 11:43 AM
- Gracie Beth said...
Let me tell you it was a pain getting my own hiney out of bed this morning between the time change and it being the week after spring break! It took TWO alarms!
- March 15, 2010 at 11:58 AM
- Jennifer said...
I wish we could just split the difference and keep the time the same all the time. I mean really what is thirty minutes... a sitcom. We could totally do that.
- March 15, 2010 at 12:05 PM
- Beth Dunn said...
It looks yummy!
- March 15, 2010 at 12:32 PM
- proverbs31gal said...
oooh! i want a recipe, looks good!
want to win a mabelino coupon binder?
check it out here until the 18th!
- March 15, 2010 at 1:23 PM
- Unknown said...
I loathe places like that.. and you go getting all that together and pulling it off lol..
- March 15, 2010 at 1:25 PM
- Sarah Wyland said...
Those nicknames are great!
My family went through a phase of having our b-day parties at a place like that. My mom hated it with a passion. Because I was the kid that wouldn't leave, haha. But hey, I loved the bumper boats. If she just would have bought one for me to drive around in our pool...
- March 15, 2010 at 1:31 PM
- Frugal Vicki said...
I am with you on the whole time change thing....and the Obama thing. I think the last I heard his approvals were almost negative HA JUST KIDDING but still close. Maybe that would help
I love the pink panty pulldown. That is too funny!
- March 15, 2010 at 1:40 PM
- Dee said...
My sisters and I used to drink Pink Panty Pulldowns! I haven't had one in years...I might have to make me some lol!
- March 15, 2010 at 2:07 PM
- Krystyn @ Really, Are You Serious? said...
I promise I went to college, but why have I never heard "pink panty pulldowns" before? Crazy.
And, I'm so with you. This health care reform holds nothing to getting rid of "daylight" savings. It's still the same amount of daylight, right?
- March 15, 2010 at 3:10 PM
- mFw said...
I totally agree with the daylight savings thing. I'm still exhausted from losing one hour of sleep!
- March 15, 2010 at 3:23 PM
- Sandra said...
I had forgotten what a hassle DST or whatever poses for parents with children! I love the extra daylight hours, but mostly when the sun is shining, which it hasn't done here in forever!! xoxo
- March 15, 2010 at 3:30 PM
- Danielle said...
That punch looks mighty good right about now!
- March 15, 2010 at 4:31 PM
- KK said...
I despise those birthday party places with a passion. I think hell may be a Chuck E Cheese bday party...
- March 15, 2010 at 4:53 PM
- Unknown said...
Ugh, I hate DST. I don't understand the whole changing time thing.
It sounds like you had a really busy weekend! I am really enjoying your blog and glad I found it!
- March 15, 2010 at 5:39 PM
- Liz Mays said...
That bullfrog drink looks mighty, mighty up my alley!
I remember trying to get the kids out of those places. You're right! It's really difficult!
- March 15, 2010 at 5:54 PM
- Princess Freckles said...
Reading this I wish I lived in t he South even more! "Wedding Season" isn't really the same up here...
- March 15, 2010 at 6:50 PM
- RN Mama said...
I hate DST too, dumbasses who invented it.
Ok, you know you cannot post an alcoholic drink concoction without giving the actual recipe! Duh.
P.S. I think that's my pink can coozy with the "T" on it, can you please send it back to me?
- March 15, 2010 at 8:57 PM
- Laura said...
Woohoo!! I was doing the happy dance with my crackberry when i got your email this morning! Thank you, thank you! Send some of that bullfrog stuff in my bucket, won't you?
- March 15, 2010 at 9:34 PM
- Debra said...
I love your new look! If it's been around awhile I am sorry for the late mention- I just haven't been around for a while. Anyway, it's great.
The Punch looks yummy. :)
- March 15, 2010 at 11:26 PM
- mes petit choux said...
I usually just don't tell the kids about the bday parties at those places ;) (or the jumparoo places either for that matter) they gross me out.
As far as the time change... i know i should feel like staying up later but i feel like by 6:30pm i am falling asleep with my 22monthold! what!?!?!?
AND,.. totally loving the chair! Super cute!
- March 16, 2010 at 7:01 PM
- Messy Mommy said...
The girls and I have been sleeping until 11! I love Daylight Savings Time! ;)
- March 16, 2010 at 9:47 PM


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Josh and Jenna go to Tom Hibbert's Squat Seminar
Josh and Jenna like to go on courses. Jenna falls in love with the colour-coded spreadsheets and Josh likes to talk the coach's ear off with his interesting facts. (Usually nothing to do with training. Would you expect anything else?).
Their latest adventure took them to Tom Hibbert's squat seminar. Tom was England's strongest man for three years and the world's second strongest man last year (both under 90kg weight class). He can do a 160kg log clean and press and a 250kg squat (here's him doing 3x 245 kilos). He is also incredibly shredded (no strongman belly in sight) and a very likeable and humble guy.
The day long seminar provided interesting information on programming, although most was more appropriate to athletes, much to Jenna's disappointment:
Jenna: Could we do this one?
Josh: No
Jenna: Why?
Josh: You've just had knee surgery. Perhaps in six months.
Jenna: Maybe this one?
Josh: No.
Jenna: How about…
Josh: No.
This exchange did raise an interesting point. Tom explained the experiences of some of his athletes and the outcomes they achieved, or not. Programmes are periodised for a reason and those who did not follow the advice to keep the weight light at specific times consequently missed the opportunity to achieve their full potential and often incurred injuries.
Tom also shared his knowledge of people who had been squatting heavy weight for years but who failed the three basic tests he uses to assess if new clients should be squatting with any weight at all. Taking time out from squatting to build strength in these weaknesses enhanced their performance in the long term. These tests would be beneficial for everyone at Momentum no matter what their level of experience. If you do not pass the first time, be humble, put in the work to fix yourself and you will far exceed your current goals in the near future.
A high level of importance was placed on ensuring that fascia glides freely, as it should. Everyone had to use a massage tool (like Ricardo's) before training and between every set of squats. If the three layers of fascia are clumped together it inhibits the speed that can be generated and negatively impacts performance. Add to this the news that your psoas is more likely to be tight if you have a stressful lifestyle and you realise that Ricardo is not just a pretty face with some smooth chat. Our country's strongest man is of the opinion that tissue release is integral to becoming your super strongest self.
If you'd like to find out more you can sign up for Barbell Club. Jenna plans to incorporate Tom's one and a quarter rep, 8 second isometric holds into class at some point. If you take the time to fix your weaknesses you will be able to gain so much more from the deep dark hole that this will dig 🙂


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The second resolution from my post "5 Church Communications Resolutions for 2018," was "Get around to updating your website, or finally get one." Updating your church's website and starting from scratch are two very different things. However, you may find that, in the process of updating your site, you decide that it might be better to start over. Since there is a lot going on here, I am going to split this post into multiple parts. Let's get started.
Why Is It So Hard to Get Started?
I know a lot of pastors, lay leaders, and volunteers who know their church's website needs help. But often they are stuck and can't seem to get started. It can be challenging to figure out that first step.
In the case of updating a church website, you may be able to skip some of these steps. Just skip the parts you don't need and get started.
Step One – Decide
If you read this whole series, you will see that this step is repeated for every resolution. Until you decide to get at it, this will remain a thing on your list of things to get to.
Step Two – Get Access
The thing that keeps countless church websites looking outdated and abandoned is the fact that the people ready to update them can't access them. There are some different ways this might happen. I can't possibly cover every situation and every solution. I hope these might get you started.
Scenario 1
The person who used to care for the website has left for one reason or another and forgot to leave the password.
This scenario assumes you know some things about your website. Maybe you know that it was built with WordPress, Squarespace, Clover, ShareFaith, or one of many other providers. However, you don't know the password or how even to log on.
Some things to try:
Many website platforms provide a login page that is accessible by adding /login to the end of your website address, like this:
Other times, you can log in from the provider's website. Squarespace, Weebly, and others have a login button on their homepages.
If you still have access to the email account of the person who held the password, you can usually just enter that email address, and the provider will send you a message with password reset instructions.
If you don't have access to their email account, or you can't find a login page, things are a little more difficult. It may be as simple as calling the user and asking their help. They can give you the password or forward you the password reset instruction email. If that doesn't work, you can try contacting the provider via phone, email, or a contact form on their website. If none of this works, skip down to "I still can't get access."
Scenario 2
No one knows. During transitions, often things just get lost.
I have spoken with churches that have a website, and no one in the organization has any idea who created it or how to access it.
Some things to try:
Look for clues on the page – Often, somewhere on the website, the name or logo of the provider is shown. Sometimes you really have to look for it. Often, it is at the very bottom of the page. Sometimes the provider even has a link to their homepage.
Look for clues in the code – If you haven't spent much time dealing with websites, this may feel scary. I promise you, there is no way to break your website or anyone else's doing this. You can usually discover some information about a website's platform by viewing the HTML code of the site. Just go to your website and view the source code. In Google Chrome, it is accessible from the "View" dropdown. Just select "Developer" and then "View Source."
Scenario 3
The person who keeps the website updated has, for one reason or another, refused to update it and/or refuses to offer access.
Sometimes this person is upset about something. Sometimes they are too busy. Sometimes they are quite attached to the website in its current form and don't want it to change.
This is the hardest scenario because it involves people, not tech. The best option here is difficult, and not always possible – just having a face to face conversation with the person can often resolve the issue. Sometimes these are difficult and painful conversations but difficult conversations are a part of our lives as disciples.
If that doesn't work, you can try some of the options in scenarios one and two.
I Still Can't Get Access
If none of the options above worked, you are likely running out of luck. The bad news is, you are going to need a new website platform and provider. The good news is that there are some great options out there that aren't expensive and allow you to get up and running fast. I will be discussing some options in an upcoming post. In case you can't wait, my two favorites are SquareSpace and Weebly. (See my post: "Going All In on SquareSpace and Weebly.")
Can I Keep My Website Address?
In some cases starting over means ditching your church's current website address and finding a new one. However, that is not always the case. In most cases, the website and the domain registration are hosted by different companies. Even though you might not have access to the website, you may find that you can access your domain records. This will allow you to redirect traffic that comes to your web address to your shiny new website. If you have reached this point and need some help figuring this out, just reach out and let me know.
If you already have access to your site or, this post helped you get it, next you will need to figure out how your site works and how to update it. I will address that in the next post.
If this post didn't quite cover your situation or you need more help, leave me a note in the comments.
This post continues my pledge to help churches take some first steps in living out the resolutions I listed in my post, "Five Communications Resolutions for 2018." You can read about what inspired the post in "The One Reason Nothing Comes Out of Those New Year's Resolutions."


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Some parts of it read almost like a spy novel. Did not know the extent of worldwide surveillance through the NSA/American IC was so far advanced already. Scary stuff and a must-read book for every responsible citizen who cares about online privacy in an era of increasingly widespread digitalization.
Just finished Edward Snowden's memoir Permanent Record.
Snowden is a wonderful writer, has been my hero since 2013 when he sacrificed
his way of life and his career on behalf of the American people and also people worldwide.
I loved reading about his childhood and coming of age when video games, and computing were new. It was fascinating hearing about the old and the new internet.
Also, I learned a great deal about computing, the U.S. intelligence agencies, the lack of oversight over them, personal computers, smart phones, privacy and internet security. Even though I was already well-versed in Snowden's history through Laura Poitras' documentary film Citizen Four and
various news accounts, I found the book to be exciting and could not put it down. (Well, given it was the audiobook that I was "reading", I should say "I could not let it go before Snowden's last word was said."
Loved and highly recommend this book!


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|Robert Frost (1874-1963)
|27 October 2020
|5 November 2020
Beautiful poem, beautiful tree.ReplyDelete
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Gorgeous all round!
Oh yes, do please photograph it every day and I'd love it if you were to share some of the most differing images - when it's bare in Winter, when it's in new Spring leaf, etc.
Nature is art.
That's an amazing set of images and so clever to use the fish eye as it suits the shape of the tree. I love the colours at this time of year - On our daily walk I noticed for the first time there are more leaves on the ground than on the trees. They'll soon be bare.ReplyDelete


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New York Times best-selling author and mother, Rachel Macy Stafford shared a heartfelt post on her blog's Facebook page, The Hands Free Revolution last week.
She shared the story about the friendship between her daughter and her best friend.
"I'll never forget what my daughter said after her best friend was subjected to a racist comment on the school bus one afternoon," Stafford wrote. "'I asked her if she was okay,' my child said tearfully. 'She didn't say anything, so I just scooted closer.' Reluctantly, she admitted, 'I didn't know what to do, Mama, so I just hurt with her.'
Stafford, who was taken by her daughter's honest response, then re-emphasised possibly the most empathetic response one can have in a situation like this, "I hurt with her," Stafford wrote. "It took me a moment to recover from that. I filed those powerful words away and continued observing this mighty pair."
The Hands Free Mama author then gave readers a glimpse into the two young girls' friendship. She discussed how they support one another through a number of challenges. Like more recently this summer when the two signed up for basketball camp, only to realise later on they were the only two girls who signed up. "I saw their initial shock when they realised they were the only two girls. Then I saw them fist bump. They played hard, they cheered each other on, they stayed close. As I dropped my daughter's friend off on that final day of camp, my daughter said, 'Thank you so much for going with me to that new camp. If you hadn't been there, I don't know what I would have done!'"
Then Stafford lays it on thick, "Her friend stopped, looked right into my daughter's face and said, "If you ever have to go to a new basketball camp, don't worry. I will always go with you."
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Leadership styles vary greatly when it come to initiating action. Some leaders are quick to move while others deliberate and process. The latter are more analytical and often find themselves in the trap of letting perfect be the enemy of the good.
Given that building momentum and getting a team to move is essential to leadership, it's important that we optimize our ability to make decisions and initiate action. Here are three steps you can take to help you act, and, act now!
Have a bias for action.
In the early 2000s Teresa and I owned a house with an unfinished basement that we wanted to finish. As we discussed it more and more, I decided to investigate whether I was going to hire a contractor or swing the hammer myself.
Pretty quickly I decided that I did not have the money to hire someone to finish the basement. The tens of thousands of dollars it would cost was simply out of my budget.
Given that I don't have a handy bone in my body, I went back and forth multiple times debating whether or not I had the skills necessary to do a good job myself.
Should I postpone the project or give it a try myself?
I simply could not make a decision. I felt like I never had enough information to know whether I was really capable or not.
Finally, 14 months into my decision-making process, a commitment to host a friend's family who had recently moved into the area during their house-hunting, forced me to just start. As I tackled the project, I learned more about my ability to do each step along the way than I ever could have from books, discussions and research.
The clarity I received from taking a step forward greatly outweighed at least 12 of the 14 months of research I had done.
Within 3 weeks, the 2400 square foot basement was (all but) done – including a bathroom (I stink at finishing details, so, even though I decided to do it myself, the chair rail remained unfinished for the next two years!).
I had completed the framing myself, put in the electrical and hired someone to help with the drywall, while my friend took the job of master plumber. I had figured each component out according to my ability to do the job.
This experience taught me to have a bias for action. I have to be comfortable just jumping in and starting once I have "enough" information.
Of course, this bias for action must be tempered in situations where getting the decision right the first time is essential. If you're doing heart surgery, years' worth of study is absolutely appropriate. If you're trying a new meeting cadence for your team – just go!
Prioritize ruthlessly.
I'm continually amazed by the number of leaders who get stuck in the whirlwind of the day-to-day grind. They struggle to initiate action because they cannot find time to do it. Their biggest excuse for not changing is, "I don't have time for that."
As a leader, it's our responsibility to continually look at what is the most important thing we should be doing right now and then discipline ourselves to do it.
If we fail to act due to a lack of prioritization, we become the cartoon with the cavemen using square wheels. We ignore the offer to upgrade to round wheels and continue to make the job harder for ourselves and our team. We continually push ourselves to work harder and harder and find ourselves falling further behind.
I have found that the best way to lead is to prioritize self-improvement, productivity and team optimization over nearly everything else. I have had to learn to discern what is truly urgent and critical. Only those that meet the highest standard of urgency and importance take precedence over process improvement. As a result, I'm able to continually improve performance, increase productivity, and accomplish more.
By prioritizing ruthlessly, we initiate a lot more action than we do waiting for the right time to get something done.
If it's important enough to think about, it's likely important enough to act on.
Figure out where it fits in your priority list, move it in front of your day-to-day and just get it done. It will likely net you more time and you will quickly catch up.
Don't let perfect be the enemy of progress.
Now, here's the catch. Sometimes initiating action quickly will net you an imperfect situation.
That's ok.
A while back I decided to optimize my morning routine. I had triangulated a few frustrations with my productivity with a book I was reading and some comments from a friend and had developed a hypothesis that I could boost my productivity by reorganizing the way I spent my mornings.
Given that this was a fairly low-risk venture – no one was going to die because I made the wrong decision – I simply decided to have a bias for action and move forward.
I prioritized ruthlessly. If I really felt this would boost my productivity, there was almost nothing I had on my plate that was more important. I decided to just sit down and map out the plan. Within an hour, a first stab at my new routine was mapped out.
Unfortunately, to implement it in its ideal state, I needed to move a series of phone calls and meetings around.
I had two choices. I could wait to implement my new routine until I was able to move everything on my calendar, or, I could move what I could move and implement the new routine to the degree possible.
I chose the latter. I'd rather start experimenting than wait for the stars to align.
Leaders create momentum. They initiate action and get folks moving. The next time you find yourself or your team stuck or sluggish, remind yourself to have a bias for action, to prioritize ruthlessly and to stop allowing perfect to be the enemy of progress.


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One way to discern what Luke intended to teach the church in this brief narrative is by taking note of the verbs: strengthen, teach, and help. In three different churches separated by hundreds of miles Luke shows us what an ordinary day in their life looked like. Each church was being cared for by Christ ordained pastors who were shepherding the saints with the word. This narrative teaches the church what it ought to be doing and the believer what to seek.


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Cloud, Edge, and Fog Processing
Part 13 of Data Communication for Industrial IoT
With the huge number of devices comprising the IoT, we can imagine a looming problem with processing power. If a user wants to perform some logic specific to a device, he usually has two choices: perform that logic in a cloud application, or perform that processing directly on the device (edge processing). There are clearly advantages to both strategies.
Moving complex logic to the cloud means that the device can be made with lower power requirements and less expensive parts. The device just needs to be able to read raw values from transducers or A/D converters and transmit them using a low-level protocol like Modbus. The cloud application can decode the raw data, apply scaling, deadbands, alerts and closed-loop control. Since you should have no direct access to the device (see Access the Data, not the Device), you may not be able to change the logic at the device. Placing processing in the cloud lets you modify your system logic without endangering device security. In addition, cloud applications let you write logic that uses information from multiple devices, since all of the device information is available at the cloud server.
On the other hand, placing logic in the cloud means that the device is dumb. If the network connection is lost, the device can do nothing but collect data. If the logic in the cloud is important to the operation of the device or the system in which it is running then the system is effectively crippled until the connection is re-established (see The Cloud is Good, Except when it Isn't—coming next). In many instances, particularly in industrial systems, this is simply not acceptable.
In addition, placing logic in the cloud presents a scaling issue. If the cloud server must handle a few data change events for a handful of data items, no problem. If it must handle millions of data changes for hundreds of thousands of data items, which is more in line with industrial processes, then the simple availability of CPU, memory and network bandwidth become an issue. The devices already have a certain amount of processing capability on them, so why not use it reduce the load at the server?
It is easy to see how the device can perform computations like engineering unit conversion, simple alarm generation, and even some closed-loop control before ever transmitting its information to the cloud. With a little more power on the device it could, for example, read an image from a camera, analyze it for a production error and then send only an indication of whether the image contains an error to the cloud. Instead of transmitting 100 KB of image, it can send a few bytes of result.
In addition to reducing network bandwidth, this approach also improves response time for closed-loop control. The latency of data arriving at the device from the physical system can be a few milliseconds. The device can process the data and determine a response within microseconds, resulting in an event-to-response time of just a few milliseconds. Compare this to the latencies typical of Internet round-trip times, and it's clear that edge processing for device control can save two orders of magnitude in response time. The difference between 2 milliseconds and 200 may not always matter, but in industrial applications it is commonly a consideration.
There is, commonly, a third option between the edge and cloud—fog. In industrial applications it is rare, and usually undesirable, to have plant-floor equipment connect directly to the cloud. It is far more likely that devices and equipment connect first to a local aggregator or gateway. Even in home automation applications the devices usually talk to a gateway rather than directly to a cloud server. Processing at the gateway or concentrator is called fog processing.
The purpose of the gateway is to collect information from multiple devices using their native protocols and to convert that information to a form suitable for transmission to a cloud service. In industrial applications these protocols are typically standards like Modbus, Profibus, Ethernet/IP, or OPC. In home automation you might see something like ECHONET Lite. The communication from the gateway to the cloud is determined by the cloud service, and may bear no resemblance to the device protocol. In essence, the gateway acts as a collection point between the devices and the cloud service.
There is no reason why the gateway cannot perform fog processing on the device data before sending it to the cloud. In fact, since the gateway is likely to have far more computing power than the edge devices, it often makes sense to perform complex tasks there instead of at the device itself. Latencies are low, since the device and gateway share a local connection, whether it is Ethernet, WiFi, Zigbee or some other short-range network. Response times for fog processing are higher than for edge processing, but the difference is now a few milliseconds, not tens or hundreds of milliseconds as it would be with cloud processing.
For larger systems, there is even a fourth option—a hybrid cloud—which I will touch on later.
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