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|Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York
Security Council Press Statement on Central African Republic
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Li Baodong ( China):
The members of the Security Council heard the briefing by Ms. [Margaret] Vogt, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, on the work of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA). They welcomed the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Central African Republic and on the activities of BINUCA, dated 29 May 2012 (document S/2012/374).
The members of the Security Council acknowledged the efforts made by the Government regarding the launch of the political dialogue on 15 May and expressed concern over the lack of consensus on the reform of the electoral code. They urged the Government to continue the dialogue in an inclusive manner, with the participation of the opposition, which is nearly absent from the democratic institutions, and civil society. They encouraged all stakeholders to work towards national reconciliation.
The members of the Security Council expressed deep concern at a surge in reports of human rights violations committed by defence and security forces, including arbitrary arrest, illegal detention and reports of abuses including harassment in the area controlled by armed groups. They called upon the Government to investigate these violations and bring those responsible to justice and to ensure full respect for the rule of law and human rights, including freedom of the press.
The members of the Security Council remained concerned by the humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic, including the security of refugees, internally displaced persons and humanitarian personnel, and called upon all parties to respect their obligations under international humanitarian, human rights and refugee law. The members of the Security Council encouraged all stakeholders to play an active role in the prevention of human rights abuses, including by implementing the recommendations of the Security Council's Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. They encouraged Member states to contribute to the January 2012 consolidated appeal for the Central African Republic released by OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs).
The members of the Council noted with appreciation that the efforts of the tripartite force organized by the Central African Republic, Chad and Sudan, has improved security in the north-eastern border region. They regretted the death of 11 soldiers at Am Dafok on 18 April. They commended the continued efforts in coordination with the African Union, the United Nations and international partners to end the regional threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) including through the arrest and surrender of senior LRA leaders and welcomed the capture of Caesar Acellam on 12 May. They welcomed BINUCA's efforts, in collaboration with the Central African Republic Government and other United Nations actors in the region, to encourage the defection of LRA fighters and abductees and to support the repatriation and reintegration of those who leave the LRA's ranks. They stressed the vital importance of a comprehensive approach for a lasting solution to the LRA threat.
The members of the Security Council remain concerned, despite some recent improvements, by the security situation in the Central African Republic. They noted that the joint operation with Chad dislodged the FPR (Popular Front for Reconstruction) from its stronghold but dispersed its members, who themselves represent a threat to the population. They encouraged the Government to extend the presence of the administration and security forces, in particular to strengthen the presence of Central African Armed Forces throughout the country in preparation of a gradual withdrawal of MICOPAX ( Mission for the Consolidation of Peace in Central African Republic). They reiterated the importance of a continued engagement of the countries in the subregion to ensure stability in the Central African Republic thereafter. They stressed the urgent need to implement security sector reform (SSR) and encouraged the Government to continue to elaborate the SSR sub-sectoral strategies envisioned in the road map approved in February, with the support by BINUCA and other relevant United Nations actors. They recalled the efforts already undertaken in this regard by international partners. They also called on the Central African Republic Government to make rapid progress towards good governance and the fight against corruption.
The members of the Security Council took note of the June 2011 commitment by the Government to continue the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process. They welcomed the announcement of the dissolution of the People's Army for the Restoration of Democracy (APRD) on 17 May and of the progressive demobilization and disarmament of almost 6,500 ex-combatants in the north-west of the country. They encouraged the Central African authorities to promote an environment conducive to the completion of the "DDR" process while continuing to mobilize the international community to support it. They stressed the need for the Central African Republic Government to conclude a peace agreement with the Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace (CPJP).
The members of the Security Council commended the active engagement of the President of the Central African Republic country configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, Jan Grauls, and encouraged the configuration to continue coordinating the efforts of the international community.
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[ In 2007, I submitted this article for publication in the Souvenir of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Dept. of Petroleum Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. I am not sure if this was published or not. Anyway, I am posting it here for your reading pleasure.]
Dil Maange More…
– Bikram M. Baruah, PE1995
(Sr. Reservoir Engineer, Kelker and Associates, Inc., Abu Dhabi, UAE)
There were 3 options for the discipline in the entrance exam application form of ISM. I filled it up as - Option 1: Petroleum Engineering. Option 2: Petroleum Engineering and Option 3: Petroleum Engineering. My father said – what are you doing? If you do not get Petroleum Engineering, you should keep other options. But, I insisted that if I study in ISM, I'll study only PE.
I was a proud young man, when the postman delivered the letter from ISM Entrance Exam Section that I got a rank in the entrance test and that I got Petroleum Engineering. At that time, most of the students from my home state got admitted through the state quota system. I was proud to be one of those few who got admitted though direct entrance tests.
I came to the counseling/admission session to Dhanbad with my father. We were in the queue in the booths prepared for the purpose in Diamond Hostel. Just before paying the admission fees, my father asked me again – "Are you sure, you want to study PE? You have got good rank in JAT (the state Joint Admission Tests for engineering colleges). You have the option to study Computer Science, Electronics, and Mechanical etc in some good NIT or the state engineering colleges. Think again!" At that time there was also a rumor that it is often difficult to get job if you study Petroleum Engineering, your career becomes very narrow. But, I was adamant to go ahead with PE. So, I put myself in the factory of making PEs.
I went though the process – "murga banno", mass-ragging, fresher's welcome, the most valuable "sex-education", Bap-Pandy's classes, the never ending class-tests, the semesters always hanging over the head like swords, the elections to fine-tune our political awareness, the turmoil of 1993-1994 job crisis, the Mondal Commission fast-until-death agitations, mass-cut, exam boycott for restricting a compatriot for poor attendance, the heroic deeds in the local cinemas or against the local goons, the kalakand and samosas of Ramdhani and Laxmandhani, Mani's edly and dosa, Salil's Maggy, the "tandavs" of farewell parties, the fairy-tales of Saturnalias, and so many good and not so good things.
After such rigorous processing and reprocessing for 4 years, I became a proud PE in 1995. I was lucky to get a job in Oil India Ltd (OIL) soon after, while many of my classmates faced a grim uncertainty.
While in OIL, we were considered as "elites", thanks to the degree from ISM. When one comes to know that you are a Petroleum Engineer graduated from ISM, people say tall things about you – very bright future in the company, fast promotions etc etc. Parents, (often your bosses), with eligible girls always have an eye on you. You are the smartest and the brightest among the young cadre of the company. You really feel proud when you hear all these. As I understand from my friends, it applied also to ONGCL and other companies.
Time passed by, after few years with OIL, I had the desire to go abroad. I started to make the efforts and finally landed in a university on the other side of the globe – Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA. The graduate advisor and the chairman of the department were well aware of ISM and the value of its degree. They knew several successful ISM alumni holding high positions in the academic arena of the USA and the industry. They had similar expectations from me. I am again proud to be an ISMite, looking at its global imprint. When you look at the faculty member's list of the top universities like Texas A&M, University of Texas at Austin, you always find an ISMite. There are tones of ISMites in their graduate programs. You see their names all over the SPE publications.
After graduating, I joined a renowned multi-national service company. I opted for an international posting as I like traveling and enjoy different cultures. I traveled to Mexico where I started my first assignment. My supervisor was a Mexican. On my arrival, he welcomed me warmly and conversed with me for a while. He was not aware of ISM. I explained that it is one of the most prestigious engineering colleges of India. He was happy to learn that.
Few days later, I was introduced to one Turkish guy. He is a sharp guy, with a Ph. D. from Louisiana State University in Petroleum Engineering. He was recently transferred to my location. I'll work with him. We talked about each other. I proudly said – "I did my bachelors from ISM, Dhanbad." He asked, "Where is it? What does I-S-M stand for?" I explained – "Indian School of Mines, located at Dhanbad, India". "I see", he replied without much enthusiasm. I tried to add some gravity by saying, "It is one of the most prestigious engineering colleges of India. It is a famous institute, whose degree is respected all over the world". He replied, "Really? I never heard about it. I do not recall any SPE papers published from there… what is the name, say it again?"
At the beginning, I thought, he must be a book-worm, does not know anything about the world. I was bit angry and frustrated at that moment.
But, wait a minute! He may be right! ISM is a national institute, most of the educated Indians, particularly associated to the Petroleum, Mining or Geosciences knows about it. Few people elsewhere know about it because of some very successful alumni. However, is ISM, particularly the Petroleum Engineering Department is able to curve out a slice in the global arena? It is true that after obtaining few years of experience in some domestic company, or studying elsewhere one gets a chance for overseas posting. However, how many ISM graduates are directly recruited by a multi-national company for overseas posting? Does it mean the academic curriculum of ISM is suitable or designed for domestic market only? It is true that a number of SPE publications are authored or coauthored by ISMites. But, they represent some other university or company. In the first page, along with the names of authors, it is hard to find the name of ISM. Of course, if you dig into their bio-data, you can find mention of ISM. Their success is attributed to the subsequent studies or works, rather than ISM itself.
Soon, I discovered, my Turkish friend was not an isolated case. In fact, in every subsequent encounters like that, nobody really interested to know where I did my Bachelors in India. They are keen to know what I did in the last few years and what/where I studied in the USA.
After all these realizations, I was still as proud as I was before; however, I started to believe that ISM is missing something that we all wanted it to have – the "global fame"! I, just like all of you, would love to hear the same tall talks, which I used to hear in OIL, anywhere I go in the world! Now, the question is what ISM, particularly Petroleum Engineering Department, wants to be - remain a "prestigious national institute" of India, or become an institute with real "global fame"!
At a time when India is making the world feel her presence as an influential power and "global brain warehouse" by bangaloring so many jobs, acquiring overseas companies, mesmerizing people all over with fantabulous movies, becoming a "nuclear good-girl" and so many such countless good endeavors, I believe, the time is ripe for ISM to aspire more.
My Dear Alma Mater, my 'Dil Maange More"!!

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Spare a kind thought for the hard-working yet underappreciated quotation mark. Single quotes or double quotes, you ask? Exactly!
If you're familiar with other languages such as Perl or Javascript, you probably intermix single and double quotes as needed. Double quotes around strings containing single quotes. Single quotes around Perl strings containing $ or @ characters, so they aren't interpolated as embedded variables.
With PL/SQL, you'll almost always use single quotes. The main exception is around identifier names, which you can enclose in double quotes if they contain special characters or if you need to force them into mixed case or lowercase:
execute immediate 'create table "My_Table" ...';
Without those double quotes, the new table would be known internally (in the USER_TABLES view, etc.) as MY_TABLE. The double quotes force the object name to be exactly as entered, meaning you would get an error from "select * from MY_TABLE" or "select * from my_table". (In this last case, the name my_table is translated silently to MY_TABLE.)
So, that's it then. Use single quotes for string literals, nothing more to learn.
var1 := 'Hello world!';
But what happens when we start dealing with real-world cases?
var2 := 'Oracle Database Administrator''s Guide';
Wait a second! What's with the 2 consecutive single quotes? That's the notation to escape a single quote inside a string literal. What a bother. If you want to generate a text file with a bunch of insert statements, you have to run a search/replace on each string to create 2 of each single quote. And you have to do it before wrapping single quotes around the data. When done in PL/SQL, this leads to one of my favourite PL/SQL statements of all time:
var3 := replace(var2,'''','''''');
We are only replacing 1 single quote with 2 single quotes, but between the surrounding quotes for the literals and the doubled quotes to escape them inside the literals, it looks like an entry in the Obfuscated C Contest.
Luckily, in Oracle 10g there is a way to avoid all the escaping. It still requires you to predict what characters your string might contain, but within that constraint it is much more readable:
var4 := q'{Oracle Database Administrator's Guide}';
var5 := q'[I'm the king of the world!]';
var6 := q'#Mommy's all right, Daddy's all right...#';
With the q literal notation, the first and last characters inside the quotes are not part of the string value, and single quotes are OK since you are making sure that the closing sequence (in the examples above, }', ]', and #') do not appear anywhere in the string. If the opening character after the q' is a "bracket"-style character, the matching end character is the corresponding close bracket. If the opening character is some other punctuation mark or what have you, the same character is used immediately before a single quote to end the literal.
Where this really comes into play is in writing out code of one kind or another from PL/SQL. In a web application, you might be writing out HTML full of double quotes, Javascript full of single quotes, or a combination:
obj.innerHTML = '
';
It's very comforting to know you can wrap the whole thing in a PL/SQL string literal without doing any replacements inside the string:
var7 := q'|obj.innerHTML = '
';|';
Again, you'll have to know based on your own coding conventions or a priori that the closing delimiter character doesn't appear immediately before a single quote.
I like to combine this technique with a SQL*Plus trick I mentioned in an earlier post:
var8 :=
Now that Javascript is available to PL/SQL and can be plunked into a web page, concatenated with other source, searched/replaced, etc. It doesn't have to contain any escaped '' sequences and so can be reused with other languages, edited by a non-PL/SQL programmer, run through a Javascript validator, or anything else that strikes your fancy.


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Officers were pelted with fireworks and bricks in the Carlisle Circus area in the north of the city.
Riots around the same location over recent nights have left more than 60 officers injured.
Police used water canon and baton rounds during serious violence on Sunday and Monday which has been sparked by fresh tensions over parades.
Officers have called for politicians to do more to calm the sectarian disturbances which loyalist paramilitaries have been accused of orchestrating.


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John draws on the coaches in his own gym, along with renowned boxing experts on the proper utilization of the punch mitts. Trainers Roger Mayweather, Gil Martinez, Ken Adams, and others show their techniques on developing boxing skills and tapping unrecognized talents through the use of punch mitts.
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Arrive at Aira Force in style
We've partnered up with Ullswater Steamers to provide a whole new way to experience Aira Force and Ullswater.
A new pier at Aira Point has opened allowing visitors to sail from Glenridding to Aira Force.
This is the ultimate day out, with a walk up to the waterfall and lunch at the café, before walking back to Glenridding, or heading back on the boat.


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need to get rid of router, any requirement i need to do?
as in hard drives, when selling used we gotta clean all the data from it. now what about router?
i want to get rid of router... i already used it and set up now i want to get rid of it. any requirement i need to do? any security safety?
i want to hook up my old router back.... do i have to go through setup screen again? or do i jus plug and play?
whats the reason for wipe reset? is individual router setup is privacy? how crucial it is?
and if i hook up my old router.... do i jus plug and play? or do i have to go through setup screen?
In the time it took you to wait for an answer you could have already been done.
If your old router is already set up from when you used to use it then you shouldn't need to do anything to set it up. If it's been wiped then you may need to go into the configuration and change a few settings, but chances are you won't need to set anything up.
As for hooking up the old router, it may use a different subnet so reboot any systems that was on during the change over, also make sure you're not using the factory default password and WAN (internet) access to the management/setup console is disabled.
"make sure you're not using the factory default password and WAN (internet) access to the management/setup console is disabled."
access to the management/setup console is disabled? i hard to understand. are you saying make sure the management/setup console is disabled? so make sure the wan access management/setup console is disabled?
and yeah i just reset the little pin point reset button on the router and ready to return.
a quick stand-alone question:
what happend if we press the reset button on the modem? (not router) if i press the reset on the modem, does it make my modem not to work? gotta call isp to reactivate it? i just need to know what happend if i press it..... cause the answer determine weather should i do it or not cause i need to pin point a problem. so yeah what happends if i reset the modem? do i need to call isp to reactivate once i reset modem?
yuo will probly have to caa in ti reset it.
Better yet call them fist :biggrin: they hire nice people to walk yop thruogh these sorts of things
By habit I disable access to the management console over WLAN too, so anyone who needs to configure the router has to be in the house and connected to the router by wire.
As for the modem reset button question, it would help if you can tell us which modem and which ISP and what problem you're trying to pin-point.
for linksys the 30/30/30 works out pretty well.
hold the reset button 30 secs, unplug,keep holding another 30 secs, plug it back in, 30 secs later you let go.
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Top Philadelphia crisis communications firm gives tips to preserving organizational reputationJune 5, 2014
Outside of its people, an enterprise's most valuable asset is frequently its reputation. Organizations go to great lengths to build a brand that will effectively communicate their value to clients, employees, prospects, investors, and an organization's other, key constituents. Why, then, do these very same organizations fail to comprehend, plan, or execute effective practices that will protect their reputation in the event that something unforeseen occurs?
In today's digital economy, the threats are more complex and the odds are growing that your reputation could suffer potentially catastrophic damage that will undermine your hard-earned goodwill with your valuable constituents. Even good businesses are susceptible to the same risks we have seen take down industry stalwarts. Consequently, every organization should have a plan to identify, minimize, and potentially respond to threats that could cause irreparable damage to your reputation.
Here are the six steps we recommend:
1. Identify and prioritize risk. A comprehensive crisis communications plan begins with a fundamental understanding of internal and external threats, and a ranking of risks in terms of their potential damage. Is the threat regulatory? External? A natural disaster? Workplace safety? Digital breaches?
Corollary: The most effective way to plan is to first establish exactly where the greatest risks reside, and which ones deserve the most serious consideration.
2. Understand the value of transparency and the impediments inherent in it. Many companies believe in transparency, but because of regulatory or legal pressure, can never live up to its spirit and intent. Take for instance the recent case study of a hospital-client. Under fire for medical malfeasance, the story was shaped by outsiders motivated to mischaracterize the hospital's actions. Handcuffed by HIPPA, the hospital struggled to explain itself. Yet, by proactively contacting the media, sitting down with them and explaining their situation, the hospital garnered tremendous respect, and a more judicious treatment once the story broke.
Corollary: By fully understanding the opportunities and constraints of transparency, organizations can more effectively plan for real-world scenarios and respond in ways that preserve reputation even under fire.
3. Appreciate the intricacies of micro-audiences. There was a time when organizations could talk to broad audiences through a single channel. But today, audiences have splintered, requiring each and every one of them to be addressed personally, and often through their own unique channel. A comprehensive communications strategy takes into account all audiences and how messages that assuage one might enrage another. A CEO who communicates the need to "gain efficiency" to investors might precipitate a mutiny by employees who interpret his comments as, "cutting my job!"
Corollary: Smart planning demands a careful identification of each audience's point of concern and a messaging platform that plays to each, without needlessly alarming another. (Or, creating a messaging platform in advance provides sufficient opportunity to seek input and objectively evaluate how they will play with all of an organization's various micro-audiences).
4. Train under real-world, live-fire conditions. Crisis communications is far from the old Xerox sales training program. Rather, the best training uses real-world examples and then tests your messages, and your messenger, under pressure. Training conducted in front of peers and managers, before video cameras and bright lights, smacks of the real-world pressure that crises present. That's how you improve performance.
Corollary: Steel-temper your spokespeople by conducting live-fire training, complete with the tough questions the media and others will ultimately ask, and you will significantly improve "go-time" performance.
5. Build your reputational assets today for future withdrawals. Nothing smacks of insincerity more than an organization that tries to "trade" on relationships with the community or policy makers that never existed. An organization that took, but never gave back, and then asks for help at the first sign of trouble. Build a bank account of goodwill you can draw against during tough times. It's hard to see, but more valuable than you can imagine.
Corollary: By being gracious today in your relationship with the community, shareholders, investors, clients, customers, regulators, and others will pay dividends tomorrow when seeking support and understanding if something bad happens. Build your deposits today in case you need to cash them in tomorrow.
6. Judge not by the mistakes made but by the contrition, learning, and response made under pressure. Americans are a forgiving lot, but only to those who understand the power of an apology, when one is due. Learn from mistakes and respond in the positive. Even a bungled initial response can be forgiven if an organization works to change over time and ultimately demonstrates it humility and humanity.
Corollary: "God is not done with me yet," said Jesse Jackson years ago, after creating a crisis of his own doing. God is not done with any of us, but we sure can minimize the number of times we must call on Him. Rather than pray for a miracle, plan to act accordingly in the event a crises occurs.


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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Shame in Religious Fundamentalism
This Sunday I am teaching on Adam and Eve's fall recorded in Genesis 3 for our high school youth group. Sin is a tough topic to talk about in the church. It is easy to jump from guilt to shame in regards to sin. Guilt is the awareness that a person violated a personal value but shame is a deeper sense that a person is worthless because of their sin. Too often in fundamentalist Christian churches, a culture of shame is built which destroys people. Rowland Croucher writes, "Guilt is not their issue. It is shame. These people need deliverance from self-loathing, not forgiveness for sins. The very institution that was founded on the grace of God in Christ, the church, can enhance and empower this inner critic of shame."
Croucher goes on to give eight rules of shame based fundamentalist churches in this post. It is definitely worth a read for those who have spent time in a fundamentalist church. The first rule is the most important, "Always give the impression of being in control of one's life at all times." Interestingly, the first step in Alcoholics Anonymous is, "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable." One of the fundamental ideas of Christianity is that we can't manage our lives on our own and that when we turn our lives over to Christ, we can experience true freedom. Unfortunately, in some fundamentalist churches, true freedom cannot be attained because we are always working toward attaining our salvation through doing the right things.
Reflections on the U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey
The latest Pew Center Religious Knowledge Survey on Americans is out and it shows some interesting trends. You have probably read the headline on the survey which says something like "Atheists Know More about Religion." A deeper dive into the results shows that white evangelical Christians aren't far behind. You can read more about the results here and take a quiz for yourself here. As I read through the survey results, some trends stuck out to me.
First, the best indicator of religious knowledge is the length of education. This should be obvious but can we make the jump to say that those who are most educated are more likely to be an atheist?
I also found it interesting when asked, "According to rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, is a public school teacher permitted to lead a class in prayer, or not?" the highest groups that answered this right were white evangelical Christians and atheists. This shows where the religion wars are in our public schools.
Another finding is that church attendance is not an indicator of religious knowledge. This saddens me as a person who works in a church. What are we preaching on Sunday mornings if it doesn't lead to knowledge?
I do think it is interesting that atheists scored higher than those who believe in a deity. The atheists I have met are very knowledgeable about religion and have thought the issues through. They are very good at building a rational argument against religion and refuting the comebacks of religious people who have not been trained to think. Personally, I would rather spend time with an atheist talking about religion than a religious conservative who just argues with me about my beliefs. One of our students told me on Sunday night that he is scared to talk to one of the Christians in his class about religion because that student looks like he is going to punch him in the middle of the conversation.
This October, PBS is presenting an interesting series titled "God in America" which shows how religious beliefs have shaped America. We will definitely be watching this one. Here is the preview:
Katy Hudson: The Other Katy Perry
A college friend of mine, Tim Koons, recently told me that Katy Perry played a show back at Taylor University in 2001 while we were students there. I was definitely surprised but wanted to find out more. How did Katy Perry go from playing at a small Christian college to being a pop idol?
I did a little research and found some interesting tidbits. Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson was a pastor's kid who grew up singing in church. As a teenager, she released a self-titled album under the name "Katy Hudson" and joined Bebo Norman on the Big Blue Sky Tour. That is about the time when she came through Upland and played at Taylor. Here is an interesting interview with Katy Hudson as a seventeen year old during her days in the Christian music world. "It's not that I'm full of myself," she said. "It's that I know I've been called for a purpose, and that God has had His hand on me." Then in 2007, Katy changed her stage name to "Katy Perry" and released the single "Ur So Gay."
This post is not meant to condemn Katie Perry. Honestly as I have read through interviews with Katy Hudson, the up and coming Christian musician, it has allowed me to see the current Katy Perry in a different light. I wonder what led to the transformation from Katy Hudson, the up and coming Christian musician, to Katy Perry, who gets banned from Sesame Street.
Southwest Campus Folks
Here are a couple of links for those who are attending our Southwest Campus and have been following Scott's messages during the Modern Family series.
Role of Parents in Faith Development
Three Big Questions for a Frantic Family
This upcoming Sunday I will be preaching on the role of the community in the faith development of the next generation.
Questions > Answers
"I pray to the God within me that He will give me the strength to ask Him the right questions."
— Elie Wiesel (Night)
Elie Wiesel begins his book Night by recalling a childhood mentor who told him that it is more important to have right questions than the right answers. Having already spent countless hours in church, my children have become great at parroting back the right answers. Do they really understand the answers that they are recalling from their memory? At their young age it isn't as important that they know the depth and reasons for their answers yet. But we can begin to challenge them to think.
Too often in youth ministry we tell students WHAT to think instead of HOW to think. Then we wonder what happens when they go to college and are challenged on their answers. They fall apart because they don't know how to think and come to their own conclusions. Why do we concentrate so much on telling students what to think? Because it is easier to create robots who can repeat back what you just said. We need to challenge students to go to a higher level of knowledge.
I love the movie Dead Poet's Society because it is all about training students to think for themselves. The movie portrays very well the fear that is inside some who think that training students to think will lead them astray. If we truly believe in what we believe why are we afraid that training students how to think will lead them away from the Truth? One unforgettable moment is when Mr. Keating stands on his desk and exclaims, "I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way."
Our youth ministries should be a place where students can question the beliefs that they were brought up with. We need to stand up on the desks and view our beliefs from a different angle. Together we can dialogue and hash it out in a loving, caring community where no question is out of bounds. This will strengthen and solidify the beliefs of our students. Kurt Johnston, the Junior High Pastor at Saddleback Church once described children's ministry as putting beliefs and practices in the mental suitcase of child. Then he described student ministry as dumping out that suitcase and helping the student decide what goes into their suitcase.
How are we teaching students HOW to think in our youth ministry? How are we creating an environment where they feel safe asking the right questions?
It Takes a Village
An ancient African proverb says, "It takes a village to raise a child." Our individualized American society works against this idea but I believe we can be intentional about seeing it become a reality.
The current neighborhood we live in is full of kids. Hillary and I noticed right away that our new neighborhood was different than where we came from in Colorado. Like clockwork, around 4 p.m. the kids would start coming outside with their parents who were getting home from work. We all just hangout in someone's front yard and talk while the kids play. In Colorado we just pulled into our garage, closed the garage door and spent time on our backyard deck. There is definitely a benefit to not being able to pull into our garage. This is the type of environment that I grew up in but unfortunately this type of neighborhood is becoming harder to find.
Next Sunday I am preaching on the role of the community in the faith development of children. How have other adults helped play a role in the faith development of your children? How can we build relationships in our neighborhood so that it can be a caring community for all?
Waiting for Superman
Now that Anna is in kindergarten in a school district with some pretty interesting dynamics, we are seeing first hand some of the issues in education today. It seems like education is always a hot topic in the news especially around election time. Today a movie highlighting the current education climate, Waiting for Superman, is making waves. The movie follows five different children as they struggle to succeed in the American educational system. In big issue discussions on topics like education, we hope to find one magic pill that will fix everything. Maybe if we had enough money our educational system would work. Maybe if we had more well-trained, creative teachers students would graduate high school. It is hard to say that one thing will fix education in America.
In my mind, it once again comes down to the parents or guardians of the children. We have a big influence on our child's education even before they go to school. When they are in school, we play a major role in supporting and supplementing what the child is learning at school. Even with great teachers, innovative curriculum and state of the art facilities, can a child with unsupportive parents succeed? I would like to see the statistics on a scenario like that.
The hard part of parent involvement in education is that some parents are working two jobs just to pay the rent and come home worn out at night. The current economic climate and its impact on lower income families makes education tough.
All of this is to say that communities need to rally to support our public schools. Volunteer to read to kids in the classroom. Bring homemade cookies to the teachers' lounge. Send your child's teacher an encouraging email. Teachers are saints and we need to let them know that.
Below is the trailer for Waiting for Superman:
Role of Parents in Faith Development
Our southwest campus is currently going through a series called "Modern Family" which is focused on this next generation of Christ followers. This upcoming Sunday, our pastor, Scott Keeble will be speaking on the role of parents in faith development.
This morning Mark Oestreicher provided a link to this Open Letter to Parents which is pretty honest and hard to swallow. In the post Scott Linscott speaks honestly to how parents put sports and education above faith development. It is definitely worth a read. The hard part is application. Scott, thanks for sharing your heart for this next generation.
Thought for the Day
5 Shows Saving TV
Now that the fall seasons for our favorite TV series are starting, here is a great article from Relevant Magazine titled 5 Shows Saving TV by Ryan Hamm. Two of our favorite shows, Friday Night Lights and 30 Rock are featured.
The other reason I wanted to spotlight this article is because the medium for the article is a digital magazine. Instead of buying the magazine and wasting lots of printing resources, you can flip through the magazine on your computer. Check it out. It's pretty sweet!


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I was inundated this past week with people sending me links to articles about a French family who was charged with child endangerment for, what articles reported, being vegan. The way most outlets had it, the vegan couple were exclusively breastfeeding their 11-month-old daughter when she fell ill and died. The conclusion? Being vegan isn't safe if you're breastfeeding. But there is more to this story and an examination of the myths surrounding this case is clearly needed.
What Really Happened?
It seems, based on more complete news stories (as I wasn't there), this 11-month-old girl was exclusively breastfed and her parents were vegan. But her death was due to untreated bronchitis which progressively got worse until she got so sick her parents called an ambulance but it was too late.
So how did the whole vegan thing come up? According to news sites, when the ambulance drivers arrived, they noticed the little girl looked incredibly undernourished. She weighed 5.7 kg (12.56 lbs; unbelievably low, even by breastfeeding standards[1]) and an autopsy revealed she was deficient in vitamins A and B12. Doctors determined that the mother's "dietary imbalance" (i.e., being vegan) was to blame and heightened the risk of the child contracting an illness. Which she did – bronchitis. But here is where the parents were truly negligent and seems to be the crux of the case against them: When their daughter contracted bronchitis, they avoided medical treatment opting instead to treat her with "cabbage and clay poultices and massages with camphor and garlic oil". It took until their daughter was truly on death's doorstep to reach out for medical care.
So we have three issues here to discuss: exclusive breastfeeding for a year, vegan diets and breastfeeding, and a parent's right to refuse medical treatment for their child. Let's go…
Exclusive Breastfeeding for a Year
Unfortunately a lot of people have commented on this story claiming to not give a child solids at six months should be equivalent to child abuse. First, let me say that information on the dietary implications of exclusive breastfeeding for a year is absent. It's done so infrequently that we just have no real idea if there are any problems associated with it. There does not seem to be reason to believe there is an issue though given that any solids prior to a year are really there for filling or to allow a child to adapt to the taste of different foods. Even in children who receive solids earlier than a year, the vast majority of calories continue to come from breastmilk (or formula).
The only potential issue, as I see it, is whether or not a parent is forcing a child to nurse exclusively for a year or if this is a child-led decision. Without research, we can't say a parent who makes the decision about exclusive breastfeeding for the child is doing any harm at all, and depending on the food available, breastmilk alone may continue to be superior, but it can be seen as denying a child food (potentially). In the case of the child-led exclusive breastfeeding, some would say the child knows his/her own body and what is appealing or not, and as long as one is offering solids, force-feeding a child is also dangerous so exclusive breastfeeding is a-okay. If a child is reaching and asking for food past six months, it may be a sign that they require more calories or a more varied diet or are simply curious. On average, it seems that humans (as far back as the Neanderthals[2]) have been exclusively breastfeeding for approximately six months and then (slowly) introducing solids. For whatever reason, that is when human babies seem to want to expand their palate and when we oblige. However, it certainly isn't unheard of to exclusively breastfeed for longer. The bigger issue seems to be about the nutritional status of the breastmilk and what it offers the child, which brings us to…
Vegan Diets and Breastfeeding
To me, the fact that the "vegan" diet is getting the bulk of the criticism is silly. It should really have raised awareness about diets in general (especially in North America) and breastfeeding. It's very simple, if you aren't getting proper nutrition, your body doesn't (always) magically make it for your breastmilk. Your diet is your breastfed child's diet. And deficiencies in several of the key vitamins for development are linked to maternal diets that are lacking in these vitamins. For example, there is research on Vitamin D deficiencies in breast-fed babies due to maternal deficiencies[3] as well as Vitamin B12 and folate deficiencies due to maternal underconsumption both during pregnancy and lactation[4][5]. Some research has found that areas in which there are extreme deficiencies in the mother's diet have higher likelihoods of resulting Vitamin A deficiency in infancy (which can be fixed via supplementation)[6]. However, this is rare because even in poorly nourished areas, breastfeeding has found to be protective of Vitamin A deficiency, suggesting that the level of deprivation needed to reach this is more extreme than in many of the poorest regions of the world[7].
The child in question was deficient in Vitamin A and B12. Well, B12 is a vitamin we get from animal sources and is key to an infant's neurological development. Infants who are deficient present with many symptoms of developmental delays and regressions (including anorexia and failure to thrive)[8]. Notable to the case at hand, vegans are notoriously low in B12 as they don't consume any animal by-products, but not because they can't reach their recommended daily intake. Vegans DO have options, including certain nutritional yeasts that provide a full daily amount and fortified items or even plain supplements. And most vegetarian and vegan sites and books are very clear on the importance of ensuring you receive adequate B12, especially when lactating.
The deficiency in Vitamin A is a little harder to understand. As previously said, the fact that the child was notably deficient despite being breastfed suggests levels of deficiency seen in some of the most impoverished areas of the world. Although even in one study out of a poorer region of Ethiopia, none of the breastfed children (many were in preschool and still nursing – yeah!) were deficient despite many becoming deficient as soon as they weaned[7]. And as many of the sources of Vitamin A are vegetables, I can honestly say I fail to understand how a vegan could be deficient at all.
[Update: I got a good nutritional lesson from some EP readers informing me that the reason many vegetables are listed as being sources of Vitamin A is that they can, under optimal conditions, convert to Vitamin A but do not actually contain Vitamin A, but rather beta-carotene. Unfortunately some people actually cannot do this conversion and need to get their sources from animal sources. Thus, this mother may have been completely deficient herself if she was one of the people who CANNOT convert beta-carotene to Vitamin A. Thank you EP readers!]
What does this mean? In this case, it seems the parents' diet was woefully inadequate. In the case of B12, it was clearly due to their vegan diet and a refusal or ignorance about supplementation. In the case of vitamin A, who knows?! However, does this mean we condemn vegan diets? I say no. We know they can be quite healthy, even though it may require more work on behalf of those partaking in them. Furthermore, an unhealthy diet seems to be an issue in today's world regardless of whether you're vegan or not. In one study, it was found that the average diet in the United States is deficient in vitamins A, C, D, and E, calcium, and magnesium[9]. Other research has found that most North Americans are also deficient in Omega-3 Fatty Acids, also key for infant neurological development[10].
So it seems that many parents could be found guilty of not providing the nutrients their children need for development and yet we wouldn't think to charge them if they were eating a more mainstream diet. Even though children who are lacking in these vitamins are, as pointed out in the original case, at a higher risk of getting sick. This means we need more information and education on proper diet, and what signs to look for in terms of deficiencies in ourselves and our children. No one wants their child to get sick, which is what happened here, and which brings us to the final issue…
Can or Should Parents be Able to Refuse Medical Treatments for their Children?
This seems to be the real crux of the issue. Had these parents brought their daughter in for treatment when she got sick, a whole host of issues would have been found and hopefully dealt with. Nutritional deficiencies would be noted and I would hope, she'd have started on supplements immediately. She'd have received treatment for her bronchitis. Chances are, she'd be here today.
The question becomes, should parents have the right to refuse these treatments with no repercussions? In North America, it's much harder to prosecute (though certainly not impossible), especially as many people refuse under religious grounds. In France, there are far fewer protections on religion (not that it was brought up here anyway) meaning they can and did charge these parents. On the surface it's easy to say that parents should not be able to, that the child's rights supersede that of the parent's. But then we have to consider what it means when parents have no rights to refuse treatment. Imagine a doctor saying your child needed a circumcision or medicine you felt would actually harm your child. How would you feel if you had no rights? If your failure to agree with a doctor meant risking jail time or loss of custody?
It's a very difficult discussion and yet one that does affect us as parents. And while I wholeheartedly disagree with what this family did – after all, a child that is clearly underweight (by a lot), failing to thrive, and sick needs to be seen by someone – and personally find them to be either remarkably stupid or morally lacking, I don't know that it should be illegal. At the very least jail time seems the last thing that would help, though I agree with the court's decision to remove the other child from the home (that's a consequence I can get on board with).
What happened is a tragedy for that little girl. But let's at least make sure that the real issues come to light and not a vilification of veganism or extended breastfeeding. We need parents to be aware of the nutritional issues around breastfeeding and the signs to look for when something isn't quite right. That, and that alone, should be the take-home message.
[Image Credit: The Telegraph.co.uk]
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[6] Stoltzfus RJ, Hakimi M, Miller KW, Rasmussen KM, Dawiesah S, Habicht J-P, Dibley MJ. High does vitamin A supplementation of breast-feeding Indonesian mothers: effects on the vitamin A status of mother and infant. Community and International Nutrition 1993; 123: 666-75.
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[10] Child & Family Research Institute (2008, March 11). Typical North American Diet Is Deficient In Omega-3 Fatty Acids. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 27, 2013, from http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2008/03/080307133659.htm


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Balance: My Fitness Journey (so far!)Thursday, August 18, 2016
I started this year talking about balance, and that my intention for 2016 was to find more of my own, do more of what mattered to me and take responsibility for my own happiness. So, as we pass midway through the year and get into the later months, it felt like about the right time to check in with a biggie - my goal to feel the strongest and healthiest I've felt. Ever.
As I mentioned in my last update, I started seeing a personal trainer at my gym at work and, for a while, felt like big progress was happening. I had a holiday in Dubai coming up, something to focus on and work towards, and when you're starting at 0 any progress feels massive. I did feel a lot stronger, a lot more fit, and happier - it was a noticeable difference.
And then, the inevitable happened. I didn't reach an unrealistic goal 'size' I set myself, went on holiday, got a bit demotivated, and kind of lost the edge and determination I had before going. I was checking out of workouts halfway through, cancelling appointments with my trainer, using any excuse to write off a day, or half a week. It sounds awful, but it's true, and my lifestyle at home didn't help. It's not an easy reality to admit, but unless your partner/who you share a home with is on board with you making big changes, it's going to be exponentially more difficult.
So I find myself writing to you now from a place where I set myself back a little, but I'm picking up and starting again. I lost a little progress in terms of strength and core strength particularly, and yeah - that's frustrating. But working with Magda I've changed my focus slightly, we're working hard together on one main muscle group which should support everything else I'm doing. I'm noticing big changes, both visually and in my strength and range of movement.
I also must confess - I FUCKING hate cardio. Cardio is the devil. It's so boring, repetitive, I don't feel like I'm progressing and it's always uncomfortable - I so wish I could be one of those girls that love running and wake up for a morning sprint but that is not me. I am not that girl!
This, coupled with my deep love for anything involving chocolate and carbohydrates, makes progress really difficult. I can feel as focused as an athlete, but one bad day or change of mood can set me back - and what it boils down to is discipline. I set off getting a personal trainer, I did what she told me to, ticked the boxes, but I didn't do the work internally first. I'm not talking about loving yourself (of course this is important), I'm talking about loving the process. You have to fall in love with rigidity, to some extent.
When I started this I wanted to work out because I wanted to be able to eat what I want and enjoy my life, but the game has changed a little for me now. I feel stronger, happier, and healthier - I feel muscles working that I know have never worked so hard in my whole life. But to truly reach the point that was my goal? I was going to have to take this wish seriously. It's time to pony up.
I don't really know completely how I move ahead with this in a balanced way - yes I want to go harder on this goal, but I also don't want to get obsessive. So I thought I'd reach out to you - please tell me about your successes, your failures, anything that really worked for you - I'd love to hear about anything that works, from motivation to actual workouts. Hopefully I'll be able to check back in with positive news and some inspiration of my own for you guys.


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Graphene, the wonder material, one dimensional single atom layer thick, sp2 hybridized Carbon atoms, has been the hottest topic in research these days, since the discovery of its exceptional properties in 2004 by Professor Andre Geim and his team at University of Manchester. Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010 was awarded jointly to Professor Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, "for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene".
There are now thousands of researchers, scientists, engineers and students who are working on the efficient and commercial production, synthesis, and application of this material. Though graphene applications have remained only inside the laboratories till now, it is expected that, within next few years, we shall see some flexible displays, solar cells, energy storage devices, etc made of graphene.
So what is graphene?
It is harder than diamond, but can stretch like rubber. It is superb conductor of electricity, better than Copper wires. It is almost invisible and weighs almost nothing.
The very same pencil lead (yes, it's graphite!) that we use for writing is made of millions of layers of the same material 'graphene'.
As a student, my encounter with graphene is very new and currently being involved in graphene led me to dig in to the root of the graphene foundation, that is today. From the biography of Professor Andre Geim to the recent studies in production of graphene, I am a learning kid, one of those thousands who are now walking in the graphene road.
Suggestions for further reading in graphene and more:
Graphene (wikipedia article)
Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010
Professor Andre Geim (Biography)
Random Walk to Graphene, (Nobel Lecture by Prof Andre Geim)
Professor Andre Geim
And of course there are thousands of publications, many pioneer scientists and researchers and wide range of publicity about graphene, which I am not able to mention here. If you have (further) questions about this exceptional material after reading this post, my objective is fulfilled. I simply wanted to express how I started and how one could start. If you are now following any of these links above, you are already on the road to GREPHENE.


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Here we go . . .
Surviving tips:
* Keep all your valuables in a safe place, don't noob about in the warzone with 64 diamond blocks and your favourite stack of cookies
Just keep a sword,food, a small amount of building materials,
* Look behind and to the side of you every so often, incase some sneak attacker is coming at you and you can bolt for it if you see anyone. Look in all directions.
* Learn tactics, like the ones I'll put in the next box thingymajiggle.
* Don't waste your hunger, incase you have like 3 hunger and some Protection IV jock is coming towards you, so you can't sprint
* Beware of FalseBook traps, these are usually quite obvious but still, never stand on any random pressure plates or attempt to enter any bases without chesting your gear first
* Confuse your opponent, and run around in circles close to them, jumping too so they have to keep spinning around to hit you, then go behind them and attack. It should get you a few more hits or even a kill
* Jump attack your opponent and hit from a height, jump and attack preferably from at least 1 block higher up then them so you have a bit of advantage
*Will be updated, but I'm going to sleep now, so night!*
Please don't edit this mods.
-Coco <3
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Writing for inbound marketing is a process fraught with pitfalls. There's the "due-in-one-hour-time-to-panic" surprise deadlines, for one. The occasional lack of useful reference material is another. Not to mention the persistent threat of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, which looms over your fragile wrists like the restless ghost of Jacob Marley. More common, however – though maybe not as perilous – is the danger of falling into a rut.
What many people often fail to realize is that writing is hard.
When your job description includes churning out new ideas and poring over copy to ensure that you've hit the right tone, phrasing, and necessary details to engage readers all day, nearly every day, you dramatically increase the likelihood of suffering from creative burn-out. Following that, it's not uncommon to feel stuck on how to write for a target audience. Getting mired is part of the process, but employing buyer personas can help to keep writer's block at bay.
Be Someone Else
Outside of the marketing industry, the notion of buyer personas can seem a bit alien. Writing as anyone other than ourselves seems counterintuitive to communicating effectively. This might go a long way to explaining why so many marketers often make the mistake of writing for themselves, thus confusing their likes and interests for those of the actual customer. But this isn't a strategy that will be most effective in the long run.
Rather than using yourself as the customer, use buyer personas to try on another person's skin (not literally; this isn't Silence of the Lambs) and write from their perspective with their motivations in mind. This will give you different experiential and psychological wells to plumb in your writing, which helps to keep your content fresh and on track.
Explore New Fields
I consider research one of the best perks of content writing. The reasons are twofold: I'm a nerd and it's fun. Not every market you write for is going to be familiar or offer immediate, obvious angles from which to approach the material. That's where my boyfriend, Google, and a keen sense of curiosity come in. Writing for different buyer personas allows the opportunity to explore a new industry, product, or service without having to be part of it. It's not a win each time, since delving into faraway travel destinations or the latest smartphone tech isn't exactly on par with developments in cement pouring, but on balance, you still leave with something that you didn't know before. Likewise, your new hoard of information will help to move your writing along more smoothly and, if you're lucky, keep you interested while you write.
Find Common Ground
Your own buyer persona, if you had to write one for yourself, may not overlap in many obvious places with that of your goal readership. Marketing and web design wouldn't seem to have a lot of similarities to dentistry, for example, or even real estate. But a persona is still modeled after actual people who occupy positions in the companies and businesses you're writing for. As actual human beings and definitely not murderous robots (probably, anyway), that means you're already alike in more ways than not. While you should generally avoid writing with yourself as the customer, looking for common pain points and motivators will make relating to your intended audience easier. Finding a way to connect with a buyer persona can make writing content more natural and engaging.
At VIEO Design, we're great at creating buyer personas and playing Cards Against Humanity, but only one of them makes us any money.
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Parallax Podcast Oscars special: the 2013 Best Picture nominees
In the first episode of The Parallax Podcast for 2013, Luke Buckmaster and Rich Haridy race through the nine feature films nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award.
[podcast]http://media.crikey.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/The-Parallax-Podcast-23-25-01-13.mp3[/podcast] With nine contenders and no clear favourite, the Best Picture category for this year's Academy Awards has arguably never been so open. Which film will win? Which should win? And does Martin Lawrence appear in any of them? In a fast paced episode of The Parallax Podcast Luke Buckmaster and Rich Haridy dish out their thoughts on the nine features nominated for the top prize: Django Unchained, Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty, Silver Linings Playbook, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild and Amour. To listen, use the player above or subscribe to The Parallax Podcast iTunes feed. For older episodes, visit The Parallax Podcast archive.


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"For it is in giving that we receive," said Saint Francis of Assisi. Many people have heard and understand this basic tenet of Catholic stewardship, but Father Daniel Mahan sheds light on the true importance of what it means to give. This pamphlet offers insights on being true stewards of the Church: that in addition to donations through tithings, our actions and time are what truly make us a part of the Church.
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Over the summer of 2012, Vermont become the first state in the union to hand over it's official tourism feed to the masses, or in this case, to selected Vermonters who agree to tweet on behalf of the state. There is a form that any intrepid Vermonter can fill out for themselves or to nominate another and the fun part about following this feed is to see and feel Vermont through a different perspective for a week.
My tap on the shoulder arrived disguised as an email from Steve Cook, Deputy Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Tourism with an offer I couldn't refuse: "Congrats you have been selected for @THISISVT. We have accepted your nomination; we see your personality, insight and good humor absolutely representative of Vermont." I was given one week's notice, which was just enough time to start having #hashtag dreams as well as for my other responsibilities and obligations to start piling up. When my time came on Monday morning, February 11, I was ready. Or so I thought. Talk about a wild ride. Well, perhaps a more bucolic and sedate ride (this is Vermont, after all), but to suddenly have thousands of followers and a mission to represent not only Vermont, but my little corner of it, was a thrill. As only the second public educator to have the wheel, I was also the first elementary school teacher, the first librarian, and the first resident from The Mad River Valley. Phew. Talk about representing!
I appreciated the early shout-outs, especially from fellow teacher Amanda Paquette at Hartford School, who shared ways that this feed could generate excitement with students. The boost to my own humble @meg_allison feed was noticeable, but that's not why I did this. To be a part of a grand experiment, why, is there any better thing? Twitter has been transformational for me as an educator, why not so as a Vermonter? Cognizant of the mega-phone that is this feed, I made sure to highlight my favorite local businesses and venues, gave shout-outs to Vermont public school teachers and librarians, and made sure to follow movers and shakers in the educational and library fields.One of the highlights of the gig was having the opportunity to live tweet a jazz fusion show at the Flynn Theater in Burlington. Only the second time the vaulted venue has opened up their balcony, select tweeters gave their two cents, or rather, our #FlynnTweets of the amazing show from The Bad Plus. Dinner beforehand in Burlington with the other tweeters was even better, perhaps. It was so enjoyable to talk Twitter with others who clearly embrace this form of communication. For once, folks weren't rolling their eyes at me. I was with my people.
Reflecting on the past week, I can honestly say that I embraced the @ThisIsVT gig, I engaged, and I had fun pretending to be a tourist in my own life. Life was indeed lived a little larger. I played a little harder, got out a little more, and ate a little better.
Time to go back to reality, little me, myself, and @meg_allison.


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Have you ever thought about quitting your day-job for something you love? I can't say I'm quite there yet, but what if this next year of blogging proves to be as profitable as I think it will be? I'm starting a couple of business partnerships and already have a few extra blogs in the works as well. This could really be a huge year! So, if it goes well, do you think it would be wise to eliminate the full-time job? Or, should I continue to climb my way up that corporate ladder? Before you answer, let me give you the details.
My Day-Job
I currently work for an incredible company. They've been around for over 100 years and it seems that they're still going strong. I don't mind my job at all, and it actually seems like there's plenty of room to move up in the company.
I recently saw a chart regarding the impact of retirement on our company and I was speechless. Within the next 10 years, 30% of the workforce will be retiring. Do you realize how huge this is for my potential within the company. With so many people leaving, climbing that ladder should not be overly difficult. I assume there will be higher-level openings all over the place!
For this reason, I'm actually considering going back to school for my Masters Degree. With this, I should be incredibly marketable and I may even get into an executive position before the age of 35. This could be a great move for me financially – both for the salary and for the benefits!
My Blogging Business
While I have not been able to share my most recent online ventures with you yet, I expect them to be huge! Within the next year or two, I think it's very possible that I'll be making $10k per month. If I was able to do this, and was having a fun time doing it, I might consider going after some more online ventures on a full-time basis.
The only problem is, how long is this blogging thing going to last? I mean, technology is changing so quickly that surely something will replace the blogging business in the future, right? It's most likely not something that I can depend on in the distant future.
Your Thoughts?
So those are my main positives and concerns about these two options. I would love to hear your thoughts! What would you do?


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But hoarding experts say that quick forced cleanouts often do more harm than good to the resident's mental state. Effective treatment for hoarding takes a year on average, says Gail Steketee, a hoarding expert and the dean of Boston University's School of Social Work. As with many other disorders, the first step is to recognize the problem. Hoarders often suffer from something called clutter blindness. Lorraine, a 68-year-old retiree who lives in Massachusetts and asked that we not print her last name, realized only recently that she has been a hoarder for more than three decades. In her home office, stacks of papers reach nearly to the ceiling, and she has to shimmy through a tiny corridor to reach her computer.
But she has started to dig out. Last fall Lorraine finished a 20-week group-therapy program run by Boston University, and since then she has been working once a week with a coach who helps her decide what to discard. It's a slow process. Says Lorraine: "It's like trying to shovel sand off the beach with a teaspoon."
Some task forces sprang up because city officials didn't know how to deal with hoarders. "Now everyone knows what to do or whom to call so they're not just passing the buck," says Krista Lovette, a founding member of the four-year-old task force in Wichita, Kans., who helps run a county elder-care program. And with education comes understanding and empathy for the hoarders. "We're not there to strong-arm them," Lovette says. "We're there to help them."
Horning remembers watching five years ago as a cleaning crew removed the teetering piles of newspapers from Gray's home, a radical step to keep her from being evicted. "I could feel her sadness because they were bagging up these papers," says Horning. "To her, they were a lot of interesting articles that she wanted to get back to reading." Within months, Gray began to hoard again.
This time around, Gray recognizes that she has a problem and wants to be involved in the cleaning process. Horning visits once a week to focus Gray's efforts. All of the pressing safety concerns have been eliminated, but a lot of work remains to be done. Most of the surfaces are still covered with double-knotted plastic bags. A stack of newspapers clutters the end of Gray's bed, and she sleeps nestled among bags of clean clothes.
Gray trusts Horning and follows her advice. Today they sit at her table talking and laughing like old friends, as Gray ices her bum knee with a Ziploc bag of frozen chicken tenders. The bag is dated June 2003. When asked if it might be time to throw the chicken out, Gray giggles and says, "Yeah."


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- Healthy indian Snacks > Batata vada | Aloo vada | Potato fritters-How to make-Step by step photos
Batata vada | Aloo vada | Potato fritters-How to make-Step by step photos
By Sridher
Cuisine Style: Maharashtra, India | Preparation & Cooking Time: 10 to 15 minutes | To Serve: 3 | Take with: Green chutney, Tomato chilli sauce, coconut chutney, schezwan chutney | Type: Tea time Snacks
- Potato [Aloo] – 2 [Small, boiled & mashed]
- Onion - 1 [chopped]
- Ginger & garlic – 1 tbsp [finely chopped or paste]
- Green chilli – 1 [finely chopped]
- Coriander leaves – 2 springs [finely chopped]
- Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
- Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
- Lemon juice – ½ tbsp
- Mustard seeds – ½ tbsp
- Curry leaves – 1 spring [chopped]
- Salt to taste
- Oil for deep frying
For batter
- Besan [gram flour] – 1 cup
- Rice flour – 1 ½ tbsp
- Salt to taste
- Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
- Red chilli powder – ½ tsp
- Asafetida – ¼ tsp
- Hot oil - 1 tbsp
- Water as required
- In a bowl add all ingredients mix well, then add enough water, make smooth batter [not too thick or too runny]
- Finally add 1 tbsp of hot oil for fluffiness & crispy texture
Preparation Method
- Peel off the potato skin, cut into cubes, boil till soft.
- Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds let it splutter.
- Add onion, ginger garlic sauté well
- Add green chilli, curry leaves sauté
- Add turmeric, red chilli powder
- Add potato, salt sauté & mash well then cut off heat.
- Add lemon juice & coriander leaves mix well & let it cool [to avoid stickiness].
- Divide the mixture into equal size balls [lemon size]
- Dip each ball in the gram flour batter & Deep fry all the balls in medium hot oil till crisp & golden brown
- [Make sure all the sides are coated with gram flour batter equally.]
- Once it's ready take it out then drain on absorbent paper & Serve hot with coconut chutney, tomato sauce, chilli sauce, schezwan chutney or green chutney
For Green chutney [Best Side dish for batata vada]
- Mint leaves - 2 springs
- Coriander leaves - 2 springs
- Green chilli - 1
- lemon juice - 1 tbsp
- Brown sugar- 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Water as needed
- Put all ingredients in mixer jar finely grind with water
How to make Batata vada / Aloo Vada-Step by step photos
Boil Potato
Heat oil, add mustard, onion, ginger, garlic, curry leaves, green chilli & asafetida
Add turmeric & red chilli powder
Add boiled potato
Mash well
Add coriander leaves
Add salt mix well, cut off heat
Add lemon juice, mix well, let it cool
Make balls
Add gram flour, rice flour, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder & asafetida mix well
Add water make smooth batter without lumps then add 1 tbsp hot oil mix well
Dip potato balls in the gram flour batter
Drop it in a hot oil deep fry
Deep fry till crisp & golden brown on medium hot oil
Once its ready remove from oil, drain on absorbent paper
Aloo vada is ready, serve hot with green chutney
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Tornmile: Part 25
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Advice For Life
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Like to know about all information about your BIOS? Run the below commnad. ;o) .
Get-Wmiobject -class "Win32_BIOS" -namespace "root\CIMV2" | Fl * -Force
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Donate to: Gilbert House Children's Museum
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
Pink, Flavored Sugar Cookies
For the first time, I tried a variation (that was on the recipe) for my sugar cookies.
You use a package of any flavor jello (I used raspberry cuz it was the only one I had). It worked! Not only did it turn my dough to a dark pink color, but the cookies actually tasted raspberry-ish!
BTW, I took 2 very similar "Soft Sugar Cookie" recipes (that 2 different people recommended) and made my own "Perfect Sugar Cookie" recipe. Enjoy!...
Soft, Perfect Sugar Cookies
1 c butter, softened
2 c sugar
1 c sour cream
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
3 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
6 c flour
Cream butter, sugar, sour cream, eggs and vanilla until smooth. Add dry ingredients and mix until combined. Chill in fridge for about an hour. Roll to 1/2" thick on floured surface... (the thicker, the softer; less flour, more flavor.)
Bake at 325 for 8-10 min ('til just barely/almost golden. Do NOT overbake! (Don't underbake either, ew.)
Ang's Various Flavor Variations:
-You can add a couple tsp of lemon or almond extract for a more unique flavor.
-Omit 1/4 c flour and replace with 1 small box of jello- any flavor.
-You could also leave cookies as is and add flavoring to the frosting instead.
Storage Tip:
You can freeze baked, unfrosted cookies in an air-tight container or Ziploc. They will stay fresh for several weeks! Pin It
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Monday, 7 November 2011
Tul Suwannakit "Jerry Lives Here" 3rd November - 27th November
On Thursday night we opened Tul Suwannakit's new exhibition "Jerry Lives Here" to really excited surprised viewers. His beautiful taxidermic mice made their attempt to challenge our previously held feelings towards those tricksy little critters. It runs to the 27th of November so if you haven't been up to level 7 yet, start scampering!
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