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The Creative Chronicle
July 2018
Creating to me is as essential as breathing. It allows me to access the highest version of myself. I believe it offers a chance at a longer life, deeper engagement with my family and friends, and an opportunity to give something back to the greater good. It brings me joy and self-knowledge, and in turn, puts something intrinsically good back into the world. I love being able to demonstrate this in front of my two girls. They see me living my truth and see me being myself, for better or worse. It's honest.
Since I was a child, I've loved to draw and paint. I had an insanely cool uncle from New York who was a formidable portrait painter. He recognized passion and talent in me for making art. He spent a lot of time with me when I was nine and ten years old, teaching me how to paint and handle the materials. One Christmas, he gave me everything I needed to begin an art practice-oil paints in every hue, canvas boards, an easel, brushes, a palette knife, linseed oil, and a pine painter's box to keep everything together. It still floors me to this day when I think about that gift—his time, his knowledge, the physical tools. He helped plant a seed that grows to this day.
How did I come up with this particular project I'm working on? This work is specifically for a small but significant solo show I've been offered this August in Dalaro, Sweden. I'll be working with my friend and curator, Kirsten Hinder @nordicstories. This is exciting as it will be the first international showing of my art.
My creative process for this project remains consistent with my recent practice. I work on a variety of sizes and substrates for my paintings—from 4 x 4" to 4 x 5' with plans to go larger. It's a challenge to expand and contract ideas like that, micro to macro, often on the same day! I've been working on one grouping called Land Escapes, and another called The Compass Series that seem to fit in tandem with each other-the Swedish paintings are almost a combination of those two series. With Compass, I'm trying to create an environment that floats in the air-- that feels like an island surrounded by white texture.
Land Escapes, in contrast, feel like a chunk of a pasture or cliff side hitting a water feature of some kind, contained by the boundaries of whatever I paint on. I'm trying to get a sense of land from various perspectives and viewpoints, almost with a cubist mindset at times, but with softer execution. I'm also trying to create a place in nature for myself to rest my own mind and eyes. I think many of us are nature-starved. Access to nature is a vital piece of our shared humanity and clearly, there is a fracture there. I am always thinking about our environment.
I start with everything laid out in front of me… Most of what I paint on will be 8 x 10" cradled wood panels, and there will be a few larger pieces -maybe a 12 x 16", 16 x 20" etc. No matter the size, I always start by creating a dynamically shaped color anchor on each surface-usually with Prussian Blue, which is dark, lush and shadowy. I then build around that piece with different contrasting shades and I'll form at least one painting under what will be the finished surface. It seems I need to build up quite a bit of history underneath. When I revisited my painting practice in late 2016 after leaving it for years while raising my kids, I found it very gratifying (yet terrifying) to go back over some old pieces I had abandoned years ago in order to re-use materials I already had. Some of my recent paintings have been in my life one way or another for years! I like the idea of working to create a substantially larger piece based on an area within a smaller one… That is what I'm going to paint next.
Everyone loves some form of landscape – because we can relate to it—we *fit* within landscapes. It can be as figurative as you like, but I do enjoy the element of thick, beautiful paint in different shades and letting that abstracted application of a paint blob become a piece of land unto itself. I'm trying to imagine using larger and larger tools to create those components. How big can I get with a tool? What kind of lines and marks will it make? These questions keep me curious, and it's energizing to meditate on these ideas. My goal is to paint something until I notice it beginning to say something back to me. That takes time, but I trust it's all a part of my practice.
Do the work, do the work, do the work.
Show up.
It's that simple, and that difficult.
When I give myself over to it, incredible things happen, and I steadily gather the confidence to continue this lifelong pursuit to make my art and put it out in the world, in my own way.


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BALTIMORE (CNS) — Catholic Relief Services has released an emotion-filled video as a way of starting a conversation about the world's orphanages.
Children no longer end up in orphanages in the United States, and officials at CRS want a world where there is no longer a need for such institutions.
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They are not advocating shutting down orphanages in poor countries and turning the children out onto the streets. CRS officials said their vision is to transform orphanages in countries like Haiti and South Sudan into family resource centers, offering families the support they need to keep their children at home.
To help people rethink the concept of orphanages, the international Catholic aid organization wrote a script, scouted locations, employed a film crew, hired actors and traveled to Puerto Rico to tell the story of a poverty-stricken mother making the heartbreaking decision to send her daughter to an orphanage, said Sean L. Callahan, president and CEO of CRS.
Though these institutions are called orphanages, Callahan said few of the children raised in them are actually orphans. Most people are unaware that 80-90 percent of children in orphanages have at least one living parent and, in most cases, poverty or disability is the reason why they are there, he told Catholic News Service in an August interview.
CRS hopes the video, released Aug. 10, will help drive home this point, particularly to well-meaning donors who think they are helping children by supporting orphanages.
(Watch the CRS video.)
"We are battling a false perception that is deeply ingrained in the public psyche," Callahan said. "If we are to break the orphan myth and return children to their families, we need to tell the all-too-common story of how children, sadly and unwillingly, come to live in an orphanage. That's why we made this important video."
The video is a departure from CRS's tradition visual storytelling style. Typically, the organization films subjects in areas where it works and produces videos in short documentary form to show how people are affected.
"For this topic, we wanted to show the emotional response of a parent and child separating at an orphanage, and we didn't see a way of authentically capturing that with a real family," said Mark Metzger, branded content producer for CRS. "We needed to recreate that ourselves."
Though actors portray the characters in the video, the scenes were written from first-hand accounts of CRS colleagues who have witnessed such gut-wrenching events, Metzger told CNS.
Callahan said although donors in countries like the U.S. often support orphanages for the right reasons, too many of the institutions they support do little more than raise money, leaving actual child care as an afterthought.
Children in orphanages are at greater risk of sexual abuse and violence than those in family care, he said.
CRS, and its partners Lumos — founded by author J.K. Rowling — and Maestral International are committed to breaking what they call the orphan myth and working, country by country, to replace orphanages with family care centers for more than 8 million children now in institutions throughout the world.
The CRS video, "Changing the Way We Care," can be viewed at https://youtu.be/umSJ3b1kcDk, and Metzger said he is encouraging people to share it on social media.
"We want to get the word out," he said. "We want to educate our audience as best we can so they can understand the struggles and difficulties that families are living through, day in and day out."
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The beginning of a new arc! If you were left wanting more at the end of last month's issue, you're going to definitely get your fill here. I felt like I was a member of a completely silent audience watching Vader mercilessly make his way through the steps to finding out how he was so easily deceived by the Rebel Alliance. It appears that Brian Wood is pulling out all of the stops with this arc. It looks like it's only going to be a two-part story, but he's found a way to fill it with as much badass Vader action as he can. I can't wait to see what happens next. I'm sure that I'll just be bummed that it's over. I always am. Ever since Brian Wood started this most recent volume of Star Wars, it's been a guaranteed pull. In case you missed anything so far. The Empire has just suffered an embarrassing loss to the rebels. Colonel Bircher was a rebel spy who orchestrated the defeat of Vader's former flagship, The Devastator. Birrah Seah, Vader's own spy, allowed two rebel prisoners to escape during the battle, one being Luke Skywalker, and Vader's name has been tarnished yet again. For fear of Vader's wrath, Seah has fled. Vader seeks vindication. In secret, The Dark Lord of the Sith has assembled an elite squad of Stormtroopers to track down and destroy his enemies. Darth Vader is issuing his own orders and the systematic removal of his opposition has begun.
Wood's script here is pretty genius. I'm a little biased when it comes to anything Vader related, but this is the kind of stuff that has been entertaining me in the expanded universe since I can remember. I actually felt sorry for anyone that was anywhere near Vader in this issue. This man is on a mission. He has been embarrassed for the last time. If you remember anything about A New Hope, you'll know that Bothan spies were responsible for delivering the plans of the Death Star to the rebels. Here, Vader is in search of the most likely culprits who could have the ability of forging personnel files. Files that appear to be so legitimate, that they would be able to fool the Imperial Empire into thinking that Colonel Bircher was, indeed, the decorated officer that he appeared to be. When you want information about the Empire, you have to start with the Empire, it seems. There isn't an Imperial officer that Vader trusts, and it looks like he will go through them all to find the answers that he needs. This felt like an incredibly short read. By the time it was over, I had to go through the book to make sure that I didn't miss anything. But nope, I checked. I got it all.
Facundo Percio does a really good job with the whole thing. He gave the Empire a really terrific feel throughout the book. Somehow, though, he found a way to make them all appear to be completely inferior to Vader in every way. Of course, there isn't one person that serves the Emperor that has the ability of not being overshadowed by Darth Vader, but I think that it's safe to say that his dominance really comes through in this issue specifically.
Honestly, I don't know what to expect next month. If it's anything like it was here, I'll probably have to take a nap or something afterwards. I see some pretty intense stuff coming up, and I'll be damned if I'm going to miss a single thing.
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December is certainly flu season, and it can seem like everyone around you is coming down with a cold, stuffy nose, fever, or cough. It's almost impossible to stay away from it completely.
So what's a girl boss to do? Since you cannot put yourself in a sterile bubble to keep all the floating germs away, what you can do is boost your immune system so that your body can fight it easily. So in this blog, I've got a list of tips to keeping you healthy even in the germ pool.
Your immune system defends you from the microbes that cause diseases. It is the key to your resilience, and your ability to fend off the onslaught of germs you run into every single day. So how can we make that immune system even stronger during the holidays, when we need our health to be in tip top shape?
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2. Eat healthy. Your body needs the nutrients to supply your immune system. To counteract viruses, your intake of fruits and vegetables should be increased. There is truth to the saying, "an apple a day keeps the doctor away!" Try to eliminate or at least minimize the processed foods that are loaded with preservatives and chemicals. These are like poison to your immune system.
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The term 'bebaak' means 'frank' in English. This is a common term used in Hindustani (as Hindi and Urdu are commonly called). The word bebaak has a Perso-Arabic origin.
This is Narayan K. Choudhary, professionally a linguist and otherwise many more things. I am currently a research scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Besides a graduate degree in English literature from C.M. College at Darbhanga, I have done Masters and M. Phil. in linguistics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. I am currently pursuing my Ph.D. aslo from here.
My areas of academic interests are Computational Linguist, NLP, AI, Language Documentation, Language Typology, Language Formalisms and Applied Linguistics.
There is something special about my village. Or to say that it was. I have been brought up in the village environment where I got all the kinds of environment a child needed to grow up as a man. All my schooling up to 10th standard was in this village, except for a brief stint at Jamshedpur, now in Jharkhand. So, the village boy is still there in me and I love to be with him.
So what is so special about my village- POKHRAM. It is very big for a village and the social life here is really very challenging and demanding. It has a population of about 35 thousand and plays a very important role in influencing neighboring villages on several matters. However, it is not surprising that this village is inhabited by very many un-educated and farmer class people (a common feature of Bihar or India, no?). However, education and higher education is penetrating deeper with the new generation. The only thing it boasted till recently was its autonomy (i.e. the no body interfered in the affairs of the village happenings. Who heard of the Govt. then?) which has been marred as the people stand divided after some incidents when the outside forces (i.e. the Govt. bodies of course) intervened and broke the legacy of real autonomy.
Sharing the common features of other villages in India, this village has also witnessed the exodus of its young and energetic people to major cities in search of other better hopes. Especially during the 15 year jangal raj of the RJD under the leadership of Mr. Lalu Prasad Yadav, the people here got hopeless and migrated to several other places. Some even started saying that they do not want to keep any connection with their country of origin.
My village is basically an 'upper caste' dominated village and more than 75% of its populace being caste 'Brahmin'. These Brahmins are basically farmers with or without arable land. There is a great bond of brother-hood among the villagers and a healthy competitive feeling, which sometimes also gets awry (where there is love, there is hate as well, nah?). Even those who have land are not very happy (you know why, don't you?) and their children are also leaving the village in search of a better pasture.
This village has a history that can go back to three hundred years. It is said that the village was inhabited first by one Vasudev Jha. Once he was travelling to take a bath at the Ganga river when he stopped for the evening at the place where this village is situated. It is said that he understood the language of the birds. He heard two crows talking that the place was very fertile and the progeny of the person who established a settlement here would flourish. Vasudev Jha thought over this and later brought his family there. And indeed, his progeny has flourished!
The geographical location of the village is also very beautiful. The nearest city is the Darbhanga city, situated some 45 kilometers north-west to the village. The village is surrounded by two rivulets, one is a tributary of the Kosi and the other is a seasonal river. Both of the rivulets define the name of the village.
The real name of the village is 'Paushram'. It is made of 'paush', a synonym for the Sun in Sanskrit and 'aram', meaning 'rest' in Persian. So the real name of the village 'paushram' means 'a place where the Sun comes and takes rest when it gets very hot and tired'.
For the diversity, this village is very diverse in its population distribution. There are people belonging to almost all the 'castes' and there is also a small population of Muslims.
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IMPRESSIVE blog!!! Well done!!!
all the best,
I have compared the meaning of the English word "frank" and its translations in 3 other languages (Russian, Ukrainian and German). I must admit that different cultures define different attitudes to its meaning. So, be frank and be multicultural!
This is the first time i visited your blog and really liked the description of your village. I never knew the meaning of your village. This is really nice. Let me tell you leaving one's home is the saddest thing one can do and it feels more bad if you witness the exodus and for what? just for roti? It reflects on the condition of state and lack of political will power.
really interesting
like ur way of telling about village
Hi nk (choudhary } ,
'bebaak ' reminds me of an old ghazal [ sung by mukesh ] ~ " meri bebaak tabiyat ka taqaza hai kuch aur "
more as this dialogue moves on ,
good wishes ,
zg ..
I am deeply saddened by the passing away of "Bo" in the Andaman Islands. I hope that there are voice recordings of
her songs, and utterances.
I expect that my fellow anthropologists have done a documentary of this great relic of humanity.
My sadness is still here..from the destruction of the Baghdad Museum..but this tragedy touched me deeper because I did not know of her, and if I had –I would have sacrificed to assist.
Best wishes
(My website is private due to the network it is in, and the marketers who ply their trade there.)
Ditto, very sorry to hear of this Elders passing and with her the legacy , knowledge and roots of a very ancient culture. This is happening everywhere around the world. Unfortunately, usually places that had been" impacted" by Western European contact, the results were always devastating and predictable.
Like the poster above, it would have been nice to meet her, apparently she had quite a sense of humor.
May she rest in peace
Hello Narayan,
I had some questions on endangered languages and the UNESCO red book. I could not find your mail address. Could you please let me know your email id (or email me yourself)? Thank you.
The description was really wonderful. Do you still find Vasudev's sons and great grand son/daughter in the village? Anyway I do believe in myths and village folk culture.


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SEOUL, South Korea -- Creditor banks of the financially troubled Kia Group said Friday they will allow the group until Oct. 6 to file for court mediation or for court receivership.
After hours of discussion, the banks agreed that it would be more desirable for the group to file for court receivership, which removes top managers. Specifically, it would require the resignation of the group's chairman, Kim Sun Hong.


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I'm Surrounded
There is a reality far more real than the one we perceive with our physical eyes.
It's God's reality.
Kingdom reality.
It's "I know Who has me. He doesn't leave me. He doesn't lie. He's working right now for my good and He doesn't waste a thing." versus "This is what my circumstances look (and even feel) like."
I have a particular situation in my life right now that could very well appear hopeless to some, exhausting and pointless. And though I have my days, though the enemy throws arrows that mess with my emotions, I have this solid knowing that my God is coming through.
He's teaching me to ask with confidence, believe for the wild things, and keep my heart and mind focused on His truths. On His reality.
No matter how naive or foolish it may look to some, I want my eyes to be found focused in on the One who surrounds me, not the things that do.
This worship song is my current jam. Crank it up, dance, and battle in praise.
This is How I Fight My Battles | Upper Room Music™
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Every young person remembers their residential trips—a time of laughter, exploring exciting new experiences, learning new skills, as well as discovering a little more about themselves and those around them.
Lodge Hill is a short stay outdoor activity centre that accommodates 79 people in the main house along with 2 Woodland Lodges that sleep 23 in total, a camp site for 100 & challenging activities contained within 32 acres of woodland. Over the course of 60 years the centre has become a firm favourite with schools, youth groups, voluntary organisations, young musicians & community groups of all ages.
Our aim, for every participant by the end of their stay, is to have gained knowledge of their own abilities, self-confidence and real pride in their achievements both as individuals and team members.
"All of the class benefited from the activities & encouragement provided".
"It's always worthwhile to see some of the quiet less self assured gain new respect & self-worth".
* All Lodge Hill staff are DBS/Police checked, inducted & trained. They have achieved appropriate qualifications for each of the activities they teach.
* Lodge Hill staff are qualified First Aiders.
* Lodge Hill is independently inspected by the British Activity Holiday Association (BAPA)
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Lodge Hill Centre programmes include challenging & exciting activities that students love. All have been tried & tested, chosen to encourage mental and physical prowess.
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Simple Soba Noodles
8-12 oz. buckwheat soba noodles
1 tbs. rice vinegar or wine
2 tbs. sesame oil
2 tbs. soy sauce
1 bunch (about 6-8) chopped green onions
1/2 cup of shredded carrots
1 bunch of chopped cilantro
1 tbs. of toasted sesame seeds
salt to taste
Cook noodles according to package in boiling water, for no longer than 6-8 minutes. Immediately drain noodles in a strainers and run cold water over them. Next add the remaining ingredients and salt to taste.
Serve right away or chilled - I prefer the latter.
Add tofu seasoned anyway you like or try Whole Foods Golden Sesame Tofu and any Sweet Chili variety.
Another great addition is a few slices of avocado and cucumbers. Yum- yum.
Interested in cooking more soba noodles? Check out Heidi Swanson's dishes at 101Cookbooks.


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According to the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Researchers, organic produce DO NOT have a higher nutritional content. This team of researchers have now completed the most extensive systematic review of the available published literature on nutrient content of organic food ever conducted. Over 50,000 papers were searched, and a total of 162 relevant articles were identified that were published over a fifty-year period up to 29 February 2008 and compared the nutrient content of organically and conventionally produced foodstuffs.The review focused on nutritional content and did not include a review of the content of contaminants or chemical residues in foods from different agricultural production regimens. The researchers found organically and conventionally produced foods to be comparable in their nutrient content. For 10 out of the 13 nutrient categories analyzed, there were no significant differences between production methods in nutrient content.
So, since this is now a proven fact, "Do I still recommend that ADD/ADHD have a strict organic diet and continue to pull the crap from their diet such as dairy, MSG, hydrogenated oils, etc??" My answer is, ABSOLUTELY!! As I mentioned in previous blogs: Eating organic foods isn't just about getting more minerals and vitamins into your diet but to bypass poisonous chemicals that are used to grow produce and livestock. Heck why do you think we still put our son on high quality liquid supplements to aid with this ADHD? I never once for a moment that he was going to get everything he needed just from the food the consumed especially since ADHD are highly deficient in vitamins and minerals already. He would have to eat like 8-10 serving sizes of various raw vegetables daily. Please understand that eating organic foods is crucial for ADD/ADHD because they are FREE of pesticides, herbicides, harmful fertilizers, insecticides, or any other poisons for that matter. PLUS they are not GMO or genetically engineered or modified. Organic meats or livestock's are FREE of antibiotics, steroids, and growth hormones. Since omega-3 originates in the green leaves of plants, grass, and algae; organic grass feed livestock's will be higher in omega-3 and CLA (helps fend off cancer and burns body fat). Ask yourself, "What is ADD/ADHD?" It's a neurological disorder. Pesticides, fertilizers, hydrogenated oils, etc. are all neurotoxins. This means they are destroying neurotransmitters and keeping the nervous system from developing properly. Do you really think it's a good idea for a child who doesn't have a developed immune system diagnosed with ADD/ADHD that they should eat chemical laden foods that's only going to make their existing problems worst? Personally I think EVERYONE should eat organic not just ADD/ADHD! When you purchase organic products this is the only way to ensure that their are NO artificial sweeteners, dyes, flavors, MSG, trans fat, or other preservatives.
Enthusiastically yours,
Shirley Highers
When the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, it may be that they are taking better care of it.
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Discover business opportunities, in or around Fort Myers Beach, with well-established brands, who are looking for people like you to help them grow.
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There are a number of penitentiaries whose reputations precede them—whose very names strike fear in the hearts of the state's enemies. This facility wasn't one of them. Midnight wasn't about reforming criminals; it was about making them disappear.
The Midnight Facility is a top-secret prison facility operated by the Office of Naval Intelligence in the 26th century. It was intended to house high-profile political prisoners who the organization preferred to make disappear rather than execute or rehabilitate. Midnight was located in an asteroid field.[1]
Following the recovery of Alo Sebukah (named Subject Denver by ONI) in 2552, he was detained at Midnight.[2]
In 2553, Subject Denver was interrogated. When Denver was explaining his escape from High Charity he made reference to seeing a "A blue female human artificial intelligence". Subject Denver also believed she was suffering from the Logic Plague; a Flood condition that his interrogator Oberon 5 didn't know.[2]
In 2558, Benjamin Giraud was imprisoned at Midnight Facility after a failed attempt to expose ONI's cover-up of the horrible truth of the SPARTAN-II Program.[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hunt the Truth, Season 2 Episode 01 (Part 1)/(Part 2)
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What's Under Your Mattress?
It's not Halloween yet but it's true...
Average pillows and mattresses contain millions of fungi cells from 16 fungi species.
This fungi (normally found in damp and moldy places) come from night time sweating. The average person sweats about 100 liters each year. In addition to fungi, other bed partners are dust mites—mattresses gain a pound or more each year from dust mites.


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The Big Picture
The purpose of this site is to help you achieve your own goals by improving your communication skills. Better personal relationships. More success at work. Deeper connections with your parents, kids, spouses, friends, and lovers.
As in the previous post, I will give you tips, techniques, and strategies for handling all sorts of common communication tasks. But more than that I want to give you the big picture, to teach you how communication works in general. In the long run, you will rely less on tips and techniques. Instead, you will use your in depth understanding of communication and the social world to analyze and solve even the trickiest communication problems.
You need a new vocabulary for thinking about communication, the social world, and your place in it. Social interactions may seem endlessly variable, each one presenting its own unique challenges. But underneath that apparent variety, fundamental processes are always at work, structuring our interactions and allowing us to understand (or misunderstand) one another.
As I teach you how to comfort friends in need, how to be more persuasive, how to use just the right about of directness, or just the right amount of politeness, in any given situation, you will build up a a detailed map of the social world.
As you master the basics (e.g., cooperation, inference, directness and indirectness, face and politeness, identities and interactions, turn-taking, etc.), you will use these concepts to analyze and then optimize your approach any communication task.
The first thing to do to get to your final destination—mastery of the social world—is not to head off in the wrong direction. Unfortunately, when we learned about communication, many of us were taught a very simple and totally unhelpful model. So that's where we begin, by trying to get you to let go of any bad ideas you already have about how communication works.
The Code Model (Sender-Message-Receiver)
One of the biggest barriers to understanding how communication works is the belief in a simple and incorrect model of language and communication. This model states that language is a code, and that communication is a process of a sender encoding an idea into language, transmitting across some (potentially noisy) medium, where the receiver then decodes the message and extracts the idea. When this process is complete, successful communication is said to have occurred.
This model, known variously as the Code Model or the Sender-Message-Receiver model, dominates popular consciousness and most non-scientific explanations of communication. A quick search on "models of communication" turns up dozens of images describing the Code Model, most of them derived from Shannon and Weaver's original model, which was developed to explain technical processes in electronics and information theory, not to explain ordinary human interaction.
The sender-message-receiver Code Model is so deeply ingrained in our consciousness that it is hard to think any other way. The model seems to be consistent with some of our intuitions about language, and it certainly is consistent with the way we talk about talk (e.g., "I just need to put my thoughts into words.") But here's the rub: almost no working communication scientists endorse the Code Model any more.
Real Codes vs. Human Language
To understand how human languages differ from codes, it is helpful to think about codes and then to examine how they may be similar to and different from human languages. The most obvious example of a true code is Morse Code.
Morse Code maps each letter of the English alphabet to a series of dots and dashes (or "dits" and "dahs"). For example, the letter /s/ in Morse code is dit dit dit (· · ·), and the letter /o/ is dah dah dah (– – –). In a true code, the relationship between the symbol and the thing it represents is constant. In Morse code, dit dit dit always symbolizes the letter /s/. It never means anything else, and no other series of dits and dahs means /s/. Regardless of the context, or the rate, or the volume at which the dits and dahs are transmitted, they always mean the same thing. Scream dit dit dit at the top of your lungs, and it means /s/. Whisper it in your sexiest bedroom voice, and it still means /s/. Say it sarcastically. It still means /s/. That's a true code. Symbols have fixed meaning, and meaning doesn't depend on context.
Multiple Meanings
Here we have an obvious difference between true codes and human languages. At the simplest level, words have multiple meanings. The word "fine" means okay or all right, as in "I'm feeling fine." It also means having delicate structure, like a "fine-toothed comb," and it means a monetary penalty, as in "the fine for parking in the handicapped spot was $250."
Meaning Depends on Context
More importantly, meaning in human languages are context dependent, and things like rate, volume, pitch, and intonation of speech can dramatically alter the meaning of the same word. Consider how the word "fine" changes its meaning when said matter of factly, as when you meet a colleague in the morning and they say "fine" when you ask how they are doing today, versus what it means when you ask a teenager to put away their phone, and they say, in an exasperated tone, "fine!".
These examples should make us start to question whether and to what extent language is like a true code. Some will still insist it is a code, but it starts to look like a very peculiar code, one where the symbols in the code have multiple meanings and mean different things depending on the context.
We Mean More than We Say
Another defining characteristic of human communication is that we almost always mean more than we say. This is true even when we don't intend it to be, because, whether we like it or not, people will make inferences far beyond the 'literal meaning' of what we say.
Consider a letter of recommendation that says about the job applicant only that "She was always on time and had good personal hygiene." Taken literally, there is nothing at all bad contained in this statement. But any competent adult communicator recognizes immediately that this is terrible letter of recommendation. Somehow what is not said says more than what is said. By failing to note any of the applicant's other positive characteristics, we infer that perhaps there was nothing else good to say about her.
How do we know to make this inference? If language is a code, then all the meaning should be "in the words," ready to be decoded. What would it mean to decode a sentence like the one above? The meaning does not appear to be in the words at all but rather in our knowledge of the world, including what is the appropriate amount of content to include in a recommendation letter. And how do we know or suspect that, in this particular context, we should not rely on the explicit, literal meaning of what is said but should instead rely on our knowledge of the world to make an inference beyond what is said to grasp what is really meant?
The answer lies not in language but in a set of shared assumptions we make about one another when we communicate. We assume that the other person is being cooperative, not in the ordinary sense of helping us unload the groceries, but in a more technical sense. We assume that they are reasonable people who say relevant things when they speak. So when something they say appears, on its surface, not to be relevant (or complete, or true, or straightforward), then we assume, since we know they are being cooperative, that finding their true meaning, the one that is relevant, must require us to make some inferences.
And so we search for the inference that allows their statement to appear cooperative. The so-called cooperative principle is another bedrock idea in communication theory, and I will be writing an entire blog post soon to discuss it. For now, I am just introducing it to explain how we know when to make inferences beyond the information given.
Another challenge to the code model is that what we mean is often only indirectly related to what we say. I remember in college when my friend Kevin used to come into a room when we were eating pizza, and he would say "Is that pizza?"
Of course, the literal answer to the question was "Yes, Kevin, that's pizza."
But that answer would be heard as rude and uncooperative. Any competent communicator hears Kevin's question as a request for a piece of pizza. And it's not just that one sentence, lots of others would have the same effect: "Did you guys get pizza?" "Are you going to eat that?" "That looks delicious." "I'm starving." "I love pepperoni." All these would easily and obviously be heard as requests.
But how? Again, the meaning of the utterance does not seem to be in the words, but rather in our knowledge of the world. In addition to the meanings of words, we seem also to know complicated rules about the social world, such as "when a person says they are starving, and there is pizza on the table, then they are really requesting to have a piece of pizza."
In fact we do know such rules, but they are not specifically about pizza. Instead we know elaborate rules about how to do things with words like make requests, promises, commands, threats, compliments, and apologies. Each of these speech acts, as communication scholars call them, has a set of rules for their proper execution. We learn these rules. We then assume others know these rules, and we take advantage of this knowledge to communicate indirectly, and often strategically.
We will learn about indirectness and about speech acts in upcoming blog posts. For now, it is enough to just recognize that we can, and almost always do, mean more than we say, and that in part this ability is made possible by our knowledge of rules that govern the social world.
The challenge for the code model is that we talk like this all the time. We constantly say one thing and mean another. Literal communication, if it occurs at all, is much rarer than indirect communication, for reasons I will explain in subsequent posts (e.g., indirect allows us to use language strategically, to save face, to be polite, and to avoid accountability for what we mean).
Perhaps we should begin to take more seriously the idea that it is not a code at all. We need a better metaphor.
General Principles Enable Inference, not Millions of Rules
It cannot be that we have memorized millions of rules, one for every imaginable social situation, rules that allow us to know how to make the right inference about whether to take someone literally or whether to make an inference about what they really mean.
Lucky for us, there are not millions of coding and decoding rules to remember. That code metaphor does not work to capture the complexity, power, and beauty of human language and communication.
Instead, it is more useful to think of communication as solving problems or mysteries. When you think of communication, don't think of yourself as Benedict Cumberbatch solving the Enigma encryption machine in the The Imitation Game. Instead, think of yourself as Benedict Cumberbatch solving mysteries as Sherlock Holmes.
The mystery is always the same: what are the other person's beliefs, emotions, attitudes, plans, goals, and intentions? For clues, you have the words people say, as well as their nonverbal behavior (e.g., posture, gesture, facial expression, personal space and distance, pitch, rate, and volume). You also have your common-sense knowledge of the world (e.g., what is pizza? how do requests work?), and you have your knowledge of the particular social context and the specific other people involved.
This is the main take-home point: Communication is primarily about inference, not about decoding.
What Do You Mean When You Say "Inference"?
By inference, I mean reasoning from evidence to conclusion, the way Sherlock Holmes takes a clue and uses his powers of deduction to arrive at the solution to the mystery. The main difference between inference and decoding is that in decoding the information is assumed to be inside the message. Whereas, in inference the message is just a clue, and its meaning must be constructed using our powers of reasoning applied to this clue combined with of our other knowledge of the world. Because it relies on our unique powers of reasoning and our idiosyncratic knowledge of the world, inference is constructive. We don't extract the meaning of the message. We construct it. The meaning of a message is a kind of story we tell ourselves about how the world must be, and what the other person must be thinking, given that she just said what she said. But the story was not in the message. We made up the story based on the message.
The constructive nature of inference helps us understand why it is so difficult to clearly communicate our plans, goals, and intentions. When we talk, we are just offering clues. The people we are talking to are the detectives, using their powers of reasoning to try and solve the mystery of our intent based only on scanty clues we've provided them. You only need to watch a few episodes of Law & Order to realize that the same evidence can support different conclusions. So we shouldn't be surprised when people draw different conclusions than we might have intended. Their reasoning process may be different from ours, or their knowledge of the world may be different, or both. If either of these is true, then they are likely to arrive at different conclusions than we intended.
Inference depends on general knowledge of the social world, especially knowing when to make inferences beyond the information given, and also on specific knowledge of a situation shared between you and the person you are communicating with. The more knowledge we share, the less we have to actually say anything. With the people we know best, we hardly need to speak at all. Just a look or a wink or nod can communicate an enormous amount of information, all via inference based on mutual knowledge. Like magic.
One implication of this way of thinking about communication is that mutual understanding depends critically on common knowledge. If you've ever been in a culture very different from your own, you'll know how easy it is to be misunderstood.
By thinking about communication as problem solving or as detective work, it also gives us a new way of thinking about the challenge of deciding what to say. The challenge is not to "put your ideas into words" but rather to figure out what to say or do, in this specific context, with this specific person, and these assumptions about the knowledge that we share, that will lead them to make the inferences I want them to make about my plans goals, and intentions.
So this is the first building block in our new understanding of how communication works. Communication is problem solving, detective work, supported by inferences based on knowledge shared by the communicators. The inferential nature of communication allows us to communicate indirectly, to mean much more than we say, and this ability enables us to use language strategically to manage relationships and achieve our goals. More about this soon.
Tell me about how you use indirectness.
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It's a whole new ballgame in today's insurance market when compared to only a few years ago. The business is accelerating and buyer expectations are changing. With football season in full effect, we were inspired to call upon some of the best minds in the industry for coaching advice. The result? A winning playbook with ten strategies that will inspire you and your team to top performance titled, "10 plays to accelerate insurance sales growth."
Here are some of the highlights:
Brandt Minnich, CPCU, Vice President of Marketing
"Knowledgeable agencies and producers understand the need for a disciplined and consistent sales approach and exceptional execution to succeed in today's environment. Lead your agency by requiring that the right processes are learned in basic sales training and ensure they are consistently being followed."
Michael D'Arelli, Executive Director
"Know your products inside out and sideways and never stop developing professionally. Make every effort to build relationships and become a trusted advisor instead of simply being a vendor filling orders for commoditized, price driven insurance."
Tommy McDonald, Vice President
"Agency leaders with mediocre sales performance who lack the ability to win profitable business typically have not built quality depth within their organization that institutionalizes the sales process. Defining the firm's differentiators, developing a process around these competitive advantages, and then building a team-based sales approach that can clearly articulate, sell and reinforce the value proposition is needed to overcome this challenge."
Ryan McClintock, CEO
"One way to succeed is to hire hunters, not gatherers. A hunter is not afraid of rejection or picking up the phone and yearns for no's and opportunities. Gatherers don't typically have the "fight" within them to put in the work and tenacity required to work online leads. Hunters on the other hand have the innate intangibles that will make an outbound call center successful."
To learn how your sales team can get in shape and beat the competition, download the "10 plays to accelerate insurance sales growth" and uncover winning plays from insurance industry experts.
About the author: Stuart Ganis is the director of the insurance vertical at Velocify and a 24 year veteran of the insurance industry. Ganis started his career as a producer in 1989 and co-founded an independent agency in 2000. The agency grew to more than 30 employees and $15M in premium in less than three years and was acquired in December of 2005. In 2006, Ganis launched a consulting practice, helping independent insurance agents in the areas of sales, marketing, technology and operations. Follow Ganis on Twitter @StuartGanis.


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Hussey Seating Company Replaces 80,000 Seats in Notre Dame's™ Stadium Renovation
North Berwick, ME – September 1, 2017 – On Saturday, September 2, 2017 the Fighting Irish of the University of Notre Dame™ will debut their newly-refurbished stadium with Maine made seats as part of a multimillion dollar project to enhance the fan experience and revitalize the stadium.
A Maine company, Hussey Seating, was awarded the contract for the seating replacement of the 80,000-seat stadium. Replacing the aging wooden bleachers will be Hussey's Perma-Plank, a durable roll-formed steel plank with Notre Dame Blue Perma-Cap bleacher covers. These covers are a resilient, maintenance-free, vinyl bleacher cover that will also fit over existing wood or aluminum bleachers.
Hussey Seating completed the upper bowl during the first stages of the renovations in 2016 and finished the lower bowl in August 2017.
About Hussey Seating Company
A family-owned company founded in 1835, Hussey Seating Company is a world leader in developing and manufacturing seating solutions for the sports and entertainment, education, and worship markets. Hussey's high-quality range of seating includes fixed polymer and upholstered chairs, telescopic platforms, telescopic gym seating (traditionally known as gym bleachers), and portable folding chairs.
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Brooklyn in Kings County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Wonder Wheel
Construction began in 1918.
Opened Memorial Day in 1920.
Built right here in Coney Island by Herman Garms & Bethlehem Steel.
Weight: 400,000 pounds.
Height: 150 feet, tallest in the world.
Capacity: 144 people.
The only wheel of its kind in the World, featuring 16 swinging cars & 8 stationary cars.
Over 30 million riders – never a single accident in 89 years.
Declared an official NYC landmark in 1989.
Location. 40° 34.433′ N, 73° 58.733′ W. Marker is in Brooklyn, New York, in Kings County. Marker can be reached from Jones Walk. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Brooklyn NY 11224, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. The Brooklyn Wall of Remembrance and Tribute Walk (approx. 0.3 miles away); Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese Monument (approx. 0.3 miles away); Gravesend (approx. 1½ miles away); The Battle of Brooklyn (approx. 1½ miles away); Gravesend Cemetery Meucci Triangle (approx. 1½ miles away); Gravesend Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.7 miles away); F. D. N. Y. (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brooklyn.
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More. Search the internet for Wonder Wheel.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 28, 2017. This page originally submitted on July 26, 2017, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 127 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 26, 2017, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.


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Once you've changed the oil in your vehicle you'll be faced with another important task: used motor oil disposal. While most people know it's important to dispose of old oil properly, many are unsure of exactly what that entails.
Here are some pointers for handling and disposing of your spent oil.
Capturing the Oil
A proper oil disposal process begins from the time you pull the drain plug. Most automotive manufacturers recommend that you change the filter when you perform an oil change, but even if you're planning on reusing it, it's important to remove it to allow all the oil in the engine to drain out properly.
Use a catch basin that is made for motor oil. The right basin will feature a large opening with a screen that allows oil to pass through while stopping large objects, such as your drain plug or anything else that might fall in.
Proper Oil Disposal
Proper disposal of used motor oil is as simple storing it in an approved container and contacting a recycling center or local mechanic. If your catch basin is sealable, you can store the oil in it until you're ready to dispose of it. If it doesn't seal, carefully pour the oil into the empty bottles from your oil change, using a funnel to avoid spills.
You may want to call and make an appointment to dispose of your oil. While some self-service centers allow you to simply drop off any oil containers, others may require that a technician dump the oil into a large tank when you arrive.
Recycling and Sustainability
Did you know that used motor oil gets completely recycled? In fact, one gallon of used oil can produce one gallon of fuel oil or be re-refined to produce up to 2.5 quarts of lubricating oil. Two gallons of recycled oil can also be used to generate enough electricity to power the average household for almost 24 hours. For this reason, it's important not to mix spent motor oil with other fluids that are drained from your vehicle. Oil companies can recycle oil not only from vehicles, but also boats, lawn mowers and other power equipment.
Disposing of your used motor oil after a change is simple, can help the environment and is typically free. Using the right containers will store the liquid safely until you can take it to be recycled.
Check out all the chemical products available on NAPA Online or trust one of our 17,000 NAPA AutoCare locations for routine maintenance and repairs. For more information on used motor oil disposal, chat with a knowledgeable expert at your local NAPA AUTO PARTS store.
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We are Brecksville Air Duct Cleaning contractors and we perform air duct cleaning in a timely and accurate manner and we are committed to top quality work that will not be compromised. Important,well-done air duct cleaning makes sure that your home or businesses indoor air is going to be clean and your Heating and air conditioning equipment will run more efficiently and save you money every day.
Right now we're going to focus on the 2 main reasons why Brecksville homeowners need to make sure that they keep the air ducts associated with their HVAC systems thoroughly clean.
If the residents of the house smoke inside of their the residential home, or complete family home renovations, or are affected by allergic reactions or even have animals in which shed large quantities of hair they're going to in all likelihood need to get their HVAC system air ducts cleaned in their Brecksville OH family home more often.
The primary reason why ductwork really needs to be kept as fresh and clean as you possibly can would be to make sure the quality of indoor air is good. The typical annual home dust production is in excess of forty lbs, so it is not surprising that air-borne pollutants can build up within air duct work. An HVAC system that is tainted with airborne dust, dander together with other air contaminants could make the actual environment inside the residential home very unhealthy and most likely worsen the respiratory health of house owners. A number of contaminates in ductwork can even provide the most suitable breeding ground for serious harmful bacteria, viruses as well as black mold.
Another factor to consider just why it is beneficial to continue to keep air system completely clean is because clogged up air duct work could certainly severely impact the performance of an the entire Heating and air conditioning system and even result in more costly power bills. Furthermore, pollutants can lessen the life span of a HVAC equipment since they force the system to have to function a lot harder. Simply by making certain each of the air ducts are kept clean, a household are able to reduce their yearly electrical power expenses as much as twenty-five percent in addition to their carbon pollutants.
As previously mentioned, fully clean Heating and cooling equipment and ductwork make certain that a household has very good indoor quality of air and they also also can decrease the total electrical power usage of a householders HVAC equipment. Consequently, each and every householders Heating and cooling need to usually be inspected and cleaned by a professional HVAC professional on a regular basis. Learn More Here
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Want to learn the reasons why we feel so strongly about the significance of air-duct cleaning in Brecksville, Ohio area? This particular question as well as other frequently asked questions pertaining to air duct cleaning have been answered directly below.
1. How come it's so essential to get my air ducts cleaned?
Many times you central air systems are full of remnants of dirt and dust of which build-up as time passes within sytem. Air ductwork will become contaminated after some time with as many as three inches of debris. This accumulation of air-borne pollutants and allergens would make cleaning ducts important and vital. Industry standards would suggest cleaning home air ducts at least one time every 4 years or at a minimum have them checked out. The regular cleaning of ductwork helps to preserve safe breathing air and often will help get rid of breathing problems that may possibly be a consequence of the contaminated air being released straight from the homes air system.
2. Exactly What Is The Cleaning Process For My Family home Air Ducts?
A specially skilled cleaner will come to your residence together with equipment developed to effectively fully clean ductwork. A very highly effective industrial vacuum cleaner is going to be utilized to swiftly eliminate all of the accumulated dirt inside the ducts. This effective vacuum cleaner was devised to make sure that air-borne pollutants do not enter the home while the vacuum is being used. A specialized mildew and mold restriction machine will be used as required on the air conditioner and heating units for your house. This will assist remove and prevent mold from growing in the air ductwork.
3. What Credentials Are necessary to Be An Air Duct Cleaner in Brecksville OH?
NADCA ( National Air Duct Cleaning Association) primarily educates people in the appropriate manner of duct cleaning and certifies individuals who have received and completed the training process. NADCA only certifies those organizations and also workers' which have shown an obvious comprehension of the suitable cleaning practices and those that follow industry standards.
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4. I'm concerned that you may damage my heater or air conditioner. Is that a possibility?
Absolutely not, the simple truth is the heating and air equipment will work more effortlessly as soon as they have been cleaned. The equipment used to completely clean the systems plus air ducts have been created specifically to not damage any systems inside your residence.
This stuff works to keep your residential home smelling fresh and clean and your loved ones breathing clean
5. I own a brand new Brecksville Ohio home. Why is air-duct cleaning needed?
A new house could have particles built up from the construction build. Constructing a house is a dirty and dusty job and those air-borne pollutants are usually in your ductwork. Ensuring your family members are breathing top quality air after having a new home build is really important to the health of the house and your family. Look at our Brecksville Air Duct Cleaners Blog website
6. I've got a substantial amount of dust in my residence. Will cleaning the ductwork help this condition?
Indeed, the homes ductwork distributed the air throughout the residential home the entire day. When they're dusty, the air that's getting circulated is not clean. Getting rid of dust within the air ducts will probably eliminate the dust factor in your house generally.
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7. I've got a brand new heater or air conditioner that's clean. Why do I want my ducts cleaned?
Your newly purchased units may be completely clean however there'll still be dust from your prior units in the air ductwork. Brand new systems are more efficient as compared to previous ones. This means that they are more likely to move the debris from the ductwork than your past units did. Cleaning air ducts each time a new air or heating unit is purchased is vital for this reason.
8. I've got allergies. Will cleaning my air ducts help?
Clean ductwork inside your Brecksville Ohio family home mean less airborne dirt and dust or pollen getting distributed all through your residence. A reduced amount of airborne dirt and dust pollen and dander should equal a reduction in an individual's allergic reactions. Should you have further inquiries that were not answered previously mentioned, you should contact an Brecksville air-duct cleaners to get a consultation. Qualified air duct cleaning companies are able to be found with an Google search or by utilizing the resources we've put on this web site. For more information, additional concerns, or Air duct cleaning in Brecksville speak to a neighborhood Brecksville air duct cleaning company by looking on the web or even by utilizing these website resources by simply phoning the vendors listed on this website.
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EUGENE, Ore. -- A member of the 4J school staff told board members on Wednesday night that it will cost at least $1 million to address aggressive student behaviors in the district.
Much of the money will go toward teacher training and a new behavioral/mental health partnership coordinator.
District staff recommended that a new "framework" be put in place which would divide students into three tiers, based on the severity of their misbehavior:
- Tier 1: students who struggle a little with behavior.
- Tier 2: students who need intervention and additional curriculum to help with social skills.
- Tier 3: students who struggle despite two levels of support.
"Behavior is never bad or good," Cheryl Linder, director of student services, said. "Behavior is simply a communication that there is a lagging skill or there is an area of instruction that is needed."
The presentation was for discussion only, and the board did not vote on the subject.
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Humsafar ki Awaz, Mumbai
The helpline is for MSM/gay, transgender and bisexual men and offers counselling and information about male sexual health and provides HIV testing and STI examination Services in Mumbai and Thane region.
Phone: +91 22 2667 3800
Timings: Mon - Sat :12:30PM - 8:30PM
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Website: www.humsafar.org
Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh, New Delhi
One of the first national helplines', JSK provides information on reproductive health issues.
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Email: email@example.com
Website: www.jsk.gov.in
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Counselling on sexual health, sexuality education and relationships. Also provides with therapy.
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Timings: Tues & Fri :3:00PM - 5:00PM
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