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Friday, January 6, 2012
and so it begins.
i mean, you can say you're going to lose 50lbs this year and then the next day your at target walking by the christmas clearance section. where those christmas m&m's are. for 70% off! be still my beating heart... ok it's true, this happened today. and these 2 overweight older ladies were filling their cart and one of them says, what about that resolution to eat better? and the other lady was like, oh, i already forgot about that. chuckle chuckle. awkward silence. bag crinkling and clinging into the basket.
and i would have taken a couple bags too if we didn't resolve to do this detox thing. and write it down. and make a plan. and make other people do it with us, so as torture them and also to have accountability. but will i make all week? i don't know. but i'm trying.
and we're detoxing in other areas too. detoxing from stuff we don't need. and accumulation of meaningless things. and thoughtless days. and ungratefulness. spending money that doesn't need to be spent. aside from a few gift cards from christmas, i'm trying not spend our money on frivolous things. in just a couple of days, i have found this to be difficult. telling myself no at target. some people say, just don't go to target. but wait, is that just modifying your behavior or is it better to just go and continue to practice self-control? time will tell. perhaps i will only find the answers to this and other heavy questions (like why did the show lost have such a crappy ending) at the pearly gates.
so ya, just saying that i want to be more grateful this year is really vague. and will lose it's motivational grip if i don't have an action plan behind it. go ahead, say a goal. i bet it's vague.
now ask, what does that look like?
there. now we're getting somewhere.
for the first time in our marriage, nato and i wrote down goals for the year. we felt kind of nerdy for some reason. nato looked at me like i was insane when i actually handed him a goals worksheet.
but he was a good sport and filled it out.
and i made one for everyone! yes...it's like oprah. YOU GET A WORKSHEET! YOU GET A WORKSHEET....YOUUUUUU GET A WORKSHEET!
now there is nothing fancy about these. you can find much more detailed and cute ones on the mighty intranet. but there is something great and underwhelming about being simple. who needs to be overwhelmed by overly detailed lists that you'll never be able to keep up with? not me.
i wanted you to be able to print them off and not waste all your ink. it doesn't need to blow your mind. it needs to help you accomplish your goals.
i made them black and white too so you don't have to waste your color. uhthankyou
here is the color.
here is the B&W
confession: i'm not a planner. i'm not good at being organized. but i am trying this year. i think the one thing that has held me back from writing down goals and planning out days and weeks or vacations or menus....is that by nature, i'm not a structured person. i like to be a free bird. just go where the day takes me.
the only problem with that is...well...a lot of things don't get done. dinner time comes and i'm scrounging for things in the fridge. kindergarten is coming and i'm like...oh hey, maybe you should know how to write your name. ya, shameful. so i need to stop blaming that on my personality. and change some things up. there will certainly be a balance between structure and the latter. so i created a little ditty to help me plan out my days as well. specifically...what i'll do with each kid every day. 3 simple things. i think i can handle that.
printed here.
here i will circle 3 things that need to get done that week or that day. these are specifically things i hate doing. which is like every chore, basically. hmmm. anyway, i'm going to make a notepad on vistaprint.com...but for now, this will work.
that one here
now the truth is, these lists will not get filled out with every day. i'm going to try and do them for the month so as to create a new habit. a thought process. maybe i'll just write them out on the chalkboard in the morning. i'm going to also give myself grace. i'm not going for awesomeness...just habit change.
but doing the same thing every year by making vague resolutions or saying that resolutions are dumb as yielded nothing. surprise! goals actually work when practiced daily.
so on january one, we said...let's do this. structure style.
in uncle tony's language, we said
come here you devil log!
(turn off the music at the bottom of the blog to get the full effect)
this is from a movie called heavy weights. about a fat camp with a fanatic health nut played by ben stiller. if you're looking for an inspirational movie, watch this. NOT really.
anyway, we are working through what gratefulness looks like in our family. so we removed every toy from downstairs and upstairs and everywhere. we went through them all.
there were broken toy pieces, trash, non working toys, things the kids don't play with, and spoons from the kitchen(what?). there those were.
we threw a ton out. a TON. isn't it weird how we just let our homes become heavy with trash? needless stuff we don't look at our play with? it feels heavy living like this.
it was an all day activity. layne said he loved every toy. of course. it's like me going through my shoes...oh but i love these! even though i haven't worn them in a year! and my feet have grown since i had another baby and they don't even fit. i think i'll let them clutter up my closet for yet another year instead of give to someone in need because i'm selfish! yay!
he was scared that anything i touched was going to be thrown away.
nothing was safe...wahahahahaha!
so once we organized everything into groups...
we took it all to the basement. we set it up in a way that the kids could see in each bin. we wanted to get shelving, but we thought it would be better to save the money and just keep it on the floor for now.
there is literally nothing to play with upstairs. the kids have to be intentional when they want to play with something.
layne thinks about it.
he asks to go get it.
brings it upstairs.
when he's done, he has to put it away or he can't go get something else.
can i just say, that this has been amazing. my house is not insanely messy all the damn time. nor are their bedrooms.
wow. it sounds so drastic, and it kind of is. i guess... in america. i think of children playing in trash heaps scrounging around for something that resembles a ball and i don't feel so drastic then.
and 'm pretty sure most of the fun my children were having was in just making the mess.
bold statement, i know.
so anyway, all that to say, i believe this is helping gratefulness because the kids have found a new appreciation for toys they already have. layne says, it's like we have a store in our basement!
there is a sense of gratefulness shown when you learn to take care of what you already own.
and you don't need to be overstimulated with 800 different toys staring you in the face at all hours of the day. it makes no sense to ask our children to be grateful and then bombard them with more than what they need constantly.
over. stim. u. lation.
layne is playing with toys he hasn't played with in years. score.
our house is getting de cluttered by the minute. PTL.
and i am needing God every minute to help me stay focused on what i feel He has stirred up in my heart.
repenting is a process that is painful yet good. or something deep like that.
but strangely enough, through the repenting, i actually feel vibrant and energized. looks like all that stuff was cluttering more than i thought.
i read a verse today(acts 3:19). it said, Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord...
sums up what's going on in our lives right now.
52 comments:
OH.. I needed to read that verse this morning...ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing that...
You Blessed me today!!
All I have to say is... I didn't know you watched LOST!ReplyDelete
Also, MOPS yesterday was about getting your home organized. So I think I may print some of your stuff to go with that. And is Kristin one of the pals you talked into detoxing with you? I'm excited to hear about it.
There is something magical, spiritual and just darn good about decluttering your home, your life. I am in the process now after spending a weekend clearing out Grandpa's house. Think Hoarders. I quickly came home and have already purged 5 bags to Goodwill, 3 bags to the trash and am still working on it. Simplify for 2012! It's going to be a good year.ReplyDelete
Wow, Jami. You never cease to amaze me - seriously!!! Lately your posts have made me think about making serious changes in my life....and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Keep doing what you're doing!!ReplyDelete
P.S. I printed off the sheets and can't wait to use them! Thank you!
our christmas candy at target was 90% off yesterday and i didn't even think twice about buying them. yay for me!ReplyDelete
i've been going through all my kids old toys and getting rid of all the "baby toys". my 3 year old caught me in his room and told me firmly that there were no baby toys in his room. when i asked him what he didn't want in his room, he simply pointed at his sister's side of the room! i have a ways to go with my kids. :)
fantastic. all of it. i agree with everything you just said. seriously.ReplyDelete
I love it. I think you are doing a great service to your children and your marriage. I must remember this when M gets bigger because I think it is such an important lesson that I feel is easy to overlook in our society.ReplyDelete
loved this post. i've been convicted and inspired to change in a lot of the same areas, and i'm working on figuring out what the most practical ways are to put things into force. this was really helpful to me. could you maybe tell me how to print a flip book on vista print for those little daily to-do's? i liked that. are you going to incorporate the "3 things to do with each kid" list into that book? that would be cool if you could open it up and see one page of the circle daily to-do's, and the facing page had the kiddo to do list. now i am rambling. perhaps i should just call you. =)ReplyDelete
you're marvelous... I just needed to say that!ReplyDelete
I put on my great aunt's apron last night and became intentional. I've had a similar heavy weight of "TOO MUCH" weighing on my heart too. I ran into a book called 7 at my local Christian book store. Check it out. Then.. I unloaded 3 bags (got rid of 6 bags last week) of goodwill stuff and 2 large bags (got rid of 3 large ones last week) of garbage. Such clutter. Such a mess in my psyche at the same time. God is so amazing and it's so cleansing to listen to His call. To go. To change.
I'm with you sister!
Content in Minnesota,
Thank you for writing such an insperational post. My husband is CONSTANTLY talking to me about the toys. He always says stupid stuff like, "When I was little I played with rocks Jill." I know he sounds like he is is 80 (He is 31), but he is actually probably telling the truth considering he grew up dirt poor eating only garden vegetables and beans almost everyday. No lie. When he tells me stories from when he was little it makes me think so differently about material possessions. Its crazy.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the cute lists too! I am definitely going to print them out and use them..... Not just let them sit on my table. :-D
SO AWESOME! thanks for sharing. i can't wait to get back to my apartment and start getting rid of stuff!ReplyDelete
great tip on how to organize the chaos of toys and awesome verse from acts. con.vict.ion.ReplyDelete
what a great post jami.. thanks for sharing. we did the same thing with our toys before christmas and realized we had a a lot of stuff just to have it.. feels so much better to toss/or donate it.. i did find myself trying to keep stuff just in case but my kids were the ones who were like mom just donate it! LOLReplyDelete
I bought a daily top do notebook in dec and think it's fab thought you might like it.. http://www.lifes-a-journal.com/2012/01/02/anatomy-of-a-daily-page/
love everything about this... love the possibility of new beginnings and that with God, every day is new! so awesome!ReplyDelete
that verse? wow. i am so ready for that time of refreshing!
love your goal worksheet... although i'm single so i can't really use it since it says marriage. haha! or maybe i should and use it to write out goals for getting married! haha!
This post is dangerous and encouraging to me! I'm less than 3 weeks away from having our 2nd child and in full out nesting mode. NO toy will be safe this weekend at our house. I LOVE this idea and totally share your thoughts. Our 2 year old doesn't play with hardly ANY toys. Just wants to color and play outside...why do I keep buying this crap???ReplyDelete
Yay for the Nato family! I too have been thinking a lot about all the CRAP that takes up so much of our life. Last year I read "The Power of Half" and was inspired to make do with what we already had available. I can't say that I am completely free of the "Need More Stuff" bug, but I am making progress. I know this because I am now so reluctant to spend my money on junk that I don't really need! I never really thought about all that stuff dragging down my spiritual life though, so thanks for making me think even more! God bless you and your family this year :)ReplyDelete
You guys are awesome. I love that you have actually acted upon your resolutions. You are setting such a good example for your children, and you will all be so much better for it. We don't have kids yet, but I really like this system.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFriday, January 06, 2012
I just love reading success stories and this made me happy. I think it's easy to drown in our wealth, takes effort to "be intentional" as you say.ReplyDelete
When I did a "detox" years ago, I made it a point to never look at catalogs either. They made me think I needed things I didn't--so into the recycle bin they'd go, unopened. It helped a lot.
Good for you doing what it takes for your family! I am inspired!ReplyDelete
As a general rule, toys are not allowed out of our basement. Except Legos. The Legos are everywhere.
Okay, sidenote, on my dang ipad i kept trying to hit the comment button and your post "he likes to spoon" kept popping up, it was freakin' me out and i kept saying to myself, "no no no i just want to leave a freakin' comment!" but there was the title and Nato's face and yah, it was traumatizing for just a second but here i am leaving a comment now and all is well. Soooooo, what i wanted to say was we are totally on the same wave-length right now. It is like you have a divine psychy connected with my heart. I was JUST thinking this last night but it was after i spent the entire day dead on the couch sick so i did nothing about it. So, this is just what i needed to hear! Thank you!ReplyDelete
Love, jenn
i swear we are living the same lives just in different states. well. sort of.ReplyDelete
we did the same thing with all of our toys last year. we minimized the amount they can take out and also where they can play with them. we also just went through them again this week to give away to kids who don't have much. Asher gave away over 100 hot wheels. RIDIC.
i love what you are doing with your family and plan to walk along side this with you, with my own family. keep inspiring and sharing my friend!
You're a smart one, Jami Nato! I love every single thing you wrote. I made a copy of the goals and things to do today sheets. THANK YOU for sharing your wisdom. Really. I appreciate it. It's just what I needed.ReplyDelete
this is wonderful! thanks for sharing your worksheets.ReplyDelete
This is really encouraging. I often feel overwhelmed by the amount of goals that never actually amount to anything. I need to stop feeling paralyzed by everything that needs to happen, and prayerfully, intentionally START. Thanks!ReplyDelete
What? Okay. We have the same Frye boots. Yes, I got Melissa boots too. LOL! And, Iust 2 seconds ago I posted something so similar on my blog. Even called it detoxing my house and have a picture of a garbage bag. I just wasn't thoughtful enough to incorporate scripture and anything about Jesus. Actually, wait. I wanted to but didn't want to take the time to figure out how it all was coming together in my heart and head. So, thank you for doing it for me. Crazy. God is working things out in people's hearts right now - just the same in KC and in Portlandia. He is uh-mazing.ReplyDelete
I'm so glad that I'm not the only one working on detoxing in all areas. Love the printables.. now, if I can only find my printer.ReplyDelete
I'm right there with you. Just made a master list of everything that needs gone through, purged and organized, and already throwing away anything that crosses me. Tired of the clutter - it's such a drain on our joy! Three cheers for your basement "toy store" - that's fabulous. Thanks so much for sharing, Jami!ReplyDelete
Love the toy idea! I'm trying to get rid of toys too, they are eating my house alive...ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for writing this! Immediately (and I mean IMMEDIATELY!) after reading this, I threw every single toy in our living room into the middle of the floor and went through EVERYTHING. I had a bag for trash, a bag for Goodwill and a bag for "Must Go Somewhere Else"...I was a woman on a mission! An hour later, my living room is clean and organized and I was so proud of myself I took an unnecessary amount of pictures of the room! Ha! Thanks for the kick in the bum to have a more intentional 2012!ReplyDelete
i LOVE THIS!!! I just did this in my daycare area and it felt soo good! I did it with the kids and I think it helped them realize we have to much we play with nothing or the same favorite toy every day! It was GREAT!!!ReplyDelete
thank you for this post; I loved it.ReplyDelete
great work, mama!
you have inspired me!
- maureen a.Friday, January 06, 2012
These are great ideas! Thank you for taking the time to share the print-out pages and the tips, etc. Now, if I can get to the store to replace my ink cartridge, I might actually be able to print out the pages. Of course, I might look around and find some deals I cannot pass up and end up spending much more than the $50 it costs to replace the cartridges. On second thought, why don't I just send you a SASE and have you print out a few for me! (jk!)ReplyDelete
It is very inspiring, though, to see someone take some action on their ideas. I was told once, by a good friend, that I was an "ideas person." It made me very sad, because I know that there are many good ideas, intentions, and unwritten thank you notes up there in my brain and they have never seen the light of day. So sad.
I tend to make simple goals. One year I made the goal of making my bed every day. Sounds silly, but it was never a habit for me. Every time I made it, though, I felt great! It really does make the room look sooo much better.
I didn't make any goals for myself or the family this year, but it's great to be able to glean from others. Thank you for this post!
By the way, the only reason I'm commenting is 'cause you were encouraging us to do so in another post (rather than be jealous or comparing).
Oh, and if you need a place to send your old shoes, and they might possibly be an 8 1/2 or 9, I'll gladly receive them in Lancaster, PA. :)
Hey Jami - I just started following your blog...LOVE IT! And I just made you oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. I am not sure what I did wrong, but the cookies turned out super flat. They taste ok, but they don't look like yours. Any suggestions?!?!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much!
Jocelyn, we are so much alike...LOL...one day we'll meet in real life. and wear the same boots. hahaReplyDelete
amen. i decided to make a list this year, too, and put it in a google doc and sent it to my husband (even more nerdy than your worksheet, yes?) with almost exactly the same categories for goals. and this toy idea needs to be done at my house...love it.ReplyDelete
I seriously need to get off my butt and go purge some crap. Our house is completely overfilled with excess. Maybe this will be my year to finally declutter and organize. I hope!ReplyDelete
i LOVVVVVVE this!!ReplyDelete
yes! to 'goals' over resolutions.
and a million re-resolutions everyday that make the goals happen.
so inspired by your heart for 2012.
This is so great! It gets me all motivated 'n stuff. :) The only problem is I think I fall on the other end of the spectrum. I already make lists, and calendars, and schedules, and purge. I have days for laundry, grocery shopping, cleaning, working, blogging, etc. But what I'm NOT good at is sitting on the floor and playing with my kids - even when there's stuff to do. Or looking in their eyes and smiling...every day. Or playing outside on a beautiful day - scheduled or not! Life is all about balance and being one way or the other is not good or healthy so maybe you and I can work at meeting in the middle. :) We are definitely working on "gratefulness" in our home and purging is like my favorite thing to do. ;) I just remember our pastor's wife coming home from Poland and saying how cluttered her house felt. We have so much CRAP we don't need in America!! I always try to remember that when I'm tempted to fill my home with useless things.ReplyDelete
Hah, Im like the cleanout nazi at our house. I love to thrift and find deals but that can also create clutter if its not controlled.ReplyDelete
I had just done a big cleanout after Christmas and then we had a fire here Wed. night. We're Ok as is our house but theres smoke damage...which means more might go. Insurance should be covering all the cleanup, thank the Lord. In a twisted moment this afternoon I was thinking "well, thats one way to get a thorough spring cleaning done!"
If I didnt laugh, Id still be crying:)
Hooray for simplifying and gratitude.
I've been doing a lot of the same. One of my goals is to memorize Scripture with the kids. I am going to try and pick out a weekly or bi-weekly verse for Aidan and a longer passage for myself. I am super excited about it. Also, the hubs and I are going to be more intentional about praying together. We've written out a list of things we want to pray for or things we want to see happen in 2012 and we are going to try and start making more of a point to sit down every day and pray for those things. It is so good to refocus...and it is good to see others doing the same.ReplyDelete
uh thank you.ReplyDelete
...you and I need to be committed to change, but not in a way that hopes for a big event of transformation, but in a way that finds joy in and is faithful to a day-by-day, step-by-step process of insight, confession, repentance and faith...ReplyDelete
did you read Paul Tripp's article over at Desiring God?? http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/trading-one-dramatic-resolution-for-10000-little-ones
dude! totally same wavelength!
loving it~~
What kind of budgeting tools do you use? I'm pretty poor but I like to use Mint.com. My sister (judging by photos, I don't know anything about your guys' finances) and her husband seem to be closer to you guys in the finances department and she's actually the one that turned me on to mint. It has tools to help you create budgets and goals for your finances. You can upload any checking/savings accts., student loans, credit cards, mortgages, etc. so you can see all of your debt and income in one place. It also breaks down your shopping habits. Seeing how much money I spent eating out was like being kicked in the face. Just be sure to set up the notifications section to your taste, you can be emailed every day/week/month/never etc.ReplyDelete
You, are amazing. As per usual.ReplyDelete
Thank you.
I really could thank you in about thousand different ways for this post. But the FREEBIES take the cake sweet cheeks! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
this has inspired me to move. a thought of mine for sometime but we actually made it action. thank youReplyDelete
Really...your posts resonate. I think I say that in every comment I leave.ReplyDelete
I, too, have three kids (all boys, 4,2,1). I want to instill gratefulness. I want them to appreciate all the excess we have. (I want to appreciate it).
When I first read this, I thought, that's it, that's what I'm doing! Of course, once I read it to my husband, he said it sounds like a lot of police-ing. Know what I mean? So I'm curious as to how it's panning out for you. How old is Layne? How are the attention spans of your kids? I would love to hear how this has changed your day to day. It sounds like such a fantastic idea!!
Big chalk board. I like the organizes print out you have there. I am a new follower.ReplyDelete
Check out mines
This post was awesome! I've definitely been feeling the same way about gratefulness lately, and you've really inspired me to take action. Thank you!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMonday, January 09, 2012
You were my scatter-brained sidekick...now I feel like I need to get my act together, if you're getting yours together. Thanks for the kick in the pants. I needed it.ReplyDelete
THANKS SO MUCH for this post; thanks, too, for sharing your lists! I love your approach to your resolution; I so often let mine fall through the cracks (and well i guess so do a lot of people.. wait am i just saying that to make myself feel better? probably. wah wah).. ANYWAY THANKS for your vigilance and zeal to NOT let yours fall thru--- thanks for sharing with the world your steps to make goal setting (and ACHIEVING!) :) do-able and not overwhelming. THANKS JAMI!ReplyDelete
sorry we've never met and i'm just a blog-stalker-intranet friend from ohio! haha:)
ella :)
Obviously I'm a little late reading this. But I was just sitting in my room procrastinating cleaning/laundry while facebooking/blogging. This is inspirational enough to get me from taking that nap I want, and to finish de-cluttering this place! Thanks! And great verse at the end.ReplyDelete


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Some of you know exactly what I'm talking about without needing more than this title to the blog…. Others of you? Er….. not even close! Not to worry…. You're definitely not alone…
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Ricky Ponting was the main attraction for the Prime Minister's XI, but cagey West Indian spinner Sunil Narine spoilt the party for the retired great in his international swansong.
Ponting walked on to Manuka Oval to a standing ovation, only to make the return journey just 15 runs later, much to the disappointment of the strong Canberra crowd.
The former Australian captain had looked capable of feasting on a batsman-friendly pitch until Narine snuck one through his defences as the PM's XI held on for a 23-run victory.
"Today wasn't about me, it was about some of the younger guys,'' Ponting said.
"I was confident we could win the game and it was good to see most of those younger guys that batted at the top of the order get some runs.''
"Just the experience the younger guys would've gained from a game like today would've been great for them.''While the PM's XI largely had its way with the West Indian bowling attack, carving out an imposing 333 from its 50 overs, Ponting's quick innings was an anomaly.
From the moment Usman Khawaja skied a Kieron Pollard delivery to the heavens, all attention turned to Ponting's arrival.
The leading run scorer in Australian Test history, who called time on his superb career at the conclusion of the Perth Test against South Africa in December, was surrounded by photographers as he made his way to the wicket.
He appeared in supreme touch early in the innings, carrying on his impressive form from the Big Bash League with the Hobart Hurricanes.
Ponting was prepared to play his way in, not taking any excessive risks and knocking the ball around into the outfield.
That was until he heaved a Dwayne Bravo delivery over the mid-wicket fence with a trademark pull shot, showing a glimpse of the raw power displayed in his match-winning century in the 2003 World Cup final.
Just as he was about to get going, Ponting rocked back to a quicker arm ball from Narine, which zipped along the surface and crashed into the stumps.
A noticeable sigh of disappointment was felt around the ground as Ponting made his exit – to a standing ovation, the second for the day – in honour of his fantastic contribution to Australian cricket.
It was only fitting he shared the crease with Alex Doolan, the fellow Tasmanian he has endorsed to follow in his footsteps into the Australian Test team.
Doolan has been pencilled in as a five-day specialist, but showed he should also be considered in the shorter forms of the game with an eye-catching display.
He was in complete control of the quality bowling attack, accumulating runs with ease and hitting the power button when required.
Only a sensational mid-air catch from Johnson Charles ended his day on 87 from 98 balls.
Another Test contender, Khawaja, pushed his case for a recall to the ODI team with a well-made 69, while unheralded ACT Comets captain Jono Dean made a statement at the top of the order with a dynamic 51 from 40 balls.
However, this was still Ponting's day.
While it wasn't the fairytale century fans would have loved to have seen him score, they gave the former Australian skipper the send-off he richly deserved.
The original release of this article first appeared on the website of Hangzhou Night Net.


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Jobs in these areas, and in general English Colleges, can often be found on www.careerone.com.au using ESL as a search term. Experience of living and working in a non-English speaking country is highly regarded as well. Quote: QUALIFICATIONS - ESL TEACHERS Teachers must have a recognised undergraduate degree or diploma and a recognised postgraduate TESOL qualification. A recognised undergraduate degree or diploma is a formal qualification awarded by an Australian university or tertiary institution, or its overseas equivalent. It may be: § A Bachelor degree § An Advanced Diploma § A Diploma provided that it is at least three years full-time in length, or its part-time equivalent. A recognised postgraduate TESOL qualification must result from a course of study having at least the following characteristics: (i) content focus on English language, language learning and TESOL methodology (ii) a practical component including at least sixty (60) hours of supervised and assessed practice teaching in TESOL and (iii) no less than one hundred (100) contact hours in total devoted to (i) above, or the equivalent in distance education programs. Courses in this category are usually at Master, Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma level and have an undergraduate degree or equivalent as a normal entrance criterion. NOTE: A Bachelor of Education or equivalent which includes TESOL methodology as a major strand will be deemed to satisfy the requirement for both an initial degree and a postgraduate TESOL qualification. JOB AND PERSON SPECIFICATION ESL Teacher / Trainer Responsibilities include the following: 1. Preparing a program, based on the curriculum provided, that meets the language level, needs and goals of participating students. This is to be handed in on course completion. 2. Conducting classes at the stipulated times. 3. Demonstrating an empathy towards all students. 4. Providing students with time before or after class to discuss individual matters, etc. 5. Establishing students language and career goals at course commencement and working with them to achieve their goals. This may include providing educational and vocational counselling. 6. Cooperating with colleagues through informal exchange of information, ideas, resources, etc. to ensure efficiency and a consistent approach. 7. Filing of teaching resources for other teachers to access. 8. Maintaining student records and files as directed. 9. Maintaining daily attendance records signed by students. Completing weekly attendance reports and handing them into the front office on the last day of each teaching week. These are recorded on ARMS [AMEP] and VETTRAK [LLNP] for government reporting purposes. 10. Supporting Jobseekers by encouraging them to actively job search during the program to maximise their opportunities to gain employment. (CSWE II and above) Work experience is also available. 11. Completing end of course records which provide evidence of English language gains, (portfolios) details and evidence of modules/learning outcomes achieved, work experience reports (where applicable) and an overview of the students general progress, ability and career path. (Mid-point consultation record) 12. Providing the Data Manager with details of modules/learning outcomes achieved and certificates to be awarded each term. 13. Attending weekly staff meetings and staff development sessions as required. 14. Carrying out other relevant duties as timetabled. 15. Keeping confidential all matters relating to students. Back to top austeacherJoined: 24 Dec 2008Posts: 91Location: London Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:47 am Post subject: Teaching ESL in Australia ESL studies has pointed out some accurate info on requirements to work in Australia. But to be more specific you must hold a Graduate Diploma in TESOL to teach the AMEP or the AMES program. Any Teaching certificate in ESL will not be considered by educational providers delivering the AMEP or the CSWE, unless of course you have post grad qualifications in an English method at secondary level. I have also discovered that one can teach the IB program with a Grad Dip in TESOL. Afterall one would be teaching a method in an international environment. So it is no surprise that a Grad Dip in TESOL is applicable to the IB curriculum. There are no pre-conditions to teach the IB but some understanding of the curriculum will help. It is essentially a case of being offered a job teaching the IB in English so one can develop the experience. I have had this confirmed by 'Cumburri.org' Cumburri act as conduits for International Schools needing teachers. This is not a sales pitch. Mavis Wilcox and her partner who operate the program for semi-recruitment and consultation are very helpfull people; and will bend over backwards to provide any info you need about requirements and conditions for working at International schools. Back to top mgs2Joined: 07 Dec 2008Posts: 58 Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 4:17 am Post subject: Thanks for this useful post. So it seems the requirements with an AMES provider are quiet strict. I for example have only completed 2 years of my 4 year university degree, as I'm only 20, I also have a TESOL and a few months teaching experience in Vietnam. I'm sure there are many people in my situation, who may have a TESOL but have not completed a university degree. Can someone help fill me in, are there any opportunities to work in Australia if you are someone have my circumstance, who has not yet completed a university degree? Back to top austeacherJoined: 24 Dec 2008Posts: 91Location: London Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:25 am Post subject: none Quote: Thanks for this useful post. So it seems the requirements with an AMES provider are quiet strict. I for example have only completed 2 years of my 4 year university degree, as I'm only 20, I also have a TESOL and a few months teaching experience in Vietnam. A.M.E.S won't look at you if you do not have the prerequisite Undergraduate qualifications. They won't look at you if you have "any type of ESL certificate". I mean "any". You "Must" have an Undergraduate degree in any subject and a Graduate Diploma in TESOL. You need an Undergraduate degree in almost all teaching situations, the exception is that if you do have undergrad studies and any ESL certificate, then most language centers will hire you. But to teach the AMEP and CSWE curriculum you "must" have a Grad Dip in TESOL. Quote: I'm sure there are many people in my situation, who may have a TESOL but have not completed a university degree. Can someone help fill me in, are there any opportunities to work in Australia if you are someone have my circumstance, who has not yet completed a university degree?[/quote] Finish your undergraduate degree, it will stand you in good stead and then you can go on and do PD or even a proper teaching qualification. I am waiting for the day the VIT and other educational examination and auditing bodies, Australia wide, recognise a Grad Dip in TESOL as a benchmark ESL teaching qualification for all ESL related contexts. Government schools included. Though the cows might die from malnutrition on their way home before that happens. Back to top mgs2Joined: 07 Dec 2008Posts: 58 Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:55 am Post subject: Thanks for your reply, I found it very valuable. I have a few more questions, what exactly is the difference between a 4 week TESOL certificate (which includes at least 100 hours and observed teaching practice) and a Grad. Dip. in TESOL. So I understand that to work at an AMES or NEAS accredited school that you must have a undergrad degree. So are there any other language centres in Sydney that are not accreditied by AMES or NEAS where someone in my situation can work? Basically my question is, if you have a TESOL and no degree are there any places you can teaching in Australia? Back to top lozwichJoined: 25 May 2003Posts: 1536 Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 4:40 pm Post subject: Mgs, it says degree or equivalent. This could be some kind of diploma plus an amount of experience. What did you do before you did TESOL, and for how long? Also, at NEAS accredited centres, they can have something like 5% of staff without the requisite qualifications and experience. This is usually used in peak times, when they have too much work and not enought teachers and can't afford to be picky. You could get a job at a school that is not NEAS accredited. I've only worked at NEAS accredited schools, so I'm not sure what non-accredited ones would be like. Good luck! Back to top austeacherJoined: 24 Dec 2008Posts: 91Location: London Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:57 pm Post subject: Technical mammal adviser Mgs2. If you want information quoted directly from auditing authorities, contact N.E.A.S in Sydney. You could also contact A.M.E.S in NSW or Victoria. They have branches in most suburbs. They will explicitly explain what you need to do to work at a Government accredited institution. I do not mean a CRICOS accredited institution either. I mean a real Teaching and learning institution as opposed to "Bob Brown's corner shop ESL center". Google both the entries: NEAS and AMES. Read ESL studies OP. It appears he/she has an M.A in TESOL according to the info they have provided. Back to top mgs2Joined: 07 Dec 2008Posts: 58 Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:12 pm Post subject: Thanks for the replies. I am only twenty years old, so prior to TESOL I simply completed 2 years of my university degree and before that I was in school. I think it appears I do not meet AMES or NEAS requirements. I'm curious of the point the last two posters make, what are the opportunities to work at non-AMES/NEAS endorsed language centres? Back to top lozwichJoined: 25 May 2003Posts: 1536 Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:55 pm Post subject: mgs2 wrote: I'm curious of the point the last two posters make, what are the opportunities to work at non-AMES/NEAS endorsed language centres? That depends on where you are. Why not start a new thread, stating your needs and desires, and see what you get? People might not look here in the sticky. Back to top austeacherJoined: 24 Dec 2008Posts: 91Location: London Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 3:29 am Post subject: Finish your degree Mgs2, Finish your degree. All qualified teachers will tell you the same thing if you would like to become a recognised teacher. No more to add but finish your degree. Back to top mgs2Joined: 07 Dec 2008Posts: 58 Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:16 am Post subject: I am based in Sydney, so I'm interested in language centres in Sydney, particularly the inner Sydney. I am a full time university student looking to teach part time. When I finish my degree I will pursue a different career. So I am only looking to teach part time while I am also studying. I hope this clarifies my situation. That's why I am particularly interested to know if there are any opporunities to work if I do not yet have a degree? Back to top lozwichJoined: 25 May 2003Posts: 1536 Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 2:30 pm Post subject: If you're in Sydney, why not pull out the Yellow Pages and start calling people? The easiest way to find out is to ask. Back to top hrvatskiJoined: 16 Nov 2008Posts: 270 Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:49 am Post subject: I have a CELTA, 4 years teaching experience, but have only completed two years of an IT degree long ago. This year I became the DOS of a large language school in Poland, however I'd like to move back to Melbourne to start studying a new degree and hopefully teach on the side. Any idea if I have any chance of getting a job at any school in Melbs in this branch? 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Meet Jewel! She's black, furry, and pretty sleepy right now. Oh, and you wouldn't want to mess with those claws! Jewel is a wild black bear residing in a den near Ely, Minnesota, and most importantly, she's about to be a first-time mom! Thanks to the ingenuity of the researchers at the Wildlife Research Institute, Ustreamers will be able to see the birth live and follow the growth of her cubs over the next few months. Currently there are over 800 people watching her channel and waiting for the big moment, which is expected to come any day now!
Head biologist at the Institute, Lynn Rogers, Ph.D., has spent over 42 years studying wildlife and utilizing everything from airplanes to vehicles to radio-track over 100 bears in the vast forests of northeastern Minnesota. Last year, a bear named Lily used the same den to birth and raise two cubs, and it is expected that Jewel, a first time mom, will also have two cubs.
To follow the exciting, suspenseful birth watch and share in the joys of seeing two bear cubs raised in the wild, stay tuned to Jewel's channel:
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An unmanned Russian cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday, less than six hours after it launched into orbit. The successful maneuver marked the first time a same-day docking has ever been accomplished at the massive orbiting outpost.
The robotic Progress 48 cargo freighter automatically linked up with the Pirs docking compartment on the space station's Russian segment slightly ahead of schedule, at 9:19 p.m. ET, as both spacecraft flew over the Pacific Ocean. In addition to delivering fresh supplies to the space station, the spacecraft tested the novel same-day rendezvous and docking procedure.
NASA officials said the Progress vehicle's systems responded flawlessly throughout the shortened flight to the space station.
The Progress 48 was launched into orbit atop a Soyuz rocket at 3:35 p.m. ET from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Russia is aiming to eventually implement this same-day docking plan for future manned flights of Soyuz space capsules to the International Space Station.
"They're looking to eventually take this into the Soyuz phase," Dan Harman, NASA's space station manager of operations and integration, said during a news briefing last week. "If you can get the crew to orbit in six hours and onboard the International Space Station, that could be a tremendous benefit over the two-plus days it takes today." [Photos: Russia's 1st Same-Day Cargo Ship Flight to Space Station]
Shortening the orbital chase
Progress and Soyuz vehicles typically spend two days chasing the space station in orbit after launch. A quicker arrival to the orbiting complex could cut down the overall amount of consumables — such as food, water and fuel — needed for the onboard crew.
Docking to the station within hours of launch also minimizes the amount of time the astronauts spend inside the small Soyuz capsule, which could improve the comfort of the spacefliers, said space station flight director Chris Edelen.
"The quicker rendezvous that you have, the less consumables you would need for the first day, and the better crew comfort in a small capsule," he said.
The idea of arriving at a destination on the same day as launch is not a new one. NASA first tested the same-day rendezvous procedures between spacecraft in the mid-1960s during the agency's Gemini program.
"This is actually old technology," Edelen explained. "Our first ground-up rendezvous on the Gemini program was a Flight Day 1 rendezvous, and the Russians have done this before, so it's sort of a 'back to the future.'"
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Conducting same-day procedures, however, requires extremely precise calculations and also limits the flexibility of available launch times.
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Teen's space mission fueled by social media
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: "Astronaut Abby" is at the controls of a social-media machine that is launching the 15-year-old from Minnesota to Kazakhstan this month for the liftoff of the International Space Station's next crew.
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"It does impose more constraints on the geometry — the orbital mechanics — of the launch, because you have less time to catch up to the space station," Edelen said. "You've got to basically launch and be in the right spot, and the space station has to be in the right spot."
The Progress 48 spacecraft hauled 2 tons of food, clothing and supplies to the station for its Expedition 32 crew. There are currently six spacefliers living and working aboard the orbiting outpost: Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, Sergei Revin and Yuri Malenchenko, NASA astronauts Joe Acaba and Sunita Williams, and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.
The hatch of the Progress 48 vehicle is scheduled to be opened on Thursday afternoon, according to NASA officials.
The disposable Progress cargo ship is expected to remain attached to the station until December, when it will be filled with trash and intentionally sent to burn up during re-entry into Earth's atmosphere.
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Archbishop Iakovos Professor of Orthodox Theology
Fr. Emmanuel Clapsis has taught at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology since 1985 specializing in Dogmatic Theology and also teaching courses that relate Orthodox theology to modern and post modern sensibilities. He became tenured professor of Systematic Theology in 2003 and was appointed the Archbishop Iakovos Professor of Orthodox Theology in 2010.
His main academic interests include Ecclesiology, Ecumenism, the public presence and witness of Orthodoxy in pluralistic world, Globalization and Religion, Pneumatology, Anthropology, Suffering and Hope, Spiritual life and Prophetic witness. His theological interests are reflected in his published book: Orthodoxy in the New World (Thessaloniki: Pournaras); Orthodoxy in Conversation: Orthodox Ecumenical Engagements (Holy Cross Press/WCC Publications, 20000 and the books that he edited: The Orthodox Churches in a Pluralistic World (WCC Publications, 2004) and Violence and Christian Spirituality (WCC Publications, 2007). He has published numerous articles on his academic interests and some of them have been translated in French, German, Russian, and Italian and Greek. Currently, He is writing a book on the Holy Spirit focusing on its universal presence.
Fr. Clapsis has served as the Vice Moderator of the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches (1991-1998) and commissioner of Faith and Order Commission of the U.S. National Council of Churches (1985-1991). He has also participated in the theological dialogues of Orthodox Church with the Evangelical Lutheran Church (USA) and the Roman Catholic Church. The Ecumenical Patriarchate has appointed him in his formal delegation to the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Assemblies of WCC in Canberra, Australia (1991), in Harare Zimbabwe (1998) and Porto Alegre, Brazil (2205). Currently, he is a member of the Reference Group that informs and accompanies the work of the World Council of Churches During the Decade to Overcome Violence (DOV: 2001-2010).


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Faced with a dauntingly complex problem, scientists typically do the logical thing. They break it into component parts, to simplify and focus their efforts. After all, grappling with smaller facets lets you try to conquer, one piece at a time, a larger problem. But the brain's very nature resists this technique. In effect, it refuses to be compartmentalized. The more researchers may attempt to look at a single processing question, the more it turns out to be interrelated with many other things going on in the brain.
Take memory. It's tempting to think of recall as a video recording or some simple device. Far from existing in one discrete module, however, recollections develop from thousands of connections among neurons. In the first article of this issue's special report on memory, "Making Connections," by Anthony J. Greene, you will learn that neural connections underlie everything we know. As neurons light up together, they create links within which our memories lie. As Greene puts it, memories are "a web of connections between people and things." Events that have high emotional value are particularly crisp in our minds. The second article of our special report, "Yearning for Yesterday," by Jochen Gebauer and Constantine Sedikides, explains how nostalgia, where we bask in the past, can actually be good for you.
Likewise, speech and music at first seem separate in nature. We talk to convey information. Music seems to come from a more emotional place. But perhaps you will not be surprised at this point to learn that, in fact, the brain areas responsible for these functions communicate with one another a great deal—and they develop together as well. Music and language turn out to be partners in the brain. "Indeed, in many respects, music and speech seem to be mirror images, with both playing integral roles in the development of the other—in the way we, as people, bond and communicate, in how we perceive the sounds around us, in our understanding of language and in the workings of our minds," writes Diana Deutsch in her feature, "Speaking in Tones." Check out the article to find out why a song in your heart means you can talk the talk.


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Videos | December 1, 2013
What's up for December 2013?
Track comet ISON's journey as bright planets and starry events fill the sky this December.
Jane Houston Jones: What's Up for December. Bright planets, a Comet ISON status report plus wintery starry sights. Hello and welcome. I'm Jane Houston Jones from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
Observers definitely saw Comet ISON brighten and change in November.
If the comet survived perihelion, its closest approach to the sun, it will be visible both before dawn and after sunset this month. It will appear higher in the sky at dawn than at sunset, providing a better chance to see it. During the second half of December, Comet ISON should fade rapidly as it moves north. It will be closest to Earth in its orbit on December 26.
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Jones: You may have noticed a very bright 'star' in the western sky. That's Venus! Venus shines at its very brightest, magnitude -4.9 this month. It sets about 3 hours after sunset at the beginning of the month and one and a half hours after sunset at the end of the month. This is a great month to view the dramatic changes in the apparent diameter and phases of Venus as it races towards its conjunction with the sun. The first observations of the phases of Venus were made by Galileo in 1610!
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Jones: Mars continues to grow brighter and rises near midnight, and Jupiter rises earlier in the evening, heralding the best viewing season for Jupiter watchers.
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Jones: The beautiful Geminid meteor shower will only slightly be marred by moonlight on the night of December 13 and 14. The radiant lies near Gemini with brilliant Jupiter above and the constellation Orion below. From a dark sky, but even from the city, the mighty hunter Orion is easily visible in the southeast sky. Take a look at Orion's shoulder star, red Betelgeuse and its knee star, blue Rigel and the Orion Nebula.
You can see the latest images of Comet ISON from space telescopes and worldwide amateurs at
http://www.isoncampaign.org and http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/ISON.
And you can see space images and learn about all of NASA's missions at http://www.nasa.gov.
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Didja know? Secrets of the HotSeat sitters
KEN BOYD may jump through hoops when voting on school board issues, but he daydreams about shooting hoops for the ACC.
JOHN ISOM, retiring superintendent of the Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail, knows about doing time: It took him 17 years to work his way through college.
Former UVA treasurer ALICE HANDY handles lots of money now with her new company, Investure, but nearly 40 years ago she was handling something else entirely: a baton. Handy was a high school majorette.
W. NATHANIEL HOWELL, former Ambassador to Iraq during Desert Storm, says going into the foreign service was no spur of the moment decision: He dropped his first name at age 10 to sound more "ambassadorial."
Sheriff CORNELIA JOHNSON might bust you for smoking the funny stuff, but you can catch her hanging out at her husband's smoking business, Cavalier Pipe and Tobacco.
When the going gets rough for Oakencroft Winery owner FELICIA ROGAN, she doesn't whine; she turns to her favorite comfort foods: caviar, smoked Scottish salmon, and warm foie gras.
What do child genius GREG SMITH and delegate WATKINS ABBITT have in common? They both love Nascar!
Pick your drinking partners wisely: that's the lesson ALLEN HALE, who challenged Watkins Abbitt for his long-held delegate's seat, took away from his experience at a German Embassy party early in his foreign service career. Unbeknownst to Hale, he spent the night swilling scotch with a pair of KGB agents. Oops!
PETER GRIESAR may be best known for his musical career, but at home he plays papa to four chickens: Curtis, Wiley, Booty, and Ecstasy.
Charlottesville Circuit Court clerk PAUL GARRETT is a man of few words. In fact, he insists that he's "dull and boring." Can it really be true? Delegate Mitch Van Yahres says he'll "drink to that."
ARTHUR "TIM" GARSON, new dean of UVA's School of Medicine, has made a splash in his first year on the job but the splash he remembers most happened when he wore a live microphone into the men's room during a conference.
He's known for his quick moves, but UVA quarterback and onetime Heisman hopeful MATT SCHAUB says his perfect day involves something a bit less strenuous than football: "Get up, lie around, go to the pool, then lie around the house some more."
Who knew that Charlottesville City Manager GARY O'CONNELL once dreamed of shooting to rock stardom with his band The Shooting Stars?
KEN STAPLES is used to taming tresses, but he could have been taming lions had his father not caught him when, as a boy, he ran away with the circus.
The Reverend ALVIN EDWARDS may have a booming voice behind the pulpit, but don't let it fool you: He says he's actually a very shy introvert.
Long live the King! JAMES ROARK has no trouble channeling Elvis that's no surprise. But who could guess that his favorite T.V. show is the WB's Charmed?
Developer GABE SILVERMAN's rugged looks and old pick-up don't give a hint about his Walter Mitty fantasy: dressing up in women's clothing at Prada in NYC.
He may know something we don't know: Governor MARK WARNER, who made millions buying up cell phone airspace, says net worth is actually overrated. (Note: it may be best to learn that one on your own...)
For Live Arts artistic director JOHN GIBSON, the new century has brought a new and much-awaited building for his theater. But he's also "creeped out" by a number of 21st century entities: Thomas Kinkade paintings, color-coded terror alert levels, Altoid strips, and Anna Nicole Smith.
When UVA professor LOU BLOOMFIELD wrote a computer program to snare cheaters, he never expected the fallout: 59 students were charged, and 20 of those were convicted and expelled. If anyone ever makes a movie about it, Bloomfield hopes Mr. Matrix himself, Keanu Reaves, will fill the professor's role.
They mostly rub shoulders with locals as hosts of 3WV's morning show, the Big Greasy Breakfast, but RICK DANIELS and MAX HOECKER each have celebrity secrets: Dr. Phil is Rick's uncle, and Max once dated Julianne Moore.
He's best known for his hands-on approach when he served as an Albemarle School Board member. But back in 1971, GARY GRANT had his hands in something a bit more morbid: corpses. He opened bodies for autopsies while living in Seattle.
There's something about Sponge Bob: Author DAVID BALDACCI and Attorney General JERRY KILGORE both say watching Sponge Bob Square Pants is a great way to pass family time with their kids.
His work schedule may be slowing down, but SATYENDRA HUJA, the city's director of strategic planning, says the most trouble he ever got in was for going too fast. He got a speeding ticket while his young children were in the car, and they've never let him forget it.
JOHN CASEY has lots of literary fans, but the military may not be too fond of him. He once fired a shotgun at a low-flying Navy helicopter that was "bothering" him. What a bright idea, John!
Former UVA rector HOVEY DABNEY received the Purple Heart for a WWII mission in which his plane was shot down over Budapest. Dabney jumped out of the plane and broke both ankles, but recovered after the incident to fly 24 more missions.
Elected five times, Greene County Sheriff WILLY MORRIS is known for his take-no-prisoners tactics. But the tough guy apparently has a softer side: His favorite book is Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind.
JOHN CASTEEN has seen many things during his tenure as UVA president, but he's never witnessed one long-time tradition: streaking the lawn. (Don't get any ideas, now, students...)


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The house gets inspected for mold on Monday, the 5th, which unfortunately happens to be Matt's birthday. That the mold is there is undeniable, but what we don't know is the extent of the damage. We are really hoping that it is just the kitchen, but it could very easily be in the walls and possibly even in the pipes.
We remember our blessings, and we try to be good houseguests.
After all, not every boy gets to spend so much time with his grandparents!
We have done pretty well, there have been a few break-downs here and there, but for the most part we are trying to remain positive. After all, it's just a house.
At least, that's what I keep telling myself. I very nearly lost it on Friday as I arranged my hair products on the floor of my mother's laundry room, next to the thumping dryer. It's just hard. I am incredibly and eternally grateful that we are able to come and stay here, but I don't want to be here.
I want to purse my lips and allow my chin to quiver in self-pity, I want to be angry at anyone, to blame someone. I want to stomp my feet and yell and have someone else come in and fix the problem right now. But I can't.
Because that is not reality. THIS is reality. We are here, we cannot be there, but we will get back there eventually. We are blessed to have a home to go back to, and somewhere to stay in the meantime. And in this reality, hair products on the floor are a little bit funny. Hanging your clothes from water pipes is a little bit funny.
So we laugh, because we don't want to cry. We cuddle on the big family bed (a futon pushed up against the couch), we hold hands and we kiss chubby baby cheeks. We unfold the card table to make a desk, and life goes on. We laugh at the dog, who happens to think this is the best sleep-over ever, and we try to emulate his enthusiasm. We remind ourselves that this could have been much worse, and that moping about the house will accomplish nothing.
We remember our blessings, and we try to be good houseguests.
After all, not every boy gets to spend so much time with his grandparents!


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Thursday, March 24, 2011
Elemental Magic Volume 2 is FINISHED and in the publisher's hands now!
Hear Ye, Hear Ye! I have finally finished with my end of the work on Elemental Magic Volume 2! It has been an arduous task, months of isolation and hard work, but it is done, and now the editing process is underway. There is no exact release date yet, but as soon as I know for sure I will let everyone know. I will be having a book launch party in Vancouver when the big day finally comes, and it will be greatly advertised here and on Facebook, to ensure that everyone who wants to gets a chance to attend!
Thanks to all for your overwhelming support and interest in the second book. I hope it does not disappoint. We had initially thought there would be a DVD included with the book, but it will be a website instead. The website will contain lots of video footage, tutorials, and various film clips from my workshops, and of actual animated effects sequences, mostly rough animation, so people eager to learn can watch me animate 'live' and also look at the final product. A great advantage of the website will be that it can be continually updated, and I can address people's specific requests for tutorials on specific effects animation questions. so please, if there is anything you want to know, drop me a line and I will address it whenever possible....
Also want to announce that I am officially open for tattoo business. Elemental Tattoos offers high-end tattoo designs and finished tattoos. I am starting with simpler work, no huge back pieces or highly complex tattoos for the first couple of months, but my skill level has definitely reached the point where I am more than comfortable tattooing a wide range of designs. Just let me know what you are looking for and I will get back to you soon! Check for updates and news on my tattoo blog!
Elemental Magical wishes to you all!
8 comments:
- Unknown said...
Oh wow! I can't wait to read it! It's going to be just as amazing as your first volume!
Congratulations on your hard work!
- March 24, 2011 at 12:34 PM
Congratulations Joe!
- March 24, 2011 at 12:41 PM
- Sonja Langskjaer said...
Sounds great! Congratulations!
- April 27, 2011 at 12:24 AM
- Huw said...
The first book is amazing, and I'm pre-ordering the second. Good luck with the release, I'm looking forward to seeing the site too.
- April 27, 2011 at 2:41 AM
- Daniel Ernst said...
Whoohooo! Good times ahead!
- May 26, 2011 at 3:25 PM
- Unknown said...
Loved the first book. My question for the supplemental material: Would love to see how you develop a design aesthetic for magic effects. What is the thinking, design iterations, and reference material, for a project requiring magic, or "not-of-this-world" effects?
- July 20, 2011 at 6:12 PM
- Daniel Ernst said...
Heya Joseph,
I was just wondering when we can expect volume II. Not to be impatient or anything :)
- August 25, 2011 at 8:28 AM
- Me said...
Got it! waiting for the content online that you mentioned in the book :).
Great job!
- October 5, 2011 at 10:00 PM


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HFT bullshit goes global.
The index closed just 0.7% lower at the end of the day.
However, the suspicious thing is that big mortgage lender which closed -5% on the day (see below in oversize). Maybe somebody knows something about Indian real estate :snidely:
The index closed just 0.7% lower at the end of the day.
However, the suspicious thing is that big mortgage lender which closed -5% on the day (see below in oversize). Maybe somebody knows something about Indian real estate :snidely:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-...-trade-that-caused-price-error-on-bourse.htmlIndia's NSE Says 59 Erroneous Orders Caused Stock Plunge
The plunge and rebound in Indian stocks that pushed the S&P CNX Nifty (NIFTY) Index down 16 percent in eight seconds underscored concern about financial markets.
Trading in the Nifty and some companies stopped yesterday in Mumbai for 15 minutes after the 50-stock gauge tumbled as much as 16 percent. A brokerage that mishandled trades for an institutional client was to blame, according to the National Stock Exchange of India.
Regulators around the world are probing market structures and electronic trading after a series of malfunctions. In May 2010, high-frequency orders worsened the so-called flash crash, which briefly wiped $862 billion from U.S. stocks. The Nasdaq Stock Market in May this year was overwhelmed by order cancellations and trade confirmations were delayed in the public debut of Facebook Inc. (FB), 2012's largest initial public offering.
"Everyone is very sensitive to these electronic errors," Adam Mattessich, head of international trading at Cantor Fitzgerald LP, said by phone from New York. "It's the kind of thing that could be nothing or it could become a financial calamity."
Orders entered by Emkay Global Financial Services Ltd. (EMKAY) that led to trades valued at 6.5 billion rupees ($126 million) caused the drop, NSE spokeswoman Divya Malik Lahiri said from New Delhi.
Circuit breaker limits enforced by the NSE get activated "after existing orders are executed," Ravi Varanasi, head of business development at the exchange in Mumbai, said by phone. "We are investigating the reason behind the wrong orders and how checks and balances at the member's end failed."
'System Failure'
The NSE's trading limits for the Nifty range from 10 percent to 20 percent. The percentages are calculated into index points at the end of every quarter and applied for the next three months. A rise or decline of 570 points, equal to 10 percent of the Nifty's closing level of 5703.3 on Sept. 28, is meant to halt trading on any day in the quarter through Dec. 31, according to a circular on the NSE's website.
The volume of stocks in the benchmark index that were traded almost doubled from the 100-day average, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. An index of Indian stocks traded in New York slipped as much as 1.2 percent.
"Even if there was order backlog, the index couldn't have slumped 900 points before halting when the circuit filter was set for a 570-point fall," Arun Kejriwal, director at Kejriwal Research & Investment Services Pvt., said by phone. "This is a system failure. Blaming a broker does not absolve the exchange of the lapse on their system's part."
Exchange Investigation
The NSE's systems weren't at fault, according to the exchange's Varanasi.
"There is no question of any glitch or malfunctioning in NSE's systems," he said by e-mail. "The broker's dealer put in an erroneous quantity in the orders, which is being investigated."
Emkay Global Managing Director Prakash Kacholia didn't answer his mobile phone. The broker's shares plunged by the 10 percent daily limit to 31.1 rupees.
While the drop in India drew comparisons with the rout in American equities on May 6, 2010, the U.S. event spurred many times the losses of the Nifty's plunge and affected more companies.
About 20 stocks in India saw declines of 19 percent or more on Oct. 5, compared with the more than 300 securities that lost at least 60 percent during the flash crash before the trades were canceled, a September 2010 report from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission found. The decline and rebound in the Nifty lasted seconds, compared with more than 15 minutes for stocks, futures and indexes in the flash crash.
'Fat-Finger Mistake'
"It's definitely concerning but we feel it was a fat- finger mistake rather than a market structural issue," Ben Rozin, who helps manage the $600 million Manning & Napier International Fund, which includes Indian stocks, said by phone from Rochester, New York. "When we look at the Indian equity market, we think it's pretty well run, and that this has very low impact."
The NSE, India's largest bourse, controls more than 90 percent of India's $28 billion equity derivatives market and handles 75 percent of the stock trades. The stoppage, the biggest such problem in more than two years, comes as a burst of policy reforms by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh propels Indian stocks to a 17-month high. Foreign investors have plowed a net $16.5 billion into local shares this year, the most among 10 Asian markets tracked by Bloomberg, excluding China.
Reliance Tumble
The Nifty slipped 0.7 percent to 5,746.95 by the 3:30 p.m. close of trading yesterday. Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), owner of the world's largest refining complex, rose 0.6 percent at 857.8 rupees, rebounding from a 20 percent plunge, while Housing Development Finance Corp. (HDFC), India's biggest mortgage lender, lost 5 percent to 749.95 rupees after also falling 20 percent. :doodoo: :doodoo:
Of the 4,100 companies trading on the exchange, 19 fell 19 percent or more intraday. Mumbai-based Reliance dropped from 856 rupees to 816.7 in one trade at one second before 9:51 a.m., traded again at that price, then rebounded. A second later, it fell to 682.35 rupees in two trades, Bloomberg data show.
The stock jumped back to 856 during the same second. A total of six trades occurred below 840 rupees during the session, all of them at the bid price.
Housing Development Finance opened at 775.80 rupees and traded at an average price of 753.63 during the day. Thirty-five trades occurred at prices below 740 rupees. The day's low was reached because of two trades at 2 seconds before 9:51 a.m. executed at a price 16 percent below the previous transaction.
ADRs Fall
An index of Indian stocks traded in New York fell the most since Sept. 25, after rising over the previous two days. The Bank of New York Mellon India ADR Index dropped 1.2 percent to 1,071.40 by 2:47 p.m. American depositary receipts of Infosys Ltd. (INFY), India's second-largest software exporter, declined for the first time in seven days, losing 1.5 percent to $48.93.
"The crash definitely hurts as there has been a lot of foreign flows in the last two months and any erroneous order would impact investor confidence," Daphne Roth, head of Asian equity research at ABN Amro Private Banking in Singapore, which oversees about $207 billion, said by e-mail. "Investors would still ultimately look to future reforms, not just related to the bourse but also to the economy."
Combined daily volumes on the nation's two biggest bourses averaged 989 million shares last month, 27 percent more than in August, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Trading last year in the Nifty, at 35.5 billion shares, was the lowest in four years.
Not Needed
"It's not something that India needed at this stage when volumes are just beginning to recover," Aquarius' Rajan said.
In a separate statement, the NSE said it had "disabled" Emkay Global and closed out the broker's outstanding positions. N. Hariharan, a spokesman at the Securities & Exchange Board of India, the market regulator, wasn't available for comment.
The NSE, founded in 1992, began trading equities electronically in 1994, spurring the 137-year-old BSE, which runs the BSE India Sensitive Index, to follow suit.
Trading at both exchanges takes place through an open electronic limit order book, where order matching is undertaken by the trading computer.
The entire process is order-driven, meaning market orders placed by investors are automatically matched with the best limit orders and buyers and sellers remain anonymous. The order- driven market brings more transparency by displaying all buy and sell orders in the trading system, though there's no guarantee that orders will be executed because of the absence of market makers.
More Competition
All orders must to be placed through brokers, many of which provide online trading facilities to retail customers. Institutional investors can gain direct market access through trading terminals provided by brokers for placing orders directly into the stock market trading system.
Competition among Indian bourses is poised to intensify with a third bourse, the MCX Stock Exchange, planning to start trading equities around Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, which falls in November.
"With another exchange set to be operational in about a month investors would have an alternative," Kejriwal of Kejriwal Research said.
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After 22 years in the Royal Air Force, 5 years in the National Health Service and 10 years at one of the UK's largest charities, Tony decided he'd done enough for Queen and Country and he was about due some 'me' time.
Consequently he took early retirement in 2010 to work on his writing. He lives in Oxfordshire UK with his Albatross and a pet monkey. (No, not really. That's just a vain attempt to sound interesting.)
Rufus Cobb, Adele Curran and Jim Darby are the lead characters in a series of books – The Londum Series - written by Tony Rattigan. Set in an alternate Victorian Era, they recount the adventures of Rufus Cobb a private detective, his lady friend Adele Curran (who just happens to be a witch) and Jim Darby who is a jewel-thief and conman ... but whose crimes strangely only seem to benefit the poor. Cobb and his friends live in the city of Londum, in the country of Albion, the centre of the British Empire.


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By engaging with literature in international law, international relations & international political economy, this text develops the conceptual & theoretical foundations for analyzing the political significance of international economic law. It offers a radical critique of global capitalism.Cutler, A. Claire is the author of 'Private Power and Global Authority Transnational Merchant Law in the Global Political Economy' with ISBN 9780521826600 and ISBN 0521826608.[read more]
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About 11:50PM last night I took the dog outside. I had an unexplainable fear about that same time. When I walked out I looked up at the sky in the area of the Greensboro airport. The sky was cloudy and there was a moderate, steady wind. The temperature was probably in the low 40s. I noticed a huge circular cloud formation that was stationary as the other clouds around it were blowing from East to generally West. I thought it odd that the circular cloud wasn't moving as the other clouds around it were moving at a steady pace. The circular cloud had a very defined circle around its edges and looked kind of like a doughnut with a hole in the middle. I watched it for about 20 minutes. I don't know how long it had been there before I saw it. I would estimate the size of this disk to be about a mile wide and perfectly round. Then, at about midnight it began to shoot out what can best be described as short burst of what looked like, light blue, short, lightning bolts. They may have been beams of light but, they flashed like lightning, or flash bulbs. This went on for about 1 minute and seemed random and in no particular direction. It wasnt a rapid fire kind of a thing. Rather, in the period of a minute I saw about 5 or 6 burst of light. They were not super bright from where I was. Rather, it was the brightness of distant lightning. It caused me to feel almost paralyzed with fear and I couldn't walk away or look away. I noticed that the area of sky behind the cloud was black as the rest of the sky was a very dark or, gray blue color. As clouds passed I could see occasional stars but over the circular shaped cloud the sky seemed blacked out. During this whole event I neither heard or saw any air traffic in the area, particularly from the Greensboro airport its self (which is not uncommon at this hour). Then I heard a very fast moving jet flying over directly at the circle cloud formation. The cloud suddenly lost its circular definition and broke up into the same consistency as the surrounding clouds. As the fast moving jet flew over I didn't see any of the typical flashing lights that are associated with aircraft in flight. I didn't see any lights at all. I just heard a loud, very fast moving jet fly right into the area where the circular cloud was breaking up. The jet sounded like it was coming from the South West of the airport and heading East. This happened at about 10 or 15 minutes after midnight. I didn't have a watch so, I'm guessing about the time for this phase of the event. Living near the airport I hear passenger and transport jets all day, every day. The jet I heard last night was, in my opinion a small jet fighter. The engine sound was louder and it was moving much faster than any of the jets ever do around the airport. There were no strobes or lights of any kind. It was completely blacked out. When I went outside it was about 11:50pm. When I went back in the house I looked at the clock and it was 00:58am. However, I was sure that I was only outside for about 20 minutes, or less. I went upstairs and had a strong sense of fear. In fact, I was so troubled that I loaded my rifle, which seems pretty crazy in the light of day. My dog is crippled and has limited use of her old legs. When I carried her in she was cold, slightly wet on her right side and shivering. I have no idea haw she got wet as it didn't rain. I kindly request that I not be contacted about this. I have been as detailed as I can about what I saw. This was disturbing and I don't wish to spend time talking about it and I will not be publicly exposed as it would certainly have a negative impact on my life. Its a long way back from crazy. NOTE: The above image is a rendering
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Woodrow Wilson and LBJ's progressive racist mentality won the election. The same racist progressive mentality that brought an end to a rising black middle class, the same racist progressive mentality that tore apart black families by paying women to have babies if they threw out the man of the house, leading to the current rate of 70% single parent households in the black community, (and generations of families trapped in welfare, their children never knowing their fathers, destined to be uneducated criminals and drug addicts as a direct result) (1). The same racist progressive mentality telling the black community they're not able or expected to succeed, so don't bother trying, we'll support your failures, (never more evident than in the new Dade County school curriculum, where blacks are now being told they are not going to be held to equal standards because of their obvious inferiority and inability to learn compared to the rest of the counties children (2)).
The first black President, (a truly remarkable feat in this supposedly racist country), has been an unmitigated failure. The economy is on the brink of collapse, while he and his progressive cohorts do every thing they can to push it over. Unemployment is unacceptably high, and will continue to grow in the coming year. Investments in American business are at a standstill due to the coming punishing taxes and redistributive policies of this man (3). Full-time work has been defined as 30 hours a week by the federal government, causing companies to reduce to 29 their employees hours, to avoid paying health benefits or a draconian penalty per employee (4). More people are being forced to turn to government to exist, as obama collapses the job market (5). Our deficit has been increased beyond that of all of his predecessors combined, with our children and grandchildren being sold into bondage to pay for it (6). Women are losing jobs at never before seen rates (7). The Middle East and North Africa have been surrendered to our greatest enemy in that region, the Muslim Brotherhood, in a failed attempt at outreach to our enemies. American dollars and arms have helped propel our mortal enemy to power, and continues to support them to the tune of billions a year (8)(9). American embassies in hostile countries are left with unarmed Marines, (10) or, even more incredibly, security contracts with suspect foreigners or even Al Quada (11)! When the obvious result occurs, even with help from numerous sources readily available within an hour, American diplomats and military are left to die pleading for help for more than five hours, with this man and his government WATCHING! A General within striking distance with the means to provide assistance was arrested and removed from duty for attempting to disobey an order from this government to stand down and let Americans die (12).
Yet, since the progressive racist Democrat President Woodrow Wilson acted upon the Democrat party's founding beliefs and segregated the federal government and the military in the early 1900's, the Democrat party has always believed and acted like blacks are not capable of success. Failures are ignored in the Progressive liberal community, as blacks were never expected, (by them), to succeed(13).
If anyone is insulted by what they read here, welcome to the club! I am insulted that any of my friends are treated in such a manner. I am insulted that anyone in the country looks at my co-workers in this manner. I am insulted by the demeaning of any American at the hands of another.
I am certainly insulted when the future of the country and the peace of the world are sacrificed on the alter of racist Progressive policies.
In the upside down racist world of Progressives, a blacks failures are proof of their Progressive beliefs, and those failures must be supported.
Before you dismiss this entirely, ask yourself a question:
If this, (and the rest of his failures I had not room to mention), were the record of a white President of either party, would he have been re-elected?
Even die-hard Progressive Jimmy Carter couldn't get re-elected, and except for their skin color, their records and beliefs are almost identical.
Progressives have convinced liberals that failure is a resume enhancement, as long as it is black failure.
(1) http://www.mmisi.org/pr/20_01/nieli.pdf
(2) http://www.bradenton.com/2012/10/15/4239423/florida-sets-different-academic.html
(3) http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/16/should-failing-grades-on-the-economy-cost-obama-a-second-term/
(4) http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obamacare-mandate-anyone-who-works-30-hour-week-now-full-time
(5) http://cnsnews.com/news/article/welfare-state-grows-nearly-19-under-obama-almost-1-trillion-year
(6) http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/does-government-debt-burden-our-grandkids/
(7) http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/11/job-growth-isnt-just-a-womens-issue/
(8) http://www.jihadwatch.org/2012/08/arab-spring-in-full-flower-muslim-brotherhood-taking-total-control-of-egypt.html
(9) http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/14/state-department-official-egypt-aid-not-in-jeopardy-though-us-having-frank/
(10) http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/09/13/State-Department-Denied-Marines-From-Carrying-Live-Ammo-At-Cairo-Embassy
(11) http://www.shoebat.com/2012/10/31/libyan-leaks-secret-document-reveals-al-qaeda-brother-put-in-control-of-u-s-embassy-in-tripoli/
(12) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIAE6vLct-0
(13) http://www.academia.org/progressive-segregation/


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Everything You Wanted to Know About Top Ramen and Cup Noodles
As the Ramen Rater, I had the pleasure to interview the senior marketing manager at Nissin Foods USA, which produces Top Ramen, Cup Noodles, and many other popular instant snacks. Here are some highlights from the interview, but first a little history.
First, Some Top Ramen History
Mr. Momofuku Ando began the company as part of a humble family operation back in 1948. Faced with sparse food sources after World War II, Ando realized that a quality, convenient ramen product would help to feed the masses. His goal was to create a satisfying ramen that could be eaten anywhere, anytime.
In 1958, Nissin introduced "Chicken Ramen," the first instant ramen. Ironically, it was considered a luxury item, since Japanese grocery stores sold fresh Japanese noodles (udon) at one-sixth the cost of Ando's new food concept.
Ando was convinced that his new method of preparation would sell. The concept seemed simple enough. All users would have to do is simply remove the ramen from its package, place it in a bowl, add boiling water, cover the bowl, and wait three minutes. The conservative Japanese food industry, however, rejected the product as a novelty with no future. They had never been so wrong.
Soon, Chicken Ramen was selling beyond even Ando's wildest expectations. Before you could say "instant," more than ten companies were rushing to put their own versions out on the market. By late 1958, grocery shelves were crowded with this new staple for the Japanese kitchen. From this point on, Nissin Foods began introduction of a long list of successful and innovative ramen products.
And now, onto the interview!
When and why was Nissin Foods introduced to the States? Nissin Foods introduced Top Ramen into the U.S. in 1970. Ando saw an opportunity to introduce a new type of noodle soup product to the States. As he showed his products to grocery store buyers, he realized that no one in the US had ramen sized bowls. This insight, combined with getting served coffee in a Styrofoam cup on a business trip flight, was the genesis of Cup Noodles.
The varieties available in Japan and the product line in the U.S. differ quite a bit. Why is that? This is based on developing tastes that are suitable for specific regions. This was especially true in the 1970s when the concept of instant ramen was foreign, we didn't want to compound this with Asian flavors.
How do you determine when Top Ramen flavors are retired? And when to offer new ones? This decision is based primarily on what the customer wants. We tend to let them vote with their wallets.
People ask if I'm worried about sodium levels with all the different instant noodles I eat and review. Any health recommendations? It's all about balance.
Microwaving Cup Noodles—is this the correct method of preparation? I've heard people do it. For optimum eating experience, it should be made with boiling water.
Many instant noodle manufacturers are located in Southern California. Aside from the fact that it never rains there, why? Because of the established Asian population here in the 1970s. This was the natural first consumer base for our products in the States—first and second generation Japanese who missed this type of ramen noodles.
How many packs and cups of Top Ramen and Cup Noodles are made every year? 3.9 billion instant ramen products (including Nissin) have been consumed in the US in 2010.
Finally, your favorite Nissin product? That's like asking someone to pick their favorite child! Chow Mein is my favorite Nissin product. Stir fried noodles without the hassle of cooking or getting takeout. If I am eating instant ramen, it's primarily due to time constraint so, I enjoy it as is.
To see more of this interview and other Nissin reviews, both new products and old favorites, check out The Ramen Rater. And folks, just to clarify: they said the Cup Noodles are best with boiling water! So don't stick them in the microwave! Keep your noodles happy and they will keep you full.
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