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He has strong hands and is certainly a playmaker. However, is Alshon Jeffery worth starting as your number 3 WR or flex option on your fantasy football team?
Jeffery caught 4 passes for 107 yards and a touchdown, and also racked up 27 rushing yards on a pair of reverses. Jeffery, the Chicago Bears' number 2 wide receiver, collected 21 fantasy points last week, but mostly in garbage time when the game was out of reach.
Brandon Marshall was getting covered and Jeffery was able to beat the Lions' cornerbacks once the Bears went down big. The Lions were primarily playing a prevent defense knowing that the Bears were going to pass the ball.
Jeffery is a good pickup if you're looking to trade him in a package deal, but he is not worthy of becoming a starter. Jeffery's production has been shaky, as his points leading up to this week show: 4, 4, and 5 for weeks 1 thru 3. The 6-foot-3 wide receiver has had issues in the past with catching the ball and on Sunday Jeffery dropped a touchdown catch in the end zone. Some trades to consider for Jeffery could be:
Jeffery and Reggie Bush for AJ Green.
Jeffery and Rob Gronkowski for Alfred Morris
Jeffery and Jay Cutler for Brandon Marshall
Jeffery, the 45th overall pick in the 2012 draft, had a productive rookie season until he fractured his hand in week 5 last year against the Jacksonville Jaguars. He had 323 receiving yards, but could never come back from his injury. Marc Tresman's game plan might not always involve Alshon, as Earl Bennett, Marcellus Bennett and Brandon Marshall have been all implemented into the offense as weapons for Jay Cutler's aerial attack.
Jeffery has been picked in later rounds in deeper leagues and in 8 and 10 man leagues he might still be a free agent. Look to pick him up if he is available and include him in a trade to better your team.


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The main home page will have a video that we provide, in the centre, and all the other flash animation menus will be created by you. The top menu will have 12 rollover buttons created by you for different items (i.e. book, profile etc), and it will have the 'rollover' feature which is used on Disney website. So we will have 12 pages total; home page is main criteria; the inside pages will look similar to home page, with a content area in the centre section where we can add text/images.
The colour scheme will be totally different to Disney, as we do not want an exact replica of this site, but we like how friendly and appealing it looks.
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We've committed to raise £100,000 for international development charity Habitat for Humanity Great Britain's new Hope Builders Campaign. Our funding will go towards the building of over 30 new 'Habitat Homes', helping to lift many people out of poverty housing.
We're the first major housebuilder to pledge our support to the re-launched campaign, which is supported by the Home Builders Federation and aims to give those living in poverty housing a safe, decent place to call home. To kick-start our fundraising, we have donated £30,000 to the campaign.
We recognise the importance for all families, no matter where they are in the world, of having a place to feel safe, secure and to build a future and by supporting this campaign we have a fantastic opportunity to use our resources, enthusiasm and determination to make a real difference to those who need it most.
Throughout the year we will put our commitment into action, by organising a number of fundraising events and activities, giving a member of our team the opportunity to take part in next year's London Marathon and enabling a team of Miller Homes employees to participate in a Global Village trip. We hope the money we raise will be enough to build over 30 homes and make a real difference to those stuck in the cycle of poverty housing.
Habitat for Humanity's focus is on shelter and it recognises that home is the cornerstone of hope for those living in poverty. The charity works with established partners in more than 70 countries across the world to offer simple, sustainable solutions by working with the poorest and most vulnerable people to provide the support needed to help them lift themselves out of poverty by building homes and communities and restoring their independence.
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The Globe and Mail has an interesting article on the new cartography aka neogeography. You might want to head over and check it out.
Schmap.me – share your map
Schmap continues to do things right. I have been interested in their Guides and excited about the iPhone implementation of the Guides (still love the rotate to map UI). Their latest open beta, Schmap.me, flips their regular model of helping you find places to bringing a way to help others find you, or at least your address. While the concept of creating a webmap to share your location isn't new, but it is a great implementation. You can choose your own path (mine is Schmap.me/jesse.rouse for instance) that will link to your map. The map is Schmap's standard Google Map base and it has a simple interface. The simple interface would be a great place for Schmap to expand to allow users to add different types of information (which you already can with a little html in the notes field). Overall, Schmap continues to approach location/map user interfaces in simple and effective ways.
Schmap.me – share map and contacts for your office, home and more
How walkable is your neighborhood?
Our reader Ed always sends me links to cool sites, and walkscore is no exception. It's a Google Maps mashup site that calculates the walkability (using a 0-100 scoring system) of a neighborhood, based on how many services are available within a walkable distance. Walkscore does not factor in the aesthetic appeal of a neighborhood, just how easy it would be to maintain a car-free lifestyle. Currently, the site claims to have over 40 US cities (in fact, I was able to get a walkscore for here in Morgantown, so it's probably pretty broad coverage. Ed pointed out that it would be a great tool for checking out conference venues to see what's around, and I think that's a great idea. In fact, I'm already checking out downtown Chicago for a conference in November.
Here's a great example for the San Diego Convention Center
Behind the Scenes look at Google Map Maker
Google has posted a nice 3-minute video giving you an inside look at Google Map Maker, the company's new tool that allows users to contribute and edit map data for certain countries.
London's Met Police Crime Mapping site now live in beta
Based on Google Maps, the Metropolitan Police's new Crime Mapping Test Site is now up and running in beta and, while the functionality is just pretty basic display of crime stats for neighborhood levels, the interface is nice and easy to use. Each neighborhood polygon has an info window with summary stats on crime levels and tabs for comparison with the whole metropolitan area, and even yearly trends. There's no functionality right now for locating individual crimes, but the plans seems to be to add functionality over time, and there are links to other related websites.
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RoofRay – Find out your roof's solar energy potential
I haven't blogged about a mashup in awhile, but I was catching up on some news and saw a link to RoofRay, a Google Maps app that calculates the solar energy potential of a building's roof. First, you digitize a polygon representing your roof area, then a ray for the direction of the roof's slope and enter its angle. Then the app will calculate the Peak Power, Power per sq. ft. and other stats. It was a little glitchy when i tried it out, but I think it is a cool idea.
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UK government wants you to show them a better way
If you live in the UK (or are just interested in improving their access to data), you can now add your idea to a growing movement to make more public information available to the public. A competition called Show Us A Better Way, from the UK government's Power of Information Taskforce, has just been announced which offers prizes of up to 20,000 pounds for ideas for new products that utilize public information. One of the examples of data sources that can be used are the Ordnance Survey maps available through the OpenSpace beta . Many of the other data sets available, such as Carbon Footprint data or FixMyStreet.com are also crying out for spatial solutions, so if you have an idea, be sure and submit it before the competition ends at the end of September. According to the FAQs, you do not have to reside in the UK, but all solutions would be implemented for use in the UK.
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Who Loves Nine Inch Nails – Google Earth knows
The band Nine Inch Nails has posted a cool new visualization of the 1,400,000 downloads of their latest album, The Slip, that they have released as a KML file. The data represents individual downloads directly from their site, and it's is a cool way of seeing where those Nine Inch Nails fans really are. I'd love to see other bands do the same with their downloads.
Jesse added: Keep in mind that the 10 song version of The Slip is free and available directly from the NIN website so Trent R. and the gang have a wealth of information from server logs that no one, with the possible exception of Radiohead, has in terms of seeing where their tunes are being downloaded. It makes it pretty clear where NIN should focus their live shows.
Mobile location apps are poised
Information has begun to roll out about the companies that have received support from the iPhone venture capital funding announced back in January…all two of them so far. Whrrl, a project from Pelago, is one of the first funded via the iPhone VC and is a location based social mapping site that focuses on rating specific locations and events. We talked to Darren Vengroff of Pelago back in Episode 148 if you want to hear about the web and current mobile version of Whrrl. After the interview we asked Darren about a potential iPhone version of their mobile software and he said they were already working on it (clearly). Most likely Whrrl will continue to be free when the App Store opens in the coming weeks, and it is a safe bet that it will not be the only location-based app available.
As we discussed when the Android developers challenge results were announced for the first round selection, there are tons of mobile location based apps that developers are creating. Obtaining location is a relative aspect to these apps as there are different ways to capture location whether from GPS, Skyhook's wifi location or even pulling from something like FireEagle where location is entered directly. The goal of any of these apps is to move us from space to personalized and socialized place. While Nokia has been an early leader in the mobile mapping arena, it is likely the enthusiast developers building for the new devices like the iPhone or the Android platform that will push what we think of now as location based apps to the next level.
Schmap for the iPhone/iPod Touch
We have talked to the folks at Schmap a couple of times and I was pretty interested in what they do on the web and the desktop, but their iPhone/iPod Touch interface wins hands down between the three interfaces for me. They are rolling it out today, but we had a chance to play with it over the weekend and it has definitely earned a bookmark on my iPod Touch. This is another one of those sites that make me yearn for an iPhone for the ubiquitous connectivity. Along with their City Guide's, Schmap provides a local search function as well. But at the end of the day it isn't content or functionality that win my heart, it is the "Rotate 'n Map" display where you view the guide or search with the device vertical, then rotate to the horizontal to see the results on a map. A simple, elegant display mechanism that is just plain handy. Head over to the Schmap website to find out more.


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A little-known American charity dedicated to helping victims of African conflict has scored a public relations coup. Invisible Children's new 30-minute Kony 2012 video, directed by Jason Russell, has been viewed over 440,000 times since being placed on YouTube on March 5. The film is intended to raise public awareness of the devastating Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) conflict in Uganda; Fast Company has written previously about the LRA's routine use of child labor and rape.
So far, the campaign has managed to get more than 4 million total views across the web in a little more than 48 hours. The documentary focuses on Joseph Kony, the LRA leader responsible for years of violent atrocities in Uganda and nearby countries. According to Invisible Children, the film and a related campaign "aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice." Invisible Children has been canny about marketing the film through social media via the use of Twitter hashtags (#kony2012) and celebrities. Rihanna, Stephen Fry, and The Onion's Baratunde Thurston have all tweeted about the film. In addition, Invisible Children is organizing a celebrity pressure campaign to get, among others, Oprah Winfrey, Mark Zuckerberg, and Lady Gaga to publicize #kony2012.
Editor's note: Since we posted this story, a controversy over some of Invisible Children's practices has exploded online. Our follow-up story, including a response from Invisible Children, can be read here.
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"Fuel-cell is so bullshit. Hydrogen is a quite dangerous gas. It's suitable for the upper-stage rocket, but not for cars." says the company that has all its money in battery power, LOL well see in 15-20 years when the tech is available to store it safely, hydrogen is the most common element in the universe and is renewable and clean. why wouldnt you want to use it.
I'm a big fan of the fuel cell car. It makes a lot of sense to push the cost of infrastructure development to the fuel providers. It's not perfect of course but nice to see fuel cell and battery development side by side. The jury's still out on which technology will eventually be adopted but I'd put some money on fuel cells on the long term.
I'm sure I read somewhere that one of the big issues with hydrogen is the extracting of the gas from the atmosphere (or wherever they get it from) in the first place. Does the fuel-cell car just move the environmental damage to an earlier step in the supply chain? It would be nice to know this so it can all be put in better perspective. Still, with Japan being a fairly resource poor country, its great that they do so much to push innovation.
Donkusai, at the moment most hydrogen is produced from fossil fuels. This does at least offer the opportunity to capture the CO2. There are other methods of producing the gas but these aren't used on an industrial scale yet.
Actually the misleading marketing as "green" surrounding hydrogen is a severe issue as it represents a direct assault on renewable energy and sustainable transport by deliberate deception.
Hydrogen is a fossil fuel derivative produced by all of the world's Big Oil companies, particularly from the fracking of shales for Natural Gas, one of the most dangerously polluting processes known to man. The co-promotion of FCVs by Toyota and others is nothing but a BS attempt to defend market share from the rise of compelling EVs that can be powered directly from renewables.
Hydrogen is not only not green energy, it is an attack on green energy.
There is no method of producing hydrogen that can compete economically with the steam reforming of Natural Gas. All of the alternative methods that can be demonstrated for PR purposes are vastly more expensive and can only in reality serve as a Trojan horse for the ultimate use of Natural Gas and therefore the proliferation of fracking instead of wind, hydro and solar energy. FCVs are not economically compatible with renewable electricity due to overwhelming inefficiency losses of 67 to 75% of the input energy in the wasteful conversion to hydrogen and reconvention to electricity on board the vehicle.
Carbon sequestration of industrial steam reforming is difficult to enforce in current industry owing to added costs. Transportation of mass produced hydrogen to filling stations is essentially economically impossible. The solution envisaged is the transport of natural gas to filling stations and steam reforming on site to hydrogen, releasing the CO2 locally at the filling station. It is economically impossible to capture and sequester CO2 produced at hundreds or thousands of hydrogen filling stations. This would involve the careful compression and subsequent collection and transportation of waste CO2 by pipeline or truck, the unloading of CO2 into pipelines and injecting into exhausted oil fields. It is more than the entire cost of producing and distributing gasoline or CNG in reverse to 'please' the regulators - the same contingent seeking tax on the profits of the energy industry, profits that would be eliminated by waste handling on this scale. It will happen shortly after cocaine is successfully eliminated from the world economy - i.e. unenforceable and never.
Hydrogen is by definition and inescapably the product of pollution, falsely marketed to green consumers and to green-leaning politicians in the hope of diverting interest and support from genuine green solutions that threaten the income of polluting industries - Big Oil and Big Auto.
The Hydrogen deceit is a most serious threat to derail progress towards tackling escalating atmospheric CO2 and concerns for associated consequences such as climate change.
Julian Cox, I think some of the points you make are valid as the technology stands today. And I think fracking is a serious threat to renewables, simply because the product is so reasonably priced and renewables so expensive and slow to offer a return on investment. I think you've jumped into the realms of fancy when you introduce the idea of processing natural gas at fuel stations. It's simply too expensive and not the way the industry is looking to move the fuel.
Battery vehicles are no lover of the planet either. The technology is still in its infancy but I'm glad motor manufacturers are looking at a variety of routes to reduce or manage greenhouse gas emissions.
Realms of fantasy? Unfortunately not.
A rare piece of honesty from the Auto Industry:
"The GHG-reduction benefits of hydrogen fuel depend on what procedures and feedstocks are used to produce the hydrogen. Currently, the most state-of-the-art procedure is a distributed natural gas steam reforming process. However, when FCVs are run on hydrogen reformed from natural gas using this process, they do not provide significant environmental benefits on a well-to-wheels basis (due to GHG emissions from the natural gas reformation process)."
Distributed natural gas steam reforming is precisely what I was referring to. This is processing natural gas at fuel stations. I have provided the simplest and quickest reference, I to learn more I would invite you to dig.
For example, Saudi Aramco's study for Hydrogen delivering hydrogen for FCVs in Japan:
This is a method commencing with petroleum as a feedstock and going through the options of local and distant processing. The two clearest conclusions: CO2 sequestering is uneconomical as it adds half again to the cost of dirty hydrogen production. Production of hydrogen from clean renewables - forget about it, the cost is 300% of dirty hydrogen "unviable" was the term used - search the document for it. I take that to mean clean hydrogen from any source is not viable.
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Celebrating Pleasure
Tu B'Shvat: a Mystical Interpretation
The celebration of Tu B'Shvat--the 15th of the month of Shevat on the Hebrew calendar--is not mentioned in the Bible. The oldest reference is found in the Talmud, where Tu B'Shvat is called "the new year of the trees." The Talmud ascribes significance to this date only in terms of the legal implications of taking tithes (10%) from fruits.
About 500 years ago, the Kabbalists revealed the deeper meaning of Tu B'Shvat. They taught that Tu B'Shvat is an opportune time for rectifying the transgression of Adam and Eve. Amazingly, just through the simple act of eating fruit during the Tu B'Shvat festive dinner, we are able to contribute to this cosmic repair ("tikkun").
But how? How are we "fixing" the transgression of Adam and Eve, according to the Kabbalists? First let's explore the transgression of Adam and Eve, and then we can understand the mystical meaning of the Tu B'Shvat holiday, and why eating fruit is the way we celebrate it.
Amazingly, just through the simple act of eating fruit during the Tu B'Shvat festive dinner, we are able to contribute to this cosmic repair of Adam and Eve's transgression The Torah says that G‑d put Adam and Eve in the garden "to work it and to guard it."1 The Jewish oral tradition teaches us that this refers to the do's and don'ts of the Torah. The do's are called the "positive mitzvot" and the don'ts are called the "negative mitzvot." Adam and Eve were given very little to do: "eat from all the trees of the garden."2 And their only don't--their single prohibition--was not to eat fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.3 What was that about?
The Torah teaches that G‑d created the world so that we could experience goodness in general, and His goodness in particular. Experiencing His goodness—-bonding with G‑d—-is the greatest joy imaginable. G‑d empowers us to bond with Him by serving His purpose for creation. Just as when we do for others, we feel connected to them, so, too, serving G‑d enables us to bond with Him. Ironically, serving G‑d is actually self-serving—-profoundly fulfilling and pleasurable.
If we eat and enjoy the fruits of this world for G‑d's sake-—because this is what He asks of us-—then we are actually serving G‑d and bonding with Him. We serve G‑d by acknowledging that the fruits of this world are His gifts to us and by willfully accepting and enjoying those gifts.
The root of Jewish life is, in fact, enjoyment—-the pleasure of connecting to G‑d. We connect to G‑d by serving Him, and this means obeying His command to enjoy the fruits of this world.
While in the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve's entire obligation was to enjoy all the lush fruits-—with the notable exception of one forbidden fruit. Sure enough, they went after that one. This misdeed demonstrated their confused orientation to the real meaning of pleasure. Rather than seeing the fruits as pleasurable because they are G‑d's gifts and enjoying them as part of their service to G‑d, they wanted to partake of them independently of G‑d-—in fact, contrary to His will.
The Art of Receiving
As already explained, real pleasure is experiencing a connection with G‑d. We enjoy the ultimate spiritual pleasure when we enjoy the physical pleasures of this world as part of our divine service. Then, the act of receiving and enjoying G‑d's gifts to us is amazingly transformed into a selfless act of serving G‑d.
We can understand now that G‑d's only desire in giving Adam and Eve those two mitzvot was to give them the ultimate pleasure—-bonding with Him. True pleasure was not in the taste of the fruits, but in eating and enjoying these gifts from G‑d. This was the way to serve and connect with Him—-the Ultimate Pleasure.
But Adam and Eve misunderstood this. They did not see physical pleasure as a conduit to the spiritual pleasure of bonding with G‑d. Rather, they sought pleasure independent of G‑d.
This is the root of all wrongdoing: when instead of seeing the pleasures of this world as a gift from G‑d, enjoying them in the service of G‑d and using them as conduits to a connection to G‑d, we seek pleasure independent of any connection to G‑d. In other words, is the pleasure about us, or is the pleasure about our relationship with G‑d?
There is a fundamental difference between having pleasure and receiving pleasure. If we want to have pleasure, it doesn't matter where it comes from There is a fundamental difference between having pleasure and receiving pleasure. If we want to have pleasure, it doesn't matter where it comes from. Having pleasure is void of any connection to a reality greater than ourselves. It is simply a selfish desire to experience a particular pleasure for its own sake. Receiving pleasure, on the other hand, is rooted in the soul's desire to serve G‑d's purpose, which is to receive the ultimate joy of connecting to Him.
Adam and Eve ate from the forbidden fruit because they were confused about their purpose on earth and, consequently, what is truly pleasurable in this world. They were clueless about what would bring them meaning and joy in life.
Following Adam and Eve's fatal mistake, G‑d told them, "Because you ate from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from, the earth has become cursed."4 G‑d was not punishing the earth because of Adam and Eve's transgression; rather He was informing them that their distorted orientation towards physical pleasures has turned the earth into a source of curse rather than blessing for them and for their descendants.
Depending on how we view the physical world, it is cursed or blessed Depending on how we view the physical world, it is cursed or blessed. If we look at the physical world as a conduit to a connection with G‑d, and if, as a service to G‑d, we gratefully receive His gift of delicious fruits, we thereby experience His presence and the physical world becomes blessed. The physical world then becomes a bridge between the human and the divine. But if we fixate on the physical, independent of any relationship with G‑d, and mistakenly perceive this world as the source of our pleasure rather than as a bridge to G‑d, then this world becomes a barrier to G‑d and a curse for us.
Now that we understand the transgression of Adam and Eve, we can begin to appreciate how we can contribute to its rectification on Tu B'Shvat.
On Tu B'Shvat, the new sap begins to rise up into the trees. And we bring abundance to this process when we celebrate Tu B'Shvat.
More than the baby wants to suck, a mother wants to nurse. The Talmud says that more than the baby wants to suck, a mother wants to nurse. The mother not only gets tremendous pleasure from nursing her baby, but the flow of her milk is actually generated by its sucking. The more the baby wants to suck, the more milk the mother has to give. This principle also applies to our relationship to G‑d.
G‑d wants to give us the greatest of all pleasures, which is a connection with Him. But if we don't recognize that to be the greatest pleasure, and we don't want it, then He can't give it to us. Of course, G‑d could give it to us, but it would just be a waste, because we wouldn't recognize it for what it is.
The Power of a Blessing
On Tu B'Shvat, we take a fruit, and before enjoying it, we recite a blessing: "Blessed are you, G‑d ou G‑d, king of the universe, who creates the fruit of the tree." In other words, "You, G‑d, are the source of this blessing." In doing this, we attempt to rectify the transgression of Adam and Eve.
When I taste an apple with that kind of consciousness, I cannot but experience the presence of G‑d within the physical An apple is not just an apple; an apple is a blessing. Maybe I could believe that apples come from trees, but a blessing could only come from G‑d. If I really contemplate the mystery and miracle of the taste, fragrance, beauty and nutrition wrapped up in this apple, I see that it's more than just a fruit--it is a wondrous loving gift from G‑d. When I taste an apple with that kind of consciousness, I cannot but experience the presence of G‑d within the physical. When I recite a blessing before I eat and acknowledge it as a gift from G‑d, I reveal the divinity within it, and the transient sensual pleasure of the food is transformed, because it is filled with eternal spiritual pleasure. The food then feeds not only my body but also my soul. However, when I eat without a blessing, it's as if I stole the food. Perhaps it will nourish and bring pleasure to my body, but it will do nothing for my soul. The soul is only nourished when it experiences its eternal connection to G‑d.
Tu B'Shvat is an opportune time to celebrate how eating and enjoying the fruits of trees can be a bridge to G‑d, and how it can bring back the blessing to the earth.
When we enjoy the fruits of the previous year as wonderful gifts from G‑d and affirm our yearning for G‑d's presence manifest in the fruit, we are like a baby sucking its mother's milk with great appetite. We draw forth with great abundance the "milk of the earth"—-the sap in the trees rises up with great abundance, so that they will bear much fruit in the coming year.
Unlike Adam and Eve who sought pleasure separate from G‑d and who turned physical pleasure into a barrier to G‑d, we—-on Tu B'Shvat-—enjoy the fruits as G‑d's gift and experience their pleasure as a connection to G‑d. In this way we rectify the transgression of Adam and Eve. We free the earth from being a curse for us—-a barrier to G‑d. We transform it into a bridge, so that it becomes a wellspring of blessing and G‑d-given pleasure.
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Or could it be that the author himself hasn't yet discovered the chassidic way of serving G_d with joy? After all, this is not the only article at this site that tells this secret of redeeming sparks with a blessing--and yet it is the only one that has elicited such a response.
At any rate, it's almost Purim. Let's all be happy.
I have been saying brachot over food for 13 years with much joy. I celebrate Tu B'Shevat every year with a seder, to bring down God's creative spirititual renewal through the Tree of Life.
Ever since I read this article, I have felt a twisted feeling in my stomach every time I eat. I think, "should I say a bracha? if I do, I will connect with God and release the divinity in this food. if I don't, I will be selfish and eating for pleasure, and the food will not nourish my soul." These thoughts have led me to anger, not holiness. My previous joyful practice of praying over my food has become twisted into guilt, obligation, and ultimately resentment.
I feel you have diminished the experience by trying to define it. This small-minded understanding of prayer will chase people away from Judaism and reduce the beauty of their heart-felt prayers.
Santa Monica, CA
Rabbi & Rebetzin Ferris's Berkeley Chabad Tu'BShvat Seder was an uplift and a joy. May we be priviliged to see the sparkles from the Torah and live with happiness, laughter, in peace.
Richmond, CA
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Your Facebook recap votes are counted, gay and straight men mad at Mad Men, and who knew Canadians could be so forceful!
Two weeks ago, I polled readers to find out which fall television shows we should give our patented Facebook recap treatment. Coming in at #1 was Ryan Murphy's new show Glee which snagged 29% of the vote. Second place went to Brothers & Sisters with 18% followed closely by Supernatural with 14%.
I also asked readers whether they wanted us to Facebook recap the same shows week after week, and much to my surprise, you said no by a vote of 80% to 20%. So starting next month look for us to give the Facebook treatment to the shows with the most deserving episodes for that week.
By now, most everyone knows that the season premiere of Mad Men had our boy Sal (Bryan Batt) getting a little "action" while on a business trip. Turns out some folks are mad about how the show handled the gay aspects. On one hand, we have Gawker who wants to know why that episode came with a "Mature Audiences" warning when Sal got some of the gay variety, but no such warning aired the following week when Peggy got some of the straight variety.
Meanwhile, over on Premium Hollywood, a very straight fellow nicknamed Demo42 is very unhappy the show included anything at all about Sal's love life because Mad Men is a show about straight men for straight men (that includes the stuff about women) and everyone else can just suck it.! Demo42's is the second to last comment and has to be read just for its hilarious amount of self-absorption and self-righteousness. Oh, and for its likening of watching gay sex to biting into an onion.
Methinks AMC should consider putting a "Not For Stupid Audiences" warning up before the next episode so Demo42 can head on over to SpikeTV. BTW, I contacted AMC for a comment about the warning label, but no one ever got back to me.
Speaking of angry, who knew Canadians could be so feisty? Well, it turns out they can be! It's one thing to swipe all of their talented actors, musicians and so forth, and to not know the first thing about how their government works, and to tell jokes about Canadian winters. That they'll put up with. But malign famous Canadian coffee/donut chain Tim Hortons and all hell breaks loose!
This I learned myself in the last BGWE when I nominated Tim Hortons for Asshat of the Week due to their involvement with a National Organization of Marriage fundraiser in Rhode Island. Fans of Tim Hortons were not happy with me although some expressed that in more polite ways than others.
One polite fellow told how a Tim Hortons sponsored camp provided him with many happy childhood memories while others extolled the many other virtues of Hortons. Then there was the person who wrote their whole message in caps and started off with "ARE YOU NUT!" And here I thought the Canadian educational system was so superior to the US! It was also pointed out that it was a franchisee who actually hooked up with NOM and not the Canadian corporation itself..
So I hereby apologize to Tim Hortons and all of Canada for maligning this fine institution. In fact, I had a dozen Tim Hortons donuts shipped to me along with some coffee which I'll have to now consume to show there are no hard feelings. Here goes the donut! Chew, chew, chew. Mmmm, not bad! Okay, now for some coffee! Slurp, slurp — OMG! IT'S CRAP! Bleah! Where's my Starbucks! This is the worst — Oops… I've really put my foot in it now, haven't I?
Take that you lousy good for nothing Yank!
Dear God, no, not Queerty! The last BGWE also led to some discussion of the tone of our site which we strive to keep civil if vigorous. However, AfterElton.com reader deegeezee suggested last week's column veered a little too closely to being like that of Queerty. To which I can only say, No-o-o-o-o! For the love of God, not that!
Why such a strong reaction? Just check out the comments on this Queerty post and you'll see what I mean.
Being snarky involves walking a fine line, but I can promise you, we'll always try to not set a Queerty-like tone. Not that there is anything wrong with Queerty, mind you! We've nothing but respect for Queerty. (Did I manage to say that with a straight face?)
Next page! Asshat scif fi writers and the National Organization of Marriage … again! If you want to skip the Asshat voting, just click here!
This week's nominees include a hateful, homophobic sci fi writer and it's totally not Orson Scott Card. Go figure! We've also got the National Organization for Marriage sticking their bigoted noses into Iowa's marriage fight,
But it is time to crown a new winner so allow me to present you with this week's nominees!
1) John C. Wright
Why? When the SyFy Channel promised to do better in being gay inclusive in its programing, sci fi writer John C. Wright responded with a hate-filled diatribe on his Livejournal blog. Said Wright about the topic in a post titled More Diversity and Perversity in the Future!:
The Sci-Fi Channel … has recoiled in craven
fear and trembling when lectured by homosex activists, who gave the SF
channel an "F" rating on their political correctness. Alas, the
thoughtcrime! Not enough perverts on TV! The children have to be
I am hoping, of course, that future shows
will also portray sadomasochism and bondage in a positive light — we
are all looking forward to FLASH GORDON'S TRIP TO GOR, I hope. Love
affairs with corpses, small children, and farm animals will also be on
display in a natural nonchalant fashion in the new raft of progressive
shows, titles such as I DREAM OF STINKY, PEDERASTY JUNCTION, and OLD
MACDONALD HAD A SHEEP — but no Mormons, whose moral standing we all
abhor. The only good thing about Mormons, as we all know, is their
polygamy. That we can approve of. Anything that offends the Patriarchy,
we like. Evil is our good.
He also likens being gay to being racist among a whole host of other things. Personally, I hope Mad Men was his all time favorite show — until last week. Bwa ha ha!
1) Maggie Gallagher/National Organization for Marriage/Steven Burgmeier
Why? Like I really have to explain this to anyone! But for those who missed it, Miss Gallagher and her band of Merry Bigots (do you think bigots can ever really be merry?) are invading the state of Iowa in order to reclaim it from the ravage of evil same-sex marriage demons. Part of that effort includes supporting Steven Burgmeier (pictured above) in his campaign to win a special election for the seat in Iowa House District 90.
In addition to opposing same-sex marriages, Burgmeier vows to pass laws preventing men from cutting their beards, requiring all women capable of bearing children to reproduce constantly and to put to death anyone who serves tofu.
Next page! A pastor Robert C. Wright could love! Well, not love like that!
#3 Pastor Steven Anderson
Why? Earlier in the week, this nutcase made headlines because he said every night when he goes to bed, he prays for President Obama to die and go to hell. You know, just like Jesus would pray!
A German clock and a cuckoo
Well, I'm sure it's no surprise to learn that Pastor Steven also isn't terribly fond of us gays saying, "I believe that every homosexual in the world is a deviant, is evil,
and is a predator that is out to recruit others through molestation,
through rape. It's in the news…I would keep my kids away from them."
You know, just like Jesus would!
I'll give Anderson credit for one thing: When it was pointed out to him that the section of Leviticus he quoted about gays, also says that children who curse their parents can be killed, Pastor Steven acknowledged that is true. If I were Pastor Steve's kids, I'd really watch my mouth.
#4 Marcello Lippi
Why? Via The Advocate came news that Lippi, the coach of the Italian national football team, told a reporter he would never allow a gay couple to play on his team saying "This is not a
question of culture but is more related to the fact
that such a relation would create conflicts contrary to the
interests of the dynamics of the group."
Given that Italy is so incredibly accepting of gay soccer players (ha!), I can see why Lippi thought this impending problem needed to be addressed so forcefully. Lippi also added "Imagine how a
homosexual couple in football would be perceived. … Even if,
socially, most people would support and understand such a
situation it would nonetheless become magnified and
eventually would be viewed negatively."
Yeah, especially with comments like his. Lippi then went to help the Italian soccer players oil each other up for their next photo shoot like the one below.
Okay for Italian soccer players … not okay for Italian soccer players
Anywho, it's time for the voting to begin!
Next page! Shooting arrows at the week's TV!
Big Brother doesn't suck, not quite so mad about Mad Men, thrilled Miami Social is over and I heart Top Chef's Ashley! You go, girl!
TRUE BLOOD: The pairing of Sam, Jason and Andy to trick the crazed citizens of Bon Temps into thinking Jason was the God they've been waiting for was just brilliant. And I don't think I'll get the image of a gas-masked Jason waving flares around his head out of my mind for a long time. I'm also so glad the Rising Sun church storyline is done and over with. That leaves the really intriguing stuff with Maryann to come!
MAD MEN: No fall out this week for Sal over his trystus interruptus last week as it was Peggy's turn to get her groove on — something she managed to do without any pesky fire alarms messing it up. Given Sal's situation (and the secondary nature of the storyline), something tells me we might have to wait a while to see what happens next for him.
BIG BROTHER: I must be losing my mind as I'm not actually hating the show at this point. And not just because somehow Kevin, despite winning nothing and having an alliance that has been decimated week after week, not only got himself removed from potential elimination, but has also put himself in running to make the final four. And on top of that, this week's episode included a short but nice discussion of Kevin talking about being gay and how pleasantly surprised he's been by the lack of homophobia in the other houseguests.
Wait, am I sure I'm watching the right show?
NURSE JACKIE: I would've loved the season finale even if we hadn't had that little kiss between Coop and Momo as Coop tried to help Momo out with his partner. And as promised, Jackie's behavior had real repercussions and it will be fascinating to not only see what happens with her next season, but to learn more about Momo's personal life.
AMERICA'S BEST DANCE CREW: Vogue Evolution had a chance to cement their status as frontrunners this week, but didn't really follow through with their lion uncaged number. While they had a lot of energy and movement, sometimes it looked a bit too sloppy. BTW, am I the only not loving JC Chasez? He seems pretty uncomfortable on the show and I find his feedback not particularly insightful.
MIAMI SOCIAL: Dear lord, is it really finally over? This show, which was already about a real as aspartame, got even more fake in the season finale when underwear designer Andrew Christian suddenly had to have Ariel hold a casting call for underwear models. And during the auditions, Andrew was such a pig asking the models if they'd do porn, asking about their packages and telling them to show their crack that Ariel "Get that fat girl out of here now!" Stein, leapt to his feet to defend their honor! I guess hot guys deserve respect, but fat girls? Not so much.
Sorry, Ariel; you're still the nastiest queer guy to come down the pike in a long time. May we never see you on our screens again.
Ariel as a … good guy? Not buying it.
ENTOURAGE: Lloyd had a bit more to do this week with Drama's situation, and promo materials from HBO shows Lloyd having a bit more to do in the coming weeks. Keep your fingers crossed. It's nice to see Eric still getting a storyline, but do you think we'll ever find out who took Vince's undies? My money is on Ari. Or maybe it was Ariel.
RACHEL ZOE PROJECT: Paging PC and Ariel! Paging PC and Ariel! Now that NYC Prep and Miami Social are over, you'd be right at home on this show of whiny self-absorbed celebrity wannabes. Email Andy Cohen at…
TOP CHEF: I not only heart Ashley for speaking out about same-sex marriage, but the TC producers for including that as part of the episode. Very cool on both counts and extra kudos to Ashley for putting aside her feelings to do the best job she could. So far this Las Vegas edition is proving to be a winner.
FLIPPING OUT: Not much flipping out this week or much of anything else. Frankly, can't even really recall much of went down and that's not a good sign. Fortunately, next week's previews look interesting.
Next page! What I did on my summer vacation!
Last week, the BGWE took some off and vacationed with family in northern Idaho. But he thought it would be nice to share some photos of the week as he hung out around the campfire, swam with the kids, hiked and more!
BGWE getting ready to roast smores!
BGWE playing with the best nieces and nephews ever!
BGWE hanging with some cute guy he met by the lake…
BGWE hiking and keeping a sharp eye out for Grizzly bears.
Fortunately, none are near by!
BGWE serving some adult refreshments!
Wait a minute! How did this get in here! I deny this ever happened!
I didn't drink that much, did I?
Longtime readers of the site know I frequently lament that I don't get much time to read as I'm letting Miami Social rot my brain, but thanks to my recent vacation, I did get to some serious book time in! All of the books below have some "gay" connection even if one or two might be rather tenuous.
WHAT WE REMEMBER: The latest read from out writer Michael Thomas Ford is a bit of a departure for the author of Last Summer and Looking For It which we're pretty specifically were written for gay men. Ford's latest novel still has a major gay character, but seems aimed for more mainstream success ala the family drama's of Jodi Picoult.
WWR is a family mystery moving backward and forward in time (rather confusingly at first) as the McCloud family — including Billy, the gay, troubled, drug-addicted youngest son — unravel the mystery of what happened to their dead father seven years before.
It's not a perfect novel, but the characters are engaging, the mystery is satisfying, and Ford is a fine writer of easy reading fiction.
OBJECT OF DESIRE: If you're a William Mann fan (which I'm not) then this latest beach book from the out writer might be something you'll enjoy. Set mostly in Palm Springs, OOD tells the story of 41-year-old Anthony Fortunato as he works his way through a mid-life crisis which finds him torn between his longterm partner, who happens to be fifteen years older, and a hot 26-year-old bartender who comes across as nuts.
Personally, I didn't buy any of the characters as at all believable and didn't much care how the situation turned out — as if there was ever any real doubt.
MENTAL: FUNNY IN THE HEAD: Eddie Sarfaty is a also stand-up comedian and if his stand-up is as funny as his first memoir, then he must be a pretty good one. Mixing touching tales of traveling with parents, including his father who is suffering from Alzheimer's, along with his own personal travails in both his work and private life, Sarfaty lays claim to some of the absurd memoir turf owned for so long by David Sedaris. Let's hear it for not whining about our problems, but making fun of them and then fixing them.
ASSISTED LOVING: TRUE TALES OF DOUBLE DATING WITH MY DAD: Bob Morris, a frequent writer for the New York Times Sunday Style section, has also penned a David Sedaris-like memoir. But where Sedaris (and Sarfaty) make their own shortcomings amusing and endearing, Morris comes off as whiny and unlikable. Even more unlikable is Morris' recently widowed father with whom Morris double dates.
To be fair, the second half of the book does make the two men more appealing, but by that point, Morris had convinced me that his father was such an unpleasant man, and that Morris himself was such an unceasing whiner with no one to blame for his problems but himself, that I just didn't care.
AZTEC: I'm a sucker for historical novels and this sprawling epic novel by Gary Jennings about the Aztec empire just before and after the Spanish arrived in Mexico in 1519, hits all the right beats. Jennings marvelously captures what daily life like in the Aztec empire very well might have been like and vividly recreates the Aztec capitol of Tenochtitlan, one of the largest cities in the world at the time and said to rival Venice in terms of beauty.
First published in 1980, the book is told from the point of view of Dark Cloud as he recounts to the Spanish Conquerors his memorable life, which happened to include two friends from his childhood who grew up to become gay lovers. Given that the novel is almost thirty years old, I wasn't surprised when one lover dies and the other becomes the lifelong enemy of Dark Cloud.
But given that Dark Cloud himself isn't exactly a saintly character, I wasn't bothered by the gay character's villainy and give Jennings credit for even acknowledging homosexuality existed in the Aztec world.
THE PRIVATE PATIENT: England's P.D. James is probably my favorite mystery writer and her Adam Dalgliesh is one of my favorite detectives. Her latest novel delivers on all accounts and even includes a gay character in a smallish part. If you haven't yet read James, I suggest you start with Cover Her Face and follow the development of one of literatures most intriguing sleuths.
THE TRIUMPH OF CAESAR: The Roma Sub Rosa novels by out author Steven Saylor is another mystery series I very much enjoy. The books follow Gordianus the Finder, a Roman with a knack for finding himself entangled with some of ancient Rome's most powerful citizens including Julius Caesar, Pompey and Cicero.
Those who read the last Gordianus book might be a surprised to find that Gordianus and his wife Bethesda are alive and well, despite all appearances of having died in the Nile during the last novel. But don't expect Saylor to explain to fans who thought they'd lost Gordianus how he survived.
Frankly, the whole thing reads as a cheat and was almost enough to make me stop reading the book. If Saylor can seemingly kill off his major character, only to then bring him back with nary a word of explanation, why should I believe anything else that happens in the book?
As for TTOC itself, it's very rote as Gordianus literally wanders around Rome talking to the likely suspects in repetitive fashion. Bor-ing… And either Saylor is getting lazy or I'm a genius because I knew who the killer was the second he/she was introduced.
At least Saylor does his usual fine job of bringing the ever fascinating Roman world to life. On the other hand, so do other authors and I might be done with this series.
Next page! What to watch on TV this week!
What's this? An actual movie opening this week that is specifically of gay interest? Why yes it is! That would be Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock starring Demetri Martin. Now we can get past some of the minor controversy that has come up of late about kissing dudes and judge the movie on its own merits. Unfortunately for the movie, right now it's only got a 50% rating on RottenTomatoes.com and our own Alonso Duralde didn't exactly love it.
Also opening is Halloween II directed by Rob Zombie and featuring an eclectic cast including Margot Kidder, Malcolm McDowell, and Weird Al Yankovic. You'd think Halloween was right around the corner as also hitting screens is the horror flick The Final Destination.
I am gorgeous, aren't I?
TV-wise, Hugh Jackman and Lady Ga Ga show up on Friday night's ep of Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on BBC America. SyFy has new ep of Eureka; perhaps barely there Vincent will show up and make John C. Wright gag on his warm milk. And if you're a sports fan, CBS has the New England Patriots taking on the Washington Redskins.
Saturday has the San Diego Chargers taking on the Atlanta Falcons as well as the season finale of Russell Tovey's Being Human.
Sunday afternoon has a new episode of What Would Brian Boitano Make, but there is no reason for me to mention that here. At least not according to The Food Network. Otherwise, Sunday is going to be really gay with new eps of Big Brother, True Blood, Design Star, Entourage, America's Best Dance Crew, and Mad Men as well as the Daytime Emmy Awards on CBS with As the Word Turns' Van Hansis up for an award.Go, Van! Go!
While it may seem like Greek only just finished airing its last season, that isn't keeping a new season from starting Monday night. The first episode picks right up where we left off with Calvin and Grant figuring out where their relationship stands. And after a night of heavy drinking, Calvin temporarily thinks they stand a little further along than they really do.
And here is a pic from an upcoming episode that contrives to get the Frat guys in their underwear. This might be right up there with Gossip Girl's same-sex kiss as far as being a rating stunt of which we can approve.
If this was really a ratings stunt, I'd be wearing tight-whities.
And kissing the guy next to me!
Also on Monday night is a new The Secret Life of the American Teenager as well as the season finale of Dance Your Ass Off! Go Ruben, go!
Tuesday is Flipping Out, Big Brother and Addicted To Beauty while Wednesday has Top Chef and The Real World Cancun. Thursday night someone gets voted off of Big Brother and will all of Team Gay make it through the next Project Runway?
Next page! The Gay of the Week!
I bet your were starting to wonder where this week's gay of the week was, right? Well, here he is and he's someone we hadn't even heard of a few short week's ago. It's One Life to Live's latest gay — Nick Rodriguez!
May Nick's reign be a long and happy one!
Australia's Perfect Couple wasn't a gay couple as Prometheus Welsh reported that even though the inoffensive and barely there gay couple Robbie and Dan made it to the finale, PW suspects the boys never stood a chance against Gemma and Raf. Not only did the fellows only get about five minutes of screentime, but PW found this comment on the APC website from someone named Lola:
I bet I know who wins. It wont be the gay couple. I have nothing
against gay people but how would it look if Australias perfect couple
was a gay couple. I dont think that gives a very good apperance for
Australia, so I dont think they will win, even if they got all the
votes in the show i dont think the tv execs would allow it.
Hey, maybe Demo42 should move to Australia! And John C. Wright! And Pastor Steve! And…
Both Project Runway and True Blood did gangbusters in the ratings this week. TB shot up 20% week over week to a record 5.3 million viewers — on a pay cable network! Meanwhile, absence only made the fashion heart grow fonder as the fifth season of Project Runway not only gave Lifetime its highest ratings ever for a premiere, but the show also earned it's highest ratings ever for a first episode. Such is the mighty power of The Gunn!
Tim is the man!
This week, I posted an interview with the very cool Pauley Perrette. I then heard back through the grapevine that Survivor's Jeff Probst was being visited by his father in Samoa and that he was all excited to read on AfterElton.com that Jeff and Pauley are friends. He picked up that little tidbit in my interview with her as I mentioned I was interviewing Jeff when Pauley said hi to him while wearing her very cool "Legalize Gay" t-shirt which led me to interview her. See how it's all interconnected? It's a small world after all! It's a small world…
It's as if Pauley is the blonde girl, Jeff Probst is the rabbit and I'm the … queen?
I've also been hearing reports that Canada's So You Think You Can Dance has been as nearly homophobic as the U.S. version. I wanted to look into it this week, but had some serious computer problems (I actually worried whether there would be a column this week!) and didn't get to it. I'll try for next week, but if anyone has any clips or knows anything more, drop me a line at email@example.com.
Speaking of dropping me a line, I know some folks have had trouble registering on the site. When you sign up, you are told a password will be sent to your email, but some folks report never getting it. The odds are your server is bouncing our email as spam as some providers have mistakenly tagged us as such. This is especially true of Comcast and ATT. If this happens to you, try registering with another email account or email me at the address above and we'll send you a password from another account.
Everyone was atwitter this week that NBC had pushed the return of Southland back a month. N-o-o-o-o-! I checked with a source very close to the show who feels very confident about the move and sees it as a good thing. If they do, then I will too. I'm also hearing good things about the scripts!
Finally, this clip is just too bizarre not too post. Warning, it might be slightly NSFW.
Now I'll shut up so you can have the BEST.GAY.WEEK.EVER!


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Infographic: The Top 25 Learning Management Systems
eLearning Brothers
We recently came across a great infographic from the folks over at GetApp, a site that helps businesses find the right learning management systems for their needs, that answers one of the big questions we get all the time from members and clients: What is the best LMS to use? In terms of where the LMS marketplace is right now, are you seeing a growth in mobile apps?
12 Common Complaints about Learning Management Systems (LMS)
Connect Thinking
Get any group of learning professionals in a room, and one of the first topics of discussion will be Learning Management Systems (LMS). have rarely heard a learning professional say " Our LMS does everything we need." Here are twelve (12) common complaints about Learning Management Systems. The Bottom Line.
Learning Management Systems and You
Association eLearning
People always want to know how their association could benefit from a Learning Management System (LMS). To Find yourself a good LMS. Cue the 1950's film strip… "Learning Management Systems and You!". An LMS is a system for managing learning. So, there you have a quick overview of what an LMS can do for you.
Top 20 Learning Management Systems 2013-14
eLearning 24-7
Moodle - Whether you like it or not, the system still reigns supreme for free open source. Open Elms – The first free open source LMS, geared specifically for business. 3. If your LMS isn't on the top twenty list, don't fret, one of the following has occurred. a. It is in the top 50 (Names were posted in the E-Learning 24/7 Linkedin group and will be re-posted later this week). b. It is not in the top 50. – another five systems debuted. Modern UI is showing up more and more in systems, which is a big plus for me. Not anymore.
The Performance Management Storm: Four Macro-Trends Driving the Change
Rethink Performance Management eGuide Part 1: The Argument. management systems (organized as. performance development systems. 4The Argument for Change Formal performance management systems have been. Operations at Google, sums it up best: "Performance. management as practiced by most organizations. Managers hate it. managers and their.
Using a Learning Management System to Gather Good Ideas
Absorb LMS
Here's an idea: Since organizations typically use learning management systems to show people how to better do their jobs, why not use learning management systems to gather input from workers on how the work they do can: Be safer. Best Practices Features e-learning elearning eLL Google Docs learning management LMS Social learning training wikis
Using a Learning Management System to Gather Good Ideas
Absorb LMS
Here's an idea: Since organizations typically use learning management systems to show people how to better do their jobs, why not use learning management systems to gather input from workers on how the work they do can: Be safer. Best Practices Features e-learning elearning eLL Google Docs learning management LMS Social learning training wikis
Social Learning Online: It's Possible
Association eLearning
But through advances in today's learning management systems, these criticisms can be addressed. Now we can say that social learning online is possible, and is helping to bring more training and development options to organizations and associations anywhere on any device. Social Learning in an LMS. Yes, but what about that Hawthorne effect? Register today.
Four Wishes for LMS Buyers
Association eLearning
Every week, like clockwork, I get a call from someone who wants me to recommend an LMS for their association or small business. If an eLearning Genie would come out of a bottle and grant me four wishes for my LMS buyers, here is what I'd request. Wish #1: LMS Buyers understand what they are buying. Notice that course development is generally not one of the functions of an LMS.
The Content or the LMS? Which Comes First?
Association eLearning
Without content the LMS is an empty cookie jar. Before EITHER the content or LMS is considered, it is important to step back and think: Who am I providing this content for and why do they need it? If you cannot answer either of those questions, then neither content NOR an LMS will help you provide successful educational material. Share this on Google+. You need both.
Adding YouTube Videos to Your Learning Management System
Absorb LMS
That last metric stating that 72 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute , should generate eureka squeals of joy from learning content developers. Sure, a lot of those videos feature musical performances by rock-star wannabes and cats doing funny things, but there's a huge number of videos on content topics relevant to workplace learning. Don't believe me?
Questions to Ask Client References Before Selecting Your LMS
Association eLearning
Selecting an LMS can be a very involved process. Once you have narrowed the list of vendors that seem to fit your needs, watched demos to see the Learning Management System functionality, and narrowed the field, then comes the reference checking. Is there an integration with an Association Management System? Share this on Google+. Knowledgeable?
What's the Difference Between an LMS and an LCMS? Hint: It's Not Just the Letter "C"
Association eLearning
For example, you've likely seen Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS) discussed on various websites and company pages. What's an LMS? An LMS manages people's interactions with learning content. In short, it's the learning delivery platform. Share this on Google+.
The Benefits of SaaS: Hosted LMS
Association eLearning
So, when an LMS provider say they have a SaaS LMS, they're really saying we offer a cloud LMS. Because you aren't purchasing hardware and hiring IT support staff to go along with your software solution, your up-front costs are lower than they would be if you simply purchased an LMS that was not hosted elsewhere. Do they know how to integrate your AMS with your LMS?
eLearning Trends for 2015: Here to Stay or Go Away?
Association eLearning
Trends in eLearning come and go, but a good LMS is forever. Gamification, not to be confused with game-based learning, is the use of game elements such as leaderboards and badges, in courses. Mobile learning (mLearning) refers to content that can be accessed anywhere, on any device. Augmented Learning. Augmented learning is the next "cool-factor" innovation in eLearning.
How to Perform a Good Learning Management System Comparison
If you want to make your head spin a little, then just start comparing learning management systems. A learning management systems comparison might not be your ideal of a good time, but the benefits. click link to visit website for full episode, links, other content and more!].
6 Signs It's Time to Invest in an LMS
Association eLearning
By now, most organizations have at least experimented with online learning in one way or another. It in recent years, online education (also known as eLearning, distance learning, and computer-based training) has grown to include self-paced courses, certifications, and even game-based simulations. How do you know it is time for your association to invest in an LMS? Tweet This!
7 Things About eLearning Your CEO/Executive Director Wants to Know
Association eLearning
We all have a boss and even our best ideas require an explanation, so before you get an LMS, start designing courses, and tracking learner progress, you'll need to get his or her approval. Make sure you've submitted an RFP (request for proposal) to a few LMS providers that offer the features your specific association or organization needs. Will we need an LMS? An LCMS?
What is an LMS?
What is an LMS. An LMS is a Learning Management System: Learning as the end result is to deliver training courses, either in a corporate or educational context. Management as you use it to manage and administer your courses, which includes creating them, deciding who should take them and even selling them. The language of the LMS.
Guide to Successful LMS Implementation
Guide to Successful LMS Implementation. A few months ago we explored How to Successfully Implement Your LMS , today we provide a general infographic in order to provide an understanding of the process at a glance. Be sure to join us for our continuing pursuit of knowledge in the learning and development front. Text of Infographic: Guide to Successful LMS Implementation.
Why an Open Source LMS Isn't Always the Best Option
Association eLearning
You're shopping for an LMS and behold FREE OPEN SOURCE LMS pops up. In both cases, they're probably using Open SSL, so when the Heartbleed vulnerability was exposed by Neel Mehta of Google it was a very big deal! If it's free, it may be because it's an over-simplified bare bones LMS, counting on you to customize and make the platform what it should be. you say excitedly.
The New-Age LMS
24x7 Learning
Last week, while doing some Google 'research' I accidentally stumbled upon a fabulous TED talk by a delightful educator – Sugata Mitra[1]. He is currently conducting experiments in group learning that are radically different to the traditional learning methods used in schools. 24×7 Learning has done just that. However, last year was different.
ASAE Annual Conference 2015
Association eLearning
We'll be unveiling our newest version of the Knowledge Direct Learning Management System, Knowledge Direct 7 Beta, at the ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition. For the last 3 years we've been vetting technology, surveying the analysts, and asking the learning community, "How can we transform learning? Share this on Google+. Tweet This!
Getting Started with Online Member Education
Association eLearning
Way back when I was just a marketing minion working in development at a nonprofit, I used to attend workshops and classes that would help me learn more about my industry. Yet, how much more could I have learned if I didn't have to drive across town to take the course? Will I need an LMS? Are we large enough to support online learning? Want to Offer Online Learning.
What is an LMS?
What is an LMS. An LMS is a Learning Management System: Learning as the end result is to deliver training courses, either in a corporate or educational context. Management as you use it to manage and administer your courses, which includes creating them, deciding who should take them and even selling them. The language of the LMS.
Thursday's Trending e-Learning Topic: Learning Management Systems
The learning management system (LMS) you choose is a pretty big deal when it comes to your online training delivery and tracking, which makes it a perennial hot topic in the e-Learning industry. Give your Google search bar a break—we gathered up a ton of resources about LMSs just for you. What Should You Look for in an LMS? Infographics. Articles.
Benefits of a cloud-based Learning Management System
When choosing an learning management system (LMS) you may be faced with the choice of using a cloud-based LMS or an installed solution. Here I explain what a cloud-based software system is, what a SaaS payment model looks like, and the benefits of choosing an LMS that is cloud-based. What is a cloud-based system? What is SaaS? Free trial.
How to Get the Most out of Your LMS Demo
Association eLearning
If you're in the beginning stages of selecting a learning management system (LMS) for your association, you might be feeling overwhelmed by all the choices and information from various vendors. To help you make the most of your time, and land at the best solution for your association, here are the "Do's and Don'ts" for LMS demos: Do. Share this on Google+.
What is WCAG 2.0 and Why Does it Matter?
Association eLearning
Share this on Google+. Add this to Google Bookmarks. WCAG 2.0 stands for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Similar to Section 508, WCAG is the international standard for accessibility in web content created by The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). WCAG offers similar guidance, as well as techniques for building web content that is accessible for people with disabilities.
Five LMS Lists
eLearning 24-7
Whether it is a list of the top food that make you ill or the top 1o of worst flops in learning history, people love to read them. This is especially true when it comes to e-learning. Let's put together a series of e-learning lists that will surpass any other list out there. Five System Categories (most folks just say "LMS" without realizing that not all LMSs are alike). Five Misnomers in the e-learning space. Five System Categories (at last count, 605 systems in the market). 1. management, and similar modules.
The LMS Meets 2017: Top 15 Learning Tech Predictions
Talented Learning
Hands down, our learning technology "predictions" list is our favorite post to develop each year. Rather, they are educated guesses about learning technology trends, based on our continuous market research, our consulting interactions with countless LMS buyers and sellers and more than 20 years of experience we've accumulated in the learning industry. Free Webinar.
2016 LMS Market Trends, Observations and Predictions
Talented Learning
The 2016 LMS market is not what you think. Here are our top ten 2016 trends, observations and predictions for the LMS and broader learning technology market. . #10 Culture Shift Driving Epic Innovation in the LMS Market. The cloud , mobile devices, social media, ecommerce , Google and bandwidth have changed everything especially the way we all learn.
Presidential Politics, LMSs – The Cycle
eLearning 24-7
note this because in the LMS and its subsets field, the same type of repeat, wash and repeat cycle exists. Cycle A – LMS Polling data. If you have any doubt, go do a google search of percentages and e-learning, let alone LMSs and see what pops up. Some quick data wise from my Top 50 2016 LMS Report. 52% said that their close ratio was four to six months. Cycle B- LMS Transparency. have several gripes when it comes to the LMS and its subset space. "Everyone hates their LMS" – Depends on whom you talk to. Really?
5 Things To Look Out For While Choosing An LMS
Origin Learning
Choosing the right Learning Management System is an arduous task and if not done carefully, may lead to a substantial waste of time and money. But most importantly, it may fail to achieve its main purpose: of creating the right online learning environment in the organization. good LMS is easily customizable. Web Hosting. Integration. Compliance standards.
6 Reasons You Need a Social LMS Right Now!
Origin Learning
Social learning is a concept analogous to social networking. Learning leaders that do not yet believe in the power of social learning must carefully recognize the huge unfulfilled demand for social collaboration that employees probably don't even know, exists. Here are the top 6 reasons why you need social learning right now: To facilitate shared learning.
Free Webinar: Association LMS Selection
Association eLearning
Is a new learning management system (LMS) in your association's future or have you considered replacing your current association LMS? Either way, selecting your LMS is a big decision. When selecting an LMS you will want to start by researching and understanding what is involved in the selection process. Share this on Google+. Tweet This!


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Festival of Fun, their new series of ironic reports from the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, is chock-full of such wilful stupidity.
There is a running gag about them trying to sneak out of the hotel without paying their bill. In another episode, Herring alludes to "an incident" last year at the Montreal Insectorium when "the police became involved". To be allowed back into Canada this year, he moans, "I had to sign a declaration saying I wouldn't go within six feet of any insect. But it's hard, Stew. They come flirting at you with their colourful wings..." Later on, Herring claims that "it's particularly difficult for me to resist their insecty charms here in Montreal because they buzz around with a French accent and it's romantic."
In a knowing reference to Morecambe and Wise, a pyjama-clad Lee and Herring present a lot of the series from a double bed. Although obviously not in the same class, Lee and Herring have other similarities with the archetypal TV double act. "Our stuff is about the relationship between the two of us," says Herring. "Anyone can relate to that - everyone has someone they argue with."
In their live act and on shows such as BBC2's Fist of Fun and This Morning with Richard Not Judy, they have shown they can bicker for Britain. Herring mentions a sitcom about two hostages that the BBC has commissioned from them. "We want to set it in one room, where two men are trapped and talking rubbish. People say, how will you spin it out into a series?, but there are endless possibilities. In his book about being a hostage, Brian Keenan talks about looking at an orange for a whole day because it was so vivid. In the sitcom Stewart's character will say `That orange is amazing', and then wake up the next morning to find that I've eaten it. You don't need lots of action with a double act."
Lee and Herring's brand of sophisticated childishness goes down well with the audiences in Montreal - particularly when they take the mickey out of the bilingual locals. On stage at the downtown Comedy Works Club, Herring announces that "heroin is dangerous. That's [adopts Inspector Clouseau-esque French accent] `heroine est dangereux', just in case you didn't understand."
The pair try to eschew formulaic "have you ever noticed?" humour. "It's always original stuff that makes me laugh," says Herring, "which is why I don't like a lot of the American comedians here. They just talk about their girlfriends and the difference between cats and dogs."
And there is certainly a great deal of that at Just For Laughs. Belying that title, comedy here is strictly business, and originality is not encouraged. During the fortnight of the biggest comedy festival in the world, Montreal plays host to a veritable vipers' nest of Hollywood execs (is that the right collective noun?). They slither around the venues in the hope of sinking their teeth into one of the 500 or so comedians who have come to Canada from all corners of the globe to perform a seven-minute showcase. The Hollywood hit-rate is pretty impressive. Over the past 16 years, such US sitcom giants as Roseanne, Jerry Seinfeld, Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde-Pierce, Tim Allen and Michael Richards have been snapped up at Just for Laughs. The thought of becoming "the new Seinfeld" is quite alluring for any up-and-coming stand-up.
Despite being courted by Hollywood's finest themselves, Lee and Herring view what they call the "meat market" with a sense of amused detachment in their Festival of Fun series. "Comedians have been sent here to be discovered and they can't risk a set longer than seven minutes," says Lee. "That depresses me. This is the way-in to TV, but it's also a failing of the system that the execs imagine there is any correlation between doing seven minutes of good stand-up and being good at anything else. The people from Hollywood are looking for someone who does seven minutes of material that could fit into a sitcom with their name in the title."
"There is no other festival where each comedian only does seven minutes," Herring persists. "It's like doing an advert for yourself. At least at the Edinburgh Festival, you can try different stuff out. Here it's the cynical thing of everyone schmoozing at the Delta bar. I tend to get drunk and be abusive to important people. The whole thing is so shallow. On the night, they say `you're great'. But the next day, you're back to being a nobody. In the series, we have this surreal thing that the whole Festival sends me mad, and I start believing that we actually live in this bed together. Stewart has to explain to me that it's a comic premise."
Other British comedians are equally bewildered by the Festival schmooze- athon. "I've been overdosing on it," says Sean Meo. "There's always some guy at three in the morning buzzing round this bar like a wasp trying to clinch some deal. But after 84 margueritas is not the best time to do it. Sitting in a bar buying drinks for someone who says he's the head of NBC is not my idea of fun."
Tim Vine, another British stand-up at the Festival, has also found the experience baffling. "I've been approached by a few people who want money for a cup of coffee, and I've told them to go away. I hope they weren't Hollywood moguls."
`Festival of Fun' is on Paramount Comedy Channel at 11pm, Mon to Thur and will be shown on C5 in the New Year. `This Morning with Richard Not Judy' returns to BBC2 in the spring
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If you are not eligible for a Commonwealth Supported Place, you will automatically be considered for an Australian Fee place if you are eligible for a place in the course. Students enrolled in an AF place are required to pay the full cost of their tuition fees to the University. Australian Fee places are not subsidised by the Australian Government, however you may be eligible for FEE-HELP to assist with payment of tuition fees. If this course is relevant to your current employment, you may be able to deduct course costs from taxable income: see the ATO website for further information.
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