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As WealthEngine's CMO Mike Lees mentioned in a recent post, "big data" is being talked about everywhere. But before we get trapped under a mountain of data, let's take a step back and look at what's really important to track.
Of course customer data points vary depending on the industry and the channel in which you are focusing your marketing efforts on, but here's the top five that we feel you should be sure not to overlook.
This might sound like a no-brainer, but contact information is the basis of customer engagement. Over time, you should strive to build out full contact info for your customers, including- address, phone, email, social profiles, etc. In addition to collecting customer contact information it's also important to make sure it is up to date. 17% of Americans create a new email address every 6 months. This means that you might have developed the perfect email campaign, but if it's not getting to your customers' inbox, it's never going to be successful. Another aspect to keep in mind with customer contact information is, although you have collected various contact data points, you shouldn't misuse them. It's best to be a respectful marketer and give your customer the option to select their preferred means of contact. If you are contacting them on their terms you will experience higher conversion rates.
This data point could be their most recent purchase, email opened, landing page visited, call logged to your customer service center, whatever it is, you should make sure your staff has insight into these activities. This is where real-time marketing comes in. In today's fast paced world customers expect marketers to be on top of the ball with this type of data, and if you leverage it correctly, you could increase your chances of improving customer loyalty.
Customers today want to feel like you know them and value them as a customer. They want a personalized experience, which means once they share information with you about themselves they expect that you will use it wisely. For example, if your customer submits a satisfaction survey, they are trusting that you will use their responses to serve them better as a customer in the future. The more you listen (i.e. track what your customers are saying) the more targeted you can be in your communications with them.
These data points are not only the key to understanding your current customers better, but it's also the key in finding their doppelgangers. For example, if your best customers are 54-65 years of age, live in large metropolitan areas, and are pet owners, you can use this information to find other potential customers who have the same characteristics. Once you have identified this group of prospects, you can share specific messages that have resonated well with your best customers, and have the confidence that they will respond accordingly.
This data point is key in knowing which customers and prospects you should focus your marketing efforts on to maximize your ROI. By understanding which of your customers have the capacity and propensity to donate, purchase or invest, you will be able to be more targeted in your outreach. Once you are leveraging these wealth scores and ratings you will be at the top of your data-driven marketing game.
Is your organization tracking these customer data points? What pieces of customer data do you depend on to make informed marketing decisions? Let us know in the comments section below.
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I have heard this remake a few times and it always made me want to correct the person saying it!No your not homeschooling a toddler or a preschooler you are just teaching them.
I think there is some kind of a difference, it's very common for infants/toddlers/preschoolers to be at a library story time, playgroups, learning . Then at age 5, most of those kids are enrolled in kindergarten, and the others whose parents choose to teach them at home are home schooled. Wouldn't it be odd if the parents who enroll their kids said they home schooled for five years?
On the other hand there are some families who decide to home school their children much before the kids are school age and they want to plan and implement a home school program for their young kids.
Generally speaking (YMMV) you can start the term,"homeschooling" at the age a child is legally required to go to school and doesn't include preschool or pre-K activities!It's really not a very big deal but it sure is annoying when people say that!I'll get off my soap box now.
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Employment News issue dated 27.12.2008 contains advertisement for job vacancies of more than 113 Govt. Departments.
Allahabad Bank requires 1000 Probationary Officers, Agriculture Field Officer, Managers etc.
Railway Recruitment Board, Jammu-Srinagar requires 321 Section Engineer, Jr. Engineer, Technician, Asst. Loco Pilot etc.
Eastern Naval Command, Vishakhapatnam invites applications for 227 various posts.
Public Service Commission, Uttar Pradesh invites applications for 225 posts in various departments under Gazetted and Non-Gazetted category.
UCO Bank invites applications for 543 posts of Probationary Officers.
National Thermal Power Corporation Limited requires 162 posts in various disciplines.
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited requires 118 Executive Trainees.
UP Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Veterinary Science University and Cattle Research Institute needs Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor.
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Kochi Refinery requires General Workman and General Workman (Trainee).
Indian Army invites applications for SSC (Technical) Course Oct. 2009.
Indian Navy invites applications for SSC in Logistic Cadre and Naval Architecture Cadre-July, 2009 and as Sailors.
North Central Railway, Allahabad invites applications for recruitment against Scouts Guides/Cultural quota.
Staff Selection Commission declares the results of Junior Engineers (Civil & Electrical) Examination, 2008 and Section Officer (Audit) Exam, 2007 (Final Results).
Ircon International Limited invites applications for the posts of Assistant Manager, Junior Engineer etc.
UPSC invites applications for various posts.
Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited invites applications for the posts of Dy. General Manager, Sr. Manager, Manager, Dy. Manager etc.
Railway Recruitment Board, Gorakhpur declares the results of written examination held on 02.12.2007 and Typing Speed Test was held on 14.11.2008.
Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti invites applications for recruitment of PGT (Computer Science) for Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya.
National Power Training Institute offers admission to Post Diploma in Thermal Power Plant Engineering (2008-09).
South Eastern Railway declares the results for the posts of Constables in RPF/RPSF.
The Apparel Training & Design Centre offers admission to Diploma in Apparel Manufacturing Technology, Diploma in Fashion Sampling & Co-Ordination, Textile Appreciation and various other courses.
Source : http://www.employmentnews.gov.in/
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Churumuri links to an op-ed in DNA on Amartya Sen and the one-dimensional heroes in his recent book. Makes great reading.
The best part of Sen's jargon-filled book is where he explains his ideas through examples. This is where Ashoka, Akbar and Arjuna figure in large doses. Through Sen's lens, all three emerge as one-dimensional heroes, reasoning automatons, not real people.
Ashoka figures in almost all of Sen's recent books as a kind of champion of public reasoning and moderation. There are, however, problems with the blind lionisation of Ashoka. No thinking person should presume that the historical Ashoka was the same as the Ashoka of the rock edicts.
All emperors have hagiographers and Ashoka surely had his. All histories gloss over the early part of his life, when his armies were murdering people. His Kalinga war was the worst massacre in Indian history at that point of time. If you want to turn Ashoka into a folk hero, you start by looking at him after his "conversion" and change of heart — which is what Buddhist historians like to do. Surely, this is a deficient way of judging someone with history's hindsight. It's like assessing Jinnah by looking only at the first half of his political life.


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Listening to: The Rest – The Pines
Oh, the downside for all of you is that I have nothing better to do than blog about my days during half-term.
I'm quite into this whole walking thing, and after faffing around for most of the day I took myself off to Sheen this afternoon (I did not see Daniel Craig or Rob Brydon – I did see someone who looked a lot like Richard Ashcroft from the Verve in my street the other day, though), which is another one of my neighbouring suburbs by the river. It has the best op shops! They're cheap but stocked with the spoils of the quite wealthy, which is a rare thing in London charity shops. (The Octavia Foundation one in Barnes is full of boring designer rubbish and will charge you twenty pounds* for a pilly jacket.) I scored a long blue A-line corduroy skirt (with pockets!) for four pounds, which was pleasing (one of those pristine, perfectly pressed vintage finds), and will be back to think about a bunch of Japanese stoneware plates.
I also discovered Mortlake Cemetery, which almost made me get lost because it spans both sides of the street and I was halfway to Kew before I realised that was not where I meant to be. I was going to say it was a bit dull (or a bit too new, anyway), but maybe I was in the wrong spot – apparently, Charles Dickens's son is buried there, along with a bunch of other "notable" people.
It snowed for a minute, which is still thrilling. (Oh, but I wish it would settle! I haven't yet built a snowperson.)
This evening I will be watching episode 4 of Battlestar Galactica ("Act of Contrition"). It's kind of growing on me.
*I changed my keyboard settings back to Australian (otherwise the " would be above the 2 and the hash key would be where the \ is…madness, I tell you) and it's a bugger doing the whole £ thing.


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Rumored Lavender won't be the only phone Sony might be unveiling next month, but according to the latest leak, the Sony E5706 launch expected same time. With selfie-focused aspect ratio, Sony's new device codenamed Lavender will be bezel-free and is likely to see the light alongside the launch of Xperia T4 Ultra or the C5 Ultra. And of course, the new E5706 is on the cards as well.
Specifications wise, the Sony E5706 rumored to come with a 5-inch 1080p bezel-free display and alleged to sport Snapdragon 808 processor. On the memory front, it is purported to have a 3GB of RAM. Camera on the leaked E5706 is fixed with 16MP rear and a selfie-centric 8MP front-facing shooter. Different from Levender's dual-13MP camera setup on its pack and on front. It runs on Androod 5.1 Lollipop out of the box.
Now that we got no idea regarding what actually the Lavender to be called. Could it be luanching as C5 Ultra and The E5706 as T4 Ultra. Anything can happen, but officially that should be made available by Sony itself. Notably, none of the aforementioned news or reports are not official as yet, nor confirmed by the manufacturer, so what you to do is wait for that announcement and current take it with a grain of salt.


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We live in the day to day, normal above ground world. It is a familiar world with familiar occurrences and familiar pleasures and dangers and we live in it barely aware of anything other than what we know. Yet we all seek to escape, be it a vacation or a good book, a video game or a movie and into worlds ranging from historical to romantic and from science fiction to fantasy to biography. Even the preponderance of reality entertainment has ceased to be real and has become just another face of the other into which we escape. These are diversions at best. Momentary transitions from the ordinary into the outer limits of the extraordinary and tantalizingly alluring visions of what might exist just over the horizon. But no matter how much we escape into them they remain only border towns circling the real world of wonders beyond sight. For most people this is enough and for some it is too much.
Fear is always nearby in such places fear of the unknown, fear of the absolute; fear of the ambiguous and most of all fear of ones self, which is the greatest fear of all if we let it be. For most visitors into the outer dark, the twilight of the imagination, a short stay is sufficient, preferred even but some need more. These seekers after the sublime are not content to while an afternoon on the border. They crave to go deeper, to enter into the inner darkness, the deepest night of imagination where we meet our primal selves, the gods and monsters and if we are lucky those answers whose truth is meaningless when spoken aloud.
I am one of those seekers living perhaps too much in a world not entirely real, nor absolutely fictitious; A descendant of a long line of burrowers into the deep places. Bilbo Baggins and his nephew Frodo, Jovial Ratty, Alice, self destructive Odysseus, Pwyll the Lord of Dyfed, Theseus the slayer of the Minotaur, all seekers whose journeys took them into their own private underworlds in search of treasures be they wisdom, contentment or magical stones. They all sought out and discovered those rabbit holes of the psyche by which one might descend into the dark places. What they, and we and I discover once inside is often only what is brought with us, as another burrower Luke Skywalker discovered on his journey into the dark place. Other times the dark conceals monsters of terrifying countenance. Bull headed abominations, serpent haired maidens and shades of the unpleasant dead. Some must be combated, others tricked and still some appeased. But each has a gift to give. It is the job of the seeker to know it for what it is and take it when it is made available. For some the dark holds mysteries and riddles to be solved. Alice passed through her journey by passing through a series of challenges to her identity. By considering the most basic question of human existence, who am I, she progressed and reemerged into the light of day. It is no curious fact that she never answered the question. Sometimes it is enough to consider. Sometimes.
Seekers deal in profound abstracts as much as concrete absolutes, the deepest existential concerns and the most fundamental fears and desires. It is strength and a great weakness. The dark places are not for the feint of heart. Even after all the monsters are defeated and we realize that indeed all the giants are dead we are left with one simple, insurmountable, ever present fact: The dark has teeth all its own. Many a seeker has lost himself to ignorance of this fact. Friedrich Nietzsche saw that the dark had eyes but his vision was clouded by too much cynicism. He saw only deep pits whose bottom was death and failed to distinguish them from the rabbit holes of the imagination through which one passes to be renewed and reinvigorated. Not all monsters are all bad. Iron John was a monster who had a lesson to teach; Victor Frankenstein made a monster through whom we learned pity; Darth Vader became a monster but taught us redemption and most important of all is the monster we encounter in the mirror. That one has the power to instruct us on who we are and what we could become. The real hero knows the difference between the monster to be slain and the monster to be overcome. Jacob who had known many dark places knew the difference when he wrestled the stranger who was God over a blessing, which is another kind of treasure. This is the wisdom we can learn only by going down our own rabbit hole into the dark, passing what tests we may find and emerging into the light changed forever. That is this wisdom I wish to pass on to my son.


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This story is about a girl named Yn. Her mom is Beyonce and her dad is Jay Z. She is a great singer and dancer but no one knows but her family. What happens if one talent show changes her life? Will she show her gift to the world?
She has a friend named Latoya who is obsessed with mindless behavior. But she hates them. Until one day she goes with her friend to one of there concerts.
- behavior
- confusion
- love
- mindless
MindlesslyTru Jul 05, 2017
Dang in every book I read it's always light skins. Like dang where my dark skin sisters
fettywapswife Feb 03, 2016
All tru except the Chris part and I'm a little smaller then Nicki with the coke shape bottle and LaToya is my bestie
Aries_Kell04 Jan 16, 2017
I look like that just darker skin and everything else was true except Chirs and Latoya
Charlotte_Hook847 Sep 01, 2016
That wat I look like but I don't have a body like Nicki Minaj
mzrarequality Sep 01, 2016
Can you check out my story.. Loved ch. 1.. Will read more later.
HowIsMyNameTaken Jan 19, 2016
Well the first two sentences are true and also the last sentence.


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Well, we decided before ever leaving for DC, that we would take the kids and make a family vacation out of it. Can you say "probably not such a good idea"? Washington DC is LOUD, CROWDED, BUSY, NOISY and HOT, HOT, HOT!!! Not the best place for your 7 yr old autistic, sensory overloaded little canary.
Each time we tried something new, Ivy was resistant to that. Her favorite thing was staying in the hotel room, swimming in the hotel pool, eating and the riding the Metro. So, here are some pics of our family trying to have a good time after the Rally.
I'm exhausted after being in the sun and heat for 4 hours, Ivy is feeling good though!!
Cool shot of Union Station
Love this shot of the Metro Station
The Old National Postal Building, downtown DC
Jade fanning herself At Hard Rock Cafe' with a lettuce leaf...
Me goofing off with my new boyfriend.....
Ivy gets to relax some
The girls being silly together
If we get crowned Miss America, we would strive for World Peace.....
One last shot of horse play in the pool
Riding the Metro...yipppeee!!
I'm so happy on the Metro!!
We had an awesome opportunity to see the Washington Nationals play, thanks to their pitcher Tim Redding who gave us the best seats EVER!!!!! Beautiful night, beautiful ball park, thank you for being SO GENEROUS to our family. There were a couple of people behind the scenes that made this possible for our family, you know who you are and I thank you too!!!
Jade at her first ever professional Baseball Game, she had a BALL!!! (no pun intended, LOL!!)
Ed whistling Dixie....his first ever Pro baseball game as well
Ivy could care less about baseball apparently because it's TOO loud, too hot and too many people at the game. As you can see, she is NOT happy here.
All she wanted was a dang a hot dog!!!
leaving the park
The Smithsonian Castle
Jade in front of the Castle
Loved the gardens and this unusual bush/cactus plant
Jade & Ivy sitting by a pretty fountain in the Botanical Gardens
The Fountain
More flowers, so pretty!
Beautiful Roses in bloom everywhere
The prettiest flowers in the Garden
Ivy riding the Carousel.
It has been there since 1967 and in operation since it was erected.
Jade riding too
I love me some Granny Smith's mom!!
Snacking a little bit and resting a LOT
Please stop whining!! I want to go home!!!
The Museum of Natural Science
The inside of the Museum in the foyer. Ivy had meltdown number FOUR here and she and I left and headed back to the hotel for some much needed decompression time. Ed and Jade stayed on and did some more sight seeing here and at the American Indiana Museum.
Jade sitting pretty by another Fountain, Old Town Alexandria
She is so beautiful here.
Same fountain, me and the girls before dinner with friends
My little yellow canary, she is going to change the world someday...


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Julie and my girls are headed out to bowl in Columbia this afternoon, so good luck to them. I'm headed outside to cut grass, so good luck to me...
I've got to also clean all of my grills this weekend. They could use a bath and wash behind the ears. I'm going to have to trim the landscaping again here shortly as all the rain we had really made it grow like the grass.
My work is never done.
If only I was a kid again...(sigh)


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Packrat den in the rocks. Some call them trade rats. A bit like crows, they like to pick up objects and bring back to their nests. They seem to have an eye for beauty. Some say they have a taste for the gaudy.
When they find food they may put down their found object in order to carry that food.
Their are tales pf prospectors going to the flour stash in their dugout and find the container chewed open and flour scattered about with tell-take tracks through. The prospector, after warming up to language that could make a burro blush, would find his eyes wide and his jaw dropped. In order to gather the flour the trade rat had left a beautiful golden nugget.


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A place for the Everett Family. Used for family news, random bits of interesting stuff found via the Internet, Monkey Friday, Left Hand Alert and whatever we decide to post.
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Favorite Thing at a Comic Book Store
One of my favorite things when I used to collect comic books was the weekly visit to the comic book store to experience the other customers, from the cashier wearing a replica light saber on his belt, to the customer hanging out at the cashier stand imitating Sesame Street Count as the cashier is going thru the comics...
so thanks to the internet, there is a blog to get my amusement from: http://ourvaluedcustomers.blogspot.com/
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The other day I saw a post somewhere that was showing how many of the first overall picks in NFL history had won a SuperBowl but I couldn't find the same kind of comparison for the NBA. So for my first sports related post, that's what I'll do.
Before I start, I want to say the players had to be drafted in the NBA so the BAA or the NBL or the ABA do not count.
The list of number 1 overall draft picks that have won NBA Championships are:
Player Name (Year Drafted/First Championship)
Charlie Share (1950/1958)
Bob Boozer (1959/1971)
Oscar Robertson (1960/1971)
Jim Barnes (1964/1969)
Cazzie Russell (1966/1970)
Elvin Hayes (1968/1978)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1969/1971)
Bill Walton (1974/1977)
Mychal Thompson (1978/1987)
Magic Johnson (1979/1980)
Mark Aguirre (1981/1989)
James Worthy (1982/1985)
Hakeem Olajuwon (1984/1994)
David Robinson (1987/1999)
Shaquille O'Neal (1992/2000)
Glenn Robinson (1994/2005)
Tim Duncan (1997/1999)
Final Number: 17
Total Number of First Overall Draft Picks: 62
Now if we don't count those that have been drafted in the last 5 years then there's only 57. So final percentage of Number One Overall Draft Picks who have won a Championship is 29.82%.
Now of those, not all of them had a very real impact on their championship team. So to figure out how many actually had an effect on their team, we will look at how many of them were in the top five on their team in minutes played.
Player Name (Highest Minutes Ranking in a Championship/Year) Bold indicates top five.
Charlie Share (6/1958)
Bob Boozer (6/1971)
Oscar Robertson (2/1971)
Jim Barnes (9/1969)
Cazzie Russell (6/1970)
Elvin Hayes (1/1978)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1/1971)
Bill Walton (2/1977)
Mychal Thompson (6/1988)
Magic Johnson (1/1985)
Mark Aguirre (6/1990)
James Worthy (2/1985)
Hakeem Olajuwon (1/1994)
David Robinson (2/1999)
Shaquille O'Neal (1/2000)
Glenn Robinson (15/2005)
Tim Duncan (1/1999)
Final number of First Overall Draft Picks who were top five in minutes on a Championship Team: 9
So, of the 57 first overall draft picks (which excludes the most recent five), the final percentage of top five minute contributors is: 9/57= 15.79%
Is the Number 1 Overall Pick really that important in the step towards an NBA Championship? Only 15% of first overall draft picks are major contributors to a championship team. This means 85% of number one overall draft picks are majorly insignificant.


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But did you know that almost every Saint of God, in the Bible came to a low point in their life & even spiritual failure? As Christians, none of us are immune to this.
Maybe you have served the Lord with gladness & led a faithful life for years, but now find yourself in a dark place that seems like a bottomless pit. David did. David's sins were premeditated, calculated & merciless. David was guilty of murder & adultery, both punishable by death. But those who sincerely repented of their sin & renewed their trust in God, looking to him for forgiveness, often found the law set aside & were able to start over again.
Create me a pure heart, O God
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me from Your presence
or take Your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit to sustain me."
Psalm 51:10-12(NIV)
You may be a Christian who has lived years without a major failure in your life. It's good to be confident in the Lord. That's what faith is all about. But as a warning, "So if you think your are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall!" I Corinthians 10:12(NIV) The important thing to remember, if a fall or failure does happen, God is always there to see you through it.
Personally, the best time for starting over again, is every day.
"Repent then, & turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out,
& that times of refreshing may come from the Lord."
Acts 3:19(NIV)
"If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them."
John 13:17(ESV)


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Never thought I'd say this, but Hallelujah! it was cool and cloudy in Vermont today. It rained just enough last night to keep the final phase of the Vermont-to-Arizona conversion from taking place.
To celebrate, this evening I took the dogs for a walk in the woods. Wolfie thundered ahead, followed by a close-to-the-ground red projectile: Bisou. Lexi, who in former years was the first to disappear from view, now keeps close to me. On these outings I carry a treat bag full of mozzarella chunks as insurance against disobedience and disappearance. Periodically, I call the dogs and give each of them a piece of cheese when they come to me. Lexi is always there first.
Entering the woods this evening was like diving into green water--dreamy and silent except for the waving and rustling of the trees. The ground is covered in reddish-brown leaves, the result of the drought. Against this background, it is getting harder to see Bisou. By October, she will blend perfectly into the reddish-orange leaf fall.
Unfortunately, by October we won't be able to walk in the woods. In one of the most beautiful times of the year, the dogs and I will be confined to the yard, for fear of hunters. It's not that I'm against hunting. In fact, I would like nothing better than to get our protein from wild sources. But I don't hunt, and neither does my husband, and the idea of people with guns tromping through our woods alarms me.
Hunting is a long-standing tradition in Vermont, and locals bemoan the proliferation of "Posted" signs over former hunting grounds. These signs are put up by flatlanders like us, not born to a hunting tradition and reluctant to put our pets and ourselves in jeopardy to maintain it.
Last spring, as we were laying out the trail in the woods, we found an alarming number of spent cartridges on the ground. Soon we'll have to go to the hardware store and buy a couple dozen yellow "Posted" signs. Then we'll take one last hike through the yellowing woods, and staple the signs on our trees, and hope they work.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Posted by Eulalia Benejam Cobb at 7:47 PM
Labels: deer hunting , dog behavior , dogs , fall , Vermont , woods
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Absolutely perfect picture of your three four- legged children. When do the hunters quit shooting?ReplyDelete
I think the final act (hunting with muzzle loaders) happens sometime in late November.ReplyDelete
I believe you can put up "Security Zone" signs in woods as close to a house as yours are; if you can, you should as it alerts the hunters that they are near a dwelling. Urban legend has it that the Security Zone signs are respected by hunters. Of course, how well urban legends apply in country settings is an open question.ReplyDelete
Never heard of this before, but I'll look into it. Thanks!ReplyDelete
Um, I meant to say "Safety Zone" blushing...ReplyDelete
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McPherson High has been notified that will be hosting a Class 4A Division I sub-state volleyball tournament next month.
The tournament will be Oct. 25 at the Roundhouse. Teams have not been determined.
McPherson High is 18-1 this season and hosts a triangular tonight at 5 p.m against Augusta and Circle.


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I'm a process and systems person so I love the idea that a startup is a process that can be managed and measured. Obviously as a researcher, I believe anything can be measured (it's just how much error you can tolerate) but I had trouble measuring the progress of my business beyond revenue.
I can relate to Ries' comment about worrying about if his company was making progress beyond learning (The Lean Startup, p. 38).
The "I'm not making the money I want but boy am I learning a lot" gets old.
Early on in my business, I had a conversation with one of my colleagues about how to benchmark my progress. I was looking for something for me to know if I was making progress given the time period I had been in business, e.g., at year two (or whenever), where is the typical business? She replied that every business develops and grows differently so there are few comparisons. This was probably true but not having something to measure my progress was totally unacceptable to me. No wonder I love the concept of validated learning.
Over the past years, I have learned a lot but the learning was painfully slow. Each year I would make a new strategic plan and talked about what I learned and what I was going to change. Time was wasted and opportunities were missed. I'm determined not to make the same mistake, which is why I have thus far built a very basic product and am going back to the people who have signed up to get their feedback. (This is on my to-do list for next week.)
The question that needs to be answered is not "What do I want to build?" but "Should I build this?" and "Will it be sustainable?"


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This is good article from a true marketer's perspective. The relevance to new media is the blending and convergence that certain retailers are achieving between their online and brick and mortar presence. Not everyone wants to shop online but there are advantages to the online experience that can be nurtured by the brick and mortar shops. The idea is that for most shopper you have to blend the experience with the product.


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In February, I was in desperate need of a vacation so I convinced my Mom, Dad, and boyfriend, Ryan, to buy a Living Social deal to Belize. We spent a week in Hopkins, Belize, and loved it! Belize is the perfect combination of adventure, tropics and relaxation. Plus (this was a key part in convincing my Mom and Dad), the people speak English. Unlike its surrounding countries, Belize has a Caribbean flair, which makes the food AWESOME!
Hopkins, where we stayed, is a small, remote fishing village, so it didn't take us long to find the good places to eat. Note: The food prices in Belize are higher than what I had expected. On average, it cost us $15 a person per meal. So if you are traveling on a strict budget, plan ahead and do your research to find the lower-priced restaurants.
The following are a few of the best and unique places we ate at in Hopkins, Belize.
You have to travel all the way to the north end of Hopkins until you feel like there is nothing left to find, and there you will find Driftwood Pizza. You'll park your car as close to the beach as possible, then walk through the sand to the restaurant. You will then be greeted with warm smiles and Caribbean music. We had the most amazing fresh conch fritters as an appetizer, with pizza to follow. The small kitchen is open, so you can see the cooks making your food. It took a while to make, but it's well worth it! The ingredients are all fresh and the dough is delicious. With this being said, if you could see how much of a trek it is to get to Hopkins, you would truly appreciate the freshness of this pizza. Driftwood is a fun place for delicious, casual, fair-priced food.
Chef Rob's is located right on the water, so you can see and hear the ocean as you eat an amazing four-course meal. Chef Rob, a trained French chef, prints a new menu each day based on what is caught that day. We had the four-course meal (you can order items separately if you want) for about $30 a person, which included appetizer, soup or salad, entrée and dessert. Aside from the food being delicious and beautiful, Chef Rob came out to every table and made sure the guests were pleased — something I have NEVER experienced.
Love on the Rocks also is owned by Chef Rob. The concept is one I've never seen. It's based on the Mayan technique of using hot lava rocks to cook food. At Love on the Rocks, you sit outside and wait for your lava rock to heat up. The food is brought out to you raw, then you cook it on your lava rock and apply sauces as desired. I had chicken with a peanut sauce; it was great and a lot of fun!
Innie's Restaurant offers traditional Garifuna food in a homey atmosphere. The prices are really reasonable and the food is outstanding. I had the grouper fingers. The grouper was caught that day, and it was out of this world. Not one ounce of grease and so fresh. The prices at Innie's are very reasonable compared to surrounding restaurants. If you are in Belize on a budget and want a great place to eat for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, Innie's is the place!
Lastly, for my fellow food lovers, when you go to Belize you must have Marie Sharp's hot sauce. It's made only in Belize, and it's awesome! It comes in many levels of heat, with warnings like "do not use to play tricks on the weak or elderly" — hah!
Everything from the food, people, and natural beauty make Belize a place worth visiting. If you ever get the chance to go, let me know. I'd love to hear about your great finds — food and adventure!


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Carob Flax Brownies
2 cups flax seed meal
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 Cup Carob Powder
20 Single serving size Stevia
5 beaten eggs
1/2 cup Plus 1/8 cup water
1/3 cup oil
Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare pan (a 10X15 pan with sides works best) with oiled parchment paper or a silicone mat.
1) Mix dry ingredients well
2) Add wet to dry, and combine well.
3) Let batter set for 2 to 3 minutes to thicken up some (leave it too long and it gets past the point where it's easy to spread.)
4) Pour batter onto pan. Because it's going to tend to mound in the middle, you'll get a more even thickness if you spread it away from the center somewhat, in roughly a rectangle an inch or two from the sides of the pan (you can go all the way to the edge, but it will be thinner).
5) Bake for about 20 minutes, until it springs back when you touch the top
6) Cool and cut
1 Cup Almond Butter
1/8 Cup Carob Powder
2 Tablespoons oil
16-20 Packets single serving size Stevia (depending on how sweet you like it)
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Ronn Torossian is the Founder and CEO of the New York based public relations firm 5WPR: one of the 20 largest PR Firms in the United States. A regular contributor to Forbes Magazine, Huffington Post, Business Insider, Wired Insights, and the NY Observer, Torossian is also the author of the best-selling PR Book, For Immediate Release.
Monday, August 17, 2015
Apple Music Enjoying Early Gains
That, plus being the industry leader in individual song sales puts Apple in a very strong market position. But how does Apple Music really stack up to its competition? Well, Spotify has 75 million active users, but only 20 million paid subscribers. Other competitors have less than 5 million paid subscribers. Doubters are already offering a plausible "yeah, but" … these are unpaid subscribers. What will happen when Apple's freebie time runs out?
It's a fair question, but, really, has Apple had any difficulty keeping clients in the past? If they just do what they always have – create a product that is also one part social phenomenon and one part cultural movement – then Apple Music will likely rise to present a legitimate rival to both Spotify and Google Play.
One thing that's absolutely certain – streaming music is here to stay. A novelty just a few short years ago, streaming now makes up nearly one-quarter of the total digital music market. Billions are being made, and there doesn't appear to be a ceiling coming any time soon. As more people discover streaming, it's likely to grab even more of the market.
Recently, Apple successfully navigated a PR rough patch that could have sunk the platform before it really ever got going full steam. After uber star Taylor Swift caught wind that Apple didn't plan to pay artists for plays during the three-month trial period, Swift put the service on blast and the company on notice. Change your mind or I boycott. Apple, in the best possible PR move, capitulated to the Queen of Pop.
Another smart move came directly from the tried and true Apple playbook: exclusive content. Thanks to a sweetheart deal with Beats, Dr. Dre has promised he would only release his new album through Apple Music and iTunes. Since millions are already planning to buy that album, this is another way Apple will get paid to play.
Ronn Torossian is the Founder and CEO of the New York based public relations firm 5WPR: one of the 20 largest PR Firms in the United States.
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The daily life of a brittle asthmatic. The experiences of the disease, of multiple and frequent hospital admissions, and of making the most of breathing when it's possible.
A favourite quote and a way by which to approach life.
Monday, 27 October 2008
Still going; still hoping
I got to the pudding and games evening last Saturday, which was great fun, and I'm hoping to get to the medieval party next Saturday. I'm not sure if this is realistic, but I refuse to give up hope, because I've been looking forward to this for months. We'll see ...
I have to say that I feel rather naughty for not contacting the ward when the reg said I should if I was no better. Okay, so falling asleep on Friday meant that I couldn't do so then, and after that was the weekend, but today's Monday and I still haven't phoned. I don't want to. I don't want to go in, and I'm not yet convinced that my lungs are definitely bound for a splat in need of hospital ... but they probably are :o( My peak flow is around 120 and I'm not really able to do very much, so I'm practising staying very still. It may be futile, but I'm still hoping that if I rest a lot and don't go far from the sofa or the bed then I might be okay for Saturday. The positive side of this is that it's meaning I'm doing a bit of study and I've actually started writing the story for my next assignment, which is due in by Friday. This is another good reason not to need hospital before the weekend - too much work to do to be ill ;o)
Oh, I don't know. This is a battle with myself, and I really don't know what to do ... I want to live life while I can. I want to have fun. I want to do all those things that I planned to do ... but I also want to be sensible and look after myself. There doesn't seem to be much of a dilemma in this on face value, does there? But I want some normality, and I'm having a moment's resentment of this horrid disease that is asthma, which is stupid, because resentment won't change anything. Resentment only makes you bitter, and bitterness makes you unhappy, so really it's much better that I let go of the resentment and go back to just getting on with it. I'll give myself a boot up the bum in a moment, but it's tricky while I'm sitting down with the computer on my knee.
I'm in a quandry between what I want to do and what I probably need to do, or will need to do before long. It's horrible.
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Praying for you.
- 28 October 2008 at 10:41
- Mad Asthmatic said...
Sending you a hug. I know exactly where you are coming from. It is a fine balance between managing to get out and live life as you would like to and what in reality you can do. Asthma is a horrid disease. I am glad you are still at home but if you start to feel worse hun or your pf drops please go in to hospital, I know you don't want to.
Mad Asthmatic
- 28 October 2008 at 18:23
- Diane said...
Wish you well for your TMA - just sent mine in. My youngest son has had asthma since he was two, but only been hospitalised once. I can't imagine how you cope, but hope you feel better for Saturday x
- 29 October 2008 at 18:46


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Maria Sharapova ready for frosty reception from the locker room as she makes long-awaited return
The print-out arrived at around 4pm on Tuesday. Just a standard order of play, but with one notable detail. There in the middle: "Not before 6.30pm (WC) Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS) v Roberta VINCI (ITA)".
Yes, the 15-month wait is over. Maria Sharapova will play tour-level tennis on Wednesday evening in Stuttgart. As her supporters emphasise, she has served her sentence, and hardly a lenient one. Even so, those two letters "WC" continue to cause unrest.
By asking for – and being granted – wild cards here in Stuttgart, and then in both Madrid and Rome, Sharapova has tilted the court of locker-room opinion against herself. The trouble is, every spot that Sharapova occupies means that someone else misses out. Here in Stuttgart, the unfortunate woman is Julia Goerges, the German No. 2.
"I am really said for Julia because she won the tournament already and she is a German," said the top seed and world No. 2 Angelique Kerber on Tuesday. "So of course I was wishing that she would get the wild card." Vinci, the woman on the other side of the net for Wednesday's big occasion, is understood to feel similar sympathy for her fellow Italian Francesca Schiavone, who seems destined to play the fall guy in Rome.
For a woman with an entourage of managers and publicists, Sharapova has hardly delivered a Dale Carnegie-style demonstration of how to win friends and influence people. Back in March of last year, the initial response from the tennis world was surprisingly positive. American pros Madison Keys and Jamie Hampton referred to her "honest mistake", while even Serena Williams, a bitter rival, saluted Sharapova's "courage" in making the announcement herself.
Who could replace pregnant Serena Williams as the WTA Tour's dominant player?
Just over a year later, Sharapova's use of meldonium is no longer the primary issue. But a new sense of discontent has grown up around the red-carpet ride provided by those wild cards. The same goes for Sharapova's presence in a main draw which began on Monday, two days before her ban elapsed.
You can see why it happened. Stuttgart's full title is the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and Porsche is one of Sharapova's main sponsors. In a sport that fights for every scrap of commercial visibility, the attraction was too good to refuse.
Unfortunately, the small print of the ban meant that Sharapova was not allowed onto the site until this morning, and thus had to spend recent days practising at Sportverein Sillenbuch, a private club situated six miles away. The arrangement is so uncomfortable that even Johanna Konta, the publicity-shy British No. 1, referred to it on Tuesday as a "massive grey area", adding that "this situation has highlighted a lot of things that need clarity."
And then there was the U-turn performed by Simona Halep, the world No. 5. Six weeks ago, Halep had blithely acknowledged Sharapova's rights to wild cards on the basis that "she was No. 1 and a champion". On Tuesday, the same question elicited a very different answer. "For the kids, for the young players, it's not OK to help players who have been banned for doping with wild cards."
Could this shift be connected with the recent intemperate outburst from Sharapova's long-serving agent, Max Eisenbud? On Friday, apparently driven to breaking point by the parade of negative comments, Eisenbud sent an unsolicited message to the American tennis writer Ben Rothenberg.
"All these 'journeyman' players like Radwanska and Wozniacki who have never won a slam and the next generation passing them, they are smart to try to keep Maria out of Paris," he wrote. "NO Serena [Williams], NO Maria, NO Vika [Azarenka], NO Petra [Kvitova], it's their last chance to win a slam. But they never read the CAS report and they never read paragraph 100 and 101 [in which the panel rules that Sharapova was an accidental doper]. So they have no clue."
For another misstep, we could point to the triumphalist tone struck after CAS reduced the sentence from 24 months to 15. Sharapova's lawyer John Haggerty called the verdict "a stunning repudiation" of the ITF, while Sharapova herself set off in a determined attempt to occupy the high moral ground. In response, the broadcaster and former world No. 3 Pam Shriver tweeted "Why not just be grateful?"
Sharapova | Grand Slam Singles wins
Will any of this scepticism bother her on Wednesday, or in the coming weeks? "She is nervous about the reaction to her comeback," said one source who knows her well, "and how she will be treated." But as long as the fans greet her warmly, one suspects that she will cope with the standoffishness of her peers. It is not as if she has ever shown much warmth in the opposite direction.
"For Maria, it's always been about the competition," the source continued. "She's not there to make friends. Her mental strength and focus, they are her pluses. Athletes bring different talents and strengths, and they are hers.
"Away from the court, Maria is a very social, fun person who likes to relax and chill out. On duty, she is the most professional person I've ever met, and she is a master of making that switch. As she gets ready for the match, I'm sure she'll be incredibly nervous but incredibly excited. She has evolved a lot as a person in the last 15 months, realised there is more to life than tennis, and that might help her. I think she's in a really good place."


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Recently the wonderful Woman's Hour has been doing a series of broadcasts on "Appearance". Having heard the one about mastectomy and reconstruction, and that they may be doing something on how breast size affects appearance, I emailed to see if I could contribute at all.
I got a call from a researcher, who asked me lots of personal questions, about cup size, what boyfriends said about my breasts when I was young, how I felt about my breasts then and now, and after racking my brains for her, I thought she may not call me back - I got the impression that had I felt more definitely inadequate due to having small breasts, or had more stories to tell about bullying or rejection, then I may have been a better candidate to listen to. Instead I kept saying things like "Well I feel very confident now of course. I think I'm sexy as I am. If someone finds me unattractive, that really isn't a problem, let alone MY problem", and other annoying things like that!
However, the next day the researcher rang me back to invite me on to the programme, saying she loved the idea of Loose Debra and was amazed that no-one else seemed to be addressing this market. We had a chat about the ridiculousness of missing free-spirited, braless, flatter-chested women on the marketing radar (was it so ridiculous when actually they are almost treated as invisible by a society which is forever representing women within strictly defined visual margins?) and I started to get very excited: I'd never been on the radio before!
So, on Wednesday morning I was on my own in a little studio in Radio Sussex Brighton, where I was told I'd be linked up to Jenni Murray the presenter, a larger- chested woman called Kathy, and a woman called Lindsey who'd had a breast augmentation op. I quickly realised that I was representing the Itty Bitty Clan! Of course, I was anxious, but I was also very keen to let people know about Loose Debra and raise a bit more awareness for women who are either completely flat, or small-breasted, and of course, about the choice not to wear a bra.
Here's a link to the recording. The piece starts at about 28 minutes in, and you can let me know what you think of it in the comments section.
Now I must just get something off my chesticles. (Ahem). You see, there was more I wanted to say, but I didn't really get the chance due to time limitations, the style of interview and just maybe I didn't want to run the risk of being rude to anyone on air. Now that I'm writing, I can make sure I'm not disrespectful and still get the point across (I hope!).
Lindsey said two things that I thought were unfortunate.
The first was that her breasts had been "ruined" after breast-feeding. I'd like to have known more about what "ruined" actually meant, and by whose standards we were judging. I'd also like to have mentioned that my breasts were enhanced by breast-feeding, both times round, and, certainly stayed "pert" and much the same afterwards. That's just in case any breastfeeding or pregnant Mums are reading.
The second, and perhaps the most questionable, was the statement,
"I feel more like a woman with bigger breasts, it's part of our identity".
This made me fume a little on the inside. It's one thing to say that you personally feel more like a woman with big breasts: this I understand - society is forever passing on that message, and I wouldn't blame anyone for swallowing it whole, so many of us do for a while. But to say "it's part of our identity", as if that were a truth universally acknowledged, as if all women considered large breasts to be part of their very womanhood, well, that got me cross. It might have been worth her considering that Jenni Murray, has had a unilateral mastectomy, that many women choose to live flat after double mastectomy (see Flat Friends or Flat and Fabulous) and are no less "women" for it, that many of us are happy to be smaller-breasted and feel that we're just as much women as our bigger-breasted sisters. Phew! Honestly, there is sooo much work to be done in raising the profile of flat and flatter-chested women, or maybe 'imperfectly-chested' women, who are nonetheless glamorous, stylish, cool, chic, sexy, gorgeous, graceful, fertile, and whatever else Lindsay may have meant when she used the word "woman".
Let me know your thoughts in the comments, or get in touch with the contact page, and if anyone has any pictures of themselves looking gorgeous and bra-free, flat-chested (!) or otherwise, SEND 'EM IN!! Let's get 'em out there and show the world that female beauty takes diverse forms.
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Just a quick post to let you all know that Ava is getting ready to head to the doctor. She has a spot that popped up on her face yesterday. This morning it was oozy and even more irritated. She also now has one that is popping up on her arm. Say a quick prayer for her if you get a chance.
*Edited - Dr. is relatively sure that Ava has staph infection in 3 places on her face and arm. They swabbed it to culture it and see, but are treating it like a staph infection. The Dr. said this is very common and that we all carry staph on our skin. She said when conditions are just right and the bacteria enters an open spot, then the staph begins to spread. She will go back to the Dr. on Friday.*
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Heading to the Dr.
Posted by Tiffany, Bradley, Ava, and Harrison at 10:08 AM
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The Nubians- The New Flavor
Recently got around to finally uploading The Nubians record from '06. This album was distributed by hand…like the old days. Anyway, I would've liked to have uploaded it in FLAC, but my upload speeds were slow, so the files are 320kb/s mp3.
It can be downloaded here over at the [astral projects] section of archive.org


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Muffin of the week makes a triumphant return this week, with a Peach-Brown Sugar entry. Why we got away from MOTW, I don't know, but I'm glad we're reunited.
The recipe is a modification of this one, with the addition of two peaches, skinned, pitted and roughly diced.
More news from 'round the homestead: The garden is keeping us on our toes, with something new ripening every day. Just yesterday, I noticed that our cornichon cucumber—you know, those little guys that become mini pickles on your grandma's crudites plate—had cranked out a hefty gerkin. Oops. I picked a handful of little cornichon-sized ones today. We're up to our necks in zucchini, but it's manageable so far. The pole beans are almost there and same with our few ears of corn.


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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Did-too list
The past tense to my to-do list for the month.
1) Watch-ed lots of movies.
Curious Case of Benjamin Button (super). 3 Idiots (all over again). Inception (crazy. intriguing. tad over rated). Salt (from the first row at that, the crink in the neck was worth the second half though). The Last Airbender (need to have a chat with m night shyamalan, and rap his knuckles). I Hate Luv Storys (the first time I saw Sonam Kapoor on screen. Pwetty girl. Pwettier Imran Khan). Kung Fu Panda (love it every time). A dozen more, maybe. Also, every single James Bond movie ever made.... seriously. (courtesy the Bond film festival on Star-Movies every night at 11:00pm. With Nino's Dad, this construes part of our couple time. He's a Bond addict, and our arguments are largely Roger Moore versus Daniel Craig versus Sean Connery.
2) Raise-ed a big family
I'm mothering three boys right now. 13, 8 and 4. Over the weekends, I play mother to an adorable five year old girl too. The first two boys are not mine, and neither is the weekend angel :) The two sisters-in-law and a bunch of cousins are tripping over Leh like perfectly post-card Gujju tourists (khakhra and snack boxes and bottomless shopping prowess!). So we're holding the home fort. Between the questions, and the pillow fights, two school car-pools and the trips to the doc for a patch-up or a stitch-up, it's been entertaining :D
3) Play-ed tennis with Nino.
Not the game. The to and fro of the ball. First he gets viral fever. Then I get migraine. Then he opts for ear infection. And I choose dysentery. Then it's his turn for a bad cough and cold. Then mine for tonsillitis. Now he's at laryngitis. And I'm waiting for my turn.
4) Start-ed working again.
Freelancing from home. Translates into crazy hours and alarmingly little money. But also means a little sanity, and 'private space' where Nino can't scream at me!
5) Post-ed on the blog again.
Did-too, din't I? :)
Posted by Nino's Mum at 3:07 PM
Labels: nino, Nino's Dad, to-do list
7 comments:
- Nitya said...
Gasp at number of kids in the house.
Hugs to Nino - hope he is back to wellness soon.
- July 28, 2010 at 8:33 PM
Sounds quite a handful! Hope you take care of your health, and Nino's.
Best wishes,
- July 29, 2010 at 8:27 AM
- dipali said...
That sounds like quite a month. I hope you and Nino are both well now, and stay well, as do all the other assorted young ones:)
- July 29, 2010 at 10:03 AM
so all iz well. good. cheers bunty
- July 29, 2010 at 3:52 PM
- Girlonthebridge said...
You are on a roll and I love it :) For a second there, I halted that your Gujjus relatives bottomless shopping....and had a laugh at their expense. hehehhe, i'm in a silly mood.
- July 29, 2010 at 8:30 PM
- Sands said...
What a lovely list except for the sickness part. Hope the two of you are back on the road to good health :)
- July 31, 2010 at 2:48 AM
- Henri said...
I am so glad that you're blogging again! I love your blog and love how well you write. Never stop! ok?
- August 2, 2010 at 12:13 PM
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As for me, I've been on a bit of a classic literature vibe these last few years, reading everything from the Divine Comedy, all the way to Sherlock Holmes. I'm a sucker for fancy (or old) hardcover editions of classic stories. Barnes and Noble is ridiculous with those, as they've put out all sorts of neat leather hardcover titles. I picked up an H.G. Wells collection, an H.P. Lovecraft collection, a Lewis Carroll collection, and The Divine Comedy all in this fashion.In between these titles, I also read the first Ender's Game (many already know of this book's significance to science fiction), a series of books called Malice and Havoc (great pre-teen demographic story about kids going into a horrible world within a comic book, standing up against a dark and powerful foe), The Hunger Games series (similar to Battle Royale, the story of a girl forced into a game of death with other kids her age by an evil Capitol that she hopes to one day take revenge upon), The Book Of Lost Things (an excellent romp into fantasy, making nods at classic stories like the Grimm's Fairy Tales and many others), Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (does this one need an introduction?), and plenty more stuffed on my shelf.
In the comic book side of things, I've been trying to play a bit of catch up. I've only just recently been getting back into the big Marvel and DC events, by starting up Fear Itself and Flashpoint. Amongst these, I've also been reading the events that preceded them, like the prologue issue of Fear Itself and preludes to the events of Flashpoint, like Brightest Day and the Flash issues. I have (like always) stayed caught up with Amazing Spider-Man and very much look forward to issue #666 and the Spider Island story. I've also tried to look into more independent works and came out loving them all (Finder is the greatest comic you're not reading, Scud: The Disposable Assassin is once again incredible (this one really has to be read to be believed), and hoping to give Blankets a try, as I hear it is a very touching story).
So, that's my generally over-the-top and unnecessarily huge reading list. How about the rest of you?


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This was very much a spontaneous undertaking late one night when we both wanted hot chocolate. I was browsing Twitter when I saw Alton's tweet about his homemade hot cocoa mix recipe. I looked at Andrew, told him about it, and then we both paused for a second, just looking at each other. "What does it call for?" he asked. I listed the ingredients and, luckily, we had everything and went for it.
We were scared to see how much the recipe made at first — how in the world were we going to finish that much hot cocoa mix? We don't even drink hot cocoa all that much. "Well, at least it'll keep for a year," Andrew said as we put away the canister.
The recipe makes delicious hot chocolate. As long as you get your proportion of mix and water right, it's truly the best instant hot cocoa I've ever had. We usually add a little bit more mix than is called for in the recipe, and we added more than a pinch of cayenne pepper. It's really up to you to play around with it and see what's right for your tastebuds. All we can say is that it's only been a couple of months since we made it, and our stash of mix is almost completely empty.
Want to try it yourself? Here's Alton Brown's recipe for it!


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It took a little motivation for me to jump out of bed and to get ready to leave my comfortable bed for the uncertainties of getting out of
Saigon and going into the country. It is sometimes
difficult to get out of large, sprawling cities, and I didn't have even a
decent map. The guy at the desk was of no help whatsoever, telling me that I
would never make it to Dalat in a motorbike (later he confessed that he had never
been there himself) and then giving me the most confusing set of instructions
on how to get out of the city (imagine trying to explain how to get out of Los
Angeles without using freeways and you will have an idea of my plight). But by
now I had been emboldened by my knowledge of the place, so ignoring his
instructions I just got to the river and followed it to the northeast. My good
luck held, and I found myself in an almost direct route to Vietnam's Highway 1, which is trafficky but is
the best way of heading toward Hanoi.
The first leg, between
and Long Khahn, was tiresome and no fun, but then I saw a sign (miracle of
miracles) for Dalat and the smaller road was a lot more pleasant to follow. I
quickly remembered that scooters have but one traffic rule: Thou shalt not hit
anyone or anything. In a way is a perfect rule, because as long as we all
follow it there can be no discord. It is bit disconcerting, however, because
people will cut directly across your path, or join the road without even turning
their heads, confident on the fact that you will do whatever you need to do to
comply with the one rule of the road. Unfortunately cars and trucks have their
own rule of might is right, and they throw themselves at the swarm of scooters
expecting them to part as the ocean parted for Moses.
I have much regretted not having a good map. It would do me no good as far as road names or numbers, as these conveniences are never represented on road signs, but it would be helpful to identify the towns I went through, just as a double check that I was on the correct road. Overall I had about 350 km to cover, and after about 200 km I got to the town of
Tan Phu, where I stopped
to have lunch. I looked carefully and stopped at a diner that was full of
people, confident that the food would be good there. Unfortunately I chose a
very Vietnamese place, where the menu had no pretty pictures and the waitress
had no idea on how to deal with a foreigner. My attempts to sign that she
should bring me whatever was good were getting me nowhere, when a gentleman popped
out of the neighboring table, proceeded to ask me what I was in the mood for,
and then ordered me a delicious lunch with a dumpling soup with okra, deep
fried fish morsels, veggies, and rice. He even instructed me on the right way
to eat the fish, ordered me a beer, and wished me a pleasant trip before
returning to his friends. People here are so nice!
The weather had been perfect, overcast and with a moderate breeze. As I approached the mountains, however, the clouds became more menacing and I thought it would be wise to put on my poncho. A few moments later the sky opened and a torrential downpour blotted all vision. I had to pull to the side of the road, by a house whose small veranda offered a minimum of protection. The people of the house invited me cordially in to sit at their little table to have some tea. I could see they were very eager to talk with me, but again the language barrier was working against us. Then a young couple showed up, again looking for shelter from the rain, and we pretty soon had a party going, with much laughter and splashing of tea.


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There is a colossal stigma around suicide due to the commonly held belief that people who succumb to it are simply weak, selfish, or not trying hard enough. I must stress how faulty and damaging this line of thinking is. Suicidal thoughts are incredibly oppressive, can pop up randomly, and don't necessarily correspond with an external trigger. They are not something that is easily shaken off. Suicide is largely pondered, not pondered, planned, not planned, attempted, not attempted, completed, and not completed by people with mental disorders. Probably no one would say, "Walk it off, you lazy ingrate!" if you asked for help with a heart attack, toxic appendix, or missing limb. Brain disorders and their symptoms are just as real and valid as any of those ailments, but are often dangerously written off. Suicidal ideation (having suicidal thoughts) is already so isolating, it's no wonder some folks try to keep it to themselves instead of talking to someone or asking for help.
I would like to put together a collection of candid stories from people who have been suicidal (anonymously if you wish). I fully realize the delicacy of this request and I will treat each story with respect.
I would also like to hear from allies and gather information on how best to be of help to someone who is thinking about suicide.
Please send all correspondence to firstname.lastname@example.com.
This has been purely my anecdotal opinion. If you are having any thoughts about suicide, I encourage you to talk to someone you know and trust or contact any of the following (no matter how pointless or difficult it feels):
American Foundation For Suicide Prevention
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Bathroom: 1 m,b - lots of gurgling and rumbling and movement but not producing anything. crampy and uncomfortable.
My mom came to visit. It was nice. We discussed my health, my daughters health, my mom's recent vacation and she has offered to come back on Friday to help me get some laundry done. She also took my quilt with her. It is nearly finished and just needs the outside edge done. I just don't have it in me to complete t so she is going to take it in to shop close to her home and ask them to finish it for me. I hope they have the time. It will be so nice to have it done. She brought me some chicken noodle soup and good conversation.
Lindsay had to cancel her teacher again today. She doesn't feel well with a bad headache and nausea. She is in bed for the day. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.
We are planning a little family birthday celebration for Sunday. My sister is going to bring cake. My mom and step dad will come over and we will sing for the three March birthday girls.
I am having an orange Popsicle for lunch.


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I had originally posted this in another blog of mine earlier. The learnings are so relevant that I couldn't resist cross posting.
I am at the Tiecon 2007 conference, attending the "Entrepreneur's path to success" panel. Panelists are all tremendously accomplished people with a wealth of experience between them. Some gems from the panel:
- Successful companies are born of great people. (Sumant Mandal, MD, Clearstone Venture Partners)
- Surround yourself with people smarter than you (Talat Hasan, ICC, ex-CEO Sensys)
- A successful entrepreneur must have passion, an ability to take risks, and be realistic about it (Jai Rawat)
- Let the idea take over your life,
- Dispassionately look at the results you're achieving,
- The average entrepreneur succeeds after 2.2 ideas (Dean Drako, Co-founder and CEO Barracuda Networks)
- The business, People, Culture, Focus and Execution, iterate on the above.
- Ability to identify a big enough market, have a relentless need to make it happen defines a successful entrepreneur (T.M. Ravi, Mimosa Systems)
- Identify your own skills and assemble a team that balances your skills.
- An entrepreneur is constantly selling - whether to VCs, customers, employees, or partners
- Talat Hasan on work-life balance: Identify the top 3 things that are most important to you, and drop everything else. Focus on priorities and make sure it's covered.
Mistakes the panelists made with their start-ups:
- Obsessing over competition and as a result, making the same mistakes as the competitors
- Not making a plan and holding yourself accountable to it
- Being too cautious and afraid of failure
- Failure to maintain documentation and poor record keeping
One "Do" and one "Don't" for entrepreneurs who just started their business:
- Do follow your instincts
- Don't assemble the wrong teanm
- Do focus, believe in your vision and put everything behind it
- Don't give yourself an alternative strategy or a back-up plan
- Do find a customer before building a product
- Don't be a solution looking for a problem
- Develop the right culture within the company
- Don't spend all your time trying to raise capital
- Do monitor progress
- Don't be afraid of failure
- Once again, do focus, and validate that focus!
- Don't ever losing your integrity.


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Microsoft was at last week's Child Internet Safety Summit – spreading a vital mantra that the Internet could be so much safer if people simply made use of the protections already available. But are parents listening or are the dangers simply evolving too fast?
Mike Anderiesz reports.
Microsoft at Child Internet Safety Summit - July 3rd, London
It feels like only yesterday we had the last Online Safety event, complete with the obligatory stream of alarming research statistics. However, as the 3rd Child Internet Safety Summit took place in London's Parliament Square last week, there was plenty more to consider (and yes, even more of those worrying stats!) Microsoft was there to provide its usual support both as exhibitors and speakers at an event where serious debate mixed with well-attended break-out sessions covering everything from Windows 10 to pioneering women in technology and the importance of Peer Education.
First up and playing to a packed auditorium were the panel sessions. Although Baroness Shields was unable to attend, the presence of speakers from the NSPCC, the Diana Award and Tech UK ensured a balanced and thought-provoking discussion. AVG's Tony Anscombe kicked things off with new research that showed 38% of 4-6 year olds have yet to be educated about online safety. While this may not seem overly concerning at first glance, with Ofcom claiming 11% of 3-4 year olds now have regular access to a tablet at home, combined with the 24% of parents who have no plans to educate them at all about online safety, the pre-school audience is clearly a growing concern that needs greater recognition before it begins to play out in tabloid headlines.
AVG's research also showed that 23% of parents believe teachers have a key part to play in any online safety conversation, which explains why these events are so keenly attended by teachers and other education professionals. Indeed, many of the most insightful comments came from the audience - highlighting, among other things, that it's not just the familiar dangers of explicit content, grooming and bullying we need to watch out for but increasing numbers of websites advocating suicide, anorexia and radicalism. Today's young people may have unprecedented freedom online, but they are also under unrelenting pressure from many different directions - all of which need to be considered in any sober discussion about what constitutes a healthy online identity.
Microsoft's two 'Safety in Numbers' break-out sessions were led by Becky Foreman and Eve Joseph, who focussed on the wealth of safety features already built-into Microsoft products that parents are either unaware of or simply ignore. There was also a sneak preview of some of the new safety features in Windows 10, although a fuller discussion of these will follow the worldwide launch on July 29th - so watch this space.
As always with these events, the depressing trends were well countered by a collective good will and determination to do something positive about them; not least amongst the exhibitors and volunteers who gave their time and expertise to get their vital safety messages across.
- Mike Anderiesz


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This stress can only be relieved by making them mingle with others and creating opportunities for them to use their skills and knowledge. There is no medicine. There are only remedies. The remedies are expressed care and created environment where they feel they belong and are wanted. These will make them spend their days happily.
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Stress - Old Age - Loneliness
The old are very much lonely.
Loneliness is a depressor and killer. The first symptom of stress in old age due to loneliness seems to be talking loudly to no one in particular while walking or sitting alone. In the beginning they check themselves and some feel even ashamed and look around. But as days go by they do not even realize speaking out loudly while taking a walk or sitting alone.
They spend their time before the TV. The social web sites which engage these are said to give them some solace by getting them involved with faceless human beings. The many hours they spend before the computer is not equal to the few minutes of love and affection and smile from a near and dear one.
'Unhousel'd, disappointed, unanel'd,
No reckoning made, but sent to my account' Hamlet Act I scene V
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Crookston School District isn't ready for two principals and two buildings.
Recently, Mr. Keith Bakken wrote a lengthy opinion piece that included, in part, his concepts of "rightsizing" the Crookston school district, andhis observation that decisions made must be based on unbiased data. I agree with Mr. Bakken that decisions made by the Board of Education must be fiscally responsible and based on facts.
However, I also firmly believe that students need to always be the center piece of every decision. This presents many challenges. For example, how can we best serve our students given the financial restraints facing our school? How can we creatively and intelligently make certain that our students receive an education that is applicable to their future? How can we educate these students with the best practices available, providing twenty-first century teaching techniques that deliver educational outcomes that are competitive in the world our students will face, given these very real financial constraints?
Seriously, let's base our decisions on facts, but let's understand the facts before we act. One point Mr. Bakken made was that we should move to a two school district, combining Washington and Highland. He bases that opinion in part on the observation that recently, when the Washington principal was recovering from a serious injury, we were able to run two schools with one principal. This is simply not true, and further, if you evaluate the facts, it becomes clear that closing Washington and combining schools will not work at all, at least not in the foreseeable future. In addition, one principal cannot operate these two buildings effectively if they both stay open.
During the period that Mrs. Oliver, the Washington principal, was recovering from her injuries, it took Mrs. Oliver, working from home while on medical leave, and Mary Cavalier, a retired teacher, on site at Washington to do the job. Mr. Thorvilson, then principal of Highland, was doing his full time job; acting as the educational leader of his building, but helping when he could. You could argue that in Ms. Oliver's absense, it took three people to run her school.
While it's true for example, that our district's student population is shrinking somewhat, as Mr. Bakken points out, it is not true of K-3 students, the ones that this decision would impact most. In fact, that population is growing and will move through the district as larger classes for the next ten years. (populations: K, 100 students; first, 88 students; second, 104 students; third, 96 students – averaging K-3 at 96-97 students) No serious discussion of this "wrongsizing" can be undertaken until this population bubble passes through the buildings in question. Remember too, that of all student populations, the K-3 crowd are most critical because as facts show, this is where the most significan learning occurs. Research also shows that if these students are academically behind and don't catch up by third grade, they will be behind their entire educational career. We need to focus on them.
Further, in order to understand the impact of combining schools, you have to walk through the facility and visit a classroom or two to see how the numbers really work; the day to day realities facing teachers and students. This is absolutely essential. Teaching techniques have changed dramatically in the last half century, and today's learners need room. Special Education requires space to deliver their vital services. Feeding students is a major undertaking and would be extremely difficult if buildings were combined. What about music and physical education?
The truth of the matter is, that the numbers, when matched with an understanding of the realities of teaching and learning, an understanding which can only be obtained by observation and discussions with the practitioners involved, show that combining buildings or dropping a principal simply won't work.
The bottom line is that we have to do what is best for kids. We need to leave both buildings open for at least four years, and we need administration and staff for both buildings; and that's a fact.


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Last Week: 4-5-1 (44%) OUCH!
Season: 30-27-1 (53%) DAMN!
The trend continued again. The girls have officially stopped showing up. The post-game party doesn't even have a guest list. Reality of the situation is we suck right now and we have to put up with partying by ourselves until the situation rectifies itself. Until then, it's lonely us, poor lonely us.
Georgia (+2) over TENNESSEE: The grace period for winning a national championship is running out for Coach Fullmer in Tennessee. The Vols are off to a 2-2 start with losses at Florida and Cal with neither being close. Georgia's only loss this year is at home to South Carolina. Tennessee has a top 20 D and Georgia has a top 20 offense, and I usually don't pick against Tennessee at home but I'm gonna go with my instincts on this one, saddle up partner.
TEXAS TECH (-24) over Iowa State: "It was pitiful, it was pitiful. It was flat-out pitiful. We're some vaunted offense so we're going to sit here with our arms folded. Oh well, we'll have three lackadaisical plays and then we'll punt and we'll make it the defense's problem." –Mike Leach after Tech's 45-41 loss to Oklahoma State. QB Grant Harrell has 24 touchdowns this year and 72% completion. Iowa State couldn't be in a worse spot here as apparently coaches get on their players and get results.
Colorado (-8.5) over BAYLOR: I am starting to scare myself by talking about Dan Hawkins so much this week. Baylor has beaten Colorado the last two times they have played, and last week Baylor put up 2 first downs and had 68 total yards – the WHOLE game! Colorado has played Arizona State, Florida State, and Oklahoma – and they have actually have outgained these likes by an average of 89 yards/game. Oh and their defense is #5 in the country. Be very afraid Big 12 north.
INDIANA (-13) over Minnesota: Minnesota is bad. They have the worst pass defense in the country and have only 3 sacks – Indiana has a nation leading 27 sacks. Minnesota's offense is dead last in TO's with -18 while Indiana is 5th with +15. Last year, Minnesota ran the score up on Indiana 63-26 in the Dome so revenge is fresh. If that doesn't convince you, I had IU professor Dr. D, the math Wunderkind, run these numbers and he was able to give me the phone numbers of all the Kappa pledge's this semester. Numbers don't lie.
PENN STATE (-9.5) over Iowa: Can you imagine paying a coach 2.7 million dollars in Kirk Ferentz to have him lose in his 9th year at Iowa to Indiana at home 20-38? (Callahan?) Iowa is almost last in every offensive category in the Big Ten and has given up 15 sacks this year. Penn State is off a loss at Illinois where they had almost a 100 more yards of offense than the Illini. I'm weary, but Iowa is awful.
SOUTH CAROLINA (-3.5) over Kentucky: Here is a Thursday pick for you loyal DXP readers to get your accounts started in the plus column before a huge weekend of college football. South Carolina is giving up just 15 points per game (12th in NCAA) and have already faced Georgia and LSU, while Kentucky is giving up almost 400 yards per game to the likes of Florida Atlantic and Kent State. Surprisingly, each of these rush defenses rank near the bottom of the country in rushing yards allowed at over 200 per game. We'll go with the team that's faced far superior defenses and the Ole' Ball Coach that's never lost to Kentucky. Did we mention that South Carolina has just slightly hotter girls than Kentucky?
TEXAS A&M (-6) over Oklahoma St: Oklahoma State's passing D (3rd worst in NCAA) has more holes in it than Mike Vick's brain. They will get tested in College Station as QB McGee threw 28 times last week for 200 yards. Texas A&M tops the Big XII South and will stay there for another week as they beat up on the most disappointing road team in the NCAA.
LOUISVILLE (-15) over Utah: Much like Oklahoma State, Utah has been of the most inconsistent teams in the country. After blowing out UCLA, they literally laid an egg at UNLV, losing 27-0. Their road game is worst than Dr. D's bar game and Louisville looks to be recovered from back-to-back losses earlier in the year. Expect Louisville to run it up as they get national exposure on ESPN Friday night.
RUTGERS (-3.5) over Cincy: We think Cincy is more over-rated than a sober Saturday and a team that will be exposed against a Rutgers team that was beaten up by Maryland last week for over 450 yards and 34 points. Practice won't be fun in Piscataway this week, but the Scarlet Knights should have no trouble getting fired up to face the team that ruined their Cinderella season just a year ago.
KANSAS STATE (-3) over Kansas: Kansas is in the top 10 in almost every single offensive and defensive statistical category and if you can guess the college town of more than one of their opponents, then next week's picks are free. And if you're counting, they played Toledo. Kansas State's defense and special teams is among the best in the nation and this Coach Prince gets his fifth straight cover as a home favorite.


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General John Allen now caught in a sex scandal stemming from the General Patraeus investigation. Looks like Gen. Allen was emailing Jill Kelly, you know the other women in the Patraeus case, the one who thought calling in the FBI after she received some threatening emails was a good idea while apparently having some interesting relationships with at least these two generals via email.
What does this tell us? Well one is that those really smart Generals we put on such a high pedestal aren't really that damn smart. Two, women are evil. Ok maybe the second one isn't necessarily a fact yet. But I'm still leaning that way. (Sorry Honey, I'm sure you're the exception).
Remember these are the Generals that continue to enforces rules on our troops like no naughty magazines in our combat theaters, no, alcohol for you but don't look in my room, and no fraternization but hell let's bring women into the foxholes with us. Now those are just the silly rules, how about rules of engagement, not the marrying kind, the ones where you can't fire upon anyone firing at you if you suspect there might be civilians anywhere around. This in a country where it's the civilians firing at you in the first place.
That said this is a hell of a good way to get rid of Generals that may present an administration with some difficult questions all the while sending a strong message to the up and coming leaders.
Anyone remember Benghazi? Yeah didn't think so.
Well played.


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Friday, December 11, 2009
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Not many more sleeps to go.........
Hurrah! Our first guerrilla style market will be happening THIS SATURDAY. We are very excited & hope you'll all come along and share in our hairy joys. Keep in mind that it will be cash only & change may get limited, so bring your hoards of cashola in its many varieties, if you please. And your own shopping bags may come in handy for you to carry off your booty.
So take a fresh peek at the blog saturday morning, where we will reveal our exciting secret location. Look forward to seeing you there.............
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Saturday, December 5, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
the LO Down
Adelaide's first guerrilla market will be surfacing for 2 hours only (from 10 am to 12 midday) on saturday the 12th of december. Its all very hush hush secret underground guerrilla action, full of exciting cutting edge crafts you may not find elsewehere......so the location will be remaining a secret up until the morning of the market, at which point the details will be available here on the blog. So keep an eye out & shhhhhh (but tell your friends.....the nice ones).
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Although I have been known to pray for cats, the title here is not a typo. And the prayer was slightly more complicated than the "please help me find a parking spot" type for which Christians are sometimes made fun of.
During our trip to Canada, I borrowed my father's car. Although most of the time I was using it to visit friends and family, I also had a couple of appointments and some errands to run. While Matthijs had run into a bookstore to pick up some books, I stayed in the car to pull something off my computer to print off. I was a bit stressed and not so organised, so my communication skills were not working at their best. While Matthijs was happily browsing the unexpected section of superdiscounted books, thinking he had lots of time while I actually ran my errand, I was sitting in the car wondering why he didn't return faster so I could get on with the errand. Knowing myself and Matthijs as I do, it seemed wise to go meet/find him instead of getting more impatient in the car. We sorted out the miscommunication and returned to the vehicle ready to head off to the next stop.
Except the car wouldn't start. I couldn't get the key to turn.
This isn't the first time I'd borrowed the car, so I did remember my father having once mentioned something about what to do if this ever happened. But I had no idea what it was. And so I sat there trying not to panic and trying to figure out how to start the car. I started praying pretty quick. We pulled out the car manual. We could find nothing. Calling my father was an option, but with international (dutch) cell phone rates at about 10 dollars a minute, and no idea where a payphone was, it was more of a last resort than the obvious thing to do.
Matthijs suggested I go into the bookstore to see if anyone could help me. I approached a gentleman my father's age and one of the cashiers. Neither was familiar with the problem. Nor did they have any idea how to help me. I returned to the car, still praying.
We'd now been trying to fix the problem for 15 minutes. The schedule for the day was a bit tight, and I was beginning to get a bit nervous about how it'd all work out. I was thus very much hoping that God would answer my "I'm beginning to get desperate" prayers sooner rather than later.
As I was sitting in the driver's seat feeling helpless, a young college student came up to the car. He had heard my question in the bookstore and thought perhaps he knew what to do. He had spent the summer working at a rental car place and was familiar with the situation where the key wouldn't turn. Some wiggling of the steering wheel and the key, and the car started. He explained that I'd probably jostled the steering wheel too often while it was off, and this had locked up the system. I, meanwhile, was doing my best not to burst out in hallelujahs and kiss the young man (Matthijs would have understood). Instead, I merely thanked him profusely. And I thanked God for answered prayer and the unexpected joy of once again getting to experience the kindness of strangers.


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Gud Morni Salon Thursday 16th March 2017
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