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Recently being criticized by my mother for not being well-read, I've once again started trying to read more serious pieces of literature besides my usual magazines and short articles. I'm not sure if my mother is correct in her critique of my reading experience - I am sure that there are those around me who have read more, and I know that some people have read much less - but I think it is a matter of taste. At first, I felt awkward and low for not have read such things as "Jane Eyre", "Wuthering Heights", and numerous Jane Austen novels. So I borrowed one of these from my mom and asked some others if they had read it. Most of the men had not. I started reading it and was not overwhelmed with a compulsion to read past the first chapter, so I put it down, returning to Dante (also borrowed, from my grandmother).
So, I was wondering, of all my friends out there, which was your favorite book or author? I know that Alex's favorite is "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand (which I also am quite fond of). So, that's one friend of mine with a strong background in Literature. I'm curious to know what my other two well-read friends - you know who you are! - hold dear in their collection of literary works.

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First-Ever Music Video Made With Instagram is Just Plain Awesome
In October 2010, Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom created a whole new way to share our lives with friends and family. And now, just two short years later, over 50 million people have shared more than 1 billion photos with the application.
Instagram is, without a doubt, one of the most popular and successful phone applications ever invented, and chances are you're one of those 50 million who have snapped a sunset pic or two. Your photo library also probably has about 500 pictures of your dog in sepia tone or a few self-portraits you're too embarrassed to publish. And everyone knows that you haven't truly used Instagram unless you've taken a picture of your dinner at least once. But, have you ever made a music video?
Well, these guys did. And it's awesome.
They're a band called The Plastics Revolution, and the song is called "Invasión." According to their Vimeo page, no one has ever recorded an entire official music video strictly using Instagram, which means that there wasn't any third-party editing or adjustments. Topping out at 1,905 pictures, this video was created entirely by individual photos captured on a phone set to "multi-shot mode" and then run through a regular Instagram filter. That's it! Anyone with Instagram and the "multi-shot" option could create something just like this.
This is somewhat revolutionary because up until now, most professional expressions of art through media could only be produced using expensive software or equipment. But, as this band proved, you can create art just like this from your CAR if you want to.
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April Fools Day is the perfect occasion for a post about South Park, the little program that made the Comedy Central cable network a viable concern. It's true that you have to get past the vulgarity and offensive content in order to appreciate the program, and I can understand how some people just cannot tolerate some of the things they do, but having grown up and gone to college with Mad and National Lampoon, and with the Smothers Brothers, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, Monty Python's Flying Circus (still an all-time favorite), and Saturday Night Live, not to mention the amazing audio comedy of Firesign Theatre, I have no problem appreciating the biting humor and irreverent satire of South Park. Of course, The Simpsons blazed the trail for animated series that combine the structure of situation comedies with outrageous comedy, but The Simpsons are comparatively tame, being the older program, not to mention one geared toward network television. And while South Park owes a great debt to The Simpsons, the deliberately crude, cut-out figures of the Comedy Central series clearly draw their inspiration from Terry Gilliam's groundbreaking and achingly clever animations for Monty Python's Flying Circus. I should add that South Park was the subject of an excellent MA thesis I directed for Fordham University's graduate program in Public Communication (which I am presently the director of), researched by Ashley Teitelbaum.
This past Wednesday, the latest new episode of South Park , entitled "The Snuke," was devoted to a hilarious parody of 24, with the endearingly repulsive Cartman taking on the role of Jack Bauer. They really got to the heart of Keifer Sutherland's limitations as an actor with Cartman using a raspy voice, and making reference to how he was indicating the seriousness of the situation because he was whispering very loudly, for dramatic effect. They were able to play with the split screen/multi-screen technique used by 24, with the political jockeying for position by various parties (I'm in charge now, not anymore you're not, now I'm in charge, not anymore you're not, and so on), and with the constant, unpredictable plot twists (Cartman's suspicions about a new Arab boy leads to the discovery of Russian terrorists who we eventually learn are actually working for America's oldest enemy...). Also, there's great play with all the digital technologies that have come to dominate 24 in the past few seasons, notably cell phones and computers, but instead of top secret stuff, Kyle is able to track the terrorists by using Google, checking their blogs and podcasts, not to mention MySpace, ebay, mapquest, and the like.
And they play with 24's signature digital clock, with the ominous, echoing, "bum-bummm, bum-bummm, bum-bummm" that takes the place of the sound of a clock ticking away, conveying a sense of gravity and potential doom. At first just imitating that signature, they eventually bring it into the narrative by attaching it to the digital readout on a timer for a suitcase nuke. With no way for anyone to stop the countdown, the terrorists are foiled when a power outage results in the digital clock doing what all digital clocks do when that happens: it starts to flash 12:00 over and over again, as we hear that signature 24 sound, "bum-bummm, bum-bummm, bum-bummm"! A timely save!
I think 24 is a gripping series, and I see this parody as an affectionate one. The same goes for the frequent parodies of and references to Star Trek and Star Wars--they're obviously the product of fans, not critics.
I don't see Hillary Clinton's people being particularly happy about this episode, however, as her portrayal is not at all flattering, or affectionate (although neither is it overtly hostile). There's a bit of fun about her using a down-home Southern dialect, but that's minor, and it's the gynecological stuff that really undermines any sense of her as Presidential. But if there's one thing that the enormously funny South Park and the ultra-serious 24 have in common, is that women do not fare very well on either series.
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Posted by Lance Strate at 4:50:00 PM
Labels: 24, comedy, Fordham University, media ecology, politics, science fiction, South Park, televison
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Oi! Hey mister mister! Surely you mean Keifer Sutherland?! (You can correct your post, delete this comment, and I won't tell a soul! Promise!)
- May 20, 2007 at 11:14 PM
- Lance Strate said...
Thank you, Luanne, a gracious offer indeed. While the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, I have corrected the error in the original post, but have also published your comment, credit where credit is due after all.
- May 20, 2007 at 11:43 PM
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The Internet of things (IoT) is here with smart, embedded, connected sensors, smart homes, connected cars, digital healthcare, and more. Yet, it will continue to impact how we live and how we work in the future. Research firm IDC predicts IoT will become a $1.46 trillion international market by 2020, up from $700 billion last year.
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To the readers of this blog: this marks the beginning of a new series that focuses on the basic stuff that every new shooter wants to know about or should know about. The site administrator at www.airgunsofarizona.com tells me that they will find a way to make this stuff readily available at the top of the blog so it will be readily available for new shooters and old hands who want a refresher. Now, to this week's posting!
This is the most important thing you will read in this blog – read it carefully!
Make no mistake about it: you can, indeed, shoot your eye out with an airgun. You can also maim and kill people and animals and destroy property. So get this straight, once and for all: Airguns are not toys. Airguns are real air rifles and air pistols and can bring tragedy to your door if not handled with respect. Fortunately, virtually all airgun accidents can be prevented if you follow the Number One Rule of airgun safety.
And here it is: the Number One Rule of Airgun Safety is never, ever point your airgun at anything you don't want to see a hole in. It's really that easy. If you always observe Rule One – and always keep the airgun pointed in a safe direction – you should never have cause for regret. After all, with the exception of a ricochet, an airgun can only shoot where it is pointed.
Here are some other key things you need to know about handling an airgun (or any gun for that matter) safely:
- Always treat any airgun as though it is loaded and with the same respect you would a firearm. Never point any airgun in an unsafe direction. Even if you are totally, completely, absolutely, positively certain that the airgun is unloaded, still never point it in an unsafe direction.
- Read and follow all instructions in the owner's manual and know how your airgun works before using it.
- Keep the airgun pointed in a safe direction until you are ready to shoot.
- Keep your finger off the trigger and out of the trigger guard until you're ready to shoot. Keep your finger out of the trigger guard while loading the airgun.
- Wear shooting glasses to protect your eyes and make sure others with you are wearing eye protection. (If your reading or prescription glasses are not safety glasses, wear shooting glasses over your regular glasses.)
- Use only the correct BBs or pellets specified for your airgun. Never reuse ammunition.
- Do not shoot at hard surfaces or the surface of water. BBs and pellets can bounce or ricochet.
- Use a pellet trap or other backstop. Place it in a location that will be safe if the pellet or BB goes through. Do not use a hard backstop with BBs.
- Look beyond your target. What happens if you miss? Where will your pellet or BB go? Be sure of the answer.
- Check your backstop for wear before and after each use. Replace your backstop if the surface is worn or damaged or if a ricochet occurs.
- Maintain control of the airgun when it is not being used, including at the beginning and end of each shooting session. Don't load it and leave it unattended. Store your airgun, unloaded, where it cannot be used by curious youngsters or unauthorized persons. Store the ammunition separately.
A Word about Parental Control
Special Note to Parents: if you have any doubt at all that your children will observe the Number One Rule of Airgun Safety, you need to supervise your children while they are shooting. You know your children and their level of responsibility and maturity. If you are not positive that they will always handle the airgun safely, supervise them, no matter how old they are.
Supervision means being close enough to control or redirect the airgun if it is pointed in an unsafe direction. It only takes a moment for a child to turn while squeezing the trigger. Be close enough to prevent that from happening – no more than an arm's length away.
Now, that may seem like a lot of stuff to remember, but it really boils down to this: keep the gun pointed in a safe direction; know where your shot is going, even if you miss; protect your eyes; and supervise the kids.
Til next time, aim true and shoot straight.
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The Red Devils won their 16th league title by edging out previous champions Chelsea in the last campaign and they currently sit behind leaders Arsenal purely on goals scored.
"It is the priority because you need to confirm your trophy. It is unbelievable to win the Premier League. It is one of the best leagues in the world and last year I was so happy," he said.
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Want Healthcare Reform That Works? Get Rid Of Patents
from the and-watch-innovation-flow deptEconomist David Levine (author of the book Against Intellectual Monopoly) has a column up at the Huffington Post, where he explains why abolishing pharma patents would be a great way to reform healthcare. He runs through many of the arguments against such a move, and explains why they don't make much sense:
But, perhaps, without all those extra monopoly profits we wouldn't have such great new products? The fact is there aren't so many great new products - a well known fact among health economists is that while big pharma's spending has soared the last decade, as patent control has tightened, drug discovery has plummeted. Pharmaceutical innovation is not lower in Europe, despite of big pharma's lower monopoly profits. While the market for pharmaceuticals is now largely a global one, so local rules may not be so important, this was less true in the past. Historically, before pharmaceutical patents were introduced in Italy in 1978, that country accounted for about 8% of new pharmaceutical discoveries worldwide. After the industry was strangled by patents, that percentage dropped to practically zero. Switzerland, a powerhouse in the world drug industry, introduced pharmaceutical patents at about the same time. While Switzerland's fall has not been as dramatic as Italy's, it too is much less of a powerhouse today than it was before 1977.He also goes on to suggest some other ways to lower the costs of "drug development," as well. There's probably not much new in there if you've read his book, but it's a good, straightforward description of the problem with pharma patents. While the writing is a bit flippant, if you go through the related chapter in Levine's book, and then start reading some of the other source material and studies, it's all backed up quite strongly. There's almost no evidence that patents do anything to promote more drug discovery -- and plenty to suggest it makes medicines significantly more expensive. Ditching pharma patents would make a much more efficient market in drugs that would end up saving a lot of lives.
Patents do not seem to lead to the innovation their proponents claim. The list of examples goes on and on: the discovery of the one-dose HIV cocktail that replaced the complicated multi-pill regime? That took place in India a country that at that time did not allow pharmaceutical patents. Of the fifteen great medical milestones recently identified by the British Medical Journal - only two were patented or could be attributed to the "incentive" that patents supposedly provide. Numerous technical studies by economists of the effect of stronger patents on innovation have failed to find any consistent increase. Put it plainly: while the social gains from abolishing patents on drugs are obvious and computable, the losses are dubious and, on the basis of empirical evidence, probably nil.
Pharmaceutical patents and the resulting monopolies have many other corrosive effects, over and above raising the prices of prescription drugs. Pharmaceutical companies spend far more money promoting their products than on R&D. Some of the giants spend as much as four times on marketing as they do on research and development. How do these companies market their products? Most of the money goes to "scientifically convincing" the medical profession to prescribe patented products. How? Well, for example, by inviting doctors and their families to week-long conferences in exclusive resorts, where two hours are for a marketing presentation (the "medical symposium") and the rest for (all-included) leisure. A spectacular - but hardly unique - example of the level of corruption is the conviction of Pfizer for encouraging doctors to bill the government for drugs they were provided for free. These practices not only raise the cost of drugs, but corrode trust in the medical profession.
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The Sustainability ROI Workbook: Building Compelling Business Cases for Sustainability Initiatives is the third "book" in a series of publications by Bob Willard. Cleverly disguised as an Excel workbook, the comprehensive, fill-in-the-blanks Excel workbook is the e-book. To expedite its use by global legions of sustainability champions, it is a self-published, free, open-source resource. Others are encouraged to use it as a foundation on which to create additional tailored versions for specific sectors or users, for other technology platforms, in other languages, and in simpler formats. (Note that during the beta period, this e-book was entitled Sustainability Advantage Ultbook.)
Other valuable resources by Mr. Willard include: The New Sustainability Advantage (2012), The Sustainability Advantage (2002), The Future Fit Business Benchmark, The Sustainability Champion's Guidebook, and The Next Sustainability Wave.
Regenerative Leadership: An Integral Theory for Transforming People and Organizations for Sustainability in Business, Education, and Community (2017)
Regenerative Leadership presents a research-based framework that goes beyond sustainability. This new theory emerged from a rigorous, systematic qualitative study of successful leaders in corporations, community agencies, governments, and institutions of higher education. The study's major finding, shared by all of the participating sustainability leaders, is that we cannot create a prosperous, equitable, sustainable society by focusing on the behaviors that have led to our current and often combined environmental, social, and economic challenges. The conclusion of the research is that the dysfunctional behaviors that have given rise to these challenges are symptomatic of a deeper problem rooted in human consciousness, our inner operating system. Read more about the Regenerative Leadership response to this challenge here.
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Awards time again
The Good…..
Plenty of decent veg this year, broad beans – Longfellow, runner beans – stenner, french beans – cobra, cabbage – ramco, carrots – sweet candle, parsnips – picador, brussels – wellington, courgettes – venus, shallots – hative de niort etc but the award goes to TOMATOES SUNGOLD – I had 12 plants (8 in the greenhouse and 4 outside) which fruited their socks off from the end of June right through until early November. We picked about two kitchen cullander fulls of the orange cherries every week and the family loved them! So sweet it beats the supermarket hands down.
The Bad………
Thankfully not much in this category but the CUCUMBERS CARMEN were awful for me this year (again) so I need to rethink. After a promising start with half a dozen huge cukes they failed around the end of July turned yellow and only produced again briefly in September. I know this variety can be amazing and have had 30+ cucumbers per plant off it before so it's all my fault. Back to the drawing board.
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Has to be POTATOES. Scab, scab and more scab. With the dry end of June/July I obviously didn't keep up with the watering. Thankfully this doesn't affect the eating but they do look seriously ugly!!


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If you're a Twitter fiend or Facebook junkie, you're going to love this next part. In this section we tell you what it takes to find a job using social media.
Social media and your job search
Social media and your job search
You've covered the usual bases in your job hunt. Search engines. LinkedIn. Job fairs and even newspaper ads. If you're a Twitter fiend or Facebook junkie, you're going to love this next part. You can find a job using social media.
From retail cashiers to sales gurus, social networking is a golden hiring tool for companies of all types. Here are some tips for using social media in your job hunt:
Follow lots of social accounts
Keep up to date by following companies and potential bosses on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. If they post a job, you might find it in their newsfeed.
Put yourself on the radar
Does the CEO of your fave company post interesting articles, jokes or news stories? Do more than "like" what they have to say, share it with your friends.
Create business-only social accounts
Are you uncomfortable using your private social accounts to interact with potential employers? Set up social accounts used specifically for your job hunt. These accounts should be purely professional, with no selfies, no unprofessional language or subject matter. Would you want your grandmother to see those accounts? If not, they're just not professional enough.
Join job groups and communities
LinkedIn has a ton of communities for specific lines of work, companies, and even relevant hobbies. Make connections with other members.
Think of social media as a huge helping hand in your ongoing job search. A tweet may not land you a job, but a Twitter feed can show you where the best jobs are found. Click here if you need a few extra tips on how to hunt for a job using social media.
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CSWE Field Competency
Learning Opportunities/Tasks
Identify as a professional social worker and conduct oneself accordingly.
· Create a LinkedIn account
· Join social work groups on LinkedIn relating to your social work population and the profession
· Keep an online journal of your experiences each week and share with supervisor, examples are Penzu or Day One
· Create a blog between you and your supervisor to track resources for your client population, ask questions, or share tools, be sure to make the blog private
· Curate topics on Scoop.It or Triberr about social work interests
· Google podcasts, pictures, and videos of various social work events/training to understand professional standards for communication, dress and behavior
· Join social work blogs and magazines online, use Bundlepost to keep up with them
· Identify national, regional, and local conferences within your education needs
Apply social work ethical principles to guide professional practice.
· Join social work groups on LinkedIn relating to social work ethics
· Read the online ethical standard NASW creates in your practice area and the technology standards
· Research topics in the Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics
· Use a search engine to explore ethical dilemmas in social work practices and journal about how you would have responded to share with your supervisor
· Research an ethical decision making process online and relate it to the agency or population served
· Evaluate your technology practices for ethical applications and guidelines in social media and communication usage.
Apply critical thinking to inform and communicate professional judgments.
· Review Bloom's Digital Taxonomy to integrate technology into problem solving
· Search for similar programs online to compare their research based strategies to your placement
· Using Google Images, identify visual models for assessment, prevention, intervention, and evaluation of your field population
· Search Ted for inspirational videos about agency or client interests
· Place communication with clients, community or other agencies on GoogleDocs for review by other social workers
· Video tape yourself addressing differences in practice, problem solving conflicts or working with difficult clients (give friends a script as to how you want them to behave)
Engage diversity and difference in practice.
· Interpret client data collected by agency against community data for any discrimination
· Identify three issues with diversity and culture you have had with client populations, then develop a survey on Surveymonkey.com explaining each issue
and asking for other professionals, within the organization, viewpoint
· Develop a list of links relevant to understanding cultures served by your organization
· Videotape different cultural segments at a protest to understand their point of view on the matter
· Identify microaggressions online and discuss how they may impact your client population.
Advance human rights and social and economic justice.
· Start a campaign on Causes.com or another charity site
· Cultivate an advocacy blog
· Join advocacy lists for your causes online
· Find your local and federal representatives online and write a letter in support or against legislation affecting a population of interest
· Make a viral video on a social or economic justice issue to post on YouTube
· Create a Facebook page or Pinterest for your issue
· Keep a political log of issues affecting your population online, share it on social media
Engage in research-informed practice and practice-informed research.
· Research charities on charitynavigator.org to see where your organization fits
· Find which EIPs your organization uses and how they research their programs, then use your school database to research alternative approaches to affect change
· Discover outcomes at your agency and compare with other agencies
· Pinpoint and review grant applications online for EIP needs
· View information on research through Storify or create your own Storify
Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment.
· Identify and assess websites which will empower your client population
· Generate a list of android and apple applications for use with your population
· Create a systems view of how the digital divide affects your population
· Design an online class for clients or staff at Rcampus or MyiCourse, offer the course at your agency or within the community
· Model a technology ecomap of a client system
· Develop a method to empower clients usage of technology to advance their problem solving and opportunity
Engage in policy practice to advance social and economic well-being and to deliver effective social work services.
· Identify appropriate grants and foundations online for use by your agency
· Find the advocacy group for your population and research policies the group works toward changing
· Host a twitter debate about policy relevant to your setting, market to appropriate stakeholders
· Recognize and create an agency policy on GoogleDocs and open it for feedback
Respond to contexts that shape practice.
· Analyze and compare rural and urban digital solutions to the social issue addressed, evaluate problems
· Videotape interviews with community stakeholders for upload to agency website
· Evaluate digital tools and technology systems at your agency, present to supervisor, director, or board
· Curate relevant technology changes applicable to your agency with Curata
Engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities
· Use a GoPro, with informed consent, to tape a segment of the day you are most engaged with your client population
· Complete technology assessments with clients
· Identify and intervene with appropriate technology in your client setting
· Develop a plan for efficiently using the agency's electronic records system
· Assess social media usage at your agency and create a social engagement strategy for your placement
Areas of Potential Digital Divide
age, sex, health, mental health, socioeconomic status, culture
Access and /or knowledge or digital tools (computer, tablet, smart phone), software, apps, game systems, digital footprint, technological innovations applicable to life skills
School, parenting, extracurricular activities, social media, health services, gaming
Caregivers/parents use of technology, social, economic or political systems, school digital integration, community resources integration of technology, electronic medical records, peers tech literacy, big data
Cultural, socioeconomic, political, spiritual, and sexual influence of attitudes/values toward technological resources and tools, laws or digital resource rules governing technological uses, business media, big data
Timing of introduction to digital tools, generational differences regarding introduction of technology, effects of crisis related to positive and negative technology impact, effects of the rapid progression of technological advances


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Russell McNeil, PhD (Experimental Space Science and Physics) Author of
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Selections Annotated and Explained
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On Misfortune, Death and Martyrdom V - The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius - Published Selections Explained, Med. VII.68
Meditation VII.68 – On Misfortune, Death and Martyrdom V - Translated by George Long and rewritten by Russell McNeil
Note: Meditation VII.68 is published in The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: Selections Annotated and Explained; McNeil. Russell, PhD, Skylight Paths, Ch. 8 ("The Practice of Stoicism – On Misfortune, Death and Martyrdom V), p. 207, 2007
Russell McNeil, PhD, is the author of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: Selections Annotated and Explained by Skylight Paths Publishing. The unpublished selections presented in this Blog are provided as supplemental material to the published selections which are annotated and explained in the book. The published selections are referenced in this Blog by page number and section.
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Well, we hate to say it but we are almost half way through our second month of summer here in South Western Ontario. We hope you have all had lots of opportunities to make and photograph many wonderful memories.
We are hosting a crop this coming Saturday, and would love for you to come out and join us... maybe get a few of those memories documented!
Here are the details of the crop........
Saturday August 17th, 9:00-5:00pm
|Salvation Army Church,
33 Diana Ave., Brantford, ON
The cost of the crop is ONLY $25+hst and includes lunch, cold beverages and a gift for each attendee!
Bring your supplies and get ready for a day of scrappy fun.
Our on-site store available for all your shopping needs!
We will also be offering a class.....
|Saturday August 17th, 2:00pm
|Salvation Army Church,
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Cost of the class is ONLY $10 + hst.
Basic tool kit required. Limited spaces available. Contact us to reserve your spot now!
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I wanted to share the rest of my projects I created with the Scraptastic November When Skies Are Grey kit. The add-on is sold out, but the main kit is still available.
Here is a card I created with the main kit:
The birds are from the October Blue Skies kit, that are misted with Clay Mister Huey's.
For all of my layouts this month with this kit, I used instagram photos. I didn't plan too, but I suppose I take so many photos that way now, it's bound to happen!
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The clothespin is from my stash and the enamel dots are from the October Blue Skies kit. If you didn't know, Jessica throws in an extra goody with the kit if you ordered a kit from the previous month. This month it was Mister Huey's in Taxi. I used it here to color my little alpha stickers in the title and I sprayed the patterned paper that my journaling was on.
I really loved the custom die cuts that were in this month's kit. The LOL bubble (which I colored with Mister Huey's taxi!) was perfect for this ticklish page;) I used a sketch from Heather which will be on the Scraptastic blog soon;)
The photo was taken at night, so just crappy inside lighting, with my phone and no flash...so it is super bad quality and grainy, but oh well...it tells the story;)
If I haven't said it before...I love the stamps Heather designed this month, especially that star;) You can purchase the stamp sets HERE and HERE.
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Louis K. Cheung DDS in Kirkland, Washington utilizes the most high-tech dental equipment available in order to provide our patients with the best possible services and procedures. Tools such as the Intra-Oral Camera, Anesthesia Wand, and Ultrasonic Scaler allow Dr. Cheung and the team to provide more accurate and advanced dental services. Find more information about our high-tech dental tools in the links below.
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At selected Star Alliance hubs, customers are being helped every day when transferring from one Star Alliance member airline to another.
The Connection Service springs into action if an incoming flight is delayed. Connection Service staff monitor the transfer window for passengers with an onward flight and flag any cases where a customer and any checked bags appear at risk of missing the connection.
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Grill On! Put the Sizzle in Your Steak This Summer
Truly, has anything changed when it comes to grilling and good times, hanging out at home? It reminds me of summers when I was a kid, growing up in Pasadena. My brother Lance's job was to stoke up the hibachi on the front porch, where it lived on a permanent, ever expanding grease spot. We grilled Spencer steaks from a stash my mom kept in the freezer, bought when they were on sale. A big watermelon got tucked into the ice cooler and we waited for the coals to turn red hot and ashen, and steak ready. I can still taste the delicious char on my steak, and feel the cool Bermuda grass on my bare feet, in the shade of the old camellia hedge.
When the weather gets hot, cooking outside with live fire beats turning on the oven. These days, you'll catch me barefoot in the back yard, chillin' with my friends and a cool cocktail in my hand. At home, I grill the old fashioned way on a baby Weber kettle grill with charcoal briquettes, matches and newspaper. This summer, put the sizzle in your steak with one of my all time favorite recipes – Grilled New York Steak with Zinfandel Chive Butter. This recipe is perfect for family dinners, summer parties and outdoor entertaining.
I find the New York cut more flavorful than tenderloin, and it grills really well. When you buy your steak, choose the one that's well marbled, meaning it has a lot of fat running through the meat. This adds flavor and helps it stand up, nice and juicy, to the heat from the grill. I season simply with salt and pepper. Make sure your grill is hot so you get a good sear on the meat. And for the sauce, I love the simplicity of making a compound butter. For this recipe, I use reduced wine and chives. Or get creative and flavor your butter with ingredients like savory spices, herbs, garlic, caramelized onions and cheeses like parmesan.
You need a few delicious side dishes that pair perfectly with grilled steak. Slice heirloom tomatoes, add chopped herbs and drizzle with vinaigrette to make an easy and delicious salad. Try corn on the cob – slide back the husk, pull the silk strands from the corn and pat the husk back in place around the cob. Pop it on the grill to cook. For the perfect ending, brush peach halves with honey and grill them too! Serve the warm fruit with vanilla ice cream for an incredible summer dessert.
Summer's Here! Kick off your shoes and get your grill on!
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I am currently a pre-doctoral fellow in political science with the Minority Politics Initiative at Michigan State University.
I am also a graduate student in political science and statistics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Broadly defined, my research interests include American politics, political behavior, race and ethnic politics, and quantitative methods. My work is supported by The John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.
In my research, I show that variation in local context impacts important political attitudes and behaviors. My research shows that the day to day encounters and interactions with people and features of the built environment affect how individuals think about themselves and the groups they are apart of. I use recent advances in machine learning and computer vision to measure micro-level features of the built environment. My work is published in Political Behavior, Political Research Quarterly, Research and Politics, Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics, and Aztlán.


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"Tea is the elixir of life." —Myoan Eisai, Kissa Yojoki (How to Stay Healthy by Drinking Tea) It was a frigid weekend morning. A low-hanging grey sky spat sleet out over London. I waited anxiously for my brother. He was running late, and I was concerned about the driving conditions.
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A pregnant woman two weeks away from her due date is not usually disappointed to hear her pregnancy is as healthy as could be. However, Haley Lindsey was hoping for different news.
A very good reason
No, she is not a horrible person, she had reasoning behind this logic. Her husband Brooks is in the military, and at the time, he was waiting in El Paso to deploy. Meanwhile, she was almost full-term in Jackson, Mississippi.
It is not uncommon for military men to miss the birth of their child, but that doesn't make it any easier on their wives. The Red Cross will grant men permission to come home for the birth of their child, but only if there are distress and complications with the pregnancy or labor.
Great news!
So, when her doctor called an hour after a routine prenatal appointment and said she had to be induced as soon as possible due to high blood pressure, she was actually happy. She was missing Brooks so badly, and this news meant he could come home for four days to be with her and meet his daughter.
Haley notified the Red Cross and they gave Brooks the green light to work his way home. Haley and Brooks were soon deflated when they figured out that due to conflicts with the flight schedules, there was a slim chance he would make it to the hospital in time. He still gave it a shot and scheduled the flights. Given the circumstances, Haley decided her mother-in-law and stepmom should be in the delivery room since he would probably miss it.
The journey began
Brooks left El Paso at 11 AM and landed in Dallas at 2:38 PM. Haley received a call from him as soon as he landed. He was eager to get a progress report. At this point, she was already 5 centimeters dilated. His flight was scheduled to take off in just over an hour. The couple knew that he would be cutting it close.
Come to find out, Brooks' flight was delayed to 5:45 PM and this was the best thing that could have happened in the given situation. At 5 PM, the doctor declared it was go-time!
In the moment
Brooks' mother Teresa knew how much it meant to her son and daughter-in-law to share the moment their daughter entered the world. She was secretly facetiming Brooks when the doctor told Haley to push. The doctor caught on quickly and encouraged Teresa to show him what was going on.
Brooks was able to comfort his wife by telling her everything was going to be okay, and that she was doing great. He gasped and winced periodically throughout the process. It truly seemed as if he were right there.
When it was time to board the plane that would take Brooks to his first child, he was torn. Should he miss the birth or miss the flight home? The doctor yelled "DO NOT LET HIM BOARD THE FLIGHT! SHE'S HERE! SHE'S HERE!" Luckily, the airport personnel listened to the doctor, and they allowed him to sit in the airport until she was all the way out.
Here is a video Haley posted on Facebook of Brooks watching the birth:
Here's the video of Brooks Lindsey watching Millie come into the world 💞
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Their daughter is born
At 5:23 PM, their daughter Millie was born very healthy, weighing 7 lbs 6 oz and measuring 21 inches long. The look on Brooks face was captured by a screenshot. People at the airport were cheering and congratulating him. They had been looking on in anticipation the whole time.
Here is a FaceTime snap of him during the birth:
Brooks finally arrived at the hospital at 7:20 PM. He held Millie and stared at her in awe. He kept repeating "Wow, I can't believe we just had a baby!" He never stopped smiling. They both knew the next four days were going to go way to fast.
Their story received over 20,000 shares on social media overnight. They had complete strangers sending flowers and gifts, thanking Brooks for his service and sacrifice. Numerous military wives and pregnant women reached out to Haley for support and advice.
Millie's birth story was beautiful and inspiring to say the least! It is not easy being a military family, but this family's story demonstrates the sacrifice a war hero and his family must make, and also reminds us to be grateful for every opportunity that comes our way.
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Wallenberg High School
40 Vega St, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
Wallenberg High School is another classic SF street skating spot. The first thing you'll notice is the giant 4-set, made famous by Mark Gonzales in the classic Blind Video Days video. The 4-set is so big, each one can be skated as an individual ledge. On the other side of the school, there are benches, tables, and ledges.
Since this is a school, it's obvious best to come on weekends or after hours. The school seems pretty tolerant of skaters hanging out when there are no school events going on, as long as no one leaves a mess.
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For some reason I never really got into Wallenberg. I'm not a great gap skater, and the ledges feel claustrophobic because of the angle you're forced to hit them at. I usually end up doing tricks on the super mellow "bank" to the right of the big four, or cranking out big slappies on the bottom step.


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By Gavin Head Social media outlets such as Facebook, Myspace, Linkedin, and Twitter are very popular among people of all demographics and ages. They allow for a real-time look into the daily lives of friends and family. The social media users range from elementary schoolers to grandmas wanting to keep in touch. This wide range of appeal has grown social media very quickly. For business owners, social media is almost a no-brainer marketing strategy but there are still many businesses that fail to recognize the importance of what a 'tweet' or "status update" or a Facebook Fan Page can do for their company, their brand, and their profits.
Consumers use the internet to reach out to companies whether it is for research or customer service matters. Companies maintaining websites are able to generate interest and sales from a virtual international marketplace. Marketing personnel work hard to ensure their website and their products are being prominently displayed in front of their target audience using many resources. Now, with the advent and popularity of social media sites, companies literally have front row tickets to their target marketplace.
Talk Directly
Social media sites encourage and enable real-time interaction between individuals. Companies taking advantage of this resource will find that they can get the exact message they want to deliver to their intended audience. They open the doors to associating directly with their customer base, where information that filters back can be invaluable. Feedback that results on social media can help a company understand what their customers are thinking, looking for, needing, and feeling. In turn, a company can provide necessary solutions as they are needed.
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Companies that are reaching out directly to their customers through social media, will likely be remembered and subsequently develop a following of potential customers based on friend referrals. It is a prime opportunity for businesses to reveal sale information, events, and even company news to the public. Social media tools also allow companies to follow current trends and get a first-hand look at what people are talking about. Depending on the nature of a business, it can be crucial to have this kind of knowledge over the competition. Now that there are agreements in place with Google and Bing to include your social media updates in search results, these updates can significantly increase the traffic to your blog, social media profile, and website, as well as increase the overall ranking of your web pages.
Network Directly
Another advantage of being an active participant in the social media world is the endless opportunities for your own business to connect with vendors, affiliates, and job seekers. With so many industries becoming involved in social media, companies may even take advantage of the learning opportunities to improve their business, using resources they never knew existed. Essentially, social media sites are breaking down many barriers and allowing B2B connections to thrive.
Creativity Is Empowering
One of the key elements of a good social media plan is consistency and another is creativity. The point of having direct access to your customers is to get them interested in your business, get them excited about your products or services, and get them to like you. Your plan to market on social media sites must be strong because it can be all too easy to get behind on tasks and eventually abandon your efforts altogether. Random quips and comedy may work from time to time, but you must go into social media with a plan if you want to be successful. You want to stay recognizable and reliable on all sites to keep the consumers interested and looking for more. The reliability of your company is essential because, especially now, consumers are going to buy from those whom they trust and like on some level. Your daily presence in their updates and news feeds can mean a lot, to both your customers and your bottom line.
Social media sites are relatively easy to set up and use, but it truly is the brains behind the words that will make a difference. Staying on top of social media updates and consistently delivering strong content is a full time job. For smaller businesses or solo entrepreneurs, this can be especially challenging. For this reason many companies are choosing to to get help from experts, while some are continuing to handle it in-house, with mixed results. With careful planning and dedication to this marketing avenue, results will definitely be seen in both the short and the long term if handled correctly from the start. Social media and business go together like bread and butter. For some companies, social media interaction may in fact become the proverbial 'bread and butter' of the company profits.
Gavin Head is a marketing professional and owner of 1st Position Marketing www.1stpositionmarketing.com. He specializes in marketing, branding and growing profitable small businesses through the power of smart marketing strategies and tactics- and uses social media daily.


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Why would we wait for someone to serve up to democracy that we aspire to? Does it matter which party wins? Haven't we learned from the lessons of history? Which Party once in power ever honoured its platform its commitment?
So how about building our own peoples democracy? A political system where all have a say. Where the people can choose the platforms and the candidates. Funding and donors all publicly displayed.
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With a steady hand and a tiny brush, each eye was lined, both top and bottom, in black, sometimes in "shiny black". The line would be extended from one quarter to one half an inch beyond the outer edge of the eye, for a more dramatic effect. Eyeshadow was then applied over the entire lid and right up to the brow line.
Sometimes, for added drama, another line was drawn along the crease of the eye (see twiggy, above). The lashes were curled, before applying several coats of mascara, and powder (usually baby powder) was dusted onto the wet lashes between each application. This added volume to the lashes. Eyebrows, already tweezed and plucked to achieve the desired "arch", were thickened and darkened with eyebrow pencil, usually several shades darker than the woman's hair color. It was not uncommon to see women with blonde hair having black lined eyes and black eyebrows. Eyelash curlers were also used, sometimes between applications of mascara, which made for very sticky business, indeed. By the mid 1960's false eyelashes were all the rage and one Cosmopolitan beauty article suggested curling and applying mascara to the natural lashes before applying the false lashes, for "double impact".
The mouth was played down with pearlized lipstick, in pale shades. Mary Quant began making transparent lipsticks which were eventually referred to as gloss. Edie Sedgwick had dramatic eyes, but she also used her eyebrow pencil for something else.


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TCA: Alec Baldwin Will Stay with '30 Rock'
Though the show itself hasn't been formally renewed, NBC's Bob Greenblatt said the actor "quietly re-upped" last fall.
Despite comments to the contrary, Alec Baldwin will remain with comedy 30 Rock.
NBC Entertianment Chairman Bob Greenblatt addressed the fate of the Emmy-winning actor, whose contract is up at the end of this season, following his Television Critics Association panel Friday. "We have Alec for next season," he told a scrum gathered on stage, revealing that NBC had "quietly re-upped" the actor this past fall.
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The show, which hasn't yet been formally renewed for a seventh season, will return to its Thursday night slot next week. Despite its historic struggles in the ratings, the long-running comedy has long been an awards magnet for the network.
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The 2013 vintage is just around the corner, and to celebrate we've created an exciting new competition with incredible prizes to give away.
Purchase either 1 dozen 2009 Shiraz or 1 dozen 2010 Cadenzia (GSM) online or from Yangarra Cellar Door between now and the 14th of April 2013. You will then go into the draw to win one of these great prizes:
1st Prize - A Weekend Away... in private, luxury vineyard accommodation in Clarendon, McLaren Vale, for up to four people. Includes breakfast and a bottle of Yangarra wine on arrival. Valued at over $1500.
2nd Prize - The Yangarra Experience... Enjoy a guided tour of the vineyards, barrel tastings in the winery, and a hosted tasting of the entire Yangarra range for up to four people, with each guest receiving a complimentary bottle from the Estate range and a Yangarra branded stemless Spiegelau wine glass to take home. Valued at over $300.
3rd Prize - A 3 litre bottle of Yangarra Estate... choose from a giant 3 litre bottle of either the 2007 Shiraz or 2007 Cadenzia GSM. Valued at $175.
Winners will be drawn live at the Estate, at the Vintage Sunday event on 14th April. Click here for details of this event. Winners must be registered as Yangarra members to be eligible to receive their prize. Click here to register.
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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 3 - Advanced)
Topic: Blue (10/08/09)
TITLE: Blue-Haired and Broken
By Brenda Shipman
She stood on tiptoe and peeked through the tiny window in the sanctuary door. It still looked the same after all these years, only smaller and not quite as magnificent as she remembered. She was late for the service, but that was a good thing - no chance for chatty polite conversation and probing questions.
The place was packed. She looked for an open seat, preferably the back row, and saw the only opening next to an old blue hair with a walker. Guess the lady hadn't gotten the memo that bluish rinse for gray hair had gone out years ago. Well, at least they'd have their hair in common, she thought, as she fingered the bold blue streaks running through her own hair.
She slipped in during the singing and sat down. Blue hair handed her a hymnal, smiled and said, "We're singing number twelve. Hi, my name is Emma."
"Yeah, hi. I'm Kara."
Emma lifted her own hymnal and picked back up with the singing. She glanced at the young woman beside her and noticed red stripes on Kara's arms - wounds. Emma stared at her own stripes – tiny white lines on each wrist, now healed and barely visible. Her thoughts jumped back to the day when her face was as young and smooth … and sad, as this young woman's.
It was the day she'd finally given up. When her soul was bruised and beaten and she'd made the decision to cut her own body and let the life slowly flow out. She remembered the anger when she woke up in the hospital to find white gauze wrapped around her wrists and the realization that she had not been successful. The cruel joke that had become her life would continue.
Then the hospital chaplain's visit – some young guy fresh out of seminary and annoyingly zealous. But his zeal had been tempered with gentleness when he approached her, like one picking up a fractured priceless vase. His compassion had eventually melted her heart enough to listen to a story. The story of Someone who had willingly allowed Himself to be cut and bruised - to bring light out of the darkness that had consumed her life.
It had taken time for the wounds on her wrists to heal, and an even longer time for the pain in her soul to fade. But God had done it, was continuing to do it… and even now her eyes flooded with the miracle of it all.
Kara saw the old woman staring at her arms, and she became angry. Who gives a rip what some stranger thought about her? Still, she pulled down the sleeves of her sweater. She looked again at the old woman and was startled to see her cloudy tear-filled eyes searching Kara's face. Something long dead stirred just the tiniest bit inside her heart. She looked out the windows next to the pew; maybe she should just leave.
The sermon droned on and the hymns rolled through the sanctuary like funeral dirges. Why had she come here today, anyway? Just because she'd attended VBS here as a kid didn't mean she belonged here. But she recalled how that whole VBS week of games and stories and songs had seemed written just for her. She remembered feeling like she was hearing a father calling his lost child's name in some dark untamed forest. Her name …
She hadn't heard the "voice" since that happy dreamlike week, though. She'd gone back home to the yelling and door-slamming and her mom's creepy friends. The memory of Someone calling her name had faded with time.
But strangely enough, she woke up this morning…and remembered…and something magnetic had drawn her back to this place.
Finally, the pastor closed in prayer and she grabbed her purse and started to step out into the aisle. But Emma reached out and pressed a folded piece of scrap paper into the palm of her hand. Kara opened it and read the sloppy scrawl of weak arthritic fingers:
"He was bruised for our iniquities; and by His stripes we are healed." Isaiah 53:5
The old blue-haired woman cupped her gnarly hands around Kara's face and said,
"You're not the only one with scars, honey. I've got soup in the Crockpot at home. Would you like to come over for lunch?"
And through the marvelous sound of something breaking inside of her, the young blue-haired woman amazed herself by saying yes.
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Health & Medicine
He lost 400 pounds; now Richmond man inspires others to reach their goals
RICHMOND — When Jon Rawlins shuffled into First Step Fitness a week and a half ago, Neil Burns flashed back to what his own life was once like.
Rawlins, 26, uses a walker to get around.
Friends call and ask about getting together, but he turns them down; he's exhausted after taking a shower and getting ready to go out.
"Since about 2009, I've been basically a hermit," he said.
Rawlins weighs 686 pounds, and that's why he sought help from Burns, who once weighed 680 pounds.
It was about three years ago that Burns stepped onto a scale and decided he had to make some changes. Burns has since lost 400 pounds.
The 6-foot-4 man who once had to rest for 20 minutes after just two minutes of pedaling a recumbent bike now plans to run a 5K. He also has become a personal trainer.
Burns made such progress through sheer determination, a gym membership and a plan to cut calories and eat better. Now, he is trying to use his experience to help Rawlins and anyone else who wants his help.
"It was like looking into a mirror three years ago," Burns said of his first meeting with Rawlins.
Rawlins is among Burns' 33 clients with long weight-loss journeys ahead. Several of Burns' clients have much more than 100 pounds to lose.
For Butch and Janie Kirby, the weight complicates their diabetes management. For Jared Webb, it means he gets worn out just carrying in the groceries. Theresa Anderson's weight, combined with arthritis, put her in a wheelchair.
Burns, 45, says his clients find in him someone who knows their struggle. He once had to drive around the gym parking lot, waiting for the spot closest to the door to open so that he would have enough energy to get inside.
Burns now weighs 275 pounds and has bulked up his muscles through daily weight-lifting sessions.
"I've been through it," he said. "They don't feel embarrassed or pressured."
Burns is not certified as a trainer, but he said he does have insurance.
He charges $30 a person for each training session, or $20 a person if two or more people participate.
In addition to individual training sessions, he leads multiple group Beastmode classes each week. That's Burns' own brand of cardiovascular exercise, set to music.
The hardest workers go home with a heavyweight belt and an oversize sheriff's badge. Winners have been known to taunt their exercise partners on Facebook.
It's "a bragging-rights type thing," Burns said.
And everybody gets a nickname.
Rawlins, who is 6 feet tall, was always big, but he was athletic. He loved playing pickup basketball with friends.
"I had a social life," he said.
By the time Rawlins, who is from Irvine, graduated from high school in 2005, he weighed 500 pounds.
He attended Bluegrass Community and Technical College in hopes of becoming a radiologist.
But then he hurt his back, and a series of setbacks ensued that caused his weight to balloon.
"It just kept getting worse and worse 'til I couldn't sit," he said of the back pain.
There also were knee problems that stemmed from a leg that has been crooked for as long as he can remember.
Rawlins left school after three semesters and began staying home with his mother, who was ill at the time.
"I didn't leave the house," he said. "I would go two or three weeks without ever walking outside."
The pounds continued to accumulate.
Rawlins spent months in hospitals and nursing homes last year after knee surgery complications developed that almost caused him to lose his leg.
"I was bedridden for about 95 days," he said.
One day, a therapist at the Irvine nursing home where he last stayed brought in a newspaper article about Burns.
"I read it and thought it was amazing," Rawlins said.
He began talking to his parents about finding a way to work with Burns.
On Jan. 19, the day he left the nursing home to move back home, Rawlins said, his parents picked him up from the nursing home and drove him straight to First Step Fitness, 2187 Lexington Road, suite 17, in Richmond.
He and Burns talked for hours. Rawlins and his parents returned last Saturday.
Rawlins' father, Kenny Rawlins, waited in the lobby at the gym as his son did a group workout while sitting on a bench, a five-pound weight in each hand.
"Go, Transformer," Burns cheered, invoking Rawlins' new nickname as members of the group lifted their arms and twisted their torsos to Raise the Roof. "Keep going! Keep going!"
"I'm hoping he can get the weight down," Kenny Rawlins said. "He wants to lose the weight."
He said that when the family goes out to eat, they eat in the car. "It's miserable," he said.
Jon Rawlins said he's cutting his caloric intake and has ditched diet sodas in favor of flavored water. He's started to track what he eats in a food journal.
After just a week of eating better and exercising, he said can tell a difference already.
His arms are sore after a workout.
"I feel my stomach's gone down a little bit," he said.
Looking across the room at Burns, Rawlins said, "I want to lose as much as he did."
But he'd be happy just to lose the walker he uses to get around most of the time.
"I'd love to be able to lose enough to take some pressure off my leg," he said.
"I'd love to walk around the house with a cane."
'Butch Cassidy' and 'Speedy'
Butch and Janie Kirby have been married nearly 37 years, which Butch Kirby says is how long he's been on his weight-gaining journey.
Both of them have a sweet tooth, and over the years the pounds crept up gradually.
Butch Kirby, 58, is a retired fire-prevention educator with the Madison County Fire Department. He weighed 456 pounds when, at the encouragement of his family, he decided to begin working out at the start of this year.
Janie, 56, works in the accounting department at the local hospital and had gotten up to 215.
Both have developed diabetes.
The couple went to Burns to lose weight together. They have been doing Beastmode three nights a week and working out with Burns three other nights.
"It's a lot of fun," Butch Kirby, or "Butch Cassidy," as Burns calls him, said of the Beastmode workouts.
For now, he sits on a bench at the back of the room, energetically moving his arms and legs to the music during the group sessions.
He's down 31 pounds after his first three weeks of exercising, and he's able to walk nearly half a mile on a treadmill.
Janie Kirby, aka "Speedy" thanks to Burns, is burning up the carpet.
Last Saturday, she took home the giant foil sheriff's badge and heavyweight belt after a Beastmode workout in which Burns had promised to reward whoever could beat him in burning the most calories. Speedy burned 1,215 calories compared to Burns' 1,176.
Janie Kirby's biggest motivation: getting off the insulin shot she takes each night.
She'd also like to drop about 50 pounds.
"I just need to get back healthy again," she said.
Jared Webb, 43, said the pounds began to creep up on him when he switched to a more sedentary job as a water company field supervisor. He also really likes cheese.
"I put cheese on cheese," he joked.
Webb says he loves mayonnaise and Mountain Dew and Ale 8 — enough to drink a case a day. And, to make matters worse, "My wife's an excellent cook," he said.
Webb, who got the nickname "Duke" from his father when he was a boy, has known Burns since he was in fifth grade and Burns was in sixth.
He said he turned to Burns for weight-loss assistance when he realized his health was endangered by the 437 pounds he was carrying.
"It got to the point where I started feeling bad," Webb said. "I need to take care of my wife."
Webb is trying to change his bad habits. For example, he has cut his soda intake to three Mountain Dews and one Sprite a day. He has replaced sliced bread with pita pockets, eliminated cheese and mayo from his diet, and is reading the calorie counts on his breakfast burritos.
It's not easy.
"I miss pizza and cheeseburgers," Webb said recently. But he lost seven pounds his first week and 11 the next.
"I feel better than I did, but I've got a long way to go," Webb said. "I just pray that I stay in it."
Theresa Anderson said her weight began to balloon after she had children.
"I let myself go," she said.
Then came debilitating arthritis in her hips and troublesome sleep apnea.
For years, Anderson said, her routine was pretty much the same.
"I'd get up, come down the steps, sit in one spot just about all day," she said. "All this weight was just keeping me down."
Anderson said that at 330 pounds, everyday tasks such as cleaning and shopping were difficult.
Last year, she heard about Burns.
"I thought, 'The same things he's going through, I'm going through,'" she said.
When she finally visited the gym to meet him in November, she came in a wheelchair.
In addition to exercising at home, she started attending Beastmode classes three times a week and doing workouts with Burns on Mondays and Wednesdays.
At first, she was always seated. Now, Anderson has progressed to standing for some of the Beastmode workouts.
She has replaced her wheelchair with canes, which she's been known to throw to the floor in a show of determination.
By the end of summer, Anderson wants to be rid of the canes.
"She works so hard," Burns said of the woman he calls Taz.
She has lost 63 pounds in two months and hopes to lose 100.
"I'm beginning to feel a lot better," Anderson said.
Her self-confidence has soared.
"I always was shy about going to a gym. I was afraid everybody was going to look at me," she said. "You know what? I think I've got enough confidence now to walk into any gym I want to."
She already has tested that.
Recently, she began going to the pool at the YMCA for exercises to help her arthritis. The first few times, she said, staff members strapped her to a lift and lowered her into the pool.
Anderson wasn't satisfied.
"I said, 'I'm going to walk down these steps.'"
And she did.
"I'm going to be all right," Anderson said. "I'm going to climb this mountain."
We're a month into 2013, so tell us how you're doing with your New Year's resolutions. Was your goal was to quit smoking, lose weight, save more money or a personal goal unique to you? Are you keeping your promises? And if you are, what's keeping you motivated? We want to hear from you. Contact Herald-Leader reporter Karla Ward at email@example.com.
Editor's note: This is the first part of a series that will follow people's efforts to stick with their 2013 goals or New Year's resolutions. The stories will run throughout the year.