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Prelimenary schedule WSE 2017
Some details are emerging for Warpstock Europe 2017. The following is a rough schedule for the weekend:
Friday evening (May 19), social event
For the first time in years a social event is planned: a tour through the city of Rotterdam with a historic tram. Leaving at 19:00 from tramstop Beurs and returns around 20:30 to the same location.
It depends on the number of participants whether this tour will take place. We need a miminum number of passengers to cover the cost but we haven't set a price yet.
Saturday (May 20)
First day of the conference; registration opens at 9:00, presentations should start at 10:00 with lunch and tea breaks. Ends between 17:00 and 18:00.
Sunday (May 21)
Second day; starts around 10:00, finishes at 15:00 so people should be able to catch their trains / airplane going home.
Note: in contrast to previous Warpstocks no lunch will be included in the conference fee. There are several places where you can have lunch in the vicinity of the library, including a bistro right in the library.
Announcing Warpstock Europe 2017
Warpstock Europe 2017 will be held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on Saturday May 20 and Sunday May 21. Hosted again by the OS/2 VOICE foundation, they choose the central library of Rotterdam (link is in Dutch) because of the great location, ease of access and good facilities.
In addition, there are plans for a social event on the day/evening before the conference. More details will follow.


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The benefits of using SMS
- SMS is Personal. It goes straight to the recipient's mobile phone. The message is literally delivered directly into their hand.
- Real-time two-way SMS communication. Receive replies to your bulk SMS messages.
- An SMS message can reach a customer wherever they are.
- You can get your message out efficiently to the required group.
- You can send individual messages or group messages.
- If the cellphone is off or out of signal range, the message will arrive at the recipients phone if it is switched on or receives signal within 48 hours of sending.
- SMS can be stored for use at a later stage.
- SMS can be forwarded.
- SMS can be easily tracked using the delivery reports. You are able to see which messages were delivered to which mobile numbers.
- SMS messages can be scheduled to go out at a certain date and time.
- Your message gets across in 160 characters or less. Short and sweet.
- You can send bulk SMS messages from your computer.
- Reliable delivery to over 800 networks in more than 200 countries.
Benefits of SMS vs Phoning:
- Cheaper than a phone call
- Takes less time to send a message than it does to make a phone call.
- Benefits of SMS vs Emailing/Online:
- Email/computer is not always readily available.
- A client/customer will almost always have their cellphone on them. The chances the recipient receiving and reading the message is very high.
- People are more likely to receive and read an SMS than an email.
- More people have access to a cellphone than they do the internet.
- Cellphones do not have a spam box. Many emails are "lost" because of the junk mail filter.
Benefits of SMS vs Fax:
- Fax machines are not portable.
- Often times an office has one fax machine servicing an entire office.
- Faxes are not "personal". Anyone can walk past, pick it up and read it.
- SMS is cheaper than sending a fax.
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Orders of the court, including orders for child custody, child support, alimony, equitable distribution, and specific performance, as well as agreements incorporated into orders (such as a separation agreement incorporated into the final divorce decree of the parties involved), are enforced through the contempt powers of the court system. The injured party must file suit against the non-complying party in the form of a "contempt" or "show cause" motion.
To begin a contempt action, the injured party will typically file a motion with a court laying out the details of the contempt by the non-complying part and then schedule the matter for hearing. The party alleging the contempt has the burden of proof to show that the other party is indeed in willful contempt of the court order.
Alternatively, the moving party may file what is known as a motion to "show cause," which basically lays out the moving party's position and asks that a judge issue an order requiring the other party to "show cause" as to why he or she is in contempt at a hearing. Essentially, with a show cause action, the burden of proof regarding the contempt shifts from the moving party having to proof contempt to the non-moving party having to proof that he or she is not in willful contempt.
If the non-complying party is found to be in willful violation of the order, he or she will likely be held in contempt and the judge will attempt to force compliance or administer an appropriate punishment, which include a number of possibilities, including: attorney's fees, making the innocent party whole (for example, by allowing a parent who was denied court ordered parenting time to make up that time moving forward), or jail.
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Specific performance is an equitable remedy and may be ordered by a court when no other remedy, such as monetary damages, will adequately reimburse the other party. A specific performance ruling essentially orders the non-compliant party to adhere to the specific terms of the contract. If a party continues to not comply after being ordered to specifically perform, a civil or criminal contempt action may be brought against the non-complying party, which if granted, may result in jail time. Specific performance is typically used as a remedy for enforcing provisions regarding unique items, such as pieces of land or heirloom jewelry, for which monetary damages may not make the injured party whole.
Monetary damages may also be awarded as a result of a breach of contract claim. In awarding damages, the goal of the court is to put the injured party back into the same position as he or she would have been if the non-complying did not breach the contract.
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You are watching a waterhole named "Pete's Pond". Many different types of wildlife come to Pete's Pond including elephant, impala, lions, warthogs, eland and baboons to name a few. Pete's Pond is located in the Mashatu Game Reserve in Botswana, Africa. This is a live video camera with sound. At night floodlights will come on automatically. For more information about this camera please check out wildearth.tv


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Thursday, 22 October 2009
There's a piece in today's Repubblica about a holocaust denier. These people aren't really worth the effort it takes to denounce them (and if you're in the UK this evening, just don't watch Nick Griffin on Question Time - he isn't interesting or 'thought-provoking' and I guarantee he won't be trounced sufficiently to make the programme fun. Trust me on this). But this particular half-wit is interesting on two counts. The first is that he's employed by Europe's largest university, La Sapienza in Rome, where he teaches philosophy of law in a European Studies degree course. He's a researcher (at 59 years of age - this is, unfortunately, not uncommon in Italy's geriatric academe), although he claims to be a professor: this may reflect a more general problem he has with the truth. The second is that he's the provincial coordinator of the Forza Italia clubs in Seminara (Reggio Calabria) and the founder of one of these clubs in 2003. I can understand - just - why a university, on the grounds of guaranteeing intellectual freedom, might allow this kind of nonsense to be taught, although it's pretty tough on any student who might have to sit an exam with the man. But it's inconceivable to me that such a person should be allowed an administrative role in a political party that isn't, itself, committed to anti-Semitic revisionism. Does Berlusconi know about this? Or is he too busy selecting candidates for the regional elections in Putin's bed?
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The Friday Poll question at Radio Sales Café last week was: "What is the most meaningful or memorable spiff you've ever received as a salesperson? What did you do to earn it?"
The question brought back vivid memories of a formative period in my professional life, and I felt compelled to take time to answer the question in some detail. Here is my reply:
Hands-down, the most meaningful and memorable spiff I ever received took place over three decades ago.
It was sometime during the autumn of 1976. Around the conference table where we held our weekly sales meetings sat all the salespeople, general manager Len, owner Jerry, and sales trainer Jim Williams, with whom we'd just completed an intensive day or two of training.
Jim turned to Jerry and said, "Did you bring it?" Jerry nodded, reached into a pocket, pulled out an envelope and extracted from it a $1000 bill. Jim asked him to pass it to the person next to him, and so forth, stressing that each individual at the table should spend a few moments handling (he may have said "fondling") the unusual bill. I'd never seen one before, and I'm sure there was a silly smile on my face as I examined the bill with President Grover Cleveland's image on it.
Amidst the ooohs and ahhhs, Jim said: "Sell one 'standard month' in the next 60 days and this is yours."
I no longer recall whether a standard month was $5000 or $10,000 run within a 30-day period by a single client. (Do any other RSC members familiar with Williams remember which it was?) But in either case, that kind of sale to a single client represented a ton of money for a station in a town of 26,000 back in 1976. It had never been done before at our stations.
At the time, I was calling on the local Pamida/Gibson discount store and had them on the air using primarily coop dollars. My practice was to call the coop manager at their headquarters in Omaha to find out if they had funds for, say, Black & Decker, Hamilton Beach, West Bend, Skil tools, and so forth. I had learned that many, perhaps most of the stores in the chain were not using the radio coop dollars they'd accrued, so if I went "overboard" on occasion, the funds were typically there to cover the local store's excesses.
Since the holiday season was approaching and most radio coop funds expired at the end of the calendar year, I seized upon what seemed a natural opportunity. I went to the local manager with an ambitious proposal for the months of November and December, easily equal to two of Williams' "standard months." He agreed to sign the proposal on the condition that I secure home office approval for the excessive coop funds. I called my contact at headquarters in Omaha, he said the funds were available. (He also asked me to "go easy." I failed to ask him what that meant.)
So, Gibson's became by far and away the dominant advertiser on the stations those two months, filling the airwaves with exciting reminders to buy electric drills and jigsaws, blenders and crock pots, and all manner of name-brand gifts for Christmas...and I earned two spiffs, one for each of the "standard months." The combination of those spiffs, my regular commission, and a nice tax refund the following spring, enabled me to make the down payment on my first house in April 1977. We moved in just a few days before the birth of our second child.
I wish I could say that the experience was 100% positive, but in truth it was not. My expectation, based on the words that came out of Jim Williams' mouth and seemingly confirmed by my employer, was that the bonus would be a $1000 bill, just like the one we passed around the room. When the time came though, I was paid by check...with the standard withholding and SS deductions taken from the amount of the bonus. As much as I hate to admit it, this was something of a letdown. (Yes, I realize this sounds like niggling.) I'd understood the bonus to be that $1000 bill we passed around; that's what I was expecting!
Now, under the circumstances I didn't complain, of course. In fact, until this moment, only my dear wife has been aware of my disappointment. But I mention it now only because it taught me a valuable lesson about the importance of fulfilling the implicit terms of an agreement, and striving to meet (if not exceed) the legitimate expectations of others grounded in a commitment I've made to them.
So, I am grateful both for the bonus and for the lessons that came with it. And there it is...meaningful and memorable, thirty-three years later!


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On April 7, 2015, the American Marketing Association took a shot at data-driven marketing. We all know the era in which live (big data anyone?), but are not always sure of the best path toward marketing Nirvana. The AMA turned the mike over to Robert Mattson and Svetla Yankova both from Telerik.
The underlying theme was the need to focus on creating a prospect stream based on value, not simply volume.
Mr. Mattson started his presentation with a picture of Times Square on New Year's Eve. He presented an interesting scenario – he likened the CEO's perspective of what marketers do to the expensive fireworks going off; he further likened what our bosses think marketing does to one of the expensive digital ad signs gracing the square. However, the truth is we are one of the million people in attendance. We are tasked with identifying the right people to hand out our leaflets too. Bear in mind we could distribute our message to many people, but the question remains would they even care about who we are?
Let's face it: we are in a world of diminishing returns. The average global click-through rate for paid search is only 2%; only 42% of those who register for a webinar actually attend; and the average direct mail or print advertising close rate is only 1.7%. If you are in positions 6 – 10 on a search engine you can expect a 3.73% response rate. Noise is all around us, with only a fraction actually coming from our direct competitors.
Can we become more efficient in our prospecting? The funnel below is typical for most marketers. Our focus traditionally has been on generating volume at the top end. But the presenters asked us to question that rationale.
Two concepts were embraced. First, let's look at Technological Determinism. Think Apple releasing the iPad. The sheer market muscle of Apple and the cult of Steve Jobs combined to create a market need for the iPad. In contrast, take the approach known as the Social Construction of Technology – a bottom-up approach where the market need bubbles up to the level where an organization can run with it. These concepts coincide with the shift from the production era to the sales era and to the current customer era. Our customers and prospects are empowered with information, and it is our job to deliver on the promise of the right product at the right time.
In this current era, we, as marketers, have ramped up our ability to communicate our message across multiple channels, yet we have not fully mastered the ability to personally communicate our message to customers and prospects of value.
The key to unlocking the vault lies within a critical evaluation of the data we currently use. Historically we have done well with the X and Y axes in the graph below, but we have shied away from the Z axis of effectively assigning value to our efforts. We have shied away because the process of assigning value is not easy. A multi-channel approach combined with a non-linear customer journey increases the difficulty of the process even more.
Where can we find those data points that will help us generate "value"? Asking questions is the first step. We should be asking questions such as:
- How do we define a customer of value?
- Where do we find them?
- What are our success metrics?
- How do we approach the customer experience?
We also need to shift our thinking to a longer-term perspective, but taken in short-term steps. This will require marketers to move beyond instant gratification into a realm that incorporates data from sales, finance and customer lifetime value measures, in addition to click-through rates. The graphic below highlights the movement from response-based decision making, typical of many marketing departments, to a profitability-based model. This latter stage incorporates costs from departments outside of sales, such as customer service and account management. Costs from these downstream departments add to the ultimate cost to acquire and retain a customer.
Key takeaways – we need to encourage our marketing brethren to think longer-term. We can temper this change by offering short-term success metrics. Moving toward data-driven marketing will require input, and perhaps input from organizational departments that we may or may not be friendly with. Regardless, if we can move in the direction of decisions based on profitability we can lead our organizations to market mastery.
Greg Timpany directs the research efforts for Global Knowledge in Cary, North Carolina, and runs Anova Market Research. You can follow him on Twitter @DataDudeGreg.


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In recognizing one's weakness, God's strength can be found, pope says
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Christians who acknowledge their own weakness and limitations will find the saving power of God's strength, Pope Francis said.
However, recognizing one's own vulnerability is "one of the most difficult things in life," and those who fail to accept that truth about themselves set off on a path of deceit and hypocrisy, the pope said June 16 in his homily during Mass at Domus Sanctae Marthae.
"The path toward vanity, arrogance," he said, is "the self-referentiality of those who think they are not clay; they look for salvation, fullness, in themselves."
The pope's homily focused on day's first reading from St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians (4:7-15), in which he preaches that Christians carry the treasure of God's glory "in earthen vessels so that the surpassing power may be of God and not from us."
Paul's comparison of human frailty to clay jars, the pope said, symbolizes the weakness and vulnerability that Christians are often tempted to "put makeup on it so that it isn't seen or to disguise it."
"Disguises are always shameful. They are hypocritical," the pope said. "The temptation is always the same: to cover, disguise, to not believe that we are clay."
Pope Francis said that instead of hiding their weaknesses, Christians are called to embrace them no matter how shameful or "difficult" it may be.
"Shame is what widens the heart so that the power of God, the strength of God, can enter. The shame of being made of clay and not a jar of silver or gold," the pope said. "If we arrive at this point, we will be happy. We will be very happy."
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This link is a great way to find specific articles and theories on Leadership and Management written by major authors throughout history. The site is easy to navigate by specific topic and will allow you to locate prime content quickly.
Author, speaker, and executive coach, Bob Vanourek is one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business. He is an expert on business turn around, having guided several companies from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Bob is an exceptionally strong speaker because he has worked in the most challenging situations and built winning cultures in each one. Bob co-authored Triple Crown Leadership: Building Excellent, Ethical, and Enduring Organizations with his son Gregg. The book was the International Book Awards Winner. Bob will show your organization how to make huge leaps in productivity by creating an engaged culture.
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Bob Whipple has been a strong member of the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce, and its former identity "Rochester Business Alliance" since 2002. He is also a member of the Small Business Council.
Bob has taught a highly-rated "Leadership for Managers" course at the Chamber for the past 14 years. The course spans five weeks and runs three times a year.
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Robert Whipple is a member of the National Speakers Association (NSA) and a long-time member of the New York Chapter of NSA (which is the fastest growing chapter in the world). Whipple speaks on several different leadership topics in Keynotes, seminars, and adult training venues. He is listed on the NSA-related eSpeaker website as a motivational speaker on the topic of leadership and trust.
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For $86,000, you can buy a real three-bedroom house, or playhouse for your children. Yes, we are talking about extravagant two-floor mini home designed to suit slightly younger tenants, after being unveiled as Britain's most expensive Wendy house.
The 12ft by 10ft Wendy house has everything like real house: a reception, kitchen and bedroom and even garage. Unlike other playhouses that we've already reported (Liliput Play Homes and Daniel Wood Land playhouses), Wendy playhouses features electricity and running water and they can even be adapted to include underfloor heating. This luxury playhouses are aimed at the families of footballers and investment bankers.
Nick Marlow, 38, who construct them at Surrey-based Rainbow Play Systems, says he has a number of clients lined up to buy one. He added: These are the very best money can buy – the most expensive on the market. The only limiting factors are your imagination and your wallet. The house is for people with disposable income who can afford it. It's fun to see parents sit back and say "Wow, I've never seen anything like this before". They love them as much as the kids!
When children outgrow this playhouse, the space can be converted into a wine cellar or a storage house even, or fully integrated into the garden. [Rainbow Play Systems]


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"Sidesplittingly and outrageously funny... a nonstop hour of pure, delirious fun mixing comedy with magic and scoring 10 out of 10 for both"
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Having smashed all box office records in 2018, Piff the Magic Dragon has extended his residency throughout 2019 at the iconic Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
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(Originally created 1996 as "Voices of Turkish Cyprus")
This site provides oral histories from the island of Cyprus, in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The site began in 1996 with personal stories from Turkish Cypriots lilving in the north of Cyprus, who lived through "the troubles" on Cyprus between 1963 and 1974. Oral histories were collected in 1996 by students at Eastern Mediterranean University in Famagusta.
The site was expanded with the addition of personal stories from Greek Cypriots in 2010. The Oral histories were collected by students at the University of Cyprus in Nicosia.
In addition to these collected personal stories, the site provides some a link to contemporary scholarly discussions of Cyprus history and the conflict. These histories focus on the circumstances leading to the division of the island between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities, and the possibilities for peace and reunification.
The information in this site is intended to help visitors better understand the perspective of Cypriots in what has come to be known in the international community as "the Cyprus Issue." Cyprus today is a divided island; the world community officially recognizes the entire island as the Republic of Cyprus. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is recognized only by Turkey and is referred to as "the pseudo-state" or "occupied territory" by many Greek Cypriots. Some Turkish Cypriots refer to the south as the "so-called Republic of Cyprus," arguing that power sharing agreements fell apart in the early 1960s and the RoC has no administrative control of the north.
When this site was launched in 1996, graphics were kept to a minimum and photos were reproduced in black and white to provide faster access for visitors from parts of the world with limited telecommunications infrastructure.
The original site title, "Voices from Turkish Cyprus," was changed in 2008 to "Voices of Turkish Cypriots" and "Cypriot Voices" in 2010 with an eye to the reconcilliation efforts between the island's communities.
For a look into the culture and the oral histories of Greek Cypriots, see Nicos Philippou's Off the Map (2005 Intercollege Press, Nicosia) and Coffee House Embellishments (2007 University of Nicosia Press).
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Hello everyone! Happy Sunday! It's been a hectic week around here so I have not had a chance to pop on and share anything.
Well, here is another recent page I completed using the October Main kit from Hip Kit Club. Love these kits! They are full of so much goodness!!
I cannot, however, take credit for this design. I saw the layout below from Lynette Jacobs and was blown away by it. I decided to scraplift it with my simpler style.
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Holiday gites with pool for rental Dordogne - AD000161_C
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There are plenty of holiday gites in Lot to choose from, some rural and some in more urban settings. The principle city of Lot is Cahors, surrounded by vineyards producing the region's rich red wine and adorned with the impressively turreted 'Pont Valentre' that dates from the 14th century - it is well worth a visit. The most famous tourist destination in Lot however, is undoubtedly Rocamadour. The village clings to a steep rock face and is an important religious site attracting pilgrims seeking to honour the Virgin Mary, some of whom still ascend the many stone steps to the sacred site on their knees.


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Saturday, February 2, 2008
Spiral Galaxy Generation in Ruby
The logarithmic spiral form often appears in nature. It is seen in nautilus shells, hurricanes, spiral galaxies, and plants. A simple Ruby program can be used to generate this pattern, and the results can be displayed with the GNU statistics package R. My Ruby code is available here.
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Here's hoping your having a great day whatever you're doing....
Hugs................... Jodie..... :)
Here's hoping your having a great day whatever you're doing....
Hugs................... Jodie..... :)
Hope it worked out! Its so great to see all this harvest/preserving. Its leaving me ready & hopeful for our upcoming summer. If I can find some decent sources this summer then hopefully the husband and I can try to do some canning/jamming. We'll see...I've got my fingers crossed that the april-july farmer's market 45 minutes away will turn out to be just what I've been looking for finally!ReplyDelete
Your such a wonderful cook Jodie preserving all that homegrown goodness. I dont think I could do all that. I hope your new brew turns out just the way you want it too.ReplyDelete
That all looks so productive and I'll bet it tastes great !ReplyDelete
You are a machine! Looks fantastic :-)ReplyDelete
How did you go - I was a cooking mad women today while Baden slept. Quiche, cake and biscuits - only to go and WAKE him up and he was already awake and had painted his room in S%*^ you could imagine how happy I was:(ReplyDelete
Gosh, you have been busy! I'd have long since run out of jars.ReplyDelete
Well done and good luck. You inspire me to make better use of my produce for which I am thankful.ReplyDelete
Jodie I reckon you need to publish your own cook book with all your scrummie garden goodness recipe's. Jo xReplyDelete
Lots of hard work now but you will be glad in the months to come. You will be able to revel in your summer bounty year round!ReplyDelete
By golly chickee!!!!! Thats a whole lotta preserving :DReplyDelete
I second that motion- make a preserving cookbook so we can all learn from your talents! And a gardening one too while you're at it! LOL. xo m.ReplyDelete
well done for "preserving" a bit of our womanhood too - it is such a lost art. Will be looking to you for advice when we get relocated to Victoria with our large veg patch.
What a well stocked pantry you are going to have Jodie! It all sounds delicious.ReplyDelete
Looks like you had the start of a very productive day. Hope you managed to get it all finished.
Look great so far......
Hilarious, almost the post i just did, i am doing a veru similar pickle, have 30 or 40 jars so far and came home from Harvest thanks yesterday with 4 more boxes of z and c's!! I love my bread and butter pickles! Interested to know your favorite juice mix, promise I wont be competing!!ReplyDelete
You are awesome. A machine.ReplyDelete
I had big plans of sharing a late Winter garden update with you all this post, full of beautiful pictures of Wintry produce such as peas (...


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This is my comment on "the meaning of the blood of Jesus Christ to me:"
1. With the "blood of Jesus," the Testament for salvation of God to me is fulfilled. I read in the book of Hebrews, "For where a testament, it is of necessity that the testator must die." The death of our Lord on the cross, therefore, fulfilled that testament.
2. In the several books of the Old Testament, God had made testaments. I can feel that all testaments end in the salvation of the believers. The "blood of Jesus" therefore fulfilled those testaments.
3. After all, the ultimate purpose of God in the creation of men who were, before, created in His image was to have eternal companions. But Adam and Eve shattered this "image" by eating the forbidden fruits. God, therefore, had to "repair" whatever man had destroyed.
4. These are the testaments of God -- all geared towards the "repair" or salvation of the souls.
5. God is a Spirit. In order therefore to fulfill His testament, He had to manifest Himself in the flesh. This is where we find our Lord saying, "I and my Father are one." Thus, the death of our Lord Jesus fulfilled the testament of the Father -- the one and only God according to Paul in 1 Cor. 8:6(a).
6. In the testament, I read in the book of Ezekiel that God promised Himself to be the inheritance to the beneficiaries. Once the fulfillment of the testament, it was time to give the inheritance.
7. Our Lord Jesus told His disciples that upon His death, they would receive the Holy Spirit. This was fulfilled at Pentecost. I can clearly see that the Holy Spirit received by the Disciples is the inheritance promised by God Who is no other than Himself. This is confirmed when Paul said, 2 Cor 6:16 "...for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people."
8. All these events culminated at the "shedding of the blood of Jesus Christ on the cross." That to me is the meaning of the blood of Jesus. I believe I received the inheritance (Holy Spirit), for I can understand these things. He is the Teacher and the Comforter. I feel His presence.
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SAN ANTONIO - The San Antonio retail market experienced a strong first quarter. San Antonio's stable economy and growing population continue to support demand for retail space.
Over the past twelve months, the San Antonio metro area added nearly 32,000 jobs for an annual growth rate of 3.4 percent, according to the Texas Workforce Commission.
The 260,000-sf Phase V expansion at The Rim coupled with the completion of the 40,000-sf LA Fitness at The Vineyard accounted for the totality of 300,000 sf of new supply delivered to the market.
These additions also accounted for 60 percent of the total 488,934 sf of positive net absorption experienced.
The local retail market continues to make gains while developers remain steadfast in their efforts to lock in tenants before moving forward with too much construction.
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It is 11:30 (p.m.) on a Saturday night, and I'm thinking about teaching. I'm thinking about how last week was more downs than ups, but the ups helped me rationalize that maybe I can survive (the next two days). I'm thinking about how Monday and Tuesday are going to be long and probably reincarnations of last week (I'm not sure what our district was thinking when they decided to end the semester on a Tuesday). I'm thinking about how achieving National Board certification could be less than a year away from me, and then what? I'm thinking about a conversation I had with my friend today who is in law school and is working for a clinic as a public defender intern. She inspired me that people are still fighting the good fight and that it's possible to change things, if only one case at a time. I'm thinking about what teaching strategies I'm starting to get better at, and just wrapping my head around what works. I'm thinking about the goals I have for myself and my students and reflecting on how I lose sight of them under the weight of the usual suspects: exhaustion, pressure, annoyance, and time.
The Road to National Board Certification: Scores Are In
I received an email a couple months ago from the National Board that I swear said "Your results will be available on Saturday, November 5th." I swear. And then when I kept refreshing my email as I was on a little vacay with my husband, I never saw any scores. I searched for the email, and it was gone. I wish I was making this up, but I'm not that crazy. Nor did I really care, as I was on the fence about continuing certifying anyway.
Then, a couple days ago, I got another email that said I would be receiving my scores on December 10th. I was expecting this email to disappear too, because at this point with National Board, they have no deadlines for themselves. I opened my email up this morning to see an email from them that redirected me to my account, and saw that I received a 3.4 for Component 1 and a 2.0 for Component 2. To retake, I would need anything 1.75 and under. So, I guess I passed those two components. I was relieved to see a little validation that I didn't bomb anything, and now I'm thinking "damn. Maybe I should try to finish the other two this year since I actually have a chance to pass."
Let me air my frustration with this process, and with my current situation. Component 4 was just released in November, so I'm not behind so much with that because they just released it (and released it later than they said they would–see above about deadlines). Also they require me to pay yet another 75.00 "registration fee" when there is no way I could even do the registration in one year because 2/4 parts weren't available yet. Since I'm getting no financial support from my school district or the almighty State of Colorado for this, I'm not exactly jumping at the opportunity for paid masochism. Frustration 3 is the phantom Component 5, which is: "we make it as hard as possible with our website and online platforms, and zip files of zip files with directions all over the place, and you have to show that you can even find the directions—if we even give them to you." It is disorganized and there has just got to be a way to make everything more user-friendly. They are transitioning to a new certification process, but boy are they making everything harder than it needs to be for everyone else.
So you can see why I'm feeling 'meh' about the whole thing. I question each day whether I'll keep teaching, my husband just got a job as an attending doctor which would allow for me to pursue other things in a financially safe way, and I have to say that not worrying about boards has given me time to just enjoy teaching and try to salvage what I started teaching for.
To have the title of NBCT would be propelling my career in a way that nothing else could right now (well, maybe a Master's program but do you have 15000 lying around that I can have? No? 😦 ) I've been validated by the first two components, so there's a pretty good chance I'd certify this year if I buckle down. And I wouldn't have basically thrown away 900.00. Also, if I don't submit the rest of the components, I would have to do the whole thing over again and I do not want to go take that test or write those analyses all over again.
So, I'm eliciting the advice of the internet: NBCTs out there–what would you do?
In other news, Winter Break is about a week a way and ol' Michael Scott says it best:
The Road to National Board Certification Part 6: Teaching While Grieving and Learning More About Formatting Than I Ever Wanted to Know
December was probably one of the worst months of my life. I have lived a privileged one in that I had never, up until this month, lost someone near to me due to tragedy.
It's 7:30 a.m. A green bubble on my phone says, "Missed Call-Dad." It's not like him to call me this early, but he's a man of idiosyncrasies—maybe he bought a Christmas gift for someone and he can't contain the secret—so I call back. My mom answers (why would she call me on his phone?) She asks me if I'm driving right now. I'm not. The first thought in my head says dad is gone.
She sobs the news, news that I receive in front of a group of high schoolers. The juxtaposition of it is too much and I make it to the front office. I learn that I've lost the equivalent of an uncle (my dad's cousin, but more of an uncle to me). Relief washes over me, horrifyingly bittersweet. Not my dad—but my cousin's.
Collecting everything–thoughts, tissues, breath, I explain what happened to the first person who sees me in the office and then say, "I've got to teach in ten minutes." I decide that I would teach, by God—especially after being absent a day last week due to a cold.
I've never had to try to function at school in the immediate shadow of devastation. One of the first things on my mind was "I have to teach today because I don't have my National Board evidence yet and time is ticking so I'll suck it up and get through the day." I open up my laptop in my office and I can't do anything. I don't even remember what my first hour is doing. I'm convinced when my principal pulls me in and begins the 'now what?' process of phone calls, buying plane tickets home, somehow contacting my husband who is at work and unable to talk on the phone, that I need to go home.
I feel guilty and angry that my life's got to eat into what I do for a living—and often. Sickness, death. In an ongoing quest to overcome perfectionism and embrace the screwed-upness of life, this is a lesson in taking care of myself and picking up the pieces when I return to school. And although I'm at school for the next four days before flying home for the funeral, I let teaching take the back-burner. I had to turn my head to the wall often because the tears kept coming at random. Not much comes to mind when I think, what did we do that week? It was a wash. After I came home from the funeral, it was time to wrap up the semester. I was backed-up on getting feedback to students form their final projects, and honestly did not get to treat everyone equally with thorough feedback. And I feel really, really guilty.
I had spurts of productivity in the past couple of weeks with board stuff. One second I think "I've got this!" and the next I think "I don't got this! No way!" I spent half a day figuring out what formatting I should be using for my component two submission. After reading posts on proteacher.net about candidates failing it because they accidentally submitted one blank page instead of their writing and FREAKING OUT about the horror of that feeling (and paying 300 bucks to resubmit!), I am making sure that I cover it all.
Google Slides–Did you know that if you want to print out Google Slides with comments, you can't? Now you know. Did you also know that if you print out the "handout" version with 4 slides on a page, it will shrink the slides down way more than they need to be (to the point where you need perfect vision to read it) and there's nothing you can do about it? Now you know. Did you know you can import Google Slides into Powerpoint, but it will pretty much give you no benefits because it's Powerpoint and basically worthless? Maybe you already knew that.
Dochub–I discovered this because I needed to get around Microsoft Word's clunkiness. Upload your .doc/x to Google Drive and it will offer to open it through Dochub. It's basically a cross between Microsoft Paint and a word processor. You can edit PDFs and all that jazz–cool!
Microsoft Word–Did you know that Google Docs won't let you print out a doc with comments, but Microsoft Word will? Probably its only redeeming quality.
All in all, I have had an unproductive working week at home but a relationally productive week at home. I saw family and friends I haven't seen in years. I looked at many, many photographs. I sat and watched tv with my sisters and snuggled my dog. I drive home this week to Colorado to spend time with more friends, and I am planning on getting a couple days in (hopefully) at work before we start back. The balance is hard with unstructured vacation time, but I'm thankful for it.
Amidst that, I started studying for the GRE. I am crazy. Goodnight.


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The lift cart floor sign can be applied to nearly any type of flooring and will remind people in the facility not to put anything other than the lift cart in this area. This can help improve the efficiency of your facility while also keeping it more organized. One way this will help your facility is by making sure the lift cart is always kept in the same area when it is not in use. This can help ensure people don't need to look around to find it when it is needed.
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Vegetarian complete proteins and vegan complete proteins are an important part of any plant-based diet. You can easily have meat-free, healthy, balanced meals that contain plenty of protein (in the form of 9 essential amino acids) from a variety of vegan and vegetarian-friendly sources. Proteins contain little building blocks of various amino acids. A "complete […]Full Story »
The Great Vegan Bean Book Review and Tomato White Bean Soup
One of the great things about being a food writer is meeting other amazing people whose purpose and passion is centered around food. One of the people I've been lucky enough to become friends with during my food adventures is Kathy Hester, one of my favorite people in the world of food, blogger at Healthy […]Full Story »
How to Clean Your Cast Iron
I'm often asked about how I clean and maintain my cast iron. It is really much more simple than you might think, and is just as easy to maintain as pots and pans you throw in the dishwasher. I greatly increased my cast iron stash recently and purchased a pretty impressive set from Lodge Cast […]Full Story »
Strawberry Season Recipe Round-Up
Strawberry season is the perfect time of year, and strawberries are my all time favorite fruit. A friend of mine pretty much summed it up with, "I love strawberries because they're awesome." Yep, I totally agree. I've posted recipes for a few strawberry goodies on this site: Sweet & Savory Strawberry Salad, Strawberry Shortcake Muffins […]Full Story »
Best of Easter Round-Up
One of the best parts of being a food blogger is getting to know so many wonderful people who also happen to be excellent cooks. Because I travel frequently, I don't always have enough time to make the foods I'd like for a given holiday. This Easter is one of those busy times. Luckily, I'm […]Full Story »
Best Mardi Gras Recipe Round-Up
Laissez les bons temps rouler – Let the good times roll! Happy Fat Tuesday everyone! It's officially Mardi Gras and the South is atwitter with the merriment of the day. Mardi Gras dates back to Spring pagan celebrations of the ancient Romans, and evolved over time to become the last celebration before the beginning of […]Full Story »
Mindful Eating Shopping List
I recently posted about a Mindful Eating Plan I created for myself and am implementing for the next month. Below is a list of foods that meet that plan, and that I've been eating the past week. I'll start posting recipes for Mindful Eating that will be designated with an "ME" in the title. You […]Full Story »
My Article in Edible Louisville – Hurrah!
The January/February 2012 edition of Edible Louisville is out and I am totally stoked because yours truly was given the wonderful opportunity to write an article for the publication. The article focuses on the Kentucky Food Bloggers, a group I joined last year that writes about the love of food and farming across the Bluegrass […]Full Story »
One Month of Mindful Eating
I love food (I mean, hello, you've seen this blog). The idea of not eating what I want when I want seems abysmal. I've never dieted (the mere word makes me cringe). However, I so want to eat more mindfully for the next month and see what happens and how I feel. There are numerous […]Full Story »


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Award-winning workplace
The thousands of people who work at USC can attest to the fact that our university is a great place to work – we enjoy outstanding benefits, a stimulating environment, and beautiful campuses. And we've garnered a number of awards that underscore our reputation as an employer of choice:
Great Colleges to Work For
USC has been honored every year since the Chronicle of Higher Education began its Great Colleges to Work For program in 2008, including two mentions on their prestigious Honor Roll ("the best of the best"). Over the past few years, we've been recognized for excellence in:
- Compensation and Benefits
- Facilities
- Workspace and Security
- Job Satisfaction
- Respect and Appreciation
- Collaborative Governance
- Professional Career/Development Programs
- Teaching Environment
- Tenure Clarity and Process
- Work/Life Balance
- Confidence in Senior Leadership
- Diversity
- Housing Assistance Programs
- Connection to Institutional Pride
- Policies, Resources, and Efficiency
More information:
USC News: USC Excels in Annual 'Great Colleges' Survey, July 27, 2011
Best Private College or University
The Business Research Guide, a website that aims to give prospective employees information about top employers in higher education, named USC one of its top ten private colleges and universities for 2013. USC ranked #8 on the list in part because the "administration embraces an entrepreneurial mentality and encourages initiative among employees."
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Psychologically Healthy Workplace
USC is one of only four workplaces, nationwide, to be honored as a Psychologically Healthy Workplace by the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2014.
In 2013, USC became one of only nine organizations of any kind, nationwide, to earn a "best practices" award from the APA. The honor was given for the university's efforts at fostering a psychologically healthy workplace, and USC's Center for Work and Family Life was especially noted for its accomplishments in addressing work-life challenges.
USC has also earned the California Psychological Association's Psychologically Healthy Workplace award in multiple years.
More information:
USC News: USC receives best practices honor from the APA
USC News: USC named as Healthy Workplace for third time, April 3, 2012
Family Health Promotion and Mother-Baby Friendly Workplace
In 2012, the Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles honored USC with its Family Health Promotion award, concurrent with the California Breastfeeding Coalition awarding us its Mother-Baby Friendly Workplace award. Both honors recognized USC's commitment to maintaining an employee lactation policy.
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USC News: USC receives another workplace award, April 16, 2012
Best Employers for Workers over 50
In 2011, AARP named USC one of its top 50 employers, in any industry. The AARP was particularly impressed with USC's Emeriti Center services.
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In certain environments and situations, you may want to grant guest-user access to a workstation running
Microsoft Windows 7. Best practices dictate that such access be as secure as possible. Here are several steps you can, and should, take before giving access to a guest user in Windows 7.
Note: This tip applies to Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate only. It does not apply to Windows 7 Home
Secure Guest Account
The first step is to enable guest accounts, which is disabled by default. Type "computer" into the Start Menu search box as shown in Figure A and then click on the "Computer Management" item in the results.
Find the guest account setting Navigate the left tree hierarchy to the Users Folder under Local Users and Groups. (Figure B) Double-click the Guest entry.
Enable guest accounts
On the next configuration screen (Figure C), uncheck the Disable guest account box to enable guest accounts.
Uncheck to enable
Set password
By default, the guest account password is blank, but that is an unnecessary security risk, so you should establish
a password. Right-click the Guest entry in the Computer Management console and click the Change Password
entry. (Figure D) The ensuing warnings are not a concern if you just enabled the guest account.
Figure D
Set the guest account password
No network access
Another potential security problem occurs if the guest account is accessible by other users across the network. To prevent this, type "Local Security" into the Start Menu search box and then click the Local Security Policy entry as shown in Figure E.
Local Security Policy
Navigate to the Local Policies | User Rights Assignments entry. Scroll down the list of policies until you find "Deny access to this computer from the Network." Guest should be one of the denied accounts listed. If it isn't, add it.
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Deny access
Prevent shutdown
Another potential security vulnerability occurs during the PC shutdown process. You should deny the guest account the ability to shut down a PC. Go back to the Local Security Policy consoled as you did before, navigate to Local Policies | User Rights Assignments and look for the entry "Shut Down the System." (Figure G)
Shut Down the System
Double click the entry to make sure the Guest account is not in the list (Figure H).
Guest is not on the list
Event logs
One last security concern is the Event logs – you don't want a guest account to have access to that information.The most efficient way to manage these settings is with a Registry edit.
Warning: Editing the Windows Registry should be done with caution; we recommend that you have a verified backup of the file ready in case of a catastrophic failure.
Type in "regedit" into the Start Menu Search box and then click the regedit.exe entry. Navigate down the keys until you reach this entry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Eventlog
Under this key are three important sub-keys: Application, Security, and System. (Figure I) There should be a key under each section: Restrict Guest Access. And each of those keys should have a corresponding DWORD of "1" that enables this restriction
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The 14th prodigious diamond ever mined called as the peace diamond with all its profits imparted to welfare of the country, village and community where the diamond was discovered. The worldwide auction for the 709-carat rough diamond was convened by the Rappaport Group, which was established by the government of Sierra Leone to trade the diamond in a candid manner. The company offered all services charge free as it would assist the poorest people in the world said Martin Rapaport, chairman of the Rapaport Group.
The diamond, second largest rough ever discovered in Sierra Leone, was found in March by a category of artisanal diggers in Koryardu, Sierra Leone a village deprived of running water, electricity, roads, or medical and schools facilities. The village clergyman Emmanuel Momoh, was the legitimate owner of the diamond and he was resolved to sell the diamond in a way that could be utilized for the benefit of the community.
Momoh remit the diamond to the President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma. The president headed an explicit and aggressive auction procedure in Sierra Leone. The prominent bid at the auction in was $7.7 million, which was refuted. The government and Pastor Momoh selected an international auction process that would make the diamond accessible to more buyers fortify an unequivocal market value price for the people of Sierra Leone.
As stated by Rapaport, the earnings from the sale of the Peace Diamond will be issued as follows: 59% will go to the Government of Sierra Leone as taxes, 15% will go to the Diamond Area Community Development Fund for infrastructure and 26% will go to the artisanal diggers who found the diamond.


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Aviation safety outreach by the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) was strengthened last week with a generous grant from the Wolf Aviation Fund to continue and expand SAFE – The Magazine, the society's quarterly e-magazine.
This is the third grant made to SAFE by the Wolf Aviation Fund, which distributes grants to aviation organizations for promoting general aviation and the public's understanding of it.
Recent issues of SAFE – The Magazine have included "IPC Dilemma: Is The System Broken?" "Carburetor Heat: The Rest Of The Story," "A New Way To Create Professionals" and "Tailrotor Emergency: Sometimes The Book Is Not the Best."
The magazine also includes practical help for secondary school teachers and other aviation educators in using aviation concepts to support science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning as part of the organization's effort to bring more youth into general aviation. The magazine is edited by Mark Phelps.
"Our members are some of the top flight and aviation educators in the nation today," said Doug Stewart, SAFE Executive Director. "Since most content for SAFE – The Magazine is member-contributed, there's a depth of knowledge and experience unsurpassed by any other aviation-related publication. It's written by professional aviation educators for the benefit of CFIs and teachers everywhere."
Founded in 2009, SAFE provides mentoring, support and professional accreditation for its members.
The Wolf Aviation Fund was established by attorney Alfred L. Wolf, who learned to fly in 1929, helped found the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association in 1939 and went on to a distinguished career in the U.S. Air Force.


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By Sarah M. Barrett
Posted: 3/13/2009
Sean Reynolds, director of the office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, leads the March 5 Boston Symposium on Adolescent Catechesis at the archdioceses Pastoral Center. Pilot photo/ Gregory L. Tracy
Youth ministers, clergy, religious educators and diocesan leaders gathered March 5 at the Pastoral Center to join in a national conversation on the challenges facing adolescent catechesis in the United States. The first annual Boston Symposium for Adolescent Catechesis was a first of its kind cross-discipline gathering of those who play a part in the formation of young Catholics in the archdiocese. The effort was jointly sponsored by the archdioceses offices for Catholic Schools, Religious Education and the New Evangelization of Youth and Young Adults. The daylong-conference was led by Sean Reynolds, a professional speaker and director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The symposium focused on the challenges presented by the results of a recent study conducted by The National Study of Youth and Religion and suggested fresh new directives for raising young people in the faith. The study, conducted in 2002-2003, showed that among major religious denominations, the Catholic Church was least effective in transmitting the faith to its young people.In his opening address, Cardinal OMalley set the tone for the symposium, urging the attendees that now, more than ever, We must continue to walk with our young people, to accompany them on their journey of faith, in the midst of an increasingly hostile culture.The privatization of religion in todays climate of new-age individualism is poisonous to the Bible message of community and connectedness in the body of Christ, said the cardinal. We need to promote the distinctiveness of our Catholic identity, our emphasis on community and social teaching -- those things that are uniquely Catholic and through which young people can form a bond to their Church, he said.Reynolds began his address with a discussion on the findings of the NSYR and the current religious landscape as experienced by adolescents in America. In the first research study of its kind, published in the book, Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers, NSYR interviewed 3,400 13 to 17 year olds and their parents over the course of two years. The quantitative findings showed complexity and paradox in the story of contemporary teenage religion. The research found that when it comes to faith, the vast majority of teens are happy simply to accept the religion in which they were raised, and that in terms of positive life outcomes, highly religious teenagers appear to be doing far better than other teenagers. Yet, contrary to expectation, the research found that most American teenagers are remarkably inarticulate about their faith and are not very religious or spiritual.Reynolds suggested these seemingly complex findings are in fact very simple when put into the cultural context of the new millennium. Today, religion operates in a weak social structural position compared to other activities and organizations that lay claim to U.S. teenagers time. Youth ministry is now in competition with athletics, school and extracurricular activities, said Reynolds. Additionally, parents have taught religion to their children in a way that emphasizes happiness, not the sacraments or Christian morality, he addedAccording to Reynolds, Catholic youth are doing poorly for four principle reasons: Catholic upward mobility and mainstream acculturation undermines the vitality of the Church; Catholic school and CCD no longer effectively serve as primary vehicles for education, formation and ministry; youth evangelization and formation are a low institutional priority at the parish and diocesan levels; and, Catholic teenagers significantly reflect the relative religious laxity of their parents.Where the challenge of youth ministry used to be getting kids off the streets, or out of sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll, now the challenge is just to get them to show up. Youth ministry is now competing with new priorities, said Reynolds. Quoting R. Scott Appleby, a Church historian from the University of Notre Dame, Reynolds said, No previous generation of American Catholics inherited so little of the content and sensibility of the faith from their parents, as have todays Catholic youth. The challenge of Catholic education and formation in our media-driven, cyberspace age is no less than this: older Catholics must be restored to, and younger Catholics introduced to, a sense of Catholicism as a comprehensive way of life.In between Reynolds talks, there was opportunity for group discussion. Participants began the day seated by area expertise. Throughout the day, table assignments were changed so that members of different disciplines could interact and discuss the challenges to youth catechesis explained by Reynolds. Also during the day a group of five local college students addressed the group on their experience of being brought up in the faith.According to Stephen Colella of the New Evangelization of Youth and Young Adults, The intention (of the symposium) was to bring all of these educators together to merge the diocese with the parish level -- to sit down and say: ultimately the structures weve been relying on to effectively catechize our youth have been ineffective. The NSYR found that our old techniques were not working, so what can we do to really make them work, he added.


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We've had some great feedback on our new I love Cats T-Shirt and it is proving very popular with all the feline fans out there. We have a pet cat ourselves and nothing makes us happy than seeing his little fluffy face when we come home from work!
We took a lot of photos during out Look Book photo shoot and here are some extra ones from behind the scenes, where we accessorised the T-Shirt with some super cute cat ears and colourful spiky bangle. We had two full days in the photo studio and had so much fun styling the new designs.
This is another one from the new collection where the style of t-shirt is more fitted than the last season's range. We enjoy printing on the black, and maybe we will do a special glow-in-the-dark one for Halloween!


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The best show that I saw this past summer was of David Altmejd's sculptures at the Musée d'art contemporain. Each object felt like a confrontation with a completely new sensibility. The sculptures were complex, mysterious but always beautiful.
As we walked out, I told the Beav I felt like I felt the first time I watched Robert Lepage performed (by Yves Jacques) at the Théâtre du nouveau monde.
Which was my idiosyncratic way of saying "changed."
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Our work in Conservation Education should adhere to established professional guidelines and should correlate to educational standards. Many tools are available to help us meet these quality guidelines.
Forest Service Learner Guidelines (Forest Service 2002, pdf)
This helpful Forest Service tool will help you design and implement effective Conservation Education programs and activities. This guide was developed based on the NAAEE's Environmental Education Learner Guidelines.
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Guidelines for Learning (Pre K-12), and its companion piece, the Guidelines for Learning (Pre K-12) - Executive Summary & Self Assessment Tool, developed to support state and local environmental education efforts by setting expectations for performance and achievement in grades 4, 8, and 12.
National Science Education Standards
The National Science Education Standards were produced by the National Research Council in 1995 and published in 1996. The Standards were the result of four years of work by twenty-two scientific and science education societies and over 18,000 individual contributors. The science education standards can be accessed and downloaded online.
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Comprehensive database of all education standards, organized by state, grade level, and discipline.
The Forest Service-Conservation Education program has been an early and strong supporter of the national Guidelines for Excellence initiative of the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE). The project provides professional guidance on the development and evaluation of effective environmental education programs and materials. These guidelines are vital tools to help guide program development, and help evaluate and refine exisiting programs and materials.
The Forest Service has been an active partner in the effort to 'adopt the guidelines' and use them as tools to improve our work. Learn more about this effort, and to learn how to become part of the growing cadre of FS educators who are making a difference.
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The Power Of Social Media and Creative Partnerships – SAScon 2015PushON | June 12th 2015
Speaker: Angelique Miller, Head of Creative Partnerships, Expedia
Angelique kick-starts her talk by highlighting insights into multiscreen consumer behaviours with a travel industry focus. She highlights that you need to understand your consumer data in order to support your big ideas and campaigns.
79% of consumers own a smartphone and 43% own a tablet; this market is growing faster in the UK than the US and broader Europe. Angelique's interpretation of this is that we should be targeting consumers on these devices in a different strategy.
Users aren't just reliable on one device but all three: tablet, smartphone and PC. 48 million people in the UK engage with digital content each month, with 73% engaging with travel. 53% of this is accessed through smartphone which is predicted to increase along with the 37% on tablets. From this we learn that having a multiscreen strategy is vital in order to focus on increased conversions.
60% of online purchases are made on tablets in 2015 so far, and therefore Angelique highlights that conversions should be aimed for more on tablets and smartphones.
Social media is a currency to make yourself appear more appealing and this is something Expedia interpret into their campaigns in order to meet their KPIs of growing brand awareness, following and engagement. Expedia harnessed user generated content e.g. boring tweets and reproduced more interesting content in response to this users content. This had over 507k impressions.


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This is hopefully my last post about my refinance as I am hoping that things are now going in the right direction. First, let me wrap up my disgruntled rant about my first failed refinance.
1st Refinance
After speaking with a few people, I decided to contact the bank commissioner to file a complaint against Provident Funding for failing to "fund" my mortgage for what I felt was a bogus reason. A day or 2 after I sent in the complaint I received an email from the mortgage broker telling me I had every right to file the complaint however I had some dates /times mixed up. After speaking with him, he informed me that my initial rate was locked on December 17th with Wells Fargo and sometime in early January they "flipped" my mortgage over to Provident Funding b/c Wells was taking to long to close loans at the time. I was not aware this had happened but that does not change the way I feel about Provident Funding. I'm a little annoyed that the mortgage broker switched my mortgage to Provident but in all reality I would not have cared if it had gone through.
Final Refinance (hopefully)
Today the rates dropped a little and I decided to pull the trigger and lock in at Wells Fargo directly. The rate at Wells was 5.0 with 0 points. I decided to lock in at 4.50% with 2 points. I feel such a relief that I am locked and and things seem to be moving forward again on my refinance.
Thanks Carole @ WellsFargo in DE!


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500 Free Virgin Elevate points just for signing up for their newsletter
If you sign up for Virgin's hotel email newsletter, you get 500 free Elevate points. While it's not a lot, I did it mainly to "refresh" my account and reset the point expiration date for the rest of my points in there. (I'm not flying them much these days since JetBlue Mint launched). Alaska (their new owner) needs to refresh the cabins in their transcontinental planes and bring them up to speed with their competition.
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A People's History Of Bisbee - Ch. 7 - Late '40s & 1950s
13:52 Chapter 7
In the 1940s the railway still came into downtown Bisbee, and the town stretched from Old Bisbee to Lowell (above, on election day). When work began on the Lavender Pit in the '50s, hundreds of houses were either moved or torn down. Pit mining had changed the landscape of the town forever.


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Have the 3pm munchies kicked in yet? Here are 10 Smoothie Ideas under 150 calories. These delicious low calorie, fruit filled smoothies will satisfy almost any craving!
It's 3pm… I don't know about you, but I've been working hard all day and it's time for a snack!
Are you someone who: 1. Reaches for that salty bag of chips? 2. Starts searching all your hubby's favorite hiding spots, trying to find the chocolate you asked him to hide- so you wouldn't eat it? Or 3. Are you someone who is able to able to dole themselves out just 15 almonds and not eat the rest of the bag? (I'm usually number 2. Lucky for me though, my hubby is an excellent hider….)
I'm always trying to eat better/watch what I eat. ( And not always with success…) By 3:00 my willpower's at it's lowest point of the day and it's so tough to resist those not so good for you snacks. One of my favorite snacks to help keep me on track and resist temptation is with a fruit smoothie. Smoothies are an excellent way to satisfy a sweet tooth without too many extra calories and they are so good for you too!
Today, I have 10 delicious smoothie recipe/ideas to share. The best part is, that they are all around 150 calories or less!
One of the ways I keep the calorie count down on my afternoon smoothie is by using Silk Unsweetened Almond or Coconut Milk. Depending on the flavor you choose, the calories range from 35 to 60. And now, Silk has a new option: Silk Almond Coconut Blend in Unsweetened and Original. I love the hint of coconut and the unsweetened version is only 35 calories for 8 oz! Plus they are non-GMO Certified. (Be sure to read about that if you are unfamiliar with that certification.)
The next time you're tempted to grab an unhealthy snack, try one of these smoothies instead:
10 Smoothie Ideas under 150 calories
1. Cherrylicious
1 cup frozen cherries + 1/4 cup chopped pineapple + 1/2 cup low sugar orange juice or apple juice + 1/2 cup Unsweetened Almond Coconut Blend + 1/4 cup ice if needed (unless I am using all frozen fruit- I usually add a handful of ice to my smoothies)
2. Strawberry Banana
3/4 cup strawberries + 1/2 banana + 3/4 cup Unsweetened Almond Coconut Blend
3. Tropical Green Smoothie
3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk + 3/4 cup pineapple (cubed) + 1/2 banana + 1/2 cup spinach + 1/2 cups ice
4. Peaches and Cream
1 cup sliced peaches + 1/2 cup Unsweetened Almond Coconut Blend
5. Pineapple Coconut
1 cup frozen pineapple + 3/4 cup Unsweetened Silk Coconut Milk
6. Creamsicle:
1/2 cup orange juice + 1/2 cup Unsweetened Almond Coconut Blend + 1 cup Frozen Mango Chunks
7. Coconut Mocha Java Frappe (link)
9. Good Morning Smoothie
4 oz orange juice + 1/2 banana +1/2 cups frozen mixed berries +
4 oz Unsweetened Almond Coconut Blend
10. Pomegranate Mixed Berry
1 cup frozen mixed berries + 4 oz pomegranate juice + 1/2 medium banana + 4 oz Unsweetened Almond Coconut Blend
Smoothie tips:
- Use fresh or frozen fruit (or a combo of both) If you use fresh, you will need to add about 1/2 cup of ice.) Ripe bananas work best.
- Load the container in the proper order—liquids first, then soft fruits or vegetables, greens, and ice on top.
- Depending on sweetness of the fruit, you might need a bit of sweetener, use honey, agave, maple syrup, Stevia, sugar substitute, apple juice, or a little sugar a tiny bit at a time.
- All blenders are different, and will process, the ingredient at a different rate so if your Smoothie is too thin: Add a bit more fruit/banana/ice. If it is too thick: add a bit more Silk Almond/Coconut Milk or low sugar juice.
- Optional add-ins to bump up the nutritional content: 1/2 avocado, (will add creaminess w/out changing the flavor) Handful of baby spinach, chia or flax seed, protein powder, nut butters, yogurt or even cooked oatmeal.
Want to save these ideas for later? Don't forget to pin it!
I would love to hear your favorite smoothie recipe in the comments below!
Products Used and recommended in this post:
- My Blender: Vitamix 5200 2 HP motor (This is an Amazon link, though I bought mine when it was the QVC deal of the day on 6 easy pays)
- Ninja 1100 watts- have not tried this blender, but that's a lot of watts for the $$)
- Nutribullet (900 watts)
- Hamilton Beach (700 watts)
- Cute Straws