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How to Make Boring Church Announcements Memorable
I grew up in the church and by my calculation I've heard 10,931 church announcements, or thereabouts. I only remember one of them. What did I only remember that one?
Before I give you the answer, I must confess that for me announcements are the most boring part of a service, yet mostly necessary. I've felt more stress from having to give them than when I've had to speak. I simply hate giving announcements. I guess I don't like them because I see most people's eyes glaze over during announcement time.
So why did I just remember the one I referred to?
Published on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 @ 6:59 AM CDT
Are you a Bogie or a Birdie Leader?
I must confess upfront that I don't play golf. I've only played it once, unless you count dinosaur carpet golf our family often played while on vacation. However, several years ago my father-in-law tried to interest me in the sport. He gave me a set of nice used clubs. But, I never used them. Three years later he asked me how my game was going. Chagrined, I had to admit that I never played with them. He asked me to give them back to him (he really did).
Although I don't play the game, I know a few key terms such as birdie, bogey, and par. A golfer scores a birdie when he sinks the ball in one less stroke than par. He scores a bogie when he sinks it one stroke over par.
So what do birdies and bogies have to do with leadership?
Published on Thursday, April 18, 2013 @ 1:32 AM CDT
Pastor, are You Hooked on Being Right?
You've been wrestling with a ministry challenge and you believe you've found the right answer. At the next elder meeting you share your idea and one elder begins to voice opposition. Because you feel so strongly that you're right you begin to raise your voice, talk faster, and talk over others who want to engage in the conversation. Tension escalates. Anger rises. You think, "How dare they think I'm wrong. I know I'm right."
What happened?
And what should a leader do?
Published on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 @ 1:11 AM CDT
Brain-friendly Change: Sticky Tip 5
I'm in a 5-part blog series that gives a brain-friendly tip that you can use to make your organizational changes brain-friendly so that they stick. Today's is Sticky Tip 5: Seed your culture with a change mentality
Published on Friday, April 12, 2013 @ 1:11 AM CDT
Brain-friendly Change: Sticky Tip 4
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Brain-friendly Change: Sticky Tip 1
In my last post, I suggested 6 brain barriers that limit successful change in churches, ministries, and organizations. Often when leaders plan change for their organization, they simply plan the change itself and neglect planning how to communicate the change. I believe, however, that if you want your change to stick and you want to minimize disruption, you must begin by creating a brain-friendly communication plan.
In my next five blogs, I suggest a brain-friendly tip each day that can help make your change sticky, all grounded in recent neuroscience findings. Here's tip 1.
Published on Thursday, April 4, 2013 @ 1:37 AM CDT
Six Brain Barriers to Healthy Church Change
However, leaders often run into these invisible brain barriers when they attempt change. Ignoring them can slow or stonewall a change. Since neuroscientists are now rapidly learning amazing new insights about the brain, it behooves us to learn about how our brains respond to change.
The next time you plan a change initiative for your church or organization, consider how you might lessen the effects of these brain barriers that can stifle it.
Published on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 @ 1:10 AM CDT
Neurodiversity in Your Church: Why it Matters
Diversity in the church is big today. With greater globalization and the desire to melt racial barriers, many pastors want their churches to become ethnically diverse. Many pastors intentionally seek to create such diversity through staffing, who gets on the worship teams, and who becomes the face of the church from the stage or on their web site.
I laud that desire. I've done the same. In the last church I led we included several Latinos on the worship team, and not just for token diversity. They were great worship leaders. And several years ago I hired an African-American to serve as my worship leader. So I believe in diversity.
However, I many have unintentionally limited my definition of diversity to ethnicity or language and missed one huge area of diversity that already exists in every church: neurodiversity.
What do I mean when I say neurodiversity? Simply this.
Published on Thursday, March 14, 2013 @ 1:50 AM CDT
8 Ways to Make Church Change Run Smoother
In your church you're probably trying to bring change in some way or are contemplating it. Unfortunately, change in our churches often doesn't go so well. In fact, we're not alone. In the business world some have estimating that the majority of organizational change either fails, underperforms, or makes things worse (Cope, 2003). I imagine that church change doesn't fare much better.
However, we don't have to become a statistic. Consider 8 these insights the next time you try to bring change to your church, ministry, or organization.
Published on Monday, March 4, 2013 @ 1:52 AM CDT
Five Neuroscience Techniques that Improve Brainstorming
I'm a pastor and I'm intrigued with how God created our brains for effective communication and healthy team dynamics.
Recently I started a small side business called BullsEyeAnimations to create 'white board' animations for companies that want to communicate difficult concepts, train employees, or market their products.
I manage the process, create the script, and do the voiceover for the animation (done by an animator). I recently spent a half-day with four members of a company that had hired us to create a three-minute animation to explain a very complicated proprietary brokerage service they offer.
I used several neuroscience techniques in that meeting that you might try the next time you lead a brainstorming session.
Published on Thursday, February 28, 2013 @ 1:17 AM CDT
7 Neuroscience Keys to Effective Performance Reviews
Almost every year in my 32 years in ministry I've spent multiple hours preparing and delivering multiple staff performance reviews. I was shocked to recently learn that I may have been wasting my time.
In a meta-study (a study of the studies) researchers discovered that only 30% of feedback and performance reviews actually helped (Kluger & DeNisi,1996). They discovered that 30% have no impact and 40% actually make things worse, not a very good track record.
I wonder how many of us pastoral leaders would agree with those statistics?
Does that mean we should drop performance reviews?
No, not at all. Every leader can improve the performance review process through being more intentional with these these 7 C's. When a review process includes these factors, neuroscience research indicates that real change can occur.
Published on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 @ 1:29 AM CDT
Cotton Candy Preaching: Why Pastors Should Learn to Preach that Way
The phrase "cotton candy preaching" is a derogatory term that implies sermons lack depth. And of course no pastor wants to be considered a "cotton candy preacher." On the other hand I've heard pastors say that Christians need "meat and potatoes" preaching which they define as sermons with depth. Such pastors often begin their sermons with, "Please turn in your Bibles to today's text." Once they read the Scripture, they're off to the races to give a deep, theological sermon, a meat and potatoes kind.
But after spending 15-20 hours per week preparing a sermon, how do we really know if it connected with the listener? Is the test of a good sermon simply that we delivered a deep, theological, sound talk? Is it all about good content? Is it up to the listener to get it and figure out how it applies to his or her life? Or is this the true test of a great sermon: that we truly connect to the listener's heart and mind so that the Holy Spirit changes attitudes and behaviors?
I think it's the latter. That's where cotton candy preaching comes in.
Published on Thursday, February 21, 2013 @ 1:13 AM CDT
Motivate your Teams with these 4 Neuroscience Keys
Motivating staff and volunteers in your church is often as elusive as nailing Jell-O to a tree. Yet to move our churches from point 'A' to point 'B' we must motivate those around us. Often pastors use the same 'carrot-and-stick' approach the marketplace has used for decades. If you do such-and-such you will receive a reward (salary increase, pat on the back, etc). If you don't, you'll get something negative: you won't receive the reward, you will have to step down, etc. We're now learning that this approach does not work in the long term.
However, neuroscience is discovering effective ways to motivate others based on how our brains work. Consider putting these four brain-based ideas into your motivation toolbox.
Published on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 @ 1:38 AM CDT
How the Brain Stifles Church Change
If you want your church to thrive you can't avoid church change. Yet it is seldom easy, even though we leaders see the benefits of change before others see them. One hidden reason that makes it so difficult comes from how our brains respond to change. I believe that the more we know how the brain works, the more effective change managers we'll become.
Published on Thursday, January 24, 2013 @ 1:39 AM CDT
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Published on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 @ 11:16 AM CDT
Is this the hidden factor that hinders change in your church?
Why does it seem so hard to bring change in a church?
In my 30 plus years in ministry, change management has been one of the most challenging tasks I've faced. Most pastors would probably agree. Recently I learned an insight about how people's brains work that helped me see what I may have unintentionally overlooked when I initiated a change.
Published on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 @ 8:43 AM CDT
Brain Based Preaching: New Age Voodoo, or the Missing Link?
Every week in the U.S., pastors preach upwards of 400,000 sermons. That excludes Bible studies taught by hundreds of thousands of Sunday school teachers and small group leaders.
I've delivered in excess of 1,500 sermons and bible studies myself. But what difference have they made in people's lives? I suppose I won't really know until I get to heaven.
In the meantime, however, I believe I should learn everything I can to make my teaching and preaching stickier.
And nothing sticks unless those who listen to us engage their brains.
Published on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 @ 3:40 AM CDT
Are you a Brain Savvy Pastor or still in Pre-School?
In 1990 the U.S. government declared the next decade as the "Decade of the Brain" to foster more research about the brain. Since that time we've learned incredible insight about how the brain and our minds affect life and leadership.
Pastors and other ministry leader would do their ministries well to incorporate learning about the brain into their leadership development and growth. Research has discovered that subtle processes in our brains impact teamwork, emotional regulation, motivation, and communication. The new term "neuroleadership" describes this emerging field.
Published on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 @ 2:41 AM CDT
I believe my leadership calling is to bring insight about the incredible gift from God called the brain into conversations about Christian leadership. So, many of my blog posts reflect this bent from my current learning. Since we're to honor God with our bodies (1 Cor. 6.20) and the brain is part of our body, we need to honor God with our brains. Learning how they work is one way to do that.
In this blog I point out that two significant processes in our brains influence generosity: the sense of reward we personally experience when we give and the empathy we feel toward the recipient of our gifts.
Published on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 @ 1:05 AM CDT
The Brain and Successful Church Change: 11 Insights you need to know
Wise leaders carefully manage church change. Healthy church management includes not just the bird's eye view (big picture implications) but also considers the individual view, what's going on inside the individual church member or leader when you, as the leader, present change. Neuroscience offers helpful insight about unconscious processes that go on inside our brains when people face change. Consider these insights and suggestions the next time you plan change for your church.
Published on Thursday, November 15, 2012 @ 4:11 AM CDT
Are your sermons hard or easy to listen to?
I'm enrolled in a master's degree program in neuroleadership. Yep, that word's a mouthful. Click here to see a cool video that explains the term neuroleadership.
I'm learning some fascinating insights about the brain that can help us pastors lead, speak, and live more effectively. In today's blog, I'd like you to ask yourself this question: Would most people say my sermons are hard to listen to or easy to? Take a moment and stop reading and answer that question for yourself.
Published on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 @ 8:27 AM CDT
Five ways to Motivate others you may have Skipped
Motivating staff and volunteer leaders in the church or in any organization begs the question: How can we do it better? I believe David Rock, author and speaker, offers fresh insight from neuroscience about how we can best motivate others. He developed a paradigm based on five domains that influence behavior that he coined with the acronym SCARF.
Published on Thursday, November 1, 2012 @ 10:01 AM CDT
What do Toilet Repairs and Leadership Composure have in Common
Recently I scheduled a plumber to fix minor leaks in some toilets in our home as are preparing to sell our house. My wife was to meet the plumber in my absence and give him the instructions I had given her. At about ten minutes after the appointment time she called and told me that he had come and said the fixes were so simple I could do them. I asked her what he charged us to give us that sage advice. Her response? "$125." I was not a happy camper.
Published on Thursday, August 23, 2012 @ 9:13 AM CDT
Unmet Expectations: How to pull out of a leadership lull
The leadership lull: every leader faces disappointment about unmet expectations whether in real-time or whether those expectations lie in our minds. We have a down Sunday. A new ministry doesn't take off. A seasonal program doesn't bring as many new people as we expected. We can get stuck in a downward spiral.
Published on Monday, August 20, 2012 @ 9:06 AM CDT
6 Ways to Add Interest to your Leadership Training Meetings
Sustaining and growing a healthy church requires systematic leadership training. To lead most effectively, staff, boards, and volunteers need to constantly improve their knowledgebase and skills. I'm enrolled in a two-year program to get a masters degree in neuroleadership (check out the cool animation about neuroleadership here: www.charlesstone.com). In a recent webinar lecture, my teacher used a technique that pastors can use to increase attention and retention in their leadership training meetings. Here's what she did.
Published on Thursday, August 16, 2012 @ 9:32 AM CDT
5 Ways to Get People to pay Attention to Your Sermons
One of the most disconcerting feelings we pastors experience is when we prepare a sermon and pour our heart into it, yet feel that it didn't make a difference in people's lives. It's equally frustrating when we preach to see somebody tuning us out.
What can we do to help people pay more attention to our sermons? For when they do, there's a greater chance what we say will stick in their minds to give the Holy Spirit time to ultimately change their hearts.
Neuroscience is teaching us a lot about how people remember things. Two mental processes related to attention simultaneously activate in the minds of those sitting in the pews on Sundays.
Published on Thursday, August 9, 2012 @ 9:54 AM CDT
Reactions: How to Stop them by Dumping Them in a CART
One of the greatest strengths a leader can posses is his (or her) ability keep his emotions in check. However, when we feel rejected, hurt, or fearful, we often react, get visibly angry, or becoming defensive. Those responses can hinder God's work in our lives and hurt our leadership. So what can we do?
Published on Wednesday, August 1, 2012 @ 11:15 AM CDT
Rejection: How if Affects Leaders
Disapproval and rejection can sting and wound. We've all felt it. What do we do when important people in our lives (or even those that we don't deem important) reject us? How do we respond as did Jesus when he was rejected and scorned?
1Pet. 2.23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.
Years ago I experienced deep disapproval and rejection from some key church leaders. Essentially they told me that I wasn't a good leader nor could I inspire people when I preached God's Word. I was devastated and the effects lingered for months. At the time I didn't process this rejection well. In retrospect, however, I now understand why this hurt so much and what to do about it.
Published on Saturday, July 28, 2012 @ 3:41 PM CDT
Leadership's Missing Ingredient: Neuroleadership
Whether we lead a church ministry, a para-church organization, or run a business, we Christian leaders want to lead at our best. Books, leadership seminars, coaching, and mentoring can all help us grow our skills. I've used all three to develop mine. Recently, though, I've realized an emerging and rapidly growing field is filling a gap in spiritual leadership.
Published on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 @ 6:55 AM CDT
Productivity: Multi-tasking makes You Dumber than if You Smoked Pot
Productivity for leaders demands wise time management. But will multi-tasking make us better time managers? This study says no.
A study done at the University of London found that constant emailing and text-messaging reduces mental capability by an average of ten points on an IQ test. It was five points for women, and fifteen points for men. This effect is similar to missing a night's sleep. For men, it's around three times more than the effect of smoking cannabis. While this fact might make an interesting dinner party topic, it's really not that amusing that one of the most common "productivity tools" can make one as dumb as a stoner. (David Rock, Your Brain at Work, p. 36)
Published on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 @ 10:40 AM CDT
Sticky Sermons: Neuroscience Insights that will Improve Them
I'm currently in a master's program in neuroleadership through Middlesex University in the UK and I'm having a blast. Christian leaders and pastors can learn much from the latest neuroscience discoveries about the brain. Neuroscientists have discovered that the brain profoundly impacts leadership
...Published on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 @ 9:30 AM CDT
Your Brain's Leadership X-factor
X-Factor: A variable in a situation that could have the most significant impact on the outcome.
X-Factor: a tv show by Simon Cowell that didn't do so well.
The term X-factor usually carries a positive mystique, a quality not readily identified except by its impact. We'll say...
- The singer has the
Published on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 @ 10:12 AM CDT
Neuroleadership clues to Tiger Wood's Meltdown
Last week Augusta, Georgia hosted one of the world's most prestigious golf tournaments, The Masters. Tiger Woods, a four-time winner and arguable today's most talented golfer made the cut. He entered the tournament hoping for a strong showing. Unfortunately he finished tied for 40th.
What happened?
...Published on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 @ 9:46 AM CDT
9 Signs Your Hormones May be Hijacking your Leadership
God gave us this magnificent creation called the brain.Weighing less than three pounds, it wields incredible influence over how well leaders lead. Although we usually call the brain a computer, it's more like a pharmacy that constantly dispenses drugs (hormones) into our bodies which affects our
...Published on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 @ 10:21 AM CDT
When Pastors Lead from their Lizard Brain
Although I'm not a physician, as a pastor I've learned a lot about the brain through my youngest daughter's five brain surgeries. Imagine a tootsie roll pop with two centers. Pretend the inner center is a sweet tart surrounded by the gooey tootsie roll that in turn is surrounded by the hard outer
...Published on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 2:55 PM CDT


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Sweet! I really want this to be true. I enjoyed the first one a lot and played it through multiple times. If the new one's story is a bit longer, I'll be satisfied. Bring it on!
It's about bloody time already. It's starting to get ridiculous with games like this.
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Notice the word "claim." We have know clue if this is true or not, but I would love to see another Mirror's Edge.
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According to the latest data from Thomson Reuters, analysts are expecting a 2.3% profit decline from the S&P 500 in the third quarter, down from 8.4% year-over-year growth in earnings in the second quarter. Back in July, the consensus was calling for a 3.1% improvement in the third quarter, so expectations were coming down even as the broad market rallied in the latter part of the summer in anticipation of QE3.
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Glenbulah Man Arrested for Using Charger at Best Buy Without Buying It
He told police he thought he was entitled because he'd "spent a lot of money at Best Buy" in the past.
A 30-year-old Glenbulah man was arrested last week at Best Buy, however it wasn't for theft but for charging his camera battery in the store and ruining the packaging.
Fox Point police were called by Best Buy security just after 1:30 p.m. on March 21 after seeing the man, with the opened a battery charger package, wandering the store.
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Best Buy security told officers when they arrived that a man had opened a battery charger package and discarded the packaging; the man was still inside, wandering through the store.
Officers found the man looking at laptops and when they asked him to remove his hands from his pockets, he refused. He was handcuffed and searched. He admitted opening the battery charger and plugging in his camera battery over by the vacuums.
The charger was valued at $41.99.
He was cited for damage to property. During the booking process, he complained that he was being harassed and said he was the victim. He said Best Buy will just send the item back and not be out any money. Even after explaining that his actions cause a financial loss to both Best Buy, their supplier and to all customers in the means of higher prices, he still felt that he was justified because he had spent "a lot of money" at Best Buy in the past.


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LOS ANGELES - Favorites had their way during the first day of competition of the 1998 Women's Water Polo National Collegiate Championships as UCLA, Stanford, California and Hawai'i, the top seeds in their respective brackets, all won both of their matches Friday (May 8) at USC's McDonald's Swim Stadium and at Long Beach State.
UCLA, the top seed in the 12-team tournament and the two-time defending national champions, beat Princeton, 15-1, and UC Santa Barbara, 11-5. Its first match was one of six matches held at Long Beach State due to USC's graduation ceremony. The competition turned to USC's campus in the late afternoon and evening for the remaining six matches.
Stanford, the No. 2 seed overall, finished first in Bracket B with a 10-1 win over Michigan and a 10-2 win over UMass. California, the No. 3 seed overall, finished on top of Bracket C with a 7-0 win over Indiana and a 7-3 win over host USC.
Hawai'i, the top seed in Bracket D and No. 4 overall, beat Princeton, 8-3, and then No. 5 seed San Diego State, 5-3.
UCLA and Hawai'i as well as Stanford and California will square off on Saturday -- the winners advancing to the title match on Sunday.
Highlight performances from the first day of competition included six goals from UC Santa Barbara sophomore Catherine Hill, five goals from Stanford sophomore two-meter player Ellen Estes, UMass junior driver Andrea Vazquez and UCLA junior Catharine von Schwarz and four goals from California senior two-meter player Alisa vonHartitzsch and Princeton freshman Katerine Kixmiller.
California junior goalie Evi Schueller and USC goalies Bernice Orwig and Whitney Allen led their respective teams to the only shutout wins in the first 10 games, both coming over Indiana.
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Temporary structures specialist Neptunus branched out for a green challenge at this year's Pavilion of Art and Design in London. The firm built around several protected trees, stone steps and walls at the site on Berkeley Square in London, which took place from 12 to 16 October. The fifth annual event welcomed 58 international exhibitors. Neptunus constructed several temporary structures for this major art event including a large Alu Hall, Double Decker and an Alure Globe, covering a surface area of more than 3,800sqm. This was the second time Neptunus had built for the Pavilion of Art & Design. Temporary structures were also supplied for the 2010 exhibition in Paris. "The Pavilion of Art and Design was a challenging project for Neptunus because there were lots of trees where the structures needed to be placed and the time span was short," said sales director Tom Ambaum. "Not only did we work around the trees, we had to implement them into the structures as well. In addition, this was the first time double decker structures had been displayed in Berkeley Square and loading and unloading of the structures had to take place during the night," he added. The Pavilion of Art and Design is one of the largest modern art exhibitions in the world and enjoyed a record number of exhibitors at the 2011 event. Art galleries from Barcelona, Brussels, Milan, New York, Paris and Stockholm showcased their artworks to the public.


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Ether Switch - Elegy
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- Artist: Ether Switch
- Album: Elegy
- Label: Nondance Records
- Year of Release: 2006
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- Reviewed by: kev_stev on 2008-03-02
Some things just drive a listener crazy. Personally, I have a lot of pet peeves, especially in the vocal department: over-driven vocals and whispering being two of my biggest annoyances. Now, I for one feel that a vocalist's voice does not need to hit every note because, really, musical expression does not require technical perfection (our albums aren't given to the likes of Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell, anyway). Some of the biggest names from the past and even the present have those hit-or-miss voices: Bob Dylan, Billy Corgan, and Conor O'berst, to name a short few. However, by no means can anyone simply pick up a microphone and become a star; the best singers have direction and articulation, despite their unorthodox deliveries.
So the question is begged, what does all this have to do with Ether Switch's new album, Elegy? Before getting to any disparaging remarks, though, a proper introduction should be stated. Ether Switch is an indie rock band from the New York City metropolitan area and is comprised of vocalist and guitarist Doug Bleek, who also programs electronic melodies, and Ed Castillo, who plays drums and sequences the electronics. There are some interesting things going on in their sound: swirling electronics, escalating guitar riffs, and walls of layered sound showcase their musical inventiveness and meticulousness. But, taking me back to my over-winded introduction, these boons are obscured by Bleek's monotonous vocals, which completely dominate (and overshadow the best qualities of) their sound. When the vocals are taken away, like in "Hey Old Faces," there are layers of guitar and nuanced sounds that make their music catchy and intriguing, but when the singing is integrated all the former triumphs are too distanced to enjoy.
The best (and concurrently worst) example of this is in "Machiavelli Martyr" where there is a slew of droning vocals that only change tone with Trust Company-esque whispers or a conversational type of singing. As the singer of Ether Switch, Bleek truly controls where this band is going. It is very easy to sift through thousands of indie bands, especially in the New York area, and if the first thing someone hears by Ether Switch is "Machiavelli Martyr," getting passed up will become a common trend to a band that does, actually, have potential, though often hidden, talent.
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on 2008-03-05 kev_stev Said:
Very nicely written. The album did get better as it progressed, but a bad start never bode wells for a review. As I said, I think they have potential, it's just the lyrically monotony wards off future listens. Unless you're really devoted to the band and can find a deeper meaning within the music, or a connection with the execution of the vocals, I don't feel this album is enjoyable. Also, I had no lyrics to read along with, so maybe I didn't get the full effect of it all, but I'm feeling pretty confident about my score.
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on 2008-03-05 roborotic Said:
I'll admit that upon first listening to Elegy, the vocals were bothersome at points (not so much the voice itself, but the lack of control), but nothing that detracted from the music itself. The monotony is seemingly intentional (a la Paul Banks) and befitting for the musical style. I'll agree with you in that, save for "Square One", the opening tracks of Elegy aren't so strong. The album starts off kind of shaky, but really picks up. "Release, Realize, Revert" is a great tune, as is "Japanese Candy". People somehow find enjoyment in Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and Alec Ounsworth isn't winning American Idol any time soon. I guess one of the album's most redeeming qualities lies in the words themselves, not necessarily how they're being sung. Lyrically, Elegy says a lot, to the point where I would overlook some imperfections in the vocals (and I find the music pretty enjoyable) in order to really listen. At its worst, Elegy serves as a wonderful example of what Ether Switch is capable of. I think they're one of the most talented bands in the NYC underground right now, and would love to see what happens as they continue to mature as musicians. 2/5 is a little harsh, 3.5/5 for me.
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With its narrow, winding roads dotted with horse-drawn buggies and signs for homemade quilts, candles, jams and jellies, Pennsylvania's Amish country in Lancaster County attracts millions of tourists each year. But giant billboards along a main highway call attention to a less appealing local industry. "WELCOME TO LANCASTER ... HOME TO 100'S OF PUPPY MILLS," reads one sign. It was paid for by Last Chance for Animals, a national animal-advocacy organization that opposes commercial breeding facilities where hundreds of puppies are raised in cramped metal cages without proper food, veterinary care and often even fresh air.
Activists estimate that 200,000 puppies are bred and sold each year in Lancaster County. The public's fascination with new designer dogs like the puggle (a cross between a pug and beagle) as well as the ease of buying a dog on websites like nextdaypets.com has only increased demand. And with that has come a backlash, especially in states like Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri, where there is a high concentration of breeders. There, and even at the national level, a movement is under way to ensure that the U.S.'s most popular house pets, many of which are purchased during the holiday season, are raised in humane conditions. "No pet store will tell you that its puppies come from a puppy mill," says Ed Sayres, president of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, "but these animals are commercially exploited to generate the highest amount of profit at the lowest possible cost."
The exact number of puppy mills is not known, since offenders often fail to register their operations with the government, as required by law. But hundreds of violations are reported each year. The horrific conditions found in some mills can cause health and behavioral defects ranging from genetic problems caused by overbreeding, such as hip dysplasia, to overaggressive play. "In order for a dog to be a normal dog, it needs to stay with its mother and littermates for a good eight to 10 weeks," says Carol Araneo-Mayer, co-founder of Adopt-A-Pet, a rescue group in Freehold, N.J. She says many puppies are separated and even sold long before they learn how to play with other animals and not to be afraid of people. Also, health problems can pile up. In May, Lancaster County residents Raymond and Joyce Stoltzfus agreed to pay some $50,000 to reimburse 171 customers who claimed the puppies they bought from the couple suffered from pneumonia, heart defects and kidney failure.
Animal-rights advocates contend that commercially bred dogs can be spared much of their misery with just the most basic improvements. "Do they have to be confined to cages 24 hours a day, bred with no limit on the number of litters and no required socialization with other dogs or with humans?" asks Josette Aramini, cofounder of the new United Against Puppy Mills group in Lancaster. The organization has worked to shutter large-scale breeders by petitioning local zoning boards to deny them permits.


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Updated: December 25, 2012
"I'm from Illinois, so snow doesn't really bother me," says Robert Guardiola. "Usually it's other drivers not taking precautions, and not driving slowly when the snow comes in."
Guardiola is ready to head back to work after the holiday weekend.
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If severe weather hits, he wants drivers to stay safe.
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Some folks were even looking forward to a few flakes.
"I'm for it, definitely," says Michael Hesterly. "They're out of school, I can have fun with my kids. We can go sledding, snowmen, snowball fights."
Jeff Hall headed out to the lake to spend Christmas evening with the grandparents.
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Here is a good article about the danger of right-wing extremism and terrorism. Although this is a national issue, it is something that also faces Pleasanton (as evidence by many of the hateful postings on Town Square Forum). Please enjoy Web Link
"Today, as in the early years of the Clinton administration but to an even greater extent, right-wing extremism is being systematically fed by the conservative media and political establishment."
Posted by Mary, a resident of the Del Prado neighborhood, on Jun 17, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Fear not, for as usual, it is merely the minority attempting to speak out and the majority will surely tamp it down, oppress it back into submission. Hmmm, you left wingers sure do fret a lot.
Posted by Karen, a resident of the Heritage Oaks neighborhood, on Jun 17, 2009 at 12:33 pm
After seeing all the anti-Obama right-wing nutjob posts on the Pleasanton Weekly, you have to wonder if one of these losers will do something crazy. It scares me to know these types live in this town.
Posted by Mary, a resident of the Del Prado neighborhood, on Jun 17, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Karen, were the Obama nutjobs any worse than the Bush nutjobs of the past? I find all of the nutjobs fairly out of line. Particularly the ones with blinders on.
Posted by Fred, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood, on Jun 17, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Nice try to stir it up............bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by H.N.T., a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Jun 17, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Don't forget "groups" like International Answer. I saw plenty of hate from that group. They led marches in San Francisco, D.C. and many other cities over the past 5 years. Pleasanton families marched in these protests. Lots of venom, lots of hate on the left.
Posted by PToWN94566, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Jun 17, 2009 at 1:11 pmPToWN94566 is a member (registered user) of PleasantonWeekly.com
I find it funny that people are still playing this blame game with politics. Both parties are to blame and not one single group is responsible for the state of our nation. While I'm registered as a Democrat, I do believe there have been illogical moves that this party has done. Same thing with Republicans. The above posts states "...left wingers should do fret a lot" but so do the Republicans, or conservatives. Bush had his days and now it's Obama's turn- there's never going to be solid agreements but we can at least not sit here and attack each other.
Posted by john, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Jun 17, 2009 at 10:04 pm
There is a new movement comming to town.
Cholo's for Obama.
Posted by Mary, a resident of the Del Prado neighborhood, on Jun 18, 2009 at 12:25 am
PTown94566 - actually I was being sarcastic and trying to make exactly your point. Each party or side thinks the other is out of control and over reacts. It goes on and on, back and forth. The blinders keep each side from seeing this all too obvious fact.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It was just about two months ago that Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Cole Hamels stood on the mound at Nationals Park, watched Bryce Harper step into the batters box and decided to use the moment to administer a message to the Nationals' 19-year-old rookie.
Hamels, as the well-known story goes, hit Harper in the lower back with a pitch. Harper subsequently stole home on him. In the aftermath, Hamels regaled reporters with his reason for hitting Harper on purpose and was issued a suspension from major league baseball. Harper brushed off the entire thing, saying he had no idea why he'd be the target of something like that. Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo fiercely defended his player, calling Hamels "fake tough," among other things, and also received a fine from the commissioners' office.
On Monday, though, Hamels said all the right things about Harper — even pointing to that moment as a lesson for him.
"That was probably the most impressive thing I've seen," Hamels said. "Unfortunately I had to be on the bitter end of the stick on that, but you know what? It definitely shows you a lot about what he does, and I think it's taught me something about baseball, to push harder and play harder. I can thank him for it, too."
"It shows the character he has," Hamels added. "That's awesome to see from a 19-year-old because at 19, I didn't know what type of qualities I had, let alone to be in the big leagues and have to deal with those pressures. It's been nice to see the way he goes about it."
Hamels was also asked, like many players, if they were starting a franchise who would they choose to build around: Harper or Mike Trout. Hamels chose Harper.
"I'm going to say Harper because I haven't seen Trout play," Hamels said. "I mean, I watch him enough on ESPN highlights, but the way that Harper goes about it, and obviously he's a couple of months younger, I'm going to take the young guy. Harper is tremendous to watch and he's definitely a center point that you'd want to build your team around.
"When you get in the game of baseball and it gets long, the hustle and the fight that you have, sometime you don't do it all the time. But he's 100 percent. From start to finish he's in it, mentally and physically. You can start to see that slip sometimes, even the best do it. I've done it. And you can't see it from him. That's pretty cool to see."


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However, for millions of Muslims around the world, it is not about eating, it's about feeling empathy for those less fortunate.
The month of Ramadan started last week with Muslims devoting themselves to dawn-to-dusk fasting, prayers and good deeds.
Muslims are expected to abstain during daylight hours from food, drink, smoking and sex in order to focus on spirituality, good deeds and charity. The lunar month ends Aug. 19.
Small children, people who are ill and pregnant women are exempt from fasting.
The fast culminates with the three-day holiday of Eid al-Fitr.
The month of fasting
"The goal of Ramadan is that it teaches us that as you are feeling hungry to look to the needy and hungry who do not have food," said Imam Shamshad A. Nasir, of Baitul Hameed Mosque in Chino.
Nasir is the spiritual leader for the Ahmadiyya community.
"This is just a little effort on our part to remain hungry and thirsty ... but the reward is very heavy from God," he said. "This is the reason why we are waiting for this time to come. So we can get closer to God, pray to him to get his forgiveness. That is the lesson of training during the month of fasting."
There are two other reasons why Muslims look forward to the fast - to lose weight and care for the poor and needy, Nasir said.
"The saying of Prophet Muhammad is if you observe the fast your health will be good," he said.
"Islam teaches humanity that first we should care for other people, not just ourselves ... it is not fair that you have a good house, car, business or job and you don't (recognize) your neighbor is sleeping hungry, and you don't care, that is totally wrong in Islam."
The mosque at 11941 Ramona Ave. in Chino draws many for the five daily prayers, but during this holy time of the year, up to 400 people gather at the place of worship for a number of lectures and prayers.
All prayers must be done either by oneself or at the mosque.
But because this is a special time of the year, about 45 minutes before the sunset prayer, Nasir will provide a lecture from the Quran, other sacred texts and the writings of the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.
Lectures cover various aspects of Islamic teachings, with an emphasis on the purpose and rewards of observing the fast.
After the sunset prayer, a free dinner is served to attendees at the Baitul Hameed Mosque.
Muslim or non-Muslim visitors are always welcome and can participate in the evening's events as they wish, Nasir said.
The fifth daily prayer - about 9 p.m. - in Islam, called Ishaa, will be held after the dinner, followed by a short reading and commentary on Hadith - the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad - after which extra prayers, called Taraveeh, will commence, Nasir said.
For veteran fasters, it is still difficult to not eat for hours on end. However, they say it is a sacrifice worth making.
"There are two parts of it - you're sacrificing the comfort of life, not just the food, but the sleep and the rest," said Monas Chaudry, 50, of Brea.
"And then you wake up weary in the morning and indulge in prayer and eat a little bit. It's not that you get used to it,
Rancho Cucamonga resident Imran Jattala said those living in the United States and worshiping are fortunate. There are people observing where it is 115 degrees and where water is practically a luxury, Jattala said.
"We are lucky," he said. "And here we are in air-conditioning buildings."
Jattala agrees that while it does get easier not to eat and drink, you do not get used to it.
"And I think that's the point, to get used to the idea that this is what hunger is like and this is what (being thirsty) is like," he said.
"Two of the common issues in the world today are scarcity of food, and in a large part of the world it's water."
Earlier this week at the mosque, after dinner, dozens of men and women gathered in separate rooms for the last prayer.
They would rise and fall simultaneously during prayer.
Both men and women must take their shoes off before entering the prayer house. They must cover their heads, and do this out of respect and to follow the practice of their Prophet Muhammad, Nasir said.
The women were covered head to toe in loose-fitting scarves, burqas or hijabs.
All were long sleeved and dressed modestly.
Dressed in a long-sleeved blazer, Chino resident Palwisha Hydari said she likes the idea of men and women in separate rooms.
"I think it is because when I am praying, I am at my most vulnerable state," she said. "I don't want to be distracted."
During the prayer, a cellphone goes off, not loud enough to disturb worship, but loud enough for the 23-year-old Hydari to look over at the purse from which the sound was coming from.
The ring tone wasn't familiar to many, but Hydari knew it.
"It's a prayer," she said. "Many people download applications and set them as alarms."
This century-old ritual doesn't seem so ancient now.
Nasir said there are many smartphone applications that people download to remind themselves of the prayer timings as well as the start and stop time for fasts.
"There is none I'm aware of that is officially endorsed or distributed," he said. "Most of these are made and distributed by enthusiasts."
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Ideal conditions for a full hybrid to be sure, but this is the real world and not an EPA test lab dyno. We hear a lot about hybrids not achieving their EPA mileage estimates. That hasn't been the case with the Mariner Hybrid. On our initial highway experience from Detroit to Southeastern Ohio, we beat the EPA highway number of 29 mpg, posting slightly over 30 mpg while running comfortably with traffic.
Push the speed up past 70 mph and economy will drop off sharply, but if you drive with maximum fuel economy in mind, over the road mileage can be impressive. We should also point out that this experience began with just 23 miles showing on the Mariner's odometer. It will be interesting to see if fuel economy changes after the break-in period.
Around town is where the Mariner Hybrid really shines. Here, the EPA suggests a 33 mpg average. Our initial experience suggests that number is an honest figure, even if you aren't particularly paying attention to the art of achieving maximum fuel economy. Our long-term test vehicle is equipped with the in-dash navigation system, so it's easy to monitor instantaneous and average fuel economy at the touch of a button. The fuel computer shows a graph in green that charts fuel economy with a white line extending across the average for the past 15 minutes. A bar graph at the left of the display shows current fuel economy. By processing this information along with input from the analog gauge at the left of the main instrument cluster (showing assist or regeneration), an alert driver can quickly learn a driving style that provides maximum fuel economy. A conscious effort to drive efficiently will easily deliver city fuel economy in the mid-thirty mpg range. On one rural/city combined loop, we saw an impressive 38-plus mpg.
While our 2006 Green Car of the Year is delivering in the fuel economy department, what has perhaps been most impressive is its overall utility. Mariner Hybrid is a fully functional SUV that feels just right for most missions. It's a five passenger model that comfortably accommodates four adults. Three in the split back rear seat is do-able, particularly if they are smaller adults or children. The hybrid system's nickel-metal hydride battery pack is mounted below the rear cargo floor and unless you pull up the carpeting, you would never know it's there. Before the Mariner showed 500 miles on the odometer, it had already hauled 200 pounds of horse feed in the rear cargo hold without a whimper.
Let's not forget that the Mariner Hybrid also delivers all-wheel-drive traction. Rain slick roads in late spring have not been a concern. Our long term commitment to the Mariner Hybrid will allow us to fully test its all-wheel drive capability as the four seasons roll around. Clearly, you don't give up traditional SUV utility with Mercury's hybrid entry.
Overall, the driving experience to date has been quite pleasant. Mariner is easy to handle, with a tight turning radius and overall light touch that lends itself to urban operation. On the open road, the Mariner's substantial feel is rewarding. There are many reasons consumers flocked to the SUV segment and their on-road presence can't be discounted.
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DEAR MARIANN: "How do I motivate my 12-year-old to study when she always seems bored in school and lacks interest in her classes?
Mariann's Response: When I read your question, immediately I think of depression, especially since those volatile teenage years are waiting with abounding hormonal changes and physical alterations. As mentioned in previous columns, depression has no age limits. Sadly I have heard of assessments for depression being used on children as young as four. Has your daughter visited her pediatrician recently to determine if depression could be a factor in her lax classroom attitude?
Another possibility is that she might be "bored" from not being challenged by her classes and needing a higher level of academic placement. Making an appointment with her school counselor might be a first step toward determining if she would benefit from assignment into "advanced placement" classes or if there are alternative subjects that she could take more compatible to her personality and future goals.
Does she have a dislike of one or some of her teachers? Are there other options for instructors who might motivate her interest in those subjects?
The Khan Academy, an online teaching method for hundreds of topics is revolutionizing how students are learning in many American classrooms. The service is free and could possibly be a secondary source of more modern instructive methods that could inspire your daughter.
And finally, my question to you as a parent, what level of involvement do you have with her about the future and the career path she envisions for herself? My cliché of "only being able to see as far forward as the hood of the car" is seemingly a challenge for many youth. What is almost immediately in front of them is the only thing they can see presently, versus looking out on the horizon and realizing that other options are just ahead. As her parent, teaching a "big picture strategy" is essential, versus not just "living for the moment."
Researching local options and taking her to professional venues where she can shadow someone who does what she might want to pursue for a career would be helpful.
After completing both my undergraduate and graduate degrees, I had interest in pursuing nursing as a vocation. Even though I had successfully completed college twice, due to my lack of a sufficient number of chemistry classes while attending Delaware Hayes, I would have been required to have taken several high school chemistry classes prior to ever pursuing pre-nursing studies. Needless to say, I am a counselor versus working in a hospital. Seemingly the pressure of "knowing what you want to do with your life" is even more accentuated today in academia.
My last suggestion is to have a daily scheduled "check-in" time during the school week for hearing about the just-concluded school day and both the successes and the challenges she encountered.
It seems that adolescents are ultimate masters of the "one word answer" when responding to an adult's question. When hearing "fine" as her curt answer to your question, especially about her day, please dig deeper, start a dialogue, be nosy. At first your daughter may resent your intrusiveness, but with the onslaught of text messaging, verbal communication skills are now compromised especially among our youth.
Having the ability for in-depth conversation and her knowledge that she has a parent who truly cares, will be valuable life tools for her future success.
Mariann Main is a licensed counselor and a Delaware native. Her column appears weekly on Saturdays. To submit a question and have Mariann answer it anonymously, visit delgazette.com/life-questions-with-local-answers or send mail to the Delaware Gazette office, 40 N. Sandusky St., suite 203, Delaware, OH 43015.


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Four interior design students work together to create a winning design for an upscale, theater-inspired retail store.
Interior Design students Natalie Benos, Julianne Rodriguez, Jeff Poole and Lawrence Liptak, under the direction of Associate Professor Michael Gollini, closed out their junior year with a five-week blast of work for theRetail Design Institute's International Store Design Competition.
Their concepts and drawings for a store called Excelsior Toronto Couture topped the group-project category. The four will share a $1,500 prize, and CIA will receive $500.
RDI is a 50-year-old professional organization for designers, architects and students involved in creating spaces for the retail and business market. Details of its annual student competition vary, but this year's challenge was to introduce a U.S.-based retailer of high-end handbags and accessories into a two-story space in downtown Toronto.
RDI explained that the flagging economy makes this a good time for companies to try to capitalize on the "lipstick effect," in which buyers denying themselves big purchases will still treat themselves to smaller luxuries.
The winning CIA team took its creative cues from Toronto's robust theater district. They chose Excelsior in a nod to a realty company key to the city's history, and liked that the word "excelsior" evokes connotations of excellence, Benos said.
School projects tend to be individual assignments, she added, so the team approach seemed like a good challenge.
"It definitely pushed me, I had new respect for my classmates," she said.
Rodriguez agreed.
"At first, it was a bit of a struggle to come together as a group and figure out how to divide and conquer this project, especially with everyone's different schedules, personalities, strengths and weaknesses," she said. "Thankfully, we eventually figured it out."
Rodriguez says she's most proud that the CIA team pulled off the win against more than 200 teams, most of which started their work months earlier when the competition was first announced last fall.
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