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There are truisms in sports: You can never have enough pitching; the backup goalie is the most popular player on the roster; and using public money to build sports facilities is a sucker play.
So you have to think the odds are slim for the Calgary Flames Sports and Entertainment Group to lever public money from the city of Calgary and the province of Alberta for its CalgaryNext project – particularly when the economy has collapsed hereabouts, and Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi has run out of metaphors for "No flippin' way" when asked to write a cheque from the city's cash-strapped piggybank.
But the folks over at the Saddledome are giving it a whirl anyhow. On the Flames' current wish list – call it a think paper or discussion starter – are some boxcar numbers for public funding to build their arena/ stadium/ field house/ entertainment centre in the West Village. While some of the numbers for public funding start with an M – as in millions – most skeptics in town think they should start with a B – as in billions.
There are infrastructure costs, presumably re-routing Crowchild Trail, linking with the downtown core and eliminating the demon creosote deposits that have lain beneath the property since it was a Domtar site many years ago. While this mayor has been generous with pretty, useless bridges across the Bow and befuddling public art at the airport, he's apparently adamant that there be no dough for "millionaire athletes and billionaire owners".
(If I might digress here: How come the beautiful people are always vilifying "millionaire athletes and billionaire owners" when it comes to public funding? Do we ever hear anyone decry money to the arts for "millionaire musicians and billionaire arts corporations?" There isn't a single arts organization in Alberta that could turn on the lights in the morning without its public grant money.
Likewise, Calgary and Edmonton have built facilities that can host the world's richest bands and orchestras. Yet, not a peep from the media about lining their pockets at no value to taxpayers. That is because, in the political and media silo, sports people are "them" and artists are "us".)
So it would appear that the CalgaryNext proposal is deader than Tutankhamen. As tax payers we should applaud the frugal nature our pols are showing on this file. Let the Flames do the "guzintas" again.
Except that this arena/football stadium/field house concept is going to be built in the next decade. A city of Calgary's stature demands them. And while we've heard what the mayor and his associates don't want, we haven't publicly heard where they think these major additions to the city's life should go. Do they feel the Flames should hightail it to the deep burbs somewhere, out of sight of the downtown where land is cheaper?
That would hardly enhance the downtown core concept that the mayor waxes rhapsodic about so much. Just ask the burghers of Ottawa, who saw a hockey arena erected in the far western perimeter and now are desperately trying to atone for that mistake with a downtown rink. In light of the CalgaryNext proposal from the Flames, what is the mayor prepared to do to make this happen?
The two sides of the new arena deal in Edmonton reached a similar impasse on a few occasions. There was bitterness aplenty as politicians and sports people butted heads. But at the end, they found a way to make a deal. Their downtown core is being transformed by their arena project. The same will be true of Calgary when the Flames locate their new generation of buildings. It's a matter of when.
Hopefully, the sides in Calgary will realize the same. If not, then perhaps we need some new people at the table, because this project is too important to the city and its people to see it flounder on intransigent personalities.
Bruce Dowbiggin @dowbboy #notthepublicbroadcaster
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The government has initiated various schemes and policies in order to provide sustainability to the under-privileged people. The irony is, majority of the rural population are devoid of the benefits earned from these schemes and the reasons behind this backlog are ignorance and lack of information.
The Soochna Seva team experienced one such case of ignorance when they conducted a camp in Sivir village in Narendra Nagar block of Tehri Garhwal district. The team met Purushottam Singh; he was a farmer and also worked as a manual labourer. During off season he worked under various contractors and often did not receive money in time. He thought of migrating to other states in order to earn more but he hesitated to leave his family and the village. The veil of ignorance lifted from his face when he learned about the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) during the camp. This scheme provides unskilled work to the labourers in their hometown and prevents migration. It ensures livelihood security in rural areas by providing 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer so that they can do unskilled manual work.
During the session the team also explained about the importance of job card and the process to fill up the form for NREGA. After a week went by, the team acted in Purushottam's case. They helped him to fill the form to apply for a job card and also assisted him in obtaining it from the block development office.
Today Purushottam is working under NREGA and is receiving money directly in his bank account. He feels that this decision of not leaving the village was a good one because these days he is getting money in time and the money is sufficient enough to feed his family. He thanked the Soochna Seva team and appreciated their efforts in reaching out the most marginalised sections of the society and empowering them.


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Wisconsin artist Betsy Popp is the North Rim's first artist-in-residence for the 2008 season.
Popp is a wildlife and landscape artist from Townsend, Wis., who works with many mediums. During her North Rim residency, she will be working with pastels.
"While light is forever moving, changing, and remodeling our surroundings, pastel captures that moment in permanent, vibrant color." said Popp. "I capture the reality of a moment with the immediacy of light and color in my pastels."
Not only has Popp been creating and exhibiting her work for more than 18 years, she has been an art instructor as well. She has won numerous awards and recognitions using her talent with various mediums, and some of her work has been published.
This is Popp's fifth National Park Artist-In-Residency.
Popp will be on the North Rim through July 1. Her participation in the North Rim's Artist-in-Residence program continues the legacy of art in our national parks. The Artist-in-Residence program on the North Rim began in 2002 with a resident writer. Artists from around the world typically compete for three residencies per year - spring, summer and fall. Artistic mediums can include painting, pen and ink drawing, charcoal, sculpture, wood working, photography, dance, music or writing.
The artistic heritage of the west began with the artwork and photography that accompanied the Yellowstone Expedition of 1871. This art helped to influence the establishment of Yellowstone as our first national park in 1872.
Current artist-in-residence programs at Grand Canyon, as well as at other parks around the country, preserve that memory today. The nation and the National Park system are changing. So too has a new generation of artists, who have emerged with contemporary techniques and bold new mediums.
It is the task of these new artists to help frame our invaluable national heritage in enduring words and images for those who visit now, those who will come later and for those who will know the parks only in this artistic legacy.
Popp will present a special evening program at the Grand Canyon Lodge auditorium on Friday. Check with the North Rim Visitor Center for more information.
For more on the Artist-in-Residence program, including the application process for the 2010 residency, visit www.nps.gov/grca/support yourpark/air.htm.
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Somehow, some fucking way, 2018 is more than half over. And though it might feel like I always say this, I think this was the toughest list I've had to make yet. There's been an overwhelming number of exciting, vital new voices popping up and plenty of fantastic follow-ups from people I already loved.
Here's my best effort at whittling the list down to about 30. I split it into two tiers.
TIER 1: The Best of the Best: Early contenders for Song of the Year (alphabetical order)
03 Greedo
"Never Bend"
The Wolf of Grape Street (out now on Alamo)
Lemme spell it out for you clearly; 03 Greedo is the most exciting, original, and talented rapper to come up Future and Young Thug, bar none. Though it technically came out last year, "Never Bend" is, for me, the clearest distillation of what makes the LA native such an innovator. Greedo's music is elated sorrow, triumphant misery. The sound of a weary soul who has been taking punches his entire life, but remains confident — no, certain — that his resilience and commitment will be rewarded with total victory.
That's one of the biggest reasons why his recent 20-year jail sentence (for a non-violent drug crime) feels so unfair, because he was basically there, against all odds. However, it's also what gives me hope that this isn't the end of his story, that somehow Greedo will realize his vast potential and get the validation and financial security that his singular talent so richly deserves.
André 3000
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The inimitable ATLien surprise dropped this beautiful jazzy ballad on Mother's Day. An evocative ode to his late parents, André sketches a few dreamy, yet vivid childhood memories of the kind of simple moments that we tend to miss most when someone we love passes. The rolling pianos and the graceful woodwinds give the track a real "Court and Spark" feel, so much so that I thought it was a Joni sample on the first few listens.
Obviously, nobody knows whether this will usher in a new body of work that will expand on the sound (I hope). But if there's anything the lyrics teach us, we should enjoy things for what they are because we never know how long they'll stick around for.
Camp Cope
"The Face Of God"
How To Socialise & Make Friends (out now on Run For Cover)
Few singer-songwriters can tackle difficult topics as gracefully as Georgia McDonald, and she does it again on this heartbreaking track. A harrowing firsthand account of being abused by "a boy in a band," the Melbourne native's booming voice offers insight, honesty, and grace, as she takes on an epidemic that is sadly shared by so many others. It's extra powerful as the trio has just signed for Run For Cover — a label that has poorly dealt with similar situations among some of its biggest bands (Turnover, Pinegrove, Whirr).
"Black Walls"
Dear Tommy (out ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ on Italians Do It Better)
Whether or not "Dear Tommy" ever comes out, tracks like this illustrate exactly why the thirst remains so strong, more than two beyond its original release date. Its chunky rhythm guitars snake together masterfully between washes of keyboard and Ruth Radelet's angelic croon. In short, "Black Walls" is just a perfectly crafted song, with not a single sonic hair of its perfectly coiffed pompadour out of place.
City Girls
"Where the Bag At?
Period (out now on Quality Control)
Life isn't fair, but this one is especially galling. Just as her music career was taking off and life-changing money was coming in, JT (né Jatavia Johnson) — one half of the super talented, rising Miami bass duo, City Girls — had to turn herself in to do a two-year prison bid on an old credit card fraud charge.
Still only in her mid 20's, hopefully their excellent debut "Period" and bandmate Yung Miami will be able to keep their momentum going long enough for this not to be career wrecking. It only takes one spin of this electric, strip-club anthem to realize why their rare combination of charisma, razor-sharp bars, and joie de vivre has so many people talking about them.
Ella Mai
"Boo'd Up"
READY (out now on 10 Summers)
Yes, it originally came out last year. But if a stunning R&B ballad falls in the Internet and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
A classic in any era, the 23 year-old Londoner's ode to puppy love is guaranteed to take you back to the sweaty palms and sleepless nights of youthful infatuation — the time where a single glance can make your heart stop. And for those of us washed boys and girls who have been wifed up for a minute, it'll take you back to those everyday, subtle moments when your partner does something random that reminds you just how dope they are and how stupid lucky you are to be Boo'd Up with them.
Father John Misty
"The Songwriter"
God's Favorite Customer (out now on Sub Pop)
It feels like everyone is officially sick to death of the Father John Misty schtick. And evidently, so is he. On his bleak, exhausted fourth LP, Josh Tillman tears down the "self-referential raconteur" facade and exposes himself for what he actually is: a shitty husband, a frightened man-child, an addict, and crucially, an incredible songwriter. Crestfallen and alone in a hotel room, he turns the harsh glare back on himself on the album's haunting, brutal centerpiece. For once, Tillman the man considers the damage Father John Misty the character has had on the person he loves most.
Isabella Lovestory
"me gustas"
Juguete (out now, self-released)
I can't think of anything that's been more therapeutic for me than the Honduran singer's debut project. In a year that's been defined by the boundless suffering of brown people, I've found myself reflexively turning to the disc's simple and sweet Spanish-language love songs to combat the deluge of heartbreaking news that greets me every day.
At first, I listened to it mostly to help me hide from what is really going on (self-care?), but her optimistic spirit and soulful writing has reconnected me to the sounds I grew up on and reminded me how much joy and light there is in our part of the world. More than anything, it has helped drive me to get involved again and actively support other people with Central American roots who don't have the privilege that I do. That's what music should be for, and for that, I'm eternally grateful.
Kacey Musgraves
"High Horse"
Golden Hour (out now on UMG)
I could have gone with a handful of tracks from the 29 year-old's bulletproof third album, but "High Horse" is a tasty example of the disc's genre fluidity and her versatility as a songwriter and singer. A modern "You Don't Impress Me Much," Kacey glides over an effortless disco backbeat (#RandomAccessMusgraves), rolling her eyes at all those annoying dudes who have opinions about everything (i.e. what country is supposed to sound like).
Be The Cowboy (out 08.17 on Dead Oceans)
Can someone who was already a break-out star break out again? Judging by the pre-release singles from the follow-up to Mitski's beloved 2016 LP "Puberty 2," the 27 year-old has her sights set on world domination. "Nobody" is disco-tinged anthem that makes loneliness feel triumphant in a way that is reminiscent of Robyn's seminal "Dancing on My Own." Raw and honest, she details the hunger for human connection that is only found in the driest of dry spells. We've all been there, whether we want to admit it or not.
Playboy Carti
"Shoota" (f/ Lil Uzi Vert)
Die Lit
Sometimes what you take out is more important than what you put in, and influential Philadelphian Maaly Raw proves that with his ecstatic production on "Shoota." For most of it, there's a conspicuous absence of drums, which builds a palpable tension under Uzi's characteristically tuneful opening verse. Then, when the drums come in for Carti's second verse, the release is absolute magic, one of the most purely joyful musical moments of the year. Even though it's only 2 and a half minutes, Maaly's clever production makes it feel like an epic.
Rae Sremmurd
"Offshore" (f/ Young Thug)
SR3MM (out now on Ear Drummers)
Even though it's on the Rae Sremmurd record, let's be real "Offshore" is all about my guy Jeffery. For three magical minutes, time stops as Thugger goes all the way in, morphing into the R&B Jackson Pollock and smearing his kaleidoscopic vocals all over the space in completely unexpected ways. In a scene that too often celebrates derivatives, there's nothing like listening to a true original do the thing that only they can. And it's also nice to remember us that at least one of our faves would still "slap the shit outta Donald Trump any day." Assemble all of the praying hands emojis.
Snail Mail
Lush (out now on Matador)
One of the best indie rock songs I've heard in a long time, "Pristine" is a stunning slice of guitar music that brilliantly captures the specific feeling of trying and failing to make someone you're into see you the way you see them. Anybody who has ever been young with a crush will be able relate to this track.
Each heartbreak just feels so formative at that age, and it's so easy to see somebody as the answer to all your problems, even if you'd only known them for a short time. What's even more impressive is that singer-songwriter Lindsey Jordan is still an actual teenager, capturing these feelings with such insight and perspective while she's theoretically still wrapped up in them.
The 1975
"Give Yourself A Try"
A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (out in October on Dirty Hit)
With his signature combo of earnestness and self-deprecation, Matty Healy doles out advice to the mass of modern millennials gripped by their quarter life crises. The simplistic arrangement feels like a dud in any other hands, but Healy has that rare knack for tapping into the romantic, hyper-emotional, mostly dumb teenage feelings that we learn to suppress but never totally leave behind. The best band in the world right now.
Troye Sivan
Bloom (08.31 on EMI)
There's a lot in 2018 to be disappointed about, but it's exciting that the best pure, major label pop song of the year is by an openly gay artist singing overtly and clearly about sex. Cheekily described by Sivan as "bop about bottoming," "Bloom" captures the thrill and trepidation that comes just before doing something for the first time and revels in the trust and connection that is formed between both parties in the aftermath. Though the pronouns might surprise, the feeling is universal. We've all been there before and will likely (hopefully) be there again as we grow and develop throughout our lives.


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Guess the frank zappa songTuesday, March 28th, 2017
Tuesday again, music is downloaded onto the iPod just in time for Sunday which was Moira's birthday party along with Ian who came along with Dolors and their 2 girls. Irea and Inger also came along to entertain Ian, and Cerrie and Sonny, cerrie to chat to Dolors and Sonny to play with the girls. The weather was perfect the curries made by Moira , delicious and the company more then very agreeable. Every one went just as Maria arrived which meant we had to open another bottle of wine
Friday night was as usual Pepes while it rained outside.
Saturday i worked pretty much all day, then feel asleep I front of the tele in the evening.
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A poet , teacher and spiritual director currently based at two theological seminaries, I value the contemplative and "prophetic" dimensions of life. , I use this blog to post thoughts on poetry, spirituality, theology and connections between a thoughtful, prayerful and committed Christian faith and daily living in this challenging world.
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- Kathleen Henderson Staudt
- I work as a teacher, poet and spiritual director at a number of institutions in the DC area. My teaching focuses in various ways on writing, poetry, Spirituality and Christian vocation and ministry - especially from the point of view of the laity. I also offer classes and retreats encouraging people to explore their inner lives, engage their creativity and reflect on their beliefs about God, vocation, and how we can discern and pursue new ways to transform our broken world. I enjoy speaking of faith in the secular academy as well as reminding those preparing for ministry in the Church that our primary purpose is to love and serve the world beyond the church's doors. I love helping people to grow in faith and to find their own voices, and I also love encouraging them to use their minds. I see no contradiction between these impulses, believing as I do that faith, reason and creativity work together.
Friday, September 28, 2018
Interview on Radio Gabriel
I was just recently interviewed on a terrific website about spirituality and the arts called "Radio Gabriel" Here's the extensive interview with Kathryn Williams, who really drew a lot out of me -- lovely to have a conversation with a skilled interviewer. https://www.radiogabriel.com/single-post/KathleenHendersonStaudt
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producer Katsuhiro Harada introduced a new female character for Tekken 7 during Mad Catz's TGS stream.According to Harada, Catalina is a Latin American described as a "sassy mouthed talker" who "will be vocal in-game". The announcement is made at the 11:57 mark of the livestream.
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She fights using the Savate fighting style - a form of French boxing and kickboxing - and is intended to be beginner friendly.
In addition to the new character, Harada revealed that two new features are being developed for Tekken 7 with a focus on returning to "Tekken's true essence" after the hardcore player-focused Tekken Tag Tournament 2.Catalina will be playable at location tests in October with another unannounced character who emphasizes on a new 2D fighting game mechanic the Tekken developer hasn't implemented before.
It remains to be seen if the unannounced character is the Middle Eastern character Harada asked for feedback on Facebook recently.
No official gameplay footage was shown in the stream.
Tekken 7 was announced at EVO 2014 by Harada. A jaw-droppingly atmospheric trailer was shown at SDCC 2014 teasing the "conclusion of the Mishima Saga".
The 3D fighting game is being developed with Unreal Engine 4 and is expected to be released in late 2015.
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In part one of this series we discussed the basic idea that preparation for a test can seriously help remove some of the anxiety and stress students face today when they are studying and taking a test. In this portion of the series we will be focusing more on the possible causes and issues of test anxiety that arise from things outside of school. In part 3 of this series we will be focusing on possible causes of test anxiety that come from within the school itself. For Part 1, click here.
As has been said all along: Many students suffer from serious test anxiety today in school. It is becoming a serious problem and is negatively hurting the grades of many students out there who otherwise understand the material and do their work. It is also one of the least understood aspects of stress students face in school today. That is why we decided to focus on this series of articles right at the beginning of Teacher Tip Offs. We know it is important and we want to help. That is why we've put together this guide, which discusses the major internal and external causes of test anxiety for students today.
With test and performance anxiety in schools being so prevalent today for students there seems to be several overriding factors that are found in some form in most students who suffer from this. Now, these factors aren't necessarily the only cause in students however the argument could be made that they are perhaps the most common and prevalent causes of test anxiety out there today.
Internal Pressure applied by the kids themselves – Generally this pressure can be broken down into one or more of the following types:
Worrying about their future - This has become more common these last few years especially due to the change in economic climate of this country. As students become more and more aware of the current state of the job market and the challenges they will face in the world today after they graduate high school they become more stressed over every test they will take. In the eyes of some particularly worrisome students they manage to equate their entire future to their success or failure on the test they might be taking tomorrow in chemistry class. Now, obviously to adults that idea seems patently ludicrous but to a 15 year old kid who just knows that it is tough out there and little else that test may be an incredibly nerve racking experience. My advice would be to try to imagine what it is like taking a test that you think may make or break your entire future as a student and professional. Sounds awful right? Now imagine doing it 3 or 4 times a month.
What to do The best advice that can be given about this issue is to simply talk to your kids if you think it is causing them serious stress. Ask them if they are worried about their future, about getting into a good college, or if they are nervous about getting a good job someday. The answers may surprise you as a parent. The key to addressing this issue is simply helping your child understand that life is about far more than the test they are taking on Tuesday. Try to give them some context in which to place that test in the grand overall scheme of their life. Most kids don't realize how much, even academically, there is to life outside of high school and their immediate classes. I would have to say that getting a B on a test isn't going to ruin a kid's life. As a parent who has gone through this, you would probably agree with that statement. To help your child, your job is make them understand that as well.
Fear of failure – This can be a major issue, and one that is becoming more and more commonplace today in school and society. It gets amplified considerably when it comes to high stakes test taking. It stems in many ways from the lack of failure most children experience at a young age. Now, this is not an opinion or judgment but simply a statement of fact as to how things appear in today's world. In most activities young kids do today, they are not allowed to fail or lose. Everyone gets a trophy, everyone gets a prize, or we're not going to keep score for their games, etc. Kids do not experience failure when they are young anymore so they don't know how to deal with it. They get scared and confused, in many cases anxious, when they are faced with possibly failing at something.
It is most commonly seen in school when students who have relatively easily gotten A's and B's throughout their early school years begin taking more difficult classes in their 2nd or 3rd year in high school specifically. This is the time when many of the "top" students begin taking classes that legitimately challenge them for the first time in their academic lives. It is the first time they can walk into a class for a test with the idea in the back of their mind that they might not get an A on it. This can lead to an incredible amount of anxiety and nervousness for the kids.
It is not reserved only to students in those grades however, it can happen to any student today at any age. The big worry the students think about with this fear of failure is how they will appear to their friends, parents, and teachers. They are as much worried about internally being disappointed as they are about disappointing those around them who they care about and seek approval from.
What to do If you think that one of the above factors may be causing your child anxiety there are a few things you can do about it. First, address the issue of failure with them directly. Failure is something that has a different definition for every person. There are students who get B's and consider that a failure while others pass with a D and are thrilled beyond belief. Help them understand that failure, no matter what they consider it to be, is a part of life whether they like it or not. Sometimes people fail, it is as simple as that and there is nothing that can be done about. No amount of preparation, hard work, or diligence can prevent it sometimes. Now obviously this is not an endorsement of failure in any way but helping a child understand that failure is a part of life can help alleviate much of the anxiousness they suffer from.
External Pressures : There are several possible external pressures that can lead to students suffering from test anxiety such as peer pressure and teacher interaction but those occur more in school and will be discussed in part 3 of this series. What this section will focus on are parents and their expectations for their kids.
Parents and Expectations – Now, this can be a very sensitive topic for parents because their children are their children. They are able to raise them however they feel is proper and obviously no one outside of them has the final say in that. That statement is not up for debate nor is it being challenged.
However, in many instances the number one cause, by a wide margin, of test anxiety for students today is due to parents and their intense expectations of success. Now obviously expectations are a good thing and rarely could someone be admonished for making sure their kid understands that things are expected out of them. Too many kids these days have no expectations placed upon them and it leads to bad things. Yet, sometimes having very, very high expectations for children in school can lead to debilitating test anxiety, especially if the student struggles to meet those expectations regularly.
In my experience as a teacher I have had students with such severe test anxiety they were barely able to make it through a test without breaking down into tears. In every one of those cases I can tell you that the students parents had such high expectations for their student that they bordered on being near impossible. The hardest thing I see at parent teacher conferences is that internal struggle some parents face when they are confronted with the fact that their son or daughter may not be able to meet their expectations. Now these expectations can range from simply wanting a passing grade to expecting near 100%'s in every class. It all depends on the parents, situation, and what they want for their children. No matter the level though, sometimes kids just won't be able to live up to those expectations.
The reasons for not meeting those expectations can be numerous and quite varied. It could simply involve the student not having enough time to study due to sports, clubs, or music. It could simply be that the student does not place the same importance on academics that the parents do and perhaps never will. It could be one of many other reasons. The hardest reason for parents to except though, in some cases, is that their son or daughter simply perhaps is not able to achieve at the grade level they would like. Even if the child studies endlessly for 2 days straight before a major test they still might get a B despite preparing well, working hard, and trying their best. Sometimes that is just the best a kid can do. I know from my experience this is very, very hard for many parents to accept. Everyone wants to believe their kid should be the one getting the A+ on every test and in every class yet realistically sometimes that isn't possible.
What to do If this sounds like something you may be dealing with internally then perhaps it is time to consider having a talk with your child about some things. Obviously high expectations are good and important for all kids but they must be realistic. If your child is trying their absolute best yet still just struggling to get over that hump from a B to an A and they just can't do it or perhaps they are working their tail of and only getting a C despite trying so hard it hurts. You might want to avoid the next lecture or punishment designed to encourage them to do better. Instead a simple conversation reassuring them that their hard work is noticed and appreciated will go a long way towards helping to reduce any anxiety they might feel.
Make them understand that there are still expectations and you know they are trying their best to reach them but you also still support them even if they can't quite reach those lofty goals that are set. I realize this is obvious to you: you support your children, you love them and you care about them, you just want them to succeed but you will always love them and be proud of them. However, in some cases I don't think the kids know this. They aren't old enough to realize that is how things work in most cases. They simply don't want to disappoint badly that they become so nervous and anxious they can't help but do poorly on a test or a quiz. In many cases some reassurance and perhaps a reevaluation of whether your expectations for your children are realistic can go a long, long way towards helping calm the test anxiety that many students suffer from today.
If this sounds like it is something that will help you and your children, please, please share it with others whom you think it may benefit.


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On 15 March 2016, Russia began to withdraw its forces from Syria, just six months after it entered Syria's five-year-long civil war and one day after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Russia's exit from Syria. This withdrawal took the West by almost complete surprise and was almost immediately followed by a chorus of "of courses" from scholars, pundits, and journalists around the world. "Of course Russia is` withdrawing from Syria, after all."
Russia's latest move came less than three weeks after a "ceasefire" in Syria was announced at the Vienna peace talks. That a ceasefire was declared was itself a surprise to many observers; though it seemed clear that the participants, and the United States in particular, were not going to walk away without declaring victory. Yet the answer to the question, "Is there a ceasefire in Syria?" really depends on the definition of "ceasefire" "actual" and "existence," and probably also of "on" and "of." Nevertheless, for now it seems that the level of violence has decreased in Syria.
Russia's withdrawal brings with it some interesting questions, not least of which is, "Why did Russia withdraw?" And to answer that question we should briefly examine why it entered Syria in the first place. The conventional wisdom is that Russia entered Syria, at least in part, to ensure the survival of the Assad regime -- and the conventional wisdom is correct. Assad had held on for years past when many thought his time was up, but his position was getting gradually more precarious.
After the invasion of Ukraine, Russia found itself with few friends and was loathe to see one of its very few allies be eliminated. Now, six months later, Assad's position is much more secure militarily, and much more importantly, it is secure diplomatically. The United States position has gone from zero tolerance for Assad to effective tacit agreement that he will stay in power for some, undetermined, length of time -- and, by the way, forever is also a length of time. That shift started before Russia's entrance to the conflict, but Russia, and the Russia-Iran coalition, made itself indispensable in solving the conflict, and to make any progress towards peace in Syria the U.S. had to acknowledge the reality that Assad wasn't going anywhere.
The other reason why Russia entered Syria is because it saw an opportunity to expand its sphere of influence in the Middle East. The Syrian Civil War and the lack of U.S. response to the war, combined with the (right or wrong, it doesn't matter) perception that America is withdrawing from the Middle East more generally, created an opportunity for Russia to enter a region that it had long ceded to Western powers. Now, Russia has announced that it will maintain a permanent airbase and missile defense system in Syria. Russia is an expansionist, limit-testing power -- that it is no longer driven by ideology does not make that fact less true. This base (adding to an existing, Soviet-era, naval refueling, supply and logistics station) is a big victory for Putin.
Russia has also succeeded in reasserting itself on the global stage in a way that goes beyond invading UN member states and boundary-testing NATO and its allies. It has actually managed to play a role in solving a conflict that it did not start-- and has shown itself to be a state that cannot be ignored.
These are all sound reasons for Russia to withdraw; but there is another important reason that cannot be ignored. War is expensive. For everyone. It is especially expensive when your economy is under a sanctions regime that, while flawed and imperfect, is having more of a negative effect on Russia and its people than perhaps we realize in the West. And it is extra especially expensive when the price of oil has been catering for months. The cost of war made Putin reevaluate the necessity of Russia's involvement in Syria. And in that reevaluation Russia could see that their goals had been achieved. That Russia has achieved its goals in Syria is not face-saving or propaganda, it is the truth.
The most interesting question about Russian involvement in Syria, and one that will surely be studied and examined in more depth and over a long period of time, is why didn't "we" see this coming? I would argue (and not only "would" I, but I actually am arguing it right now) that the idea of a short war in the Middle East, with limited goals, narrowly focused on our own national interest, is something that seems to be outside our range of perception. After more than a decade in Iraq, for what became increasingly amorphous and unattainable goals, I believe that, in the American imagination, war in the Middle East is necessarily endless, infinite, futile, and pointless. And so, how and why could or would a great power engage in a short, successful war -- if we can't do it, how can anyone else? Yet if U.S. goals in Afghanistan and Iraq had simply been to topple the existing regimes and install more friendly regimes, the U.S. would likely have achieved those goals long ago. Instead, the U.S. allowed itself to be caught up in moralistic "democracy building" and set impossibly high bars for success for itself.
In the end, despite the best attempts of the Obama Administration to spin it differently, the Russian-led coalition has emerged as the clear winner in Syria. It has achieved its goals, forced the U.S. to accede to its key demand of keeping Assad in power, and reasserted itself on the world stage. Putin has, quite literally, gotten away with murder and outmaneuvered an Obama administration that is increasingly good at making excuses for itself and its shortcomings. Secretary of State John Kerry has made a yeoman's effort to achieve peace and stability across multiple fronts in the Middle East. Yet, ultimately, when the cease-fire falls apart, it will be Russia that is in a better place to (again) intervene.
Of course Russia is withdrawing from Syria, after all, Vladimir Putin has a coherent strategic vision and is sticking to it ruthlessly and relentlessly, and he knows to quit when Russia's ahead. Personally, I only wish the U.S. had an Administration that would prevent Russia from being ahead quite so often.
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One of the great benefits of my practice, is that I get the opportunity to speak and work with outstanding people from various points of the country and the globe. One such client recently forwarded the below testimonial, and I share it here with his permission. If I can be of assistance to you, or anyone in your circle, please don't hesitate to contact me. Thank you. Bill Meili — Office: 214 363-1828 or via email at email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com
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As a veteran of military service for nearly twenty years, I thought I knew the maze of the system pretty well, but I was recently proven wrong. It is my experience that on the rare occasion that the military treats a member unfairly, it is a failure of only a few individuals that drives an otherwise efficient, albeit cumbersome, machine off-track. The problem is that when that happens, even the most savvy military professional may find it difficult, or even impossible, to fix things on his own. Such was the case for me when, just before the holidays I was notified of a situation which put my family in great distress. Despite assurances made to me, and checks which were supposed to be in place within my military community, a few individuals made poor decisions which knocked the system off-track. The consequence of this systemic failure would have resulted in extreme hardship for my family. With a short timeline to fix the problem, and with it being just weeks before the Christmas holidays – leave, TDY, short-staffed offices, etc. – the stress on my wife and children was severe. My own attempts to address the problem through local command channels failed. And that was when I had the great pleasure of meeting Bill Meili.
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Unfortunately, there are some no-good, rotten people out in this big world that will do whatever it takes to scam you out of your hard-earned money. When it comes to your home, you should be on the lookout for "storm chasers", who are all too common in the roofing industry.
What is a Storm Chaser?
Storm chasers, also known as "roofing gypsies", pay attention to the nation's weather bureau, and then follow the path of storms all across the country. They travel to areas where a big storm has recently hit, primarily those that have hail or wind damage. They do this because they also understand how insurance companies operate. They know that in these particular storm areas, insurance policies will allow roof replacement for hail and wind damages.
So What Do They Do?
They pass out flyers all over town, and even go door to door, targeting unsuspected homeowners to exploit with claims of cheap roof repair. Roofing gypsies have a motive to replace a roof with the cheapest roofing material possible in order to pocket as much profit as possible. They know, based on the square footage of the roof, just how much it will cost to install a new cheap roof. They do a bare minimum job, rarely up to code, and skip out on all other needed considerations or repairs. So the roof is never restored back to its original condition.
Worst of all, the roof job only lasts a fraction of the time it should had it been properly installed. This results in premature roof replacement just a few short years down the road (usually within 5 to 7 years), which will likely come directly out of the homeowners wallet since insurance will not allow a second claim in such a short amount of time. Essentially, they take as many shortcuts as possible to get your money and run. And once they are gone, you will never hear from them again, let alone get your money back.
How to Spot a Roof Scammer
If a roofer comes to your door unannounced and offers you a free inspection, you are likely being targeted. Even if it is a legitimate company, it is not common practice to advertise door to door in the roofing industry, so be cautious if it happens to you. Other signs of a roof gypsy include lack if insurance, no licensing, and/or no proof of either.
To be sure you are working with a real professional, simply ask to see evidence of licensing and insurance. You can also check their license status with your local building department or licensing agency. If they cannot produce these documents, you can assume they are not qualified for the job. Visiting their actual office is another full-proof way to confirm you are working with a real company.


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Aurélien Baillon
Aurélien Baillon is an associate professor of behavioral economics at the Erasmus School of Economics, at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. His research interests include behavioral economics, experimental economics, learning, risk and uncertainty. Aurélien published, among others, in the American Economic Journal (2011, twice), Journal of Risk and Uncertainty and Games and Behavior. His forthcoming publication is in the American Economic Journal: Microeconomics with TI fellow Han Bleichrodt. He received an NWO Veni grant (€ 250.000) in 2010. Learn more about Aurélien on his personal website.
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Baillon,A. and Huang,Zhenxing and Selim,A. and Wakker,P.P.. 2018. Measuring Ambiguity Attitudes for All (Natural) Events. Econometrica, 86, 1839--1858
Baillon,A. and Emirmahmutoglu,A.. 2018. Zooming in on ambiguity attitudes. International Economic Review, 59
Baillon,A. and Schlesinger,H. and van de Kuilen,G.. 2018. Measuring higher order ambiguity preferences. Experimental Economics, 21, 233--256
Baillon,A.. 2017. Prudence with respect to ambiguity. Economic Journal, 127, 1731--1755
Baillon,A. and Liu,N. and van Dolder,D.. 2017. Comparing Uncertainty Aversion towards Different Sources. Theory and Decision, 83, 1--18
Bleichrodt,H. and Baillon,A. and Huang,Z. and Potter van Loon,R.J.D.. 2017. Measuring ambiguity attitude: (extended) multiplier preferences for the American and the Dutch population. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 54, 269--281
Baillon,A. and Bleichrodt,H. and Liu,N. and Wakker,P.P.. 2016. Group Decision Rules and Group Rationality under Risk. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 52, 99--116
Baillon,A. and Koellinger,P.D. and Treffers,T.. 2016. Sadder but wiser: The effects of emotional states on ambiguity attitudes. Journal of Economic Psychology, 53, 67--82
Baillon,A. and Bleichrodt,H.. 2015. Testing ambiguity models through the measurement of probabilities for gains and losses. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 7, 77--100
Baillon,A. and Bleichrodt,H. and Cillo,A.. 2015. A Tailor-Made Test of Intransitive Choice. Operations Research, 63, 198--211
Baillon,A. and Cabantous,L. and Wakker,P.P.. 2012. Aggregating Imprecise or Conflicting Beliefs: An Experimental Investigation Using Modern Ambiguity Theories. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 44, 115--147
Baillon,A. and Driesen,B. and Wakker,P.P.. 2012. Relative Concave Utility for Risk and Ambiguity. Games and Economic Behavior, 75, 481--489
Abdellaoui,M. and Baillon,A. and Placido,L. and Wakker,P.P.. 2011. The Rich Domain of Uncertainty: Source Functions and Their Experimental Implementation.. American Economic Review, 101, 695--723
Baillon,A. and l'Haridon,O. and Placido,L.. 2011. Ambiguity Models and the Machina Paradoxes. American Economic Review, 101, 1547--1560


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Yellowstone-Mammoth, Blacktails,Lamar
I've been getting a bit behind with these.
Today were in Yellowstone visiting Mammoth Hot Springs, Blacktails Plateau and the Lamar Valley
A long journey to start with today, as part of the Yellowstone loop is closed for construction before the winter snows. We have to travel from West Yellowstone to Mammoth Hot Springs via the Dunraven Mountain Pass. Thankfully the weather is good and the pass is open or we would have had a day-long bypass trip.
The journey was broken watching a coyote hunting for mice in the long grass. A good spot from the passenger seat leading to road chaos as every passing car stops asking, "what you got"?
Onto Mammoth Hot Springs with its Travertine terracing, not unsimilar to Pamukkale in Turkey. The Liberty Cap is here too, an inactive spring cone, looking like a huge phallus.
The afternoon is spent heading for the Lamar Valley for some wildlife, via the Blacktails Plateau, putting the Jeep through its paces on a dirt mountain track.
As we enter the Lamar Valley we hit road chaos with cars abandoned all over. Joining in, we are informed the there is a black bear with 3 cubs in the woods, which we just manage to see through a spotting scope before they are gone. But, black bears…tick.
Here's a Bighorn sheep in the road instead.
Our lodgings tonight are in Cooke City, population 140 (2000 census) a one horse town without the horse. It's a real gateway community, popular because it offers easy access for early morning wolf watching in the Lamar Valley…………………………


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I am a big fan of Lucian Matis, who is an adorable, talented and hardworking Canadian designer. He has a sense of showmanship, drama and romance which translates to his clothes.
The Lucian Matis SS 2010 collection, presented during Toronto fashion week, includes beautiful textures and light reflecting fabrics, but has some heavy undertones. Despite the soft colour palette, it is dark, mysterious and slightly deranged (the opening music theme gives me the creeps). The clothes are divine, full of delicate details. The styling is strong and dramatic and makes the show so much more interesting. The oversized medieval jewelery was custom created by a Canadian couture jewelery designer Karen McFarlane. Stream the Lucian Matis show here.
PS. I must confess that my girlfriends and I completely fell head over heels for Lucian after we met him briefly last year during his Ottawa trunk show... :)


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The financial institutions that do work trading on the New York Stock Exchange are predominantly, perennially staffed by men.
And now, a new study from the University of Western Ontario, University of Oxford and Claremont Graduate University has found that testosterone, the hormone found more so in men than in women, can be linked to the decisions that lead to stock market destabilization and crashes.
To figure this out, the researchers constructed their own test case stock market. Before each of the 17 trading sessions, the "traders" -- 140 male participants -- were either given testosterone or a placebo in gel form. Each session had the participants selling, bidding and offering money in exchange for stock and competed to see who would make the most money.
The researchers found that when the participants were given testosterone before they commenced trading, it increased the size of the stock market bubbles. The traders put forth higher bidding and selling prices, and their perception of the stock's value was affected, even though they knew its true value.
In a summary of the study from UWO's Ivey Business School, the researchers recommended that when trading, to account for this influence, instead of a frenzied decision-making practice, firms should institute "cool down periods" to better assess the real value of the stock on the table.
Copyright © 2017 Entrepreneur Media, Inc. All rights reserved.
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I have just published the third in my series of historical novels about the Second and Third Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage. The Death of Carthage told the story of the Second and Third Punic Wars from the point of view of the Romans. In the Wake of Hannibal told the story of the [...]
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Why Are You Here?
I don't have long to write this, but I want to get the conversation started today. I want to talk about purpose. I want to talk about motivation and I want to talk about why you are here on Earth.
We start with a question:
What do I want to do with my life?
We start here because the answer to this question is imperative. Without it, we don't know how to spend our time. We don't know which direction we're going. A person who cannot answer this question will have a difficult time living a life that is healthy and fulfilling. Instead, people who cannot answer this question find other things to fill their life and time. These things may be fun, but they can never provide the true happiness and fulfillment that come with doing the things that you are meant to do.
Is it a difficult question to answer? Of course it is. If you don't already know the answer then I would not expect you to be able to answer it while sitting in your chair reading this. My hope is that you will take this question and begin to mediate on it. Take time away from your day to day life, think about it, and pray about it. Dig into yourself and find the answer. It will be worth it.
Finding your personal answer to this question is important for many reasons.
It leads to a more successful career
Almost all of us have to work for a living. But if you know you have to work for a living don't you want to spend that time working on something that will move you closer to your goal in life and position you to accomplish it. I'm convinced that this is how God wants us to work. Our jobs thrust us into situations and positions that we would have never experienced otherwise. These situations are all growth opportunities. Sometimes they stretch us to grow and sometimes they push us to eliminate a bad trait. But the key is to see that they have a purpose. When we know our own purpose then it is much easier to see how these lessons can be applied to bring us closer to our overarching goal. Finally, when we know what we want to do with our lives we can see in advance which experiences and lessons we need to learn to accomplish our goal. This allows us to take control of our career path and make purposeful decisions with a vision of the future.
It leads to fulfillment and happiness
I've already mentioned this once, but I think it's a critical point. All humans share the same set of core needs. One of these core needs is to live a meaningful life. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs calls it self-actualization. In Maslow's Hierarchy self-actualization is at the top of the pyramid, meaning that it is the most advanced need and the most difficult to fulfill. By meeting this need a person puts themselves into a position to fully enjoy who they are and what they are doing with their life.
The most interesting thing about the need to live a meaningful life is that many people don't become aware of it until it is too late. This need asserts itself more strongly in the middle and later years of a person's life. When a person is nearing the inevitable end of their life they look back and take inventory. This is when the pain can strike most acutely. I can only imagine looking back on a life and feeling remorse because I did not spend my time accomplishing things that are truly worthwhile to me. I can imagine you would be devastated if you looked back on your life and opportunities and instead of seeing a purpose you realize that you had frittered your time away of frivolous pursuits.
Paradoxically, while you see this need most clearly at the end of your life, it is too late to make the changes and accomplish the things you want. You must take action during the prime of your life if you want to build up a portfolio of actions that you will be proud of when you are reflecting on them in the future.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens does a wonderful job exploring this situation. Scrooge believes that he is at the end of his life. The pain that he experiences at that low point is tremendous. Then the joy in his heart when he realizes that it isn't too late to make a change and live a life worth living is magnificent. It brings tears to my eyes every time that I see it.
As we move into the Christmas season I urge you to meditate on this question. What do I want to do with my life? In the coming days and weeks I'll be fleshing this topic out from many different directions. I'm very excited to dig into this. I believe that I can answer this question for myself now and I'll walk you through the process that led me to my answer. I'll also talk about the distractions and easy answers that people cling to in order to avoid committing to something challenging.
I look forward to exploring this path together and hope that you'll take the time to share these articles with people you care about if you find them valuable.
Until next time, be blessed.
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And this is the beginning of the self-checking that I talked about in my comment for the last installment. If you job is, in part, an avenue to self-actualization, so can (are) your relationships with the people in your life (including your boss).
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Fashionable novel
Fashionable novels, also called silver-fork novels, were a 19th-century genre of English literature that depicted the lives of the upper class and the aristocracy.
The silver-fork novels dominated the English literature market from the mid-1820s to the mid-1840s.[1] They were often indiscreet, and on occasion "keys" would circulate that identified the real people on which the principal characters were based.[1] Their emphasis on the relations of the sexes and on marital relationships presaged later development in the novel.[2]
Genre and satire of the genre[edit]
Theodore Hook was a major writer of fashionable novels, and Henry Colburn was a major publisher.[1] Colburn particularly advertised fashionable novels as providing insight into aristocratic life by insiders.[3] Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Benjamin Disraeli and Catherine Gore were other very popular writers of the genre.[4] Many were advertised as being written by aristocrats, for aristocrats.[5]
As more women wrote the genre, it became increasingly moralized: "middle-class morality became central, and the novels detailed the demise of the aristocracy, though the characteristically Byronic heroes of the genre remained."[2] The most popular authors of silver fork novels were women, including Lady Blessington, Catherine Gore and Lady Bury.[2]
William Hazlitt coined the term "silver fork" in an article on "The Dandy School" in 1827.[3] He characterized them as having "under-bred tone" because while they purported to tell the lives of aristocrats, they were commonly written by the middle-class.[3] Thomas Carlyle wrote Sartor Resartus in critique of their minute detailing of clothing, and William Makepeace Thackeray satirized them in Vanity Fair and Pendennis.[3]
In modern culture[edit]
In Donna Leon's fourth Commissario Guido Brunetti novel, Death and Judgment, English professor Paola Brunetti describes silver fork novels as "books written in the eighteenth century, when all that money poured into England from the colonies, and the fat wives of Yorkshire weavers had to be taught which fork to use."[6]
- ^ a b c Wu, Duncan (29 October 1999). A Companion to Romanticism. John Wiley & Sons. p. 338. ISBN 978-0-631-21877-7.
- ^ a b c "Silver Fork Novels". University of Glasgow, Special Collections. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d Wagner, Tamara S. (12 December 2002). "The Silver Fork Novel". Victorian Web. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ Catherine Gore 1799(?)-1861 Archived October 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Harman, Claire (2010). Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World. New York: Henry Holt and Co. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-8050-8258-6.
- ^ Leon, Donna (June 1995). Death and Judgment (1st ed.). Harpercollins. ISBN 978-0060177966.
Further reading[edit]
- Richard Cronin (2002-03-08). Romantic Victorians: English Literature, 1824-1840. Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN 978-0-333-96616-7.
- "The Silver Fork Novel". Victorian Web.
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The Essence of Mental Health in My Fight Against Cancer
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Orthopedic Oncology: Understanding Musculoskeletal (MSK) Cancer
Musculoskeletal cancers are those that
Breast cancer refers to cancers occurring in the breast tissues, developed due to uncontrolled division of different cells of the breast. Bangalore, sadly, is known to be the breast cancer capital of India. Being diagnosed with breast cancer can be quite devastating for a woman. For this reason, we have invested ourselves in building a dedicated women's oncology setup that manages all cancers related to women. Studies show that early breast cancer treatment has better outcome and prognosis, which is possible only if there is good awareness among women about breast cancer symptoms and evaluation methods. With organ site specialists who have extensive experience in breast oncology and imaging, Cytecare provides accurate diagnosis for better clinical judgement regarding therapeutic choices.
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We have an on-going commitment towards breast cancer prevention and early detection. Early detection of breast cancer allows the best outcome, both in terms of survival and quality of life. Hence, we provide comprehensive and risk-stratified, individualised screening for breast Cancer, in addition to detailed risk assessment and genetic screening for women with family history of breast cancer.
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"While my dyslexia prevented me from getting higher degrees, my sensitivity to emotion, extreme attention to detail capacity (which I long considered a drawback) to think in pictures rather than words have proven immensely useful in studying and understand the behavior of animals." – Ben Kilham, one of the world's authorities on black bears
For some, empathy is among their greatest strengths. Empathy enables people to see and understand from a completely different perspective, and for those in animal or wildlife fields, that makes all the difference.
Ben's story is an incredible one. By studying bears closely, he learned about their complex social relationships, cooperation in harsh winters when food supplies were scarce, and discovered a new sense organ that bears use to communicate.
Ben did finally receive his PhD last month in bear behavior. Congratulations!
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I'm a sucker for touring old houses. There's something fascinating about getting a peek into people's lives from decades past. My voyeuristic tendencies got their fill when I toured the Adamson House on Saturday. Once owned by the Adamson family (and now by the State of California), the house was home to a wealthy couple in the tile industry and their three children. There was a dairy fortune and a Spanish Land Grant somewhere in there, too.
The house sits just west of the pier on the primest-of-prime real estate in coastal Malibu, and once served as kind of sample house for tile available from Malibu Pottery. Construction started in 1929 and the house was finished in 1930. I was slack-jawed for the better part of the tour; beautiful tile, woodwork and craftsmanship abound. If you're ever in Malibu, go. It's well worth the $7.
Other daytime adventures included a dusty hike into Malibu Canyon, getting lost around Malibou Lake and buying entirely too many strawberries just for the sake of buying entirely too many strawberries.
I spent my last day checking off the final items from my to-do/see/eat list: a morning at the Farmers' Market, lunch at Malibu Farm on the pier (with a sighting of music mastermind Rick Rubin standing in line for the bathroom - stars, they're just like us!) and a hike around Point Dume. By late afternoon, I was speeding my way back to LAX to catch my flight.
Since my last post, I've received several questions about my "sister life" mention. Cheryl Strayed, the advice columnist for Dear Sugar (and who famously penned Wild), gave this advice to an enquirer once, and it stuck with me:
"I'll never know, and neither will you, of the life you don't choose. We'll only know that whatever that sister life was, it was important and beautiful and not ours. It was the ghost ship that didn't carry us. There's nothing to do but salute it from the shore."
Malibu, I salute you.


text: Psalm 118:8- DISAPPOINTMENT May 2, 2017 Psalm 118:8-It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.DISAPPOINTMENT-"kataischuno" in the greek. In english it means to put to shame, disgrace, put to utter confusion or to dishonor.Every one of us trusts in something or someone. Either things or another human being.When we have made the choice to find and place in first position in our lives, an alternative to God, we have placed ourselves in a position to be "DISAPPOINTED, hurt, ashamed and confused."Trust placed anywhere else other than with God first will bring short term promises and guaranteed "DISAPPOINTMENT."We are warned to, we are reminded of the necessity, and we are strongly encouraged to place our trust in the Lord our God and not people or things for they are all temporary.As human, we have a proven record of our tendency to "disappoint" for it is in our nature to do so. We often fail to keep our promises whether intentional or unintentional. THINGS HAPPEN that causes us for one reason or another to "disappoint" others.Whatever reason we have or excuses we make for "disappointing" others, in doing so, we have refused to fulfill our promise to them.Not so with God! Our God is a promise keeping God. When we place our hope in Him we are given this guarantee promise in Romans 5:5-And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.Romans 10:11-For the Scripture says, "Everyone who believes in Him will not be put to shame." In other words, when your hope is in the Lord His promises concerning us WILL come to pass at His appointed time in our ilves.The danger in trusting man and not God is found in Jeremiah 17:5-The LORD says, "I will put a curse on people who trust in mere human beings, who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength, and whose hearts have turned away from the LORD. The main reason we should trust God is that He is worthy of our trust. Unlike man, He never lies and never fails to fulfill His promises. Numbers 23:19-God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He spoken, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?God's plans for our lives are perfect, holy and righteous. God Himself declares His plans concerning us in Jeremiah 29:11-For I know the plans that I have for you, says the Lord, plans for peace and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.We can learn to trust God as we look back through the rear view mirror of our lives and see how God has proven Himself to be faithful and trustworthy in our lives and the lives of others over and over again.In the words of my Pastor, Rev. Isaac J. Holt, Jr., "HIM ABLE"!It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man because with God nothing is impossible, for in and through Him all things are possible.Jeremiah 17:7-8 Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord.8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters,and that spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green, and it shall not be anxious in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.Where is your faith on today? In whose hands have you placed your hope, trust and your future? I can only hope and pray that it is in the Lords hands for if you have placed it anywhere else than with Him, you are guaranteed "disappointment" and eventually defeat.To whom are you in pursuit of on today for fulfillment in your life?It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to put your trust in mortal man. Like you and I. One day every human being will kiss this world they love so much goodbye and when we die all die, all the things and people that have been placed in our lives as priority dies and leaves us with nothing in the end.When we die with God as priority in our lives, we have the guarantee of a "crown of righteousness" and eternity with Him for He alone is from everlasting to everlasting. Everything and everyone else is perishable and will be of benefit to no one, including themself in the end.Traveling the roads of life with man or with God? Who is your travel companion? One is temporal and the other is eternal! Whom or what have you chosen to travel throughout your life with?Apart from God, "DISAPPOINTMENT" lingers and wears you out with frustration as trust, hope and faith in God continue to scream out to you to take them in your heart and mind so that you may receives the promises of God that belongs to you personally.Where is your faith? In whom or what have you placed your trust and hope in on today? If God is not your answer to this question, I urge you to seek Him on today for direction in your life for now is the acceptable time to seek the Lord while He may be found."DISAPPOINTED?" YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SETTLE THERE!God bless.Debra