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Halloween is knocking on the door and even though we don't really celebrate it here in Finland I felt like a halloween themed post is a must have. So what would be nicer than share a little recipe of easy halloween cupcakes. Okay yes that was a lie. They are not easy, of well the muffins were piece of cake but the frosting. Just wow my back still hurts. But what wouldn't I do for you lovely bunch.
And by the way before we start, these are also gluten free yay!
Carrot and cocoa cupcakes: (makes about 14 small or seven big cupcakes)
- 2 carrots
- 3½ dl gluten free flours (all-purpose-flour works just fine too)
- ½ dl unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp vanilja sugar
- 1¼ tsp baking powder
- 3 eggs
- 1 can (150g) of crème fraiche
- 1½ dl rapeseed oil
dl = Desilitre tsp = teaspoon
Orange flavored frosting:
- 75g unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 500g icing sugar
- 1 can (200g) of orange flavored cream cheese
- Black, yellow and red food coloring
1. Grate the carrots. In a small bowl combine flours, cocoa powder, baking powder and vanilla sugar and gently mix using a spoon. In other bowl whisk (gently) the eggs and sugar, just breaking the structure of the eggs. Then add the crème fraiche and rapeseed oil.
2. Mix grated carrots to the egg mixture. Then add the flours etc. using a big spoon to stir and combine the dough. When the batter is smooth divide it to the cupcake liners. Bake in 200 degrees for about 20 minutes.
3. For the icing whisk (again gently) the softened butter until smooth. Add icing sugar whisking all the time with the lowest power of your electric mixer. When all the icing sugar is added, turn the power up a little and whisk until smooth. At this point the mixture should look like flours. Then add the cold cream cheese and whisk until the batter is smooth but thick.
4. Separate the frosting into a two bowls. For orange color, mix the red and yellow food coloring together. Be really careful to not add too much red. When you have orange color mix it with one of your two frostings. Mix black food coloring with the other frosting.
5. Put your desired tip to a piping bag (I recommend one with star tip). And now this is where it gets hard. So I would say all's fair. First spoon the orange frosting into the piping bag. I laid the bag to the table and filled half of it with the frosting so it was 'easier' to add the black frosting on top of it. Make sure the tip is filled with half of the each frostings too. When you are done with both of the frostings one side of the piping bag should be filled with orange frosting and the other side with black. If you completed, congratulations. If this all sounds too hard you can just simply pipe the cupcakes with orange and black frostings separately.
Good luck with decorating, hope you don't hurt your bag like I did hehe.
So that's my little recipe for halloween. Hope it made you crave for some delicious cupcakes and maybe even want you make these. I mean they really do please the aesthetic eye!!
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Quickest flavorful chappathi!
Very often, I make burritos at home. I use many veggies and avocados. For me, without adding avocados, burritos are not complete. My family just loves guacamole.One such time, while making burrito, I had a very ripe avocado. I wanted to make something different. I wanted to try out Avocado Chappathi. I started kneading the dough with avocado. At first, it was quite sticky and then it turned out to be very soft. It was like kneading a sponge. I even thought how am I going to roll out the chappathis. I used a lot of wheat flour to dust and roll out chappathis. Then, finally when I cooked the chappathis, it turned out to be very soft and yummy.
I could just smell and taste the avocado flavor.I've heard many of my friends complaining that their kids do not like avocados or guacamole that is made using avocados. For them, I think this Avocado Chappathi is a blessing. I am sure children will love it. Worth giving it a shot, I would say!
Wheat flour (Godhumai) – 2 cups
Very ripe avocado – 1 no.
Salt – 1/2 teaspoon
Warm water – 1/2 cup
Chilli powder – 1/4 teaspoon
Note. The ingredients shown will vary with the original quantity.
1. Scoop the flesh of avocado. Using a spoon, mash it nicely.Check out "Chappathi recipe to know how to knead the dough, make balls, roll out the chappathi, and also cook the chappathi".
In a big bowl, put flour, salt, and chilli powder. Mix the flour. Add mashed avocado to the flour and mix well. If you wish, you could add a pinch of cumin powder (seeraga thool). Add water little by little and make a firm dough. The dough would be little soft because of avocado. Knead the dough well. Cover and set it aside to rest for about 30 minutes.
2. Using dough, make small balls. Dust the balls in the wheat flour. Roll out the balls into a big round chappathi.
3. Heat a pan, when it is hot, place the chappathi and cook it on either side until you see some very small bubbles.
Now, Avocado Chappathi is ready!!!
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On the Edge of the Forest, 'Eua Island, Tonga
A total of 21 information and direction signs have been installed in 'Eua, as part of a project supported by the Tonga Visitors Bureau (Ministry of Tourism) and funded by NZAID.
"Experience 'Eua" information signs and "Welcome to 'Eua" signs were installed at the wharf and at the airport .
"Welcome to the village" signs were installed in 15 villages including Tufuvai, Mata'aho, Sapa'ata, Fata'ulua, Mu'a, Tongamama'o, Petani, Kolomaile, 'Esia, Futu, Pangai, Angaha, 'Ohonua, Ta'anga and Houma.
A direction sign was installed near the airport, directing travelers to town and to the Halouma Rock Garden (in the South of 'Eua Island).
A double sided 'Eua National Park information sign was installed near the Tonga Visitors Bureau, directing travelers to 'Eua National Park and the Forest Plantation Walks.
Tu'u Taki Hausia, President of the 'Eua Eco Tourism Association (EETA), said "To build a tourism infrastructure, you need to lay a solid foundation to build on. Signage is one of the first foundation components of building a tourism infrastructure. We are extremely grateful to NZAID for the funding, to the Tonga Visitors Bureau (Ministry of Tourism) for overseeing the signage project and to Magic Signs for printing and installing the signage boards. I personally would also like to thank volunteers from 'Eua Eco Tourism Association (EETA) for helping with the installation of the signage boards. Travelers now have basic directions to access and experience 'Eua's natural wonders. Locals will benefit from the signs, which also display information and directions in Tongan language. In the future, 'Eua Eco Tourism Association plans to address another foundation component – waste disposal infrastructure and education programs aimed at travelers and the local community."
Geographically 'Eua is the oldest and highest island in the Kingdom of Tonga and was created by the uplifting of the Tongan Plate some 40 million years ago. Tongan legend says the god Maui stood on 'Eua when he fished the islands of Tongatapu, Ha'apai and Vava'u from the depths of the sea (10 million years ago). Rugged and hilly 'Eua lies just off the South-Eastern tip of Tongatapu. Large scale tourism does not exist on 'Eua – it is a quiet, peaceful and noncommercial tourist destination. 'Eua is an ideal destination those wanting adventure, to be in touch with nature and to experience the daily life of different culture.
Local Tongan guides introduce you to people in their community, so you can experience daily life on 'Eua. Attend local celebrations and events (where possible), listen to the amazing Tongan church choirs on Sundays, gather food from local plantations, learn to prepare and cook local food the Tongan way, watch 'tapa' cloth being made, learn mat or basket weaving, go drinking at local kava halls and dance at the local ice cream disco.
'Eua is perfect for hiking, climbing, caving, bush walking, bird watching, mountain biking, beach horse riding, whale watching, whale swimming, snorkeling and scuba diving.
Take a guided or unguided hike through pristine subtropical rainforest. Head past dramatic high cliffs, into caves and sinkholes, along ridges and wild coastlines, over grassy plains that wild horses call their home, around rocky gardens and to limestone archways. Watch and listen to the birds in the National Park including the 'koki', 'Eua's indigenous red-breasted musk parrot. Rest on unspoiled beaches and discover coral fossils in the reef rock and ancient stone slabs traditionally used for Royal tombs.
Go diving in the largest underwater caves in the South Pacific, one of which is likened to diving in an underwater cathedral. The 'Cathedral' lives up to its name, with natural light illuminating a 20 – 30 metre deep underwater amphitheatre teeming with dynamic coral of all the colours of a stained glass window. Float on through a 15 metre tunnel to see, but hopefully not feel, lobsters clustered on the cave walls. Exit to see schools of giant dogtooth tuna and lion fish, white tip sharks, turtles, rays and the other big creatures that inhabit deep water surrounding 'Eua Island, which lies close to the 10.8 metre Tongan Trench (the second deepest trench in the world).
Magnificent humpback whales swim close to 'Eua Island on route to and from breeding grounds around the Kingdom of Tonga from July to November. Slip into the water to swim with the humpback whales (in one of the few countries in the world where this is allowed). Or simply relax on a cliff top, at your accommodation or on the beach and watch the powerful aerial displays of one of the largest marine mammals in the world.
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In order to learn about the needs in different regions of the world, we conduct research projects to collect data on girls/young women in STEM studies.
We conducted studies in the DRC and in Brazil. Read more below...
Research In the Congo by Joyce Lualaba
"La situation des jeunes filles dans les sciences et les mathématiques En République Démocratique du Congo" - Joyce Lualaba, September 2012
Joyce's research was presented before a panel of professionals coming from different backgrounds. They gave their comments and suggestions, stating that they found it useful and interesting to undertake such a study. They were mostly interested in constraints facing by girls to go to STEM. Their comments were also focused on extending the study to all the capital of Kinshasa and to visit out of reach schools and zones and why not all the country. We also heard that given the situation of our country here mainly in the education sector, (1) we could not only look for girls in STEM but as well boys, (2) More than STEM the most important thing to invest in the country was simply EDUCATION at all levels.
Research and Extension projects in Brazil by Kelly Torres
"Sistemas Estelares Múltiplos: Laboratórios para estudos de evolução, estrutura e formação estelar" (Summary in Portuguese)
"Multiple Stellar Systems: Laboratories for the study of star evolution, structure and formation"
Kelly's research project in the field of Astrophysics aims to investigate the stages of star life through the study of the physics and chemistry of stars. Throughout their lives, the mass and chemical composition of stars change, in a process in which enriched gases contribute to the formation of new stars. The study of this system is important for the improvement of the knowledge about star structure, formation and evolution.
"Divulgação de Astronomia: Viagem ao céu pelo olhar da Ciência" (Summary in Portuguese)
"Promotion of Astronomy: A Trip to the Sky through the Eyes of Science"
What about exploring the Universe through the eyes of Science? We want to take you on this trip by using the knowledge from fields such as Astronomy, Astrophysics, Astrobiology, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Engineering, among others, and, of course, by looking at the sky. This project consists in creating a new place for lectures, documentary exhibitions and sky observation, inside the campus of the Universidade Federal de São João Del Rei, in Ouro Branco, Brazil.
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We spent 2 nights just recently, March 11 – 13, 2013, at Victorian RV Park in Sparks, Nevada.
Every campsite has a real lawn with flowers, bushes, etc. So there is plenty of shade which is nice once the summer heat starts in. When we stayed last summer they recently put in some 60′ pull-through spaces with 3 different spots for you to hook up your dump hoses.
This stay we found that more remodeling had been done… restroom/showers, laundry room and mini-mart. The mini-mart in now like a neighborhood convenient store amply stocked with RV supplies and groceries. Free coffee and freshly baked cookies are served all day seven days a week. What was under construction is their new Recreation Park – BBQ grills, fire pit, horseshoe pit, 2-hole putting green, picnic benches, bike rental, board games and weekly planned activities coordinated by the parks Activity Director.
The park is clean and freshly painted. The location is convenient just off I-80 in walking distance from the casinos and the Sparks Marina. The staff is professional, courteous and accommodating. They told us about their upcoming re-grand opening planned for Saturday May 04, 2013. Great place to stay!


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Jackson County coach Brandon Worley said during the week that he hoped his team could somehow force juggernaut Greater Atlanta Christian to play a four-quarter game. Instead, GAC continued its season-long steamrolling of GHSA competition.
Behind a 28-point second quarter, the Spartans (10-1) ran out to a 42-0 halftime lead on Jackson County (5-6) as the Panthers fell 49-0 Friday in the first round of the Class AAA state playoffs.
"I'm proud of our kids," Worley said. "We fought and we fought and we fought. We had some bad things happen, but we kept fighting. We showed class and just kept playing football and playing for one another. So I'm proud of them. Very proud of them."
Clemson commit Kyler McMichael, who ran for a 73-yard touchdown on the Spartans' second offensive play, rushed for 126 yards with three touchdowns on just eight carries. He was not needed for the final two and a half quarters.
Greater Atlanta Christian broke open a 14-0 game with four touchdowns in the second quarter. Two turnovers on downs and a fumbled kickoff from the Panthers aided the Spartans during the period as GAC cruised to its 10th win this year by 28 or more points.
The onslaught began when McMichael put GAC up 21-0 with a 14-yard touchdown run, his third of the night, midway through the second quarter. The Spartans then stopped Jackson County on a fourth-and-one at the Panther 29, followed immediately by a 29-yard touchdown pass from Jackson Hardy to Jeffery Blake for a 28-0 GAC lead. A fumbled kickoff led to a 10-yard touchdown pass from Hardy to Ty James to increase the lead to 35-0.
Greater Atlanta Christian ended the half with a one-yard touchdown from Montae Bailey to push the lead out to 42-0 and mark the eighth-straight week the Spartans have topped the 40-point mark.
With the game well in hand, Greater Atlanta Christian scored just once in the second half, when Blake caught a deflected pass in the third quarter and raced to the end zone for a 19-yard score.
The game started well enough for Jackson County after the Panthers recovered a pooch kick on the GAC 38.
"That was a sky kick that was a little short, and the kid dropped it," Worley explained. "So it's just kind of one of those things that fell our way."
The Panthers then netted a first down before the drive ended with a punt following a 10-yard sack of quarterback Grey Akins.
McMichael then darted up the middle and sprinted 73 yards to the end zone on his second carry of the game to put GAC up 7-0.
The Panthers did force the Spartans to punt on their second possession but fumbled the ball away four plays later on the Jackson County 29. Greater Atlanta Christian took advantage of the short field, scoring in four plays with McMichael running in from five yards out to increase the lead to 14-0.
"We fumble, and that's a big one," Worley said. "You let then go up 14-0 in the first."
The Spartans then put the game well beyond reach by halftime during the high-scoring second quarter.
The Panthers were held to 74 total yards of offense on the night. The school's leading rusher Noah Venable, who played sparingly during the final third of the season due to an ankle injury, had just three carries. Tyler Payne led the Panthers with 31 yards on 18 attempts.
Worley held a positive outlook on the year, one which saw the program notch its second-highest win total since 1992. He said the season reinforced "the importance of having fun."
"I think so many times as coaches we get caught up in the X's and O's and the daily grind of preparing for somebody," Worley said. "I think we have to take a step back sometimes and remember that this is a game. It's meant for somebody to have fun, for a group of boys to go out and have fun and compete against somebody else."
Jackson County now looks to next season when it will try to qualify for the state playoffs a third straight year — a first in program history.
"We actually had a lot of younger kids having to play tonight because we're so banged up," Worley said. "So it was good to see those guys get after it with some good football players. So that's promising. We're going to be young next year. We're losing a lot across the line. Some of those guys got the opportunity to play in a playoff game tonight. So that's very promising for next year."
Jackson County running back Tyler Payne takes on a Greater Atlanta Christian defender on Friday in the Panthers' 49-0 road playoff loss to the Spartans. Photo by Ben Munro
GAC 49, JACKSON CO. 0: Big second quarter from Spartans leads to rout
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Ruven Afanador grew up in Bucaramanga, Colombia and moved to the U.S. at the age of fourteen. After working as a fashion photographer in Washington D.C., he went on to live and work in Milan. His work has appeared in the world's leading fashion, celebrity, and portrait magazines, as well as in numerous galleries, museums, and exhibitions worldwide. He has published three books: Torero, Sombra, and Mil Besos, in which he captures ballet and flamenco dancers and matadors. His photographs explore the different facets of Spanish culture, exude eroticism, and destabilize conventional notions of beauty. He has worked with prominent filmmakers and screenwriters such as Luis Buñuel, Gabriel García Márquez, Pedro Almodóvar. He has been featured in publications such as Art Nexus, The New Yorker, Diners, ARTnews, Paris Photo, and Summus.
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On Thursday, April 13th the Aberg Center for Literacy was named the recipient of a generous grant from the W.P. & Bulah Luse Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee.
The foundation was named after its namesakes W.P. and Bulah Luse. From the Bank of America website:
The W.P. & Bulah Luse Foundation was established in 1947. Mr. Luse, a self-made wildcatter in the early Texas oilfields, and his wife Bulah created this foundation to support and promote quality education, human services and health care programming for underserved populations. Special consideration is given to charitable organizations that serve the people of Dallas, Texas, and its surrounding communities.
Recent recipients of the grant include Avance Dallas, Reading Partners Dallas, and the Dallas Furniture Bank.
The purpose of the grant is to fund Aberg Center's general operation costs. As the Aberg Center for Literacy program continues to expand, this grant will provide key support in areas such as staffing, class materials, rent and utilities, and operational equipment. With this generous gift, Aberg Center will be able to continue offering a high level of programming, and staff the adult and early childhood programs with the committed, experienced employees necessary to fulfill program outcomes.
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Here at Sojourn, we recognize the important role that God has given men. They are given the responsibility of leading in the church, society, and the family. Therefore, our men's ministry is seeking to equip men to be servant leaders in all of these areas.
Besides those men serving our church as elders and deacons, all of our men are valuable assets to our church family and community. There are opportunities for men to serve through the teaching of children's Bible study, reading of scripture during worship services, media & IT, facility maintenance, and our annual VBS. We have occasional men's Bible studies that are set up to grow our men theologically as well as prepare them as Godly leaders.
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Robert Wagner made me lose my breakfast on LIVE With Regis and Kelly
Robert Wagner, an aging pretty-boy with limited acting skills who became famous for starring in (mostly) B movies and "romances" with beautiful A-list film stars, has written a memoir: Pieces of My Heart-- so he must need money. I've always heard stars only write books when they need money. (Above is a pic of me in my tux taken the night after this event. As you can see, I'm another "pretty boy"...I'm 27 years older now).
On Regis & Kelly this morning he is obviously trying to sell books so he attempted to come off as just "one of the boys." I met Mr. Wagner when I was working backstage for producer Alexander Cohen in the Green Room at Radio City Music Hall for Night of 100 Stars II in 1985. Originally from Michigan, one suspects he portrays his climb to stardom as much of a "Little Me" version of things. He said he moved to LA (Bel Air!) as a teenager and got a job as a caddy at a golf course frequented by film stars. Apparently, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott and other stars were attracted to this pretty boy and helped him cut thru red tape and get a movie contract. One wonders what details Mr. Wagner is leaving out. Major film stars don't usually offer to assist every cute 18 year old boy who carries their golf clubs.
Regis Philbin was slobbering over Wagner and his Hollywood memories while Kelly Ripa (Wagner played her father in a few episodes of her ill-fated TV show Hope & Faith) recalled: "the way all those famous men treated you when you were young…perhaps that's why you treated us all so nice," to which Wagner said "Isn't she great?" What else could he say? My personal memory of Wagner is that he's a jerk…he is one of those actors who treats backstage personnel like dirt under his feet. Wagner thinks he's a much bigger star than he really is, and is only nice to someone who can do something for HIM.
When I worked backstage on Night of 100 Stars, I totally recall Wagner as being a cold fish, arrogant, rude, hard to speak with or get a response from and I remember him fixing me with a cold, steely glare instead of responding when I said "hello" or tried to ask him a question. So Kelly Ripa must have a completely different memory of this man that I do. Karma, I suspect, will not be kind to someone like Wagner. I've noticed this as I've gotten older and worked in and around showbiz egos. So many people who were given help and a kind "boost up the ladder of success" seem to forget who helped them and when they get to the top of the heap, instead of "paying it forward" and helping someone else, they pull the ladder up after themselves.
Other major stars that night were wonderful—I kept notes of every event I worked and saved my dressing room assignment sheets. Myrna Loy, Anne Baxter, Carol Burnett, Lucille Ball (tough but adorable), Jimmy Stewart, Ginger Rogers and other A-list stars couldn't have been nicer to deal with. It was the insecure TV stars like Wagner who were usually jerks…here they were surrounded by TRUE celebrities and most of them responded with rudeness and arrogance. Wagner was sitting on a green room sofa much of the evening next to Lloyd Bridges (very nice man) and sharing a dressing room (604) at Radio City with a host of celebs including Bridges, Charles Bronson, Yul Brynner, Michael Caine, Matt Dillon, Bob Fosse, Jim Henson, Richard Dreyfuss, Billy Crystal, Jim Nabors, Jimmy Stewart, Rock Hudson (ill and kept to himself), Mayor Ed Koch, Tony Randall, Ben Gazzara, David Frost, Charles Durning, Billy Dee Williams, Marvin Hamlisch, Vincent Price and others.


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I'm going a little off piste today. I normally cover the Dow, because it's my favourite stock index to swing trade. But today I shall analyse the Nikkei, which appears to be on the verge of a turn. It could also be at a major turning point.
One reason for my interest is that Japanese stocks have become a highly touted sector for investors lately. 2013 was certainly a banner year for Japanese shares. The problem for overseas investors is not the booming stock market. The problem is that the yen has been similarly booming, but in the wrong direction.
Is the Japanese market finally going up?
During calendar 2013, the yen has lost a whopping 43% compared to the pound. The Nikkei, on the other hand, has gained 52% in yen terms. But in sterling terms that's a net gain of only 13% for the Nikkei. To me, that does not add up to a booming bull market.
However, if the investor had been fully hedged, the result would have been a much more palatable 50% or so. Let's hope the UK-based Japan unit trusts were so hedged!
During last year, comments on the Nikkei were increasingly bullish, and in some cases, very bullish. After many false dawns over the years, pundits were asking: was Japan's market finally getting up off its knees and following the US markets upwards?
Market veterans recall the mania surrounding Japanese stocks in the 1980s. That was when the Nikkei finally hit an incredible 40,000. But since the peak in 1990, it has been downhill all the way, with occasional bear market rallies (those were the false dawns). Here is the chart:
Note the downtrend line joining the major highs that spans over 20 years. If history is any guide (and it usually is), this is a very strong line of resistance that should repel a major advance from here. That is a major piece of information.
Using history as an indicator
Let me begin my usual analysis by examining the weekly long-range chart from the 2007 highs:
The Nikkei suffered a fate similar to all other global stock indexes during the crash of 2007 – 2009 by plunging over 50% from the top. But the impulsive decline was in a clear five waves, taking it in the same downward direction as the main trend (see top chart).
At the 2009 lows, note the huge positive-momentum divergence. That was a clear signal that a turn was near.
After a five wave move, Elliot wave theory (EWT) maintains that a corrective rally in the form of an A-B-C (or variation) should appear. And that is precisely what we have with the C wave currently sitting on the Fibonacci 78% retrace of the five wave down move. Now this is getting interesting!
Bull markets make investing geniuses
Now it is time to examine the form of the C wave. If I can show it is in an impulsive five-wave pattern, I can start making a strong case that the rally is about over. And after such a vigorous rally, where most pundits (and investors) are bullish and are looking for strong gains this year, I know I am sticking my neck out (not a rare event for me)!
On this daily chart, I have a textbook impulsive five waves up. The third wave is very long and strong with only three red candles in all of its length in the main section! That is about as strong a third wave as I have ever seen on a daily chart.
The rally was relentless. Naturally, this performance only increased the ardour of the bulls towards their positions. Remember, markets make opinions and bull markets make investing geniuses (at least they are until the market turns).
But look at the fourth wave – it is a classic converging triangle, which acts like a coiled spring. The breakout of the triangle is like the spring's sudden unwinding where the market zooms up out of it. But note that the momentum of this fifth wave falls well short of the maximum levels reached in the third wave. This is a textbook warning sign that the fifth wave is likely at or near the end of its journey.
Another Japanese earthquake looms
With the top chart showing the current 16,000 level hugging the major downtrend line, the warning signals are flashing that this rally could turn out to be another false dawn. But a sharp move above the trendline would change this picture.
And here is the hourly chart:
I have a decent (but not superb) tramline pair and the market is currently testing my lower tramline. This is the moment of truth in the short-term. If the market breaks down here and enters chart support in the danger zone, the odds would swing heavily towards a bearish outcome.
Alternatively, the market could bounce from here and make a new high. So far, wave 5 is in only three waves which lie between the tramlines. Ideally, I would like to see five sub-waves within this fifth wave to complete before having confidence the new down trend had started. The potential remains for a new high.
But this morning, the Nikkei bull market appears to be on shaky ground and another earthquake in Japan looms.


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Meandering Thoughts on Dunkaroos and Cultural Identity/
By Simon Yau
Food is a nostalgic thing. That's part of the reason what we eat is usually such an important piece of our cultural identities; your senses can evoke memories which in turn keep traditions alive. The experience of eating is intertwined with where you came from and who you are.
That's what I learned growing up as a Chinese kid at least. But the differences food plays in cultural identity can be glaring between ethnic kids and North American ones. Food is not a defining part of Canadian culture (said non-patronizingly) but it is an integral part of being Chinese.
In hindsight however, it wasn't always this way. I found the one phase in life everybody arrived somewhat on equal footing was when it came to snacks, no matter what the hell you ate at home.
Snacks, from my experience, always mean something to a kid. Fruit Roll Ups may not define you as white or brown or black, but if you always ate Fruit Roll Ups at a certain time, during a certain event, or got them from a certain person, then that's a mini tradition that somewhat defined you… as a kid.
Which, really, is why we love snacks. They remind us of being a kid. And I'm not talking about indulgent snacks here that you might eat at a boring New Years Eve party; I mean like, real kids snack culture stuff, like Teddy Grahams and those snack packs with the red sticks and separate cheese compartment.
My favourite drink in the world is this thing called Yoduly, which is: "a Japanese probiotic milk-like product made by fermenting a mixture of skimmed milk with a special strain of the bacterium Lactobacillus casei Shirota"
I have yet to taste anything in the world that tastes like Yoduly, it's sweet and somewhat milky and sour. It's non-carbonated and supposedly good for you and comes packaged in these minuscule plastic bottles in packs of five. They make no sense because you always end up drinking three but on the bright side you feel like a giant. I love them irrationally and drink them occasionally to this day, and even now ripping the foil off a tiny bottle makes me feel like a child again, back when my parents would buy them for me as a treat.
Tangentially, the Japanese get all this love for their sushi and kaiseki but, really, snacks are the best part of Japanese food culture by far. Hong Kong is basically dominated by Japanese snacks as opposed to a domestic snack industry, which perhaps says something about Chinese culture in itself. But I digress.
I guess my point is really, for anyone who doesn't get why food could be culturally important, or how food can be nostalgic and meaningful to your self-identity, or claim that white people have NO FOOD CULTURE, just think back to when you were a child.
Think about what it meant to get your favourite snacks, why you got them and how it mattered when and how you ate it. Think about how you feel eating that same snack now and the nostalgia you're stuffing in your mouth in addition to tedious levels of high-fructose corn syrup.
That's a little bit of what it feels like to grow up in a family and cultural background that considers food an essential part of its ethnic tapestry. The snack industry tells me white folks do understand food culture, they just dismiss its value as they get older, and that's a bit of a shame. The taste of nostalgia works just as well for foods that remind me of my family present day as it does for foods that remind me of youth soccer games.
Also, everyone should go out and try Yoduly along with other Asian snacks. I don't know how it's possible white people have thoroughly embraced eating raw fish and steamed chicken feet but haven't caught on to Vitasoy or Mochi Cakes yet. This is honestly unfathomable to me and seems like subconciously, white culture just wants to cherry pick and appropriate the "exotic" parts of my culture instead of the actual good parts.
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|Our slumbering cat on the banquette
All this time, we didn't really know what form this dining sofa would take, or whether such a thing specifically existed. We'd certainly seen sofas pulled up to dining tables, imparting an air of luxury and cosiness to the scene, but we wondered about getting the proportions and firmness just right for the quotidian task of dining. After all, this was to be our daily perch for all our meals, and not mere set dressing.
When we began searching in earnest for the dining sofa of our dreams, we discovered that our terms weren't quite right. What we actually wanted, apparently, was not a sofa, but a banquette. Banquette to me had always conjured an image of something built-in and quite often badly built--like something cobbled together out of plywood in a new chef start-up restaurant. You know the kind of thing: the back and seat meet at right angles, the seat is far too short for comfort and upholstered with meager cushions that do nothing to save your spine from the jolt when you sit, and the base, also constructed at right angles, leaves no room for your heels, so you wind up kicking it every time you move. Of course we'd also sunk our tired bodies into beautifully upholstered, plush restaurant booths, with properly sprung seats and everything at the ergonomically correct angle. Could both extremes be called banquettes? We'd need to define our version.
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Dr. Rebecca Lyczak was honored with the Laughlin Award for Outstanding Research at the 2012 commencement of Ursinus College. Her research focuses on early development in C. elegans, the nematode worm that has proven to be so useful in elucidating genetics and genetic disorders, including in humans. Dr. Lyczak has earned several grants including a grant from the National Institute of Health and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Her current NSF grant is titled: "Centrosome Positioning and Polarity Establishment in the C. elegans Embryo." Dr. Lyczak has a large number of talented undergraduates doing research in her laboratory.
Dr. Lyczak teaches genetics, developmental biology, molecular genetics, and the freshman seminar, Common Intellectual Experience. She has been very active in organizing the genetics course and currently serves as a CIE coordinator. She earned her Ph.D. with Distinction at the Cornell University, Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, N.Y. in 1999.


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- Ingredients for making Ragi idli:
- ½ cup urad dal
- 1¼ cup raagi flour Finger Millet Flour
- 2 tablespoon poha/avalakki
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups of water
- To make Idlis:
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- oil/ghee
- Pressure pan or pan with lid to steam idli
- First, thoroughly wash the urad dal and avalakki. Soak this in 1½ cups of water for 4 hours.
- Grind the soaked ingredients into a fine paste. Transfer to a big container.
- To this, add salt and raagi flour and mix it really well.
- Add water to the batter as needed. It should not be too thick or too liquidy, similar to dosa batter.
- Cover the lid and let it ferment for 5 to 6 hours or overnight.
- Once the batter has fermented, prepare the idlis.
- Grease all of the idli plates.
- Stir the the fermented batter well once more, and spoon the batter into the idli plates.
- Steam cook the idlis for 12-15 minutes.
- After turning of the cooker, let it cool for 5 minutes.
- Remove the idlis, and enjoy with chutney or sambar!
You can turn on the oven for a minute and warm up the oven (turning it off once the minute is over), and keep the batter in the oven.


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Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013 | 8:05 p.m.
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The bouncing and jiving started with a few players on the far end of the USC bench.
Then those on the kickoff team and the coaches about to address them joined in. Before long, the entire Trojans sideline Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium had transformed into a dance circle early in the second quarter at the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl.
"We call it, 'everybody up' or 'all hands on deck," USC quarterback Cody Kessler said. "It's just something to keep guys pumped up, keep us into it."
By the end, the reserves who spent the whole game motivating the team might have wound up as exhausted as the stars who blazed the Bulldogs for hundreds of yards. The Trojans had ample reason for celebration all afternoon.
USC rocked its way to a 45-20 victory over Fresno State in the 2013 Las Vegas Bowl.
What happened to the version of the Trojans many speculated were left lifeless by enduring their second coaching change of the year? Never showed up. This was a team arriving hungry, acting borderline maniacal to achieve its mission of a 10th victory in a season many wrote off as broken months ago.
"We said, 'Are we going to use it as an excuse to be on our third straight head coach, were we going to let up, or were we going to say we weren't going to fail today?'" interim coach Clay Helton explained his pregame message. "These guys did a tremendous job."
Scoring touchdowns on three of its first four possessions set the sideline off in a frenzy that lasted the rest of the game. Kessler, a sophomore, was the spark.
He found All-American Marqise Lee streaking in the end zone for a 10-yard touchdown to open the game before firing 40 yards to a wide-open Nelson Agholor minutes later.
Kessler bombed another pass on the next scoring drive, placing a 17-yard spiral where only the tightly covered Agholor could get to it in the back of the end zone. Even the official right next to the play was surprised.
He originally ruled it an incompletion before further review overturned the play into a touchdown.
"We said going into this game that we would fire every bullet that we had," Helton said. "We told our offense, defense and special teams that. We wanted to be ultra-aggressive."
Kessler converted a fourth-down attempt on USC's first drive, but the biggest sign of its all-out attack approach came right after going ahead 7-0. Helton stuck to his plans of attempting an onside kick, and the Trojans appeared to recover.
But they drew a late flag for kick-catch interference, which gave the Bulldogs the ball on the 33-yard line and enabled a quick touchdown. The nine-yard connection from quarterback Derek Carr to receiver Isaiah Burse would bring Fresno State's only points of a first half they lost 35-6.
"Unfortunately we weren't able to keep possession of the ball," USC cornerback Josh Shaw said of the onside kick. "But as players, we love to know that the coaches have that trust in you to dial up an aggressive game plan."
Shaw held the nation's leading receiver, Fresno State's Davante Adams, to 74 yards — 60 below his average. The nation's leading passer, Fresno State's Derek Carr, threw for 217 yards — 188 below his average.
A Bulldogs offense putting up 570 yards per game could only muster 254 against the Trojans.
"Our guys were ready to go," Carr said. "There wasn't a lack of focus on either side of the ball in practice or anything. The focus was there. USC just beat us."
And beat them badly. Javorius Allen trucked over Fresno State defenders regularly once USC had a large lead, finishing with 93 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries.
Lee, a junior, gave a fine performance in what was presumably his last game at USC with seven catches for 118 yards.
"These last eight practices were his best of the entire year and you could see it," Helton said. "The way he practiced, he played tonight. We were extremely excited to see that from him. We knew he was going to do big things tonight."
Kessler hoisted the Most Valuable Player trophy after passing for a career-high 344 yards and four touchdowns, the latter setting a Las Vegas Bowl record. By halftime, reports spread that new USC coach Steve Sarkisian would retain Helton as his offensive coordinator next season.
There was no indication whether the team's bowl performance had any bearing on the decision, but it couldn't have hurt. In the Las Vegas Bowl, the Trojans' execution was only surpassed by their energy.
"There was no question everyone bought in," Kessler said.
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Our son does not go to daycare. However, the majority of my friends kids do. I started to wonder what my son was missing out on from an educational perspective. Then, I wanted to know what I could do about it. Also, I'm always looking for ways to give our son a head start in general, so I wanted to know what was out there for teaching a baby.
So, once again, I turned to my sister-in-law for advice. (If you've been following my blog, you'll recall she also suggested Diaper Free Before Three, which we've had major success with. You can read more about our experience over at this post.) She recommended the book Slow and Steady Get Me Ready by June Oberlander. This book made my Top Six Books For Blissful Moms. It has great suggestions for things to do with your baby up until the age of five. I like that they aren't overly elaborate ideas and usually can be done with items you already have around your home. Also, they aren't very time-consuming, so they are easy to add into your daily schedule. These activities help to develop skills at age appropriate times. I really like that each activity lists out what it will develop at the end of the instructions. Then, I watch how these skills continue to grow. It truly is amazing how fast they learn. An added bonus: I've found that many of these activities show up on the Ages and Stages Questionnaire that we fill out prior to any appointments with the pediatrician.
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Everybody Writes – by Ann Handley
Date read: 9/3/18. Recommendation: 8/10.
Handley's background in marketing differentiates this from other 'how to write' books. She remains focused on how to write better and the rules of writing, but there's an emphasis on measurable results. It's a solid resource for any writer or content creator. It's a great reminder (and guide) to cut the unnecessary, be more direct, and improve readability. All of which are important because they help you not only capture initial attention, but also preserve/build that momentum between sentences and paragraphs. The end goal is creating something that resonates with your audience and enriches their lives.
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Writing is a habit, not an art.
"If you want to be a writer you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot." -Stephen King
Many brilliant writers emphasized routines and schedules for writing: Maya Angelou, Ernest Hemingway, Charles Dickens, Oliver Sacks, Benjamin Franklin. All kept regular hours to cultivate creative rhythms.
"Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life." -Gretchen Rubin
Place the most important words and ideas at the beginning of a sentence.
-Good first impression, builds momentum, encourages the reader to continue.
-Avoid starting sentences with: "According to," "There is a," "It is important/critical/advised," "In my opinion," "The purpose of," "In 2018," "I think..."
Use a customer-centric POV:
-Replace I or we with you to shift focus
-Company-centric: "We offer accelerated application development." "A better way to learn how to cook."
-Customer-centric: "Deploy an app to the cloud at lunch hour. And still have time to eat." "Become a cook in 30 days."
Misplaced modifiers:
Wrong: Only publish good content
Right: Publish only good content.
Use familiar, yet surprising analogies:
-Instead of: "The leaves of the giant pumpkin plant are huge."
-Try: "The pumpkin leaves are the size of trash-can lids, covering pumpkins the size of beer kegs."
-White space makes your work readable (readers won't get through massive blocks of text).
-Shorter paragraphs (no more than three sentences or six lines).
-No more than 25 words/sentence.
Use real words:
-Avoid buzzwords and jargon at all costs (e.g. revolutionary, value-added, impactful, cutting-edge, leverage, incentivize, synergize)
-Be real, in all communication. Not: "You're my top resource." But: "I don't know what I'd do without you."
-Use natural sounding language
Active vs. Passive:
-Usual indicator of passive = "was" and "is"
-Passive: "The video was edited by a guy named Joe." Active: "A guy named Joe edited the video."
-Passive: "Duduk theme music is rarely featured on podcasts." "Podcasts rarely feature duduk theme music."
Rules to break:
-You can start sentences with and, but, or because.
Limit moralizing and prescriptive phrases at the beginning of sentences:
-Don't forget...Never...Avoid...Don't...Remember to...
Focus on how your product/service touches peoples lives.
"Start telling the stories that only you can tell, because there'll always be better writers than you and there'll always be smarter writers than you. There will always be people who are much better at doing this or doing that–but you are the only you." Neil Gaiman
"Your unique voice comes from knowing who you are, and who you are not." Ahava Leibtag
Seek out primary, not secondary sources.
Proper lengths:
Blog post - 1500 words
Email subject lines - 50 characters or less or 6-10 words
Line of text - 12 words
Paragraph - 4 lines or less
Headline - 70 characters or less
Shift mindset from 'always be closing' to 'always be helping.'
-"Focus relentlessly on how you can help your audience by enriching their lives.."
Headlines (less than 70 characters):
-What would make your reader turn and say, "Listen to this..."
-Spend as much time on the headline as you do on the writing itself.
-Use lively words (ultimate, brilliant, awesome, intense)
-Keep it benefit driven.
-"Create successful social media campaigns" headline on landing page, 26% better than "Join today and get access to SmartTools: Social Media Marketing."
Rules to live by:
-Try it again with fewer words
-Trust your own voice
-Use humor, whenever possible


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2012 Yeosu EXPO HYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP – Hyper-Matrix from yangsookyun on Vimeo.
Epic shapeshifting pixel wall designed by J o n p a s a n g media group consisting of:
Jin-Yo Mok
Sookyun Yang
Earl Park
Jin-Wook Yeo
2012 Yeosu EXPO HYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP – Hyper-Matrix from yangsookyun on Vimeo.
Epic shapeshifting pixel wall designed by J o n p a s a n g media group consisting of:
Jin-Yo Mok
Sookyun Yang
Earl Park
Jin-Wook Yeo
Just started reading (bits of)
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
I thought this quote from the dedication section was beautiful:
"I think that it's extraordinarily important that we in computer sci- ence keep fun in computing. When it started out, it was an awful lot of fun. Of course, the paying customers got shafted every now and then, and after a while we began to take their complaints se- riously. We began to feel as if we really were responsible for the successful, error-free perfect use of these machines. I don't think we are. I think we're responsible for stretching them, setting them off in new directions and keeping fun in the house. I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun. Above all, I hope we don't become missionaries. Don't feel as if you're Bible sales- men. The world has too many of those already. What you know about computing other people will learn. Don't feel as if the key to successful computing is only in your hands. What's in your hands, I think and hope, is intelligence: the ability to see the machine as more than when you were first led up to it, that you can make it more."
—Alan J. Perlis (April 1, 1922 – February 7, 1990)
You can find the book to download here
An excellent project that feeds real time traffic data to the retro arcade game Frogger. I really enjoyed the mode of promo video as well.
Project created by Tyler DeAngelo
For some reason my wordpress has decided twitter is not worth updating. OIGH wordpress…update already!
I love Kate's outlook on life. I think we should all try to be more glacier like!
Just a few photos and a video from the 3 days of training I took part in which started on Monday the 11th of July. In the 3 days we put together 2 machines; one that was a gantry based plotter and the other was a turn table based scanner. The interesting part was tooling the plotter to pour slip over clay. The pictures below are just a few photo I took over the 3 days. Mat, another from the CNC workshop documented the whole process better than I did, you can find his photos here
Found on hackaday.com
I was getting a bit bored of the layout and look of this blog so I have decided for better or worse that i will change it. Might take a few days to find a layout i am happy with so bare with me! Cheers
Recently I have spent a considerable amount of time researching data visualization techniques using Flash and AS3. The main driving force for this research was to inspire first year Digital Media students without allowing them to be intimidated by AS3. To make the process of visualizing data in AS3 less daunting I have started writing a toolkit of classes the students can use to bypass some of the fundamental and structural elements of visualizing data. This way the students can concentrate on the creative and experimental aspects of the visualizations and achieve results at a much faster rate.
Here is one of the classes I have completed that I believe to be quite useful. The purpose of the class is to convert time into units along an axis. The class takes the start time and end time for a period of data collection and maps that across either the x or y axis. The class has a getPoint method which you can pass any time within the data collection period and it will return the point in pixels along the specified axis.
Once an instance of timeToAxis.as has been defined only two lines are required to start utilising the class for example:
converter.setAxis("12:00:00", // The start time
"12:05:00", // The end time
"x"); // the axis to apply the units to
trace(converter.getPoint("12:02:00")); //get a value along the defined axis
Anybody is welcome to use this class I just hope other people find it as useful as I do. However I would love to know any improvements that could be made to the class and how it has been implemented.
I have almost finished a project which I have been working on for the last few months so i thought it was about time I posted it up here. The website is written for Peter Cusack of CRiSAP (Creative Research in Sound Art & Performance). He approached me looking for an online database to show case sounds around major cities in the UK (which eventually turned into the world) and here is the result: The Sound Database
There are a few bugs and usability features that I am working on but the base of the site pretty much finished.
The site uses a number of different languages and API to achieve the end result.
This is the first time i have coded something this complicated and i am fairly pleased with the results. Next i hope to add some extra functionality to the site.


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Meet the RISE Entrepreneurs
These social enterprises will participate in a 2-year fellowship program (2015-2016) in which they will gain intimate access to our networks, concentrated acceleration programs in key areas for growth, assistance with impact and global best practices research in their areas of work, as well as critical introductions to potential investors and clients.
They will continue to work on their social enterprises in Egypt with strategic consultations and retreats happening 4-5 times over the course of the two year period. Research assistance will take place on an ongoing basis. Various activities will be planned during and subsequent to the fellowship to maintain and grow a strong community bond.
RecycloBekia is an electronic waste recycling company based in Egypt and serving the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. They are the first company in the Arab world offering green recycling of electronic waste and safe data destruction services.
Educate-Me is a registered Egyptian non-profit foundation that was founded in June 2010 to redefine education in Egypt. They aspire to create an educational approach that would bring about people who pursue what they really want and would push boundaries in every field of knowledge, driven by their passion and curiosity. One that raises generations of learners, who can learn, unlearn and relearn, who have the courage and perseverance to change both themselves and the world around them; to create the world of their dreams.
Tahrir Academy
Tahrir Academy is an online platform that creates engaging learning experiences to stimulate the minds of Egyptian youth, empowering them to think, choose, and decide.
Helm is a non-profit organization that aims to promote employment and the full participation of Egypt's 15 million people with disabilities in all aspects of life. They have a vision of becoming a leading career and development NGO in Egypt that ensures the recruitment and development of persons with disabilities in a broad range of jobs and careers while enabling the workplace environment to address their needs.
Jozour is a company that is converting agricultural byproducts such as date palm midribs into wood to be used for furniture-making and other interior designs using an innovative technology developed by its founders. Jozour's mission is to reduce pollution from the burning of these raw materials while also creating jobs and valuable end products for domestic and global markets.


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Spring Denim.
Spring is here and I am so excited for all of the wonderful events Spring brings...spending time outside, walking by the ocean, having brunch on patios - it is all so much fun!
Of course my absolute favourite thing to wear in the Spring and Summer are dresses, and Gap Factory has the perfect dress for any occasion. I fell for this denim shirtdress, it is the perfect thing for sunny days that still a bit cool - perfect for a day at Granville Island walking my dog and hanging out with my friend & photographer for the day, Kiara from
You can see & shop Gap Factory's entire Spring Dress collection here
*This post was sponsored by Gap Factory, all opinions are my own.
Cara McLeay


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We are pleased to announce that P&G (Procter & Gamble) Community Matters Committee has donated £300 towards our Dad's Diary project.
The donation will go towards funding a trip for our clients and their children. The outdoor trip will enable the parents and their children to bond in a fun, engaging environment at Farmer Palmer's Fun Park in Poole. They will have a fantastic day spending time together, enjoying the activities and meeting the Park's animals.
The Dad's Diary project is an excellent opportunity for parents who live in our accommodation to rekindle their relationships with their estranged children. Having faced hardships in the past, the incentive to reunite with their families helps them improve their life circumstances and personal development.
The parents are provided with group meetings and support. This includes discussions where they can share parental issues and experiences. It enables them to improve themselves and become role models to their children.
We are all incredibly grateful for the support of the P&G Community Matters Committee and for the positive experiences their contribution will make.


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|PeterB7858 said 1222 days ago (May 12th, 2016)
Healing Heart
Hey, Jay. Been a while. Good song. Like the feel. Vocals remind a bit me of Bowie. I like the run downs in the chorus, too. Tasty solo. Nicely put together. Thanks.
Check out my latest song called The Parting Of The Ways
|JBurns said 1196 days ago (June 7th, 2016)
been to long
Thanks Peter!!
Check out my latest song called Healing Heart
Check out some of my other songs:
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So Let's Talk Live Shop and Moving.
First off, apologies for the delay in updates. With so much going on I like to have something concrete to tell you about and so much has been in a state of flux, again my apologies. So let's start with what has been going on with preparing for live shows. Well, let's just say I am working it. At the moment I desperately want to do live shows, but finding people to play the music I created is rough as Asheville's a pretty small town, with a ton of cliques. So not one to be discouraged, I decided to fire up Apple's Mainstage and so I'm planning on solo and duo shows, with the aid of my wife! It'll be pretty dependent on the specific show.
I still want to assemble a full live band so until I can find the right people, I'll save my pennies and hire musicians to play the music I wrote on stage. I haven't booked anything yet, as I like to put on a good show, that's tight and well rehearsed. Not looking for perfection, but worth it. So far the live band is me and my wife @Lady_Destro. I haven't heard from the other two in months. Not going to let it get me down. Just going to keep pushing! I believe in what I'm doing and I love creating and building more than life itself! So I'll keep pushing and moving forward! Always forward! Never ever give up on yourself!
In keeping with that attitude I'm concentrating my efforts on making more music, and more content! After some experimenting with tools, I can confidently say we will begin uploading lyric videos for all the songs! Not sure how long this will take, but we're going to get them all done! In the meantime, if you'd like to read the lyrics, you can do so right here, in the lyrics section! We are also working on getting them into Apple music, and other lyric display sites, to make them easily searchable. We're also doing free downloadable PDF's for each release, as well as adding the lyrics to the songs on band camp, so when you purchase them from there you'll automatically get the lyrics.
Also in studio practice, and performance videos are also coming as fast as I can physically make them, so I thank you for your patience, and your continued interest in what I'm doing! It means more than you know! I also want to say thank you to everyone who has listened, added, shared, downloaded, or purchased any of my music or content. I also want to say thank you for the support my wife and I have received for TopNotchTalk.com we're off to the races, and my wife has officially launched her weekly podcast "J.Talk" and she's already up to three episodes, with no signs of slowing down. I've also been blogging about my favorite tech and gear, so follow us over there, tons of great content to read, with even more on the way!
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Help us to continue making a difference in our comunity. Please make a donation to the Girdletree Volunteer Fire Company today.
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Toys for Tots Drive
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
The Girdletree Volunteer Fire Company is agian parterning with Toys for Tots to raise toys for the needy this Christmas. There will be NO Fall Cash Bash, but there is still a chance for you to win $2,000 cash. Simply donate a toy valued at $5 in its original unopened package and recieve a ticket for a chance to win the cash. No limit on toys. Drawing for the $2,000 cash will be held on Saturday, November 24, 2019 at 3PM during the Auxiliary's Fall Luncheon. Drop off your toys at the firehouse is open Monday - Friday from 9am to 5pm or at Mirror Salon on N. Washington Street or Jerry's Toys and Wood Crafts on Green Street in Snow Hill, XO Beanery & Bites or Market Street Deli, both on Market Street in Pocomoke City. You can also purchase a ticket for a chance at the cash. Tickets are $5 each for 5 tickets for $20. Tickets sold only online or at the Firehouse.
More details on where to donate coming soon.
|One Ticket Chance for $2,000
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By R. Scott Benson, M.D.
Mardi Gras is a big celebration in my town and after the parades and the parties everyone picks up the idea of Lent and sacrifice. The best one I heard was a friend who decided to give up worrying for Lent. A good choice.
Psychiatrists have long recognized the toxic effects of excessive worry but too often pick up the mantra – "don't worry". Good advice, but usually it's not enough. Research in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for obsessive compulsive disorder sent me in a different direction. Engage your worries! Give them the attention they demand! With a little discipline.
I instruct my patients –
1. Make a list of your worries. Watch for duplicates. Worries are like that. They change a little to try and sneak back into your thinking.
2. Set aside time twice a day to get out your "worry list" and read through it. Try for once in the morning, and again in the late afternoon. Think English tea time. Give each worry the time it deserves. Pay special attention to any that you can do something about today.
3. If a new worry comes up you can add it to the list. This is especially useful for those late night worries that make it hard to fall asleep.
4. If worries try to get on your mind outside of your "worry time" gently remind that worry that you already have worried about it, and it will have to wait until the next worry time.
Worriers believe that they worry about everything, all of the time. Putting order to their worries helps them reframe the problem and put it in a correct perspective.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
A Happy Heart may be a Healthier Heart
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. The month of February, "American Heart Month", is dedicated to raising awareness about heart disease and increasing knowledge about prevention. In this post, I will discuss the connection between mental health and heart disease.
Depression is a risk factor for heart disease
Many studies have shown that negative emotions such as depression, anger and stress are risk factors for heart disease. The February 2006 issue of the Harvard Mental Health Letter notes that, "the recurrence of cardiovascular events is more closely linked to depression than to high cholesterol, smoking, high blood pressure or diabetes". Antidepressant treatment may benefit depressed heart patients and possibly reduce their risk for future heart problems. Cardiac rehabilitation programs that provide patients with stress reduction and wellness strategies may also help reduce the impact that depression has on heart disease.
Happiness may protect against heart disease
People with a tendency to experience positive emotions, such happiness, enthusiasm and contentment, are less likely to develop heart disease than those who tend not to experience it, suggests a new study published in the February 17 advance online issue of the European Heart Journal, led by Karina Davidson, Ph.D. of Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Davidson's research team followed 1739 healthy adults living in Nova Scotia for 10 years and examined the impact of positive personality traits on heart disease risk. They found that the people in the study with the most negative emotions had the highest risk for heart disease, whereas those who scored highest for happiness had the lowest risk for heart disease.
The researchers' speculations about how positive emotions might confer long-term protection against heart disease include:
Happy people may have a healthier lifestyle that decreases cardiac risk - eating and sleeping better, exercising more, and smoking less.
Happiness may promote a host of positive physical and chemical changes - such a reduction in stress hormones -- that are good for the heart.
There may be a genetic component - people who are predisposed to happiness might also be predisposed to have fewer heart attacks.
Davidson's findings suggest that preventive strategies may be enhanced not only by reducing depressive symptoms but also by increasing positive affect. However, she states that the findings should be confirmed via clinical trials before making any clinical recommendations.
In the meantime, those interested in these preliminary findings can begin to take some simple steps to increase their positive affect. Dr. Davidson recommends, "If you enjoy reading novels, but never get around to it, commit to getting 15 minutes or so of [daily] reading in. If walking or listening to music improves your mood, get those activities in your schedule. Essentially, spending some few minutes each day truly relaxed and enjoying yourself is certainly good for your mental health, and may improve your physical health as well."
For more on the study, including theories on how happiness may protect the heart, as well as tips on how naturally negative people can become happy, please see the following article.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Faith & Mental Wellness in the African American Community
By Gina N. Duncan, M.D.
For many in the African American community, faith is an integral part of life. In one study, approximately 85 percent of African American respondents described themselves as "fairly religious" or "religious" and considered prayer a common way of coping with stress.
For many in the African American community, faith is an integral part of life. In one study, approximately 85 percent of African American respondents described themselves as "fairly religious" or "religious" and considered prayer a common way of coping with stress.
My training as a psychiatrist coupled with my background enables me to have a unique perspective on the field of psychiatry as it relates to the African American community. I come from a Southern, deeply religious African American family of educators. My grandfather, a gifted musician, suffered from depression for most of his adult life. While it did not prevent him from having a successful career as a school principal, civic leader, and church member, it did prevent him from enjoying his blessings more fully. This has had a ripple effect in my family, which continues to be felt even three generations out. Fortunately, because of the struggles we observed in our grandfather, the younger members of my family have become much more vocal about our own stresses, and are determined to not let history repeat itself.
For many of us, emotional issues and mental illness are inextricably linked to issues of faith. Some may view depression as a punishment for sin, psychotic illness as the presence of demons, or anxiety as a lack of faith in God's ability to provide. As a person of faith myself, I can say that faith provides a holistic view of life and of the meaning behind our individual experiences and struggles. However, that does not mean that we cannot make use of all the resources available to us. After all, if we have a headache we take Tylenol, right? And if your doctor tells you to take medicine for your diabetes and high blood pressure, you listen.
Some emotional problems can be fully resolved with talk therapy and support. However, more serious problems such as recurrent depression, thoughts of suicide, schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder often require medication in addition to other forms of treatment. This is an exciting time in the field of psychiatry and brain science, as we learn more and more about the biological basis of many mental illnesses. And the good news is that there are many proven, effective treatments.
African Americans are a resilient people. In honor of Black History Month, let's make a commitment to living our best lives. That means getting the help you need. If you think you are suffering from depression, anxiety, or another mental illness, please know that it does not affect you alone. It impacts your spouse, your children, and your community. There are a lot of resources on HealthyMinds.org to help you get started.
Let your light shine—don't let it be diminished by a treatable condition!
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Friday, February 5, 2010
Cybersafety for Kids Online and What to Do When You Child Says "I want a spacebook account"
I was in a kindergarten class the other day on an in-school child evaluation when I overheard a little girl talking with a friend. She was explaining how her brother and mother played on "Spacebook" all of the time and that she wanted one too. Her friend nodded enthusiastically in agreement. I thought to myself that only in the 21st century would 5 year-olds be having such a conversation.
Currently, more than 8 out of 10 adolescents/young adults have an active social networking account such as Facebook, MySpace or Twitter. But what is the right age or developmental level for a child to have a social networking account? Most people would probably agree that children shouldn't have these types of accounts until they are teens. But, should all teens who want an account be allowed?
A recent study on social media use by teens conducted by University of Virginia Psychologists showed that the psychological health and social adaptation of teens dictated whether they used social media sites appropriately. The study showed that well-adapted youths use social media to enhance their existing positive relationships. On the other hand, those who were poorly adapted, evidenced by behavioral problems or difficulty making friends, used social media sites in more inappropriate ways or not at all. They were more likely to post nude photos, use excessive profanity, or show more overt aggression or hostility in their postings.
Safety issues are still a large concern when it comes to the internet. As parents, it is important that your child use the internet appropriately for his or her own physical and psychological safety. Posting the wrong things or giving out sensitive information on-line could lead to significant consequences. Here are some things that you can do to make sure that your child uses the internet and social networking sites appropriately:
Introduce your child to the internet. Like any other topic (e.g. the "birds and the bees talk"/sexual education, handling bullying, etc.) you, as the parent, want to be doing the educating. You should be setting the stage for your child's relationship with the internet.
Explain that on the internet, even though your child may be in a room alone, that he or she is not necessarily free from harm. Remind him or her that people can sometimes find their location, identity, and information stored on computers and to be careful with what information they share.
Make time to explore the internet together. Visit sites that are specifically designed for children or that are associated with your child's particular interests.
Monitor your child's access to the internet from time to time. You may also want to install parental internet guards or filters that won't allow kids to unknowingly go to inappropriate or dangerous Web sites.
Limit the amount of time that a child can be on the internet on a nightly basis. Spending too much time on-line can lead to symptoms of depression, social isolation, and obesity. If your children are spending time on the internet also make sure that they are getting adequate exercise and completing their homework, responsibilities, and chores.
If your teenager wants a social networking account, assess whether he or she is ready for one. Is your child old enough or mature enough to use a social networking site appropriately? As the University of Virginia study described, behavior in face-to-face interactions is a good indicator of behavior on social networking sites.
After assessing if they are ready, have an open conversation about the privileges and consequences regarding behaviors on social networking sites. Clearly lay out expectations and what would be deemed appropriate and inappropriate behaviors.
Monitor how your child is using social networking through intermittent conversations and open communication. If your child is exhibiting impulsive or out-of-control behavior, consider closing accounts or only allow them if they are closely supervised (such as having their login information or being "friends" with them on-line).
Taking these steps can help ensure that your child will have a fulfilling and safe internet experience. For more information on how to discuss internet safety with your children go to the National Crime Prevention Council and School District 129.
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