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That's right everyone!! Today is my SITS Day!! Welcome SITS-tahs to my awkward corner of the blogosphere!!
For those of you who don't know what a SITS day is what in the world I am talking about, allow me to explain:
The SITS Girls is a community of over 40,000 women who come together to support one another in our blogging adventures. I have found so many fantastic blogs from this community, from other humor bloggers, to great recipes and DIY ideas, and some just plain, old amazing life stories!! I love this community and I'm so excited to be their featured blogger today! So please, sit and stay a while! Explore the blog and laugh at my embarrassing stories!
Also, I just wanted to spread the love today, because I'm so overjoyed, so here are some of my other favorite bloggers that are worth checking out:
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Pegasus Class: Years 1 and 2
Class Teacher: Mrs Allerston
Teaching assistants: Mrs Biggs (Mon - Thurs), Mrs James (Fridays)
Autumn Term
This term our whole-school theme is 'Magic'. In Pegasus class we will be basing our learning journey around the question,
'What if there was an enchanted forest in our classroom?'
The children will help to design and create a magical forest in the classroom. We are hoping to attract some real fairies and elves, which will inspire the children and lead to some wonderful adventures!
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far :":•.'£,•' -:—-•-:-:• FLIGHT, 15 July 1960 . in 1958. Up to now, about 5,000hr have been flown by ANAand Ansett-ANA helicopters, mostly on charter work and crop- spraying. One big contract is with the State Electricity Commis-sion of Victoria, which takes 25hr each month on a Bell, patrolling powerlines. TAA's most experienced helicopter pilot is Capt Ray Hudson,who ran their helicopters until a few weeks ago, when he returned to line flying. Though ANA ordered the first helicopter to operatecommercially here, TAA's Hiller 12C was the first to fly in Australia (April 30, 1956). TAA got contracts for oil-searches inthe North, which so impressed its main client, Consolidated Zinc, that the company bought a Hiller itself. Two more 12Cs werebought in 1957 and 1958; one from Consolidated Zinc crashed on Macquarie Island in the Antarctic Ocean. Last December andJanuary, two TAA 12Cs went to the Antarctic Continent, but one was wiped off. While two 12Cs were in Antarctica, the TAAmanagement did a deal which traded-in 12Cs against two new Hiller 12Es, both of which are now in operation. A third is coming.One of the mysteries of Australia is why the two airlines have not bought Alouettes, for most of the experienced helicopter pilots towhom I have spoken seem to want them. The Alouette was demonstrated here several years ago without a sale. The third organization which has been operating helicoptershere is Helicopter Utilities, of Sydney, which has been doing well on charter work for three years with Bell 47s. L. C. Williams, whoruns this firm, was with Fairey. The Bells are very busy on Army surveying contracts in NW and North Australia. So much for the commercial aspect. The military side isalmost as vague with promises. The first helicopter to be operated in Australia was an RAAF S-51. The RAAF bought three, buttwo have been wiped off and the third is kept flyable (but not flying much) at Richmond. The RAAF actually did most of thepioneering here, bringing helicopters to the public attention before 1956 and even performing the first crop-dusting from helicopters.But helicopters never had any priority in RAAF commitments. The RAN has bought eleven Sycamores over the years and stillhas six operating with the Fleet. The Army has ordered eleven Bell 47Gs, to be operated by Army pilots. It is policy for theAustralian Army to have the same equipment as the US Army overseas, which made the Bell a certainty. 93 The RAAF and the Army now have a requirement for a heavyhelicopter, mostly for Army use, but to be operated by the RAAF (there is a weight limitation on the Army). The S-61 and Vertol107 are being evaluated. The Bristol 192 has one big strike against it—no big rear loading door. What a fascinating fact it is: noBritish helicopter has a rear-loading door. So we come back to the C-130 problem again: the Australians will just have to buyAmerican. This situation is a little complicated by the Australian's loveaffair with the Caribou. The khaki types would like Caribous and 107s or S-61s. Finance being what it is in Australia they willprobably have to settle for one, and that one would almost certainly be the helicopter, which could do both jobs and more besides. Theadvantage would be that the 'copter could also interest the RAN, which needs something for minesweeping. The same helicopter for RAAF, Army and RAN would makesense. It would also make a nice fat order, and it would have some effect on the civil side. The Electra/C-130 tie-up definitely affectedthe Lockheed success here. The same might very well occur with the big helicopter. The situation here is that by Ansett-ANA's£A5,000 interest, the Sikorsky people have the lead of the field. The Vertol agents are at work to push the 107, with the advantageof earlier delivery. Where is the Rotodyne? As far as I can see, it is too far awayfor any operator to be really interested other than theoretically. The potential for the helicopter operator in Australia still mustbe proved with machines now available. That could very well lead later to the Rotodyne, which is ahead of its field. In the smallhelicopter class, there is a very great need here for a twin-engine type with 2, 3 and 4 seats. Take the case of the Melbourne engineerwho bought one of the traded-in TAA Hiller 12Cs. He will use it for business, but he will have difficulty in securing permission tofly over the city. If this aircraft had two small engines, he could do anything with it. There is a big market here for a small heli-copter—say the Hughes type, at that price [$22,500—Ed] and economics—with two small engines. This would make it possibleto operate in the built-up areas and would start a rash of roof-top heliports. The trouble is, of course, that two engines might pricethe helicopter out of the field, but there should be some solution to this. The Australian problem cannot be unique. WESTLAND MAINTENANCE SCHOOL SINCE its foundation in 1948 the Westland Aircraft helicoptermaintenance school at Yeovil has trained just over 1,000 engineers to maintain Westland helicopters. Many of the studentshave come from the RAF, some from the Fleet Air Arm—although the FAA tends to train its own technicians—and the remainderfrom areas as widely dispersed as Japan, Brazil, France and the Persian Gulf. Westland set out primarily to train qualified aircraftengineers in the maintenance of their helicopters both to assist the operators and to ensure that the machines are correctly caredfor after leaving the factory. On satisfactorily passing the course, the engineer receives a certificate and is able to complete all fieldmaintenance up to check 4 standard. Some 70 per cent of an operator's staff is generally trained in this way. Intervals between courses are sometimes employed to giverefresher training; and a special five-day course is provided for ARB surveyors requiring helicopter experience. The main burdenof school work now concerns the Whirlwind, used by the RAF and civil operators, and the Wessex, which is entering servicewith the Fleet Air Arm. A four-weeks' course covers the Whirlwind while a similar course on the Wessex airframe is supplemented by a three-weeks' course on Wessex electronics andautopilot. Dragonfly and Widgeon courses are still occasionally run.The school has several well-appointed, modern classrooms equipped with comprehensive ranges of components and workingdiagrams of complex parts. In another special room is a complete Whirlwind centre-fuselage and transmission, the fuselage floorbeing separately displayed to illustrate the complete fuel system and techniques for location and repair of various forms of damage.Nearby is a complete set of parts, an assembled transmission, soon to be sectioned, and the rotor head and tail-rotor of a Wessex.The actual components are well supported by drawings and dia- grams and comprehensive lecture notes are issued to and kept byeach student. The school is controlled by Capt H. A. Traill, the WestlandGroup service manager, who has now also become responsible for equivalent schools run by the companies which have recentlyjoined Westlands. Chief instructor at Yeovil is Mr T. Crockett, formerly an RAF instructor; and Mr B. Cunningham, formerlywith the Fleet Air Arm, assists him. Two instructors at the Westland school (left and second from right) explain the Wessex tail rotor and main rotor-head to students; below (I to r) Capt Traill, Westland Group service manager, Mr T. Crockett, chief instructor, and Mr B. Cunningham, instructor in one of the classrooms; and below (right), students examining the Whirlwind transmission and rotor head in situ, with some of the components of a Wessex transmission on display
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As Doug Richards at 11Alive is reporting this evening, fresh from the explanation concerning work State Representative Larry O'Neal (pictured, left) did as Governor Sonny Perdue's personal attorney and later with revisions to the tax code as a legislator, comes information that O'Neal also has helped friends of Speaker Glenn Richardson.
On January 19, 2007, O'Neal (as a private attorney) filed papers with the Georgia Secretary of State's office to establish the organization and corporation of MMV Consulting, LLC. As the paperwork filed with the Secretary of State's office shows, MMV Consulting, LLC was the lobbying firm of Jarrell "Jay" Walker, Jr. (pictured, right), who was Speaker Richardson's first Chief of Staff and later, obviously, a lobbyist. Indeed, Walker registered as a lobbyist with the the State Ethics Commission just five days later, on January 25, 2007. Walker, it should be noted, is no longer a registered lobbyist.
It is important to note that there is absolutely no suggestion, belief, or even hint of any illegality or that O'Neal was paid for this work. He very easily could have simply been helping out a young man establish his business with the Secretary of State's office. But some are asking this evening just how much of an independent, free spirit a "Speaker Larry O'Neal" would be when he has such layered connections to the proverbial "Old Guard."


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This two-story, 32,500 SF facility, located on an edge of a regional community teaching hospital campus, was custom designed for the University of South Carolina's School of Medicine Family Practice Residency Program in association with Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital. The first floor is dedicated to patient treatment and support while the second floor houses administrative, faculty, and resident support space.
The center is organized around two, 18-exam-room modules or wings that facilitate smooth patient flow from check-in, to exam, to financial counselors, to procedure rooms, and to check-out activities. Exam areas are clustered in smaller pods for residents and attending physicians to work with the support of centralized nurses stations. Patient waiting and registration, medical records, and shared procedure areas are centrally located between the clinic wings for staffing efficiencies and access to records.


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Most of us are perfectly happy to book a couple on a nice cruise, especially if it's on a luxury cruise line.
But what if you could turn that booking and every other one like it into a group? If you say that's impossible . . . well, your probably right. But with the right mindset you may be able to create more groups than you think you can.
First of all, there's what I call the "you want friends with that?" ploy. I hope those of you who have my course are already using it.
Cruising with friends is a lot of fun and suggesting that clients who are about to book might want to ask some close friends to join them often pays off. It might not pay off in enough extra cabins to justify a group. But then again it might, especially once you sell the advantages to your original client.
For starters, starting a group booking means a better fare. If your host already has blocked group space, you can suggest that bringing just two extra couples along will put the original client in line for some nice perks (which you can contribute or negotiate for with your BDM).
Cruises celebrating a major wedding anniversary are a good target for this approach. "How many guests were at your wedding? Wouldn't it be great if they could help you celebrate your tenth anniversary?" That kind of proposition has a great deal of appeal, both to the happy couple and their friends, and a successful promotion can easily mean a nice cabin upgrade for the celebrating couple.
Then again, if you start a group and fall short, many cruise lines will honor the group fare, knowing that you have made an honest effort.
If you have been around for a while, you may have already noticed the phenomenon of people coming to you with a request to book them AND another couple or two. Now you have a head start!
If you book European river cruises, you should always think groups. Most, if not all lines consider five cabins a group. With a little hustle this is a very achievable goal, especially when three couples show up ready to cruise together.
Obviously you won't succeed every time, but you will get there some of the time. And even your "failures" will be a success because you will have booked a few more cabins than you would have if you had simply settled for that single booking.
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Lead Climbing at Devils Doorway, 4.28.2013
I love the way climbing progresses you through a series of skill levels, each one building upon the last. Jeremy and Shannon took an Anchors II course with me in the September, and after a a fall filled with climbing weekends, they were back this spring for a Lead Climbing course. So we started by going right back to our Anchor courses skills: building placing gear, thinking about anchor geometry, and refining our top-rope anchors. It was a fun opportunity to see where these two were with their anchor skills after a long winter, and we had fun reviewing, adjusting, and making things just-so.
Like lead climbing itself, a Lead Clinic takes a lot more gear than a Top-Rope climbing trip. All our lead climbing courses use a "mock-lead" setup, meaning the leader is on a lead rope with a lead belayer, but I am also backing them up with a top-rope belay. On top of that, I'm jugging a static line next to them, providing critique and answering questions along the way - and trying to stay out of the way. So that means we need two top anchors and three ropes per climb. Once it's all set up, it's not too complicated; the most critical piece is making sure the ropes are aligned properly before we leave the ground, otherwise it can become a messy web 30 feet up.
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Grain-Free Coconut Banana Cookies
I spend most of my commute home from school dreaming about food. More specifically, dreaming about what food I'm going to have for my after school snack. And today I was craving cookies. So I used my bus ride to map out a rough recipe in my head, and got to whipping these bad boys up the second I walked through the door. #efficiency.
Cookies (all desserts, really) can be tough to figure out when you're trying to avoid sugar, eggs, gluten and dairy, but I was really impressed with how these turned out! What I really like is that I didn't have to use any funky gluten-free flour blends, egg replacers or sugar substitutes. Just real food, baby! The ingredients are actually completely Paleo and Whole30 friendly (so feel free to share them with that miserable friend you have who is always doing a Whole30 ;)).
I will warn you- the cookies are a little on the crumbly side, especially when they're still warm, and the texture is more "cakey" than crunchy, but the flavour is lovely! Especially if you're a banana-with-almond butter-smeared-on-top kind of person (which you obviously are if you have tastebuds). Also, this recipe only makes 8 cookies, which is ideal for someone who does not wish to eat more than 8 cookies in one sitting, but not ideal if you're feeding a crew, so be sure to double/triple it accordingly!
2 tbsp almond butter
3 tbsp coconut oil, softened
1 small banana, mashed
1/2 tsp cinnamon
a pinch of sea salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup shredded coconut
3 tbsp coconut flour
Preheat oven to 350. Combine coconut oil, mashed banana and almond butter in a mixing bowl. Add in all dry ingredients and mix thoroughly to combine. Form batter into balls about 1.5 inches wide (about 1 tablespoon of batter) and place evenly onto a parchement-lined baking sheet. Bake for 7-9 minutes, until golden brown on the bottom. Let cool for 3-4 minutes after removing from oven, then enjoy!


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Math is Child's Play
Q: At the beginning of the reading, Leroy Little Bear (2000) states that colonialism "tries to maintain a singular social order by means of force and law, suppressing the diversity of human worldviews. … Typically, this proposition creates oppression and discrimination" (p. 77). Think back on your experiences of the teaching and learning of mathematics — were there aspects of it that were oppressive and/or discriminating for you or other students?
Mathematics was always the easiest subject for me. I learned to count at the age of three, and when I started doing math in school, it came easily to me. Since I do not see math as oppressive to myself, it was likely I was in a position of privilege. If I were to say what that privilege was, I would simply guess that I was good at paying attention. (A not so true statement anymore). Looking back, I would also say that a lot of the math we did was not actually math. Or rather, it was only a small portion of math. Knowing how to add and subtract are both incredibly valuable skills, but as Gale mentioned in her lecture, math is about a lot more than just the basic operations.
The way math was taught to me required a lot of focus. Students were to sit in their desks, not speaking, and paying attention to what was done on the board. Thus, some students, such as myself, had an advantage because this was a skill I had developed before going into elementary school. Some students, who were not quite as lucky to develop said skills, were told they could not do math, even though these skills and math have very little in common.
When it comes to teaching math, I have not yet had the opportunity to, save for a few times tutoring my sisters. In that time, I have found that I almost always have to teach the same way the teacher does because the teacher expected something similar. I could not give them strategies to use in their work, or convince them they could solve the problems they had in another way. They had to do what the teacher said, and that was final. When I finally get to teach math, I do not want my students to feel like there is only one way. I want them to be creative, to come up with solutions even I may not have thought of. And I find that is how they will grow as mathematical beings. They will learn to do things on their own, in a way they understand, and not in a way that is forced upon them. Some may come upon the traditionally learned methods and find they suit their needs. Others might need something different to understand. I aim to allow all of my students to grow mathematically in their own ways, and not in a set way that is determined by me.
After reading Poirier's article: Teaching mathematics and the Inuit Community, identify at least three ways in which Inuit mathematics challenge Eurocentric ideas about the purposes mathematics and the way we learn it.
- Language. The Inuit students were doing poorly in Mathematics because it was being taught in a language unfamiliar to their own. Which makes sense. I am good at math in French or English, but if I tried doing math in Cree, I would fail miserably.
- Culture. Mathematics, or the math one needs to learn, varies a lot from culture to culture. For Inuits, the only time math was done was in an igloo. They counted on their fingers and toes, and they did not really apply it to much outside because it was so cold. In schools, math is typically shown as an essential skill and the base of all knowledge. To get anywhere in life, you need to know math.
- Teaching methods. Inuit peoples do not traditionally learn the same way they are being taught right now. They are used to listening to elders, or solving enigmas, neither of which is present in the current curriculum. As such, the way they are learning is catering to the teacher, not the students. That is to say, the teachers up North expect students to learn the way they teach, which is a questionable approach.
One Story to Rule Them All
In my own schooling, the single stories that were presented most were from a white settler narrative. It was their view of things that was taught, such as the portrayal of First Nations' peoples as being savage or primitive, or how their problems on reserves stem entirely from their own mismanagement. I know that much of what I learned about indigenous peoples has since been proven false, or just a small sample of the truth. Also, it is often left out that the indigenous peoples of Canada are the main reason European settlers were able to survive the drastically different climate than what they were used to. It is safe for me to say that the only truth that mattered before I got to University was the truth of white settlers.
My upbringing was quite detrimental to how I read the world now. I had to do a lot of uncomfortable unlearning, and I still have much of it to do. I learned through a very Western lens. The scientific method was the only way of proving anything, and calculations all had to be done the right way, even if other ways could bring you to the same answer. As such, the main biases I bring to the classroom are towards the ways of knowing. It is not easy for me to teach different ways of knowing, or come up with lesson plans that incorporate more than just Western ways of knowing. I was always taught that if it was not European, it was wrong. Maybe not in those words, but I have come to realize that was essentially what I was taught. Now, I firmly believe that all forms of knowing have some merit to them. No way of knowing is inherently better, as they all have different strengths and weaknesses.
Another bias I tend to have is the idea of knowledge as currency. I tend to believe the more you know, the further you will go in life. And the more money you will make. I have since learned that knowledge is completely subjective. In China, what they learn is entirely different than from I learn. They may not have any reason to know what to do when you cross a buffalo, just like I will never need to know some of the things they learn. And just because I do not know what they know, it does not make me any worse off in the end. The knowledge is just simply unnecessary for me. This form of thinking allowed for me to realize that maybe not every student needs to know how to calculate the velocity of a rocket, or how to draw a circle. Every student is different, and the bias that every student needs to be taught the same, the form of teaching I was shown in schools, needs to be unlearned, or adapted. Every student should be catered too, and their interests should drive their education, not trivial knowledge that they may never use in their life.
To unlearn these biases, it is just a matter of constantly working against them. Doing what is easy is not necessarily what is right, or good. Some students may prefer learning the same thing as their peers, but others may suffer drastically from it. Every single student deserves a chance at having a fulfilling life, and as teachers, it will be my job to guide them while they explore their interests.
Citizenship Education
When I think back to my pre-University years, I can think of a few instances when citizenship education was taught in the classroom, whether implicitly or explicitly. The most obvious one would be to follow the rules. This would make students fall under the category of personally responsible citizens. However, we also got make the rules. At the start of each school year, most teachers would sit down with us, and we would discuss the rules we thought were most important. These often included being respectful towards others, and raising your hand to ask questions. This process can be seen as forming participatory citizens.
Another important example would be fundraisers. Usually, the funds were raised towards a class trip, or certain supplies. Participating in one of these demonstrated another way of forming a personally responsible citizen. If you the students organized and planned all of it, they could be see as participatory citizens as well.
More, the election process. In grade 8, and high school, we had to elect different students to be part of the student council. This example taught students how to vote, leading them on their way to becoming personally responsible citizens, but once again, the ones who ran would be participatory citizens.
An example of outright education would be when members of the legislative assemble came to our school to talk about their party platforms. They informed us, the future voters, in order for us to become more aware of the issues, and to allow us to vote for the party that best represents our values in the future.
It is clear that the curriculum often left out the idea of the justice oriented citizen. Very few of my experiences in elementary and high school involved questioning the base roots of problems. We had many experiences where we got to participate in order to help different groups, or we got to organize events to help them, but I do not recall any instance when we were taught to question the underlying reasons for the poverty or lack of food. Simply that it was our duty to help. This helped promote the idea of the white saviour. We were shown that it was our duty to help groups that were in need, typically minority groups.
It is deeply concerning that a Coop teacher does not think Treaty Education is necessary because there are no First Nations' students at the school. Treaties are not signed by one group of people. They are agreements between two or more parties, in the case of the numbered treaties, they are an agreement between Canada and First Nations' peoples. As such, there is always a reason to teach Treaty Ed even if there are no Cree, Saulteaux, Lakota, Dakota, Nakota, or Métis people in a school. They benefit just as much because they learn important things such as what a treaty is, and what specific agreement was made between our ancestors and the First Nations' peoples in order to share the land. It also opens eyes as to how treaties were broken, or how they were disregarded by the side of white settlers.
With that being said, We are all Treaty people. We are all living on land that was agreed to be shared. Whether your ancestors were signatories or not, Regina is treaty 4 land, meaning it was agreed that Canadians and First Nations' peoples on the land would share it. It is important for all people to know how these agreements were broken or disregarded. How despite the treaties, white settlers ended up taking up more and more of the land, all the while confining indigenous peoples on to reserves. This helps me see how schools teach a very white curriculum. The knowledge is white, and it often disregards First Nations' culture, and if it does mention it, it tends to skip around the topic of colonization. Because we are all treaty people, we should be looking for a more representative curriculum based off of whose knowledge comes from the land we share. The knowledge taught to all students should resonate the agreements of our ancestors, not silence them.
After reading this article, I have found that reinhabitation and decolonization go hand in hand. When colonization began, First Nations' peoples' started using less and less of the land, and became restricted to small areas. Over time, they became less and less attached to the land as the article points out. Even over just two generations, the difference in how the land is viewed was massive. If it was colonization that caused this, than decolonization will have to involve returning to the land, or reinhabiting it.
Through the article, this is done in a number of ways. The most evident is during the canoe trip. This canoe trip led to discussions about how the river is vital to everyday life. Also, it opened up the door for inter-generational discussions. These are the primary way that wisdom is passed down. Elders or the older generations will tell their stories to the younger generation. This is evident when elders shared key points along the river, and shared knowledge pertaining to how to live off the land. This brought many people together.
When thinking about how to integrate these ideas in my classroom, I think about the importance of students becoming acquainted with the land. Nature walks would be a great idea, especially at different times of the year here in Saskatchewan. I think questioning the historical implications of the land is an excellent subject. Or even what students know about the land. Perhaps there is even a possibility to have an elder, or some elders, come and lead the walks, telling their stories. I definitely think it would be interesting to know and show how First peoples lived on the land before colonization. It would develop almost a timeless bond between generations. And for students to hear the stories, and picture their meaning would create a much stronger link to the subject matter than simply reading about it, as I just did!
Curricular Development
My original thoughts on curricular were pretty straightforward: the government takes full responsibility in planning a school curriculum. However, after reading Levin's article, I find myself more aware of exactly what goes on behind the scenes and just how complicated planning a curriculum can be.
My original thoughts were not specifically wrong: governments do in fact have a lot of say as to what goes into a curriculum. However, they are by no means the only actors in curriculum creation. As the article points out, business, as well as parents play an important role in planning a curriculum as well. It makes no sense to teach a generation of students how to do something that will not serve them, and the best judges of how much something will serve them are the voices within the community. The businesses, or the future employers, of said students, but all the parents of said students. It is hard to rationalize sending your child to a school if you think they will not be learning anything that you deem beneficial. Overall, reading this article made me significantly more aware of how complex curriculum really is, and that no one person has an absolute say in what children should be taught. It is the culmination of a variety of beliefs and values, put into one document that guides teachers on how their quest to teach their students.
This article does worry me slightly, simply because it does not touch much on the hidden curriculum, or any curriculum outside of the formal. I feel that the hidden curriculum is just as important, if not more important than the formal curriculum. For instance, take the Dick and Jane readers. These books demonstrate the ideal family. They encourage socially acceptable ways of life, and depict a perfect middle class white family. These books were required readings for a very long time, and despite not being openly visible on the surface, the hidden curriculum is significant. These books teach students that the ideal family is a white and middle class, with a working father and a stay-at-home mother. This enforces an ideology, all the while having the guise of educating youth on how to read. (Further proving that everything you teach cannot be neutral.)
Another point that bothered me deeply is just how much Levin emphasized the need for politics. I do not disagree that governing systems are necessary in society, but how much do you really need government in education? In the States, at the time I am writing this, the future secretary of Education, Betsy Devos, has almost no experience with teaching in schools. She was never an educator, and her post-secondary involved business school. Is this really the type of politician that should be allowed to decide, or to even influence what is taught in schools? How often do the people who hold these positions of power over the curriculum have no background in education? It feels far more like politics in Education can easily go down the road of enforcing values that may not reflect the beliefs of the teacher(s) that has to teach the curriculum. I mean, just because someone donates a lot of money to a particular institution, does it qualify them to have a say in what goes on within said institution? Can I be qualified to perform brain surgery just by donating to said cause? Or is it simply restricted to education, where people can become politicians that influence the curriculum, or really the educators of the educators, simply because they have enough money to be allowed to give their two cents?


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Today is the 44th birthday of Derek Smith, who is the brewmaster at Moylan's Brewing in Novato, California. When I first met Derek he was brewing at Black Diamond Brewing, but in 2013, he started brewing at Moylan's, and he's been doing great things there ever since. Join me in wishing Derek a very happy birthday.
Derek, with Pete Slosberg and Barri Cooper-Altimari in 2017. [photo by Mike Condie.]
Winning a medal at the 2015 Great American Beer Festival.
Derek, at far right, after the Beef Chef's Chocolate & Beer Dinner in 2009; with, from left: Arne Johnson (Marin Brewing), Fal Allen (Anderson Valley), Bruce Paton, Alec Moss (Half Moon Bay).


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Rebecca Francis' giraffe photo ignited a firestorm of criticism since the big game hunter is shown laying next to a dead giraffe while smiling broadly. But why does the female hunter think her photo is not a case of animal cruelty?
In a related report by the Inquisitr, another big game hunter named Corey Knowlton paid $350,000 in order to kill a rare black rhino, which is on the verge of extinction. But the Texas hunter claims he's killing the black rhino in order to save the species.
As a big game hunter, Francis has bagged many diverse animals, ranging from lynx, brown and black bears, Alaskan moose, sheep, rams, deer, goats, to even zebras. Photos on the hunter's website shows the mother of eight children proudly posing with many a dead animal, and she even once went hunting while pregnant. The accomplished outdoorswoman has also won a TV hunting competition called Extreme Hunting in 2010 and hosted a show called Eye of the Hunter.
The social media backlash started when comedian Ricky Gervais posted Rebecca Francis' giraffe photo on Twitter, and she has received many death threats for how she posed. But it turns out that the female hunter had created the photo and posted it on RebeccaFrancis.com in August of 2010. There are also other examples of female hunters posing with dead giraffes, but none of them have inspired outrage.
Although the giraffe photo is very old, Hunting Life reached out for a statement to find out the circumstances of the photo.
"When I was in Africa five years ago I was of the mindset that I would never shoot a giraffe. I was approached toward the end of my hunt with a unique circumstance. They showed me this beautiful old bull giraffe that was wandering all alone. He had been kicked out of the herd by a younger and stronger bull. He was past his breeding years and very close to death. They asked me if I would preserve this giraffe by providing all the locals with food and other means of survival. He was inevitably going to die soon and he could either be wasted or utilized by the local people. I chose to honor his life by providing others with his uses and I do not regret it for one second. Once he was down there were people waiting to take his meat. They also took his tail to make jewelry, his bones to make other things, and did not waste a single part of him. I am grateful to be a part of something so good."
This response is not something that was invented due to the controversy surrounding Rebecca Francis' giraffe photo. Back in 2011, she wrote on her blog that killing old members of a species can actually help the group thrive.
"There is no question that I am extremely selective about the animals I hunt. I feel it is absolutely necessary to hunt older and more mature animals. In a lot of cases, that puts that animal past it's breeding prime and the animal can actually be kicked out of the herd and replaced with a younger, stronger male to introduce new genetics into the gene pool. Consequently, that animal can not only be bullied by the new male, but also be left all alone to suffer until it's inevitable death."
This explanation is not as unusual as you might think. For example, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) lets American hunters claim the trophies of nearly extinct species under certain circumstances. The argument goes that culling programs remove older, potentially infertile bulls from the herd so that younger bulls can mate and grow the population. In addition, the money spent by hunters goes toward conservationist efforts in Africa and other locations, where these rare creatures reside.
What do you think about Rebecca Francis' giraffe photo? Do you agree with her assessment of why hunting older animals is important?


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No. 89: Juice Newton, 'The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) – Top 100 Country Love Songs
Juice Newton first recorded the No. 89 entry on our Top 100 Country Love Songs countdown for her 1976 debut album with her Silver Spur backup band, but the track remained an obscure album cut until it was re-recorded and released as a single on her 1981 career-launching solo album, 'Juice.'
'The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)' quickly became Newton's top charting single, later marking her first No. 1 on the country charts in 1982. The track also reached No. 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary and the Top 10 on the pop chart -- the only single from the singer to climb to the upper reaches on all three charts.
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Why Should/Shouldn't My Church Embrace Change? Part VII
A friend of mine wished to host a Biker BBQ in a church parking lot as an outreach to the Biker community. Monies raised would support a Christian orphanage in Guatemala. His dilemma was the church's "Sunday Worship Service" overlapped the time of his Biker BBQ. The church at first embraced his endeavor having a "Biker Sunday" featuring a Harley Davidson motorcycle on the church platform. This exposed the clash of cultures as Christian bikers and church people participated in the church activities inside the building while the non-Christian bikers party hearty in the parking lot.
Why do churches feel you have to enter their culture before they will accept you? Why do Christians expect non-Christians to come into their unfamiliar church world rather than infiltrating the culture of the non-Christian? And they call this "outreach"? Only a handful of believers with an evangelistic passion were willing to skip "church" to serve chicken to the bikers and hang out with them, speak their language, and accept them for who they are, not what we, as Christians, wish them to be. Only after "church" was over did the church people filter to the parking lot to buy chicken, often sitting in their own clusters.
When is the institutional church going to realize that programs in their own facility is not the most effective way to evangelize the non-churched? One-one-one relationships built daily with friends, neighbors, and casual acquaintances in their familiar territories will build trust and open doors to share Jesus. Meeting them at their level is far more effective.
When Dr. Anthony Campolo of Eastern College spoke to a group in York, PA, he asked, "How many of you got saved through a mass Crusade, like Billy Graham's?" One or two hands were raised. He continued, "How many of you were saved through radio or television?" Another couple hands were elevated. "How many through a church service? A dozen or so hands were raised. "How many of you met Jesus through one-on-one contact with another believer?" Eighty-five percent of those present raised their hands. The passion of individual believers to evangelize is far more effective than organized church programs. The organized church will spend a massive amount of money to support an evangelistic crusade program believing it is worth it if only one person gets saved. Common believers can do that daily at minimum cost just by building one-on-one relationships with people they know.
Maybe as a church we need to reexamine how we do evangelism. Only a change of mindset can take the church out of their culture into the world to be light and salt to it!


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One year ago today, I was sitting out on my porch listening to a compassion meditation downloaded on my phone. A call came through. It was my Dad: "Did you see the news this morning?" When I heard the tone of his voice, I knew I would need to finish my meditation before I could take this in, so I told him I'd call him back. Like most of our deepest intuitions, this one was dead on. It would take an ocean of compassion just to face the next few days.
As a theatre studies professor at UC-Santa Barbara, the hardest part for me was waiting for the list of victims' names to be released, all the while not knowing if one of my own precious students would be on there. I breathed a deep sigh of relief when they were not. And yet, they were someone's students. They were someone's son or daughter. During the preceding months, crime and sexual assaults had escalated on our campus and in the nearby student neighborhood of Isla Vista. A storm had been brewing, and it culminated in Elliot Rodger's violent rampage that ended the lives of 6 students and injured 14 others, before this troubled young man (son of Hollywood filmmaker Peter Rodger), took his own life.
A few days later, our department gathered together in a large rehearsal studio, and I exchanged warm hugs with several of my students. This is not typical for me. Usually, I'm careful to maintain a formal professor/student relationship. But that day, my guard came down, and it's been crumbling ever since. I just felt like they were my kids, and they needed a hug.
Fast-forward to 11 & ½ months later. Once again, I was gathered in a studio theater, surrounded by many of the students in my African theatre class. We were attending a staged reading of a play we are studying this quarter. After it was over, one of the directors came onstage to make an announcement: once again, there were shooting and gun wounds in Isla Vista. The dorms were on lockdown, and we were all encouraged to stay indoors. We huddled in the theatre for an hour before we got clearance to leave (this time, it was drug-related crime, and much less serious). As I watched my students filter out into the night one by one and 2 x 2, I felt panic rising. I hoped with all my heart they would get back to their dorm rooms and apartments OK.
All along, I have wholeheartedly believed in the power of compassion to heal all wounds. And yet, I needed to balance it with the steady undercurrent of anger inside of me. I got that chance this past Monday, when I attended a community meditation and remembrance service in Isla Vista. After a group compassion meditation, one of the leaders read the names of the 6 students who had died a year ago. When he read the name of the killer after that, I thought I would be able to feel compassion for him, but anger kept getting in the way. I kept seeing my students' faces. I kept remembering his misogynist rant on the video he famously posted online. I kept thinking about the growing number of sexual assaults on campuses nationwide. I kept worrying about how vulnerable my students are, especially the young women. I keenly felt the presence of one of my own students in that very room that night, a young woman and survivor who is bravely and publicly pressing charges against her assailant 2 years later. And of course, my own status as a survivor of trauma and gender violence just made the whole thing that much more triggering.
Anyone who meditates knows that in the course of meditation, everything kind of slows down on the inside. I could literally see the anger rising from the pit of my stomach. It was like a black swirl of smoke surging through the bright yellow light of my compassion. When this happens in meditation, the only thing to do is to sit with that anger. Our whole lives, we may have been subtly trained to tamp down any difficult emotion that comes up. And yet, when we are on a spiritual or conscious path, we know there is no escape. We have to go there. It's the only way to progress on our path. As Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön says, "Have a sense of gratitude to everything, even difficult emotions, because of their potential to wake you up." So I consciously re-directed that compassion to myself, knowing that anger was there to teach me something.
It's at this point that a compassion meditation turns into an exercise in emotional release. There are a lot of wonderful books on this topic, such as David Hawkins' Letting Go, but the practice is fairly easy to pick up. We keep a steady, compassionate gaze on that anger. Here, I usually dispense with the more common internal mantras usually repeated during a compassion meditation ("May I be free of suffering," etc.). Instead, I focus on connecting to that emotion, as if there were a silver cord extending from my heart and penetrating that black swirl of anger. I even address it directly: "I see you. I'm here for you. Tell me what I need to know." And I keep breathing into it, mustering every ounce of self-compassion that I can.
In the course of this practice, the anger often morphs into other difficult emotions. In my case, it was sadness, and feeling the wellspring of concern that I have for my students at this moment in time. I even allowed some gratitude to seep in, thankful that I'm able to open my heart and care so deeply about them. In this way, we allow our emotions to run their course, carefully tracking them with our compassionate eye as they arise within us.
The miraculous thing about emotional release is that simply by breathing steadily into these emotions, they dissipate on their own and give way to a broader understanding. I'm not sure how that works; I just know it does. After that shift happened I was able to go back to that image of Elliot Rodger and see him in a new light: what Buddhists and Hindus call Maya, or illusion, had completely overtaken his mind. He was so entangled in his own pain that even the most senseless act of violence made perfect sense to him. Buddhists identify three poisons in life: ignorance, grasping, and aversion. Elliot Rodger was an example of the extreme to which these three poisons can go if left unchecked. Spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle reminds us that anyone so severely caught up in an imbalanced mind is just like a physically sick person. And the appropriate response to anyone physically ill is compassion, rather than anger.
From there, I gained a renewed sense of confidence in the benefits of doing compassion meditations. When we make compassion a regular practice, we ensure that our own entangled minds will never get that far. While most of us do not have to contend with the chemical imbalances of the mind that people like Elliot Rodger experience, we all still have minds. And those minds can be very powerful in convincing us that things are a lot worse than they actually are. We all know what it is like to read an ambiguously worded email when we are in a bad mood, and feel our minds spit out a host of unfounded assumptions about what the author of that email actually meant. That is Maya; that is illusion. As spiritual practitioners, we are called to wake ourselves out of that trance over and over again until love and clarity of perception become our new normal.
In October 2006, a troubled young man took the lives of 10 young Amish women at a school in Lancaster, PA. The grandfather of one of the young women promptly expressed forgiveness towards the killer, who also took his own life, and later that day, several Amish neighbors visited the killer's family to provide comfort in their time of sorrow. At his funeral, the Amish attendees far outnumbered the non-Amish ones.
While that kind of forgiveness seems almost superhuman, we all have the capacity to grow it. What the Amish demonstrated at that moment was the unshakable connectivity uniting us all as living beings. By cultivating compassion, the veil of illusion lifts before our eyes, and we honor that spectacular human connection, even in the face of our spectacular pain.


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Any trip to Sri Lanka would not be complete without a visit to beautiful Ella; even just getting there is the most scenic of journeys! Try to plan your route so that you head to Ella from Kandy and in doing so get to ride the rails of one of the most beautiful train journeys in the world! It takes seven hours in total but grab a seat on the right hand side of the train and be amazed at how quickly those hours whizz by. With the wind in your hair watch as the blue, toy like train chugs through the mountains and rolls through the tea plantations. It's epic!
Unfortunately, we only had time for one night in Ella so here are our top picks for a whistle stop tour! If you have more time then two or even three nights could easily be spent here taking in the views and relaxing.
There are hundreds of places to stay around Ella but we would suggest staying at one of the many Homestays or guesthouses that sit nestled in the mountain sides. On arriving and catching a tuk tuk down some small winding lanes we thought we'd booked somewhere out in the middle of nowhere but it turned out to be pretty spectacular and a shorter route walking along the railway tracks leads you back into Ella itself. Waking up and eating a huge Sri Lankan breakfast in the morning sunshine with views over Ella Rock was unforgettable!
Little Adams Peak
This is a cracking little walk which is not only a quicker and easier alternative to the bigger Ella Rock but can easily be taken from wherever you choose to stay in Ella. It's relatively easy to complete; winding past pine trees and tea plantations with the only steep section in the last 20 metres or so where you face quite a few uphill steps! Persevere however and as you step over the last lip you'll be mesmerised with the incredible views down into the valley and onto Ella town itself. Further along the ridge you will be treated to an amazing 360 view of the surrounding area. There are many rocks to perch and balance on for that perfect snapshot or just to sit and gaze far into the distance from!
It will more than likely be busy at the top so if you want a bit of seclusion keep on walking around the ridge and find a quieter spot away from the crowds to enjoy the awesome atmosphere!
If you are going to do the walk make sure you go in the morning as clouds tend to set in for the afternoon and many people we met have had a seriously hampered view!
Nine Arches Bridge
Once you have scaled Adams Peak it is a further 20/25 minute walk to Nine Arches Bridge. There are many routes to take you here but if you have the ever trusty 'maps.me' it will lead you down a pretty steep hill into a little village. There are signs on some of the trees but it's easier to just follow the people. Yes, unfortunately you won't be alone (unless you go very early in the morning) so don't worry about getting lost!
Climb down the side of the cliff and out onto the spectacular bridge with a fully functioning train track running across it. Wander up and down the tracks and peer down over the edge at the beautiful stone arches below – all the while keeping an eye out for any incoming trains! Like everywhere around Ella there's incredible photo opportunities to be had so enjoy clicking away in the sunshine before making the steep return up the hill to the centre of town.
As mentioned above the train track is fully functioning and there are no safety precautions to stop you being on the track when a train comes. Use your common sense and don't get caught out!
Cafe Chill
It's a really nice walk back into the main town of Ella from Nine Arches Bridge and won't take more than an hour. After walking all morning, however, it's undoubtedly time for some relaxation and Cafe Chill is the perfect place to indulge!
Situated on the main road it's a great hangout for either a quiet drink on their rooftop bean bags or a feast in their modern restaurant. The food is reasonably priced for the area and there's an awesome vibe in the place. We had the traditional Sri Lankan rice and curry which was especially good here…or if you're craving some home comforts the pizza also looked great!
With a couple of pit stops, coffees and taking in the amazing scenery the above will probably take you all day!
Enjoy your stay!


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FOR TODAY Monday, May 31, 2010
Outside my window...a beautiful summer morning! Its about 70 degrees right now, but will get into the 90s later. I LOVE summer weather. Jeff hates it, but I think its great.
I am remembering...6 years ago when I married Jeff. It was the start of something awesome! So much has changed since we've gotten married. Many job changes, 2 college graduations, a big move, 4 different residences, buying a house, a new church and ministry, and 1 (almost 2!) kids later....it has been quite the eventful 6 years. I love Jeff more than anything. My favorite things about him are: seeing him be a sweet daddy, his endless talent, and I love how he and I make a good team. We work well together. :)
I am thankful for...old friends and new friends. both are necessary.
I am creating...a way cute bedroom for my kids. Almost finished and I am SO pleased with it.
I am going...to start packing my hospital/diaper bag today. :)
I am reading...To Live is Christ by Beth Moore
I am hoping...Jeff gets back on a Texas schedule soon! Poor thing is a wee bit jetlagged. Any time he sits still he falls asleep.
On my mind...getting this house cleaned, organized, and ready for a baby to dwell here.
From the learning rooms...4 more days....4 more days. I am, however, quite excited about next school year. I'm hoping I wont be too much of a zombie with a new baby, because there is lots to be done. We have some new ideas and curriculum changes to be put in place that I am excited about. We also got to actually order alot of "stuff" for our classrooms. That usually doesnt happen, so I am excited to get it and use it!
Noticing that...our youth summer plans are not very planned out. With graduation, greece trip, etc. that has kind of been on the back burner. Now all of a sudden, its summer and Jeff and I need to get organized and planned! Ahh!
Pondering these words..."When it comes to temptation, its not about will power. Its about whether or not you trust in God's promises over Satan's lies."
From the kitchen...we've done alot of eating out lately. :/ But I went to the grocery store so now I can cook. I think tonight I might make my dad's rice crispy chicken for Jeff. Delish!
Around the house...My To Do List(not necessarily to be finished today): wash Jeff's greece trip clothes, mop and vaccuum all floors, wash sheets on all beds, buy a shed for backyard, put crap from laundry room into previously mentioned shed, put all toys in laundry room in organized play room fashion.
One of my favorite things...Diet Strawberry Limemade from Sonic
From my picture journal...my studly husband in greece. wish i could have gone!
Monday, May 31, 2010
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FOR TODAY Monday, May 31, 2010
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Saturday, May 29, 2010
another update
jeff is back from greece (finally!). That was the longest 11 days of my life! haha. My dad stayed with me while jeff was gone and he was awesome. He painted the kids room, put the crib together, put new patio furniture together for me, etc. He was super handy. The kids room looks SO stinkin cute (to me atleast). Its not quite done yet. I have a few more things I need to do (like stenciling a verse above Carley's crib), but when its complete I will post pics!
I am almost 34 weeks...which is a little crazy to me because I was 35 weeks when I went into labor with Colin! I'm wondering how close I am to labor. I'm trying hard not to read too much into every little pain or sign. Don't want to over-react. But I don't want to disregard anything as "just normal" like I did last time. Last time I had convinced myself I just had gas, when really I was 5 cm dilated!
Here are a few "signs" I am having. Random contractions (nothing consistent yet), swelling feet, and I definitely feel a little dilated with some random back pain. It all seems normal at this point, but again I just wonder if I will go early again. Who knows, I might go 42 weeks! Ahhhh! My next appointment is June 10. I'll get a sonogram and from that point forward I will go every week. Pretty exciting.
Colin is doing so great at school. His teacher always talks about how good and calm he is. He does great with potty training there....rarely has accidents. I'm a little less structured at home about it than his teacher is. I don't get mommy of the year award in that area. I'm tired and lazy and slap a diaper on him. But he still goes at home on the potty and keeps diapers dry alot. So i guess you could say he's "almost" potty trained. I think once Carley is born and school starts again where we are in a routine, we will do full time undies. He is starting to make the connection that this baby carley inside me will eventually be here to live with us. We put the crib up and with no prompting he asked, "Is that baby carley's bed?" I think he is excited that she will be in the same room as him (well...not at first, but eventually). I'm excited to see him be a "broseph." I think he will be really sweet with her.
well, i guess that is all i have to say. I will update again soon with pics of the kids room!
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Saturday, May 8, 2010
Update (with pictures)
Lots has been going on! I'm exhausted, but everything has been so so fun!
I'm going to majorly backtrack all the way back to Easter. MomMom and Pepaw came on that Saturday for the day and we had a little Easter egg hunt. Colin was too cute. He just kept saying, "There's another one! And there's another one!" over and over again (referring to the eggs of course). Then we got a surprise visit from Granny and Pops the next day! We were on our way home from church when Jeff got a call from Pops who said they were in Longview. So glad we got to see all of them that weekend.
Jeff graduated from college! I'm super proud of him. For the past 2 years he has been an excellent husband, father, and youth minister all while still being an excellent student! He received an award at ETBU for his service as a youth pastor and also for outstanding senior religion student. He also graduated magna cum laude! It was a fun day because Jenni (Jeff's sister) graduated as well! So we had lots of family in and it was a wonderful day!
I had 2 baby showers this past week. One at school and one at church! I got some way cute outfits and also got alot of diapers and wipes (which I am SO glad to be stocked up on!) Very excited to start getting stuff ready for Carley's arrival! I have all her clothes washed and hung/put in drawers. Next will be painting the room green (her and Colin will share a room for a few years), putting up the crib/bedding, moving all the toys out to the new "playroom" and then packing bags/preparing for hospital! Once Jeff gets back from Greece we will be getting all the way ready just in case I go into preterm labor again! Just as long as I don't while Jeff is in Greece! I'm sure I'll be fine though.....right? Anyway, here is a pic of the bedding and colors we will be using in the kid's room!
Next on our agenda....
-May 11: next dr.'s appointment
-May 16: Jeff leaves for Greece :(
-May 25: Jeff comes home! :)
-May 29: Our 6 year anniversary
-that same weekend, Uncle JonJon comes for a visit and we have our youth end of year "80s skate night!"
- June 4: last day of school! woo hoo!
- June 21-25 Youth Camp (I will NOT be going, Jeff might be...but he's also got back up leaders in case!)
-July 13: tentative due date for little Carley!
-July 31: Kyle and Sheryl's wedding! Can't wait. followed by a stay in Arlington!
Again, I just want to stress that God is good. In the past year some things have been taken away. I lost my sweet sister and sacrifices are being made in staying here in Marshall (financially, being apart from family, etc.). Yet at the same time, he gives. I am about to have a little girl who will carry on my sister's name. And he has provided for us in many different ways. He gives and he takes away, but he is always there. And for that I am eternally grateful! Thank you God for having plans for us that are good and for giving us hope.
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"We're here in the neighborhood talking with people about the Bible."
I answered the knock at my door to find a pair of elderly ladies clutching well worn Bibles. "We're here in the neighborhood talking with people about the Bible." "That's a great," I said. "I have a Master of Divinity … Continue reading
Original sin
The idea of original sin really is original, it's not in the Bible. It's a concept conceived by Augustine of Hippo. Augustine's original sin says that you're born a sinner as a result of the sin of Adam and Eve. … Continue reading
More about the Bible
I wrote about the Bible previously. So, this is a little more about the Bible. A great deal of energy is dedicated to the Bible. A collection of writings that didn't exist in its current form for more than the … Continue reading
What kind of Christianity are they teaching at Liberty University?
The Lynchburg, Virginia school asserts on its website, "Liberty University provides a world-class education with a solid Christian foundation, equipping men and women with the values, knowledge, and skills essential for success in every aspect of life." Speaking about the … Continue reading
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Jesus before the Bible – for non-Christians
Too many of our fundamentalist Christian, non-Christian, pagan, and atheist sisters and brothers focus on the Bible and completely overlook Jesus. But you don't need the Bible to get to Jesus. Just today, for example, a fundamentalist Christian on the … Continue reading


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Thursday, January 17, 2008
Better than you think
After reading Two Great Rebel Armies I was totally astounded by the defencies given to the Army of Tennessee. The author states that the Army of Tennessee had less capable commanders and did not posses as many experienced leaders as the Army of Northern Virginia. I am not refuting that statement because it is mostly true.
However, the Army that was soon to be known as the Army of Tennessee had, at the time officers of promise who could have went on to better things. In early 1862, General Albert Sidney Johnston had several distinguished brigadiers who were fully capable of successfully commanding soldiers.
Here are the men that Johnston had under his command in early 1862:
1. William Hardee--A West Pointe, author of Rifle and Light Inantry Tactic, formerly an Academy text and now the offical drill manual of both armies.
2. George Crittenden--Another West Point graduate and a regular army man.
3. Lloyd Tilghman-Another West Pointer and veteran of the Mexican War.
4. John Hunt Morgan--no military training but he had fought in the
Mexican War and commanded a militia company in his hometown.
5. Nathan Bedford Forrest--Little or no schooling of any kind but we all know the kind of leader he turned out to be.
Now the geography of Johnston defense didn't offer him the best chance for a postive defense. This is a solid group of generals but the performance of Crittenden caused the Johnston's defeat and forced him to abondon his Kentucky defensive line.
This is Blog #100 and I want to thank everybody for reading and their support. My next two blogs will be revisits to my Forgotten Generals Series and my Forgotten Battles of the Civil War Series. Stay tuned!
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Five Weekend Trips from Charlotte
I think Charlotte is a pretty great place to live. Regardless of the fact that I grew up here, it's got many great perks. Not only is it centrally located (and equipped with an international airport), but Charlotte has seen an economic boom lately that doesn't appear to be slowing down. We have a number of amazing museums, too many breweries to count, and professional sports teams (Go Panthers!). Add in the great concerts we get (Mumford & Sons, Fleetwood Mac, etc.) and the ideal weather (except in the middle of the summer - it is so hot and humid!), and Charlotte really does have a lot. The restaurant scene isn't too bad either! While I love living here, I also love to get away for a quick weekend. Luckily, because of Charlotte's location, there are numerous options to do so! Here are my top five weekend trips to take from Charlotte:
"The mountains are calling and I must go." - John Muir.
I don't think I could have said it better myself! While every now and then Charlotte can have a cold winter, we tend to have more mild winters more often than not. Asheville is about 2.5 hours away, and offers the perfect escape for cooler temperatures. Most popular during the fall (when the leaves are changing), Asheville and the surrounding areas also offer great skiing during the winter. While I've never been skiing (I know, I need to learn!), I really love going up to the mountains when the leaves are changing! I've been to the Biltmore before during their Christmas season, and it's truly magical. I highly suggest visiting! Even if you can't make it during the Christmas season, the Biltmore Estate is an incredible place to visit all throughout the year. It's crazy to think that a family actually lived there! Boone is also about 2.5 hours away, and is the home to Appalachian State University. There's a main street with cute shops and restaurants, and beautiful Linville isn't too far away!
Go Dawgs! Okay, so it's no secret that I'm a huge UGA fan, hence my love of Athens. Just over 3 hours away, Athens offers that small town charm but has great amenities. I credit Athens with turning me into a major foodie. When I wasn't studying or attending football games, I was taking in the great restaurants Athens had to offer. Since my time there, the food (and beverage) scene has continued to grow! A few of my favorite restaurants include Five and Ten, Last Resort Grill, Taqueria del Sol, and the Grit. Recently, Creature Comfort joined Terrapin in the brewery scene. Whenever I can get my hands on a Tropicalia, I'm a happy girl! While it's a ton of fun to visit Athens during football season, it can be extremely expensive (and crowded) to do so. If there's a home game, hotels require a full weekend stay, with rooms ranging from $250 - $600 per night. If you're not a die hard UGA fan and would just like to visit Athens, aim for the spring season. Less crowds, pleasant weather, and you still get to experience the college town charm!
I've always said that if I didn't live in Charlotte, I'd either live in London or Charleston. While London is a bit of a stretch, Charleston is definitely a more reasonable possibility. Again, as a foodie, I love the diversity Charleston's restaurant scene has to offer. From traditional Southern cuisine to modern Mexican, Charleston seems to have it all. Major tourist spots include Rainbow Row, local plantations, the City Market, shopping on King Street, and much more. While you're in Charleston, it's worth visiting a few of the surrounding beaches. Isle of Palms and Sullivan's are my favorites, but there's also Folly Beach, Edisto, and Kiawah Island.
A little bit further from Charlotte than Charleston, Savannah offers a similar weekend away. History, charm, and great food are all available in Savannah. My favorite spot in Savannah is The Paris Market - you'll feel transported to Paris the minute you step inside! The main beach close to Savannah is Tybee Island - just a quick drive from downtown Savannah!
About 1.5 hours from Charlotte, Winston-Salem is a bit off the map. While you could make a full weekend out of visiting Winston-Salem, I tend to do a day trip to visit friends. The main attraction in Winston-Salem is the history of the city, which is actually a product of the merging of Winston and Salem in 1913. Winston dates back to 1849, while Salem dates back quite further to 1753. Today, the food scene is expanding, and Winston-Salem has quickly joined the ranks of local towns worth a visit.
Other cities close to Charlotte include Augusta, Georgia, Columbia, South Carolina, and Atlanta, Georgia (a little over 4 hours away, I think Atlanta really requires a full weekend to visit!).


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As Debra Spark says in her introduction, Bernard Malamud uses "fairy tale, myth and magic" not to distract us from reality, but "lead [us] to it in the most profound way." Imagine us diving back into the words of our favorite childhood fairy tales and stories, letting them lead us to examine our own reality in a way we didn't know how back when we were children. Malamund allows us to do that with his stories "The Magic Barrel," "The Last Mohican," and "The Jewbird." His use of magical realism allows us to see our reality through these stories of magic and mystery.
Malamund also has the unique ability to draw us in to the plaight of his characters, even us readers who are not Jewish. When his mother asked why a non-Jew would want to read his stories, he famously replied that "All men are Jews." In that, we all suffer in various ways, either by our unique ethnic background, gender or class. We live, therefore we suffer, according to Malamund.
We have characters that have forgotten their Jewish past, such as Cohen in "The Jewbird" and Fidelman in "The Last Mohican." We have the "Old Jews" such as the lonely rabbi in "The Magic Barrel," and the union of him with the fallen rabbi's daughter. These stories show that one must find a balance between the ways of the past and the ways of the present. Malamud accomplishes that by creating stories that all people, oppressed or not, will be able to read, enjoy and learn from.


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Using The New Year To Make New Health Goals
I dislike the term "New Year's Resolutions" because it connotes setting lofty goals with no actual plan. What often happens is that these goals never come to fruition.
I always plan a new year by setting forth goals. Then, I formulate a plan to actually accomplish them. The plan is not a stagnant tool, as I review it regularly and make necessary changes to get closer to my goals. Formulating the plan takes research and support from family and friends. This is absolutely necessary for success. Remember that old adage: "Failing to plan is planning to fail."
Click Arrow at Site to ListenThere are financial goals, personal goals, career goals, athletic goals and social goals. The one I cherish above all are goals related to health and wellness. Without our health, we really have nothing. I have too often seen cases where one's health only became a priority once they were stricken with a life-threatening illness.
I've been branded the "medical advocate" because I don't stop at being a health advocate to my patients. I go one major step further. I encourage each individual to become his or her own medical advocate. After all, no one knows your body better than you. I encourage my patients to read, ask questions and seek more than one medical opinion on issues that are not simply black or white. My wish is for my patients to take the driver's seat when it comes to their health, and learn about various options available to them. By becoming their own medical advocate, communication between patient and physician is enhanced, which will lead to better outcomes.
One very common health goal is exercise. To avoid regular exercise is clearly an anathema to health, akin to smoking a pack of cigarettes a day. Research shows regular physical activity is critical to prevention of chronic diseases and prevention of falls. It aids mobility, social interaction and emotional and cognitive health. For maintenance of memory as we age, exercise is one of the greatest strategies available to us by increasing blood flow to the brain.
Data as late as 2009 speak of these grim facts: Less than 20 percent of the adult population engages in recommended frequent exercise to achieve health benefits.
Data show more than 50 percent of people who start an exercise program give up before the end of 12 months. Nearly half those individuals who purchase home-exercise equipment eventually use it as a clothes hanger. Surveys show 69 percent of men in the United States consider themselves physically fit. In reality, 13 percent of men in the country are physically fit.
Aerobic activity, nicknamed "cardio," and resistance training are important components of an exercise regimen. Aerobic exercise, such as walking, running, cycling and swimming, is important for a healthy heart and brain. It is useful for weight control. But what is not commonly known is that the calorie burn from performing cardio occurs during the activity. It tapers off quickly once the exercise is completed.
Weight training is more vital as we age. I am a competitive bodybuilder on the national level, but strength training for the non-competitor will garner health benefits.
Many benefits come from regular weight training:
1.) A greater degree of fat burning occurs with weight training vs. cardio exercise. Resistance training builds muscle; cardio does not. With more muscle mass, metabolism greatly increases, thereby burning fat even while one is sedentary. Research shows regular resistance training can increase metabolic rate by 15 percent. Weight training will keep one's metabolism running like a furnace. The result is improved body composition or improved muscle-to-fat ratio.
2.) Enhanced muscle mass reduces risk of injury. Weight training is the best exercise to protect against osteoporosis. Strong muscles as well as active muscles pull on ligaments and bones, thereby greatly aiding in laying down new bone on an ongoing basis.
3.) Regular strength training helps guard against insulin resistance, which is rampant in our society and is often a precursor to Type 2 Diabetes. It can help keep blood pressure under control and increase gastro-intestinal transit time, which may help guard against colonic polyps and colon cancer.
4.) Increasing muscle mass has a beneficial role both cosmetically and physically. Folks with enhanced muscle mass look healthier and age better with less loss of facial muscle mass. Regular weight training will minimize this age-related loss in muscle mass.
5.) Muscle mass is vital for successful aging. To maintain the ability to live independently, one needs to have enough strength to be able to open a jar or shut a window. These independent daily activities require strength.
6.) Weight training greatly aids in balance and coordination.
Let's use the first month of this New Year to make new goals that will positively affect health and wellness. By being in charge of one's health and wellness, one can expect to be their own medical advocate. It's a wonderful feeling of self-empowerment.
Dr. Elkin is a board-certified internist, cardiologist and anti-aging medical specialist.
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE / DISCLAIMER: I am offering—always—only general information and my own opinion on this blog. Always contact your physician or a health professional before starting any treatments, exercise programs or using supplements.
©Howard Elkin MD FACC, 2012
*originally posted Wednesday, January 11, 2012