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In a typical CRM system, there might be huge quantities of data (like case items) that we would want to gain insight into. In the first part of a two part series, I will focus on using PowerPivot to connect to a CRM system, extract data, and present the data in powerful new ways using Excel.
PowerPivot is a powerful data mashup and data exploration tool based on xVelocity in-memory technologies providing unmatched analytical performance. The goal of PowerPivot is to empower users of all levels with new insights through familiar tools, which in this case is Excel.
PowerPivot for Excel includes a wizard that you can use to import data from different sources, ranging from large databases, to public data feeds, to spreadsheets and text files stored locally on your computer. The PowerPivot data can further be enriched by creating relationships between the tables in the PowerPivot window. And because PowerPivot data is Excel, it is immediately available to PivotTables, PivotCharts, and other features in Excel that users use to aggregate and interact with data. PowerPivot supports files up to 2GB in size and enables you to work with up to 4GB of data in memory.
In addition to the graphical tools that helps analyze data, PowerPivot includes DataAnalysis Expressions (DAX), which is a new formula language to extend data manipulation capabilities of Excel.
Install PowerPivot:
InstallPowerPivot from the Microsoft Download Center. Depending on your Office version, download either the 32 bit or 64 bit version of PowerPivot for Excel 2010. After successful installation, you will see a PowerPivot tab on the Excel ribbon.
Connect to CRM data source:
In our example I am going to connect to the CRM instance using the data feed option in PowerPivot. For that, first we need the value of the CRM ODATA url.
2. Open Excel 2010, click on PowerPivot tab and select the PowerPivot Window button.
3. In the PowerPivot window, choose "From Data Feeds" button. In the table import wizard, provide a name for the connection, and enter the organization data service url from step 1.
4. Select the Advanced button in the table import wizard. Under section security, set the following values (for an on premise CRM 2011 install):
a. Integrated Security: Basic
b. User Id: <domain>\<userId>
c. Password: <password>
5. Select Ok in the "SetAdvanced Properties" window. Click "Next" in the table import wizard.
7. Once the data from the 3 entities has been successfully imported, close the table import wizard.
Create PowerPivot Chart:
Now that we have the data from CRM, lets us create a PivotChart to show the cases by Customer, with the ability to filter dynamically on city (from account entity) and case priority.
1. In the PowerPivot for Excel window, select from the ribbon PivotTable/ PivotChart. Create the PivotChart in the existing worksheet.
2. On the right, under PowerPivot Field list, you will see the 3 data views (AccountSet, ContactSet and IncidentSet) imported from CRM.
3. Expand IncidentSet and select CustomerId_Name and PriorityCode_Value. A chart like the screenshot below is rendered.
4. Drag and drop PriorityCode_Value into Legend Fields (series) box.
5. Under AccountSet, drag and drop Address1_City under Slicers Horizontal (If you are prompted to create a relationship, do so, and let Excel create it for you)
6. Under IncidentSet, drag and drop PriorityCode_Value under Slicers Vertical
Once the PowerPivot Chart has been created, you can select to see the cases from a particular city, or cases marked as high priority, or both. For example, in the screenshot below, I have selected cases whose customers are in Renton, and only the ones marked Priority 1 or 2.
While the data set we are using in our example is pretty small, the opportunities to use this approach to get insight into huge reams of data are immense. The approach is also to use tools like Excel that people know and use regularly at work, rather than force Business Analysts to learn coding or write sql queries. The goal is to make Business Intelligence a self service operation, and PowerPivot is a great way to do it.
In the second part of this series, I will talk a little bit about taking this PowerPivot data and saving it to Sharepoint in order to use the PowerView tool. Hope to see you then!


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Tuesday, July 31, 2007
PhoneBAK is an innovative lost and found anti-theft software program that sends the thief's contact number to a pre-defined mobile phone number when your mobile phone is stolen. Install the software program into your device and the program works quietly in the background by automatically checking on the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card, all without the knowledge of the unauthorized user. It will send out 02 SMSes (local and/or overseas) using the thief's SIM card to the pre-defined mobile phone numbers. SMS will include a customizable message, thief's own mobilephone number, IMEI, IMSI, Area Code and Cell ID. No subscriptions or annual fees. Owner can contact the thief directly to retrieve back the stolen phone.
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Flower bulbs in Christchurch
Buy your flower bulbs in Christchurch
Flower bulbs fill your garden with colour every day of the year. They come ready supplied with all they need to grow: just add soil and water. You can find over 2,500 garden centres in the Garden Centre Guide offering a dazzling choice of flower bulbs.
Planting bulbs from Christchurch
Plant your flowering bulbs at a depth three times the size of the bulb: so tiny crocus corms go in about 3cm deep, while big bulky tulips can be planted much deeper. Then just sit back and wait for the show to begin.
Year round colour with flower bulbs
Pop down to one of the garden centres here in Christchurch during normal opening hours for bulbs for every season:
- Forced hyacinths
- crocus
- tulips
- alliums
- lilies
- nerines
- steinbergia
Please contact your local garden centre near Christchurch below offering a wide range of flower bulbs for more information.
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How do you replace an aging, V-12-powered, four-seat gran turismo coupe? For Ferrari, the answer lie with a four-wheel-drive, V-12-powered shooting break, much like the company's new 2012 FF concept.
Although we'd seen a number of spy photos of the FF — which stands for Ferrari Four for reasons soon to be obvious — with unusual buttresses aft of the B-pillars, early reports predicted the car was simply wearing false bodywork to disguise a coupe-like roofline. Not so — this is, in fact, Ferrari's first shooting brake built completely in-house, a fact that prompts the automaker's PR department to describe the car as "not so much an evolution as a true revolution."
From a styling perspective, we'd argue the FF lies somewhere between those extremes. The Pininfarina-designed exterior incorporates the long hood and proportions typically associated with Ferrari's GT cars, but works a number of recent Ferrari design cues into the mix. The headlamps, for instance, are heavily influenced by those used on the 458 Italia, as are the dramatic front and rear fenders.
In back, the FF bears a slight resemblance to the 599 GTB from the waist down, but differs considerably in the roofline. Although the hatchback design is bound to divide the tifiosi and other brand purists, it undoubtedly adds some additional practicality — Ferrari says the car offers 15 cubic feet of cargo space (that doubles if the rear seats are folded), the hatch itself cuts deep into the rear bumper, potentially providing a relatively low lift-over point.
Perhaps the second most scandalous aspect of the FF is its driveline. No, an all-new 6.3-liter, 660-horsepower direct-injection V-12, or even a Getrag-sourced, seven-speed dual-clutch transmission isn't likely to upset many, but this is one of the first Ferraris since the 1986 408 RM 4 concept to utilize all-wheel-drive. We've yet to see the exact specifications on the system, but the automaker says it weighs 50 percent less than other all-wheel-drive systems, doesn't disrupt the car's near-perfect weight balance, and continuously computes how much torque to send to each pair of wheels.
All we know is the entire system has the capacity of rocketing the FF (along with four occupants, and their accompanying luggage) to incredible speed in no time. According to Ferrari, the FF can sprint from 0-62 mph in under 3.7 seconds and reach a top speed of 208 mph.
Expect further details to emerge on the FF closer to its official public debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March — but for the time being, you can watch Ferrari's engineers put prototype cars through their paces in the video below.
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Jewish Art Calendar
The Jewish Art Calendar is a beautiful colorful calendar mailed annually free of charge to Jewish homes and businesses in the following areas: Owings Mills (main area), Reisterstown, Randallstown, Pikesville, and Carroll County, reaching over 15,000 people.
To help us cover the major costs of producing this beautiful calendar, we are making available different sponsorship opportunities.
- To place a birthday/yahrtzeit/anniversary greeting - click here
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I miss Thai food… a lot! It's not just the flavours or spicy kick. I miss how easy it was to get. One thing New Zealand could do to improve itself would be to cover every street close to where I work, live and play with quality satisfying street food. Not the hot-dog on stick type but I'd love a Khao Kha Moo stall right next to my house.
You know a quality meal that is filling and makes you feel like you've been slightly healthy. Probably part of my issue is that when I'm at my hungriest the closest place is usually a dairy where the quickest food is junk food.
I remember before we left New Zealand if we wanted to eat Thai food and we would either make it ourselves or go out to a restaurant to eat. Whenever I would eat out I'd always end up getting a curry or something that seemed a bit more complicated to make because I couldn't bring myself to pay $25 for a plate of Pad Thai. As I would be comparing it to how much a plate of Pad Thai would cost on the streets of Bangkok (45-60 Baht).
But when we returned this time, after 2 years eating Thai food and getting so much variety I knew that I would want that same variety. My concern was that I didn't think that I'd be able to find it at a reasonable price. As happy as I am to cook my own food, I didn't get all that much practice while living in Thailand so I'm not super confident or fast at whipping up delicious Thai food (but I have been practising so I'm getting quicker).
But to my surprise I found a chain of places that is pretty authentic with a little kiwi twist. The chain is Thai House Express and they have locations all over the lower North Island but sadly not in Wellington City. So whenever Nic and I get out of the city we always make sure to squeeze in a few meals at one of the branches.
So far we have eaten at branches at in Palmerston North, Masterton, Bulls, Napier, Upper Hutt and New Plymouth. They have all been delicious and piled with veggies (which I kind of take as the kiwi twist).


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World class Affordable Healthcare with Dignity
- World class Affordable Healthcare with Dignity Our mission is to bring health care within the reach of every individual. We are committed to the achievement and sustenance of excellence in healthcare for the benefit of mankind.
- Our vision is to provide Comprehensive and Prompt Healthcare Solutions to the patients, synchronizing the Expertise of leading health experts sensitized to the needs of the patients with state-of-the-art Medical Infrastructure.
- As it is always a Dream of Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) living in this country to help the needy people in their motherland - India. To realize that dream, various options to help the inhabitants of Khambhat, which is located in the district of Anand (Guj.), were explored by a group of well-wishers - DR. BHUPENDRA KAPADIA, DR. THAKOR RANA, SHRI MOHAN PATEL and Dr BIPIN SHAH -- with their expertise and dedication to set up a CARDIAC CARE CENTER with fully equipped ICC-ICCU units along with out patient cardiac diagnostic center since these facilities are not available in the radius of 50 Kilometers from Khambhat area, and which has 200,000 people and which includes 90 small villages. . .
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- Cardiac Care Center History with Photos
- Muktidham Relief Voucher
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- Letter to B.Kapadia
- KCI article in Chitralekha
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The leading cause for lung cancer is cigarette smoking, so it's no wonder that quitting smoking is the first item on our list for preventing this deadly disease. Although it is the best thing you can do to lessen your chances of lung cancer, it is not the only step you can take.
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Grant, Melinda wrote: > > Regarding the question - > >> whether we publish >> with Tibetan justification defined and marked as deprecated, >> or we publish without it and leave people with an archived >> copy of my scratchpad with an incorrect understanding of how >> it works and an incorrect understanding of its usefulness (or >> lack thereof) in modern typesetting. > > Might it be appropriate for an Appendix? Or could the WG publish it as > a Note? I think just publishing our next draft with it included, but marked as "to be deleted" due to its inappropriateness for modern typesetting, should be enough to get the information out there. I think keeping it in an appendix or publishing a Note about it would make it seem important, whereas what we're trying to say is that it's antiquated, not preferred, and does not need to be implemented in a modern publishing system. ~fantasaiReceived on Wednesday, 21 February 2007 07:57:58 UTC
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House sitting in Australia has been thriving and growing for many years now.
This is why you'll find more house sitting platforms there than anywhere else in the world, so why is that?
If you are new to the country or would just like more info on Australia and and the Aussie way check out this great article. Just click on this link https://housesittingmagazine.com/house-sitting-in-australia/
This article has been kindly provided by the publishers of "House Sitting - The Ultimate Lifestyle Magazine"and there are many other house sitting articles at https://housesittingmagazine.com/read


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I was wondering if anyone here knew about any of the risks before taking an SSRI. My psychiatrist talked up the benefits of SSRIs and did not mention a single risk before asking for my consent. Sexual dysfunction (not even talking about PSSD here) while on SSRIs is a common side effect and one of the main reasons for noncompliance.
Is it common for psychiatrists to push people into taking meds without mentioning any of the risks? Is there any recourse? For example, reporting the psychiatrist to the state medical board for misconduct?


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In surprising Google news that seems to have come completely out of left field, Google announced that they formed a brand new holding company called Alphabet, Inc.. With the introduction of Alphabet, Google would become a fully owned subsidiary of that entity. With this new hierarchy in place, The co-founders of Google, Page and Brin, will become CEO and President of the new company, respectively. With Page acting as the CEO of Alphabet Inc., Sundar Pichai will become the new CEO of Google.
In another post written at Marketing Land, Alphabet Inc. will consist of a number of entities, which will include:
- Calico
- Fiber (internet access)
- Google (Search, Maps, YouTube, Android, Ads, Apps)
- Google Ventures (VC investing)
- Google Capital (investment fund)
- Google X (auto-driving cars, Google Glass, internet by balloon, moonshots)
- Life Sciences (the glucose sensing contact lens people)
- Nest (smoke alarms, home camera, thermostats & connected home devices)
Although this is surprise move that has left many of us a bit confused, it makes sense, as this seems to be an effort by Page and Brin to remove themselves from the daily operations at Google. By doing this, it allows them to focus on a wider range of other higher level projects. According to Page, this will allow him and Brin to get "more ambitious things done" and "take the long term view."
Another point that Page that gave was that with Pichai as the CEO, there will be a "slightly slimmed down Google" that will now have a greater focus. On the Wall Street side of things, Alphabet will be the publicly traded entity, and not Google. It looks like after the news of Alphabet Inc. was released, There was a Wall Street analyst that said that Google stock rose after hours.
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Jones H Bars – comfy and unique
The Jones H Bar has the same hand, stem and brake lever position as the original H-Bar but the cross bar sweeps forward to allow the levers to go behind the cross bar instead of in front. This gives longer uninterrupted hand positions and will allow trigger and grip/twist shifters to fit on the rearward extensions (unlike the original H-bar and the Cut H-bar). The continuous front loop of the Jones H bar enhances stiffness and is good for additional aero hand positions and mounting lights, GPS devices etc. Comfort and power and an impressive weight. With the levers in the optimum position the rider is superbly placed for fast riding while still enjoying all the hand positions available. The rearward extensions allow extra leverage and a wider hand position – be it for comfort or power. All H-bars are for a 31.8 stem – the cross tube is now tapered and butted with a 31.8 mm clamp area. The grip tubes on the aluminum version are also butted for strength, and weight savings.
This 710 wide Jones H bar was originally for Surly Bikes. They asked Jeff Jones about the possibility of getting custom Jones H-Bars for made for some of their bikes. They wanted a Loop H-bar but with a longer grip section and more overall width. He made the samples and he says "I have been riding with them for a few months now. I really like the extra width and grip length for long rides". This new Jones H-Bar is 2″/50mm wider – the grip section is about 1.5″ longer than the original.
502g for the 710mm wide version, 31.8mm clamp.
Great for: Singlespeeds, 29ers, Fat Bikes, Touring, Bike-packing Adventures, City Riding and more!
Compatible with: Trigger shifters, Gripshift, Shimano twist shifters, Rohloff and above the bar hinged thumb-shifters.


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Reminder FYI. Tim =============================================================================== You are all most welcome to join the HCLS SiG W3C group call on scientific discourse components on Monday, details below. After a brief recap on the goals of the group and the use cases, we will be discussing three proposals for markup for segmenting scientific documents. For details and links, see below. Anita de Waard Disruptive Technologies Director, Elsevier Labs http://elsatglabs.com/labs/anita/ firstname.lastname@example.com =============================================================================== Dear all, I would like to invite you to join the HCLS-SIG/Scientific discourse/Rhetorical Document subtask phone meeting on Monday, November 15th. Agenda and details are below and, with hyperlinks to the use cases, at http://esw.w3.org/HCLSIG/SWANSIOC/Actions/RhetoricalStructure/meetings/20101115. We will discuss the goals and driving use cases of the subtask, and provide the 'Ontology of Rhetorical Blocks' for your comment. Please let me know if there are any items you would like to add to our agenda. With kind regards, Anita Anita de Waard Disruptive Technologies Director, Elsevier Labs http://elsatglabs.com/labs/anita/ email@example.com >> Meeting Rhetorical Document Group November 15, 2010: 10-11 am EDT Dial-in & IRC Information: * Dial-In #: +1.617.761.6200 (Cambridge, MA) * Dial-In #: +33.4.89.06.34.99 (Nice, France) * Dial-In #: +44.117.370.6152 (Bristol, UK) * Participant Access Code: 42572 ("HCLS2") * IRC Channel: irc.w3.org port 6665 channel #HCLS2 (see [1] W3C IRC page for details, or see [2] Web IRC) Meeting November 15 2010, 10 am EDT 1. Recap goals and use cases for the Rhetorical Document Model Subtask: * Coarse-grained model: [http://esw.w3.org/HCLSIG/SWANSIOC/Actions/RhetoricalStructure/UseCases/3] * Medium-grained model: [http://esw.w3.org/HCLSIG/SWANSIOC/Actions/RhetoricalStructure/UseCases/2] * Fine-grained model: [http://esw.w3.org/HCLSIG/SWANSIOC/Actions/RhetoricalStructure/UseCases/1] 2. ORB progress: [http://esw.w3.org/images/d/d2/Orb-0_1.owl] 3. Medium-grained progress: first pass at [http://esw.w3.org/HCLSIG/SWANSIOC/Actions/RhetoricalStructure/models/medium], very much open for discussion. 3. David Shotton and group: DoCo status (http://opencitations.wordpress.com/2010/10/14/introducing-the-semantic-publishing-and-referencing-spar-ontologies/), overlap with ORB. 4. Next steps. Elsevier B.V. Registered Office: Radarweg 29, 1043 NX Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Registration No. 33156677 (The Netherlands)
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FARGO - Erik Hatch, chairman of the United Way's 2018 fundraising campaign, broke the ice in front of a crowd of more than 650 people gathered Wednesday, Sept. 12, by showing a childhood photo.
"I want to introduce you to awkward Erik Hatch 35 or so years ago. He was quite the looker," he joked.
Hatch, owner of Hatch Realty and Hatch Consulting in Fargo, was on hand to announce the United Way's 2018 campaign goal, but he first shared how he personally benefited from the United Way growing up in a single-parent household in Fargo.
He described his mom, Betty, as a "warrior" who worked three jobs to support him and his sister, but said he always longed for the father who left the picture after his parents divorced.
His mom recognized that and signed him up for the Big Brother Big Sister program.
"I was getting served by a group called the United Way long before I ever knew what the United Way was," he said.
Looking back, he marveled at the fact that he received support from people who didn't even know him, and he thanked those in attendance for carrying on that mission.
In closing, he challenged the community to raise $6.25 million this year to support the United Way's programs. The nonprofit surpassed its goal of $5.9 million for 2017.
Dollars at work
For several years, the United Way's programs have addressed four bold goals:
• Reduce hunger and homelessness
• Prepare children to succeed
• Help people be independent
• Lift people out of poverty
Kristi Huber, United Way's president and CEO, explained that Wednesday's event would focus solely on ways the organization is preparing children to succeed.
"We believe that preparing children to succeed is the foundation for making our community as strong and as healthy as it can be. Together, it takes all of us across the community," she said.
One way the United Way has been serving young children is through its new pre-K program in West Fargo.
West Fargo Public School Superintendent Beth Slette said there has long been a need for such a program. She explained that some students were starting kindergarten without ever having access to books or spending time interacting with their peers.
She said those students were starting school behind most of their class and early intervention was key to closing that gap.
"A child at 4 years old who lives in poverty has 30 million fewer words that they've heard than a child not living in poverty. These children were coming and they had needs right from the get-go in kindergarten and we wanted to give them an opportunity to be successful that first year and close the achievement gap and poverty in our community."
Huber explained that early intervention and strategic investments are so important because if you "change the first five years, you change everything."
Cory Steiner, superintendent of Northern Cass Public Schools, took the stage to talk about how the United Way's investment helps his school.
Last year, the United Way provided the school with a mental health counselor one day a week. This year, it will be two days.
He explained how important that is for the students and parents due to their location 25 miles outside of Fargo. He talked about how challenging it could be for working parents to get time off to take their children to see a counselor in Fargo. In some cases, parents who didn't have the flexibility or the vacation time would have to choose between food on the table and counseling.
The issue hits close to home for Steiner because he suffers from clinical depression. He shared that his daughter does as well.
Steiner said the reason he shared his daughter's diagnosis was to illustrate how she is thriving today because she had access to a therapist, medicine and a supportive family. He said every child deserves the same.
"This issue is not a school problem; it is a community problem. Our learners are your future workers, your neighbors, and maybe even your future in-law," he said.
"Addressing mental health issues is not the sole responsibility of those at home or those working in our schools," Steiner said, adding: "We have an obligation to start listening ... to start seeing ... and most importantly, to start acting on the information we have about our children and their needs."


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If you believe that the Rolex on your wrist which you flaunt in front of your friends and in parties is accurate enough, read below.
A clock rather lets call it a machine because it does what a regular
tik-tok watch or even an atomic clock can't do.
This clock is accurate to 0.1 second in 14billion years.!! Which is equal to the age
of the universe.!! The N-Clock is 100 more accurate the Atomic clock
which has an accuracy of 4 seconds in a lifetime of the universe and
infinitely many times accurate than the Quartz mechanism that we use.
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Researchers at University Of South Wales and Nevada have contributed
to this study. Atomic clocks are used in GPS systems and the new
N-clock would be used to study theories in which time is suppose to be
kept constant more accurately.
Atomic clocks get their energy from the electrons and thus its
accuracy is affected by magnetic and electrical interference. To
produce oscillation in a nuclear clock researchers are preparing to
use a laser to boost the Thorium 229 ion into higher energy state.
Thus making the N-clock resistant to enviornmental factors.
"If you give people a better clock, they will use it" says Alex
Kuzmich, one of the authors of the study.
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Making time for exercise provides some serious mental benefits. Get inspired to exercise that will work out and can benefit mental health, also lead to a healthier and happier life overall.
However, it's not necessary to spend 4/5 hours in the gym every day to feel and see a marked improvement to your overall health. What is necessary, just go for it and spend only 20 minutes everyday.
Increase relaxation:
Don't allow yourself to always be at the beck and call of work and other people — make time for yourself. Only take calls and answer emails at certain times of the day. It's unlikely that your availability, 24 hours a day, is indispensable. When we allow pressures to build up, relaxation becomes very difficult. But, if you really try hard, you should be able to reduce the demands placed on your time and energy.
Walking is simple yet powerful. It can help you stay trim, improve cholesterol levels, strengthen bones, keep blood pressure in check, lift your mood and lower your risk for a number of diseases (diabetes and heart disease for example). A number of studies have shown that walking and other physical activities can improve memory and resist age-related memory loss.
You'll become more flexible if you do this a couple of times a week. Stretch after you've warmed up or finished exercising. Stretch gently — it shouldn't hurt.
Sharpen memory:
Regular physical activity boosts memory and ability to learn new things. Getting sweaty increases production of cells in hippo-campus responsible for memory and learning.
Enjoy the great outdoors:
Exercising in the great outdoors can increase self-esteem even more. Find an outdoor workout that fits your style, whether it's rock-climbing, hiking, renting a canoe, or just taking a jog in the park.


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Written by dyscalculia expert Ronit Bird, this is a book for parents who are looking for practical ways of helping their child to develop a feel for numbers.
The book is about teaching for understanding through numeracy games and hands-on experience of concrete materials, all based on familiar dot patterns such as those found on dice and dominoes. There are no tricks or shortcuts, no rote learning, no songs, no drill and repetition and absolutely no worksheets. The ideas have been designed specifically for children who struggle with maths but they would be equally suitable for teaching the basics of numeracy to any child, either at home or at school.
An e-book format is ideal for focusing on exactly the kind of visual approach to learning that best suits most dyscalculic children. The author has taken full advantage of the unique capabilities of an e-book, as compared to a print book, by not only including colourful illustrations on virtually every page but also embedding more than 20 short demonstration videos into the text. Each teaching video clearly demonstrates what to do and what to say as you help your child learn the essential facts and number connections that will lead to the development of simple and effective calculation strategies.


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A few weeks ago, the Gordon College Facebook network lit up with comments after Brian Buell posted a status update about the connection between young evangelicals and the game Settlers of Catan. One of the commenters, Anna Scott, took to her blog with further thoughts on the connection. We asked them to extend the conversation here.
Anna Scott: Last Saturday night my husband George and I had our friends Kirk and Rachel over for dessert and drinks (and to watch the Mad Men premiere). After looking at our bookshelves for several minutes, Rachel turned and excitedly blurted, "I love The Brothers K!"
George looked at me and smiled. Only days before, we'd had a spirited disagreement prompted by the popularity of the music of both Sufjan Stevens and Conor Oberst, and George's distaste for both. Soon, however, the argument came to include a wide range of artists, musicians, authors, activities and, of course, books. The Brothers K, the novel by David James Duncan, being one of these contentious items. George's thesis was as follows: Christians in their 20s and 30s have predictable tastes, while at the same time believing that they alone have stumbled upon something unique in secular culture, something that is not stereotypically "Christian."
For everything that George cited, I had a defense. For example, young women in general like Conor Oberst and his band Bright Eyes (though I do not); David James Duncan is not even a Christian; Franny and Zooey, by J.D. Salinger, has as many Buddhist references as Christian; Sufjan Stevens is a critically acclaimed outside of the Christian world, too—he was even featured on NPR!
While these things are true—Christians surely are not the only fans of Franny and Zooey, nor the only ones who buy Sufjan Stevens' albums—it is also true that in the few days that passed since having this conversation, The Brothers K, David Bazan (of Pedro the Lion), Conor Oberst, and John Irving's Prayer for Owen Meany have all come up organically in conversations with friends at Regent College, in Vancouver, B.C., where I'm a seminary student.
Each of these shared interests seem to fit easily into the larger category of "art," but then came the Settlers of Catan discussion on Facebook. The very same week as our Oberst/Stevens discussion, a fellow Gordon College alumnus posted the following status update: "I think someone should write an article about Settlers of Catan and its role in Christian culture." In a matter of hours, a comment frenzy ensued, climaxing in 19 cheers and reminiscences. Scanning my news feed on an overcast Vancouver morning, this made me laugh out loud.
Brian Buell: That was my status update, this was my idea.
My friend Scott still insists that I almost made him fail out of school in the spring semester of his junior year of college. I was a year ahead of him and had that senior grade-invincibility about me. And my other two roommates and I were constantly looking for a fourth person to joins us in late night games of Settlers of Catan—usually when Scott was trying to cram for a final or go to bed early before a test. We'd call down to his room—this was post AIM-being-cool and pre-Facebook, so we actually used phones—and all three of us would just yell into the phone, "Scottie! Get up here! Settlas!"
It would usually take three calls, a threat that he was going to unplug his phone from the wall and a counter-threat that we would just come down and bang on his door. Either way, we would not let him study and we sure were not about to let him go to bed. Settlers is more fun with four.
We loved these late night Settlers sessions and we thought we were the only people in the world who understood how this game's awesomeness. We were wrong: it turns out that all across the country, at other Christian colleges and among other Christian small groups, this game was catching on like wildfire.
Anna: Let's back up in case some of you somehow missed this phenomenon. Settlers of Catan is a board game produced by a German company, which has garnered an inexplicable popularity among young Christians. There were rumblings back in 2005, in my last year at Gordon, when friends would bring the game over to my house, hoping to hook a few new players, but by the following year it had grown into a phenomenon.
Brian: It should be noted that this game didn't receive the illustrious "Spiel de Jahres" (German Board Game of the Year) in 1995 for nothing. It's fun, if nerdy, and plays like a mix of Risk, Monopoly and Pit. Basically, everyone is a settler on an island (Catan), and you are trying to build roads, settlements, and cities. There is trading, monopolizing of resources, scheming, teaming up, backstabbing, strategizing and dice rolling. Like I said, pretty nerdy, but we loved it. It was our game.
Anna: A few years ago I was serving as a teacher in China with a Christian organization where we were placed in teams and sent to schools throughout the country. There was one thing every far-flung team had in common: they all got together to play Settlers. At least one teacher brought the board game to our organization's annual conference in Thailand, and when we got together with nearby teams in Beijing, there was sure to be a game of Settlers.
Brian: To this day, I have no idea why it caught on so much among twenty-something Christian-college graduates and their like between the years 2003-2006, but it did. Ask your friend who graduated from a Christian college.
But then again, I have no idea why we also love the Princess Bride, talking about reading C.S. Lewis, The Brother's K, A Prayer for Owen Meany; playing "Mafia"; smoking a pipe/ hookah, listening to Bright Eyes and frequenting local dive bars to drink PBR and hang out with the "locals," but we do
Anna: The lists of "Stuff (insert distinct people group here) Like" have been done and done again. Not surprisingly, there is already a list of "Stuff Christians Like," whose creator—also not surprisingly—already has a book deal. However, the great success, the genius of the "Stuff White People Like" website was due to the fact that it struck a resonant chord: we all thought we were the only ones who liked Mos Def, watched Arrested Development or read the The New Yorker.
The analogous list for Christians is one that, likewise, calls us out on the things in non-Christian or "secular" culture that we think are above stereotyping or pigeon-holing, because they are not overtly Christian, but, it turns out, are beloved by thousands of other young Christians. Here is our version of this list, which I predict that Patrol Readers will be able to—albeit uncomfortably—identify with:
- Settlers of Catan
- David James Duncan, especially, The Brothers K
- John Irving, especially A Prayer for Owen Meany
- Social and/or sophisticated or exotic forms of smoking: the occasional American Spirit cigarette, pipes, cloves, cigars or hookahs
- U2/Bono
- Franny and Zooey, by J.D. Salinger
- Indie singer/songwriters Rosie Thomas, Damien Jurado, David Bazan (of Pedro the Lion), Sufjan Stevens, Conor Oberst
- Catholic novelist Flannery O'Connor
- Mafia (game)
- (Certain) fantasy series: Narnia, Lord of the Rings, and Harry Potter
- Web comics, especially the philosophica xkcd
- Skilled or learned group dancing: swing (in the 1990s) and salsa (2000s)
- Paste magazine
- The Princess Bride
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Professional motorsports is such a competitive trade that it's a big deal anytime a racer can string together more than a few victories, let alone a world championship. Occasionally there are drivers like Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell, or Sebastian Loeb who can transition from one series to another, and find success in both.
But nobody else in the world has ever replicated the accomplishments of John Surtees. He is the only person in the world to have won World Championships in both cars and motorcycles.


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In 1989, I sat at my writing bureau in my cottage on the edge of a large wood. The lodge was situated on the edge of a large private estate. Built in 1918, the lodge looked old and in need of a lick of paint, but the color as it stood was a dull orange-pink color. From the front,t looked quite small, but it had another level below the ground. The bay window was large, but there was no double glazing and its window frames were old wood and badly chipped. The house stood at the top of the South Drive on the left. From the moment you slipped off the busy trunk road and dropped down onto the driveway, you slipped back one hundred years and fell immediately into the rich canopies of the tall Scot Pine trees and other natural habitats. The garden was to the back of the house twenty feet down from the tarmac driveway, in amongst the woodland trees, shrubs and undergrowth, surrounded by a twenty foot stone wall. As the sun rose in the early mornings, it's rays caused dapple effect through the leaves of the trees and the smell of pine filled your nostrils. I loved it, 2 miles from anywhere, a perfect hideaway. The nearest house which looked out across the Haugh. Haugh was down at the bottom of the drive and it had thirteen bedrooms. Very grand house with its beautiful gardens and grounds. I rented the Lodge from 1988-2004, One evening while having a clear out, I came upon a notepad with scribbled writing and bits of stories and poems I had started a while back thinking it might come in handy one day. Perhaps for the grandchildren and also it might come in useful and so I placed all the bits into a box for safe keeping.
In 2004, while sitting one evening, I pulled out the box with all its notebooks and scraps of paper that I had jotted down and tried to fit various bits together. I had been working on the story when there was a loud knock at the door. As I opened the door, my friend, Lesley stood grinning from ear to ear. She asked what I was doing as I had bits of paper everywhere and I tried to explain and she very kindly offered to help me. In no time at all, we had them gathered together. Then, on another day Lesley called to see how I was getting on with the story. As I had been working on my story at the time, she asked if she could read it. I was embarrassed, as it was very roughly written. I suggested I would read it out loud to her instead, and by the time I'd finished it, she said, "You should record the story and say it in your own words using your own voice to bring it alive." Then she continued that it was a lovely story and she believed children would enjoy listening to it. I didn't know what to say, I nodded then once Lesley had left I put everything back into the box.
In 2011, I came online and with the encouragement of another friend. By the end of 2011, I had started a blog on Blogger. I had not written anything for many, many years and back then, I wrote when I felt I wanted to write. I would write bits of poetry and then on the odd occasion short parts of stories. I had forgotten all about the box.
I joined in with the A-Z Bloggers Challenge 2012 and also WordPress. I wanted to get into the habit of writing each day, despite running my own business during the day and the writing really gave me a buzz. Once the challenge was over, however, I lost momentum again. I signed up to Creative Writing, in the hope it would inspire me to write more. It was good at first and the results were encouraging. There was a competition luring and everyone was encouraged to write a story and so I put my name down. My family was wanting to help and everyone was giving their opinion to the point of re-writing my story. When I received the story back, it was was not the same. I was also told the story was this and it should have been that. My grammar was wrong and I should read more and so on. I was at the point of backing away from coming near my laptop never mind my blog. The following day someone posted on Facebook about people who are writing with poor grammar. These posts were awful, saying that poor grammar should not be tolerated or words to that effect. I found it hard to continue as true or false these accusations felt as though they were being directed at me. I understood the messages well and truly and sadly walked away. Or rather, the fear of failure online took the chair, and I disappeared into the shadows. Writing only when I was at home on my own. I thought of lots of ideas I could use but as soon as I opened my blog my brain went blank. it became so bad that trying to type anything online made me feel sick for fear of being humiliated online.
2015, I came back online and joined a course Life Purpose Divination. I also had WordPress but didn't do much with it at this time, hoping that all would be well. Unfortunately, fear still seemed to be hanging around. By the end of the course, I could write comments and they were accepted without judgment. Since then I have started to write with help of a few friends and although my disability makes me slow my confidence is improving. My knowledge of WordPress needs to be improved so that I don't panic when I make mistakes. Thank goodness for WordPress Happy engineers where would I be without you!
In 2017, I joined Writer's Life which has helped me greatly in challenging me to write 750 daily. This has helped me gain my confidence and let my imagination be the driver instead of my fear. I have also written a small children's book, The Magical Chaffinch, not yet published, but has been given as a gift. I used different avenues to practice my writing skills, such as for Parkside Pooches (my dog care business). I continue to write daily, and each day my fear continues to subside. With the encouragement of friends and family, it has brought pleasure and excitement back into writing.
So, if you love writing, like I do, or another form of expressing your creativity, don't allow others to dampen your spirit. We are always learning, but if you love it, keep doing it. Allow yourself the joy you receive from your passion, it makes such a difference.


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RAB NYC Install
First full scale tests of our installation for RAB Lighting's Chelsea showroom. The overall structure contains around 70 meters of individually addressable LED strands. The LEDs are activated by sound with various behaviors through a UI that we create in Processing that sends a map of segments to turn and off to a series of Arduino boards.


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I confess. My wife and I are both guilty of committing bribery for personal gain. Each year we expend several hundred dollars in order to obtain uncounted hours of personal entertainment. Perhaps we do peripherally share some of the benefits with our neighbours. However the vast majority of the gain is strictly for our own pleasure. Gosh no, it's not adult entertainment! This is a family story for goodness sake.
While the motive for our admitted bribery is purely selfish, we like to believe we are giving a few of our fellow earthly inhabitants an easier life in what can be a cruel world.
So what's all this mystery about? Nothing spectacular whatsoever. Purely the mundane activity of feeding birds and critters in the backyard. We are both retired and take great pleasure in the hours we can spend sitting in our sun porch in the summer and family room in the winter watching their antics. In order to entice them into the yard we bribe them with a source of fresh water and several feeders containing a limited variety of food.
We found having several feeders with different foods helps to attract a wider variety of birds and reduces the squabbles over who is higher in the pecking order.
Our backyard. The feeders from left to right:
- a hanging hopper feeder with medium size sunflower chips
- a small hopper on the fence for whole peanuts
- a hanging log with holes drilled in it which are filled with peanut butter
- a large hopper feeder mounted on the fence with black oil sunflower seeds
- a tray on the ground for striped sunflower seeds and peanut bits and pieces
- a small hopper with medium sunflower chips on the fence
- a heated water bowl on a pedestal which is the base for a bird bath in the summer
- a feeder with a hole in the bottom for whole peanuts
- two metal cages for suet cakes
- another small hopper with medium sunflower chips mounted on the fence
- a nyjer seed feeder hanging on the corner of the shed
- a hanging tray for whole peanuts and peanut bits and pieces
Sure there are lots of other feeders and foods we could use but these work for our guests!
We are also fortunate to have a nice patch of deciduous forest behind our yard which provides plenty of cover close to the feeders. A downside is that we don't get too many birds that like coniferous habitat, 'cause our mugo pine and the neighbour's white spruce just don't cut it for them!
However, we still have a fair variety of creatures come to visit. We managed to capture some portraits of a sampling of the winter population over the two weeks of the Christmas holidays.
And that, folks, is a two week glimpse of the bird world from our window!
Bribery sure does have its benefits. Cost of bird food – cheaper than pet food and no vet fees! Effort to keep up the feeders – minimal! Hours and hours of breakfast/lunch/dinner theatre – priceless!
- by Christina and Jamie McQuarrie, EALT Volunteers


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Let me introduce you to George & Willy. Two New Zealand lads, designing and making products that are simple, but timeless and functional too.
The idea for George and Willy's popular Studio Roller (pictured above) was born after the pair stumbled upon an old roll of butcher's paper, while rummaging through their Granddad's boat shed. They created a simple wall bracket to hold and seamlessly dispense the paper, and it quickly became their main instrument for brainstorming ideas and making lists. After visitors to the workshop continued to request a roller for themselves, George and Willy developed the concept into a product for others.
Simple, functional and designed to last, the Studio Roller and petite Daily Roller (pictured opposite) exist to suit varying needs – whether it's to write menus and specials, sketch plans or write notes, these products are an innovative way to display information in your home, office, or café. Designed to suit universal kraft rolls available at local packaging suppliers.
Their other products are as equally charming - the Bang Bang pegboard, String & Washer envelopes, steel peg, round sign, Industrial clothing rack, and Draughtsman table are just a few highlights from their range (all pictured in this post). Thankfully all of their products can be shipped worldwide. Click here to shop their range.


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Looking for a shirt in Spanish...
OK, a few shirts I saw today were in Spanish, but most were in English. Some examples:
- Love me!
- It's only Rock 'N Roll but I like it
- Brooklyn
- Married to the mob
And the winner is...
And my favorite today? Standing in a bank line a full block long:
IN [blank space] WE TRUST
I think that just about sums up what Argentines have told me about life here. Especially with a change in government coming, there is a gallows humor about the economic situation that makes this the perfect shirt for today.
Perhaps problems are just more open here
Bank Lines
With the four-day weekend/holiday, everyone was out of pesos by today. The banks were out of pesos on the weekend, and everyone was desperate to get cash. There were waiting lines at all the banks and places that changed money. In fact, some places weren't marked as cambios, but the lines outside gave them away.
We don't have an unofficial exchange rate in the USA, so I'm not sure what this could correspond to. It reminds me of the lines at gas stations in the 70s, and only being able to fill our car with gas on odd-numbered days. I was really little, but that memory has stuck in my head.
Last night on the way to the milonga in the rain, I passed a circle of policemen, surrounding an older man who was on his knees on the ground. At first, I wondered if he was ill, It was not clear at all what was going on, but everyone passed the scene as if nothing was happening. It felt really scary to me.
One taxi driver told me that the police just help the mafia, and that he had been threatened at the airport to leave a certain area by the police and the mafia. He said, "The police are supposed to provide public safety, not mafia safety." As I walked away, I kept worrying about the guy on the ground. You don't need seven policemen to deal with one person.
As is obvious by what has been happening in the United States with the police, perhaps here there is just a wider swath of the population who distrust the motives of "public safety" officers. Here, it's probably going to be a long time before police have car or visor cameras.
According to a friend, the day that Macri won, the stock in one of his friend's companies rose by 8%, and the other stocks declined about 10%. "Everyone knows who is going to benefit from this government," he said. "The people already knew it on the day Macri won."
But this happens in the USA as well, whether we are willing to admit it. If (goddess forbid) Trump becomes the next president, I could see exactly the same scenario happening all over the place. Of course, I'll be moving to Canada (it's going to be crowded).


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It's about invasion, of course, but perhaps Australia's Indigenous people have every claim to mark not just this day, but many days as moments of invasion.
26th January 1788 wasn't the day the first fleet arrived in Sydney. They got to Botany Bay on the 18th January.
It wasn't the day the first of the ships sailed into Sydney Harbour. That was on the 21st when they almost certainly camped at what is now known as Camp Cove.
It wasn't even the day Captain Arthur Phillip arrived at Sydney Cove. That as the day before, on the 25th.
And it certainly wasn't the day that the convicts came ashore. This happened over the next few days, with the women having to wait until February 6th to set foot on terra firma.
On the 25th some men cleared enough ground to erect a flagpole. On January 26th, Phillip and a few marines came ashore to watch on while the British flag was raised and the new arrivals took possession in the name of the British government. Took possession of what, exactly? Not Australia. That name was not used until many decades later.
Later, on February 7th, when at last all of the first fleet ha disembarked, Judge Advocate David Collins finally got around to reading the royal proclamation appointing Phillip as Governor of New South Wales. The extent of the territory being taken extended south from Cape York, but it excluded all of what became Western Australia and half of what eventually became South Australia and the Northern territory. Those British officials marines and those first peoples who watched the flag being hoisted on its temporary pole had little or no concept of Australia, and until it was 'discovered' the whities had little or no idea of what lay beyond the immediate vicinity of Sydney Cove and Botany Bay.
Invasion as a slow burn that took place over the whole of the nineteenth century, and in some instances, well into the twentieth. Likewise European arrivals and footfalls and flag waving of various European nations had occurred for several centuries prior to Phillip's big moment on January 26th 1788.
So 26th January commemorates only one thing – the raising of an imperial flag to claim possession of the land for Britain. Arguably it wasn't even the day NSW became a colony. It is hardly an event on which to hang national pride. And until we jettison the last vestiges of our colonial relationship with Britain and become a republic in our own right perhaps there is no other day that could be used to replace the 26th. January. We can speculate that Aboriginal people will continue to mark the day as a day of mourning amongst many days of mourning, long after the rest of us have dropped this day as a vestige of our colonial mentality. We are not yet, in 2018, a fully fledged nation. When we are a republic, and when we have listened seriously to the desires and the rights of the country's first people for genuine recognition and treaty, then a day will be found.


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Probate Law
"Probate" encompasses a number of different court procedures including disabled adult guardianship and minor's guardianship, however, most references to "probate" refer to a deceased person's estate. The probate process can be particularly trying because of the circumstances surrounding it, which usually includes the death of a loved one, the pressure of discovering the deceased's financial and personal information, and the complex problems of delicate family issues. With the help of an experienced Illinois probate attorney, this process can easily managed.
Probate is simply the management of the assets of the deceased person until it is determined who is entitled to receive these assets.
How the process works depends on what the Decedent did to prepare before they passed.
Did the Decedent have a Personal trust?
If so, that Trust document will instruct the Trustee how to proceed. Often this situation is very streamlined since the document is drafted by an attorney with the direct input of the Decedent. However, if there are minors or disabled adult persons, the administration can be very complicated and need the Courts approval or even subsequent estates opened.
Did the Decedent have a will?
If the decedent left a will, Illinois statute requires it be filed in the County of residence of the decedent within a fixed time period and a probate estate must be opened by the named executor if there are any assets. The management of the assets falls upon the executor until the distribution and acceptance by the legatees and Court approval of all accounts, after which the estate can be closed.
What if there is no will?
This is an "intestate" situation which is governed by the laws of "Intestate" decent and distribution. The Court determines who are the rightful beneficiaries of the Decedent, who are creditors and if any claims are valid, if notices have been properly given and who should be the administrator of the Estate.
In all of the above situations you must have an attorney.
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Estate planning, whether personal or with a loved one, can be a tough and difficult situation. If you need an experienced attorney to assist you through the process, please e-mail or call us today to schedule a free initial consultation.
The first step in the process is to call our office.
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Welcome again to It's Thursday, and our 82nd week of prompts!
Firstly, my apologies for a delayed post. I was up to my neck in meetings and I've stayed with my November writing challenge with the help of someone who's been helping me to publish them. Hope to be back on track soon.
This week, the prompt is another "Quote Unquote", so as you probably would have guessed, it's a quote that I'm giving for inspiration. You can use it in your poem or story.
"Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward." - Victor Kiam
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text: Charles Peter Mallett (1792-1873) was a Fayetteville, NC, merchant who owned several businesses, including coal mines and iron works, a stagecoach line, and a cotton mill. In 1856 he moved to Chapel Hill to open a book and stationery store across from the University campus. Twice married, Mallett had six children with Sophia Sarah Beatty (1796-1829) and four with Sarah Green (d. 1884), whom he married in 1839. His correspondence with his son Charles Beatty Mallett (1816-72) remains an important eyewitness account of the occupation of Chapel Hill by Federal troops from April 16 to May 2, 1865. After the war Mallett went to Louisiana to help his sons reestablish themselves in business (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography 4:204-05).


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A very provocative website is JN1034 (http://jn1034.blogspot.com/), maintained by a gay Greek Orthodox priest who remains anonymous for obvious reasons. However, his commitment to traditional spirituality and theology proves that being lgbt does not automatically make one an adherent of the Jesus Seminar. His post "The Theandric (God-Man) Flesh and Blood of the Holy Trinity", appearing in today's edition of his blog, speaks of the connection between the Eucharist and theosis--the process of becoming united with God by becoming God-like. Note the contrast between fear and awe.
In the Eastern...Churches, this is the priest's call for people to advance to the Mystical Supper and receive the Holy Eucharist: "With the awe of God, faith, and love, come near..." However, most English translations use the word "fear" rather than "awe"...
Established Patristic usage of the Greek word phobos (fear) also meant respect, honor, and reverence....The word fear contradicts not only the original meaning of the compulsory directive to come forth to the Holy Chalice with amazement and reverence, but also of Holy Scripture: "There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love" (1Jn 4;18).
The Theandric Flesh and Blood of Jesus Christ are not punishments whatsoever, but are the awe-inspiring, therapeutic, god-making holy gifts of recompense for all--all, not one foresaken, none passed over by the Paschal Lamb (double-entendre, yes).
"Take, eat, this is my Body...Drink it, all of you, this is my Blood".
Again, this is an obligatory command, not an elective, not an option, not multiple choice. To become a god via the Holy Eucharist is nonnegotiable. Its mystery of deification is unconditional. The mind need not comprehend this Holy Sacrament (it cannot, nevertheless); the heart must be receptive (love is the attracting force of nature between God and humanity); and the flesh must simply consume God.
Yes, swallow God. You are what you eat, yes? Please note Jesus is quoted as saying "This is..." He does not say "This is similar to..." or "This is an analogy of...", or "This is kind of like..."His words are clear. Is means is. Obvious, to the point, and not ambiguous. Hence, it is the most awesome Mystery of Life: God and God's gods in communion, as God promises: "I said, you are gods"(Jn 10:34).
Polkinghorne on Creationism
Posted by Joe Rawls
Rev Dr Sir John Polkinghorne, OBE, Anglican priest and retired physics professor at Cambridge, is one of the leading figures in the sometimes acrimonious dialogue between religion and science (his website is available here). He has an interesting opinion piece on creationism, which has recently caused a stir in Britain, in the Times of London. It's well worth a read, especially for Americans. Here's a quote:
As a Christian believer I am, of course, a creationist in the proper sense of the term, for I believe that the mind and purpose of a divine Creator lie behind the fruitful history and remarkable order of the universe which science explores. But I am certainly not a creationist in that curious North American sense, which implies interpreting Genesis 1 in a flat-footed literal way and supposing that evolution is wrong.
"Curious North American sense", indeed.
Hildegard on the Trinity
Posted by Joe Rawls
Hildegard (1098-1179), abbess of the monastery of St Rupertsberg in the Rhineland town of Bingen, was a mystic as well as a polymath--she had expertise in theology, pholosophy, natural history, medicine, and, especially, music. The tenth child of a minor noble family, she was given as a child to the Benedictine monastery of St Disibode. This was a so-called "double monastery" (monks and nuns shared the premises, though in separate living quarters), and she was taken under the wing of Jutta, an anchoress. As a child, Hildegard manifested what could be considered psychic abilities; in her 43rd year she had a series of vivid, detailed visions that are described in her illuminated book Scivias. The onset and nature of the visions are consistent with what modern medicine knows of migraine, and she has been described as "the most distinguished migraine sufferer". The actual content of the visions, by contrast, is unique.
On today's feast, I leave you with the collect for the day taken from Lesser Feasts and Fasts, followed by an excerpt (complete with illumination appearing at the top of the post) from Vision Two ("The Trinity") of the Scivias (Paulist Press, 1990, pp 161-162). There is also a very well-done video on Hildegard produced by Trinity Episcopal Church, Wall Street.
God of all times and seasons: Give us grace that we, after the example of your servant Hildegard, may both know and make known the joy and jubilation of being part of your creation, and show forth your glory not only with our lips but in our lives; Through Jesus Christ our Savior, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Vision Two
Then I saw a bright light, and in this light the figure of a man the color of a sapphire, which was all blazing with a gentle glowing fire. And that bright light bathed the whole of the glowing fire, and the glowing fire bathed the bright light; and the bright light and the glowing fire poured over the whole human figure, so that the three were one light in one power of potential. And again I heard the living Light, saying to me: ....
Therefore you see a bright light, which without any flaw of illusion, deficiency, or deception designates the Father; and in this light the figure of a man the color of a sapphire, which without any flaw of obstinacy, envy, or iniquity designates the Son, Who was begotten of the Father in Divinity before time began, and then within time was incarnate in the world in Humanity; which is all blazing with a gentle glowing fire, which fire without any flaw of aridity, mortality, or darkness designates the Holy spirit, by Whom the Only-Begotten of God was conceived in the flesh and born of the Virgin within time and poured the true light into the world. And that bright light bathes the the whole of the glowing fire, and the glowing fire bathes the bright light; and the bright light and the glowing fire pour over the whole human figure, so that the three are one light in one power of potential. And this means that the Father, Who is Justice, is not without the Son or the Holy Spirit; and the Holy Spirit, Who kindles the hearts of the faithful, is not without the Father or the Son; and the Son, Who is the plenitude of fruition, is not without the Father or the Holy Spirit. They are inseparable in Divine Majesty, for the Father is not without the Son, nor the Son without the Father, nor the Father and the Son without the Holy Spirit, nor the Holy Spirit without Them. Thus these three Persons are one God in the one and perfect divinity of majesty, and the unity of Their divinity is unbreakable; the Divinity cannot be rent asunder, for it remains inviolable without change. But the Father is declared through the Son, the Son through Creation, and the Holy Spirit through the Son incarnate. How? It is the Father Who begot the Son before the ages; the Son through Whom all things were made by the Father when creatures were created; and the Holy Spirit Who, in the likeness of a dove, appeared at the baptism of the Son of God before the end of time.
Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Posted by Joe Rawls
This is a very ancient feast, celebrated by Orthodox, Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Armenians, and even a few Lutherans. It is also the titular feast of the Anglican Order of the Holy Cross, of which I am an associate. It dates from 326, when Helena, mother of the emperor Constantine, made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. While there, she oversaw excavations for a basilica built on the site of Golgotha. Pieces of wood were uncovered which were accepted as parts of the cross upon which Jesus was crucified. A few centuries later, invading Persians carried off the sacred relics. They were recovered by the emperor Heraclius and returned to Jerusalem in 629, just in time for the conquest of that city by the new Islamic movement.
I include prayers of the feast from the Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Anglican traditions.
Kontakion 4th Tone
Lifted up on the cross by your free will, Christ God, grant mercies to the new commonwealth that bears your name. Gladden our faithful rulers by your power, giving them victories over their adversaries. May your alliance be for them a weapon for peace, and invincible standard.
Roman Catholic
God our Father, in obedience to you, your only son accepted death on the cross for the salvation of mankind. We acknowledge the mystery of the cross on earth. May we receive the gift of redemption in heaven. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Episcopal Book of Common Prayer
Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ was lifted high upon the cross that he might draw the whole world to himself: Mercifully grant that we, who glory in the mystery of our redemption, may have the grace to take up our cross and follow him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one god, in glory everlasting. Amen.
Dueling Worldviews
Posted by Joe Rawls
Derek Olsen of Haligweorc has written a very cogent, very helpful post on the relationship between various worldviews, especially the worldviews underpinning traditional Christianity on the one hand and science (or secular rationalism or whatever your favorite buzzword might be) on the other. I've selected some bits that really spoke to me; do read the whole thing if you get a chance.
Specifically speaking as an American pragmatist, I go with the worldview that works. when I'm in "installing computer components" mode, I'm all Newtonian physics. when I'm in "playing cards" mode, I'm all about quantum physics and probability mechanics....when I wonder about my salvation, I go pre-scientific all the way.
How does this make me neither schizophrenic nor intellectually inconsistent? Because I'm not hegemonic about any of my worldviews. I think that they are all models that serve to describe certain aspects of reality from certain perspectives....I don't think that any of these worldviews offer all the answers to any apprehension of reality and that gives me the freedom to switch between them when I need to.
....In living between worldviews I have found a certain amount of power in a scientific worldview, the kind of power that confirms its truth....But the same is also true of the religious, pre-scientific worldview; I have experienced the power of the resurrection in my life, of the communion of the saints, and God as creator in ways that verify their truth. While the scientific worldview has power in its realm, it cannot touch the spiritual side of my life in the way that the creedal truths do....
As a result when in the field of personal belief I experience a conflict between the creedal worldview and the scientific worldview, I go with the creeds....One of the reasons I allow the creeds to trump science is because of hope. I hope that there is more to life and existence than empirical materialism. Faith in the creeds allows a belief in the mundus plenior, a world where reality cannot be bounded only by what can be weighed and measured. There are wonders in the world that our science does not explain....
In short, I'm proposing an active cognitive dissonance. Not an unthinking one that does not recognize the conflict between worldviews, but one that both notes it and appreciates that all of our worldviews are reductionistic models of a reality that we can never completely quantify or wrap our heads around. Call it a creative contradiction.
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"Talking openly about suicide and mental health eliminates the stigma that prevents many individuals from asking for help," said Devereux Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical/Medical Officer Yolanda Graham, M.D. "We must continue this conversation - not only during Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, but all year long - so those in crisis are not afraid or ashamed to seek the services and support they need. No one should suffer in silence."
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This post is going to take me a million years to complete. I let so much time pass that I forgot how to blog. I forgot how to type and I'm typing with a voice activated machine. It's not letting me say any bad words, so this will be boring. I'm just messing...It's letting me say all the bad words I want.
So, how do I come back to Bloggyland after a week long Hiatus? How'z about the best waffles you've ever had? I think THAT is very very appropriate for my return. I'm tellin' you kid...BEST waffles.
Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles- Pasadena, California
If you decide to come here...and I promise you it will be a good decision... you need to do some things to prepare.
1. Exercise. Make that heart of yours healthy for your upcoming butter and lard consumption. They ain't cookin' with no healthy oils. (I don't know why I had to grammatically butcher that sentence.)
|I wonder if I could use this as a Lip Balm.
2. Come Hungry. I usually like to come here to introduce some friends to a good place to eat, or maybe when we are celebrating a special occasion like the fact that it's a weekday or a weekend, or if we're really feigning for some food for the soul...or soul food...which ever. We went to celebrate my Sister-in-law being such an awesome Softball pitcher.
So basically, you don't need to do much to prepare. Just exercise and come hungry. Burn a few then gain a few. That's pretty much my food/workout mantra.
The menu is pretty much reflective of something your Grandma from the South would cook up on a weekly basis...What? You don't have a Grandma from the South? Neither do I.... Roscoe's will take care of you.
Besides the Chicken 'n Waffles, they are also known for their mac n' cheese, that are so homemadely cheesy and will definitely make you feel like you're five again, their greens, which are smokey and count as a vegetable so you should add it on, and their cornbread, which is soft, buttery, and I want to steal their recipe.
I tried not to go crazy...and by crazy I mean getting a bucket of chicken (which they told me they do not have, so I'll be writing a complaint letter to the president soon.) and two waffles like Hubby. I settled for one and one...
Don't let this picture fool you. This waffle is a monster. Yes, I could've eaten more, but then I would be a monster. This plate is called the "Carol C. Special" which comes with a "succulent breast, delicious waffle." They should add the words "NOM NOM NOM" and " I think I'm in Love" to that description.
The chicken is indeed succulent and juicy. Not like KFC juicy, which is not really juicy, just fatty and oily. The flavor on it is perfect and not overly salty or overly anything really. I appreciate the breading to chicken ratio...mostly chicken and just the right amount of breading...as it should be! You can get it smothered with their amazing gravy as well...but I prefer it nekkid.
And then, there is the waffle. My boyfriend. If you told me to marry it I would... at the same church my Hubby and I got married which is literally across the street from this place. It's soft, buttery, has a salt kick that makes any baked good complete, and drizzle on some warm syrup and you got me swoooning.
The family loved it!
I love this meal so much, I recreated it for my last New Year's Party. It didn't come close to Roscoe's... I will never come close to that. I'm not a Grandma from the South.
Now who will be my new friend that I will introduce Roscoe's too? Tomorrow is a weekday...and I think that calls for a celebration!! I'll be in the car waiting... call me.
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A story with soul, a romance with heart and emotions that are true. Though the movie is futuristic, a has elements of science fiction and romance - it is a movie that talks about actual emotions of human - being loved, being lonely and being true to emotions. Big claps and applause to Spike Jonze, the writer director for the idea, concept, execution and the soul it had. This is a movie I expected from the maker of Being John Malkovich.
Joaquin Phoenix did an extra ordinary, brilliant performance (it is strange that he is not nominated for Oscar) holding the audience to the movie just with his very controlled and stunning acting. The other faces that comes in between like Amy Adams and Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde and Portia Doubleday looked stunning and did their part neatly. Big hugs to Scarlett Johansson for her voice and modulation that made Samatha something more that existing.
With a clean, stunning, breath holding cinematography and color tone the movie is a brilliant watch that you became part of the movie, and for some time you feel the movie as part of you. It's a pure magic. Thank you Spike Jonze.


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