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As the noise around Brexit reaches fever pitch, the nation is getting to the point of despair, as confusion reigns and nothing appears to be moving forwards. In our second article of the Brexit series we look at the role of governance and decision making, organisational agility and communications as useful strategies to deploy now to help you navigate your way through this storm, whilst maintaining a strategic focus.
Let's start with governance. The purpose of corporate governance is to ensure that an organisation is working together to deliver its' strategic goals, while ensuring compliance with internal and external controls and requirements.
Corporate governance is key to creating agility in an organisation, it enables it to respond rapidly to change without losing strategic focus. In order to navigate such extraordinary and complex events as Brexit, this becomes vital. We recommend that organisations form a dedicated governance body to explore and understand the impact of future state scenarios on their organisation, determining options of response, which ensure continued operational and profitable performance.
Following the appointment of a leader who holds overall accountability for planning, decision making and preparations, we recommend a steering group is established which-like all governance groups, incorporates representation from all business areas. The makeup of a governance committee is crucial to its success and effectiveness.
In reality, Brexit is likely to impact most functions with changes in strategic response having the potential to impact legal, operational, technical, commercial and people aspects of an organisation. In a balanced governance group there is strong cross functional representation, which ensures decision making is not skewed.
The ideal number of representatives from each area tends to be predicated on the size of the organisation, and importantly they need to be empowered to make decisions and effect change.
Once participation and attendees have been scoped, we recommend they are reviewed on a regular basis in-line with the developments and implications of Brexit. It is vital that the steering committee continually have the right knowledge and skills amongst the group and that they keep the board and non-exec directors briefed on implications and plans.
Connor recently ran a survey to better understand whether organisations had appointed an individual or group to be accountable for governance and planning. Our results showed that concerningly, two months before we are due to leave the EU, just 25% of respondents have done so. Now is the time act!
Enabling your organisations flexibility is a very worthwhile investment that you can start now.
Agility as an effective methodology for teams has been around for a while, and more and more it's being embraced as an overarching business strategy for organisations to succeed in this fast-paced changing world.
However, how do organisation become truly agile and what does it all mean?
Agile isn't just a methodology to be implemented within an existing management framework, it's a mindset that begins with a different view of organisational goals. It can be a revolutionary and sometimes emotional challenge of the 'management status quo' because it requires prioritisation of the customer not shareholders.
When driving out agility, leaders embrace change and see both the positive and negative impacts of uncertainty. As well as leading from the front, the whole team needs to be ok with dealing with uncertainty. It is essential that teams are empowered locally and that members operate in alignment and collaboration with clear accountability, expertise, communication and within a supporting culture which enables them to decide.
Ecosystems need to be to set-up in a way that provides all involved with the resources, information and tools to be able to take these decisive actions. As part of this, data analytics are important to establish quick insights.
Organisations who are agile strive to prioritise strategic decisions and leaders establish a culture of critical decision making at speed. Quick, efficient, and continuous decision making is critical, and to do this focus is given to high probability outcomes now, as opposed to waiting for 100 percent certainty later. They are clear about the types of decisions they are making and who should be involved in those decisions.
With so many unknowns on the horizon start preparing now. Identify things that could block progress in decision making, make sure you have data and insights that you need to inform the situation, and address your organisational complexities so that swift action can be taken when specific details of Brexit are known. Focus on your teams, think about preparing them to be agile, aligned and highly accountable. Resilience and emotional intelligence training is a good investment for people and teams who will be driving out change.
Flogas, an energy provider with solutions for off grid customers and large commercial customers, invested in the behavioural agility of their top 48 leaders in a programme with Connor. Flogas had a challenging growth plan. They wanted to use the knowledge of their people but also innovate and modernise. As a result of the Connor programme, Flogas saw a 20% increase in change initiatives, which delivered cost savings of £1.2m and an ROI of 18x.
"I have worked in HR for over twenty years and this was the only time I was able to categorically show a return on investment for a development programme. The difference in behaviour in our leadership team is astonishing and the quality of their output has improved."HR director, Flogas
And finally, uncertainty breeds fear and we know that this paralyses performance. Brexit is constantly front of mind for most of us because of its sheer societal and economic impact, the extensive coverage in the news, the spectrum of perspectives it's causing and because it feels like such a personal decision for most. So, what does this mean for organisations? It means a focus on alleviating fear through regular all employee communication. This is vitally important in engendering a culture of trust and positivity during these challenging times.
To facilitate innovative ideas and problem solving, employees must feel engaged and part of the decision-making process. This is essential to alleviate fear within the organisation. If you haven't already done so look at ways you can set up employee forums for open discussion, giving people the opportunity to have open and honest dialogue on issues that emerge around Brexit. Furthermore, we all know that communication suffers along the 'Chinese Whispers' principle; the more people there are in a chain, the more unfocused the message gets so making use of steering groups to deliver messages to people in a direct way is a good approach.
It is also important that leaders are visible and accessible even when they don't know all of the answers. Recognising that no-one knows all the answers is much more powerful than simply avoiding questions. A communication vacuum will only feed uncertainty and the negative behaviours associated with it.
In a recent poll by Connor of over 1,500 people, nearly 50% of respondents said that their organisation was not communicating any messages about Brexit thinking, impacts or planning.
This perhaps is not surprising, given our survey also showed that 75% of organisations haven't got a person or group in place to develop plans to mitigate Brexit, therefore it naturally follows that plans are not being communicated.
Whilst uncertainty still prevails around Brexit, we have outlined how essential it is for organisations to start reviewing and putting plans in place addressing governance, organisation agility and communication. These 3 preparation strategies are vital to help you avoid serious disruption to performance.
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In the next article in our series, we will look at operating model and organisational design. This aspect of organisational performance is set to be one of the biggest and most common impacts of Brexit.

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Major Hollywood Talent Agency Throws a Lewd Mind Control-Themed Party at Sundance Festival
With A-list clients such as Jennifer Aniston, Tom Cruise, Camron Diaz, Tom Hanks, Vanessa Hudgens, Will Smith, Meryl Street, Nicole Kidman, Steven Spielberg, Britney Spears, Kanye West and many, many others, Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is well known as Hollywood's leading talent agency. Literally dealing with billions of dollars and the most influential people in film, music, television and sports, CAA is a powerful entity in the entertainment industry.
This year, the agency threw one hell of a party during the Sundance festival – one that managed to even shock the Hollywood crowd that was present. The party featured "lingerie-clad women pretending to snort prop cocaine, erotic dancers outfitted with sex toys and an Alice in Wonderland look-alike performing a simulated sex act on a man in a rabbit costume." According to guests, the party was overtly lewd, pornographic and debaucherous and was described as a mash-up of "Cirque du Soleil and the orgy scene from Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut."
While all of this fake sex and drugs is a good indication of the moral standards that are upheld at Hollywood's higher instances, this is surprisingly not the most disturbing fact about the party. The theme and the symbolism of this event, based on a perverted version of Alice in Wonderland + an Eyes Wide Shut type orgy is nothing less than a celebration of the industry's Mind Control and sex rituals. As stated in numerous articles Alice in Wonderland is a staple in Mind Control programming, where slaves are told to "follow the White Rabbit" and "go through the looking glass". Having an Alice look-a-like (who is a child by the way) performing sex acts on the White Rabbit is the type of sick perversion MK handlers attach to the story. Furthermore, satanic sex rituals à-la Eyes Wide Shut are also used on MK slaves to traumatize them.
In short, CAA's party is one big celebration of the Illuminati's entertainment industry, one that is about exploitation, prostitution, drugs, mind control and rituals. Even if everything there was fake, it was an accurate reflection of what truly happens behind the scenes in Hollywood. Here's an article about CAA's party from the LA Times.
A bawdy CAA party at Sundance shocks guests, including clients
Creative Artists Agency's party at the Sundance Film Festival, featuring scantily clad performers and sex toys, provokes a public relations backlash.
PARK CITY, Utah — Parties at the Sundance Film Festival typically feature maverick filmmakers, the best in nouvelle cowboy cuisine and plentiful pours of high-end spirits and Utah microbrews.
But the bash thrown by Hollywood's powerful Creative Artists Agency on Sunday night took festival revelry in an unexpectedly bawdy direction, as Sundance guests mingled with lingerie-clad women pretending to snort prop cocaine, erotic dancers outfitted with sex toys and an Alice in Wonderland look-alike performing a simulated sex act on a man in a rabbit costume.
For decades, CAA has carefully maintained a reputation as Hollywood's most meticulous talent firm, but CAA's leave-nothing-to-chance attention to decorum vanished in that Bacchanalian blizzard on the snowy streets of this mountain resort.
Some CAA clients found the party so shocking that they said it made them embarrassed to be associated with the agency.
"I said to my agent, 'Is this how you want to brand yourself? Pole dancers? Really?'" said Oscar-nominated writer-director Naomi Foner, who was at the festival with her film, "Very Good Girls."
And Foner, who is the mother of Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal, said she didn't see the sex toys.
"I would have been much more verbal if I had seen that," said the 66-year-old screenwriter of "Running on Empty."
The performers were part of a Las Vegas troupe, the Act LV, which was hired by the Mint Agency, CAA's party planner for the evening.
"The performance by Simon Hammerstein's The Act LV was more explicit than intended," CAA said in a statement. "We regret if this created an uncomfortable setting for any of our guests."
The party planners and CAA had wanted to "wow the crowd," said Jordan Fogle, the chief executive of the Mint Agency, a Toronto-based marketing and events firm.
The Act LV is known for delivering lewd thrills that toe the line between performance art and impropriety.
"They [CAA executives] were a little bit concerned," Fogle said following the public relations backlash to the party. "It's not the image they want to portray — a slutty, trashy image. It's the antithesis of what they are as a brand."
CAA's client roster includes A-list stars such as Will Smith, Meryl Streep and Steven Spielberg. It also negotiates deals for Coca-Cola, Dell, Mattel and other top corporations. Its licensing division represents the Sundance Institute, which presents the film festival every January. (Sundance declined to comment about the party.)
The CAA executives on hand included managing partner Kevin Huvane and agents Chris Andrews, Micah Green and Roeg Sutherland.
One ranking agent at a rival firm said the event, first described in a Hollywood Reporter story, was unlikely to trigger a mass client exodus for CAA, although it could compel the defection of clients who were already unhappy with the agency's work.
In addition to its renown as North America's preeminent indie movie festival, Sundance long has enjoyed a reputation for scenes of epic partying — a kind of bottoms-up free-for-all for celebrities and movie executives alike that functions something like Hollywood's annual spring break, albeit in a skiing hamlet where you can't rent a keg without a temporary beer permit.
The capacity-filled CAA party, held on Park City's Main Street in the Claim Jumper restaurant, coincided with two other major events thrown by its main Hollywood rivals down the block: William Morris Endeavor and United Talent Agency.
"I thought it would be a tamer burlesque show integrating live art," Fogle said. "Instead, it was like going down the rabbit hole. It was like an acid trip the whole night."
Indeed, witnesses described an NC-17 mash-up of Cirque du Soleil and the orgy scene from Stanley Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut." Some 500 guests included an industry crowd of film executives, festival attendees and such marquee CAA clients as Nicole Kidman, Alexander Skarsgard, Evan Rachel Wood and Danny McBride as well as movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
One attendee said she was particularly put off by the man in a rabbit costume on stilts.
"He was very creepy, walking very slowly," recalled party-goer Stephanie Cregger. "He was wearing a strap-on sex toy and a woman dressed as Alice in Wonderland was playing with him."
CAA client and Academy Award-winning screenwriter Nat Faxon said it was hard to talk about his new movie, "The Way, Way Back," while two women simulated a sex act on a bed nearby.
"It was difficult," said Faxon, "to have a conversation about my movie while that was going on right next to you."
– Source: LA Times
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In my opinion the so called end of the world prediction by the mayans was interpreted incorrectly. The so called ''elite'' brainwashed people into thinking that the world would end in 2012. It kept people distracted from the real truth, which was 2012 was an end of an era and the start of a new satanic era. You will notice that the illuminati are now openly celebrating their satanic rituals, it is no longer hidden in plain sight. The Jimmy Saville child abuse case, the sundance film festival, the horse meat scandal in the UK, the mercedes megabowl advert etc. They are openly laughing at us and showing us what they can do and get away with.
HAHA SOOOO true! Just heard a new song by Stevie Nicks "You can't fix this" Count how may times she says the word "devil" in the song.
Next thing is this crap going on…Bieber Fangirls Cutting Wrists; #Cut4Beiber Trending on Twitter…what the F**K?! Biebers fans are actually cutting their wrists for him, then posting the pics (with the blood) on the net….unbelievable! It's only going to get WORSE!
Apologies for the late reply. Nicks has claimed to be a witch in the past (according to lore). I haven't heard her new "song," and will regrettably check out her newest abomination, with the feeling that I should just take your word for it, as it will surely be an abomination.
Thanks for the second tip too…it helps in looking out for the young ones in my family re: bieber (with the owl tattoo). Only one of them likes him at this point – and she's only four…which should be the cut-off for his "fans." The older ones roundly ridicule her for it. [Not that I'm happy about my niece liking him to begin with!!!]
Ok yeah…it barely passes as a "song," but a heavily bassy drumbeat…and creepy from the get-go. I'd look up the lyrics, but what's the point? I get it. Dancing with the devil, etc etc…
yea…the coke was fake, I smelled it… sincerely,Gary busey
When I was in Hollyweird agents would pimp out their clients to wealthy individuals. When I was in Hollyweird private parties where everyone is f-----g each other was normal. When I was in Hollywood I knew a record label owner who was a pedophile and satanist. When I was in Hollyweird I knew a top billing actor who liked young boys with no hair on their chest. He even got married to make it seem like he was normal! In Hollyweird I knew a Finance Manager at a major record label who would shoot heroin in her office bathroom! When I was in Hollyweird if you got a STD you can call a underground doctor to give you a cure off the record. When I was in Hollyweird I knew a actress that liked for you to beat her up and piss on her. When I was in Hollyweird I knew a guy who f----d a actress and then proceeded to squat on her and took a s--t on her stomach. In Hollyweird I know a actress who is deaf in one ear and is crazy literally! In Hollyweird porno actresses die horrible deaths! When I was in Hollyweird Jews/satanist/homosexuals… Read more »
Imagine if Marilyn Manson, was there he would of taken things to a whole new level!!!
so, about a few years ago one of my buddies went to one of his concerts he explained to me
it was super twisted manson brought some buckets from back stage, and told the crowd i want you all to do what you want piss in them s--t in them throw up , i dont give a f--k, so he threw the buckets people did everything to them how f-----g nasty is that, it gets worse so the crowd passes em back and manson picks up the buckets and pours the s--t and whatever the f--k over his body and continues to rub it on him and gargles it i shocked when he told me this , how perverted is that ????!!!
when and how did sex with multiple partners become healthy? animals have sex with multiple partners. i mean we are humans, the best creations of god. god commanded the angels to prostrate before us BECAUSE we have a free will. no doubt that we feel like doing bad stuffs all the time but we also have a moral conscience present in us. when we are drawn towards evil, it draws us back towards goodness. STDs are just a fraction of the bad consequences of sex with multiple partners. people today are obsessed about sex. they don't think about anything else 24 7. we are growing dumber and dumber and sex and vulgarity is a major tool used by the Illuminati to do that. the notion of decency is changing rapidly. parents are now fine if their kids go out half-naked. we have become slaves of the Illuminati. we conform to whatever the hell they want. and we call ourselves liberated, emancipated. and WE are to be blamed. the only reason why the Illuminati is successful is because we are big idiots always in fear that we might get left behind if we don't wear the latest fashion or get the… Read more »
I think you may be confusing C.S. Lewis with the "Lewis Carol" pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who wrote "Alice in Wonderland".
A perverted version of Alice in wonderland???? You may want to put that on your list of things to research. C.S. Lewis was an occulist member of The Golden Dawn as was Tolkien and Aliester Crowley. Occultists engage in rituals that involve the abuse of children (pedophilia). It was suspected that he was abusing Alice Liddell the child who was the subject for his book. Also the story is actually a blue print for trauma based mind control designed to be used on children. This may be a topic you may want to cover more in depth.
Never heard of C.S. Lewis being a member!? Say it isn't so.
Off to research…
C.S. Lewis was a Christian writer. Lewis Caroll was the pen name for the writer of "Alice in Wonderland," as stated above. Two different people. "This may be a topic you may want to cover more in depth."
If the agency didn't expect or intend the entertainment to be so overtly sexual, they had all that night to call an end to it, but apparently they didn't. What does that say?
Wow! I'd love to go to one of these parties with some hidden cameras like Alex Jones did with Bohemian Grove to expose these evil bastards. http://www.infowars.com
Shameful and disgusting! If I was a actor there I would have walked out seriously!
Jake Gyllenhaal's mom is acting shocked, but she was probably the most outta control one at that party.
She is Jewish so no surprises there.
You anti-Semite! ^^^ why don't you go dine with hitler?
Don't be so gullible. Hitler eh? He was also a Jew. I actually used to feel profoundly sorry for Jews until I realized their twisted little games and how inferior than them consider the rest of the populace. They call them pigs, animals etc in Talmud. Let's not start with their continuous propaganda concerning the movies and TV programmes. Oh no, I don't wish them any harm or anything like that, after all the Apostles and Maria were also Jews. However I'm not going to put up with their ungratefulness, greediness and bullying tactics. Some of them are nice but when they are bad, they are bad in the extreme. Anyway Christ rightly slated them as we can see in the New Testament.
i live in utah and nobody i know cares about the sundance film festival. i wish it would move to hollywood and leave us alone. we don't need that kind of garbage here.
The name "Sun Dance" just gives itself away, don't it?
maybe there is something to that. i always assumed it was called sundance because robert redford owned it and he played the sundance kid in butch cassidy and the sundance kid. i suppose it could have a double meaning of course.
I live in Utah, too, and I don't know anyone that cares for it either. All it is is a bunch of celebrity morons wanting people to see them supporting amateur films. Utah is a safe haven from Hollywood garbage until Sundance rolls into town.
So a bunch of celebrities had a sexy party. So what? Is everything they do suspicious to you?
It should when they like raping and murdering children.
when the hormones kick in, the eros makes ppl do crazy things.
Aaaah CAA you guys exposed what you partake in on a regular in your daily lives! YOU live in that Babylonian world and assume everyone else is into the same things! It's normal to hire employees who may have degrees and sick addictions. I love how s--t backfires in your face! Don't you realize how demented your world really is and isnt it amazing there are souls out in the world that live by a purer standard! Go seek real guidance and Truth! satan is a master at what he does! He actually has fooled you into thinking what is wrong is right and what is right wrong. That environment is filled with desperate, misguided, greedy, addicted, ill minded, corrupt, deseased ridden, and fool people that the ones with the money are actually happy. Your environment breeds some of the most unhappiest people I have ever come across. But like many by the time you realize who you have been working for satan has and will trick you as he has done to countless others.
Welcome to reality is all I can say about this hideously gross and disgusting act that they really have no shame in doing so.
That orgy scene from "Eyes Wide Shut" gave me an idea of what the party looked like according to the article here and it makes me wanna puke.
Reading this.I was thinking about sabotage.To disintegrate this organisation into something else or just get rid.I put nothing past the Higher-Ups. As they manipulate global events,you most certainly know they do it on domestic levels and in business.That company were paid an amount they could not resist, to do what they did.Sounds like the MD's were hood-winked. Remember they have to provide certain "triggers" to their subjects to facilitate their "compliance" to whatever they are ordered to do.Just a theory.
You.know when top.celebs where disturbed by something.they are apparently.used to seeing every day something is wrong lol wouldn't wanna be there I'd poke fun at them hey vc nice article very observant as always where was this party I'll go next year And explore this myself lol wish me luck
Doesn't Simon Hammerstein, the man whose company provided the ""talent" for this party, own "The Box" in London?
The decadent, notorious "box"? And his surname is Jewish, you couldn't make it up lol. Anything for a quick buck, surely that's why Jewish hollywood is connected to S Hammerstein, thus he's been given some work.
It's sad how every thing has turned to. What usf to forbidden is now accepted as morally ok. I fear 4 d cuming generation


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I create original hand rendered large format digital prints. I work digitally, using a digital version of a HB pencil, with many hours of rendering. I bring the same sensibility and discipline from when I had my brick and mortar studio, as this quality resides in my mind, not in my location. For good, or bad, wherever I go, my head goes too.
The motivation for my work is essentially driven by my fascination with the incongruities and conflicting self-deceptions created by the struggle between our primal and present modern selves. This quality essentially defines us. Something we can all relate to. This confluence of evolutionary insistence maps the ways in which we navigate our window of time. It continually negotiates the ever racing existential landscape within which we have only ourselves for company. I'm excited, and surprised, by the work. It brings together the multifaceted aspects of my life experience as ingredients for a fresh, cohesive, yet always exploratory world view. Which perhaps, insidentally, represents a small evolutionary step of my own. For what I can offer, my work is an attempt to present these phenomena in a visual language that is focused enough to address the issue at hand, yet broad enough not to be colloquially or culturally exclusive. In essence, I see them as contemporary visual sutras, to be pondered, considered and absorbed.
Commercial Clients:
Rolling Stone
Hawaiian Business Magazine
Time Magazine
Johns Hopkins University
Fordham Lawyer Magazine
Flaunt Magazine
New York Times
Outside Magazine
Boston Globe Magazine
The Atlantic
Harvard Busniess Review
The American Prospect
Strategy & Busniess
Men's Health Magazine
Busniess Week
American Way
Sierra Club
Technology Review
Sunday Times Magazine (U.K)
The Other Art Fair (Curated) / Fall 2019
Saatchi Art Fair, Brooklyn, NYC.
Selected one of Top Ten Emerging Artist, and featured in New York magazine article.
The Other Art Fair (Curated) / Spring 2019
Saatchi Art Fair, Brooklyn, NYC.
New York Arts, Grand Opening Event / 2019
NYA Galleries, Tribeca, New York, USA. Group show.
Retroactive Engagements / 2017
Royston Blythe Gallery. Liverpool, UK. Solo show.
Eye Candy - Ha Sookariot Le Ha Eniem / 2013
Ellerman Kashi Gallery. Tel aviv, Israel. Solo show.
In the Time of Them - Beh Zman Shelakhem / 2012
Ellerman Kashi Gallery. Tel aviv, Israel. Solo show.
Flavors of a New Space / 2010
Young Martyrs Gallery. Williamsburg, New York, USA. Group show.
Wild West and Mad / 2008
Young Martyrs. Williamsburg, New York, USA. Group show.
Giving it Away / 2007
Young Martyrs. Williamsburg, New York, USA. Group show.
Stateside / 2005
Alice Eve Gallery. New York, USA. Solo show.
The Animal Heart / 2004
Alice Eve Gallery. New York, USA. Group show.
Summer Field / 2003
Get Real Art Gallery. New York, USA. Group show.
Hard Light - Or Kashay / 2000
Yudit Shulman Gallery. Tel aviv, Israel. Solo.
Misplaced / 1998
Yudit Shulman Gallery. Tel aviv, Israel. Solo show.
Heavy Bag - Teek Kaved / 1997
Yudit Shulman Gallery. Tel aviv, Israel. Group show.
Home of the Brave - Macom Shel Ha Geborim / 1994
Pier Gallery. Tel aviv, Israel. Solo show.
Not for Nothing / 1991
David Hemper Gallery. London, UK. Solo show.
Happening Now / 1990
David Hemper Gallery. London, UK. Solo show.
Certain Confluence / 1988
Daniel Shrödinger Gallery. London, UK. Solo show.
For the Love of Francis B / 1987
Daniel Shrödinger Gallery. London, UK. Solo show.
Big Thoughts / 1986
New Perspectives Gallery. York, UK. Solo show.
Invitation Only / 1985
Victoria & Albert Museum. London, UK. Blitz magazine group show.
On the Shoulders Of / 1984
Chapter Art Gallery. Cardiff, Wales, UK. Solo show.


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BETH WOLF is a Chicago theatre director and acting coach. In addition to her freelance work, she is also the founder and Producing Artistic Director of Midsommer Flight. She also co-founded and is the former Artistic Director of Promethean Theatre Ensemble.
Recent freelance credits include Jeff Recommended productions of Non-Player Character at Red Theatre and The Roommate at Citadel Theatre. Her Midsommer Flight credits include The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Hamlet, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Other credits include LIAR!, which won first place in the City Lit Art of Adaptation Festival; Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, Black Magic: An Evening of Shakespeare, Seascape with Sharks and Dancer, Bury the Dead, The Fantasticks, and Shakespeare in the Garden (Promethean Theatre Ensemble); and staged readings and assistant directing positions at various theatres including Remy Bumppo, Artemisia, Idle Muse, City Lit Theater, and more. She is a proud Northwestern University graduate with a double major in theatre and gender studies.
Previously an actor Beth performed with companies all over Chicago (many now defunct), including Promethean Theatre Ensemble, Tangerine Arts Group, Chicago Jewish Theatre, Smoke & Mirror Productions, GroundUp Theatre, and the all women's improv group Valid Hysteria. Beth has studied Shakespeare's First Folio and she is a graduate of the training center at iO Chicago (formerly ImprovOlympic).
Additionally, as an arts educator, Beth offers private coaching to actors and has taught audition workshops through Midsommer Flight. Previously, she mentored teenagers through Promethean Theatre Ensemble's partnership with the Chicago Public Library Teen Volume Reader's Theatre Project, taught Shakespeare workshops for girls ages 8-18 with The Viola Project, and directed children's theatre productions for seven summers at Arts Unlimited in Southern California.
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Tool Of The Week
Inprotect - A web-based GUI for Nmap and Nessus. Thank you ducksauce.
Stories for Discussion
Laptops Searched and Confiscated at U.S. Border - [Nick, Joe] - (NY Times, Slashdot) - According to the article, a knowledgeable lawyer said: "[Border guards] don't need probable cause to perform... searches under the current law. They can do it without suspicion or without really revealing their motivations." And an ACTE exective is quoted, "Potentially, this is going to have a real effect on how international business is conducted." .... Time to read Twitchy's paranoid security paper! Encrypt those drives!
Bluetooth Vulnerabilities Uncovered - [Paul] - Nice GUI to some bluetooth brute forcing applications.
Hacking contactless credit cards made easy - [Joe, Larry] - US security researchers have demonstrated how easy it might be for crooks to read sensitive personal information from RFID-based credit and debit cards [Larry] - The readers are readily available for about $120. Even still, I'm getting my RFID tag.
.Bank Domain Names - [Paul] - Is this a good idea?
Site that generates fake NWA boarding passes - [Joe, Nick] - Nice, good luck with that [update] FBI sez "hai2u. xmoke"
Re-using Windows Hashes - [Paul] - Why bother cracking the hash when you can re-use it?
Wifi Exploits Coming to Metasploit - [Joe, Larry, Nick] - Metasploit will implement Cache's LORCON and most likely include the exploit Cache demoed at the recent Microsoft BlueHat conference. [Larry] - eWeek misreported that LORCON was written by Cache, when his website says it was Written by JoshWr1ght and Dragorn. Either way, Metasploit 3.0 is looking to be VERY promising.
MoKB starts: MOKB-01-11-2006 - Apple Airport 802.11 Probe Response Kernel Memory Corruption "The Apple Airport driver provided with Orinoco-based Airport cards (1999-2003 PowerBooks, iMacs) is vulnerable to a remote memory corruption flaw. When the driver is placed into active scanning mode, a malformed probe response frame can be used to corrupt internal kernel structures, leading to arbitrary code execution." -HDM
The Microstumbler project - [Joe] - The Microstumbler project is aimed at adding autonomous network scanning capabilities to a wireless card ; that's to say, your can scan wireless networks using just your wifi card and no computer : a LCD and a simple 3-key keypad are connected to it, and it's powered by a battery.
OW.A.S.P. Pantera - [Larry] - Looks to be a pretty cool web app testing tool. I still need to check it out, but the features look nice. Based on Python, and ther eare some good features scheduled for the future - fuzzing, etc. Looks like it will also be on the Backtrack CD soon too.
Hackers break into Water System network - [Larry] - Desn;t appear to be a targeted attack, but the hackers could have used this to raise chlorine levels in the water to unsafe levels. Two problems here - need better defense in depth on desktops, and more importantly, whay are these types of control systems internet connected? I also read somewhere this week that something like 200 of these types of systems had been compromised over tha last year, but I can't find the story...
Wireless firmware-level attacks - [Larry] - Nice job Josh and Mike. Firmware fuzzing is getting big, but it looks like they sat on this one for a long time.
Segate Tries Encrypted Drives - [Larry] - About time that this happens - drive encryption in hardware. See story number one on why this could be a good thing. Bad thing but works like it shoud) - looks like if you lose the password the drive becomes unusable. I wonder if a "reformat" would make it usable...
Sendmail enteres Messageing Security Market - [Larry] - Sendmail? Security? Isn't that ironic? Can you say "Friendly Fire" and "Millitary Intelligence"?
Other Stories of Interest
Schneier Speaking in our backyard - [Larry] November 16th at the ACLU in Providence.
UK video on wireless security - [Joe] - see if you can spot any problems in their technique... [Larry] - check out the rest of the Real Hustle videos on GooTube.
Decode the barcode in your license - [Joe] - this is pretty cool. lets make some fake ids!


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HOSHINO 18 is one of the first matcha blends we created for OHH's debut collection of teas, first showcased at the OHH CHA BAR in MUJI London's flagship store.
Development of this matcha took over two year's research and development in Japan. We worked with some of the very best tea producers in Kyushu to create this matcha, using a blend of spring tea leaves from the Yame mountains.
HOSHINO 18 is a beautiful introduction to matcha, representing the best characteristics of its category. This is a complex and complete matcha, with well defined layers of sweetness, umami and gentle bitterness.
ORIGIN: Yame, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
HARVEST: Spring 2018
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PACKAGING: 20g matcha in sealed tin canister
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Tuesday, December 16, 2003
More about Nicholas Jonas
I mentioned this remarkable 11-year-old singer/actor in my blog recently, and got a nice e-mail from his dad, Kevin Jonas, who told me: "Nicholas truly does have a deep love for Jesus."
Nicholas' song "Joy to the World/A Christmas Prayer" is filling radio airwaves this Christmas season.
I've added more info about Nicholas on my website for those of you who are interested.
A positive story about a child, in a world where there are so many sad or negative ones. Good stuff.
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Buffet Catering Northgate QLD
8 Insider Tips For Picking the Right Caterer In Northgate
When it comes to the things that can make or break an event, couple of are as essential as the quality, flavor and appearance of the food and beverages you serve. A lot is riding on your choice of which catering service to employ, and if you think this decision actually isn't that crucial, take a look at it this way, incredible catering can save an event that's on the rocks, but bad catering will often send out visitors to the doors.
In addition, since catering is frequently the # 1 or # 2 line-item expense for the majority of occasions, the catering service you choose is also a significant monetary decision and can affect just how much money you have left over to spend on other areas depending on food expenses and quantities.
Add in that caterers can vary considerably in their rates and the types of meals and services they use, and the process of selecting a catering service can figuratively and actually seem like you are comparing apples to oranges.
# 1 Responsiveness And Personal Interest In Your Needs
Of all the event and catering professionals we talked with, this showed up over and over and over again, primarily since how responsive and interested a caterer is during your preliminary discussions is a sign of how they will carry out throughout the length of their agreement with you (and more on contracts later on).
A prospective caterer needs to be learning as much as they can about you in your very first few conversations with them, so you need to expect them to be talking and asking concerns about 20% of the time and you offering answers and outlining your needs about 80% of the time.
# 2 Capability To Handle Your Particular Type of Event In Northgate 4013
Not every catering service is perfect or every type of event, and many catering services themselves honestly admit this.
So when interviewing your Northgate catering services (and you need to talk to a minimum of 3 caterers for any occasion with a reasonable budget), you need to specify about the kind of occasion you are planning and the type of food and/or presentation you are anticipating. Otherwise, you might wind up choosing a catering service who just isn't really a great fit for the type or style of your event.
Practically every catering service has a basic menu or menus to choose from, and many do offer some level of built-in flexibility to adjust these menus to your specific requirements by replacing specific items and/or tailoring others.
However, the standout caterers will surpass standardized menu choices and be willing to produce remarkable fare that matches a lot more specific style and dietary needs.
# 3 Willingness To Provide Tastings
How will you ever know what a catering service can do unless you sample their goods? And more specifically, how will you know what the menu items you are considering will taste like unless you particularly try them?
Some people shy away from asking to sample the specific items they desire for their event because it appears like a trouble for the caterer, but it is standard to request for a tasting of exactly what you are intending to order before you sign on the dotted line.
In addition, you can ask for wine parings for these tastings if they are appropriate for your event (again, be prepared to pay a charge, it's a small cost to pay to ensure you choose the best catering service). And when you are sampling the food, also address how it is presented, as any caterer who makes the effort to properly show a sample will probably be most likely to make that type of effort on your event day.
Are you an event manager who needs to handle catering information, budgets and tasks?
Or are you a caterer who needs to track proposals, invoices, meal choices, stock and other customer information?
# 4 Familiarity With The Location
You may remain in for a surprise if you hire a BBQ take-out joint to cater an official ballroom charity event. Or if you choose a high-end corporate event caterer to serve a barn wedding event. Why? Because these catering services may not be accustomed to preparing and serving food in such a setting.
This can get back at more specific depending on limitations of the location itself, like when it comes to museums and historical sites.
Even more traditional locations can likewise have constraints that caterers must follow, like certain setup standards or disposal restrictions for waste food and water, so having a caterer that is familiar with a venue's rules can possibly save you great deals of inconvenience on occasion day.
# 5 Total Explanation Of Services/Goods Promised In The Contract
The catering service's agreement ought to clearly spell out precisely what food, drinks and services the caterer will be providing on the designated day( s). Furthermore, it should secure you from non-performance as much as it safeguards the caterer from non-payment/default, so you may wish to think about having a lawyer} look at it prior to you sign it.
Every detail must be included in the contract, included selected menus, variety of servings and/or people to be served, beverage/bar service details (if relevant) and all prices and extra services.
No caterer in Northgate with a shred of self-respect and scruples participates in a contract with plans to bail at the last minute, however you need to ensure there is a cancellation stipulation in your agreement simply in case your caterer has to cancel.
You do not wish to be left without recourse with only days or hours before your occasion, so simply make sure cancellation procedures and penalties are in place so you do have a backup plan.
# 6 Referrals You Can Call and Talk To
Obviously you will need to look into the caterers you are considering, and it's always excellent to start online and check out sites.
However, do not stop there, as online reviews are not constantly dependable (or perhaps genuine); for example, a great caterer might have had a few nightmare/hater customers who alter their ratings, while a really mediocre catering service might have padded their online reviews. So see if you can locate some past customers of the catering services you are considering and reach out to them.
# 7 Insurance
Every catering service we talked with called insurance protection "a provided" for caterers, and you certainly do not want to lawfully be on the hook for some oversight or mishap that was the fault of your caterer.
# 8 A Knowledgeable Chef and Kitchen Personnel
Surprisingly, the length of time a catering business in Northgate has actually stayed in business might not be as critical in picking a terrific caterer as you might believe.
So ensure to inquire about the chef's bona fides and CV since he/she will most likely be the one most responsible for the outcome of the meal and whether your visitors enjoy it or not.
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Busy Lamp Field – Speed Dial
Busy Lamp Field – Speed Dial
What is BLF (Busy Lamp Field)? The BLF feature allows a user to monitor the real-time status of another user at a directory number or SIP URI from the device of the watcher. Let's say User A wants to monitor the real-time status of User B, User A can configure a Speed Dial BLF on his/her phone and can see the live/current status of User B if he/she is idle or on a call.
Let's configure this – Configuration is quite easy and simple!!
Prerequisite – Ensure that BLF For Call Lists is Enabled in Enterprise Parameters. By Default this parameter is Disabled.
- Go to Device > Device Settings > Phone Button Template > Add new
- Phone Button Template > Select appropriate template from Drop Down Menu for your Phone Type
- Click on Copy
- Button Template Name > Give a name to the Phone Button Template
- Click on Save
- Go to Line Button number based on your requirement from 2 – 8 > Select Speed dial BLF from Drop Down Menu and Enter a Label
- Click on Save
2. Go to Phone > Apply the Phone Button Template and Reset the Phone
- You will be able to see Busy Lab Field on the Left hand Side under Lines
- Click on BLF and ensure that popup is enabled
- Enter the Extension number you want to monitor the Phone
- Enter a Label – Name or Extension
- Enter a Label ASCII
- Click on Save and Close
- Subscribe Calling Search Space – Configure the CSS so that the Phone has authority to reach the desired Destination Phone's Partition
- Save the Phone page and Reset the IP Phone
- You will be able to see a Speed Dial button on your IP Phone
Testing : – ON HOOK and OFF HOOK
Now when User B is in ON hook the icon will be shown as below, which means IDLE.
Now when the User B goes OFF hook the icon will be shown as below, which means BUSY.
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plants and shrubs that will do well in soil that stays moist
Where I live, the ground soil seems to stay too wet, not drying out very much and so I have been losing whatever I plant. I have looked on the internet and found some plants and shrubs that might do ok in that type of soil. Can you perhaps suggest what you think I might do? I seem to plant and then have to pull them up as they die. HELP PLEASE!
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If you cannot improve the drainage to the area, I would suggest turning it into either a bog or rain garden. There are many suitable plants for these conditions. Here is more information: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/special/spaces/designing-bog-gardens.htm
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Volunteers in the Childcare Program work in child care centers, orphanages,community child care centers, community soup kitchens and day care centers` in Santa Barbara De Heredia. Due to a regular and consistent migration of people from nearby poor countries such as Guatemala, there has been an increase in poverty and homeless people. The Orphanages and child carecenters support and protect the homeless children and also those who are under fed and malnourished.
As a volunteer you will help the local staff in providing love, care and much needed attention to the children. Volunteer work varies from day to day but you would be generally acting as mentors for the children, provide individual love and affection for the children, organize different activities for the children, help the local staff in their work and make suggestions to them for improvement. Volunteers spend their time taking care of children, usually playing games and reading them books. Also, volunteers will assist the staff as needed. The volunteers will work from Monday to Friday, at least 4 – 5 hours a day. At times, the volunteer will work more or less hours, depending on the coordinators needs. The volunteer should wear proper clothing; formal clothing and long pants are preferred. During the weekends , you will have free time to explore the beautiful area of Heredia as well as San Jose.
Being an International Organization, we try to make sure that our volunteers are given the kind of comfort and flexibility they seek. In terms of airport pick up, stay, local travel or work and even city tour, we help our volunteers and facilitate everything for them.
Airport Transfer
Volunteers are picked up from the San Jose International Airport by the local coordinator or representative. Those volunteers who are arriving overland or are already in Costa Rica will be picked up at a meeting point decided beforehand.
As a volunteer, you'll have a choice either to stay at the volunteer hostel or with a host family, immersing in the local culture. All meals are provided at the homestay while at the hostel, only 2 meals will be provided.
The volunteer hostel is amidst a coffee farm, with old yet well-maintained buildings. There's a huge garden with ample greenery and freshness. There are two rooms with attached bathrooms, and wifi facilities, as well as a working kitchen, will be available. Each room can accommodate 4 people on bunk beds and there's storage space as well. Living at the hostel will give you an opportunity to connect with other volunteers and know about them. There's a common eating space where all the volunteers can gather, share their meals and catch up.
If you choose to live with the host family, you'll get to know more about the local culture & lifestyle. It'll also be a great opportunity for you to polish your Spanish skills. Comfortable safe accommodation is ensured for all volunteers.
All volunteers are given an Orientation beginning on their project start date. Orientation is conducted by the local staff and covers topics such as Costa Rican Customs, Rules and Expectations, Safety and Introduction to your project and placement.
Volunteers are provided with three cooked meals a day at the host family house. Local Costa Rican cuisine is a fusion of cuisines from different parts of the world. Common foods are Rice, Vegetables, Beans, Pork, Meat, Chicken etc. Those staying at the volunteer hostel are provided with two meals a day.
During your Free Time
Volunteers are free to visit and see places or do shopping during their free time. You can explore the local markets or travel to the beaches which can be visited on the weekends. The country offers unparalleled natural beauty, active volcanoes, rainforests, and a wide range of national parks and eco-tourism. In addition, Costa Rica has over 1,000 miles of gorgeous white-and-black sand beaches. Visit these things you can do in your leisure time.
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Baseball is more than a U.S. game, but a sport that millions enjoy globally. Continue reading to find out why baseball is so popular. The article down below has many tips from the pros to help you explore the game even further.
As a coach of baseball, a big part of your job is to keep your team engaged and motivated. Pizza parties and fun group activities will help your team bond. And remember, that it is just a game and that the world's fate does not depend on it.
If while coaching you see that your team is losing its focus, mix things up for awhile. The same old routine can become rather boring to your team. Change up things and alternate activities between practices.
Learn about stride when it comes to baseball. When a pitch releases, your left leg should be used to add power if you are right-handed. It works the other way if you are left-handed. If the pitch arrives near you, build momentum by heading forward a foot. One stride for you may actually be a little less or a little more than one foot.
You must pay attention to those base running coaches as you are rounding the bases. Remember, the base coaches have the benefit of a better view of the whole field. If you are running to base, focus on the your base coaches and not on the ball. Let the base coaches be your eyes. If they tell you to pull up, then pull up at the base closest to you. When your coach gives you the signal to go, run as quickly as possible, touching each base with your left foot.
Watch the batter when playing the outfield. People that are right handed are going to hit a lot of balls to the left side of the field. On the other hand, a batter who is left handed usually hits the ball to right field. Understanding these mechanics will help you understand where the baseball will land when the ball is hit..
Make sure that your baseball glove is properly broken in before you begin to practice. A fresh glove will allow you to minimize errors on the field. Place a ball into the glove. Purchase some leather softener. Ball up your hand, and give the weave a punch. Gloves that have been broken in are much more effective.
You could lose sight of the ball because of the lighting or the sun. To avoid seeing spots, learn how to find the ball without directly glaring into the sun or the stadium lighting. Practice using your peripheral vision skills, so you can easily keep your eyes on the ball and catch it when it comes to you.
Now you see why baseball is so popular! You may have had little interest in the game previously, but now you want to learn all you can. Keep studying the game and look for great articles like this one to increase your enjoyment of baseball.


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Last night we got the tree decorated, thanks to a 12' ladder and a 6'5" man.
|Rick says it looks like we TP'd the tree
|At the front door
|Living room to the left
|Kitchen to the right
|Dining room table
Tending fine-fleeced Shetland sheep and a whole lot more on a small acreage in the Willamette Valley of Oregon
|Rick says it looks like we TP'd the tree
|At the front door
|Living room to the left
|Kitchen to the right
|Dining room table
What a beautiful home - and you couldn't ask for any better friend to come and spend a day helping you clean house. What a lucky one you are. T.
Now relax and enjoy the party, house looks perfect.
I love the tree! It all looks ready for the hostess with the mostess! I know it will be a great party and won't it be nice to sleep in a wee bit on Sunday after it's all over. :)
Oh, and I serious floor envy. When we redo ours, no more stain. I want light floors, so beautiful.
I'm so sorry that I didn't make it over, but, well, you know how it is!! Amy is a cleaning goddess - does she ever travel??? I like the "non-traditional" tree top, and I love the ornament...
I'm hoping to get mine up tomorrow...
Beautiful home, tree and friend. Now relax and enjoy it. The best part... the clean stays after the party.
Wow!! What a friend!! (and blessing) I loved this opportunity to tour your house! Now I feel like I've been there.
I knew you celebrated Saturday Sabbath, but did not realize you begin Sabbath the evening before. Last night was also the first night of Hanukkah.
I hope the party is/was fun and relaxed. It certainly will be pretty!!
It's Beautiful!
I'm suffering window and kitchen envy!
You'll have a wonderful party1
Yes, Tina, I am very blessed!
Tombstone, you don't see what is behind closed doors.... ;-)
Thanks, Theresa. The floor is not that red IRL. It is #2 oak; I love it, too.
I understand, Laura, and I appreciated the thought. (And I don't think Amy hires out....)
That IS a bonus, Ruth! Especially since I have two rounds of house guests coming this month!
Yes, Deb, we celebrate the Sabbath "from evening to evening" like the Bible says. Friday evening after sundown is my favorite time of the week!
13, we built this house after living in a small, old double-wide, so I wanted LIGHT - hence the windows. We get a lot of solar gain from them in the summer, though; that's the downside. The kitchen was a collaboration between us and my dad, a kitchen designer, who did it at cost.
Everything looks so beautiful :-) I love your open-plan home!
You have a lovely home Michelle, I love the open floor plan, I have one too and it's one of my favorite things about my house. Besides the fact that it's a berm home and is very easy to heat or cool. Oh, and that fact that my favorite guy lives there with me. :)
The floor plan suits us well, Adrienne and Kelly; we chose our house plan well. :-)


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Flying snake
It sounds like something out of a B-grade creature feature: a flying snake! But these airborne serpents are real. (Don't believe it? Check out this video.) They glide for stunning distances through the air (without actually flying) by leaping from tree branches. While airborne, they flare their ribs and suck in their abdomens to make themselves wider and more concave for better aerodynamics.


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Jysk Vin and the Randers Vinlaugh – April 2017
Jacques is back from another excellent trip to Randers, Denmark to show our #SippMack wines. Thanks to Jysk Vin and the Randers Vinlaugh for their very warm welcomes. http://randersvinlaugh.dk/?p=1873 #DrinkAlsace
VINUM December 2015 – "Drei Länder, eine Region"
Thank you Joël Gernet from the Swiss wine journal VINUM for his lovely visit to our domaine, Sipp Mack and his December 2015 article about the three border wine regions – French Vosges Alsace, German Black Forest and the Swiss … Continue reading


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One of our favorite publishers for educational children's books is Arbordale Publishing. They have a great selection of books that are very helpful to homeschooling. With a limited time this fall I just chose two of their books to review.
Tuktuk Tundra Tale and Animal Legs from their fall releases fit in perfectly with what we were currently studying.
Much more than picture books, Arbordale books have helpful activity pages at the back of the book for additional learning. You can find even more activities free online.
Tuk Tuk Tundra Tale
By Robin Currie
Illustrated by Phyllis Saroff
This fun book centers on a lemming who found a lost boot, or a furry kamik. He wants to use it for his home for the winter, but he finds many other arctic animals along the way that think they would like to have the kamik for themselves. The little lemming is a sneaky little guy and manages to convince each of the other animals that the kamik isn't for them. He finds a a polar bear, arctic fox, and a caribou all ready to take his boot!
Though told in story mode, this book is very educational as well as fun. The activity section of the book talks about the polar seasons, arctic skies, and some fun facts about the animals who live in the arctic. They title this section "For Creative Minds", and it also has a vocabulary section that helps to further define some of the words used in the story.
Animal Legs
By Mary Holland
Excellent science title, looking at animal legs!
Did you know that backswimmer insects have three pair of legs and each set has a different job to do?
These fun insects as well as caterpillars and praying mantis are shown in all of their splendor thanks to photography by Mary Holland.
Mary explains what is special about the animals legs. Some frogs have sticky toe pads that help them hang on. Hawks have strong talons on their feet for grasping prey. Skunks, turtles, otters are just a few of the amazing animals who have something special about their legs and feet.
My two year old was mesmerized by the pictures of the animals, even if she didn't really understand the amazement of their legs.
The For Creative Mind section takes a look at special feet and what the legs can do. There is a match up activity to match the photo with what the animal an do. (just be sure to cover up the answers at the bottom of the page).
Matching the animal feet to the animal was a fun activity as well. We have enjoyed this series of animals by Mary Holland including Animal Mouths and Animal Eyes.
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Part 2 of 3: What the Church Needs to be Preaching. Now. In part one of this short series of posts, I talked about what I think the church needs to be doing now, namely, preparing the way for the coming of Jesus. By preparing the way, I mean: calling people to repentance. It may… Continue reading Some Thoughts on Mark 1, The Church, and Preaching
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Learning to Talk, Lenten Reflections #3
In a little book I have called Answering God, author Eugene Peterson writes, "But the first requirement of language is not to make us nice but accurate. Prayer is not particularly 'nice.' There is a recognition in prayer of the fiercer aspects of God…Psalm language is not careful about offending our sensibilities; its genius is… Continue reading Learning to Talk, Lenten Reflections #3
I'm Glad Mark Driscoll Quit, but I Hope He Gets to Start Again
I am a Christian. I am a preacher–I just don't actually have a pulpit right now or a church or a Word from the Lord. It's not always easy–being a Christian, that is. I'm not always honest–which means that sometimes I am a hypocrite. I am not a strong-always-faithful-kind of guy. I am a weak-my-grace-is-sufficient-for-you-kind… Continue reading I'm Glad Mark Driscoll Quit, but I Hope He Gets to Start Again
Book Review: Giving Blood
Title: Giving Blood Author: Leonard Sweet Publisher: Zondervan Year: 2014 Pages: 368 (I read an e-book version on my Nook reader. My page numbers may be a bit different. I apologize in advance for any troubles this may cause.) [Disclaimer: I was provided with a reader's copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for… Continue reading Book Review: Giving Blood
Daily Office: July 2, 2010
Some Thoughts In the church we are fond of a lot of things that, let's be honest, have little or nothing to do with Jesus. I'm looking for something in the church I haven't yet found. After spending the better part of fifteen years preaching in the church and being spiritually beaten to death by… Continue reading Daily Office: July 2, 2010
Study Notes: Gospel Lesson, Luke 24:36-49
Friends, A new feature I will try to practice for a while. I have decided that I will follow the Lectionary readings for a while in 2009 for my preaching schedule. As I study and prepare each week, I will post my notes here at the blog for anyone to partake of. It will vary… Continue reading Study Notes: Gospel Lesson, Luke 24:36-49
Paradox in Preaching
My current reading project is Willimon's Conversations with Barth on Preaching. It is a fascinating book for any number of reasons, but it is especially helpful if you happen to be, ahem, a preacher. I was warned as a young college student to be afraid of Barth and his strange version of unorthodox orthodoxy, and… Continue reading Paradox in Preaching


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In today's On the SPOT News Brief, Jay Leask and Craig Jahnke talk Microsoft collaboration systems, specifically: SharePoint and OneDrive. To oversimplify their thoughts, inspired by the recently released Document Circle of Life in Office 365, the two ultimately agree that SharePoint is for co-authoring and publishing, while OneDrive is for individuals working on individual content — but there's always more to it than any simplification can properly document.
SCOTUS Pirvacy and Sales Tax, the EU and Memes, Project Debater AI takes on Humanity
In today's On the SPOT News Brief, Jay Leask and Craig Jahnke review some recent SCOTUS decisions, dabble in politics, and discuss the probability of the Machine's taking over the world through civil debate and mind control.
Today's source material, and a few others mentioned in passing, are found below:
SCOTUS says your privacy data is yours – go get a warrant —
SCOTUS says it's a State's right to tax your internet purchase —
EU Article 13 wants to block your meme – or something like that —
The GitHub 100 say "It's us or ICE" —
IBM's Project Debater AI changes your mind – and here come the machines —
Microsoft aquires FlipGrid —
Microsoft publishes open research data sets
SharePoint Conference, WWDC, Underwater Data Centers, Project Maven, and GDPR
In today's On the SPOT News Brief, Jay Leask and Craig Jahnke catch up after a multi-month hiatus with Jay's move, and newborn son, and Craig's new job and summer plans. And they discuss their goals for the podcast and how hard it can be to find the motivation to record, edit, and release this. So thank you for putting up with us as we try to rebuild our cadence!
In technology they discuss news out of the SharePoint conference, GitHub, a sunken data center, Project Maven, WWDC, GDPR and those pesky privacy policies. They also put out a call for someone to help them understand what Apple has been doing for the past 5+ years – I mean, really, what's iNew?
Community Edition with Liam Cleary, MVP, at SPTechCon
During this episode, recorded November 2017, Jay sat down with Liam Cleary, MVP and Associate Director at Protiviti, to discuss cognitive services, the speed of technology (no pun intended), and the rise of the machines. We also discuss Liam's path to the IT Consultant known for [REDACTED] (I kid, ask him about personal security at conferences, it's fun), and the importance of giving back to the community that helped you get where you are.
Data Discovery and Assessment, Pilot and Execution, Your Path to a Successful Cloud Migration
today's On the SPOT News Brief, Jay Leask and Craig Jahnke continue the Cloud Series with a focus on a four phase migration process: Discovery, Assessment, Pilot, and Execution. They even touch on the importance of user acceptance testing and automated governance to support end-user buy-in. Throughout each of these phases, Jay and Craig provide real-world customer examples which showcase the importance for each phase.
SharePoint, Durable Links, and OneDrive for Business
At Microsoft Tech Summt DC, I led a deep dive presentation on OneDrive for Business. A question that came up which I wanted to research more was around shared documents: if a shared document is moved or renamed, do the shared URLs continue to work? In SharePoint 2016, Microsoft added Durable Links, which enable users to share a document with the knowledge that moving or renaming it won't break someone's bookmarked link to it.
The importance of a Cloud Readiness Assessment
Recorded March 3, 2018, Jay Leask and Craig Jahnke continue the Cloud Series by diving into the importance of a proper readiness assessment when considering a move to the cloud. Primary categories of discussion included cloud viability for business and legacy applications, up-front and hidden costs, brand and type of cloud (such as brands, private vs multi-tenant, and data segregation options), governance, and migration preparedness.
Introduction to Security and Compliance in the Cloud Series
In today's On the SPOT News Brief, Jay Leask and Craig Jahnke introduce a new series of upcoming episodes around Security and Compliance in the Cloud. We know the cloud offers the combined resources and finances of hundreds of thousands of organizations, but why does that give it a chance to be more secure than your on premises infrastructure? And what considerations do you need to keep in mind when you plan your move? In the coming weeks we will dig into each of the topics discussed today.
Community Edition with Sharon Weaver at SharePoint Saturday Cincinnati
During this episode, Craig took some time out of the SharePoint Saturday festivities to sit down with Sharon Weaver, VP of Operations at Focal Point Solutions, LLC. Sharon shares her introduction to the many uses of SharePoint (including Alerts back in 2003), her presentation on governance, and the importance of end-user training.
Community Edition with Don Miller at SharePoint Saturday Cincinnati
During this episode, Craig took some time out of the SharePoint Saturday festivities to sit down with Don Miller, Director of BA Insight. Craig and Don discuss Don's journey in SharePoint, his presentation and the "Intelligent Intranet", and what excites him about the collaboration ecosystem.


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Rehearsing the Gospel Story Pt. 2
Ok, so it's taken a few months, but here's the "what does this look like" post I promised.
No excuses, but if you've been around my church lately, you know it's kinda been a roller coaster as of late, and keeping you all up to date has not been at the top of my list.
So, let's walk through a Sunday morning service and see how this whole thing plays out, shall we? (The 4 parts of the Gospel story arc are in bold, see the last post if you don't remember). This was our 2/8/15 Sunday service.
Creation – Celebration of the Magnificent Creator God
Call to Worship – We begin and end each service with scripture. The verses read here are about pointing our hearts and mind to the greatness of God, and to turn our attention to corporate worship. Some days, this is the first thing we do in church, so don't be late!
Song – How Great is Our God – Again, the focus is on who God is. Holiness, greatness, glory, creator, (and similar) are all adjectives we like to explore during this first section.
Welcome of Guests – We don't really announce much here anymore. This is more about welcoming people in the joy of the Lord and giving a few next steps to our guests.
Fall – In light of the Greatness of God, we see ourselves as fallen sinners
Prayer of Confession – We know that while forgiven for our sins, we need to remember that we still fall short of God (humility) so we confess our sins to Him. Many times, we will also do a song here, but this week, just the prayer (from the Worship Sourcebook, below).
You have revealed yourself to us in your Word.
You call us to worship you in spirit and in truth.
But we confess that we often worship
not your true self but who we wish you to be.
We too often ask you to bless what we do
rather than seeking to do what you bless.
Forgive us for seeking concessions
when we should be seeking guidance.
Forgive us when our worship shapes you into what we want instead of shaping us into what you want.
Help us to meet you here, that we might bow
before your unspeakable majesty
and so live for you now and ever, in Christ. Amen.
Song – At the Cross (Love Ran Red) – We sing the story of the cross, where God's love was poured out for a sinful people so that we could now be in relationship to Him. "There's a place where mercy reigns and never dies." We are redeemed!


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Mississippi and Me and KatePosted: August 23, 2008 Filed under: Creative Nonfiction, Memoir | Tags: A Cotton Field Away, Cleveland Mississippi, Kate Campbell, Sledge Mississippi, Songs from the Levee 1 Comment
A few weeks ago, I heard from former high school classmate JPH, who sent me a CD by Mississippi singer / songwriter Kate Campbell — Songs from the Levee. I have now memorized almost every song and find her work honest and haunting and memorable. My friend said in his letter, "In addition to enjoying her singing, her words and songs invoke many of the same kinds of memories as do your writing." That delights me, since Kate's lyrics have drawn repeated comparisons to the works of Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor.
Kate, like I, grew up in the Mississippi Delta during the Civil Rights movement of the 60's. She and I both explore complex topics in our writing, like race, religion, history, and human relationships. Her words are set to R&B, gospel, country, and folk sounds. I just write memoir / essays.
Early in that Decade of Change, we heard the inaugural message of Governor George Wallace. Kate begins her song "A Cotton Field Away" with words from the governor's charge: "Let us rise to the call of freedom-loving blood that is in us and send our answer to the tyranny that clanks its chains upon the South. In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny … and I say … segregation today … segregation tomorrow … segregation forever."
Then Kate adds a quote of the same year by Martin Luther King: "Segregation is wrong because it is a system of adultery perpetuated by an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality." Then organ music plays before the song breaks into a pop chord and piercing lyrics about a black child and white child who still stand a cotton field away.
Ah, the contrasts, complexities, and contradictions of the Mississippi Delta. We sat in our Baptist pews back then and prayed to our Baptist God and closed the doors to our churches and hearts and sang, "Blessed be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love," accompanied by organs that filled our segregated sanctuaries with melodious sounds. Some of us who sat in those pews saw the hypocrisies and they haunt us even today.
I'm going to make a leap here and say that Kate's path and my path crossed at a midpoint in that Decade of Change. Kate spent her early years in Sledge where her father was pastor of the Baptist church.
"Daddy was a preacher in Sledge
We were living on Gospel and beans
Every Sunday night Deacon Jones
Would give a silver dollar to me
On the way home my poor momma
Would pry it from my hand
And say it fell from heaven."
Sledge is a cotton field town 13 miles east of Highway 61 and Moon Lake, between Clarksdale and Tunica, on Highway 3 north of Marks where the cotton boll water tower is. It's an hour's drive from Cleveland, where I grew up.
On a Sunday night in 1965 when I was 15, my youth choir from the Baptist church in Cleveland sang at the Baptist church in Sledge.
After the service they hosted a "fellowship" for us. We'd just been to Glorieta Baptist Assembly in New Mexico the summer before, where the staff told us to be sure to go back to our home churches and schedule youth fellowships every Sunday night, though our church never did. It was supposed to be all about food, fun, and games in a wholesome atmosphere.
I was picked to be the victim of the first game that Sunday evening in Sledge. In Fellowship Hall they lined the four rectangular walls with rickety metal chairs, and people sat on them and ate cookies and chips. I was told to go out into the hall and wait. My heart thumped and my breaths came shallow. I didn't know what they were going to do to me. Finally, a man — maybe the preacher? … Kate's daddy? — opened the door and said, "You can come in now."
I walked into that big room and scanned the crowd for a friendly, familiar face. I got to the center of the Fellowship Hall and turned in a tight circle. Everybody was laughing at me. I didn't know why.
"What do I do now?" I said.
Everybody laughed harder, so hard they rocked the chairs. My face burned red, my knees felt weak, I wanted to fall into a crack in the floor and hide. I held out my arms and let a pained expression cover my face.
"I don't know what to do, where do I go, do I sit down now, somebody tell me what to do." I kept turning in dizzying circles until my gaze landed on my friends. "Y'all help! What am I supposed to do?" I begged in desperation. They looked at each other, holding tight to their common secret, and squinted their eyes, opened their mouths wide, and laughed hard. I became irritated at them.
Finally, the man who let me into the room came to my rescue and the crowd quieted. "This is what you said when you got your first kiss."
My face got redder and the thought came that No, it was not. The first time I got kissed was in ninth grade after my boyfriend Charles took me to a picture show at the Ellis Theater, where the smell of popcorn filled the air and beach movies played often. We'd dated every weekend that fall — his mama driving us to the show, my dad picking us up and taking us to my house where we had cokes and cookies and chips and watched TV or listed to records. My first time was in my Piano Room after listening to hit songs like "Sugar Shack," "Midnight Mary," "Surfer Girl," and "Then He Kissed Me" and I didn't say a thing. (And I still have those 45's.)
I wonder if Kate Campbell was in Fellowship Hall that night watching me make a fool of myself. Whether she was or not, we still have the same tie that binds us together:
"Way down in me a river runs deep
Reminding me just who I am
Good or bad, it'll always be
Mississippi and me."


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Missing Sagaponack woman Lilia Aucapina sought, cops say
Police are trying to locate a 40-year-old Sagaponack woman reported missing over the weekend.
Lilia Aucapina, who also goes by Esperanza, was last seen at about 9 a.m. Saturday on Montauk Highway in Wainscott.
Southampton Town Police said Aucapina was reported missing about 12 1/2 hours later. She is described as 5 feet, 3 inches tall, 130 pounds, a Hispanic woman with medium length black hair and brown eyes.
She was last seen wearing blue jeans, brown boots and a black winter jacket.
Police said she had her hair pulled up.
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