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Matthew 22:15-22(19th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 24—Series A)
"Stewardship—That Dirty Word"
Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Enfield, CT
October 12, 2014
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Our text this morning is the Gospel lesson recorded in Matthew 22:
Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words. 16 And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances. 17 Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?" 18 But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, "Why put me to the test, you hypocrites? 19 Show me the coin for the tax." And they brought him a denarius. 20 And Jesus said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" 21 They said, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, "Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." 22 When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away.
The trap was set. Two groups normally at odds with each other came together against their common enemy. If He answered to please the Pharisees, the Herodians would have Him in their noose. If His answer pleased the Herodians, He would have fallen into snare of the Pharisees. There seems to be no way that Jesus will not be trapped in His words today, making Him guilty of crimes against the state.
The Pharisees were part of the Jewish ruling council. They were a religious party that observed strict adherence to the Law of Moses as it was interpreted by their rabbis. They were anti-Rome, anti-Caesar, and so anti-Roman tax. But they were anti-Jesus more, which accounts for their strange alliance with the Herodians. The Herodians were a minor political, non-religious party made up of supporters of the Herodian dynasty of kings which ruled under the authority of Caesar. Naturally, King Herod and his line would favor the Roman tax which benefited them. They, too, were anti-Jesus because they did not need someone running around the countryside saying things and acting like a Messiah who might insight the people to rebellion against Rome and disrupt the good thing the Herodians had going.
Thus the laying of the perfect trap for Jesus to ensnare Him with His own words. "What do you think? Is it permitted to give a tax to Caesar or not?" Jesus cannot answer without angering someone. If Jesus answered "yes," the people of Israel who supported of Jesus might turn against Him, for they despised paying taxes to the pagan Gentile Romans whose military forces occupied their country. So the Pharisees would have Him! On the other hand, if Jesus answered "no," then He would have opened Himself up to the charge of rebellion against the political authorities. The Herodians would have Him!
But Jesus would not be trapped. He knew their wicked intent—to deliver Him to the rule and authority of the governor. So Jesus called them out, "Why are you testing me, O hypocrites!" They are busted! Jesus knew what was going on. He did not allow Himself to fall into the snare laid out for Him. "Show Me the coin for the tax." They brought to Jesus a denarius. On this coin was the image of Caesar along with the words, "Tiberius Caesar, Son of the Divine Augustus, Augustus." Jesus showed publicly the hypocrisy of His questioners. Since they had in their possession the image and inscription of Caesar, they must agree that it is permissible to give to Caesar what they use in their daily transactions. Since the money is coined by the authority of the state, then the state has the right to govern financial concerns.
But Jesus adds to this obligation to human authorities a word that speaks to the heart of the matter of people's obligations under God. It is not simply, "Give what your obligation requires you to give to Caesar," but also "give what your obligation requires you to give to God." It's both—and. Jesus uses what the Pharisees and Herodians intended to be a trap as an opportunity to teach both groups, and the people, about what is of real importance—stewardship of God's creation.
Here Jesus sums up His entire life and ministry, "give back . . . the things of God to God." Jesus turned the questioning of His opponents into an opportunity to show them that as the Son of God He is giving back to God the creation in a restored condition. Jesus is the Creator of all things. He took on flesh and became fully human to re-create His creation that had become corrupted and evil through the Fall of Adam and Eve into sin. We read in Romans 5, "Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned." (Rom. 5:12 ESV) Sin not only infected every person, but the entire creation as well. "For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God." (Rom. 8:20-21 ESV) This setting free from the corruption of sin, this re-creation of people through forgiveness and faith would take place through Jesus' own death and resurrection. Jesus, to whom all things belong, was about to give back to God what rightfully belongs to Him: all of humanity—upon whom had been stamped God's image—and all of creation. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." (2 Cor. 5:17 ESV)
By the sacrificial death of Jesus on the cross and through His triumphant resurrection from the dead, you and I and all humanity have been redeemed. We have been bought back to God from sin through the payment of Jesus' all-sufficient blood and merit. Our sins are forgiven. We have received as a gift eternal life. Sin no longer has its claim on us. We are God's, as is all of His creation. This is the foundation for stewardship.
Oh, there's that word again—stewardship! But it's not a dirty word. It's not a word that should make a Christian grown. Stewardship means to give back the things of God to God, to return to the Lord all that belongs to Him: the gifts of creation and the new creation.
So, as Christians, do we pay taxes to the government? Yes, because it is part of the stewardship of God's creation. God Himself in His Word tells us that "there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God." (Rom. 13:1) Therefore, as new creations in Christ who follow the Fourth Commandment, we should fear and love God so that we do not despise or anger our parents and other authorities—all those whom God has placed over us at home, in government, at school, at work, and in the church—but honor them, serve and obey them, love and cherish them. In this way we "give what our obligation requires us to give" because God has asked us to do so in honor and love. "The authorities are ministers of God!" (Rom. 13:6) So when we pay to all what is owed to them—taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed—we are doing stewardship, giving back to God what is indeed God's, doing so through His appointed authority.
To continue to do Christian stewardship in our lives of faith-in-action, however, is more than paying what we owe because we have to. Giving back the things of God to God, for the person re-created by faith in Christ, is not a have to. As a new creation in Christ, it is a want to. A Christian wants to pay what he or she owes to whom it is owed because that is how a Christian shows fear and love to the Lord. A Christian desires to give generously and joyfully of his or her money to support the work of the Lord in the Christian congregation because that is how a Christian shows fear and love for God. Why, then, does a Christian serve the Lord with his or her time and abilities at home, at church, at work, and in the community? Because that is how the Christian gives back to God the things of God, demonstrating fear and love for God.
It is also important to remember that as new creations through faith in Jesus Christ, you and I are also living sacrifices. By the power of the Holy Spirit, with fear, love, and trust in God above all things, we present ourselves to the Lord, giving of ourselves to God because we too belong to God. He has claimed us as His own in Christ Jesus through the waters of Baptism. He has given us everything we need to support this body and life; everything has been done by Jesus to win our forgiveness of sins and our eternal life with God at His heavenly banquet feast, as we heard last Sunday. In grateful response to the gifts of God, we give back the things of God to God, which includes ourselves, by using every aspect of our lives in His loving service. It's time and talent and treasure; it's hands and voices; it's skills and crafts; it's song and speech; it's dollars and cents.
As the re-created people of God in Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, by the power of the Holy Spirit at work in us, give back the things of God to God. Give back to Him your whole selves because you are His in Christ. God grant that we continue and even increase our faithful stewardship to Him. Amen.


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My Hope for Having Children: An Update of True Story of Love, Sacrifice, Faith, Courage and Hope
My essay is on hope with a focus on the most incredible, yet breath-taking part of my life story. What happened once my "hope" became a reality. Not only did I have one, two, but three babies at the same time!


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July's favorites14:06:00
This is my first favorites post! How exciting! So here is the picture:
- Phil Smith xtreme style heat defense spray*,I got this to review for Beauty Judge
- Garnier Skin Naturals Fresh Essentials Grape Water Make-up Remover (phew!), good and cheap!
- Nivea Double Effect Smooth Underarms Anti-Perspirant, finally I found a decent deodorant!
- Miss Dior Chérie Eau de Parfum, Christmas gift from my boyfriend
- Rimmel London 60 Seconds in 805 Grey Matter, neutral yet bright
- Benefit eyeBright pencil, illuminates the eyes
- Caroline Multi-Reflective Sparkle Pencil, this is an old one from Canada
- Eyeko Tinted Cream, moisturizer
- Giorgio Armani Blushing Fabric in 1, got this sample as a freebie from Grazzia magazine
- Bourjois Foundation Healthy Mix, I managed to buy a foundation, I was scared to chose the wrong color!
- Markwins Lipgloss,basic lipgloss, smells like vanilla
- Jemma Kidd High Shine Silktouch Lipgloss in Candy, smells gorgeous (vanilla/lemon cake)!


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"I want to go back to work tomorrow!" sums up the general feeling of review and reflect group 8.
What did we enjoy most?
- The buzz of the event
- The passion and enthusiasm of all in attendance
- A chance to meet with like-minded professionals and engage in a dialogue with people sharing / challenging our interests
- The positivity boost that many of us needed on the run up to October break
- An overview of areas of research with practical ways to implement them
- The chance to ask frank and challenging questions in an environment which encourages you to do so
- This list could go on………..
That's not even mentioning the lovely lunch catered by staff and pupils, the decoration or the dedication by all of the people who set up the day/ presented!
Our group managed to attend a wide range of seminars but the overarching feeling was that we had taken something different away from each of them. A small few that stood out for us:
Kenny Piper's "I Love Marking. No, Really" reminded us of the importance to not only check books and give meaningful feedback but also of how important it is to MAKE LEARNERS ACT ON THE FEEDBACK!
Claire Young's "Co-Operative Learning Lucky Bag" was described as an engaging, practical session which an opportunity to try activities which are sure to be used in many classrooms from Monday.
Ruaridh Nicolson's "Introduction to Edmodo" was an excellent opportunity to reinforce ideas on using Edmodo and introduce ways to use it differently. A little reminder for some that it is okay to just use what works and not feel guilty about the other bits that aren't necessarily helpful to your particular class!
Emma Webster's "The Learning Cycle" brought the idea of contextualising knowledge to the forefront and provided a reminder of how important it is to make that visible throughout teaching and learning.
It was clear from the conversation that each of us has something to take back on Monday be it spreading the pedagoo message with others, changing our own mindsets, changing our approaches to marking, re-evaluating the way we use praise or even taking a hard look at the way our own schools approach teaching and learning.
And again I could go on….
Over the course of the next year we are looking to involve ourselves with MORE professional reading, trying out the learning cycle, making time and space for joint and cross-curricular planning and maintaining the momentum we will each take back with us on Monday.
PEDAGOO WE NEED YOU – to keep running these events, keep encouraging sharing and keep building our confidence to SHARE!! [We'll see what we can do! – ED]
How are we going to go back and support others? By sharing the message of Pedagoo! By continuing the conversation and keeping each other motivated! By making it clear to others that the time for taking responsibility for our own professional learning is now! By creating environments where sharing is commonplace and supporting one another is second nature! We want to take this message back with us to colleagues and not be afraid to shout it out loud and clear:
"We have something useful to say and we want to hear your message too!"


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Tooth Repair
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There is so much here to raise suspicion.
Lion Biotechnologies was born ugly, from a merger with Genesis Biopharma, essentially forming a public company within the shell of what some people suspect was originally a pump and dump operation (link). This up-listing maneuver came at the cost of most of Lion's equity, as Genesis shareholders held 83.6% of the combined company and Lion shareholders initially received 8.2%, with the promise of doubling that stake to 16.4% of the combined company based on achievement of certain milestones. The merger was completed in July of 2013 and the stock continued trading under the ticker symbol GNBP until September 2013, when Genesis announced a 1 for 100 reverse stock split that essentially took place immediately, locking shareholders in place. The merged company changed its name to Lion Biotechnologies and hatched the new listing symbol LBIO. Muddying the picture just a bit more, the company is run by Manish Singh, Ph.D., the former ImmunoCellular Therapeutics chief executive who resigned from that company in August 2012. One rumor circulating then was that he was sacked after suspicions were raised about ImmunoCellular's Phase 1 data reporting and promotion. That company has stabilized since he departed, moving its' oncology vaccine program into Phase 2.
LBIO has moved aggressively into the cellular immunotherapy space, licensing technology developed by Dr. Steve Rosenberg and colleagues at NCI (using the same CRADA model that Kite Pharma uses) and building collaborative relationships with MD Anderson and the Moffitt Cancer Research Institute. They pulled in an MD Anderson investigator, Laszlo Radvanyi Ph.D. as CSO and earlier this week appointed industry veteran Elma Hawkins Ph.D. as President and COO. These are likely all good moves toward establishing and building credibility, although the company remains dogged by bad PR, most recently being pulled (by subpoena) into an SEC investigation of Galena Biopharma, a seemingly unrelated company. Speculation about this "wide net" investigation by the SEC has focused on Dr. Singh and possible past involvement with an investor relations firm (link 2). This seems unlikely to have anything to do with LBIO itself.
The final piece of the puzzle is more transparent, which is that the shell merger/reverse split reboot was financed in large part via a private placement with Roth Capital. There is nothing wrong here, except that people tracking stocks in this space tire a bit of the relentless pumping that Roth does on behalf of LBIO, although it is of course their right and possibly their obligation to do so. One puff piece stated "we see 196% upside!" – and I'd have to comment, stealing a line here from Billy Bob Thornton, "that's a pretty specific number". I guess we could also wonder what if anything the original shareholders of Genesis and Lion have left of their equity.
Moving on.
LBIO's CSO, Dr. Laszlo Radvanyi, spoke a few weeks ago at the Immunomodulatory Antibodies for Cancer Conference in Boston, part of the ImVacs package. It was an impressive talk, very upbeat, and contained some data and technology that was new to me. So I took a closer look.
The basis for the technology is a riff on something we discussed earlier, as presented by the NCI's Rosenberg at ASCO (link 3). Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) are found in large numbers in some solid tumor types, and can be isolated when the tumor is removed. The presence of TILs is correlated with improved survival at least in some indications. It has been known for quite some time that expanded TILs can be injected back into the patient where they, sometimes, effectively attack and eradicate the tumor. The problem with the technology is that, like all personalized cellular therapies (CAR, TCR, some types of tumor vaccines), it is cumbersome to perform. When logistics are such a challenge, you really want to see robust benefit from the treatment. This is what LBIO is suggesting it can deliver. Dr. Radvanyi walked us through a brief history of TIL technology, hitting the highpoints. His statement that standard TIL therapy has shown overwhelming and superior efficacy versus competing therapeutics for in melanoma was one I had not heard before, and I reserve judgment on this – after all if it was really that good everyone would be adopting this technology, and I really don't see that happening.
What was really interesting though was the more experimental system that he introduced, and if you look at the LBIO website you'll see it under "next-generation TIL" (link 4). In this system tumor fragments are made from biopsy samples and cultured with IL-2. This apparently works optimally because dendritic cells and monocytes persist in the culture for a week or so. They first activate and then sort the TILs using an agonist anti-4-1BB antibody to enrich for antigen specific activated T cells. This allows you to reduce the number of cells injected (a good thing). He did show dramatic enrichment of TILs that recognized known melanoma antigens, so at the very least this model system works. I think this also suggests the importance of the 4-1BB pathway, at least in this system. Notably, anti-OX-40 antibody failed to expand antigen-specific T cells (note we are talking specifically about CD8+ T cells here, in part because that's all you'll have left after a few weeks culture in IL-2).
It seems a nice simple system and worth watching. There were other bells and whistles (transduction techniques) that we'll skip for now. Other technology LBIO is funding includes the use of the anti-CTLA4 antibody ipilimumab in conjunction with TIL therapy (to turn off active immune suppression in the tumor microenvironment). That is being done at Moffitt in a Phase 1 expansion cohort. Be interesting to see what else the company has in mind.
Can LBIO – using this new TIL technology – achieve clinical and commercial success?
stay tuned…


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By Jenina P. Ibanez, Senior Reporter
THE budget deficit eased to a six-month low in October even as it widened year on year, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) reported.
Preliminary data from the BTr showed the fiscal gap stood at P64.3 billion in October, or 4.77% higher than a year ago. This was 64.46% lower than the P180.9-billion deficit in September and was the lowest since the P44.4-billion gap in April.
Government spending jumped by 9.60% to P317.4 billion in October from a year earlier, but was lower than the P412.4 billion in September.
"Ninety percent or P285.8 billion of the total disbursements for the month was for primary expenditures, which posted 6.86% or P18.3-billion growth for the month," the Treasury said in a statement.
Primary spending refers to total expenditures minus interest payments. Interest payments grew by 42.89% to 31.5 billion in October.
Meanwhile, state revenues jumped by 10.9% to P253.1 billion in October. Accounting for 87% of the total, tax revenues went up by 7.21% to P219.1 billion year on year.
Broken down, collections from Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) rose by 6.60% to P162.1 billion, while the Bureau of Customs (BoC) collections increased by 9.76% to P55.5 billion.
Other tax collecting offices generated P1.4 billion last month, or 14.76% lower than a year earlier. Non-tax revenues jumped by 42.50% to P34 billion.
The government runs on a budget deficit when it spends more than it makes to fund programs that support economic growth. It borrows from foreign and local sources to plug the gap.
The budget deficit has reached P1.2 trillion in the 10 months to October this year, or 27.94% higher than the shortfall in the same period last year.
The 10-month total was 65% of the revised P1.9-trillion full-year deficit ceiling.
ING Bank N.V. Manila Senior Economist Nicholas Antonio T. Mapa in an e-mail said the latest deficit numbers suggest that the 2021 total could still slip below the P1.9-trillion projection.
"Improved collections due to improving economic output is helping limit the impact on the overall deficit," he said in an e-mail.
"Spending, however, appears to be on auto pilot with the growth rate posting a modest double-digit gain despite a torrid pace of public construction, suggesting spending in other areas remains soft. Authorities appear to be holding back on spending to rein in rising deficit and debt levels."
Total spending increased by 11.51% to P3.7 trillion as of end-October, or around 79% of this year's P4.7-trillion disbursement plan.
Revenue collection growth in the 10-month period inched up 5% to P2.5 trillion. This figure was "equivalent to 86% of the P2.9-trillion revised program for the year," BTr said.
Tax collections representing 90% of the total rose by 9.11% to P2.25 trillion. Broken down, Customs collections jumped by 17.1% to P525.4 billion and the BIR generated P1.7 trillion, or 6.83% higher than a year earlier.
Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. Chief Economist Michael L. Ricafort said the deficit in October, which was at its narrowest since April, was due to the reopening of the economy. More business activity spurred higher tax collections, he added.
"Narrower budget deficits could fundamentally lead to reduced need for additional government borrowings and debt, thereby a step in the right direction to improve the country's fiscal performance and debt management in a more sustainable manner," he said in a Viber message.
Further reopening of the economy and the reduced risk of more lockdowns that could prompt more government spending for pandemic support programs could help narrow the deficit further, he added.
Meanwhile, Mr. Mapa said that the improved economic outlook may help limit the impact of softer spending on the country's debt-to-GDP ratios. The country's debt-to-GDP ratio was 63.1% as of September, the highest in 16 years, government data showed.
"Should this measure remain above 60% by mid next year, we do expect some ratings action from at least one of the major agencies," Mr. Mapa said.


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The Importance of Family Life at Home
Family life at home will help children develop values that are fundamental to their development. It also strengthens the bonds among different family members .
The importance of spending time together as a family doesn't just have to do with children. In one way or another, every family member learns and continues to develop essential values – including adults.
What does family life entail?
Family life can be defined as the space where a group of people with relationships that tie them to one another share daily life. Here, they converse about their worries, daily experiences and any other aspect that influences them.
Values that family life teaches
Family life at home contributes to the learning of a number of values to our daily development.
Below, we'll provide a list of the most importance values so that you can be aware of the magnitude that a conversation, a word of encouragement, or a nice gesture can have when it comes to your family.
- Ease of expression with other people.
- The ability to listen to other people.
- Emotional security when it comes to expressing feelings.
- A sense of support and protection.
- Positive self-esteem when it comes to doing things.
The inclusion of cell phones at home
Cell phones, and more specifically the internet and social media, have come to almost every home in the world. Normally, each family member has his or her own phone. In some cases, they also have their own personal tablets or computers.
Therefore, to provide a good family life at home, we need to avoid being too dependent on our mobile devices. Sometimes this can be difficult because of work issues or family problems. However, we need to try to set our cell phones aside once we get home.
We need to be more conscious of what really matters and realize that we can find true life in those around us, and not our phone screens.
How can we promote a good family life at home?
If you want to promote a better life for your family at home, here are some suggestions. Below is a series of activities that you can do together as a family in order to spend time together having fun.
Eat meals together
The lives of each family member can be very distinct, and having different schedules can make it very hard to find time to spend together. While it may seem a bit complicated, you should try to establish breakfast, lunch or dinner as a time to share as a family.
Take advantage of this moment to tell one another about your day, express your opinions about current events or any other important issue you want to pass onto them.
Make cooking a family affair
You and your family can set aside a day of the week to cook together. For example, you can choose a time during the weekend. That way, your kids are home, and the adults in your house have more free time to carry out activities with the family.
This way, your little ones will take on a sense of responsibility regarding the tasks involved in meal preparation. At the same time, cooking as a family tightens bonds among family members and provides a space to converse and dialogue.
Cooking also contributes to children's self-esteem if, once you finish eating, you congratulate them for a job well done. Also, tell your kids how proud you are of them for taking on such an important responsibility like preparing food for their family.
Watch television together
You can also choose a night of the week to gather in front of the TV and watch a television series or a movie as a family. To keep things fair and to teach everyone the value of respecting one another's tastes, each week, a different member of the family should choose what you are going to watch .
Read a book
Reading is one of the most precious activities that a family can share together. From teaching little ones to read and helping them with their learning to reading your children a story at bed time…
All of these activities will encourage their interest in reading and create precious memories for you and your little ones .
A family that plays together stays together
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text: Welcome to part three of the Quality Re-Imagined blog series. In part one, Transform Quality—and Your Business—with the Excellence Loop, from InfinityQS COO Doug Fair, we looked at the Excellence Loop and the importance of enterprise visibility to gain insights into your operations that can transform your business. In part two, The Quality Conundrum, we looked at what I call the biggest challenge to manufacturing quality—changing your mindset from "problem" to "opportunity." Here, in our third and final installment to this series, let's look closely at where that change in your quality mindset can lead you…to measurable results.Make the Move from Problem to Solution\r\nIt's time to stop thinking of quality as a final checkbox to be marked. Start envisioning the true value of the quality-related data that is available across your enterprise. Reduce waste, streamline audits, optimize processes, impress customers, and improve competitive strategies—all by re-imagining the role of quality in your business.\r\n \r\nAs we mentioned in part two of this blog series, the answer to the quality "problem" is to stop thinking of it as a problem. Too often, quality-related data is scribbled down on paper forms, stashed in spreadsheets, and ends up gathering dust in filing cabinets or siloed in databases or file servers across your organization. But with the right approach—and the right tools from InfinityQS—you can use that data to not only improve your products and boost operational performance, but to transform your business into an industry leader.\r\n \r\nIt's Time to Re-imagine Quality\r\nWhen your organization re-imagines quality, quality management becomes an ongoing, transformative opportunity for the whole enterprise. You begin to do more than just collect and respond to data. You can mine your supply chain, production lines, and more for actionable insights that spark continuous improvement—not just for one product, but across entire lines, sites, regions, and operations. \r\nWhere does this process start? You'll want to consider a quality management solution that can help you do more than just check quality data for problems. When evaluating options, look for the following functionality:\r\nGo Digital\r\nFirst, you need a solution that can work with your existing infrastructure to pull in quality data directly from your processing lines and equipment. Ditch the paper checklists—and the human error that often accompanies them. Manual entry is susceptible to mistakes driven by fatigue, distraction, or a desire to impress management. Plus, manually recorded data means added time for re-entry into databases or reporting systems.\r\n \r\nAnd this doesn't even touch on the problem of retrieving the manually collected data when you need it. Neither paper nor spreadsheets should be used to collect data on the shop floor. Neither of these solutions will give you the information you need. What you need is a quality management solution that can get you the reports you want in seconds. It's time to throw away the paper and move into the digital age.\r\nLook for Extensive, Targeted Functionality, Off-the-Shelf\r\nYou might think that the free "bolt-on" quality features that come with some Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions or measurement systems are a good deal. But such systems are far from robust and can hamstring manufacturers. \r\nBrad Forrest, a colleague here at InfinityQS, discusses just this topic in his recent blog, One Size Does Not Fit All, which in essence says this: "When it comes to using an ERP software system to meet your quality needs, one size does not fit all. Your quality team needs a 'best of breed' solution, not some add-on quality module that just won't do what they want."\r\n \r\nHe goes on to give us a nice laundry list of some of the more important items that a "panacea" like an ERP system does NOT include:\r\nA friendly, intuitive interface for the production floor personnel – let's face it, for a large do-it-all system, anything "quality" related is just an add-onInspection points (keeping track of inspections)Control charts and analysis tools (InfinityQS' specialty—right in our wheel-house)Reports – difficulties with pulling data and converting data (if you can even find the data in the big all-in-one systems, and many times it requires help from the IT team), as compared to easy-to-generate reports (InfinityQS)IT support – the "big answer\/one size fits all" options need quite a bit of IT support; InfinityQS quality systems do not\r\nWhat you want to do is invest in an established quality management system—like the ones we offer here at InfinityQS—to get the best functionality from proven, experienced quality experts who specialize in and understand quality. Our systems deliver extensive, configurable features off the shelf; custom coding (like those associated with "bolt-ons") costs more up front and eats up more cash in upgrades and support.\r\n\r\nStay Flexible\r\nThe ideal quality management solution gives you the flexibility to determine which types of information to accumulate, how often, and at which level of granularity. Your solution should provide a method for establishing parameters—and for alerting and notification when quality strays outside those boundaries.\r\n As my colleague, Eric Weisbrod, notes in his Data Collection blog series, "Notifications are generated [in Enact®, the InfinityQS cloud-native manufacturing quality management solution] so users know right now if there is an issue and adjust the process before making any non-conforming product. This is how you can prevent costly product holds or, even worse, potential recalls."\r\n \r\nYou need to make sure that the quality management system you use can collect the kind of data that is important to your organization, in a way that works for your operators. In addition to collecting the data in real time, the system should store that data for use in strategic decision making.\r\nUnify Data\r\nSpeaking of storage, a "must-have" in today's manufacturing environment is a quality management solution that provides a central, unified data repository. That's what we offer here at InfinityQS. Too often, manufacturers collect data only to find it siloed, non-standardized, and difficult to integrate.\r\n \r\nIn Doug's blog, SPC: Hunting the Big Picture and the Big Payoff, he talks about the importance of having all your data in a single place and, hence, the ability to "roll-up" that data:\r\n"The way to get the big picture view of your organization is with data aggregation. Data aggregation is rolling up data across your manufacturing enterprise and uncovering where the greatest opportunities exist for reducing waste, reducing costs, and improving quality. This is how you get a huge return on your SPC investment."\r\n Centralized storage and reporting provide the means to get that all-important "big picture view" of what's happening across time and across shifts, lines, and sites—even when those sites are in different regions or spread out across the globe.\r\nSimplify and Save\r\nNaturally, any quality management solution should be efficient to deploy and easy to operate. You need a solution that doesn't demand additional expenditures to upgrade your legacy systems, meet a steep learning curve, access "premium" functionality, or scale out as your implementation—or available technology—advances. Watch out for systems that offer fast, inexpensive deployments but then require you to redo your work over and over again or buy new add-ons any time you want to add functionality or product numbers. (Sound familiar—again, that's the problem with "bolt-on" solutions in a nutshell.)\r\n\r\nStandardize and Customize\r\nAdvanced reporting and configuration capabilities are important for reaping full benefits from your quality transformation. Standardized options save time and resources. Yet the quality management solution that you use should also be configurable to meet your reporting needs and customer demands.\r\n \r\nWith these capabilities, you move beyond a reactionary mindset and into a proactive quality approach. The result is a unified organization, focused on the combination of product quality, time to market, and profitability—that's the hallmark of an organization that uses InfinityQS products and solutions.\r\n \r\nGet Excited About Quality\r\nOf course, humans are naturally resistant to change. Implementing a new quality management system—especially one that can promote such drastic transformation on an enterprise scale—can meet some initial resistance.\r\n \r\nOne solution is to start small—on one line or a single product—while involving your site's operators, managers, and engineers. In Eric's blog, The Ideal Enact Software Deployment, he suggests, "Pick a specific production line, or family of products, something small that you know needs attention. Many people focus on just collecting data. And they don't start small. They try to build out their data collection across everything." This doesn't work. Folks often then have to go back and rework many of those data collections. \r\nYou need to alter your focus a bit—away from just data collection. "Think about the key result you're trying to achieve. A meaningful result that improves your products and your business. Things like reducing scrap, rework, giveaway, and defects can have a quick, significant impact. The point here is not to avoid collecting data; it's to collect the right data."\r\n \r\nResistance Will Fade\r\nWhen your team members experience the results of automating measurement-device outputs, efficiently grouping and ordering tests, and transitioning from paper to electronic data entry—and see how they can free up time for other, less tedious tasks and deliver results at an exponentially faster rate—you might find operators and supervisors queuing up to be next in line for deployment.\r\n \r\nWith the right quality management solution, your efforts to re-imagine quality—across one process, one site, or your entire enterprise—open up an infinity of possibilities. Improve your process. Increase efficiency. Impress customers. And don't break the bank in the process. It's all possible. You just need to re-imagine it.\r\n \r\nMeasurable Results\r\nInfinityQS has helped hundreds of companies around the globe fundamentally improve their manufacturing processes. Our clients report significant reductions in their costliest metrics: \r\nThose are results you can take to the bank. Quality re-imagined.\r\n \r\n \r\nThanks for joining us for this blog; if you haven't already, please read the other two blogs in this series:\r\nPart 1: Transform Quality—and Your Business—with the Excellence LoopPart 2: The Quality Conundrum\r\n \r\n \r\nTake advantage of the technology at your fingertips today: contact one of our account managers (1.800.772.7978 or via our website) for more information.\r\n


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I promise you that this innovative, thought-provoking post will create a new level of synergy in your cutting-edge copy.
Alright, so this post is obligatory. But as a man driven to help your business communicate more authentically, I have decided it is a must.
Buzzwords have no place in a writer's toolbox. Unfortunately, good writers tend to read a lot. As a result, these painful bastards might slip into your diction. It's the price you'll pay for competitive research or general goofing off on the internet.
Digital marketing demigod David Meerman Scott helped start the war against buzzwords back in 2007. (Here's the updated 2009 version.) For the most part, Scott aims his sights at PR folks. And we all know how much I love PR folks. But PR reps aren't the only ones guilty of using buzzwords. It could happen to you. A good offense is the best defense.
Check out my 5 weapons to destroy buzzwords.
1. If you have no proof, nuke that sucker. We're often tempted to make outlandish claims about our companies or products. Where's the harm in calling ourselves leading, cutting-edge, the best, the largest or premiere? In 9 out of 10 cases, you're either lying or including no proof of your claim. You think you can get away with it by making the claim as generic as possible. I'm telling you right now: it slows down and sinks your point. Avoid these types of words.
2. If it isn't specific and descriptive, get out the dynamite. Your company and product may be generic. Is that how you want to present it to people? And it's catastrophic to write generically-worded copy if your product is outstanding. Forget words like unique, customer-centric, dynamic, flexible and revolutionary. You should even erase award-winning from your vocab. If the award is relevant to the copy, you have better options, like…
3. If you're telling instead of showing, let the cannons rip. This tip isn't unique to business writing. Lively writing across any medium requires you to show, rather than tell. Words that tell are usually hollow, shallow and meaningless. Many of the words we've discussed so far fit the bill here. If you're the best or the only, you better be prepared to back those assertions up by showing readers why they're true.
4. If it's cliche, give it a swift kick in the balls. FYI — don't drink the kool-aid if you don't have the bandwidth to accomodate low-hanging fruit coming down the pipeline. You have an email address, right? You probably hear these kinds of cliches daily. Please, for the love of all that is holy, do not replicate them.
5. If it says nothing, get medieval on its ass. Perhaps this assertion is a culmination of the rest. Still, it's worth saying: putting words on the page doesn't mean you're saying anything. Business is all about communication. Make sure you get your point across. Avoid words that say nothing.


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Often times, especially around this time of year, I get an idea in my head to create a meaningful moment or an amazing memory with my kids. When I get those ideas, the "dreamer" in me pictures only the perfection of it all. I always imagine the best case scenario, the ideal, the photo inspired moments, the ones people tweet and Facebook about.
On one particular day not too long ago I thought that building a fort in the living room and playing games together as a family would be an afternoon of pure bliss.
In my mind it plays out something like this….
I happily announce to the loving, delightful children my fantastic plan of play and they respond with joy and excitement and an eagerness to get started. The happy kids help me as we all float effortlessly around the living room working seamlessly together to build a beautiful Pinterist-inspired-teepee-fort-masterpiece, with glowing Christmas lights, lovely snacks and delicious drinks inside. My daughter and I are dressed like pretend princesses and the boys like young gentlemen as we settle in for hours of laughter and glorious play.
Uh…No….(que record screech…)
Would you like to know how this really played out???
Before I could even get out the introductory sentence, "Hey, kids, let's all make a fort together!" I heard screams of delight coming out of a couple of kids mouths and instant whining, demands and unloving commands from others.
Some were thrilled and began making plans of how to execute their vision, and others were already mad about who they thought would get which blanket, which spot they would get to sit in once it was finished, and who would be the one picking the snacks.
As my children began to bicker and argue about the where and the how, I watched in horror as my entire living room become nothing short of a construction zone. Blankets and pillows were thrown about as they began to move couches, ottomans, tables, and lamps.
Before I knew it, every single piece of large fabric we owned was being taken out of every single storage space we have as the deconstruction of not only our living room, but much of the rest of our home, commenced. My chest began to tighten as I envisioned how many loads of laundry and how many hours it would take to clean up.
After the "fort" was finished it looked more like a homeless campground from a third world country than it did anything I've seen those "other moms" post about on their Facebook pages. Pictures of ours were certainly NOT going on Pinterest…in fact, I didn't even think I wanted a photo at all!!! (Yet, here it is because I KNOW you're dying to see it!)
I took a deep breath and we (4 in unmatched shorts and t-shirts and my daughter in her swimsuit) crawled inside anyway, trying to make the most with our thrown together snacks, collapsing fort, and saggy Christmas lights. I grabbed the game Chinese Checkers (did you ever play this game when you were little?) and ran through the brief overview, assuming it would be easy enough for them to learn as we went.
The following is my side of the dialog…
Okay its your turn, Corban
No, Corban, you can't just take your piece and put it anywhere
Corban, you can't move other's pieces either
Okay, Corban, put your piece back where you had it
Corban, where'd your piece go?
Ok now, Corban, you can move here, here or here
Alright, so that's good
Kai, its your turn
Corban, please stop kicking the board with your feet
Yes, Kate, you can have a snack
Okay, Kai, it's your…
Yes, you may have more apple juice
No, Kai, you can't move your piece there
You can move it here, here, or here…
Okay, Corban, you don't want to play anymore?
Yes, Kate, it'll be your turn in a sec
No, Kai, you can't move your piece there
Kate, stop touching
Kai, stop yelling
What?! Corban?! You're finished playing???
Okay…well I can't play if Corban doesn't so let's take mine and Corban's pieces off the board
Yes, Kai, I like how you did that
Kai, you can't take those pieces off, those are the ones you and Kate are playing with
Kai, put those back
Kate, hang on…it'll be your turn in a sec
Corban, stop falling into the tent
Kai, where'd that piece go…in your underwear??? Why is it in your underwear???
Okay, seriously…put that back and stop taking the pieces off the board
Corban, you need to decide if you're going to stay IN or OUT of the tent
Yes, Kai, I'll get you some apple juice. Just hang on…
Kate, it's your turn…no you can't jump there…you can't go there either
Corban, you're going to hurt your arm, please stop falling into the tent
Kai, you're gonna have to decide where you're sitting because you're going to bump the board and the pieces will go everywhere
Kate, its not your turn anymore
Kai, its your turn. Yes, you can move there…
Oh hi, Corban, can you stop slamming the door into Kai's head?
Yes, Corban, I can hear you! That's right buddy, you're SOOOO sneaky!
Yes, Kate, you can have another snack
Yes, Kai, of course I do. I like how you did that
Corban, stop picking the pieces off of the board with your toes
Corban, stop putting the pieces in between your toes
Yes, Kate, you can have a snack
Yes, Corban, you can have a snack
Kai, you turning around like that is going to bump the board, can you sit still?
Kai, where are you going?
Kate, where are you going?
Corban, where are you going?
(long pause….)
Why am I in this tent by myself???
Afternoon of bliss, right? Who am I kidding?! Seriously. Can anyone else relate?
My plan, how I wanted it to go, how I envisioned it playing out was not at all how it turned out. Not. one. bit.
I sat alone for a few minutes in that ugly tent with crushed up goldfish, spilled apple juice and rolling marbles at my feet. I knew right then that I could choose to make this event about me. I could easily allow myself to be bothered, sad, or angry that things didn't go how I wanted. I could choose to treat my children with contempt and frustration because they didn't perform how I desired them to. I could even use their lack of proper response to justify my own poor attitude as I sulk about how it should have gone. And I could have made the ultimate issue about how poorly they participated and about how inconvenient this all was for me. Yet, if there's one thing I know about that response is that it never ever results in love and unity.
If I allow the pursuit of perfection to become paramount the result will always be pain.
I have to be honest, though, I may be using this example from awhile back, but situations like this happen all of the time. No, really, ALL of the time. In small ways and in big ways my expectations are not met.
I can dream of the big stuff like a gloriously wonderful event like Christmas day with a picture perfect family, twinkling lights, candles aglow, and food that is ready and hot at the exact same time. I imagine no drama, no bickering and everyone carrying on and helping out like a well oiled piece of machinery.
Or I can dream of even the littlest things like the kids actually putting their shoes away where they are supposed to, or not fighting over the same exact one tiny car when there are literally a dozen of the same ones laying around, or simply saying "yes, mom" instead of whining when the answer is a no.
When my expectations of a dream world are not met, so often I respond in a way that puts me at the center of the story. And it is then that I realize these situations reveal far more about my own heart and than it does my kids' shortcomings.
Could it be that the frustration I feel to the chaos, the mess and the imperfection is really my own resistance to the work that needs to be done in my own heart? Could it be that in these imperfect moments the one who needs to learn to see things differently is actually me, not my children? What if learning peace, patience, forgiveness and joy is what mattered more than how my tent looked, how my food tasted, or how my photos turned out?
Laying down my expectations to instead love and serve those around me is to consider others as more important than myself, which is the heart of Jesus. Choosing joy, peace, patience and forgiveness even when my dreams do not come true, is the work of Jesus. To pursue others, including my children, in kindness even when they are undeserved or oblviious reminds me of how I have been pursued when I am undeserved and oblivious, which is the grace of Jesus.
Entering into the pace, the demands and the hopes of this holiday season the focus must be on Jesus who is the only perfect one. There is freedom to decorate! To plan! To shop! To craft! And to enjoy my children, my family, our friends and this season to the fullest! But…..Pursuing the mirage of perfection is never to be the aim, Jesus is. A soft heart that welcomes the work that needs to be done in me first when (not if) things do not go as planned will be the greatest priority of this season.


text: We've recently looked at ways to work with parent-child hierarchies, particularly in reporting scenarios. Regular parent-child hierarchies are great when working with dimensions that are ragged, but they have a critical limitation – any given node in the tree can only have a single parent node. A great solution to this problem is a DAG – directed acyclic graph.


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American Redstart, 8 & 11 December 2019
Taken at the Hagerstown City Park in Maryland. Quite surprised to find this gem of a bird, who should have migrated south for the winter back in September. A friend told me, "Might be the latest MD record if eBird is correct! I was seeing December 6 in Baltimore County and that record was from 1950!" I went back on December 11th, a sunny day, and found the same Redstart. I believe this is a female.Read More


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Red Rose Stained Glass Cremation Candle Keepsake
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III. Financial Statements
To the Board of Directors
We audited the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's (FDIC) balance sheets as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, for the two funds administered by FDIC (the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) and the FSLIC Resolution Fund (FRF)), the related statements of income and fund balance (accumulated deficit), and the statements of cash flows for the years then ended, and in our report dated January 31, 2007, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those statements.
In that report, we stated that we found the following:
In addition, we referred the reader to note 1 of the DIFs financial statements that discussed the enactment, on February 8, 2006, of the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005 (the Act). The Act called for the merger of the Bank Insurance Fund (BIF) and Savings Association Insurance Fund (SAIF) into a single deposit insurance fund. In accordance with the Act, on March 31, 2006, FDIC established the DIF with the merger of the BIF and SAIF. As further discussed in note 2 to DIFs financial statements, the merger resulted in a new reporting entity. The financial results of the newly formed DIF were retrospectively applied as though they had been combined at the beginning of the reporting year as well as for prior periods presented for comparative purposes.
In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying condensed financial statements is presented fairly, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements from which it has been derived.
As discussed in our January 31, 2007 report, in our prior year audit, we reported on weaknesses in FDICs information system controls that increased the risk of unauthorized modification and disclosure of critical FDIC financial and sensitive personnel information, disruption of critical operations, and loss of assets. During 2006, FDIC corrected many of these weaknesses and implemented mitigating controls. These actions enabled us to conclude that the remaining issues, along with other control deficiencies identified during our 2006 audits, do not constitute a significant deficiency.
We performed our work in accordance with U.S. generally accepted government auditing standards.
David M. Walker
January 31, 2007
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This Molly Yeh modified recipe is a nut free fun way to make an easy batch of two dozen biscotti.
3 ½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. kosher salt
1 cup grapeseed oil
1 cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs
1 tbsp. pure vanilla extract
½ cup sprinkles
Raw sugar and extra sprinkles on top of logs just before baking
Preheat oven to 350F. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the oil and sugar.
Add the eggs one at a time, followed by the vanilla. Blend until well combined.
In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt.
Add to the mixer bowl and blend until the dough begins to form.
Fold in the sprinkles. Form the dough into 2 11×2 ½-inch logs on parchment lined baking sheets. Sprinkle a few extra sprinkles and raw sugar and gently press onto the tops of the logs.
Bake for 25 minutes, remove from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
Reduce the oven temperature to 250F, slice the logs into 1 inch cookies and place cut side down onto the cookie sheet. Bake for 25 more minutes.


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It's week 2 questions for Book Lovers Unite online book club!
STILL plenty of time to join if you haven't read The Comfort of Lies!
Week 2 Questions:
1. Should Juliette have told Nathan's mother about the affair?
2. Tia and Juliette- completely opposite women in every regard except this: They love (and have been loved by Nathan). Juliette is classy, a role model, a business woman. Tia is younger, still looking for a way to make it in the world, and comes from a less privileged background. What drew Nathan to these women?
3. When Juliette talks about "never being able to let go of her child" should she be so quick to judge Tia? A mother's love is strong- but can we make a point that Tia acted like a true mother in this case by putting her child's needs ahead of her own? Or did Tia choose to find an adoptive family for selfish reasons?
4. There's a power struggle between Juliette and Nathan. By all rights, in my opinion, Juliette should have the upper hand. He had the affair, he kept the knowledge about the child a secret. And yet, Nathan has turned this around- kept putting off the big convo that him & Juliette needed to have. Thoughts?
5. Tia going to Juliette's work place- bold move? Underhanded?
6. How would you react if you were Caroline and Juliette had told you all about the events that lead to Savannah?
7. "Maybe that's our problem. We haven't yet figured out how to truly hate you, so we turn it on each other"- Tia. How does that statement fit in with the whole Tia/Nathan/Juliette dynamic?
8. Tia is adamant that Juliette never have any contact with Savannah. Is this fair? Is this realistic?
I hope you are enjoying week 2 of the reading!


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Fuhgeddaboudit! How to Manipulate Memory
Who doesn't have memories that would best be forgotten?
Who doesn't have memories that would best be forgotten? The time you had a little too much to drink at a friend's wedding, that awkward Thanksgiving with the in-laws, the water park incident.
Although such unpleasant experiences may be seemingly impossible to let go, bad memories don't necessarily have to haunt you forever and can be intentionally forgotten, according to a new study published in the journal Psychonomic Bulletin and Review.
Changing the context of a memory is the first step to forgetting it, reports a team of researchers from Dartmouth University and Princeton University. Context plays a fundamental role in how we organize our memories.
Optical Illusions: Your Brain Is Way Ahead of You: Photos
For their study, the researchers conducted brain scans on 25 individuals ranging in age from 19 to 34. Each individual viewed a number of nature scenes presented to them interspersed with a list of random words. Some were instructed to remember the words they saw, while others were told to forget.
When the students were given a second list of words to go along with their nature scenes, neuroimaging revealed that participants assigned to the "forget" group wiped out scene-related activity in the brain, a pattern not scene in those told to retain the memories. The degree to which participants flushed out those thoughts predicted how many of the random words they would later remember when prompted.
There are limitations to the latest research, however. "Although our results provide evidence that we can intentionally forget by changing our contextual states, our results do not pin down the underlying mechanism of contextual change," the authors admit.
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A 2012 study published in the journal Neuron uncovered two possible cognitive tactics for being rid of bad memories, suppression and substitution. Both tactics proved equally effective, but they target the memory itself rather than the contextual cues that could incite the return of a negative experience.
Applying the findings from the latest research could lead to potentially beneficial treatments for individuals struggling to cope with painful experiences and those dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). "Forgetting is typically viewed as a 'failure' in some sense, but sometimes forgetting can be beneficial, too," lead author Jeremy Manning said in a statement.
It doesn't take a trained scientist to realize that the most painful memories are also the most difficult to forget, but researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill discovered just that in their study published in 2007. Emotional memories created with visual cues, the kind of context used in the latest study, proved the most resilient.
Optical illusions may seem like nothing more than visual trickery. But they are actually a result of our brains trying to predict the future.
When light hits our retina, it takes about one-tenth of a second for our brain to translate that signal into perception. Evolutionary neurobiologist Mark Changizi says this neural delay makes our brains generate images of what it thinks the world will look like in one-tenth of a second. It's not always right.
"Your brain is slow, so you need to basically create perceptions that correct for that delay," said Changizi, director of human cognition at 2AI Labs.
Creating an image of the very near future probably kept early humans alive because it kept them from bumping into dangerous objects or being attacked by a fast-moving predator.
Click through the following images and see how our ability to predict the future one-tenth of second in advance also messes with your mind.
When images of objects flow across the retina, it activates all these different neurons in our brains. This is the mechanism by which the brain figures out how to extrapolate the next moment.
"When you move through the world, your eyes take snapshots," said Chingazi. "During that snapshot, as something moves across your visual field, you don't just end up with a dot on your retina, you end up with a blurred line on your retina."
Our perception doesn't see them, but the blurred lines make our brains realize that something is in motion. From there we can determine the direction of an object moving in our world. Since the blurred lines are all emanating from a single point in your visual field, they can inform you on the direction you're going.
"Once you know the direction you're going, you can determine how all these things would change in the next moment," said Chingazi.
Take the above photo of "warp speed." You don't even have to question in what direction those blurred lines are taking you. Little did you know, "Blurred Lines" is more than just the most over-hyped song of the summer.
Perhaps the best representation of blurred lines and how they apply to optical illusions is the Hering illusion. Its radial spokes are blurred lines, all emanating from a single point. Those lines tell us where we are heading: forwards, towards the center.
The reason the two vertical lines appear to bow in the middle is because the radial lines suck our field of vision towards the center, as if we were in motion. In fact, those vertical lines are parallel, despite what our brain tells us. Our perception is actually showing us what those parallel lines look like in the next tenth of a second, the moment our gaze "passes through" the vertical lines, towards the vanishing point of the radial lines.
To simplify things, Chingazi suggests we imagine walking through a very tall doorway of a cathedral. When we're really far away, the doorway sides seem parallel to one another. The angular distance between the top, middle and bottom of the door are all roughly the same.
"Once you're really close or going through the cathedral doorway, the parts at eye-level are going to be wider apart," he said. "When you look up, they actually converge like railroad tracks in the sky."
Essentially, this is the same phenomenon that happens in the Hering illusion.
Shapes aren't the only objects that change as we move forward. Other factors like angular size -- how much of our visual field is taken up by an object – speed, distance and the color contrast between an object and its background also contribute to optical illusions.
Changizi determined that many illusions can be defined within his future-seeing process, so he created a chart with 28 categories that help organize what he calls his "grand unified theory."
"This seven-by-four table really has one hypothesis that explains them all," he said. "It makes a prediction across these 28 categories about what kind of illusions you should expect and how the illusions will reveal themselves across these 28 kinds of stimuli."
The above illusion was created by a former student of Chingizi's, and it demonstrates elements of speed, size and contrast. Move your head towards the center and the bright-white center appears to quickly fill the circle. Move your head backward and the dark perimeter appears to close in on the white center.
The orange circle on the left appears much smaller than the one on the right, when in fact they are the same size. This is the classic Ebbinghaus illusion, named after Hermann Ebbinghaus, the German psychologist who discovered it. British psychologist Edward Titchener popularized the illusion in the early 20th Century, as the illusion is also known as "Titchener circles."
The juxtaposition of the circles' sizes and distance from each other make them appear incongruent.
It's time to play magician and make the pink splotches disappear. Stare at the cross in the center of the image and before you know it, you have a completely gray rectangle.
If we fixate on one single point, we tend to keep our eyes still. Those blurry pink orbs are now on the periphery of our visual field and tend to disappear because we're zeroing in on the cross. Despite being physically present, the pink smudges do not stimulate our neurons enough to maintain visual perception. The phenomenon is known as "Troxler's fading," discovered by Swiss physician Ignaz Paul Vital Troxler in 1804.
Although the pink dots are static, they're actually a part of an animated illusion called the "Lilac Chaser," created by Jeremy Hinton around 2005. In that illusion, a green dot seemingly "eats" the other dots in a clock-wise fashion, thus it's sometimes known as the "Pac-Man" illusion.
This illusion is attributed to British psychologist Richard Gregory. Legend has it that his lab assistant saw this illusion in the wall tiles at a cafe in Bristol. The black and white pattern was offset by a half a tile, causing the illusion to appear.
Though they appear to be at an angular pitch, the horizontal lines are parallel. Distance and contrast are two operating variables in this illusion.
Interested in seeing the tiles at the original Bristol location? The cafe is still there, but it's reportedly closed. However, curious trekkers can find it at the bottom of St. Michael's Hill.
So-called peripheral drift illusions, such as Japanese psychology professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka's "Rotating Snakes," are motion illusions that occur in our visual periphery. These illusions work best when you look off to the side of the image.
Earlier studies of the "Rotating Snakes" suggested that perceived motion was triggered by eyes moving slowly across the images. But a 2012 study, led by neuroscientist Susana Martinez-Conde, showed that fast eye movement, some of which is microscopic, drive the perceived motion.
The scintillating grid is an illusion created by superimposing white dots at the intersection of gray lines on a black background. Dark dots seem to appear and disappear at the intersections, and jump around the grid, thus the term "scintillating."
Trying to pin down one of the black dots with your gaze is like playing a hands-free version of Wack-a-Mole, as the dark spots only appear in your periphery.
One of the clearest examples of how sharp, black-and-white contrast effects the gray scale can be seen in the image above.
The gray bars between the black stripes appear darker than the gray bars between the white strips. However, the gray bars are the same shade. Chingizi's "grand unified theory" states the higher the contrasts nearby an object, the lower in contrast that object will appear.
Lady, look out for that giant snail, it's about to attack! Oh wait, shwoo, it's only one of Julian Beever's pavement drawings.
The English artist and renowned darling of gotta-see Internet pics has been taking to streets and sidewalks all across the world since the mid 1990's. He employs a projection technique called anamorphosis to give the illusion that his drawings are three dimensional when viewed from a certain angle.
Shoppers in Camberley, England, got a glimpse of Santa in his snowy underground grotto courtesy of Julian Beever's amazing 3-D street art.
While this image looks like a model of the future's coolest water slide, it's artist Anh Pham's version of a peripheral drift illusion.
Concentrate on one of the pink spots and you may be able to stop that ring from moving, but it's a different story in your visual periphery. Good luck tearing yourself away from this one.
Go to any tourist destination in the world that has an iconic structure, such as the Eiffle Tour, the Taj Mahal or the Washington Monument, and you'll find tons of fanny-packed shutter bugs creating their own optical illusions. Because objects in the distance appear smaller, altering your perception angle can make it seem like the Eiffle Tour is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. Or that you can push against the Leaning Tower of Pisa to keep it from falling over.
As the above couple demonstrates with the incredible-shrinking-man illusion, altering your perspective can drastically change your perception.


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It's day 6, and after a busy week of work and getting home at dusk, I haven't ventured out to view my decomposing experiment (see The fine art of composting). It's winter, and we have had some of the best rain this week that Melbourne has seen for a while, country Victoria has seen the best rain it has had for 14 years. The compost is therefore moist!
The heap has settled, and is noticeably lower than last Sunday.
I can notice some decomposing action, but it's not hot hot hot. It's definitely not steaming (and I won't be throwing in the cow in yet). Temperature wise, we are just tipping over 20 degrees. Looks like I will need to get the pitchfork out tomorrow to work and stir things up a bit.
Till next time – for some more riveting composting action…. Wow – you know your life is really, really exciting when you start to follow the decomposition of scraps in your back lane. Surely it can't get any more action packed than this!


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This week's podcast features a live recording from the mental health portion of a recent Second Saturday Workshop. The speaker, Dr. Kathy Memel, is a therapist with a private practice in Beverly Hills. She works with individuals, couples, and families, and she provides a safe, caring, confidential environment. In addition to her work as a therapist, Dr. Memel has served as a family mediator at the Los Angeles Superior Conciliation Court for over twenty years. She also worked for five years as a family law paralegal, so she understands what people go through in a lawyer's office. She's also a wonderful person and a joy to be around.
In this segment of her presentation, Dr. Memel talks about how past family history plays a role in current family conflict.


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After John Lennon's death, Yoko Ono donated a million dollars to the city to create a memorial in his favorite section of Central Park, directly across the street from their home in The Dakota. En savoir plus .
At this museum devoted to medieval art, a path winds through the peaceful grounds to a monastery that appears to have survived from the Middle Ages. Don't miss the famed unicorn tapestries. En savoir plus .
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In the deep south of Staten Island, this lush, more-than-300-acre green space is teeming with plant and animal life. Come and enjoy the narrow woodland trails, which can be hiked or biked. En savoir plus .
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I wake up with an extremely sore head today and I'm feeling a little bit sorry for myself; not least of all because I have to leave the wonder of New Orleans behind me today.
Breakfast is a pleasure of plantain, eggs, avocado and salsa but I still can't shake my hesitancy or my hangover.It's a quick one hour flight to Nashville although breakfast nearly resurfaces with the turbulence.
I arrive in Music City and its clear how proud Nashville is of this fact. There's even live country music being performed in the airport bars. I head downtown to my hostel after the nice lady at the ticket desk gives me a discount on my shuttle (now you enjoy your stay here in Nashville!!) arriving by early evening.
It's pleasant enough but I'm bummed out still about leaving Louisiana. My British accent is back (although thankfully I sound like myself again rather than some corruption of a Dickensian street urchin) but I miss my Southern twang.
I make friends with the girls in my room who are off out and ask me to join them. Since the alternative involves going to bed and being in a child-like strop I left NOLA, I venture out with them to meet the city which will be my home for the next 5 days.
We start by heading onto 2nd avenue and it's pretty gaudy. Tourists pack the streets and country singers sing out of their window spots in restaurants and bars. Even performers on the street are pretty decent-and there's one guy plucking away on his banjo like there's no tomorrow. This road is like Bourbon Street meets the Wild West.
We grab some mediocre food, and the plan is to hit up the bars. My hangover from last night isn't too keen on this plan though, and so I politely decline. I wander the busy streets back to the hostel thinking I'm going to have to plan and seek out the best spots here in town that don't involve trashy touristy gimmicks.
I've been looking forward to this part of my trip being a massive country music fan, so I'm feeling a little reticent being faced with all the grandeur shovelled down my neck in this way.
Pondering this, I head to bed and hope the magic of music city looks better in the daylight of tomorrow.


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A twist on the typical basil recipe, this pesto combines flat-leaf parsley and some mint. It's marvelous on sandwiches and pizza and, if you thin it out with a little pasta water, it's a great addition to spaghetti. Shower the dressed bowl with Parmesan and serve.
– Martha Rose Shulman
2 garlic cloves, halved, green shoot removed, roughly chopped
Salt to taste
2 cups, tightly packed, flat-leaf parsley leaves, coarsely chopped
1 tablespoon, tightly packed, mint leaves, coarsely chopped (optional)
⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil, as needed
6 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan
Freshly ground pepper (optional)
Turn on a food processor fitted with the steel blade and drop in the garlic. When it is chopped and adhering to the sides of the bowl stop the machine and scrape down the bowl. Alternatively, mash with a generous pinch of salt in a mortar and pestle. Add the parsley and mint to the food processor (or to the mortar and pestle) and process until finely chopped or grind to a paste. With the machine running slowly add the olive oil and process until the mixture is smooth (or slowly work into the mixture using a mortar and pestle). Stop the machine, scrape down the sides of the bowl and add the cheese. Pulse to combine.
This keeps for a week in the refrigerator and doesn't lose its bright color.
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A Boulton and Watt steam engine – which takes pride of place in one of Dundee's leading museums – is to receive a prestigious heritage award . . . on a very special day.
The rotative beam engine – one of only five of its kind surviving in the UK – is the star object of the High Mill section of Verdant Works' museum in the city. The engine dates from 1801-1802.
The engine will be awarded the Engineering Heritage Award from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). William Edgar CBE, IMechE Past President, will unveil a commemorative plaque and there will also be a special 'steam-themed' musical performance from a singing group called Quire.
The event will take place at Verdant around 2 p.m. on Sunday, August 25 – the 200th anniversary of the death of James Watt.
A spokesperson for Verdant Works said: "The Engineering Heritage Awards recognise pioneering engineering artefacts, locations, collections and landmarks. The awards raise public awareness of the vital role mechanical engineering plays in modern life."
The museum's Boulton and Watt engine is typical of the type used in textile mills in the 1800s – and was originally used to drive the machinery at Douglasfield Bleachworks in Dundee. The engine is on loan from Dundee City Council via a partnership with Leisure and Culture Dundee.
Listen to Gill Poulter of Dundee Heritage Trust talk about the engine.
Verdant Works will be open to the public on Sunday, August 25 – allowing visitors to watch the awards ceremony. There will also be "Full Steam Ahead" workshops for children (bookable). To find out about admission prices and other information, see the museum's website.
Sunday, August 25, is 'Go Industrial Day'. Events to celebrate the James Watt anniversary are being held at industrial museums across Scotland. For more information, visit: www.goindustrial.co.uk


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JLS Hail "Emotional" Opening Night Of '4th Dimension' UK Tour In Liverpool
15 March 2012, 07:14 | Updated: 15 March 2012, 07:23
The 'Take A Chance On Me' stars kicked off their latest jaunt with an "amazing" show at the Echo Arena.
JLS have confessed that their opening night of their '4th Dimension' UK tour was "amazing" as they took to the stage at Liverpool's Echo Arena yesterday (14th March) evening.
The 'Do You Feel What I Feel' singers logged onto their Twitter account following the performance, with Oritse confessing he was feeling "emotional" during the set.
He tweeted: "First show was amazin..loved it so much..got a lil emotional during "Proud", please forgive me. Ori x x x"
The band had been logging onto their social networking account throughout the day as they prepared for their show revealing their excitement to be back on the road.
The latest jaunt is in support of their latest studio album 'Jukebox' which was released last year and the boys recently confessed they have been undertaking a strict eight hour workout regime and diet of boiled chicken to ensure they were in top shape for the tour.
JLS will continue the jaunt with another show at Liverpool's Echo Arena this evening (15th March).


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When Signazon contacted me about reviewing a banner from their site, the timing could not have been better. I was in the middle of planning a surprise birthday party for my husband!
Signazon sells signs, car magnets, decals, oversized checks, banners and much more.
There a lot of options available for banners. Besides the pre-made templates, there's a blanket template allowing you to truly customize everything about your banner. If you choose a pre-made template, you can still change the background colors, text, add clip art and photos. There are more than 50 banner templates to choose from!
Choose what materials from which you'd like your banner to made: vinyl, matte vinyl, or canvas. The standard size is 2'x4′, but you can select different sizes all the way to 5'x10′ or even a custom size (price varies). Outdoor banners and double-sided banners incur an additional fee.
After you choose a template, click on the "Customize" button below the photo. I chose this template for J's birthday banner:
You can change the background color by clicking the choices on the left, using the dropper (color picker), or selecting from the color palette. The text on the banner can be edited or deleted. A border and extra text can also be added.
Upload photos or add clip art to the banner, if you like.
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Here's the one I chose for J's surprise party! I do want to note that my photo isn't that good. The banner looks much more vibrant in person!
Hubby loved his party and loved his banner. It was easy to hang on our living room wall with only two command hooks, although there are four holes for hanging. Also, the banner arrived rolled up in a long, thin cardboard box to keep the shape intact.
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