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Intrepid Istanbul: Family Dinners and Fortunetelling
By Chance St. John
Flying into Turkey, I expected a diverse population, a unique trip, and a cultural adventure. Turkey not only surpassed all of my expectations, but also lifted the bar in every way. Future trips beware; the standards have been redefined.
After landing in the airport and taking a taxi ride to the Constantine Hotel, I was able to wander around the surrounding area. To my delight I found that the Constantine is located right in the heart of Istanbul and mere blocks away from the Hagia Sofia and the Sultan Ahmed (Blue) Mosque.
An hour or so after my arrival I met my Intrepid Travel tour guide, Julie Keldoulis, along with a few other travel writers from New York, Toronto, and London.
Due to the torrential downpour outside, we passed some time by going over our travel itinerary for the week, oohing and aahing over tantalizing events like the ferry ride to Asia and hot air ballooning in Cappadocia.
Julie filled us in on the history and cultural background that led from the Ottoman Empire to modern Turkey while also beginning what became a daily tradition of learning common Turkish phrases and expressions. Our Day 1 assignment? The most important expression of all: thank you! Or rather, "te?ekkür ederim" (pronounced tah-sha-coor-eh-der-rem).
Once the rain subsided we spent the rest of the afternoon touring some of the nearby sights around Istanbul. Unfortunately we didn't have time to explore the Hagia Sofia, but the Sultan Ahmed Mosque was truly beautiful and impressive.
We had to wait for prayer time to finish before we were able to enter the mosque; everyone was required to take off their shoes first, while the women were politely asked to wear headscarves out of respect.
Dinner Guests
Later we regrouped for dinner with a local family. Dinner was truly a highlight of the trip and an example of what Intrepid Travel can offer that most travelers couldn't do on their own.
Three families lived in the house in total and it was fascinating to hear their stories of migrating from Eastern Turkey to Istanbul in order to find work.
Only one of the fathers spoke even limited English, so a translator was provided to facilitate communication. Apparently the men had come first to find work and establish themselves before the women and children followed.
It was clear (and later verified) that they were lower middle-class by Turkish standards, but seemed generally happy and eager to share their experiences while asking us questions of their own.
Dinner itself was delicious and plentiful, with heaping plates of freshly baked bread and various side dishes. The main course included stuffed peppers and zucchini along with an interesting milk/tapioca beverage to wash everything down.
Markets and Markets and Markets, Oh My!
The next day we spent many hours walking around Istanbul and taking in the sights of the Grand Bazaar and the Egyptian Spice Market. Stretching out over nearly 60 covered streets, the bazaar is one of the more awe-inspiring human creations I've come across. You can find almost anything you desire within the 1,200 shops, ranging from fine jewelry to caged ducks.
The Egyptian Spice Market was similarly impressive and serves as the hub of spice trading in Turkey. The market is a must-visit for those with a sweet tooth due to the numerous merchants eager to hand out free samples of a variety of Turkish Delight (lokum).
We then passed through the Sahaflar Carsisi, also known as the Old Book Bazaar. Although the Internet and modern bookstores have made the market seem more antiquated than influential, it was once the center for book sales and distribution for the entire Ottoman Empire. It is also conveniently located right in front of the Istanbul University.
Walking Tour Continued
Although we missed the regular school year for the university, the campus was sprawling and well groomed, reminding me of the Vassar College campus in New York. Currently in its 557th year, Istanbul University is not only one of the oldest universities in Turkey, but in the entire world.
The Rüstem Pasha Mosque was next on our walking tour of the city, and although not in the same league as the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, it is more befitting of the title "Blue Mosque." Adorned in rare Iznik tiles, the mosque is not particularly large but makes up for it in elegance. Intricate blue designs decorate the exterior of the mosque, which is composed of more Iznik tiles than any other building in Turkey.
Fish Please!
We took a break from walking by stopping for a fish sandwich lunch at one of Istanbul's famous floating fish restaurants along the Golden Horn (an inlet of the Bosphorus Strait).
I'm amazed anyone working on the "restaurants" (read: small boats) is able to avoid becoming sea sick with the heavy waves continually rocking the vessels back and forth. Regardless, lunch was delicious and comes highly recommended; you couldn't get fresher in Maine (sorry family)!
Fame and Fortune in Taksim Square
After returning to the hotel for some showering and blogging, we took Istanbul's subway system to Taksim Square. Considered the heart of modern Istanbul, the Taksim area contains many shops, art galleries, and clubs.
Of particular interest was the opportunity to hear my future from a Turkish fortuneteller. As the tradition goes, you must drink a cup of Turkish coffee and flip your cup upside down on top of the saucer. Then you bring the cup and saucer to the fortuneteller, place your thumb briefly on the bottom of the cup, and then allow them to read your energy by running their own thumb along the cup.
It goes without saying that the full results of my reading would be far too scandalous and incriminating to share, but although I am a skeptic, the reading was surprisingly accurate. The important thing you should know is that I'll have my own business by 2011 with a countrywide network (that will apparently go worldwide once I get settled). If my fortuneteller told me, it must be true.
Ferry Ride to Asia
Our itinerary included dinner at the Galata Bridge before a ferry ride from the European side of Turkey to the Asian side. Instead, our small group made a unanimous decision to explore more of the other side and have dinner in Asia.
Although the Asian side of the Bosphorus was similar in certain regards, it was also noticeably less touristy than the European side. Dinner was excellent and featured a wide array of appetizers that were easily shared, similar to tapas. Unfortunately we missed the live band that was setting up nearby, as we had to catch a ferry back.
Only the Beginning…
Back at the hotel for the night, I was excited for the morning's trip to Bursa. Istanbul was wonderful and everyone should put a visit on their bucket list, but I wanted to explore the less traveled areas that Turkey had to offer.
I can't wait to catch you up on the rest, but every area deserves its own article, and that's exactly what you're going to get. For now, plenty more pictures and stories are available on my blog. Tune in soon for my adventures in Bursa and Selçuk!
Chauncey (Chance) St. John is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of SUNY Albany. He freelances as a travel writer while preparing to join the Peace Corps and currently works with GE as a financial analyst.
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Dug up these photos from 2007, when we still lived in Hawai'i. Going through old photos are a mix of emotions. First you laugh at all the crazy things you forgot you did, then you wonder how in the world time passed so quickly! It's a nice little reminder (for me), to enjoy every little moment. I'll probably be looking at 2011 photos, 10 years from now, wishing I could time travel back.
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Posted on August 21, 2015
I bet you thought there would be no interior design term for the letter X but I am here to share with you the only term I am aware of and that is the enduring X-base bench.
This popular style is versatile enough to be used in any room in the house. It is commonly placed at the foot of the bed, used as a comfortable vanity stool or tucked under a console table for additional seating in a living area.
This design can be adapted for use in any interior design style. Nail head trim, curved legs, metal detail or your choice of fabric will all help to incorporate this stool into your home's décor. Here are just a few ideas that you can use in your own project:
This pair of classically designed x-benches placed in front of the fireplace provide additional seating for guests.
Transitional Living Room by Dallas Interior Designers & Decorators Abbe Fenimore Studio Ten 25
Sleek and modern, these metal based x benches add a pop of color as well as seating space.
Modern Family Room by Portland Photographers KuDa Photography
Nail head trim and a curvy x base add a hint of glamour to this bedroom.
Traditional Bedroom by Vancouver Interior Designers & Decorators Enviable Designs Inc.
This over-stuffed x bench is the perfect choice for a shared ottoman between two lounge chairs.
Transitional Living Room by Houston Interior Designers & Decorators Laura U, Inc.
An upholstered x bench softens the hard surfaces found in most bathrooms.
Contemporary Bathroom by Scottsdale Home Builders Meritage Homes
Boutique hotel and B&B proprietors will appreciate the versatility of this little bench in the lobby, guest rooms or gathering spaces in their establishments.
Whether you live in a rustic, contemporary or traditional home or prefer stained, painted or upholstered furniture, there is an x-bench out there to meet your needs.


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Inspiring Story About A 92 Year Old Tap Teacher [VIDEO]
She was a member of the storied Rockettes during World War II.
She was 10 years during the famed stock market crash of 1929.
She is Louise Grossman and she's 92 years old and still teaching tap dance to 70 students out of her attic. Check out her amazing story after the jump.


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Last weekend saw the Green Party of England and Wales' autumn conference, and the formal announcement of the Green Party's new leadership team – Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley as joint-leaders, and Amelia Womack as Deputy Leader.
Lucas and Bartley's victory was not a surprise, but perhaps the size of their victory was (87.7% of the vote, 81% clear of their nearest rival). This is despite some displeasure at the manner of the announcement they'd be standing (an article in the Guardian the day before formal nominations opened). Lucas had previously suggested she may continue with the decision she made in 2012 – to step aside from the leadership so that, among other benefits, more faces could make a name for themselves, and build a national reputation. Deputy Leaders Amelia Womack and Shahrar Ali among those suggested as possible candidates, as well as MEP Molly Scott-Cato. Continue reading "Lucas, Bartley and Womack: The Future of the Green Party"


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I found this on Grandparent.com and thought we might all enjoy seeing why we SHOULD enjoy that must have morning drink - coffee.
Coffee is much more than a daily pick-me-up — the right amount can protect you from serious health problems.
Reduces risk of kidney stones
The promise: Increase your caffeine intake and you'll decrease your chances of getting painful kidney stones.
The proof: A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2014 revealed that people who drink caffeine-containing beverages have a lower risk of incident kidney stones. "Caffeine does make you pee more!" says Kirkpatrick. "It's the build-up of [deposits] that are not being released that leads to stones. Having urine and waste move through the body decreases the potential for stones to form."


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13 Women Behind The Kitchen Shift in Pittsburgh
Kitchen culture in Pittsburgh is changing as a new generation of women chefs takes leadership roles at some of the city's best restaurants.
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The restaurant kitchen long has been viewed as a man's world — most notably as a highly disciplined, "Yes, chef" brigade system established by Escoffier, though sometimes with crews as lawless as a pirate ship, where drunks and scallywags curse, shout and brag while machoing their way through their shifts.
Pittsburgh itself is a city that built its reputation on the labor of blue-collar "men's work": hard toil in steel mills, coal mines and factories. At the end of the day, those men returned home to heavy meals meant to replenish their strength after long hours of backbreaking work. Those meals were prepared by unseen, unpaid and often unappreciated women laboring in the home kitchen.
Now, a long-overdue shift in opportunities and culture is taking place, opening more avenues for gender equity in Pittsburgh's restaurant kitchens.
Why now?
As the restaurant industry gains respect and the rise of food TV encourages more Americans to participate in the culinary industry, women have made inroads in culinary leadership, especially in a mid-sized city such as Pittsburgh where the DIY spirit is pushed forward by low rents and an eager, developing dining culture.
"Hopefully things are getting better, and people aren't judging us based on whether we're a woman or not. There's just more opportunity, and people think it's less weird if a woman were in charge," says Sonja Finn, the chef and owner of Dinette in East Liberty.
That was exemplified on a stormy night in late August when 11 chefs banded together to cook an eight-course dinner to benefit the anti-food-waste organization 412 Food Rescue. Jamilka Borges, the spirited leader who recently was hired to shake things up as the new executive chef of Spoon in East Liberty, assembled the chefs, organized the menu and executed the dinner service. All of the chefs that night were women — all of whom run or help to run some of the best restaurants in Pittsburgh.
"When I opened the restaurant I was so consumed with opening it that I was unaware that it was anything special that I was a single woman business owner/chef opening a restaurant," says Finn. "It was only clear it was a thing once we opened and I noticed that some people — not many — [and] their unease when they looked around and figured out who was running the place."
Finn, who trained at the Culinary Institute of America, became the first woman to be the sole chef-owner of a notable Pittsburgh restaurant when she opened Dinette in 2008. "She had to work much harder to get where she is because she's a woman. There are a lot of people who wouldn't be as strong as she was to do that," says Becca Hegarty, who worked for Finn at Dinette from 2012 to 2014 and now is the chef de cuisine for Finn's new project, Cafe Carnegie, at the Carnegie Museums in Oakland.
Even before Finn, there were trailblazers in Pittsburgh. "There always have been women chefs. We're just not running around bragging about it. We do the job, get it done and that's what we're concerned with," says Bethany Zozula, executive chef of Whitfield in East Liberty; Zozula's sister Hilary opened the vegan restaurant Eden in Shadyside as chef/co-owner in 2011.
Lidia Bastianich might be most widely known for her popular television cooking shows, but she also is a no-nonsense chef and businesswoman, opening the Pittsburgh outpost of Lidia's in the Strip District in 2001. Around the same time, Jennifer Gerasole began running the kitchen at Girasole restaurant in Shadyside.
The big Burrito Restaurant Group, which operates five standalone restaurants and the Mad Mex chain, has a long history of promoting women from within the organization. "It's not about what's in your pants. It's about if you're seeking opportunity and your work ethic and your brain," says big Burrito Corporate Chef Bill Fuller.
Marla Beamon became the first woman promoted to executive chef in a big Burrito kitchen when she took the helm at Kaya in the Strip District in 1997. Brandy Stewart later ran the same kitchen from 2005-07 and Soba in Shadyside from 2007-09; Danielle Cain followed Stewart as executive chef of both of those restaurants and now is the company's director of catering.
Those chefs broke through walls and helped set the stage for chef/owners and chefs such as: Gloria Fortunato, who opened Wild Rosemary in Upper St. Clair with Lynne Bielewicz and Cathleen Enders in 2008; Kate Romane, who opened e2 in Highland Park in 2010, and after the restaurant closed last month moved her catering and special events business to a new location in Point Breeze called Black Radish Kitchen; Bek Hlavach, a former Legume chef who recently closed Sweet Peaches in Allentown and plans to open Billet & Bloom, a restaurant and catering operation, in the Strip District in early 2017; and Borges, who prior to her position at Spoon was the longstanding chef de cuisine at Legume in Oakland and executive chef of Bar Marco in the Strip District.
"People like Kate, Sonja and Jamilka set the bar for the rest of us. I immediately was able to recognize that women can and should be doing this work if they want to," says Csilla Thackray, executive chef of The Vandal in Lawrenceville.
"Even a few years ago, when I was coming up the ranks, people used to assume you were going to suck just because you are a girl. But now that's slowly changing. Just in the last couple of years, people see you just as a cook," says Lily Tran, who since February has been executive chef of Soba; all three members of the restaurant's current chef team are women.
That's changing the kitchen culture in Pittsburgh restaurants. "In terms of seeing the national picture, it's become clear that in Pittsburgh there are so many women involved in our local food movement. It sets us apart a little bit," says Finn.
While the gendered stereotype that women chefs run 'nicer' or 'easier' kitchens than their male counterparts isn't close to true — there's a spectrum for everything — kitchens run by women chefs do tend to have more focused lines of communication. Consider the perspective of some of the chefs:
Says Thackray: "We communicate in a different way. There's the hierarchy in a brigade-type male kitchen when it's OK to scream at people, and that's how you learn. I think that's stifling."
Says Finn: "It's absolutely not easier working for a woman chef. Nobody expects that you're going to be working less hard. But I've never seen a place for yelling in a kitchen. Yelling is just an external form of crying, and I'm not going to do that in my kitchen."
Says Tran: "Just as a new generation of chefs is coming in to manage kitchens, that old style of treating people like crap and yelling at everyone is going by the wayside. You don't have to be gentler … I like discipline, and I like people to fall in line, but we all need to get away from that old tradition of humiliation and abuse. That's the medium that everyone now needs to find, regardless of gender."
Says Zozula: "I don't baby anyone, and I demand respect. I was Derek's [Stevens, the former executive chef of Eleven in the Strip District] right hand for a long time; I wasn't by any means as tough as he was, but I definitely adopted that style. I think I'm fair, but I only put up with things to a certain point. I have been known to hound people out of the kitchen."
The majority of line cooks and prep chefs in Pittsburgh may have become used to women in positions of power and afford them the same amount of respect they would a man, but that doesn't mean gender bias has been eliminated from the restaurant world. Female chefs still confront inappropriate behavior directed at them by many of the restaurant industry's surrounding players, such as contractors, suppliers and the like. "If they don't know me, they'll always ask [my subordinates] if they're the chef first," says Jessica Lewis, owner and executive chef of Carota Cafe in the Strip District.
"In general it's, 'Can I please talk to the owner or the manager?' But this is everywhere, not just the cooking world. Every single day, everywhere we go, [men will] get treated differently than I do," says Hegarty.
And then there's this:
"We have a conversation with people that ends with a handshake for him and someone calling me sweetheart and giving me a hug. It's about how serious people take you, and unfortunately, that's something that's been a challenge for women in this community," says Kate Lasky, who runs Apteka in Bloomfield with her partner Tomasz Skowronski.
"I get hit on. You get catcalls. You get people being extra nice to you because you're a woman. And I don't pay attention to it. After awhile, you're just like, whatever. I'm not going to teach them to change their ways," says Lewis.
Despite those ongoing obstacles, which are not limited to the restaurant world, Pittsburgh in 2016 is a more welcoming city to women in leadership roles than it has been. Below and on the following pages, Pittsburgh Magazine recognizes some of the city's foundational and emerging culinary voices.
Jamilka Borges
Executive chef, Spoon
Borges started cooking in an Italian restaurant while pursuing a degree in art history at the University of Puerto Rico. She decided she was more interested in cooking than art and attended culinary school at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. Her first job after culinary school was in 2007 as a garde manger chef at Legume, then located in Regent Square. Borges worked her way up the ladder to chef de cuisine before moving to Bar Marco in 2013. She became the executive chef of Spoon in April 2016.
On legitimacy: "[Growing up] I wasn't aware that I could be a professional chef. Back in Puerto Rico there was a cultural stereotype, even from my family, that this isn't a profession. You should be cooking for your husband and your family. It wasn't until recently that they've come around to see it as a profession."
On community: "If you look at the women who are doing this in the city, they're energetic, and they're go-getters. People are starting to do things on their own, and there's a lot of support and backup from a strong community willing to help you out. There's a lot of empowerment in knowing that."


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Gourds are easy to grow and, with proper harvesting and drying,
make wonderful home decorations and handicraft materials. Many gardeners
become frustrated when the gourds they have carefully tended all
summer rot instead of drying properly. Success with gourds depends
on timely harvesting, cleaning, and curing.
There are three basic types of gourds. Harvesting and curing varies
with the type of gourd. Ornamental or Cucurbita varieties
are for decoration only and never eaten. After drying, utility or
Lagenaria varieties may be made into birdhouses, dippers,
containers, and other handicraft projects. The fibrous mat inside
mature Luffa varieties is used as sponges. Some varieties
of Lagenaria and Luffa gourds are edible when they are green or
Harvest gourds after they have fully ripened on the vine. A hardened
shell and withered vine indicate maturity and readiness for harvest.
Cut the gourd from the vine with one to two inches of stem attached.
Mature gourds with hardened shells will tolerate a light frost but
immature gourds will be damaged and should not be saved.
Carefully handle the gourds. Cuts, punctures, and bruises increase
the chance of rots developing. Throw away any damaged or immature
gourds. Wash dirty gourds with soap and water, rinse in a weak bleach
solution, then dry. During curing, first the shell, then the interior
will dry. This process will take up to six months to complete.
The fruits of ornamental or Cucurbita gourds should be cured
in a warm, dark, dry location. Arrange gourds in a single layer
so they do not touch each other. Slotted trays will allow good air
circulation. Check daily and discard any decayed, moldy, or squishy
Surface drying takes about a week and is completed when the shell
hardens and the color brightens. Internal drying takes several more
weeks. A warm curing area will speed drying and reduce decay. If
molds begin to appear on the surface of ornamental type gourds,
wipe clean and continue drying. Periodically turn the fruit to promote
even drying. Shriveled or rotten gourds should be thrown away. Ornamental
gourds are completely cured when the fruit is lightweight and the
seeds rattle when it is shaken. After curing, ornamental gourds
may be polished, waxed, or shellacked.
Lagenaria or utility gourds are cleaned, stored, and cured
the same way as ornamental gourds but the drying time is much longer.
To conserve space utility gourds may be hung on wires until they
are fully dry. Surface molds frequently develop on utility gourds.
The mold may be wiped off with a mild solution of bleach and water.
However, the molds often form interesting and attractive patterns,
thus enhancing the gourds appearance. The completely dry gourd
may be carved or decorated for use in a multitude of ways.
Luffa gourds should be handled differently than the previous
two types. Harvest when the gourd is lightweight and the seeds rattle
inside. After drying, cut off the stem end and shake out the seeds.
The skin should come off easily; if not soak in warm water until
the skin softens and can be removed. The luffa sponge may now be
soaked in a one-part bleach and nine parts water solution to make
it a creamy white color. Rinse thoroughly in clear water and dry
before using.
The gourds you grew this year may not be ready for a few months
but with care will be around for many years to come as decorations,
bird houses, or whatever your imagination creates.
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Time, Money, and Plants | Gourd Success Includes Proper
Harvest & Handling | Harvesting & Handling
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Monday, March 05, 2007
Can the Predominantly African-American Church Be Reformed? 7
Here's what I'm assuming in the strategies below:
A. We want churches committed to the faithful preaching of the gospel and the teaching of sound doctrine.
B. We want pastors who are well-suited for the task, who have a high view of pastoral ministry and the local church.
C. We are laboring intentionally for not just the African American church but the entire church, which means our focus though starting in one ethnic church is ultimately multi-ethnic.
D. We want to reform the church such that her practice is increasingly in line with the Word of God, her people increasingly reflecting the likeness of Christ, her mission is all nations in scope, and her witness vibrant and loving.
How do we go from where we are today to where we'd like to be? Here's a brief list of proposals--five P's of Reform: Pastors writing, Pastor training, Popular education, Partnerships, and Planting churches. I welcome everyone to jump in with thoughts--a lot of thought and exchange is needed on this issue.
1. Solid African-American pastors must write. This, I think, is the cornerstone of the reform strategy. Historically, African-American pastors have not been writing pastors. Lost to us, then, are volumes upon volumes of sermons and addresses that would be helpful in defining and defending the faith and shaping the church. In that void has stepped writing academics, almost all of whom are advancing a theologically and socially liberal agenda. They've created a certain zeitgeist that downplays the biblical gospel, elevates social and political concern, and reduces the local church to a service organization. All of this is wrapped in a rather selective reading of African-American history and provides the default understanding of the Black Church. Unless the Lord raises up pastors committed to writing (sermon manuscripts, essays, lectures, even blog posts) we won't have a legacy to leave following generations and we will not counter the prevailing message in any sustained, critical, and effective way. Right now, if you're in seminary somewhere and you want to read works by African-American authors, 75% or more of what's available to you will not be evangelical or Reformed. But if we can leave a written legacy of collected sermons by sound expositors, critical works engaging the issues of our day, sound pastoral instruction and reflection, commentaries, etc., we can define for subsequent generations what 'good preaching,' pastoral ministry, sound exegesis and interpretation, and the mission of the church looks like. That's done by writing. We must write.
2. We must take over pastoral training. This can happen in a couple of ways. First, we must recover the idea that it is the local church that trains pastors. The professionalization of the pastorate has meant that men are shipped off to the local HBCU divinity school or seminary and received a thorough-going liberal education. If theologically conservative, evangelical and Reformed pastors would reverse this trend, perhaps the easiest way to do so is to organize and operate internship and pastoral training programs housed at the local church. The advantages are numerous: 1. Cost would at least be comparable if not cheaper than sending the would-be pastor off to school; 2. could more easily train the non-traditional student (the 40 year old with a family to feed); 3. the training would occur in the practical setting of the local church, so folks could both learn and see the church at work; and 4. the instruction would be consistent with the theological distinctives of the local church. I understand that this would be more difficult in denominational settings with specific educational requirements. But those who have the lattitude to do this should consider it prayerfully. If we could organize 6-12 such churches around the country, we could slowly begin raising up a crop of pastors for succeeding generations. We should check out Capitol Hill's internship program, Bethlehem's pastors' institute, and Sovereign Grace's pastors' college--three models for equipping future generations.
In addition to the above, we need more solid pastors to consider teaching posts at area seminaries and universities. Not as alternatives to pastoral ministry, but as an extension of that ministry. Honestly, I need more faith to be able to imagine that historically black divinity schools and seminaries could experience the kind of resurgence we saw in the SBC a couple decades ago. I believe, and I'm asking the Lord to help my unbelief. But reform must also happen at these schools.
3. Popular education. We need to figure out a way to provide air cover for those soldiers on the ground laboring for reform. That "air cover" comes, I think, with popular education. How many of you reading this post came to a Reformed understanding of the faith through Ligonier Ministries--their radio broadcast or TableTalk magazine? My journey began there. Well, how does Ligonier see themselves? As providing education somewhere between Sunday school and seminary. In other words, it's a solid effort to reach the average Christian with educational resources that create the ambient atmosphere for growth and change. We need to do two things, I think. One, we need to figure out a way to get more Ligonier material and other material like it to our congregations. We don't have to replicate everything. Use the good stuff already out there; introduce our people to great teachers and their resources rather than letting the local Christian bookstore stock their shelves with the cotton candy that sells and passes as Christian literature these days. Two, on some issues really pressing to African-American churches, we've got to figure out a popular education and dissemination strategy for addressing those issues. The Miami Pastors' Conference and the annual conference in Chicago are good starts. We've got to promote these and add other opportunities (again, I think written is critical) for the average Christian to be exposed to reform issues.
4. Partnerships. We must partner with "non-Black churches" (I hate the label!) in the pursuit of reform. There are like-minded brethren across the ethnic spectrum that we should be locking arms with in this effort. My guess is there are not two better persons to talk seminary reform with than Al Mohler and Paige Patterson. Shame on us if we don't learn from them. I've already mentioned Piper, Dever, and C.J. as models for training pastors. We've got to beg, borrow, and steal from their work to speed along our efforts. The FUBU (for us, by us) mentality among African Americans is killing us! We need to recognize it as immature, proud and antithetical to the unity of the body of Christ. And after repenting of it, we need to get on with the gettin' on and learn from, accept resouces and help from, and trust others.
5. Plant churches. Here, I mean the establishment of more multi-ethnic churches that leave behind some of the baggage we're laboring under in historically ethnic churches. We need a both/and strategy. On the one hand, we should work for reform in predominantly African-American churches. And on the other, we should be unapologetic in the creation of new churches that better reflect the unity and diversity of the body of Christ across ethnic lines. We should oppose replicating in new churches the issues and problems we all currently lament.
And while we're on church planting, not every group that goes out from our churches should be seeking to start a new church. Part of our "church planting" strategy (perhaps the major part?) in countries like the U.S., should be sending teams from predominantly white, Asian, Black, or Hispanic churches to join already existing churches made up predominantly of some other ethnic group. We don't want to overwhelm another congregation with a mass of folks and cause them to feel "invaded" or "taken over." But, a slow trickle of folks to another congregation, integrating their lives there, diversifying the local body, contributing to the health of a congregation would be a good strategy in my mind.
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- pastor lance said...
hey brother elder,
wonderful thoughts that can be accomplished with a bit of effort, lots and lots of prayer and some pointed and sustained cooperation. a number of these thoughts are embodied in a new ministry a few of us are starting to promote reformed theology and practice within the black church and community.
Lord willing we can keep up the convo and perhaps have more time to explore this at twin lakes in april.
the Lord's peace
- FellowElder said...
Bro. Lance,
Thanks for the comment. I'm a big fan of what's in teh works with the Council of Reforming Churches. Count me in! I'm looking forward to the time at Twin Lakes.
- K. Elijah Layfield said...
This post is as close to my heart as it can get without my having written it myself. I long to labor for this type of vision in planting a church in Atlanta. If you ever have any free time, I'd love to e-mail you some of my burden to glean from your wisdom and insight.
Your unworthy brother in Christ,
TBI Apprentice, Bethlehem Baptist
- Anonymous said...
'We are laboring intentionally for not just the African American church but the entire church, which means our focus though starting in one ethnic church is ultimately multi-ethnic.'
Amen to this and all of the above ... A question though, to Thabiti and to Pastor Lance if he has time. Do you have any thoughts on how I, who am a member in a largely homogenous church, in a very very mixed city, in how do I and my family encourage the leadership (and members) of such a church to look outside their own class and ethnicity to the multitude outside, particularly when they are enjoying success in reaching their own ?
Is the only answer to plant ?
To be fair they are making some efforts, but the majority of their work and resources are to people of a similar background to those already in the church.
And yes we are already on our knees !!
In His Service
Colin Thomas
- Anonymous said...
I would like to thank you also for your blog post on this issue. I want to thank God also for the advice you gave me in an earlier post.
It is vital that we have written documentation of just current men who are laboring and preaching Christ.
You have provoked me to look at some past AA pastors and preachers and write some autobiographical sermons. Piper is a great resource I have found; as he has spoken on Owen, Wilberforce, etc. This is one of the ways I believe reform can occur.
In the end this is the advancement of God's great glory. So thank you.
Also can you provide information on the Council of Reforming Churches?
- Thorne said...
Great comments.
I have a question - What do you mean by reform? Reform to what? I would love to hear you talk more about where you think the church needs reform and what it is about the present church that makes it necessary for reform.
I appreciate your thoughts.


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If you are in a position or career that networking and marketing a product are of the utmost importance there are many reasons why you should create a professional online portfolio, perhaps too many reasons to talk about. First things first, someone who is marketing a product absolutely needs to create a website that promotes that product and gives specific details about that product and what potential it has. As a personal trainer, my product is myself and my ability to help others achieve their fitness goals and desired body composition, therefore, it is imperative that I create a website for myself that displays what I have achieved as a fitness professional and what I can do for others. One way that I do this is through the use of this blog, it allows me to reach out to others and give out free helpful information to people, it is also useful for displaying my knowledge and reaching out to people for networking purposes. I also have several social media accounts that I use as networking and marketing tools; these include Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, and a few others. I honestly cannot think of any negative reason for a person to have a online professional portfolio. The only thing would be people posting negative things that reflect poorly on themselves. Another very important online tool that any professional should use is LinkedIn. This tool allows people to network and is a useful tool to meet people in professional industries that are related to one's interests. People can use LinkedIn to show off their resume, skills, pictures, and a few other important things, not to mention useful in getting hired for a desired job.
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The tool I decided to profile for this assignment was YouTube Analytics. As a "YouTuber" myself I use the YouTube Analytics to check on videos that I upload to my channel and see how they are doing (in terms of views, subscribers, minutes watched, etc.). This resource allows people with their own channels, companies, organizations, and whatever and whoever else to get a detailed statistical analysis of who and where their viewers are watching their videos from. This resource also allows people to see what percentage of their viewers are male and female. Basically, YouTube Analytics shows you exactly what statistics you need to see in order to target the appropriate audience and how you can do a better job with future videos. There are also multiple ways to make money if you have a YouTube channel. Likes, views, comments, duration of time people watch your videos, and a few other things all determine how much money a potential video can make. With this resource users can see exactly where all the money is coming from and can determine where they need to improve to make more money.
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Before this class (KIN 710: Tech in Kines.) the only Wiki I had used (to my knowledge) is Wikipedia and Wookipedia (I'm a Star Wars nerd ha!). Although I have used these sites to look at various bits of information, I have never contributed to the content that are written in them. It wasn't until the Wiki document on "PWP content" posted on Moodle have I looked at another Wiki outside of the two that I previously stated. Based on the "PWP" Wiki, I can see how Wiki's can be useful in education. Educators can use these things to provide information to the class or group, and the people within those groups can edit, add, or change any bit of that information if necessary. Furthermore, Wiki's are useful in an educational setting because of the collaborative qualities they provide for students or groups to create a document or webpage.
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Although Facebook and LinkedIn have a few similarities, they appear to have some fundamental differences. On both networks people can interact, socialize, and communicate with each other, but LinkedIn serves more for business/work purposes. On linkedIn people's pages revolve more around their work experience, education, and their careers. With linkedIn, people can share their resumes with people in similar fields of expertise or they can use it as a way to showcase themselves when looking for job opportunities. Facebook has expanded by allowing people to make "Fan Pages" which enables people to showcase their business or interests. Although this is a useful tool on FB, I feel like people don't really get on FB in search of business or work related things. FB is used mostly as a social network for entertainment and for people to connect with their friends and family on a more personal level. All in all, both of these online networks are extremely useful tools when it comes to expanding one's Personal Web Presence (PWP).
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After reviewing the "Top 100 Tools For Learning" I have realized that I have been using some of these "tools" for a few years already, and because of KIN 710, I am now using a few other tools for communication with my peers and classmates in education, for entertainment, and now for my personal training business. I have found these tools to be very useful for all the things mentioned above. I was mostly surprised by how efficient tools such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and a few other social medias are in regards to my business. I can see these tools being very useful in my future and my success in the fitness industry.


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High-resolution microseismic monitoring for water injection in Okuaizu Geothermal Field, Japan
K. Okamoto, Li Yi, Hiroshi Asanuma, T. Okabe, Y. Abe and M. Tsuzuki
Event name: The 22nd International Symposium on Recent Advances in Exploration Geophysics (RAEG 2018)
Session: Geoexploration
Publication date: 24 May 2018
Language: English
Info: Extended abstract, PDF ( 676.74Kb )
A continuous water injection test was conducted to halt the reduction of steam production in the Okuaizu Geothermal Field, Japan. Understanding the spatiotemporal behavior of water flow within the reservoir associated with the water injection is essential to ensuring effective steam production. We conducted a high-resolution hypocenter determination using the double-difference method. In this method, relative hypocenter locations are corrected by using time difference in P-wave onsets of seismic event pairs. We found three characteristic seismic clusters associated with the water injection using this method. The creation of microseismic clusters seems to have a qualitative relationship with the distribution of well head pressures in this field, suggesting that microseismic monitoring could be a method for understanding fluid behavior in the reservoir.
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To presume is human, to reconsider sublime. At least that's what I'm beginning to believe as a father of three. Fatherhood asks one to do a great deal with often incomplete, misleading, and sometimes outright false information -- from arbitrating disputes to meting out appropriate consequences to picking cereal. I am loathe to admit the number of times I've rushed to judgment or totally misunderstood something as a dad. Sometimes the only thing that spares me from acting on dubious presumptions are a loving pair of deep mahogany eyes staring up at me, begging me to reconsider.
Art functions in a quite similar fashion. It asks us to reconsider our biases, our preferences, our intuitions, our world. That's what Barry Blitt was doing when he inked the cartoon, "Politics of Fear," which made the front cover of The New Yorker this month. And, yes, I join the ranks of Clarence Page and Jon Stewart believing that Blitt did a pretty good job.
With all due respect to my fellow God's Politics contributor, Becky Garrison, who critiqued this piece as sloppy satire, as well as the many others whose sensibilities were bruised by Blitt's biting wit, I don't get a lot of the hoopla. Much ado has been made over whether the cartoon is funny, how easily it can be misconstrued, who it should offend and how else the cartoon shoulda-woulda-coulda been drawn. The reasons I think the piece works? First, whether or not satire is funny is irrelevant. The question is: Does it succeed at poking fun? Ridicule and provocation are the objectives of satire; humor is just an often-used means to those ends. As for the fear of it being misconstrued, the point of the cartoon is that so much is so often willfully misconstrued. The cartoon seeks to deconstruct this impertinence. Third, of course any and everybody has the right to be offended; that's the beauty of democracy. Fourth, although I believe the satirical gist of the piece may have been better served by including the title somewhere on the front cover, who is anyone to say it should have been done this way or that? Done any other way, it would have been a different piece of art. It seems to me that Blitt's art quite effectively accomplished what it set out to do, imperfect though it may have been.
I have two main concerns about the nature of the outcry against this cartoon. The first is that democracy doesn't abide the untouchable. Not losing sight of the fact that the cartoon isn't even about Sen. and Mrs. Obama, but rather about the ridiculous distortions that have dogged them throughout the campaign, there seem to be those who are intent on making Obama untouchable. In a democracy, a good lampooning is one of the time-honored ways we exercise our right to petition and protest. It would be different if The New Yorker cover represented the powerful, privileged, and strong going after the powerless, underprivileged, and weak -- such harpooning would be unseemly -- but it doesn't. As the historically underrepresented find broader audiences in the public square, we too have to be open to respectful forms of critique. America will have it no other way.
My second concern is that amid all the declarations of disdain, we might miss a golden opportunity for self-reflection. I would suggest that Blitt's art should not only be considered a mirror for the right but for the left and independent as well. Sure the fear-mongering of some conservatives must be seen for what it truly is, but so must the pious pretense of some liberals. Though some Republicans are doing all they can to enshrine the lies, smears, and half-truths scorned in Blitt's depiction, we must not forget that it was Democrats who in the name of "political vetting" first sketched that picture across the canvas of American consciousness. Both sides are equally responsible for nursing the notion that any criticism levied at America by a person of color indubitably comes out of a place of anger and militancy; both wings have bolstered the quiet bigotry that there might be something wrong with a Muslim, Hindu, or Buddhist running for president; both parties have fostered the fiction that freedom of expression is in fact unpatriotic; both factions have at times perpetuated the prejudice that anyone dressed in a headscarf is an enemy. Blitt simply offers us the opportunity to reconsider these insidious fallacies in contrast to our democratic ideals. There's something about the way the picture at once forces the viewer to take a position, and then later, when words are ascribed to it and we come to know the intent of the author, challenges one on that position whatever it may be. That, to me, is good democratic stuff and well worth reconsidering.
Melvin Bray is a devoted husband, committed father, learner, teacher, writer, storyteller, lover of people, connoisseur of creativity, seeker of justice, purveyor of sustainability, and believer in possibilities. As founder of Kid Cultivators, he lives, loves, works, and dreams with friends in Atlanta, Georgia.
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As part of the group exhibition The Garden of Speculations, you are invited to come meet the artists who will guide you through the gallery-turned-garden. Following this multisensory experience, you can engage further with the different worlds associated with each piece through a series of skill-sharing workshops, from gardening to observation to deep listening with plants. Offered by three of the exhibiting artists, material will be provided. Free entrance. Welcome to all!
Kelly Jaclynn Andres is an artist and PhD Candidate in the Interdisciplinary Humanities program at Concordia University in Montreal. Andres' work intermingles ecology and energies: living cellular species such as plants and micro-organisms; electronic mediums such as radio waves, electrons, and photons; and forms of interactive installations and performances for specific social and geophysical sites.
Maude Bernier Chabot lives and works in Montreal since 2005. She obtained a BFA from UQAM and an MFA in Sculpture from Concordia University. In 2009, she received the Prix Diagonale. Her work has been presented at Circa and Diagonale, Art Mûr, la Casa de la cultura de Hoguin (Cuba) and the Maison de la culture du Plateau Mont-Royal.
Maude Deslauriers is a visual artist living and working in Montreal. She currently works mainly with drawing and is also interested in body movement and video. Her work explores different aspects of femininity and is influenced by her dance practice. The connection between the body and the organic world is a recurrent theme in all of her past and present work.


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The playnest is a fabric covered inflatable ring (which is useful for storage purposes!), decorated in bright colours and with different textures and patterns for the Baby to explore. The Baby loves sitting in it. It gives her the necessary support but she can move freely. Furthermore, the playnest is big enough to fit the Baby plus the Baby's favourite toys!
Thursday, 23 February 2012
The Baby would like to sit but cannot quite manage it on her own so I got her the Galt playnest (available on Amazon).
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Wednesday, 15 February 2012
French children don't throw food
I am currently reading "French children don't throw food" by Pamela Druckerman. Druckerman is an American journalist married to an English guy. They have 3 young children (two of which are twins!) and live in Paris. "French children don't throw food" contains her first-hand observations about the difference in dealing with pregnancy and bringing up children between Anglophone and French parents. In a nutshell, she claims that...
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Sunday, 5 February 2012
London in snow
Overnight the snow finally also arrived in London...
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Thursday, 2 February 2012
When next in Switzerland or France...
Check out the beautiful baby and children clothes at Jacadi (http://www.jacadi.com/en). They have an online shop but unfortunately only for France and the US. The Swiss boutiques are in Basel, Lausanne and Geneva. I particularly love their cardigans:
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Ciliary and Flagellar Movements
Cilia and flagella or their derivatives occur in all animal phyla. They constitute the primary locomotor y structures of many protozoa and of several kinds of metazoan cells, for example, sperm, ciliated epithelia of invertebrates and vertebrates. Derivatives of cilia occur in a wide variety of photoreceptor, mechanoreceptor and chemoreceptor cells.
Figure: Ciliary and Flagellar Movements
Cilia and flagella have a similar internal structure; the difference lies in their beating patterns which are illustrated in Figure. A flagellum like a tail of sperm, beats with a symmetrical undulation that is propagated as a wave along the flagellum. A cilium, in contrast beats asymmetrically with a fast or dash-like stroke in one direction, followed by a slower recovery motion in which the bending cilium returns to the original position. In flagellar motion, water is propelled parallel to the long axis of the flagellum; in ciliary motion water is propelled parallel to the surface that bears the cilia.


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Just when it seemed that all problems are gone for buyers of Apple's new 2018 MacBook, here's another issue that may soon become widespread as well.
A growing number of customers are reporting crackling sounds from their MacBook speakers, and by the looks of things, the issue appears at random times with no clear pattern established so far.
There doesn't seem to be a specific app triggering the issue, and a report from MacRumors points to a number of causes suggested by users, including radio interference due to a lack of shielding, audio drivers, and the T2 chip.
However, the crackling sound shows up occasionally regardless of the app running on the MacBook, including iTunes, YouTube videos, and even when running Windows on Boot Camp.
Videos that have been posted on YouTube reveal how the problem affects audio performance, and posts on read more)
2018 Apple MacBook Now Suffering from Crackling Speakers
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