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It Came from the Blog: Hallow's End and Kodo Run galleries
Here are some screenshots of the fun:
Also, at the beginning of October, It came from the Blog went on an Epic Harvest Brewfestival Ride to honor a hero in Ashenvale. The pictures from this event are long overdue and here they are:
Look for more It Came from the Blog activities in November and throughout the in-game holidays.
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I have a dwarf fig and peach tree in my front yard.This year for some reason I have juvenile finches pecking/feeding at my peaches and figs. I need some ideas on how to prevent this behavior. Thank you Karen |
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You can buy bird netting at Lowe's. It will prevent birds from getting at the fruit. |
Thanks Rayrose........... Karen |
I use bird scare. I tried the netting but when its all done it just pulls off the leaves and breaks branches. The bird scare comes on a large roll like masking tape, but looks like xmas tinsel and just ties on(w/long streamers) and can be used re-used. The bird don't like it. If you ever take a ride down through the center of California this time of year you would think it is Christmas. All the large ranches use it. I bought mine at Home depot. PS if you have birds nesting in places you dont want them, use it there too. |
- Posted by ediblelandscaping.sc 7b-8 (My Page) on Sun, Aug 5, 12 at 2:34
I'd use bird scare like campy said. It does work great and it's easy to work with. Do you have any suckers or cuttings you can take of your fig to trade? |
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Oh sure Jeanne...Blame US for your 'Splurging Weakness' !! lol I can see why you splurged...it's a beautiful piece. I love it on the table, but it's a shame it can't be lit from there. I forgot who made a narrow table leaf to fit into the center of their table with a hole in it to run a wire thru...?? But, then as I see it on your 'Old Door' Hutch...it's simply beautiful there too! It adds such a warm glow to the soft white pieces you have on there. I love it! It is getting harder and harder to store things after joining this group...huh? Can't stop collecting and hard to get rid of things too...but what can we do! lol Love what you purchased Jeanne and how you displayed it ! TFS jane |
Jeanne, this is all fabulous!!! Your new Candlelight/Bowl is wonderful. It was OA who gave us a tutorial on fixing the leaf to accomodate a cord. If memory serves me right it was for her ladder w/elves adding lights to the Christmas tree in the center of her table. Speaking of OA sure miss her. Back to your beautiful piece on your 'Old Door' Hutch. I agree w/Jane, it's simply beautiful there too! I love that door!!! Your Heisey Lariat (which I'm still looking for someLOL) is wonderful but this is a gorgeous setting. Looks like it belongs in a magazine to me. Now for the storage issues, hmmmmm. Keep collecting cuz we need some new things to entice us! Punk |
Love it! It's gorgeous :) Never heard the term door hutch before. Did you build it? |
- Posted by christmascandy (My Page) on Sun, Oct 28, 12 at 23:39
What a beautiful piece and it does look great in both locations. I love the decor in the old door hutch right now! The off-white and white pieces are wonderful, but if you get tired of that reading fairy, I'd be willing to give her a home, LOL. She is just precious. I wnat to know too, did you make that hutch? I know what you mean about the accumulation of decor items thanks to the influence of others on this site, LOL!! I think I prefer to think of it as being "inspired" by this group. TFS, |
- Posted by jeannespines (My Page) on Mon, Oct 29, 12 at 7:16
Thanks, Holiday-ers... My hubby made the door hutch for me probably 10 yrs or more ago. When my sis' old farmhouse was torn down, we got to salvage some things...I got this door & an old window both of which are fave decorating pcs to me. I had seen a pic in a magazine & showed it to DH & we went from their...the top & moldings around it were added...otherwise, the design on the door is it's original. Jeanne S. Here's the window I hang during Christmas/Winter: |
- Posted by janet1_2007 (My Page) on Mon, Oct 29, 12 at 8:17
Jeannie, I'm sitting here this morn waiting for my little man to get here and DH to get up and enjoying my coffee and listening to the wind howl.I love your old door hutch. Is it a cornor hutch, kinda looks that way to me. I love your new bowl. It is the perfect piece for your table of hutch. I envy all you gals who can decorate your porch. I really don't have a porch, but the way the wind blows here it is probably just as well. Looks like we might be going to break a record for October snows if the weather channel is right. I am not looking forward to that! Please eveyone on the East Coast stay safe.Janet |
The Candlelight bowl looks great in both places, but I think it was made for your wonderful old door hutch. It is perfect with the white pieces you have displayed there. I love the window too. Nana |
- Posted by marlene_2008 (My Page) on Mon, Oct 29, 12 at 13:53
LOVE you new centerpiece Jeanne! And your hutch is one of my favorites...love it with the all white look! |
- Posted by jeannespines (My Page) on Mon, Oct 29, 12 at 18:01
Thank you, gals! Janet...good thoughts & prayers coming your way ...so many will be affected by another weather diaster. Hope you are prepared as much as you can be...stay safe. I really love the new candlelight bowl in the hutch, too...but today I had to 'store' in a flat tote (under my bed, of all places!) the Heisey Lariat elegant glassware. LOL! Here's the candles @night...looks real pretty & lights up the shelf: Thinking of you all ... stay safe & hope this weather passes quickly for so many Eastern states. Hugs, Jeanne S. |
Jeanne, I remember your picture too and it's always good to see it again. I'd love to add an old door or screen door in my house on one slanted short wall but haven't found the perfect one yet. I will have to cut out for a heater vent but that wouldn't be a problem. Janet, hope you don't get to much snow this month. We've had some but it's gone now. I so hope all survive Hurricane Sandy. So scary. Punk |
- Posted by luvstocraft (My Page) on Tue, Oct 30, 12 at 12:28
Your hutch looks so neat with all the white pieces and your new candlelight bowl. Very nice. The nighttime pic sure gives off a nice warm glow. You and your DH are so talented and such a creative team. ;o) Luvs |
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Sammy Hagar has refused to return to Van Halen until band leader Eddie Van Halen proves he's clean and sober. The reunited original line-up of the rock group was forced to delay comeback dates last year when Van Halen checked himself into rehab for an ongoing alcohol problem. And then dates on the tour were scrapped earlier this year when the singer was forced to seek further treatment for an undisclosed medical condition. Now back on the road with his bandmates and his son Wolfgang on bass, Van Halen appears to be in recovery - but former bandmate Hagar is less than convinced. Hagar was rumored to be considering rejoining the band to perform hits he sang after original frontman David Lee Roth left the group. But he has now ruled out a reunion on account of Van Halen's health: "That's just not something I'm really interested in doing again right now. "Eddie would have to be able to bring himself back to ground zero; by that, I mean he'd have to be completely clean." And Hagar admits he can't even bring himself to check out the reunited line-up onstage right now: "After the last Van Hagar (sic) tour, Eddie became my enemy; he wasn't the same guy he was when we started the Van Hagar era of the band; he made what should have been a great experience just down right miserable." "When I say that, I'm talking about the Eddie Van Halen that is struggling with his personal demons… Last time I saw Eddie, he was in really bad shape. "I did see a recent photo and he looks healthier than he has in a long time. That, to me, is a great thing, Eddie has all the support on the planet from me if he is finally getting his s**t together."
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New Year's Eve is upon us and if you haven't finalized your plans for tonight, there are a slew of concerts going on in cities across the country. If you want to bring in 2k14 by jamming out to your favorite artists on the dance floor, you can catch Pharrell's bring on the happy or watch Janelle Monáe channel her electric lady on stage. For those who haven't had enough of A$AP Rocky and his F-in' problems, he'll be performing before the clock strikes midnight. Some of these shows are super ritzy, so fellas grab a bow tie and ladies, pull your freak'em dresses out the closet. We got the answers to your NYE itinerary above.


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Facing 40: Greatest Hits of A Life Well Lived
I'd like to tell you that the Rubik's Cube turns 40 this year. I'd like to tell you that Mr. and Ms. Pac-Man celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary this year. I'd like to tell you that Drew Barrymore, Free to Be You & Me, Star Wars and I were all born in the same year, all turning 40 in 2011.
But it's just not true. Those toys, video game icons, and pop-culture references are from my youth, but the conscious years, not the zygote years.
Having said that, there ARE some cool things/people turning 40 this year, right along with me. John Lennon's song Imagine. Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry. And my girl Mary J Blige hits the big 4-0 right alongside me this year.
In honor of facing 40 on Sunday, I decided to stroll down memory lane and celebrate 40 of my Greatest Hits (and a few Misses) of my life in progress, lived out loud...
1. At age 6, scoring a Barbie dream house (the one with the Pink elevator) for Christmas, one of many fave memories from a childhood filled with Barbie
2. At age 7, watching the movie Grease in the theater with my mom, and as the end credits rolled, hearing her say, "In real life, he'd change for her."
3. Following my globetrotting parents around the world, living on three continents (North America, Australia, Asia) before I was 10
4. Begging my parents for a ventriloquist doll named Lester for Christmas, unwrapping him with glee, and insisting on entertaining my parents friends (and bosses!) with a comedy set that always started with, "OK, Joke Time!"
5. At age 12, mistaking a moat for a puddle during a Sri Lankan downpour (stepping in, plummeting, and resurfacing to the shock and awe of onlookers)
6. At 15, falling in love with Rebel, a creative, fun loving, new waver who had a girlfriend, told me he loved me more, and set the scene for a decade of me chasing emotionally unavailable men who didn't love me back
7. After high school graduation, getting schooled on how to drink beer (and getting drunk for the first time) with Bad Influence, my high school buddy (His tip: Always drink a root beer first so your burps taste good)
8. Binge drinking root beer (and then some) for four years straight at college
9. At 22, falling in love and moving in with Trouble, a.k.a. a 37-year-old bodybuilder with a checkered past
10. At 23, barely escaping Trouble with my life
11. At 29, landing my dream job where I got to write about Barbie all day long
12. After a safe and predictable three-year relationship with Mr. Vanilla, loudly and proudly proclaiming while watching the movie The Tao of Steve, "I want to meet someone who'll ROCK my world!"
13. Enter Mr. Rocky Road, a.k.a. the first man to make me feel seen, heard, loved, and adored (when we weren't embroiled in a codependent nightmare, that is!)
14. Watching all my friends get married, have babies, and settle down, desperately wishing Mr. Rocky Road could get his act together and morph into The One
15. Breaking up, making up, & breaking down for six months straight during my Big Breakup with Mr. Rocky Road


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I had a really good time over the Xmas period, I went back home to see my family and some of my best friends in Manchester.
It's crazy how the city changes shape every few months, from the stores to the skyline to the night clubs.
Big up Eddie Down and the Brown Sugar team. They've gone from promoting club nights to owning their own club, Lounge 31 situated in the Printworks. It a very big power move, i'm proud of them.
I deejayed at their club on Saturday night and tore it up!!! The VIP crowd was skanking all night. The mixer was a nightmare though….
This is the mixer from hell. There's no caps on the sliders or crossfaders.
Using this mixer was actually pretty painful, despite this I still smashed up the dance! and I had a Kanye 'It feels good to be home' type moment lol!
Like the City keeps changing and getting bigger, so does the music scene. I hooked up with some of the hottest up and coming artists.
SBD is a gonna be a major problem…
Shifty, Rem Dog, and Slayer go under the name of Mayhem. Mayhem are the team to watch out for!
Watch out for the interviews with Mayhem and SBD on Semtex TV, later this week.


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Josef Kittler, University College London, UK
Chris McBain, National Institute of Health
Beverley Orser, University of Toronto, Canada
Bernhard Luscher, Penn State University, USA
Istvan Mody, The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA
The 24th Neuropharmacology Conference 2014 will be held in Arlington, VA, USA from 13-14 November 2014, under the theme: GABAergic Signaling in Health and Disease.
GABAergic signaling plays a critical role in regulating neuronal development, neuronal plasticity and dynamic network behaviour. GABA receptors are also key clinical targets and disrupted inhibition is implicated in a host of neurological and psychiatric disorders including epilepsy, stroke, neurodegeneration, schizophrenia and depression.
Understanding the molecular and cellular events that underpin inhibitory control of neuronal function is therefore central to understanding both brain information processing and brain pathology.
The aim of this two-day meeting is to bring together an international group of junior and senior scientists working on GABA and inhibition to discuss the latest findings in the field.
World experts will present their most recent discoveries covering a broad array of topics from the formation and plasticity of inhibitory synapses, through to GABA receptor structure and function and regulation by endogenous and exogenous modulators. The central role of interneurons for coordinating network behaviour and pathology will also be a key focus.
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Six Cortez wrestlers competed in the Rocky Mountain Nationals Series, Monster Match Event last Friday. The tournament was held at the National Western Stockshow Events Center in Commerce City. A total of 1,500 competitors from 18 states wrestled on 19 mats for one champion in each age and weight division. Back row from left, Seager Oliver, 18U; 160 pounds; first-place (won all matches by pin). Levi Gross, 18U; 126 lbs; 2-2 record. Ryan Daves, 18U; 145 lbs; fifth-place. Front row, Jude Quinlan, 7-9; 57.1-66 lbs; fourth-place. Gavin Quinlan, 10-12; 66.1-78 lbs; fourth-place. Shawn Higgins, 12U; 70 lbs; 2-2 record.
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Yes, we are back and blogging again. ProjectYM.com is now up and operational. This post originally appeared there.
As a culture, we are quickly growing past the concept that information is power. If we hoard information from others, the theory used to be, we would gain some sort of inside track into the future.In the end, however, we learn that it is impossible attempting to serve as some sort of Larry Daley character from the Night at the Museum movies attempting to contain information rather than play with it or even assemble it and lead with it.
If security guard is not a desirable role anymore, let's consider two others.
John Roberto has been discussing the role of curator a lot recently. On the internet, a "content" curator serves as a type of editor who finds, collects, filters, and shares relevant, interesting links on the internet relating to a specific interest or group of interests. That's what I've always viewed my own roles as a blogger even before I hadthe language for it. It is, furthermore, what you do as well with your social networking feeds on facebook and twitter.
Yet, there is yet another museum related function to be explored here… that of the docent. This is a title used for those who serve as guides of the collection, communicating and interpreting. Much training and mentoring/ "shadowing" is expected before one assumes the role as an official docent.
More and more, I have come to understand my own role as both curator as well as one who equips and empowers docents… parents, other adults, and youth ministers who accompany young people through faith experiences. Working with docents demands that we understand ourselves as one who is not in the middle of everything. Rather, we become aware that our reach is expanded. The Jesuits understand this as Striving for the Magis. In seeking the Magis (the more, the greater), one is working towards excellence as well as the "further still," the deeper towards which we can go in our service to God and with others.
In the end, this is the work of evangelization and catechesis – not to hoard the Good News as something to be protected as much as to gather up the masterpieces of the Spirit's activity and then to help others to help still even more others consider and commit throughout all the nations.
This is why I do what I do. More importantly, allow me to quote the great Robin Williams who, in his character of reanimated Teddy Roosevelt, challenged guard Larry Daley, I'm made of wax, Larry. What are you made of?
Forty posts in just 23 days, just under 6,000 words… this is how you close up a blog… Yes, we already indicated that the blog was closed and that we had set our last post… but a monthly recap is set for those (including me) who might ever use the achieves to troll for previously written blog posts.
And, according to our monthly wordle review (double click on the image to enlarge) "blog" and "post" seem to be very relevant words along with catholic youth ministry… which seems appropriate considering the close-out Best of Blog review.
Anyway, here are the top ten posts of this abbreviated month, and, as suggested by the scriptures, our last post is first on our list of the top posts.
This is my last post on www.catholicymblog.com (as well as on its twin: www.dscottmiller.com –what marketing committee came up with that name?)
Just for the record, the decision was made during the third week of April… And the whole Best of the Blog series as well as the posts from the past ten days or so were all directed towards my taking leave of this blog.
For the last few months I have been aiming for some significant life changes. I am in the midst of a two week vacation (and, sadly, still have considerable vacation time to burn.) Beyond some time away, I am moving to a new apartment as well… And, I figure, what the heck, let's add a third to the mix… walking away from daily (or near daily) blogging.
This August, we would have commemorated a full nine years of service (This site has been around a few months longer than YouTube and started a few months after Facebook – where's my Aaron Sorkin written movie??) We have contributed nearly 4,750 posts (just short of 5,000 which we would have likely hit early in 2014) filled with comment, insight, humor, prayer, podcasts, and videos.
Yet, as job responsibilities have evolved over the years, I have found I have less energy for an isolated hobby like blogging. I do want to continue to write, but probably in a more longer form that the constraints that I have given myself in this venue. I imagine that you'll still find stuff from me on-line in the future, just not here. I am committed already to contribute, on a regular basis (just not daily) to Project YM.
Thank you to all who have so generously supported, commented, stalked, encouraged and cajoled me in this service and ministry as a youth ministry blogger. Thanks for your patience over typos, badly-working hyperlinks, and times when site was under attack by malware.
Goodbye, Farewell, and God bless us all. Amen.
I'm been sorting and packing and I came across this old (slightly edited) cartoon that I thought might make a reflective comment before we wrap up.
For those not of the Doonesbury generation, this (at least) nine year old scene features two characters- Zonker is the perennial hippie / slacker who never seemed to grow beyond the 60's / 70's. He is presently crashing with some old college chums, BD and Boopsie, who married and are dealing with their own evolving circumstances, which includes their daughter, Sam. Zonker is earning his keep by being a child care provider for the kid – the job title punch line in the fourth panel that was slightly edited.
Far too often, as youth ministers, we have dreams of becoming a powerful, respected leader in our field… Taking the stage at a Franciscan or NCYC conference, writing the game-changer book, getting the recognition award that you are deserving, being surrounded by adoring young people who laugh at all our puns.
Powerful is when you share the stage with another bringing them to the fullness of their ministry. Power is listening to others and building off their ideas and visions. Respect is setting the table for others to shine. Respect is offering praise and encouragement.
These are the dreams of disciples and I need a dream like that.
Take care not to perform righteous deeds
in order that people may see them;
otherwise, you will have no recompense
from your heavenly Father.
Matthew 6:1
In wrapping up our ninth year of blogging, we offered a retrospective of the best 20 things that I have most treasured about the blog. Here is #1.
This post, which ranked #3 overall according to the site meter, seems to be the first post on the blog to engage many eyeballs and certainly lots of discussions via the comments. It started out with:
A little under a year ago, I suggested that our field might be quickly approaching a
state of hysteresis. This is where we might be finding Catholic youth ministry
bending to such a point where it snaps and we will never be able to put it back
together as it was before. . . and that this might not necessarily be a bad thing.
Yesterday, an USA Today article entitled 'Forget Pizza Parties,' Teens Tell
Church which starts with this attention grabbing opening line: "'Bye-bye church.
We're busy.' That's the message teens are giving churches today."
Despite it all being so last three years ago… are we still in Pizza Party-land in Catholic Youth Ministry, or is The Pizza Party is SO Over?
Meanwhile, please return tomorrow to learn why we have offered this review of the things we liked about the blog at this time of year…
The challenge is should we be using the internet as a resource for our ministry, not only to serve us in our needs but to utilize it as well as a venue by which we are to communicate as church with young people.
The ability to employ the new languages is required, not just to keep up with the times, but precisely in order to enable the infinite richness of the Gospel to find forms of expression capable of reaching the minds and hearts of all. In the digital environment the written word is often accompanied by images and sounds. Effective communication, as in the parables of Jesus, must involve the imagination and the affectivity of those we wish to invite to an encounter with the mystery of God's love. Besides, we know that Christian tradition has always been rich in signs and symbols: I think for example of the Cross, icons, images of the Virgin Mary, Christmas cribs, stained-glass windows and pictures in our churches. A significant part of mankind's artistic heritage has been created by artists and musicians who sought to express the truths of the faith.
Message for the 47th World Communications Day [celebrated May 12, 2013]
Pope Emeritus Benedict
Seems as if the answer might be definitively YES
Meanwhile, it should be noted that blogs, while often accused of dying, are transforming…
As we wrap up our ninth year of blogging, we are offering a retrospective of the best 20 things that I have most treasured about the blog. Here is #2.
There is no joy in CNN offering breaking news of a tragic event. As a blogger. it has previously served as a call to action to prepare resources for the field and these resources have proved to be popular as well. Newtown Shooting Resources was ranked #4 all time by the site meter and materials following the Haiti were ranked #7. Even in the past month, the Patriots' Day posted attempted to offer perspective and prayer related to the Boston Marathon bombings.
When we are able to respond to the real life situations that are young people are facing. it helps to make the Gospels more relevant to young people as well as allows them to understand how Jesus connects in with these moments.
I have come to an understanding regarding sarcasm.
Lots of folks get by on sarcasm. Often, they may seem as if they are the quickest wit in the room, using a snappy bit of sarcasm to make everyone chuckle about an obnoxious colleague or a silly policy. Their sharp sense of humor is often used in to lighten the mood and diffuse tense moments. And yet…
Sarcasm does not really serve as a witness to the Master who commanded that we love our neighbor. As evangelists, we should be giving evidence toward the faith-filled joy in our lives.
Sarcasm hints towards anger, aggression, or sadness. It is the weapon of a bully, not the lifestyle of a believer.
Choose your humor wisely.
As we wrap up our ninth year of blogging, we are offering a retrospective of the best 20 things that I have most treasured about the blog. Here is #3.
The Catholic YM Blog is No More was the king of our Funsies, was ranked #5 all time according to the site meter. Joyously, a collaborative effort that was a blindfolded (no one knew what anyone else was doing) spontaneous (there was only two sentences of instruct_ react to the blog closing and mock my new choice of hobby) act of technological improv by many generous friends.
We recently retold the story in The April Fool. But, truth, be told. this post reflects the spirit, humor, collaboration, and joy of catholic youth ministry. I'm still amazed how it all worked out.
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Review: Every Body Matters by Gary Thomas
Title: Every Body Matters: Strengthening Your Body to Strengthen Your Soul
Author: Gary Thomas
Released: November 15, 2011
Publisher: Zondervan
Pages/Format: 256 (Trade Paperback)
Genre: Nonfiction, Christian Living
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Every Body Matters explores the spiritual stakes behind the very physical battle of eating and exercise and offers a fresh perspective and renewed motivation for making some major changes.
Steering clear of judgement and criticism, author Gary Thomas keeps the focus of this important discussion on the positive impact physical fitness can have on your spiritual and emotional growth. Using the stories of everyday people, Thomas illustrates how becoming physically fit can lead to:
- Increased sensitivity to God's voice
- Renewed energy for God's work
- Greater joy for living
- A fortified soul better able and more willing to serve and love others
The goal in this pursuit is not sculpting thinner or more athletic-looking bodies. The goal is to cultivate stronger, well-nourished bodies that are primed to become, in the words of the apostle Paul, "instruments for special purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work."
One Sentence Review: Every Body Matters is a timely and book that I hope will challenge Christians to take better care of their earthly bodies.
In-Depth Review
Every Body Matters is a book I've been waiting for a long time. The church has a problem. It's visible at every potluck and ice cream social, in youth groups and small groups. Evangelicals are addicted to junk food. We use every fellowship gathering as an excuse to gorge ourselves on sweets, salty snacks, and processed foods and then spout off about "God's will" when we end up incapacitated by diabetes, heart disease, or any number of diet-related disorders. It's a problem that affects our entire nation, but studies show that "religious practice correlates positively with obesity–and Christians are the heaviest of all." (Every Body Matters, Page 100) Why is this?
Since the contemporary church tends to define sinful indulgence as anything having to do with sexual immorality or illicit substances (getting drunk or stoned), we're acutely sensitive to avoid such sins. But many of us feel quite comfortable with bodies that don't honor God–in large part because everyone else in our church looks just like us. Too many of us are members of calorie chapel! {Page 93}
The author primarily focuses on the connection between physical fitness and spiritual vitality. He argues that we are called to be good stewards of everything we are given, and that includes our bodies. It's important to guard our health and maintain strong bodies so that we will not be hindered from doing God's work because of preventable illnesses or frailty. He points to examples like the apostle Paul, who walked sixty miles to Derbe after being stoned half to death in Lystra the day before. "A physically weak man could never have recovered like that." (Page 200)
. . . we must guard against viewing the pursuit of God as a soul- or mind-based search in which our bodies are irrelevant at best or our enemies at worst. Though there is a long-established tradition in Christianity touting the benefits of responsible eating, there is also a tradition of those who, as one historian put it, live "from the chin up." . . . But living from the chin up ignores the impact of our bodies on our souls. {Page 29}
In a culture which places such a huge emphasis on body image, it can be difficult to address this issue without offending people or passing judgement on others. Thomas does a good job of confronting readers in a loving, motivational way.
. . . I applaud the church's desire to attempt to make all people feel welcomed, without judgement when it comes to body issues. The church should be a place of healing and acceptance, affirmation, and encouragement. With that ethic, however, can't we also find a way to value physical fitness, within its appropriate boundaries and priorities, since it is so clearly such a positive factor in mental, physical, and spiritual health? Indeed, shouldn't God's people–given our belief in God as the creator of our bodies, our acceptance of the call to be good stewards of everything God has given us, and the empowering presence of the Holy Spirit within us–be leading the charge in this contemporary battle? {Page 122}
Every Body Matters is targeted to Christians who are basically able-bodied and have the means to buy healthy food and exercise, but as I read, I was concerned that some people might be discouraged or feel unwarranted guilt after reading a book like this. In particular, I was concerned about people like me, who have chronic illnesses or disabilities and are unable to attain or maintain health despite their best efforts. My concerns were alleviated when Thomas clarified that believers with illnesses and disabilities are of no less use or value to God than healthy folks.
There are many church members for whom good health is not an option, who deal with multiple disabilities or illnesses. These dear saints can honor God with their bodies even more than those who are athletically gifted, by means of their spirit, perseverance, and brave acceptance of their limitations. In no way am I suggesting (nor do I believe) that only healthy, fit people honor God. {Page 131}
I was also very glad that Thomas addressed the difficulty (or in some cases impossibility) for some people to live a healthy lifestyle because of financial restrictions.
There can also be a class-based element in all of this. Getting fit is a lot easier if you have the means to join a health club and buy certain kinds of food, while having sufficient leisure time to take advantage of both. Judging one state (thinness) to be superior to another (obese) can support and justify class-oriented prejudices. {Page 67}
Thomas's theology on health and wellness is solid. He quotes Scripture where applicable, but is careful not to take it out of context. He also quotes a lot of Christian writers from centuries past, some of whom I agree with and some I don't. One of this book's strengths is that it stresses the importance of fitness in a way that promotes the gospel, not eclipses it.
Gary is a likable guy and his writing is very friendly and conversational. I'm really excited about this book and I hope it will have a positive impact on the current junk food culture inside the church.
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About Gary Thomas:
Gary Thomas is a writer in residence at Second Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, and an adjunct faculty member teaching on spiritual formation at Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of several books, including Sacred Marriage, Sacred Pathways, and the Gold Medallion Award-Winning Authentic Faith.
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Sounds like a completely fascinating book, and how I wish it were on my bookshelf and at my fingertips ready to read at a moment's notice. Can totally relate with what you say about having waited for this book a long time.
I feel it would answer so many questions that I've had concerning exactly this: "He argues that we are called to be good stewards of everything we are given, and that includes our bodies. It's important to guard our health and maintain strong bodies so that we will not be hindered from doing God's work because of preventable illnesses or frailty. He points to examples like the apostle Paul, who walked sixty miles to Derbe after being stoned half to death in Lystra the day before. "A physically weak man could never have recovered like that." (Page 200)"
I mean, even as being a Hutterite…we eat hearty, homecooked meals, thrice a day, and it's HARD to be healthy-minded and it's not like I can choose to go cook an eat something else, something healthier, simply because it suits my fancy. Funny I was discussing exactly this with a friend at lunch when your review popped up and brought this book to my attention.
I love that it covers any angle that any person can think of concerning this matter and even more importantly, that it's biblically sound.Now, I just really, really want to read this book.
Thanks for reviewing it; it's an important one.
I need to read this book!! Ive been struggling losing the weight from baby number three and Ill tell you with the monthly/weekly get together's between family and church I feel like Im always eating, eating eating…and there's never healthy picks at potlucks, unless i want to eat the fruit salad, which is usually caked with whip cream!!
Great review!
Great review…informative. Thanks
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Like Queanbeyan (with apologies to the Like Canberra campaign)
It's no fun being an ugly sister. Where one sister is having parties, is lauded like a celebrity, sophisticated and talked about. The other is mentioned in passing, given the hand me downs and talked about for all the wrong reasons.
It's rather like living in Queanbeyan. Canberra is about to get her bling on to celebrate and no one has invited the ugly sister to the party.
As the ugly sister, we have been unfairly blamed for sewage in her lake, mocked for our apparent bogan ways, ignored for our underbelly and at every turn we bear the brunt of Canberra's sarcastic jokes.
We are accidental sisters, the kind forced to share a room yet so completely different that an argument is forever brewing.
Just like all stories of ugly and beautiful sisters, we secretly lust after something the other has.
For Queanbeyan it may be the attention Canberra attracts, for Canberra it may be the authenticity that Queanbeyan easily displays.
I should know. I have been pretending to be a Canberran for nearly six years.
But it is time to embrace my ugly sister and declare that I am Queanbeyanite.
I belong to that breed of New South Wales people who flit across the border daily for work and life, yet enjoy the luxury of main street, more traffic lights than round-a-bouts and a real local council with a Mayor and everything.
We are aware of what Canberra thinks of us, of the bogan jokes and requests to show our passport when in the ACT.
Where Canberra was created, Queanbeyan is real.
Where Canberra was perfected, Queanbeyan is authentic and quirky.
It is true. Queanbeyan was not my first choice when moving to the region but after one too many inspections with up to 40 other people in Kingston and Ainslie, I started to look further afield.
How could I still be 20 minutes to work and not paying a fortune in rent? Queanbeyan. Where could I live and still stroll to a coffee? Queanbeyan.
And so I announced to my extended family and friends that I had found a house in Queanbeyan. People were aghast, they pulled open the real estate section to get me to reconsider, they told me stories of late night assaults, of tattooed bikie gangs dumping drugs on my lawn, of suburban houses operating as brothels and of police raids.
But I was sold. Queanbeyan it would be, but just for a short time I thought and then I will move into Canberra proper. That was some years ago now and I have become a Queanbeyanite.
Initially, it was not a tag I embraced. I preferred to keep a lid on my location and would mumble when people asked me where I lived.
Things started to change for me when the Queanbeyan river flooded. Drawn to the spectacle, I donned by raincoat and gumboots and went down to the river. Behind the flimsy police tape sat two men and an esky, shirtless, shoeless and drinking beer in the fold out chairs as the river kept rising.
Priceless. You wouldn't see that in Kingston.
At that point I realised, I hadn't seen a drug raid, or a bikie gang in full flight, or a suburban house operating as a brothel. It was just a community with a bit of an underbelly but in a way that too is part of its charm.
You can roll up to buy 2litres of milk and stand next to a legitimate bikie or play in the park and be asked to join an Indian family for dinner and find out they have just migrated to Australia or get talking to a teenage mother in the waiting room of the hospital and share a few tips about motherhood that might make a difference.
You do see things that are confronting from time to time, where people are battling or struggling. Its grounding, it makes you grateful – its real people void of pretension.
I love that it is a real community that doesn't hide or gloss over its quirks and boganism.
If given the option to be the beautiful sister Canberra or the real but ugly sister Queanbeyan. I would choose the latter.
And as Canberra's party day rolls around, we may not be officially invited but there are a few that are who prefer instead to swell the streets of Queanbeyan with ACT number plates for the day.
It's when Canberran's realise how good we have it – over the border. That maybe our fearsome reputation is a brilliant tactic to keep the masses out.
Now that the Like Canberra campaign has wrapped up, maybe it's time for Like Queanbeyan…what are the things you love about it?
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Catherine Russell is enthralled by public affairs in Canberra and the world at large; the issues that impact people from all walks of life; start memorable dinner party debates; fuel politics; create our advocates; and drive social media commentary. Consultant, mother and partner Catherine presents the HerCanberra perspective on the headlines.
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Reply →Completely agree. I live in Canberra and shop in Queanbeyan. Best range, prices, feeling of reality, pool, theatre, Indian food – the list is endless – and … the quietest Medicare, the best boys barber and a charming craft charity shop next to Target and Medicare.
But let my grandmother-in-law tell it best. In the 1950s she was told she had a short time to live. Never having swum in the sea, she decided to leave her Cotter farm and go to Bateman's Bay. When she and her husband arrived in Queanbeyan she asked to stop, had a cup of tea and then drove right back to the Cotter. She reckoned she'd seen the best. Lovely post, Catherine
Reply →That is a lovely story Inky about your Grandmother in law … thanks for sharing
Reply →Great story and so true! I'm originally from Canberra but have been living in Queanbo for 6 years and love it. The sense of community is very strong and somehow in all it's glory it kinda works. The people are as interesting as they are colourful and the town continues to grow and get better. Good food, great coffee, theatre, pool, plenty of shops and an abundance of wide open spaces to play in. I'm not sure I would want to move back to Canberra……
Reply →I could not have said it better myself I love it here in Q town people are friendly it is a community with all sorts of people and I would not live anywhere else. I moved here 20 years ago after growing up in Canberra and thought I'd only live here for two years until I could convince hubby to leave but changed my mind after 12 months and now I love love love my home town
Reply →I think people really overstate the crime and 'bogan' factor of Queanbeyan. I have seen worse is supposedly upmarket areas of Canberra like Reid, Turner, Campbell etc. Either way, what the heck is wrong with the average bogan anyway? Some of the nicest people you'll meet sometimes!
I love living in Queanbeyan, I like that I can walk places, that I'm 15-20 mins from the city (closer than a lot of Canberra suburbs), that there are actual pubs that serve good meals and have a nice atmosphere. There isn't much I don't like about the place actually. I like that people from Canberra bag the place, though they've never been there. Let them continue their hate, otherwise they would drive up property prices!
Reply →Great read Catherine! I completely agree. Married a born and raised Queanbeyanite – think the small bogan town did a good job raising him! Looking forward to raising my girls in such a community minded place.
We don't need to show our passport going into Canberra… not all Canberrans, but "those" who think we are the ugly sister – should pay a tax. A tax to enjoy our little slice of heaven. Where else can you see people in their PJ's at woolworths at 4 in the afternoon?
More to the point – Queanbeyan should be seen as Canberra's Great Wise Aunt – after all, we have been here for 75 more years…. we know all the family secrets – luckily we don't pass them on to Canberra or they'd steal some of our charm!
Q-town gal
Reply →Catherine, this is a fantastic piece! I was born in Queanbeyan and haven't needed to move, I really love the place! I used to "mumble when people asked me where I lived" as well, but now I'm in my late 20′s, and friends that moved into the ACT when they were 18-20, are ever so quietly sneaking back over, to have families and settle down! I like The Q theatre, 121 Hair, Riverside Cafe and new-look Royal. My single girlfriends don't complain about the defence personnel coming through either!
Reply →Catherine,
I am so glad that you are promoting Queanbeyan. I am 56 –born and bred in Queanbeyan – and proud of it.
Queanbeyan was here long before Canberra was thought of.
My ancestors were Irish immigrants – given land grants at Michelago. My ancestors eventually spread their wings and moved to Queanbeyan. Muli-culturism thrives in Queanbeyan.
My grandmother was a pioneer nurse – a Queanbeyan identity. She is mentioned in historical books and received a BEM for her services.
She used to travel – by horse and dray – to Canberra – which was then a shantytown to deliver babies.You mentioned bogans. A trip to Charny, Wanny or the shopping centre at Tuggers will provide you with a birds eye view of boganville. . Why come to Queanbeyan when it is all on a platter over the border.
Underbelly – go to Civic on a Friday or Saturday night.
I love the river – it is real not created. I often walk my dog. We see platypus (it is one of the few rivers in NSW that have these), people, children and dogs, walking, running, and playing and watercraft cruising by.
I enjoyed a coffee in the mill house this morning, which is now open for business.
It took me 15 mins to walk from my home.I have friends in QBN and in Canberra. I spend all my working days over the border.
A huge majority of Defence personnel live in my area. They are proud to say they live in Queanbeyan.
I never bash Canberra. I promote both our cities. We are sisters. I am proud to work over the border, live in Queanbeyan and to be part of both communities.
March 19, 2013 at 11:53 am
I am unashamed to say that I was schooled in Queanbeyan (and can actually read & write), and survived the so-called "roughest school in NSW" (The Telegraph no less): Queanbeyan High School. I love the fact that we have real corner stores, rodeos and parochial pride by the tonne – and not a white collar in sight.


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Dashboard Reporting Made Excel Friendly
Excel works very well for dashboard reporting. But there are a wide variety of techniques you can use, and they all can't be explained in one short article. Even so, here are some tips and techniques to get you headed in the right direction.
Make use of Small Charts for Dashboard Reporting
Compare the charts you see in typical management reports to the charts you see in business magazines. In management reports, charts are frequently the size of a post card; in magazines, charts are frequently the size of a postage stamp. By making your charts small you typically make them more useful. Readers can view them at a glance, and easily can compare one chart with another. If we had used big charts, as many companies use for management reporting, we would have needed at least six pages to contain the same information presented on one dashboard page.
Use a Reporting Template
Your first one-page dashboard reporting probably will take several days to create. Don't waste that investment. Set the report up as a reporting template.
By template, we do not mean that you should save your workbook as an Excel template file…an XLT file. Instead, you should design your report workbook so you can update it easily from month to month, department to department, and so on.
The key step is to design your workbook so that it contains no data, only formulas and key values…values including the month to report, the department, the division, and so on.
The easiest way to do this is to use an Excel-friendly OLAP product. This would allow Excel formulas to return specific values from cubes of data on your computer or a server.
With your formulas set up properly, you'll find it very easy to shift your report from month to month or division to division. Just enter the month or division in the appropriate cells, and then recalculate.
Using Pivot Table to Analyze Data
As a marketer, you might always make use of Excel to analyze data, pull together reports and project future activity. Salespeople use it much the same way. You need to provide daily, monthly, and quarterly reports for yourself, your team—and often for your superiors.
An often overlooked tool in Excel is the Pivot Table. we know, it sounds boring, but as the end of Q4 inches ever closer—and 2015 comes up in your rear-view mirror, today is an excellent day to learn about this great assist.
A Pivot Table allows you to summarize data as averages, sums, or counts in Excel from data that is stored in another Spreadsheet, or table. It is great for quickly building reports because you can sort and visualize the data quickly.
For example, I have put together a spreadsheet, which you can copy, and paste into Excel, or use in Google Docs if you would prefer (just click File > Make a Copy). The spreadsheet contains data with a mock company's customer purchase information. For this example, we want to sort the data to see how much revenue we've made from each company. Since companies purchase at different dates, a pivot table will help us to consolidate this data to allow us to see total buys per company, as well as to compare purchases across companies, for quick analysis.
An Example Is Worth a Million Cells
First, let's get the basics out of the way. The Pivot table allows you to take a table with a lot of data in it, and rearrange the table so that you only look at what's important to you. Pivot table is a great way to manage the data from your reports. Learning how to use pivot tables will speed up the rate at which you can product sales reports, and at which you can analyze and close more deals faster.
Making use of your Sales Data with Smart Excel Features
Let's admit that as salespeople, the sales data we collect isn't always perfect. But in trying to make sense of all the pieces of info we gather, Excel's Text-to-column function is a big help. It helps you sort and categorize data in a way that helps you make sense of the fragmented pieces of seemingly random tidbits you jot down—and fill in some of the gaps.
For example, let's say a form on your website collects a prospective client's email, name, phone number, but not their company's name. Text to column can help you to use the person's email address to separate out their domain and hopefully lead you to figure out what company they work for. Once you've tracked this information down, you can categorize and sort your users to see how many of them come from a specific company. This can help you gauge interest that a company has, among other things with the available sales data.
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It might sound complex, but it's simple to get started with text-to-column. Essentially it's a process of elimination, since you're separating out contents of a cell by defining a "delimiter." If you're trying to separate out the domain at the end of an email address, the delimiter would be "@". You can define it as any character of course.
Depending on your company/product, you can assume that in most cases the domains in the Company column are the companies that people work for. You will of course find people using email addresses like @yahoo.com, @hotmail.com, @gmail.com and @aol.com, in those cases, try putting the email address into a Google search and that may yield a LinkedIn profile which will likely show you where they're working.
Back to Excel, once you've generated your new data set from text-to-column, you can also create a pivot table and add the "Company" to "Row Labels" and "Email" to the "Values" table. This will show you immediately the number of sign ups you have gotten from each domain, which will make you more informed as you approach them to close the deal.


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We strongly recommend that the animals and people already residing in your home have an opportunity to be introduced to the animal that you are considering adopting.
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text: Baby > Your Life Maternity Leave Around the World These countries' stellar benefits for new moms (and new dads) might make you consider applying for a visa before you deliver. When Kim Knoblauch gave birth to her first child in the US in 2006, the only maternity leave pay she received was a month's worth of accrued vacation and sick time. And then when she was ready to return to work, she found her job no longer existed. Since her employer was a small company, it didn't have to adhere to federal laws that require 12 weeks of job protection after the birth of a child.Four years later, Knoblauch had a very different postpartum experience. Her husband's job had brought the family to Germany. This qualified them for Deutschland's drool-inducing list of maternity and postpartum benefits.The day after her baby, Eva, was brought home from the hospital, a midwife came to Knoblauch's home to weigh her, check her cord stump and help Knoblauch with breastfeeding. Eva's birth also came with another benefit: Kindergeld, a so-called children's allowance that helps cover the cost of child rearing. Because she had two children, Knoblauch collected about 300 euros a month (about $387).But that's not all. For a year following Eva's birth, Knoblauch was entitled to Elterngeld, or money to help cover the cost of a parent staying home with a child instead of returning to the workforce. That was another 120 euros a month (about $155)."When I worked in the States, I had no short-term disability, no maternity coverage," says Knoblauch. "They weren't obligated to hold my job. My husband had great insurance and all our medical expenses were paid for, but I didn't have any income. In Germany, basically they give you money for staying home with your child."Knoblauch was a stay-at-home mom while in Germany, but had she been working, she also would have been protected by Mutterschutz. This law allows you to start your maternity leave six weeks before your delivery date and forbids women from returning to work until eight weeks postpartum. It also bans pregnant women from working overnight shifts, holidays or overtime hours. And once they return to work, women are entitled to two paid, 30-minute nursing/pumping breaks per day (in addition to the regular lunch hour).Germany's benefits are among the best, but the truth is that there are many countries -- 177, in fact, and many of them in the developing world -- that provide paid leave and other benefits not available to American parents. The American way"Maternity leave in America essentially means that women and men and families are very much on their own," says Vicki Shabo, director of work and family programs for the National Partnership for Women and Families. "Too many workers lack any form of leave, whether job-protected or job-protected and paid, and too many families are forced to make really terrible choices between paying the bills and taking care of their child."Only half of all first-time mothers in the US take any paid leave, Shabo says, and that payment usually comes from other benefits such as vacation time, sick days or short-term disability coverage. Only about 10 percent of the private sector workforce is employed by companies that offer designated paid family leave, she adds. And only half of all workers are covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act, which allows employees of companies with more than 50 employees to take a job-protected (but not paid) leave of up to 12 weeks. But to qualify, you must have worked for the employer for a year and clocked more than 1,250 hours in that time (25 hours or more per week).That's the only federal law protecting a woman's job postpartum, and there is no federal legislation requiring paid leave. But several states have made inroads on this issue. California and New Jersey have added paid family leave insurance programs to their State Disability Insurance that allow contributing employees to receive a portion of their wages for up to six weeks after the birth of a child. (Washington State has a similar program on the books, but the funding needed to set up the program has never been appropriated.)The National Partnership is working with Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) to draft the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act, which would provide 12 weeks of paid leave through an insurance system financially supported by employees and employers. But until then, we'll just have to drool over the rights enjoyed by women in other countries. Here are a few examples. FranceIn France, a mother's postpartum health -- especially her sexual health -- is high-priority. So to ensure that women are ready to enjoy sex again after baby, the French government pays for perineal therapy to get those vaginal muscles ready for a romp between the sheets."There's so much pressure to be sexy here," says Kristen, an American living in Paris while working for a US employer. Her son, Alex, was born in August 2012. "So after a standard French birth, they offer 10 sessions of reeducating your perineum. And under the French health care system, that's covered."As an American, Kristen doesn't qualify for such a benefit. But she did get to enjoy the French birth experience, which included a four-day hospital stay during which mothers attend classes on breastfeeding, baby bathing, cord stump care and other newborn basics."The baby screamed that whole first night," says Kristen. "I was at my wit's end. If the midwives hadn't come into my hospital room…[let's just say] I learned a lot from them."As for maternity leave, French women are guaranteed 100 percent of their pay for 16 weeks (six weeks before birth and 10 weeks after). Women can take an additional three years of job-protected family leave. And all families in France with two or more children are entitled to family benefits, a monthly cash payment from the French government. FinlandIn Finland, it's not just your friends who throw you a baby shower -- it's the government too. You're entitled to a maternity grant: a choice of 140 euros (about $181) or a maternity package filled with baby clothes and other essentials. And then 50 days before your delivery, you can start maternity leave, which is paid through your baby's first four months of life. But think you have to return to work then? No. At that point, you or your spouse can collect parental allowance, which pays about 70 percent of your salary until the baby is nine months old. There's also a system, Paternal Allowance, that allows men to take time off work as well."My spouse had the opportunity to be home the first three weeks after birth with both children and then the last six weeks of parental allowance time," says Cecilia Lindstrom, mother of Maja, 2, and Melker, 5. "It's a system that encourages men to stay home with their children."Don't want to go back to work when your baby starts crawling around? Instead, you can collect child home care allowance, which is a reduced payment from the parental allowance, but makes it possible for some families to extend leave time for up to three years job-protected. But if you do decide to go back to work, your child care costs are subsidized based on your income and how many children you have.And if you decide you want to work, but not full-time? "I returned to work, and I'm pleased to be back on part-time so I can spend time with my children," Lindstrom says. "And I'm compensated from my municipality for the time I don't work." AustraliaIn Australia, there is no maternity leave. There is "parental leave," meaning either mom or dad can take government-paid leave for up to 18 weeks. Or they can share the leave. One parent, for example, could use 10 weeks and the other eight. Brenda Renee Michaud has been on parental leave since her daughter's birth in June, and she plans to stay home for seven months total but might extend that. In Australia, your job is protected for up to a year after the birth of a child."On average, there are way more services, most of which are free, for new parents and babies from baby wellness programs to depression checks and dad support groups," says Michaud, an American who has been living in Australia for more than a decade.After the birth, nurses at government-sponsored Early Parenting Centers will check your baby's weight and offer breastfeeding and sleeping assistance. Families can choose to attend a day program or stay for two to five days for extensive help. Some centers even offer house visits."They will also put you together with other mommies/daddies with babies the same age to form a group for support and such," says Michaud. "These groups can be seen meeting up all over town at cafes, the movies. I've been getting together with the other mommies from our birth class." Plus, more from The Bump: The Back-to-Work Guide for New Moms Top 10 Things Every New Dad Should Know 18 Worst Things to Say to a Working Mom -- Cynthia Ramnarace See More: 2nd Trimester , 3rd Trimester , Mommy Life Previous Article: Losing the Baby Weight Next Article: Mean Mom Confessions 10 Things You Do That Your Non-Mom Friends Hate Are you guilty of these new mom faux pas? Mean Mom Confessions Get the lowdown on what mean moms really think. Get the Help You Want When Baby Comes Home When you're a new mom, you might find your home filled with visitors, but not everyone will offer to help. This is how to ask -- and what exactly to ask for. popular questions Q&A: Best first foods for baby? Q&A: 4-month wakeful period? Q&A: Bedtime routine? recently added questions Plus-Size Maternity Clothing Q&A What Happens at Baby's One-Month Checkup? When Can I Switch Baby From the Infant Car Seat to a Convertible?


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Nobel Laureate Lecture Dr. Alan J. Heeger, one of three co-winners of the 2000 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work in conductive polymers, will speak on Wednesday, March 16, during the 28th annual Nobel Laureate Lecture at CSULB. Admission is free. Heeger will discuss Risk and Innovation in Science: A Personal History of the Road to the Nobel Prize during a general lecture from 11 a.m.-noon, followed by a technical lecture on Gene Sensors: Detection of Specific Targeted Sequences on DNA from 4-5 p.m., both in the University Student Union Ballroom. Heeger, along with Professors Alan G. MacDiarmid of the University of Pennsylvania and Hideki Shirakawa of the University of Tsukuba, Japan, were recognized for their pioneering collaboration on developing plastics that conduct electrical currents. Heeger is a professor in the Institute for Polymers and Organic Solids and Department of Physics and Materials at UC Santa Barbara. He also co-founded UNIAX Corp., which was acquired by Dupont in 2002 and focuses on developing plastic electronic products. His research led to development of a variety of commercial applications for conductive polymers, from thin, flexible display screens used in a host of consumer electronic products, to anti-static films and smart windows that can become opaque. He developed some 40 patents on polymeric materials and processes. An eminent scholar, Heeger has more than 660 scholarly publications and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering. The Nobel Laureate Lecture is sponsored by the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (CNSM), CNSM Student Council, Office of the President, Associated Students Inc., and 49er Shops Inc. For additional information, call 562/985-7562 |
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"One of the bhajans that was playing during our preliminary meditation was sung by Lata Mangeskar, a very famous early Bollywood singer when it was still relatively pure, and they were singing mantras. And the first mantra was 'Satyam Shivam Sundaram.' And this translates as 'the True, the Good, and the Beautiful.' And the aim of meditation," clarifies Shunyamurti, the Good, True, and Beautiful spiritual director of the Sat Yoga Institute in Costa Rica, "is to find that in yourself which is eternally True, supremely Good, and infinitely Beautiful. And what's important is that you have faith that you have that within you that corresponds to those attributes. Everyone does."
However, to deal with the world, we created an ego structure. "And once we created that ego structure, it veiled the truth of our being. It veiled our radiance. And it veiled our goodness." But the veiling was an illusion. And we have never been anything but the Satyam Shivam Sundaram. "And so all we're doing in meditation is remembering that: that 'I am That.' Not the ego with its history and its shameful episodes and its failures and its losses and its depressions and anxieties—not that; that's an artificial, false self. But the self that I am—the 'I am that I am' that is talked about in the Bible—that self, that ultimate Self that you are is already the radiant goodness of true being. And all we have to do is stop running away from the Self. . . . And if we will accept these three powers of Truth, and of Goodness, and of radiant Beauty, we will overcome the shadow within and the shadows without. And we can bring a world of light, a world of beauty, a world of goodness back into manifestation." Recorded on the evening of Thursday, August 26, 2010.
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The Federal Direct Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students(PLUS) loan is a credit-based loan available to parents of dependent undergraduate students who are enrolled at least half-time (6 credits) in a degree seeking program.
- There is a fixed interest rate of 7.9%
- The loan origination fee is 4.204% (any loans originated after December 1, 2013, will have a loan origination fee of 4.288%)
- The borrower has the option of deferring the loan repayment until 6 months after the student graduates, withdraws from school, or enrolls for less than 6 credit hours in a semester.
Frequently asked questions:
Borrowers may begin applying for the PLUS loan on November 18, 2013 for spring 2014 semester. The deadline for completed PLUS loan applications to be submitted to the Office of Financial Aid is December 2, 2013 for the spring 2014 semester. We strongly recommend that borrowers adhere to this deadline date in order to assure that funds will be secured by the July payment deadline.
How do I apply for the PLUS loan?
In order to initiate the PLUS loan process, students must file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or renewal FAFSA for the 2013-2014 academic school year.
The borrower can log into the US Department of Education's studentloans.gov website to Complete PLUS request process. Applicants must have a FAFSA PIN to log-on to the site. (Applicants can apply for a PIN or have a forgotten PIN re-established at www.pin.ed.gov.) Information on approved loans will be automatically forwarded to the Office of Financial Aid for processing. (Please note: if the Parent Plus Loan is approved, the borrower must complete a Plus Loan Master Promissory Note MPN). The MPN can be completed via the studentloans.gov websiteas well.
To apply for a PLUS loan, you must be the biological (including non-custodial), adoptive or step-parent of the student. Also you must be a U.S. Citizen or Eligible Non-Citizen (e.g. Permanent Resident) to be eligible for this loan.
All approved PLUS loans for the spring 2014 semester have 5 business days to be processed from the time that a completed application is received by the Delaware State University Office of Financial Aid. DSU will have the ability to view an application within 24 hours from the time that it is completed. However, during our peak processing season, loans may take up to 20 days to be processed.
How much can I borrow?
The maximum amount you may borrow for the academic year is the difference between the cost of attendance (tuition, fees, room and board, books, etc.) and the financial aid that the student is already receiving for that year. When applying for the loan before the aid package has been determined, we recommend that you request the maximum amount on the application. If the student receives additional financial assistance after the PLUS loan is certified, one or both disbursements may be reduced or cancelled to prevent over-awards.
If you decide that you do not wish to apply for the maximum amount, please indicate a specified amount on the application. The amount indicated will be processed for the entire academic year and a 4.204% processing fee will be deducted each semester.
How do I request an increase in the PLUS loan?
To request an increase in the PLUS loan, please click on the link below and fill in the necessary information to complete the PLUS increase request form. An increase cannot be processed if:
- The student has already received a financial aid package up to the maximum cost of attendance allowed
- The Plus loan has been approved with a co-endorser (in such cases the borrower must reapply for a new loan and have the co-endorser re-sign for the loan)
- The first disbursement of the PLUS has already been paid to the student's account
What are my options if I am denied for a PLUS loan?
If the loan is denied due to adverse credit, you have several options:
- Reapply utilizing an endorser
- The other parent can apply utilizing their information to possibly obtain an approved response
- You may allow your student to be awarded the additional Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan
Once DSU receives a denied PLUS loan response from the Department of Education, the additional unsubsidized loan will be applied to the student's financial aid award within our current loan processing timeframe. If the student does not wish to receive the unsubsidized loan, a request must be submitted in writing to the DSU Office of Financial Aid.
If both parents are denied for the PLUS loan, only one unsubsidized loan will be awarded per academic year.
What happens if the PLUS loan was initially denied and it has now been approved?
Once notification has been received that the PLUS loan is approved, the additional unsubsidized loan amount will be removed and the PLUS loan will be applied for the amount indicated on the application.
For any questions and/or concerns regarding PLUS loans, please contact email@example.com.
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