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Stop Feeding the Beast
"Clare, this company will take everything out of you. The more you feed it, the more it wants. You have to figure out YOUR limits and stop feeding the beast."
It was a conversation I had with a co-worker years ago when I was working in corporate America. I was in a department that had gone through its shares of ups and downs. We had gone through a layoff and I was one of the few left to manage an overabundance of work, to say the least. I have a tendency to be a workaholic and since there was a ton of work, I was working all the time (This was before I was married and with kids). After 2 weeks of driving home in tears, I realized that something had to change. God sent that conversation with my co-worker to me soon after and it was an eye opening moment. I never realized the power my job had over me. I felt enslaved to it and when I was told that it was MY CHOICE to create the parameters of what I did, then I felt relief and freedom.
I tell you this story because I feel like we are all really good at feeding the beast. The beast looks a little different for each of us, but we all have one. Many times we don't realize that we are doing it, yet wonder why we feel so enslaved to something. Some things in our lives will take and take from us, never giving us reprieve. We keep feeding it, many times, because we don't even realize we are doing so and other times because it's the only thing we know what to do. It takes a hard stop and intentionality to move away from it.
Not sure what I mean by feeding the beast? I consider a beast something that is never satisfied (in a negative way) and has control over your life (in a negative way). Here are some examples I've had from various emails from you of real life circumstances.I could expand on each of these but that would take me 3 posts! I think you get my point.
- The beast of a sweet tooth
- The beast of laziness/procrastination
- The beast of approval
- The beast of apathy
- The beast of pride
- The beast of toxic-ness (is that a word?!)
- The beast of comparison
HOW we feed each of these beasts look a little different for everyone. Maybe it's lingering on the dessert page of pinterest, watching that reality tv show that displays everything you want on it, scheduling every minute of the day, or staying in a dating relationship just a little too long. Remember–none of these things in and of themselves are bad or wrong, but in the context of the beast in your life you may need to reconsider.
3 Steps to Defeat Your Beast
- Determine your beast(s)
Not sure what they are? Refer to some of the ones listed above or think through what ties you down emotionally and mentally. Ask someone close to you who you trust. What are you enslaved to that is not bringing freedom?
"for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him" 2 Peter 2:19
- Note your triggers
Once I resolved to stop feeding the beast of work, I needed to know what would trigger me to slide back into it. I knew that as soon as I had a pile of folders on top of my desk, that my natural tendency was to kick into overdrive. I had to step back at that moment, take a breath, and reevaluate. This is where it starts getting hard. It's where we have to look at some things that have always been our "normal" and kick them to the curb.
- Stop feeding it (snacks included!)
Do you want to know the quickest way to stop a beast from growing? Stop feeding it…now. Stop with the small snacks, too. The more taste he gets in his mouth, the more the beast wants. He may seem happy at one point, but give him some time and you'll be back at it. Turn around. Walk away. Quit feeding it. Just do it.
I want to end by saying that if you are feeding a beast all day, every day, it means you aren't feeding anything else. You are consumed by this problem that has a never-ending appetite and other areas are malnourished. Oh friends, I want nothing more than for you to be FREE of things that enslave and chain you. I know what it's like to be in that spot and it's a fight that I am often engaged in, however, it is so worth the struggle because at the end of the fight you have freedom and abundant life!
Please don't try to do this alone. A hungry beast has a loud roar and a scary presence. He can cause us to do things we never imagined ever doing. You need a real life friend to keep you in check but also remember, you have the ONE living inside of you who has stomped on death and has already won! Reach out, hang out, and let the Ultimate Satisfier fill your need!
"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full" John 10:10
Do you have a beast in your life that is never satisfied? Would you mind sharing below? If you have gained victory over a beast, I'd love to hear about it too! Please share whatever God may lay on your heart! I will be praying for all you specifically who note something below!
Oh Clare this is me!! I have had a beast for too long! I fed it and fed it and got bigger and bigger! It stopped my life! I was a prisoner to this beast in my own home! I wouldn't go any where because it made me feel worse but as soon as I ate it was happy! I can joyfuly announce that I BEAT the beast!! Since April 1st I now do challenges and extra workouts, I am eating less and I go to Him when I feel bad. But since I have kicked the beast to the curb I have had no more depression!!! Thursday I go see a doctor at a weight management clinic near me that will give me a food plan and also other plans to finaly get rid of this beast once and for all!!!!! Thanks to you for all your help!! I also thank Jannice at Faith Fitness and Nutrition on FB and Liz at Focus Fitness on FB!!! You girls ROCK!!!
Which Focus Fitness on FB? There are several, but I'd like to check out the one you mentioned.
This is so so great Claire!!
Thank you so much for sharing!!
You are such an inspiration and impacting so many including myself!
My beast is not eating healthy things. I want carbs and sweets more than anything else. I definitely need help in this area.
Thanks so much for this blog. My "beast" is worrying about crazy things…..coming home from a meeting to find my family murdered, a crazy man taking them out at Walmart, the car in front of us blowing up and torching our car…..I KNOW it's crazy but I can still make myself sick, worrying! I'm starting a Bible Study next month called "Breaking Free" and I'm hoping it will help. I'm also printing out this blog (with the website), I think it will be a great conversation started for our first meeting.
Again, thanks and God Bless!
Ayme, I can relate to you very much. I will briefly tell you that I am a mom of 4 and have been with my husband since we were 14 years old! My husband has bipolar disorder and OCD, and all 4 of my kids have mental illnesses too. We are a Christian family and without God's grace and guidance we would be soooo lost. I don't know if some of them would even be alive. Matt 6:25-34 has been very important to me. I am NOT saying you have a mental illness, but because fear and worry is so real and HUGE in my family, this made me have to respond to your comment. I understand your fears. Trust God, it is hard, but He will hear you and help you. Please also read Psalm 37:23-24. Also Judges 6:23 the story of Gideon. He was an "unimportant" man who was full of worry and fear and look what God did through him because he trusted him. One more for you. Deuteronomy 31:6. I am praying for you right now.
My beast is myself. My displaced focus…satisfying my food desires, beating myself up because I failed once again, resignation that I can't overcome it, focusing on it all the time and looking for quick, easy answers without any sacrifice. Thinking I can conquer wwith my own power instead of His.
My beast is certainly the beast of laziness/procrastination. I have try fighting this beast for several years now and it not only affects my health (eating right and exercising), but it also affects other areas within my home (staying organized, etc…). I've started pulling some scriptures out and writing them down to read through out the day and even put some of them to memory.
Thanks so much for this article and your encouraging words!! =)
Wow…this was convicting! Especially these lines…"I want to end by saying that if you are feeding a beast all day, every day, it means you aren't feeding anything else. You are consumed by this problem that has a never-ending appetite and other areas are malnourished."
UGH…I hate that this is true in my life. Your two examples under your "physical" heading are me to a T. I feel like God sent this directly to my inbox. I need to make changes. It is so hard.
Thank you for encouraging me in this way. I definitely need help to stop feeding the beast since that is all I know to do right now. It is amazing how bad habits come so natural and have to be replaced by good ones. My beast is ineffective use of time (some might call it laziness). I spend a lot of time at the computer, and watching tv and it consumes me. There is fear in letting go of what I know, illogical fear, but fear non the less. I want to experience life, not just watch it go by on a television screen. Time to take a serious inventory of the "food" I am giving to the beast and clean out the pantry so that there is no, food, and no snacks!
Thank you for speaking the truth in love! -
My struggle is that I am a slave to my to-do lists (and other lists), creating an ineffective use of my time. While I have good intentions of making lists so that I can accomplish various tasks, I end up feeling paralyzed in carrying out many of these tasks, either because I am so focused on things I could be forgetting to add to said lists or because I never actually revisit the lists I created. It is as if I have this overwhelming desire to be organized, but lack the ability to create a system that makes me effective/productive due to the "mental clutter" that consumes me.
Additionally, there are so many books, magazines, blogs, etc. that I want to read that also consume my thoughts at times, when I should be looking to the Bible first and foremost to guide my thoughts and actions.
(I'm sure both of these things are the evil one's tactics to distract me from the Truth).
Ultimately, I need to continue praying that I would be free of this bondage and SIMPLIFY my life & lists (rather than try to create some other system of organization). I need to let it go and STOP FEEDING THE BEAST! Thank you for the reminder that good things are not always good things, if used in the wrong manner.-
Danielle, that would be me.!! The queen of lists of unaccomplished tasks! I tend to write down sooo many things to do that will end up the day frustrated and disappointed. I have taken a day just to throw away all my lists and not allowing myself on doing more than four or five things. When I do them, then I can go to the next and so forth. This is caused by stress, anxiousness, and sometimes Pinterest! Lol! You see so many astonishing things for decoration, and such that sometimes are impossible to reach. Anyways, thanks for sharing, and God Bless!
Feeding the beast is something that I can relate to whole heartedly. I supervise people who are not very disciplined and only meet the standard. It frustrates me and I find myself picking up the slack and correcting their mistakes. This causes me to be very irritable and critical of myself and others. I need to stop feeding the beast of rescuing others, because my health is suffering as a result. I have a strong need for approval from others and have very high standards for myself. Consequently, regardless of how much I accomplish, it's never enough or good enough. I need to rely more on God to help me recognize the beast WHEN it occurs and give me strength to handle it differently, by turning it over to Him.
Clare, almost every one you mentioned I feel I suffer with or have suffered with. "Needing" of approval, pleasing others, and the comparison trap are big beasts in my life…..Some days/weeks, I think I am accomplishing much and then seem to fall right back into "old" pits. I am a Jesus-believer and I know I have to totally surrender this to God, and continue to on a daily basis. Not to mention the beasts relating to being over-weight which you mentioned a few of those I believe I have too. I would appreciate your prayers. There are a few trusted friends I ask for prayers about these areas also. Thank you for encouragement, and truth in love! God bless, Holly
My beasts are perfection and uncontrollable snacking – once I start I just eat more and more. Same thing with perfection – specifically cleaning my home. I just go crazy. I can't stand clutter and chaos and yet that is exactly my problem. I live with all boys and a man and they are so different. Things that are important to me like being caught up with the laundry, a clean kitchen in the morning, clean bathrooms – they could care less about these things. I just need to learn to stop and say no in these areas. It's really tough, but I want to be free to live in peace, joy and contentment.
I can so relate! I seesaw between being mad at them or giving up. My teenage son seems to see a clean kitchen as an artist canvas that needs to be covered in paint. I just finished "dish mountain" about 30 mins ago and he's in there cooking. I feel like I spend all my time griping about stuff only I care about! I'll be praying for you!
To do lists is one of them, the other is fast food addiction!! I have found that saying never again to fast foods is impossible, but you can have some kind of control on setting up a specific day for you to eat out. That helps very much! Praying for every one of us and for you too Claire, thanks for this!
My beast is definitely obsessing over what I put in my mouth. Now I know that normally one would assume that this means junk food– but it is quite the opposite for me! After being overweight for much of my youth and re-learning how to eat the correct foods in my 20's, I now obsess over how healthy something is, whether or not I've gotten my right macros in, how much butter is on something, if there will be "healthy" foods for me to snack on at social events, etc.
It might sound like a good problem to have, but it has been the thief of MUCH joy in my life because I'm always stressing out/thinking about it! I'm ALWAYS thinking about my next meals, and I just want to feel like a free woman.
Brittany, I just wanted to let you know you are not alone and I struggle with this very same thing. I often feel alone and that no one truly gets what I'm going through – maybe you feel the same. I just wanted to let you know that I'm praying for you often. Every time I catch my obsessing I will lift you up in prayer too!
GREAT POST!!!!! Thank you so much not only for writing about the beast, but also how to identify it and finally what to do about it!!
Clare!! Thank you so much! I printed this off the day it came in my email and I carry it everywhere! I have three beasts: shopping (especially handbags), eating sweets, and laziness when it comes to exercise! They are horrible and overwhelming me!! I'm actually in therapy for the handbag issue; I have gotten my poor family in deep debt. The beast just gnaws and gnaws at me! I try to ignore it, I try to talk to it, yet it always seems to win in the end. I feel frustrated and hopeless, and out of control. I'm doing two Bible studies at the moment, one on contentment and one on self control. I can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. My poor patient family! The deception involved in feeding my beasts, all of them….I feel so far away from The Lord so much of the time. Why would He want to talk with me and listen to me if I can't be good consistently? Thanks for this post. It helps me work through it, instead of flailing around lost.
Hey Glenda. Thank you so much for your comment. I appreciate your honesty as you tackle your beasts head on! Not many people do that so I admire that! I know what it feels like to feel far from God due to our own hang-ups…I just want to assure you that He is always there and He isn't moving! His love and determination for my soul is what propels me to make the right decisions! Hang in there, putting one foot in front of the other as God guides you!
Praying for you today…
Thank you for calling it what it is – a beast!! I'm so tired of myself going around and around and never getting anywhere with the 10lbs I want to lose. I find myself wanting to snack starting about 10 a.m. and I don't want to quit until supper time! It's so ridiculous when I actually put it into words how much effort I'm willing to put into eating. Makes me sad. I am going to stop feeding the beast. Thanks for the inspiration. I love your Facebook posts and your website!!
My beast if food this prison of unhealthy choices and the resulting physical weight, weight of emotions and pattern that we won't broken in our family. It's a source of pain with my husband & I and is bleeding into the children. I have 2 beasts though the other is comparison these combined set me into a mental emotional landslide. I feel if I'm not free this year I'll wither away. God is working to free me, thank you for the post today. Walking away from feeding the beasts only with Gods strength.
Clare, This is the very conversation my husband and I had as we drove home last night. Sometimes, we tend to take on other peoples beasts, instead of being influencers. Thanks for this post! Mine had been fear of confronting issues that were hindering relationships. no more!
Thank you for this, I love it! It is so true and it seems very obvious now after reading, but is more difficult for me to implement. Praying for strength. Also "toxicity" is the word you're looking for
I have struggled with overeating and procrastination and people pleasing for years. I am currently working out and eating better and have gotten some projects done that have been on my to do list for years. One morning a few weeks ago came to mind …"make no provisions for the flesh"….because if I do it the last of my flesh (the beast) is never satisfied. You have to starve sin. When I quit smoking, I quit smoking. I knew I could never ever give back in to it because my flesh loved smoking and my flesh did not want to quit but I have been quit for over 20 years. A few years ago, my husband and I loved wine. My husband was the type he could just stop with a glass or two and our adult children were drinking alot. We quit cold turkey. Someone in our Sunday School class said what we do in moderation, our kids will do in excess. I don't know but for us it was a decision we made. I still struggle with other sins but it is part of sanctification.
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The strangest thing about the day "I Left Hell", was it took me so long to realize I was even in Hell! I walked right through the "Gates of Hell", and never felt any fear. In fact I felt as strong as Samson!
Then one day I read the story about Samson... THE REAL STORY!
I read that Samson NEVER KNEW God was NOT with him on the day he awoke with his "hair cut". Just as he did not notice his hair was no longer there, he did not notice his God was also no longer there!
Judges 16:20 Then she called, "Samson, the Philistines are upon you!" He awoke from his sleep and thought, "I'll go out as before and shake myself free." But he did not know that the LORD had left him.
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I know we are lucky that God never really leaves us, it is us that leave Him! My Heavenly Father was right where I left Him... Waiting on me to return to His Loving Arms! When we return to Him, the Holy Spirit has an environment to thrive in.
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Beef & vegetable casserole
By Sarah Cook
Cooking time
Prep: 15 mins Cook: 3 hrs - 3 hrs, 50 minsSkill level
Serves 5A traditional braised beef stew with thick, rich gravy - an ideal recipe for cheap cuts as slow-cooking guarantees a tender dish
Nutrition and extra info
Additional info
- Freezable
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 483
- protein
- 33.7g
- carbs
- 14.3g
- fat
- 32.6g
- saturates
- 13.4g
- fibre
- 2.3g
- sugar
- 7.4g
- salt
- 1.6g
- 2 celery sticks, thickly sliced
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 really big carrots, halved lengthways then very chunkily sliced
- 5 bay leaves
- 3 sprigs thyme
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 beef stock cubes, crumbled
- 850g stewing beef (featherblade or brisket works nicely), cut into nice large chunks
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- Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Put the kettle on. Put the celery, onion, carrots, bay and 1 thyme sprig in a casserole with 1 tbsp oil and the butter. Soften for 10 mins, then stir in the flour until it doesn't look dusty anymore, followed by the tomato purée, Worcestershire sauce and beef stock cubes.
- Gradually stir in 600ml hot water, then tip in the beef and bring to a gentle simmer. Cover and put in the oven for 2hrs 30 mins, then uncover and cook for 30mins – 1hr more until the meat is really tender and the sauce is thickened.
Recipe from bbcgoodfood.com, January 2012
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Comments, questions and tips
I tried this before Christmas and I am cooking it again today because we like this dish so much. I did change it by adding a turnip and some pearl barley and 200mls more hot water just in case the pearl barley soaked up the stock but it came out fine. The only negative comment I got from the family was "where are the dumplings"? So I shall be doing the dumplings this time in a separate pot of gravy, again so as not to dry up the liquid.
When I first tried this recipe I did not realise that the pot you start it off in has to go in the oven, which was my own fault as I had not read the method before I came to cook it and the pot I had can not go in the oven, but I got round that by emptying every thing into a casserole dish to go in the oven. I think I will be cooking this for a long time to come.
Just popped this in the oven for dinner later this evening... added some extra vegetables too. Added only one beef stock cube. I also added a splash of Mushroom Ketchup & Umami Paste. I will add some mushrooms later too. Smells delicious will serve with mash potatoes & green vegetables.. maybe cabbage broccoli or sprouts! x
When I saw the photo. of this casserole I was determined to use the recipe as it looked so mouth-watering and my wife and I found that it tasted as good as it looks. Need-less-to-say it will soon be tried again and again. I adopted tips from other posters and doubled the celery, onions and carrots and added to the water to compensate.
Fantastic recipe. Missed out on the celery and thyme as had none in. Added a splash of red wine to the stock. I've had a chunk of beef for ages and everytime I cook it it comes out tough as leather, this time it melted in the mouth. Cooked in iron casserole dish. A giant hit with my very picky fiancé. Can't recommend enough.
Made this today. Missed out the thyme and bay leaves and added mixed herbs instead. Put it in the slow cooker for 5 hours. Added a bit cornflour towards the end and also stirred in some fresh spinach. Served it in a giant Yorkshire pudding with broccoli and mashed potato. The whole family enjoyed it. Which is a thumbs up from me!
Have made this twice now within a week as it was so nice! I followed the recipe and put it all in the slow cooker and left for about 6 hours, was perfect! The meat fell apart. The only thing I changed was I added some gravy granules at the end just to thicken and it was lovely, husband loved it too :)


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These are the requirements for developing a blog.
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Disney darling Miranda Cosgrove is kicking 2012 off in a big way!
Miranda will debut a clip of her brand new single 'Million Dollars' during 'On Air With Ryan Seacrest' Monday morning, just after 7:00 AM, and we'll have the full length song for you here on RyanSeacrest.com. Fans will be able to listen live here.
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To get pumped up for the release of Miranda's new single, we've dug up some interesting facts on the actress and singer to help you get to the know her just a little bit better. Check out our list of the 5 things you don't know about Miranda Cosgrove below.
1. The 2012 Guinness Book Of World Records named Miranda as the highest paid child actress on television for 'iCarly'.
2. A role in a Burger King commercial was one of Miranda's first television appearances.
3. If she wasn't an actress she'd want to be an astronaut.
4. She was first discovered while dancing in a restaurant in Los Angeles when she was just 3 years old.
5. Miranda will reprise her role as the voice of Margo in 'Despicable Me 2′ set for release in 2013.
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Since the month of April this year (2013), I have started to collect some Windows Phone statistics of our customers. After making some charts to better analyse the data, I thought I might as well share my findings. But before we beginning, let me be clear that this data is based on the exchange rate update requests of Currency Converter for Windows Phone and thus it doesn't necessarily represent the an accurate picture of Windows Phone usage around the world. I believe AdDuplex would most probably have more accurate numbers, due to their far larger data sample. Still, it's always interesting to compare the results.
When I first saw the news about Nokia switching to Windows Phone back in February 11th, 2011, one of my toper most concern was the future of Qt framework. In my mind the only way this radical change from Nokia could make some sense if Qt support would come to Windows Phone. Apparently I wasn't the only one to think so, as there was a rather "lively" conversation in different forums where Qt developers demanded Qt support for Windows Phone. Alas, it become soon clear this was not going to happen. But was it really alas?
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Like many others, I've followed Nokia closely since the eyebrow rising, jaw dropping Feb 2011 announcement; the partnership with Microsoft on Windows Phone and the abrupt abandoning of Symbian. Why? Because it was the one of the roughest 180 degrees handbrake turn in Nokia's corporate history, and that the announcement came premature with no products to show.
The Nokia/Microsoft marriage in the public eye, didn't have a honeymoon, nor wedding photos to share, and some even wondered if it was a quickie at a Las Vegas tavern after one drink too many over their troubling and tearful market share stories. If not, did they marry for each others money or are they just friends with benefits? Will this marriage last?
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Are you a proud owner of a new Nokia N9 (or N950)? Or perhaps you are looking into buying one (the N9, since the N950 is developer only model)? In both cases you would probably like to know what kind of apps are available for it. While the Nokia N9 doesn't and will not ever have as many apps as some other platforms, it does have apps and quite a few of them are really good. The trick is to find them.
When talking about Ovi Store, it's not difficult to find opinions about it that are less than flattering. Yet, at the same time, Nokia is bragging what a great success it is. In Nokia Conversations it boldly claimed that 2010 was the year of Ovi Store! So, what is it then? The greatest mobile app store on the planet or the worst thing humankind ever invented after the car air freshener?
Most probably the correct answer is neither. Yes, Ovi Store does have a great potential. It's hard to deny that fact. The constantly increasing download rates clearly show the demand for an app store for Nokia devices is there. Yet, at the same time, it seems that many end users and developers are not that enthusiastic about Ovi Store. Some of them, to the utter disbelief of Nokia, don't even have any enthusiasm about it at all!
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By Robert Hewison. Comment, Issue 221, February 2011Published online: 11 February 2011
Did you know that this is the "year of corporate philanthropy"? I thought not. It was launched in December 2010 by the culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, as part of the Coalition government's drive to encourage philanthropy by businesses, individuals, trusts and foundations. Since charitable giving fell by 7% in 2008/09, a government that is officially committed to creating a generous "Big Society" has cause for concern. A government report outlining and endorsing its policy on philanthropy is promised for the spring; the financier turned charity chief executive Tom Hughes-Hallett is chairing an independent review, and Hunt is doing his bit for the arts, which receive the smallest share of annual giving—just 2%. Only 8% of those who volunteer, giving time rather than money, help the arts.
That Hunt's appeal to private pockets follows a cut of 30% to Arts Council England, and 15% to national museums, is of course entirely coincidental. Hunt insists "philanthropy is not about replacing state funding with private support". Of course not. Indeed, in spite of the 25% cut in funding to his own department, Hunt has managed to find £30m for a scheme that will match private donations with public money. Announcing this, he said the council would be putting up a further £50m in Lottery money but, possibly to remind the minister about the arms' length principle, the council pointed out that it would have to wait until they had met formally to agree to this. At present, there are no details on how the match-funding scheme will actually work. Care will have to be taken that the extra £160m in the scheme doesn't just go to those who are good at fundraising anyway.Nor is there much flesh on the bones of the Cabinet Office's preliminary discussion report, titled Giving, which was launched into the void of 29 December. It wants to see "a culture shift that makes social action a social norm", but apart from a headline-catching idea about giving something every time you use a cash machine, it is written at such a level of generality that a lot of work is needed before the discussion paper turns into a policy proposal. Such work as has been done in the cultural sector appears in two reports, both specifically on endowment funding, that Hunt commissioned from the council and the British Museum, and which were published to coincide with his announcement of corporate philanthropy year (see p13).Hunt has ignored the council's conclusion that endowments are not the things to focus on at present, and that most arts organisations are not in a position to start raising funds for them. Both the council and the museum argue that philanthropy will be best encouraged by honouring those who give large amounts, and incentivising all of us through the tax system. Surprisingly, the Giving discussion paper refers to the "red tape and lack of information" that means payroll-giving generates only 1% of donations, but makes no mention of the most familiar form of tax relief, Gift Aid.The government's office of tax simplification could do some useful work here. A substantial 24% of organisations that could run Gift Aid schemes don't, and the Treasury enjoys a £700m windfall in unclaimed tax relief. Because tax relief (at above the standard rate) is shared between donor and receiving organisation, Gift Aid is a nightmare to administer. It would be far simpler to allow a donor to make a single Gift Aid declaration and allow all the tax relief to go to the donor. If relief on the standard rate of income tax were included, that would be a real incentive. The British Museum report is more substantial than the council's. Not surprisingly, it shows a good understanding of high-end donors. In 2008/09, 100 individuals gave gifts of more than £1m each, and 18% of the total went to museums and the arts. The museum argues persuasively that the government needs to be more appreciative of such people, especially if they don't happen to be British nationals, and when it comes to the appointment of trustees to national museums and galleries. It also argues that the current £500 cap on personal benefits that can be offered to a donor should be replaced with a ceiling of 5% of the gift. Again, that would be a much bigger incentive to give.The British Museum is also strong on two proposals that would substantially improve things for museums and galleries. Although the current "acceptance in lieu" scheme works well in relation to estate duty (when the "donor" is dead), the tax relief that is offered on gifts of cash, land, and stocks and shares should be extended to cultural objects such as works of art. This would undoubtedly appeal to the former Labour minister and Tate chairman Lord Myners, who has announced that he plans to give away his private collection, and is pushing the government on the philanthropy issue. The idea of "lifetime-giving" could be extended by giving tax relief to charitable remainder trusts, which give the donor financial security in their lifetime but ensure their capital goes to their chosen charity on their deaths.Responses to the government's discussion paper have to be in by 9 March. People can hardly fail to point out that, while holding out one hand to the arts and culture, the government is taking away with the other, by removing financial support right across the sector, where nearly all organisations are registered charities. In Giving, it admits that people can't be made to give but they can be influenced by good example. Hard statistics to be published in the academic journal Cultural Trends show that when state support goes up, private investment does also. If the "year of corporate philanthropy" is to mean anything at all, the government needs to set a more charitable example of generosity to the arts. The writer is professor of cultural policy and leadership studies at City University, London
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An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances at venues such as theatres. For movie theatres, the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens.
The term is taken from Latin (from audītōrium, from audītōrius ("'pertaining to hearing'")); the concept is taken from the Greek auditorium, which had a series of semi-circular seating shelves in the theatre, divided by broad 'belts', called diazomata, with eleven rows of seats between each.
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Florida Probably Doesn't Want New Hampshire's Leftovers
Categories: Politicks
Reportedly, former New Hampshire Sen. Bob Smith, who now lives in Sarasota, is at least thinking about throwing in his name. But the Buzz makes a good point in that "winning a statewide election in New Hampshire is akin to winning a countywide election in Hillsborough County."
Smith also has quite a bizarre electoral history. He jumped into the 2000 Republican primary and well, yeah, that didn't work out. He thought about running with the U.S. Taxpayers Party, but then decided to run as an Independent for president. Again, that didn't work out too well. In 2002, he lost his Senate seat by losing the Republican primary, moved to Florida, and thought about running for state Senate here in 2004. Yep, didn't work. Some folks thought he'd try to get the 2008 presidential nomination of the Constitution Party (formerly the U.S. Taxpayers) but, sadly, not even that worked out.
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High speed photography of milk drops requires a very fast flash to stop the motion up close. Camera shutters and studio lights are not fast enough for this special duty, however camera speedlights used at their low power settings typically are fast enough. The next page is about why this difference, but first, this page shows evidence about the truth of it. The photo series below compares a Nikon SB-800 speedlight to Alien Bees B400 and B800 studio lights, to show this difference of how well the flash stops the motion of a falling milk drop. The Alienbees are relatively fast in the studio flash category, but Speedlights at lower powers are incredibly fast. Bigger studio units (like B800) are naturally slower than smaller units (B400), see next page.
For these pictures, the milk drop falls through a sensor gate, which triggers a timer, which delays for a time corresponding to the milk drop falling 24 inches (about 61 cm), and then it triggers the flash to capture the picture. The timer is adjusted so that the drop has fallen to the exact place where the camera was waiting, 24 inches below. Shutter speed was on Bulb, manually opened typically about 1.5 seconds, ready while the drop was dropped and the flash was triggered, then the shutter was closed. The continuous ambient room light was dim, so that the slower shutter speed would not blur the fast action already stopped by the faster flash. The front of the Nikon 60 mm macro lens was about 4 inches from the milk drop, and was set to f/16 on all frames (even for the SB-800 at 1/128 power). Flash distance was varied in each frame to hold the same metered f/16 exposure, ranging from several inches to about 15 feet for the B800 at full power (ISO 200). The ruler markings are cm and mm. The bright streak is the reflection of the flash from the moving milk drop. The trailing tail below it shows where the milk drop was at the time when the flash finally weakened to zero output. You can click any one for a larger photo.
Note that if the timer stops every falling drop at the same place at the same time, the velocity must be the same. Falling 24 inches computes to take 0.35 second and reaches 11.5 feet per second velocity at this point. Or 138 inches per second, or 1 inch in 1/138 second, or 1 cm in 1/350 second, or 1 mm travel in 1/3505 second.
But note that this photo is NOT an absolute speed test. Any "measurement" of how much motion is visible is relative to the degree of closeup (how closely we examine it).
This closeup size magnification greatly magnifies the fast movement and blur. Which is hardly typical of most other uses for studio lighting. We might not even notice the tiny milk drop if the framed area were a normal portrait view. Your standards then of what is blurred or not would be vastly different from this extreme case. The 11.5 feet/second above is under 8 MPH, but it is a really tough job up close at a few inches (1/128 power), even if trivial at several feet farther out. Stopping a moving object depends entirely on how closely you want to examine that object. However there is a very obvious difference in the relative capabilities of the lights. The technique is, low power on a speedlight (fast), in dim ambient so shutter speed does not blur it.
The flash unit's specifications instead measure the actual duration of the flash directly. Oscilloscopes do that easily, and I see no reason to doubt the specifications (if they say what it was they measured). However the specifications probably don't mean what you might assume they mean (next page).
My only point is that high speed flash photography of milk drops is fun, but tough. It is hard to stop them up close, but a thyristor-type speedlight at a low power setting is exactly what you need to do it.
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Zerka Hat-Trick Down Valiant Young Lions
Great Eastern Yeo's S.League: Courts Young Lions 2-3 Tanjong Pagar United
Written by: Phoon Jia Hui
A sensational performance by Monsef Zerka helped Tanjong Pagar United to a 3-2 victory over the Courts Young Lions at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Wednesday evening.
Amy Recha opened the scoring in the 18th minute before Zerka capitalised on a defensive error to level things in the 36th minute.
The Moroccan then put Tanjong Pagar ahead for the first time in the match minutes into the second-half before Muhaymin Salim equalised with an unstoppable volley. However, it was Zerka who had the last laugh as he sealed the win and his hat-trick in the 54th minute.
It was only their second victory in the Great Eastern Yeo's S.League, but one which Tanjong Pagar coach Patrick Vallee savoured.
"Of course, after three games we finally got the win we wanted," Vallee said after the match.
"I'm happy about the effort of the team. You could see that Firdaus [Idros], Asraf [Rashid], Sebastien [Etiemble] and Monsef did a lot of work defensively to help the defence and our full-backs also tried to support the team offensively.
"I'm very proud of my players tonight. They never gave up, they put in a lot of effort, the same as we did in our last few games where we lost. It's not easy and very difficult to win one game in S.League and i know that and today was very difficult," added the Frenchman
In contrast, Young Lions coach Aide Iskandar was far from pleased about the result but vowed to improve.
"I'm very disappointed with the result, I thought we could have done better," he lamented. "In terms of performance, I was happy we created chances and scored two goals. We had chances to actually equalise and get at least one point."
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Ichthyosis, Chanarin Dorfman Syndrome
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It is possible that the main title of the report Ichthyosis, Chanarin Dorfman Syndrome is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report.
- Chanarin Dorfman Disease
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- Sleuth (1972)
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- The Ruling Class (1972)
- The Last Detail (1973)
- The Hospital (1971)
Although Sleuth won, it isn't available on Netflix, so I have to choose from one of the three second-place finishers. Sunday Bloody Sunday seems like the most interesting to me and so it wins and goes into my queue.
Here's the deal: every week, I will be calling for suggestions of films to be added to my Netflix queue. Each person makes one suggestion and one alternate (in case I have seen one of your suggestions). The next week, when I call for new suggestions, we begin a one-week voting period to select the film to be placed immediately into my Netflix queue to be reviewed the weekend after (because I'll already have my Netflix queue selections for the coming weekend). Then, you'll find out what I thought in my weekly Morning After feature on Monday morning.
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- The Boys from Brazil (1978)
- The Elephant Man (1980)
- Equus (1977)
- Saturday Night Fever (1977)
- The Stunt Man (1980)
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One of the poems I clearly recalled by title alone, before even reading a word of it. It was intresting to hear Paglia note that the poet himself only has one line that is obstensibly in his own voice, the rest is information being relayed by the traveller, and then, ultimately, by Ozymandias's words.
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I also think this dress would be great over navy skinny jeans at the moment and then with bare legs or linen trousers in the summer – great colours
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Finally, a couple of other smaller independent retailers that you may not know about. Me & Em is one of my favourites and I've been SO tempted by their sale and especially by this knitted coat. Three of my favourite colours and so wearable in-between seasons.
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Baukjen is the non-maternity range by Isabella Oliver. It's great for basic t-shirts and vests. My favourite item from the sale is this viscose/merino/cashmere mix scarf which can also be worn like a poncho
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And of course, the sale is the perfect time to pick up a classic white shirt..
The Essential Shirt |
Finally finally….I saw this necklace featured on another blog yesterday, the lovely A Life Less Ordinary. I'm not a big fan of Reiss clothing but I do love checking out their jewellery in the sale. Some gorgeous bracelets for less than £20 which are well worth buying for girlfriends' birthdays during the year. This is a bit pricier at £42 but is really stunning and can be worn day or night..
Chantal Gunmetal Chunky Tube Necklace by Reiss |
Ok, it's a bit like therapy – I feel better having outed my shopping desires. I still can't buy any of them but at least they are documented for quick linking to on the 1st Feb, when, with a bit of luck, they may be further reduced!
Wishing you a fabulous week…and don't forget to wear some red this week and email me your picture. The draw for the Radley bag takes place on Friday x


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