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New album: Fall Remixes
Artist: All India Radio
Label: Inevitable Records
Rating: 5 stars out of 5
Since 2000, chilltronica outfit All India Radio has produced several albums of sprawling, cinematic music that sometimes pops up on TV shows such as "CSI" or "One Tree Hill." Largely an instrumental concern, All India Radio's only album to feature vocals was the 2008 album "Fall."
All India Radio mainstay Martin Kennedy has retooled the "Fall" album, resulting in the 2014 release "Fall Remixes." This new version contains the original album along with reconstructed versions of each track in a fantastic gatefold cover. The new presentation also features the alluring vocals of original "Fall" siren Leona Gray.
Since the original version of "Fall" was a borderline masterpiece in its own right, Kennedy's decision to revisit the album was risky. But, nothing ventured nothing gained, and thankfully the results validated the revamp. Falling somewhere between the soothing side of Pink Floyd and Brian Eno's modern works, "Fall Remixes" is more than mere ambient music. The music and vocals envelope the listener like a favorite jacket that you'd wear every day if you could.
All though the digital revolution has almost killed it, the album format is alive an well on "Fall Remixes." Opening track "Far Away" drifts in like mist on the beach, making you feel as if you're listening to a movie – albeit without any pesky visuals to divert your attention from the music. Gray's closely-miked, effect-free vocals on "Morning Drops" and "Fall" are so sweetly soulful even the most ardent Motorhead fan would be intrigued by the beauty of her voice. One would be forgiven for thinking Adele was in on these sessions.
Musically, Kennedy's gift for creating interesting melodies and chord progressions is as strong as ever on "Chameleon" and "The End Or Near." Even if the vocals were removed, the songs on "Fall Remixes" would hold your interest, but the combination of Kennedy's music and Gray's voice is just as stunning as Kennedy's celebrated work with Church vocalist Steve Kilbey. Listening to music of this caliber will no doubt cause otherwise sane people to take a baseball bat to their radios.
"Fall Remixes" is an engaging, original collaboration that will hopefully be given the sequel treatment sometime soon.
For more information on All India Radio, visit www.allindiaradio.com.au.
Classic album: Slang - Deluxe Edition
Artist: Def Leppard
Label: Bludgeon Riffola
Rating: 4 stars out of 5
When Def Leppard originally released "Slang" in 1996, the space they'd been occupying near the top of the mainstream rock heap was now crowded with scuzzy looking dudes wearing flannel shirts.
Although the grunge crowd had it in for anybody who didn't dress like they were pumping gas, it was unfair to lump Def Leppard in with the likes of Poison and Warrant. Leppard were unabashed in their pursuit of commercial success, but they did at least bother to create their own identity and a fair number of hook-filled songs along the way.
Sensing the sea change going on in mainstream rock at the time, Def Leppard stripped away the Phil Spector-on-steroids sound of longtime producer Mutt Lange for "Slang." Along with a new sonic approach, drummer Rick Allen switched back to acoustic drums after a decade-long dalliance with an electric kit. Although still a rock band, for "Slang" Def Leppard also loosened up their stomping rhythms by pulling funk and R&B beats into the mix.
The 2014 deluxe edition of "Slang" contains the original album plus another album's worth of demos and unreleased tracks. As for the original album, groove-heavy rock tracks such as "Turn To Dust," "Slang" and "Work It Out" were just as worthy of airplay as anything Collective Soul or Sponge were churning out at the time. In fact, the lack of studio sheen on "Slang" has allowed the album to age better than almost any album in the Leppard cannon.
For fans of Def Leppard's heavier side, "Deliver Me" and "Gift Of Flesh" deliver the goods. If anything, the band's decision to play together in a room instead of layering their tracks individually makes the songs on "Slang" the liveliest of their career. There is a hint of Who-ish drum/guitar/bass interplay on these tracks that is (thankfully) miles away from Mutt Lange's successful but by now worn out approach.
Hardcore fans embraced the album, but radio programmers that had previously crammed their playlists with tracks from "Pyromania" and "Hysteria" were at the time only interested in bands that sounded like Nirvana. With this new deluxe edition, fans get to hear one of the biggest bands in the world struggle to find a new identity, all the while creating one of the greatest albums of their career.
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first of all, this course is looking great. I'm a huge fan of the redesign. In my opinion, there's only one thing that really bothers me. The looooonngg walk from 9 to 10 is the perfect space for an EXTRA HOLE. A tee near 9's basket and a basket before 10's tee (possibly in the space where the old course's #12 basket was located). It would be a challenging uphill 220 to 270 ft shot, depending on how close to 9's basket you put the teebox.
1.) It would add another dimension to the course. It would be the only steep uphill woods shot on the course.
2.) It would require no changes to the layout of 9 and 10
3.) A new hole erases the long walk between 9 and 10 while also improving the flow of the course
4.) It's already laid out well for a fairway. Minimal tree cutting would be necessary. Theres already a nice little channel cut through the trees to get to the clearing where old #12's basket stood. The downed tree trunk (as it did on the old design) makes a good obstacle before the basket.
5.) What's wrong with 19 holes? Buffalo trace sports 19, fun farm has 20/21. If we really like to keep it at 18 then merge #17 and #18 to make a 700ft monster finishing hole. This proposed hole would have more character than 17 and 18 anyway.
I can go all day. What do you think?

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not looking good for Lotus (Kimi):
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97616Originally Posted by
Lotus F1 team pulls out of Barcelona test due to chassis problems
and from what i've gathered from several reputable sources on twitter, there are some VERY serious issues with the chassis. and from that, Lotus boss Eric Boullier is hoping to get a three-day private test. we'll see what happens, but judging by the past when teams have asked for extra days, the chances are slim.


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Way to go, Governor Cuomo! With the stroke of a pen, New York State's chief executive has just enacted a measure to allow local governments in New York State to regulate commercial dog breeders and pet stores.
The new law, championed by Senator Mark Grisanti (R-Buffalo) and Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal (D-Manhattan), will enable New York's cities, towns and counties to decide for themselves what is tolerable within their borders. The ability to legislate animal care-related standards beyond the state's minimal requirements could lead to a crackdown on cruel and unscrupulous pet dealers throughout New York.
We have been working alongside local animal protection organizations for years to score this major victory for animals. If you live in New York, we hope you will join us and our local partners in thanking Governor Cuomo for signing this important bill into state law.
"The puppy mill industry wanted to keep the state law unchanged because it allowed maximum profit and minimum accountability," says Matt Bershadker, ASPCA President and CEO. "With this law, we'll be able to keep a closer eye on these operations, stop inhumane practices, and undoubtedly save many lives. For New Yorkers and animal lovers—and animals themselves—this is a huge and important win."
Brad Shear, Executive Director of Mohawk Hudson Humane Society, says: "I first want to thank the governor for signing the third animal protection law of the year and making New York State safer for animals. For far too long, humane societies and animal shelters have had to pay the price for disreputable breeders. When puppy mills are uncovered and brought to justice, those dogs end up with our organizations—the folks in each community who believe in treating animals humanely and with dignity. We feed them, care for them, nurse them back to health and adopt them out. We also carry the financial burden. This bill will give our local governments the power to stop puppy mills and the irresponsible pet shops who sell these animals."
Libby Post, Executive Director of the NYS Animal Protection Federation, also deeply thanks the governor for signing this bill: "Governor Cuomo's signature on this bill couldn't come soon enough. We just saw a horrible puppy mill incident in Montgomery County where a Border Collie breeder was finally brought to justice for not providing adequate shelter and care for his dogs—including puppies—as the polar vortex bore down on the Capital Region with sub-zero temperatures and considerable snow. The New York State Animal Protection Federation will now work with localities throughout the state to help them put mechanisms in place to stop puppy mills before more atrocities happen."
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Thanks Governor Cuomo for signing putting this Bill in place !
Amen to you governor, thank you for making this very important decision.
the millions of animals thank you...as do i!!!! keep up the great work..!!
Thank you Governor Cuomo for signing the Puppy mill bill....We need every governor in this United States to sign the exact same type of bill.....We need to work at closing every disgusting Puppy mill in this country, and closing pet stores that sell these puppies!....we must protect these helpless animals!!...I only hope that my State of New Jersey will follow in the same way!!....Great job, Sir!!
I don't know how to contact y'all any other way, but I needed to know if y'all have any information on how to go about protesting against animal testing in court? Please help, this is very important to me.
Great job Governor Cuomo! Thank you!
way to go Gov. the animals thank you and I thank you.
Awesome Govenor! Now if we could just get ALL of the other states to do this!!


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CHEC's 2013/2014 Speaker List
This list of speakers is designed to help support groups to obtain speakers on a wide array of topics. Support groups should contact the speakers to identify those who would best fits their needs, schedule, and budget. Some speakers are willing to travel to surrounding states.
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 303-371-8038
Speaking fee: Love offerings gratefully accepted
Travel/accommodation: gas money is helpful, overnight stays would require discussion.
Getting Started
The Law
Special Needs (particularly "what counts as school")
Email: email@example.com
Phone: 719-433-5158
Speaking Fee: None expected, a love offering as the Lord leads you would be appreciated.
Travel/Accommodations: Travel expenses should be covered (mileage, flight, meals, lodging, etc.) for Mike and one family member.
Titles and Descriptions:
Why Should We Homeschool?
In this talk, Mike covers a Christian philosophy behind homeschooling. There are many reasons to homeschool, but most are not reasons that purposefully extend God's kingdom. We are immersed in a culture that has deviated so far from the Bible that we often do not see how far we have gone astray. This is a survey of commonly discussed pro and con arguments regarding homeschooling with specific applications for both boys and girls.
Fighter Pilot, Test Pilot, Now What God?
Mike discusses life from 50,000 feet after a life in the cockpit of fighter jets. This talk is particularly helpful to grown men who have not achieved their dreams, are overly busy trying to achieve their dreams, or have achieved their dreams and forgot about what mattered along the way. This is also helpful for young men to challenge them to keep priorities straight in life.
High School Math & Science
This talk is given at the CHEC High School & Beyond seminar and addresses the sometimes fearful topic of advanced math and science. Many decide to give up on homeschooling because of these subjects—Mike encourages parents that they can do this! After teaching university level engineering, Mike addresses how much and what kinds of math & science are needed to prepare for God's calling on a child's life. Specific discussions relate to a college track v. non-college track.
Beyond High School
What about after High School? Too many homeschoolers are languishing for lack of vision after they graduate. The principles behind a Christian education and worldview do not have to be abandoned after High School, but what do we do now? This talk addresses the need for and methods of obtaining a college education, apprenticeship-mentorship-entrepreneurship, and learning during our entire lives for the advancement of God's kingdom.
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 303-646-2895
Speaking Fee: None required, but appreciated if available
Travel and Accommodations: For travel out of the Greater Denver and Front Range area and for overnight stays asks the sponsoring group to pay the cost for his travel and accommodations plus that of one family member.
Biography: Mike and his wife, Roxie, have been blessed with two children, Annie and Corey, whom they have home educated since birth. After leaving the corporate real estate world in 1997, Mike opened a hot dog stand in downtown Denver and, later, a real estate brokerage from their home, allowing him to spend more time with his family. Mike's passion is to see the Lord turn the hearts of men to their wives and children and to see them freed from the trappings of their occupations which comes at the expense of their families. The Cheneys are blessed to serve CHEC as Conference Coordinators from 2001 – 2012. Mike has served as CHEC's Operations Director since January 2002 and is the Director of the AME program.
Titles and Descriptions:
The Conference is About More Than Homeschooling
The movement is bigger than all of us and it belongs to the Lord. As leaders, I encourage you to think big. Look and think outside the homeschooling box to the worldview, Relationships and Multi-generational implications. Think of the vision! Each year, in response to the question "What would you like to see more of at next years' conference?" Colorado conference attendees don't tell us they want more math and history and language arts and foreign language. The overwhelming majority tell us they want more worldview, more philosophy, more encouragement, and more about family relationships (marriage and parent/child). They want more VISION!
Inspiring and Shepherding Leaders In Your Organization
Be trustworthy, be transparent, be a friend. By leading from the position of a servant, by forming friendships and making a commitment to develop long lasting relationships, the focus shifts from one of volunteers working to accomplish a task to brothers and sisters in Christ devoted to serving each other in an atmosphere of trust and fellowship and joy. The work gets done without it feeling like a constant uphill climb. The benefits include long standing commitment and wonderful friendships in Christ!
The Nuts and Bolts of Building A Team Of Servant Leaders
Paying attention to the little things will keep the big things moving in the right direction. Dozens of little things that, done consistently and with purpose, will emphasize the ongoing commitment, provide encouragement throughout the year, develop strong friendships through transparency and hospitality and keep the vision constantly in front of your brothers and sisters.
Broadening The Vision While Sharpening The Focus
The conference is a 2-3 day event each year. How is your organization leading, supporting and providing vision to families the other 362 days? Increase your plan of consistent outreach with the goal in mind to increase vision while tending to the day to day- Support Groups, Board of Directors, other events, financial support, ongoing communication. Remain at the visionary forefront, tend to the details and do not grow weary in well doing
The Changing of One Man's Heart
From the corner suite to the street corner- The story of how the Lord used Christian Homeschooling to turn my heart toward my wife and children and to give me an understanding of Deuteronomy 6 and Psalm 78
Men- Leading in The Home and Leading in The Movement
A few insights and practical applications I am learning for husbands leading in their homes and leading in the Christian Homeschool movement. Why and how- Gentlemen, most of us know that it is our responsibility to lead our families including the teaching of our children. The tough part for many of us lies in the order of priority and the very practical question- How do I do this?
Homeschool High School- Step Right Up, Dads
How dads can use their own experience for the homeschool high school- creating and teaching courses on finances, stewardship, Bible, business, home and auto maintenance and more. Example course descriptions and practical how-to's
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 720-842-0126
Speaking Fee: As arranged.
Travel/Accomodations: As arranged.
Biography: Barbara Helmkamp has a Ph.D. in physics from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA, and a B.S. Engineering Physics degree from Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO, and she worked as an engineer for Shell Oil Company between degrees and before kids. She also completed a course in theology with the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod with units in Old Testament, New Testament, Church History and the Lutheran Confessions. Barbara has presented numerous lectures on creation and science in various venues to diverse age groups–from VBS to high school youth to elder hostel. These include stand-alone lectures as well as an in-depth serial lectures.
Barbara and her husband, Bob, have been married for over 20 years, and they have two teenage daughters. Bob and Barb school their daughters at home with the CHEC Independent School and Veritas Press Scholars Academy. Barbara also teaches physics and chemistry at Credo Academy, a secondary home school co-op in Lone Tree. The Helmkamp family relocated from Houston to Parker in 2008 when Bob retired from Shell Oil Company.
Barbara will gladly address the specific creation topic your group desires!
Email: email@example.com
Phone: 720-232-1175
Website: www.worldview.org
Speaking Fee: Call for information
Travel/Accommodations: Airfare and hotel costs.
Biography: Bill Jack is an educator with ten years experience in secular schools and 14 years with The Caleb Campaign, a creationist youth ministry. Currently, Bill Jack is faculty advisor for Worldview Academy, an academic leadership program that seeks to train Christian students to think and live in accord with a Biblical worldview so that they will serve Christ and lead the culture. Bill has appeared on numerous national radio and television programs and is the producer of several apologetics and worldview training DVDs. Bill's passion is to raise up a generation who have the vision to reach their culture with the gospel, who have the valor to engage that culture with the truth and who rely on the virtue of the Word of God. Bill and his wife, Tabby, and their three children live in Colorado.
Titles and Descriptions:
TORN BETWEEN TWO WORLDVIEWS, Also titled: JACK THEIST MEETS DR. SECULAR: THE FIEND WITH THE SECULAR MIND (Colossians 2:8)
Train your students to discern world views and to understand their impact on every aspect of our culture. We will analyze the impact of world views on our culture through interviews with those who hold opposing worldviews. Great opportunity to learn practical tools to learn how to reach non-Christians and to confront the culture with the Truth.
THE FOUR DUTIES OF A GOOD SOLDIER OF CHRIST JESUS (II Timothy 2:1-3)
"Have fun with me as a good soldier of Christ Jesus–____!" It is very difficult to think and live biblically. The Wiseman calls Christians to exhibit wisdom in their deeds. Christians must understand and exercise four essential duties in order to please the One Who enlisted them as soldiers.
THE WAYS OF THE WIZARDS VS. THE WAY OF THE WISEMAN (Colossians 2:8)
The wizards are everywhere in our culture today. They promise that if we follow their yellow brick road we can have it all—a brain, a heart and courage. The wizards even promise us a way home. However—"There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death." (Proverbs 14:12) These wizards include evolutionists, new agers, atheists and sincere followers of false religions. The wiseman, on the other hand, knows the right path to follow and to whom he should listen. Christians are to learn how to walk as wise men, "making the most of our time, because the days are evil." (Ephesians 5:15) Come join us as we take a walk on the "wise" side. You will learn how to distinguish between the ways of the wizards and the way of the wiseman. You will learn how to destroy secular arguments "raised up against the knowledge of God" and learn how to "take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ." (II Corinthians 10:5)
SIMPLE TOOLS FOR BRAIN SURGERY (II Corinthians 10:5)
Non-Christians seem to have the advantage in our culture. We, as Christians, are sometimes intimidated by or even afraid to talk with many atheists, new-agers, evolutionists and other Wizards. Too often, we fear we won't have answers to their tough questions.
Be encouraged. Learn four killer questions that will help to destroy the Wizards' secular thinking that is encasing the minds of friends, relatives and others. Learn to destroy the Wizards'sloppy, secular arguments without destroying the person.
CREATION-EVOLUTION—WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL? I JUST WANT TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT JESUS. (Colossians 2:8)
"Who cares whether it was 6 days or 6 million years!?!?!? Isn't this discussion unnecessarily divisive to the Christian community? Are we not losing credibility with the scientific community and hurting the cause of Christ among non-Christians by insisting on a literal interpretation of Genesis 1-3?" Learn to respond biblically to such charges so that "no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception." Old-earthers, progressive creationists and other Wizards come try and stump the wild-eyed, fanatical, six-day creationist.
FOLLOW CHRIST? IT'S JUST A 'FAD!' WILL IT PASS THE TEST OF TIME? (II Timothy 1:7)
Christian parents and teachers want their children and their students to love God. They commit to training their children to love God with all! Exactly how does that translate into our culture? What is a FAD? Learn the three characteristics Christians must have and must instill in teens if we want Christianity to be a FAD for the next generation. The Wizard's promises become the illusion of a fad, a passing fancy; The Wiseman's promise is the FAD that will bless the next generation.
YOU GOTTA' HAVE HEART (Jeremiah 17:9)
The secular Wizards offer the appearance of compassion. In reality it is merely smoke and mirrors. Meet some of these Wizards who claim love is a many splendored thing that begins with self-love. These Wizards proclaim selfishness is the proper attitude. In contrast, come, learn the Way of the Wiseman.
Christian parents and teachers want their children and their students to love God. They commit to training their children to love God with all! Exactly how does that translate into our culture? What is a FAD? Learn the three characteristics Christians must have and must instill in teens if we want Christianity to be a FAD for the next generation. The Wizard's promises become the illusion of a fad, a passing fancy; The Wiseman's promise is the FAD that will bless the next generation.
"WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?—WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?" (II Timothy 1:7)
Many Christians have never learned how to share their faith effectively with non-Christians in a short conversation. This session will give the students and parents practical tools with which they can confidently engage others in a conversation that leads them to a knowledge of Christ.
SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUPPRESSIVE PEOPLE (Romans 1:21-23)
Why do people reject the reliability of the Bible? It is not the common objections that people give. Rather it is because they "suppress the truth in unrighteousness." (Romans 1:18) Christians should be able to answer those objections. Christians should, also, be able to recognize the seven habits that people develop in suppressing the truth which are listed in Romans 1:21-23. Come see these seven habits come to life through interviews with non-Christians on a college campus. Learn how you, too, can give a defense of your faith in gentleness and reverence. (I Peter 3:15)
TAKING WHAT IS COMMON TO THE CULTURE AND TURNING IT INTO A PULPIT (Acts 17:22)
From peach baskets to pitching mounds, from movies to museums, from…well, come discover what tools and opportunities you might be overlooking to use in reaching this culture. Practical strategies and insights!
The biggest and most enduring Counterfeit Reality of all time is most cleverly foisted upon people through film. See how moviemakers convey a secular worldview to the public…in the blink of an eye! Keep in mind Colossians 2:8, and keep focused on Bill Jack's media examples and use of technological illusions. Otherwise, you may lose sight of True Reality.
ARTIFICIAL AUTHORITY (Matthew 23)
What can evangelical Christians, evolutionists and atheists have in common? The Pharisees wanted people to observe the law, but they forgot the purpose of the law and ended up honoring God with their lips but having hearts far away from Him. Learn how to recognize the masquerade of artificial authority when it parades in culture and even marches into church.
Perched high on the sides of the Alps in northern Italy a small band of believers faced extinction. This remnant of committed Christians sprang from a group of twelfth century Christian laymen in southern France and eventually sent rippling effects around the world. What made this small band such a force and a threat to the established church? What can modern-day Christians learn from them?
At the conclusion of the 19th century Britain had dominated the exploration of the world. One last plum remained—the Antarctic. Ernest Shackleton led an expedition to cross the continent itself. He failed—dramatically and gloriously. Christians can learn from his nearly legendary style and unmatched leadership skills when faced with seemingly overwhelming challenges to reaching the world for Christ.
THE BIBLICAL BASIS FOR TRUE AUTHORITY (Romans 13)
What is a Christian to do when evil seems to be winning? What is the biblical response—especially when one is a student in secular a institution—when a person in position of authority begins to further evil and avenge good? How does one maintain respect for the position of authority without obeying evil commands? This is an intense two-hour seminar for youth and adults—homeschoolers and public school students—parents and teachers.
Jesus mentioned wheat and tares looking similar even up to the point of harvest time. How can one distinguish a pseudo-Christian cult from biblical Christianity? What commonalities do the pseudo-Christian cults—specifically Latter Day Saints and Jehovah Witnesses have in common? Better yet, how should a Christian respond when the pseudo-Christian cults knock on his door?
WHICH BIAS IS THE BEST BIAS TO BE BIASED BY? (II Corinthians 10:5)
Come meet the most dangerous professor your students will sit under in college. Everyone has a preference, a bias, when it comes to matters of style, cuisine or automobiles. However, when it comes to the big issues of life, such as, "Where did life originate?" our mental leaning, our bias, is often shaped by the current cultural thinking or a favorite professor. You wouldn't trust just anyone to recommend a stock, car or even a pizza joint, so why accept the biased opinion of a teacher, politician or self-proclaimed expert when it comes to the big questions? Come discover the bias that infects much of academia when it comes to the question of origins, and, most importantly which bias is the best bias to be biased by?
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DIE? (Hebrews 9:27)
"What if…?" Few people have taken the time to consider their answers, and most people do not anticipate being asked such a question. Both disarming and challenging, "What happens when you die?" is a great spiritual conversation starter. Many assume the possibilities are numerous or even infinite. Yet, there really are only FOUR serious answers. Discover how to respond to whatever answer one receives by watching spontaneous, on-the-street interviews. Learn how to ask thought-provoking follow-up questions. Great session for students and adults.
Who cares what Jesus would drive? Christian environmentalists are asking the question in order to "drive" the church to proclaim a greener Gospel. Have Christians missed the importance of caring for the earth by focusing for so long on other social issues such as abortion, euthanasia, Marxism, terrorism, gambling and premarital sex? Can we not sit in the same pew with environmentalists' groups without compromising Truth and Grace? How should we, as Christians, address the environment without worshipping Mother Earth?
"LOST"—the word conjures images of panicked pilots flying through the Bermuda Triangle, or desperate explorers wandering aimlessly through uncharted territories, or a solitary sailor clinging helplessly to the wreckage of his ship. To be lost leads to despair, panic and hopelessness. Discover what has been "lost in America's culture" but be encouraged by the hope Christians alone offer to a desperate culture lost without Christ.
WHATEVER! (Deut. 12:32)
"Whatever is the meaning of life?" "Whatever happens when one dies?" "Whatever is your highest value?"–questions that demand more than a "Whatever!" answer. The "Whatever!" answer of Secular thinking dampens and even squelches serious thought and attempts at engaged conversation in our culture. The "Whatever!" of Secularism even invades the church. Rather than be discouraged, take heart in God's command in Deuteronomy 12:32
"Help! I can't breathe!" Too often, Christian parents smother their children's zeal to "destroy speculations raised up against the knowledge of God" with three little words. If you want to raise up children who are not "taken captive" by secular thought in the church, if you want to raise up warriors for Jesus, if you want to learn the three little words Christians should NEVER use, take a deep breath and step into this workshop based on II Corinthians 10:5.
It is the only rock we eat, and yet is essential to life. What makes salt the spice of life? How does salt shake out in the Christian's experience? Discover how such a common expression such as, "Pass the salt, please," can transform the Christian's outlook on the world around him.
"Would you agree the Bible teaches…that men are superior to women…that God helps those who help themselves…that Jesus' main message was to love one another…?" Listen and watch in amazement at the responses from college students and people on the streets give when Bill Jack asks about their knowledge of Scripture. See how people love to display their ignorance. Learn how conversationally to destroy "arguments raised up against the knowledge of God."—II Corinthians 10:5
WHAT IS HIDDEN (Matthew 5:14-16)
What is hidden can define one's character, past and future. Learn how examples from past significant historical events transformed the lives of ordinary people who then transformed the culture in which they lived, worked and played.
An opportunity to defend your faith by dialoging with a special guest who holds and opposing worldview—topic to be determined by guest.
Email: email@example.com
Phone: 866-782-1315
Website: www.theendinmind.net, www.artiosacademies.com
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Titles and Descriptions
Beginning With The End In Mind
The maze of decisions and opportunities that make up our lives are often overwhelming and complicated at times. Because of that, confusion, discouragement and depression seem to be a way of life for many mothers. Discouragement can come from feeling lost amidst the maze. However, by focusing on God's two supreme priorities and planning our lives around them, life becomes less complicated, more peaceful and our paths more clear. This talk focuses on these two priorities and applies them to the areas of time, marriage and family, children, friendships, ministry, and our outlook and attitude. This talk is available to be done in one hour, three hour and full day workshop formats.
I Am Of the School Of …" (3 hour workshop)
Just as the Christians Paul refers to in scripture tried to de?ne themselves by associating with "one school of thought, many homeschoolers feel compelled and locked into ONE way of homeschooling. There are so many "schools of thought" when it comes to homeschooling that it can often be confusing for even veteran homeschoolers. There are so many wonderful and even tried and true approaches to homeschooling: Charlotte Mason, Unit Studies, Classical, Unschooling and the list goes on and on. However, each of our children are unique and what works for one child in a family may NOT work for another. Worse yet, what works for ONE subject in one individual child may NOT work for that same child in another subject. This workshop helps you to learn how to study and really know your child so that you can take the best and instructs us all how to use grace when dealing with others who have differing opinions.
Simple Living (1 hour workshop)
So many opportunities and good organizations to be involved with… but saying yes too many times can prove to make "simple living" impossible and focusing on what's important a thing of the past. Learn how to tie your family together in their "opportunities" and choose your activities based on your own God-given goals for homeschooling. Simple living is not that far away.
Mental Hooks…..Tying it all together with creative and integrative approaches to learning (3 hour workshop)
Being educated isn't just completing a set curriculum. It is understanding the principles and concepts in a way that makes it easy to apply those principles and concepts into everyday life. However, many times the way we "home school" is to simply memorize and teach for the test.
Homeschooling Or Doing School At Home (1 hour workshop)
As homeschooling has grown and expanded, so have the reasons for educating at home. With all of this growth and "improvement" it is easy to forget the real beauties of homeschooling which include: ?exibility, individualizing instruction and family life. Why would we mimic and bring into our homes a system that is broken and that repeatedly The gift that never ceases to amaze me is her fails its students? Be reminded of the beauties of homeschooling and learn ways to get back to the "real reasons" we chose homeschooling in the ?rst does not judge the unusual quirks of some of the
A Christian Worldview: Teaching Our Children Biblical Principles for All of Life (3 hour workshop)
How to discover and teach to the needs and gifting of your child (1 hour workshop)
Discovering the Artist Within (1 workshop)
Email: email@example.com
Phone: 970-581-1029
Speaking Fee: None, but need to have travel expenses covered if possible
Travel/Accommodations: No restrictions if travel costs are covered and our schedule permits.
Biography: Richard and Debbie Lawrence are the authors of the God's Design Science series published by Answers in Genesis. They have written 12 books for grades 1-8 covering all major areas of science from a creation perspective. Richard has been a board member for Christian Home Educators of Colorado (CHEC) since 2002. They have four grown children whom they homeschooled for 16 years. In addition to writing science books, Debbie has also co-authored an American History curriculum for grades 3-8 and Richard is a fiction writer of Christian suspense novels. Debbie teaches high school science 2 days a week at a homeschool enrichment school.
Titles and Descriptions:
Does Science Contradict the Bible?
Let's examine some of the common arguments against biblical creation and see what creation scientists have to say. You will be amazed and assured that what the Bible says is true and is not contradicted by what scientists have discovered.
Do I Have to Do Hands-on Science?
Many mothers moan at the idea of hands-on science because it is messy, time consuming, and usually doesn't work anyway. Well, we will show you how you can teach science in a fun way without wrecking your house.
Why Do a Homeschool Co-op?
You have heard the term, but may be asking yourself, what is a co-op and why should I start one? Debbie Lawrence, homeschooling mother of 4 will discuss the joys and tribulations of homeschool co-ops and help you decide if a co-op is right for you.
Homeschooling for the Long Haul
We will discuss our decision to homeschool through high school and how we found the necessary resources for high school. We believe you will be encouraged to stick with it for the long haul.
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Phone: 719-685-2858
Website: http://www.summit.org
Titles and Descriptions:
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Phone: 303-956-3455
Website: www.GenerationsWithVision.com
Biography: Kevin Swanson is a second-generation homeschooler, published author, radio personality, and director of Generations with Vision, a ministry dedicated to strengthening homeschool families across the country. As a homeschool father of five children, Kevin is a nationally recognized speaker on home discipleship and education, and hosts the daily Generations Radio program heard homeschool families around the world. Kevin Swanson has keynoted at conferences in Japan, Mexico, Canada, and over 25 states and provinces in a variety of venues. From national leadership conferences to homeschool conventions, support groups, church conferences, and many other worldview arenas, Kevin has a wide appeal in many audiences. If you have a specialty conference or event addressing a specific topic, please feel free to ask us about crafting a new talk to fit your needs. For further questions, or to book Kevin Swanson for your event, please contact Kevin's personal assistant Chad Roach at the email address or phone number above.
Titles and Descriptions:
Homeschool Vision
Homeschooling – Capturing the Vision!
What is it about home education that has profoundly reenergized education and produced such outstanding academic results? Incredibly, the average Homeschool 8th grader without teacher-credentialed parents tests 4 grade levels above the national average on nationally standardized tests. And it is not because we have taken a public school system complete with desks and bolted them to the floor of our living rooms. In this visionary, ground-breaking presentation on the Homeschool vision, Kevin presents the basic elements that make up an outstanding homeschooling experience for your child. This message will give the first-time homeschooler confidence and vision and will provide encouragement and a reality check for the experienced home educator. (Note: This message will work as either 1 presentation or 2 presentations).
Why Homeschooling Will Change the World
Is it saying too much that homeschooling will change the world? It already has. Ideal for keynote, this presentation will draw from history, real research data, and the Bible to illustrate the power of relationship-based, parent-guided learning. The real reason why homeschooling will change the world is found where it is least expected.
The Blessing of America: A Vision for the Future
As author of The Second Mayflower (just released in its 3rd edition), Kevin Swanson speaks from the heart on the beautiful vision that formed America. No other nation on earth has been so blessed with liberty and prosperity as America. In this rousing and inspiring presentation, Kevin urges home educators to study America's godly heritage, be grateful for it, and to live the principles that beat in the heart of the founders of the nation. Has the vision faded, and have the blessings departed? How is God going to use the home school movement to revive this blessing? God may very well be preparing to use homeschooling in a powerful way to transform our families and our nation.
Finding the Way Home
From classrooms and corporations to the kitchen table, Kevin Swanson lays out a vision for families who are looking for the way home. The homeschooling movement is on its way to re-establishing the importance of the family unit in education and business, and Kevin develops the wider vision for the movement in this talk. This talk includes practical tips on how to lay out a family vision that integrates the education into every area of life including family economics.
Capturing the Heart of Homeschooling
What is the heart of homeschooling? What is it that really makes it work? This is an important question in that there is a distinct possibility that the homeschooling ethos may disappear into the burgeoning list of educational choices, especially with the rise of government-funded school at home. In this presentation, Kevin presents a passionate case for preserving the heart of homeschooling, those elements that have contributed to its beauty and success – the heart of Christ, the hand of the parent, and the blessings of freedom.
Training & Discipleship
The Heart of Homeschooling
Eventually, every homeschooling parent realizes that the heart of the child is the heart of the Homeschool. In this transparent and powerful presentation, Kevin traces a developing relationship between himself and his own son. Kevin drills into the heart of what happens in a home when parents begin to walk with their children. Parenting and home education boils down to one issue – the heart of a parent connecting with the heart of a child.
Child Training in the Homeschool – 99% of the Job
Biblically speaking, the education of children is far more than books and tests. Character training of our children is the foundation of successful child-raising whether we aim for success academically, spiritually, or in any other area. In this powerful, fast-paced survey of character training, Kevin lays out a vision that will help parents understand and undertake the beautiful job of child-training.
Raising a Mighty Man of God
This workshop contemplates the unique qualities that God has given boys and presents a challenge that every parent of a boy needs to hear. The message is especially practical for the homeschooling family that struggles with high-energy young boys. It will leave you with a new vision for raising godly sons. This is a much-needed presentation to homeschoolers, many of whom struggle with what to do with young boys growing up and out of the home.
Making a Man – What to do with Boys Ages 15-25
Forty years ago, 70% of men reached manhood by 30 years of age. Now, a bare 33% of men would meet the qualifications of maturity. For men who are 25-35 years of age, they earn less than women, and their earnings have dropped 20% adjusted for inflation since 1970. Can we expect anything better for the young men we are raising in our homes today? Kevin Swanson addresses the most serious social problem facing our nation as well as the homeschooling movement in this talk. How do we take a 15 year old boy and make a man out of him? If you have a son, this talk is for you!
Raising Beautiful Women of God
As a father of four beautiful young ladies, Kevin Swanson shares the peculiar challenges and joys that face the homeschool parent in raising these little women for God. He carefully paints a picture of virtuous womanhood found in the glorious, biblical images of cornerstones, fruitful vines, and lifted horns. While cautioning parents to avoid the traps of egalitarianism and narrow caricatures of biblical principle, Kevin will present the beautiful biblical balance of economic complementarianism and family unity.
The Core Curriculum
The core curriculum is always the same. You will find it in Deuteronomy 6:7. Kevin demonstrates the power of an education where a father and mother teach the Bible to their children. This is where the spiritual, emotional, and intellectual acumen of the children is nurtured and sharpened. Kevin will cover the content, the method, and the obstacles to family devotions in this critically important seminar.
A Vision for Your Life – Capturing the Greatest Vision of All
There is hardly an 18 year old alive who doesn't grapple with the question of calling. Each young person needs to catch the vision that God has for his or her life. This talk describes how to identify a calling for a young woman and a young man without falling into the ditch of egalitarian thinking on the one side, or an unbiblical and narrow understanding of work and dominion on the other side.
Encouragement for Parents
Of Whom This World is Not Worthy – The Greatest Mothers the World Has Ever Known
This powerful and passionate presentation brings out the greatest role models, from Biblical and Christian history, of mothers that literally changed the world. This encouraging message will bless the heart of every mother, especially during the tough times and dark days.
How to Ride the Rapids without Falling out the Boat
A humorous and encouraging presentation for the homeschool mom who feels like she's going down a #5 rapid spinning like a top. When you emerge at the end of the run, you discover that God was doing something marvelous, despite your own inadequacies and the confusion of the ride.
Getting Dads Involved in the Homeschool
Most homeschools are run by moms, and dads wind up on the bench or disengaged entirely from the game. What part does dad play, and how does he engage when he is away from his family for long hours out the week? Kevin gives some practical suggestions from his own experience on how dads can get involved and encourage and strengthen the Homeschool vision in their home.
The Heart of Fatherhood
Here is a rousing call for renewing the involvement, relationships, and powerful influence of fatherhood. In many ways, fatherhood is a lost art. Kevin comes to this presentation with the blessing of having received a great legacy of four generations of godly fatherhood. It is more than leadership, responsibility, and relationships. It is a generational vision that renews families, reforms cultures, and establishes family dynasties. Dads, get ready for a huge encouragement and uplifting vision from this presentation.
The Successful Homeschool High School
Some homeschool parents lack confidence and lose steam when their children reach high school. Can the homeschool high school be as successful as or better than a typical classroom education? Here Kevin Swanson outlines the basic constituents of a successful home school high school, encouraging parents to build on the foundation already laid. He focuses parents on their child's calling, and makes an important distinction between two tracks – the corporate track and the entrepreneurial track, pointing out the strong points and weak points of each. Wise planning when your child is 12 or 13 years old is critical for success in those teen years.
Exploring Math and Science in God's Universe
An experienced math and science high school teacher himself, Kevin Swanson applies both worldview savvy and real life relevance to topics that too often become boring to our students. He will demonstrate how science and math taught from a God-centered perspective restores a basis for innovation, purpose, and dominion in God's creation. Parents will learn how to both teach and apply math "in the concrete." Also, Kevin addresses the question of "how much math" for those parents who are homeschooling their high school students.
What Every High Schooler Needs to Know
Of all of the facts of history and all of the books ever written, what is the basic content every highschool graduate needs to know before he gets his diploma? Kevin Swanson provides a simple summary of what it takes to produce well-grounded and well-studied high school graduates. Challenging home school parents to focus more on quality than quantity in literary studies, he reviews and contrasts literature produced by humanists and Christians from Aristotle to CS Lewis. Kevin will also include a basic list of resources that are essential in high school literature.
The Power of Mentorship
Homeschooling is the most powerful form of education rediscovered in the modern age. Its power and success is unquestioned. Yet for most home educators, the principles that worked in home education are not transferred into post-secondary education. Cutting edge visionaries are bringing a Copernican revolution to the method of higher education in the form of mentorship. If our movement takes this next step, we will make far greater impact on the way we do post-secondary education and economics, then we have seen in K-12 education. Based on years of experience with mentoring, Kevin Swanson presents a vision for mentorship applied to both the college and entrepreneurial tracks.
How to Choose a Christian Curriculum (For Christian Parents)
Unit studies. Charlotte Mason. Classical. Textbook. Amidst the cacophony of curriculum choices, Kevin Swanson gives a thumb nail sketch of what is really important when choosing a curriculum for your family. Keeping God's priorities in the forefront, he will point out the strengths represented by different educational methodologies, and encourage parents to make the best choice according to the individual needs of the family and student.
Getting Out of the Box.
We weren't really born in a box. But we seem to be drawn to boxes, especially in the education of children. Not everybody who chooses to homeschool their children leaves the box behind. In this presentation, Kevin describes the dimensions of the box and shows families how to climb out of the box.
History & Worldview
History's Heroes
Teach history to your children and you may end up changing history! Everyone has heroes whom they admire and emulate. The heroes of many children today are entertainers who are often devoid of any outstanding character traits any great acts of courage and heroism. But history is full of exciting heroes who exhibit strong virtues worth emulating; many of whom, by their godly leadership, changed the course of history. In this challenging and inspiring presentation, Kevin shows how you can uncover real meaning in history, and how, through your history curriculum, you can very well change your children's lives.
Last Man Standing – How to Defend the Faith
Often times Christians are called to stand up for the faith in the public form. Having experienced many of these opportunities himself on college campuses, radio, television, and in public debates, Kevin Swanson will provide equipping for those young folks who might find themselves in similar circumstances. Both the evidentialist and presuppostionalist approaches will be presented for their respective merits in this brief introduction. He will provide a list of excellent resources to use as you prepare to give an answer to any man who asks a reason for the hope that is within you.
Thesis, Antithesis, and Synthesis – Defining Your Relationship with the World
As Christian children mature and see more of the "world," they are challenged with the question of how they should relate to the world. Should Christians escape the world, amalgamate into the world, orchange the world? Kevin Swanson works with the multiple definitions of "the world," and then leaves the audience with a challenge they will not likely forget.
Pragmatism: The Slippery Slide to Hell
If our children will understand the world, they must understand ethics – the principles that direct people's choices. And there is no more destructive and insidious ethic operating today than that of pragmatism, which loses sight of absolute standards of what is right and what is good. No ethic has been so influential in the way that people make decisions today. When families and entire cultures are driven by pragmatism instead of principle, things begin to unravel. How do you live your life? Will pragmatism cause your family to slip down the slippery slide to hell?
Raising Tomorrow's Leaders
This challenging presentation will inspire our young people to leadership wherever God calls them. Leadership is influence for the cause of righteousness. And God calls every man and woman to leadership at some level. There are times in history that call out for leaders, and such is the time in which we live today. Kevin asks the question, "Who knows but that God has raised up one of you for such a time as this?"
The Rise and Fall of Western Civilization
Description pending.
Biblical Discernment in the Visual Arts
The visual arts provide a powerful medium, and can yield tremendously destructive effects on children. But can it produce a constructive contribution to culture? What does the Bible say about the visual medium and the theatrical? And how does a movie compare to a good sermon? Kevin Swanson will provide a set of biblical principles relating to theater and movies. He will bring out the elements that make for edifying entertainment. And he will analyze the recently-released Hollywood motion pictures for such things as overall edifying value, central theme, sub themes, theory of salvation, and the basic theory of reality and ethics.
Harry Potter, Narnia, Lord of the Rings and Your Family – A Biblical View of Fantasy
Is fantasy mere story-telling or is it an insidious way to convey an ungodly metaphysic? Does the "redemptive element" salvage the genre every time? Kevin Swanson takes on a controversial subject among Christians in this thought-provoking discussion on fantasy. He will compare and contrast the worldview backdrop and assorted themes communicated in the wildly popular Harry Potter, Narnia, and Lord of the Rings series.
Escapism, Science Fiction and the Superheroes
Sometimes referred to as the "crack cocaine" of escapist entertainment, Kevin Swanson examines the science fiction genre in novels and screenplay. In this presentation, he will dig deep to analyze the worldviews presented in the forms of entertainment that emphasize escape. Analysis will include Superman, Spiderman, Batman, Star Trek, and Star Wars.
Entertainment and Your Family
In the words of one cultural commentator, are we entertaining our families to death? As a father of five, Kevin Swanson is engaging a multi-generational attempt to find the right balance of entertainment, work, and serving in life. What role should entertainment play in our children's life? Here Kevin Swanson measures the relative benefits or drawbacks of the cotton-candy novel (eg. Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew), historical adventures (eg. G.A. Henty), the "classic" novels, the 19th century Victorian fare, the fantasy genre, Walt Disney motion pictures, television (from Andy Griffith to 24), recorded music, and radio drama. This very practical presentation will provide some helpful suggestions for bringing biblical principle to bear as you seek maximum edification for your family.
The Deformation and Reformation of the Arts
As a host of a daily radio program that analyzes the culture from the perspective of a biblical worldview, Kevin Swanson will take you on a whirlwind tour through the evolution and devolution of western culture. To underestimate or to fail to discern the influences of music, movies, and art is fatal to children and families. If you don't understand the culture and its influences, you and your family could be destroyed by it. This presentation will show how cultures are broken down, but importantly, how you and your children can build it up from generation to generation.
Church and Community
Rediscovering Relational Living in Family and Church
Say goodbye to cold institutional living! As a father, a pastor, and a cultural commentator, Kevin Swanson introduces a new form of life to the most lonely time in human history where love and joy and peace are hardly understood in the post-modern, existentialist wilderness. Having rediscovered relational life in home schooling 40 years ago, Kevin embarked on a new venture ten years ago to form a "relational" church community.
Getting Along in the Sandbox – Biblical Conflict Resolution
Description pending.
For Homeschool Leaders
The Seven Termites in Homeschool Organizations
Watch out for these guys! Kevin describes the seven species of termites that are known to eat out the core of our homeschool organizations (or even churches or families). This information is an essential requisite to anybody in leadership.
What You Can Do to Strengthen Home Education in Your State
Sharp observers within our ranks have noted some signs of cracking in the foundation of the homeschool movement. In this absolutely essential presentation, Kevin gives three ways we can reinforce our movement with re-bar – practical ideas that can be implemented as soon as tomorrow.
A Multi-Generational Vision for Home Education
Basic to leadership is to know who you are and where you are going. Homeschool leaders around the country are asking the question, "Is the homeschool vision really about homeschooling, or is it about something more, something that will impact culture in future generations?" Yet we have seen the vision fade as it blends into the wider culture or as it is consumed by the growing panoply of educational choices. How do we press a vision into the generations? Increasingly, we find ourselves playing the part of the repairers of the breach, the restorers of lost paths. Indeed, we are tasked with laying down a foundation for many generations. And the homeschool movement offers a rich context in which to impart this multi-generational vision. Drawing from over 35 years in the homeschooling movement, Kevin Swanson identifies what it takes to solidify and perpetuate the vision through the generations.
How to be God's Kind of Leader
Everybody seeks competent leadership, and there are many definitions of what this constitutes. As a leader in corporate management, church, non-profit organizations, and politics, Kevin Swanson presents the qualities of wise leadership found in the Scriptures, and gives ample illustration as to how they can be applied in the support group or anywhere else. It is a summary of the seven biblical principles relating to leadership – including servant leadership, loving enemies, godly courage, and the perpetual recognition that God is in control.
Meeting the Changing Face of Home Education
While other homeschool organizations are shrinking in their influence, Christian Home Educators of Colorado continues to grow. CHEC has seen 25% growth over the last year even through the problems of recession, increased competition from state-funded programs, and other challenges. As Executive Director of one of the fastest growing home education ministries in the country, Kevin will show what they have done as an organization to meet the changing face of home education. He will cover fund raising, public policy efforts, family events, etc. Lively discussion opportunity will uncover what works and what doesn't.
Email: marcia@marciawashburn.
Phone: 970-842-4776
Website: www.marciawashburn.
Speaking Fee: Love offering and transportation costs for small groups. Please contact Marcia directly for statewide and international events.
Travel/Accommodations: Marcia will travel locally, nationally or internationally, as the Lord leads. Transportation & lodging expenses required except under unusual circumstances. Contact Marcia for information.
Biography: Marcia Washburn, joyfully married for 37 years, is the mother of five sons whom she homeschooled in their rural Colorado (USA) home for nineteen years. She has served in various leadership positions at the local and state level and holds advanced degrees in elementary education & music education. She was awarded the 2009 Dr. Ruth Beechick Award for Outstanding Contribution to Home Education in the State of Colorado.
She now serves as a teacher of teachers through her speaking and writing ministry. She is a regular columnist for Home School Enrichment and the CHEC Update and has been featured in The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, The Teaching Home, Answers (Answers in Genesis), and on Crosswalk.com.
Her books include, Activity Days for Homeschool Groups and Families; Talent to Treasure: Building a Profitable Music Teaching Business; Homemade Convenience Foods; Beethoven Who? Family Fun with Music; and her Management for Moms Series.
In addition to speaking regularly for homeschool support groups, she has been a featured speaker and keynote at events across the country. She was especially blessed to present the first-ever home education seminar to the Shuar people of the Eastern Ecuadorian jungle community of Makuma; she presented a follow-up seminar there for two weeks in 2010. Marcia has also been featured on Generations Radio with Kevin Swanson, a Christian Internet radio program heard weekdays in fifty states and thirty countries.
Marcia is available to speak to groups of all sizes, both nationally and internationally. Her topics include home management, parenting, home education, encouragement for moms, and teaching tips for independent music teachers.
Titles and Descriptions:
Building Tomorrow's Generation While Cleaning Up Today's Spilled Milk
The work we do as homeschoolers extends far beyond teaching the Three R's. We are partners with God as we lay a firm foundation in our children's lives so their faith won't crumble under pressure. In this session Marcia casts a vision for teaching generationally, looking beyond the daily challenges of crying babies, clinging toddlers, correcting papers and, yes, cleaning up spilled milk.
The Ideal Homeschooling Mother
Women have a tendency to compare themselves unfavorably with other women, and homeschooling moms are no exception. This encouraging presentation explores God's plan for your homeschool and why He chose you to mother your children. It reminds us to live our lives one chapter at a time and to gain strength from mentoring relationships.
The Frontiers of Homeschooling
Looking for something different for your group? In this presentation, Marcia details the story of the first-ever home education conference in the jungles of Ecuador. Using Shuar Indian artifacts and PowerPoint photos, she weaves in encouragement, humor, and the "why" of home education, leaving a memorable "take home" message for her listeners. Fascinating for children and adults. Note: This can be a 60-120 minute presentation.
Homeschooling through Difficult Days
Life's challenges don't stop just because we are homeschooling. Sickness, accidents, moves, caring for elderly relatives, crisis pregnancies—they're all a part of God's custom-designed curriculum for us. Practical coping tips and encouragement for the journey are the focus of this sensitive presentation.
Grace Notes
This session explores the many ways that God extends grace to us as we journey through life. Rich in personal illustrations, it is designed to encourage, uplift, and inspire listeners to trust that God does indeed have a wonderful and unique life message to speak through each of us.
Eight Habits for Highly Successful Homeschooling
This workshop contains advice and anecdotes from a veteran of nineteen years of homeschooling. Among the topics: finding support, avoiding isolation and legal troubles, recognizing counterfeit programs, and encouragement for the journey ahead.
Beethoven Who? Family Fun with Music
Many homeschoolers have trouble fitting music into their busy school days—time, expense, and lack of confidence all contribute to the problem. This workshop gives practical, hands-on ideas for all ages that any parent can do.
Teaching Young Children
Expensive curriculum is not really necessary for your little ones. Learn ways to teach your pre-school, kindergarten, and first grade children with items found around the house. Subjects include beginning reading, math, science, history, music, art, physical education, and character education. Ideally presented as a two-hour workshop, but a one-hour version is available.
Hands-On Math Activities
Many children (and parents!) struggle with math. Exploring math concepts by handling real things, instead of just using paper and pencil activities, can greatly improve understanding. This workshop presents many hands-on activities and games that can be made from readily available materials at minimal cost. Detailed handouts will be distributed. This material can be presented in lecture format or with attendees actually participating in the games and activities (more fun!).
Hands-On Art Activities
The first 100 people arriving at this workshop will actually get to do nine different art activities during this sixty-minute workshop. All attendees will receive detailed handouts describing how to do the activities at home and how to set up an art day for their support group. Great choice for a fun Moms Night Out meeting, but has also been done at a major conference setting.
Teach Yourself to Play the Recorder
In this workshop you will learn to play the soprano recorder. No music-reading skills are necessary. Resource lists and beginning music will be handed out at the workshop. You may provide your own instrument or purchase one from your hosting organization. Marcia will assist in making arrangements for group purchases, if desired.
Activity Days for Homeschool Groups
Support group leaders are busy people. This session is based on Marcia K. Washburn's book, Activity Days for Homeschool Groups & Families. Recommendations for organizing activity days (frequency, location, costs, leadership, etc.) are central to this workshop. It includes a potpourri of ideas for support group activity days including Hands-On Art, Hands-On Math, Dissection Day, Bible Quizzing, Community Service Day, etc. Many families enjoy using the activities in their own homes, as well. The workshop can be taught using either a lecture or hands-on format.
Homemade Convenience Foods
Have you ever wished you could spend more time with your family and less with your pots and pans? This practical workshop shows you how to break free from the kitchen and get tasty meals on the table in fifteen minutes—without using TV dinners! Recipes and techniques are included.
Management for Moms: Friendly Advice from a Homeschool Vet
This popular presentation reflects Marcia's nineteen years of experience homeschooling her five sons. It includes hints for teaching several children at once, coping with household duties, dealing with doubting friends and relatives, supporting the marriage relationship, and encouragement for the journey.
Scheduling Your Priorities
This session is designed to help parents discern the priorities God has chosen specifically for them, realizing that those priorities will differ between individual Christians and during various seasons of their lives. We will focus on building a framework for decision-making and offer specific tools for following through with those decisions. Our purpose is not to share time-saving hints (how to shoehorn more activities into your day) but, rather, how to live in such a way that you can say as you fall into bed at night, "Lord, I have finished what You called me to do this day."
Building a Financially Free Home
Do you have a SILKS family (Single Income, Lots of Kids)? This presentation both casts a vision for debt-free living and gives practical suggestions for doing so. Lots of handouts and examples (but no sales pitch!).
Managing Your Home While Managing a Business
Many women are seeking ways to contribute to the household income without neglecting their calling as wives and mothers. How does a busy mom balance the needs of her family with the demands of operating a home business? Marcia shares important insights gleaned from her experience running three home businesses while homeschooling her five sons.
Talent to Treasure: Building a Profitable Music Teaching Business
Based on her popular new book, Marcia shares her wealth of experience gleaned from teaching students to play the piano. It's all here: Should you teach? Preparing your household. Bookkeeping and taxes. Setting up your studio. Dealing with special needs, children who don't practice, parents who don't pay, and performance paralysis. The first lesson. A humorous and encouraging walk through a piano teacher's life.
What Makes Your Child Tick?
Have you ever wondered why your child thinks and acts the way he does? Why he expresses himself so differently from his siblings? How to find and nurture the unique gifts God has placed in him? In this session, we will build an understanding of personality types, love languages, and spiritual gifts so that you can raise your children with greater understanding of their uniqueness.
The Joys of Raising Boys
It is no accident that boys, toys, noise, and joys are rhyming words. Rich with humor and stories, this presentation challenges attendees to look beyond the dirt and debris inherent in a household filled with boys and toward the goal of raising godly men for the Kingdom. Lots of practical ideas from the mother of five sons.
Things I Learned in the Garden
I'm not much of a gardener, but that hasn't kept God from teaching me many things while on my knees trying to tell a weed from a seedling. This workshop explores issues of character, discipline, and making choices—for children and parents.
Discipline 101
What does the Bible teach about disciplining our children? Before we teach the academics, we must train them in obedience and attentiveness. This presentation deals with issues such as parental self-discipline, unity, winking at sin, exasperating your child, and righteous correction. Instructions for developing a personalized parenting manual are included. Note: This important presentation lasts two hours.
Talent to Treasure: Building a Profitable Music Teaching Business
Based on Marcia's popular book, attendees will learn how to start a private music studio; prepare their home and heart for their new business; recruit and retain students; how much to charge; handle business matters; select a "balanced diet" of music for their students; ideas for teaching that scary first lesson; and much, much more! Veteran and rookie vocal and instrumental teachers alike will benefit from this fast-paced, informative session.
First Be a People Teacher
Based on her decades of teaching music, Marcia shares her heart, her enthusiasm, and her techniques for individualizing music instruction to suit the student. Topics in this important session include: how to teach according to the student's learning style and temperament type; great practicing tips (and strategies for dealing with students who don't!); reaching and teaching special needs students—from challenged to gifted; dealing with memorization,performance jitters; adding fun activities to the lesson, and much more.
Beethoven Who? Family Fun with Music
Looking for something new to add zing to your students' lessons? Learn about this unique resource that can broaden your students' musical education beyond just the instrument that you teach. Filled with games, activities, and ideas, find out how Beethoven Who can be used during individual and class sessions, or for at-home assignments. Filled with links to Internet performances and fully annotated, the work is already done for you.
Working with Homeschool Students
Independent music teachers across the nation are discovering the joy (and profit!) of teaching homeschooled students. Usually these children can come earlier in the day, relieving the after-school crunch time in teachers' schedules. Often their parents make practice a part of their everyday school assignments, so these children frequently excel. This presentation offers tips on recruiting homeschoolers to your studio, common expectations of their parents, and special considerations.
Homeschool Training Camp—Preparing for a Winning Season
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How many farmers will switch from fruit to pot?
Some farmers in the state say growing pot would pose tremendous problems.
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In this Oct. 26, 2005, file photo, the Rattlesnake Hills are shown behind the family-owned Kiona Vinyards & Winery in Benton City, Wash. Now that Washington voters have legalized marijuana, will an area recognized as one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world, celebrated for Washington apples, hops and wine grapes, become known as the vice belt? Not necessarily. (AP Photo/Yakima Herald-Republic, Brian Fitzgerald, File)
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A worker dumps Merlot grapes into a bin as Vicente Reyna (center) and Benjamin Torres supervise the loading of the grapes at the Andrews Horse Heaven ranch, near Paterson.
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In this Sept. 9, 2012, file photo, workers harvest apples in Gleed, Wash. Now that Washington voters have legalized marijuana, will an area recognized as one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world, celebrated for Washington apples, hops and wine grapes, become known as the vice belt? Not necessarily. (AP Photo/Yakima Herald-Republic, TJ Mullinax, File)
Thousands of acres of wine grapes dot the landscape, contributing to Washington's No. 2 rank for premium wine production behind California. Farmers grow more than two-thirds of U.S. hops for big beer companies and craft brewers alike, and a large tobacco field is flourishing on a valley Indian reservation.
Now that Washington voters have legalized marijuana, will a region long recognized as one of the country's leading fruit bowls, best celebrated for Washington apples, become known as the vice belt? Not necessarily.
Too many unanswered questions remain about the new law, from how the state will regulate it to whether entrepreneurs or large corporations should lead the way. And the biggest question: the federal government's role going forward.
Marijuana remains illegal under federal law. Many states have approved it for medical use, but only Washington and Colorado have legalized it for recreational use.
The Justice Department has not said whether it will try to block the two states from implementing their new laws, passed late last year. For that reason, key land-grant universities that typically aid the agriculture industry by researching such things as pest control and crop yields -- but rely on federal funding to do so -- are avoiding the marijuana industry altogether.
In addition, marijuana is a crop that can't be insured, and federal drug law bars banks from knowingly serving the industry.
Any combination of those factors makes farmers leery of planting marijuana in the near term, said Bob Young, chief economist for the American Farm Bureau Federation.
"At this stage of the game, it poses tremendous problems for growers," he said. "Quite frankly, I'd tell one of our members to approach this with great caution."
Both states are in the process of developing rules for a legal marijuana industry. In Washington state, a Liquor Control Board that privatized liquor sales statewide last year on orders of a different voter-approved initiative now is tasked with developing rules governing pot cultivation, processing and sales.
Of the three licenses the board will authorize -- grower, processor, seller -- the rules for producing marijuana raise the most complex issues, according to Randy Simmons, project manager for the Liquor Control Board.
How many farmers should be allowed to produce marijuana in order to meet demand, and how big should their crops be? Where should they get their seeds? Should a crop be grown indoors or in fields outside?
Dozens of marijuana experts, who have been growing plants for medical use or in secret for illegal use, are educating state officials about the potential for the crop. Probably 95 percent of those people choose to grow their plants indoors, despite higher costs, to control light and temperature, improve quality and increase yields, Simmons said.
Indoor crops generally allow for up to three harvests per season, compared to just one harvest for an outdoor crop, and allow for easier security measures.
As Simmons put it, "Somebody out picking a handful of grapes isn't going to get stoned. So if we go through this process and determine outdoor grows are OK, we have to determine security standards."
Security is a concern for Gail Besemer, who grows flowers and vegetables near Deming, and has expressed interest in a producers' license.
Besemer already has three hoop houses, which are essentially temporary greenhouses, but could see expanding her business slightly to grow marijuana for a local clientele in northwest Washington.
However, "I'm concerned about druggies invading my property -- ne'er-do-wells invading my property to steal, to get free dope," she said. "Security would be an issue."
Besemer, who is in her 60s, said she has never grown marijuana or used it, but can see potential for the crop.
"My family is not particularly excited about me being interested in this. But if someone has an integrated farm, growing a number of different crops, I would think it would be a high profit plant," she said. "Taxation and security might get in the way of profits, and it might end not being so profitable.
"I'll just have to wait and see about the regulations," she said.
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Paul Roos thrashed De Kuilen 55-0, while there were also wins for Wynberg and Tygerberg.
Wynberg 26 Bishops 14
Paarl Boys' 20 Boland Landbou 10
De Kuilen 0 Paul Roos 55
Tygerberg 38 Rondebosch 17
SACS 13 Paarl Gym 28
Strand 26 Bellville 27
Queen's dominated Stirling in a one-side contest, which they won 78-6. Kingswood also beat Muir convincingly (34-15), while St Andrew's got the better of Selborne (16-8).
Dale returned to winning ways after their unbeaten streak was ended by Grey PE last weekend. They downed Cambridge 31-18 for their 13th win from 14 games.
Dale 31 Cambridge 8
Kingswood 34 Muir 15
Hudson Park 39 Port Rex 14
Queen's 78 Stirling 5
St Andrew's 16 Selborne 8
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Under State Management and I hope they have plans to replace the old course with a new updated one.
Under State Management and I hope they have plans to replace the old course with a new updated one.
I hope it is sooner rather than later as the link suggests.
Do we have anyone who can make contact and get this rolling?
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I'm in contact with the former head of the park and KFW.
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Well crap....I reposted this under the OCP section before I saw this topic. I just saw the news at 11:00 and ran here as fast as I could!
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So I heard on the news that KFW wants to make it an "outdoor recreational area." I guess the big question is do the powers that be consider DG as an "outdoor recreation"? Anyone know (Jeremy)? (To me the answer is obvious, but...)
My putter still doinks harder than yours!
I talked to KY Fish & Wildlife and explained our sport and the history of the course to them. They explained to me that they were looking for activities and people to head up those activities. I explained to them that I was a full time volunteer at Otter Creek for years (logging 20+ hours per week on average), I live five minutes from the course, and that the course would be self sufficient with the exception of mowing the grass. I explained that the local disc golf community would volunteer their services to get the course back in the ground and maintain it. He expressed that these were all the right things to say and that's exactly what they're looking for.
There is no answer as to if DG will be put back in the park for sure but our foot is in the door. They're hoping to reopen the park sometime next year with a entry fee being added to the park.
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ASPCA, thank you for all the pain you endure rescuing these sweet babies from the pain they endured. I have a rescue Sheltie and we work hard with him every day. He his such a sweet boy and we love him so. Please, everyone get after officials from local to national. Laws have to be enforced! Until governments see their lack of caring and backing up the laws with action, we will not be caring for the least of those created.
When my dad was in.a nursing home toward the end of his life, a lovely little Sheltie used to visit him every Saturday. She would RUN into his room and jump on his lap. Gracie, the female Sheltie, had a companion male Sheltie by the name of Bailey. I found out from their human companion that Gracie had been a puppy mill dog. When she was rescued, she did NOT know how to be a dog. She had lived in a cage her entire life! Bailey taught Gracie how to be a dog...and how fortunate for my dad he did. My dad loved those dogs...
Please put and end to puppy mills! It is cruel! These dogs suffer! I foster dogs and I have seen first hand what years of being in a small tiny cage can do to these poor helpless victims! For example, I have seen dogs rescued from puppy mills (just because the jerk running it could save bullets by letting the kind lady have them to bring them to our rescue!!!!!!) that did not walk, but crawl on their bellies until they realized what their legs were for! It is horrible, disgusting and it needs to be stopped!!!
Please stop puppy mill and pass much stronger laws to prevent the terrible abuse of any and all animals. They are Gods creatures also.
please start putting regulations on these idiots!
please stop puppy mills! dogs are not machines on an assembly line, they are loving, loyal beings that deserve love and happiness. puppy mills are far from any sort of happiness. please don't allow them to continue this practice of inhumane and cruel containment and use of animals (by the way, animals shouldn't have to know what it feels like to be used.)
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