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Adventures In Veggieland
So long to frightening vegetables; hello to friendly new textures, hues, and flavors! Here's a foolproof plan for buying your children to like their vegetables. Simply follow the "Three E's":
Expose your child to new vegetables with sensory, hands–on, educational activities: Create Beet Tattoos and play Cabbage Bingo!
Explore the characteristics of each veggie (texture, taste, temperature, and more) with delectable but oh–so–easy recipes: TryParsnip-Carrot Mac'n'Cheese and Pepper Shish Kebabs!
Expand your family's repertoire with more inventive vegetable dishes—including a "sweet treat" in every chapter: Enjoy Pears and Parsnips in Puff Pastry and Tropical Carrot Confetti Cookies!
With a hundred youngster–tested sports and delicious recipes, plus professional recommendation on parenting inside the kitchen, adventures in veggieland gets you and your kids running (and playing!) collectively within the kitchen, setting even your pickiest eater up for an entire life of healthful ingesting.
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Melanie Potock, MA, CCC-SLP, is a feeding therapist, author of Adventures in Veggieland, and an international speaker on the topic of picky eating and feeding disorders in children.Her advice, found on her website MelaniePotock.com, has been shared in national publications, including Parents magazine. She lives in Colorado.
My kids are very selective eaters, with my oldest spending a lot of time when he was younger in food therapy. This book has kickstarted a new interest in trying different foods, and understanding that exposure to new foods through play are an important step on the way to actually tasting. The author Melanie is a great, supportive resource not only in her books, but in her presence on social media. Highly recommended!-PatD
I'm an occupational therapist who works with picky eaters and kids with feeding difficulties. I love this book! The format is amazing, specifically saying how kids can help in the kitchen (age specific) with each activity and parent specific items. It's a great tool for all families. I love how it encourages every member of the family to be involved. Tons of great ideas and step by steps to walk you through each activity.-Emily
As a mom and a pediatric feeding therapist, I absolutely love Adventures in Veggieland. Melanie Potock has the book organized according to the 4 different seasons which makes it easy to find yummy seasonal veggies. This book offers fun and engaging ways to "expose, explore and expand"-Coach Mel's way to get your kiddos to enjoy veggies! I gave this book to my nieces and encouraged several Mothers of Preschoolers groups to order it....fun way to get kids in the kitchen and put veggies in their diets.-Erin
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Two teenagers are in custody following a shots fired incident at an apartment complex in Marshall. On Saturday, December 24, at approximately 10:40 a.m., officers were called to the Decker Place Apartments in the 2500 block of East End Boulevard South in reference to gunshots being fired.
One of the rounds went through an apartment just above a couch where a young child was lying down. No injuries were reported. Witnesses on the scene gave police a description of the gunmen, who fled the scene on foot after firing several shots.
A short time later, a patrol officer spotted two young men matching the description of the suspected shooters. As a result, 17-year-old Robert Rayson and 17-year-old Dallas Moore, both of Longview, were taken into custody. Rayson and Moore were both booked into the Harrison County Jail where they are each charged with possession of drugs and unlawful carrying of a weapon. More charges could be forthcoming.
Police Chief Jesus "Eddie" Campa stated, "The quick arrests of these two individuals are an example of what happens when our citizens and our officers work together. Using witness information, officers were able to locate and identify the suspects."


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Thursday, March 06, 2008
Not yet
When I woke up I was all ready to see the new baby, but no, it was just mommy and daddy, back from the hospital with no baby. But Ah Mah was there! She came while I was sleeping. Ah Mah's here so that when the baby comes she can hang out with me.
Mommy and daddy went to the doctor again today, but still no change. So we're just hanging out. We'll let you know when things happen.
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- OakMonster said...
It's a showdown between you and my friend Aurora now! Dresden/Peanut's due date was Thurday, but since he's their first, I guess he gets a week plus or minus. We've been on baby watch all weekend. LOL.
- Monica said...
Wow...so I have not kept in touch very well...life is busy. I am so glad you have this blog; it is fun to see what Owen and family are up to. Congrats on the newest little one on the way. I am sure you know already, Mike, but Alice Kuo had her little one on Valentine's day.
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Extra technology focus needed for pubs and restaurants in 2014
That's according to Will Hawkley, director of KPMG's Leisure Advisory Group, who says most of the industry developments in 2014 will be driven by interactive technological advancements.
"Seventy years ago, the average life span of a company in the S&P 500 index was 75 years, today that has fallen to 15 years and in 2025 the expected life span will be five years. The winning companies of today could be losers very quickly if they fail to keep pace with the changes around them, no matter what industry or sector they are operating in.
Hawkley believes pub and restaurant operators need to adapt business models for the coming 12 months, identifying five key areas businesses need to look at - social media and mobile apps, Big data, mobile payments, wearable technologies and funding.
"Operators who can generate and analyse their customer data most effectively will be able to generate long-term relationships with their customers to drive repeat visits, increased spend and higher net promoter scores.
"As consumers become increasingly comfortable with cashless payment such as Oyster, people will wish to pay via their mobile devices without having to use an app to do so. The major mobile phone companies have joined together to develop a universal mobile payment platform and the major banks will be launching their mobile payment platform, Zapp , in 2014.
"Consumers are now wearing technology and using apps that measure everything that they do on a daily basis producing huge amounts of data."
Interactive dining
One such business making use of 'wearable' technology is hospitality operator The ONE Group, which has partnered with Samsung to give guests at its STK restaurant at the ME London Hotel an interactive dining experience.
Parties of 12 diners at the restaurant's Captain's Table are now able to order food and drinks via a Bluetooth connection with their personal waiter and bartender via the new Galaxy Note 3. Diners will be able to have a direct line to their personal waiters - who will be wearing Galaxy Gear smart watches - by sending a message via their Galaxy Note. They can also interact with the resident DJs who will also wear his own Galaxy Gear.
Jon Yantin, commercial director of The ONE Group, said: "Using the Samsung Galaxy Gear and Galaxy Note 3 allows our personal service to extend above and beyond, creating a further vivid and fun dining environment for our guests."
Hawkley's comments about technological advances in the hospitality industry are supported by research released earlier this week by business advisory firm Zolfo Cooper.
A nationwide survey of 2,000 UK consumers found that 64 per cent of respondents own a smartphone (rising to 84 per cent of 18-34 year-olds), with 46 per cent of this group having used it to research a venue or event, and 27 per cent having booked a venue/tickets using their phone.
Moreover, 11 per cent of all respondents had used 'contactless payment' in a bar or restaurant in the past 12 months; and 32 per cent would use contactless payment if they had the opportunity to do so in the next year.


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BODYKE marks a first when the village hosts the inaugural Bodyke Summer Gathering on the May Bank Holiday weekend.
This Gathering event has been organised by The Bodyke Festival Committee, chaired by Colm Wiley and will include sports, entertainment, a walk, a historical talk on the Bodyke evictions, a magician and a mass as Gaeilge.
Kicking off at the Cobblers Rest on the Friday, from 8.30pm, there will be music and dance performed by local children, including All-Ireland champion musician, Stephen Kennedy.
This will be followed at 9.30pm with the official opening by Ger Loughnane and a presentation to Bodyke All-Star hurler and double All-Ireland winner, Liam Doyle. Saturday, May 4 will include a golf scramble at East Clare Golf Club.
A walk has also been organised during the golf event, which commences at the golf club at 10.30am and will follow a route in the beautiful countryside.
The Bodyke Daly clan will hold their family gathering event at 4.30pm in the Cobblers Rest, where upwards of 40 people are expected to descend.
An open invitation has been issued by the community in Bodyke to its past residents, wherever they may be, to drop by for the festivities.
At 6.30pm on the Saturday evening, a mass as Gaeilge will be celebrated by Fr Donagh O'Meara at Bodyke Church and will include contributions from Bodyke choir and Bodyke National School performing a pageant depicting The Gathering and local topics. Meanwhile, clubs, societies and associations in Bodyke will also be represented at the mass.
Following the mass, piper Patrick Murphy will lead the congregation from the church to the eviction stone. At 8.30pm, local historian John S Kelly will give a talk on the 1887 Bodyke evictions, while later, a four-piece band from Galway will perform.
On Sunday, there will be plenty of GAA activities in the local hurling field with juvenile and mixed match events between 3pm and 5pm. Meanwhile, there will be a session at the Cobblers Rest, Bodyke and musicians are invited to join in.
There will also be a magic show for all the family from 5pm to 6pm, followed by music by Pat O'Neill of the Lough Graney group, from 7pm to 9pm.
Solas an Chláir (The Light of Clare), a commemorative limestone piece by Corofin stone mason John Goggin, with design inputs from Ennis sculptor Shane Gilmore, is Clare's Gathering symbol and for the month of May, it will be at home in Bodyke.
"We will also have Solas an Chláir, which will be on display over the weekend. It is a special torch that Clare County Council introduced and they decided to give it to one area each month and Bodyke got it for the month of May. It's a big stone sculpture with lighting and it will be on view from the house part of the Cobbler's Rest," Colm Wiley said.
"It will be the first festival we have had in Bodyke. We decided we'd have a go and do our own thing. We have people coming from all over to it. There is big interest in the Bodyke evictions," he added.
People are welcome to participate in the sessions and young people, in particular, are invited to get involved. Barbecues will take place throughout the weekend and the public are advised that all events are free.
The street will be lined with flags and bunting over the weekend and householders are invited to decorate their own homes to welcome those gathering in Bodyke.


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One of the key ideas in postmodern anthropology is the rejection of the rhetorical strategies by past researchers to make themselves seem as though they were objective researchers. This stems from the idea that the third-person perspective doesn't show how a researcher knows a fact that they are trying to assert. The third-person separates the researcher's personal experience from an attempt to be objective, but this creates biases that are not always evident when reading their ethnographies. While many postmodernists have presented ideas to counter this historical way of writing, they fail to realize the full extent of possibilities available to them. Some have touched on it, but they fail to realize exactly what is necessary. In the postmodern world, it is crucial for modern anthropologists to learn the narrative format of fiction writers.
This is not to say that anthropology should evolve to strictly be more similar to journalism, this is simply a way for readers to understand where the anthropologist's assertions are coming from and what biases are present in their research. By studying the narrative format, field anthropologists can tell their experience through their own lens. By making a book in the first-person, with the anthropologist as a sort of "main character", we can come to an understanding of how these field researchers came to their conclusions. Think of this as creating a history of the anthropologist's experience that can then be used as a basis to use for the rest of their research, as well as be a data set for future researchers.
While this does not present a solution to understanding the "others" voice, it will lead to a greater understanding of how the gap of cultural difference can be crossed. This can be done in a similar fashion to how the main character evolves throughout the book. It starts with a character being placed into unfamiliar surroundings, and through trials, this character can now gain a good understanding of the culture they are studying. This is a great way of showing exactly how a field researcher can claim to be an expert. It also would allow for an outsider to look in and debate if an anthropologist can truly claim to be an expert.
Just as a helpful side note, this form of writing can help counter the idea that most researchers don't make that much money. When this style has been used in other fields of study, they have become bestsellers. So embracing a narrative format has potential in both the world of academia and in the economic world.


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SEATTLE — A 39-year-old homeless man has been charged with assault after biting a clerk at a downtown Seattle 7-Eleven store, prosecutors say.
Charging documents say when William Ludwig tried to walk out of the store on First Avenue and Cherry Street without paying for a six-pack of beer on April 8, the store clerk tried to pull it away.
What police described as a "prolonged altercation" began, and at some point, Ludwig bit the clerk's right arm. At that point, a customer intervened and put Ludwig in a headlock to protect the clerk.
According to documents, surveillance video showed the customer struggle with Ludwig and they both fell to the sidewalk outside the store.
Police said video showed the customer holding Ludwig down for about two minutes. During that time, Ludwig told the customer he had bitten him and that he has AIDS, according to the customer, who was not bitten.
Ludwig left the scene when the clerk told the customer to let him go. He was picked up a few blocks away from the 7-Eleven by Seattle police.
Police said when they later spoke with the clerk, he told them he had to go to the hospital after the altercation, where he was told a bone in his foot had been broken during the struggle.
Prosecutors asked that Ludwig's bail be set at $50,000 because he has limited ties to Seattle, an out-of-state criminal history, mental health and substance abuse issues and no stable address.
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Friday, August 24, 2012
What Are Your Hospital Books?
So I walked into the hospital with nothing but the clothes on my person (which included Beavis and Butt-Head pajama pants, I might add), my mom, and two books in my bag.
It did not dawn on me until a week ago how interesting my decision was to me. How in a split second I picked the two books that gave me the most comfort. Looking For Alaska because of it's philosophical brilliance and stunning characterization, and The Rise of Renegade X for its hilariousness, fantastic plot, and awesome characters. Of course, I never actually got the chance to read either of these two books in the hospital due to an IV in the crook of my left elbow that rendered me one-handed. Still, it says a lot about those two books being the only things I needed in a moment of crisis. It says something about how much I love them and how I they are now with me for the long haul, because I would take these two books* anywhere. I would take them on a lonely journey; I would take them to a deserted island; I would take them to a hospital.
Which made me wonder, dearest readers: What are your "hospital books"?
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This is such an interesting question...the first book that pops into my mind is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It's my favourite book from the series, and definitely one of my 'comfort' reads. Paper Towns by John Green is an obvious must for me because it's just wonderful, and really does make me laugh. Those two are my firm choices, I think any other books would depend on what I felt I really needed at the time!ReplyDelete
This is a great post. Kind of stinks that you couldn't actually read it, though. :P I'd probably bring Wanderlove (Kirsten Hubbard) and Anna and the French Kiss (Stephanie Perkins). Both of these are such great escapism reads and contrary to fantasy/dystopian, they're fairly light-hearted and just fun! And they sucked me in, they weren't just wishy-washy for me. I could get lost in those pages.ReplyDelete
It's funny how in those moments you knew.ReplyDelete
Great story.
Great question.
I would probably take A Grown Up Kind of Pretty (it's women who go through crappy things but come through victorious) and something magical like Sugar Queen.
I remember that my sister read The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice while she was in hospital 12 years ago.ReplyDelete
I'd probably liked to read something like Twilight - do not laugh at me! - hospitals are depressing. You just need something cheesy and sappy and pathetic like that.


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Aspirin is popularly used to provide relief from conditions of common cold and flu. These pills are useful in easing the discomfort of pains and headaches arising from flu conditions.
The major ingredient in aspirin is salicylic acid and this component is great for soothing pain and inflammation. It has also been known to be effective in the treatment of cardiovascular conditions.
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You can get rid of embarrassing sweat stains from your shirt and blouse using aspirin. All you need to do is soak your clothing for about three hours in a mixture of half a cup of warm water and two grinded aspirin pills.
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Frequency and methods of data capture
Schools usually have between four and six data-capture points during the year – varying by key stage and department (i.e. more frequent data input for core subjects). Some schools are still using the old NC levels, but most have moved on: some are linked to new 9–1 GCSE grades (perhaps with the school's own sub-levels), some to ARE and others to commercial or home-grown systems. This can differ by key stage, with older year groups who came through the system under the NC levels using these, and lower key stages now using 9–1 gradings.
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Assessment formats
A range of assessment formats feed into the grades (e.g. standardised tests, exam board papers, department-designed methods), making use of tests, moderation, formative and summative assessment data. Pastoral data are also captured (e.g. attitude to learning/effort, homework, behaviour etc.).
The data are often analysed centrally, usually by the head of department, and then disseminated to staff within the department. Analysis includes comparison of key pupil groups and helps to identify pupils for intervention and targeted support within class. The data can also be used to feed into teachers' performance management.
Pupils' future grades are predicted using various methods: for example, following so-called 'flight paths', using the government's modelling methodology, or initiatives stimulated by a local authority, MAT or teaching school.
'At KS3, getting full marks in an exam will result in a 9, regardless of the difficulty of the exam.'
What tracking systems do schools use?
What makes a good tracking system?
According to the survey, SISRA is the most commonly used tracking system, followed by 4Matrix and SIMs, and some schools use more than one. Both good and bad points of each system were mentioned: being intuitive to use was a common positive, along with effective analytical tools that enable comparison of key pupil groups.
'For simple tracking of the core assessments, it's easier just to use one of the tabs on SIMS. On the "Assessment" tab for each class, it's easy to compare all their grades … We use SISRA too. This is much better for detailed analysis and also, of course, for comparing any "off track" results with other subjects to see if it's just MFL that's a problem. SISRA is such a huge program – it's great for being able to be selective and to filter everything within an inch of its life.'
Schools may export data to Excel and perform their own analyses, use in-house systems designed themselves, or use a local provider such as a teaching school. MATs often have their own systems – presumably to facilitate comparison and moderation across the group.
'Our data manager uses Excel to record and then track progress. This enables a lot of flexibility in the data we wish to track.'
'It meets our needs and is constantly updating in line with gov changes.'
'SISRA is struggling with the new grading system, so looking at going to Alps for KS4. Previously used 4Matrix which was better in some cases (student photos) but not as easy to manipulate.'
'SISRA – good for analysis. More intuitive. 4Matrix – probably more powerful for analysis but less intuitive so used less.'
'We use SIMs as our tracking system. It is a basic method but it is easy to access and use and allows teachers to review pupil performance across all subjects.'
'SIMs but about to introduce 4Matrix. SIMs is time-consuming as all data needs to be downloaded per class and analysed by HOD. It gives no overview.'
'Manipulates data quickly and visually. Accurate.'
'I found SISRA to be more intuitive and user-friendly than 4Matrix but my colleagues have assured me that 4Matrix is a more powerful tool.'
'Have 4Matrix but not using it at this time due to issues with needing KS3 to be on 9–1 system.'
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Limitations of tracking systems
Some teachers feel that they are 'making up' the data using assessments created by heads of department. There is a need for more moderation and a stronger sense of the national picture through comparison with other schools' data. Validating assessments is seen as an issue, but lack of time prevents teachers from achieving this. Data input takes a significant amount of time, and home access is an issue: for example, SIMs is not accessible from home which creates problems for teachers when needing to input or analyse data. Other issues mentioned were as follows:
'The approach across the school was not consistent.'
'Too many groups to compare makes it difficult to plan intervention or class-based support.'
'Lack of training on using complicated systems, or sporadic use, meant people felt ill-prepared to use the tracking systems.'
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The day started with a meet and greet with Santa at a fire station near the hotel where we would all be partying and staying the night, followed by a tour of the fire house. Elora covered her face as we were walking up to Santa, and hardly took her hands away they whole time she sat with him. Kaylie was fine at first, but started screaming as soon as she realized I wasn't right next to her. (I didn't get a picture of it, but I think someone else did...I'm looking forward to seeing those pictures!)
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Back at the hotel, they'd arranged for one of the guys to dress up as Santa and give presents (provided by the parents) to each of the kids. From the time that we left the fire station to the time that we went to see Santa again, she asked about Santa almost constantly.
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|In case you're wondering, Elora got a Sid the Science Kid microphone from "Santa".
The adults' party kicked off at 7. Did I ever mention that the party was 80's themed? Oh, well, it was.
A lot of the people there went all out for the 80's theme. There were several pairs of brightly colored leggings worn with leg warmers, mini skirts and boat neck, off-the-shoulder tops. I normally love to get into costume, but in this case, I'd had my heart set on wearing this sexy little black dress that I found at a thrift store months ago. (It represented my initial get-healthy goal: slim down and tone up by the night of the Christmas party, so I could rock that dress.) So I went with 80's inspired big earrings and bracelets as a nod to the theme, but wore my dress anyway. Brandon wore his shirt un-tucked, popped his collar, and wore his sunglasses all night.
The party itself was great. There were raffle drawings done all night (we won an 80's themed package with a rubix cube and an Atari shirt, among other things) 80's music blaring through the speakers, and a slide show of movie clips, commercials, and photos from the 80's. The food was good, the company great. We're such homebodies that we rarely interact with the other families, but it's silly because I really like them a lot.
There was much silliness, as I'm sure you can imagine. There was a cash bar, after all, and some of the guys brought stuff with them.
During the party the kids were looked after in a suite of rooms right down the hall from the ball room. They got to eat pizza, watch movies, and for those old enough, do an art project or two. Brandon checked on them regularly, but I made myself stay away. I'd given my number to one of the sitters, and told her to call me if either of them needed anything. So long as they were happy, I didn't want to risk making them unhappy by showing up and then leaving again. I am still nursing, though, so I did go back once to feed Kaylie, but even then, I tried not to draw Elora's attention. Both girls did just fine until we picked them up and headed back to our rooms at about 11.
Good times.


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The Orange County REFORMA Chapter potluck dinner honoring Susan's 2009 Librarian of the Year (LOTY) award was, above all, a night to celebrate her remarkable achievement locally with fellow OC REFORMISTAS and friends. Because some of us were not able to attend the official ceremonies at the National REFORMA Conference in Chicago this past July (Click here for photos), the potluck celebration this past Saturday was the next best thing with regards to honoring Susan's tremendous accomplishment in our own special way. It goes without saying, therefore, that the OC REFORMA Chapter is unquestionably proud of Susan Luevano bringing the 2009 LOTY award, metaphorically speaking, back to the OC, serving as an inspiration for all, particularly our newest Chapter members just beginning to flourish in their own professional careers.
OC REFORMA would like to thank John and Gloria for hosting our wonderful potluck dinner. Their hospitality throughout the evening was sincerely appreciated. In addition, OC REFORMA would like to thank all of the members who attended, considering it is summertime, it was invigorating to see such a large contingent of local Chapter members available for the potluck, a potluck, we might add, consisting of tasty homemade dishes such as succulent pork carnitas, a delectable chicken casserole, and a scrumptious meaty lasagna as well as numerous rich and creamy desserts, a variety of healthy vegetarian side dishes, and a plethora of ice-cold beverages to imbibe during the warm, summer evening. As a side note, OC REFORMA Librarians, not too surprisingly, organize some of the best potlucks hands down in the OC, always filling, always satisfying!
In short, if you were unable to attend Saturday's event then be sure to access our OC REFORMA photo album to view some of the magnificent pictures taken during the potluck.
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Shekhar Suman released his first album Kuch Khwaab Aise in 2008. The event, which will take place at the Pearey Lal Bhawan, is going to mark the beginning of the second leg of the concert, titled 'Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai'. This concert is part of my Dil Se series that I'll be executing with my food friend Randhir Roy."
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Women exploring their faith lives – one Wednesday at a time.
Women's Wisdom on Wednesdays (WWW) is a community of women who meet throughout the year at HNOJ for fellowship and learning. Our objectives are:
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- Explore what it means to be grace-filled women at any stage of life
- Share collective wisdom to better appreciate blessings and deal with challenges
- Generate a deeper appreciation for our Catholic Christian faith and traditions
In our 2019-2020 WWW program, Discipleship: The Way LOVE + the TRUTH = the LIFE, we will explore various facets of God's agape love and his integral truth, discussing what it means to be open to receiving these great gifts. In addition, we'll study several vital fruits of compassion - love in action – and justice – truth in action. Through this program, together we'll learn how, as disciples, we can accept, experience, and share the kinds of love and truth that lead to earthly happiness and everlasting life.
This WWW program consists of four sets (blocks) of four consecutive meetings (10-11:30 a.m.) scheduled at intervals from September through May. You may sign up for individual blocks (for $15 each) or for all four blocks at a discount ($45) when the program first begins. To register, pick up a brochure in the Parish Office or register online.
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Characteristics of God's great love: selflessness; boundlessness; & inclusiveness
Dates: Sept. 11, 18, 25; Oct. 2
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Characteristics of God's great truth: authenticity; righteousness; & trustworthiness
Dates: Oct. 23, 30; Nov. 6, 13
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Fruits of God's love practiced in our lives: kindness & charity; sympathy & empathy; mercy & forgiveness; communion & community
Dates: Jan. 15, 22, 29; Feb. 5
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Fruits of God's truth practiced in our lives: honesty & truthfulness; humility & non-judgmentalism; fairness & equity; communion & community
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Let's be honest about potentially the greatest fear people will have on the rise of AI in the talent acquistion function. The fear is this: can we be using advanced tech such as AI to combat bias when the tech is likely to be coded by some white dudes in San Francisco?
The short answer is: yes.
The longer answer is: keep reading, because this is something people are discussing a lot in the trade show, event, conference world. They need to be discussing it. It's important.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission defines adverse impact as "a substantially different rate of selection in hiring which works to the disadvantage of members of a race, sex or ethnic group."
Oftentimes this is framed up around the 4/5ths, or 80 percent rule: "the selection rate for any group is substantially less (i.e., usually less than 4/5ths or 80%) than the selection rate for the highest group."
Adverse impact is a legal requirement for US employers with 15 or more employees (20 employees for age discrimination cases) to remain compliant with their recruiting.
Obviously it's massively important for organizations to stay compliant in their recruiting practices.
We all also know there's a tendency to throw tech at these issues with the goal of a quick solve. That's a bit trickier with AI. As a rising technology, there are still unethical use cases there that aren't fully fleshed out in talent acquisition. We've long believed that AI, data science, and algorithms can almost wholly eliminate bias in recruiting, but now we're at the point where we need to ask: Is that really true?
As you may have heard, Amazon had to scrap its secret AI recruiting project.
The company's experimental hiring tool used artificial intelligence to give job candidates scores ranging from one to five stars - much like shoppers rate products on Amazon.
"Everyone wanted this holy grail," said someone working internally on the project. "They literally wanted it to be an engine where I'm going to give you 100 resumes, it will spit out the top five, and we'll hire those."
Easily finding quality candidates would be nice, right?
But Amazon's computer models were trained to screen candidates based on patterns in resumes submitted to the company over 10 years. Most came from men, a reflection of male dominance across the tech industry. In essence, then, Amazon's system taught itself that male candidates were preferable.
It penalized resumes that included the word "women's," as in "women's chess club captain." And it downgraded graduates of two all-women's colleges, according to people familiar with the matter.
Clearly, this is a major adverse impact issue from one of the biggest, best-known brands in the world.
It gets a little scary when you consider this stat. CareerBuilder did a survey in 2017 discovering that 55 percent of U.S. hiring managers said AI would be a regular part of their work within the next five years.
Are we heading towards a future we're not in control of, with adverse impact lawsuits left and right?
Thankfully not.
One of the great promises of AI is the ability to interact with large data sets better than a human being could.
What AI can do is analyze an organization's historical hiring data and diversity recruitment metrics, and then identify instances of bias related to age, gender, race, education, or previous employer. Now HR professionals can more easily see their blind spots and course-correct in the future - ensuring they are focusing on the quality of hire based purely on core competencies.
AI programs can also analyze sourcing and screening rates for protected classes. It can ignore specific demographics to stay compliant. After the demographics are essentially redacted, AI can test for adverse impact using the 4/5th rule discussed above.
As Pew Internet live events have been discussing for years, the power of AI for advanced decision-making is too great. We need it in our organizations. The biggest decision many organizations ultimately make is around hiring. After all, it represents your largest amount of money going out, in the form of eventual salaries.
It would stand to reason that being scientific about hiring -- which organizations don't always have a great track record of -- would make a lot of sense to hiring leaders. That logic is fueling the rise of AI (and likely avoiding another "AI Winter").
But yes, there are concerns about bias and adverse impact and we need to keep discussing those possibilities to make sure we avoid them. The tech is getting there, however.
Just last week I spoke at the TATech Leadership Summit on AI & machine learning in talent acquisition and based on the discussion - there's no question it's going to be a force for good in recruiting.
At Oleeo, we're already pretty far along at reducing adverse impact using advanced machine learning tech.
With our Intelligent Selection technology, diversity compliance is built into the product. The playing field is evened out for diverse candidates.
Our customers can proactively limit disparate impact and stay in compliance with established EEOC selection rates. They monitor anonymized data insights on gaps in talent pools and talent pipelines. They focus attraction efforts on candidate relationship management to obtain better representation and diversity hiring, without sacrificing quality of hire.
This is the future: better decisions, more compliant decisions, and less bias in our decisions. It's what all of us in talent acquistion tech should be continually navigating towards.


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The Shadow Has Fallen
Any movie during which I can see a boom mike creep into a shot earns my immediate derision, but I can let it slide. If it happens more than once, I can't just let it go. Thus I sentence Midnight Chronicles to a slow, merciless end.
Midnight Chronicles is based on the RPG Midnight. The evil god Izrador has reigned for 100 years, but when things go wonky he sends dark priest Mag Kiln (Charles Hubbell, Burial Ground) to look into the goings-on. Another dark priest, Tosh Kamar (Steve Sweere, Newton's Disease), has gone missing, but when Mag Kiln tries to find him he instead learns dangerous things about himself…sort of.
The Midnight RPG is part of the Dungeons & Dragons universe. So why didn't the filmmakers go the extra mile and brand it as such? Did they have so little faith in the public's acceptance of another foray into already tried-and-ultimately-unsuccessful D&D films?
Midnight Chronicles is Christian T. Petersen's baby; he wrote, produced, and directed it. Admittedly, seeing the same person handling all three roles is not necessarily a red flag. Christopher Nolan and Judd Apatow have both made very lucrative careers out of doing exactly that. But that's where the similarities end. For while Nolan has created Inception, The Dark Knight, and The Prestige, and Apatow has offered us The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and Funny People; there is no way Midnight Chronicles belongs in the same category, no matter whose wacky dream we're exploring or whose baby we're having.
The main issue with Midnight Chronicles — it's highly derivative of The Lord of the Rings. There's a dark force we don't see, called Izradur (Sauron). There's a mysterious priest connected to a prophecy, who we don't know whether to trust (Strider/Aragorn). There's a simple farmer who feels too connected to his home and family to be able to leave and fight with the rebels (a combo of Frodo/Sam). The elves fight for the side of hope and the orcs fight for the side of doom, for lack of a better word, just like in Peter Jackson's epic.
This movie wanted to be an epic, but with a runtime hovering around 100 minutes it just couldn't. Petersen's cinematic vision was too big for the constraints imposed on it, like people who can't hold a boom mike and editors who didn't pick a better angle.
The palette on Midnight Chronicles is completely washed out; intentionally so, but to no benefit I could discern. The white levels were at times completely blown out, making me want to adjust my set. The Dolby 2.0 audio is serviceable, but that's the highest praise I can give it. There are no extras. While that saved me time, there's another version of this DVD out there that at least has some, including the entire RPG the movie is based on. With so little going for it to begin with, why would you take away the extras?
Skip it and devote a weekend to The Lord of the Rings trilogy.


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Churmuri or puffed rice – perfect ingredient to make a healthy snack. There are a number of ways puffed rice can be used to make a snack. This is a simple recipe where it is tossed with tempered spice mixture. Store it in an air tight container and it will stay fresh for 1-2 weeks. Crunchy, healthy tea time snack or just munch on it when you feel like!
Click here for Churmuri or Bhel Puri recipe.
Puffed Rice – 5 cups
Oil – 2-3 tbsp
Asafoetida – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
Red chilli powder – ½ tsp
Dry red chilli – 2-3
Curry leaves – 10-12
Roasted Bengal Gram dal – ¼ cup
Dry coconut – ¼ cup, thinly sliced
Salt to taste
Raw Peanuts – ½ cup
- Heat oil in a large fry pan or skillet. Fry the peanuts until they are crunchy
- Add the dry red chilli, coconut slices and roasted bengal gram dal and fry for a few more minutes
- Add asafoetida, curry leaves, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt and saute for 1-2 minutes
- Add the puffed rice and mix well
- Once cooled store in an air tight container
- Make sure the churmuri chiwda is completely cooled before storing, else it can lose it's crunch
- Adjust the chilli based on your preference