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Today is my 200th post! That's pretty exciting. Granted, not all of my posts have been about losing weight but rather my goof ups and gaining weight. Today's post isn't too far from that mark. Saturday was supposed to be my long run/walk day but I wasn't feeling it. So, I stayed home and read…all day.
Sunday came along and I read a little bit more (was getting to the end of my book) then made myself get dressed to go workout. I made a deal with myself. I would allow myself to read 1 chapter when I got to the park then 1 more when I finished my workout. Really, all I wanted to do was stay home and finish my book. However, the weather was gorgeous and I was so glad I made myself get out of the house. The walk was supposed to have been 4 miles, which I thought I had made but in reality I only went 3.8 miles. I was ok with that though. Next Saturday is an 8 mile day…yikes! Since I determined that I wanted to be able to run a mile by the end of February, I decided to do some running at the beginning of my workout. Unfortunately, I didn't have pockets except for the ones in my jacket that was tied around my waist. As I was trotting along, my stuff started falling out of my pockets. I guess that's what you get when they're bouncing along! So, I decided to get back to the walk and will continue running on the treadmill this next week and make sure my pants have pockets when I get to the park next time.
That's all I have on the exercise front today. Now, let's discuss food. Saturday my husband came back from the grocery store and dumped the bags off for me to put away. He seemed to be in a good mood as he chatted with me while I was unloading his purchases. All of a sudden he says "I got something for you. But it may make you mad." Now…I don't know about you but when I hear that I'm thinking maybe he got me something to help with my weight loss and he thinks I may get upset by interpreting it as him calling me fat. So, I smile and say "that's sweet of you. I doubt I'll get upset. What did you get?" At this point, Mike leaves the house to go out to the car. When he comes back he's holding these:
Oh my…chocolate covered strawberries…mmmm…. Mike had this expectant look on his face which made me smile. He's such a sweet man! I told him thank you picked up the smallest of the bunch. I offered one to Mike, which he took one of the bigger ones. We work well in that aspect!
I have to say, I was disappointed. It wasn't that good. The chocolate kept crumbling off and the strawberry wasn't very sweet. However, it was the thought that counted! AND…I was not upset with myself for eating one. I may be eating Paleo, but I'm still going to enjoy things from time to time. Mike took the last two to his parents on Sunday.
Then Sunday I had a somewhat bad food day. First, I didn't eat all that much, good food that is. I had a grapefruit for breakfast and some beef jerky later in the day. I had to go by the mall to pick up some items and decided to allow myself one of the small double doozies from the Great Cookie Company. It was yummy! Again, I wasn't going to be upset with myself over that. However, I should have passed it up since I had already had the strawberry the day before. When I got home Mike decided he wanted to go out for dinner. We ended going to Outback where I had a Paleo friendly meal, until dessert. We shared a slice of cheesecake. *sigh*
So, all three of those mishaps were enough to make me mentally slap myself. I don't expect to have lost much this month because I've gone somewhat crazy on my "cheat" days, while I've gotten some control over that the damage has been done. I'm just hoping I haven't gained weight at this point! I need to be strict and stick to my own rules. I only have 1 day a week where I can eat food that is not on my diet. None of this, small piece today and a small piece tomorrow. That leads to a big piece in the long run.
This morning, I decided to try my plant pose again. I ended up with 1 minute this time! Yeah baby…


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Calculating with TimeSee also: Numbers
Even otherwise highly numerate people have been known to throw up their hands in horror at the thought of adding together times.
A system like time, which is not decimal, can be counter-intuitive and requires concentration.
However, with a bit of application, you too can learn how to calculate with time, and gain confidence in manipulating hours, minutes and seconds.
Basic Units of Time
The basic units of time, which allow you to do calculations involving time, are:
|The second is the International System of Units (SI) measurement for time. The symbol 's' is used to denote a second. Seconds are also commonly abbreviated to sec.
|60 Seconds
|A minute nearly always has sixty seconds. However, very occasionally (approx. once every 18 months) a minute can have 61 seconds. These 'leap seconds' are used to keep our clocks aligned to the earth's rotation around the sun.
|60 Minutes
|It is common to talk about 'half an hour' (30 minutes) and 'quarter of an hour' (15 minutes).
|24 hours
|7 days
|It is also common for people to talk about a work week, usually 5 days (Monday - Friday) and weekends (Saturday and Sunday).
|28,29, 30 or 31 days.
|Different months have different numbers of days. All months have either 30 or 31 days except for February. February has 28 days in a common year and an extra day in a leap year; the 29thday of February is called the leap day.
|12 Months
|A year always has 12 months. A year has approximately 52 weeks. A common year has 365 days and a leap year (occurring mostly every 4 years) has 366 days.
|10 Years
|100 Years
|1,000 Years
Years are commonly split into quarters, especially in business and education settings with each quarter being three months or approximately 90 days. Quarters in a specific business or sector may not necessarily be the same as those indicated below:
The number of days in a month varies. All months have the same number of days each year except for February which has 28 days in a common year and 29 in a leap year.
|Quarter 1
|Quarter 2
|Quarter 3
|Quarter 4
As the number of days in a month varies this also means that the number of weeks in a month varies too.
People often use approximations when calculating the number of days in months. For example, it is common to use the assumption that a month contains four weeks, even though only February in a common year actually does so.
This makes it hard to convert from months to weeks and vice versa, unless you know which months are being used, because there is no immediate 'conversion factor'.
Top Tip!
If you are converting between months and weeks, the best way to do so is via years, because they always contain 12 months (even in a leap year).
- To convert months to weeks, divide by 12 and multiply by 52.
- To convert weeks to months, divide by 52 and multiply by 12.
The answers you get will be good approximations.
Writing Time
There are many different ways to write time. The simplest (digital) form is as written hh.mm or hh:mm, for example 10.21 or 10:21.
Hours may be either divided into 24 or two lots of 12, in which case all those before noon are designated am (ante meridiem) and those after noon are pm (post meridiem). For example 4:10pm is the same time as 16:10.
You can also describe time in words, such as 'ten minutes past/after twelve', or 'ten past twelve'. Up to half way through an hour, we describe 'minutes past' the hour; beyond 'half past' we talk about minutes to/before the next hour.
Calculations of How Much Time has Passed
You may need to do calculations of how much time has passed, for example, to work out the end time of an examination, how long you will have to wait for a train, or perhaps to calculate race results.
If time is described in words, you will need to convert it into a digital form in order to do any calculations.
It is also simpler to use the 24 hour clock to avoid any confusion, unless all your figures are either am or pm.
Example time formats:
Calculating the Passage of Time
In the normal way of things, to calculate how much one thing is greater than another you would simply subtract one from another. However, subtracting time is complicated because it's not decimal. Instead of the columns being hundreds, tens and units, they are hours, minutes and seconds.
Top Tip
If you have a scientific electronic calculator, you will almost certainly have a button that will calculate time. Technically, it's for degrees but as there are 60 minutes in a degree, and 60 seconds in a minute, you can also use it to calculate time.
The button will have a symbol like this:
At the very least, you should be able to use that to convert time to decimals and back again, making calculations much easier.
The other way of calculating how much time has passed between Time A and Time B is:
- Work out how many minutes from Time A to the next hour (or minute, if in minutes and seconds).
- Work out how many hours between that next hour, and the last whole hour before Time B.
- Work out how many minutes from the whole hour until time B.
- Add these three numbers together.
Worked Examples
Pat was due to catch a train at 11.44am, which she has just missed. The next train is not until 1.17pm. How long will she have to wait?
Before you start, convert all the numbers to 24-hour clock for ease. 11.44am becomes 1144 and 1.17pm becomes 1317.
- The number of minutes from 11:44 to 12:00 (the next hour) is 16.
- The number of hours from 12:00 to 13:00 is one.
- The number of minutes from 13:00 to 13:17 is 17.
The total time that Pat will have to wait is 1 hour plus (16 + 17) minutes = 1 hour 33 minutes.
I am organising a series of canoe races, and have synchronised clocks for the start and the finish. The plan is for the first race to start at about 30 minutes after synchronisation, then four more races to start at 2-minute intervals after that, but it never works exactly. The starter keeps a record of the exact times, and it turns out that on this occasion, races started at 28:02, 30:00, 32:15, 34:40 and 37:00.
The finish line has a clock, which is exactly synchronised with the start clock, and the finisher records the time on the clock when the racers cross the finish line.
For each of the following finish times, work out how long the competitor took (click on the + icons to see the working and answers):
James started at 28:02 and finished at 59:02. How convenient, there are no additional seconds! You can simply subtract 28 from 59, and discover that he took 31 minutes exactly.
Simon started at 34:40 and finished at 1:10:34. It's probably easier to call that (60+10) = 70:34. From 34:40 to 35:00 is 20 seconds. From 35:00 to 70:00 is 35 minutes. From 70:00 to 70:34 is 34 seconds. Simon therefore took 35 minutes plus 34 seconds plus 20 seconds = 35:54 minutes
Mary started at 30:00 exactly, and finished at 1:15:02, or 75:02. Again, this is quite straightforward. There are no seconds before the next minute, but there are 45 minutes from 30:00 to 75:00, and 2 seconds from 75:00 to 75:02. She therefore took 45:02 minutes.
The most important thing when calculating with time is to check whether the answer looks about right?
If your two numbers are less than an hour apart, is your answer less than an hour? If they are about 2 hours apart when you look at them, is your answer? If not, you may have lost or gained some time somewhere!
If you want to know more about 'about right' take a look at our page on Estimation, Approximation and Rounding.
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Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has confirmed that location-based features will be launched on the social network in the near future.
The confirmation came during a Facebook Developers Garage event in London. Zuckerberg said, "We are finishing designing our application soon and hope to offer it soon."
Ever since Twitter talked about delivering location-based services, there has been speculation about Facebook following their lead and launching some location-based features.
The New York Times was probably the first to report, in March, that Facebook would allow users to share their location details by April. When that did not happen, Advertising Age said in May, that the features would be launched by June.
Facebook reportedly had to put aside several projects that were in the developmental stages, including the location feature, in order to sort out the problems that arose from their new privacy interface.
Now that Twitter has already gone live with Places, the Facebook team has made the time to concentrate on building location awareness. However, there is still no clarity about how the features will function and how they will affect the user as well as the market. If history is anything to go by, it will most likely be very similar to Twitter Places!


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Ken Ham here and Georgia Purdom here have made a response to this blog on the AiG website.
I just recently got back from Ken Ham's Creation Museum with a couple of other seminary friends. In this post I won't be clamoring about the "abuse of science" or thundering party lines for either an old or young earth position like other reviews online. I also won't be discussing the length of the days of Genesis. (If you're wondering, I largely side with John Walton's discussion of the seven days in the context of ancient Mesopotamian temple cosmology.) Here we will be doing something much more radical—looking at a couple of Answers in Genesis' (AiG) claims and examining what sorts of interpretations the original language texts can and cannot sustain. There I go again insisting on all that boring exegetical stuff.
Walking through the museum, I was appalled by the colossal fortune expended on ideas that are obviously deficient in erudition within ancient Near Eastern history and modern Biblical studies.
Take a gander at this exhibit of Moses holding the Ten Commandments next to Saruman.
Since this is a history museum, why are the Commandments written in the ashuri block script—a script that wasn't adopted until the 5th century? Why do the Ten Commandments contain diacritical vowel points which weren't invented until the Masoretes operating in the Middle Ages? Why did the creators of this exhibit go through the labors to add such anachronistic elements which are explained in the introductory pages of any Hebrew 101 textbook? Either they didn't care (but why then is so much pain dedicated to detail?), or this is indicative the persons behind it have never had the requisite Biblical training. But if they have never had requisite Biblical training why should we care what they have to say about other elements of Biblical interpretation? Surely I'm over exaggerating. I know what you're thinking: "Ben, it's not like historical issues like vowel points and scribes like the Masorites has significant impact on our theology, right?"
I'm sure the suspense from that rhetorical question is killing you.
AiG assumes on the basis of traditional translations which understand Genesis 1.1 as an absolute temporal clause (*yawn,* I know) that the words "the beginning" circumscribe the creation of the universe itself. They take "the beginning" to be the absolute beginning of our universe—of space-time.
"A young-earth person can say, 'this is the only and first ראשׁית,' but such a claim does not proceed directly from the grammar; it interprets the meaning of the text in light of a view brought to the text from some other place. And an old-earth person can say, 'this relativizes the claims Genesis 1.1-3 makes so that the old-earth and the big-bangity-bang are not disallowed by the text'. Take your pick, but you must do it based on texts or issues outside Gen 1.1-3; the decision cannot be tied directly to the grammar of the passage since the grammar allows for both."
|Origen, Clement of Alexandria, Athanaius of Alexandria, Augustine and Hilary of Poitier:
Not exactly "philosophers and scientists of the Enlightenment."
In the poetic verse structure, "tail" (Hebrew: zanav) is paralleled with the Hebrew word pachad, translated "thighs." This word "thighs" only appears once in the Bible, but we know its meaning through Aramaic and a cognate Arabic word (Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic are related languages). In Aramaic literature, it refers to the testicles. This is why the KJV translates this word "stones," and it's why Jewish scholars like Rashi and Ibn Ezra interpreted it as "testicles." The Latin Vulgate likewise uses the word testiculorum, and modern Hebrew experts like Stephen Mitchell and Robert Alter have also opted for translations reflecting language of virility.
In a nutshell, Behemoth was a bovine personification of cosmic chaos (the word Behemoth in Hebrew is an intensified form of a common word for cow and he is paired with the known chaos dragon Leviathan), and the reference to his "tail" is a Near Eastern euphemism for virility.
|The museum has one of these "flying
serpents sitting over the gift shop
"There is also mention of a flying serpent in the Bible: the 'fiery flying serpent' (Isaiah 30:6). This could be a reference to one of the pterodactyls, which are popularly thought of as flying dinosaurs, such as the Pteranodon, Rhamphorhynchus, or Ornithocheirus."
If you were reading closely you probably noticed that the Hebrew term used for "serpent" in these Isaiah passages is similar to the term Isaiah uses in the throne room scene of chapter 6 to describe a category of divine beings called seraphim. (Interpreting scripture with scripture, crazy idea, right!) If you're catching my drift, and you think it's weird I'm suggesting the "fiery flying serpent" of Ham's passage is actually a divine being, hold tight. I'll let you in on a secret:
|Notice the creature was associated
with (and represented) the pharaoh's
throne as is obvious in this image of
Tutankhamun's throne.
|Joines emphasizes the wealth of these
representations in the tombs of Rameses IV
and Tutankhamun.
Frankly, it's rather silly to claim Jewish Babylonian exiles (who feared their scriptures were refuted and that God had finally abandoned them for good when Jerusalem fell) should have any reason to care about velociraptors, even if that alluring man in Song of Solomon mysteriously seems to be a description of Jeff Goldblum (been trying to work that Godblum reference in since the first paragraph).
This is a bone I have with AiG. Adrienne Mayor from Stanford wrote a famous dissertation in which she pinpointed the geographic origins of dragons and other popular myths and found that those locations overlapped heavily with known ancient fossil beds. Her books trace ancient fossil hunting history and mythology in regions like Native North America, Greece and Rome. It's not just dragons. People in the ancient world are known to have offered fossil remains of griffins, centaurs, cyclopes, and giants too. If you are an ancient Roman at a construction site and your team exhumes a giant reptilian skeleton, you are going to believe in a past age of dragons; if you are an ancient Scythian nomad and you encounter protoceratops remains in the desert you are going to interpret them as a griffin; if you are an ancient Sioux who finds himself upon pteranodon remains you are going to invent the thunderbird legend. In many cases it is certain that ancient people were offering extinct animal fossils as the origin of mythological creatures. We are able to go to the fossil beds and check for ourselves because, in a few cases, the ancients told us exactly where they were. (They named some of them!) This is the mainstream view of modern anthropology. If you were to visit the Mythic Creatures exhibit at the Fraizer History Museum here in Louisville, you would find Mayor cited ubiquitously on these issues. It's an extremely powerful and convincing thesis.
I also got a kick out of the realization the museum perpetuates the myth that Voltaire's mansion was turned into a printing house. You can read a refutation of the myth here. The kicker, the Answers in Genesis website, in an article entitled, "Arguments Creationists Should Avoid" warns against Christians making this claim.
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One person was killed after a small plane crashed in a residential area of northern Douglas County, east of I-25, the night of May 11.
About 9 p.m., a Cirrus SR22 went down near RidgeGate Parkway …
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The Douglas County Coroner's Office identified the pilot of the plane as Robert D. Marquis, 67, of Glade Park, Colorado. He was flying solo.
The plane, a Cirrus SR22, went down near RidgeGate Parkway and Pastel Point, an area between Lone Tree and Parker, just west of the Stepping Stone neighborhood. Debris was spread over more than an acre in the vacant field, only several hundred yards from homes, and two blocks from a community park, swimming pool and popular walking trail that wound around the crash area.
Resident Baylor Bland was home with his famiy, windows open to enjoy the fresh air, when he heard what he thought was the loud whining and shifting of a motorcycle speeding at abut 8:30 p.m.
"It sounded like a (motorcycle) — I thought it was over at Ridge Gate," said Bland. "Then all of a sudden, I heard a loud thump, and it sounded like all the air was being let out of a big vacuum. I didn't really think it could be a plane, because we have so many coming over here that it didn't seem possible."
The crash, which South Metro Fire Rescue described as a "high-speed impact," threw a chunk of the engine, approximately 3 feet long, into the side of a home several hundred yards away, where it was embedded several inches between two windows. None of the neighborhood's residents were injured.
"I don't know if the pilot was trying to miss the houses, but we were so lucky," said Bland. "It's only a couple hundred yards from hitting all of these houses."
The plane had either recently taken off from or was headed to nearby Centennial Airport, according to various media reports. Through Twitter, the airport deferred questions on the crash to South Metro Fire Rescue.
Personnel from South Metro, the Lone Tree Police Department, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, the Parker Police Department, Centennial Airport and the National Transportation Safety Board were on scene after the crash, according to a City of Lone Tree spokeswoman.
The morning after the crash, NTSB personnel and Lone Tree police officers continued to work the scene, according to Lone Tree's Twitter account.
The Cirrus SR22 has a wingspan of about 38 feet and is 26 feet in length, according to cirrusaircraft.com.
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Here is Gilgamesh, in his modern look. With him, few are the Eternals I haven't made. The hardest thing on this custom was... discerning how the model was supposed to be! it only has few images on the net, all in "modern-drawing-very-impressive-but-not-really-showing-what-the-heck-it-is" style. I hope I've get it right.
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The Department of Social Services (DSS) Division of Child Care Licensing Regulations identifies specific topic areas for training that meets the annual requirements. Below is a description of each topic area:
Curriculum Activities for children encompasses training that guides teachers in setting up a learning environment and using appropriate classroom materials and activities that meet the learning needs of children within the age group they teach. Training in this category may also include how to use a specific curriculum model, i.e. the Creative Curriculum or High/Scope. Some topics are music, activities to promote development, indoor/outdoor activities, learning centers, room arrangement, art, and children's literature.
Child Growth and Development covers topics associated with children's developmental domains including physical, social, emotional, language, and cognitive development. Examples include stages of infancy, gross motor development, and brain development research.
Child Guidance is training in guidance and classroom management techniques. Strategies used to guide children's behavior can also be addressed. Some examples include positive guidance techniques, anger management for children, reducing conflict and aggression, and specific issues relating to behaviors such as biting, hitting, or tantrums.
Health and Safety focuses on training in health and safety issues with young children. Some examples include blood borne pathogens, fire safety, hygiene practices, playground safety, infection and illness control, and sanitation procedures.
Professional Development is training that allows teachers to gain knowledge that enhances their ability within the field of early childhood education. Some examples include stress management, reporting child abuse and neglect, involving families and communities in your program, communicating with parents, and ethics in the early childhood profession.
Program Administration meets the needs of directors as they learn ways to manage their child care centers or family/group homes. This training is targeted specifically for directors and may encompass trainings in Child Care Regulations, tax laws, record keeping, staff supervision, human resources management, scheduling, and emergency preparedness.
Nutrition includes training that guides teachers in proper nutrition for children and food preparation guidelines. Some examples include training on the food pyramid, healthy snack options, and menu planning.
Special Needs includes training that helps teachers identify atypical development in young children. Examples may include how to refer children for further assessment, make classroom adaptations for differing needs, and communicate with and support parents in providing for children's individual needs.
The DSS regulations refer to the topic area of Early Childhood Education. This is not a specific topic area for the training system as all training needs relate to early childhood education. Primarily, children between the ages of birth and five years attend child care programs. After that age, DSS only regulates them in licensed after-school programs.


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Apple (AAPL) reported earnings last week and the stock suffered a significant sell-off afterwards.
On the other hand, Facebook (FB) also reported earnings last week and the stock advanced significantly.
Facebook obviously reported earnings that exceeded analyst's estimates, while Apple's report disappointed the street.
But the difference between the two stocks runs much, much deeper than just their latest earnings report.
One company is in its prime, while the other one is well past it. Let's take a closer look.
As a professional money manager, I took a lot of calls from clients and prospects back in 2012 as Facebook was getting ready to go public. It was one of the most anticipated IPO's of all time.
My advice back then was to give Facebook one year as a publically traded company and then consider buying it. Looking back, that was pretty good advice.
Facebook's IPO was a big flop. It hit $45 on opening day, and then eventually traded all the way down to $17 per share. There were a lot of disappointed and angry shareholders. It was even called "Faceplant" for a while. The stock stumbled very badly out of the gate.
Facebook did earn $0.50 per share in earnings that first year, however. That was a good start. It can take many years for a lot of brand new publically traded companies to turn a profit-some never do. It was now time to see how Facebook could build on that initial year of earnings.
Believe it or not, Facebook has grown their earnings at an average clip of 51% per year since then. Earnings growth and stock price appreciation almost always go hand in hand.
Facebook has not been a publically traded company for five years yet, but the shares do have a three year track by now. The three-year average return has been 63.2% per year. That return is very close to its earnings growth rate.
By comparison, the S&P 500 has delivered an average annual return of 9.5% over the last three years. There is quite a bit of alpha in those Facebook shares!
Over the last twelve months the shares of Facebook are up 44.7%, while the S&P 500 is down 1.8%. Facebook's cup of alpha runneth over!
Now just for fun, let's take a look at Apple's earnings growth over the last five years. While Facebook has been averaging 51% in average annual earnings growth, Apple has been running at a much more tepid growth number of just 19% per year.
All things being equal, slower earnings growth leads to lower capital appreciation. As you can see from the graphic below, Apples shares have averaged 15.6% per year in capital appreciation over the last five years.
Data from Best Stocks Now App
Over the last three years, the shares of Apple have delivered an average annual total return of 19.2% per year. What was Facebook's average returns again? Oh yeah-63.2%!
As you can also see from the graph above, Apple shares are down a whopping 26% over the last twelve months. During that same period of time, Facebook's shares are up 44.7%. That is quite a performance gap between the two stocks!
Is the stock of Facebook really that much better than the stock of Apple? In my opinion, the answer is a resounding yes!
We have now compared the performance of the two stocks. The performance of Facebook has run circles around the performance of Apple.
We have already discussed the earnings growth of the two companies. Facebook has been growing it earnings by 51% per year over the last five years, while Apple has grown by just 19% per year.
But wait, it gets even worse than that! Look at the most recent quarter of the two companies: Facebook reported sales that were 52% greater than the same comparable quarter from last year.
By contrast, Apple reported sales that were 13% lower than the same quarter last year. That is plus 52 vs. minus 13! It appears that Apple's sales have peaked for now, and are now in decline. It is also obvious that Facebook's growth is in full stride.
But it still gets even worse for Apple. Earnings from their most recent quarter were 18% lower than last year, while Facebook's earnings were up 83%! Facebooks earnings are still accelerating, while Apple earnings are now in reverse.
But what about value? How can you pass on a prime technology stock like Apple trading at just 11X earnings?
I saw a money manager on one of the financial channels just drooling over Apple's low PE ratio. That was before they reported their earning last week. He must be backing up his truck by now.
I do not own a truck, and if I did I would not be loading it up with shares of Apple.
The stock is trading at a low multiple for a reason. Growth is slowing down faster than you can say "Apple watch."
But are Apple's shares really that cheap? Apple's shares are currently trading at a premium to its anticipated 5 year growth rate.
That's right. As you can see from the graphic below, the PEG ratio of the shares is currently 1.12.
Data from Best Stocks Now App
The stock still has decent upside potential over the next five years, but I am not real confident in the current consensus five-year average growth rate of 9.2%. I think that a five-year valuation of about $150 is more like it.
I have a proprietary ranking and grading system that takes into account performance, valuation, quality, and technical patterns. When I weigh all of those factors, Apple currently gets a very dull grade of C+ overall, and it is ranked at 2,814 out the 4,118 stocks, mutual funds, and ETF's in my database.
I have not owned Apple for about one year and I have no interest in it currently.
Believe it or not Facebook on the other hand, despite its recent monster move, is still trading at a DISCOUNT to its GROWTH RATE.
That's right, check it out…
Facebook is currently trading at 28X next year's earnings estimates. This compares to an anticipated five-year growth rate of 33.7% per year. This give Facebook a PEG ratio of 0.83. Facebook is trading at a discount to its growth rate, while Apple is trading at a premium to its growth rate.
I have a five-year target price of $215 on the shares of Facebook.
When I combine the performance, value, quality, and technical pattern of Facebook I get a proprietary grade of B+ and an overall ranking of 126.
Facebook continues to be good-sized position at Gunderson Capital Management.
It looks to me like Facebook is the new Apple.


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Saturday, May 10, 2014
Six Things on a Saturday
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You have lots going on. Maybe that's why you're getting interesting ideas? I think being busy makes us more creative.ReplyDeleteReplies
This could be true! Having something always going on does keep the wheels up there turning. =)Delete
Good luck learning a stick :) I hate driving a stick shift. Ugh. On one level it's fun, but on another, stressful to learn.ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh, yeah, I'd hate for my everyday drive to be a stick. Like I've told my husband(he drives a stick all the time), I don't want to have to think to drive. I just wanna throw it in gear and go! =)Delete
So many awesome things! And I really want to make it to BEA someday! Bucket list for sure!ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes! I am so making it happen in 2016 when it's in Chicago. I've already decided to start saving my change for the hotel expense. =)Delete
Congrats on getting into The Writers Voice and best of luck with the agents! And I loved What the Moon Said~ hope you like it, too :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Jessica! And from what I've read of it so far, I think I really will!Delete
BEA in Chicago? Cool! Only a six hour drive for me...ReplyDelete
Glad you received WHAT THE MOON SAID. I had dinner last Monday with Gayle. What a dear, sweet woman.Replies
I bet that was fun! And Chicago's a little over three for me, woo-hoo! =)Delete
Ideas... I hope one grabs and doesn't let go.ReplyDeleteReplies
Me too! Sometimes that's the only way new books get written.Delete
Good luck with The Writer's Voice. Hope the new idea sticks. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Katie! So do I. =)Delete
Woot! Congrats on getting picked for a team. That's great!ReplyDelete
I love the pictures of the books you won. I particularly smiled that Bloom had petals with it. That's a cool idea.Replies
It really is! I would totally do something like that if I'm every lucky enough to be sending out a book w/my name on it. =) And thanks!Delete
My sister lives in Chicago, so I may have to make a trip to BEA in 2016!ReplyDeleteReplies
Cool beans! If you do, we will definitely have to meet up!Delete
Ooooo, a book launch party - very fun! And BEA - I went to NY last year - you will love it! Lots to look forward to =DReplyDeleteReplies
I remember your post on it! (and my twinge of envy, if I'm honest here) =D It won't be for another two years, but as time seems to fly by, I'm sure it'll be here before I know it!Delete
Hooray! Thanks for the shout out, Leandra! <333ReplyDeleteReplies
Anytime, Kathryn! =)Delete
I didn't think BEA changed locations. But I can do Chicago if that's where it is. I do enjoy NYC though.ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh, yeah, I'd love to get to visit it in NYC someday. It sounds like it's just something they're trying out to see how it goes? Here's a link if you're interested: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bea/article/59772-bea-moves-to-chicago-in-2016-where-next.htmlDelete
I need to learn how to drive stick shift too, but not for the same reason. :). Sounds like a really cool idea.ReplyDeleteReplies
Knowing how seems like a good idea, especially if there's an emergency and that's all you've got! =)Delete
- AnonymousMay 13, 2014 at 10:08 AM
Lots of great stuff going on--good for you!ReplyDelete
I am horribly scatterbrained sometimes when it comes to choosing what I should be working on. I'll get into a WIP, then be inspired by another idea and want to start it instead. Then, I end up missing my other WIP and go back. Congrats on winning such awesome goodies! And good luck with The Writer's Voice :)ReplyDeleteReplies
For sure, Genissa- there's nothing like the siren call of a shiny new idea! Been there so many times... ;)Delete
nothing like having a fresh new idea to start! :) Great list-- so much to be excited about (BEA! BEA!)ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, BEA! *pumps fist in the air* Two years away, but still- BEA! BEA! Lol! =)Delete
There's so much good stuff on this post! I've always wanted to go to BEA too - so awesome that you know you get to go! And what a great pile of goodies...ReplyDeleteReplies
My French Bull Dog piggy bank(did that just make any sense...) is happily accepting my pennies to start saving up for the trip. =)Delete
I wanna go to BEA! It would be so much fun! I also want to read Camelot Burning! And you won tons of books--look who's lucky! ;)ReplyDeleteReplies
Me, me! =D And Camelot Burning is really good so far!Delete
Sci fi with cars? That sounds super cool. And congratulations on winning those books with yummy covers.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Julie! It's super cool in my head, but yanno, the whole translation to the page thing, called actually writing it...Well, we'll see! ;)Delete
- AnonymousMay 15, 2014 at 5:33 PM
I love new story ideas and winning books.ReplyDelete
I want to go to BEA one day. I know I will.Replies
Yup, after getting books for gifts, winning them is the next best thing! And here's to us both getting to BEA someday. =)Delete
Congrats on being selected for the Writers Voice!!! Wahoo! And on all your goodie wins - that's awesome. I would love to go to BEA too someday. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Kimberly! So many good, bookish dreams out there. =)Delete
Congrats on getting onto a team! And on all your free books, plus the 2016 BEA news! Congrats to Kathryn on her new book - who doesn't love Camelot?ReplyDeleteReplies
Exactly! Here's a little detail I'm loving so far- the knights where kohl around their eyes. How steampunkishly awesome is that? =)Delete
Great celebrations! Congrats on getting onto a team! Congrats to Kathryn on her new book!ReplyDelete
And way to go with progress on a new story!Replies
Thank you, Tyrean! It's a good feeling. =)Delete
BEA is going to be in Chicago in 2016? Seriously? I'll see you there! You know, I never really looked into it, but I always just assumed it was in NY and I might never get there. Really, this is GREAT news.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, isn't it fantastic?! I think it's kind of a trial run on their part to see how it goes having it in other cities. I want to hug whoever thought of it. And, yes, I will totally see u there!Delete
I wish we have an equivalent to BEA here and have awesome authors attend, and hurray for winning a book. I won Steelheart a few weeks back, and it was signed :)ReplyDeleteReplies
A signed Steelheart? Awesomesauce! I loved that book.Delete


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Responsible for all aspects of managing the Italian kitchen and ensuring the quality preparation of all menu items and proper handling or storage of all food items in accordance with standarts.
Coordinate the purchase of all food and develops menus.
Take care of a small team of staff and ensure the highest standards of Italian food preparation and elivery to the hotel guests.
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Saturday==>OK, my loyal and faithful readers and followers, let's get right to it ...
It is freezing cold this morning here in The Big Apple, The Greatest City In The World. Yes ... at 8:30am it is 13º, with wind chill it is down to ... -4º.
It is so misleading because it is sunny with beautiful blue skies and only a few puffy clouds ... but ... man ... stick your arm out the window and you will immediately feel the difference. Brrrrrrr!!
The forecast is for the high to be in the low 20s and the wind chill to remain in the low teens.
Why all this weather news? Well ... because at the moment Billi Pod is unsure if he will even consider leaving the warm and cozy confines of his apartment to brave the elements to attend some entertainment event, either afternoon or evening.
Yeah ... I know ... I know ... but folks ... the sidewalks are icy and the wind chill is in the single digits ... is it worth going out in the elements? Is it? We will see ...
So ... stay tuned.
Moving on to Billi Pod's report card on last night's entertainment event ...
The Off Broadway show ...
THE DOG LOGS, if you have ever wondered what your dog was thinking The Dog Logs helps with the stories of eleven different dogs, brought vividly to life in monologue form==>B
The premise is interesting and that is ... we humans have no idea what our dogs are thinking, what their lives are really like and what little they understand about their masters/mistresses.
Some of the stories were funny, some sad and a few too many just dull. Overall it wasn't nearly as funny as I had anticipated/expected.
The cast of 11 performers did an excellent job delivering their monologues.
Billi Pod says==>worth seeing with a discounted or comp. tix.
This show is playing at the Times Square Arts Center on West 43rd Street, has a running time of 1:00, without intermission, and runs through Sunday.
So ... there you have it my loyal and faithful readers and followers ... unfortunately, Billi Pod is beginning to feel the onset of cabin fever ... oh well ...
In closing==>A HAPPY BIRTHDAY shout-out to my dear friend and fraternity brother Bob Kent of Jacksonville, FL, who is celebrating #74 today. Have a great day BK. Love to you and Chris.
Oh ... at noon it has warmed up ... yeah ... it is now 19º, with wind chill down to 5º.
Total mileage for 2015==>124.09 miles (average 4.14 miles per day)
Billi Pod
"Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.


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Southern film actress Trisha Krishnan agreed to be part of her upcoming bilingual horror-comedy "Nayaki" after just five minutes of the film's narration, says director Govi.
"It took just five minutes of narration to convince Trisha to do the film. I wasn't sure when she said 'yes' the first time, so I even asked her again to confirm it. She felt the script had the potential to be a hit and even be liked by critics," Govi told IANS.
The film's story is set in 1980s and Trisha will be seen as a 20-year-old.
For the first time in her career, Trisha plays a dual role.
Also starring Ganesh Venkatraman, Jayaprakash, Brahmanandam and Arya Rajesh, the film is simultaneously being shot in Tamil as "Nayagi".


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Tag: Somalia
Little data exists on the effectiveness of psychological interventions for children with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that has resulted from exposure to war or conflict-related violence, especially in non-industrialised countries. The authors created and evaluated the efficacy of KIDNET, a child-friendly version of Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET), as a short-term treatment for children. Six Somali children… Read more
Kenya has been providing protection and lifesaving assistance to refugees since the 1960s. During the 1990s refugee influxes were witnessed from Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia. While returns took place as the situation improved in places of origin for Sudanese to South Sudan and Ethiopians to Ethiopia, a significant number of refugees remained and continue to… Read more
This report is an exploratory piece of work which aims to contribute to the design of DFID Somalia's post-2016 health programming through achieving a deeper understanding of the role and current dynamics of the private sector in the health sector in Somalia and developing recommendations for private sector engagement. Health was one of four pillars… Read more
The overall aim of the Situational Analysis in Somalia is for government, donors and the UN to gain a greater understanding of existing interventions towards ending Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), and to identify gaps so as to be able to strengthen the current interventions and inform future programming. There are two parts to the report:… Read more
The objective of the Somali Youth Livelihoods Program (SYLP), known locally as Shaqodoon, was to establish systems that bridge supply and demand with necessary support to young people and employers. It aimed to provide Somali youth with a greater opportunity to access work opportunities. This evaluation presents quantitative and qualitative information and data that indicate… Read more
The purpose of this assignment was to support the Human Resources for Health (HRH) Donor Working Group to review the implications of the introduction of the medium-level pay scale for health workers on each of the programmes they fund in Somalia (with a focus on the Global Fund, GAVI, JHNP, Health Consortium for the Somali… Read more
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Using YouTube for Education
YouTube allows billions of people to discover, create, and share originally created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform and inspire others across the globe and acts as a platform for content creators, teachers and advertisers.
As an educator, whether you are considering using videos in your lesson plans, adding historical videos into your social science class, or conducting a video field trip of ancient Roman ruins, YouTube is a great tool for better teaching and learning.
Get Started in the Classroom
In the following Basics and Advanced lessons you will learn more about the benefits and use of YouTube in class. As a start, here are three common scenarios teachers come across each day.
Features and Benefits
YouTube allows you to find videos on many topics from around the world. YouTube EDU is Google's library of 700,000+ high-quality educational videos from partners like Khan Academy, Stanford and TED-Ed. There are a variety of benefits associated with using YouTube in your class:
- YouTube engages students through multimedia
- YouTube EDU videos offer an alternative way to learn new content versus using text-based materials
- YouTube EDU allows you to quickly discover playlists on topics such as ELA, Math, Science, and Social Science
- YouTube allows you to search and filter results (e.g. by video length) to make sure you are getting the best content for your class
To find content that suits your needs, start on the YouTube EDU homepage. Search the content to find videos to support lessons. Create playlists to keep track of videos you want to watch later.
Teachers can also create a channel on YouTube to showcase playlists of favorite videos from across YouTube to introduce or reinforce topics. You can also use your channel to upload videos created by you or your students.
If you have created a channel, you can download the YouTube Creator Studio app to manage your uploads on the go. Creator Studio is a tool that allows you to upload and edit your own videos and manage your channels all from one place. Students can create their own videos to demonstrate their learning while explaining a topic or process. You may also track engagement using YouTube Analytics.
YouTube in the classroom has privacy controls available through a feature called Safety Mode. This is a setting that helps screen-out potentially objectionable content that you do not want students to see. Google uses community flagging, age restrictions, and other signals, to identify and filter inappropriate content so your students can learn using videos.
With YouTube, you have the freedom to create and customize just the right amount and type of learning material for students to meet their learning goals.
Educational People to Subscribe to their Channels on YouTube
Google For Education – Using Google Apps for Education
ITSCO – Technology Support Company in Central Ohio
Jeffrey Bradbury – Teacher Cast
Office of Ed Tech – Office of Education Technology at the US Department of Education
The Gooru – Everything and Anything You Would Need to Know about Google Apps
DottoTech – All About Technology, Podcasts, and Screencasts (My Mentor)
Veritasium – An Element of Truth
C.G.P. Grey – Everything and Anything
Minute Physics – Cool Physics and other Sweet Science
Crash Course – Tons of Awesome Course in one Awesome Channel
Numberphile – All About Numbers
SeymourEducate – Technology Integration from the PLSD Instructional Technology Team
How to Use Online Video in Your Classroom
From Edutopia – Jennifer Hillner – http://www.edutopia.org/youtube-educational-videos-classroom
It's one thing to talk about Mount St. Helens erupting in science class. It's another thing altogether to watch a video of the mountain's summit exploding into dust. Teachers all across the country are finding that judiciously chosen videos help students engage more deeply with the subject matter, and recall the information they've learned longer.
"A lot of students these days expect information to be presented in a flashy, entertaining way, so videos can help draw them in," says Larry Sanger, executive director of WatchKnowLearn, a site that collects education-related videos. High school student Patrick Greaney still remembers a photosynthesis video he watched in class at Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, that featured a catchy tune. "The song stuck in my head and made me remember the process better," he recalls.
Your YouTube Primer
Though YouTube is blocked in many classrooms because of inappropriate materials on the site, there are many valuable videos that do further learning. The site lists an ever-growing collection of excellent educational content, everything from President Obama's weekly addresses to algebraic demonstrations.
In fact, in late 2011, YouTube for Schools was introduced, an opt-in program that allows schools to access thousands of educational videos from vetted YouTube channels like PBS, TED, and Khan Academy in a safe and controlled environment; the teachers and admins choose what videos are available to their students.
Short of joining the YouTube for Schools program, here are a other few ways to separate the wheat from the chaff:
- Limit your searches to respected sources. Most established newspapers, museums, libraries, radio stations, and institutions have specific channels on YouTube where they collect their content. Just search by the name of the outlet on YouTube (say, the Teaching Channel), and that organization's channel will pop up. From there, you can search exclusively within the Teaching Channel's content.
- Check out the teachers channel on YouTube. It starts with a ten-step tutorial on how to use YouTube in your classroom, with many more tips available if you join the YouTube Teachers Community and sign up for the e-newsletter. Teachers and students can upload videos here or create playlists from those already available, which range from Khan Academy's explanation of the Cuban Missile Crisis to a rap about the Krebs cycle.
- Try the YouTube education channel. It allows users to search within it for videos on a wide range of academic subjects. Most of the content is aimed at university-level students, but may be accessible for younger ones, too.
When choosing clips for the classroom, keep them short. This gives you time to discuss what you've just shown and its significance to the larger lesson. Once you've identified a video, there are several ways to bring it to the classroom.
First, register with YouTube. Set up a video playlist or a collection of favorites, then click them to stream the videos from a laptop. Just remember that YouTube videos are often removed without notice, so the clip you watched at home last night may not be there the next morning. Also, your school or school district might block access to the site.
Many people are tempted to download videos from YouTube to show them in classrooms where YouTube is blocked. According to YouTube's terms of use, you're not supposed to download unless you see a download link, in order to protect video creators' rights, so you may not want to take this route.
The good news is that YouTube now offers Creative Commons-licensed videos, which are automatically safe to use. You can even modify or edit them into your own videos using the YouTube Video Editor. Enter specific keywords into YouTube's main search bar as you normally would ("biology lectures," for instance), then click on the "Filter & Explore" tab to the far left. In the middle of the drop-down list are the words "creative commons." Click here and all the videos that appear under your search term will be Creative-Commons licensed.
If the content you're interested in doesn't come with a Creative Commons tag, it helps to know that the fair use clause in the Copyright Law of the United States allows the use of works without permission for teaching. Still, the user must adhere to some key regulations that can be vague and confusing.
One thing is clear, though: Any material first published after 1978 is copyright protected. You can find theU.S. Copyright Office's educational-use guidelines (PDF) in Circular 21. The University System of Georgia links to a fair use checklist; you can also email the video's maker for permission.
YouTube doesn't typically offer a way to download and save most videos directly. But if you have permission and would like to download from YouTube, there are a variety of ways the resourceful user can download videos:
- If you use Firefox, you can use the free DownloadHelper extension, which makes most videos downloadable and convertible to several formats.
- Add the word save to the URL before youtube. The URL saveyoutube.com will load with a SaveYouTube toolbar that lets you download the file.
- Many Web sites will allow you to download videos, including Zamzar, YouTube Robot, and KeepVid.
- Convert the video to your playback format of choice (mp4, FLV, HD, AVI, MPEG, 3GP, iPhone, PSP, mp3, GIF) and store it on your laptop or PDA, which lets you access it at any time, even if it's removed from the site.
Other Educational Video Websites
Some choose to skip YouTube entirely and go to teacher-specific online video sites, of which there are many. SchoolTube is a moderated video-sharing website just for schools. TeacherTube andWatchKnowLearn aggregate thousands of videos from educators, YouTube, and the rest of the Web. In essence, they are clearinghouses of educational videos that cover most school subjects, categorized by subject and education level. WatchKnowLearn has a review panel of educators and educational video experts that vet videos from first-time submitters before posting. The Teaching Channel bills itself as "a video showcase of inspiring and effective teaching practices," and publishes great original videos with tips and lesson plans, searchable by subject, grade level, and topic. SnagLearning is the educational branch ofSnagFilms, and offers hundreds of high-quality documentary films to be used as educational tools.
Whatever the source, in the end, it's worth the effort. Great content is just a few clicks away.
Teachers urged to use YouTube to inspire bored students
From: The Telegraph – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/11322722/Teachers-urged-to-use-YouTube-to-inspire-bored-students.html
Teachers should abandon hour-long lessons in favor of ten minute videos to stop their students' minds wandering, a leading education expert has said.
Traditional teaching methods which rely on pupils paying attention for an hour are outdated, according to Sanjay Sarma, director of digital learning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US.
He said schools and universities needed to adapt to the internet age by breaking teaching down into bitesize video lessons.
"The way we teach today is based on lectures, which is still a factory-style system," he told the Times Educational Supplement. "But cognitive science and cognitive psychology tell us that students learn in a way that, frankly, isn't compatible with lectures."
In order to capture their attention, students needed to be given knowledge "when they need it" rather than during long lectures, Professor Sarma said.
He added: "The human mind wanders and what we do is make the student feel unhappy about it. In fact, you're better off doing 10-minute lectures and then asking the students questions about what they just learned, because that transfers stuff from our short-term memory to our long-term memory."
Earlier this year it emerged that Ark Schools, one of England's biggest academy chains, was planning on setting up a school in which learning through online videos is blended with traditional teaching.
Pupils will do a significant amount of learning on computers at the Ark Pioneer Academy, which is due to open in London in September 2017.
Simon Mason, headteacher of Honywood School in Essex, which has supplied all pupils with iPads, told the TES: "In my experience, young people are able to concentrate for far longer than 10 minutes if they are involved in learning something where they are able to make authentic choices."


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There isn't much to say or do here: mango is my favourite fruit and raspberries are very much enjoyed by me too. I like smoothies because I get to take in my favourite fruits at the same time: mangos (frozen or otherwise) have a great flavour to them (which is not lost in the flavour of the raspberries). I like to start my day with a smoothie: they're quick and easy, and you can add more of one ingredient and less of the other if you want. The choice is yours here:
1 1/2 cups frozen mango cubes
1 1/2 cups of frozen raspberries
2 170g Blueberry yogurts
1 1/2 cups water
Step one: throw everything into a blender
Step two: pulse the blender and add more water (as needed – if needed) to loosen up the blend
Step three: see your freshly made smoothie
Step four: pour and drink it in a tall glass
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Ambivalent Sexism Inventory questionnaire.
In the nature-versus-nurture debate, I put more stock in sociobiology than in the products of society theory. Putting the knee-jerk behind me, I decided to suspend judgement and look at the data before I chop off my genitals and become a nun (or a none?). As before, regardless of what most people would have you believe about feminists and their hysteria, and regardless of what most of them rationalise lies behind the serious issues, we do have a serious problem on our hands in South Africa. We need to do something about the fear that women in South Africa live with - a realistic fear of violence and particularly rape.
How do we know that our culture produces rapists?This statement - widely believed by feminists (their labelling, not mine) - assumes several initial points:
- South African cultures condone or promote rape.
- Rapists are mostly socially constructed. That is, a rapist is someone whose actions are instigated and controlled to such an extent by his cultural milieu that committing rape is somewhat of an inevitability.
- The prevalent attitude of South African men is sexist
- There is a link between this generally sexist attitude of men and our high incidence of rape.
If not for sexism, why do South African women live in fear?I don't believe that sexism is appreciated or condoned by our culture. Of course, there are so many cultures in South Africa that such a statement - and the statement that our culture produces rapists - is essentially meaningless. I only have anecdotal evidence to go by, but believe me telling a girl to knit you a sweater and make you a sandwich will not win you many friends of either gender in my circles.
However, the high incidence of rape in South Africa is somewhat worsened by culture. In particular, there are some superstitious beliefs that hold having sex with a virgin will cure you from AIDS. There are also cases of corrective rape, designed to cure unfortunate lesbians of their preference for women. Most rapists are likely to be male and between the ages of 20 and 40. Furthermore, alcohol and spousal abuse are factors that make your chances of getting raped more.
Is rape a gender issue?Of course such a statement is anathema to me. There is a difference between sex (broadly male, female and other) and gender. Gender is tied with particular social and cultural roles. Suffice to say I am not familiar with a cultural practice in South Africa that condones rape - bar the mentioned voodoo sangoma witchdoctor cures for AIDS and lesbianism. Also bar the lip service that some establishments like the church pay to condemning rape while their servants get caught in the act of child abuse a little too often to lend much weight to their official dogma.
Culturally, the official dogma is still that rape is something that is frowned upon - to say the least. Plus, many men are raped in prison too. However, for the most part, rape victims are female (of any gender) and rape perpetrators are men (who don't deserve their gender bits). I do not believe that we live in a culture whereby men's attitudes are mostly sexist. Of course such attitudes exist, but not disproportionately to the rest of the world. The rest of the world doesn't have a rape problem of our proportions, which again contrasts to the expected situation if rape were merely a result of anachronistic gender attitudes and bias. Furthermore, I couldn't find a study that measured the gender attitudes of South African men. The only stats I could find refer to rape victims and their terrible ordeals.
Whether you put stock in the whole patriarch equals rapist conjecture or not, the harsh reality is getting raped is not a realistic fear most men have to live with - not even in Cape Town's Pink Triangle. Even worse, most women in South Africa are living with a realistic fear that they could be raped. And yes, it does get worse: When women are raped, they are mostly too afraid and ashamed to report the crime to the authorities.
As ridiculous as most humanities subjects are to those of my Vulcan ilk, the concerns raised do not strike me as being ridiculous or based on hysteria. This judging by the testimony of those working in the field of sexual violence, dealing with rape victims on a daily basis, whether you buy into their ideology or not.
What can we do to remedy the situation?Even if rape in South Africa did result from our cultural milieu, fixing that requires a generation or two and it's impractical to construct a measure of the change or a measure of the results of such change. We would never know if we're socially constructing the right kinds of rape-free genders. We need something that we can do right now to make women feel safer in our society. While most men are not rapists, statistically, most of us should be familiar with a rapist. We cannot afford that rape is something other men do and we can do nothing about. Furthermore, most rape victims know their rapist fairly well. I think a good place to start is with ensuring that women who were raped are not afraid of reporting the crime and have some faith that they can talk to someone who will be able to help.
Another good place to start is to have a Designated Dave kind of character to help prevent rape. Just like Designated Dave takes care of the driving while you take care of the drinking, this character takes care of your drink when you go to the bathroom and generally ensures that whatever you get up to by means of sharing DNA samples is consensual.
What do you think?Please feel free to leave me a comment so we can find a working solution. As someone who does not associate with feminism or any ideology except Incertitude, I would like to become familiar with working solutions. For the time being, the only such solution I have found is chemical castration.
SourcesI have linked to sources throughout the text. I did my best to sidestep the ideological landmines, but the best sources on rape I could find deserve another mention:
- Sexual Violence Research Initiative that focuses on the bigger picture of gathering data and the smaller picture of providing assistance to sexual violence victims.
- Understanding Prejudice, a site dedicated to the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory. This is a questionnaire (survey to you Merkins) designed to determine how much you hate sex. I mean, gender.
- Violence against women, a World Health Organisation study of 2011. Yes, not something from the Middle Ages I'm afraid.


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With all the great gourmet burger places that are popping up, what's there to say about old stand-by, Five Guys? Before Chuck's, before BurgerFi, there was good ol' Five Guys in the Triangle. For those of us who have spent time on the West coast, Five Guys was the closest thing you could find to In-N-Out burger in the area. The Cary location is located on a quiet corner of Walnut and Maynard but once you get inside, it's not gonna be quiet at all because Five Guys is muy popular!
Inside you'll find an old school diner feel with lots of reds, whites and a tiled floor. A box of peanuts greets you on the way in, not that you need any more calories than what you're about to eat. The menu is simple: burgers in many different custom variations, dogs, a grilled cheese sandwich and fries. That's IT! But even with the limited menu options, it may take a while for you to figure out exactly what you want on your burger. You can go with the standard double-patty burger on the little single-patty. Order at the counter with as many toppings as you want and you're good to go! For the fries, you can feed 2 – 3 people off of one order so beware. Grab a drink at the fountain, load up on some ketchup for your fries and chill out while you're burger is cooked to order. Your number gets called out and you go grab your bright red tray with all your eats.
The Five Guys burger is your classic greasy burger joint. Made of all good quality meats, toppings and condiments, be prepared for a bit of a mess. Unwrap the foil and you'll find a hefty handful in front of you. Gooey cheese melting on the sides, leaf of iceberg lettuce, slightly squashed sesame seed bun, a bit of grease on the outside. While a Five Guys burger won't win any prizes for its good looks, it delivers a solid mouthful of meat, cheese, veggies and bun which can be really satisfying. The fries are freshly cut, thick with plenty of substance and potatoey meat. Paired with the caloric burger, you are definitely killing any diets you may be on. Five Guys puts out an honest, old-fashioned greasy burger and some days that is perfect. But I think the place is not at the same level as other options that are now available in the Triangle. So rock on Five Guys but you're no longer top of the burger hill. And that's ok because you still put out some quality eats.
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Friday, December 2, 2011
Weekend links
This week has been...painful. Henry decided to wean himself a couple of days ago and although I'm doing better now, I was pretty much dying for a day or two. I'll save the rest of that for a post on the topic sometime soon that I'm sure only a handful will want to read about...but guess what, handful? It'll be all for you!
I'm looking forward to this weekend though- we have a bunch of fun holiday-type things planned, including our town's big tree lighting. It's such a cute event full of festivities and I can't wait to take Henry!
Here are some links to get your weekend started:
First of all, the first issue of Gadchick, the fabulous creation of my friend Diana, is out today! I contributed to this issue, so take a peek- I think you'll love it! I already can't wait for the next one.
Yesterday I shared our newest photo session with our friend Christina, and some of you may also remember the giveaway she did last spring where do offered up a photo session! The winner, Hayley had her session a couple of weeks ago, and you can check out the photos here and here. I also happen to really, really enjoy Hayley's blog so be sure to stop by and say hello!
I love my friend Adie, and I love whenever she blogs. I bet you'll love her too!
How great is this green bow? It would be so darling clipped onto a white blouse.
Here's one of my most favorite bloggers, Valentine, and a retrospective post I've had bookmarked since last year. Gorgeous outfits and photos.
How great is Rachel's wreath DIY?
This gingerbread house is too pretty. Recipe included!
I really enjoy finding new vintage Etsy shops to check out, and Desert Gypsy has some fun items. Some of my favorites: one and two.
I love this idea for the 12 Dates Christmas! We may have to take Naomi's lead.
And sticking with the number theme, I was happy to stumble upon this post about 10 Christmas gift in a jar.
Best Friends. How great is this cute little set?
Hello, December! What are some of your goals?
Speaking of December, take a look at the second half of Jess' holiday family photos. That cutie Rowan kills me!
Some of you asked about my scarf from this post. It's from H&M, but you can find a similar one here.
Wrapping paper snowflakes. Such a cute twist on a classic.
How awesome would this money clip be engraved for your Dad or Grandpa's Christmas gift?
Okay, this kind of does make me want to punch holes through a wall. I don't like Kristen Stewart as an actress one bit and think this fabulous lady would have been such a better choice!
The Art of Doing Nothing. I think we can all work on this!
To all my warm-weather friends, check out this list of the snowiest cities in the US!
A new(ish) blog to check out! She's a sweetie, so go say hello.
Have you guys ever tried making a cinemagraph? I really want to try it, especially when I see how neat Justine's are.
The best books of 2011 via Barnes and Noble.
Doesn't Liz's blog look so pretty? Loving the re-design.
Some items from my wishlist...one, two, and three.
And finally, a couple blogs I'm loving right now! Here and here. The second blog hasn't been updated in so long, but I thought maaaaybe if she saw this she would! ;) It's one of my most favorites and I miss Rachel's posts!
Happy weekend!
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Love your pics! We had Christina do ours and we are so happy with them :) They're on my blog if you'd like to see www.babyborunda.comReplyDelete
And I totally need to make my own wreath one of these years :)
do you think maybe it's just a nursing strike? both of mine did that after their 1st b days then picked it back up again..ReplyDelete
i've made through about a third of the links and are saving the rest for saturday and sunday fun. the 12 dates of christmas idea is so adorable, and i'm definitely a new follower of hayley's blog!ReplyDelete
have a wonderful weekend!
oh my, so much to discover!! thanks for saring, I'm sure I'll find a thing or two I'll love, cause I always do!! time to start going through the list :DReplyDelete
Love that pic of the two of you! Thanks for the links :)ReplyDelete
i love his little elbow patches!!ReplyDelete
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Beautiful picture :) Sorry you've been in pain but on the bright side, you have some great links here! I also love when Adie blogs and I love Liz's new design.ReplyDelete
Have a great weekend, pretty lady!
i can't believe salt lake was #13, I feel like growing up the winters were SO BRUTAL.ReplyDelete
love these links!ReplyDelete
Oh I'm loving Liz's new blog design! I always love your weekend links, I'm always finding new blogs and things from it. :)ReplyDelete
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Aww, I'm not a momma Danielle, but I'll be interested to read it. It'll sorta prepare me for my not too distant future ;)ReplyDelete
I am so curious what actually happens during weening. I'm not looking forward to it and it's one of those topics that women don't talk about. So, I'm really glad you are brave enough to go there! I'm in that handful! Two thumbs up from me!!ReplyDelete
My best friends daughter hit 1 and immediately self weaned. It was insane! It was like a switch flicked, she wasn't interested anymore. Hope you're feeling ok xReplyDelete
Thanks for the support and extra thanks for the fertility diet. I'm Infertile Myrtle right now T__TReplyDelete
Love you! <3ReplyDelete
Wonderful report. that is my own first trip to your site. Thank you for posting a great write-up.ReplyDelete


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I have four concerns about people first language. The first is one of semantics. People first language often "sounds awkward." And, let's face it, talking about disabilities feels awkward to many folks to begin with. I'd rather we not make those with good intentions (or even neutral intentions) feel even more awkward by worrying them about their language use. And for those of us who are trying to model being comfortably matter of fact about being disabled (and I am definitely striving to do this), people first language can make that task harder. For me, at least, it feels truer to say "I'm disabled" or "I'm learning disabled" or "I'm tourettic."
In my next post, I'll address concern number two: that people first language actually worsens what it strives to ameliorate.