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Studying for Finals in Snell: 20 Things Only Huskies Will Understand
Posted by: Jennie Robbiano
Walking into the library like
*2 hours later*
Ok, time to study!…or not
Dealing with the effects of your procrastination in Argo
Trying to share a table with someone who took up all the space
When you find an empty table on the third floor during finals week…
Only to realize it's under an air vent…
But then remember you brought a sweatshirt
Realizing that your to-do list is longer than you thought
When someone asks what you're studying
Trying to focus…
Especially when there are people talking in the stairwell…on the silent floor
When you realize that you just spent 3 hours on BuzzFeed for your five minute break
Finishing the problem you've been working on for hours
Leaving the library at 3 am and seeing everyone still studying
Running to get home in the middle of the night
Taking the library shuttle home instead
Getting home after being in the library all night
When all those hours in Snell payoff and you ace your exam
Good luck on finals, Huskies! Have a wonderful winter break. We'll see you in the spring.
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Many of us are asleep, wasting time and talent as our lives pass us by. We feel stagnant, unproductive, or bored. This is because we are not growing, not being effective or just not challenging ourselves. I too have been there… longing for more and simply unsatisfied with the mediocrity of life. Can you relate? Are you ready to leave mediocrity in the dust? Well you can! Here are 4 tips to get you started.
Excuses Have to Go
Excuses just seem to hang around. But today we're packin'em up and shippin'em out! If anyone knows what it's like to make excuse after excuse it's me. They're just always in the right place at the right time. It can be so convenient to grab one, throw it on top of that pile of laundry and kick back sipping coffee; or grab another one and toss it on top of that stack of paperwork. Though excuses are often convenient they're rarely beneficial. They are the arch enemy of progress and productivity, so they must go.
I encourage you to become more disciplined. Make it a habit to do what you need to do when it needs to be done. You'll feel so much better when you just do it. Consequently– once we let go of the habit of making excuses– in comes progress, new opportunities, achieved goals and the list goes on. Now that you're getting moving in life, be sure to leave excuses behind.
Get Engaged
The second tip is engaging your mind. Instead of letting your life live itself, turn the dial to manual, and you live life! Be mentally involved in every moment. Consider the impact your words and actions are having on your life; every choice has a consequence. Why do we just go through the motions then wonder why we aren't where we could be? We must be intentional and purposed in everything we do and say. God's word should guide us in this. (Isaiah 58:11). To start living your life purposefully plan and set goals. Also, healthy habits should be established that will push you toward your desired outcome.
Believe It
This has everything to do with mindset and positivity. Why does the bible tell us, in Proverbs 4:23, to guard our hearts and minds? From the mind come our actions and words; if the mind is tainted so will we be. Fear and negativity are the direct opponents of positive thought and hope. The good news is that, no matter the current condition of your life, if it isn't what you want it to be you can change it. I say to you, yes! You can be a better wife or mother. Yes! You can be successful. Yes! You can live for Christ. Yes! You can do all things through Christ who gives you the ability.
The key is to combat FEAR, which comes to discourage you and paralyze your motivation, abilities and hope. If you give in to fear you'll never make a move. Negative thinking removes hope and demotivates you. So I'm telling you the glass is half full, and there is room for you to receive more. Half empty means you're lacking and soon what you do have will be gone. What a grim perspective to have on life.
Envision being successful or closer to God, having a better marriage, or completing the degree. Also, speak good things. God gave our words power. (Proverbs 18:21). Boot fear and negativity out of your life. Do this, and see how much things will improve for you. Mindset is a major component in determining how your life unfolds.
Patience through the Process
It is possible to be happy and at peace no matter your circumstances. It is a learned discipline called contentment. If we never learn to be content then even with all that money can buy or your ideal situation, in some way, you'll still be discontent. Why? Because issues in life are inevitable! It's fine to desire improvement, but don't focus on all the areas that are unsatisfying.
Know that the difference you want to see will come, and always remain in a place of thankfulness to God. It's up to us whether we allow circumstances to keep us unhappy. Hold this nugget of truth in your heart. When you find yourself complaining, or focusing on problems – stop – and begin thanking God for things in your life. Do this, and watch His peace and joy fill your heart!
There you have it Loves –- four effective tips for waking up and jump starting your life. Start applying them this week! Why put off for tomorrow what you can do today?
Growing with you!
Which of these tips helped you the most? What's the first thing you plan to do to bring the change you want to see in your life? Go ahead and share! I'd love to know, and you may just help someone else get started! 😉 Comment below!


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DARCI'S WALK OF SHAME (Canceled)
An impulsive act has Darci face enormous hurdles to get back to her sister's wedding & avoid her family witness her first walk of shame
DARCI'S WALK OF SHAME (Canceled)
An impulsive act has Darci face enormous hurdles to get back to her sister's wedding & avoid her family witness her first walk of shame
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Yeah, [Kishmond] came back from Africa, but the ponies have him now.
Ahhh burn it, send it to hell!
British comedy at it's best.Who doesn't love groin injuries in polite society.Audio only.EDIT: This is some classic Australian comedy basically redubb some crappy cop show and you get Barge Arse hilarity ensues.
Sam is basically right, he's just cranky.
Great show, great episode, wish I were back in Scotland so I could see the new series
* Plank of Wood slapsGET A HOLD OF YOURSELF MAN. THE REVIEWS DO NOT EFFECT ANYTHING EVER.
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For myself, I have started the year as I mean to go on, with laundry being washed, folded and put away* and the upstairs picked up and hoovered**. Normally I'd want to begin the year with a clean house but I think the act of cleaning is, for me, a more suitable "start the way you mean to go one" than sitting around enjoying the fruits of one's labours: at that, I am adept. So my goal is, not to have a clean house, a goal which can be achieved fleetingly if at all, but rather to clean my house, to put in effort at least weekly that entropy be kept at bay, chaos not overwhelm.
With my crafts I resolve to adopt a "project in, project out" policy. If I complete a project I may acquire yarn for a new one, though obviously picking something from my stash would be best. This does leave room for me to knit a bunch of little toys and reward myself for each with a sweater-quantity of yarn but I think I know myself well enough that that won't happen***. This also goes for sewing/fabric and cross-stitching****. I am going to winnow my queue to projects for which I already have yarn - if another project is meant to be I will be able to find the pattern again - though queuing multiple project ideas for the same yarn is allowed if I've not yet settled on one. I will try not to buy patterns until I am ready to knit them.
Most importantly, I seek to spend more of my time "actively present" with Little Djinn, to offer my attention unstintingly when she needs it. There are things I need to accomplish but keeping up with social media isn't one of them. She'll need me like this so briefly.
For these things, towards these ideals, I strive.
*in progress
**the two are connected, laundry and hoovering; I did the downstairs on Monday
***more than once. Or twice, you know, whatever.
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|Contact Your Spirit Guides
I had the privilege of viewing the cards, before the book came out. I enjoyed them, but didn't really connect. That is, until I obtained a copy of the book. The information in the book leads up to the actual actions of contacting your guides, and once you comprehend this part, the rest is much more understandable. As a tarot reader, in many ways I've connected already, but with Asandra's cards there's a whole new direction to take.
My first reading with the cards led me to contact my Pathfinder. After realizing this was the guide I needed at this particular time, I sought more guidance with my tarot cards. The initial reading with the spirit guide cards led me in a direction I wouldn't have gone without them.
I highly recommend this book for beginners seeking a connection with a higher source. If you've started down this road, but can't seem to get the right feel for a connection, Asandra can help you open the door you've only pulled slightly ajar.
Another great section in the book advises you of how to only bring in wanted guides, and keep out the unwanted guests. This is highly important. Once you open the door, any spirits are allowed through if you do not specify what types you want. No one wants uninvited guests, especially ones who can send you messages which may send you in the wrong direction. Contacting your spirit guides is an action you shouldn't take lightly. Asandra can assist you in your journey.
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Brandolini's Law: "The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it."
This is one of many things I learned from browsing the syllabus of an excellent new course offered at the University of Washington, "Calling Bullshit in an Age of Big Data."
From the course synopsis:
The world is awash in bullshit. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science is conducted by press release. So-called higher education often rewards bullshit over analytic thought. Startup culture has elevated bullshit to high art. Advertisers wink conspiratorially and invite us to join them in seeing through all the bullshit, then take advantage of our lowered guard to bombard us with second-order bullshit. The majority of administrative activity, whether in private business or the public sphere, often seems to be little more than a sophisticated exercise in the combinatorial reassembly of bullshit.
We're sick of it. It's time to do something, and as educators, one constructive thing we know how to do is to teach people. So, the aim of this course is to help students navigate the bullshit-rich modern environment by identifying bullshit, seeing through it, and combatting it with effective analysis and argument.
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I am lovin' this new Creative Memories Vintage Chic! Here I used it to scrap our trip to Lookout Mountain, TN.
Here I made a "page and a half"
Inside of the "half page".
The letter tiles are so neat!! I absolutely love the little words like "the" and "and" saving some basic letters.
Page two uses the super cool Vintage Chic designer pockets to hold our tickets. I put a paper tag on pop dots and used a paper tab. I love the new designer elements. Tiles, pockets and tabs. Vintage Chic is my favorite new CM product!
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You were writing for 15 years before publishing your first novel. Tell me about some of your earliest writing.
A lot of people ask me how it started for me. The honest answer is: I don't know. Or rather: I don't recall specifically, I just know that it was a long time ago, and that it started somewhere around the age of 16-17-18.
One thing I do recall, however, was a school assignment where we were asked to write about a dream. Yeah, I know, very original. In any case, and for some strange reason, I had dreamt that I was playing a part in the Michael Jackson movie Moonwalker. I don't remember anything about the movie now, except that big mouth banging up and down to the rhythm of "Leave me alone," and I don't even recall what the heck I was doing in the movie in the first place. But I do remember, vividly, the feeling I experienced as I was retelling that story in writing. I was excited. My hand (these were in the days of the pencil) couldn't write quickly enough. Maybe that's where the first spark was ignited, I don't know.
It took me a while to build the courage to write something outside school assignments, and I have to admit, it began rather childishly. This was long before the days of Facebook and e-mail, and while I was in the military service for about a year, I was trying to stay in touch with my best friend from school through letters. In those letters we wrote stories about each other in various humiliating circumstances that involved girls, all fictional of course, and yes, it contained a certain sexual content. In them I was always the Super Stallion Sex God, and my friend was forever getting the short end of the stick, and vice versa when he wrote me. Yes, it was lame, but God, that was fun. And yes, we're still the best of friends, would you believe it.
But the serious writing started when I was about 20 years old. I had been thinking about trying for some time, but the kick in the butt (or in the groin, depending on how you look at it) came after this all-consuming relationship with my first true love ended in shatters (she cheated on me). I was heartbroken and depressed out of my mind, and for a long period of time I needed a reason to get out of bed. One day I just sat down, or up, and started writing.
In retrospect I made all the rookie mistakes you can possibly think of in that book. The story was about a woman in her forties living in New York with a husband that she would soon discover was keeping deadly secrets from her. My goal was first and foremost to see if I could finish the story, write something that consisted of 200 pages, not four — as we used to in school. But of course, I didn't know anything about New York (I had never been there), and I wasn't a woman in her forties either. Needless to say it was difficult even for me to believe what I was writing.
But I somehow managed to complete the task and goal I had set for myself, and even though my heart didn't quite heal during that process, it made me realize how much I loved to write. I loved creating characters, plots, plot devices, twists, dramatic scenes, and I submitted the book to various publishers in Norway, and I even got a decent response from a few of them. So I knew that I wasn't too far off. It encouraged me to continue writing.
In 1995 I moved to Stavanger, Norway, to study journalism, and there I made another attempt at writing a novel. It was about a man living in Stavanger (yeah, original) who got beat up while standing in a junk food line late one night and, by a stroke of bad luck, got paralyzed from the neck down. The book was mainly about his recovery, the journey from absolute devastation to a glimpse of hope for the future (some smart ass with a degree in psychology would probably submit that I might have been writing a little bit about my broken heart again), and, contrary to what the topic might suggest, I had a blast writing it. I tried to put as much humor into this unfortunate young man's head as I could, as a way of dealing with the tragedy, and I think it worked pretty good. But, as one editor told me after reading it, if you want to know whether or not my main character finds that glimmer of hope or not, all you have to that is go to the last page, and there your answer would be. He was right, of course, even though, for me, it was the journey to that point that made the book, not its conclusion.
Anyway, and once again, the process of writing that book, however naive it was, made me realize even more how badly I wanted to become a writer. So I went about looking for more stories to tell, and when I moved back to Oslo another one came to mind. It was about a young boy who got kidnapped by a religious mad man, and it was, by far, the best thing I had written up until that point. I could tell. I submitted it once again to different publishers in Norway, and one of them (Cappelen Damm) thought it was really good. It just needed some rewriting.
I was hugely encouraged, of course, by such a response, and I tried very hard to get my head around how I needed to tell the story. Over the course of the next two and a half years I rewrote it four times, and each time I got the same reply. "Thomas, this is good, but…"
So I needed to put that story away for a while, I was just too exhausted. In the mean time I had gotten a job as a journalist, and I figured I needed to focus on that for a while.
The need to write something for myself, however, stayed with me, and when I got this idea for a young adult novel back in 2003, I decided to give it another go. At that point I hadn't written anything for about two years, and it was like removing a lid from the top of a kettle that was boiling ferociously underneath. The pages just flew out of me, it was so much fun, and I realized how badly I had missed writing.
The story needed some rewriting as well, but I was confident that the story was so good that I just needed to keep on going, then eventually it would turn into a novel and my dream would come true. So firm was my belief that I actually quit my job in order to pursue that dream.
But, sadly, it didn't amount to anything that time around either. I remember getting that e-mail (yes, we're in the day and age of the e-mails now) from Aschehoug, one of the other big publishers in Norway, telling me that "Thomas, this is really good, but it just isn't good enough for us."
I was heartbroken and deeply discouraged. Four novels. None of which had made it past the threshold into the wonderful world of literature. Not to mention the fact that I had given up my job in order to pursue this selfish dream of mine. By that time I had become a father. How was I going to support my kids now?
I applied for jobs, didn't get them. The financial reserves I had saved up were rapidly vanishing. But, I guess, there really is something about that "necessity is the mother of invention" proverb, because it was at that moment in time, when things really couldn't be worse, the idea for this brand new character popped into my head and I instantly knew that this was such a strong character that I couldn't let him be. I had to write him.
One of the reasons I actually did write him, despite being broke, was something the editor at Aschehoug said to me in that letter of rejection. She said: "Thomas, I can tell that you can write. It's just a matter of not stopping."
So what I did, even though I didn't have a job and a steady income, was to sit down and analyze what I had done wrong over those 15 years of trying, and I quickly learned three truths.
- I had written stories about people I didn't know.
- They were set in cities I had never been to. And
- After I got my ideas, I had simply started writing, I hadn't planned or outlined what I was going to write.
So I decided to write about someone I knew (me, although Henning Juul isn't ALL me). I put him in a city I had lived in for many years (Oslo), and I spent quite a long time thinking about him and trying to figure out what his story was. Then I started to write.
And here we are. Five novels later.
Man am I glad I listened to that editor.
So, evidently, behind your calm Norwegian exterior there is clearly a tremendous reserve of good old-fashioned stubborn. What did you think of your own tenacity at the time? After all, it can lead a person to great success. However, it can lead to destruction and madness.
I have always been quite competitive. From very early on when I was playing soccer we were always taught to fight till the bitter end, no matter what. I think that mentality has stayed with me ever since, and I have never been afraid of thinking big, of setting huge goals for myself. For instance, I've been working on a musical for about 15 years now, and it still isn't finished. Talk about stubborn…
I knew it was going to be difficult to write a novel, let alone get it published, so it wasn't something I really expected to happen, at least not early on. Don't get me wrong, I wanted it and thought, with each submission, that this time it is going to work. I guess if you want something really bad, then you have to be willing to fight for it. It sounds simple, but there really isn't any other way.
During those 15 years of trying there certainly were moments of doubt. I remember taking quite a few long, hard looks at myself in the mirror, thinking: Maybe this isn't for you, Thomas. Maybe you just aren't good enough.
I have to admit, I've always been drawn to the darkness a little bit. I'm probably most content when I'm feeling a little bit down, when I can succumb to melancholy and listen to sad music all day long. Even now I still get those moments. But I guess I wanted this so badly that I simply couldn't let go of it. Besides, I knew that I was getting closer with each attempt, and it was with writing as it was when I was playing soccer. I knew I just had to practice more. A boxer once said: "If you get knocked down seven times, you get up eight." I couldn't agree more.
And now, after having accomplished my dream goal, what's next you might ask. Well, the answer is simple. I want to write better novels. And finishing that damn musical of mine, of course…
Interesting phrase there, "it was with writing as it was when I was playing soccer." What indicated real progress in soccer, and what indicated it in writing?
Mainly that I was plucking away and practicing really hard, and then the results inevitably followed. In soccer it had a lot to do with aging and experience, just realizing what I needed to do in this or that situation, but I think this also applies to writing. You learn from your mistakes, you gain experience from trying, from getting feedback from your readers or your coaches, and if you are smart enough to listen to those who know better, or at least are supposed to, then you stand a better chance of reaching your goals. Wow, that sounded a lot like life coaching. Good to know I have something to fall back on.
Anyway, when it comes to writing you need something to write about before you can sit down and actually write. You have to live a little. You need to experience things such as love and loss, you need to go places in order to open your eyes to other ways of life, you need to read and read and read if you want to find out what makes a good book. And then you have to go back to the basics, which is practicing, trying to implement the bits and pieces you pick up along the way.
For me becoming a father played a huge part in the improvement of my writing, not only because I am writing about a man who has lost his child, but also because fatherhood, to say it a bit pompously, has provided me with a lot more clarity and attentiveness to all kinds of things around me.
Before I was chasing girls and having fun and playing soccer and trying to chase this other dream I had about becoming an author. I didn't pay close attention to trees and forests and clouds and the tastes and the smells of everything. I see and feel a lot more than I used to, I am more focused on being a good father, a good husband and a good human being who is nice to his friends and the world around him. The things that really matter. And because of that I also think that I have become a better writer.
Let's talk about that reading-to-writing relationship. Most writers say that they are also readers and you're not the first to say that writers need to read. But readers are readers too, and that doesn't make them writers. In fact, since entering the publishing universe myself I've met people — agents, editors, reviews, booksellers — who have already read more books than I probably ever will. As a writer, how did your experience of being a reader actually impact and affect your writing?
Once I understood, for real, that writing was something I wanted to do for the rest of my life, I started to read differently. I went about it a lot more analytically than I had done before, searching for clues and techniques, trying to figure out what my favorite authors did and what made their books so thrilling and intriguing. How they built their characters, how they built their stories, how they ended them (cliffhangers, no cliffhangers?) and so forth.
I did read books just for the fun of it as well, but even today I'm still searching for ways to improve my writing. So I read a lot to get inspired. And I still haven't found the perfect way to go about writing a novel. I'm starting to believe there isn't one, that it's just a matter of finding the right way to write the novel you are currently writing.
What writing has inspired you?
Oh, a lot, I don't even know where to begin. As I write crime fiction I think I have to mention Henning Mankell as the one that really got me hooked into the genre back in the day. I remember reading a novel of his on the plane from London to Mexico City, and I didn't want the plane to land. I'm not talking about the actual writing here, I don't remember the prose as particularly brilliant, but the plot certainly was. Those cliffhangers. Oh, man.
As I grew older and got more and more preoccupied with the actual writing, searching for techniques and ways of building characters and stories, my focus shifted more towards non-Scandinavian authors such as John Irving, Dennis Lehane, Linwood Barclay, Harlan Coben – to name but a few. Nowadays I have found myself deeply impressed by Gillian Flynn and John Hart, but I'm also going searching for authors outside of the crime genre. I recently read a Kurt Vonnegut novel (my first), and I loved his prose. Sebastian Barry, who I met in Edinburgh, is also a brilliant storyteller. Neil Gaiman. Oh my God. I could go on and on. Hemingway. Per Petterson. Somebody please stop me.
Let's turn back to something you mentioned earlier in passing, namely the musical you've been writing for fifteen years. Before getting into the details of that, I'd like you to introduce us to what role making music plays in your life.
First of all, music in itself is very important to me. I listen to music all the time, even when I'm writing. It's such a big part of my DNA, and to be able to write a piece of music myself makes my connection to it even stronger. It's just the greatest feeling in the world to listen to something I have written, especially if I'm liking it.
After I quit my job back in 2008 I was going as much for my music as I was for my writing. I made contact with all kinds of people in the music business, sent them tapes, told them I could do scores for short films for free, just to get something to show for. But once I got published as an author my books kind of took control over me. I didn't and couldn't spend that much time making music when I all of a sudden had novels to write. That's why I haven't done that a lot over the last four-five years, but I do miss it. A lot.
I know it's stupid of me to say this after five novels, since I don't have a single album, radio hit or a score for a block buster movie to my name, but I actually think that I have a stronger talent for making music than writing novels. Music comes more naturally to me, it's more instinct, whereas writing is more about the craft and putting in the hours; It takes so much more effort. I can easily write a musical theme in ten minutes, or at least have a draft for it. And who knows, maybe in time I will get to finish that musical of mine or get a phone call from Steven saying "Hey, Thomas. John Williams isn't available for me this time around. You up for it?"
In English we use the same term — writing — for composing a piece of music and composing a story in words. Do you use the same word in Norwegian? And what do you make of that?
Yes, we use the same word, and to me it always feels a bit wrong or strange to say that I'm writing music, because I'm not doing any physical writing, I am simply playing my piano and thereby creating music. So to me creating is a better word for composing music. The term "writing music" is probably a relic from the olden days when composers really did write their notes and scores with a pencil. Nowadays it's all computerized. And thank God for that, because I don't know how to read notes. It's like a foreign language to me. I just play and compose by ear.
What were some of your biggest fears as a writer that, in retrospect, were holding you back from growing?
To be honest I don't think I had any fears per se, at least not fears that were holding me back. I think I grew with each book I tried to write, and I also think that still applies five novels in. Now it's more a fear of repeating myself, of writing something people have read before or, if you will, the fear of not growing. But I don't think that holds me back in any way. Quite the opposite, in fact. The fact that I'm aware of it and conscious about it makes me push myself even harder, so that I can grow.
Casting your mind ahead to the future after you finish the current series, which is coming to an end, tell me what growing as a writer will mean to you?
I'm on a little quest here. My goal is to become a better author with each novel I write, and I think and hope I have achieved that so far. To me it means that I'm becoming more and more aware of the tools I have at my disposal and how I can use them to tell the story as best I can. I am nowhere near finished when it comes to learning, which is fine. It's a constant process, and I don't think there is such a thing as a perfect novel. But somewhere down the line I firmly believe that I will write something that will come damn close. Then I can die a happy man.
For the writer's out there, can you be more specific? An example from my own writing — just to frame this — might help. My novels have generally been set over a period of a few days or few weeks at the most. I'm therefore interesting in exploring longer periods of time while maintaining dramatic tension. What's on your list?
My series with Henning Juul is set over the course over one autumn, with a few glimpses into the past here and there, especially in the fifth and final installment. So to be able to write stories with a longer time span is definitely on my list as well.
I think I'm also going to write something that's not crime fiction one day. I have a story in mind which is set in the Middle Ages, and while people die there as well, it's not a crime mystery. So to be able to mix a historically-correct story with deep portraits of the people of that time is something I see as a great challenge and also an enormously time-consuming one. I hope I will be able to have the time and energy to explore that universe one day.
I have also written a few short stories over the last few years, and that is definitely something I would like to do more. It's a great writing exercise. I have been commissioned to do two short stories for next year, and I would love to do a crime fiction short story compilation one day. Not to mention write a crime novel that consists of short stories, telling each character's story and role in that novel in the form of a short story. That, I think, would be really cool.
I would love to do more books for children or young adults as well, and while I have a few ideas for the kids between the age of 12 and 18, I'm still waiting for the good stuff for the youngest ones to appear.
Enough banter. Here are the real questions:
Tell me three movies you're embarrassed to admit that you like so much.
- Mamma Mia. It has such a good vibe to it. The scene where Meryl Streep is preparing her daughter on her wedding day almost tears me up every time. I guess I'm envisioning myself giving away my own daughter at some point in life – with all that implies. Pathetic, I know.
- Catwoman. For obvious reasons.
- Under Siege. I just love Steven Seagal. The scene where he, as an on board chef, beats the crap out of a bad guy in the kitchen, is just hilarious. "Nobody beats me in the kitchen". Cracks me up every time. He's also the best close encounter fighter in the movies. Not a single expression on his face even when he's in grave danger.
Name one writer — living or dead — everyone says is brilliant but you simply cannot understand why.
Paolo Coelho. Sorry, Mr. Coelho. I'm sure you're a nice guy but I just don't get you.
Tell us three young-adult stories (in English or Norwegian) you want people to know about and enjoy.
It's impossible not to mention the Harry Potter series or the Hunger Games novels. Great stuff.
Here in Norway there is a beautiful story written by Marianne Kaurin which is called "Nærmere Høst." In English it translates roughly into "Closer To Fall" or something like that. Magnificent story about Oslo in 1942 when the police one day knock on a Jewish family's door and the 15 year old daughter, by chance, isn't home. It's a story about fear, sorrow and exhaustion, but also a story about love, courage and cohesion. A beautiful book.
Finally, what is the most annoying question you're regularly asked as a crime writer and what's the answer?
Ah, where should I begin…
Well, I think the question I get the most is "why is Scandinavian Crime Fiction so popular around the world these days?" The answer is: I don't know. Except maybe … the books are good?


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We live in a day of "cafeteria Christianity," where folks go down the line and say, "I'll have some of this, but I don't want any of that. I don't like it." They pick and choose what suits their fancy, as if they are free to take whatever they like from the faith and disregard … Continue reading The Virgin Birth – Why Believe It? Part 1
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Alpha Waves and Lectio Divina in "Whisper" – Final Week of "Two Men Who Prayed for Rain"
It is not only in the earlier book, Primal, that alpha waves are recommended by Pastor Batterson, but also in one of his more current books, Whisper. Having now dealt with one extra-Biblical technique suggested by Pastor Batterson in Whisper, let's proceed to the second: Lectio Divina (Latin for sacred reading). The one error leads … Continue reading Alpha Waves and Lectio Divina in "Whisper" – Final Week of "Two Men Who Prayed for Rain"
PRIMAL The Circle Maker is not the first book I have studied by Pastor Batterson; nor is it the last. I have noticed that each book I've studied introduce subtle teachings that are extra-Biblical. Often they sound religious or spiritual, but they are not Biblical because chapter and verse cannot be given for them. At … Continue reading ADDENDUM: RECURRING PROBLEMS WITH MARK BATTERSON'S TEACHINGS
Nearing the End – Two Men Who Prayed for Rain
On p. 21 of The Circle Maker, Pastor Batterson states: "It was the legend of Honi the Circle Maker. And it forever changed the way I pray." Not even a century later the apostles asked Jesus to teach them how to pray. He began, "Our Father…"(Matthew 6:9-13) Yet now we are being asked to change, based … Continue reading Nearing the End – Two Men Who Prayed for Rain


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Senior Accountant
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Full-time
Company Description
Fosad Consulting Ltd is a business support services firm with offerings in Human Resource Management and Immigration Consulting.
Our proposition is based on a deep understanding of the drivers of high performing businesses and the required business solutions that supports it.
Job Description
The successful candidate will have overall overall responsibility for the account department.
The Job duties include but are not limited to:
Preparing monthly account reconciliations
Analyzing revenues, commissions and expenses to ensure they are recorded appropriately on a monthly basis
Preparing financial statements and supporting schedules according to monthly close schedule
Assisting with analyzing financial statements on a monthly basis and report on variances
Anticipating the challenges in the financial system of the organization and prepare a plan of action to counter it.
Verifying the invoices that have been submitted for approval and present it to the manager. This also includes balancing the travel and lodging allowances etc.
Maintaining and balancing subsidiary accounts by verifying,allocating, posting, reconciling transactions; resolving discrepancies.
Coordinating and resolving various issues with bank such as cleared check differences, bank fee anomalies, targeted balance calculations and enhancements to online services.
Assisting with preparing tax returns and corporate reporting requirements
Assisting in documentation and monitoring of internal controls
Preparation of management accounts( Profit and Loss Accounts, Balance Sheet and Cash flow statement)
Preparation and monitoring of company budgets and reporting on variance analysis for management consumption
Planning and evaluating all accounting procedures and policies to ensure transactions are efficient/ effective, accounting is accurate and complete.
Managing assigned accounting operations including payables, receivables, monthly reconciliation.
Projecting finances for long term investments and future projects of the company.
Preparing and auditing all financial statements including but not limited to: monthly financial
Statements, monthly closings, monthly accounts payable, accounts receivable, and monthly Cash Flow statements.
Assisting the upper management with formulation of annual budgets.
Preparing & presenting monthly, quarterly and annual reports, recommended improvements in organization's accounting and management practices.
Reconciling bank statements, cash accounts, accounts receivable and payable balances on a monthly basis. Prepare year-end schedules for audit.
Management of the main cash and petty cash account.
Ensuring timely payment of undisputed suppliers' invoices in accordance with payment terms.
Managing key banking relationships to facilitate company's operation.
Checking and reviewing the monthly payroll, contractual staff salaries and the salary slips.
Supervising of the filing of withholding tax, VAT and PAYE.
Coordinating activities of accounts staffs.
• Bachelor's or higher degree in Accounting or Finance
• ICAN designation preferred
• 7+ years accounting/finance experience
• Highly detail oriented and organized in work
• Excellent Computer Skills: relevant ERP, Microsoft package
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills


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MonaMusic brings sheet music to the iPhone
MonaMusic™ lets you listen to arrangements made famous by The Hampton [Rock] String Quartet™ while following along with the sheet music published by Mona Lisa Sound™. Audio can be sync'd to the sheet music for automatic control. Four different audio modes are available allowing you to scroll through the sheet music and/or audio freely, overlay page turning indicators make it easy to navigate, you can easily sync each page to the audio, and fully tether the audio and sheet music together. An abundance of background information for each song is provided including video, links to related web sites, direct sheet music purchasing, note taking and bookmarking.
Urban Airship is powering the in app purchase piece of MonaMusic with StoreFront, allowing them to sell their entire catalog of sheet music directly within their application.
This is a first of its kind application which marries the Mona Lisa Sound sheet music publisher's novel licensing rights, gorgeous print quality, breakthrough classic rock emphasis, The Hampton Rock String Quartet™ live audio, and close cooperation with the licensors of The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Kinks, Cream, The Eagles, The Doobie Brothers, Mott The Hoople, Pink Floyd, The Cars, The Moody Blues, and others.
John Reed, President and Founder of Mona Lisa Music, had this to say: "As a developer I was struggling through the last phases of my application – trying to integrate Apple's storefront framework. Urban Airship did all the work for me with a simple drop in library. Hooking into my code was very easy. Now I have an interface that is much richer than I would have implemented if I had continued my struggle. Thanks for getting my in app purchases on line! Next version of my app will utilize Urban Airship's push services. I'm glad I found Urban Airship."


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Prepare rice as label directs.
Meanwhile, in 12-inch nonstick skillet, stir together coconut milk, broth, cornstarch, ginger, and lime peel; heat to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring frequently. Boil 1 minute.
Add chicken and snow peas to skillet; cover and cook 4 to 5 minutes longer or until chicken loses its pink color throughout. Remove skillet from heat; stir in fish sauce and cilantro. Serve with rice and lime wedges.


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Filed under: American Idol, Brandon Rogers, Haley Scarnato, Idol Twit, Melinda Doolittle, Phil Stacey, Sanjaya = Neo, Sanjaya Malakar
Sanjaya "Neo" Malakar. Must be, because that little dude dodged a huge bullet tonight. At least he got a nice dose of reality by being in the bottom three. All of you, put your hands up and start waving, because Sanjaya, you may be a nice kid and all, but your time has come to bid us farewell. Don't go away mad, just go away.
So Brandon had to take Sanjaya's rightful place this week. So be it. Brandon, I'll always remember that time you got shot in the knee on live television and then acted emotionless as said knee begin to twitch in slow motion. Oh wait… that was your dancing. I actually liked Brandon, but he didn't seem to have that desire to be the next American Idol. The way they called his name tonight and he just gave everyone this "Aww shucks" grin. Killed me inside. Show some emotion Brandon. It has to be there. Somewhere. Somewhere.
I was actually glad to see Haley wasn't in the bottom three tonight. Good for her. Who are we kidding though? Can anyone compete with Melinda Doolittle? Sure, Lakisha's got some serious pipes going on, and her single-parent backstory is something America has proven it loves (think Fantasia), but Melinda is just darn near perfect. She's a pro's pro.
Phil Stacey looked genuinely shocked to be in the bottom three tonight. Someone get him a copy of the memorandum:
To: Phil Stacey
From: America
Date: March 14, 2007
Subject: You
You're not that good.
On to the final eleven, otherwise known as "The Sanjaya Reloaded."
Filed under: American Idol, Idol Twit, Sanjaya Malakar, Video
I don't even know what to say about this. Mrs. Twit and I sat through this unable to speak.
Filed under: American Idol, Idol Twit, Sanjaya Malakar, Twitter
IdolTwit is meant to make the American Idol viewing/voting experience more
sarcastic fun and enjoyable. I'll be LiveTwitting the shows each week beginning with next week's episode on March 20. Stay tuned because this is so going to rock. And the banner image of Sanjaya? He has to go people. It's time. Once he exits we'll start switching it up a little, but until then…
Want to talk to the Twit? Look to your left. Up. Up higher. Higher. Right there.


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A Trip to the French Consulate in New York – The Chevalier of the Legion of Honor Ceremony
By Rebecca Price Janney, May 14 2018 12:31PM
Last Friday's trip to the French Consulate is something I am savoring slowly, turning over each detail of that magical day. I'd like to share some of the highlights with you.
For Scott, David, and I, the trip began around 10:30 AM when we left Media for Trenton Station, which took just under an hour. Inside the large building we newbies to train travel found kiosk-type screens to order tickets. At first we were confused by the two Penn Station designations, one for Newark Penn Station, the other for New York. That corrected, we ordered three adult tickets and found our way to the platform.
We arrived at teaming Penn Station around 1:15 and made our way up to street level and all the hoo ha that is Manhattan—cheek—to-jowl crowds, mind-numbing traffic, and noise, noise, noise, both audible and visual. I hardly knew where to focus. We stood in a brief line for a taxi, then headed uptown to 934 Fifth Avenue, near Central Park. The taxi ride was predictably hair-raising, and long. I kept watching the meter ticking away! As we approached Central Park, I felt like I could breathe a little easier for the green spaces, and the people walking at a more leisurely pace, at least for New York!
We arrived at the French Consulate about 20 minutes early, but people had already begun to arrive. Located across from Central Park, the building's façade is typically French, a gray-white sort of stucco, elegant, understated. Inside, we went through security, then to registration.
We went upstairs in an old-fashioned elevator with a door on the outside, and on the second floor we were ushered into an ornate room about the size of a modest, hotel ballroom. There were rows of chairs with signs for each group—students, VIPS, family. The veterans were being seated at the front of the room under a huge medieval tapestry which seemed to be of the Holy Family in Egypt. The staff were hustling about, doing what needed to be done in preparation for the ceremony. Scott, David, and I sat on the front row of the left family section, and we spent the time before the ceremony talking to a woman whose father also was getting the medal.
The ceremony began a little behind schedule after an honor guard brought in the colors; as a DAR, I naturally put my hand over my heart at their procession and posting! Then the French Consul welcomed us, and the speeches began, brief tributes to the veterans and the long friendship between our countries, how grateful the French people still are, and always will be to the men who served, many who gave their very lives. My dad calls them "The true heroes."
Children from a French school read short bios of each of the eight men and one woman receiving the medals, then the French Consul and a man who's president of a French-American association took turns bestowing them, which I found very moving. There was the singing of the Marseilles, which the French sang with great pride, and the American National Anthem. Several of the French officials either saluted during the Star Spangled Banner, or had their hands over their hearts, which brought tears to my eyes.
At the end, Scott and I made our way to the reception area where we accepted flutes of champagne and were offered some truly French hors devours, including "fish and watermelon." Then the woman who helped me apply for the medal on Dad's behalf, Claire Voison, came over. "Are you Joseph Perio's family?" I loved her floral accent! She told us to wait right there. She would get the Consul. Another French associate came over promising to use our phones to take pictures, along with the official photographer.
The Consul, Ann-Claire Legendre, came and introduced herself, then presented me with a beautiful certificate, signed by French President Emmanuel Macron. She spoke about how much my father's services were appreciated and how they would never forget. Then she gave me his beautiful medallion. It was all so overwhelming, like I was watching a movie happening to someone else. After the official ceremony, I told her I'm a DAR and how grateful we are to the French for coming to our aide in the Revolution. It was a special moment between us. I told her, and Claire, about my dad's stories of how kind the French were to him as he made his way through France, he and his troops bringing freedom in their wake. What struck me was how truly sincere they are about their gratitude to those Americans who liberated their nation from Nazi oppression.
Vive la France!
What a great story, Rebecca! Like so many of your stories, it shows how we benefit time and again from things that other people did. It reminds me of when I lived in Boston. Every year there was a huge Christmas tree sent by the people of Halifax as a gift to Boston. Many years later I found out why: In 1917, an ammunition ship blew up in Halifax harbor, causing mass casualties in the city. When the news arrived in Boston, a train of medical personnel and supplies was dispatched to Halifax within hours. Decades later the people of Halifax were still saying thank you.
Thanks for your kind remark, Steve. I really enjoyed what you said about the gratitude of people on the receiving end of a great act of sacrifice and kindness, years later. Maybe we don't just benefit from remembering the hurtful things in order to learn from them, and not repeat them, but also in recalling the goodness and decency of people moved by compassion.
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The clutter of electronic media
June 10, 2008
Electronics and computers were supposed to make our lives easier. The rise of home computing promised a virtual (literally) utopia of composing, storing, finding and sending information with just a few key strokes. But what happens when we get that information? Our promised utopia shatters into the reality of procrastination and clutter. In my own life, I have found that most information on my computer ends up lost in some obscure file folder that I created so I would never lose it. Ironic, no?
At the beginning of this week, I set about ruthlessly decluttering my two, yes two, computers. My unique life of having three jobs requires some separation for tax purposes and no matter how much I love the laptop my office bought for me, I admit, I am a slave to a desktop. With two computers and three jobs, this area of my life clearly needs work. Four years, one full time job and two consulting jobs later, things are a mess.
My goal is to delete, or assign folders to, the 2500 emails hanging out in my in-box and clear my in-box so that it isn't so overwhelming when the "you've got mail" alarm sounds. This is the last, and most painful, task in my self imposed punishment. My first task seemed infinitely easier – painstakingly going through every byte of information on my hard drive to determine it's necessity, file appropriately in well labeled files and delete anything unnecessary or unused over the past five years. Just the first task of cleaning off unused or obsolete files has turned my previously painfully slow laptop into the Speedy Gonzales of the electronic world. But the emails are more difficult. Deciding what I may need in the case someone asks a question or documentation necessary in a case I may become involved in takes a lot of thought and concentration.
Despite the daunting task, I persevere and as with all decluttingering and simplifying efforts, I am rewarded. For every group of emails I select and delete, my computer gets a little bit faster and I feel my energy flowing. As I finish, I review my system resources. I freed up 50% of my computer's hard drive. Wow, that was a lot of junk just hanging out doing nothing but cluttering my life. What would that look like in the paper world? I imagine it would be similar to keeping every piece of junk mail, catalogue and newspaper for five years. Picture that pretty sight!


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- What's better than a summer outside surrounded by the natural Greenbelt and its educational atmosphere?
With days afield right around the corner, the Greenbelt is accepting registrations for youngsters looking to attend its 2013 Summer Camp and Day Camp programs that provide children ages 5 to 13 the opportunity to soak up all the natural West Shore-based facility has to offer.
Summer Day Camp is based in High Rock Park, 200 Nevada Ave., off Rockland Avenue, in the heart of the Greenbelt, and offers 90 acres of forest for participants to enjoy. Mini-camp, for children ages 5 to 7, is based at the Greenbelt Nature Center, 700 Rockland Ave., near Brielle Avenue.
Six week-long sessions are offered for the main camp — from July 8 through August 15 — on a Monday through Thursday schedule. Camp hours are 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The mini-camp sessions for younger children run from 10 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Weekly sessions will focus on what lives in the Greenbelt, water and its presence in the territory, and youngsters will be able to decide what they love most about the area. They will also understand why it's fun to spend time in nature.
Martiza Cuevas, director of the Greenbelt's environmental education department and head of the summer camp, said parents should expect children to be in a safe environment.
"Our main goal is to have them spend as much time as possible outdoors. I want them to feel comfortable in a setting like this and have fun in a safe way," she explained.
Activities include exploring the woods and learning about the outdoors.
The three basic themes this year are: "Weird and Wonderful Wildlife," which focuses on animals in Staten Island, New York, North America and the world; "Nature American Lessons," regarding the first inhabitants of Staten Island and the United States, and "Global Defenders," which focuses on protecting the planet.
"We try to teach children something new each and every time," said Ms. Cuevas.
According to Greenbelt officials, the outdoors, High Rock-based program is licensed by the New York City Department of Health. Campers are placed into small groups according to the child-adult ratio guidelines mandated by the Board of Health. A certified Emergency Medical Technician is on staff, and on duty, during camp hours.
Registration for Greenbelt Summer Day Camp is accepted online or by mail on a first-come, first-served basis. Campers 5 to 7 years old must provide a copy of their birth certificates, with complete registration information and full payment. Each camper will receive a free camp T-shirt, say coordinators.
For more information, including registration fees, visit www.sigreenbelt.org.


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Michael Ignatieff's entire career has been about saying clever things in a provocative way that gets noticed in the media. As a political novice, he's learning the hard way that not every question needs a provocative answer.
And as the perceived front-runner in the Liberal leadership race, he's also learning he's fair game for piling on by his opponents and for games of gotcha journalism.
Ignatieff was at the Toronto Star the other day, which is to the Liberal Party in Canada what Pravda used to be the Communist Party in the old Soviet Union. Not exactly a hostile crowd.
But when he was asked if he would run for Parliament again if he loses the leadership, Ignatieff's clipped response was: "Depends who's leader."
Quicker than you can say BlackBerry, one of Ignatieff's leadership rivals jumped into the fray with a stinging rebuke about Ignatieff's judgment and fitness for the leadership.
"These gaffes are damaging to a leadership campaign," said Scott Brison, "but they will be terminal to a national general election campaign."
That's within the bounds of fair comment in a leadership campaign, and Brison is known for mixing it up in the corners. Of course, Ignatieff, in the event he wins the leadership, might want to file that one away when he's preparing his shadow cabinet. In the meantime, he should probably assume Brison won't be endorsing him after the first ballot.
After the story appeared in the Star on Wednesday, Ignatieff spent the day furiously backpedalling. "Let's be clear," he told the Globe and Mail, "I am planning to run in the next election in Etobicoke-Lakeshore. I love being an MP, and I've enjoyed it enormously, and I'm looking forward to doing it again."
Well, there's one important lesson learned. In the immortal words of Jean Drapeau: "Never answer a hypothetical question."
Or, try this next time: "I intend to run again, and I hope to be running as leader." Next, suivant.
Ignatieff was asked the question only because he's the perceived front-runner. More specifically, would he serve under his old friend Bob Rae? Friendships have a way of becoming casualties of leadership campaigns.
I mean, is anybody asking whether Hedy Fry would stick around to serve under the new leader? Does anybody care.
But because Ignatieff is the apparent front-runner, he's got a target painted on his forehead.
But he does have a rather disconcerting habit of opening his mouth to change feet.
A couple of weeks ago, Ignatieff, the former head of the Carr Centre for Human Rights at Harvard's Kennedy School, said he wasn't "losing sleep" over civilian casualties in Lebanon in the war between Israel and Hezbollah. Later, he acknowledged this comment was a "mistake." But you can imagine how it played in the Lebanese community. In certain schools of political correctness, Ignatieff would have been sent away for sensitivity training.
Ignatieff followed up his Star visit the next day by meeting the editorial board of La Presse in Montreal. The lead story out of the interview in yesterday's paper had Ignatieff seeing Canada withdraw its troops from Afghanistan when the current mission expires in 2009.
But it was a little one-column sidebar, on Ignatieff's rules of the road for another Quebec referendum, that raised eyebrows in the political class. It's a pretty hard line he's taking. A future Parti Quebecois government would, as La Presse put it, "have to agree with Ottawa on the wording of the question," which would "have to be on the independence of Quebec, nothing more." Furthermore, a simple majority of 50 per cent plus one would not give "legitimacy," in Ignatieff's own choice of words, for the founding of a new country.
"There have to be rules in this business," Ignatieff said. "We have to have clarity. Why? Because we want to avoid civil war, and I'm very confident we will avoid it."
Civil war? It's a good thing for Ignatieff that he qualified his reference with a declaration of confidence it would be avoided.
But the very mention of "civil war" in the context of post-referendum outcomes, is rhetorically loaded. In the 30 years since the PQ was first elected, and in two referendums since, no serious public figure has ever broached the possibility of civil war.
Not once. Ever. On two occasions now, in 1980 and 1995, Quebecers have debated and voted on a fundamental question of country, without so much as a single shot being fired. We have witnessed, as Pierre Trudeau put it so eloquently in 1980, "the fullness of democracy, with all its joys and sorrows."
As someone who has made his living with words, Ignatieff ought be more careful in choosing them.


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The idea of the book, was not there originally. It was something that started to grow during the years after I lost her. At first they were simple phrases on paper, memories and lines, in order to deal with her passing. You could see it as a journal, as where I tried to write it away from me, to spend hours on a single sentence, just to confront the memories and write them down. It was my way of dealing with the pain, my way of talking about it. During the years however, these phrases began to develop a certain red line, a beautiful and wondrous beginning towards a horrible and unavoidable ending. And it was during those times, I began to realize that writing it down and confronting them did not hurt as much as it did before. I noticed that time started to heal my wounds and it became the driving force behind my memoir: To tell others that no matter what you go through in life, no matter what happens, eventually, you will be able to move on. For some it might take years, for others there is no time period in order to heal certain events, but scars will form and close those wounds.
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Jess had the pleasure of returning to Florida State University, this time to direct & choreograph Hairspray! This show was HUGE in so many ways! The most important being HEART! Check it out on my director/ choreographer page! More production photos to come!
Jess directed & choreographed Sweet Charity at Orange County School of the Arts this fall. Production photos to come!
Jess choreographed the High School premiere of the hit Off-Broadway Musical Jasper In Deadland at Orange County School of the Arts! Production Photos to come!
Jess made her Directorial debut this February when she directed & choreographed her own version of The Addams Family at Florida State University. Check it out on my director/choreographer page! Production photos to come!
After leaving Bandstand on Broadway to return to her life (& her husband:-) in Los Angeles. She hit the ground running with exciting new projects! Auditions at Florida State University for the upcoming production of the Addams Family that she'll be Directing & Choreographing. She started teaching a Mindfulness based acting & singing class at Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana. Teaching Yin Yoga at Hot 8 in Beverly Hills, as well as, getting her 200hr. Power Yoga Teacher Certification! It's been a busy fall!
Jess had the honor of performing on the Tony Awards for a 5th time this year! She & the entire original company of Bandstand performed the Tony WINNING Choreography LIVE on CBS for 6 million people.
Dance Magazine asked Jess to show them how she gets 1940's glamour ready for Bandstand on Broadway in 54 seconds! Check out this sweet little feature here.
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Watch Jess dance her way through the 7 Broadway shows on her resume in the BroadwayBox series Dancing Through My Resume!
Listen in as Jess takes you through the entire creation process of a brand new Broadway show in this 3 part series for The Ensemblist! Jess will give you an inside look from the first day of rehearsals, through tech & previews, then all the way to Opening Night on Broadway w/ Bandstand: A New American Musical. Follow the link to listen or download from any podcast app, like itunes.
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Jessica is thrilled to finally announce her return to the Great White Way this spring w/ Bandstand! Previews begin March 31st! Follow her journey in the show on instagram & twitter.
Jessica received her teaching certification for Yin Yoga! She's currently teaching every Wednesday & subbing at Hot 8 Yoga in LA. Follow her on instagram & twitter for class updates.
Jessica made her LA performance debut in A Chorus Line at the historic Hollywood Bowl. Photos to come!
Jessica had a truly incredible 2 weeks teaching the next generation of aspiring performers at The Performing Arts Project Blueprint Program in Winston-Salem, NC! She was part of the Vocal Performance & Audition Prep faculty as well as offering her popular Broadway Rep classes. Learn more about this amazing project here. Pictures to come!
Jessica will be choreographing a number for the 2nd annual musical revue, Broadway At The W. Last years sold-out success proved that there are plenty of Broadway lovers on the west coast! Click here for tickets before the show sells out!
See the fabulous cast list & lineup in our Broadway.com article here.
Jessica performed in Broadway to the Rescue. A benefit for the Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission. She performed Music in the Mirror from A Chorus Line for the first time since leaving the Broadway Revival in 2008. It was a magical night that raised over $25000 for a truly wonderful cause. Photos from the evening coming soon!
Lots of things have changed on my website recently! Check out my new Teaching Artist page & Industry Testimonials. New photos taken by the fabulous Courtney Lindberg will be posted soon! Follow me on Twitter for the most up to date info.


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We've just returned from a lovely vacation in the UK. I had been to Scotland before a long time ago but not for more than a day or so (on a tour). It was great to return and see a few familiar places and a few new ones too. I love Scotland. I even ate some haggis and drank some Scotch. That's how much I love Scotland.
As usual we stopped in London to see friends and family. It was Halloween and I saw some great carved pumpkins which I unfortunately didn't get photos of. Halloween was followed quickly by Guy Fawkes (Bonfire Night) – I caught a few different small fireworks displays from our hotel window (see photo #1 for our super view). The city of London didn't do any fireworks, having been all fireworked out by the jubilee and the Olympics. And I still didn't get to see anyone collect for or burn "the man" on a bonfire… ah well, maybe next year.
Since there is no Thanksgiving celebration in England (natch), the Christmas decorations were out in full force. I kept shielding my eyes and saying "too soon, too soon!" but to no avail. The good news is that I was able to find the mincemeat with beef suet that my friend wanted me to pick up, and I'm guessing that only comes out at Christmas time.
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A Sedona Mystery Suspense
Donna L. Bloomquist
A view out our front door early one morning
Welcome to the Blood in the Red Rocks web site.
My novel, set in Sedona and the surrounding red rock country of Arizona, is soon to be published. I am currently planning to go the POD (print on demand) route with www.iuniverse.com. If an agent or publisher reads my data here and wants to negotiate--I have an open mind! Blood in the Red Rocks is my first novel, the first in three of a series. I have begun work on Blood in Oak Creek Canyon. Blood in the Desert will follow. Links will be provided here with information about purchase or any other pertinent data--when that time may come!
Updated November 14, 2002
All material on this website is the property of Donna L. Bloomquist.
All photos taken by Bruce or Donna Bloomquist unless other credit is given.
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It worked!!! One of my goals has been to replace as many incandescent bulbs in my home as possible. Many of my light fixtures are on dimmers, and cfls (compact florescent light bulbs) do not work on dimmers, so I can't change every bulb, but I am doing as many as I can. Last month I put several in key fixtures - this month I replaced the bulbs in my vanity in my bathroom.
And guess what? Hip, Hip Hooray - it worked!!
While the house was on the market, my ex put together a sheet with the estimated utility costs. He said the average electric bill was $52.40 each month. I knew that when I moved in I could do better than that, because I know how the two of us use energy. In the year that we were separated I was living in a tiny apartment where I tried to live as green as possible. I picked up some great routines for conserving energy. Sadly, they didn't make as big of an impact as I had hoped. My first full month of living in the house my bill was $47.22.
Then during July I replaced a few incandescent bulbs with cfls. When I got my bill, I was suitably impressed - my bill was $42.81, for a difference of $4.41. To be honest though, I didn't really think it was due to the cfls, I assumed that it was because I wasn't home as much or something to that effect. But then, I got the bill for August...
The total? $31.16! That is a difference of $11.65!! That's huge!
Now we are going into the long dark months here in Michigan where when you wake up it is dark and when you get out of work - it is still dark. It will be interesting to see if I can keep this trend going. Will I continue to have lower energy prices?
More on cfls:
Comparing Incandescent Light Bulbs to CFL Bulbs
Systematically Replacing Incandescent Bulbs with CFLs - Monthly Goals
The Problem with Installing CFLs in My Home Light Fixtures
EDIT: Here's how my bill is doing after 4 months of slowly switching to CFLs: Electric Bills Even Lower, Thanks to CFLs
Photo by: BottleLeaf
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
CFLs Making a Huge Difference in My Monthly Electric Bill
It worked!!! One of my goals has been to replace as many incandescent bulbs in my home as possible. Many of my light fixtures are on dimmers, and cfls (compact florescent light bulbs) do not work on dimmers, so I can't change every bulb, but I am doing as many as I can. Last month I put several in key fixtures - this month I replaced the bulbs in my vanity in my bathroom.
5 comments:
- LP said...
Yay! I am really looking forward to having a lower electric bill for the next couple of months since we will be able to open the windows and turn fans on.
- September 30, 2008 at 8:01 PM
Dawn - That is Awesome! So do you not use A/C? I wanted to try and track our increased cfl usage but it is difficult in the summer months.
I remember those long cold Michigan winter's. Looking forward to my first winter season in the south with a lower natural gas bill.
- September 30, 2008 at 10:33 PM
- Dawn said...
lp - Horray for lower electric bills!! Gotta love them!
PFI - I do use a/c. I didn't try and seperate out the a/c from cfl - and that certainly may make a difference, except that the bills I quoted were from summer months. Now that it is starting to get cool I may see an even bigger difference.
- September 30, 2008 at 11:39 PM
- Scott @ The Passive Dad said...
Congratulations on your lowered energy bills. I installed new cfl's and love them too. Every bit helps.
Does the store you purchased the cfl's take them back for recycling?
- October 1, 2008 at 6:25 PM
- Dawn said...
Hi Scott! I am not sure if they do or not. It is something I am going to have to look into. I am comfortable holding onto the burned out ones (well wrapped up of course) until I have a few and dropping them off at a recycling center if not.
- October 2, 2008 at 5:59 PM


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[Don't know what a term means in this blog post?
Chances are you can find the definition at TypeInDepth.com
An excellent team blog that I highly recommend]
Isabel Myers, with cues from Jung, created a set of rules that outline how the mental function-attitudes "rank" from most preferred to least preferred in our consciousness. Each of the 16 Types have a different order of the FAs (function-attitude) that all follow this rule (which I will not describe here but may post someday).
One could easily stop there; it's pretty complex. But Isabel's model doesn't describe how the position of the FA affects its expression. How does the FA of Ni (introverted iNtuition) look different when in the 1st position (classically called the "Dominant") as opposed to the 3rd (simply "Tertiary") or the 7th (a horse with no name)? There were few descriptions; and those that did exist concentrated on the top four: the only ones we supposedly had any conscious ability to access.
And then along comes Beebe...
John Beebe created a "role model" of the hierarchy of archetypes - an architecture of these 8 ranked FAs with rules for their behavior based on 8 classic archetypal roles. Those roles are described at TypeInDepth.
The table below shows how Isabel's rankings of FAs (the "Actors") meet Beebe's archetypal "Roles" resulting in what I call 64 "Characters." Each MBTI type has 8 Actors (the FAs) and 8 Roles (the archetypes) = 64 possible Characters.
The "Equity Union rules" of placement (the 16 MBTI Types) of the FAs restrict and result in 16 possible ensemble "Casts" as detailed in the Table below (again, thanks to TypeInDepth). This is like the ultimate acting troupe - any Actor can play any Role and they're Cast according to the Equity approved Script that is your MBTI Type.
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So now what we have defined our terms and outlined the background, we come to the real point of the post.
When I first encountered Beebe's model, I immediately grokked it as correct. Something about it clicked, made sense, felt right and was elegant in its simplicity - essentially my iNtuition had a field day with it, and my Feeling judged it Good; but - my brain never stops there. I was left with "why does it feel right?" and "how did he come up with this?"
I personally don't need empirical logic and science and statistical analysis to go with my iNtuition in the heated flush of discovery, but ultimately I like to know "why I believe in what I do" - and I like to have my ducks in order when I ultimately I have to present to those who may like logical support. At the time, I (and most of the world) lacked any source material of Beebe's development model. So I had to figure out the "math" myself. What follows is my "math."
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