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This layout was inspired by:
1. ScrapTheGirls - January Sketch
2. Practical Scrappers - Buttons
3. ABC Challenge - L is for Layering
The title says: Almost by myself...
I used: DCWV (All About Boys stack), Sonburn cardsock, Autumn Leaves Designer printed paper, Miss Elizabeth's Antique white cardstock, Cuttlebug embossing folders, Ink It Up! black ink, Sharpie, buttons (in the title + 3 fish), ribbon, thread.
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Almsot by myself
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Drive Slowly
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This layout was inspired by:1. Twisted Sketches #031 > twist is white
2. Jana Wilson > Week 1
3. Practical Scrappers > buttons
The title says: Drive Slowly
The journaling says: We went to pick up Yaara from Zamir kindergarten, you moved to the passanger seat (after i parked the car) and you began to drive...
If you drive fast - you'll be cought by a policeman, drive slowly...
I used: Sonburn cardstocks, Miss Elizabeths birthday papers & grey cardstock, Cuttlebug embossing folders, Ink It Up! black ink, Marvy Uchida punch, Sharpie, buttons.
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Santos wants to sink up to 6100 new CSG wells in CQ
ONE of Queensland's biggest coal seam gas projects, Santos GLNG, has applied for a huge expansion in central and southern Queensland, with options to sink as many as 6100 new coal seam gas wells.
The project has been on the company's books for most of the year and was approved early this month for environmental assessment under state laws by Environment Minister Tony Burke.
In its application to the Commonwealth Environment Department, Santos wrote it planned to expand its current 7000sqkm CSG operation to an 11,000sqkm operation.
Documents filed with the government reveal the company applied for approvals to sink 6100 CSG wells across southern and central Queensland, on top of the project's 2000-odd existing wells.
In addition to the wells, the proposal would need new gas and water pipelines, construction of new water and gas treatment plants, roads, sewerage, pits and quarries, to help service the massive project.
Documents also revealed the project would involve numerous accommodation camps to be built across the 35 petroleum tenements to hold a workforce of around 1700 during construction, and about 200 in operation.
The project area encompasses the Maranoa, Western Downs, Central Highlands and Banana regional council areas, including towns such as Roma, Miles, Surat, Taroom, Wandoan, Injune and Rolleston.
While it is early days for the project, under the Commonwealth approval, the Federal Government will have veto rights over any state environmental approvals, if it deems the state assessments are not up to scratch.
The company originally applied for the expansion - which will feed its GLNG export facility on Curtis Island off Gladstone - in early 2012.
But that application, which would have had to be assessed under both Commonwealth and state environmental laws, was withdrawn in November days before the latest application was submitted.
Before Friday, the state government's Coordinator-General website had the status of the project listed as "pending" Commonwealth approval, despite that approval being completed on December 3.
After inquiries from APN Newsdesk about the project, the state government released details of the projects ToR and updated the website late on Friday.
The public comment period for the project will close on Monday February 4, 2013.

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Forget "Glee."
NBC belted out a ratings win for the two-hour debut episode of "The Voice" Wednesday night, topping the competition in the key advertiser friendly 18 to 49 demographic, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The heavily promoted singing competition featuring "Forget You" singer Cee Lo Green, Blake Shelton, Adam Levine and Christina Aguilera reportedly scored a 5.1 rating in the demo, compared with a 3.4 rating for Fox's Lady Gaga-themed "Glee."
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"The Voice" averaged 11.8 million viewers when all demographic groups were factored in, about half of the audience for Fox's "American Idol," THR reported.
ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" Tuesday logged the most eyeballs for the night overall, The Wall Street Journal reported. About 18 million viewers tuned in for the dancing competition's results show where pro-wrestler Chris Jericho got the boot.
Still, NBC said "The Voice" scored the most viewers for any premiere on the big networks since the Feb. 2010 debut of "Undercover Boss."


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SAN FRANCISCO — The Year of the Dragon is approaching, ruled by the fabulous beast that is the most powerful sign in the Chinese zodiac. And the San Francisco Bay area, with its rich tradition of Chinese culture, has a host of events planned.
Whether you're up for running a 10K through Chinatown (prize for "Best Dressed Dragon") or inclined to slip into something a little more elegant for an Asian-themed concert at the San Francisco Symphony, here are five ways to welcome the dragon.
WATCH THE PARADE GO BY: Stepping off at Second and Market streets at 5:15 p.m. on Feb. 11, the Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade features floats, dance teams, bands and other performances. The route follows Geary and Post streets before ending at Kearny at Columbus; organizers recommend Post Street as a good place to watch. The event is free, but bleacher seat tickets can be purchased for $30 each. This year, groups from all over the state are participating, says parade spokeswoman Karen Eng, and the opening act will be a group of performers from China. The event traces its roots to the 19th century, when Chinese immigrants showcased their culture using the all-American tradition of a parade. Details including maps and where to order tickets can be found at http://www.chineseparade.com. If you are taking the BART public transit system, exit at the Montgomery or Powell stations. It's recommended you buy round-trip tickets at the start of your journey to avoid long lines on the way back.
GET SOME REAL FLOWER POWER: Flowers, fruit and candy are a big part of Chinese New Year, and this event will help you get ready. Held in Chinatown, the Flower Market Fair runs from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Jan. 14 and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Jan. 15. It will be set up on Grant Avenue from Clay to Broadway streets, Pacific Ave. from Kearny to Stockton streets and on Jackson and Washington streets from Kearny to Stockton. The festival officially opens with a ribbon-cutting at the main stage on Washington Street below Grant at about 10:45 a.m. Jan. 14. Traditional entertainment such as lion dances and Chinese opera will be performed on stage both days.
CELEBRATE IN CONCERT: The San Francisco Symphony Chinese New Year Community concert and Celebration 2012 features a mix of music and instruments from East and West. The concert begins 4 p.m. Feb. 11 and early arrivers will be greeted with a family-friendly festival reception at 3 p.m. with arts and crafts, food, Asian instruments, lion dancers, Chinese calligraphers and more. Carolyn Kuan will conduct and the program includes the Yellow River piano concerto. Tickets are $15 to $68 and can be purchased at http://www.sfsymphony.org . The symphony plays at Davies Symphony Hall, the box office is on Grove Street between Van Ness Avenue and Franklin Street. To get there by BART, use the Civic Center station.
START THE YEAR OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT: The Chinatown YMCA holds its 34th annual Chinese New Year Run at 8 a.m. Feb. 19. The route starts at Sacramento Street and Grant Avenue and winds through Chinatown. One route is a 10K and the other is a 5K. About 2,000 people are expected to take part in the event, which benefits the Chinatown YMCA Community Center. Register at http://www.ymcasf.org/Chinatown/ . Registration is $30 by check and $33 by credit card, increasing to $36 and $39 after Feb. 1. The event can be accessed by Muni bus lines 1, 30 or 45.
FIND THE ZODIAC AT THE ZOO: The San Francisco Zoo is commemorating the Lunar New Year from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Jan. 29 with Chinese acrobatic performances, traditional lion and folk dancing, Chinese yo-yo tricks and more. Visitors can take a self-guided zodiac tour leading them to animals found on the Chinese calendar. Yes, they do have a dragon, says zoo spokesman Danny Latham. It's a bearded dragon, so it doesn't actually fly or breathe fire, but it is a cool lizard nonetheless. Admission is $15 for ages 15-64, $12 for those over 65, $9 for ages 4-14 and free for 3 and under. In honor of the day, admission is free for all those born in Dragon years (1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000 and 2012). The zoo entrance is Sloat Boulevard and the Great Highway. Parking is $10 on weekends. Within San Francisco, take the Muni L Taraval line outbound to the zoo. Bus lines 23 and 18 also stop at the zoo. Show your Muni receipt for $1 off the price of admission. Visit http://www.sfzoo.org/announcements/lunarnewyearcelebration for more information or call 415-753-7080.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Year of the Dragon is approaching, ruled by the fabulous beast that is the most powerful sign in the Chinese zodiac. And the San Francisco Bay area, with its rich tradition of Chinese culture, has a host of events planned.


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'Gatsby', Zelda Novels Put Fitzgeralds in Focus
One of the greatest literary feuds in history was between Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald. This year, four novelists have weighed in with fictional portraits of Zelda. Alexandra Alter reports. Photo: Bazmark Film III Pty Limited.
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PureDWTS Tribute: Julia Ivleva
Remember this gorgeous waltz that Jonathan & Anna danced in tribute to their cancer-stricken friend, Julia, back in season 14?
Sadly, Anna reported on her Twitter today that Julia passed away this morning, after a long & courageous battle with lung cancer. She remembered her friend poignantly:
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Julia's passing touched me rather personally, as I had the pleasure of watching Julia and her husband, Igor, dance at one of the first ballroom competitions I attended, almost ten years ago. I was struck by how powerful they were on the floor, and their showdances were always the most creative and engaging. I feel blessed to have been present to witness the debut of one of the greatest showdances in ballroom history – when Igor & Julia proved that you can dance ballroom to any music…even Nirvana!
And a few years later, they again proved that rock & ballroom can mix perfectly, when they did this beautiful, vulnerable foxtrot to quite possibly my favorite song of all-time:
We here at Pure send our heartfelt condolences out to Julia's friends and family during this sad time. Rest in peace, Julia.


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- Ruben Navarrette: America is great because it's diverse; cultural differences celebrated
- So chanting U.S.A! U.S.A! to insult Americans because of race or heritage is unpatriotic, he says
- He says kids at L.A. school game apparently chanted like this; it's occurred elsewhere too
- Navarrette: Behavior recalls abhorrent nativism in immigration debate; the practice must stop
It never occurred to me that the chant "U.S.A, U.S.A!" -- something you might hear from enthusiastic sports fans at the World Cup or the Olympics -- could be used as an insult. That is, until I saw (and heard) it for myself.
Before I tell that story, let's be clear. Chanting "U.S.A, U.S.A!" is fine; what matters is the context, the intent behind the chant. And that isn't always easy to discern.
It's great if the people chanting are just trying to celebrate a magnificent country. Part of what makes the United States so special in the first place is that we're also an extremely diverse country. The national motto may be "e pluribus unum" (of many, one), but Americans should always strive to cherish and celebrate those cultural differences that make us unique. This means respecting one another as equals.
So it's not so great if the idea of raising one's voice in a group display is to try to put another group of Americans in its place by implying -- solely because of race, ethnicity, heritage or skin color -- that they're not real Americans or "not American enough." Whatever that means.
That is when the chanting can become really offensive. Patriotism is one thing, racial or ethnic putdowns are another. In recent years, we've seen far too many examples of the latter.
In fact, recently, a group of students at Camarillo High School, northwest of Los Angeles, were ejected after leading a rally at a basketball game against a rival school. The students first showed up at the game wearing American flag bandanas, but school officials asked that they remove them. When they refused, they were told to leave the auditorium. They did, but defiantly returned soon after still wearing the bandanas. Then they whipped the crowd into a frenzy by chanting "U.S.A, U.S.A!" That's when they were asked to leave the premises, and report to the principal the next day.
Initially, there were reports that the students were suspended for five days, but that, after an outcry from the community, the punishment had been rescinded. Principal Glenn Lipman denies that there was ever a suspension.
That's what happened. Now what's the context?
It seems that the student body at the rival school -- Rio Mesa High School -- is 67 percent Latino and only 22 percent white. Whereas the student body at Camarillo is only 41 percent Latino and 47 percent white.
Was the overwhelmingly Latino population of Rio Mesa lost on the four students who decided to pick that day of all days to celebrate their patriotism? Not likely. In an additional wrinkle, two of the students who led the "U.S.A." chant are Latino.
"If we're doing it for patriotism, that's fine," Lipman said. "But if we're doing it for something else that's racially motivated, I'm not going to allow that."
Officials were ready for trouble. According to one of the ejected students, the school's associate principal made a point of approaching the stands before the game to warn students against making any racial comments at opposing fans.
This isn't the only school where there have been incidents like this. Last March, in San Antonio, Alamo Heights High School defeated Edison High School in a basketball game. The Alamo Heights students celebrated their victory by chanting -- yep -- "U.S.A, U.S.A!" The student body at Alamo Heights is mostly white, and the one at Edison is mostly Latino.
See a pattern? Or do you believe in coincidence?
Now for the story I promised at the start of this column. In 2011, I was in Albuquerque listening to an outdoor speech by New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez. The Republican has a high approval rating now. But, at the time, she was in hot water with Latino activists because of her crusade to eliminate driver's licenses for illegal immigrants. A group of Latino students showed up to heckle the Mexican-American governor, and the group that had come to hear her -- which happened to be mostly white -- responded by trying to drown out the students with a familiar chant: "U.S.A, U.S.A!"
Again, this was clearly an attempt to put the protesters in their place. Fine. But why would the crowd choose those words? It was because the students were Latino.
The rub is that New Mexico is home to many Latinos whose roots in the United States go back since before there was a United States, hundreds of years in some cases. This was one group of Americans challenging another -- whether they realized it or not.
I'm not sure where this phenomenon of using patriotism to insult is coming from. It could well be spillover from the immigration debate, where we often hear nativists accusing Latinos of not being sufficiently loyal to the United States or even maintaining a secret allegiance to ancestral homelands.
Yet, wherever it is coming from, it needs to stop. And the sooner, the better.
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Located on a huge sand bar beach between Lagos and city of Benin. Go to the jetty close to the US Embassy on Victoria Island (Lagos) and ask the taxi-boats to take you to the shipwreck that blew up in Lagos Harbor back in 1998. There are no regular schedules, but chartering a boat for the day will cost you about US$50 (pay when returning). Bring loads of water and some food. The trip takes about 1h and takes you through Lagos harbor and the bush walk upon arrival takes less than 10 min.
DistanceSurf trip
WalkShort walk (5-15 mn)
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Public access?Public access
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Alternative name Shipwreck
Wave qualityRegional Classic
ExperienceAll surfers
FrequencyVery consistent (150 day/year)
PowerFun, Powerless
Normal lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
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The shipwreck is quite hard to reach, but once you get there, you will keep returning. The water is clean and the swell pretty consistent most of the year.
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By Nick R , 03-03-2011
Port Harcort - Anything available closser to PH I am goiing to be there for nearly a year...... any one surfed down there?
By Marc , 03-12-2010
anyone around for a surf? - hey people. Been in Lagos for a month now. I'm a total noob when it comes to surfing, but if anyone is around and keen to hit Shipwreck of Tarqua let me know.
By James , 15-09-2008
Shipwreck - Morning all, am moving back to lagos shortly, i used to surf shipwreck a lot about 5 years ago but not had a chance since really. Anyone heading out there regularly, can you send me your mobile number as i'm keen to get back in the water as soon as possible. I land early october and am VI based.
Many thanks!
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I don't know that I've ever recommended reading something at RedState. But this is fascinating — "Campaign Sources: The Romney Campaign was a Consultant Con Job." It sounds as if some of the consulting firms working for the Romney campaign were just faking it. The article claims they were running a con job on Romney.
They say that the truth is the consultants essentially used the Romney campaign as a money making scheme, forcing employees to spin false data as truth in order to paint a rosy picture of a successful campaign as a form of job security.
Zac Moffatt, Digital Director for the Romney campaign, was specifically named as having "built a nest egg for himself and co-founder of Targeted Victory, Mike Beach,†and that they "didn't get social†media and ignored objections from other consultants and staffers in the campaign.
You may have seen some of the criticism of ORCA, a smartphone app that was supposed to be Mitt's high-tech poll-monitoring system. Apparently it was an epic fail.
Sources also said that arrogance played a big role, saying that the Romney campaign was a hostile battlefield of egos in which these consultants viewed any opposition to their world view as coming from an enemy. This apparently led to the ORCA program "receiving no stress test, no usage during super saturdays and no ability to have a Plan B or C when everything hit the fan.â€
"The brain trust of the Romney campaign was so arrogant that they refused to change strategy. It was clear in June were SOL,†said one email.
Another source that closely studied the Obama campaigns GOTV efforts as compared to ORCA said bluntly that "the Obama training manuals made ORCA look like a drunken monkey slapped together a powerpoint†adding that we must duplicate and improve what they accomplished to have any hope for the 2014 & 2016 ground game.
But the failures in what was described as a "tightly wound consultant culture†didn't stop there.
Stu Stevens of the Stevens and Schriefer Group was said to not be chasing poll numbers with the media buy strategy and appeared instead to be doing little more than "throwing darts at a dartboard.†At best using false numbers provided by ORCA; at worst milking the cash cow of the Romney campaign.
Can't you just see it? By the way, we won Florida. See also "The Oracle's Debacle."


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Culture Shock in France: 15 Things Parisian Expats Find Kind of Strange About France.
We all have our own definition of the word "strange" or "weird."
For one person, it could be cycling nude on a bike trail in the mountains in the middle of winter while singing at the top of your lungs—to keep warm, of course.
Another may be a roommate who likes toast, ketchup, banana and cinnamon sandwiches. When it comes to acclimating in a foreign country, the meaning of "strange" can take on even more nuances, especially if you don't speak the language of your adopted homeland.


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LITC always welcomes volunteers to assist in our work.
Whether you would like to contribute as an Outreach or Social Media Volunteer, a Mentor, provide assistance on our Youth programmes or even support us in development and fundraising, LITC would be very interested to hear from you.
In order to volunteer, please send your CV and a short email explaining why you would like to get involved in to: firstname.lastname@example.com
Current Volunteer opportunities
Outreach Volunteers
As a dedicated Outreach volunteer you inspire a new generation of young people and provide information to the general public and organisations about the services LITC provides. As well as gaining valuable communications skills and CPD experience.
You can really make a difference, many young people are unaware of the amazing breadth of services we provide and are amazed by the work that we do. Meeting other people of all walks of life is a positive and helpful way for many who only settle in their comfort zone. It is a real eye-opener and can encourage young people into Employment, Education, Sports, Music, and Arts.
Social Media Volunteers
We are looking for a social media volunteer to coordinate the online presence of our organization. We regularly receive updates on our field programs via social media which requires downloading, saving to/organizing the network storage, and reposting these photos and messages to our various social media account. This position would also support the development of an online marketing strategy designed to increase the supporter base of and the knowledge of our organization. This would include a coordinated campaign to develop broader awareness of LITC's support of education and community development.
Erasmus+ Volunteers
LITC is seeking dedicated volunteers interested in supporting the project management of our Erasmus+, Community and wider International Programmes. To learn more about our programmes, visit our Erasmus+ pages.
Sports Coaching Volunteers
Combine teaching English and other subjects of your choice with coaching your favourite sports and bring fun and structure into the life skills development of Cameroon's youth. We offer projects coaching sports in schools, dedicated sports clubs, and community centres. These projects offer you the chance to improve your skills and pass on your passion for sport to children in the developing world.
We support our member volunteers by paying their local travel and lunch expenses. They are also covered by our public liability insurance when doing outreach on our behalf.
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When your office is the great outdoors and your commute is on horseback, preserving and protecting the Earth is part of the job description.
In a recent national survey of American beef eaters, cattle ranchers and farmers were selected as the third greenest profession from a diverse list of jobs, with park rangers topping the list. The survey was conducted by IPSOS Public Affairs, a global survey-based market research firm, for The Beef Checkoff Program.
Green Values at Kona's Palani Ranch
Two-thirds of U.S. cattle farms and ranches have been in the same family for two generations or more (Aspen Media & Market Research, 2008).
That's no surprise to Jimmy Greenwell, president of the Big Isle's Palani Ranch. His great-grandfather, Henry Nicholas Greenwell, founded the Kona ranch in 1850. Palani is one of our island's grass-fed beef producers.
"Ranchers are grass growers, watershed managers, soil conservators and habitat providers," explains Greenwell. "Our goal is to pass on the land to the next generations in better shape than what we found it."
Greenwell continues, "There are a lot of benefits that flow from grazing lands like ours to the broader community including their scenic value, cultural significance, carbon sequestration qualities, habitat preservation and watershed value. Properly managing this land resource, however, takes money and ranching is part of how we harvest the value of the landscape to pay for its own maintenance."
Palani Ranch operates 20,000 acres primarily in North Kona.
Emphasizing that it's important to keep the grazing industry viable in Hawai'i, Greenwell adds, "Ranching maintains the pastureland use pattern, keeping open land intact."
Ranches Protect the Land
An overwhelming majority of IPSOS survey respondents, 86%, believe farmers and ranchers are committed to protecting and preserving land and natural resources. Actions seen as "very important" by more than half of those surveyed included things common to cattlemen: planting crops and grasses to control erosion, rotating cattle pastures to prevent overgrazing and planting trees to provide windbreaks and shelter.
Consumers aren't the only ones who find farmers and ranchers critical to protecting our environment. For example, a group of sportsmen, conservation and outdoor interests-including The Nature Conservancy-is collaborating on a new "Thank a Rancher" campaign in Wyoming that recognizes the importance of agriculture and ranching in maintaining our open spaces and conserving wildlife habitat.
Environmental Sustainability
According to the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, there are 40 ways that raising cattle contributes to environmental sustainability. The list gives you a broad view of the many duties required of ranchers and their importance; we list 25 of them:
25 Ways Grass-Fed Cattle Farmers and Ranchers Help the Environment
- Maintain and introduce habitats as homes for numerous endangered species.
- Use biological controls on invasive pests.
- Plant trees for windbreaks, which provide protection for the cattle, wildlife and soil.
- Maintain proper nutrients in soil by regularly analyzing soil samples to determine which nutrients are needed and in what amounts.
- Implement conservation tillage so that soil can be conserved and available moisture used more efficiently.
- Fence off streams and wetlands to create a buffer that helps prevent bank erosion and runoff.
- Utilize beef production technologies to raise more beef with fewer natural resources.
- Plant grasses on highly erodible land, thereby conserving soil.
- Protect open spaces from development through programs like conservation easements.
- Reduce fuel consumption by using ATVs that use less fuel than other farm/ranch vehicles.
- Utilize solar-powered electric fence chargers.
- Create retention ponds to protect waterways from excessive runoff.
- Use recycled products to build fences and recycled tires to build water tanks.
- Participate in university research projects that aim to improve agricultural environmental practices.
- Plan soil nutrient management systems to control nutrient runoff and to minimize the need for additional nutrients.
- Monitor and document effective practices and regularly solicit input from expert sources to improve resource management.
- Control weeds and prevent residue build-up on pasture land so it doesn't turn into hot and dangerous fires.
- Maintain open space as cattle grazing pastures, allowing land to remain natural, free of trash, debris and invasive weeds and trees.
- Install irrigation systems that efficiently utilize limited water resources.
- Hold up water on ranchlands for extended periods of time in order to replenish underground aquifers and filter out nutrients and particulate matter.
- Improve plant density, a sign of a healthier rangeland.
- Allow cattle to graze and consume forages that convert to healthy, nutritious beef.
- Utilize rotational grazing so cattle are moved to different pasture to prevent overgrazing.
- Use windmills to harvest wind energy into usable mechanical power.
- Partner with state, local and national environmental agencies to monitor land, water and wildlife and make improvements.
The Beef Checkoff Program was established as part of the 1985 Farm Bill. The Checkoff assesses $1 per head on the sale of live domestic and imported cattle, in addition to a comparable assessment on imported beef and beef products. States retain up to 50 cents on the dollar and forward the other 50 cents per head to the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board, which administers the national Checkoff program, subject to USDA approval.


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Which color is hotter, red or violet? — LL, Falls Church, Virginia
Light itself doesn't necessarily have any temperature. For example, the colored lights emitted by the glowing tubes of an advertising sign don't have any temperature associated with them. They are non-thermal light—that is, light that is not being emitted by a hot object because of its temperature.
To understand the complicated relationship between color and temperature, let's begin by looking at thermal light. When you ignite a block of black charcoal in the grill, the temperature of that block gradually rises. Throughout the entire process, the block emits light, or more generally, electromagnetic radiation. At first the block is at room temperature and the radiation it emits is invisible infrared light. This light is actually thermal light, meaning that it is emitted by the block because of that block's temperature and it carries with it thermal energy or heat. You don't notice this thermal radiation because it's invisible and dim. It's indistinguishable from the thermal radiation that the other room-temperature objects around you emit.
But as the block warms up, its thermal radiation brightens and shifts toward shorter wavelengths and higher frequencies. A physicist would say that its "color" is shifting toward the "blue end" of the spectrum. You still can't see this thermal radiation, but you can begin to feel its thermal energy with your hands or face. You feel warmed by it.
Once the block reaches about 400 or 500o C, you can begin to see a dim red glow. Now the thermal radiation from the block has spread into the far red edge of the visible portion of the spectrum. By 1300o C, the block appears full red and perhaps even a little orange. By 1800o C, it has the yellow glow of a candle and by 2500o C, it is bright yellow-white and burning fast.
Overall, the block emits a range of light that is characteristic of the block's temperature. The hotter the block is, the shorter the wavelengths of that light—the more toward the "blue end" of the spectrum—and the brighter the light—the more thermal energy it carries. This thermal light doesn't have a sharply defined wavelength or a simple color. It has a statistical spread of both wavelength and color that is an essential part of the randomness associated with thermal energy. If you were to trap this thermal light in a room full of perfect mirrors, it would be accurate to say that this light has a temperature; it was emitted by an object because of that object's temperature and it retains all the characteristics associated with that temperature.
But what happens if you begin filtering out certain colors from the light, or if you begin adding colors to the light with fluorescent or neon lamps, or light-emitting diodes, or even lasers. In that case you no longer have thermal light. The light's spectrum of wavelengths and its brightness aren't characteristic of any particular temperature any more. Thus if you send sunlight through a filter that transmits only red light and ask what temperature that red light has, the answer is that the red light is no longer thermal and has no temperature.
So your question only has meaning if both lights, red and violet, are thermal. A glowing object at about 1300o C will appear red, although it will be a special type of red because of the thermal spread of wavelengths it must contain. And a glowing object at about 15000o C will appear violet, as well as being unbelievably bright. Once again, that violet will not be a pure wavelength, but rather a broad spread of wavelengths that includes a vast amount of ultraviolet light as well as visible. In this special circumstance, you can say that the violet light truly is hotter than the red light.Answered by Lou A. Bloomfield of the University of Virginia


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Learning Globally, Implementing Locally
This month, education leaders from the United States and China gathered in Boston for an exchange on educational best practices. Maureen McLaughlin, senior advisor to Secretary and director of International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Education reports.
by Maureen McLaughlin
For two days, leaders of state and provincial education systems in two of the largest countries in the world—China and the United States—shared ideas and discussed efforts to improve teacher quality and the performance of weak or underachieving schools. With the Council of Chief State Schools Officers, Asia Society, Harvard University, and the U.S. Department of Education as partners, Mitchell Chester, Massachusetts Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education, hosted leaders from nine provinces and 13 states to build on and deepen a dialogue that started in Beijing last year.
The U.S. and China are intensifying efforts to benchmark their education systems against other systems around the globe and to learn what other countries are doing that could be helpful at home. Shanghai, one of China's leading provinces, participated in the PISA international test of student learning for the first time in 2009 and shot to the top of the international standings. This substantially increased interest around the world in what Shanghai—and by extension the rest of China—is doing to improve its educational outcomes.
Chinese and U.S. leaders visited two highly diverse schools: Boston's Orchard Garden Pilot School, a turnaround school whose students have shown double digit gains in achievement in the past two years, and Cambridge's Graham and Parks School, an elementary school whose students have over 4O home languages. The Chinese were particularly impressed by the teachers' respect for differences and diversity and their attention to helping each child succeed whether he/she speaks English, is a strong student, or a struggling learner.
The leadership teams at both schools embrace the belief that high-quality staff who build meaningful relationships with students and their families will help students to achieve at high levels. Extended learning time, a deep connection to the arts, and a strong student support system have yielded positive results at Orchard Garden School in a short time. Graham and Parks School has a clear theory of action—if adults learn together and seek out and solve problems together student achievement improves. Both schools clearly demonstrate that a focused vision on student success can be achieved by a caring and dedicated staff.
Provincial leaders in China also described their efforts to turnaround weak or underachieving schools. Shanghai, for example, is trying a number of approaches including asking the principals of high-performing schools to also manage a low-performing school and creating clusters of high- and lower-performing schools where teams of experienced teachers are transferred into the weaker schools to help improve the quality of teaching and learning. The results are evaluated after two years to determine next steps.
While education efforts are huge and highly diverse between and within the U.S. and China, there are many common challenges. The common challenge—especially how to educate all children to high levels—and the desire to learn from each other bring us together. Learning from other countries to improve U.S. education and advance U.S. international priorities is a key objective of the Department's international strategy.


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Many thousands of music teachers give instruction to learners in their own homes every day. People with a music teaching qualification have long been well placed to work from home. With the advent of the internet a new dimension has been added. Now the student need not commute either. Music teachers may not have considered online teaching jobs, having become accustomed to the traditional face-to-face teaching jobs.
For music teachers, an online teaching job is not impossible to create, even if it lacks the personal contact that they, and music students, may be accustomed to. However, teachers hoping to create a teaching job for themselves using the internet will need to think carefully about the medium and how it can most effectively be used for students' benefit.
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If you are a music teacher you will know that mastering a musical instrument has many facets. A serious student of music will have to engage with many different aspects of the subject beyond the core task of playing the instrument of their choice. To acquire proficiency, the music student must read music and understand music theory. Understanding the history of music in general and as it pertains to the musical instrument they are learning to play is part of a well-rounded musical education. Musicians must also develop a critical ear, by listening to the maestros and developing the skills to criticise and appreciate their accomplishments is another dimension of learning music.
All these aspects of learning music can be taught by music teachers in the context of an online teaching job. In addition, the interactive nature of the internet means that it is also entirely possible to give practical instruction as well. This may not have the intimacy or directness of traditional teaching but it can still be effective. Music teachers should remember that for some learners, including those who live in remote areas, who are disabled or otherwise isolated, the online learning option may be the only one available.
Music teachers working in online teaching jobs will find that video links make many of the tasks of conventional teaching entirely possible. You may not be able to physically correct a learner's hand position but you can still instruct them on correct technique and demonstrate it via video. Most importantly, you can hear your students as clearly as if they were in the room with you – and certainly well enough to give them feedback on their performance, including technical aspects and interpretation of the piece, amongst other aspects.
Another option for music teachers interested in online teaching jobs is the equivalent of homework help. Learners seek tutoring assistance, including mentoring to keep them on track with the syllabus and help with test preparation in music, as in other academic subjects. If you have a passion for music then your enthusiasm and expertise could be hugely helpful to students seeking that extra bit of input to boost their success. If you have the verbal communication skills as well as the subject knowledge and the willingness to explore the medium of internet learning, an online teaching job could be a interesting avenue to explore in your career as a music teacher.


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Coco Chanel has already been inspired by the vibrant crystals and Marilyn Monroe dazzled everyone in a Swarovski crystal-studded dress when she sang her famous rendition of Happy Birthday to John F Kennedy. Swarovski crystal adorns the stage of the annual Oscar Awards and has celebrated big-screen success in Moulin Rouge, The Black Swan, and The Young Victoria, even helping the film win the Oscar for Best Costume.
Since visionary Daniel Swarovski founded the company in Wattens, Austria in 1895, Swarovski has become the leading manufacturer of cut crystal as well as natural and man-made precious stones. Its ongoing innovations and numerous trends in jewellery, fashion, accessories, lighting, interior design, architecture and culture, have made the Swarovski brand synonymous with ingenuity and pioneering crystal technology.
In addition to its own Swarovski creations available from near on 2,000 boutiques, the company has also been supplying the fashion, jewellery and accessory industries with individual decorative crystal elements and crystalline semi-finished goods for many years.
Sparkling creations conquer the world
Swarovski crystals have been in the limelight since the very beginning: on cinema screens, concert stages and red carpets.


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As a mercenary named Arran Danner, you go where the money is. Your client will give you the objective and then it's up to you to get the job done. Every contract, every mission, every kill gets you paid. And paid well. But when a routine mission leaves you in the middle of a deadly power struggle for the life of a young boy, you begin to wonder if the cost of victory can be too high, no matter how big the pay cheque.
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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced today $16 million in grant awards and offers for 286 humanities projects. New funding supports a wide variety of projects nationwide, including traveling exhibitions, research fellowships, production and development of films, documentation of endangered languages, the development and staging of major exhibitions, digital tools, and the preservation of and access to historic collections.
This round of grants showcases the reach of the Endowment projects both big and small. Among the grants announced are those that will bring the traveling exhibition Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War and related programs to small towns in Tennessee, South Dakota, and Wyoming, while museums in Utah, Illinois, California, and Maryland will be mounting major exhibitions. New documentaries, on topics ranging from Susan Sontag to Prohibition to slavery, are heading for public television in the near future as well. Other grants will allow scholars to dig through—and digitize—archives.
"NEH grants give scholars the tools they need to do research to expand the knowledge base in various fields of humanities and then provide public access to new knowledge and perspectives through exhibitions, reading-and-discussion programs, websites, and documentaries," said NEH Chairman Jim Leach. "The result is a better informed public."
This award cycle, institutions and independent scholars in 44 states and the District of Columbia will receive NEH support. Complete state-by-state listings of grants and offers of matching funds are available through the two links below:
Selected projects have received a We the People designation for their efforts to strengthen the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture. In this cycle, grants were awarded in the following categories:
- America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Planning Grants and Implementation Grants support projects that create new ways to excite, inform, and stir thoughtful reflection upon culture, identity, and history in creative and new ways.
- America's Media Makers: Development Grants enable media producers to collaborate with scholars to develop humanities content and to prepare programs for production.
- America's Media Makers: Production Grants support the preparation of a media program for distribution.
- Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants encourage innovations in the digital humanities by supporting the planning stages of projects.
- Documenting Endangered Languages Grants support fieldwork and other activities relevant to recording, documenting, and archiving endangered languages. This is a joint program with the National Science Foundation.
- Enduring Questions Grants allow faculty members to develop a new undergraduate course that grapple with a fundamental question addressed by the humanities.
- Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions provide scholars with research time and access to resources that might not be available at their home institutions.
- Fellowships at Digital Humanities Centers Grants support collaboration between digital centers and individual scholars, providing funding for both a stipend for the fellow and a portion of the center's costs for hosting a fellow.
- Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Grants allows institutions to preserve and provide access to collections essential to scholarship, education, and public programming in the humanities.
- Interpreting America's Historic Places: Planning Grants and Implementation Grants support the interpretation of a single historic site or house, a series of sites, an entire neighborhood, a town or community, or a larger geographical region significant to American history.
- NEH on the Road Grants help small sites defray the cost of hosting an NEH-traveling exhibition.
- Picturing America School Collaboration Projects Grants provide teachers and librarians whose schools display Picturing America images to incorporate them into the school's core curriculum.
- Preservation and Access Research and Development Grants support projects that address major challenges in preserving or providing access to humanities collections and resources.
- Small Grants to Libraries—Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War Grants allow institutions hosting the 1,000-square foot panel exhibition to offer related public programming.
- Summer Stipends support full-time work by a scholar on a humanities project for a period of two months.


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- Light status feedback speed in 0.1 second
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- ON/OFF , Dim/Bright , All Lights ON / All units OFF
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Hardware Accelerator for Evolutionary Image Filters Design
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The EHWFILTER accelerator was developed in order to accelerate image filter evolution in hardware. It can automatically create a filter (e.g., to suppress shot noise) when noised image and uncorrupted original image are provided. The accelerator is implemented on the COMBO6X card equipped with Virtex II Pro 2VP50ff1517 FPGA. It consists of genetic unit, fitness unit and the so-called virtual reconfigurable circuit (VRC) which is utilized to evaluate candidate filters. Every image filter is considered as a digital circuit of nine 8-bit inputs and a single 8-bit output, which processes grayscale (8-bits/pixel) images. Training images are stored in external SRAM memories. The search algorithm is based on Cartesian Genetic Programming operating over 4x8 programmable elements, population size of 8 individuals, and 1 mutation/chromosome. This setting is default but can be changed. The accelerator is connected with PC using PCI bus. The system requires approx. 10 sec to produce a filter which is 44 times faster than the same algorithm running at the Celeron 2.4 GHz.
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Heat, light and camaraderie fuel a well-ordered space on the northern edge of the Palo Alto High School campus, where more than 100 students a year pass through for a primer in the "fiery arts" of clay and glass.
Paly's glassblowing studio -- one of a handful at high schools in the United States -- is a home away from home for a diverse group of teens, for whom the work of shaping honey-thick molten liquid into solid objects has become a form of play.
"It's way too addicting and way too fun," said senior Martin Ehrensvard, who began blowing glass at Paly 18 months ago. "It's such a big fight -- blowing glass is like working with no other material.
"You're shaping something super-hot, and when it's not hot you can't shape it. The hotter it is, the better you can shape it. I fell in love with it."
Shelves in Paly's sculpture classroom -- the glass furnace and reheaters are just outside -- are lined with colorful glass pumpkins, apples, acorns, hearts, shells, reindeer, slugs and snails ready for purchase at the program's "Big Fiery Arts Fall Sale" Sept. 13 and Sept. 20. Open to the public, the sale's proceeds will support the glass program.
Financing glassblowing at Paly requires $50,000 a year for things like glass and repairs to equipment, such as the furnace -- which keeps molten glass at 2,000 degrees -- and the "glory holes," which keep the glass hot as students blow into it and shape it on the ends of rigid but hollow, 54-inch-long blowpipes.
Art teacher Steve Ferrera estimates that glassblowers -- including Paly students, former students and his two instructional aides -- blew more than 600 glass pieces over the summer that will be offered for sale.
Like sports, drama, robotics, debate, choir or journalism, Paly glassblowing enjoys a devoted following among parents and students, some of whom return to the studio even after they graduate for the opportunity to keep blowing glass, or just hang out.
"This program changes lives," said Cheryl Sopkin, whose son Michael, a 2010 Paly graduate, is a studio-art glassblowing major at Emporia State University in Kansas.
"Glassblowing took over my life, and I'm glad it did," the younger Sopkin said in an August interview, a day before he flew to Kansas to begin his junior year.
"Once I knew glassblowing was there, I knew I didn't want to be in a cubicle the rest of my life and work for headquarters, or whatever. I knew I wanted to do glass."
Though he describes Kansas as a "huge culture shock," Sopkin said he was happy to get out of California to see a different part of the country. He plans on a career in studio glass production.
Artist and teacher David Camner, who launched glassblowing at Paly around 2001, estimates that about 10 Paly graduates, like Sopkin, have gone on to pursue glass at places like Emporia or California College of the Arts in Oakland.
One of Camner's former instructional aides at Paly, glass artist Helen Lee, now teaches at the University of Wisconsin.
Paly 2003 graduate Emrich Stovel was captivated by the glass program and continued his interest through college at the University of Oregon, though he majored in economics and minored in business. After graduating Stovel launched his own glass shop in Eugene -- Noble Glass -- where he primarily makes specialty bongs, mostly for wholesale.
Glassblowing -- known in Paly's catalog as Advanced Sculpture -- "is probably one of my best classes at Paly," senior Tristan Soltero said.
Soltero said he gives most of his products -- flowers, cups, a vase, a heart -- to his parents.
"I made my mom a heart and a cup for Mother's Day," he said. "She really enjoys them."
Glassblowing at Paly originated almost by happenstance -- at least that's how Camner tells the story.
The Santa Cruz artist had come to Paly in 1998 to rebuild the program after the 1996 death of popular art teacher Don Jang, who had taught at the school for 29 years. In 2000, Camner took about a dozen students for a weekend workshop at the Felton glass studio of one of his acquaintances from graduate school.
"We camped at New Brighton Beach," Camner recalled. "It was really kind of cool, and the kids liked it. I thought this was something we could do every year."
But the next year the Felton studio tripled the workshop enrollment fee.
"I said, 'No way I'm going to ask my parents to put up that kind of money,'" he said. "It was way too much, and I said, 'There's no way we can afford that.'"
The incident prompted Camner -- who'd been blowing glass himself since learning the techniques in college in the '60s -- to approach then-Paly Principal Fred Dreier for funds to buy glassblowing equipment for the art department.
"He (Dreier) came up with like $16,000 to build our first glass furnace -- a really nice, commercial glass furnace -- that's the heart of the program, where we melt the glass," Camner said. They also bought a glory hole, which is a furnace used to reheat glass to keep it pliable during the process of shaping it.
From 2001 until he retired last year, Camner estimates that more than 1,500 Paly students tried their hands at glassblowing.
"Of course, not all of those students took advantage of that opportunity, but I can say that they nearly all tried it for awhile, before opting out," he said.
"I think it did change some kids' lives," Camner added. "It brightened their outlook toward art. I'm still communicating with some of them.
"The program just kind of developed in a really nice way, where the alumni kids that are really into it would come back and help and make the pumpkins to support the programs," he said.
Camner himself remains a familiar face at the Paly studio. And once a month he returns for a whole weekend to run a two-day, $375 workshop for teen and adult community members to raise money for the glass program.
Enrollment in the weekend workshop is capped at four so "you get serious, one-on-one instruction, and if you want to learn how to blow glass, by the end of the weekend you're taking home cups and paperweights," Ferrera said.
"It's a great way to improve your skills fast. You can come in here with absolutely no experience. Obviously the aides are helping you, but some people box up a dozen items over the weekend, and it also raises money for the program."
Worries over what would become of Paly glass after Camner's departure were quelled when Ferrera arrived as a part-timer in 2011-12, Camner's final year.
"I'd known Dave for years," said Ferrera, who taught art at several local colleges before coming to Paly. "We've both been glassblowers in the community, and it's a small community."
Ferrera was also familiar with the demands of fundraising, having helped out in the past with Paly's summer pumpkin production in exchange for studio time. After the 2011-12 transition year, during which he double-teamed with Camner, he came on board full time in 2012-13.
On a recent Wednesday morning, a cluster of Advanced Sculpture students gathered around Ferrera as he demonstrated a piece on one of the studio's 10 pottery wheels.
Toward the back of the room, other students sat at large butcher-block tables drafting sketches for an assignment to create their personal "superhero" from clay.
At a bead-making station near the back door, Paly senior Caroline Moeser fired up a torch to show sophomore Leila Benest how to make beads.
Moeser said she strongly prefers bead-making to glassblowing.
"It's too hot out there," she said, motioning to an area just outside the door where six other students were working glass in and out of two active glory holes.
"Glassblowing is, like, really big and heavy," said Moeser, who loves to create bead necklaces and bracelets.
Camner estimates the Paly glassblowing ratio is three-to-one boys to girls, but plenty of girls love it, too.
Junior Lilybeth Guzman has made and given away or sold glass cups, beads and paperweights. Her glass chili peppers hang in her uncle's Mexican restaurant in Los Gatos.
Guzman said she blows glass about once a week, or "whenever I get a chance to. There are a lot of people who want to do it, so I don't get that many chances," she said.
Outside the door, the 2,000-degree furnace and two working glory holes add heat to what already is a warm morning, but Ehrensvard -- wearing safety glasses, sweat pants, sneakers and a long-sleeved, black T-shirt -- doesn't seem to notice. He and fellow student Jasper Tom are blowing a vase, a task requiring agility, speed and split-second coordination.
Ehrensvard, a Swede who worked over the summer in a Stockholm glass studio, exudes confidence with the tools and the process. He said he's considering spending a year in a glass studio after graduation before going to college, probably in Sweden.
As Ehrensvard lengthens a globular piece of hot glass on the tip of the blowpipe, Tom blows into the other end to create an air bubble. Later, Ehrensvard uses a cone-like tool and giant tweezers to work open the lip of the vase. When it's perfect, he snips it off the tip of the blowpipe into the hand of another student wearing giant, heat-proof mittens.
To prevent cracking, items must go into special "annealing" ovens to slowly cool. Sanding tools smooth sharp edges.
Glassblowing, explained junior Jeremy Revlock, "is kind of a team thing. You can't just have one person by himself."
Students are required to sign up in advance, and in pairs, for "bench time" with tools and a glory hole.
Revlock began blowing glass his sophomore year and sometimes comes in early to help set up the shop. Ferrera has to turn on the glory holes at 6:45 a.m. to get them hot enough in time for class, he said.
"I'm really a visual learner, so having something where I can be taught and teach and learn just by moving my hands is more exciting for me," Revlock said.
"It's more fun than drawing because I'm holding it and it's all three-dimensional."
Revlock said he's made snails, vases, cups and "lots of flowers.
"I want to start letting people know I can make stuff for them, and most stuff I make just takes five to 15 minutes.
"I've had people ask me to make something for their girlfriend or wife or daughter, and then they'll insist on paying. They make really good gifts, and one nice thing about this is the projects are functional.
"Once Mr. Camner taught me the first steps of glassblowing -- how to make a snowman and a flower -- I was hooked."


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"Sitting on the Sidelines," New Era, Sept. 2012, 10–12
Sitting on the Sidelines
I made an unpopular decision, but it was the right one.
At the end of my eighth grade year, I was so excited to try out for my junior high's cheerleading squad. I remember watching the ninth-grade cheerleaders, hoping that I might be one of them the following year. I was excited when I realized a lot of my friends would be trying out too. After tryouts, I was thrilled to find out I had made the squad.
Throughout the summer, we learned chants, stunts, and a dance that we'd be performing throughout the year at games and assemblies. I asked my mother to download the song we were dancing to so I could practice at home. After she did, she was concerned that it was suggestive and inappropriate. I quickly explained that the music we were using at school had been edited and that the bad words were taken out. Then my mom explained that just removing the bad words from a song doesn't remove the meaning. She helped me understand what kind of message I would be sending about myself if I were to dance to this kind of music.
The next day, I brought some wholesome music, hoping the coach would be open to changing the song because it was not appropriate for us. No one really liked my idea, and I chose to sit out while the rest of the squad continued to rehearse to the inappropriate song.
I was disappointed that I was the only one who seemed to be bothered by our squad's choice of song, and I knew that by choosing to sit out, I would most likely be sitting out the entire year. This was very hard for me because I really wanted to feel like a part of the cheer squad. I knew this was the only dance we would be performing and that I would not get to be a part of the halftime performances.
I realized I would need to rely on the Lord to get me through this trial. I had not made the popular decision. I was very discouraged as young women I trusted as friends began gossiping about me, sharing unkind text messages with one another, and turning their backs on me. There were times I would show up and my teammates would ignore me and pretend I wasn't there, but even this was better than the times we would sit in a circle while everyone openly talked about me. I struggled with the idea of having to suffer through this for the entire year. I am proud to say I never second-guessed my choice. I did, however, wonder why the right thing didn't feel better. Why was I being punished for making the right choice?
In church when we talked about standing for truth and righteousness, I often pictured how glorious it would feel to make the right choice and have others happily follow. I thought of how wonderful it would feel to be a righteous leader. This experience helped me understand how difficult it truly is to stand up against your peers and those you respect—and how lonely it can be to stand alone.
As youth in the Church, we are going to have to make unpopular decisions. I know that by taking a stand for things that are virtuous and true, we will not only bless our own lives but the lives of those around us as well. In Joshua 1:9 we read, "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest." The Lord loves us and is there to help us make the decisions that will define whom we will become.
I am grateful I was given the opportunity to stand up for what I believe in. I was grateful that I had the courage to stand alone among my peers. I was grateful to experience that the Lord does help us find the strength to do what is right. I could feel in my heart that He was proud of me. Deep down I knew I was a righteous leader, even if no one else followed.