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February 8, 2012
Curt Lieneck, Director of Information Technology, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools and Bill Stites, Director of Technology and Montclair Kimberly Academy join us to discuss how their schools are dealing with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
(14:17:40) fbartels (guest-2298): Hi folks(14:18:01) Bill Stites (guest-2264): Howdy
(14:19:04) fbartels (guest-2298): Hey Bill. Good to see you, if briefly, at Educon.
(14:19:48) Bill Stites (guest-2264): Always good to get together... I think it's why I like conferences as it gives me the chance to see those that I communicate with virtually at least once in a while
(14:21:43) arvind (guest-0): hi folks!
(14:21:55) fbartels (guest-2298): Hey Arvind
(14:22:01) arvind (guest-0): why am I guest-0? I thought I'm logged in. Argh.
(14:22:02) arvind (guest-0): Hey Fred
(14:22:07) arvind (guest-0): nice to "see" you
(14:22:17) alex.ragone: WooHoo. Hello Chat!
(14:22:43) fbartels (guest-2298): Hey Alex
(14:27:52) Jason Ramsden (guest-2301): Hey all...
(14:28:54) Jason Ramsden (guest-2301): Are you all having audio problems?
(14:29:02) Bill Stites (guest-2264): Hey Jason...
(14:29:07) Bill Stites (guest-2264): Curt is
(14:29:13) Bill Stites (guest-2264): we are about to get on and going
(14:29:28) fbartels (guest-2298): Hey Jason
(14:31:32) Jason Ramsden (guest-2301): Hi Fred
(14:31:55) alex.ragone: Bill's COPPA Posts: http://www.williamstites.net/tag/coppa/
(14:33:29) Jason Ramsden (guest-2301): Hey guys... not getting any audio from anyone. Is it me or the setup?
(14:34:11) alex.ragone: Jason -- Hmmm. my monitors are all showing they are working. Anyone else having audio issues?
(14:36:01) Bill Stites (guest-2264): Fred... can you hear everything OK?
(14:36:17) Jason Ramsden (guest-2301): Never mind... I did not have the new link
(14:36:28) Bill Stites (guest-2264): Gotcha...
(14:36:31) Bill Stites (guest-2264): good to have you
(14:38:37) alex.ragone: http://www.mka.org/page.cfm?p=810
(14:39:03) alex.ragone: Bill's EdSocialMedia post: http://www.edsocialmedia.com/2011/12/coppa-challenges-lies-and-the-future/
(14:40:11) arvind (guest-0): The FTC has a small section addressing schools being agents for parents in meeting COPPA standards: http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/coppafaqs.shtm#schools
(14:43:27) Jason Ramsden (guest-2301): Bill - Do you have any forms that parents/students fill out or are you just incorporating into your AUP?
(14:43:58) Bill Stites (guest-2264): Jason - We have seperate document that they will sign
(14:44:15) Jason Ramsden (guest-2301): Do you have a link to that separate form you can shrae?
(14:45:51) fbartels (guest-2298): Curious about item 55 here? http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/coppafaqs.shtm
(14:47:21) Bill Stites (guest-2264): I will post it at soon...
(14:48:37) arvind (guest-0): Fred, what are you curious about?
(14:49:35) fbartels (guest-2298): It says COPPA does not apply to web services that have contracts with schools.
(14:49:54) Jason Ramsden (guest-2301): So how does it work for students under 13? If the TOS is 13+ even with parent consent for the school to disclose information it's still a violation, correct?
(14:50:26) fbartels (guest-2298): Item 54 says a school's AUP can't be used to inform what online services are provided to students...
(14:50:48) fbartels (guest-2298): Oops. It says AUP CAN be used...
(14:50:51) Bill Stites (guest-2264): Fred... it's one of the reasons we have a different form
(14:52:23) Jason Ramsden (guest-2301): Or is it strictly for sites that are free? If we pay for a contracted service COPPA does not apply...is that correct?
(14:53:13) Bill Stites (guest-2264): I don't think so Jason, which is why I was working with Evernote.
(14:54:39) Jason Ramsden (guest-2301): Google Apps for Ed does not have a TOS age requirement. Put you have to be careful with any marketplace.
(14:55:10) fbartels (guest-2298): CAN
(14:55:23) Jason Ramsden (guest-2301): No, it says it CAN be used.
(14:55:34) Jason Ramsden (guest-2301): "Many schools have implemented Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs) or other measures to educate parents and students about in-school Internet use. For example, a school may use the AUP to inform parents of what online services are provided to students, and the school's policies regarding students' use of the Internet."
(14:55:48) Bill Stites (guest-2264): Thanks
(14:55:56) arvind (guest-0): The State of Oregon has a Google Form to collect digital permission from parents to allow their students to use Google Apps. Example here: https://sites.google.com/a/oregonk-12.net/googleapps/policy-faq
(14:57:45) fbartels (guest-2298): I'm so glad I'm not an IT director anymore :-)
(14:58:07) alex.ragone: We miss you, Fred.
(14:59:05) Jason Ramsden (guest-2301): Send it over to Debra Wilson at NAIS, she's legal counsel for them.
(14:59:48) alex.ragone: Thanks, Jason. Do you have an email?
(14:59:57) fbartels (guest-2298): Thanks guys!
(15:00:21) alex.ragone: Thank you, Fred.
(15:01:20) Jason Ramsden (guest-2301): Alex - here it is: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Thursday, 28 October 2010
In Memoriam:my mother A.Y.Yassin who died on the 28 oct.2002
She slipped into a coma in the early hours of the morning and then into God's capable hands, giving us just enough time to get to her and to touch her one last time. She succumbed to the cancer that had claimed her breast and the brain tumour that claimed her dignity.
Not a year has gone by when she hasn't come to me in dreams when I am distressed or in need of direction or when I feel the need to talk to her,I do..there and then.
She was my inspiration and guide into the world of fashion through her unwavering style and sophistication.She shopped like the best of them and hide her purchases from my father like a squirrel burying nuts. She was ahead of her time embracing trends way before they were considered fashionable or even acceptable. She lived large and her generosity knew no bounds,she lacked confidence in social situations outside of her comfort zone and her incapacity to communicate certain fears resulted in her anger and wrath. Her pride was her golden mantle but it too would play nasty tricks on her.She never cared for criticism,gave as good as she got and would hold on to anger long after its sell by date.She was tough but generous and fiercely loyal to her family...which was quite often her downfall. She was an inveterate dreamer,too often lost in the past and with the loved ones who had gone before her,much to our detriment. She could be beauty and the beast in one blink of an eye, her rages quite notorious that would scare the toughest in our family.
During our adolescence she longed to share our secrets while we longed to fly the coop. She encouraged gatherings of our friends when dad was away, joining in the fun, letting us sip the amber nectar while sharing illicit cigarettes with her.
She was misunderstood by us, her daughters, just as we seemed to constantly disappoint her. It was all in the timing and when it could have made a difference,it ran out on us.But when she felt safe and loved, we would bask in her smile and she would reward us with gifts,her way of showing us how much she loved us.
A day before she passed away,she grabbed my cheek almost violently and told me "You know how much I love you..."something I needed to hear as much as she did.
I know she has found peace from all her ailments and the disappointments in her life.
She is smiling now and she is happy...I know this in my heart. Just as I know how much she loves us and is filled with pride for her two daughters.
"Death is nothing at all":
Death is nothing at all.
I have only slipped away to the next room.
I am I and you are you.
Whatever we were to each other,
That,we still are......
.....I am but waiting for you.
For an interval.
Somewhere.Very near.
Just around the corner.
All is well.
Henry Scott Holland
3 comments:
- Unknown said...
lovely reem and very touching piece.
Yes, she was our fashion icon and you take that after her.
Allah yerhamha.
- 28 October 2010 at 14:20
- soheir khashoggi said...
My Dear Reem,
That was beautiful, your words put tears in my eyes, I loved the way you described your beloved mother so well, she was a remarkable woman in many ways, I miss her terribly. Your beloved mother had a certain beauty inside and out. I cherish all the moments I spent with her, our laughs our cries and our happiness. The memory we have is a way of holding onto the things we love, the things we are the things we never want to lose. I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. A loved one that has finished their life on earth is not dead, there life has just began. They are still with us in spirt. Your words are emotional and true, that was quite a lovely peace you wrote. Your mother was always proud of you and she is now.
- 28 October 2010 at 14:40
- Lina said...
In the last 8 years since Mom has been gone, I have lived through some tough times including my fair share of hospitals & operations. These experiences opened my eyes to some of Mom's sufferings and sometimes I feel I understand her better in death than in life.... you can bet she is telling me "I told you so!!" Nice one Reemo.
- 28 October 2010 at 19:21

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Venezuelan Arepas at El Aripo Café
El Aripo Café is a tiny (read: 12 seats), nondescript arepa joint cranking out satisfying arepas with traditional flavors. They're all made from dense corn dough patties that remain moist on the inside but pick up a toasty golden crust outside after being griddled. And unlike some other arepas we've tried in the past, the corn dough bears a faint but unmistakable flavor of corn, an ideal flavor backdrop for all of the fillings.
The cheese arepa ($5) comes with your choice of feta, mozzarella, or both. We suggest you ask for both cheeses: the mozzarella provides a subtle creamy milkiness which is balanced by the feta's sharp saltiness. Unfortunately, the shredded mozzarella in our arepa wasn't fully melted when we received it, but it softens nicely after a few minutes of resting.
Slightly less successful was the shredded beef ($5.75) filled with shredded flank steak that had been seasoned with "secret spices." As a whole, the arepa was decently satisfying, but the "secret spices" in the beef didn't provide quite enough excitement for us, and the meat is cooked into tough, dry threads without a sauce to moisten them.
Our third (and favorite) arepa was the pastelon ($5.75), filled with fried sweet plantain and seasoned ground beef. Those secret spices penetrate the ground beef better than the flank, and the meat was tender and juicy. It's strongly flavored enough to stand up to the plantain's intense sweetness.
These arepas are pretty easy to eat by hand, though the kitchen doesn't always split them evenly, leaving one side of the pocket much more corny than the other. If you take careful bites this isn't much of a problem, but you should proceed with some caution.
El Aripo Café may not be a city-wide arepa destination, but the quality arepas are a boon to the Lower East Side, with warm, friendly service to boot.
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Unusual Friendships – Best Friends Forever
[Photo: Anne Young]
Animal Magnetism: This long-tailed monkey carried his feline pal around to protect her.
Unlikely Friendships: 50 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom
By: Jennifer Holland
Friendships begin with similar interests, out of respect and sometimes need. I found this article in the June 26th, 2011 issue of Parade Magazine about most unusual friendships called "Best Friends Forever" by Joanne Kaufman. Ms. Kaufman writes about conservation biologist Jennifer Holland and her book Unlikely Friendships. Ms. Holland writes about extraordinary bonds between animals of different species. To see more photos of unusual best friends in the animal kingdom go to www.Parade.com/aminals. I think you'll like it.
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The center of the city lies on a plateau overlooking the bay to the southeast. The airport lies a few kilometers to the northeast.
Get in[edit]
Praia has an international airport. TACV (national flag carrier)[8] and TAP airlines fly to various destinations in Europe, Africa, South America and United States. Taxis from the airport to Plateau cost 800/1000. You can pay in Euros (10€ to Praia in June 2016). There is one bus line that serves the airport but it's better to just take a taxi since there is actually only one or two buses that serves this line. You can also enter the city through the port. There are ferry boats that have irregular service to and from the islands of Maio, Boavista, Sal and Sao Nicolau, and more regular and scheduled service to and from Sao Vicente and Fogo. You can exchange money at hotel (1 €= 105 Escudos) or in the city (1 €= 110 € in June 2016).
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The city has countless bus stops, and taxis are everywhere waiting for customers. There are two main bus companies that serve the city, Moura Company and Sol Atlantico. Each route has their own numbers. The main lines are from Safende to Achada Santo Antonio, Vila Nova to Achada Santo Antonio, Calbeceira to Palmarejo, Pensamento to Terra Branca, Achada Grande to Achada Santo Antonio, Sao Felipe to Plateau, Ponta D'Agua to Plateau,Achada Mato to Palmarejo. Most of these lines pass by Plateau (city center), Varzea and Terra Branca, the bus fair is about 35 escudos. When it comes to taxis you should be careful with illegal taxis that sometimes roam around and might rip you off. The normal taxi fare between two furthest points of the city shouldn't be more 1500 escudos in daytime and 1800 escudos at night time, example Pensamento to Palmarejo, or Palmarejo to Achada Mato. Taxi drivers usually expect to get a tip, give around 50 escudos to 100 escudos. Just be careful and always drive with the taxis that have a taximeter, so that they don't overcharge you.
The city doesn't really have a good way to navigate because of the lack of an official map. This is because large part of the city doesn't have their names or house numbers yet. In the city center and in the more important parts of the city most streets have names and numbers. However, most people are friendly and will give you directions. Walking by foot between the different districts is not recommended, especially since most of the city's side walks are made out of loose cobblestone and is difficult to walk, also because the city is full of hills that can be tiring to walk. But if you want to have a good cardio-workout try it!
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Av. Amircal Cabral is the main street. Parallel to this, you have a pedestrian street with some shops including a Souvenir Shop. Normally close at 18 h.
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Praia's high-end options are located south of the main town in the area of Prainha.
Stay Safe[edit]
Being the capital and biggest city of the country, Praia has a higher crime rate than most parts of the country. Most crimes involve petty thievery and these are mostly focused on actual residents and not on tourists, although there have been a few cases which involved tourists. So Praia is still a very safe city, just be careful with flaunting any expensive jewelry or gadgets like iPhones and such. Cape Verde in the past few years has seen an increase of petty crimes which are done mostly by groups of young people so avoid groups of young men especially at night.
Praia is also a badly illuminated city at night, so be careful in places that might not have street lights and is somewhat isolated, always travel in pairs or in groups for safety. However if anything does occur there are police stations in various parts of the city and a general hospital in the city center.
The stairs at the edge of Achada Santo Antonio towards Plateau are unsafe, also during the day, avoid that neighbourhood.
At night, take a taxi.
Embassies & Consulates[edit]
Get out[edit]
Cidade Velha, the historic capital, is an easy half-day trip. You can rent a car or ask for a full day tour (9 hours) for a round trip island.


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Destination address (To!
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Sender address (From!
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Reply address (Reply-To!
You can also enter a Reply-To: address in case the mailing list software doesn't set this.
Lastly, you can select the signature that will be used by default when replying or posting new messages to this mailing list.
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After 21 years of searching for information about my elusive great-grandfather, who used at least ten different first names, the researcher, Carole Riley, has finally shone extra light on some of the previously missing parts of his life. In a way she has brought his ghost to life by providing more evidence of his existence to add to my previous clues. Despite his use of many first names (George Bede, Henry, Walter Stafford and Harry), I have come to think of him as William Walter NORTHCOTE or Walter William NORTHCOTE.
Carole found his arrival in Australia on the unassisted immigration records that listed passengers arriving in Melbourne in 1864. Because all of the records and stories I had heard about him referred to his life in NSW, I hadn't considered that he may have arrived in Melbourne. It took Carole's unique view to consider research avenues that I hadn't.
Carole also did some searching through rural NSW electoral rolls and found him listed on three of these rolls. These records match up with other records I have about the births of his seven sons throughout the midwest of NSW. He certainly covered some ground in his time: being born in Exeter in Devon, England, he died way out in western NSW in the town of Bourke. In his short life of 46 years or so, he lived and worked in Orange, Warren, Dubbo, Bingara, Bodangara, Wellington, Girilambone and Nevertire. He certainly seemed never to tire of travelling around!
As well as the information mentioned in this blog, Carole has also suggested a number of other leads and resources for me to follow up. Her experience and research skills certainly helped me break through a bit of this 21 year old brick wall. Oh, Carole! Thanks for bringing this ghost to life.
I'd happily recommend Carole's services, here are her contact details:
Website: www.heritagegenealogy.com.au


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Cincinnati police officer indicted on six felony charges
Sergeant currently suspended without pay
A Cincinnati police officer has been indicted on six felony charges.
According to court documents, Sgt. Jeffrey Brunswick was indicted Monday.
The charges include four counts of unauthorized use of law enforcement equipment and two counts of obstruction of justice.
A police spokeswoman said Brunswick harbored fugitives he knew had outstanding warrants.
Cincinnati police said he was currently suspended without pay.
In May of 2005, Brunswick was charged with assault but that case was dismissed. In August of 2008, he was charged with stalking another officer. Brunswick was acquitted of that charge in 2009. In February 2011, he was charged with assaulting a fellow officer after he punched the officer in the face. Brunswick accepted a plea and was convicted of that charge.
Brunswick was suspended from the police force for three days after he was found guilty in the 2011 case.
If convicted of all six felony charges, Brunswick could face up to six years in prison.
Brunswick was booked into the Hamilton County Jail Monday night.


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Before his untimely death, aspiring but unsuccessful screenwriter Ken McDavid strikes seeming gold when Helen Golay befriends him. She takes him off the streets, pays for rent, food and clothes. But, it's a set-up. Helen and her friend Olga Rutterschmidt are ruthless con artists who take out life insurance policies on unsuspecting men and kill them in hit-and-run "accidents."
Click ahead to find out how these "black widows" ultimately get trapped in their own web of lies and deceit.


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Day two in NYC started bright and early with bagels and coffee at Think Coffee which specials in fairtrade organic coffee. They also have a small food menu which includes vegan items like the tasty bagels with tofu spread that we both ordered.
After our coffee and bagel date we walked back to the apartment to get ready and decide what we wanted to do for the day. Our first stop was Bryant Park to visit the Real Simple and other pop up shops where we sampled some free apple cider, window shopped and watched the ice skaters.
For lunch we decided to head uptown to Candle Cafe one of our favorite vegan restaurants in the city. We lucked out and arrived at 12:30pm right before the lunch rush which started shortly after. After reviewing the menu Neil and I both made the difficult decision on what to order, there were just too many good options!
Neil decided to go with the special Jamaican Wrap which was filled with jerk tofu, green, yellow rice, sweet potato and a few other tasty goods. Neil loved his wrap and it was packed full of healthy, tasty goodness.
I decided to go with the Good Meal plate which is a choice of four sides and two sauces; I went with the veggies of the day, broccoli, brown rice and grilled tempeh for my sides and for my sauces I chose the toasted cumin and spicy peanut. This was one of the best meals I've had in a long time, so filling and healthy. I could have bathed in the cumin sauce it was divine. The spicy peanut was good but if I had known how good the cumin sauce was I would have ordered two.
After our giant meal we walked a few blocks to the New York Road Racers office to pick up our race bibs and shirts. Yes, WE picked them up even though I didn't run I had signed up and decided I might as well get my shirt since we had to go pick up Neil's anyways.
After we picked up the race items Neil and I took a stroll through Central Park. It was beautiful out and the perfect day for a walk but we both were tired so we cut our walk short and took the subway back downtown to our apartment to relax before dinner.
By dinner time we were both still feeling tired out and decided to just pick up some take out to bring back to the apartment and relax since Neil had his race in the morning. We picked up beer (for Neil) at GOOD BEER NYC a great beer shop in the East Village that has beer from all over the world and it even serves up a vegan sausage.
We didn't get sausages but we did head over to Organic Grill which was just around the corner from our apartment to pick up veggie burgers. Once we had our burgers we headed back to the apartment to relax and watch Terriers on Netflix- if you have Netflix watch this show it was so good! The burgers were good, nothing special but they tasted good.
We ended our night with chocolate chip and oatmeal cookies from Birdbath Bakery that we had picked up while we were out. Honestly the best vegan cookie I have ever had in my entire life. If you live in NYC or the next time you travel there add this to your "must do/eat" list.
Well that is Day Two! Stay tuned for Part 3 tomorrow!
You can check our Part 1 here.


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With Site Badges Debut, "Mobile First" Instagram Is Catching Up to the Web
Building on the momentum of its Web profiles launch earlier this month, Instagram announced Wednesday the rollout of badges, small icons that users can post to promote their Instagram pages.
They'll certainly look familiar. Instagram badges are essentially a short bit of code that Web masters can embed into their sites, displaying an icon that leads back to a specific Web profile.
It's no different from the millions of little Twitter bird icons you see pasted up across the entire Web, or perhaps the Tumblr T's and Pinterest P's. In short, a badge is an attractive hotlink anchored to your photo spread.
Yes, it's teensy and incremental. But that's only the case because icons like these are ubiquitous across the Web, a mainstay of brand promotion. Once you've got your social promotional aspects — like a Facebook business page — up and running, the next step is to link to it with badges like these. And millions of people are already doing it with their other social accounts.
Funny thing is, Instagram is building out its network in a way atypical of the Facebooks and Twitters of the world — it is basically working in reverse.
Think about it. Instagram came to prominence via the iPhone and (eventually) Android, growing to upward of 100 million users without ever having an actual Web presence. Only two weeks ago did the company roll out Web profiles so that users could share their photo repositories from the desktop. That's the complete opposite of the growth trajectory of every Internet company of the past decade. (Though some may argue that this could become the norm.)
Also of note: Instagram's announcement comes published on the site's business blog. Obviously, the most likely candidates to use badge icons will be those with their own Web sites, and those are usually the folks with something to sell.
My hunch is that with the debut of badges, combined with Web profiles, Instagram is laying out a more traditional way for brands to take advantage of the app going forward. Companies are already having a tough time figuring out the best way to maintain their Facebook and Twitter presences; to extend that maintenance to Instagram in a familiar, Web-centric way could cut down on some confusion on the business end.
The big question here will be how many visitors Instagram's Web profiles will see over time. It is a mobile-centric app, after all, so conditioning people to treat it as a Web site as well may not be so simple. And that's the exact opposite direction of Facebook users' movements now, as we're seeing desktop views migrate to mobile en masse.
Badges are available on the site's business blog beginning Wednesday.


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Lord of the ripoffs
AUSTRALIAN Lord of the Rings fans have accused Kiwis of exploiting tourists by overcharging for tours of the major movie attraction.
But a Waikato operator has hit back at the allegations, saying his business offers value for money.
Sydney residents Sean and Margot Smith recently spent 12 days in New Zealand.
Although delighted with most aspects of the trip they were shocked at the "ridiculous" cost of Lord of the Rings attractions, which they said stopped them and other tourists they had spoken to from shelling out for the tours.
"Despite being great fans of the Lord of the Rings, we thought it was ridiculous to charge $66 per adult to visit some doorways set in the side of a hill," they wrote in a letter to the New Zealand Herald.
The pair accused operators in Matamata and Rotorua who run tours linked to the popular films of charging exorbitant fees to "Mickey Mouse attractions".
"What quickly became evident was the greed of some tourism ventures, such as the Hobbiton location as well as most Rotorua locations."
Hobbiton Movie Set and Farm Tours general manager Russell Alexander disputed the criticism, saying his tours were value for money and the pricing reflected the set-up and running costs.
"That's the cost we've got and we need to make it work. I'd like to charge $10 but I can't," he said.
The Waikato-based business runs group and private tours from $66-$340, as well as customised and overnight farm packages.
Mr Alexander said every day hundreds of people took the $66 guided tour to The Shire set used in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Hobbit prequels.
With the first Hobbit film due to be released in December, the tours were more popular than ever, said Mr Alexander.
"There's been an incredible response. They're just loving it. I've had one person come back 12 times and another person seven times."
Tourism Industry Association spokeswoman Ann-Marie Johnson agreed the market dictated whether an attraction was good value.
"If tour operators are going to overcharge they're not going to get people through the door and clearly Hobbiton has been very popular since they opened."
"They're getting thousands of people through the door so we feel people are getting value for money."
On travel website TripAdvisor said most tourists who had visited Lord of the Rings attractions "raved about the experience", said Ms Johnson.
This was the first complaint she knew of, she said.


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W&M theatre professor learns ancient art
William & Mary Theatre Professor Francis Tanglao-Aguas calls Kyoto "the Williamsburg of Japan." He described the Japanese prefecture as a cradle of traditional culture dedicated to preserving its history, with the key difference between the two sites being that Kyoto "is more than a thousand years old."
While on scheduled semester research leave last year, the director and playwright spent a month there studying Noh, an ancient Japanese theatre based in movement and music that's approximately 700 years old. Now that he has returned to William & Mary, Tanglao-Aguas hopes to find innovative ways of passing what he has learned on to his students.
Tanglao-Aguas did not begin his life in the theatre studying traditional Asian performance. As an undergraduate, he trained at UCLA to be an actor, focusing primarily on western performance styles with a focus on Shakespeare. He said that he, like many of his peers, wanted to perform in the popular Broadway shows of the day, such as "Miss Saigon."
However, while working on his MFA in playwriting, Tanglao-Aguas had a change of heart. As he worked, he began to see elements from the cultures of Nigeria and the Philippines, the countries of his childhood, in the plays he was writing.
"I was seeing more of what I needed from my indigenous culture," he said
Thanks to a grant from the Freeman Foundation, Tanglao-Aguas was finally able to travel to the region where Noh was born last year. During his time in Kyoto, the director and playwright studied the art form with people who have been in the Noh tradition for generations. Unlike western theatre, the aesthetics of Noh value tradition over innovation, and consequently there are family lines within the theatre that have been playing the same roles for centuries.
The man he studied with was the latest to inherit his role in a long line stretching back for generations, and his knowledge of the piece is considered so complete that he has been designated a national treasure.
The standards and training are likewise very proscriptive and rigorous, and while there, Tanglao-Aguas spent a month of rehearsal learning a three--minute dance.
According to Tanglao-Aguas, the learning process was meticulous.
"For one week I did nothing but learn how to walk," he said. "But in the official training it's two years minimum of walking."
While they did not have time to rehearse an entire play, Tanglao-Aguas and the others in his program learned a variety of traditional Noh songs. The schedule had them practicing three hours a day, five days a week, and the professor spent that entire time focusing on the one dance he was going to perform.
"And at the end of it, I probably had the skill of a 10-year-old," he added.
As the time drew near for his recital, Tanglao-Aguas said he was worried that, since he didn't have many acquaintances in Japan at that time, not many people would get to see him perform. He was subsequently very surprised when his performance was sold out.
"I couldn't believe it," he said. "During rehearsals I was wondering 'who's gonna come, I don't know anybody here.' But when show time came, the theatre was full. And they paid to watch me."
Now that he is back at the college, Tanglao-Aguas said that he intends to provide new avenues for his students to study Asian theatre. These include developing three new classes on the subject in addition to the Asian folklore performance class he already teaches, and founding a bi-annual Asian arts ensemble.
"I'm doing this because I want to share this with William & Mary students," he said.
Tanglao-Aguas also said that he hopes his efforts will enable him to give back to the culture that taught him. Although Kyoto is several hundred miles southwest of the area most affected by last month's earthquake and tsunami, the theatre professor is no less determined to help the relief efforts.
"The disaster in Japan has inspired me to focus all my creative endeavors as part of the Japan Recovery Initiative to honor my debt of gratitude for the knowledge imparted to me selflessly by my Sensei in Japan, and my warm friendship with many who live there," he said. Next year the professor is directing a new Japanese play, "Disappearance" by Karalino Sandorovich, and stated that he hopes to use the show to raise funds for the relief effort.
"Noh theatre is a spiritual theatre," said Tanglao-Aguas. "It simulates the need of living beings to summon spirits to help them."
The professor said that hopefully what he has learned from the theatre will allow him to help others, whether they are his students or the people who have been living the tradition for generations.


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Photo Gallery | Atlanta restaurants open on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
This Christmas, give yourself a gift and take the family out for dinner. Start a new holiday tradition by eating at one of the many area restaurants open on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
If you're in Roswell for the holidays, then plan to have Christmas Eve dinner at Aqua Blue. A special three-course meal will cost $25 per person. You'll have a choice of a kosher-salt-and-oregano-crusted slow roast prime rib or Atlantic salmon as your entree. The three-course dinner will be served from 4 to 9 p.m. Make reservations by calling 770-643-8886 or visit www.aquablueatl.com.
As you're running your last-minute holiday errands on Christmas Eve, you can hit the Bakery at Cakes and Ale in Decatur for lunch. Of course, you can also pick up treats to take home for your Christmas celebration.
The Bakery at Cakes and Ale will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Dec. 24. Call 404-377-7960 or visit www.cakesandalerestaurant.com.
In Midtown, RA Sushi will be serving up its happy hour menu on Christmas Eve from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. You can choose from a selection of 35 sushi, appetizer and tapas items priced at $2 to $7. The specials also include beer and cocktails. Call 404-267-0114or visit www.facebook.com/RASushiAtlanta.
At BLT Steak, which is located at the W-Atlanta Downtown, you can order from a special holiday blackboard menu on Christmas Eve. The holiday dishes include Nantucket Bay scallop tempura with a mango-red-pepper chutney, micro cilantro and peanut oil; baked halibut with baby artichokes, gnocchi romaine, pomme maxime chips and a shallot-red-wine sauce; beef tenderloin Rossini with potato galette, Perigord black truffle and cabernet sauce; and sides like wild mushroom manicotti crepes and a winter vegetable casserole.
You can make reservations for seatings from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve. Call 404-577-7601 or visit www.bltrestaurants.com.
Known for its picturesque setting on the Chattahoochee River, Canoe will be open until 9 p.m. on Dec. 24. You can order from the a la carte menu on Christmas Eve. Call 770-432-2663 or visit www.canoeatlanta.com.
Chef Ron Eyester will present the Feast of the Seven Fishes on Dec. 24 at Rosebud in Morningside. The meal will be served in honor of a Southern Italian tradition that includes a meal of seven to nine fish dishes from the region. Of course, the meal at Rosebud will also reflect Southern influences.
The menu includes starters like shrimp bisque with coconut milk and red curry and. seared ahi tuna plank with cracked olives, potatoes and arugula pesto. Entrees include a Texas redfish with lobster and cream fraiche grits and stewed San Marzano tomatoes and Nantucket Cape scallop risotto with toasted pistachios, pearl onions and fennel.
The Feast of Seven Fishes will be served at Rosebud on Christmas Eve from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Reservations are strongly recommended. Call 404-347-9747 or visit www.rosebudatlanta.com.
On Christmas Day, head over to Atkins Park in Virginia-Highland for a holiday dinner that won't break the bank. The restaurant will open at 6 p.m. for a meal that costs $22 for adults, $17 for young adults and $10 for children under 10.
The menu includes smoked turkey breast with caramelized-apple-and-sage stuffing and cider gravy, braised pork shoulder with roasted root vegetable and bourbon glaze, green-bean casserole and roasted-garlic mashed potatoes. For dessert, there will be eggnog cheesecake and Southern pecan pie. Call 404-876-7249 or visit www.atkinspark.com.
Spice Market, which is located at the W-Atlanta Midtown, will be open for dinner on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. You'll find that the restaurant's menu reflects the vibrant flavors and cuisine found on the streets of Southeast Asia. Spice Market will serve dinner on Dec. 24 and 25 from 5 to 9 p.m. Call 404-724-2550 or visit www.spicemarketatlanta.com.


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Cheese and mushroom casserole with chicken
This casserole is simple and delicious, and makes a perfect snack during a picnic (bento anyone?)—you should use it as a basic idea for a casserole, since the pasta sauce is the stable and the most important piece of the meal. It's also a very tweak-able recipe! :-)
Whole-grain bread rolls
There are not many things that can beat the whole grain bread, unless it's 8 delicious little whole grain breadrolls ;-) These are perfect for breakfast, and you can easily prepare and bake them in one evening, for e.g. Sunday breakfast! :-)
My fool-proof recipe will be a great fun, and a good addition to your baking arsenal.
When you make your own pasta, you will always end up with some scraps, even more if you make ravioli. You can easily recycle this leftover pasta to make maltagliati, meaning "poorly cut" in Italian, which was traditionally meant as food for the poor. We are way past that, and today you can enjoy rich texture and amazing flavor of your pasta without the social stigma ;-)
German Zimtsterne (cinnamon almond cookies)
I always wanted to make these, and finally got the guts — oh boy, I wasn't really prepared for the amount of nitty-gritty with making these. I started with original German recipe that called for 500g of almonds, but that ended up being 2 full baking sheets and lots of sneaky snacking between steps ;-) But the result is good, and these cookies are worth the effort.
Plain muffins
Nothing says "hello autumn" like a batch of fresh muffins or cupcakes! :-) With this simple recipe, you gonna whip them up in no time, and they will be a perfect base for more fancy muffins with fruit (I love muffins with dried plum bits), chocolate chip muffins, caramel-stuffed ones or double-or-triple-chocolate ;-) Or savory ones: paprika, tomato, herbs, sunflower seeds, etc. It all starts with this recipe.


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Concrete walkways or sidewalks are more than just a way to get wherever it is you're going—they can provide much-needed curb appeal to homes and buildings, and they are fast becoming a point of artistic expression by way of a multitude of decorative concrete options.
While plain gray concrete is still the most often surface installed, as seen on most concrete sidewalks, there are numerous decorative concrete alternatives sure to dress it up, taking your sidewalk from boring to amazing.
The best part is that most of the options will work just as well on an existing walkway, because the concrete industry has rapidly developed many decorative products that can be applied to existing plain concrete walkways.
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As I look across the healthcare IT landscape, I believe we're just at the beginning of a real integrated solutions that leverage everything that technology can offer. However, I see it starting to happen. A good example of this was this case study I found on "Automated Workflow for Pain Management."
The case study goes into the details of the time savings and other benefits of proper pain management in the hospital. However, I was really intrigued by their integration of bedside TVs together with barcodes, EHR software, and nurse messaging (sadly they used a pager, but that could have easily been replaced with secure messaging). What a beautiful integration and workflow across so many different technologies from different companies and this is just the start.
One major challenge to these workflows is making these external applications work with the EHR software. Hopefully things like the blog post I wrote yesterday will help solve that problem. Case studies like the one above illustrate really well the value of outside software applications being able to integrate with EHR software.
What I also loved about the above solution is that it doesn't cause any more work for the hospital staff. In fact, in many ways it can save them time. The nurse can have much higher quality data about who needs them and when.
This implementation is also a preview of what Kyle Samani talked about in his post "Unlocking the Power of Data Science in Healthcare." While Kyle wrote about it from the perspective of patients and getting them the right information in the right context, the same applies to healthcare providers. The case study above is an example of this shift. No doubt there will be some resistance to these technologies in healthcare, but once they get refined we'll wonder how we lived without them.


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The Basis and tolerance
Dogmatism? No thanks!
Some people are dogmatic about everything; we all know a few like that. Curiously, however, everybody is dogmatic about something. That is true even today, even in an era when dogmatism is widely taken as the sign of the fringe fanatic or a bygone age.
We live in the age of tolerance and the open society; many beliefs exist within our communities – religious, non-religious and anti-religious. This pluralism is a fact and we must welcome living with it, in the name of religious liberty for all. People must have freedom to consider other views, weigh the evidence and, if persuaded, change their beliefs and practice them unimpeded. Often, however, pluralism is turned into an article of faith, an anti-dogmatic faith that holds that all views, religious or non-religious, are equally valid and that no-one must claim otherwise.
Inner contradictions
This brings out one of the inner contradictions of our age. Everything is relative. There are no absolutes and it is impossible to find any perspective which will yield a coherent overview of life. We cannot work from any sacred book, since nothing any author has written has any objective sense. We cannot learn from history; for that has no discernible meaning either. All that on the one hand, with the logical consequence that there is no 'capital T' Truth and that each person can only try to find some personal 'small t' truth for himself or herself.
On the other hand, dogmatism persists and grows, even if it is only in the claim that we absolutely cannot be dogmatic about anything. Ride relativism hard enough and it becomes an absolute assertion: 'There are no absolutes.' In other words everyone sooner or later comes to a crunch point where they take an absolute stance. Relativism cannot even sustain itself and, logically, ultimately self-destructs.
This dilemma can be seen in the outworking of relativism's passionate belief in tolerance. All views must be allowed space, all religions have the same validity, all philosophies must be heard. We may not and must not judge between them if there are people who wish to follow them. Every belief-system must be tolerated, except the one that claims that it alone is right. Relativism can turn out to be extremely intolerant of Christianity. The claim that Jesus is the only way to God is offensive.
The assertion that certain lifestyles are wrong before God (for example, that homosexual practice and Christian discipleship are incompatible) causes outrage. Exclusive claims are intolerable; relativism draws a line in the sand after all. A national newspaper article can sweepingly denounce the dogmatism of a student Christian Union (which believed that people were either saved or lost), but the writer is never called on to defend his dogmatism – because he, after all, believes in 'tolerance'. It is a case of anything or nothing, but not something. Tolerance allows us to have any belief or no belief; but obviously does not like us to have definite belief. Then it becomes dogmatic.
The truth and true freedom
No wonder then, that such dogmatism leads to clashes of views over the nature of Christianity and its truth claims. Many of these clashes are variations on one theme – the relationship of truth (or truth claims) to freedom. It is here that Christians most radically differ from others. Christians believe the words of Jesus, when he said, in reference to his own teaching, 'you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free' (John 8:32). The truth, according to Jesus, does not put blinkers over our minds, restrict our vision or cramp our lives, it sets us free, saying: 'Get hold of what is authentic and you will find true liberty' It gives us the spiritual health to enjoy that freedom. Truth includes what the New Testament calls 'sound' teaching. As we have seen, 'sound doctrine' (Titus l:9;2:1) means health – promoting instruction that encourages spiritual fitness and frees us to live full lives before God. There is no freedom apart from the truth. To be free, we need to begin with what God has revealed.
The opposite view, espoused with equal firmness, turns Jesus' saying around. In effect, it says: 'You must seek freedom and that freedom will make your life authentic and true. Break away from truth claims, it argues, cast off the chains of dogma, be free; stop thinking that there is any overarching explanation to life; and then you will find your authentic existence, your own true self, your personal fulfillment and reality.'
Clash of views
We can see this clash of views around us in society. It does not often present itself overtly in exactly those terms. It has sometimes been veiled behind smoke-screen talk of being new, modern or progressive rather than traditional, out-of-date or reactionary. The issue has been buried under an avalanche of words like 'obstructionist', 'fundamentalist' and 'anti-intellectual'. Now it is most likely to be hidden behind denials of the existence of any single source of truth or meaning.
Ironically, then, dogmatism refuses to lie down and die. Even though the whole climate of our age, in pop culture as in academic circles, proclaims that no-one can make universal claims because everything is relative, people persist in asserting such generalizations. Maybe this is because of the way we are (the way God made us?). Since everyone is prone to some dogmatism, Christians will want to ask: 'What is the basis of any dogmatism?' They will want to answer 'God and his revelation, both in the Bible and in his Son, the living Lord.' There is ample evidence for that answer. Other answers are subjective and lack such evidence. Christians can properly challenge others about their basis. In the end, if God has spoken, we have enough to build on. What he says is a matter of truth, not opinion.
How we treat people on the basis of truth is also important, of course, as this quotation shows: 'Tolerance applies only to persons, but never to truth. Tolerance applies to the erring, intolerance to the error' (Fulton J. Sheen in Old Errors and New Labels).
Why have a Basis?
As we have seen, people argue today against having any clear statement of belief at all. Some object on theological grounds. It is said to be too exclusive in its truth claims, too narrow in its outlook and too rigid in its application. Such comments generally come from a theological stance that dislikes absolute affirmations and is much keener on an open-ended approach. The starting-point, rather than the evidence, determines the outcome.
What we have seen is that the truths in the Basis come clearly from Scripture. We may or may not find them congenial, but they are there – and together they form an objectively based and coherent worldview.
Others reject the term from a different theological stance. When one invited speaker was given the Doctrinal Basis, his response was along these lines: 'Our church is into what comes from the Spirit, not this doctrine stuff and bits of paper.' He saw doctrine as cerebral and deadening, the opposite of life. But if we reject what God has revealed, where will we end up? How will we keep instep with the Spirit, if we neglect what the Spirit himself gave us?
Academic objections
Some object on academic grounds. They say that a strong confessional statement is incompatible with an academic institution like a university, which ought to instill a proper skepticism into its students. Surely however, minds are like mouths in this respect, meant to open only to close on something solid. Academic enquiry is not opposed to definite conclusions, provided that they are well grounded. As Martin Luther said, 'The Holy Spirit is no skeptic', so why should we be? And as Harry Blamires pointed out, it may be humbler to accept God's revealed definites than to hold on to our 'open-minded' indefinites, in the presumptuous belief that one day we will get ourselves to the truth without God's help.
Psychological explanations
Other objections spring from psychological theory – that people pass through a phase in which they tend to conform and to seek the security of a defined group. To such people, of the student age-range, a Doctrinal Basis is attractive; it gives them an identity and a sense of certainty. The argument is that the Basis is a crutch, a psychological security token; needing a doctrinal basis is a stage through which people will pass.
Nice theory and full marks for ingenuity, but not so hot on the evidence. It may well be true that some people look for such a crutch; a Christian Union has all sorts in it and welcomes them all. But people of all ages, down all the centuries of history, including some of the most able intellectuals and stable personalities of their generations, have held to such confessions. They are by no means the preserve only of insecure adolescents. And such a theory neglects the fact that many people come to such convictions from having been very secure in their atheism or opposition. They were not 'seeking security'; they just happened to find that the Bible was true! Then the sense of security followed.
Basis for co-operation
Some object to a doctrinal basis on the ground that those who hold to such convictions tend to shy away from cooperating with those who hold conflicting or vague views. But if they hold back, it is only because they believe truth is vital. People's eternities depend on the core truths of the gospel, and it is unloving and misleading to engage in co-operation that would muddy the waters on those issues. We have to decide whose voice we will heed. If God has spoken, we can but follow.
If we are invited to join, say, a mission which will include views which do not seem biblical, how should we respond? We need to think carefully. First, we need to ascertain what those views are and, centrally, what place they give to Christ's atonement on the cross. Then we need to know what tests to apply. To Paul the test was: what will make the gospel clear? This was the thrust of his argument in Galatians 1:6-9. It was the same with Jesus: if it is the truth that sets people free (John 8:32), what will make the truth clear? It is obviously good to have many people doing this, but the basic question is not 'Can we all get together?', but 'What will avoid confusion and clarify the biblical gospel?' A doctrinal basis is a summary statement of what we are privileged to proclaim to a confused and dying world.
Christians are called to 'keep the faith once delivered to the saints'. Such a doctrinal basis is simply a way of affirming that faith today. In this atmosphere it is an amazing honour to make known the great revealed truths. Christians down the ages have had to make plain what the Bible teaches and to express that in creeds and other statements. They have counted it a privilege to do so, to be stewards of God's truth.
How a doctrinal basis arises
Confessional statements can be put together in a variety of ways, and have been down history. Some of them, for example start with God as the Ultimate Being and then move on to how he has revealed himself (as in the UCCF statement); others speak first of the Bible as the source of our knowledge of God and then move on to what it says about him. These differences of order are generally of small consequence.
All summaries of Christian belief are a balance between the unchanging truths of God on the one hand, and the pressing circumstances at the time of their compilation on the other. Most of the great creeds (like many of the New Testament letters) were drawn up to combat particular errors. The letter to the Galatians counters those who wanted to add something (circumcision) to what Christ had done as a condition of salvation. Colossians counters those who claimed that they alone had the secret knowledge necessary for salvation. We do not ditch these letters because they come out of a particular historical, geographical, sociological or religious context.
Some of the early creeds set out to confound views which misled people about Christ's person. The confessions of the great Reformation period set out the freshness of God's justification of sinners against the background of a 'we must earn it' religion.
The UCCF or IFES Basis is no different in respect to this balance. The prevailing theological trend of the last hundred years or more up to the present time is to deny the supernatural, to debunk the Bible as being (not just containing) the Word of God, and to decry the 'Christ in our place' view of the cross.
All the classic creeds and confessions that set out the biblical faith thus have some marks of their origins, but remain true. Fresh heresies may arise and need to be confronted – but few heresies are totally fresh. Often the older statements clearly contain or imply the truths needed now to refute current errors. (Is there anything new under the sun?)
At other times there may be reason to add or replace a clause. It could be argued that a basis for today should unpack more of the biblical view of creation in an environment-conscious society; or that it should say more on the church at a time when we are becoming more aware of the dangers of western individualism; or that it should talk about the role of the Christian in society and how evangelism relates to social action.
All these are important truths, but should they be in a basis? It is, after all, only a basis, not a commentary or explanation of all the implications of those beliefs. It is not an exhaustive statement, since it claims only that the fundamental truths of Christianity include the clauses that follow. Some truths are not included in the UCCF Basis because Christians, who equally hold to the core truths, differ on them – baptism, church government and spiritual gifts are obvious examples. Others are not touched on because they surface only from time to time, perhaps according to whatever is a contemporary issue at a given period.
A précis or summary
So we can take it enthusiastically for what it is, no more and no less. The Bible, the Word of God, comes to us in words and propositions in many literary forms – story, poetry, allegory, argument, and so on. The Basis simply tries to précis the message and thrust of the Bible and, as a summary helps us to articulate what the Bible teaches.
It is obviously not infallible as is the Bible; it is always to be tested by what the Bible says. It is subordinate to the Bible. Yet it also comes to us in the great, continuous stream of biblical confessions expressing the faith of God's people down the running centuries. It is not an aberration, not a sectarian sideshow, but stands in the central flow of historic Christian belief. It comes with the weight of that good tradition behind it.
In that sense it is also incidentally a statement about the importance of the church, as it expresses the faith of God's one people from the New Testament. It does not put forward the views of a few individuals, but of the company of those who have run the race before us and have now entered their rest. To be unfair to Martin Luther's words, it is not so much an affirmation of 'Here I stand' as 'Here we stand'. It enshrines the corporate, humble; accepted wisdom of God's people down the years.
Reforming spirit
In these pages we have tried to explore the main truths of the Bible. We have done so in the spirit of the Scots Confession, drawn up in 1560 by John Knox and five other Scottish Reformers. The language is quaintly dated, but the meaning clear.
The doctrine taught in our kirks is contained in the written word of God, to wit, in the Books of the Old and New Testaments … If any man will note in this our confession any article or sentence repugnant to God's holy word, that it would please him of his gentleness, and for Christian charity's sake, to admonish us of the same in writing; and we upon our honour and fidelity, by God's grace, do promise unto him satisfaction from the mouth of God, that is from His Holy Scriptures, or else reformation of that which shall prove to be amiss.


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- Greg Hoffman, Internet Marketing Gorilla said...
Amen Sister...
It's so wonderful on the outside of that "family company".
But I've been told by a certain someone to stop fishing in their pond for talented employees. My first takeaway starts tomorrow at my company. She is just one of many to follow once they see the light.
I'm glad you are happy professionally. So am I.
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My brother has argued with me that I shouldn't make any extra payments on our mortgage because we're losing money over the long term by making early payments. He says that with inflation at 3% and our money able to earn 1% at minimum in a savings account and more if we do other things, we're losing money by making early payments on our 3.75% mortgage. What do you think?
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