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Neutering and Spaying of Cats
We all love our cats and many of us would prefer them in their natural body form i.e. not subject them to any surgery or general anesthesia. But there is one procedure for which I do recommend surgical intervention…sterilization of cats.
We all know by now the outcome of allowing uncontrolled breeding of cats (ferals…remember!). But apart from that sterilization of cats has several important benefits. And unless you are a serious breeder, I do suggest you consider the following:
Male cat – When your tom cat reaches puberty at nearly six months of age, he will start yearning for female cats, and it's not his fault – it's only natural. He will meow at night, spray foul smelling urine all over the house aside from his litter box, and totally ignore all your attempts to control him, in short there will be a total change in his personality and it will continue…until you let him out! Once outside your tommy boy will be no match for the ferals who have grown on their own and are much better hunters and fighters than your pet who never learned to fend for himself under your loving care. So when he's gonna eye female cats and try and establish his territory, he'll end up inevitably in a fight with another feral male cat – and return to you with a scratched face and scarred ego! You'll worry about him but there's not much you can do – he will go outside again – and this time may not return (as your domesticated pet he didn't even learn how to cross a street or avoid humans!) And you'll be left with heart break, uncomprehending…when all of this could be avoided by a simple procedure…neutering. The surgery is one of the simplest in all of veterinary medicine. Carried out under general anesthesia your pet will be discharged the same day and will have no significant personality changes!
Female Cat – Here you have a lovely queen who adores you, rolls on your feet and shows affection for the whole family – until she reaches puberty (again at approximately six months). Now your sleep every night is disturbed by her constant yowling! She desperately wants to get out and meet a tom cat – and she can't help it…she's in heat. You try to soothe her but to no avail. Finally you let her out. She returns after a few days, relatively unharmed. However, she continues to venture outside periodically, much to your concern, where she is exposed to unhygienic conditions and diseases. A few months later she bears a litter of four kittens. Now you have a problem – what to do these with these new cats. This will continue every few months and your house will become crowded with cats, you will be left wondering if it's a good idea to keep pets? Again all of this could be avoided by a similar surgery…spaying (ovariohysterectomy). Your cat will no longer come in heat and will lead a happy, healthy life!
Even if the above does not motivate you enough, remember this, sterilization also reduces the risk of cancer in cats (testicular in males, ovarian in females)! What's the right age for neutering? I'd say at puberty…around six months! No use letting the cat have one litter since they may only learn a behavioral trait that you don't want!
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Sabbath as Rule and RitualRead Now
Monday Scripture - Luke 6:2 "Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?"
Monday Quote - Abraham Joshua Heschel - The glorification of the day, the insistence upon strict observance, did not, however, lead the rabbis to a deification of the law. 'The Sabbath is given unto you, not you unto the Sabbath.' (Mekhilta 31:13) The ancient rabbis knew that excessive piety may endanger the fulfillment of the essence of the law. (Genesis Rabbah, 19:3)
Monday Thought -
Correct observation of the Sabbath was important for my family growing up. Primarily, Sabbath was observed by going to church, twice. But Sabbath was also observed with a series of prohibitions. We don't watch tv, go to the movies, listen to 'secular' music etc. We didn't go shopping on the Sabbath, but that was because no stores were open anyway. Sabbath was presented more as a day of disallowance than anything else. Sabbath was about don't and can't. I don't think this was intentional, but this was the effect. And lets' admit it, its hard to get excited about that. Today, Sabbath is largely a forgotten concept for many Christians, at least in practice. Our children have sports to participate in, we have errands, shopping, yard-work, and laundry to catch up on. Stores are all open. While we may not be at work, we often are still at work. So this week we will re-visit, at least in part, the importance of Sabbath. Today, we review Sabbath as rule and Sabbath as ritual.
When Sabbath, as I recall how it was taught to me, is primarily a list of constraints, it fails to be compelling. This is the main tension in this weeks story. Jesus and disciples engage in a brief episode of harvest labor in order to get something to eat and then later, Jesus heals a disabled man on the Sabbath. It is important to realize that the portrayal of the Pharisees may not be entirely accurate. They certainly knew that breaking Sabbath restrictions to save a life was allowed. So let's not stereotype all historical Pharisees by what we see in this story, because the phenomena of making Sabbath all about correctly following the rules of what we can't do is certainly not confined to Pharisees. For instance, a few years ago a very articulate and passionate missionary from the Seventh Day Adventist Church knocked on my door to, kindly, explain why my observance of the Sabbath on Sunday was simply the wrong day and so displeasing to God. This is exactly the kind of thing Jesus is reacting to. Sabbath is simply a rule, or list of rules, a series of prohibitions to obey in order to avoid the anger of God. This isn't the point of Sabbath, according to Jesus.
Jesus engages in two life-giving activities on Sabbath. He and his disciples feed themselves and then Jesus heals a disabled man. The Sabbath is the day to celebrate the gift of life and so, to share the gift of life. While he and his disciples are not in immediate danger of death due to malnutrition and the disabled man not in impending danger due to the malformation of his hand, in the larger society, hunger and the inability to provide financially for one's family were clear and present dangers to life. When Jesus says aloud, 'The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath,' he is claiming that he has the power and authority to create life. It is a statement about his mission. And as a part of his mission he will celebrate and create life for all those who, because of forces out of their control, cannot experience the joy and fullness of life. But he is also reminding us of the point of Sabbath. It is to appreciate and celebrate the gift of life. In Genesis 1 (and in Exodus 20 where the 10 Commandments order observation of a Sabbath), God rests on the seventh day after creating the world. It is a day in which God delights in what God has created. It is a day to savor the good that God has done. In Deuteronomy 5, where the story of the giving of the 10 Commandments is told again, the celebration of Sabbath is rooted in God's liberation of the Hebrews from slavery. God rescues the Hebrews from a life of forced labor and gives them the gift of enjoying a labor-free day, in which to celebrate and enjoy life.
Celebration, savoring, and appreciating the gift of life is the core of Sabbath observance. This is what Sabbath is for and I think you'll agree, it is much sweeter to contemplate what we are for, than to always focus on what we are against. So Sabbath is a day to engage in that which allows you to savor and be thankful for God's gift of life. It is a time to take a break from stress and worry and enjoy life. It is much bigger than obeying a few rules. It is a day to pause and focus on the wonder of being alive, at the wonder of all that is alive around us. While focusing on the rules belittles both Sabbath and ourselves, that does not mean we shouldn't make a ritual of Sabbath. If taking time to pause, celebrate, savor, and enjoy life is not made a priority and a habit, it is very simple for other priorities and responsibilities to interrupt and distract us. And this does mean that if we are going to say yes to the gift of Sabbath we will need to say 'no' to some other things. This is where faith is required. We must trust that if we observe Sabbath, the benefits to our spirit, life, faith and very humanity will outweigh the the sting of saying no to things, even the things that demand our attention.
Monday Study - Isaiah 58
Monday Prayer - Give me the gift, Lord of the Sabbath, of silence from all that demands my attention, all that calls to completed, all that spurs me to action. Give me the gift of rest and in that the gift of knowing that I can trust in you to provide and to protect. Allow me to give myself the grace and mercy to savor and enjoy the life you have given me. Amen
Sabbath as RestRead Now
Tues Scripture - Deuteronomy 5:12-14 "Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns, so that your male and female servants may rest, as you do.
Tues Quote - Eugene Peterson - If you don't take a Sabbath, something is wrong. You're doing too much, you're being too much in charge. You've got to quit, one day a week, and just watch what God is doing when you're not doing anything.
Tues Thought -
It seems as if many generally believe that they cannot afford to rest. There is just too much to do. I agree. There is much to do. And the thought of leaving things undone (laundry, yard-work, housecleaning, etc) in order to observe Sabbath and simply rest, is, well, unthinkable. But what if we flipped this and asked, can we really afford NOT to get enough rest? According to a study published in 2012, 30% of the civilian workforce in the U.S. was not getting an adequate nights sleep. And the thing is this doesn't mean that we simply go to work and (as my wife would put it) ride the struggle bus for the day. This has real impact. 20% of car crashes are due to drowsy driving. Inadequate rest has a direct connection to work-related injury and work-related illness. Lack of rest causes real injury to ourselves and others, not to mention that it is expensive. Lack of adequate sleep has also been tied to an increased risk for diabetes and obesity. So again I ask, can we afford NOT to get our rest? Are our lifetimes as adults spent avoiding rest to mow the lawn or get one more project done, worth the risk of injury or illness to ourselves or others?
The Pharisees are focused, some might suggest preoccupied, with observing Sabbath correctly. It is of vital importance to them that they and all of Israel get Sabbath absolutely right. It is important because observing Sabbath is one of the ways that Israel can maintain unity and communal pride as they live under the oppression of the Romans. Romans wanted and did all that they could to entice Judeans to be 'more Roman.' To be more Roman would be to abandon Israel's identity as God's chosen. So observing Sabbath was incredibly important. It was also vital because, these Pharisees believed, God's blessing and God's liberation from oppression was contingent upon correctly observing Sabbath. In Isaiah 56 the prophet writes, 'Maintain justice and do what is right for soon my salvation will come and my deliverance be revealed.' In the next verses the prophet reveals that the root of justice and right is Sabbath observance. So many interpreted this to mean that deliverance was contingent upon correctly observing Sabbath. Deliverance, ultimately, was up to them. They had to earn that deliverance. I look at this and see an error. The deliverance is not caused by correctly observing Sabbath, the deliverance is present IN KEEPING Sabbath. Sabbath is a part of the deliverance. Deliverance is not a result. But I can understand why some would draw the conclusion that to be delivered, Israel would need to get Sabbath right.
This error is just what Eugene Peterson highlights in our quote for the day, 'you're being too much in charge.' Sole responsibility for deliverance fell to Israel. They need to earn deliverance. But deliverance is not earned. It is a grace, a gift. Living either overly focused on getting Sabbath absolutely right OR not observing Sabbath at all because we have too much to do, are both rooted theologically in fear and anxiety. We are afraid that God is angry or has abandoned us so we must earn God's love. OR, we are afraid that we will not have enough, will lose control of our lives, will become vulnerable or that someone will take what we have, so we dare not observe Sabbath. We must continue to earn, procure and protect because our security is up to us alone. Both sides of the spectrum are based in fear and anxiety. Fear and anxiety make us small. They make us distrustful. They divide us. They can even compel us to be violent. Sabbath then, is an antidote to fear, anxiety and violence. Sabbath is reminder that life, all of life, including what he have and the security we feel is a gift. It is a gift that comes from a source that is always abundantly creating and giving. This is why Jesus observes Sabbath by feeding and healing. Sabbath is a day to celebrate the abundant goodness of God, the wanton creativity of God. We rest so that we remember that who we are and what we have comes from God. We need not fight to procure nor fight to defend. We can rest because we trust in God to provide.
Tues Study: Isaiah 56
Tues Prayer: Still my mind and still my body Lord of the Sabbath. Turn my thoughts to gratitude for what you have provided. In these Sabbath moments, free me from fear and anxiety and allow me to relax into the experience of being your beloved. Then, as I rise to go into the day, allow me to take this peace and rest with me, so that I can be the shelter in a time storm for someone else.
Sabbath as DignityRead Now
Wed Scripture - Deuteronomy 5:14 - so that your male and female servants may rest, as you do.
Wed Quote - Walter Brueggemann - "Thus the Sabbath of the fourth commandment is an act of trust in the subversive, exodus-causing God of the first commandment, an act of submission to the restful God of commandments one, two, and three. Sabbath is a practical divestment so that neighborly engagement, rather than production and consumption, defines our lives."
Wed Thought -
My hope is that I have established that Sabbath is not simply a rule to follow, but a gift given. A gift that reminds us that we are loved by God, not because of our productivity, our success, or our striving, but just because we exist and God delights in our existence. It is also a gift that reminds us that we need not live in the fear or anxiety of lack. Sabbath is, in essence a reminder not to worry, as Jesus taught in Matthew 6, about what we will eat or drink or wear, but to trust in God to provide. Falling into fear and anxiety creates tension and violence. Sabbath trust in God to provide shapes us as kind, loving and generous people.
The implications of that realization go far beyond our own sense of being loved and at peace. For instance, when we look to Leviticus 25 we find that the Sabbath day grows into a Sabbath year. Every seven years the land is to lie fallow, to have its own rest. And, every seventh Sabbath year is a year of Jubilee. This is a year in which debts are forgiven. When we read Leviticus 25 carefully we see that God has instituted Sabbath, Sabbath year and Jubilee as spiritual practices which teach us how to treat one another with dignity. In the year of the Jubilee, the poor are offered a chance to escape their poverty and provide for themselves again. If they have sold land, that land goes back to their ownership. If they've sold themselves into slavery due to debt, they go free. And the description of this year of Jubilee includes details of how to treat the impoverished with dignity; "'If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner and stranger, so they can continue to live among you. 36 Do not take interest or any profit from them, but fear your God, so that they may continue to live among you.'
Leviticus is not the only place we see this. In both Isaiah 58 and 56 which I have encouraged you to read as further study this week, Sabbath practice is directly connected to the dignity of the vulnerable. In Isaiah 58 we read, 'If you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry,' the prophet says,' and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, which he then connects to keeping Sabbath. Isaiah 56 extends the blessing of God to two social groups often considered farthest from God's blessing, foreigners and eunuchs, when they keep Sabbath. When they take on the covenental identity of one of God's chosen by keeping Sabbath, they are given the gift of dignity. It is no longer ethnicity or gender identity that identifies them or qualifies them. They are loved by God because they have chosen to accept the gift of Sabbath. All of this is rooted in the passage of Deuteronomy which is our scripture for the day. The gift of the Sabbath day is given as a reminder that God rescued the Hebrews (the outsiders) from slavery and gave them a new identity as God's chosen people. Sabbath is a reminder of this radical dignifying and re-identifying act by God on behalf of the Hebrews. Or, as we say in our communion celebration, Sabbath reminds us that God turned nobodies into somebodies by giving them (us) God's family name.
We are encouraged to rest and not labor on Sabbath so that we remember that unlike Pharoah who only values us for our effort and labor, God values us because we exist. And that Sabbath gift of love and dignity is given, according to Dueteronomy to all, including the foreign and domestic slaves that live in the land. The dignity of rest is a gift for all, regardless of where they come from or where they exist in the social hierarchy. Sabbath restores to us our dignity. We are loved. We are beloved. We have not earned it, which isn't a reminder of how sinful we are, but a reminder that we are no better or more worthy than others. Returning to Sunday's story, when Jesus heals the disabled man, he is restoring the mans dignity, his ability to earn and provide for his family, his status as God's beloved. While saying yes to Sabbath does mean saying no to some things, it also means saying yes to the opportunity to love others and treat them with dignity, for this is the purpose of Sabbath.
Wed Study - Matthew 6; Leviticus 25
Wed Prayer - Remind me Lord, in this moment of Sabbath, that I am loved. Too often my failures, faults and frustrations crowd my thoughts. Remind me in this moment of all that is Beloved in me. Still the voices that tear me down and allow me to hear your voice of confidence and affection. Then send me out into the world to lend my own voice to your own that I might remind someone else that they too are your Beloved.
Thurs Scripture - Isaiah 56 -
"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke?
Is it not to share your food with the hungry
and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter--
when you see the naked, to clothe them,
and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
Thurs Quote - Walter Brueggemann - "Sabbath, in the first instance, is not about worship. It is about work stoppage. It is about withdrawal from the anxiety system of Pharaoh, the refusal to let one's life be defined by production and consumption and the endless pursuit of private well-being."
Thurs Thought -
The passage from Isaiah 56 that I have quoted does not reference Sabbath. But as I have stated earlier this week, the chapter closes by connecting all of what the prophet has said about creating justice to the faithful observance of Sabbath.
What we notice in today's reading is a call from God to leave behind unjust systems of oppression and exploitation. God is describing the kind of social systems operating in Israel, operating presumably at the same time as Sabbath observance. And God is displeased that the observance of Sabbath has not explanded into just social systems as intended. It is apparent that the hungry go unfed, the poor are not provided for, the wanderer (foreigner?) is not greeting with hospitality, or the naked clothed. There is not only social but familial breakdown according to the prophet who says, 'turn away from your own flesh and blood.' The social systems God had intended to establish through Sabbath were breaking down. OR, put another way, social systems not based on the grace and mercy of Sabbath, were taking hold in Israel, and return to Sabbath was encouraged so as to resist what Brueggemann calls the 'anxiety system.'
But let's go to another story in which Sabbath figures prominently. In Exodus 16 the Israelites have been freed from slavery in Egypt, led across the Red Sea and so rescued from Pharoah's army. Now they are in the wilderness. They are hungry and not knowing where their food will come from, anxious and afraid. So God provides manna, bread from heaven. Remember, they gathered manna every day, but on the sixth day they gathered twice as much as usual so that they did not have to gather on the seventh day because it was Sabbath. Here is where the story is very interesting. Those who gathered more than their share of manna found that it went bad, it rotted. Those who were left without enough, miraculously were provided for. And those who went out on the Sabbath day to gather, found nothing. The manna was not only a means of sustenance, but a lesson. The manna was a lesson in trusting God to provide. And the manna was an illustration of the Sabbath community God was creating in opposition to the anxiety system of Pharoah. The anxiety system made people fearful and try to hoard more than they needed, which left some without enough. The anxiety system could not trust in God and did not care about the well-being of others. The manna was God's way of teaching Israel to resist the anxiety system of Pharoah.
As we have been learning over the past few days, Sabbath teaches us not only to trust in God, but to value and honor all of creation, including enemies and others, but first teaching us to be merciful to ourselves. But as we see in today's scripture from Isaiah and the story from Exodus 16, Sabbath teaches us to discern unhealthy social systems that privilege a few and impoverish the vulnerable. And, Sabbath teaches us how to create healthy, wholesome and just alternatives to systems that exploit and oppress the vulnerable. Sabbath is a method of resisting a culture which defines success on earning more, amassing more goods and wealth and doing so in competition to others. Sabbath says that this divides us, makes our neighbors into our enemies. Sabbath also says that this reduces us in our own humanity. It makes us small by making us combative. It diminishes us because we are compelled by fear, not joy,not purpose. Sabbath says that this reduces our Spirituality because we are not trusting God to provide, but making ourselves and our wealth the center of life, the ultimate good, the only active agent in our lives.
This does circle back to Sabbath as NO, as a series of prohibitions. But now we can see better what we are saying NO to. We are saying no to social systems that value profit over personal connections and communal well-being. We are saying no to systems that pit us in constant competition against one another. We are saying no to valuing ourselves according to welath and possession. We are saying no a mind-set that tells us that it is all up to us. This last one is subtle. It can feel good at first, not only to be in control, but to be depended on and important. But it degrades us, eats away at us and burns us out. You can probably think of other things that Sabbath is teaching us to say NO to. No to abusing the earth, No to degrading humanity, No to violence. But remember, we are saying no to these things because they diminish the humanity of others and of ourselves. We say no to these things so that we can say yes, as we will explore in full tomorrow, to life as given and defined by God.
Thurs Study: Exodus 16
Thurs Prayer: Teach me, Lord of the Sabbath to set limits in my life. To set limits on my working, on my purchasing, on my striving. Teach me to set limits on my fears and anxieties. All of these in moderation are good. All of these, when they functionally become my god, my ultimate priority, diminish and use me and make me less. Use Sabbath to teach me to set limits, and in the space these limits open up, come and dwell with me. Heal and inspire me, renew and empower me in that space, that in my work and my rest I might find joy. Amen
Fri Scripture - Luke 6:9 Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?"
Fri Quote - Eugene Peterson - If you keep the Sabbath, you start to see creation not as somewhere to get away from your ordinary life, but a place to frame an attentiveness to your life.
Fri Thought
In today's quote, Eugene Peterson suggests that Sabbath inspires an attentiveness to life.
Attentiveness to our lives seems to be a great challenge. Technological advances, such as internet, home computers, and smart phones, keep us attentive to a wealth of information about the world around us. Social media keeps us connected to friends and is a source of news, real and fake. Cable television allows us to customize a host of entertainment, educational and informational programs. We have already, at the beginning of the week, rehearsed some of the demands and responsibilities we must prioritize, like activities for our children, care for aging adults, dr's appointments, chores, etc, etc. Our lives are full. I know people who take lap-tops on vacation so as to check work e-mails because otherwise, the load of unresponded to e-mails that would pile up while on vacation would simply be too much to handle.
And this, perhaps more than any other reason, is why we need to stop regularly and observe Sabbath. Because it seems so illogical and even impossible to stop. But we are careening through our lives, trying to fit everything in, working long hours, working when we aren't at work, working while on vacation, rushing and hurrying without pausing to consider, why? What are my life's goals? What is best for myself and my family? What is necessary for happiness? How do I even define it? 'Life' throws so much at us, not only challenge and struggle, but potential and opportunity. A wise mentor once said to me, 'you can't say yes to everything.' And I would suggest we are trying to do too much. Perhaps it feels good to be busy and important and feel a sense of pride and purpose. But after a while it is exhausting. Perhaps it is a relief to be busy instead of still and silent and alone with our thoughts. But ignored problems and pains don't go away. My point is that we are so busy living life, that we aren't being attentive to life. And that is the benefit of Sabbath. It allows us a time of rest to be attentive, but not anxious. It allows us a time to pause but not for distraction and entertainment alone. It is a time to assess what our lives mean, how our time is used, and above all to listen for the voice of God telling us where, what we are called to be and do. More importantly, who we are called to be.
Let's review all that we have learned about Sabbath. We have learned that Sabbath is a opportunity for us as individuals to be merciful to ourselves, to give ourselves the gift of rest. It is a time in which we can set aside responsibility and enjoy life. And that is the root to so much good. Because we have learned to love ourselves, be grateful and taken the time for joy, Sabbath teaches us how to define what the good life is, how to recognize and then resist those temptations that diminish us and use up. Sabbath teaches us how to love and care for others, to form bonds of friendship, to value community and family. Sabbath teaches us how to be generous and giving and so contribute to the common good. Sabbath teaches us to care for ourselves and for others, because it is a reminder of the God who cares for us. Sabbath teaches us again about who God is and how God acts. God cares and provides and protects. God is the sources of life, we are not, which takes the pressure off of our working and striving. And so Sabbath re-orients our lives. It shows us what is good. It teaches us to balance between purposeful work and rest, sacrifice and joy. It reminds us how valuable and loved we are and how loved others are as well. It rescues us from fear and anxiety and empowers us to face those with confidence. Sabbath, when accepted and observed faithfully has the potential to reshape our lives. Which is exactly what we saw in Sunday's scripture. The Lord of the Sabbath was able to restore the good life.
Fri Prayer - Help me Lord of the Sabbath to pause and take a look at my life, this life you have given me. So much is thrown at me, so many responsibilities, so many challenges, so many opportunities. Help me to pause for Sabbath stillness to listen deeply within myself to rediscover my priorities and also to listen for your call. What would you have me do and be? What should I say yes to, and what do I need to refuse? What work would you have me do? But just as importantly, what joy would you have me experience? In Sabbath stillness, help me pause and look at this life you have given me, not in despair or disappointment, but with gratitude and hope. Amen.
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Culture War With B-2's
WASHINGTON — Don't feel bad if you have the uneasy feeling that you're being steamrolled. You are not alone.
As my girlfriend Dana said: "Bush is like the guy who reserves a hotel room and then asks you to the prom."
As the Pentagon moves troops, carriers, covert agents and B-2 bombers into the Persian Gulf, the president, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld continue their pantomime of consultation.
When Senator Mark Dayton of Minnesota asked the defense chief on Thursday, "What is compelling us to now make a precipitous decision and take precipitous actions?" an exasperated Mr. Rumsfeld sputtered: "What's different? What's different is 3,000 people were killed."
The casus belli is casuistry belli: We can't cuff Saddam to 9/11, but we'll clip Saddam because of 9/11.
Mr. Rumsfeld offered sophistry instead of a smoking gun: "I suggest that any who insist on perfect evidence are back in the 20th century and still thinking in pre-9/11 terms."
Ah, Rummy. Evidence, civil liberties, debating before we go to war . . . it's all sooo 20th century.
Anyway, how can we have evidence when we learned last week that our evidence-gathering snoozy spooks are even more aggressively awful than we thought?
The administration isn't targeting Iraq because of 9/11. It's exploiting 9/11 to target Iraq. This new fight isn't logical — it's cultural. It is the latest chapter in the culture wars, the conservative dream of restoring America's sense of Manifest Destiny.
The Bush hawks don't simply want to go back in a time machine and make Desert Storm end with a turkey shoot. They want to travel back even farther to the Vietnam War and write a more muscular coda to that as well.
Extirpating Saddam is about proving how tough we are to a world that thinks we got soft when that last helicopter left the roof of the American embassy in Saigon in 1975.
We can't prove it with al Qaeda. That's like grabbing smoke.
So former Nixon officials Cheney and Rummy are playing out their own "Four Feathers," rescuing the lost honor of the American empire in the sands of Arabia. They want to stomp on Saddam to exorcise the specters of Vietnam and Watergate — the ethical relativism, the lack of patriotism, the postmodern angst, the loss of moral authority, the feeling that America is in decline or in the wrong, the do-whatever-feels-good Clintonesque ethos.
Dick Cheney fought multinationalism and Lynne Cheney fought multiculturalism, defending the dead white males who made the republic great. She has written a children's book, "America: A Patriotic Primer," and urged that 9/11 be a day to remember the nation's glories rather than its "faults and failings."
The Cheneys, who have been known to invite dinner guests at the vice presidential mansion to sing along to "Home on the Range," think they can restore a sunnier, more can-do mood to our society. Even if it takes incinerating Baghdad to do it.
Rummy is equally impatient with the post-Vietnam focus on imperfections and limitations. He wants to yank the boomers by their collars and make them, if not the Greatest Generation, at least a bit Greater.
This is fine with W., who stayed 50's through the 60's and stopped liking the Beatles when they got into their "weird psychedelic period." He arrived at Yale and Harvard Business School just as the white male WASP ascendancy was slipping. He was in that small coterie of bewildered guys in wide-wale corduroy trousers, Izod polo shirts and Sperry Topsiders, surrounded by wild and crazy hippies protesting the war and smoking roaches.
The Bushies want to bring back the imperial, imperious presidency. The pre-emption proclamation had the tone of Cheney Caesar and Condi Ben Her. And the resolution sent to Congress seeking authority to go after Iraq was the broadest request for executive military authority since L.B.J. got the Gulf of Tonkin resolution rubber-stamped in 1964. At least L.B.J. had to phony up the Tonkin Gulf provocation. Mr. Bush can't be bothered. "I cannot believe the gall and the arrogance of the White House," Sen. Robert Byrd bellowed.
Things are getting dangerouser and dangerouser. Karl Rove's gunning for the Democrats. Ariel Sharon's gunning for Arafat. W.'s gunning for Saddam. And Al Qaeda's still gunning for us.
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This past Saturday, October 1, we celebrated the International Day of Older Persons 2016. The world has reached a once unimaginable milestone in which long lives are becoming the norm. There are now roughly 1 billion people over the age of 60, and this number is expected to double by mid-century. Combined with the equally historic phenomenon of low birthrates, there are increasingly more old than young in the 35 nations of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, a trend that will accelerate globally over the next two decades.
The celebration comes a full 100 years after Germany began using 65 as the age of retirement, when a citizen would be eligible for health and social security benefits. This established what is now the iconic and universally accepted age of retirement – as well as the idea that people in their 60s are old.
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In a recent blog post, "Work Reimagined for the 21st Century – the Age of 65, 100 Years Later," Peter Nicholson, vice president at Nestle Skin Health, writes: "In 1881 Otto von Bismarck, the conservative chancellor of Prussia, presented a radical idea to the Reichstag: government-run financial support for older members of society. In other words, health and financial benefits in retirement. While these benefits were originally proposed to begin at the age of 70, the age was lowered to 65 in 1916, when life expectancy was 50 for men and 54 for women."
In other words, the fiscal and budget implications of a lower retirement age for Germany in 1916 were, to put it gently, manageable. Today, to put it not so gently, they are a fiscal nightmare.
What happens when everyone 65 and older is seen as one group? As unthinkable as it may be to put everyone from ages 10 to 40 together, this is what happens when we allow for such a simplistic demographic categorization. Perhaps it didn't matter much when there were so few of us. But now it matters a lot.
So as we celebrate the International Day of Older Persons, perhaps it's also a moment to begin redefining the demographic categories for the 60+ population. Such a shift could have huge implications. For example, as we develop a more realistic definition of what 'old' is, the number of people eligible for publicly subsidized health care benefits would likely decline, providing a much-needed shot in the arm to public finances. This would allow us to target the health needs of the truly older population suffering from serious and multiple chronic diseases such as Alzheimer's. Publicly subsidized health benefits for a healthy, active and engaged 63-year-old ought to be distinguished from frail or cognitively challenged 87-year-old. And while everyone intuitively gets this, our current inclusion of 30 years of life in one demographic category leads to less than optimal results.
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Businesses around the planet are just now beginning to understand that a billion customers represent a market that cannot be ignored. But the nature of the goods and services that must be developed are somewhat confused due to the tendency to lump all those over age 60 together. Surely, there ought to be a clear distinction between a healthy 70-year-old and a sick 88-year-old.
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There's no way around it, bad data impacts every aspect of a business—from lead generation to marketing, to customer relationships, to cold calling, to revenue. After all, if you can't reach your prospects or customers, your message, offer, and product no longer matter.
Consider these statistics (source):
- 94% of businesses suspect that their customer and prospect data is inaccurate.
- 40% of business objectives fail due to inaccurate data.
- Up to 25% of B2B database contacts contain critical errors.
- 62% of organizations rely on marketing data that's up to 40% inaccurate.
- Bad data costs U.S. businesses more than $611 billion each year.
It's clear data is a critical business resource. Yet, many companies continue to struggle with database maintenance. If you're not sure where to start, keep reading. Today we break down some key database terms and concepts. Keep reading.
What is B2B Data Maintenance?
Data Normalization
Data normalization is the process of standardizing values within your contact database. This process creates relativity and context by grouping similar values into one common value. Any data point can be normalized. Examples include job title, job function, company name, country, state, industry, etc.
Although data normalization may seem simple enough, collection processes often complicate things. Consider the following:
Manual Data Entry: You should expect errors and discrepancies whenever humans are responsible for manual data input. Whether someone fills out the form on your website, a salesperson doing their own prospecting, or an events manager entering data from business cards—each will have their own set of spelling errors, abbreviations, and capitalization methods.
Multiple Names for the Same Data Point: What we mean is this: there are many different ways to say the same thing. Think states—Connecticut is the same as CT. Or job titles—a Content Marketing Manager is the same as a Marketing Content Manager.
Data Source Differences: Depending on how you collect your contact data, you might receive the same set of data points in several different formats. For example, contacts that come in through partner programs may follow different naming conventions than contacts that come in through your website.
These discrepancies, though they may seem inconsequential, can have a huge impact on your sales and marketing outreach. A data normalization strategy can fix bad data by grouping values and standardizing inconsistencies.
For an in-depth guide to data normalization, check out The B2B Marketer's Guide to Data Normalization.
Database Append
Database append refers to the process of taking your existing contact database and matching it against a vendor's database to fill in any gaps or missing information. This is helpful for several reasons—more specifically, appended data can result in:
- Increased sales connect rate
- Improved email deliverability
- Improved client retention
- Better customer service
- Maximized ROI
- Increased revenue
- Wider marketing reach
It's important to keep in mind—not all appends are created equal. The vendor you choose will determine the quality of your database append. Choose wisely.
For an in-depth guide to selecting a data vendor, check out Try Before You Buy: Data Sampling Strategies.
Database Cleanse
This final concept is a little more difficult to explain—simply because it can mean so many different things. A database cleanse can involve some normalization and appending but also may cover things like deduplication, data corrections, market intelligence reports, and even net new leads.
In the simplest of terms, a database cleanse is the process of detecting data inaccuracies and fixing them.
Final thoughts about your B2B database.
We've said it before, and we'll say it again, your sales and marketing outreach will only be as good as your data. If your data is full of inconsistencies, inaccuracies, or missing information, you won't be able to reach your prospects or communicate with customers.
Make database hygiene a priority and you'll see instant improvements in your sales and marketing campaigns. Not convinced? Consider these statistics (source):
- A strong organization can generate up to 70% more revenue than an average organization based solely on the quality of its data.
- Companies that employ consistent data hygiene practices create 700% the number of inquiries and 400% the number of leads than those who do not.
For more information about data quality, check out the following articles:
- How to Get More Value From Your B2B Data Purchase
- A Guide to B2B Data Sources
- 36 B2B Data Statistics: The Effect of Dirty Data on ROI
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SYDNEY, N.S. -- At a time when many Cape Breton area businesses are struggling due to the pandemic, opposing youth hockey teams have come together to take teamwork off the ice to a whole new level.
In typical times, youth hockey teams would be thankful for the support of local businesses in helping their fundraising initiatives. But these times are anything but typical.
"Businesses have lost business, so we can't rely on them to sponsor kids. So we had to come up with a way that we could help the kids ourselves," says David Jamael, president of Sydney Minor Hockey Association.
Eight minor hockey groups in Cape Breton have come together to organize a 50/50 draw, aimed at helping young players with the cost of playing the game, while also helping out some of the local businesses who typically sponsor them, but are now struggling due to the pandemic.
"They're the name on your team- Dairy Queen's on our shoulders, the Cape Breton Lynx, Burger King is on their pants. It's really important to the community for our sponsors and everything, so we want to make sure we can do everything we can to help them too," says Christina Lamey, president of the Cape Breton Blizzard Hockey Association.
The idea was to come together in big numbers, to create the largest pots and proceeds possible.
Also on board is the rink in Membertou, which is home to all but one of the participating teams.
"Just the sheer amount of players that are able to sell tickets, we're well over a thousand players which is huge, and it's a community effort, everybody kind of got together to form this draw," explains Paul Carroll, general manager of the Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre.
As for how large the jackpot might get, nobody was willing to throw a number out there, but the general feeling is there's the potential for some big winnings.
"I think what you'll see with this draw, is that it will grow throughout the season, so we're looking forward to having our first one and keep building," says Lamey.
During a year when it's tough just for kids to be able to take to the ice, the ticket draw is aimed at being a win-win situation for all involved.
"If we can take some of the burden off businesses supporting kids, and still let the kids be able to afford to play hockey, that's really the goal of what we're trying to do," says Jamael.
"They're all in it together and everybody's going to benefit together," adds Carroll.
Cape Breton isn't a stranger to large 50/50 draws, as the Glace Bay Minor Hockey even split is a popular annual draw with a final jackpot that typically exceeds $100,000.
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ROCHESTER, Minn., April 5 - For a majority of patients with medically intractable forms of epilepsy, surgical resection of the epileptic focus can eliminate or substantially reduce seizures, reported Mayo researchers here.
Among 399 patients who had focal resection surgery for nonlesional epilepsy, including mesial temporal lobe sclerosis, 81% were either seizure-free or had only aura, or seizures related only to medication withdrawal (Engel class I) at six months, said Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol, M.D., and colleagues in the April issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery.
More than a decade later, 72% of 73 patients were still seizure-free or nearly free, they added.
"All other forms of treatment, specifically maximum anticonvulsant treatment, have failed for these patients," said Fredric Meyer, M.D., who chairs the department of neurologic surgery, a co-author. "Often these patients are on two to three anticonvulsants and are still suffering from intractable epilepsy prior to surgery."
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- Inform interested patients that this study suggests that for people with nonlesional forms of medically intractable epilepsy, focal resection surgery can eliminate or significantly reduce the frequency of seizures in many patients.
- Explain the risks of epilepsy surgery, especially when resection may involve areas of the brain controlling functions such as speech and motor control.
But following successful surgery, "these patients break out from the stigmata of epilepsy and find employment, often drive, and lead a productive life," Dr. Meyer added.
The investigators looked retrospectively at long-term outcomes of focal resection for epilepsy in 399 consecutive patients (214 females) treated at their center between 1988 and 1996.
The mean age of the patients at the time of surgery was 32 + 12 (range 3-69), and the mean age at seizure onset was 12 + 11 (range 0-55). The patients had lived with the seizures for a mean of 20 + 12 years (range 1-56).
Of these patients, 59% had a history of complex partial seizures, 30% had generalized seizures, 6% had simple partial seizures, and 4% had a combination of seizure types.
Prior to surgery, patients were evaluated with both routine and video EEG, MRI of the head according to the seizure protocol, neuropsychological testing, and a sodium amobarbital study.
Patients in whom an epileptogenic focus could not be defined and who had discordant preoperative studies also had an intracranial study.
The patients were followed for a mean of 6.2 + 4.5 years, with longest follow-up being more than 15 years.
The primary study outcome was seizure occurrence post surgery, with events categorized according to Engel classifications. Engel Class I patients were those who were free of seizures, had only nondisabling simple partial seizures, or had some disabling seizures after surgery but had then been free of disabling seizures for at least two years, with generalized convulsions occurring only after withdrawal of anti-epileptic medications.
Patients in Engel Class II had more than an 85% reduction, those in Class III had a greater than 50% reduction in seizure frequency, and those in class IV had no meaningful reduction in frequency. The authors also performed a time-to-event analysis Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox regression models to evaluate the risk factors associated with outcomes.
In all, 372 of the 399 patients (93%) underwent temporal resection, and 27 (7%) had extratemporal resection of their epileptogenic focus.
Histopathology studies revealed mesial temporal lobe sclerosis in 113 patients (28%), gliosis in 237 (59%), and normal findings in 49 (12%).
The authors found that the probability of any patient having an Engel Class I outcome at six months was 81% (95% confidence interval, 77-85%). The probability was 78% (95% CI 74-82%) at one year, 76% (95% CI 72-80%) at two years, 74% (95% CI 69-78%) at five years, and 72% (95% CI 67-77%) at 10 years after surgery.
Among the 73 patients for whom more than 10 years of follow-up data were available, 72% remained in Class I at last follow-up.
"If a patient was in Class I at 1 year postoperatively, the probability of seizure remission at 10 years postoperatively was 92% (95% CI 89-96%)," the authors noted. "Almost all seizures occurred during the first year after surgery."
Only 4% of the patients studied had anesthesia or neurological complications during surgery, according to Dr. Meyer. The risk of complications varied by seizure type, focus, and other factors.
Factors that predicted poor surgical outcomes included normal pathological findings in resected tissue (P = 0.038), male gender (P = 0.035), previous surgery (P P 0.001).
"The minimum time required for a reasonable determination of the long-term outcomes after surgery is controversial," the investigators wrote.
"This study implies that seizure outcomes observed during the first one to two years post-surgery reasonably predict subsequent outcomes up to 10 years thereafter," they added. "The aforementioned information may be important in the decision-making process regarding tapering of anticonvulsant medications postoperatively. A better understanding of the factors involved in achieving improved long-term seizure outcomes is important in patient counseling and selection of appropriate therapies."
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Source Reference: Cohen-Gadol AA et al. "Long-term outcome of epilepsy surgery among 399 patients with nonlesional seizure foci including mesial temporal lobe sclerosis." J Neurosurg 104:513-524, 2006


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Jefferson Drive-In
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The Jefferson Drive-In opened on June 17, 1950 with John Payne in "Captain China". In May 1955 it was taken over by Claude Ezell & Associates. It closed in 1987, re-opened in 1989 and closed for good in 1990. This single screen drive-in had a capacity for 670 cars. It was last opened in 1990 and was demolished in 2004.
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In reference to Gary R.'s post, everyone can see what the screen tower neon art looked like in the September 16, 1950 issue of BOXOFFICE magazine, on page 77. It depicted a night club scene, complete with three chorus girls, and the band. The musicians depicted are playing a piano, a trumpet, and kettle drums.
The article further describes the scene as being in "different colors of neon", and "on a free-shaped background of porcelain enamel", and also mentions that it was opened by Harold Gibbons, who also opened Fort Worth's Pike Drive-In, in 1947. The online archive of BOXOFFICE magazine can be accessed at the following:
The Jefferson Drive-In was designed by Jack Corgan. The architect's rendering appeared in Boxoffice of December 2, 1950.
From 1963 a Dallas Area drive in theater ad.
Nice ad Don.
When was the Jefferson demolished? I went and took some photos just beforehand but can't remember exactly when that was…
BTW – just to respond further to TC's old comment about a drive-in called the "Twin East"…that was the old Twin Highways, located farther out Jefferson to the east toward Grand Prairie. At one point in its checkered life span it was called simply the "Twin" – the Twin Highways is what it went by when it was a single-screener, as it was located between Jefferson and W. Davis (SH 160) and had two entrances, one off each route. Later, another complete screen/projection booth/parking lot was added, to the east and the venue became known as the "Twin West" and the "Twin East." Very rare permutation of the twin-screen concept.
The Jefferson Drive In Theatre was demolished in August of 2004. Heres' a photo I took when they were starting to dismantle the screen.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/racphotography/479117085/ .. Today, a DISD School is on the property.. RAC Photography
The Jack Corgan architected 670-car Jefferson Drive-In opened on June 17, 1950. The theater was operated by Harold Gibbons who ran the Pike Drive-In in Fort Worth. The opening night feature was "Captain China." The theater had a large patio with seats for walk-ins in addition to its 600 spots. Most distinctive was the neon mural on the tower featuring chorus girls, a piano player, a trumpet player and kettle drum player all set on a porcelain enamel cut out on the tower. It was said to have been the first area drive-in with in-car heaters. It also featured a 250-person seating area for walk-ups or people who didn't want to sit in their cars.
On May 12, 1953, it had its first 3D film with "Bwana Devil." Ray Thompson was the manager and he and two employees were tied up after a 1954 armed robbery in which the thieves took $1,398. Both thieves were caught and one received two 50-year prison sentences and the other ten years. Unfortunately, just three years later Thompson suffered a fatal fall from the Jefferson's tower while doing routine repairs. A.E. McClain was another manager of the Jefferson until his death on November 14, 1966.
The Jefferson became part of Rowley United which became United Artists which ran it much as previous management had. But under its next operator, Texas National Theatres' Herb Hartstien, the theater made a successful transition to exhibiting Hispanic films. Hartstein said that between the Cine Centro Three and the Jefferson, a hit film might bring in $30,000 a week. Texas National had nine theaters in Texas showing Spanish language films to lead the state in the early 1980s. The Cockrell Hill police department also profited from the Jefferson's success. The police set up a sting outside of the Jefferson in 1979. That arrested 50 immigrants and charged them $50 for their freedom and $25 for their cars. To fight back, Jefferson manager Ramon Flores instructed patrons to make sure they had IDs or enter from the Grand Prairie side to avoid the Cockrell Hill shakedowns. That didn't always work as the police continued that practice into the 1980s. The dollars rolled into the police department despite not having any Hispanic officers on staff which didn't sit well with the Hispanic population which was reported to be over half of the community's population. The theater closed in 1987 going dark until 1989.
One of the most prestigious events took place under its final operator who tried repertory film. That event happened on Bastille Day, July 14, 1989 when the USA Film Festival sponsored "A Date at the Drive-In" at the Jefferson. "The Girl Can't Help It" was the film. That operator came back for one more season in 1990 and then the Jefferson sat empty for 14 years. It was said to have had the distinction of being Dallas County's last standing drive-in before being torn down for a school in 2004.
Claude Ezell and Associates bought the Jefferson (and the Pike in Fort Worth) from Harold Gibbons on May 3, 1955 per a note in Motion Picture Daily.
Opened on 17/6/1950 with a cartoon(not named), a comedy(not named) and "Captain China".
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Periodontal disease is characterized by a progressive loss of supportive gingival tissue in the gums and jawbone. It is the number one cause of tooth loss among adults in the developed world. Periodontal disease occurs when toxins found in oral plaque inflame and irritate the soft tissues surrounding the teeth. If left untreated, bacteria colonies initially cause the systematic destruction of gum tissue, and then proceed to destroy the underlying bone tissue.
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Playing card games with photographs.
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Interactive Techniques for Instructor-Led Training
A one-day workshop in New York City in October.
Unmatched Item
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Guest Gamer
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Thoughts from an experienced sales trainer.
Review Game
Dodgeball Review by Kerry King
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Eighty Tweets about Goals
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You can make a point without breaking the egg.
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Win before you lose.
Scenario-Based Survey
Opening Lines by Tracy Tagliati
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It's All in the Name
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What wishes do participants have for your training session? Which of these wishes do the most participants share?
Here's an opening activity that helps the participants to generate a list of wishes, discuss them, and identify the highest-priority wishes.
Each participant writes a personal wish for the training session. Later, the participants exchange these wishes and identify the highest-priority wishes by comparing them two at a time.
To generate a set of wishes for the training session and explore their relative importance.
Minimum: 10
Maximum: Any number
Best: 15 to 30
15 minutes for the activity
5 minutes for debriefing
Identify two mediators. At the beginning of the activity, randomly select two participants to act as the mediators. Tell them that you will explain their task later.
Ask participants to come up with wishes. Invite participants to think of things they wish for the training session. If necessary, give a couple of examples such as these:
Listen to one or two examples from the participants.
Ask participants to write a wish card. Give each participant a blank index card. Ask each participant to select the most important personal wish for the training session and write it on the card. Instruct the participants to work independently and keep their wish statements brief and legible. Also, tell the participants not to sign their card or write their name. Announce a 2-minute time limit for this task.
Brief the mediators. While the participants are busy writing on their cards, explain what the mediators will be doing: During the activity, when two participants cannot decide which of the two wishes will be more appealing, they will bring their cards to one of the mediators. This mediator will review the cards, listen to the players, and quickly select one of the two. While waiting for indecisive players to approach them, encourage the two mediators to talk about their wishes for the workshop and try to predict which wishes are likely to be the popular ones.
Exchange the wish cards. After 2 minutes, ask the participants to stand up, hold their wish cards with the written side down, walk around the room, and exchange the cards with each other—without reading any of the cards. Stop this exchange after about 30 seconds.
Explain the goal. Tell the participants that while all the wishes are important, you are going to conduct an activity to locate the ones that appeal to most people.
Ask participants to pair up and select. Tell the participants to pair up with each other and show their wish cards, briefly talk about them, and decide which wish is likely to be more popular among the people in the room.
Explain what to do after the selection. The participant who had the wish card that was not selected should cross out the wish and copy the selected wish on the other side. Each of the two participants should pair up with someone else and repeat the discussion and selection process.
Explain how mediation works. If a pair of participants could not decide which wish has higher popularity, they should go to a mediator. Both participants should take turns to briefly present their case to the mediator. This mediator should listen to the arguments and quickly decide which wish is likely to be more popular.
Explain what happens after the mediation. The two participants who presented their cases should give their wish cards to the mediator and go to the Mediator's Area. The mediator should ask the player with the unselected wish to cross it out and copy the selected wish on the other side. Both players now continue to pair up with new participants and play as before.
Explain what happens when the same wish appears on two cards. When this happens, the two players discuss the importance of the wish while they wait to pair up some other person who becomes available.
Explain what happens when the wish on the back of a card is not selected. When this happens, the player with this card joins the mediator and discusses the relative importance of different wishes for the workshop.
Conclude the session. Announce the end of the activity after a suitable time (depending on the number of participants). Randomly select different players to read the wish on their card. Ask the rest of the players to join the reader if they have the same wish on their card—or if they feel that the wish is more important than the one they have on their card.
Discuss the selected wishes. Review the selected wishes, one at a time. Ask and discuss the following types of questions:
Recently, I have been playing with cards that have photographs on them. Working with my brilliant friend Glenn Hughes, we have designed 40 different training games that can be played with photo cards. You can read one of them (called Captions) in this issue.
I have reviewed four sets of commercially available photo cards:
Published by the Center for Creative Leadership, this collection of 216 images is available letter size ($380), postcard size ($340), and playing card size ($32). Grounded in research and practice, this tool is accompanied by a revised and updated Facilitator's Guide ($25) that provides a method for supporting collaborative, creative conversations about complex issues through the power of images.
The ImageSet ($325) contains 200 photographs that can move conversations forward, get people engaged, and help spark new ideas. A User Manual included with the set gives an overview of VisualsSpeak's method along with specific examples of how to use it with team building, goal setting, conflict resolution, coaching, and intercultural communications.
PicTour Imagine ($120) is a photo deck of 64 images, designed to stimulate new thinking and different perspectives. I bought my copy at the annual conference of the Creative Problem Solving Institute held recently in Atlanta. Primarily intended for use in the innovation process, these visual metaphors can also provide ice breakers, closing activities, and stimuli for story writing.
Produced by my friend Glenn Hughes, these photo cards are available in two sizes: 88 picture postcards ($99) and 54 playing cards ($49). These striking images travel well, inspiring excellent conversations. You can combine the photo facilitation deck with the photo provocation deck to create 50 activities for individuals or teams. Full disclosure: We plan to sell Glenn Hughes card decks through our online store.
Whether you purchase any of these ready-to-use products or create your own photo cards, you will find them to be a powerful tool. Have fun playing with them.
Captions placed under photographs attract people's attention and focus on the key elements. This game rewards players who have a talent for writing effective captions.
Players independently write a caption to go with a randomly selected photograph. A non-playing judge selects the best caption.
To create a meaningful and memorable caption for a photograph.
Minimum: 3
Maximum: 7
Larger groups can be subdivided into groups of 3 to 7. Supply each group with 10 or more photo cards.
2 minutes for each round (and one round per player).
Appoint a Timekeeper-Judge (TKJ). Select one of the participants at each table to take on the role of the timekeeper-judge (TKJ). Just to reassure the other participants, explain that everyone will have a turn being the TKJ during the subsequent rounds.
Display a card. Ask the TKJ to pull out a random card and place it in the middle of the table, photo side up.
Write captions. Ask the players to write a meaningful and memorable caption for the photograph within the next 60 seconds. Ask the TKJ to keep track of the time and stop the players at the end of 60 seconds.
Select the best caption. After 60 seconds, ask the players to take turns to read the caption they have written. After all players have done so, ask the TKJ to select the best caption and give its author the photo card. Remind everyone that the judge's decision is final and she does not have to explain her selection criteria.
Continue the game. Ask the next player to take on the role of the TKJ and repeat the same procedure. Continue the game until every player has had a turn to be the TKJ.
The selected photograph showed a cluster of people waiting at a railway station. Here are the captions from the six players:
If you were the TKJ, which caption would you have selected?
No paper and pencil? Ask each person to announce the caption (without duplicating any previous statement).
Want a tougher challenge? Select two random cards. Ask the players to come up with a caption for this pair of photographs.
Thiagi will be designing and delivering his one-day workshop on interactive training techniques.
In the morning session of this two-part workshop, you will learn how to design a variety of effective and engaging training activities. In the afternoon, you will learn how to conduct these activities to ensure the recall and application of new skills and knowledge.
Here are the basic details about this workshop:
Trainers, facilitators, instructional designers, performance consultants, and managers.
This workshop is designed and delivered by Thiagi. No bait and switch.
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October 30, 2012. 9:00am-4:00pm (8:30am check-in).
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How well do you know the states of the USA? The 5 x 5 matrix below contains three pieces of information (the capital, a famous native, and a place to visit) associated with each of six randomly selected states. Your task is to identify the odd item that does not belong to any of these six states.
|Richard Nixon
|Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
|Minute Man National Historical Park
|George Wallace
|US Military Academy, West Point
|Everglades National Park
|Muhammad Ali
|Woody Allen
|US Space Camp, Huntsville
|Carl Sandburg
|Abraham Lincoln Birthplace, Hodgenville
|John F. Kennedy
|New York
Check the solution.
You can use this puzzle format for testing your participants before or after your training session, for providing practice exercises, or for creating follow-up mailers. In addition to the eight sets of three pieces of information in our sample puzzle, you can use the same format to present 12 paired sets of information or six sets of four pieces of information or four sets of six pieces of information. In each case, you will end up with an extra square containing an unmatched item for the solvers to discover.
Here are some examples of paired sets of information that you can use in this puzzle: technical terms and their definitions, acronyms and their expansions, concepts and examples, countries and languages, function keys and their functions, and model numbers and retail prices.
Kerry King has been in the field of Training and Development since 1994. She has extensive experience in design, delivery, and management of training. Over the course of her career, Kerry has primarily focused on Sales Training and the knowledge, skills, and attitudes associated with various roles in this demanding profession. Kerry's enthusiasm for immersing her participants in the learning experience through relevant games and activities makes her classes highly energizing, engaging, and fun. Kerry is currently finishing her CPLP certification. She can be reached at email@example.com .
TGL: Kerry, what is your specialty area?
Kerry: I have been in the training industry for almost 20 years—yikes! I have worked on both sides of the classroom in design and facilitation. Most of my experience has been in the area of outside sales, focusing on business-to-business sales along with all of the skills that go with it.
TGL: How did you get into designing and using games?
Kerry: My interest in games arose as a result of sitting through dull training sessions with no creativity or interaction. I was losing my mind! And those were the training sessions that I was attending to learn to become a trainer. This is why I have always loved using creative activities in my training from my early days of integrating Trivial Pursuit for reviews to more advanced review games. The mistake that I was making was doing all of the work myself, which is exhausting. Once Thiagi taught me that the best trainer is the lazy trainer, I really hit my stride.
TGL: How do your participants respond?
Kerry: Sales people are apprehensive of most training events as it takes them out of the field, and they cannot make money when they are out of the field. Games help them engage quickly into the content and forget (at least for a short time) about the field. Games also tap into a salesperson's innate competitive spirit. The key is to ensure that the games are relevant. If they are not, then you have a big challenge on your hands.
TGL: What types of games do you use most frequently?
Kerry: I try to make each of my training sessions unique so that the participants do not get bored. I tend to use games mostly for review situations, but I try to integrate them in every logical place.
TGL: What is your prediction about the future of games?
Kerry: With the change in our workforce dynamics, games will continue to become more integral to the success of training. Millennials want a different learning experience and we need to provide it.
To review the training topic and to generate (and answer) questions.
15 to 40 minutes.
10 to 30
Organize two teams. Divide the participants into two teams. Ask the members of each team to come up with a team name.
Write review questions. Give five blank cards to each team member. Ask team members to write a review question (and the answer) on each card. Ask each team to collect the review cards from its members, remove duplicates, and get ready to ask—and answer—questions.
Explain the object of Dodgeball Review. The goal of this game is to eliminate opposing players by getting them "out" by asking a question that stumps them or by correctly answering a question presented by an opposing player.
Start the game. Ask all participants to stand.
Explain how the game is played. Explain these rules in your own words:
Determine the winning team. The first team to eliminate all members of the opposing team wins the game.
Want to simplify scheduling? Play the game for exactly 10 minutes. The team with the most players standing when time is called is the winner.
Don't want to penalize players for writing easy questions? Change rules so that you can only get "out" by answering a question incorrectly.
The unmatched item is Everglades National Park.
Here are the six states, each with three additional pieces of information:
The participants watch as the facilitator squeezes an egg without breaking it. Later, the facilitator cracks the egg to prove it is raw.
To demonstrate how we manage stress in our lives.
Stress Management
One or more
2 minutes for the activity.
3 minutes for the debriefing.
Conduct the first demonstration. Raise your arm so that it is visible to all the participants. Make it dramatic by rolling up your sleeves so that your hands are visible to all participants. Pick up an egg and ask the participants to watch what you are doing. Squeeze the egg and explain that the egg did not crack because there was consistent pressure all around.
Conduct the second demonstration. Show that the egg is raw by cracking it a clear glass or dish.
In your own words ask the participants why did the egg not crack when it was squeezed on all sides, but cracked easily when it was hit against the side of the glass?
Continue the debriefing discussion to relate this demonstration to real-world examples about how we manage stress in our personal and professional lives.
We can manage small stresses all around us. However, when a large stress impacts on one area of our lives it can be too much.
When we live a balanced life, relief on one side cancels out the stress on the opposite side.
Want to encourage more participation? Provide an egg and a dish for all the participants to follow along while you demonstrate the activity.
Conducting an online learning session? Record your demonstration on video and embed it in your presentation.
The human hand was the catalyst for brain evolution and even enabled us to learn to stand erect. This month it provides inspiration for dealing with the people and ideas that interfere with our ability to manipulate the environment to our own satisfaction. Power Tip: Look to opposition as a source of strength and precision.
Read more in the June 2012 issue of Firefly News Flash: http://www.thefirefly.org/Firefly/html/News%20Flash/2012/June%202012.htm .
TicTac is an online game that is especially useful for reviewing training content.
When you begin the game, the screen shows a 3x3 grid with a category (or a topic) displayed in each of the nine cells. When you click a category, a question pops up. If you type the correct answer, the cell is marked with an "X". If your answer is incorrect, an "O" appears on the cell.
As in the game Tic-Tac-Toe, your objective is to get three Xs in a straight line. When that happens, you win.
If you get three Os in a straight line (by repeatedly typing incorrect answers), you lose the game.
Play our sample game European countries : http://thiagi.net/tgl/wgs/8934/ . You can play the game repeatedly. Every time you play again, you may get different categories and questions, arranged in a different order.
In these days of continuous partial attention ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_partial_attention ), it can be challenging as a facilitator to grab our participants' attention. The best time to use attention-grabbing techniques is during our opening comments.
Which opening technique do you most often use to engage your participants?
(The poll opens in a new window.)
What opening technique do you use and why do you think it's effective?
(The survey opens in a new window.)
You may include your name along with your response, or if you prefer, keep it anonymous.
Last month we asked you to select the word that you prefer for referring to the people who attend your training sessions. Here's how you responded:
Participant: 78%
Learner: 16%
Student: 3%
Attendee: 2%
Delegate: 2%
Registrant: 1%
(Percentages reflect 183 votes received by June 28, 2012.)
We also asked why you prefer this word. Here are some of your responses:
Response #7) I work in a company, and student sounds too much like school, and learner sounds too much like training. Participant implies attendance AND interaction via participation.
Response #3) I use the word "learner" as it is the key word used in many of the adult learning literature.
Response #2) I like "participant" because it reinforces that learning is active, not merely receptive. Learning is a lot like starting a fire by rubbing sticks together. The learning fire is kindled by the spark that comes from rubbing two ideas together.
You can read more responses or add your own.
Thanks for your responses.
Several months ago, I wrote about a basic type of learning called multiple discrimination that requires you to differentiate among different stimuli and to provide the appropriate responses.
If you have to memorize vocabulary items, technical terms, people's names, or part numbers, the traditional way is to drill yourself using flashcards.
Anki is an easy-to-use and powerful program that enables you to create, use, and share digital flashcards. You create your own deck of flashcards by typing questions (stimuli) and correct answers (responses). You can use images, audio, and video. You can specify how many items you want to review each day. When you do your review, you self-score your responses and decide whether the item was difficult, good, easy, or very easy. Depending on your rating, the item will be repeated soon or after an appropriate number of days.
You can learn more about Anki by watching the introductory video, reading the user manual, and reviewing the FAQs.
The program works on different computers and different operating systems. You can download the latest version by going to http://ankisrs.net/ . It's free, and we strongly recommend that you give an appropriate donation.


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I had a ruff night of sleeping, between having a dog sick with the flu and my back was screaming. It was around 4 AM before I actually got some needed sleep. So this morning I slept in until 9.30 AM.
this is what the front of the church looked like this morning …
the pastor and some of the men from the church cut down the trees today it looks like this now ..
next on the list is to put a new roof on the church and classrooms .. this is a big project ..
I took the dogs on their daily walk and we enjoyed the warmth of the sunshine
Several of the men from the church are working on it .. one of the ladies from the church brought lunch .. we had beef and chicken enchiladas , refried beans and rice .. it was so good!
the weather has been wonderful and of course I spent my afternoon outside lounging in my chair .. dinner tonight was left overs
at 7.20 Pm we went outside and watched the satellite move across the sky, it was neat and then the rest of the evening was spent relaxing.


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If we met in real life, I would shake your hand and say, "My name is George Hufnagl. It's great to meet you!" And it would be great, because meeting new people is great, and names are great, and you'd tell me yours, and we'd be off to the races. Or wherever! You would describe your interests and concerns (I would let you go first), and then I'd explain my passion and experience working with game developers, live performers, toymakers, writers, and other creative people. If we hit it off, which I bet we would, we might share ideas, throw most of them away, but then find that one idea that just…you know. We'd nod. You'd say "Whoa." I'd say, "Yeah." Then we'd talk business.


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