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Recently, I received from The Old SchoolHouse Magazine as part of the Crew a request to do a review for MathScore. As with other products, I received the chance to use it for free, but I will review it based on my own opinion. MathScore is an online math assessment and practice program. It provides thousands of randomly chosen problems to assess your student's math level and practice their weak concepts. Math levels covered include first through Algebra I. This site could provide a much needed assessment tool for schools and homeschoolers.
The program, developed by graduates of MIT, is designed to accurately assess and prescribe practice regardless of math curriculum or method taught to the student. Students have access to a basic Core assessment test which then lists the results and any necessary topics that need to be further taught. The system has worksheets and mini lessons for each topic covered. The student can access as many worksheets as needed to practice the skills taught in the mini lessons. The student can then be reassessed for the topic after practice. Student gets detailed results of their assessments and practice answers. Parents have a separate log in that allows them to get detailed results and teaching suggestions including details of their students' use of the program. Each time the student logs in, the program keeps detailed records of total log in time, time spent actually working, number of problems done, percentage correct, and percentage of attention span. I had several students at different levels try out the program. I even tested each student with the television on nearby, too. Of course, I never allow TV watching in school, but I wanted to test this attention span percentage. The program very simply, but accurately gave me a report to let me know just how distracted my students were while doing the lesson and worksheets. I also received emails letting me know when my students worked and how much was accomplished. This could be a useful tool for a busy parent to monitor their children's working time without having to actually sit by them the entire time. If they don't work you know it. When they do work, you can tell just how much effort was put into the work and how successful they were doing it. I particularly liked the Copy sections of the program which helps the student learn to type their answers more accurately and more quickly. This is a much needed skill for most students. The program wasn't designed originally to be a teaching program in the sense of a full curriculum, but the site information states that many homeschoolers do use it that way because of the presence of the mini-lessons. I personally don't recommend that blindly, but it could be used as a tool to decide when the student needs additional and more teacher-focused instruction.
The MathScore program, though not a good solution for all students, is affordable. The cost for one student is $14.95 per month, but can be as low as $9.95 per month with a time commitment. Additional students can be added for increasing discounts to as low as $3.95. Check it out for yourself at http://www.mathscore.com.
Looking for a Keyboarding class that isn't a game? Even more importantly, are you wanting a Christian Keyboarding class? Well, you aren't going to find many of either. The game programs are fine for some students as a complete curriculum, and fine for even more as a supplemental course, but many times the student concentrates too much on the game aspects. There have been many teachers who have used the game programs and discovered their student loved the program, but wasn't really learning how to properly keyboard. Hence the search for a more traditional program begins. You can find them, but you won't find any that are Christian-based. That was the dilemma for one Keyboarding teacher at a Christian school. Like many teachers before her, Leanne Beitel set about writing her own. The result was Keyboarding for the Christian School, a great blend of tradition and scripture.
Using many of the traditional methods of teaching typing, but with scripture as practice exercises, Leanne Beitel created a course that most teachers can be happy with using every day. There are two separate programs depending on the age student: Keyboarding for the Christian School, grades 6-12 and Keyboarding for the Christian School, Elementary Version. Both versions have simple, but thorough lessons covering the important topics of keyboarding such as the touch typing technique, alphabetic keys, numerals and symbols, number keypad, centering, and enumerated lists. The Elementary version then provides timed writing practicing. The older version continues with topics such as the tab key, the footnotes styles of MLA and APA, cover pages, works cited and bibliography pages, letters, envelopes, and proofreader's marks before it begins also with timed writing practice exercises. Most of the scriptures used are good life affirming ones from the Psalms. Typing these scriptures for practice will write them on the minds and hearts of your students to be used by the Holy Spirit throughout their lives to guide them and help them to praise the Lord. The other writings used in the older versions will teach your students as they type Biblical truths and better discipleship. The programs are easy to follow regardless of age group. The elementary version is very similar to the older version, but written with a little simpler language and uses colorful charts to guide the student for finger placement and correct key finding. If you start your student in elementary grades with this program, you can use the older version to review the basic skills if needed or skip straight to the additional topics that an older and more advanced student needs. I personally love the way the author included coverage of the number keypad and introduction to the formatting and reference citing styles of MLA and APA. The keypad skills I learned in school are seldom taught now, but those skills have aided me in my personal life from quickly using calculators and adding machines for bills and taxes and even in the grocery store to some degree with ATM and cash register use. As a blind person, it has been as invaluable as the touch typing skills I have acquired. I was able to even apply this skill to some degree in reverse to use a telephone .With report writing, many students might learn a little about giving credit in later years of high school, but never hear the acronyms for the two most accepted formats in the literary and psychological fields. Their knowledge of how to give credit and type it correctly is weak. Then, in college, depending on their class, they are expected to know which format to use having heard of neither. These courses are very well-designed and will prove beneficial to many homeschool and private school settings.
As far as accessibility, the .pdf format is a drawback for blind and deafblind students, but the author left the security open. With additional software, you can convert this to a more usable format for screenreaders or braille displays. Of course, this is never a perfect conversion which makes .pdf formats less than desirable for accessibility purposes. Hearing blind would benefit from an audio version of the programs, but keyboard shortcuts are needed in the step implementation first. However, keyboard shortcuts would be beneficial for all students since it makes many steps quicker and simpler. Many of the keyboard shortcuts are standard for basic word processing steps so this wouldn't be too difficult to provide. DeafBlind students would need a .txt or rtf version of the program once keyboard shortcuts are added. An audio version would also help students who are LD or auditory learners for use in conjunction with the text. With just a few simple modifications, the programs could have a much broader audience and be even more useful for the students to use.
Keyboarding for Christian Schools is an excellent program for homeschool and private Christian school use. The programs are also quite affordable for homeschool and Christian school use. The homeschool price for e-books of both versions is just $22.00. A Christian School can get an unlimited license version for $159.95. You can find more options and additional products at https://www.christiankeyboarding.com/Home_Page.php. The lifelong benefits of good keyboarding skills and scripture knowledge gained from this program can be so rewarding.
Tortoises and hares and pretzel vendors and contrabassoons and cellos are all playing together in one place? Just what could this mean? It is a delightful story adaptation brought to life with the sounds of an orchestra. This story brought back wonderful memories of the old cartoons like Bugs Bunny with the orchestra sound effects. The developers of Stories in Music™, Bonnie Ward Simon and Stephen Simon, take that idea to its fullest benefits with dramatized narration and full orchestral sound affects to enhance the story and encourage better listening skills and appreciation of music.
Each audio cd begins with the story narrated with the orchestral sound effects. The story is followed by narration telling about the story, its history, type of literary story such as a fable, and the purposes of the story type. The cd also includes the original song played separately to allow children to learn the song for singing and performance. The music is included with words once to help teach the song and another instrumental version is at the end of the cd to allow for student performance. It is a great way to get the students involved with the story and experiencing music. Another important feature of the cd is a narration explaining how the composer used music to help tell the story. Music samples of various instruments are played such as a contrabassoon with its low, droning sound and how its sound was used to create a particular sound effect or represent a character such as the tortoise with its slow movements. The story is played again after this narration encouraging the students to listen carefully for the sound effects explained. This is a delightful way to explore how music affects us and can be used in so many ways such as story narration. It also encourages active listening skills to recognize these instruments and how they are played to add to the story.
Each audio cd set has a booklet with full color pictures of orchestra instruments, information about music and music reading, and information related to the story theme. In Tortoise and the Hare, there is information and pictures explaining the difference between turtles and tortoises, and rabbits and hares. There are crossword puzzles and word jumbles and other fun things to do that reinforce the information taught in the booklet and on the cd. There is also words and music to a fun original song written and included as part of the story.
The accessibility for various special needs students here could be limited, but learning disabled, autistic spectrum disorder, and hearing blind students will certainly benefit. The little booklet is short enough to read to a hearing blind or even be brailled. Hard of Hearing, Deaf, and DeafBlind students may also benefit with a little modification and role play. Tell the story in print and ASL using a speaker large enough for the student to feel some of the subtle vibrations of the music. Role play the sound effect use such as running and walking in the Tortoise and the Hare. Simulate other effects such as crowd noise and other story action. Experience with actual orchestra instruments would be excellent allowing the student to place his hand on the instrument or near the sound hole to feel the vibrations. Allow the students to create their own sound effects with available instruments or handmade ones, too. Drums or pots could be used to beat out a running or walking pattern. These activities can reinforce the connection between story elements and music for these students.
The web site, http://www.maestroclassics.com, has additional learning activities that can be used for many students to reinforce the concepts and skills presented with these wonderful stories. Each cd set is $16.98 or 3 for $45.00 with a code. You can purchase many stories, such as Casey at Bat and The Story of Swan Lake, with more in production. Explore music with your child with these delightful stories. The blessings will last a lifetime.
Stories in Music™ authors provided a cd and booklet set to be tested for this review. The opinion expressed in this review is my own.
History, by the definition of http://www.dictionary.com, is the branch of knowledge dealing with past events. An old history text I had in school and can't remember defined history as the story of man. There should only be one story, but that isn't the way it is. As a Christian, I know that man's story is only possible because of God, so really history should be defined as His story. Secular historians as guided by the great deceiver, Satan, have sought to remove the creator of history from the story. Church history took God's story and corrupted it over and over again for the power derived for one group or another. There are as many church histories as there are denominations and religions. How do we know what is truth and what is not? The answer is simple. The truth is the Bible. God has filled His word with His spirit and keeps it from corruption through His spirit stirring in Man's heart. How can we teach our children the Truth and guard their hearts from the corruption of the world? We can try to teach them only the Word of God and keep them away from all dissenting forces while they are with us. When they leave, we can only pray that their hearts and faith are strong enough to withstand any attempt to sway. Often, we know that plan fails. To me, a better way is to teach our children the Truth, but expose them gently and carefully along the way to what the world teaches as we lay it beside the Bible for comparison. When viewed by the light and truth of the Bible, all other things will either confirm or deny God, the creator and Jesus, the son and Savior, and the Spirit who acts upon the hearts of man throughout time.
The Amazing Bible Timeline that I was given free to review here is a tool that seeks to give parents the ability to instill not only the Truth in their children, but also that strength of heart and faith to withstand the attempts to sway and corrupt. The originators of this timeline researched all the many histories of our time and past and placed all those together side by side in the chronological order of time along with the history as present by God through the Bible. They have made it as thorough and accurate as humanly possible. The company continues to update it as more is learned about history and as God and man continue to write history. The material is presented simply as an expanded time line incorporating the many time lines of the Bible and other world histories without emphasis to one religion, denomination, or secular historian. This gives the parent the full control to use the tool to teach their child how the Bible teaches and what man has sought to confirm or deny of that truth. Using the method of presentation given for the use of the chart, it is easy to see how God has influenced the world as His creation despite men and Satan's efforts to purge the evidence of Divine influence.
The 37" X 45" chart is multicolor-coded and lay out is circular and wide to be as useful as possible despite the overwhelming amount of information provided. The print is small and difficult to read at times, but a magnifier helps. In addition, the company provides Adobe Reader .pdf format files on their web site free after purchase for download. With those files, it is easy to zoom into one particular area to study the contents more closely. Use the chart on the wall or a table along with the computer files either on the computer or printed out for particulars areas you wish to highlight at a particular time to see the specific events within the bigger picture of history as a whole. In this way, it is easy to see how the control of the Romans and culture of Roman society affected the Jews as they rejected the Messiah because they were hoping at the moment for an earthly king to rid them of their captors. Or, you can see how God influenced man as He worked to purge our country from the sin of slavery, and directed the forces that prevented Hitler from ruling the world.
As far as accessibility goes, the company providing .pdf files is a great help for the Learning Disabled and low vision students who might want to use the time line. The blind and deafblind will not get any true use of the product due to lack of braille access. The company must use graphic files, and there is no way to present graphic information in braille except as a verbal or written description which may or may not facilitate comprehension. Parents and teachers will have to find other ways to present the material to them. One suggestion would be to take the information and provide it in small chunks of time with a tactile and braille-labeled timeline. If you provide all the material across the circular bands for a time period of a 1000 years or smaller increments, the students could gain the knowledge the same way by seeing the variations of history for just that period for comparison and study. Even though accessibility is an issue for some here, this product should not be discounted. The knowledge gained by students or parents in preparation to teach students can be invaluable.
In addition, the company, Bible Charts and Maps, LLC provides a document presenting tips for using the timeline for Bible Study and history teaching. They also have interactive maps for the Holy Land and a genealogy of Jesus Christ in various file formats to use, as well. The Amazing Bible Timeline chart is $29.97 plus shipping and handling including the digital version and the interactive Holy Land maps for free. Go to http://www.BibleTimeline.net for more information and to purchase. Use this tool wisely and as intended, and you have a resource to help build your child's faith on the truth of Jesus Christ.
Lapbooking? Doesn't sound like my cup of tea, as they say in Britain. I am married to and have raised self-proclaiming"geeks". Truth be known, I am probably a little on the geek side, too. I have just never cared for things that seemed like art. I was about to dismiss this review as "not very useful" if I am being honest. I wouldn't give a bad review for that reason, of course, but I don't know if I would have put a good effort into it, though. My conscience wouldn't let me do that really, so I asked around and got other opinions about lapbooking in general and this particular set from A Journey through Learning. Boy, did I get a surprise!
Almost every parent in my school for homeschoolers had heard of lapbooking and loved it. The parents find it so useful for their children in learning and more importantly, retaining the information they learn. These parents felt that the process of building presentation booklets on specific topics increased their students' interest level in the subjects, too. The ability to make lapbooks almost 3D with the use of various paper folds adds additional interest and skill to the unit studies. This method is very similar to scrapbooking and just as versatile, it seems. A Journey through Learning unit studies take a great method and make it easy to learn with the detailed instructions and tip guides. The well-designed templates and colorful photos and clip art helps make it easy to create advanced and spectacular booklets. The study guide provided with each one gives your student a great start at learning. Lapbooking and A Journey through Learning cover all the modalities needed to make learning a success with the ability to teach the skills of following instructions and working together (when a family tackles each project). You can then tie it all together with the ability to express themselves creatively.
Accessibility for these projects is there for the .pdf since Adobe has the text-to-speech ability. Of course, there is no braille output for this, but the authors do have the ability to copy text for accessibility turned on which will allow it to be pulled into other screenreading programs for large print, better voices for the blind, and braille for the deafblind. The great colors available in the templates are good for low vision, and the templates can be printed out at larger scales for those with low vision. These can definitely be modified for many special needs students.
These great lapbook units on all kinds of subjects from amphibians to reptiles, to the Civil War to the Bible can be found at the web site, http://www.ajourneythroughlearning.com. The prices are very affordable and are available in three formats: downloadable .pdf at $13.00, CD_ROM at $14.00, and print at $21.00. Created by two homeschooling moms for homeschoolers who understand what you do and what you need to teach your students, these lapbook sets are just the ticket to success.
Nutrition guides and fad diet information can be found anywhere. Many are not worth the junk science they are based on. I wouldn't want to bring that kind of program into a classroom of any type, but my fears were totally unfounded on this program. This is not just another nutrition guide, and it is not based on junk science. Nutrition 101: Choose Life! is a full nutrition and health curriculum. Its design is an excellent way to bring the study of health into the homeschool way of doing things.
Nutrition 101: Choose Life! written cooperatively by Debra Raybern, N. D. and Sera Johnson and Laura Hopkins and Karen Hopkins as part of Growing Healthy Homes, LLC. brings the study of the body and how it works into the homeschooling way by integrating the program into the lifestyle of the family. The resource itself is full of interesting reading about each of the body's systems complete with colorful pictures and diagrams loaded with details. Biology study alone, it isn't either, though. The delightful twist is nutrition and how food affects the workings of the body systems. The ultimate goal of this project is to help the family "develop lifelong habits and desires to eat wholesome foods that support great health". The authors' goal is definitely well-supported by the wealth of researched information, exciting family activities, and delicious healthy recipes. Scripture is referenced throughout the program modeling for your family what God has intended for our bodies, His temple. The activities are designed to get your students thinking and finding out for themselves what amazing bodies God made for us and how it is our responsibility to care for them properly. The delicious recipes are specifically chosen for each lesson to emphasize the many points taught in each area. They are designed with the family in mind including the picky eaters. The design is visually attractive to the eye as well as conducive to learning using the added visual cues of boldly colored and attractive fonts for vocabulary, pronunciation key facts, and fun fact side boxes. The appendix is also packed with good resources for almost anything you might wish to learn more about such as selecting fresh produce, kitchen safety, calcium, asthma helps, mold, and more. This program really takes health to more than just "a check off the box" course .
The visual organization, though designed for the sighted, is still suitable for many low vision students. The colors and boxes help to separate the main lesson from the added information and to highlight the vocabulary and other features. The e-book version of the curriculum is in Adobe .pdf, and thankfully, the authors turned on the accessibility features that are present in Adobe. Unfortunately, this will not help braille readers at all, since Adobe has locked the .pdf to use only its speech-to-text reader which has no braille output features, and the Adobe .pdf format is not accessible to JAWS or other screenreaders for speech or braille output. I am not faulting the authors for this at all, and I hope they will educate themselves to the needs of the blind and deafblind market. There are homeschooling families who need these accessibility features including braille.
Nutrition 101: Choose Life! is an amazing curriculum for homeschool use. It is so versatile being in the digital e-book format and a print format. The program can be purchased on their website for $79.95 for the CD-ROM, $99.95 for the print book, or a combo pack of the CD-ROM and book for $ 129.95. This curriculum really can deliver on its promise to help "develop lifelong habits that support great health". Find out more about this great curriculum at http://www.GrowingHealthyHomes.com.
Welcome to Wynfield Christian Academy's homeschooling world. We are not here to turn homeschooling into a private school world. We want homeschooling to flourish as it is. Homeschooling is a wonderful way to fulfill the parents' God-given responsibilities of educating children. Wynfield just wants to provide more resources to add spice to your teaching and to make it easier to for parents to get their children into colleges without having to limit the homeschooling way. We also help families with special needs children to have more resources to homeschool their children, as well.
Here on this blog we will give you teaching ideas, discuss homeschooling issues, and even review some products for you. Give us your comments or ideas for discussion. We are always listening. If you are interested in learning more about our umbrella program, visit our web site at www.wynfieldca.org. We also have a DeafBlind program to help educate, train, and equip DeafBlind children and adults that you can learn more about, and even learn how to help us on that mission at www.wynfieldca.org/deafblind.html or visit our blog at www.deafblindhope.wordpress.com.


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Washington think-tank looks at why Ford is still mayor
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford stands on the council floor at city hall Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. (The Canadian Press/Chris Young)
Alexander Panetta, The Canadian Press
Published Friday, May 16, 2014 1:18PM EDT
Last Updated Friday, May 16, 2014 5:45PM EDT
WASHINGTON -- An American think-tank held a symposium Friday to explore a phenomenon that has fascinated people beyond national borders: How in blazes did Canada's largest city ever elect Rob Ford?
In an attempt to understand the factors that led to his election as mayor, and his enduring core of support, Washington's Wilson Center held a discussion titled "The Rob Ford Phenomenon: What's going on in Toronto?"
About two dozen people crowded into a boardroom near the White House to participate in the event, held on the one-year anniversary of the first published reports about a video of Ford smoking what appeared to be crack cocaine.
Ford has become a celebrity in the U.S., and the butt of countless jokes. But an event organizer said his story raises truly serious public-policy questions -- such as the effect of municipal amalgamations, and demographic shifts in urban and suburban areas.
"I wanted to take Rob Ford out of the late-night comedy shows and to look at, really, what's happening in Toronto?" said David Biette, head of the Wilson Center's Canada institute, which hosted the event.
"Toronto's a great, progressive city. How did Toronto get here? What does it say about municipal governance ... that this kind of phenomenon could happen? And I know there's a lot more to it than just what we see as sort of a buffoon on TV.
"Obviously, people elected him. And obviously the guy has support -- still has support -- in the mega-city of Toronto. Where does that support come from?"
Friday's symposium was led by Canadian academic Anne Golden, the former head of the Conference Board of Canada. She didn't quite sing Ford's praises, but did offer her take on how he got elected, and how he remains politically afloat despite a tsunami of scandals.
Friday's history lesson went all the way back to 1867. Golden explained that under the original Constitution, provincial governments were given total power over municipalities, and joked that cities were slotted into Section 92 of the British North America Act right between saloons and asylums.
She described how the province created the Toronto mega-city; how its first mayor Mel Lastman was popular; and how the garbage strike and tax hikes stoked anger against its second mayor, David Miller, whom she described as a blond-haired, Harvard-educated political golden boy.
So, in 2010, people elected an anti-Miller. She said Ford's promise to, "Stop the gravy train," appealed to people. As did his refusal to file expense claims, even for things such as printer cartridges.
She put up a blue-and-red map showing how Ford swept the suburbs, with very little support downtown.
And she referred to a study by the University of Toronto's Zack Taylor on the differences between the so-called "Ford Nation" and the downtown folks that voted for his rival George Smitherman, in "Smitherman Village."
"A Ford voter was more likely... to be blue collar; live in a detached house with a yard; be a car driver, not a transit user or a cyclist; read the Toronto Sun, a tabloid newspaper known for its daily Sunshine Girl and its populist conservative views...; order a medium double-double, and I'm told you don't know what that means but in our country it's double-cream, double-sugar, and the city people order grande, non-fat lattes," Golden said.
"And they have less household income -- about 25 per cent less than a Smitherman voter. In terms of education, they have less...
"So there's a lifestyle divide."
One academic in attendance drew parallels between Ford and ex-D.C. mayor Marion Barry -- and suggested those similarities weren't limited to having both sampled crack cocaine.
He suggested both drew political support from segments of society that felt alienated by the urban elite.
Golden agreed that behavioural incidents tended to embolden Ford, not hurt him. Even before he was elected, she said, there were signs of trouble such as a police call to his house in 2008 and his ejection from a hockey game in 2006.
But people hold politicians in such low regard these days, Golden said, that they expect almost nothing from them. All they're expected to do is not steal public money, she said.
She said Ford's political luck might be running out, given the latest onslaught of negative news stories. Speculation has been rampant about his whereabouts since he took a leave of absence for a stint in rehab, following new reports about drug use and offensive rants.
Still, Golden said, his political base has proven resilient so far.
"They know that he offends and upsets the elites -- the so-called chattering classes," she said.
"Like the people here."

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Nilüfer Yanya is electric
Moving between interviews and showcases at a furious pace, Nilüfer Yanya's first SXSW experience is the product of hard work rather than late-night parties and panels throughout downtown Austin. The London-based indie-R&B sensation handles the rush of each day with the graceful wit of an old pro, while still eagerly welcoming all the week has to offer. Outside a café on Brazos Street, Yanya spoke candidly about her musical past and the exciting future ahead, as well as her first trip to SXSW.
Signing to ATO Records, releasing two EPs and now playing her first headlining North American shows all within the past year, continual motion seems to be a recurring theme within Yanya's life. She looks upon her accomplishments with fondness, saying she never imagined these dreams would come to fruition.
"The journey has been quite surreal. Before the summer, I had never been to America," Yanya said. "I had never thought about an American label, or even doing so much as a show in America. When you come here, it becomes an actual place. So much has happened in such a short space of time, it feels momentous. These things happen for a reason."
While she hasn't had the opportunity to explore America just yet, Yanya has done her fair share of traveling. Using creative pursuits for good, she and her sister Molly started Artists in Transit, a collaborative arts project geared toward delivering creative workshops in underdeveloped communities in 2016. Since then, the collective has taken three trips to Athens, Greece, sharing their skills and love for art with the children of the community.
"Artists in Transit is our way of showing solidarity in the way we know we can," Yanya said. "I just came back the other week from Athens. I've grown to love it – I feel like I've really gotten to know the place."
Yanya performed her first headlining shows in America this past November in New York and Los Angeles, and has already come a long way since those milestones. Her February EP "Do You Like Pain?" received critical acclaim, with songs like "Baby Luv" and "Thanks 4 Nothing" exhibiting the wide breadth of Yanya's songwriting capabilities. Released in conjunction with remixes of both songs, one of which was done by Yanya's friend and saxophone player, Jazzi Bobbi, the EP has received attention from publications including DIY Magazine and Pitchfork.
"'Baby Luv' and 'Thanks 4 Nothing' allowed me to get more expression into the music," she said. "It wasn't so much about creating an interesting part, it was about being able to simplify something and use it in different ways. Each time I write a song, I never know what it's truly about until afterwards, and it may take on an entirely new meaning much later. I feel like I'm writing the same song again and again — just trying to write it better each time."
On the lineup for highly anticipated SXSW showcases such as SoundCloud, BBC Radio 6 Music and KCRW, Yanya is relishing in the week's festivities, but is equally enthusiastic about what the future has in store.
"I'm really looking forward to putting out an album and would love to tour North America, as well as Asia," Yanya said. "It's beautiful to play for the sake of music. You can't lose the reasons why you're doing what you're doing and why you enjoy writing songs."


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Eight of the nation's 20 top-rated women's collegiate golf teams will compete in the three-day Pac-12 championships at Ruby Hill Golf Club in Pleasanton beginning Monday.
Tournament host Cal, rated No. 15 nationally and seeded No. 7, has finished among the top 10 in every event it's competed this season.
But the field is ferocious, topped by No.2 USC, No. 4 UCLA and No. 10 Arizona State.
Twenty-nine of the nation's top 100 players will compete for honors, including Cal's top player, 41st-ranked Hannah Suh.
The 54-hole, par 72 event begins Monday at 9 a.m., and is open to the public.
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What are the Hidden Dangers of Surplus Safety?
The 6th Eden Alternative International Conference in Grand Rapids included a unique pre-conference session May 30 featuring Dr. Bill Thomas and a panel of long term care experts offering a half-day masters-level course on the hidden dangers of Surplus Safety.
If you attended the last Eden Alternative international conference in 2010, Dr. Thomas offered an exclusive first look at the concept of Surplus Safety, which he was developing at the time. Now, Surplus Safety has become a central philosophy for culture change advocates and a core component of creating a life worth living. It is directly tied to every aspect of life in a nursing home and other long term care settings, including walking, eating, sleeping and even going to the bathroom.
So what is Surplus Safety? Surplus Safety refers to the practice in health care of reducing risk at all costs. In health care risk is a bad, scary word. But what is risk really? Risk simply means the outcome of an action may result in something unexpected. The unexpected result could be bad, which is called "downside risk." Risks can also result in positive, meaningful experiences — the kind of experiences that make life worth living. This is upside risk.
Check out this video recap of the masters-level education session on The Hidden Dangers of Surplus Safety, featuring Dr. Thomas, Wendi Middleton, Director of Program and Partnership Development at the Michigan Office of Services to the Aging, Carmen Bowman, owner of Edu-Catering and Dr. Judah Ronch, dean of the UMBC Erickson School of Aging in a powerful discussion of how we prevent good things from happening when we focus too much on what can go wrong.


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I have tried parachuting, bungee jumping, hot air ballooning, kite flying…, but nothing has brought me as close to the peace and beauty of the heavens as paragliding. Tandem paragliding with Shenandoah Paragliding was fun and exciting, with just the right mix of thrill with the take off, and awe inspired by the natural world as you soar above it. Peter is an excellent instructor - experienced, calm and above all safe. We had to try on different two days before we could take off, because the winds weren't right, but it speaks to his professionalism to put my safety first, rather than take off when conditions weren't exactly right. And, it was worth it. I have a whole new appreciation for clouds (and birds and cornfields) and really, how many times do we literally get to walk in the clouds? I would encourage anyone with a sense of adventure and a curiosity for the skies to try this.
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70911 – The Penguin Arctic Roller
Ahoy! A new year, a new round of Lego releases. This year we have the screening of a new Lego movie – a Lego Batman movie, which will premiere in a few weeks (or later if you live in Australia). …
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76012 – Batman: The Riddler Chase
Super Heroes – Batman The last of my June reviews – a smaller kit containing Batman, The Flash and The Riddler. The box contains two instruction books, a comic, a sticker set and three numbered baggies. The first bag set…
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Squirrel with an identity crisis
We were eating a somewhat late and leisurely breakfast yesterday, as is our habit at weekends and I spotted this chap out of the kitchen window.
We have a handful of grey squirrels that visit our bird feeders regularly and we put food for them in their own box too. He must have been having his own breakfast when something caught his eye – I suspect it was a neighbour's cat, as later he went up a bit higher and was swearing quite profusely at her sitting in the garden beneath him.
Despite seeing squirrels daily, they don't often stand upright in this manner in the trees. He's obviously seen meerkats doing this and thought it was a pose with some observational value. I love how his left hand is holding on.
I only had my small camera to hand at the time, set ready for some jewellery photos I was working on and the light was much darker under the trees than it looks, so it was zoomed to the max (380mm @ 35mm equivalent) and I could only manage 1/20 second – hand-held, that's somewhat of a big ask for even my steady hands. I wish I'd manually dropped the exposure a little though and avoided blowing the white fur catching a patch of sunlight on his chest.
By the time I'd upped ISO, the moment had passed and he was back on with his breakfast. My very dirty windows didn't help either, so the photo has had some work.


text: Running is a year-round activity and is perhaps the easiest way to get outdoors in Aroostook County. With quiet roads and excellent trails throughout the region, it is easy to find a favorite destination wherever you are. Whether looking for roads, tracks, or trails the opportunities abound. The local Aroostook Mûsterds Road Racing Club coordinates a race series that fits nicely into the annual country race schedule with participation being as important as performance. Trails at county ski venues in Fort Kent and Presque Isle, maintained cross country running courses at U-Maine at Presque Isle and area high schools, tracks in Caribou and Presque Isle, and, of course, our roadways, are your avenues which allow your feet to lead the way to your next adventure.


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Below you will find the summaries from our groups this week.
To join in our Tuesday and Wednesday ACIM Study Groups via video or phone conferencing, see the information at this link. Our Monday morning study group has been discontinued.
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Sunday ACIM Study Group in Madison
Opened with Lesson 121-Forgiveness is the key to happiness. (We used teh imagery from the practice portion of the lesson as our meditation.)
Practical Application Topic: Forgiveness
After a lively discussion on forgiveness in our lives, we turned to The Song of Prayer. If you do not have a copy of The Song of Prayer in your book, as it is only included in the 3rd edition of the Foundation for Inner Peace version, then you can read it here.
In The Song of Prayer, we read together in chapter 2. Forgiveness, the sections, II. Forgiveness-to-Destroy and III. Forgiveness-for-Salvation. These are normally not sections that most people read but are extremely helpful in our understanding of the Course's concept of forgiveness.
We closed with a silent meditation and announcements of what's upcoming.
This week's video teaching is "Walking with Jesus By the Sea: Experiencing Forgiveness" Meditation
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9RC0w6qh7g
Tuesday ACIM Study Group by Video/Phone Conferencing
Tuesday's ACIM Text Study Group was full of rich sharing and the joining of like minds who participate in living the course in their daily lives. We began the evening joining in meditation focusing our meditation time on our Daily Workbook Lesson, which was Lesson number: 184 "The Name of God is my inheritance"
We started our reading with page 72 of the Text, which is the beginning of chapter 5 starting with the "Introduction". We discussed the prayer "Let me know this brother as myself" and how we are each intertwined with one another and that their happiness is our happiness and their sadness is ours sadness. It's a resounding answer we all had because it shows us that healing benefits both parties equally. We also discussed "It is impossible for a child of God to love his neighbor except as himself". As we discussed this we brought up our actions towards others or actions we felt how we felt direction towards us and how our love radiates back to those around us when we wish for peace and for happiness.
We went on to read Chapter 5 section I on page 73 and we read paragraphs 1-4. As we read these paragraphs there was a lot of beautiful sharing that truly showed each one of us how we apply the course. The paragraphs spoke about how giving increases through the reinforcement of someone making an idea his own. Everything is an idea and through being given away they only strengthen. Our actions and what we do are reinforced within us by what we do to others and how we treat those around us. The sharing this evening was very focused on our actions and our attitudes and what we can do to exemplify the course and the peace we've found.
The Tuesday evening ACIM Text Study Group meets every Tuesday at 6:30 CST. This is a group that has a beautiful mix of new and seasoned Course students allowing for extremely rich sharing for all. Please feel free to join us any Tuesday you are able we welcome you with total open hearts and look forward to what you will contribute to the group. We look forward to you joining us in the relaxed atmosphere of discussing our Practical Application to the Text of the Course. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Wishing you the deepest peace,
Darike Vigue
Wednesday Study Group by Video/Phone Conferencing
Wednesday's study group did not meet because of the holiday on July 4th.
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Do you remember the film Searching for Sugar Man? It was the story of a forgotten musician who was a pop idol in South Africa without him knowing it. This film won the Oscar for Best Documentary in 2013 but it had previously been screened in IN-EDIT Festival, where it was also awarded best film both by the jury and by the audience.
IN-EDIT Barcelona Music Documentary Film Festival kicks off today triggering 10 days of screenings of the best music specialized documentaries of the year. The organization claims to be the Festival of this kind with the larger audience worldwide and it is continuously increasing year after year. It is specially aimed to music lovers but also to a broader audience interested in music and documentaries.
IN-EDIT Festival started in 2003 showing on the big screen musical documentary films that are rarely screened in the commercial circuits. That's why is an unmissable opportunity to see what is done during the past year, but also to revive some films from the 70's and 80's. The program of the Festival includes films on all kind of musical genres, from classical to electronic, and it also fosters local productions. Some films feature the story of a particular band or musician and others focus on a music phenomenon, genre, event, etc… Parallel to Barcelona program, there are screenings in Madrid and Valencia, but Barcelona is the headquarters and main venue.
This year's edition, edition number 14, pays tribute to Punk music, a genre that celebrates its 40 years of existence, with the screening of 15 films about national and international punk. One of the highlights of this special section is The filth and the fury, a film by Julien Temple, an internationally renowned filmmaker from whom we can enjoy another film in the Festival on the beginnings of Keith Richards.
Other interesting films that will be screened during the next 10 days are Supersonic, a film on the beginnings of the band Oasis directed by the authors of Amy, awarded in 2015 with the Oscar for Best Documentary, and also a film on the creation and production of the last album of the band Blur.
The Festival offers different prices and packs, depending on the number of screenings and the type of films. There is even a pack that includes queue avoiding and all the three cinema theaters of the Festival are in the city center, one next to the other.
Check the Festival's website and enjoy the best musical documentaries from October 27th to November 6th.


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Hey all!
So the plan was to get Rise From Ashes back up for August. Unfortunately, my day job has intervened, in a rather dramatic manner. Hollow Fields has a fourth volume coming out next year that I'm currently working hard on. Within the last month, we've come across some big issues with the art for the book, not the least of which is that a significant amount of the artwork needs to be redone. As in, an entire chapter. And a bit. I was hoping to have Rise back in at least a limited format; but right now I need to focus on doing my best with HF4. It's been tough news, but that's how the job is. Once the Hollow Fields art issues have been sorted, I can get back to Rise. Alas, it's going to be closer to the end of the year than I'd like. Editorial mandate states that the art for HF4 is due in November, so after that's done I'll be free to pursue other mangawork as much as I like. Woop.
In any case, thanks for your patience, readers! I promise the wait will make the return of Rise all the more cromulant. In the meantime, follow me on twitter for updates and random pictures of cake. Also, feel free to send me random pictures of cake.


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Hope and Restoration Sierra Leone is an NGO founded by Margaret Thorli in 2007 to support the poorest to rebuild their lives after the war through Education, Agriculture, Sports & Business Enterprising.
Margaret's desire to set up this project started after she visited Sierra Leone in…and saw first hand the devastating effects of the war particularly on the lives of children and women and her discoveries were startling.
Since setting up Hope and Restoration Sierra Leone, lives have been transformed through the different projects.
A hairdressing training centre has been set up, a Tailoring Training centre was also set up both to equip women with essential skills and knowledge and support them to set up their own businesses.
A sport project set up to build young people skills in football as well as a school project whereby Hope and Restoration make available essential school supplies to the most deprived schools.
Hope and Restoration Sierra Leone's continues to support in rebuilding lives in Sierra Leone. Your donation in supporting this vision is most appreciated.


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It's finally spring and things are just starting to turn green. The birds are returning. This fella here, with the droopy wings, might very well be tired from a long migratory flight.Read more "Spring Is Rising"
Tag: landscape
Late Post and Come Get Your Photo
I usually post photos I took in the last seven days, but it's been a busy week, so these photos are from the previous weeks.Read more "Late Post and Come Get Your Photo"
Suburban Studies
I am still thinking about this suburban study I want to do.Read more "Suburban Studies"
The renovations are still being finished up. A few little details before I can get an occupancy permit and before I can take the final 'finished' photos and make a second post with the last months of reno adventures.
In the mean time, I am going to try to return to a semi-regular posting schedule. Read more "Returning"
Port Burwell (and one for Coleville)
I spent last weekend camping with friends in Port Burwell Provincial Park. On the way home I had to stop by the beach to say hello to mom. Read more "Port Burwell (and one for Coleville)"
Early Spring Sunsets
Spring has finally arrived. Read more "Early Spring Sunsets"
Suburban Drive
I'm still formulating my "suburbia" project. Read more "Suburban Drive"
March Snow
I said last week that the unusual February thaw wouldn't last. Read more "March Snow"
February Thaw
I heard we might have been in for more snow so I wanted to get a few snaps of the countryside in this unusual February thaw. Read more "February Thaw"
Everyone was astounded by the fog this week. It was so thick I couldn't see more than two streetlights down from my house. Read more "Fog"


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Smartwork Basic Handling DVD by Evan Graham
Smartwork Basic Handling DVD by Evan Graham
Smartwork author Evan Graham. Step-by-step instructions and problem solving for all basic handling drills. Your all inclusive guide. 90min. VERY DETAILED!!!
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Point fixed facades
GIPPOINT stands for point fixed mounted glazing. The visual appearance of a frameless glazing comes very close to fulfilling the desire of architects and planners for a supporting structure that is apparently floating and separate from the glass surface.
The GIPPOINT glazing system was developed for point fixed vertical facades. It is a symbiosis of glass and stainless steel. The point holders are manufactured from high quality stainless steel and are suitable for the installation of insulating glasses. The system uses a braced supporting structure and cable trusses as well as special designs from the engineering sector.
- Suitable for use with vertical facades and light roofs
- Large pane formats possible
- Large selection of cable constructions
- Visual appearance of a frameless, floating glass surface
- Clear, minimalistic design for the highest architectural standards
- Statically determinate bearing system using floating, sliding and fixed bearings in the substructure
- Control of structural tolerances
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The programs Carmentors4u offers will keep the client in touch with us, as we communicate with you. Carmentors4u keeps you informed with all steps. We pride ourselves with the fact that our customers are kept in the loop at all times. We will communicate by email and is always on, or pick up the phone and call us, or use your computer.
We realize that questions need to be answered and we will respond very quickly. This becomes typical, and we communicate with everyone of our clients.
We get to you within several methods, email, cellphone, or by computer. When our clients choose the method we will with them in the form most comfortable to them.
Read it and understand how we operate, We ultimately saved this client over $7200, not to mention a lot of Time and Energy.
This is an actual email communication to one of our happy clients
Dear XXXX AND XXXXXX
Once again I would like to say thank you for allowing me to be of service to you and your family.
My New Venture allows me the freedom to act as an independent and not within the constraints of a dealership and their philosophy's. Rather than dealing with one way of thinking and certain profit parameter's. I can act separately and find the very best deal for my customer's.
I have spent some time on your desire to replace your Tahoe with a new one.
I promised we would communicate an I have come up with and I will add my recommendations.
I have found that car deals can be worked either on a wholesale to wholesale comparison or a retail to retail. It is always better to work a deal to come up with the very best discounts and incentives possible. Then if there is a trade in the picture, get the dealer to evaluate that after the price is presented. I have shopped for the best deal initially and then got the hard money appraisal on your trade in.
Unfortunately, close at home we are not getting any great deals to look at. I have come to believe that a local dealer seems to think he can keep us captive and not strike up very good numbers. This compelled me to look outside our area for deal that makes sense for you and your family.
Briefly, the local dealer presented a deal that showed a $2200 discount off of the factory suggested list price and a trade value that was $1500 lower than I felt your Tahoe should be worth. That is where my experience shines a little.
After 26 years I kind of have a feel for things, and react very quickly to dealers that are not interested in an aggressive deals. This holds true specially on a 2010 model in this case.
As I mentioned before, I have found a couple of LTZ's and felt that either of these deals represent a very good opportunity for you guys to save some money.
We communicate, so here we go----------
The best overall deal is the demo -but I know the color is important!!!!!
2010 Tahoe LTZ (Black with ebony interior) fully loaded all options. Beautiful Unit -there are also a Red and a Taupe available for roughly $1000 more
The unit is a demo and has 4500 miles on it.
Suggested list price--------$57,670
Your price w/b---$52,555 includes prep,paint sealant,and front tinted windows
Tax 8.6 percent $3,745 tax is calculated on the difference of vehicles License 250
Trade <$9,000> we felt very good considering the 90k miles
Total amount to finance $47,550
0.0 % up to 72 mos. Or $ 3,000 rebate (factory incentives)
Payments without rebates at 0 % 60 x 792 or 72 x 660 with 3,000$ rebate applied payments are higher!!!!! With same terms and 3.9% APR.
NEXT DEAL------we found-
2011 Tahoe LTZ loaded all options Brand New (White Diamond)
Suggested list price----------$59,270
Your price w/b- $54,779 includes prep, paint sealant, and front tinted windows Tax $3,937
Lic 250
Trade <$9,000>
Total amount to finance $49,966
2.9 % for 60 months 60 x 889
3.9 % and 2000 rebate 72 x 742
These are the best deals to date but:
There are some 2010 LT'S for some good prices as well -I am thinking we could save an additional $5000 or more off of retail.
I am here for you, call me with questions. The deals are "OK" on 2011's but not the greatest yet.
Chuck Davis-Carmentors 4u
PS-I will work very hard to secure that perfect deal. Let me know if you want me to look at LT's for you.
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Cubs @ Pirates (Game 54)
The Cubs dropped the last two Wrigley games for the 2020 series and their offense remained in what feels like a season-long slump. Their lead over the Cardinals stands a 3.5 with 7 Cubs games remaining. They'll defend their lead on the road beginning with a 4-game series against the distant last-place team in the NL Central.
CHC (31-22): LHP Jon Lester (2-2, 4.91 ERA)
PIT (15-38): RHP JT Brubaker (1-2, 4.79 ERA)
First pitch 6:05 pm central
Jon Lester had a strange final regular season start at Wrigley. He allowed only 2 earned runs in 5 innings, but he also struck out only one batter and surrendered a lot of hard contact. The start prior was probably his best of the season: 6 innings of shutout ball with a season high 8 strikeouts. He's earned 0 decisions in two starts against the Pirates this year, the first a solid start that the lineup could not back up and the second a poor start that he was bailed out of. Lester's track record against Pirates' veterans is solid.
Since defeating the Cubs on Sep. 3, Brubaker has lost two starts in a row. The first loss was a stinker in which he allowed 7 eared runs in 5.1 innings. The second was an undeserved loss to the Reds in which he allowed only 1 earned run in 5.1 innings.
happ / rizzo / contreras /
happ / rizzo / contreras / schwarber / bryant / heyward / baez / kipnis / caratini(DH)
Q will start tomorrow night.
cubs put i.vargas on the 10
cubs put i.vargas on the 10-day IL...later dude...thanks for that homer.
Shockingly by virtue of that
Shockingly by virtue of that HR he has been infinitely more productive than Jose Martinez
Anyone else remember how
Anyone else remember how Andre Dawson and his creaky knees looked in the 1989 NLCS against the Giants? That's the vibe I'm getting with KB. Not sure what is up with Bote but I hope he gets some consideration for starting at third.
Bote's single accounts for
Bote's single accounts for RBI #26 on the year. Happ leads the team with 28 RBI - Bote got his in 72 fewer at bats than Happ.
baez just bunted for a RBI
baez just bunted for a RBI single. that's both impressive and sad.
honestly, there's more than a few power hitters out there that can't bunt worth a damn and he pulled it off with enough ease you know he's put some work in. it's nice to see it done well even if you don't wanna see him do it a lot.
bryant down with "right
bryant down with "right oblique" pain...
Depending the severity, that
Depending the severity, that may be how his Cub tenure ends. Hopefully not, he deserves better than that
yeah, the oblique is one of
yeah, the oblique is one of those "few days, few weeks, months?" injuries. trying to come back too soon puts guys back to starting over.
lester with a "comeback"
lester with a "comeback" appearance... it's PIT, though...who could easily end up not even winning 20 games this season (15 as of now). still looked decent, even if not overpowering.
6ip 4h 1bb 1k, 0r/er
pinch hitting j.martinez for
pinch hitting j.martinez for v.caratini is another "why we doing this" batting substitution to add to the pile.
so far i'm a bit perplexed by some of the guys d.ross is having pinch hit in certain situations more than anything he's doing. almost everything else seems mostly sane.
The analytics guys told him
I'll bet the analytics guys told him to.
Just trying to give him at
Just trying to give him at bats probably. Nothing wrong with that. if you want him to be an option in a meaningful spot, he has to have some reps.
the bryant thing is gonna be
the bryant thing is gonna be longer than a day or 2, but they're not sending him to the IL as of now...that could change pre-game or a few days from now.
r.brothers, down...Q, up
r.brothers, down...Q, up
Two Cubs reached significant
Two Cubs reached significant milestones today:
1. OF Jason Heyward now has "10/5 no trade" rights and so he cannot be traded without his consent (he had a partial "no trade" the past couple of seasons);
2. RHRP Ryan Tepera reached five years of MLB Service Time so he now has Article XIX-A rights, meaning he cannot be sent to the minors (optioned or outrighted) without his consent. (Kris Bryant, Kyle Schwarber, Javy Baez, and Dan Winkler hit this milestone previously this season). So if the Cubs wish to remove Tepera from their MLB 28-man Active List or from the MLB 40-man roster and he does not give his consent to be sent to the minors, he would have to be either traded or released, and if he is released he gets 100% of his remaining salary as termination pay. Because of the loss of roster flexibility with regard to Tepera, reaching five years of MLB Service Time (and getting Article XIX-A rights) actually makes it more likely that Tepera will be non-tendered post-2020.
On the other hand, LHRP Rex Brothers was on target to reach five years of MLB Service Time (and attain Article XIX-A rights) this coming Friday, but because he was optioned to the Practice Squad today to make room on the 28 for Jose Quintana he will fall short of gaining Article XIX-A rights before the conclusion of the MLB regular season and (presuming he isn't non-tendered on 12/2) he will remain under club control through the 2022 season instead of becoming an MLB Article XX-B FA post-2021. Brothers will be out of minor league options next season, however, which could limit his roster value in 2021 and 2022 since he won't be able to ride the "Des Moines - Chicago shuttle" without first clearing Outright Assignment Waivers.
Besides Rex Brothers, Duane Underwood Jr, Alec Mills, and Ildemaro Vargas, Dillon Maples will be out of minor league options next season. And so will Adbert Alzolay, unless the 2020 season is not considered to be a "qualified season," in which case Alzolay will get a fourth minor league option in 2021 (TBD).
To be eligible for a 4th minor league option year, a player must have accrued fewer than five "qualified seasons" by the time he has used his third minor league option, a "qualified season":being any season where a player spends at least 90 days on an MLB and/or minor league active list roster or rosters in a season, or spends at least 30 days on an MLB and/or minor league active list roster or rosters - followed by - a stint on the Injured List where the combined total is 90 days.
Maples accrued his 5th qualified season in 2019 so he cannot qualify for a 4th minor league option in 2021, and Alzolay would normally have reached five "qualified seasons" this year and used up his third minor league option year without being eligible for a fourth in 2021, except for the truncated 2020 MLB season (67 days) and no minor league season at all. So whether Alzolay gets a 4th minor league option year in 2021 will depend on how MLB and MLBPA define a "qualified season" (as far as eligibility for a fourth minor league option year is concerned) in 2020 (and that is still TBD).
im impressed tepera has "only
im impressed tepera has "only" given up 2hr in 19.2ip, but i wouldn't hold out on that holding up. also, his control is sketchy as ever...
he's got promising stuff, but at age 33 (few weeks from now) what more does he have to learn/show?
it would probably cost the cubs 1.5m or so to keep him around (900K this year). they liked something about him to pick him up, but who knows where that's at now...
I look at the 8 man pen for
I look at the 8 man pen for next year and would assume 6 RHP 2 LHP. The LHP would currently be two of Ryan, Wieck, and Steele (and I guess Osich but I suspect he's non-tendered).
The 6 RHP would be from Kimbrel, Wick, Tepera, Adam, Underwood, Alzolay, Winkler, Rea (and potentially others). I feel like they're only keeping one of Tepera/ Winkler for final arb year. Tough to say which is better value at this point.
DJL: I think that if Lester,
DJL: I think that if Lester, Chatwood, Quintana, Jeffress, and Chafin leave via free-agency and do not return or are not replaced by at least one veteran MLB FA SP, the default Cubs 2021 Opening Day pitching staff will be Darvish, Hendricks, Mills (out of options), Alzolay (could be out of options - TBD), and either Rea, T. Miller, Steele, Abbott, Marquez, or D. Robinson as the SP, and Kimbrel, Wick, Ryan, Adam, Osich, Maples (out of options), Brothers (out of options), and Underwood (out of options) in the pen, with Winkler and Tepera likely 12/2 non-tender candidates because of their Article XIX-A status. Brad Wieck and James Norwood will probably begin the 2021 season at AAA as MLB-ready bullpen inventory (both have minor league options left). The Cubs also will have a trio of MLB-ready or near MLB-ready relievers (Trevor Megill, Michael Rucker, and Dakota Mekkes) at Iowa (presuming they are not selected in the Rule 5 Draft).
If Winkler and/or Tepera are tendered, then Maples, Brothers, and Underwood would be competing for the #8 slot in the pen with the two losers possibly lost off waivers, although Wick, Ryan, Adam, and Osich will have minor league options available in 2021 if there is a roster crunch at the end of Spring Training and the Cubs feel they need to carry Maples, Brothers, and Underwood (at least to start the season).
As for the position players, presuming Kipnis, Maybin, Hamilton, and Descalso (and Josh Phegley, if he is added to the 40 at some point in the post-season) leave via free-agency and are not replaced and everybody else gets tendered, the likely Cubs 2021 Opening Day 13 position players would be Contreras (C-LF), Caratini (C-1B), Rizzo (1B), Hoerner (2B-SS-3B), Bryant (3B-1B-LF-RF), Baez (SS), Bote, (3B-2B), I. Vargas (2B-3B-SS), Schwarber (LF), Happ (CF-LF-RF), Heyward (RF-CF), Almora (CF) and J. Martinez (RF-LF-1B).
All that said, I still believe the Cubs will try and trade Kris Bryant (and replace him at 3B with Bote) for either an established MLB SP and/or for one or two decent if not elite prospects or MLB player(s) with multiple years of club control.
The teams that would probably have the most interest in Bryant (even if it's just for one season) would be the Nationals and Rangers, and maybe the Mets. Any team that is trying to make a splash or make the most out of a closing window of contention would probably be interested. The Cardinals might have interest in Bryant, too, but I'm not sure if the Cubs would trade KB to STL. But I guess if it's the best offer, then you do it.
Remember that if the special CoViD-19 roster rules are not in effect next season, there will be no DH in the National League and clubs must carry no more than 13 pitchers and at least 13 position players on their 26-man roster (and I'm sure all teams will carry the maximum-allowed 13 pitchers).
I agree with all of this. I
I agree with all of this. I think KB is traded for a SP. I guess here is my guess at the pitchers:
Trade Acquisition
Cheap FA
Mills/ Alzolay
Bullpen: Mills/ Alzolay, Underwood, Adam, Tepera, Wick, Kimbrel, Ryan, Wieck (Alzolay if he loses the 5th spot battle with Mills is still starter number 6, and likely being groomed to join the rotation either later in the year or 2022)
Non-tenders: Osich, Winkler, Maples, Brothers (I could see them retaining Osich because he has an option left. Could also see retaining Winkler instead of Tepera, or non-tendering both. But I definitely think a maximum of one of them returns. Maples and Brothers I think are goners, but try to resign Maples at least as NRI)
Position Players:
Bench: Caratini, Martinez, Vargas, FA, FA (both FAs being low cost potentially even NRIs like Kipnis this year... maybe we even see them try to get a guy in rule 5 draft)
Non-tender: Almora
Recent comments
Charlie 3 hours 3 min ago (view)
This is weird. He seemed well liked and shifting him to another role would've made just as much sense.
bradsbeard 8 hours 1 min ago (view)
I'd say the only guys who struggled all season were Baez and Bryant. Willson struggled for a lot of August but was one of the few who hit in September. Most of the team hit well in 2019 (including Baez and Bryant before injuries derailed them). I don't know if there's any reason to blame Ipoce in particular for the September slump.
crunch 21 hours 25 min ago (view)
iapoce expected to stay. i'm surprised. i know it's a weird/short season, but it was a season-long slump for a lot of guys and answers weren't showing up.
crunch 22 hours 24 min ago (view)
i eagerly await the espn 10 part mini-series "Rafael Palmeiro, More Like Rafael Baseballmerio" covering those 28 legendary games.
Dolorous Jon Lester 22 hours 34 min ago (view)
In fairness those 28 games he played at 1B were breathtaking that year
Dolorous Jon Lester 22 hours 41 min ago (view)
Cubs fire asst. hitting coach Terrmel Sledge. I knew it was his fault!
crunch 22 hours 42 min ago (view)
shout out to 1999 1st base gold glove winner rafael palmeiro. 25 starts (28 games total) at 1st...128 starts at DH.
Charlie 2 days 12 min ago (view)
Lol at Nico getting nominated for riding the bench a lot.
crunch 2 days 2 hours ago (view)
RF Jason Heyward, SS Javier Baez, 2B Nico Hoerner, 1B Anthony Rizzo, C Willson Contreras, and Ps Kyle Hendricks and Alec Mills gold glove finalists
bradsbeard 2 days 6 hours ago (view)
Thank you, sir! Sounds like a nice get for the Cubs, and a good project for (what's left of) the new development infrastructure.
Arizona Phil 2 days 6 hours ago (view)
There have been some holes in the AZIL east-side schedule, with one team canceling games last week (although they are back playing this week) and another canceling game this week due to CoViD-19 issue, so the other teams (like the Cubs) are making up some of the "lost" games with intrasquad and in-house "sim" games.
Arizona Phil 2 days 7 hours ago (view)
BRADSBEARD: From what I have seen of Jacob Wetzel so far (BP, fielding practice, base-running drills, sim games, AZIL games, and yesterday's intasquad game), I would say he looks like a football running back playing baseball in that he has a high motor and plays with a bit of an edge.
He has a thick body but he also has plus speed (very much like a football running back in that respect), he runs the bases aggressively, makes hard contact, has HR power, a decent arm, maybe can use some work in the outfield as far as tracking balls.
bradsbeard 2 days 21 hours ago (view)
Phil, curious if you've seen enough of Jacob Wetzel to offer an initial scouting report. Just from watching some prep video he looked pretty strong and fairly athletic (HS football player and all). Impressive numbers albeit in community college, but he was a division 1 recruit before that so he's pretty intriguing to me.
KingKongvsGodzilla 4 days 19 hours ago (view)
AZPhil, thank you for these updates! It's a nice little pick me up during this dumb year. If you have anything to say on Yohendrick Pinango, Joel Machado, Rafael Morel, or Richard Gallardo, I would love to hear it! Thanks again!
crunch 5 days 4 hours ago (view)
jim hickey new nats pitching coach.
bradsbeard 5 days 23 hours ago (view)
Several non-prospects ate up spots as well. Ultimately wish they had given a few more Rivas types a shot there.


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Mobile Gambling
Mobile Gambling
Mobile gambling is gambling done on a mobile device like a tablet, smartphone, or mobile device. There are over a dozen mobile casinos operating over wireless devices. Mobile casinos generate billions of dollars every year. There is controversy over the legality of mobile gambling, but it has become a very popular activity in America. For mobile gamers and online gamers, going mobile offers them to play on the go and makes it more convenient. The same casino games we know and love can be offered on the mobile gambling sites.
There are several types of mobile gambling sites. You can bet on sports events, horse racing, and even play games for money. Mobile gambling brings revenue to multiple industries. Through the appearance of ad based programs companies can get exposure as well. Word of mouth gets these gambling apps ratings and ranks in the industry.
If you have a smartphone or tablet the mobile gambling experience can be a smoother process and can be a better experience than using a regular phone. The convenience of being able to use the gambling sites while on the go is a sure fire way to keep the consumer happy. You are able to place bets and play casino games on work breaks, when relaxing a t the beach, or even lying in your own comfortable bed.
This method is usually down by downloading an app form the app store, or some type of software to your device. This makes this process simple and easy to do. By clicking a simple button you are able to access your gambling site with ease.
Mobile gambling is said to be one of the booming industries of our age. They are estimated to be make hundreds of billions of dollars within the next couple of years. Because of the rapid advancement in technology the government does not have many regulations to what is going on online. In some countries this gambling is prohibited and is not up for debate. In others it is perfectly legal.
As many online casinos become hip to the use of mobile devices, some of these online casinos will offer mobile apps for express play of some games. They have games for smartphones and android, iPhone and windows, and more. The UK is the leader in online gaming grounds. You will notice that these mobile casinos will offer incentives like a starting bonus to get you to play their games. This is how they get the customers in the door and spending money. They have top of the line graphics and tons of games to choose from, you are guaranteed to spend some time playing the games that you love.
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But I do know God has a word for you today. I'm going to share half of the first chapter of James with you here:
"Every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation, or shifting shadow. In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we might be, as it were, the first fruits among His creatures.
"This you know, my beloved brethren. But let everyone be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God. Therefore putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls.
"But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. . . . But one who looks intently at the perfectly law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man shall be blessed in what he does. If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is worthless. This is pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father, to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world." James 1:17-27


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Last week, I spent my time in the beautiful Santa Ponsa, Mallorca and I have fallen in love with the area. I have never been to somewhere so beautiful and felt so at home abroad!
I obviously wanted to do a post about my time in Mallorca but instead of blabbing on about how great and stunning it was, Im going to share my photos from the week with you all.
We stayed at the Globales Verdemar apartments. We payed extra for a sea view room and OMG was it worth it. We were literally on the sea front.
When I say that the hotel is right on the sea, it actually is. The pool area backs onto the sea. You just have a couple of steps and you are in the ocean.
Out of all the places I have visited in Spain, this has been the clearest I have ever seen the sea water. It was crystal clear!
If you ever find your self in Santa Ponsa, you need to go for a couple of drinks at Coco Bay. We made so many different friends at that bar. The staff are the loveliest people & the drinks are delicious!
(We definitely didnt drink two of these goant strawberry daiquiris in one night..opps!)
I cant wait to go back to Mallorca. I am already planning my next trip!
Have you ever been to Mallorca before?
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
You would think that, knowing for as long as I have that not one but two things that I have written would be published in upcoming issues of this magazine, I would have, I dunno, SUBSCRIBED or something. But no. I didn't.
So I have to wait until it comes out in the stores, which, judging by how badly I want to get my hands on one of these things and its relation to real time, should be about a hundred and forty-six years from now.
So, I do want to hear if you've seen it and whether you liked it, but don't tell me too much about it yet, please!
6 comments:
- Vicki W said...
So, I had to go pull the magazine out of the "to read" stack. The article is excellent! Very funny and also very true. Keep up the writing!
- September 10, 2009 at 8:12 PM
- Unknown said...
Loved the article!
- September 11, 2009 at 9:17 AM
I loved the article....cann't believe you don't subscribe to the mag. It is absolutely entertaining and very informative...oh I forgot you have younge children which computes as absolutely no time to be entertained or informed !
- September 11, 2009 at 9:25 AM
- Brenda said...
Great article, plus I love your blog, glad I found it through the mag - which I also love, it's the only quilt magazine I subscribe to.
- September 11, 2009 at 11:42 PM
- Jennie said...
The article is GREAT!! I just loved it! The magazine is the only magazine I even subscribe to. I hope you'll get one soon!!
~ Jennie
- September 12, 2009 at 8:59 AM
- September 25, 2009 at 12:10 AM


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Doug Wilson knows how to put things in perspective: "Scripture is a mountain range with granite boulders, and some places that are tough to climb. You can get hurt there, as the apostle once observed. But if you get high enough, above the tree line, you can see everything. By contrast, humanistic sentimentalism is a gigantic muck swamp, artificially augmented by about thirty percent through our legal system's massive production of green Jell-O, and a diseased pop culture that is positively malarial." However, in his post he claims the "high moral ground." Compared to whom? No human being occupies the high moral ground on anything.
Nevertheless, I liked his comments about the "old guard" Christian Reconstruction writers like Gary North and Rushdoony, and I think the following is what he meant by his unfortunate claim. "For example, if confronted with the "angular" truth that God's people in the Old Testament were allowed to buy slaves from pagan nations roundabout (Lev. 25:44-46), the likes of Rushdoony or North would say that paganism is slavery, and so a pagan is a slave by definition. Being brought as a slave into the covenant people offered a (long term) prospect for liberty, but in the meantime, it did not increase the amount of servitude in the world, but rather placed boundaries on it. And over generations, it created an off-ramp from that condition of pagan slavery."
I bemoaned the lack of a unifying and effective worldview for our foreign policy/war making, in my last post. The firmly resolute nation I was born into in 1946 has become a quishy mess of "humanist sentimentalism". Feelings reign, ugh. My daughter took me out to dinner Christmas Eve, and while I was outside, leaning on my cane, waiting for her to bring the car around, a couple approached me. The wife asked me if I was okay, and if someone was coming to get me. I assured her I was fine, just waiting for my ride. I related the incident to my good friend and former business partner, and said to him, "I realized she saw me as a decrepit old person, probably suffering from Alzheimer's, who wandered away from the nursing home." Before I could make my point, he hastened to reassure me that it's not important what others think of me, that I am still okay despite her opinion.
He knows me well enough to know that I don't care what others think of me, yet he immediately assumed that her questions and the underlying opinion were hurtful to me. No, that's not at all the point I was trying to make. I realized that I still think of myself as strong and able, not at all as I appear to others since the stroke I suffered in 2016. If someone wants to hold the door for me, or return my shopping cart, that doesn't wound my self esteem. What the heck, it makes my life a little easier and allows the other person to feel a little jolt of attaboy! What I feel about myself is entirely related to who I am in Christ, NOT a bit of how others treat me. That's the opposite of modern humanist squishiness.
It's natural, I suppose, for someone who cares about me and knows how much that stroke took out of me, to worry about how a random, kind stranger's questions could hit my self esteem. Excessive concern for self esteem is the zeitgeist of modernity. But for people who profess faith in Jesus Christ, like me and my friend, self esteem based on anything other people say is a non starter. I am perfect in the Father's eyes. The real gospel is that blessing is freely available, by grace. Why then, does that message have to compete with all these "social justice" and "self esteem" gospels emanating from church pulpits and home groups? I suggest you reread the second paragraph, then read Leviticus 25:44-46, then reread the paragraph again. You may say, "ah ha". Or you may be part of the problem.
Speaking of which Brown University "is investing in creating safe spaces for men to unpack all of the things they have learned about masculinity and what it means to be a man. The goal is to help those socialized as men to unlearn some of the notions that have led to such profound harm being enacted toward others and toward themselves." The College was founded by the Reverent James Manning, a Baptist minister. Probably a toxic male. Brown University costs $73,000 per year to attend. Gee, where's the line form?


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A reply to Michael Brown's 'Appeal for Holly Pivec and Prof. Doug Geivett to Separate Yourselves From the Hyper-Critics'
Last week, Michael Brown wrote an open letter to myself and my co-author Doug Geivett, urging us to separate ourselves from "hyper-critics" of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) and inviting us to join him, on air, for more discussions about NAR.
The Christian Post prints my response to Michael Brown's 'NAR Straw Man'
Today the Christian Post printed my response to Michael Brown's claims that the New Apostolic Reformation is a myth and a conspiracy theory.
The New Apostolic Reformation: Movement or Myth?: With Doug Geivett, Holly Pivec, and Michael Brown
I was excited to be part of this important discussion with my co-author, Doug Geivett, and Michael Brown.
My response to Michael Brown's claim that NAR doesn't exist
During a recent podcast interview, Alisa Childers asked for my response to Michael Brown's claims that the New Apostolic Reformation doesn't exist.
Watch my new interview on the Unknown Webcast
On Tuesday I was interviewed about the New Apostolic Reformation on the Unknown Webcast. This is my second interview on this webcast, which is produced by Midwest Christian Outreach.
That's scary: Passion Translation plans Oct. 31 release for full New Testament
BroadSteet Publishing has announced an Oct. 31 release date — Halloween Day — for the full release of the controversial Passion Translation.
How to spot a NAR book
We documented in our books that the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) has penetrated mainstream Christianity. Many people find this hard to believe, claiming they've never heard of the NAR. I suspect one big reason this movement has flown under the radar for so long is because people don't know what to look for.
NAR leader Brian Simmons reveals a new chapter of the Bible
I recently ran across a television interview Brian Simmons did last year with Sid Roth, where he makes a number of startling statements about his Passion Translation–statements showing just how dangerous this so-called Bible translation is.
NAR leaders meet with the Pope
Earlier this month, on June 10, leaders in the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR)–including International House of Prayer founder Mike Bickle, the apostle Ché Ahn, and prophets Kris Vallotton and Stacey Campbell–attended a private meeting with the Pope along with dozens of other Protestant leaders from North America and Europe. The NAR leaders' participation in the meeting is troubling for a number of reasons.


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How many kids does Remy Ma have? Remy Ma has a son named Jayson. She is also the step mother of her husband's three children. The second episode of Love and Hip Hop New York's season 7, "Strawberries" shows that the couple's kids are very talented rappers. Papoose has a writing session and then they both freestyle, impressing Remy.
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I think Remy Ma & Papoose just need their own show. #LHHNY
— Kiing Junebugg (@OHSNAPitzKhriz) November 29, 2016
I'm a fan of the couple but I don't think their relationship is entertaining enough for their own series. We love the reality series because of the drama. Remy and Papoose's relationship is drama-free therefore I don't think they should get their own reality series.
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A Merry Mackie Holiday
Remy Ma and Papoose were spreading #BlackLove on their VH1 special, A Merry Mackie Holiday. Papoose and his kids are in North Carolina, where Remy's family lives. Remy recently opened her store Conceited in North Carolina and her and Papoose bought a house in Raleigh. The video below shows a sneak peak of Remy Ma & Papoose: A Merry Mackie Holiday.