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Ms. Annie led us singing "Worthy is the Lamb Who was Slain"
I could sit here for one hour and just listen to that and visualize what He did on the cross for each one of us. Thank You Lord.
The following excerpt was taken from Taking Action by Reinhard Bonnke:
Without having been to Calvary, everybody lives a second-class existence as illegal immigrants. Passport and entry permits are repentance and faith in Christ Jesus. 'Then we may enter the kingdom with the full privileges of citizens, "no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God" (Eph. 2:19). 'The covenants of promise are ours.
We are not beggars asking the glorified saints to send us a few scraps of help. We do not need to collect their bones, hoping that some of their holiness or grace will brush off on us and stand to our credit. Believers are not bone pickers. If we do what the apostles did, we shall get what the apostles got from the same Father by the same Spirit on the same terms of grace.
The gifts are given to us freely. 'There are cheapjack imitations on the market, religious novelties, vibrations, spirit powers, healing sunbeams, and sweetness and light from nowhere in particular. In many countries our work disturbs those who have their own claims to power, protection, and healing.
I recall an especially powerful witch being brought over from America specifically to cast a spell and destroy what I was preaching. She stood at the back of the crowd and went through her performance. I wore the whole armor of God, and as she attempted to speed the harmful spirit-spear at me across the field, it turned back upon her. Her attempt was futile against a blood-bought child of God.
But the Holy Spirit waits at the Cross, and those who kneel at that altar, and there alone, receive His limitless blessings. At Calvary are benefits far beyond the labored results of mantras, New Age processes, and occultism. These are "the weak and beggarly elements" that Paul described I Galatians 4:8-11.
How real and how great His gifts are we shall see.
My PURPOSE IN writing this book is not a wish to intrigue readers but to emphasize that the gifts have a vital part to play in world evangelism. They are weapons of war, not toys to be played with. Mark 16 firmly anchors miracles to the Great Commission.
From the outset the church looked doomed, stillborn. To bring His message to the nations Jesus had only a few ordinary men from Galilee. None of them showed any brilliance or personal qualities that would make for success, and they displayed a generous share of human failings. They were as unqualified as world conquerors as men ever could be. The Jewish leaders wrote them off as ignorant and unlearned. Their message should have appealed to nobody. It had no element of intellectual wisdom, political promise, or immediate social benefit. Its worst disqualification for popular acceptance was that it was centered on a leader from a seedy Galilean backwater who had been executed as a common criminal.
Mission impossible? Against all expectations it became mission accomplished." How? These nobodies advanced with a new secret. God personally worked with them with signs and wonders. More than that, He barbed their simple words with conviction and guided them to the hearts of hearers as unerringly and powerfully as David's stone to the head of Goliath. Without personal charisma, the charisma of the Spirit of God endued them. Their "secret"? The Holy Spirit.
Because the world hovers between spiritual life and death, the utmost consideration must be given to whatever can secure the destinies of the precious people.
Just as in the wilderness Jesus was tempted to misuse divine powers when He had been filled with the Holy Spirit, so are others likely to be.
The core of the test is our pride, which corrupts our sincere motives for the power gifts and produces flamboyant behavior and egotistic display. Jesus was tempted by the devil to throw Himself off the temple pinnacle. One thing to be taken to heart is that the supernatural is not always sensational We can attract personal admiration by our gifts, but our job is to set people's eyes on Jesus. When Paul and Barnabas were offered worship at Lystra, they were horrified, running among the people to assert they were not divinities (Acts 14:8-18).
"This generation seeks a sign," said Jesus (Luke 11:29). Sensation always has a market. We can exploit that situation and turn the gifts of God to self-advantage. Simon Magus wanted the Holy Spirit, but only to bolster his prestige (Acts 8:9). Uzza died for his presumption in putting his hand upon the ark of testimony (1 Chron. 13:10). If anyone says, "I would like the gift of healing," or any gift, the proper reply is, "Why?" Motive is vital.
The gifts operate by faith in God, not faith in a specific theory. They are not channeled through any doctrine except that of redemption. The Holy Spirit only glorifies the crucified Christ. Testimonies that this or that formula has brought success are always to be found, but they do not prove what they are supposed to prove. God's mercies are "broader than the measures of our mind." There is only one secret – faith. "This is the victory…our faith" (1 John 5:4). New techniques and highly publicized methods may seem to bring results, but they do not. God separates the techniques from the faith and responds only to faith.
In the New Testament, whenever healings and miracles are attributed to anything at all, it is invariably to faith. Otherwise it is the sovereign action of God. "Thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace," Jesus said to the woman with a hemorrhage (Luke 8:48, KJV). Her "method" could not have been more simple and childlike. Those seeking healing can be helped by teaching, but the essential miracle ingredient is still simple, trusting faith in Jesus. That is all God bothers about, no matter what notions or innovations occupy our sometimes muddled brains.
Ms. Annie led us singing "Worthy is the Lamb Who was Slain"
Pastor Ray shared…
Now Ms. Annie keep playing and with our eyes closed let's bring it back to our remembrance in a way like we do for communion when we bring to our remembrance the blood, the broken body or the stripes that were taken for us, the cleansing that came through the blood that was shed, the beautiful cross. Beautiful in the way it is working for us then, yesterday, today and forever. The beautiful precious Savior went all the way to the cross. We to have come, we bow before what was done through the Son from heaven above. He gave so that we would be free, that we would walk in His love, His authority and His power here on this earth and these days we are living in, times and seasons that we are living in.
We receive the compassion that comes from what was done for us at the Cross. Compassion for others so that would come through the prayers that we pray, the things that we say, places we go. That His compassion, the compassion from heaven, that manifestation of love for others that that would be moving through each one of us that others can receive. We know that is the goal of the Father, the plan of the Father for salvation for every man, women and child. There is room enough in heaven for everyone that would come and say yes to the Savior that went to that cross and brought to us freedom from being lost. Thank You for sending Your Son and that He, Jesus, went all the way till it was finished on the cross that day. Thank You for that Lord.
Thank You just does not seem like enough
We bow before You and thank You for what came to us through the Cross for us today
We are free, whole, healthy, and prosperous in every way because Jesus finished the work on that Cross
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You Lord
Ms. Annie led us singing "Oh, the Blood of Jesus Washes Me"
Scripture focus…
(10) In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [be empowered through your union with Him]; draw your strength from Him [that strength which His boundless might provides].
(11) Put on God's whole armor [the armor of a heavy-armed soldier which God supplies], that you may be able successfully to stand up against [all] the strategies and the deceits of the devil.
(12) For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere.
(13) Therefore put on God's complete armor, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger], and, having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place].
There is a lot just in those four verses about standing firmly in your place, strong, not giving in, not giving up, not questioning the result that took place on the Cross though the Blood. Once again verse 13.
(13) Therefore put on God's complete armor, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger], and, having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place].
(14) Stand therefore [hold your ground], having tightened the belt of truth around your loins and having put on the breastplate of integrity and of moral rectitude and right standing with God,
The truth of Your word. In other words stand on what the word says, stand on it.
(15) And having shod your feet in preparation [to face the enemy with the firm-footed stability, the promptness, and the readiness produced by the good news] of the Gospel of peace.
Thank You, Father, for the good news of the Gospel of Peace, that our feet are shod with the preparation to face the enemy with firm footed stability, promptness, readiness produced through that good news. Father, I thank You, praise You, magnify You that we are standing today because of the blood that was shed at the cross at Calvary. We are standing in our place. We are not giving up ground. We are taking ground. We are taking ground not in our own strength. Like the word says we are not fighting against just natural, physical opponents but against the wiles of the devil, the deceits of the devil. So we stand today on Your precious word, what You said being able then to resist and stand our ground today. Standing firm and holding our ground, tightening that belt of truth around our loins, the truth of the word and then that breast plate of integrity, moral restitute and right standing with God and having shod our feet in preparation, we are prepared and we will face the enemy with firm footed stability, promptness, readiness with the good news of the Gospel of Peace.
(16) Lift up over all the [covering] shield of saving faith, upon which you can quench all the flaming missiles of the wicked [one].
Words, operations, plans of the enemy, we resist in Jesus' name… plans of the enemy to take our nation down. No! We resist that, call it out and call it down in Jesus' name. For this nation shall be united together, one nation under You in heaven, one God, one Jesus the Savior by the power of the Holy Spirit. Thank You, Father, for the authority that is in us because of what You did for us. It's working through us and we are standing on the good news, quenching every flaming missile or attack by the enemy. We are protected. We stand protected applied with the blood covering around us, each one of us individually but every one of us corporately, the body of Christ. We speak that blood, we use that blood over the body of Christ today, every position of authority in the Church first that they would see, hear and know that word that has already been spoken but the authority that has been given by applying every part of the armor. Declaring that they shall do what they have been called unto and the whole body, no matter what denomination… every tributary, every river, the believers that believe in You, that Jesus is the Savior and Lord. Hallelujah! We are lifting over them verse 16, the covering shield of faith, quenching darts and missiles, stopping every attacking in Jesus' name. The devil can't get through the blood that has been applied.
Just like Brother Reinhardt had said in that meeting where the witch was in the back attempting to derail and stop the words that he was speaking but what she tried to do came back upon her because the armor was put upon the man of God and he kept moving on declaring that word richly and the souls came in. Thank You Father.
(17) And take the helmet of salvation and the sword that the Spirit wields, which is the Word of God.
Thank You for Your word Lord. Your word, written word and the words that have been spoken by Your Spirit through men and women for years and years and years. Powerful words, prophetic words here in this book but also spoken by Your Spirit through different men and women of God. Thank you for every part of Your word, the truth of Your word. You always direct and lead us into that truth. Thank You for it.
(18) Pray at all times (on every occasion, in every season) in the Spirit, with all [manner of] prayer and entreaty. To that end keep alert and watch with strong purpose and perseverance, interceding in behalf of all the saints (God's consecrated people).
Right now I know no other way than to pray in tongues for God's consecrated people.
Praying in the Spirit for the Church…
More, more
Boldness, boldness
Open, open that is a way!
Thank You, Father
Pastor Ray shared…
The whole time we were praying for the Church, the saints, in my mind, the thought would keep coming, aren't you going to pray for the lost? It just kept coming up. But then I felt this is what we are to do, to pray for the saints. And then I got it, that we are praying for the laborers to go. Downtown Minneapolis on Hennepin Ave… that Jesus isn't really going to show up and save somebody. He is going to show up and save somebody through a laborer, through the saints. So we are praying for the saints, the body to do what the body has been preplanned, ordained, equipped, anointed to do. Hallelujah
Pastor Paul gave me this verse from Psalm 46
Scripture focus…
(4) There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. (5) God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God will help her right early [at the dawn of the morning]. (6) The nations raged, the kingdoms tottered and were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted. (7) The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our Refuge (our Fortress and High Tower). Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! (8) Come, behold the works of the Lord, Who has wrought desolations and wonders in the earth. (9) He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow into pieces and snaps the spear in two; He burns the chariots in the fire. (10) Let be and be still, and know (recognize and understand) that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth! (11) The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our Refuge (our High Tower and Stronghold). Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Psalm 46:4-11 (Amp.)
Word of the Lord came forth…
For the body of Christ is rising up! The occupation has already begun and the TAKEOVER it shall be won! For the lost is coming in sayeth the Lord.
Pastor Ray shared…
Tomorrow we will be praying over Brother Reinhard's meetings here at the Church. They will begin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday as well as our weekend service times. You will be able to live stream the meetings from our website.


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It looks gross, it's a nuisance, but there is no debating the important functions that mucus (better known as "snot" or phlegm) serves for our health.
Mucus is produced by tissue (epithelial, or surface cells) lining the mouth, nose, sinuses, throat, lungs and gastrointestinal tract. Mucus has a number of essential functions; one of them is to protect all those soft and delicate organs it lines, to keep them from getting dry and irritated as a result of our continual breathing. Mucus also serves to attract dust, pollutants in the air that we breathe, as well as bacteria and other foreign particles, before they can enter the body; it's gooey and sticky, so that it can trap things.
Like all tissues and fluids in our bodies, the chemical composition of mucus is complex. Mucus is 95 percent water, most of which is bound in proteins called mucins, which form a gooey liquid when mixed with fluids. Mucus also has antibodies that help the body recognize invading microbes; and it has enzymes that kill foreign organisms. Tiny hair-like structures called cilia, which line the esophageal and nasal cavities, help push the mucus outward when we sneeze or cough, and the sticky nature of mucus helps insure that foreign particles or bacteria do not enter our lungs when we breathe.
Mucus, then, is something that our bodies make at all times, even when we're healthy. In fact, the adult human body makes about 1 to 1.5 liters of the stuff every single day! Most of this mucus trickles down quietly down our throats; but when we get sick, its consistency gets thicker, which causes us to notice it and to want to expel it.
When we come down with a bad cold, or when we have an allergic reaction, the body starts producing more mucus. For example, when a person is exposed to something to which they're allergic, such as pollen, specialized cells release histamine, which causes itchiness and sneezing; mucus membranes start releasing fluid, which causes a runny nose.
You may also notice that you produce more mucus when you drink milk, and that your nose gets watery when you eat spicy foods. This is caused by a little-understood phenomenon called non-allergic gustatory rhinitis, which resembles an allergic reaction but which is normal.
As we know, mucus can have a variety of colors. For example, when we have a cold, our mucus can appear yellowish or green. This is because of white blood cells called neutrophils that the body sends to the affected area, which have a greenish enzyme that in large numbers can make the mucus appear green.
Decongestants should be used with caution, if at all, during a cold or allergies. This is because overuse of them can cause the nasal cavities to produce thicker mucus and thus drain less effectively, which can increase the risk of infection. In addition, when you decrease the amount of mucus that the body is trying to eliminate, you are also restricting an important route for pathogens and allergens to be removed from your system.
Why Do We Get Runny Noses in Cold Weather?
This is because the cilia that normally push mucus from our nose to the back of the throat become less active or completely inactive in cold weather. That causes the mucus to run down and out the nose. Mucus also thickens in cold weather, so that when you come in from the cold, it thaws before the cilia start to work again, causing your nose to drip.
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Office Hours: Portfolio Review is an opportunity for artists to meet with curators from Chicago Artists Coalition's HATCH Projects Residency.
One-on-one portfolio reviews last 30 minutes and provide a platform to discuss a range of issues of interest to emerging and working artists, including:
- Feedback on artwork
- Preparing for exhibitions
- Pursuing professional opportunities
- And more!
Please note that space is very limited & advance registration is required. Office Hours appointments are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. You will be able to indicate your reviewer preference following the registration process. Participants are asked to arrive 10 minutes prior to their scheduled appointment.
Learning Objectives
- Insightful, professional perspective on creative portfolio.
- How to research opportunities and assess their applicability to one's aspirations.
- Logistics of the review process and preparation for studio visits and/or exhibitions.
Portfolio Reviewers
JGV/WAR is the collaboration between J. Gibran Villalobos and William A. Ruggiero. Their practice includes writing, curating, research, and project development with a focus urban civic practice and contemporary Latin American art. Villalobos and Ruggiero both are art historians and administrators whose research and projects position programming and civic engagement at the center of their practice. Through engaged research and dialogue, they seek alternative and creative methods to provoke conversations surrounding disagreement. Their invitation to be part of the exhibition-making process is founded upon the demystification of "curating." JGV/WAR were HATCH Projects Curators-in-Residence in 2013-2014.
Meg T. Noe is an interdisciplinary artist and curator. Her curatorial practice studies aesthetics and politics. Through her work as the Exhibitions and Programming Director at Weinberg/Newton Gallery (Chicago, IL), Meg curates exhibitions focused on issues of social justice in partnership with nonprofit organizations. In two years, she organized seven exhibitions with programming for international and grassroots organizations, including "Soul Asylum" for Human Rights Watch, and "Try Youth As Youth" for the ACLU of Illinois. Meg also likes dark things. Her artworks express a fascination with morbidity, the material of memorialization and ritual, and celebrations of the macabre under late capitalism. She received a BA in Photography from Columbia College of Chicago in 2013. Meg is a HATCH Projects Curator-in-Residence for 2016-2017.
Kate Pollasch is an art historian, curator, and writer. Her curatorial practice interrogates preexisting notions of history and normativity through queer tactics, network theory, archival studies, and considerations of affect and digital pedagogy. In 2012, she curated the exhibition "Roger Brown: This Boy's Own Story" of Chicago Imagist artist Roger Brown's artistic relationship to HIV, sexuality, mortality, and Chicago's gay leather community. The exhibition unearthed previously censored artworks and archival materials from Brown's career and resulted in Brown's induction into the Visual AIDS Artist Registry.
Pollasch holds a MA in Modern art History and Theory and an MA in Arts Administration and Cultural Policy from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She holds a BA in Studio Art and Art History from Saint Mary's College of Maryland. Kate is the Director of Collections and Curation at the University Club of Chicago and she has held positions with The American Visionary Art Museum, The Art institute of Chicago, the Roger Brown House Museum, Sullivan Galleries, and most recently Rhona Hoffman Gallery. She has lectured at The Chicago History Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago, and The University of Chicago and is a contributing writer for New City, The Seen, and Elite Daily. Kate was a HATCH Projects Curator-in-Residence in 2015-2016.
A Chicago native with a childhood steeped in performing and visual arts training, Sadie Woods honed her curating craft at the national award-winning Marwen arts foundation, curating their alumni gallery and forging partnerships with community organizations. During this time, she also was the resident curator for Gallery 718, presenting emerging Chicago artists while lending her deejay skills and music sensibility to create sound installations for each exhibition.
Sadie co-founded deejay collective White Label and has held deejay residencies throughout Chicago for over a decade with a focus in the arts and hospitality industry, and with tastemakers. She received her BFA in Music from Columbia College and MFA in Sound from the School of the Art Institute. Her practice includes sound art and design, deejaying, exhibition making, and collaborations within communities of difference. She's been a resident artist at the Hyde Park Art Center Program; resident artist at ACRE; Arts + Public Life Co-Curator In Residence; Artist-In-Residence at Nichols Tower Homan Square; Sponsored Artist at High Concept Labs; Resident Curator at Chicago Artists Coalition's HATCH Projects; Collaborator for Independent Curators International Dakar Intensive. Sadie is the recipient of Bemis Center for the Arts Artist-In-Residence Program; Terrain-Hatch Projects Resident Curator; Resident DJ at Boleo at The Kimpton Gray Hotel; Co-founder of The Petty Biennial; Artist-in-Residence at Ragdale Foundation. She is a Lecturer at the School of the Art Institute Chicago and will be premiering solo exhibitions at Sub-Mission and Roman Susan Gallery in Chicago and Cave in Detroit in 2017. Sadie was a HATCH Projects Curator-in-Residence in 2014-2015.
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Extra funds in Budget for Pam, El Niño recovery; NZ funds new tourism strategyPosted: March 22, 2016 Filed under: The Daily Digest | Tags: budget, cyclone pam, el niño, politics, tourism, Vanuatu, water 1 Comment
Government will derive Vt 16.5 billion from from taxes, fees and charges this year Finance Minister Pikioune revealed in the Budget speech yesterday. Vt 6 billion will come from VAT, import duties will produce Vt 2.8 billion and excise tax finds Vt 2.1 billion. Direct budget support from donor partners will amount to Vt 16.1 billion. The expenditure estimates amount to Vt 19.1 billion. Minister Pikioune also pointed out that the 2016 estimates are to address the TC Pam recovery plans and El Niño-related restoration. The Finance Minister said "the focus of Government is to grow the economy in 2016, highlighted by the fact that Vt 158.1 million will go to the productive sector." The Opposition is not supporting the budget because it contains "reductions in the budgets including those of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education," says Opposition Leader Kalsakau. Yesterday morning when Parliament opened there were 35 MPs on the Government side and 13 on the Opposition, Daily Post reported. No mention of where the other three MPs might be…
The Vanuatu Strategic Tourism Action Plan got underway yesterday with the signing of a NZD 6.6 million funding agreement with the New Zealand Government and Geoff Hyde being appointed team leader for the project. He has worked in a good many island countries before, and has lectured in tourism studies and authored books on the subject. The Plan lasts for four years.
The Deputy PM, Joe Natuman, had plenty to say about tourism in today's news, observing that far too little of the tourism dollar gets back to locals, much of it being retained by pre-paid package operators, not ever getting into the hands of Ni-Vanuatu. "Not enough is being done to promote local interests and involvement in the tourism sector," he is quoted as saying in today's Daily Post.
We are celebrating World Water Day today, as our earlier story this afternoon about Paunangisu's world-first public toilet with its own website.
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Benson T. Raptigh
Congratulations to our Deputy Prime Minister.
I fully agree with him. It is very obvious that much of the tourism dollars gets back to pre-paid package tours and the locals get very little. The question I wish to put across here is why this golden opportunity is gradually driven out from the locals? Why the locals don't get what they really want from Tourism?
I recommend that our Deputy Prime Minister should take action now to find a better solution, since Tourism is under his authority.


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Have you ever felt anxious about doing what is right? Well, I have been a stay at home mom for most of my 2 kids lives. My eldest IS almost four. I love it. Some days are definitely hard and trying. But usually they are amazing and blessed. But we need me to work. So as a family we decided yes I need to get gainful employment. My in laws are so wonderful and supportive and so is my hubby and friends. My parents of course are not. They think a mother's place is to be a mother. But I am more than just a mother. I am a friend and a lover and wife and daughter and coworker and a mother. I adore my babies and have always ever since I was nine wanted to be a stay at home mom. And maybe after we get back on our feet or my hubby gets a higher paying job in his career field I could quit and be a SAHM again. But for now this is the right thing to do. I am so anxious about being away from my little girl and my eleven month old baby boy whom I still nurse full time. It's crazy all the feelings than ravage you about going back to work, anxiety, fear, depression, shame, scared, anger. I feel like I am letting my kids down. Yet I am doing this for all of us so we can have things and pay bills and eat. But I know that feeling you get when going back to work. I just hope and pray I am making a good decision and that all will be well.
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Murphy's law ~
Murphy's Law: by definition anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
So true, my three year old asks me, mama what's that noise? Confused I say I have no idea. It's this nasty nails on chalk board sound coming from my laundry room. So I go and investigate this horrendous noise which is coming from my dryer. A nails on chalkboard sound from your dryer is NOT good. My very very old and up until now very dependable dryer has finally kicked the proverbial bucket. I mourn it's death, but even with dryer death comes new dryer life. I am excited for a new dryer but not excited to pay for it. Especially, since we literally just got back in our finances good graces. Well, today I wear wet clothes in memory of my dearly departed dryer. But tomorrow will be a new day with hopefully a new dryer and dry underwear. Cheers.
Breastfeeding dilemma
So, my first baby is a girl. I was very excited to breastfeed. I was excited for the healthyness, the bond and my favorite part it's FREE. Lol. Well I always assumed breastfeeding would be as easy as breathing! After all everyone has nipples how hard could it be? HA flipping hard that's what. Very flipping difficult. The baby's mouth has to be just right or it hurts. Plus it's hurts for the first month anyways cause your brand new baby is sucking on your swollen boobs/nipples every 2 hours and sometimes even more often than that! I remember the first week home with my first baby. I had no clue what the hell I was doing with this six pound 3 ounce screaming bundle of joy. I tried to get her to latch she couldn't and then would cry and then I cried. My hormones were through the roof. People kept visiting too and I had just had a c section, and I was constantly in my big baggy ugly granny pajamas. People kept coming by and wanting to naturally hold my brand new baby and visit me. I spent quality time in the bathroom crying, lord knows why? Just the hormones raging. Thankfully my husband got the hint I was done entertaining and kicked everyone to the curb. I remember day seven of trying to breastfeed it was very hit or miss with her latching correctly. She ate every 90 minutes on the dot. I was so tired I could nod off standing up or even sitting on the toilet. It was 3am and she was screaming and wouldn't latch on after we had been trying for over an hour and I was crying and my husband was sitting in the car for a little break from both of the crying women in his life. I had, had enough I went into the kitchen and ripped open a can of sample formula I had be given at the hospital, throughly done with breastfeeding. What I didn't know is that the can of formula is under pressure…. it literally EXPLODED there was white baby formula EVERYWHERE. It covered me and the baby from head to toe. She went silent and so did I. We both were in shock. She then stuck her baby tongue out and tasted the formula filled air. It was hilarious to my poor sleep deprived brain. My husband came back inside and took one look at both of us and burst into laughter. I then decided I'll try nursing one last time. I sat down put her in the football hold. I kid you not she latched on and we never had another issue since. Ha! I guess she and I just needed to calm down and let each of us relax and have a good laugh.
I am a stay at home mom and I love it! I did go to college and I have an associates degree. I graduated as a Radiology Technician. But we decided when we had kids I would stay home and raise them until they go to school (kindergarten). We were married for six years before the birth of our first child. We went from a family of two with two incomes to a family of three with one income. Wow quite the change. We have had a lot of struggles financially but we feel as if we are finally working it out well. We became a family of four, three years later with the birth of our second and last child. Money got even tighter and we often worried if it's a good idea to be so poor with four people and one income and is it worth it? It absolutely IS worth it. We need for nothing. I say need and not want. Because of course there is things we want. But our needs are met. We find a lot of fun free activities to do as well. It's very worth my staying home with my babies and getting to be with them and see and experience everything from sun up to sunup lol. Some days are so exhausting and I think ugh I would love some adult interaction everyday and I could just drop you off at daycare. Or if I am sick and I think I could take a day off work and sleep and drop you both off at daycare while I do this. But those are few and far between thoughts. I am very blessed to be able to stay at home. Many mothers/fathers would love to be able to do so but are unable to due to many different circumstances. There are also parents who love both their families and their careers and that's fine too! I speak only for me and my family. I have wanted to be a mom since I was nine years old. When people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up I would say a mom! Everyday is a blessing, each time I wake in the morning and snuggle kiss and play with my kids is a treasure. It's a treasure I sometimes take for granted, especially if the baby was up all night teething. You feel tired and crabby and wish the baby would just sleep already and that your toddler would sleep in past 7am just once! But sadly even those times fly by so quickly. I blinked and my baby girl is almost four! My baby boy who I swear I just gave birth, is almost one years old!! As a stay at home mom my days and nights are flying by so quickly. I try to grasp and hold onto those moments. Just one more snuggle just more more hug. Before I know it they will be grown and gone.
Let them be little
So my family doesn't do a lot of screen time. Yes my kids, ages three and nine months do watch some preapproved cartoons and yes my three year old has played kid games on my tablet/phone before but it's rare and it's usually at the doctors office or some such place. She has played Mario or video games maybe five times in her life. I just want them to play with toys and use their imaginations. And my three year old has a great imagination! She plays with barbies or little people or anything really and names them and they have these hilarious conversations. She plays house with her real life friends and with her toys and her family. She loves being a mama and plays with dolls. She says she wants to be a doctor when she grows up. She loves to give everyone a checkup. She also loves star wars and superheros and often runs around yelling Hulk SMASH! I see so many kids with their faces constantly in a screen and don't even know how to play or socialize with others. I truly believe that some of the rates of Autism that are running sky high are due to lack of independent play and constant screen time! (I know there are other causes as well) I just feel from what I have read and seen first hand that a lot of Autism is related to lack of play and playing with others and playing outside. My son who is nine months has pretty much no interest in TV yet thankfully. He loves toys and cars and trucks and he loves baby dolls too. He loves his puppy Penny who loves him maybe to much lol. Penny is ten weeks old and is teething ugh. My baby teething is bad enough but my fur baby is teething too haha! I do understand every parent and every single family has different circumstances and must do what is best for each and every person in that family. I am not judging or feeling righteous that we try to limit screen time and therefore are better. Not at all. Every family must do what is the best for that family. Life is so tough as it is let's give each other a break and not judge other parents. Especially if you aren't aware their special circumstances.
Hide and seek
My three year old daughter is hilarious she plays hide and seek by covering her eyes and therefore she is hidden from everyone. It's so much fun saying where are youuu? She is full of giggles and laughter as you loudly search for her. I love hide and seek with a toddler. So much fun to pretend and see her imagination run wild.
Ahhh my husband is not a morning person. Both of our kids are definitely morning people. If the sun is awake the kids are always awake! My three year old wants to have deep conversations and my husband wants silence. Three year old always wins but mornings end with so much grouchy. It is often a tiring and thankless job from sun up to sun up raising a family, but even though it's hard and stressful some days. We are lucky and blessed for even those tough days.


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Grilled Pumpkin Bowl with Veggies
To serve this side dish soup as a main meal, stir in a 14-ounce package of frozen grilled chicken breast strips about 10 minutes before serving; heat through.
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- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. To make pumpkin serving bowls, cut off the top one-fourth of the pumpkins; discard tops; scoop out stringy pulp and seeds. (Use seeds in Toasted Pumpkin Seeds.) Place pumpkins bowls, cut side down, in 3-quart rectangular baking dish. Add 2 tablespoons water. Bake for 30 to 45 minutes or just until tender.
- In a small bowl combine melted butter, brown sugar, chili powder, and cinnamon. To grill pumpkin bowls, brush inside and cut edges of pumpkins with some of the butter mixture. Set aside remaining butter mixture. Place pumpkins, cut side down, directly on the rack of an uncovered grill over medium-hot coals (for a gas grill, preheat grill 10 minutes, reduce heat to medium). Grill for 10 to 15 minutes or until browned. Remove from grill to a platter. Cover loosely with foil to keep warm.
- Meanwhile, in a medium bowl toss sweet peppers and onion with cooking oil, salt, and pepper. Heat an extra-large cast iron skillet or grill wok on grill over medium-hot coals. Add vegetable mixture; cook and stir for 6 to 8 minutes until vegetables are tender. Meanwhile, in a bowl toss sweet peppers and onion with oil, salt, and pepper. Heat a 12-inch cast iron skillet or grill wok on grill over medium-hot coals (for a gas grill, use medium heat). Add vegetable mixture; cook and stir 6 to 8 minutes until vegetables are crisp-tender. Add tomatoes; cook and stir 1 to 2 minutes more or until tomatoes are heated through. Stir in reserved butter mixture (if using a grill wok, return vegetables to a large bowl before adding butter mixture). Toss gently.
- To serve, place grilled pumpkin bowls on a serving platter. Spoon vegetable mixture into pumpkin bowls scooping up some of the pumpkin pulp. Sprinkle with snipped cilantro. Makes 6 side-dish servings.
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A little goes a long way, or a little can make a world of difference. Come visit my world of being creative in the kitchen. I associate moments and events in my life with food. So a lot of the recipes I share will have a story behind it.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Cake Pop
I first learned of these little mysterious treats from the Pioneer Woman. She made some cutesy little cake pops for Halloween. But come to find out, Ree wasn't the "creator" of cake pops. She got the recipe from Bakerella. Visit her site. It's amazing! She can pretty much create anything out of a little ball of cake.
Here's the clincher... Bakerella visited Pioneer Woman at her ranch and had a fun filled day of making cake pops. Man I wish I could have been there!
So you know what I had to do. Yep, try to make them myself!
The ingredients: One box of cake mix (bake according to directions) and one tub of frosting.
"They" all recommend red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting. I was daring (and feeling a bit springy) and used lemon cake with cream cheese frosting.
Make the cake. Let it completely cool (I left it out overnight). Crumble the cake into a large bowl. And when I say crumble, I mean crumble. Watch the edges and corners, they take a little more work.
Add 3/4 of the tub of frosting, mixing it completely with the cake crumbs. Add more frosting if you need to. I'll be honest, I used the whole frickin' tub. I would recommend chilling the "dough" at this point. I did not. Wish I did though cause it would have made forming the balls a little easier.
Roll your balls about the size of a quarter (your should get around 50 pops). Place them on parchment paper (or in my case since I didn't have parchment paper I used nonstick foil).
You're going to want to melt a little bit of melting chocolate (found at a store like Michael's). Dip the end of the lollipop stick (also found at Michael's) into the chocolate then into the ball. This will help it stay in later.
Now you have 2 options here:
1. Stick the stick in before you place the ball on the parchment. or
2. Stick the stick in after you've placed the ball on the parchment. Be warned though, adding that little pressure with slightly flatten the ball. I know this because that's how I did it.
Put your cookie tray or whatever is hold the cake pops on into the freezer. You want them nice and chilled before the next step.
Find yourself a nice little bowl that is narrow and deep. Melt the chocolate in 15-30 second intervals in the microwave, stirring in between. Oh! And you'll need a hunk of styroform or something to stand the cake pops in to dry.
Once you're ready start dippin'. I had some sprinkles that I used too.
And this is what you get! A cake pop! (insert ohhhs and awwwws here)
So the real question is...
How many bites does it take to get to the center of a cake pop?
three. Crunch!
I can't wait to make them again and experiment with other flavors!
4 comments:
- Mel said...
Those look killer good. i am a huge fan of both PW and Bakerella...she makes the cutest cake pops for different occassions...I have been meaning to try these for a while but I am such a scardy-cat I think I will mess them up... HA HA... Oh well...I shall try one of these days.
- April 23, 2009 at 8:30 AM
- Miss Allie said...
I have never put them on a stick but I have used this recipe to make cake balls. I used chocolate cherry cake mix (made with cherry cola), chocolate frosting and semi sweet chocolate for dipping. It was yummy.
- April 23, 2009 at 7:15 PM
- Teaseburger said...
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are so funny!! And these are SOOOOOO good!! Thank you!!
- April 24, 2009 at 3:29 PM
- jlc said...
Ouuuuu now THESE look yummmmmm!!
Do you mind if I follow you? I have a terrible sweet tooth! Haha! And I love knowing how to create these lovely things!
- May 17, 2009 at 11:43 AM


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Fiction is often a reflection of reality in different tones and shades. My novels are based in a fantasy world which closely resembles our current society (barring the elves and stuff) Why did I do this? Well, I find it absurd how American society has progressed over the last few generations. Historically, America is a capitalist society. Nothing matters more than the mighty dollar in many people's eyes. No longer are students driven to excel academically, dreaming of becoming a doctor or lawyer or the President of the free world. No, what matters now is becoming a football player earning millions of dollars or a reality show sensation.
Who needs to learn how to add long columns of numbers or read pages of flowery prose or write in complete sentences with ( brace yourself) punctuation?
Our young generation is dazzled by the life of the rich and famous. And the rich and famous do their best to entertain them, not necessarily bestowing words of wisdom to the impressionable, ADD generation. It's common knowledge that Kim Kardashian and her new victim, erm ... I mean husband, recently named their precious (and money generating) bundle of joy a point on a compass. Poor Justin Beiber is going through a rough patch (his poor monkey) of adolescence. I wish I could emphasize more with the teenagers' angst, in his private jet seems like a perfect setting. Taylor Swift and her never-ending, song inspiring, heartache. Aaron Hernandez (boy, did he keep it real dumb) and his bevy of legal woes. Chris Brown and Rihanna's on-again, off-again, toxic relationship.
The point is that it matters not what these 'celebrities' do, what matters in the long run is how much they are worth. What cars do they drive? What name brand clothes do they wear? How many pairs of shoes do they have? How many houses do they own? What do they eat? What phone do they use? In sum, they are a selling an image that you are what you own.
A posh establishment by the name of Ray's and Stark Bar , located in trend setting LA, is offering a 'tasting water menu'. The innovative entrepreneurs have collected water from ten different countries, bottled the liquid according to their strict purity guidelines, and are now selling the beverage that reflects the excellence of their product. I perused the menu while drinking a cup of Joe, giggling uncontrollably at some points.
First off, the water is rated on two different scales, gauging its taste (sweet to salty) and its texture (smooth to complex). They also disclose the amount of sodium, magnesium, and calcium in each drink. This, apparently, is extremely important information. The most aesthetic pleasing to me was Voss from Norway. At $10 per 0.8 of a liter, I could see myself using the container as a vase. It's cute.
America is represented with a chic beverage named Beverly Hills 90H2O. This brand goes as far as producing limited edition bottles (10,000 per batch) with unique numbers on their diamond-like glass bottles. The cost of being chic: $16 per liter.
By far the most expensive beverage on the menu comes from our Canadian friends. Berg is ultra smooth and sweet with little or no trace of minerals. Virtually untouched by man (machines must harvest the pieces of icebergs floating off the coast of Greenland, melt the chunks under strict purity laws, and bottle the results into the cute frosted bottles) The price tag of $20 per 0.75 liters seems reasonable.
Maybe it's me, I don't know, but I find this kind of merchandise... ridiculous. It's water. I swear, its only water. In a world where so many of our brothers and sisters have to travel long distances( by foot, carrying a bucket full of hope in most cases) in order to find a source of clean drinking water, some people with too much money and not much sense feel a need to pay exorbitant prices for a basic, human , necessity. Water.
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One of the regular "Jackass" cast, 34-year-old Ryan Dunn, was killed early Monday in a fiery car crash reports Forbes.
Dunn was driving his 2007 Porsche in suburban Philadelphia when it went off the road into the woods and burst into flames. A passenger was also killed, and speed may have been a factor in the crash.
Knoxville tweeted on Monday afternoon, "Today I lost my brother Ryan Dunn. My heart goes out to his family and his beloved Angie. RIP Ryan, I love you buddy."
Dunn's most famous stunt was in 2002's "Jackass: The Movie" and involved inserting a toy car into his rectum and going to an emergency room, where he made up a story that he was in mysterious pain after passing out at a fraternity party.


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Last week I had librarian,I have librarian every second thursday,every odd week, with three other girls.
Last week I read a book to three little girls who were in year 1-2 when I read the book to entertain them more and to feel interested in the book I asked questions that were related to the book which got them thinking about things.The book we read was about a bath tub where every night the bath tub would move to a different pace in the house on of the questions was do you have a bath tub in your kitchen??? the little girls thought that it was a little weird for the bath tub to move and as they said "NO!!!"
"My bath tub stays in the bathroom every night and day and the tub cant move" commented one of the girls.After I helped issue books out for other children in all different ages.All the time we put away the books that need to go back to their place so other children can read the books.
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I am a college student from the Midwest and am pretty artsy. I am a Mormon!
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I am in college, although I am taking a short-ish break to serve a mission. I was pretty sure I wanted to teach, but now I'm thinking about marine biology. I am pretty musical; I play several different instruments and I sing. I really like meeting new people and getting to know them!
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Today I joined the diverse fellowship of those who commute by bicycle to work. I plan to do it at least once or twice a week when the days are long enough to do so safely. I had a couple of pretty good rides today in winds pushing up to 20 miles per hour from the east northeast. The morning commute was mostly tailwind and cross tailwind. I mostly held 22-24 mph while barely breaking a sweat. The evening commute was another story, but it provided a solid workout.
Triathlon and time trial training are the primary motivation. Before I joined Wild Card Cycling and started training and racing with the team toward the end of last summer, almost all of my training miles consisted of solo rides. Since then, I've logged most of my miles with the team. We usually do a long Saturday ride (60-100 miles) and, during daylight savings time, a high-tempo Wednesday evening ride (30-50 miles). I normally do a solo recovery ride and run on Sunday mornings before church, and sometimes several shorter morning low to middle intensity solo rides during the week, but my solo miles have really dropped. High-intensity solo riding is important for building the powerful muscles used in triathlon and time trialing, where there is nowhere to hide from that persistent antagonist, the wind.
So I'm filling the void by commuting on my bike. I can't realistically ride every day, since some days find me shopping, swimming, or tending to kids' activities and other errands after work. My home and office are separated by just over 14 miles, with slightly more than half on quiet, dark, oil-and-chip county roads. I use a rear flasher in twilight and low light conditions, but it doesn't seem very safe after sundown, even with a headlight or helmet light.
It takes about 45 minutes to ride each way, give or take depending on the wind, versus 25 minutes to drive. So I can get 90 minutes of training at a cost of about 40 minutes from my day. As a multisport athlete with work, family, and other obligations, the bicycle commuting math is definitely favorable - not a bad way to squeeze in a few solid 20 km plus time trials every week.
The Research Park where my office is located has an incubator building for start-ups. Tucked away in a corner of the second floor is a shower room. It was built ostensibly to serve workaholic entrepreneurs who don't get out of the office much, but it also suits my needs quite well.
So the big question is "what type of commuter am I?" The Aussie cycling blog Cycling Tips profiled the universe of commuters quite cleverly. I probably fit somewhere on the spectrum between the "Weekday World Champ" and the "PRO".
The Weekday World Champ (quoted from the Cycling Tips Blog):
"Every roadie loves the Weekday World Champ. This keenly competitive species of commuter is doing his own race for the rainbow jersey every morning. Usually wearing a free jersey from last years charity ride, solid black shorts, $6 sunglasses, fenders, rear mirror, and any other optional safety features. He will follow your wheel while you're slowly rolling along the road or bike path and then attack you at the opportune time of his liking. Then his head will blow off and soon after you'll come rolling past at the same speed you were doing for the past 20 mins. The World Champ botches a trackstand at red lights then punches it off the gun when it turns green. Again, you'll catch up to him shortly and pass him once again."
This describes perhaps 25% of my commuting persona. When not wearing my own racing kit, I can usually be spotted in solid black shorts (some fairly plush Nike threads, mind you) and either the Tour of Missouri GC leader's jersey, or a splashy but unadorned Giordana jersey from the late 80s. Though I lack a free jersey from a charity ride, I will never ride in the Tour of Missouri and I won't likely ever lead the GC standings in a cat 4/5 stage race. I can't yet trackstand, but I know better than to attempt it in public, thus avoiding the botch. I don't sport $400 Oakleys, but my $40 sunglasses were purchased from a hardcore running and swimming boutique and my only optional safety feature is the aforementioned flasher. I also know how to ride a time trial (even if I'm not especially fast), and though I may get passed, my head will not blow off until the very end of a truly violent racing effort (or at least not until after T2). Which brings me to the other 75% of my commuting persona...
The PRO:
"That's right - YOU. You didn't think you were gonna get out of it so easily, did you? You're the only one who thinks you're the coolest kat in town. You're the guy who gets all kitted up, pins a number on, rides the Zipps, and has an espresso flavored powergel on your way to work. But I'm sure you have good reason to ride in like this... It could be because you have a race after work, you need to take your bike to the shop at lunch, or it could be because you like to show to all your coworkers how PRO you are. Sorry, but we're the only people on the planet that think spandex, shaved legs, and tiny arms look cool."
As stated above, I actually do race and do wear a full kit (when not sporting all black shorts) - my own kit, thank you. And I do think spandex, shaved legs, and tiny arms look cool - probably because I have no hope of having arms that are anything but tiny. I don't have $2000 Zipps and my bike lacks the full complement of PRO grade components, but it's still way too cool for 95% of the commuting public.
My teammate Rob places himself between the Hardman and the PRO. Like me, he is definitely all PRO on the Wednesday and Saturday team rides, but his usual commuter bike and threads are 100% Hardman. I ride and train in all kinds of temperatures and rain, but I usually avoid icy or slushy roads. I will probably never commute in snow, mostly because of the shortened daylight that usually accompanies it. I will never be worthy of the Hardman.


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Brazilian winger of PAOK Pedro Henrique Konzen Medina da Silva will miss Sunday's Super League Play Offs clash against Panionios because of suspension.
The 27-year-old former player of Avenida, Caxias, FC Zürich and Stade Rennais has scored four goals in 16 official performances with the shirt of PAOK during his January transfer in Greece and helped his team to win the Greek Cup by scoring the decisive goal at the recent final against AEK (2-1) at Volos.
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There is a scene about halfway through the movie Casablanca that has become commonly known as 'The Battle of the Anthems' throughout the film's long history. A group of German soldiers has come into Rick's Café American and are drunkenly singing the German National Anthem at the top of their voice. Victor Lazlo, the leader of the French Resistance, cannot stand this act and while the rest of the club stares appalled at the Germans, Lazlo orders the band to play 'Le Marseilles (sic?)' the French National Anthem. With a nod from Rick, the band begins playing, with Victor singing at the top of HIS voice. This in turn, inspires the whole club to begin singing and the Germans are forced to surrender and sit down at their table, humbled by the crowd's dedication. This scene is a turning point in the movie, for reasons that I leave to you to discover.
As I watched this movie again tonight for what must be the 100th time, I noticed there was a much smaller scene wrapped inside the bigger scene that, unless you look for it, you may never notice. Yvonne, a minor character who is hurt by Rick emotionally, falls into the company of a German soldier. In a land occupied by the Germans, but populated by the French, this is an unforgivable sin. She comes into the bar desperately seeking happiness in the club's wine, song, and gambling. Later, as the Germans begin singing we catch a glimpse of Yvonne sitting dejectedly at a table alone and in this brief glimpse, it is conveyed that she has discovered that this is not her path to fulfillment and she has no idea where to go from there. As the singing progresses, we see Yvonne slowly become inspired by Lazlo's act of defiance and by the end of the song, tears streaming down her face, she is singing at the top of her voice too. She has found her redemption. She has found something that will make her life never the same again from that point on.
Basically, this is Casablanca in a nutshell. On the surface, you may see it as a romance, or as a story of intrigue, but that is only partially correct.
The thing that makes Casablanca great is that it speaks to that place in each of us that seeks some kind of inspiration or redemption. On some level, every character in the story receives the same kind of catharsis and their lives are irrevocably changed. Rick's is the most obvious in that he learns to live again, instead of hiding from a lost love. He is reminded that there are things in the world more noble and important than he is and he wants to be a part of them. Louis, the scoundrel, gets his redemption by seeing the sacrifice Rick makes and is inspired to choose a side, where he had maintained careful neutrality. The stoic Lazlo gets his redemption by being shown that while thousands may need him to be a hero, there is someone he can rely upon when he needs inspiration in the form of his wife, who was ready to sacrifice her happiness for the chance that he would go on living. Even Ferrai, the local organized crime leader gets a measure of redemption by pointing Ilsa and Lazlo to Rick as a source of escape even though there is nothing in it for him.
This is the beauty of this movie. Every time I see it (and I have seen it a lot) it never fails that I see some subtle nuance that I have never seen before. Considering that the director would put that much meaning into what is basically a throw away moment (not the entire scene, but Yvonne's portion) speaks bundles about the quality of the film. My wife and I watched this movie on our first date, and since that first time over 12 years ago, it has grown to be, in my mind, the greatest movie ever made.
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In a time where we lose direct contact with nature, we accede to it only by the view."
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By Jay Westbury, chief executive Australian Federation
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LADIES and gentlemen of the travel industry, and most importantly travel agency owners of Australia: I have an announcement!
From July 1, 2014, travel agency operators will no longer be required to hold a licence issued by the state government in which their businesses are domiciled – nor to be a member of the Travel Compensation Fund.
I just thought I would make this statement up front as there have been reports that some agency owners do not know about this change.
Deregulation is often taken as a dirty word as there is a view formed that government licences act as a barrier to entry and as such increase the value of the business and maintain some degree of control over who enters the marketplace.
The stark reality is that this is not and has not been the truth when it relates to companies selling travel and competing with travel agents for years and years – in fact you could argue not since 1999 when the first airline.com websites started to compete directly with travel agents and were not subject to the same level of government controls.
Over the past 15 years the direct selling of travel products by suppliers has proliferated while global online travel agents (OTAs) have found their way into the minds of Australian consumers without being required to comply with government regulations and entry barriers.
So the number of traditional travel agencies in Australia is steadily declining – not because of any barrier to entry but because of this onslaught.
Thus the need to place Australian travel agents on a regulatory level playing field. It is without question the only long term solution.
During all those years of government regulation, when was the last time you saw a government-funded commercial promoting travel agents? Never is the correct answer.
The invention of the AFTA Travel Accreditation Scheme (ATAS) is first and foremost for the purpose of high-lighting and supporting professional, trustworthy, experienced travel agents.
ATAS is about leading an industry and supporting an industry in a way that goes well beyond just regulating it. ATAS is voluntary and this is what will set those who choose to join apart As the onslaught of supplier-direct sales and overseas OTAs heats up, the good thing, the only thing, the most professional thing is ATAS.
ATAS will elevate travel standards and focus at every opportunity on telling consumers why accredited travel agents are superior to other channels.
Australian travel agency owners must make a clear decision over the next few months.
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Computer Programming for Complete Beginners
I initially created this course for my 14-year-old son. However, this does not mean that if you are not close to that age (either way), then it is not for you – there is a double negative (with a negative condition 😛 ) there: everyone is welcome. 🙂 After some recent publicity I am encouraged (see comments below) to enhance and expand the information here.
This course is intended to take someone completely new to (preferably with a healthy curiosity in) computers, and show them what a programmer does. The course aims to quickly (several months) move away from tools that have been dumbed down for beginners up to professional level tools, while keeping the subject itself interesting especially for younger audience. By the end of the course the student will have been introduced to tools that are used by professional developers, as well as giving them an idea of what a professional developer is faced with as part of their daily work.
If you would like to know what makes me qualified to speak on this subject feel free to browse my blog and my resume, and decide for yourself.
The student should have a dedicated computer, preferably a laptop with a wireless card and a CD drive, which will be completely reinstalled – all existing data will be lost – as part of the first lesson. It is not necessary that this be a brand new computer; it is acceptable, in fact preferred, that it be an older used computer. If you do not wish to reinstall the machine there are alternatives, but your work might be a little more cumbersome.
All software will be provided, and it will all be FOSS. I have tested everything under Linux Mint 5 (same as Ubuntu 8.04 LTS – Long Term Support), Linux Mint 7 (same as Ubuntu 9.04), and Edubuntu 9.10 (same as latest Ubuntu). Having said that, there is no reason that this course could not be attempted under any operating system that has a Python port.
Lesson 1: installing your computer
As was already mentioned the course can be attempted with any operating system, even Windows or OS X. However, an alternate choice at this point might make it difficult for the instructor to help you if you run into problems.
- The student will be provided with install media and each should go through a guided install (starts at 47:10) of their machine.
- Explore the system: taskbar, menus, network manager applet, connect to a network via wired or wireless.
- Explore basic software: Internet browser (Firefox), word processor (OpenOffice.org), mail client (Thunderbird / Evolution).
- Administering your system: system updates, finding and installing new software (Synaptic,
At the end of this lesson, the student should know:
- What is the taskbar and what is it showing you.
- How can you tell if you have network connectivity. How do you fix it if you don't.
- How to find applications in the menus.
- How to install new software and update existing software.
Bring a game (or other application) to the next lesson that you installed and present it to others in class.
Lesson 2: programming basics
- Get familiar with the file browser: Nautilus.
- First several lessons of this course are based on the LiveWires course. Download the "worksheets" and the "package". Extract both.
- Find the README file in the package and read through it. There is a lot of information some of which might not make sense at this point – that is OK. The important stuff is under the "INSTALLATION" section.
- You should already have Python on your system.
- You will need to find and install
tkinterfrom Synaptic.
- You do not need
pygameat this point; there is no harm in installing it.
- Once the test in section "Checking it works"[sic] in the README file passes, start on the LiveWires worksheet 1.
At the end of this lesson, the student should know:
- Navigating, finding things, organizing things in the filesystem.
- Extracting "tarballs" (the
- Concepts covered in worksheet 1: variables, errors.
Complete worksheet 1. Bring questions for next time.
Lesson 3: basic IDE
IDE stands for Integrated Development Environment.
IDEs are designed to maximize programmer productivity by providing tightly-knit components with similar user interfaces. This should mean that the programmer has much less mode switching to do than when using discrete development programs. However, because an IDE is by its very nature a complicated piece of software, this high productivity only occurs after a lengthy learning process.[Wikipedia.org]
- Install
idle. This is a very basic IDE written in python.
- Go through LiveWires worksheet 2. If you are struggling with IDLE, then here is some documentation.
At the end of this lesson, the student should know:
- What is an IDE.
- What help does it provide to a developer. (hints: syntax highlighting, command completion, source navigation)
- Concepts covered in worksheet 2: basic input and output, branching, looping.
Complete worksheet 2. Bring questions for next time.
Lesson 4: more programming basics
- Go through LiveWires worksheet 3.
At the end of this lesson, the student should know:
- Concepts covered in worksheet 3: functions.
- Feel reasonably comfortable with everything that has been covered so far.
Complete worksheet 3.
Lesson 5: professional IDE
At this point we are going to start using a professional IDE and in next lessons will continue to pick up additional tools. In the open-source world the IDE of choice is Eclipse.
Eclipse is an open source community, whose projects are focused on building an open development platform comprised of extensible frameworks, tools and runtimes for building, deploying and managing software across the lifecycle.[Eclipse.org]
Lesson 5 alone will probably take you as much as the four previous combined!
- Install and update Eclipse + pydev. Don't worry about Subclipse, for now.
- The difference between development in IDLE and development in Eclipse, is like the difference between riding a bike and driving a car: in the begging give yourself plenty of room to get comfortable with it before taking it out on the road. The Eclipse.org site has several video tutorials on getting started; you can avoid/ignore everything that is Java-specific.
- After you have gone through a few tutorials, see if you can import your previous programs into Eclipse and run them from within Eclipse.
- Go through LiveWires worksheet 4.
At the end of this lesson, the student should know:
- How to switch between views in Eclipse.
- How to reset a view in Eclipse.
- How to start a new project in Eclipse.
- How to run a program in Eclipse.
Remove IDLE (not the programs you created) from your computer. Complete worksheet 4. Bring questions.
Lesson 6: software repository
Once developers have a tool to create software with, they need a place to store keep their creation. If you are a single developer working by yourself, this is usually quite easy. However, once you become part of a team and you get clients with different versions of your software, managing the software somewhere on a disk quickly becomes a nightmare. What you need is a source code management tool.
- Read up on SCM to get a feel for what it does. We will be using Subversion. You do not need to read the whole book (probably ever); quick look through the first two chapters should do. You can definitely skip anything that talks about setting up a server, and only concentrate on the client side.
- Install subclipse if you have not already done so.
- Open an account on SourceForge if you do not already have one. We will create a project for the class that you will connect to. Create a module for each student within that project.
- Go through LiveWires worksheet 5. Expect this one to take a while – take your time.
- Each time you have a significant piece done, and it compiles with no errors and does what it is suppose to, commit it to the repository.
At the end of this lesson, the student should know:
- What does software version control system do for developers?
- Basic concepts of software version control: sandbox, checkin, checkout, update, branch, head.
- As you develop this program, you will run into issues. You should be trying to solve the issues using your IDE: debugging, watches, breakpoints.
- Concepts covered in worksheet 5: objects, manipulating lists.
Continue to work on Robots! from worksheet 5. You will need this finished for the next lesson.
Lesson 7: porting and tracking
One of the things that developers are faced with, is that the world around them continues to develop. New versions of software they depend on will continue to be released, or software may become completely obsolete and they need to rework their program for the next generation of some software. Also new customers may require that their software run on different configurations. This involves porting.
A second consideration, especially when building software in a team, is the importance of planning. Developers are given tasks that generally come from two sources: fix bugs and add new features. All these tasks are kept in some sort of a tracking system. A good tracking system will have a different interface for a developer, who is looking for items he is suppose to work on; a tester, who inputs new bugs into the system; and a manager, who is interested in seeing how the project is progressing. SourceForge uses Trac.
- Install screenlets. Read the what and the how of screenlets. Play around with them. Have a look through the source (in
- Install python-doc and have a look at what is in the python documentation. (
- Get familiar with some of the basics of Trac.
- Create the first Feature Request: "Port your Robots! to screenlets". Break that down into smaller tasks, again in Trac, and start working on the individual tasks.
At the end of this lesson, the student should know:
- The importance of modularizing your code.
- Tracking, prioritizing, and breaking down your work.
See if you can improve the Robots! graphics. See if you can add some of the enhancements mentioned at the end of the Robots! worksheet.
Lesson X: under construction
- APT / deb
- ant
- autobuilds at SourceForge
- Doxygen
- unit tests
- upgrades
Where to go next?
- Join one of the pygame projects as a developer.
- Join a project on SourceForge that is looking for a python developer; you already have an account.
- If you have an artistic side check out Blender and write your own game.
- Learn Java or C++.
- If you are feeling daring you might be able to get paid to code.