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The degree in history and geography was established in Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" at the beginning of the 20th c. After an interruption of several decades, it was reestablished in 1999. Education relies on the joint efforts of the Faculty of History and the Faculty of Geology and Geography. It includes basic theoretical education in history, geology and geography, and pedagogical subjects. The studies cover 4 academic years (8 semesters) and include core courses, optional and supplementary subjects. The list of optional subjects is open and is actualized every year. Students graduate with a written State Examination and acquire the educational and professional degree of Bachelor - Teacher of History and Geography. They can continue their education in the Master's Programs in History, Geography or other degrees in the Humanities and apply for doctoral studies. Graduates can work as teachers, specialists in museums and other research and cultural institutes, which require a Bachelor's degree and knowledge in history and geography.
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Q: How to order records by associaction with has_many I have two tables, authors and books, books have a publishing date, I would like to order authors by the date of their last published book, I was doing this includes(:books).where(blablabla).order('books.published_date DESC') but it breaks kaminari's pagination (8 records per page, 9 to be displayed), I get correct records on the first page, but on the second page I get first two records from the first page plus correct record.

A: Try this:-
Author.includes(:books).where(blablabla).order('books.published_date DESC')

Update 1:-
@authors = Author.includes(:books).where(blablabla).order('books.published_date DESC')
@authors = @authors.page(params[:page)

Hope this may helpful!!

A: You may want to have a look at Yap. You can define an alias for books.published_date and sort by that alias. See the example.
User.joins(:team).paginate(sort: {team: :asc}) # would sort by team.name

Use .includes(:team) if you also need to access any attributes of it to use eager loading.

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Chef Iso was chosen as a winner in the eighth annual Saveur Blog Awards! We received the "Editors' Choice" award in Best Baking and Sweets. Saveur invited all of the finalists to Charleston, South Carolina for an opportunity to meet the people behind the blogs, Instagram accounts, podcasts, and videos shaping the way people think about food.
Out of 30,000 nominations, Chef Iso was selected by Saveur Magazine as a finalist in their annual Blog Awards! Each year, Saveur selects a handful of food-oriented bloggers to feature as the best the Web has to offer in food culture. These individuals, organizations, friends, and families drive the attitudes and culture around food at a grassroots level and it is an honor to be nominated with them.
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Press Release Feb 27, 2015
BLM Resource Management Plan Misses the Mark, Puts Mesa Verde National Park at Risk
Statement by Vanessa Mazal, Colorado Program Manager for the National Parks Conservation Association
Background: The Colorado Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Tres Rios Field Office issued a Record of Decision on its Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) on Friday, February 27.
"After years in the making, the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) believes that the BLM's Tres Rios Field Office's Resource Management Plan unfortunately misses the mark. By failing to uniformly require 'best practice' air quality-related measures for oil and gas permits, Mesa Verde National Park, an internationally recognized UNESCO World Heritage Site, is left with an uncertain future and at risk of negative impacts from current and future projects. Air pollution puts the archaeological structures and artifacts, wildlife, and visitors to Mesa Verde National Park at risk; not to mention residents of surrounding Four Corners communities. As one of our national treasures and as a Class I Airshed under the federal Clean Air Act, there are moral and legal obligations to protecting the air within this national treasure."
"As with many scenarios, the whole is greater than the simple sum of its parts; while potential emission impacts from individual permits may not raise alarm for BLM planners, the cumulative air quality impacts from oil and gas development are taking a serious toll on the national park and the Four Corners region."
"NPCA remains hopeful that BLM will seek the opportunity to ensure more reliable and improved air quality provisions through future proactive planning, as well as stringent implementation activities."
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Bowling Green Barbarians
By David Horowitz–Frontpagemag.com–04/04/05
On March 30, I spoke at Bowling Green State University, a state school in a blue-collar area about thirty miles outside Toledo, whose 20,000 students each pay $15,000-a-year tuition to attend. On election eve 2004, the university through its official activities program put on a showing of Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore's hate film against George Bush and the American liberation of Iraq. This was a fairly typical violation of federal codes by universities like Bowling Green, which, as state institutions, are barred from using their funds and facilities for partisan political activities. But as is generally the case with regard to universities these days, there seem to be no adults around to mind the playground.
The most depressing aspect of my campus visits, however, has been less observing how politically partisan these institutions have become, than glimpsing the individual abusive activities of faculty bullies who betray their professional responsibilities as teacher and use their enormous power over students to ridicule and abuse those whose conservative views they despise. The same professors regularly convert their classroom lecterns into political soapboxes thereby depriving liberal as well as conservative students of a decent education.
These days, the principal theme of my visits to university campuses is to explain to the audiences who come to hear me the difference between education and indoctrination, a distinction that seems to have been lost on the current academic generation. The abuses I have encountered are not even subtle, though no resident official or faculty committee seems to concern itself with the problem. At Columbia University, a civil engineering professor showed Fahrenheit 9/11 to his class in the midst of the presidential campaign. In taking an entire class to show this propaganda film, the professor was obviously not teaching his students civil engineering, or imparting any knowledge he was credentialed to share with them. He was simply inflicting his ignorance and prejudices on an audience that was unable to escape. There is something pathetic in adults who cannot restrain the urge to vent their political frustrations on a captive audience put at their disposal and take advantage of the vulnerability of audiences who in objecting risk ridicule (more frequently inflicted than you would imagine) or – worse – punitive grades that can negatively affect their careers (also more frequent than you would imagine).
At Bowling Green University, a Spanish language professor (whose name I will withhold for the purposes of this piece) reserves a ritual ten minutes or 20 percent of his class time in every class. This time is devoted to what he calls a "political parenthesis," by which he means a class segment in which he allows himself to indulge in tirades against Republicans, George Bush, the war in Iraq, and conservatives generally. In fact, this practice is forbidden by the Faculty Handbook under the section describing "Ethical Responsibilities" of professors. Among these is:
3) The responsibility to state clearly the objectives of the courses taught, to direct the instruction toward the fulfillment of these objectives, and to avoid the persistent intrusion of material irrelevant to the established course definition or apart from the faculty member's area of scholarly competence. (Emphasis added.)
George Bush's policies and the war in Iraq are obviously not part of a Spanish language professor's "area of scholarly competence." A similar injunction using virtually identical language would bar the showing of Fahrenheit 9/11 in a civil engineering class at Columbia. Both ethical principles that would restrict professorial classroom discourse to the area of scholarly competence are completely ignored in universities like Bowling Green and Columbia. This is why I have launched a campaign for an Academic Bill of Rights, which includes an appeal to legislatures to remind universities of their responsibility to implement their own established professional codes of conduct.
As indefensible and offensive as the professor's "political parenthesis" may be, it is only the tip of the iceberg of the general debasement of the academic enterprise by radical faculty on campuses like Bowling Green's. At every school I have visited over the last 15 years – more than 300 in all – there are entire departments in the Liberal Arts divisions of these colleges exclusively devoted to non-academic activities and dedicated in particular to indoctrinating students in the ideologies of tenured radicals.
These courses are generally interdisciplinary and are ideological in their very conception (and often in their self-description), bearing little relation to the other parts of the same university – the hard sciences and professional schools – on which the school's prestige is almost entirely based. There is nothing academic about curricula that insist on one ideological perspective and regard their mission as one of training and indoctrinating students in that politically correct view.
Among the departments which adhere to this institutional model are Women's Studies, Ethnic Studies, American Studies, Cultural Studies, Peace Studies, and other easily identified disciplines. The text for a basic Ethnic Studies course at Bowling Green, for example, is Howard Zinn's communist cartoon, A People's History of the United States. Students are instructed that American history reflects a racist, sexist, capitalist and imperialist society governed by a corporate ruling class. An American Studies course uses different left-wing texts but follows the same pattern of presenting American history as the history of racism and oppression with no attempt made to consider alternate viewpoints or to examine the issues of American history from perspectives that would challenge this Marxist caricature, an exercise that would be a standard component of an education in generations past. As at other schools, undergraduates at Bowling Green cannot avoid these indoctrination courses, because students are compelled to take a sampling of them (at least four on the Bowling Green campus) in order to fulfill their "multicultural" requirement.
When I arrived on the Bowling Green campus, I was forewarned that the atmosphere was not going to be hospitable by the school paper, which had run an editorial about my speech that evening. Introducing me as a former leftist whose views are now "staunchly right wing," the editorial continued:
Despite objections to Horowitz and his ideologies, the BG News feels it to be important to hear this man speak. Noam Chomsky once said of a pro-Nazi professor, "I don't support the things he says, but I support his right to say them." It is with this attitude that we encourage students to attend Horowitz's lecture.
In other words, if an authority whom we respect like Noam Chomsky (a writer who regularly compares the United States to Hitler's Germany) thinks it is all right to allow a pro-Nazi professor speak, then the Bowling Green community should allow conservative students (who resemble Nazis) to invite Horowitz. The previous night I had spoken at Skidmore College, where a Professor of Psychology had publicly referred to the College Republicans as "America's future fascists." Conservative students at universities generally are treated as second-class citizens, a situation which my Academic Bill of Rights is designed to correct.
The Republican students at Bowling Green had scheduled my speech as part of "Republican Week," just as the Skidmore students had arranged my appearance as a feature of their "Conservative Challenge Week," an attempt to break out of their marginalized situation and confront the stigma that had been placed on them as conservatives. This stigma is enforced by the general atmosphere of intolerance towards conservatives that prevails on these campuses and that is encouraged by faculty radicals and tolerated by administrations too intimidated by the same faculties to observe the common decencies they have otherwise made into a collegiate religion under the banners of diversity and "respect for difference."
I had already been told by my conservative student hosts that there was a demonstration planned for my arrival. At the entrance to Olscamp Hall, where the event was scheduled to take place, I saw a crowd of about twenty members of the Revolutionary Communist Party chanting, "George Bush and David Horowitz Get Out of the Way, Christian, Fascist, USA." Nonetheless, the hall filled up with more than 200 people among whom I would guess 50 – including half a dozen Bowling Green professors — shared the enthusiasms of the Revolutionary Communists, cheering the name "Ward Churchill" when it came up, and signaling in other ways that they were there to protest rather than to listen to my speech.
I opened by observing that I hoped they enjoyed the chanting, and that I regarded it as one of the basic principles of Academic Freedom that individuals should have the right to embarrass themselves in public. I was not about to play passive victim and probably contributed in my unwillingness to do so to the fireworks that erupted periodically during the evening. The Spanish language professor with the "political parentheses" was there and flinched when I mentioned his ritual, but said nothing. The American Studies professor was also there and shouted out from the audience something to the effect that I made too much money. "If you had my talents, maybe you might earn as much," I retorted to the obvious pleasure of the students who had invited me and who were the real targets of the attacks on my presence.
It was the writer D.H. Lawrence who remarked that the intellectual life was "rooted in envy, envy and spite," and I had given the professors present cause to be upset. Once the interruptions began, causing me to lose my train of thought as I responded, I realized that reflective intellectual discourse was going to be impossible and turned to polemic. Addressing the tenured radicals in the audience, I reminded them that schools had once been the ladders of opportunity for the poor. My own grandfather had come to this country with nothing, and earned $3 a week as a tailor, remaining poor his entire life. But the family had sent my father to public school and on to City College, a free school as well, and he had become a teacher enabling our family to enter the middle class.
But all that had changed. The tuition at Bowling Green — $15,000 a year -denied working class youngsters in the Toledo area the opportunity to get a shot at the American dream. "Eighty percent of the school budget is salaries," I said. "You make between $60,000 and $100,000 a year. You teach on average two courses and spend six hours a week in class. You work eight months out of the year and have four months paid vacation. And every seven years you get ten months paid vacation. If you are really as concerned about the working class as you pretend, why don't you volunteer to teach four courses and twelve hours a week and lower the tuition costs for these kids?"
When my talk was over I took questions and rants for about an hour. Many of the Revolutionary Communists came to the microphone to amuse those present whose sanity was still intact. A man claiming to be a documentary filmmaker and Howard Zinn's hagiographer came up to defend Zinn's reputation against my charge that he was a "Stalinist." According to this man, Zinn had written articles critical of Stalin. Well, yes, now that Stalin's dead. Actually Zinn's preposterous "history" book – required reading at Bowling Green – still maintains that Stalin's well-documented aggression in Korea was actually an American aggression, just as the Communists had maintained fifty years ago. At one point the Zinn fan claimed that the United States was 41st in the world in infant mortality rates. "Should we be happy about that?" he declaimed to the Communists in the audience. Then he began chanting "We're 41! We're 41!"
The lunacies continued into the book signing and one on one encounters afterwards, as the larger crowd began filing out. A distraught woman who said she was a bio-ethics professor got in my face as I was making my way to the door, claiming I was maligning her and her professor husband by saying that they only worked eight months out of the year and had a four month paid vacation at her students' expense. "Well," I replied, what do you do between the middle of May when finals are over and the end of September when school re-opens?" "I write my research papers," she said in a tone so belligerent and richly indignant that I realized the conversation was hopeless. I would never break through that thick skin of "progressive" self-righteousness. "Oh," I said, "in other words you use the time to work for yourself, at the students' expense." "This is a research university!" she practically cried, while we headed for the exits, leaving me to wonder what she did with the time she had free seven hours of every working day, and eight hours of the two days she wasn't even in class during every week of the school year.
Editorial Note: It appears students at Bowling Green were likewise embarrassed by the antics of the Revolutionary Communist Party…and the professoriate. See the article "Response to Speaker was Rude, Immature" in The BG News. — The Editors.
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package types

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/gravitational/trace"
	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"

	"github.com/gravitational/teleport/api/constants"
)

// TestAppPublicAddrValidation tests PublicAddr field validation to make sure that
// an app with internal "kube." ServerName prefix won't be created.
func TestAppPublicAddrValidation(t *testing.T) {
	type check func(t *testing.T, err error)

	hasNoErr := func() check {
		return func(t *testing.T, err error) {
			require.NoError(t, err)
		}
	}
	hasErrTypeBadParameter := func() check {
		return func(t *testing.T, err error) {
			require.IsType(t, &trace.BadParameterError{}, err.(*trace.TraceErr).OrigError())
		}
	}

	tests := []struct {
		name       string
		publicAddr string
		check      check
	}{
		{
			name:       "kubernetes app",
			publicAddr: "kubernetes.example.com:3080",
			check:      hasNoErr(),
		},
		{
			name:       "kubernetes app public addr without port",
			publicAddr: "kubernetes.example.com",
			check:      hasNoErr(),
		},
		{
			name:       "kubernetes app http",
			publicAddr: "http://kubernetes.example.com:3080",
			check:      hasNoErr(),
		},
		{
			name:       "kubernetes app https",
			publicAddr: "https://kubernetes.example.com:3080",
			check:      hasNoErr(),
		},
		{
			name:       "public address with internal kube ServerName prefix",
			publicAddr: "kube.example.com:3080",
			check:      hasErrTypeBadParameter(),
		},
		{
			name:       "https public address with internal kube ServerName prefix",
			publicAddr: "https://kube.example.com:3080",
			check:      hasErrTypeBadParameter(),
		},
	}

	for _, tc := range tests {
		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
			_, err := NewAppV3(Metadata{
				Name: "TestApp",
			}, AppSpecV3{
				PublicAddr: tc.publicAddr,
				URI:        "localhost:3080",
			})
			tc.check(t, err)
		})
	}
}

func TestAppServerSorter(t *testing.T) {
	t.Parallel()

	testValsUnordered := []string{"d", "b", "a", "c"}

	makeServers := func(testVals []string, testField string) []AppServer {
		servers := make([]AppServer, len(testVals))
		for i := 0; i < len(testVals); i++ {
			testVal := testVals[i]
			var err error
			servers[i], err = NewAppServerV3(Metadata{
				Name: "_",
			}, AppServerSpecV3{
				HostID: "_",
				App: &AppV3{
					Metadata: Metadata{
						Name:        getTestVal(testField == ResourceMetadataName, testVal),
						Description: getTestVal(testField == ResourceSpecDescription, testVal),
					},
					Spec: AppSpecV3{
						URI:        "_",
						PublicAddr: getTestVal(testField == ResourceSpecPublicAddr, testVal),
					},
				},
			})
			require.NoError(t, err)
		}
		return servers
	}

	cases := []struct {
		name      string
		fieldName string
	}{
		{
			name:      "by name",
			fieldName: ResourceMetadataName,
		},
		{
			name:      "by description",
			fieldName: ResourceSpecDescription,
		},
		{
			name:      "by publicAddr",
			fieldName: ResourceSpecPublicAddr,
		},
	}

	for _, c := range cases {
		c := c
		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s desc", c.name), func(t *testing.T) {
			sortBy := SortBy{Field: c.fieldName, IsDesc: true}
			servers := AppServers(makeServers(testValsUnordered, c.fieldName))
			require.NoError(t, servers.SortByCustom(sortBy))
			targetVals, err := servers.GetFieldVals(c.fieldName)
			require.NoError(t, err)
			require.IsDecreasing(t, targetVals)
		})

		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s asc", c.name), func(t *testing.T) {
			sortBy := SortBy{Field: c.fieldName}
			servers := AppServers(makeServers(testValsUnordered, c.fieldName))
			require.NoError(t, servers.SortByCustom(sortBy))
			targetVals, err := servers.GetFieldVals(c.fieldName)
			require.NoError(t, err)
			require.IsIncreasing(t, targetVals)
		})
	}

	// Test error.
	sortBy := SortBy{Field: "unsupported"}
	servers := makeServers(testValsUnordered, "does-not-matter")
	require.True(t, trace.IsNotImplemented(AppServers(servers).SortByCustom(sortBy)))
}

func TestAppIsAWSConsole(t *testing.T) {
	tests := []struct {
		name               string
		uri                string
		assertIsAWSConsole require.BoolAssertionFunc
	}{
		{
			name:               "AWS Standard",
			uri:                "https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/v2/home",
			assertIsAWSConsole: require.True,
		},
		{
			name:               "AWS China",
			uri:                "https://console.amazonaws.cn/console/home",
			assertIsAWSConsole: require.True,
		},
		{
			name:               "AWS GovCloud (US)",
			uri:                "https://console.amazonaws-us-gov.com/console/home",
			assertIsAWSConsole: require.True,
		},
		{
			name:               "Region based not supported yet",
			uri:                "https://us-west-1.console.aws.amazon.com",
			assertIsAWSConsole: require.False,
		},
		{
			name:               "Not an AWS Console URL",
			uri:                "https://hello.world",
			assertIsAWSConsole: require.False,
		},
	}

	for _, test := range tests {
		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
			app, err := NewAppV3(Metadata{
				Name: "aws",
			}, AppSpecV3{
				URI: test.uri,
			})
			require.NoError(t, err)

			test.assertIsAWSConsole(t, app.IsAWSConsole())
		})
	}
}

func TestApplicationGetAWSExternalID(t *testing.T) {
	t.Parallel()

	tests := []struct {
		name               string
		appAWS             *AppAWS
		expectedExternalID string
	}{
		{
			name: "not configured",
		},
		{
			name: "configured",
			appAWS: &AppAWS{
				ExternalID: "default-external-id",
			},
			expectedExternalID: "default-external-id",
		},
	}

	for _, test := range tests {
		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
			app, err := NewAppV3(Metadata{
				Name: "aws",
			}, AppSpecV3{
				URI: constants.AWSConsoleURL,
				AWS: test.appAWS,
			})
			require.NoError(t, err)

			require.Equal(t, test.expectedExternalID, app.GetAWSExternalID())
		})
	}
}

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The Rock Creek Retreat in Western Montana, a vacation cabin near the Blue Ribbon trout stream, Rock Creek. Our challenge was to create a web presence for this luxury vacation home with the goal of increasing nightly rentals for an out of state owner.
First, we secured an SEO friendly url, Rock-Creek-Retreat.com and web hosting by Go Daddy. We structured an outline of a new website that focused on answering questions of potential guests and was visually enticing. Next, we staged the interior of the home, captured numerous images and shots video clips of the home's interior. We wrote the pages of content for the website, created slideshows, created a video tour, and published the website. We submitted the URL to major search engines and optimized the website to rank well in search inquiries.
The owner will use the images for advertising efforts on VRBO.com and other vacation rental websites.


At Gilbert + Tobin we think that, as lawyers, we are the housekeepers of the legal method. Or the impact may be worse than that: not counting clinical function may in fact hurt the general pro bono work law students make. The American Bar Association deemed the last week of October as National Pro Bono Celebration." The Young Lawyers Division has completed our portion to celebrate and promote community service and pro bono operate.
Search possibilities within affiliate entities to use their abilities and knowledge to supply pro bono legal assistance to Missouri citizens who cannot afford an lawyer. Lawyers have usually donated a portion of their time to pro bono perform, but in the United States the demand for legal services from men and women who can not afford to employ an attorney has grown because the 1960s. The names of the lawyers chosen for this honor will also be recognized in the Missouri Bar's weekly electronic publication, ESQ. The decision to undertake pro bono operate is entirely voluntary and at the discretion of the practitioner or firm.
Is an on-line legal community that offers information and resources for pro bono attorneys, legal help attorneys, public defenders, and other legal advocates interested in growing access to justice. It is most likely that there are other Oklahoma programs, sponsored by neighborhood bar associations, law schools, and others. In 2013-2014, 189 students completed 9,174 hours of pro bono service on 30 projects.
At all stages all through their career many lawyers regard Pro Bono Legal Work as an integral portion of getting a member of the legal profession, in delivering access to justice and meeting unmet legal want. The State Bar of Georgia Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency (CCLC), the State Bar of Georgia, ICLE in Georgia, and the State Bar of Georgia Pro Bono Resource Center group up to help attorneys in Georgia meet their continuing legal education specifications and give a boost to pro bono. Meanwhile, and most clearly, pro bono perform isn't purely for the public good if it is essential.
The video was designed ― pro bono ― by Larry Wiezycki, a member of the media group at the law firm of James, Hoyer, Newcomer & Smiljanich, P.A. In addition, the HCBA's Young Lawyers Division hosted a luncheon focused on pro bono and neighborhood service opportunities. There are pro bono referral schemes and organisations in each and every state and territory in Australia. As another commenter pointed out, the reality that she is paid for her function signifies that – if pro bono function should be completed solely for the public great – she is carrying out no pro bono function at all.


If you've ever seen Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, you'll remember long scenes like this one, in complete and utter silence. Of course, that's because they happen in the vacuum of outer space, and sound is a dance that air molecules do. Air and outer space don't mix.
But life on earth is a constant barrage of molecules dancing this way and that, and the way that we detect these air disturbances is through our ears. And since we human-folk seem to get the greatest joy from naming and measuring the world around us, we shouldn't be surprised there's a whole field of study concerning the intensity of these air movements.


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Moths recently released their new single "Unbound", from their forthcoming album, "Space Force" (out August 12th) and to celebrate we asked Damaris Rodriguez to tell us about the track. Here is the story:
Unbound was the first Moths song I wrote the lyrics to. At that time, I had only been performing the songs that were written by the previous singer. I had written the lyrics for several songs before but for my previous band, which were more into horror literature, the environment, and social stuff. I don't really have a recipe for writing a song. Sometimes I come up with the melody first and then write the lyrics according to the melody's metric. Other times I just start writing about something and adjust the lyrics to the melody I want to hear. I had no idea what I wanted to write about now or where exactly the band was headed towards, so I was secretly at a loss. I wanted to do something really good. I was the newest member, so you know, I had to look good here.
This one day the guys show up for rehearsal with the main idea for the music. I just sat there on the floor and listened to it. Eyes closed, wondering. As the music reached what was later the chorus, it just hit me: I want it all. Those were the exact words that came to my mind, together with the melody, both of which were kept intact in the final product. It was a strong riff full of attitude that just got to me. I couldn't tell where this was going or what exactly it was that I wanted. I just knew at the time I wanted it all. (laughs) The rest of the lyrics were born from just that phrase. It's all about unbinding from all the daily tiring social conventions you must hold and keep up with. Overcoming the obstacles, we put for ourselves in order to thrive with the rest. All the energy invested in doing as others want, is finally free for doing whatever it is you want.
When I had the lyrics to this song nearly done, there remained one small part that I found weirdly instrumental, just begging to become a transition. But I was blocked. I left it there brewing for a little while. Then one day my boss back then started teasing me about how my co-workers were throwing all their hate at me for these ideas I was suggesting. He said something along the lines of "can you feel the pressure of everyone in the room just staring at you? Is the room becoming smaller?" And that was the most beautiful thing anyone had ever said to me at that moment. It inspired the verses: "Threading slow on thin ice. Pressure threatens my resolve. Room shrinks, daggers ready. Come forth and loose it all". I had just completed my song and was all too happy to care.
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El Toro named best Wooden Coaster in the U.S.
JACKSON, NJ—January 6, 2014-- About.com's travel and theme park expert Arthur Levine just named Six Flags Great Adventure's El Toro the No. 1 wooden coaster in North America.
El Toro's 4,400 feet of track and nine airtime hills deliver two intense minutes that can be compared to riding a raging bull. The thrill machine has wowed adrenaline junkies at the Jackson, NJ theme park since 2006, and still ranks as one of the tallest and fastest wooden coasters in the world. El Toro has taken top honors as "the world's best wooden coaster" according to Amusement Today during its esteemed "Golden Ticket" awards in 2013, and an additional "world's best wooden coaster" title on Mitch Hawker's internet coaster poll in 2012.
"How wonderful is El Toro? It just may be the finest ride, period, among all wooden and steel thrill machines. The first time I rode it, I was flabbergasted by its relentless and powerful airtime. My guess is that you will be also," Levine wrote on About.com.
In addition to El Toro's accolades, two additional thrill rides at Six Flags Great Adventure continue to receive the highest steel roller coaster honors: the 23-story, 80-mph Nitro and the 45-story, 128-mph Kingda Ka.
Six Flags Great Adventure will reopen for the 2014 season April 12. In late spring, Six Flags Great Adventure will shatter the world record for tallest drop ride with the addition of the 41-story Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom, currently under construction.
Connected to the iconic Kingda Ka roller coaster—the 456-foot monster that ranks as the world's tallest coaster and fastest in North America—Zumanjaro will hoist riders 415 feet into the sky and rocket them back to Earth at 90 miles per hour while Kingda Ka trains launch right toward them at speeds of up to 128 miles per hour.
"Zumanjaro solidifies Six Flags Great Adventure's dominance as the Northeast's thrill capital," said John Fitzgerald, park president. "This is precisely the world-class, record-breaking attraction our guests have come to expect from Great Adventure. Zumanjaro is destined to top many 'must ride' lists in 2014."
The park will also debut a new baboon exhibit in the theme park, and Six Flags Hurricane Harbor will expand its first-class cabana rental service with the introduction of Cabana Cove and the addition of a tiki bar.
Six Flags season passes are now on sale for the 2014 season and provide unlimited visits and exclusive perks. For more information, visit www.sixflags.com/greatadventure or call 732/928-1821.


The world wide web as we all know it is moving faster than ever. With new apps, websites, portals, payment methods, cryptocurrencies and combined with the power of mobile, a lot of companies are on the hunt for the big new thing that will impact the market and their profit. In 2019, these factors will surely grow both from a market point of view but also (and most importantly) from a development one. Let's analyze why everyone should be a front-end developer in 2019, in order to better fill in these gaps.
In order to better understand how impactful the whole e-Commerce world is, we should state the fact that Amazon by itself is 20% of the worldwide commercial income. That means that 20% of the entire world's purchases are just Amazon-related. If this number wasn't big enough already, we should also consider the fact that Amazon is tangibly expanding its horizons, acquiring companies and triple-A creative studios in both arts and movies. With this in mind, being able to create, manage and optimize an online portal in 2019 will be a required skill in many marketing offices, therefore, being able to understand how the whole matter works will definitely help.
Everyone nowadays has a smartphone. Some are saying that these devices are controlling our existences, and they are not totally wrong. Many iOS app development and Android app development companies are in fact actively looking for front-end developers and architecture software engineers in order to create apps and tools which are able to implement desktop features within a mobile realm.
Given the fact that Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, combined with Machine Learning and other deep learning applications are probably the biggest focuses in the technology field, it's easy to understand how and why a figure who's able to implement such embryonic and experimental technologies into a web-based environment could be incredibly impactful in the next couple of years.
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Yorkshire Dales author Hannah Russell has penned another book about 28 inches high pony, Little Alf. Most of you will know Little Alf as the cheeky miniature Shetland who has a series of books about him by author and owner Hannah.
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Last year his true story was published with 'Little Brown Publishing' in London. 'Little Alf the true story of a pint-sized pony who had found his forever home' which was a best seller on Amazon.
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The original text based adventure with hints
Infocom was one of the largest developers of text based adventure games, and this was achieved by producing both a lot of game, but also by producing diverse and intriguing adventures. Another plus to their line of text based adventures was the parser, the manner in which the natural language commands were interpreted, which was very sturdy and was a lot more easy to get used to. But, even so, many found it difficult to play such games, mostly because the player could easily get lost. Thus, the repackaging of these games in the Solid Gold version tried to tackle this problem by including within the games a set of hints, that made playing a lot easier, especially for new players to the genre. At any rate, in Planetfall, you play as a janitor that manages to escape unharmed from the debris of a starship that had been caught in a disaster. And thus, the game starts on a planet that seems to be mainly desert. From there on you have to make your way through and, with a bit of luck escape it. Thus, Planetfall (Solid Gold) is a Sci Fi game that doesn't mind taking itself less seriously, as there is humor in it, much in the style of the Space Quest series. But, nevertheless, the game has its own identity and its own feel and even lesser fans of text based adventures will find it both easier to sink into as well as well produced.
Scary text based adventure ion an alien planet
Planetfall manages to capture the excitement of its setting really well, with nice, often time quite verbose descriptions of the locales, but it gets the tone right more often than not. The starship Stellar Patrol will be your initial starting point, but later on your adventure will take you very different places, as the ship manages to blow and you escape in a pod with seconds to spare. Later on, you will adventure on the planet where you've crash landed, and there you'll be caught in lots of survival situations, and will have to solve all sort of puzzles. So, with a nice, story, with a challenging but not too obtuse set of puzzles and good overall hints, the game manages to create an equilibrated experience. Fans of the genre will find that graph paper is not an absolute necessity for this one, though a journal might help at times, or rather, a good walkthrough. But, if you're really experienced, this game will surely offer you a great deal of fun, to keep your imagination working full tilt until the very end.
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One of the most common mistakes by property developers in hot markets or with premium properties is the misconception that a fast sell-out is good. It's often hard for real estate sales people whose mantra follow's the ABC's (always be closing) to understand the big picture, or more importantly the bottom line.
Property projects remain fairly finite investments and the quantum rules are how much does it cost to build and how much can you sell it for? Recently a project in Phuket in a prime location did a rapid-fire launch of a new development and the result was a quick sell out. Was this really a success? In many ways, given the two year time period it will take to construct and the potential for higher yielding sales the answer is not that black and white.
Looking between the lines, for developers who are cash flow motivated and undertaking multiple ventures the ability to re-cycle capital is important. You also have to look at the cost of money, be it internal or external financing.
Yet, one of the oldest adages in the world of sales, it's that it's always easy to sell cheap. Leaving too much money on the table is never a good idea, and in Thailand where speculation by investment buyers who will flip prior to completion with good levels of profit means the developer has lost out.
How do you avoid the pitfalls of shall we call it premature sell-outs? Undertaking an off market sale to existing clients to gauge demand is one way. Another is to phase the project. Ideally during a development cycle the ability to raise pricing in line with demand remains the tried and trusted way, but if you have already sold out, the price increase have flown out the window along with a great deal of incremental profit that could have bolstered the bottom line.


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Since his early exposure to video game consoles and computers–an Atari at 5, a Commodore 64 at 7, and an Amiga at 13–Mert Keskin, better known as Haydiroket, has always felt drawn to the digital world. Having access to a personal computer at a young age, he unleashed his potential when he began creating digital artworks for Damascene groups in the mid '90s. His work resembles the aesthetic of 8-bit color graphics seen on early Nintendo, Sega an Commodore devices.
Mert Keskin is a digital artist living in Istanbul. His main mediums are GIF, Video and Collage. His works have been presented in the Museum of the Moving Image, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum.
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The Second World War changed the lives of millions of men, women and children. Nearly 2 million children were evacuated over the course of the war and each child was given a variety of items to help them through the war.
This Second World War memorabilia pack contains replicas of everyday items from World War II such as an evacuation handbill, information leaflets and a junior ration book.


11. Discuss the theme of blindness.
12. Discuss Flaubert's use of symbolism.
13. What is Flaubert's attitude toward the middle class?
14. Analyze Charles Bovary's character; give both negative and positive aspects.


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20.05.06 Briar Cliff Announces Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient
Briar Cliff Announces Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient
By Dept. of Marketing & Communications
Briar Cliff University announced on Friday the recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award is Matt Holmes.
The Distinguished Alumni Award is presented each year to a Briar Cliff alumnus who lives a life reflective of the Catholic, Franciscan values; excels in professional activities reflecting skills taught at Briar Cliff; and demonstrates personal commitment to Briar Cliff in the form of hours, generosity or ideas.
Holmes received his Bachelor of Arts from Briar Cliff in 2000 with a major in management. As an ordained and commissioned pastor, he currently serves at Sunnybrook Community Church, in Sioux City, Iowa as a Next Gen, College, Young Adults and Marriage Ministry Director. Over this career, he has held coaching positions with Briar Cliff University, Sioux City West High School and serves as a volunteer head boys basketball coach for 17 and under Arena Basketball Club. Holmes is an Academic and Athletic All-American College Basketball Player and a 2008 Briar Cliff University Athletic Hall of Fame of Inductee.
Holmes is a passionate believer in the importance to develop spiritual relationships through counseling, life coaching, mentoring and discipleship evidenced through his commitment to service. He helped establish a Bible Study called "The Rock," ministering to college students. Holmes also serves as a Board member for the Northwest Iowa Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Youth Advisory Council. He has volunteered as a keynote speaker at the Ron Brown I-Can Camp and Career, College and Leadership Conference Presenter and National TRIO Day. Holmes also coordinates Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University™.
Holmes was one of thirty nationally recognized Crystal Apple Award Winners in 2005 and 2006; recognized as the top 10% with the National Professional Recognition of Integrity Dedication and Excellence Recipient; recognized as Jobs for America's Graduates National '5 of 5' recognition, and Jobs for America's Graduates National Outstanding Achievement Award Winner.
"He lives out the gospel in his everyday life. He serves his family consistently, his friends, and hundreds and hundreds of college students every day," said peers as through their nomination for Holmes. "He serves. He loves. He puts others before himself. He is a true man of God. He shines the light of Jesus into others. That is the biggest achievement of all."
Holmes and his wife, Jill, 2002 Briar Cliff University alumnae, reside in Siouxland with their five children.
Briar Cliff Alumni Awards are typically recognized during the annual Briar Cliff Toast to the Tassel, where graduates are celebrated and welcomed to the alumni community. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Briar Cliff Toast to the Tassel in person event was moved to a virtual celebration.
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Our feelings hold a large significance on how we make decisions. Though it's something that we don't exercise enough.
Instead, our senses are dulled. We're distracted. We're driven by our thoughts - which for most people are largely based on assumptions rather than fact. We're also humans that are bound by imagined obligation.
Getting back to our feelings can give us remarkable insight on how we live and what's truly important to us.
When we take notice, we may call into question many parts of our lives, jobs, friendships and our personal and professional relationships.
The ultimate reward - we spend less time pleasing others. We give more attention on our unique interests and the parts of our lives that bring us fulfilment.


Writing towards wholeness and finding the courage to become who I am meant to be.
Welcome to one of my favorite traditions of the year! My annual recap of things I loved, liked, learned and lost…I actually don't think there's anything I lost on this list, I was just going for the alliteration.
Every year I do this on my birthday. It's like a digital scrapbook. It's fun to go back and read past ones, starting at my 22nd year of life and see that A. I've actually been blogging that long…what?!?! B. So many things are still the same. C. So many things are very different. D. I'm thankful for this tradition and the rhythm of reflection it initiates.
1.) I have a new niece! I'm officially an auntie to 7 blood nieces and nephews and a few other nieces and nephews-in-love and it's just the best. Makes Christmas more expensive and I'm racking up those airline credit card points, but it's worth it.
2.) I started the practice of lighting candles every day as a way to be present and center myself.
3.) I became gluten free. Ugh. I could go on, but who likes the person that talks incessantly about their food allergies. No one, that's who.
4.) Two of my friends and I moved a literal tree that fell across a road that was blocking our path to get to a conference. It was raining, one of us had a boot cast on and it was dark. At one point I said, "we can't do this." Sara looked at me and said, "Don't say we can't because we can." And then we moved the tree. Now we have a new life mantra and don't worry, we can draw so many life metaphors from this experience.
5.) Tried using an all electronic calendar system. Didn't work. Paper planners for life!
6.) Sought to learn from and listen to more non-white people and those of the global majority especially black and indigenous women. Really was confronted with my own racism and what it means to truly engage in anti-racism work and what it means to do my own work of uprooting that racism and white supremacy in my own life. Part of this is learning that discomfort is a gift and it's okay to be uncomfortable. Some people I've learned a lot from this year: Rachel Ricketts, Rachel Cargle, Christena Cleveland, Layla Saad, Kaitlin Curtice, Saira Siddiqui and Austin Channing Brown. Listen to them, learn from them, and compensate them for their work.
7.) I bought a new to me car. I love it and am grateful for it every day.
8.) I signed up for TSA pre-check. Best decision I made all year. I did a lot of traveling this year and TSA pre-check was a game changer.
9.) I went on a great vacation to one of the best places on Earth (Northern Michigan) with most my family except for the Chapman's because they were busy having a baby (Refer to point #1). The WHOLE family was together for Christmas…16 people under one roof. We just love each other even more after all that time together…also, we now all currently have colds.
10.) I began a job as the Assistant Director of Coach Approach Inc. and Day 7 Ministries. We help nonprofit professionals and pastors get connected to self-care resources so they can lead healthy and sustainable lives. I also went back to my marketing job for a couple months to cover for my former boss' maternity leave. And was trained in a new role as a Search Specialist with Ministry Architects. I'm grateful for all that I can learn from my various employment opportunities!
11.) Some movies and TV watched: Black Panther, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Avengers, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Queer Eye, Outlander, Supergirl, The Hate U Give, Son of Patricia - Trevor Noah, Patriot Act with Hasan Minaj.
12.) I went to Argentina with a group of Trevecca students. I know I can't know exactly what it's like being a mom, but leading a group of college students across the world definitely gives me a glimpse.
13.) My business is alive and well. I get so much joy out of everything I get to do with Abby Buter Coaching. I was able to speak, lead workshops, work with organizations, host retreats and meet with clients one-on-one this year. I will never take for granted the honor it is to walk alongside others and hold space for them as they learn more about themselves.
14.) Lake Michigan will always be my peace place and center me. I was in Chicago for a conference and I was wandering around outside. I didn't realize we were so close to the lake and as soon as I turned a corner and saw the lake, it's like my soul was home (even though we all know that's not the good side of Lake Michigan…). It's kinda weird, but mostly magical.
15.) I packed a carry on for a ten day trip across three climates and three cities. One of my greatest accomplishments this year.
16.) ASMR Harry Potter rooms. Look it up. Listen to it when you have to concentrate or relax. You're welcome.
17.) I realized I love wearing lipstick. You can feel like you're falling apart, but a good, bold, red lip brings it all together.
18.) Some podcasts I listened to: The Popcast with Knox and Jamie, Doctor Death, 36 Questions, Truth's Table, Code Switch.
19.) I learned what it meant to show inner hospitality to all the parts of myself. The good, the bad, the ugly, the beautiful, the shadow, the light…they're all a part of me. Showing them hospitality and acknowledging them has led to so much healing and growth for me.
20.) I saw Hamilton again. Worth. Every. Single. Penny.
21.) I continued going to spiritual direction monthly. If I had to point to one decision and regular rhythm that has made the greatest impact on my life the last four years, going to spiritual direction would be it.
22.) I found the Imaginarium community. I could write a lot of words about this. But all I'll say for now is this is a community and people I've been looking for and I'm so grateful.
23.) Some books I read: Anam Cara by John O'Donohue, Becoming by Michelle Obama, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y'all Don't Even Know by Retta, What is the Bible by Rob Bell, Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi, We're Going to Need More Wine by Gabreille Union, Whisper by Lynette Noni, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini, The Glittering Court Series by Richelle Mead. I read a lot…I tried to shorten this list, which this is the shortened list. I just really liked all these books.
24.) I went to Ireland! It was beautiful and magical. It has a special feel to it that's hard to explain. I loved it.
26.) Some music I listened to: Johnnyswim, Hamilton, Avett Brothers, Janelle Monae and the radio.
27.) Went to NYC to celebrate Jenn's 30th! It is my favorite city and I just love it! I'm going back next weekend to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (ah!!). If you would like to witness how terrible I am at saying no, ask me to go to NYC with you. I'll always find a way.
28.) Attended the Evolving Faith, Liturgists Gathering, the Festival of Faith and Writing and a few Enneagram workshops - these were all significant experiences for different reasons. The content, the speakers, the people I got to attend with and just the overall experience was special.
29.) I stopped writing this year. I guess for a lot of reasons. But I learned that I'm more fully alive and human when I'm writing. It's like breathing to me. So the plan is to start that as a daily practice again.
30.) My word of the year was abundance. I shed a lot of my scarcity mindsets and saw abundance around every corner in many ways.
I loved being 30. I think I'm going to love being 31 too. My word for the year is Intentional and I'm excited about what's ahead.
Here's to year 31 and all the cups of happy!
It's time for one of my favorite things of the year! I've always thought of this post as a digital scrapbook of my life and it's been fun to hear others mention to me that they like to see it too. I'm especially excited about this birthday because I turn 30!
I know some people dread this birthday, but I'm excited about it. I think getting older is a beautiful thing that brings more and more wisdom to your life. And I hear your 30's are pretty great, so I'm looking forward to it!
1. So many babies. Are we surprised this is my #1? My two nieces were born this year, Opal Kay and Natalie Grace, we officially added three nephews when my sister got married, and then a couple friends who are pretty much family had babies too. So basically I became an auntie like 8 times over this year and I love every second of it.
2. I was on a podcast!! This was a dream come true. I'm hoping that there's more of these in my future. I was on the Our Daily Rest podcast talking about self-care and the Enneagram. You can listen to it here.
3. The Skimm. Do you read this? If you don't you should and here's a link to sign up for it. You're welcome. It's a daily email that skims the news and helps you stay informed, but not overwhelmed.
4. I renewed my passport in January just because it was going to expire and a couple weeks later I get a call and was asked...do you have a passport? I was offered the chance to lead a trip of Trevecca students to Croatia. It was one of my favorite parts of the year! I met beautiful people and spent time in a beautiful country. It's a trip that will forever stay with me.
5. At any given time this year I was working 3-5 jobs. Life of an entrepreneur/new business owner I guess. It can be overwhelming at times, but I actually really like it. Every day is different and I love the flexibility.
Movie: Wonder Woman, The Greatest Showman and Moana.
TV: Super Girl, Hart of Dixie and This is Us.
7. It was my first full year of running Abby Buter Coaching. Some days I thought I would quit, other days I felt like I was living my best life, most days I realized I had no idea what I was doing, but did it anyway. After every coaching call, retreat or workshop I felt so good and knew that this is what I was made for. Also, apparently I talk with my hands a lot.
8. I highly recommend everyone join a therapy group on shame. Ask me how I know.
9. I've reverted to childhood and eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch probably way too often.
10. I tried to be better at stopping to celebrate! It can be easy to charge ahead and forget to acknowledge the good things that have happened. A lot of really great things happened this year and I don't want forget that. After something great happens to celebrate I listen to this song.
11. I SAW HAMILTON. Like in real life...I was in the freaking room where it happened. It was magical, beautiful, emotional, amazing, really any adjective that describes how amazingly surreal and incredible something can be.
12. I make rice a lot because curry...but every time I make it, it really doesn't turn out. It never soaks up all the water. I know this should be easy, but it's not. Uncle Ben's instant rice to the rescue.
13. I started staying with an elderly woman every once in awhile. It's one of my favorite things. Not just because she reminds me of when I lived with my own grandma who I miss a lot, but because she's so fun and loving. We eat dinner and watch NCIS, Blue Bloods, Golden Girls...basically all the TV shows.
14. Jenn and I started using Shipt. We grocery shop from our couch. It's wonderful.
15. I went to the Women's March in Washington DC. Sometimes I forget I did this because we literally drove through the night Friday, marched Saturday, woke up early Sunday and drove back. It was worth it though. Experiencing history was extraordinary.
16. I realized I'm really disconnected to my body. Sarah Bessey wrote a blog about this very thing and I cried reading it because she articulated what I've been trying to write down and say for months now. You can read it here. I still have a lot to work through and process, but my connection with my body is something I am being intentional about this year.
17. Bullet journal. Do you know about this? I avoided it for awhile because it seemed overwhelming, but then I decided I'll do what I want and took what I liked and left the rest. I'm pretty sure what I ended up with isn't really bullet journaling, but whatever, I do what I want.
18. I made an effort to drink lots of water every day. I feel so much better. You should try it.
19. I got better at recognizing my natural rhythms. I can be super productive from 9pm-11pm and I work better in spurts than long stretches. I also went through a two month span of traveling a lot and realized I need some good time at home between trips.
20. I went to a Michigan State basketball game with my brother. It was great to see them play live and it was the catalyst for one of my goals this year - watch more MSU basketball.
21. Two of my favorite people got married, my sister and my friend, Hannah. Both weddings and the festivities leading up to it were so much fun!
22. I went to Harry Potter world and on a cruise to the Bahamas!! Three of my beautiful friends joined me to celebrate my 30th birthday. We started our trip at HP world and it was magical and then went on a 4 day cruise. It was fun, relaxing, beautiful and such a great time!
23. I was on two book launch teams - Shalom Sistas and Where the Light Falls. It's always fun to read books in advance and promote them. I recommend both of these!
24. I've loved the Enneagram more and more. I've loved coaching it and teaching with the Enneagram. I've also been doing my own work with it and growing a lot. It's such a powerful tool for transformation. I also started the Backyard Series (which there's an online version, sign up here!) and it was so fun to host!
25. I found my theme song for 30. Listen to it and try not to love it. Also, go see this movie!
26. I joined Planet Fitness and people watching is my favorite thing. I've seen some pretty intense dance moves while on the treadmill and a full-on singing performance including kicks on the stairclimber.
27. I loved Harry Styles new music. Yes, he's from One Direction. No, I'm not categorizing this as a guilty pleasure. Yes, I did decide he gets his own space on my list. It's that good.
28. If you ever wondered if it was possible to binge watch YouTube videos...it is. Because can you really get enough of carpool karaoke, One Direction songs or Hamilton clips? Asking for a friend.
29. I am filled with so much gratitude. I've implemented an intentional practice of gratitude this year and it's a game changer. It makes me feel better, it grounds me, it helps me stay present. There's really no reason not to integrate a gratitude practice into your life!
My 29th year was one of finding my footing, of settling into this idea of having a business and figuring lots of things out. I'm looking forward to year 30 and building on what I've established. My word for 2018 is abundance and I'm excited about all that is to come in my 30th year of life!
My heart has been heavy and my mind full this week after Charlottesville and such blatant shows of racism and white supremacy. I'm sickened and heavy, but not surprised. Not surprised because white supremacy and racism's roots run deep in our country.
White people, we need to not only condemn white supremacy and name it for what it is (I'm looking at you 45), but speaking out about it isn't all we need to do. We have to look at our own hearts, our own lives and work to uproot the racism and white supremacy that's there. We need to understand our role in this system - acknowledge how we benefit from it. Because we like to deny that it's not there, but it is. Like Courtney Martin says, "If you are white, if you've been socialized in the United States of America in the 21st century, you are racist. You will be racist until the day you die. There is nothing you can do to escape that fundamental fact."
It's easy to say, "Of course racism is bad. Of course we should condemn the KKK and Neo-Nazis and people shouldn't be shouting 'Jews can't take our place." But it's harder to look inward at ourselves and to recognize that white supremacy goes far beyond such bold, outward showcases. We can't condemn the terrorism that happened last weekend and then turn a blind eye to the inequalities that happen every day in places like our education and criminal justice systems. Here are some examples of how white supremacy manifests itself.
I've heard people say, can't we use another word other than white supremacy? No, we can't. We have to name what it is. When we name things they begin to lose their power because we start dragging them out into the light.
Some people have said to me, okay, I get it. We have a problem, but what can we even do? First of all, we don't get to be silent anymore. We never should have been in the first place, but choosing silence, choosing to disengage, choosing to "not get political" and even feeling helpless is a sign of the privilege we have as white people to check out because something doesn't affect us. Remain aware of this privilege and continue to speak out against hate, racism, antisemitism, islamophobia, etc. Don't let yourself forget.
White People: I Don't Want You To Understand Me Better, I Want You To Understand Yourselves by Ijeoma Oluo: "Your survival has never depended on your knowledge of white culture. In fact, it's required your ignorance. The dominant culture does not have to see itself to survive because culture will shift to fit its needs."
We Need to Keep Talking About Charlottesville by Brené Brown: This is a video and worth every second you'll spend watching it. Brené talks about the importance of 3 P's: Perspective, Power and Privilege.
So You Want to Fight White Supremacy by Ijeoma Olu: "Because we all interact with the system of white supremacy, because we all uphold it to some degree — we all have some power to tear it down."
For Our White Friends Desiring to Be Allies by Courtney Ariel: "Above all, I urge you keep trying. You're going to make mistakes; expect this. But keep showing up. Be compassionate. Lead with empathy, always. Keep learning and growing. If you do this, I truly believe you'll be doing the work of an ally."
There's so much more that could be said and needs to be said, but hopefully this is a good place to start. I know I say things imperfectly and not always the best way, but we have to commit to talking about this even if it's not perfect. I am always learning, stumbling and growing.
"Those of us targeted by white supremacy do not get a moment's rest — and if you are not targeted by white supremacy, that should keep you up nights as well. Do not give up, do not rest, until the system of white supremacy is reduced to rubble. You may not see it in your lifetime, but your efforts will help ensure that many more of us will live long enough to do our part."
There is a system to dismantle. So we've gotta get to work. It's not just for "politically involved" people or "justice oriented" people...it's a call for ALL people. Especially if you claim to follow Jesus y'all...he was ALWAYS on the side of the oppressed and marginalized. He spoke up and spoke out.
This is not the time to be silent.
I'm seven months into this journey of starting my own business. It hasn't been easy and most days I'm asking myself what I even think I'm doing?
It's easy to let the doubts and the fear scare me away from my vision and goals. I confess that too often I decide to quit and then I wake up the next morning, realize I can't quit and I keep on keeping on.
Before I decided to start this business and was discerning what I should do I talked to the different people in my life who I can always count on for wisdom and good advice.
One night specifically I called a meeting with three of my friends. I told them all of my thoughts, I shared with them my heart, dreams and ideas. I told them this was crazy and probably a terrible idea.
They didn't pressure me one way or another, they actually told me it was a good idea and they listened and asked good questions. They held space for me. They held my hand and prayed for me and what is to come. It was one of the most holy moments I've ever experienced. Even thinking about it brings tears to my eyes.
That has become my mantra. Fear is almost always why I want to quit. Fear has a way of screaming across my soul that what I want to do doesn't matter and that I'm not the one capable of doing it. Fear has a sneaky way of planting those seeds of doubt and reminding you often of how you could fail.
I don't love to fail. I mean most people don't want to fail, but my whole life if I thought I would fail at something I just wouldn't do it. It's a terrible way to live and I'm slowly unlearning that habit. A fear of failure will shut us down and not allow us to make the mistakes and take the chances we need to in order to fully live and be who we are meant to be. We can't listen to the fear.
Fear screams where faith whispers.
If I silence the fear and go against the urge to quit it all, I hear that still, small voice that whispers peace and reassurance across my soul.
The voice that reminds me that I didn't come to this decision lightly. That even if my business fails, I'm not a failure because I am so much more than a business venture I decided to try. It reminds me that my value and worth doesn't come from what I do, that's not who I am.
And I remember that most things worth doing will make you afraid. If there's not a little bit of fear involved, is it really even worth it?
So here's to doing things that make us afraid - may we try them wholeheartedly and celebrate the failure as much as the success because at least we tried and there's always something to learn.
May we use the fear to ignite our passion rather than let it smother it.
May we quiet the fear and create space for the whispers of faith.
May we never uproot in fear what we have planted in faith.
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Y'all I got to cross something off my bucket list!! I was the guest on a podcast last month. I have fallen in love with the podcast medium and podcasts fill my ear buds pretty much daily so the chance to be on a podcast was something I've wanted to do.
When I heard about Our Daily Rest, I was so excited to be a part of it. Matt Heffner started Our Daily Rest to help people cultivate a life of restfulness, wellness, and balance. After learning more about him and the mission and vision behind Our Daily Rest I knew we would have a lot to talk about.
I always love talking to like-minded people about self-care and we had a great conversation. I talked about the Enneagram and how that contributes to our personal growth and can inform our self-care. I also realized after listening back that I have a loud laugh...so if you don't mind self-care and Enneagram talk with a little bit of too loud laughing you should definitely take a listen!
You can listen to the show here. Or if you're a regular podcast listener you can look up the Our Daily Rest podcast on your favorite podcast app and find my episode.
If you listen and you want to dive deeper into the Enneagram or need someone to walk alongside you on your journey, I would love to chat. Just drop me a note and let me know!