Yesterday at our Ash Wednesday services, the people were invited to write on a post-it note and stick it to the cross on their way up to communion and ashes. They could put whatever they wanted, but in general, the idea was to write something that might be hindering the way to the cross: a sin, a habit, an attitude.
At the end of the evening, we hadn't really discussed how to handle the slips, but I felt they were important and so I gathered them up as gently as I could and carried them home. I wanted to pray over them, yes, but I confess, my analytical self was curious. What had people written to Christ. What had they asked about. Over the next few weeks, I'll be drawing from these confessions for many mirrored my own: there is nothing new under the sun.
We are all hoping to be set free from the yokes that bind us, the repetitive scripts in our heads, the damaging attitudes that habitually frame our responses.
Naturally, there were notes that rendered their sins of the flesh as getting in the way of their journey to the cross and there were individuals named specifically or by relationship: mother, father, mother-in-law, son, daughter, and so forth. But most of the words that were placed on that cross, that symbolic torture chamber, came from within.
Anger was repeated over and over and over again. Unforgiveness came next.
I can almost hear the cry of the heart saying, how do I find you Jesus when my mind and heart are filled with such rage, when I can only playback the injustice or the betrayal or the damage done to me.
Last week, I was in a workshop in which the facilitator reminded us that there are four primary emotions: Fear, Joy, Sadness and, of course, Anger. And really, I'm guessing that unforgiveness is rooted in anger.
The good news is that no anger is greater than God's love. That sounds cliche and yet it's true. People seem to think that their emotions are stronger than anything anyone else can handle. I remember being in a counseling session and telling the therapist that felt as though I would explode, literally. Of course, I didn't and couldn't. How often has a person said, "If I start crying, I'll never stop." Again, not true. And so it is with anger. It will not win. Love wins.
Lent begins in earnest today. Was I angry today? I was. Did I harbor a grudge or two or pull up an old exasperation about some behavior or another by this or that family member? I did. I see that. Now what?
Confess, accept, move on. Wash me Jesus in the water of grace.


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Your Online Porn Viewing History Isn't As Private as You Think
Every time you visit an adult website, you're leaving bigger footprints than you realize
by Dr. Chauntelle Tibbals Published: Apr 16, 2015
It's happened to everyone—an ad for whatever you were just shopping for on Amazon pops up in a sidebar on your Facebook page. You get a promoted tweet for a local business in a town three states away that you're visiting for the weekend. How does the Internet know so much about you?
In 2015, it's no secret that everyone from mega-retailers to non-profits are mining your data and browsing history. And that includes websites featuring sexual content, e.g. porn, live web cams, and more. When you visit, they save just enough data to link your user account to your "browser fingerprint," either directly or via third parties.
In a world where sexual discrimination and shame are still very real, it's enough to make you wonder what sort of profile your online sex life is generating. And with data hacks and security breaches making headlines fairly regularly, will your virtual sexual history eventually be released to the public?
I spoke to Michelle De Mooy, Deputy Director of Consumer Privacy for the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), an organization that advocates for online civil liberties and human rights, to better understand what's going on. And, most importantly, what we should (and shouldn't) be worried about.
"Data leakage is both a privacy and a security issue," De Mooy explained. "Most often, websites get hacked for things like credit card information and, increasingly, social security numbers. But it is possible that embarrassing or compromising information could be leaked after a hack."
She continued, "It's possible for a website to have a security breach while protecting user identities. It depends on the data practices of the company, often how the data is stored—identifiable data can be separated from non-identifiable data so if the information is hacked, it can't be traced back to an individual user."
The real issue though, according to De Mooy, is not so much about security breaches. It's with tracking elements, which are rampant online.
Most webmasters use third party tracking tools, like Google Analytics, to increase their traffic and the functionality of their site. This information is what the third party service provider, not the site itself, shares, often without users' knowledge or consent.
Put simply, in exchange for webmasters getting to use their free tool, the service provider—Google, in the case of Google Analytics—has access to any data that's been gathered with it. This information can then be sold to data brokers or others as the service provider sees fit.
So it's not that the websites you're visiting are selling your information. It's that the tools that many use to help enhance their sites have the ability to sell or otherwise distribute your information, if they want to.
In our rapidly changing yet still rather sex-phobic world, this sort of thing seems extra stress-inducing.
I reached out to six different online sex-related service providers—everything from live web-cam sites to hook-up directories—and asked exactly how they gather and use visitor information. Each talked about the importance of privacy, security, and not brokering information, but each also mentioned that they used third-party analytics tools to "enhance users' experiences."
Given the sensitive nature of sex-related data, I don't think anyone was lying to me. These providers seemed genuinely interested in protecting their users. But what's to stop a security breach on the third-party level?
The answer, from what I can tell, is nothing. There is no way to stop Google, for example, from selling your masturbation stimulation history, if they wanted to. Just like there's no way to stop them from brokering data from any other site you visited online.
This isn't like credit card information being compromised. It's about shame. We'd be mortified if the time clock from our most recent cam-to-cam live session was released to the public. Nothing financial is lost, but somehow it feels more damaging, more invasive.
A sex-related data breach isn't more anxiety-inducing because it's more likely. It's more terrifying because of the hypocrisy, judgment, and shame associated with sexuality and sexual behavior.
We are dependent on the Internet for an endless array of services that, according to De Mooy, are all essentially equally accessible. But what we do to each other as a culture, once we see where others may stand with their sex-related tastes or proclivities—that's what's truly chilling.
(There are steps you can take to cover some of your porn-viewing tracks. Find out How to Erase Porn from Your Old Computers from a tech guy tired of cleaning up your porn.)
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First world problems
As I mentioned, we've had some wonderful summer storms roll in (we're supposed to be seeing a Saharan dust storm but haven't really noticed if it's hit us or not because of all the rain we've been getting) and they've been knocking the power out quite regularly.
On Friday it was clearing up a bit so I told the kids we'd go play outside really quick before it stormed again, but as we were lugging our bikes out of the garage the storm clouds gathered together, blocked out the sun, and started throwing a temper tantrum. So we put our bikes away and sought shelter inside.
"I'm going to start making dinner right now," Andrew said, even though it was a little early. "I'm just afraid the power's going to go..."
And at that moment the power went off. But then it came on again! But then it went off again. But then it came on again! But then there was a loud exploding noise and it went off again. We waited for it to come back on but the exploding noise was exactly as ominous as it sounded.
"Never mind about dinner," Andrew said.
We played UNO instead. By candlelight because the storm was blocking out so much sunlight that Alexander asked if it was bedtime (at 4:00 in the afternoon). Alexander usually plays but he couldn't because "power outage" so he snuggled on Rachel's lap and mumbled "power outage, power outage, power outage" while the rest of us played.
Eventually Andrew went out and got McDonald's for dinner because we didn't want to open our fridge (since we had no estimate of when the power would come back on) and no method of cooking, really (since all our appliances are electric and the grill was outside in the rain) and no one felt like having crackers and canned fruit for dinner. So he picked up some burgers and I cut up a cantaloupe we had sitting on our counter and we had a lovely candlelit McDonald's dinner. For dessert we roasted mini-marshmallows over the candle flames on toothpicks, which the kids really enjoyed.
Alexander was afraid to hold his marshmallow over the flame at first, so he asked me to hold his hand ("Daniel Tiger says, 'When something is new holding a hand can help you!'").
He quickly gained confidence (and I have a million pictures of him (and not so many of the other kids) because I was watching him rather closely).
He didn't end up burning his fingers, nor did he burn anything down. The most annoying thing he did was snuff out the candle a handful of times. He kept putting the marshmallow directly on the wick and...poof. I went through so many matches trying to keep his candle lit!
It made the power outage feel a lot less scary for Alexander. He really enjoyed those marshmallows.
I should mention that we do have flashlights, but they are forever going missing (we find them when we clean out under beds and couches; they are often "borrowed" when the kids build forts but they never seem to find their way back to their "places") and we wanted to reserve our phone batteries (and the flashlight function on our phones) for bedtime in case the power didn't come back on. It's much safer to use candles at the dinner table than it is to use candles in bedrooms!
Let's see...other people...here's Zoë:
Not many pictures of her because she was sitting beside me, where I could so easily ignore her while I focused on Alexander. She had Daddy to help her so I wasn't worried about her.
Benjamin was a bit of a concern:
His most frequent question over marshmallow roasting was, "Can we burn _______?" and our never-ending refrain was, "No."
Only marshmallows. Sorry, buddy.
Miriam had a fun time with marshmallows as well:
Here's Rachel roasting a few marshmallows:
And here's Andrew setting a terrible example for the children:
And here he is using a marshmallow inferno to roast another marshmallow:
While Daddy was off getting McDonalds (with Zoë and Alexander, so they could get a break from being stuck in our scary, scary "power outage" home), Benjamin made a "thunder fort" and read with a flashlight, and Rachel and Miriam wrote their little COVID Quarantine parody.
Later, after we had gone for a walk (because the storm had passed) and had gotten the little kids to sleep in their dark, dark bedroom(s), we gathered at the table to play a couple rounds of hand and foot. Rachel and Miriam liked that we each got our own personal candle. They felt rather Victorian, like they were in the story Dracula or something.
The girls asked Andrew for an update on our power situation and he said that the power company still had no estimate for when our power would be restored. The last time they had updated the website was at 5:30 and all they say is that they are "assessing the situation."
"So we're still..." Andrew began.
"Left in the dark," Rachel interjected. "Both literally and figuratively."
She's basically hilarious.
So we played a couple rounds of "hand and foot," as I mentioned, letting the girls stay up far too late.
We saved the last two rounds of "hand and foot" for the morning (it's a long game). By the time we sent the girls to bed we finally had an estimate for when our power would be restored: 4:30 PM the next day. Twenty-four hours after the power went out, which made me rather concerned for our fridge food. Freezers can typically last 48 hours without power (if you keep the doors closed the whole time and your freezer, like ours, is jam-packed), but fridge food is only supposed to last four hours (which...I guess we should have looked up earlier because our power was out for eight hours and we have felt the contents of our fridge have been fine...but now I'm worrying about it (that said, I don't think eggs and cheese and produce are really going to "turn" in just four hours so I don't think I need to worry about those items as much as the leftovers...which we've already been eating for lunches and things the past couple of days; we're probably fine))).
The girls were too afraid to go to bed in the deep, dark basement, so they tucked themselves in on the couch upstairs and Andrew and I read while they fell asleep.
Soon we, too, went up to bed. We brushed our teeth by the light of our phones and when we stepped out of the bathroom, Andrew pointed to the closet.
"What?" I asked.
He continued pointing.
"What?" I asked again.
"The closet light is on," he said.
"It is!" I said.
"Let's go turn off all the lights, I guess," Andrew said, now noting the light filtering beneath our bedroom door. So we went through the house and turned off all the lights and then, ironically, felt our way back upstairs in pitch blackness because in our excitement to have the power back on we left our flashlight/phones upstairs. The last light we turned off was one on a special dimmer switch. You push the button and the light slowly fades on; push it again and the lights slowly fade off. In all honesty, I find them rather annoying, but that's only because I can't stand dimmer lights.
Lights buzz more when they're dimmed. My kids are forever dimming the lights (you can set the light to stay at whichever brightness you choose and my kids think it is interesting to have the lights be dim) and it drives me insane because of the extra buzzing. Anyway...
We hit the switch and then walked away, into the middle of the room, as the light faded out, plunging us into darkness again. It was rather funny. I just wandered ahead until I found the switch at the bottom of the stairs. You'd think that after being without power for so long (ooooh, eight hours) we'd at least equip ourselves with flashlights!
Anyway, that was our little power-outage adventure.
As we were going to bed I remarked that it was strange to think that our not-too-distant ancestors weren't ever concerned about losing power because they didn't have power. We're so dependent on it now and feel hard done by if we have to go a few hours without it.
"I think you just invented 'first-world problems,'" Andrew said.
It's true. We're remarkably blessed and we take far too much for granted.
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Nope, nope, nope.
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Alexander in the evening
Benjamin's birthday eve
Broken windows (and empty hallways)


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If your baby was born prematurely, you may greet the day of discharge from the hospital with a mixture of joy and worry. You may have waited days, weeks, or even months to take your baby home, but when the day finally arrives it can be frightening to walk away from the security of the hospital nursery.
If you're anxious about caring for your preemie at home, remember that health care professionals do not send preemies home until the babies are ready. With some preparation and planning, you'll be ready, too.
Babies born at less than 37 weeks' gestation are considered premature, and they often begin life with serious medical challenges. They may need support for a number of medical issues, including breathing problems that require supplemental oxygen or a ventilator, temperature regulation, feeding problems, apnea (irregular breathing), or jaundice (when a baby's immature liver initially can't dispose of excess bilirubin, a yellow pigment produced by the normal breakdown of red blood cells).
Because of these needs, premature infants may have to spend weeks or even months in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Fortunately, with support and growth, the immature organs recover and eventually function independently in most cases.
By the time of hospital discharge, most preterm infants do not require specialized medical care, but all continue to need good supportive care. For some, special medical needs persist even after discharge.
The hospital medical team will send your baby home with a follow-up plan of medical care that will coordinate care with your pediatrician and other medical specialists as needed.
Can the baby maintain body temperature in an open crib for at least 24-48 hours, depending on how premature the baby was at birth?
Can the baby take all feedings by bottle or breast without supplemental tube feedings?
Can the baby gain weight steadily?
Most preemies meet these criteria 2 to 4 weeks before reaching their original due date. Infants who have had surgery, were born with malformations, or who spent weeks on breathing machines and oxygen are the most likely to stay beyond their original due date.
Many preemies do not need specialized medical support after leaving the hospital, but all will need regular medical care and evaluation. This includes routine immunizations, usually on the same schedule as that for full-term babies.
Apnea. Premature infants commonly have episodes of apnea, or pauses in breathing, that improve as they mature. Babies will not be discharged if the apnea causes a slow heart rate or a change in color. However, some nurseries send infants home on apnea monitors if the infants have mild apnea that does not cause a change in color or heart rate or require stimulation to make the baby breathe again. Other nurseries may monitor preemies until the breathing pattern reaches maturity, usually about 44 weeks' post-conceptional age.
Doctors will decide if your baby needs a monitor; if so, anyone who will be alone with the infant at home will need to attend a training session on using the monitor and learn how to perform infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Other breathing problems. Preemies commonly have respiratory difficulties and need supplemental oxygen or a mechanical ventilator. Most recover and do not require supplemental oxygen by the time they graduate from the NICU. However, some develop a more chronic lung condition called bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), which involves scarring and inflammation in the lungs. Infants with BPD may need supplemental oxygen and medications for prolonged periods even after discharge. They can be sent home on oxygen or medications to help their lungs function better.
If your baby will need oxygen after leaving the hospital, equipment for administering it at home and in transit will be coordinated before discharge.
Infections. Like other organ systems, the immune system of a premature infant does not function as well as that of older kids or adults. This places preemies at risk for contracting infections (especially viral ones) after discharge.
Although preemies can become infected with many different viruses, they're particularly vulnerable to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common viral infection in young kids that's often mistaken for a cold or the flu. Although RSV causes few problems in adults and older kids, in preemies it can lead to severe illness, breathing problems, or even death, and is a common cause for rehospitalization of preemies.
A preventive medicine is available to help protect infants from RSV. Preemies born at less than 32 weeks and any born from 32 to 35 weeks who have certain risk factors — someone smoking at home, time spent in childcare, or contact with multiple children — should receive this medicine.
In winter months, the first injection is generally given prior to discharge, then monthly throughout the RSV season, which runs from late fall through late winter or early spring. Preemies discharged at other times of the year may also need the medicine once wintertime arrives. Some infants who were especially premature may also need it for a second RSV season.
Preemies can be given the injections at home by a nurse or in the doctor's office. This medicine does not always prevent RSV infection but can lessen its severity. Ask your doctor whether your baby should receive preventive injections.
Appropriate developmental follow-up is important for very premature babies. Many ex-preemies continue to see specialists, including early-intervention specialists, neurologists, ophthalmologists, and physical therapists, for several years to measure their vision, hearing, speech, and motor skills.
The discharge of a preemie from the hospital isn't a single event, but a process. That process is designed to assure the medical staff that the infant can survive and thrive outside the hospital, and it prepares parents to take care of the baby on their own.
Some hospitals offer parents of preemies a rooming-in period that allows them a brief stay in a hospital room with the baby so they can gain some experience in taking care of the infant's needs. Although they're apart from the nursery and functioning as solo caregivers, the parents have the security of knowing that help is just down the hall.
As soon as possible after the birth of your baby, call your insurance company and ask to have your baby added to your policy; many insurers require that you do this within a few days of the birth.
Also, set up a file for medical records, financial statements, and correspondence you're likely to have with the hospital and your insurance company.
Don't wait until the last minute to choose a pediatrician. In addition to the usual questions, ask whether the doctor cares for many premature infants. Ask when you should schedule the first visit with the pediatrician — usually with a week of discharge from the hospital (unless the pediatrician has assumed care of the infant prior to discharge from the NICU).
Discuss with the NICU staff whether your baby will require home nursing or visits with medical specialists other than a pediatrician. If so, ask for referrals and for the telephone numbers of those health care providers.
In addition, your baby might need to undergo routine tests, including blood, hearing, and vision tests. Make sure you understand the tests needed after discharge.
If your baby is to be sent home with special equipment — such as an apnea monitor or oxygen tank — you'll be trained to use it. Make sure you understand what to do if something goes wrong.
If your baby is a boy, you'll need to decide about circumcision. Full-term baby boys usually can be circumcised before they leave the hospital; generally, the same applies to a healthy preemie.
Before heading home, your preemie will need to be in an infant-only car safety seat with a three-point harness system or a convertible car safety seat with a five-point harness system. Most car seats need to be modified with padding or head supports so that a preemie's head stays in a position that keeps the airway open. A preemie often does not have the muscle control required to keep the head upright or to move it if he or she is having trouble breathing.
Some babies have respiratory problems that prevent them from traveling in a traditional infant car seat. If that's the case with your baby, discuss using a special restraint system with your neonatologist or doctor.
If your baby will be on oxygen or an apnea monitor at home, you'll also need to use these devices while traveling in the car. Once in the car, secure them carefully so in the event of a crash they won't be dangerous to passengers. If you have any questions about whether your vehicle is properly outfitted for the ride home, talk to the hospital staff before you leave.
Because of potential breathing problems, it's generally recommended that parents limit the time a preemie is in a car seat to an hour or so. If you'll be traveling longer than that, ask your doctor if it is OK for your baby.
Although it varies from hospital to hospital, expect a meeting to review medical care after discharge, confirm follow-up appointments, and allow you time for questions about your baby. All debriefings should include a thorough discussion about caring for your preemie once you're home. Make sure you understand all the instructions and advice, and ask questions.
When you leave with your baby, make sure you have the telephone number for the NICU. These professionals can be a valuable resource, especially in the gap between discharge day and the baby's first doctor's appointment.
Most doctors recommend not visiting public places with preemies. And limit visitors to your home: anyone who is ill should not visit, nobody should smoke in your home, and all visitors should wash their hands before touching the baby. Talk to your doctor about specific recommendations — some family visits may need to be postponed to allow your little one's immune system to grow stronger.
Most preemies need 8 to 10 feedings a day with no more than 4 hours between each — any longer and the baby may become dehydrated. Six to eight wet diapers per day show that the baby is getting enough breast milk or formula.
Parents spend a tremendous amount of time caring for a preemie during the first few months at home. But it's also important to be good to yourself and not underestimate the stress of delivering earlier than expected.
Women are supposed to have 6 to 8 weeks to rest and recuperate after giving birth, but a baby's premature birth may reduce that recovery time. In addition, those long days in the NICU take a physical and emotional toll.
You might have a wide range of emotions during these first months. If your preemie has serious medical problems you may feel angry that the baby is sick or grief for the loss of that healthy, perfect baby you dreamed of bringing home. And as with all women recovering from pregnancy, mothers of preemies may experience the hormonal shifts of baby blues or more serious postpartum depression.
And if you're overwhelmed or depressed, do not hesitate to get professional help for yourself so you can fully enjoy your new baby.


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What Walmart Could Learn from Henry Ford
11/17/2013 07:27 pm ET Updated Jan 23, 2014
Walmart just reported shrinking sales for a third straight quarter. What's going on? Explained William S. Simon, the CEO of Walmart, referring to the company's customers, "their income is going down while food costs are not. Gas and energy prices, while they're abating, I think they're still eating up a big piece of the customer's budget."
Walmart's CEO gets it. Most of Walmart's customers are still in the Great Recession, grappling with stagnant or declining pay. So, naturally, Walmart's sales are dropping.
But what Walmart's CEO doesn't get is that a large portion of Walmart's customers are lower-wage workers who are working at places like ... Walmart. And Walmart, not incidentally, refuses to raise its median wage (including its army of part-timers) of $8.80 an hour.
Walmart isn't your average mom-and-pop operation. It's the largest employer in America. As such, it's the trendsetter for millions of other employers of low-wage workers. As long as Walmart keeps its wages at or near the bottom, other low-wage employers keep wages there, too. All they need do is offer $8.85 an hour to have their pick.
On the other hand, if Walmart were to boost its wages, other employers of low-wage workers would have to follow suit in order to attract the employees they need.
Get it? Walmart is so huge that a wage boost at Walmart would ripple through the entire economy, putting more money in the pockets of low-wage workers. This would help boost the entire economy -- including Walmart's own sales. (This is also an argument for a substantial hike in the minimum wage.)
Walmart could learn a thing or two from Henry Ford, who almost exactly a century ago decided to pay his workers three times the typical factory wage at the time. The Wall Street Journal called Ford a traitor to his class but he proved to be a cunning businessman.
Ford's decision helped boost factory wages across the board -- enabling so many working people to buy Model Ts that Ford's revenues soared far ahead of his increased payrolls, and he made a fortune.
So why can't Walmart learn from Ford? Because Walmart's business model is static, depending on cheap labor rather than increased sales, and it doesn't account for Walmart's impact on the rest of the economy.
You can help teach Walmart how much power its consumers have: Stand with its workers who deserve a raise, and boycott Walmart on the most important sales day of the year, November 29.
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oid) abuse to eventual heroin use. All too often, the path that goes from prescription pain killers to heroin use also leads to an unintended destination: death.
The above statement just speaks to the number of deaths related to heroin usage, now let's examine all of the collateral victims this epidemic impacts. The retail stores who fall victim to shoplifting so the addict can resell the stolen merchandise or trade it for drugs. Your neighbor whose property is stolen by an addict to support his/her habit. Maybe even your own property stolen by a relative to support their habit. Bottom line is that the epidemic touches us all in one way or another.
· Identify, investigate and arrest heroin / opiate traffickers either in Lake County, or in neighboring counties that distribute narcotics here.
· Investigate heroin users to identify not only their narcotic dealers, but to identify and track their crimes in order to resolve the burglaries, robberies, and theft associated with their drug addictions that have negatively impacted neighborhoods throughout the county.
· Work closely with the narcotics agents in collaborative efforts to conduct drug stings of dealers and users in the heroin trade that this new unit has identified through its investigative efforts.
· Investigate and pursue both criminal and civil action against covert fencing operations in order to eliminate the flow of cash which enables heroin users to continue to support their drug addiction.
· Once the unit identifies sellers/users, uncovers information concerning burglaries, thefts and robberies in various communities, locates fencing operations, and other information related to criminal activity, it can pass the information onto law enforcement in those jurisdictions involved, and assist if requested in bringing those investigations to a successful conclusion and conviction.
· Create and sustain a media campaign for citizens to identify and turn in users and traffickers in their neighborhoods to eliminate the influx of narcotics that are destroying lives and families in Lake County.
The following letter was written by an inmate who overdosed and passed away four days after being released from the jail. This inmate had a college degree and was considered an all American young lady prior to her drug usage. It is a sad account of the destructive nature of this addiction. Her letter is answering questions typically asked in treatment programs.
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Using Rhyme to Enhance Your Lyrics
Have you ever gone through a phase in your songwriting where you decided you just weren't going to rhyme anymore? I think most songwriters have. But that could just be because you didn't have a good strategy for rhyming. If you think of rhyming as strategy to enhance the mood of your song, and use it in conjunction with a few other tools which we'll examine here, it can greatly benefit your songs.
Rhyming Basics
A lot of times, we fall into that old trap where we only write lyrics to three different rhyme schemes. It seems to be an intuitive songwriting thing that we naturally do if we don't know any better. If writing a four line lyric, we either write an xAxA scheme, an ABAB scheme, or an AAAA scheme (where an x indicates a line with no rhyme and an A is a line with a rhyme):
Some simplistic examples of that would be as follows:
xAxA - only the second and fourth lines rhyme
"The first line has no rhyme" (x)
"And the second one's a treat" (A)
"While the third line matches nothing" (x)
"The fourth one feels complete" (A)
ABAB - the second and fourth lines rhyme with each other and the first and third lines rhyme with each other
"The first line found a friend" (A)
"The second one's still fun" (B)
"The third line's not the end" (A)
"But at the fourth we know we're done" (B)
AAAA - all four lines rhyme
"If you want a rhyme to shine" (A)
"Repeat it here and it's a sign" (A)
"That it's also in this line" (A)
"And by the last you're feelin' fine" (A)
These are all very deep lyrics, I know. But bear with me, I'm making a point. As you can see in the three examples above, they all feel very complete. After each of these three rhyme schemes are done, it's very clear that the section is over.
So if you're a songwriter who's constantly writing to these three rhyme schemes, you're going to eventually get tired of them for a couple of reasons. One, is because you're using the same three schemes over and over again. That in itself can get tiring.
The second reason, is because these rhyme schemes feel so complete and balanced. If you're writing a song that has lyrics or a mood that is NOT happy and balanced, applying these rhyme schemes just isn't going to feel right for your song. But instead of getting frustrated and never rhyming again, try using rhyme to your advantage.
One option, is to use a completely different, less balanced rhyme scheme. It may not be as intuitive to you, but one way to create a rhyme scheme like that is to modify one of the above rhyme schemes to fit your lyrical idea.
The time to do that would be when your lyric and mood of your song call for it. You want all aspects of your song to be in alignment. So if you have a happy, feel good song with upbeat lyrics - by all means, use one of the three rhyme schemes above.
But if the mood of your song is dark and so are your lyrics, what's above just won't satisfy your song. "So, what should I do then?" you may be asking.
Well, let's check a great example of out what Evanescence did in their song "My Immortal."
We'll look at the chorus of this song, as it has the most effective use of rhyme throughout the lyric. It modifies the AAAA rhyme scheme and turns it into an AAAx rhyme scheme. Check it out...
"When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears" (A)
"When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears" (A)
"And I held your hand through all of these years" (A)
"But you still have all of me" (x)
The rhyme scheme here makes perfect sense for the lyric. This song is about someone she loved now being gone. When we get to this chorus, lead singer Amy Lee is recapping the positive things she did in the first three lines, so it makes sense that they all rhyme perfectly with each other. Check out those three lines on their own...
Then what happens next?
Oh! There's the kicker! "But you STILL have all of me." Even though he's gone, she's still completely consumed with him. And that's all highlighted with a line that REFUSES to rhyme with the other three lines.
So in other words, these four lines could be saying this:
"I helped you
I helped you
You're gone"
That's why it makes sense the last one behaves differently. Because it's SAYING something different.
Line Length & Number of Lines
Okay, I might have lied earlier. I said the rhyme scheme for this song was AAAx. The truth is there's a little bit more going on here than I led on. The rhyme scheme is actually AAAxx. While the chorus reads as four lines on paper, it's actually sung as five lines.
It plays out in the song like this:
"And I held your hand through all of these years[q/] (A)
"But you still have" (x)
"all of me" (x)
Check it out at about 0:50 into the song. You can check it out on YouTube, here:
Do you hear it? Now, why does it matter that it's actually five lines? It's because we talked about the line "But you still have all of me" throwing the whole chorus off balance because it doesn't rhyme. This is true. It does. But there are two other things that can make a section feel complete, or not. They are 1. the number of lines, and 2. the length of the lines.
Don't believe me? Fine. Let's check back in with our original brilliant examples.
In all three of these sections, we have an even number of lines, with roughly the same line length in each section. Those two things combined with our standard rhyme schemes make these sections feel very balanced.
An odd number of lines with changing line lengths make things feel less complete. Kind of like how our lead singer is feeling by the end of the fifth line... less complete. Check it out again.
See how those three tools throw the section off balance? The length of the lines have been shortened in the last two lines to leave us wanting more. And an extra line was thrown in, just to totally throw the section off whack.
And if you STILL don't believe me... (I don't know why I'm constantly doubting your faith in me), imagine if THESE were the lyrics:
"Now I close my eyes, but you still appear"(A)
Ahhh!!... doesn't that feel better? A nice balanced, symmetrical section! The last line still means the same thing as it did in the actual version (kind of). But in this case, the balance of the section doesn't match the lyrical intent. Or the mood of the song. The section feels happy, while the words and mood of the song suggest feeling incomplete.
You can see how changing your rhyme scheme can change what your listeners were expecting. And if you take it even further by altering your line lengths and your number of lines, you can really send their expectations on a roller coaster ride. But only use tools like this when it goes hand in hand with the message you're trying to get across in your songs. Otherwise, you may be doing your listeners a disservice. But most importantly, experiment and have fun with it. See what works best for your songs.
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Anthony Ceseri is a songwriter and performer who has traveled the country in pursuit of the best songwriting advice and information available. From classes and workshops at Berklee College of Music in Boston, to Taxi's Road Rally in Los Angeles, Anthony has learned from the most well-respected professional songwriters, producers and performers in the industry.
Realizing this kind of information isn't readily available to most songwriters, Anthony founded www.SuccessForYourSongs.com as a way to funnel the very best advice to songwriters and performers all around the world.
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JENNIFER FRIEDBERG, Chronicle Correspondent
Feb. 20, 2007 Updated: Aug. 10, 2011 8:02 p.m.
Members of Save the Bungalows learned at a meeting on Sunday about ordinances working their way through Houston City Council that would enable residents to restrict lot subdivision and setback from the street.
Save the Bungalows is a group formed mainly by Heights residents in April 2006, with the goal of saving older, smaller homes from being torn down for new development.
Group founder Sheila Sorvari said she was glad to see residents from neighborhoods other than just the Heights at the meeting. She also would like other inner-loop neighborhoods to join together to preserve Houston's older homes.
"All of us in urban neighborhoods are battling the same battles," she said. "We have so much in common and a lot to gain by doing it together."
Mark Sterling, Save the Bungalows' director of government relations and a member of the Houston Planning Commission's subcommittee on Neighborhood Preservation, explained the ordinances the subcommittee has proposed to council to the Save the Bungalows group, which could help with its mission.
The ordinances apply to non-deed restricted areas inside Loop 610.
The existing ordinance to protect against lot subdivision is the prevailing lot size ordinance.
If 75 percent of the houses on a block are the same size, the residents can apply for protection that would require all lots to remain the size of the majority of lots on the block.
Because many blocks are diverse in their lot sizes, this rule precluded many from protection.
The proposed minimum lot size ordinance instead would come up with a minimum lot size by adding together the square footage of lots on a block — largest to smallest — until 60 percent of the total square footage of a block is reached.
Whatever the size is of the lot that caps off 60 percent or greater of the total block area would become the minimum lot size.
The new rule would allow any two opposing block faces to qualify for some level of protection. A block face is comprised of all the land on one side of a block of a street.
Sterling said under the existing ordinance, residents have to do much of the legwork to find out if they qualify, whereas under the new ordinance the Planning Department would calculate each block's minimum lot size.
Sorvari said the new ordinance would improve upon the old ordinance, which "was made convoluted and burdensome to make it harder for us to do this as homeowners. This is simplified and puts the onus on the Planning Department to crunch the numbers."
A change to the building line ordinance, which has been working its way through city council in conjunction with the lot size ordinance, would create a standard build-to line for a block using the same formula as the proposed lot size ordinance.
Sterling said he believes, visually, the building line ordinance would have the greater impact of standardizing the look of a street.
Residents said they were concerned with the logistics of getting Planning Department approvals on minimum lot size applications if the ordinance change passes.
Sterling said the new law would have the potential to increase the number of applications because more people would qualify and the Planning Department would need to figure out how to deal with the influx.
If the ordinance changes pass council, Sorvari said, "we will do everything in our power to get the word out," so that more blocks can apply for protection.
Only one person now handles applications for the existing prevailing lot size ordinance. Sterling said an application sat for 18 months in one instance.
Vicki Davis of East Sunset Heights said there is an application from her neighborhood for East 26th Street between Princeton Street and Link Road to receive protection under the existing ordinance, which has been sitting in the Planning Department since September.
"The city is this huge bureaucracy," said Sterling, adding if the ordinance changes pass, there might still be kinks as far as implementation. "I'm not here to tell you they're going to be slick as a whistle."
However, once an application has been submitted in full, development would be halted until the application is processed.
The group also discussed protection of old trees.
Gary Meyer and Juan M. Nieto of the Stude 1 neighborhood said they are concerned about an old oak tree in the 1000 block of Robbie Street on a lot of an abandoned bungalow recently bought by a developer for redevelopment to two town homes.
The tree is located on city property on the area between the sidewalk and the street, but Meyer said the developer told them, "the tree has got to go because we're going to put a driveway in here."
Sorvari said it is illegal to cut down city trees, but developers get away with it all the time because there is only one urban forester to enforce the law and the developers don't seem to mind paying the fine.
"We are becoming a city where every tree is in a park," Sorvari said. "(Developers) are against trees that get in the way of profit. It's up to us to hold their feet to the fire because the city won't enforce it."
Victor Cordova, the city forester, said there are eight foresters who work under his authority.
"It is illegal to remove a tree on city property without a permit and we have to issue a permit," Cordova said.
If a tree is removed, "there is a fine. We do have the ability to issue a citation. Then it's up to the judge to issue the amount (of the fine)."
A municipal court judge has the authority to fine any amount from a penny to $500 for each tree that is cut down illegally on city property. The responsible individual also can be ordered to replace the tree.
The fine money goes into the city tree fund, which pays to buy and plant new trees. A list of approved types of trees for replanting is in the city code.
"We have no authority when it comes to private property," Cordova said.
JENNIFER FRIEDBERG


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Mamie Eisenhower
President: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by: Bess Truman
Succeeded by: Jaqueline Kennedy
Born: Mamie Geneva Doud
Boone, Iowa, U.S
Died: November 1, 1979 (aged 82)
Wahington D.C., U.S.
Resting Place: Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home, Abilene, Kansas, U.S.
Spouse(s): Dwight D. Eisenhower (m. 1916; died 1969)
Children: Doud, John
Father: John Sheldon Doud , born 18 November, 1870, Rome, New York, meatpacker, died 23 June, 1951
Mother: Elvira Carlson "Minnie" Doud, born 13 May, 1878, Boone, Iowa; married 10 August, 1894, Boone, Iowa; died 28 September, 1960, Denver, Colorado
Born in Boone, Iowa, and named, in part, after the popular song Lovely Lake Geneva, Mamie Geneva Doud was the second child born to John Sheldon Doud (1870–1951), a meatpacking executive, and his wife, Elivera Mathilda Carlson (1878–1960). She grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Denver, Colorado, and the Doud winter home in San Antonio, Texas. Her father, who retired at age 36, ran a meatpacking company founded by his father, Doud & Montgomery ("Buyers of Live Hogs"), and had investments in Illinois and Iowa stockyards. Her mother was a daughter of Swedish immigrants. She had three sisters: Eleanor Carlson Doud, Eda Mae Doud, and Mabel Frances "Mike" Doud.
Soon after completing her education at Wolcott School for Girls, a finishing school, she met Dwight Eisenhower in San Antonio in October 1915. Introduced by Mrs. Lulu Harris, wife of a fellow officer at Fort Sam Houston, the two hit it off at once, as Eisenhower, officer of the day, invited Miss Doud to accompany him on his rounds. On St. Valentine's Day in 1916, he gave her a miniature of his West Point class ring to seal a formal engagement.
Lieutenant Dwight D. Eisenhower, aged 25, married Mamie Doud, aged 19, on July 1, 1916, at the home of the bride's parents in Denver, Colorado. Following the wedding, performed by Reverend Williamson of the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, the newlyweds honeymooned a few days at Eldorado Springs, Colorado, a resort near Denver, and then visited the groom's parents in Abilene before settling into the lieutenant's living quarters at Fort Sam Houston.
The Eisenhowers had two children (only one lived to adulthood):
Doud Dwight "Icky" (September 24, 1917 – January 2, 1921) died of scarlet fever.
John Sheldon Doud (August 3, 1922 – December 21, 2013) – soldier, diplomat, author – was born in Denver, Colorado; he graduated from West Point in 1944 and earned a master's degree in English literature from Columbia University in 1950. After retiring from a military career (1944–1963), he was appointed ambassador to Belgium (1969–1971) by Richard Nixon. He authored ten books, among them an account of the Battle of the Bulge: The Bitter Woods (1969); Strictly Personal (1974); and Allies: Pearl Harbor to D-Day (1982).
For years, Mamie Eisenhower's life followed the pattern of other Army wives: a succession of posts in the United States, in the Panama Canal Zone; duty in France, and in the Philippine Islands. Although accustomed to more creature comforts than those afforded at military posts, Mamie adjusted readily and joined her husband in moving 28 times before their retirement at the end of his term as president.
During the Second World War, while promotion and fame came to "Ike", his wife lived in Washington, D.C. After he became president of Columbia University in 1948, the Eisenhowers purchased a farm (now the Eisenhower National Historic Site) at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was the first home they had ever owned. His duties as commander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces—and hers as his hostess at a villa near Paris—delayed work on their dream home, finally completed in 1955.
First Lady of the United States
They celebrated with a housewarming picnic for the staff at what would be their last temporary quarters: the White House. Diplomacy—and air travel—in the postwar world brought changes in their official hospitality. The Eisenhowers entertained an unprecedented number of heads of state and leaders of foreign governments.
As First Lady, she was noted for her outgoing manner, her love of pretty clothes, some of them designed by Scaasi, jewelry, and her obvious pride in husband and home.
Eisenhower was named one of the twelve best-dressed women in the country by the New York Dress Institute every year that she was First Lady. The "Mamie Look" involved a full-skirted dress, charm bracelets, pearl, little hats, and bobbed, banged hair. It was a modified version of the Dior's postwar "New Look." Her style included both high-and low-end items. Designers strongly associated with Eisenhower include Mollie Parnis, Trifari, and Sally Victor.
Eisenhower wore a Nettie Rosenstein gown to the 1953 inaugural balls. It was pink peau de soie gown embroidered with more than 2,000 rhinestones. It is one of the most popular in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History's collection of inaugural gowns.[10] Eisenhower paired the gown with matching gloves, and jewelry by Trifari. She carried a beaded purse by Judith Leiber (then an employee of Nettie Rosenstein). Her shoes by Delman had her name printed on the left instep.
Eisenhower's fondness for a specific shade of pink, often called "First Lady" or "Mamie" pink, kicked off a national trend for pink clothing, housewares, and bathrooms.
As First Lady, she was a gracious hostess but carefully guarded her privacy. A victim of Ménière's disease, an inner-ear disorder that affects equilibrium, Eisenhower was uneasy on her feet, which fed rumors that she had a drinking problem.
Eisenhower was known as a penny pincher who clipped coupons for the White House staff. Her recipe for "Mamie's million dollar fudge" was reproduced by housewives all over the country after it was printed in many publications.
In 1958, Mrs. Eisenhower was also reported to be the first person to initiate Halloween decorations to be put up in the White House.
As described in multiple biographies, including Upstairs at the White House by J. B. West, Eisenhower was reportedly unhappy with the idea of John F. Kennedy coming into office following her husband's term. Despite new First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy having given birth to her son John Jr. via caesarean section two weeks prior, Eisenhower did not inform Kennedy that there was a wheelchair available for her to use while showing her the various sections of the White House. Seeing Eisenhower's displeasure during the tour, Kennedy kept her composure while in Eisenhower's presence, finally collapsing in private once the new First Lady returned home. When Mamie Eisenhower was later questioned as to why she would do such a thing, the former First Lady simply stated, "Because she never asked."
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Christmas Gifts and Christmas Parties – How to treat them in your books!
Christmas is right around the corner, and everyone including most businesses are making preparations to either shut down for a duration or alter their trading hours. A lot of businesses are considering thanking showing appreciation for the efforts that employees have put in for your business.
A minor benefit is one that is provided to staff or their associates, for example their spouse or partner, on an "infrequent" or "irregular" basis, is not considered a reward for services, and the cost is less than $300 "per benefit" inclusive of Goods and Services Tax.
Can I give a Non-entertainment gifts provided to employees are usually exempt from Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) where the total value is less than $300 inclusive of GST. A tax deduction and GST credit can also be claimed. These include skin care& beauty products, flowers, wine, perfumes, gift vouchers and hampers etc.
Non-entertainment gifts given to clients and suppliers do not fall within the FBT rules as they are not provided to employees. Generally a tax deduction and GST credit can be claimed for these gifts, provided they are not excessive or overly valuable.
Entertainment gifts examples include theatre tickets, passes to attend a musical, live play, movie, tickets to a sporting event or providing a holiday can have different tax implications and you should consult your tax accountant for advice. Where the cost for the employee and their associate is each less than $300 GST inclusive, FBT is not payable, and no tax deduction or GST credit can be claimed.
However, if the cost for the employee and their associate is each $300.00 or more GST inclusive, a tax deduction and GST credit can be claimed, but FBT is payable. The cost of any entertainment gifts provided to clients is not subject to FBT, and no tax deduction or GST credit can be claimed.
It is important that businesses maintain separate accounts in the general ledger for recording the above transactions to ensure that the correct income tax, GST and FBT treatment is applied.
What happens when the "non-entertainment gift" is $300 or more GST inclusive?
Providing employees "non-entertainment gift" of $300 or more GST inclusive is less tax effective. A tax deduction and GST credit can still be claimed, but FBT is payable at the rate of 46.5%.
But what happens when providing staff with gifts of, say, beer or wine which is not consumed at the workplace or at a work social gathering but instead is consumed at home?
The cost is tax deductible, a GST credit can be claimed, and is exempt from FBT up to the $300 limit.
Non-entertainment gifts given to clients and suppliers do not fall within the FBT rules as they are not considered your staff. Generally, a tax deduction and GST credit can still be claimed provided they are not excessive or overly valuable.
So, what should I give my staff this holiday season?
The best outcome for your business this Christmas is to give staff non-entertainment type gifts that cost less than $300 GST inclusive per staff member as this is fully tax deductible with no FBT payable.
However, these favorable tax rules don't apply to gifts to sole proprietors and partners in a partnership as they cannot be employees of themselves. Benefits given to any staff employed by the business achieve the same tax outcomes as mentioned above.
Some fringe benefits need to be reported on payment summaries. As the employer, if the value of certain fringe benefits is more than $2,000 in an FBT year, you must record that amount on your payment summary.


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// <copyright file="MarkdownEmailService.cs" company="Andrey Kurdiumov">
// Copyright (c) Andrey Kurdiumov. All rights reserved.
// </copyright>
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namespace Dub.Web.Identity
{
#if !NETCORE
    using System.Configuration;
    using System.Net.Configuration;
    using System.Net.Mail;
    using System.Net.Mime;
    using System.Threading.Tasks;
    using Microsoft.AspNet.Identity;

    /// <summary>
    /// Service for sending email
    /// </summary>
    public class MarkdownEmailService : IIdentityMessageService
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Display name of the email service.
        /// </summary>
        private string displayName;

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="MarkdownEmailService"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="displayName">Display name of the sender.</param>
        public MarkdownEmailService(string displayName)
        {
            this.displayName = displayName;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// This method should send the message
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="message">Message to send.</param>
        /// <returns>Asynchronous task which sends the message.</returns>
        public async Task SendAsync(IdentityMessage message)
        {
            var smtpSection = (SmtpSection)ConfigurationManager.GetSection("system.net/mailSettings/smtp");
            var destinationAddress = new MailAddress(message.Destination);
            var fromAddress = smtpSection.From ?? smtpSection.Network.UserName;
            var senderAddress = new MailAddress(fromAddress, this.displayName);
            var textBody = message.Body;
            var htmlBody = CommonMark.CommonMarkConverter.Convert(message.Body);
            var email = new MailMessage(senderAddress, destinationAddress);
            email.Subject = message.Subject;
            email.AlternateViews.Add(AlternateView.CreateAlternateViewFromString(textBody, null, MediaTypeNames.Text.Plain));
            email.AlternateViews.Add(AlternateView.CreateAlternateViewFromString(htmlBody, null, MediaTypeNames.Text.Html));

            using (var client = new SmtpClient())
            {
                await client.SendMailAsync(email);
            }
        }
    }
#endif
}

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To attain the title of "Master Stylist" at Salon Rispoli, a cosmetologist must have a minimum of fifteen years experience in all areas of cosmetology. They must also attend at least three educational classes per year. A master stylist must possess a superior knowledge of cutting, coloring, fashion and special event styling, and hair relaxation techniques. They must possess a mastery of nonsurgical hair replacement systems including, hair extensions, wig services, and men's hair replacement. Because of the high demand for their time a "Master Stylist" is generally booked a minimum of two weeks in advance. Price range for a Woman's haircut $55.00 to $70.00, Men's haircut $45.00 to $55.00.
A Senior Stylist at Salon Rispoli must possess a minimum of five years of experience in cosmetology. A Senior Stylist has completed all of the required education to attain this title. Education includes, a working knowledge of all hair replacement services offered at Salon Rispoli, mastery of all product lines carried in the salon and a full knowledge of all cutting, styling and coloring techniques. A Senior Stylist is required to attend a minimum of two advanced educational programs per year. Senior Stylists are generally booked one to two weeks in advance. Price range for a Woman's haircut $45.00 to $55.00, Men's haircut $30.00 to $45.00.
A Junior Stylist at Salon Rispoli is a licensed professional with less than three years experience in Cosmetology. They are required to attend two advanced classes at the Redken Exchange in New York City and must attend the weekly training classes taught by the Salon Rispoli staff. Once a Junior Stylist has met the time and educational requirements and has established a demand for their time, they are advanced to Senior Stylist. Junior Stylist price for a Woman's haircut $40.00, Men's haircut $27.00.


This past week was her birthday – this sweet, strong, fierce, and brave girl of mine. In the dark hours of morning one year ago, I birthed her into the world, the careful hands of the midwife there to receive her, my own mother and my husband at my side, cheering me on, marveling at the wonder of it all. This week I've taken pause to remember the events of her birth… the hot, sticky day, the walk around the block through contractions, the Powerade I couldn't keep down, the 24-hour labor, the friends who lit candles for me across the country and prayed for me until they heard the news of her arrival, the baby who shocked us all when she weighed in at ten and a half pounds when they put her on the scale. I think back on the labor, on her birth, on the absurdity that a fully-formed human being could grow inside my body and make her way into the world. I marvel that each of us began this way. I marvel that it is a miracle. A miracle – and also, just life. Holy and mundane. Extraordinary and the most normal everyday thing that could be.
These days, in quiet moments I look at her. I sneak glances of her when she is in my husband's arms, or asleep in her stroller on rare occasion, wiped out from a day in the hot sun. I go to her crib and gently make the sign of the cross on her forehead before I go to bed, and I notice her chubby baby legs, her little hands that have learned to clap and wave and sign "more" for food. In these tender moments her father and I look at each other and murmur, She's so big. She's not really a baby anymore. She's growing so fast. She's more than doubled in size this past year, and it seems a miracle that this could be—that we've kept her alive and thriving, at first on my own milk, then on bananas and blueberries, Cheerios and chicken and sippy cups of water and anything we'll let her get her grabby baby hands on. She's growing. She has grown. It seems like a miracle. It's a miracle, and it's also just life.
It's just life, I say, but please know that I don't use those words lightly. Perhaps what I mean to say is that this year has shown me in ways I could never have expected that life itself is the miracle. The fact that we all begin this way is a miracle. That we grow, that we thrive—some us despite so many challenges and against all the odds. The fact that we learn to hold up our heads, to roll over, sit up, crawl and walk and talk – that this is the way life was designed for us. We are designed to grow, made for it, and like a sunflower bending to the light, we'll do it even in the darkest places, straining and grasping for that which nourishes us, even when it seems out of reach.
I rocked her for a few minutes longer than normal when I put her to bed this week, taking a moment to smell her freshly-bathed baby hair, to touch her soft skin, to really notice her. I remembered how God has been present this year through the marathon nursing sessions, the family members who came to visit, the friends who brought meals, coffee, offers to babysit, the ones who sent words of encouragement in their cards and emails and texts and prayers. God was there in the nights I was desperate for sleep, in the days I rejoiced in a new milestone, a first word, her first steps. God was there, delighting in me as I delighted in my daughter, this little girl who loves strawberries and swings, who says "hi" and "uh-oh", "okay" and "dada" and, just this week, "mama." God in resting and rising, behind and before, God in our every breath.
Concerned that he was anxious or even repelled that I was so small and frail, [my mother] was about to reassure him when he whispered something under his breath. She had not quite heard and she asked him to repeat it for her. He turned to her with a smile and said in Hebrew, "Blessed are Thou, O Lord our God, King of the Universe, who has kept us alive and sustained us, who has brought us whole to this moment." It is a blessing of gratitude for the gift of life, and it was also the beginning of our relationship.
As I write this tonight, my daughter sleeps soundly in her crib the next room over. Tonight, before I go to bed, I will enter her room as I always do. I will put my hand on her chest and feel it rise and fall with her slow, steady breathing. I will make the sign of the cross on her forehead, ever so lightly, with the gentlest of touch as to not disturb her slumber. And under my breath, I will offer this blessing – a blessing for a year. Blessed are you, O Lord our God, who has kept us alive and sustained us, who has brought us whole to this moment. Blessed are you. Thank you. Amen.
I am so very happy for you and your family. My prayers are with you all for the future. God bless you.
By the way do you mind if I journal the Hebrew prayer?
So, so beautiful! Thank you for sharing your gift.
Thank you! Yes, Peter, please journal the prayer! It's beautiful, isn't it?


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Old Comedy
Old Comedy, initial phase of ancient Greek comedy (c. 5th century bc), known through the works of Aristophanes. Old Comedy plays are characterized by an exuberant and high-spirited satire of public persons and affairs. Composed of song, dance, personal invective, and buffoonery, the plays also include outspoken political criticism and comment on literary and philosophical topics. The plays, consisting of loosely related episodes, were first performed in Athens for the religious festival of Dionysus. They gradually took on a six-part structure: an introduction, in which the basic fantasy is explained and developed; the parodos, entry of the chorus; the contest, or agon, a ritualized debate between opposing principals, usually stock characters; the parabasis, in which the chorus addresses the audience on the topics of the day and hurls scurrilous criticism at prominent citizens; a series of farcical scenes; and a final banquet or wedding. The chorus often were dressed as animals, while the characters wore street dress and masks with grotesque features.
Old Comedy sometimes is called Aristophanic comedy, after its most famous exponent, whose 11 surviving plays include The Clouds (423 bc), a satire on the misuse of philosophical argument directed chiefly against Socrates, and The Frogs (405 bc), a satire on Greek drama directed chiefly against Euripides. Other Old Comedy writers include Cratinus, Crates, Pherecrates, and Eupolis.
Athens' defeat in the Peloponnesian War signaled the end of Old Comedy, because a sense of disillusionment with the heroes and gods who had played a prominent role in Old Comedy became marked.
Article Title: Old Comedy
Date Published: 25 November 2019
URL: https://www.britannica.com/art/Old-Comedy


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Aviation changing the way businesses operate in Southern Illinois | Southern Business Journal
Not only is Aviation good for business in a regional and economic impact sense, it also can be a key to advancing individual businesses.
"Aviation has revolutionized the way we do business," explains Jeremy Pinkston of Black Diamond Aviation, a sister-company of Marion's Black Diamond Harley-Davidson. "You can get anything you want to get done at your own pace."
Pinkston shared the story of Black Diamond co-owner Shad Zimbro, who was supposed to fly to College Station, Texas, for meetings concerning the company's dealership there.
"The plan was for him to fly commercially from Marion to St. Louis, then to Dallas and on to College Station," Pinkston said. "He was supposed to be in College Station by 1 p.m., but didn't get there until 9 p.m. There was a weather delay in St. Louis, which means he missed his connecting flight and that put him behind in Dallas. He lost an entire day of productivity. What's that value of a day?"
He said Zimbro probably will use a company-owned plane next time.
"To get to College Station or somewhere else, it makes a lot of sense to take a plane where we can leave at any time we want," Pinkston said. "For instance, we can leave Marion at 6 a.m. and be at the College Station dealership before they open."
Black Diamond currently operates several helicopters, as well as three airplanes and offers a helicopter training facility for individuals to train and obtain private or commercial licenses. Pinkston says the aircraft are just another set of tools that help the business be successful.
"It's a matter of efficiency," he said. "Time is money. Driving even for a couple of hours can take away from being an efficient part of the business. That's the beauty of the planes and helicopters. You can get anywhere a lot faster and you are not confined by the schedules of the airlines."
Pinkston says not only do planes help with the business, but the availability of airports nearby makes other opportunities possible as well.
"For the big entertainment artists we bring it, it's much nicer to have them land at one of the airports here instead of having to land in St. Louis and drive here," he said. "It's a plus when it comes to booking and the performers prefer it. It is again a matter of efficiency."
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Why you should prioritize school surveys this fall
Posted By: Alexandra M. Weiss July 26, 2021
With the start of another school year just around the corner, I'm having a lot of conversations with school leaders about surveys. What surveys should they administer? Who should they survey? When and how?
And while the answer varies from district to district, it always boils down to why. Why should you and other school leaders make surveys and other research methods a key part of your district's planning?
From ensuring you're effectively communicating to families to improving overall engagement and trust in your district, there's more to K-12 education leadership than many people realize.
As we approach the back-to-school season, there are countless pressing issues vying for your attention and, as a school leader, it's up to you to set the priorities and pace. Survey research is a critical piece of the school leadership puzzle. Below, I've created a list of five reasons why surveys need to be a part of your district's community engagement strategy this school year.
1. Surveys help communicate your district's values.
Surveys allow key stakeholders — including students, families, teachers, staff and your community — to know what your district values the most. When districts create and send a survey, it clearly communicates what's top-of-mind for your district.
For example, when your district conducts surveys regarding bullying and equity, it tells your stakeholders you are invested in improving school safety and making your school more inclusive. Rockford Public Schools communicates how much they value their employees by sending out employee engagement surveys — which boosts employee retention and morale and creates a cycle of continuous staff engagement.
By asking for honest feedback from your community, your district shows it cares about the experiences of its students, families and employees.
2. Surveys help you discover insights into how stakeholders feel and what they know.
Surveys provide students, parents and caretakers, teachers and staff, and your community the opportunity to tell you how they feel. Surveys also can help you dive deeper into what stakeholders truly understand about district-related issues such as school funding, learning loss, equity and more.
For example, communities across the United States are vocally expressing their feelings about antiracist instruction in K-12 schools. In addition to garnering data on how people feel about these instructional changes, a survey can help you better evaluate if parents and community members understand what it means to be an antiracist school.
Surveys give you important insights to help you understand where to pivot your school's efforts to better inform families of what changes mean for your students and district and help move your efforts from talking about the issue to taking action.
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3. Surveys show you where you have perception gaps in your district.
Often there are many different perceptions in schools on issues such as safety, culture and effectiveness of programs. Collecting feedback helps you see where there are perception gaps between students, parents and teachers. To make changes that have a positive impact, you need to understand how your decisions are perceived by all stakeholders involved.
We often see a gap between students, parents and teachers in areas such as curriculum, bullying and communication frequency. Identifying these gaps is an essential part of understanding all your stakeholders' experiences and developing action plans to close the gaps through additional communications, new programs or policy changes.
Frederick County Public Schools found perception gaps through their school quality surveys in areas such as student and academic support, safety and behavior, school quality, and family involvement. This helped shine a light on the areas district leaders could focus on implementing changes to improve overall school quality.
4. Surveys help guide you in making tough decisions.
Your school survey results can include important feedback and data, which can be used to make changes that improve school culture and climate, safety, social-emotional learning, employee retention and engagement, and more. Surveys can even inform decisions related to issues under debate at the national level.
Schools today are receiving countless emails and phone calls about mask requirements this fall. While pediatricians are urging schools to ask their students and teachers to continue to wear masks, lawmakers are still debating mask requirements.
As you plan for the back-to-school season, there are important questions to ask about hot-button issues like mask requirements: How do parents feel about masks? How do those on the frontline — your teachers, school aids, bus drivers and cafeteria staff — feel about masks? Do your stakeholders understand how masks can help protect community members?
Giving people a chance to share their perceptions, understandings and concerns before a tough decision is made will allow you to make fully informed decisions and better communicate the key messages based on your community's feedback.
5. Turning survey data into action builds trust.
To promote positive school culture, Chelsea School District sent a school quality survey to stakeholders in its Michigan community. The surveys resulted in critical feedback the district turned into a strategic plan, which emphasized the key issues mentioned by community members.
"If we shy away from the data, we disconnect ourselves from our community."— Dr. Julie Helber, superintendent, Chelsea School District
As the community saw their feedback applied in ways that improved school culture and safety, the district gained trust capital. Allowing their stakeholders to give open-ended responses also increased trust. It shows that their district values transparency and values all their opinions enough to implement change.
When creating school and district improvement plans, every voice matters. And when you make impactful changes in your school district as the result of survey data, it builds trust among your stakeholders.
Are you ready to prioritize your school customer experience this fall? Request a free consultation with our research team.
Alexandra M. Weiss
Director of Research Alexandra M. Weiss conducts research on diversity, equity, and inclusion; employee engagement; school quality; student engagement; and more. She is completing a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a minor in Education Policy Studies at Indiana University – Bloomington. She has a graduate certificate in Education Law from IU, a master's degree from George Mason University and a bachelor's degree from Indiana University. She previously worked as a middle and high school English teacher and journalism advisor, and taught teacher education courses at Indiana University.
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12,000 researchers and scientists, medical professionals, activists, policy makers and perhaps most importantly, members of the global HIV+ positive community have gathered in Melbourne, Australia this week to share ideas, latest developments and shape the continued battle against HIV/AIDS.
In a conflict that has been unfolding for decades, shaped by a history unfolding for centuries, the reality of this latest Palestinian-Israeli conflict is not unique. Impacted most of all are the region's children.
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Families in the Sheohar District in India have been doing everything right. Fresh food choices, breastfeeding and a booming economy. Vivek is a child in one of these families — and he should be thriving. However, like so many millions of children under five around the world, he is suffering from malnourishment and stunting.


Father George was ordained into the priesthood as an Oblate in Maillardville BC in 1968. One of his first parishes was the Lady of Seven Sorrows of the Hobbema Reserve in Alberta, where sadly, there were 150 funerals each year!….He has worked in Ft McMurray in the 80s and Ft Simpson 1987-92. He worked tirelessly , when in June of 1987, it was announced that pope John Paul would visit Ft. Simpson in September of that year. This was a huge undertaking and Fr. George was very instrumental in its success. One proud moment for him was standing his ground on having 6 female altar servers among the 18 total for the 3 hour mass. The Vatican only wanted male servers at that point.
He also spent a year studying at Berkley ( Oakland) California in 1992. He was assigned to St. Albert ( outskirts of Edmonton) from 1993 to 2002 after which he came to Salmon Arm. He and Father Bob Chisolm looked after Chase, Celista, Blind Bay, Salmon Arm & Sicamous until Fr Bobs passing in January 2008. Fr George is celebrating his 48th year in the priesthood and we hope to keep him in Salmon Arm for a little while longer . Congratulations on 48 years of dedicated service to God and his people. Well done, Father George! — G.K. Ken Nowicki .. Council7107… Salmon Arm B.C.


Looking for a chance to catch up on games like Persona 5? PlayStation's got the sale for you this weekend.
It's a Golden Week for PlayStation owners, as Sony's offering up a handful of good deals for some of their top games as part of this week's sale. This includes a lot of Capcom's titles, led by Monster Hunter World. Persona 5 is also on sale, for those who haven't had a chance to discover one of last year's best games.
Over on the Xbox side, A Way Out gets an early discount, while a handful of add-ons and DLCs are being discounted as part of a week-long sale. And Nintendo Switch owners can pick up Rocket League and Sonic Forces for cheap.
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