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Customer Service Training Activity – Subconscious Gender Stereotypes
Since ongoing gender communication and interactions between employees and customers is a daily event in most workplaces; organizations must help employees at all levels identify and correct negative stereotypes that might exist between male and female employees.
The following activity is a simple means for getting adult learners active in identifying potentially damaging perceptions they might have about genders and to engage in a productive dialog to help overcome stereotypes that they might unconsciously harbor.
Trainers, supervisors or team leaders can use this activity during a formal customer service or communication training session or at a department staff meeting. Once all trainees have completed the self-assessment, either form small groups of lead a discussion to share individual results and discuss how to improve any issues that surface related to stereotypes.
Instructions to Learners:
Many people have been conditioned since they were young children about acceptable gender roles for males and females in their culture as either masculine or feminine. Often these beliefs create challenges when you are serving customers.
To identify potential predispositions that you may have related to gender roles that are assigned to men and women in your society, give your first impressions for each adjective below. Do not think about the word, just react by placing an "F" by words that you feel best to describe females, an "M" by those that describe males and a "B" by those that could describe both females and males. Don't go back to change an answer later.
Self Assessment:
Truck driver ___ Soccer/Football player___ Sky diver____
Airline pilot___ Pastry baker____ Chef___
Baseball fan___ Dog groomer____ Bus driver___
Entrepreneur___ Service professional____ Nurse___
Romantic___ Courageous____ Emotional____
Spontaneous____ Impatient____ Goal-oriented___
Sensitive____ Funny___ Powerful___
Strong___ Competitive____ Loving___
Outspoken____ Assertive___ Talkative___
Nurturing___ Intelligent____ Driven___
Intuitive____ Sexy___ Critical___
Once you have finished, go back and look to see how many of each letter you recorded. Most people typically have a mix of all three. If you look closely and think of all the people you have known, heard or read about in your lifetime, you probably know some who fall into both categories. Therefore, if there is even one incident where an adjective could describe the opposite gender from the one that you've indicated, you may have some hidden stereotypes related to men or women and the gender roles they can/should fill. This does not mean that you are a prejudiced or a "bad" person. It simply means that you may want to work on expanding your knowledge about others and trying to develop a more open-minded perspective of them so that you do not inadvertently do or say anything that might endanger the customer-provider relationship.
Customer service training activities, customer service tips, customer service training ideas, and other useful information, related to interacting with diverse internal and external customers and that can lead to the delivery of excellent customer service, can be found in Please Every Customer: Delivering Stellar Customer Service Across Cultures.


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14 Things to Do After a Phishing Attack
I once saw a quote (or a Tweet) that said "Look, do you want to have a defensible network or not?" This quote stuck with me over the years as it essentially asked (in well under 140 characters), "Do you have the right technology, vantage points, processes, procedures, training, executive support, personnel, policy, controls, logs, etc., in place to duke it out and protect yourself?"
There are a lot of things we can do to reduce the impact of a successful phishing attack. But like all things in information security, we can't completely eliminate the risk, so it's important to proactively prepare an effective response strategy. So, what do you do if you suspect or know there was a successful phishing attack against your organization? Here is our list of 14 things you need to do when it happens:
1. Activate IR procedures
You do have an incident response plan, right? You have done an IR tabletop to test how smoothly things go, right? After you confirm that you are dealing with a real incident, draw the shades, grab the playbook, and order pizza. You'll need to figure out the who, what, when, and where of the incident — as well as what time to tell your family you think you'll be home the next day.2. Obtain a copy of the email with full headers and any original attachments
Make sure that you get the phishing email with full headers showing routing info, etc. In Outlook, you'll have to look at the message's Properties in order to see all of the email routing information. Take note of the IP address that the message came from. In most cases it will be from a compromised machine of some sort – either an end user's desktop acting as a bot for the message or from a compromised or vulnerable server. Either way, it will help to have all of this information.3. Mine the web for threat intelligence
There are a lot of threat intel and lookup sites out there. Take any URLs, attachments, etc., to www.virustotal.com or any of the other sandbox and lookup sites out there. (I personally like www.hybrid-analysis.com.) Take domains, IPs, etc., to sites like IPVoid.com. Google the IP, hostnames, URLs, files, etc., of what you see.
But be careful that you don't actually go to malicious sites. If you paste an IP into your browser, it will change it to a URL and go to the IP. That's embarrassing (and potentially dangerous). Rather, put the IP address in quotes to ensure that your browser knows you are just searching.4. Talk to the clicker(s)
This is a simple step that is sometimes overlooked. Don't sidestep the end user! Ask any and all clickers what happened, what they saw, and if they noticed anything strange or out of place before or after interacting with the phish.5. Adjust perimeter email filters to block similar messages
In order to prevent other users from falling victim to the same attack, look for attributes in the email that you can filter on. In some cases the From, Subject, and other fields may change. Look for something that will remain somewhat static. Black listing based on a regex obviously isn't a long-term solution, but in the short term it can help stop any other messages from getting in.6. Start searching internal systems
Search your firewall logs for all of the suspicious IPs, URLs, etc., from the email, URL, attachment, etc. to see if there was any traffic leaving your network going to those IPs. Keep in mind that some attacker command and control domains will change their IPs every few minutes. As such, you will want to search your DNS logs (you are logging all DNS requests, aren't you?) and see if any host on your network did a lookup on them.
Keep in mind you will likely need to search DHCP logs as well to see what workstation had the IP when the DNS lookup happened. (You do have DHCP logs, right?). Use Splunk or Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana (ELK).7. Review proxy or outbound web logs
If you use a proxy such as BlueCoat, WebSense, or the like, it makes sense to search the logs to see if any other users accessed the site or other telltale URLs. Or if you log all outbound firewall requests, check for the IP address of the server that the site is running on.
Want to learn more about phishing attacks? Download our State of the Phish Report .
8. Review mail server logs
Check to see which users received the message by searching your mail server logs. If possible, search on the message ID, source IPs, From, Subject, file attachment name, etc.9. Review DNS logs
Logging DNS traffic is no longer hard. Enabling DNS logging in BIND is not hard either. When enabled, you can import these logs into Splunk, then run queries on them to see which of your hosts did a lookup on any malicious domains you find.10. Ensure logs are retained
Nothing stops an investigation cold like a total lack of critical logs. Ensure that your DNS, DHCP, firewall, proxy, and other logs don't rotate off. Depending on how things go, you may need to save these logs and handle them in a way that will stand up in court. Your IR plan should address this.11. Make an example out of it
Rahm Emanuel once said, "You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that, it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before." Remember this quote the next time you are dealing with a successful phishing attack, and use that event as an opportunity to raise security awareness among management and your users.
There's a reason, after all, that high schools put wrecked cars out front of their buildings during prom season. It hits home because it's relatable; those who are forced to confront a possibility often can't help but think, "That could have been me!" But tread softly — you don't want users to feel that reporting something leads to professional embarrassment.12. Clean up
As a general rule of thumb, you'll need to change the affected users' passwords — even if you are pretty sure that nothing serious happened. Why? Because you'll never have 100% assurance that the victims weren't completely compromised.
If a user's credentials (especially those used for remote access) are compromised, an attacker could come back and use legitimate access methods like OWA or the VPN. After passwords have been changed, review the activity of any impacted user account for a period of time pre- and post-incident.13. Check for active sessions of affected users
A popular technique among attackers is to leverage legitimate access methods like VPNs and Citrix to maintain a presence within the network and exfiltrate data. Following an attack, collect a list of the affected users and check to ensure that there aren't any current connections that shouldn't be active.
You do have a list of every remote access method, don't you?14. Train your users to be "smart skeptics"
Get proactive! Have you ever received an email and thought, "There's something not quite right with this…"? Those of us in the security space like to say we have "infosec spidey sense." But we didn't get this overnight; it's a skill that we've passively built up over time. Wouldn't it be great if instead of a Pavlovian response to click on anything in their inbox, your users paused for even 500 milliseconds and though, "Wait a sec…could this be a PHISH?" Use phishing tests and security awareness training to your advantage.
It can be done! Trust us, we're professionals at this.
Note: This article originated on the ThreatSim® blog. ThreatSim was acquired by Wombat Security in October 2015.


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The Productivity Imperative and the New Maine Economy
Maine State Planning Office, Economics Division, April 1990.
Richard H. Silkman, Director; Stephen J. Adams, Principal Author
Contents: Introduction / Maine's New Economy / The Productivity Imperative / Meeting the Productivity Imperative / Conclusions / Notes / References
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Maine State Planning Office
Augusta, Maine
Maine Economic Conditions, Maine's Labor Market, Technological Development in Maine, Maine Economy
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Labor Relations | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods | Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation | Public Policy | Strategic Management Policy | Training and Development | Work, Economy and Organizations
USM Library Stacks: HC 107 .M2 A685 1990
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Maine State Planning Office, "The Productivity Imperative and the New Maine Economy" (1990). Maine Collection. 66.
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Mt 6:9 Our Father
The first word of the example prayer Jesus taught His disciples, and us, is "Our."" He could very easily have said "My" but he didn't. He used a plural pronoun. He used "our". We are so centered on ourselves and or needs and wants we tend to forget we are part of a family. No one of us has any more right to approach God the Father than another. When we pray "Our" we are uniting with other children of God. When we pray "Our" we are recognizing God has love and concern for all His children. When we pray "Our" we are recognizing our needs and wants must be coordinated with the needs and wants of God's other children. He also used the word "Father" in addressing God. He is giving us permission to call God, the Creator, Father. What a wonderful blessing that is. We are only God's children by adoption through the cross of Jesus. Before that, we were only His creation. It is the "second birth," the birth of our spirits through accepting Jesus as our Lord and Savior that we become children of God. Christians are the only ones with the right to call God "Father." What a privilege to approach the throne of Almighty God and be allowed to call Him, Father.


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The Congress Center Davos is centrally located between Davos Dorf and Davos Platz. The main entrance and the parking area can be accessed from Talstrasse.
Approach from Davos Dorf: Take the one-way road Promenade to Kurgartenstrasse. Just before the Kirchner Museum, turn left. Drive along the street Kurgartenstrasse until the end. Then turn left on to Talstrasse. After about 300 metres, the Congress Center Davos is on the left.
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February, 16th 2019
The FLRSD hosted our second annual FreeLake Music Fest 2019 at the middle school on Friday, February 8, 2019. What a successful event coordinated by the entire music department. All five schools were represented and the day long event culminated with an afternoon performance in front of family and friends. Please visit our website to view the entire outstanding performance provided to us by LakeCam! Thank you to all the staff for their hard work and dedication as we continue to celebrate our talented music students. Please look under Announcements for "Music Fest 2019."
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The FLRSD FY' 20 Superintendent's Budget was presented on February 6, 2019 at our regularly scheduled school committee meeting. The presentation is now posted on our website, please click on the link below to view. The FY'20 budget request is $40,120,610 which represents a 4.83% increase over the FY'19 regional budget. We need your support more than ever as we look to provide appropriate resources to meet our growing educational needs. I will keep all stakeholders updated throughout the budget season on upcoming meetings and events. The next Regional Finance Committee meeting will be on Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. in the ARHS Library. Please check the webpage under Announcements "FY20 Budget Presentation."
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The Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District is in need of a new strategic plan. This plan outlines our collective vision, core values, and goals for students, staff and families. In her role as the Director of Curriculum and Assessment, Dr. Marlene Correia is facilitating the process and seeking your valuable input. We invite you to complete the Family Strategic Planning Survey to share your thoughts on what we do best and what we can do better. The survey can be found on the first page of each school's website under Announcements.


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Are you looking for fun things to do in Dallas? Take this free, self-guide Downtown Dallas walking tour … you'll discover great skyline views, interesting historical spots, shopping destinations, and so much more!
Before I moved to Dallas, most of my impressions of this city came from the TV show.
Now that I've lived here a few years, I still haven't met any oil barons … that I know of. But I have discovered that there's more to this city than its big business reputation.
Dallas is the eight largest city in the U.S., and it is sprawling. If you've never visited before, its compact downtown is the best neighborhood to get your bearings.
This downtown Dallas walking tour is the perfect place to start. I'll show everything you could want to see, from beautiful skyline views to historic sights, shopping spots, museums, and so much more.
Keep reading for all the details, then get ready to start walking!
Downtown Dallas Walking Tour (Map)
There are so many cool things to do in downtown Dallas, and this free, self-guided walking tour covers them all. Read more about these fun spots below, then use the map I created to help you located them during your walk.
Simply open it on your phone, then travel from point to point.
Before You Get Started
One important thing to know about Dallas before heading out? It gets hot … like really hot!
From May through October, you're pretty much guaranteed scorching weather (high 90s to 100+ … ugh). Plan to take some breaks along the way, and you'll need a cold drink for your walk.
There are plenty of places to pick up a refreshing drink along the way, so don't worry. I'd recommend grabbing one before starting though … I brought along my fave DASANI Sparkling. Plus, I packed a tasty Orzo Pasta Salad and yummy Caprese Sandwiches (find those recipes later in the post) for an end of walk picnic!
Self-Guided Walking Tour … Let's Go!
Okay, are you ready to start this walking tour? Follow along below for my favorite things to do in Dallas, and don't forget to use the map to help you find these spots during your trip.
Dallas City Hall
We're going to start this walking tour at Dallas City Hall, which is located at the corner of Marilla Street and South Akard Street.
Dallas City Hall was designed by renowned architect I.M. Pei, and it has unique inverted pyramid shape. You may recognize it from a classic action movie. Let me know if you do!
This distinctive building is definitely worth seeing, but there's another reason we're starting here … the amazing views of the city! As you look across the beautiful reflecting pool, you'll be treated to an impressive skyline view of downtown Dallas.
Before leaving the plaza, make sure to check out the The Dallas Piece, a sculpture created by artist Henry Moore, too.
Pioneer Plaza
Head west on Young Street from City Hall, and you'll arrive at Pioneer Plaza.
This large park features 49 larger-than-life bronze steers being herded by three trail riders. These cattle drive sculptures comprise the largest bronze monument of its kind in the world.
The plaza is a fun place to visit with kids, and there's also a small pond here which is often full of ducks. Bring a bag of bread cubes to feed them.
Pegasus Sculpture + Dallas BIG Sign
In 1934, a large neon Pegasus was placed atop what was then the tallest building in the downtown Dallas. The flying horse is a Greek mythological symbol of wealth, power and fame, and Dallasites have come to embrace this symbol as their own.
As you walk around the city, you'll see signs of the Pegasus everywhere. Look up, look down, it's all around on everything from buildings to signs!
The best place to get a photo of this mythological beast is at the corner of Young Street and South Lamar Street. Here, you'll find the original rotating Pegasus which has been restored.
There's also a Dallas BIG sign in front of the Pegasus, and you can form the "I" in BIG. See if you can get this sign, the Pegasus, and "The Ball" (that tower in the background below) all in one photo!
Tip: need a cold drink already? Stop into one of the many restaurants at the nearby Omni Hotel.
Lubben Plaza
Just across the street from the Pegasus, you'll find Lubben Plaza. This spot is somewhat hidden, so don't be surprised if you have it all to yourself.
Here, you'll find three large scale sculptures, including Harrow, which you can see below. Although you can't see it moving, this giant steel piece makes one complete rotation every 24 hours.
I love this quiet sculpture park! It's the perfect place to do a little reflection or just escape that hot Texas sun.
John F. Kennedy Memorial
There's a lot going on in Dallas these days, but the city is still probably most known for being the site of President John F. Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963.
The John F. Kennedy Memorial is a monument to the fallen president. It's not located on the exact spot of the assassination (we'll get to that in a bit), but it's worth checking out as you explore downtown Dallas.
Old Red Museum
Next to the JFK Memorial, you'll see the impossible-to-miss Old Red Museum.
This ornate building was built in 1892. It was originally a courthouse, but these days it's a museum.
If you want to find out more about Dallas County history, there's no better place to do it than at the Old Red Museum. Here, you'll learn about everything from Dallas' early beginnings to the historic events that transformed the city into the "Big D" that we know today.
John Neely Bryan Log Cabin
Across the street from the Old Red Museum, you'll find another unique downtown Dallas attraction: the John Neely Bryan Log Cabin.
John Neely Bryan is considered the founder of Dallas. He was born in Tennessee, but eventually made his way west. He first visited the Dallas area in 1839, and in 1841 he established a permanent settlement here.
The log cabin you'll see in this quiet park is a replica of Bryan's original home and trading post.
Travel one block west of the log cabin to get to Dealey Plaza. This is where John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963.
Dealey Plaza was built in the 1930s and was named for a prominent local newspaper publisher. It's a wedge shaped park with fountains and pergolas on the western edge of downtown with three major streets running through it: Elm, Main, and Commerce.
President Kennedy's motorcade was driving along Elm Street, heading out of downtown. As the car drove down the hill, he was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald who was waiting in the Texas School Book Depository just north of the plaza.
There's an X in the road where Kennedy was shot (you can see it below).
Do not try to get a photo on the X. This road is basically a highway on-ramp, and it's not worth getting run over!
Just north of this spot (to the right of the X) is the "grassy knoll" where many conspiracy theorists believe a second shooter stood. You may be approached by some of these folks as you visit this area … just a warning (ha ha).
Texas School Book Depository + 6th Floor Museum
The Texas School Book Depository is located just north of Dealey Plaza.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who was a temporary employee of the Texas School Book Depository, hid out on the building's sixth floor before shooting President Kennedy.
Today, the sixth and seventh floors of this building have been turned into the 6th Floor Museum. (The lower floors are used by Dallas County.)
If you have time, don't miss the museum. The audio tour and exhibits are really interesting, and it's a great way to learn about this important event in U.S. history.
West End Historic District
The West End Historic District started as Dallas founder John Neely Bryan's trading post and eventually grew into a bustling manufacturing district. Many of the sights you've just visited are located in the West End, including the JFK Memorial, Old Red Museum, Log Cabin, and Sixth Floor Museum.
This area is filled with old brick warehouse buildings, and if you're an architecture buff, you'll enjoy exploring it further. You'll also find a few restaurants and shops here, including Wild Bill's Western Store which has a tempting selection of cowboy boots.
To make a short loop through the West End, start at the corner of Elm Street and North Market Street (you'll see two arches marked West End here). Head north on North Market until you get to Munger Avenue. Turn left on Munger, then turn left again when you get to Record Street. Keep going until you get back to Elm Street.
Tip: feeling hungry? Stop into Tutta's Pizza or Ellen's for a bite to eat. There's also a 7-Eleven at the corner of Elm and N. Austin Street if you want to grab a quick drink.
Main Street … Restaurants + Shopping
Once you've finished exploring the West End, walk a couple blocks to the corner of Main Street and North Griffin Street. Then, head east on Main Street.
Main Street is the heart of downtown Dallas. You'll find a number of restaurants here (for a casual bite, stop into Commissary, Bread Zeppelin, or Chop House Burger), as well as three parks, upscale shops, a fancy hotel, and that iconic Dallas department store, Neiman Marcus.
There is something for everyone on Main Street, so have fun exploring!
Pegasus Plaza
You'll find this small park on the corner of Main Street and North Akard Street. It's home to a winding stream whose source is a natural mineral stream 1600 feet below the park. You'll also find nine granite boulders here, each dedicated to one of the nine muses.
During the holidays, this plaza is also home to a really funky Christmas tree. If you're in Dallas in December, don't miss it.
Before leaving the park, grab a selfie with artist Enrique Mascorro's Pegasus Fantasy mural. Then, look up and try to spot another flying horse soaring over a nearby hotel.
The Eye Sculpture
Across the street and a little further east (but on the same block as Pegasus Plaza), you'll find The Eye.
It's hard to miss this 30 foot eyeball sculpture which was created by artist Tony Tasset. If you're looking for a unique spot to grab a photo in downtown Dallas, this is it!
The Eye is located in a privately-owned space, so unfortunately, you can't walk up to it. Try heading down Stone Place, a pedestrian alley to the left of the eyeball, to get a little closer.
Thanks-Giving Square
After checking out The Eye, leave Main Street and walk a couple blocks north to Thanks-Giving Square. This quiet park was envisioned as a place for people of all cultures and backgrounds to gather together.
There's not really anything to do in this square, although events are frequently held here … including an awesome holiday tuba concert. It's an ideal spot to enjoy a little peace in busy Dallas though.
The square is surrounded by soaring buildings, so it's also a fun place to capture a photo of downtown Dallas.
Before leaving the square, make sure to check out the uniquely shaped Chapel of Thanksgiving.
The chapel has limited hours, but stop in if it's open during your walk. It has a breathtaking spiral stained glass ceiling that you won't want to miss.
Dallas Arts District
Walk a few blocks north of Thanks-Giving Square, and you'll arrive in the Arts District.
If you think Dallas is buttoned-up and all business, you may be surprised at just how infused the city is with arts and culture. In fact, the Dallas Arts District is the largest contiguous urban arts district in the nation.
This area is one of my favorite parts of the city. You'll find multiple museums, a symphony center, opera house, and more here.
It's free to walk around the Arts District, so have fun exploring.
Admission to The Dallas Museum of Art and the Crow Collection of Asian Art is also free (although there may be a charge for special exhibits). So give yourself a little time to explore the museums.
The Arts District plays host to all sorts of Dallas activities, including monthly late night, admission free events and quarterly block parties with music, food trucks, and more. Make sure to check the schedule of events to see if there's anything going on during your visit.
Klyde Warren Park
If you've made it this far, you've arrived at the end of our walk … and to one of my favorite places in downtown Dallas, Klyde Warren Park!
Klyde Warren Park is such a clever use of neglected urban space. It's basically a park built over a freeway, and it connects downtown Dallas with Uptown, another city center neighborhood.
There is so much to do in this park. Enjoy a playground with a splash pad, open lawn, fountain, games, and even a library. You'll also find a schedule of weekly events, with everything from exercise classes to food festivals to live music.
Klyde Warren Park gets super busy on weekend, but during the week it's pretty chill.
I love finding a shady spot here and grabbing a bite to eat. During the day, the park is usually lined with food trucks (plus, there are restaurants in the park), or you can pack a picnic like I did.
For my picnic, I made Caprese Sandwiches and an Orzo Pasta Salad. These are my go to picnic recipes, and they're so simple to make.
Here's what you'll need for these easy recipes:
Caprese Sandwiches
Grab a baguette or other high quality bread. Spread one half generously with pesto (or use fresh basil). Top the other half with fresh mozzarella and tomatoes. Sprinkle the tomatoes with salt and pepper, then top with other half of bread.
Orzo Pasta Salad
Boil one pound of orzo pasta in salted water until al dente. Transfer the pasta to a fine mesh strainer (or colander with small holes), then rinse with cold water and drain well. Place the orzo in a big bowl, along with two large, diced tomatoes, 1/3 cup halved kalamata olives, four ounces crumbled feta, and a handful of basil leaves (chopped). Add Italian dressing to taste and mix well.
Paired with DASANI sparkling, the tasty sandwiches and pasta salad made the perfect picnic.
If you do decide to pack your own picnic, make sure to add a few ice packs to your bag. That way everything will stay chilled, and you'll be treated to a cool drink at the end of your walk!
If you happen visit Klyde Warren Park in the late afternoon, make sure to stay for the sunset after your picnic.
The golden city views as the sun sets are so pretty. It's the perfect way to end your walk!
Planning Your Downtown Dallas Walking Tour
I hope you enjoyed reading about all these fun things to do in Downtown Dallas! Give yourself a few hours for this walk, or more if you plan to visit any museums.
Here are some tips to make the most of your walk:
- Getting Around: This walk covers quite a bit of territory. If you need to give your feet a rest from walking, you have a few options. DART is Dallas' transit option, and they run buses and trains downtown. Another option is the M-Line Trolley, which stops in the Arts District and near Klyde Warren Park. You can also rent those scooters you'll see on the sidewalks to travel between these sights if you'd prefer not to walk.
- Where to Eat: There are tons of places to eat in downtown Dallas. The areas with the most options are on (and near) Main Street, West End, and the Arts District, and depending on when you visit, you'll also find a variety of food trucks lining Klyde Warren Park. My favorite restaurant is probably Salsa Limón, which has the best tacos, delicious agua frescas, and huge margaritas … you'll need to take a slight detour from this walk tour to get there. There are plenty of other options though, and I've mentioned some other faves above.
- What to Wear: You'll be covering a lot of ground here … make sure to wear comfortable shoes. Dallas also tends to be very sunny, so wear sunblock and/or a hat. If you're visiting between May and October, it's probably going to be hot. Like really hot! It gets cold here in winter though, and even snows occasionally. Your best bet is to check the weather forecast and plan appropriately, since the weather changes day to day.
Other Things to Do in Downtown Dallas
There are many things to do in downtown Dallas that I didn't cover here. Here are some other places worth visiting on your Dallas vacation:
- State Fair of Texas – If you're in Dallas in October, then a visit to the fair is a must. Check out my Texas State Fair guide before your trip for tons of tips!
- Dallas World Aquarium – Located in the West End, this warehouse turned aquarium is popular with families.
- Perot Museum – This nature and science museum (located near Klyde Warren Park) is packed with interactive exhibits that all ages will love.
- Reunion Tower Geo Deck – Want a truly mind-blowing view of Dallas? Head up to "The Ball" for expansive skyline views of downtown and beyond.
- Parks – Downtown Dallas is full of parks. Two favorites are Main Street Gardens (find a small playground, dog park, regular schedule of events, and great city skyline views) and Belo Garden (great spot to sit and relax just off Main street with a fountain and small hill kids love rolling down).
- Dallas Farmers Market – A visit to the Farmers Market is a must. The Market is filled with restaurants and shops and is open daily. The Shed is home to a traditional farmer's market and is open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. This is a great place to eat if you're trying to please a lot of people … they've got everything from Mexican to Indian to macarons! My fave spots are Nammi and Taqueria La Ventana, but it's hard to go wrong, because everything is super tasty.
- Majestic Theatre – Catch a show at this historic performing arts center.
- Dallas Holocaust Museum – This newly-expanded museum is sure to make a huge impact on you. It's located in the West End, near the 6th Floor Museum.
- Beyond Dallas – Don't let your exploration of Texas stop in Dallas … there's so much to see in this huge state! I've got some great guides, like the best Things to do in Amarillo and an El Paso to Phoenix Road Trip that are sure to spark your wanderlust.
Did you fall in love with Dallas on your walk? If you want to see what it's like living in Dallas, don't miss my Dallas Loft Apartment Tour!
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Once upon a time, coffee-table books signified luxury, upward mobility, things of quality and distinction. Buying one of those suckers conferred a sense of your own good taste. It was only a matter of time before publishers began catering to the downwardly aspirational, offering cheap (well, not that cheap) voyages into other people's fringe or freaky existences.
Take Create and Be Recognized (Chronicle, $40), the first major study of photography in outsider art. The title phrase was the motto of Eugene von Bruenchenhein, a baker and self-taught artist who photographed his wife obsessively and exclusively over two decades. He is one of the many forgotten visionaries included in this beguiling book by John Turner and Deborah Klochko. What binds together these figures isn't their amateurishness but the obsessive nature (and sometimes outlandish scale) of their missions. Alexandre Lobanov, deaf and dumb, staged elaborate self-portraits as a kind of Russian revolutionary icon, while homeless artist Lee Godie dressed herself in multiple personae for her many photo-booth snapshots, making her a bag lady forerunner of Cindy Sherman. Some of the eeriest images come from Morton Bartlett; although he was educated at Harvard and briefly worked as an advertising photographer, he belongs here because his photos, like those of his fellow outsiders, were born of "extreme private impulses." For 30 years he created and shot plaster figurines of young girls: a fantasy family of little women.
The somber photos of Margaret Morton's Glass House (Penn State, $34.95) capture another kind of marginal existence. The book's subject is an abandoned glass factory in the East Village settled by squatters in the early '90s. The poignant oral history and dimly lit pictures trace the household's emergence: Images of young people standing in rubble give way to portraits of people building their own rooms from scratch, occasionally using police barricades as structural supports. They make forays into the street to siphon water from hydrants, and cook dinner on a hot plate powered by the corner street lamp. In retrospective interviews, the squatters recall how they ended up there—some had no place else to go, while others chose the lifestyle for a sense of community or independence—and piece together the death of Glass House, infamously invaded and shut down by riot police in 1994.
It's hard to know how to look at David Yellen's heavy-metal devotees in Too Fast for Love (powerHouse, $35). Admire them on their own terms, as rebels against tight-ass, red-state mores? Or pity them as victims of one never ending bad-hair day? The proudly defiant poses of these subjects and the sheer effort they've put into their appearance suggest the former. And the ultra-bright, unflinching way Yellen shoots them, exposing every pore and underarm stain, further undermines any impulse to sneer. What's particularly touching is that these are not fans of contemporary nü metal, but time-warp acolytes of '80s hair metal, still showing up to see increasingly haggard relics like Poison. In fact, there's something heroic about these thirty- and fortysomethings who remain faithful to their subculture long after the world has passed it by.
Craig R. Stecyk III's legendary images of another subcult—the Dogtown skateboarders of the late '70s—helped transform a local scene into a nationwide phenomenon that in turn influenced the loose assemblage of artists and photographers collected by Aaron Rose and Christian Strike in Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art and Street Culture (D.A.P./Iconoclast, $39.95). United by what Rose dubs a "rogue outsider creative spirit," these artists erupted out of 1980s DIY culture (skateboarding, graffiti, hardcore, and indie rock), distributing most of their work via alternative venues. Some, like Chris Johanson, played in bands and did graphics for skateboard companies. Barry McGee paints his primitivistic cartoons of down-and-outs on buildings and trains as well as canvases; Clare E. Rojas conjures folksy paintings while recording naive bluegrass records under the name Peggy Honeywell; and Shepard Fairey's flyposters of Andre the Giant became a ubiquitous part of the New York streetscape.
Intoxicated by graffiti, most of the Beautiful Losers crew mess around with typography, cramming tags and signs into their work. They'd probably agree that "the hand is mightier than the pixel," as Steven Heller and Mirko Ilic boast in Handwritten: Expressive Lettering in the Digital Age (Thames & Hudson, $45). This book documents the recent explosion of scrawled or "distressed" typefaces, and in the process offers a fascinating if meandering history of handwritten lettering. (For a deeper look at one of the most influential fountains of fonts, check out The Push Pin Graphic, a boisterous compendium of the graphic design magazine published between 1957 and 1980 by Milton Glaser and Seymour Chwast's Push Pin Studios.) Connoisseurs of the splotch and the scratch, Handwritten's authors present a boggling array of examples from books, ads, and comics, paying special homage to the king of animation lettering, R. Crumb.
Ironically, it takes great control to create chaotic visuals à la Ralph Steadman or Maira Kalman, and Handwritten points out that the popularity of the Macintosh as a design tool almost killed off the tradition of hand-lettering. Tell that to the army of Apple fetishists brought to life by Wired columnist Leander Kahney in his amusing tome The Cult of Mac (No Starch, $39.95). Kahney crawls into every crevice where Mac addicts lurk, providing us with tales (and images) of tattoos, evangelism, hoarding, and Deadhead-style conventions. (It's fascinating the way people convince themselves that this corporate entity—as innovative and comparatively consumer-friendly as it may be—is some kind of counter-cultural bastion rather than just a more enticing form of consumerism.) Kahney trots out theories to explain (and perhaps justify) this cultish behavior, ultimately leaving us with the question: Are Mac addicts loyal to a brand, or is it more about allegiance to some big Apple community?
"America has always been a nation of isolatos, solitaries striking out on their own," argues poet J.D. McClatchy in the text accompanying American Writers at Home (Library of America, $50). "Europeans could never understand . . . why we headed off into the unfamiliar, why we built our cabins on the pond's edge." Erica Lennard photographs the cocoons that famous writers like Walt Whitman and Flannery O'Connor fashioned for themselves in those dark, pre-iPod days of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Bathed in honeyed light, these images are so sumptuous they might be mistaken for layouts from a shelter magazine dedicated to gracious, cozy old houses. Instead, they provide an excuse for McClatchy's meditations on how dwellings and solitude shape the creative process. If these houses look like museums, that's because they are. When regular people die their things are ransacked, most precious possessions parceled out or tossed away. But these show homes halt and preserve a moment in an illustrious writer's life, like an insect trapped in amber. We see Eudora Welty's desk as it apparently looked while she lived: littered with manuscript pages, calendars, and correspondence. Or the corner of Faulkner's pantry, where the camera finds a wall covered with names and numbers scrawled above a black rotary phone that will never ring again.


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Would love to see community stats displayed. Like an "On-Fire-Meter" but showing how many people are on fire for that day, how much coding time has been recorded for the community as a whole and the number of active coders tracked in the day (community size) would rock as well.......
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That's a great idea Jeff! We'll work on some of that. Thanks and keep up the feedback, it's very useful!


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This year at Light + Building Frankfurt David Trubridge has been inspired by Diatoms (microscopic sea creatures).
"We are releasing four new concept lights: Navicula, Formosa, Asterola and Pola. Our small crate has left the building and when David and Josh (DT Business Manager) arrive in Frankfurt they will be assembling the lights on our stand. This flat pack trade fair approach minimizes our volume during shipping which is one step we can make to reduce our footprint. We also purchased carbon credits for our flights with the money going to a wind farm project in New Caledonia."
'UNDER' Installation at Frankfurt Light+Building.
Source: https://www.instagram.com/davidtrubridge/?hl=en
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Red Ribbon Week
It's Red Ribbon Week and education is the most effective tool in a drug prevention program.
Sometimes it is hard to find age appropriate material for older students.
The Foundation for a Drug-Free World has videos with real life stories from individuals who
share the truth about synthetic drugs, alcohol, pain killers, etc. that would appropriate for the high school students.


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I am bored. I don't know why they have me here at work today. The phone has rang MAYBE ten times all day (it's now 3:30 est and I've been here since 8am). Production is closed down in the back. Both the managers are here, so WHY DO THEY NEED ME???? They're all about saving money these days - so for the hour & a half I've got left please send me home!
Onto something that is JUST as frustrating....I probably wouldn't mind being stuck here with no phones ringing if it wasn't for the fact that I .... CAN'T .... WRITE. Not a thing. I can't string one sentence together that has any artistic merit, or even erotic merit.
I have a notebook full of ideas, and about ten more in my head, but when it comes to translating that onto a screen, or the page - NOTHING comes out. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Complete emptiness. All the ideas in the world are useless if you can't follow them up. It's incredibly frustrating for me, because then I sit at home, and berate myself. "I should be writing, I should be creating, I should be getting this stuff down." So I sit in front of the keyboard and......
Yah, I got nuttin. I seriously just want to cry. It's hurting my brain to even type this out. I don't know what the hell is wrong with me. And I'm sorry. To all of you, I am so sorry that all my posts seem to be nothing but negativity on top of negativity. I'd write about good things happening in my life if there WERE any. But right now it's just one frustration on top of another.
I know I'm not the only person going through things right now. Dana, love, I'm sorry I haven't been there for you during your time of agony with your back and knee and with your dad. And for all my darling friends in the blogosphere - I try to visit. I really do. I don't know why I don't get there. It's not like I don't have time. Ok, well, maybe I don't have a lot of it, but I do have time.
My brain seems to be shutting down, and turning my insides to mush, and it bothers the hell out of me. Scares me too. I seem to have problems comprehending the tiniest little things these days. And that is definately scary.
SIGH. Rant is over. Thank you for stopping by.
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From the creation of a high-density, walkable district to adding family-supporting jobs and boosting the tax base, Madison officials are looking to guide development in a stretch of the city surrounding the former Oscar Mayer headquarters.
The city is wrapping up its big picture take on a triangular swath of largely industrial land — generally bounded by Sherman Avenue to the west, Packers Avenue to the east and Aberg Avenue to the north — that includes the former meat packaging plant. The vision, called the Oscar Mayer Strategic Assessment Report, outlines broad objectives for the area, while laying the groundwork for a more detailed plan expected to be completed next year.
Ald. Larry Palm, 12th District, who represents the East Side area being studied, said for the redevelopment to be successful the city will "have to" consider creating a tax incremental financing district.
"It's the type of development we need to support economically. The challenge will be to find what are the appropriate uses," Palm said. "We really do have to take advantage of maximizing the economic return."
After 98 years of manufacturing hot dogs and cold cuts, Oscar Mayer, 910 Mayer Ave., ceased production in June 2017 following a restructuring decision by parent company Kraft Heinz. The 72-acre site was purchased months later and is being jointly developed by Reich Brothers Holdings and Rabin Worldwide.
Nate Ellis, senior vice president of real estate at Rabin, said the companies remain focused on the reuse of buildings at the former Oscar Mayer location, now dubbed "OM Station," for a variety of tenants. While he estimated some of the land could be suitable for infill development, Ellis said he sees "quite a bit of opportunity" for development on other sites in the area.
Neighborhood plans in place already provide direction for growth, but those were completed before the plant's closure was announced in November 2015, said Bill Fruhling, a principal planner for the city.
"It's not very often that we have such a large site so strategically located in the community that basically closes down," he said. "We think we need to plan out for the future of this, it's too important of a site to just kind of see what happens."
Goals for the future
Throughout the year, a 13-person committee tasked with compiling the Strategic Assessment Report solicited public input, worked with consultants and heard from city staff about the assets, advantages and hopes of the area.
"This report is designed to give the developer, the community and the city basically the blueprint about what the city would be willing to accept on the site," Palm said.
Ultimately, the report settled on 10 high-level objectives:
- Targeting a high density of good-paying jobs.
- Maintaining the cost of nearby housing to minimize displacement.
- Taking advantage of the existing infrastructure and location on a major thoroughfare (Packers Avenue).
- Ensuring a diversity of ownership and prioritizing needs of local businesses.
- Creating a district that has offerings and activities for people of all ages and cultures.
- Building partnerships with local educational and workforce training institutions with East Side and North Side residents.
- Developing a transportation system to serve pedestrians, bicycles, vehicles and transit.
- Improving stormwater management and encouraging green construction.
- Building a mixed-use district to strengthen the surrounding communities.
- Using development tools, such as tax incremental financing and zoning, to increase the density and tax base.
Palm, who is not seeking re-election to the City Council next spring, said that while the objectives were created for the Oscar Mayer area, he sees them as generally applicable to any part of the city.
"It's always good to do those things," he said. "It's a process to remind us what is important and valuable to the community."
The broad nature of the goals was intentional, Palm said, as the 48-page report aimed "to be very quick, very high-level so that you could get, you know, 80 percent of what you're looking to accomplish without going into the details of how things are laid out, what they look like."
Once the report is adopted by the City Council, the next step is a detailed Special Area Plan.
It will refine the objectives into specifics on land use and zoning for parcels of land, how transportation uses can be connected, and the urban design standards of an area. Fruhling, the city planner, said he expects work on the Special Area Plan to take about six months. Review by city committees could result in its finalization in the later half of 2019, he said.
Mayor Paul Soglin said he looks forward to hearing from neighborhood residents and property owners on whether the report matches their views for the area, adding that the report is "comfortably consistent" with a call for more quality jobs in the area after the plant was marked for closure.
Ideas for the area
The consensus among city officials, neighborhood residents and property owners is the former Oscar Mayer property, which had been an economic bedrock of the East and North sides for decades, should be a jobs creator.
"We would really like to see good-paying, family-supporting jobs come to the North Side," said Renee Walk, a member of the Oscar Mayer-focused committee and co-chairwoman of the Sherman Neighborhood Association.
The city is also looking to encourage jobs that don't require an advanced degree to move into the area, Fruhling said.
Walk, who also chaired a grassroots neighborhood group called Organizing Strategic Community Assessment and Representation or OSCAR, Palm and Fruhling all said some housing in the area would be beneficial, but the future should not be residential focused.
If done right, Palm estimates the area would have the most diverse mix of uses out of any place in the city.
Ellis, the Rabin representative, said the developers continue to work on an infrastructure upgrade at OM Station, such as laying new electrical lines that allow for individual spaces to be metered, so it is suitable for multiple tenants. He expects about $5 million of work in the approximately $20 million infrastructure project to be done by summer.
TASC — Total Administrative Services Corp. — and AssuredLeads are the two tenants in the nine-story office structure of about 300,000 square feet, Ellis said, but there are several letters of intent for space in the building. He said the owners are first looking to fill the existing buildings before considering new construction, estimating there is about 20 to 25 acres that might be considered excess space.
"In reality, when that place is going, there's not a lot of extra space," Ellis said.
Revitalization of the former Oscar Mayer property has already received help in the form of a $500,000 idle-site grant from the state jobs agency as well as becoming a federally designated Economic Opportunity Zone that provides some exemption from capital gains tax on developments.
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Food and Wine Pairing 101 Class – Desserts
September 19, 2017 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm$25
Food and Wine Pairing 101 – Desserts
Have you ever wondered how to choose the best wine for the dessert course?
What is the Rule of Thumb when it comes to pairing food and wine?
Desserts are sweet, what in the world should you drink with your pie? Cake?
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Sony Classical proudly announces the release of The Girl On The Train (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), featuring the music by Danny Elfman. The soundtrack will be available October 7. The movie will arrive in theatres the same day.
ABOUT THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN - EMILY BLUNT (Sicario, Edge of Tomorrow) leads the all-star cast of DreamWorks Pictures' The Girl on the Train, from director TATE TAYLOR (The Help, Get on Up) and producer MARC PLATT (Bridge of Spies, Into the Woods). Based on author PAULA HAWKINS' bestselling novel, the thriller that has riveted millions now makes its way to the big screen.
Reeling from a recent divorce and searching to preoccupy her days, Rachel Watson (Blunt) spends her weekday commute to and from Manhattan quietly gazing out the train windows. Every morning and evening, she relives memories from just outside the home once shared with now ex-husband Tom (JUSTIN THEROUX of The Leftovers, The Ten), who now lives there with his new wife, Anna (REBECCA FERGUSON of Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation, upcoming The Snowman), and their baby.
To distract herself from a secret addiction that causes unsettling blackouts, Rachel becomes intrigued by the occupants of another house on the route, 15 Beckett Road-a few doors down from her former one. There, blissfully unaware that a stranger is watching so longingly, the seemingly perfect couple Megan (HALEY BENNETT of The Equalizer, The Magnificent Seven) and Scott (LUKE EVANS of Dracula Untold, upcoming Beauty and the Beast) go about the business of suburban life.
For months, Rachel has stolen glimpses of the stunning Megan and handsome Scott as they sip morning coffee by their windows or laugh on their porch at nighttime-and imagined how idyllic their world must be. The seemingly carefree young woman is the portrait of everything that Rachel tried to be during her years with Tom, in a marriage from which she refuses to let go.
One day, on her way into the city, the inebriated Rachel witnesses something so shocking in Megan and Scott's backyard that it rocks her to the core. Soon after, when news breaks that the young woman has gone missing and is feared dead, Rachel decides to come forward and tell the police. But can she trust what she thinks she witnessed, or is she entangled in the crime itself? When one voyeur crosses the dangerous line between concerned and obsessed, she will either find the real killer…or discover that there is innocent blood on her own hands. For updates, please visit http://www.thegirlonthetrainmovie.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/GirlOnTheTrainFilm.
ABOUT DANNY ELFMAN - Over the last 30 years, four-time Oscar® nominee Danny Elfman has established himself as one of the most versatile and accomplished film composers in the industry. He has collaborated with such directors as Tim Burton, David O. Russell, Gus Van Sant, Sam Raimi, Paul Haggis, Ang Lee, Rob Marshall, Guillermo del Toro, Brian De Palma, and Peter Jackson. Beginning with his first score on Tim Burton's Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Elfman has scored a broad range of films, including: Milk (Oscar® nominated), Good Will Hunting (Oscar® nominated), Big Fish (Oscar® nominated), Men in Black (Oscar® nominated), Edward Scissorhands, Wanted, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Mission: Impossible, Planet of the Apes, A Simple Plan, To Die For, Spider-Man (1 & 2), Batman, Dolores Claiborne, Sommersby, Chicago, Dick Tracy, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Alice in Wonderland, Goosebumps, David O. Russell's Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle, Errol Morris' The Unknown Known, Fifty Shades of Grey, and Marvel Studios' blockbuster smash hit Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Elfman's most recent work includes the Sundance favorite The End of the Tour, and Alice Through The Looking Glass, Up next for Elfman is Tulip Fever for the Weinstein Company and Fifty Shades Darker for Universal Studios.
A native of Los Angeles, Elfman grew up loving film music. He travelled the world as a young man, absorbing its musical diversity. He helped found the band Oingo Boingo, and came to the attention of a young Tim Burton, who asked him to write the score for Pee-wee's Big Adventure. (25 years later, the two have forged one of the most fruitful composer-director collaborations in film history.) In addition to his film work, Elfman wrote the iconic theme music for The Simpsons and Desperate Housewives. He also composed a ballet, Rabbit and Rogue, choreographed by Twyla Tharp, a symphony Serenada Schizophrana for Carnegie Hall, an overture The Overeager Overture for the Hollywood Bowl, and, Iris-a Cirque du Soleil show at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre. Danny Elfman's Music From the Films of Tim Burton had its concert premiere at London's Royal Albert Hall and has since had over 50 performances in over 13 countries, and for the second year Danny Elfman will be performing the songs from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas live in concert at The Hollywood Bowl on OCT 28, 29 & 30th, Last year's concerts were sold out and received rave reviews!


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As a youth pastor, I work with different middle school students on a weekly basis. Myself and other adults sometimes respond to a middle school student in a lost sort of way. We do not understand the reason they are emotional over some small thing that happened at school or something someone said. As adults, we sometimes want to simply say, "Get over it. When you get older you'll realize how ridiculous you are being." The problem is, it is not that simple.
Middle school is complicated.
Last week, I listened to a podcast titled "This American Life." The week's show focused on the subject of middle school. They decided to have a show looking at middle school students because a young girl, who had just graduated from middle school, wrote in asking if they would look at the subject and see if other students had a similar experience as she had during those years. The common theme heard from students was how middle school was and is terrible. Why? (You can listen to this specific podcast here: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/449/middle-school)
As I listened to the six stories during this podcast, I was brought to moments of laughter, intrigue and even heartbreak. I was left feeling worried for my three children who will one-day adventure into the world of middle school. This podcast also caused me to realize, once again, how the minds, hearts and lives of middle school students are not always as they seem.
In youth ministry, I am commonly called crazy for being willing to work with such crazy students. At times I think I am crazy as well, but what keeps me going is being able to see beyond the surface level craziness and discovering the heart of a student. Middle school is a rollercoaster of life development, physically and mentally. If we are not prepared to ride the rollercoaster with them, the middle school students are left to fend for themselves. We cannot let that happen. We must be prepared as pastors and as parents.
Several years ago Cynthia Tobias and Sue Acuna wrote a book titled: "Middle School: The Inside Story." I cannot recommend this book enough to youth pastors and parents. Tobias and Acuna look at what is taking place in the world of our middle schoolers today, the physical changes and the mental changes. The authors also give sound advice for how to parent during these transformational years. My oldest son just turned four years old, but this book has already given me insight for how to journey with my son as he draws closer to the middle school years.
As parents and youth pastors, let us not abandon our middle schoolers on the rollercoaster of pre-teen life. Let us ride the coaster and show them the love of God along the way.
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I should make something clear from the beginning of this. I love the Lord of the Rings movies! I like them so much, when someone asks what my favorite movie or movie series is, I usually don't say Lord of the Rings, because in my mind they are in a league of its own. It was the winter of my sophomore year of high school when the first movie was released. I had never heard of the books or the great adventures of Frodo and the fellowship of the ring. The other day I took my son, Wesley, to the dentist. The dental assistant was wanting to know how much Wesley weighed, but Wesley did not want to stand on the scale by himself. I quickly came up with a solution to this problem. I picked Wesley up and stood on the scale and looked at the number. Then I placed Wesley on the floor and look again at the number. We figured out Wesley's weight, but more I was surprised by the number for my weight, 180lbs.
A lot has changed since the first time I watch the Lord of the Rings film, I am now a thirty year old man and probably 50 lbs heavier than I was then (I am purely guesstimating the weight of my gangly high school self). It might seem like I am making a big fuss over a small amount of weight, but it is a big amount to me. It was at that point I decided, something had to change.
It has been said, "One does not simply walk into Mordor," but if you have seen the Lord of the Rings movies or read the books, you will know that walking into Mordor is exactly what Frodo and Sam did. I think that if they can do it, I can do it! I am setting out on an adventure to walk to Mt Doom as Frodo and Sam did.
I am doing this for a couple reasons. First, I want to try and be healthier and exercise more. Second, I like having goals in front of me to achieve. Lastly, I love Lord of the Rings and think it will be a cool challenge to take on.
Thanks to EowynChallenge.net, I am able to know the number of miles walked by our adventures:
458 miles: Go from Hobbiton to Rivendell.
462 miles: Set out with the Fellowship from Rivendell to Lothlorien.
389 miles: Travel through Moria and down the Anduin from Lothlorien to Rauros Falls.
470 miles: Follow Frodo and Sam on the quest from Rauros to Mt. Doom.
This makes for a total trip of 1,779 miles.
1. Everything counts!
I purchased a Garmin Vivofit 2 on Amazon. This will track each step I take and how many miles I have walked in the day. I am counting every step I take towards this journey and the Vivofit will track it while I work. The average person walks 2 to 3 miles a day. My goal is to reach 5 miles a day. I will be making up the difference with walks around my neighborhood.
2. There and back again!
As Bilbo recorded his adventure, I will be blogging about my adventure as I go. I will write about my possible thoughts, struggles and maybe even things I learn about walking.
3. I need a Sam!
If I am going to go on this grand adventure, I need a Sam. My friend Levi is going to be taking this walking challenge on as well. Together we will walk to the core of Mt Doom and depending on how this goes… Maybe we'll even walk back.
(Can you see how we are sad from the weight of the one ring?)
4. Know the full story.
I have never read through the books of Lord of the Rings. So, I will be listening to them on audio book as I go.
5. Know where I am.
I will be tracking my progress along Frodo and Sam's journey on a map of middle earth. You can see the picture below to see the path and key locations.
(each nick is a distance of 50 miles or so)
This is the adventure that is before me and I am excited to take it on. Perhaps you are like me and are wanting to find a way to maybe exercise a little bit and get a healthier, than I would invited you to consider starting your own adventure and join me in my walk to Mt Doom.


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And here we are at the 1984 Cuore Cup, the latest edition of the tournament that will be played at the Sports Palace before it is destroyed by the incredible snowfall of the following winter. The favorite was Mats Wilander, only number 4 in the world rankings those days. And the Swede will keep faith at odds reaching the final without dropping a set, even against Leconte and Gerulaitis.
Stefan Edberg lifts his first tour level trophy in Milan in 1984
Stefan Edberg lifts his first tour level trophy in Milan in 1984
But at the decisive battle Wilander will not come across Johan Kriek and Kevin Curren (2nd and 4th seeded), but the eighteen year old compatriot Stefan Edberg, a kid that Milan tennis fans had seen win the Avvenire trophy at the Ambrosiano Club two years earlier. An easy walk for Wilander? Not at all. Instead it will be right the unknown blond who plays a spectacular backhand to win. For the first time, in the champions list of the Milan event goes not the name of a mature star, but that of player that will become a champion hereinafter.
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Chris Guillebeau just posted a contest to win a ticket to almost anywhere in the world. It got me dreaming about exotic places that are on my bucket list- Jordan (visions of Petra have been locked in my mind since Indy Jones 3), South Africa (Me in a cage and Great Whites circling) and Morocco (I'm meant to rock the Casbah in this lifetime). Those would be absolutely amazing, but my heart knew that the place I want to go most is the place I've already been a few times…the motherland! A trip to India, with my new camera, breathing in all the visual delights surrounding me, going to temples, spending time in the mountains, visiting yoga ashrams, experiencing what all the hype about Goa is….I'm so excited and I just can't hide it (Jessie Spano style sans trucker caffeine pill addiction)
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The Crusades is a 1935 American historical adventure film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille, and originally released by Paramount Pictures. It stars Loretta Young as Berengaria of Navarre and Henry Wilcoxon as Richard I of England. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Victor Milner)[4] as well as for Best Foreign Film at the Venice Film Festival in 1935.[5]
Mostly taking elements from the Third Crusade, King Richard the Lionheart is enlisted in a crusade to bring Jerusalem back into Christian hands in order to get out of a betrothal with Princess Alice of France. En route, Richard meets Berengaria, Princess of Navarre and marries her in exchange for food for his men. During the Crusaders' attempts to get past the walls of Acre, Berengaria is captured by the Muslim Sultan Saladin and he brings her back to Jerusalem and attempts to woo her. Eventually, the Crusaders make their way to Jerusalem and after many battles Saladin declares a truce and Richard agrees. Berengaria and Richard fall in love and all the gates of Jerusalem are opened.
Andre Sennwald of The New York Times called the film a "grand show" and "two hours of tempestuous extravaganza". Sennwald also praised the "superbly managed" staging of the attack on the city of Acre and cited "excellent performances" all around, stating in conclusion, "It is rich in the kind of excitement that pulls an audience irresistibly to the edge of its seat."[6] Variety also praised the film, writing, "Probably only DeMille could make a picture like Crusades – and get away with it. It's long, and the story is not up to some of his previous films, but the production has sweep and spectacle."[7] Film Daily declared it "one of the best DeMille pictures ... The battle scenes are among the most thrilling made since the inception of talking pictures."[8] John Mosher of The New Yorker was less enthused, finding it "rather mild De Mille" that "doesn't compare by a long shot with many other scenes in the Master's collection. There is nothing in the film as astonishing as his Passing through the Red Sea, nothing as amazingly ornamental as his arenas of Imperial Rome." Mosher did praise Wilcoxon's performance, however, especially in his scenes with Young.[9]
Lorraine K. Stock writes in Hollywood in the Holy Land, in her chapter "Now Starring in the Third Crusade" that Crusading films have been used by European and American countries to spread a political or cultural agenda. One way with which this is done is through the main Crusading "heroes" such as Richard the Lionhearted and main antagonist Saladin. Many films have used the relationship between Richard I and Saladin. In this particular film the relationship between Richard I and Saladin is connected not only by the conflict of the Crusade but "an improbable, if entertaining, erotic triangle" with Berengaria of Navarre. Stock notes that this relationship and the events which occur can be seen as a reaction to events after the First World War and especially America's isolationism. For example, Richard the Lionhearted at first does not want to get married, so he goes on Crusade despite showing signs of not being religious. Berengaria can also be seen as a "medieval League of Nations" when negotiations between Saladin and Richard I occur at the end of the movie.
A main concern for such films is the way Muslims and Crusaders are portrayed. Throughout the film Stock notes that there are a negative portrayals of Saladin and the Muslims. For instance Stock notes that the Crusaders are all dressed in mail armor with the cross upon their chests while Saladin and the Saracens are dressed mainly in "flowing robes of luxury fabrics" and "silken sashes". The Saracens shown as oriental but also "exotically feminized" according to Stock. Another scene has the Saracens shoot a Crusader messenger, who demand surrender of the city, with one of them wearing a helmet with devil horns upon it. There are other moments with which the Europeans mention devilry or call Muslims infidels. Stock says DeMille "establish the stereotypes of Richard and Saladin that subsequent films would repeat…".[10]
However Saladin is also depicted as an honorable man. In "Islam Muslims and Arabs in the Popular Hollywood Cinema", Anton K. Kozlovic writes "The Crusades was not as enthusiastically received in the West as DeMille would have liked (Bichard 2004, 292) probably because it showed the good and noble side of the Muslims and contrasted it with the darker deeds of Christianity". Saladin in the film refuses to help assassinate Richard I and in fact sends out help to prevent Richard from being killed by the treacherous other Europeans. Kozlovic also notes that when Saladin offers peace to the "foes of Islam", Richard responds by drawing his sword "and saying 'We are going to slaughter you!'". Kozlovic sees DeMille's film as a challenge to the stereotypical norm and negative picture painted of Muslim in Crusader films specifically.[11]
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