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The Volunteer's Guide to Video Streaming in the Church: Live Streaming for Your Church
Editor's note: This blog post is the first in our series called The Volunteer's Guide to Video Streaming in the Church. Stay tuned for our upcoming posts, helping to guide church volunteers as they enter the world of video streaming with their ministry.
If your church wants to develop more of an online presence, chances are you've thought about starting to live stream your services. Whether you're a volunteer researching how to get started or a staff member charged with making this happen, evaluating the various options can get overwhelming.
The idea of live streaming church services sounds fantastic. You can reach more people with the Gospel and enable individuals who can't make it to church that Sunday to still participate in the service. The challenge lies in how to get started. There is no shortage of options, configurations, and hardware from which to choose. Then there's all the technical jargon to wade through. Before you wander into the live streaming maze, let's address the basics to help you find what's best for your church.
As with any technology, there are a few key terms you'll need to know before you start narrowing down your options.
#1: Network and Bandwidth
Whether it's live streaming a single service onto the church website or streaming services to multiple campuses, you're going to need a relatively fast network and sufficient bandwidth.
Live streaming a service involves taking the video feed and converting that video into data, then presenting it to viewers via a video player. To make this work, you'll first need an internet connection (wired is better than wi-fi in this case). That network connection needs to have least 5Mbps of upload bandwidth available.
Bandwidth is the amount of data your network can transfer from your location at any given time. Your local internet service provider should be able to tell you how much bandwidth is available at your facility (and what it will cost if an upgrade is needed). Also, to ensure you have enough bandwidth available during a live stream, you'll want to make sure no one else is using that internet connection.
#2: Encoding
To present your live stream video via the internet onto a video player, you'll need to convert the video feed into data. That's accomplished with a video encoder. This is usually a combination of hardware and software specifically designed to take the video feed in real-time and convert it into data.
One key factor to consider with an encoder is the bitrate. A higher bitrate will allow you to provide higher image quality to viewers. However, if you decide to use Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, or a similar social media platform to live stream your services, a single bitrate should be sufficient.
#3: Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Now, how will your online audience view the service? You'll need a Content Delivery Network (CDN). A CDN is essentially a network of servers that accelerates delivery of your live stream to those seeking to access it online.
#4: Viewing Audience
One decision point in establishing a video live stream is where to distribute the content. Do you want people to access the live stream through your church's website, on Facebook, via YouTube, a mobile device, Apple TV, or another platform? In general, having people attend an online service through your church website provides a stronger connection to the church. There are also fewer distractions when viewing a service from the church website versus on Facebook, for example.
#5: Video Content Management
Once you've decided how you want to present live streamed services to your audience, you can make the process much easier with a comprehensive video content management system. A content management system is typically a cloud-based tool from which you can schedule and manage the entire live streaming process. This includes receiving the video from your camera(s), encoding the video into data, and delivering the service content to the church website, mobile devices, social media outlets, and more. A robust content management tool also provides you with statistics on how many people are viewing each service, using which medium, and from what location.
Now that you have a handle on the terminology, here's how to get started:
Step #1: Check on the available bandwidth for your church facility's network (contact your internet service provider). Make sure this is at least 5Mpbs.
Step #2: Decide how you want to present the service online. Do you want to stream the service on Facebook, YouTube, or via your church website?
Step #3: Determine what camera(s) you'll use to shoot video for the live stream.
Step #4: Look into encoders based on how you decide to distribute the service.
Step #5: Consider using a video content management service such as Haivision Video Cloud, which helps power the online video streaming for a number of ministries including Elevation Church, Celebration Church, and Redemption Church.
Step #6: Find a Content Delivery Network service provider (this could be included in a content management tool's service offering).
Step #7: Set up your equipment and do a few test runs to make sure everything works properly.
Step #8: Once you're confident in the setup, let people know you're now live streaming worship services.
As you can see, there is a bit of learning and setup to do to get started with live streaming. However, this can be an incredible tool to help your church reach more people with the Gospel.
Are you thinking about using live video streaming for your ministry's services? Our team has experience working with a number of ministries, including Celebration Church, Redemption Church, and El Rey Jesus. Talk to one of our video streaming experts today and let us help you find the best video streaming solution for your ministry's needs.


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Tech tidbits from around the web.
As promised, Microsoft open sources the Xamarin SDK
As Microsoft promised at Build earlier this month—and, geesh, that feels like months ago—it has open sourced the Xamarin SDK. Brad reports over on Petri:
The Xamarin SDK for Android, iOS and Mac, under the same MIT license used for the Mono project, have all been open sourced which means any developer can now contribute to the project. This newly released source code includes native API bindings for iOS, Android and Mac, the command-line tools necessary to build for these platforms, and Xamarin.Forms, Xamarin's cross-platform UI framework.
In addition to the completion of open sourcing its SDK, Xamarin also announced several new development tools and features coming to its software.
Office Lens for iOS and Android is updated
As Neowin reports, Office Lens has been updated on both iOS and Android. I consider this a key app for any mobile phone. Here's what's new:
- Multi-scanning. Take a series of images and save them at the same time.
- Rotation. Rotate photos.
- 3D touch.You can select modes by pressing and holding the Office Lens icon on the screen. This works on iPhone 6s and 6s Plus.
- Handwritten text OCR. Scan handwritten text in English and export it to OneNote, where you can search for it like normal text.
- Business Card mode. Scan business cards in Simplified Chinese and extract contact information.
- Bug fix. Users who have the same Office 365 and Microsoft account can use Office Lens with both accounts.
- Handwritten text OCR. Scan handwritten text in English amd export it to OneNote, where you can search for it like normal text.
- Business Card mode. Scan business cards in Simplified Chinese and extract contact information.
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Google expands Android Wear bands to better compete with Apple Watch
I'm still a bit confused by how one of these things would work on my Moto 360, which is allegedly supported, but Google this week announced a new set MODE watch bands that make it quicker and easier to change your watch band.
MODE snap-and-swap watch bands feature a simple slide button so you can attach and detach your band in one click.
MODE bands are versatile—they come in four widths, fit most Android Wear watches, and work on mechanical watches too. This first collection comes in a rainbow of colors, and is available in leather and silicone, so you can easily go from the office to the gym to a night out.
This is just the beginning. We want Android Wear to give you as much choice as possible, so we'll be sharing the MODE mechanism design and source with other brands to use to create their own snap-and-swap watch bands.
The bands are available online at the Google Store (US), Amazon, and Best Buy.
My confusion is this: In the pictures, you can see that the MODE bands connect to a rod that is on the watch. But my Moto 360 doesn't have that rod; the rod is on the band parts. Maybe the MODE bands include the rod(s)? Hm.
Beyond that, just knowing which size to get is confusing. I obviously don't "get" fashion.
A reminder about Amazon cloud storage
After I posted yesterday's story about Dropbox implementing placeholders on Windows, Amazon emailed me to remind me that they offer unlimited cloud storage to individuals at very reasonable prices. This is worth remembering.
Amazon Prime members already have access to Amazon Cloud Drive with Prime Photos, which provides unlimited photo storage as part of their Prime membership. In addition, Prime members get 5 GB of additional storage space for videos, movies, music, and files. However, you don't have to be a Prime Member to enjoy Cloud Drive: Amazon Cloud Drive's Unlimited Everything Plan ($59.99 per year—equivalent of less than $5 per month) lets anyone signup and store an infinite number of new and existing photos, videos, files, documents, movies, and music.
Here's the Amazon Cloud Drive pricing page.
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You would think that selling my horse and taking a hiatus from competition would free up hours of free time in my life.. and if you did think that, I'd have to ask you.. do you know me at all?
After making the decision of selling Will, and finding the suitable buyer…I spent about a week hibernating. Or at least that's what it felt like. I kept up my regular work routine, but spent the rest of the time napping, eating comfort food or being grumpy. I refer to this week as my 'emotional hangover'. I can't lie, it was and still is quite an adjustment not going out to the barn every afternoon in between shifts, and not spending my weekends planned around training or show schedules. It has, however, been quite a happy adjustment as the financial and time commitments that came with riding full-time have diminished significantly.
After the week of feeling hungover, I spent the weekend with my guy going from one social gathering to the next. Supper at my parents to the west on Friday, a birthday party at J's friends to the east Saturday, a retirement party in the city on Sunday. Getting out and about, being surrounded by good people for three days straight really helped snap me out of whatever I was doing the week prior.
Following that was another busy week full of work and beginning to prepare for the school year to begin once again. I've been able to fill the time once spent at the barn with getting my focus back onto getting myself into the gym to work out, eating right for me, and getting more involved in a couple of clinics. Claude at MORFit has been utilizing me whenever he has clients and I'm on shift.. which is great. It still amazes me that one year ago I was terrified of working with a client, and now he's given me a client to work with from day one onwards.. which just seems like everyday stuff now to me. I assessed this client on his first appointment, and have worked with him twice weekly for the last month or so. It's been pretty neat to see him progress in his rehab and be elated with his results; results that he's achieved with me working on him mostly independently!
Last week I began work in another clinic, one which I'm very excited to be working in. I'll be there twice a week as well until classes begin, as well as continuing the work at MORFit with Claude, and then I'll have to put clinic time on hold to accommodate football season. I was also kept busy with KSA business as well, as we prepare for our big member push during the first couple weeks of school. It will be interesting to see if the four of us can rebuild this student association, and get it back on track to being the huge network of students it once was.
I've been really trying to take as many chances as I get over the last while, and in the next couple weeks, to just do whatever I think might be fun with what remains of summer. It's been close to 10 years that I've always had something horse related to do on weekends, so as much as I'm already missing it- it has been very nice to just do other things on weekends off. This weekend I did end up doing something horsey by setting up J with a polo lesson and going as a spectator. My good friend and teammate Megg joined to watch, and we had a great day. J seems to be a natural to the riding world. Only having ridden a few times in his life, this lesson was his first official ride. He made it look easy and had a tonne of fun. I may be getting him addicted to counter my withdrawal..
As much as I can hobbling around on my persistently bruised foot, I've been getting myself back into a work-out routine and cleaning up my diet. With classes fast approaching, and my schedule turning into a crazy monster.. I'm going to need a clear head and lots of energy. Right now is the perfect time to start taking advantage of all my friends and family with fresh food growing in their yards and get myself back into my healthy routine. With a little extra time (relative) I've taken the chance to start cooking more. A couple meals with J this week consisted of garden potatoes, onions, paired with bacon and eggs (both local), french toast (gluten free and locally baked) with fresh raspberries and blueberries. I made some fantastic fresh corn with sauteed zucchini, onions, carrots, and beet greens the other night. And tonight at work I made myself a arugula salad with tomato, sweet red pepper, fresh basil, nuts, and carrots topped with chicken and poppyseed dressing.
Football practices began today.. which will combine with work (2 jobs still), running my own class, and CMU basketball teams. I'm the head therapist with Murdock Football this year, as well as the only AT working with CMU basketball (both men's and women's). It's gonna be a bit of a crazy year. I'm registered in 4 classes and one lab, and just heard that I got chosen to be the lab demo for Taping and Splinting this fall as well. Those plus running KSA, and potentially also working with the Older Adults class again.. I'll be flying. I am really looking forward to it all though. I've found my niche within AT, and every experience I get drives me further towards the career I want to have. This being my last year of my bachelor, I want to make the most of it. And how do I make the most of things? I do every possible thing I can. Duh.
My week days are quickly filling up, but the next two weekends I've saved to spend time with family and friends, relaxing and enjoying summer… and raiding people's gardens!


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5 Ways to Fully Optimize Your Business's Website
A website can be a business's most powerful marketing tool. By avoiding an online presence, or by settling for social media and thinking a Facebook page is enough, your business is suffering. Not only is your online presence limited, but social media isn't equipped for such tasks, and regardless of industry, a website is now a must-have, and not an additional extra.
Similarly, a business also cannot simply have a website. It must be optimized to the max; it must be user-friendly, aesthetically pleasing, have optimized content and it should be linked to your social media platforms. The recipe to an effective website is long, but there are ground rules all businesses should apply and there are extras depending on your industry of choice. There are also factors you should avoid, such as black-hat SEO, spam and poor website navigation. Continue reading for 5 ways on how to fully optimize your business's website.
Revaluate Your Demographics' Needs
The layout, design and graphics of your website will greatly depend on the demographic you're focusing on. If you're targeting a more youthful group of individuals, then your website should embody this through minimalistic design and easy-to-read content. Nowadays, consumers are more focused and persuaded by high-quality images, fast-loading pages and bite-size content, so if your website is cluttered, lacking images and suffers from poor speed, you're going to be infuriating more customers than not.
To figure out what your demographic wants from you, you can reach out to your current customers for advice and guidance. Send out surveys, give them a call or send them a personalized email. The more information you gather, then the more success your website revamp will have, and in a world where technology is pivotal to a business's success, you need to remain knowledgeable and continuously adapt to any chances made via trends or Google algorithms.
Create an SEO Checklist
The rules of SEO are changing and adapting. Now, companies are having to ditch any old-fashioned SEO tactics which didn't benefit the customers. Rather than keyword stuff their on-site content or fill their site with 'spammy' adverts, businesses must tailor their websites to the customers first and foremost.
After Google's latest update, Fred, new rules were imposed, affecting many websites. Studies found that Fred affected sites that posted aggressive advertising placements in their website's content, and were more focused on profit rather than the customer's experience. After the wake of Fred in March 2017, many websites needed to undergo a site audit, pin pointing the issues were now presented. If your website was hit by Fred, and you're yet to conduct a thorough site audit, then you should do so now.
You should also only:
- Publish top-quality content.
- Reduce or avoid online ads.
- Clean up your SEO and focus on only using white-hat techniques.
To fully optimize your business's website, you'll want to create an SEO checklist and ensure every aspect of your SEO campaign is relevant and effective.
Update Content
All on-site content should be updated, or if it is heavily advertised, a duplicate or no longer relevant, removed. Every aspect of your on-site content needs to be methodically thought out and optimized, whether it's blog posts, product descriptions or content on your website's 'About Us' page.
When producing content for your site, you need to follow a few ground rules:
- Keywords and links cannot be forced, and they must be natural and relevant to the subject matter. Any forced links will reflect poorly, and your website will lose authority.
- Content needs to be user-friendly. Large sections of text are no longer desired and is now replaced with bite-sized copy that's digestible. Smaller paragraphs, less bulk and the use of headings are more favored over large, over-complicated content.
- Backlinks build authority. It also helps search engines determine the website's search engine ranking and popularity. All backlinks, though, need to be relevant and cannot be randomly placed.
- Content must be relevant and shareable. After someone has read your content, you want people to share it amongst their friends. For content to be shareable, it must provide answers, and it must be accurate.
- Content no longer has to be written; instead, you can add images, video and even infographics. Think outside the box, and have a mixture of content to keep your readers and customers satisfied and engaged.
Start a Blog
By not having a blog, you're significantly reducing your site's potential. You can have a blog that's stand alone, or you can have one that's joined to your company's website. Either you pay for content to be written, or, as the business owner you write it yourself to help become an industry and thought leader.
The question of how to start a blog, though, is far more complicated than the answer. If you want one that's separate from your business, then you can write thought-provoking content and link it to your business's website, or, if it's part of your business website, you can include backlinks and even invite other industry leaders to write for your site.
Reach Out to Marketing Influencers and Market Your Website
The point of having a website is to improve your online visibility. If you have one but no one knows of it, then your goal is failing to be met. Reach out to marketing influencers, such as those who are social media stars and who work in the same industry as you. For example, if you're an online clothing store, approach a couple of Instagrammers who have a large following and have them review your goods. Have them link to your website so people know where to find you. You should also advertise on other websites, improve your advertising campaign on all platforms (TV, newspapers, etc.) and hire SEO professionals to properly audit and optimize your website.
Optimizing your website is no easy task. You have to fully commit to adapting your website and keeping it well-maintained and Google-friendly. Content should be added regularly and always unique and useful, SEO should always be updated and regularly enforced, and your marketing campaign should never waver. To fully optimize your website takes both time and money, but the pay-out is worth the hassle.


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This month's interview is with Grace Chapman – co-artistic director of NOVAE theatre and the writer of Don't Look Away, an investigation into our collective response to the international refugee crisis. Nominated for the Adopt A Playwright Award last year, Grace's previous work includes Beneath The Weeds, The Barricade, It's Not A Sprint, Fixture and The Acceptance Speech.
Her latest show is previewing in Harrogate (opening tomorrow), before a 2-week run at the Pleasance Islington in early May. For more info, scroll to the bottom or click here.
Don't Look Away is about a woman who invites an asylum seeker into her home. What inspired you to write it?
I first had the idea for Don't Look Away when my mum and dad hosted asylum seekers in our home in 2015. After speaking to them about the joys and challenges of doing so, I then went to spend some time in Bradford with my auntie – who volunteers with asylum seekers. I was struck by the community of care being built in these cities, from normal people. There is a vacuum of support from the government which ordinary people are rushing to fill, whether by opening their homes, providing hot meals or teaching English lessons in their spare time. The play's central character of Cath embodies this compassion but then, perhaps, takes it too far.
Since then, I've been developing the script by working closely with charities, like the Refugee Council, as script consultants ensure the story I'm telling is as authentic as possible. Saying this however, the asylum process itself provides more of a structure to the play. The real story and heart comes from the character of Cath who witnesses the impact of this 'hostile environment', and decides to act.
Do you always like to work from personal experience?
I find it useful to draw on my own experiences. This show begins and ends with 'Cath'. It is ultimately her story and she is directly inspired by the women in my life – my mum, my aunty – who have been supporting asylum seekers and refugees in their local areas. Of course, using personal experience isn't the only way to work and I think it's vital for playwrights to be able to tell stories that aren't their own – but I do find it a really useful jumping-off point.
What kind of stories inspire you?
I love stories where ordinary people do extraordinary things, against the odds. Whether that's in life – or on stage. There is something so electric about seeing someone really relatable being thrust into a situation that is out of their control and facing an impossible decision from which there's no going back. There's such inherent drama in these moments.
Why is now the right time for Don't Look Away?
The story is more relevant than ever. 'The Jungle' may have been formally demolished but it hasn't gone anywhere – there are still thousands of people living in tents in Calais, trying to make it to the UK only to be greeted by this hostile environment. I met an asylum seeker in Bradford, a few years ago, who'd been waiting for asylum for over a year. An incredibly intelligent guy, living on barely anything and not allowed to work. He has since been granted asylum but the waiting was very painful. That treatment of people is ongoing.
What do you hope audiences will take away from it?
I'm hoping we raise awareness of the UK asylum process and challenge audiences to consider their own response to the crisis. As individuals, how much more can and should we do? Where do we draw the line? How much are we willing to sacrifice of our own lives to help others? Should we be expected to? Don't Look Away naturally doesn't provide all of the answers, but I'm hoping it triggers overdue debate.
NOVAE theatre is fairly new. Where did you come from, and what are the objectives of the company?
Co-artistic director Ellie Simpson and I met in Idle Motion theatre company, which we founded with friends from school. We'd devise shows together as an ensemble and tour the UK and internationally and it was a run by fierce women – we loved it. Then in 2016, we decided to stop making work. I had been writing for a few years and Ellie was looking to go into more producing work. Then last year, I wrote a one woman show and asked her to direct it and produce it with me. She said 'yes' (thank god!). Since then, we've taken the show to Edinburgh, Pleasance, Brighton Dome and VAULT and it's honestly been a blast. I think, as a company, we just love telling stories with complicated, flawed female characters at their heart. Our theatre is always dynamic, inventive and ultimately collaborative.
Who else is onboard to work on Don't Look Away?
Our team are awesome. We have long term collaborator and award-winning director Nick Pitt and movement director Dan Canham (who's worked at the NT) – alongside an incredibly talented design team who aren't afraid to take risks to push the story and characters. We also have an all-female producing team who never fail to surprise us with how capable they are – they just get stuff done! The cast are brilliant as well, we can't wait to get started. When you have such talent in a room, it rarely feels like work.
What's next for NOVAE and for you personally?
At the moment we are just concentrating on making Don't Look Away the best it can be…then we're not sure. As the writer, I have an idea for a new show which I'm really excited about. But it's very early days and – at the moment – it's just a blank page! Hopefully not for long…
Don't Look Away is visiting Harrogate Theatre (24-26 April) and Pleasance Theatre, Islington (7-18 May).


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Welkom at the website of Science & Cycling Netherlands.
Science & Cycling Netherlands was created January 2016 as part of Science & Cycling International.
Science & Cycling focusses on the exchange of science and cycling. The Dutch group organises some activities in Dutch language in order to realise the general goals on a national level.
Besides that the group acts as a host for a few international activities.
Wednesday 28 february (during World Championships Trach Cycling:
Masterclass Exercise testing in endurance athletes


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Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment
Dear Group Members,
I want to share an article with you. This is about the link between Mind and Social / Environmental-Issues. The fast-paced, consumerist lifestyle of Industrial Society is causing exponential rise in psychological problems besides destroying the environment. All issues are interlinked. Our Minds cannot be peaceful when attention-spans are down to nanoseconds, microseconds and milliseconds. Our Minds cannot be peaceful if we destroy Nature.
Thank you,
Sushil Yadav
Please note : The article has been written in short sentences rather than paragraph-form because it is about subjective experience / emotion/ reduction of thought.
Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment.
Subject : In a fast society slow emotions become extinct.
Subject : A thinking mind cannot feel.
Subject : Scientific/ Industrial/ Financial thinking destroys the planet.
Subject : Environment can never be saved as long as cities exist.
Emotion is what we experience during gaps in our thinking.
If there are no gaps there is no emotion.
Today people are thinking all the time and are mistaking thought (words/ language) for emotion.
When society switches-over from physical work (agriculture) to mental work (scientific/ industrial/ financial/ fast visuals/ fast words ) the speed of thinking keeps on accelerating and the gaps between thinking go on decreasing.
There comes a time when there are almost no gaps.
People become incapable of experiencing/ tolerating gaps.
Emotion ends.
Man becomes machine.
A society that speeds up mentally experiences every mental slowing-down as Depression / Anxiety.
A ( travelling )society that speeds up physically experiences every physical slowing-down as Depression / Anxiety.
A society that entertains itself daily experiences every non-entertaining moment as Depression / Anxiety.
I am trying to get the following experiment conducted in a psychophysiology/ bio-chemistry laboratory.
There is a link between visual / verbal speed ( in perception, memory,
imagery ) and the bio-chemical state of the brain and the body.
Emotion can intensify / sustain only when visual and verbal processing
associated with the emotion slows down ( stops / freezes ).
The degree of difficulty of an emotion depends upon the degree of
freezing (of visuals and words ) required to intensify and sustain that
particular emotion.
Subjects (preferably actors specialising in tragedy / tragic roles )
will be asked to watch a silent video film showing any of the
(1) Human suffering.
(2) Animal suffering.
(3) Suffering ( Destruction ) of Air / Water / Land / Trees.
Subjects will be asked to intensify and sustain the subjective feeling of pain/ grief for the sufferer.
The chemical changes associated with the emotion in the body(blood) would be measured by appropriate methods.
The silent video film will be shown at different speeds :
(1) 125% of actual speed.
(2) Actual/real speed.
(3) 75% of actual speed.
(4) 50% of actual speed.
(5) 25% of actual speed.
Results :
(1) Intensity of emotion increases with the decrease in visual speed.
(2) Intensity of emotion is maximum when visual speed is minimum (25%
of actual speed)
(3) The amount of chemical change associated with the emotion in the
body(blood) will be found to increase with the decrease in visual speed.
(4) The chemical change is maximum when visual speed is minimum.
(5) The amount of chemical change will increase with the decrease in
breathing rate. Breathing becomes so slow and non-rhythmic that it stops
for some time at the inhalation/ exhalation stages.
The above co-relations will be valid for all subjects -even for those who cannot feel pain/ grief. Such subjects will experience emotion associated with boredom/ discomfort/ restlessness/ irritability/ uneasiness. The chemicals released will be different but the co-relation between visual speed and amount of chemical will be same( the breathing rates will be different/ fast).
All subjects will experience some kind of emotion.
[If scientists can discover 4000 different chemicals in cigarette-smoke then they can certainly detect the few chemicals released in blood when weexperience higher-level emotions like pain, empathy, compassion, remorse etc… ]
In the 2nd stage of experiment we shall replace the silent video film with a Narrator ( Audio only ) and repeat the procedure thereby establishing the link between intensity of emotion and verbal speed. The narrator will slow down verbal speed by-- speaking slowly, stretching words, repetition of words/ sentences & making use of
pause/ silence between words.
Please note:
While this statement is generally true for all emotions, it is
particularly true for all painful emotions.
(2) In a society in which visual ( verbal ) speed and breathing- rates
are fast , pain / remorse / empathy cannot be experienced. It is
Proof of the link between pain and slow visuals / words :-
In the last century man has made thousands of movies / films on various
themes / subjects. Whenever pain / tragedy is shown in any film the
visuals ( scenes ) and words ( dialogues ) are always slowed down. In
many films tragedy is shown in slow motion. At the most intense moment
of pain the films almost become static / stationary.
Tragedy-films provide direct proof / evidence of the link between pain
and slowness.
Pain can intensify / sustain only when visual ( and verbal ) speed slows
down( stops/ freezes).
One thousand years ago visuals would change only when man physically
moved himself to a new place or when other people ( animals / birds )
and objects ( clouds / water ) physically moved themselves before him.
Today man sits in front of TV / Computer and watches the rapidly
changing visuals / audio.
He sits in a vehicle ( car / train / bus ) and as it moves he watches
the rapidly changing visuals.
He turns the pages of a book / newspaper / magazine and sees many
visuals / text in a short span.
In ancient times verbal processing was "live" in nature—ie it happened when people actually spoke.
Today there is non-stop verbal processing inside the mind through print and electronic media ( newspapers, books, magazines, radio, television, computer etc…) as a result of which the verbal content & speed has increased thousands of times.
The speed of visuals ( and words ) has increased so much during the last
one hundred years that today the human brain has become incapable of
focussing on slow visuals /words through perception, memory, imagery.
If we cannot focus on slow visuals / words we cannot experience emotions
associated with slow visuals /words.
Before the advent of Industrial Revolution Man's thinking was primarily
limited to :
(a) visual processing ( slow visuals )
(b) verbal / language processing ( slow words )
Today there are many kinds of fast thinking :
(1) visual processing ( fast visuals )
(2) verbal / language processing ( fast words )
(3) Scientific / Technical thinking ( fast )
(4) Industrial thinking ( fast )
(5) Business thinking ( fast )
GRAPHS /CIRCUITS / DIAGRAMS / MONEY / ACCOUNTING etc…
As long as the mind is doing this kind of thinking it cannot feel any
emotion - not an iota of emotion.
In a fast society slow emotions become extinct.
In a thinking ( scientific / industrial ) society emotion itself becomes extinct.
There are certain categories of people who feel more emotion (subjective experience ) than others.
If we attempt to understand why (and how ) they feel more emotion we can learn a lot about emotion.
Writers, poets, actors, painters ( and other artists )
Writers do verbal ( and associated visual) processing whole day- every day.
They do slow verbal ( and associated visual) processing every day.
(A novel that we read in 2 hours might have taken 2 years to write. This is also the reason why the reader can never feel the intensity & duration of emotion experienced by the writer )
Poets do verbal ( and associated visual ) processing whole day- every day.
There is more emotion in poetry than in prose.
This happens because there are very few words ( and associated visuals ) in poetry than in any other kind of writing.
There is a very high degree of freezing / slowing down of visuals & words in poetry.
Actors do verbal ( and associated visual ) processing whole day- every day. During shooting / rehearsal they repeat the dialogues ( words ) again and again ( the associated visuals / scenes also get repeated along with the dialogues )
Painters do visual ( and associated verbal ) processing whole day- every day.
They do extremely slow visual processing - The visual on the canvas changes only when the painter adds to what already exists on the canvas.
There are some important points to be noted :
All these people do visual & verbal processing - whole day - every day.
They do slow visual & verbal processing.
They do not do scientific / industrial / business processing whole day - every day.
Most of the city people doing mental work either do this kind of mental processing which is associated with NUMBERS / SYMBOLS/ Equations / Graphs / CIRCUITS / DIAGRAMS / MONEY / ACCOUNTING etc… or they do fast visual ( verbal ) processing whole day - every day.
This kind of thinking ( processing ) has come into existence only during the last 200 years and has destroyed our emotional ability ( circuits ).
Suppose the maximum intensity(and duration) of a particular emotion that
can be experienced by any human being is 100 units.
Let us suppose the maximum intensity(and duration) of that particular emotion ever
experienced by two people A & B in their entire life is :
A - 100units
B - 20 units
Now suppose A & B are made subjects on a particular day and are asked
to feel that particular emotion under experimental conditions ( or
outside the laboratory ) and the intensity &duration they actually experience is
A - 90 units
B - 18 units
If A & B are then asked to indicate the intensity &duration of emotion on a scale
of 0 -10 their response is likely to be ;
Who is right and who is wrong ?
A is right.
B is wrong - B is wrong by a wide margin - B has experienced an
intensity(and duration) of 18 units out of a maximum of 100 units and his correct /
actual score should be 1.8
Self- assessment ( self rating ) can be accurate only if people have
the capacity to experience the highest intensity &duration ( units ) of the
particular emotion under study.
Because of physical work and slow visual/verbal processing in small(slow)agriculture based societies of the past, the mind used to experience a state of emotion all the time. If we read one thousand-year-old literature we will not come across the term "boredom" -the concept of boredom did not exist in slow societies. There were long gaps between different visuals and between words/ sentences -and people had the ability to experience/ tolerate the gaps -it was normal for them.
Emotion can intensify / sustain only when visual / verbal processing slows down ( stops / freezes ). In an Industrial (thinking) society people experience very little emotion because of fast ( visual / verbal / scientific / industrial / business ) thinking
Suppose the maximum intensity and duration of a particular emotion ( for most people ) in a fast society has reduced to 5 units ( from 100 units that people used to experience in earlier /slower societies ).
If such people experience 4 units of emotion they will give themselves a
rating /score of 8 on a scale of 0-10 whereas their actual score should
be 0.4
IQ Vs EQ
IQ always has an element of change in it – IQ is about trying to make/ discover/ invent something new all the time.
Change is an inherent feature of IQ.
IQ is also about thinking more in less time—it involves speeding up of mind. Someone who does more mathematics in less time is considered more intelligent in mathematics. IQ is about change and speed.
EQ is about sustainment of the same feeling/experience over a period of time. When we experience any higher-level emotion for 10 minutes we experience the same feeling( subjective experience) over and over again for 10 minutes.
The( same) feeling can sustain only if there is Repetition.
EQ involves Repetition—Constancy—Sameness.
IQ and EQ are contradictory.
IQ and EQ are opposites.
IQ and EQ are inversely proportional.
(1) A thinking species destroys the planet.
(2) Animals lived on earth for billions of years (in very large numbers)
without destroying nature.
(3) They did not destroy nature because their thinking / activity was
limited to searching for food for one time only.
(4) Man has existed on earth in large numbers for only a few thousand
years / a few hundred years.
(5) Within this short period Man has destroyed the environment.
(6) This destruction took place because of Man's thinking.
(7) When man thinks he makes things.
(8) When he makes things he kills animals / trees / air / water / land.
( Nothing can be made without killing these five elements of nature ).
(9) A thinking species destroys the planet.
Intelligence Is A Curse.
This planet is on the verge of total destruction.
The cause of destruction is – overactivity.
[Out of millions of species in this world the human-species is the only one that has indulged in overactivity]
The cause of overactivity is – Intelligence.
[The environment would never have got destroyed if Man had been only as intelligent as animals]
Intelligence is the biggest cause/ source of destruction in this world.
[In fact Intelligence is the only cause of destruction in this world other than natural causes]
There is no higher purpose behind work.
People do not work because they want to work.
People work because they cannot stop working.
People cannot stop physical activity and mental activity (simultaneously) for even 2 minutes.
For most people it is a choice between physical and mental work.
The switch-over from physical work to mental work is disastrous for the planet.
Man can do the same physical work every day.
Man cannot do the same mental work every day.
When man used to do physical work ( farming and related activities ) he could do the same repetitive work day after day- generation after generation.
After the Industrial Revolution when man switched-over to mental work he
began a never ending process of making new machines / things / products--
a process which can only end with the complete destruction of environment ( planet ).
The nature of mental work is such that man has to do new mental work every day- in fact he has to do new mental work every moment- Man cannot repeat in the next moment the mental work that he has already done in the previous moment.
A mathematician cannot solve the same problem of mathematics every day- once he has solved it he will be forced to take up a new( unsolved) problem. Even when he is solving one particular problem he has to move from one step to another - there is a continuous change involved -- there is no constancy at any stage.
An engineer cannot design the same machine again and again –once he has made a machine he will try to make changes/ design a new one.
A writer cannot write the same article every day- he will be forced to write something new every day/ every moment (This is also the reason behind endless discussions/ debates/ arguments).
Discussions, Debates and Arguments.
Let us examine how much discussion we are collectively having in Industrial Society every day.
Millions of pages in print – newspapers / books / magazines.
Millions of web-pages on internet every day.
Now add to this all the conversation (discussion) we are having through radio / television / telephone and several other media every day.
And add to this all the discussion we are having through face-to-face interaction.
The volume of discussion per individual in one week is greater than the total discussion someone living in pre-industrial society would have in his entire life.
There is too much discussion in modern society.
Discussion is not solving our problems – discussion itself has become a problem – a gigantic problem.
A society that does mental work will discuss itself to destruction [extinction]
A society that does mental work will argue itself to destruction [extinction]
A society that does mental work will debate itself to destruction [extinction]
A society that does mental work can never stop discussions / debates / arguments – it is impossible. It will discuss / debate / argue till the last moment of it's existence.
Discussions / Debates / Arguments – these are creations of a society that has switched-over from physical work to mental work.
Discussions / Debates / Arguments – these are diseases of a society that has switched-over from physical work to mental work.
Discussions / debates / arguments can end only in agriculture-based societies that do physical work.
We cannot do physical-work and mental-work simultaneously.
There is an inverse relationship between physical-work and mental-work.
If one is high [more] the other has got to be low [less]
If we want to do physical work we have to reduce mental activity by the same proportion.
If we want to do mental work we have to reduce physical activity by the same proportion.
There is very little discussion / debate / argument in societies that do physical work - ie, agriculture-based societies - And this is the reason why they are millions of times saner than industrial societies.
Change is an inherent feature of mental work.
Since change is an inherent feature of mental work - a society that does mental work can never be at peace with itself – it is impossible.
A society that does mental work will always be restless.
Only those societies that do physical work [agriculture and related activities] can find contentment and peace.
To save the [ remaining ] environment from destruction man will have to
return back to physical work [ smaller communities ].
To save the mind from mental diseases man will have to return back to physical work [ smaller communities ].
Criminality and Abnormality.
Industrial Society has collectively killed billions of Animals and Trees [ Remember -plant and animal species developed over a period of millions ofyears]
It has also killed most of Water and Air [ Please note - polluting Water and Air is equivalent to killing Water and Air ]
The soil was not fertile when the earth was created. It became fertile - very slowly - over a period of millions of years. And look what man has done - He has covered millions and millions of hectares of land with cement and concrete. All the land that has been covered with cement and concrete has been killed.
Man has stockpiled thousands of tonnes of highly radioactive nuclear material and nuclear waste which is going to remain highly radioactive and carcinogenic for the next thousands of years - and which has already leaked into the environment hundreds of times.
What could be more criminal than this.
What could be more abnormal than this.
Lawyers and Judges are trying to catch a few criminals.
They don't realize the entire Industrial Society is criminal.
Psychologists and Psychiatrists are trying to classify a few people as abnormal.
They don't realize the entire Industrial Society is abnormal.
Industrial Society is collectively making millions of tonnes of weapons and explosives [of all kinds] every year – and then it wonders why there is so much violence in this world.
Big Mystery.
If you make millions of tonnes of weapons and explosives on earth they are going to be used on earth – they are not going to be used on Mars.
Make things
Buy things
Sell things
This is not the purpose of life.
Destroy Shopping Culture.
No one deserves more.
Everyone deserves less.
There was a time when Man knew nothing about the number of species and millions of species existed.
Today Man knows the names of millions of species and nothing is left of the species.
It took millions of years for millions of species to slowly come into existence on earth - and man has decimated all other species.
After destroying millions of highly-developed species on earth Man is today searching for a few molecules of life in outer-space.
If a few microbes, a few molecules of methane / water are found on Mars - it becomes the newspaper headline.
They call it progress.
The following is about to come true.
Nature can exist
(1) before man.
(2) after man.
(3) not with man.
Environment can be saved only if we stop production of most [ more than
99% ] of the consumer goods we are making today.
Time is running out for this planet.
Yours Sincerely,
Sushil Yadav
Please note :
Fast emotions =emotions associated with fast visuals/fast words/fast breathing/fast heart-rate.
Slow emotions=emotions associated with slow visuals/slow words/slow breathing/slow heart-rate.
Rate of thinking=number of visuals/words processed per minute.
Gaps between thinking =gaps between visuals/ words/ sentences.
Regarding Industrialization there is an important point to be noted. Modern Industrial Society has existed for 100 years - 200 years - 300 years. When we compare this period with the total duration for which human society has existed on earth this period is so short - so small that it almost does'nt exist. It is almost zero.
Material things don't bring peace and happiness. Today billions of people have got things which even Kings did not have in the past. Car, computer, television, fridge, telephone - no King ever had these things. But people are still restless and unhappy. The fast-paced, consumerist lifestyle of Industrial Society is causing exponential rise in psychological problems - besides destroying the environment. Our Minds cannot be spiritual or peaceful when attention-spans are down to nanoseconds, microseconds and milliseconds. Our Minds cannot be spiritual or peaceful if we destroy Nature.
Consumerist-Lifestyle is just not sustainable. If we do not immediately return to living a very simple and frugal life then very soon there will be no human life on earth.
Think Positive.
Psychologists say -- Think Positive.
Politicians say – Think Positive.
Economists say – Think Positive.
Scientists say – Think Positive.
Everyone says – Think Positive.
Arctic ice is melting – Glaciers are melting – Rivers are drying up.
Think Positive.
Fish population in Oceans is down to 1/3 of what it was 100 years ago.
Think Positive.
Pollution levels are going sky-high and valley-deep.
Think Positive.
There used to be millions of members in most species of Animals and Birds. Now they are down to thousands and hundreds.
Think Positive.
Weather is getting more and more irregular and unpredictable.
Think Positive.
Thinking positive is the height of insanity.
Thinking positive is the height of abnormality.
This is a world that has become completely incapable of feeling Pain, Compassion, Remorse and Guilt.
The planet is getting destroyed moment by moment – and people are thinking positive.
Very soon there will be 1 Animal and 1 Tree left in this world – and people will still be thinking positive.
They will be holding Seminars, Conferences and Global-Summits to save the Environment.
There is an important point which the human-species needs to understand. People think they can save the Environment by doing something.
We can never save the environment by doing something.
It is overactivity that has destroyed environment in the first place.
Human-species is the only one out of millions of species that has indulged in overactivity on this planet [ And for this very reason the human speciesis going to exist on earth for the least amount of time]
And it is not Mild Overactivity – It is Excessive Overactivity – Exponential Overactivity.
We cannot save the environment by doing something.
We can only save it by doing less of what we have been doing - much less of what we have been doing.
If we want to save environment we will have to reduce human activity [overactivity] by 99%.
The Illogical Logic of Man.
A few birds have got infected with bird-flu and Man has started killing millions of birds.
They say birds are a threat to humans.
Sometime ago there was Mad Cow disease and Man started killing hundreds of thousands of cows.
They said cows are a threat to humans.
Ever since Man came into existence - millions of humans with infectious diseases have transferred such diseases to millions of other people - and will continue to infect millions more in future.
Such people are a threat to rest of the people.
Man should follow the same logic here and kill all infected people.
It is Man who has killed millions of people in Wars and other forms of Violence – and can kill millions more any time in future.
Man should follow the same logic here and kill all people.
It is the human species which is the greatest threat to humans and all other life on this planet - In fact the human species is the only species which is a threat to all life on Earth.
Man has decimated all Animal and Plant species – polluted the Sky and Oceans - and poisioned every square inch of earth.
In a mere 200 - 300 years Industrial Society has destroyed all that Nature laboriously created over a period of millions of years.
Humans pose the greatest threat to other humans.
Humans pose the greatest threat to all other life on earth.
The so-called Rational and Civilized Man should follow the same logic here - and destroy the entire human race.
Please note :
If you indulge in Factory Farming – If you torture the birds – confine millions of them in prison like conditions – depriving them of Sunlight and the freedom to walk and fly – you are creating an environment for the spread of virus and disease.
Lifestyle of Mass Destruction.
Destruction is an inherent feature of Development.
Progress = Destruction of Nature.
Development = Destruction of Nature.
We can have Sustainable Lifestyle.
We cannot have Sustainable Development.
Development can never be sustainable.
Sustainability and Development cannot exist together.
Development and Sustainability are opposites.
Development and Sustainability are contradictory.
Sustainable Living is associated with consuming less – being satisfied with a simple and frugal life.
Development is associated with never ending desires – always wanting more.
Sustainable lifestyle requires Constancy.
Sustainable lifestyle requires Sameness.
Sustainable lifestyle requires Repetition.
Development is associated with Change.
Development is associated with New.
Development is associated with Transience.
Industrial Societies can never be sustainable – When you make thousands of consumer goods you kill Nature - you kill Animals, Trees, Air, Water and Land.
A Society that does mental work [city based] can never be sustainable - it will keep on making consumer goods - destroying the environment moment by moment.
Only agriculture-based societies that do physical work can be sustainable.
The term Sustainable Development is like the terms
Stationary Walk.
Silent Talk.
Wakeful Sleep.
Dark Sun
Gentle Torture.
Dry Rain.
Peaceful War.
There was a time when Man used to say –
I work in order to feed my family.
I work in order to put Food on the Table.
Today man is putting a lot more than Food on the Table.
Cars, Computers, ipods, Aeroplanes, 200 TV Channels, Luxury Yatchs, Caribbean Vacations, Palatial Homes, Video Phones, Designer Clothes, Designer Drugs, Cosmetic Surgery …………… The list is endless.
Man is putting thousands of consumer goods and services on the Table.
There is too much weight on the Table.
And the Table has begun to creak.
The more you put on your table the more you take out from the mouths of Animals and Birds.
The more you put on your table the more you kill Animals and Trees.
The more you put on your table the more you kill Water, Air and Land.
The more you put on your table the more you kill Mountains and Valleys.
The more you put on your table the more you kill the Sky and Oceans - the Rivers and Lakes.
There are so many things on the Table that one can barely see the Food.
We need just a few things to live.
And we are making thousands of things.
Billions of people are engaged in making, buying and selling of thousands of consumer goods.
Destroy Shopping Culture.
Go back to Simple Living.
Go back to putting just Food on the Table.
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United Airlines is under fire yet again after one of its passengers was violently dragged off an overbooked plane on Sunday.
Angered by the videos and pictures of the incident, people on Twitter dragged the airline for its terrible mistreatment of the passenger. Some compared it to "Fight Club:"
Others took a different approach:
After all of this, hopefully fellow airline passengers learned one thing:
United Airlines' CEO, Oscar Munoz, also endured the wrath of Twitter for his use of the term "re-accommodation" in his apology for the incident:
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Rye Song Gang is one of eight ships banned from ports
Ship was previously caught allegedly violating sanctions
Photographs taken by a Japanese spy plane show a North Korean tanker likely violating UN sanctions, Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday.
The images, taken Saturday, show the Rye Song Gang 1 appearing in the dark of night beside a Dominican-flagged ship, the Yuk Tung. The two ships then are seen sailing away from each other after the sun rises on Saturday morning.
"The (Japanese) government strongly suspect the two engaged offshore delivery which was banned by UN Security Council resolutions," the ministry said in a statement.
It's not the first time that the the Rye Song Gang 1 has been accused of engaging in illicit ship-to-ship transfers. The US Treasury Department released images of the ship allegedly conducting a transfer on October 19. It did not name the other ship involved, but the South Korean Foreign Ministry said it seized a Hong Kong-registered vessel, the Lighthouse Winmore, for transferring refined oil to a North Korean ship that same day.
The Rye Song Gang was among eight ships banned from entering ports from across the globe in late December for violating UN sanctions on North Korea.
"To have these large vessels engaged in this type of activity, that's troubling," said John Park, the director of the Korea Working Group at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
"The scale of it is much larger than previously thought … when it comes down to it actually clamping down on this type of activity in a swift manner, you're going to have to manage expectations," he said.
Since September, after Pyongyang conducted a sixth nuclear test, UN member states have been banned facilitating or engaging in ship-to-ship transfers with North Korean-flagged vessels.
When asked for comment about the latest allegation, Hugh Griffiths, the coordinator of the UN Panel of Experts on North Korea – the body charged with monitoring sanctions enforcement and efficacy – told CNN "this matter is already in under investigation, but it will be featuring in an upcoming report to the Security Council at the end of this month."
These ship-to-ship transfers appear to be a way to get around the port ban, according to Anthony Ruggiero, an expert in the use of targeted financial measures at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
"All of this suggests that the US is going to have to go to the next level, which is declaring all North Korean vessels as suspect and reasonable grounds for inspection," Ruggiero, who previously worked at both the US State and Treasury departments, told CNN.
Strict sanctions
A series of increasingly strict resolutions were passed at the UN Security Council against Pyongyang in 2017, in response to the rogue regime's repeated weapons tests.
The measures, passed after intense lobbying by Washington, targeted energy, money transfers and shipping.
The Trump administration is waging what it calls a campaign of "peaceful pressure" on the regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. It hopes that, as the international community ramps up sanctions and the diplomatic isolation on North Korea, Pyongyang will be squeezed hard enough that it will eventually put its nuclear weapons on the negotiating table in exchange for relief from sanctions.
North Korea has for years used deceptive shipping practices to bring in money and goods for the regime. But its fleet has come under increased scrutiny as the United States has looked for new ways to punish the Kim regime.
The issue of ship-to-ship transfers was brought up several times at a summit on North Korea in Vancouver earlier this month. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that more was needed to be done on the issue of maritime interdiction operations when it comes to stopping sanctions violations.
"We must put an end to illicit ship-to-ship transfers that undermine UN sanctions," he said.
After the first set of pictures surfaced in South Korea media, US President Donald Trump said Beijing had been "caught red-handed" for violating UN measures on North Korea.
China has consistently denied breaching sanctions.


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An excellent winter salad, that will help you fight your winter blues! This recipe is healthy and filling and a total no fuss meal prep! Another great aspect of using lentils is that you can throw in any vegetables you prefer to make it rich, colourful and tasty to your liking!
Our warm Italian lentil veggie salad uses the fantastic winter vegetables of turnips and puntarelle. Puntarelle is an appealing bitter and crunchy winter salad made from a particular variety of chicory that grows in the countryside of Rome. It add a powerful green freshness like no other winter veggie! If you can't find puntarelle another great substitute is curly endive or radicchio.
Difficulty : Easy Prep Time : 5 minutes Cook Time : 15 minutes
1 can of Lentils
2 Carrots
1 Onion
1 Turnip
1 Puntarelle
1 Tomato
Pine nuts
2 eggs
Dijon Mustard
Olive Oil
Salt / Pepper
Lemon / Grapefruit Juice
Spinach leaves
- In a bowl, whisk together lemon juice ( or grapefruit juice), Dijon, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Slowly add oil, whisking constantly, until emulsified; set aside.
In a saucepan, cover lentils with at least 2 inches cold water; season with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until lentils are tender but not mushy, 18 to 22 minutes. Drain and transfer to a large serving bowl.
Meanwhile, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add diced carrots, onion, and turnip slices. Season with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender but do not develop color, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in puntarelle stems and continue cooking until tender, then once a little tender add in the puntarelle leaves, cook until collapse and become tender, 3 to 4 minutes. Finally add in half of the pine nuts and one chopped tomato to the veggie skillet and cook down for another 2 minutes. Transfer to bowl with lentils. Immediately drizzle with dressing and toss to evenly coat. Let cool slightly, 10 minutes. Add a sprinkle of pine nuts and spinach leaves. Serve warm, with one poached or hard boiled egg per serving.


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Good morning, lovely readers! Can you believe how incredibly close we are getting to Christmas? Is it beginning to look like it at your house?This is our holiday table, all set and ready, with Christmas ornaments at every place. (If you peek into the bookcase, you'll see our favorite Christmas decoration: A felt nativity from Wisteria that is too sweet for words!)
Do you set your table the same way every year? Is it a bit of a tradition?Or do you come up with something new and different every year?Do you go all out with the Christmas accessories and decor?
We would love to know!
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