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Merry Christmas to all!
I won't be online much after this morning for a little while. We begin our traveling and family festivities today and I am so excited. To me, Christmas is first about celebrating the birth of my Lord and Savior. Second, it is about celebrating love. I want to give the love I have for others throughout the year, no matter what day it is on the calendar, but during this season…when so many struggle financially and emotionally, all the more do I want to do this. Third, it is about family & friends, our most cherished loved ones. I have spent some holidays alone and it isn't a fun experience. I have also spent some of them with friends because they didn't want me to be alone. I am grateful for their love, kindness, and hospitality. When I am given the chance to do the same for others, I do because I know how it feels to spend them alone and want to help others feel loved and remind them they're not alone. Fourth, while it's not truly about the presents, I will admit it feels good to give and to receive. God teaches us to give, encourages us to do so, and so this is why I do it…not to dishonor Him by putting up decorations and buying gifts…forgetting about Him….no, this is to honor Him and what He wants us all to do…to love one another and to give of our love, time, and whatever we can to those around us.
This year, we will be incredibly busy. When you're in a serious relationship, things change. It's no longer about just me, it's about us. So, we'll be going to some of his family celebrations and then also to some of mine. We are family now and so this is how that goes. 😉 Oh, it will be crazy with all the traveling, the bad weather afoot, and so on….but like I said earlier, I am so very excited. I will get to see people I so rarely get to spend time with. Throughout the year, they're so busy, but this is the one time we all gather together. Family means so much to me. I hope all of you who read this has a very Merry Christmas! To those who don't celebrate Christmas, whatever it is, may it be full of love, family, and togetherness. If you don't celebrate anything, then still I wish for you good days filled with happiness, friendship, and love. It doesn't matter what day it is, what season, what holiday, or any of that…I try to celebrate love every single day of the year. ❤

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Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Yoga Taco Night
This is when I sprint out of work to hit my fave Bikram yoga class, sweat my ever-loving ass off, stretch all out in every direction, totally rejuvenate my body and then drive home, shower and take Bubba out for Taco Bell.
Granted, I usually don't get farther than a bean burrito, but the irony never fails to entertain me. Here I am, still glowing from my total body sweat-a-thon and mowing through a burrito like there's gold at the other end.
To make up for such indiscretions, I try to cook a healthy, homemade meal on nights of the week that aren't designated as Pizza Night (Friday) or the shameful Yoga Taco Night.
In an effort to preserve our arteries, Sunday night I dove into my new issue of Cooking Light and emerged with this little gem. The not too fancy sounding "Parmesan Chicken Paillards (?) with Cherry Tomato Sauce"
Paired with my old friend Cous Cous (low carb living has sent this sidedish into exile) and some organic green beans, this was just the dish to get us off to a good start this week as Sunday Night Dinner.
My only complaint - the size of these friggen boobs! Normally I would expect organic chicken breasts to be weenier than your average frozen ones, but no. These were gigantic and frankly scared me a little. For sure wondering how, exactly, they got to be so large since I'm sure that "organic" does not mean "raised within throwing distance of the Chernobyl nuclear plant."
It did present the perfect opportunity for a once-in-a-lifetime comment.
Bubba said, "I'm sorry, but these boobs are just too big."
4 comments:
I skip the yoga and go straight for Taco Bell...ReplyDelete
But I am married to a college student, who is in the process of getting his masters. Dinners have a way of never getting made..
Looks fantastic...you just made me REALLY hungry! LOLReplyDelete
that all looks so yummy. and love bubba's comment. don't hear that often from menfolk.ReplyDelete
LOL...you gotta love bodacious poultry tah tahs!ReplyDelete
I love that you have yoga taco night. That rocks.
[2013 update: You can't comment as an anonymous person anymore. Too many douchebags were leaving bullshit SPAM comments and my inbox was getting flooded, but if you're here to comment in a real way like a real person, go to it.]
Look at you commenting, that's fun.
So, here's the thing with commenting, unless you have an email address associated with your own profile, your comment will still post, but I won't have an email address with which to reply to you personally.
Sucks, right?
Anyway, to remedy this, I usually come back to my posts and post replies in the comment field with you.
But, if you ever want to email me directly to talk about pumpkins or shoes or what it's like to spend a good part of your day Swiffering - shoot me an email to finnyknitsATgmailDOTcom.


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Archive for the 'Alumni' Category
Have Knives – Will Travel: CIC grad jumps into international culinary competition at last minute
Preparing for an international culinary competition takes weeks, if not months. Developing and perfecting recipes and timing, ensuring that the kitchen is safe and organized, figuring out contingency plans in the event of last-minute hitches — it all takes time, if a chef wants to maximize their chance of winning.
Or not.
Chef Sean Burton, a graduate of The Culinary Institute of Canada's Culinary Arts and Pastry Arts programs, stepped into the breach and hopped on a plane to Saint Pierre et Miquelon, an overseas collectivity of France located just off the western end of Newfoundland's Burin Peninsula, with only three days' notice, to represent the CIC and P.E.I. in a two-day culinary competition – and brought back a silver medal.
Sean was team captain for the CIC in the World Culinary Olympics' Regional Competition in 2016, which won double gold and placed fourth in the world. He said the Concours Culinaire competition in Saint Pierre et Miquelon was unlike any other. Most of the events he has participated in have been black box competitions in which each team or competitor is provided with a pantry of items, but don't know what key ingredients they will have to work with until only a few hours before they are expected to present their dishes.
"This competition was based on classical cuisine, so there were very specific dishes that we had to prepare, like souffles. I've never done a competition like that before. You need to distinguish your interpretation of the dishes from those of your competitors, you have to re-imagine them," he said.
The opportunity to compete in the Concours Culinaire came about when the chef who had been preparing for the event had to cancel. Austin Clement, program manager for The Culinary Institute of Canada's culinary and hospitality programs immediately thought of sending Sean instead.
"Austin asked me if I would be interested in going to France represent P.E.I. in the Concours Culinaire, but I thought he was joking," Sean recalled.
"By the time we were able to confirm that I was going, we were three days out."
Chef Austin said he had absolute confidence that Sean was up to the task.
"Sean took on the challenge with just three days' notice, a case of sharp knives, and his proven ability. After two days of intense competition and the elimination of top competitors from the region, he found himself once again representing PEI and the CIC to the very end. We are proud of his amazing finish. Sean showed the world that our craft is alive and well, and in good hands," he said.
Unflappable, highly organized, and quietly confident, Sean relished the chance to compete so far outside of his comfort zone.
"It was a whirlwind of excitement and competition that I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to share with my fellow competitors in Saint Pierre Miquelon. I would do it again in a heartbeat!"
After the competition, Sean returned to Charlottetown and his duties as a lab technician for the CIC; but not for long! He is now in China for two months teaching Food Theory and Production to International Hospitality Management students enrolled in the Holland College Educational Joint Venture program.
CPKN develops training portal in anticipation of cannabis legislation
The Canadian Police Knowledge Network (CPKN) is developing a training portal for use by front-line law enforcement officers across the country.
CPKN, which is based in Charlottetown, was created in 2004 through a partnership between Holland College and the Canadian police Community.
The training portal features three courses related to the incoming Cannabis Act, Bill C-45, which will lay out the regulations regarding legal use of cannabis in Canada.
Sandy Sweet, president of CPKN, said the portal will provide police services with a cost-effective way to deliver training to their personnel by using the resources online, eliminating the expenses related to traveling to receive training and allowing officers to take the training at times convenient to them.
"The three courses will provide law enforcement officers with the information that they will need when Bill C-45 is enacted," Sweet said, noting that the federal government has not yet confirmed when the bill will come into effect. It is expected in late summer or early fall.
"We are preparing as much information in advance of the roll-out of the legislation as possible, but we know that we will need to tweak the courses depending on any alterations that may be made to the Act before it comes into force."
CPKN will customize the training according to the laws in each jurisdiction and will consult with each province and territory in advance of the legislation to ensure that all law enforcement professionals will receive information applicable to their particular area.
CPKN is also consulting with the RCMP and Canadian Association of Police Chiefs to ensure that all of the training available to law enforcement officers is consistent and accurate regardless of which organization is delivering it.
In addition to the courses, the CPKN portal will provide case studies as they develop following implementation of the Act, an Ask an Expert section, and other resources related to Bill C-45.
"The implementation of Bill C-45 is one of the most significant legislative changes in Canada and is bound to create concern on the front lines about how to enforce the new laws. Our goal is to provide the information law enforcement professionals need in a timely and cost-effective manner," Sweet said.
For more information about CPKN visit www.cpkn.ca.
Holland College student wins Atlantic Journalism Award
By Wayne Young
Alison Jenkins, a student in the Journalism program at Holland College, has earned an Atlantic Journalism Award for her outstanding work in class and in three Maritime newsrooms.
The Brookvale, P.E.I., resident graduates May 18 but she has already been hired by Brunswick News to work as a summer intern at The Telegraph-Journal newspaper in Saint John. She completed a four-week practicum at that newspaper in March.
In her first year, Jenkins interned at CBC Charlottetown and last fall, she was one of two students in her class to take part in day internships at The Guardian in Charlottetown.
The Journalism program instructors are Rick MacLean, Wayne Young, and Lindsay Carroll. MacLean said it was obvious from very early on that Alison's maturity would serve her well in this program.
"She was determined to learn as much as she possibly could, working tremendously hard to learn how to tell a story and how to use video to do that.
"As expected, when she went to her second-year, four-week internship she so impressed her supervisors at the Telegraph Journal they asked her to accept a summer spot immediately after."
The student winners will be presented with awards in their home provinces in May.
The AJA's gala dinner and awards show will take place on April 28 at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel in Halifax, N.S.
Culinary Youth Team Canada brings home gold and silver from Nations Cup
Culinary Youth Team Canada members Isabelle Chevarie and Tracy Wildrick participated in three days of intense competition at the 2017 Nations Cup in Grand Rapids Michigan recently, and were rewarded with four gold, including a Best of Show award for their appetizer, and three silver medals for their efforts.
Isabelle is no stranger to competition, she was part of the team Holland College's Culinary Institute of Canada (CIC) sent to Erfurt, Germany last fall; but for Tracy Wildrick, the Nations Cup was an eye-opener.
I realized that it doesn't matter how amazing a cook you are, it's the team and instructors that win these kinds of things, not an individual," he said.
The young chefs trained under the watchful eye of Chef Instructor Hans Anderegg for weeks in Team Canada's new training kitchen in the Tourism and Culinary Centre on the Charlottetown waterfront to prepare for this high profile black box competition, but there are some circumstances for which you can never be prepared – like when you're handed a bucket of live trout.
"We had a hard time getting them out of the bucket," Isabelle laughed, "the first one slipped out of my hands and under a table."
All's well that ends well, though, and the trout ended up pan seared and served with a potato pavé that featured a layer of blue potatoes, earning the team a gold medal.
The students competed against teams from the U.S.A., Barbados, Mexico, Italy, and Scotland. Chef Hans said that culinary competitions such as the Nation's Cup bear little resemblance to the cut-throat approach so familiar to fans of reality TV cooking shows. Isabelle agreed.
"There's a lot of pressure, but there's a lot of camaraderie, too," she explained. "We may not speak the same language, but we still manage to communicate through food."
Students from CIC will represent the country at international competitions as National Culinary Youth Team Canada. The CIC was awarded the honour following their exceptional performance at the 2016 Culinary Olympics in Erfurt. Rather than representing the country and competing against other junior chefs, they competed against experienced professional chefs as Regional Team PEI, bringing home two gold medals and placing fourth overall out of 57 teams. In 2012, the team brought home a gold and silver medal as Regional Team PEI.
As the team adds members, practices will ramp up. Right now, they are practicing about 14 hours a week, but by the time January rolls around, they'll be in the kitchens at least 40 hours a week, sometimes more. Over the next couple of years, they will represent Canada in several competitions all over the world, leading up to the ultimate competition, the Culinary Olympics, in Stuttgart, Germany in February of 2020.
Team Canada Results
Fish/ Shellfish: Gold
Game: Gold
Appetizer: Gold (Best of Show)
National Dish: Gold
Pasta: Silver
Poultry: Silver
Dessert: Silver
Overall Results
Team USA 6 Gold 1 Silver Winner 2017 Nations Cup
Team Canada 4 Gold 3 Silver
Team Barbados 4 Gold 3 Silver
Team Mexico 3 Gold 4 Silver
Team Italy 2 Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze
Team Scotland 2 Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze
Destiny and the monks
Destiny Best has always been interested in singing in different languages. As a child in the Toronto Children's Chorus she sang in approximately 15 languages, and as a student in Holland College's Music Performance program, she sang in Italian, performing Nessun Dorma from Puccini's Turandot during the opening gala of the Florence Simmons Performance Hall.
But this time, she's taken on not only a different language but an entirely different musical style – singing Buddhist sacred music in Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Mandarin for an EP in collaboration with the Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society (GEBIS).
Destiny met some of the monks this past May, during an open house at the GEBIS centre, located in Little Sands, Prince Edward Island. After discussing her interest in music with the monastery's executive secretary, Geoffrey Yang, he proposed an interesting project: to record more than 800 songs of praise composed by the group's leader, Master Zhen-Ru.
Destiny is provided with a recording of the songs, along with a Romanization of the lyrics, and instrumental tracks recorded by members of the Dream Lotus Symphony Orchestra. So far, Destiny has recorded four of the songs, which you can hear on the EP Do It With All Your Heart, along with a Mandarin version of Brahms' Lullaby: https://destinybest.bandcamp.com/album/do-it-with-all-your-heart.
Plans are in the works to develop a video of one of the songs.
Want to keep in touch with Holland College? There's an app for that!
By Trish Johnston
The Office of Alumni Relations recently launched Holland College's first mobile app. The app was designed to keep more than 35,000 alumni connected to the college and to each other.
The app, which was developed by students from the Computer Information Systems (CIS) program, provides alumni with regular updates from the college and connections to other alumni through social media. Accessing Benchmark, the Holland College Foundation magazine, staying current on the Hurricanes Athletics news, and even making a gift to the school, are now easier than ever. Alumni can also register through the app for an electronic version of their alumni card – a card that every graduate should have as the benefits continue to grow.
BJ MacLean, Learning Manager for the CIS program, headed the project in partnership with the Office of Alumni Relations.
"There was a lot of learning involved, but it provided a great opportunity for us to explore this specific technology and go through the software development lifecycle," said MacLean.
Second-year CIS students Kyle Newcombe and Chris Signouin took on the project under the guidance of MacLean.
"The technology that we used allowed us to develop the app quickly. That said, it was new to us, so we had to do a lot of research, and it didn't always go smoothly," said Newcombe. This project has taught me a lot of things, but mainly how important communication is," said MacLean, noting that Kyle and Chris were highly self-motivated and were able to take on the project as a challenge.
"I was impressed with their ability to learn what was needed to successfully develop a product that met the Office of Alumni Relations' needs. I am sure they will have ideas to improve and grow the app, which could lead to an enhancement release for students to work on next year," said MacLean.
"Now that they've graduated, Kyle and Chris are moving ahead with their careers as developers, but there will be new students who will benefit from the challenge going forward."
Sigouin added, "I hope that other students will take the opportunity to build on the app. It was a great experience to work as a team and create something that will benefit others. And, as a new alumnus myself, I appreciate having quicker access to information as well as the convenience of having the alumni card at my fingertips!"
Although developed primarily for alumni, the Office of Alumni Relations encourages anyone who would like to stay connected with Holland College to download the app which is available free of charge on both iOS (iPhone operating system) and Android platforms by searching "Holland College Alumni"
Holland College Educational Joint Venture in China: partners sharing knowledge and best practices
More than 15 years ago, the college began developing a concept based on delivering training programs in China in partnership with local Chinese colleges. Chinese colleges recognized the need and value of implementing a hands-on training model that was very different from the traditional teaching model.
By January 2001, a formal agreement and key components of the Educational Joint Venture (EJV) had been reached with the six colleges. Formal agreements were signed in early February of 2001 as part of the Team Canada Trade Mission to China led by Prime Minister Jean Chretien.
The EJV between Holland College and the Chinese partner colleges utilizes a "3+0 in-China" delivery model whereby Chinese students who complete their three years of study in China obtain dual diplomas from their participating Chinese college and Holland College. Individual Chinese students interested in studying overseas may choose to study at Holland College after one year or two years.
Senior Administration
The commitment of the college's management team to supporting the EJV programs has been key to the success of the partnership. Administrators from Holland College and the Chinese partner colleges visit each other regularly to share best program management practices. Face to face meetings between senior management in Canada and China help to develop an understanding of business practices and cultures, and enhance friendships, thereby ensuring ongoing development and sustainability for the EJV programs.
Holland College Instructors and Teachers in China
As an essential element of the EJV programs, each year Holland College instructors travel to partner institutions in China to deliver core courses to the students. The EJV courses are delivered in English by the Holland College instructors, which gives the students the opportunity to improve both their general and industry-specific English skills. The instructors use competency-based methodologies to familiarize students with the hands-on, skills-based educational model used in Canada.
Reviewing the Programs
Holland College's commitment to programming and teaching excellence in Canada and China is supported by ISO policies and procedures. A Holland College curriculum consultant team visits Chinese partner colleges every year to conduct program reviews. The review includes campus and learning environment tours, observance program delivery, and meeting with students, faculty, and administration. The annual reviews, along with ongoing communication, enable Holland College and the Chinese partners to learn from each other and address areas for program improvement and modification.
EJV Best Practices Forums
Since not all Chinese instructors have the opportunity to receive training at Holland College, the college provides teacher-training in China regularly. Since 2004, the college has hosted best practice symposiums on partner campuses in China. The symposia create networking opportunities for the EJV instructors and administrators, giving them the chance to exchange their management experiences and best teaching practices.
Canada-China EJV Scholarships
In 2009, Holland College established the Canada-China EJV Scholarship to award to students for outstanding academic performance and community-mindedness. Since its inception, more than 150 students in China have earned this award.
EJV English Competition
All EJV programs start with an English preparatory year to ready students to study in English. In 2010, Holland College and the Chinese partners held the inaugural EJV English Speaking Competitions. The competition encourages students to improve their English; enhances their competency and research skills; creates networking opportunities for Chinese instructors and students; and facilitates the exchange of best practices in English between institutions. Each Chinese college selects two EJV students to participate in the competition.
Plans for the Future
Currently, there are close to 1,520 students enrolled in the Accounting Technology, Automotive Technology, Business Administration Business Manager Profile, Computer Information Systems, Computer Networking Technology, Early Childhood Care and Education, Electromechanical Technology, Golf Club Management, International Hospitality Management, and Marketing and Advertising Management programs in Chengdu Technological University, Zhenjiang College, Hainan College of Vocation and Technique, Xuchang University, Anyang Normal University, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology Nanchang Campus, Shangrao Normal University, Guiyang Vocational and Technical College and Chongqing Zuxia Software Training Institution.
Holland College looks forward to expanding its program offerings with its EJV partners, and forging new relationships with other institutions in China in the coming years. Plans are being developed to add programs such as Energy Systems Engineering Technology, Human Services, Graphic Design, Culinary Arts, and Construction Technology and Management to the EJV list of offerings.
Between 2001 and 2016:
- 33 Holland College senior management staff and administrators visited China
- 130 Chinese partner colleges' senior management staff and administrators visited Holland College
- 70 Holland College faculty taught in China, 25% are from industry
- 95 Chinese instructors received instructional training at Holland College in Prince Edward Island
- 300 Chinese faculty participated in the best practice symposiums held in China
- 180 Chinese students received Canada-China Educational Joint Venture Scholarship from Holland College
- In total, 5, 148 Chinese students have been enrolled in 10 different programs at 11 Chinese institutions since 2001
- All of the students have employment by the time they graduate
Holland College student trades hockey stick for paint brush
Three years ago, Dylan McQuaid's résumé would have led one to expect that the 20-year-old would pursue a career in business or sports. After several years of playing hockey, the last three in the Maritime Junior A Hockey League and the Island Junior Hockey League, he seemed destined to follow the path of many other former hockey players into the business side of sports. But a combination of circumstances changed his path.
"I started drawing again to distract from the stresses of hockey, which shifted my focus as my hockey career was winding down. At the same time, I noticed that something wasn't right with my health, including rapid weight loss and fatigue, along with other symptoms," he recalls.
Following a series of tests, Dylan was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. The diagnosis further sharpened his focus.
"It put things into perspective for me. I thought, nothing's a given, so I should go after what I want," he says.
"My aunt was a graphic designer, and she suggested I check out the Graphic Design program at Holland College."
After investigating his options, he decided to take the college's one-year Fundamental Arts program before going into the two-year Graphic Design program.
"I didn't have much confidence," he explains, "so the Fundamental Arts program helped me to prepare for the Graphic Design program, including helping me develop an understanding of industry terminology."
Over his three years at Holland College, he demonstrated the characteristics that lead to a successful college experience, and a successful career, and earned him the Governor General's medal when he graduated last spring.
In addition to his exemplary work ethic and keen design sense, Dylan has a strong belief in community involvement. He participated in many worthwhile causes during his time at Holland College, and even garnered Most Dedicated Player and Hurricanes Scholar-Athlete awards for his role in the Holland College Hurricanes Men's Baseball team.
Recently, he was named the regional winner in BMO's Invitational Student Art Competition, winning $5,000 and a trip to Toronto for the opening of a display of the winning works from across the country.
He did his on the job training at Carta Worldwide, a payments processing company, and now has a full-time job as a graphic designer in their Charlottetown office.
"I enjoy working at Carta Worldwide, and I'm strengthening my skills there. Eventually, I'd like to move elsewhere and work at a design firm and continue to learn and improve my design skills."
Golf Club Management grad leaves the ice to hit the greens
Many kids dream of playing professional hockey and making it in the big leagues. They spend countless hours at the rink perfecting their skills, and for some of them, the hard work pays off. But what happens when injuries sideline a promising career?
James Sanford can tell you. Over the course of his 14-year career, he played in several leagues, including the American Hockey League, British Elite Ice Hockey League, Central Hockey League, ECHL, Federal Hockey League (winning a championship with the Danbury Whalers), Ligue Nord-Americaine de Hockey, and in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, where he played for the Victoriaville Tigres and his hometown team, the Moncton Wildcats. He was also a defenseman on Canada's under 18 team 2002.
But his aspirations of playing in the NHL, seemingly so close to being realized, ended when he sustained a herniated disk in his neck and had to undergo extensive surgery. At that point, he returned home to New Brunswick.
"For the next two years I did dead-end jobs," he recalled in a recent interview. "You live a certain lifestyle as a hockey player. It's your whole life. You're with the same 20 guys every day, so it takes a big adjustment to get acclimated to being back in the regular world."
Realizing that he was going to have to return to school if he wanted to improve his career options, he decided to apply to the two-year Golf Club Management program at Holland College.
"I always thought that I would like to be a golf pro when I retired from hockey, and I had some friends who had gone through the program."
The golf program gave him the kind of focus he hadn't had since quitting hockey, but the adjustment wasn't easy.
"As a hockey player, you get instant approval and gratification from the crowd; when you get out in the real world, you don't get that very often."
Jeff Donovan, James's instructor for the last two years, said James overcame his reticence early on, and his confidence improved as he developed his skills.
"Sometimes it's a little harder for people coming back to school when they're a little older, especially if they have already had a career and are retraining; but James, who was 30 when he came into the program, settled in quite quickly."
James graduated from the Golf Club Management program this spring and is working at the Bell Bay Golf Club in Baddeck, Cape Breton for the summer. Cape Breton's golf courses are drawing international attention, making the region the fastest growing golf destination in the world.
"I'm the assistant pro, so I'm responsible for overseeing the golf academy's programs and the pro shop. I teach, as well. I'm getting to use all the skills I learned in the Golf Club Management program in the day to day operations of Bell Bay. This year, we are hosting the MacKenzie Tour event. I'll try to qualify, but even if I don't, I'll get first-hand experience as part of the organizing team."
Eric Tobin, Pro at Bell Bay, said James was a natural choice for the golf club.
"I was very pleased when I saw James apply to be my assistant golf professional here at Bell Bay Golf Club. His background with professional sports is something that caught my eye early in my decision to bring him on board. His dedication to hockey in his past career was evident, and I am excited to see this transition to the golf industry. Holland College has given him the opportunity to step into a leadership role after only his second year. The education he has gained at Holland College made him an easy choice for this position. I am looking forward to a long relationship with James," he said.
James will return to Holland College in the fall to take the one-year Professional Golf Management program.
Jeff Donovan said demand for graduates from the golf programs at Holland College has never been higher.
"This past year we could have placed each of our students three times over. There is a huge demand for young professionals in the golf industry. Employers are contacting the program and looking for graduates who are able to go to golf facilities and handle the day to day business demands and deliver the type of programming that will drive new membership and participation," he said.
Golf Club Management student takes an entrepreneurial leap
Golf Club Management student Gareth Lewis knew that he wanted to run his own business eventually, but a family tragedy changed his timeline drastically. Last year, his first at Holland College, the 18-year-old's world was thrown into turmoil when his father died suddenly of a massive heart attack. That, for the young man from Saint John, New Brunswick, brought everything sharply into focus.
"I always wanted to be an entrepreneur, but when my father died, I realized that you should live while you can. I decided not to waste any more time," he said in a recent interview. "I'd been developing the Just Swing Golf business plan for a couple of years, so I started my own company."
In September of last year, as he prepared to return to Charlottetown to begin his second year in the Golf Club Management program, Gareth drew upon the money he had saved over the summer and began to develop a line of golf clothing.
It seems as though things fell into place for him quickly. He was awarded a Donald E.M. Glendenning Scholarship by the Holland College Foundation this year. The scholarship is awarded based on a student's abilities in the areas of leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship, and presentation skills, and provided seed funding for his business.
His vision for his company is simple.
"A lot of the big name brand golf shirts are loose fitting. My friends and I wanted something more tailored, that would look good both on and off the golf course," he said. "I want to provide functional, stylish, reasonably priced clothing."
Working with a designer and manufacturer, and drawing upon the knowledge he had acquired in his first year of business courses in the Golf Club Management program, Gareth prepared to roll out his product line. He has just received his second order of products, which are sold on his web site, and hopefully in pro shops around the region.
The products have developed an impressive following so far. Golf pros Brett Wilson and Eric Locke and provincial amateur champion Justin Shanks are all wearing them; and so are Montreal Canadiens defenseman Nathan Beaulieu and Zack Phillips of the AHL Chicago Wolves.
This summer, Gareth will be an assistant pro at Riverside Country Club in Rothesay, New Brunswick, which is also going to carry his clothing line in the pro shop, giving him the perfect opportunity to receive feedback directly from his prospective customers.
In the fall, he'll return to Holland College to take the one-year Professional Golf Management program, which focuses on developing students' playing ability, honing their coaching skills, and providing them with the skills needed to perform the duties of a golf pro. It's the first step on a path that will lead to membership in the Professional Golf Association of Canada, the national body that has gained international recognition for the rigour and quality of its training program.
Jeff Donovan, Holland College golf instructor and Class A professional with the association, says the Professional Golf Management program fulfills key criteria in the path to membership in the PGA of Canada.
"To become a member, applicants must have completed a three-year golf program. Our students complete the two-year Golf Club Management program, and then have the option of returning for the one-year Professional Golf Management program in order to fulfill that requirement," he said.
When he graduates from the Professional Golf Management program next spring, Gareth intends to focus on becoming a member of the PGA of Canada, continuing to develop his product line, and launching a fundraising golf tournament in honour of his late father.


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Legal Options for Victims of School Shootings
School should be one of the safest places in the community. Instead, school shootings are a tragic reality, and the deaths, injuries, and repercussions are a serious problem in our country today. More and more, individuals are seeking justice against the assailant and any individuals or entities that ultimately caused or contributed towards the crime.
Affected loved ones have found that they can legally address what happened to their child by prosecuting negligent guardians and gun owners. In addition, school and government officials and institutions are being held accountable, legitimate costly damages are recovered, and ultimately some are able to find that it provides some kind of closure.
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Since Sandy Hook (which happened in 2012) up until now, there have been well over 300 school shootings, and this leaves out many others, such as the Virginia Tech Shooting in 2007, the Columbine School massacre that occurred in 1999, and the University of Texas Sniper shooting in 1966. Sadly, the shootings continue, despite pleas to make things better.
School attendance is required by law. So, unless a family is able to homeschool or use an alternative option, this means that children are simply not allowed to opt out of putting their very lives in potential danger on a daily basis, and in the hands of school staff and security.
The pain ripples throughout the community, from a terrorizing massacre to uprooting waves of grief, dismay, and confusion to a dark tremor that grows outward to shakeup a community and ultimately anyone else that learns of the horrifying tragedy. The death of every innocent life is disastrous, and the physical and mental disabling of individuals from this harrowing experience can affect them and caregivers for the rest of their lives. Children may grow into troubled adults with severe PTSD who can never fully shake the trauma. Parents may find their lives dismantled in order to care for their now severely disabled child. Students and staff are afraid to return to the school, and meanwhile, some parents and loved ones are forced to endure the pain of burying their child.
When tragedy strikes, inadequate care and safety measures that should have preserved the peaceful educational environments are often brought to light. Hundreds of school shootings have happened throughout American history, and time and time again those that have been victimized have sought the legal route to hold others accountable.
- Failure to supervise
- Failure to prevent the tragedy
- Failure to inform
- Media liability for perpetuating violence among youth
- Irresponsible gun vendors for selling gun without following legal or commonsense protocol
- Suing gun manufacturers for not equipping guns with trigger-lock devices
- Parental liability for the perpetrator, negligent parenting
- Inadequate and irresponsible gun ownership, particularly around minors
- Suing government agencies such as the sheriff's office or school district for negligence, especially if there was also failure to inform, investigate, or protect after learning of a significant danger
You Won't Be Alone
It's actually quite common for survivors and family members of victims of these shootings to seek legal action. The following are a few examples of cases that have been filed.
- After the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting of this year took the life of Meadow Pollack, her father Andrew Pollack chose to hold Sheriff Deputy Scot Peterson liable for hiding outside of the school instead of being more proactive to save the students and staff that were trapped inside with Nikolas Cruz, the shooter that ended up killing 17 people and injuring 17 others. Pollack also filed suit against three medical centers that evaluated him and determined he was safe. Finally, he also filed suit against the couple that housed him but allowed him his guns, as well as the estate of Cruz's late mother.
- Sandy Hook, a school shooting in 2012, was never a "giant hoax" as Alex Jones, a famous conspiracy theorist, claimed in his broadcast across the country. In this situation, three parents, Veronique De La Rosa, Neil Heslin, and Leonard Pozner, whose children were killed by 20-year-old Adam Lanza (who ultimately killed himself) determined that enough was enough. They decided to file against Jones for $1 million each for "a severe degree of mental stress and anguish" due to his bogus claims that subjected them to "public contempt, disgrace, ridicule, or attack." For years, Jones claimed that the shooting was actually carried out by crisis actors who were out to dismantle the Second Amendment right to bear arms. He has millions of followers across the country.
- The Thurston High School shooting in 1998 left student, Teresa Miltonberger, severely injured to the point where she had to spend 65 days in the hospital. Her medical bills were already more than $250,000 at the time, and they were expected to continue growing for the rest of her life. Doctors were unable to completely remove all of the bullet fragments from her brain, and so Teresa has been forced to accept her cognitive impairment and loss of memory ever since. Her parents filed a $14.5 million lawsuit against the perpetrator, Kip Kinkel and the estate of his parents, Bill and Faith Kinkel for negligent supervision of their child and irresponsible gun ownership around a minor.
Important Things to Keep in Mind
- Deadlines to file notices in your state (ex: in Colorado, the deadline is 180 days)
- You can file in state AND federal court
- There can be backlash, so it is NOT recommended to fight alone. A compassionate, courageous, and qualified lawyer will help you through any difficult scenarios in your legal battle.
- Juvenile law is different in each state, and some perpetrators are mandated for release once they turn a certain age*
*Two mass-murderers that killed five people in Arkansas in 1998 when they were 11 and 13 have since been released when they turned 21. One has since been found with a gun and rearrested, and the other has applied for a concealed carry permit.
Take Action: Legal Support is Available
It is with a heavy heart that many must accept the fact that nothing will be able to really make it all better again, but the least that can be done is to seek relief wherever it can be found. Unfortunately, life outside of this crisis will continue to march on, and so medical bills will continue to flow in, and without adequate legal pressure irresponsible gun ownership will continue to occur, also negligent guardianship and law enforcement will remain a problem. Parents of victimized children have taken to civil law in efforts to empower the innocent. If this sounds like something that you or a loved one are ready for, please consider contacting one of our compassionate and trusted lawyers.


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first published on July 5, 2016 by Josh
First and foremost, I would like to state that I am nothing more than a combat veteran, and an internet blogger in the military community. I spend a lot of time searching the internet for interesting military news stories, and outstanding combat footage from around the world. With that said, I think it's important to take a good hard look at this screen shot of a post I found on Reddit this morning.
This is what we have done to ourselves as a veteran community. Certain individuals within our space have made it an absolute point to leverage their "PTSD" so hard, that we now have an entire section of civilians who believe we are all nothing more than broken shells. Our minds and bodies are so torn from war, that we can't even do something as simple as celebrate the Fourth of July, because fireworks are just too terrifying for us.
Certain individuals have gone as far as putting signs in their front yards on holidays. "Please be courteous with your fireworks, a combat veteran lives here."
Is this the image you really want to paint yourself with? Is this really the best you can do for yourself in life? Do you really want to sit laid up in your house 24/7 – 365 cashing your "PTSD" disability check from here on out? If the answers to those questions are yes, then you really need to head back to the drawing board and rethink your life decisions. You are capable of much more then that. The rest of the veteran community expects more of you.
I'm not denying the existence of PTSD, or saying that dudes who really really got into the shit on a daily basis weren't impacted by the actions they took, or things they saw. I'm simply stating that a majority of the individuals making these claims have a few simple things in common.
I've checked through the profiles of at least 50 guys who posted to the company who makes these signs. They all have a few things in common. None of them have a single image of them outside of the wire in any country that has had an active conflict. None of them have a single image of them in a dress uniform sporting a medal for valor, or even a badge or ribbon signifying that the individual has seen combat in the first place. And, not a single one of them appears to have served in a true ground combat capacity, where they may have seen enough combat to warrant such a reaction to fireworks.
Obviously, there may be some anomaly's here and there, but that's not entirely the point. The point is that dudes who missed out on the actual rigors of combat are going out and making the civilian populace think that veterans are broken. While in the short-term this serves their own personal pity parties, in the long-term it destroys the reputation of the veteran community. Knock that shit off yesterday ass-clowns. You're making us all look like broken cry babies because you want attention.
Employers are looking at veterans like we are broken, because some people want instant gratification and recognition for the time they spent eating at the DFAC. Meanwhile veterans who actually suffer from real post traumatic stress disorder are dealing with their demons on their own, or in small trusted groups. Those guys are becoming better, more well-rounded individuals for coping with, and facing their demons. None of that matters though, because all civilians see is a liability because of your attention-seeking, self-serving attitudes.
Grow up. Don't be the stereotype. We're better then this.


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Interview With Rebekah Campbell, Zambesi Founder & CEO
01 November 2017
One of my favourite things to do is sit successful and inspiring women down, before picking their brains in a relentless fashion until they ask me to pls stop. Today I got to grill the lovely Rebekah Campbell, who is the founder and CEO of Zambesi.
Zambesi is a group of founders and leaders from high growth technology companies who like to share knowledge. They run exclusive face-to-face one-day workshops each limited to 12 participants and are designed so that every learner can interact with the expert, learn from peers, and walk out with practical skills and a plan they can implement immediately.
So here's what the incredibly switched-on Bek had to say…
Tell us about the career path that led you to your current job?
I started out managing bands while I was at university. I was helping a little group from Brisbane called 'George' led by singer Katie Noonan. We had a big hit album in 2003 and so I set up my own independent music company called 'Scorpio Music'. We launched the careers of quite a lot of big artists including Matt Corby, Evermore, Lisa Mitchell, Operator Please, Van She and several others. In 2010 I developed a website to help bands better promote concert tickets. This was my first foray into tech. The platform worked OK and I ended up selling it to Future Music who still run it today. I then decided to switch completely to tech and built a product called 'Posse' which eventually became 'Hey You' – the app you use to order coffee. Hey You now processed around 22,000 transactions every day and continues to grow. I'd always wanted to build a business that had a social impact as well as being a good business so last year I started thinking about the challenges we are about to face as the nature of work changes. People are going to need new skills and constantly be up to date with the latest changes in technology. Formal education is too long and too slow to keep up. I developed Zambesi because I think education can best be delivered by a marketplace that enables experts to share their skills.
Tell us about your job now, what does an average day or week look like?
At the moment I'm starting out all over again. At the very beginning, the entrepreneur does everything themselves so my days right now are very hectic! I usually start at 5.30am and answer all the email enquiries that have come in overnight. At 6am my 1-year-old daughter gets up and I give her breakfast and get her ready for pre-school. The rest of the day is spent speaking with experts, creating content, developing new programs, lots of digital marketing, taking meetings and setting up partnerships. I'm writing this on a plane to Melbourne to take my first round of capital raising meetings.
What do you like most about your job?
I like having a purpose behind what I do. I thought (briefly) about joining a corporate before launching Zambesi but I realised that I'm actually not good at working on problems that I don't care about. I think it must take a huge amount of discipline to go into work every day and work on problems that you aren't passionate about. I admire that kind of discipline a lot because I don't have it! The coolest thing about running Zambesi is making amazing educational experiences available to everyone. We give people access to experts they wouldn't normally be able to learn from in a small-group full-day format. And because we're a marketplace rather than an institution with fixed overheads we can offer programs at affordable prices. The best thing about my job is the energy and passion I'm able to dedicate to it because I feel like it really matters.
What are your non-negotiables in maintaining work/life balance?
I get my daughter ready for pre-school every morning between 6 and 7am. My partner drives her there and picks her up and I try to be home for some quality time between 5.30 – 6.30pm. I often work again after that but it's important to me to have some focused 'Eve time' each day. If I'm travelling (like today) or have events on int he evening then sometimes weekday time isn't possible. My weekends are non-negotiable family time. And I try to take regular holidays to remote places without mobile coverage and wifi. It's really important for families and partners to have uninterrupted time together. I think this actually provides personal stability and grounding that makes it much easier to persevere through the emotional rollercoaster of building a business.
If you only could give young women one piece of advice about life and their career, what would it be?
There are many things. One that's less obvious is to build and treasure important long-term relationships. It took me quite a long time to recognise the value of the loyalty and trust you can only build by working with people for a long period of time. Don't dispose of people if they let you down once or even twice. No one is perfect. When you find a good person to work with, really cherish that relationship. People with strong relationships do better at business.
What qualities did/does your best employee have?
I look for three core values in team members. Firstly they have to be givers, not takers. Businesses and teams exist to serve their customers and the community. I try to install a culture where everyone is constantly searching for how they can better serve. My second mantra is 'Seek first to understand'. I look for learners, not teachers. People who are hungry to listen and understand before sharing their opinion. The third is resourcefulness. In a startup, we're all on a mission. A really hard mission! I look for team members who are like James Bond and can find a solution to every problem, turn every 'no' into a 'yes' and smash through any barrier to achieve our mission.
Lastly, what's the best thing you've ever done for your career?
My proudest moments have been watching an individual or a team develop into something special and know themselves in a way they didn't before. I've hired lots of people across three businesses so far and there's probably seven or eight who've really stood out. Perhaps they joined as an intern or straight out of school. We give people opportunities to stretch as far and as fast as they're capable and it's amazing to see someone go from a shy inexperienced newcomer to a superstar leading a team of people. One of my proudest achievements would be discovering a young designer named Anna. She joined Posse as an intern two days per week and worked in retail at David Jones the other days. She was very quiet but incredibly talented. Within a month we'd hired her full-time and 6 months later she was our lead designer. We worked closely over three years and her beautiful reserved personality blossomed into one of the most unique, fun and talented leaders I've met. She was eventually poached by a company in San Francisco and now leads a major design team for AirBNB in the US. I feel so blessed to have played a role in her life.


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gerontocracy — [jer΄ən tä′krə sē] n. [altered (modeled on CRACY) < Fr gérontocratie < Gr geronto (see GERONTOLOGY) + kratia, CRACY] 1. government by old men 2. pl. gerontocracies a governing group composed of old men gerontocratic [jə rän΄tə krat′ik] a … English World dictionary
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The trees are greening up more every day and flowers are opening when you turn your head. Being outside at this time of year and with this recent balmy weather is a joy. But, as always, there's lots to be getting on with:
- Lawn mowing (ideally at least once a fortnight). An application of spring lawn feed is a good idea.
- Still time for re-turfing and re-seeding / re-patching lawns.
- Manually remove dandelions from your lawn (with entire roots if you can) before they set seed and spread.
- Keep sowing seeds (ornamental and veg) in borders , pots and veg patch.
- Start thinking about hardening off home-raised seedlings, as the weather warms in late April.
- Continue to plant summer bulbs (including dahlias after risk of frost).
- Seasonal pruning. Prune back spring flowering shrubs after flowering (eg. forsythia, kerria, spiraea, ribes and viburnum tinus).
- Watch out for pests such as aphids. Infestation are easier to control when caught early.
- Prepare baskets and containers for summer.
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#OFWTips: Planning to invest? Protect yourself from investment scams
MANILA, Philippines – When overseas Filipino workers (OFW) leave the country, most of them have one thing in mind: to be able to provide for their families in the Philippines.
Vince Rapisura, president of the Social Enterprise Development Partnerships, Inc., a social enterprise that provides financial literacy trainings to low-income OFWs in 15 countries worldwide, says that the best approach to achieving your financial goal is to work on having a passive income – regular earnings that require little to no effort.
Passive income may derive from different forms of investments like rental property, investing in businesses where you will not be playing an active role, and others.
But many OFWs fail to invest their money.
Investing your money can help grow it even further and help you reach your financial goals even faster.
Who do people not invest?
According to Vince, one thing that hinders many Filipinos from investing is the thinking that investing requires a big amount of money. This is not true.
You can start investing with small amounts by simply opening a savings account. As you get more money using your active income (salary, commission, etc), you gain the propensity to invest in other investment vehicles.
The important thing is you start investing already, even in small amounts, and try to make it a habit.
Making investing a habit also means teaching yourself to live within your means. Vince suggests following the 5-15-20-60 rule – with 5% of income going to insurance premium, 15% to savings, 20% to investments, and 60% to expenses.
You must also be careful with debts – borrow only when you plan to use it for productive purposes, which in this case, is investing. Make sure that the return you will get from this investment is higher than the interest you need to pay for the loan.
Investment scams
Remember: a good investor is a patient one.
Vince says many OFWs fall victim to investment scams, mostly because they want to quickly get rich. This is not necessarily out of greed, but mostly out of the desire to get out of poverty.
The best way to avoid investment scams is by arming yourself with enough knowledge and skill in investing.
A good investor knows what to look for and exerts due diligence in research work before going into any deals.
Gather as much information about your prospect investment and perform background checks on the organization or people you will be investing on. Of course, verify their existence by checking their business registrations and licences too. With the internet and social media at your disposal, research should be easier.
When choosing an investment vehicle, make sure you understand their business model. Keep asking and speculating until it's clear to you.
If they are promising high returns, ask yourself two things:
- How does the company generate revenue? Remember: Revenue should come from products or delivery of services, not from recruitment.
- If the income of the source is legitimate, is it not violating human rights or causing people or the environment harm? These kinds of investments may offer high returns but they are not sustainable in the long run.
Before investing, you must also get to know your agent or broker.
Be careful of the halo effect: do no judge the person based on how they look or sound. Just because they look the part doesn't mean they are what they claim to be.
Here are some questions you should ask them:
- How long have you been in this business? What has been your experience so far?
- How does your organization earn revenue to afford the returns you are promising?
- What are some challenges that your organization currently faces?
- How long can you wait before I invest?
- Did you invest in the organization yourself? Why or why not?
- What is the historical performance of your organization?
Make sure that your transactions are done in the organization's official business address. To be sure, ask the building manager or neighbors how long the organization has been in that address to make sure it's not a 'fly-by-night' operation.
You may also talk with both existing and previous customers of the organization to get more insights.
Be careful of salespersons who call, email, or send you text messages out of the blue. Legitimate salespersons do not usually do this.
Also, when you are investing, make sure to document everything. Keep all communications, correspondences, receipts, prospectus, etc. These will protect you in court in case things take a bad turn.
When is an investment too good to be true?
Vince says that if an investment offer sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. Watch out for these signs:
- the promise of high returns in a short period of time;
- the claim of being a no-risk investment, or a full guarantee where you do not stand to lose; and
- the investment offer is a once-in-a-lifetime deal.
"Easy money" is earned through a crime or a wrongdoing such as corruption or an investment scam. Scams usually promise high returns. Before throwing in your savings to invest, make sure you could make sense of the high returns they are offering.
Remember: there is no such thing as a risk-free investment. Do not be pressured to invest, even if you've been told that it's a once-in-a-lifetime deal, or even when everybody else seems to be jumping in.
Be patient and take the time to decide.
"Remember that the fastest way to get rich is to do it slowly. Avoid getting into 'get rich quick' schemes,' wrote Vince in his financial literacy book, (L)earning Wealth. – Rappler.com
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What is Grace?
The Lord is with your spirit. Grace is with you.
When the Lord Jesus became the Life-giving Spirit, and entered into our spirit, He became our Grace. The fullness of the Triune God is within this Man, Jesus and He ascended so that He could be the Life-giving Spirit to enter into us. The Life-giving Spirit is not just the Spirit of God, but also the Spirit of the Last Adam, the Spirit of the Perfect Man. Only by having the Spirit of the crucified and resurrected Man, could we enjoy the effectiveness of His death and resurrection. So the Lord Spirit, who is with our spirit, is the mingled Spirit of God and Man, for God has forever taken humanity into Himself, so that He may forever put Himself into humanity. This is Grace: God, in Christ, entering into us and saturating us with Himself, to be Everything for us.
Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Since the Lord is with our spirit, we must turn to our spirit, to grow in Grace. Every day and every moment, we turn to the Spirit and enjoy Christ as our Grace, as our Love, as our Life, as God's provision for our every need. This is to grow in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It's not an outward knowledge of objective facts, but it's the inward knowledge of the experiential Lord Jesus, who is the Reality.
Not only is He the Lord within us, He is also the Savior. Whenever we turn to the Spirit, He is saving us as our Grace. By turning to the Spirit, He is spreading to renew our mind, will, and emotions. He is growing and enlarging within us, so that we may magnify Him.
Jesus Christ: the Word, the Life, and the Light
"In the beginning was the Word…In Him was Life, and that Life was the Light of men."
Our Lord Jesus Christ is the Word, the Life, and the Light. He is everything for us. Christ, as the Word, is God's Way of transferring Himself. A word is a communicated thought. A word is something, from within us, that comes out. To listen to someone speak is to hear what is inside of them.
But, God's Word is much higher than ours. In His Word is eternal Life, and His Word is eternal Life. God's Word is like a seed. Inside this Seed is the Life. Without the Seed, there would be no way for God's Life to be spread. Christ is the real Seed.
When this Seed of Life, or Word of Life, enters into us, it illuminates us. The Seed brings the Life into the darkness of the soil, and the divine eternal Life is transferred. The Seed and the Soil become One Plant. This Plant needs the Light every day to grow. The Light is its strength, the Light is its Life. Christ is the Light of Life.
So, we the dead soil, have become living Plants, in Christ. Christ has been transmitted to us as the Word, He has become the Life within us, and He is the Light that shines upon us every day. We just receive Him and we grow with His growth, to enlarge Him, to share Him, and to express His glory.
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In the beginning, God…
God is our Source, our Beginning. In Christ, we can receive and experience God. This receiving and experiencing God is always the beginning of our spiritual Life. Ever day, God must be our Beginning. We can't do anything of eternal value, unless we have received God in our experience. But, if we are always receiving God, everything that we do will have eternal value, whether great or mundane. We must take Him as the Beginning, in everything that we do. Whether, we are speaking, cleaning, shopping, sleeping, eating, watching television, or working…we just take God, in Christ, as the Beginning. We should learn that there is no beginning without God. If we do something without God, we have done nothing. We have not even begun doing something. But, if we turn to the Spirit of Jesus Christ, and take God as our Beginning, it won't matter so much what we are doing and how we are doing it, because it will be God doing it.
The Tale of Two Cities
I haven't had much time nor desire to write posts for the blog. But, I sometimes write posts on Facebook and Google+, which I consider to be too short for a blog post. But, I have decided to create a new category of "Quick Posts", which I think that may be of some encouragement to readers of this blog. Hopefully, this will increase the frequency of my posts for those who enjoy frequent blog posts. Here is the first Quick Post:
God's desire is to have a divine House, a Bride City, in and among His People. But, the enemy has been building up counterfeit cities. We see the struggle between these cities typified throughout Scripture. They alternate back and forth. The building materials for God's New Jerusalem we in the Garden of Paradise. Then Cain's son built the city of Enoch. Then there was Noah's ark, altar, and tent. Then the evil city and tower of Babel. Then Abraham had an altar and a tent, as He looked forward to the City, who's Architect and Builder is God. At the same time opposed to the altar and tent of Abraham, there were Sodom and Gomorrah. Then Jacob received the revelation of God's House in a dream and anointed a stone with oil, calling the place Bethel, the House of God. Then Pharoah, a type of Satan, enslaved God's People to build his treasure cities. But, God called His People out to build His tabernacle, which would be enlarged to be His temple. Opposed to the temple of God, was Babylon, which was Babel. The Temple was rebuilt, after it was destroyed by Babylon. But, there was great opposition from the enemy, to frustrate the rebuilding of God's temple and city. But, soon the real Tabernacle and Temple came. The types would be destroyed, but the Reality had come in Jesus Christ. He is the foundation stone, the corner stone, and the capstone of the eternal New Jerusalem. We are all part of this New Jerusalem and we are building it with the divine Materials, the triune God Himself. But, opposed to the New Jerusalem, the Bride City, is Babylon, the harlot. A religious and political city, designed and constructed by the enemy, as the full counterfeit to God's desire.
God's House is the House of Life, the divine eternal Life of God, in Christ. The counterfeit is the house of death. God's House is of the Tree of Life, but the enemy's counterfeit is of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. In God's House, Christ is all and in all, but there is no Christ in the enemy's city.
Don't despair that God's House appears so small and the enemy's house appears so big. God's House is Spirit. The New Jerusalem is hidden to the world, but it is the invisible Reality. The enemy's house is big and shiny, to attract all the people in, but it's not the Reality.
Christ is the Reality and we are in Him. The New Jerusalem is the full, perfect, and eternal union of God and Man, in Christ.


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Jamiroquai Return with 'Automaton' LP, Debut New Video
Published Jan 27, 2017Groovy UK outfit Jamiroquai have announced a brand new album. Titled Automaton, the record will land digitally and in CD and LP formats on March 31 via Virgin EMI.
The new record marks the band's follow-up to 2010's Rock Dust Light Star, and it was produced by the group's own Jay Kay and Matt Johnson.
"The inspiration for Automaton is in recognition of the rise of artificial intelligence and technology in our world today and how we as humans are beginning to forget the more pleasant, simple and eloquent things in life and in our environment including our relationship with one another as human beings," Kay explained in a statement.
That man vs. robot sentiment is brought to life in a brand new video for the album's title track. The clip was directed by Charlie Lightening, and you can scroll beyond the album's tracklisting to watch it below.
Jamiroquai also recently revealed plans to hit the road in support of the new material, though there are currently no Canadian dates on their itinerary. See the upcoming shows here.
1. Shake It On
2. Automaton
3. Cloud 9
4. Superfresh
5. Hot Property
6. Something About You
7. Summer Girl
8. Nights Out In The Jungle
9. Dr Buzz
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10/5/13 Saturday at Front Royal, VA (Skyline Ranch Resort-RPI)
Turkey Vulture just above the dock
Lighthouse you can stay in overnight
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
John getting his hand at the wheel while David offers me water. Since we'll be going east towards Washington DC, then around it on the Capital Beltway, then east again to Annapolis, we were a bit nervous about the trip. John had his GPS ready, I had my MS Streets and Trips GPS ready and we had notes from Kathryn for the last bit. We took it easy, sleeping in and all, because we didn't need to leave until 10:30 am, to get there by 1 pm.
All went smoothly, with a rest stop for a quick lunch at 11:30, then we tackled I-495 (the Beltway). John did just fine. There was a good bit of congestion, probably due to the cars off the side at one point, then on US 50 to Kathryn's place. We found the last street and mailboxes with hers among them, BUT we couldn't find her house, due to a lot of vegetation and the houses were set back from that little road. We texted Kathryn and she guided us in. She'd seen us turn around at the mailboxes.
She'd mentioned that we'd take a boat ride but we figured we'd arrived late for that (1:16 pm). We were wrong. After meeting this adorable family (Kathryn, her husband David and daughter Sara) and getting our stuff set into our room, we set off for their dock and boat. Sara (16) stayed home.
These are images from their place and our boat ride. That Bay sure covers a lot of territory.
Back at the homestead, they got busy preparing a most exquisite dinner of 2-3" tall steaks (grilled to perfection) new red potatoes (marinated and grilled) asparagus (also grilled) and a Caesar salad with a secret punch of flavor. Plus wine to top it off. Ah, it can't get much better than this. It did, though, with a grand conversation until late into the night.


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Campion is a BBC TV adaptation of Margery Allingham's crime novels featuring the mysterious Albert Campion, a character first created in 1929. I only discovered this show a short while ago, never having even heard of the character before. I got the Complete Collection on DVD and watched it in one go. Albert Campion is... Continue Reading →
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Inspirational daily quotes for each day of the year to encourage spiritual growth and explain why certain events happen in your life
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In this enlightening book, internationally renowned psychic, coach and author Elsabe Smit breaks down some key concepts of spiritual development into short, highly accessible articles, and provides ways in which the reader can achieve spiritual growth.
Inspired by a lifetime of facing sometimes seemingly insurmountable challenges, Elsabe examines the subtle nuances that influence our lives, and explores these age-old questions: Why are we born? How can we get closer to enlightenment? Is there life after death?


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For nearly half a century, Pedro Roffe has been a catalyst and an influential leader in the global debates shaping today's international intellectual property system, particularly its interface with a range of issues such as technology transfer, trade, development, investment and public health. For many, his name has been synonymous with discussions on technology transfer and intellectual property rights. At the secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) where he spent most of his professional career, Pedro Roffe played an instrumental role in the negotiations on the International Code of Conduct on Technology Transfer and in pioneering the debate on the implications of the TRIPS Agreement for developing countries.
Upon leaving the United Nations, Pedro joined the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) where, for the past fifteen years, he spearheaded a vast body of policy research addressing the many dimensions of the global intellectual property system, and identifying new directions and policy options for development. This influential literature addresses the challenges of innovation and intellectual property in the context of the WTO, WIPO and free-trade agreements with the explicit aim of facilitating sustainable development and public policy objectives. Generations of trade negotiators, policy makers, international civil servants, scholars and students around the world have benefited from Pedro Roffe's depth of knowledge, experience and insight in seeking to achieve a better understanding of the complex dynamics surrounding these issues.
A man of dialogue and a humanist, Pedro Roffe worked relentlessly to bridge the gap between different ideological viewpoints, and to overcome entrenched positions in order to reach compromises and find solutions that advance mutual understanding, international collaboration and, more broadly, the public good. Throughout his illustrious career, he fostered incalculable connections between people of different backgrounds which have resulted in lasting partnerships, associations and intellectual ventures that have enriched and influenced international discussions on trade and intellectual property.
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15 things most Canadians don't know about their own country
Maybe you can take a bath very fast, but is your bathtub itself a speedy vehicle? Why nott find out. Every July, you can watch—or take part in—the World Championship Bathtub Race in Nanaimo, British Columbia. The annual event started in 1967 and is run by a real organization known as the Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Racing Society.