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15.5mm narrower.
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24. height

27.7mm shorter.
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Hi, out there!  So no one cares who the new president of Asbury is.  Not a single comment.

Today we were in the neighboring village of Guirand.  We are on their preaching schedule so are there at least two times every quarter.  I was on duty today.  Our friend, Major Emmi has a house next to the corps so we always get to stay for dinner and a relaxing afternoon away from the clinic.

Guirand has a corps of about 100 people and they don’t have a corps officer.  Currently, a young woman who hopes to go to training in the next couple of years is in charge.  Most candidates are required to be in charge of a corps or outpost before going to Jamaica.  We just don’t have enough officers (or quarters) for every corps/outpost and it is a good way to see who the serious, capable candidates are.

Matthew got to wear his new clothes made by the wife of our lab chief.  For less than US$7 she made the pants and shirt.  The vest and tie are from his dedication suit (he was 18 mths at the time).  Finally, Matthew has some pants that aren’t “floods”.  He has grown taller, so although his other pants are still big in the waist, they are about 4 ” too short.

Thought that I would share with you the outline of my message.

Principles of Giving

Text:  2 Corinthians 8 & 9

Intro:  Salvation Army principle of Self-Denial: All posts are to give for the international advancement of God’s work.  The work in Haiti is here due to the sacrificial giving of others.  Today, countries are pleading for The Salvation Army to come and help them.  Paul collected a similar offering to aid the Christians in Jerusalem and Judea who were going through a difficult time.

I.   Purpose of Giving

A.  Sharing God’s blessings with others  8: 13-15
B.  Test of the sincerity of our love  8:8

II.  Process of Giving

A.  Give ourselves first to God 8:5
B.  Give out of an overflowing of joy  8:2-4
C.  Set aside some each week  1 Cor 16:2
D.  Eagerly fulfill your pledge  8:11-12

III.  Product of our giving

A.  Your gifts will cause others to praise God  9:13
– for your obedience  – for  your generosity

B.  Others will pray for you
C.  God will bless you!  9:8

  “God is able to make all grace abound to you so that in all things at all times having all that you need you will abound in every good work.”  2 Cor 9:8

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  1. Sure..go ahead…and I might use your message as well for our SD day in HL. :  ) Adorable picture of your son.

  2. Always wanted to go to Asbury as a teen/young adult but could never get my act together financially or otherwise to make it happen. Matthew is certainly photogenic! And nice new duds!I find it interesting that there is the requirement for candidates to be in charge of a corps prior to going to training. Does that really work out well?

  3. I was excited about the new Asbury president.  I still have tons of friends there and I heard it from you first.  She was there when I was there but I didn’t know her.  I’m sure she’ll do well.  It is nice to see a picture of Matthew without floods!

  4. Always love reading your site.  Thanks for your prayers for Katelyn and me.  I love Matthew’s new suit.  Glad you had a good day of fellowship and relaxation.

  5. Hi Violet, how are you? Just wanted to let you know I am praying for you and your family today. Brian left for Haiti this morning for almost 2 weeks on a short mission trip and God brought you to my mind.So do you preach a lot? I will be preaching for the next two weeks, not my favorite thing, but I have to do it?Have a good day. Lee Ann

  6. What a handsome young man.  he is an honor to you.  I’m surprized by the president of Asbury.  The other president was axed in a less than Christian manner.  I would love all the details on that  . . .  or maybe not.
    blessings on you and your inspirational work.

  7. I don’t get to stop by often, but glad I did today to see your most handsome fellow in his new suit.  What talent your lab chief’s wife has to recycle the older items!  I’m very impressed.
    Praying for you!

  8. Hi!!  It was the guy that followed Rader – Ir ead about it either in Leadership or Christianity today.  It was like a big scandle that the board of directors all but kicked him out and he was very gracious, but said he would not be the scapegoat – I hate to even tell you how familiar it sounded 😦 — I’ll see if I can find the article.  Very sad.
    We had BIG rain storms here tonight – street lights are out – cars under water – really something – I guess spring is here. The Thunder was really LOUD>
    Trust all is well – you are in our prayers daily.
    Kiss that handsome little guy for me.

  9. Saw the warcry article. Very nice. Oh and I didnt know you were kin to the “mikles” Col J Mikles ; married my husband amd I 30 years ago. I found out you were  related with the Mikles when we were at the Cadet’ meeting in Ft Myers and your  cousin I guess or some relation was saying it was her cousin who the article was about.  Have a great week

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American Girl Doll Summer Sundress

summer dressI don’t know the name of the fabric this dress is made of, but it is very light and soft (like flannel). It’s the kind of fabric would be good to make a pair of summer pajamas out of.

I didn’t use a pattern for this dress.  The shirring on the top was already done, which gave me the idea for this dress.  I measured her front from armpit to armpit, straight across, because I knew the fabric was stretchable.  I also measure the back the same way.  I added a little extra in the back, so I could put Velcro on.  In the end, the front was 6 inches, and the back was 8 inches.  If I were to do it again, I would do the back 7 1/2 inches or even 7 inches, since the back isn’t tight fitting.

I cut the back piece down the middle, then stitched it back together almost all the way to the top, but left enough so I would have room for adding Velcro.

I attached the front and the back, and hemmed the bottom.

The straps I attached on the front, and the stitches aren’t hidden.  I thought it looked better with a little V.

The dress was very simple to make.  To do the shirring/smocking yourself, all you would need to do is hook up your sewing machine with elastic thread and stitch!  I, however, do not have a sewing machine so I must take advantage of pre-sewn fancies.

The fabric flower is currently sewn to a regular human sized hair tie, which is stretchy enough to go over the doll’s head.  When I have a hair clip available, I’m going to take the flower off the hair tie and hot glue it to the clip.  I think that would be much better then a headband, especially one that is turquoise and doesn’t match the dress!

Anyway, the fabric flower I found here and I did it exactly the way the directions said, except I had to size it down.  Any smaller, and it would be difficult – not impossible, though – to sew together.

If this style of flower doesn’t match your outfit, you may find a flower for you here.

Next is a Disney Frozen outfit!

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Trials and Triumphs with Twine

As some of my readers may know from my Twitter feed, I’ve been spending some time working with Twine recently. If you are unfamiliar, it’s a tool for creating “interactive stories.” It excels at making projects that are similar to choose-your-own-adventure games but, of course, it’s not limited to just that type.

After seeing it show up in projects on Free Indie Games (and the syndicated posts on Rock Paper Shotgun), I decided to try it out. The first project I published was Flirt. The next, the one I put up today, was Winter Road. Both are highly modified versions of the default output Twine produces. (I’m going to be putting out a story per week in 2013, so if you’d like to see them as they come out, I recommend following the Tumblr account I created for that purpose.)

Since I changed a great number of things in my little projects, and have returned to producing videos anyway, I decided I would try to help other people learn to use Twine. As it is, most of the advanced features, as I discovered on my own, aren’t covered in the videos I watched. I had to find them by digging through the documentation and the code itself. Something I know most people won’t do.

Given those problems, I thought I would try my hand at making a How-to video on setting up a (very) simple story involving a pirate that I will slowly change into something more advanced through a series of videos. The first episode, as I’ve embedded below, is the result of me testing out a new workflow of screen-recording my process, editing the audio afterwards, and putting everything together for publishing on YouTube. At the moment, it’s not perfect: for example, there’s a major problem between the recording software and the way Firefox renders some webpages. However, since I now know about that, I’m going to avoid that combination in the future and the rest of the videos, which will be coming out roughly two per month, should be fine.

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  1. yes! In the twine game I made, I made an inventory system, which you can do with variables and stuff, but there weren’t a lot of tutorials about how to do it (but I did end up doing it and it is possible). Anyway, looking forward to the next video.

    1. I was really surprised about that too! For as many places as I keep seeing Twine show up (nearly every week on Free Indie Games, it seems), there aren’t many videos or even written tutorials out there explaining things. In fact, I had to, as I mentioned in the post, go look at the code of other projects just to figure out things I would have thought were quite basic like naming a story, using variables, and changing the visual style.

      I’m going to try to put out another video within the next two weeks. For as short as they tend to be, it usually takes me several hours to produce them, so it’s not a trivial task, at least as I’m doing them currently. Plus, I tend to get really nervous recording by myself and end up needing several takes just to get through several minutes of talking without “um”-ing too much.

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What will his new face will be like? [Image Credit: Star Image Artist Management/Facebook]
  • A week after his plastic surgery, netizens cannot wait to see how Marlou will look like.

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Arizala also made a new Facebook page and changed his name to Xander Ford, saying that Marlou Arizala is already dead. People are now waiting for updates whether the operation is a success or not.

“Rated K” also featured Arizala on their segment where he explained that he undergo a six-hour surgical operation to improve his chin and nose. The show also revealed that Marlou is now in the recovery process.

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Recently, a pair of pictures has been uploaded on Facebook claiming that it is Arizala after his surgery.

The photo showed a guy resembling Marlou but there are noticeable changes. However, there is no proof that the teenage guy is really the former Hasht5 member.

Arizala posted a status on his page claiming that the picture was indeed him but someone edited it. He also said that it was taken last year.

His last remarks that people should be ready earned mixed responses from netizens.

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At Vozik Designs, our mission is to capture, create, and inspire your vision for your special event in the most efficient and stress-free way possible. In doing so, we hope to stir up that "giddy feeling" that produces non-stop smiling and jumping for joy kind of response from you ( even just a little). If that feeling can be translated into words, we want to hear it all!

Here are some of the latest responses we've received from our amazing clients.

Vozik floral designs went above and beyond on making sure I was happy with every bouquet they provided ! ( and I sure was) when I walked into the venue I couldn't stop staring at how beautifully everything was decorated and how the flowers were so full and beautiful! I could not have picked a better florist for the amount of work they put in and how gorgeous everything turned out . Thank you times a million!

-Ilona, Married July 2016

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Vozik did a great job with the flowers for our wedding! They were great to work with, especially since I was planning from Chicago and unable to ever actually meet them or see the samples before the day. We were able to plan over the phone with many photo options and the final product was better than I imagined. They also decorated the cake beautifully and were on time with all deliveries. I would recommend them to anyone getting married 🙂 - Caroline, Married October 2015

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Wow, I just can't even describe how thankful I am that I found you ladies, my flowers, the hall, the church, everything you did was more then I could ever imagine or want!! All your extra touches and detail did not go un noticed!!! Everyone and I mean everyone has been mentioning to me how beautiful the flowers were (especially my bouquet) I will be reviewing you wherever I can, wedding wire , the knot, Facebook etc...When my friends start getting married I literally will not let them pick anyone else lol. Thank you thank you! - Nicole, Married September 2015

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My flowers for my recent wedding were absolutely perfect and everything that I had envisioned. The ladies at Vozik made my vision come true and for a very affordable price! Loved them! -Ruth, Married 9/11/2015

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I loved all of the work these ladies completed. Typically a bride worries about her floral arrangements- but i did not have to worry one bit because I knew these ladies were professional, and they always deliver the upmost best quality of service. Did not have to worry a bit!!! Uliana, Married June 2015

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The ladies created the exact bouquet I wanted. They were great to work with and very helpful. Everyone commented on how beautiful mine and the bridesmaids bouquets were. I was very pleased and would recommend their services to anyone. - Julia, Married June 2015

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Vozik Floral was so wonderful to work with! The centerpieces, bouquets, boutonnieres, and cake flowers they provided were gorgeous. They were so great to work with and were very knowledgeable and full of ideas. I had a color scheme in mind rather than specific flowers, so I left most of the decisions up to them and they did such an excellent job. My bouquet is still looking beautiful 10 days after the wedding. They were also able to give me everything I was looking for within my budget and they were flexible with adding a couple of last minute additions the week or two before the wedding as well. I highly recommend them!!- Brenna, Married 10/09/15

Photo by: Michele Ashley Photography

The Vozik team provided wonderful guidance and assistance leading up to our fall wedding. While we had some vision about flowers for our special day, Vozik was able to suggest other options to help bring our vision alive. The ladies are all so sweet and helped to make our wedding day stress-free and beautiful!

~ Jennifer, Married October 2014

Photo by: Jackie Ricciardi Photography

Tanya and Elena were great to work with, such trend-conscious and bright girls! They were very helpful in deciding on a theme and depicting it throughout the wedding.  I had a budget and a time sensitive schedule that they were very compliant with. When the day came and things didn't go as planned they stepped in not only as florists but as wedding planners. My wedding was beautiful and stress-free thanks to Vozik Designs!!!

~ Julia L., Albany NY

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The ladies of Vozik are PHENOMENAL! They did everything that I could ever ask for, they were very accommodating and flexible. They were insightful and made rational suggestions for my day and remained within my budget through out it all. Everything they put together matched my day and I could not ask for a better team of people to work with! Their work is simply incredible! And I could not have asked for more! Thanks so much Ladies!
~ Chaquita, Married November 2014

I LOVED the flowers for my wedding. I met with the stylist, not really knowing exactly what I wanted for flowers. I had collected about 30 pictures of boquets, centerpieces, aisle and alter flowers that I really liked from magazines but wasn't really sure how to put all my favorite parts of each picture all together. The stylist was very patient with us and had some really thoughtful suggestions. She definitely took her time to help us create our flower arrangments. I cannot begin to tell you how exquisite the flowers were. I received so many compliments on how they were the most beautiful arrangments they've ever seen. You wont be disappointed if you chose Vozik Floral & Events Styling!
~ Shannon, Married July 2012.

Hurricane Irene threatened to sweep through my wedding but held off until the following day. Even so, the day before the wedding both our ceremony and reception site decided to close for the weekend leaving us stranded without a place to get married. We managed to pull ourselves together and within a matter of 4 hours we had a new church and reception hall to have the wedding in. We were able to make special arrangements to have the flowers delivered at a different location, which was one of the easiest obstacles we overcame that day. We were all so pleased with the flowers they looked amazing! I would definitely recommend them to all my friends in the bridal world and I couldn’t be more grateful for their understanding and flexibility during my wedding! ~ Lyla, S. Hadley

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Worship is a Beautiful Thing

In John 4:23 Jesus says that the Father is seeking true worshippers. He is on the lookout for people that set their mind’s attention and heart’s affection completely on Him. In the Gospel of Mark there is a poignant illustration of this kind of worship. In chapter 14, verses 3-9 we see the familiar story of the woman who breaks open a jar of perfume and pours it over the head of Jesus as an act of worship. In John 12 this woman is identified as Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus. There are several principles we can learn from Mary related to worship.

  • Worship should be consistent.

One thing I appreciate about Mary is that when we see her in the Gospels she is always at the feet of Jesus. In Luke 10:38-42 she is sitting at His feet, listening to Him teach as her sister was busy serving guests. In John 11:32 she falls at Jesus’ feet as she grieves over the loss of her brother Lazarus. Here in this story she anoints the feet of Jesus with the same perfume that she poured over His head (John 12:3). Warren Wiersbe writes, “she found at His feet her blessing, she brought to His feet her burdens, and she gave at His feet her best.” You might say that worship was part of the fabric of her life, not a once-a-week thing. We all need to learn to worship consistently: when times are good and when times are bad; when you’re at church or you’re at home; when you’re around other Christians or when you’re by yourself.

  • Worship should be costly.

The perfume was very expensive. Mark tells us it was worth 300 denarii which was about a year’s wages. Mary’s intention was to honor Jesus in a very extravagant manner. What’s interesting about this is that in the Gospels we see Jesus doing so much for others but we find few occurences of people doing something for Jesus. If we are not careful we can enjoy the blessings of Christ while being stingy with our resources and selfish with our time. But if we want to be true worshippers like Mary, we will hold nothing back in honoring God with our lives. All that we do should point to His limitless glory and make His Name known in a greater and greater way. It’s important to keep in mind that the ways we honor God will be different from person to person. In Mark 14:8 Jesus said that Mary had done what she could. What could you do to glorify God with your life? What could you sacrifice? What could you give? I love how Isaac Watts says it in his hymn When I Survey the Wondrous Cross: “But drops of grief could ne’er repay the debt of love I owe, here Lord I give myself away, tis’ all that I can do.”

  • Worship should be unashamed.
Mary’s primary concern was not what others thought, but what Jesus thought. She wiped the feet of Jesus with her hair. The disciples ridiculed her but Jesus said that her act was beautiful. Think about that. When we worship God with all that we are it is a beautiful thing in God’s eyes. So stop worrying about others thinking you are too passionate or too committed and be concerned only with what Jesus thinks. This mindset will change your Sunday mornings and your weekly living too! Let’s make it our goal that when people watch us live for Jesus, words like unreserved, wholehearted, and unashamed come to their minds. When this happens they will begin to see past our lives to the God that we love.
Pastor Wade

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  1. Marvin Yates says:

    Thanks for your spiritual insights regarding worship! I recently read what Matt Chandler wrote “We are never, not worshipping.” The fact that we are created to worship and if we actually live out “Whether we eat or drink or whatever we do, do all to the glory of god,” 1 Cor. 10:31. Then we choose to worship the Creator, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in all things, living a life to praise Him and for the fame of His great Name, or we choose to engage in idolatry. It really is that simple. So why should we be concerned about what others think, when our hearts are driven to worship. Chandler says “The root of Christian worship then, is
    acknowledging, submitting to, and enjoying the supremacy of God’s glory. In all things.” After all this passion is given to us by God for God.

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Blofeld KB Sound Generation

  • Oscillators
  • Filters/Distortions
  • Effects
  • Envelopes
  • LFOs
  • Modulations/Modifiers
  • Arpeggiator
  • Sound

Each of the three oscillators offers authentic circuit-models of analog waveforms: Pulse with variable pulse-width, sawtooth, triangle and, as found in relatively few analog synthesizers these days, sine wave.Furthermore, oscillators 1 and 2 feature the two wavetables that were introduced by the Waldorf Q and appeared shortly thereafter in the Micro Q series.
Not only that, the Blofeld includes all ROM Wavetables from the mighty flagship Waldorf Wave as well as Microwave II/XT. Plus, lo and behold, the desperately requested "Upper Wavetable" from the good old PPG Wave! But, for the first time in the history of Waldorf and PPG, each of these two oscillators can have its own wavetable.

What's more, you have control over the brilliance of these wavetables, which is especially important for waves with lots of harmonics in the bass end. You decide if you prefer pure and perfect harmonics or the same edgy timbre you know and love from the earlier Waldorf and PPG synthesizers.
Brilliance also affects the sawtooth and pulse oscillator models. From warm and soft (for those typical L.A. string pads) to the hard shapes you need for punchy and biting bass sounds. But note, Brilliance is not a simple filter applied after the oscillators, the model itself is modified.
Each of the three oscillators can be frequency-modulated by any of the other oscillators, the noise generator or one of the LFOs. With low FM amounts, you can add a little dirt to the oscillator sound, with higher amounts you get typical FM effects.
On top of all that, oscillator 2 can be hard-synced to oscillator 3.

Ring Modulation
Oscillators 1 and 2 can be ring-modulated to create bell-like or metallic sounds, eerie sound effects as well as pumping basses and leads.
The noise generator delivers white noise that can be filtered low or high pass, depending on the Noise Colour setting.
The three oscillators, the ring modulator and the noise generator can be freely mixed into filter 1 and filter 2. This allows fine control over the harmonic content of each of the tone generators.

The Blofeld has two multimode filters per voice that can be routed in series or in parallel. Each Filter has its own Pan parameter for easy creation of stereo sounds.

The selection of filter types includes low pass, band pass, high pass and notch (band reject), each with 12dB/oct or 24dB/oct slope. The filter models are based on several famous Waldorf filter algorithms found in all our products. They offer resonance up to self-oscillation as well as frequency modulation (filter FM).

Furthermore, the Blofeld features the same comb filter types (with positive and negative feedback) that we first introduced in the Waldorf Q. These can be used to thicken bass and pad sounds or to create percussive, string or flute sounds reminiscent of physical modelling.

Overdrive, Saturation, Distortion, Shaping
You name it. The Blofeld offers a freely controllable "Drive" behind each filter with more than a dozen curves. These include such standards as the drive from the Q and Micro Q, low/medium/hard saturation, tube saturation, two types of electric pickups, a rectifier, digital overflow as well as esoteric stuff such as "binary distortion", a sinusoidal waveshaper and even a distortion controlled by oscillator 1. And because the Blofeld has two filters that can be routed in series, you can control the timbre of the drive output of Filter 1 by dampening or emphasizing certain frequencies with filter 2.

The Blofeld has two effect slots with various types. In Multimode, the first effect slot is available per Part, while the second one is used for all 16 Parts (i.e. global) with controllable mix levels. Part 1 determines the settings of the second effect.

The first effect slot offers such modulation effects as chorus, flanger as well as a combined type called "Triple FX". The latter gives you several effects at once, but with a reduced parameter set.

The second effect slot offers all the same types as the first, but with the addition of delay, clocked delay and reverb.

Waldorf Blofeld    EnvelopeFour envelopes with different types and trigger modes affect any sound parameters you choose.

Each envelope can be either polyphonic or single trigger. This is especially interesting with the monophonic voice allocation, as the filter envelope can be set to be triggered only by the first note(s) while the Amp Envelope is triggered anew (i.e. on each note). Think "organ percussion register", for instance.

The Envelope types include the standard ADSR as well as an enhanced ADSR-variant (with controllable attack level and two decay and sustain stages), two different loop envelopes and a "one shot" Envelope.

The Loop types can be used to act as additional LFOs, while the One Shot is perfectly suited for percussion sounds (which typically ignore the note release).

Waldorf Blofeld LFO

Each of the three LFOs offers sine, triangle, square and sawtooth waveforms, plus sample & hold and random.

LFOs can be synchronized to MIDI clock, they can be polyphonic or monophonic, reset on key trigger to a freely definable phase, and the speed can be scaled by MIDI note (key follow). There are separate delay and fade in/out parameters for e.g. delayed vibrato (positive Fade values) or a burst of vibrato at the start of each note (negative Fade values).

One important feature of the Blofeld LFOs is that higher rates reach well into the audio frequency range, thus making them useful extra FM sources. There are two basic modes: either linear FM as seen in classic digital synths, or logarithmic FM, which is primarily the domain of analog modular systems.

Here's where the real Waldorf power lies. Each and every instrument designed and built by Waldorf lets you connect dozens of modulation sources to all the important sound generation parameters.

Individual or multiple oscillator pitches, their pulsewidths and waveforms, their levels and filter-balances, FM modulation amounts, individual filter cutoff and resonance, filter FM amounts and stereo panning, or just the good old sound output level – everything can be controlled from internal modulation sources or from a variety of MIDI messages such as velocity, keytrack, continuous controllers (including wheels, breath and foot controllers) etc.

You can of course "modulate the modulators" i.e. control LFO speeds and individual envelope rates and levels. But in Blofeld you can even specify that these sources modulate themselves – recursive modulation! For instance, modulating an envelope rate by the same envelope (or another one) can alter the shape of the slope dramatically from the standard exponential curve to linear to inverse exponential.

And how many slots do you get in the mod matrix? Two? Three? Four? No, we're talking big here. You get 16 freely definable slots plus all the pre-routed modulation destinations such as pitch, Osc 1, 2 and 3 frequency and PWM (pulse width modulation), filter 1 and 2 cutoff, panorama and amp level modulation. And let's not forget that the filter envelope is already routed to filter 1 and 2 cutoff, and the amp envelope is routed to the amp level. Makes a total of 33 simultaneous connections if we counted correctly.

What if you want something really really crazy, like controlling a pitch vibrato done by LFO 3 with the modulation wheel. Although there are a few such composite modulation sources such as "LFO1*MW" (LFO 1 controlled by Modulation Wheel) and "LFO2*Press" (LFO 2 controlled by monophonic Aftertouch), there's nobody doing the "LFO3*MW" thing for you.

But, don't worry, that's where the Modifiers come into play. In seconds you can set up a new modifier, with the two sources set to LFO 3 and modulation wheel, and the "operation" set to "*" (multiply). You can use such custom-made modulation sources in any of the modulation slots described above.

Okay, maybe you are more the regular musician who simply wants to perform a binary OR between two modulation sources? Okay, go for it! This operation is just one of several at your service.

Waldorf Blofeld  ArpeggiatorOkay, Blofeld's arpeggiator could very well become the biggest chapter of this page but let's try to keep it short...

It features variable clock divisions from 1/64 triplets to more than 1000 bars, with variable swing/shuffle, a range of up to 10 octaves. Up, down and alternate figures, selectable play order from low to high note, low to high velocity, as played or reversed, variable note length, different velocity modes. And Hold or One-Shot, if you like.

But more importantly, it has the most powerful Pattern Editor we have ever seen.

You can set each Step to either play the note it would do so anyway, to pause, to play the previous note again, play the first or the last note, play those together, play a chord consisting of all held notes or a randomly selected note.

Then you can adjust the Accent of each step (including silence), activate or deactivate Glide for each step, set the timing to play a step ahead or behind its nominal time, and finely adjust the note length between short staccato and full legato.

No wonder this arpeggiator had great reviews when it first appeared in the Waldorf Q. It will take you straight to arpeggiator-heaven, as has already happened to thousands of Waldorf customers. Dig it!

Waldorf  Blofeld Sound

Now, how does all that sound? You probably know that Waldorf synthesizers are well loved for their sound character, and the Blofeld is certainly no exception. But who are we to tell you? Better listen to the Waldorf Blofeld demos, visit your dealer or just believe us: it sounds great. Now go and get one!


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Hazy time

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I made crêpes. I remember the dough, which amused me because all the ingredients were powdered: the flour and the salt, of course, but also the milk and the eggs. I simply threw all those powders into a bowl and mixed them together until they looked like the sand, almost white, of one of the beaches where I exposed myself to the sun for the last time. Then I added water, trying to remember the right viscosity – almost liquid, not thick like for those American pancakes. I remember my crewmates, occasionally coming into the kitchen to watch me throw the crêpes in the air before catching them back, clear side against the pan.

It was not long ago. A week, maybe? A month? Two? The more I think about it, the less certain I am. What did I do that day? I remember that my shorts were stained with white flour when performing a weekly social experiment. So, it was on a Wednesday. Now that I think about it, Christiane took a photo, freezing a crêpe in the air. It is by looking at this photo’s properties that I figure out how long ago it happened.

Making crêpes.

Outside the dome, it is quite easy for me to situate events in time; if you ask me when something happened, I can give you a relatively accurate estimation. Here, it is different. Memories blend together, time lengths are hazy. When I realized that we were past the midpoint of the mission, I was not surprised. But I would not have been surprised either if I had been told that we were a third, or three-quarters, into the mission. Situating a meal, a book I read, an argument, a joke, or an experiment, is difficult. Enough to convince me to keep a logbook, so that my memories of the mission are not, in the end, a disorganized flow of images without chronology or logical connections.

Part of the explanation could be the lack of sunlight; without a clock, it would be difficult to distinguish between evenings and mornings. In my windowless bedroom, I am often surprised when I look at the time. The lack of seasons, maybe? But I think that the main reason for this hazy perception of time is the lack of variation. We are always in the dome, or in the lava fields around. Always with the same people. We take, always at the same times of the day and the same days of the week, the same tests. In spite of some of my crewmates’ efforts, our food always has this typical, salty note of shelf-stable food.

I become aware that I – as, I assume, almost everyone – rely on other memories to situate one among them. If I want to remember when I saw my cousin for the last time, for instance, it’s easy: it was during the last Christmas I spent with my family, in December 2013. Maybe you can situate a movie you watched because it was after an evening with your friends, last Saturday. But here, remembering that it was in a white dome, just after running on a treadmill and just before rehydrating some ham cubes, does not help much.

To assess the time gone by after an event, one often relies on memories accumulated since then. If you have images of different seasons, new encounters, various places, and new experiences, you know that quite some time has gone by; a year, maybe? If you only have memories of days at work, evenings with your family and a weekend by the sea, you don’t have to think much to attribute this event to last week. But when all that comes to your mind is a blurred image, where only walls and furniture are clearly defined, the task is much trickier.

Fortunately, in spite of a daily monotony, unusual events happen that mark the passage of time. Finding the closest event to a memory helps situating it, albeit vaguely. Here, rather than in weeks or months, time is measured in earthquakes, celebrations, technical failures. If I try to remind myself of the mission, from the beginning to now, those peculiar events interrupt a confused flow of images from the dome and rocks.

The beginning comes in high resolution. I can see the landscape passing by the window of a four-wheeler. I can see media crews trying to tear catchphrases from us, at a time when we would just like to silently enjoy our last moments outdoors. The only answer that crosses my lips, towards which points a microphone, is “Here we are”. Part of the foam covering the microphone is gone; did an angry interviewee suddenly bite it and tear a piece away, like a shark? The idea makes me laugh, and only cameras pointing at me dissuade me from biting another piece away. I remember the noise and bustle just before entering the dome and, suddenly, after the door has closed, the silence. The look I have around, at a decor that then looks foreign, thinking that all this – people and objects – will soon look extremely familiar.

Then, only a few clear images separate segments of the blurred and continuous mass of my memories. Some images make me smile; for instance where the group, bonded and solid, is laughing at a joke to which everyone adds. Or where we explore lava tubes for the first time and our lamps, piercing the darkness, reveal rocks with surrealistic colors and shapes. Others are quite painful. Terrorist attacks in Paris, watched through frustratingly scarce pieces of information. Messages telling me that my paternal grandmother has undergone a murder attempt and that brain damage has made her, after coming out of a coma, extremely aggressive. Christmas celebrations turn into gatherings in a hospital room, and all I can do to support my family is send derisory emails. Other images run through my mind: the first time I put my suit on, the strongest earthquake I have experienced, arguments, moments of intense complicity or tenderness, a nocturnal EVA under an incredible number of stars…

2016-03-30 Fun in the cave
Exploring a lava tube.

We have 5 months left. Is that a long time? I don’t know. But I am convinced that other events are waiting for us that will leave more of those clearly defined memories. I am looking forward to discovering them.

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  1. frank says:

    L’inquietante nulla (L’Aquila 1993)

    Rugginose sabbie di Marte,
    migranti dune, disseminate rocce
    scabre: superficie desolata
    a perdita d’occhio d’astronauta,
    crivellata di meteoritici crateri,
    velata da polvere brunastra.
    Singolare scenario di albe,
    azzurre nubi ai bordi di regioni
    spaventose, talora spazzate
    da estese libecciate, furiose.
    Dai ciclopici vulcani dei mari Eoi
    all’intricata rete di faglie,
    di ocracei canyon, di alvei
    abbandonati, immenso altipiano
    si erge, ma l’inquietante nulla
    qui vi domina assoluto. Quoniam
    advesperascit… Il campobase
    Coyote di bare volanti
    si copre di ombre lunghe
    sanguigne, di una poesia
    così monolitica e spettrale
    come una dodecafonia.
    Adamantina stella già sull’orizzonte
    quella nostra cara Terra, per un attimo
    io… io non mi sento più così solo
    sull’impervio pianeta, conquiso.

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Litigation Release No. 23323 / August 19, 2015
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Eric McPhail, et al., Civil Action No. 1:14-cv-12958 (District of Massachusetts, Complaint filed July 11, 2014)
Defendant in SEC Insider Trading Case Sentenced by Massachusetts Federal Court in Parallel Criminal Action

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that, on August 17, 2015, Douglas Parigian was sentenced to eight months of home confinement and 3 years of supervised release for his role in an insider trading ring that traded on inside information about Massachusetts-based American Superconductor Corporation. Parigian had previously pled guilty to criminal charges of conspiracy and securities fraud for his conduct. The criminal charges against Parigian arose out of the same conduct that is the subject of a civil insider trading action filed by the Commission against Parigian and others in July 2014.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts indicted Parigian and another defendant, Eric McPhail, in a Superseding Information dated May 11, 2015. The Information charged that McPhail had a history, pattern and practice of sharing confidences with an individual who had material, nonpublic information concerning American Superconductor's quarterly earnings and other business activities (the "Inside Information"). This individual provided McPhail with the Inside Information with the understanding that it would be kept confidential. Instead, McPhail used email and other means to provide the Inside information to his friends, including Parigian, with the intent that they profit by buying and selling American Superconductor stock and options. Parigian used this information to profit on the purchase and sale of American Superconductor stock and options.

In July 2014, the Commission filed a civil injunctive against Eric McPhail and six of his golfing buddies, including Parigian, alleging that McPhail repeatedly provided non-public information about American Superconductor. McPhail's source was an American Superconductor executive who belonged to the same country club as McPhail and was a close friend. According to the complaint, from July 2009 through April 2011, the executive told McPhail about American Superconducter's expected earnings, contracts, and other major pending corporate developments, trusting that McPhail would keep the information confidential. Instead, McPhail misappropriated the inside information and tipped his friends, who improperly traded on the information. Four defendants settled the SEC's charges, without admitting or denying the allegations, by consenting to the entry of judgments permanently enjoining them from violating the antifraud provisions of the Exchange Act, paying disgorgement and civil penalties. The SEC's case against Parigian, McPhail and another individual, Jamie Meadows, is ongoing.

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Tsunamis and Earthquakes
The 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: Initial Findings from Sumatra

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I would say that I came into this class knowing that there is a need to be culturally accepting. To be open-minded. I’ve learned HOW and WHY these are important. These things weren’t things that were taught to me. They were ah-ha moment’s that I experienced during the semester. I think that when we starting discussing privilege is when I realized how grateful I am that I am as privileged as I am. I can use my privileges to help people.

Also, I found that I like giving back to other cultures. I will continue to provide service to the UCRPC after this course. I want to continue to use what I’ve learned in order to give back.

When I think about media and influence, I think about referent power. There are many individuals in our society that are powerful, admirable, and have several other attractive traits that influence us. How do these people influence us with media? When I think about how we are influenced, I think about things such as twitter and how it influences people today.  I think about how political leaders use twitter for their personal agenda to push out a message and connect to their audience. A famous athlete connecting with people by pushing out an important message. This is one of many ways media affects us.

I thought our guest speaker was interesting. However, I felt somewhat uncomfortable with the situation that he put himself in. I felt as though he disrespected the culture he went to. There was a lot of good to be learned from his experience though! I’ve definitely learned that when you go to another culture, you should prepare yourself and respect the culture you are going to.

TED Talk

            In Michael Gavin’s TED Talk “Why Cultural Diversity Matters,” Gavin discusses the importance of cultural diversity among society and particularly with indigenous people. Gavin goes on to discuss how indigenous people and their cultures are being lost, and this is a problem because of the cultural diversity that indigenous people bring to the world. Gavin goes on to discuss thing such as the malaria outbreak and how it affects two hundred million people globally, and goes on to say how an indigenous people from Peru found a cure for malaria. In addition to this, the most popular treatment of malaria today was found by a herbalist culture in China. Gavin goes on to ask a question of where would we be today if indigenous cultures such as the people of Peru or China ceased to exist, or what if they never existed?

So how do we stop the loss of culture in today’s world? Gavin goes on to discuss stories of people that leave their cultures and mold to a modern, more powerful culture in order to hopefully live a more successful in life and to bring success to their future family. So, if people are leaving their cultures in order to find a fair playing ground in today’s world, what can we do in order to ensure that these cultures do not die out? I believe that there are many things that need to be done in order to help cultural diversity thrive. However, I believe that the key to ensuring strong cultural diversity is to enforce cultural diversity education in schooling, giving to less privileged cultures in order to allow them to practice their cultural traditions and norms, and lastly promote diversity in the workplace.

Education is a powerful tool that influences our society from the early ages of childhood. Education influences our lives for almost two decades, and gives us an understanding of our world. Now, our education system may not be perfect, however, that is neither here nor there. But if we promote cultural diversity in the classroom from a young age all the way through college, I strongly believe we will have a strong, culturally aware generation that can help ensure cultural diversity in today’s world.

In Gordon Halls (ET AL) academic journal, “Toward Ethnocultural Diversification of Higher Education,” Gordon et al discuss the attitudes of society towards ethnocultural diversification in education, particularly with higher education. In this study, Hall et al discuss how ethnocultural diversity is met with resistance. Hall et al go on to state that “A useful metaphor for understanding attitudes toward ethnocultural diversification in higher education may be found in people’s attitudes toward paying taxes. One group is opposed to paying taxes and believes that individuals should fend for themselves,” (2011, Hall ET AL, pg. 244). Hall’s et al metaphor shows that there is a level of arrogance in our society that does not allow growth in our culture.

This makes me think about a discussion in my Intercultural Communication course at Utah Valley University. I believe -this is in my own experience and understand that this is not the same for everyone- that privilege has a major role on why people are so steadfast in fighting against cultural diversification in our education system. I would argue that diversification in our education system would do nothing but benefit our society, and help ensure the longevity of other, smaller cultures.

Hall et al go on to discuss the benefits of diversity in education, and go on to say “Diversity in higher education, including colleges and universities, has many potential benefits. These include the enhancement of cognitive skills, cultural awareness, interest in social issues, a pluralistic orientation, and an overall heightened concern for the public good (Hurtado, 2005),” (2011, Hall ET AL, pg. 243). If young adults, or college students are showing that they are growing mentally and emotionally from cultural diversification, imagine how much our children would grow from ethnocultural diversification, and what kind of change they would make for our future world.

Privilege is something that I am thankful, and learned to be grateful for. However, there was a time when I didn’t think about the privileges that my society and culture provide me. Many cultures from around the world do not get to enjoy the privileges that I get to enjoy. Many people in the American culture often go on in their daily lives not realizing the privileges they get to have every day. One of the privileges that we have, in our culture, is the ability to provide to less privileged people.

How can we use our privileges to provide to less privileged cultures in order for them to survive and thrive? There are many ways we can help less fortunate cultures succeed in our society. One place to start is to recognize that many people in the American culture, not all, are born into privilege.  In Gulati-Partee and Potapchuk’s article, “Paying Attention to White Culture and Privilege: A Missing Link to Advancing Racial Equity,” Gulati-Partee and Potapchuk discuss how cultural and racial differences are maintained in our society. Gulati-Partee and Potapchuk show how a cultural majority has a stronghold, and grip on minority cultures and races in the United States. This grip affects the way these smaller, less fortunate cultures survive and can also give us an idea on how cultural diversity is looked down upon.

We need to recognize our privileges, our culture that dominates our society and affects less fortunate cultures. Gulati-Partee and Potapchuk discuss challenges that white culture brings to smaller cultures. Gulati-Partee and Potapchuk go on to state “By “white culture,” we mean the dominant, unquestioned standards of behavior and ways of functioning embodied by the vast majority of institutions in the United States. Because it is so normalized it can be hard to see, which only adds to its powerful hold,” (2014, Gulati-Partee and Potapchuk, pg. 27). Understanding our helps us realize how we hold ourselves back from growing, and ironically, we withhold our privilege of being able to grow into a much more knowledgeable, more powerful and diverse society by not pursuing and strengthening cultural diversity.

Lastly, I want to discuss the importance of cultural diversity in the workplace. So far I’ve discussed bringing cultural diversity into the workplace, and utilizing our privileges to ensure cultural diversity in America, but now let’s discuss cultural diversity in what our society and culture wants us to become a part of: The Workplace. In my opinion, and I understand that everyone’s opinion may be completely different, I believe that continuation of cultural diversity in the workplace will help establish an equal ground for smaller cultures to thrive in.

In Lozano and Eschrich’s article “Cultural Diversity in Business: A Critical Reflection on the Ideology of Tolerance,” Lozano and Eschrich discuss how cultural diversity is vital and important idea that affects our entire society. Lozano and Eschrich go on to discuss tolerance and respect for other cultures. I believe, and again this is my opinion, that our culture tolerates minority cultures. Many people acknowledge that the cultures are there, however, this does not mean that people have respect for these cultures. Lozano and Eschrich go on to state “As we have seen, the concept of tolerance has evolved with various interpretations, but it cannot be identified with respect. A person can tolerate something, but that does not mean that he or she feels respect for what is tolerated (Cortina 1997),” (2017, Lozano and Eschrich pg. 685). This way of thinking keeps us from growing and becoming culturally diverse.

How can we become culturally diverse in the workplace so that these smaller cultures can survive? Stop with just tolerating cultures and learn to respect them. This idea ties in with education and understand our privileges. Lozano and Eschrich go on to say “Our concept of respect is more inclusive and exceeds the conception of tolerance that is associated with pacific coexistence. It is about generating a positive interaction that generates plural and enriching coexistence,” (2017, Lozano and Eschrich, pg. 685). Learning to coexist with our smaller cultures will, in my opinion, allow our society to thrive and grow. If we can generate the respect and ability to coexist with these smaller cultures, we could become an even more influential society for the entire world, and, hopefully, lead our smaller cultures into a future of longevity and equality.

Overall, in order to support our smaller cultures, it is vital that we provide them the privileges that we live every day. Starting with our education system from a young age is a great way to influence a much brighter, and stronger generation. Secondly, providing what we can with our daily privileges will allow a culture to survive. Things such as donations can allow private organizations to create multi-cultural gatherings that support our smaller cultures. Lastly, many people in our American society go through so many things to earn a spot in today’s workplace. What are we doing to ensure respect and coexistence with smaller cultures? This will only allow us to grow and influence our society to become better.

Gulati-Partee, G., & Potapchuk, M. (2014). Paying Attention to White Culture and                              Privilege: A Missing Link to Advancing Racial Equity. Foundation Review, 6(1),                               25-38. doi:10.9707/1944-5660.1189

Hall, G., Martinez, C., Tuan, M., McMahon, T., Chain, J., Hall, G. N., & … Chain, J.                                  (2011). Toward ethnocultural diversification of higher education. Cultural                                         Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 17(3), 243-251. doi:10.1037/a0024036

Lozano, J. j., & Escrich, T. t. (2017). Cultural Diversity in Business: A Critical Reflection                               on the Ideology of Tolerance. Journal Of Business Ethics, 142(4), 679-696.

I talked to a couple that I am close friends with. When I asked how they felt about being in an interracial relationship they paused, and said that there was nothing really different than normal. Then they said actually, there are things that are different. They said that they get looked at weird when they are out in public, and discussed how they’ve had close family members and friends who have personally discussed with them that they find it weird that a black girl is dating a white guy. In addition to this, they both discussed how they came from different cultural backgrounds.

I found it interesting that in part of our speakers discussion they discussed how our cultural norms, which have changed heavily and are still changing, and the norms made them look at their their selves in a negative light in some ways.  Their experiences made me just want to help more in pushing to be more accepting of this culture.

I was not here on Monday due to my trip to Mexico. However, in regards to privilege I’ve noticed continual growth in how I see privilege. At the beginning of the semester, my knowledge of my own privilege was “taken for granted knowledge.” I lived a privileged life without really acknowledging/knowing it. As time has gone on, and as I’ve seen cultures of less privileged people, I’ve grown to understand and acknowledge privilege. I’ve been able to become much more open-minded to this idea of privilege, and have learned that my privilege can be used to benefit those who are not as privileged as I am.

Like every activity we have in this course, I found this weeks lessons and activities to especially eye opening. What stuck out to me was the last group to have their presentation this week. In their presentation they discussed combating racism, and utilized several class members experience with combating racism.  One of my fellow class members brought up a very good point about interpreting racism. I totally agree with this classmate as well. His interpretation was not to take what people say out of context. In the video that was presented, there was no “prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior.” However, there was cultural insensitivity that could have been taken as offensive. I think this was a good moment where I realized that people have many different views on racism. People have different definitions of racism. Some people, from my understanding, are quick to call someone racist and will take things way out of context, while others read more deeply into meaning of what is said and will interpret the message before making a decision on how to handle a possible situation.

The question that I have asked, and want to know is how can we fight racism? I strongly believe that education helps out very much in broadening the way you see the world. It helps combat narrow mindedness, and provides different ways of seeing each other. Our fight against racism has made so much progress, however, it is very clear and apparent that racism is very much alive and is an issue in our culture today.

I’ve had the opportunity to understand how privileged I am, and in what ways I am privileged. I’ve experienced many things in life, and seen many things that I would say most of my peers have never seen. Experiencing those who are not as privileged as you are really exposes, and makes you realize how lucky you are to be where you are in the world, and the place you may have been born into. I’ve experienced privileges such as being born into a wealthy family, and benefited from privileges that many people deny such as white privilege. I’ve experienced the privilege of being a man in our society vs. being a woman with things such as earning more money or being put in a position of management over a more qualified woman. Many people say that these are negative things to only talk about, however, they are very real and are an issue to be addressed today. On the bright side, I’ve experienced negative things and see these things as a privilege to experience. Why? I am able to put my life into perspective and realize how good I’ve got it right now.

Hearing our guest speaker talk about what it’s like to live and experience racial inequality, with firsthand experience, was quite eyeopening. We all know it is there, however, to have someone address that so openly was a good experience.  To see someone discuss their experiences in person vs. seeing a discussion being held on TV or the radio brings a much more humbling, eye opening feeling of realization of the situation.

Cultural Self-Assessment

           Arguably culture is the main foundation that establishes how many people are going to be in life. Culture affects the way we talk, eat, see people, our religion, the list goes on. Understanding one’s culture is a key to understanding a person’s epistemology. As I’ve delved into my junior academia studies, I’ve found myself diving deeper in to the question “How does my positionality bias my epistemology?” I’ve found that this is not a question that can be answered simply; it is a far more complicated issue than that of a yes or no answer. I believe I’ve made more ground in these eight weeks than I have in 8 semesters because of how I’ve been pushed to see through multi-cultural lenses.

            My cultural identity is somewhat complex, vast, and interesting in my opinion due to the cultures I’ve seen, been a part of, and the culture I am in now. I am from a quiet town in Oklahoma. Being from Oklahoma is a cultural indicator in my eyes; I make an identity from being from Oklahoma and take pride in it. A major part of the reason why I am in the military is because of my cultural identity and Oklahoma. Our military men and women were supported no matter what, and were seen as honorary, courageous, blue collar, and selfless people who wanted to do what they can for the people of the United States.

            I didn’t realize at the time while growing up, but I came from a upper-class family that was very affluent. This lifestyle seemed normal to me at the time because I had known nothing else. I had no experience in life to put my situation into perspective and realize how blessed I was to be born into that lifestyle. I after the experiences I’ve had in life I would now consider myself mid-low class working on becoming mid-upper class. I am thankful for the drastic lifestyle change that the military gave me at the age of 18, because it helped me see the world through different lenses in a much more realistic way.

            I fall into a stereotypical category. I am a middle-class white male. I was born into the upper-class and had an incredible fall from it; I am very grateful for this. I’ve been all over the country, and to different parts of the world. I’ve seen, in my own land, in parts of local cultures, how gender and race play a role in how things may be more or less difficult for you to grow and become successful. I’ve seen in other countries how, in my opinion, gender especially plays a role in how someone may or may not be able to be as successful. I used to ignore this fact, this issue in which our culture allows and supports such primitive ways of thinking to happen. However, I see it and acknowledge that it is a very real and alive thing.

          I’ve discussed enough about my culture, and now I want to discuss more how I see the world, and how I used to see the world. I’d like to discuss my ideas about cultural groups different than my own. I am going to be discussing race and socioeconomic classes (upper & working). I chose to discuss these two things because of my experience I’ve had in being born into the upper-class, my drop into the working class, and my perspective from the middle class. In addition to this, I wanted to discuss how I’ve seen socioeconomic class playing a role on race. Just because I lived in the upper-class does not mean I had an understanding of it like I do now; I was completely oblivious to the fact that I lived in an upper-class family at the time! Therefore, I would like to discuss my new found understanding of the upper-class, and working-class.

            Many people from the upper-class were not born into it like I was; many upper-class people are self-made. However, many people that are working-class are born into it, and are very disadvantaged because of this. Again, however, our country is making strides in ensuring that those who aren’t born into wealth are able to be on equal playing grounds in things such as opportunities for education, among other things. In my experience, with my cultural biases, I never want to be in the upper-class ever again. The culture, and family I used to be a part of was very money driven, and had no other drive in life other than money.

             In my experience, the upper-class valued things such as social status, education, economic power, and positions in society. Some of these things are, in my opinion great, and some of these things, again in my opinion, are not so great. I felt as though the social status was a childish value in life. Many upper-class individuals would buy such nice things to show where they are in life; there is nothing wrong with this because they most likely earned it. However, I just did not appreciate this. I look at someone like my brother, a self-made millionaire, and I see him driving his 2000 Chevy Cavalier (same vehicle he had in high school), and remember that upper-class is not one set culture. The upper-class is filled with many different people, with many different values. It is unfair to say that my experience is the say-all-be-all to this culture.

            The working-class was very similar in some ways, and very different in other ways. When I experienced being lower class, I found that I did not fit in with the upper-class, and I did not want to fit in with the upper-class due to my experiences. I valued being successful, however, due to my socioeconomic experiences, the two cultures changed and shaped what I saw as success. Many of my fellow soldiers who were in the working-class with me strive to make a living that supported our families. Many working-class people wanted to give a life to their family that they didn’t have.

          In the end, I would say that my experience is not that “this is how it is” saying. This is my experience, and I know many of my other friends from the upper-class, and my brothers currently living in the upper-class would have a completely different outlook on socioeconomic classes. I emphasize that no matter how much money we do or do not have, we are still human and are all created equal. The world in which we live does not reflect this saying, however, we are working towards being equal.

                I wanted to go on and discuss race. This is a touch topic for many, however, I have seen this topic as a learning, self-growth and mind-expanding topic. My predisposed ideas were very stereotypical of a young, white male from an upper-class family. I thought of African Americans as being poor, having the same opportunities as me to get to a better place in life, and that they were treated equally to me; white privilege was not something I ever thought about. However, when I joined the active duty Army I learned that African Americans aren’t all that different than I am.

                   Like I mentioned earlier, African Americans were much like me in the sense of wanting something better for myself. We (whites and African Americans) strive for a better life by pursuing a career that can give what we want. We pursue an education, and we used the military as a means to get to that education that our culture values so dearly. We valued family, success, meaning, education, and many other things. Many African Americans I knew came from a much, much more challenging place than where I came from. The way they viewed the world was different because of this, and I can understand why this is. I quickly learned that culture, and the place where African Americans came from has made them disadvantaged in our society.  My old views of African Americans were molded by how the media shaped them out to be.

             Where does my cultural knowledge come from? It comes from my own personal experience, my brothers and family, the people that I’ve been around with in the military, and sadly some of what I’ve heard, but very skeptical of, is the media. I’ve learned to take everything that the media says with a grain of salt. The media has a great influence on our people, especially our young and growing population. Things such as Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, provide news to people’s fingertips at any given time. Many people that control these mediums have an agenda, and may use people as a means to achieve their agenda. I see racism being used as a means to someone’s end all the time. In some articles I’ve read in the past, people have used gun violence as a method to discuss racism, and not the actual issue at hand. The media influences people, and can possibly hinder those who do not question what they see or hear. I worry that this may hurt our future generation.

            Finally, to conclude my thoughts on culture, I would like to discuss what interests and question’s I’ve had in intercultural communication. I’ve always wondered “how can I help my culture see a different culture, and accept that culture and respect it?” I feel as though too many times people in my culture get wrapped up in the way we do things. Our way is the right way, how dare someone not do this our way? I dislike this way of thinking, and would like to help people in my culture expand to a greater level of thought, and cohesion with other cultures. Secondly, how can I help people understand how our culture affects the way we see the world, and to not judge others off of being different? I see that this is a problem, and I do believe it will always be a problem until we find a better way to communicate this issue. Lastly, what can I do to become more culturally diverse? I am taking this course, and it is already helping me tremendously. However, what else can I do to become more culturally aware? I believe that this will only help me succeed in life.

The biggest thing that has stuck out to me so far this semester is being able to recognize biases that I’ve never seen. There have been multiple discussions in class where I thought wow, I can’t believe I didn’t see that, or I do that, but I never realized it till now.  It’s incredible and complex how our positionality biases our epistemology. The lens in which I see the world is always growing, expanding to see things in a different light, however, there are a few things that go unseen that I’ve been learning about.

Adonica Limon’s story was very powerful for me. I came from a similar situation on a much, much smaller scale. Her story from when she was a foster child, till she finally made it and is returning back to Hawaii was powerful. I loved one of the cultural aspects that she brought up. She discussed how she was returning home to give knowledge, skills and many other things back to her family in Hawaii. I really appreciated this because in a sense she is returning home in such an honorable way. She will have quite the knowledge of life to share. Her story puts things into perspective for me. A couple times this past week when I thought things were hard, I thought about her story and realized how good I got it. I am lucky to be where I am right now.

Having English only laws is something that would be counter-intuitive for being an american, in my opinion. The United States is a country that is based upon many different cultures from many parts of the world. Arguably, this would be unamerican to enforce English only laws because of what the United States has built its foundation upon.

The United States of America does not need another reason for being divided.  English only laws would seemingly target minority groups who may not have the necessary knowledge needed -or have the means to achieving those needs- and would harm them.

I’ve been thinking about what I want to do for my service project lately. There are a few things that I want to accomplish for my project. I want to walk away knowing that I have influenced someones life and/or many other peoples lives in the most positive way. I want to be able to give back to those who may have experienced very unfortunate events. Therefore, I am leaning towards working with refugees from countries in the middle-east. I feel that I would find great meaning in my service project by doing this.


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March to the Mayor on 2 July 2010 at 10 AM

30 06 2010

Wednesday last week, we planned to have a march to the Mayor to invite him to our Poor People’s World Cup. Unfortunately we heard that the mayor was not there to accept our memorandum. This is why we have chosen to reschedule the march to this week. On Friday the 2nd of July 2010 at 10 AM we are going to march with 500 residents from Blikkiesdorp and from surrounding communities affected by the FIFA World Cup, to the Civic Centre to hand over a memorandum to the mayor at 10.45 AM.

Information about the march: This march is organized by the Delft Anti-Eviction Campaign to invite Dan Plato and FIFA to the finals of the Poor People’s World Cup.

Furthermore, this march is to support all the displaced communities now living in Blikkiesdorp (the Symphony Way TRA, 20 km away from the city centre) as a result of World Cup regeneration projects. Many of these residents were promised proper houses before moving to this “concentration camp” with tin can structures – far away from the city centre and from job opportunities, good education, their social networks, etc.

In solidarity with these residents now living in this relocation area – soccer teams, coaches and communities that are involved in the Poor People’s World Cup plus the informal traders affected by the FIFA World Cup – will also support and join this march on Friday! The Delft Anti-Eviction Campaign invites all the media to this march and everyone who wants to support this march is more than welcome!!

Location: the march will proceed at 10 AM from Cape Town’s Keizersgracht (close to Cape Peninsula University) to the Civic Centre to hand over a memorandum to Mayor Dan Plato at 10.45 AM.

***Important notification*** The third Poor People’s World Cup was unfortunately cancelled last Sunday, because we were unable to get a venue. The next (3rd) tournament will be held on Sunday 4 July 2010 at 9 AM in Delft Central Sports Field (main road in Delft).

For more information, please contact: Jane Roberts 0742384236 0742384236 (AEC coordinator for the Delft area), Kareema 078 6207365 078 6207365 (resident of Blikkiesdorp) or Ashraf Cassiem 0761861408 0761861408 (chairperson AEC).
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Easter Treats:: Carrot Garden Pudding Cups

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OK these Easter treats right here are just TOO CUTE!

My sitter just had an Easter Event for all the kids and these treats really grabbed my attention.

Two reasons why 1.) They are just so cute 2.) They are just so easy!

She told me the longest part was removing the packaging from pudding cups….hello! + yes please! Want to make these cute carrots treats see below!

Carrot Garden Pudding Cup
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  1. Chocolate Pudding Cup
  2. Fudge Oreo Cookies
  3. Carrot Topper
  1. Put your Oreos in a plastic baggy
  2. Use a spoon to crush the cookies into little crumbles
  3. Take the lid off your pudding
  4. Sprinkle Oreo crumbles onto the pudding cups
  5. Add a gummi carrot on top
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And that’s it! Gummi carrots were found at Fry’s Grocery Store / Walmart but you can also sub in real mini carrots or strawberries dipped in orange white chocolate. Would you make these easy treats for Easter?

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