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This Sunday we return to the Gospel of John where our preaching text will be John 3:22-36. Jesus has really made an impact in Jerusalem with the scene in the temple (2:13-22) and his subsequent ministry in the city (2:23). Not only has he drawn the attention of the everyday man, woman and child, but he’s also drawn the attention of the Jewish religious leaders. Some of those leaders outright hate and reject everything going on with Jesus, but there is another group that recognizes something unique about him. Nicodemus is one of those religious leaders that sees something unique about Jesus, so he seeks Jesus out. Jesus doesn’t waste any time with Nicodemus, he gets right to the point and let’s Nicodemus know that what he and everyone else need most is to be born again or born from above to have eternal life. Jesus goes on to say that he is the source of that life, like the serpent lifted up in the wilderness for the people of Israel, Jesus will be lifted up and whoever believes in him will have eternal life. After John elaborates on this most glorious news (3:16-21) he brings us back, in our text this week, to the ministry of John the Baptist. I find this account to tie in beautifully with everything leading up to it. Jesus is setting himself forth as God’s means of salvation, and whoever believes will be rescued from the just wrath of God that they stand to inherit. Have you ever found the concept of belief to be elusive? In other words, have you ever found it difficult to identify what belief actually looks like in your life? How do we move beyond mere intellectual ascent to some facts about Jesus to the kind of belief that God requires for salvation and eternal life? Well, I think we have a good example of that in our text this week. John the Baptist helps us put skin on what it means to receive the testimony of Jesus and believe in him as Savior and Lord. It boils down to his brief yet powerful conclusion, “He must increase, but I must decrease.”. May we all, by God’s grace, learn what this means and live it out to the glory and praise of God!

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Sermon Title: “He Must Increase, I Must Decrease”

Sermon Text: John 3:22-36

Meditation Passage: Hosea 2:14-23

Call To Worship: Psalm 95:1-6

Benediction: Hebrews 13:20-21

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Consumer? None for me thanks!

Stop calling me a consumer. I am a person.Some words definitely lose their meaning when used too often or too casually. The word “sustainability” comes to mind right off the bat. Even though it’s overused, many do not even agree on the definition of this important concept. The word “green” is used so frequently now, and for so many things, I’m starting to think I should have called my company ClearDream instead of GreenDream! Clarity can be a rare commodity these days, whereas green products (and green-washing) seem to be almost everywhere.

In my opinion, the worst, most over-used word in our society is “consumer.” In three short syllables, this word, as it is currently used in most media, reduces the depth, complexity and intelligence of a human being to a one-dimensional entity based on transactional value. Wikipedia says, “Typically when business people and economists talk of consumers they are talking about person as consumer, an aggregated commodity item with little individuality other than that expressed in the buy/not-buy decision.” True enough.

I have come to resent this label. It conjures up images of the old Pac Man video game where little yellow round heads that were mostly big mouths went around gobbling up everything they came across. Unfortunately, that seems to be the case for many of us. For example, even though the average home is more than twice as large as they were fifty years ago, many people still rent storage space for those extra items they just can’t bear to part with. Sometimes people pay rent on these places for years without ever using the stuff inside! At the very minimum, it is quite common to see garages so full of stuff that they cannot fit the cars they were designed for.

Why are our homes getting ever larger at a time when energy and building costs are sky rocketing? Well, marketers would explain that it is driven by “consumer demand.” Perhaps it’s the other way around.

From early childhood, people are assaulted with messages; images and sounds that create and then reinforce our roles as “consumers.” Where did the term “bigger is better” actually originate? The word “consumer” is so common that most accept it and its implications without a second thought. The real problem lies not in the semantics, but with the effect it is having on our lives and environment.

Unconscious consumption has led to unprecedented damage to our biosphere, and we are now beginning to pay the price. Due primarily to our unbridled exploitation of fossil fuel over the last century or so, we have broken the cycle of nature and created linear flows of materials and energy based on extraction, consumption and waste. Restoring the cyclical model, where waste equals food, is an important key to our future well being. Accomplishing this task requires our participation as thinking, rational human beings; NOT simply as consumers.

I suggest that we reject this demeaning label and its implication of brainless consumption. Instead, let’s rise to the occasion by celebrating our humanity to its fullest extent. As citizens, we become vitally important active participants in our democratic process. As persons, we claim our humanity and move away from being just another number in a company database. And when we do make purchases, we make them as thoughtful, informed human beings acting in our own best interests.

Would an informed citizen knowingly choose to buy a cheap product manufactured overseas that would expose them or their child to toxins such as lead? Obviously, manufacturers think there are plenty of mindless consumers who don’t care. That is a mentality that leads to disaster.

When companies get the message that people insist on being treated as persons, not just consumers, they will respond accordingly. As informed citizens, we can reshape the market by supporting products and services that are truly – here are those words again – green and sustainable. We can’t buy our way out of our environmental problems, but we can sure improve on what we’ve been doing so far!

The reduction of mindless overconsumption is as important to our future as a good education. Speaking of education, there is a great web resource on this topic called “The Story of Stuff.” It’s a short movie that explains the entire issue quite well. You can watch it at

A very good documentary on our materialistic culture is Affluenza. This film has been out for several years but it is well worth watching since the message is as current as ever. A quick search of the Clark County Library shows that they have copies available to check out.

There is tremendous power in the words we choose. And while only one word, the idea of person as “consumer” implies an economic process that is not in our best long term interests. We must choose a higher path; one that is yet another aspect of the process known as Green Living.

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Dead Sea Revival

BY Green Stilettos / May 16, 2016

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Every now and then, we all need to recharge our batteries and the best way for me to do it is to indulge in a spa treatment by the sea. This year, I chose the Dead Sea, the lowest place on Earth, which offers a cornucopia of natural remedies for body and soul.

As the legend goes, Cleopatra was a big fan of Dead Sea’s health-giving powers. Finding that a simple dip in the sea left her rejuvenated and renewed, she built the world’s first spas in the area and brought home cases and vases of the Dead Sea salt, water, and black mineral mud to add to her skincare routine.

Dead Sea water contains 35 percent minerals per liter of water, more than anywhere else in the world. Local cosmetics industry was born in the 1980s when a spa technician saw tourists scooping Dead Sea mud to take back home. Today, it is a thriving multi-million dollars per year industry in Israel and Jordan.

At the same time, the growing popularity of Dead Sea health tourism has been criticized for playing its part in the depletion of the resource itself – due to over-extraction of water, the Dead Sea has been shrinking right before our eyes over the past decades.

I was therefore both curious and cautious about choosing Dead Sea products. To my surprise, there is a greater degree of environmental awareness than I had expected, and some cosmetics companies are taking steps to protect the source of their continued profits. Here are my top three finds:

AHAVA (Hebrew for love) is the pioneer of the Dead Sea skincare industry, earning a global reputation for its natural products sold in high-end stores such as Harrods, Nordstrom and Sephora. Since its establishment, AHAVA has worked to protect the delicate environmental balance in the Dead Sea region. Together with conservationists and scientists, the company has developed a nature-inspired process for cleaning contaminated water and returning it to the Sea.

Herbs of Kedem products are organically grown in the unique desert climate between the Dead Sea and the Hebron hills. The company says it works by fair trade laws and organic farming methods, leaving the land rest for a year every seven years. Its products are rich in natural oils and plant extracts, which are used to treat a number of skin conditions – from acne to eczema. The bestseller is Tsukim face-lifting balm, which the company claims has a natural botox-like effect.

Premier Dead Sea prides itself on being the skincare brand of distinction: it has received awards for the quality of its products and its business practices. The company abides by responsible sourcing practices, and does not conduct any animal testing. Premier Dead Sea’s cachet is combining the wisdom of nature with state-of-the-art technology. Which might explain the brand’s likewise ‘premier’ prices.

After a revitalizing stay at the Dead Sea, my wish for the region is to find its own revival – both ecologically and politically. I have high hopes for this lowest point on the planet.

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Oriental medicine encompasses a variety of health care therapies and is, in fact, a way of looking at medicine that integrates all therapies in its understanding.  Oriental medicine is also sometimes referred to as Traditional Chinese Medicine or alternative medicine.

Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology are the most well-known of Traditional Chinese Medicine therapies in the United States.  Other aspects include diet, nutrition, lifestyle choices, Tai Qi (physical exercise), Tuina (massage), and Feng Shui (environmental balance).  Oriental medicine is the oldest, professional, continually practiced and literate medicine in the world.  This medical system’s written literature stretches back over 2,500 years and currently at least ¼ of the world’s population makes use of it.

Oriental Medicine can be used in conjunction with western medicine and will help patients reach their optimal results for success when used together. We encourage patients suffering from a multitude of diseases such as pain management, hormonal disorders, immune system disorders, Fibromyalgia, Autism, ADD and ADHD to consider oriental medicine as a safe, alternative option to achieving optimal health.

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No leader can hope to please all the people all of the time, but these days, US President Barack Obama struggles to please some of the people some of the time. His judgement is being questioned at home, where the government has been forced into a partial shutdown and the raising of the debt ceiling is in doubt. The Republican Tea Party bears the brunt of the blame for holding the executive branch hostage. However, Obama is being criticised for his failure to schmooze with lawmakers in the way his predecessors have done and his unwillingness to negotiate in the face of a dire economic crisis whose ripples would be disastrous for the rest of the world.

US political analysts unfavourably compare his performance with Bill Clinton, who, during the 1995-96 government shutdown kept back-channels open for dialogue with his Republican protagonists and never ceased talking with Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Countries only too aware that when Washington sneezes, they are in danger of catching a cold — as had occurred in 2008 — whose economies are still volatile, consider the US impasse grossly irresponsible.

Washington’s foreign policy is not in a good shape either. The neoconservatives — who drove George W. Bush into simultaneous multiple wars, dreamt of a ‘New American Century’ when the US would increasingly project power and influence overseas — must be bitterly disappointed. Obama has managed to fritter away goodwill from US traditional allies due to US breaches of international law and his own confusing policy U-turns that pull the rug from under America’s closest friends.

Edward Snowden’s revelations on US National Security Agency (NSA) spying have been particularly damaging, undermining trust. Brazil, whose regional clout has grown parallel with its economy, is a case in point. When President Dilma Roussef discovered that her emails and phone calls were being monitored by the NSA, she cancelled a planned state visit to Washington and, later, attacked US surveillance in the United Nations General Assembly as an affront to Brazil’s sovereignty.

America’s relationships in the Middle East and South East Asia are also in doubt for a variety of reasons.

Egyptians supporting the interim government accuse the Obama regime of plotting to bring the Muslim Brotherhood to power and being hostile to the new status quo; the Muslim Brotherhood believe they were dumped by the US that stepped back from labelling the transition “a coup”. On October 6, Defence Minister General Abdul Fattah Al Sissi ominously warned that Egyptians would remember those countries that stood with them, but will never forget those who stood against them.

Regional backers of the Syrian opposition, in particular Saudi Arabia, Gulf states and Turkey are unimpressed — to put it mildly — with the debacle over Syria’s alleged use of chemical weapons. One minute they were told that America would launch punitive strikes within 24-hours and the next, the US administration agreed to the Russia-sponsored plan to put those weapons out of service. Far from gaining a promised upper hand, opposition fighters have been left in the lurch. Worse, US Secretary-of-State John Kerry recently heaped praise on the regime for cooperating with weapons inspectors.

Obama has even managed to enrage Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by accepting an olive branch proffered by Iran’s new President, Hassan Rouhani, that could lead to a normalisation of relations between Washington and Tehran, provided nuclear negotiations pan out. Netanyahu characterises Rouhani as “a wolf in sheep’s clothing”, who sells “sweet talk” and “smiles” to get anti-Iranian sanctions lifted. Saudi Arabia, the Gulf Cooperation Council states, Jordan and Turkey — countries deeply distrustful of Iran’s meddling in Bahrain, Syria and Lebanon via its proxy Hezbollah — were also taken by surprise at this latest unexpected turn of events.

Libya’s government is up in arms over a US commando raid outside the Tripoli home of an alleged senior Al Qaida terrorist, Abu Anas Al Libi, a Libyan national wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in connection with the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Libya accuses the US of a “kidnapping” that infringes its sovereignty. Kerry insists the abduction was “legal”. Maybe so, under US law, but no government on the planet will remain silent faced with such lack of respect for its authority, however heinous the target.

Pakistan is another case in point. Its people were seething following the killing of Osama Bin Laden by US Navy Seals, who left Pakistan’s government out of the loop. Pakistan is being further destabilised by US drone strike which its new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says violates his country’s sovereignty and urges the US to halt — an issue he intends to take up with Obama in Washington later this month. Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has also had enough of US arrogance. He recently blasted the US, UK and Nato for “causing a lot of loss of life and no gains because the country is not secure”.

Obama’s second term is scarred with dithering, inconsistency, betrayal and a lack of transparency that will exact a cost for America’s hierarchal top spot within the international community. Time will reveal what that price might ultimately be.

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Hall Payne’s award winning team is known for its incredible skill and focus, and can assist you in navigating the complex field of industrial relations. The legal advice we give to organisations and associated individuals is tailored, practical and goes to the heart of the matter.

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header, importance of research as part of content marketing plans

By John Lavey, Hammock President & COO

Creating editorial slates or designs in advance of research is merely guessing, and an exercise in competing aesthetic sensibilities. In other words, it’s a waste of time. Four basic areas of research are required to build  a successful content marketing plan. These areas help fulfill the following critical marketing commandments:

If you need any more convincing that great online content telling your story’s brand or describing the importance of your service is an essential form of marketing, consider this. According to a recent survey from Pew Research, almost 60 percent of U.S. adults say they conduct research online about products and services they are considering purchasing or using. Don’t miss your opportunity to connect with this group of existing customers and prospects by having an online content marketing strategy in place that ensures your site is easy to find and is rich with the type of content researchers are looking for.

This week the Custom Content Council (CCC) along with its magazine ContentWise released their 10th annual “Characteristics Study: A Look at the Volume and Type of Content Marketing in America for 2010.” In addition to covering print media usage and spending, this year the study included questions about marketers’ use of digital media as part of their content marketing efforts. Here are some of the highlights from the report:

[Part 2 of a Series: See: Introduction. See: Links to other posts in this series.]

The subject line of this post is a bit misleading. There is no one wiki entry that will teach you every thing you need to know about research content. Fortunately, you can pick almost any entry on a well organized and managed encyclopedia-model wiki to learn what I’m about to explain. Typically, I’d use a page from SmallBusiness.com, as many of my theories about research content have come while spending hundreds of evening and weekend hours structuring it and learning what works and doesn’t by serving as “head-helper” to people who’d like to add content to it — or who can’t find something they’re looking for.
However, I’ve decided to use the Wikipedia entry Metal umlaut as the example for today’s “lesson.” If you’re curious why, it’s because many years ago, Jon Udell used this entry’s history to demonstrate what a screencast is. Also, after the first draft, I felt this post needed more cowbell.
So here’s what you can learn from a well-done wiki entry about the elements needed in great “research” content:

[Part 1 of a Series: See: Introduction. See: Links to other posts in this series.]
Business people do lots of things on the internet other than read or watch or listen to content. So when I say that only two kinds of content matter to them, I don’t mean web-based applications and email.
I mean the kind of content we typically think of as news and information and advertising and the stuff now called “post-advertising” — the kind of content that marketing people and journalists and bloggers and Twitter users create and add to the internet. The kind of content that companies hand over millions of dollars to Google so that business people will click through to see it.
I’ve given these two kinds of content that matter most to business customers the following names:

The following are links to a series of posts written by Hammock founder Rex Hammock in which he explores the various kinds of content that is being used by companies, associations, and other organizations and institutions to build stronger relationships with their customers, members, etc.
The posts also examine ways in which different types of content and different communications channels and platforms can work independently or in a complementary, integrated fashion to help companies reach specific business objectives.

According to the study, “The ContentWise and Custom Publishing Council’s 2009 Spending: A Look at How Corporate American Invests in Branded Content,”released by the CPC, marketers spent more on custom and branded content last year than ever before. Highlights of the study include:

  • Spending on branded content totaled $1.8 million per company
  • 78 percent of respondents reported that branded content is more effective than advertising
  • 24 percent expected spending to increase in 2010

In the media world, there has been an ongoing debate for years about the vitality of print media and magazines. Rex has weighed in on the topic a number of times on his blog here on hammock.com and on rexblog.com.
At Hammock, each new relationship begins by first understanding our client’s goals, and then based on these goals, we make recommendations for the best media strategy and mix to meet those objectives. For us, it’s about identifying, creating and distributing the best media or set of media for our clients based on their goals. Today print magazines still play a very dominant role in many of the strategies we develop and execute for our clients because we continue to believe strongly in the power of print magazines for meeting certain business goals. That’s why we’re big fans of this recent Magazine Publishers of America’s “The Twenty Tweetable Truths About Magazines” slideshow. Go magazines!

Many of the clients we work with are associations, and so we are always monitoring research about the latest trends in associations. The type of challenges our association clients are facing right now are closely tied to the state of the economy. That’s why having in-depth knowledge of the latest research about the economy helps us serve our clients best by being able to create solutions that solve their problems in the context of the economic environment.
One of the sources we consistently look to for research is the American Society of Association Executives. This week they released an update to their Beliefs, Behaviors, and Attitudes in Response to the Economy study conducted six months ago about the attitudes of more than 7,000 association members on the state of the economy and how it has and will influence their behavior.

5 Tips for Focus Groups
Posted in Research, by Barbara Logan
August 20, 2009

Associations can use focus groups as a valuable research tool. They are often used to test new initiatives or concepts with a sample group of members before rolling them out to the association. Before your association dedicates the time and resources to a focus group, be sure to review our five tips:
State your goals
It’s important that you are clear about what you want to accomplish with the focus group before you start the project. Get input from key decision makers and use their input to structure the development of the focus group.


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Situated within the South Luangwa National Park, Kaingo Camp overlooks the Luangwa Deep River that offers exciting game viewing opportunities. Special features are its unique animal-watching hides, offering spectacular close-up photography opportunities and unobtrusive observation of animals in their natural environment. The BBC used Kaingo’s hippo hide when filming their Wild Africa Series, and they caught a crocodile attacking a buffalo on film.

We recommend you take a 3 hour walk to Mwamba Camp and spend a couple of nights there to enjoy the unique environs and character of both camps. Game viewing here is intensive along the Luangwa River, while the open plains and mopane forests at Mwamba Camp offer a different environment.

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This National Park, as the name suggests, is the southernmost of the country’s parks, lying in the valley of the Luangwa River. Covered in woodlands and savannahs, the park is most famous for its predators, as well as giraffe, hippo and zebra.

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Stylish New Years Outfits

Plunging necklines, loads of sparkle, and glamorous outerwear—sounds like a recipe for a New Year’s Eve outfit, right? For the most part, anything goes when it comes to dressing for the final night of the year. You can go all-glam in sparkly sequins or play it cool with only a subtle dash of shine. Either way, there’s always added pressure to have the perfect party look. I’m sharing a selection of my favourite outfit ideas from pinterest to help inspire your last ensemble of 2014.

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We'll help in whatever ways our skills as designers and developers allow us to. Working with us is like hiring a SWAT design team to attack your problem:

  • We work with startups to help them level up their product design and find traction, growth and market fit.
  • We work with big corporates to help them battle the threat of disruptive startups and come up with new directions for their businesses. We use our startup savvy and design thinking skills to run rapid prototyping sprints and innovation workshops.
  • We build our own products, like PingPong

Why we're different

The traditional 'agency model' sucks. We're determined to do things differently:

  • We work like a startup: we do agile sprints, pair programming and pair designing, lean UX and rapid prototyping. We’ve set up to make it as easy as possible to team up with us to add capacity to your team when you need it. We don’t do ‘outsourcing’.
  • We’re radically transparent and have pretty much open-sourced our business model in our Playbook and public wiki. We hate pointless formality and inefficiency and have a very unconventional approach to the way we're building our company.
  • We do remote work incredibly well. We’ve done it for a long time and we write about it constantly. It gives us access to the best designers, wherever they live. Our HQ is in London but we’re totally remote, with our team spread across Europe and Asia.

We believe that design has the power to solve some of the greatest challenges our society faces in health and wellness. We've chosen to focus our time and resources on helping other companies who are working on these problems.

How We Operate

Flat and Open

Our company is a transparent one—every core team-member has full visibility of company finances and cashflow, via periodic team-wide updates, and weekly billing updates. Salaries and pay are also visible to the whole team and each shipmate chooses his/her salary.

Joining the client’s team

We are a remote team—to be a high-performing member of this team, you need to be an excellent communicator.

We don’t see a place for the old-school ‘design agency’ in today’s world—times have changed.

We are unusually hands-on with our clients. The goal on every project is to fit together seamlessly with the client’s team, to collaborate, teach, and work towards shared goals. That includes onboarding our client on our project’s team IM conversations in Slack.

The workday

The workday for a shipmate at Hanno is 8 working hours—while in rare situations it may be a little longer, this is the goal we hold ourselves to. If any shipmate is consistently working longer than this, that indicates that there’s a problem to be resolved.

As a team, we are highly productive and invest heavily in tools to allow us to be this way. Our philosophy is always that the number of hours worked has no correlation with the quality of work produced.

When working on a project sprint, the amount of time that will be spent on client work will be up to 7 hours (lunch break not included) in a day. The remaining hour in the day goes towards off-sprint work such as internal reviews, research, planning and internal work, all of which allows us to deliver better results when we’re on a sprint.

We work on client sprints from Monday to Friday. Since the team and clients are entirely remote, we don’t stop client work on public holidays. Although it’s rare for us to work over Christmas and New Year.

Full-time shipmates make their own decisions about how much holiday they’d like to take. We try to make sure that everyone takes at least 35 days a year.

Internal communication

We use Slack for internal chatter, including marketing discussion, and general chat between shipmates.

We are huge fans of Asana and use it to manage the majority of on-project internal discussions, and anything that requires a task to be completed. We also keep open an internal Basecamp project called Hanno Team News, into which the team posts occasional discussions, and also financial updates and planning.

We have an internal rule: default to Asana. It’s very rare for anyone on the team to email each other.

As for the tools we use for each project—that really depends on the project. We’ll often use Asana to run projects, but if the client has a defined workflow and we need to integrate into it, we’ll switch from anything from GitHub issues, to apps such as JIRA.

We are huge fans of Google Docs. If written communication is not in Asana, it will be in a Google Doc. If we find ourselves writing a long message in Basecamp, we stop, turn it into a Google Doc, and send that link via a Basecamp message or an Asana task.

Internal calls usually happen over Skype—we feel the audio quality is better than Google Hangouts. They are always video calls.

While we understand the need of everyone in the team to be able to hit deep focus, we also believe that teams build better products together than any one person can by themselves. To accomplish this, we make sure that regular team calls are a built in part of every workday.

We have a heavy emphasis on spontaneous pairing within our team, particularly when it’s between people with different skills. This means that designers and developers will often pair to overcome a problem, and daily pairing is strongly encouraged. It helps build up skills within the team, improves code quality, and keeps communication strong on projects. We also feel that it leads to better results because team members can collaborate with each other.


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These two pieces are favorites right now. They look even better in person! If you came to the local show, you already had a chance to see them then, but for everyone else this is your first look at them. Lots of layers, impressions, stamping, and rich autumn colors. I chose a set of simple, unvarnished, natural wood frames for them. I think they compliment them without distracting from them. Enjoy!

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Hardy Hikers enjoy HARC Hike for Hunger & Hope

Published September 11, 2018

The weather didn’t put a damper on the fun at the 6th annual HARC Hike for Hunger & Hope, held Saturday, September 8 at Shepherd’s Spring Outdoor Retreat Center and the C&O Canal towpath.  A great group of hardy hikers and runners donned with smiles and rain ponchos came out to support the event and get in some exercise.  “I’d rather have cool and rainy than last weekend’s hot and humid temps,” said one participant.  Others agreed it was a nice day for a walk: bug-free and and a lovely green setting.  Blessings from above kept much of the rain away until most of the walkers had returned.

Children could participate in a nature scavenger hunt or photo scavenger hunt, depending on age and interest.  All enjoyed delicious food and good music at the celebration meal following the hike.

Final tally is not yet in, but it is anticipated the HARC Hike raised $15,000 for HARC and the Micah’s Backpack program.

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Many thanks for a smoothly run event goes to the HARC Hike planning team: Hike Director Rev. Ed Poling, Bill Pike, Barbara Hamilton, Beth Johnston, Carla Charles, Butch Eigenbrode, Rev. Kyle Powderly and Rev. Ron Kline.  Thanks also to volunteers who helped the day of the event and members of the Antietam Radio Association for their assistance with communications.  Thanks to the “hospitality teams” from Hebron Mennonite Church, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Church of the Holy Trinity, and Unitarian Universalist Church of Hagerstown for providing sustenance for hikers and runners along their route.  Thanks to drivers from Hagerstown Church of the Brethren, Christ’s Reformed Church, Hagerstown Church of the Nazarene, Gene Sword bus contractor, and for the use of the Celebration Ministries bus.  And thanks to four musicians who shared their string music and lovely voices with us as we wound down from a busy morning.

We could not have done this event without our generous sponsors.  We are tremendously grateful to:

Chick-fil-A of Hagerstown, who provided enough wraps and fruit for 200 people
Holcim – our top monetary sponsor of the event
Beth Johnston, who sponsored the event t-shirts

Gold Sponsors

Ewing Oil
Harman Funeral Home
Hub City Vineyard
Rotary Club of Hagerstown
Unitarian Universalist Church of Hagersotown

Silver Sponsors

Antietam Radio Association
Brethren Mutual Insurance Company
Coldwell Banker Innovations
Giant Food Stores/Martin’s
MS Johnston Co.
Trinity Lutheran Church, Hagerstown

Bronze Sponsors

Allegany Dental Care
Bitner-Henry Insurance Company
Girls on the Run Mid-Maryland
Longmeadow Animal Hospital
Planet Fitness
Shepherd’s Spring Outdoor Retreat Center
Washington County Hunger Group

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By Dawn on August 22, 2015

I wanted to start my new sphynx baby off with a good healthy start in life. I researched feeding raw and was overwhelmed.

How do I get the right balance? Where do I get my meat? How much do I feed, etc, etc.
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The packaging was perfect for someone like me.. I didn't even have to touch the meat ( I use boneless ground)..just squeeze out of the plastic tubes and mix and portion into jars for feeding.

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Thank you to Tracy and Hare Today for making it super easy for me to give my sweet boy the healthiest, happiest life I could!!

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I have been feeding raw grinds to my 4 cats, after a serious health issue with one of my cats made me scrutinize everything that I was feeding previously.

I found Hare Today and thought that this is exactly what I was looking for... a good variety of quality meats, and a simple solution for making my own raw recipes.

I can't say enough good things about the change in my cats' health and energy level since feeding them Hare-today meats.

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I love the fact that there are so many different products to try, especially when you have picky cats, there is bound to be something that they enjoy.

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By Site on July 23, 2015

This is DivaRae, a female Siamese mix adopted from Animal Control. She was born in Anchorage, AK, December 7, 1994. In July 2005, my vet at the time (strictly traditional medicine) diagnosed her with renal failure, put her on Science DietKD and told me she had 6 months to live. I took her to a new vet for a second opinion, one who was board certified in NUTRITION, TCM, chiropractic, and acupuncture.

We transitioned Diva to raw food, beginning with rabbit from Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow. She took to it immediately. Her BUN, creatnine and phosphorus levels all normalized within a year.

Diva lived to be 20 years old. I lost her to complications from a fused spine and bladder cancer, NOT to renal failure.

Diva pictured channeling her inner carnivore with a whole dressed quail.

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“Robbins grabs the reader and doesn’t let go…” —Publisher’s Weekly

“His characters are compelling, his dialogue is dramatic, and his style is simple and straightforward.” —The LA Times

From the depths of the poverty-stricken West Virginia coal mines to the heights of power as one of the nation’s most prominent and feared labor organizers, “Big Dan” Huggins is a hero worthy of Harold Robbins’ attention. After its release in 1979, Memories of Another Day spent 24 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, topping the list at #1—and now it’s available for digital download. Recognized as one of the world’s most captivating storytellers, Robbins has written what is arguably the most significant book ever published about the rise of the labor unions in America.

Born to a life of violence and tragedy, Dan becomes one of the most powerful and dangerous labor organizers in the country—at the expense of his personal relationships. He’s a man who embraced violence, fierce ambition, lust and a deep hunger for justice even as he accumulated personal wealth, fame and power. The novel opens at Dan’s funeral, where his estranged son Jonathan is relieved by his father’s death. But Jonathan is quickly thrust into his father’s role and must return to his father’s origins to better understand the man that shaped his past and continues to shape his future. Looking into the lives and childhoods of both father and son, Memories of Another Day gives a close look into the perks—and costs—of power.

Robbins’ gift for combining popular fiction with the most pertinent subjects of the twentieth century allowed him to create a snapshot in time. In this novel, Robbins creates a magnificent epic portrait of fifty years of the bitter birth and tarnished maturity of American labor. Relevant, respectful, and engaging, Memories of Another Day proves once again why Harold Robbins’ books have sold more copies than almost any other American writer in history.

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How to Pack Healthy Lunches for Work

The Key to Successful Healthy Lunches: Planning

When you're planning to pack healthy lunches for work, there are a few questions you have to answer first:

  • What am I going to eat and how much?
  • What do I need to buy and what do I need to cook or prepare in advance?
  • What am I going to pack the food in?
  • Does the food need to be refrigerated? If so, how do I keep it cold before lunchtime?
  • Does the food need to be heated? If so, do I have a way to do that at lunchtime?

Schedule time to prepare food, including any slicing, chopping, mixing or cooking. After you get your food ready, divide it into serving-size containers for transport. These can include resealable plastic containers of different sizes, plastic sandwich and snack bags, and plastic, paper or foil wrappings. Then, on your way out the door each day, take a few seconds to grab some of these containers and pack the day's lunch to take with you.

Before planning what to pack, consider your options for transporting and preparing your lunch. This will make a big difference in what kind of lunch you put together. The following list breaks down these options and presents some transporting ideas for each:

  • No cold items -- You might only need a paper bag for this lunch, though be cautious if there's anything in the bag that might melt if it gets too warm, like chocolate.
  • Some cold items -- Use an insulated lunch bag, adding a cooling pack if you have a long commute, you're commuting in hot weather, or if you don't have a fridge at work. If you don't have a cooling pack, drop some ice cubes in a zipper sandwich bag, or freeze a disposable plastic bottle of water which can double as a refreshment for later.
  • Some frozen items -- Use the frozen items in an insulated lunch bag to keep other food cold and make sure your workplace has a freezer you can put the frozen items in.
  • At least one thing has to be heated -- Be sure your workplace has what you need to heat your lunch, such as a microwave or a toaster oven.

Once you know how you can transport your lunch and what your options are for preparing it, you can choose what to eat. The next pages of this article will help you with this part of your plan.

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How to Say No to a Wonderful Opportunity

Healthy Leaders

How to Say No to a Wonderful Opportunity

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They said to Him, “Lord! Everyone is looking for you.” He said to them, “Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because for this purpose I have come forth.” (Mark 1:35-38)

Turning down a lousy request is no problem.

“Hey Joe! Wanna go bungee jumping?”  Ha. Not in this lifetime.

“Hey preacher! How about a night of bar-hopping on Bourbon Street!”  You talking to me, Leroy?

“Pastor, would you write a book on the superiority of your theological system over all others?”  Uh, no.  But have a nice day.

Saying “no” to something you hate to do, do not want to do, cannot do, and would not be caught dead doing – piece of cake.

No one has to counsel you on how to do that.

It’s all those other requests that you find difficult to turn down.

“Would you judge our city’s beauty contest?”  Okay, no one has actually asked me to do that, but I live in hope. A preacher, if asked to do this, which I find inconceivable, should turn it down for a hundred rather obvious reasons.

Anyway, back to the subject with more plausible invitations…

“Would you head up our community fund-raising drive?”  It’s a huge job, but man, what a compliment they have paid you, asking you of all people, to spearhead this project.  You will be working with the town’s leading citizens.  Do this well, and your name will be known by everyone.  However, this would take time away from your family and your church.

Would you travel overseas to our country and address our pastors at the opening of our new seminary?”  As a preacher of the Gospel, you long to make a difference for Christ’s sake and to sow seeds far and wide as the Lord enables you.  This could give you a whole new perspective on the work of the Kingdom.  And that would bless your church. And yet, the timing of the event is difficult.  Your wife’s surgery or your son’s graduation or the church’s groundbreaking is scheduled at the same time.

“Hello, Pastor Bob.  I’m the pastor of Bigtown’s Mega Community Church.  You might have heard of me, read my books, or seen me on Fox News.  The reason I called is that I read your article on leadership and am so impressed.  Our church is having its annual leadership emphasis on the 25th of next month, and the Lord impressed me to see if you would be our guest speaker.  We’ll fly you here and give you a sizeable honorarium.”  Ahhh. Finally, your talents are being appreciated.  What a thrill to meet that distinguished pastor and address that huge congregation.  But, on the other hand, your schedule is full, and you have promised your wife you will take no other engagements for the rest of the year.

Saying “no,” even when you really want to do this, is going to require everything in you.  Saying “no” may be the finest gift you could ever give your wife and family and your church.  Saying “no” when your ego and ambition and “sense of self” are all clamoring to seize this invitation is going to say worlds about your self-discipline and focus.

Here are four thoughts on the subject…

  1. The time to work this out is now, when no one is inviting you to anything more than to pray at the grand opening of the IGA supermarket down the street.

Leaving this decision to the moment it actually occurs – when the phone brings the invitation of a lifetime and you get all swimmy-headed and sweaty-palmed – will doom you to failure.

So, give it thought now. Have a discussion about this with your wife. (Consider letting her read this article, and then the two of you go for coffee and beignets and talk about it.)

  1. Now, the easiest way to turn down that attractive invitation is: “Open your mouth and utter the words: ‘Thank you. But I won’t be able to do that.’”

If you must, add a little sweetener to the rejection: “You’re so kind to invite me. But my schedule just won’t allow it. I sincerely thank you, though.”

Even if your heart is not in it, and this is the invitation you have always dreamed of, but you know accepting it would endanger your marriage and undermine your pastoral leadership, just open your mouth and utter those magic words. “Thank you. But I won’t be able to do that.”

“Just say it” was the counsel given me once when we were trying to raise funds for a Salvation Army ministry center. Yes, I had been asked to chair the drive. (Everyone else in town had turned them down.) That day, we were approaching one of my members who owned the television station and the newspaper and no telling what else. Our financial consultant had decided we should ask him for a pledge of $100,000. Then he and the others in our group said I should be the one to make the request. As we got out of the car and headed toward his office, I said, “How do you ask someone for a hundred thousand dollars?”

The consultant said, “You open your mouth and say the words. Even if your knees are buckling and the sweat is popping out and you wish you were anywhere else in the world, just speak the words.” I did it. (I wish I could tell you we got the big bucks. But I have long since forgotten.)

  1. However. What if you are not able to say those words, “Thank you, but I won’t be able to do this?” The words just will not come. What then?

I have one huge suggestion, one that has saved my neck more than once.

Ask if you can pray about it and get back to them.

“Mr. Bigshot, thank you.  I am really honored by your invitation. Would you give me a little time to talk to the Lord about this? I promise to call you back this afternoon.”

If necessary, you can juice that up just a little. “I would have to juggle some things on my calendar, and I might have other conflicts with that date. So, I need a little time to study this and pray about it.”

All he can say to that is, “Yes.” If he says “no,” that he needs an answer this minute, something is fishy and you will have little trouble turning it down. (The invitation to preach for a conference in the London area set my heart to racing. I love Britain. Then, I noticed the dates were only six weeks away. And the pastor needed a response “now.” Knowing nothing more than that, I thanked him and turned it down. That was very easy.)

By buying a little time, you will be able to look at the invitation and your calendar more dispassionately. By praying about the matter, you will be honoring the Lord whose will should be paramount in this and everything else we do.

  1. If you have trouble getting an answer to your prayer, I have two suggestions.

a) If the problem is a prior commitment you have made to your spouse, you don’t need to pray about it. You either need to “man up” and keep your promise, or call her and discuss it. She might like to make that overseas trip with you. Or, you can piggyback a side trip to a resort for a few days of R & R with your beloved.

When a denominational leader in Michigan invited me to do their Christmas pastor’s banquet and preach in a couple of churches for the weekend, I called home to see what Margaret thought. We decided to combine this with a trip to Nashville for her family reunion, then drive leisurely northward, stopping whenever we wished and make a fun trip of it. She enjoyed the event as much as I did.

b) If the problem is that you don’t seem able to hear from the Lord on this matter, try this.

Envision yourself accepting the invitation and pray along that line for, say, five minutes. “Yes, Lord, I’m going to call Mr. Big back and tell him I’ll come. And I’ll travel to that city, Lord, and here’s what I will do….”

At the end of five minutes, switch to plan B. “No, Lord, I’m going to turn him down. I’ll call him back and tell him I feel I should say “no,” that the Lord wants me to stay home and pastor my church. And I’ll tell my wife, Lord…” Do this for five minutes.

At the end of your prayer time, one of those should seem right to you and the other completely forced. There is your answer.

In time you will get the hang of saying “no” to wonderful opportunities which would lure you away from your true calling: to please the Lord in all things.

My food is to do the will of Him who sent me, and to finish His work. (John 4:34)

That’s our only agenda, too.


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The adrenal glands are the two glands that are located above both of the kidneys in the body. The adrenal glands are essential components to the hormonal (endocrine) system. There are two main parts of the adrenal glands, the adrenal medulla and adrenal cortex. An adrenal gland tumor begins as a result of abnormal cells growing uncontrollably and rapidly, forming a mass unit together. There are many symptoms for those with adrenal gland tumors.

Common Symptoms

Some common symptoms associated with adrenal gland tumors are low potassium levels, high blood pressure, nervousness, anxiety, heart palpitations, diabetes and developing stretch marks over the abdominal area. People experiencing any of these symptoms should consult a doctor immediately, as adrenal gland tumors can release hormones which can result in hormonal imbalances.

More Severe Symptoms

More severe symptoms associated with adrenal gland tumors include the feeling of always being full and never being hungry, fever, abdominal mass, weight loss and severe abdominal pain. These symptoms are rare, but if you experience them, seek medical attention immediately.

Cushing's Syndrome

There are a lot of different diseases that are linked to adrenal gland tumors. One such disease is Cushing's Syndrome. Adrenal gland tumors could develop into Cushing's Syndrome, which manifests itself with symptoms such as hirsutism (hairiness), severe acne, weakness, increased blood pressure, osteoporosis and more.

Conn's Syndrome

Another disorder that can start from an adrenal gland tumor is Conn's Syndrome. This disease involves too much production of aldosterone, a steroid released by the adrenal gland. This steroid controls and maintains the body's electrolyte balance. Some of these symptoms include high blood pressure, frequency of urination, excessive thirst and low levels of potassium in the body.

Pheochromocytoma is a tumor of the adrenal glands that releases the hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine. These hormones work to regulate blood pressure and heart rate, among other purposes. Some symptoms of pheochromocytoma include headache, fast pulse, nausea, vomiting, heart palpitations and clammy skin.


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Friday, June 23, 2017

Stitching with Friends and Bucilla Christmas Stockings.

Stitching with Sue, Anna and Dawn today, again kept us warm on another very chilly day.
We began our journey making Bucilla Xmas stockings with Dawn from  Sewmuchtoquilt  as our teacher. We were so excited to start this new adventure with Dawn at the helm.....hehe.
Again I forgot to take photos but the ladies just asked me to post mine until next lesson as we will have lots more done.

Also Dawn finished her beautiful jewellery keep.

We missed Kaye today but look forward to her joining us again for our next stitching day and lessons on Bucilla felt kits with Dawn.

Happy stitching........

Saturday, June 17, 2017

Round The Garden

Last night I began stitching the houses for the final round in my Round the Garden wall quilt.

Thanks Wendy for hosting another great FNSI.

Happy stitching.............

Saturday, June 10, 2017

La Passacaglia

Two large Passacaglia rosettes ready for the final half row, I am still deciding on the colour for the last half row which will connect the rosettes. I think I will wait untill I finish the third large rosette and a couple of the smaller ones.

Happy stitching......

Thursday, June 8, 2017

Stitching with Friends

Enjoying another stitching day with Sue, Anna and Kaye kept us warm while we chattered, reviewing books, movies, social media and current affairs. We missed Dawn again, but she sent along some pics of her work.

Anna working on her Red Robin Pouch and Jewellery Keep.

Kaye working on her cross stitch..

I worked on my Passacaglia block..

Dawn couldn't join us today but sent photos of her work on her Red Robin Pouch and Jewellery Keep project .

Happy stitching.........

Saturday, June 3, 2017

Double Slice Layer Cake

I spent part of Friday preparing blocks for a double slice layer cake quilt. I watched "you tube " Missouri Star Quilt Company's" Video
for instructions. Such a simple block but very effective I think.

Oh I didn't have the full layer cake as I had used some for another project, but I am happy with this size which make a lovely lap quilt. Best of all I am slowly working my way through some of my stash instead of holding on to it for that special pattern which I never seem to find. Now to add a small border and quilt it. Actually it will match my Tuffet that I made using the same fabrics..yay...

To see what the other ladies got up to for Friday night with friends go here  thank you Chez for hosting another wonderful night.

Happy stitching.......


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How to link your Kiosk PC to the printer using Google Chrome.

Before you link your Kiosk PC to your printer using Google Chrome you need to have done the following:

  1. Created a Badge Pass Template. If you need to set up a Badge Pass Template follow our step by step article Setting up Badge Pass Templates.
  2. Installed your printer onto your Kiosk PC. If you need help doing this follow our handy guide Getting Started with Printing.
  3. Created a Kiosk profile in your WhosOnLocation account with a unique username, password and PIN number.

To link the Kiosk PC to the printer, you need to configure the page settings then create a silent printing shortcut.

Configure Page Settings

  1. Open Google Chrome.
  2. Go to Menu > Print...

  3. Select More Settings.

  4. Set the Destination to your printer.
  5. Set Pages to All.
  6. Set Copies to 1.
  7. Set Layout to Landscape.
  8. Set Paper size to match your labels.
  9. Set Margins to Custom and use the following settings:
    Top - 0.1"
    Left - 0.19"
    Right - 0.1"
    Bottom - 0.1"
  10. Set Quality to your requirements.
    Please Note: Higher quality settings will take longer to print.
  11. Set the Scale to 97.
  12. Disable Headers and footers.
  13. Disable Background graphics.
  14. Click Cancel to exit the print preview.

All of the print setup settings will be saved for your browser. Next you need to enable the silent printing configuration.

Create Silent Printing Shortcut

To enable silent printing mode, you need to create a desktop shortcut for chrome and edit the target in the properties.

  1. Right-click the Google Chrome icon on your desktop or in your file explorer.
  2. Select Create shortcut. If prompted to create on desktop select Yes.

  3. (Optional) Rename the shortcut for easier recognition.
  4. Right-click the shortcut.
  5. Select Properties.
  6. In the Target field, after what is currently there, enter --kiosk-printing ""
  7. Click Apply.

When opening this version of Chrome, labels will be printed automatically. Make sure no other Chrome windows are open before using this shortcut or the silent printing won't work.

Kiosk Mode - Optional

You can open Chrome in Kiosk mode. Kiosk mode opens the browser in a locked Full screen, meaning the public cannot access the address bar or browser setting.

To do this you’ll need to change the target of the shortcut.

Add --kiosk after --kiosk-printing in the shortcut target in step 6 above.

You can only exit Kiosk mode by using the keyboard to close the browser or by restarting the computer.

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About Adobe Presenter

Adobe® Presenter is a software tool for creating e‑learning content and high-quality multimedia presentations rapidly. Adobe Presenter is a plug-in for Microsoft PowerPoint, an application that is part of the Microsoft Office suite. Finished presentations are in Flash® format (SWF file). Content created with Adobe Presenter is SCORM 1.2 and SCORM 2004 certified and AICC compliant.

After you install Adobe Presenter, you access the application from within PowerPoint. All Adobe Presenter authoring functions in PowerPoint can be reached using the Adobe Presenter ribbon.

Adobe Presenter complements Adobe Connect. With Adobe Presenter, you can create content that includes interactive quizzing and surveys, audio, and a customizable viewer. Adobe Presenter sends the PPT or PPTX (PowerPoint) and PPCX file, as well as presentation data and assets, to Adobe Connect Server.

Office 2007 and 2010 supports PPTX.

You can add straightforward or sophisticated quizzes to presentations. Adobe Presenter supports different types of questions that can either be graded or used as surveys. Add branching to quizzes to guide users through different paths in the presentation based on their answers.

Adobe Presenter provides a simple interface for using a microphone to add audio narration to your presentation. In addition, you can easily synchronize your PowerPoint animations with your audio narration.

The intuitive Adobe Presenter interface and its complete integration with PowerPoint eliminates the need for additional training or knowledge of Flash programming. In minutes, you can transform static PowerPoint files into dynamic web experiences by adding audio, video, multimedia, interactive quizzes and surveys, and extensive branding. When you have created your content, simply publish it to Adobe Connect Server. (You can also publish to your computer to test a presentation.)

After you have installed Adobe Presenter, you access the program from within PowerPoint. When you open PowerPoint, a new menu named Adobe Presenter appears in the menu bar.

In Presenter 9, to keep yourself updated, you can use the Access Adobe Resources (Tools >) option. Click this option to connect to the Adobe e-learning news server. You can view the latest updates from the Adobe e-learning team in a news feed format in the Access Adobe Resources pop-up screen. Click any news feed item to view the complete information.

Connect to the Adobe blogs and other social media channels using the various links available at the bottom of the Access Adobe Resources pop-up screen. Whenever there is an update, a number is displayed with a highlighted border on the Access Adobe Resources menu. This display indicates the number of new newsfeeds, blog posts, tweets that have been recently added.

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On this week’s installment of Let’s Eat In, Cathy Erway is joined by the Brothers Green, also known as Josh and Mike Greenfield. Josh and Mike have a new show on Youtube’s Hungry channel called The Brothers Green, and they’re here to talk about some of the food they have been cooking on the show, as well as the intersection of food and music. Hear about Josh and Mike’s rooftop garden at their “dorm-style” loft, where fresh pasta is plentiful and the speakers are always playing some tunes. Tune in to learn more about Hungry’s programming, as well Josh and Mike’s start in food by making flatbreads with bulk flour. Josh and Mike maintain that pizza is still the ultimate date meal; hear what they have to say about the pizza-making process, and why it’s undeniably intimate and fun. Also, hear Josh and Mike perform a song in HRN’s studio! This episode has been brought to you by The Heritage Meat Shop.

“It’s just like cooking- when you have people over you want to get them involved. It’s the same thing with music. No matter what level you’re at, whether you’ve never really done it before or you’ve been doing it for a while, anyone can play music.” — Josh Greenfield on Let’s Eat In


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I just knocked my Hermione figurine off the computer and her head broke right off. I give up. :((
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*holds you*
the natural anthem: one of those days.tocomfortyou on November 19th, 2003 10:54 pm (UTC)
Aw, man. Just one of those days?
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Wah! *cuddles*
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It seemed like a good idea at the time.

My husband and I had been married for just over three months, and were living in a tiny one-bedroom apartment a few hundred miles away from our families. We were busy—he was finishing up graduate school and I was working odd hours at a local television station—but we were making our first home together, and we were so happy.

Maybe I felt a little overconfident, still basking in that honeymoon phase. Maybe I just didn’t think it through. Either way, for my first Thanksgiving as a married woman, I volunteered to not only cook a meal with all the trimmings—I invited my in-laws to join us.

Which, as you might imagine, included my mother-in-law.

Who, as you might also rightly guess, is a darn good cook.

No pressure there, new daughter-in-law.

Clouded by my newly-wedded bliss, I made a plan.

Prepare side dishes ahead of time—check.

Unbox the wedding china and serving dishes—check.

Crack open my brand new Better Homes and Gardens red and white checkered cookbook—check.

Unfortunately, there was one wild card: the bird.

I’d selected it carefully at the grocery store earlier that week, my new husband humoring me as I pawed through a freezer full of shrink-wrapped Butterballs, looking for one that spoke to my soul. I’d thawed the winning candidate slowly in the refrigerator, and when Thanksgiving morning dawned, I unwrapped it, cleaned it meticulously, and slid it into the oven on a satisfied note of triumph.

I’ve got this.

When my in-laws arrived a few hours later, the hearty scent of slow-roasting turkey greeted them at the door with me. They gushed. We hugged. I swelled.

It didn’t last long.

As my husband and his parents settled in to the living room a few feet away, I confidently grabbed the baster and opened the oven. I squeezed the bulb—and looked in horror at the liquid I’d just drawn up. It was pink. Pink!

Something was terribly wrong.

My mind raced, arriving at two unthinkable options: cry or ask my mother-in-law for help.

Suddenly, a light bulb flicked on in my racing brain. I closed the oven door, grabbed the phone off the counter, and hurried into the bathroom. Cheeks flushed in shame, I dialed the number my husband and I had laughed over when we’d unwrapped the turkey hours before. 1-800-BUTTERBALL.

I was calling the turkey hotline to save Thanksgiving dinner.

A cheerful voice answered. “The juice,” I rasped urgently into the receiver. “It’s pink. It’s the first time I’ve cooked a turkey . . . and it’s PINK.”

I paused to take a breath, waiting for the peals of laughter and devastating news this stranger was certainly about to deliver.

“Oh don’t worry! That’s a very common problem,” she clucked instead, no hint of the horror I felt. “Did you remove the neck from the cavity before you placed it in the oven?”

“Well of course I removed the n—”

I faltered. Oh. OH. The neck. Had I even been aware I had to fish that thing out of that slippery beast first? “Um . . . what if I forgot? It might still be in there?” I chewed my lip worriedly.

I could feel my in-laws breathing on the other side of the locked door.

Blessedly, the Buterball turkey lady gently assured me all was not lost. “Just take it out now and cook the bird a little longer,” she advised. No one would be the wiser. Thanksgiving dinner, she soothed, would not be a turkey-less feast.

It would, however, be accompanied by a heaping side of humble pie, serving size: one.

And guess what? She was right. I whispered my profuse thanks, smoothed my apron, righted my wrong, and served that turkey dinner with no one the wiser.

But now, more than a decade after that anxious phone call when so much of my confidence as a new wife and daughter-in-law was riding on a misbehaving turkey in my tiny oven, I wish I could talk to the woman from the turkey hotline again.

We would laugh together at the absurdity of it all, at how I’d panicked over something as trivial as a turkey when my table was filled with so much love, acceptance, and support.

I’d thank her for talking me down from the edge of fear, for coaching a new wife through a silly but harrowing moment in her early marriage.

I’d even boast a little about how I’d made pan gravy from scratch, earning points with my new mother-in-law that boosted my confidence in my fledgling domestic abilities.

But mostly, I’d say thank you. Because whether she knew it or not, that woman—that voice of reason—saved my first Thanksgiving.

And I am forever grateful.

Carolyn Moore

Carolyn traded a career in local TV news for a gig as a stay-at-home mom, where the days are just as busy and the pay is only slightly worse. She lives in flyover country with her husband and four young kids, and occasionally writes about raising them at Assignment Mom


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Hope For Youth

PINS Diversion Program

A child under the age of 18 who does not attend school, or behaves in a way that is dangerous or out of control, or often disobeys his or her parents, guardians or other authorities, may be found to be a Person In Need of Supervision or “PINS”. The Nassau County PINS (Person In Need of Supervision) Diversion program is designed to divert youth who are at risk, from PINS petitions that require court involvement. PINS Diversion services families with children up to the age of 18 in Nassau County.

Families that apply for diversion services have issues including but not limited to school truancy, gang involvement, runaway behaviors, mental health and substance abuse issues.

The PINS diversion program provides short term intensive in-home, family-centered interventions with an overarching goal that will prevent out of home placements, teach problem solving skills to the families, and linkage to a community-based system of care.

A unique component to the diversion program is the incorporation of Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT). MDFT is an evidence based program designed to meet the needs of youth struggling with mental health and substance abuse issues.

Hope for youth integrates Restorative Practices in the diversion program in which Restorative Circles are used as mediation to address issues occurring with the youth.

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Hidden Lens: Fading Industry On The Delaware River

Editor’s Note: Last month local architectural photographer Betsy Manning began posting images of old industrial work sites along the Delaware River on her Instagram account. I was hooked immediately. The photographs, all taken by Manning in the late 1980s using a Nikon FM2 35mm camera, show some of the last vestiges of heavy-duty commercial operations on the waterfront in Port Richmond. Shot on black and white film, the images are haunting for their high contrast and rich, grayscale tones as they are for communicating the tail end an era when the backbone of the city’s industrial base lay broken, fragmented, and sinking into the abyss of decline.

Featured in this photo essay is the Port Richmond Grain Elevator. The original Farmer’s Exchange grain storage and transfer facility was built by the Reading Railroad Company in the 1880s. The last grain exports were handled on the site at the end of the 1970s. The facility was then used as an export terminal for shipping anthracite fines to Korea until the late 1980s. Conrail, the site’s owner, demolished the remaining grain terminal facility in 1999.

Manning gives a personal account of her visit to the site in 1989.

“I was always interested in the history of the city and what used to be where. I grew up in Northwood (across Roosevelt Boulevard from Sears), so snooping around Frankford Avenue and the Delaware River wasn’t that far away. I had just graduated from Temple with a degree in photojournalism and was working at a photo store at 3rd and South. I spent most of my time taking photos of people, kitchy events, and old buildings.

I remember going to the grain elevator company and just walking up to the office and telling them I thought the place looked cool and asked if I could take photos. The foreman had one of the workers take me all over the place. We went up that huge long stairway to that structure that housed the conveyor belts and then he took me inside (and told me rats would run away from us if they heard us so not to be scared). I haven’t been there in a long time, but I know most of that place is gone. “

The following collection of images marks the second installment of Hidden Lens, a series that highlights the work of local photographers.

About the author

Betsy Manning is a native Philadelphian and makes a living managing Photography in Temple University’s Marketing Department. But photographing the city’s distinctive, often underappreciated architectural gems is her passion. She earned her bachelor’s degree in photojournalism from Temple University in 1987 and her Master of Liberal Arts from Temple in 2008. Her MLA project focused on the often-overlooked Philadelphia area architect Irv Stein (Penn Architecture, 1953). Manning has exhibited her photos at the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, and the Pennsylvania State Museum. Her Instagram account is @betsymanning

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  1. I have lived in Philly since 1957. I have been a photographer here for 35+ years. …just saying, these are really great. What an eye, great tone, composition and juxtaposition. It is hard to photograph one’s city since you live there. It is the like the house next door. When the NFL, ESPN & major networks highlights Philly during a game being played here, I am always amazed at how great the city looks. Betsy has shown the deepest inland port in America in the best of light. Thanks for the great representation of our waterfront. Jim Graham

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