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Global Classroom Lead Teacher Awards 2014

We’d like to formally congratulate the Global Classroom Lead Teachers for 2014.

The Global Classroom Lead Teacher awards were created in 2012 to recognise teachers around the world who have made an exceptional contribution to the development and success of #globalclassroom communities and projects. These awards are based on collegial nominations from the online global education community, and nominees were formally acknowledged at our ‘Looking Forwards, Looking Back’ webinars, held last weekend.

Lead Teachers were nominated for their:

  • Significant contributions to the professional learning of teachers around the world through blogs, Twitter, and other social media platforms
  • Inspired efforts to enhance their students’ learning through their global connections
  • Creation of innovative, pioneering projects which showcase new ways for teachers and students to connect, learn, share, and collaborate globally.

Lead Teacher Award recipients will receive a one year subscription to Oddizzi, an award-winning online resource for 4-11 year olds that brings the world to life. With over 1,000 pages of written content, video, images, maps and games it is a fantastic resource that supports geography, social studies and global citizenship. Oddizzi also has a unique tool called ClassPals that helps connects classrooms around the world. To view our Oddizzi film click here:

Anne Mirtschin (@murcha)

Anne is an inspiring advocate for flat classrooms, regularly participating in global projects. Her students, from primary to Year 12, have been actively involved in a variety of projects over many years. She has also been an invaluable supporter and mentor within the #globalclassroom community, and her support is greatly appreciated.

Celia Coffa ( @ccoffa)

Celia has been inspirational leading our school as a 21st century contemporary learning research school. Celia helped us establish blogging, skype, quad blogs, a yammer and EDMODO community throughout the school. She has set up global collaborations through the Student Blogging challenge for the past 3 years, and has supported students around the world in establishing their blogs.

Celia was instrumental in beginning and running the Teach Meets in Melbourne, and has been a guest presenter at numerous schools and conferences, sharing her passion for using technology to engage and enhance the learning.

Karen Stadler (@ICT_Integrator)

It is hard to describe Karen’s award winning Traveling Rhinos project, but we tend to agree with the rave reviews from participants, who call it “the epitome of a global project”. What else can we say? Karen recently won the ISTE online learning award and received her award while attending the 2014 ISTE Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. While in Atlanta, Karen was able to personally connect with many of the members of the GCP community.

Heidi Hutchison(@heidihutchison)

Heidi Hutchison personifies a Global Classroom teacher. She has created two very successful global PBLs (Malala Project and the One and Only Ivan), and contributes to the larger global community through her blog and on Twitter. She presented at Global EdCon 2013, hosted and co-founded with Bianca & Lee Hewes the U.S. version of Project Swap Meet, hosted numerous Twitter chats, and is now delving into the world of leadership with a focus and mind to helping administrators be more forward thinking in regards to global citizenship.

Louise Morgan (@MrsMorgansClass)

Louise has been an amazing organizer and promoter of the Global Classroom project. I admire her stamina, energy, and dedication to the success of the projects for teachers and students.  We would like to thank Louise for her recent promotion of GCP during ISTE 2014 in Atlanta. Louise presented an Ignite session during Global Ed Day and also prepared a poster session where many Global Classroom participants gathered and shared their experiences.

Kathleen Corley (@kathleencorley)

Kathleen set up a global Edmodo project between Windsor Primary, Arlington Heights, Illinois, Dalkeith Primary, Perth and St Thomas More CPS, Margaret River. This project was a beautiful collaboration for Grade 1-2 students and their teachers, helping them learn about their similarities and differences through sharing information about our schools.

Laurie Clement (@LLClement)

Laurie is actively involved in Social Media and providing global opportunities for her students. In 2011 she created her Skype in the Classroom account and as a result has connected with over 30 classes around the world. She initially began engaging her students in Mystery Skype Calls and immediately began to see the excitement in her students. Shortly after she created global projects with a colleague in Brazil, that she initially connected with in one of her mystery class calls. They began engaging their students in global projects and soon after developed four projects and invited schools to join from across the globe. This past year they hosted four projects which included students from over 10 countries and 3 continents. Aside from these projects, Laurie is actively involved in promoting global connections through G+ and Twitter.

Aaron Brzowski and Garrett Wilkinson (@ProjectPurus)

Aaron and Garrett, both just recently graduated from high school, are the founders of Project Purus. Project Purus is a non profit organization with mission  to provide education through clean water. These passionate, young, social entrepreneurs have recently shared their passion and story during the Global Ed Day conference at ISTE2014 and during Podstock14.

Aaron and Garrett worked closely with Robyn Thiessen’s class, mentoring, inspiring and educating her students from January to May of this year. This summer, Aaron also went to Nepal to meet Govinda and the students of SAV School, where he taught English and witnessed the positive effects of Project Purus first hand!

Global Classroom Lead Teacher Awards – Nominations now Open

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The Global Classroom Lead Teacher Awards provide a community based recognition of those teachers quietly working to change their classrooms and the world … with a particular interest in those who never receive official recognition for their efforts.

In a slight change from previous years, this year we are inviting nominations of global education leaders working both within, and beyond The Global Classroom Project community.

We are looking to acknowledge the quiet achievers, the risk takers, the innovators, the lead learners – who, in their own small way, are helping to create a better world.

Nomination Criteria

We invite global educators to nominate their colleagues, and emerging student leaders, for a Global Classroom Lead Teacher (or Lead Student) Award. We respectfully discourage self-nominations, as these are intended to be community awards.

Nominations must provide detailed evidence of the nominee’s contribution in one or more of these areas:

  1. Teachers’ professional learning: Through blogs, twitter chats, global education conference presentations
  2. Students’ learning: through active participation in global projects
  3. Exemplary contribution to a K-12 #globalclassroom #globaled project
  4. Development of innovative global education projects which showcase new ways for teachers and students to connect, learn, share, and collaborate globally.

Please provide as MUCH detail as possible, as your nomination will be incorporated into the published comments. Nominees will be formally acknowledged at our ‘Looking Forwards, Looking Back’ webinars to be held in late July / early August 2014; and will receive a special award badge to display on their blog or website.

Nomination Form

Connect to the World Through Blogging

If you haven’t considered blogging with your students, now’s the time! It’s a wonderful way to connect with the world through writing, reading, and responding. You can blog along with any of the Global Classroom projects to enhance learning and collaboration.

I’ve taught fifth grade for the past 14 years, I have never found a more powerful approach to teaching writing than blogging. It creates an authentic audience, and kids actually want to write. I have an easy step by step guide to starting off on a good foot.

Click the title in blue below for a more detailed explanation with resources.

1. Make paper blogs to teach blogging. Here’s the lesson plan:
Paper Blogs: McTeach lesson

2.  7 Random Facts About Me To teach what information can be on a public space, and what can not.

3. Establish Blogging Guidelines.

4. Quality Comments

5. Start with small assignments

6. International Dot Day: How will you make a difference in the world?

7. Include parents

8. Connect with a couple of classrooms

9.Let them explore with color and style to personalize their blog site

10.Don’t grade! At least not at first.

11.Blog at least weekly

12.Be Patient

Here’s a great article about the State of Blogging:

There are more resources linked here.

Global Classroom Lead Teachers 2012-13

We’d like to formally congratulate the Global Classroom Lead Teachers for 2012-13.

We are proud to work with such an amazing group of international educators, who are shining examples of teachers who “connect, learn, share, collaborate and lead globally”.

This year, our Lead Teachers were nominated by the #globalclassroom community and @gcporganisers, recognising their special contribution to the development and success of the #globalclassroom community.

Over the course of 2012-13, our Lead Teachers  have made:

  • Significant contributions to the professional learning of teachers around the world (through our blog & Twitter chats)
  • Inspired efforts to enhance their students’ learning through their global connections
  • Assisted with the development and maintenance of the #globalclassroom online learning spaces
  • Created innovative, pioneering projects which showcase new ways for teachers and students to connect, learn, share, and collaborate globally.

New and experienced global educators alike, we highly recommend adding our #globalclassroom Lead Teachers to your PLNs.

Anne Mirtschin (@murcha)

Anne has long been an inspiration; tirelessly mentoring and supporting global educators around the world. Her efforts to share best practice in global education have been very well received by the #globalclassroom community, and added great value to our monthly Twitter chats. Thanks Anne!

Kerry Muste (@kerrymuste)

Kerry is one of the few #globalclassroom Lead Teachers I’ve actually had the pleasure of meeting face-to-face. She is rapidly emerging as an ICT and global education leader here in Western Australia, and has already made a rich contribution to our organisation.

Pru Thomas (@pruthomas)

While we’ve had Flat Friends exchanges as part of the #globalclassroom for some time, Pru’s Flat Rosie project (2012) took them to a whole new level. Flat Rosie was one of the most popular projects we helped promote last year, and we hope that she will return, in some form, in the future!

Cathy Beach (@beachcat11)

Although Cathy has just retired after many years of teaching, she is an inspiration and should be an example to those new to the profession. Cathy embraced technology and brought it into her classroom so that her students could benefit from connected learning and was keen to try anything vaguely tech-related. She also participated in The Travelling Rhinos Project with gusto, resulting in her students making various meaningful contributions.

Karen Lirenman (@KLirenman)

Awarded the ‘ISTE Kay L. Bitter Vision Award’ earlier this year, Karen has become an integral part of the #globalclassroom community this year. We are proud to work with such a passionate and innovative early-childhood educator who works to make a difference for her students.

Laurie Renton (@RentonL)

There have been times when I have wondered if Laurie ever sleeps, as her boundless enthusiasm for the #globalclassroom chats, classroom blogging, and Peru appear to know no limits. We’d like to thank Laurie for her rich contribution to our online community, and in particular for her incredible support of the #globalclassroom chats.

Robyn Thiessen (@RobynThiessen)

Robyn is a natural global educator whose Global Genius Hour is a perfect example of a relevant and authentic global project. She has impressed many through her active participation in our projects, twitter chats, and community spaces, and her #geniushour project continues to receive positive, worldwide attention.

Sarah Thompson (@smrthompson)

We’re not sure how many #globalclassroom folk know Sarah, but you will certainly know her work. Sarah has been a key member of our 2012-13 wiki management team, and we are very grateful for her giving up her time and expertise in support the behind-the-scenes management of the #globalclassroom community.

Stefan Nielsen (@snskole)

Having the unusual distinction of connecting the Global Classroom with Antarctica, Stefan, and his bunch of Grade 2 students, helped make our year. We highly recommend exploring Stefan’s bilingual class blog at

Tasha Cowdy (@tashacowdy)

Perhaps the most extraordinary Kindergarten teacher we’ve ever met online, Tasha constantly pushes the boundaries, connecting her young students with the world. We wish Tasha all the best for her new job in Russia, and highly recommend her work to any early childhood teachers interested in building their own global classrooms.

Brenda Hallowes (@bhallowes)

Over the past year, Brenda has become a model #globalclassroom teacher; actively contributing to our online community spaces and working to build longer-term collaborative relationships with classes around the world. She has become a valuable contributor to the #globalclassroom chats, and we are proud to have her as a member of our community.

Karen Stadler (@ICT_Integrator)

It is hard to describe Karen’s Traveling Rhinos project, but we tend to agree with the rave reviews from participants, who call it “the epitome of a global project”. What else can we say? Except that we think this project is going places …

Nick Corben, South Korea (@NickCorben)

Nick is one of our new #globalclassroom teachers based in SE Asia, and he’s been nominated for his involvement in the Travelling Rhinos project, where “he set aside his regular curriculum and dedicated so much time and effort to raising awareness amongst his students”. As Karen commented, “his students were totally engaged and produced amazing work! I had a fantastic Skype session with his class too!”

Rawya Shatila (@raywashatila)

Rawya is a shining example of a caring, dedicated educator who helps her students “learn with the world, not just about it.” Rawya made a fantastic contribution to our recently published Global Classroom feature article, and has quietly helped transform teachers’ and students’ understanding of the extraordinary people and culture of the Middle East.

Luke Dyer (@dukelyer)

Despite the rural setting of his school, way down in New Zealand, Luke’s class made a truly staggering contribution to the Travelling Rhinos Project. They drew up a petition and raised far-reaching awareness by having articles published in TWO local newspapers! We were extremely proud to see how a new #globalclassroom teacher took a project, and used it as a springboard to make a real-world difference, beyond their classroom walls. We look forward to working with Luke next year, and wish him all the best for his new job in China!

David Karnosack (@DKarnoscak)

Here at #globalclassroom, we try to provide teachers with the online spaces to connect, learn, share, and collaborate globally. With a very busy year on Skype, David has been one of our most active #globalclassroom teachers of 2012-13, and thoroughly deserves his nomination for Lead Teacher 2012-13.

Donna Roman (@donnaroman)

Those who have been lucky enough to meet Donna online, or face-to-face, know her to be a wonderful and inspiring global education leader. Working with Lisa Parisi, she won the ‘2013 ISTE SIGOL Online Learning Award’ for their ‘Natural Disasters’ project. We’re hoping to work more closely with her in the year to come!

Heidi Hutchinson (@heidihutchison)

Over the past year, Heidi has proved to be an exemplary #globalclassroom teacher, drawing upon the community resources and support to launch her first (and very successful) global project – the “Malala Project”. This project was one of our first student-led investigative projects which responded to current, real-world issues, and we look forward to seeing many more in future!

Kyle Dunbar (@edtechdunny)

Kyle has had a busy year, organising and leading the Flat Classroom Virtual Book Club in early 2013. She remains one of our few active #globalclassroom secondary teachers and we can’t wait to see what she creates in 2012-13!

Louise Morgan (@MrsMorgansClass)

Over the past year, Louise has become a key #globalclassroom leader and project manager, who tirelessly seeks to “lead up”, and support other teachers. We’d like to thank her for her tireless dedication, leadership, and creativity – which has come to underpin our organisation.

Lisa Parisi (@lparisi)

When I eventually find a class of my own, I’ll be modelling my global collaboration activities on Lisa’s exemplary record. I am indebted to Karen Stadler for creating the project which turned Lisa into such a passionate advocate for the #globalclassroom community, and am very much looking forward to working more closely with her in 2013-14.

Maggie Powers (@mpowers3)

We first met Maggie when she was working as an education consultant, and we were thrilled to work with her this year when she brought the ‘Global Classroom’ to the early childhood students of her new school. She’s done some amazing work this year, participating in a range of projects, and making a very welcome and positive contribution to our community.

Theresa Allen (@tdallen5)

Affectionately known as the ‘lady who never sleeps’, Theresa is “omnipresent in the Global Classroom world. Any time help is required for a project or a favour is asked she has always come to the fore”. Theresa has been a key leader and #globalclassroom mentor, and her contribution has been deeply valued by teachers all over the world.

Tina Schmidt (@MrsSchmidtB4)

Tina has had a busy year, running Edmodo PenPals for a second year, and exploring new connections via classroom blogging & Flat Stanley exchanges. Tina is a great collaborator and project leader, and we’re thrilled to know she’s been able to use #globalclassroom connections to build closer relationships with classes around the world.

Honorary Awards

Awarded to global education leaders who aren’t formally a part of the #globalclassroom community, but who have been nominated for their inspirational efforts to enable their students and colleagues around the world to ‘connect, learn, share, and collaborate globally’.

Endang Palupi, Indonesia

Endang is an amazing ICT leader and English Language Teacher in Indonesia. She has a passion for providing her language learners with frequent and authentic opportunities to practice their skills with native English speakers around the world. As one of a handful of teachers in Indonesia who use ICT to flatten their classroom walls, we highly recommend adding Endang to your Skype PLN.

Ashley Bowman, USA (@ateach08)

This may come as a surprise to Ashley, but her work has not gone unnoticed by members of the #globalclassroom community. We believe she richly deserves the following glowing nomination:

Mrs. Bowman is a dedicated and passionate teacher who has worked extremely hard this year to ‘break down’ her classroom walls and connect her students to others around the world.

She teaches 5th grade at Community Christian School, a private, Christian school in Florida, and has connected her class with another private, Christian school in Lima, Peru. Mrs. Bowman’s class also began blogging, which is something that no other teacher at her school has even attempted. In addition, Mrs. Bowman has implemented Mystery Skype this year which has enhanced her geography lessons and allowed her students to learn from other students around the world.

Mrs. Bowman was chosen to lead a pilot program at her school this year and to bring in innovative ways to use technology. In a school that has limited technology and resources, I would say she has done an amazing job. Very few teachers in the private school sector receive recognition for their work, but I believe Mrs. Bowman is one who deserves acknowledgment for her efforts this year.

Announcing: Global Classroom Lead Teachers 2012

As I often comment, this amazing online community could not have happened without the support, inspiration, and hard work of an extraordinary group of teachers around the world.

This year, we are inaugurating the annual “Global Classroom Lead Teacher” Award, recognising teachers who’ve made an extraordinary contribution to the development and success of the #globalclassroom community; based on their:

  • Significant contribution to the professional learning of teachers around the world (through our blog & Twitter chats)
  • Inspiring efforts to enhance their students’ learning through their global connections
  • Assistance with the development of the #globalclassroom online learning spaces
  • Creation of innovative, pioneering projects which showcase new ways for teachers and students to connect, learn, share, and collaborate globally.

We’d like to formally acknowledge:

Anne Mirtschin @murcha Australia
Brenda Hallowes @bhallowes South Africa
Claudia Ozceta @ClaudRu Guatemala
Clive Elsmore @clivesir United Kingdom
Cristina Milos @surreallyno Romania
Deb Frazier @Deb_Frazier USA – Project Co-Founder
Debra Rosenquist @DebraRosenquist USA
Effie Kryikakis @WinnersSchools Greece
Govinda Panthy @SAVSchool Nepal
Jen Hollis Smith @hthehippo USA
Jennifer Fenton @Jennysfen Hong Kong
Julie Simmons @BJacketsFan USA
Karen Stadler @ICT_Integrator South Africa
Kimberley Rivett @Krivett1 New Zealand
Kyle Dunbar @edtechdunny USA
Linlin Tan @tienmimitw Taiwan
Laurie Renton @RentonL Canada
Louise Morgan @frugalteacher USA
Lu Bodeman @lu_bodeman Brasil
Rawya Shatila @rawyashatila Lebanon
Rob Sbaglia @sbaglia Australia
Stefan Nielsen @snskole Denmark
Tasha Cowdy @tashacowdy Japan
Theresa Allen @tdallen5 USA
Tina Schmidt @MrsSchmidtB4 USA
Tom Sale @TomSale United Kingdom


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Cooking for the Solomon Islands, part 2: Coconut Lime Curry Soup

Is this really something that the Solomon Islands is known for? Probably not, but I could use my freshly-made coconut milk, I like the blog I found it on, I didn’t have a lot of other options, and it sounded really good.

Game on.

Coconut Lime Curry Soup

adapted from an original recipe at SOOP: Soups of Our Planet

    • 2 tablespoons coconut oil
    • 1 cup shallots, chopped (approximately 4 large shallots)
    • 2 tablespoons fresh ginger, minced
    • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
    • 4 lbs butternut squash, peeled and chopped*
    • 4 cups vegetable stock
    • 2 cups water
    • 3 tablespoons curry powder** (divided)
    • 1 cup fresh coconut milk (or 1 can light coconut milk, store-bought)
    • juice of two limes
    • salt to taste

* peeling butternut squash: just do this. So very easy.

** curry powder: the original recipe calls for 3 tablespoons, but that really depends on your curry powder. I happen to have a pretty intense one right now, so 2 tablespoons would have been enough. What brand or blend you have on hand will also affect how much salt you will use.

image by Todd F.
image by Todd F.

  1. Heat oil in large pot or dutch oven over medium heat.
  2. Saute shallots until softened (3 to 5 minutes)
  3. Add 1 tablespoon of curry powder; stir and heat for 1 minute
  4. Add garlic and ginger, being very sure to not burn garlic – cook for another minute
  5. Add the butternut squash, making sure to stir and coat with as much of the curry mix as possible
  6. Add stock and water; bring to a boil

    image by Todd F.
    image by Todd F.
  7. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for around 30 minutes.
    1. You’re looking for the squash to be fork tender but not too mushy.
  8. When tender, transfer in batches to a blender to puree, or use an immersion blender
  9. Stir in the coconut milk, the rest of the curry, lime juice, and salt to taste.
  10. Let the flavors mingle for a few, and then serve with limes slices, fresh cilantro, or fresh basil
image by Todd F.
image by Todd F. (I have a broken leg right now, and have been craving fruit like crazy. Hence the apple garnish.)

One thought on “Cooking for the Solomon Islands, part 2: Coconut Lime Curry Soup

  1. cooksoop September 13, 2015 / 6:11 pm

    Hi Todd! Thanks for the mention! How did the soup turn out for you? I have made it again and again – it freezes really well and lends itself nicely to a refreshing starter.

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Nerves, doubts, confidence and competition – Motivation by Mark Schwab

There’s no doubt that a paramount key to coaching and helping athletes to compete and exist to their greatest potential, is assisting them in managing their thoughts. While it can be good to go inside our thinking for awareness and reflection, to stay for too long is trouble. It is especially detrimental when it comes to competition. Thinking is almost like robbing a bank. You want to get in, take what you need quickly, then get out and don’t go back for awhile. If you stay too long in the bank of your mind, it’s dangerous. You will go to prison, a self-constructed prison. Continue reading

Cobbers Go 2-1 In The Big Easy

New Orleans, La. —Led by perfect 3-0 individual records from Tom Bouressa, Josten Coleman and Kevin Fynboh, Concordia posted a 2-1 team mark at the highly competitive Gator Duals in New Orleans, La. on Sunday.

The Cobbers posted wins over Iowa colleges Simpson and No. 16-ranked Luther and lost to No.3-ranked Elmhurst (Ill.) in the one-day, three-match tournament. The 2-1 record brings Concordia’s overall season dual-meet mark to 3-3 for the year. Continue reading


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Dr. Tony Sandorfi

Dr. Tony Sandorfi is a NeuroStructural chiropractor who has been serving the Ottawa/Gatineau community for the last 20 years. NeuroStructural Correction is founded on a brain-based model that integrates functional neurology, stress physiology and mind-body medicine. Early on in his practice, Dr. Tony realized that what people needed most, was not a quick fix which would need fixing over and over again, but a holistic sustainable solution. Dr. Tony teaches people tools to empower and optimize their health and well-being. Dr. Tony’s passion is seeing his patients get permanent, long-lasting results!

When Tony’s not in the office, he’s travelling with his divine wife, Magdalena, or playing with their two dogs, Charlie the German Shepherd and Mr. Big the Yorkie.

Dr. Joe Piazza

Dr. Joe Piazza is a NeuroStructural Chiropractor who has been serving the Aurora/Newmarket, ON community for 16 years. As his life moves through different seasons, in 2018 he has chosen to move from the Toronto area to practice at The Happy Spine in Ottawa.

Dr Joe believes that: "we have been designed to adapt, grow, and evolve with an infinite number of changes in our environment. The secret to good life lies in accessing useful strategies to move with the changing experiences of our lives. We all possess all of the resources we require; we simply need to learn how to access them successfully." He is passionate about teaching these strategies through advanced healing workshops both in the office, and in conjunction with other practitioners around Ontario. Dr. Joe also enjoys producing audio and video content on wellbeing.

When Joe's not in the office, he enjoys golf, alpine skiing, cycling and hockey, as well as enjoying more relaxing pursuits such as reading (especially science-fiction and fantasy, quantum sciences, and personal growth) and crossword puzzles.


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Are you facing a fearful or frightening situation? Use these 10 Bible verses of encouragement for when you are afraid.

When Fear Happens

Have you ever had the feeling where you wake up feeling good, then you remember something terrible that’s going on in your life and the awful realization of it washes over you all over again?

That’s how I felt this morning.10 Bible Verses for When You Are Afraid

A horrible sense of stomach-sinking panic flooded over me about a current life situation.

I tend to use sleep as an escape from stress sometimes, but it’s almost worse when you have the reprieve that sleep brings, and then you have your problem come rushing back at you once again when you wake up.

We are in the midst of a move across the country from Colorado to New York, and the irony is I’m not so afraid about the move. While stressful, I’ve been able to handle that.

This fear comes from a situation we are dealing with in trying to access care for our son with special needs.

People in high places make decisions for our family, and these decisions have huge consequences. People who don’t know us sit in meetings and court rooms and decide what will happen to my son and to us. These decisions will change our lives for the next months and years.

The stress could easily become overwhelming. These are the times I find myself turning to God continually for help.

Bible Verses for Encouragement

This morning I rolled over and pulled my phone close to look at Bible verses I had been reading last night. These verses have been a source of strength to me over the last days.

I’m incredibly thankful for Christian friends who pray for me, encourage me, and continually remind me of God’s promises. Do you have these type of friends in your life? You need them.

Whatever fearful life situations you are facing, may these verses bring peace and strength to you, as they have for me.

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10 Bible Verses of Encouragement for When You Are Afraid

I love the Lord, because he has heard
    my voice and my pleas for mercy.
Because he inclined his ear to me,
    therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
The snares of death encompassed me;
    the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
    I suffered distress and anguish.
Then I called on the name of the Lord:
    “O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”

Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;
    our God is merciful.
The Lord preserves the simple;
    when I was brought low, he saved me.
Return, O my soul, to your rest;
    for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

For you have delivered my soul from death,
    my eyes from tears,
    my feet from stumbling;
I will walk before the Lord
    in the land of the living.

Psalm 116:1-8

The Lord is my light and my salvation;
    whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold[a] of my life;
    of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 27:1

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.

Genesis 50:20

The Lord is on my side; I will not fear.
    What can man do to me?

Psalm 118:6

 for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

2 Timothy 1:7

Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”

Deuteronomy 31:6

fear not, for I am with you;
    be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
    I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Isaiah 41:10

 Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled,

1 Peter 3:13-14

 The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”

Exodus 14:14

The fear of man lays a snare,
    but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.

Proverbs 29:25

 What other Bible verses of encouragement help when you are afraid?

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Limonada de Coco (Coconut Lemonade)

Treasures of Colombia: Limonada de Coco (Coconut Lemonade)

Planning to visit Colombia in the near future?

If so, I strongly recommend a typical drink known to the country’s inhabitants as Limonada de Coco (Coconut Lemonade). This cool drink, I have learned, is originated from the North Coast (La Costa) of Colombia.

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Limonada de Coco (Coconut Lemonade)

By: Stacy Ann Smith

The Northern cost consists of famous cities such as Cartagena de Indias. It is the most popular, in my opinion.

I say this because thousands of tourists, for various reasons or reasons best known to them, are lured to the location each year, making Cartagena a destination of choice. Barranquilla, Sincelejo and Santa Marta are some of the other famous and historic cities culturally.

The Costeños – people from the coast – had since time immemorial been making their lemonade using the same ingredients. In fact, their version of lemonade so to speak is novel compared to lemonade made by the citizens of my country – Jamaica.

For example, the ingredients that are consistent with the making of ours in Jamaica and other English-speaking Caribbean nations consists of lime or lemon juice, water and brown or white sugar.

For me personally, this new way of making lemonade – Coconut Lemonade – seemed strange at first, as it relates to how lemonade is made here in Colombia. If you should visit any restaurant in Colombia and you order lemonade, you would be asked “en agua o leche?” (in water or milk?)

Yes, I said it…Milk!

Lemonade Colombian style is made with the following ingredients, (plain water or coconut milk. Here limonada de coco, can also be found in any high-end or local restaurants or even on the beach. But to my surprise, it is not considered Colombian street food. It is sold never on the streets because this lovely tasting drink is considered to be gourmet lemonade.

Permit me to reiterate, this drink consists of coconut milk, green lime juice, sugar, coconut cream, and ice.

Of course, there are different versions of the making of this beverage. It can be made watery or like a smoothie, by using a blender and ice. At times, this drink is served with the coconut shavings (grated coconut) or without the shavings. Again it depends on the person making the beverage, the choices of the purchaser or the region in which it is being made.

Limonada de Coco (Coconut Lemonade)
If I were to equate the Colombia lemonade with one of our indigenous drinks in Jamaica, it would be in my opinion like the Soursop juice, because it too can be made with either milk or water, with or without its pulp.

The limonada de Coco is not really consumed at home, that is to say, it’s not homemade as the normal lemonade.

People usually order Limonada de Coco when they are hanging out at the beach, lyming with friends at a hotel bar, having a dinner or cocktail party or just having Sunday brunch at a restaurant.

However, I challenge you to blend these ingredients at home on a hot sunny day or one Sunday evening whilst preparing the good ole Sunday rice and peas.

Being gourmet, the limonada de Coco differs in price to the normal lemonade (which is made without coconut milk). The price of limonada de Coco ranges between fifteen to twenty-five thousand Pesos (15000 – 25000 COP), which is anywhere between five hundred to a thousand Jamaican dollars ($500 – $1000 JMD).

According to the caliber of restaurant that one may visit, the normal lemonade has a fixed price of four thousand pesos (4000 COP), which is equal to just one hundred and fifty-eight Jamaican dollars ($158 JMD).

In this video I am in an exclusive restaurant here in Villavicencio city called Cocos Gourmet, enjoying among other things the famous and refreshing Limonada de Coco.

So enjoy this Lemonade Colombian Style!

Stacey Ann Smith is from Kingston, Jamaica.  She is an alumnus of Camperdown High School and she graduated from The Shortwood Teachers’ College having earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Modern Languages, Spanish and French. Presently, Stacey is an English teacher at a University, in Columbia.  She describes herself as a vivacious and loving person who also has a passion for traveling, taking pictures, her son Nicholas and Ashley, her adorable feline.

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Savory Bubble Loaf

6 Jan

3 to 3- 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

2 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast

1 ¼ cups milk

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 egg

1/3 cup butter, melted

2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese

1 tablespoon sesame seeds

1 teaspoon garlic salt

½ teaspoon paprika

In a large bowl combine 1 ½ cups flour, sugar, salt and yeast. In a small saucepan, heat milk and oil to 130 degrees on candy thermometer. Add warm liquid and egg to flour mixture, stir until moist and beat with mixer on medium speed, 3 minutes. Remove bowl from mixer and stir in by hand additional 1 ¼ to 1 ½ cups of flour until dough pulls cleanly away from sides of bowl. On a floured surface, knead in ¼ to ½ cup flour, until dough is smooth and elastic, 2 to 4 minutes. Place dough in a greased bowl covered loosly with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 45 to 60 minutes.

Punch dough down several times to remove all air bubbles. Divide dough into 16 equal pieces and shape into balls. Dip each ball into melted butter and place half the balls into a ungreased 12 cup bundt pan forming 1 layer. Combine topping ingredients and sprinkle half over the layer of balls. Dip and place other half of balls to form a second layer. Pour remaining butter over balls and sprinkle with remaining topping. Cover and let rise in a warm place until double in size, about 35 to 45 minutes.

Heat oven to 375 degrees

Uncover dough and bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 5 minutes, then remove from pan.

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A Ducky Day Out

I think it’s fun to act like tourists in our home city once in a while. It helps me avoid taking in the city’s beauty for granted.

Hubby and I passed by Marina Square the other week and saw a Duck Tour bus drive by. Why not take BB on a little tour of the Singapore sights? we thought. In case you don’t know what a Duck Tour bus is, it’s like any other tour bus except for the vehicle itself — the bus can drive on land and float on water (hence the name “duck”). Apparently these amphibious buses originated in World War II. According to The Atlantic: “The name DUKW derived from military equipment coding: D stood for the year of production (1942); U denoted its amphibious quality; K indicated front-wheel drive capability; W rear-wheel drive. Unsurprisingly, they just became known as ‘ducks.'”

A DUKW tour splashing in the water

We booked our Captain Explorer DUKW tour online through City Tours. Toddlers are charged S$2 (paid in person when you collect your tickets). The collection and meet-up point is at Marina Square Shopping Mall, with some conveniently placed kiddie rides opposite in case your little bub gets bored waiting to board.

The week leading up to our tour, BB couldn’t stop talking about it. “Sakay duck toi” (“Ride duck tour”) he declared at every opportunity — which made it ironic that as soon as we got on the bus, he started agitating to get off. 😅 I thought I had to forgo our S$28/person ticket fee, but he thankfully relaxed when the bus started moving (and the sights started to get interesting).

While the noise of the engine revving up may have had something to do with his initial fear, I think the tour guide’s crappy sound system (the constant microphone feedback was painful to hear!) and insistence on playing the PPAP song on loop was much, much worse. We had to endure her most of the ride. 😒

Thankfully — the sights more than made up for the sounds.

We had seen these landmarks before, but it was ours and BB’s first time to see them from a boat in the bay. (Hubby and I had taken a river cruise on a bum boat a few years ago, but only got as far as the Merlion.)

I had never seen the underside of the Helix Bridge before…

BB also got to see my office from afar…

He was delightfully engaged for most of the ride, pointing out the buildings, the Ferris wheel, the dragon boats, and even the taxis we spotted when we were still a little close to land. He loved the big wet splash the bus made when we entered the water.

We saw the following landmarks on the tour:

1. Marina Bay
2. Marina Barrage
3. Marina Bay Sands
4. Gardens on the Bay
5. Merlion
6. Helix Bridge
7. Floating Stadium
8. Marina Bay Financial Centre
9. Singapore Flyer
10. Fullerton Hotel

I suppose a positive for travelers taking the bus alone is that the noisy tour guide is more than happy to take photos. She also does the tour in both English and Chinese.

Before going back to Marina Square the DUKW tour bus also drove by The National Museum, St. Andrew’s Cathedral, and The Cenotaph, a war memorial honoring the WWI and WWII dead.

While it was an experience riding a DUKW tour bus I’ll probably recommend the Singapore River Cruise bum boats as a better option for cruising with toddlers — it’s quieter too!

That said, we got off at Marina Square hungry for some Wee Nam Kee chicken rice, fully satisfied with the little slice of Singapore we got to see that day.

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5 Sites to Try When You're Too Cynical for Mindfulness

We live in a world that is often too noisy and too fast. Social media bombards us with one frightening headline after another, advertises things we don’t need or want but feel pressured to own, reminds us of memories we might not actually want dredged up and encourages us to share all our thoughts and feelings for the world to see.

Personally, I have started to find I feel more anxious sharing my thoughts rather than keeping them inside. Suddenly, everything is too sensitive a topic, or an apparently deliberate shout for attention, or seen by older generations as an “excuse” or “laziness.” Sometimes it seems like everything needs to be explained now, every new friend placated, every piece of advice offered, taken.

That’s exhausting.

Sometimes, you need to just stop.

However, even stopping has become a maze of trendy options. From mindfulness to daily journaling apps to carving out time for yoga. Not everyone has time for that. And more importantly, not everyone has the energy or motivation. Anxiety can knock you flat in the middle of a report at work, or while on the bus to school — and then where are you meant to spread your yoga mat?

If you can’t tell already, I’m a bit of a cynic. In fact, I’m a huge cynic. I find affirmations patronizing and exhausting, exercise ineffective (and yes, I did try it for more than a week) and mindfulness and gratitude a bit self-indulgent sometimes. Don’t get me wrong, I am a huge believer in people trying everything and anything to keep anxious thoughts at bay, and the above is entirely my personal opinion, having tried those options and found them useless for me.

I know I can’t be the only cynic out there.

So during a particularly bad bout of insomnia and restlessness, I put together a list of sites that have genuinely helped me in the past to find my center and return to being a functional human being. Sort of.

These sites help me out a lot, and I use them regularly. Some need headphones, though most don’t, and all of them can be done at work on a break, on your computer, tablet or phone, without putting yourself out too much.

I hope these help out my fellow cynics, and anyone looking for something new to help them ground themselves.

1. Hatnote Listen to Wikipedia

If Wikipedia is a place you just can’t leave be, then this is a perfect link for you. Responding to every update, edit and new post on the endlessly collaborative site, Hatnote turns these into soft sounds akin to the strum of a guitar. This is perfect for people who enjoy a bit of white noise in their day to quiet a busy mind, as there is no predictable pattern for this site whatsoever.

2. A list of the “the most relaxing tunes ever

Sometimes, just tones are enough to rewire our minds to a more settled and comfortable place. If plucking and strumming are a bit too hard to handle on a sensory overload day, I would recommend this link, for sure. For people like me, who sometimes find themselves feeling somewhat cynical in regards to guided meditation, something like this is absolutely perfect. Look up the songs on the list, put those headphones on, find somewhere comfortable to sit and let the sound ease you back to a good mood.

3. The Quiet Place

The Quiet Place is probably the least invasive (while still being entirely interactive) minimalist site I’ve ever been on. It guides you through three minutes of being entirely unplugged, and reminds you of things we tend to take for granted in our fast-paced world. There is calming music for those who prefer it, but it can be turned off for those that just need a genuine “quiet place.” This entire project is a gift, and I highly recommend checking it out when you’ve the mindset and time for it.

4. The Thoughts Room

Part of the same incredible project as The Quiet Room, this is a place to go when you need to let out your thoughts and feelings, but don’t feel like you want anyone to actually respond. This site allows you to type out anything you like and watch your angry words, or your sad words, become glittering stars before they fade away and leave you alone.

5. Build A Galaxy

For the inner artist in all of us. A site that asks for nothing but a click of a mouse to create galaxies of your choosing, in any color, pattern, design or complexity. It lets you save your creations to show others later, too.

Whatever mood we’re in, regardless of how cynical or positive we are, and whatever way we find to express ourselves, sometimes we just need a place — or several — to sit quietly and find ourselves again. Feel free to share your go-to sites in the comments and help spread the peace.

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Home > Devotions > The Daily Lectionary – August 3, 2016

Judges 3:12–30; Acts 1:1–14; Matthew 27:45–54

In the beginning of Luke’s second volume, the Acts of the Apostles, we read Jesus’ command to the disciples that they should stay in Jerusalem and wait for the promise of the Father: the gift of his Holy Spirit. In the power of the Spirit they would be his witnesses to the ends of the earth. But what should they do while they waited? Should they do it alone or together?

Verse 14 says, “All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.” Here is our answer. While we wait, we pray together. What do we pray for? In this case, the disciples had been told they would receive the power of the Holy Spirit to be witnesses of what they had seen and heard and experienced of Jesus their Savior and Lord. So their conversation with God would be about that: asking God to prepare them in every way to be ready to submit to his Holy Spirit, that they could be used as his instrument to tell others the marvelous story of salvation, about God’s free gift of eternal life.

Prayer: Gracious Father, thank you for your power in us, your Holy Spirit. Amen.

Today’s devotion was written by David Hefner, Pastor of Shiloh Lutheran Church in Hickory, NC.

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The Invisible Heart

Economics and Family Values

A brilliant new approach to the economics of caregiving, from the MacArthur Award–winning economist

There has been much talk about family values in recent years, but little examination of the economic forces that are exploding family life and limiting the caregiving that families can provide. As Folbre points out in her provocative and insightful new book, every society must confront the problem of balancing self-interested pursuits with care for others—including children, the elderly, and the infirm. Historically, most societies enjoyed an increased supply of care by maintaining strict limits on women’s freedom. But as these limits happily and inevitably give way, there are many consequences for those who still need care.

Using the image of “the invisible heart” to evoke the forces of compassion that must temper the forces of self-interest, Folbre argues that if we don’t establish a new set of rules defining our mutual responsibilities for caregiving, the penalties suffered by the needy—our very families—will increase. Intensified economic competition may drive altruism and families out of business.

A leading feminist economist, Nancy Folbre writes in a lively, personal style—Molly Ivins cheek-to-cheek with John Kenneth Galbraith—and develops a distinctive approach to the economics of care. Unlike others who praise family values, Folbre acknowledges the complicated relationship between women and altruism. Her book offers new interpretations of such policy issues as welfare reform, school finance, and progressive taxation, and it confronts the challenges of globalization, outlining strategies for developing an economic system that rewards both individual achievement and care for others.

News and Reviews

New Press author Nancy Folbre to be recognized by the National Employment Law Project

On April 30, the National Employment Law Project (NELP) will honor economist and writer Nancy Folbre, U.S.

Books by Nancy Folbre

Field Guide to the U.S. Economy
A Compact and Irreverent Guide to Economic Life in America

Jonathan Teller-Elsberg, Nancy Folbre, James Heintz

The War on the Poor
A Defense Manual

Nancy Folbre, Randy Albelda

Saving State U
Why We Must Fix Public Higher Education

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Miami’s sunsets are beautiful, because science.

Miami doesn’t have mountains, but man does it have a killer sky. In the past few weeks our sunsets have been out of control, crazy beautiful.

We asked the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) what determines whether a sunset is going to be “meh” or “oh my god.” Here’s the “Sunsets for dummies” explanation:

Clean air is the main ingredient

You might have heard that pollution is the real cause of our gorgeous sunsets, but if that were true then New York, Los Angeles, London, and Mexico City would probs have the most beautiful skies ever. But they don’t. That’s because when there’s a ton of pollution, it dulls the sky’s colors instead of enhancing them. Myth busted.

The colors are made by a scattering of light

Light waves (Courtesy of NASA) Here’s how it works. There are a bunch of tiny air molecules in the sky. When the sunlight hits these air molecules, it bounces off of them and scatters. That’s why the sky is blue. Blue light waves are shorter than any other ones so they get hit more by air molecules and scatter more.

Imagine a beam of white light being full of all five of these waves. As the sun gets lower, it’s going through more of the atmosphere, so those blue waves that are easy targets for air molecules are getting scattered and re-scattered, and knocked out of the way. That makes the reds, oranges, and yellows easier to get hit and scattered, and easier to see for us.

Those evening thunderstorms are key

The late afternoon and early evening thunderstorms create nice cloud debris that help scatter the light, creating brilliant varied hues. But it also creates patterns where the sun’s rays are peeking out of the clouds. Clouds can linger anywhere from 15 minutes to hours after the storm, depending on the day and type of storm, so there’s no real way to approximate how soon after a storm a beautiful sunset will follow. But if there are some clouds in the sky, it’ll be a beaut, that’s for sure.

Fall and winter are the best times to see them

Walking around Miami in the summer, we know that the air circulation is not happening. That’s why summer sunsets don’t compare to the fall or winter ones. Fall officially started on Sept. 22, but the day just before that, Miami was hit with one of the most beautiful sunsets we’ve seen in awhile. Social media was going nuts over it. Part of that is because the fall brings more air circulation, and more scattering of the light.


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This hacker is porting the original Google Maps app to iOS 6, shows it can be done [Video]

At a time when the Apple Maps and Google Maps brouhaha is being discussed by everyone everywhere, one iOS hacker offers a glimpse at a temporary solution. While iOS 6 users wait for either Apple to hire engineers to fix all the issues, for Google to stop focusing just on Android and save the day, or for Microsoft to wake up and smell the coffee, Ryan Petrich has a video that shows Google Maps running on iOS 6.

Before you watch, Petrich would like to apologize for the poor video quality as he says “YouTube mangles source video if it’s less than a certain width.” While the iOS hacker hasn’t revealed how he pulled off the feat, the video’s description does offer a bit more detail:

Preview of the old Google Maps application from iOS5.1 and earlier running on an iPhone 3G S updated to iOS 6.0

Still crashy and cannot be distributed to the public yet, but it mostly works :)

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We thus know the Google Maps app in question is unsurprisingly from previous versions of iOS. More importantly, Petrich hints at the fact that he would like to release it to the public, once he gets it working properly.

Given that the iPhone 5 has already fallen to hackers, it would not surprise me if this port is released on the Cydia Store for jailbroken devices in the near future. If Apple Maps doesn’t get its act together soon, Cupertino will have created a very good reason for Apple users to jailbreak their devices.

I have contacted Petrich for more information. I will update you if and when I hear back.

Update at 3:00PM EST: As I thought, jailbreaking your iOS 6 is required.

Update at 4:00PM EST: Petrich has shared more information about the hack with The Next Web. He’s run into some issues and thus doesn’t have a release date:

Currently it requires binaries from both an older 5.1 SDK and an older 5.1 version of iOS and is thus not redistributable. This issue was solved in the earlier “Spire” project I worked on with Grant Paul by building an installer that had the device fetch the appropriate files directly from Apple’s CDN, but it’s not clear that a similar approach would work here. There is no timeline on when it might be ready as I’m not certain this can be overcome.

Also, I’ve only gone through the effort to support the official Maps app and not the in-app MapKit views that are used in Foursquare and other apps. If the redistribution problem can be solved, I intend to add an option to bridge embedded map views over as well.

If you’re wondering who Grant Paul is, he’s another iOS hacker. His most recent achievement was yesterday, when he jailbroke the iPhone 5.

See also: Apple: Maps is a “major initiative…the more people use it, the better it will get”

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Black Sabbath – “God Is Dead?”

Black Sabbath returns with their first new CD with Ozzy on vocals since Never Say Die.  The first song that they dropped on the world is the track that starts Hour 2 this week, “God Is Dead?”.   If you haven’t heard the CD yet and you like the music that we play here on the Noize Faktory then you must get it in gear and pick up 13.  My favorite track on the CD is “Damaged Soul”, but I really enjoyed the entire thing from start to finish, and the deluxe edition features 3 bonus tracks that are just as strong as everything on the CD.

Here is the video that the band put together for the track “God Is Dead?”, enjoy the macabre!

Black Sabbath – “God Is Dead?” – Official Video


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The Notepad is old and grody

‘No Audio Output Device Is Installed’ — Vista Error

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So, just tonight, my laptop suddenly decided it had no sound. The speaker icon in the tray had a red X over it and hovering over it produced a little error message: “No Audio Output Device Is Installed”. This is of course surprising since I’d had audio before, and no service packs or new drivers had been installed anytime recently (they were all up to date already). A look inside Device Manager confirmed that I did in fact have drivers installed and they were working properly. A little searching confirmed that this issue was not uncommon. I finally tried the first likely fix I found, buried in this CNET post, and it worked. Essentially, the problem is the result of some kind of conflict between the modem and sound card drivers. I uninstalled both drivers in the Device Manager (do not select the option to “remove from system” or anything like that if given the choice) and restarted the machine. After the restart, Windows found the both devices and automatically reinstalled the drivers for them, and everything was working perfectly. Yay!


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Life in South Korea

Archive for November 2008

Drinking in Korea

November 26, 2008

Drinking in Korea is very different from drinking back home.  At least traditional drinking is.   Obviously Korea has its student bars which are pretty much the same as back home (except with a noticeable lack of foosball tables).  But real Korean drinking is one of the most complex social activities I’ve ever been a part of.   I […]

On Being a Teacher

November 22, 2008

  The Basics I guess it’s about time I actually wrote about my job a little bit.   First of all, here are the basics.  I’m teaching 16 different classes from Grade 3 to Grade 6.  Every class is 40 minutes long, and I teach 5 classes on Monday, 6 on Tuesday, 5 on Wednesday and […]

What is this Bullshit???

November 19, 2008

If I wanted snow in November I would’ve gone to teach in Alberta!  This is ridiculous.  What makes this worse is that everybody told me it wouldn’t snow until way later, if at all. Here’ s a conversation I had less than a week ago with the administrator who drives me to school everyday  (Mr. […]

Hiking in Korea

November 16, 2008

I figured I’d make the first “real” post in this blog about one of the biggest perks about living Jeonju – hiking.   Living near the mountains means I have a chance to do quite a bit of hiking, and I’ve taken advantage of that chance a few times.  Since it’s fall here, the scenery is […]

Help me Decorate!

November 16, 2008

Hey folks. I need your help decorating my place!  After being here for a few weeks, I’m getting sick at looking at blank walls all the time.  So I’ve decided that my wall decorations are going to be photos (since posters are in short supply here.  English posters anyway.)  So I’ve had some photos printed […]

And then there was blog…

November 15, 2008

Hey everybody. Welcome to my Jeonju blog (my city in South Korea).  First of all, I should get it out there that I hate blogs and almost everyone who has one  (What makes you so freakin’ interesting that you feel the need to write down every painful detail?).  Does this make me a hypocrite?  Of […]


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High Street- fashion shoot

How was your Easter!? Mine was really epic! I thought that today I would share with you some interesting images from a shoot I did with my friends just before the Easter holidays!

Here’s a mashup between high fashion couture and street wear. Pretty cool don’t you think : D?

Model Laura Ballin wears a mash up of Alex Sims, Ella Drayson and Diyana Kossi with other branded street wear styled by Cameron Taylor and the aforementioned. Photography by Hayley Pease and Mua/hair by Jane Chiu (me) : ]!

Hope you liked these! So theres an idea for next time you wanna tone down your outfit and add a bit of spunk but keepin it classy!

All the best!

Don’t forget to visit me at:

Janey xx

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Is there hope for a town called York?

I visited the WA country town of York last weekend for the first time in probably 12 or so years.

Not much had changed, except that it probably looked a little more run down than I remembered.

The point is, not much had changed.

I took my wife, who hadn’t been there before. It was a great ride on the motorbike.

She summed it up, saying it looked like a half-deserted wild set town. Apt description. There weren’t any tumbleweeds, though there could have been, as the surrounding country was dry and dusty.

The district’s farmers are obviously doing it tough and this impacts on the economy, notably the town’s businesses. The Imperial Hotel is for sale. It has been for about a year. Another relatively newly-renovated establishment has gone broke.

York was in the news two weeks ago, with local businesses complaining the local council wasn’t helping them to attract tourists. The council said it wanted to see a plan. Fair enough.

One local businesswoman I talked with has been there for 18 months, but she still hasn’t got an online presence. Alarm bells.

If she’s typical of the businesses in York, then what hope?

I pointed out some of the wares she could be selling on line and how she should go about it (Facebook and Twitter for a start). I gave her my card, which shows me as a marketing communications professional with a PhD.

She didn’t get it and didn’t want to know much, saying she’d ask her daughter.

I wasn’t trying to pitch to her, merely offer advice, which she didn’t seem interested in.

God helps those who help themselves, so they say. But I doubt whether she’s going to get much help from above.

Like I said, I hope this isn’t typical of the town. If it is, heaven help York.

Australia vulnerable to “desperate” world, says Salt

Western Australia could find itself at the centre of growing international tension over its mineral wealth. And governments aren’t prepared.

Leading Australian demographer Bernard Salt made the prediction at a forum of WA Vocational Educational Trainers in Perth this week.

“The world wants and needs what we have, and there’s going to be a made scramble for all of these things,” Salt said.

“We have what the world wants. That makes us valuable, but also vulnerable.”

Alarmingly, the scramble will come sooner than later.

“Most people are predicting this will happen around 2070, but I think it will come by 2020,” said Salt, who was addressing 200 VET industry representatives in a forum sponsored by the Department of Workforce Training and Development.

“For me, this is the biggest issue facing Australia, and governments are doing nothing about it.

“Look at where our military presence is. We have Lavarack Barracks in Townsville. It was built in the sixties. What’s it protecting now? We have Robertson Barracks in Darwin, which was expanded during the East Timor crisis.

“But there’s no military assets of note between Darwin and Perth – an area that contains pretty much all of Australia’s wealth – about $43 million worth of gas and oil.

“The Chinese have already demonstrated they need the raw materials. Gorgon was about China shoring up its assets.”

Salt was quietly scathing of government inaction, saying while we had aligned ourselves militarily with the US, we expect our financial support to come from China.

“China is now the emerging power, but it remains to be seen how governments deal with the dilemma.”

Salt called for a massive boost to infrastructure, including a larger military presence with at least 5000 soldiers, and a regional town of 150,000.

“It only makes sense to put the military hardware where you are most exposed.

“This is the biggest issue confronting us.”

Time for a save water campaign

If ever there was a time for PR to demonstrate it’s value, it’s here in Western Australia.

In Perth we’re all sitting around in t-shirts. The dams are at 39 per cent capacity. There has been no rain this year. Indeed, for at least the past five or six years we’ve had exceedingly dry winters. Global what?

I reckon it’s about time the Water Corporation campaigned to ban all lawn watering. If ever there was a waste of water, this is it. After all, lawn is a weed.


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Home / National and Metro News / Police Confirm Kidnap Of Governor Wike’s Aide

Police Confirm Kidnap Of Governor Wike’s Aide

The Police Command in Rivers has confirmed the kidnap of Dr. Anugbom Anuoha, the Special Adviser to Gov. Nyesom Wike on Lands and Survey by unknown gunmen in military uniform.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, made the confirmation in a statement in Port Harcourt on Friday.

Omoni said that the incident took place on Thursday at about 8:30 pm at an unnamed hotel in Port Harcourt, the state capital. “This is unfortunate and as a command we are touched by this development and will go all out to ensure his speedy and timely release.

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The Road to Delphi

Delphi – Free Pascal – Oxygene

Is Your Delphi IDE Hot or Not? – Introducing the Delphi IDE Theme Editor

UPDATE : Visit the new page of the project to check the new features.

The last weekend I was working in a new project called Delphi IDE Theme Editor. this tool allow to change the Delphi (Rad studio) color settings.
the application was written using Delphi XE and the Unicode SynEdit components.

Here some features

  • Supports Delphi 7, 2005, BDS/Turbo 2006 and RAD Studio 2007, 2009, 2010, XE
  • Can import Visual Studio Themes 2003,2008,2010 (.vssettings)
  • You can revert any changes made to the IDE pressing the button “Set default theme values for selected IDE”
  • 35 themes are included, ready to use in your Delphi IDE.

Screenshot of the application

Look the dephi IDE

check this video to see how the application set a new theme to Delphi IDE

See how the tool can import a Visual Studio Theme (.vssettings) and apply this style to Delphi IDE.

some tips

  • Check the site studiostyles to get a lot of themes which you can import to the Delphi IDE.
  • If your system does not have the Consolas font installed you can download the Consolas Font Pack for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or 2008 from here

In the next days I will publish the full the source code and the technical details of the tool, so stay tuned.

Let me know If you have any suggestion or comments to improve the application.

Download the application from here

Author: Rodrigo

Just another Delphi guy.

56 thoughts on “Is Your Delphi IDE Hot or Not? – Introducing the Delphi IDE Theme Editor

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  2. I think it would be nice to have as a feature to click anywhere on the preview syntax highlighter and modify that particular attribute.

    And since you’re using SynEdit, I think it should have a GetHighlighterAttriAtRowCol function which gives you details as to what the attribute at specified XY is.

    Otherwise a really nice tool. Something which Delphi has lacked.

  3. Wow, great work! I think you are the guy who answered my quenstion about that on stackoverflow, right? As soon as you publish the source code and if you allow me, i’d like to create a delphi addon based on your code. Are you going to published that on the GPL license?

  4. Great work, was looking already for something similar :-)

  5. Export theme to visual studio would be nice ;-)

  6. Just curious… What theme you personally use?

    • Before to write this tool i use a variation of this theme , now i use the imported version of the ocean vs theme located here.

      • Would I be wishing too much asking you to share it? I like to see what developers are using, many times I find something that help me so much. Thanks for your work in this application it is very useful. :)

        • lol. Sorry, I misunderstood your comment. I thought that you said you used a ocean versus that theme… And you mean you used a VS theme… lol

  7. Very nice. Maybe you could have it also import the themes from Notepad++

  8. Hola Rodrigo.
    Fantástico trabajo como siempre. estaría bien que la gente pudiera compartir sus temas y así crear una biblioteca.

    Un saludo.

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  10. Muy buena herramienta para personalizacion del IDE. Hay alguna manera de modificar el lado izquierdo (ahi donde estan los numeros de linea)?, he probado de todo y es lo unico que no pude cambiar.

  11. Looks really great. Downloading now. The ability to load themes like you can in VS is something I really missed in Delphi. Thanks for adding it.

  12. I would like to use you tool, but I use a custom profile (it makes a separate registry key) and you changes have no effect. Can you support specifying a custom profile. Or can you at least tell me where in the registry you make changes so I can port them to the custom profile. Thanks

  13. Ok found the reg file the tool makes and made the registry path changed. But it would be nice to be able to specify that inside the application. It is just a string that you then use instead of BDS for Delphi 2006 for instance.

    A lot of tools I have seen (including GExperts) forget about custom profiles.

  14. I have been using it for a little bit now and you’ve done a great job. Two comments/suggestions.

    1) I wish there was a “Save As…” option so that I could easily save changes from one theme as a new theme. This would allow me to use an existing theme as a baseline for others.

    2) It would be nice if the Themes Listview was anchored so that it could grow vertically as the main form’s height was increased. There are a lot of themes for such a small viewable area of the list.

    Thanks again for a nice add-on that should have been part of Delphi for years.

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  16. Very nice job. That was really missing.
    Would be great maybe to add the ability to import themes from a few more guis other then that nicely done congrats!

  17. Hi, this is a great tool which has been sorely lacking in Delphi. Thank you for making this available for us.

    I don’t want to be negative, but I clicked the “Import current IDE theme from registry” button, and when I select the newly imported theme in the Themes list, I get the error message:

    Error loading values of current theme – Message: “” is not a valid integer value: Trace

    Am I doing something wrong or can I fix this manually in the xml file?

    • Jon, thanks for your comments and feedback, report a bug is not be negative don’t worry about that. the idea is test the application to improve the quality of the tool. I will check your issue. stay tuned. ;)

  18. Brilliant … I’ve been using [not recently] ColorIDE which was written for a much older version of Delphi by Andrew Rybenkov.

    Thanks for this!!

  19. My eyesight thanks you! :)

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  22. It will be really useful if your program will be able to set a color to ‘Default’ as Delphi IDE does.

  23. No me funciona en delphi 7

  24. Error loading values of current theme-message: Cadena calse no valida, ProgID:”Msxml2.DOMDocument.6.0″: Trace (000965CB)[004975CB] y mas de estos numeros….

    Me pueden ayudar, me parece muy buen aporte el Delphi IDE Theme Editor, pero no me funciona…..

  25. Brilliant application. You’ve just made my day :) Thank you.

  26. Download link dead, please fix.

  27. Awesome. Just import my colors from VS2008 and it’s easy to switch now.
    PS. Fix “can’t load multi-bla-bla-bla”. Visual Studio settings can’t be importet if there more that one:

  28. Fantastic , thanks a lot

  29. File not found on Dropbox……..

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The Asparagus Response

I’ve been lucky in the sense that, for the most part, my children like vegetables. Well, “like” may be a strong term. Most vegetables they… permit. Broccoli is, believe it or not, high up on the requested vegetable list. For those of you with children, you know what a rarity that is. The one vegetable that I enjoy is asparagus. Of course, that is the one vegetable the kids hate. That means that it is not one I get to enjoy very often. Sometimes I will try to slip it in there when we open the floor for requests, “How about asparagus tonight? We haven’t had that in a while”, making a feeble attempt to win some enthusiasm for the doomed veggie. My request is met every time with the same response, unanimous eye-rolls followed by a resounding “UGH”.

Earlier this month I was sitting through a site-specific safety orientation that lasted just over four hours. Being a safety professional, not much of the information was new to me but I never let that drive me to complacency. As the class began and I switched into “eager student” mode, the instructor began by introducing himself and provided a brief background. He concluded the intro by informing us all (about 40) in the class that he was, “going to provide information that, if used properly, could potentially save your life”. No sooner had the words left his mouth when the two Gentlemen seated on either side of me rolled their eyes and let out a slightly audible, “UGH”.

It is shocking to me that there are responsible adults in the world that feel the same way about being given tools to avoid injury and death as my five-year-old feels about asparagus. These people are a double hazard because if they have such little regard for their own safety, do you think they are concerned with anyone else’s? Let’s change the parameters a bit. Do you think those two gentlemen would have had the same response if the instructor had announced that after the four-hour class, every attendee would receive one million dollars? I’m willing to bet with that kind of reward, they could extend the class to four days and no one would complain. Is your life not worth a million dollars? I say it’s worth much, much more than that. There is nothing more valuable than your life. If not to you then to the people that love you. My point is this… When someone is providing you safety information that could keep you from harm and potentially save your life, savor every single word. You are worth it. If you are offered asparagus and don’t like it, opt for broccoli… or give it to me. I’ll eat it.

Be safe out there.

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Friday, December 28, 2007

Shepard Family Reunion Planned

Hello Shepard Family and Friends,

For members and friends of the Shepard Family (descendants of William and Bura Shepard, their families, friends, and any other interested persons)...

This is your reminder that next year, on Saturday July 19, 2008, there will be a Shepard Family reunion in Anacortes, Washington, and you are invited! Barbara Shepard will be sending out a formal invitation to everyone in coming weeks (at least everyone for whom she has a physical address) and will provide more details. I know next summer is a long way off, but I'd like to keep you all informed of the progress with periodic posts like this one as we look forward to next summer.

Also I would like to offer a family picture or two with each post, and share some interesting facts about our Shepard family. Like this...

Fascinating Family Fact: Did you know that our part of the Shepard family began with two people, William Shepard (1888-1976) and Bura Davis Shepard (1896-1986), but now encompasses a family tree with over 60 individual branches?

Family Faces: With this post are two pictures: One of William and Bura's wedding picture, dated June 1915 (the oldest family picture that I have); and the other is a recent picture of Elmer Shepard and his son Dane, and Dane's two children, Kaylan and Nathan, of Oklahoma City. Thanks to Dane for sending me this picture! Do others of you have a family picture you would be willing to share with family members?

Have a wonderful New Year!
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