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Note: Before listening to the episode, complete Week 1 in your study and download this listening sheet. In today's episode, Christine kicks off her Bible study, Seek First the Kingdom, with an overview of the kingdom of God in Scripture, from Genesis to Revelation. If you'd like to participate in the study, order your workbook at the links below. LIFEWAYAMAZONBooks mentioned in the teaching: God's Big Picture by Vaughan Roberts // Worthy: Celebrating the Value of Women by Elyse Fitzpatrick and Eric SchumacherREVIEW BY FAITH ON ITUNESCONNECT Connect with ChristineWebsite // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Sign up for Christine's monthly newsletterMusic for By Faith was created by The Silver PagesArtwork for By Faith was created by Reed Harmon

Last week FingerLakes1.com reported on the stories of those at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, who felt that administrators fell short in protecting them during the pandemic. After a relatively quiet first semester in the fall- a number of issues bubbled to the surface in the first two months of 2021. On Thursday, Robb Flowers, VP for Campus Life at HWS joined Ted Baker on Finger Lakes Morning News to talk about issues raised in the story. Listen to that conversation below. Editor's Note: Before publishing the original story we reached out to HWS Communications for comment on the issues at play. In addition, we provided HWS with any opportunity they desired to respond- whether it be written, spoken, or otherwise. We did not hear back from them about fulfilling that request after the story was published.

Tulsi is a beautiful aromatic plant with strong medicinal qualities. In this interview with organic farmer Alena Steen of Night Heron Farm we learn how to propagate, grow, harvest, and utilize this lovely and revered plant.  Tulsi is native to India where it is known as Holy Basil. Tulsi is an adaptogen- a plant medicine that helps us with stressors of all kinds. In this episode Alena shares her favorite ways to use Tulsi in tea, tinctures, herbal honey, and skin care. We learn about annual and perennial Tulsi, how to harvest and dry the leaves and flowers, and why Tulsi is an excellent ally for our times. We also talk about why Tulsi is Alena's number one herb to grow for beginning gardeners. Alena Steen grew up in the deciduous jungles of the Southeast US and has spent the last decade as an organic farmer and  native plant gardener. Alena and her partner Danny grow herbs and flowers at Night Heron Farm where they run an Herbal and Flower CSA.  ​Alena and Danny believe that growing and producing local medicine is their way to contribute to a more just and  sustainable world, where healthcare is centered first within ourselves. They hope through their work to connect folks more firmly to the magic of plants. Learn more at NightHeronFarm.org.  Note: Before consuming herbs, especially on a regular basis, be sure to research or talk to your doctor and make sure that the herb is safe for you. Tulsi may be contraindicated if you have low blood sugar or are on blood-thinning medications. 

Our guest today has a BA of Education and Psychology and after a few years of teaching, Kayleigh returned to college to earn her Doctorate in Attahment and Infant Mental Health,Now working as an Educational and Child Psychologist, Kayleigh chats to us about her journey, and how she ended up where she is today. We ask Kayleigh about her thoughts on Early Intervention, Anxiety, Behavioural Strategies and Infant Mental Health, and discuss strategies Early Years Educators can implement in the classroom to help the children feel happy and secure.Our guest today, is the knowledgeable, Kayleigh Sheerin.Note*Before we begin this chat - please note that all opinions and views expressed are our own and are not associated or affiliated with any organisation or institution.*

A sales plan or sales strategy can be the difference between an organization merely surviving and a company exceeding all sales objectives.  With so many ups and downs this year, as well as company pivots and new long-term strategies, sales planning is more important than ever.   Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to be a born leader to devise a master marketing plan or hit your sales objectives. The best sales manager isn't measured by how many degrees they have or accolades received. They are molded through their years of experience.  As the host of The Modern Selling Podcast, I relish the opportunity to speak to successful sales leaders from all sides of the spectrum. This week is no exception, as I speak to Remy Piazza, Chief Sales Officer of Bureau Veritas of North America. Bureau Veritas is a global testing inspection and certification company. They test everything from the food we eat and the water we drink to airplanes that we’ll eventually go back to when we travel.  The 4 Pillars for a Successful Sales Plan In this episode, Remy and I discuss the four pillars for a strategic sales plan. These pillars have been Remy’s mantra through his years at the helm of various sales departments of world-renowned organizations. They cover everything from go-to-market strategies, sales prospecting, and even having the right team for the job. There’s a notion that, as sales leaders transfer from one company to another, they tend to stay within the same industry. While most leaders vertically align themselves with the industries they know, Remy has found joy in being in a leadership position and hitting a sales goal in a variety of industries. For this reason, business leaders can apply Remy’s four pillars to any industry.  Note: Before we go through the pillars, you need to understand that Remy’s sales plan template needs to be carried out in order. You must go chronologically from Step one through four. Those who begin in the middle - and/or go out of order - are unlikely to achieve success. If you feel you’ve got all four pillars covered, I highly recommend a more granular sales methodology called the PVC Sales Methodology. #1 - Define and Document your Segmentation Let’s face it. A sales leader doesn’t get hired when things are prosperous in an organization. Leaders are hired to either put out fires or to devise a pivoting strategy.  Remy recommends, before starting the blueprint, to look at all addressable markets. For instance, which industries do you sell to or want to sell to? Once this is done, you zero-in on the accounts you want to serve. Then, it’s about buyer segmentation and analysis.  Learn about who your ideal customer is, what they look like, and why they are looking for what you offer. Once you understand your target audience, you can understand the buyer journey; what they’re looking to receive from your sellers at every stage.  Next, you need someone to extrapolate and analyze the data. If you don’t have this, in the words of Tony Robbins, “You’re running east looking for a sunset and no matter how fast you run, you’re never going to catch it.” Data without analysis is just simple Xs and O’s. A marketing strategy is crucial to speak directly to your potential customers.   According to Remy, you need to have a wartime plan to have a successful sales strategy. Prior to COVID, businesses could just continue to target those who had purchased from them in the past. Today, the buyer persona might have changed. For this reason, sales management must be more aligned than ever with their sellers and marketing. You come up with the tactics, but it is the individual sellers who will execute.  Which brings us to the second pillar.  #2 - Set a Go-to-Market Strategy   Once you have your segmentation, you can hit the ground running and implement a strategy.  We’re living in a time where buyer behavior is completely aligned with selling motion. Since we’re all digitally connected, socially engaged, mobile attached, and video hungry, sales leaders have no choice but to embrace digital sales and social media. But now comes another decision: Within digital sales, in which direction will you strategize? Direct models? Partnerships. Major or small markets?  Now we have reached the third pillar: a key element. #3 - Successful Sales Leadership Depends on Having the Right Players on your Team Many NFL fans would agree that without Tom Brady, Bill Belichick likely would not have had the support of his cast. It takes a great leader to run a team of successful sellers. However, the sales rep not only has to execute the strategies. They also have to buy into the leader’s vision.  Underperforming sales managers will skip pillars one and two, and head straight to hiring the right people. Yet, unless you know the first two pillars, you will not know who you need to hire. But how does a great sales leader know when they have the right people on their teams? According to Remy, you need to get in the field and ride with them in addition to digital sales coaching. Interact with your salespeople and experience what it's like to be with them in front of prospects or customers. Do your team members understand your company’s value proposition and sales pipeline? When sales leaders understand what their team members do well - and where they struggle - it’s easier to determine who can meet expectations moving forward. Back when I was an SDR, my company used Predictive Index to evaluate my performance. This tool provides great insight and information on how - and where - your team needs coaching. It will not determine whether or not someone would be a good hire, but it can reinforce a hunch.  #4 - Importance of Sales Enablement in Every Sales Plan This relatively new field is all about leveraging data and supporting your sales team. Sales enablement is the beautiful orchestration point between sales and marketing.  You can: Create a Value Proposition Research buyers and markets Learn where they digitally hang out Discover what kind of content will resonate with them Learn how and where they’ll consume the content Successful sales leadership is 50% talent and 50% sales-team support. Sales enablement is an instrumental component in helping your sellers.  Back in the day, the role of a salesperson was different than it is now. To engage with potential and existing customers, all you had to do was give them a brochure with all of your information. Now, prospects can get all that info and more just by visiting a website. Modern-day sellers are consultants. And sales enablement teams feed your sellers the right data to fulfill that role.  Achieving Successful Sales Leadership Successful sales leadership requires defining and documenting segmentation, having the right people, and eventually embracing sales enablement. Once you’ve gone through every one of these pillars - in order - you will have a starting point for your current sales leadership role, as well as future leadership positions.

Welcome to episode 52 of Activist #MMT. Today I talk with one of the original developers of Modern Money Theory, L. Randall Wray. Dr. Wray tells the story before the story: his life before meeting Warren Mosler and Bill Mitchell in the Post-Keynesian Talk or PKT email forums in 1996, where MMT came to be. Dr. Wray originally set out to be a fourth grade elementary school teacher and did his student teaching in Mexico City. Since the OPEC oil crises made it difficult to start a teaching career, he instead got a job in solid waste management in Sacramento County, California. He got the job thanks to the Jimmy Carter administration's Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, or CETA, which was a New-Deal style public-sector job creation program. It was here where he had the opportunity to take free college courses, but only if they somehow applied to his job. His boss suggested he take some courses in economics, which he did at Sacramento State College. Dr. Wray said that he really liked the mainstream courses he took... because they took so little thinking, as long as you could do a bit of mathematics. He says he immediately knew how unrealistic it was, and to such an extent that he felt it wasn't even worthy of choosing a garbage truck, which happened to be part of his subsequent job at the California Energy Commission under the Governor Brown administration. He took every course he could, in both mainstream and heterodox, and despite still wanting to be an elementary school teacher, he decided to try a PhD. in economics. He ended up studying under Hyman Minsky, who he was told was "the best Keynesian there is," at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. We end today's episode by discussing Dr. Wray's November 2019 , which was partially in response to the March 2019 Republican resolution to denounce MMT. We look back at a particularly unfriendly set of questions he had to endure, and how the hearing that was supposed to contain many friendly faces, due to a last-minute vote, unfortunately had fewer than expected. Here's the of the 2.5 hour hearing (and where it comes from), and a that I believe will be of interest to MMTers (and where it comes from). The latter contains all of Dr. Wray's testimony, plus interesting (and painful) statements by Congress members on both sides of the aisle. Finally, we discuss his , as submitted in advance. This is a unique document written exclusively to a mainstream audience, identifying and validating their fears of deficit and debt and then slowly walking them, step-by-step, to exactly why deficits are not fearful in the way they think, and that they are largely not even under their direct control as members of Congress. Dr. Wray calls it the best, strongest case he's ever made using data. In part two, we move on to some general MMT questions, and especially focus on two subjects: the real meaning of the word productivity, and an overview of the entirety of MMT specifically from the Kansas City point of view. A full introduction will also be included before part two. Many resources, both related to part one and two of this interview, can be found in the show notes of part one. This includes the full audio to the hearing in which Dr. Wray participated, and another, both in audio and video formats, that contains only highlights I believe will be interesting to MMTers. Note: Before we get started, a small correction: Dr. Wray wanted me to mention that he believes Warren Mosler's initial undergraduate degree was in fact, engineering. Resources MMT: REPORT FROM THE FRONT, parts , , and . A of the congressional hearing, and Dr. Wray's , which includes a question by Minnesota representative Ilhan Omar, and a detailed response Dr. Wray's July 2020 paper, and a that is a kind of precursor to the KC paper. His 1997 paper, which serves an excellent introduction to the MMT-JG guarantee, "" #LearnMMT For an overview of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) with many reliable sources to learn...

NOTE: Before listening, view the model here: http://www.fourgamestheory.com — — — When I first saw a visual depiction of the 4Game model I was floored. Instantaneously, all of the studying I had done across everything from metaphysics to productivity systems sorted itself into a coherent narrative, a structure where everything fit together. Immediately I knew I wanted to explore this further. To my surprise, there was very little information available! As the trophic cascade of mental imagery and insight continued, I knew this model had the makings of something revolutionary. This was the Cultural Theory of Everything. A model so unwaveringly aesthetic, so deeply comprehensive as to give a shared cultural-cognitive grammar to anyone who was blessed to bear witness to it. The more I dove into the Unified Culture Field Theory, the more I knew the world needed this. This was the foundation for the deep discussion we as a collective need to have. This is the language that unites the masses. From that point, I reached out to the creator Jamie Combs, and this conversation is what emerged as a result. Jamie is a brilliant systems thinker, an intrepid designer and thinker, and I'm extremely excited to be sharing this conversation with you now. What We Cover: An introduction/exploration of the 4Game Model The personal significance of altering your lenses of perception Creating a common cultural language Deep dives into the short, mid, long, and deep game components Cultivating an individual Way of Being Memetically spreading cultural evolution MUCH more...

As Coronavirus or Covid-19 keeps many of us isolated in our homes, residents in the Susquehanna Valley have the fortune of being surrounded by many natural resources. With large gatherings and schools cancelled or disrupted, this spring is the perfect time to get outside for strolling, hiking, biking, and paddling. In this episode of Susquehanna Life Out Loud we share with your some of the many free resources in the region we can enjoy. With the help of Dr. Natasha DeJarnett at the National Environmental Health Association, we discuss safe ways to get out into nature while protecting yourself, your loved ones, your pets, and the community. Dr. DeJarnett also answers questions about Coronavirus, who is most at risk, and what we can do to keep from getting and spreading the virus. She provides specific information for those of us living in rural communities in the Susquehanna Valley.  For the most up to date Coronavirus/Covid-19 Information, please visit the US Centers for Disease Control.Also in this episode Host Peterson Toscano reveals highlights from the Spring 2020 issue of Susquehanna Life Magazine. He chats with writer Brian Auman about a new and growing activity taking place in the Central Pennsylvania mountains that has the potential to bring a lot of people to the Susquehanna Valley.Brian Auman in his article The Secret is Out believes Mountain Biking can be a driver for regional economic growth. More importantly, he says Interscholastic Mountain Biking provides an exciting new activity for middle and high school students. In our show he shares the history of mountain biking in the region and why he believes we are poised to see the region become a destination for serious mountain bikers from all over the country. Peterson also chats with 16 year old, Luly, from the Centre County Crow teams. She loves hurtling down the hill as fast as possible, and advises listeners to always wear a helmet. Luly's mom, Margot coaches the team and points out how great the program is for the youth in the region looking for new opportunities. We also learn about the Susquehanna Greenway Partnership, an ambitious plan to use trails and waterways to connect towns along a 500 mile stretch of the river. Alana Jajko, director of communications and outreach, tells us about two trails you can enjoy right now. Whenever heading out into the woods, remember to protect yourself and your pets from insects that cause diseases. For information on the ticks in our woods and precautions for people and pets visit Penn State Extension. They also have a page with information about mosquito bites along with guidelines for safely using insect repellent. Susquehanna Life Magazine publisher, Erica Shames, can be heard above the din of a chainsaw as she talks about the Chainsaw Carvers Rendezvous. Experience it for yourself April 23rd, 24th, and 25th in Ridgeway, PA.Erica also tells us how to make her very own Sesame Noodle Recipe. Loaded with spring vegetables, it is the perfect dish for the season. Peterson looks through nearly 10 pages from the Spring 2020 issue of Susquehanna Life Magazine to share a few events that he is planning to attend. Out of hundreds of possibilities, this is his short list:Promised Land State Park in Greentown, PA will host Eagles—Masters of the Sky on April 11May 3rd to June 14th see The Needle Art Exhibit at the Fort Hunter Mansion. And while you are there you can enjoy the Fort Hunter Greenway trail.The  Covered Bridge Bus Tour in Columbia County takes off on May 16thAnd so much more including events for children and the whole family. There is also  a special listing of events to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day.NOTE: Before going to any of these events, we encourage you to contact the organizers to learn if the event has been cancelled or postponed. See the complete Events Guide in the Spring 2020 issue of Susquehanna Life Magazine.  You will also learn about Restaurant Weeks taking place in the Valley.Montour and Columbia counties: March 20th to the 29th. Snyder, Union and Northumberland counties: April 19th to April 26th.You can hear Susquehanna Life Out Loud on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, and Stitcher Radio. Let us know where you hear podcasts, and we will submit our show to that platform. See a listing of where you can buy our magazine and find out about subscription options. Do you want to be a sponsor of Susquehanna Life Magazine? Find out about advertising options. For questions, comments, suggestions, and recommendations, you can reach us at SusquehannaLife@gmail.comMany thanks to all the guests and to Raúl Díaz Palomar and music from his album: Música Para Poder 

We've made our lists...checked them twice and now it's time to discuss the top 5 games of the decade as a group! This week, it's no easy task but we sort through our individual lists and create what we think are the top 5 games of the last decade. Let us know if you agree with our list! NOTE: Before listening to this episode, we highly encourage you to go back and check out part 1 of our discussion.   === Show some love via Ko-fi === https://ko-fi.com/G2G0T1NV === We do the social medias! === Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/acasttothepast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/acasttothepast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/acasttothepast    

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Following on from my recent interview, Influence marketing, Klout, social scoring and why they are important – Interview with Mark Schaefer, today I want to share with you an interview that I conducted with Rob Brown, Systems Thinking Director at Aviva, who has done some great work using system thinking and has had fantastic results in improving customer satisfaction, the delivery of customer service and employee engagement. I met Rob when he spoke at a systems thinking event hosted by John Seddon and Vanguard Consulting. This interview makes up number thirty-five in the series of interviews with authors and business leaders that are doing great things and helping create businesses that customers love. Note: Before we get stuck into the interview, here's an article: What is the Difference between Lean and Systems Thinking, that is worth reading.

Apprenticeships are not new. Plumbers, electricians, artists, and craft trades have been training up the next generation through apprenticeships for decades. Family-run businesses follow much this same model as they groom their children to take on leadership in the business. Even looking back into history books will show you that the apprentice model was followed as a way to raise up future employees. It’s the ideal way to learn on the job, develop the training and insights you need to thrive through hands-on work, mentorship, and practical training. It’s the most robust model of acquiring a trade (skillset). If all the other criteria were the same, I would hire the person who has the proven training and skills from working on the job vs. someone just graduating with a degree in hand. This is the whole premise as to why I created Marketing Launch Society - to empower marketing students to get more experience and training so they can powerfully compete in the marketplace. For more info on Marketing Launch Society visit: http://marketinglaunchsociety.com/ Note: Before recording this podcast, I wrote about this topic as an article that is published on LinkedIn. If you want to read the article or share with others, here is the link: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/apprenticeship-classic-effective-way-launch-your-career-edwards/

Note: Before we go to the main course, here’s a tasty treat for your appetizer: I’m giving away ONE ticket to the “Running Remote Conference” where I’ll be speaking in this June in Bali, Indonesia. If you’re interested in remote working, this is one conference you can’t miss. Make sure to join here as this giveaway ends in a couple of days! Everyone wants to have a slice of the remote working pie. After all, being a “digital nomad” who can “work from anywhere” so they can live the “laptop lifestyle” gives them the freedom to earn money and still enjoy their time with their loved ones, right? You don’t even need to log on to Instagram to check out the remote working trend. Stripe, the payment processor, recently announced that they would have an office exclusively for remote workers, even though they have offices worldwide. Additionally, a Citrix study shows that 50% of the workforce will be office-free by 2020. Can you imagine a world where half of the working population will be working from the comforts of their own home? It’s also possible, considering that the remote workforce has increased by 140% since 2005. While the idea of remote working sounds great to the remote workers, the entrepreneurs involved in the hiring and team-building process find it a bit daunting. After all, how can you trust someone to actually hire them and work with them, even though you haven’t met them before? How do you build a remote team if you don’t have any experience with the process? Before you paralyse yourself with all these questions, take a deep breath and get your favorite drink as I help you start building your own remote team by discussing the 3-step process in today’s podcast. You can start building a remote team by hiring: Freelancer or Consultant Hiring a freelancer or a consultant is a great start since you’ll be exposed to the wonders of remote working without feeling overwhelmed. To start the hiring process, you can work with them by assigning a project to them first and consider future collaborations if you’re satisfied with their work and the results they bring in. There’s no full-time commitment yet and you can test your work compatibility with them by communicating with them via email or video/voice check-ins. Your freelancer or consultant needs to be professional and reliable enough since they’ll be managing themselves. There’s no need to micro-manage them since you’ll be working with them on a per-project basis and they’ll invoice you accordingly. Virtual Assistant Now that you have a little bit of hiring experience for a remote team, the next step is to hire a virtual assistant who can help you with customer support or administrative tasks. Normally, you’d be advised to hire someone working at the same time zone as you -- but isn’t it actually better to hire an assistant who won’t be working at the same hours as you do? This will give you the necessary experience to deal with your remote team in the future. After all, your team will be all over the world, right? In hiring a virtual assistant, you’ll ultimately be responsible for them, so the best way you can handle this is by working on a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) you can use to train them effectively and efficiently. You can also apply here the communication channels and processes that you’ve learned by working with a freelancer/consultant first. Nurture your relationship with your virtual assistant: it’s a win-win situation that gives you more experience to work on building your remote team and allows you to win back some of your resources, too. Full-Time Hire You can get your full-time employee by evolving their relationship from a freelancer/consultant to an official member of your remote team. This way, you already know that you have professional compatibility and you’re guaranteed that their work output will be satisfactory. Another pathway you can get full-time employees is by posting on job boards that are focused on remote working opportunities. In a world where freelancers and remote workers are forecasted to be the majority of the US workforce by 2027, hiring someone full-time means you’ll treat team exactly the way you would treat someone who’s an official part of your team, regardless of the physical boundaries. After all, you’re all working towards the same goal -- to boost your company’s growth, aren’t you? If I had to do it over again, I’d still build a remote team for Conversio. And you’ll get to hear more about my personal experience in building a remote team by listening to my talk over at the Running Remote Conference in Bali. Join our giveaway and win your free ticket here! See you next week. Learn with our FREE Ecommerce Academy: conversio.com/academy Music featured in this episode was "Celery Man" by Birocratic and can be found at @birocratic.

SHOW #212 - Back To Back FREE Tarot Card Reading With Katherine Damiana Milieu This is a SPECIAL AUDIO of my YouTube videos of my FREE TAROT CARD READINGS which you can watch using the links below! NOTE: below are the notes from Today's Reading (October 9, 2018) that also include everything you need to know about the readings in this soundcloud audio, ok? Woohoo! * * * * * NOTE: Before we begin, I just want to thank all of my new subscribers and thank you SO MUCH for the appropriate positive comments. This helps me with my own authentic heart self energy to keep doing the readings because you're letting me know that they're working for you! xoxo MUAH!!! Ok. Today's reading is like, WOW! I know I say it a lot, but THIS reading that you're going to see is just... WOW. You can't make this stuff up. I mean when I draw the cards AT RANDOM and the things that come up actually SHOW UP... it's just incredible. What you're about to see in this reading is so filled with the NOW energy of what's happening today and especially the last several days. Remember that the energy of each reading covers not only the moment that the reading occurs in, but also several days before AND after the reading, and that's because of the quantum string theory of really advanced quantum energy physics, but I won't go into that right now. Simply put, the Universe KNOWS what to tell us in ways that we can understand and we, ourselves are involved in that process, too. We are not separate from the Universe, we are PART of the universe. In fact, we ARE the Universe discovering itself. Isn't that amazing? I know, right? So, watch this reading carefully, see what resonates for you (I don't know how THIS reading couldn't resonate with you, but there's always somebody, right? Which only proves this process, too.). For those who are truly into all this, check back on the previous readings (listed below) so you can see the build-up of energy and how the cosmos are "hinting" at what comes up in THIS reading. Again, you can't make this stuff up!!! PREVIOUS READINGS: EMERGENCY Tarot Reading about Brett Kavanaugh for October 6, 2018: https://youtu.be/6bDKbdxHbNA FREE Tarot Card Reading for October 6, 2018 with Special Weekend Messages: https://youtu.be/T605mSqdEVc October 5, 2018 Tarot Card Reading with Tarot Card Meanings: https://youtu.be/_Jwzy5iCBgk FREE Tarot Card Reading with Angel Card Reading for October 4, 2018: https://youtu.be/N-pf8pqnh9A Ok fans, friends, and Tarot loves, that's it for today! Please LIKE, SHARE, SUBSCRIBE (FREE) to this channel, and you can catch me on the follow additional links: https://soundcloud.com/bigjujumedia https://twitter.com/bigjujumedia https://instagram.com/bigjujumedia https://facebook.com/bigjujumedia

A J1 visa can change your life. According to the US State Government site, over 300,000 participants from 200 countries visit the United States on J1 visas each year. The J1 visa is a cultural exchange visa that gives graduates and professionals a great opportunity to experience the United States. Highlights:1:00 - What is a J1 Visa ? 1:25 - Who can participate in a J1 Visa program ? 2:09 - Participants by the numbers and percentages. 3:09 - J1 Visa for university graduates and professionals. 3:55 - J1 Visa recipients with a family can get J2 Visas. 5:13 - J1 Visa important rules to note (J1 Visa 212e restriction) You will need a a J1 Waiver. 8:00 - Where to start your research. Tips to Note:Before you embark on the J1 Visa position read about the 212e restriction. This is a very important fine print that must be considered before making a decision. The J1 Visa will definitely be a life-changing one but it will be your duty to make sure that it is positive.

A J1 visa can change your life. According to the US State Government site, over 300,000 participants from 200 countries visit the United States on J1 visas each year. The J1 visa is a cultural exchange visa that gives graduates and professionals a great opportunity to experience the United States. Highlights:1:00 - What is a J1 Visa ? 1:25 - Who can participate in a J1 Visa program ? 2:09 - Participants by the numbers and percentages. 3:09 - J1 Visa for university graduates and professionals. 3:55 - J1 Visa recipients with a family can get J2 Visas. 5:13 - J1 Visa important rules to note (J1 Visa 212e restriction) You will need a a J1 Waiver. 8:00 - Where to start your research. Tips to Note:Before you embark on the J1 Visa position read about the 212e restriction. This is a very important fine print that must be considered before making a decision. The J1 Visa will definitely be a life-changing one but it will be your duty to make sure that it is positive.

BAKED and AWAKEEpisode 10- WiP Host: Steve Cominski Co-Host: G.W. Masters talktous@bakedandawake.com   13 October 2017 Welcome once again to Baked and Awake. This is Steve, with a few comments before we jump into this week’s debacle I mean- meticulously crafted episode! We are fortunate right now to have an episode at all, as we embarrassingly found ourselves having recorded with the mic settings once again way off- this time too loud/too much gain. It was bad. We almost had to toss the whole episode out- except for the fact that for the first time ever, we taped in parallel with a portable recorder- a freshly acquired, gently used Tascam DR-05.  Well, I still have a lot of work to do on a number of technical fronts, and I did manage to badly bodge the process of pulling files off the recorder and getting them into appropriate sized chunks to be further moved around in lossless .wav format- nevermind. || It’s boring, it's technical, and it all comes down, if you MUST know, to more of a PEBKAC issue than anything else. Suffice to say however, that I managed to pull some (decent) audio off the Tascam, although the “quality” of the discourse is a bit… shall we say coarse? Look- it was supposed to be a downtemposode, and it was. Without the music. And no real agenda. (But don’t worry- we had weed)! So, you may begin to get an idea of where this went. Anyhoo- I ended up cutting a lot of it due to still not being in love with the audio’s physical qualities, but also due to a general lack of real information being surfaced for the audience. George and I talked a lot both before and after turning on the recorders that evening- and I wish we had more of it because we “lost” (in the can but sounds atrocious) some great stuff with George talking about his photography and working in public. It’s ok though, because we still have George, and I know we are going to revisit the topic of his art probably more than once or twice in the future on the show.     In an effort to address the above grievous offenses,  I’m going to attempt to front load us with just a few coherent words before the debauch commences because frankly, it makes me feel better! As always, what follows is an adult show with some light Cannabis use , and this time- more than a bit of potty mouth Steve. Sorry about that, Mom- if you’re listening!   NOTE: Before we jump into Hemp History, I want to take one moment to thank Alex Barbarian from Soundcloud for the chill background soundtrack. Please check Alex out using the provided link in the show notes, and let him know you found him through our community! Alex- you’re the man! First up, Some Hemp History Timeline, starting in the 1940’s Document Link     Next: Old Business- mentioned last week was WA State House Bill 1092- On the growing of plants in our humble abodes..   HB 1092 seeks to reform WA Cannabis law to allow for home growing of cannabis plants for any adults over 21 years of age Bill is currently in the House, in committee Bill needs to make it on House of Reps calendar, and Pass the Chamber before moving on to the same process (Introduce, Committee, Calendar, Vote) on the Senate floor Once passed in the House and Senate, HB 1092 must still be ratified by the Governor before passing into law   Details and limitations as described in the Bill Digest, below We have subscribed to the email updates for this bill, and listeners here in WA can do the same by following the link to the bill here in the show notes.   HB 1092 - DIGEST Allows the possession of no more than six marijuana plants and up to twenty-four ounces of useable marijuana harvested from lawfully grown plants if the person in possession is at least twenty-one years old. Allows the possession of no more than twelve marijuana plants and forty-eight ounces of useable marijuana, in the aggregate, by the adult residents of a single housing unit, regardless of the number of persons who are at least twenty one years old residing in the housing unit   Advocacy for Incarcerated Non Violent Drug Offenders While we sit here racking up dabs and looking forward to hopefully passing legal home grow here “on the outside”, more Americans sit rotting in prison than ever before, and while things have actually begun to show signs of stabilizing, there’s no clear path to reversing the trend.  I know it’s easy not to think about those people, or to rationalize their circumstances in some way, but I hope that if you’re listening to this show we share a common belief that things like “Three strikes, you’re out”, and “Stop and Frisk’, or how about “Civil Asset Forfeiture” - are a net negative for us as a Nation, as a Culture, and as Civilized Humans. To that end, in recent discussions we have been trying to identify worthy organizations fighting the good fight on this front, that we may support them. I’ve heard of them before, but right now The Sentencing Project, at www.thesentencingproject.org- is looking like the real MVP’s for us on this issue. According to their website, we understand the following The USA leads The World in incarceration of its citizens The US incarceration rate has grown by over 500% in the past 40 years Over 2 million Americans are in prison As many as 1 in 3 Adult Black Americans have a felony conviction. (Let that one sink in for a minute as you think about voter turnout numbers in things like general elections..) TSP is working to end mandatory minimum sentencing and excessively lengthy sentences Shifting of resources FROM incarceration to community based prevention and treatment for substance abuse Examining and reforming policies and practices that contribute to racial iniquity throughout every area of the US Justice system As I said, they look like they are doing a lot of the heavy lifting here on a matter that I personally believe to be of great importance. I’m going to look into ways of supporting The Sentencing Project both personally and through vehicles like this podcast. We’ll also seek to support and publicize other worthy organizations that are fighting the good fight on this or other issues, like widespread legalization of the growing of Industrial Hemp for CBD and/or fuel production.   Smoke Session: Dipped 1G Purple Champagne Preroll- Flower, Keif, and distillate joint. Purchased at: Greenside Recreational, Des Moines WA   Famous NYC Street Fashion Photographer, Bill Cunningham (I was right!)  Current favorite Podcasts: Companeros! The Movie Podcast Money for Old Rope Two Thumbs Down the Podcast Zengineering Podcast Supernormal Brohio Podcast Those Conspiracy Guys Cold Case Murder Mysteries  

  Today on Ep 005: Opening Remarks Events - King Cannabis Expo, Spokane WA Strain of The Week OG x Chem Terpene Sauce Vocab- What does “OG” stand for?  The Lee Family  “Curse” Thanks to supporters, Like and Subscribe   Intro Welcome to the latest installment of The Baked and Awake Show, where we get together, usually once a week- and chop it up about all things Cannabis here in the Beautiful Pacific Northwest. I tend to open most episodes with some light cannabis consumption, and a bit of conversation about everybody’s favorite semi illicit houseplant. Once we are good and stoney, we’ll turn things towards interesting stories, mysteries, and popular, unpopular, and sometimes obscure conspiracy theories- especially those with connections to the Pac NW.   NOTE: Host and guests record the show in Washington State. All Cannabis use is legal and conducted with as much decorum as possible while still having fun. Viewers and Listeners should be adults and understand that this show is not suitable for children. The Content Creator does not advocate or promote the underage use of Drugs, Alcohol, or Cannabis, nor excessive use of the same by adults caring for or closely associated with children. We are responsible adults, parents,  and we think decent folks. We’ll hold ourselves to a reasonably high standard for class and taste- and you should, too.   Thank you, everyone, everywhere, anytime, for joining me today for this our latest show. I am excited to share some really fun cannabis related trivia today, and maybe a little bit more. We are also going to continue our journey through time via our (www.Rediscoverpot.org) Hemp History Timeline, starting at just about 1800, where we find ourselves beginning to see the modern era loom close on the horizon for both humanity and our intrepid companions, Indica and Sativa.  From there we will probably take a big ol’ dab before diving in deep on an equally major double mystery. Those were the strange deaths by misadventure suffered by budding Hollywood star Brandon Lee- 28, tragically killed during the filming of his breakthrough role,1993’s  The Crow, and twenty years prior, the equally untimely demise of Brandon’s father, the legendary international martial arts movie superstar Bruce Lee, 32 while filming Game of Death. In each case, the movies were eventually finished (with major changes to accommodate the loss of their starring actor) and released to audiences anyway. Both men’s deaths were surrounded by conspiracy theories, some of which persist to this day.     Before we get to all that, however, I wanted to take a moment to make a couple of follow up comments about my recent trip to Seattle’s Hempfest with my family. I wanted to point out that, while 100 percent supportive of my cannabis lifestyle, career choice, all of it- Nicole does not and has not ever really used cannabis. Aside from a few experiences with various edible products, (with mixed results!) She’s just not into it. This is important to understand up front so that you will believe me when I say that we did not partake with, or while in contact with any young students or former students of Nicoles’ at the event. I would also remind everyone that Hempfest is an all ages event and that many young people attend without any intention or requirement for partaking of the marijuanas merely due to being in attendance. Does it occur? Undoubtedly. Did we witness it this year? I don’t think so. Anyway- my wife is a wonderful, upstanding, positive role model for her students and I just wanted to be crystal clear on that matter before moving on.      Old Business Vocabulary, General: Delineate de·lin·e·ate dəˈlinēˌāt/ verb verb: delineate; 3rd person present: delineates; past tense: delineated; past participle: delineated; gerund or present participle: delineating describe or portray (something) precisely. "the law should delineate and prohibit behavior that is socially abhorrent" Origin  mid 16th century (in the sense ‘trace the outline of something’): from Latin delineat- ‘outlined,’ from the verb delineare, from de- ‘out, completely’ + lineare (from linea ‘line’).   Carl Linnaeus is famous for his work in Taxonomy, the science of identifying, naming and classifying organisms (plants, animals, bacteria, fungi, etc.). He was born in 1707, the eldest of five children, in a place called Råshult, in Sweden. His father, called Nils, was a minister and keen gardener. He would often take his young son Carl into the garden with him and teach him about botany (the study of plants). By the age of five, Carl had his own garden, which gave him a great thirst for learning about plants and how they work. Source: https://www.linnean.org/education-resources/who-was-linnaeus   Cannabis Events King Cannabis Expo looking somewhat interesting at the end of September, Spokane WA   Strain of The Week Cannabis 101- Vocabulary, Baked What’s “OG” stand for when it’s part of the strain name? Spoiler- It’s probably not what you think! Source: https://www.medicaljane.com/2013/01/05/the-legend-of-og-kush/   Dabbing: Blue Roots Cannabis Terpene Sauce- OG Chem (65%THC) Flower: Lifted Cannabis 501st OG (22%THC) Purchased at Clutch Cannabis Renton WA. Great little shop with a large selection and an excellent staff. Look for Barry and give him daps.   Hemp History Timeline EP 03 left us in 1798, where Napoleon bans Cannabis in Egypt..     Baked Closing Remarks   (Part Two?)   Awake Topic- The Lee Family “Curse”   NOTE: Before we begin- Bruce Lee was an idol of mine growing up. He was light years ahead of his contemporaries, and while Kung Fu movies were still a fringe niche within film offerings in the US at the time, many thousands, perhaps millions of impressionable young boys like myself grew up in the 1970’s and 80’s watching an endless stream of low budget action movies on the TV during our summer vacations. Infinitely superior to The Waltons, Andy Griffith Show, or endless reruns of Green Acres, Gilligan’s Island, LIttle House, and F-Troop were these action packed fantasies about Brave Warriors, Beautiful Damsels who wielded swords of their own, and downright creepy and unbelievable, Seemingly supernatural old Monks, Generals, and Kung Fu Wizards. Now these were movies! Still- they were super cheesy, and they are frankly hard to watch these days upon re visitation. Bruce Lee’s movies were and are nothing of the sort. He stood head and shoulders above the rest,(plot, production value, mass appeal, etc) and you can still see this when watching his movies today. Bruce’s Jeet Kune Do, in many ways- foreshadowed today’s Modern Mixed Martial Arts, especially as expressed within the now sanctioned sporting organization of the Ultimate Fighting Championships. I have good reason, as do probably many, to believe that Bruce, if his prime years age had coincided with the era of  the rise of UFC style fighting- that he would have adapted yet further in his development and evolution of his unique style (A combination of over 23 traditional Martial Arts disciplines as well as elements of Western Boxing, Wrestling, and more) and been very successful indeed. Were, that is- he were interested in further competition of any sort which is by no means clear.   I do this piece on Bruce and Brandon to honor their memories, not to speculate uselessly on deaths 25 and 44 years in the past, respectively. The Lee family has never supported or given breath to the many theories surrounding the circumstances of the two men’s demises, and I feel it only fair to point this out at this time.  Bruce and Brandon are survuved by Bruce’s wife and Brandon’s Mother, Linda Lee, as well as Shannon Lee, Brandon’s younger sister (Born 1972).     Can both Bruce and Brandon Lee’s deaths,  all too young at age 32 and 28 respectively- be laid at the feet of Chinese Triads, Japanese Gangsters, or even a dreaded family curse, or were both men’s demises nothing more than pure bad luck and outrageous coincidence?   Topic Bullet Points: Bruce’s Parents feared a demon was after their son. Rumors of a feud between Lee, a prolific teacher of Western Students- and the Chinese Triads, who did not want the secrets of their martial arts disseminated. Bruce was plagued by prophetic dreams of his own early death. Bruce’s character in Game of Death is “shot by a would be assassin” in the film. Bruce collapses while filming Game of Death, dies while the film is still not complete from an apparent allergic reaction to the unusual pain killer/muscle relaxer provided him by a friend and fellow actor ,

Dr. Shulman explains in detail innovative procedures in Body Contouring that he has been skillfully practicing in the past 10 years in his practice in New York City. Have you ever heard of a Brazilian Butt Lift or a Mommy Makeover? Find out in this show, simple explanations for these and other procedures in plastic surgery. Dr. Shulman is also known for educating patients throuPodcast Episode 11: State-of-the-Art Body Contouring with Dr. Matthew Schulman Have you ever wanted to change the shape of your body? According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, you’re not alone. Last year over 1 million Americans underwent body contouring surgery, including tummy tucks, liposuction, lower body lifts, breast augmentations, and buttock enhancements. It’s one of the fastest growing segments of cosmetic surgery, especially for men and women under 40 years old. The field, and the procedures, are getting so advanced, that there is a burgeoning movement of plastic surgeons who specialize in just that: body contouring. There are right, and wrong, ways to perform these complex operations. So today, I have one of the country’s foremost experts in body contouring to discuss this trend, as well as some of the innovative, state-of-the-art procedures he performs. We discuss the Botox-assisted breast augmentation, the Smooth Tuck alternative to the traditional tummy tuck, the Brazilian Butt Lift, Mommy Makeovers, and more. Please join me and my friend and colleague, Dr. Matthew Schulman on the Holistic Plastic Surgery Show. Note: Before-and-after photos can be viewed on the video version of the podcast. Links: Promo: http://www.drschulmanplasticsurgery.com/ Snapchat - NYCplasticsurg / Instagram - NYCplasticsurggh

Note: Before we jump into the interview I want to issue an enormous apology to Justis Earle, today's incredible Kickstarter entrepreneur. His name is pronounced Justice and he was such a great guy that he didn't even call me out on getting wrong the ENTIRE interview. Thanks Justis for coming on and sharing an incredible story. Today's story breakdowns the fundamentals of launching a crowdfunding campaign, market validating products and even where potentially profitable business ideas can randomly come friend. Hope you enjoy! The Hansnap Kickstarter Campaign [one-half-first] [/one-half-first][one-half][/one-half] [clear-line] Key Crowdfunding Takeaways Why supportive spouses are everything in entrepreneurship The reason some inventors are always creating How solve every day issues for profit The reason passion is priceless in building a business How to use intellectual property to protect an invention What it feels like to be an inventor The democratic power of crowdfunding What you need to know about funding and manufacturing Why entrepreneurship and invention is a long term log How to navigate building a business on the side Strategies for Kickstarter brand ambassadors The need differentiate in startup branding How to brainstorm businesses through spontaneous curiosity When to showcase a product to backers Balancing speed and perfection in product launches Success Quotes “ Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither” by CS Lewis Links hansnap.com Influential Books The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich Outliers by Malcom Gladwell [clear-line] Connect with Justis @hansnap_ Hansnap's Facebook Justis' Kickstarter Favs Bibliotheca Love the Show? Leave us a Review   Our Sponsor eFulFillment Service: Want to get your rewards out to backers and eliminate the hassle of post-campaign shipping? EFS can help with tons of crowdfunding experience and special discounts for Art of the Kickstart listeners these guys are a great bet to help your business grow.

The below lesson plan (also available for download in PDF) introduces students to activities common in daily life during colonial times.Daily Life in Colonial America: SimulationsPrepared by Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D.Intended Grade Level(s): 2-12Lesson Overview: Students will simulate daily activities common during the colonial America era. Through the process, they will learn the history of daily life in the colonies and will gain comparative perspective between lives of the colonists and their own lives. Teachers may deliver subsections of this lesson in a rotating learning center format or as whole class simulations.Objectives:• Students will identify common chores and other daily activities during the American colonial era.• Students will differentiate between daily activities today and those of the colonial era.ProcedureAnticipatory Set: As students enter the classroom, have them respond to the following question: “What types of chores and other activities did children in colonial America do on a daily basis?”Reading Prompt: Read the book Sarah Morton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl by Kate Waters aloud to the class. After the story, work as a class to complete a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting “Daily Life” of colonial children and children today. Next, have students postulate reasons for the differences (e.g., technological change, trade partnerships, cultural differences).Explain that students will have the opportunity to experience several colonial American activities. As they experience the activities, they should ponder how their lives would have been different if they had been born in the 1600s as opposed to the 21st century.ActivitiesTeachers may organize these activities in a variety of ways and may choose to use one, some, or all of the activities. One method is to designate one location for each activity and have students rotate, in groups of approximately three to four students, between activity centers. This would work well on a day designated as “Colonial American Day.” For younger children, parent volunteers may chaperone each learning center to assist and guarantee student safety. Teachers may choose to require students keep a travel log for each activity they complete. To “pass” the activity, each child would need to provide a 3-sentence description of the activity experienced in the center.Another model may involve having students work as an entire class completing a single activity. Teachers could organize their colonial American unit to include a different activity each day. Students could keep daily journals about their travels through colonial America, describing their impressions each day of the journey.Candle MakingThis method of candle making allows students to create one candle at a time. During colonial times, many candles were made at once.Needed Materials: 8 metal cans (e.g., soup cans), cold water, string, 4 pencils, 1 pair of scissors, melted paraffin wax (keep the wax as cool as possible without allowing it to harden), newspaperProcedures: Cover the table with newspaper so any dripped wax can be easily disposed. Fill four metal cans will cold water and four with melted wax. Have students cut off an approximately one-foot length of string and tie one end of the string to the center of the pencil so that the length of string hanging down is about the height of the can. First, they will dip the tips of their fingers in the wax and run their fingers along the string. This will give the string some weight and shape. Next, they will dip their string into the wax. After waiting a few seconds, they will remove the string by lifting the pencil and will dip the string into the cold water. This will cool and harden the wax. Students will then alternately dip the growing candle in the wax and water until it is as thick as the student prefers.Making ButterRural colonists tended to make their own butter, but those in towns had less land for cattle so sometimes purchases butter from household microbusinesses. Most butter was produced using a butter churn. It took about three hours to produce one pound of butter.Needed Materials: heavy whipping cream at room temperature (take it out about 1 hour before use), salt, cup, small spatula, jar with a tight-fitting lid, strainer, small bowl, popsicle sticksProcedures: Fill the jar half-way with cream and tightly attach the lid. Shake the jar until the whey (liquid) and curd (solid) separate. Pour the whey into a cup. Students may drink this liquid—it’s buttermilk. Pour the curd into a strainer and let it drain until all liquid is gone. Rinse the curd and place it in a bowl. Stir in salt to taste. Students may scoop a small piece of butter onto their popsicle sticks to taste their creation.Cooking: Shrewsbury CakesShrewsbury cakes first appeared in cookbooks during the 16th century. By American standards, the “cake” would be considered a cookie and is similar to shortbread with the added ingredient of an egg.**Have students wash their hands and review kitchen safety rules before engaging in this exerciseTeacher Resource: For more information, see http://www.theoldecookerybook.com/~theopden/wiki/index.php/Shrewsbury_cake_recipesNeeded Materials: mixing bowl, oven, bar pan, wooden spoon, pot holder, measuring cups and spoons, 1/2 c butter (softened), 1/2 c sugar, 1 egg, 1/2 c flour, 1/2 t nutmeg, spatulaProcedures: Preheat the oven to 350° and grease the bar pan. Mix all ingredients until batter becomes smooth and place the batter into the pan. Bake cookies ten minutes or until they appear brown. Cut the cake into squares before it hardens in the pan.Cornhusk DollsNative Americans originally made cornhusk dolls and taught colonial Americans the craft. The dolls usually appeared in the fall after husking time.Needed Materials: dried cornhusks placed in a large tub of water, scissors, string or rubberbandsProcedures: Have students follow instructions for making a cornhusk doll found at http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/cornhusk.htm. You may substitute rubber bands for the string.Colonial Williamsburg Computer SimulationsColonial Williamsburg offers a rich collection of resources for teachers and learners.Needed Materials: computer with internet connection, computer projectorProcedures: Have students experience tools and events of colonial Americansby playing “Tool Trouble” (http://www.history.org/kids/games/toolTrouble.cfm), “18th Century Paper Doll Game” (http://www.history.org/kids/games/dollGame.cfm), “Brickmaker Build-Up” (http://www.history.org/kids/games/brickmaker.cfm), “Heads Up for the Colonists” (http://www.history.org/kids/games/headsUp.cfm), and “Pardon or Pillory” (http://www.history.org/kids/games/pardonOrPillory.cfm)Clothes WashingStudents will simulate clothes washing in this exercise using a method still common around the world today.Needed Materials: Rags, water, soap (see http://www.alcasoft.com/soapfact/history.html and Cooking Up U.S. History by Suzanne Barchers and Patricia Marden), two large tubs, a washing board, a wringing wheel (if possible), a location for drying towelsProcedures: Have students place “dirty” rags into a large tub of water. Using soap and the washing board, have them scrub the rags and then place them into a tub of rinsing water. After rinsing, have students wring the rags with the wringing wheel (if available) and hang them to dry. The next group of students can take the “clean” rags and re-wash them. Sewing a PocketDuring colonial times, pockets were not sewn into clothes. Instead, they were worn as a separate piece of clothing inside other clothing layers. The pocket included a ribbon that could be tied around the waist to hold it into place.Needed Materials: pieces of felt (each should be approximately 8” X 10”)—two pieces per student, a spool of thread, a pincushion, about ten needles (in case some become broken), scissors (one per participant), ribbon (optional)Procedures: Have each student take two pieces of felt and a pair of scissors. They will cut both pieces together so the pieces are in a pocket shape (rounded corners and a smaller top than bottom—see diagram). Next, they will fold one of the pieces of felt in half “hamburger style” and cut a slit that will become the pocket opening. Students will cut one long piece of thread and thread it into a needle. Finally, they will sew both pieces of the felt together, leaving no openings except the slit in the center of the front pocket. If desired, students may cut a waist-length piece of ribbon and sew it onto their pockets so they can wear them around their waists.Quill WritingUntil the invention of the steel nib in the 19th century, quills were the primary tools used for writing in the American colonies. The best quills were commonly made from goose, swan, or turkey feathers taken from the primary flight feathers of living birds. Feathers from the left wing were favored for right-handed writers.Teacher Resource: For more information about quill pens and ink, review the “Educational Focus” on Colleen Wilson’s lesson on “Signing George Washington’s Birthday Card” available at http://www.sar.org/history/KeyHoles/ColleenOWilson_SonsOfTheAmericanRevolutionActivityIdeas.pdf.Needed Materials: blank sheets of white paper, approximately twenty feathers (use tail features suitable for use as quills or order them from Americana Souvenirs and Gifts), hand wipes, four bottles of ink, newspaper, calligraphy lettering chart (see http://www.calligraphydesign.com/calligraphy_alphabet_styles/alphabet/4/IT_02.jpg)Note: Before students participate in this lesson, prepare the pens by dipping them in hot water to soften the tip. Cut the tip at a slant and add a slit to the middle. Cover the workspace with newspaper so the ink does not stain the table.Procedures: Students will dip their quills into the ink, shake off excess ink, and practice writing their names on the provided paper. Encourage them to write lightly (this provides a nicer end product and contributes to the life of the feather).Students must keep their papers on newspaper to limit the mess and they should clean their hands with hand wipes following the activity.Children’s Games“Colonial children didn't have much free time, but when they did, there were lots of ways to have fun. They played such games as tag, marbles, hopscotch, leapfrog, hide-and-seek, blindman's buff, hoop races, and quoits.” (Education World—http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson166.shtml). Games teach about the colonial era while engaging kinesthetic learners and providing nice segues for transition times (e.g., just before lunch, end of the school day).Teacher Resource: For more information, seeo http://www.noahwebsterhouse.org/games.htmlo http://noahwebsterhouse.org/amusements.htmlProcedures: Have students play the game “Deer and Hunter.” “The players, or ‘hunters,’ stand in a circle holding hands. The ‘deer’ weaves in and out of the circle, under the hands of the players. When the deer taps one of the hunters, the hunter must follow the deer and imitate its movements exactly. If the hunter catches the deer before it has gone around the circle once, the deer goes into the middle of the circle. If the hunter doesn't catch the deer or doesn't imitate its movements exactly, the hunter goes into the middle of the circle. The game continues until the players on the outside of the circle can't encircle the players inside the circle.” (Education World—http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson166.shtml)ReviewHave students congregate together and discuss their experiences during the simulation exercises. Draw a T-chart on the board and have students brainstorm the lives of children “Then” and “Now.”Assessment/HomeworkHave students read the book Samuel Eaton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy by Kate Water and list all the ways their lives are similar to and different from Samuel’s life. They will then create two stories they will display side-by-side in a foldable. Both stories will tell about the child author’s own life. In the story on the right, the child will write a non-fiction story about his/her own life—telling about only one day. On the left, the child will re-write his/her own daily story as if s/he were born in the 1600s.