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Friday, March 30, 2012

Marjorie Merriweather Post's Orchids at Hillwood Estate in Washington DC

Today we went on the Greenhouse Tour at Hillwood House, the past residence of Marjorie Merriweather Post, inheritor of the Postum Cereal Company which grew into one of the largest business empires of the 20th century.

In 1973 when she died, an inventory was taken of the orchids on the grounds and showed 1000s in her
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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Washington DC Breakfast with Senator Diane Feinstein

Today we had breakfast with Diane Feinstein and her staff and dozens of people from California. It was fantastic, and moving to hear her talk with passion about her work. She talked to us about climate change and the volatility of our weather, changes in available water and certain gasses that do not dissipate in our atmosphere. The most chilling thing she said this morning was "We CAN kill this planet." Her message is that the atmosphere, without which we cannot exist, is in trouble and that scientists have indicated that there is a limited period of time to take action to quell global warning, after which it will be irreversible.

The Senator asked the children present questions such as who is the leader of the House of
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Washington DC Day One Capitol Visitor Center, the United States House of Representatives

Today we went to the US Capitol Visitor Center, the United States House of Representatives, the Supreme Court and the LIbrary of Congress. At the Capitol we were given a tour by a member of Hon. Lynne Woolsey's staff. There were just the two of us on the tour and because it was a staff led tour, it seems, we didn't have to stand in lines much. In the House of Representatives we got to see the Speaker of the House, John Boehner, open a session in which members of the House got one minute each to talk about the budget. It was fascinating to watch and listen to.





Outside the Supreme Court, later, we saw the demonstration about President Obama's health care reform. It was a really small demonstration and made me wonder about how it is portrayed in the
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Thursday, March 22, 2012

What Interfaith Law Enforcement Chaplains Have In Common With Law Enforcement Officers

Thanks to Katie Close and Warren Hays for their advice on this article. I love our chaplains!  We are developing a training program to help establish other Interfaith Law Enforcement Chaplains in other cities.  Based on the success of our program and the excellent Academy we have developed in the over ten years of our existance, we have come to the awareness that what we have is easily sharable. 

Read the article here.



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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Social Networking With Facebook: How To Make Sure It Doesn’t Get Out Of Hand

There is no question about it, Facebook is the top referring site to our nonprofit corporations home site.  So I know I have to feed it so that it can continue to feed me! But do I just love doing the Facebook thing?  No, I’ve learned to make sure it doesn’t get out of hand so that my social networking with Facebook can be manageable, even pleasant.






Here are my top survival tools:

Time allowed
I was talking to one of the volunteers at our Center who is responsible for communications and publications.  He too realizes the important and value of our Facebook presence but does not enjoy the frenzied energy of Facebook with its, to me, non-intuitive interface.  I recommended the
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Friday, March 9, 2012

What’s On My Iphone: PowerPoint Presentation Viewers, Atomic Web Browser and More

Using my iPhone to display PowerPoint presentations on a project has caused me to download and try what seems like dozens of viewers, browsers and apps from the iTunes App Store.  Seriously, I get dizzy thinking about all the apps I’ve tried.  I’m really glad that iPhone apps can be organized into folders to keep the craziness contained. 

I have a folder called Presentation so that I can quickly get to the app I’m going to use for a PowerPoint presentation in classes.  I carry my cable around for moments like this, it works with both my iPhone and iPad.  Here are some of my favorites that work just great.  There are many options,  I know, these are just the ones I end up using over and over again.

Atomic Web by Rich Tech for 99c is one of my favorite apps. It’s a browser with TV out support.  I frequently email a PowerPoint presentation to my gmail account, open it with Atomic Web and display it.  Obviously advanced features in PowerPoint will be lost, but it does the job.

TVOut Genie by JwalSoft Inc.works like a charm displaying documents, maps, presentations, Facebook from you iPhone through the cable to the projector.  It takes a little getting used to and after a moment of frustration when I didn’t realize the TV out toggle switch turned itself off between documents, I got it all figured out and I find myself use this little app quite a bit.

Present It by Brandon Bell is a new addition, it does the job, I just have to figure out how to end a presentation while it is going.  Also only 99c it allows me to show presentation rather well.  Again, I email the presentation to myself, and use the “open in” feature.  Then the app does a one time rendering so that the presentation displays well and run smoothly, I guess.  Whatever it’s doing, it works rather nicely.

Presentation Viewer by www.onoko.com is a free app that does the same thing as my favorites above.  Reviews on iTunes complained about the app crashing a lot, making me wonder about it.  But I haven’t had a single crash and it is a deal at zero cents!
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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Science of Mind and Spirit in Simplified Prose

We see the abundance of creation everywhere. The earth contains untold riches, and the air we breathe is alive with power. Why, then, is humankind so troubled with weakness, poverty and fear? The Science of Mind and Spirit addresses this problem by exploring the divine plan of freedom.

In the Centers for Spiritual Living, the movement that studies Ernest Holmes’ writing, it is a tradition among some communities to dedicate the first four weeks of each new year to the first four chapters of The Science of Mind and Spirit: The Thing Itself; The Way It Works; What It Does and; How To Use It.

This book is a paraphrase of those chapters, an easy read through for beginners.

The Living Bible, unlike most translations of the Bible, is a paraphrase by Kenneth N. Taylor, written to
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