Teen Ethical Leadership Program
Teen Ethical Leadership Program 10 weekly sessions (September 21 -November 23, 2008) ... activities, role-playing, simulations, challenge games, case studies, community service, journaling ... topics include: Self-confidence and Positive Character Traits Effective Leadership and Team-building [more...]
Date: 2008-09-07 22:21:33
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Long weekend, long post
On the way home from work on Friday I stopped at Sam’s for some of our bulk items, just like I do every other week. Typically my shopping trips at Sam’s end in similar way, I am checked out by an individual that has as much personality and energy as a storm drain. This time was different. My clerk was a thin lanky Hispanic guy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 15:41:13
Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: January Thaw
The headline above is a hopeful phrase here in upstate NY, where the temperatures are heading for negative double-digits. We don’t always get a thaw, but after a while, the teens start to feel warm. The snow piled ... , can there be any doubt that he also contributed mightily to his team’s offense by bothering opposing pitchers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 23:01:51
5 Minutes Around the Blogosphere - Week 45
** Just when I was about to publish this post, something weird happened with my laptop and I think I may have lost some of the entries in the Blog ... , educational games, eco-friendly reusable lunch bags, backpacks, and more for pre-school, kindergarten ... is looking for a teen or tween that is making a difference through volunteering, activities, or [more...]
Date: 2008-08-10 07:53:02
Dick
January 11, 2009 in christianity, random thoughts | Tags: annoying, church, cynicism, dick, Seneca, silence, speech, ... of the building known as Big City Studio. The staff wore wireless microphones strapped to their ears, like Britney, and led the kids in an assortment of games and activities. My little girl got to talk on a “ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 04:37:19
Media Musts To Wrap Up “All Things Girl” Week (Part One)
To whittle down to a handful of ‘media musts’ for our grand finale of ‘All Things Girl’ week has been hard, so I’m going to try to shine the spotlight on some lesser known, deserving Offerings and invitations to be a part of some incredible communities taking steps toward the vision of self-actualization, hope, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 23:44:06
● 21 Feb 09 - LSL Mentorship Workshop
traffic jam GAME:D If you have been following our earlier posts, on the 21st of February 2009, Project GREASE was involved in two major events ... to be peer mentors of a Sec 2 Service Learning team, in hope they will be able to continue ... (8am=wee hours of the day, as far as us angsty teens are concerned!). After which, all participants [more...]
Date: 2009-02-24 04:25:37
The Peanut Butter and Jelly Paradox (PB&JP)
I started keeping a fishing calendar this past year. My thinking was that I would somehow get to fish more ... what the heck empty nesters do with their time. The endless stream of sleepovers, homework projects, ball games ... tournament this weekend was somehow going to go on without the Stampede, my youngest daughter’s team [more...]
Date: 2009-01-26 13:22:40
Youth group curriculum reviews: What’s hot, what’s not
Some of the feedback I’ve heard about what you’d like to see added to Life In Student Ministry are reviews of different curriculum so you know what’s worth your money and what isn’t. Personally, I don’t purchase much curriculum because I like to write my own for our ministry — I feel it allows me to be much more precise in addressing the issues [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 08:02:06
Vacations on a Shoestring – Things To Do In Myrtle Beach on a Budget
Dealing with the difficult economic times we’re in the midst of right now forces most of us to make some choices we’d prefer not to make. One of the choices the we hopefully DO NOT have to make is one to sacrifice our vacation plans. There are opportunities to scale down plans and given the real estate market these days, and specifically, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-28 00:27:43
Has the Whole World Gone Crazy?
Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour The soccer world is abuzz this week with news that Manche$ter City submitted a £107 million bid to AC Milan ... to . . . Manchester City. 3. He’d go from a team in line for a Champions League spot to a team ... have behaved if someone had offered you millions when you were in your late teens or early 20s. And if [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 16:21:11
Hillary Clinton Re-Imagined
Hillary Clinton Re-ImaginedHillary Rodham Clinton will serve in a non-partisan role as secretary of state, which may provide her an opportunity to recast her legacy.Hillary Rodham Clinton's confirmation hearing today in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee marks a turn in the legacy of a family that has dominated Democratic politics for [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 20:05:21
Notes: McChunky Blows OT; AP NL MVP; The Coming LBJ Sweepstakes; Tight End Tebow for the Heisman; Now George Karl Has Beef with AI
-Donovan McNabb, aka Mr. Chunky (for his Campbell soup commercials and his late-game “tossing” exploits in the huddle during Super Bowl XXXIX) ... with his team. Are you serious?! Finally for McChunky, it speaks to how insular the world ... t - and he did. But. Albert was the guy who once said the MVP winner should come from a winning team [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 17:15:19
The Chronicle of Coaching - News of the Week - January 15, 2009
Editor’s Note: Many coaches customize their services for a specific clientele. This week’s news explores a variety of coaching specialties. One contestant on the reality television show “Big Brother” has an unusual client base… gangsters. Law.com takes a look at how lawyers, a group with many clients of their own, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 14:00:06
The Chronicle of Coaching - News of the Week - January 15, 2009
Editor’s Note: Many coaches customize their services for a specific clientele. This week’s news explores a variety of coaching specialties. One contestant on the reality television show “Big Brother” has an unusual client base… gangsters. Law.com takes a look at how lawyers, a group with many clients of their own, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 14:00:06
Summer workshops with New Voice Company, Gantimpala Theater
1. New Voice Company , one of the country’s most progressive theater companies and founded by artistic director Monique Wilson, ... and psychological actions, animal work, relationship exercises, and learning how to build a character. Work will also include theater games by Viola Spolin, which encourages trust, being part of a team [more...]
Date: 2009-03-06 16:00:00
reflection on ym3.0, the article
the abstracted article from youth ministry 3.0 got this interesting review/reflection, by dan on his emerging youth blog: ... s teens. Quickies never last very long nor are they deeply satisfying. No, our entire approach to youth ... to build better relationships? Can we eliminate our Sunday evening worship team rehearsal [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 08:00:20
Middle East Mobile Marketing
There’s been a lot of hype lately about gaming, advergaming, and the role both play online and in the mobile marketing value chain ... method sometimes referred to as advergaming. The sheer magnitude of feedback from the contest4uae team ... beyond branding into acquisition and building databases of customers and prospects. These games can take [more...]
Date: 2009-03-04 20:14:06
The Fundamentals
Andy Martino of the New York Daily News: “The Houston Rockets guard known as T-Mac was in a refugee camp in Chad, speaking with victims of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in neighboring Darfur. What had begun as a celebrity fact-finding mission was leaving a profound impact on McGrady, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-22 22:42:37
Television: Depressing?
Add depression to the long list of bad things associated with excessive television time ... of other hobbies and interests, including sports and other positive self-esteem and team-building aspects ... was somewhat stronger in boys. Other kinds of video entertainment (such as playing video or computer games [more...]
Date: 2009-02-04 20:25:30
My Jungle Heart Beating Loves Her Sensual Moon Shadows
The cool breeze was refreshing. It wasn’t freezing. Unraveling came the instant I wrote ... dressed in vivid orange were on the rooftop of a large building, checking things out, walking around ... in at 10:00. It was an indoor lunch with the kids. They were unruly and obstinate with me, likely [more...]
Date: 2009-02-19 04:18:27
Return to Crystal Lake
**WARNING: SPOILER ALERT** So I had the rare opportunity to escape the house last night on Friday the 13th and if anything, superstition played into my favor more than it jinxed me. The parking attendent at the garage near my day job left early and put up the gate, which equated into a free pass, thank you, universe [more...]
Date: 2009-02-14 15:53:00
Middle East Mobile Marketing
Middle East Mobile Marketing Filed under: Games — Tags: UAE — It day @ 7:14 pm There’s been a lot of hype lately about gaming, advergaming, ... and building databases of customers and prospects. These games can take many forms, from a roulette-style ... and mobile games for brand awareness, premium content revenue, product placement, and so on. Games [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 16:43:42
Links for February 27th through March 4th
Originally published at eclecticism. You can comment here or there ... Skittles is crowdsourcing their website. Rather than building their own promotional site, they're ... to play popular games as well as follow rules like no throwing in fighting game or the others wouldn't let [more...]
Date: 2009-03-04 20:00:42
Middle East Mobile Marketing
Middle East Mobile Marketing Filed under: Games — Tags: UAE — It day @ 11:14 am There’s been a lot of hype lately about gaming, advergaming, ... and building databases of customers and prospects. These games can take many forms, from a roulette-style ... and mobile games for brand awareness, premium content revenue, product placement, and so on. Games [more...]
Date: 2009-01-24 12:24:23
Chiefs Draft Prospect: OLB Brian Cushing
Photo Source This morning we continue looking at the players the Kansas City Chiefs talked to at the Senior Bowl by checking out USC OLB ... possibly be? Injuries. 2005 - missed five games because of a separated shoulder 2006 - underwent shoulder surgery after the spring practices 2007 - missed three games because of a high [more...]
Date: 2009-02-19 13:30:40
A smorgasbord....
Being quite busy lately, I accumulated a lot of links to stuff I wanted to comment on but never found time. Well, it does not appear I will find time any time soon, so here are the links for you to comment on anyway (just because I link to them does not mean I agree with them - in some cases quite the opposite) [more...]
Date: 2009-02-16 04:23:59
Church As A Safe Place
This book covers all the heavy topics that lead people to feel that church is unsafe. Any type of abuse within the church and/or it’s leadership is examined. Written both to encourage those who have been through an abusive situation at church and to leaders to protect church-goers and ensure that your church is a safe place! [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 05:48:16
SATURDAY FEBUARY 21, 2009
THIS SITE SUPPORTS ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, EMS CREWS, IN ADDITION TO ALL SERVING IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, NO MATTER WHERE YOU MAY BE Lots Of Snow NEW- 97.5 Rock KMOD Tulsa Babe Of The Day Site: Caution, this legitimate Radio Station Site may Offend some people [more...]
Date: 2009-02-20 23:42:00
Belote, rebelote, et dix de der!
This entry was prompted by Marty, who called me this past wednesday morning, around 7:10, to tell me that he had showed up at work, only to discover that there was no power in his building. This state of affairs lasted for roughly ... was the game. I also recall very intense games of belote played at my uncle Luc's villa in Hossegor [more...]
Date: 2009-02-16 12:00:00
Pioneer Projects
These photos are projects made by classes of homeschoolers participating in an experiential learning class, ... American skills, primitive skills in general, pioneering skills and team-building games ... than the one day workshops this same program offers which don't allow for friendship-building [more...]
Date: 2008-12-07 14:17:41
Longstockings Rountable: The Hunger Games
The Longstockings are all abuzz these days with Suzanne Collins' fabulous book THE HUNGER GAMES. Seriously. It's like all we talk about! ... , so Hunger Games absolutely blew me away...and I know you guys feel the same! One thing that really ... incredibly judicious in her storytelling and the building of Panem. Coe: Yeah! When I was reading the book [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 06:35:07
Assaulted by Joy
Assaulted by Joyby Stephen SimpsonABOUT THE AUTHOR:Stephen W. Simpson has a PhD in clinical psychology and an MA in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary. The coauthor of What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew about Sex, he teaches psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary and also has a private psychotherapy practice [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 13:00:00
Week 12 NFL Picks: Compartmentalizing
Last Sunday afternoon as I waited for the Inevitable Death Flu that was a dead-solid lock for me once I saw the Shooter Kids and Wife go down, ... and 1 against a terrible 1-8 team, in a Disgust Game for the Ages.As a parent (and, heh heh, someone ... , I'm sure, in my teens, and so were you, too. Youth [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 03:09:00
Middle East Mobile Marketing
There’s been a lot of hype lately about gaming, advergaming, and the role both play online and in the mobile marketing value chain ... beyond branding into acquisition and building databases of customers and prospects. These games can take ... . Brands can use web based and mobile games for brand awareness, premium content revenue, product [more...]
Date: 2009-02-22 12:13:52
Middle East Mobile Marketing
There’s been a lot of hype lately about gaming, advergaming, and the role both play online and in the mobile marketing value chain ... beyond branding into acquisition and building databases of customers and prospects. These games can take ... . Brands can use web based and mobile games for brand awareness, premium content revenue, product [more...]
Date: 2009-03-02 04:13:49
SUNDAY FEBUARY 15, 2009
Updated: Sunday, February 15, 2009 10:39 AM. Don't Put Away The Shovels And Snowblowers yet ! THIS SITE SUPPORTS ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, EMS CREWS, IN ADDITION TO ALL SERVING IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, NO MATTER WHERE YOU MAY BE NEW BRUNSWICK HIGHWAY HIGH RISK MOOSE & [more...]
Date: 2009-02-14 22:19:00
● 21st February 2009- LSL Mentorship Workshop
traffic jam GAME:D If you have been following our earlier posts, on the 21st of February 2009, Project GREASE was involved in two major events ... activities and games, so as to allow better and more efficien ... to be peer mentors of a Sec 2 Service Learning team, in hope they will be able to continue [more...]
Date: 2009-03-08 04:25:37
FIRST Wild Card Tour: Assaulted by Joy by Stephen Simpson
It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book’s FIRST chapter! This one keeps threatening to jump to the top of my TBR pile! [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 01:05:17
Just Wasting Time
It the words of Mac: Listen up bitches. I've just spent some time looking around the Flyers website - no not for sexy pictures of the teens and pre-teens who comprise the Flyers Delta Dental Ice Team (which incidentally they do not have) - but playing some of the time wasting games they have under their Fun & Games Section. There are five [more...]
Date: 2008-11-15 10:06:00
Successful SNS’s Will Be Modeled on the College Campus
The future of Social Network Services (SNS) can be discovered on High School and College campuses. I believe that topic-specific “vertical” SNS’s are very important, but I also think that the model needs to be University-like – a modularized SNS. There needs to be a campus “brand” (or University) [more...]
Date: 2009-02-03 19:14:45
Teen Summer Camps: Developing Responsibility And Team-spirit And At Teen Camp
Summer camps for teens play very crucial part for their ability to broaden a young person’s mind in a relaxed and informal summer environment, normally out in the countryside. So, teen summer camps are a good concept both for teens ... very short term courses where teens go to have fun in arts and crafts, enjoy campfire songs [more...]
Date: 2009-02-09 10:30:56
TUESDAY FEBUARY 17, 2006
Mourning one of their own RCMP officers across New Brunswick are mourning the loss of a respected ... FEBRUARY 17, 2009 Online condolences for Cst. Jason Porter's family, Fredericton, N.B. THIS SITE SUPPORTS ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, EMS CREWS, [more...]
Date: 2009-02-16 21:23:00
Student responses: “If I Were Mayor”
A lot to change If I was the mayor of Toledo, a lot would be changed. I would fix all of these messed-up streets. We also need to put more shopping stores Downtown and parking spaces for the shopping centers. I think we need more places for kids to go so they would stay out of trouble [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 04:00:25
Media & Politics (one section only today)
Permanent link to MTA daily media newsStop Me Before I Vote Again598,000 jobs lost last month, 3.6 million since recession began. (Think Progress) The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 598,000 jobs were lost last month, “far worse than the 525,000 economists expected.” The unemployment rate rose to 7.6 percent [more...]
Date: 2009-02-09 20:34:05
THURSDAY FEBUARY 19, 2009
THIS SITE SUPPORTS ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, EMS CREWS, IN ADDITION TO ALL SERVING IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, NO MATTER WHERE YOU MAY BE NEW- 97.5 Rock KMOD Tulsa Babe Of The Day Site: Caution, this legitimate Radio Station Site may Offend some people [more...]
Date: 2009-02-16 21:36:00
Church as a Safe Place
It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book's FIRST chapter! You never know when I might play a wild card on you! [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 01:56:08
FRIDAY FEBUARY 13, 2009
THIS SITE SUPPORTS ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, EMS CREWS, IN ADDITION TO ALL SERVING IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, NO MATTER WHERE YOU MAY BE SUPPORT OUR TROOPS ALWAYS WEAR RED ON FRIDAYS NEW BRUNSWICK HIGHWAY HIGH RISK MOOSE & [more...]
Date: 2009-02-08 16:18:00
Assaulted by Joy ~ by Stephen Simpson
It is time to play a Wild Card!Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book's FIRST chapter!You never know when I might play a wild card on you! [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 15:00:00
"Hanging Out, Messing Around, Geeking Out": A Conversation with the Digital Youth Project (Part One)
On Thursday, the Digital Youth Project, funded by the MacArthur Foundation, released "Hanging Out, Messing Around, Geeking Out," ... this research take shape over the past few years, to get to know the core researchers on the team ... they have gathered. The team is a model for collaborative research with senior faculty and graduate students [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 02:25:18
