The Racial Dot Map: One Dot Per Person | Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service This map is an American snapshot; it provides an accessible visualization of geographic distribution, population density, and racial diversity of the American people in every neighborhood in the entire country. The map displays 308,745,538 dots, one for each person residing in the United States at the location they were counted during the 2010 Census. Each dot is color-coded by the individual's race and ethnicity. The map is presented in both black and white and full color versions. In the color version, each dot is color-coded by race. All of the data displayed on the map are from the U.S. The map was created by Dustin Cable, a former demographic researcher at the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. Each of the 308 million dots are smaller than a pixel on your computer screen at most zoom levels. Each dot on the map is also color-coded by race and ethnicity. Take the Minneapolis-St. While Minneapolis and St. No Extra Data
Why should married women change their names? Let men change theirs | Jill Filipovic Excuse me while I play the cranky feminist for a minute, but I'm disheartened every time I sign into Facebook and see a list of female names I don't recognize. You got married, congratulations! But why, in 2013, does getting married mean giving up the most basic marker of your identity? On one level, I get it: people are really hard on married women who don't change their names. But that's not what you usually hear. It may be the case that in your marriage, he did have a better last name. Not that I'm unsympathetic to the women out there who have difficult or unfortunate last names. That is fundamentally why I oppose changing your name (and why I look forward to the wider legalization of same-sex marriage, which in addition to just being good and right, will challenge the idea that there are naturally different roles for men and women within the marital unit). Your name is your identity. Men rarely define themselves relationally. Of course, there's also power in a name change.
Obama's Religion Is Out Of Spotlight But Christian Spirituality Serves During Tough Times WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is not an overtly religious man. He and his family rarely attend church, and he almost never elaborates in public about his own relationship to his Christian faith. But far away from the public eye, his longtime advisers say, the president has carefully nurtured a sense of spirituality that has served as a grounding mechanism during turbulent times, when the obstacles to governing a deeply divided nation seem nearly insurmountable. Every year on Aug. 4, the president's birthday, Obama convenes a group of pastors by phone to receive their prayers for him for the year to come. And each morning for the past five years, before most of his aides even arrive at the White House, Obama has read a devotional written for him and sent to his BlackBerry, weaving together biblical scripture with reflections from literary figures like Maya Angelou and C.S. "A snippet of scripture for me to reflect on," Obama has said.
25 Profound Habits of Real-Life Happy Couples. #11 is GENIUS 1. Steal Her Towel While She’s In The Shower I like to steal her towel and put it in the dryer. 2. My SO gets up around 5:30 every morning. 3. Uploading... There's nothing better than when we're sleeping and she'll just turn over and grab my waist to pull herself closer to me and then nuzzle into my back like a cat, all while she's still half asleep. 4. I don't post anything on social media about us arguing/regarding our rough times. 5. Stop saying sorry. 6. By not using “always” or “never” in an argument, we are able to discuss disagreements rather than argue about absolutes. 7. We have “igloo time.” 8. Something he has done for me is let me be upset. 9. I stopped expecting anything in return for what I do for her. 10. Whenever he mentions something that he likes or wants, small or large, I write it down in a list on my phone. Protip: Check her Pinterest for stuff she likes! Protip: King sized comforter on a queen sized bed 12. We cook dinner together every night. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.
Fibromyalgia solved; A pathology, not in the mind WASHINGTON, October 17, 2013— The National Biotechnology Information Center (NBIC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently released the findings of research funded by grants from Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals and Forest Laboratories that claim to have discovered a causative pathology (the science of cause and effect) for fibromyalgia. The cause of the disease escaped researchers for years. In fact, the condition was considered by many in the field of medicine as psychosomatic (in the mind) because of the variety of symptoms that could not be clinically pinned down and patient reporting was the primary criteria. SEE RELATED: Fibromyalgia understood: Sensitive receptors generate excessive pain Dr. Research has identified alterations in our core body temperature is a culprit, as our blood acts as a coolant in much the same fashion water does in the radiator of a car. SEE RELATED: Fibromyalgia pain: Resetting the hypothalamus with diet, sleep, excercise
Food For Life – Jentezen Franklin We’re going to help build a 20-acre marketplace called Mache Mirak, which means “Miracle Market”. This marketplace will cost more than $1,000,000 and is truly a miracle, as it will provide an estimated 2,400 jobs in a country that has 85% unemployment. More than 600 Haitian owned and operated businesses will be able to flourish in this safe, clean environment. Their future, the future of their children, of their country, depends on their ability to build a sustainable economy. And, with God’s grace, we’re going to help them establish that. The day we met with Bobby and Sherry to view the blueprints for this project, a man I had just met days before walked in with a check for $100,000. I believe God wants to rain fish in Haiti. Invest in the future of Haiti.
60 Quotes that Will Change the Way You Think In your quiet moments, what do you think about? How far you’ve come, or how far you have to go? Your strengths, or your weaknesses? The best that might happen, or the worst that might come to be? In your quiet moments, pay attention to your thoughts. Because maybe, just maybe, the only thing that needs to shift in order for you to experience more happiness, more love, and more vitality, is your way of thinking. Here are 60 thought-provoking quotes gathered from our sister site, Everyday Life Lessons, and from our blog archive that will help you adjust your way of thinking. You cannot change what you refuse to confront.Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.Don’t think of cost. Photo by: Andrew Evans Related 12 Things To Start Caring About Today Life is all about taking chances. February 27, 2012 In "Hacks" 11 Things You Should Leave in the Past You might not be proud of all the things you’ve done in the past, but that’s okay. July 23, 2012 In "Aspirations"
Iris Global Newsletter, Heidi & Rolland Baker Newsletter | Iris Global We love video newsletters, but we also want to communicate more verbally and thoughtfully as well. For this reason we will start again to send out written newsletters along with more still/video galleries. Recently I completed a Doctor of Ministry project titled, “TOWARD A BIBLICAL ‘STRATEGY’ OF MISSION: THE EFFECTS OF THE FIVE CHRISTIAN ‘CORE VALUES’ OF IRIS GLOBAL.” It was written for seminary professors, but I realize now that its conclusions could be useful to anyone wanting to know us and our Iris “DNA” better. Above all, may Jesus be found by you all the more as you hunger and thirst for His Kingdom and righteousness! Much love in Him, always, Rolland In the Lord we developed a desire to minister to the poorest of the poor and the most desperate of the desperate, and gravitated to Africa knowing specifically that if the gospel could be proven in that crucible, it would hold true for anyone anywhere. God is perfect and impassive, but He is also wounded, vulnerable and sorrowful.
My first plane flight, to mourn JFK A child’s first plane flight these days is about as much of a landmark event as that first elevator ride or an initial expedition to the dry cleaner. But things were different in the early 1960s, when air travel still had a whiff of glamor and most passengers were either wealthy or traveling on business. I was 16 years old when I boarded my first airplane on a frosty Sunday morning in November 1963, two days after President John F. It was a journey that had begun for me when I stood along the railroad tracks in Connecticut, three days before the 1960 election, cheering the youthful senator from Massachusetts who would go on to win that race by a whisper over Republican Richard Nixon. But these were partial explanations. I could not endure the claustrophobia of sitting home with the television tuned to CBS hour after hour, numb with grief yet impatient with hearing the same solemn banalities endlessly repeated. Memory can be an elusive thing after a half-century.
31 Days of Praying for Your Husband Welcome to RGC! Our goal is to be a premier source for Christian parenting and marriage materials that you’ll want to check back with every week. Be sure to check out the Raising Godly Children home site for brand-new articles by our top-notch group of contributors! “She does him good . . .” Satan desires to destroy your husband, especially his character and his leadership in your relationship. Day 1 Pray that your husband will grow spiritually and consider his accountability before the Lord. Day 2 Pray that your husband’s relationship with God and His Word will bear fruit in his life. Day 3 Pray that your husband will be humble and quick to agree with God about his sin. Day 4 Pray that your husband will grow in leadership skills in your relationship—protecting and providing for you. Day 5 Pray that your husband will be faithful to his wedding vows. Day 6 Pray that your husband will love righteousness and hate wickedness, especially the evils of the culture.