Evangelical Friend, July/August 1991 (Vol. 24, No. 6)

Teaching Each Other to Pray. By Howard Macy, page 2Practice may make perfect, but sometimes we need a little help. Embracing the Silence. By Paul Anderson, page 6Do you suffer from spiritual attention deficit ? A Christ-Centered, Bible-Believing Quaker. By Richard Wood, page 8The implications are not as obvious as you might think. Music Is Mighty in Manila. By Dick Cadd, page 11Drama and music bring a message of hope to packed theaters. How About a Bible Study? By Becky Towne, page 13Fun, fellowship, and spiritual growth, too Working to Reconcile. By Jennifer L. Fyock, page 14Fostering unity between races within the church is not just nice, it\u27s necessary. Still Going Strong. By Betty M. Hockett, page 16Flexibility and perseverance make up a missionary\u27s life. We Need Them, Too. By Joshua Brown, page17Breaking down barriers sets those on both sides free. Regular FeaturesSpeaking the Truth, 4Friends Write, 9Friends Read, 10WorldWinds, 12To the Point, 18Hot off the FAX, 19What Aobut Our Friends? 20A Certain Shaft of Light, 28https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/nwym_evangelical_friend/1245/thumbnail.jp

Coaching Motivation

Introduction The ability to motivate athletes is one of the major requirements of being a good coach at any level. Collegiately it may even be more important because college athletes are trying to juggle so much in their life. Student athletes have to deal with schoolwork, practice, social life and other various demands that coaches, peers, individual and family members put on them. Student-athletes need to also weigh the options of trying to make sport a career or making sport a secondary option and making education. All educational institutions act politically correct and say that student-athletes are exactly that: students first and athletes second. Unfortunately during the season this is not always the attitude of the coaches and athletes. In both team and individual settings athletes may either get burnt out or just get tired of trying so hard and not seeing results. As a coach you have to make very tough decisions on who will play and who will act as a reserve player. These decisions may eventually lead to tension between coach and player, player and player, families and coach, or families and player. These coaching decisions may be consequential because of the balance of team cohesion. As a coach you need to make sure that your stars, role players and bench players all stay motivated. If one of more of these units falls behind the whole team will suffer. The population of fans and media may only judge a coach on their ability to put forth a winning program and will praise coaches on star athletes and records, but the true meaning of coaching is to be able to make everyone on the team work hard and strive for the ultimate goal. If a coach caters to or gives special attention to just a few players the team and program will eventually suffer. As a coach you need to make sure that you know your players inside and out. Being able to learn what makes them tick individually and in the team setting will determine how successful your program is. The star players need the backups and the bench players just as much as the program needs the star players. If it were not for the bench players competitive practice would not be possible. The bench players are also vital in trying to mimic the next opponent’s strategy. The coach is in charge of watching the videotape and coming up with a game plan but it is the job of the bench players to play out this game plan in practice so that the starters can get a feel for what is coming up. The bench players not only need to play out the other teams strategies, but also needs to make sure that they are learning their team’s strategies incase of injury or other circumstances where they may need to be in the game. This can cause burnout and a feeling of being undervalued if they do not ever get in the game

Growing Ideas - Shocking Language! - Swearing

When children swear, it is important to understand the hidden meaning behind those troubling words. As with any behavior, it is important to learn as much as you can about a child and what may be causing this swearing behavior. Young children usually do not know what the swear words mean, so what is the swearing behavior communicating? Is a child saying... I am angry! This word makes people pay attention! I want to be like my favorite TV character! I need a friend! or I feel sick or hurt

Letter from D[avid] Landsbonah to John Muir, 1887 Dec 16.

[in margin: [Fig Trees V?]][words on opposite side bleed through paper?]01281Kilmarnock 16th Dec. 1887.Dear Mr. MuirWhen I had the pleasure of visiting you my attention was directed by you to a most magnificent fig tree, & you at the same time mentioned that as a shade tree the fig is superior to all the trees that grow in California. Would it be too much to ask if you would be so kind as supply me with the measurements of the tree _ [girth?] [words bleed through other side of paper]of trunk [stricken word] at the height of five feet from the ground [illegible] that is if it be suitable to give the girth there; the diameter of the ground shaded by its branches & if [illegible] be need of the tree. Do you know its probably age? Do not trouble with a letter A.P.C. W. be quite suffic- -ient. I enclose an address I gave lately which may amust you. With [stricken word] regards to Mrs Muir & the children & also yr. [illegible]-in-law I am [illegible] John Muir Esq. D. Lansbona

International travel during COVID-19

Updated May 19, 2021Do not travel internationally until you are fully vaccinated. If you are not fully vaccinated and must travel, follow CDC\u2019s international travel recommendations for unvaccinated people.Fully vaccinated travelers are less likely to get and spread COVID-19. However, international travel poses additional risks, and even fully vaccinated travelers might be at increased risk for getting and possibly spreading some COVID-19 variants.The COVID-19 situation, including the spread of new or concerning variants, differs from country to country. All travelers need to pay close attention to the conditions at their destination before traveling.CDC will update these recommendations as more people get vaccinated, as rates of COVID-19 change, and as additional scientific evidence becomes available.International Travel Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People -- International Travel Recommendations for Unvaccinated People -- Recommendations Quick Reference --Check Travel Restrictions.2021968

Management Paradigms for an Evolving Future: Towards Prosperity in the e-Economy

"A cloud masses, the sky darkens, leaves twist upward, and we know that it will rain. We also know that after the storm, the runoff will feed into groundwater miles away, and the sky will grow clear by tomorrow. All these events are distant in time and space, and yet they are all connected within the same pattern. Each has an influence on the rest, an influence that is usually hidden from view. You can only understand the system of a rainstorm by contemplating the whole, not any individual part of the pattern" (Senge, 1994). This paper follows a keynote presentation and attempts to reflect on the systems view of the present, and the futures that may very well affect how we live as much as how we do business in the global e-economy. As an organization, you are a corporate citizen of the world. You need to pay close attention to the evolution of that world - changes in population, health, education, etc., so you can better understand the impact on your business eco-system. As in Senge's example of the storm, we must consider all the phenomena as being interconnected and inseparable

Drowsy driving : asleep at the whee;

DRIVE ALERT AND STAY UNHURT.Learn the risks of drowsy driving and how to protect yourself.WHAT IS DROWSY DRIVING?Untreated Sleep DisordersMedicationsDrinking AlcoholDrowsy DrivingNot Enough SleepShift WorkGet enough sleep! Adults need 7 hours and teens need at least 8 hours.Develop good sleeping habits such as sticking to a sleep schedule.THE DROWSY DRIVING PROBLEMDrowsy driving is a major problem in the United States. Falling asleep at the wheel is clearly dangerous, but being sleepy affects your ability to drive safely even if you don\u2019t fall asleep. Drowsiness\u2022 Makes drivers less able to pay attention to the road.\u2022 Slows reaction time if you have to brake or steer suddenly.\u2022 Affects a driver\u2019s ability to make good decisions.DID YOU KNOW?Up to 6,000 fatal crashes each year may be caused by drowsy driversWHO\u2019S MORE LIKELY TO DRIVE DROWSY?\u2022 Commercial drivers who operate vehicles such as tow trucks, tractor trailers, and buses.\u2022 Shift workers (work the night shift or long shifts).\u2022 Drivers with untreated sleep disorders such as one where breathing repeatedly stops and starts (sleep apnea).\u2022 Drivers who use medications that make them sleepy.\u2022 Drivers who do not get enough sleep.LEARN THE WARNING SIGNS OF DROWSY DRIVING\u2022 Yawning or blinking frequently.\u2022 Difficulty remembering the past few miles driven.\u2022 Missing your exit.\u2022 Drifting from your lane.\u2022 Hitting a rumble strip on the side of the road.If you experience any of these warning signsPULL OVER TO REST OR CHANGE DRIVERS.Simply turning up the radio or opening the window are not effective ways to keep you alert.CS260638-Awww.cdc.gov/sleep/about_sleepPublication date from document properties.drowsy-driving-infographic.pd

Maintaining Undesired Relationships

As social creatures, we spend our lives in the company of others, rather than in isolation. Consequently, we maintain many relationships out of need rather than desire. Unfortunately, some of these relationships are ones that we would not maintain if given a choice. Although a considerable amount of research on relational dynamics can be applied to unwanted relationships, scholars have made little attempt to generate an integrated overview of what communication characteristics typify such relationships, how they differ from desirable relationships, or how they should best be maintained. The maintenance of unwanted relationships piques public interest. Articles with titles such as You Bug Me! (Precker, 2000) and Do You Attract People You’d Rather Repel? (Finella, 2000) that are scattered throughout the pages of newspapers and magazines, and books such as Dealing With People You Can’t Stand (Brinkman & Kirschner 1994) serve as a testament to the attraction such relationships have on people’s attention. But unwanted relationships should catch attention as well because a closer examination of these relationships could broaden and enrich our understanding of personal relationships. Relationships people want to maintain pose challenges (e.g., managing dialectical tensions or dealing with conflict), but greater challenges can arise in relationships that one or both parties wish did not exist. It seems likely that at both an individual and societal level, more problems arise from relationships people would not maintain if given a choice than from relationships that people choose to nurture. The widely documented tensions in Ireland, the Middle East, and the former Yugoslavia may illustrate some problems that result from social groups being unwillingly forced to coexist. At an interpersonal level, individuals face undesirable relationships on a regular basis and often experience negative consequences from them (Hess, 2000; Levitt, Silver, & Franco, 1996)

To swim or not to swim: an interpretation of farmed mink's motivation for a water bath

How an animal’s behavioural (ethological) needs can be met is a pivotal issue in the assessment of welfare for captive animals. The value of swimming water for farmed mink is an example how scientific and societal questions relating to animal welfare can be answered. A number of studies have addressed the issue of the indispensability of swimming water for mink; however, so far with inconclusive evidence. In this paper, the results of these studies and related literature are reviewed. First, the biological definition of need is discussed. Subsequently, attention is paid to the effects of the presence, absence and the removal of swimming water on behavioural and physiological correlates of well-being including stereotypic and anticipatory behaviour and urinary cortisol. Thereafter we discuss individual differences in the use of swimming water, the price animals pay for access to a water bath, and the effect of access to swimming water on juvenile play. The main conclusions of the literature review are that 1) the use of a water bath for mink is most likely related to foraging behaviour (foraging areas: land and water); 2) absence of swimming water, without prior experience, does not lead to consistent changes in level of stereotypic behaviour, or anticipatory responses; 3) removal of a previously experienced water bath may induce short-term stress as indicated by behavioural parameters and elevated cortisol responses; 4) mink work hard for access to a swimming bath and running wheel in consumer demand studies. Other cage modifications such as tunnels and biting objects, may also provide environmental enrichment, if they are added to otherwise impoverished conditions; 5) There are individual differences in the use of swimming water: these are related in part to variation in prior experience of aquatic resources.; 6) As prior experience is important both with respect to individual use of swimming water and the response to deprivation, swimming water can not be described as biological need in the sense of a fixed requirement for survival. As swimming water appears to act as an incentive that induces its own motivation a more accurate term may be an “incentive induced or environmentally facilitated need”. Given the available evidence, it is not possible to conclude whether mink that have never experienced swimming water, suffer as a consequence of its absence. However, it is possible to predict that mink with access to water have improved quality of life, due to increased behavioural opportunities, in comparison to farmed mink without access to swimming water. In practical terms, it is still open to debate whether mink should be provided with swimming water, or if alternative, less valued, but easier to install and maintain forms of environmental enrichment, should be provided in mink housing. To clarify these issues a number of future studies would be valuable. These include; 1) whether specific environmental cues affect motivation to swim, such as the form of drinking water delivery systems ; 2) whether prior experience of swimming water affects its incentive value; in other words “can you miss what you never experienced?”; 3) do behavioural parameters such as stereotypic behaviour; rebound effects and vacuum activity have any general utility in assessing the value of absent resources; 4) what are preferences for and the value of alternative resources which may act as substitutes for swimming water. In addition we would recommend further work investigating: relationship between access to swimming water and positive indicators of welfare such as play and/or anticipatory behaviour; the effects of preventing the performance of rewarding behaviours and deprivation of a previous experienced resource; and health and hygeine issues related to provision of a water bath. In future work, it would be desirable to present be the actual percentages of animals using a water bath during the experiment and the use of power analyses, to aid their interpretation