James 2:1-9 (NIV)
“My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don’t show favoritism. Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in. If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, 'Here’s a good seat for you,' but say to the poor man, ‘You stand there’ or ‘Sit on the floor by my feet,’ have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? But you have insulted the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? Are they not the ones who are slandering the noble name of him to whom you belong?
If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself,’ you are doing right. But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.”
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
A short reflection question from watching The End of Poverty(2008)
Supposing that one day you head to the mountains and when you get back your land, everything you own is gone. Then there is an alien that says that for you to work for him, you will get food but will be in debt for 999 years. Everyone in the community has suffered or will suffer the same fate as you. What would be your response?
Monday, July 25, 2011
Some thoughts on Love in a Godly context
Love is a process of continually edifying yourself as well as others, much of which requires experience. Such is the purpose for God to put us in this world to lear and practise love, for he is love. When you love, you will enjoy everything as it is ordained by God. From personal thoughts, to social interaction, and even emotional-physical moments will be blessed. But in this world there would exist void of love as well, twisting the meaning of the word, as people do not align themselves to God due to the presence and choice of sin. Such unloving actions as defined by God himself, from spreading false teachings, to sexual immorality, and murder. Think of the moral law - the ten commandments. Such are basic things, but still they come from two most important laws as confirmed by Jesus.
God's call is to LOVE in his way. Read His word. Understand, and gain wisdom through acting for and in His Living Name. Amen.
God's call is to LOVE in his way. Read His word. Understand, and gain wisdom through acting for and in His Living Name. Amen.
Matthew 22:36-40
Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Monday, April 04, 2011
How to Make Your Resume Stand Out
How to Make Your Resume Stand Out
By Joyce Lain Kennedy, Excerpted from Resumes For Dummies, 6th Edition.
1. Match Your Resume to the Job
To dart past job software filters, a resume must closely match your qualifications with the requirements specified in a job posting’s position description. Include keywords to help connect the dots. Alternatively, when you’re posting your resume in a job board’s resume database, research a dozen job ads in your target career field for typical requirements and keywords. The old generic resume has nearly dropped dead.
2. Choose Flattering Format
Select the best format for your situation. For example, the reverse chronological format is appropriate when staying in the same field, but a skills format works best when changing fields. A hybrid format (using parts of both types) is effective in any situation. One to two pages, in most cases, is the right length to avoid T.M.I. (too much information).
3. Sell, Don’t Tell
Forget the naming-your-previous-responsibilities routine. Merely listing “Responsible for XYZ” doesn’t assure the recruiter you met your responsibility or the result of your efforts was worth the money someone paid you. Don’t be stingy with your accomplishments. Always answer the “So what?” question for each accomplishment. The hiring honchos are thinking “Who cares?” or “What’s in it for me?” Tell them!
4. Prove Your Claims
A good start on backing up your claims of skills and accomplishments is measuring them with numbers, percentages, and dollar amounts.
Compare the following statements. Which is the most convincing?
* Easy Ways to Be More Popular OR 50 Easy Ways to Be More Popular
* Towels on Sale OR Towels 40% Off
* Designed internal company insurance plan to replace outside plan at great savings OR Designed $30 million self-insured health plan, saving estimated $5 million per year over previous external plan.
5. Use Bulleted Style for Easy Reading
Using one- or two-liners opens up your resume with white space, making it more appealing to read. Big blocks of text suffocate readers. Let your words breathe.
* [Resumes For Dummies, 6th Edition]
Republished from:
Resumes For Dummies, 6th Edition
Source: http://www.rd.com/money/how-to-make-your-resume-stand-out/
By Joyce Lain Kennedy, Excerpted from Resumes For Dummies, 6th Edition.
1. Match Your Resume to the Job
To dart past job software filters, a resume must closely match your qualifications with the requirements specified in a job posting’s position description. Include keywords to help connect the dots. Alternatively, when you’re posting your resume in a job board’s resume database, research a dozen job ads in your target career field for typical requirements and keywords. The old generic resume has nearly dropped dead.
2. Choose Flattering Format
Select the best format for your situation. For example, the reverse chronological format is appropriate when staying in the same field, but a skills format works best when changing fields. A hybrid format (using parts of both types) is effective in any situation. One to two pages, in most cases, is the right length to avoid T.M.I. (too much information).
3. Sell, Don’t Tell
Forget the naming-your-previous-responsibilities routine. Merely listing “Responsible for XYZ” doesn’t assure the recruiter you met your responsibility or the result of your efforts was worth the money someone paid you. Don’t be stingy with your accomplishments. Always answer the “So what?” question for each accomplishment. The hiring honchos are thinking “Who cares?” or “What’s in it for me?” Tell them!
4. Prove Your Claims
A good start on backing up your claims of skills and accomplishments is measuring them with numbers, percentages, and dollar amounts.
Compare the following statements. Which is the most convincing?
* Easy Ways to Be More Popular OR 50 Easy Ways to Be More Popular
* Towels on Sale OR Towels 40% Off
* Designed internal company insurance plan to replace outside plan at great savings OR Designed $30 million self-insured health plan, saving estimated $5 million per year over previous external plan.
5. Use Bulleted Style for Easy Reading
Using one- or two-liners opens up your resume with white space, making it more appealing to read. Big blocks of text suffocate readers. Let your words breathe.
* [Resumes For Dummies, 6th Edition]
Republished from:
Resumes For Dummies, 6th Edition
Source: http://www.rd.com/money/how-to-make-your-resume-stand-out/
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Effective plyometric training
From Sports Peformance :)
Effective plyometric training
There’s a decided feel of spring in the air here in Istanbul. Whilst it’s still coolish, the temperatures are no longer low enough to burn the nose off your face. It’s hard to believe that it was snowing here only last week. Unfortunately, it also means that my single handed attempts to prop up the antihistamine industry have begun in earnest!
I am running one of the units at Edith Cowan University on the Masters of Strength and Conditioning course and last night I completed packaging the lecture on tendinopathy management, so I thought I’d share some of that information with you guys. In particular, I’d like to chat about the impact that plyometrics have on tendon pathology.
First of all, we need to define two terms:
Plyometrics refers to drills where the musculotendinous unit is loaded and then contracted rapidly, utilising a phenomenon known as the stretch shorted cycle (SSC). The rapid stretch produces a more forceful contraction. You may remember a while back I talked about depth jumps and this is an example of a plyometric exercise. Bounding, jumping, skipping, hurdles and clap push ups are all examples of plyometric drills.
Tendinopathy means pain in, and dysfunction of, a tendon.
Plyometrics place a high load on tendons. Effective plyo performance relies on the tendon’s great capacity to provide elastic recoil, which in turn enhances jump height etc. This load is sensed by the tenocytes (tendon cells) that increase their activity to provide a stronger supporting collagen framework within the tendon so that this increased load can be tolerated.
"Effective plyo performance relies on the tendon’s great capacity to provide elastic recoil, which in turn enhances jump height."
The tenocytes are capable of dealing with this load so long as it’s not too frequent. For a beginner, too frequent means engaging in high tendon load activities once every 3-4 days.
What is high tendon load for a novice athlete may in fact be low tendon load for an experienced high jumper (in the same way that what is heavy for me may be as light as a feather for you).
If the tenocytes are asked to deal with high loads on an all-too-frequent basis, they can become overworked and eventually burn out. This is the basis of the degenerative tendons we often see (for example, the grumbling Achilles tendon that complains for the first 10 minutes when we get out of bed in the morning).
So how should this affect our plyometric programme planning? Well, to start with, we should be aware that whilst plyo exercises (hurdles etc.) don’t feel particularly stressful, they are and we need to limit the reps to around 4-6 per set (after that, performance declines anyway).
We need to build up slowly to allow the tenocytes to adapt to the increased load and we need to structure high, medium and low tendon load days into the programme. We also need to appreciate that tendon load capacity varies between, and even within, individuals. Generally speaking, plyometrics would fall into the high tendon load basket and so we need to take care if prescribing many sets of these during a week; once to twice a week should be sufficient for most folk.
'Til next week,
Stay robust, amigos!
Joycey
David Joyce
Injury and Performance Consultant at Galatasaray FC. Holds a Masters in Sports Physiotherapy and a Masters in Strength and Conditioning. He also lectures on the MSc in Sports Physio course at the University of Bath.
Effective plyometric training
There’s a decided feel of spring in the air here in Istanbul. Whilst it’s still coolish, the temperatures are no longer low enough to burn the nose off your face. It’s hard to believe that it was snowing here only last week. Unfortunately, it also means that my single handed attempts to prop up the antihistamine industry have begun in earnest!
I am running one of the units at Edith Cowan University on the Masters of Strength and Conditioning course and last night I completed packaging the lecture on tendinopathy management, so I thought I’d share some of that information with you guys. In particular, I’d like to chat about the impact that plyometrics have on tendon pathology.
First of all, we need to define two terms:
Plyometrics refers to drills where the musculotendinous unit is loaded and then contracted rapidly, utilising a phenomenon known as the stretch shorted cycle (SSC). The rapid stretch produces a more forceful contraction. You may remember a while back I talked about depth jumps and this is an example of a plyometric exercise. Bounding, jumping, skipping, hurdles and clap push ups are all examples of plyometric drills.
Tendinopathy means pain in, and dysfunction of, a tendon.
Plyometrics place a high load on tendons. Effective plyo performance relies on the tendon’s great capacity to provide elastic recoil, which in turn enhances jump height etc. This load is sensed by the tenocytes (tendon cells) that increase their activity to provide a stronger supporting collagen framework within the tendon so that this increased load can be tolerated.
"Effective plyo performance relies on the tendon’s great capacity to provide elastic recoil, which in turn enhances jump height."
The tenocytes are capable of dealing with this load so long as it’s not too frequent. For a beginner, too frequent means engaging in high tendon load activities once every 3-4 days.
What is high tendon load for a novice athlete may in fact be low tendon load for an experienced high jumper (in the same way that what is heavy for me may be as light as a feather for you).
If the tenocytes are asked to deal with high loads on an all-too-frequent basis, they can become overworked and eventually burn out. This is the basis of the degenerative tendons we often see (for example, the grumbling Achilles tendon that complains for the first 10 minutes when we get out of bed in the morning).
So how should this affect our plyometric programme planning? Well, to start with, we should be aware that whilst plyo exercises (hurdles etc.) don’t feel particularly stressful, they are and we need to limit the reps to around 4-6 per set (after that, performance declines anyway).
We need to build up slowly to allow the tenocytes to adapt to the increased load and we need to structure high, medium and low tendon load days into the programme. We also need to appreciate that tendon load capacity varies between, and even within, individuals. Generally speaking, plyometrics would fall into the high tendon load basket and so we need to take care if prescribing many sets of these during a week; once to twice a week should be sufficient for most folk.
'Til next week,
Stay robust, amigos!
Joycey
David Joyce
Injury and Performance Consultant at Galatasaray FC. Holds a Masters in Sports Physiotherapy and a Masters in Strength and Conditioning. He also lectures on the MSc in Sports Physio course at the University of Bath.
1 Corinthians 9:25
Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.
Monday, March 07, 2011
Just wanted to share a survivor's tale
A not so epic version but still insightful to what difficulties may do to us.
Thought experiment (What if such a thing happened to yourself? What would be your top 3 to do? And how would you spend the 48 hours.)
Another close one would be the movie 147hours. Go figure. Human Will.
48 Hours Without Power by Christie Anderson
Thought experiment (What if such a thing happened to yourself? What would be your top 3 to do? And how would you spend the 48 hours.)
Another close one would be the movie 147hours. Go figure. Human Will.
48 Hours Without Power by Christie Anderson
Proverbs 18:10
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
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