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Safer Alcohol ( @saferalcohol ) 3/16/16, 12:42 PM Why Is The Government Hiding A Safer Way To Drink Alcohol From Us? amp.twimg.com/v/f02f1c4b-c5f… I have to admit, Twitter's ad targeting is pretty good, because more often than not when sponsored tweet shows up in my feed.... I find worthy of exploration. That happened this morning when the video clip from "safer alcohol" appeared. It turns out that the organization sponsoring it is the "Coalition For Safer Drinking" and the link is to an informational website at SaferAlcohol.com .  But unless their website simply isn't mobile optimized, which would be unfortunate for an organization advertising on Twitter, there isn't much information on their informational site. And there's no call to action, so other than keeping a note of the site somewhere in my bookmarks (or Evernote or OneNote a text file in Dropbox or some other place I'll lose...

"He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn't produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more." ‭‭John‬ ‭15:2‬ ‭NLT‬‬ http://bible.com/116/jhn.15.2.nlt If "every branch of mine" really means "every branch that falsely professes to be mine"... Why doesn't it say that? "Of mine" or "In me" seems pretty clear.

"You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father." ‭‭John‬ ‭14:13‬ ‭NLT‬‬ http://bible.com/116/jhn.14.13.nlt "Fruit is the life of Jesus in you being lived out through you." -Wes Feltner Note that Jesus is doing the doing. The Father is glorified because you asked Jesus (not an idol or whatever), and Jesus does it, not so you have a trinket, but so that the Father is glorified. John has some deep stuff...

It's not just in Acts; Jesus Himself had a ministry to the Greeks, directly and personally... "Some Greeks who had come to Jerusalem for the Passover celebration paid a visit to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee. They said, "Sir, we want to meet Jesus." Philip told Andrew about it, and they went together to ask Jesus." ‭‭John‬ ‭12:20-22‬ ‭NLT‬‬ http://bible.com/116/jhn.12.20-22.nlt

In an online environment, anything the students do results in some sort of sharable digital artifact. What about classroom activities? A really good conversation is totally lost at the end of a day. But a full discussion board becomes overwhelming to review by the time a course is complete. Who then curates that information to turn it into accessible knowledge?

I just heard a story about browser extensions in chrome that are used to replace one set of words with another, usually for comedic effect. That got me thinking. I have long said that there are affinities between higher education and communities of faith and ministry. (By the way, "Highridge Acacian" would be a great name for a band or academy. Or cemetery. Or maybe a paint color for your kitchen. Thanks, Siri!) Anyway, what my next spare time project will be is to try out one of these extensions and use it to swap words in writings from one domain and see if they can be easily transformed into advice or insight for the other domain. For instance, I love the model of engagement laid out by Man in the Mirror ministries. What happens when you do a find and replace, and take every reference of "men" and turn it into "faculty"? Most men have such and such a concern, in order to reach men effectively you need to do this and that, etc. I bet the...

I'm both intrigue and ashamed to admit that in all my years, I never heard the distinction raised in this episode. Listening to APM: Marketplace Tech (Marketplace Tech for Thursday, March 10, 2016): http://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/marketplace-tech-thursday-march-10-2016 Airing on Thursday, March 10, 2016: On today's show, we'll talk about what's being discussed at SXSW when it comes to online harassment;  we'll talk with  Luna Malbroux, comedian and creator of the EquiTable app; and we'll cover  what goes into winning a game of Go.

See "I'm An Evangelical, And I Don't Support Ted Cruz": http://thefederalist.com/2016/01/14/im-an-evangelical-and-i-dont-support-ted-cruz/