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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Jack's mother's death hit him hard, but now he is ready to figure out what he must do to tie up her financial affairs. First, he visited her safe deposit box with a certified copy of her death certificate, a document prepared for him by his attorney, and the safe deposit box key he found in her files.
Together with a bank officer, he found her last Will in the box and also noticed there were other papers he was not allowed to look at.
And he tried to figure out where her bank accounts and other assets were. It was not easy. She didn't believe in putting all her eggs in one basket, so she had many accounts at different banks and held many stocks.
As he worked through the details of taking care of her estate, he learned some things that she could have done ahead of time to make the process easier, more private and less expensive. Some of them were small things and other big, but they added up to a promise to himself that he would put his hard lessons to use and plan ahead to spare his wife and children the same trouble.
In the next weeks, we will follow Jack through some of the things he had to do and troubles he learned he could prevent with good estate planning. For expert advice about your estate planning options, call our office at 436-1996 for an appointment. ã2012 Gruber Law Office, Ltd.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Months ago, we thought we would write a 'couple' of columns about our own family's winding road to living multi-generationally. As those who have been reading this column since spring know, it's been many more than two columns. It was an even longer and more winding road than we had remembered.
We hope that seeing the twists and turns of our situation helps illustrate what we first set out to show in these columns - why planning helps. Deciding on multi-generational living has both practical and legal issues that need careful consideration.
At best, living multi-generationally can save money, open up better options, enrich family relationships, improve understanding between generations, be more fun, and generally be "win/win" for everyone.
But living multi-generationally can also break frayed relationships, increase generational friction, be depressing, cause resentment, and allow abusive relationships to grow, or generally be "lose/lose" for everyone involved.
We are delighted that our multi-generational living arrangement has resulted in more and better benefits than our expectations, even if we did change our plans far more times than expected.
We'd be pleased if our experience would allow us to help you explore multigenerational living or other kinds of cooperation across the generations for your own family. To consider multi-generational planning opportunities, call our office at (815) 436-1996 to set an appointment. ©2012 Gruber Law Office, Ltd.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Last week, we looked back at some of the many changes required in our plans while we worked to set up this rewarding situation where Priscilla and Patricia and their families live helpfully together. We feel we have 'made it' at last.
We have maximized the resources of all the generations by throwing our lots in together. Right now, we know that we can live here together happily without anyone going broke while our several generations share expenses.
But that is not enough. The future asks whether Patricia's family will be able to handle the expenses of this large home and office after the older generation has passed away. And, if not, will they be able to handle it long enough to sell the property and downsize without it being like a fire sale?
We think our plan makes that possible, but we cannot afford to just assume the answer will remain the same as time goes by. The economy, our education needs, health issues, and the status of our jobs and businesses could potentially make living here together impossible or unaffordable in the future.
We come back to one of our most concrete pieces of information: Life is uncertain.
Fortunately, looking back at our trip so far into this multi-generational adventure, we see that we can adapt and face unexpected things. It won't mean that things are over or will fail. It just means planning again … and again.
Planning for the future – both for living and inheritance - matters to all generations. To consider your own family's plans, please call our office at (815) 436-1996 for an appointment. ©2012 Gruber Law Office, Ltd.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
We can look back at our journey to multigenerational living and working, as we have been written about the last few months. It's easier with hindsight…
First, we thought Priscilla and her husband should move to a small lot near Patricia's subdivision house, so future grandchildren could walk to Grammy and Grandpa's easily, and Patricia's family could help with home maintenance and other pesky chores the retired are too busy to do easily. That didn't work out due to high costs and our preference for open space and Priscilla's home.
Then we thought Patricia could move to Minooka and easily stop by at Priscilla's on the way to and from a new office in Plainfield every day. We bought the Minooka lot, but we could not find a suitable Plainfield office for an affordable price.
Last, we decided to build an addition onto Priscilla's house for both office and Patricia's family. And we did do that. But it was not the end of planning. Things had to work 'on the ground' daily and also so that after the death of the first generation, the next generation will have a way forward without losing our home and possibly our family's peace at the same time we lose the first generation.
Our situation illustrates the reason why future planning for families multi-generationally (what is often called estate planning) is so important. Life goes on, and we care about how it goes, whether we are the ones who leave or those who remain.
Wills and trusts set up planning that matters to all generations. To consider your own family's plans, please call our office at (815) 436-1996 for an appointment. ©2012 Gruber Law Office, Ltd.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Those of you who have been reading these columns for the past few months will probably appreciate the irony here. I (Patricia) am here alone at the office writing under time pressure due to an early deadline.
Priscilla is vacationing visiting relatives out on the East Coast where she grew up. I am holding down the office and home fronts on my own while my son starts first grade. If I didn't know before how lucky I am to have my parents so close to share responsibilities with, I certainly do now.
These past few weeks, the smallest changes to my schedule can send my entire work and personal day veering out of control. So here I am with no one to ask to write this column while I meet with clients.
Mom always understands immediately the urgency and importance of these kinds of things. If she were here at home, I could have asked for her help when I realized the time crunch this morning. When multi-generational living (and working, in our case) is good, it is very good!
After all my trepidation about too much exposure to the parents before moving back home, now I don't like having them not here even only for a few weeks.
It was a major, costly, and complex thing to figure out how to make this multi-generational living and working arrangement work. But it was worth it. To consider your own future multi-generationally, please call our office at (815) 436-1996 for an appointment. ©2012 Gruber Law Office, Ltd.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
When we finished the cute new baby room after discovering Patricia's new baby would be a girl, we knew we had to adjust our ownership and inheritance plans. Why?
As we wrote last week, some proceeds from selling Patricia's old house were required to make the change to our shared space. The extra room surely increased the house's value somewhat, and it certainly increased Patricia's upfront cash investment.
Before this change, we agreed to share maintenance and most improvement expenses while living together. Patricia would also help pay on the new mortgage that financed the addition. Priscilla and Ed would remain sole owners. After her parents' deaths, Patricia would inherit an extra percentage of the house, primarily based on the reduced mortgage loan.
Since Patricia paid for this improvement solely, we decided that the extra percentage now should be based on the reduced mortgage loan in addition to an amount for Patricia's additional cash investment in the extra room.
Surprisingly, after some thought and calculation, this turned out to be a relatively simple adjustment to make to our plan. Even though having our little girl has caused much change in our lives in so many ways, our estate plan only needed tweaking.
Some updates to estate plans are major and complex. Other times, they turn out simple. To consider updating your multigenerational planning when life actually happens differently than expected, please call our office at (815) 436-1996 for an appointment. ©2012 Gruber Law Office, Ltd.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
When good fortune smiled on us by delivering a second pregnancy to Patricia, both generations scrambled to avoid major moving upheaval and found some amazing bunk beds that would allow Ben's small bedroom to be shared by our two boys.
Of course, we were only assuming the second child would also be a boy. Being high risk, Patricia had testing done. The result was clear – a double X! Wonderful news, except that just a bunk bed wasn't going to cut it for the long term.
An engineer friend came to the rescue and helped us figure out a way to carve a small extra room out of a semi-finished attic area both families had all been using for storage space, and then helped do the work. And we worked very hard to maximize sound insulation, as the room was close to the sleeping grandparents.
Needless to say, it was more expensive than the bunk bed solution. But it was better, too. Because it actually expanded Patricia's area of the house, it makes trading spaces between Priscilla and Patricia's families in the future less likely.
There still needed to be some change to our shared ownership and inheritance plans, as all of the proceeds from selling Patricia's old house were put into setting up a cute new baby room, increasing the house's value and Patricia's upfront investment. Next week, we will explain what we decided on.
Yet another adjustment to make in our plans, and it seemed like we just finished adjusting it. Then again, that was before a baby girl changed the picture. To explore the legal parts of your own family's future plans, please call our office at (815) 436-1996 for an appointment. ©2012 Gruber Law Office, Ltd.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Our family was growing. A thrilling second pregnancy for Patricia was here, but our shared multi-generational home/office combination assumed Ben would be an only child. There was only one small child's bedroom for Patricia's family where any noise wouldn't wake the grandparents before the parents!
But trading sides would mean lots of upheaval, and expense, just when we were all starting to feel settled in. After 30 years in their part of the house, Ed and Priscilla would have to downsize and completely re-organize. And we both liked our own space better.
None of us was ready for that much disruption. And the budgeting and legal parts would need a major overhaul too – dividing expenses and inheritance plans changes would needed … again.
Looking for alternatives, we found some truly amazing bunk beds. The kids might even get their own separate play/study nooks. A small, carefully-planned room would surely make sharing second nature for them.
So a new plan emerged. The baby would sleep in a bassinet with his parents 6-10 months. By then he would mostly sleep all night, right? Ben's room could fit both a crib and a toddler bed, so why borrow trouble by assuming the baby would wake Ben?
Some compromises, like buying a state-of-the-art bunk bed, seem affordable compared with the alternatives. Like ours, your plans for your future should be reviewed regularly to keep up with family changes, big and small. To review your own multigenerational plans, please call our office at (815) 436-1996 for an appointment. ©2012 Gruber Law Office, Ltd.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
At baby Ben's first birthday, Patricia and her family were sharing Priscilla's expanded home with office, having just sold their prior home. Now having shared living expenses and responsibilities was proving to be as helpful as we'd hoped.
Patricia's family had enough semi-separate space in the new space above the office addition, a living room, play area, bathroom, and two bedrooms. There were outside playsets and a baby pool. Things had settled into place. This was good.
After their medical struggles having Ben, Patricia and her husband were told that their chances of getting pregnant were "slim to none" without more treatment. They always had hoped for two children, but more treatment now would be difficult and distracting. They decided against it.
Their family was complete with Ben. No difficult, unnecessary distractions were invited, and they hoped to be able to show their only child the whole world with travel. When Ben was 1½, they were offered a special Hawaiian trip by a friend – and shockingly discovered there that Patricia was pregnant.
That was unexpected, fantastic news that shook up the picture a bit. Should we trade living spaces? How else would we have a bedroom for the baby where Grammy and Grandpa (and Ben) would not be awakened too much? But it would be more than a move – it should probably mean changing our plans for sharing ownership and expenses at least, even our inheritance plans.
Even the best kinds of changes cause good plans to be reconsidered. Your plans should be reviewed regularly, as changes in the family never stop. To review your plans in light of family changes, please call our office at (815) 436-1996 for an appointment. ©2012 Gruber Law Office, Ltd.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
In the spring of 2007, we were beginning to seriously consider renting out Patricia's unsold home. It had been listed for sale over eight months with no serious offers made.
Since Patricia and family had been living at Priscilla's house above our new office for more than five months, we needed to reduce costs so Patricia's family could contribute more to the expenses at our shared place soon.
Suddenly, without warning in early March, Patricia received a call that an offer was in on the house. The next day, before coming to final agreement on the first offer, a second higher offer came in. The price was higher, but it was contingent on the sale of that buyer's home.
We stuck with the cheaper, surer deal. Now we simply needed to get it closed, and we would not become 'accidental landlords' of our unsold (and well-loved) home.
The inspection was done, and we did most of the repairs. The buyers got financing approval, and closing was even set 'early' by a week. We moved up Ben's birthday party by that week, and celebrated there with family and friends during the last weekend we owned our house, a few days before his April 25 first birthday.
We had listed the house about a month after Ben was born, and sold it before his first birthday. With hindsight, it doesn't seem so tough. At the time, we were sweating bullets!
When the things don't go exactly as you have planned for your family's future, call our office at (815) 436-1996 for an appointment to consider alternatives. © 2012 Gruber Law Office, Ltd.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Priscilla and Patricia started both living and practicing together in Priscilla's expanded home in October. By spring of 2007, we knew we liked it, so Patricia and her husband wanted more than ever to sell their other properties.
They still owned their house in Plainfield and a vacant 'dream lot.' The house had been listed since June without any serious offers made. The vacant land market looked worse.
We had to pare down expenses so Patricia's family could contribute more to the expenses at the shared house/office, because owning all this real estate would not work long.
Downsizing by selling seemed best, but from necessity, we looked into becoming 'accidental landlords' by renting out Patricia's previous house. Checking out market rents showed we could probably more than cover the house's mortgage, taxes and insurance.
But the risks and responsibilities of having rental property are not trivial, which Patricia knew well from personal experience. Plus, we didn't know how quickly the market would rebound so we could try to sell again.
Downsizing was the long term solution to making the multigenerational living arrangement work, and rental was only short term with some risk. We decided to drop our price and continue to try to sell (at least until next month).
We hadn't expected this problem. After all, when we started planning, the real estate market was so hot that we couldn't risk listing Patricia's house too soon. When the unexpected affects your family's plans, call our office at (815) 436-1996 for an appointment to consider alternatives. © 2012 Gruber Law Office, Ltd.
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Now that the heat waves in ABQ have ended—we hope—it's time to prep for cooler autumn temperatures. Need something fun to occupy your time this October? Plan around any of these Albuquerque Oktoberfest events, local festivals, and family-friendly activities.
Red River Oktoberfest
Date: October 6th-8th, 2017
Location: Red River, NM
Website: www.redriver.org
Head north from our Albuquerque Nissan dealer for an October weekend getaway, and you'll be greeted by more than enough sauerkraut, brats, and German beer to last you a lifetime. Red River's Oktoberfest event is one of the largest and most celebrated in the state, so you won't ever feel bored. The weekend festival will offer genuine German treats and craft beers, traditional Bavarian music and entertainment, New Mexico wines, arts and crafts, contests, vendors, and so much more.
Family-friendly and full of life, Red River's Oktoberfest costs just $5 to attend. Talk about a cheap way to make the best of an autumn weekend!
29th Annual Rio Grande Arts & Crafts Festival
Date: October 13th-15th, 2017
Location: Sandia Resort & Casino in Albuquerque, NM
Website: www.riograndefestivals.com
Join thousands of fellow shoppers, hobbyists, and artists at this year's Rio Grande Arts & Crafts Festival, aka "The Big White Tent." Known as one of the area's finest fall events, this festival runs for two full weekends and features work from over 200 auteurs, artists, and designers. Entertainment will be on tap outside on the resort's pavilion, but inside is where you'll want to be. With samples of culinary treats, painting demos, exhibitions, and a Kids' Creation Station, this tent is a must-stop if you're traveling through ABQ.
Kids under the age of 12 years are free, and one-day passes cost just $10 for adults. That's a small price to pay for 8 full hours of entertainment.
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New Mexico Brew Fest
Date: October 14th, 2017
Location: EXPO New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM)
Website: www.nmbrewfest.com
Craft beer from more than 20 local breweries. Local and regional musicians performing on stage. Perks and discounts for cyclists. Delicious food—lots and lots of food. And those are just a few of the offerings listed on the NM Brew Fest website! Labeled as one of the 10 best fall festivals in the entire country, Brew Fest is not to be missed by any adult with taste buds and an affinity for hops. There's also an Oktoberfest area, so dress to the nines and show your pride.
Tickets are on sale now on their website and range in price.
ABQ BioPark: Zoo Boo
Date: October 28th, 2017
Location: ABQ BioPark Zoo (Albuquerque, NM)
Website: www.cabq.gov
After 29 years, the ABQ BioPark Zoo is still celebrating Halloween with their annual Zoo Boo event. As an alternative to traditional trick-or-treating, Zoo Boo provides a safe space for your kids to make the candy rounds. "Haunted Habitats," costume parties, and many other Halloween-themed activities are also offered—all within the confines of your favorite local zoo. And in the morning, special events will take place at certain animal enclosures, so be sure to keep your schedule open!
Zoo Boo will run throughout the morning and afternoon and is free with membership or paid admission to the facility.
The Lantern Fest
Date: October 28th, 2017
Location: Sandia Speedway (Albuquerque, NM)
Website: www.thelanternfest.com
An Albuquerque night sky lit up by…lanterns? That's what will happen on October 28th when hundreds and thousands of lanterns are released into the air! But before "the release," you'll get to enjoy the event's live music, dancing, food, s'mores, and other fun activities. Be sure to pack your vehicle with all the necessities, including a blanket, some chairs, a cooler filled with drinks, and some snacks. If you can't fit all that inside your dinky two-door, why not make the upgrade to an SUV like the Nissan Murano? (Our Albuquerque Nissan dealership can help with that, by the way.)
The Lantern Fest will open at 3 pm. Admission costs $10 at the gate.
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Now that you're ready to turn your fall into something special, why not give your car the same treatment? With our various Nissan lease deals and financing offers, you can make the fall of 2017 a season to remember. Come browse the various new Nissan models and used cars for sale at our ABQ car dealership, and we'll help you discover the best discounts available. Contact us at (505) 545-6420 or stop by our Albuquerque Nissan dealer at 7707 Lomas Blvd N.E. to take a test drive.
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I can't imagine what my father is going through today. You see his boyhood idol Duke Snider, 84, passed away Sunday. For all of you now asking, "Who's Duke Snider?" I'm about to educate you.
The Duke of Flatbush, as he was known, was a major cog in the those great Brooklyn Dodger teams of the late 1940s and early 1950s. He came to the big leagues the same year as Jackie Robinson, 1947, and was a teammate of Jackie's as well as Pee Wee Reese, Roy Campanella and Gil Hodges. From 1949-1957 Snider averaged 35 HR and 109 RBI while hitting .305. During that span the Dodgers won five National League pennants and the only World Series title the franchise ever captured in Brooklyn.
That magical year of 1955 when the Dodgers finally beat their hated rival Yankees in seven games, Duke had his best year, slugging 42 homers, knocking in 136 and hitting .309. For you sabermetric geeks, his OPS was 1.046.
Twice Snider hit four home runs in a World Series and was the first National Leaguer to hit 40 or more homers in five consecutive seasons. In other words, it's why he was in the title of the Terry Cashman song Willie, Mickey and the Duke (Talkin' Baseball); because Snider played in an era where the greatest center fielder's in the game resided in New York.
Duke finished his 18 year career with 407 home runs and a .295 career batting average. For some reason it still took eleven years for the baseball writers to elect him to the Hall of Fame.
Back to my dad. I was the one who had to tell him his idol had passed away. I almost couldn't find the words. You see I was afraid it was another reminder of his own mortality and it certainly served notice to me that I too will have to experience losing my hero... my dad. The one who taught me how play catch, showed me how to swing a bat and passed on the love for the game of baseball.
My dad took the news in stride. He said it was "fitting" I should be the one to tell him of Duke's passing. He had a senior softball game today. He had two hits and knocked in three runs. He wore his Brooklyn Dodger hat proudly. His first words to me? "Duke would be happy."
Jason Brown
Monday, February 28, 2011
Willie, Mickey and The Duke
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2 comments:
- Wanda said...
This is an AWSOME article!!! Very touching.
- Wanda Dailey-
- February 28, 2011 at 4:46 PM
A very thoughtful & well written article! You have captured the spirit of life & sport.
- March 1, 2011 at 10:05 AM
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Discussion in 'Wii - Hacking' started by wiiman123, Oct 10, 2009.
BootMii.org seems to be down right now. Anyone else having issues or know whats going on?
yup it's down.
that sucks
probably just swamped by people wanting new installer for there 4.2 cause they or someone updated there console
Yeah it's down, and just when I need to download stuff for a new Wii I got!
Weird, I was just on that website not long ago..
It's all your fault
lol, I was surfing around the webz, bored... Might get a bag of sun chips...
could always just watch 2 girls 1 cup until bootmii.org is back up
hbc.hackmii.com, wiibrew.org, and codemii.com are also all down.
Cue conspiracy theories in 3... 2... 1...
I can't access codemii.com, but I can get onto hackmii.
hbc.hackmii.com is not the same as hackmii.com.
wow thats trippy.
next is gbatemp.net
You guys do realize that static.hackmii.com (part of the hackmii.com content), hbc.hackmii.com, bootmii.org, wiibrew.org, codemii.com, and a whole bunch of other stuff are all hosted on the same server at mha's house, right?
He just upgraded it.
thats true
static.hackmii.com just says go away?
So if mha is upgrading it, how long could that take? For gods sake, it's been down for more than a week now!
EDIT: http://hackmii.com/ is still responding but just plain text


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We ask Allah that He accepts from us our fasting, our standing in prayer, our recitation of the Qur'an and Forgiveness for our Past Sins.
Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error. Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden like that which You did lay on those before us. Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. You are our Protector. Help us against those who stand against faith."
Ibn Abi Shaybah relates: "That 'Ali (RA) used to make the takbeer beginning after the Fajr Prayer on the day of 'Arafah, up until after the 'Asr Prayer on the last day of at-Tashreeq." (Ibn Abi Shaybah in al-Musannaf, 2/1/2).
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Astonishing, I know, that VERSA, the cultural equivalent of a nappy wipe, has been asked to do yet another theatre review. (Obviously all the hanging around at JazzSoc spouting Proust has paid off… ((yes Isis – Proust)).
As with all serious garden-play aficionados, I was armed: rug, wine, and mosquito repellent – all VERSA hacks need pepper spray… This, however, proved unnecessary. From the off, Trinity's 'Much Ado about Nothing' was marvellous.
If the neat set, framed by ancient yew, was not charming enough, or tinkly taverna music, reminding the audience of imminent vacation, then Jamie Huffer's swarthy entrance as Balthasar, with Romeo shirt and guitar vocal, kick started the play with a bang, or should I say, a swoon.
The tone was good, informal but polished. The bounteous energy of directors Megan Slattery & Bishan Morgan had translated on stage, and whilst not the RSC, casting was strong, the actors evidently relishing the performance as much as we were.
Nevertheless, for anyone still in doubt, Dan Thomson's entrance as Benedick secured the play. His guise as a romantic lead was seemingly effortless, and, half in love, we all sighed with satisfaction, and settled in for a good old Renaissance romp, or indeed, rom(p) com.
For anyone who doesn't know the play, that's what it is: Richard Curtis with a few 'hey nonny nonnies' chucked in. Think two Italian aristocrats, both despise the idea of marriage, but secretly fancy-the-pants off each other; then spice it up with false identities, a masquerade ball, iniquitous count (essential plot-twist fodder), and a wedding wot goes wrong:
Other noticeable performances were in Claudio (Hugh Tappin), whose '50 shades of wan' was both hilarious and touching in equal measure, and Leonato (Michael Jacobs), whose booming patrician was extremely convincing. The same actors contrasted this with moments of Terry Jones-esque squawking which would have made any self-respecting Wadham'ite wince for vocal appropriation. I, however, guffawed with laughter.
Indeed contrast was the best part of the play. The serious lover-scenes between Benedick and Beatrice (Helen Record) were expertly wrought, and made all the more effective when allied to the slapstick featuring Constable-Dogberry (Oli Williams), and his assistant Verges (Freddie Hopkinson). Williams' comic timing, combined with the decision to camp-up the character – a mix between Dolores Umbridge and Stewie Griffin – was a directorial masterstroke, making for some of the evening's best moments.
All in all, 'Much Ado' is a light, flexible work, and was thus a clever choice for a garden play. Darting from crises induced by 'the bloom of lustihood' to those 'too cunning to be understood' (i.e. poor sex-life and poorer Prelims results), it was a great choice for a student audience. At any rate, this reviewer very much appreciated it…
With a cracking cast and some comedic gems, you're a berk if you missed it!


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In that report, more than 40% of CEOs said that they believed that the actions of governments and regulators would hurt their companies' future operating income. Yet only 11% of CEOs said that they frequently succeed in shaping government policy. Staggeringly, according to McKinsey, 'there are no regions or industries where more than 1 in 5 respondents report success'.
The issue might come from the fact that just 23% of CEOs say that they are good at aligning the external affairs agenda with company strategy, and only 17% claim to be good at quantifying the potential impact of external issues on their business.
What we know about the businesses which achieve real, measurable results in public affairs and external relations (via Mckinsey and my own experience over nearly 30 years in the public affairs industry) is that:-
- Organisations which succeed at external engagement succeed because of the way they organise their external affairs, pushing the strategy behind it to the top of the business. 57% of those who succeed in shaping the agenda engage their CEOs in the strategy and agenda – compared with just 31% of all others.
- The companies which achieve most impact in external affairs have a 'glocal' approach – balancing local needs with corporate-level priorities
- They track and prioritise their stakeholders, mapping the quality of the relationships with them and nurturing those relationships to create political capital for when the big issues hit. Crucially, they build 'fact-based narratives to support positions'.
That the value of proactive engagement is not clear at the top of many of the biggest household names is partly the fault of my own profession. We, in public affairs, can and should do a better job of demonstrating and measuring the impact and economic value of what we do. We, in the consultancy side of the industry, should be delivering narratives, tools and tactics which will help our in-house colleagues to convince CEOs and Boards of the value of proactive engagement.
We can, and do, work together to create an open dialogue with stakeholders where business is part of the discussion around shaping the policy landscape and where business sees its external relations as just as critical to its future as its marketing, which after all, is also external relations.
It's sobering to see what business actually spends on managing political and regulatory risk. An analysis based on the EU's transparency register and the work of Transparency International shows that the top 5 companies with the highest EU lobbying budgets spent 0.003% of their combined total annual revenue on lobbying in Brussels – or a total of €21 million.
Frankly, that's a drop in the ocean compared to the budgets of most other corporate functions. And when over regulation is perceived as the top threat to business, one might realistically think that more resources should be devoted to addressing that threat.
So what's the secret to building strong engagement strategies? For me, it's a four-step approach:-
Step 1: Quantify the potential impact of external issues on your company strategy
Step 2: Involve your head of public affairs at the highest level in building your company strategy around those issues.
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(Las Vegas, Nevada--September 4, 2014) Cinematographer Doc Ajay Johnson recently covered Tuff-N-Uff: The Future Stars of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) 20th Anniversary. The event, which took place at the Thomas and Mack center in Las Vegas, NV, featured six championship contests, as well as the finals of Tuff-N-Uff women's strawweight tournament. Armed with a Sony F5, Johnson carefully selected the appropriate accompanying gear to capture a full night of action-packed amateur MMA fights.
Photos courtesy of Ray Kasprowicz
Johnson needed to capture promo footage shot at 18 frames per second to create slow motion action of the fighters entering the ring and fighting in the cage. "It was important visually to match the light in the arena and see the cage and audience while controlling how much light hits the subject," he notes.
Johnson brought his Litepanels Ringlite Mini Flood, which he says is so powerful that he was able to use it to support other camera people who didn't have a light as fast, and he did it at a distance of about 10 to 12 feet. He adds, "This Ringlite is the perfect solution for delivering even light, and it's lightweight so when you attach it to the camera rig it doesn't put any more stress on your body for doing a handheld ENG. The light is also fully dimmable which allows you to easily control the look to match your surroundings."
Johnson has relied on the Sacthler brand for over 20 years. "The Sachtler Ace M is the only tripod I would use for a situation like this in a crowded, indoor arena. I love the Ace because it's not only a reliable tripod, but very lightweight. It allows me to easily navigate through tight situations with the tripod on my shoulder. When I see the shot I want, I can quickly set up my camera. There's a lot of action when shooting fighters, and I need a stable tripod with a smooth pan and tilt to keep up with the fast movements when they're in the arena."
Reliabilty is important when shooting a live event. There are no second takes, so Johnson counts on Anton/Bauer for his power. "Anton Bauer batteries are the most trustworthy batteries on the market. I can always deliver what I promise to my clients. The Dionic HCX provides me with about three to four hours of power for my camera, a 7-inch monitor and my Litepanels Ringlite."
Johnson says dependability and portability are a big part of why he chooses Vitec brands for many of his projects. "Shooting live events is difficult. You have to follow the action and can't miss a beat. If you don't have the proper gear to give you the flexibility to make adjustments, when the unexpected happens then you get into big trouble. I absolutely need to be able to count on my gear."
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Keith Benson, last season's Summit League player of the year, had 26 points and 10 rebounds and Oakland beat No. 7 Tennessee 89-82 Tuesday night in men's college basketball, three days after losing by a point to then-No. 7 Michigan State.
It was the Golden Grizzlies' second win over a ranked opponent in 27 tries and only the second time the Volunteers have lost on their home court to a non-conference opponent in Coach Bruce Pearl's six seasons. The loss came one day after Tennessee climbed into the top 10 after beating Pittsburgh.
"We're not scared of anybody," Oakland Coach Greg Kampe said. "We weren't intimidated by the No. 7 team in the country because we had just played Michigan State, and we should have won that game. We had just played Illinois, and we could have won that game. I think those are big and can help us."
The Vols held a 76-68 lead with 7:18 left, but their physical play inside drew foul after foul. Oakland (6-5) used a 13-0 run of mostly free throws and took an 81-76 lead that it would not relinquish.
Tennessee (7-1) missed four free throws and a few three-pointers down the stretch that could have cut the lead.
Brian Williams led the Vols with 18 points and 13 rebounds and Melvin Goins had 18 points.
Mississippi State 67, Alabama St. 46: Elgin Bailey scored 13 points and Brian Bryant and Riley Benock (Meade County) added 11 points each to lead host Mississippi State.
The Bulldogs (7-2) shot 43.9 percent from the field (25-for-57) and overcame 17 turnovers to win their third game in three days.
Ravern Johnson, Mississippi State's leading scorer, was suspended for the game for violating the school's class attendance policy.
Women's highlights
No. 2 Baylor 65, No. 6 Tennessee 54: Brittney Griner had 21 points, nine blocks and provided a giant obstacle on nearly every defensive stand, carrying Baylor past Tennessee. Playing before a crowd of 10,569 — the most ever for a basketball game at Baylor, men's or women's — the Lady Bears (10-1) never trailed. They broke it open for good with an 11-0 run to close the first half and led by as many as 15 points.
IU Southeast 87, Lindsey Wilson 79: Ashley Rainey (Warren East) scored 39 points, but the Raiders lost in New Albany, Ind. Moore graduates Ashmere Woods and Whitney Duncan led the Grenadiers with 28 and 26 points, respectively.
Around the nation
Connecticut: The No. 4 Huskies have added 7-foot-1 center Enosch Wolf to the men's basketball roster. Wolf, from Goettingen, Germany, committed to the Huskies in July. He graduated high school in Germany, but had been taking classes and playing basketball this fall at Wilbraham & Monson Academy, a prep school in Wilbraham, Mass.
He enrolled at Connecticut for the upcoming semester.
UConn said Wolf is eligible to begin practice on Sunday and to play on Monday when the Huskies host Coppin State at the XL Center.
Charlotte: Top scorer Shamari Spears was dismissed from the team Tuesday, a little more than two weeks after he was suspended for the third time in two seasons for violating unspecified rules. Spears, a 6-foot-6 senior, was averaging 17 points and 3.2 rebounds.


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June 22, 2015
By Karisse Hendrick, editor-at-large, CardNotPresent.com
When it comes to credit cards, the U.S. market has been utilizing the same magnetic-stripe technology for the last 40 years to transmit payment data from the cardholder to the card-present merchant. As with any 40 year-old technology, time has caught up with and passed it by in some ways, including how the industry handles security and fraud. One of the biggest pain points that magnetic-stripe credit cards pose is how easy it is to counterfeit cards for use in card-present environments to make fraudulent purchases. According to some reports, counterfeit-credit-card fraud accounts for approximately 40 percent of total credit-card fraud in the U.S.
Due to this large expense, as well as growing security concerns, the card networks have been driving the adoption of EMV (Europay, MasterCard and Visa) chip enabled credit cards for the last four years. But, there has been a bit of a chicken-and-egg standoff between the card issuers and card-present merchants. Issuing banks are not eager to spend the $2-$4 it costs to produce each card (in comparison to $.15 for cards with magnetic stripes) if merchants do not have the upgraded terminals to process these cards; likewise, the retail industry does not want to spend the estimated $35 billion to implement the terminals needed to process these cards because the financial benefit isn't clear to them.
Ongoing Process
To loosen the logjam, the card networks imposed a deadline of October 1, 2015 for merchants and issuers to be prepared to process the new cards. While there are definite financial incentives for both parties to be ready, this deadline is not backed by law. According to MasterCard rules on the matter, the solution is simple: "The party, either the issuer or merchant, who does not support EMV, assumes the liability for counterfeit transactions (on outdated magnetic stripe credit cards)." Visa's mandate is the same.
Until now, issuers have footed the bill for the estimated $3.8 billion in annual counterfeit card losses. But, the opportunity to pass this cost on to merchants has finally gotten the ball rolling on converting to chip-enabled cards. According to a report by Boston-based Aite Group, by the end of 2015, 70 percent of U.S.-issued credit cards and 41 percent of all U.S. debit cards will be chip enabled. [hide for="!logged"] Although card-present merchants have never had to deal with these chargebacks, the threat has been enough to persuade a majority of merchants to convert their terminals before the deadline. In the same report, Aite predicted 59 percent of all credit card terminals in the U.S. will be chip enabled by October 1, 2015.
Many experts have cautioned that counterfeit fraud in the card-present environment will not end overnight or even in the next few years. The U.S. is the largest and oldest credit-card market in the world. According to a recent study performed by Javelin Strategy & Research, there are 15 million point-of-sale devices, 360,000 ATMs and 1.1 billion credit cards in the U.S. market. If Aite's prediction comes to pass, that will still leave millions of credit cards and POS terminals not enabled for EMV at the deadline and beyond. With fraud traditionally finding the path-of-least resistance, non-EMV compliant card issuers and merchants most likely will see the majority of counterfeit fraud migrating to their systems. For the foreseeable future, chip-enabled terminals must still be able to process mag-stripe cards and chip cards must still work at non-EMV POS terminals. As long as there is a way to bypass the chip-enabled system, counterfeit cards can still be used, even if both the issuer and the merchant have migrated to the EMV system.
Chip-and-PIN vs. Chip-and-Signature
Currently, 40 percent of the world's credit cards and 70 percent of all POS terminals outside the U.S. are chip-enabled. Europe, Canada, most of Latin America and Asia Pacific are either fully or almost fully integrated with chip technology. These migrations have happened over the last 10 years, and have been credited with significantly lowering card-present fraud rates and losses. But, despite a history of success around the world reducing counterfeit fraud, there has been much criticism regarding how the U.S. is utilizing this more secure technology.
Most markets that have adopted chip-enabled cards have required PINs at the POS as an additional authentication factor, replacing the traditional signature on mag-stripe transactions. The majority of card issuers in the U.S., however, are not replacing signature authentication with PINs, making the American implementation chip-and-signature not chip-and-PIN. While chip-and-PIN authenticates cardholders using "something you have" (the chip) and "something you know" (the PIN), the majority of all chip-enabled transactions in the U.S. will rely only on "something you have."
The U.K., for example, saw both their counterfeit-card and lost/stolen card fraud in the card-present channels greatly decrease over a seven-year span as chip cards were adopted. The EMV migration in the U.S. is not expected to see such a decrease in the second category.
The Card-Not-Present Conundrum
While migrating to chip cards will reduce one category of fraud, in one channel, many experts believe that this massive integration will not greatly decrease the $10 billion in total credit card fraud the U.S. experiences annually. Instead, it is believed that it will merely alter the predominant type of fraud to card-not-present and change who gets stuck with the bill.
The implementation, which has become a major expense for retailers required to upgrade their POS systems, has caused many critics to observe that scarce resources devoted to EMV-compliant systems could be used to increase security and fight fraud in more effective ways.
"The single biggest problem with the EMV mandate is that it is focused on trying to solve last century's problem and completely ignores the reality that retailers are facing today," said Greg Buzek, president of IHL Group, a Franklin, Tennessee-based retail market research firm. "Twelve years ago when EMV was introduced into Europe, it made tremendous sense. Today, it stands in the way of real data security by stealing critical budget away from focusing on the risks that retailers face from online hackers."
Next week in this space, look for Part 1 of our three-part series on how retailers are coping with new security requirements promulgated by PCI SSC. Part 2 of our series on EMV returns on July 6, with a look at how EMV affected card-not-present fraud in countries around the world, and what they did to respond.
Read EMV Part 2: CNP Fraud Surge Post-EMV – It's Logical
Read EMV Part 3: Don't Get Token to the Cleaners
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Ableton Push is a fantastic instrument to compose melodies and chords with. Both beginning and advanced music makers will find a constant source of inspiration and exploration using Push's unique keyboard. While Push is not a replacement for learning a traditional piano keyboard, it can be a very successful alternative for students without a piano background. I've found that Push reduces the barrier to entry to composing and gets students inspired and making more meaningful music faster.
Load a Sound
First load a sound from the Browser in Ableton Live by pressing the Browse button. Then use the encoder knobs to select the sound you like. If you have installed the free Ableton Live 9.5 update, you will also be able to hear a preview of each sound. Once you find a sound you like, press the green load button.
Navigate the Keyboard
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It can be transferred to other octaves and even other scale degrees.
Play Chord Progressions
The concept of playing pads in a certain shape can be very powerful when creating diatonic chord progressions. Since notes are fixed to a specific key, the triangle pattern can be used starting on the 4th scale degree to play a IV chord and on the 5th scale degree to play a V chord.
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1st and 2nd Inversion Triad
Alter the shape slightly to create a 1st inversion triad
…and a 2nd inversion triad
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Try These Too!
- Practice these same shapes but change the scale to Minor, Harmonic Minor, Minor Pentatonic.
- Try some of your favorite chord progressions using Push. Such as I – IV – V – IV and I – vi – IV – V
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Emily Kirk Weddle, Development and Marketing Manager
Michelle Rush, Education and Production Manager
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Lori Cote, Treasurer
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Elise Krob, Chorus Vice-President
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September 23, 2017 - School Supplies
The Rahway cranky nation coaching staff and captains saw a repairs reveal in Texas in late Aug and early September, meditative of ways to palliate a pain in any probable way.
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Norwegian furniture is famous for its good ergonomics and functionality. Function remains key in the motivation of design, in succinct dialog with aesthetic concerns.
In 2002, however, furniture manufacturers and designers in Norway are taking the concept of user-friendliness into new territory - in the exploration of new production and industry technologies, and through a variety of innovative design features. The industry is hereby demonstrating an inherent adaptability, as it addresses the needs of a global society increasingly on the move at a number of levels. Although 2001 was a year of unprecedented challenges for international trade in general, the Norwegian furniture industry has on the whole maintained good export figures in a number of markets. Danish, German and French imports of Norwegian furnishings continued to rise by roughly 10 per cent; exports to the UK increased by 3.9 per cent, to Japan by 1.6 per cent.
Integrated Functions - for Home and Office
Movement and adaptability signify important trends in Norwegian furniture manufacture and design in general in 2002. Examples include the kaleidoscope of user options available, offering flexible seating positions and additional product functions and applications; the multiplicity of design options facilitated by advances in customisation; or more generally in terms of accommodating personal mobility. Norwegian furniture designers cater to the needs of contemporary executives who, equipped with laptop and cell phone, alternate between working from their home and in the office. Office furniture is moving into the home, and vice versa, as the two, once separate, spheres overlap and converge.
H&G ASA, the largest manufacturer of office furniture in the country, exports about 80 per cent of a production based on the design philosophy that the human body was made for movement and variation. Comfort is combined with functionality. H&G's office chairs allow the feet to determine the chair's movements - guiding the entire body's seating position. This unique FootControlledMovementTM design inspires constant seating variation, thereby stimulating blood circulation. The user feels better physically and mentally, enhancing concentration. Ergonomics not only make good sense for the body, they also improve worker effectiveness.
Stokke Gruppen addresses similar concerns - for leisure rather than industry. Famous for its Tripp Trapp chair - which "grows" with the child -, the company continues to break new ground in furniture design. It created a sensation at the 2002 trade fair in Cologne with its new chair, "Peel". The name accurately describes the chair's unique look: shaped like a suspended orange peel, the chair is part of Stokke's Movement Collection, and is designed to protect and care for the body - just as the orange peel does for its contents. The highly original Peel chair concept has become a huge success, in Stokke's own unique twist on the comfort/functionality fusion, here with a focus on nurturing the individual user. Although the chair is not created as an office chair, but intended for rest and relaxation, the Stokke catch phrase "support for the body, support for the mind" underlines the importance of sitting well as a means of rejuvenating mental productivity.
Beds and mattresses are also succumbing to the new trend towards movement and adaptability: moveable beds provide the bedroom with user functions far beyond that of a good night's sleep. Entertainment and work are now being brought into what has formerly been the most private of domains. In many homes the television has been moved to the foot of the bed. Mobile workers not only bring their work home with them - they are also taking their laptops to bed with them. With state-of-the-art bedroom technology users can adjust beds so that they can enjoy a comfortable sitting position during the day and the more familiar sleeping position at night. Such features are offered by the M¯belringen furniture chain, and Jensen M¯bler AS - though the latter company has had adjustable beds on its product list since as early as 1995. It comes as no surprise then that this mattress and bedroom furnishings manufacturer has taken multi-functionality a step further, with its pioneering "Zone system" mattress providing built-in customisation, designed to adapt to individual body requirements.
Domestic mattress sales in Norway have shown steady growth. Both large and small actors among Norwegian manufacturers dominate the Norwegian mattress market representing about 90 per cent of total domestic sales. Mattresses are set to become an important export item for Porolon AS who began export to Denmark in the autumn of 2001 and will begin exporting to Sweden in the autumn of 2002. Ekornes ASA is currently focusing on the export market within the Nordic region: More than 50 per cent of the company's turnover in Finland is from mattress sales, with high percentages also in Sweden, and exports to Denmark following closely behind.
Automation on the Move
Driven by the need to keep costs down, furniture producers have invested heavily in automation. The demand to meet customer specifications while at the same time offering unique, innovative design features, while relying on production processes delivering maximized standardization calls for creative solutions. Ekornes has pioneered automated production of recliners, with each Ekornes Stressless chair being produced in only 3.5 man-hours. Today, most Ekornes chairs and sofas are tailor-made to customer specifications, with customers determining features such as skin colour and wood type. Technological advances hereby serve to better address a variety of individual customer specifications.
The Norwegian manufacturer H&G ASA is in the process of modernizing the production process for its H05 office chair. The result of a developmental project carried out in collaboration with inter-disciplinary research institution SINTEF and funded by the Norwegian Research Council, the company is implementing an entirely new approach to production. Previously the company's chair production was a cumbersome affair with chairs-in-progress transported from department to department, put on hold when parts were lacking and time lost in the transport and sorting of pieces and sundry. The company has now streamlined this process with a start-to-finish chair-by-chair production. When a customer orders a chair, all the necessary parts and elements are gathered into one batch and production is then implemented - straight through to the finished product. At the same time as improving efficiency, H&G is combining standardization with customisation - the customer is permitted to take part in the design of the chair itself, and can select fabric colours, chair back height, etc. In 2001 this resulted in a total of 11,726 variations on the office chair.
Quality Standards
The furniture industry is devoting more attention to the testing of furniture and development of quality assurance. Quality assurance is clearly important in terms of marketing concerns, though up to now in Norway this has primarily been the case for the contract market. This is now changing; the furniture chain M¯belringen along with companies such as Ekornes, Hjellegjerde, Fora Form, Hov Dokka have now begun stipulating requirements for documented quality assurance and product certification also in the private market.
The M¯belfakta quality standard is a voluntary, neutral testing and labelling system for furniture in Norway. The Norwegian Furniture and Interiors Control Agency (Norsk M¯bel og InnredningsKontroll - NMIK) is responsible for the administration, development and monitoring of the M¯belfakta system, to ensure quality furniture in accordance with consumer standards. A M¯belfakta-approved piece of furniture is approved with regard to strength and durability, stability, flammability, surfaces, and textiles through testing that simulates 10 years of use. M¯belfakta product certification also includes an assessment concerning professional construction and design.
Testing of furniture in Norway is carried out at the laboratories of the Norwegian Technological Institute, the only accredited laboratory for such testing in the country. The Norwegian standards are based on the EN (European) standards. As such, Norwegian manufacturers usually qualify for the same standard other places in Europe though it is of course more natural for them to seek such certification at home. The development of standards is an ongoing, and painstaking process, where the completion of a single standard can take from five to ten years. The standards are developed based on the need for updates with regard to new product types, and - more importantly - for relevant, well-developed testing methods and requirements.
The IT-M¯belhandel project also represents exciting developments within the context of internationalisation and forward-looking measures within the Norwegian furniture industry. This project involves collaboration between Norwegian retailers and manufacturers for the establishment of an electronic ordering system. One of the objectives of the IT-M¯belhandel project has been to introduce efficient IT-based solutions for presentation, ordering and invoicing in the furniture industry designed also to serve an international market. The project is a joint initiative between the Confederation of Norwegian Commercial and Service Enterprises (HSH) and The Federation of Norwegian Manufacturing Industries (TBL) with an initial pilot project to be launched in 2002. During 2003, the project's third year, the systems and experiences will be made accessible to other actors from all sectors of Norwegian furniture trade and industry. In addition to providing global accessibility to the Norwegian manufacturers, the IT-M¯belhandel system will mean significant annual savings for the furniture industry as a whole - ultimately benefiting customers worldwide.
Norwegian Furnishings to Egypt
The Norwegian contribution to the construction of the Library of Alexandria in Egypt, which opened in April of this year, exemplifies Norwegian adaptability. Norwegian contemporary design, manufacture and export have in this case been situated in the context of a historical starting point. The Norwegian multidisciplinary design firm Sn¯hetta, in partnership with Egypt's Hamza Associates, designed the new library, and went on to serve as consultant for the entire project. The Norwegian furniture manufacturer Emil Bossvik AS was contracted to furnish the interiors. The furnishings were envisioned as an integral dimension of the overall design; through a complex interaction of the library's interior with the furnishings, the designers and manufacturers involved succeeded in creating an expression implicitly reminiscent of ancient Egyptian design. The manufacturing process involved several prototypes for design testing, the subsequent production of a number of elements done in Norway and finally transport to Egypt for final assembly in Alexandria.
The significance of movement and adaptability is hereby further enhanced. Within the context of an increasingly tougher market situation informed by an emphasis on globalisation, the Norwegian furniture industry in 2002 proves to be forward-looking, with a heightened awareness of consumer needs and quality standards, and not least an innovative spirit well prepared to interface with history as well as the demands of the international market of the future.
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Gooood morning! How was your weekend?
My weekend went by very quickly yet again. It seems that between all the chores I leave for the weekend and all the holiday activities going on, my weekend just flies by! It was still a good time, though.
New Digs
Friday night, the hubs and I went out shopping to get some stuff off our list. One thing we both really needed in lieu of our upcoming half-marathon is some better winter running clothes.
I picked up some new compression tights that had been on my list forever, and also got this super
dorky cool headcovering thingy (as seen here).
If you aren't a runner, you may not understand the need to post about new running gear. But trust me, new running gear makes up about half of my motivation to even run these days 😛
It wasn't quite cold enough to actually wear any this for my long run, but I wore it anyway to just to test it out. It all stood the test for 6 miles!
My long run wasn't bad or good, but I'll go into more detail about that on my training recap tomorrow.
Gingerbread Party
Saturday night, one of my friends put on a gingerbread house making party.
She went all out and had pretty much any candy you could ever think of. She made the gingerbread house frames herself instead of buying a kit. So cool!
Our house turned out decent, but not nearly as cool as some of the other couples. The fact that it was standing was enough for me 😉
Sunday, as much as I wanted to just stay home and rest, I went out and did some more shopping. I realized I was going to be pretty short on time this week, and I need all my Christmas gifts by this Saturday before my trip!
I managed to get some of the things I needed, so now we actually have presents under the tree! Getting so excited for Christmas 🙂
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I'm also excited that I'll be participating in round two of the Elf for Health challenge for the next two weeks.
The challenge is simply one activity a day for two weeks where you are partnered with another "elf" to encourage and support throughout. So you will likely be seeing some of my challenge activities on social media & the blog the next two weeks!
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Frank had a massive weekend for Austin College as the 'Roos topped Schreiner before coming up short at Trinity. Frank averaged 28.0 points, 12.5 rebounds, and 5.5 assists while shooting 52.3% from the field and 83.3% from the free throw line, including scoring a career-high 32 points while grabbing 15 rebounds against Trinity.
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Skegness Santa Fun Run: 11th December 2016
5 km. approx up and down Skegness Sea Front
The Rotary Club of Skegness held their annual Santa Fun Run on Sunday 11th December 2016. The weather was ideal for the 342 runners who took part.
President Robin Wilkinson was joined by the Mayor, Cllr. Dick Edginton, The Jolly Fisherman, The Town Crier, Steve O'Dare, and Captain Hook with Peter Pan from the Pantomine at the Embassy Theatre.
Young and Old ran and walked along the Seafront as part of their 5k Run and spectators cheered them on throughout the route. The Rotary Club were joined by Fresh Fitness Gym who held a warm up prior to the Event. Ady Stennett on the microphone provided a brilliant commentary, and it was lovely to see Ryan Smith who assisted the Mayor and President Rob handing out the Medals.
This event, which was sponsored by Fresh Fitness Gym, raised over £3000 for local charities and the Rotary Club are committed to supporting the local Community through this event. Thank you to everyone who took part and supported this event. Everyone was a winner but the first one home was Race No. 266 David Allworthy
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Men are taught all of their lives,
It's weakness for them to cry...
An image that's instilled in them,
I'll never understand why.
They keep their feelings hidden,
Inside and out of sight...
For softness is forbidden,
Unlike display of might.
I much prefer a real man,
Who understands that pain...
Goes hand in hand with heartache,
Like clouds go with the rain.
Yet tenderness, compassion,
That tempers mans nature...
Gives him stature in a way,
Adds strength for each venture.
Show me the man who's not ashamed,
To admit his soft side...
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When even he has cried.
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Weird History The Shameless, Disgusting History Behind How Jay Leno Became The Most Hated Man In Show Business
Jay Leno has long been considered an everyman, albeit an everyman with millions of dollars in the bank and a fleet of cars hidden in a Burbank aircraft hangar. Stories about Jay Leno and his insatiable desire to be the host of The Tonight Show are legendary in comedy circles, and, despite being written about at length in Bill Carter's books The Late Shift and The War For Late Night, many people aren't aware of Leno's do-anything-to-win attitude. Leno pulled maneuvers that sound like something out of an NBC drama rather than actual behind-the-scenes antics of a talk show.
You may know that Leno and Letterman had a falling out over who would host The Tonight Show in 1992, but the things that prove Jay Leno is a jerk are the stories of how he rose to prominence as the voice of Middle America in the early '90s. Even though Leno claims to be an unassuming guy who just ended up in show business, he has actually employed some extremely underhanded tactics in order to create a toxic atmosphere in which he can thrive.
Long before Late Night Wars of '92 began, people were sure that David Letterman was the next in line to host The Tonight Show. Not only was Letterman hosting The Late Show – the show that followed Johnny Carson's show at 11:30 pm – but he openly glorified the gig. In a 1989 interview with Time, Letterman was already fielding questions about taking over for the beloved host. When asked if he would take over for the host when he retired, Letterman answered, "I guess of course I would. But I think ultimately I would be happy just to be considered." If only Letterman knew how wrong he was, and if only he knew he – and the hosting gig – was in Jay Leno's crosshairs.
He Wore A Disguise To An NBC Press Conference So He Could Ask Questions About Himself
In 2008, before Conan took over The Tonight Show, Jay Leno was in high-stress mode because he was being pushed into a forced retirement. Since there weren't any important conferences for Leno to eavesdrop on from a closet (which he actually did in 1992), he opted for a different espionage strategy. Donning a bald wig, glasses, and goatee, Leno went to an NBC press conference and actually managed to ask NBC Universal co-chairman Marc Graboff a couple of questions about Leno. First he asked when Leno's last show was, and in his most telling moment he asked, "Now, Brett Favre retired and then wanted to come back, and the Packers said no. What do you make of that?" Graboff told the in-disguise Leno that NBC wouldn't be allowing the star to return saying that it "puts management in an impossible decision."
Jay Leno Bullied NBC Executives Into Giving Him The Tonight Show Job
Leno's campaign of passive aggression began long before Johnny Carson announced his plan to retire from The Tonight Show. Based off the strength of Leno's rapport with his then-friend David Letterman on The Late Show, Leno was able to be signed on as the permanent guest host of The Tonight Show in 1986. Throughout the late '80s, Leno was able to ingratiate himself with Carson's older viewers, while still playing it cool with Letterman. According to people who worked on Carson's staff, Leno was never openly vying for the job, but Letterman could feel The Tonight Show slipping away from him every time Leno filled in.
As time went on, Leno worked everyone in NBC and its new owners GE, and he manged to be named as Carson's successor. But he didn't have the job just yet. At the same time that Leno was glad-handing, Letterman had retained the services of Michael Ovtiz – the co-founder of Creative Artists Agency (CAA) – who managed to get NBC to change their mind about Leno. Leno didn't let this get him down. He began a grassroots P.R. campaign that saw him giving interviews to anyone who would have him and speaking directly to affiliates and advertisers in order to garner their support.
Leno's Manager Took Out An Attack Ad Against Johnny Carson
After Leno was signed on as the host who would take over for Johnny Carson after his retirement, he had to sit around while Carson figured out when he would leave the show. Leno's manager, Helen Kushnick, became impatient and decided to plant a fake story about NBC being disappointed with Carson's performance. An anonymous "associate" told The New York Times: "She asked me to plant a story somewhere" with no attribution saying that NBC execs thought that Carson was stale and his audience was too old. The story ran in The Post on Feb, 11, 1991 with the headline: "There Goes Johnny; NBC Looking to Dump Carson for Jay Leno."
Leno claimed that he didn't know who concocted the story, and that he was sure it didn't come from his camp. When he told Carson this out-and-out lie, the host simply responded by saying, "It came from you."
Jay Leno Hid In A Closet To Spy On NBC Executives
One of the more pathetic things that Leno did to ensure that he became host of The Tonight Show was to spy in on a conference call while hiding in a closet. According to Bill Carter's The War for Late Night, in 1992, Leno hid in the closet of an empty NBC office and listened in as executives discussed whether Leno or Letterman should host The Tonight Show.
Leno listened in and took notes about who was on his side, as well as who wanted Letterman to take over. This story was just a rumor until a 2014 Access Hollywood interview with Leno where he copped to the whole thing. "I was in, there's a huge closet in there. I just pulled the door behind me and listened, very simple. I didn't have an agent, I didn't have a manager, I don't have anybody. It's nice to know what's going on." Leno's assertion that he didn't have an agent was in direct opposition to a 1992 Entertainment Weekly article that noted Leno had been using the services of manager Helen Gorman Kushnick since 1975.