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Dear Tyler,
In just 108 days, I will wake up and sip mimosas with my favorite women. We'll cram into the cutest little hair salon and dance around to music as we psych ourselves up for a day — for the day — I'll remember for the rest of my life. I'll spend hours getting my hair and makeup done and I'll probably cry a few times warranting some sort of re-application upcharge. Our sweet photographer will waltz in the shadows and take pictures of my mom and sisters helping me get into the most expensive dress I've ever owned. I'll hop in a fancy car and ride to the quaintest chapel and — with tears in my eyes and the most soulful and joyful smile plastered across my face — I will walk down the aisle to you.
In just 108 days, you and I will say yes to a lifetime of choosing, serving and loving the other.
We're prepared, I'm sure. Or — really — as "prepared" as we'll ever be. By the time we exchange our vows and walk hand-in-hand back up the aisle as man and wife, we'll have read the books and finished the pre-marital classes and thrown up a whole heap of prayers asking for provision, guidance and grace.
We'll be going into this whole covenant thing with good heads on our shoulders; both in agreeance to a definition of marriage as the Lord defined it and calls us to as followers of Jesus.
I feel really good about it — about marriage and love and trudging through the messiness of life together. I feel like — on some level — we just work. Certainly there's a lifetime of the unexpected ahead of us — but our foundational expectations? They're pretty simple.
You kill the bugs and I clean the bathrooms.
I cook the dinners and you clean the dishes.
I cry when I'm tired and you get cranky when you're hungry.
We show up in every way we can each day. And when we mess up? We forgive. We forget. We move on.
But I didn't always have this graceful or enlightened view of marriage.
In fact, it was only few years before I met you when I would say something over and over again that — to this day — is so embarrassing, it makes me sick to my stomach. It's something that a little bit stings with shame.
"If my husband ever cheats on me, I would leave him. That's unforgivable. I could never move past it or trust him again. If my husband is unfaithful, that equals divorce in my head."
I would say this when people asked me how I felt about divorce. I would say it when people talked about how their boyfriends or girlfriends cheated on them. I would say it when we watched movies that showed the cords of marriage unraveling; the foundation of commitment dissolving.
I couldn't wrap my head around what it would be like to face that kind of betrayal. I could not even begin to fathom facing that sort of heartache and anger and rug-ripping-out-from-underneath-me… and then extending forgiveness.
It wasn't until a couple of years ago when this changed. It was only a couple of years ago when I realized this:
I will be unfaithful in my marriage. And so will my husband.
It's something we just won't be able to avoid.
I may never sleep with another man and you may never have an inapropriate relationship with another woman, but we will both be unfaithful.
Because in 108 days, we will both make a promise we cannot keep.
Somewhere in those vows we'll exchange in front of all our friends and family; somewhere after the, "I, Diana Palka, take you, Tyler Carter," and somewhere before the, "You may now kiss your bride," we will promise to foreake all others for the rest of our lives. Somewhere in those vows we will promise a lifetime of loving the other better and deeper and more intimately than we've ever have or ever will love another person. By exchanging these words, we will be making a covenant promise to choose the other and only the other — over and over and over again — till death do us part.
And, Tyler? I hate that it's true, in fact, it breaks my sloppy heart — but I know there will be days when I break that vow to you.
I've never been married before, you know this. I've never said, "I do" or been kissed as a bride or received four toasters on one day. I have no experience as a wife and I can only make this sort of guess based off what I know about the self-centeredness that lurks just beneath my smile as I say, "Sure, babe. You can have the last bite of Talenti." But I'm willing to bet that I break that whole "forsaking all others" vow pretty quickly.
I'm willing to bet that quickly after we unpack our bags from our honeymoon and our sunkissed skin fades back to a normal shade, there will come a day when I don't forsake all others — and on that day, the "other" I choose instead of you, will be me.
Because lumped in that bucket of all the people we are forsaking, is ourselves. In just 108 days, I will vow to forever forsake myself for the sake of you. And In just 108 days, you will make the same promise to me.
Now I've said this once or twice or a million times before, but I have a selfish heart. My nasty and ugly inclination toward self is something I have to fight each day. Even on my best days; even when I am the most faithful wife or the most cheerful friend — I am still unfaithful. It's truly only by the grace of Jesus that I'm ever able to love you well…
But a wise woman once told me that a good marriage is made up of two people who are really, really good at forgiving.
We will have these moments of unfaithfulness. We will each walk through the tangible disappointment of realizing the other is just as flawed and jacked up as our selves. We will wake up some days and want nothing to do with serving and care only about how we can be served. And in our vow-breaking– whether colossal and earth shattering or miniscule in consequence — I pray for a grace that comes from so much more than our frail human strength. In the moments when I'm so selfish that I eat dinner before you get home or on the days where your sin is all I seem to see, I pray that the Lord would gently and tenderly remind us of the way He love us.
I pray that when we get caught up in the other's wandering, we are reminded of a God who never leaves our side.
I pray that when we question our ability to extend enough grace to cover the other's mistakes, we draw nearer to a Savior who already covered us and promises to walk with us to the end of the age. I pray that when keeping the covenant of marriage becomes the most tiring and frustrating and draining adventure we've ever embarked on, we rely on the true Covenant Keeper.
Because we will break those vows, Tyler. We will break them in ways we cannot even imagnie we will. And when we do, I pray we forgive quickly as God forgives us. Time after time, I pray we begin each day with the new mercies He wraps up for us and a renewed commitment to honor the other with unending faithfulness. Day after day, for the rest of our seconds on this side of eternity.
In just 108 days, our forever will start. In just 108 days, we be joined to each other in a way we've never been joined before. And while I know we'll be imperfect in all the ways we love each other, I know that we are led by a perfect God who fiercely loves us more than we could ever imagine.
108 days, Tyler.
I cannot wait to be your bride.
All my love, prayers and continual attempts at faithfulness,


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§ Mr. Nicholls
To ask the Secretary of State for Health in what circumstances and subject to what conditions transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation machines are available on the NHS.
§ Mr. Sackville
National health service consultants may prescribe pain relief equipment such as transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulators—TENS machines—as part of NHS treatment, and when they do no charge is made. Health authorities may provide such equipment either on a permanent basis or on loan. However, supply depends on decisions being made on the basis of clinical priorities and local needs.
In some cases, where pain relief equipment is not considered clinically essential, a consultant may nevertheless advise a patient that he could use it if he wished. In such cases, health authorities would not be responsible for either providing or maintaining the equipment.

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I'm not the first person to openly gush about this offering from Mac and I certainly won't be the last. It has received countless raves and rightly so. Ruby Woo, a cool toned pillar box red with strong blue understones imparts a true matte velvety finish on the lips. I ADORE it. One swipe and you have an opaque coverage. It's a universal flattering red on any skin tones. I have yet to spot a girl who Ruby Woo didn't agree with. However, the intense colour payoff and impressive staying power (it lasts and lasts provided you don't eat/drink) come at a price.
As Ruby Woo is part of the Retro Matte clan, it is drying on the lips. Unsurprisingly, it becomes progressively drying as the hours go by. To minimise such dryness, good prep before application is compulsory. Exfoliation with a trusted lip scrub and a slick of lip balm are your essential best friends. Provided your lips are not already dry or chapped, prior to applying it, working with Ruby Woo should be fine. Quick heads up though: it's no easy feat. Due to the extremely matte finish, Ruby Woo has a dry texture, hence why I find that it tugs and drags on the lips when applied directly from the bullet. Thus, I personally prefer enlisting the help of a lip brush to apply it. This not only leads to easier application, but it also allows me to gain greater control and precision.
In a perfect world, Ruby Woo would be a breeze to apply, but seeing as it's the perfect true red and long-lasting, I think we can all look past the dryness that accompanies it. Just look at that thing of beauty. No wonder why it's been gracing my lips for the entire of December. Ain't she just beautiful? In fact, it's so beautiful, I've been known to be that girl who likes to slick this on whilst wearing my pyjamas with nowhere to go. Just because. To borrow the words of Iggy Azalea, 'I'm so fancy, you already know' or should I say 'I'm so glamorous, you already know'. Let's just leave it at that.


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11 Easy Steps for Better Public Speaking
Some people love an audience; they look for any excuse to speak in public. Whilst for others it is torture. Love it or hate it, here are 11 tips to help you speak to an audience in public with confidence.
1) Keep it simple.
Remember most people have a short attention span.
2) Show your speech/ presentation to someone you trust.
They will let you know if you have gone off-track.
3) Rehearse, Rehearse, Rehearse.
Rehearse in front of someone you trust. They will tell you if you are going to fast or low. The more you practice the more comfortable you will feel in front of an audience. If possible rehearse in the room where you will be giving your presentation, so that you are familiar with the environment.
4) Start by reminding your audience why you are giving them the presentation.
"Today I will be telling you the benefits of ….". "Today I am going to be showing you why ……"
5) Engage.
Smile. Make eye contact with your audience. Ask hypothetical question which will get your audience thinking. Remember, enthusiasm can be infectious.
6) Project your voice.
Speak to the person at the back of the room. If they can hear you, so will your audience in the front rows.
7) Vary the tone and volume of your voice.
Even the most interesting presentation will sound boring if delivered in monotone.
8) Don't be afraid to use hand gestures to emphasis key points.
"Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening." Dorothy Sarnoff
9) Use note cards if you find them helpful.
10) Dress appropriately.
Remember everyone eyes will be on you.
11) Be Courteous.
Don't forget to greet your audience, and thank them for listening to you.
Public speaking is an important skill, so follow these 11 steps and it will make speaking in public a less daunting experience.


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EDI specializes in the design and development of user friendly controllers. EDI continues to lead the oil and gas industry with cutting edge technology. The Research and Development department constantly strives to take EDI's line of controllers to the next level. EDI's CNC machine shop complements the controller line with a wide range of peripherals. From lubricators, bumper springs, even motor valves, EDI manufactures a full line of peripherals that complement your production needs.
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There is a lot to learn when you're expecting your first baby. Caring for a newborn is an exciting new experience for most parents, and is full of joys and challenges. Because each of us learn in a variety of ways and it takes multiple interactions with a new piece of information to fully absorb it, consuming knowledge about pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and taking care of a new precious life in several different ways is helpful. Most OBGYNs and veteran moms alike recommend taking prenatal classes to help prepare you for the arrival of your baby. While nothing is quite like the hands-on experience you will soon get, learning from a professional in prenatal classes can be tremendously advantageous.
Types of Prenatal Classes
Fortunately, there are many options for prenatal classes. You may want to begin with a pregnancy health and nutrition class that focuses on how to maintain health and wellness for you and your baby during pregnancy. Between shifting nutritional needs, ways you can and cannot use your body, and sleeping positions, a prenatal class about pregnancy health can help you feel better and stay healthy during your prenatal experience.
Depending on your childbirth plans, there are a variety of prenatal classes surrounding labor and delivery. A general childbirth class will discuss signs, methods, progression, coping techniques and pain relief during labor, as well as the typical process of a vaginal or caesarean section delivery. This is usually a one or two day crash course. If you have a specific labor and birth method in mind, you can also find a series of prenatal classes or workshops that help you better understand how to achieve your childbirth goals. These include Lamaze, The Bradley Method, Hypnobirthing and Birthing from Within. Each of these has unique philosophies and strategies for handling childbirth, some of which focus on the outcome, while others are only concerned with the process.
Beyond prenatal classes that cover the short period of labor and delivery, there are classes that help you prepare for caring for your baby once she arrives. General newborn and infant care classes discuss diapering, feeding, safe sleeping habits, swaddling, skin care and appropriate activities for your baby, among other topics. You can also take an infant CPR class to ensure you can help your baby in the event of a choking or respiratory emergency. Breastfeeding classes are particularly helpful to new moms to learn about proper latch, breastfeeding positions, burping techniques, feeding schedules, pumping, storing milk, breast care and more. Finally, you may want to take a tour of the maternity and postpartum wards at the hospital where you will give birth. It is good to be familiar with the facility prior to becoming a patient, especially the drop-off and check-in procedure in case you are in active labor when you arrive.
Benefits of Prenatal Classes
Parents often experience stress and anxiety during pregnancy because their lives are filled with many unknowns. Prenatal classes help prepare parents for what their near future holds. Visualizing the labor and delivery process, getting hands-on experience caring for a baby doll in a child care or CPR class, and touring your hospital all help get your mind in the game, which many parents find comforting. While you can talk to veteran moms about their own experiences, getting information for a credible, experienced professional is invaluable. These trained healthcare providers have helped new moms with a variety of situations and can relay their vast knowledge and share information that your mom friends cannot. Plus, prenatal classes are a great way to meet other new parents whose babies will be born in your community around the same time as your own.
Where to find Prenatal Classes
The hospital where you will deliver is the best place to begin your search for prenatal classes. Large hospitals usually have a roster of course options for you to choose. If you can't find what you want at your hospital, ask your OBGYN for recommendations. Sometimes larger OBGYN practices have their own classes or at least know where to send you. Also look for classes at childbirth centers, community centers or through specific organizations such as the American Red Cross, La Leche League or WIC offices.
Congrats on your pregnancy! We hope your prenatal classes help ease some of your anxiety over bringing home a new baby and help prepare you for the adventure of parenthood.


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Growing Into the Future
"Then I asked: Does a firm persuasion
that a thing is so, make it so? He replied:
all poets believe that it does, and in ages
of imagination this firm persuasion removed
mountains; but many are not capable of a
firm persuasion of anything."
William Blake: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
This workshop is designed to help participants reaffirm their persuasions about their future direction, the priorities in their working and personal lives, their effectiveness as business leaders and the value they bring and can get from the group.
This workshop equips participants with practical tools and techniques to enable them to:
- Attain and sustain peak performance for themselves, their colleagues, customers, shareholders, friends and families.
- Confidently set and meet aspirational goals.
- Consistently generate high quality energy in the face of the most demanding schedules.
- Better inspire and excite others into action.
- Develop their ability to find creative and innovative solutions to future challenges.
The workshop will feature a blizzard of fresh evidence from research as well as first hand case studies, examples and demonstrations of beliefs, techniques and strategies that have been witnessed from working with highly successful Chief Executives, politicians, front-line service providers, athletes and entertainers. Participants will be able to share and learn new techniques that will sharpen their personal cutting edge.
By the end of the workshop, participants will:
- Have practiced methods of language management which demonstrably enhance personal energy, sharpen focus and drive positivity in oneself and others.
- Have a deeper understanding of how to manage their mind in order to develop their creativity, intuition and imagination for decision making.
- Have experienced the limits of their own thinking and extended their own paradigms beyond previously held self-limiting beliefs.
- Above all members will leave the workshop with a sharper sense of conviction about their futures.
- They will meet a collection of ideas that help us to generate purpose within ourselves and others, ideas that go well beyond SMART plans and that can be quickly and habitually practised after our meeting.


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What is Rainforest Leadership?
Leadership is essential for any organization to realize its innovative potential. Leaders and champions of innovation, who ideally are spread throughout an organization (or innovation ecosystem), have a clear understanding of the motivations, experiences, and perspectives of their organization's potential. They are decision-makers and influencers. They have some combination of the following personal attributes: they can affect governance and the workforce; they have credibility and may be considered thought leaders; and, they have a compelling vision and are strong communicators. Strong innovation leaders and champions have experience with innovation in its various forms; they trust others and are trust worthy; they embrace diversity of thinking styles; and their motivations will often transcend the strictly rational.
To start the conversation about improving your innovation leadership, or to learn about getting going with a Rainforest Immersion 1-day program in your area send us an email or call.
LEADERSHIP SERVICES: Measure + Facilitate + Educate+ Coach
Measure: Rainforest Leadership programs begin with a 360-feedback process that helps leaders understand their current leadership effectiveness across the six domains that make up innovation cultures. The Rainforest Leadership 360 includes 30-minute phone interviews with the participating leader, their manager, peers, and stakeholders/business partners (usually 5-6 interviews for each participating leader). This provides each participant with a very solid base-line of feedback upon which to build Rainforest Leadership skills and consciousness.
Facilitate: Facilitation of the Rainforest Leadership comes in two modalities: online and in-person. During the 12-month version of the program, participants engage in three in-person events: a 2-day Kick-off session; a 1-day Rainforest Leadership Summit mid-way; and a 1-day working commencement event. Accelerated collaboration and graphic facilitation methods make these sessions highly interactive, enjoyable, and creative. Wherever possible, in-person sessions are aligned with organizational strategic planning and culture change activities to fully integrate learning and doing mission critical work. Our Rainforest Immersion 1-day event gets the leadership conversation going.
Educate: The methods used during Rainforest Leadership in-person and online Learning Labs applies proven adult education and accelerated learning techniques. Each short monthly session (between the milestone events noted above) is facilitated by an expert RFS trainer. New content is delivered in short manageable chunks that set up each month's learning objectives. Along with new content, each Learning Lab session prepares participants to do integration tasks for the coming month: reflective journaling, peer forum conversations, and leadership projects aimed at practice and self-development. Again, while there is a great deal of knowledge and skill transfer accomplished in the Rainforest Leadership program, the specific leadership work done by participants along the way improves organization results almost from the very first session.
Coach: The personal transformation that all leaders go through by accident or by design, nearly always includes coaching and mentorship. Rainforest Leadership participants receive 1:1 coaching at the individual level for a whole year: First, to make sense of the 360-feedback assessment at the beginning of the program; then, on a monthly basis to get the most from each month's new leadership content and exercises. At the end of the program, participants conduct another 360-feedback process to identify progress and the next level of leadership prowess. The completion coaching session celebrates personal development progress and solidifies each participant's ongoing self-directed development plans.
Rainforest Leadership produces four conditions found in highly innovative cultures:
Leadership: Innovation cultures require leaders who have a highly developed, empathetic approach to collaboration. Where this approach is missing, leaders, and by example, all associates, have difficulty working across functional and organizational lines. The Rainforest Leadership program develops leaders' empathy bench strength. Our program guides leaders to cultivate a long-term practice of learning from reflective processes, a cornerstone of learning organizations that continuously improve and adapt. This enables leaders to learn and model how to translate personal development into action and the achievement of organizational objectives and targets. As a result, Rainforest Leadership program grows your organization's awareness of and ability to manage and lead in your dynamic complex environment.
Role Models: Leadership development is often only aimed at those who are currently seen as leaders, investing in their continued development and progress. Highly innovative cultures need leadership behavior energizing experiments and evolution at all levels. To this end, it is important to identify rising stars and to provide them with attractive growth challenges. Putting your high-potential individuals into Rainforest Leadership programming strengthens them as people and positions them as visible role models. Our Rainforest Scorecard assessment of innovation cultures, taken by 1000's of individuals, shows a strong correlation between role model scores and resources scores. You can have more resources for innovation by growing leaders who encourage innovative role models in the organization.
Culture: Where trust is lacking and trusting relationships are few and far between, the effectiveness and tempo in an organization suffers. Where trust is high and trusting relationships are common and strong, there is an increased organizational understanding of and tolerance for risk. Through Rainforest Leadership programming, your organization will generate trust and degrees of freedom in thought and action, so more experiments can be run and novel solutions can be found faster.
Resources: Resources take on many forms and are often the first thing that organizations complain about as a hindrance to innovation and problem solving. What statistical analysis of Rainforest Scorecard assessments reveals is that more often than not, it is a dominant form of status quo leadership that is the ironic culprit. When out of balance with other innovation culture attributes, particularly role models, then resources for innovation become constrained. Rainforest Leadership returns balance to these attributes and frees up or attracts resources to broaden and accelerate innovation and organizational results.
How to Cultivate Rainforest Leaders:
Individual leadership development, especially in the context of innovation, is cultivated as a process over time. Rainforest Leadership development involves:
1) Self-examination and assessment
2) Dialogue and coaching
3) Creation of a personal development point of view and plan
4) Long-term practice and activity
5) Real-world implementation and practice
6) Ongoing assessment and self-examination.
These components should be thought of as fluid, rather than overly linear, and as a continuous improvement process of looping from evaluation to reflection to action and back to evaluation.
The various elements of Rainforest Leadership pedagogy (i.e., interactive learning modules, simulations, and so on) are just as important as the content in our program. Rainforest Leadership content is specifically related to leading innovation, but is tailored to each organization's needs and the individual learning and development of participants.
It is important to note that the 12-month version of the Rainforest Leadership program is designed to run concurrently with Rainforest Strategy creation and alignment projects. Rainforest Leadership development activities are all focused on the real-world experiences and challenges of program participants.
Whether your organization is focused on achieving incremental improvements or radical breakthroughs, the Rainforest Leadership program will improve your culture of innovation, your leaders, and your organizational results.
Send an email or call us to start the conversation about improving your organization or region's leadership of innovation and collaboration.


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The gambling industry of all places knows a thing or two about marketing and promotion. Just step inside a casino, and all the flashy bright lights and neon signs that befall on your eyes aren't just for decoration. All that bling is strategically placed and oriented in a way that seduces customer attention. Like any other industry, casinos are out to make money, and all the digital signage and interactive displays are meant to get patrons to take a specific action, namely an action that gets them to spend money, whether it be getting them to try their luck at the Black Jack table or persuading them to take a break at the bar for a sip of cocktail.
Casinos definitely know how to utilize their digital signage displays to the max, and other industries can adopt some of their promotional practices to benefit their own businesses.
1) Placement is Everything
Casinos have one goal: to keep patrons on the premise for as long as possible; the longer they stay the more likely they are to shell out their cash or break out their credit card. For this reason, casinos utilize digital signage with detailed maps and searchable indexes to ensure patrons easily locate everything from the nearest ATM to the guest service kiosk. Signage displays that map out the layout should be placed in areas where customers tend to congregate by the numbers, such as the front entrance, lobby or exit areas.
2) Digital Displays Cut on Overhead Operational Costs
Casinos were one of the first industries to jump on the digital signage bandwagon. The move was a natural one for the industry because their venues are frequently updated with new events and specials, such as live performances, lunch buffet deals and the addition of new game tables. The cost of having to frequently swap out paper banners and posters meant spending a small fortune on this facet of business alone. With the adoption of digital signage, updates are instant and automatic.
3) Utilize Videos Feeds
Customers will be more enticed by a video of a juicy charbroiled steak sizzling over a fire grill than a static image of a steak with a brief text description. Timing is also everything when it comes to video ads. Some casinos, for instance, may feature an ad for the facility's bar at the wee hours of midnight and early morning, encouraging gamblers pulling an all-nighter to grab a martini while they take a break from their gambling marathon.
4) Employ Morning/Afternoon/Evening Messages
This relates back to the example above. Most casinos and adjacent hotels have events and specials during specific hours of the day. A facility may highlight its breakfast or brunch buffet in the morning, a yoga and massage class in the afternoon, and its dinner and musical performance show in the evening. By tailoring your message according to the time of day, you give your consumers relevant ads and thus boost the response rate.
5) Employ Interactive Kiosks
There is simply no replacement for a live staff member manning the guest service station. However, an interactive digital kiosk makes for a great supplement for those who do not wish to stand in line or when staffers are stretched thin during peak hours. Furthermore, kiosks can also provide secondary functions, such as dispense show tickets or enable customers to make dinner reservations.
One of the reasons casinos tend to be so successful is because they cut no corners when it comes to their ad and promotional presentations. Businesses of all stripes can model their own marketing endeavors after casinos to replicate a similar degree of success.


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A Chapter Finished, a page turned, the sunset will come back
Author: Ken Maxon
Editor: Tracy Seybold
Publisher: ASJ Publishing
Description: Were you ever to willingly place your heart in my hand, I would never knowingly let any harm come to it. If you were ever to willingly place your heart in my hand, I could die peacefully knowing I earned that much love from you. If we grew old together, if you were to take your last breath before me, I would take mine as well. Partly because of heartbreak knowing you would never return, partly because my purpose here would be fulfilled and partly because you might need me on the other side and I would want to be there for you if you did.
The debut book by award winning author, Ken Maxon. Available in Paperback and digital.


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Which Requirements Need to Be Met to Make an IPO Happen?
Investment bankers can concoct just about any financial product out of thin air. And some of these products indeed make investors' money go poof. But IPOs aren't created out of nothing. An IPO at its core requires a willing company that's looking to raise money by selling part of itself to willing investors.
And for an IPO to be successful — in that it attracts ample investors to pay a healthy price for the stock — the bar is even higher. A few characteristics of a company that is often a prime candidate for a successful IPO includes being in the following:
An industry investors are interested in: IPO investors often get infatuated with certain investment themes. When an industry catches the attention of investors, there's usually ample appetite for several key players to go public as investors lap up the shares like hungry wolves.
The best example of an industry that IPO investors couldn't get enough of was the Internet. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, just about any company with an e before its name or a dot-com after it was able to sell stock to the public and get a huge valuation.
Year Total Number of IPOs Number of Internet IPOs Percentage of IPOs That Were Internet Companies 1998 322 40 12.4% 1999 504 272 54.0% 2000 397 149 37.5%
Source: Jay Ritter, University of Florida
A fast-growth period of its lifecycle: Companies often love IPOs because they can raise money without actually agreeing to ever give that money back or even pay interest on it. IPOs can be a great deal for the company compared with other ways of raising money, which require interest payments. That said, investors are a fickle bunch.
If they're not going to get paid a predictable return, they generally want the promise of something else. And that something else is usually a piece of a company with explosive growth. Investors routinely examine a company's growth rate to make sure it's expanding faster than the average company to see if it's worth investing in.
Hopes for rapid growth were a key element in the May 17, 2012, IPO of Internet sensation Facebook. The company raised more than $16 billion from investors, making it the third largest U.S. IPO of all time and the biggest technology IPO ever, according to Renaissance Capital. Facebook was certainly putting up huge growth. The company posted 154 percent revenue growth in 2010 and 88 percent revenue growth in 2011.
Those massive rates of growth were more than enough to get the attention of investors. But sometimes companies go public when they're peaking so they can sell their shares at a rich price. More than a year after its IPO, shares of Facebook were still below the price they fetched when they were initially sold to initial investors.
Strong competitive advantage: If investors are going to take a risk on shares of a newly established public company, they want to make sure they're protected a bit. One way investors can feel good about their investment is betting on a company that has scarce competitors and very high barriers to entry (meaning, it would be costly for a competitor to take on the company in the product marketplace).
Many massive IPOs fit this category. Visa and UPS are the no. 1 and no. 11 largest U.S. IPOs ever, having raised $17.9 billion and $5.5 billion, respectively. Both of these companies really only have a handful of serious competitors and are protected by the fact that massive investments in equipment would be needed for anyone to even dream about taking them on.


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414488 Whiskey Dyed Mink Fur Coat Stroller Jacket with Matching Belt Medium
S14-14488 whiskey dyed mink stroller with brown dyed leather belt
Fur origin-Denmark
Overall length-39"
Sweep at bottom-56"
Shoulder to shoulder-16 1/2"
Sleeve length from neck seam-30"
Across back from armpit to armpit- 19"
Chest at fullest with coat closed-31"
Closure type-Clips and rings, button with elastic loop , brown dyed leather belt
Fur garment sizing is not always accurate. Although a size may be provided, to ensure a proper fit, measure one of your own garments and compare the measurements to those provided above. All measurements provided above are in INCHES.
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Natasha at Maw Books Blog is hosting this month's Bookworms' Carnival and her theme is "Africa" books -- those written by African authors, set in Africa, or with some other African connection. She has compiled an incredible list of books. If you are looking for inspiration, please visit. It is worth bookmarking the page for future reference. I was pleased that Natasha included three of my book reviews in the carnival (links to reviews): The Beggar by Naguib Mahfouz Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth Black by Nadine Gordimer The Life and Times of Michael K. by J.M. Coetzee In addition to her long list of recommended books, Natasha included a few questions for carnival participants and readers. Feel free to answer the questions on your blog or leave a comment on the carnival page: 1. Do you read a lot of books that have an African focus? If so, why do you enjoy them? I didn't think I read many books with an African focus. And I don't, at least not compared to American or British books. But thinking back. I have read quite a few and there are more on my shelves. But I tend to read books by British or American authors about Africa more than books by African authors. 2. Have you reviewed any books with an African theme? If so, feel free to highlight them. In addition to the three listed above, I reviewed two (links to reviews): Black Jews, Jews, and Other Heroes: How Grassroots Activism Led to the Rescue of the Ethiopian Jews by Howard Lenoff Middle Passage by Charles Johnson (in the carnival) 3. What are you looking forward to reading next? Anything on your radar? Limiting this question to books with an African connection, Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen and A Good Man in Africa by William Boyd are both moving towards the top of my TBR stack. 4. If you haven't read a lot of books with an African focus, what are some books that you'd like to read? There are several others on my TBR shelves right now that I plan to get to eventually: King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild (in the carnival) The Stranger by Albert Camus Jump by Nadine Gordimer A Sport of Nature by Nadine Gordimer Burger's Daughter by Nadine Gordimer The Grass is Singing by Dorris Lessing The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (in the carnival) Half of a Yellow-Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (in the carnival) 5. Are there any book titles showcased in this carnival that sounds interesting to you or that you've read? There are several books listed in the carnival that I have read, even though I did not review them: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee West With the Night by Beryl Markham And, finally, there are several books with an African connection that I have read that are not listed above and were not in the carnival: Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton Scoop by Evelyn Waugh (a fictional Africa) A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul In a Free State by V.S. Naipaul (Booker winner) The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles (Modern Library's Top 100) The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell (Modern Library's Top 100) Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene The Human Factor by Graham Greene Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow (more fictional Africa) Skeletons on the Zahara by Dean King (my notes are here) OTHERS' ANSWERS AND RELATED POSTS IMAGENATIONS (Ghanaian author Nana Fredua-Agyeman's blog) A Senegalese Reading List (on Amateur Reader's Wuthering Expectations blog) (Leave a comment with a link to your answers and I will list your post here.)
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Easily Group Any Keyword List Into Relevant Groups Of Words
No matter where you have gotten your keywords from, you'll want to take that big list of words and group them. This video shows the easiest way to take a large list of keywords and group them.
The final result of sending a list of keywords through Keyword Grouper Pro is that you'll have very nice groups of keywords. You can use this for SEO, PPC (it will improve your Quality Score as Google sees your pages as more relevant for the main term), Content marketing, etc.
How Do You Use The Keyword Groups From KeywordGrouper Pro?
Once you have found the best keyword groups from your parent list of key words, you'll want to export those groups. Keyword Grouper Pro allows you to export those terms into a .csv format, which can be opened up in Excel or OpenOffice (or any spreadsheet program that can read a comma separated file (CSV)).
In this video I'll show you how easy it is to group your keywords into tight, relevant keyword groups. There's a link in the description to download the Keyword Grouper Pro tool once you click that link and download the software there's nothing to install just unzip the file and open up the html file in your browser you should see a screen that looks just like this. And next you just want to take your keywords. For this example I'm just going to use a keyword list that's related to ipod and ipods and they can be from any keyword tool and we're simply going to copy and paste these keywords you can hit Ctrl+A Ctrl+C or right click Copy and right click Paste. Ctrl+V will paste it into your Keyword Grouper Pro. And now I have all the keywords pasted directly into the tool. Next I need to set the minimum group length. And this is the number of terms before Keyword Grouper Pro will consider a group of keywords a group. So I'll just set this at five. And then we have this Excluded Words list. Since I know all of these keywords have to do with ipod or ipods I'm going to go ahead and exclude those two terms as terms that Keyword Grouper Pro will not count towards the grouping. So I put in ipod and ipods and I click Set Excluded Words List and lastly I simply need to click on Process Keywords. And Keyword Grouper Pro is going to analyze every single keyword against every other single keyword and it's going to create very tight relevant groups. You'll notice it analyzed 2497 keywords. There were 120 groups created with at least 5 or more keywords in each group. And I'll just scroll down through this list and you can see how nice and tight these keyword groups are. This is going to help our SEO. It's going to help our Pay Per Click because we can actually improve our Quality Score and if you want to copy any of these individual groups we just need to click the copy button. That will copy just this group into the clipboard. We can then head over to the Google Adwords Keyword Planner and we can get the monthly search volume. Also at the top, we can click Export to .csv. This will export all the groups in a format that's easy to understand into a .csv file that you can open up in Excel or OpenOffice. And if there was any groups that keywords that had no group they'll be on this less than 5 tab. If you'll click the link below to the MarketBold channel there are some additional videos that cover some advance tips and tricks that you can use with Keyword Grouper Pro and this is going to help you with your SEO your Pay-Per-Click and all your marketing campaigns so that you have tight, relevant groups and you know you're targeting the right market.


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A new year, a new city for Rachel and me. A lot has happened in the last few months.
With Rachel's teaching licensure program set to wrap up in January, we were ready to move out of Minneapolis. Mostly, the place was just too cold. 🙂 My job search couldn't have gone more smoothly. Just a few weeks and it was done; we were moving to Seattle, and I was going to Amazon as a Financial Analyst.
The drive from Minneapolis to Seattle was fun and very scenic, the views becoming more varied and interesting every hour of the trip. I did the driving, while Rachel played DJ, researched restaurants and hotels, and maintained communications with our family and friends. There's something therapeutic about a long drive – you settle in and embrace the simple experience of pushing mile after mile of road behind you.
The views from our car were increasingly stunning as we drove through Montana and into Washington, moving through the Rocky Mountains and the Cascades – all tall, jagged, and snow peaked. We were surprised to see huge wind farms atop the Cascade Mountains, before we began our decent to Seattle. Even just half an hour out of the city we were still surrounded by huge, towering evergreen trees and mountains. We were starting to see how this place was different.
Seattle is a phenomenally beautiful place. Everywhere is hilly, creating giant natural amphitheaters around the water – everybody has a view. And everything is green all year. Yea, it rains frequently, but it's mostly just a drizzle in the afternoon. Most days are sunny for a few hours, cloudy for a few hours, and rainy for a few hours.
We found an apartment with a view of Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains. It has a small balcony that I have a gas grill set up on, and it's far and away the nicest place we've lived. It's smaller than our last place, so we've been getting rid of some stuff, but it is just the right size for Rachel and me; we are glad to "right-size" our lives here.
I walk 20min to and from work, which I enjoy. It's exciting that here I will be able to walk year-round! I also like my job a lot so far. The work is largely similar to what I did at Target, which helps me feel more comfortable. I also like my team, and Amazon seems like a great place to be. Rachel also found a job quickly; she is teaching at a pre-school and enjoying the adorable 3-5 year olds, at least when they aren't having tantrums and accidents…
We are having a lot of fun exploring the local attractions. We have a deck of 52 cards that each have a walk around Seattle that we are working through to explore the city. Rachel's New Year's resolution is to eat more fresh food, so we have also been enjoying cooking a lot of good food from scratch. We're especially enjoying the local fresh seafood! I also got Rachel a bread machine for her birthday, so we've been making our own fresh bread.
In short, life is good in Seattle. We like the city, I like my job, and it seems like it was the right move for us. We are excited to start the next chapter of our story here.


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The company was founded in 1979 in Stockholm, Sweden as a software development company aimed at the market of personal computers that was evolving in those days.
In 1985 the company specialized in computer aided design – CAD – and changed its name to "cadett" to make this specialization clear to the market. The development of "elNett", an electrical design software, started.
At the same time in the German city Mönchengladbach the company MG-Data GmbH was founded to develop and market the electrical design software MG-CAD.
In 1986 at a fair in Birmingham, England, cadett and MG-Data met for the first time. The result was that the further development of elNett and MG-CAD merged into a joint venture.
The Scandinavian version of the resulting software was marketed under the name cadett ELSA. The somewhat different German version was still sold under the name MG-CAD.
The cooperation was continuously intensified and in 2003 the two companies finally merged under the name cadett.
The two national software versions that then existed were replaced with one single multi-lingual and multi-standard software called cadett ELSA.
Some of cadett's major milestones are listed below.
|The Swedish company is founded and publishes its first catalogue of in-house developed microcomputer software.
|The company extends its business to also include computer hardware.
|The CAD business in Sweden is started.
|MG-Data GmbH is founded in Germany, introducing MG-CAD 1.0 (later cadett ELSA).
|The name of the Swedish company is changed to "cadett ab".
|cadett ELSA 2.0 is introduced in Sweden. In Germany the software is called MG-CAD 2.0.
|cadett a/s in Norway is founded. Norway has since then been a major market for cadett.
|The deliveries of cadett ELSA 3.0 begins. It has a new revolutionary Integrated Design Environment.
|cadett ELSA 3.8 is an enhancement in functionality to a seldom seen degree. One of the new features is automatic wire numbering directly in the drawing sheets. First in the World!
|In cadett ELSA 3.85 a new revolutionary technology is introduced: The OnLine Engine!
|Network support is introduced with cadett ELSA 4.1.
|cadett ELSA 4.15 is our first product supporting Windows NT. By doing that we are moving to the platform where we still reside. The Windows 7 and 10 of today are in fact updated versions of the original Windows NT.
|All hardware related business is discontinued. Since this point of time, 100% of the business is related to software for electrical design.
|cadett ELSA 5.0 is presented, The deliveries start February 1st 1998. This version introduces a new user interface based on Windows.
|cadett ELSA 6.0 with Dynamic OnLine is shown for the first time. This is another technological break-through. The lists can be edited and the circuit diagrams are automatically updated accordingly!
|cadett ELSA 7.0 is yet another mile-stone in the development of the product.
|A completely new Catalogue introducing client/server technology and a new Drawing Manager, combined with a new user interface, enhances the performance of the software drastically.
|cadett acquires MG-Data GmbH in Germany and opens an office in Jülich, Nordrhein-Westfahlen.
|cadett GmbH and cadett ab becomes sister-companies, both 100% owned by cadett Holding AB.
|cadett ELSA 7.5 is the first cadett ELSA available in several product levels. Professional and Basic are the first two.
|cadett ELSA Start is introduced. This new complete electrical design product has an extremely competitive pricing.
|cadett ELSA View is introduced, a low-cost product only for viewing with no editing capabilities.
|cadett ELSA 7.7 introduces extended symbol related functionality, and a large number of other features.
|cadett decides to use the new product AutoCAD Electrical as a new platform for cadett ELSA.
|cadett's introduction of AutoCAD Electrical has made cadett the by far largest supplier of AutoCAD Electrical in Sweden, larger than all competitors combined.
|cadett GmbH becomes VAR (Value Added Reseller) for AutoCAD Electrical.
|cadett makes a sales record.
|The deliveries of cadett ELSA 10.0 with the biggest news in many years are started.
|Multiple concurrent users in the projects are now possible. Another new feature is super projects where multiple sub-projects can be connected to one another.
|cadett makes yet another sales record and decides to start a product development subsidiary in India.
|A long line of new features are introduced in cadett ELSA 12.0, some of which have been developed in India.
|The entirely new Symbol Insert Tool was however mainly developed in cadett's Malmö office in southern Sweden.
|Hyper Dynamic Contact Mirrors was one of the features that the Indian department contributed with.
|25 years with cadett ELSA was celebrated with a new version numbering system as cadett ELSA R30 was presented.
|Support of Windows 7 and 64 bit operating systems is introduced.
|The first version of the Option Handling Module – "Made in India" – is introduced in cadett ELSA R31.
|cadett ELSA Enterprise is introduced.
|Thin Client Support is a major break-through for performance, stability and remote access. Working effectively with only a standard internet connection to the server suddenly becomes a reality when the bandwidth requirement is reduced with 99%.
|cadett is awarded an Autodesk ISV contract as an Independent Software Vendor. The contract makes cadett a Distributor of well-known Autodesk products as AutoCAD Electrical and AutoCAD P&ID, bundled with cadett ELSA.
|cadett makes the biggest profit ever.
|As the 30th anniversary of the first cadett ELSA version is celebrated, the cadett ELSA R35 increases performance and stability to the highest level this far.


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Cities News Roundup
School doors opened on time for 443,000 Chicago public-school students last week after a complex financial agreement balancing the district's $1.3-billion budget finally won approval.
The School Finance Authority--a five-member oversight panel created to keep the district out of debt--accepted the budget one day after voting to reject the agreement crafted by school administrators, teachers, and city and state officials. (See Education Week, Sept. 8, 1982.)
The authority first turned down the accord because the school board's three-year financial plan projected deficits that could reach nearly $100 million in future years.
But, after consulting with Mayor Jane M. Byrne, the authority reversed itself when the Chicago Teachers' Union agreed to amend a proposed contract with the school board to stipulate that a controversial provision requiring the board to pay teacher-pension contributions would expire after one year.
That concession enabled the authority to deduct $52 million from projected expenditures, significantly reducing the projected deficit.
Even as the union made what most observers consider to be a face-saving gesture for the authority, its leaders signaled that teachers would expect both continuation of the pension payments and salary increases in future contracts.
"The public should appreciate that this year we didn't get a raise,'' said Robert M. Healey, president of the teachers' union. "Next year won't be the same."
This year's contract provides no across-the-board pay hikes and asks teachers to give up a day's pay to save the district nearly $4 million.
Demographic change, not "white flight" from desegregation, was the major reason the Cleveland city schools have lost 50 percent of their students in the past 14 years, according to a report filed this month with the federal district court.
The study, prepared by the court-appointed Office on School Monitoring and Community Relations, concluded that a declining birthrate, the city's overall loss of population, and "unfavorable economic and political conditions," contributed to the decline in enrollment from more than 153,000 students in 1967-68 to about 75,000 in 1981-82.
The report also noted that:
Enrollments have declined in both private schools and suburban public systems throughout Cuyahoga County, which includes the city of Cleveland. The city was the only district in the county to come under a desegregation order during the period studied.
Blacks as well as whites have transferred out of the city system, although in smaller proportions.
The changing racial composition of the city school system (from about 57 percent black in 1970 to about 70 percent black in 1980) is attributable primarily to demographic changes in the city as a whole.
"During the first two years of desegregation implementation, 1979 and 1980," the report says, "the maximum possible contribution of desegregation to enrollment decline in the Cleveland school system is estimated to be 4,834 students, which is 20 percent of the total enrollment decline of 23,909 students in these years. The actual contribution of desegregation to enrollment decline in these two years is likely less than this estimate."
The Chase Manhattan Bank will give the New York City board of education $430,000 to fund a two-year project for the city's 110 high-school principals.
The project will focus on the "key leadership role of the principal'' in curriculum development and innovation, bank officials said last week.
The principals will take part in workshops, seminars, and conferences conducted by educators, business leaders, and management consultants. Some local university facilities will also be used.
The city's school system developed the project in cooperation with the New York Alliance for the Public Schools--a 3-year-old consortium of university, civic, corporate, labor, and schools leaders.
An investigation by the controller's office of the Philadelphia school system has revealed that its teachers and administrators have written textbooks and sold them to the school district.
In doing so, they have violated Pennsylvania's ethics law, and the acting superintendent, Charles A. Highsmith, has announced that any royalties earned from such illegal activity by the administrators must be turned over to the district
However, he said that principals and employees below that rank may keep profits from the sale of books to the district for use in any school but their own.
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Administrating Checkmk versions
It is possible to install several Checkmk versions on the device at the same time. This allows several instances to be run in different versions and individual instances to be changed to newer or older versions independently of one another. Meaning you can install a new version for example, and try it out in a test instance initially in order to then update your productive instance if testing is successful.
To administrate the Checkmk versions, select the item Checkmk versions in the main menu of the web interface.
The dialogue box that then appears will list all Checkmk versions installed. If a version is not being used by any instance and is not the last installed version, you have the option to delete it from the appliance.
Using this dialogue box, you can also upload new Checkmk versions onto the device in order to use them in new instances or to update existing instances.
To do this, download the desired Checkmk version from our website onto your computer (search for Checkmk appliance in the Distribution column). Then select the file from your hard drive using the file selection dialogue and confirm your selection by clicking on Upload & install.
The Checkmk version will now be uploaded onto the device. Depending on the network connection between your computer and the ESX server, this may take a few minutes. Once uploading is complete, you will see the new version in the table of installed versions.


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Presently the Company is doing business all over the country in almost all sectors of industries with its broad Product Range and efficient Marketing team. Of late, Fluid Control Equipments has become "Fluidtech Equipment Pvt. Ltd." due to constitutional change, i.e. Proprietorship to Private Ltd., which became inhabitable to manage increased business volume.
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On an October day in 1987 people in Las Vegas thought they were having an earthquake. Tremors rattled the city's buildings. But this was not nature at work. This was an underground nuclear test explosion at the Nevada Test Site.
Residents of Hattiesburg, Mississippi had their own similar experiences from underground nuclear tests. There have been over 1000 U.S. nuclear tests with severe public health consequences from radiation. And these nuke tests cost many billions of taxpayer dollars. Why would anyone want to relive those chapters of the Cold War?
Instead, how about Senate Democrats and Republicans ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), which bans all nuclear test explosions.
Now these two political parties working together may sound like a fairy tale. But history reveals that Dems and Reps, for the most part, have shared this goal of ending nuke testing.
Since the days of President Dwight Eisenhower (a Republican), the United States has sought a treaty ending nuclear testing. In a letter to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, Eisenhower wrote that a nuclear test ban "would be an important step toward reduction of international tensions and would open the way to further agreement on substantial measures of disarmament."
Ike and his team worked very hard to achieve a treaty ending nuclear testing. They contributed much research for building an international monitoring system to detect anyone cheating a treaty by setting off a secret nuclear explosion.
But Kennedy needed to get the Senate to approve the treaty. Hearings began in August 1963. Secretary of State Dean Rusk was the leadoff witness. He emphasized how Democratic and Republican presidents have reasoned that "the risks of an unlimited nuclear race [are] far greater than those inherent in safeguarded progress toward arms control." The Limited Test Ban Treaty was in the best interest of national security.
Members of the Eisenhower administration rallied to help. Eisenhower wrote a letter to the Senate recommending passage of the Limited Test Ban Treaty. Ike's science advisors, James Killian and George Kistiakowsky, signed a letter to the Senate, which was printed in newspapers.
These scientists were part of the Citizens Committee for a Nuclear Test Ban, led by Eisenhower administration member James Wadsworth. Harold Stassen, Eisenhower's disarmament advisor, gave testimony before the Senate advocating the test ban.
The Limited Test Ban Treaty was approved by the Senate in 1963. It was the first major nuclear arms control agreement with the Soviet Union.


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I'm so glad I finally joined Twitter. Had I not done so, I wouldn't have been made aware of the Greatest Article of 2014. Credit goes to Mark Adomanis for finding this gem. This is like a late Christmas present.
Prepare yourself. Sit up straight with both feet planted firmly on a flat, sturdy surface. Use the mouse to scroll while bracing yourself with the other hand firmly on an armrest, table, or otherwise solid object. What you are about to experience is one of the edgiest, red pill-est, most subversive articles ever written. This is the kind of shit that will bring the system crashing down, man. Just a few paragraphs in I was wondering how this guy managed to avoid being taken out by an NSA-controlled Reaper drone. Strap yourself in. We're about to take a Mountain Dew-fueled rocket down the rabbit hole, through the looking glass, and various other Alice in Wonderland references! That last sentence doesn't make sense, you say? Sure, if you believe what the government teaches you!
First of all, this article is written by Tyler Durden. Perhaps you didn't note the significance of that. Tyler fuckin' Durden. Tyler Durden.
Tyler Durden
Yes, that's right, the wisdom-spouting, totally liberated soul which represents the ideal self in the fantasy of a disillusioned, dejected, alienated white collar worker in a film that was released in 1999 to the rejoicing of many an angsty teenage boy. Tyler Durden was that mythical hero that reminded us that we are not our jobs, not our cars, not our houses or our "fuckin' khakis." We are not our fucking lawns, not our bank accounts, not our Playstations, not our Starbucks Pumpkin Spice lattes, not our boxed sets of The Simpsons seasons 5-8. No, you corporate fat cats, we are men! Masculine, men! That is the message of Tyler Durden, that mischievous spirit, that impish boy who lives inside the mind of every adult male who has been beaten by the system into conformity. Tyler Durden wants us to unleash the power of our raw masculinity and reject this consumerist, conformist system. Sorry ladies, Tyler Durden is for men only. You don't have a Tyler Durden inside your mind.
Getting back to the most awesome article of 2014, the author Tyler Durden informs us that Putin has an "ace up his sleeve," which he can play against the West. What that is, we don't know, but trust us, he's got one. Hopefully Vladimir Putin will read this article and contact Mr. Durden to find out what his ace is. But enough of my pathetic rambling, let us read the edgy, iconoclastic words of Tyler Durden.
The entire world is watching Putin play poker with the Western politicians lead by Obama and followed by Washington quislings in London, Brussels and Berlin.
After 16 December it looks more like Putin played a game of "52-pickup." Of course who am I to question the wisdom of Tyler Durden? I wouldn't know the difference between Texas Hold 'em and Magic: The Gathering when it comes to geopolitical card games. I'm also surprised to find out that Brussels and Berlin are "quislings" of Washington. One would think that if America were trying to dominate the world, Belgium and Germany wouldn't be such major economic competitors for America. One would expect them to resemble neo-liberal banana republics instead of having strong welfare systems and political structures that differ radically from that of the USA. For some unknown reason, the US wants to flat out destroy Russia, but it does nothing to a country which is a major economic competitor and which is already partially occupied by large American military forces. Oh well. I'm not Tyler Durden.
America's goal since the end of the Cold War has been to weaken by financial, economic and, if necessary, military means any real competition to its global financial and resource domination through the petrodollar and dollar world reserve currency status.
Odd. Japan and Germany are both such competitors. Since the fall of the USSR, Russia hasn't been an economic or military competitor with the US. Does Tyler Durden know about China? Also who's still afraid of the petrodollar? It's bound to be replaced by petro-ruble any day now, according to RT's Max Kaiser.
The current trade and economic sanctions against Russia and Iran follow this time-tested action that is never successful on its own, as we know from the 50-plus-year blockade of Cuba.
First of all, the sanctions against Russia are nothing like the sanctions against Cuba in any way. Cuba suffered not only a blockade, but years of armed terrorism and sabotage, all because it defied the US. In fact Castro did not initially lean towards the USSR; the US pushed him in that direction with its reaction to the revolution. Cuba did not annex part of another nation. Most of the sanctions against Russia target individuals and banks; if anyone made a move that has had a noticeable effect on ordinary Russians, it was Putin with his food imports ban. Cuba's experience was far more severe.
But this strategy can lead to opposition nations retaliating by military means, often their only alternative to end blockades etc., which are an act of war and allow the US and other democracies to bring their ultimate superior military power to bare against the offending sovereign state. This worked for Lincoln against the Confederate States of America, by Woodrow Wilson against the Central Powers before World War One, against the Japanese Empire before World War Two, Iraq, Libya – the list is endless.
Ah yes, damn America for its oppression of the Confederate States of America, the Central Powers, and the poor Japanese Empire! Their only crime was resisting American tyranny and trying to promote sound money and Ron Paul!
Recently the US has created the oil price collapse, working closely with its client state Saudi Arabia, in order to weaken the economic power of both Iran and Russia, the two main nations opposing US hegemony, foreign policy and petrodollar policy. Yes, this will play havoc with the US shale oil industry as well as London's North Sea oil industry but oil profits pale in comparison to the importance of maintaining Western power over Russia and China.
Citation needed? Oh wait, this is Tyler Durden. Since he is merely a figment of the imagination, he can be anywhere. He must have overheard the backroom deal where the US and Saudi Arabia decided to go to war with Russia. It has nothing to do with something like 8 different US presidents promising to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil or anything like that. Tyler Durden wants us to have more expensive oil. I'm not sure what we're supposed to use it for, though, since we're supposed to reject all the consumer crap that requires oil.
I hope Putin realizes the US is not playing games here, as this is a financial and strategic game to the death for Washington and it's Western allies that have foolishly followed the Goldman Sachs/central banking cartel's deadly sovereign debt recipe and for growth and prosperity. The time is up; the debts can never be repaid and sooner or later must be repudiated one way or the other.
Tyler doesn't seem to understand the difference between personal debt, and sovereign debt, just as he seems to think that Goldman Sachs is behind central banking. Go easy on him though, he is merely an imaginary reflection of one alienated man's ideal self.
China is waiting in the wings as the new world economic power and while it is too big to challenge, US strategy is to take out its top two allies, Iran and Russia, to buy time for Wall Street and Washington.
Oh goodie, some grand chess game bullshit. China already is the world's largest economy. The thing is, however, that China's success benefits the US. It's not exactly a secret that major American industries have been chasing Chinese consumers' money for years now, most notably Hollywood. The relationship between China and the US is mutually beneficial, at least from an economic point of view. This actually protects China from any significant US hostility.
The strategy might be a competitive economic course of action but the risk of military consequences and even a third world war loom on the horizon and no country has ever defeated Russia in a land attack. This is risky brinkmanship just to protect our banking and Wall Street elites and their profits at the expense of the American people, I might add, but the US has done this before.
Ah yes, no country has ever defeated Russia in a land attack. Well, if you don't count Napoleon at Austerlitz. He only lost because he made an ill-planned attack on the Russian capital. Then there's the Crimean War, which is considered a Russian loss. Then there's the Russo-Japanese War. The First World War would also best be counted as a loss. The first Chechen War was a loss and the "victory" in the second Chechen War is highly debatable. But I guess if you ignore all that, no country has ever defeated Russia in a land attack.
Is This Just a Repeat of the Versailles Treaty, Russian-style?
This has all happened before. It's the same old game with different players.
Uh yeah…It's the same game as before, because in 2014 a major World War has just ended, and now Russia is about to sign a humiliating treaty. This has happened before!
If you look closely at real history rather than the establishment-directed propaganda dished out to the public, you'll realize that the Western financial elites and central banking cartel seldom change tactics. Why should they? Their financial empires continue to grow during all major wars and financial crises and if they should guess wrong, then they get taxpayers to bail them out.
"Real history" is something you can major in at Youtube University. By the way, I hope you're keeping track of how many times this guy refers to "financial elites," bankers, etc.
The Goldman Sachs, Rothschild and Soros types control the Western democracies as well as the financial markets and use paid or blackmailed cheerleaders and front men to advance their best interests to the populace as acceptable economic or political policies.
Goldman Sachs…Rothschild…Soros. Banking elites, financial elites… This all sounds vaguely familiar. Nah…I'm sure it's just a coincidence that he points out those names. They must be the only people at the top of the capitalist hierarchy.
For example, Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points statement given on January 8, 1918, claiming the war and US intervention was a moral cause to advance peace in Europe after World War One, was one of the leading reasons the Germans sued for peace.
Actually the German Revolution and the deprivations that led to it are what drove the Germans to sue for peace. That and their two main allies had already done so, leaving them virtually alone. Oh wait, maybe that's not "real history."
The entire Austrian-Hungarian empire was totally destroyed except for the small area of present Austria and Germany, which was stripped of much of its territory and subjected to a vengeful, unpayable war debt comparable to America's current national debt today. Sadly, the treaty created the public anger and economic chaos that eventually brought Hitler to power and set the stage for the Second World War.
The Austro-Hungarian empire broke up largely because nationalist movements increased in power as the country strained under the deprivations of war, something it was ill-prepared for in the first place. Anyone who knows anything about Austria-Hungary knows the maxim about how remarkable it was that it lasted so long. The empire was basically broken up prior to the Versailles conference anyway, but again, that's probably not "real history." It's also worth noting that it was the European powers who were most interested in punishing Germany.
First, the US cable pundits are suggesting that Putin might retaliate by invading Ukraine. Why would Russia want Ukraine? Except for substantial agricultural resources that can be purchased on the open market, this is a bankrupt country with a long list of failed governments. The country has become a pawn in the battle between East and West, and its people have already suffered so much. Now Russia might move in the East to protect Russian-speaking areas and could be willing to suffer the additional economic consequences of creating a land bridge to Crimea but the military option appears quite limited and counter-productive at best.
Why would Russia want Ukraine, you ask? The kind of "patriot" Putin's government cultivates positively orgasms at the thought of ruling over people, especially former Soviet republics. These people are seen as traitors who rocked the boat, who bit the hand that fed them. In this empire of cynicism, Russians don't like the idea of former Soviet populations clawing their way to a better future. If Russians are miserable and dominated, others should be too. By Russia dominating Ukraine, the utterly dominated Russian feels slightly better because there is someone to look down on. This of course, calls to mind analogies of segregation and apartheid. The poorest white could always consider himself to be superior to the most accomplished black man, and therefore he supported the system that afforded him that privilege.
To be sure, yes, Russia conquering Ukraine is irrational, but we're not dealing with rational people. For fifteen years Putin and his cronies robbed the Russian people, always promising to diversify and modernize the economy and state. Then came the morning that the project was due, and they had nothing. Maidan exposed this, so the only thing they could think of was to seize the Crimea. What would happen next simply didn't factor in. Personally I don't think Putin will risk another military intervention for any reason, but I've been forced to admit that I was wrong about him being rational. If enough of his pseudo-intellectual "experts" are telling him he can get away with it, he might actually try it.
No nation will win a shooting war between the US, UK and EU versus Russia and China. The consequences are too horrible to be contemplated but Russia has an ace in the hole that can win the financial and economic battle going on today.
Oh really? Do tell us what that is, Mr. Durden! Or is that something you don't talk about, like Fight Club?
First, Russia should join with China in a new gold, oil and natural resource backed monetary union as an alternative to the failed debt democracy model pushed by Wall Street, the central bank cartel and self-serving politicians in the West. It simply does not work in the long term to finance prosperity and improved standards of living through mountains of debt placed on future generations.
And China would want to do this…Why? China is happily reaching out to Russia, but as Adomanis puts it, it isn't running a charity. I've written several times about the conditions China is imposing on Russia in these deals they've been signing, and according to those parameters China is definitely dominant in the relationship.
I also really love how he says the Western system doesn't work, while it clearly is working quite well in comparison to Russia's "resource backed" system. Please, Mr. Durden, call us when the US dollar is actually tanking the way the ruble did on 16 December. Call us when the US starts looking like Russia. It's one thing to say that the system is highly flawed, exploitative, immoral, or whatever, but to say it doesn't work in comparison to corrupt, authoritarian state which cannot produce a suitable leader in 25 years? No. Just, no.
Washington has destroyed every tax haven and bit of personal and financial privacy in the world because of its desperate need for revenue. Every financial haven has caved, including Switzerland, because they cannot hope to prevail against the US, UK and EU.
Hmmm…That's funny, aren't offshore tax havens one of the concrete ways those "financial elites" and corporate fat cats dominate our system? After all, it's not your average retail employee whose squirreling money away on the Isle of Man or Belize.
The US intends to make Russia a pariah state and cut it off from trade, funds transfer, banking and Western credit markets. It will not relent until Putin is overthrown and Russia is compliant with and a supporter of the New World Order.
In Fight Club, Tyler knew everything the narrator knew. I guess I can't be the narrator because this Tyler doesn't seem to be aware that for years, Russia's ruling elite kept their money in the banks of the New World Order Rothschild
Jewish Financial Elite Banking Cartel.
Second, Russia should act offensively rather than defensively on the financial front by creating corporate tax-free/low income tax zones and welcoming corporations, successful individuals and entrepreneurs to take up residence and create jobs and prosperity. The Hong Kong model does work to create industry, service industry and free-market prosperity and to win, Russia needs far more than a resource-based economy.
This is hilarious. Did this guy just find out about a country called Russia earlier this year? Also, doesn't welcoming corporations essentially mean welcoming the corporate-dominated hegemony? Or are they supposed to welcome all corporations except banks? Welcome "successful individuals" and entrepreneurs? Has this guy not done so much as half an hour's research on what doing business in Russia is like? This is a state where your visa can be canceled and your assets seized at the drop of a hat, assuming you paid all the necessary bribes to get your business up and running in the first place. Does that sound like a sound investment climate?
The Hong Kong model does work to create industry, service industry and free-market prosperity and to win, Russia needs far more than a resource-based economy.
Really? No shit. People have been telling the Russian government to do that for years. Problem is, you do that, and what you get is a bourgeois class that isn't necessarily beholden to Putin. This isn't want he and his close friends want.
Russia needs more population and a larger middle class and should offer residency and citizenship opportunities to productive and successful workers, entrepreneurial businesses and corporations etc. with the right of reasonable financial and corporate privacy along with the low tax benefits.
Clearly Tyler took too many shots to the head at Fight Club. Russia got a larger middle class in the mid-2000's. As they got a taste of the good life, they started demanding more, becoming tired of the glass ceiling that reserves the best positions in life for friends of the elite. They started protesting and the government came to view them with suspicion. Today they are looked at as "the fifth column," the pawns who will accomplish that revolution the United States is supposedly cooking up. And his advice for Putin is to build up Russia's middle class? Clearly he's new here. He might as well recommend that Putin seize the moon and build a colony there.
Canada, the wonderful country I live and work in today, offers permanent residency benefits and citizenship to hundreds of thousands of foreigners wanting to work and immigrate to Canada together with low corporate tax benefits.
He lives in Canada? Isn't that a "socialist" dystopia run by the American NWO banking cartel?
Russia can and should do the same, although the market will require bargain prices as Russia does not have the long history of rule of law, security and peace like Canada does.
No shit. Tyler clearly doesn't understand how things work around here. Rule of law means that Putin and his friends can't run the country like their private estate, a la Mobutu Sese Seku. Also I'm surprised this guy wants Russia to be like Canada, which I'm sure he considers a socialist hellhole in all his other rants.
Russia should look at good climate areas like Crimea and other areas around the Black Sea and maybe Kaliningrad in the north directly in the middle of the EU.
Yes I'm sure they'll get right on that. The Russian government is known for taking advice from people using the name "Tyler Durden."
Competititon, free markets, minimal regulation and low taxes are the 21st century solution to military aggression, over-indebted and resource-hungry empires.
Really? Cite an example.
Putin said it best in his news conference last week.
"They won't leave [the bear] alone. They will always seek to chain it. And once it's chained, they'll rip out its teeth and claws. The nuclear deterrence, speaking in present-day terms. As soon as this happens, nobody will need [the bear] anymore. They'll stuff it. And start to put their hands on its Taiga [Siberian forest belt] after it. We've heard statements from Western officials that Russia's owning Siberia was not fair." – Vladimir Putin
Should I be surprised that this guy saw something profound in this nonsensical quote?
Vladimir Putin, now is the time to play your ace in the hole.
Yes, whatever the hell it is. Play it!
Russia can win the financial and economic war being waged against it but not by playing the same old game of poker where cheating prevails. Show the world that Russia is worthy of 21st century leadership in a peaceful and competitive manner by using the debt, currency and banking weaknesses of the West to defeat an opponent out to chain Russia as it has the rest of the world into surrender and serfdom.
I can't help but notice that he doesn't exactly say what using "debt, currency, and banking weakness" actually entails. Also why does he think Russia is not "chained" in serfdom? He lives in Canada. Is he not experiencing serfdom? Canada is far more regulatory than the US, and it has a much stronger welfare state.
If you are as concerned as I am about where the world is headed, consider securing a second home internationally in the right location as a means to protect you and your family. Think of it as lifestyle insurance.
Tyler, any time you get sick of living in Canada, contact me and we'll do a trade. You turn over a portion of your assets to me. For example, your house, or more likely your parents' house. In return I will set you up with a job here in Russia and give you all the advice you need to working and living here. I will suffer the consequences of the NWO's collapse, living in Canada or the US, while you will surely reap the windfall of Russia's immanent victory. Do we have a deal?
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A Viz of Many (Gender) Colors/
Pink is for girls and blue is for boys. How pervasive is this association?
This viz updates live to reflect the crowd voted winning color palette choice. Tha's right, this is a live updating Tableau Public viz that uses data from a Google Sheet without needing a web connector!!!! Thanks to some Allan Walker glitter (which is always black).
Recently, Jonathan Drummey asked for design suggestions for a Tableau tutorial on Marimekko charts which used data on gender and admissions. My initial response was to color code according to this stereotypical gender association with colors. "Since you are using a reference to Marimekko the artist in your post, I took some colors from the prints :-) I also thought that using black for the border was more in-line with the artwork as well. If you are not happy with the traditional pink / blue for gender, I can change it."
Jonathan responded, "I *heart* the idea of using colors from Marimekko prints, and using black as a border is great to help make the bar segments more visible! I would like to use something other than pink/blue for gender just because I want to break down the gender association of colors that only came about in the last 90 years or so to create more segmented marketing and (I believe) more tightly define gender roles. My daughter's favorite colors are blue, red, and purple, and it sucks when the thing (toy, clothing, tool, etc.) that's her size is pink just because it's "made for girls". I want girls and boys to have pink, blue, red, mauve, camo, paisley, etc.
Going with colors from another set of Marrimekko prints, we decided on using yellow for female and green for male.
The exercise did get me to thinking about the power of color and it's associations, specifically with gender. The strong association of pink with girls is a fairly recent phenomenon. The reverse palette apparently used to be true. For example, the June 1918 issue of the Infant's Department, a trade magazine for baby clothes manufacturers, said: "There has been a great diversity of opinion on this subject, but the generally accepted rule is pink for the boy and blue for the girl. The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for the boy; while blue, which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girl." Many articles site the reverse encoding started post WWII and was made mainstream in the 1980's for mass marketing purposes.
Fast forward to now. How dominant has this color and gender association gotten?Artist JeongMee Yoon, frustrated with her daughter's desire to only wear pink and play with pink toys, launched The Pink & Blue Project."The saccharine, confectionary pink objects that fill my images of little girls and their accessories reveal a pervasive and culturally manipulated expression of 'femininity' and a desire to be seen."
I wanted to create a viz that would showcase the strong association of the Female = Pink, Male = Blue, as well as the dissonance when other palettes are used. Data was graciously provided by Jeffrey Shaffer, who scraped the TC16 website for speakers and sessions which he then ran through the R Gender package. Using the data I created a viz to help promote the female speakers at the conference. The original color palette was chosen to provide dissonance and reverse the current gender / color association. I also chose to be a bit viz defiant with some other design choices, such as the drop shadow on the font and the bar charts. All viz nazi's please unclench now. It's okay. Really. The drop shadows are fun!
But here is the really fun part. You can vote and change the viz color palette, hero image, title, etc. They are all driven by a Google Form that collects responses on what palette should be used for the viz. The choices are shown below in the form. Go ahead and vote! You can decide if the fate of this viz is to perpetuate or break the gender color association. Whichever palette has the most responses at any given time will pass the winning choice to the viz which is then updated automatically thanks to the Allan Walker magic. This viz connected to a Google Spreadsheet which captures the votes, which the use tabletop.js and sheetsee.js in conjunction with the Tableau JS API to dynamically update the viz and use the color / image choices with the most votes.
The other choices are shown below:
Vote early, vote often and challenge yourself to explore how strong gender and color associations are and if an how you choose to use them in your work. Please also come support the women TC16 speakers and their sessions!
Oh and the super hero image is there to challenge you too. I'm saving the non-white, female superhero in a snug-fitting outfit image discussion for another post, or a late night cocktail conversation at TC16. :-).


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