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Lena Waithe
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Emmy®-winner Lena Waithe is one of Hollywood's most promising up-and-coming talents, who continues to grow her body of work with diversity, charisma, and comedy. Waithe first made headlines in front of the camera as Denise, friend to Dev (Aziz Ansari) in the critically acclaimed Netflix series Master of None. In a role that was originally intended for a straight, Caucasian female, Waithe has made Denise's experience as a queer black woman uniquely her own. This season, Waithe co-write the "Thanksgiving" episode, for which she received an Emmy® in the category of "Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series."
As a writer, Waithe is serving as Creator and Executive Producer of The Chi, a relevant, timely, and distinctive coming-of-age story that follows six interrelated characters in Chicago's South Side. The Chi will premiere on Showtime in 2018. She will next be seen on the big screen in Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One, which Warner Bros. will release in the Spring of 2018.
Drew Kugler: First off, thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts on conversations. It means a lot. Aside from being a huge fan of the show, you're also doing an incredibly important thing in the world, and my work is about helping people do that, so it's really cool to sit here with you.
Lena Waithe: Thanks so much for having me.
DK: And you're more than welcome. So, you'll be in the first, probably, to be fair, as people look on the podcast page—you'll be up obviously in the first ten or so episodes that we're going to be putting out. And you'll hear on some of these other episodes, the opening question for most people—and that was sort of linking together how we grew up—which you'll certainly go into a little bit later—but how we grew up into what we've become, okay? And so the question is, when you were a little kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
LW: I wanted to be a television writer. I was very obsessed with TV as a kid, like maybe most kids are. But I really was—at any given moment, or time of day, you could find me plopped in front of the television set. And, but really absorbing it, really studying it, watching everything from—I was very lucky to grow up during a time when The Cosby Show was on. At its height actually, but also watching A Different World and watching old TV shows with my grandmother like, you know, Colombo and, like, [The]Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show. So for me, I kind of had a mix of things that were current and on at the moment. But I also got a chance to watch old television shows that like All in the Family as well, and The Jeffersons and Good Times, and different shows—got to watch those television shows that, really, I still got a kick out of, and I still thought were quite funny and entertaining. And so very early on, I knew I wanted to make television that wasn't just funny and interesting for the time, but it was actually timeless. So very early on, I knew I wanted to be a part of that world and—because it fascinated me so much and I got so much joy from it—I want I wanted to be a part of it.
DK: Got it. So what did you do, where did it, where did it begin to take real shape for you, other than obviously being a fan of a lot of great shows? Do you remember as you grew older where [it] kicked kicked in to pursuing work?
LW: Yeah. I mean I think when I was in—oh, I've always sort of been like, I've always loved writing. And I always was complimented on that by teachers, even elementary school, so I always knew that that was something I have—a gift that I had. But when I got in the high school and I got really, really obsessed with certain TV shows and when I was watching Friends and things like that, and really just being obsessed with Law and Order, S.V.U. and all that kind of stuff. So like really watching those shows and thinking about what I would do with those characters and things like that. But then when I went to college, I would decide to go to Columbia College in Chicago ,which is really an art sort of school, which was a real I think commitment to chasing my dream, because that's the kid of school you go to when you really want to study your craft and learn it; and I wasn't really Chicago yet. So I figured well, the school's right in my backyard, and I can actually major in writing and producing television. Which is what I did. So I think the thing for me, it was a relief that it became clear when it came time to pick a school, to really further my education, that would really, you know, because when go to college does have a huge impact on what happens after that in your life and so that's really when I made the decision—when I was in high school. I was like, I want to go to Columbia, and I want to study art. And I went there, and I was there for all four years and had a wonderful experience. And then then I came out to Los Angeles and was, you know, hit the ground running.
DK: Got it. So, as I as I told you before we started recording here, you know, the theme, the concept, the through line, the purpose, of this show is to help listeners think about the the really fundamental role in one's life that conversations—just like you and I are having...
LW: Right.
DK: ...without the microphones, right(?); but that conversations turn people's lives. That's the that's why it's called Tell Me What To Say; because people come to me wanting to know what to say, but it's actually what they come up, with their creativity, their leadership, whatever it may be. My point is that—can you think back in those formative at Columbia College and all the rest?—is there a conversation that you had—going toward your career goal—do you remember with a teacher, or a friend, that, that immediately comes to your mind's eye as you as you think about this?
LW: Well, yeah, I mean I think a particular professor there was Michael Fry, who was at Columbia when I was there, who I really fought to get in his class because he, he was, like, the one of the most famous teachers there because he wrote on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. He was an intern on The Cosby Show. He was one of the people that wrote on Parenthood, which was a show Robert Townsend did. So he really had experience in the industry, and I was eager to learn from him. So, I got in his class. And in a lot of conversations he and I had were about, you know, The Business. You know he would tell us about his experience, and how he was like, "I was on top of the world one day and then the next day I was like, OK, what I need a job," where everything sort of dried up. So I remember those conversations about him saying, "well, it's cyclical, and it's one minute you're, like, on a hit TV show, and then it goes away, and you're kind of back at square one." So I remember hearing him be talking to us about being very cautious of that—about never feeling safe and never, you know, resting on your laurels. And I remember that very much. But also I remember we had to write spec scripts in the class, and spec scripts are pretty much, like, you take a show, you act as if you're a writer on the show, and you write a script for that show. And so I'm writing the specs for girlfriends in his class and him at the end of the class, him saying, "Look, I never give out As 'cause that's not, like, what I do. But, you know, if you get, you know, a B Or C, you should be really happy about it," or something. And so, as we sort of all got our our our scripts back, I saw that he had given me an A, and I was like, oh man! And he looked at me, sort of like winked and said, "You know, you should really go out to Los Angeles and give it a shot. You got something." And I remember that having a big impact on me, and I'm still in communication with him. When he comes out to Los Angeles—and I always connect. And he was he was texting me before, and after [The Emmys®] Sunday.
DK: Right.
LW: You know, he's someone that really—I mean, I'll never get that conversation about him really saying, or seeing something in me, um, and that, in those years, really gave me the confidence I needed to to really come out here and really pursue the dream.
DK: That's good. Yeah, well, your story here perfectly, pretty perfectly, exemplifies sort of why I do the work, to be honest with you. And, for people who are listening, you know, it's so interesting; we talk about important conversations in people's lives. It's obviously with an intimate way, but, but I bet seven out of ten over my time, are pointed to teachers that influenced us. And watching you tell that, I could see you seeing, you know, that really happening in front of you, and it sticks with you today.
LW: Absolutely.
DK: And the whole point that I try to make is we can't do that on email. It was nice of him to text, but, you see my point is that is that if you're really going to have a conversation about something that matters to you, you've got to connect. In person.
LW: Absolutely. Yeah.
DK: So speaking of in-person. So I what what... how I was exposed to you, as a fan of the show, I didn't, you know, I didn't go in and I.M.D.B. when the first show started coming on, so I knew you as Denise. You know, as the friend, right? And, you know, you, have a distinctive presence on the screen, as you all do in your own way on the show. But, when did that acting come in? Because you talked about going and pursuing and being encouraged...
LW: Right.
DK: How did the acting, obviously which got the first attention for you, right...
LW: I always give credit to Allison Jones who is a famed casting director. She cast Freaks and Geeks, she cast Bridesmaids—Veep—I mean some you name it, like, she's phenomenal. And so she was brought on to cast Aziz's show, and he sort of did a very unconventional thing where he said, "Well, before you bring people in to read scripts," he asked; or he said, "Can you just send some interesting people, like, to meet with." For by the grace of God she mentioned my name and she said, "you should meet Lena Waithe," and that became—she knew me because she—they read something about me, or saw me do something, or something. I actually I'd love to have Allison tell me what it was..
DK: What was it, right?
LW: what was—that I don't know—I've heard a couple different things. But anyway she became aware of me, and obviously I wasn't acting or anything, or she became aware of me, I think as a writer. and I was I was in Minneapolis, we were producing Dear White People at the time, and I got a call from my then manager that said, "Hey Allison Jones was to meet with you." I did not know who she was—I'm not super familiar with casting director names. And he says, "She's a really famous casting director", and he was, I think—she would have said a lot of it, "I'm not casting anything right now." He's like, "No, but like she wants to have a general [meeting] with you."
So... I came back to Los Angeles, went and met with and her literally the next day. And she just, you know, we had a really lovely conversation about—obviously she has just fantastic taste in television. We talked about TV, times when I growing up, and then she to sort of asked if I any aspirations of acting and I said, "No. I don't. No I don't, I'm like I'm a writer." And she goes, "OK, well you should think about it," or, "I'd love to bring you in for some things." And so I said, well, "OK." And she did. She brought me in for an episode of Veep, she brought me in for the Amy Schumer movie that ultimately became, uh, Trainwreck, and then... brought me in for the second season of The Comeback, which was a favorite show of mine. It was short-lived on H.B.O. because but because it was so popular, it so generated a cult following, they brought it back ten years later. So I got a call from her to say, "Hey come in, read for The Comeback." I did. I booked that part. It's a small tiny part on The Comeback.
And and then one day I got a call that said, "Hey, they'd like you to go to Aziz Ansari's house." And I was like ""OK!" And I did. I went to his house and sat with him and Alan Yang. And again, I didn't know anything about the show, didn't know he had a show on Netflix. I was very out of the loop. I just knew I was going to sit with him, and it obviously was going to be an acting opportunity, because it came from Allison Jones' office. But I didn't know anything about it. So I just went sat with him—with those guys—and to sort of talked about my life. And I've recently met and fallen in love with Alana, so I just talked about that. I just talked about being from Chicago. I was just, like, we were sort of shooting the shit.
And and then I got a call saying he wanted me to read with him, and I went and I did that. And we went and did that in Alison's office, and she recorded it. And from the moment we read together, there was something very instinctive and magical, and really cool about just our voices, like meshing together. So and then I came in for another call back and then we did a test and him and Alan called me and offered me the part. So that's really how that happened. I mean, he was being very unconventional about the casting process, which actually makes sense, now that I know Aziz and Alan a little bit better. Um, and Alison for some reason, and they said it just in person, she thought of me and I'm just really grateful, and I wouldn't be on the show, I wouldn't be here if it weren't for Allison telling them about me.
DK: Did you always think you were unconventional? Right? I mean, it's such a great word to describe so much.
LW: I, you know what; I don't think that I'd use that word. I think I always thought I was unique. Think I always thought I was a little different. But, I think maybe being a little bit more and better than industry, I've realized I'm unconventional, compared to everyone else around me. But just in my life being around my friends and stuff, OK, I guess there's something about me. But you don't think about that. You don't think of yourself in those terms. And so, but compared to other people in the game, and saying that like, people are saying, "Oh you're different. You're a breath of fresh air. You're special." I think that comes once you've sort of been in your field for a bit, and people can kind of say, "Well, you stand out for this reason."
DK: Right.
LW: Before that I never been thinking of—
DK: —thought of it.
LW: Yeah.
DK: But now we segue to the to the show; to THE show. It's episode in the second season...called...
LW: Episode Eight.
DK: You've never had to figure that one, huh? So, so called Thanksgiving.
LW: Yeah.
DK: And, we'll get to Thanksgiving. I'm always curious now what you're going to do for next Thanksgiving, but, but but... It is about difference. And it is about bridging differences and of course I got to say and put in the parentheses here, through conversations. So, certainly some of that was dramatic license that you had to take for the writing of the show. But there is such a clear theme that you took unconventional. An unconventional way, a different way of looking at the world, grew up at least depicted from using your imagination about Jennifer Aniston, to the whole process of how you talk to your friend about it and all the rest. As you thought about those conversations,right, and then needed to re-depict them for the show; how did you go about not the writing process, but what happened to make all that come forth into that, what, thirty minutes, right? How did you.. how did you get there?
LW: Well, they all really started from me going to New York to visit the writer's room, which Alan and Aziz were running at the time, to just sort of talking about my life and I what was going on. Which is what we always do—we sort of use our lives as fodder for the show. So I have been very mindful of that. And coming into Season Two, and just taking little notes about little things that can be funny or can make for a cool anecdote in an episode. So I thought I was prepared when I walked in and I told them all these different things—they were really liking it. And then Alan Yang, was the co-creator the show said, "Well, how did you come out?" And I proceeded to tell them stories about my mom. And you know, what that was like, and how it was a process, and what kind of kid I was—and me being a tomboy. And I sort of told them the journey, you know, just by myself. I always had that sort of a one-woman show version of the episode in the writers' room with them. And they really were sort of fascinated by it and that but I didn't think anything of it. And then when I went back to my hotel room they called me and said that's that we want to do an episode about that. And I said, "Oh, OK."
DK: How did that feel?
LW: It felt a little surprising, because I guess I've never thought of my coming-out stories that—I don't know, fascinating or interesting. I know is a little unique, uh, but I just, I never thought about telling that story, or being—because I always thought we were very much in the here and now, so we've never gone back in time and done that kind of thing. So that's why I was sort of surprised—I was like, "whoa, how is that going to work?"
But luckily Aniz Ansari, who was Aziz's younger brother, came up with the idea of sort of telling it through a series of Thanksgivings, which kind of we could play with time. And then Aziz was like, "You got to help write it." And I was like, "What?" Not that I wasn't flattered, but I had so much on my plate. I mean at the time, I was going to go to London to film a movie. I was still trying to get my Showtime show green-lit—the series—so I was, you know, I was at a full plate. And I also trust those guys. I could tell them anything and they could turn into a Master of None episode. And so I feel proud of it and honored to do it. So, I, but I think they just felt like it was so specific to me. And because the story was so personal, they were, like, you have to your hands it to be in it, so I did agree. I said, "OK."
And, and then ultimately, because again my schedule took me to London, and Aziz came to London to write it. And we wrote it in three days in a hotel room. And it was just an amazing experience. You know, he, we passed the laptop back and forth. There are certain scenes in which he, like, even left the room to me like coming-out scene, a couple of other scenes at the dining room table. And you know, the first time around experiencing it, was not fun per se, because it was every the stakes were so high. I was not super confident as to what the outcome was going to be. It was not a fun time of my life. But ten years later, writing it and being, you know, in a very successful position, I was able to have some perspective. And I was able to really understand my mother's side of it a little bit better. And that's what the process of writing it really was for me as understanding what it was like for my family to have to deal with something that they never talked about; understood, dealt with. Um, I think at the time I wasn't as sensitive to it. I think at the time, I was really frustrated and just wanted to be accepted, and didn't want to make a big deal of it.
But in writing, I realized, "Oh, that is a big deal." Like, that's not something they know anything about; they're very uncomfortable with it and—not unlike in real life—it's a process to accept it; to have a better understanding of it. Or to not even have a understanding of it, but just to be able to embrace it, understand it; even if it's not something you, you know, have a lot of experience with.
So for me it was a learning process and one in which I have, I really gained a lot more perspective, from not just me coming out, but what it's like for people that are being come out, too. And that's really how sort of all was born—it was very organic. And I'm just really happy with the way the process went to making it. And then, obviously enter Melina, enter Angela Bassett; and all these amazing people that... really brought this piece of work to life.
DK: Yeah. So let's go to what appeared to me to be obviously the diner conversation. So when people watch the show, which of course everybody needs to, you know, subscribe to Netflix, and check this ,check this one out, specifically. Really—let the siren go by here—this is in, this is in real-time Los Angeles.
LW: Yeah, man.
DK: The, the the question I have is, number one, was it in a diner?
LW: Yeah.
DK: It was. Where you talked to your mom?
LW: Yeah.
DK: And as you watched— so you wrote it—and then you watched it. What do your remember feeling—and in essence, I talk about people telling the voice in their head...
LW: Right.
DK: Do you remember what your voice in your head was sayin', as well, first off, as you were having the conversation?
LW: Yeah and in real life...
DK: Real life...
LW: Yeah, and you know... I think it was.. I was just sort of like surprised that I even had to come out. I think that was the thing. 'Cuz I think I was so... I've never not been myself. So for me that was the biggest thing that I was sort of raging against or I was like... I was so confused as to how my family didn't know, or like, why they were confused, like, that was the thing that was in my head—that was like—I was mad that I had to actually come out.
DK: You were mad there in the diner.
LW: I was, I was frustrated.
DK: Yeah.
LW: And I wrote that into the dialogue. Um, because that was—and that's what's so funny that's put my inner dialogue and put it..
DK: there you go...
LW: ...in the character's mouth. But at the time that I was really frustrated. I was like— it can't—couldn't be more evident. But the thing is, is that which I know, as a career person in the world, is that it's a rite of passage. You know it doesn't matter how masculine identifying I was, or if you're a man who was very effeminate. It doesn't matter. You have to say the words. You have to you, have to say it. You have to own it. You have to say it to your—you have to say it to your family.
And I think that was the biggest thing for me, as I was rebelling against that. I didn't, I didn't want to have to do that hard thing. It's not easy. It is very difficult. And I just felt like it was so obvious that I was a gay person, and I was like, "Why do I have to explain this to them?" And, um, but I think again, my learning process and writing is that. But I—that is part of my job, unfortunately. I do have to explain. I do have to have the conversations, because if I don't, they'll be left in the dark. They won't understand. And, and I can't always be explaining and try to make them understand everything. I can't do that. But it is—it comes [with] the territory, whether I like it or not. And I wasn't a fan of it at the time. And I've gotten—I'm much better about it now. I'm happy to educate. I'm happy to answer questions now, but I think at the time I was very rebellious and really frustrated by it.
DK: Yeah. There was some—for a way maybe for you to think about this going forward—or for the listener—there was some really interesting sociology study, you know, research, that was done at Stanford a few years ago where they couldn't—they were, they were confused or concerned in the research as to why people couldn't get things. Why when someone knew something, why was it, why were they hitting the wall of trying to explain to someone what was so obvious.
LW: Right.
DK: Just like you just said.
LW: Right.
DK: And here's what they found. I won't go through the whole study, but they develop something called "the curse of knowledge." And what that means, and what I think—if I may, with all due respect—what you were going through in that diner, or at least a version of it, was that you had forgotten what it was like to not know it. Hang with me on this. You were, of course—you knew it, right? You lived it. You'd wrestled with it. You shared with your friends, your sister... however it worked. And you had it. And what frustrates people mostly in conversations—this happens in sports a lot—why can't they just run the play, right? Well, people don't know, or the people who don't know what it's like, don't have your experience. And I'm not by any means critiquing you, but one of the lessons I hope, in its own way, that I hope the listener and the viewer of your show comes away with, is that it's really about helping the other person understand.
LW: Right.
DK: Not just being right yourself, right? And you did, in the episode. That's what's so great about it. You really helped the character—your mom, right, work through it, and understand it on her terms, as difficult as those were for her.
LW: Yeah.
DW: And I thought you beautifully, really portrayed, the curse of knowledge. And, that people wrestle with, on an ongoing basis.
LW: So, that was very helpful. That was beautifully said.
DK: Yeah we'll see that's the thing, and now, I want to get to sort of how you're—how you deal with this in general. Because at the heart of, certainly the work that I get to do, it's never about easy things. Change in a company is not an easy thing. Becoming a leader of an organization is not an easy thing. People wish it was, but anything worth doing, as you know, is not easy. So the theme, really, here for me, and one of the reasons I really pushed to get to —even before the award, right—we set this up weeks ago—was to get a sense of somebody who is now very deliberately, both in the way they carry themselves, the way they communicate, and the conversations that they both write, and then I'm sure have in the world— the pursuit of making a difference. Important conversations make a difference. I'm beating the drum on that, right?
So my question for you is, as you have these difficult conversations, right? Both in real life, and then also obviously in this beautiful depiction on the show. How do you stay to it? How do you—so some people say what happens—you know—don't you sometimes just want to stop, right? And, and, just, just quit the fight. But watching your speech the other night, you were clearly energized. You talked about the cape, of being, you know, put on your—in essence your super person, super skills. So you are obviously in this for a fight. What keeps you motivated to deal with all of the obvious difficulty in adversity, right? What's in the heart and the head behind this?
LW: Well, I think I've come from—look—I think black people in this country have no choice but to be survivors, educators; to always be resilient. You know I is I never...our history in this country is never far away from our brain in terms of my ancestors, and how they were brought over this country. How they helped build it, fought wars for it. Helped make it what, what this country is. So, for me as an artist, who has a platform, I think it's important that I maintain that tradition of making art that is not only entertaining, but informs, that humanizes. That makes people feel validated, like they're seeing themselves. And, that's the bigger picture for me—is to inspire. Is to remind people who are othered, who—which I think I think they need that reminder the most. That our lives are just as valid. Our voices deserve to be heard as anyone else.
And that you know, it's not going to be easy for us. We're going to have to fight. We're going to have to stand up for ourselves, and we're going to have to do it with a level of elegance that most people don't have to. So, I think our former president Barack Obama is a prime example of that. So that's the bigger thing for me. Yes, I write television. Yes, I write comedy. Yes, I have a really cool the gig. But for me, if there is a bigger purpose that I'm serving, and I, I do believe that I am the epitome of my ancestors wildest dreams, and they are never far from my mind. I'm, you know always thinking of them, and always mindful of the bloodline from which I step forth. So that's what keeps me motivated. That's what keeps me fighting. That's what keeps me reminding those young people who may be queer, people of color, may be women. To say that you know your crowns have been paid for—we should wear them proudly.
DK: So, one more question. So, you got a standing ovation the other night. More I think it, sort of felt like when they always had that you know when that honorary winner come out on The Oscars®, and you, know you had to stand up. But what my wife—we were watching you last night—after we watched a show, what she noted was people rose in waves. I don't know if you caught that up there, but first they started..
LW: A little bit..
DK: ...and then your friends stood up. And at least the way the camera covered it—is it it happened—so obviously—my point before I get to my question is—you got one of the few standing ovations of the night. That must have been something to stand there and—
LW: Thrilling..
DK: and watch, right?
LW: Thrilling.
DK: But the question I have in the spirit of that is—fair or unfair, I'm going to ask, why do you think you won? Because those are great shows that you beat.
LW: Absolutely.
DK: Why do you why did they pick what was it about you and Aziz and this moment that made them in, a weird industry is you know. They grabbed on to you and they stood. What was it? What is it?
LW: You know, I can only speculate you know, but I think there was something about it because even though my story is very specific to about me being a gay, young, black girl trying to grapple with my sexuality and identity, and trying to find acceptance within my family... that's what that's the specificity of the story. But I think there's also something about what it means to be the odd duck. What it means to be, you know, not feel at home and not to feel different in your own clan. And I think there's something about people in the in this town, this industry, that they all feel that. They don't have to be gay, they don't have to be a person of color, they don't have to be a woman, but I think there's something about this town and all of us that we, we felt a little weird at our dining room table. You know, always felt, you know, like there was always something different about us. And I think that people just... I think I was just really speaking from the heart. I think Aziz and I both really just came from such a pure place and again it was very specific. I have—I want—to tell that story I can only tell it the way I remember it.
And you know it also, also incorporating those conversations at the dinner table at Thanksgiving, which are very specific to my house, but I'm sure that there were—there are those conversations—they happen at dinner tables all over the country about race, about what's happening in the news, and you know your aunt and your mom have a difference of opinion about certain things. But I've kind of feel like ultimately there's something that people latched on to about it, because they saw themselves in me. and, and that to me is such a huge honor and a privilege. And as I was doing the Emmy® parties and the things like that leading up to the to Sunday night, so many artists that I respect and love were coming up to me, just like, you know, some some straight, some gay, some white, some black men and women just saying "I know that. I felt that." Or, "that absolutely touched me," and/or, "your vulnerability really touched me." I think there I think that people are hungry for stories like that and you don't often get them. And I think when you do, it just it just feeds the part of your soul that's starved.
DK: Yeah, well, you know.. that that sounds absolutely absolutely right. And I got to note that what you just described was from the people coming up to you, and the way that you approached it, in sitting with Aziz in the hotel room in London, and all the rest, were just—it could have been done no way, no other way, than face-to-face. And, you know, good eye contact and all the things that I tried to—when people say, "tell me what to say", that's what we, that's what we strive for. And they want to [put a] bunch of bells and whistles around it. But it's got to come down to the expression, and the reception, of real genuine emotion and meaning. And of all the things I've seen in a long time—and I've been watching TV longer than you have, right? You folks nailed it—in such a great way.
So I lied; I've got one more question. You know I'd ask this: what are you doing on Thanksgiving? This Thanksgiving. What's it gonna, going to—who's really at the table?
LW: Well you know, it's funny. Alana and I are going to go to Japan for Thanksgiving. It will be our first Thanksgiving together. She often goes home to Cleveland; I usually stay back and kind of house-hop. So it will be our first Thanksgiving together. She has a very close friend that lives in Japan, and I've never been, so we're going to go. And we're not going to have a traditional Thanksgiving, but we're going to go, we're going to spend time with friends, and we're going to stay at the, you know, the famous hotel from Lost in Translation.
DK: Yeah, Park Hyatt.
LW: You know we're just going to have a good time and hang out, and hopefully make some some Thanksgiving memories of our own.
DK: That's great. Yeah, congratulations. Thank you so so much for being here. You just told a very important set of stories and provided some very, very, hopefully, key guidance for people who are trying to make a difference with their life. And I'm humbled by being around it. It's what I try to do in my own way. And you have you have struck out, way out in front of some really important issues for us today. So thank you so much..
LW: Thank you very much. Thank you for having me.


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Click below if you're interested in other Lillie-isms.
Lillie Lately v.1
Lillie Lately v.2
As I'm pulling Lillie out of the bathtub she steps on the side & kind of pushes off. Whenever she does this, I push her higher into the air, she says, "Wheeee!" and then I place her on the rug where she dries off and we work on getting her pajamas on.
Lillie: I jumped high.
Me: I know! It's almost like you were flying!
Lillie: I'm not flying. I don't have wings.
Me: Well, Superman doesn't have wings and he can fly.
At this point, Lillie is either looking at me like I'm the smartest person she's ever come across or the dumbest. (Pretty sure it's the latter.)
Lillie: Oh. Well, daddy is Superman.
Me: (Thinking how adorable she thinks her daddy is a superhero) Aww, he is Superman, isn't he?
Lillie: YEP. And you're the mama Superman and I'm the Lillie Superman. We're all Supermans!
Apparently, Lillie thinks we are the equivalent to a Commie-Superman family. Who knew?
Lillie and I were both sitting on the couch. She wanted some more Cheetos so I told her to go ahead but she had to get them herself. They were just sitting on the kitchen counter. About 10 feet from where we were sitting. She quickly hopped up, grabbed a handful, put them in her bowl, ran full blast back to the couch, looked me straight in the eye and said, "Did you save my seat for me, mama?"
My initial reaction was to laugh and think how adorable that was but then my actual reaction was, "Nope! This is alllll my seat!"
She giggled, pushed her way back onto the couch, said I was a "silly mama" and wiped her Cheetos on my jeans. Orange crusted jeans are a thing, right?
We've just finished bath time and I reach for the towel. It slips through my fingers and falls to the floor. Lillie places her hands on her hips (she's naked, mind you), cocks her head to the side and says, "Mom. You're killing me!"
(The only thing that would have made this moment better is if she would have added, 'Smalls' to the end of that.)
After running the Bearathon I called my husband to see if he needed anything from town before I headed home. He didn't need anything but he did give the phone to Lillie so we could talk. Lucky me.
Me: Hi Lillie!
Lillie: WHERE ARE YOU?
Me: I just finished running my race. I'm on my way home.
Lillie: Oh. Okay.
Me: I got a pizza!
Lillie: YAYYYY PIZZAAAAAAAA. HURRY UP! I HUNNNGRY!
Me: Okay, well I'm coming home as fast as I can.
Lillie: Go faster. Like me. I have fast shoes. You have slow shoes.
Me: …
Lillie: I run faaaaast. And I eat pizza. And where are you?
Me: I guess I'm going slow. Give the phone to your father.
This is not the first time Lillie has called me slow. And I'm certain it won't be the last. Kids. Sheesh.
Real quick, I'm thinking of hosting a weekly link-up starting next Wednesday inspired by the following two posts:
Both articles are from www.marcandangel.com (they have some great stuff on there) and while I was reading, I realized that a lot of the things I could really relate to. Basically it'll be used as a weekly writing prompt to share your feelings or how you've dealt with the situation about the item mentioned. The majority of my posts are fitness related, so I'm hoping to just round out my blog a little bit.
If you're interested, I'd love for you to join me. I'll have more information about it on Monday and the first post will be scheduled for Wednesday.
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend, you deserve it!

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HBG Audio | Audiobook
Publication Date: September 9th, 2014 by Hyperion
Adult Paranormal Romance
Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
Because of my track record with Melissa's books, I was more than determined to find one of hers that I could like. When I was contacted by HBG, I did not hesitate to give her another go. I think this copy, being an audiobook, helped. I think the actual book will be slow for some at first; because as far as I could tell from the narration, the book will be heaped with narratives as the author tries to build the story from the ground up.
In case you haven't heard, this brand new series is a continuation of her Blue Bloods series. A second cycle, if I may. So there were some explanations of concurrent events leading up to this book; some confusing, some relatively easy to follow.
Set ten years after the 7th book, Vampires of Manhattan features characters from her YA paranormal series that have matured, aged…er, so to speak. I wish I can tell what had changed but, unfortunately, I wouldn't know where to start. Would non-readers of Blue Bloods be confused, you ask? Well, maybe. If there's one prevailing confusion in this book, it's that it uses some terminology that may have been introduced in Blue Bloods. That, and once again, this book comes with an entire city of POVs. I'm thinking this is a Melissa de la Cruz thing. Because this is the second series of hers that comes loaded with multiple POVs. In the end though, I got through it just fine (unlike The Ring and the Crown). What's more shocking is how much I liked this book. So much so that I'm tempted to read Blue Bloods despite the prevalent designer name drops (which, I dislike) and the Mean Girl/Gossip Girl hive mentality that everyone touched on majority of the reviews.
The vampires have somewhat fallen into a tentative peace. They respect the new leader of the coven, Oliver and abide by the laws. But there's a new set of danger sweeping New York City. Girls are being brutally murdered; made into a boneless heap of bloodless broken dolls. On top of that, pentagrams are popping up in the vicinity of the crime scene. Which led the authorities to believe that a new breed of monster is prowling the city. It's up to Oliver and his people to find the murderer before humans become aware of what walked amongst them.
Vampires, werewolves, demons and angels. This series has pretty much every single paranormal characters that I've sworn to stay away from in the past. But I'm thinking the tides are changing, as lately, I've been drawn to this type of books. This new series features some characters that are worth your acquaintance; starting with Mimi and king of darkness himself, Kingsley. They are literally, Persephone and Hades; two characters that I've harboured interests in the past. This time, this married couple have had some falling out. See, Mimi cannot stand to live in the underworld and Kingsley could not leave his dominion. This is the first time that I've been interested in secondary players rather than the major characters. I can't begin to explain why I'm so drawn to this couple. But if there's one thing that will get to me read the rest of the books in this series, it is these two.
A wonderful start to what promises to be a darker version of Blue Bloods.


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Youngstown State junior quarterback Kurt Hess was named the Missouri Valley Football Conference's Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in the Penguins 27-6 victory in the season finale over Indiana State yesterday at Stambaugh Stadium.
Hess, who won the award following YSU's victory over UNI earlier this season, completed 20-of-28 passes for 248 yards and two touchdowns against the nationally-ranked Sycamores. He had an exceptional second half completing 11-of-12 passes for 175 yards and two scores as the Penguins outscored the Sycamores 21-3. With his 30-yard scoring toss to Andrew Williams in the third quarter he set the school record for career touchdown passes. He finished the season with 53 touchdown passes in his career.
The 27 points scored by the Penguins against the Sycamores was the most allowed by Indiana State this season.
DE Cole Jirik of North Dakota State was tabbed the Defensive Player of the Week, CB/RS Marcus Williams of North Dakota State was named the Special Teams Player of the Week and QB Sawyer Kollmorgen of UNI was selected as the Newcomer of the Week.


text: logging in or signing up Training Needs Assessment aSGuest73091 Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Let's Connect Share Add to Flag Embed Email Add to Channel Copy embed code: Embed: Flash iPad Dynamic Copy Does not support media & animations Automatically changes to Flash or non-Flash embed WordPress Embed Customize Embed Use HTTPS URL: Copy Thumbnail: Copy The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 1290 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (2) Dislike it (0) Added: October 28, 2010 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 2 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... By: edwin6233 (100 month(s) ago) Thanks for an excellent presentation which I found to be most comprehensive. Could I please download it? Many thanks. Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close By: pkdikshit (104 month(s) ago) hi, i found the slides very useful. 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"Not more than % of expenditures in training actually result in transfer to the job." Broad and Newstrom 6-10 Key Skill : Key Skill Asking questions… ? ? ? Asking the RIGHT questions! In the "Real World" : In the "Real World" You cannot afford to not do a front-end analysis Something is better than nothing Do the best you can Need to have a theoretical base Key skill: Focus your questions Needs Assessment Definition : Needs Assessment Definition A needs assessment is the process of identifying performance requirements and the "gap" between what performance is required and what presently exists. Macro vs. Micro : Macro vs. Micro Macro aligned with strategic goals three levels organizational occupational individual Micro initiated by performance problems or change assessment done to clarify problem, determine if training is the solution, analyze performance, and characteristics of trainees Instructional Design Process : Instructional Design Process ANALYZE DESIGN DEVELOP IMPLEMENT EVALUATE Why ISD? : Why ISD? On the job performance Classroom or other type of training or intervention GAP Analyze : Analyze What is the problem? Is it a training problem? What skills and knowledge should be included in the training program? Who needs to be trained? Problem Analysis Performance Analysis Task/Competency Analysis Learner Analysis What is Problem and Performance Analysis? : What is Problem and Performance Analysis? Clearly defining the problem or opportunity A formal procedure used to analyze defined needs to determine their causes and identify appropriate solutions. P. 28 Robert Mager : Robert Mager 1. Define the problem? 2. Determine the importance Is it worth solving? 3. Determine the cause(s) 4. Identify training vs. non-training solutions 5. Select the best (most cost-effective) solutions P. 32 Step 1: Define the problem : Step 1: Define the problem DESIRED PERFORMANCE (Optimals) - ACTUAL PERFORMANCE (Actuals) = POSSIBLE TRAINING NEED Describe Discrepancy P. 31 Step 2: Is it important? : Step 2: Is it important? Why is it important? What if you did nothing? How big is it? (Quantify if possible) Who cares? "Is the cost of the discrepancy high enough that it seems worth pursuing a solution?" P. 34 If the answer is no….. : If the answer is no….. IGNORE REJOICE Step 3: Determine Cause(s) : Step 3: Determine Cause(s) Is it a problem of skill or a problem of will? I don't wanna! I don't know how. I don't wanna! Yes, it is a skill deficiency : Yes, it is a skill deficiency Arrange Formal Training Arrange Practice Arrange Feedback Used to do it? Used often? no yes no yes Other questions : Other questions Change the Job Arrange on-the-job training Transfer or terminate Simpler way? Potential? If a skill deficiency.. : If a skill deficiency.. Provide training Provide practice Provide feedback Simplify the task Develop a job aid OJT Transfer Terminate Yes, it is a problem of will... : Yes, it is a problem of will... Remove Punishment Arrange Positive Consequences Arrange consequences Performance punishing? Non-performance rewarded? Does performance matter? P. 37 And one last question... : And one last question... Obstacles? Remove Obstacles Step 4: To train or not to train? : Step 4: To train or not to train? First determine cause(s) Only then look at possible solutions Seek integrated solution systems that get to the root of the problem P. 39 Calculate cost Select best solution(s) Implement To solve a performance issue : To solve a performance issue Training may not be the answer Training may not be the only answer Cause Solution : Cause Solution If skill or knowledge……….training If lack feedback……………..feedback, standards If not motivated…………….rewards, consequences If unclear expectations…..std, measure, discuss If job environment…………change environment If potential……………………change personnel P. 39 If training is the answer…. : If training is the answer…. Formal training Self study Technology based Job related/workplace approaches P. 40 Outcomes of Problem and Performance Analysis : Outcomes of Problem and Performance Analysis More complete picture of problem Is it training? Is it training plus… Make solid recommendations If is training or job aid….on to task or competency analysis! P. 42 Task/Competency Analysis"What do learners need to learn?" : Task/Competency Analysis"What do learners need to learn?" Task Analysis For more skill oriented jobs When need consistent set of training requirements Competency Analysis Soft skills training such as mgmt, supervision Professional jobs Career pathing Leadership development Steps in Task Analysis : Steps in Task Analysis Break job into major functions Break functions into major tasks Break tasks into steps Identify training outcomes Task Analysis Interviews : Task Analysis Interviews Managers Best performers Job incumbents Subject matter experts Competency Analysis : Competency Analysis What are competencies? Enduring characteristics of a person that result in superior on-the-job performance Areas of personal capability that enable employees to successfully perform their jobs by achieving outcomes or successfully performing tasks What is a competency model? : What is a competency model? Identifies the competencies necessary for each job as well as the knowledge, skills, behavior, and personality characteristics underlying each competency. What do you want to know? : What do you want to know? General characteristics Specific knowledge and skill Learning styles Special needs P. 61 Information is Used in Three Important Ways : Information is Used in Three Important Ways To help determine where to begin the content of the training program To determine how to present the content To get buy-in Methods for collecting data : Methods for collecting data Data gathering is cornerstone of any needs assessment project Can be time consuming Data Collection Methods : Data Collection Methods Interviews Surveys/ Questionnaires Focus Groups Observation Existing Data Final Exam : Final Exam Why do we bother with needs analysis? Where does TNA fit in the ISD process? T or F: Training is the solution to most performance problems. What are at least 4 methods of collecting data? 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Have you guys watched 'Fixer Upper' yet on HGTV? It's the best renovation show out there, and Chip and Joanna Gaines are charming and amazing at what they do.
Friday, I got to visit their little Waco market. It's the most beautiful little shop I've ever been in. I wanted everything, but just couldn't buy it all. I settled on these really sweet hymn cards.
Here are a few pictures of their amazing shop:
I also picked up this little gym of a card.... all you need to know if you're wanting to copy Joanna's signature style of amazingness. You're welcome.
Lucky for you, Chip and Joanna sell most of their stuff online... so you can enjoy their amazing designs no matter where you live. Here's the link: http://shop.magnoliahomes.net
Do you love the show Fixer Upper? I'll be updating this post this month with all things to do at the new market location in Waco, TX. There will be a giveaway too!!! So stay tuned!
Have a happy day!


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There are a number of services available to assist prisoners, such as:
Other useful contacts include:
Parole Board of South Australia
181 Flinders St ADELAIDE SA 5000
GPO Box 1747 ADELAIDE SA 5001
Telephone: (08) 8224 2555
Department for Correctional Services
400 King WIlliam Street
GPO Box 1747 ADELAIDE SA 5001
Telephone: (08) 8226 9000
For a complete list of South Australian correctional institutions, see Prisons/Remand Centres in our Service Directory.
Assistance on release:
Seeds of Affinity: Pathways for Women
This is a not-for-profit, grass roots, volunteer run community group that supports women to support each other upon their release from prison.
The content of the Law Handbook is made available as a public service for information purposes only and should not be relied upon as a substitute for legal advice. See Disclaimer for details. For free and confidential legal advice in South Australia call 1300 366 424.


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|*love* Me and my precious pearl *love*
She's not only a big sister, but a mentor to her little sister Mira too. And, Mira always refer to her in every aspects like in studies and while playing. They fight alot (hehe), but at the end of the day they would turn to each other and laugh and hug and play again (^_^).
What can I say more? She is the best gift from God.


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Since we joined the blog game three years ago we saw great mutations, many sites died and many new are born. Right now I see a lot of specialized blogs with top-notch matherial coming out.
There's some very good stuff around that I want to suggest you to check out. Big up to all the people and blogs cited here: your hard work is appreciated.
First of all, one for the true Hip Hop heads. Hip Hop is the music that made me appreciate all the sounds I listen now: Soul, Jazz, Reggae, Disco, Electronic….Hip Hop used to be an amazing melting pot of different sounds but you can't find that in today's Rap Music. You gotta listen to the Golden Age. So, from the excellent Hip Hop blog THIMK, here's the link for you:
Notable Rap Albums That Were Never Released (According To Ego Trip)
Second link for the Jazz lovers. I've started listening Jazz music seriously only a couple of years ago, and this is exciting because I keep discovering new and amazing stuff that is probably well known to the Jazz audience, but for me it's one surprise after another.
One is the incredible, breathtaking music by this man, called Sun Ra. An insanely talented, revolutionary musician, hanging around dressed like an ancient Egyptian (at least, how he imagined ancient Egyptians). Mad respect, literally!
Sun Ra's COMPLETE Discography @ Blaxploitation Jive massive Blog!
Third: a very important link you cannot miss: truly yours, Jopparelli's number one record shared for you all on DJ Blueprint's great site. Aren't you curious to discover what it is? Be sure to check out the great music an knowledge he drops on his blog, featuring beatmakers and DJs from around the world!
My Number 1 Record @ This Is Tomorrow!
Fourth: as Hank Shocklee says, I'm really big on Dubstep right now. Do you want to taste some? Well, the Dubstep Forum has a really good Mix Section with all the stuff that matters, you know what I'm sayin. Recently, I'm listening a lot to Jakes, I even bought a couple of dope records by him. I think he's simply on fire right now, putting out great tunes one after another. Dope basslines and thumping drums, with a lot of references to the old school hip hop we love.
"[Jakes] takes hefty hiphop samples and realigns them with brutal mid range synth contortions that probably wouldn't sound as heavy if it wasn't for Jakes' dynamic D'n'B influenced production knowledge".
You can check out his latest releases on this blog. For now, I suggest to listen his mix series.
Listen! Jakes Mix Series on Dubstep Forum!
Fifth step: some good Reggae music. There's a blog hosted by some guys in Brazil with all the stuff you need for cooling down while you light up some trees. This huge reggae blog is called "You And Me On A Jamboree". Some personal favourite of mine are the classic John Holt "Police In Helicopter" album, the "Funky Kingston" compilation, featuring classic funky tunes played by reggae artists, and you can even find the Mohawks "Champ" album, which is not strictly reggae but strictly essential! However, site is full of good stuff, if you're not sure what to check out, go for the older-looking LP covers! You cannot go wrong.
Listen! Jazz Jamaica- From The Workshop (Studio One 1962)
Had enough? I hope so. Be sure to thanx the blog authors if you find something interesting around.
Some good links, thanks.
I am not sure I agree with you on this so-called 'golden age' of hip hop thing. Yes, there was a lot of inspiration around and some great music, and not as many gangstas and pimps as today. But then there was also 2 Live Crew, PM Dawn, The Dream Warriors, Arrested Development, Black Sheep, Tone Loc… let's face it, most of the albums of the time had one or two half decent tune and the rest was just crap (I said most, not all).
Sorry, I just had to do my 'emperor new clothes' bit, hip hop fans are beginning to sound like old hippies!! :-)
Yes, maybe you got a point, maybe when you are 19 (as me in the mid 90′s) everything simply sounds better. Maybe.
But in the 80s and 90s we had Public Enemy, Tribe, Wu Tang, De La, just to cite a few. These groups had at least three great albums each, three classic albums with no weak points. Can you tell the same of today's hip hop artists? Who is your De La Soul of 2009? Show me a band dope and creative like Public Enemy around now. And so on.
And besides that, as I already said, I don't have any problem with new music: i LOVE dubstep, a music made by 20-year-some English kids. Skream, my idol, is 21 now. Last time someone commented: hey, you listen music for kids!
"let's face it, most of the albums of the time had one or two half decent tune and the rest was just crap"
TRUE, absolutely true.
black sheep as pm dawn???man, you missing out…
"most of the albums of the time had one or two half decent tune and the rest was just crap" i think is the opposite…why do you think that people refer to that time as golden era?
Change Position is awesome.
Thanks for the shout out!
I'm a huge fan of the site. I've always wanted to get you all to check out my site: http://www.illmeasures.com/blog/category/hillel-cool-j/. I think you'll dig the hip hop mixes I make and perhaps so will the folks that visit. I figured this posting was the best place to put this message out.
Also, a bunch of friends of mine drop sick house mixes on the site as well: http://www.illmeasures.com (we're all from Chicago).
Thanks for supporting good music, good sites, and linking music fans up to the information.


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Kazoo is making headlines.
Editor-in-Chief Erin Bried was named one of Family Circle's "20 Most Influential Moms of 2017"
Family Circle
"The magazine for little girls who want to grow up to be president"
"Finally, there's a feminist magazine for girls who love science and climbing trees."
"Meet Kazoo magazine, where girls get to take up space and make some noise."
Chicago Tribune
"A new magazine for young feminists."
Goop, who featured Kazoo in its gift guide for kids
"Tell us you don't want a copy for yourself!"
"The best new magazine for young girls."
Scary Mommy
"Kazoo is the magazine every brilliant, fierce young girl deserves."
"Kazoo magazine [is] required reading for all Smart Girls."
Amy Poehler's Smart Girls
"This new girls' magazine is unlike anything you've ever seen before. Kazoo is different from everything else on the newsstand."
Real Simple
"Today, I found this amazing magazine called Kazoo. It's like Rookie but for younger readers. It's for ages five to 10. It's a really great group of people."
The New York Observer, "Jobs Report: Kickstarter's Publishing Ambassador Maris Kreizman Details Her Day"
"If you believe young girls deserve to be raised in a different landscape, one that helps them feel like the amazing women that they are and will one day become, consider donating to this campaign. It's time we cultivate a new generation of women who value themselves not for what they look like, but for who they are on the inside."
Elite Daily
"A new print magazine called Kazoo is uniting top female artists, chefs, writers, and scientists for a single purpose: to inspire young girls to be true to themselves."
"What would happen if we could show our girls a different world? One where they are not limited. Where they don't have to be sexy. Where they get to be themselves and have people treasure them for it? That concept is what makes the Kazoo video so incredibly moving for moms. We want better for our girls than we had. We want them to believe with all of their might that they can do anything … and not have society come in and tell them they can't."
"What every mom needs to make sure her daughter knows before she grows up"
"Get ready for this cool new magazine for our littlest feminists…The idea that a magazine can be completely written by top professional women shouldn't be revolutionary, but it still kind of is, and it sub-textually gives girls a great message that there are no fields off-limits to them."
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"Kazoo magazine brings feminism to girls ages 5 to 10, because you're never too young to be empowered"
"Why girls need this new magazine."
"In this ever-changing world, the possibilities for [our daughters] are endless if we keep it that way."
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Huffington Post
"Kazoo [is] a magazine for girls who wanna run the world, featuring some women who already do."
Cool Mom Picks
"Kazoo magazine is changing the way we talk to young girls…it isn't about what girls look like, but what they can do."
Naturally Curly
"In a world full of Kardashians, reality television and social media, it's great to see a publication that offers something different and inspiring."
Hot Moms Club


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Truck Driver Trainers/Instructors
Eastern Iowa Community Colleges - Scott Community College is seeking Pt. Truck Driver Trainers/Instructors
The Eastern Iowa Community Colleges has rapidly become the first choice for students seeking higher education in the Eastern Iowa region. Located along the banks of the mighty Mississippi River, EICC is a comprehensive community college with three colleges and 10 satellite locations serving more than 13,000 credit and 30,000 workforce and continuing education students each year.
Qualifications are:
- Valid Class A CDL including tank endorsement required. Additionally, a T endorsement is preferred.
- Verifiable good driving record.
- Must have a current DOT medical card and verifiable drug test results.
- Proven 10 years of driving experience.
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
For consideration please complete online application and send resume and cover letter to: e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or Human Resources Dept., Eastern Iowa Community Colleges, 101 West Third Street, Davenport IA 52801-1221
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As many as one in seven couples has difficulty conceiving and male issues, primarily poor semen quality, are now the sole cause, or a contributing factor, in 50 per cent of cases.
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A new study published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine has found that the majority of fertility apps are not reliable forms of birth control. Of the 95 apps available, 55 of them had disclaimers saying they should not be relied upon as birth control, and 10 did not attempt to predict the fertile days in a woman's cycle.
This is in order to give personalized probability of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) success. A secondary aim is to bring more transparency to the success and cost of IVF.
Unexplained infertility in women might be caused by a little-known herpes virus that can be transmitted with a kiss.
It is always frustrating when a couple can't conceive a child, but what is even more frustrating is when doctors have no explanation for the infertility.When it comes to unexplained infertility, the type of treatment you receive could make a difference in your outcome.
Success rates in IVF cycles using frozen and thawed embryos are now equal to those using fresh embryos
Scientists in Oxford who helped develop the test claim it can boost the chances of an IVF pregnancy by 10 percentage points, leading to IVF success rates of about 75% in 35-year-old women.The test does not improve the quality of IVF embryos created at fertility clinics, but gives doctors a new way to identify the healthiest and most likely to produce a pregnancy.
Scientists from Germany have developed little robot suits ala Iron Man, which were specifically made to aid sperm movement in fertilizing an egg cell, so men can finally stop shooting blanks.

A Melbourne man who allegedly provided IVF treatment to women for a decade without qualification is facing dozens of charges, including rape and accepting money dishonestly, a court has been told.

A gyneacologist with the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja, Dr Toochukwu Nwoye, said on Wednesday that infertility among couples could be due to excessive exposure to heat or infections.
Blossom Academic Forum hosted an infertility seminar for gynecologists and IVF specialists of south Gujarat in October ,2015 at Taj gateway hotel,Surat. Reputed infertility and IVF specialist Dr.Jatin Shah and Dr.Anirudhdha Malpani from Mumbai, Dr.Chaitanya Nagori from Amdavad and Dr.Shivani Sachdev Gaur from Delhi were our esteemed faculties.
Motherhood, Rescheduled: The New Frontier of Egg Freezing and the Women Who Tried It.A woman´s right to have a baby should be based on medical fact not social judgment.
Developments such as ovarian tissue transplants and single embryo transfer are making motherhood a graspable reality, but services must be safe and accessibl.The more that treatments can increase real chances of success while managing the complex needs of those undergoing them the better.
You're probably already aware of the potential health consequences of smoking while pregnant, including low birth weight, preterm delivery, and stillbirth. Now a new Australian study gives another reason why you should not mix smoking and pregnancy, indicating that detrimental effects of prenatal smoking could go beyond this.
Team Blossom had invited all interested Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, Infertility specialists and laparoscopic surgeons from Surat and south Gujarat to Blossom Academic Forum's 2nd academic CME -ENDO-ART 2016 on 17th July, Sunday, 2016 from 8.00 AM onwards at Diamond Hall,Hotel Taj Gateway ,Surat. It was superb fertility conference in Surat by blossoms fertility Institute . Over 280 delegates attended. Superb academics . The most wonderful hosts - Dr Praful Doshi , Dr Mitsu Doshi and Dr Rupal Shah.
Memories will always remain.
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TravelBattle is a complete table top miniatures game in a box.
It is intended for gamers who have limited space, or those who are traveling on a long journey or holiday and need a gaming fix!
All the playing pieces are made of coloured plastic, and include two 3 dimensional green terrain boards with separate woods, grey buildings and red and blue armies. The size of the miniatures is 8mm.
The two terrain boards are designed to be placed together on any edge, giving the potential for 16 different battlefields. The 1" grid marked on the boards excludes the need for rulers to be used in the game.
The simple rules system should allow a game to played within an hour.
The two armies are generic Napoleonic forces of equal size and composition which make up three brigades for each side. There is a simple painting guide in case you which to enhance your armies and terrain boards.
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Miami Dolphins NOT 'locked in' on Forrest Lamp in first round
Forrest Lamp in the first round for the Miami Dolphins?
Not likely.
Not as a first option. Nor a second option.
Sorry, Forrest. Sorry lovers of Forrest who want him drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the first round. Sorry reporters who insist the Dolphins are "locked in" on Lamp in the first round.
The Dolphins are not going into Thursday night's first round expecting to draft a guard in the first round, per sources who are familiar with Miami's thinking.
The only way it happens is if multiple other things happen -- meaning multiple other things fail for the Dolphins, including a trade down, and Lamp remains the only viable option at No. 22 overall.
Then maybe Lamp becomes a slim possibility. But barring the collapse of the Dolphins draft board and Western civilization, sources insist picking a guard in the first round is not what Miami wants to do.
The Dolphins' agenda is to address areas of major and significant greater need. And yes, guard qualifies as a need. But the agenda is also to address positions that make a huge difference in the team's success week to week.
And guard does not qualify in that regard.
The Dolphins, you see, have adopted the New England Patriots viewpoint that guard is not a position in which one needs to invest heavily to win. Consider the Patriots spent all of $1.54 million in cap space on their three interior linemen last season as they won the Super Bowl.
That teams spends on its quarterback and defensive playmakers, such as cornerbacks. It spends on receivers and offensive tackles.
Not on guards.
The Dolphins are taking that route. And, yes, the Dolphins picked Laremy Tunsil with the No. 13 overall selection in 2016 and he played guard throughout the season. But Tunsil was really a left-tackle-in-waiting. The Dolphins drafted him with an eye on him taking over that cornerstone position.
This year he is slated to do exactly that. Tunsil, like Jonathan Ogden and other past offensive tackles, was allowed to break in as a guard but everyone knew he was drafted to play left tackle.
Forrest Lamp does not project as a left tackle in the NFL. He might not even project as a right tackle although there's more debate about that.
Speaking of debate, the Dolphins had some healthy debate relative to the guard position the past few weeks, sources say.
None other than owner Stephen Ross is said to have suggested the Dolphins address the guard spot this year as early as the first round. But he was apparently convinced that is not the direction to go by team personnel.
During last week's pre-draft press conference, general manager Chris Grier spoke of some of the internal debates the Dolphins have had this and other years. This year's debates definitely included the idea of drafting a guard early.
And apparently one debate involving the idea of picking a guard early got particularly emotional, per one club source.
"The best part of that is, we could sit there and we'll have where one of us will ... an F-bomb will be dropped," Grier said, not addressing the one particular guard debate specifically.
"But it is healthy debate. We're always going to do what's best for the organization. Truly, it's egoless. I think most of you know the three of us (Grier, executive vice president Mike Tannenbaum and coach Adam Gase), but we have a lot of debates and we are not afraid to tell each other no and that's wrong and disagree. I think that's what makes it work."
Publicly, it must be stated, the Dolphins are not dismissing the idea of picking a guard. Indeed, Grier, refusing to show any card he'll hold in his draft night deck, suggested a guard could be in the offing.
"If a guy is a good player and he's there and we're comfortable with everything in terms of the football intelligence, the toughness, the passion for the game, we'll take him," Grier said. "You always hear, 'You can always find offensive linemen and guards especially, late in the draft.' But I think if you pass up on (Pro Football Hall of Fame guard) Larry Allen sitting there in the second round or something because you think you'll get him later, that's a huge mistake. Again, you just go through your process and evaluate the players where you think they fit."
The Dolphins, however, already have a starting guard duo in left guard Ted Larsen and right guard Jermon Bushrod. And Tannenbaum reminded everyone of that immediately after Grier talked of picking a guard.
"Just to add to that," Tannenbaum said, "one the things we tried to do proactively is we re-signed Jermon Bushrod and signed Ted Larsen, so we wanted to add depth to that position. If the right player is there, including offensive line, we would consider it; but adding those two guys before the draft was important for us."
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Apr 26, 2016
Japanese rice has a reputation for being expensive, but director of ThinkRice, Frank Quek, is hoping to change that mindset. ThinkRice is the first Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA)-certified establishment to provide fresh and locally milled rice from Japan, direct from the factory to you, which significantly reduces middleman costs. The affable young technologist shares with us his vision below.
I first learned about Japan's new Brown Rice Export Project — where grown-in-Japan brown rice is exported and milled in overseas plants — two years ago, and recognised an opportunity to introduce this product to Singaporeans. In March 2015, in collaboration with Japan's leading rice exporter Kubota, I launched ThinkRice an e-commerce site for fresh and locally milled Japanese rice.
Many people tend to avoid buying Japanese rice as they have a misconception that it is very expensive. This may have been true in the past, because in Japanese rice production, there is usually only one harvest per year. Compare this to Thailand where rice is harvested several times a year, thus lowering the cost. Now, with our very own rice milling plant in Singapore, Kubota and ThinkRice are able to provide consumers in Singapore with fresh rice at a fraction of the cost.
Taste The Difference
Having grown up eating Thai jasmine rice, I was amazed by the quality of Japanese rice the first time I tried it. To me, regular jasmine rice does not offer the same chewy consistency that Japanese rice does, and is simply not as satisfying. Ever since I started ThinkRice, I have developed an even deeper appreciation for the quality and natural sweetness of freshly milled Japanese rice. During a work trip to Japan, I had the opportunity to meet rice producers and to see how Uonuma Koshihikari rice was being cultivated. Koshihikari is the most popular rice variant in Japan, and the Koshihikari rice produced in Uonuma is popular and much sought-after. Uonuma is a city in Niigata, and is renowned for its proximity to large mountain ranges. When the snow from the mountains melt, it irrigates the rice fields with pristine water, lending the rice its sticky texture and wonderfully sweet flavour.


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Located on a quiet corner in east Memphis, Shady Grove hosts over thirty community groups. Our fee structure is based on the maintenance costs per square foot. We have three rooms in our Educational building that are available for community use.
Room 1 is a small square room overlooking the courtyard and is $10 per hour.
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Our Fellowship Hall accommodates a large number of people and is $60 per hour.
We require a signed contract and a certificate of additional insured. Some pro bono space rentals are available to church members with Session approval. Contact the office at 683-7329 or email us for more information about shared space partnerships.


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French fossil find
Fossils are more than intriguing ancient objects. They can reveal much about the past, present & future. What might a fossil shrimp reveal?
Fossils are windows into the past. They reveal what ancient creatures looked like, where they lived and something of how they lived. Palaeontology is the branch of science that looks into the past by studying fossils. The stomatopod crustaceans, better known as mantis shrimps, are well known for their superb vision, bright colours and super-fast rapacious claws. Today, they are abundant and occur throughout the warmer waters of the world. Fossil mantis shrimp, however, are rather less common and any fossil finds are of great interest. For example, we know of about 3000 species of fossil decapods (crabs, lobsters and prawns), but only about 30 species of fossil stomatopods.
One such species was recently discovered in quarries in the Taulignan region, southeastern France. The well preserved fossil, which is about 16–20 million years old (of Miocene age), is about 10 cm long, and its diagnostic characters (special features of particular scientific importance) mark it as new to science. We have now named the species Squilla taulignanus. Southeastern France today conjours images of vineyards and pastures, but back in the Miocene, the region was part of the eastern margin of the expanding body of water that would become the modern Atlantic Ocean.
The genus Squilla includes one of the best known mantis shrimps, Squilla mantis, which is fished in the Mediterranean Sea, and served in pasta or paella. Today, Squilla occurs only off the coasts of the Americas, Europe and West Africa, that is, the Atlantic Ocean and eastern Pacific (the region known as the Atlanto-East Pacific). Strangely, no species of Squilla occurs in the region of highest marine biodiversity, the western Pacific and Indian Ocean (the Indo-West Pacific). Why is this so? Did they previously live in the Indo-West Pacific but go extinct there?
Phylogenetic analysis (reconstructing the evolutionary tree of life) tells us that Squilla and a cluster of its close Atlantic relatives stands in a separate lineage within the family tree. The existence of the Miocene fossil Squilla taulignanus is direct evidence that the Squilla lineage had already diverged from other mantis shrimp lineages by then (and some other potential Squilla fossils may push it back to the Eocene). By this time, under the action of plate tectonics, the Atlantic Ocean had already separated from the Indian and Pacific oceans, taking with it a largely separate mantis shrimp fauna that remains separate to this day.
In fact, all of the fossils accurately ascribed to Squilla are from palaeo-Atlantic locations. This tells us that Squilla did not go extinct in the Indo-West Pacific, but has always only lived in the Atlanto-East Pacific. From what we know of palaeontology and phylogenetics, it will remain so into the future.
Our research explains why Squilla lives where it does today, and not off Australia or India, for instance. Geological and evolutionary events of the past leave a clear mark on the fauna of today, which we make sense of through the combined evidence of palaeontology and phylogenetics. Paradoxically, looking into the past helps us understand the present and maybe also the future.
Dr Shane Ahyong
Senior Research Scientist
More information:
Ahyong, S.T., Charbonnier, S. & Garassino, A. (2013) Squilla taulinanus n. sp. (Crustacea, Stomatopoda, Squillidae) from the Burdigalian (Miocene) of Taulignan (SE France). Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, 65: 213–217.


text: The only remaining videotape of Steve Irwin's tragic run-in with a stingray, resulting in his death, has been given to his widow, Terri.The video was given to Terri Irwin to ensure that it would never be publicly broadcast, the Australian Broadcasting Corp reported Thursday.Coroner Michael Barnes confirmed that all of the other copies of the tape have been destroyed. He also said that the coroner's investigation is nearly complete, but he is waiting for a police report that will decide whether or not a formal inquest into Irwin's death last year is needed.The video was given to Irwin's wife just before Christmas, the BBC said."The footage has been the subject of widespread media interest and it was wholly appropriate that we took all possible steps to ensure something of such a personal and tragic nature did not fall into the wrong hands," said Barnes. "This is in line with the wishes of the Irwin family."


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Kindercamp is a great two-day camp that will help spark the creativity and individual expression in your budding artists. Campers will learn the basics of art while creating a few projects to take home.
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Arts and Entertainment Organizations
It's a sad fact that events come and go. I wish I could keep up with it all. A few major events have faded away, or dropped off a cliff. For example: The Banded Peak Challenge, the Bow 80 and the Trans Rockies Bike Race. Some are local, some are attached to groups like Performing Arts, BraggArts, the Chamber and the Community Association. Some are outside the scope of interest for this website. Here's a partial list to get you started.
Bragg Creek Community Centre Programs
Redwood Meadows Townsite
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Townsite-of-Redwood-Meadows-AB-120704654661849/
Bragg Creek Performing Arts
They currently present five concerts per year; this is split into Fall (September to end of November) and Spring Season (February to early May). We present a wide variety of professional entertainers from all genres at affordable rates for the enjoyment of the public.
Other Events
– Taste of Bragg Creek – http://tasteofbraggcreek.ca
– Earth Day Celebrations
– Redwood Meadows Parade of Garage Sales
– Bragg Creek Community Garage Sale
– Redwood Meadows Right to Play Run
– Kananaskis 100 Mile Relay Race – http://bethereraces.com/kananaskis-100-mile-relay/
– Canada Day Celebrations
– Bragg Creek Days
– Southern Alberta Ride for Site – http://bit.ly/2rpz1DX
– Tsuu T'ina Pow Wow and Rodeo
– Moose Mountain Trail Races
– Kayak-Kanfest – http://www.calgarykayakclub.com/CKC/index.php/kanfest
– Iron Legs 50 Miler – http://www.ironlegs.ca/
– Heritage Festival
– Kidney Foundation – Kidney March – http://bit.ly/2qJmYi1
– Redwood Meadows Sports Swap
– Redwood Meadows Firefighters – Heroes in the Sky
– Bragg Creek Scarecrow Festival – month long
– Bragg Creek Artisans Christmas Sale – http://braggcreekartisans.com/
– Kananaskis Country Christmas Fine Arts and Craft Sale
– Bragg Creek Spirit of Christmas
– Redwood Meadows New Years Eve Celebrations


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Following years of worldwide experience in evaluation, Universalia framed its own conceptual model of organizational assessment: the Institutional and Organizational Assessment Model (IOA Model). The model aims to help an organization defining and improving its overall performance through analyzing its environment, motivation, and capacity. Through these four areas (performance, environment, motivation, and capacity), the model offers a clear-cut methodology to diagnose institutional strengths and weaknesses.
Outline of the Approach
A schematic representation of the IOA model, of its four areas and their respective factors, allows understanding it clearly (a description of each factor is available when you click on it):
External Environment
Organizational Motivation
Organizational Performance
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- Administrative/ Legal
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- Technology
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- Ratio that reflects a comparison of outputs accomplished to the costs incurred for accomplishing these goals. A measure of how economically resources/inputs (funds, expertise, time, etc.) are converted to results
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- Inter-organizational linkages
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The factors embedded in capacity, motivation and contextual environment all influence the performance of an organization. The overall organizational performance is defined in terms of effectiveness (mission fulfillment), efficiency (accuracy, timeliness and value of service and program delivery), ongoing relevance (the extent to which the organization adapts to changing conditions and its environment), and financial viability.
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To learn more about the IOA Model, we suggest the following book: Organizational Assessment: A Framework for Improving Performance, published in 2002 and written by Charles Lusthaus, Marie-Hélène Adrien, Gary Anderson, Fred Carden, and George Plinio Montalván. The book can be read, downloaded or even ordered on IDRC website at: www.idrc.ca.
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I recently borrowed a friend's 105mm macro lens to try out and needless to say I love it. The detail this lens can capture is incredible.
I've felt like a hardcore photographer wandering around Hoxa Head with 3 lenses. I also momentarily felt like a sheep farmer one day as I inadvertently herded some sheep round the headland. My life is ever so glamorous.


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Mandarin Oranges are the fruits of an evergreen shrub native to Asia that belong to the family of Rutaceae and are thought to have originated in the forests of China. These fruits have been used throughout time for a variety of different things.
Mandarins are known to: Decrease Liver cancer, Promotes Good Cholesterol over bad Cholesterol, Lowers Blood Pressure, Reduces weight loss, Promotes a healthy immune system, Support Skin Health, And much more!
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My face would seek Thy face;
O Lord, grant me this grace:
Shine down on me.
Myself would cloud my skies.
Let self be crucified;
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Anoint mine eyes.
Thee would I see and know;
All else would I forget.
Let Thy fair beauty set
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- Smoke detectors should be replaced every 10 years.
If you have any questions about fire and home safety, you may contact Chief Fred Greenwood at the Mason Fire Department (http://masonnh.us/fire-and-ems-general-information/).


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