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Hey guys. Ken Courtright from Today's Growth Growing Business Today. This is part 2 of the 4 part series on what I am going to call Purpose Dreams Struggles, the Why. All motivational type of stuff. Just got done with our digital footprint Philadelphia and I was very swayed by my wife's talk that I took out a few of the upcoming podcasts. We can do those later. They were very tactical and it is critical that I put into this podcast series we are on podcast 41 or 42. I have just been forgetting about how important having a dream is, a purpose. What role it plays in a business. I have got just some of the most incredible stories to share on this podcast. So I am going to jump right in.
This podcast, I think I'm gonna call it Stacking Verticals because I've said on a couple other podcasts, you live your life and you run your business in one of three phases: you are either in the storm where the world looks like its falling apart and everything is against you or you just came out of the storm and you are light on your feet and everything looks good, feels good or you are right now going into a storm and YOU KNOW IT. So you are either in the storm, you just came out of the storm, or you are about to go into a storm and you know it.
So, I when I was about 29, 7 years in business, I had realized that I had almost a mid-life crisis at 29 years old. We had I don't know, how many employees. WE had a few other businesses cooking at the time. And 2200 roughly clients when we hit the year 2000. And I definitely had a midlife, mid business owner crisis. Because things were just not so rosy. We had a 19 month period of time where we almost lost everything. Our average bank account balance in every business was about under $3000. We had a miscarriage. I think you guys heard on our previous podcast, we had a sales rep have a heart attact and died in my arms. We had a really rough patch. And it was after all of that had passed, I was out of the storm, starting to think clear. And I realized that I wasn't a very motivational type of person. I was a work gets me out of anything type of person. I remember thinking and it was a weekend, I know I wasn't really going into the office or anything. I looked at my walls. I had a bunch of cork boards up. It was all like charts and graphs and next week. I ripped them all down and I right in the middle of my office wall, I put a representation of some of the struggles I had in high school and in athletics and then underneath that, I put a couple of pictures of some of the records I broke in high school.
How Did You Overcome Your Struggles?
At the top I put High School. I wrote HS and then underneath HS I put Struggles with pictures representing my struggles. Then underneath that, I put numeric goals I had and set. I put a goal of 11:40 I broke that record I had. I don't know how many yards that season. I apparently still have that record twenty five years later. So I had a bunch of the records that I left high school with. I was the fifth most wins in school's history in wrestling. And then I went to college and made another vertical. So the high school was one vertical. And I put some of the struggles I had in college. Paying for college, doing this doing that, some struggles with athletics. Then again, I did achieve some records in college. So I put some of the records in the pictures with my hall of fame coach and stuff underneath it.
And then in my early years in business, to say I had struggles, would be an understatement. We went about 5 years trying to meet payroll every month, every month. It was just this rat in a gerbil cage trying to just make ends meet. We were growing like weeds but I could never keep any money in the bank. But we broke through like 1997-98. We finally got things settled. Built in whats called trailer expenses which is a profit line that no matter what goes up and down, you still maintain a profit. We started to become what I call a big boy company. After about 7 or 9 years. So I put some of the business struggles represented by some photographs. And underneath it, I put some of our business accomplishments. We had a chain of video stores. We had a national sign company. We had 400 signs put up in Alaska by 1999. So, we had done some stuff. So I put that up because I had just come out of a monumental storm. I mean we almost lost everything. Blockbuster, Family Video, Hollywood Video, they all came in within a few month period of time and just literally inihaliated our video store chain. So we barely survived that. We barely survived the lack of revenue for our other company. It was terrible. It was absolutely terrible.
I remember making the verticals. I remember the next 5 to 10 years. How many times when I got into a jam, I would literally go what am I gonna do next? Who am I gonna call? How am I gonna possibly get out of this? And then I would remember, wait a minute, I got out of my desk. I walked around the corner a little bit and I would literally stare at my verticals struggles at the top. One phase of my life as a teenager and I got through it and I set records.
Another phase of my life traumatic struggles in college, no question. From self-image issues to this and that I mean it was terrible, terrible. And then again, set some records, did some amazing things in college. I went into business, shot out of a cannon. I had tremendous challenges for 5 to 7 years. Then got through them. I did some decent things in business in the late 90's. So I would stare at a fourteen year memory of ups and downs, ups and downs, ups and downs, but the downs meaning the bottom of the verticals, were always on the high, meaning the struggles were at the top. Those were the ups of the charts. And at the bottom, showed every time I have had challenges.
Even if they last a couple years, I would find a way to work through it and succeed and of course, I would set myself up for another challenge. Low and behold, from 2000, so we started in 1992. From 2000-2010, in those 10 years, I had another period of a few ups and downs. Both emotionally, mentally, business wise, employee wise, staff wise. You know opening offices, closing offices. Hiring the right people, letting the right people go. We have had a rollercoaster here. Always maintaining growth and revenues the whole way through.
So, what I began doing and I have got now 25 years under my belt of about 12 to 13 verticals where I have the challenges at the top. What were the struggles? What was I dealing with? What did we have in front of us? And then at the bottom, I don't show necessarily how were broke through, but I show the results of what happened because I maintained my head strongness of that written goal and that personal goal. And I just didn't stop until we hit it. Then we hit it. Then I would try something else, have another challenge cuz we grew again.
But the point is this, I want to add to this. This is just so perfect. I have my verticals and Brian Smith was at our event. This guy is amazing. He was at the event. Brian, who is the founder of UGG boots. He was talking about the unbelievable struggles that UGG boots went through. I mean talk about up and down, up and down, up and down. It was a struggle to the point he had to build a company and a personal mantra to get through. Here is what it is:
He has a card now that every time he speaks, whether he I think he just did Yale University, or this or that, wherever he speaks, he wants to make sure he leaves behind a card. A four part mantra. That to a degree, is a little bit of his verticals the way I look at verticals. But I want to give you his 4 part mantra that is posted in his office wall. That it leaves behind with every person, every audience he speaks at worldwide. Then I want to tell you what happened in real time at our event this past weekend. So here is Brian Smith, founder of UGG boots mantra card.
"Feast upon uncertainty. Fatten on disappointment. Enthuse over apparent defeat. Invigorate in the presence of difficulties."
So before I repeat the card. I want you to understand that this is coming from a gentleman who founded a billion dollar company and in the process of giving it to grow and grow and grow. And to the point of being able to sell it off to a very large publically traded company. He was having tremendous challenges, but guess what guys, wait to hear the next podcast and the next podcast after that when I lay out some of the most famous challenges in business in the United States. But listen to this again.
Feast upon uncertainty. Fatten on disappointment. Enthuse over apparent defeat. Invigorate in the presence of difficulties. Now listen to this guys. Brian Smith spoke from 5 to 6 pm on Friday night. This past weekend in Philadelphia. There was someone in the audience, a woman. Who was consulting a very good size company. This very good sized company was having tremendous difficulties at this point last week to the point where this woman did know that but they made the decision by noon Friday that they were closing the doors because again, once again, they could not meet payroll. And so this woman, who had a consulting call Friday night with this company at 7:00 pm. She gets out of Brian Smith's talk, she has his card in her hand and the calls around 7:00pm. She calls them early. She calls them at 6:15 and says get everyone on the call. I've got something you want to hear. She does not know that they were about to close their business. The 3 main partners get on the call. She takes over the conference call and says, listen to this guys, everybody get out a piece of paper right now and write this down. She explains that this comes from Brian Smith, the founder of UGG boots. And that every company goes through phases. You have got to become a toddler, then you become a tadpole, then you become a child, and this and that. It was awesome.
So anyway, she goes, guys, guys, guys, I know you guys are struggling, I know we are talking on a regular basis. Now again, they have not told her they made the decision to close the business. Because she is so enthusiastic, they can't speak. So she said everybody write this down. Feast upon uncertainty. They write it down. Fatten on disappointment. They write it down. Enthuse over apparent defeat. They write it down. Invigorate in the presence of difficulties. They write it down. She goes now. I need all three of you know to say these out loud. And they do. They say them out loud and then they say them again, and again. The enthusiasm catches. Now listen to this. You can't make this up.
The next day Saturday, this gal sits through the conference and she tells this whole story to Brian Smith Sunday night. She sits through the conference Saturday, not realizing that those 3 partners were so moved by that phone call that they got on the phone. They called all of their investors. And they an A and B round of funding. They called everybody that put in any money in or around A or B, what they just had learned, what they had decided to do Friday and why they changed their mind and why they are now resolute to take this company to the top. Listen to this guys. On Saturday afternoon, they raised 1 million dollars of new funding and kept the doors open. Now the company is alive and well and growing again. They are back in business and not one employee knew they almost closed shop.
So here is the point of the podcast. Struggles in business are mandatory. A baby does not just stand up and walk. They have to fall and fall and fall and fall and fall. And the falling is how they learn to walk. Brian Smith explains in great detail. Your business, your personal business, your little baby one person shop, your ten person shop, your hundred person shop, it's always at every phase a baby. It's always trying to walk bigger, faster. It's always trying to go from a walk to a jog. It's always trying to go from a jog to a sprint. It's always painful doing it because you are always falling. You just simply have to fall forward. But every person listening to this podcast, I want you to understand Brian Smith was trying to make. Every business lives in constant struggle. It is part of the process of business. There is no business known that just rub a dubbed their way to a billion dollars…everything was easy lets go. It doesn't work like that. So, number 1 as my podcast from 2 days ago. Get your dream out. Don't be SNIOPed. If you don't know what I am talking about, you better go back to the podcast from before. Get your dream out. Do not be SNIOPed. This podcast is dedicated to the struggles. They are not optional. Just embrace it and just get some stinkin armor on and get the battle suit on. I have armor on but sometimes you need a little bit more than that. But get some stinkin armor on and let's go to battle.
I am Ken Courtright from Today's Growth Growing Business today. See you guys on the trail. Bye.


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LPM 2017 Amsterdam Workshops | LPM 2015 > 2018
Here you are a preview of the workshops in program at LPM 2017 Amsterdam.
The meeting begins on May 18,2017 in the spaces of RADION. Learning activities will take place in the dedicated classrooms every day starting from 15.00. Read carefully the requirements to attend the classes, choose your activity and register!
Workshops are dedicated to learning and sharing, drawing upon the themes of Video Mapping, interactive interfaces using open software and different devices, generative visual with sound and scripts and Resolume, the leader of veejay software.
Hurry up to register since places are limited!
Video Mapping with Telenoika | VJ Eletroiman – Telenoika [ES]
May 18 -21 |15:00 – 18:00 | Atelier 1
[€ 150 – max 15 attendees] REGISTER
Four days to learn everything related to Video Mapping techniques, from the project idea to the final realization. Technical study, optical, video projectors, lux, blueprint, 2d, 3d, music and sound effects, taught by VJ Eletroiman, member of the Telenoika Community.
After a painstaking measurement process, we construct detailed 2D and 3D models of the target surface. We then generate the audio and video content, using these models to "map" the content onto the finest details of the specific site. This allows us to visually alter the appearance of the architecture – by controlling light, colour and surface volume – to change its very nature and transform the way it's perceived.
Resolume Arena | m0rf [CZ]
May 18 -19 |15.00 – 18:00 | Atelier 2
[€ 80 max -12 attendees] REGISTER
The Resolume VJ & Video Mapping workshop is intended to introduce to the participants the use of Resolume Arena Media Server, the most used tool for managing audio visual content at performances, stages, interactive installations. Starting with a basic interface explanation, you will progressively get to learn all the features of the software and get professional suggestions to use Resolume Arena at its best. During the workshop you will be asked to practice and try by yourself what you are learning. The next step of the class will be the presentation and application of the video mapping techniques using Resolume Arena. At the end of the workshop, the participants will be encouraged to experiment a video mapping on an "object" of their choice and to present it in front of the class.
PLEASE NOTE: Participants will be required to bring their own laptop, computer cables for connecting the projector and pc/laptop, and possibly their own projector (if they have one). They may also bring any hardware controller. To bring their own video footage for projection is not required, but welcome.
Interactive Interfaces – VVVV for advanced interactivity art | Martin Romeo – Toolkit Festival [IT]
May 20 – 21 |15.00 – 18:00 | Atelier 2
[€ 80 max -12 attendees] REGISTER
The intensive workshop provides knowledge and abilities to create interactive interfaces using Vvvv software and different devices: Kinect, Neurosky and Smartphone.
During the workshop the attendees will produce graphic layouts on which will be possible to interact through hand's movement, facial expressions, control of the thought and display touch. The workshop's aim is to learn to manage the display of an innovative presentation, that can be employed in professional and working environment.
It requires no specific knowledge: the course starts teaching the basics of Vvvv software (vvvv.org) and interactive environment with reference to contemporary art. The participants must have their own laptop (installation instructions vvvv.org/downloads | 32bit version + addons). Install also: VLC (videolan.org/vlc). Optional: a three-button mouse.
Generative audiovisual forms | Elektro Moon Vision [PL]
May 18 – 19 -20 |18:00 – 21:00 | Atelier 2
[€ 120 max -12 attendees] REGISTER
During the workshops participants will have the ability to create together with the lecturers audiovisual project based on generative animations. In this term generative means that simple scripts in After Effects create the animation by calculation.
Introduction to creation audiovisual projects
Use of basic scripts in Adobe After Effects
Automatizing of simple animations with the help of expressions in Adobe After Effects
Generating images by sound – implementing audio reaction
The workshop is dedicated to experimenting creative minds in animations with a basic knowledge of Adobe After Effects.
Introduction to Live Coding | Filippo Guida [IT]
May 20 -21 |18:00 – 21:00 | HackLab
[€ 80 max -12 attendees] REGISTER
A beginners introduction to live coding environments for music production: TidalCycles (tidalcycles.org) and SuperCollider (supercollider.github.io).
1. Brief history of generative music and its aesthetical relations with live coding and others performing practices releated to software programming. Meanwhile, will be place an assisted installation of required open-source environments (TidalCycle for Atom and Supercollider IDE).
2. Introduction to Sound Synthesis basic concepts using SuperCollider codes examples, with a strong focus on sample based techniques like Granular Synthesis.
3. Introduction to Algorithmic Composition basic concepts using Live Coding configurations based on SuperCollider: SC+JITLibrary and SC+TidalCycle.
4. Introduction to OSC basic concepts, and example of network performance configuration (more laptop playing over network sendig messages to a single audio server).
PLEASE NOTE:Suitable for anyone with a laptop, is not required any programming skill of any kind.
Info: https://liveperformersmeeting.net/editions/2017-amsterdam/program/workshops/
We remind you that the call to participate to LPM 2017 Amsterdam is still open! Registration form is only available on-line and the subscriptions will be accepted until April 10, 2017!

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This year it seems there are more gifts to buy than ever. Not that I'm complaining. It's honestly one of my most favorite things about the season. Thinking of gifts and finding the best thing to fit that person is a holiday high for me. The only dilemma I seem to run into is actually thinking of what gifts to get. I assumed I wasn't the only one lost in this predicament, so I thought I would share a few ideas I've had along the way..
For the Mister...
1. These Minnetonka mocs are a must have. 2. This nifty Moose phone case. (I might just have to get one for myself..shh.) 3. And these one of a kind suspenders and belt.
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Jesus, the hope of humanity Why has Jesus come into the world? For whom has He come? Have you ever pondered about these questions? Sometimes amidst the festivities of Christmas, an important truth may get lost - that Jesus is in fact the hope of humanity. Redemptorist priest Fr. Antic Santhosh shares with conviction, the…Read more
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After defying a federal judge's order for more than two weeks and garnering $40,000 in fines, St. Bernard Parish today issued building permits for three of four contentious mixed-income apartment construction sites in Chalmette.
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You can add a location when editing a job so that mobile app users are given a list of jobs that are near their current location when clocking in or switching jobs (as long as location settings enabled in the mobile device). Note: If you are integrated with QuickBooks Desktop, QuickBooks Online, or Xero, the location field will display with the shipping address found in the integration.
You can duplicate a job and all it's sub-level jobs. This is an easy way to create a new job that needs to have the same list of sub-level jobs as one that's already established.
Use the Import/Export feature to import a list of jobs instead of manually creating them one-by-one.
To restore a deleted job, contact TSheets Support. If you know you will eventually need to restore that job, it is best to unassign the job from all team members instead. See next section for steps.
See also: How to Set Up and Manage Custom Fields, if you need to assign and/or restrict Custom Fields fields and their items. This feature will only be available if you have installed the Custom Fields add-on.
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An unwillingness to strive against sin is the real reason why most reject the message of the cross. It is often easier to accept a persistent weakness or failing than to strive...
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It is a very clear principle of life that "you cannot give what you do not have". It would have being impossible for the Lord to use Moses to request of Pharaoh to let Israel go to serve Him, if Moses himself had not experienced that freedom in Christ. If Moses still had desired to be Pharaoh or to enjoy the...
The decision Moses had made when he was younger to turn from "the pleasures of sin for a season", had prepared him to give the message to let God's people go to worship. It is impossible for a worldly person who...
In the story of Joseph is illustrated the history of God's people in that a special place was prepared for them by God, where they could live away from the center of power, culture, and commerce to enjoy religious liberty, while living in the land of Egypt. Time and time again God...
All that we are and that we have is mostly wrapped up into our family, kindred, and country, and it becomes hard to come out of that experience and enter into a new experience with the Lord. The Lord promised us that He is offering us greater blessings than what we...
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2018 Screen Actors Guild Awards Best Dressed List
Do I even have to say it? Did you see the clean cerulean sequins on Mandy Moore? Did you experience the red-orange mash up—an incredibly difficult color combo—on Madeline Brewer? The bow tied buns of my 90s kid dreams on Millie Bobby Brown? THE DIOR HOROSCOPE on Natalia Dyer?! The only thing missing was a rainbow-maned unicorn and a shirtless Zac Efron. The Time's Up movement is still with us, but the black looks are trickling out (at least for now). This colorful red carpet sent me to heaven and back. Enjoy.


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Read About Our Buyer's Agent, Desmond Clark Former Tight End For The Chicago Bears!
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Thursday afternoons used to involve the installation of third-down strategies. Now, Desmond Clark utilizes those days to construct a different type of offensive game plan.
Last week, it meant meeting with a relocated Florida couple in Palatine to show off and answer questions about a two-story, 3,000-square foot townhome.
Such is the daily routine of the football player turned real estate agent.
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In this long journey called life
I never thought that I could ever see the light
It all started when you first touch my heart
Then I accepted you as the Lord and Savoir of mine
At first everything seems wasn't right
Each step that I take becomes harder and harder from time to time
But I holding on to your promise that you will never leave me nor forsake me
I kept on trusting you and keep all your words inside my heart
I'm proud to have a friend like you
A friend who's always been faithful and true
Because of your greatness,
All that I can do is to trust and worship you
May all the Glory, Honor and Praise be with YOU!
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Just call me Blithe. I have started this page in 2007 as a personal blog. I went on a hiatus for a few years and now I am back. It's always been my dream to travel everywhere. In this journal I have documented all my travel experiences and activities. My goal is to explore the hidden beauties of this country one step at a time.


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Monday, July 3, 2017
Baileys Lately #5
Oh hey, has it already been nearly a decade since I last wrote? Guess I better randomly post something!
- At work, Brad got a new office with his new BFF, Jesse. They quote memes, sing stuff from Family Guy, talk about Star Wars (a lot), craft theories about their favorite films, discuss creating a private eye business when they retire, among many other buddy-buddy things. Basically, they spend 40-hours a week giggling together as they geek over stuff. Jesse has even crafted an elaborate back story for him and Brad's imagined Gray Jedis. So sweet, awwwe.
- I've gone in to tuck George in twice now to find him with socks on his hands--one of his, one of Brad's. Yeah, I don't know, but it sure is funny!
- Maren is into holding hands right now. She'll grab whoever's hand she can find, and just drag them through the house as long as they'll let her. And, let me tell you, girl got a grip on her!
- Sofie is such a funny ham. If you smile at her, she'll do her best cheesy smile back. If she's talking, and you're not listening, she'll stare you down until you do, and then start right back up into her story. She has many, many stories. They are wonderful.
- Bane is currently outside our door trying to open it with his nose because the fireworks are so scary. He makes me laugh. (Don't worry, he's inside, safe from the scariness.)
- Brad and I really, really, really like driving together. We drove down to Temple Square to meet up with Brad's family (his parents and twin's family are in town), and we had fun blah-blah-ing the whole ride down. We miss driving to work together every day, that was the best!
- At this moment, Brad is playing Skyrim. "I was trying to be a good guy," he explained, "But I already screwed that up!" He killed a witch and was in the process of stealing all the stuff in her house. Thief, murderer!
- I need to write more. I really like writing. I say this a lot and it never changes.
- I've been re-reading The Princess Diaries series and every time I read them I'm like, "I forgot how fun journaling is! I need to be more like Mia!" and then I just keep binge reading every night until past midnight. Yep.
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Quote:Linda Carter was huggable, yes indeed.
Quote:You don't seem to have been very hug-inspired by the printed comic book page. In my case, I keep thinking of characters, and then realizing they were Bronze Age, hence off topic here. Beverly Switzler from Howard the Duck (as drawn by Frank Brunner) is one example.
Bronze Age goes through 1986 right?
When I was younger I read a handful of Superman, Spider-Man and FF books, so the only female I saw much of was Sue Richards. I did like her but didn't necessarily have the hots, not sure why. I did like the Black Cat, but only had one or two issues with her. I saw the TV shows every day. I also had crushes on the Bionic Woman and Lt. Uhura.


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Intensive Energy Clinic #3: Clairvoyance and Clairaudience
A two-hour webinar with Cyndi Dale.
Monday, April 23, 2018, 6-8 p.m. CST
A two-hour webinar with Cyndi Dale.
6-8 p.m. CST Monday, April 23, 2018
Learn all the basics about receiving information through your clairvoyance and clairaudience spiritual gifts. Respectively, the art of psychically seeing and that of psychically hearing is fundamental to obtaining guidance and performing a situational analysis. We'll cover the biological and energetic structures involved in each spiritual gift; ways to employ several chakras to access information; and the need for boundaries and protection. Specifically, you'll learn two styles of clairvoyance and three of clairaudience.
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- Instruction. Approximately one hour.
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Presumes: An Unconventional, Yet Effective, Way To Land An Interview [Infographic]
In today's competitive job market, even the most finely honed of resumes can wind up in the recycle bin. To better the odds of landing an interview (and a job!) some workers have turned to a more inventive way to get the attention of hiring managers: the presume.
The presume, pronounced just like résumé, is essentially a visual introduction, produced using slide-show software that features the applicant's voice, describing personal and work history along with a cogent pitch that highlights why the candidate should be hired.
Hanna Phan recently used a presume to apply for a job with SlideRocket, a San Francisco-based maker of presentation software, similar to Microsoft's PowerPoint.
Having been laid off in 2008 from her position as an IT engineer, Phan was keen on finding not just a new job -- but the right job.
With that in mind, Phan, 32, started to examine what it was she wanted to do and began targeting companies that had those kinds of jobs. That led her to SlideRocket, which recently was looking for a product manager.
Phan tells AOL Jobs that the idea for her presume began with "something that didn't work" -- her resume. "And when something doesn't work, over and over again," she says, "you decide you have to change up your game plan."
Phan produced her presume using SlideRocket's software and then sent the presentation via Twitter to company CEO Chuck Dietrich.
Dietrich received Phan's presume just as he was boarding a plane for New York, he tells AOL Jobs. Upon viewing it, Dietrich was so impressed with the presentation, "If I had time to call Hanna before I took off I would have," he says. "But I called her right when I landed."
Phan's presentation and the method by which she reached out to Dietrich "was indicative of a successful entrepreneur," Dietrich says.
In today's economy, he says, employers are increasingly looking for employees who think and act like entrepreneurs, by finding ways to get things done more efficiently.
Still, Phan says that putting together her presentation took a lot of soul-searching and risk-taking.
It took about two weeks to hone the concept and write several different scripts, says Phan, who was hired as a product manager at SlideRocket in early September.
"But it all came down to one week of just pouring my guts out, and putting myself out there," she says.
Phan's approach at identifying one company and going after it with her heart and soul, served her well, Dietrich says.
For anyone looking for work, focus is key, he says. "Spending more time on getting the job you want will probably serve you better than the [scattershot approach] that a lot of job applicants take."
Along with the presume, SlideRocket offers these five unique ways that can help job seekers stand out from the crowd.
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Just noticed that the new SR USPS postage (v2) does have the ability to do return labels, but not the Pay On Use type. We use this feature a LOT with Endicia since sometimes the customer decides that they do not want to return the item after all, and we don't have to keep up with requesting a return label refund later on.
This way, we're only charged for the return labels that we use.
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Some weeks ago I shot in the Maine State indoor Championship and did terrible. Shot one of my lowest scores in competition ever. I had all sorts of things go wrong. I couldn't pull through the clicker consistently, I ran out of time with an arrow to shoot, I shot through the clicker, I dropped an arrow on the floor ahead of me and forgot to re-shoot it, you name it I did it.
Pro-shooter, Dave Cousins who was shooting a couple lanes from me was probably wondering "who let this guy in.."
I mean it really all went wrong, and it sounds bad but actually it was perfect. I was beaming and proud of having entered and shot the championship.
You see, I hadn't shot a bow for nearly 6 months, because I'd hurt my shoulder, specifically my rotator cuff, I didn't tear it but as the physical therapist put it I "impinged it".
A few weeks prior I had picked my bow back up along with a new pair of ultra-light 14 pound limbs (16 lbs at my draw) and half a dozen skinny 2000 spine arrows (Carbon Express Medallion-XR's).
The state championship was conveniently 3 weeks away so it gave me an ideal goal. I didn't pre-register, I just made a deal with myself that If I felt I was up for it I'd shoot it as a walk-in, If I didn't think I could handle it I'd go as a spectator.
I spent two weeks re-learning correct and safe form at a bale to prevent re-injuring myself. I also spent time with a physical therapist, a Formaster and a new daily routine strengthening my shoulder and back with stretch bands and 5 pound weights.
One week before the tournament I switched to practicing on target. My bow was out of tune, as I really needed to crank it up an extra pound to get my arrows flying right but I didn't dare go up in weight, so with my setup untuned I practiced on. Practiced every chance I got, by the end of the week I was feeling confident that I might have a chance against some of the eight year olds so with that bit of confidence I entered.
As already mentioned my score was poor but my heart and pride are full. Stepping up to the line had far more to do with creating a new beginning for myself than it did my performance, because, this is just a start, I now have an opportunity for a lot more archery and a strong and secure feeling that I'm back.


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Take A Minute to…Published on 1st March 2017
No matter what you're up to this week, we all know that the school holidays can be a hectic time, when all you want to do is sit back and relax, you find yourself instead burning the candle at both ends; if only to cram in a few extra moments of entertainment for the little ones.
This year, the weathers warmer than usual, and the scope to get the kids out into the fresh air, wider than ever, but at Apropos we believe you need some TLC too, so here are a few special ways for you to relax and enjoy even the most hectic of half terms.
1. Bring the outdoors in: Apropos folding/sliding doors can help to frame your garden for you; borrowing landscape and creating an ever changing mural for you and your family to enjoy.
2. Reunite your family: Often although we all live under the same roof families can become disjointed, especially during summer time when everyone's off doing their own thing, an Apropos Orangery can act as a family hub allowing you to reconnect and relax together.
3. Get to know your garden: Opening up any area of your home with a glazed extension means that boundaries between home and garden are blurred allowing you to enjoy your garden daily come rain or shine.
4: Let the sun shine: Darker, dull areas of our home can often affect our moods, especially during the summer when everything should be shining, so why not install an Apropos sky lantern into the darker areas of your home? By letting light flood in you'll do wonders for your mood and well-being.
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Q: (from Jeff)
So, I wanted to show a customer the Windows to Go. They previously consolidated their enterprise on Open value in Windows XP, but have since upgraded to a mix of Vista Business and Windows 7 pro with OEM licensing. I can't seem to make one of the Windows to Go USB sticks work.
I have an ActionPack subscription, but does that include the Windows 8 Enterprise edition or is that just a Pro edition? If I don't have it, how can I get a Windows to Go USB stick to show them?
Just to remind you – Windows To Go requires "specific" certified USB memory sticks. Here is the Windows landing page for Windows to Go that includes links to all of the approved vendors' products:
The Microsoft Action Pack Subscription no longer appears to include a license to Windows Enterprise:
so I recommend that you download the 90 day trial:
There are lots of tutorials on how to create and use a Windows To Go image on our Technet site. At the end of this week on Friday 11/08 at 12:30pm EST, I will be hosting a "Sell What You Know" session for D&H Distribution on Windows to Go (https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/microsoft/join?id=8W7R88&role=attend&pw=5135428) if you would like to join us – no registration required.


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We welcomed Dr. Andrew Rader to the show to discuss his aerospace engineering lectures and other material on his website, http://www.andrew-rader.com as well as his YouTube channel. You can access all his material, his YouTube channel and his book through his website. During our one segment one hour discussion, Andrew talked about his Mars cooking video regarding his eating bugs. We had quite the discussion about this. Crickets anyone? Next, we talked about going to Mars and he introduced us to his YouTube channel which has 74 videos and more on it. His aerospace engineering class lectures are there too and very popular with students, especially those wanting to see if aerospace engineering might be the path for their studies. Joe asked our first email question about the necessity for a flyby or human orbital mission of Mars prior to humans landing on Mars. We then discussed Mars, why a one way mission, and the Moon vs. Mars. Other topics included spacecraft and rockets in general, Apollo, robotic missions, and more about human spaceflight. At one point I asked Andrew how he stated the purpose for our going into space. Bethany asked Andrew to explain what was meant by the term ecliptic. In response, Andrew offered a short explanation using basic orbital mechanics. We talked about several specific videos on his YouTube channel including the Sagan Darkness video, the Ambien Space Music videos and the Star Trek and Darth Vader videos. I asked him what he liked best and he said it was systems engineering because he liked putting and seeing how everything works together. Human factors came up and he made an interesting statement to the effect that if we require 21st century medical care on our space missions, the technology itself may be an impediment to the mission. We talked about the multi-systems failure risk being the biggest risk in his opinion and the steps taken to mitigate this risk. I also asked about crew failure risks including medical and psychological issues. Andrew offered us interesting observations about crew risks and issues so don't miss what he said. As the show was drawing to a close, we talked about his introduction to spacecraft videos.
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What is the Hallelujah Diet
We all love to eat. Food is a part of our traditions, our social lives and even our entertainment as we watch cooking as a sport on television. While the purpose of food is to nourish and sustain our bodies the question is, does your body love the food you are choosing to eat? A diet filled with processed, refined and unhealthy foods with too few fruits and vegetables can add up to fatigue, a weakened immune system, sickness and very serious health issues including diabetes, heart disease and even cancer.
The Hallelujah Diet System is the antidote to the guilt and sickness often caused by what we call the Standard American Diet or SAD. When you begin to replace SAD foods with living, plant-based foods that nourish your bodies, you reclaim the gift of self-healing.
With delicious recipes augmented by scientifically proven products, exercise programs, pure water and our supportive community, The Hallelujah Diet will nourish and cleanse your body, promote disease resistance, increase energy, strengthen your immune system, help support your body in maintaining healthy blood sugar levels and encourage weight loss. Simply put, you'll feel better and it will show.
The raw portion of the diet includes fruits, vegetables, grains, beans, nuts, seeds, oils, fats, seasonings, and dairy alternatives.
Drinks include freshly extracted vegetable juices and re-mineralized distilled water.
Steamed vegetables, baked sweet potatoes, whole grains, whole-grain pasta, squash (baked or steamed), and beans are among the cooked foods allowed.
As with any vegan diet, no meat, dairy, or eggs are allowed. If you're accustomed to a nightly glass of wine, you'll have to find a new way to unwind. Alcohol is not permitted on the plan. Neither are most soy products, processed fruits and veggies, refined grains, and certain nuts, seeds, oils, seasonings, soups, and sweets.
The Hallelujah Diet has a recovery diet. If you have a life threatening disease and a compromised immune system you would want to follow
the recovery diet which is more aggressive than the standard diet.
With the recovery diet you will consume two quarts of carrot juice per day with barley powder and added vitamins and supplements. You will probably turn orange as I did with this much beta carotene in your body. Not to worry – the orange will fade away when you return to the standard diet after resolving your illness.
The length of the recovery diet is determined by how long you have had the illness. It could be twelve to eighteen months. The recovery
diet will flood the body with all the power of live foods to hasten the rebuilding of the immune system. It's good to be orange!
The Hallelujah Diet suggests that 85 percent of your diet should consist of "living" foods, which include:
- Fresh vegetable juices
- Dairy alternatives like almond milk and banana milk
- Organic fresh or dried fruit, though this is limited to 15 percent of daily intake
- Uncooked whole grains, such as soaked oats and ground flax seed
- Raw beans and peas
- Raw nuts and seeds, eaten sparingly because of their high calorie count
- Oils, including extra-virgin olive oil and flax oil
- Fresh herbs and seasonings
- Raw vegetables
The other 15 percent of your diet can consist of certain cooked foods, such as:
- Stewed fruit
- Whole-grain breads, cereals, and pastas
- Cooked beans
- Homemade vegan soups
- Steamed or stir-fried vegetables
- Herbal teas
- Non-dairy cheeses and milks
The following foods are strictly avoided on the Hallelujah Diet:
- Alcohol, coffee, tea, cocoa, and carbonated drinks
- Animal products, including meat, fish, and dairy
- Processed foods, including canned fruits or vegetables, refined grains, and hydrogenated oils
- Roasted or salted nuts or seeds
- Salt and pepper
Supplements, including barley powder at every meal, are encouraged by the Hallelujah Diet and sold on its Web site. During a typical day on the Hallelujah Diet, you might eat barley powder for breakfast, vegetable juice for snacks, some more barley powder along with raw fruit or vegetables for lunch, and more barley powder, a large salad, and a baked potato or brown rice for dinner.
Foods To Avoid in The Hallelujah Diet
- Alcohol
- Coffee (grain coffees like Pero and Roma are fine)
- Teas containing caffeine (caffeine-free herb teas are fine)
- Carbonated beverages and soft drinks
- All artificial and sugar containing drinks, sports drinks, and all juices containing preservatives, refined salt, sugar, and artificial sweeteners
- All milk, cheese, ice cream, whipped toppings, and non-dairy creamers
Soy Milk and other Soy Products
- Most soy products should be avoided
Processed Fruits
- Canned and sweetened fruits
- Non-organic and sulfured dried fruits
Refined Grains
- Refined, bleached flour products, most cold breakfast cereals, and white rice
All Meats and Eggs
- Beef, pork, fish, chicken, eggs, turkey, hamburgers, hot dogs, bacon, sausage, bologna, etc.
Certain Nuts and Seeds
- All roasted and/or salted seeds and nuts
Certain Oils
- All lard, margarine, shortenings, and anything containing hydrogenated oils or trans fats
Certain Seasonings
- Refined table salt and any seasoning containing it
Certain Soups
- Any canned, packaged, or creamed soups containing salt or dairy products
Certain Sweets
- All refined white or brown sugar (brown sugar is simply refined white sugar)
- Sugar syrups
- Chocolate (carob is a wonderful chocolate substitute)
- Candy, gum, cookies, donuts, cakes, pies, or other products containing refined sugars or artificial sweeteners
Processed Vegetables
- All canned vegetables with added salt or preservatives
- Vegetables fried in oil
All Drugs
- Alcohol
- Nicotine
- Caffeine
- Marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.
- Many over the counter and doctor prescribed drugs
NOTE: Do not discontinue doctor prescribed drugs without doctor's permission.


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How do you feel about cupcakes? Do you think they are a perfect sized afternoon snack? Or do you feel like it's an overpriced cutesy trend that is so over?
I, for one, like them in theory. I think it's nice when you want a taste of cake, but not a whole slice, and usually, they are so damn cute. But, the cutesy frosting can be greasy, or hard, and the small size makes cupcakes less forgiving about bake time. It's easy to end up with a dry, mealy texture.
After the goodbye Il panino meal, we headed to Sweet, a new cupcake bakery in
We arrived at 9pm (they close at 10) and the bakery case was virtually empty. R and I got two miniature dark chocolate cupcakes. Mansi expressed her sadness about the lack of red velvet and the guy went to the back and gave one for her that did not pass the bar for selling, but was still a fresh tasty cupcake. Nice.
I thought the minis suffered the dry problem, but the red velvet was moist and delicious. R really loved the buttercream frosting. I think I'll be back to try the lemon raspberry.


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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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Last night our New York Taxi Girls appeared at the Mentor Foundation's New York Inaugural Royal Gala at the Waldorf Astoria. It was packed with international VIP's including supermodel Paulina Porizkova, Queen Silvia of Sweden , and Prince Turki Bin Talal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia. That was all fine and dandy but we were far more impressed by our favorite little potty mouth, to the ever lovable Dr. Ruth!
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SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. - Investigators said a Seminole County high school teacher has been arrested again and is now accused of having sex with two students.
Scott Kimbrough, 39, faced judge at the Seminole County jail around noon Saturday. Kimbrough was granted a $30,000 bond. He's facing multiple counts of sexual assault on a minor and lewd and lascivious behavior.
Late Friday, deputies said a second student came forward claiming to have had sex with the math teacher. Kimbrough bonded out after his first arrest on Thursday, but was back in the Seminole County jail by Friday afternoon.
The student told authorities she and Kimbrough had sex at his house about two years ago, just after she turned 15-years-old.
According to Kimbrough's arrest affidavit, he told the her not to tell anyone about their sexual relationship. The student also sent the teacher nude photos of herself, deputies said.
The school board put Kimbrough on paid leave after his first arrest and he has been recommended for termination.
Esther Curry is a parent and said what happened at her daughter's high school is disgraceful. She said her daughter has known one of the students involved since kindergarten.
"It's quite a shock, for myself, and to speak for every other parent who has children here," Curry said.
WFTV's legal analyst Bill Sheaffer said teachers usually receive a harsher sentence than their counterparts who commit similar crimes.
Investigators said they believe there could be more students out there who had sexual relations with Kimbrough. The investigation remains ongoing.
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Quote:"The more proficient in English, the more efficient in the classroom, is a false statement" (page 347)
Medgyes, Peter. "Native or Non-native: Who's Worth More?" ELT Journal 46.4 (1992): 340-49.
The 2012 Chilean National English Test results recently came out. Although progress had been made, there was a tremendous amount of criticism of teachers. "These poor results are the teacher's faults," reasoned the critics. "If they were better trained, the students would have better results."
Of course, this is a powerful argument, because it sounds intuitively logical. If teachers teach, and the results are poor, it must be the teachers faults. Who could argue with a vision of teaching and learning English that sees the native speaker as the best teacher? Evidently, very few people, even today, in 2013.
Adding insult to injury, Mineduc provided a sample of only a handful of teachers to the press that apparently pointed to poor levels of English in over 30% of teachers. It seemed like our worst fears were coming true: Teachers, who can't speak English, were trying to teach English…
However, nothing could have been further from reality.
Nonetheless, the sample soon became an urban myth in Chile:
"Over 30% of the teachers of English in Chile don't have basic knowledge of English."
This incorrect statement made it into news reports, television interviews and even into the opinion columns of prestigious newspapers. One prominent, well-known researcher was also fooled by the Mineduc partial data, writing that the data applied to "the practicing teachers" of English in Chile.
Here, it is best to repeat: Not true. False. Wrong. Incorrect.
It was only a sample, in no way representative, and taken grossly out of context. In other words, it was a sensational misrepresentation of reality, and entirely outside of the intended uses of the data that had been collected by Mineduc.
The data had been collected as a way of "helping teachers" by providing more relevant training opportunities for public school teachers. Further, the test was optional, not a requirement. Even further, teachers at private schools had been excluded entirely from the Mineduc data collection efforts.
Again, all this makes the point that the public reports of linguistically incompetent teachers was inappropriate, and indicative of misinformation. Beyond this, no consideration had been made for the grade level teachers were asked to teach. For example, the language requirements of a high school teacher of English and an elementary school teacher of English are tremendously varied.
Teaching a first year beginner versus a student with 6, 7, or 8 years of English learning experience is a vastly different proposition. Seen from this angle, I found 87% of Chile's teachers of English to be linguistically competent, using the exact same criteria!
Therefore, this aspect of language teaching has to be considered, but it was not taken into account. It thus provided a source of misinformation for everyone concerned. At worse, it did no justice to the professionalism and linguistic competence of the teachers of English in Chile.
When closely examined, it does not stand up to what we know about the relationship between teaching ability and knowledge of English. To be clear, knowledge of English is but one variable to consider, an important one, yes, but insufficient to predict whether or not a teacher can teach English well.
For example, if language competence in English were the only thing to consider, then Chile could make a tremendous improvement in its National English test results simply by hiring an army of native speakers. This has already been tried however, most notably in Vietnam, Korea, Japan and China. Not a single one of those countries can boast that the experiment has been successful on a massive scale.
Why not? Most people would intuitively agree that a native speaker of English is superior to a non-native speaker of English. Then why don't native speakers have more success as teachers of English?
Let's turn to Peter Medgyes for an answer. Peter has studied the question of whether or not a native English speaking teacher, or "NEST" is superior to a Non-Native English Speaking Teacher, or "NNEST". It may come as a surprise what he found out:
Medgyes enumerates six points where a non-NESTs is better than a NEST:
(1) "Only Non-NESTs can serve as imitable models of the successful learner of English" (346).
(2) "Non-NESTs can teach learning strategies more effectively" (346).
(3) "Non-NESTs can provide learners with more information about the English language" (347).
(4) "Non-NESTs are more able to anticípate language difficulties" (347).
(5) "Non-NESTs can be more empathetic to the needs and problems of their learners" (347).
(6) "Only non-NESTs can benefit from sharing the learner's mother tongue" (347).
Medgyes concludes that these advantages tend to balance the non-NESTs' language competence deficiencies. Therefore, he states, "The more proficient in English, the more efficient in the classroom is a false statement" (347).
In conclusion, as Chile begins the process of analysing the SIMCE English test results for 2012, it would be wise to expand the analysis to more profound and potentially rewarding areas than simply laying the blame on the language competence of the teachers.
Incredible as it may seem, there's more to teaching English than simply knowing English well.
By itself, it's not enough to achieve success in teaching and learning English, not in Chile, not in Japan, not in Korea, not in China, not in Vietnam, in fact, nowhere on the planet…
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I know that "bullying" is widely defined as simply threatening or harassing. But in my mind the classic school bully has a more specific method. The classic bully is crafty in how he deals with the school authorities. A classic school bully intimidates you and harasses you, but makes sure you seem like the bad guy when you fight back. Suddenly you find yourself dragged to the principal's office because you allegedly attacked or insulted the bully. All his actions are ignored and your actions are portrayed as aggression rather than as a response to aggression.
Our law enforcement forces have learned how to deprive us of our rights by being the classic bully. And nowhere is this done more often or more egregiously than in our airports. Thanks to empowerment from Al Qaeda, our masters have a devil's playground in every American travel point—free reign to take nudie digital photographs, irradiate us, and if we dare opt out, molest us and our children and blame us for not being grateful for the abuse.
So when I see news stories like this, the tactic is easy to recognize because I read about it in Harry Potter, and lived through it in Junior High. Andrea Abbot didn't want her daughter irradiated and photographed through her clothes so she opted out of the nudie scanners. Then she was outraged by the nature of the pat down. So since she "saw something" she "said something," and was led away in hand cuffs for her trouble.
The TSA agents claimed that Abbot was out of control, yelling and cursing. When a video surfaced it showed she was calm, despite being face to face with a group of officers. They also accused her of blocking two security lanes but the video doesn't show anyone is blocked from passing through. Nevertheless, the prosecution stuck to her story, saying it was "unreasonable" to believe that TSA agents would lie. "What she did was a crime."
The logic of the police state is a recipe for degrading democracy. Since Abbot had the power to "file a complaint,"( which we all know would simply put in the circular file) the courts have the right to criminalize speech. Because she wanted to confront people for what they were doing on the spot, she can be punished for what she said.
Of course, they never say they are censoring speech. The woman was sentenced to a year on probation for the conveniently vague charge of "disorderly conduct."
The most telling detail from the AP story was that the woman's lawyer took her case pro bono. How many of the masses being shunted through the police state's humiliation line can really afford a lawyer or the resources to mount a capable defense that will puncture through the state's illusion that they are just trying to protect people? I suspect that people with those resources aren't taken to court. A true social Darwinian, the state gains power from the weakest members of society.
This story shows we need to really get the word out to all potential jury members. The fact that Abbot, because she didn't like her daughter being molested, was persecuted by her own peers demonstrates that society is sick. Furthermore, every conservative needs to find out how prosecutors and District Attorneys get selected. We have got to find a way to get officers of the courts who are more concerned about the Bill of Rights than looking "tough on crime."
The officials who are "tough" are on the side of real criminals—the bullies in blue uniforms.


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Forecasting Oil Price Volatility
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Tests for the relative information content of implied volatilities vis-Ã -vis GARCH time series models are conducted within-sample by estimating nested conditional variance equations with returns information and implied volatilities as explanatory variables. Likelihood ratio tests indicate that both implied volatilities and past returns contribute volatility information. The study also checks for and confirms that the conditional Generalized Error Distribution (GED) better describes fat-tailed returns in the crude oil market as compared to the conditional normal distribution.
Out-of-sample forecasts of volatility using the GARCH GED model, implied volatility, and historical volatility are compared with realized volatility over two-week and four-week horizons to determine forecast accuracy. Forecasts are also evaluated for predictive power by regressing realized volatility on the forecasts. GARCH forecasts, though superior to historical volatility, do not perform as well as implied volatility over the two-week horizon. In the four-week case, historical volatility outperforms both of the other measures. Tests of relative information content show that for both forecast horizons, a combination of implied volatility and historical volatility leaves little information to be added by the GARCH model.
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