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#WalkAwayFromDemocratLIES... Reports are now that not only is Chuckie Schumer (and all the Far Left Groups) going to LIE about Kavanaugh re: #RoeVWade (Kavanaugh has already said he would uphold the Precedence - see: https://www.facebook.com/joseph.m.lenard/posts/10156176460929279) but they are now/also trying to rile up their Base for #MidTerms2018 by saying Kavanaugh will undo #ObamaCare - completely ignoring the FACTS/REALITY that it was a Kavanaugh Ruling/Opinion that SCOTUS Chief Justice Roberts (as many of us believe, improperly) used as a basis for his declaring ObamaCare/OCMandate Constitutional.
It is for the very two reasons Chuckie is attacking Kavanaugh that I believe Brett was actually the worst choice of the 25 on the list of 25. But, again, it doesn't/never STOP(s) Democrats from twisting what was clearly a compromise to/for their behalf into opposite-World SPIN (again, lying to rally their Base)! Chuckie can and of course will continue to SPIN REALITY cuz he knows his Base is too stupid and/or lazy to do any Research for themselves... You, of course, are NOT and can indeed look any of this up for yourself.
If it seems a bit schizophrenic to oppose Kavanugh (at least on these two issues) and yet call out Schumer for opposing Kavanaugh - it's really not, cuz I'm really just calling out Chuckies usaul MO of LYING!
I find it interesting that in order to prop up this pick, some Republicans are now going to Quote Chuckie Schumer and claim him as a reliable source! LOL (and, of course, the need to try and label anyone that criticizes the Pick cuz we wanted someone more Conservative as #NeverTrumpers cuz Deflection is their only recourse)....
Chuckie is lying in order to rile up his moronic Liberal base for the #MidTerms2018 (and some Republicans are willing to be useful idiots and repeat Chuckies nonsense), but in the end Liberals like Collins and Murkowski will affirm and Chuckie will also quietly give permission for a couple of Trump State Democrats to also Vote yes... Knowing, while he may lose on some other issues here and there, Chuckie protects the Liberal sacred Cow of RoeVWade with Kavanaugh. They will put on a Dog and Pony Show, again to rile up their base, but ultimately they are very happy to have Kavanaugh as the nominee over any of the original 22 Conservatives (Kavanaugh was 1 of 3 Moderates Trump later added to the list for just this occasion) on the list (and especially NOT Amy Coney Barrett (my #2choice) because unlike Democrat fake Christians, Amy is the real deal and why Feinstein went at her so hard during her Curcuit Court nomination hearing)!!!
If by a Miracle a couple other Republicans (other than Flake and Paul, if they stand firm on their word to oppose for far different reasons/concerns than either Roe or ObamaCare) join to defeat Kavanaugh and we can pick up a couple more seats in the USSenate (at such time Flake and McCain would both be gone and Collins and Murkowski no longer having VETO ability over a Pick) we then might get the real Justice the Left fears the most - Amy Coney Barrett named!!! BUT, AGAIN, as I said elsewhere, if he does get confirmed - he is indeed clearly leaps and bounds above any pick Hiltard would have made. And I'm with Brandon Hall (a Friend from/inMichigan) that I would have been "happy" with Kethledge (my #4 choice) or others that were pushing for Hardiman (my #5 choice of those named as the Final-6), but we got the worst of the 25 overall on the list (and worst of the Final-6) instead.
NEXT TO LAST, LET ME POINT OUT WHAT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS.... This is very likely to be a ONCE IN A LIFETIME CHANCE to FIX the SCOTUS to be Constitutional/Conservative Centric (there were many SCOTUS Rulings over the last Decade that Chief Justice Roberts (Moderating his otherwise more Conservative Personal stances) taylored "very narrow" compromise Rulings rather than actually takling some of the overal Braoder Issues (especially applying the 10th Amendment and Constittutionally limited Federal authorities/duties))... Now is NOT therefore the time to cave and compromise with Liberals (whether it be the RINOs in our own Party or attempt to placate a few Trump State Democrats (or worse, Chuckie Schumer)!! NOW is the chance for Trump to have demonstrated he is the CONSERVATIVE HE CLAIMS TO BE (which, IMO, really shows deep in his core he is NOT) and NOT a PLINO (ProLife InNameOnly) as many of us suspected (and demonstrates by not holding firm with a ProLife Justice as he EXPLICITYLY PROMISED DURING THE 2016 CAMPAIGN!!
Thank You very much for taking the Time to Read this entire Article (for those of you KIND ENOUGH to actually make it to this point) ;-) I greatly appreciate it... AND, LASTLY LET ME POINT OUT... and it is a shame I have to do this but I determine my positions based upon #PrinciplesNotPersonalities... I will never be part of any CULT OF PERSONALITY (many using the term: #TrumpCult -bending to match a POTUS (or any Elected Officials positions) just as many of us used the #ObamaZombie term for Obama's Cult followers) just cuz they have an "R" next to their name.... LIKEWISE, and on the other-hand, NOR am I about the succomb to outright HATE that some seem to have for Trump (Yes, I think as a Person he has many Character flaws and I can and do call him out on them) and be one suffering from #TrumpDerrangementSyndrome.... I can, will, do, decide each and every thing Trump (and all other Politicians, can't reiterate that enough) based upon the merits of each and every one of the separate Issues and the overall Pros and Cons (and how they fit with my staunch, Life-long, Conservative philosophy)!
To further expound upon these last points, cuz there will still be some folks who try to label me as either a #TrumpCult Blind follower or the other extreme of a #TrumpDerrangementSyndrome Fool.... Here are a couple of Links:
What I agree with Trump on: https://www.facebook.com/joseph.m.lenard/posts/10156138515289279
What I disagree/oppose Trump on (written prior to this Piece, there doesn't include my opposition to Kavanugh): https://www.facebook.com/joseph.m.lenard/posts/10156138579464279
Thanks Again - Take Care and GOD BLESS... We are in a FIGHT OF OUR LIVES TO SAVE OUR REPUBLIC, NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO BACK-DOWN/COMPROMISE (as each time we compromise with Liberals, the Nation is allowed to continue to move further LEFTWARD (see attached pic, in first comment to this post)).
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Do you use task groups? Many of the project schedules we see run to hundreds of tasks, and it's not uncommon to see project schedules with thousands of lines.
While it's great that projects are being planned in detail and that all these activities can be adequately managed, it's not easy to read a Gantt chart with several thousand lines. Sometimes you need a way of more easily showing how tasks fit together, either because you need to communicate progress to someone, or because you want to pull out the work that falls into a particular category.
That is where task groupings come in.
What is Task Grouping?
Task grouping is where you put related tasks together. Yep, it's that easy. You simply make sure that similar tasks, that are related in some way, appear together as task groups.
In its simplest form, think about writing out a To Do list and then highlighting related tasks in different colors. You might have a yellow highlighter for work to do with one project, a green highlighter to mark the tasks related to your team management activities and pink for personal tasks. That's it – you've created task groupings!
So why would you bother to use task groups?
What are Task Groups Used For?
Task groups are useful for lots of reasons. It's commonly acknowledged now that multitasking is not a good idea. You are more productive if you can be focused on one task, or at least one 'theme' of tasks – like invoicing – for a period of time. You lose focus if you switch between tasks that are unrelated, such as spending five minutes answering an email on a particular project issue, then updating your project schedule, then taking a call about a different project, and then typing minutes that relate to another project. It's better, and more productive, to stick to one type of activity. The more you can group your tasks, the easier it is to see what you have to do in that area and stay focused to get the work done.
It's not all about productivity. Task groups help you see the patterns in your project. If you group tasks together by the department responsible for them, for example, you'll be able to see which department is taking on the biggest burden of responsibility. This exercise highlights which teams are not doing so much to support your project. Perhaps that's fine. Perhaps you need them to be doing more and by grouping your tasks by department you've surfaced that challenge.
Task groups are also useful for reporting. They help your stakeholders see the bigger picture without necessarily needing to see and understand the detail. If you listed the progress of every task, your report would be huge. But if you stick to task categories, work streams, themes or whatever you want to call them, then they can get a feel for progress at a much higher level.
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The strategy you use for grouping tasks will depend on the software and process you are using. There are a number of different ways to group tasks. For example:
- By creating a work breakdown structure (WBS), showing tasks and their hierarchical relationships
- By resource, so all tasks being carried out by the same person or team are grouped
- By schedule position, so all tasks being carried out in the same time period are grouped
- By priority, with tasks of similar priority grouped together
And you can probably think of other ways that would make logical sense for grouping tasks on your projects.
You may find that you use different strategies for grouping tasks on the same project, but at different times. For example, you may start out with a WBS but need to group tasks by department for reporting purposes so that the resources in that team can easily see the entirety of work allocated to them.
If you consider task grouping on a large scale, what we are really talking about is program and portfolio management. Program management is putting together a group of related projects with similar outputs to deliver a common goal. Portfolio management is grouping together related projects and programs to provide an easy way to manage disparate activities across the organization. This is task grouping, but at a much bigger scale!
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Project management tools make it easy to create groups of tasks. Check how your project management software works. Primavera P6, for example, will group tasks based on their work breakdown structure elements on the project schedule. You can use reports to show different types of groupings, like tasks for a particular person.
If you use a project management tool, it's best to keep your groupings in that. While you could export to a spreadsheet and then add color to cells to show different groups, that's a lot of effort for something that could be far more easily managed from within your tool.
One very simple way of creating groups of tasks, even if you don't have expert knowledge of your scheduling software, is to create a main task (the group name) and then subtasks that cover all the activities that fit within that group. This has the added advantage of being able to roll up the subtasks into a single activity, to group at that level for reporting purposes.
If you aren't using scheduling software, you can group tasks together in folders on a shared network drive, or by ordering them together in a list. Even sticky notes on the office wall can show you tasks in groups!
Grouping Tasks in Microsoft Project
It is possible to group tasks in Microsoft Project and it's a very useful thing to do. Read more in our guide to grouping tasks in MS Project.
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Uber surge: Vacant C-suite could be huge draw
The hasty, forced resignation of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick opens the door for a big-name successor. And if CEO doesn't work out, the company also has openings for COO, CFO, CMO and general counsel.
Axios Business Editor Dan Primack, who got the scoop last night on the board revolt that eventually led to Kalanick's departure, tells me that one of the most mentioned names for the top job is Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.
- Why would Sandberg want this job? "It's a very large, transformative company, and you wouldn't be inheriting a team that may or may not like you. You'd be creating your own C-suite."
- More Primack: "It reminds me a little bit of fantasy sports. You could bring in all these great people to play. It's kind of a turnaround story: The product and the numbers are good, but the culture needs to change."
- Some of other names being buzzed about as possible Kalanick successors: Helena Foulkes, president of CVS pharmacy ... Jeff Immelt, former GE CEO ... Meg Whitman, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard ... Mark Fields, former Ford CEO ... Adam Bain, former Twitter COO.
- More names, from Recode: former Disney COO Thomas Staggs ... YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki ... former Ford CEO Alan Mulally ... Dave Clark, who leads Amazon's global operations and customer service ... former eBay CEO John Donahue.
- Hot quote: "When you're at war with customers, employees, service suppliers, you can't build up a business model and Kalanick was at war with everyone," Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer, director of the Center for Automotive Research at the University of Duisburg-Essen, told AP. "There is no business model in being at war."
Coming attractions: Tomorrow in Axios AM and in the Axios STREAM, we'll have a cool, flippable card deck assessing the top prospects to be the new Travis.
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American Fidelity shows how disaster recovery planning gets done
American Fidelity Assurance Company's number one priority is paying claims -- especially in a disaster. The company tests core disaster recovery plans twice a year.
Can you tell me about some of the disasters your company has weathered?
Everybody has heard of the Oklahoma City Bombing. We had to survive it. Then there was 9/11. Then there was the tornado that ran its finger down the city. Our executives are aware of the impact of disaster.
Things like the Oklahoma City bombing, 9/11, a tornado -- you may avoid it 20-30 years. Eventually you're going to get hit. But our biggest risk in DR isn't the big stuff. You lose a grid of power and you're out 72 hours. What is the biggest challenge of disaster recovery planning?
The basic principles and problems are the same as they were 30 years ago, but they're much more complicated and you have fewer people to deal with them. We intend to double our premium [to $1 billion] and reduce our expenses [1% per year] by 2010.
Companies don't address disaster unless they have several million dollars to address it with. We don't have a huge budget compared to some of the larger companies. Our IT staff is 175 -- it's not huge. So carving disaster recovery out of a smaller budget is really tough to do. How do you cover disaster recovery on a tight budget?
We have added incrementally to our disaster recovery plan --facilities, staff and technology. We're constantly in the process of assessing and reassessing. We find things that don't work and we fix them before the next test. Success might mean we can do 80% of what we wanted to do and isolated the 20% we couldn't. What kind of disaster recovery testing do you perform?
We run two tests a year, and after every test we make major modifications. Our DR staff consists of two people -- but 50 to 100 employees are involved in every disaster test. The tests are 40-hours straight, timed, with an IT auditor watching.
We don't replicate the entire systems in the test. We take what sustains the business and that's what we recover. Some things in our recovery plan don't come back up for two weeks to 30 days. It's not that they're not critical -- they're not the core of the business.
We actually have four hour objectives during the test. Every four hours, a member of the team reports on where we're supposed to be. If we're not there, why are we not there? We're in a forty hour timed event from ground zero. It's an objective for the business to be back operating within 40 hours. How much does full-blown disaster recovery testing cost?
Too much money. It's not just the 40 hour test with SunGard. I also have the disaster bunker -- running the servers and facility cost a lot. What is the cost of preparing for a test? Typical preparation takes my staff on and off a month. Analyst time, system analysts, executives, six months out of the year with meetings and test activity going on. What's the cost of all of that personnel time? I don't want to add it all up. We just consider it part of the cost of doing business. We have a [DR] budget of just under a million.
There are 139 disaster recovery plans put together to cover what we do. My operating procedures for disaster recovery are in three binders. It's great to have it online, but when you're down, what don't you have? Internet. [My employees] want it in their hands. They need something while they're doing the work on the computer. It has to be instantly available. Putting it on paper allows them to have it instantly. I carry a paper phone list with me. What if my cell phone isn't with me? What are some things people don't think of in disaster recovery planning?
One of the things we've added is to test the call list. We're going to call the entire chain of IS and all of the business units to make sure all of the phones work. I have applications that haven't failed in years. Has anybody ever called that phone number on there? If our systems are running correctly, that call list is untested.
One of our top priorities in a disaster is human resources. You have a disaster, the last thing you want to have happen is not to be able to take care of employees. During the Oklahoma City Bombing, a lot of people don't want to go back to work. Is food on the menu in your disaster recovery plan? You want to have a full kitchen, catered food service, television, copier and fax service.
It's exhausting to go through a disaster. Your executives and cash flow will wear out. There has to be great vision for a company to survive a disaster.
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Las Tres Amigas indicated in an earlier article that our January event was going to involve a mystery – and it is, just not what a lot of you expected!
We're having an "Under Wraps" Dinner and Mystery Auction on Wednesday, January 15 at Xaltemba Restaurant & Galeria in La Peñita. The proceeds will support student scholarships at Conalep through the Los Amigos de Jaltemba Scholarship Committee.
You will be treated to an elegant gourmet meal with a choice of menu (including a vegetarian option) and a complimentary beverage. This will be followed by our mystery auction, and it is just that – a mystery. We are asking everyone to bring a wrapped item, either new or used, and in good condition. Be creative in your wrapping, and maybe give a little hint as to what's inside to tease potential bidders. Professional auctioneer Dave Stevens is bound to rev up the bidding from the minimum bid of $100 pesos, and there should be a fair amount of friendly rivalry over many of the items.
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"Under Wraps" Dinner and Mystery Auction
Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Time: 6pm
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According to the US Small business administration, four out of five businesses started in
2016 survived their first year of activity, half of them survived at least 5 years and a third survived 10 years or longer. Not too bad seen from that angle.
It also means that 50% closed within 5 years of their existence. I am in my 3rd year of existence so I have already done better than 20% of the ones that started in 2016 and I surely hope to beat the odds and still be there passed 10 years of activity.
So, what did I learn out of this and how could this help you keeping your business running…. Let's check out the 3 golden rules for business survival that I have learned from my experience so far.
1) Ethics, the highest risk for failure
Everyone of us is fearful from something different in life. For some it is all about spiders, others about flying, some about unemployment or about not being able to get on food on the table. For me, it has been all about keeping a stream of clients for which I was happy to deliver services to. When doing a business model for your startup or for a new project, risk assessment is critical to understand the possible reasons for failure. In most cases, one would list items such as economy downturn, unable to hire the right persons, technology changes…. But I have not seen elements such as flawed enterprise culture or wrong partnerships.
The risk element of entrepreneurship is, on my opinion, intrinsically linked to the business behaviour of the person(s) running the enterprise. It drives the way business is discussed, agreed upon and conducted, independently of the business climate, product sold or the weather conditions.
The risk of engaging with customers or partners that will sink your business is quite high as the world gets more greedy and focuses on immediate growth, regardless of the quality of relationships and business sustainability. You can engage in questionable yet profitable business but your reputation how you apply a good code of conduct are the parameters that might save you for finding new good and profitable customers to keep growing.
2) Measure risks and enjoy life
I think that for all entrepreneurs and start-up fans, it has come to our mind the fact that we might just be so successful that money will flow in, high-life will knock at the door and, despite hard work, things will show up easy.
During a talk I had yesterday with another start-up person, we agreed that the focus of being your own boss or starting a business is first and foremost to enjoy freedom of action and, of course put the food on the table. Happiness and quality of life becomes a greater deal when you run your own business as risk assessment focuses more on the basics of supply for life (food, education, housing…) rather than on the pure success of a project as it would be if you are part of a large corporation.
The definition of risk, when running your own entrepreneurial business, is more about how sustainable the business can remain, how much of impact on the image of the yourself and the ones that might be related to your enterprise (including your family). This definition is somewhat different than the one that would be when you are part of a large organisation, where the risk is more related to the impact to the workload, technology roadmap or timing of a project. Financials are always part of the equation but, as an entrepreneur, my scale of risk for financials might be very different, possibly allowing to take more risks or testing an idea with less of a cost than if I'd be in a larger organisation.
3) Absorb information
Entrepreneurs, by definition, are geared to look at new ideas with a more passionate eye than an established professional person into an organisation. This quality is most valuable to avoid being stuck into a market segment or a geographic region. It is known that entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs, Elon Musk or Richard Branson have been touching more than one area of development, allowing themselves to diversify and, in some cases, connect the dots between radically different areas to make them part of a business ecosystem. As a freelancer and entrepreneur, I have been looking at different ways to expand by business, constantly evaluating new ideas, regardless if they are presented to me or if I wake up in the morning thinking "How about if….".
The power of allowing ourselves to evaluate, taking the time to investigate, allows a constant churn of gathered information to stimulate creativity and…. well… entrepreneurship. Of course, the risk one might get into is to be so spread across that one can't do all on its own. This eventual issue could also become the opportunity to "store" some ideas for a while till the right conditions arise and possibly, activate them for a successful outcome.
To do so, keep reading and documenting yourself. Use the internet as the window on the world to see what is next in technology, what are the needs coming up in the world and let your imagination do the work in connecting the dots to discover new areas of possible business.
4) Positiveness, your power for grit
Like always, there are ups and they are downs but your best way to keep focused on the success ahead is to reduce the influence of negativism that is currently gripping the world. My personal experience shows that if I open the news in the morning to check how things are going around the world, my positive attitude is ruined for a good part of the day. Takes me a lot of effort to get going and reverse my mood. Instead, if I start with writing articles or jogging down mind maps ideas about new businesses or get right into a client's project, my energy is significantly higher and it shows during the day.
Being entrepreneur means that one is capable of focusing on the building of ideas, making things happen. Positiveness allows to tackle the challenges at hand with an attitude of achievement rather than defeat or fatality. Grit is what makes entrepreneurs, freelancers and self-employed people the successful ones, and grit is fuelled by positiveness.
Is this just for start-ups?
Enterprises that foster in-house entrepreneurship are stronger than ever as creativity levels stay high and motivation to investigate new ideas is part of the company's culture. The challenge, of course, is to avoid spreading itself too far and ensuring that a good selection criteria is put in place to select the ideas that will help the company to differentiate itself in the market rather than lose focus and eventually, collapse.
As not all the employed population has the right level and willingness to be creative, companies need to promote those talented employees by creating an innovation ladder program, focusing on tapping on their energy for new ideas and rewarding the ones who's projects are successful. The trick here is not to turn a creative person into a high-end manager unless they want to, but instead to continue to recognise the creative contribution of those entrepreneurs in ways that keep them energised and motivated into their creative positions. That is probably the topic of a future article as this is many times underestimated and eventually, talented creators look for other adventures, outside of their current employment.
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Are you a start-up business with energy and a vision for success? Are you an entrepreneur in a large enterprise that has the mandate to make new ideas become reality? Or are you a self employed freelancer like me who continues to look for new ways to run the business and is passionate about what you do? Chime in, share your views and experiences, we all can learn from each other. Need help with your vision and business implementation? Let's talk and define the future.
About the writer: Flavio Stiffan is a business development specialist with focus on creating market expansion strategies supported by academia programs. He has implemented and managed alliance networks and is at the core of academia relationship management with a network of over 130 universities and 300 technology companies and distributors. For more articles, visit www.stiffan.eu or check out his profile on LinkedIn.
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The Top Ten Things You Haven't Heard about Preparing for a Hurricane September 17, 2008Posted by bookgoddess in Books, Reading.
Tags: Apocalypse Chow, book light, caffeine withdrawal, comfort foods, Daphne Nikolopoulos, dirty laundry, Edward Jones, flat hair, frizzy hair, helping others, hurricane humor, hurricane preparation, hurricane shutters, John Robertson, plucking, Storm Gourmet, The Known World, waxing
If you live in areas that are subject to hurricanes, there is a lot of good information out there about hurricane preparation. Your local newspaper or television station has probably published an excellent guide which you can pick up at the grocery store. If necessary, you will receive instructions from appropriate authorities about such matters as evacuation, shelters, etc. You certainly want to take all necessary precautions, remain calm, and stay in touch with media and loved ones.
However, it has come to my attention that some important areas of preparation are not covered by these publications and agencies, so I felt it was important to step in and help. Disclaimer: I have no qualifications in meteorology or emergency preparedness. However, I have "ridden out" six of the seven worst hurricanes to hit Florida in my lifetime, and I'm pretty sure you can increase your comfort level by considering some of my suggestions. (I'll admit that some of these ideas assume that you come through the storm relatively unscathed.)
- Wash your clothes, especially the personal items, in advance. You certainly don't want to be coping with dirty clothes during a power outage.
- Be sure to have comfort foods on hand. Unless there is a medical reason, this is no time to be on a diet. For example, I rushed out at the last minute to get Junior Mints before Hurricane Jeanne.
- And with reference to more nourishing food, you might want to check out the delightful hurricane cookbook, Storm Gourmet, by Daphne Nikolopoulos, or if you are a vegetarian, the hilariously titled Apocalypse Chow by John Robertson.
- If you drink coffee or tea, you need a way to have it or you may be facing one of those caffeine withdrawal headaches in addition to everything else. I make coffee ahead of time and put it in a thermos – this takes care of the next day. I have also used the canned and bottled products – did you know there are self-heating cans?
- Take care of personal grooming as much as possible ahead of time. I know – men often see such circumstances as a golden opportunity to grow a beard, but it's different for women. You only have limited control over flat or frizzy hair if the power goes out, but you will feel more like yourself if you attend to waxing or plucking or whatever in advance. Keep your fingernails short if you will be involved with shutters.
- If you are blessed with children, make plans to keep them entertained and calm. Reading stories and playing games during a storm may well become a fond memory for your kids.
- Think about what you can do without power. Anything you can do with your hands is good (I make jewelry, among other things) – and I would not want to be without a deck of cards and a book of crossword puzzles.
- Make sure you have some safe form of lighting, and most especially a book light! (See below.)
- Naturally this is a critical issue for the Book Goddess: You really must have something wonderful to read, and I would suggest an assortment of titles. You may want something light and entertaining, but I personally found that the slower post-Wilma pace was the perfect time to read The Known World by Edward Jones, a memorable Pulitzer prize-winning novel about slavery.
- This is really important. Find some way to help others. Check on friends, especially single and elderly people, and explore volunteer opportunities or make a donation. Some people will truly be suffering, and you may be able to help.
I hope most sincerely that you never need this advice!
All the best,
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It's all about passion for Randy Eastmond.
He wears many hats – music teacher, musician, producer, and artiste manager – and he believes his life would not be the same if even one of them was omitted.
For the enthusiastic musician, one passion led him to another and, luckily for him, they all tied into one. He gets to do what he loves day in and day out.
He started down the path of a life of music at secondary school.
"I started at the Combermere School where, being a member of the Barbados Cadet Corp and seeing the cadet band on parade, I wanted to be a part of that. I went to the officer in charge at that time and told him I was very interested in becoming a member of the band. I was given a saxophone and I was told 'this is the instrument I want you to play, go home and learn it'. I started to learn the saxophone . . . .
"I was also a part of the music programme within the school, doing music theory, and I was entered for the Grade One exam in first form. Progressing through the ranks of the band, I developed a deep interest in music at that time. I don't think I was as serious as I could have been because I was also involved in sports," Randy said.
Still very much interested in music, Randy found himself a part of a singing group.
"While in fourth form I was a member of a male a capella group called Rest Assured. We went to NIFCA several times and we won many awards at different points in time. We also performed on the local circuit in the hotels and at various private functions. After that, the band Electric was formed . . . ."
It was while going to various studios with the bands that Randy stumbled upon his other love – producing. Having no previous knowledge of the technical aspects of the studio, he was determined to learn.
"Going into the studio and seeing the recording process, that sparked another interest for me. I realized that I liked the process of creating music, so I teamed up with Chris Allman in Slam City and asked him about the process and what it entails and he told me 'it takes a lot of practice, a lot of time, effort and investment' and I said to him I really wanted to learn the craft. He told me I could come to the studio and learn what is required to do it. I already had the musical element but I wasn't a qualified arranger of any sort but somehow I knew I wanted to create music," he recalled.
"So . . . my mother helped me invest in a laptop at that time. I stayed home and played around with the programmes. My brother was also into music; he's a rapper, Ramon Cameron. We would stay at home and work on developing rhythms and beats and that's how that started for me. . . ."
"I would take some demo beats to Slam City, let him hear it and he would tell me I'm sounding good and I kept practising and honing the skill. He eventually introduced me to Anthony Lohar who was a mixing engineer. I decided that it was definitely what I wanted to do. There was an extra studio at home and my mother told me if I wanted to start a studio I could use the room. I invested in the basic equipment and once it was set up, my vision was that I would be the recording engineer for the band Electric."
Randy is now the proud owner of Quantum Sound Studios.
"At the studio we look to develop young talent, we seek them out and try to hone their skills and get their names out there, getting people to know them. We hope to continue recording and working with great artistes."
It was in 2008 that Randy discovered another passion.
"I started at Parkinson [Memorial School] as a music teacher and that opened another chapter of my life in music. It showed me that I had a vested interest in the development of children and their learning and understanding of music. In the same year, I was even invited to several youth conferences on culture and music in Ecuador, Canada, some Caribbean countries where youth were asked to offer policy recommendations for culture. That's just another chapter of my life that I find amazing," he said.
Speaking to Bajan Vibes after school, the music teacher said he has a special love for working with the young people and believes that he can make a difference.
"We started a school band and the band entered NIFCA three years in a row . . . We also have a Junior Monarch programme called Kaiso in the Pine, where we enter students from the school into the competition. Out of that competition came an album," he said.
And while all that may sound like a lot, it is only half of what Randy does. He is also band leader of Project X.
"It's a collaboration between myself and Kevin Sluggy Dan Watson and it is simply a programme which fuses experienced musicians with students coming out of Parkinson Memorial School or vocal students who Watson would have trained. Amber Barrow, a vocalist and keyboardist, she is part of the band. Matthew Trotman, a drummer, he is a part of the band. Both are 16 years old. They both had the opportunity to play at the Reggae Festival this year. They do several gigs with the band," the entertainer explained.
Randy is also the band leader for the House of Soca band, and has also played with the Junior Monarch and Party Monarch bands.
And amidst all that, Randy, who has two degrees, is still studying. He is currently enrolled at the Erdiston Teachers' Training College where he is in the Diploma in Education programme. One may wonder where he finds the time, but Randy told Bajan Vibes: "If you love it you simply have to make the time."
"You just have to make it happen. Music is my life. Music is what I believe in, it's what I love. And I intend to do it for the rest of my life."


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our relationship to food built entirely from nurture
and genetics? Is
there a spiritual or past life connection to how we
view our food, how we consume it and our fears behind
it? Could
we be acting out of response to something from our
your beliefs extend to the possibility of past lives
lived, then is it so far a stretch to consider that
our eating habits can be affected by these lives?
carry fears
and strengths through our lifetimes, experiencing
the events that will give us better understanding of
our journey as energy and Light.
the impact on our essence when we have lived a life of abject
poverty, we experienced a long and painful death by
starvation; watching family and friends die horrible
lingering deaths. It
would be no surprise that would impact on our current
relationship with food. It
would be no surprise if either end of the spectrum
were played out… for example – a starvation eating
disorder, or manifesting in obesity. Even
gluttony in a past journey would have an impact on us,
possibly resulting in learned behavior (overeating,
gorging) or in opposing behavior, self-starvation.
foods…foods that still contain enough energy to feed
the soul (as opposed to cooked foods...dead foods). Fresh
whole foods answer to the soul's need to sustain
itself on pure raw energy. When
we feed our bodies good raw fruits and vegetables, we
are infusing it with live food. These
foods are less stressful on the body than most cooked
and overcooked foods, and so allow our inner selves to
journey more freely.
and processed foods send our bodies into artificial
response and because of the enormous amount of work
required to process these types of foods, the body
doesn't get enough down time, enough calm. The
chemicals found in so many pre-packaged foods these
days, cause the body conflicting signals. Raw
whole foods give the body a full compliment of
nutrition necessary to good health and appropriate
you combine a look at your fears about food and the
quantity of overcooked and additive laden foods, you
can see the necessary steps ahead, to feel healthy,
joyous and in control of your relationship to food.
you want your body to process its fuel efficiently,
you must do two things. First, release
the fears you've
carried around about food for so long, and second,
begin to honor your body by feeding it raw food many
times a day. Raw
fruits, raw vegetables, good energy whole foods. With
a combination of the two, you give yourself the best
chance to live a healthy life.
allowing yourself to open to the possibility that past
lives impact on us today, you open one more path to
health and personal understanding. Weight
loss and diet control then become a process of joy
rather than fear or unknowing
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Dirac equation for curved space-time is solved in Cartesian coordinates giving a result which is contrary to the generally accepted notion in cosmology that space expansion does not impact size of atoms. The solution shows that size of atoms reduces in proportion to the square of scale factor in an expanding universe. Work of McVittie, who solved the same equation with a different result is reviewed, highlighting his mistake and why he got an incorrect result. As the result is completely counter-intuitive a correction to the Dirac equation for curved space-time is attempted, which is desired due to many other reasons as well. The corrected equation when solved, shows that size of atoms changes in proportion to square of scale factor. Same result has been reported earlier as well using Schrödinger equation indicating that correction proposed is in right direction. Gravitational redshift formula is derived using the new equation, which matches with general relativistic prediction. The new equation proposed in this paper is thus indeed correct Dirac equation for curved space-time. Validity of standard model of cosmology is questioned due to this discovery.
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Rather than ruin a perfectly good mailing list by clogging it with my own self-obsessed minutiae, I'll enter into the spirit of sharing with this recipe exchange with my friend Soulhuntre. This comes from my own Mockery in the Kitchen series, the acclaimed series of cookbooks which has earned me the accolade: "Flagg is the Martha Stewart of human suffering." This particular dish- Uncle Flagg's Deep Dish Despair – comes from volume six, entitled "Open Wide, Fucker". But don't stop here, make sure you visit Soulhuntre's Core Dump, where he is sharing a special cupcake recipe from his Oxygen Network cooking show "Essence of a Bastard- With Ken Soulhuntre"
Uncle Flagg's Deep Dish Despair
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature.
- 2 cups all purpose squalor
- 8 gallons denial
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 cups slander
- 1 cup deluded hypocrisy
- As much crazy as you can carry, if necessary, call a friend with a truck… you just can't have enough crazy for this one.
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon extract of self righteous
- 1 pound shattered hopes, thawed and drained of all future
- confectioners sugar for dusting; or just use real filth.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter a 5" deep pie tin, line bottom with filth, debris and anything you find on the street and can drag home. Butter wax paper, set aside, and forget immediately what you have done with it. In a medium bowl, whisk together denial, baking powder and slander; attempt to keep in ignorance.
- In a mixing bowl, cream butter and hypocrisy until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each, then beat in self-righteous indignation. With mixer on low speed, add denial mixture (have someone else find it.) mix until just combined. If you have difficulty, listen to no one who tries to help you, react violently to criticism. Batter should be as thick as cookie dough. Remember- nothing is your fault.
- Pour batter into dish, scatter shattered hopes over the top. Bake until your friends can tolerate you no longer. Pour all 8+ gallons of crazy onto steaming mixture… don't worry if it overflows, nobody can get enough of your insanity. Talk nonstop at oven, and anything else which wanders close enough. If anyone suggests that you might be accountable for your own problems, scream at them or simply argue some other, unrelated point.
- Serve on bed of squalor. Don't worry if you did it wrong… someone else will clean up your mess and you can take the credit for it.


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Although the average American citizen is not aware of it, the American criminal justice system is totally out of control. The years of the "war on crime" by American politicians have taken our country to the brink of being a police state. Most Americans don't realize how much our rights have been eroded and how powerless the average citizen is when they or a loved one is "caught up" in the system until it happens. Anyone who has had the misfortune of experiencing this first hand, either by themselves or a loved one, realizes two things:
(1) This is real.
(2) It is not a "conservative", "democrat", "republican", or "liberal" issue. It is simply the way things are in this country in the 21st century.
As criminal defense lawyers with a very active jury trial practice, we meet many people who are shocked at how much power the police and prosecution have in a criminal case. Simply being in fact innocent, or possibly only "at the wrong place at the wrong time" means nothing unless you are lucky enough to have experienced criminal defense lawyers who not only understand the system, but are very aggressive in the defense of clients.
Chuck Pekor and and the lawyers in his firm between them have tried over 200 jury trials to conclusion, in state and federal courts. Chuck is a former senior federal prosecutor, and Chuck also has a law enforcement background. This level of experience, combined with the firm's knowledge of the courts, prosecutors and judges, and their extremely aggressive approach to criminal defense means you will get the defense you need if you or your loved one are to survive your encounter with the criminal justice system.
As the disclaimer on this and all attorney websites says, we do not give "legal advice" in this site, merely general information about the legal system, and ourselves. Many "lawyer websites" contain lengthy academic descriptions of various aspects of the law.
We will only tell you here that if you or a loved one has been arrested, or otherwise had an encounter with the criminal justice system, you should immediately get competent legal representation. This bears repeating - get a good criminal defense lawyer AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. In criminal matters, time is critical - delaying in getting representation can make a huge difference in the outcome - and your life.
Again, without giving "legal advice", here are a few other pieces of general information useful to anyone ensnared in the American criminal justice system:
1. THE POLICE ARE NOT your friends if you have been charged, or are being investigated for, a crime. Do NOT talk to them until you have talked with a lawyer. The key thing to remember here is that it makes no difference if you are totally innocent and have committed no crime.
Remember, Chuck is a former law enforcement officers. Chuck also spent a number of years as a very senior federal prosecutor, and has been appointed a number of times to act as a special prosecutor at the federal and state level. We number among our clients and close friends many police officers, and have the highest respect for all law enforcement. However, the reality is that if you are a suspect or a defendant in a criminal case, the job of the police (or federal agents) is to charge and convict you. Get to a good criminal defense lawyer as fast as you possibly can.
2. If you have been stopped or pulled over for anything that goes beyond a traffic ticket, NEVER consent to a search of yourself or your vehicle. A very common police tactic is to just ask you if they can search you, your car, or even your home. The implication is "if you aren't hiding anything why not"? The problem is you never know who else has possibly left something somewhere that could get you into trouble. And as former law enforcement officers ourselves we hate to say it, but in recent years we also have seen more and more instances of police simply "planting" evidence.
3. It is unfortunate that American criminal justice has come to this, but even someone who has committed no crime of any kind is at risk if they have an encounter with law enforcement.
The cost of a consultation with us or other experienced criminal defense lawyers is almost nothing compared with the possible effect on your life of proceeding without representation, especially in these days of incredibly harsh sentencing. Especially in the federal system, infractions that might have gotten nothing but a small fine 20 years ago can now result in 10 or more years in prison, without possibility of parole.
The "bottom line" here is that if you or a loved one are facing this type of situation, your (or their) entire life is potentially at risk. If you thought you or someone you cared about might possibly be having a heart attack, what would you do? Obviously any responsible person in that situation would immediately seek competent medical help. An encounter or potential encounter with the criminal justice system may not be life threatening in the sense of "life and death" - but it could be life threatening in ways almost as serious.
Here are some more details about our criminal justice system, specific types of cases, and the way Pekor & Associates practice Criminal Defense:
Charles "Chuck" Pekor is a former law enforcement officer. Chuck is also a former senior Assistant U.S. Attorney who prosecuted many federal cases involving drugs, violence, and white collar crimes, as well as having served as Special Assistant District Attorney and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney by special appointment. Chuck and his frm know the ins and outs of the legal system from a prosecutorial and defense perspective. This unique knowledge allows them to take full advantage of protections and defenses provided by our legal system.
Criminal Defense
Chuck and his firm are aware of the stigma that accompanies many criminal charges. They are experienced in defending all varieties of criminal cases, both felony and misdemeanor. Below is a list of just a few of the types of charges that the attorneys often defend their clients against:
Armed Robbery DUI
Aggravated Assault White Collar Crime
Sex-based OffensesObstruction of law enforcement
Theft Crimes Domestic/Family Violence
Drug PossessionDrug Trafficking
Sex Crimes
Sexually-based crimes such as rape, child molestation, and sexual assault are very complicated and must be distinguished from other serious criminal matters. So-called "Internet Sex" offenses are very common these days. The media and the general public take special interest in these cases due to their graphic nature and particularly sympathetic victims. These offenses are so emotionally charged that they must be handled with precision from beginning to end. Ultimately, these factors make it extremely difficult for the accused to receive any sort of reasonable negotiated plea offer.
The victims
The vast majority of the accusers in these cases are women and children. (Although in the "internest sex" cases, often there is no "victim" because the defendant has been caught in s "sting" operation, and has unknowingly been in communication with a law enforcement officer.) Because of this fact, allegations of sexual offenses often draw a great deal of media attention and public scrutiny. The enhanced attention then compels district attorneys to allocate special resources such as victims' assistance coordinators, counselors, and special investigators to assist in the prosecution of these cases. In addition to what the district attorneys have so much invested in these cases in terms of resources, the district attorneys also might look to such cases as a means to achieve public recognition and strengthen their position as elected officials.
Presumed Guilty
Another characteristic of these cases that hinders the defense is the perception that nobody would lie about such a horrible thing. There is a widespread notion that we encounter with juries in nearly every sexually based case that no woman or child would lie about a sex crime because of embarrassment or the seriousness of the charge. However, there is no statistical data that can determine whether these cases have any more merit overall than any other classification of criminal case. Just as people will lie in armed robbery cases and drug offense cases, people will lie in these cases. The accused must be able to overcome the false presumption that an accuser is honest and the offense must have occurred because the accuser says so.
Child victims
Anybody who has children or has been exposed to children knows that children are impressionable, often seek attention, and have a tendency to exaggerate. These are just a few of the distinctions that can define someone's behavior as "childish." The fact that ten-year-old kids and five-year-old kids have completely different capacities for understanding a given situation and articulating what they have seen or been exposed to poses a particularly difficult problem for all involved. Unfortunately, it is as necessary to ensure that a child understands an adult situation as it is to determine what a child's perception is of that same situation. One can never underestimate the impact that fear and manipulation can have on a child's ability to accurately perceive an adult situation.
Aside from the perception that children would not lie about a sexually based accusation, there is yet another consideration concerning cases with child accusers. Children are by their nature very impressionable. They often seek to please adults and can have a tendency to answer questions in a manner they think that the adult wants them to answer. This phenomena makes it difficult not only to get at the truth of the matter, but even to get to the accuracy of what the child says took place.
The child accuser is also usually exposed to several adults ranging from parents to police to counselors who all wish to discuss the allegations for different purposes. While the counselor is ideally speaking with the child for purposes of medical and/or psychological treatment, the police and investigators are concerned with procuring evidence and statements to incriminate the accused. On top of all this, parents and other family members get involved for any number of reasons, some that are benign and others that are much more self-serving.
It is not unusual for allegations of sexual misconduct with children to be used as a tool in a contentious divorce or custody battle. Children might make false allegations simply for attention or as retribution against an adult they feel has mistreated them in some way. Unfortunatley and tragically, children are often convinced to lie about such things by a parent, to gain an advantage in a divorce or custody battle. There are no limits to the circumstances that can give rise to false allegations of sexual offenses.
Perhaps the most difficult factor in handling a sexually based charge with a child accuser is the Child Hearsay Act. This statute provides that:
"A statement made by a child under the age of 14 years describing any act of sexual contact or physical abuse performed with or on the child by another or performed with or on another in the presence of the child is admissible in evidence by the testimony of the person or persons to whom made if the child is available to testify in the proceedings and the court finds that the circumstances of the statement provide sufficient indicia of reliability."- O.C.G.A. � 24-3-16
This statute grants the court tremendous discretion in determining how and what testimony is admissible. The judge can virtually permit any number of witnesses to testify to what one child has said. This is an exception to the evidentiary rules concerning hearsay that would generally preclude such testimony in other types of criminal cases. While common sense dictates that no matter how many times a lie is told does not change the fact that it is a lie, the effect that repetitive testimony has on juries is both detrimental and undeniable.
Because of all of the above considerations, the attorney handling the defense of a sexual based charge must be thorough in his investigation and diligent in his preparation. Someone who is accused of an offense of this nature can do himself irreparable harm if he delays in seeking counsel or acts on misguided advice.
Statutory Rape
The reason that statutory rape is addressed separately from all other manners of sex crime is simple. Unlike nearly all other criminal offenses in Georgia, statutory rape is a "strict liability" crime. Strict liability means liability that does not depend on the intent to commit a criminal act. For instance, if a person takes another persons coat mistakenly believing it to be his own, then no crime has been committed. In such a case, the prosecutor would need to prove that the person who took the coat had the intent to steal a coat that did not belong to him and that it was not an innocent mistake. In fact, the prosecutor would have to prove this beyond a reasonable doubt in order to obtain a conviction.
In the case of statutory rape, all that a prosecutor needs to prove to a jury in Georgia is that an accused engaged in sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 16 years. No consideration is given to the fact that some 15-year-olds are more mature than others or that some 12-year-olds physically appear to be 27-years-old. This also means that factors such as consent and force hold no bearing or value to the defense of the charge. The underlying theory is that someone under the age of 16 is legally unable to give consent. In many cases, the resulting conviction can seem downright unjust and severe.
Take for instance the case in which a 25-year-old man enters a bar that does not allow anyone under the age of 21. The man is approached by a woman who appears to be nearly the same age as he is. She then orders an alcoholic beverage from a bartender who asks her for her identification. As she takes it out of her purse, he observes a birthdate on her i.d. that says she is 24-years-old. Later on in the evening, the young woman accompanies this man back to his apartment where the two engage in consensual sexual intercourse. A week later, the police knock on the young man's door and proceed to arrest him on a charge of statutory rape, advising the man that the girl whom he took home was in fact 15-years-old.
While it is clear from this example that the man had no intent to have sex with someone under the age of 16, or even 24 for that matter, he has committed a crime under Georgia law. All of the circumstances that suggest he was responsible on the night he took the girl home are virtually useless when it comes to his defense in court. All that the prosecution needs to prove his guilt to a jury is the fact that he had sex with the girl and that she was not yet 16 years old. Despite the fact that most jurors would concede that this law is not meant to target people like the man mentioned in my example, the fact that it does is no less tragic.
What might be more disturbing than the fact that statutory rape is a strict liability crime is the punishment that the crime carries. A person convicted of statutory rape is subject to imprisonment for a minimum of 10 years. If the person convicted happens to be under 21-years-old, then he is subject to imprisonment for a minimum of 1 year. Even this lesser punishment for those who commit statutory rape who are also under 21-years-old fails to do justice in cases where two high school children are sexually active and one is 15 while the other is 16.
Recently, there have been several cases in the media where there has been an overwhelming amount of evidence that a female "victim" of statutory rape not only consented to the acts but encouraged them. Despite the public outcry, these cases have not yet had any impact on the laws in this area. Further, because the laws in this area are designed to protect children, it is unlikely that the legislature will take action to change them anytime soon.
Though DUI is a misdemeanor that might be included in the above list, it is a charge that is pursued so thoroughly by law enforcement that it warrants its own category. The tragic loss of life that is attributable to DUI and media coverage has been distorted in such a manner that communities ranging from local to statewide have cast a net so wide that it commonly ensnares sober drivers who are wrongfully charged.
As a result of public outrage over DUI, drivers who are not intoxicated are often confronted with police officers who are so determined to arrest drunken drivers that almost any driver they pull over will suffice. Due to the level of public outrage, police officers never have to answer for mistakenly arresting a sober driver. These circumstances and the repercussions that a client faces mean that a charge of DUI requires a particularly informed legal defense. Chuck and Dan are diligent when it comes to investigating the facts of each case and keeping current on the intricacies of the law.


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My Mother Patterned Me After A Machine
I think my other patterned me after a machine. I'm getting addicted to this work I'm doing. It's pretty strange I don't know exactly how to explain it to you, but the feeling is like blazing through the days without having to worry about too much personal stuff.
I say this because back when I didn't have that much work to do, I would profusely complain about life, and I was more or less depressed about some things. Now everything seems like years ago and well, other than the heavy shoulders that I feel today, nothing else seems to be bothering me much except a few things, maybe.
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I already fear for Ghostbar, the top-o'-the-W-Hotel bar that opened last week. Tommy Lee was there Saturday--yes, he of Motley Crue andfailed back-to-school specials
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--by which we mean the 75 pictures snapped Saturday night by WireImage--the place is already starting to look like the deli section of your local grocery, as in cheesy. How can a guy have that many tats and that much sex and still look like a dork? Hey, for this the taxpayers forked over $150 million? Bad deal.Bad
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