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Every week the political discourse is becoming poorer and poorer. Now they are saying Sharad Powar has got Padma Vibhushan because the BJP wants him to become soft that in case of Shiv Sena withdrawing support in Maharashtra NCP could help the BJP to remain in power. It is a saddest comment anybody can hear. Sharad Pawar has a long political record, Padma Vibhushan he deserves on merit, not because he needs to be placated to support the BJP. But these are the times. Nobody can believe that this government can do anything straight. In case Shiv Sena withdraws support, it will be a sad day if the NCP support the BJP to remain in power. It would the most unprincipled sort of alliance like Mahbooba Mufti and BJP in Kashmir. But for the sake of a few ministerships or for the sake of convenience, anything can happen now-a-days.
Then, the heartening news is that the Supreme Court has refused to intervene in this cow slaughter banning. There is law in the country. In some states cow slaughter cannot be banned, because the majority of people like in northeast or in Goa are beef eater. Or even in states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, etc. local government will handle this problem; they will find it difficult, they can ban it but it is difficult to function because beef is a basic food of lot of people. We Hindus or people who are orthodox may not like it, but what's happened? They banned beef in Mumbai and now they have shifted all the international conferences to Goa. What kind of a joke is it? This is because you have to sever beef to the foreigners. One has to think through. The BJP has been elected with great faith as an anti-Congress sentiment, but I think they are realizing it's three years now that ruling the country of India's size and diversity needs much more maturity than this offhand and not fully thought out decisions. Let us hope state will handle it more maturely.
Then Donald Trump is passing order every day. American president is so powerful that the world takes notice. But let's understand that American President elected to sever America's interest not other country's interest. If he wants to deal with Mexico in his own way, if he wants to cancel agreements like PATA and NAFTA in his own way, he is entitled to do it. The course correction, he can go as he has got four years. And in America we have seen any president who comes cannot make a difference of more than 10 to 15 percent to the system because most of the systems are fixed. Obama despite his best wishes he could not get out of Iraq with U-turn, or he did Obamacare which is big thing and Trump wants to replace it with something else. But whoever is the president of America is work in the interest of America. He does not want terrorists, Muslim immigrants to come in he is entitled to do it. He wants American jobs to be protected and therefore India is frightened that H1 B visa will be reduced. It is too early to pass comment. He has been in the office hardly for one week. I don't know why so much commentary comes on him. We have to wait and watch. But whatever he does definitely we will have repercussion throughout the world. The big thing is how he behaves with China. If he really becomes hostile to china that will make a big difference to the world – trade, economy, everything. Let us wait and watch.


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Teinamarrie's Treasures
Teinamarrie Scuderi has been an Ally and Activist in the LGBT community for 25 years.
She started as a volunteer with the Campus AIDS Project through the Lowell Bennion Center at the University of Utah as a Freshman. She then became an HIV/AIDS Educator at the Utah AIDS Foundation and the Greater Salt Lake Area Chapter of American Red Cross.
She has been a volunteer for many events and organizations in the LGBT community through the years and has served on a wide variety of boards and committees; including though not limited to the following:
She was the Utah Chapter Chair of NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and for the Washington, D.C. Quilt Display in 1996 she was the Assistant Volunteer Coordinator for the Western Region. In 1992-1998 she helped with the Diversity Is Great (DIG) Awards and coordinating National Coming Out Day events in Utah.
She was on the Board of Directors for the Royal Court of the Golden Spike Empire (RCGSE) 1995 – 1997. In 1999 she received "The Excellence of the Spike" award through her efforts with the RCGSE. In 2000-2001 she was crowned as the first ever "Closet Ball King" for her drag performance as "Krash".
She was on the Utah Pride Inc. Board and Utah Pride Day Committee as the Volunteer Coordinator 2000 -2002.
In 2003 Teinamarrie co-founded Transgender Education Advocates of Utah (TEA of Utah) and led the organization for nearly a decade providing first ever state-wide education to families, businesses, law enforcement, government agencies, political representatives and schools on issues that impact transgender people in addition to coordinating statewide events for Transgender Awareness Month.
She was on the Utah Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Steering Committee 2004 – 2007/2008 – 2010. She wrote for the Pillar Magazine. She has served on Utah AIDS Foundation's Walk for Life and Oscar Night Gala committees.
She has helped coordinate various events for World AIDS Day. She was the Volunteer Coordinator for the Don't Amend Campaign in 2004. She served on the Public Safety Liaison Committee since 2003 and as the Civilian Co-Chair from 2008-2011.
More recently, in 2016 Teinamarrie was the event coordinator for the Utah Gay Wedding Expo and assisted Michael Aaron, the shows' producer, on the day of event for 2017.
She was elected to and has served on the Board of the Utah Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce since January 2017. Within the chamber she also serves on the Education Committee, Events Committee, Internal Review Committee, Membership Committee, Safe Zone Committee, Nominations Committee, and is Chair of the Ambassador Committee.
In addition to the majority of the above, she also actively competed in the Miss America Pageant from 1991-1996. She was in the Miss Salt Lake County Royalty in 1996 and her platform focused on HIV/AIDS Education (in a time it was not popular to do so – she did it anyway, because it was the right thing to do). And she continues to follow her heart.
Her employment career includes working as the Assistant Office Manager for Utah AIDS Foundation, Bookstore Coordinator for the Greater Salt Lake Are American Red Cross and Projects Coordinator for UCASA (Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault) where she coordinated events for Sexual Assault Awareness month statewide.
In 2002 Teinamarrie met her soul mate, Rev. Christopher T. Scuderi. In 2007 they were married. Together they are an amazing team. Since 2011 she has been assisting Rev. Christopher in his ministry, Universal Heart Ministry. In 2016 they were unanimously selected for the Utah Pride Day Present Icon Award. In 2015 Teinamarrie started Teinamarrie's Treasures, which encompasses many of her passions including assisting people achieving their goals through her Success Club and Soar to Success programs.
If you can't tell she is highly involved, has always been and will always be, and that was just the short list! She is passionate about serving the Chamber and continuing to assist in its growth as a premiere business chamber of commerce in Utah.


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By Namini Wijedasa | Lakbima News
If the long-suffering Tamils that gave evidence before the LLRC at these two venues are to be deprived of having their story heard by those who want to hear it, have any lessons been learnt at all?
'Incarceration' of information
In post-LTTE Sri Lanka, archaic laws are repeatedly invoked throughout the government sector to prevent essential information from reaching voters. Take a recent example - President Mahinda Rajapaksa's visit to New York. Ideally, journalists should not have to beg for information about this luxurious pilgrimage (as it has transpired to be for most).
How many were on the president's delegation; what business did each have to be on that delegation; where were they accommodated; was a flight chartered to fly them there or did they take the cheapest travel options; how long would they stay there; and, crucially, how much does the visit cost the tax-paying public. But none of this information is volunteered while raising these questions does not get a journalist anywhere.
In the absence of a vibrant opposition, we are left to depend on disgruntled persons within the government apparatus to leak the facts. And spiralling state control of the public sector may soon put an end to such 'impudence'.
During the difficult period of the conflict, all manner of information was withheld from the public on the pretext of it being "sensitive" and "harmful" to either the war effort or the country. In many cases, it was neither.
After the war, vast categories of information continue to be controlled. The overriding concern appears to be that the release of such information will cause voters to disfavour the government and must therefore be religiously hidden. For example, it remains impossible to obtain accurate data about public expenditure and state deals or contracts.
Pointless exercise
But some of the government's actions in this regard simply make no sense. Take the repeated confiscation of The Economist by customs authorities each time it publishes a story on Sri Lanka that may seem critical of the Rajapaksa regime. Customs sends it for approval to the Department of Government Information and it is, more often than not, released to the public albeit late.
Two issues of The Economist, however, never made it to the market this year. The May 20th newspaper contained an article called 'Putting the Raj in Rajapaksa' that described how President Rajapaksa had put himself in control of 78 government institutions following the UPFA victory in parliamentary elections. "Reconciliation takes a back seat as a band of brothers settles in," it said. The May 27th edition published an editorial titled 'Don't ban Ban' that said foreigners should press Sri Lanka's government to accept a UN inquiry into the war.
The confiscation of the newspaper was reported by major international news organisations. The last time this happened (when customs delayed distribution over an editorial that criticised the passing of the 18th Amendment) the story even made its way into the daily press briefing at the UN headquarters in New York.
If anything, it is unnecessary — indeed, nonsensical — to detain a print edition of an international magazine when the content that the government finds objectionable has already been disseminated via the internet. Each time The Economist is confiscated, the sensitive content is more widely circulated through email, read on internet sites and debated.
None of the articles or editorials contains anything the Sri Lankan public don't already know. It is doubly ridiculous therefore to hear Keheliya Rambukwella, government spokesman, say: "Sri Lanka has no official censorship but any material that comes to the country triggers a threat in terms of national security and the country's sovereignty may be held for a couple of days. That is the government policy."
In the end, this pointless exercise only leads to extensive negative publicity for the government despite most detained issues being eventually released.
North still taboo
Then, there is this question of permission to cover the north of Sri Lanka. This is particularly irksome to foreign journalists or to journalists working for foreign news organisations based in Sri Lanka. Reporters from local media institutions do not seem to face the constraints they do.
From conversations with a variety of journalists attached to international media (both here and abroad), it was learnt that authorisation is still required for anything beyond Omanthai. Once an application is lodged, the modus operandi is to give the applicants such a run around that they either quit or agree to rare chaperoned tours. The latter come complete with a pre-arranged programme and handpicked interview candidates. Even in this post-war era, the government refuses to entertain anything but propaganda.
Travel to Jaffna, Mullaitivu, Kilinochchi or any other part of the north for the purpose of reporting needs defence ministry consent. Even a simple story on de-mining would require permission. One visiting journalist found that defence ministry approval was necessary for a story about fishing off the east coast. Another asked permission to cover elections in April and gave up after deducing that the okay would never come.
And the BBC discovered in early September that the defence ministry would not grant it authorisation to cover public hearings of the LLRC in Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu. Another leading international newspaper tried for several weeks to obtain defence ministry permission for the same event but was sent from pillar to post before cancelling its intended visit.
This is not only bizarre — given that these were public hearings — it is a gross injustice to the innocent Tamils that gave evidence before the commission. Deliberately blocked from the process, international media were forced to scavenge for scraps of information from local newspapers.
The LLRC was intended to be an exercise in accountability artfully designed to keep the international community at bay. The government should have encouraged the participation of foreign media in Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu. Instead, the authorities ran scared. Apprehension over information that northern Tamils may hold seems to guide media policy even now.
Not that there is any declared media policy. Reporters are merely left with the bitter emotion that they are being sent around in circles. There is a general feeling, especially among visiting journalists, of not knowing what needs permission, who grants permission or what the set way is of applying for permission. "We were never turned down," said one reporter, asking to remain anonymous. "Our requests were held up and we went back and forth."
There is no published list of areas to which travel would require defence ministry permission. Would, for instance, a reporting job in Mannar need prior approval? Could you go to Batticaloa and film freely? Are all areas of Trincomalee open to foreign journalists? "You could be turned back at any point and there is nobody to take responsibility," said another reporter, also on condition of anonymity.
A visiting Japanese photographer was turned down permission in August to use the A9 road for travel to Jaffna. He tried his luck on public transport, was detected at Omanthai and turned back. He returned to the Media Centre for National Security and applied for permission. He was told he couldn't travel through Wanni but could fly to Jaffna. He ended up being escorted around the peninsula.
So, what stories in the north are taboo to foreign journalists and why? Writers and photographers recently taken by the Central Bank to an official event in Kilinochchi were prohibited from taking any photographs between Vavuniya and Kilinochchi.
Sometimes applications lodged with the Media Centre for National Security seem to disappear into thin air and there is no number that a journalist could call to track progress. There is certainly no guaranteed timeframe within which permission is granted.
You could wait forever, as one international reporter put it. And certainly many of them have been. It makes the government seem more insular than ever at a time when there is so much to say for openness and so little in defence of such mystifying restrictions.
"Journalists not permitted into certain places": Director - Media Centre for National Security
Lakbima News asked Laxman Hulugalle, director of the Media Centre for National Security, about the procedure for granting permission to journalists to report in the north.
"Media who asked at the right time were given permission," Hulugalle said. "Apart from a couple of technical problems, we have allowed all foreign and local journalists through. Only thing, they also have to understand that if they send me a letter at 3.30 pm or 4 pm and ask for permission to travel the following day, I won't be able to give. But if they follow procedure and send in time, there is no delay... nothing."
"Yesterday, I got a request to go to the north without a proper date and without people who are going," he continued. "Because of that, I had to request them to send names and exact date."
Hulugalle added, however, that journalists are not permitted into "certain places". Asked why the BBC was not granted approval to cover LLRC hearings in the north, he said: "I also heard about this but I was out of the country for one week during that time so I don't know if there was a delay."
Hulugalle said journalists were free to travel to the east although they "could not go into camps and interview soldiers and various other people".
For the sake of clarity, he explained that all applications have to be lodged through him. "They are sent to the ministry of defence through me," he said. "I have to recommend. Generally it takes about one working day or two. They can always send an email or something. We have no policy of preventing any journalist but if any organisation who has harmed the integrity of Sri Lanka asks, we have an inquiry. For instance, if Channel 4 wants to come again, we have to think twice."
There is no point addressing letters directly to the secretary of defence or other officials in the defence establishment because these are returned to MCNS for approval, he said.
© Lakbima News
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Sri Lanka: Get lost, media
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Top US business leaders express keen interest in investment opportunities in Sri Lanka
Business executives from a variety of industries, including the aerospace and defense community, the hospitality and tourism industry, and beverage industry attended the luncheon held at New York City's Helmsley Hotel. Executives from the Coca Cola Co., the Boeing Co., Google, Hilton Hotels & Resorts and Starwood Hotels & Resorts were among the nearly 100 Business Leaders, Analysts, representatives of Chambers of Commerce and Industry present at the occasion.
Amidst his busy schedule President Rajapaksa mingled with the American Business leaders meeting and greeting each person individually and requesting them to focus new interest in Sri Lanka as an investment opportunity.
Members of the US business community shared the view of a key representative of the pharmaceutical industry giant Pfizer Inc., that "This forum has the potential to grow into a US-Sri Lanka business council to bring together companies and government." "Companies like Pfizer want to invest in emerging markets like Sri Lanka," the Pfizer representative said, noting that the business luncheon allowed corporate executives to meet government officials and Sri Lankan business leaders. "It is a great way to start a dialogue," he said.
The Keynote Speech by Prof. GL Peiris, Minister of External Affairs Sri Lanka, said Sri Lanka boasts an economy with strong fundamentals - a market poised for continued growth and international investment. Noting the nation's promising economic future, Prof. Peiris said "Sri Lanka is today, without any exaggeration, one of the world's best destinations for investment.... We are on the threshold of an economic renaissance in Sri Lanka.''
The Sri Lankan delegation's visit to the United States comes as the nation enjoys remarkable economic success during a global downturn. Sri Lanka's per capita income more than doubled during the past five years and the International Monetary Fund recently upgraded Sri Lanka to "middle income emerging market" status.
Ms. Esperanza Gomez Jelalian, executive director of the Asia Department at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, noted the Chamber's support for Sri Lanka. "We are firmly committed to a working relationship between our countries," Ms. Jelalian said
After video presentation that focused on the new opportunities for investment with peace, and a stable government, the participants were apprised that as the second-fastest growing Asian economy after China, Sri Lanka now looks for additional development of the nation's infrastructure, including its roads, ports, energy sector and water systems.
The booming tourism industry in Sri Lanka is expected to continue growing and the expansion of hotels and related development in Sri Lanka is needed to match growing demand. Those present were reminded that Sri Lankan tourism industry received a huge boost early this year when The New York Times named Sri Lanka the No. 1 one place to travel to in 2010, with similar accolades from the National Geographic and other leading travel publications.
Prof Peiris hailed what he saw as an "Economic Renaissance in Sri Lanka where opportunities abound for Foreign Investors"; he identified wide range of areas in tourism alone, such as Eco-Tourism, Health Tourism with the search for cures closer to nature as found in Ayurveda, and Spiritual Interest, manifest in the Buddhist traditions in the country. He also saw the possibilities that are available for value addition in the agricultural sector, bringing Sri Lankan agricultural products to the threshold of the western markets, and the vast untapped resources in the fisheries sector.
Emphasizing the remarkable success of the Sri Lankan economy after the undoubted defeat of terrorism, Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga said a clear example of the buoyant economy was the fact that although it had taken one year since the end of the conflict for the Colombo Stock Exchange, among the best performing bourses in the world, to reach the first trillion rupees in market capitalization, taking just nine months to exceed the second trillion, with foreign investors contributing much to the rise.
The US Business Leaders were also able to interact with the 15 member Sri Lankan Business Delegation that was also present in New York.
© Defence.lk
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Sri Lanka's CID summons propaganda unit head of main opposition
Colombo Page
The CID has summoned Samaraweera to the headquarters on Tuesday (28) at 10:30 a.m.
Samaraweera has told the local media that the CID wanted to record a statement from him regarding some posters that were put up by the party to protest against the 18th Amendment to the Constitution.
According to Samaraweera, a CID Inspector had gone to the UNP headquarters Sirikotha, and left a message and had later contacted him and asked him to come to the CID headquarters.
The case regarding the controversial posters was earlier investigated by the Mirihana Police and was later handed over to the CID.
Samaraweera has already claimed responsibility for designing the posters and placing an order to print them at a press at Delkanda in Nugegoda. The controversial posters depict President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the former military dictator of Uganda, Idi Amin and a god with six heads stamped with images of the President's brothers and sons.
© Colombo Page
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Either stumbled across, or from people I know…ya, I have this bad habit of saving them :-)
"Heh well, technically the picture is always upside down since the light hits your eye, which inverts what is actually there. Its a cool aspect of evolution that has allowed us to align our perspective of the world with the direction of gravity, despite the fact that its not the way the world actually is." -Don't remember! Found on Slashdot of all places.
"My lack of enthusiasm could not be contained."
"Her expression, though perplexed, was not perplexing." (http://www.jonathanvangieson.com/)
"To err is human; to admit it, a blunder."
"If all this should have a reason, we would be the last to know."
"HOT PACKET ON SERVER ACTION! Click here for FREE ACCESS to streaming video of dirty packets penetrating badly-configured firewalls!!!"
"They will give a permittivity value in the datasheet, but this is based on a theoretical calculation only. If they quote it as being more than about 90%, you know they're talking bul*cough*it." -M*
"Some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue."
"No man is worth a woman's tears; the only one who is, will never make her cry"
"The true measure of a man is how he treats those who can do nothing for him."
"If you try to fail and succeed, which have you really done?"
Stubbornness we deprecate,
Firmness we condone.
The former is our neighbor's trait,
The latter is our own.
"Know what I want? A coffee mug with a picture of my coffee mug on it."
"There is no nice way to enforce patents any more than there is a nice way to rape people." – argoff
"without nerds, the world would be a nerdless place"
"Save sinners! They can be redeemed for cash prizes."
"you're the kind of girl i'd dream about if i still had dreams."
"All is fear in love and war."
"He could sell a ketchup popsicle to a lady wearing white gloves"
"When we ride on trains she'd be happier knowing I had designed it, I'd be happier knowing she'd built it. We don't ride trains much. We know too much."
"guys with boobs…kinda make me wanna laugh and cry at once" – me
"The best way to get rid of worries is to let them die of neglect."
"We made beautiful music for a few hours. Beautiful music being the sound a bag of socket wrenches in a dryer makes. " – Seen on craigslist
"Get even with those who help you."
"The world needs more t-shirts with molecules on them." – JR
JR : I think my sanities are starting to run away.
Me: sounds like it's time to chase after them with a pointy stick
"To label someone a sinner is the same as labelling the person an air breather."
"There was a NEJM article about how to detect cocaine packets.
That now are manufactured, wax covered capsules that you are supposed to swallow to conceal.
And are in theory a lot safer than the double wrapped condoms of yore.
Just think, if you're using cocaine it's probably been through someone's digestive system.
Mmm, brings a new meaning to 'ass crack' " – JR
"haha.. Yes it gets hard to make sure i leave enough time for everything. Ive found if i dont sleep i get an extra 8 hours each day for free" – Some hacker guy
F*: im happy for yah
Me: me too… I just hope it lasts
F*: just dont let her get away
Me: haha…that sounded…stalkery
JR: Hmm, I think I thought up a new pickup line by accident.
JR: Can't wait to use it, need only 6 more years…
JR: "You really should see a doctor about that swelling."
"Discussion….isn't that a cure for cranial swelling?" -me
"when i was little, i could hear a high-pitched sound whenever a television was on anywhere – even if the volume was turned all the way down and I was in the next room. nobody else i knew could hear it so i thought i had something wrong with me"
Na*: ann t******, wellesley student, dies in tragic smore making studybreak accident
Na*: in annes memory her smart and nice roommate na* who wasnt even there at the time because she was volunteeringat the local blind and death school dance has planted a tree in annes honor
Na*: and has started the ann t****** foundation to educate young women on the dangers of smore making and prevent accidents such as this
Na*: i wish it was me instead of her says na*
Na*: rucquia the fire cheif will speak at the funeral service
Na*: anns parents are suing the jet puffed marshmallow companies for not putting a warning on the bag
JR: Ok, YOUR alarm cock isn't going to be ringing at 6AM
JR: *clock!!
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"Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable." — C.B. Luce
"You can chase a butterfly all over the field and never catch it.
But if you sit quietly in the grass it will come and sit on your shoulder."
"Psychiatry: It's all fun and games until someone loses an I." -me
"Malfeasibility study: determining if your latest scheme is underhanded enough to be profitable." -me
"Sorry I'm late…What are you doing? Where are you at?" -GJM (meeting me at his place, but got stuck on the T)
"Oh, just at your place, chatting up your wife…" – me
"Seriously dude, don't touch my wife." -GJM
"I can't believe that slick bastard…his boys got him off." -JP (commenting on the recent Michael Jackson trial)
"I thought that's why he was in court in the first place." -me
"I've never heard of a 9AM booty call before" -ER (after overhearing a marathon session of loud sex by a roommate Judy)
"Ya…I don't even know if they have a name for that. You know, like a nooner, or Afternoon Delight…I don't know what you call a morning booty call." -me
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A blisteringly hot day in mid-July would have been the ideal time for our trip to Skeg. Sadly, the fixture gods came up with a cold damp afternoon in late April for Baston to make the (very) long trip east for the first time since 2008. Finally, a return to the home of underage drinking, whack-a-croc and the dustiest donkeys you could ever wish to pat.
Hawk drew the short straw at the pub and was subsequently placed in Smiler's car, spending the entire trip with his head poking out of the sunroof. Upon arrival at the ground, the boys were very shocked to find the car park crammed full of cars. Excitement that we might actually have an audience was quickly dampened - they were just there for the beach.
It wasn't difficult to spot the difference between the big town club and village side. While Skeg warmed up with fielding drills and bowling practice, Big Dave was onto his third fag and Smiler had turned up with something akin to his personality – a giant fruitcake. No-one knows why.
VSM in good form
At the toss, Skeg skipper Brant ruined the initial illusion of being a decent bloke by landing the coin on tails and sticking the visitors in. Clearly desperate to escape the lingering smell of fish and chips, debutant opener James Tickler (3) was out early, chipping to mid on. Liam (13) replaced him and started very well, before getting carried away and getting out to one-too-many big shot for the 195th time in his Baston career.
Liam with a trademark smash for four
At the other end, VSM was going very well, knocking the ball around nicely and punishing a fair amount of guff. Ben (11) was bowled around his legs, bringing another debutant Andy Burrill to the crease. After cleverly giving the illusion of being clueless by whooshing at his first couple of balls, Buzzer soon started to push the scoreboard on with some lovely clean hitting.
There was a significant amount of "town-talk" on the field, most of it from the mouth of dropped first teamer and general BTC "Big Norm" Brackley. Happily, the significant amount of gobsh*te only spurred VSM and Buzzer on, their 50 partnership came in no time and suddenly Baston had a base to build on.
Burrill with a solid 29 on debut
After being smashed in his first couple of overs, Brant was starting to bowl well and generate some quick turn down the Skeg slope. The pressure told, as VSM (69) pushed back a return catch after Buzzer (29) had perished to a rare mis-timed drive. The middle order weren't able to capitalise on the opportunity given to them by VSM and Buzzer - Adam (5), Keeno (9) and Don Long (1) all falling quickly.
However, after a quick drop of holy water on his poorly groin, VSV Neil (15) provided a decent boost at the end, smashing a few boundaries behind square on the leg side. VSV was finally last man out, falling the same way as Big Dave (2) before him, castled by the returning Sylvester. Overall, a decent performance to put on 169, and something for the bowlers to defend.
VSM (69) with back to back 50s
A very nice lasagne and garlic bread was provided for teas, much to the delight of everyone but Liam (shock) who doesn't like lasagne or garlic bread. The rain that had been threatening all day appeared briefly during the interval. It's not very often your opening bowlers warm up by pushing the covers off, but needs must, as the hosts clearly didn't fancy it, and were onto their 3rd helpings of lasagne.
2008 old-boy Redgard opened up for the hosts alongside reformed scoreboard-puncher Elsom. Skipper Hilless started well, regularly drawing the play-and-miss from both openers without finding an edge. After abandoning his initial plan of bombarding the openers with rancid long-hops, Keeno decided to pitch one up and produced an absolute ripper to bowl Redgard for 17 – just 3 runs less than his 2 overs cost. The keenest man in Baston soon had another one, thanks to a divine diving catch from VSV at square leg. The scorebox was quickly locked up until Elsom was safely back in the pavilion.
Fed up of good deliveries not getting wickets, Adam finally got one with some short slow rubbish that the Skeg number 3 inexplicably missed. Any hopes of a big victory soon began to diminish though, as Brant and Sylvester put together a chanceless 50-run partnership, knocking all the bowlers around tidily.
The game turned though with the introduction of tin-boy and general irritant, Hawk. Bowling with control and carry that belied his 9 years, Hawk made the breakthrough, removing both the set batsmen – Benny and James (sans boy-band jacket) taking solid catches. Don Long picked up his first wicket, claiming Thomas chest-before-wicket. The game was firmly in the balance at 130-6 with Skeg requiring 40 runs in around 10 overs. The key to victory for Baston lay in removing BTC Brackley, who was showing signs of taking the game away, launching a respectable Don delivery for a massive six.
Hawk 3-22
The defining moment came when the BTC flicked a Hawk delivery into the leg-side for what looked like a certain boundary, until Adam pulled off a stunning, one-handed, diving catch. There was initially little reaction as no-one could believe quite what they'd just witnessed from their skipper, who had shelled an absolute snipper the week before.
Once the euphoria had dissipated, Don was quick to wrap up the Skeg tail, Liam and Hawk taking simple catches, giving Baston a hugely credible 27 run victory over the town boys. The lads enjoyed a pint on the balcony amid a football card controversy. Hawk was eventually indebted to his tin as he escaped 4 separate muggings for his £10 winnings on the way out of Skeg.
After the game, the skipper had this to say:
"A really impressive win for lowly Baston today. Smiler and Andy batting really well. Their partnership was a huge bonus as I only put Andy at 5 because he scares me a bit."
"Hawk was brilliant today, he's definitely earned another bowl next season."
"I'm not really sure what all the fuss is about the catch. I do it every week."
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Before I share my knowledge of everything I know about sex in Thailand let me tell you about how it came to be that i ended up living in Thailand having sex with hookers doing nothing but hanging out at Pattaya beach and Bangkok while I keep waiting for something to happen to me.
If you';;re a little apparent about going to Thailand don';;t worry I know what the people are going to say back home that you just want to go out and bust a nut on a buch of Thai whores. Truth is you might be looking for love in Thailand or you might just be looking to get scored.
It doesn';;t cost much to have sex in Thailand with a Thai whore well in the beginning anyway you might even find out that in the long run having sex with Thai hookers can really be something that can get way out of control on the expenses.
Thai girls are expert manipulators and will make you believe that they are in love with you but really all they are looking at you like an ATM machine.Keep your guard up in thailand because lots of stuff can happen to you that you don';;t even really know what';;s going on.
I once had a Thai hooker say to me that she knew what was going on but really she had no idea that all i was doing was paying for sex. I didn';;t want a girlfriend in fact i';;m allready married and going back to american because I don';;t have enough money to live in Thailand.
Sex in Thailand is easy to find
If you';re thinking about a sex tour or a sex holiday to Thailand then you should concider that it';s one of the easiest places to get laid in the world. Seriously! I';d never had so much sex in my life until I came to Thailand. Even though sex is available everywhere in thailand doesn';t mean that it';s open either. Thai people are still a repressed people and actually being sexual in Thailand is frowned up so is showing your skin.
Just because you can';t openly discuss sex in Thailand doesn';t mean you can';t express your sexuality. In Thailand you are free to and as most people do express your sexuality. You probably know about ladyboys but there are also Toms Gays and Dees. Toms are the butch lesbians and Dees are the lipstick lesbians. Gays are normal and you can find anything you want in Thailand
How much it costs for Thai Hookers
There are three types of Thai hookers
- street hookers
- shop hookers
- private hookers
Yes there are bar girls (shop hookers) there are beach road girls in pattaya (street hookers) same on suhkhimvit road in Bangkok and you have escort companies (private) and various girls on dating sites (private). So as you can see we';ve broken down the thai hooker into those 3 categories.
Street Hookers in Thailand
The lowest of the low in Thailand street hookers are misfortuned and out of luck, lots of young Thai girls who can';t yet work in a bar (legally have to be 20 to work the bar) so they end up working the streets since they can';t go anywhere. Usually these girls are not alone there is someone out there looking after them as well.
Bar girls Hookers in Thailand
Bar girls are in the same class as go go girls even if one shoots a ping pong ball out of her or not. They all work in a shop and most are always hanging out till the end of the month so they can get paid and life can continue on as normal for them sending money back to home, chatting on skype to some guy in England so that he';ll send over some money as well.
Private Hookers in Thailand
There are plenty of escort agencies in Bangkok and some of the other tourist areas as well. There is also what is called sideline girls these girls are concidered paid bangs for the night or few hours. Entertaining if you have the money to spare
How to get free sex from a Thai Girl
Lots of guys have asked me this questions since i';ve been living in Thailand for 10 years now and the simple truth is nothing is for free. You can still get laid spending absolutely nothing provided you';ve met the girl before but usually it might cost 40 baht or so to get it happening this is because you need to make Thai girls comfortable with you.
Many Thai girls have never even been with a Farang (foreigner) before so they continue to be pretty much scared about the whole deal. Thai girls arn';t easy in the fact that if they are scared you have no hope. So it';s often better to be able to speak Thai fluently let them eat whatever they want to eat and be as nice as possible. These are the ways to a Thai girls heart and into her legs.
What you want to do when you first meet a Thai girl is give her a small little present. In Thailand this is a sign of your intention. If you';ve never met the girl before put your phone number in there and it may attact her better. You can find good girls at malls i suggest you go to the perfume section of the central malls because the girls are hot and guys hardly ever go in there to pick up. The girls love it and it';s easy to pull free Thai sex from them.
Online Dating Sites in Thailand
If you arn';t online dating in 2013 then I don';t know where you have been for the past 10 years because it';s been all the rage and no signs of letting up. Can you believe i even met a Thai hooker who was internet dating. Actually let me rephrase that I met Thai hookers yes that';s right heaps of them fishing on the Thai dating sites. How amazing is that but you might not be after a Thai prostitute but looking to find a good Thai girl.
If you want a nice Thai girl then I suggest you seriously invest some time and money into online dating sites. The Thai dating sites are really good especially one called Thai Love Links which is probably the best dating site that I';ve ever used in Thailand because it has the most girls and the photos of the girls that live in Bangkok are amazing.
Dating in Bangkok online is a lot of fun you can literally have a date lined up every single day, until the weekend comes and you';ll find yourself overwhelmed with girls that you';ll come up with all these excuses why you';re not able to meet them turning off your phone. This is the kind of problems sex tourists have in Thailand and to a fair extent Sexpats I think someone named it.
Final Thoughts on Sex in Thailand
In all honesty Thailand gets a bad rap as the words largest brothel because it';s not really as bad as the media make you think. You can live your life day in day out and not even see any of the prostitution that does go on. It';s out of the way a little bit even though the ladyboys stick out.
I remember one time I took my new girlfriend down to Pattaya and we decided to walk along the beach. It was a few days later that she commented on how many people are hanging out at the beach and we should hang out there too. I then told her that all those women "hanging out" underneath the coconut trees are in fact Thai prostitutes waiting for some guy to ask the preverbial "how much?".
It was cute to see her brain working for a change but it just goes to show that even Thai people are ignorant of what the sex scene in Thailand is like. Me i';ve seen it all and done it all. From thai brothels to karaoke parlors and gclubs so expensive you';d fall over if I told you how much you actually spend with membersihps to these and soapy massage parlors.
Thailand is however one of the most amazing countries i';ve ever visited and i';ve been all over the world. Even if you';re not looking for a sex holiday to Thailand there are still so many awesome and wonderful things you can do in this unbelieveable country that you must buy a plane ticket as soon as you can and make the most adventure amazing trip of your life. Me I';ll be here somewhere in Thailand having sex with as many hookers as i can find.
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"We are fed up with it, we are fed up with it" or "We are able to change it" were the chantings in the city of Berlin last weekend. 22,000 people came together and demonstrated from the main train station through the government district to the Brandburger Tor against polluting agriculture in Germany and its consequences for health and nature.
A sunny sky, the sound of many tractors, clashing lids, drum roll, great costumes and funny songs and slogans put everybody in good spirits. Environmentalists, concerned members of the public, animal rights acitivists and a lot of farmers vented their anger about agro factories, intensive mass animal farming, dumping prices and genetically engineered products in our food, feed and on the fields.
The protest was very creative and colourful - a diversity all participants also wish for our agriculture and food production. "Meat and milk - climate killer No.1", "Biofuels kill", "No GMOs, no pesticides, no toxin in our food" were some of the slogans.
Young people also demonstrated against the overproduction and the food waste: "Every tenth loaf of bread ends up as waste". Greenpeace folks from all over Germany travelled to Berlin to support the Greenpeace volunteer group in Berlin which demonstrated.
Over 80 percent of the Germans don't want genetically manipulated organisms (GMOs) on their plates. Most GM crops ends up as animal feed. And animal products like milk, eggs and meat do not have to be labelled if cows, chickens or pigs were fed with GM-maize or GM-soya.
Now the European commission wants to open the animal feed also for non-approved GMOs in the EU. The rally on Saturday shows that people are simply not willing to put up with this. Agriculture is an issue that affects everybody. It threatens our natural resources, farmers' livelihoods, our fresh water and healthy soils, climate change and conservation of the rain forests and last but not least it threatens our food.
-- Stephanie
Take Action: You can support the call for an EU moratorium on GMO crops.
Find out more about the Greenpeace agriculture campaign.
Stephanie Töwe-Rimkeit is a campaigner on agriculture for Greenpeace Germany
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tyI am not for GMOs, but I am not for Organic food either. I don't think food should be grown in animal manure and trash (compost).
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The winner is life, for the time being.
She beat me to the ground and defeated me yesterday when she took not only my love from me, but also my passports and laptop.
On the train, my backpack got stolen by a professional thief.
I was traveling to Alexandria to take a flight to Italy for a new job. But that did not happen.
Life has decided not to let me follow the direction I was taking, why! I don't know.
Today I am in double shock, One the woman I love is gone, Two I am now an alien. No ID. No Passports. No Laptop. No Birth Certificate. No Nothing. Nada.
Spent the whole day at the police station filing a report while the flies and the heat toyed my emotions further.
I lost a lot of money and my tooth brush.
What am I to do with you life?
Are you testing my grit! I have none left, if you'd like to know, I am now beaten to the ground and unable to pick myself up.
But I am lucky to say I am still alive, healthy and well.
I am now officially at rock bottom with a blue tick next to my life ✔
Now I am starting from ground zero; I have no identity but I will get up. It will take a while but eventually I will lead the pack.
No need to feel sorry, because I am now emotionless.
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Community College announces that Thomas E. Mazerski has joined the College as
the new director of Miller, Resources for Entrepreneurs. Miller, a service of
Carroll Community College, offers access to affordable resources and expert
support to help entrepreneurs successfully start and grow their business.
Miller assists with personalized planning and training, and connects small businesses
to community resources to help them start, grow and thrive.
his new position, Mazerski will consult with Miller clients; develop educational
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and the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) to coordinate small business
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Community College is pleased to welcome Mr. Mazerski as the new Miller
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brings extensive experience in corporate and small business development, and in
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recently, Mazerski was a senior consultant to corporations, providing advice
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telecommunications, and wireless communications industries. Mazerski also has
over 20 years of experience teaching Economics at Frederick Community College.
individual usually starts a business because of an idea or a passion, but many entrepreneurs
underestimate what's involved in getting a business off the ground," said Tom
Mazerski. "When I started my first company, I didn't know what I didn't know
especially when it came to accounting, marketing and the legal requirements. I
learned the hard way, and because I had to learn all the pitfalls as I went
along, I want to give back. I want to take all my learnings and help brave entrepreneurs
and small businesses get started and grow."
are so pleased to have a new director with the caliber of experience which Tom
Mazerski offers," said Vice President of Continuing Education and Training
Karen Merkle. "In his role, it is vital that he work in partnership with the
SBDC, the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce, the Office of Economic Development,
the Carroll Tech Council and other local business organizations and owners to
coordinate resources and expand referral networks. We look forward to the great
opportunities ahead for Carroll County's small business entrepreneurs and
existing business owners."
first official Miller event is the upcoming "Get Business Now! Conference &
Procurement Fair that will be held at the College in the Bollinger Family
Conference Center (K100) on Friday, March 16, 2018 from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. This event is free to the public and includes
lunch. To register go to www.carrollcc.edu/getbusinessnow or call 410-386-8100. The Honorable Boyd Rutherford,
Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, is the keynote speaker. Other speakers include
Skayl, LLC, Creative & SURCH, the Special Secretary of the Governor's
Office of Small, Minority & Women Business Affairs, and Meridian Management
Group, Inc. The Procurement Fair provides the opportunity for small businesses to
meet with State and Local procurement officers, including the Maryland
Department of General Services, the Maryland State Highway Administration, the
Maryland Transit Administration, and local banks, among others.
holds an M.S. degree in Economics from the University of Baltimore in
Baltimore, Md. He has a B.S. degree in Economics from UMBC in Catonsville, Md.
He and his wife Deborah have live in Mt. Airy for over 30 years and have three
adult children.
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Carroll Community College offers academic and career
preparation leading to transfer to four-year colleges and universities, and for
direct entry into professional opportunities. Personalized learning, small
class size, individualized attention from expert faculty, affordability, a
convenient location, and customized training and services to the business
community all make Carroll a popular choice. Since 1993, the College has served
more than 130,000 students of all ages and backgrounds. Carroll Community College
is located at 1601 Washington Road, Westminster, Md., 21157. Visit us on our
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Praying Advent 2 (The Bible Collect)00:00
It's the second Sunday of Advent, so here's the second Advent Collect:
BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.This week's Advent prayer is all about the Bible – we pray for ourselves as we come to God's Word, and we pray for the Word to do its work in us.
1) Scripture is written for us
Our Blessed Lord has 'caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning'. He inspired the Scriptures for us. That means, when we read the Bible, we're not doing God a favour. Bible reading is something that we do for God, rather, the giving of the Bible is something God has done for us.
2) There's a right way and a wrong way to 'hear them, read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them'
We pray the very famous words in this collect that we would 'hear them, read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them' in a particular way. That means that there's both a wrong way and right way to approach the Scriptures. The particular way that we're praying to approach them here is the way by which 'we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life'. So we're not just looking to Scripture as great literature, or even as spiritual encouragement. We're not looking to it as principles for living. But we're looking to Scripture in the way that leads to eternal life.
But still, that's not quite clear enough yet to tell us which way is that right way. For Jesus told some who were looking for eternal life in the Scriptures that they were still approaching them in the wrong way. 'You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.' (John 5:39-40). The Scriptures won't lead to eternal life unless we come to Jesus through them. That's why we pray to the Father that 'we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ.'
3) The Word is necessary
It is by 'the comfort of [God's] Holy Word' that we embrace eternal life in Jesus. And so that means we need God's Holy Word. We need the Bible, because it proclaims Christ our Saviour to us. We need the Bible because only through the Scriptures do we learn the gospel. We need the Scriptures because they take us to the Saviour.
4) The Saving power of the Scriptures is found in Christ the Incarnate Word
The Word of God has saving power. 'Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of Christ' (Rom. 10:17). We are 'born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever' (1 Pet. 1:23). But it's not some sort of magical property of the written down words to zap us into faith and new life. No, it's Christ, the Incarnate Word, in whom the saving power of the Scriptures is found. The Bible proclaims Jesus and takes us to Jesus and Jesus saves us and gives us new life, eternal life, in Him.
[For the Collect for the First Sunday of Advent, see here.]


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2010 Subaru Impreza prices announced
The Japanese automaker Subaru has just announced pricing for the 2010 Impreza lineup. Prices for the fun to drive all wheel drive four and five door models will start at $17,495 for the 2.5i version that comes equipped with 5 speed manual transmission and will go all the way up to $34,995 for the top of the line factory hot rod STI version that comes with a turbocharged and flat four cylinder engine mated to a six speed manual transmission. Whereas the sporty boosted WRX will go on sale starting at $25,495 for a standard model and rises to $27,995 for the more luxurious WRX Premium.
The Impreza 2.5i, 2.5GT and Outback Sport models add a stylish new grill and an attractive new exterior color called Camellia Red Pearl is available exclusively on the 2.5i and 2.5GT versions. The GT models are powered by a 2.5 Liter intercooled turbocharged Boxer engine that produces 224 HP equipped with an Active AWD version of Subaru's Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive System.
The high-performance 300 HP WRX STI which will be back for 2010 as a hatchback only model will feature the same boxed fenders and black alcantara trim complete with red stitching to dress up the interior as last year's model.
Press release after the jump.
Press release
Subaru of America, Inc. has announced pricing of the 2010 model year Impreza line-up, including a new Special Edition Package available on the Impreza 2.5i Premium.
Pricing for the Impreza model, which set a sales record in 2008, begins at an unchanged $17,495 for the 170-hp 2.5i with Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive as standard. (All 2010 Subaru models feature new Symmetrical AWD badging.)
Impreza blends fun-to-drive performance, safety, and functionality with Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive, making it an unmatched value in the compact segment. As well as receiving the highest possible ratings in IIHS crash tests, and being listed as 2009 IIHS "Top Safety Pick", the Impreza also scored NHTSA five-star crash test ratings for frontal impact for both the driver and front passenger, a five-star rating for the driver side impact, and a four-star rating for the rear passenger side impact.
The Impreza 2.5i Premium is reconfigured for 2010, with pricing starting at $18,495 - $1,000 less than the 2009 model.
Impreza 2.5i, 2.5GT and Outback Sport models add a stylish new grille and an attractive new exterior color Camellia Red Pearl is available on 2.5i & 2.5GT models. GT models are powered by a 224-hp intercooled turbo Boxer engine and teamed to standard 4-speed automatic transmission and Active AWD version of Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive.
The value continues with the introduction of the new Special Edition Package that includes power moonroof and fog lights as well as the All-Weather Package. The Impreza 2.5i Premium with the Special Edition Package starts at $18,995.
Bluetooth hands-free cell phone capability is now standard on 2.5i Premium and WRX Premium models with the navigation system.
For 2010, the Impreza Outback Sport model adds Paprika Red Pearl/Steel Silver Metallic and a new two-tone exterior color, and retains its starting price of $19,995.
The performance-oriented 2010 Impreza WRX has a starting price of $24,995, again unchanged from last year and is available exclusively with a 5-speed manual transmission. The All-Wheel Drive Impreza WRX features a 2.5-Liter DOHC inter-cooled turbocharged engine delivering 265 horsepower, a new exterior side sill, 225/45 R17 lower profile summer performance tires, 17-inch alloy wheels, an Aero Package, WRX upholstery w/red stitching and WRX logo on front seats, leather-wrapped steering wheel and red stitching, and STI type grille w/WRX badge. The Impreza WRX 5-door model has the same features as the 4-door, plus a rear spoiler and has a starting price of $25,495.
Pricing for the high-performance model WRX STI, which for 2010 features black alcantara trim and a black center console with red stitching also remains unchanged at $34,995.
Destination and delivery for all 2010 Impreza models is $695 (excluding Alaska).
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Sweet. It is almost priced the same as to my favorite competition for it. The Lancer Evolution and the GT-R. Anyways, sometimes price just don't matter. If you will be buying a sports car, buy the one that you like most regardless on how affordable the other choices mayb


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How to Build a Social Selling Program that Scales [Case Study]
August 24, 2015
As a Marketing and Communications Manager at Microsoft, Phil Amato grew the company's social selling program from 15 sellers to 3,000+ and boosted productivity by 38%. We interviewed him to share his secrets for building a program that scales—here's what he had to say.
LI: What was your inspiration for the social selling program?
PA: It began with our Social Command Center—a community management hub where we centralize all our social handles and engage with all of our consumers. We found that consumers were really active on social and wanted to hear from Microsoft as a brand. That's great for B2C, but what about B2B? That's when we started looking into LinkedIn and Sales Navigator. We needed something that wasn't going to require a whole lot of startup costs. Most people have LinkedIn accounts and profiles. There was a lot of value up front, and we were able to leverage who our sellers were and the existing power of their LinkedIn networks.
LI: How did the program begin?
PA: We started from the ground up with a pilot program of just 15 people selling Microsoft Azure. Since Azure was a new product at the time, we were selling it a little differently. Instead of assigning them accounts, this incubation team had to go find their own customers, so they were always looking for new ways to prospect and break through with new accounts. They were the perfect group for a program like this.
LI: How did the program grow from 15 people to 3,000+?
PA: It happened organically. Our team of sellers had tremendous passion and saw tremendous results. They started to tell all of their friends, "Hey, go talk to Phil, he can give you a Sales Navigator license for LinkedIn." We got so many requests, soon managers reached out to get on board, then mid-level managers, and it organically worked its way up the chain. By the time it made its way up to the executives, we had a group of rabid users and overwhelmingly positive results. Everyone agreed to scale up the program with more infrastructure and executive support behind it.
LI: How did you ensure the program scaled successfully?
PA: The coaching and support model we built was extremely crucial. Yes, we're providing sellers with this great tool, but we're also giving them guidance and coaching on how to specifically leverage social to transform their sales business. We made sure the support was completely scalable, so no one slipped through the cracks. On the back end, we also built out a support infrastructure in Dynamics CRM. This allowed us to create a consistent experience and onboard any seller in any region at any time.
LI: What's been the impact of the social selling program?
PA: After six months, we did our first extensive ROI analysis. Since social selling impacts almost everything a seller does, we looked at correlation with overall productivity. We found that engaged social sellers were far more productive and generated 38% more new opportunities than the traditional sellers. The numbers speak for themselves: the more engaged a seller is with Sales Navigator, the more productive they are. This series of small actions of looking up people's profiles, sending messages, sharing content, and engaging online all accumulate and add up.
LI: What's your vision for the next year or two? What can Microsoft achieve?
PA: We want to transform the sales force so that everyone is a highly engaged social seller with the ability and resources to take advantage of the tools provided to them. A sales force that's socially active and engaged can also be a focal point to tie sales and marketing together. If we provide relevant content that they share online with prospects, everyone's telling the same story. When sales and marketing can work together like that, it makes Microsoft more successful.
Click here to download the full version of Phil's social selling success story.


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Why do our cute loving babies have to turn into s***-heads? Not to sound too harsh, but seriously, why do they? I miss the good old days when my son used to love me, snuggle with me and think I was better then ice-cream. Now it's mom can I? Would you? Give me? and the inevitable "I hate you!" and "You're the worst mom ever!"
Now these exclamations aren't an everyday occurrence, but they are often enough to make me reminiscence about the "good ol' days". I try so hard not to turn into my mom or dad with the "You don't know how good you got it and the when I was your age". But damn kid! You seriously don't know! Most of the time I can stay calm and do my best to be the adult. But there are times when the 7 year old in me wants to just get down on their level and battle!
I seriously understand and appreciate those old Calgon commercials on a whole new level.
It's funny in a way because the behavior we start to except from our children we would never take from our peers. Could you imagine if you told your friend they couldn't borrow your computer and they threw themselves on the floor screaming and yelled "I hate you! You're the worst friend ever!" We would probably smack them across the face and tell them to get a hold of themselves. But our darling children pull this same crap and we just say to ourselves, oh it's just a phase, they'll grow out of it, they need to express their feelings etc. Forget that! They need to get their spoiled butts up to their room and clean it, and do some laundry while they are at it!
A few months ago I went to the open house at my son's elementary school to hear information about the new Common Core curriculum. At first it sounded okay. A few of us parents wondered at the new terminology for simple math terms, but figured we could handle it.
What started to bug me and some of the other parents was the "standards" that HAD to be met at each grade level. I for one feel that every child is an individual and learns in different ways and at different speeds. How could we possibly group all children together as one and expect the same result from every child?
Now I know public school has its limits and I as the parent must do my part to give my child a well-rounded education(which I think I do). But what the hell am I paying over $8,000 a year in taxes for? A new system that wasn't tested? A system that we the parents, who foot a good part of the bill, were never consulted on?
After speaking to other parents and teachers from other parts of the country who have already been using the Common Core, it seems this is more about a standard for teachers and not really about the kids. It is a way to grade teachers on their results. It has also been said that it gives school districts a way to fire teachers even if they already have tenure.
If a teacher does not have a certain percentage of students in the 3-4 range (3=meets grade expectations 4=above grade expectation) they can be fired. I know of several teachers that are now stressed about the pressure to get good results. How is this benefiting our kids? Now I know my son is smart, but I also know he does not do well with pressure.
My husband and I have spent well over an hour with our son on homework that probably should only take 15-20 minutes each night. But that's what our son needed to have a good outcome with the work. At the end he was happy and proud of the work he had done. If we had pushed him to get it done faster, it would have been a disaster.
I know that most of our teachers are doing their best and we have great ones in our school district, but I feel this Common Core crap is going to hurt both our students AND our teachers. I know I am not the only one concerned about this, check out the meeting minutes from the New Paltz BOE here.
So It's been 14 years since I've been single and yet here I am in my early 30's dating again, who would have guessed? Since right before my daughter started Kindergarten,I've entered the new phase in both our lives known as Play-dating. It can be just as tricky navigating the playdating world as was when you were trying to find your mate. Sometimes you'll meet a family where you love the parents, but the kids don't get along or the kids are thick aS theives but you find yourself watching the clock because you have nothing in common with the parents. But one day the stars align and you meet the perfect playdate family. This happened to me on Hannah's first day of Kindergarten when I inadvertently met our family's playdate match in heaven while interviewing a woman for an article for Hudson Valley Parent at Hannah's Kindergarten open house.
Besides our kids being the same age, in the same class, living just around the corner from us and having sons roughly the same age, my husband and I really get along with the parents as well. So being the Discount Diva I just wouldn't be me if I didn't identify the top seven ways playdating saves you money.
1. Your House or Mine? Either answer means that you can skip the trip to Jumpin Jakes or Chuck E. Cheese or the plethora of other kiddie entertainment venues that are ripe with sick kids. So you save money by not going out and the money you would have spent on cold medicine and doctor's visits.
2. Less Travel means less gas. Hopefully your child is friends with someone who lives fairly close by. If your super lucky like me, they might even live within walking distance eliminating both the money needed for gas and the need to strap your kids into the car.
3. Snacks are cheap or free. You can save a ton of money both on hosting or attending playdates. You can buy cheap snacks at Aldi or your choice of grocery store or you can get out your cookbook and enlist your little chefs to help you whip up a yummy treat for your guests for very little money. You can bring snacks to your playdates or just reciprocate by hosting next time.
4. New toys!!! Often my kids just aren't interested in playing with their toys, but invite some friends over and it's like Christmas day all over agin. They take new interest in their toys and while at their friend's house they get to play with toys they don't have at home. New toys, games, and activities that'll keep your kiddo's busy for hours are usually just a phone call away.
5. Mom-dates. Just as you save money by not having to take the kiddos out for some entertainment, especially on these cold winter days you also don't have to go out to dinner or shopping to have some great adult entertainment. If you get along with your child's friend's parents you can have great adult conversation while the kids are playing and in our case end up getting invited to parties as well.
6. Baby-sitting swaps. If your kids get along really well and if you've built up trust in the parents over time you could take it to the next level in your "play-dating" relationship and agree to swap babysitting services, saving both parents money on babysitting and giving each family a parenting night off.
7. Mom-networking – priceless! You never know what great new knowledge, experience or even goodies can be gained when moms get together. You want to know if that latest and greatest toy lives up to the hype, need someone to watch your child in case of a 2-hour delay from school, or don't want to spend good money on halloween costumes next year – playdates provide great networking opportunities to share. You can swap toys, clothes or shoes. You can carpool to the town pool or playground. You're only limited by your imagination. And if you're really lucky maybe a playdate can turn into lifelong friendships between families.
What's your experience with playdates? Feel free to share.
Here we go!
My first post.
Hello world out there!
An introduction to me: Most people write something here like: "I am a working mother of two" but that doesn't come close to defining who I am. I don't think anyone can do that in just one sentence. So I will try to do it in a few sentences, ha! So here we go. I am a crazy, fun, bitchy, sometimes irrational woman. I grew up in a hippie/divorced household and moved out when I was about 16. I like to live in a grey world of balance where nothing is black or white. I have two amazing, annoying, spastic, wonderful children who keep me constantly learning and growing as a human being. SO there it is in a few sentences.
I am currently the art director at Hudson Valley Parent magazine and really love my job. After seeing our other great blogs I decided I'd give it a go. I will do my best to give an honest and fresh perspective on parenting that will not be your typical "fluff" blog. Hopefully you will enjoy and commiserate with me in all the joys, heartache and madness that is being a mom.
It's no secret that we're living in tough economic times so I wanted to share with you my top five tips to save money on groceries. I hope you find them helpful.
1. Know what you want to spend. Take a stroll back through your bank statement and tally all your grocery expenses from the past month, whether they were purchased at a grocery store, pharmacy, farmers market or convenient store. Now that you know how much you might spend in a given month, it's time to decide how much you want to spend. It's so much easier to save money on your grocery bill if you have a goal budget to work from. I set a goal of $500 a month for my family of four so that translates to $125 per week on groceries. By knowing my goal, I was able to keep focused on what I was buying and for how much and I came in at about $40 under budget this month.
2. Know where to shop. Not every grocery store has the best price on everything so it's worth your time to figure out which stores have the best prices on what your family uses most. I'm not suggesting you drive all over the county to save fifty cents on bread. That would be crazy with the gas prices as high as they are. However if you can find a few stores all relatively close, you can save big bucks by knowing what they all do best. Here's what works for me. Aldi is an amazing deal on staple items: bread, milk, cheese, frozen juice, some fruits and veggies, etc. Note: Keep in mind it's predominantly store brands, only takes cash and debit, not credit and bring your reusable bags and a quarter for the cart. Then I usually hit ShopRite for their weekly loss leaders (these are sale items used to lure you in so you can buy more expensive items) if it's something I can use, especially if I have coupons which turn a sale into a steal. Some items that I can usually get for a song are laundry detergent – I never pay more than $1.50 a bottle, toothpaste – always free with coupons and sales, feminine hygiene products – free or $1 each, cereal – with sales and coupons I can stock up for $1.50 a box or less, etc. Also don't forget that ShopRite has some great pharmacy freebies like free prescription prenatal and children's vitamins, certain antibiotics and some diabetes medicine. Then up here in Sullivan County we have these tiny little hardware stores called the Trading Post. The one in my town is also a small grocery store. I know it's weird right. But while everything else tends to be expensive they have the best meat prices around. I can usually get 10 meat products for roughly $30-$40. So it pays to know which stores provide the best prices on which types of items. Then if you can coordinate them all into one trip it'll save on gas. I start with the store furthest away and work my way back home.
3. Avoid impulse purchases. Here are a few tips to avoid impulse purchases which eat a huge chunk out of your grocery budget. If at all possible shop alone. It's helps to be able to focus your full attention on the task at hand. You're more likely to throw extra impulse items like sweets and treats in your cart with the kiddos there begging for things at each aisle. My husband is also seriously prone to stocking a cart full of junk food or specialty items that will hibernate in my pantry till I get sick of looking at them and throw them out. So I like to go it alone. If you have to take the kids I suggest rewarding them with a small treat like a candy bar at check out if they agree to help you stick to your shopping list. I also like to skip the junk food aisles entirely unless there is one particular thing I'm looking for. Out of sight, out of cart. Ok it's been said to death but it's true, make a list and stick to it. But before you make your list do an inventory of what you have. I often get extra items because I think I'm out but as it turns out I'm overstocked on that item so it's good to know what you don't need as well.
4. Plan for leftovers. While watching an episode of Chopped on the food network that was dedicated entirely to making new entrees out of leftovers my husband said, "You'd be great at this. You're the queen of leftovers." If you don't plan to use leftovers they get thrown out and that's a waste of money. If you buy meat in bulk, know what meals you want to get out of that package. For example if I buy the family pack of ground beef I plan for three beef dishes like tacos, spaghetti, and chili. I also get whole chickens and plan on using the leftovers in casseroles, stir fry, in spaghetti sauce or soups. I always count the number of "meals" I can get from each package not the "meats" when shopping. So whole chickens are counted as two meals, family packages of ground beef are three meals etc. allowing me to buy less meat which is really expensive. Planning to use your leftovers when you buy your groceries means that there will be less food in the garbage which also means more money in your pocket.
5. Cook more and serve less. It's always cheaper and healthier to buy ingredients than prepackaged foods. Prepackaged foods are good for one meal but the same basic ingredients can be used in many meals. There was a time when I never used recipes or cooked from scratch because I thought it was too complicated. But now if there's something I want to make I get out my cookbook or do an internet search for a recipe. By searching online you can usually read how other people rated that particular recipe before you decide to try it.
When I was in grade school I went away on a two-day trip during which we ate in a meal hall with plates of food served family style at each table. The rule was you could eat all you wanted as long as you finished what you took. Every class had their uneaten food weighed at the end of the meal and it was definitely frowned upon to be the group with the heaviest amount of wasted food. What did I learn from this? Especially with kids, be reserved with your portion sizes. It's more cost effective to serve seconds then to scrape a bunch of uneaten food into the garbage. I also try to get a feel for how much my family will eat. If we have too much rice or pasta leftover after a meal I cut back the next time I make it. If there are no leftovers at all, kudos to the cook.
I'm always in search of money saving tips so if you have any please share or if there is a grocery store you just love, let me know what their best prices are. I think we could all use a few more dollars in our wallets these days.