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Successful Prospecting is a State of Mind
Do you suffer from "premature retrogression"? This odd sounding affliction coined by the late, great, Al Granum refers to natural clientele shrinkage unless you continually add sufficient business to stay ahead of normal attrition due to lapses, deaths and replacements. It's a serious problem that you need to address before it strikes or it may be too late to correct.
Some advisors tell me that they are so busy servicing their business that they do not have any time to prospect. They are always busy and definitely too busy to do any prospecting. They are servicing clients; dealing with compliance and general administrivia. It's the start of premature retrogression. It sets in slowly but inevitably, if you don't pay attention. A prospecting mindset inoculates you against it.
Advisors who are "too busy" to prospect misunderstand the idea of great prospecting. They have the mistaken impression that prospecting is a separate activity on its own. They feel they have to schedule it, prepare for it and then head out to do it. These people make too much of it so that they build a wall around it making it harder to act on.
They are wrong. Prospecting is not as much an activity as it is a state of mind. When you have the right perspective on it – a new mindset, you change its nature and make it much easier to accomplish. When you think right, you will prospect all the time.
Prospecting is not looking for prospects. It is looking to eliminate the many more non-prospects to reveal the fewer prospects for your business. It's like panning for gold that way. You have to move a lot of raw material (pay dirt) to reveal the gold nuggets you want, the prospects – but, it is absolutely worth it.
Five simple words, just this phrase, "And prospect while doing so…" is the key the prospecting mindset. When you have this mindset, you can be a great prospector. All great prospectors are great advisors. I believe that much of the trouble advisors have with this business can be cleared up when we assume this "prospecting mindset". It's the winning perspective on the whole business.
The magic of this "prospect while doing so" strategy is that prospecting becomes part of everything else you do. This way, you no longer have to go out and do it. Instead, you are doing it all the time doing everything else.
So, you can't be too busy to prospect anymore. When you are busy doing other things, you are also busy prospecting. It is the winning perspective. For instance:
- Closing a sale? Ask your new client, "Now that you see the value of this product for your family, who comes to mind that you know should consider it too?
- Working with your staff? "Have you met anyone new lately who can use our services? Who are they?"
- Delivering a policy? "Who do you know who might also appreciate the sort of family protection you've arranged?"
- Shopping for anything? "You look like someone I would like to work with. Has anyone reviewed your life insurance portfolio lately? When can wee talk?"
- Having lunch? Ask the owner, "Has anyone has reviewed your business insurance polices recently?" Ask your waiter, "What do you want to happen if you couldn't work because you got sick or injured?"
- Getting CE Credits? Ask a colleague, "Who does the life insurance in your investment practice?… Maybe I could apply for the job?"
It's the prospecting mindset in action. Of course, you have to be willing and able to ask. If you can't, you will be in trouble. Asking takes belief. Belief takes ownership too… If you believe in your product and service, it comes through when you ask. If you are just "selling", prospecting will be a bust.
Don't think that there is somehow, somewhere, a magic phrase that makes referrals flow like water. There is not. Results come from asking, not necessarily from what you say when you ask. You will get better results from an average talk that you use every day than a sol-called great line you never use.
Your results are better when you are referral worthy too – meaning that you have to be above suspicion – prospects need to know they can count on your integrity. Being above suspicion is what it means to be trustworthy. Eliminate any potential suspicion points and you will be trusted. You also have to be pleasant, because all things being equal, people prefer dealing with people they like. You have to be affable, amiable, accurate and available.
The result of not having a prospecting mindset is a rustiness that only makes the problem worse. All great prospectors and advisors have one thing in common, they are consistent. If you are, you will be one too.
Never be backwards about taking your business forwards. If you want to lead, you have to take charge of your prospecting. Finally, as I heard from someone today, "don't go prospecting, prospect as you go". That's the prospecting mindset.
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More sophisticated cooling blankets that regulate both the temperature drop and a rewarming of the patient are used after admission.
Twenty-four hours later, rewarming was started, and her normal temperature was restored in about six hours.
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ICD-10 implementation requires constant vigilance by a watchful project manager. Here's the blueprint for accomplishing just that.
It's crunch time for ICD-10 implementations. With the compliance deadline set for October 2014, providers have less than a year to complete the transition within their organizations. Given this tight timeline, most should have at least started planning their projects by now. Thoughtful ICD-10 planning, and executing those plans, will likely be the difference between a successful transition and missing the deadline.
Monitoring the transition progress from ICD-9 to ICD-10 is key, said Paresh Shah, president of healthcare consulting firm MindLeaf Technologies, in a webinar hosted by the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium. While this may sound obvious, he said, there are some places where organizations tend to lose sight of targets.
For example, he said, many providers will use cost-performance estimates to track the progress of an ICD-10 conversion project, breaking down its budget by quarter and declaring it on-track if it's on budget. Shah said this view can be misleading; sometimes a project uses up its budget targets within the appropriate timeframe, but it doesn't necessarily assure that everything that should have been completed actually was. For example, specific deliverables may be only 50% complete. In this scenario, while the budget may say the project is on track, it's actually behind schedule and over budget.
The key to keeping everything on track, Shah said, is to appoint a capable project manager. Many providers have assumed that ICD-10 implementation leads should be someone with experience leading a technical initiative, and sometimes use the same person who led their EHR implementation.
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But Shah said that since the meaningful use program is still evolving, EHR project managers will have ongoing, evolving responsibilities related to that program for years. There's no way one person can handle the complexity of a meaningful use project while at the same time leading an ICD-10 transition, he said. Shah recommended finding a different, equally qualified individual to head up the ICD-10 implementation.
With the compliance deadline less than a year away many providers may have already made many of these decisions. But Shah's main point was that, with such a complex project, it is likely that some pieces will start to slip over time. It is reasonable to periodically revisit ICD-10 planning to make sure everything is still on track, and keep the project manager accountable for it.
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I found an interesting blogging idea today to simply write down 5 of the things I've been thinking about lately. Like Nadia, my ambitions for my blogging far exceed my capacity. However, as with most skills, increasing capacity comes through excercising such capacity as already exists. So I'm going to try to at least once a week, write down a list of the 5 things that have been on my mind during that past week.
- Robots vs Sweatshops: I've been hearing a lot about the automation being a driver of the current depression in good job creation and the ails of the middle class. However, it occurs to me that a lot of our consumption is made by hand, just in parts of the world where labor is cheap. Maybe that growth of emerging middle classes is having a downward pull on middle class wages in places that were previously more competitive markets for manufacturing?
- Rest vs Decay: I've noticed that when I'm not 'working' (whether on projects or errands or my employment), I fall into one of two stats: rest or decay. In my rest state, I emerge, rejuvenated and energized, whereas in my decay state I emerge - well actually I don't emerge, I just continue to be in a low energy, lethargic state. I still haven't fully explored the difference between the two.
- Process and Scale - There is a sense that small teams and individuals have an advantage over large organizations because they are more agile and have less process and formality. I wonder though if that might be backwards. Because they are small they can actually have much more process and ensure a much higher degree of devotion to tight and agile development cycles. Maybe the real problem at scale for organizations is not lack of process but the difficulties in actually doing it correctly.
- Improvement and measurement: Not much to say here other than the observation that you can't improve what you can't measure.
- Philosophies of blogging: what exactly am I trying to achieve with my writing? Am I trying to make factually based claims that I require research to do? I think thats not usually the case. More often I'm trying to structure my thoughts and create paradigms and frameworks for more effectively thinking about problems I and others face given imperfect information.


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Mom & I got up on Thursday & went & finished up some shopping & then went & got pedicures. I haven't had my toes done since the day before my wedding in 2009 so it was SUPER nice! We were so thankful for G & Pops watching Ryder while mom & I did our thing!
Uncle G kept Ryder busy down at the kiddie pool & he was asleep when we got back, so I hit the beach! When he woke up, mom brought him down to swim with me & G in the pool.
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It's Day 2 at the Lab and the second day of Jose Gomez-Marquez 'Empowerment Technologies' public programs. Today was all about 'Making Things Move'; adding movement to everyday objects. Despite the heavy rain and the occasional thunderstorm we've made household cleaning devices with remote controlled cars and made bicycle coffee bean grinders. Plus loads more!. Some of my favourite photos from today are posted below.
This evening 'Maker Extraordinaire' Dale Dougherty, co-founder of O'Reilly Media and founder and publisher of MAKE magazine shared his experience leading and following the 'Maker Movement'.
Dale's talk "Empowerment and social change' kicked off with a comparison between running a marathon and making:
- Whilst there are professional and elite runners in each marathon it's actually the mass number of amateur participants that drive success
- You don't just show up at a marathon, you have to prepare and train in advance. Training and learning with other people is the social aspect of any change.
- Recognition and reputation are derived from participation. Dale said, that whilst he had never run a marathon (sensible man!), that these were the recipe for a great performance on the day!
Dale thinks, rightly so in my opinion, that as citizens of cities we all need to "Scratch our own itch" that is, to figure out and solve our own problems. Like I've been saying in many of my posts, here and on ThisBigCity over the last few months, we need to invite and inspire people of all different ages, demographics and cultures to be involved in making our cities.
So who are Makers?
Makers are people who sew, who cook, who garden and who build. Basically anyone who makes rather than consumes is a maker. From people who build robotic giraffes to people who make bicycle powered fair-ground rides through to people who make PVC go-karts to people who make coca-cola fireworks. Everyone and anyone can be a maker! Our towns and cities are full of 'maker spaces' and 'hacker spaces'; small places where people share tools, resources and skills. It seems to me that there is far more 'making' going on in all of our communities, our neighbourhoods and our cities than we see on a day–to-day basis.
So what can we learn from Makers?
According to Dale, 'makers' have an interest in interdisciplinary projects; they have a desire to visualise and understand our physical world; they have a mindset of playfulness; they share in open-source communities; and they sense the world can be improved, problems can be solved and things can change. Above all makers 'play'. They play with technology, with resources and with things they already own. 'Play' allows us all to learn and to experiment. According to Dale all too often we have too much sense of purpose. Play provides an opportunity for all of us to learn and to experiment with our cities. Dale's dream for cities of the future is maker spaces established in high schools and for young people to have their dream projects realised.
Dale left us with this very poignant quote from Steve Jobs…
"Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact and that is everything around you that you call life was made up by people who were no smarter than you. And you can change it. You can influence it. You can build you own things that other people can use".
All I can say is "What an amazing second day at the Lab!"
We have amazing discussions, debates, workshops, events and talks planned for everyday (Wednesday to Sunday) from now until 29 July 2012. Stay tuned because it's going to be an incredible journey here in Berlin!
Today's 'FAB IN THE LAB' is Imke Sommerkamp. She's our Operations Manager at the Lab. Imke normally works in the movie industry and has been the production co-ordinator for many blockbuster movies including Mission Impossible, but for the next 6 weeks she's making sure that everything happens when it's suppose to happen; operations, programs, events, technology and communications. Imke only types on her computer keyboard with one hand but is the most calmest and most super organised person that I have ever met and thats why she's "Fab in the Lab' today.


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Recent advances in cellular agriculture have gained a lot of coverage for their potential to replace livestock in the meat industry, but they could also disrupt the traditional production of other animal products, such as milk, eggs and ivory.
We can now genetically modify microbes, like yeast and bacteria, to make a range of useful proteins. The end product is molecularly and chemically exactly the same as its livestock counterpart, but the mode of production is dramatically different, with a significantly lower environmental impact. Unlike cultured meat, equivalents to products such as milk, eggs, leather and gelatin do not require a biopsy of animal tissue to start the culturing process. Rather than multiply the whole animal cell, it is possible to create individual proteins unique to the product.
So how does it work?
The process involves producing individual proteins rather than entire cells. Essentially, microbes like yeast or bacteria are genetically modified to hold the DNA of these proteins, and then fermented in a nutritious medium to produce them. The use of one genetically modified yeast to produce a protein is not an entirely novel concept. Rennet, traditionally found in the stomach lining of calves, has been used for thousands years to make milk into cheese. Since the 90s, the majority of cheese we eat has been made using bioengineered rennet that has never seen the inside of a cow.
Let's go through the process step by step. Want to make some milk without milking any cows? Here's how:
Credit: New Harvest // Milk is usually made by mother cows kept in a lactating state in an industrial setting. Instead, we can make the exact same milk by brewing it, using a culture that consumes simple sugars to make milk proteins.
Identify the proteins that make milk what it is. The most important one is casein.
Insert the DNA carrying the casein blueprint into your yeast. This mix of yeast and DNA is your culture; you only have to do this once.
Brew your milk proteins using some sugar to feed the yeast, using the age old process of fermentation which gives us beer, bread and pickles.
Purify to separate out the yeast - and now you have your casein!
Add some plant-based sugars and fats to get that milky mouthfeel.
Add some plant-based vitamins and calcium to match (and even surpass) the nutritional benefits of conventional milk.
Enjoy lactose-free, sustainable, animal free milk without any of the health risks of livestock farming.
One leader in the production of 'cow-free' milk is Perfect Day, whose product is scheduled to be on the market later this year.
What are the benefits?
Livestock account for 15% of global anthropogenic (human caused) greenhouse emissions, and 45% of methane emissions - methane is an especially harmful greenhouse gas; biotech would significantly decrease the energy required to produce animal products. With industrial farming there are also health risks such as antibiotic resistance and infection - when dairy and eggs are produced without cows and chickens there is no need for antibiotics and the contamination risk is significantly reduced.
For examples of what can be made, see Meat aside: other applications for cellular agriculture.
When can we expect these products to be available?
'Clean' or cow-free milk appears to be first in the pipeline with plans to start selling their product later this year. Leather is expected to be ready for retail in 2018, and egg whites are also expected to be available in the next year or so. The technology for creating individual proteins is further ahead than the technology to create cell cultures, so we can expect to see cow-free milk on shelves before cow-free burgers.
Bioengineered yeast has the potential to revolutionize the mode of production for a huge range of proteins we consume and use everyday. Is a more sustainable future brewing?


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BATON ROUGE - Ahead of an evening run, athletes and people from Louisiana who were at the Boston Marathon in 2013 reacted to the guilty verdict for the surviving killer in the bombing.
Adam MacDowell was among a dozen runners from Baton Rouge that ran the race that year.
"We looked out the window and you could see just droves of people running away, running as far away from the finish line as possible," said MacDowell.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty earlier Wednesday on thirty counts related to charges from the bombing. MacDowell had been following along with the trial on TV and said it is up to the jury to decide what happens to Tsarnaev now.
"It's up to them and all we can do is hope and pray that they make the right decision," he said.
MacDowell, who was with his wife and coach in Boston, finished the race about an hour and a half before the first bomb went off near the finish-line.
"We didn't know if people had finished, if some of our friends had stopped. It was really kind of a hard situation," he said.
He remembers watching the news from his hotel room, unable to speak to family members and friends because there was no cell phone reception.
About 100 runners from Louisiana were in Boston at the time. No Louisiana runners were hurt. In all, 260 people were injured and three were killed along the route. Later, a cop died in the gun-fight with the dead bomber.
For some, it's too difficult to revisit Boston, but MacDowell remains optimistic.
"I think one day I'd like to go back. Again, it's just kind of difficult," he said. "It's such a great event for Boston and everybody involved in it, it was just a tough thing to happen."


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Coastal Magic Convention is almost here and I can't wait!
If you love to read and write books in the romance and paranormal realms–this is the perfect venue. And if that doesn't intrigue you, it's hosted at one of the most beautiful beaches in the world—Daytona. For those of you who aren't coming to the conference this year, you are welcome to join us at our CMC Twitter Party. Like the conference, this is going to be a fun event that welcomes all authors, bloggers, and readers!
DATE: Friday, February 5, 1016
TIME: 12:45 -1:45 (US Eastern Time Zone)
HASHTAG: #CMCParty
We have a wonderful lineup of authors and bloggers who'll be getting the party started!
AUTHORS: Tawdra Kandle (@tawdra), Lisa Kessler (@LdyDisney), HD Smith (@floridaHeather), BA Tortuga (@batortuga), Paige Tyler (@paigetyler), Rebecca Zanetti (@RebeccaZanetti), and me of course (@delimajan).
BLOGGERS: Sue (aka DaVinciKittie) from GraveTells (@GraveTells), Jen from That's What I'm Talking About (@Twimom227), Liza from Blogging With Liza (@mslizalou), Jackie from Literary Escapism (@LiteraryEscapis), and Chelle from LiteralAddiction (@literaladdictn).
And I'm sure others will join in at the conference! If you want to check out twitter happenings throughout the conference and not just at our party, the Coastal Magic's official hasttag is #CMCon16. (#CMC16 belongs to another venue, so be sure to use the correct hashtag.)
If you still have reservations, here's your official invite…
Tweet at the Beach with us at #CMCparty! All romance lovers (readers, bloggers, and authors!) are invited to join our beach-themed Twitter party hosted by authors and bloggers attending Coastal Magic Convention 2016. This event is a great way for readers to join in the fun from home as we tweet from the beach. The party will last an hour on Friday, February 5th from 12:45-1:45 (US Eastern Time). Tweeters can log into our curated music stream so we can all groove to the same tunes (URL provided at the party).
We hope to see your tweets at #CMCparty!
Literary Escapism Feature: Elen and Cormack at the Beach
Last year I attended the Coastal Magic Convention and met so many wonderful authors, bloggers and readers. I am going again in February 2016. For more information about this wonderful convention just follow the link below to their website…
Coastal Magic Convention
Literary Escapism is also going to be there, and they are doing a fun series for the conference on their blog. I've been invited along with other featured authors to write an excerpt of my characters at the beach. Autumn Moon, book 3 in my Celtic Wolves series is available September 29, 2015! I thought Elen and Cormack could use a little vacation–because I did put this couple through a lot in Autumn Moon. You can read an exclusive excerpt on Literary Escapism's website and enter a gift box giveaway that includes signed copies of Celtic Moon and Summer Moon (books 1 & 2), swag, and an Amazon gift card.
Just a minor spoiler alert: This excerpt takes place after Autumn Moon.
Just click on the following graphic and/or link to read excerpt and enter the gift box giveaway…
Literary Escapism Feature: Elen and Cormack at the Beach
I will leave you with a few photos of Daytona Beach! Coastal Magic has become one of my favorite conventions. It's very relaxed and focuses on what we all love–books, reading, and discussions about our favorite romance and paranormal genres. Now doesn't that sound fun?
Hope to see you at the beach in February!


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I love Peter's experience of walking on the roaring sea with Jesus. But the thing is, Peter's story is often misunderstood. Do you have a step you need to take?
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Just a few hours after posting my need to stop, I screeched to a halt and found myself going, "Yea…I really don't like stopping."
Thursday morning came way too quick as the boys were both awake at the same time. I was up with chest pains and they only got worse in the morning. I got the boys and their belongings together, drove them to preschool and then drove to the hospital thinking they could give me fluids or something to get things going again.
Funny thing about hospitals…the second you mention chest pains, you get right in. There was no wait…I cut right to the front of the line and in I went. The swarm of doctors had me hooked up to a heart monitor in probably 10 seconds flat. Heart attack ruled out…that's great. Heart rate was rising, plunging and then rising again…all while I just sat there going, "Seriously, I just came for some fluids…"
I came in around 8:45AM and I was admitted by that afternoon, mainly for monitoring. I hadn't packed a bag. I really needed to get things ready for Sunday. I called a friend to get the boys…it was insane to say the least.
But morphine…oh wow…morphine is AMAZING!!! I can do all things through morphine takes all my pain and cares away! Whew…I wish I had that at home (perhaps that's why it's only there at the hospital?).
Friday was a stress test and I managed to get through it with mild chest pain, but it was ruled that there was no blockage. Heart rate by this time had gone back to normal. In the evening I was offered IVIG…I figured if I was going to get sick, might as well kick me while I'm down! Before I drifted off to lala land I had gotten sick twice, but the really strong nausea medication along with having fluids all day made this my best ivig experience ever!
Saturday I had a heart echo and besides picking up the obvious a-fib, nothing new was discovered.
In the end, my doctor phrased it like this, "Bethany, your body has been to hell and back and you don't even know how to define rest! You treat this body the same as it was before low CSF, the same it was before CIDP, the same it was before 2 brain tumors, the same it was before IVIG, chemo, numerous medications and girl – you have a pacemaker that is struggling to keep up with you! For God sake STOP or you won't be here for anyone to need you."
And that was my wake-up call.
I really hate letting things slow me down. I've lived 30 years with a right hand and arm shorter and smaller than my left. I've conquered being pretty much blind in one eye and wearing a contac in the other. Ive adapted to being pretty much deaf in my left ear and hearing with my right ear relying heavily on a high-end hearing aid. Doctors are my life…I'm used to being that curious case that nobody has ever seen before…the one that beats the odds and rises to the challenge.
But I've never learned to stop. If you stop, you lose time to make changes. You lose the endurance to get back in the race. You have to keep going, don't quit and rise to the challenge.
I had to realize stopping didn't mean quitting. In fact, stopping was more like refueling and defining your way before continuing on your journey. Stopping prevents running in circles. Stopping keeps your endurance high for those difficult challenges you will have ahead. Stopping allows you to trust others to meet your needs. Stopping paves the way for those who follow your lead to not make the same mistakes you did.
So, now I'm on mandatory house arrest…I mean bed rest for this week. I made it home today (Saturday) and my mind is already going crazy. What about church tomorrow? Do I have everything out for my teachers? What can I do this week? Perhaps I should clean the garage…no that requires movement! I can do dishes (not supposed to)…play with the kids (how?)…update my blog. Yes…this is going to be a long week indeed.
BUT…I will say after the news got out that I was going to really rest for a week, I got several calls and texts going, "Are you REALLY going to rest this time?" which tells me I have a church family that recognizes my inability to stop as well. They have watched out boys, been preparing meals, helping to deliver the kids to and from school…they have my week planned FOR me! I've never been in such an amazing place such as my family here at PBCC willing to walk this road of recovery literally with me…both in the plunging ahead and screeching to a halt…my PBCC family is right there with me the entire way.
So here goes nothing…I will update on my times with God this week. Being that my attention will be very centered, it should be a time of both physical and spiritual renewal.
Keep in mind I have seriously never done this before…don't expect much…and don't take notes either!
Hello and welcome to Step Out And Thrive Ministries! My name is Bethany Boring and I am proud to be called a child of God before any other title or role. I am a mom to 3 amazing boys. I enjoy writing for this Step Out And Thrive community and walking with you as we venture through the ups and downs of life together. I am an ICF trained Certified Professional Christian Life Coach (Christian Coach Institute Graduate), Motivational and Inspirational Speaker, mentor, Certified Human Behavioral Consultant (DISC Personality) and an author. As always - dare to do more than just survive, step out and thrive!


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6 smart ways to have a "get out of debt" mindset
Staying positive can do wonders for your finances.
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It doesn't matter how many times you wipe the slate clean: You probably won't be able to stay out of debt unless you change the mindset that got you there in the first place. Use these tips to help change your perspective and get on track to beating debt once and for all.
1. Take responsibility
If only: If only you weren't so underpaid. If only your creditors didn't screw you over with those fees and crazy interest rates. We would be living a much better life if only a few things were different, right?
Or maybe you're in debt through no fault of your own: Medical emergencies or the death of a spouse are not uncommon and can be an unmanageable financial burden. Almost everyone would agree it's unfair.
But when it comes to debt, unfortunately, fault doesn't matter. If it's in your name, it's your responsibility. Accepting this can help you free up the mental space to actually go and do something about it. Turns out you didn't have to spend all of that time feeling guilty after all!
2. Think of debt as an obstacle, not a burden
A burden is something you always have to bear. An obstacle, well that's something you can get around eventually.
Instead of making minimum payments on your credit card debt, try making payments with the aim of eventually getting rid of your monthly balance. If you have loans, talk to your lender to see if you can shorten your term or make extra repayments without penalty.
This shift in approach does one thing immediately — it makes your debt seem a lot less scary, depressing and inevitable. Rather than feeling like you're throwing your money into a pit each month with no real end, making repayments can start to feel like you've just scaled the side of a mountain. In the long run, it can also help motivate you to make — and stick to — your goals. One way to do this would be to use a debt thermometer.
3. Know your debt
Before coming up with a plan to eliminate your debt, learn everything you can about what type of debt you have. Why's this important? Different types of debt come with different methods of dealing with it.
Think of it this way: Say you have $50,000 in credit card debt and your friend is struggling to pay off $50,000 in federal student loans.
You can apply for a balance transfer credit card or a debt consolidation loan. Your friend can't qualify for either of these, however. What she can do is take advantage of government programs like an income-driven repayment plan or even loan forgiveness if she works in the right industry.
Same amount of debt, totally different solutions.
4. Set a goal and have a strategy
Chances are, if your goal is to be debt-free one day, you aren't going to achieve that. If, however, you set a goal of being debt-free by April 24, 2021 — that's something that might actually happen. You don't need to pick a specific date, but having a timeframe makes it a lot easier for you to come up with a plan.
Research your options to come up with a plan to repay your debts based on your income and credit score. If you have a lot of debt that you don't see yourself being able to repay, you might want to enroll in a credit counseling program to help you strategize.
It helps to have smaller goals to make it seem more manageable. Try setting monthly or weekly targets for yourself that aren't as scary as that one large date in the future. Debt repayment apps can help you stay accountable to those smaller goals.
5. Stay focused by making it fun
It's easy to lose steam after the initial push to get this thing done. Just thinking about debt can make a lot of people feel helpless, so it can help to try making it more positive.
Treat yourself to something nice like your favorite snack or a bubble bath each time you do something you don't enjoy doing — even if it's as small as checking on your bank and creditor balances.
And remember, no win is too small to celebrate. Meet your weekly goal? Pour the wine! You're one step closer to getting out of debt.
6. Practice gratitude
It's perfectly normal to feel resentful when you're making a real push to get out of debt. Most likely you can't afford to indulge in the same luxuries you used to enjoy on a regular basis — but everyone else sure seems to be able to.
Practicing small gratitude exercises can help you stay positive, sane and focused on your goals. Try writing down three things you're grateful for each morning to set the tone for the day. Make an effort to find the good in the people around you — even the ones that drive you crazy. If you find yourself feeling resentful, don't reprimand yourself, but remind yourself this one little thing — this is temporary.
4 methods to get out of debt faster
Now that you've got the mindset, you need strategies. Here are some ways you can get yourself out of debt faster:
- Negotiate your debt. Call your creditors and ask them to lower your interest or monthly repayment. If the person you're speaking with says they can't help you, ask to speak to their manager. Make a case for yourself: Point out improvements in your credit score, income, debt-to-income ratio, etc. when asking them to reconsider.
- Debt consolidation loan. If you have several debts that are difficult to keep track of, you might want to consider consolidating them into one loan or credit card with a lower interest rate.
- Refinancing. Only got one loan you need to pay off? Consider taking out another loan at a lower rate and shorter term that can get you out of debt faster and at a lower cost.
- Debt relief. When your debt is soul-crushingly unmanageable, you might want to consider looking at your debt relief options like credit counseling, debt management or debt settlement.
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Matthew Fuller is a writer, artist and Professor of Cultural Studies at the Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is known for his writings in media theory, software studies, cultural studies, and contemporary fiction. Until September 2006, he was responsible for the Media Design Research programme at Piet Zwart Institute along with Femke Snelting, and worked as Course Director for the Media Design programme. He has collaborated with a number of art collectives, including I/O/D (as a member), Mongrel, MediaShed, and The Container Project. He lives in London. (2019)
- editor, Flyposter Frenzy: Posters from the Anticopyright Network, London: Working Press, 1992, 104 pp. A collection of 90 full-page posters. Introduction. [1] [2]
- editor, Unnatural: Techno-Theory for a Contaminated Culture, Underground, 1994, 150 pp.
- co-editor, ReadMe! ASCII Culture & The Revenge of Knowledge. Filtered by Nettime, New York: Autonomedia, 1999, 556 pp.
- Behind The Blip. Essays On The Culture Of Software, New York: Autonomedia, 2003, 165 pp.
- Media Ecologies. Materialist Energies In Art And Technoculture, Cambridge/London: MIT Press, 2005, 265 pp.
- Softness: Interrogability; General Intellect, Art Methodologies in Software, Huddersfield: Huddersfield University/Digital Research Unit, 2006; repr., Aarhus: Center for Digital Æstetik-forskning, 2006, 49 pp. Originally given as a talk at the ISEA in Helsinki in 2004
- with Usman Haque, Urban Versioning System v1.0, Architectural League of New York, 2008.
- editor, Software Studies: A Lexicon, MIT Press, 2008, 334 pp.
- with Andrew Goffey, Evil Media, MIT Press, 2012, 235 pp.
- How To Be a Geek: Essays on the Culture of Software, Cambridge, UK: Polity, 2017, x+233 pp. Collected essays 2011-2016.
- How to Sleep: The Art, Biology and Culture of Unconsciousness, London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018, 192 pp.
- with Olga Goriunova, Bleak Joys: Aesthetics of Ecology and Impossibility, University of Minnesota Press, 2019, 224 pp. [3]
- ATM, London and Milan: Shake, 2000, 108 pp. [4] [5]
- Elephant & Castle, Autonomedia, 2011, 160 pp. [6]
- More, cont.
Papers, book chapters, articles[edit]
- "It looks like you're writing a letter: Microsoft Word", Nettime, 5 Sep 2000.
- "Behind the Blip: Software as Culture", Nettime, 7 Jan 2002.
- "Freaks of Number", in Engineering Culture: On 'The Author as (Digital) Producer', eds. Geoff Cox and Joasia Krysa, New York: Autonomedia, 2005, pp 161-175.
- "Monstres mathématiques (Freaks of Number)", in Art ++, ed. David-Olivier Lartigaud, Orléans: HYX, 2011, pp 302-315. (French)
- with Andrew Goffey, "Towards an Evil Media Studies", in The Spam Book, eds. Jussi Parikka and Tony Sampson, Hampton Press, 2009, pp 141-159. Written Mar 2007.
- with Andrew Goffey, "On the Usefulness of Anxiety: Two Evil Media Stratagems", in Sarai Reader 08: Fear, eds. Monica Narula, et al., Delhi: Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, 2010, pp 156-163.
- "The Cat Seemed to Think There was Enough of It Now in Sight", in Opaque Presence: Manual of Latent Visibility, eds. Andreas Broeckmann and Knowbotic Research, Zurich: diaphanes, 2010, pp 37-52. [7] [8]
- with Sónia Matos, "Feral Computing: From Ubiquitous Calculation to Wild Interactions", Fibreculture Journal, Sydney, 2011; repr. in Fuller, How To Be a Geek, Polity, 2017.
- with Andrew Goffey, "Digital Infrastructures and the Machinery of Topological Abstraction", Theory, Culture and Society 29:4-5, 2012, pp 311-333.
- with Olga Goriunova, "Phrase", in Inventive Methods, eds. Celia Lury and Nina Wakeford, London: Routledge, 2013; repr. in Fuller, How To Be a Geek, Polity, 2017.
- "Several Repetitions on the Nature of the Copy", Concreta 02, Valencia: Concreta, 6 Dec 2013.
- with Andrew Goffey, "The Unknown Objects of Object Orientation", in Objects and Materials: A Routledge Companion, eds. Penny Harvey, et al., Routledge, 2014, pp 218-227; repr. as "The Obscure Objects of Object Orientation", in Fuller, How To Be a Geek, Polity, 2017. [9]
- "Die obskuren Objekte der Objektorientierung", trans. Heinz-Günter Kuper, Agata Królikowska and Jens-Martin Loebel, Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft 6, 2012, pp 206-221. [10] (German)
- "How to Sleep: The Art, Biology and Culture of Unconsciousness", Springerin 4: "Kognitives Kapital", Vienna, 2014.
- "Always One Bit More, Computing and the Experience of Ambiguity", in Fun and Software: Exploring Pleasure, Paradox and Pain in Computing, ed. Olga Goriunova, Bloomsbury, 2014, pp 91-108; repr. in Fuller, How To Be a Geek, Polity, 2017.
- with Ellef Prestsæter, Michael Murtaugh, Nicolas Malevé, "Vandalist Iconophilia", Concreta 05, Valencia: Concreta, 1 Jun 2015.
- "The Forbidden Pleasures of Media Determining", in Media After Kittler, eds. Eleni Ikoniadou and Scott Wilson, London: Rowman and Littlefield International, 2015, pp 95-111.
- with M. Beatrice Fazi, "Computational Aesthetics", in A Companion to Digital Art, ed. Christiane Paul, Oxford: Wiley Blackwell, 2016, pp 281-296; repr. in Fuller, How To Be a Geek, Polity, 2017.
- with Graham Harwood, "Abstract Urbanism", in Code and the City, eds. Rob Kitchin and Sung Yueh Perng, London: Routledge, 2016; repr. in Fuller, How To Be a Geek, Polity, 2017. Presented at the Programmable City workshop at Nirsa in Maynooth in 2015.
- with Andrew Goffey, Adrian Mackenzie, Richard Mills, and Stuart Sharples, "Big Diff, Granularity, Incoherence, and Production in the Github Software Repository", in Memory in Motion: Archives, Technology, and the Social eds. Ina Blom, Trond Lundemo and Eivind Røssaak, Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam, 2016, pp 87-101; repr. in Fuller, How To Be a Geek, Polity, 2017. It follows research with the co-authors in the ESRC-funded Metacommunities of Code project, led by Adrian Mackenzie.
- "Nobody Knows What a Book Is Any More", in Report from the Gutenberg Galaxy (Blaker), 3: Archive Has Left the Building, eds. Karin Nygård and Ellef Prestsæter, Blaker: Rett Kopi, 2017, pp 6-10.
- "Bookworms", in Report from the Gutenberg Galaxy (Blaker), 3: Archive Has Left the Building, eds. Karin Nygård and Ellef Prestsæter, Blaker: Rett Kopi, 2017, pp 16-21.
- "Software Studies Methods", in Fuller, How To Be a Geek, Polity, 2017; repr. in The Routledge Companion to Media Studies and Digital Humanities, ed. Jentery Sayers, London: Routledge, 2018, pp 250-257.
- with Nikita Mazurov and Dan McQuillan, "The Author Field", in Fuller, How To Be a Geek, Polity, 2017. Follows from work on the London Cryptofestival in November 2013.
- "Just Fun Enough To Go Completely Mad About: On Games, Procedures and Amusement", in Fuller, How To Be a Geek, Polity, 2017. Presented as a paper at the St Petersburg Centre for Media Philosophy; a workshop organized by the ARITHMUS research project at Goldsmiths; and C-Dare at Coventry University.
- "Black Sites and Transparency Layers", in Fuller, How To Be a Geek, Polity, 2017. First given as a talk organized by Robin McKay of Urbanomic at Thomas Dane Gallery, London, March 2015; a later version was presented at the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremburg; at the Interface Politics conference, Barcelona, April 2016; and as an inaugural lecture at Goldsmiths.
- with Olga Goriunova, "Devastation", in General Ecology: The New Ecological Paradigm, eds. Erich Hörl and James Burton, Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.
- "Inhabiting High Density Realities: On Shu Lea Cheang's Artistic Language" / "棲息於高密度現實 鄭淑麗的藝術語言", in 3x3x6: Shu Lea Cheang, ed. Paul B. Preciado, Taipei: Taipei Fine Arts Museum, 2019, pp 15-47. (English)/(Chinese)
- with Nikita Mazurov, "A Counter-Forensic Audit Trail: Disassembling the Case of The Hateful Eight", Theory, Culture & Society, 2019. [11]
- Interviews with Kate Rich, Ben Grosser, Sean Dockray, Annet Dekker, Olga Goriunova, Graham Harwood, Steve Goodman, Mark Fisher, Femke Snelting, Jussi Parikka, Luciana Parisi, a Photocopier, Rachel Baker, Bifo, Tom Betts, and 0100101110101101.ORG.
- Ryan Griffis, "Tandem Surfing the Third Wave with Matthew Fuller", Fall 2004.
- Simon Mills, "Interview with Matthew Fuller", framed, c2006.
- "Matthew Fuller in Conversation with Mark Marino", Journal of e-Media Studies 3:1, 2013.
- "Matthew Fuller", Radio Web MACBA, 11 Aug 2017, 46 min. Audio.
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PHILADELPHIA - A Norristown man was sentenced to 264 months in prison for robbing an employee at the Roo House Tavern on the 1000 block of Willow Street and then robbing the Roo House Tavern.
In addition to the 22 year sentence, seven of which are mandatory, Viney will be forced to undergo a five year term of supervised release. U.S District Court Judge May McLaughlin also ordered financial restitution to the victims in the amount of $3,537.
On July 10, 2011 Marc Viney, 35, followed the manager of the tavern home after he closed the bar for the night.
The victim told the court during Viney's trial that as he was unlocking the front door to his apartment on DeKalb Street, someone started hitting him over the back of the head. After a brief struggle, the victim said he recognized Viney, who was at the bar earlier that night.
He was then blindfolded and gagged while he says two men ransacked his apartment for a half hour.
There is no indication that a second suspect was arrested during the course of the investigation.
After Viney and the unknown suspect were finished ransacking the apartment, the pair forced the victim to go back to the bar where he stole several thousand dollars.
The victim told the court he thought the pair was going to kill him because he recognized Viney.
Earlier reports state that sometime after the suspect left the vehicle, the victim was able to escape the car and ran to DeKalb Street where he was seen by police.
A parole agent spotted Viney later on July 10 and he was arrested.
Viney was found guilty of robbery, criminal conspiracy to commit robbery and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime on Jan. 31 of this year.
The case was investigated by the FBI, the Montgomery County Detective Bureau and members of the Norristown Police Department. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Joseph LaBar and Special Assistant United States Attorney Rebecca W. Strubel.


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Top 10 tips for internsBlogs
1) Use who you know
Hailing from university towns home to £1.50 doubles, us graduates are no stranger to the concept of lost dignity. This should stand you in good stead for shameless appeals to long lost relatives and family friends for potential employment help.The more time that passes since graduation, the more I'm realising that the old adage, 'It's not what you know…' really is true. If your dad's second cousin twice removed happens to work in the field that you'd like to work in, now really is the time to get in touch. If, like me however, you know nobody useful, this next one's for you…
2) Think outside the box
And the job sites! In fact, most of the placements I've ever acquired were not through applying to a specific job advert, but through sending speculative applications, or merely inquiring whether the company could use some help. That way, even if you're only given a few weeks' work experience, you can use the time to make an impression and forge handy connections with people who might be able to help you out in future.Don't just stick to the big name companies, either; it might not look quite as impressive on your CV, but you may well learn far more at a smaller place. Plus, thanks to the delights of e-mail, asking won't even cost you a stamp.
3) Don't get complacent
Landing the placement is just the start - you need to make sure you get the most you possibly can out of it. Internships should mean more than companies just receiving free, or at best, minimally paid labour; if there's an aspect of work that you're particularly interested in, there's no harm in asking whether you can try it out for yourself.At this stage in your career, having 'nothing to lose' has never been more appropriate. Do your best to make sure that you show off far more than just your (no doubt excellent) tea-making skills.
4) Know where you stand
While demanding a paid job day one is inadvisable, there's no harm in inquiring early on whether there's even a possibility that the placement might turn into a permanent one. That way, you know whether you need to be ensuring that it's you who'll be first in line for the job, or, of course, keeping your options open elsewhere.
5) Know your rights
Don't let yourself get used and abused. It's all very well older generations talking about the supposed chips on our young shoulders, but would they really be prepared to work for years on end without so much as any travel expenses being paid? Of course not. And you shouldn't either.
6) Be confident
Coming across as cocky or arrogant is obviously not the way to go, but equally, being a delicate wallflower isn't likely to get you very far. Make yourself seem indispensable, and hopefully you really will be!
7) Listen up
Seems obvious, but sometimes you can be so busy perfectly your 'politely interested' face as you're being given instructions for a task, that you find you're not absolutely clear on the details. Listen to what's been asked of you, carry it out as best you can, and don't be afraid to ask if you have any questions - they can't ask for much more than that.
8) Keep in touch
Full time employment may be hard to come by these days, but it'P s really quite easy to become a professional stalker. Not lurking creepily outside the office until they offer you a job, of course, but rather using all the gifts that social media bestows upon us - LinkedIn, Twitter et al are a great way to keep yourself on the edge of people's consciousness, so that if something comes up in future, you'll hopefully spring to mind.
9) Ask for feedback
It can be all too easy to get stuck on the intern hamster-wheel, going round and round and getting nowhere. As horrible as it sounds, and nobody wants to have their dreams crushed, it's worth finding out whether you really are cut out for the career path you've set your sights on. Of course it might just be the saturated job market that stands in your way, but it's still worth asking if there's anything you can improve on.
10) Stay optimistic
While job hunting is definitely not the most happy-inducing of activities, it's worth at least attempting to channel your inner Pharrell. You may well be lumbered with the boring admin jobs that let's face it, no one else wanted to do, but doing them with a smile could well pay off. If a job comes up, it's the enthusiastic intern who'll be in the running, not the one 'with the attitude'.Sian Gardiner, University of York
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More values analysis of Britain's Alternative Vote referendum: Lakoff's categories of moral action
In my last post I identified the metaphors at work in George Lakoff's two opposing morality systems of "Strict Father" (Conservative Authoritarian) morality and "Nurturant Parent" (Progressive Nurturing) morality, and applied them to Britain's failed referendum on the Alternative Vote. This post goes further, exemplifying the way Lakoff applies those metaphors to create "categories for moral action". This post will be of interest to anyone wishing to learn more about Lakoff or for a persuasive explanation of why the Alternative Vote failed.
In chapter nine of the book Moral Politics: how liberals and conservatives think, Lakoff lists the two sets of categories for moral (and hence political) action.


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Haddam (WTNH) – State Police are investigating an accident involving an overturned ambulance in Haddam around 2 p.m, Sunday.
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Great Escapes. Well, mostly a week of great escapes that is.
It started on Tuesday as I made a heroic yet frantic attempt to dash through my day's manic to-do-list so that I could escape my at times frenetic home life in time to attend a twitter- themed Book launch. That is a deliberately long and unpunctuated sentence, so that you truly understand how crazy it can be trying to make an early escape from Chez Jazzy! The last minute doing of homework, making of dinners, timing of Darts (our suburban trains) whilst simultaneously attempting to beautify oneself is NOT for the faint hearted! But I did it and even made the early Dart into town. Although that did involve some last minute shoving of WiiBoy into the car while I drove
The Dart journey allowed a much needed breathing space, so that I could arrive fresh-faced in my head anyway to meet the lovely Nan P at the equally lovely Maria Duffy's launch of her first novel Any Dream Will Do, in DuBray Books Grafton Street . It was a very enjoyable evening and it was fantastic to see a writer get off to such a good start. Thanks for signing my copy of your book Maria, and it was good to see you juggling your motherhood/Author duties whilst doing so! I look forward to reading the book as I find the Tweet-Up Fom Hell concept very intriguing. Sure go buy it yourself to find out what happens!
Great Escape of his own. It was of course, all. my. fault! Sigh.
You see he was returning from his class Confirmation retreat and although I was 5 minutes early to collect him, the bus was already there but the children were still alighting.
He wasn't standing beside teacher as she'd told him to. Okay, no panic.....
He wasn't in the school carpark where I was told he'd moved on to. Still ok....
He wasn't ANYWHERE on the school grounds. Heart still in chest cavity where it belongs, but slowly migrating upwards.....
Driving on to the only other rendezvous place he could be I found the church carpark to be completely devoid of all children. Ok...out and out panic now, while heart leaps wildly into mouth and desperately banishing all thoughts of recent local reports of a near-child abduction......
The final Great Escape of the week was the best one of all as I made the same, mad dash thorough my day as I had on Tuesday, in order to make an even earlier Dart into town to meet Nan P again for a great night out! We enjoyed the Commitments last gig in the O2 back in March SO much that we bought tickets to go see them again in the more intimate setting of the Olympia Theatre.
Just like the last time I listened to their music on my iTouch on the Dart on the the way in and was overcome by an incredible urge to get up and sing and dance along! It's ok though, I managed to subdue that urge. Besides I was getting funny looks from other passengers at my seat-bopping actions! I bopped along while waiting at traffic lights too, as I walked up to the theatre. In fact, at one point I was in serious danger of staging my own solo flash-mob at the traffic lights on O'Connell Bridge!! Right on the main thoroughfare of our capital city!! But yet again I held back.
I saved myself for the theatre, where all bets were off once the Commitments band hit the stage. Then myself and the lively Nan P were free to reveal our inner Rock Chicks..... Hey, Hey, Hey Hey.... etc; etc; etc
It is short because this Rock Chick didn't wanna view the whole thing through a camera lens! Hey.... I wanted to Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey with the rest of 'em!
Truly a memorable night of fabulous music from a very talented band.
They should keep on going and record more songs. There really is a market for what they do!


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Friday's Fancies6.7.12
As you might have guessed, today's Friday's Fancies theme at {long distance loving} is stars & stripes in celebration of the 4th of July. At the risk of being cheesy, I went with red striped shorts from J. Crew and a highly patriotic {but still so cute} bracelet set by Alex and Ani. I have to admit, I quickly realized it's tough to sport the red, white, and blue without looking over the top, so I kept the rest of the outfit pretty basic with a sheer white tee and simple flat sandals. Though I must admit, I saw quite a few pairs of denim American flag shorts while at the fireworks show Wednesday night and I was liking them! Still, these striped shorts are much more up my alley.
Top: APC; Shorts: J Crew; Shoes: Steve Madden; Hat: Modcloth; Belt: Gap; Bag: She Inside; Bracelets: Alex and Ani
Hoping you all had a lovely 4th of July! Mine was spent grubbing on amazing BBQ with the boyfriend's family, playing hide & seek with his little sister, then later heading out to a huge fireworks show. And I loved every minute of it!
So, what do you think? Do YOU like to go all-out for the Fourth in red, white, and blue or do you keep it a bit more subtle?
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Qaddafi loyalists expected to fall "this week"
Updated at 7:33 a.m. Eastern
SIRTE, Libya - Libya's revolutionary forces have seized a convention center that had served as a key base for fighters loyal to Muammar Qaddafi in the fugitive leader's hometown, as they squeezed remaining regime loyalists in the besieged coastal city.
The inability to take Sirte, the most important remaining stronghold of Qaddafi supporters, more than six weeks after anti-Qaddafi fighters seized the capital has stalled efforts by Libya's new leaders to set a timeline for elections and move forward with a transition to democracy.
Qaddafi supporters also hold the inland enclave of Bani Walid, where revolutionary forces also reported key gains after weeks of faltering advances that resulted in part from the challenging terrain of desert hills and steep valleys. Bani Walid is believed to be harboring high-level figures in the old regime.
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The transitional leadership has said it will declare liberation after Sirte's capture because that will mean it holds all of the seaports and harbors in the oil-rich Mediterranean coastal country.In spite of the revolutionary forces' optimism, CBS News correspondent Allen Pizzey reports from the outskirts of Sirte that fighting inside the key town has slowed to a murderous grind of street to street battles, plagued by poor organization and command structure. The overnight casualty count was close to a dozen dead and more than a score wounded, mainly by snipers and rocket propelled grenades, says Pizzey. There is no shortage of weapons and ammunition but the fighters, organized into what are called Katib's or Brigades, answer only to themselves. Pizzey reports that on Sunday, one Katib advancing from the east and one from the west ended up shooting at each other amid the chaos in Sirte.
Libya's de facto leader, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, head of the governing National Transitional Council, said Sunday that anti-Qaddafi fighters have made huge gains in Sirte and Bani Walid, southeast of the capital.
"I do believe, God willing, that the liberation of these cities will happen within this week," Abdul-Jalil told reporters in Tripoli.
He said that revolutionary forces in Sirte have punched their way into the city center in fierce fighting and are now cleaning out pockets of resistance.
In Bani Walid, advancing fighters drove Qaddafi forces out of the airport, said Abdullah Kenshil, who led failed talks for the revolutionaries in search of a peaceful surrender of the city.
"The takeover of Bani Walid is imminent," he said. "The fighters are only one kilometer from the heart of Bani Walid."
He claimed that Qaddafi's son Seif al-Islam was seen on Saturday distributing cash to his loyalists in Bani Walid. "We are 100 percent sure that he is inside, at least until last night," Kenshil said.
Located 250 miles southeast of Tripoli, Sirte is key to the physical unity of the nation of some 6 million people, since it lies roughly in the center of the coastal plain where most Libyans live, blocking the easiest routes between east and west.
After a three-week siege from the outskirts, revolutionary forces launched an all-out assault on Sirte on Friday, pounding the city with tank shells, field cannons, rockets and heavy machine guns. Loyalists have put up fierce resistance, and fired back with sniper rifles, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades.
On Sunday, the Ouagadougou Convention Center, an ornate complex that Qaddafi frequently used for international summits, lay in ruins. Throughout the siege, Qaddafi fighters used the walled complex as a base and stronghold. From there they were able to dominate surrounding neighborhoods and assault revolutionaries trying to enter Sirte.
At the nearby Ibn Sina Hospital, scores of wounded civilians crowded the corridors, lying on gurneys and floors to protect them from the shelling and gunfire. There was no electricity or water, and a handful of medical students and nurses were the only medical staff.
Revolutionary fighters roamed the hallways checking IDs and detained about 25 people suspected of being Qaddafi fighters or mercenaries.
"These are all Qaddafi people. They are snipers and we have captured them," said Ahmed Rahman, a field commander, as his soldiers cuffed a suspected pro-Qaddafi sniper.
The revolutionary forces also now control the University of Sirte on the southern outskirts. As they push forward, Qaddafi loyalists are fighting in an ever-shrinking defensive perimeter consisting only of a Qaddafi palace complex, some residential buildings and a hotel near Green Square in the city center.


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This year spring sprung early, in fact it's the earliest spring we've had in years thanks to the leap year! Although the first few weeks of spring didn't feel that springy-thanks to our Saskatchewan forecast of 7 days straight snow, rain, slush, and general soul killing dreariness. Although it might be too early to jump into the yard and start raking up dead grass, or perhaps like at our house cleaning up all the treats the dogs have left..oh joy-there are other projects you can take on in prep of a new season! Here is a few things I do every year to help me prepare
1.) Put away your really warm winter wear. In Saskatchewan we experience all four seasons. I was recently watching a show filmed in California, one of the characters mentioned she'd never had the chance to watch the leaves change colour in the fall. Sometimes I take for granted that every season has it's beauty. Where was I going with this?! ah yes- because we do have all four seasons us burly Canadians have learnt to dress for the weather, which can include string bikinis all the way to down filled parkas, SO in prep for spring, I like to switch out my wardrobe. I also get all my parkas dry cleaned prior to packing them away, so that when I pull them out again they're ready to wear.
2.) Clean out the garage- If your home is anything like ours the garage becomes a catch all for anything and everything that doesn't have a specific "home". I find our garage gets particularly cluttered during winter because anything that might have overflowed into the yard remains surrounded in dust bunnies in the corners of the garage. So I like to also try to organize anything we won't be using come spring. Lucky for me my husband is extremely handy and has built a lot of good storage that if kept organized can help keep the clutter to a minimum. I like using baskets within the cabinets he built to keep beanies, mitts, etc together and to hide come spring. This is a great time to also put away any winter sports equipment, for example hang or store away cross country skis, ice fishing gear, and toboggans- You don't need to trip over these items when you'll be riding a bike in no time!
3.) Declutter your home- I live in the city of Warman ( City of Warman) We are so fortunate to have a spring and fall clean up. The city workers go around alleys and will pick up basically anything you'd like to rid your home of. This could include furniture, mattresses, extra household garbage, and anything not worth donating. USE THIS SERVICE-Why not it's free,? All you have to do is haul everything to the back alley! It feels so good to get ride of junk you're not using-try it!
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